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tween Van Buren, and Aln,a, about
8 o'clock.
Both Bridges aud Stevenson
seemed to think that they were ar
rested for the attempt to hold up
the Frisco, and began to protest
their innocence as soon as arrest
ed.
The mems statements and act
ions have given rise to the gener.
sl belief that the Stevenson and
Bridges, with possibly one or two
others, became emboldened by
the length of time that has clap
sed since the postofice robbery
had planned to rob the Frisco,
and would have done 80 had not
the train crew been notified not
to stop when the signals were put
out-Ft. Smith Record.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
State Bank Questions.

Whatever prejudice exists against State banks
IL largely due to An apprehension, based upon
some Of the facts ofhistory that their issue will
be unstable, uneven between the States and
liable to sharp depreciation. what The people
of all occupations want Is currency that will
maintain IN apparent face value in all sectiona
That they have had such currency under the
national banking svstem is due to the fact thst
the credit Of the nation y In pledge, that the
Government 10 the guarantor Of al the notes
issued, and that the face value Of the notes is
thereby maintained between the States. Radical
Republican papers hold that In NO other way
can stable, uniform currency be hsd-that all
money must have behind 1t the guarantee ofthe
the Government. or II will become wildcat"
But why should either the Federal or State
governments engage In the banking businessf
why should either Of them become the guaran-
tor Of the capital OF private enterprise Why
not banking system based upon securites-in
the larger seuse-deposited with the State gov.
eminent and approved by the Federal Govern.
ments
The objection to the present national banking
system 10 not directed 10 much against Federal
guaranteeism - 1t ID against the fact that the
system enables the national banks 70 exercise q
control over the volume Of currency. That No
tional bankers should oppose any system Of
state banks 10 quite natural and wholly within
the legitimate purview oftheir privats business
That many men Of other occupations shonld alss
view the proposed change with unsettled feeling
IL not 70 be wondered at.
There 10 only one question in it'fcr the whoas
people however. end that 10: How can the ISSUE
Of state banks be maintained at par among oil
the StatesP The answer 10 largely involved In
| the character Of security 70 be given and thu
system Of safeguards maintained By State and
nation.
!, And this the Congress Of the United States
vim coon be called upon TO determine. The up
shot of II all IL that Il circulation can be made
absolutely safe. there Is no objection 70 new
,, form Of issue II safety 10 not 10 be made absO
lutte, there IL objection.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
SENATOR JONES' SPEECH.



Sherman Act
One Of the ablest, most comprehen-
slve, clsaneat cut speeches that has
been delivered In the Henate on the
silver question, was that Of Senator
James X. Jones on Friday afternoon.
occupying two hours In its delivery.
It commanded the general attention
Of Senators 40 well ~ some Of the
members who dropped In to listen to
the discussion. The senator ct it,
close WAS congratulated BY his fellow
Ssnstors and by mono more warmly,
than one or two, who have opposite
views to himself, on the question un-
der discussion. The Washington Post
Of Saturday morning in referring to
the speech, Gays:
One of the most radical Of the silver
men In his utterances was Senator
Jones, of Arkansas, who gave the last
formal speech in the Senate yesterday.
Absolute free coinage and nothing
short Of that was hfs platform. He
favored the repeal of the sherman law
not in part, but In whole, to return to
old conditions, Not believing that the
act was the cause Of financial troubles,
he did not think its repeal would be .
remedy. :,
He heartily Joined in the demand
for an honest dollar, he said, dollar
which did not rob the creditor, but
which returned to him ct the end Ut
the contract all that he had parted
with ut the beginning, and at the
same time q dollar which did not rob
the debtor. and which took from him
only Is much as he had contracted TO
pay. If the pending bill passed Sena-
tors could not shut their eyes to the
fact that they had gone back to ana
ratified the great fraud OF 1873.
Mr.. Jones quoted from Senator HilIs
speech in favor of returning to bimet-
alism, and believed that the MAORI ty
of the Senate agreed with Mr.. Hill.
The great need Of the country was 9
larger volume Of metallic money. A
measure providing for that could be
carried In the Senate infinitely easier
than the pending measure could be
In fact, bill for that purpose would
have to be voted on and voted down
before the pending measure could come
to q vote. Could the senator from
indiana TMr. Voorhees] vote against
euch . bill? A bill which would pro-
vide for the coinage ofsilver, ~ 1t was
before 1878, would carry with 1t full
and complete repeal Of the Sherman
law, and would be- full and complete
compliance with the Chicago platform
IfDemocrats In favor Of silver would
vote for such q measure they would
| pass it. A very large majority Of those
who favored the pending measure did
90 because they knew that Its enact
ment would be the end Of silver COLI.
age in this country forever. He would
vote against the pending bill and
would resist its enactment Into law 81
long ~ possible unless 1t were coupled
with sOine measure recognizing silver
and providing for an expansion Of tht
volume Of the country's money.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

