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Washington, Aug. 30.-The navy de-
portment has finally accepted the
battleship Kearsarge, which has been
in commission for some months. This
will net the builders 100000 hereto
fore held back in accordance with law
pending the final acceptance Of the
vessel
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Fire-swcpt wisconsin Town.

Cartwright, Wis, Aug. 30.-The bus.
mess portion Of this place was de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday Among tho
places burned were the saw mill, plan.
ing mill, -four mill, Bitney's ware
house and number Of stores and
dwellings.
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An Election Riot.

Columbia, s. G., Aug. 3o,-At West
Duncan precinct, Groenvllle county
4, c., during the democratic primary
tuesday, pistols, knives and clubs fig'
ured In a general fight over the con-
test FOR governor. pinckney Jordan
was killed, Henry Owens almost dis'
embowelcd, and ed. Owens had his
hand nearly severed ut the wrist sew
rrnl others were badly cut and beat
m.
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May Have a Double purpo.c,

New York, Aug. 30.--A dispatch to
the Times from Paris says:
With regard to the cars rumored
visit to Paris, the French press, on the
whole, seems firmly pursuaded that it
is undertaken with view of raising
another Russian loan.
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FINme. peyonrIng enc TImhcr.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug, a0,-Tcn
square miles OF forest reserve In tho
San Gabriel reservation have already
been swept by ilrC,and stlll the flames
ore deyourlng the timber.
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Luchenrs Alleged AccompIices.

BudaPesth, Aug. 30.-Guiseppe TO-
mazio, a Venitian, who is believed to
have been an accomplish to Luigi Luz
cheni in the assassination of Empress
Elizabeth Of Austria, has been arrest
ed here. He was seen with Lucheni
shortly before the assassination.
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London, Aug 30.--Gen. Buffers cas-
ualties, August 81, were; Killed-Onc
officer and 10 men; wounded-seyen
officers and 81 men
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-01

Cotton.
Quotations for middling rsnso IN fol.
Iowa. 81, Louis, p-l6c. New York, ono,
Memphis, elao


New York, Aug 30 ,-Aioncy on call nom.
molly at w per cont, Primo mercantile
steady with actual business n bsnEsrs'
lills at iSiis for demand unC 1T 4tSEd6l6l
Tor 20 days. posted rates aM aud lAiS.
Commercial bills is3nis3h, 9llver caft.H-
ian dollars isae, Government bsadS
ltrong,
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VAN buren,. ARKANSAS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER /, 1900

the rumors of peace negotiations are
well founded, and applauded Gen.
Chaffee's prudence in preparing for a
winter campaign, as they regard the
activity Of the allies at Pekin and the
difficulty of discovering a responsible
ohlnaman with whom to treat-un-
less Ii Hung Chang is able to place
himself in communication with the
fugitive court and secure credentials
satisfactory to all the powers-as in
dlcations that the solution of the
problem will be more prolonged and
more difficult than previously hoped.
To Ascend the Yang Sse.
Paris, Aug. 30-Admiral Courre-
lolles cables that he is sending a gun
boat from Shanghai to ascend the
Yang Use Kiang.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18
MDG. Boot Wamfed at Wafer500,
Iowa Romance Which May Behind the Shadow Of Crime.

ruled Miss Abbie did cease her visits to
the studio. At all events this is what was
thought at the time, though there nave
since sprung up dozens of people who
maintain that she visited the place after
business hours when the darkness pro-
tected her from inquiring gaze. How that
may be will be developed at the inquiry
that is soon to begin.
This apparently continued for some time
before Mrs. Hoot carried her supposed
victory further. Then she began to long
for new worlds to conquer, and finally
presented them to Hoot so fast and ire
quently that he decided the best thing to
do was to withdraw from Waterloo ana
make his way elsewhere.
He proceeded to carry out his plan to
the horror and astonishment of Waterloo.
They sympathized with the young, desert
ed wife, of course There was no evidence
that Hoot had taken anything from her
that was not his own to take, but there
was no end OF speculation whether he had
not made way with good portion of that
fortune that his wife had brought him
before he finally decamped. At all events.
he made no secret of his destination, but
plainly said that he was going to Chicago
to live.
Mrs Hoot, of course, was irreconcila-
ble She would never forgive his deser-
ton She was too proud and too indie
pendent to care where he went or to at
tempt to follow him. She was content to
stay where she was and pose before the
admiring eyes of Waterloo society as
the wronged woman. Strangely enough
none suggested that she had but herself
to thank for her predicament though
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

