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The Van Buren press., 1899-10-14
BRIEF MENTION.

Herena is to build sewerage system
The public school building at Warren
was destroyed by fire on the 7th.
Senator James X. Jones arrived in
New York city from Europe on the 9th.
Work on the White river locks and
dams will not begin before next sum-
mer.
1t is reported the Choctaw & Mem
phis will be extended to Albuquerque,
n M.
Mrs. S. H. Key sold rs bales OF long
staple cotton at Helena for II cents per
pound.
The city electric light and water
works plant at Prescott was destroyed
by fire last week.
f. w. Oberste's ginnery at Hartman
was consumed by fire. Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $4,000.
Marion county zinc ore captured first
premium at the Springfield fair over
the Missouri product.
The printer has finished the journal
of the last house and the same is now
being distributed throughout the state
Ellis Willis, colored, was accidentally
killed by falling against pulley at the
Southern Cotton Oil Mill in Little Rock
]. w. Robinson shot and killed his
step-son, Tom Spies, near Morrilton
The men had dispute over some rent
corn.
James Graham was shot and killed
at Wynne by the accidental discharge
of a pistol in the hands of Thomas
Cobb. Both colored.
The cou nty convict law, to the effect
that prisoners snail receive - vents
for each day incarcerated, is to be
tested in supreme court
Estimates received by a New York
firm from bankers in the various coun'
ties of Arkansas places the cotton crop
of the state 40 per cent below that OF
1898.
AUNT Lucy" the childhood nurse OF
Winnie Davis. Daughter of the Con-
federacv," is an incurable invalid in
the home for friendless women at Hot
Springs.
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A FAR-REACHING LAWSUIT.
RinsOn BidwcII Claims TO be the
Original Inventor of the Press
ent Electric Railway system.

San Francisco, Oct. 12.-The Call
says that bill of complaint will soon
be filed in the United States circuit
court here as the commencement of
one of the most important suits ever
tried in any court. Binson Bidwell,
who claims to be the original inventor
of the system by which all the electric
reads of the country are operated. is
the principal complainant. The Mar
ket Street Railroad Co., of this city;
the Thonpson-IIouston Electric Co.,
OF Connecticut, and the General Elec-
tric, of New York, are made defen-
dants, and similar suits will be COM
menced in several states. Bidwell
charges that the defendant corpora
items, as well as others, has made i'm
mense profits out of his inventions,
and the suits in question are based
upon infringement of his patents. He
prays for royalty of 40 per cent. on
the net profits.
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Providential Escape Of = Child.

A little child had miraculous escape
from death in a runaway at Little
Rock. Two ladies with three children
were driving in buggy when one OF
the shafts broke, causing the horse to
run away. The frightened ladies
lowered two of the children to the
ground and jumped out themselves,
leaving the other child in the buggy.
The horse dashed ahead and the vehicle
was overturned and demolished, the
lone little occupant escaping without
scratch. The ladies and other children
were badly bruised.
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ALL KANSAS REJOICING.
The Gallant Twentieth, with Brig
Gen. Funston, Has Arrived
at San Francisco.
WHISTLES SHRIEKED AND BELLS RANG:
tmpromptu Celebrations the Order
ENeryyhere-A Baptist COnven-
tiOn, ut ottawa, Dropped Busi-
ness TO Join In FerNentIy singing
Patriotic Songs.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 12.-All Kan
sas is rejoicing over the arrival, at San
Francisco, of the Twentieth Kansas
regiment and Gen. Funston. When the
rews came, Tuesday night, almost
every city and town in the'stat start
ed an impromptu celebration that
lasted until after midnight and s
still going on. Whistles shrieked,
church and fire bells rang and the
ttreets were filled with noisy, jubilant
crowds of men and women, who pa
raded behind bands playing patriotic
airs, built huge bonfires in the streets
and eheered inspiring speeches OF
prominent citizens delivered on street
corners.
At lola, the home of Gen. Funston
and 20 boys of the Twentieth, a COLI
stant demonstration was kept up, and
o. by everyone as personal good for
tune.
At Ottawa big congregation listen
ing to a sermon at the state Baptist
convention, broke into cheers that be-
came shout before they were si-
fenced, and sang America" with drs-
matte effect.
Dozen of kilograms are being sent
to the war department urging that the
mastering out of the regiment be
rushed.
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MEXICO'S vICE-PRESIDENT.
senior Mnriscal Pays a Visit TO the
University of Chicngo-Recep-
tion In Kent Hall.

