I VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1902. NUMBER 122;
THEM HIST BE Emil LEINS DEBIT
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Calling children to their labors also sounds the call for
new clothing.
The boy doffs his vacation suit and dons his school
dress. There is nothing more appropriate than cloth=
ing adapted to special occasions and we make it our
study $2.50 to $10.00.
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Hawes Hats
$3.00
STACY=ADAMS
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$5.00 $6.00
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is an art that keeps moving onward with each season. ■
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tomer. In this space we cannot describe in detail our
line of fashionable goods, but suffice to say it is the
finest ever brought to this market.
Manhattan
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J $1.50 $2. $2.50 |
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The NEW STORE
NEXT DOOR BANK OF NEWPORT.
THE GREAT
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Newport, Saturday, Oct. 4th
A Majestic Aggregation of the Best Talent in the World.
More New Features than any show on earth.
A Twentieth Century Colossus of Gigantic Merit.
An Exhibition Never Before Equaled by any organization.
frlA AAA to any tented combination producing an entertain
Lllallcllgl ment in the sawdust arena the equal in merit, vari
----ety and originality.
The Great Prof. Berris and His 65 Trained Horses
An act without a parallel; a Kaleidoscope Achievement with Living Equines.
Miss Edna, only lady equestrienne somersault artist in existence
The Latest Reigning Sensation!
“MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Ne>v York,
ORIGINAL CYCLE WHIRL.”
Europe and America’s foremost male and female champion cyclists
in the most wonderful racing act of the period.
The world’s greatest and best Equestrians, Aerialists, Acrobats, Leapers,
Tumblers and Clowns. A MENAGERIE, Replete and Instructive, together
with many other new and novel features, making the
SEUS-DOWNS CONSOLIDATED SHOWS THE “BEST ON EARTH!"
Uwo performances IDailp, IRain or Sfotne.
Grand Free Street Pageant at 10 a. m.
REFUSES TO INTERFERE.
Governor Refuses To Commute Sen
tence Of Wallace Grant—Negro
Must Meet Death At Gallows
Friday—Private Execu
tion.
Wallace Grant, the murderer of
Essex Powers, found guilty of mur
der in the first degree and sentenced
to be hung at the July term of crimi
nal court, must pay the penalty of his
crime, by giving up his life at the
gallows Friday, September 26, 1902.
Governor Davis refuses to alter the
sentence of the court.
On Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
G. L. Grant and J. R. Mayhan, who
had interested themselves in behalf
of the condemned negro, were called
to the telephone by Governor Davis
and informed that their petition pray
ing the commutation of the death
sentence to life imprisonment, must
be refused. The governor informed
uiem cnai in reply to a message or ms
own asking Judge Fulkerson’s opinion
of the negro’s sanity, he had received
the following: “Cold blooded assassi
nation; is sane and ought to be hung.”
Judge Fulkerson stated that he had
written G. L. Grant, attorney for the
condemned man, and when this letter
is received, a communication will be
sent the governor praying for a re
spite of two weeks.
The governor intimated to those
who called upon him Sunday, that the
commutation of sentence would be
made and in fact told them to tell
Sheriff Bandy not to begin work on
the scaffold until further notice and
thus it came about that the final an
nouncement came as quite a surprise.
CONSTRUCTION OF 8CAFFOLD.
Sheriff Bandy on Tuesday employed
carpenters to construct the scaffold,
which is being put up in the twenty
foot space between the jail and the
livery stable, just north of the present
jail office. As the hanging is to be
private, a board wall will be con
structed on the east side to obstruct
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the view and canvass will be used for
all other openings.
The platform will be about eight
I feet from the ground, thus allowing a
! fall of over seven feet. The platform
I will be 12 by 14 feet, while the trap
door will be between 3 and 4 feet
square.
In accofdance with the order of
court, the number of persons who
may witness the hanging, will be
limited to twenty-five, and over twice
this number have already applied to
Sheriff Bandy to be allowed to witness
the execution.
A representative of each of the lo
cal newspapers will be allowed. The
time of day of the execution is left to
the sheriff, the only condition being
that it occur between the hours of
sunrise and sunset, and it is not prob
able that the hour will be announced,
except to the few who will be present.
RECITAL PROGRAM.
Miss Beulah Casey, the well known
singer o. Mountain Home, and Mr.
James.M. Porter, formerly of the chair
of music at Arkansas College, will !
render the following program at the
opera house, Friday, September 26, I
1902, at 8:30 o’clock:
Fruhlingsrauchen Binding j
Liebeswalzer Moszkowski ,
Mr. Porter.
Aria From II Trovatore Verdi |
Miss Casey.
Hark! The Lark! Schubert-Liszt j
Waltz and Etude Chopin !
Mr. Porter.
L’Ete Chaminade'
Miss Casey.
Valse de Concert Wieniawski
Mr. Porter.
Sing, Smile, Slumber Gounod
At Parting. Rogers j
Miss Casey.
Papillons d’Amour, No. 2 Schuett
The Ripple Skelton
Mr. Porter.
A May Morning. Denza ;
In Seville’s Groves Lennep
Miss Casey.
Reserved Seats, 60cts.
General’Admission 26cts.
SURVEY NEARS COMPLETION.
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NEWMAN ERB’S ROAD.
M. W. Wambaugh,, chief erigih^er
of the St. Louis, Memphis & South
eastern railroad, was in Little kock
Saturday night. He has cbarge of the
survey being made for the .ent^nsiqn
of the line, which is known As the
Erb road, from Newman Erb* the
president and promote*, froih Hokie
to Little Rock. The preliminary 'sur
vey is to be completed by the 'letter
part of the week, and Mr. Wambaugh
will then be enabled to make a rough
estimate of the cost of construction.
The party is now at Kerr’s Station, •
in Lonoke county, and wilL remove
their headquarters to North kittle
Rock in a few days. The only , towns
of consequence touched by the road
are Newport, Augusta add, Des Arc. .
It is understood that the company has • •
enough capital back of it to build Uae -
road.—Little Rock Democrat. • '
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