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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
ROREST AND GRASS FIRES.
Oner Hundred. Square Miles Burned
over. with, IMS,enS~ Loss, aud
sun SPREADING.

Snntn Rosa, GIL, SeTss. ga forest
and grass fire which, has been burn
ing in the vicinity Of Occidental the
past three days yesterday assumed
vast proportions. The fire has COW
cred a space of about one hundred
squaremilcs and IL estimated to have
dane oNr ~ quarter of II million dol
lars damage. Only by hard work was
the town Of Occidental saved, Pho
fra Is, now travelling south, aided by
o. strong north wind.
Tho Nsrtb Pacific railroad lost sew.
eral miles of track In addition to two
long trasiles, one 2l9 feet, the other
400 faat In length.
Three oonnty bridges are In ruins,
and about eighteen farms have bean,
swept clean Of their buildings and
crops, The towns Of Freestonc, Bode-
ga and Sebastopol IRE In immediate
danger. Nearly thousand people are
fighting the fire.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
STRIKERS RANKs AUGMENTED.
Although Afforded Ample PvotcctiOA
Min&sa Remained Idle.

Shenandoah. Pa, Sept, 24.-Thc
ranks OF the striking mine workers
were considerably augmented to-day
In this region and, although the EN-.
ploycs OF the various collerIes were
promised umplc protection, but few
of them showed disposition to re.
sumo work this morning In fact at
only one collcry In the immediate Vi
entity OF this town did sufficient men
report TO permit operations
An the Philadelphia a. Reading col.
llerles about Shenandoah the col.
leries In the Ellongownn and Uilber.
ton and 81. Nicholas districtsl the
William Penn and all the mines at
Mohnnoy City, and all the Packer col
lierics operated by the LehIgh Valley
Coal Co., are Idle, The Glrardvllle and
Gllbert0n collIercs which worked Sat.
nrdny did no, resume to-day.
The only collIery that worked In
Schuylklll county, east OF Shenan.
doah, was the Park Place, Five col.
llerles were In operation between
shenandoah ind Mount Carmel.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
HUNDRED LEADING CITIES.
Compilation showing the One Hun.
SFed Leading Cities of the
Country With Their Rank.

Chicago, Sept. 26.-The-Times-Her.
aid Washington correspondent fur
nishes the following:
The census of 1900 now shows which
are the 100 leading cities of the Unit
ed States. Appended is the list, with
their relative rank. All the figures
are official save that the population
of Memphis and Troy have not yet
been announced.
The 100 chief cities of the United
States contain l7,6l1, 800 inhabitants.
against 13,326,349 in 1890. The in
crease is 4,2s5,171, or 32.17 per cent.
If the entire country had grown at
the same rate as the 100 chief cities
the population of the United States
would now be s2,767,s AS a matter
of fact it is unoffcially estimated,
from census returns already in hand,
at 100000. In 1890 the 100 chief cities
contained 21.2s per cent. of the popu'
lation of the country. Now, assum-
ing the whole population to be 10000.
900, they contain 23.17 per cent.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
A FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
engineer and Fireman Killed, the
Latter LivinE Long Enough ts
Recognize His Wife.

Marion, H., Sept. ga disastrous
boiler explosion occurred on the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois railroad yes
terday, at johnson City, five miles
pany's heavy freight engines, draw.
ing heavy train, exploded just after
passing the station. Engineer A. F.
padgett, of Chicago, and Fireman
Hardin Rains, of West Frankfort,
were killed. The boiler was blown 70
or so feet forward and above the tele-
graph wire to the edge of the right
of-way. Engineer Padgett was blown
about eighty feet high, passing above
the telegraph poles, and falling sever.
al feet beyond the right-of-way. His
neck and arms were broken.
Fireman Rains was blown back into
the tender, and covered with coal,
where he was found with both arms
and legs broken. From his chin down
the body was so badly scalded that
the skin slipped off in handling him
Notwithstanding his fearful condition
he survived about an hour, the last
half of that time conscious. His wife
few miles away, was sent for, reach
ing him a short time before death. He
recognized her and passed away.
The force of the explosion threw
scraps of iron quarter of mile
away.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
DALLAS In DANGER.
The Trinity River Rising ut u Rapid
Hnte.

