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The Van Buren press., 1900-07-21
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
MISSOURI PACIFIC.

MISSOURI PACIFIC
GoING WEST.
No. 2sl. Arr. 81 pm. Depart A25 pm.
So. 2sS. " Gs0 an. 2:S5 am.
No. 2is. lt2s a@. tstopa ct Van BUREN,.
come EAST.
No. 49, AT. i2op.m- Depart lS pm.
Go 234 ! am, =" Los a. M
Cosl Hin Local Arr. 1925 an. 800 m.
GREENWOOD BRANCH.
No 9Os.s Lv. $50 pm Arr Greenwood 500 o, m.
~ Daily, except Sunday.
Trains 2sl, 2s2. 23s, 2s4 run daily.
TrgjDs 24S and 244 do not run on Sunday.
Trains 2sl, 233, 2s3, 234 24S and 2A will carry
A. HAYS. Agent.
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Route Agent Harrison has been spend'
Ing the greater portion Of the past week
here looking after express cantaloupe
shipments.
The replacing Of the old ties In the
Mo. Pacific yard, which has been In
progress for some time, Is about com
pleted.
For the third time within ten days
there has been u change In tho manage
ment Of "'rhe Venture. - j. W,Higgs
Ia at the helm again
The mayor, ~ chairman OF the board
OF health has issued his edict that weeds
within the city limits must be cut and
that there must be general cleaning
up.
q. r. Cordell spent Wednesday with
HIS family at Lille, though ill'disposed
persons claim he put In the whole day
studying the fundamental principles OF
Izaak Walton.
W. II. II. shibley went to Little Rock
Wednesday to preside over meeting OF
the Southern Wholesale Grocers Assoo'.
alton, Mr., shibley is the president OF
this association
A gentleman recently cured OF dys,
nepsIS gave the following appropriate
rendprinp of Burns famous blessing
,,some have meat and cannot eat, ana
some have none that want u 9ut we
have meat and we can eat KodoI pys'
nsnsia @ Cure be thanked, - This prep91..
rstion will digest what you eat, ~
Instantly relieves and radically cures
indigestion and all Yom4ach, ,unssow a,sorHs's'
plow peddlers are infestins the county
palming of poor stock on our growers
!, IA always safest to buy from your
home merchants who have reputation ,,l
NJ staho and expect to continue TO oYe
among YOU
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THE COURTS,

OIRCUIT COURT meets at Van Buren, on the
third Monday in June and November. J. H.
Evans, Judge; Ed. II. Mathes, Prosecuting Atty
IOUETY COURT meets In Van Buron on the
u lst Monday in January. April. July and Oc.
tober
11ROBATE COURT meets she third Monday
In February, May, August and November
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Special Notices in The Local Columns Five cents
Lane for first insertion, and 6rs cents per
line for each subsequent assertion. AA losals
run and charged for at above rates snta or.
dsred discontinued.
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LOCAL and PERSONAL.

