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HAZ|NG At WEST POINT.
Legislation for Its Suppression In
the Military Academy APP
preparation Bill.
PLAIN, STRAIGHTFORWARD WORDING.
A Provision for Summary Expulsion
of Any Cadet Found Guilty of
Participating Encouraging or
COuntenancing Having, without
Hope of Reinstatement.

Washington, Feb. 6.-In the senate.
after the disposition of routine bust
ness, consideration of the military
academy appropriation bill then was
resumed, the pending question being
the amendment offered by Mr.. Allen
(Neb.), providing that cadets upon
entering the acadamy should take an
oath not to engage in hazing, and if
found guilty be dismissed from the
academy and not be eligible thereafter
TO hold a position either in the army
or in the navy of the United States.
Mr.. Sewell On. j., in charge of the
bill, opposed the amendment, main
tanning that the provision against haz-
ing in the bill was sufficient.
In supporting the amendment, Mr..
Allen asserted that the brutal prac-
tce of assaulting another who was
his junior had been carried to ri
diculous extent at the military acade-
my, and he believed it would never be
broken up until the most rigid meas
ures were taken in good faith to pu:
an end to it,
After further discussion Mr.. Allen
withdrew his amendment, and offered
some amendments making stronger
the phraseology of the committees
amendment relating to hazing.
As agreed to, the hazing paragraph
reads as follows:
THAT the superintendent of the
military academy shall make such
rules, to be approved by the sec
rotary Of war, as will etfectually
prevnt the practice of hazing; and
any cadet found guilty of partici-
patton in or encouraging or coun-
enancing such practice, shall be
summarily expelled from the acad-
envy, and shall not thereafter be
reappointed to the corps of cadets
or be eligible for appointment as
commissioned officer in the army
or navy"
The bill as amended then was was
passed.
Mr.. Aldrich (R.I) called up the war
revenue reduction bill and it was
read.
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it through his spectacle glasses as one
might survey some noXious insect.
"Ain't this in your writing" demand
ed Mrs. Pry. holding up the envelope.
"Of course il is" answered the major.
sand is not this your writing?'
sternly Joined in Mr.. Forester, hold
ing up the letter.
Certainly it is" admitted the major
And that letter and that envelope be-
long together comprising note writ
ten by me to Mrs. Pry TO engage board
at her house once more. If you Will
observe, Mr.. Forester, you will per-
ceiye that the letter and the envelope
in your possession are in different
hanowritings."
"Then," gasped the bewildered Mr..
Forester. show on earth came this
letter directed to my daughter?'
"All know" said the major, stoutly,
ais that never sent it,"
And to the day of their death no.
body solved the mystery. The only
person who could have done so was
Master Julius Carey, who had listened
at the door during the whole colloquy,
and who took particularly good care
that no one should suspect his share
The Van Buren press., 1901-02-09
A Decision Rendered.

