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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
THE STRONG & co. FAILURE
Attachments Against the Phiiadel-
phia Branch In Behalf of Sew
eraI Local Creditors.

Philadelphia, Nov. 15.-Wm. h.
Strong & Co., wholesale dry goods
merchants, for whom a receiver was
appointed in New York, Tuesday,
have branch house in this city at
which large business is transacted.
Attorneys have secured foreign at
tachments against the firm in the
common pleas court here for the fol-
lowing creditors: Jane Il. Griswold,
with bail fixed at $4,000, and sum
moning Hood, Foulkrod g. Co., Geo,
f. Foot & Co., Strawbridge g. Clothier,
John Wanamaker, Folwell Bros. & Co.,
Miller, Balm, Boyer g. Co., the Girls
void Worsted Co., and John C. Hog
Ter as garnishees.
Frank T. Griswold, against the same
defendants, with bail fixed at $4,000,
garnishees.
Elizabeth T. Griswold, against the
same, with bail fixed at $162,160, and
the same garnishees.
The summoning of the firms named
as garnishees in the claims filed by
the Griswolds is intended, by the at
torneys for the plaintiffs, to secure
possession of any goods or moneys
belonging to VIM. L. Strong & Co,
that may have been in their keeping
at the time of the appointment of a
receiver. One of the attorneys for
the Griswolds said:
st is one of the largest failures
that has occurred in the last few
years, and the liabilities will easily
amount to S6,000,00O
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
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A CHINESE SPEAR WOUND.
The Wound Received by Capt. My.
ers, of the Marine Corps, In the
Fighting In China.

Washington, Nov, l5,-Rear-Admiral
Van Reypen, surgeon general of the
navy, has received report concern.
ing the wounding Of Capt. Myers, the
ranking marine officer at Pekin. The
wound proves TO have been most nov.
ell, being made by a Chinese spear,
and is one of the few wounds from
such weapon that American sur.
geons have been called upon to treat
II also evidences the close quarters
at which the American commander
at Pekin was engaged with the Chi.
ncse spearmen, The wound had
healed TO some extent, and Capt, My.
ers Ia conyalescent, although IL has
been deemed advisable to remove am
to the naval hospital at Yokohama.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
r. G. DUN IS NO MORE.
camille Agency Died Of Cir
rhOsis of the Liver.

New York, Nov. 11.--R. G, Dun,
head Of the mercantile agency of Il.
G, Dun q Co., died in this city Of
cirrhosis Of the liver,
Mr., Dun was born in Chillicothe, o.,
in 1926. lie had been suffering since
the early part Of last summer. He be.
gan his business career at
the age Of 10, in country
store. Early in life he came to New
York, where he secured employment
in the Mercantile Agency then con-
Quoted by Tappan & Douglass. In
1854, pix years after he first entered
the employ OF the firm, he became n
partner of Mr.. Douglass, under the
firm name Of d, Douglass & Co, In
1859 Mr.. Dun purchased the interest
In the business held by his partner,
and wns senior partner In the firm OF
II. q, Dun & Co. up to the time Of his
DEATH
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
A PROTRACTED CONFERENCE.
The Ministers at Pekin Seem to be
Making Progress Toward a
Settlement.

Pekin, Nov, ~, via Shanghai, Nov,
IA protractcd conference of the
foreign ministers was held to-day, at
the conclusion of which there was a
general expression of qualification at
the progress made toward reaching
n settlemnt. 1t was stated that most
of the minor points had been dls.
posed Of, and that an agreement had
been reached upon seyral essential
questions. The meeting disclosed few,
err difficulties over important points
than was expected, which is largely
due to the fact that the ministers
have received definite instructions from
their home governments.
United States Minister Conger said
he was encouraged to believe that
propositions would be ready to be
submitted to the Chinese plenipoten.
tihries at an earlier date than he had
heretofore hoped.
The ministers will meet again to-
morrow.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
THE LATEST FROM COLORADO.
Dryan's Plurality Upwards of Twcn-
Twilight Thousand-Com-
pared with 1900.

Denver, Co., Nov 1.-THE Rocky
Mountain News prints practically
complete returns from every county
IN the state on the vote for presi.
Dental electors and governor. Tho
figures for most Of the counties are
complete returns. In n few others one
or two precincts are missing.
The figures tabulated show that
Bryan's plurality is 2s,3s5, which will
DO slightly increased by the returns
not received.
0rman's plurality over Cloudy ap
pears "a 22,72a, which will likely be
increased by the returns still TO
come.
Compared with 1890, in round mum.
bcrs, the Bryan vote fell of about
1900, while the Mckinley vote In
creased about $4,000,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
THE POPLAR BLUFF FIRE.
Another Body Recovered-Belie1
Exists That There are Five
More Bodies In the Ruins.

Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Nov. ia par.
tial search of the ruins of the burned
Clifford house has been made, and one
unidentified body recovered. The
debris is still burning, and the intense
heat has retarded the work of the
searchers.
1t is now considered certain that
five more bodies are beneath the
ruins.
1t is given out automatically by
Night Clerk S. b. Swain that all of
the As rooms in the house were occu-
pied, Sunday night, while the register
contains but IA names.
1t is believed that one of the bodies
that lies buried beneath the ruins is
that of Robert L. Sawyer, of st. Louis.
He came here few days ago, and his
relatives have been unable to locate
him.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
SCHOOLS OF PORTO RICO.
Report Of M. G. Brumbaugh, Com
missioner of Education
for Porto Rico.
ONLY A BEGINNING HAS YET BEEN MADE
rhere Are Three Hundred Thousand
children of school Age For Whom
There are No Present Facilities
The Adventurer Glass of Teachers
is Being Weeded Out.

Washington, Nov. I'm. G. Brum-
baugh, commissioners of education for
Porto Rico, says the school system
row in operation there includes son
teachers and $4,000 pupils. This is
only beginning, as there are 100000
children of school age without school
facilities, most of whom would attend
II they could. Mr. Brumbaugh says
the hope of the island is in the public
schools, and the great iliteracy in
Porto Rico must be reduced.
Transformation Must be Gradual.
The schools are not to be compared
with American systems, but their
Transformation must be gradual. The
report says the present school law
should be wholly abrogated at the
coming session of the insular legisla-
ture, for many reasons, and a new
law passed. A change in the licensing
of teachers is needd to protect good
teachers, and from the pernicious in
reference of politicians"
closer supervision urged.
The report urges closer supervision,
and quotes DR.. Croft, formerly acting
commissioner, as saying that the SUI
pervsors of the school were, at first,
eX-soldiers, eX-teamsters, eX-packers
and other such men, and they hao to
teach English in addition, but now
they are men qualified as the salary
can command, and the supervision re-
quires their entire time.
American Teachers Engaged.
There are over 100 American teach.
ers engaged in the schools, and the
demand is for more, provided they
know enough Spanish to instruct the
children in their native tongue One
group Of these American teachers is
denounced "the speakers after novel
ty and new experiences, mere adyen-
turers, who imposed upon the admin
Wration and the children, and who
used the salaries and position of
teachers solely to see "A new country
TOR a year and then return. For
tunately, these are gone, and the bet
Ter teachers remain to carry on a
really helpful and arduous task. The
people OF Porto Rico have patiently
borne with these adyenturers, and
quietly longed for their departure
Eighty Per Cent Of IIIiteracy.
Thousands of children in this is
land. says the report, are half
slothcd, helf fed and half houses. At
least so per cent. OF all the people
Are illiterate, and the crying need is
schools TO reduce the appalling Hit.
eracy. There are no public schools
buildings, and no public colleges or
universities.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Thomas y, Rixey, Labor Commia-
sioncr of Missouri, ana the
street Car strike.

Washington, Nov l5,.-'rhomas =,
Rixcy, labor commissioner OF Missouri,
appeared before the industrial com
mission. lie gave detailed account
Of the ST. Louis street ear strike OF
last summer and said that the reason
he had not invoked state arbitration
law toward the settlement Of the
strike was that the law was made.
quate, He advocated compulsory ar
bitration.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
WILL FACE THE CHARGES.
An Echo of the Destructive Expla
sion in the Strong Mine, at
Victor, Col, Six Years Ago.
SOME INNOCENT MEN WERE CONVICTED.
1t Ia Now Charged that Samuel
From Europe, Himself Caused the
ExplOsiOn-Strong Says He IL
Ready to Face the Charges.

