Si reported
"victim of Spinal
is on Houseboat
( jacksonport.
outbreak of spinal
similar to that of
is feared in this
one death has been
m this dread mala
■tim was Burt Reag
on a houseboat op
lonport. Death' oc
111 o’clock Satur
, ^dy was brought
morning and inter-,
ternoon in Newport
sed was sick about
id the symptoms in
«unmistakable. He
by a wife and two
nother child on a
is sick and all those
sen exposed to the
8 been quarantined,
st reported this case
is and called in Dr.
on, county health of
inds In Shooting.
ttl8,_George Hud
I dangerously wound
Raymond last night
light at Norfork, a
m about 20 miles
of this city. The
ted at a dance. Af
id had gone home
to and his father
went to Raymond’s
ailed him out. Ray
ared with a double
otgun. After a few
between the three
s said to have hit
udson a blow on the
the gun, knocking
md leaving a terrible
head. At this the
udson is alleged to
taymond through the
er with a revolver,
ssing just above the
oth Raymond and
fe slim chances for
George Hudson es
has not been seen.
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ductory Scenes
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pHY’S HORSESHOE
(Comedy)
c« courage
(Comedy)
1 DEAF mute
Remission
8E HIGHWAYMAN
(Drama)
NlE SCOTLAND
(Musical)
FROM LUCIA
(Opera)
®ey favorites
(Musical)
JEELS—Part I.
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The Men’s Forward Movement.
Notwithstanding the incle
mency of the weather yesterday
afternoon, a number of men
were present at the Methodist
church to hear an address de
livered by Arch-Deacon Saphrie
of the Episcopal church. He se
lected the word “Service,” as
the subject of his address- In
every way the address was mag
nificent and ulifting. Everyone
present was glad of the oppor
tunity to hear such an eloquent
divine. We trust that again in
the near future it will be our
good fortune to have him de
liver another address.
Next Sunday afternoon we
shall have with us a man of
national reputation, Rev. John
H. Booth of Kansas City, who
at the present time is the Asso
ciate Secretary of the Board of
Church Extension of the Chris
tian church.
The committee decided to hold
an open meeting and invite the
people of the town to hear this
distinguished gentleman next
Sunday afternoon. A great
treat is in store for all who will
avail themselves of this rare
privilege.
S- M. Beattie, Secretary.
Prohis Made
Parties to Suit
In Application Before County
Court For Granting Li
cense In Newport.
T. S. Stephens and other prohi
bitionists filed a petition in
county court Monday morning,
asking to oe maae parties to tne
suit in the application of the li
quor interests for granting li
cense for the current year in ;
the city of Newport. The peti-!
tion was granted by Judge Coe, \
before whom the hearing for
license under the Going act has
been set for Tuesday, January ;
20.
The petitions circulated in
this city asking the granting of
license, which was filed in the
county court Friday, January r
and which have been in the
hands of Judge M. M- Stuckey,'
one of the attorneys for the pe-;
titioners, were returned Monday
morning to the custody of the;
county clerk and are now in the
hands of counsel for the prohi
bitionists, Phillips, Hillhouse &
Boyce.
G. L. Grant, Stuckey & Stuck
ey are representing the petition
ers and the prohibitionists have
| retained Phillips, Hillhouse &.
Boyce, Jones & Campbell.
j
Odd Fellows, Notice.
All Odd Fellows who have sub
scribed for stock in the building
association, are requested to at
tend lodge tonight, as important
business is to be transacted.
Secretary.
Additional Local.
j Mrs. Grover Smith accompan
ied her sister, Mrs. W. A- Cun
Iningham, home to San Antonio,
Texas Saturday afternoon.
’ Master Boswell Umsted was
i reported on the sick list today,
j R. A. Bandy is reported to be
I doing nicely and is thought to
ibe out of danger.
1 Mrs. E. C. Lamberton came up
from Little Rock this morning
and left on the local for Bates
ville.
