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The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09

AN item in the South McAlester Cap.
ital. coming from Atoka. says that
Capt. McKennon of the Dawes commits
mission is at that place and has received
notice that he will be retained on the
Dawes commission. Capt. MeKennon 8
many friends will be glad to have this
news corroborated.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT DARDASELLE. ARK
Sent 4 1877

Sept 6. 1877.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has iled notice of his intention 70
make final proof IN support of his claim aud
that said proof will be made before the County
Clerk of Crawford County. at Van Buren, Ark,
on Oct. Is 1897. viz John +. Holland Il.
Entry No. 1881, for the NV fri = of Sec. 6, I p.
TO- North. Range 30 West
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land viz: J. B. Steward. W. NJ Phillips,
John Phillips and ". 5. OKelley, all OF Lan-
caster, Ark
WM r. WooTFS Register.
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u. s. MARSHAL HENRY NJ. COOPER
has issued a circular Offering in all $3.50
reward each for the capture of Harvey
Bruce and Turner Skidmore. the men
charged with the killing of Deputy
Marshals j. NJ. Dodson and B. F.
Taylor in Pope county last month. The
governor also offers a reward of 800
for their conviction.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
WARNING ORDER.

la the Crawford Circuit Court
Berkeley Neal PlaiuuG
Il. O Ross fcllie Ross Angeline
Ross aud Taylor Ross. DEBTS
The Defendants r. %. Ross. Prlls Ross An
gciiue Koss q "a Taylor Ross are warned to an
pear iu This court within thirty days aud ansae,
The complaint ot the Plaintiff Berkeley Neal
This ia day OF October Isl
By ". 2. SAnLER n e.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09

Not guilty was the verdict Of the
jury in the case of Mira Pagan Bour-
land, of Fort Smith On trial for
murder of Maud Allen.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09

THE president has appointed John |.
Worthington register Of the land office
1T Harrison Ark.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
Quorum Court.

The justices of the peace composing
the quorum court of Crawford county
met at the court house Monday and
transacted the duties required of them
by law in an extraordinarily prompt and
business like manner.
After being called to order by the
county judge the honorable court
listened to and passed upon the reports
of the various county officers and then
proceeded to make the tax levy for this
year, and made necessary appropri-
ations as follows:
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FalI Festival At Kansas City.

For above the Frisco line will sli roard e. P
tickets going Oct. g 6. = returning Oct o. = -
Oct 20 iuClusiYc going good O. return On -
10Th one fare y -. CanuoubEil gets you y"
Kansas city next morning at O'CLOCK -
tedious lay-uyers Chair cars Tree
uESnY HASEEg. Tit AEs
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Blood

And good health, take Hoods sarsaparilia,
which has first, last, and all the time,
been advertised as just what it is the
best medicine for the blood ever pro-
duced. Its success in curing Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Rheumatism, Catarrh,
Dyspepsia, Nervous Prostration and
That Tired Feeling, have made
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
No-ro-llae .ar m, c.n,.

Guaranicri toiaccp ini.it curr. n'Hl,> weak
ulel >ilp.i.. ll.sQl pure .as a.. All drugs ists
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09

Circuit court IS 900
Magistrates and inquests l 500
County and probate courts 9 600
Feeding prisoners and guarding
Jail 2 600
Support of paupers 3 600
Tax books and assessments / 600
Court house and Jail repairs and
insurance 500
Roads and bridges 500
Records and blanks 300
Total Sl6 100
The taxes levied are for:
Court house repairs, insurance and
blank expenses = mill currency.
County and circuit court expenses
~ mills.
State purposes AZ mills
Poll tax 81 90 for each male citizen
over 81.
City of Van Buren mills.
City of Alma mills.
City of Mulberry = mills.
The different school districts were
allowed the tax levy voted by them at
the last election.
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Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list Of letters in the Post
ot1ce Al Van Buren,. ARK. remaining uneallet
fRra and u1Vprti.aa npf u
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Rich Red

Blood is absolutely essential to health.
1t is secured easily and naturally by
taking Hoods sarsaparilla, but is i'm
possible to get it from so-called "nerye
tonies," and opiate compounds, ab-
surdly advertised as " blood puri-
fers.p They have temporary, sleeping
effect. but do not CURE. To have pure
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09

Robert Walker. the injured brake
man, died at the Charity Hospital at
Fort Smith Wednesday. Walker was
"a years of age. and has family living
az MOnett.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
Com mmiSSiOner'S Sale

~ p. Woorry. Reglste
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
CUBAN ACTION DELAYED.
No Important Step to Be Expected
for the Present.


