Newport Daily Independent
VOLUME IV NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. TUESDAY. APRIL 4. »905. NUMBER 290.
SHOOTING SCRAPE
AT SULPHUR ROCK
Among Negro Families In Which
One is Killed And Three Are
Badly Injured.
Tuesday morning a family dis
pute among negroes at Sulphur
' Rock culminated in a shooting
scrape that resulted in one trag
edy and three bad injuries.
Tohn Doe, not the handy man
Wy / so often befriends some
,4 Ang fellow of standing and
takes his place in the police court
chronicles to save him from dis
grace and exposure, but a real
live negro, shot his father-in
law, Dave Field, then his moth
e;v4$-law, who died almost in
^"stantW, and lastly his sister-in
law, Viola Field.
HerfB some of the Field family
took a, hand in the affair and Doe
was struck by three bullets, one
in the breast, another beneath
the chin and one in the neck.
Doe was alive at last reports
and was to be taker! to Batesville
on the local in the afternoon.
He claims to have shot himself,
after firing upon the other par
ties.
WILL DISCONTINUE
HOT SPRINGS TRAINS.
General Superintendent W. T.
Tyler of the Iron Mountain has
returned from St. Louis, where
^ he has been in conference with
other transportation officials of j
the Missouri Pacific-Iron Moun
4^,tain, says the Little Rock Dem
( -ocxat. The contfimplatgd^changes
in the passenger train schedules
have not been fully decided upon j
at this time and therefore no an-j
nouncement can be made. It is
stated, however, that main-line
trains No. 17 and 18, the Hot
Springs Special, will be discon
ued in the near future. This will j
" • • cahse no surprise to those in a
position to be conversant with
the management of the transpor- j
tation department of the system,
and it is considered to be in the j
regular routine of business. It
is the custom of the Iron Moun
tain to put on an extra Hot
Springs-St. Louis train in the
early fall, discontinuing it as
spring advances. Other changes,
will be announced soon, it is be
lieved.
OFFICERS SEARCHING
FOR NEGRO BRUTE. 1
Pine Bluff, April 3. —Officers
have been searching for the ne
gro brute who attempted an as
. sault upon Mrs. Jim Mitchell
■ Thursday, but he has not yet
been captured. It was reported
that he had gone toward Rison
arid officers were sent there to
head him off, but nothing has
yet been heard of him.
a A negro woman was found ly
JT ing in the woods near Pine Bluff
Friday and the city ambulance
was called to take her to the
poor house. She stated that her
mother had driven her from home
and that she had been lying in
the woods for two days.
NEW OFFICIAL’S
DUTIES OUTLINED, j
With the appointment of Ar
thur Jewell as office inspector,
the Missouri Pacific railroad es
tablishes a new deparment in its
system. The need of it has long
been felt by Missouri Pacific-Iron
Mountain officials, the work it
performs hitherto having been
accomplished by division super
intendents.
Mr. Jewell, the newly elected
f
office inspector, will be continu
ally on the road, covering the en
tire network of lines owned by
the Missouri Pacific-Iron Moun
tain. He will look over each and
every station and office operated
by his big road, reporting direct
ly to Assistant General Manager
Higgins.
Mr. Jewell’s inspection of sta
tions and offices will show him
where it may be necessary to
recommend an increase of cleri
cal force or the advisability of
decreasing it. He will get a
good, comprehensive and com
parative look at all Missouri Pa
cific-Iron Mountain properties,
thus placing his chief in direct
line with conditions all along the
system.
REPORTS BY WIRE
LESS TELEGRAPHY.
C. C. Christie Will Organize a
Company in St. Louis to Han
dle Market and News
Reports.
St. Louis is to have a wireless
telegraphy company which is to
handle market and news reports.
The new company is to be a
branch of the DeForrest Wire
less Telegraph Co., and the capi
tal stock is to be $5,000,000. C.
C. Christie of St. Louis, is to be
at the head of the enterprise,
and all officers of the DeForrest
company will be members.
Mr. Christie is quoted as say
ing that he has a contract with
the DeForrest company for a
subordinate company and it will
have charge of all the market,
news, sporting reports, m fact,
all reports that people buy and
sell. The commercial telegraph
business is to be handled by an
other company, to be organized
soon on the same plans as the
principal one.
The disseminating of news re
ports by means of wireless teleg
raphy is a question which has
been discussed for some time by
people who are most deeply in
terested in the matter. During
the bad break in the metallic
telegraph companies in the fall
at a time when the quick move
ment of market reports was of
prime importance to the life of
the business the reports from
Havre to Liverpool were sent by
way of New York, entailing a
delay of more than fifteen min
utes, while at each place there
was a station of the wireless
company.
During this break it was a mat
ter discussed at length on the
board of trade of this city and
many times the question was
asked as to why the wireless peo
ple did not handle these reports.
The new venture will be
watched with no little interest
by the newspapers of the coun
try, for it is to them that the
quick movement of the intelli
gence of the world is of the
greatest importance. Commer
cial interests of all classes will
watch closely for the success or
failure of this undertaking.
EXPOSITION COMPANY
OUT OF BUSINESS.
