VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER *2. 1904. NUMBER H8.
FIFTY COUNTIES
OPPOSE LICENSE.
Changes in Alignment of Wet
And Dry Counties of
State.
Little Rock, Sept. 11.—At last
onday’s election in Arkansas
,n‘ increased number of counties
oted against license, and will be
” for the two years begin
g January 1 next. In 1902,
of the seventy-five counties
state, forty-four voted
license. This year the
er of no-license counties
e fully fifty, as the result
September election. The
counties which will be
anuary 1 and which
” at the election two
years : Craighead,
Craw , Hempstead, Hot
Spring, iendence, Monroe
and Sha: ere will be no sa
loons in oro, Van Buren,
Hope, Mai, Batesville,
‘Brinkley am rendon in conse
quence of t te last Monday,
while the anl iense attitude of
forty-two out) orty-four coun
ties is unchan^. When the re
turns are all ini is believed there
will be a totalbf fifty “dry”
counties. Gre® county re
./ mains in the W;ti” column,
hence there will jflpo saloons in
Paragould. Tv^olears ago Yell
^county gave a\ii|ority of 5
fainst license, Ida, this year
majority wal increased to
there will b<A« isaloons in
tielle, Ola, IV xville, nor
ler town j¥ the county,
mty this Aar ogives a
"majority of 12 fo®ficense;in
1902 it went againi license by
47 votes. Perry coHity gives
424 majority for licen&A while in
1902 it gave 38 major® against
license. There were alnumber
of very close contests unsome of
the counties on the question. In
Ouachita county the campaign
was aeciaeaiy spiru-eu, mmu uie
advocates of license won tw the
vote of 1,413 to 1,145, sokthat
Camden will continue tl be
“wet.” \
When the full returns are i* it
will be af interest to compare Mae
aggregate vote in the state tws
year with that of two years a$o
construction of derricks, were
hauled to the quarry yesterday.
The Dalhoff Construction Com
pany began work yesterday with
a large force of men and teams
in grading the switch to this quar
ry. It is three quarters of a
mile long and is under contract to
be finished in twenty days. Four
more saw-gangs are to be added
to the quarry plant, and within
thirty days the Pfeiffer Company
will be turning out quantities of
sawed stone quite sufficient to
meet all the requirements of the
State Capitol, and more.
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MYERS CARRIED
FIVE COUNTIES.
Little Rock, Sept. 11.—It is
now assured that Myers, as the
Republican candidate for gov
ernor, carried five counties out
of the seventy-five in Arkansas
in the election last Monday. The
counties voting for him are:
Searcy, Newton, Desha, Madi
son and Little River.
Official returns are coming in
slowly from the various counties.
Half the counties have reported,
and it is indicated clearly that
Gov. Davis’ plurality will be be
tween 34,000 and 40,000, as esti
mated soon after the election.
Four Republican county offi
cers were elected in Madison
county and the Republicans are
claiming that Gregg, Republican
candidate for the Senate, was
elected. Andrew I. Roland, Re
publican, defeated B. C. Fitz
hugh, Democrat, for County
Judge of Hot Spring County. D.
B. Joplin, Republican, was elect
ed Sheriff of Polk County, and
John Hill, Republican, was elect
ed Sheriff of Lawrence County.
It is also claimed that John A.
Dudgeon, Republican, was elect
ed Sheriff of Clay County.
Wm. Thompson, Republican,
was elected Representative from
Polk County, and a Republican
RorvroaonfQ+iwo wua oloni-ciri in
Van Buren County, W. R. Paine,
of Bee Branch. Hunt, Republi
can, was elected Treasurer of
Yell County. The vote for Davis
and Myers at Arkadelphia, was
a tie. Myers carried Harrison,
Dermott, Siloam Springs, Port
land, Mammoth Spring, Grav
ette, Rogers, Eureka Springs,
Knobel, Parkdale, Gentry and
several other towns and cities by
large majorities over Davis.
EIRE* DESTROYS
\ FOUR HOUSES.
Ubout ten o’clock Saturday
m\ht fire was discovered in a
srAll house owned and occupied
byV W. Reed near Thad’s Hall
hjJ|#tastain’s Addition. The
flames spread rapidly and four
cottages were soon destroyed, as
the water mains do not reach
this far.
Very little of the household
goods were saved. The cabins
were the property of J. W. Reed,
Charley Robinson, J. G. Chenell
and T. A. Gilliam, all negroes,
and each carried insurance with
the exception of Gilliam.
BIDS OPENED
FOR NEW HOTEL.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 19.—
Bids for the construction of Lit
tle Rock’s nevAhotel, to be built
by a company « which Herman
Kahn is the he*, were opened
yesterday. Thllowest bid was
for $200,000. Calwell and Drake
and the General amply and Con
struction Comparmof New York
were the lowest, Air bids being
only $180 apart. *he contract
will be awarded ne* week.
Read the Indepeifcnt.
JUDGMENT FOR
BIRD DOG KILLED.
Doctor Toler of Swifton Secures
Verdict From Jury for Dam
ages in Loss of Canine.
That trained bird dogs have a
money value as much as horses
and cattle was established in the
circuit court Monday when the
only jury case of the morning
session was a suit instituted by
Doctor T. W. Toler of Swifton
for $35 damages against the Iron
Mountain, alleged to be due him
as the result of a freight train
striking and injuring his fancy
setter so that the trained canine
had to be shot.
The plaintiff had a number of
witnesses to establish the fact
that the engineer gave the dog
no warning and as to his value as
a hunter. His attorneys were
Hillhouse and Erwin, while S. D.
Campbell represented the rail
road company.
The jury was out only a few
minutes and returned a verdict
awarding the full damages asked
by plaintiff.
DECKER FARM SOLD.
Though the transfer has not
been recorded, the big farm of
the Pond-Decker Company, north
of Tuckerman,, was sold last
week to Graham Bros.
The price paid has not been
made public, but is understood to
have been about $90,000, which
would make the price about $45
per acre. There is hardly a bet
ter tract of agricultural land in
Jackson county.
FREIGHT CRASHES
THROUGH BRIDGE.
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A bad wreck occurred near
Arkadelphia Monday morning
when a freight train went
through the bridge over Ouachi
ta river.
Several cars went down but
luckily no lives were lost. A
passenger train loaded with peo
ple had just crossed the fated
bridge. *
ONE-WAY RATES.
Every day from September
15th to October 15th, 1904, inclu
sive, the Union Pacific will sell
one-way tickets from Missouri
River Terminals (Council Bluffs
to Kansas City, inclusive) as
follows:
$20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake
City.
$20.00 to Helena and Butte,
Montana.
$22.50 to Spokane and Wen
atchee, Washington.
$22.50 to Huntington and
Nampa, Idaho.
$25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle.
$25.00 to Vancouver and Vic
toria.
$25.00 to Ashland and Astoria,
Oregon, via Portland.
$25.00 to San Francisco, Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to
many other California, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Utah, and
Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run every
day on Union Pacific between
Missouri River and Pacific Coast:
double berth $5.75. For full in
formation call on or address,
J. H. Lothrop,
903 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.
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