Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME v. t _NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. MARCH 9. 1906._NUMBER 269.
MURDER IN FIRST DF'jfc
Indictment Returned by .Grand Jury
?t Walnut Ridge Against
Frank Brow/fog.
Hoxie, March H^Frank Brown
' » ing was today^ndicted by the
Lawrence Coufty grand jury for
murder in /e first degree in
killing T. WMidkiff. The case
was set fo^rial June 26.
Brownfe shot and instantly
killed idlkiff December 28th
last at^his place. Midkiff was
day ttegraph operator for the
Friaj and Iron Mountain rail
road here. Browning became
aj^ered at him over a telegram
/which he was awaiting a reply,
And when Midkiff ordered him
/out of the office the enraged man
/ shot the operator through the
/ head, death resulting instanta
f neously.
Indignation ran high over the
crime and Browning was hurried
away to Jonesboro by the officers
to avoid a lynching. He former
ly lived in Independence county.
Contract for Sprinkling.
The sprinkling of the streets
of this city has never been done
upon any systematic basis. One
man probably paid for a privil
ege that his equally able neigh
bor also enjoyed, and to put all
on the same footing, the water
company this year propose to
make contracts for the season
from April 16 to November 1
and to sprinkle only those blocks
where the property owners or
renters are willing to subscribe
/cfif? for the service for that time.
And as stated, unless the people
are willing to get together, there
may be no street sprinkling,
whereas if all pay a proportion
ate rate to the frontage of their
property and guarantee it for
the season by subscribing to
such a contract, general service
may be secured without the cost
falling heavily upon any indi
vidual. __
New Engines Promised.
Superintendent Hugh Wilson
of the White River road is au
thority for the statement that
new or rebuilt engines are to be
placed on that line at once, says
the Arkansas Democrat. The
opening of the White River line
has caused the diverting of much
traffic, whieh has heretofore
gone through St. Louis from
Kansas City, and for the reason
kuoviar nrl mnrp niiinrnpnt is
required. Reports from stations
along this road tell of a rapidly
increasing business, and ere
long through passenger trains
will be in operation. It is the
intention of the company to put
a through sleeper on this road
‘from Memphis to Kansas City
at the very earliest possible
moment.____
Election Proclamation.
By virtue of the power in me
vested as Mayor of the city of
Newport in the county of Jack
and state of Arkansas, I
^ hereby give notice and make
H proclamation that an election
■ will be held in said city on Tues
W day, April 3, 1906, for the pur
r pose of electing the following
' city officers, towit:
One Mayor.
One Marshal.
One Recorder.
< One Treasurer.
V And four Aldermen.
/| In testimony whereof I heretc
* %set my hand as such . layor or
ihe 9:h of March, 1906.
W. R. Thompson
Mayor.
Beau '' . . >aily *.nd W
1ndent.
; NARROW ESCAPE EROM EXPLOSION.
| Boiler in Hot Springs Opera House
Near Bursting During Bern
| hardt Performance
j Hot Springs, Ark., March 8—
That a boiler explosion in the
auditorium building last Monday,
when Bernhardt played to a
crowded house, was narrowly
averted, which fact has been
closely guarded from the news
papers, has just leaked out.
Through the prompt action of
City Electrician B. F. Curry, the
action which might have cost
many lives was averted.
In absence of the regular jani
tor, a negro prisoner was dele
gated from the city jail, which
is located in the auditorium build
ing, to attend the heating plant.
The negro it appears manipu
lated the valves incorrectly and
a few moments later when Curry,
who noticed something wrong
with the heating system, entered
the boiler room he found a fierce
fire under the boiler while the
guage showed that all of the
water was out. The steam
guage showed an enormous pres
sure, the pipes were hissing and
popping, while the frightened ne
gro was on the verge of admit
ting cold water to the boiler.
The fires were drawn and the
Bernhardt performance enacted
uneventfully.
Primary Election.
