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The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
Knight Templars Elect Officers.

The Grand Commandery. Knights
Templar. In annual session at Little
Rock last week. elected the following
ehicers; e.. A. McCulloch. Mariana.
grand commander. to succeed X. M.
Smith sne' Of the victims Of the Gal
weston flood; Frank Hill, Little Rock,
deputy grand commander; CD. Klock,
Eureka Springs, grand generalissimo;
r. H. Head, Pine BLUM, grand captain
general; 8. p Ceilings. Hot Springs,
grand senior warden; T. H. Jones, Lit
tie Rock. grand Junior warden; Rev,
J. L. Caldwell, Pine Bluff, grand pre-.
late; John Brodie, Little Rock. grand
treasurer; Fay Hampstead, Lutte Rock,
grand recorder; Nick Kizer, Eureka
Springs, grand standard-bearer James
Chapple, Little Rock grand sword.
bearer; Peter Bricklcy. Mariana,
grand warder; Edmund Metcalf, Little
Rock. grand captain Of the guard.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
PASSING OF THE SCEPTER
An Event Of Immense importance IL
the Financial WOrld-Amsri-
ricn TO the Fore.

London, April 24.--Commcnting OF
he placing o. consols in the Uniret
States, the Liverpool Post says
1t IL an event OF immense financit
md economic Significance. II show
that the balance OF Indebtedness I
being changed. The United States
becoming Great Britain's creditor au'
the change Of relationship will neees
sarily have n very direct effect OF
trade. II may influence the interol
,ional financial position. If roudonl
pre-emincncc ns the financial ccnle
OF the world Is lost and New fon
shares the position with london. III
new situation will be decidedly leo
favorable than the old to Britlsl
financial and commercial supremacy
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
Monday, April N

SENATE Senator kirtys bill pro
viding for the election OF school di.
rectors on Fridays instead of Satur.
days, for the benefit Of Seventh. Day
Adyentists, failed OF passaga Senator
Dowdy, one Of the members Of tho g.e'
cal committee that drafted the bill
called up n. q. 49t. providing for the
erection OF the new state capitol. II
was rcad tho nrst time without OBJ
lection. On motion tho rules were
Suspended and tho bill read q second
time. Numerous amendments were
offered, and the bill, with amendments
was referred TO u special committee
HousE,--H. II, 39b, fixing the pom
atty for the unlawful sale OF liquor
was read third time and passed, I
fixes tho penalty for the unlawful sal,
OF liquor as follows; First oifense
ane Of not less than $50 nor NOR,
than 5000; second offense. fine o.
800 and not more than 5000, with
Imprisonment Of from Ave to sixt,
days; third offenyc, n fine OF 5000 4
$500, with imprisonment at from tire,
TO ak months. II, d. 800, to abolish
separate chancery courts, was reat
third time and passed. II. u. No Q
a fellow servant bill, was taken up ant
passed. A bill by Mr., Strait, to equal
Ire salaries af circuit judges aud chan
cellors. failed 10 pass.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
THE FLOOD In THE OHIO.
still Rising slowly mt Cincinnati
Conditions at Other Points
Along the River.

Cincinnati, April 23.-At Parkers.
burg, W. Va, the river gagged 43 feet
and Cloth tonight and was rising less
than an inch an hour. Besides the
loss in the manufacturing and whole.
sale districts at Parkersburg. manv
laborers are idle and about one thou.
sand people have been rendered home.
less.
At Charleston, W. Va, over three
hundred people were rendered home.
less, and the loss of timber in Elk
Poca, Cauley and Coal rivers has been
very great.
At Huntington, w. Va, the gauge
this evening was AGA, and the river
was still rising. Adjacent towns were
submerged. The water in many in.
stances being in second stories. Over
thousand persons are homeless in
the district around Huntington, and
many are destitute.
In Harvey, near Central City, there
are not half dozen inhabit houses
and il is expected that these will be
vacated, All the towns in the valley
that are lighted by natural gas are
in darkness and without fuel, as the
natural gas main burst near Gallup
Ky.
AT Marietta. o.. about one hundred
and fifty families are homeless. The
Ohio became stationary there at 10
n. M, and afterwards fell slightly. It's
rise tonight is due to food in the
Muskingum.
At Point Pleasant, w. Va. the wa
ter is all over the lower part of the
city, over two hundred families being
driven from their homes.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
rueaday. April IS.

