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The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23
Cslered Knights Of Honor Elect State
Oflcers.

From the Little hock Democrat
The temporary organization Of the
State Grand Lodge OF Arkansas Of the
Knights Of Honor was effected yesterday
morning. They met in g. E. Jones
hall with Hon. G.. F. Bowles, supreme
grand dictator Of the world, in the
chair After going through the usual
mode of opening and listening TO
instructions from the supreme grand
dictator the grand lodge proceeded to
elect the following named: AS State
Grand Dictator. Jordan Williams, of
Little Rock, Ark. ". g.. ID. II. NJ.
jefferson, Of Little Rock. Ark. A. @.
D., A. l.. Crump, of Holly Grove,
Ark. p. G.. D., c. G.. Smith. Of Van
Buren,, Ark. grand treasurer, G.. E.
Jones. of Little Rock, Ark. There
were about fifty delegates present from
various lodges of the State. Among the
many delegates present might be
mentioned Hon. G.. F. Bowles, of
Mississippi, supreme grand dictator :;
Hon. G.. w. Gillian, of Lula, Miss. I,
grand dictator Of Mississippi W. E.
Rector. II. NJ. jefferson. ]. Z. Bush
and Hon. G.. Z. Jones, of Little Rock,
Ark, Hon. G. G.. Smith, OF Van
Bnren, Ark. The chartered rights of
tbs order were read from the governor
and secretary Of the state of Mississippi.
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Governors Proclamation.

In accordance with a time honored
custom recognized by our Nation in a
formal proclamation by the President Of
the United States, as well as through
gratitude to the Almighty God. whose
merciful bounty and goodness has sc
generously blessed our State and people
during the past year, l Jas. P. Eagle
governor of the State of Arkansas, dc
hereby designate and set apart Thurs.
day, the 2sth day of November, A. D.
1895, as q day of thanksgiving and
recommend that it be observed with due
respect IN the homes Of the people, com
memorated with appropriate services IL
the churches of the country and honoret
as a day devoted to deeds of charity and
the cultivation of sentiments of patriot
ism and respect for social order.
Done at the Capitol, in Little Rock
this Goth day Of November, 1895.
JAS. P. CLARKE, Governor
By the Governor:
Fl. B. ARMIsTEAD, Sec y Of State.
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The Real 1rouble.
Prom the Batesviile Guard

Prom the BAtesville Guard
The Hon. Perry Belmont, prominent
in both political and banking circles in
New York and . member of the late
bond syndicate, made the following
interesting statements In recent
interview:
There Is no, gold enough in the country. I,
must be imported. Bonds mast be sold. Our
gold supply lie estimated ct 500 go ooo. but that
only the stock of gold II and the national banks
have The boards By misers reported IN the
newspapers seem 70 be chiefly In greenbaeks.
aSus..G 10, % .netnsf n, our s.ocs & o. solo ONE ,si
not get The gold for greenbsck redecminE.
because the country has Il not The bands
must therefore. be sold In Europe; II the
process goes on long enough. which 10 incon.
ceivable, our country might be reduced 20
condition OF financial seryitude such as soule
OF the South American states well illustrate,
whose real ministers Of fnsnce are the capital.
Countries which have delegated the control oi
their hnances and currency have yielded the
legislative authorities have submitted 70
dicfation ss 70 what they can and cannot be
permitted 70 do, When we change our form Of
currency, which We sssuredly must do, what
ever the new form Of currency may be. the
substitution OF the new for the old must be
instantaneous without disturbance TO the
financial and commercial conditions Of the
country.
No man can possibly know. officially
or otherwise, how much gold there is in
the country. We know. from official
sources, that the exports of gold have
exceeded the imports by t120. 900. .0oO
within less than two years and il were
strange, indeed. IL, after the unpre-
cedented drain that has been in progress
for several years, there should yet
remain In this country one half the
sum of 5000. 900. 600. as Mr.. Belmont
suggests. This drain has already
lasted long enough and there is not
much promise Of abatement except for
occasional short periods. 1t has
practically taken gold out Of circulation.
Gold is scarcely used in one financial
transaction out Of q hundred. But a
very small per cent of the government
receipts sTe paid in gold. It has snsily
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The A. z. A. BugabOO.

