FIGHT ON FREIGHT TRAIN
Battle Between Trainmen and Tramps
B,esulted in Tramp Being Kill
ed Near Bradford.
A difficulty occurred Thursday
night near Bradford between the
train crew on a freight and some
tramps who were beating their
way, which resulted in the death
of one of the tramps.
The tramps boarded a through
freight at Newport and refused to
get off. When pressed by the
train crew they opened lire on
them. The lire was returned by
the railroad men. After the light
it was found that one of the
tramps was killed and one or two
of the railroad men seriously
wounded. T he other three tramps
made their escape.
The dead man, whose body was
leit at Bradford was turned over
to Justice Whitley, in the absence
of the coroner. A 38-calibre
Smith & Wesson revolver, with
two chambers empty, was picked
up near the dead man in the coal
oar.
TWO srsi'KCTS ARRESTED.
Later minces from Bradford
state that the unknown dead man
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buried at tlie county’s expense.
Two suspects have been arrested
and are in custody, pending an in
vestigation.
The missing brakeman, John
Erwin, was thrown from the train
in the tight and had his shoulder
dislocated and arm broken. lie
flagged a train and was picked up
.and taken to Newport.
The wounded man, A. J. Spear,
was shot in the side, the ball hit
ting and hr aking a rib, passing
to the surface in the back, where
it wa> extracted at Newport. The
railroad company has detectives on
the ground, and other develop
ments are expected at any time.
A POOR niLIJONAIRE.
( harles E. French, a Boston
millionaire, starved to death last
week in a barren room on the top
floor of his magnificent building
in that city. It was his boast that
he could live on 21 cents a day and
his acquaintances say it was
through his demonstration of this
fact that his system became weak
ened and he finally succumbed to
disease. His body was not found
till some time’after his death.
What was the possession of
wealth to such a man as this? He
not only kept whatever he had ac
cumulated from the channels of
commerce where it would have
accomplished good, but refused to
enjoy any of the benefits of his
large fortune himself. It is one
thing to demonstrate the benefits
of economy and another to fall in
to habits that are unbecoming the
station that a man occupies. This
millionaire though rich in this
world’s goods was in fact poorer
than the meanest pauper.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Hamburg, Ark., Dec. 2.—Sher
iff Henry Stillwell brought in
from Montrose on yesterday even
ing's train a young man named
Bloomer, charged with killing an
old man named Laird, 'l'he cause
of the murder is not known except
that Bloomer and Laird met in the
road and some dispute arose be
tween them, which resulted in the
death of Laird. Bloomer waived
the preliminary trial and was com
mitted to jail.
Warning Order.
Before J. T. Tharp, Justice of the
Peace of Big Bottom Township, Inde
pendence County, Arkansas.
.1. E. Pel ley. plaintiff, versus Char
lie Draper, Richard Snelsou and W.
L. Smith, defendants.
The defendant, Charlie Draper, is
warned to appear in said Justice of
the Peace court within 30 days and
answer the complaint and affidavit of
plaintiff, J. E. Pelley.
J. T. Tharp, J. P.
Dated this 12th day of November,
1904.
S. A. Moore attorney for plaintiff.
Yancy & Casey, attorneys for non
resident defeuduat.
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THE CLOSING OF THE
GREAT WORLD'S FAIR
Great Louisana Purchase Exposi
tion Passes Into History.
But Its Memory Will Linger Long
and Pleasantly With Those
Who Saw Its Granduer.
The great World’s hair has
closed. At midnight, Thursday,
December 1, it passed into history,
and those who did not visit the
great exposition and witness its
granduer with their own eyes do
not realize what they have missed.
The Louisiana Purchase Impo
sition was the largest that the
World has ever seen, and in many
respects it eclipsed all its prede
cessors. It was not as compactly
beautiful perhaps as either the
Paris Exposition or the Columbian
World’s Fair. But we doubt
whether from the point of land
scape beauty and architectural
magnificence we shall ever look
upon its like again.
