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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-09
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-09
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-09

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The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
Star On The tarm.

think it Is one of the discouraging
signs of the times, that so many of our
young men are anxious TO rush away
from the farms into the already over
crowded cities to fight against great
odds, often for bare living The
farm is the backbone OF the country
and is worthy of the attention Of our
best young men. Instead OF founder
ing vaguely about, not knowing
whether you want TO be lawyer or an
orator. or something else. which, with
your limited education. would require
long years OF preparation. why not
apply yourself vigorously and diligently
TO making your farm one of the finest
and most productive in your vicinity 2
Read and study along agricultural lines
IL possible. apply the latest and most
improved methods in conducting your
farm and | venture TO say that half "A
dozen years hence. you will find your.
self in far better position than IL you
were TO give up now an assured means
OF livelihood 10 loose yourself in vague
longings and in pursuit. il may be. of
dreams. As an instance of what may
be accomplished by industry and
patient work. | would cite TO you the
cases OF some apparently worn-out and
abandoned farms which were taken
by a number OF Irish families in the
State Of Maine. and within compare
lively short time, by dint OF hard work
and indomitable perseverance,, turned
into prosperous and highly productive
estates. Exchange.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
Probate Court Notice,

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
4 named Administrators and Guardians have
hled their accounts of settlement with the sew
eral estates hereinafter named during the Feb.
ruary term. 1899, of the Probate Court OF Craw-
ford County, Ark.
All persons interested in the settlement of said
estate are hereby notified to file their excep.
tons thereto il any they have, on or before the
second day of the next May term 1899 OF
this Court. or they will be forever barred
| excepting to the same or to any item thereof:
Estate Of II. Whitlock. decd. W. A. LETTERS
administrator second account current
Estate of J. B. Gentry. decd Jesse Turner ad.
ministrator; second and final account current
Estate of T. j. Testerman decd, f. l.. Mat.
lock administrator; first annual account current
Estate of Dizy Conley, b c. Conley guardian
| final account current
| Estate of Charles II. Gilbert T. L. Matlock
guardian; hnal account current
| Estate of Stephen w. Harris decd. c. h Fon.
| taine administrator; final account current
Estate of Delilah Pegram, decd, Gillian C.
Yoes administrator; hrst annual account cur.
rent.
Estate Of J. J Henson decd, John Henson ad.
ministrator; final account current
Estate OF G. W. Neal, dec d. j. r. Neal admin.
istrator; 10th annual account current
Estate of Vim Cordell, decd, G. r. Cordell
administrator; third annual account current
Estate of G. y. Jones. decd Mrs X d. Jones
administratrix; first account current
| Given under my hand and official seal tbi, the
I'D day OF February, 1899
lsgALl Clerk Of Probate CONT
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
Spared Something.
From the 81 Louis Republic.

From the St Louis Republic.
Much Of waste and extravaganza was
committed by the Fifty fifth congress.
but it withheld some things from the
treasury looters.
One exception was the failure to pass
the Hanna Payne bounty bill a job
that would have taken in its operation
at least $400, 900. 900 Of the public mon.
eys for the benefit of Hanna and his con
federated bounty grabbers; another
was the amendment to the army bill
which checked the promiscus plastering
of Cuba with franchises and on conces
sions derived from the commission ap-
pointed by the president as an annex to
Alger's war Office.
The failure of the bounty grabbing
bill is due par,ly to lack Of time for the
lobby to get in its work but principally
TO the United opposition of the Demo
Gratis and to the Reed contingent. who
took this means of emphasizing their
revolt against Hanna.
The amendment TO the army bill in
hibiting franchises and concessions from
being issued pending the establishment
Of n stable government on the island
was due to the same combination OF
persons, circumstances and motives.
Both acts are sources of great reliei
to the overburdened taxpayers. Tn,
money saved shines ont with unexpect
| ed luster amid the waste and wrscl
made by the Republican treasury spoil
ers, like valuable gems that burglars
have overlooked In ransacking house
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
They Are Outlaws.
RON the g. Louls RepublIe.