Referring to the silly fear Of papal
domination upon which this order is
founded, and which alone should
condemn it in the estimation of all
intelligent, rational people. the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal of Sunday last
makes the following appropriate and
sensible remarks:
The orators and organs of the A. P.
a. tell US that Catholics SHOULD not be
allowed to hold Office because they owe
higher allegiance to foreign
potentate-the pope-than they do to
the United States. II this be true with
respect to petty civil Offices it should
also be true with respect to military
Offices. Certainly a Catholic owing
supreme allegiance to the Pope
would be more dangerous in command
of an army, brigade or a regiment
than as a road overseer or justice of the
peace. Even as a common soldier the
man who owed allegiance TO foreign
power that might command him to
betray his cause would be dangerous.
And if his sovereign were crafty
treacherous, full of secret plots and
dark conspiracies, he would be all the
more dangerous. The logic of the
argument goes therefore TO the extent
of excluding Catholics from holding
commissions in the army and navy. and
of exempting them from all military
service. An A. p. A. would not have
suffered Sheridan to fight for the Union
nor Beauregard, Cleburne or Semmes to
fight for the Confederacy. He would
not even have suffered Father Ryan to
march and pray with the army, lest be
might be there as vassal of the Pope to
betray army secrets TO the enemy. Yet
il never occurred to Lincoln or TO Grant
to distrust Sheridan, and Davis and Lee
never suspected the fidelity of Beaure-
gard or Of Semmes. The truth is, this
fear of papal dominion In this day and
generation is fantastic anochronism.
1t is the mere ghost Of medi2val history
The Pope cannot control the action OF
the Catholics In non religious matters
whether be wants to or not. He never
could do it, even when superstitious
reverence for his person was tenfold
stronger than it now Is. To suppose
that there is any formidable movement
| to subject the United States Of Americs
to the temporal dominion of the Pope Ii
so palpably in conflict with visible facts
and with the whole spirit Of the ags
that it is hard to see how it could evel
have obtained hold on rational minds
Here in Tennessee our governor is 4
Protestant and all our governors have
been Protestants. Nineteen twentieth.
Of every legislature are Protestants.
Our supreme Judges and our circuit
and criminal judges and chancellor
and attorney general and sheriffs and
county courts are Protestants. Outside
OF three or four counties there is not q
Catholic oficeholder in the state. Yet
we are in imminent danger any moment
of falling into the hands Of the Popel
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WOman's Bible.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1s.-Part of the
Woman Bible is out. 1t is edited
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lille
Devereux Blake, Rev. Phoebe Hama
ford. Clara Bewick Colby, Ellen
Battelle Dietrich. Ursula N. Gestfeh
Mrs. Louisa Southworth and Frances
Ellen Surr.
The book was formed by clipping
passages relating to women from the
Bible and the writing of commentaries
thereon by the authors.
It's declarations are startling. One
statement by Mrs. Stanton is that there
is feminine as well as masculine
element in the Godhesd and that they
consulted before creating man and
woman.
In the introduction Mrs. Stanton
says:
''I dc &c. believe any nian ever saw
or talked with God; do not believe
that God inspired the Mosaic code OF
told the historians what they say he did
about women, for all the religions on
the face of the earth degrade her, and
so long as woman accepts the position
that they assign her her emancipation
is impossible. "
The ladies are very severe on Adam
in the apple episode and its result.
Mrs. Stanton points TO the spectacle
of Rebekah at the well, dozen men
looking on and none lifting finger &c
help her draw water.
She has a contempt for Moses and
says that the tables of stone which he
claimed Jehovah gave him were fake.
The books critics say that 1t is g
handbook of in6delity. A striking
paragraph towards the close is this;
This utter contempt for all the
decencies Of life and all the natura
personal rights of women as set forth in
these pages should destroy in the minds
Of women at least all authority to super
human origin and stamp the Pentateuct
at least as emanating from the mos
obscene minds of a barbarous age.
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Found

On Sunday evening, Nov. 10th, 1895,
a black horse pony, about fourteen
hands high, five years old. no brands
an old bride and halter, and a good
saddle. The horse was tied up one and
q quarter miles south OF Uniontown on
the Van Buren road. The owner can
get the property by calling at DR..
Woods, at Uniontown, and proving
the same and paying for this advertise
ment and for the keeping Of the
property.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