sryATE.-Quite a lively debate en-
sued over a motion to defer the s'a'e
capitol bill, passed by the house.
The motion was defeated-ayes H.
noes IS. A resolution offered by Sen
ator nlrby, urging Arkansas Sena-
tors and Representatives to take sucn
actions necessary to secure speedy
trials for Americans in Mexican pris-
ons, was unanimously adopted. SEN
ator Caldwell's bill, permitting cities
and towns to charge ten cents for
weighing each bale of cotton, failed to
pass. Senator Wood called up the new
state capitol bill and offered an
amendment naming the present board,
instead of the board provided to be
appointed by the governor. Senator
Hardy spoke in opposition to Senator
Woods amendment and hoped the bill
would pass in its present form. He
said Gov. Davis had never opposed
building new state capitol, but he
had opposed the contracts entered in
to by the present board. The people
had sustained him. and If the COM
mittee bill were passed Gov. Davis
would take pride in carrying out the
provisions of the bill and build the
new state capitol. Senator Woods
amendment was defeated-ayes g.,
noes ~. t
HoUsE.-As the session draws near
close, the bill killers get in their
work. No less than dozen measures
that had run the gauntlet of commit
tees and first and second readings
were disposed of by motions to in
definitely postpone. Comstocks house
BILL increasing the number Of trus-
tees of the state university to nine
members, was read third time and
passed. H. B. 104, prohibiting the
taking of orders for liquor in prohi.
bition districts, was read third time
and failed to pass. The house then
went into committee of the whole to
consider the deaf mute appropriation
DllL .' NN|
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
Mooushlnsr Convicted.

Hnrve Bruce was convicted In fed.
eral court at I4itle Rock on four counts
charging Illicit distilllnx and sen.
fenced to Imprisonment at lcaven.
worth for three years and one day.
Bruce mas served heretofore at Lcay'
cnworth on the same charge He was
tried In the state courts for being
implicated In the killing Of Deputy
United States Marshals Dodson and
Taylor In Pope county In 1897 and
served few months in the peniten'
uary, 'NN"
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

Gov. Davis last week granted relief
to s. X. George, John Cravens and
Nick Kyle, of Bonneville, sureties on
he bail bond of c. C. Smith for 5000
He also relieved ]. B. Edwards, II. I.
Hampton and w. d. Mcintosh OF
81, 900 peace bond. In the early part
of 1899, at Paris, Logan county one
w. d. McInturf was placed under
1000 bonds to keep the peace toward
one Chas. Anderson, Edwards and
Hampton and his wife. Laura G. Nc
Inturf. being sureties. Edwards wife
and Mrs. McInturf were sisters. II
was but short while before Mcln-
turf violated the peace bond and In
August, 1899, judgment for $1,000 was
given against the sureties, Mrs. Mcln-
turf being released by reason OF her
overture. Afterward McInturf was
indicted for perjury alleged to have
been committed in the nrst trial before
the justice of the peace, when he was
put under the peace bond, In the trial
for perjury, one VIM. Westmoreland
being a witness against him. Mcln-
turf was acquitted. A feud was the
result Of this trial and few days
later, in January, 1900, McInturf was
killed by Westmoreland. He was ar
rested and bound over in the grand
Jury. The only witness to the shoot
ing was one c. c. Smith, resident of
Indian Territory, and he was placed
in Jail so he could ne found when the
trial was called. george, Kyle and
Cravens took pity on Smith and sign
ed a $500 bond for his release. Smith
skipped out and has not
been seen since. At the trial West
moreland was convicted Of murder In |
the second degree and sentenced to q
years, which he is now serving,
though his case is In supreme court.
In January, 1901, judgment was rem
dered against George, Kyle and Cra-
vens for the $500 bond, but Kyle and
Cravens have left the state, making
George liable for the entire bond.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
WORLDS FAIR INCORPORATED
papers Sent to Jefferson City in III.
Care of Attorney Stanley
StOner.

ST. Louis, April 2i.-The Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co. is incorpor.
;.ted. This important event took plaos
yesterday just before five O'Clock. and
the incorporation papers were put a,
once on their way to Jefferson CITY
in the care of Attorney STANLEY
Stoner.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
BOXERS AGAIN MENACINC,
The nOxern In southern Pc-Chl'
Are said 10 he Preparing for
Another Rising.