State of Arkansas, County of
Jackson:
George W. Yelverton, chair
man and M. M. Stuckey secre
tary of the Jackson county dem
ocratic central committee do here
by certify that said committee
determined, tnat on the 26th day
of March, 1906, a primary elec
tion will be held by the demo
cratic party at the various vot
ing precincts in Ja.kson county,
Arkansas, in pursuance and
under the provisions of an act of
the General Assembly of Arkan
sas, approved March 3rd, 1897,
for the purpose of nominating
democratic candidates for the
j various offices to be voted for at
the general election to be held
in September 1906 and those to
;be voted for at the National
election to be held in November
1906, and for United States sen
ator to be elected by the next
general assembly.
Witness our hands this the 8th
day of March 1906.
G. W. Yelverton,
j Chairman of the Democratic
Central Committee.
Attest: M. M. Stuckey,
Secretary.
Negro Badly Carved.
Sam Hawthorne, a negro living
on the old Sink farm near Diaz,
was badly cut while at work in
the field Thursday afternoon
about 2:30 o’clock by another
negro whose name could not be
learned, nor has he yet beer
captured by the officers, whe
are seeking his arrest.
Dr. L. E. Willis was summonet
and found the negro to have re^
ceived a bad stab just btlow the
heart and a slash on the lefi
: side, which severed the intest
iines, but these injuries wer<
j fixed up and the negro may re
cover.
. F. E. Vining returned Thurs
day night from Huntsville, Ala
bama. He has the sympathy o.
our people in his recent grea
sorrow. He was accompaniec
1 ome by his sister Mrs.' J. R
ji^uvis of Auvergne, and his litth
infant daughA- A’ho has beei
named Alice Luse, who is get
ting along nicely, is being carei
PRESCOTT MERCHANT DROWNED.
Attempted to ford Treacherous River,
I Team Balked, Buggy Overturned and
He Was Carried Down.
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Prescott, March 8. — J. T. i
Brooks, a merchant and well
known citizen of Prescott, was
drowned in Little Missouri river
10 miles north of here this morn
ing, and his body has not yet
been recovered.
Mr. Brooks was on his way to
Okolona overland. His buggy!
was pulled by a team of horses
and he was accompanied by a
j negro driver. The Little Mis-1
souri, long known as an uncer-j
tain, if not treacherous, stream, |
was running high when Mr.
Brooks reached the ford near
Elkins’ ferry, yet he did not
think the water high enough to
make the crossing dangerous.
As the horses were driven into
the cold water, however, they
became chilled and had not pro
ceeded far before they came to
a standstill.
It seems that Mr. Brooks
! otartarl tp crpt nut nf thp hntrcrv
evidently fearing that the balky
team could be made to go no
further. As he got out the vehi
| cle overturned and Mr. Brooks, i
caught in the current, was taken
off his feet and carried rapidly
, down. The two horses were j
also swept away in the running
1 water and drowned. The negro j
j driver caught hold of some drift
1 wood and saved himself.
Mr. Brooks’ last words were, ;
‘‘I can’t swim; guess I’ll have to j
drown.” He made an effort as';
if to grasp something that would j
enable him to hold his head!
; above water, but he was rapidly i
carried down.
As soon as the news of his j
fate became known a searching|
party of some 50 persons went
to the river to look for the body,
1 but at last accounts their efforts
had been fruitless.
Discharged from Service.
j Little Rock, March 8—G. R. |
! Michael has resigned as electri-1
! cian of the State penitentiary,!
effective at once, and it was ac-!
'cepted by Superintendent Pit
1 cock, who will announce his suc
i cessor soon.
The resignation was due to
the fact that several weeks ago
|a school boy, Willie Crowder,
was killed on Pulaski Heights by
coming in contact with a live
vtr i wa a ■P f Q+of nlonf fnr
1 which the coroner’s jury found
Michael responsible, as he had
i neglected to raise the wire. No
! prosecution has followed and
possible will not. Superintend
ent Pitcock said:
! “I do not think there should
be any prosecution, as Michael
could not have neglected such
a duty intentionally. Again, if
the wire had been down for
| thirty days, the people of the
, | community were negligent in
not having brought it to my at
tention sooner. ’ ’
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A Cannon Ball Unearthed.
