The Van Buren press., 1893-02-25
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.


ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Little Roek as u Military Post.
THE following dispatch was sent ont
from Washington, d. c., on the 18th:
The house committee on military affairs
which has been considering the bill to provide
for the condemnation OF land for a military
post near the city Of Little Rock, Ark, ON
Saturday reported the same favorably. Ths
bill authorizes this secretary OF war to condemn
all such land as may BIS needed for the sits OF
the post, upon the deposit by thu ctiz,ns Of
Little Rock In = national depository to bs dss.
iguated by the secretary Of war. OF such sum ~
he may require for thu purpose OF indemnify
ing the United States against all expenses and
liability that 1t may incur In any proceedings
OF condemnation. 1t is left to thu discretion Of
the secretary of war whether lie will cause such
proceedings to be instituted, and rs to tho sum
no Will require to be deposited before such pro.
ceedings are instituted.
THE STIR
lin an interview Col Logan H. Roots said;
The land owners on the south side have been
much harder to deal with than was to have
been expected. The Pulaski Heights Land Co
donated to the cause 100 acres Of choice land,
but most OF the owners act,d upon tho theory
that the post must he located on their lands,
and there was no limit to their ideas of price,
some of our entsrprtsinv citfzens sac,,red
options on the south side for soma.
tbs bsamtifI Nowli aps rss, ssac. cont T
land that seemed to us very desirable. Thomas
tr.ct me psinc,par owner OF the north sds
The price we could pay. has met The commits mn
. .pie IN more helpful spirit than the ma.
scras ,hsv s,,t 49,. sHet s cnocs .. wy lv
LOO acres on the north side, and wero
,its mmon from tb wahshng5on tn,s the
be acceptable without very material changes.
M. We could not possibly encompass. but
north side was offered ii would be s sr
An hour , after this teegrapsic Information
the entire tract for an amount ws could nay,
and tho telegram was sent to Secretary Elkius,
pr1hmerna ne entlre tract OF over l.lOO acrss.
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.,,,,,,...,D So,
"PPi'os''o" TOT "cceisor uen'eo.
Tn the 10th, at Little Rock, Chancels
Tor Carroll denied the application ~
the Thomson. Houston Electr;c RI for
a rooo;,,a,. g., ~. I;..,.. pss,- r,1s...:.
'oeeiver io1 .hc LHctic hoch Eiect1ic
street Railway Co. Immediately after
ward the Thonson- II ouston eofnunny
sued ont, attachments for etoo ooo i, TIM
Pulaski circuit court against the railway
couPduy anu gave an indemnify D0nu
without limit indemnifying the sheriff
who is operating the road. The railway
prayed fol- an injunction to restrict tho
snerlH from operating the road, which
injunction will be argued at an early
date
Aaoox5;,, -, a.. ...a,...., :. :, .........s
" 'no P,os ,anrnle sk.oou
upon on the lstn, tol >. w. FOrdyco
was elected president of the road OH
the Goth bv the directors. II IL cxnecfed
that tho ,.a ;I,v,,, ,,,;ti ~.;,.n h...'a 81,
~" sivo LINN @su
tNAe the ROAD OUT OF the sherlH 8 nHnds.
X. L. Bateman ID in charge Of the road
for the sheriff.
MISPLACED Recora. roura.
Cow F;shh.ol, Il III ,.ta .ss.ra u
the lsuislatnrs statsa tint tbs rscsrds
referring 10 thu .dont,on - a ,nana,r.,,t
No known % tl,s E;shhscL $1,000.
ment had been stolen from the oai.e
~ tha sac,atarv ~ st.ta ~ sIs,
charged that the copy Of the amend
ment as adopted by the people had also
been stolen. The other day. while
hunting through tin box containing
the work OF the constitutional cnnven-
20 ''e - $50 s'''>'I ' ,'''.'
An,.,,ss,aa. ., .,...sss'. III
stats nonst;tmt;.,r rs,,.d;.. a' "
ma, =, nno ooo ~ az -. - ~.
$500 I.s'.;s a.. Sst ~ -.