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The Van Buren press., 1897-10-23

are entitled to the thanks of humane
people everywhere. The Journal Is to
be congratulated ON its originality,
enterprise and success in this act of
humanity. JAMES X. JONES,
L. S. Senator from Arkansas.
And such will be the verdict of
liberty loving people everywhere. No
matter how the Spanish maiden gained
her liberty. she is now under the pro
lection of our government. We do not
apprehend that there will be any
demand by the Spanish government for
her surrender-and if there was it
would not be complied with.
One of the funny things connected
with this journal scoop is the entire
ignorance of it on the part of the New
York World. Pulitzer had in a
measure outstripped the enterprise of
Bennett. of The Herald, when young
Hearst, of California. came upon the
scene. bought The Journal and made of
1t a rival to The World. In genius and
newspaper enterprise The Journal has
not only outstripped The World. but
every other American newspaper.
They will not admit it. but the facts
cannot be ignored.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-23
a Quiet Wedding.

Fort Smith Times Democrat "Wednesday.
In the parlors OF the residence Of the
brides mother az O. clock yesterday
afternoon in the presence Of a few
friends and relatives Rev. Men Mckay
spoke the words that united the lives
futures and fortunes Of Preston C..
West and Miss Bessie Shelby.
The wedding was without display Of
any kinda very simple, home affair
After the ceremony the bride and
groom and their guests sat down 70 an
elegant dinner.
Both bride and groom are familiar
figures in Fort Smith society. M
West is a young lawyer Of marked
ability. he prscticed his profession
here several years. but has recently
located ia Muscog=e. where he is doing
well. Miss Shelby Is a young lady.
hesutiful and intellectual. and i a
popular favorite.
Mr.. and Mrs West left for their
home IN 4uscogee yesterday afternoon
and a large number Of friends accom-
panied them as far a. the depot.
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The British and Silver.

LONDON. Oct. i6.-The Press Asso-
citation sent out the following semi
official statement tonight;
The cabinet considered the subject
in pursuance Of the pledges given in
their name by Mr.. 4. ]. BalfoUr. first
lord of the treasury, and Sir Michael
Hicks Beach. chancellor ef the ex-
ehequer. in the house Of commons when
the resolution favering cooperation in
securing stable monetary par exchange
between gold and silver was passed.
The chancellor ot the exchequer
and his colleagues still maintain the
position then taken, that the govern
ment cannot alter the gold standard in
the United Kingdom. But they have
in the interval consulted the Indian
government with regard to the opening
Of the Indian mints, and a reply has
been received which. it is understood,
is strongly adverse to the proposal,
Owing to the difficulties raised in India
and the opposition in other quarters the
cabinet felt that they are unable to give
an immediate undertaking to re e-open
the Indian mints, but they apparently
are not disposed to enter into further
negotiations, and it is expected as the
outcome of today's cabinet council that
the United States commissioners will
shortly have another interview with
Sir Michael Hicks Beach and that
diplomatic communications upon the
question will be continued with the
foreign powers more Immediately con
cerned in the rehabilitation of silver.
In spite of the above, however. it is
generally believed that the government
has fully decided to say no TO the
proposals presented by Mr.. Wolcot1.
Mr.. Stevens left London Yesterday
for Rome
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The Dawes aud Creek Treaty Rejected
BY the Greek Council.

