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The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
w. Wiltshire Rjiey,

MIDDLETON, Conn. March CIV.
Wiltshire Riley, we'll known inventor
residing at Cromwell, received probably
fatal injuries last night by fall down
his cellar stairs. Mr.. Riley is over so
years old, When practicing dentist
In Columbia, o., Mr.. Riley invented
false teeth, which has brought him
over $50, 900 and he also has been
successful with other inventions. He
has been trying to have the government
adopt lifeboat of his invention, which
has balloon attachment.
The late DR.. Wiltshire Riley, who
died in Van Buren, few years since,
was a relative of the above gentleman.
Quite a number of the relatives of DR..
Riley are living in Van Buren, and the
state Of Arkansas.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
Must Not BE Sold on LegalIzed PrIm-
AIRY Days

The new law regarding the sale of
liquors on days on which legalized pri-
maries are held is as follows. as it will
be observed the penalty prescribed is
severe:
Section /. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to sell or give away. or 10
cause to be sold or given away, or used
or furnished In any manner or form any
intoxicating liquors during the day of
or succeeding night of any legalized
primary election held by any political
party In any county. city, township or
ward; and any person selling or giving
away. or causing to be sold or given
away. or furnished in any manner or
form, any Intoxicating liquors during
said day or night in which any such
legalized primary election may be held.
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined In any
sum not less than one hundred dollars
(S100) for each and every offense. or
imprisoned not less than six months OF
both.
Sec. 2. That this act take effect from
and after its passage.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
A Sad Accident.

Correspondence of the Gazette
OZARK, March 2S.-About Q o'clock
today the little badly girl of Mr. G. A.
Mansfield while playing around the
room just after the MONDAY meal, in
some way lost her balance and fell to
the floor, the back part of the little
ones head striking first and causing
some disruption of the brain from
which the child died before medical aid
could get there. The little girl was
about Ia months old. She was bright
and beautiful child. The grief stricken
parents find it very hard to bear up
under this very sad dispensation of
providence, this being their only child.
They are almost heartbfoken over this
very great misfortune.
Mr. Mansfield is the worthy and
efficient prosecuting attorney of this
judicial district and has host of
friends to extend their warmest
sympathy in this their day of greatest
trouble May the Great Ruler of all
things be their comfort and give them
such aid as is needful for them. We
feel it very BETTING in this connection
to reproduce the beautiful lines of
Longfellow:
There is a reaper whose name is Death
And with his sickle keen
He reaps the bearded grains az breath,
And the flowers that grow between
Not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper comes that day:
Twas an angel visited the green earth
And took the flower away"
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
Gov. Jones Replies to Scurrllous
Attacks on Him.
From the LIttle Rock Gazette,

From the Little Rock Gazette.
The Memphis Scimitar and few
other goldbug papers have been in
dulging in scurrilous abuse of Gov.
Jones for not rendering assistance to
the flood sufferers. Calling upon Gov.
Jones yesterday morning Gazette
representative asked him what he had
to say about this matter. He replied
II have no time nor inclination to pay
any attention whatever to scurrilous
attacks upon me and my administration
either by newspaper OF other, but | will
permit you to publish some letters
which | have received upon the food
question. Two of the writers, J. F.
Smith and Frank Smith, are gentlemen
living in Crittenden county, Mr., Frank
Smith being a member of the present
general assembly. These letters will
show that the persons most interested
do not want any government aid in the
way of supplies or provisions so that
even II there were an appropriation at
my disposal there would be no reason
to use it. In fact, have not received
a single request for assistance of this
kind from any person living in
The following letter was received by
the governor from Representative Frank
Smith, Of Crittenden county:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. March II.
His Excellency, Dan w. Jones, Little
Rock, Ark:
DEAR SIR-it is currently stated and
generally accepted that there will be a
called session of the general assembly.
You have. of course. noticed the
newspaper accounts Of the great foods
in this section, but these reports
graphic though they are. can convey
no correct idea of the destruction and
damage done by the flood.
II is not the purpose of our people TO
appeal to the general assembly for aid
from the state. but such incalculable
damage has been done to the farmers
by the destruction of fences that it is
absolutely necessary that relief be
afforded in this respect.
The time is now too short for the
farmers here to repair and rebuild
fences even If the water should
Immediately recede, others would not
be able financially, even though the
time was unlimited.
The cattle and hogs of this county
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
Senator Jones Talks Of the Political
Situation.