frOpn the ~ Louis Republic.
According TO his own statement. the
attorney general Of Ohio has been offer
ed bribe Of half million dollars To
stop the prosecution of one Of the great
est trusts In the United States The
case IL not a solitary one. The
Baltimore Sun prints the statement, on
the authority of Daniel j RYAN. ex
secretary OF state of Ohio. that Attorney
General moBett 8 predecessor in office.
d. K. Watson, was twice approached
by agents Of the same trust. On one
occasion he was offered $500 900 in cash
which the trust intermediary il rep
resented to have brought in yalise-
on condition that Mr.. Watson would
abandon legal proceedings against the
trust.
Such reports would be difficult to be
lisve II the criminality Of trusts had not
already been shown by other evidence
Of immoral practices. In an investiga
ton by committee Of the senate sew
eral years ago. representatives Of trusts
openly stated on oath that these corpor-
stions contributed TO the campaign
funds OF both parties-with the infer
entail expectations Of receiving consid-
GRAFTON In the shape Of favorable legis-
lation when the opportunity arose.
Contributions Of this sort were in the
nature Of bribes. and differed only in
point Of audscity from the direct offers
Of money instanced In the Cases OF the
two successive attorney generals of
Ohio.
The trusts have alleged as pleas OF
justification for these attempts at brib
cry that some OF the attacks upon them
In the courts are unjustifable and that
they are sometimes subjected to hostile
Legislation In order 10 "'bleed them.
Such pleas are without justification in
any set Of instances. They especially
deserve neither consideration nor atten
tion when offered by organizations that
are outlaws whose existence is In vio-
lation and contravention Of the laws of
the land.
Every trust that has been formed
since the adoption of the Sherman law
is violator OF the Federal statutes.
Every one Of them that has been formed
since the decision of the Federal su
preme court against the Transnissour
Traffic Association is a knowing. will
ful and deliberate law breaker.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
Trying TO Discover the Attitude o.
New York Democrats.

A St. Louis Republic New York
special of the 14th says: Chairman Jas.
K. Jones Of the Democratic National
Committee, doubtful Of the sincerity OF
New York democrats, has addressed the
following letter to each member of the
State Democratic Committee
WASHINGTON, D. C. March II,
1893 My Dear Sir: In view of the fact
that the Democratic party in 1896 in
your state did not give the Chicago plat
form unanimous support. am anxious
to know what you think is likely to be
the attitude of the party in New York
state on this question at the coming
national convention. My own i'm
preston is that the feeling is over
whelming in the party in the South and
West in favor of a practical reafirma-
tion Of the Chicago platform. | would
be glad TO know what. in your opinion,
is the feeling Of the party in your state
on this question, and whether the state
Is likely to send delegation TO the next
national convention ready to co operate
with what seems 70 be the wish of the
majority, or whether course similar
10 that pursued in New York in 1896 is
likely to be followed in case the Chicago
platform should be practically re-
affirmed | write you on account oi
your prominent connection with the
party. and hope you will let me hear
from you promptly on the question.
Very truly yours,
JAMES K. JONES,
Chairman National Democratic Com
inittee.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
EANAs PLAN.
syn<iezts Waiting fs Csztrol tie
lslsnz nlfe1
states, GaarAates.