I
SURE HAMMETT
WAS SUICIDE
Son Wires To San Francisco for
Return of Body of Former
Cross County Treasurer.
Little Rock, Jan. 19.—It is al
most certain that the man
known as A. B. Wood, who shot
himself to death in the Filmore
hotel in San Francisco last Fri
day evening, a moment after a
! woman, supposed to be his niece
and known as Blanche Mae
Wood, had killed herself in his
room, is A. H. (Wood) Ham
mett, former treasurer of Cross
| county, at one time one of the
! most prominent politicians in
eastern Arkansas, and who dis
appeared more than a year ago,
leaving a shortage in the coun
ty funds of about $40,000. It is
believed that ithe ;woman sui
cide is Mrs. Sallie Watts Schu
imake, a former resident of
Wynne, who disappeared from
that vicinity about the same
time that Hammett disappeared.
Hammett’s son, Charlie, who
lives at Wynne, is sure that the
suicide is his father and has
wired the authorities in San
Francisco to ship the body to
Wynne.
A letter from Mrs. Josephine
Russell of Cuero, Texas, which
began, “Dear Brother,” was
found among the papers of the
'suicide. Mrs. Russell is a sister
! of A- H. Hammett.
Among other papers found was
an employment application
blank, on which Wood signed
his name “Albert B. Wrood, 56
years old; formerly owned gen
eral store at Wittsburg, Ark.,
and formerly lived in Wynne,
‘vrk.
The supposed Miss Wood sign
ed a similar application, saying
she formerly worked at Malden,
Mo., and at Wynne.
Wood Hammett formerly own
ed a general store at Wittsburg,
Ark., and Mrs Schumake was
well known in Wynne, but the
newspapers have not been able
to ascertain whether she had
worked at Malden, Mo.
The man known as A. B. Wood
came to San Francisco from Los,
Angeles, several months ago,
accompanied, it is believed, by
his supposed niece. He purchas
ed a half interest in a cafe for
$1,500, but soon sold out, say
ing he was “not cut out for the
business.” During the holidays
he and the young woman work
ed in a department store in San
Francisco- During her stay in
the western metropolis she had
written several moving picture
scenarios and some short stor
ies.
The man had a room at the
Filmore hotel and the young
woman lived at a boai ding
house. Friday evening Ed
ward Roberts, a friend of both
the man and woman, attended a
picture show with Wood, after
which Wood vrent to his hotel
and Roberts returned to his
, home.
At his home Roberts found the
young woman in a state of hys
terics. She had found a note
from her supposed uncle ir
which he stated that he had de
cided to kill himself, as he hac
lost his money, and as his
friends had deserted him. He
left directions for collecting
some notes. Roberts and the
young woman hastened to the
Filmore hotel and to the sup
posed uncle’s room. Finding
him alive, the young woman up
braided him for his “ghastly
joke," as she termed it. Sud
denly she took a revolver from
a bureau drawer and shot her
self through the heart. Before
Roberts knew what was happen
ing, the supposed uncle reached
across the woman’s body,
snatched up the weapon and
shot himself through the heart.
Both died within a few minutes.
Entertains At Bridge
Mrs. Gustave Jones entertain
ed at Auction Bridge Saturday
afternoon, the charming event
being in honor of Miss Burdick
of New York.
The afternoon affair was quite
informal, but is numbered
among the season’s most de
lightful events in the social cal
endar.
Mrs. Jones was assisted in
serving a hot lunch by her sister
Miss Carrie Stevens.
Those enjoyingthe game were
Mesdames J. J. Blanshard, Ira
J. Mack, A. D. Bailey, E. L. Ma
ris, 0. S. Jacobs, H- 0. Walker,
George A. Hillhouse, J. B. Avera,
P. H. Van Dyke, John W. Stay
ton, Jr., W. A. Billingsley,
Misses Burdick and Carrie Stev
ens
CHARRED BODY
IS IDENTIFIED
As That Of William Masterson,
A Farmer Who Was Burned
In Restaurant Fire.