She is heiress to some hundreds of
thousands of dollars left her by John J.
Reed, the big capitalist and pioneer of
Marion county, California.
ia six years Of age the horizon of little
Elvira de Garcia has suddenly become
Illuminated as by magicians wand.
She may change her rag dolls for minia-
ture queens and princesses. She may
clothe them in satins instead of in cali
Goes. She has been told that she will
soon be transported from the cheap fiat
where she lives in the western part of
San Francisco to a palace on Nob hi.
She has heard with wonder somewhat
mixed with awe of the time, not now far
distant, when she will come into the pos
session Of lands and dollars, when she
will have ponies and carts, sweets at any
hour Of the day. and all the car rides she
wants
Hitherto she has been content to see
her dollies in gowns manufactured by her
own little chubby fingers out of scraps
that her sad-eyed mamma was kind
enough to furnish her Now she confides
to them that they. are all to have real
aeyelashes and real hair, trains of velvet
and strings of diamonds.
The little Elvira does net question much
the source of her great good fortune. 1t
has not yet disturbed her family Of pets,
and though she dreams aloud to them of
what it will mean, she promises that she
will never be separated from any Of them.
She will only take them to milliners and
dressmakers and have them Transformed
outwardly. She assures them that tn afr
hearts and hers will remain unchanged.
To baby Elvira de Garcia everyth ng
now seems possible. She went to bed one
night poor little girl, whose mamma,
with sad eyes, told her that she couldn't
afford to let her ride on tie merry-go-
rounds In Golden Gate park, or even pay
one penny to the apple woman at the
corner, who always carried, side by side
with her, apples, cocoanut cakes, three
for cent She awoke the next morning
to find herself fondled and caressed and
wept over. She was told that she could
go twelve times on the merry go-round If
she wanted, and buy whole pantry full
Of cocoanut cakes besides!
Then she was hidden to kneel down and
pray forsthe, rest and happiness of dear
Mr.. John j. Reed, who had gone to heav-
en-, and made her the happiest little girl
in all the Western addition.
What did it mean?
The baby lips murmured a prayer, ana
at the end of it they asked, May Elvira
| have theu coeoanut cakes right now?"
While She was comforting with the ap-
pie woman and the man who directs the
machinery Of the merry go-rounds, the
neighbors are busy explaining the source
of her great good fortune.
San Francisco rings with tales of it that
are romantic. There are those who say
that some eight years back, before little
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

An Internal machine, a pretty, but
attractive girl and d gravely accused
young husband are The moving factors IN
as stirring a romance, crime and as
narrowly averted tragedy as New Or
leans has furnished in long time.
Jerome Hoot is the man and he is in the
Jerome Hoot is the jealous wife and 1t
is she that makes the grave accusation
against her erring husband, and Miss
Abbie Norce is the young woman in the
case whose relations with Hoot promise
to furnish the missing links in the chain
of evidence which 1t is expected by Mrs.
Fioot will be forged about her husband.
If Mrs Hoot's expectations are realized
Jerome FToot may spend the remainder
of his natural life behind the walls of a
public institution in Iowa, while Miss
Voree may take up her abode in a near.
locality.
Iowa is where Hoot is wanted for his
crime At Waterloo, In that state, Mrs.
Hcot lives. 1t was there that the Internal
machine made its appearance and its
disappearance, for it exploded there, but
not under the conditions that were in
tended At least so Mrs. Hoot affirms.
AND she ought TO know.
To get 10 the real bottom of the story,
how ever, it is necessary to know some
thing of the relations that existed be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Hoot while he re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18
Hoot stoutly maintains that this is the
STORY REVEALED