MuscodER. /. T.. Oct. 19.-The
treaty between the Dawes and Creek
commissions which was concluded at
this place last month, was rejected by
the creek Council, in session at Okmul-
gee. yesterday evening. The vote Of
the House of Warriors, which is the
lower house of the Greek Council, was
unanimously against the treaty, and
only eight members of the House of
Kings voted in favor of it. Chief lspar-
heeher is highly elated over his victory
over the half. breed and non citizen ele-
ment, and is proud of the fact that he
has won his people over TO his way of
thinking. He has never been In favor
of allotment and the abolition of tribal
government. and has opposed the treaty
since 1t was agreed TO by the two com
missions. He is not in favor OF using
force to prevent the United States from
alloting the Greek lands and abolishing
their tribal government, as has been
reported, but he has asked the council
to make an appropriation to employ able
attorneys to take advantage of every
legal remedy to prevent the United
States from violating its treaty with the
Greek Nation. The principal objection
to the treaty is that it does not give the
Greeks their pro rata share of all the
lands of the Creek Nation. and leaves
too much room for money sharks and
spectators. A veritable legal warfare
is expected TO be waged between the
United States and the Greek Nation. as
the act of Congress. which takes effect
Jan. /, 1898. abolishes their Creek
courts and places them under the iuris
dietion of the United States. and makes
their acts of council ineffective unless
approved by the president of the United
States.
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A Erszo7 e TIE Af-1cxz Ns1hasisi
ehzrcA sAii rscszilv that sAs neE-o rare
would soon disappear troz shs face Ct
the earth. We Go Eo. know how THIS
may be. hut we Do know + would he
better for the negro race and for socisty
Rt large il some means were provided
for the elimination or improvement OF
the present generation OF blacks. This
is especially desirable so far as the
town negro is concerned. The
young negro boy. we speak of the town
variety, initiates all the vices of his
white brother and emulates none of his
virtues. If one of them is engaged TO
perform any kind of service he will ex
pend his first week wages in the pur-
chase of q pair of bell -bottomed pants
and a package of cigarettes, and his
second week wages for a checkered
shirt, loud tie and 90 cent cap, and
come up missing Monday morning.
He will then pose as a dude until his
trousers are worn TO shreds and his
shirt disintegrates, when he will be
ready for another job. His sister is no
mors reliable. She will engage 10 per
form certain household duties and in
several times ont of ten will repndiate
the engagement without explanation.
Ii has come 70 be that no reliance can
be placed in the word or upon the honor
Of the young town negro. and so we say
II wonld be better for the credit Of the
race and for society If he could be
eliminated or educated out Of his present
status. There are many honorable
exceptions to this rule. Of course. but
we are speaking Of the younger gener-
alton as a class. We do not know how
il is on the farms. where he has more
constantly had the example Of the old
plantation negro. although We have It
upon the authority Of the older gener-
ssiea Of nagroes that his son Is ''no,
much erc0unt. A f0urth-rate barber
shop. game Of craps, the losfng room
Of . barrel house. or the sllurements Of
= merry SO rouni. seem 10 BE- about the
size q the yOung town negro. and the
trouble Is hs seems 10 have 10 higher
ambition. 50. We say. whether Bishop
Gaines Is correct OF not. il would be
peter for the race If this class. and II Is
q large and Increasing one. should dis
appear OF be siiininaied. Helena
Wosii
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Embryo Jail Birds,

A great deal OF petty pilfering has
been going on around Van Buren and
especially the roundhouse has been a
loser q much scrap metal, the last
bring a considerable quantity of babbit
metal. still hot. which had been run
into depression outside the shops for
cooling Wednesday Marshal Merrill
having had his suspicious aroused paid
visit 10 the shanty boat on the sand
bar and soon discovered that its
occupant. negro named Abner John
son, had been acting as fence for
a number Of boys. He was placed
under arrest and gave the officer the
names Of q number Of boys who had
been selling him the stuff johnson
plead guilty and sentence was suspended
70 use him as a witness against the
boys when caught
Two Of the boys. Geo. Paris and Will
Reed. were captured later by the
marshal and were given fine Of $40
and a sentence Of 80 minutes in Jail BY
Judge Michael.
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The Round Bale.

The New Orleans Times Democrat. a
bitter enemy of the cylindrical bale of
cotton, gave an account few days ago
of the inspection of bale by large
number of practical cotton men of that
city. each of whom condemned it as a
substitute for the present bale. As an
offset to this the Manufacturers Record
prints the following from Mr. W. S.
Wells. secretary of the chamber of
commerce of Huntsville. who visited n
round bale press near that city:
'.On my arrival at the press wagon
belonging to a planter had just driven
up with load Of seed cotton. A
suction spout was placed over the load
of cotton. which was rapidly sucked up
into the receiving hoppers, passing
thence through the gins and compress.
But four gins ont of five were running,
At the end Of ten minutes round bale
weighing SEQ pounds was thrown
through the press the cotton seed was
deposited in a hopper. ready to be
spouted into the farmer 5 wagon. The
cost IL the farmer WAS 81 50 The bale
measured forty eight inches in length
ard twenty. seven inches in diameter.
Il presented a handsome appearance,
could be handled much more easily than
the common square bale. and was
practically but one half the size.
noticed also that the company were
buying large quantities of cotton in the
seed direct from the field, which
allowed the farmer TO market his entire
production at once without loss of time
or waste. The capacity of this plant,
with all the gins in operation, will be
seen by the above to be about seventy
five bales per day of ten hours. with
saving.
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NOtice!