THE religious sect known as Seventh
Day Adventists' regard the present
Turkish troubles as a sign of the near
approach Of Christ second coming
Elder W. II. Ebert of the Western
branch of the Church of God, whose
headquarters are at Stanberry, Mo. i,
said I'VE, as a people, believe that
the kingdoms of the world will be drawn
togther because Of the present difficulty
which has been gathering force for the
past so years. The gentleman had
many arguments, adduced from biblical
sources, to show that the end Of the
Ottoman Empire is near at hand. DIR.
Ebert has for the past 40 years been q
close student of prophecy, and is now
past 70 years Of age, and thinks he may
vet live to see all these things come to
pass.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23
W. p. Powell Accused Of Shooting Two
Little Rock 0ficers.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Nov. 1e.-The
mysterious white man who figured in
the melee at notorious negro dive here
last night, when Policeman Farrow and
Special Officer Brown received probably
fatal pistol wounds, turns out today to
be W. p. Powell, travelling salesman
for st. Louis rubber house.
The negro man whom the policemen
were trying to arrest identified Powell
this morning and he was at once
arrested.
The negro S testimony was eorrobor-
ated by L. d. Gleason, the well known
hotel proprietor of this city,
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23
Huntington's Striking Miners VIII
Receive Help.
From the Fort Smith pemocrats.

From the Fort Smith Democrats.
The committee appointed by the
striking miners at Huntington to visit
Coal Hill and Denning to secure help
passed through the city yesterday on
their return home. They were
cordially received at both towns and
resolutions were passed at public meet
ings of the miners agreeing to pay
so cents each man for the help of the
men ont of work at Huntington.
The facts pertaining to the trouble at
Huntington are that when the summer
had ended and time came to restore the
winter rate the K. & T. Coal Company
declined TO restore 1t. Every other
mine did it. Those at Jenny Lind,
Coal Hill and Denning all restored the
winter rate. As consequence the
miners struck.
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Yitr Must Fight.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia fight
between Peter Maher and Bob Fitz-
simmons for the heavy weight champ
ionship of the world now seems assured.
Dan Stuarts offer of $40, 900 purse for
a contest between the big fellows, TO
take place in Juarez, Mexico. on
January 18th. has been accepted by
John Quinn ON behalf of Maher.
Quinn acceptance is as follows:
"PIrrsBuEG. Pa. Nov. Is, lss6.-Aaher will
nght Fi,zsinmons for Stusrt's $4,000 purse and
the championship of the world In Mexico at the
time named by Stuart We want the winner to
take all and the club TO pay expenses. We want
the fight 10 take place and do not care whether
II Is In public or private.
(Signed) JoHS QUINN.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

TEE Grand Lodge of Free and Accept.
ed Masons Of Arkansas adjourned Wed
nssday night after installing the follow
ing newly elected officers: A. G.
wsshburn. grand master. Waldron
e.. c. Ayres. deputy grand master. TT
Smith; John G.. Fletcher, grand senior
warden, Little Rock; J. B. Baker
grand junior warden, Melburne; ]
~. Oathcut. Boonville. grand lecturer
John T. Hicks. Searcy. grand orator
J.. Cr&mer, Little Rock, grand treas
prsr; +. Hampstead. Little Rock
g.sl4 sscrets-y-
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Powell declares he Is innocent

Powell Is said to have shot the
policemen.
VIM. P. Powell. now under arrest at
Little Rock for shootings two police
man. Is well known among st. Louis
travellers Powell was on the road for
the Desnoyer Shoe Company. He has
wife and made his home in Spring.
field, Mo. None of his associates here
would admit that he was known to
frequent resorts of bad character.
He has beer with his present employ
ers for several years and is given the
reputation Of an excellent salesman.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT DAEpASELLE, Ark,
Nnr 10 Loo

Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice Of his intention TO
make hnsl proof In support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the County
Clerk of Crawford County at Van Buren. Ark >,
on Jan 4 1885. viz; William +. Wright, Ii d
Entry No 1897 for the ss Of the sEA, Of
Sec. D. Tp. II North, Range 30 West
He names the following witnesses 70 prove his
continuous residence upon. and cult yseon OF
said land. viz: B. y. Sims, c r stephens WIN.
Rankin and wm Cornelius. ali Of Chester. Ark.
wN. r. wooTES. Register.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