Mariscal of Mexico and his party, es-
corted by President Harper of the
University of Chicago, visited the uni-
versity. All the various halls, labora-
tories, dormitories and other buildings
of the institution were inspected by
the distinguished Mexicans. At the
conclusion of the tour a reception was
held in Kent hall, where all the stu
dents were given an opportunity TO
gee and shake hands with the vice.
pre- sident of Mexico and his staff. The
students gave the visitors a noisy and
enthusiastic welcome.
President Harper later rendered "a
luncheon to the party at his residence.
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BEYOND PARTY POLEMICs.
Lord Rosebery Indicates the stand
of EngIishmen.

London, Oct. 12.-Lord Rosebery,
the former premier and liberal leader,
has finally declared his position rela-
tive to tie South African question. In
a letter of current late he says:
~ have maintained silence, because
] am loath to re-enter politics. To-
day. however, l can speak without
touching politics, for situation has
been created which is beyone! party
polemics. | think there is much in
the last three years of our relations
with the government of the Transvaal
10 criticise. if not condemn, but that
Is all over for the present. 1t is need
less to discuss how we could best have
attained our simple and reasonable
object of rescuing our fellow-country-
men in the Transvaal from intolerable
conditions of subjection and injustice,
and of securing equal rights for the
white races in South Africa; for an ul-
timatum has been addressed to Great
Britain by the South African repub-
lie. which ia itself declaration OF
wer.
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REGULARS MAY PARTICIPATE.
Kansas Getting Ready to Welcome
the Twentieth Home.

Topeka, Kas., Oct. 12.-The gov
ernors office has been notified by the
war department at Washington that
regular soldiers from Fort Riley and
Fort Leavenworth may attend the re-
ception to the Twentieth Kansas pro-
vided their doing so well be no addi-
tional expense to the government. A
message has also been received from
the commander of the department of
Missouri, that two batteries of light
artillery at Fort Riley, a battalion of
the Tenth infantry and troop of
cavalry from Fort Leavenworth have
been ordered here to participate in the
celebration. The soldiers will come
overland.
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"In the face of this attack upon the

"1n the face of this attack upon the
nation, the people will undoubtedly
close their ranks and relegate party
controversies to Il more convenient
season.
'There is one more word to be said.
Without attempting to judge the pol
icy which concluded peace after the
reverse at Majuba hill, 1 am bound to
state my profound conviction that
there is no conceivable government in
this country which could repeat it,
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Brutally Murdered.

George Williams, a respected and
well-to-do colored planter of Phillips
county, was found dead a half mile
from his home near Helena, his skull
having been crushed with some blunt
instrument. Dan Brown, colored, with
whom Williams had had trouble, was
arrested on suspicion. The murder was
committed only few hundred yards
from Browns home.
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OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.


