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j VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY. OCTO J3R t7. 1904. NUMBER 148.
Othree workmen ■ |
HURLED TO DEATH.
Temporary Work on Bridge Over
(Crooked Creek Gives Way,
Throwing Workmen
Thirty Feet Below
to Awful Death.
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.Tie story of an awful accident
is related by many witnesses
. / the tragedy in the inquest
L earing Sunday afternoon before
Justice Smith at the undertaking
rf rooms of R. F. Drummond, where
-ja j”ry consisting of W. B. Hur
vrey, Chas. Mason, A. B. Drum
^ftnond, W. D. Sprigg, T. M. Bell,
mW. J. Magoffin, L. F. Young,
I Sam Dorr, A. J. Stevens, G. C.
F Martin, J. F. Hoofmanand C.W.
V Beard heard the evidence of the
I case and returned the following
|] verdict:
I DO NOT FIX THE BLAME.
I “We, the jury, find that the
J said J. W. Chitwood, A. Reese
I and Frank Gibbons came to their
I death on the 15th day of October,
| 1904, while employed as laborers
1 in the erection of a bridge on
I Crooked creek, about five miles
from Yellville in the state of Ar
kansas. and that their deaths
were caused by the falling of a
girder which they were assisting
in placing in position on the
bridge, and that the accident oc
curred by reason of the false
work upon which they were
working being faulty in its con
struction.”
f STORY OF DISASTER.
The witnesses before the act
ing coroner’s jury were Thos.
Madden, foreman of the Phoenix i
Bridge Company, who had in
charge the construction of the
bridge; Herman Cochran, time
keeper; 0. L. Bunker, L. B. Mc
Guire and John F. Wilson, fellow
workmen.
The substance of their story of
the accident is as follows:
The men were at work about
10 o’clock Saturday morning on
the second crossing over Crooked
creek of the White river line,
and Were removing girders from
a flat car by means of a hoisting
bent, which was resting on a
bent of false work. One girder
was swinging clear of the car in
the rigging used in the lifter gir
der, when the bent of false work
either broke or kicked out from
under the hoisting bent, allowing j
this and the girder to fall 25 or;
30 feet to the creek bed below, j
The men killed were on the car i
and were thrown to the ground
with the girder. One witness,
L. B. McGuire, testified that he
saved himself hy jumping from j
the car to the track when the;
cracking of the false work began, ‘
but that the other men had no
chance of escape.
Frank Gibbons was found
dead, his neck being broken in
the fall and his right arm badly
bruised.
J. W. Chitwood of Estill
Springs, Tenn., died on the way
to Cotter, his head being split
wide open, and the gray matter
falling out. His remains were
shipped to his home Sunday
night.
A. Reese of West Point, Ky.,
had his right thigh broken, his
right arm and left knee badly
bruised, and died after reaching
Cotter. His remains were also
shipped home Sunday night.
W. P. McKelly and J. W. Bren
non were also injured seriously,
and were brought to Newport
that night and sent to the hos
pital in St. Louis.
WOMAN’S CLUB MEETING.
The Woman’s Club met with
Mrs. C. R. Hite, Friday, Octo
ber 14, at 3 o’clock p. m. Owing
to the absence from the city of
some members, and illness of
others, the attendance was not
large, but much interest was
manifested.
After routine business, Mrs.
Geo. Sink gave in beautiful ex
pression an instrumental solo,
“Melody in F,” Mrs. C. R.
Hite’s paper on “Failures,” was
splendidly written, showing
that she had studied her sub
ject thoroughly. Mrs. Geo. Sink
gave a second piano selection, by
invitation.
A debate, “Club Life versus
Sociability,” was the next num
ber on the program; Mesdames
Willis and Sink taking the affirm
ative, and Mesdames Billingsley
and Johnson the negative. The
subject w^s argued in a genuine
ly intelligent manner, some ex
cellent points being made by
both sides, but unquestionably,
the orator of the day was Mrs.
Willis.
Mrs. R. T. Robertson conclud
ed the program by reading a
beautiful and appropriate selec
tion from Jean Ingelow.
It was a delightful afternoon,
and a most happy beginning for
the year 1904-5.
Reporter.
FIELD TO BUY
ONE OF BIG SHOWS.
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Closing a Deal For Puchase ol
Forepaugh & Sells Bros.
Circus.
Mobile, Ala., October 16.—Al.