Judge John r. Hicks, acting Judge
of the White county circuit court,
has held that the vote on the license
question in incorporated towns must,
according TO law, be held separate
from the other vote. White county
went for license at the last election,
hut saloons were petitioned out Of
Beebc and some Of the other towns.
Recently another petition was pre-
sented to the county judge by the
saloon forces and the saloons were
granted license. The Ant-Saloon
League then prosecuted the eases on
the ground that the vote was not
taken according TO law, and he was
upheld by the circuit court,
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small enough to go into an ordinary
envelope, and she'll never suspect I'M
Ill she opens it,"
Julius" said his mother, what a
goose YOU are. Miss Forester is old
enough to be your mother"
"Miss Forester is just go said
Julius, land I'm nearly Is, and I've
been dead in love with her these three
years."
And he scampered off with his latter
and the goodly, untidy matron heaved
soft sigh and went back to the basket
of unmended stockings which was the
Nemesis of her life, and Maj. Midge-
field came down stairs to the once
more deserted study, quite uncon-
scious of the raid which had been made
upon it.
"Parthenia-that was the name
said Mai. Midgefield-"what could
have induced me to think it was Pa
thence or Pauline? Now where the
very dickens is that letter? Surely, l
didn't-oh, here it is, poked away I'M
der the inkstand. Tia. housemaid has
been in here busting, as sure as live
and it's a mercy she hasn't thrown 1t
into the crate. Mrs. Psrthenia Pry,
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The Arkansas conference OF the NJ.
r. Church closed at TeXarkana on the
5th. when Bishop Warren announcer
the following appointments;
Little Rock District-G. NJ. Hen
derson, presiding elder; Ada, sup
Piled by A. McConaghy; Almyra'
Amity and Argenta, to be suPplieo'
Beebe and Heber, f. NJ. Slonlnger:
Center Valley, w. f. Twyford; uil-
let, to be supplied; Hot Springs H.
Sheldon; Judsonia, G. +. Brock; Lit
tie Rock, Ebenezer, j. II. Maddox
Scott Street, w. T. Farley; Pottsville,
p. M. Brakebill; Russellville, &. l.,
Schaeffer; Russell, to be supplied
Stuttgart, j. NJ. Beadles.
Harrison District-A. j. Taylor,
presiding elder; Cave City, j. A. Hall;
Cushman, +. A. Gilbert; Clear Creek,
w. II. Brown: Green Forest, supplied
by c. r. Edwards; Harrison, }. T.
Bainbridge; Jasper, j. l.. Masters;
Lead Hill and Oakland, ". f. Wood;
Marshall, supplied by j. ). Taylor;
Mammoth Springs, to be supplied;
Oxford, j. W. Due; Purdy, supplied
by w. II. Stewart; Snowfall, +. j.
Johnson; Swain, supplied by /. j.
Henderson; Wild Cherry, w. S
Truitt
Fort Smith District-R. w. McMas'
ter, presiding elder; Bentonyille, F.
w. Shipley; Chester, supplied by Erie
Osborn; Delaney, supplied by O. J.
Brassfeld; Eureka Springs, S. c
Stanhope; Fayetteville, George
Watts; Fort Smith, W. II. Gamma
way; Gentry, supplied by G. A. Del
trich; Jenn Lind and Vesta, NJ, Jack
son; Mansfield and Huntington, W
NJ. Foster; Magazine and Els
worth, d. p. Abbey; Mena, c. d
Whitman; Norwood, j. II. Marshall
Rogers, to be supplied; Sloan
Springs, to be supplied; Springdale
w. r. Nelson; Sulphur Springs, O
w. Brakebill; Texarkana, l.. w. FL
kins; Waldron, supplied by A. d
Teeter; West Fork, j. w. Walters.
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Attempted Suicide.

Matte Bradley, daughter OF former
Eureka Springs merchant, narrowly es'
capped death from the effects Of four
grains of morphine, taken with suicidal
intent. With Ida Bendey, who com
mitted suicide last October, Miss Brad
ley had, it is said in their early child
hood, made IA compact to die together
The Bendeys moved to Texas and Ida's
death was kept from Matte until sew
eral weeks ago In disguise she eluded
her family, went to Eureka Springs and
made an unsuccessful attempt to keep
the vow which she declares she will yet
make good
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A Ilnlil AltNnni.

A dastnrdly attempt was made by
a black brute to assault little z.
year-old girl at Little Rock, The
fend met the child MS she was re-.
turning from school, telling her that
he had been sent by her mother to
take her home, lie led her 10 va
cant house, Two other little girls
followed, and, nedring the place, her
crying gave the alarm. The scoun.
drel, when he heard the cries Of the
two children, jumped from a window
in the house and escaped,
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Women Ineligible.

Acknowledgement Murphy has rem.
dered an opinion to the effect that
women are ineligible to appointment Of
notaries public, There are many women
acting as notaries public in Arlsan.
sas under appointment by Oov Jones,
but the opinion OF Attorney General
Murphy is that their acts are not in.
valid, Several court decisions can be
cited wherein the intelligibility Of
women in the premises Is asserted, but in
which II is held thei Facts are not void
Their commissions may be attacked
direct and vacated, but their past act
cannot be invalidatcd,
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BRIEF MENTION.

