This Newark
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARK., FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 1903.
VOL. Ill—NO. 34.
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OVERWHELMING
EVIDENCE
There are four piano manufacturers in nhc United States
and only four, who have made 100.000 pianos each. The
houses which are now proudly celebrating this achievement
ate tlieCbickering,the Fischer, the Steiuway and the Kimball.
It will no doubt be of interest to know the length of
time it has taken each of these distinguished companies to
pioduce 100,000 pianos, which is as follows :
The Chickering, 80 Years
The Fischer, 63 Years
The Steinway,
The Kimball,
Of these companies the Kimball is the only organ manu
facturer. and in addition to the pianos has also made more
than ^o0,000 iced organs and 4,4bQ large pipe organs.
In twenty years time, therefore, the Kimball Company
has far outstripped alt other makers in output in this or any
other country.
ihis wonderful achievement, when coupled with the
artistic merit of the Kimball, as attested by so large a num
bor of great artists and musicians of Europe and Ameiicu,
completes a record of facts which is indisputable, and makes
plain the verdict.
50 Years
20 Years
II'ibenberK
M sic Co
317 Main .St
Little Hock
Factory
Warei twins.
THE KIMBALL
SURPASSES ALL
Hollenberg
Music Co
317 Main St
Little Hock
Factory
Warerooms.
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THE BANK OF NEWARK,
Newark, - Arkansas.
Capital $20,000.
•T. A. Williamson, President. V. L. Pascoe, Vice President
E. B. Chesser, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
J. A. Williamson V. L. Pascoe
Cr. O, Mauness W. T. Maoxess
W T. Kinman M. S. Fi'iiER E. B. Chesser
ADAMS BROS.,
Dealers In
GeQeral Merchandise, and
COTTON BUYERS.
Ci" To The Farmers:-We want your produce and will pay the highest market
price, cash or merchandise.
KENTUCKY PRINCE SALOON
W. T. Magness & Son, Proprietors,
pir^e 01d T^er^tbuck^r Wlystyes. Wii^eS
CIGARS. TOBACCO AND SO ON.
JSTJugand Bottle Trade a Specialty. Your Patronage Solicited
s NOTICE
We Need Help Badly, and Must Have it—
Not to work in tlie store—but to carry off Light Bread, Sugar-cured
Hums, Breakfast Bacon. Sugar, Coffee, Flour; and, in fact, every
thing m the grocery line. We guarantee satisfaction, or money
refunded. We also need your produce, and if we haven't got what
you want will pay you the money for it, All goods delivered free
of charge anywhere within a mile of the store, Phone No. (Id.
i p. M, Martio & Son
W. T. MAENE55
—DEALER IN— f
Live Stock, Corn, Hay and Feedstuffs,
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Highest flarket Price Paid For Cotton Seed.
Make Your Wants Known to tl
Newark f^eal Estate & l^oat) Co.,
Newark.
5. A. MOORE, Secretai
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Arkansas.
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Contract for New State House Let.
The state capitol commission has
let the contract for the completion
of the new state house to Caldwell |
& Drake, of Columbus, Ind. The
contract price is $947,846 and the
structure is to be completed by
December 25, 1905. Caldwell &
Drake had submitted two bids, one
for $898,658 for Bedford stone
and one for $947,846 for 'Batesville
stone. George W. Donaghey, who
was the only Arkansas bidder, of
fered to do the work for $937,450,
using Bedford stone and Arkansas
granite for the basement. The act
of 1903 provides that as far as
practicable the commissioners shall
contract for Arkansas materials in
the construction of the buildings
The commission spent some time in
considering between the bid of
Caldwell & Drake and that of Mr.
Donaghey. Members of the com
mission give it as their opinion that
the Batesville marble is superior to
any building stone in the United
States. It is obtained in Independ
ence county, seven miles from
Batesville, in unlimited quantities,
amount than one million dollars
($1,000,000), all bids to be on the
same basis and for the same work.
An far as may be practicable the
board of capitol commissioners shall
contract for Arkansas materials in
the construction of the building.