Up. MULLEN, offers for sale 50 acres Of land In
small or large lots situated northeast Of and ad.
jacent TO the city Of Van Buren,. Ark.
Eight lots unimproved, and lots improved
with good houses on them.
All OF the lots situated In block Drennen
Addition to the city of Van Buren,.
Lots and q block SO, in the city Of Van Buren,,
both lots have tenant houses on them. good
cisteru, etc.
Any person wishing TO buy land for actual set
me before purchasing elsewhere. All the above
property is offered for sale and at such prices
that will insure the purchaser Q big bargain,
Warranty titles will be given TO any purchaser
Of The above described property. Examine the
property and II you want TO buy oil or any part
Of It call on me or address me at Fort Smith. Ark.
M 70 hny sses sstate III faiitc nnrcbSse
Yours respectfully. J. r. MULLEN.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
TWO IMPORTANT ARRESTS.
Thought to be the Lille Train Robbers

Inspector Houk, Of the postal
service, and Capt, ]. N. Baxter, OF
the U. 8. Marshal force, went up
toLillie Monday morning aud came
home last night, with two prison.
ers; who, it ia thought, con tell .
full history of the attempt to hold
up the Frisco at Lille last Friday
night. The two men are John
Stevenson and John Bridges, both
young white men, and were ar.
rested for breaking into the post.
office at Lille on Aug, 8, and
stealing . quantity Of stamps,
stamped envelopes and other gov
eminent property.
Lille is a small station and the
post office has not arrived at
sufficient dignity to occupy q
bnildlpg by itself. but is located
in the rear end Of = store. On
the night of Aug, 5, some parties
broke in Q window and entered the
store, taking quite q quantity OF
merchandise In addition to the
government property. Inspector
houk has been working on the
case since, and secured enough
evidence, he thought, to warrant
an arrest, and yesterday he
started after his men.
The men live about two miles
west of Lille, and a. HOuk and
Baxter hurried toward their
homes they met an elder bro
Their of Stevenson. When
they reached Stevenson's house
they found that their men were
gone, bnt the elder Stevenson
was there. He had hurried
through the woods to the house,
given the alarm, and the boys had
skipped. Inspector Ho1k took
the elder Stevenson In charge and
then began q chase that lasted al
day. The elder Stevenson thought
they had him under arrest and
Immediately began talking about
the attempt to hold mp the Frisco,
Friday night, and claiming that he
had nothing to do with II and
could prove where he Was At that
time.
Houk aud Baxter followed the
trail of the two Buys, and finally
arrested Bridges in Van Buren,
and came upon Stevenson on the
road to Alma about half way be
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

Grover is the proud father oi
another girl. The young rival OF
Miss Ruth made her arrival al
noon Saturday aud IL therefore
lust Q week old to-day. She is tine
fret child born in the White
House and we suppose she is al
right No a baby but the great draw
back 10 she will never be voting
Democrat. The press of country
10 full Of the usual editorial com
monte that are current on suct
occasions. And every one o
them sakes upon itself the soil
smn duty Of naming the new
arrival.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

In speaking OF Maj. Alden M
woodruff Of Little Rock who died
IN thst city Sunday the Gazette
has the following:
Mai. Alden M. W00eru6, who
died IN Ills city Sunday afternoon,
was On Old citizen of Little Rock
Who had been actively engaged in
business in this city for many
years. He was the oldest son Of
William 3. Woodruff, the founder
er Of The Gazette and one Of the
PIONEERS Of Arkansas. Maj. Wood
JufY was man who probably had
business transactions with great
or number Of citizens in Arkansas
within the past twenty-five years
than any man IN the Stste. He
was . man of unflinching devo
ton 70 his friends, cautious and
conservative In business, and true
and honest IN all his dealings with
men. His experience has been
varied one. He was always en-
Gagged In callings which required
the closest application aud most
constant attention to insure THIEF
success, and up to within two OF
three years ago, before his health
commenced to fail he had sue
coeded at everything he had nm
d~rtaken. He waa . quiet, un
assuming citizen who cared no
thing for notoriety. He fulfilled
his part Of all contracts he enter
ed into, and the hours he was moi
engaged in business he devoted
TO his family. He was . good CIT
isen in oil the term implies, and
leaves behind many relatives and
friends who will deeply deplort
his death.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
First Boy-I'm goin' to run
away from home.