Hoot stoutly maintains that this is the
case.
STORY REVEALED.
Matters stood thus for some little time
and the whole affair was almost forgot
ten when it was suddenly revived by the
precipitate and unexplained departure Of
Miss Abbie from the village. She had
gone to visit friends, her friends said,
but who or where those friends were they
did not say. Probably she did, but Dame
Rumor soon suggested that her friends
were in Chicago near where Hoot lived,
and strangely enough before very long
it was proven that Chicago had been her
destination.
While Mrs. Hoot was prepared to re-
main inactive as long as Hoot alone was
in Chicago, when Miss Abbie went there
too she thought it was time to inter-
fere She at once employed detectives to
learn in how close proximity the habita-
tons of the two were and whether the
two ever CHANGED to meet in the metropo-
lis
This was the state of things when a
package one day came to Waterloo ad-
dressed to Hoot. 1t was this package
that finally got him into the tolls of the
law. And the shadow which Mrs. Hoot
employed for the miider purpose is now
trying to connect the sending of the box
to Ho0t with IIoot
The package when opened revealed a
nicely polished cherry box. In the front
of it was a handle. This was turned by
Mrs. Hoot with the expectation of open
ing the lid, but it did not effect 1t at all
Instead puff of light smoke was emit
ted. She was startled and surprised. She
caught hold Of the lid and finally succeed
ed in wrenching it open. Another puff of
smoke arose from the inside. There was
tn tS ioi at
/ first surprised, but soon her surprise
turned to fear, and rushing cut of the
house she called upon the police to in
vestigate the box.
They came and took it away from the
house. An examination led them to be-
! lieve that it was an internal machine.
! They carried it out to an open lot. Here
fuse was attached to it and lighted
! Then they awaited developments.
! 1t did not take long for the fire to reach
! the box and in an instant there was a
! terrific explosion. The box was blown
to atoms and the report told of a charge
1 of explosive certainly as powerful as dy-
mathematician to blow up a good-sized
rock. Had it ever exploded, as it was
doubtless intended to explode, in Mrs
Hoot's house neither she nor the house
would have lived to explain the tragedy.
1t did not take long for the police to
decide what to do. They telegraphed
to arrest Hoot in Chicago. He might be
/ innocent, but he would have to explain
4 how it was he did not send the box But
when the police went to his address it was
! found that he was gone without leaving
any word Of his destination. This was
almost a month ago, and it was only
day or two ago that Hoot was taken
/ in custody in New Orleans, where he was
living under the name of Howard. Why
he was here and why he had chosen to
change his name he could not explain
But he did not seem to be averse to an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

band died we comforted her, and as a
widow we have cheered her all we could"
Mrs Woods barrier of Ieserve has been
thrown down by the capitalists will She
had hoped to bury her secret at her
death. Now she finds 1t the sensation, of
the hour. The quiet little woman, the
old-fashioned little girl-all these years
claimants to the vast estate of John ].
Reed!
While the little Elvira prates of cocoa
nut cakes and round, red apples, her
mother means and signs.
I'D rather work humbly all my life,"
she was heard to say, than to receive
million dollars al such cost-the reve-
lation of my, past. If Mr.. Reed wanted
to remember Vira why didn't he quietly
buy government bonds for her while he
was in health rather than put US in such
a public light now?'
All unconscious, her little girl only
probes more and more cruelty into the
mothers heart by her questions.
why did the good, kind man leave
me SO much money! she asks con-
stantly.
And to this oft-repeated question there
are some who answer that the little girl
with the long Spanish name has only
come into her rights, and that the dead
capitalist tried to make restitution to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

