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DAILY INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
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On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR CONGRESS.
We are authorized to announce the candidacy
of S. Brundidge, Jr., for re-election to congress
from the SecondAlistrict, subject to the Demo
cratic primary election.
RIB ST A l ia seiNAitm.
We are authorized to announce W. F. Harrison
of Osceoia as a candidate for the State Senate
from the Twenty-ninth senatorial district, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primary
election.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
We are authorized to announce the candidacy of
W. A. Oldfield for re-election to the office of
prosecuting attorney, subject to the Democratic
primary election.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
We are authorized to announce T. T. Ward as a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack
son county, subject to the’ Democratic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce J. U. Ard as a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack
Bon county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce the candidacy of
John H. Keel for re-election to the office of Rep
resentative, subject to tbe Democratic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce George A . Hill
house as a candidate for Representative of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election March 26
' FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
I am a candidate for re-election to the office of
sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
cratic primary, if one is held. Feeling that I
have discharged the duties of that office in such
a manner ns to merit your confidence, and thank
ing vou for your support in the past and asking
5 your help in the future. If elected I will do my
duty. »Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY.
We are authorized to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office ofSheriff
of Jackson county, subject to the action,of the
Democratic party.
FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.
We are authorized to announce E. L. Boyce as a
candidate for the office of county and probate
judge of Jackson county, subject to the Demo
cratic primary election.
We are authorized to announce Otis W. Scar
borough us a candidate for the office of county
and probate judge of Jackson county, subject to
ttie Democratic primary election.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce James S. Jones
as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary election.
FOR TREASURER,
We are authorized to announce Dr. F. G. Smith
as a candidate for the office of treasurer of Jack
son county, subject to the Democaatic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce Capt. W. A.
Joyce as a candidate for re-election to the office
of treasurer of Jackson county, subject to the
Democratic primary election.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
We are authorized to announce E. C. Water
man as a candidate for the office of County
Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic
nrimarv election.
We are authorized to announce G. A. Lockard
as a candidate for the office of county clerk, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primari
election.
We are authorized to announce George L. Rob
inson as a candidate for the office of county clerk,
subject to the action of the Democratic primari
election.
We are authorized to announce George W.
Weast as a candidate for the office of County
Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election.
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce Passmore
White as a candidate for re-election to the office
of assessor of Jackson county', subject to the
Democratic primary election.
We are authorized to announce R. L. Conditt as
a candidate for the office of assessor of Jackson
county, subject to the Democratic primary elec
tion.
FOR CONSTABLE.
We are authorized to announce Robt. M. Laird
as a candidate for re-election to the office of con
stable of Union township, subject to the Demo
cratic primary election.
We are authorized to announce W. H. Carouth
ers as a candidate for the office of constable of
Union township, subject to the Democratic pri
mary election.
FOR MAYOR.
We are authorized to announce Janies W.
Grubbs as a candidate for re-election to the office
of Mayoi of the city of Newport at the ensuing
April election.
We are authorized to announce Charles R. Hite
as a candidate/for mayor of the city of Newport
at the ensuing April election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
We are authorized to announce Abe Ballew as a
andidate for Marshal of the city of Newport,
t the ensuing April election.
We are authorized to announce T. S. Stephens
as a candidate for re-election to the office of Mar
shal of the city of Newport at the coming April
election.
FOR CITY RECORDER.
We are authorized to announce Riley May
han as a candidate for re-election to the office of
Recorder of the city of New port at the ensuing
April election.
We are authorized to announce Will Whit
taker as a candidate for Recorder of the city of
Newport at the ensuing April election.
FOR CITY TREASURER.
We are authorized to announce Will Hurley as
a candidate for treasurer of the city of Newport
at the ensuing April election.
ich will have its first pre
tation in thiocity at the opera
use next Saturday evening,
[ March 12th, is a play from the
book of the same name by the
well known English author,
Charles Garvice. In putting the
I story in play form, however, it
I has been deemed best to bring
the characters to America, and
give them an American atmos
I phere. This has been done, but
nothing of the story has been
lost. It only adds interest to it
for an audience in our own coun
| try. Books, of course, are writ
! ten to read, and it is not every
author of a book who looks be
yond for stage possibilities as he
writes. For this reason it is
often the case that the dramatist
gets little more than an inspira
tion from the book when he
writes a play, but in the present
case the original story will readi
ly be recognized in the play.
No one who has ever read the
story will forget the morphine
fiend, a study in itself. For the
interpretation of this play we
are given the promise of a most
excellent company of players, dtd
CANDIDATES’ PUB
LIC SPEAKING.
Notice is hereby given that
the candidates for the various
offices of Jackson county, Arkan
sas, who are subject to the Dem
ocratic primary election, to be
held Saturday; March 26, 1904,
will speak at the several voting
precincts of said county on the
dates set out below, to-wit:
Hickory Grove, Jefferson town
ship, Wednesday, March 9.
Elgin, Bird township, Thurs
day, March 10.
Centerville, Bird township,
Friday, March 11.
Tuckerman, Bird township,
Saturday, March 12.
Post Oak School House, Vil
lage township, Monday, March
14.
Robinson’s chapel, Grubbs
township, Tuesday, March 15.
Martin’s old residence, Rich
woods township, Wednesday,
March 16.
Eight Mile, Cow Lake town
ship, Thursday, March 17.