Second Boy-Been a5usedi
First Boy-Yes. Pop rugged
up . funny monkey, that danced
wen you turned big crank, snd
put it upstairs in the barn for me.
The crank turned awful hard, but
l kept the monkey dancing ell the
afternoon; and now I've found out
that pop bad that crank connected
with the grindstone, and he was
down stairs sharpening every
thing in the hOuse."-Good News.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
WARNING ORDER.
The Missouri Trust Company J.
H. Cleudening Trustee. Plaintiffs.

The Missouri Trust Company a..
H. Clendening Trustee. Plaintids.
vs. IN THE
Alice @. Rudy personally and a. CRAWFORD
Administratrlx of the estate Of Geo CIRCUIT
H. Rudy deceased; Leila Thrash, coURr
NJ. Rudy, Mrs J M Rudy, Ollie
Patterson, Ella Rudy, Annie Rudy, STATE
Earle Rudy, Bessie Rudy, George OF
Rudy and Jn0 d. White and Jesse ARKANSAS.
Turner, Jr., Executors OF the Els.
tate Of L. G. white decd, Defta
The defendants Leila Thrash. J. N. Rudy, Mrs.
J. NJ Rudy, Ollie Patterson aud Ella RUDY Are
warned 70 appear in this court within (3O) thirty
days and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs.
the Missouri Trust Company and J. II. Clendeu.
ing Trustee. H. 8. LEVERS Clerk.
sept s. 1895. BY W. r sApLER D. C.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

silver and paper taken In for
This English purchased goods to
our banks or the treasury and ex.
changes It for gold. The gold 10
again carried abroad to purchase
more English cheap goods. This
cannot be remedied BY our
coinage laws, unless We could
procure international ratio ON sill
yer - well as gold. This England
has persist emily refused to do.
Three separate international coin.
age conventions have been held
ali failures. England, more than
any other power, 10 responsible
for the failure. England being .
creditor nation, 10 interested In
making gold the standard, there
by increasing her power and
wealth.
The argument mostly used In
and out Of Congress against the
free coinage Of silver BY us il that
We are not strong enough com.
mercislly to maintain the double
standard; that 90 long as England,
Germany and other European
countries adhere to the single
gold standard that the lava of
trade a. above stated will contin.
ne to dram as Of our gold and
when run il made on Our gold
We will flnd our gold reserve of Q
hundred million, kept by law to
redeem our greenbacks, again In.
vaded and reduced below the min.
imum and again be Q foundation
for financial disturbance. This 10
true, but is there no remedy for
thisi Let ne see.
The Government supplies her
treasury with gold IN two ways;
one by selling gold bonds tor it,
the other by way Of taxation. 1t
is said land truthfhlly) that under
our present revenue system, Inn.
porters will pay the import tax
on their goods which brought here
for sale, in silver and paper and
will keep their gold to purchase
more cheap goods, and by this
means prevent the Government
from maintaining her gold reserve
and her credit by taxation, which
would force tue issuance and sale
Of bonds-the very thing the ma.
tional banks aud foreign capital
lists want. But suppose Congress
world pass All act authorizing the
Secretary ofthe Treasury, when
| in his judgement our gold reserve
was threatened or in danger from
this drain, to require all import
duties upon goods, wares and
merchandise imported from gold
standard countries to be paid in
gold for such period as would
check the drain aud replenish oul
gold reserve.
By this means II seems to me
that we could easily protect our
selves from the gold grabbers o.
gold standard countries, and ulti
mately force them to Q fair inter
national ratio between gold ant
silver and secure universal bimet
alism. If not, we could by thil
means protec. ourselves and con
tinue the use Of both gold anC
silver. To drive silver out of use
% money would be sad calamity
for us. Besides contracting thu
value Of money, 1t would destroy
one Of our greatest sources o
Of wealth, because we are thu
greatest silver producing people
in the world. The worst of al
would be the surrender Of Oul
money to the national banks ant
foreigen countries.
The above being hurriedl.
penned, hand It to You 3. 0. =.
8. w. PEEL.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
JUDGES Commissioned.

