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VOLUME V. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1905. NUMBER 129.
GRAND JURY ADJOURNS.
Maks final Report Showing forty-Two
1 Indictments—Will Bowen
Won Sait.
The last jury case in the cir
cuit court Friday afternoon was
that of W. A. Rollins versus
^ ~ Will Bowen, a verdict being re
turned for the defendant.
The grand jury made a final
r report in the afternoon and was
by Judge Allen
Hughes, who adjourned court
over ,until Monday morning.
I GRAND JURY REPORT.
We have thoroughly investi
gated all cases brought to our
: notice or of which we have been
able to obtain information and
have fourd true bills in all cases
in which ve believed in the guilt
of the offender and when the
evidence seemed sufficient to sus
tain an indictment.
We have examined 136 wit
nesses and have returned to your
honor 42 true bills.
We have examined the accounts
of the various collecting officers
! of the county and find that they
have paid over the amounts due
the county.
\ We visited the county jhil in a
body and inspected same and
* found it in reasonably Sanitary
I condition. The prisoners are
well 'fed and cared for. Two of
the prisoners complained of not
having sufficient cover to keep
them warm, and we would rec
ommend that the same be fur
1 nished.
We had a committee of our
body to visit the county poor
farm and they report seven in
mates, all white, who are w^ell
fed, clothed and cared for. We
recommend the building of two
more closets; also that new iron
bedsteads be furnished in place
of the old wooden ones, wnich
are unfit for further use; also
that the old bedding be burned
and replaced with new cotton
mattresses and bed springs, pil
lows, blankets, etc., be furnished
sufficient to keep the inmates
I comfortable.
We are pleased to report that
the new house for inmates is
nearing completion, and we find
it very complete and well adapt
ed to the uses and purposes for
which it is intended.
The plans and specifications
for th£new county jail now un
der construction have been sub
mitted to us and we approve
same. We have examined the
court house and find same in
reasonably fair condition.
We find that some of the jus
tices of the peace have not made
their reports according to law.
Wo helieve the trouble is that
heretofore the circuit court has
convened the first of July and
January of each year, and since
the holding of the court has been
changed to February and Sep
tember they have become con
fused; hence we recommend that
* the circuit clerk call the atten
tion of the various justices to the
proper time to file their reports.
We thank your honor, the pros
ecuting attorney and other court
officers for the courtesies and
assistance shown us, and we re
spectfully ask that we be dis
charged from further duty.
Respectf ully submitted.
(Signed) J. S. Jones,
Foreman.
James Graham,
Clerk.
Rev. H. M. Long will preach
his farewell sermon at the Bap
tist church tomorrow night and
will leave the latter part of the
week for his new home at New
ton. Ala.
CONWAY STIRRED OVER CRIME.
Awaiting Story of Principal Victim to
Awful Outrage Mob Will Then
Take Action.
Conway, Sept. 22.—Yesterday
was the eighth day since the
most heinous crime ever com
mitted in this part of the state
was perpetrated, and no final
results have been attained. The
living victims are still in a pre
carious condition. Especially is
this true of Mrs. Lawrence, who
remains entirely unconscious of
all surroundings. The little 4
year-old boy is able to be up, and
plays some.
The town is yet in a state of
extreme excitement, and it is
highly probable that should Mrs.
Lawrence regain consciousness
long enough to give an accurate
account of the deed, and a defi
nite description of her assailant,
a mob could hardly be prevented
taking the law in hand and deal
ing out partial justice to the
brute who respects not virtue
nor law, nor values human life.
Several stories have been told of
different bits of evidence that
have been gathered, and but for
the hope that the principal vic
tim may gain sufficient strength
to throw some light on the mat
ter, things might now be entirely
different.
The negro, Frank Brown, the
first suspect, is kept closely
locked in a cell at the county
jail, and the white man to whom
the fingers of circumstance
point as the guilty party is being
watched closely by those at work
on the case.
A bloody shirt has been found
on his premises, an iron club
bearing blood and a woman’s
hair, and in his house a towel
with which blacking has been
washed from some person or
thing, the blacking being the ex
act color of some found on the
sheet of the victim’s bed after
the removal of herself and chil
dren.
Clubs Pul Lid On.
Little Rock, Sept. 22.-The re
form element has won a peace
ful victory in a crusade against
the social clubs of the city that
have engaged in the sale of
liquor to members from private
bars, most of them doing a
thriving business on Sunday, al
though it has been contended by
them that it was not for gain .or
with any intention of violating
the law.