Colorado Springs, Co., Nov. 15.-
Samuel Strong, prominent Cripple
Creek mining man, has arrived home
from his European tour, and an
nounces his readiness to face the
charges recently brought against him
in connection with the destructive ex-
plosion which occurred at the Strong
mine, in Victor, six years ago.
The Explosion.
The Strong shaft house, ore house
and machinery were blown up May
25, 1894. The explosion was one of
the Sensational incidents of the Bull
Hill" war, when the miners of the
Cripple Creek district were on strike,
and hundreds of deputy sheriffs were
enlisted and armed in Denver to op-
pose the strikers.
Innocent Men Convicted.
Robert j. Lyons, Nicholas Kelly and
several other miners were tried, con-
victed and sentenced to long terms in
the penitentiary for the Strong mine
affair. Their innocence has since been
shown. and they were pardoned. They
have brought suit for $150,000 dam.
ages each against Mr.. Strong. 1t is
alleged in the complaints that Mr..
Strong himself caused the explosion.
Alleged AnimuS OF the Crime.
1t is charged that he had agreed to
sell the property to 4. w. Giddngs
and Vim. Lennon, and that at the
time of the explosion he had already
received 100000 as part payment for
the property, and balance OF $4,000
was due him in few days. 1T is
claimed that he discovered the value
of the property after he sold it, and
he expected that after the workings
were destroyed by the explosion
they would fail to pay the balance
due, and the property would revert
to him.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
ANDREW CARNEGIE's LATEST.
lie Has Another surprise for Pitts
burRh In the shape Of n
Polytechnic school.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov, 15,-Andrcw
Carnegie, IL Is stated on unquestion-
able authority, has another surprise
for Pittsburgh, involving the cxpendl-
ture OF several millions OF dollars. His
purpose Is said TO be the establish
ment OF n polytechnic school for the
instruction Of practical mechanics
and the industrial sciences. The
amount OF money which Il is said will
be spent by Mr., Carnegie In founding
and endowing the school is $4,000, 900.
Details OF the proposition are expect
ed TO be made known Thursday.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
CREATED AN IMPRESSION.
fhe Execution Of Three chinese Of
aciaIs at Pno-TinR-Fu by orr
der Of Court-NinrtIal.

Pckin, Nov. IA profound impress.
sion was produced upon the natives
at pao.Ting-Fu by The execution there
of the three officials, Tien Yung, pro.
yIncial treasurer, Gen. Wei Shung
Kong and Col. KIu, who were con.
dcmned by the international court.
martial IN among those responsible
for the massacre there. They were
beheaded and their heads exposed.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
THEY LOOKED FOR LEONIDS.
About sixty Were Chartcd by OBJ
servers ut the GOOdscli Obser-
ymtory nj NorthAeId, MINI,

Northneld, Mimi, Nov i6,--profes'
sors W. W, Payne and H. G, Wilson, al
Goodsell observatory, with assisting
students, noted and char'cd 90 Leonid
me,eors between midnight and day
break Some Of them were OF good
magnitude and brilliance, leaving long
trails Of sparks behind them .ae
maximum Is expected Wednesday
nIpht, Il was impossible TO mekc any
satisfactory photographs
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
INFRACTION OF POSTAL LAWS,
fhe First Case Under the American
Regime In Porto RicO--A
Carrier Assaulted.

Washington, Nov, 15.-The first in.
fraction Of the postal laws under the
American regime in Porto Rico is re-
ported in cablegram to the post
Office department, received from In.
spector in Charge Leatherman, at
San Juan, announcing the arrest OF
Antonio Qulnones, for nssaulting Let
ter Carrier Jose Major with intent to
rob. The assault occurred last Mon.
day. The carrier probably will die,
and Quinones has been held under
$4,000 bond TO the grand jury.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
LAUNCH OF THE ARKANSAS,
Tho Harbor-Defense Monitor Arksnsxs
successfully Launched Ut New.
port News, Va