The act of 1903, under which
the present capitol commission is
proceeding, contains the following
provisions covering the letting of
the contract:
“The contract for the completion
of said building above the base
ment floor line, shall be let to the
lowest and best bidder by the state
board of capitol commissioners
upon notice by advertisement for
thirty (30) days in such newspa
pers as the board may deem proper,
advertising for sealed bids for the
completion of said building, re
serving to the board the right to re
ject any and all bids. And no bid
shall be accepted for a greater
“The successful bidder shall be
required to enter into a bond to the
state of Arkansas, to be approved
by said board of capitol commis
sioners, in the sum of $500,000,
conditioned for the faithful per
formance of his contract within the
time herein named, and conditioned
further that he will pay off and dis
charge all debts contracted t^f, la
bor and materials usid in and about
said building. In no event shall
said board of state capitol commis
sioners ever pay to said contractor j
more than 90 per centum of the I
amount earned until the building is |
fully completed and accepted, when
the 10 per cent retained shall be
paid with final estimate to the
contractor under estimate made
from time to time; nor shall thev|
ever undertake to bind the state for
anything whatever on account of
said contract, it being the inten
tion of this act that the state shall
never be liable in any manner ex
cept for the amount stipulated in
the contract heroin provided for.
In no event shall the board under
take or agree in the contract here
in provided for to pay in any one
year a greater sum than can be real
ized in such year under the pro
visions of this act."
Dying Man Deserted by Brother.
A dispatch from Colorado says
that Center Riley, aged 24, was dis
covered in a dying condition bv
tourists i>ji Pike's Peak. The man
had been deliberately deserted by
his brother and left on the moun
tain side to die. The dispatch says
Riley was taken to Colorado from
this state about two weeks ago.
Charged With Passing Bogus Bills.
John W. Gaines and Alfred Snow
were arrested at Benton on the
charge of passing bogus bills. A
number of bills on the State Bank
of New Brunswick, N. J., were
found on the men. This bank went
out of existence many years ago,
but the plates from which these
notes were printed were stolen and
an immense amount of the notes
have since been circulated.
Clark Gets Twenty-One Years.
•Toe Clarke, charged with com
plicity in the Clarksville bank rob
bery and the murder of Sheriff
John Powers, was placed on trial
last week and entered a plea of
guilty of murder in the second de
gree and received a sentence of
twenty-one years in the penitentia
ry. Clarke’s real name, as given
by Fred Underwood the day before
his execution, is Joe Hamilton. He
was one of the live men taking part
in the robbery of the Clarksville"
bank, February, 1902, in which
Sheriff Powers was killed. Fred
Underwood and George Durham
were hanged at Clarksville June 10
for the murder. Clarke and Wal
lace, with John 1’. Dunn, who is
still at large, were also indicted for
tlie murder, but the evidence against
Clarke and Wallace was not sutli
eient to warrant a conviction of
murder in the first degree, there
fore the reduction of the charge to
murder in the second degree to
which In- pleaded guilty and receiv
ed a twenty-one-year sentence. The
case against Jim Wallace was dis
missed, but he will be returned to
Nebraska to complete a sentence of
seven years for bank robbery.
Railroad Agents in Tumble.
C. A. Appleby, agent of the Iron
-Mountain at Wilmar, and one Phil
lips, agent at MeGeheo, have been
arrested, charged with engaging in
a systematic scheme to defraud the
railroad and express companies. It
is charged that Phillips stole a lot
of express money order blanks and
mailed them to Appleby with a let
ter asking that ho fill them out
and send them hack, so that Phil
lips could take a vacation, cash the
orders at different plaee and divide
the money. It seems the blank or
ders and letter fell into the hands
of the railroad officials before they
reached Applehv. It is also charg
ed that Appleby and Phillips have
been stealing merchandise and
shipping it away or checking it as
baggage to some point known to
them and the officers, where the
goods were sold and the money di
vided between the conspirators.
Other arrests may follow.
Charges Blackmail.
F>. W. Claiborne, charged with
causing the death of Abner Gaines
of Hot Springs in 1901, and who
was arrested a few days ago,
sprung a sensation hv swearing out
a warrant against two parties
named James and Chambers, charg
ing them with attempted blackmail.
Mr. Claiborne declares Chambers
approached him and in the presence
of witnesses states! that he had
been approached by the prosecu
tion to testify against'him, but for
the sum of $100 he would give his
testimony in favor of the prosecu*
tiou.