WASHINGTON. March 24.-The silver
men insist that their organization IS
still intact; that it has not been weak
ened by anything that has occurred
since November, and that matters for
1898 are shaping themselves precisely
to their liking
Senator Jones of Arkansas talks in
this strain. He has just returned from
a trip West, where he travelled as far as
Salt Lake City, and conferred with a
number of silver leaders. In CONVEX
sation with st. Louis Republic CORE
spondent, Mr.. Jones said:
II found the people still pinched for
money, and impatiently awaiting that
wave of prosperity. 1t was first booked
for the 5th Of November; then for the
5th instant. and now the promise held
out is that it will certainly arrive as
soon as the tariff bill becomes a law.
They do not, of course. expect it at all
by the means now being employed to
produce it. They know that it cannot
be produced by increased taxation.
They are still for silver and ready for
the next battle in behalf of silver. They
believe, too, that the next battle will be
won for silver.
Mr.. Jones was asked if the adoption
of the single gold standard by Japan
had proved discouraging TO the silver
men in this country.
mot at all, +" he replied. Why
should 1T If the news we have re-
ceiyed about the transaction is correct,
our contention about money is sustained
by Japan action. We insist that gold
has been constantly appreciating as
money ever since silver was demone-
tized. Japan comedies this. Her gold
ven, which she now makes her legal
tender, will contain only half as much
gold as formerly. That equalizes her
fixing of the parity between gold and
silver at 80 TO /. Suppose the United
States should fix the amount of gold in
the gold dollar at u and fraction
grains, instead of 25 and a fraction
wouldn t that be confession that gold
as money has appreciated Undoubtedly
Japan's action will not affect sentiment
on the money question in this country
at all.
On the subject of the tariff bill, Mr..
Jones said.
1.-The bill will be thoroughly exam
ined and discussed when it reaches the
senate. We intend to show to the
country that it is a measure obnoxious
to the country J interests and ought not
to become a law. To my knowledge
that is the whole of the Democratic
programme. The responsibility is with
the Republicans, and If they can pass
such bill, well and good
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
Not a CounterfeIter.

From the Fit. Smith Times Democrat March o.
Eli Woodruff, the boy arrested at
Chester for passing counterfeit dollar,
was discharged by Commissioner Bril- :
zolara yesterday. The testimony failed
to show that Woodruff had more than
one piece of counterfeit coin, or knew
that that was counterfeit. There has
been a great deal of spurious money in
circulation in western Arkansas and
Indian Territory during the last year,
and Woodruff appears to have been one
of the unsuspecting who came into
possession Of the counterfeit money un-
awares, but were not as successful in
getting rid of 1t.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
John Sherman.
The Philadelphia Record in reviewing
he outgoing United States Senators

The Philadelphia Record in reviewing
the outgoing United States Senators
says:
OF the outgoing senators, John Sher-
man is, by all odds, the most promi-
nent He closes thirty two years of
service in the United States Senate, a
longer period by two years than any
other man ever sent there. They have
been thirty two years of active, labori-
Gus, fruitful service. No senator from
the beginning to the end of his senat-
orial career has consulted his ease less
than Mr. Sherman. His record of in
fuence and usefulness is written broad
and deep in the United States statutes,
especially in those relating to finance,
currency and banking.
To this the Salt Lake City Tribune
responds:
No one doubts the ability of Mr..
Sherman, but he has not spent all his
time In the senate. He was probably
not worth 5000, perhaps not 5000 cents
when he went to congress. He is sup
posed now to be worth FIVE, possibly
eight millions Of dollars. For man
that work all the time for his country at
a salary something less than his neces
sary expenses, to accumulate that
money in thirty two years, or, rather,
in twenty five years. shows that he is a
bright man and that he can look out for
himself even while looking out for him
self even while looking out for the
country. Our Judgment is that he has
cost the United States, in money and
property more than would five years
war against any of the nations of the
Old World. The depreciation of prop
erty alone last year amounted to as
much as the Empire of Austria is worth,
and that was more due to the work
which John Sherman did in 1873 and
the work he has done since, than to all
other causes combined.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

