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Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
MADDOX SEMINARY.
'Aehs of Arkansas Should Feel Proud OF
such an Institution of Learning.

Nohs OF Arkansas Should Feel Proud OF
such an Institution of Learning.
Inc new addition to Maddox Semi.
nary Is going up rapidly. Many other
inn nnpoftant Improvements are being
.iaoe during vacation and by the open
lug oi next session, September 18th,
41aouox Seminary will have the best
sonool plant in the southwest for young
iaoles. The citizens of Little Rock and
'ne state of Arkansas should feel proud
u such an institution of learning.
MANY who have been sending their
daughters out of the state in search of
oo'Ier equipped schools are turning
eiielr attention now toward Maddox
SEMINARY, This is just as it should be.
aii are agreed that Little Rock, our
oi'y OF Koses, can have just as good
senool as any other capital city and
'lat we should patronize our own in.
stieutions. President Maddox is an ex.
perlenced and successful school man
ana commands the respect and conf,
oehce OF all who know him.
lie Is eminehtly qualified for his
responsible position as shown by the
success he has made in Little Rock un,
oef Vhe most trying circumstances. He
10 hoo only an educator of high orde,
ou1 man OF extraordinary business
aeI'lty' who guards with care and good
Juaihept the business interests of the
institution. We need more college
presidents of this kind in our country.
Duf'hg the two years past he re.
and thoroughly overhauled
me buildings and is now erecting
urge addition, putting in a new heat.
ng plant, water works on every floor,
'leetrlc lights and all modern improve.
nents' Ibis will give boarding ca
'aeity Tor 200 and every room will be
Iewly furnished.
Ihere will be large increase in the I
atronage this fall and President Mad. ,
OK Is pushing his propositions with !
ne nope of accommodating all who {
lay come. The school is being con. f
ueted upon hisvi plane and deserves. I
noeral patronage Let the people q
lily around this splendid institution
Id make it glorious success and tht
'ihH of the southwest
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
The Most Costly BIrd

The tail feathers of the feriwasI,
rare member of the family of para
dlseldae, or birds of paradise, are the
most expensive known. Indeed, their
price may be called prohibitive, for
the only tuft existing in England
probably in any civilized land-was
procured with such difficulty that it
IS considered to be worth S5o.0oo
1t now !adorns the apex of the cor.
onet worn on state occasions by the
prince of Wales.-Albany Argus.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
State Blind School.

DR.. John II. Dye, superintendent of
the Arkansas School for the Blind.
is sending out the following circu.
lar; would be glad to have the
name, age and postoffice of every
ollhd person in Arkansas, white or
coIored' not over 25 years of age. It
VIII only cost postal card and a few
minutes of time, and NAV be tba
means of restoring the sight to
some and the education of others
4 me next session opens Wednesday.
October 3d."
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
act ..-'!e %
the
sNo>

orders were issued on the SO, dir
ing all transports now en- route with
troops for China from Nagasaki to
Manila. About four thousand troops
will be affected.
The statement of the treasury pal
ances in the general fund, exclusive OF
the $3.50, 100000 gold reserve IN the dl-
vision of redemption, issued on the
Dad. showed: Available cash balance,
$t36, 500, ,750; gold, SOS, ,621, ,4o1.
England has paid 10000 marks as
damages to the owners of the German
bark Hans Wagner, which the British
detained in South African waters dur
ing the early days of the Transyaal
war.
On the % Edward E. Balch, assist
ant cashier of the Omaha CNeb.) ma
tional bank, was assaulted and robbed
in a Pullman sleeper on North
western train while travelling from
Chicago to Omaha. He was roughly
handled and brutally beaten about
the head, and did not regain con-
4 seriousness for several hours after the
assault.
L On the oath r. G. Dun & Co., report
ed. 'Failures for the week were III
: in the United States, against 163 last
u wear. and 90 in Canada, against 16
4 last year"
The japanese steamer Futaml Ma
ru, Capt. Thorn, bound from Austraha
T. to Manila, with a cargo of stores fol
. the American government, went
aground and broke in two on the Is
land of Mindinao. There were nc
II casualties, but the cargo, baggage
W and vessel will possibly prove tota
~ loss.
IL An organization have for its OBJ
T. iect the control of every electrica
AZ plant and system in Wisconsin ha
y, ~ been incorporated by Milwaukee cap
,s italists.
% The statement of the treasury bal
III ances in the general fund, exclusive o
gu the $3.50 0O0,O 600 gold reserve in the d
'e vision of redemption, issued on tn
So cath, showed: Available cash ba
ance, $137 156,419; gold, $67 1872, 2,l96.
os According to the official count c
-, returns of the twelfth census, tn
NJ, population of the city of st. Louis,
as az follows: st. Louis city, 575,23S,
So 19oo against 451,77o, in 1890. Ihe'
81 figures show an increase of 123,46S,
wn 27. SO per cent, from 1890 to 1900. III
+b population in 1880 was 35o,5lS' sho'
,ns inc an increase of 1O1,252, or 2S.S9 p'
Mt cent. from 1880 to 1890.
r, On the gath Missouri Paclhc pa
his senger train struck a wagon one mi
tbe west of Efingham, Kas., killing Ain
ION and Closter Taylor, ,sisters,and serloV
son ly injuring Mrs. John Black.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
Money IN sttnwhrrrles.