Newport News, Va, Nov IAN
other of Uncle Sans men-of-war was
put afoat here Saturday. 1t was the
monitor Arkansas. She was released
from her ways in the yards of the
Newport News Ship Building and Dry
Dock Co., and she glided gracefully
into the waters of the James river.
Gov. Jones and party from Arkan.
sas witnessed the launching as the
guests of the builders of the monitor.
Miss Bobbie Newton Jones, daughter
of the governor, christened the vessel
by breaking the customary bottle OF
champagne, on her bow as she start.
ed down the ways. The launching
was successfully accomplished.
The Arkansas is a harbor defense
monitor, which will have all the lat
est improvements known to naval
science, and will be an important adj
dition to the navy, being small, with
large accommodation for crew for
vessel of the size. 1t will be valua.
BILE for the use and instruction of the
naval militia, that important organi-
cation which has so ably served the
government in the late war with
Spain.
The naval programme for 1s9s-99,
under the act of May 4, 1898, provides
for three first-class battleships, four
harbor defense monitors, of which the
Arkansas is one; ~ torpedo boats and
16 torpedo-boat destroyers.
The four harbor defense monitors
called for will present some of the
most radical advances in the modern
fighting machinery. The monitor
principle has always been distinctive
ly American. There are many who re-
gard them as the best all-round war;
ships yet designed. The act of con-
gress appropriating for the naval
service for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1899, under increase of the
navy" referring to the four harbor
defense vessels of the monitor type.
limits the cost of these vessels to ST..
100000 each. The limit of time Of
completion is twenty-seven months,
with the penalties from $500 to $500
a day for failure.
The navy department, in the con.
struction of this class Of vessels, Sc.
curing the greatest results at the
least expenditure Of money, has in
view not only the securing of the
mainland harbors of the United
States, but also of its island posses.
sions in the Atlantic and Pacific
ocean. The design for the monitors,
of which the Arkansas is the first to
be completed, was prepared by Chief
Constructor Hichborn. 1t was de.
cided that the best all-around ar
rangement that could be made with
the available appropriation was the
arrangement with single balance
turret on the center line forward,
containing two high power 12-inch
breech loading rifles, gun that has
just been designed to be used with a
smokeless powder; four 4-inch rapid
fire breech loading rifles, also to be
used with smokeless powder, com
pletes the main battery. The second
airy battery will consist of the three
6-pounder rapidfire and four 1.pound.
err automatic rifles.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
MAI. CHARLES A BOOTH DEAD,
lie Died AT the Home Of His Father
in-Law, Ex-Gov. John Young
brown Of Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky, Nov i5.-Maj.
Charles Alfred Booth, quartermaster
of the United States army, in charge
CT the United States arsenal at st.
Louis for the past four years, died
here OF pneumonia, at the home OF his
father.in-law. former Gov. John
Brown Young.
On Saturday Maj Booth arrived
here with his wife on visit. He was
then only slightly indlsposed, but soon
afterward pneumonia developed.
Maj. Booth entered the volunteer
service In 1903, from New York. He
was promoted to major In the quar-
termastcrs department in 1896.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
MARCUS DALY's FUNERAL.
The Remains VIII Rest Temporarily
In John W. Mackey's Maui
sOleum In Greenwood,

New York, Nov, i5,-'rhe funeral OF
the late Marcus Daily OF Montana
mll take place Thursday morning at
HAS o'clock, from 81, Patrlck's eathc.
dral, The family and few of the
most intimate friends OF Mr., DAILY
will accompany the body to Green
wood cemetery, where II will be
placed In John W, Mackey's muu.
poleum, Later, n plot will DO pur-
chased In Greenwood and the body
will be Inferred there,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
DOM PAUL KRUGER AT SUEZ,
Arrival of the Dutch Cruiser GeIder-
land at the Eastern End OF
the Sucx Canal.

Suez, Nov l5.--rhc Dutch cruiser
Gelderland, with former President
Kruger on board, has arrived here.
Mr., Kruger remains secluded In his
cabin. His health Is good.
A delegate OF the Marscilles re.
ception committee boarded the Gel.
derland here, but the eventual des.
tination Of the warship will be un.
known until she arrives at Port Said,
where she will coal
Mr.. Kruger received an ovation at
the German port Of Dar-Es- Salnam.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
AFFECTS FIVE HUNDRED MEN.
Fire In the Detroit (MichJ bridge d
Iron works Involving n Loss
of 100000.

Detroit, Mich, Nov, ib,--I'lrc, which
started In the engine room Of the De-
troit bridge a. Iron works did be.
tween S05,000 and $4,000 damage. Five
hundred men are thrown out of EN-.
ployment, The loss is covered by In
surance, Repairs will be begun imme-
dlately and the works started again
as soon MS possible.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17

Pekin, Now ~, yin Shanghai, Nov.
i4-Relloble information from Nieu-
Chw0ng indicates disturbed condi.
ton of affairs there. Robbers and
pirates are marrying the region and
paralyzing commerce.
The weather Is becoming colder,
with nightly frosts, but the supply
Of fuel Is good and the troops are not
suffering,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17

OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Kansas is beginning to pave its wa,
fof its semi-centennial exposition il
1904.
MRS. Mary Jordan, 70 years old wa,
burned to death at her home in st
Louis.
The Knights of Labor are holding 8
double-headed convention at Birming
ham, Ala.
John Cunningham, editor of tn,
Greenup Qll.) Press, died, Tuesday
morning, aged 70.
Holland has expressed willingness
to buy land for the Beers in German
Southwest Africa.
herman Ziethen, who escaped death
in Galveston storm, was blinded by
gas explosion at st. Louis.
The German government will grant
permission for Beers to trek through
German Southwest Africa.
Ten thousand negroes will leave the
United States as a colony to work in
the suger plantations of Hawaii.
The large general store of N. II
Hart, at Longview, H., was burned
with loss of $4,000; insured for $751;
900.
Section men near Carpenter, Ill.
found the body of an identified mar
beside the tracks with the head al
most severed.
The sem-oficial British press
charge the United States with at.
tempts to break the concord of the
powers in China.
William We!lingbrink, a prominent
citizen and retired merchant, died al
his home, in Mount Olive, H., of drop.
sy, aged 6S years.
Friends of soldiers in the Philip.
pines and China are anxious to know
whether the United States will trans.
port Christmas boxes this year.
The st. Louis board of election
commissioners have figured out a plu.
rality for James Butler, for congress
in the Twelfth district, Of 1888.
Little Lucy Peterson, of st. Louis
built fire IN the wood shed to warm
her dolls, and the structure was de.
stroyed. She had narrow escape.
James, alias "Dory," Smith was
stabbed in the apex of the heart, and
Instantly killed, during a fracas in
Michael Churchill's dance hall at ST.
Louis.
Yale will educate five Filipinos, pro
vided young men of exceptional fit
ness and high character be selected
by Judge Taft or the Philippine com.
mission.
After January /, for the first time
in six years, every branch of the Ne
braska state government, with the ex
ception Of the supreme court, will be
in the hands of the republicans.
Lord Rosslyn, who charged British
officers in South Africa with coward
ice, has been forced to apologize by
reason of denial by Lord Roberts,
addressed to the prince Of Wales.
A nolle prosequi was entered in the
federal court, at st. Louis, in the
case against DR.. !, n. Love, in which
il was charged that improper matter
had been sent through the mails.
A call for n joint statehood conven-
ton, composed of 600 delegates from
Oklahoma and Indian territories, has
been arranged. The convention will
meet in South McAlestcr, |, r., De-
cember 10.
Thomas Hubbard Caswell, n pioneer
of lsis, who was prominently idcnti.
fled with the early history OF Cali
fornia, and the most exalted mason
in point OF rank in the world died at
bis residence in San Francisco,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
OFFICIAL VOTE OF DELAWARE.
President Mcktnley'a Plurality One
Hundred ana Fifteen short Of
-Four Years Ago.

Wilmington, Del, Nov i5,-The
completes official vote Of Delaware for
president Is; Mckinley 22,ij7; Bry-
an, 1886, McKnley's plurality, g.
COL. Four years ago the plurality for
Mckinley was S,7lO.
The prohibition ticket received b37
votes, and the social democratic tick
ct 81. Total, vote, il,0O7,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
MORE POPULATION FIGURES.
OAicinI Announcement OF the POpu-
lation OF the states OF ohio
and Georgia.

Washington, Nov. 15.-rhe popula-
ton Of the state OF Ohio as an
nounced by the census bureau, is A.
157545, as against 3,672,3l6 in 1890.
This is an increase Of 4s5,229 or 1872
per cent.
The population Of the state Of
Georgia, as announced by the census
bureau, is 2,2l6,33l, as against 1884,
$50 In 1900, This IL an increase Of
37s,07s, or 206 per cent.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
SENATOR DAVIS CONDITION.
with the kidney Complications the
Patients Condition In Again
Serious.

ST, Paul, Mimi, Nov, l5,--There has
been no substantial change since
Tuesday morning In the condition OF
United States Senator Davis, His sys.
TEN having become much weakened
from the poisoned foot, the kidney
complications which have developed
render his condition very serious.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
TO DISCUSS RECIPROCITY.
me Dominican Congress 20 Meet II
Special Session November 40
The Country Quiet.

san Domingo, Republic OF Snnto
domingo, via layticn cable, Nov, 49,
1he Dominican congress will meet In
special session November 20, TO dis
eoss the reciprocity treaty With thr
United States.
heoNigildo Cucllo has been appoint
ed minister Of posts and tclcgraphs'
me harvesting Of the sugar cror
VIII begin early In December
The country IN quiet.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-11-17
Committee Meeting Called.

Washington, Nov l5.-Scnator
Plott Of Connecticut, chairman OF
the committee on relations with Gu.
bo, hus called n meeting Of that com.
mittcc for next Friday, under the res.
olution OF the last session OF congress
authorizing an investigation OF If.
fairs In Cuba IN connection with the
developments In the Nicely eass