Berlin, April 2l.-Thc Colog
Vol!;s Zcitung prints corresponds
from y German missionary In chm
which suys that In southern pc'Chl'
the Boxers IRE preparing for nno'l'
great rising,cspcciully IN the dis'rlI
OF Kuong Ping Fu and Mi Ming '
where the population sympa'h','
with the Boxers because of U
fnWlne there,
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

y r.. r. Giles. n railway mail CLERK.
whose home Is ut Little Rock. was ar.
rested In st. Louis. charged with haw-
ing passed worthless draft. tbs
draft was made out to mercantile
firm All Forrest City The party on
whom the draft was passed called up
the Forrest City Arm over the long diss
tanee telephone. and whsn II was
learned that the draft WA worthless
Giles was placed under ARREST. Giles
was reSsntly suspended frnm the malll
service pending an investi sation OF hIss
accounts with the government
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
rusliler. Mefuse ~ parade.

London, ApIil al.-1'wo hundred of
the Royal Munster fuslhers refused
10 parade at Carlisle fort, IN Cork,
l.st Monday, IN u mark of their dls.
approval of being transferred from
Spike lsland 10 Carlisle fort. Az q
precautionary measure the officers OF
,hls battalion locked up the mcp's
nrms and notified military headqdar.
ters At Spike island OF The occurrence.
" Is understood that soldiers from
another bnttnlt u will bc sent 10 Car.
lisle fort to ring the lnsubordInat,
fusillcrs under control. tfn. ri
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

London, April ai.-l"I learn so
the st, Petersburg correspondent
the Daily Mill, thar NJ. Delcassc can
20 ST. Petersburg ut the request
Emperor Nicholas, TO discuss the pr
Ject OF RussI0 and France john,
guaranteeing ChIna's indemnity
the powers, thereby procuring
speedy settlement ind the cvac''"''
OF pekln.
"rhIs proposal was suggested gov.
ear by the emperor OF CHM y,
RussIa hopes by means Of the guar
tee 10 secure her aims In Moncbur''
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
WANT AMERICANS TO REMAIN
Our Troops In the Nature
~ Protectors.

Pekin, April si.- Many application
have been made 10 Mr.. Gockhlll an
Gen. Chaifec by Chinese of all degree
for the retention in China of N
American troops until the gener'
withdrawal of troops Of all the pow
ers, Many OF those who are maxim
this request think the Withdrawal
the Americans will nuke the oihc'
remain longer. There are also PEI
Pile who do not desire Ia see any
the soldiers 20, fearing anarchy 40
nm uprising against foreigners. IN
soldiers who return do so with I'll %
honors OF war.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

Dave King, formerly u deputy
sheriff, shot and dangerously wounded
j. ID. Jenkins, a blacksmith. at Hot
springs. The trouble VAS the re-
suit of n quarrel between Young andg
Barney Hart The latter was friends
OF jenkins, who, when ha saw Young
draw a pistol to shoot Hart, seized the
weapon and It was discharged while lN
held the barrel. attempting to wrest
II from Young's hands.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
A QUESTIONABLE DECISION.
sash and Door Manufacturers OF
Minneapolis Agree 10 Discard
H the uaiOn Label, 1851

Minneapolis, MINI, April ai.--1'he
sash and door manufacturers of this
city have agreed 10 terminate, ON
May I, the arrangement with the
Woodworkers' union by which the
union label was stamped on oil mill
work, This action II In feared, will
cnusc the strike OF carpenters, now
In progress, TO spreud to all the
other building trades,
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
| TH[P()R1O RCOOF TODAY.
L. S. Rowe, of the Porto Rican Code
Commission, Talks About
the Island.
A COMPARISON WITH TWO YEARS AGO.
The islanders, For the Most Part
Busy on the solution OF Probie"s
which should Have Been raced
Century Ago, But Progress IN
Being Made.