Maurice O'Connell. the oldest citizen
of Fettis county. Mo-, is dead.
An organized gang of horse thieves
is operating in Kansas, Nebraska and
Missouri.
John w. Gordon, a wealthy stock
dealer of Jefferson City. Mo-, died sud-
denly Tuesday.
At Bridgeport, Tex, on the Rock
Island railway, ire destroyed seven
business houses.
The confederate monument at Van
Buren,, Ark, was unveiled, Tuesday,
with imposing ceremonies.
Admiral Dewey's sword has been
placed on exhibition in the reception
room of the secretary of the navy.
Engineer George Lipsoomb was shot
TO death at Rice, Tex, by a railway
guard, who mistooI him for n robber.
The Pana 0ll0 strike was settled
Tuesday, after two years of disturb
ance and hloodshed. The union men
will return to work,
Telegraphers on the Big Four sys-
TEN are taking mail vote on a strike.
They want Il restoration of wages to
the schedule of 1898.
The New South Wales lancers re-
ceyed an ovation when they marched
through London, on their way to em-
bark for South Africa.
Many drownings have occurred in
Luzon during the rainy season. Two
heroic soldiers lost their lives trying
to save drowning comrades.
In Il dispute over business affairs,
at Hickman, Ky, Fred Hohoen shot
and dangerously wounded his partner,
T. L. Eversole, after which he commit
ted suicide.
Two hundred dollars was sent to the
treasury conscience fund.- by an un-
known person of Chicago, who stole
the amount from the government dur
ing the civil war.
a general advance along the Ameri-
can lines in Luzon has been begun,
and the war department officials ex-
pect reports of heavy fighting within
the next few days.
The United States postal authori-
ties have granted the townships of
Bird and Polk, adjoining Carlinville,
ILL.,, system of rural delivery. Service
will begin October 16.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bornman, the oldest
woman in st. Clair county, and one of
the oldest residents of southern Illi-
nois, died at her home in Belleville,
ILL.,, Tuesday, aged OF.
Fire at Makanda, ILL.,, destroyed 12
business houses and two residences
1t is not known how the fire orig
mated, but incendarism is the most
plausible explanation.
Workmen grading on King hill, St
Joseph, Mo-, unearted an old Indian
cemetery, and many skeletons were
brought forth. One measured seven
feet Several pieces of pottery, in
good condition, were recovered.
Mrs. Lester S. Rupert, of blooming
ton, ILL.,, died in Philadelphia, Tues
day. She was one of the most prom.
incnt women of Bloomington, the wife
of the wealthiest men of central Hi.
nois, and rich in her own right.
Nine persons narrowly escaped
burning to death in the Park hotel
at Decatur, Ill. John C. Chick, OF
Monticello, was so badly burned that
he will die. Others were injured, but
not fatally. The hotel was gutted.
The war department has ordered
two batteries of light artillery from
Fort Riley, and battalion of the
Tenth infantry and troop of cavalry
from Fort I.cavenworth, to attend the
reception to the Twentienth Kansas
on its arrival in Topeka.
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Convicted of Numbering His Daughter.

At Bentonville the jury in the case
of J. c. Butler, on trial for the murder
of mis- 16-year-old daughter after delib-
Grating seven days, returned verdict
of guilty in the first degree. Last May
Buffers daughter was found dead in
bed, having been murdered with an ak,
which lay beside the bed. AS her father
had remarked that he would rather
see her dead than for her 10 join the
Mormon church, he was arrested. But
ler claimed that the party who COM
mitted the crime jumped from the win
dow, and that he shot at him twice,
and wounded him. Blood was found
near the gate, but the prosecution set
up the claim that Butler himself car
ried it there,
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PRESIDENT OF AMHERST.
harris of Amherst College In
Distinguished Presence.

Amherst, Mass, Oct. 12.-President
George Harris was formally inaugural
ed as head of Amherst college, in the
presence of large audience, including
trustees, faculty, alumni, students
and friends of the college.
Among the college presidents in at
tendance was President C. w. Eliot
of Harvard, Arthur T. Hadley of Yale,
Seth Lowe of Columbia, w. j. Tucker
of Dartmouth, Franklin Carter of Will
Jams, VIM. f. Warren of Boston uni
versity, L. Clark Seeleye of Smith,
Miss Caroline Hazard of Wellesley, and
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mead of Mount
Holyoke.
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An Inspiring Scene.

London, Oct. 12.-There was a great
scene on the floor of the stock ex
change at $40 p. m, the time of the
expiration of the period fixed in the
Beer ultimatum. The brokers gath
cred and began singing God Save the
Queen" and "Rule Britannia" \ large
crowd outside took up the strains, and
singing and cheering spread from
point TO point in the neighborhood,
until the whole district was alive with
enthusiasm.
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The German Detac n III ent.

Pretoria, Oct. 12.-The German de-
tachment has posted big gun on the
Free State-Natal border in u position
to ai6 Wakkerstroom. Five hundred
burghers assisted in hauling the gun
up a steep and almost inaccessible de-
clivity.
Some of the laagers are flying the
Irish flag with the flags of the Trans
,aal and the Orange Free State. The
ambulance corps has arrived.
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Murdered His Wife.

