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A Fatal Collision.

Clarendon, Ark, August GA rear-end collision between train No. 3, regular southbound passen- ger on the Cotton Belt, and train No. IS, special fast freight, at Aurich, ten miles west of here, shortly after I o'clock this morn ing, killed c. A. Clancy, of Jones' boro, rear brakeman on the freight and seriously injured Conductor Frank Sample of the freight and Engineer Frazer of the passenger. Sample was badly bruised about the head and died while en route to Pine Bluff. Frazer's injuries are not necessarily fatal. The fast freight passed here few minutes ahead of the passenger and side tracked at Au ich to let the pass enger go by, both trains being south-bC unl. Clancy, the rear brakeman who was killed, left the swiich open and the passenger crashed into the caboose of the freight at regular speed, Aurich being a mere siding. The passen- ger engine and baggage car are to- tai wrecks, the engine being turn ed upside down and competely dis mantled. The caboose and three cars of the freight were wrecked.
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wears. In 1868 he removed with hi parents to Helena, whereF he N er!| gagged in mercantile pursuits unti his twenty-frst year; meanwhile hl contin led his classical studies inth' evening, and after time began th' study of law. In 1875 he entered the law office of M. L. Stephenson Formerly judge of the state suprcm' court, and while student ther' earned a livelihood by working Il the evening copying records for thi register of deeds of that county In 1876 he was admitted to the ba: of Arkansas, and in 1880 to that q ahe United States supreme court.
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Killed By Lightning.

James L. Fitzgerald. paymaster in the office of the purchasing agent of the Choctaw road at Little Rock, was struck by lightning during a storm and instantly killed. Mir, Fitzgerald was en route to the Chocv taw depot, in company with his brother and another gentleman. They were crossing vacant lot hur- riedly to reach shelter when the deadly bolt came. It struck the victim in the temple, death being instantaneous. one of his c0mpan ions was badly shocked.
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Trieber Sworn In.

Hon. Jacob Trieber received his commission and was sworn in as judge of the United States district court for the Eastern district of Ar kansas August lst Hon. w. G. Whipple succeeds MT. Trieber as dis trict attorney and Hon H. II. My CTS, of Brinkley, succeeds Col
 Whipple as register of the United States land office at Little Rock. Judge TrIeber was born on October 9th, 1858, in Germany. He was educated in Ostrowo, Germany and in 1866 accompanied his parents to the United States, and attended the pubic schools at St. Louis for two
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en to kill all the members of tie foreign legations, if the allied troops advance upon Pekin. The troops of Japan, England and America are advancing and are now nearly half way from Tien Tsin to Pekin. The distance be- tween these two cities Is only about So miles, but there are many difficulties.
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lanes R. Lee Acquitted.

James R. Lee was acquitted as TIockesburg of the charge of killing l.. c. Hicks. of Winthrop. Lirle River county, June 9th, 1898. lee claimed that he walked into a sa- Ion and tapped Hicks on the shsul- der in a friendly manner, w1en Hicks knocked him down. Then they clinched and Lee stabbed his antagonist to death. A change of venue was taken to Sevier count in January, 1899, and the first rial resulted in a hung jury. He ried to escape, but was found conc'aled Ill hay loft.
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Accidentally Killed Himself.

A young man by the name of Earl Nolen shot and killed himself by ac- cident near Paragould. Young No len, whose home was in Illinois, was on visit to relatives and had been out squirrel hunting when the accident occurred. While returning home the rifle he was carrying was accidentally discharged, the ball taking effect in the region of the heart and causing instant death.
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Printer Suicides.

The body of J. E. Mack, 8 prin- ter, was found floating in the Arkan- sas river at Little Rock by two fisher- men. The deceased had been em- ployed at his trade in Little Rock about eight months until recently. It is supposed he committed suicide, as he was in poor health and despon- dent. He was originally from New. srk, N. J.
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BRIEF MENTION.