Little Rock, April 3.—The Lit
tle Rock Exposition Company,
which was organized in 1890,
has disposed of all its property
by the sale of the lot 125 by 150
feet on the southeast corner of
Seventh and Center streets to
Raleigh & Morris for $7,500.
There are about eighty stock
holders and with the distribu
tion of this amount about 70 per
cent of the original $22,500 paid
by them will have been refunded.
RACE SEPARATION
TENDENCY OF BILL
j Passed by House Prohibiting
Whites From Attending Ne
gro Meeting—Two Jack
son County Measures
Up Monday.
Little Rock, April 3. — The
! house spent a busy session Mon
! day,a number of important meas
ures being considered, several of
which were placed on third read
ing and passed. Among those
passed were the following: A
bill by Representative Witt, to
prohibit white people from at
tending negro meetings, except j
officers of the law and ministers
acting in their official capacity.
Should this bill become a law it
will have an important bearing
oh the association of the races!
both politically and socially. The
measure was strongly advocated
by Mr. Witt in a speech on the |
floor of the house,and only seven
votes were cast against its j
passage.
Mr. Keel called up house bill
i No. 493, to make a four-wire J
fence a lawful fence between
Cache and White rivers in Jaclc- j
son county. Read third time and
passed. Ayes, 51: noes, 0.
A bill by Mr. Wilson of Brad
ley, to authorize compulsory vac
cination in public schools of the j
state.
A bill by Mr. Burk to provide
j a general law authorizing special j
school districts to borrow mon
ey. The bill is intended to ob
l viate so much special legislation;
on this subject.
XIoiTf was introduced by Mr. j
Anderson of Benton, providing;
for an initiative and referendum!
vote on all proposed legislation
affecting the state, cities, towns
boroughs and villages of the state.
The measure is one of the most
drastic on this subject yet intro
duced.
A bill was also introduced by
Mr. Seay to require that any per
son indicted in a justice or may
or’s court of illegal sale of liquor
shall, before appealing to a high
er court, give bond for both the
fine and cost in said lower court. |
Mr. Black of Sebastian, intro- j
duced a bill providing for a one- j
mill levy tax in cities of the first j
and second class, to be used in
the erection and maintenance of
public libraries therein.
Mr. Andrews of Sharp, intro
duced a bill placing the members
A 1 1 11 1
! oi ine general assemuiy un a aai
1 ary of $600 for the term of two
1 years. The effect of the bill will
i be to establish a one hundred-day
session of the legislature.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate this morning an
| other echo of the controversy be
| tween Capt. Rice, the Arkansas
! turfman, and the Western
i Jockey club, an organization |
! which controls the majority of
the race tracks in the west, came
when a bill was introduced to
; prohibit discrimination at the
| races. It prevents any outside ;
j association of men to say to an
! Arkansan that he cannot race Pis I
j horses on a track provided he
J has not been ruled off for fraud.
Another measure of general in
terest to the state was the one
offered by Senator Pennix. It
provides that before any person
may own or. keep in his posses
' sion any revolver or rifle he must j
make application to the county j
court for a license for each such
weapon. It shall be in the dis
cretion of the judge as to grant
ing the license. Nothing in the
act, however, is to repeal any
part of the statutes regarding
the carrying of concealed weap
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leading druggists.
REAL ESTATE.
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CHASTAIN BUILDING.
HENRY OWEN,M. D. HENRY M. OWEN.M.D.
DHs. OWEN & OWEN,
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Physicians and Surgeons,
Will practice medicine and sur
gery in Newport and sur
rounding country.
NEWPORT, ARK.
DFFICE: Bevens’ Drug Store.
TRY THE
Weems Laundry.
When you want good
work. They make a
specialty of Dyeing and
Cleaning Clothes. Let
them show you how well
they can please you.
Leave orders with
T. P. Umsted & Co.
Local Agents.
ons. For violating the law a
fine of $*50 is to be imposed and
the weapons forfeited.
Senator Harrison introduced by
request senate bill No. 350 to es
tablish the Village Creek drain
age district in Jackson county.
It was read twice and referred
to the committee on levees.
Senator Hinkle called up his
motion to reconsider the vote by
which house bill 417 failed to
pass last week. It amends the
statute so that non-residents can
fish in Sharp and Fulton coun
ties. The bill passed 20 to 0.
On Sunday, April 9, will proba
bly be the last chance to take a
cheap trip on the White river
road, when Messrs. Reamey and
Coffin will give another of their
popular excursions. The trip to
Oregon Flats, 35 miles west of
Cotter, carries the excursion
ist to the present terminus of
the road. $3 round trip rate
from Newport. btd
WALL PAPER.
Jackson, the paint and wall pa
per man. Don’t be afraid to
give him a trial. He will sur
prise you. 69b4w
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Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. 4
J. W. Grubbs, President. Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond, C. J. Saenger,
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. W. Dutton,
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D, Fulkerson,
R. K. Fitzhugh.
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Will Be Here
SOON!
A Big Bankrupt
Stock of Shoes
Purchased by one of the Frank Bros., now on
the Market.
St. Louis Shoe Store,
FRANK BROS.
310 East Front Street, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS.
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