RUSSO-JAPANESE
WAR IS NOW ON.
Dispatches From Some Unpro
nouncable Place State That
Japan Wins First Victory
and That Three Rus
v-. sian War Ships Are
Destroyed.
Che Foo, Feb. 9.—The Japan
ese fleet attacked Port Arthur at
midnight on Monday. Two Rus
sian battleships and one cruiser
were disabled by torpedoes.
The battle is being continued
this morning at a range of three
I miles, but there has been no
further damage.
A report from Paris states that
it was announced at the French
foreign office that the Russian
cruiser Pallada was sunk and the
warships Ritvizan and Czare
vitch badly damaged as a result
of the encounter.
f London, Feb. 9.—The report
sof the sinking of 11 Japanese
(vwarships in an attack on Port
^Arthur is untrue. The report
j emanated from an unofficial
source in St. Petersburg, and has
been officially denied at the for
eign office. No such news has
come from Port Arthur to St.
Petersburg.
J. RILEY MAYHAN
ANNOUNCES.
J. Riley Mayhan, who has
proven himself a most competent,
painstaking and obliging city
official, offers himself as a candi
date for a second term as city
recorder. He will hardly have
any opposition, as his excellent
record entitles him to an endorse
ment by the people.
He has been very faithful in
attendance upon his duties and
has always been prompt in record
ing the minutes of the council
and in the issuance of scrip. He
has been accommodating to those
having business with that branch
of the city government, and his
large number of friends will find
pleasure in endorsing him.
MR. ALLISON DENIES.
Mr. Allison, committeeman
from Butler township, requests
us to state that the notice from
the Beebe News published last
week was erronious. He said he
did not receive a letter from
Judge Wood asking who the
judges of election would be and
at what price they could be
hoinrhf-—Lonoke Ledger.
In the Graphic several days
ago appeared an editorial which
st id that if any such letter had
been received by Mr. Allison it
was not written by Judge Wood
or any of his friends, as such a
letter could only result in harm
to Judge Wood, and that he or
any4>erson friendly to him would
L have too much sense to write it.
The Graphic contended that if
such a letter had been received
[ gf by Mr. Allison it had been writ
If ten by Governor Davis or some
■ ■■ body friendly to him.
■ The Lonoke Ledger is a Davis
paper, hence the denial printed
by it as coming from Mr. Allison
must be accepted as authentic
by the friends of Gov. Davis.
I Mr. Allison says he received no
such letter. Then upon whose
authority did the Beebe News
\ print the false statement?—Pine
Bluff Graphic.
DEATH OF HOPKINS. .
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Judsonia, Feb. 9.—D. L. Hop
kins of Judsonia, a contractor and
builder, died of pneumonia at
his home here Monday. He was
'taken sick at Batesville, Ark.,
I where he had been engaged in
| work for some time. After re
! covering from pneumonia other
complications set up and his sick
ness was prolonged. He longed
to be at home with his family,
and at their request Dr. Jno. L.
I Eastland went to Batesville and
accompanied Mr. Hopkins home,
arriving here Saturday. It was
not expected that he would re
cover, but his death came much
i earlier than was expected. He
! leaves a family and a large circle
of friends.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic lodge, and that order con
i ducted the funeral this afternoon
at 3 o’clock.
EVENING AT WHIST.
An informal but unusually
pleasant evening at whist was
enjoyed Tuesday at the home of
Mr., and Mrs. Sigmund Adler,
the affair being in compliment to
a popular visitor, Miss Bertha
Mayer of Kansas City, who has
been visiting the family of Chas.
Meyer.
Appropriate prizes fell to Mr.
Ed Arndt among the gentlemen
and Miss Bertha Mayer of the
ladies. After cards an elegant
lunch was served, consisting of
the following delicacies: Blue
points, soft shell crabs, tongue,
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smoKeu meai, ceiery, unves,
coffee, with whipped cream, cake
and ice cream.
The following guests were
present: Messrs. Ed Arndt,
Charles and Sam Meyer, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Fels, Mrs. L. Hirsch,
Misses Hannah Meyer, Gertrude
Cohn and Bertha Mayer of Kan
sas City.
JURYMEN DISCHARGED.
Very little is going on in court
and an early adjournment will
probably be taken.