The Little Rock Democrat says: A
party of distinguished Missouri Pacific
railway officials arrived Wednesday on
\ tour Of inspection and left for the
South this morning. The party COM
prises General Manager W. B. Dod-
bridge. General Superintendent E. A.
Peck and General Passenger Agent h.
T.. Townsend.
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FoR some time past wholesale grocery

foR some time past wholesale grocery
merchants Of Sherman, Tex, have
been missing meat. lard and other
staple groceries. and it is estimated
they have been Systematically robbed
of groceries to the amount Of n. 900.
Nine men have been arrested charged
with the theft and with receiving stolen
property. J. j. Patrick was promised
immunity from punishment IL be would
give the gang away. Since the arrests
were made several lots Of meat and
lard have been found.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

TIE jury In the case Of DR.. Smith,
being tried for the murder of DR.. Baker
on change of venue from Benton to
Washington county, after being out five
days stood nine for acquittal and three
for conviction. The jury was discharged
and the case set for December 8, 1895.
This il the second trial with hung jury.
At the trial last fall the jury stood seven
for conviction and five for acquittal.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

TIE A. P. A. organization captured
all the Offices in Louisville at the recent
election and now 1t proposes 10 turn
every Catholic out Of office-even down
20 the teachers in the public schools.
The A. p. A. Is had the solid support Of
the Republicans in this fight. Little
Rock Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

THos. RAwLEY. of st. Agnes de
Dundee. Que. claims to have two
turkeys. each two years old, weighing
116 Ia pounds in the aggregate. One
Is to be sent to President Cleveland for
Thanksgiving Day and the other to the
Prince Of Wales.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

Mrs. LOUISA P. GrLMER. widow OF
the late Gen. Gilmer, chief of the
engineer corps Of the Confederate army
dropped dead In Bona Ventura Gene
terry. while standing by the grave Of
Miss Chisholm. who died in New York
Sunday. during the progress Of the
burial service. Mrs. Gilmer was IL
Death resulted from sppoplexy.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

THE recent grand jury Of Sebastian
county complains that the system off
charging costs to the county in mis-
demeanor cases and working the
prisoners on the county roads to pay
the same has been abused to such an
extent that the district Is threatened
with bankruptcy.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

TIE Commercial Appeal has estsb-
lished bureau at Washington, d. C.
Mr.. q. C. Mathews will have charge of
this department which assures the
public Of good news service from the
Nations Capital. This is good strike
for our esteemed contemporary.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

A SNOW storm. accompanied by fierce
northwest gale. prevailed on Lake Erie
Tuesday night, causing such tremen
dous sea that very few vessels attempted
to enter or leave the harbor. II is be-
iieved that a number Of boats were
caught ont In the gale.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

THE United States fish car visited
Mammoth Spring last week and put
1000 Van Behr trout, $50 English brooi
trout and 1000 Rainbow trout in Spring
River.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

TIE board of education Of the Choctaw
Nation has made rule that ali Choctaw
public schools must be opened each day
with Scripture reading and prayer.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

A COLONY Of 400 Italians will locate in
Chicot county next month, and will de-
vote their attention. after the first year
to fruit growing.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

OxE swallow does not make o
Arunk.rd but ii Ii the forerunner OF s
swarm Of swallows that do.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land OPFIoE AT DARDASELLE. ARK
Nov. Is ls1s

NOV. Is. 1885.
honee u hereby given that the following.
named settler has hled notice Of hts Intention =
make ma proof IN support Of his claim and
Clerk Of Crawford County, At Van Bnrsn
On Jan, :, $50 viz: Edward p Haynes H'd
kutry NO. laa6. for the swk OF ths SWI
Sc. and the sEs Of the NES, See 81 Tn -
North. Range 3 West L.
He names the following witnesses 70 nro,. l., /.
eonnnuops residence upon spd enltivation ~
said land viz: lafayette Montgomery Ms,h,ss
aoege. samuel Coz, Jr-, and n L london. All
VIZ. 2. WcorrS Register.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

CAPT. ARNOLD. of Paragould. has 6
Copper cent stamped iT7s5 by the United
States. He has carried 1t forty three
years.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

