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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday July 8, 1M04.
Vol. 4, No. 28
BROTHER AND SISTER
WERE DROWNED
Two Inmates of the Odd Fellows Or
phan Home Lost Their Lives
at Batesville.
A shocking tragedy occurred at
Batesville last Saturday evening
at 4:30 o’clock, when two children,
inmates of the Odd Fellows Or
phans Home, were drowned in the
river three miles above Batesville.
The children were Mary Williams,
aged 1*>, and her brother Clide,
aged 13. The children had been
taken to the river by the matron,
Mrs. Daly, and had gone in bath
ing, when the girl, more daring
than the rest, got into water too
deep for her, and not knowing how
to swim, sank. Her small broth
er, Clide, swam to her rescue and
tried to save her, but she held on
to him and drowned him also be
fore aid could reach them. The
bodies were found at 11 o'clock
Saturday night. The children’s
mother, Mrs. Sue Williams, lives
in Hot Springs.
KILLED NEAR HOT SPRINGS
Hot Springs, July 4.—Bernie
Connelly sliot and instantly killed
lilenry Conahan at the Connelly
farm, alwiit one and one-lmlf miles
from Hot Springs. Connelly came
to town and surrendered to the
■ollieers.
According to the story told by
Connelly, Conahan was taken from
the jchain gang by the Connelly
brothers, who paid his tine and
were allowing him to work it out
on their farm. He recently threat
en ed the life of Tom Connelly and
today insulted the ladies at the
Connelly home. When Hurnie
returned he is -.aid to nave attack
ed him with an ax, whereupon
Connelly secured a shotgun and
shot him. killing him instantly.
Indigestion.
With its companions, heart
burn, flatulence, torpidity of the
liver, constipation, palpitation of
the heart, poor Mood, headache
and other nervous symptoms,
sallow skin, foul tongue, offensive
breath and a legion of other ail
ments, is at once the most wide
spread and destructive malady
among the American people. The
Herbine treatment will cure all
these throubles. 50c a bottle at
J. I. Sturdivant’s drug s*ore.
VERDICT FOR $14,000
Big1 Judgement Against Iron Moun
tain in favor of Mrs. George
Taylor of Van Buren.
Van Buren, July 1. A jury in
the Crawford county circuit court
today gave Mrs. George Taylor a
verdict of $14,000 against the St,
Louis Iron Mountain and South
ern Railway Company.
Conductor George Taylor, Mrs.
Taylor’s husband, was killed at
Sallisaw, I. '1'., Five years ago
while trying to couple* two cars.
One drawhead, it is claimed, was
higher than the other, which let
the cars come together and caught
Taylor’s head between the handle
bars and the end of the car.
Attempted Suicide.
Hot Springs, July 2.—Charles
Champion, who has been operat
a clothes cleaning establishment
here for a short time, became dis
couraged and despondent yester
day and attempted to commit sui
cide.
He sent his key to his roommate:
and sent a negro porter after
twenty cents’ worth of morphine
tablets. He then boarded a Whit
tington car rode to the end of the
line and evidently took the most
of the morphine he had bought.
He had so advertised the fact of
his desperate intentions that search
was immediately made for him and
he was finally located and found
to be in a very critical condition,
but was finally revived after a
hard battle with death.
WILSON LAW KNOCKEDOUT
Supreme Court of Arkansas Declared
the Wilson Anti-Gambling
Law Null and Void.
The supreme court of Arkansas
on last Saturday declared the cele
brated Wilson anti-gambling act
null and void.
This is the act which was herald
ed at the time of its passage as the
most drastic and stringent upon
this subject that was ever enacted,
and such, without doubt, it was
intended by its author that it
should be.
But it was early found defec
tive and very few conventions re
sulted from its attempted enforce
! tnent.
I he closing ot the gambling
houses of Little Rock and other
cities in the state was not due to
the provisions of this act, but un
der the old “burning act,” which
has been declared constitutional.
Mr. Justice Battle of the su
preme court, delivered an opinion
declaring the act null and void,
because of some irregularity in the
manner in which it passed the
house and senate.
22 KILLED; 40 INJURED.
The (’hicago limited on the Wab
ash railroad, due at St. Louis at
7 p. m. was wrecked at Litchfield,
111., Sunday night and 22 persons
were killed and lo injured. The
train was half an hour late and
was running To miles an hour
when the wreck occurred. The
engine ran into an open switch
and* through a string of freight
cars. The wreckage caught tire
and a number of the victims were
roasted to death in the flames.
OUR VISITORS
The following preachers and
delegates had arrived to attend the
district conference up to noon
yostereay.
Desha—Rev. T. A. Bowman.