WASHINGTON, June 15.-Probably
because the fact of his return was
not generally known in Washington,
the president had few callers at the
White house this morning before the
time set for the cabinet meeting. Prom
inent among those who did call, how
ever, were Senators Aldrich and ALI
son. All the members of the cabinet
were present when the meeting hour
arrived and as it was the first session
for a week, there Were many matters
of routine business that required at
tention TODAY The meeting did not last
an unusually long time. The matters
of public interest under discussion were
first the projected annexation of Ha-
wall, and second the state OF affairs
in Cuba. AS to the first the attitude
Of the administration has already been
defined and it is understood that what
remains now to be done is to arrange
only the details of the programme by
which annexation is to be attained.
Touching Cuba, as the president had
an opportunity to talk only briefly
with Special Commissioner Calhoun be-
fore he went South last week, and
nothing Of Importance had developed
since, there was little to be said. II
can be stated as the result Of today'S
cabinet meeting that no important
action relating to Cuba will be taken
by the administration until the new
minister to Madrid has been chosen
and is at his post ready for the duties
of the mission. This fact is significant
in that it means that some weeks must
certainly elapse before the president
will take any action whatever vital
to the relations Of this government and
the island of Cuba.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
GEN. WADE TO BE A GUEST.
At the Bunker Hill Banquet To.
morrow Evening.

Tomorrow will be the one hundred
and twenty second anniversary of the
battle Of Bunker hill, June II, ITS.
Following closely upon the events at
Concord, Lexington, April 10; Ticonder-
oga and Crown point, May 10 to u Of
the same year, the action between the
British regulars and the chaotic revolt
ed Americans ON Breeds hill, miscalled
Bunker hill, was the first desperate
fight between the troops of King
George III. and the provincials Of Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
and Vermont. The casualties sustain
ed by the British aggregated over
1000; that Of the New Englanders
less than 500. The details of the bat
tie are known to every school boy in
America for Yankee Doodle then first
learned how to- crow, and he has been
growing ever since over the claim that
he then proved his ability to pretty
nearly lick his English parents.
Bunker Hill day is essentially a Yam
kee>day, but the observance of the an
niversary is not confined to the land
of baked beans. Nearly every patriotic
society in the United States will cele-
brate the anniversary. and ST. Paul
will do so at the Hotel Ryan in man
neI BETTING the date.
Gen. Wade, the new commander of
the department Of Dakota, will be
a guest, and the occasion will be taken
to welcome him. -, ST..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
CoNErsT IN BUTTER.
Product OF Eighty Creameries IN
der Expert Testing.

The initial butter contest, under the
auspices of the Minnesota Dairy Board
of Trade, awasT held yesterday at II
East Third street, when something
like eighty cTeameries entered their
product inf sample tubs. The yellow
stuff cameamostly from Minnesota, al
though there were entries from Wis
consin, Iowa and the Dakotas. The
judges were Messrs. George H. Reif-
snider, a prominent New York butter
dealer; A. G.. Nivin, from Montreal. a
large exporter OF the dairy product, and
C. r. Dexter, of Chicago, the butter
agent of the B. e. o. railroad. Owing
to the extremely hot weather these
gentlemen found some of the butter in
rather soft condition, although it had
all been shipped in by express, and it
was found necessary to make allow
ance for this fact, in the scoring. In
spite of this drawback, the butter en-
tered for competition was said to be
very high grade butter.
But few people were admitted to the
room when the scoring was being
made. each Judge making his own
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16

of human advancement. 1t is written
that the race may not grow in achieve
ment save as the individuals who COM
pose it are lifted to larger views and
to the love and hope of better things.
Salvation will come for our social and
civic life, not by the provision of a
more perfect governing mechanism.
first lifting the people UP to its plane,
but by the development of a larger
and nobler humanity that will find, in
a purer and more representative gov
eminent, it's natural and perfect ex-
preston. This is the law Of the world s
progress and the life of man. Only
those who abide by it can relegate
present failure to the heights that hui
manity may not scale for ages yet to
come.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
HUMBOLDTs CLASS DAY.
Assembly Hall Filled With Those
Interested In the School,