The nights still remain very pleasant.
s. NJ. Dyer was up from Dyer Sstur.
day.
Jim Hays has been on the sick list this
week,
For your field and Garden Seeds 20 TO
4. 4 F. BRIsCoR.
Hon. Leo Neal was down from Cedar.
Vile Monday.
More cloudy weather 80 far this sum.
mer than usual.
John Fink was over from Fort Smith
q few hours Wednesday.
Miss Sue Quesenberry Is visiting
relatives OF Little Rock.
One Minute Cough Cure Ia the only
harmless remedy that produces i'm.
mediate results. II. G. JOHNSON.
Dan Martin was up from Mulberry
Monday attending court.
Mrs. John Brown has joined the Van
Buren, colony at Winslow.
W. P. Brewster has rented the Collins
property on Chestnut street.
Circuit court may adjourn today, but
II is hardly considered likely.
There are no better pills made than
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Always
prompt and certain. H G. JOHNSON.
Miss Jenny Allen has gone to spend a
month at Chsutauqua, N. Y.
Sundays rain assures an immense
corn crop for Crawford county.
Mrs. Clara Emo has gone on several
weeks visit TO Conway friends
Born On Sunday, July 10th to Mr..
and Mrs. +. W. palmtag q son.
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lne NUMBER OF 6IeCtOrB VINO nNVep poiu
their poll tax for 1899 In Crawford county
h8,sbl.
Master Eric Lucas Ia taking . three
weeks outing In the Mountains around
Lancaster.
Mrs. Spence Heard left "Wednesday
Tor an extended visit TO friends NJ
Plummerville.
For burns, injuries, piles and skin
diseases use DeWitt's Witch Hazel
sSlve, II IN tho original Counterfeits
may DO offered. Use only DeWitts'
II. 9. JOHNSON.
Geo, II. Wood n Co. have n fine dir
play OF ladies furnishing goods IN their
south show window.
August 4th Ia the date fired for tho
appearance Of the candidates for gov
ernor In Van Buren,.
Tho No, Pacific pay car arrived last
Monday afternoon and helped to make I"
number Of hearts glad.
wlllhawkjus was taken III last Friday
NM Monday concluded to try q short
say ut Wlnslow 10 assist him IN rp'
euperatIpg
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Two car. loads OF cantaloupes were
shipped from Van Buren Sunday
Sundays rain amounted to 0.os inch
aud came at q most acceptable time,
Mrs. ]. D, Hawkins was down few
days from Winslow first Of the week.
DR., Jas. Cass left last Friday on q
visit TO friends at Walnut Grove, Mo.
BORN TO Mr.. and Mrs, s. ID. Cleve.
land. Friday, July 18th, q daughter.
Mrs. Geo. Mostellar returned yester.
day from few days visit at Mulberry.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
famous little pills TOR liver and bowel
troubles, Never gripe. II. q. JOHNSON
Rev, J. d. Stevenson was assisting In
conducting y revival at Bentonville this
week.
p, j. McNsmara spent the greater
part Of Tuesday and Wednesday IN Van
Buren,,
Miss Anna Scott, Of Muscogee, |, T.,
arrived Monday on visit to Miss Bertha
Bryan.
CAOToRfA. Z
Ban u. sIhs Kind You Na@ kxals Dstg@
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
END OF THE ROGERS WORKS.
patterson Locomotive Industry ia Re
suspended ON December l.

PATERSON, n. J.. Aug. 29-The works
! OF the Rogers Locomotive Company in this
city are TO be closed down permanently.
fHteen hundred men will be thrown cur
OF work, and nearly ten thousand persons
will BE- affected
The closing up Of the business is ro1 the
result Of financial troubles but simply TO
iiquidate the claims Of the COMPANY.
Jacob s Rogers, although he is the largest
stoekholder, has not taken an active in
teIezt il the c0mplny's affairs In ten wears
and his desire 10 close out his interest
accounts for the wiping out OF the in
dasiFy that has meant so much for P3rer-
son Tor long term of years.
me news or the company's intended ar
t!oh came as a shock yesterday afternoon
no denial was made by those in authority
anu it@"a5 said al official statement would
De gwen out N Il short time. At 1ressnt
II IS the only industry in the city vorkingr
on iofi time, and IL Will be a hard blow IN
here soNN "aseS
Aside from the desire of Mr.. Rogers n
etose ms interest, and the recent death
- Tue president Of the firm. Robert {.
fiusHeS, c-her reasons are assigned for the
ilquiaatIon. Competition, il is said HIS
becone so keen that it is no longer znossi-
Die TO operate the work ar a profit. The
i4ct mat the shops are at a distance from
tne railroads makes the cost of rrapsnor-
tatlon heavy Another reason is thai the
plant costs great deal to run. as it was
established many years ago and lacks mod
eTn appointments.
contracts now on hand will keen the
employees busy until December 1. No more
orders VIII be taken. and as fast as those
now on the BOOKS are completed the force
VIII be reduced, If possible the works
viii be sold intact, but if purchaser is
lot secured within a reasonable time the
plant will be disposed of in parcels.
The Rogers Locomotive Company orfgi
mated in 1900, when John Clark came here
from Paisley, Scotland, and started an
IRON industry. Since that time its con-
tinued operation has been maintained with
many changes. locomotive building being
taken up in 1852, when the plant was on
Grated by Charles Danforth & Co. The
locomotives of the Rogers company are in
use ON almost every railroad in the eoun-
try, particularly in the South, West. and
Southwest
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
WORK OF A THUNDERSTORM.
Woman Frightened to Death by
Lightning in Maryland

