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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25
College Of Agriculture Dedicated

urbnna, ILL.,, May 22.-The new col.
lege OF agriculture recently erected
here was dedicated, the ceremonies
being participated In by notable os.
'cmblogc of ngrlculturists and tho
students and faculty Of the University
OF Illinois.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25
Mrs. MCKINLEY Growing stronger.

San Francisco, May a2.-Repors
from the Scott muuslon this morning
nre TO the effect that Mrs, Mckinley
10 resting easily and growing strong.
er. a....
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25
Lord K,,chener's weekly Report.

London, Muy 9s,--Lord Kitchener
reports that last week 10 Beers were
killed, IA wounded, 23s were made
prisoners and n surrendered, and
that 2l2 rides and 100000 rounds Of
ammunition were captured
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25
A property.Dcstroyinw Enr,hou.,.c,

Caracas, Venezuela, May 9s.--Thc
city of Cumono w0s visited by vic.
lent earthquake shock at Ave o'clock
Sunday morning, There was no loss
OF life, the only damage being to
property
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25
To lie tlVDOptp,l,

New York. May a2,--'lhe 90 Serylnll
Rypsles who were detained on Ellis
island IA likely 20 become public
charges have been tuhcr TO the
steamship Lain for deportation.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

London, May aa,--SIr John Edmund
Ccmmercll ADMIRAL Of the fleet froul
1899 20 is0p, In dcod. lie was born In
1890,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25
Ailsgsd F,rsbuss In Hoo.

Hub Head and Tom Steele have been
arrested, suspected Of causing the fire
which destroyed the business portion
NJ Newark, a small town near Bates.
willie. about week ago. II Ia claimed
Mead had made threats about the town
being burned. and when arrested he
made statements that caused Steels's
arrest
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

Mrs. Lou A. Maxwell. Of Little
Rock, was elected president Of the
STATE W. Q. T. v. In convention q,
WYE -
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

Many acres Of growing crops were
washed away by the recent high stage
Of Red river. .,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

Too many prophets spoil the wealth
sr.-ChlcaRo Daily News.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

The Merchants and Farmers Bank
has been organised at New Louisville
with q capital Of $4,000. ID. p.
Wheat 10 president and J. 0. Smith
cashier.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

A negro named VIII Bussey com.
uittsd Z dastardly assault on q young
married white woman near Camden on
the 10th. II seems the brute knew
che woman's husband was away from
home. The woman was chloroformed,
and when the crime was discovered
che was IN q pitiable condition.
The case OF d. r. Giles. a railway
mail clerk living ut Little Rock,
charged with passing n worthless
check on st. Louis merchant has
tsen dismissed, there being no evil
6snce Of guilt.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

According to information received
from the new Seventh congressional
district, there are at present four dem.
ocrats who will DO congressional can.
didates In that district next year. They
are Hon. W, v. Tompkins. Of Prescott;
Hon. II. Minor Wallace. OF Magnolia;
Hon. T. ]. Gaughan, Of Camden, and
Hon. Turner Butler, Of Hamburg.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-25

State Superintendent OF Education
Doyne has been Informed that eleven
scholarships In Peabody Normal Col.
lege at Nashville have been allotted to
Arkansas students The following
have been nominated: Jose AvondIno,
Texarkana; Ruth II. Dascom. Pres.
colt; Edith l.. Jones, Ruth Willie r.
Lowe, Iuella; Arpaitla Wilson, Mon.
ticcllo. This leaves six Of the scholar.
ships to be filled,
Al the recent term Of Phillips cir.
cult court eighteen penStentiary son,
tAnces were assessed. all solorcd.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
AMERICANS. ARE TRAPPED
Forty-eight Members of the Ninth
Infantry Are Slain.