citation, while this was going on, had
fixed the date of their meetings on the
first Saturday in each month, they will
not be able to use the same hall.
Prof. Kagy, who was vice president
of the society, was elected president in
place of Mr.. Wood and Wallace Garrett
was elected vice president of the
society.
A motion was made during the meet
ing by Mr.. Meyer and carried that
none but bona fde fruit raisers be here
after admitted as members of the
society.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

NEWS from the fruit dealers of the
West Is anything but encouraging for
the apple growers Of the country. The
apple boom has apparently collapsed,
and we are informed that Missouri APP
pies are selling at 25 cents per bushel in
Kansas City, and thousands of barrels
brought on from northern and eastern
points are rotting In cold storage. Ii
this keeps up 1t will certainly be dis
couraging to an industry that has prom
ised great results in the state. L. r.
Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

THE Dingley tariff bill passed the
house Wednesday by majority of s3.
The vote on the final passage of the bill
stood. ayes. 205; noes, 1873; present
and not voting, 81. An amendment
was added and adopted to make the
provisions of the bill go into effect on
April 1. no matter when 1t is finally
passed and approved. Five Democrats
and one Populist voted for the bill.
Three Of the Democrats are from Louisi-
ana and two from Texas.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

A PINE BLUFF special Of March 81
says. A cyclone and hail storm passed
over Grady's, twenty seven miles south
OF here. early this afternoon. It almost
laid waste the entire village killing four
colored women and wounding several
others, among them the station agent s
wife. There was not house left stand
ing on the Hall place and the section
house was entirely demolished. Hail
stones were so large that trainmen re-
port they had to find places Of safety.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

CHANDLER, Ok. Teri. was swept
away by cyclone Tuesday evening
about six clock and twenty FIVE people
killed. while more than one hundred
were more or less injured. The de
etruction was total, the reports state
that only two business houses escaped.
Chandler was town Of 1900. A de-
etructive storm passed at the same time
over southern Kansas, while Colorado
was treated 10 driving snow storm.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

GEN. FITzHUoH LEE, consul general
at Havana. has been notified by the de.
partment OF state that his services will
not be needed after April 10. From all
accounts he will be delighted TO have a
chance to return to this country. The
post at Havana Is not very desirable
one at this time.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

THE four desperadoes styling them
selves the Andrews gang, who were
captured Saturday for stealing and rob-
bling the store and postoffice at Wager,
Benton county. were on Monday sen
fenced to ten years In the penitentiary
each upon a plea Of guilty. Quite
sensation was created after their SEN
tence upon their confession that they
had intended to rob the bank at Ben
tonville. but were foiled In the attempt
by too hot pursuit.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

THE president Wednesday signed the
senate joint resolution making the APP
preparation Of $3.50. 900 Immediately
available for the protection of life and
property from the floods in the Missis-
sippi river valley.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
General Order Confederate Veterans.
Headquarters Arkansas Division.
United Confederate Veterans, [
Adjutant-General's Office.
ELMO, Ark, March Is. 1897.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 3.