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Dallas. Texs,, Sept. 24.-The Trinity
river is higher tonight than it has
been since 1890, when il broke all rec
ords. The water tonight lacks only
six feet of reaching the 1890 mark,
and is still rising. Owing to heavy
rains last night and yesterday on the
Elm Fork, the West Fork and the
Clear Fork, all of them emptying into
the Trinity above Dallas the prospect
is favorable for the stream going past
the 1890 mark some time tonight.
No lives have been lost In the imme-
date vicinity of. Dallas but cotton
and live stock, notably sheep and
hogs. have suffered heavily.
The county commissioners of Dial.
las estimate the loss of three county
bridges at S25, 900, independent of nu-
merous small bridges and the streets
damaged in the county of Dallas,
which would be nearly as Bsuch more.
The item OF damage to the roads and
bridges alone in the dozen or more
counties affected in northern Texas
win be about S250,000.
A bulleein received here this even.
ing from Fowler, in BosqlHe county
says. "B azos river out of its hanks:
higher tn n in ~ years, and is going
higher. , he big rise will reach Waco
tonight
Fowlertis about fifty milss north Of
Waco.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
Deserted Her Child.

A citizen Of Hot Springs was awak'
ened one night recently by a strange
noise;. and going to the front door,
found an infant ON his steps, The mat
ter was reported to the police, who in
vestigated and found that the mother
of the child was a girl Is years OF ege.
When confronted with the infant she
broke down and made a full confession,
stating, that she disposed Of the child
to prevent the killing of its father, who
washer first cousin, by her father. The
girls aunt took the waif and will adopt
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
MORE TROUBLE FOR TEXAS.
nrestest Rise Ever Known In the Colorado
River-Trinfty River Higher
Than Since 1890.

Austin, Tex, Sept. 24--Gov. Sayers
wired tonight to all points south OF
here notices that the most terrific
food in the history of the Colorado
river, which flows by this city, is now
surging down through the mountain
gorges to the northwest of here, and
is expected at this place by midnight.
The warming was sent out by Gov.
Sayers in response to the following
Geographic warning:
"Goldthwaite, Sept. "a.
ITO Gov. Sayers;
Notify all towns on Colorado river
and have towns notify country points
that river is ten feet higher than
even before known, and is still rap
idly rising. Very urgent.
PHIL II. CLEMENTS,
state Representative"
The river has been rising rapidly
at Austin since four o'clock this after.
noon and reports from Goldthwaite at
p. IN. say that the water is still rap
idly rising there. The rise at thai
point was reported to be So feet at
dark. Along the Colorado watersheds
very heavy rains have fallen during
the past four days, and the rise re-
ported coming down now is 20 feet
higher than the one that broke the
Austin dam and wrecked the city light
and power plant last April.
1t is expected that the advance OF
this great rise will sweep by Austin
about midnight, and all parties in the
lowlandis to the south of the city and
all points reached by either telegraph
or telephone were communicated with
by tho governor with the warning to
escape before the food arrives.
Great alarm is felt as to the result
Of the rise.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
CRUSHED UNDER THE ENGINE.
A Locomotives Derailment Wrecks
Two Trains-EnGiner and
Fireman Killed.

Springfield, H., Sept. ga peculiar
railroad accident in which two lives
were lost occurred here, yesterday af,
ternoon, on the Chicago, Peoria g. St
Louis and the Chicago g. Alton paral-
lei tracks running to the state fair
grounds. Two passenger trains were
running side by side on the two tracks
at high rate of speed when the Chi.
cago, Peoria q ST. Louis locomotive
left the tracks, turned over and
crashed into the Chicago d Alton en-.
CINE. Engineer John Ryan and Fire
man Jerry Hall, of the Chicago, Pc.
oria q st. Louis crew, were crushed to
death under their engine. Both lived
in Springfield. Brakeman A. J. Mack
jumped from the Chicago, Peoria q
st. Louis train and was badly bruised,
Both engines were wrecked and sever.
al coaches We're damaged. There
were but few passengers on the
trains, and all escaped serious injury.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
WATERSPOUT AND TORNADO.
iured, anc Much Property Dam.
aged or Destroyed.

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 26.-Four per-
sons were killed and several Others
severely injured in waterspout and
tornado at Ferguson last evening. The
Milwaukee agent and the telegraph
operator were badly hurt. The rail.
way station was badly wrecked, sever.
al cars were blown from the tracks
and more or less damaged, and many
houses were destroyed. Wire con.
nections with Ferguson are interrupt,
Ell and Il is impossible to learn the
names of all those killed and injured.
A severe waterspout and wind and
rain IRE reported from the vicinity Of
Redfeld and Madrid, where the tracks
ARE washed out in many places. Towns
along the Great Western road also re-
port hard wind and rain this side
OF Marsh0lltown.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
BRIEF MENTION.