It must be a source of profound
gratification to all those who visit
eu li, mat iney were auie w
The memory of it haunts us like a
beautiful dream. And in the days
to come it will be a matchless de
light to turn over the pages of
some pictorial history of its mar
vels, and recall the fact that once j
we wandered amidst its enchant
ments; that we paused here to list
en to beautiful music, or stopped
there to see the mighty cascades
fall from the Festival Hall and
make their way into the lagoon.
A World’s Fair is often regard
ed as merely a great educational
force. Unquestionably it is all
that, but one likes to think of it as
a dream city, where one comes in
magic contact with all the world,
and where pleasure and a univer
sal camaraderie are the dominant
influences. The person who goes
to a groat exposition, haunted by
the idea that he must improve his
mind, that he must gather up all
the statistics he can and fill his
head with all sorts of dry facts,
will miss the very best part of it.
Of course we all like to look at
the beautiful and the bizarre prod
ucts of foreign nations. We like
to compare them with our own and
to get in rapport with the ideals,
the ambitions, the arts and the
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but unless one rejoices in the in
spection of these things, he might
just as well stay at home.
To the man who takes an expo
sition in the proper spirit, it is an
assemblage of all the marvels and
peoples of the World. It increas
es his breadth of view, it enlarges
the catholicity of his spirit, it tires
his immagination, it inspires him
with new ideals, and it convinces
him of the brotherhood of man.
There is a certain sadness in the
thought that all these beautiful
palaces will now be dismantled.
Hut for the millions who visited
the fair, it has now become a
dream, and as we are “such stud
as dreams are made of,” so the
pleasure we derived from it can
never pass away while memory,
the mirror of all things beautiful’,
remains to “summon from the
shadowy past the forms that once
have been.”
A CORRECTION.
In my report of the General
Association the type made me say
“Eld. J. A. Scarborough, author
of Baptist Bible,” when it should
have been “author of The Bible
Baptist and Board System ”
The financial report only refers
to what passed through the Gen
eral Association of the state
There has been a good deal paid
through the convention and other
wise that 1 did not refer to
J- I. Martin.
ITCHING for vacancies
Governor Davis Discovers Another
Opening and Proceeds to Com
plicate Matters.
Another instance of Governor
Davis’ original construction of the
term vacancy” has developed in
Hempstead county, where he has
commissioned” one man to an
ollice to which another has been
du,y elected. The Star of Hope
gi\ es the following account of it:
h.v an oversight on his part
K. A. Boyett has been de
pii\cd of his office of tax assessor,
t<> which hi; was re-elected by the
people of I lempstead county at the
late election. The law fixes a time
limit in which officers are required
to qualify before the secretary of
state by sending in a fee of $2 for
their commissions. Capt. Boyett’s
letter and remittance for this pur
pose reached the office of the sec
retary of state two days late, and
Monday morning it was announc
ed that Governor Davis had ap
pointed L. E. Cowling of Wash
ington, who has ever been the gov
ernor s warm supporter, to fill the
vacancy.’ Although this is the
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construction of the same, and a
summary action on the part of the
governor, which is much regret
ted by the many friends of Cap
tain Boyett, than whom there is
no more popular man in the coun
ty, and is ascribed b.v them as due
principally to the personal desires
of Governor Davis, lie not only
succeeded himself to the office of
tax assessor, but was elected with
out opposition, heading the Demo
cratic ticket with the largest vote
cast for any candidate. And he :
will serve his term unless the
courts order otherwise.”
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ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
The state’s educational exhibit
at the World's Fair won nine
medals.
The Morrilton city council has
granted a waterworks franchise to
a Kansas City capitalist.
Forty-seven bales of cotton were
destroyed by tire on the railroad
platform at Augusta Thursday.
Jonesboro police raided a gamb
ling house and seized a poker ta
ble, which was burned in the
Winfield Pledger of Ashley
county accidentally shot himself
while out hunting, and died three
days litter.
John Johnson of El Dorado ac
cidentally drove a tack into his
finger some time ago, and it be- j
came necessary to amputate the
finger.
The little son of ex-Mayor Mc
Curdy of Augusta was ran over in
the street by a frightened horse,
but sustained no dangerous
wounds.