Frank Bruce, colored, murdered his
wife, Lucy Bruce, at their home in Lit
tie Rock on the night Of the 9th inst.
The weapon used was Ss'calibre re-
volver, the bullet severing the woman's
jugular vein and breaking her neck.
Jealousy prompted the crime. The
couple had been married IL years, and
had three small children, who were
sleeping in the room where the tragedy
occurred.
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Looks Suspicious.

Two men travelling down the Arkan'
sas river from the Indian Territory
in skiff stopped at Patterson's Land
ing, Logan county, and soon afterward
one of them reported that his partner
had accidentally shot himself. The
man was found in the boat dead, A
ball having passed through his right
wrist, into his chin, and out at the
back of his neck. The survivor was
held to await investigation.
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Some Good Filipino Fighters.

San Francisco, Oct. 12.-Gen. Funs.
ton, when asked what he thought of
the Filipinos, said:
"They have some pretty good fight
ers there, and some pretty good sho,s,
but the majority of them are poor"
He added that while some of the
Iilipinos were intelligent, he did not
think they were capable of self-gov-
ernment He declared that he was not
candidate for the vice-presidency,
and said that he expected to be mus
tered out very soon.
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VIII Not Quarantine.

San Francisco, Oct. 12.-The state
board of health decided not to quar-
antine California against the consump-
tives of other states. 1t has adopted
a resolution, however, recommending
that in all state institutions those af-
flicted with tuberculosis be segregated
from the other inmates.
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Broom Corn Bounding.

Charleston, ILL.,, 2.-Excitement
reigned in the broomcorn belt of Hi.
nois, Tuesday, when brush reached the
coveted price of 500 per ton. Three
crops in the vicinity of Charleston
were sold at this figure, and ii was re-
fused by several growers. That the
price will still advance is the opinion
of every well-informed person.
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Free State Beers MobiIizing.

Volksrust, Transvaal, Oct. 12.-The
entire first draft of the Transvaal and
Free State Beers is now modified.
The lager has been shifted 10 bet
ter position for water and grazing. The
generals, commandants and field cor
nets have inspected the various
strategical position on the border. A
man ostensibly coming from the
Orange Free State has been detained
here, owing to his suspicious actions.
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The indianapolis Election.

indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 12.-UnolIi-
cial returns this mornig show that
Thomas Taggart is reelected mayor
by a plurality of from 200 to 300 The
charge of fraud is made by Charles A.
Bookwalter, the republican candidate,
who announces that he will contest
Taeeart's election.
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Cotton Belt Directory.

At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the st. Louis Southwestern
Railway Company, held last week, the
following directory was elected: Ed
win Gould, w. s. Pierce, r. M. Gala
way. r. Harding, T. T. Eckert, w. b.
Doddridge, Albert Loeb, Murray Carle-
ton, A. L. Wolff. This is a Gould board,
the only change from last year being
the election of successor to Col. For
dyce.
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Escaped Convict Writes From Honolulu

i1schpeu SOnFlCt NTlteB
John Mcclure, who was convicted in
Perry county in 1894 of numbering one
George Cambell at Little Rock, and
who escaped from a convict camp in
Conway county last May, has been
heard from. In letter to the Gazette
written in Honolulu September 18th,
Mcclure says he desires to let his
friends and enemies know that he is
still in the land of the living. OF his
conviction of murder Mcclure says: II
was bitterly prosecuted, and before
God am innocent of the crime for which
| lay for more than four years behind
prison bars. / would like to be able
sometime to prove what l say, and the
time will yet come when the world will
know the truth
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warnig to BurGh ers.

Pretoria, Oct. 12.-The official Ga
hette contains a proclamation calling
upon all burghers domiciled outside
the republic without permission Of
the government to present themselves
forthwith to their respective com
mandants for service, failing which
they will be punished by fines varying
from 9100 to $500 pounds, or by i'm
prisonment and confiscation of proper
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Cant. Geary Dead.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Gen. Otis has
cabled the war department, announc-
ing the death of Capt. Woodbridge
Geary, Thirteenth infantry. He died
at San Francisco de Malabon from
gunshot wounds received in a recon.
naissance toward Buvarist, Tuesday.
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A Conference Was Held.