Jack O'BriA shot and seriously wounded Toss Barker near Osceola. A family quarrel led to the shoot. ling.
 Burglars entered the residence. oi ,Col. E. w. Rector at Hot Springs and stole wearing apparel belong ing to Miss Rector valued at $l 900 Sam Moran, a Lincoln county farmer, net frightful death. He was driving heavily loaded wagon when he fell from it, the wheel pass ling over his head.
 Fred Skelton and Lewis Wade, two young men of prominent fami. lies of Fayetteville, were drowned in the Illinois river at Ladd's Mill, ten miles west of Springdsle. August l2nd.
 Levi Marchbanks has been sen. fenced to be hanged on September 2Sth fpr the murder of his father. Iin-law Geo. Spearman, near White Hall, Poinsett county, last February.
 Mrs. Edna Howard, of Green Forrest, was painfully injured by th. explosion of a dyIamite cap. Sh( Twas building fire md in some way the cap got mixed tp with the kind. Hing.
 Funk Wash, a Pine Bluff China. man, who investeJa small sum in . Colorado mine abjut year ago, re- ceived word the dher day that gold in paying quantities had been found on the property, which would yield him large fortuhe.
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Patents to Arkansasa.

The following patents have been granted Arkansas inventors: Al Elhonso s. Gooch, Little Rock, com pressing and baling apparatus; lGeorge w. Decker, Newport, car loading apparatus; Richard Still well, Kingsland, cutter.head; Thos. k. Bray, Gurdon, post hole diggrr
 A l6-year-old colored boy died at Fayetteville from excessive cigar cite smoking.
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As Fishback confessed in the Lane letter that he had only been in the confederate army as a spy, thinking he could best serve the North by obtaining the secrets of the enemy and giving them to the Northern army; it would now be in order for him to confess that he has only been spy in the Demo cratic camp.
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The Arkansas Democrat says that on last Sunday the saloons of Little Rock made a showing of closing That is, they pretended to close. This was such notable fact that it was considered of sui ficient importance for editorial mention. The editor hardly be- lieved that the saloons were closed. He only stated that they made a show of closing. Little Rock is almost dominated by saloon men. Other men may occasionally make show of trying to run things there, but they hardly ever even as much as dare to make a show of doing anything.
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Death of An Old Citizen.

D. R. Wing, 65 years of agf, and who had been engaged in the ma cbinery and foundry business in Little Rock since 1866, died July 2sth. He was perhaps one of the best-known and most popular business men in Little Rock. His death was caused by iervous pros- tration and general lreaking down of the physical systeh, due partly to overwork and old sge. He leaves a widow and two chiaren-Maj. c. M. Wing and Miss Alice Wing
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The old woodworking system has always been a failure and we believe that the people will try the plan of working the highways by taxation. Let us try 1t one time and see If it has merits. We can then drop it if we do not get better roads. Every citizen will be giv- en chance to vote upon the ques- tion at the September election. Each county will vote for or against a road tax.
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Boy Accidentally Killed.

Joe Mclaughlin, the 15-year -el> son of Mr. and Mrs. R. w. Me Laughlin, of Little Rock, was acci- dentally shot and killed at Noble Lake, Jefferson county, while out hunting. A gun in the hands of a companion, which the latter didn't Know was loaded," was accidentally discharged, the full load taking cf- feet in the boys side, killing him instantly.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Tennessee coal mine operators have advanced the price of coal 10 cents per ton.
 John Clark Ridpath, the well known historian, q led last week in New York City, aged 5S years. The supreme court of Virginia las decided that all acts performed by female notaries public are void. The Chinese government has re- fused to permit cipher messages ne- ing sent to foreigners in Pekln.
 Chairman Jones says the natl nal democratic comm ttce Is well sup piled with funds to carry on :he campaign.
 The war department has instruct ed officers at recruiting stations to enlist men for the hospital corps to go to China.
 r Yellow fever has made its appear snce at Tampa, Fla The state of AL abama has quaran,ined against he infected town
 The worlds trotting record for stallions was lowered at Columbus, O., the other day, when Creosus made a mile in 2 2:06.
 MT Phillips, of Bricknell, IT,, put her baby to sleep with morphine and went to church. When she re- turned the child was dead.
 Ex-Congressman Garmack will be chosen United States senator from Tennessee, having carried the pri- maries held on the 2d inst.
 Professional baseball players of the country have organized and propose to dictate terms upon which they sign contracts in the future.
 During the week ending July 2Stl 900 Philippine insurgents were kill ed and 62 captured. During the same period the Americans had 10 killed and IA wounded.
 An anarchist attempted to assassi- nate of the Shah of Persia on d pub lie thoroughfare in Paris, but the watchfulness of the police prevent cd him carrying out his plans.
 In a prize fight with Tommy Sul- hvan in New York City, Dixon, the ex-light weight champion, broke his right arm in two places and threw up the fight in the sixth round.
 Tom Gibson, a brick mason, was burned to death in hotel at Fort Worth. The man was drinking and in some way over urned lamp in his room, setting the building on fire.
 King Humbert, of Italy, was as- ,sassinated at Monza near Milan on the night of July 30th. The king was just entering his carriage after attending a public gathering when the assassin fired three shots at him, one penetrating his breast. The murderer gave his name as Angelo Bressi. 4fkNf
 A Mrs. Hawthorne, of McPherson, Kas., went to visit neighbor, leav. ing her two little boys alone. In some manner the elder child, about A years old, secured some matches and set fire to the clothing of his ,baby brother. Before any one know 1t the child was fatally burned.
 Robert Cunningham, aged 50 years, was fined $500 by the police ju lge of Kansas City for "mash;ng" land otherwise making himself of 'fcnsive to ladies on the public streets.
 Col. NJ. c. Wetmore, the million taire St. Louis tobacco manufactar- Ier, has retired from the presidency of the Wetmore Tobacco Company, an Independent concern started about 2 year ago in opposition to the 'tOhanon trrsf
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Boat Capsized.