4, Manila, Oct. "A disastrous fight
between American, troops and insur5
gents occurred on the island of Sa-
mar, near Balanginia. A.large body
OF insurgents attacked Company G,
Ninth Infantry, only twenty-four
members of the company escaped.
The company had seventy-two mem
Ders. All the others are reported to
have been killed. The company was
at breakfast when attacked and
made determined resistance, but
the overwhelming numbers of the
insurgents compelled them to retreat.
OF the survivors who have arrived at
Bassey, eleven are wounded.
Manila, Sept. 30.--Gen. Hughes.
from the island of Samar, reports
the arrival of Sergeant, Markley and
one private at Tannans (who report
the fight at Balangigal where over
forty men of Company C, Ninth in
fantry, were, killed by Insurgents
who attacked the troops while at
breakfast Saturday last. The men
who have reached Tannan say that
the officers of the company, who
were at first reported to have es-
capped, were killed with the majority
of the company. The troops were
attacked, while unprepared, by 400
bolomen, of whom the Americans
killed about 14o. Many of the SOL
diers were killed in their quarters,
before they had time to grasp their
rifles.
Gen. Hughes is going to the scene
Of the disaster and will personally
command the troops.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
KITCHENER TURNED DOWN.
Refused to Give Him More Troops
Complete Snbiugation of Transyaal.

Refused to Give Him More Troops \
Complete snbjugation of Transvaal.
New York, Sept. 80. Discussing the
South African situation the London
correspondent of the Tribune saws
that the war Office has lost no time
in denying the mischievous canard
about, Lord Kitchener's resignation
in consequence of Disagreement
with Mr.. Broderick. The war office
cannot dispute with equal force the
contention that appeals for re-engage-
ment to the returned yeomanry force
have failed, Notwithstanding Lord
Chesham's example in agreeing to go
back to the seat of war. There is
a tendency to believe the reports
that the government has refused
Lord Kitchener's application for adj
ditions to his fighting strength, but,
as the Standard points out, if there
were the slightest reason to sup.
pose that the government had over
ruled any decisions which Lord
Kitchener had come to as to col
lateral measures for stamping out
resistance as early as possible, they
would very soon discover that they
had not merely hampered the com
mander-in-chief, but had outraged
public opinion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
HALF A MILLloN DUE SUE IOWA.
Enormous Sum Due State From Fedara

OOVcTnmen
Des Moines, Sept. Ex-senator
Lothrop of Sioux City, who for sew
eral days past has been digging into
the reports of the state treasure,
and state auditor of the days of the
civil war, to ascertain the amount
due the state from the federal gov
eminent on account of interest never
paid on war bonds and war warrants.
has completed his work. His state
ment was submitted to the governor
today.
1t is found by Senator Lothrop
that the sum due the state mounts
up to nearly $500,0O0. The exact sum
is $455,472.61. This is inclusive of q
number of items, such as the cost
of engraving plates, printing, trans.
porting, expenses of sales, commits,
sion on sales, discounts, exchange
and interest on war bonds and wal
warrants. The item of interest is
of course, the principal one. Although
the federal government has had the
use of the proceeds of the war bonds
and war warrants and repaid the
principal, the state was never allowed
interest, and the accunnulations OF
interest in the course of third of o
century have run up to a large sum,
Senator Lothrop believes the state
is entitled to compensation for other
expenditures on account of the fed
eral government as well as for inter
est.
In seeking to recover this amount
from the federal government Sena-
tor Lothrop is acting by request OF
the governor in conjunction with At
torney General Mullan. The state.
ment will be set before the United
States treasury department., and fol.
lowing this it is expected arrange
ments will be made for a presenta.
ton of the case to the treasury Off
Gals and a hearing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Girl ACCUSED EMPLOYER.
Adelaide Davis of Iowa City Sues Nj. f
Price for Alleged Assault.

Price for Alleged Assault.
Iowa City, Sept. 3o.-A scandal
which has set everybody agog in Iowa
City has been caused by the filing
of a suit for $4,000 damages by Miss
Adelaide Davis for two assaults all
legged to have been committed upon
her by her employer, M. f. Price.
Miss Davis, who is the stenographer
of M. f. Price, manager of the W. r..
Main Jewelry company and allied
concerns doing business in every
state in the union, alleges that on
or about April 10, 1901, Price as
saulted her i'll his office, and that
after a fierce struggle she broke
away from the lounge where he held
her and fled from the building. On
the occasion of the second assault,
Miss Davis alleges that Price locked
the door of his office before COM
uniting it. Price is prominent
church worker, Sunday school
superintendent, vice-president of the
Republican Printing company and as
sociate editor of the Iowa City Daily
Republican,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Buncoed By Strangers,