GENERAL ORDER NO. 8.
The regular animal meeting Of the
United Confederate Veterans Of this
state Is hereby called to meet mt the
state house. in the city Of Little Rock,
ut 2P.M. on the second Tuesday in
April, that being the 18th day of the
month,
At the Nashville reunion In June a
petition will be presented asking that
the name Of this organization be changed
from United Confederate Veterans to
the Confederate Survivors Association
80 that hereafter instead Of u. G. ",
the insignia will be G. 8. A.
This Is an important matter and
camps should fully discuss the question
that their delegation at Nashville may
be properly prepared to cast the vote of
this state when the question is presented
for action.
BY order Of r. q. CHAvER,
Mai. Gen. Commanding
v. Y. Cook,
Adj. Gen. and Chief of Staff.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

DIR. A. L. BREYsAcHER, one OF the
Oldest and most highly esteemed physi-
clans and citizens Of Little Rock. was
found dead In his Office Wednesday eve.
ming. Death was evidently due TO heart
disease.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

THE senate has passed the bill intro
duced by Senator Berry, ratifying the
terms Of the settlement Of claims Of the
government against the State OF Ar
kansas,
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
South McALLIsTER suffered severely
from the storm OF Tuesday.

THE word lawful Ii hardly strong
enough to express the destruction that is
being wrought along the Mississippi by
the high waters.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

A COMMITTEE, after careful examin-
alton, shows deficit In Fort Smith 9
revenues Of s. 900 year, and recon-
mends reduction Of salaries for city
officials.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

A BILL was introduced In the Ken
tncky house Tuesday providing for
branding the letter ''B - on the cheeks
of burglars sent to the penitentiary.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

VAN buren, LODGE No. 7. PATRIOTS OF AAERI-
ca, meet every Wednesday night at Horti-
cultural Hall. J. C. MOORE, r. P.
CIR CoRDELI- Recorder.
D. W. SNopGBAss, Treas.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

The Patriots of America will hold an
open meeting next Wednesday night.
The subject for discussion will be
Are We Not in Worse Condition
Than the Negroes Were Prior to the
Civil War
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend and will be interested and in
strueted while there and will not regret
an hour spent listening to the dis
cussions.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03

Leave your orders for berry tickets at
this Office. We guarantee satisfaction.
The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
.. -, are easy 70 take. easy
Hoods Pills to operate. Is cents.
PATRIOTS OF AMERICA.

Edited in the interest Of the above organization
by J. &. Moore.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
WINTER WALK AT NOON.


The night was winter in his toughest
mood,
The morning sharp and clear. But
now at noon
Upon the southern side of the slant
hills.
And where the woods fence off the
northern blast,
The season smiles, resigning all its
rage,
And has the warmth of May. The vault
is blue.
Without a cloud, and white without Il
speck
The dazzling splendor of the scene be-
low.
Again the harmony comes DER the vale
And through the trees | view the EN-
battled tower,
Whence all the music, again preceive
The soothing influence of the waited
strains
And settled in soft musings as / tread
The walk, still verdant, under oaks
and elms.
Whose outspread branches Overreach
the glade.
No noise is here, or none that hinders
thought.
The redbreast MARBLES still, but is con-
tent
With slender notes and more than half
suppressed.
Pleased with his solitude and fitting
light
From spray to spray, where'er he rests
he shakes
From many twig the pendent drops
of ice,
That tinkle in the withered leaves be
low.
William Cowper
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

upon Attorney General McKenna's
nomination to the bench of the Su-
preme court before the recess hasn't
the significance some persons are try
ing to give it; in fact, it has no signi-
ficance. The nomination did not go
to the Senate until two days before
the recess and there was no time for
the judiciary committee, which never
acts hurriedly upon nominations of
the Supreme court to consider it,
The nomination will be confirmed, and
the smallness of the vote against con-
firmation will! be another proof of how
poorly Informed some newspapers
are about sentiments entertained by
senators.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
LIST OF PATENTS

Granted to Texas inventors this week
Reported by G. A. Snow & Co., patent
attorneys, Washington, ID. c.:
j. Nj. Bradley, Hillside, machine for
sharpening gin saws.
III. Bryant, Arkansas Pass, acetylene
gas machine.
y Il. c. Edmon, Houston, bale tie.
l.. A. Gibson, Thornton, revolving
fan.
y. f. Harwood, Cooper, cotton stalk
puller.
w. s. James, Waco, Biblical game APP.
paratus.
J. Murphy, San antonio, revolving
sand drag.
f. NJ. Rugeley, Lampasas, crayon
holder.
For copy of any of the above patents
send 10 cents in postage stamps with
date of this paper to C. A. Snow & Co.,
Washington, ID. C.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
THERE is NOTHING so GOOD.