A DISPATCH from New York intimates
that Stephen B. Elkins and Dick
Kerns are still trying to advance Harri-
son q interests.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

TIE liberty bell. after the Atlanta
exposition closes, will be carried on q
tour around the world, visiting the
principal cities.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

THERE Is plan on foot TO build an
slecfric railway from Tahlequah to
Fort Gibson or Wagner.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

SENATOR MIILs, of Texas. advocates
putting an anti civil service plank In
the next Democratic platform.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

Is 1875 there were 20 900 Baptists liz
Arkansas. In 1895 there are not lesl
than e5. .0oo.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

W. J. NELSON presented the editor Of
the Springdale News with . swee'
potato twenty four inches long.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT DARpASELlk ALL
Notice is hereby given that the iol9mipe i.9pn ~
named settler has fled notice Of bis in.enuo. "a
make final proof in support OF his clsim, Tsnls Nv
that said proof will be made before the Sounsg ~
Clerk of Crawford Co., at Van Buren. AIA" MA "A
Dec. Is 1895 viz: Martin J. Goldman, nand
Entry No. l92Si, for the Wy Of the EMs sIS -
NV Of the swk. Sec IS Tp. L, North kADse
West ro ria
He names the following witnesses % prove ~ ~
continuous residence upon and cuiuNsSyl,
said land viz: Elisha Brown, Lake e1it5,ns' e,nn
Thomas Williams snd George Fsin- all OF e~h
wx.P, weerxy. Estfd
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

fr is hinted that the next Democratic
National Convention will abolish the
two thirds nominating rule.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

SENATOR HILL. Of New York. will
open his lecture tour In Chicago Dec.
.6th. His subject will be Liberty. -
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

ScorT county was formed By 81 act oi
the territorial Legislature Of Arkansas
approved November 5. 1888.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

TIE Little Rock Liquor Dealers
Association appropriated 500 for the
United Charities.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

OuT Of ninety school districts In Yell
county eighty eight voted Eve mil
school tax.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

Second, we received from Harn-
sons administration practically
bankrupt treasury with continuing
appropriations from the Reed Congress
Of s120. 900. 900. and Cleveland entered
upon his second term Handicapped by
these conditions and the beginning of a
great panic. Even then we might have
weathered the storm but for unfortunate
and ineradicable differences In our party
upon the financial question and the
tariff. / do not care to discuss these
differences in detail. The President
unfortunately rejected all offers Of
compromise from those of us who
differed with him on silver and refused
positively to use the power given him
by law to rebuke the gold spectators
and protect the gold reserve by tender
ing silver even rs part payment when
greenbacks and Sherman notes were
presented at the treasury for redemp-
ton. | believe that Carlisle at one
time contemplated such action. but the
President, who Just before his inaug-
uration talked reasonably and con-
servatively, suddenly became obdurate
and ordered the payment of gold
c4ClusifCi1. ms VI Codiots PloACd
the treasury at the mercy of the
spectators and the logical result was
the veto of the seigniorage bill. the
issue of gold bonds and the paying
of tribute to foreign syndicate.
THE President. surrounded by lot
of incense burners who told him he
could do no wrong, demanded an un-
conditional surrender by the silver men
in Congress, and that the volume of
money should be reduced $40, 900, 900
annually by repeating the purchasing
clause Of the Sherman act without put
ting anything in the vacuum 30 created.
In other words he demanded that we
should indorse the single gold standard.
The same incense burners are now
telling the President that the recent
elections demonstrate his foresight and
one of his cabinet has come out in an
interview gloating over the result. No
one differed more than myself from
Brice and German on the present tariff
and supported the measure as Il passed passed
only because 1t was better than the
Mckinley act. 1t is only just to say =.
however. that but for the assurance OF
the President and Mr.. Carlisle to
Senators Harris and Jones that some
bill must be passed. Mr.. Cleveland
never would have had the opportunity
Of branding the act a. treachery 10 the
party.
Whatever else may happen the
time will never come when / can rejoice
in seeing the Democratic flag trampled
under foot, no matter by whom 1t Is
borne. am not that kind o. a
Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-23

PoTAToEs are selling in Michigan at
s cents . bushel.