W. II. Carson, living three miles
east of Rogers, reports the following
results from four and one-fonrtb
acres of Strawberries: Three hun
dfed and eighty-four crates sold.
S464.l6 an average of over $1.20 Der
crate The yield was over ninety
crates to the acre. Mr.. Carson
charged the berries to all the ex-
penses of crates, picking and mar
keting, and he had $259.O5 left, which
Is net profit of $6O.95 per acre.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31

With the cooperation of Secretary
Wilson, of the department of agricul-
1ure. ten barrels of fine Maryland
sweet potatoes were sent recently to
Paris, and like quantity to London
Those sent to the French capital were
exhibited at the worlds fair, and at
tracted much favorable attention. In
London the tubers We're put on the
market, and they were readily sold
at prices double what could be OBJ
tanned for them in this country
Strong hopes of regular shipments
soon are entertained.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
DOCTOR WAS TOO JEALOUS
H"ihed the prospects of Five-Fin
sered Child by Operating
without Leave,

Il think | was never unduly 'hra st
but once in my life saiS an old snr
geon' relates the Washington Post
and my brashness on that occa asio,
cost me the loss of not only a Who'll,
lamlly OF patients, but also forced m,
10 seek new location. Very soon fife,
began to practice a little how wa,
brought to me one day to have a had
~ cut lip sewed. The operation vos
trifiing, but so painful that adn,inis
Tered an anesthetic. In taking hold Of
the chlLd,s wrist to feel his pulse I no.
ueea that he had six fingers on one
hand' The sixth was a useless and very
alshgurlng appendage, growing ont NJ
the little finger, and more like a wart
thah anything else. The mother had
lett me alone with the child. and falt
should be doing both her and her bo,
great service by removing that hid.
eous finger. The boy was still profound.
~ anesthetized when l finished with
MS llp' was young enough to want tc
seize every possible chance of perform.
ing an operation. 1 just simply sliced
that extra finger off.
when the mother came in fold he,
what had done and waited her thanks
Ihey never came. Instead of thanl5ipo
me she went into a violent attack o1
Mysteries. She said 1 had ruined thai
boy prospects. I had robbed him o4
his luck, had everlastingly hoodooed
MN. The extra finger was a charm
All his fathers family were born with
1t, and all of them were lucky. The onIv
one of seven brothers who hadn't pros.
pered was that child's father, who had
mad his extra finger accidentally emf
Ill. L never saw woman so frantic
couldn't put the finger back. and had
almost to flee for my life from that
own, for all the family charged down
o nave it out with me. The boy grew
lp, and has never been worth shucks
Know the mother blames me to tbi,
ay, but how was I to know an extra
niger was anything but a disfigure.
1eht? I've never been sn hurry a bout
olng anybody favor since then. can T
ell you"
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31

He would be daring man, indeed
saws the New Orleans Picayune, who
would attempt to give an estimate OF
the probable cotton yield at this date
as the result will depend upon too
many things yet to happen. The most
that can be stated with any confidence
is that conditions which have pre-
vailed from the start do not fayoi
even an average crop. Should the croE
nrove an average one it will be il
spite of the weather rather than be
cause of the meteorological condl
tionS.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31

Cincinnati is still, after sixteen
wears deploring the Berner riots
which destroyed its public buildings
and its records. There was some
show of justification for the mob out
break in Cincinnati, but none for that
In Akron. In Cincinnati fragrant
crimes had passed unpunished through
the faithlessness of the authorizes
There was nothing of the kind IN
Akron. There was every indication
that the law was amply able to ade'
ouately punish the heinous otfense
which caused the uprising.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31