Sunday afternoon while two
boys were playing in the ruins
of the recent Front Street fire,
which destroyed A. B. Drum
mond’s restaurant and Dyer’s |
Market, the charred corpse of a lj
then unknown man was dis- l
covered in a front room of the ^
second story that remained ^
standing after the fire. *
The body was later identified *
as that of William Masterson, a u
young farmer of the Striderville .
section. The identification was
made by his father, Jacob Mas
terson, through a mark upon the
son’s breast and also Lockwood
'Burkett, a salesman for 0. M.
Bowen, who identified the suit s
worn by the dead man, as one he
had recently sold him.
The body was first found by a *
Gilpin boy and a Parker boy, i
who notified the undertaker and g
the body was removed at once to J
Drummond’s rooms.
Coroner Melville was notified
and came in Sunday night- The j
' inquest held next morning de- J
jveloped no evidences of foul play j
■and an examination of the body, jj
I which was badly charred and ;
' had been gnawed by rats, show- -
| ed no marks of violence. j
i The jury found that the body j
I was that of William Masterson
|and that he had come to his
j death in the fire which destroy
;ed Drummond’s restaurant, De
cember 27.
The last seen of Masterson was
i the day before the fire and the
.owner of the restaurant did not
,know that he was occupying a
^oom in his house when the fire
occurred, or the man could have
jbeen saved. The deceased was
to meet his father and brother
in-law here the day of the
fire. They came to town Satur
day, December 27 but were nev
er able to find any trace of the
missing man, whose disappear
ance remained a mystery until
the discovery of the boys Sun
• day.
Supreme Court
Affirms Judgments
In Homer O’Neal Appeal And
That of Tony Ariosi From
Jackson County.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. lit—The
supreme court today affirmed
the judgments of the Jackson
circuit court in two appeals
from that county, those of Ho
mer O’Neal and Tony Ariosi.
In the first, Homer O’Neal con
victed of second degree murder
and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary for the killing
of a negro, Charley Wilkes,
sought a reversal on the ground
that appellant was not of sound
mind at the time of the killing.
In the Tony Ariosi appeal, the
appellant contended that the con
viction in the lower court was
secured partially through an
instruction upon the question of
an alibi, when the defense had
not pled innocence upon that
ground. Ariosi was convicted of
stealing a mule from John No
vack near Olyphant and the
jury gave him one year in the
penitentiary.
The Girls of Newport “Hi” Win
Again.
The Newark basketball team
came down Saturday to play the
local high school a game of bas
ketball, which resulted in a vic
tory for the local team.
The game was a pretty exhi
bition of basketball, but the vis
itors showed a lack of practice.
This is the sixth game for
the local girls, they winning
four of the six games.
Newark has material for an
excellent team, which with a
little more practice will play an
excellent game.
It is expected that there will
be some hotly contested games
cm the local court in the near
future, as Batesville and Augus
ta are to come with return
games- These being the teams
to which the Newport girls have
lost'.
Several out of town visitors
witnessed the game Saturday,
and were very much impressed
with the playing of the home
girls.
NEWPORT.
Forwards—Misses Julia Youn
ger and Jessie Littleton.
Guard.'.—Misses Lottie Hallevv
and Mary Frances Bains.
Jumping Center—Miss Rita
Whitten, Captain.
Side Center—Miss Lucy
Sprigg.
NEWARK.
i Forwards—Misses Kate Mar
tin and Lena Pascoe.
Guards—Nobe Holderby and
Effie Sisk.
Jumping Center—Miss Ella
McDonald.
Side Center—Miss Winnie
Dear in g
SUMMARY.
Field goals, Miss Littleton 8,
Miss Younger 4, Miss Martin l,
Miss Pascoe 1.
Free Goals, Miss Littleton 3,
Miss Younger G, Miss Martin 3..
Total Score: Newport 33;
Newark 7.
Referee—Miss Roe. i
Umpire—Mr. Williams.
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