The Daily soliphone., March 31, 1902, Image 1

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►V, VOL. 4. PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1902.
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The Returns Coming In Slowly
and the Official Count
Is Delayed,
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A VICTORY FOR CLARKE
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■ Parrish’s Estimated Majority Dwin
^ dies Down, But Still He Leads
By About One Hundred.
The election returns for Greene
county have not yet taken such
definite shape as to make public the
official count.
The central committee are busy
this afternoon counting the returns
but at 4 o’clock one township, Shady
Grove, had not sent in a report and
until this township is officially
counted the committee will make no
There is no doubt about Clarke’s
election, but the enemy will not
concede it yet. Clarke will have
votes to spare in the general as
sembly. W. M. Kavanaugh.
CLARKE 79.
Special to The Dally Sollphone.
Memphis, TeDn., March 31.—The
Scimitar’s Little Rock correspond
ent says the returns still show
Clarke a winner for senator, and
Davis with 65 out of 75 counties.
Washington county is claimed for
Clarke by 700 majority.
Clarke’s estimated strength on
joint ballot is 79, being a majority
of 12.
OFFICIAL COUNT.
Following is the official count on
contests outside county offices, ex
cepting Shady Groye:
Clark.1,637.
Jones.. . .625.
R ctor .361.
Davis .1,975.
Taylor .1,026.
Parrish .. 1,119.
Macon .256.
Hughes.. .1,213
McGovern.1,074
NOT SURPRISED.
Effect of Jones’ Defeat at National
Capital.
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An associated press dispatch says
that the news of the defeat of Sena
tor Jones of Arkansas for renomina
tion created only moderate surprise
among his friends in Washington, as
it has been very well known that for
a year past he had a hard fight before
him. The result, it might be said,
has been discounted by those famil
iar with Arkansas politics. The cam
paign for ex-Governor Clarke was
set on foot a long time since. As
long ago as the Kansas City conven
|-VOTE FOR- J
I Percy D. Roe
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| City Recorder
| Write name on blank line on ballot. *
RAGING WATERS.
Half Million Dollars Loss in a Ten
nessee County.
The rain storm of Friday night
wrought havoc in many sections of
the country. The principal damage
seems to have been done in Middle
Tennessee, in Rutherford county in
particular.
The floods in that section are the
worst in years. The} have resulted
in losses aggregation more than one
million dollars. The streams be
tween Murfreesboro and Belibuckle,
Tenn., advanced so fast that the
occupants of many homes were obliged
to seek safety in the second stories
nf t.hpir hnnsAfi 11nt.il t.lift florid rpf*pd»
ed. Traffic on the Nashville, Chatta
nooga & St. Louis and the Louisville
& Nashville railroads to some points
has been stoped cwiDg to the tracks
being submerged." Several hundred
people at Mount Pleasant were
driven from their homes'ty the flood
and forced .to take refuge in the
court house. Three lives were lost
in Giles county. John Cole and his
family, who resided on Richland
Creek, near Pulaski, were driven to
the roof of their home to escape the
rising water. The foundation of the
structure gave away and the family
were thrown into the flood.
Transient Visitors.
Among the number of transient
visitors to Paragould since yester
day, registered at the hotels of the
city, the following is a list:
HOTEL AMBERG,
L Hirsch, Newport; L C Mills,
Memphis; MM Hawkins, A W Amos,
Little Rock; ,E Solomon, Chicago; E
O Evans, Cleveland, Ohio; Harvy
Weiss, Jonesboro; J R Burks, Mar
maduke.
HARVEY HOUSE.
Dr T J Turner, Cardwell; Robert
Wilson and wife, Whitelow, Ark; R
E Bradsher/Marmaduke, J T Philips,
Minnie Philips, Boydsville; J S Mc
Lean, St Louis; tl B Rorke, Malden;
W N Dugan, Humboldt, Tenn; Sam
Carter, Jim Clinton, Columbus, Ky.
STANCILL HOUSE.
Robert M Bade, Will Warren, J S
Shields, StLouis, B BBiffle, PiggoU;
J R Pool, Cardwell; Jas A Eads,
Pekin, 111; J B Hale and wife. Cald
well; R H D?zon and wife, Wynne;
J H Hill, Rector; J H Huggins,
Campbell, Mo.
Annual Meeting Nofice.
The W. C. T. U. will hold their an
nual meeting and election of officers
at the home of Mrs. M. F. Collier at
2o’clock p. m., tomorrow, April 1st.
All superintendents are requested to
be present and give a full report of
COWARDLY ASSAUL"l\~
Committed Upon the Person of Dr*
W. A. Sims Saturday Night. 1
Saturday night between the hours
of twelve and one o’clock Dr. W. A.
Sims and several friends, who were
up iate to get theelection news were
passing along Pruet street at the
corner of the Bank of Paragould,
when some viliian slipped up behind
Dr. Sims and struck him in the back
of the head with a one pound weight.
The doctor was felled to the groui d
and was for a time insensible. He
was picked up by friends and soon
gained consciousness. He was able
to walk home and has suffered no
seriousconsequences from the effects
of the blow.
His assailant ran towards the
railroad and was pursued by Ralph
Nance, who was one of the party.
The slugger was chased down the
railroad to the Harvey house when
he eluded his pursuer and made his
escape iu the darkness.
The lights were not on at the time
and no one in the party recognized
the doctor’s assailant, and no clue to
the identity of the fellow has been
yet obtained.
Dr. Sims says he can form no opin
ion as to why he was assaulted as he
had no idea of having an enemy who
would attack him in the dark with
out warning and then flee to avoid
detection.
road Rates.
nuuuuu« Annual Reunion Confederate
Veterans at Dallas, Texas, the St.
I. M. & S., and St. L. S.-W. Rys will
sell round trip tickets to Dallas, at the
rate of $10.10. Dates of sale April 19,
20 and 21st. Return limit, April 30th,
1902, for leaving Dallas.
Account Spring Race meeting at Lit
tle Rock the St. L., I. M. & S. and St.
L. S-W. Rys. will sell round trip tick
ets at rate of one and one-third fare.
Dates of sale, March 23, 25, 26, 28, 29,
return limit March 30. In addition,
tickets will be sold on March 24 and 27
at rate of one fare for the round trip,
limit to return March 30.
Account spring race meeting of Mem
phis Jockey Club the St. L., I. M. & S.
. will sell round
at rate of one
trains arrivinar at
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