- Loz1z E<sz-z3e eseczzL
Sex YORK. March Iz4-Ths Journal :
Tazhingto1 coTrespozdez- ssFs:
TIE frat s-ep toEzr1 r,e zzsexzuo1
C Cuba by The United State VII y
taken. as tns matter i znders1ood bsre.
when Senator Hanna and his syndicate
leads tie Cuez1 government ~. 90 :
Co.
The Senator fron Onio s19 ths ueu
h.srs = AZ syuciez.e ar prepzrlBz .
back fhs . called nez G0Fernllsnt y
any reasonable zxt-rf. xitb the zu1er-
standing thzt when bonds are issued II
payment for rhe cash. they are g o-
gusrzBtsed BY the United States
L Is understood that before tn srpri-
zfi0n Of TIE year = censu. i . b
taken IN Cuba. and then = declaration
of the Inhabitants preferences for
president and vice president. These
will b preliminary sters toward esIzb-
lishiag 4 = government which will De
recognized By the United states.
The Cgbzn syndicate of which Senator
Hanna i the head i not ready % lend
money 10 the Provisional Assem- bly,
nov In Cuba The Assembly repre-
sents only the army. and ~ that Is
paid Of By the United States and disin
tegrates. the Assembly will 60 ont Of
existence.
But the syndicate l. ready TO finance
the government when the administra
ton stamps the zeal Of the United
States on its obligations % day and
makes them by that act as good as
United States bonds. II proposes n
get in on the ground feor. and at the
same time make the United States stand
security for its cash. to be loaned 70 the
Cuban Government. II will combine
politics with finance, and. being On
friendly trims with the administration
will run no element Of risk.
When the syndicate is told that loan
70 Cuba will be equivalent 10 loan 10
this country. the cash will be advanced .
the revenues Of the island will BE-
pledged for its payment. the United
States will be back Of IL. and the syndi-
cate will then have won the first step
toward annexation, which Is its ulti
mate aim II will, by the virtue Of its
position. be In control Of most Of the
government machinery Of the island
and the other and necessary steps 10
annex Cuba can be carried ont in time.
II will be comparatively easy matter
for the syndicate. which has laid its
plans with care aud absolute knowledge
that whatever il 10 be done In the future
by the administration will not be done
without its full knowledge. TO induce 4
declaration on the part Of the citizens
Of Cuba for annexation TO the United
States.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
Make Ifa SaIaried once.

An extension Of the legislature for
fOrty-one days at an expense of s41 900
10 the taxpayers Of Arkansas will prob
ably give Hot Spring county's repre-
sentative ample time in which 70 intro
duce his bill for reducing the per diem
Of the legislators from IS 10 s.. The
conception Of this measure is highly
creditable To our representative, and
should it be introduced and become a
law. il would prove a great saving to
the state. and incidentally give Repre-
sentative Hall an extended If not na-
tional reputation. 5nch bill. II
passed wOrid save TO the state S320 a
day daring the session of the legislature.
OF about sj1 .0ft9 every second OF legis
lative year. Therefore. it is plainlY
seen that the measure is not Of 4 lOeal
character. but is general and would
effect the interests Of the entire people
of the state. The measure is broad
gauged and Is all right We want To
see Representative Hall introduce il rs
he agreed TO do-in fact he Was elected
for that purpose Malvern Meteor.
Representative Hall will never pass
such 4 bill, and If the people of Hot
OpilHS fDlDeT dIC rAprNtIbz MN "
succeed in this purpose they will be
sorely disappointed At every session
for the past eight years some member
has attempted TO enact a law similar TO
the one suggested in the foregoing. but
each and every bill to that effect has
been buried under an avalanche of votes.
The truth is. 81 is not too much for
members and senators, and no matter
what ideas they may have before they
get there. they soon change their
minds Little Rock Democrat.
We agree with the Democrat. f6 per
day is not too much for a good legisla
tor. while poor one is dear at any
price. We would go step further,
however. favor making the Office a
salaried one, at fair salary, then let
them extend the session as long as they
wish
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
BOYS SEE THE POINT.
They Make Big Money. Make 1t Easy.
No Capital Invested. How
They DO II.