John Wickersham, aged 22, was drowned at Black Rock on July ,27th. The young man, with par ty of friends, was taking a ride on Black river in launch, when the launch became unmanageable and 'capsized. The party, with the ex- ception of Wickersham, succeeded in reaching the bank in safety Wickersham had only recently ar rived from Kansas City.
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Died From Blood Poison.

About two weeks ago Sidney liar well, prominent farmer living near Camden, while butchering ai hog, accidentally struck the knife into his leg, the joint slightly pene- trating the bone. He bound up the wound, which appeared triAing, and went about his work as usual. Blood poison set in and Harwell died af- ter an unsuccessful operation.
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Deserters Captured.

H. A. Moore anl J. Wheelan, who were arrested in North Little Rock on charge of burglary, nave leonfessed to the officers that they
 are deserters from the United States marine service. They state that they deserted short time ago from the U. $. s. Ketucky. now at New- port News. Tle naval authorities have been notiffd of their capture.
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'sCENERAL NEWS.


 { Tho reigning duke of Saxe-Co- ! arg, the second son of Queen Vic ofia. is dead.
 Gen. Ohaffee, who is to command the American forces in China. ar- rived at Taku July 2Sth.
 The United States gulfboat Princeton has been ordered to pro- ceed to Shanghai, to join the Ameri- can fleet in Asiatic waters.
 Official dispatches from the far east show that Russian military com manders there have all they can do to cope with armed Chinese in the territory adjacent. to Port Arthur.
 The expedition of the allies, which is now advancing on Pekin, numbers 10000 men, with TO of the most destructive of heavy guns.
 '. Otto Cotton. IF years old. tt Terre Haute. Ind, fatally shot himself be- cause he could not summon courage to tell his father he had been forced to marry g woman of 27.
 The government of Nicaragua has taken possession of the property of the Maritime Canal Company, on the grounds that the company has failed to complete the canal in the time specified.
 k. l.. Swsxey, . Kansas City com mission man, has fled the country after defrauding various banks and 'commission firms out of thousands Of dollars. Swazey's scheme was the same as that worked by Gillett, the Kansas cattle plunger, who suc- ceeded in procuring large sums by mortgsging the same cattle to differ ent firms.
 Two militiamen were fatally in- jured and number badly hurt by the explosion of cannon ct Camp Lincoln, near Springfield, III. While the cannon was being loaded some one tossed lighted cigarette into the powder charge. The party re- sponsible for the explosion was not identified.
 The commissioner of internal rev. 'enue has issued circular prohibit ing the use by manufacturers of cigars, cigarettes or tobacco, when put up in statutory packages, of h. 'bels containing ''any promise or offer of, or any order or certificate flor any gift, prize, premium, pay .ment or reward"
 |! The treasury receipts of the Phil ippine Islands during May, 1900, according to statement made by the division of customs and insular affairs of the war department. were $706, ,326. Of this amount $628, ,6S4 was credited to customs receipts, S33 ,O66 to internal revenue receipts and $44,225 to miscellaneous re- 'ceipts.
 The imports into the United States from Cuba, Porto Rico, Haw- ali and the Philippines and Samoan Islands for the fiscal year just end 'ad amount to over $60,0O0, 900. IOver $40, ,00O, 900 of this is sugar and molasses, $l0,OO0,000 tobacco, e5, 1000, 900 vegetable fibers, $1,OO0,- OO0 iron, copper and manganese. and the remainder such miscella- peous- tropical products as coffee, cocoa, sponges, tropical fruits, veg etsbles, hides and skins
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Murdered His Brother.

