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VOLUME in NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, *904. NUMBER 2X7.
SAFE BLOWERS
WORK IN CORNING.
Nitro-Glycerine Used on Post
\ office Safe at an Early Hour
Yesterday Morning
Suspects Arrested.
Corning, Jan. 7.—Burglars
blew open the Corning postoffice
safe with nitro-glycerine at an
early hour this morning, securing
about $300 in money and stamps
belonging to the office, and $480
y of Postmaster J. A. Dudgeon’s
private funds. They, however,
overlooked a small amount of
registered mail in the safe and
over a handred dollars belonging
to the deputy postmistress, Miss
Emma Woodall.
A small amount of fractional
currency was left scattered on
the floor among the wreckage.
Two charges of nitro-glycerine
were used to blow out the doors
of the small safe. Two suspic
ious characters, strangers, were
noticed about town yesterday.
One of them carried a dinner
bucket. They were seen looking
suspiciously into one of the
banks. *
Bloodhounds will arrive tonight
from Little Rock. The two men
under suspicion have been ar
rested at Knobel and will be
brought here tonight.
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.
Texarkana, Jan. 7.-Passen
gers on the Cotton Belt train
which reached here at 10 o’clock
last night from the north were
treated to an unusual and rather
sensational experience. When
•* the train was crossing Red river
twenty1 miles out from here, a
baby was born in one of the pas
senger coaches which was crowd
ed with travelers. The mother
is Mrs. T. J. Duncan, who with
her husband and children were
emigrating from Chanute, Pick
ett county, Tennessee, to Taylor,
Tex. She was taken from the
train here and placed in a local
» sanitarium and tonight is getting
| on nicely.
ARKANSAS GETS
FEDERAL ACCOUNTS.
The United States court of
claims at Washington has lately
made several awards to Arkan
sas claimants for losses sustained
by them during the civil war. In
each instance the original claim
ants are dead and the accounts
allowed will go to the estate.
In the claim of Dr. E. V. Duell
and Ethan A. Duell the court of
claims allowed $13,400. Both
claimants are dead and their es
tates are being administered up
on in Buffalo, N. Y. Their claims
against the government were
for rent of buildings in Little
Rock and for supplies furnished
I the federal troops under General
| Reynolds in 1864.
j A few days ago the court of
II \ claims awarded $1,286 to Hugh
jf Core. During the occupancy of
Little Rock by Federal troops
under General Steele Mr. Core
was a planter in Eagle township
(and his plantation was drawn
upon extensively for cattle, hogs
and sheep for the soldiers. Mr.
Core died before his claim was
adjudicated. His heirs are J. W.
Core, Daniel Core and Mrs.
Robert Wayne. Daniel Core is
administrator of the estate.
One of the largest claims pend
ing is that of the estate of Rich
ard Fletcher, deceased, for sup
plies taken by General Steele’s
troops from the Fletcher planta
ku '-It Reed’s landing. Depo
‘ m will be taken at an earh
M regard to this claim.
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The Noah Badgett claim is also
pending. It is between $6,000
and $7,000 for property taken by
the troops from the Badgett plan
tation near Fourche Dam. C. S.
Collins is administration of the
estate.
There are a number of other
claims for lesser amounts and
nearly all have been pending for
twenty years or more. Cos Al
tenberg, who represents many of
the claimants, stated yesterday
that he expects an early dispo
sition of the case.
COTILLON AT HAZEL.
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The cotillon given by the Bene
dicts at the Hazel Thursday even
ing was the social event of the
season. The assemblage was
notably striking in its appear
ance, some beautiful gowns being
worn by the ladies present.
Dancing was indulged in until
long past midnight, when an ap
petizing lunch of ham sand
wiches, coffee and pickles was
nicely served.
Those present were: Messrs,
and Mesdames B. B. Bond, O. D.
Watson, G. A. Hillhouse, T. D.
Kinman, Jr., J. L. Jones, A.