The Osceola Press in its edi
. tion of last week says: “While
, plowing in a field on Abner
. Driver’s plantation at Craighead
Point Wednesday the hands
plowed up a large cannon ball or
projectile which had been buried
in the ground ever since the
memorable battle of Fort Pillow
on April 1, 1864, or 42 years,
i The projectile is cone shaped
and weighs about forty pounds.
> It was brought to Mr. Drivers’
l ofnce and placed on display with
■ the following inscription fastened
i to it: “This ball was shot from
a cannon used by Gen. Forresl
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“Around every circle
another can be drawn.
! There is no ‘‘Biggest Store” as
yet —there is no store in this
I city as big as it may be.
By bigger and yet big
ger advertising—bet
ter and yet better
publicity cam
paigns—
You may draw
a circle around
i
your own biggest
success!! -j* <
UNION PACIFIC
The Short Line to
OREGON
and
WASHINGTON
Every day, Feb. 15 to
Ayril 7, 1906. Colon
ist rates to all points
in these states, from
St. Louis $30
Through Sleeping and Din- : j
ing Car service.
QUICKEST TIME
Inquire of
J. H. LOTHROP,
General Agent. •
903 Olive St., St. Louis Mo.
Notice to Contractors.
Notice iB hereby given that the city council of
the City of Newport. Arkansas, will on Monday,
March 12, 1906, let a contract to the lowest res
ponsible bidder, to construct a concrete side
walk, according to the specifications of Ordin
ance No. 134, in front of the city hall and jail
property on Walnut and Second streets, the side
walk to embrace at leaBt 1300 square feet and in
clude a driveway from tbe hose house. Bids
must be made per square i oot and may be de
posited with the recorder of said city and will be
received by him until 6 o clock p. m. of said day
The council reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Dated this 1st day of March. 1906.
J. R. MAYHAN,
62 d 10 t City Recorder.
when Fort Pillow was captured
April 12, 1864. It missed its
mark and landed in my field at
Craighead Point, which is a dis
tance of a mile and a half from
the scene of action. It has been
imbedded in the ground and
urn ci rilmiTOfl 1VH U7 Viilp hrpnkinp1.
When Mr. Driver bought the !
place several years ago and be
gan clearing it up there were
very few trees that had not had
the top shot away by the heavy
cannon used in this battle and
many large balls have been
plowed up on the farm.”
Post Office Safe Blown.
Conway, March 8. —News has
just been received here that the
postoffice, at Bristol, was entered
by safe-blowers, who wrecked
| the safe, took $100, and then
set the building on fire to hide;
all traces of their crime.
i The Bristol postoffice is in the'
storehouse of M. Strickland &
Son. The building is a frame
affair and is not occupied at
night. There was no one to
hinder the cracksmen when they
effected an entrance to the
place, and the first intimation of
the crime that was received was
when the building was seen to
be afire.
t Sauers Milling Co. of Evans
ville, 111., manufacture a special
patent in addition to their high
est patent flour. This extremely
high grade flour is known as
“Invincible,” and is for sale by
The Standard Grocer Co. lfidtf
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to-order tailor or be satisfied with half our
values from some dealer
{ After You'd Worn i
A suit or coat of
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Correct Clothes for Men
you would have discov
ered a great deal more
—qualities of shape-keep
ing, durability and com
fort that are none the
less important for being
below the surface. That’s
due to the way they are |
made — with more care
and honesty than is gen
erally put into order
tailored clothes at twice i
|| the price.
$15.00 to $30.00.
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by
Correct Clothes for Men
are unmatched.
No picture can give an
adequate idea of the fault
less style, the perfect fit
or careful finish of these
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$J 5.00 to $30.00.
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Agency Carhartt’s Overalls. i
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Bailey Mercantile
Company
Has purchased the entire stock of
Millinery I
of Mrs. ETTA MERRILL, and it Is I
now on sale at their dry goods store.
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