Foreign armies have several times
entered Pellin. Several times the i'm
perial family have gone into hiding
for a time, and government has
seemed on the point of collapse.
Obituaries of China have been written
often, and morals have been drawn
fro11 its history and imagined death.
Yes never in the thousands OF years
of its career has a situation present.
ed itself to China which at all resem-
bIes that which confronts it at this
moment. 1t is face to face with the
great problem of modern civilization
as opposed to half savage barbarism
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
Took IA Shot At Him

Mrs. Jack Frisby, wife of a rest
tauranter, created great excitement
on central avenue, Hot Springs, by
attempting to shoot a young man
named Harry Kiesel. She fired one
shot, which missed its mark. Mrs
frlsoy accused Keisel of insulting
her, and her husband being out Of
the city, she attempted to evenee
the insult herself,
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
Unknown Man Murdered

A man who gave his name as Grif-
nth was found in a semi-conseious
condition in the suburbs of Pine
Dun ms head beaten almost to a
Jelly On his person was found a
'lcket from Pine Bluff to Camden and
return- lie vas unable to give an
account OF how, he became in such
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
Engineer KiIIeI

Elmore Jordan, an engineer vos
Shot and killed at Mena by woman
Jordan was in company with friend
and as the two were nearing a house
bullet from within, aimed at his
companion, struck Jordan between
the eyes, killing him instantly. The
oeao man lived at Texarkana, and
ran an engine on the Pee Gee.
Must Close on Sunday.
Kew. w. Z. Thomnsnn ubo 1aa.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
FOOTLIGHT FAVORITES.

Sol Smith Russell, by the advice OF
MS physicians, issto spend the win.
ter in California.
Sir Henry Irving will not play in
London again until next April, when
he will produce at the Lyceun the
ater the play, "Chaules IX.," he in
tends to brias~sto the United States the
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
NOTICE.
STATE LAND OFFICE,
Little Rock Ark.
Aug 9th 1900
NOTICE.

Aug Otu looo
Complaint bavlng been filed IN
thus office by Soloman James
ogains VIM J. Applln tor aband-
ening his Donatlou No. 3393O Dat
ed Aprh "a 1898 upon 5; ); = 3 / 5,
WI Section Township IL ) Range
III ", in Hampstead Counry
Arkansas and view to the cans
|cellation of SAID Donation. theparles
are hereby summoned to appear
lat this Office on the % day OF Sept.
ll9OO, at 2 O'Clock P. NJ. to respond
ard furnish testimony concerning
SAID alleged abandonment,
Testimonyin this case will be
2,aken by and before Chas. Schwartz
MAJ this cfficc in HemLste;d 90
EArkansas, on the Is day OF SeP'
ElgOO between the hours OF III a
I'M and 3 2. M. and continued
4 from day to day urtlt Completed
Il j. w Colqni't'
AComm1ssioner of State Lands.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
From War TO Peace.

Two large cannon from the Civil War are
to be melted and cast into statue repre-
55eenting peace, to be placed in the capitol.
What contrast between the two conditions
as great in a way as the change Hostel
ter Stomach Bitters will bring about in the
health of any one who uses it. The Bitters
strengthens the digestive organs and cor
rects all disorders such as constipation, dys-
pepsa' torpid liver or weak kidneys. Try it..
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
TOWNSHIP.
S..Um6uhxunnn nnnnuuIan anuu1dun ZTe,--dg,t
has in
10 80
ithertos!q
or whether 1t I

9 impelled many people to vio-
a1sltlemonstrations "a against their
hoes not appear, but the fact
remains that the recent torrld spell
has been prolific of crime and blood
shed to an abnormal degree.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31

:, 1t is better to make mistakes in. trying
ohan + to make the mistake of not trying at
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
tkN 'a'sslE;ii