Ed Jordan lost his right arm in q gin
At Prescott.
The town Of Lonote Is tn have water
works and IN electric ligha plant
There are four colored prisoners In
tho Pine Bluff Jail charged with muir
der.
The state board Of health reports the
existence Of smallpox In certain par"
Of Newton county.
Eight prisoners are confined In the
Forrest City Jail, siu Of whom are
charged with murder,
L. II, Cady, former prominent law
yer Of Fort Smith, asd September 81
on the poor farm,
The winner OF tho 81, 900 prize for the
estimate on the cotton crop OF 1890 1900
offered by \. MUM, Son Il Co., Is JAS
NJ Gillian and he resides ut Forrest
City His estimate was 0, 430, 1884 bales
Seven girls who met alta quilting In
Clarksville sixty years ago nrs still re-
siding at, that place.
Tho county board OF equalization
raised the personal assessments OF pu'
laski county over 81 900
Tho safe In the store OF c. E & s, w
Mann, M Princeton, was blown open BY
robbers, who secured u 200 In money
md checks.
Cotton worms nrc doing mach damage
TO cotton In Jefferson county by de-
SAroying the leaves and causing II to
open prcmaturcly, \
Phoebe Harris, u negrcss 10 years
old, sentenced to two years In the penn
Tertiary from Sewer county In Jnly
on the charge Of arson, has been
granted II pardon by the governor,
Alta recent meeting OF the executive
committee OF the State AntlSnlooh
League Rev, u. A. Tabor was unonl,
mously reelected president.
Tho political complexion OF the next
general assembly IL M follows, House
two republ loans, one independent
and nincty.seven democrats, The SEM
pte is entirely democratic,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
UNABLE TO MAKE A VERDICT.
The Jury In the Howard Case Hope
lessly Hung Up-Sent Back
to Try Again.

Frankfort, KY, Sept. 26.-The jury
in the Howard case reported at 5:12
o'clock, yesterday afternoon, that the
jurors had been unable to make YER,
dict. The jury took the case at $3.50.
and nearly three hours We're spent in
the jury room in an effort to reach an
agreement. A hung jury has been
generally predicted.
Judge Cantrill did not discharge the
jury and it will report again at nine
o'clock to-day.
The argument of the case before
the jury was concluded yesterday
morning by Acting Commonwealth
Attorney Ben Williams. He presented
the evidence against Howard, and
while there was no effort at oratory,
his argument was conceded to be d
strong effort. 1t is generally believed
the jury is hopelessly hung up and
that a verdict will not be found, as It
is supposed the jurors are divided on
the question as TO Towards guilt OF
innocence, and not as to the degree OF
punishment.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29

Denver, Col, Sept. 26.--United States
Senator'S Wolcott and Lodge, recep.
ton committee Of prominent republi.
cans OF this city and hundreds of 9th.
er excursionists went out from Den.
YER on two special trains to welcome
Gov, Roosevelt 70 Colorado and nc.
company him on his tour "around the
born" from Greeley. The governor
VAS scheduled TO speak at Greeley,
Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud,
1onpmont, Niwot and Boulder, during
,he day, and to make three speeches
IN this city at night.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
ORDERS TO GEN. CHAFFEE.
He VIII Remain In Pekin at the
Head Of the American Force.


Washington, Sept. 26.-The follow
ing statement is posted at the war
department;
"The instructions of the secretary
of war were cabled to Gen. Chatfee to-
day that pending negotiation for set
Element, legation guard of
regiment Of infantry, four
troops of cavalry and light
battery, under the command Of
Gen. Chaffee, will remain in Pekin
for protection of our minister and
American interests, and that the re-
mainder of Gen. Chaffee's force, along
with staff officers not required, stores
and material will be sent to Gen.
Macarthur Mt Manila"
As legation guards the United
States troops will not come under
command of Count Won Waldersee.
II is estimated that about week
will be required to bring the $500 SOL.
tiers away from Pekin. but as the
start can not be made Immediately it
will be ut least the first week in De-
tober that the movement can be com
leted.
II Is stated at the quartermastcr's
department that there are enough
transports available TO bring of the
force which will come out OF China
Three or four vessels will be at Taku
by the time the troops are ready to
move. Besides the transports for the
men n number OF animal ships will
lake away the horses and mules that
will not be needed in China.
Gen. Chutfee Is authorized TO take
from the ships now ut Takn such
stores as will be needed to last hin
all winter.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
Compress Destroyed by Fire.