The secretary Of state Monday issued com.
missions 70 J. n. Evans and H. l.. Hawkins
who were recently elected judges Of the FIJI
teenth end Tenth districts respectively. Evsnl
received 2s75 against ". h. Neal (Rep). s7l votes
Hswkins. who had no opposition. received l4s1
vntAa
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

1For the next two or three years
Il win DO fashionable to be poor"
aye . we'll known financial writer.
For onco everybody can be fash
i0nable, and editors will be
strictly ssin the SWIM"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

Tue State Board Of Railroad
oommiesioners have just complet'
Cd the aseessment ofrailroad prop
erty for this year. The total
assessment is e19, S11,5N. Thil
shows an increase Of e782, S81
over last year. The number o.
miles in tine state ct present II
2,29O.e7. which 10 5, 1888 miles more
than last year.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
WARNING ORDER.
In Crawford Circuit Court

IN CrAWf0fu CIFcu1t COurt
Missouri Trust Co. b J. II. Glen
dening, Trustee Plainti6b
Geo. W. Peterson, q Maggie p
Peterson, ct al Defendants
The Defendant Maggie P. Peterson Is warned
TO appear IN this Court within thirty days, and
answer the com plant of the plaintiffs Missouri
Trust Company and J. Il. Clendening, trustee.
Aug. 70, 1883. H. 8. LEVERS, Clerk.
By w. p. 9ADLER, d. C.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

There are 5000. 900 leaves upon
an elm tree 30 feet high. II you
yon't believe it, count them for
dourself.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

About 90 great . nuisance a.
ever infested any community, Ia
the average Hcalamity howler"-
pessimists who always look on
tho dark side OF everything, and
oits around on street corners and
foretelIs direfhl calamities that are
going TO beiall the country at
large and the community In partic'
ular. Ifsuch men would 60 to
work and employ their minds In
devising some means for the sup
port OF themselves and families
they would have less TO grow
about and the community would
be decided ybetter oh.-Tahhins
News.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

Gov. McRinlsy's ffss-trads scass-
crow hes bssn given . fresh coat Of
paint, bQt u the same old "the-foreign-
ex-pays-ths-tax" composiiiou.-Nsw
York World.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

ltis said by those who have
tired It that = chunk OF rock salt
kjneed in thu fork nj . pear tree
win not only prevent the blight
bnf our6 Il.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

Il l. thought that the Senate will
ret 70 . vote on tho silver question
about the 18th Of Sept. or the Let Of
t)otobes. Speed the time.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

Fort Smith paid 81 cents for
her flrst bale Of new cotton.
Greenwood paid ~. Great ia
Greenwood and her cotton buy ers.
Greenwood Democrat.
Van Buren, paid &c per pound
for the first bale of cotton brought
20 her market. Van Buren, takes
the lead in any procession.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

TIE vote for this Judicial circuit
stands, Evans 2675, Neal OIL.

There 10 plenty Of work to be
l.d in the agricultural districts IN
this country.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

Editor w. A. H. Mcdaniel, Of The
Paragould Pres, has bsen given .
poeltlou In the House.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

IN TN =
CRAW pORn
CIRCUIT
coU Rr,
STATE
OF
Arkansas.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16

markets OF the WOrj1. Ihlo ~ Ia
commeI cial value. Its coin value
is regulated by the sovereignty Of
the Government. When Congress
authorizes it's coinage into money
and makes it a legal tender for all
purposes, it's coin or money value,
regardless of the ratio, is fixed
aud no power under the sun can
change it in this country.
The usual clsmor that our sill.
yer drives our gold ont is false
The truth 10, the trade in gold
standard countries draws oul
gold from IA. For instance, oul
largest export and import trade il
with England, which is a gold
standard country, therefore al
purchases made in that country ID
based on gold standard of value
hence gold dollar will buy more
there than y silver dollar, which
causes our gold to flow to thai
market. 1t is profitable for tn,
tradesman to use gold in making
his purchases in that country
goods, wares, and merchandise,
being much cheaper in that coun
try than in ours, growing out o
our revenue system, and as a gol,
dollar lbeing the standard Of val
ne there will purchase more thai
. silver dollar, the American mer
chant buys his goods there will
our gold, brings them to on
maket and sells for gold silve
and paper on equal farms. Whel
be desires to repeat, he takes Ii
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