tA. Dlgestl hereoy h''no
ViIlery Iamatlon nat genea'i 49, 49,,
pullerv,ll be held in Hampstead County,
,psn meArkansas on ,ooo
anu 21 n Monday September 3rd 1900.
missing, at the different precincts herein
ai>d1ta hlStn after named tor the election Oh tne
'"svVn s,Wbiie following named officers, and upon
Komati the following questions, toawlt;
,o,nds d For oneGoyernor, for one Seore-
"rhe tarv of State. one Attorney Gener-
made woal ono State Auditor, one Ota'o
Kinnon eTreosurer one State Land Con
DE wE,missloner, one State Superlntena
ent of Public Instruction, one Com
Headed missioner Of Mines, Manufactures
AD"n and Agriculture, one Assonlaso .neo
Justice os the Supreme Court, three
Railroad Commissioners, one prose
oi Nom"o accoeutlng Alto, ney for the oth uu',
standardolal Sta Circuit, two Representatives, 10 "
%, headabe General Assembly, ohe ooIr,' w..
ing his Judge. one County CLERK one oas, om,
of the emit Clerk, one Sheriff, one Assess
De Wfe9r, one County Treasurer o"o
ana and. loon ."3 Jorone, one Surveyor, ont
, Lord Iloustatle IN each Township io' m
toria. such number Of Justices oi .n' NV
on Peace not less, than 2 IN Iowhsnll rs y
YAK Us they may be by law o"ll'aeo d 20 10
r.., r,.or License against License, 1o
ing he sale Of Wine, against M NJ '"a g
Of Wine tor Anendme1t mo- y
lganst Amendment No.o'
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31

(Ofice at the Court House.)
Washington, Arh""'"'
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
r. MONROE
ATTORNEY At LAW.

! Ian business intl listed to me
Twill receive prompt and care
1ful attention.
Washington telegraph., 1900-08-31
Headed
Abakl

LondoT
ell, accol
Standard
23, heade
ing his j
of the Ell
| De W.
| and tool
| dispersiT
| Lord |,
| tOria.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
Salisbury's Reply.

London, March 15.-The interview
between Mr.. White and Lord Salisbury
was very brief, the premier combining
himself to courteous verbal declina-
ton, without entering into details.
The representations made to Great
Britain were SO put that they as
sumed nothing of a desire to intervene,
but simply transmitted the communi-
cations made to United States Consul
Adelbert Hay, at Pretoria, with the
accompanying assurances that any
thing the state department could do
in the interests of peace would be
gladly undertaken. The well known
aversion of the British government to
any foreign Intervention does not ap-
pear to have been aroused, and Lord
Salisbury, while unable to comply
with the offer, expresses his apprecia-
ton of the United States effort in
behalf of humanity.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
W~rk For Admiral Dewey.

Washington, March 1.-THE secre-
tary of the navy has determined to
appoint general board to meet once
a month and consider general plans of
campaign to be used in case of war.
This is the outgrowth of studies which
Captain H. c. Taylor has been pur-
suing in years past at the naval war
college. The board will correspond
somewhat to the strategic board which
was in existence during the Spanish
American war and it is intended to
meet the demands of the modern the
cries of preparedness for war. Ad-
miral Dewey is to be at the head of
the board, on which also probably will
be the chief of the bureau of naviga-
ton and representatives of the war
college and the officers of naval intelli-
Qence.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
A Partial Agreement.

Washington, March 16.-The Repub-
Hcan senators in caucus reached par
tial agreement on Puerto Rican legis-
lation. The house bill appropriating
100000 is to be taken up and passed
Immediately. The bill for civil gov
eminent of the island is to be taken up
and disposed of as soon as possible, and
the tariff bill is to be delayed for the
present, while a committee of seven
senators may be selected by Chairman
Allison to try to compromise differences
on the revenue bill, and secure a meas
ure which Republican senators gener-
ally can support.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
A Tricky Italian.

Chicago, March 16.-Thousands of
dollars, representing the life savings
of scores of Italian residents of Chicago,
have disappeared from the vaults of
Giraldi Franks private bank.
The local police are looking TO-
Frank, who is believed to have left the
city. 1t was discovered that the bank,
which Frank had started six weeks
ago, had been thoroughly cleaned of
its funds. The matter was laid before
the police by many Italians who had
put their fortunes, in sums ranging
from $50 to $500 in Franks bank. The
exact amount missing is not yet known.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
Kansas Institutions.

Topeka, March 15.-The following
statement shows number of pupils and
patients and employees in the eight
charitable institutions of Kansas:
Institution for the blind at Kansas
City, "a pupils, "a employees.
Imbecile asylum at Winfield, 1872 pa
tieuts, 80 employees.
Reform school at Topeka, I'll pupils,
80 employees.
Institute for the deaf and dumb at
olathe, 246 pupils, So employees.
Industrial school for girls at Beloit,
liz pupils, 16 employees.
Orphans home at Atchison, 139 pupils
A employees.
Insane asylum at Osawatomie, 1,O25
patients, 157 employees.
Insane asylum at Topeka, $50 pa
;tients, 141 employees.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
VIOLATES ANTI TRUST law.
Resolutions to Instruct Attorneys
to Prosecute.
AIMED AT STANDARD OIL CO