Newton, Oct. Lit is reported that
prominent farmer, j. w. Murphy,
living near here, was buncoed out of
several hundred dollars recently by
a couple of strangers. The first
stranger appeared and bargained for
his farm, paying a small sum down
anu promising to return the next
day and make the remainder of the
first payment. In a short time the
second party came and offered a
much larger sum for the property
and bargained to take it if the first
purchaser could be bought off. Ac-
cordingly when the first stranger APP
peared Mr.. Murphy succeeded in buy.
ing him off. The second stranger
never reappeared. Mr.. Murphy is nov
out the amount paid the stranger less
the advance money paid for the bar.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
REMARKABLE OPERATION.
Removal of Tnmor. Weighing Eigksy-
Six Rounds From q Momnn.

i
Sioux City, Oct. LIN an operation
at Samaritan hospital on eighty-six
pound tumor was removed from a
woman, who when relieved of the
great ovarian cyst weighed but little
more than it did. 1t was the largest
tumor ever removed in an operation
in Sioux City. The surgeons stated
it is not unusual for tumors to reach
this size, but it is very rare, as invari-
ably they are removed before they
become so dangerously large. In
. this case, however, the tumor was
allowed to grow because the woman
was a believer in Christian science
and she insisted that the demonstra.
tions of healers and her faith would
remove it. Five or six years ago its
presence first became known, but she
insisted that there was no tumor and
in spite of the arguments of her hus-
band and the pleas of her friends
she refused to permit an operation.
She is on a fair way to recovery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
FRESH TROUBLE lMPENDS
An Anglo-Turkish Conflict Seems
Quite Probable.

Bombay, Sept. 5o.A British naval
force is concentrating in the Per-
sian gulf. Three warships are al
ready on the spot, and they will be
augmented by the gunboat Assaye,
which has already left Kprrachee,
and the flagship, the second class
cruiser Highfyer. The third class,
cruiser Pomone will also sail for the
Persian gulf SO soon as She has
coaled. 1t is believed that fresh,
trouble is impending at Koweyt. Ac-
cording to report, Turkey has 3d.
BOO troops atsBusra, on Shat-el-Arab,.
seventy miles from it's mouth, in TIN
Persian gulf, commanded by Edhenl
Pasha, with the object of Selling
Aoweyt, though the Turks assert
that the troops are intended to trav-l
erse Arabia with the object of supp
prssing disaffection in Yemen.
London, Sept. 3O.-A dispatch fro
Bombay gives the following additio
al details regarding an alleged AngiS
Turkish crisis in southern Asia. Ac-
cording to the latest dispatches, the
Turks again attempted to land
troops at Koweyt. The British cruis-
er Perseus, noticing the movement of
Turkish vessel, steamed up and de-
manded the object of the visit. The
reply was that the vessel had been
instructed to land 500 men. The com
mander of the Perscus advised the
Turkish commander to return to
Busra.
s The Turkish vessel, instead of do
ing this, entered the harbor and
prepared to land the troops. The
Perseus cleared decks for action and
played her searchlight on the Turk
all night.
: In the morning the Turkish COM
:mander visited the Perseus and in
timated his intention of returning
70 Fac and telegraphing to CONSTANT
nople for instructions. The vessel
went to Fac and is still there.
Meantime, the Turkish troops are
massing at Busra and reported to be
under command of Edhem Pasha.
The sheikh Mabourakh reports
that the Vail of Busra has asked him
to discharge the calls of British war
ships and mail steamers. He has
refused to do so.
British protectorate has not vet
been established.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Accident on the Northwes. ern.

Dunlap, Oct 1.-Chicago & North.
western passenger train No. 1 left
the track while entering the yards
at this place. Three sleepers and
two chair cars were derailed, and the
tracks torn up for quite distance.
The accident was caused by broken
rail. No one was injured, and the
damage to the train was not extern
sive. The passengers We're transfer.
red to train following and brough
to this CITY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
THE NEWS in IOWA
TRANSPORTING OF PUPILS.
System Is Growing In Favor in Man
Parts of the State.

