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The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21
Probate Court Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the ioIlowine Sdl
y named Administrators and Guafdlans nave
filed their accounts of settlement with the sew
aei eststss hereinafter named during the Aug
ust term. 1899. of the Probate Court oi oraw-
ford County Ark.
All persons interested in the settlement OF salu
estates are hereby notified to file thelr eAeeP
lions thereto If any they have, on or before the
second daY OF the next November term ios', 9i
this Court, or they will be forever bartea,
excepting to the same or to any item Thereon
Estate of R. 6. Hynes deed, E. pelfee' aa-
ministrator. 1st annual account current
Estate of Ghas T. Jones, deed Mrs. katherlhes
n Ianes administratrix, ID and final account
current
Estate of Sarah Filpot nee Mccurdy; jacob
Woes guardian; second and final account cur
rent ,,-, - a., l,s.
day of october, 1899
ED D. CocHRANE.
tsr.t1 Clerk of Probate Court.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

NOTICE is hereby given that, under and hy
~ virtue of a decree rendered IN the circuit
Court of Crawford County Arkansas, on the 24lh
day of June 1897, in an action then peha-
ing In said court. on the chaneery side, between
Jesse Turner plaintiff, aud Mary Kellogg ana
W F. kellogg defendants the undersigned
special commissioner Will on
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER, II, 1899,
within the hours for judicial sales, at the front
or Main street entrance to the Court House IN
the city of Van Buren,. Ark offer for sale ana
sell Mt public outery, TO the highest bidder, on
a credit of three months the purchaser to give
note with approved security aud bearing inter
est at 10 per cent. per annum from date OF sale
until paid. the lands described in said decree,
situated in Crawford county, Arkansas, to-wlt:
West half OF the Northeast quarter; southeast
Quarter of the Northwest quarter fractional
Northwest quarter of the Southeast qnartdi
fractional Northeast quarter Of the southwest
Quarter all in Section % Township TO- North,
Range 81 West. All of said land lying on the
North side of Cedar Creek. the middle OF said
creek being one of the lines
Said sale to be made in default Of payment OF
s90s. 90 with interest at 10 per cent and costs,
upon which judgment the sum OF sll 70 was
paid on the 22d day of July 1897, and 500 paid
on the 9th day of September, 1888, said Judgment
declared to be first lien upon said real estate
w P SApLER Special Commissioner.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

For the second time Dave Furie was
on trial first of the week for completely
in the robbery of the post office at
Shibley, and as in the former trial the
jury failed to agree. 1t is not known
how the majority stood.
f. L. Hamilton, of Harrison, Ark +,
DR.. E. Pleas, of Oolagah, 1. T., and
s. A. Hill, of Sallisaw, l. T., spent
Monday in Van Buren, attending meet
ing of the directors of the North Ark
ansas Mining Investment company at
Secretary Littlefeld' 5 Office.
The Midway at the Fort Smith street
fair cannot be clased among the moral
entertainments, and if the attractions
that the men on the outside offer were
to be offered publicly anywhere else they
would be quickly placed in Jail. 1t is
somewhat incomprehensible how cir
cumstances alter cases.
Mrs. w. H. Il. Shibley left Saturday
for Seattle, Wash. as delegate at large
from Arkansas to the annual meeting of
the National W.C.T.U. Mrs Shibley
is an earnest and untiring worker in the
cause of temperance, and Arkansas will
be we'll represented by her at the
national meeting. Mr.. Shibley accom-
panied her as far as Kansas City.
The difference what effect borough
cultivation will have in keeping alive
plants during a dry spell has been
thoroughly illustrated by the appearance
of the various berry fields. On the tor
of the mountain just north of town are
two fields, separated only by wire
fence. One of these has been cultivated
and the other not. The difference be-
| tween the two is most marked in the first
named the plants looked-before the last
rain-fresh and green while in the
latter hardly a live plant was to be
seen.
There's many a slip Between the
cup and the hired girl-especially
if it's fine china.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21
the Great Presidential Campaign
of 1900.