Judge Fulkerson on Wednesday
morning excused all but twelve
members of the petit jury. The
grand jury on Wednesday return
ed another batch of eleven in
dictments.
J. D. Goldman versus J. C.
Hayes, debt; continued on mo
tion of plaintiff as to both causes.
Heiliger’s Union Market Com
pany versus St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway
Company, writ of garnishment;
dismissed.
NEWS ITEMS.
A well known Indiana man,
One dark night late last week,
Went to the cellar with a match
T v» n An aP n A*n ci 1 An 1 '
Xll Vll VX V* f—y
(He found it.)
John Welch, by curiosity,
Dispatches state, was goaded,
He squinted down his shotgun,
To see if it was loaded.
(It was.)
A man in Macon stopped to see
A patent cigar clipper,
He wondered if his finger was
Not quicker than the nipper.
(It wasn’t.)
A Maine man read that human
eyes
Of hypnotism were full,
He went to see if it would work
Upon an angry bull.
(It wouldn’t.)
James Wilkes fancied if he died,
This rolling sphere would stop,
He took the gas route just to see
The old world shut up shop.
(It didn’t.)
—Fort Smith Elevator.
Chas. Peterman, the dancing
instructor, arrived from Little
Rock Wednesday morning. He
is considering a minstrel to be
given by local talent.
HON. CLAY SLOAN
STIRS DAVIS CROWD.
His Campaign in Lawrence and
Randolph Counties For
Carroll D. Wood.
Powhatan, Ark., Feb. 9—Hon.
; Clay Sloan is producing conster
J nation among the Davisites in
j this county. It is reported on
good authority that when Mr.
Sloan made his first speech for
; Judge Wood at Powhatan they
tried to hire Hon. H. L. Ponder
of Walnut Ridge to reply to him,
I and for somer eason, best kagifn
to himself, presumably becs^fee
he is for Wood, he failed to re
spond. When Mr. Sloan spoke
at Portia ten days later, they put
up J.D.Oliphant, the only teacher
for Davis in the county to reply,
and he has been wondering ever
since “where he is at.” About
this time the Davisites here re
ceived word from Pocahontas
j that Col. Murphy had met his
Waterloo at that place in the
person of one Lomax. Negotia
| tions were at once opened with
him, the result of which was that
when Mr. Sloan arrived at Smith
| ville to speak last Saturday, Mr.
Lomax was there, and the Davis
ites who had made the arrange
ments to see Mr. sioan annim
lated; but imagine their disap
pointment when they heard their
new-found champion worse used
up, if possible, than Oliphant at
Portia. Mr. Sloan was at his
very best, and the way he sailed
into Davis’ record was enough to
dismay the most stouthearted
Davis man, but it is estimated
that there were not more than
twenty-five Davis men present.
Mr. Lomax made no effort to
refute the charges against Davis.
He simply sang the old song of
prejudice and persecution against
Davis on the part of the well-to
do. When in the course of his
speech he remarked that perhaps
many of the audience voted for
Davis two years ago and were
not ashamed of it, from all parts
of the audience came “Wouldn’t
do it again for anything.” He
also said that the persecutors of
Davis had put up Col. Rector
against him, then Col. Murphy,
and now they had up Hon. Clay
Sloan.
In his rejoinder Mr. Sloan re
plied to this by saying that the
other day Davis called up Lomax
over the telephone and said,
“Hello, Lomax, that you?”
“Yes.” “Well, Clay Sloan is
going to speak over at Smithville
next Saturday and I want you to
! take a nuart and tro over there
and carry the township for me.”
Mr. Sloan then added: “Lomax
j started with the quart, but I
don’t think he got here with it.”
This sally was greeted with a
a great burst of laughter and ap
plause.
From start to finish the sym
pathy of the audience was with
Mr. Sloan, but the best of atten
! tion was accorded to Mr. Lomax.
He is no mean speaker and he
can probably make an able speech
when he has a subject upon
which to speak. It must be a
1 hard undertaking to defend Da
1 vis’ record. Mr. Sloan punc
1 tuates his forceful argument with
just enough humor and apt illus
tration to hold his audience ir
rapt attention.
Mr. Sloan has accepted invita
tions to speak at Imboden, Alicia,
Mammoth Spring and Jonesboro.
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on Main street.
37d6t George Sexton.
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