System Is Growing In Favor in Many
Parts of the State.
Des Msines, Sept. 30.--Seventy-five
pages of the Forthcoming. report OF
Superintendent r. C. Barrett of the
department of public instruction
will be given over to the considera-
ton of questions of consolidation OF
rural independent districts and the
transportation of pupils.
Superintendent Barrett intends to
make the treatise on these subjects
in his report valuable one that will
be replete with information on these
important questions of school policy.
He will present letters from county
superintendent in many parts of
the state and from teachers and 9th
ers interested in educational matters
in Iowa, showing their views on con-
solidation and transportation. He be-
lieves the testimony an dopinions of
these persons will be of much more
value and interest than discussion
Of these matters by himself only
would be.
The report will make an interest
Ing showing as to the growth of the
movement for consolidation and
transportation in Iowa. Two years
ago pupils were being transported in
twenty-five counties of the state and
to forty-eight schools. Since that
time the plan has been tried in a
number of additional counties and
districts. 1t is not yet ascertained
just what the increase is, but Mr..
Barrett says it will be considerable.
One of the most interesting phases
of the extension of the system of
transportation of pupils is that of
its being taken up in some of the
city districts. Mr.. Barrett has let
ter from supt, Clifford of the Council
Bluffs city schools, in which the lat
ter tells how transportation was
successfully utilized there. Lying at
the outskirts of the independent dis
trict of Council Bluffs was the Wood
bury school. The attendance was
not large and the progress of the
pupils was not satisfactory, mas
much as the teacher had the time to
give but few minutes to each of
her classes. The cost of the school
to the district was $50 per month.
Tt was decided to abandon the Wood
bury school and transport the pupils
to the most convenient ward schools.
The district has been able to do this
satisfactory at a cost OF $50 per
month, thus etfecting saving of $50
per month by the change and Civ
ing the pupils much better educa-
tional advantages.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Potatoes Paw for Land.

Traer, Sept. 3O.-There have been
many instances up west where farm
ers marketed enough wheat or flax
from SIS to $50 land in one year to
pay for the land, but a North Tama
farmer raised enough potatoes to
pay for the land at the present high
prices of this vicinity. Arthur Wood
of Buckingham had eighteen acres
of potatoes this year. Although the
crop here is very light, he gets 800
bushels to the eighteen acre field.
The price here at present is $1.25
to $780,. which gives Mr.. Wood a
return of $1,000 this year, or $66.66
per acre.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Beers rUr UP HARD FIGHT.
British Lose Heavily in an Engagement
With 1000 Beers

Durham, Natal, Oct. IA force of
fifteen hundred Beers, commanded
by General Botha, made an, attack,
which lasted all day long, September
goth, on Portitala, on the border of
Zululand. The burghers were finally
repulsed but at heavy cost to the
garrison, whose losses were an officer
and eleven men killed and five officers
and thirty-eight men wounded. In
addition sixty-three men are missing,
of which number many are believed
to have been killed or wounded. The
Boer commandant, Opperman, and
nineteen burghers are known to have
been killed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
PLOT TO BLOW UP VAULT.
Guards at Mckinley Tomb Attacked Nv
Men Carving Iaci.a1aa - q =.

q n carrying iackages.
Canton, Oct. 1.-The military men
who are guarding the Mckinley vault
report that an attack was made on
the guard at the vault Sunday night
by a number of men carrying pack.
ages. DE Prend, the military guard
on duty at the time, says that it
vas an attempt to blow up the vault
When he discovered the first Prov
Ter, creeping toward the vault, De
Prend challenged him and the fel.
low started to run. The guard pnr.
sued him, firing one shot.
He was then intercepted by CON
federate OF, the murderer. who made
savage thrust at him with knife,
the blade penetrating his overcoat
and blouse, and scratching his body.
He also received a heavy blow on
the head from some instrument car
ried by the gang, the members of
which escaped.
Investigation supports his story,
although the military officers, obey
ing orders, will not allow themselves
to be quoted.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Paris Latest Sensation.

Paris, Sept. 27.-The Patrie prints
a sensational story to the effect that
conflict has broken out between
Great Britain and Turkey, saying
that three British war vessels have
been ordered to the Prussian gulf to
suppress revolts at Touete, in the
British province of Bagdad, and that
the Turkish government has dis
patched strong detachment of
troops with Instructions to oppose
the landing of the British forces.
Russia, Germany and France, the pa
per also says, have agreed to sup
port Turkey.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Arrest BurcIarY suspccts.