The policies of the great political parties are
now being formed and the candidates discussed
The voice of the people as recorded by ballot at
the approaching Presidential election Will
probably decide the policy OF the nation for the
next decade. Every citizen must study the
great questions that are to come before the
people This can only be done through the
medium of great newspaper. Now is the ume
therefore for every voter to subscribe for the
best and most reliable newspaper obtalnable.
The Semi Weekly Republic covers the whole
feld of political news. While it is Democratic.
il publishes the news in regard to all political
parties without prejudice. Its telegraphie and
cable news service is superior to that OF any
other paper. Its special features are the best.
In fact il is the paper for that large class OF
readers who cannot afford or do not have access
to the daily papers.
Sunday Magazine Its half-tone illustrations
are alone worth the subscription price. 1t is
made up of special articles by the best literary
talent embracing variety ofsubjeets ofeurrent
interest News features of absorbing interest
are illustrated and enlarged upon. Fer the
benefit of the ladies the latest fashions are
handsomely illustrated The Republic Sunday
Magazine is always interesting to every member
of the family.
The subscription price of the Semi Weekly
Republic is Sl00 per year. The Republic Sunday
Magazine 81 % per year Both papers are now
being offered a. the very low price OF I'll 5U loi
one year To secure this low rate both must be
ordered and paid for at the same time
Address all orders to THE REP St
Louis, Mo.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

For the benefit of those Of our readers
who have not had the advantage of
viewing the beautiful monument erected
by Mary Lee Chapter, U, d. c. to mark
the last resting place in our cemetery
of the soldiers of the Lost Cause .
buried there we publish the above half
tone illustration made from photograph
taken by Van Buren, S photographer j.
T. Clark. The cut was expected to ar
rive in time for our last issue, but was
few hours late getting here.
The figure faces toward the south.
On the south side of the base, directly
below the granite column on which the
figure stands appears the year 1899. On
the die below this are two furled Con
federate flags, above them appearing
the words:
'Furled But Not Forgotten"
Below the flags appears this inscrip-
ton:
1S61-C. s. A.-lS65
Erected by the
Mary Lee Chapter
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy.
On the east die appears the following
BATTLES.
Oak Hill, Aug. 10, 1861
Elk Horn, Mar. 6. 1852
Prairie Grove, Dec 7, 1862.
Capt S. Churchill Clark
Missouri Battery No 3
Killed at Elk Horn, Mar. 6, 1862
Aged 20 Years.
The north die is inscribed as follows !:
The c. s. A., February %, 1862
DEO. vINDICE.
HE wins most who honor saves,
Success is not the test
| Fate Denied Their Victory. but Crowned Them
With Glorious Immortality.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

How labor will fare under militarism
is strikingly shown by the record of the
Havana strike. 1t matters not whether
the demands of the strikers were rea-
sonahle or not, they had the right to
strike, to choose leaders and to obtain
what they wanted by all lawful methods.
But the military authorities have broken
the backbone of the strike by the simple
plan of throwing the strike leaders into
Jail, although no violence on the strikers
part has been reported. And that the
strikers are thoroughly intimidated is
shown by the fact that they are obliged
to obtain the authority of the military
governor before they can even hold a
meeting to call the strike off st Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

THE democratic position is that the
flag should be defended at all hazards
whenever and wherever an attack is
made upon it. AT the same time those
who are attacking it under a misappre-
hension have a right to be instructed
as to the meaning of the flag. Up to
the present time both sides of it, every
stripe and every star, and all its colors,
stand for the rights of man, for liberty
and independence and for self govern
ment. 1t cannot mean independence in
Cuba and spoliation and conquest in the
Philippines AIwar began in the name
of humanity cannot be permitted to end
in the name of conquest and in behalf
of trade without giving the Republic it
self a most grievous wound. -Atlanta
Constitution.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21
Iron Mountain Ry. Excursion Rates.

international Fair and Exposition San
Antonio. Tex. Oct 2Sth to Nov. sth-Tickets on
sale Oct D. 26 and q; final return limit Nov
18th; 1885 for the round trip.
Unveiliug of Winnie Davis Monument Rich
mond. Va, Nov. 7th to l3th-Tickets on sale Nov.
4th and 5th; return limit leave Richmond not
later than Nov 18th S3l 20 for the round trip.
State Fair Pine Bluff, Oct, 23d to 2Sth-s6, O9
for the round trip-Tickets on sale Oct. I'D to
28th; return limit Oct. 29th.
A. HAYS, Agt.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

