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Sale of School Land!

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a
~ petition to me directed, and 70 the law In
such case made and provided, the undersigned
will on
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1901.
at the front or Main street entrance TO the court
House in the City of Van Buren, within the
hours for judicial sales offer for sale, and sell
at public QUERY, to the highest bidder, for cash
In hand, the following described school lands,
In Crawford County, to-wit:
The Southwest quarter Of the Northeast quar-
ter, Southeast quarter Of the Northwest quarter
| and Northwest quarter Of the Southwest quar-
ter, all in Section l6, Township 10 North, Range
| 80 West
Witness my hand as Sheriff. this 18th day Of
December 1900
J. A. PITCoCK, Sheriff.
ByR. b. WINRREY, ID. 8.
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Editor Wood of the Mariana Courier
devotes column to vigorous reply to
Prof W. T. Bynum's circular, and
claims to speak from inside information.
1t will be the duty OF the legislature to
investigate the management of the Uni
versity and the facts will then be devel.
oped. Fayetteville Democrat.
Nothing short Of thorough investi-
cation by the legislature will satisfy the
citizens Of Arkansas. That there is
something "rotten' In the manage
ment of the Arkansas University is very
evident.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-12-15

II the Western Union does put In m
uptown Office, as appears almost cor.
tain now, II still behooves our people to
pAtronise the Postal company, for had
they not invaded the field and estab.
lished an uptown Office there IL no tell.
Ing how long our people would have
been compelled 10 walk TO the Union
depot for the purpose Of sending mes.
sages. The W. U. will mako every
effort, we feel satisfied TO crush out its
rival.
The special train which II was pur.
posed 10 run for tho benefit Of Van
Buren, admirers Of Bob Taylor Ind TO
10 abandoned on account Of there not
being n sufficient number Of attendants
pledged to pay for chartcr,ns the train.
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Nc Gees Backache and Kid
new Cure

Will cure you OF backache, Kidney
disease, blsdder affections, etc. It Is
the best treatment known for these
troubles. You will get the worth OF
your money.
Capt. J. N. Brown came down from
Sallissw, where he is buying cotton
Sunday, to visit his son, r. E. Brown
who has bene quite indisposed for a
couple Of weeks.
Now Is the time when Group and lung
troubles prove rapidly fatal. The only
harmless remedy that produces i'm.
mediate results is One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t is very pleasant to take and
can be relied upon to quickly cure
coughs, colds and all lung diseases. II
will prevent consumption.
n. C. JOHNSON.
The Frisco has again been violating
the ordinance against blockading cross
ings. On Monday we noticed number
of children compelled to walk three o!
more blocks out Of their route on the
way to school on account of such OBJ.
struction.
For Holiday goods in the grocery line
see Edmondson & Britt. Their stock IL
the largest and most complete In Van
Buren,.
The December cotton report issued by
the government showed 1 200 900 more
bales estimated in sight than the Nov
ember report. This caused decided
drop in the price of the staple. This
Of itself should prove the wisdom and
need Of keeping down next years crop
to resas enable proportions.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-12-15
The Light Of the World
Our Saviour In Art.

Cost nearly 100000 to produce. Contains
nearly. 100 f,ill.pagc engraylngs Of our Saviour
and His Mother by the worlds greatest painters
True copies Of the greatest Masterpieces In tho
Art galleries OF Europe. Every picture ~ -
beautiful M a sunrise over tho hlllt0ps Con-
tains description OF tho paintings biography or
tho painters tho names and locations or tho
galleries In Europe whore the originals may DO
seen, Also contains q Chllds Department. ~,
GUIDING Y Chlld't Story OF tho Christ aud HIS
Mother beautifully written, W ~ each picture
This wonderful book matchlcss In ~ purity
ana beauty, appeals 10 every mothers heart
nnn IN every chg.stlAn homo wherp there arr
children the book soils itself Christian men
and women are making money rapidly taking
orders A Christian man or woman can IN thls
community soon make si,o0Qt akiDg orders fof
Christmas presents Mrs Waite our agent IN
Massach useVs, has sold over $1,000 worth OF me
bo0kh IN n very short tlme, MIRA, HAckcit, our
agont IN New York has aold over :, MOO worth o.
,hs books ~ 4 very short tlmo, The bookM
printed on velvet fnlahod paper, beautifully
bound ~ Cardinal Rcd and gold, ana adorned
doubt the most beautiful book OF ibis century
ment OF that territory. You can work on tAlAty
cess we will promote you TO the position o.
manager and correspondent at permanent
salary 10 devote your time 10 attending 70
agents ana Tho correspondence, Wanted also
state Manager TO have charge OF once In LoM
lnH wy OF tho state md manage oil the busihs"
OF mo state. Send for terms, Address,
TUE BaIrlsH.A MEXICAN ~,
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washington, DC,
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TWENTY-FIVE Dollars Reward.