Wife Murderer Hunj.
Will Diamond, colored, was
hanged last week at Marion for the
murder of his wife. The crime was
committed last spring and was a
foul ami cowardly murder. Dia
mond killed his wife to he rid of
her in order to he with another nej
gross. H<* implicated two other ne
groes in the crime alid they were
indicted at the last term of court,
hut were discharged on account of
the total lack of corroborating evi
dence. The execution was private
ami was witnessed by about twenty
persons.
Saloon Burned.
That portion of the Hot Springs
optra House building occupied by
a bar was destroyed by fire, and the
firemen had hard work in prevent
ing the entire building going up in
smoke. The cause of the fire is
thought to have been a defective
electric light wire.
The Logan county grand jury re
turned 110 indictments during a
seven days session.
Killed by Colored Officer.
Will Frederick, colored, was-shot
and killed at Jones’ Park, Pine
HlutT, by a colored deputy constable
named A. J. Sprewer. It is claim
ed Sprewer was endeavoring to
quell a disturbance when Frederick
interfered.
Joe Logan, wanted in Critten
den county on the charge of hav- |
ing* committed two murder*, waj
captured last week in Memphis.
Mrs. Gaines and Claiborne Discharged.
After a preliminary hearing on
the charge of having murdered Ab
ner (iainea at Hot Springs. 1). X.
Claiborne and Mrs. Gaines, wife of
the dead man, were both discharged
upon motion of the prosecuting at
torney, who announced that the
state had failed to make a case
against the accused. Mr. Gaines
was found dead in his room at Hot
Springs little over a year ago, ami
the theory advanced was suicide. A
knife lay a few inches from the
right hand of the dead man, and
his throat was cut from ear to ear.
A brother of Gaines was not satis
fied that it was a ease of suicide
and employed a detective to solve
the mystery. The evidence intro
ducod against the accused was not
of a character to warrant convic
tion, and they were promptly re
leased. Gaines had been in poor
health seme time before his death.
Aged Woman Suicides.
Mrs. Alice Kellogg, aged 67
years, was found dead bv the sex
ton in Mount Holly cemetery. Tat
tle Rock. Xear the bodv was found
two bottles, one labeled carbolic
acid and the other labeled mor
phine, both of which were empty.
An examination showed that the
w*ce in had swallowed carbolic acid,
as her lips and throat were badly
burned. She had resided in Little
Rock a number of years, and was
employed at different times as cook
for various families. She was of
an industrious disposition and well
liked. As she had been in ill
health it is supposed her mind
became deranged.
World’s Fair Work.
The state world's fair board has
granted permission to the Iron
Mountain railway land department
to make a composite exhibit at St.
Louis in the Arkansas building.
This exhibit will embrace timber,
mineral and horticultural and ag
ricultural products, but will be en
tirely separate from the state’s ex
hibit. Senator Logan, who has
charge of gathering the fruit exhib
it, reports that he is meeting with
hearty eo-operation from progress
the citizens. Prof. A. H. Perdue
and assistants arc gathering speci
mens for tiie mineral exhibits, and
report gratifying progress.
Assessment Board Enjoined.
Judge John H. Rodges, sitting
for Judge Trieber of the Eastern
district of federal court, has grant
ed a temporary order restraining
the state board of railway assess
ment from certifying the assesments
recently made as to the officers of
the various counties or taking any
steps making the assessments ef
fective. The board raised the
assessments on railroad prop
erty on an average of 20 per
cent, or over $10,000,000. The mat
ter will be given a final hearing the
latter jiart. of this month.
Ko Proof Against Them.
John and Ed Hampton, charged
with murdering Dolph McClain,
were acquitted by a jury at War
ren. McClain was found August 5
in the road in a dying condition.
The Hamptons were suspected and
arrested, hut the state failed to se
cure evidence of their guilt. All
the parties are colored.
WiU Reside Elsewhere.
City Marshal Guy Tucker, who
shot and killed John Parnell at El
Dorado, has tendered his resigna
tion and will make his home at
some oth >r point in the state. Mr.
Tucker announces that he came to
this conclusion in order that fur
ther trouble between his friends and
rnemies may be averted.
Twins Born on Tram.