Flippin Hall, colored, shot and killed his brother, Geo. Hall, on a plantation near Texarkana. George and his wife went home from church snl found Flippin in their bed. They made him leave, but later in the night he returned with a shot gun and emptied the contents into his sleeping brother.
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NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Vacant Government Land.

Commissioner of Agriculture Frank Hill has received from the of Ecials in charge of the four unlied States land districts of the state the following report of the number of acres of United States land remain ing vacant in each on July 1st, 1900:
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Run Over by a Wagon.

The 9-year-old son of J. W. Hildreth of Hot Springs was thrown from wagon and fatally injured. The boy occupied a seat on the wagon which was struck by an elec- tric ear. The jar percipatated him to the ground and the wagon passed over his body.
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CASTORIA
 For Infants and Children. Ihs khd Ysu Have A|wiys esught s,s..,.'. ss.s. .s. ., Z1xzZEzsl

Max Frauenthal has returned from Heber. While there he sold one of his places near the park to Mir. Russell, who has just returned from a prospecting tour through Texas. Mir. Russell has decided that Arkansas is ahead of Texas and will cast his lot in the future.
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Brother. Givens, of the Batesville Guard, in speaking of the recent populist convention held in Little Rock, says: The absence of "Un- cle Tom" Fletcher's pocket book had most depressing effect upon meeting.
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meeting.

MT. Remmel's egotism takes the form of the hallucination that his election would show Arkansas to be liberal and progressive. Ark ansas is already that, in spite of the efforts of certain republican politicians to make it appear oth- erwise-Batesvill Guard.
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Bad Freight Wreck.

A freight train was wrecked in the suburbs of Camden by an obstruc- ton placed on the track by d small boy. The engine and five box cars plunged through trestle and were almost totally demolished. The fire man and engineer saved themselves from Instant death by jumping.
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Unfortunate Family

Within the past thirty days fou, children of Dr. J. NJ. Williams, oi Linwood, Jefferson county, have died, two of typhoid fever and two of smallpox. The doctor himself is prostrated with fever and his wifi, with smallpox.
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Almost every city is kicking about the high price of ice. Trusts for the control of ice have been formed everywhere.
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Little Rocks School Population.

According to the last school emu meration of Little Rock, there are ll,o05 children of school age in the district composing that part of the city south of the river. Of these 5.5s6 are males and 5,4l9 females There are 6,393 whites and 4,61a eolored.
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Affairs in China are not inn proved. It is believed now that the ministers are alive, but they have not been allowed to oommu- nicate with their respective gov ernments, with possibly one or two exceptions, The Chinese threat
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Fatal Fall of a Brakeman.

A brakeman named Sullivan, on an Iron Mountain through freight, fell off his train near Tuckerman and was killed. He was not missed until the train reached Newport. Sullivan must nave fallen between the cars, as his body was terribly mangled.
 The potato crop in Boone county this year will be the largest over known
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Ex- Speaker Reed has sulked and refuses to support Mark and Mack.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President,
 WM. J. BRYAN, For Vice President,
 ADLAI E. STEVENSON. United States Senate,
 JAS. H. BERRY, For Congress,
 HUGH A. DINsMoRE. Governor,
 JEFF DAVIS, Associate Justice,
 CARROLL D. WOoD. Supt. Public Instruction,
 J. J. DoyNE. State Treasurer,
 THos. E. LITTLE. Commissioner State Lands.
 J. w. CoLQUITT. Secretary of State,
 J. w CROCKETT. Auditor of State,
 T. c. MONROE. Attorney General,
 GEO. w. MURPHY. Commissioner Agriculture.
 FRANK HILL, Congress,
 HUGH A. DINsMoRE. Prosecuting Attorney,
 F. E. BROWN. Representative,
 GEO. w. CLARK, County Judge,
 W. H. DUNCAN. Sheriff,
 w. $. HENDR1cKsoN. Circuit Clerk,
 J. M. c. LAUGHTER. County Clerk,
 T. J. BULLION. County Treasurer,
 J. P. THINEs. Tax Assessor,
 JoE RIDDEN. County Surveyor,
 B. F. STERMER. Coroner,
 DR. F. G. RICHARDSON. Constable Cadron Township,
 J. H. FARRELL.
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Fort Smith is to have a soap fac. tory.
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BATAVIA!