New York, April 24.-L. 5. Rowe, OF
the Porto Rican code COMMISSION
has arrived here from San Juan. lie
brings with him the report of the
commission appointed by the presi-
dent in June of last year. After pre-
senting this report, DR.. Rowe VIII re-
turn to San Juan to assume the CHAIR
manship of the new code COMMISSION
appointed by Gov. Allen.
situation In the Island.
Speaking of the situation in the is
land DR.. Rowe said:
"The statements concerning Porto
Rico have been so numerous and so
contradictory that it seems hazard
Gus to venture an opinion at the pres
emit time. The different points of
view represented in the statements
that have recently appeared are TO
be explained by the fact that Porto
Rico, after period of uncertainty
incident to the change Of sovereignty
is now settling down to the solution
of the problems which should have
been faced century ago.
A Comparison with 1SO0.
"rhe spirit of pessimism, which
small element of the population
seems intent on keeping alive, loses
II justification when the Porto Rico
of to-day is compared with the Porto
Rico of 1899. To-day fully organ
lied government, in which the people
are actively participating, is guaran-
teeing personal and property rights
throughout the island; justice is be-
ing administered with an impartiall-
~ hitherto unknown, and taxation,
which has been largely q matter OF
favoritisrn and partisan discrlmlna-
ton, ~ being placed on definite ana
secure basis ard with the assurance
of equality and uniformity in admin
istration.
Mary Presidents Hsve Beeu Solved.
mo one will for a moment contend
shat an or even the greater part or
The economic and political problems
confronting the island have been
solved Nothing less than miracle
could have worked such a change.
But it is equally clear that a firm
and lasting foundation has been laid
for the gradual solution of these i'm.
porrant questions, such as the re-
generation Of the coffee and tobacco
districts, the development of the fruit
trade, etc, upon which the future
prosperity OF the island will largely
depend.
Thrce Raafcrl Changes,
"It must be borne in mind that Por-
TO Rico has passed through three rad
zeal changes Of political system in as
many years. First came the change
under Spanish rule from absolutism
to autonomous regime, then the arbi-
trary rule of military government,
and finally, the more liberal system
introduced by the Foraker act. 10 is
NOT surprising that under such cir
cumstances the spirit of unrest
should have developed. II is only
within the last six months that Porto
Rico has quietly settled own, deter
mined to hcip itself and solve its own
problems.
IMpaticucc I'm Some RuWrt~r~.
"THe Impotence shown in some
quarters by rlie native popula ton be-
cause Of the failure to give to the is
land within thu short space Of a year
u complete system OF roads and .
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
A Remarkable tnvaiia,

A 81. Petersburg correspondent
says an invalid who has reached the
remarkable age OF $40 years IL now
lying In the hospital OF Tomsk. He
still remembers Catherine IT,, and
talks Of having buried his wife 100
years ago and his son 20 years back.
His record was nearly approached By
a Georgian, who died few days ago
In Tihls at the age Of ias years..
rlt.pitL
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

Germany has now expert CONNER
cial attaches at New York, puenos
Ayrea, Constnntlnople and 81. Peters'
burg. The services OF these gentle
men, who are attached TO tho con-
sulatss general and not TO the EN-
bassies, have proved very valuable "a
German trade interests.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

Addie, the g.year.old daughter Of ].
W. Connolly, near Rocky, Polk coun.
ty. was fatally burned. She was burn
ing corn stalks when her clothing
caught. The child ran TO the creek n
short distance away and plunged In,
but her injuries proved fatal after two
days suffering, n eF
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

The governor hrs approved the
bill which makes II an olfense to use
poisonous substances In coloring can.
dies. or to adulteratc candies with sub.
stances regarded - delcterIous TO
health.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
CHARGED with i,,sany,

DR.. M. L. Collins, alias Wiley John.
son, was arrested at Van Buren, on
a warrant charging him with bigamy.
A brother Of the doctor reported him
to the officers. and now Collins claims
his brother has seven living wives,
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27
choe.aw Oh Company incorporated

The Choctaw OIL Company headquar
BARS at Fort Smith has flcd articles Of
Incorporation with the secretary Of
state. The capital stock Is 100000,
Of which $4,000 has been paid In.
The company proposes to develop the
eii And sas territory tributary to Fort
ouAths smss't'N vlui 4
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

Thrce laborers on tho government
work ut Batesville were arrested for
gambling and will be tried under tho
new law.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

n MAJ. J. n. paschal, assessor Of ru.
3aSki county, died on tho 18th. aged
- years. He had been q reridsnt Of
~ stats nfty'avs years.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