THE Democrat hopes that Mr.. Goe-
bel will be elected governor of Ken
tucky, but he ought not to have denied
being a gold bug in 1896. The record
seems to be against him. Little Rock
Democrat.
The only evidence against Goebel is
that of Hon John q. Carlisle, and when
we take into consideration that he went
back on the teachings of his whole life
and proved recreant to his party, other
evidence than Mr. Carlisle's S is needed
to convict Mr.. Goebel
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21
Guardians Notice Final Settlement,

In the Probate Court oil Crawford County Ark.
Estate of Willie Ard Ayers, Minorl
Geo K Wood Guardian.
Notice is hereby given that the undersignel i
guardian of the estate of Willie Ard Ayers
minor heir of Willard Ayers, deceased has
made Just and true exhibit of tqe account be
tween himself and his said ward aud filed the
same on the Dist day of August 1899 at the
August term thereof and that on the LIST day OF
the February 1900 term Of the Crawford Probate
court he intends to apply to said Court for leave
to make final settlement OF his guardianship
an
September 26th 1899.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

The Chickasaw legislature has passed
a bill requiring the governor to appoint
a medical board of examiners to examine
all physicians practicing medicine in the
Chickasaw Nation, and to issue permits
to those who are duly qualified. Those
unable to pass examination shall be put
out of the Territory.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21
Home-Seekers Excursion.

Remember that on the First and Third Tues.
day OF each month you can buy Home-seekers
excursion ticket from Van Buren, to all points in
Texas Oklahoma Arkansas. and to most all
points West OF the Missississippi river The rate
is one fare plus S2 for the round trip children at
half fare) The limit is 21 days from date of sale
For further information call on or address,
p. W. FURRY
Ticket Agent Frisco Line.
Van Buren. Ark
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

TEDDY ROOSEVELT hurled the
accusation through his set teeth that
aDemocrats are all traitors, but he
forgot TO tell his Ohio audience how
MANY Of them helped him to lick Spain. -
Rppublic
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

DRs. e. R. Dibrell, S. T. King, and
E. ID. Ayers have been appointed as the
board of pension examiners for Little
Rock. DR.. G.. W. Haynan, colored,
recommended by the state executive
committee, was left off the board in re-
sponse to vigorous protests on the part
of G.. A. R. leaders and others. Little
Rock Democrat
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

The United States turn ont an
nuany 1S5,000 900 pounds of plug
tobacco, 12,OO0,0O0 pounds of fine
cut. I4.OO0,00O pounds of snuff,
1000, 900, 900 cigars and 5000, ,0OO,-
900 cigarettes.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

ROOSEVELT not only conquered
Santiago, and caused Dewey to conquer
Manila, hut he was right in the Dewey
celebration. and took off his hat every
time a coon hollered. Atlantic Consti-
tuition
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

Miss HELEN GOULD has written a
letter in which she expresses the hope
that Congressman elect Roberts from
Utah will be kept out of his seat. Helen
had better keep out ofipolitics before
some youngster gets after her with his
pencil .-Texarkanian.
That is so. You Il gain nothing,
Helen. by meddling with man s wives.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

NEWS received from Ardmore Indicate
that the new Federal court will he loeat-
ed Mt sapnlpa. in the Northern district
a-his will he the first and only United
States court in the Creek Nation west of
the Arkansas river.
AcceRDINoto to the report of the Missouri
commissioner of agriculture the snip
ments of poultry and eggs from that
state last year were worth more than her
combined shipments Of wheat, corn hay
oats and lumber.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

MRS. JOHN R. MCLEAN is to inaugurate
novel plan of helping her husband in
his gubernatorial campaign in Ohio.
She will take Mr.. Mclean S private car
and start on tour through the Buckeye
State, leaving Washington within a
week or so and visiting nearly all the
principal cities in Ohio.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

THF Rockfellers have four steam drills
at work on tbrir pronerties in the south
part of Marion and the north part OF
searev counties.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

Bring your job Work TO the
PRESS ONCE.
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