There are several thousand boys and hun
dreds OF men engaged in st. Louis In business
which brings weekly profit of from IS 900 to
5000 It's the selling OF daily papers. Hun
drcds of families live comfortably on the profits
OF the sale OF daily newspapers.
In ST Louis the favorite newspaper with the
boys is the POST DISPATCH. because 1t sells
best An investigation has shown that the boys
sell more copies of the daily POST DISPATCH
than the combined sales OF the two other Eng.
lish evening papers.
papers is they are their own boss" They
come and go when they please. While many
have regular corners and newstands others
merely walk the streets each having his own
! peculiar way OF crying" out his papers.
The situation is quite different on Sunday.
I The papers are printed In the morning and by
six o'clock the boys and the men are out *,
search of buyers.
/ There are four English Sunday papers Mapv
( boys take out three hundred papers A boy tax
ing from two to three hundred papers has
all be can do TO get over the ground
Sundays as on week days finds the POST
It's the most for the money" The Sunday
POST-DISPATCH has many original and ex-
elusive features, including the Colored Comic
Weekly.
These great newspaper Offices have what ia
called circulation Department" the object OF
which is TO promote the sale of the papers. This
department answers all requests for sample
copies (which are sent free), aud so on. In the
country as in st Louis they 6re constantly
looking for agents" (boys or men TO represent
them) This is done by the aid of travelling men
and correspondence All letters are promptlv
answered. 1t is pleasant work especially in the
towns outside OF 81 Louis. Boys in the outside
towns are not called newsboys but agents
More money is made outside Of ST Louis ho
cause the selling price Is more and the profit
II Won would like 20 be an agent for the po,,
Dispatch in this city, write 10 the circulati,,n
department of fPostDispatch, St. Louis.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
Gould Railway Combine.

The st. Louis Republic Of Monday
says: Steps are being taken to complete
a combination aud possibly n consolida
tion of the st. Louis Iron Mountain and
Southern and the Texas and Pacific
Railroad systems.
Both of these companies are controlled
by the Gould Sage interests The for
mer is really part of the Missouri Pa
cifc system. The plan TO merge the
properties has been under consideration
for some time and was first announced
in this correspondence last fall
Economies In Management and opera
tion are sought. and 1t is understood
that the combination of these two roads
is merely preliminary step In the
direction of broader plan to consoh.
date all Of the Gould Sage transporta
tion companies in the Southwest.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
rooI Of The Operators.

The aid ef Indian Agent Wisdom has
been successfully invoked By the mine
operators IN the Territory 70 assist them
IN pu1ring down the strike.
Organizer Boston. of the United Mine
Workers of America was placed n
charge Of the conduct Of the strike oy
the officers % The national organization.
and that Immediately made him thorn
II the eyes Of Manager Ludlow the
sap-rintendent o. the Choctag Coal
company. who i the head Of the opera
tors combine. He cast about for means
70 souelch Boston. Who had proven him
self Al efficient organizer, and appar-
entity found . willing tool in Indian
Agent Wisdom. As an order issued from
that ofaee to the Indian police 10 expel
Boston from the Territory unless ne
procured = permit from the chief Of the
Choctzw Nation. which permit was
subject 10 his Wisdom 81 approval.
Of course had Boston procured such
q permit from the chief Wisdom would
have refused. The miners are in every
way keeping within the bounds Of Law,
but the operators. on the contrary, are
doing everything 70 incite them TO overt
acts. The Fort Smith Times says very
pertinently regarding the above:
The recent action Of Agent Wisdom
Of the Interior department in ordering
James Boston, a citizen of Illinois, who
+ for some weeks has been travelling in the
Indian Territory as a representative Of
a secret organization of Mine Workers
is an outrage on the boasted freedom Of
the American citizen that sayors Of q
monarchy. The trend of this govern
ment under the Republican party bosses
is Of Imperialism not only abroad but
also at home and this cZar like act of
the government will only prove more
strongly that under Hanna Algerism q
limited monarchy would be preferable.
Laboring men in England today have
more rights than they do in Territory
controlled by the executive branch Of
Mark Hanna government.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
Tax Notice