Mrs. Lucy Murphy, whose hns
i>and died at some point in this
state a few months ago, gave birth
:o twin boys on an Iron Mountain
passenger train. The woman was
’ii route to St. Louis, where she has
relatives. The twins were named
ifter the conductor and engineer
>f the train on which they were
x>rn.
BRIEF MENTION.
A local option election is to be
icld at Texarkana.
Dr. W. B. Sims, aged 73, and
Mrs. Beck Bice, aged 65, were mar
ried at Little Rock a few days ago.
Prof. J. W. Nichols will estab
lish a mission at Paragould for
deaf-mute of that locality and
lorSheast Arkansas.
The roof of the Saline county
court liouse, which was recently
completed, was struck by lightning
and considerably damaged.
A big Confederate reunion -was
held at Lonoke last week with an
attendance of over 2,000, A most
successful reunion was also held at
DeWitt.
ltill Love joy, a well known char
acter, was shot and killed in Clay
county by Mart Vowell. The kill
ing was the outcome of enmity of
long standing.
Vida Brinkly, the 15-year-old ne
gro girl who stubbed her lover. Rob
ert Richardson, to death at Little
Rock June 27 last, lias been releas
ed on $000 bond.
There is now stored away in the
vaults of tile state treasury the
sum of $1,703,223.45, the largest
amount of money ever held in the
state treasury at one time.
Anthony Isom, aged 8 years, was
instantly killed by lightning on his
father's farm in Garland county.
The boy was returning from the
spring with a bucket of water when
killed.
The Little Rock and Monroe
railway has been granted a char
ter. The proposed line is to run
from u point in Union county to
Monroe, La., a distance of fifty
miles.
.Major General Haynes, A. S. G.,
announces that the state encamp
ment will be held at Hot Springs
September 7th to 13th. All rail
roads will give reduced rates on
this occasion.
John Kiger and Lem Gillinan
engaged in a pistol duel at a house
of ill fame in Texarkana, in which
Kiger was killed. Both men emp
tied their revolvers, but Gillinan
escaped unhurt.
Judge M. W. Gibb, a leading col
ored citizen of Little Rock, has con
tributed the sum of $500 toward a
fund being raised for the erection
of a home for aged colored women
at the state capital.
The engine, baggage car and ex
press of a Rock Island express went
through a bridge about sixty miles
west of Topeka, Kas., killing Fire
man Leggett and seriously injuring
Engineer MeSteen. That a fear
ful loss of life did not follow is due
to the nnrrownes sof the stream
where the disaster occurred. A
cloudburst had tilled the creek and
weakened the bridge.
The Rialto Grain Investment
Company of St. Louis is in trouble
Several customers of the firm al
lege they have been defrauded by
the company representing that they
were making from 25 to 100 per
cent profit. Some go so far as to
allege the company never even in
vested funds entrusted to them, but
deliberately appropriated the same
Gilbert Twigg, an ex-soldier in
the Philippines, became suddenly
insane at Winfield, Kas., and, arm
ed with a shotgun, attacked a
crowd of 3,000 people who were at
tending a band concert in a park.
The crazed man killed three people
and fatally wounded two others be
fore a policeman put a bullet
through his abdomen.
The appetite of a goat has in
volved a Memphis saloonist in
trouble with Uncle’Sam. A barrel
of whisky was left on the sidewalk
in front of J. J. Griffin’s place of
business ulld before it was removed
a goat made a meal of the govern
ment stamps posted thereon. Then
an inspector came along and seized
the whisky.
Ihe liciman kaiser has condemn
ed the latest hook of Tolstoi, the
title of which is “Thou .Shalt Not
Kill,’’ and the entire edition has
been ordered destroyed. The kais
er is reported angered by Tolstoi’s
reference to him. The pamphlet
contains a bitter denunciation of
war, which Tolstoi calls murder.
The governor of Jamaica has ap
pealed to this country for aid for
citizens left homeless and destitute
by the recent hurricane which
swept over the island.
The murderer of the Kussian
consul at Monastic has been put to
death and the widow will receive
a large sum as indemnity from the
Turkish government.
King Peter of Servia is said to
be completely in tire power of the
military conspirators who murder
ed the late king and queen.
It has come to light that dishon
est employes in the water depart
ment have defrauded New York
Cit\out of over $1,000,000.
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