The plant Of the Union Compress Co..
at Texarkana was totally destroyed by
fire on the 10Th inst The compress
was located by itself and was sur.
rounded by the tracks Of the Texas &
Pacific, Kansas City southern and Cot
i,0 Belt railways, and it is believed
that spark from locomotive on one
OF the roads caused the ipe. On the
platform were 1000 bslesof cotton val
ued at $50 per bale. The plant wss
worth $50, 600, so the total loss is a
SEQ, 900.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
SWEEPING ALL BETNIlE IT.
All Western and North sra Texa
swept by Floods.

Houston, Tex, Sept, 2a>s--A special
from Goldthwaite says there has been
no loss of life, but that the rise in
the Colorado river has swept all
bridges away and destroyed cattle and
crops Many houses have been 'le'
stroycd and thousand families are
homeless although they escaped to
the highlands.
A special from llano says the Llano
river u tributary Of thu Colorado, is
IT. feet above normal and has done
much damage in the valleys. No loss
oSlife has been reportsd-
Reports from yuyiouepoints in west
crn and northern TeNas are to the eff
feet thnt all the small streams are
lneatly swollen and are sending n
large volume of watar into the larger
streams.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
TIE CELESTIAL PUZZLE.
The Directions to Minister Conger
Not Yet Sent by tine State
Department.
GEN. CHAFFEE's ORDERS FORWARDED.
Russia and Japan Said to Have As
in Qualined FOrm-LOrd Sails
bury's Reply IL Identical with
that of the United States.

Washington, Sept. 26.-The direc'
ton to Minister Conger to put him
self in relation with Ii Hung Chang
and Prince Ching has not yet gone
forward. The message practically has
been framed, but its form is subject
to the approval of the president. Ii
view Of the talk in European capitals
Of counter propositions to that made
by the United States relative to these
preliminaries, it begins to appear
that the officials here were correct il
their first estimate of the time that
be required to mark the taking of the
next step in the Chinese matter.
Called Mt the State Department.
Baron Sternberg, the German
charge, was an early caller at the
state department, but he had nothing
of interest to communicate upon the
subject which is now foremost in the
department. Touching the latest re.
port that Germany has it in mind to
advocate the creation of an inter.
Souit ioi VIC tiiui VI VIC
Chinese officials who are accused OF
responsibility for the Pekin out
RACES, it is pointed out here that so
far from this being an alternative
proposition to the original German
plan, it might be regarded rather as a
development, of that proposition,
meeting one of the charges of vague.
ness lodged in some quarters against
IT.
Not Advised as to Ruasia's Answer.
The state department has not been
advised officially of the character OF
the Russian answer to the German
proposition. 1t is gathered from the
Berlin dispatches that the Russian
note does not except TO the foreign
ministers in Pekin indicating just
who were responsible parties. But il
is pointed out, also, that the United
States note did not except specifically
to such an indication. Our objection
was to the broad proposition to re.
quire the delivery of the culprits
over to the allies in advance of the
beginning of negotiations; not to the
plan to have the minister indicate
them.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Mammoth Shops of Iron Mountain
Railroad at Little Rock De-
stroyed BY Fire.
EVENTS Of TIE WEEK BRIEFLY STATED
Citizen OF Jefferson County Sues Yartles
Who Gave Him n Thrashing For Big
Damages Plant OF Union Compress
Company NJ Texnrkans Burned.
Murderer Philip Vance Captured.

Phillip Vance, colored, wanted in the
Indian Territory on the charge OF MUIR
der was taken into custody at Little
Rock last week. Vance's capture was
due to whislSey. He had just arrived
in Little, and after securing job,
went ont to celebrate. While in his
cups he told companion OF his crime.
After being arrested, when questioned
about the crime, he said he had killed
three Creek Indians on his farm near
Muscogee. He claimed that it was at
night and that they were trying to
steal some of his cattle when he killed
them.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
Killed by u Failing Limb.