The officers and members Of the Mary
Lee Chapter, U. D. G., will pay re,
ward Of $25 for the arrest and convict.
ton of any person found lettering about
the grounds or defacing the monument
or its foundation In any manner.
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Holiday Excursion Rates via Frisco Line

On Dec Doth, 2lst and 22d to points In the South
western States via Memphis. Final limit thirty
days Fare and one-ffth.
On Dec. 23d. oath. 25th and 31st and jan LIST to
all points on the Frisco Line. also points on the
Choctaw Route and A I. d 3. r. R'y within 200
miles of Van Buren, at rate Of one fare for the
round trip. Limit Jan. 2. 1901.
+. w. FURRY, AIT
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Makes babies hoslshy, faA and
strong, u contains no opium or other
Try ono bottle and You will got Tim
best, Prices, - ind 6Q&
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Up to Tuesday the rtmndlap cotton
GIN Vt England, Lonoko county, hud
turned out b,l09 bales, and still have
more cotton IN sight than they can
handle.
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@nnn YEARLY 10 Christian man
4jUU .ro wS%i Ss e Ssf s Ss s cSaI
adjoining Counties; " Not IN Manager
and Correspondence work car. DO d0ne
at your homo, Enclose sclf.addressed.
stamped envelope for particulars 10 II
A, sherman, General Manager, COro0ran
building. opposite United Statea Treas.
ury, Warrington, ID, q,
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Mrs. M. J. Phillips and daughter left
Sunday for Monroe, La. ,on an extend
ed visit to relatives.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-12-15

The flooring of Flat Rock bridge is
Aery much in need of repairs. In fact,
there is hardly a bridge or culvert on
that road that does not need looking
after.
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Via Mo. Pacific,


Reduced ono way second class rates 10 Cali.
f0rniN points, Portland Oregon Seattle Washing
ton and Intermediate points. Call al Iron
Mountain Ry Ticket 0ilOe,
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To SALT LANE CRY AND 0opsN, 1920
Tickets on sale daily the year round, Anal return
limit ninety days from date OF sale Zoo agent
and joint agency fce A, HAYs, Agt
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A nice line Of Japanese and Wedge
wood Ware, consisting of vases, comb
and brush trays, celery dishes, ETC., at
Kerr's Horse Shoe Drug Store.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
SET ASIDE THE FINDINGS
GEN. MACARTHUR oVERRULES DE-
CIsIoNs. OF COURT-MARTIAL:

GEN. MACARTHUR OVERRULES DE-
CIsIoNs. OF COURT-MARTIAL:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9-The judge
advocate of the army has received the
records of several cases of native Fill
pinos tried by the military commissions
for various crimes, such as murder, rob
berry, etc. > In one case a native was
convicted of MURDER arson, robbery and
burglary, and was sentenced to be hang
ed. The sentence was approved by Gen.
Macarthur, and carried into effect at
the town of Jaro, Panay, July IT. In
another case a native was found guilty
by militar commission at Scan Fer
nande de Union of lurking about a boat
owned b the army of the United States,
and acting as a spy in time of insured
ton against the United States. He was
sentenced to be hanged.
Gen. MacArthur disapproved the find
ings and sentence in this case, and d.
rected that the accused be held as a pris-
oner of war. He said that the evidence
on record, while conclusive as to the con-
nection of the accused with the insurgent
forces does not, in his opinion, definitely
establish that, his presence within the
lines of the army, was for the purpose
and with the4intent necessary to constf-
tute him a spy, as that term Is defined
by the laws of war. In another case Il
native was found guilty Of '1nstigatins
riots and ordering the killing of Chinese
residents in violation of laws and usages
of war" also robbery, and was sentenced
to be confined at hard labor for three
years.
On account of irregularities in the rec
ord the proceedings and sentence were
disapproved by Gen Macarthur
Orders in the case of two other natives
are published. One was accused of OBJ
berry and murder. He was found guilty
of robbery but not of murder, and was
sentenced to the penitentiaTy for ten
years. Gen. Macarthur disapproved of
the sentence in this case also on account
of Irregularities. The other prisoner was
charged with violation of the laws Of
war in giving Information to the enemy.
He pleded guilty. and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for one year, which SEN
tence was approved by the reviewing
authority.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10

LOCAL DETECTIVES MAKE AN AR
REST BELIEVED TO BE INI-
PORTANT
AvENGE LA CROSSE CRIME
Slayers of Policeman Gates Are Be-
Ing Sought for Eagerly by
Police OF Many
Cities.

