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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

London. March 3.-The London
council elections are proceeding quietly
today. Thevoting is brisk and all kinds
of equipages have been requisitioned
from the coach TO the donkey cart, A
turn of the tide against John Burns,
the labor leader, is reported to have
occurred in the Battersea district, and
even the liberal Westminster Gazette
says his reelection is doubtful The
outgoing council consisted OF sixty
moderates and fifty-eight progresslves,
otherwise conservatives and liberals.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03
Presidential Nominations.

Washington, March. 3.-The Presi-
dent today sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate:
osgood C. Blaney, to be assistant ap-
praiser of merchandise. district of Bos-
ton and Charleston, Mass; Edwin X.
Durham. to be marshal for the western
district OF Missouri.
Postmasters: California-E. ]. Nc
Bride. Dixon; Reuben Hunger, Liver
more, George NJ. Francis, Napa.
Idaho-A. f. Caldwell, Pocatello.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

Springfield, ILL.,, March, 3-Adjutant
General Reece today received from
Mare Island navy yard 500 bran new
Lee rifles of &c calibre. hese rifles are
eminent In exchange for similar
furnished by the United States gov
number of obsolete fifty calibre Spring
field rifles. The new guns will be dis,
tributed among the various divisions
of the Illinois naval militia, 1t being
the intention to arm all troops with
these late pattern arms.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

Paducah, KY. March 3.-Forty or
fifty burglaries of note in this locality
lately have aroused the people. \
stringent idlers' ordinance and a curfew
law have been adopted by the city
council and put in force.
a strong vigilance committee also
went TO work and eight negroes and
three white men were caught and all
whipped. two severely and forced to
leave on departing trains. One
negro in his haste to depart fell from
a moving train and was injured, but
he was thrown on and carried away
The committee promises to clear the
town before dlsbanding. There is great
fear, particularly among negroes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

presented by the car of Russia to the
Orthodox Russian church at Bridge
port. Conn: to provide for the trans
FER OF the Fort Sidney military post
reservation to the state Of Nebraska
Tor educational purposes, and to os-
tablish an assay office at Seattle
Wash.
In the afternoon the Senate non-con-
CURED aud 4 conference committee on
the bankruptcy bill was appointed
The Senate then took UP the Alaskan
homestead and riEht of way bill.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

Wichita. Kan, March Sat Ryan, I.
r., three masked men entered the house
OF DR.. Bise upon the pretense of need
ing his professional services, They
hound tho doctor and his wife and tor
tured first one and then the other by
burning their feet until the victims
save, them STA, all the money In the
house.
A posse is in pursuit and threats of
lynching are plentiful
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03
nernnndr, Take. til. Field.

New York. March "A dispatch to
the Herald from Caracas says:
Senior Hernandez, the defeated can
didate for the presidency, has issued a
pronunciamento in Quiepa, near VAL
encia, declaring that he has taken the
field against the Andrade government.
He IL supported by few partisans and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

Shanghai, March 3.-The China Ga
zette says Great Britain will occupy
Wei Hal Wei in the event of Japan
withdrawing from that port.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

Washington. ID. c., March a.
The Senate committee on COM
merce today decided by n unanimous
vote to report adversely the nomina-
ton of Henry Demas to be naval officer
at New Orleans.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-03

The Hamilton Literary and Debating
society will hold a meeting tomorrow
evening at the residence of Mr.. Ed. L.
Rich. All members and friends OF the
club are requested TO be present The
program has already been published in
the News"
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
The New South.
.m the Sd. Louls I.cnnLllc.