" oTICEis hereby given that at the November
y Term 1897 of the Crawford County Probate
Court the undersigned will make application to
said Court for an order directing the sale of the
following described real estate situated in Craw-
ford County, Arkansas:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of the
North fractional half of fractional Section
Eight (Sl, Township 90, North, Range Twenty
nine (2D, where the East line OF said section
intersocts Vine Prairie Lake, thence due South
on said Eastern line of section IA poles to the
line dividing the North half from the South half
of said section thence due West along said line
31 poles thence due North l60 poles, thence
along the meandering OF Vine Prairie Lake to
place OF beginning, containing l25 acres as
shown by plat and entry made by d. Dickson,
County Surveyor, found at Page 80 of Survey
ors Book &c" deposited in the Office of the
County Clerk of Crawford County, Ark.
Said land belongs TO the estate of ;. W. Frye.
deceased and the sale will be asked for in order
to pay the claims probated against the estate,
the personal property belonging to the estate not
being sufficient for that purpose
JESSE TURNER,
AS Admr Estate S, W. Frye, deceased.
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They Mourn His Loss.

H. M. Hameister, who will be
remembered as the father of the child
whose disappearance created such ex-
element in our community year or so
ago, has again brought himself into
prominence, and that in quite an un-
enviable manner. He had always
borne reputation as an honest,
straight forward man and this made it
easy for him to dupe far sighted bust
ness men in the manner he did.
Tuesday evening after closing hours
of the banks he made his appearance at
several of the stores where he was
owing accounts and offered TO settle
them, saying that he would need some
money the next morning 10 pay cotton
Ticksrs with and that if they could
accommodate him with some change he
wuald give them : check for the whole
Euou1f- This n nearly every case was
readily accorded 20 and Ezueisier
collected Il 11is UE-1sr some SO OF
81 Ezi ~ LAST Ia WAS ss,e1 4 him
EEs wz5le = Vas waiting IA; sTe-i1g
tc- zEe scz-E1s1-Es1 loczl- On prss71--
irg EaUsiz-sr cE-cLs a. tks hanks
theT soou found CIT that they lad been
iupeG and soue q them began % Iock
around for something ou which they
cOuld seize % indemnify themselves
bat found that everything he had Eas
mortgaged for its full value. and they
were left to mourn the loss The
victims so far as We could learn are
J. N Pew, Chas Ward. Dan Hunt
Edm0ndson & Britt. Buck Williams.
y. F. Cornelius. J. L. Lynch, Lloyd
S Tate and F. j. Link.
Mrs. Hameister 3nd family are here
and the poor woman believes that he
has abandoned her and her children and
will try 10 make his way back 70
Germany, where his family are re-
ported as wealthy. Hsmeister at
different times received considerable
sums Of money from home. but seems
not TO have known how 10 manage
Mrs. n called upon all those whom
her husband had duped and assured
them that she would do all in her power
70 repay them.
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commissioners Sale!

" Office is hereby given that under and by
~ virtue of a decree rendered in the circuit
court of Crawford county. Arkansas, on the 2nd
day of July, 1877. in an action then pending IN
said court on the chancery side between Re-
becca A. Turner, plaintiff and l.. C. Locke,
ct al, defendants, the undersigned Special Com
missioner will, on
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1897,
within the hours for judicial sales, at the front
or Main street entrance TO the Court House in
the City of Van Buren,, Ark, offer for sale and
sell. at public outcry, TO the highest bidder on
credit of three months the purchaser to give
note with approved security and bearing inter-
est at 10 per cent per annum from date of sale
until paid, the lands described in said decree,
to-wit:
Lots One %, Two (9 and Three 81, in Block
J, in the Town of Alma also the Northwest
Quarter of Section -Four (i), Township Eight 49,
North. Range Thirty go West all in Crawford
County. Arkansas
Said sale to be made in default of payment of
81 u. %, with interest and costs adudged against
said defendant l.. c. Locke, and declared TO
be first lien upon said real estate
W. 7. SADLER, Commissioner
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commissioners Sale !!

NOTICE is hereby given that under ana 1l py
~ virtue of decree rendered IN the clISui. su.,
court of Crawford county Arkansas. on the nIss
day OF July 1877 in an action then pending ~ IL
said court on the chancery side between uniO" uI,
Central Life Insurance Company, ct al, plaiin
ufis and Joseph J. Savage, et al, deiehgis5uGSs, G
The undersigned Special commissioner WILL oN
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 80 1897
within the hours for judicial sales, at ihe idoh, IN
OF Main street entrauce to the Court HOUSE "a "a
the City OF Van Buren,. Ark, offer for sale, anu %
sell, at public outcry, to the highest pldoet vn
credit of three months, the purchaser 70 ar s,,o
note with approved security and bearing lnusih nsia
est at 10 per cent per annum from usie 9d,sac "
until paid, the lands described In SAID deoi0''
to-wit:
The East Half aud the East Half OF the NoI'il !,
west Quarter, and the Southeast Qua,Nw, ,Nor,b
me southwest Quarter of Sec. II, Up D HV''"
Range 81. West
Said sale to be made In default Of paymenit ot
SS5260i with interest and costs adIndged 70
said defendant Jos J Savage and deeaIe" -
De hrst lien upon said real estate. ,.t,,or
w.P SADLER, Commssloner'
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Crawford County Sunday School
Convention.