I VIII meet the tax payers OF Crawford county.
Arkansas. for the purpose Of collecting the
per capita. real and personal property taxes for
the year 1898. at the following times and places
tcwit:
Alma township at precinct Saturday. - H.
Richland tp. at precinct Monday, 49,
Van Buren at court house. Feb. II 10 April 10
inclusive.
when convenient tax payers are requested to
pay at the oihce in Van Buren, Parties leaving
The county vii! be required TO pay their tax be-
fore going.
SECTION l2i, Act approved March IL. 1888:
Whenever the collector shall have reason TO
believe that any person charged with tax (per-
sonaO is about to remove from the county with
out paying his tax. he may at any time levy aud
collect taxes with costs By distraint and sale.
Deputy sherifs of the county will demand OF
such persons their tax receipts for the year 1875
before leaving the county. and should any fail
TO produce them such deputies will make dis
traint
Persons paying taxes on real estate viii avoid
trouble and mistakes by bringing their last
years receipt or some other paper describing
lands They should also know the number Of
the school district in which assessed.
J. " BRANsoN.
Sheriff and OK ofiiclo Collector.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18

THE Chicago Chronicle thinks the
Kansas legislature has solved the prob
lem of employing convicts in the pen
itentiaries of that state without offend
ing persons engaged in local industries.
The law providing for the manufacture
of binding twine by the prisoners will
work no hardship to Kansas mechanics,
and it will certainly relieve the farmers
of the Sunhower state of the tyranny OF
the binding twine trust. The latter
institution will be unable to adopt its
customary mode of dealing with com
petition. The convicts can neither be
bought off nor bulldozed, and the ups
and downs of the stock market are
wholly without influence upon them.
Neither can the trust undersell the
prison factories, which will get theil
labor practically free and which will
enjoy an assured market almost at theil
front doors. The Kansas idea is sug
gestive of possibilities for other legisla
lures. The twine trust is not the only
monopoly which might be seriously in
convenienced by the competion of con
vict labor. Little Rock Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18

The poor man must pay the stamp and
other taxes that were imposed to raise
revenue 10 pay for our war with Spain.
The law was framed 10 also reach "A few
Of the wealthy. but they do not propose
10 be reached If they can get around 1t
as shown by the following recent WASH
ington dispatch: THE case Of Shirley
T. and Jesse NJ. High vs. Frederick +.
Coyne. collector of internal revenue at
Chicago. which the solicitor general
sought to advance on the supreme court
calendar. involves the constitutionality
Of the portion Of the war revenue act
levying n tax upon inheritances Jas.
l.. High Of Chicago died last October.
leaving an estate valued at S25i 900.
The government tax, under the law in
question. amounts TO g. 900, and heirs
have resisted payment on the ground
that the law IL discriminative, and q,
therefore. antasonistic 10 rs- constitu-
tiun.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18

The imperialists will make no con.
verts by shrieling "Traitorsi at the
senators who opposed the peace treaty.
They would be wise to get over as soon
as possible the state OF excitement which
moves them TO suggest that anti expan
sion senator's were In collusion with the
Filipino junta and prompted the attack
OF Saturday night with the idea that II
would bring waverers TO vote against
the treaty on Monday. There would
be more logic In saying that the war
was deliberately brought on by the i'm
perialists for the purpose Of making
votes for the treaty. IL certainly had
that effect. II II had any. Buffalo Ex
press.
The Van Buren press., 1899-03-18
THERE has been shown during the re

THERE has been shown during the re
cent congress a decided and most re.
'narkable tendency to put new and in
creased power In the hands OF the presi-
dent Of the United States. The presi
dent now possesses too much power for
a day Of party machines, where the
president Ia created by one or the other
ms the agent for the continuance OF that
machine. With as much of the ap.
pointive power taken from the presi
dent AZ Is possible under an intelligen,
merit system In each and every branch
OF the government some OF the danger
will be averted which now threatens q
presumably Democratic form OF gov.
srnment. Kansas City Star.