From the St Louis Republic
There Is vague but widespread be-
lief in large part of this country that
the section broadly described as the
South and comprising the states east Of
the Mississippi River and south Of the
Ohio had reached the summit of its
possibilities before the Civil War and is
fated by its natural characteristics and
the complexion of large part of its
population to stand still or retrograde
while other sections of this country
march forward.
Experience and observation show the
contrary. For nearly 20 years after the
close of the Civil War the South strug
gled heroically under the combined diff
ficulties Of social reconstruction and the
staggering loss Of over twenty one hun
Ared millions Of dollars. Her adversity
discouraged even the eager armies Of
pioneers who have been rushing into the
less certain opportunities Of the far
West. but her own people never faltered
in their faith in their own fair land or
shirked the burden of their altered con
ditions
The strides Of the three leading indus
tries of the South since 1850 give a fair
illustration of what is done and doing
in the most prolific and resourceful
region in the world. In cotton manu-
facture 81 900 600 was the total invest
ment in 1880. In 1897 the same indus
tries in the same area Of territory was
represented by sl20. 0O0, 600. The coal
output of the south jumped from g 600
900 tons In 1880 to 82 900 900 last year
and the production of pig iron from less
than 400, 900 tons in 1880 10 nearly 2
900 900 in 1897.
No region of this or any other nation
can show a better record under circum.
stances rs trying. The half million
square miles included in the States
south Of the Ohio and east Of the Mis-.
sissippi can furnish wealth of mineral
and agricultural products sufficient 10
sustain the entire population Of the
United States. The varied and winsome
beauty of its scenery, the purity and
plenty Of its waters, the gentle influence
vi its equable climate, the accessibility
OF its endless resources 10 rivers, rail
roads and matchless seaports will aid
~ making the New South the lasting
home of peaceful progress and pros
perity, compared with which the hurry
hurry of remoter Eldorados will seem a
feYerish dream.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
A MOb's Terrible Work.

CLARENDON, Ark. Aug. 10.-At 12
o clock last night mob composed Of
300 infuriated citizens visited the
Monroe county Jail at Clarendon. took
therefrom four cOlored prisoners
charged with the murder Of Jno. r.
Orr and lynched them. The moD was
most orderly one, not a word being
unnecessarily spoken and not shot
being fired. They marched to the Jail
and demanded the keys Of Deputy
Sheriff Frank Milwee, who was in
charge thereof He at first refused
their demands, but seeing their
earnestness, turned over 10 them the
keys. A committee Of the mob went
inside the Jail and brought ont the
prisoners. Manse Castle, viii Sanders,
Dennis Ricord and the negro cook.
Rilla Weaver. They were taken in an
orderly manner to the old mill near the
river few hundred yards from the
Jail, there strung up and this placard
attached 10 their dead bodies: This
is the penalty for mnrder and rape. -
The crime for which they were
lynched was committed in Clarendon
on Saturday night, July 30 Juo. 7.
Orr, a very prominent business and So
cial leader, was shot through an open
window while in the act Of retiring at
his home He was undoubtedly the
most popular man in this section and
was not known TO have an enemy. De-
tectives were put on the case, and, to
the horror Of the entire community, il
developed that his wife was the real
cause Of his murder that she had hired
the negroes 10 kill him. He carried life
insurance to the extent Of s. 600. As
both husband and wife had been prom
inent and active members Of the Meth
Odist church, she the organist and he
leader Of the choir, the horror Of her
being responsible for the crime was all
the more appalling. Seeing that she
would meet her death at the hands Of
the law she preferred the poison route
and accordingly took poison and died
late yesterday afternoon in the Jail
Before she lapsed into unconscionsnesq
she dictated her last words and will to
a reporter. She willed all her prop
erty, both personal and real, to her
4-year old daughter Neva. and placed
II In trust with the Clarendon Lodge
Knights Of Pythias Of which her dead
husband was prominent member. Orr
was married to the woman in 1880.
while she was attending school in Kan
sas. Her name was Mabel Ernze Bar
ker, and her father lives at Waupon
Wis.
While the four bodies swung in the
early morning breeze. the body Of the
widow Of the murdered man lay rigid
In death in her cell in the county Jail
with only the soft sweet voice Of her
year old child TO break the mid night
silence Of the gloomy Jail as the limo
cent little tot vainly cried for mamma
Somewhere a young women, once
prominent in Clarendon society. IL d
fugitive from justice, hunted by the
officers OF the law. charged with mur.
der. Her name is Miss Rachel Morris
and she and Susie Jacobs (coiOred) are
the only survivors Of the ooterie Of sew
en- named in the coroner verdict as
being responsible for the tragic death
Of John 7. Orr.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13