Crawford County Sunday School
Convention.
A very interesting three days session
Of the Crawford County sunday School
Association came 10 a close az Dyer last
sunday. A great deal of interest WAS
shown by the delegates in attendance.
though the attendance was not ss large
As it should have been.
OScers elected for tie ensuing year
are the following: J. T. CLARK. ire
elected president Gillian YOes. secre-
tary; H Il. DYER. treasurer. The
executive committee Is composed Of J.
e. Moore. sam Stith. J. B. McPher
son. Il y. McKitchen and J. N.
Weaver.
Reports were read from nearly every
Sunday School 10 the county and stir
ring addresses made by the in and out
going officers. A thorough revival in
sunday School work will Be iuaugnrated
in the county this year and the presi-
dent asks the active assistance Of all
professed Christians in this eudeavor.
The next convention viii be held in
August. lssS- The point for holding it
viii De decided on lase-.
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Sezatar Mar gan in FErer Of AAntxiRg
Hawaii.

SAY FE-ASc-soo. Oct Is -SanHf0-
Morgan E13 ms daughters and ? N
EE1cA fts new z-51is-sr f-u-n Ezz-lzi.
were xr3l1E th= Elssss-Es-z z-ao arrives
t-vzz Eaa8-zla zTo1 rAe siHzzzA5--
Bzlgse t1,5zy-
S@lE-0- M1-Ezz zr-r'sss=,3 z5-ss-f as
Esll PLEASED Ei-a wkzf l. san and ~
uzn1=r II which = Vas ez-s--zi.ei
while on tae Islands He Is Uor4 than
ever enthusiastic On the suhlecE q an
nsxstion. and insimAted that Hawaii
may become part Of this country be
fore the close OF the coming year He
said: Hawaii is certainly going to be
state. but whether it will be at the
time of its annexation or later remains
to be seen. Should it be annexed as a
territory the Hawaiian commissioners
will recommend that the island be sd
mitted to statehood. and a special act Of
congress would undoubtedly follow.
d" have favored annexation from the
beginning but was surprised upon in
vestigsting the matter 10 find that the
arguments in favor of annexation had
been underestimated. In my opinion
Hawaii is absolutely indispensable 70
the United States and we must have
those islands. The only opposition
found was a few Liliuokslsni royalists
who have no weight over there. and who
are. for the most part royalists for
revenue only.
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The Rescue Of senorita Cisneros.

Frern The Little Rock Gsze1te
Ex- Secretary Of the Treasury Carlisle
Is Of the opinion that the government
will have 10 surrender Miss Cisneros Oh
the demand Of Spain. Secretary Sher-
man. while avoiding the question OF
international complications. says
Everyone will sympathiEe with the
Journal 5 enterprise in releasing Miss
CisneroS. She Is a woman Mrs
sherman reJoices in the young woman :
release. So does Mrs Carlisle. and
the latter adds; Having effected the
rescue Of this Young Cuban. what shall
we do with herl'' The Journal heads
the dispatch The Journal will take
care Of her She viii not lack for
friends. senator Jones. Of Arkansas.
sent the following dispatch to The
Journal
EiI,cr NcE York 1ournai
II Is very gratifying To see arvone
rescued frOu Spanish prison. and
particularly = woman. Those who
riskzi their lives 10 accomplish the
liberation Of Mss Cisueros. and The
louruzl. which prompted the rescue.
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commissioners Sale