A man giving the name of John Bergh
was arrested in the Burlington railroad
yards, near the State Fish Hatchery,
about o'clock yesterday afternoon, by
Detectives Moran and Munkholpl, of the
Margaret station. Bergh is suspected Of
being one Of the three men who murdered
Officer Perry Gates, of La Crosse, last
Friday night while he was attempting
to arrest thsm for highway robbery. The
three men had held up a man and Officer
Gates came with the patrol wagon to ar
rest them. He no sooner attempted this,
however, before al three men fired at
him, and he fell dead with three bullet
holes in his body. After the cold blooded
deed had been done. the murderers went
to a nearby saloon and purchased a bottle
of whisky, after which they all left town
by the quickest route.
Chief O'Connor was notified of the muir
der and the local detectives were instruc-
ted to keep lookout for the men who
were supposed to be coming toward st.
Paul. The result of their watch was re-
warded when a man talying with the
description of one of the murderers got
out of a box car. Detectives Moran and
MuHhHOin walked up 10 MIN anu D9Sdti
to question him, When he became very
abusive, and refused to answer any ques-
tons. When they arrested him he put
up hard fight, and drew razor, so that
the officers were forced to use violence
to Subdue him. At the station the man
did not tell very straight story, and the
authorities are quite certain that he is one
Of the men wanted.
SAYS HE WAS HERE.
When seen by a G o b e reporter last
night Berg said that he was thirty-five
years old and was born in Norway. He
said he has been working for a German,
. south of La Crosse, harvesting, but came
to La Crosse some days ago and went on
a spree. Saturday morning he left for
st. Paul, intending, as he says, to go out
West of here to work. and as he had no
money he had to beat his way. In the
description given of the men by the La
Crosse authorities, one man was said TO
be minus a tooth, and Berg is minus one,
so that is counted a good deal in the way
of Identification. The man will be held
until the La Crosse authorities can be
communicated with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
SMART SHORT STORIES.

Just after the close of the Florida war.
Gen. Jackson was one day standing in
front Of Tensions tavern. a famous old
hosiery in Washington. D. c.. engaged
in conversation. when q stout little man
stepped up to him and held out his hand,
which was at once grasped in the gener-
ais strong, sun-browned fingers, though
his eyes wandered over tie portly person
with a puzzled expression. The little
man. a tailor (whose role in life 1t was to
be on terms Of seeming intimacy with all
the political, military and naval celebri-
ties of the day., saw that he was not rec
egniEed by the great man. and. standing
on tiptOe to reach the tall soldiers ear
he whispered: 81 made your breeches. -
Imperfectly catching the sound of the
words, and supposing the man to be some
outlandish officer of militia. who had per-
haps served under him against the Sem
inoles. Gen Jackson turned to his friends
and said: Gentlemen. permit me to in
troduce my friend, Mai Brooches" 1t
is scarcely necessary to add that to the
end of his days the Poole of Washington
was known to all army men as MAJ.
Brooches"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
HE HAD LIVED IN ST pA.y
FOR ABOUT FORTY
YEARS
WAS EIGHTY-sIx YEARS OF AGE
Possessed OF Considerable Means
He Was of an Eccentric Dispc-
sition-Had Friction With
Els Family.