The class day exercises Of the graduating
class Of the Humboldt high school took place
at the Humboldt school last night. The
event was enjoyed by an audience that COM
pletely filled the assembly hall. An entertain
ing programme. comprising the usual class
day addresses, including the prophecy history
song and poem. was offered, and the high
school orchestra played marches and other
selections.
Julia Anna Christianson was the class his
torfan, Georgia Pauline Geddes the statisti-
clan, Lettie Celeste Leyde the class poet
and Blanche Safronah Bigue the prophet
Edith Rockford Gray sang the class song
Joseph r. Truscott described Life at the
State University" and Percy II. Burnham
delivered an Grafton.
After the delivery of the class prophecy,
Theodore F. Bevans. president of the grad
uating class, presented to the class of '9S a
sickle, bearing on the blade the inscription,
Reap Only the Best" Nina Pearl Rowe
president of the class of '98, responded to
the presentation.
Then President Bevans, on behalf of the
class of '97. presented to the Humboldt high
school a life-sizcd bust Of Alexander Won
Humboldt, in acknowledgment of which Prin-
cipal j. G. Bryant responded.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
TRIP TO GETTYSBURG.
Plans for the Visit of the Survivors
of the First.

The First Minnesota regiment survivors
of the battle Of Gettysburg will leaye st.
Paul for the scene of the dedication of their
monument on the Gettysburg field, at . D. m,
ON Tuesday June 49, The train will be a
special one over the Burlington route to
Chicago, thence by the Pennsylvania route
via Fort Wayne, Pittsburg Harrisburg ard
York. to Gettysburg. The train card is so
arranged that the train will arrive at Gettys-
burg on the evening Of Thursday July l.
At 10 O'Clock on the morning of Thursday
the I'd. the thirty-fourth anniversary Of the
famous charge. the ceremonies OF the I'M
yelling will take place in the presence Of
Gov. Ctough and staff and the surviving vet
Grams Of the great battle
On the evening of July 2 the train will
leave Gettysburg for Washington city ar
arriving at the national capital at 10 o'clock
p. m. Of the same day. Here the train
will be sde-tracked and remain during July
3. and 5, giving the veterans and their
friends an opportunity to enjoy the sights of
the city. On the evening of the 5th it VIII
start on the return trip the same route
The committee in charge of the affair de-
s:rcs to say that it is utterly Dowerless to
extend favors to ex-members of the oryaniza-
ton not covered by the law. It also wishes
1t publicly announced that there is no pro-
vision under the bill to give transportation to
the comrades living at distance from Their
homes to Minneapolis and st. Paul. Those
entitled to participate must come on their
own expense to either one or the other of
the Twin Cities, or else must meet the train
en- route.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
PARDON FOR JOE WHITE
VIII Soon BE Asked by Robert l..
Penney.


Robert L. Penney will shortly apply
to the state board of pardons on behalf
of Joseph White, who was sentenced to
life Imprisonment April 8, 1894 for the
murder of James r. Harris In Mime
apolis. ~
A petition signed by the jurors is
startling in that 1T declares the testi-
mony Of Mrs. Harris unreliable. The
petition says:
The reasons which induce us to
sign this petition are two:
First-That the only direct testimony
in the case showing or tending to show
that Joe White was party to the
crime was that of Mrs. Harris, wife Of
the murdered man. who said she recog-
niZed White as one of the murdererS.
The testimony in the case also con-
clusiVely showed that the murder was
committed between 2 and o'clock in
the morning of May &c. 1S93-the morn
ing of a dark and somewhat rainy
night; that there was no light burning
in the Harris home at the time; that
the nearest lighted street lamp was at
least ninety feet distant from said
home, which lamp stood at such an
angle with reference to said house that
but little, If any, light was furnished
by means thereof to the interior of the
Harris home and the room wherein
Mrs. Harris testified to having seen
w h1te the morning OF the murder; that
there was no satisfactory or reliable
circumstantial evidence introduced
tending to show his guilt.
Second-That the testimony on the
part of the state showed that only
two men were in the house at the time
of the murder and two men were seen
to leave the house very shortly after
the commission Of the crime, one Of
said men having been seen by a wit
ness for the defense, and neither OF
whom could have been White, accord
ing to the testimony of the witnesses,
as to the heighth and appearance.
Joe White is said to be dying of con-
sumption and, it is alleged, that he will
not survive if his liberty is restrained
much longer.
Dugan, the real murderer, wrote to
Mrs. White that her son was inno-
cent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
THEY ABSTAIN ENTIRELY
From InduIging in the Drinks That
Intoxicate.