ELKToN. Md. Aug 29.-Elkton and
its neighborhood were visited Monday
evening by violent electrical storm, ac-
eompanied by heavy rain and high wind
At Sylmar Mrs. Matilda Marshall, wife
OF Frank Marshall lost her life during
the storm, but whether she was struck by
lightning or whether her death was due 10
fright is not exactly known She was in
III health and at the time of the storm
was in the second story of the building
When found life was extinct, but there
were no marks on her person 10 justify
the belief that death resulted from light
ming, and the suppOsition is that fright
was the direct cause of death She vas
forty years of age and leaves three chill
dren.
At the foundry OF the James T. Powers
Company. in Elkton. William Wright had
narrow escape from being killed He
was handling al iron hammer. when
lightning struck the instrument. The
wooden handle was broken, and Young
Wright was hurled some distance TO a Lille
OF sand He was not injured
Mrs. William ZOIDher OF East Elkton
received a severe shock while standing in
the yard Of her home on South Street
Considerable damage was done 10 the
INES OF the Cecil Telephone Company.
OTty few of the many instruments in
i-4kIoh were IN working order yesterday.
i large steel snokestack at the puID mills
IN E!kton was struck and nearly demol
lshed In Elk Neck on the farm Of VIII
nam d. Brattan. proprietor of the Cecil
county News the wind lifted two large
barndoors from their fastenfngs. hurting
them over 100 feet one being carried
twenty feet in the air on top of straw
stack
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS.
cotton. Tobacco md Corn Reported
in Poor Condition.

RALEIGH. N c. Aug. 29.-The crop re-
port issued yesterday ny the United States
Weather Bureau for North Carolina is like
the two preceding it-extremeIy disco5Ir-
aging. II says that while local rains have
been frequent IN many cas-. ern counties
as well as on the eastern slope Of the BIua
Ridge, from the 20th to 24th. the rainfall
was very irTeguIarly distributed and gar-
orally insufficient, and though refreshing
to some late crops. the effects have net
lasted long, and the soil now appears to he
as dry as ever.
Crop conditions are more divers Ge1
than ever and more difficult to summarize
Where rains partially broke the drought
late corn and cotton have been berpfred
also heIG peas and potatoes. and in the
west sowing tuFniPs and turning land for
wheat was possible early in the week.
The great damage caused by the heat
ana drought to cotton has now lie ONE
fuIiy apparent. Many fields present the
appearance which they usually have at
the end OF September: rust is reported
II many counties: bOlls are opening very
rapidly everywhere, but the hollis are i'm
perfect, generally being from one-half 10
three-fourthS of full size Picking is in
progress. Still, late cotton in MANY com
ties was improved by rain. and late blooms
are reported by correspondents in Chatham
and Rutherford counties,
Young corn is promising only where
rains have been most frequent this week
Tho yield Of corn will unquestfonablv be
very short Pulling fodder is still under
way. Tobacco in many seetione has fred
again. and cures are Of poor quality on
account OF premature ripening
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
TRACKING a TRAIN RoBgFR
Kentucky Baudit Said to Have Been
Located. at Deer TrDiI

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 29.-Charles H Barnes
alias John H. Nelson. the Kentucky train
robber. who escaped from ten detectives
in the West End. is reported through no.
lice channels to have been located at Deer
Trail. B. c. The clew as to the fugitiye's
place OF refuge is said to have been fur
ntshed TO Chief Desmond by Mrs. Charles
h Barnes, the wife of the bandit. who
has been constant visitor at police head
quarters since the capture of Charming
b. Barnes and the escape of his brother.
Within the past tWenty-four hours Mrs
Barnes IS said to have received a letter
from Barnes through a mutual friend at
soma point in the West. Barnes evidently
mailed his letter to this confidant, who.
IN turn, sounded Mrs. Barnes. Her answer.
according to the detective methods would
have been framed by the operatives, who
were on the track of the robber. Several
letters passed between the fugitive and
his wife until finally, caution being cast
aside little, the robber revealed tha To-
cality in which he was hiding. On this
information, officers were sent out to find
the desperate man who shot his way to
freedom in st. Louis Charming B. Barnes
the brother, who was captured in this city.
was convicted of completely in the Wick
line robbery week ago and sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentiary.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
The Census Clerks.