Washington, March 19.-Representa-
tive Fitzgerald of New York introduced
the following resolution:
Whereas, 1t appears g. matter of
public record that the Standard Oil Co.
paid in the city of New York ON March
Is, 1900, the sum of ST., 600, 600, this
amount being an extra dividend in adj
dition to the regular quarterly dividend
of So, OOO, 600; and
Whereas, 1t is matter of public
record that this last dividend is SIS, OOo,-
600 in excess of the last quarterly divi-
dend paid by this corporation; and
Whereas, 1t Is also a matter of pub
lie record that the price of kerosene oil,
the sole means of lighting used by the
middle and poorer classes of people,
during the period of time between the
declaration of these dividends was. in
creased cents per gallon, constituting
a tax on every home in the land; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That, in the opinion OF
congress, this action of the Standard
Oil company is in direct violation OF
the provisions of the Sherman anti
trust law and therefore punishable by
fine and imprisonment, and the attor-
ney general is hereby directed, in &C
cordance with the provisions of that
act, to direct the several district at
torneys of the United States in their
respective districts to institute pro-
ceedings to bring the above named
violators of the laws to justice"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
For Now War Ships.

Washington, March 1.-THE house
committee on naval affairs reached a
definite and final decision as to the
number of warships to be authorized
the Forthcoming naval appropriation
bill as follows:
Two seagoing coast line battleships
of about 1880 tons each, to cost ap-
proximately $a,6Oo,OOO each; three
armored cruisers of the highest prac-
teal speed and most powerful armor
and armament, to cost approximately
50, 900, 900 each; three protected cruis-
ers, to cost about ST, 141 900 each.
was determined not to provide any
gunboats, in view of the opinion ex-
pressed by Secretary Long and Ad-
miral Dewey that General Otis recent
purchases of serviceable boats of this
character met present gunboat re-
OuirementS
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
Iowa Coal Miners,

Des Moines, Ia, March 19.-The oor-
ference of coal miners and operators
which has been in session since Feb
ruary 90, adjourned after adopting a
uniform scale of prices for mining
which amounts to about Is per cent
increase for the miners. There will
likely be an increase in the price of
coal of about 10 per cent to meet the
increased cost of mining.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
COMPARATIVE FIGURES.
+As Given BY The Asser4csa A.grdcuIturiss
For March.

For March.
New York, March Iz--'tThe i'm
provements IN agricultural conditions
now, contrasting with the depth of
depression IN 1896, is as little appre-
ciated by the outside public as was the
farmers condition during the hard
times. tits conservative, however, to
say that the products of the United
States farms for the past year was
worth to the farmers over 81 GOO, OOO,-
600 more than in either of the depress-
ed years noted. This is an average
advance of 81 per cent IN values as
compared with the low point
These statements are made by the
American Agricu1turist for March,
which contains an elaborate review of
the agricultural situation from a finan-
cial and industrial standpoint. The
live stock of the country is said to be
worth 500, OOO,Oo more than during
the hard times, or a gain of SO per
cent. Staple crops are worth $500, OoO,-
600 more than then, while other crops
show an increase of 5000, 900, 900 in
value, or gain of 25 per compared
with the depression of 1S94-6.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
NOEMFOFlE|R S|)RREN)ERS.
Evacuated. rbyt "Late President
ioffree State.
THE RAILWAY is uNINJuRED.

LoG ldon, March 16.-The following
is taye text of Lord Roberts dispatch to
the war Office announcing his occupa-
tsUn of Bloemfontein:
Through the help of God and the
bravery of her majesty's soldiers the
troops under my command have taken
possession of Bloemfontein. The Brit
ish flag now flies over the presidency,
evacuated last evening by Mr.. Steyn,
late president of the Orange Free State.
Mr.. Frazer, members of the late senate,
the secretary to the late government,
the landrost and other officials met me
two miles from town and presented
me with the keys to the public Offices.
The enemy have withdrawn from the
neighborhood and all seems quiet. The
inhabitants of Bloemfontein gave the
troops cordial welcome"
Lord Roberts received tremendous
ovation. After visiting the public
buildings he went to the official resi-
dence of the president, followed by a
cheering crowd, who waved the British
flag and sang the British anthem. They
were in a condition of frenzied excite
ment. Lord Roberts has his headquar-
tiers at the presidents house and there
are many of the British wounded there.
The railway is nninjured.
Whenever Lord Roberts dispatch
was read here his references to the ''lateI
President Steyn and the ''late" execu.
tive were Immediately fastened upon
as highly significant.