The twenty-siXth annual convention
Of the Catholic Total Abstinenc union
OF the archdiocese of ST. Paul, will open
today at !Cretin hall. The attendance
of delegates, it is expected, will be
very large,
The convention will be called to order
at 10 o'clock. An adjournment will be
taken to allow the delegates to attend
solemn high mass at the cathedral at
1920. The sermon will be delivered
by Rev. Father ]. M. Cleary, of Mime
apclis.
The ladies of the local committee will
hold reception in Crusaders hall
in the afternoon.
Archbishop Ireland will be a CEN
trail figure at each gathering.
Papers will be read by J. F. McDon-
aid, of Waverly: DR.. Marie Merrill. Mr..
McKenna, A. w. Guthri6ge, of ST. Paul;
and a number of others.
There will be a public meeting this
evening at Cretin hall, where a liter
airy and musical programme will be
offered. Bishop MoGolrick will deliver
an address, and there will also be
speeches by Fathers Cleary, Louden,
Gibbons, Judge Kelly and John D.
O'Brien.
Tomorrow the convention will be in
session again. The principal business
will be the election of officers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
WHAT THE CAUCUS SIGNIFIES.

The frequent eaucusing Of the Re-
publican senators has far more signi-
ficance than mere gathering for con-
sultation as to the course the majority
Shall take on a party question. Their
confreres in the house do not caucus,
because Mr.. Reeds invention Of a COM
mittee on rules and the tacit under
standing that the individual Judgment
committee of three obviate the need
of getting the members into secret con-
clave and tying up the recalcitrant if
any there be, with a majority decision.
But the senate has not differentiated
sufficiently to attain this perfection Of
party organization; senators still imag-
inc they have a right to their individ-
ual opinions, and the rule of the eau
Gus must be resorted to to compel
agreement Therefore the Republicans
majority fall back on that coercive
method.
We say majority" for, while there
is not an actual one, there Is by virtue
of various trades, deals and concessions
a practical one. McEnery, for instance,
is as good a Republican as any one
on that side Of the chamber, and Kyle
can be depended on to vote with them
when his vote is needed. But even
among the elect there is not that one
ness Of opinion that makes for the clear
sailing Of any measure branded with
the sign of partisan orthodoxy. We
have Nelson proposing an antitrust
amendment that frrbtates Aldrich, and
another repeating the Hawaiian treaty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
TO BOULEVARD LEXINGTON.
Property Owners VIII Meet to Talk
Ii Over.

At the last meeting of the park board
the question of widening and i'm
proving Lexington avenue so as to
make it one Of the approaches to Como
park was discussed. 1t was stated at
that time that it would be very ex-
pensive work to widen the street and
boulevard it, owing to the manner in
which the lots fronting on the street
had been plated.
Since the meeting President -Whee-
lock has been giving the matter a deal
of attention and the result has been
that a meeting of the owners of prop
erty on Lexington avenue between
Summit avenue and Como park has
been called for Friday evening. The
meeting will be held at the rooms of
the park board in the court house, and
the question of forming an associa-
ton, having for it's object the improv-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
city Hosnitm Lighting Plant

The board of control yesterday awarded the
contract for the dynamo ar the lighting plant
of the city hospital 10 the Western Electric
company, OF Chicago. The firms bid was
81 los. The plant will be in operation in
about sixty days, and the total cost will be
s., $50.
The board figures that the expense of op-
Grating the plant VIII not exceed $500 per
year, and as the lighting Of the building by
the gas company with gas has been $1.St0
per year it will take but two years to save
the cost of the plant and the expenses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
ATTACKED HIS WIFE.
John Cunning ham Creates n Scene
In Rice Park.