Miss Beatrice Weems was taken quite
i'll at Ozark where she had gone to visit
| friends first of the week and had to be
brought home for treatment.
THE PRESS is in receipt Of card an
nouncing the marriage at Coffeyville,
Kan of Miss Ella Pierce Britton and
Mr.. Joseph Herbert Ramey on Aug. 8.
Miss Ella is the daughter Of the late W.
A. Britton, formerly the U. s. marshal
at Fort Smith and a citizen of this
county for a number of years. The
bride has many friends in Van Buren
who extend congratulations and best
wishes for bright and happy future.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ramey will
be at Abilene, Kan.
The excessive rain of Sunday night
turned all of Babylon into a lake, over
flowed the Mo. Pacific yards and
inundated the train dispatchers Office
near the foot of Main street to the
! depth of several inches. The amount
| of rain that fell within those fifteen
hours-from P. NJ, Sunday to Z A. NJ.
Monday-amounted to 5.42 inches.
The largest amount during one shower
in ten years. 1t is feared that the
overflow of Babylon will be conducive
to an increase of sickness in that
section.
j. G.. Hibbs and family, whose home
is at Ramey, l. T.. arrived in the city
Monday morning in wagon, en- route
to Altus where they intended to visit
relatives. Just before reaching Van
Buren, a six year old son was taken
seriously i'll with congestive chill.
The parents hurried on to town to Sc
cure medical assistance and reached the
head Of Main street with the child yet
alive, but he died shortly after being
taken to a room in the Rose Hotel. The
parents had the body prepared for burial
and with their sorrowful burden took
up the return trip.
As usual the News Record is trying
to besmirch the character of the people
of Van Buren by laying the blame on
them for allowing a man to lie on the
Sebastian side of the river sick for
several days. The case, as the Mr..
well knows was one for Sebastian
county to deal with. Our county will
look after its own needy but cannot be
expected to take care of those of an
adjoining county. But withal, what
little attention the man received until
carried to Fort Smith by the pauper
commissioner was given by Van Buren
people.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
The Candidates for Governor.

Three Of the candidates for the gov
ernorsnip Of Arkansas-Hon. Dan ".
Jones, Democrat Hon. H. T. Auten,
Republican, and Hon. ". 5. Morgan
Populist, presented their claims to the
voters Of Crawford county at the court
house Thursday. Space forbids our
giving any extended synopsis Of the
addresses but suffice it to say that each
presented his claim in an impressive
manner and all were given a respectful
hearing. With two of the candidates
defeat is foregone conclusion and then
efforts were deserving of better causes
than the ones they had espoused.
The debate was opened by Hon. W.
s. Morgan who presented the usua
Populistic views and vagaries, yet die
90 in a pleasing manner and wa:
awarded close attention. He was fol.
lowed by Hon. Il. f. Auten with hi:
address of a New Arkansas. Mr.
Auten is pleasing speaker but hit
theme, coming as it does from mem
Der Of the party which during the few
years it was in power did everything
possible to place the state at the bottom
Of the ladder. loses much Of its force
Gov. Jones followed the two and hat
no trouble in puneturing the bubbles o.
Sir. Morgan and dismanteling Mr.
Auten claim for New Arkansas
until nothing bat the old skeleton re
mained held up by those most promi
nent during reconstruction times in
placing the name Of our state in dis
repute. The audience was vel
pleased and gave each speaker mos
respectful hearing, but it will fall Of
Dan ". Jones shoulders to carry th,
majority Of votes that Crawford vii
record in September.
Though not among the list Of speaker
Hon. Alex Mcknight, Of Arkadelphia
candidate for governor on the Libert,
ticket accompanied the other candidate
for governor to Van Buren Thursday
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Mrs. 7. NJ. Mitchell has been quite
i'll this week.
Mrs w. P. Woolum and son, John,
are visitors at Little Rock.
Gov. Jones was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. D. Scott while in the city
Thursday.
Hon. Jno. S. Little was in the city
Thursday, listening to the addresses of
the candidates for governor.
J. r. Brown and family returned
Thursday from an extended sojourn at
Low Gap Springs in johnson county
A. L. Mcleod has accepted position
on the Omaha, Kansas City and Eastern
at Quincy, III. as roadmaster and left
for that place Thursday.
MARRIED-On Wednesday the 10th
inst. at the residence Of NJ. T. West,
Esq. miles southeast of Van Buren,
VIM. Lahard, and Miss Emma Lewis
Major A. S. Cabell one of the
pioneers Of Western Arkansas is very
low at his home at Charleston and il
is not expected that he will survive
many days more.
Rev. J. B. Stevenson and family
returned Thursday from Sulphur
Springs in Yell county where Mr.
Stevenson s family have been spending
the greater portion of the summer.
The nearest approach in volume tC
the rainfall Of Sunday night, within
ten years, was Dec. 1s to 10, 1895, wher
the precipitation amounted to 5.2(
inches. In June, 1891 one of inches
occurred and in July, 1895 one of oil
inches. The heaviest downpour or
record was July 81, 1895 when 4. 6;
inches fell in about 5}s hours.
The saloons at Fort Smith, Var
Buren and Alma of Al Simco were
Thursday attached by D. J. Young, al
4 manager for the Anheuser- -Busl
Brewing Association. 1t appear.
Simco is heavily indebted to that con
Germ for money advanced to pay license
and also for beer. In the Van Burer
saloon Assessor Peters is a partner ant
has of course been made a party to tn,
attachment. Other attachments art
expected to follow.
Messrs. John Z. Tatum and Melver
Cornish. both of Greenwood, have
formed partnership for the practice Of
law under the firm name Of Tatum and
Cornish. Mr.. Tatum is one of Sebas-
tian's able representatives, has had
extended experience in the practice OF
law and stands well at the bar. Mr..
Cornish studied law under Judge John
S. Little, was admitted to practice in
the supreme court two years ago, and
has one Of the brightest legal minds ol
the country.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
PROPOSED AMENDMENT No 5