1t Is reported that the employees of the
census Bureau are, as might have been
expected, suffering seriously from the heat
People who. in their shady and well-ventiI-
ated rooms, haye been EXPERIENCING woe
from the capers of the thermometer in the
last month, are requested to think of the
census clerks in their greenhouse. and
thank their stars for happier LOT.
1t will be remembered that the clerks
who are required TO work on the tabuJatins
and punching machines in the population"
rooms are housed in large one-storv
building with glass roof. wonderfully
wen adapted TO raising vegetables for mar
ket IN early spring, but not so obviously
suited TO the routine work of Govern
ment empioye in midsummer. Wbetber
the orfginators of this scheme of bot-bops
ing census employees are TO be found in tina
agricultural Department or not, is not
Known, but some of the clerks would like
10 find out. OF course, it would not i'm.
prove the condition Of their brains 10 know
why they are thus cooked by their en-
ployefs, but there would be a certain salts
faction in 1t. Il they could know that some
student of modern farming had conceived
The notion OF applying the methods used
IN forcing mammoth cabbages and tona-
toes to facilitating the work of the human
brain. they could at any rate find the man
and administer TO him appropriate punish
ment. Readers of the daily papers will r.
member that few days ago ; gentleman
OF a scientific turn of mind declared that
he could fry an egg on the pavement
somewhere in the vicinity of the Census
Bureau, and actually did so. 1t is in this
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
GENERAL WHEELER TO RETIRE,
Chnffee May Get His Place in the
Res-uIar-

Nh"hee Way Get HIS PIace III the
Regular Service.
Gen, Joseph Wheeler. now brigadier N
the Regular Army, will be placed On the
retired list Monday next at noon. after
six months service under his present COM
mission
General Wheeler reaches Inc age CT SIX
ty-four years, and under law must retire.
He is now commanding the Department of
the Lakes, with headquarters at Chicago,
where he has been stationed since early
last spring. This department was former
~ commanded by General Miles, later by
General Merritt, and once by General
Brooke. all major generals Of the Regular
Army
Orders detaehing General Wheeler and
announcing his retirement to the AI1ny viii
be issued this week. His success scr mas Eot
been selected, but the command will de-
Volye upon some officer Of high rank
General Wheeler's retirement creates a
vacancy in the grade of brigadier general
to which the President would have ap-
pointed Ger. Fitzhugh Lee but for the fact
that he has passed the age limit. Two
of1cers are Tow most prominently men
toned for it, and the selection will p.ob-
ably 90 to one Of them. These are Ma OF
General Wood, Governor OF Cuba, and Ma
Jor General Chaffee commanding the
troops IN China The latter is colonel
in the regular service and the former d
captain and surgeon. Il has been the Pres
ldent intention TO appoint General Wool
&c held rank in the army. and the pres
vacancy may therefore go to him. General
Chaffee is much older man, however,
and has been in the line OF the army
throughout his army career 1t is shown
that General Wood can well afford 10 wait
some time and hold his present command
the prize.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29

After much difficulty Mr. Hanna is re-
ported to have arranged for financing the
campaign, and is now at liberty to go West
and tear up the country, because he has
the means to do it, The matter was SET
tied at recent meeting in the New York
Life Insurance Company building. where
the machine manager met representatives
of all the principal trusts interested in
Congressional legislation, and it is said
that they finally agreed to meet the rather
extravagant views of Mr.. Hanna. though
not without making some wry faces over
the exaction. The Cowboy Candidate can
now have his private car ard go bueking
over the land in style betting his per-
sonally estimated Importance Spellbind-
ers and chafrmen of committees in doubt
ful States will have champagne and terra
pin from now on. Heretofore beer and
pretzels have been considered plenty rich
enough, on account of Republican over
confidence" and apathy The trust con-
tributions make the difference.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
America at the Paris Fair.
(From the Boston Herald.)

1t is just well to be truthful about the
rank OF the United States at the Paris Exposi-
ton as indicated by the awards of prizes Com
United States, after France secures thu srcafes
honors at the exposition is not correct The
latest figures show that, barring France. it is
ueTnany Inat la fa and away ahead of all other
Britain, with the British colonies. third Ger.
mar has secured 81 grand prizes. the United
Sta.es us and Great Britain 100 As amorp
these three great competing countries Gernapy
trinmphs in 81 Of the 121 classes comprised in tIa
exposition The United States wins in 81 classes
and Great Britain in 30 classes In other words
tae verdict OF the International grand juries is
that the value of the United States rxh;hitS -
the worlds fair, IN proportion to that Of t.,r-
many. is az three to FIVE
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
wiIaeimina and Her Fisher Fleet
From the St James Gazctye.)