Batavia, March 1.-Rev. Lee Walker
and wife visited several days last-week
with friends in Ottumwa.
Born. Monday, Feb. 10, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Vim. Veach, a son.
Grip Henderson was called to Fort
Madison Saturday by the serious i'll
ness of his father.
Louie Ostrander, who has been Wis
iting at Samuel Germans, left for his
home in st. Louis Tuesday.
The remains of Winnie Hagey, who
died in Cuba, arrived here Wednesday,
Feb. 21. Funeral services were held
Sunday at the M. E. church, conducted
by Rev. A. e. Thornley,. Interment
was in the Batavia cemetery with mil
itary honors.
Mrs. Sarah Walker spent the past
week with her daughter near Fair.
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Davis, who were
here to attend the funeral of Winnie
Hagey, have returned to their home
near Brighton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Brown, Of La
mar, Mo-, have returned to Batavia
Mrs. Brown is daughter of Mrs.
Hannah Afford.
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THE LIGHT of HOME.
By q. ". No1and.

BY G. W. Noiand.
When every star that gems the sky
In darkness hides its silvery ray,
And midnight shadows thickly lie
Like sable curtains on the way,
One light remains to pierce the gloom,
One ray-It is the light of home.
That light wherever undimmed it
shines,
Unnumbered blessings sheds around; j
Where fall its soft and tender lines
There truest happiness is found.
There is no light beneath the dome
So precious as the light of home.
Within It's sacred circle blend
The purest virtues, true and strong;
Here friend deserves the name Of
friend,
And love resides, nor fears wrong;
And when the heart meets pain and i'll
That friendly beacon cheers it still.
For one afar, its radiance streams,
The proof of joy and hope and cheer,
And draws him with its welcome
beams
To all he holds most priced and dear,
His heart is glad, his eyes grow bright
AS he beholds it's faithful light.
And thus as we, with weary feet,
Life's dark and tangled mazes tread,
Let us take heart, for pure and sweet,
There is light that shines ahead,
That leads us onward while we roam,
To find in heaven the light Of home.
Rev. G. w. holland.
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A surprise party was given one ev-
ening of this week at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Mike Coughlin, four miles
west Of the city. The evening was
spent in games and dancing and a plea
SAINT time was had. Refreshments were
served. Those present were Misses
Maggie Reardon, Mary Coughlin, Dena
Wagner, Mamie Reardon, Maggie
Coughlin, Mary Wagner, Messrs. Frank
Ware, Tom Reardon, g. Fleer, Walter
Ware, Edward Deidrtek, Dennis Rear
don, Johnnie Wagner.
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farm, twelve miles southwest of this
city, which he recently purchased.
The three days school of instruction
which Travelling Custodian George B.
Vane Saun, of Cedar Falls, has been
conducting at the Masonic hall closed
last night. There was a large attend
ance at each session and much benefit
has been derived from the school.
There were, a large number. of visiting
delegates from neighboring lodges
present. DR.. A. A. Hugg, of Oskaloo-
sa, a very prominent Mason OF Iowa,
was present and assisted in the work.
Mr.. Van Saun went to Knoxville from
here, where he will hold another
school,
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HARRISBURG.

Blakesburg, March 1.-The infant
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Davis
died last Wednesday,.
VIM. Wyand and Miss May Barnwel
were married last week. Both are
highly respected young people living
over the line in Monroe county.
Mrs. S. N. Dorothy and family lef
Sunday for Nebraska. They will stol
over short time in Corning and visi'
Mrs. Dorothy's brother at that place
DR.. A. K. Berry, of Wichita, Kansas
visited friends and relatives here Mon
day and Tuesday.
David Jay was in Ottumwa Monda.
on business.