The county courts of the State in that
respective counties together with a majority of
the justices OF the peace of such COUNTY In
addition TO the amount of county tax allowed tn
be levied, shall have the power to lew moi oy
ceeding three mills on the dollar on ail tavabIo
property, of their respective counties. which
when collected shall be used i'm The r,s1,tI 1,iu
counties for the purpose of making and renal.
ing public roads and bridges Of the resneativo
counties ana i0r no other purpose, and shall no
warrants legally drawn on such road tay JgrI fnnd
II majority of the qualified electors of sncb
county shall have voted public road tax at the
preceding such levy at each election nDrn,'a
March Il. 1897. -APPioFeu
Each elector may vote for or against abovo
Witnass NV VioiIsr of'c,s sgparalely or Jointly
first day of February lsgs 'e"i thls
,, ALEX c. Hull.
lstALl Secretary Of State.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
FRISCO LINE EXCURSIONS.

NATfoSAL ENcANPNzNT g. A, R Cincinn ati
0 sept 5th to l0th-Frisco line will sell round
trip tickets to Cincinnati, O.. for 1890 Sep
tember J. 4 and 5, good TO return not later than
September l3 An extension of time. however
can be arranged for till October Goth.
GRAND EscAMPMRST K. of p Aug. % to
% Supreme Lodge Session Aug, Goth to
September I0-For this occasion Frisco line
will sell round trip tickets TO Indianapolis and
return for s1735 Good for return not later than
Aug. 81 An extension of time until Sept.
10th can be arranged at Indianapolis.
BEGfSSISG SATURDAY July 2-The Frisco
viii sell round trip tickets from Van Bureu tc
Eureka Springs for $50. good going on the
eannonball and returning Monday following
date Of sale. This rate to continue for the
summer and up to September u
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13

IT will not do for Brother Anten to
say that Arkansas has done nothing in
the way Of public improvements, or for
the cause of education within the last
twenty five years. because the Republi-
cans were deposed aud the Democrats
took the reins. Few states in the union
and none in the South have made
greater strides on the highway Of pro
gress than Arkansas This is not mere
assertion. The cold figures Of the cen
sus show that statement 10 be true.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
The Chlckamauga Hospital.

From The Fort Smith Times
The appalling condition of the hospi-
tai service at Chickamauga, is told in
the following letter from a member Of
Co X Second Regiment Of Arkansas
volunteers, who writes from Camp
Thomas 10 citizen Of this city:
There are sometimes as many az
twenty four fever patients in the hospi-
tai with only one nurse and one assist
ant Now consider that necessaries are
scarce and nurses unframed and you
will see that a man down with the fever
might as well be in hell don t like
to speak Of this subject as it makes NE
angry.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
Helm L. To Helm the State.