Xewt Shores, who killed John
Murphy at Guion, has waived ex
amination and will remain in jail
to await the action of the grand
jury in March.
James Watson, the 7-year-old
son of-I. D. Watson of Wickes,
while trying to run a belt upon a
grindstone, got caught in the ma
chinery of the cotton gin and had
•in arm torn entirely off, his left
thiwh broken and gashes cut in his
head and other knee.
|t js understood that Earle W.
! |()dge, a young newspaper man
j- pocahontas, will succeed John
!» j0be as state printing clerk,
under Auditor A. E. Moore, in
stead of J- K- Taylor, editor of
tin' paragon Id Soliphone, who de
, lined the place. Air. Jobe will
be promoted.
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Real Estate Bargains
For Sale By
CRAIG & HENDERSON
No. 1. 80 acres good land 1 ni from
Newark, on railroad; 40 acres cleared;
23 in cultivation; good bottom land
and a bargain.
No. 2. 80 acres good bottom land 4
miles N.-E. Newark; half subject to
overflow, balance above highwater;
40 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
a bargain.
No. 5. 140 acres good land J mi. N.
of Paroquet; 50 acres in cultivation;
3 good houses on farm with good
pumps; 60 acres in pasture; excellent
cotton land and good timber on land
not in cultivation. Can lie bought for
ten dollars an acre.
No. o. Half interest in 250 acres
cane pasture land i mile from Jaek
sonport; under fence; tinest cane land
on White river; very cheap.
No. 7. 48 acres i mile from Paro
quet; 35 acres rich river bottom land;
15 acres above overflow; good timber.
A bargain.
No 10. 40 acres good timber land
2 miles from Newark; would make fine
cotton land.
No. 11. 2 acres of land and good
4 room house in Paroquet, all under
fence and well improved. Big bargain.
No. 12. Nice 5 room residence and
4 lots near Methodist church; one of
the most beautiful nlaces in Newark
Very cheap.
o. 15. 160 acres fine land in the
famous Big Bottom country; makes .1
bale of cotton and 75 to 100 bushels of
corn to the acre. Fine farm and in
a few years will be worth 16 thousand
dollars, but if taken at once can be
bought for about half that amount.
o. 17. Two nice residence lots one
block north of public school building;
nicest residence property in town and
a bargain.
o. 18. 400 acres fine Big Bottom
farming land; 200 acres in cultivation;
4 houses on place; makes a bale of cot
ton to the acre. Well improved farm
and a genuine bargain if taken atonce.
o. 21. 279 acre farm adjoining
Paroquet, 40acres in cultivation, 20
acres in pasture; one 6-room frame
and one 2-room box house on place.
Good well, two pumps, three barns,
two good orchards of oq bearing trees;
land not in cultivation Inis good tim
ber.
No. 22. 75 acre creek bottom farm,
with 55 acres in cultivation; one 4
rooin and one 2-room house; two good
barns and other out buildings. Makes
half bale of cotton and 80 bushels corn
to the acre; two miles from Newark.
No. 23. 87 acre creek bottom farm,
two miles from Newark with 67 acres
in cultivation; two 2-room houses
with good chimneys; everlasting wat
ter; makes half bale cotton to the
acre.
No. 24. 20 acres half mile north of
Newark, 15 acres in cultivation; excel
lent location for truck or poultry farm.
o. 25. 11 acres half mile north of
town; good 5-room house, barn, orch
ard, good out buildings and two wells.
56. 160 acre farm with 40 improved
good orchard of 300 trees, good 7 room
frame house and good barn; everlast
ing spring.
57. 117 acres creek bottom land 2
miles north of town; 35 acres in culii
vation; good hill land, grows 4o bush
els corn and half bale cotton per acre.
59. 2 acres ground and good 5 room
house in north edge of town; good im
provements and fine water
GO. 10 acres in northeast part of
town, all under good fence; good 3
room box house with brick (lues; good
well of water, barn, garden; orchard
of 75 bearing trees of apples; also
pears, peaches and grapes.
REGISTERED
Mens Walkover Shoes
Sold Only By
FRED. D. WHITING, ] «e
Newark, - Arkansas.
no. 20. 140 acre farm, mu acres ia
cultivation; good limlier dm land not
in cultivation; three 2-room ImUse*,
good well and spring, 24 acre orchard.