Fels, W. A. O’Neal, E. D. Bracy,
Wm. Hooker, A. G. Anderson,
L. Hirsch, Lon Bevens; Misses
Amanda Laird, Mary Laird, Car
rie Stevens, Jennie McCauley,
May Ward, Marille Dillard, Hes
ter Phillips, Aubrey Arnold, Jo
sie Phillips, Mabel Padgett, Bes
sie E. L. Watson, Lucy Branden
burg, Noreene Kinman, Mary
McKinnon, Lula Empie, Mabel
Stayton, Lou Minor, Roberta
Morrison; Messrs. Ralph Rich
ardson, T. E. Tappan, R. T.
Reyburn, Nathan Adler, Max
Gregg, J. B. Daggett, Tom Dil
lard, Chas. Holmes, W. S. Fou
| shee, Jake Hirsch, F. P. Skip
' with, A. Ferguson, E. L. Boyce,
! I. Bottenstein, E. McDonald, W.
Hipolite of Memphis, Tom Wolf
! of Kansas City, J. W. Osborne
of St. Louis, W. T. Parish, W.
; B. Egan, Claude Erwin, J. M.
' Stayton.
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: HUNTER VIOLATED
THE GAME LAW.
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Hope, Jan. 7.—A man by the
name of West, from Fort Worth,
Tex., was arrested here this
evening by Sheriff White for
killing and attempting to ship
ducks out of the state. He had
twenty-five ducks in a trunk. He
was tried before Justice Wallace
and fined $10. The sheriff dis
tributed the ducks among citi
zens.
QUILTING PARTY.
Mrs. John Wallace entertained
in a hospitable fashion Thursday
| afternoon with an old-fashioned
! quilting party in honor of her
| aunt, Mrs. Parcal of Newark.
After two hours of quilting a
dainty lunch was served by the
hostess, assisted by Miss Lizzie
Gullette.
Those present were: Mes
dames Joe Bell, A. McDonald,
; R. M. Laird, C. Pope, Will Stew
art, Lee Price, Robins and Dick
son.
BURNS PROVED FATAL.
Fort Smith, Jan. 7.—The 3
year-old son of Robert Finney,
who lives in Poteau bottoms,
about four miles from here, diec
1 today from burns. The babj
| was in a field with his brothers
i and sisters, when one of them sei
| fire to the grass, which reachec
l the child, and, enveloping him
! burned the boy almost to a crisp
; The little fellow died in fearfu
, agony.
PEOPLE TO GET
A WEEK’S REST.
Candidates for Governor Make
Up List of Appointments to
Finish Out the Month
. of January.
The present series of joint dis
cussions between Judge Carroll
D. Wood and Gov. Jeff Davis
closes at Junction City Saturday.
A week will then intervene be
fore the gubernatorial candidates
will resume the joint canvass.
The new series of appoint
ments will cover Faulkner, Pope,
Johnson, Franklin, Crawford,
Sebastian and Logan counties, as
follows:
Conway, Monday, January 18,
lp. m.
Atkins, Tuesday, January 19,
1 p. m.
Russellville, Wednesday Jan
uary 20, 1 p. rp.
Lamar, Thursday, January 21,
I p. m.
Harmony, Friday, January 22,
II a. m.
Clarksville, Friday, January 22,
8 p. m.
Coal Hill, Saturday, January
123, 1 p. m.
I Mulberry, Monday, January 25,
: 1 p. m.
Van Buren, Tuesday, January
! 26, 1 p. m.
Chester, Wednesday, January
| 27, 11 a. m.
Fort Smith, Wednesday, Jan
| uary 27, 8 p. m.
Greenwood, Thursday, Janua
ry 28, 1 p. m.
Charleston, Friday, January
i 29, 1 p. m.
Paris, Saturday, January 30,
1 p. m.
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Imiss M’FARLAND
ENTERTAINS.
Miss Ida McFarland enter
tained a few of her friends at
her home Thursday evening
with a fancy dress party. Music
. and a guessing contest were the
amusements. The house was
tastily decorated in mistletoe.
Those present were; Ray and
Miss Pace and Myra Gravett,
Fourth of July; Porter Martin,
Lettie McLain, May day; Carl
Gravett, Hattie Moss, Arthur
Bowie, Ida McFarland, St. Pat
rick’s day; John McFarland,
Grace Wilcox, July; Cleave
Robinson, Blanche Stallings,
».-a. a t ,'4-+ln C1,,.-,
XTL UOt, XU10O XXUW JUtvvi'.j 1/
tember.