4 ". J. Brown, aged so years, was
struck by 4 train and killed near
Acorn, POLK County, lie had been en-.
ployed rs a guard at q rock crusher,
whore his body was found.
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

The report Of Little Rnck's chief a.
the FIRE department shows the follow
ing losses from Are daring the yenr
1900. Value OF buildings, S5Si 900; !.
value Of contents, t1as,67b; loss on
buildings, so7, O57 So; loss on contants.
S27a,al2. 20; insurance. involved on
buildings, SS4O, $50; insurance Involved
on contents, s244,bso; Insurance. loss
on buildings, S4r.S07 80; Assurance
loss on contents, $17o.b7e'
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

The general assembly Of the Pres.
bytcrian church will convene at Little
Rock May 49,. ~ w,N
The Van Buren press., 1901-04-27

Hon. Robert X. Dacus. circuit clerk
OF Yell County, died last week Of pneu.
monia. Ia
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
BICYCLE NOTES.

After July l the law will be rigidlv en-
forced in regard to riding on anv cycle
path without license tag. The fine il
from IS to SIS for violation.
Boyd Hartzell, of st. Paul has an
nounced that he will make an attempt To
lower the double century record over the
81. Paul Tonha course Sunday July g.
The record is now II hours IA minutes.
held by James McIlrath, of St. Paul
The Flour City cyclists will have a run
to Saltwater today. They will leave
their club house at $50 a. m. and Will
pass through st. Paul about $50 a. m.
Inc motor cycle races to be run next
Thursday afternoon at the fair grounds
Will be the first of the kind ever held in
Minnesota.
The ordinance recently passed by the
city council in prohibiting the carving
OF children under twelve years Of age
upon the handle bars OF a bicycle or an
attachment thereon connected In the b.
cycle, is regarded with favor by the ma
jority Of the Wheelmen and the public IN
general No matter how careful q person
might be there IS great danger to the
child.
Several Of the long-distance riders are
agitating a 2G0-mile road race over the St.
Paul-TOnka course. There would be con-
siderable speculation as TO the winner in
race Of that description, and the chanc-
eS for accidents and mishaps would be 80
great that probably the best man would
not win, but still those are the chances a
rider tkes in long distance race. There
is no doubt the race would arouse consid.
cradle excitement
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
SURVIVORS CENTURY RUN
IN ALL STATES THE ANNUAL Ma
TIONAL RIDE WILL TAKE
PLACE
MUCH LOCAL ENTHUSIASM
The Idea Originated in Minnesota
and Attendance LIS Always Large
Survivors to Receive
Medals.

Next Sunday, June 16 the National Sur
vivors' Country Run will be held through
out the country. 1t is the celebration
of the tenth anniversary Of the Country
Road Club of America. Each state will
have a country run on that date and all
who finish the century inside Of the time
limit of fourteen hours will be entitled
to receive a medal upon the payment of
81. There will probably be a number
who finish the century who Will not de-
sire the medal, and on this account there
will be no entrance fee All Wheelmen
are invited to participate in the run and
all those who finish within the speci-
fed time are requested to make applica-
ton to T. L. Bird, and IL they desire
the souvenir medal can obtain one by
the payment of 81, which will merely
cover the cost Of the medal.
The route selected for the run is to
Anoka, returning to Minneapolis, thence
to Shakopee, returning to St Paul
through Minneapolis. The Minneapolis
riders will leave that city at a. m,
meet the st. Paul riders returning to
Minneapolis, then go to Anoka, arriving
there about 1890 They Will return to
Minneapolis between IL and 1 o'clock and
arrive at Shakopee about $3.50. The Min
neapolis riders will complete their cen
fury about in the evening and st. Paul
riders about o'clock. The route Sc
lected by the state officers of the c. R.
G. is one of the most popular in Min
nesota. There is a cycle path nearly the
entire distance except between Minneapo-
lis and Anoka, and there is a side path
between these places equal to any cycle
path. If the weather is fair there should
be a large turnout of wheelmen. The
national country run to be held in every
state next Sunday was first suggested
by Paul Gyllstrom of Minneapolis,
chairman of the road records committee.
and it is hoped by the state officers Of
Minnesota that every member of the c.
r. c. in the state will be on hand to par
tielpate in the run.