Bet hesda- J. It. Y. Luster and T.I).
Hail.
Melbourne* Rev. \Y. F. Locke, Win.
Keer and C alvin Haines.
Calico Rock—Rev. F. .NT. Smith and
T. J Mathews.
Mountain View—Rev. J. G. Barker.
Pleasant Plains—Rev. E. a. Blan
ton and James Stewart.
Sulphur Rock—Rev. C. FI. Newman,
Rev. J. L. Keener, W. R. Rice, W. E.
Jernigan and .1 antes Northern.
Ash Elat—Rev. R. A. Robertson.
Calamine—Rev. J- R. 'Riggers.
.1 aeksonport—Rev. 1. E. Thomas.
Evening Shade Rev. J 1). Keller,
W. C. Shaver, J. VV. Williams, T. A.
Larimaa and J. R. Metcalf.
Bexar Rev. J. 1). McClure, N. J.
Rader and X. M. Watson.
Train Blown From Track.
A cyclone lifted a heavily load
ed Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis
passenger train from the tracks
two miles north of Oakford, 111.,
'Tuesday evening at 0 o’clock, and
rolled it down an embankment,
killing the baggageman and injur
ing a score of passengers.
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OLD BIG BOTTOM
REMAINS INTACT
Judge Lindsey’s Decision Last Mon
day Adverse to the Creation
of a New Township.
County Judge Lindsey rendered
his decision in the county court
last Monday in regard to the crea
tion of a new township from terri
tory now embraced in Big Bottom
and White River townships.
Certain parties at Magness had
petitioned the county court to cre
ate the new township, and coun
ter petitions were presented from
citizens of both Big Bottom and
White River. The case was
brought before the county court
at its June term, and was a hotly
contested one.
After receiving the petitions
and hearing the arguments pro
and con, the court took the case
under advisement and set the first
day of the July term as the day
for rendering a decision in the
case.
The court’s decision is that there
is no reason or cause for the crea
tion of a new township. So the
! prayers of the petitions for a new
township was not granted, and old
Big Bottom remains intact.
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company in America—^he Equita
ble.
New Canning Factory at Danville
Danville, July 4.—The canning
factory recently established here
will soon be in operation. The
citizens of Danville and the city
council contributed liberally to the
enterprise and take a great inter
est in it. The factory is a large
one, and the plant is most com
plete. Two carloads of tin cans
are now being unloaded.
OWNERSOr “TWINS” FINED
W illiams & Purcell of Bates
ville, owners of the steamer Twins,
of that place, were tined $500 in
two cases at Memphis last Friday
on the charge of violating the
government regulations governing
navigation by running the boat
without a licensed engineer. V.
Purcell, one of the owners, was
also lined $100 for acting as en
gineer without holding an engin
eers's license. The fines were as
sessed by Surveyor of Custom-;
James Jefi’reys.
The lines were assessed on
charges and evidence presented by
Capt. Hiram O. Brazee, inspector
of hulls, and Capt. Henry C.
Waltz, inspector of boilers, both
of Memphis. The owners are
charged with having violated sec
tion d hid of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, which ap
plies to all owners or managers of
I steam vessels navigating waters of
the United States. The section of
the statute under which Mr. Pur
cell was fined is No. 4438, which
applies to all officers of steam ves
sels on navigable waters of the
I United States.
In the event the owners do not
see lit to pay the line the boat may
be libeled and sold. 'File latter ac
tion, however, does not relieve
the owners of any prosecution
that may be brought against them.
In the present case the usual meth
od will be pursued, after which
the whole matter will be placed
before the next federal grand ju
ry. If this body finds an indict
ment a regular trial will be held,
* *
exactly on the same lines as in all
other criminal cases.
The case will likely come up at
the next term of the federal court
at Little Rock.
The Twins is a new boat, of the
Catamaran type, the first of the
kind that has been put in service
for many years on Southern wa
ters. She recently changed hands,
and has been used in the passen
ger and freight tratie on White
river from Batesville up and
down the river.
EX-GOV. JONES FOR SENATE
May Oppose Governor Davis for Nom
ination for United States Sen
ator Two Years Hence.
The report was current upon
the street yesterday that ex-Gov.
Dan W. Jones had determined to
become a candidate for the United
States senate against Gov. Davis
and Senator Berry, at the expira
tion of the latter’s term in two
years.
Gov. Jones, when asked for a
statement in regard to the matter,
said that he had not fully deter
mined whether to enter the sena
torial contest, but that he thought
he would be a candidate.—Arkan
sas Gazette.