Bloemfontein, Oct. 12.-The Orange
Free State and Transvaal officials held
a conference regarding the time limit
OF the Boer ultimatum. The Trans
vaal wanted to allow only a hours,
but the Free State suggested a COM
promise on AS hours, this view prevail
ing.
1t is not believed here that any
formal declaration of war will be
made.
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Drowned While Fishing.

Adam Beach, merchant at Newport,
aud C. N. Jones, travelling man OF
Louis vile, KY, were drowned in Ber
gin Lake near Newport. They were
fishing when their boat sprung leak,
aud before they could paddle ashore it
sank. Jones could not swim, and in
trying to save him Bach was dragged
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A Timely RaIn.

San Francisco, Oct. 12.-The fores
FIRE which has ragged for two days on
the slopes of Mount Tahalipas, threat
ening the towns of Mill Valley aud
Lockspur and many costly country
residences, has been extinguished by
Q timely rain.
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Probably Fatally Shot.

At Mineral Springs, near Nashville,
serious difficulty occurred in which
John Edwards, young man, was pro-
baby fatally shot by DIR. 7. D. Draper.
The alteration grew out OF dispute
over pair OF shears.
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Excitement at Pictermaritzburg.

London, Oct. IA dispatch from
Fietermaritzburg, Natal says intense
excitement prevails there, owing to
persistent reports that the Orange
Free State troops have already crossed
the border and are advancing upon
Ladysmith.
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A Reporter Drowned.

San Francisco, Oct. 12.-Will A.
Snow, a reporter of the Chronicle, fell
from launch and was drowned, Tues,
Gay night, while trying to board the
transport Tartar, which had just ar.
rived with the Kansas regiment ami
Gen. Funston on board.
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Roberts Get. a Good job.

Mord Roberts, up to few months
ago division master mechanic of the
Iron Mountain, has been appointed
general master mechanic Of the Louis
vile & Nashville railway system, with
headquarters at Louisville, KY.
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To he an Annual Affair.

Chicago. Oct. 19.-lt has been decid-
fixture. 1t is likely that an elaborate
agricultural display will be one OF
the striking features in future years.
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Pence Party Gaining Ground.

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 12.-The
Eeace party is gaining ground. The
government troops have been ordered
to- retreat on La Victoria.
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Cane Dutch May Revolt.

London, Oct. 12.-An important
South African firm in London has just
received a dispatch from Cape Town
saying that revolution of the Dutch
in Cape Colony is regarded as i'm
minent,
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Closed His Consulate.

London, Oct. 12.-Montague White,
consul general of the African Republic
in London, closed the consulate this
afternoon, and Immediately left for the
continent.
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Entered by Cundy CIough Pass.

London, Oct. PA later dispatch
from Pietermaritzburg says the in
vaders entered Natal by the important
pass of Cundy Clough, 81 miles south
west of Newcastle.
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RasutOs RecOmiur Restless

Pietermaritzburg, Oct 12.-The Ba-
sutos are becoming restless, and con-
gregating on the borders.
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Took n Cnrx, of NuIe.

New Orleans, Oct. 12.-The British
steamship Prah sailed for Cape Town
with 617 mules for cargo
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American Fishermen Arrested.

Skibbereen, Ireland, Oct. 12.-An
American fisherman has been arrested
for fishing inside the limit.
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A Cheering Throng.
Words of welcome.

Mayor w. NJ. Akin presided, and in-
tIoduced c. A. DeBruler, of Evans
vile, who welcomed the distinguished
guests and veterans to the city. Gov.
j. A. Mount followed with an address
of welcome on behalf of the state and
introduced President Mckinley, who
delivered a short speech. The presi-
dent said:
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At La1ysmith the garrison, which
has to guard against an onslaught
from the Orange Free State, was rein.
forced Tuesday by the Gordon High
landers and a strong contingent of
the Indian troops, and the authorities
ere now confident of their ability to
deal out an unpleasant surprise to the
Beers, in the event of an attempt to
rush the position.
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At the conclusion of his speech,
President Mckinley announced that
the members of his cabinet were pres
ent and several of them made short
addresses.
The presidential party was then es-
corted back to the train followed by a
long line of veterans marching in
army order, the blue and gray shoul-
der to shoulder.