Charles City, Oct. 1.-Three men,
Frank Riley, Carl Van Gordon and
Thos. Williams, charged with com.
plicity in the Powersville burglary
were arrested near Gainesville, west
pus xsa sIeoHO 40 tHooH 5IqIeN 10
Atherton, and on trial before Justice
Merriam in this city each was hello
to the grand jury in $500 bail. Two
others of the gang were arrested at
Mason City and will be brought here
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Crushed to Death By Landslide

Sioux City, Sept. 2.7-Geo. Bushar
was crushed to death. under several
tons of earth and sand. The land.
slide occurred in plain view of his
three sons and other workmen who
with teams We're engaged near North
Riverside in hauling sand. Bushar's
team and wagon were also buried
Bushar, when his body was dug from
the mass of earth and sand, was
crushed into a shapeless mass and
death had probably been instantan
eous. He was ten feet underground
The oftener man is sold the
cheaper he feels.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
MANY loMANs ARE INJURED.
Bad Wreck on the Wabash Near Council
IsIuffs


Bluffs.
Council Bluffs, Sept. 2s.-Passenger
train No. 3, on the Wabash,y a
through train from ST. Louis, to Oma-
ha, was wrecked yesterday seven
The entire train, consisting of mail
and baggage cars, two day coaches,
chair car and one Pullman sleeper,
rolled down an eighteen-foot embank-
ment and turned bottom side up, the
engine alone remaining on the track.
The engine stopped with forward
truck on the edge of the bridge over
Ardin creek. The train carried near
ly a hundred passengers. Three were
perhaps fatally injured, sixteen hurt
and a score of others received
bruises.
A wreclling and relief train with
physicians was sent to the scene of
the wreck. Most of the injured We're
taken to farm house until relief
could arrive.
The wrecked train was in charge
of Engineer William Rodgerson, and
the passengers say it was running
about thirty miles an hour when
the accident occurred. The engineer
says that just after the train left
Mineola. and as they were nearing
Madman's crossing, the engine left
the track but again gained the rails,
although The tender went down the
bank with the remainder of the train.
All the cars were badly damaged ana
there were several narrow escapes
The cause of the wreck is thought
to be due to the spreading of the rails
on the curve where it occurred. The
track is badly blocked and it becomes
necessary for the road to run its
trains over the Burlington road be
tween Malvern, Iowa, and Omaha.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Bank RobnetI.

Guthrie Center, Sept. 2s.-The
banks and business houses
were closed for a few hours yester-
day afternoon on account of the coun-
~ fair and some parties broke into
the Citizens Exchange bank from the
rear and pried off and carried off the
change drawer. There was not over
$40 or SIS in the cash box. No ar
tests or susDectS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Fatal Hunting Acc dent.

, Ottumwa, Oct. david Bell, an
inspector for the Iowa Telephone
Company. is dead as the result of an
accident While out hunting his gun
was accidentally discharged. The
cartridge struck him in the leg, tear
ing away his pants pocket and fore
ing several coins through his thigh.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Not Anxious to Go to war.

& London, Sept. 25.-The result of the.
government invitation to the imperi-
al yeomanry to re-enlist has proved
great disappointment. 1t was ,ex7
pected that majority of the men,
would rejoin. Instead of this, the
first week witnessed only thirty APP!
plications. New measures will have
to be taken to secure recruits. The
trouble is largely due to the fact
that the men had to wait for months
before getting their arrears of pay
settled.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
sCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY.

Washington, Oct. Rear Admira,
Evans, who, as captain, commanded
the battleship Iowa during the San.
tlago campaign, was witness be
tore the Schley naval court of inauiry
yesterday. His testimony covered
the entire period from the. time the
Iowa left the port of Key West ON
the goth of May, 1898, until the 5th
OF July, when Admiral Evans testified
he had a conversation with Admiral
Schiey concerning the battle of the
Sd. He described in detail the prin.
cipal battle off Santiago, and also
gave particulars concerning the bonn
bardment of the Colon on the 31st Of
May.
Other witnesses of the day were
Capt. Theodore f. Jewell, who was
commander of the cruiser Minneapo-
lis during the Spanish war, and Com
mander James NJ. Miller, who was in
command of the collier Merrimac,
until that vessel was turned over to
Lieutenant Hobson to be sunk in the
mouth of the. harbor at Santiago,
Admiral Evans had not concluded his
testimony when, the court adjourned
for the daV