John Cunningham, living at II West Tenth
street created a scene in Rice park last
evening by attacking his wife, who was on
her way to the central police station to lodge
complaint against him on account OF his
treatment of her during difficulty at their
home earlier in the evening. Mrs. Cum
ningham was accompanied by her grown
son, who resisted the attack OF his step
father and saved his mother from injury.
Cunningham accosted his wife and declared
she should not go to the station When she
insisted On carrying out her purpose he
struck her and the woman ran screaming
down the street. A crowd gathered. and
Officer Perro ran uD in time to place Cum
nineham under arrest at the beginning of a
tussel between him and his stepson. The
charge against Cunningham is drunkenness
and dtsordery conduct. He has been I'M
der arrest previously upon complaint of his
wife.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16

in the interests of the beet sugar Sec
ton, although, while ostensibly wish
ing 1t. 1t is the last thing the sugar
trust wish to become a reality. And
there is Jones, with his wool schedule,
and the Eastern senators against it;
there is Mantle with his hide tax. and
Hoar against It, and back of each
clamorous constituency. So 1t becomes
absolutely necessary that there be
unity of action If there be discord of
opinion, and the caucus is called into
action to harmonic differences, IL pcs
sible: to subdue opposition, If impos-
sible.
But the real significance OF this is
that this division of opinion is only
symptomatic of the division existing in
the rank and file of the party. The
hide men and the shoe men, the wool
men and the wooden men. the sugar
refiners and the beet growers are quite
as opposed to each other as are their
respective representatives in the sem
ate. Each is more vitality interested
than is his senator, for the final action
means gain of money or loss Of it, while
the senator can eXculpate himself with
specious excuses. 1t signifies that pro-
lection has at last reached the point
toward which it inevitably tended from
it's inception. where interests become
irreconcilably antagonistic, where new
demands come for a share, that can
not be granted without depriving for
mer beneficiaries of their privileges,
and where the whole system breaks
down with its own weight Of greed.
If, for instance, the wooden man has
10 surrender to the wool man the bene
fits he had, or the shoe man to the
leather man, what material induce
ment is there for them to continue sup
porting such policy? What is the
use of putting up campaign funds if
there is not to be a return?
And all these conflicting elements
cannot be dragged into caucus and
muzzled. They remain free to express
them will be the host of the unbene-
fitted, who will have begun to feel their
added burdens; the vast number, speci-
mems of whom any one can find any
day among his neighbors, who are ask
ing angrily why the sugar trust, with
it's millions Of profits and it's annual
II per cent dividends, should be further
sheltered; the women who are asking
why their linens, woolens and cottons,
their carpets and mattings should be
made dearer to them, and the men who
are trying to find out where the COM
pensation comes for the increased G st
Of their clothing; these are all typif1ed
in the dissensions among the senators,
and these cannot be brought into and
harmonized by caucus. This is the
significance Of these senatorial eau
cuses; they Indicate the conditions of
opinion in the rank and file Of the
party.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
GRAND JURY GRIND.
Minnesota Savings Bank Affairs
Still Under Consideration.

The grand jury considered only two
cases yesterday. Receiver T. D. Shee-
han, of the Minnesota Savings bank,
and w. K. Mulliken, an expert ac-
countant, testified before the grand
jury concerning the account of Alfred
S. KIttson with the Minnesota Savings
bank William r. BickePs affairs have
not yet received any attention since
Grand Juror Lindqudst was excused.
The other case considered was that
of James Taylor, who is charged with
attempting to commit a felonious as
sault in his Minnesota street establish
ment. The witnesses examined in this
case were Lieut.. Pothen and Patrolman
Casserly.
The county attorney expects that the
grand jury will submit its final report
by Friday at the latest, and possibly
tomorrow