There is nothing just as good as
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safe and reliable, and guaranteed to
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Coughs, Colds, Consumption and for
all affections of Throat, Chest and
Lungs, there is nothing so good as is
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store 3
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
THE LIVER KEEPS PEOPLE WE'LL

When the liver is sluggish all other
organs are involved. You suffer from
Constipation, Biliousness. Jaundice.
Headaches, Indigestion, Pain In the
back, Chsf,s and loss Of energy. You
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Herbine. 1t cures quickly when 9TH
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is a harmless vegetable remedy that
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erial bottles at z. Reuss and G. Schas-
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

There is no medicine in the world
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it.'-Edgar w. Whittemore, Editor
Grand Rivers, Wy.) Herale. For sale
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
DID YOU EVER

Try Electric Btters as a remedy for
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
IT SAVES cHILpRENs LIVES.

Whites Cream Vermifuge insures
your child against one serious danger.
4 promptly rids it of worms. 1t acts
thoroughly but is just as harmless as
a children's remedy should be. Has
.ypeen sold for years and received the
warmest praise of grateful mothers
eN erywhere.
If your child is peevish, restless, Il
its breath is bad, If it picks It's nose or
starts in its sleep, Suspect the presence
OF worms. Health and right growth
cannot come until the trouble is remov-
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Price rs cents Sold by r Reuss and
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
THE WINTER EVENING.

The ruddy boy
Comes with his shouting schoolmates
from their sport.
On the smooth frozen lake as the first
star
Hang pure and cold its silver cresset
FORTH
And throwing off his skates with bois
ferrous glee
Hastes to his mothers side. Her ten
der hand
Doth shake the snowy fakes from his
glossy curls
And draws him nearer, and with gen
tie voice,
Asks of his lesson-while her lifted
heart
Solicits silently the Sire OF Heaven
To bless the lad.
Mrs. l.. Ii. Sigourney
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
TO THE CREDITORS OF NJ. RHEIN
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Bexar.

Public notice is hereby given that on
the Goth day of November, 1897, NJ.
Rhein executed to me as assignee a
deed of assignment, whereby he con-
veyed to me all of his property other
than that exempt from execution, for
the benefit of such of his creditors only
as will consent to accept their proper
tional share of his estate and discharge
him from their claims, and that on the
same day duly qualified as such as
sienee. All creditors of said M. Rhein
who wish to avail themselves of the
benefits Of such assignment are re-
CURED to notify me of their acceptance
Hereunder and to file with me their
claims duly verified and within the
time prescribed by law, at my Office No.
5lI East Houston street. San Antonio.
Texas. l.. DREYFUS, Assignee.
December 1st, 1897. 12-2-21t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
A GENTLE REMINDER.

Gold and Silver Watches.
Diamonds, Precious Stones.
Beautiful Clocks,
Cut Glass,
Bisque, Artistic
And Beautiful
Bric-a Brack,
Sterling Novelties,
Opera Glasses.
PARNHAM BROS.
Have them in great variety; also a
full line of JEWELRY at 512 East
Houston street. 12-6-21t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
NEW PIANO $4,000.

We offer this coming week, New
Piano at $4,000, and several good sec
ond hand Upright Pianos at $12o.OO.
Good Organs at $500. We intend
closing out the ]. It. Jones & Company
stock aud the goods will be sold re-
CARELESS of cost.
If THoS. GoGGAN & BROS.