sided with her at Waterloo. 1t is neces-
saTy TO understand why the happy mar
ried life which they began there ended so
abruptly and to learn what became OF
Hoot ard of the young woman to whom
he was supposed by Mrs. Hoot, at least
to bear a closer relation than was COM
patible with his marital duties. These
are the details:
Jerome Hoot met and married Mrs.
Hcot in Waterloo. He was not born
there, though she was, but he came there
when he was d young man TO make his
start in life He was a photographer
and opened small studio in the town
that soon attained a very lair success.
He was g handsome young fellow; bright,
with animated spirits calculated to make
him a general favorite among the young
women of the town. Perhaps this is the
secret of his success AT all events it
was responsible for his attachment, Elf
gagen1ent and marriage, and While his
wife was quite as pretty as he was hand
some, quite as much a belle as he was
a beau, still after marriage she did not
believe that the coming of young women
to his studio was at all necessary to his
success. He thought differently, and it
was here that the first disagreement
arose.
FIRST VICTORY.
loot carried the day as far as the first
engagement Went, and won his fight.
Young women continued to go to the stu
do frequently after bziaf period follow
ing his marriage. They seemed to find
him as handsome and attractive as ever,
and rot at all the worse for his matrimo-
NAL venture. Among them was Miss Alb
bic Vorce, and when Mrs. Hoot found her
general objection to the coming Of women
TO The studio was ruled out she singled
out and made objection to the coming of
Mss Able.
Now this was not at all unnatural con-
sidering the fact that Miss Abbie had
been Mrs. Hoot's main rival before her
marriage Many, indeed thought that she
would win out in the race for the favor
of the young photographer, but they over
looked a very significant fact-that Mrs.
Hoot had small, but not insignificant
fortune in her own name, and that, in a.
close finish this was not an unimportant
factor. If they forgoAit before the ques-
ton was decided they did net forget it
afterwards, and perhaps, it was their re-
freshed memory that first aroused Mrs.
Hoot to protest against the coming of
the young women to the studio.
Where the first objection was overruls d,
the second was not. At least 1t was not
publicly proclaimed as having b2en over
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

Thousands have tried from time i'm
memorial to. discover some eff1cacious
remedy for wrinkles and other imperfec-
tons of the complexion, but none had
vet succeeded until the Misses Bell. the
now famous Complexion Specialists, of rs
Fifth Avenue, New York City, offered
the public their wonderful Complexion
Tonic. The reason so many failed to
make this discovery before is plain, be-
cause they have not followed the right
principle Balms, Creams. Lotions, etc,
never have a tonic effect upon the skin,
hence the failures.
THE Misses Bells Complexion Tonic
has a most eXhilaratng effect upon the
cuticle, absorbing and carrying off all
impurities which the blood, by its natural
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q vitalizing tonic is to the blood and
nerves. Kind of new life that immedi-
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Immediately, and it speedily banishes
forever from the skin freckles, pimples
blackheads. moth patches, wrinkles, liver
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In order that all may be benefited by
their Great Discovery, the Misses Bell
will, during the present month. give to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

her, not because he loved her, or, In.
deed, had ever seen her, but because she
was entitled to it.
Spanish grandees knew not the value Of
1t Is said that in early days, when
California lands he had taken advantage
of their ignorance. In the evening of his
life, in the face of death, his conscience
reproached him. He knew of the grand
daughter of these grandees, little girl,
poor and unknown, who should right
fully inherit that which 1t was IN his
power to deed to others.
This little girl was Elvira de Garcia, a
new California heiress.
This pretty fiction of ancient lineage
and great estates fascinates Elvira like
a fairy tale.
No wonder, and richly the pretty child
deserves this satisfaction, the nelghbors
say. They learned to love her long ago
for her winsome ways and do not. grudge
her. the good fortune that has come to
her.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18
WENT ON FLOWING
without Knowing He Was on the
Edge of the Firing Line.