Tupelo, Breckinridge town
ship, Saturday, March 19.
Weldon, Breckinridge town
ship, Monday, March 21.
Auvergne, Breckinridge town
ship, Tuesday, March 22.
Martin’s school house, Cache
township, Wednesday, March 23.
Jacksonport, Jefferson town
ship, Thursday, March 24.
Newport, Union township, Fri
day, March 25.
The speaking will begin at 10
o’clock a. m. All voters are re
spectfully solicited to be present
and all candidates who desire are
I invited to participate.
ALL EYES ON ST. LOUIS.
The eyes of all the world will
be turned toward St. Louis dur
ing the year 1904. Everybody
' will want to get, from first
| hands, the news of the greatest j
World’s Fair which the world
! has ever seen. Our readers are
advised, therefore, to subscribe
for the greatest St. Louis news- j
paper—a newspaper which ack
nowledges no equal or rival in
all the West, and which stands j
I in the front rank among the j
great newspapers of the world.
Subscribe for the St. Louis Globe
Democrat and get all the news
of the World’s Fair, all the news
of the national campaign, and all
the news of all the earth. See
advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. 24d6x
MULES FOR SALE.
I have another car load of
broke mules ranging from 14 to
16 hands high, weight 800 to
1,200 pounds, for sale at Yelver-:
ton’s stock barn in Newport and j
will remain there until sold.
Come and figure with me.
w2t W. R. Ross.
WITH AH ANCHOR.
Mammoth Mndhook Was Dllleilt to
Handle Whet the Waves
Were TomIuk It.
To hoist to the c&t-he&di an anchor
weighing 8,000 pounds, with a gale of
wind blowing and a tremendous sea
rising, is a difficult task. The New York
Sun tells how this work was under
taken on a war-ship in Hampton Roads.
In order to raise the anchor to the deck
of the ship the hundred-pound cat-block
had to be fastened by the huge hook
i which depended from it to the ring In
the balancing band on the anchoT shank
so that the power of the winch could be
utilized.
The great anchor hung so that when
the wave receded it was clear of the
water, but each Incoming crest sub
merged it several feet. As the ship
tossed on the waves there was great
danger that the enormous weight of
the anchor would send the anchor
through her thin plating. But with
seas big enough to toss the ship about
as easily as if she were but a fishing
float, and to swing that anchor back and
forth like the pendulum of a toy clock,
it was no child’s game to hook the cat
block.
Two men were chosen, each a fine
specimen of the American sailor. Just
under the arms of each a line was made
fast, and men on deck stood ready to
haul away in case of need.
The two sailors watched their chance,
and when the ship’s head was well out
of water, over they went. They had
hardly reached the anchor when a wave
rolled in that surged four feet above
| their heads. When it passed both were
clinging, almost breathless, to the shank
; of the anchor.
But the instant they were clear of wa
ter they Jumped to their work and
strove to get the block in place. With
the ship hauling one way and the wind
blowing another there was small chance
for them to drag that hundred-pound
block in still a third way. Again and
again they had it almost fastened,, when
a great wave KnocKea it away auu uur
led them far out of sight Stfil the two
men struggled at their task.
Then the inevitable happened. The
great cat-block swung far out as the
ship plunged forward, hung poised an
Instant, as If taking deliberate aim,
and came sweeping back straight at the
head of one of the two men. It struck
him on the back of the head' and
knocked him ten feet from the anchor
Into the sea.
The rush of an Incoming wave swept
him away from the ship, and for a mo
ment it seemed as if he would surely
be lost. Then was justified the wis
dom which had placed the line about
his shoulders. The men on deck drew
him In, unconscious but safe, and In
ten minutes he was declaring to the of.
fleer in charge that he could surely hook
that block the next time.
But the captain had formed another
plan. He determined to haul up the
anchor as far as was possible, so that
It should have the smallest room for
play, and to make harbor. Just at
nightfall she reached quiet waters, and
once more the unruly anchor was let
go again.
Military Magpie,
Emperor William has lately reviewed
a feathered veteran of the German
army. One of his regiments has a pet
magpie, which is full of militarism and
very proud of Its parade step. W&en
the kaiser visited the regimental quar
ters recently he asked for this accom
plished bird. A French illustrated pa
per publishes a picture of the Incident.
There is the kaiser sitting sternly in
the saddle and there Is the magpie with
Its martial stride and there are the
officers of the regiment with mingled
anxiety and pride plainly marked on all
their faces.
Horses That Rotate.
The novel house of Eugene Petit, a
French architect, turns to the sun at
the will of it* occupants. It Is mount
ed on a steel platform, which Is rotated
on ball bearings by a pinion geared In
a c’rcnlar set of teeth. An ordinary
three-story dwelling can be turned by
two men. Water, gas and electricity are
K-nncht In through a central Dassaae
and sewage finds Its exit In a similar
way. Houses of this kind, costing not
more than ten per cent, above the or
dinary, are required for the patient!
of Dr. Pellegrin, the advocate of heli
otherapy.
me strennofia Rdneatlna.
The women of Kansas have won
their campaign for reform in the
schools, the principal feature of which
was that courtship may be carried on
in school hours. The classes in higher
education in that state hereafter, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, will be un
der the direction of Prof. Cupid.
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Residence corner Sixth and j
Hazel streets. Eight rooms, re
ception hall, electric lighted,
bath room, hot and cold water.
Inquire of
55d20 J. Volkmer.
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