It was announced that a peti
tion would be presented by the
preachers of the city to Judge R.
d. JUVd Ul LUC LJXLUlt wuio ^
questing him to give a specific
charge to the grand jury nexl
Monday to indict the clubs.
The Quapaw and the Country
clubs have announced that the.\
will close out their bars at once
and other clubs may follow suit.
Preparing to Come.
C. G. Henry, who has beer
an energetic and public spiritec
worker in bringing the Americar
Panel & Lumber Company oi
Onaway, Mich.; to locate then
plant in this city, is in receipt o:
a letter announcing that all th<
machinery has been crated anc
made ready for shipment and th<
tearing down of the mill is nov
under headway. It will not to
long before Newport has a fresl
start in the securing of manu
facturing enterprises.
Mrs. J. I. Taylor returne
home to Hot Springs Saturda;
after a visit to her father, Cap1
i W. A. Joyce and family.
WHITE RIVER ROAD.
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Completion of Work and Opening to
Traffic Promised first of October.
No Regular Trains.
It is now thought that the
White River railroad will be
open to traffic by the first of the
coming month, though regular
scheduled trains are not ex
pected to run until some time
later.
The bridge at Branson* is the
principal thing which has kept
back the cqmpletion of the road,
high water having interfered
with the construction of the
piers. That work is now fast
approaching completion, and the
placing of the steel work will
require but a short time.
The bridge work on Turkey
Creek has been completed for
about two-thirds of the distance,
the tin/oer for the bridge aggre
gating about three and a half
million feet and costing about
$125,000 at the creek.
The Omaha tunnel was com
pleted last Saturday. This was
one of the most formidable en
gineering problems on the line,
owing to the nature of the form
ation through which it was bored.
This tunnel is 2,400 feet in length
and is lined with concrete its en
tire length.
The Turkey Creek Tunnel ex
| ceeds that at Omaha by at least
11,000 feet. This is the bore
| through which the road leaves
| this state, the northern end be
j ing right on the Taney county,
! Missouri line.
j The bridge at Barren Fork
! required near a million feet of
timber, costing about $30,000;
but this is exceeded by the bridge
over George’s Creek, which re
quired over a million feet of tim
| ber, which cost near $50,000.
There is talk of putting in a
lime kiln at the north end of
Tunnel C, an industry that will
not be long in being launched by
some individual or corporation.
There is enough lime in this
; vicinity to supply the United
States for many years to come,
and it will in the course of time
become one of the giant indus
j tries of this section.
The income of tne White River
branch of the Iron Mountain both
from passenger and freight
traffic has exceeded by 50 per
cent the estimates made by the
management in January, making
the new line a dividend payer
even before through connection
was made at the north.
That the company was well
aware of the value of the line is
I evidenced by the careful and
j thorough manner in which every
foot of the road was built, the
excellence and completeness of
the roadbed, the weight of the
steel used, the character of the
bridges and the quality of the
| rolling stock. Not only that, but
; the division is to be equipped
with new and modern engines
i and every appliance for heavy
, business and fast time.
Judge Street Disapproves Appeal.
Little Rock, Sept. 22.—The
board of trad^e this morning re
| ceived the following telegram
’! from W. T. Tyler, who was re
: j quested to advise the board as tc
1 the situation in Chicot county:
5 “Have had a conference with
T Judge Street, county judge ol
J' Chicot county, with reference t<
1 j appeal of citizens of this count}
' for financial aid in guardin*
i their county from invasion o:
| yellow fever. He advises tha
1 the appeal was the result of ;
y j mass meeting of citizens at Lak<
,. j Village, at which he was no
| present, being at the time en
gaged in assisting the guard at
the state line. He does not ap
prove of the appeal and states
that the county does not require
such assistance, and that such
subscriptions as have already
been sent in to him in response
to thi^ appeal will be returned as
soon as he is able to reach his
office.”
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL' APPLICATIONS,
as they cannot reach the seat of
the disease. Catarrh is a blood
or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure it you must take
internal remedies. Hall’s Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in
this country for years, and is a
regular prescription. It is com
posed of the best tonics known,
combined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect
l combination of the two ingre
dients is what produces such
| wonderful results in curing Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials
free.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for
constipation.
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