The beauty of the evening was
Miss McLain as May 1st, dressed
in white, decorated in pink and
white roses. She wore a wreath
of roses set off with a silver stai
which added to her good looks.
At a very late hour those present
departed to their homes having
greatly enjoyed themselves.
NEW—EMBROIDERIES—NEW
First of the season. All th(
new designs for spring 1904. Ai
i Chas. Meyer’s Great Bargair
Store. 16btf
FOR SALE.
Frame store house of two gooc
rooms good location for mercan
tile business at Jacksonport
Ark. b30d J. M. Grubbs.
SPRING 1904.
New and elegant embroideriei
just received at Chas. Meyer’j
i Great Bargain Store. 16btf
[ FOR RENT.
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Six room cottage, furnished
I Located on Laurel street. Appl;
; at this office. 16dtf
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CP'pr'TAT TyTNTn All Benjamin Clothes
N*-C^lAJ^1Z,11N VJ are uniformly Per
. feet because of the
Benjamin System of Specializing. Their 3,000
tailors are divided into little groups, each of whom
produces but one portion of the garment. Day in
and day out the year round each artisan does but
one thing, and that expertly. Therefore, when
the parts are assembled and the finished garment
given a final pressing, it is manifestly superior to
that of the average custom tailor who must make
the whole garment, and all kinds of garments.
If you could visit New York and go through
the three great Benjamin factories, it would be a
revelation to you and a revolution of all your
former ideas about ready-to-wear clothes.
GET THE HABIT
RAILROAD DIVORCE
SEEMS PROBABLE.
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Frisco Appears Dissatisfied With
Alliance With Rock Island
and Legal and Moral
Separation May Soon
Follow.
Fort Smith, Jan. 7.—S. H.
Collins of the engineering depart
ment of the Rock Island arrived
here this evening from Mena in j
charge of a large surveying corps J
and will leave in the morning for j
some point on the Frisco between I
here and Mansfield.
The presence here of Mr. Col- j
lins and his crew is considered
significant in view of the rumor
that the stockholders of the
Frisco are dissatisfied with the
alliance with the Rock Island,
| and that the two roads will be
| divorced within six months.
Before the combination the lat
ter road had a route surveyed in
to this city. Mr. Collins was ex
ceedingly reticent, but did say
that if conditions could be made
| favorable there would before
long be a new railway system
through the Southwest which
would eclipse any system now in
existence, and that it would go
right through to the gulf.
IN NEW HANDS.
The Exchange Hotel is now
under the management of J. Q.
Guynn, an experienced hotel
| man. The house is being remod
! eled, electric lights put in, and it
| is the aim of the management to
[ j make it the best $1 a day house
. j in Northeast Arkansas. 17d3t
OFFICERS INSTALLED.
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The Woodmen of the World in
stalled their officers at the meet
3 ing held Thursday night, and
3 were as follows:
L. B. Harris, C. C.
W. D. Ross, Lieutenant.
T. T. Ward, Banker.
J. P. Eubanks, Clerk.
P. V. Ferguson, Escort.
P. S. White, Watchman.
A. B. Drummond, Sentry.
FIRST NATIONAL BANk\ \
Newport, Arkansas. T' X"1
Under the supervision of the United States Government. ,. ‘
PAID IN CAPITAL $50,000. A
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Deposits in sums of one dollar and upwards will be re
ceived—the same careful attention is extended both small
and large depositors. K
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: 1
T. J. Graham VV. A. Joyce T. J. Watson |
Sigmond Wolff, J. 0. Taylor G. W. Hurley, |
President. Vice-Pres. I
W. A. Billingsley, F. A. Jones, 1
Cashier. Ass't Cashier. |
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just as you can against fire? We
will sell you a policy in one of the
best companies in the world very
cheap. Call or ’phone Phillips
& Ferguson Agency. 176
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Henry Owen,
Physician, Surgeon
nd Oculist.
Office - - Sells’ Drug Store.
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Mrs. Laura S. Webb,
Vice-President of Women’s Democratic Clubs of Northern Ohio.
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