untrue. etc., his prayer for light hall
he answered. AS long as he clings to
these assertions, which certainly are
erroneous, you might turn the light of
The monday sun upon him and he
would still remain IN darkness. Moth
ing on earth, above or below it would
dispel it. If Mr.. Afford can show OF
prove beyond a reasonable doubt that
his statements are true, he should, in
Justice to humanity, do 90. Saying so
does not make it so. If he cannot,
then if he is a Christian in deed and in
truth he will withdraw them and place
himself in a position to receive ligh5.
The Father in Heaven cannot o
sistently forgive a mans sins or throw
the light in upon his darkened soul
until he cuts himself loose from those
sins and penitently seeks the light of
the Holy Spirit. The Lord never does
for man what man can do for himself.
When the Saviour stood at the grave
of Lazarus his first command was to
roll away the stone. He could have
done that himself; SO could man, and
man had it to do. Man could go no
further, so the Saviour comes in and
takes up the work where man left off,
and calls Lazarus from the dead. Then
he tells them to remove the burial
clothes. He could have done that him
self; so could man and man had it to
do. So, MI. Afford, if you want light,
pure and simple, roll away the stone
and giUe us o. chance and we will give
you light.
1.-The prophet that hath a dream, let
him tell a dream; and he that hath my
word, let him speak my word faith
fully. What is the chaff to the
| wheat?" ABRAHAM JONES
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
ABOUT SOME
SCHOOLS.
Yours fraternally,
w. E. RIOKERT.

Mr.. EDIToR:-There are the State in.
situations. The University is in the
van, ~splendidly equipped and splendid,
ly marshalled by a progressive corps
of able instructors, 1t offers special
inducements to needy young men of
ability.
Then the A. and M College comes
with her smiling virgin face all aglow
with the buoyancy of bounding youth.
But the best is for the last. Greens.
boro Industrial School bids fair to vel
come many generations of 1.-The lasses.'
Other schools for the young ladies
are many and excellent. There are St.
Mary's, Peace, Salem, M~urfreeeboro,
Greensboro, Claremont, etc.
But I am writing for those who are
not always wealthy, and you would
like to know of the Normal and Col,
legiate Institute at Asheville. The cost
of a years stay there is, 1 believe, 800.
And you would like to know of Jones
Seminary, All Healing, N. c., where
tuition and board, including fuel and
lights, costs IS per month.
Then there is Rutherfol d College, for
both sexes. Board a be had there by
some arrangement or other at S. or Sc
per month.
Again, there are the UNCONVENTIONAL
colleges-Davidson, Trinity, Catawba,
Lenoir, Wake Forest-all of them su
perb institutions. However, they need
not u commentator. The country
appreciates their work and worth.
And all of these offer some special
inducements to the young man of
ability.
But l shall rehearse what the cata-
logues says, though don't know whether
everybody believes 1t. Last year at
Wake Forest College arrangements
were in operation at what is now the
Euzelian Boarding House whereby the
board vas reduced to its actual COST
Sc. so or 81 per month. On examina
ton l find that many of the first class
institutions in the State have similar
arrangements, but I do not know how
thorough or with what success the
various plans operated.
Young man, I've told you what I
know from trustworthy sources and in
the last instance was an eyewitness.
So don't let board bills debar you from
making the attempat to acquire an
education. NJ. 0. CARPENTER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
robson CONVERSATIONS

WHEREAS, AS we have seen, with
much pleasure, the position and IN
compromising stand that our worthy
State President, Hon. Marion Butler,
has taken against monopolistic rule,
clickism and bossism,
ReSOEUed, That we endorse him as a
worthy and acceptable Alliance leader
and a heroic and patriotic reformer.
2. That we ask The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and Caucasian to publish the
above.
The above is a copy of resolutions
passed by Robson County Farmers
Alliance at it's July meeting.
Caucasian please copy.
W. II. HUMPHREY,
Sec-Treas. Robson Co. F. A.