While a crowd Of boys were playing
in the shade Of large tree on the
school ground at Vendor, near Green
Forest, one boy was killed aud several
injured by falling limb, In falling
the limb caught Jesse Pierce, aged H.
under the main branch and crushed
his skull, broke his left arm and right
.high, killing him almost instantly,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
An Brror In this Count of Votes

The result Of the vote on license in
Newton coanty will probably have to
De determined in the courts The vote
Of the countSas shown by the returns
sent in by the township Judges was;
For license, 1895 against license, 1875,
In response To- petitioa, the county
election commissioners made recount
of the vote on the license question in
ono township and found that an error
had been made and that license WAS
defeated by ton votes
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29

The secretary Of the Little Rock
board OF trade has completed detailed
statement showing the commercial
growth Of Little Rock in the past year;
The local freight traffic OF the year
reached CT, $50 car loads, being. an inr
crease OF 6, 1906 car loads over last year.
or this sum the out-shipments were
23,077 car loads, against 1880 car
loads, an increase OF 9.377 car loads,
while the receipts run up'to'a total OF
as, 553 car loads against 1926 car
loads, being n, gain OF 3,727 ear loads
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
Au.a Counl. In.tnn,ly ktl,ra,

Muncie, lnd Sept. 90 Mr.. and Mrs
william Driscoll, aged 60 and 81, re-
.pectively. were instsntly killed yes
ierd1y afternoon by the fast Rig -FOUR
express, west.bound from New York
60 ST, Louis. The accident happened
Il, the Grant street crossing, while
he ole couple We're driving across
the track coming TO the city from
their country residence at Inflow
Springs,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
Frank Could a Prisoner.

Frank Gould, wsnted in MissAsinr,
On charge Of using the mails to- A.,
f,aud, is in Jail at Hot Springs aws,.
ing the arrival of the officers who win
take him back to the scene of his crims
Gould is said to have reaped quite 4.
nancial harvest by advertising the sal.
Of sever yards Of silk for one dolla,
and with each order he apreso
to furnish the buyer book Of Seven
coupons to- sell to others on the sam.
terms. His scheme wasa sort Of end
less chain AFFAIR.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29

Lincoln, Neb., Sept, a0,-lIon, W. j,
Bryan returned TO Lincoln after his
trip TO Chicago TO consult with tn,
Democratic national committee. III,
WINS accompanied by Hon. Eugene y
Smith, of the populist national com
mittee, and Hon. j. G. Dahlmnn, ma
tional committeeman for this state,
who will have charge Of the special
ear 20 be occupied BY Mr.. Bryan, gu
his Forthcoming tour. The National
democratic candidate came In quietly
and proceeded 10 HE residence On I
o(soet cur.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
FIFTY French vessels Missing.

81. Johns, N, f. Sept, 25,-More
thnn iifty French vessels from 81.
Pierre are still missing, ny the result
OF the recent gale, and much alarm "a
felt for their safety. Many doubtless
are disabled, but II is almost certain
that Others have foundercd,
The French flagship Isly has been
ordered from the treaty shorc,, IL IL
reported hero, to cruise over the
Grand Banks, with view of learning
the extent OF the disnster, and Of ny.
sisting any vessels requiring halp,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
RuTCKRRED IN COLD BLOOD.
1 hoati0ad Of Native Christian WaM.
ea ON the West Nivsr
Slaughtered.

Hong Kong, Sept. 26.-Ad,iees from
Canton say that u bout load of native
Christian women Ut Kun Chuk ION
West ri,cr) was fired upon and that
the women were then taken ashore
and butchcrcd In cold blood,
Native Christians are docking TO
Canton from the surrounding coun.
Try, Canton itself IL quiet The No.
tive city IL full Of bad characters.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
Insane Fr.,n Want of Attention

L. w. Names lawyer, was found
his room at Little Rock in. demep,sa
condition. Names had been i'll tw
some time, and hnd been without prom
err attention for three days peoule
roomiDg in the bu.sding with himw were
not aware of his condition until M
ttacted by a strange noise coming
from his room. An investigation was
made. and it was found that the mani.
mind was completely gone.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29

Miss Jessie Lipe was convicted a.
Mena of the killing Of Gilmore Jordan,
and sentenced to five years in the peni.
Tertiary. Jordan was an engineer and
was killed under mysterious eircum,
stances about two months ago Thos
Morrow was also indicted on the same
barge, and is yet to be tried
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-29
judicial Appointments.

Harrisburg, Pa Sept. 26.-Gov.
Stone has appointed VIM. II. Potter, OF
Pittsburgh, to the supreme court Va.
cancy, caused by the death Of Justice
Henry Green.
Marshall Brown, OF Pittsburgh, has
been appointed TO succeed the late
Judge Stogle, OF Allegheny.