Mrs Mary Meyer. President
Mrs Anna Pernot Viee-President
Miss Lizzie Clegg, Secretary
Mrs Jessie HALEY. Treasurer
Mrs Sidney Austin Mrs A Pernot
Mrs Percy Allen Miss Maud Pope
Mrs Capt r B. Allen Miss Hattie Reynolds
Miss May Allen Mrs Jesse Wood
Mrs G Bostiek Mrs G Meyer
Mrs o NJ Bourland Mrs Minnie Mathews
Mrs Joe Brown Mrs l Nj McGee
Mrs DR. Brown Miss Maggie Mcdee
Miss Mollie Brown Miss Lille McGee
Miss lone Brown Miss Sallie McGee
Miss Lou Brown Miss sue y Kane
Mrs Myra Brown Mrs Peirce
Miss Ellis Barbour Miss Price
Mrs Dave Brodie Miss May Hope
Mrs Fannie Rryan Mrs Bessie Quesenberry
Miss Bertha Bryan Mrs Rafferty,
Mrs Sam Chew Mts Chas Klbnng
Mrs j Durham Mrs w ii ii ShlDley
Mrs Ben Decherd Mrs Carl shbley
Mrs DR. Dibrel Mrs Alb Shibley
Miss clara r Emo Miss Leah Shibley
Miss Fannie England Mrs 9 scott
Mrs 6 Frazer Mrs ID scout
Mrs w Higgs Miss Fannie Scott
Mrs ! NJ Jarshaw Miss Caroline Scott
Mrs Lille Hutchinson Mrs NJ thompson
Mrs r $ Hynes Mrs w Thayer
Miss Emma Hays Mrs W ward
Mrs DR. Johnson Mrs Ward
Mrs e j Luck Mrs Jessie Ward
Miss Lloyd Mrs W Noolum
Mrs Matt Bumford Miss Lou Mlllr
Mrs J u Hawkins Miss Sue Quesenberry
Miss Gertie Hawkins Miss Jessie Woolum
Miss Lille Never Mrs simpson
Mrs II Thompson Mrs Mcconnell
Mrs III ogden Mrs C0ppage
Miss ussie England Miss Hattie HUTCHINSON
Mrs W Moore
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21

These are the ladies' Mary Lee Chap
ter-who have made the monument
possibility:
The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21
commissioners Sale

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-22
THE INTERESTS OF THE PARTY.

lad the Southern Pacific Company any patriotic
| regard for the welfare of California it would
never have lent its aid to advance Dan Burns
in politics after his record had been once exposed;
had any respect for the dignity OF the United States
Senate it would have proposed him for election
to that body if accepted his services in other
ways had it any consideration for political decency
it would have tried to force him upon party
whose campaign pledges emphatic assertions
that the railroad is out of politics; it at all wise
it would not persist in unfolding him, since 1t
has been made clear that his candidacy popu-
lar indignation, and that the Republican majority IN
the Legislature will never support it.
The candidacy of Burns shamelessy promoted by a
corrupt corporation is offensive to every principle
which honest Republicans hold dear. 1t is wrong to
the reputation of the State insult to the National
Senate, mockery of the people, violation OF ex-
press pledges degradation OF genuine Republican
ism and menace of future disaster.
1t is certain anything can be the election OF
Burns by Republican votes would heavily handicap
the party in California for years to come 1t would
be disgrace to the State perpetrated under Clrcum-
stances of most aggravating nature. 1t would I'M
ply that every Republican in the Legislature who
made his last fall on the distinct pledge that
railroad domination was to be eliminated from the
State was lying at the time, is of so weak man
tnat ne IS Wiling
ton which he denounced while candidate.
The record of California Republicanism is so hon
orabe for faithful service we'll performed the party
can survive any ordinary blunder the part OF its
representatives in Office and retain popular confidence
in its honesty and patriotism. twill noteasly surnoun
however deliberate betrayal Of the State into the
control of the railroad and the election of the direst
politician in California to the United States Senate
to succeed Stephen NJ White
The issue is one OF sufficient importance to arouse
to activity every loyal Republican in the State If the
railroad be permitted by caucus, or by any other
means, to bring about the election OF Dan Burns
then in the next election when great policy of
protection or sound money is at stake, the victory
may go to the party of financial folly simply because
the triumph of Burns will have disguised the people
with Republicanism.
Better will il be for the Republicans of the Legis-
latre to elect no Senator at all than to elect Burns
drawn battle is better than submission to dshonor
Genuine Republicans should stand fast to the great
principles OF the party and to the pledge that the
Southern Pacific shall longer dominate California
On that ground there may be a drawn battle this
time, but in the end there awaits and trium-
plant victory.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-22
THE ISLE OF PINES.