NOTICE is hereby given that under and by
~ virtue of a decree rendered in the circuit
court of Crawford county Arkansas on the 2lth
day OF June, 1897, in an action then pending i'm
said court on the ehancery side between Jesse
turner Trustee, ct al, plaintiffs. and Felix d.
Houck, ct al, defendants the undersigned
Special Commissioner will on
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1897.
within the hours for judicial sales, at the front
or Main street entrance to the Court House I'm
the CITY OF Van Buren. Ark. offer for sale. and
sell, az public outcry. to the highest bidder on
credit of three month, the purchaser to give
note with approved security and bearing inter.
est at 10 per cent per annum from date Of sale
tO-wit: NS'
LOT Ten 90. In Block Seven a. In Knox
addition 10 the City of Wan Buren, in Crawford
County. Arkansas
said sale to be made in default Of payment of
sltse with interest and costs adjudged against
said defendant Felix d. Houck. and deelareJ
20 % nTst lien upon said real estate
W r sADLEK Special Commissioner
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Exchanges Please Notice.

a telegram received at this office last
Wednesday announced that Frank
Ibbottson. a former resident OF Van
Buren, was dying at st, Marys, Ohio,
and requesting us to notify his brother
1t has been five years or more since
anything has been heard here of Henry
Ibbottson, his last residence being in
the neighborhood of Conway or Plum
merville. Anyone knowing his where
sbouts will confer favor by notifying
hin
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-23

Ds. SAN powell. Of Cincinnati. this
county. was on our streets yesterday
mingiing among old friends and visiting
with relatives. DR.. Powell is IS years
old and his wife is 81. and they have
been married nearly 20 years. which is
indeed remarkably long period of
married life. DIR. Powell worked on
the tailor bench with Andrew Johnson
in Greenville, Tenn. who was presi
dent of the United States after the
assassination of President Lincoln. -
Fayetteville News.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-23
A FRISCO sMASH-uP.
Two Freight Trains Crash Into
Each Other Near Springdsie.

Two Freight Trains CfaSn thto
Each Other Near Sprngdaie.
A head end collision between Frisco
freight trains No. 81 and IS took place
two miles north of Springdale Sunday
morning few minutes after Q o clock,
The wreck was caused by misinter-
probation or failure to deliver orders.
Train 3s to take siding at Springdale
for the southbound eannonball. 1t
was originally TO meet No. 81 at
Rogers, but the order was changed and
No. Ss should have stayed at Spring
dale as No. 81 was following close
behind the eannonhall.
The siding at Springdale is long
one. and No. 3s was near the north end,
a considerable distance from the depot.
After the eannonball passed the
engineer looked back. noticed the
signal for clear track. which had
been displayed for the oannonball, and
pulled out.
The train had just STAINED good
headway when in rounding short
curve No. 81 was seen only few yards
away There WASH { time to say any
thing. Those of the crew that saw the
danger jumped for their lives.
j. j. Kinney, engineer of engine No,
e44. which pulled train No SS, had his
leg broken in lighting.
Warren Furry. the fireman. was
shoveling in coal. and was thrown ont
in the smash up. His skull was
fractured and he was badly bruised.
Hugh Mccall the head brakeman of
No. 2s, had just come down on the
engine to speak to Kinney. He was
crushed to death against the boiler,
His body was taken charge of by the
Knights of Pythias of Springdale and
prepared for burial.
An unknown man was stealing a
ride on No. 3S. and was thrown some
distance from the track. His skull was
crushed in He was tolerably respect
able in appearance-above the average
tramp-and had s14. 75 in his shoe. He
was buried in Springdale.
Jim Johnston, engineer. and George
SHELTON, fireman. of engine 23S, saw
the approaching train in time to jump.
Johnston had both legs broken,
Skelton landed awkwardly and lost his
teeth. Ed Johnson, head brakeman,
also jumped and fractured his leg,
besides receiving other injuries
The locomotives were telescoped,
and are almost total wrecks. The cars
were piled up in quite promiseuous
heap. Most of them were loaded with
coal and cotton
Hopes are entertained of Furry S
ultimate recovery. He is a brother of
Freight Agent Furry at this point.
John Allen, of this city, who was at
the time of the wreck credited with
being responsible, arrived here Wed
nesday. He had been employed by the
agent at Springdale to fill his place, and
made a statement, which if he can
furnish proof, as he claims he can, will
clear him of all blame He states that
the board showed red signals for full
Is minutes before No. 3S left Springdale
and that the conductor had received
instructions at Fayetteville to keep a
lookout for he might get change of
orders and that he failed to carry out
the instructions.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-23

DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL l..
l.. Holt and posse raided the house Of
Jacob Keith at Eldorado. village near
Gravett In Benton county. Monday snd
arrested 3 trio Of the most deperate
characters that have infested that Sc
sson for long time. They are Charley
Anssrsoa. Monros Humphrey snd Izeoh
Keith. al CHARGED with nleOaShining
sni peidliag whiSsay in the Indian Ter
ritarv.