On the Pampus, Zuyder Zee. near the fortif-
Holland was yesterday reviewed BY the vo,,nss
Queen Nilhelmtna Who accompanied bv her
mother, Queen Emma They embarked on board
other gunboats and torpedo boats. Nearly a
thousand little vessels of all kinds and shares
from all parts of the country assembled By re-
quest OF the Queen they Were not decorated:
she wished to see them in their ordinary state:
the three-eolor top, with which their ma.
Jestles, when passing the lines We're slIuted The
crews, in picturesque garb, were on deck and
loudly cheered the royal ladies. On every shin
the fishing gear was hoisted so that it could he
seen at distance The Queen went on board five
different vessels, where explanations were given
OF the methods of fishing of all kinds During
the review, which lasted several hou:s music was
played from one of the larger steamers. The
Queens, before returning to their summer resi-
dence. expressed their thanks to all Who had
contributed to the festivity
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
Moral suasion on a Dog.
(From the Boston Transcriptl

\ clergyman who went up into the country TO
preach, and lived there considerable time had
occasion in his ministrations to drive regularly
over certain road At a house on that road
lived big bulldog which always came out and
attacked him vieiously The minister stood IN
for good while, until. finally, as he drove naSf
one winter day in low sleigh, a means of cor
rectlng the dog by moral suasion occurred 10
him He stopped his horse in the road before
the house. The dog rushed out .madlv. barking
and threatening 10 jump into TIE sleigh. The
ton, The dog retired, returned to the assault
retired again, and third time rushed out to the
attack, but did not touch the man. Then he re.
turned to the doorstep and lay down. apparently
utterly eresrfallcn and disguised with such man.
and, as he paid no further attention. the min
lister drove off After this the minister drove
many times past The house, but the dog paid no
attention to him, and never seemed to see him at
all lie was cured.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29

We are panied to learn of another in
stance of official paEdering to vice A con-
demned murderer in Georgia. victim of
the morphine habit. had been supplied with
doses OF his favorite narcotic. and. prepar-
atory 10 his last appearance on any stage,
was given two generous hypodermic injee-
tions in order that he might be in a condf-
ton of proper brace to enjoy the proceed
lngs. Thus was the health and moral tone
OF this unfortunate citizen Slowly sapped al
the last moment of his life and his ego
launched into eternity in such dopy state
that it is doubtful if it knew to which
place to go, and a serious mistake NAV
have occurred on the other side of the
great beyond There is crying need for
national movement to suppress the can
teens and opium joints maintained by va
rious local authorities for the comfort and
benefit of persons about to suffer the death
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
Imperialism Cannot Hide
(From the Utica obseryer.)

NfV'H Tue ttItd VbsefYer.J
The effort 10 hide imperialism in this cam.
paign has failed at every point Imperialism
taxes Porto Rico without her consent: it imposes
military rule on Cuba long after Cuba should have
had her chance; it loots Cuban revenues; il
carries on war OF subiugation and externlina-
ton in the Philippines and left US with only !
handful OF men to send TO the rescue OF our he
leaguered citizens IN Pekin. The mask is pulled
of. and President Mckinley could not say TODAY
imperialism is impossible .
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
srsNS -
If LOOKS FtshY.

lFfom The Memphis -Commercial Appeal
We may expect anything from the crazy and
liable to kin one person as another There may
have been plot Matched in Italy to kill President
Mckinley. and fourteen desperate fellows may
have come 10 this country to execute the crime
They may have been detected and arrested in
New York and all that but the stcry, through
out, has ancient and a fshlke SMELL
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
Their Only Turnout.

- (From the Philadelphia Pressl
McCann-He says his people was of the carriage
folk in tn ould country. ! wander was they?
McGraw-Phwat makes ye thing dey was?
McCann-Shure, he says their family turnout
always ATTRACTED attintion.
AcGraw-Ay eoorse. There does be aiwavs a
crnMd at an eviction.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-29
Electric Defiance


Ajax was defying the lightning
After you finish, said a friend, 4 have an
other job for you
what is that?'' enquired Ajax.
Chicago
Bnt Ajax said the lightning WIS safar