n EPORTS from Washington are to the effect
~ that it has been determined by the adminstra-
ton to annex the Isle OF Pines and hold it as
permanent possession OF the United States, no mat
ter what disposition may be made OF Cuba. AS the
island has always been regarded as an adjunct OF
Cuba and was so treated by the SpaniardS, this de-
cision may involve us in controversy with the
Cubans in case we recognize their independence and
withdraw troops from their shores.
The reason assigned for the reported decision is
that the geographical situation of the island with
reference to Nicaragua renders it of strategic impor
lance 1t is south of Cuba and the routes of vessels
passing to and from the Nicaragua canal when COM
pleted will be virtually commanded by it AS point
of vantage in naval operations it is said to be much
superior to Porto Rico and will be the best location
in the West Indies for fortified post and naval sta
ton.
The argument for its annexation is certainly strong,
and vet it cannot be denied the Cubans have good
grounds for claiming it part of their territory 1t
is virtually as much part of Cuba Key West is a
part OF Florida 1t is connected with the main island
by chain of keys so nearly complete and separated
by such shallow water that it is said cattle have been
known to pass from one to the other
Our right to hold it, even if we evacuate Cuba, is
based upon that clause of the treaty of peace which
declares Spain cedes to the United States the island
of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish
sovereignty in the West Indies. We have, therefore,
good title to the island as, indeed have to Cuba
itself if we choose to exercise it.
The issue is one over which there is not likely to
be much dispute in this country whatever the Cuban
patriots may think about it. When we construct the
Nicaragua canal it will be of the highest importance
to us to control the routes to the waterway along
both the Pacific and the Atlantic coast There will be
nothing of imperial expansion in holding this COM
heathul station for fleets that may be called upon
to guard the passage to the canal Nor is there any
sound reason why the Cubans should object to its
occupation by We would not be there as a
menace but protection to their republic and a
gua1d for their commerce we'll our
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-22
ANU kMENTA
THE VALLEY ROAD WORK.

IHILE the dry weather causes something OF
X delay in business and the Legislature dawdles
in a Senatorial deadlock, and progress gener-
orally seems blocked it is gratifying to note that IN
some directions and in some enterprises at least,
work is going forward with vigor and energy, and
the conditions of the State being changed for the
better.
One OF the movements which we can watch with
satisfaction that OF completing the link in the Val
ley road to connect Point Richmond with Stockton
The work on that part of the line is difficult and toll
some but nevertheless it is going forward with COM
mendable rapdity Recent reports are to the effect
that the debris OF the late slide in the big Franklin
tunnel has been cleared away and the tunnel toward
Concord is nearly finished 1t is expected the tunnel
near Pinole will be completed in three months and
that the cut and fill near Rodeo Creek will be finished
about the same time
With each successive accomplishment in the work
San Francisco and California are brought nearer and
nearer to the attainment OF that competing trans
continental system OF railroad which has been SO long
desired and which promises to be OF such farreachng
benefit to the trade and industry of both the city and
the State
II now the Southern Pacific Company would full
fill its oft-repeated promise to its efforts to
dominate the politics of the State and devote its &C
tiytes to the completion OF the gap in the Coast
road the railroad outlook of the commonwealth
would be sufficiently suspicious to counerbaance to
some extent the depressing prospects elsewhere
AS matter of fact there should be some means OF
:: compelling the Southern Pacific Company to fulfill
It's pledges to the people from whom it obtained
rights OF way across the gap in the coast line. The
land was granted upon the express understanding
that the work OF building the road should begin at
cnce and be completed in time to give persons who
were then living an opportunity to get some of the
benefits expected to result from it. The years have
passed, the company holds on to the rights OF way,
but the work of construction goes slowly, and the
coast counties between San Francisco and Los An
geles remain sdetracked while the Southern Pacific
is doing tunnel politics
In the meantime the construction of the gap in the
Valley road is going briskly forward. The whole
course of this great enterprise is from first to last
that the people regard with more than ordinary
satisfaction The contrast between that business
agement and the political meddling and muddlng Of
the Southern Pacific is too striking and impressive
to require any to make it understood by the
people.