While the battle of Sedan was raging
between the French and Germans an old
peasant continued to guide his primitive
pillow, drawn by an old white horse,
backwards and forwards through his lit
tie piece of ground, regardless of the fact
he often came almost within the firing
line.
victorious Germans came up to him and
told him the news. They found out that
he was quite deaf and almost totally
blind, and did not know any battle had
been fought, or even that war had been
declared between Germany and France,
despite the fact that it had been raging
for more than twelve months.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18
Child Comes Unto Fortune
MILLION DOLLARS at the Disposal of Little
Nl Girl Who Lives in San Francisco.

A few days ago little girl in San Fran
cisco play about her home in the West
ern addition unnoticed, one among a hun
dreds other children.
Today she is parsonage, an heiress,
enveloped in .reanance and mystery.
Her little companions look at her with
big eyes fulTiof wonder. They reflect
what they.-haxs heard from their elders.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

Elvira de Garcia was even thought of as
a future occupant Of this world, beau
tiful woman named Frances Laurence
lived in Mill Valley. She was brought
up by Mrs. Carmelta Boyle, who was a
half-sister of John ]. Reed, then young
married man of wealth.
Frances Laurence was an orphan, an
excellent housewife and extremely pretty.
John Reed had watched her grow up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

all CARERS at their parlors one trial bot
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York may be benefited. they will send
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prepaid, on the receipt OF rs cents
(stamps or silver to cover cost of pack
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this liberal offer should be embraced by
al
The Misses Bell have just published
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This valuable work is free to all desir-
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tells how-a woman may acquire beas :
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18
PHYSICAL COURAGE
Simply Matter of Good Blood and
Even Heart Action.


Courage and good circulation are
practically Synonymous terms, and no
man whose heart is not firmly kept I'M
der control can go down stairs in the
dark to find a hidden burglar. In times
of danger or of emergency the strong
hearted individual, with a normal pulse
rate of seventy-two beats to the minute,
is unconscious of the drop of even fifteen
beats per minute, and calmly does his
duty. But how fares the luck!ess man
whose heart is irritable or whose normal
beat is flfty-five? The loss Of fifteen
beats means absolute prostration, whilst
If his heart be easily excited it may be
working 12O to the minute, without any
power on his part to check 1t. Either
case means covering down among the
bedclothes, oblivious of duty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18
Excursions to the south.

Twice each month, at half rate, plus
$500. by the Wisconsin Central Railway
Next dates are Feb. goth. March 9Th and
2Oth and April Srd and 18th. For partic-
ulars call at the City Ticket Office, 1913
Robert street.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-12-09

known intruder arrives is something as
tonishing. A homing pigeon, when
cooped up, makes itself heard with its
wings and they keep Tapping fncessant-
ly. 1t is only necessary to feel the wings
of one Of these birds to readily under
stand how they can fly as they do. If a
bird is given proper training It's wings
in the muscular part are almost three
quarters of an inch thick, and it Is diff
ficuIt to hold it when caught
Mr.. Johnston has a trap door to his
loft which he opens every morning to let
the birds circle In the air for exercise.
A novice is always interested in watch,
ing them. They circle in the air for
miles ard miles, seldom deviating from a
pathway they seem to have picked cut II
their daily rounds. When coming home,
the birds take about half an hour to
make up their minds to light. and they
only do so after many attempts, unless
they are worn out by race flight
Then they come straight into the trap
door and almost tumble on the floor to
their place of rest. Ordinarily they make
straight for the barn roof and, in nine
cases out of ten, they seem to be un-
able to make a landing. Some, apparent
ly more risky than the rest, land wide
of the mark and then crawl UP to the top
of the roof and strut around as Il proud
of their achievement.
AS soon as the winter is well under
way. or, mora possibly when the spring
opens up, there will be several interest