G. Field, the w.ell known min
strel man, corroborated tonight
the report £hat he is about to
close a deal for the entire Fore
paugh & Sells show. He said
that had it not been for the un
expected death of Peter Sells,
the deal would have been closed
long ag®. The name of the show
will remain unchanged. The
contract reads that delivery is to
be made at winter quarters in
Columbus, Ohio, November 23.
Associated with him as part own
ers in the enterprise, will be E&i
West and Owen M. Evans, of
Columbus, Ohio, and Charles S.
Wood, of North Adams, Mass.
SUPREME COURT
POSTPONES DECREES.
In the petition of R. T. Sim
mons et al., versus F. D. Fulker
son, for a mandamus in the ap
peal cases against J. E. Doherty
and Henry Bordwell to prevent
tVipir rpmnval to rhe First, ward.
the Supreme Court on Saturday
postponed giving a decree for
another week.
Such action was also taken in
the suit of J. E. Wilmans et al.,
versus Henry Bonlwell and the
other licensed saloons on the ap
peal from the Jackson circuit
court.
MCDONALD STOCK
COMPANY COMING.
Th* McDonald Stock Company
will commence a three nights'
engagement at the opera house
Oct. 20 in a line of mangificent
plays, comprising drama, danc
ing, interspersed with up-to-date
specialties. Thursday night, the
beautifiul 4-act comedy drama
entitled ‘‘A Vagabond’s Honor.”
The best show of the season at
popular prices, 15c, 25c, 35c.
Reserved seats on sale at usual
place. _ ^ ^ _
We have changed our terms
from a credit to a cash basis. All
goods must be paid for on deliv
ery; otherwise returned. 36btf
Respectfully, A. Bowie.
GOV. DAVIS ON
NEGRO EQUALITY, i
“None So Long as We Can Puli
a Trigger and There Are
Pistols Around.”
Gov. Jeff Davis was one of the
speakers at a Democratic rally
down in Texas Wednesday, and
he made ono of the characteris
tic speeches for which he is
noted.
Hi3 subject was “Parker vs.!
Roosevelt,” and he denounced!
the defendant in the case roundly
as “a monster.” On the sub
ject of racial relations, the Dal
las News quotes him as follows:
“The only claim that Mr.
Roosevelt has to distinction, is
that he shot a Spaniard in the
back at San Juan Hill. Then he
took a negro home to dine with
him. Is there a radical here.
(One man held up his hand). Do
you approve of that? You say
he didn’t do it? Well, you
haven’t sense enough to be a
Democrat. Can you think of
anything dirtier, or nastier than
that—eating with a bigger? I
wduld rather eat out of a trough
with a hog than to eat with a
nigger. I would rather drink
not linuor out of a not with a
hound pup than eat i with a nig
ger. Suppose a nigger should go
up to your daughter at church
and say, “Miss Alice, may I see
you home?” You would shoot
him as quick as a flash. I would,
and I am governor of Arkansas.
Suppose Booker T. Washington
should walk up to Miss Roose
velt—a sweet, lovable girl, I
know her well—and ask to walk
home with her. What would that
sweet girl do, her father having
entertained Washington in his
parlor, and having dined with
him in his own home?
“Let me tell you, we are not
going to have any nigger
equality down here as long as
we can pull a trigger and there
are shotguns and pistols lying
around loose. And, gentlemen,
I believe in the Providence of
God; I believe that this calamity
will be averted:
On the subject of pardons.Gov.
Davis said:
“They say I am a pardoning
governor. Well, I did grant 600
or 700 more this year. I have an
idea that we put people in the
penitentiary to reform them, and
when a man is reformed he
should be pardoned. I am proud
to be called the pardoning gov- |
ernor of Arkansas. When I get
to the great white throne, I am
nrlrw-l f T oVioll VY1 Cl Inf” flf
good old fathers and mothers
that I have made happy.”
Speaking of corporations he
said:
“After hearing your governor
and ex-governor speak today I
have come to the conclusion that
you are suffering in Texas from
an overdose of corporate greed.
The first year I was governor I
raised the assessment of rail
roads $5,500,000 and the rail
roads kicked. Next year I raised
them $12,000,000 more and the
next year $20,000,000 more. The
governor, state treasurer and au- j
ditor constitute a board to assess;
railroads to Arkansas, and I am
going to recommend that the as
sessment of all corporate proper
ty be made by that same board, j
The local assessor can assess the
little fellow all right, but they
take the buck ague when they go
to assess the property of a big
corporation. If you fellows (the
legislature) are straight and hon
est, the corporate lobby will have
to go out of business.”
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