The Frisco Line is making a strong effort tc
turn the attention Of Legitimate hOmeseekers IN
this direction. 1t is not being done and will
not be done. by Misrepresentation. but by hon
est statements as TO real advantages of this
region. viii you help US in this work by fur
| uishing, at once lists Of persons to whom Il
might be well TO send suitable printed matter
And would YOU like to receive a copy Of tht
Farmer and Fruitman" free? Address B. L
Winchell, General Passenger Agent Frisco
| Line ST Louis Mo
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
Over the Frisco.

Besides the fast Texas Limited train leaving
Van Buren daily at ll:l0 a. n. for Galveston via
Paris and G. c. & :. +. Ry., the Frisco Texas
Mail leaving Van Buren at 1G29 A. NJ, makes
direct connection at Paris with the Lone star
Special for Houston and Galveston via Paris,
Texas Midland and H. K T. O.. Ry- arriving at
Houston at 6:45 P. NJ. and Galveston at 9l5 P NJ.
Through sleepers on both these trains for
Houston and Galveston.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
THERE is $40, 627 23 in the stat,
treasury to the common school fund

Col. Cook Of the Second Arkansas
Regiment is particularly proud Of two
facts about the Second. One Is that 81
per cent. of the men Of the regiment are
sons or grandsons Of ex- Confederates
and apparently made Of the same stuff
as their ancestors. Col. Cook was him
self one of the younger Confederates
and served under General Forrest, as
did three officers Of the line. The other
fact that Col Cook mentions with pride
Is that 81 per cent. Of the regiment is
American born.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
PROPOSED AMENDMENT No. 4

The General Assembly shall pass laws to
correct ABUSES ana prevent unjust discrimin-
alton and excessive charges by railroads canais
and turnpike companies for transporting freight
and passengers, and shall provide for enforeine
such laws by adequate penalties and forfeitures
and commissions and vest in them sucb
authority as shall be necessary to carry into
effect the powers hereby conferred Approved
February 26, 1897.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
WARNING ORDER.
In The Crawford circuit Court.

II Et JIHWIOIu NIfCuII JOuFI
Arkansas Building and Loan Asso-
citation, Perpetual. Plaintiff
IS.
Fl. P BrOwnrigg, Jacob Brown
riRg Frank BTswurigg and
Fannie smOck children and
heirs af law Of Mary \. Browning
decd. Lewis sm0ck, Crawford
County Bank and 3 A. PernOt adj
miHistratOr Of the estate Of Mary
y. BroBnrigg decd. Defendants
The defendant Frank BFOwnrieg is warned
10 appear in this court within thirty days and
answer the cross complaint of co-defendauL
Crawford County Bank.
W P SABLEH, Clerk.
July Is, l39s. By Ben Decherd. D. C..
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13

THE financial agents Of Hendrix col
lege, Rev. F. S. II johnson and Hon.
e. A Tabor, have just finished raising
the sum Of S22 900, which will clear the
institution of the last vestige of debt
and relieve the embarrassment under
which the trustees have labored for a
number Of years.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE STATE CONSTITUTION,

NOTICE Is hereby given that the following
- JOINT resolutions, proposing amendments
to the Constitution, We're passed by the General
Assembly at its regular session Of 1897 and the
same Will be submitted to the electors OF the
State at the next general election to be held
September s. 1898, for adoption or rejection, viz .
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13

TO Buy, Sell, or Exchange Lands
or Town Property, give me mum =
bers, Improvements and price, =
cash or time. II you want to
purchase let me know what you
want. will sell on reasonable
commission.
VIM, L. TAYLOR.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13

AT Bentonville on Tuesday Senator
Jas. II. Berry challenged Hon H. F.
Auten to discussion Of party pIinci
pies and Mr.. Auten accepted 1t will
occur at Little Rock aud Fort Smith
before the congressional election this
fall
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
MISSOURI PACIFIC.

Round trip tickets to Mt Nebo and return are
now on sale at the rate Of Sc ~ for the round
trip Tickets on sale till Oct lst return limit
Oct 81.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
AWAITING TIE WORD,
Yashirglngton Authorities Awaiting
The 4friFal Of Authority from
Spain that viii Allow the
French Minister
TO sIGS TIE PEACE PROTOCOL

Meanwhile Military Operations In the
PHILIPPINES are Coniinued.-B Breach
Between fhe Americans and
Cubans is Widening.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13

PFFp has been renominated for con
grsss from the First Maine district.
Ihe nomination was by aCclamsiiOn.