STATE MALITIA AT THE FAIR
An order was issued from the
headquarters of the state guard
Tuesday naming twelve companies
of militia which will compose a
provisional regiment to be taken
to St. Louis for a week's encamp
ment at the World's Fair grounds
during the week beginning Sep
tember is.
(V>1. (diaries T. Duke of Monti
cello, is named as colonel of the
provisional regiment, and the com
panies included in the order are
those located at Helena, Jonesbo
ro, Sjloam Springs, Beebe, Osce
ola, Texarkana, Pine Bluff, Mor
rilton, Ola, Black Rock and the
two at Little Rock.
Under the provisions of the or
der, other companies will also be
represented in the regiment, as the
company commanders are required
to recruit their companies up to
the limit of sixt.\ men from the
companies stationed nearest to
them, and which took part in the
recent inspection. In this way it
is expected that Arkansas will be
represented at St. Louis by a reg
iment of the best-drilled men in
the state.
I In’ selection of th<‘ twelve com
panies to compose the regiment
was based upon the reports of
Brig.-(ien. Kayes and ('apt. Bent,
the regular army officers who re
cently inspected the Arkansas nial
itia. From these reports Ma.j.
Ken. Haynes, commanding the
Arkansas state guard, secured the
information from which to choose
the twelve companies for the en
campment at St. Louis.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the week’s encampment
on the World's Fair grounds, and
the remaining time until the date
of the encampment will be spent
in drilling the regiment. Every
member of the regiment will have
a complete new equipment, and
every effort will joe made to rend
er the Arkansas regiment one of
the best-drilled and best-equipped
commands sent to St. Louis by
any state.
“Boston Drummer” is absolute
ly the best package coffee sold.
Newark Mercantile Co.
POPULISTS NAME
NO CANDIDATES
State Central Committee Perfected
Reorganization, But Made No
Nominations.
The state central committe of the
People’s Party of Arkansas, met
in Labor Temple, at Little Rook
last Friday but did not nominate
a candidate for governor or any
other state officers. It was not
definitely determined not to put a
candidate in the field, but the mat
ter was deferred until a later meet
ing, which will 1)0 called after the
national convention, if it is deem
ed advisable to give the question
further consideration. It is be
lieved, however, that the commit
tee will make no nominations for
state offices.
The committee also failed to en
dorse any candidate for president,
but it was the general opinion of
the members that Thomas L. Wat
son of Georgia should be given
the nomination if he will accept.
Among those who attended were:
Chairman A. W. Files of Little
Rock, Secretary L. II. Moore of
Little Rock, B. L. Arnold, Nash
ville; ,1. E. Scanlan, Bee Branch;
J. A. Neal, Horatio; J. E. Tanner,
Lonoke; R. I). Plunkett, Little
Bock; E. B. Langham, J.W.Shaw,
W. C. Burnett and J. II. Cherry.
The committee was reorganized,
but President Files and Secretary
Moore were continued in office
without a formal re-election.
1 he new central committee is*
constituted as follows: W. S.
Morgan, Ilard.v; M. K. Coffman,
Paragonld; W. B. YV. Ilartsell,
Greenwood; VV.T. Lawton, Monti
cello; II. Bradford, Nashville; J.
A. Oeal, Horatio; \\r. D. Wilson,
Booneville; R. I). Plunkett, Little
Rock; William Nesbitt, Vesta; J.
R. Donnell, Conway; R. D. Carl
Lee, England, and .1. E. Tanner,
Lonoke. Two additional raem
j tiers, representing the Seventh
congressional district, will be ap
pointed by the chairman.
Plans were made for a through
organization of the state, an or
| ganizer for each district being ap
! pointed to further this work. Tho
organizers are: M. R. Coffman,
| Paragould; B. F. Arnold, Nash
j ville; IL. Bradford, Nashville; R.
, M. Fair, Cove; .1. 1). Reinhardt,
• Alma; A. lv. Lewis, Heber. An
| organizer for the Seventh district
j will be appointed by the chairman.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
At noon Wednesday the demo
I eratio national convention was call
ed to order at St. Louis. Hill, the
New York delegation and the
Tammany braves entered without
attracting notice. Bryan, at tho
head of the Nebraska delegation,
entered and was wildly cheered.
John Sharpe Williams was made
temporary chairman. The men
tion of (i rover Cleveland’s name
started the greatest ovation of tho
day, the cheering lasted fifteen
minutes. At 1:36 the statement
was made by a Parker leader that
“there is a well defined plan to
nominate Grover Cleveland.” At
I *2:08 the band played and the
crowd called for Bryan. At 2:15
an invitation to the Fair was ac
cepted, and at 2:47 the convention
adjourned until 10 o’clock Thurs
day morning. The nomination
will probably be made today (Fri
day.)