By the death of John H. McAllister.
which occurred yesterday at st. Luke
hospital, 81. Paul las lost one CT its Old
est and hest known cit:zars
Inc old gentleman, who was e.gaty-
SIX years of age, first came to this civ
forty years ago. He came from the East
IN search of health, being consumptive,
ana mat he was in some measure sue
cessluI In his guest is shown by his
having resided here Tor the b.st part IF
half a century.
he had some money at the time OF his
coming here and this he invested in zeal
estate to such good ADVANTAGE that he
speedily became a wealthy man.
lie was never actively in bus mess her,
spending most of his time In looking
alter his owr real estate interests and
owners
Always of a peculiar ana eccentric dis
position Mr. McAllister had more or less
friction with his family, consisting Of a
son and daughter, and n ither of them
mad lived with him for great MANY
years preceding his death.
His first wife died several wears ago
ana two years later he went to AshyiiIe.
~ c., a we'll known summer resort. On
returning, much to the surprise of his
friends and acquaintance, lie was ac-
companied by woman twenty wears his
junior whom he introduced as his second
wife 49,
Two months ago he was taken IL, SUI
ferlng more from the infrmities OF e.
treme old age than from any srec.f1c
complaint, and was removed to the hos
ptai, where as stated above he d ed YES
leIuay' After he was placed in st
I-ukes, Mrs. McAllister left the city on
visit to relatives at Hudson, Wis. and
has not yet returned.
Deceased, besides his wife. leavaz a
son and daughter to mourn his loss. The
son IS Ihomas McAllister, So Lafayette
avenue, foreman of the roundhouse in
TIE local n. P. yards. This sen. it viii
De remembered, about two months ago.
enoeavored in the probate court, to have
ninsen appointed guardian of his
Iather estate, on the ground that the
latter was mentally and physically IN
capable OF managing his affairs In this
dttempt he was Ensuccessful
his daughter Is married to Mai
smith, formerly connected with the NV
master department Of the United sta e.,
army The major is row on the retired
'lse ana resides in the Southern states.
Inc estate of the late Mr. Meal ister
is known to amount to about s. co. co ard
possibly even more. The funeral ar
rangements have as yet not been made
ana MI Thomas McA1lister, when see
Iasl evening, declined to make any sta q
ment whatever,
fof many years rast Mr.. McA1,ister
resided at the Ryan hotel, and left Their ;.
only to be taken to the hosp:ta. WI q %
he died
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
STORM NBA&fG 0NE d. L. MAILSIER DEAD
SATURDAY EVENINGS ELECTRICAL
DISPLAY THE MOST REMARK
ABLE III SEVERAL YEARS
RAINFALL3 OVER TWO INCHES
Lightning DidsNo Direct Damage,
but Number of Plugs Were
Burned e0ut-Rain Dam
aged Streets.

trusting implicitly in the bland, inno-
cent expression Of the skies, there were
many thousands Of ST.. Paul citizens who
came downro town Saturday even
Ing without{ agfning themselves with
umbrellas. 9For several hours they
had every opportunity of congrat-
ulating themselves on being shrewd
weather prophets, and plying the
short-sghted individual who was going
from place to place hampered by the
unnecessary impedimenta of rain pro-
tector.
But shortly before midnight the mar
ket in umbrellas took a sharp, bull sh-
turn, and the bears Were strictly out of
it for the remainder of the night and
early morning.
When the storm did break it was good
one. Jupiter Tonans felt in a busy mood,
and for two hours he kept himself nois-
lily engaged in shooting his bolts to the
accompaniment of one of the heaviest
rain storms that has been seen here in
several years.
For the first hour the rainfall was so
continuous and so heavy that even the
small army of :'oldest inhabitants" had
to rack their brains to recall instances
of better records in tn s direction. Dur
ing the entire storm the rainfall was COM
puted by the weather bureau to have
been 2:OS inches, and. of this, at least 10
inches is estimated to have fallen during
the first hour
Inc electrical display was also one Of
the most remarkable seen here in years,
ot,6 fOts fxr,o. i;-Lk do
necessarily from every point Of the celes-
tial compass. r Considering the vividness
and frequency with which the lightning
played in all directions, it is astonishing
that no direct damage was done by 1t.
The police have no report of any house or
persons being struck, and any damage
done was only indirectly due TO the light
ming. r-3
In different parts of the city the electri-
cal disturbance caused various plugs
and switches to burn out, and in this
way the loss occasioned is not inconsid
cradle. The rain played havoc with
some of the streets paved with cedar
blocks, and the damage done in this way,
together with that caused by cutters be-
ing washed OUT will probably cost the city
a few thousand dollars.
There is fiction extant to the effect
that thunder showers by clearing the at
HoSpnere lnVdraDly produce clear, cool
weather, but in ST Paul the oracle has
gone wrong twice in succession. Yester-
day and the Sunday preceding were about
as warm and oppressive as any during
the summer, though both were ushered in
by. storms that were imposing in their
detonations and vivid display of electrical
energy. Jupiter Tonans, referred to
above, has signally' failed in what is sup
posed to be his peculiar mission. and it IS
now up to him. to demonstrate that he
is not a time honored pious fraud.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
BARTENDER AT DE GIRAFFE,
MINI, MORTALITY WOUNDED
ON SATURDAY
HIS AssAILANT IS UNKNOWN
Supposed to Have Been a Fellow
Bartender-Was Twelve Hours
without Medical Aid-Re-
fuses to Talk.
GLOBES MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
ID 20 WASHINGTON Az. SOUTH.