Located 8 miles north of Newark,
mile from Black River Academy, mile
from.church and in good neighborhood.
Small creek runs through the farm.
no. 27. One block beautiful resi
dence lots just north of school build
ing. Very desirable property and a
bargain.
no. 30. 40 acres timber land 6 miles
southwest of Oil Trough store, good
white oak timber; Price $00,
no. 40. 80 acres timber lahd on
De par tee creek, half river bottom and
half upland: line tract of land and
has good timber on it.
no. 41. r»5 acres bottom land on
nUick river adjoining railroad; very
high and seldom overflows; all in tiiu
ber, line piece of land and a bargain.
no. f»3. 80 acres Rig Bottom land
24 miles from Newark; 60 acres in cul
tivation, 3 acres in alfalfa; grows bale
of cotton to the acre.
No. 37. 2 acres nicest residence
property in north part of town; good
well and garden on place.
dd. 160 acre farm 3 miles north of
town. 140 acres in cultivation, 20 acres
good timber, no rocks, 5 room log
house and 4 room frame house, good
well, and idee young orchard.
No. 28. 12 acres line Big Bottom
land,mile and a half from Newark,all
in cultivation: makes hale of cotton
per acre.
No. 29. lti acres half mile north of
Mag ness; 3 room house, good barn and
orchard.
no. 30. 529 acres line bottom land;
mile river front on black river; 300
acres under fence; 200 acres tine cane
land; valuable white oak timber on
land.
No. 31. Block of nicest residence
property in Newark, near schoo
building.
No. 32. Block nice residence prop
erty in west side Newark, l block from
school building.
no. 42. 8 acres timbered land 3 mi.
north of Newark; good hill land and
nice location for small fruit farm.
no. 33. Block residence property in
north part m town; 80 bearing apple
trees on place; choice residence prop
erty.
no. 34. 40 acres timbered land in
Big Bottom, half mile east of Akron.
Very cheap.
no. 35. 99 acres 2 miles north of
Newark. 7o acres in cultivation, 2-sto
ry 5-room house, good outbuildings,
barns, 20 acre pasture and tine youu
orchard.
o. 36. Nice 5-room residence 2
blocks from depot, very desirable lo
cation.
o. 38. 40 acres timbered land on
Village creek, 2 miles from Newport,
tine land; valuable white oak timber
on place.
4.f. .{<><) acres good bottom land, 280
acres in timber; 80 acres in timothy;
good 4 room house; good barn and out
buildings; good orchard; 100 acres la
pasture; improvements good; located
II miles from Newark; a tine stock
farm. Price live thousand dollars.
45. 2 room house and 1 acre land ia
north edge of city, at a bargain.
40. it acres nice residence property
in north edge of city; beautiful loca
tion, and genuine bargain.
47. Good 5 room house and 1 acre
land in west edge of town: convenient
to school; desirable location; cheap.
48. 80 acres in the manganese belt,
2 miles northwest of Cushman;healthy
location; springs in abbndance.
49. 40 acres timbered land 8 miles
north of Batesville in the manganese
belt; soil ricli from mineral.
50. 2 acres tine residence property
in north part of town; 4 blocks from
school building; fine orchard of about
75 bearing trees; nice location.
52. 1400 acres tine river bottom land
on Black river, lying on both sides of
railroad; over 200 acres in cultivation;
400 acres in pasture; good timber, 3
miles river front, railroad station and
switch on place, all good farming land
and has natural drainage, fine for cot
ton, and would make as tine stock
farm as any of its size in the South.
52. 240 acres tine land in the famous
Big Bottom country, half mile from
Newark; makes a bale of cotton and
(io to 100 bushels corn per acre; 25 acres
in alfalfa yielding 7 to 8 tons per acre
every year.
54. 120 acre farm, 55 in cultivation,
and under good fence, good six room
house and a 2 room house, good barn
and plenty of water, located 4* mites
north of town.
CRAIG & HENDERSON
Newark, - Arkansas.