c. O'Neil, a Bartender, of Degraf,
Mimi, is at the city hospital, suffering
from bullet wound in his abdomen, AMI
the physicians do not expect him to live
until morning. ONeil was shot during
saloon row, and it is reported in thi
citv that the assailant was fellow Ear-
tender.
The row occurred Saturday evening,
when it is said that the other bartender
ordered O'Neil from behind the bar II :
refused to leave, whereupon the other
pulled out a revolver and deliberately
shot him. 1t is said that the reason T
taking the wounded man to Minneapolis,
was the fact that none of the Degraff
physicians would assume charge of the
case. Nearly twelve hours elapsed be-
fore the man received attention. He Was
brought to Minneapolis by a man nam d
Walsh, who is said to be a saloonkee per
in Dcgraff, but whether he is the one in
whose employ O'Neil was, could not be
learned, as he left the hospital imme-
dIately after the wounded man had been
taken there, and later could not be
found. !O'Ne.l was given prompt atten-
ton at the hospital. The bulet had
taken effect in the left side of the alb
domen and passed through and lodged in
the spine Three intestineS were seyeEed
Stitches were taken in these, but it was
impossible to extract the bullet. O'Neil
was resting nicely during the afternoon,
but toward midnight he commenced to
sink rapidly, and the physicians admitted
that death was but d matter OF a few
hours.
An effort was made to secure a state
ment from O'Neil during the afternoon,
but he emphatically refused to say any
thing, even declining t. give information
as to parents Or other relatives.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
AN EDITORS ENTRANCE.
Philadelphia Post.

Philadelphia Post.
That a widely known editor, even
son, is sometimes caught off his guard,
was shown at recent meeting in Phila-
delphia.
1t was a great mass meeting at one OF
the theaters. Every seat was occupied,
and crowds besieged the entrances So
turbulent was the crowd that even at the
stage door it was locked on the inside,
The messenger boys for the newspapers
were let out and in through a window
of the green room The boys had to
climb high picket fence jump down into
an enclosure, Chamber up on a window
sill, and then, when the window was
opened, drop down to the floor inside
One of the boys had just been admit
ted. But before the window could be cos
ed there doomed up, on the high sill, the
form of man. He was we'll dressed
and of distinguished appearance He had
scaled the pointed iron pickets at the
imminent risk of body and raiment, had
clambered to the sill, and stood there,
poised like a bird about to hutter down
from a tree branch. His knees were
crooked for the spring.
Halo, there! Go back, you!" cried
policeman.
A shade of panied annoyance came over
the climbers face.
MY good man, I'm Mr.. -
Don't care! Can't come in. Get
back!'
The man became a tri1e embarrassed,
but persistently held his place Still
keeping his knees crooked in their bird
like position he fumbled in his pocket and
drew forth a card.
I'm newspaper man. See! Here
my police card
The policeman became tolerably suave
at once, and the man dropped to tn,
floor, Strengthened his coat and cuffs, and
walked smilingly to the stage 1t was
l.. Clark Davis, editor of the Philadel-
phfa Public Ledger, and the father of
Richard Harding Davis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10
LITERARY NOTES.

The Septembe, number OF the Critic
will contain a 600 line humorous poem by
Edmund Rostand, the author of 'Cyrano
de Bergerac."
Casters Magazine of Illustrated engl-
neering has in it's list of SeDtemb y ar
ticles five which are particularly note
worthy contributors to engineering liter
AZURE.
North Carolina Mountain Sketches. -
by Mary Nelson Garter, and Northern
Georgia Sketches" by VIII n. Hardin,
are in the press of a. c. McClurg & Co..
Chicago.
The September number CT Mcclure s
Magazine will contain an deliberately IL
Illustrated article by Samuel Hopkins .4d-
ans, on THE Training of Lions. Tigers,
and Other Great Cats"
The Century Company will Issue in De-
tober "The Golden Book of Venice" a
romance by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull. of
Baltimore. 1t is a story of Venice at the
time of it's greatest glory.
A demand Of nearly $500 copies has
already been made for the Countess de
Chayanne's book. Ouida, a novel OF
French society, written from an Anfer:-
can wifes standpoint, and brought out
by Drexel I;Iddie. publisher
The leading story insthe Smart Set for
August is. entitled "The Master Chivals
ry, and Is by Margaret .es, y hess nv 4