In North Arkansas there are many
wealthy citizens who have never seen
railroad train.
Miss Nancy Baker suicided near
Hackett by drowning. No cause for
the act is known.
Geo d, cambridge has been appoint
ed sheriff Of Logan county, vice ]. g.
Ashinhurst, deceased.
Julius Bryant, a colored school teach
er at Van Buren,, was fatally stabbed
by one OF his pupils whom he was try.
ing to chastise.
At Cornerstone, jefferson county.
VIM. Leroy shot and probably fatally
wounded John Hamilton over dispute
about horse trade.
A Crawford county farmer reports
that on January 25th he found a
number of strawberry plants on his
place in full bloom.
The Iron Mountain system has pur-
chased the Mississippi River, Hamburg
& Western railroad, extending from
Luna Landing to Hamburg, a distance
of forty miles.
Burglars dynamited the safes OF the
agents Of TIE Iron Mountain road at
Latonia and Lexa, in Phillips county,
on the same night, securing several hun
dred dollars. The two stations are
only u few miles apart,
Hon. 4, B. Morton, of Fordyce, has
been appointed prosecuting attorney OF
The tenth judicial circuit, vice Hon. W.
r. Quincy, deceased
John Brown shot and instantly killed
Ike Carloss at MARVEL. Caross had
been paying attention TO Browns wife
He escorted her TO the depot, and when
Brown heard Of II he got shotgun and,
hunting up Carloss, blew his head on.
win johnson and win Hin, two
colored sports OF Pine Bluff, engaged
in n difficulty which may result in
the death OF the former. Hill used
II revolver and fred at close range,
shooting johnson through the face,
c, G, Schencck, II Pine Bluir bust
ness man, was seriously injured by u
drunken negro, Schencck had rent.
ed bicycle to the negro, who re-.
fused TO poy for damaging IL, and
struck Schcneck with II scantlng,
breaking his jaw.
A petition was presented In the lower
house OF the general assembly from q
number OF ex.Confederatcs Of Ouachita
county, protesting against the rcsolu.
ton OF sympathy for the Fillpinos.
Tho store building and stock OF G. O.
Brashacr ut Toxarkana was destroyed
by fire, started by burglars, Loss,
$1,000, with 1000 insurance
The receiver Of the Greene county
bank has announced the bank ready to
pay 90 per cent TO deposltors, Tho
Stockholders will make good the full
amount TO deposltors,
The contract for the extension OF the
Choetaw, Oklahoma and duff railroad
from Hartshorne, |. r., to Ardmorc, l..
r., Il distance Of III miles, has been let
TO Bernard Corrigap, Of Kansas City,
q. NJ Garvoy, OF Memphis, and G. p.
Bowling, OF ST. Louis
II Ia feared that Mrs, Ida Lytle, who
left husband aud ono child ut Para.
gould und went TO Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
has taken her owl lie, She wrote u
letter NJ the latter place, stating tina,
she intended TO end her life, and m she
cannot be located, II Is the opinion OF
friends that she carried out her threat,
The Van Buren press., 1901-02-09

No. IS Green court, Foxsley street
that's it, and I'll just put my initials
in the corner, to insure a speedy per-
usal, NJ. NJ, with a flourish to the tail
of the last NJ, Isuppose my sister Will
be very plaintive and injured about
this decision of mine but she has only
herself and her noisy lout of a boy to
thank for it,"
And Maj. Mdgefied himself went
out to drop his letter into the nearest
post box.
st. Valentines day came, bright aud
sunshiny, with hard frozen snow crust
ing all the streets, and silver fringe
of icicles on all the caves and tree
boughs, and old Mrs, Pry stared hard
at the letter which the morning mail
brought her.
ITS from Maj Midge6eld. ! know
It is" said she, fumbling in her dress
pocket for her spectacles. u know
them little curly-tailed Ms Of his'n as
well as know my catechism, I'll bet
n cookey he wants to come back, and
a good thing for me, too, with my best
room standing empty for three weeks.
Eth! What? A gilt Cupid with no
clothes on to signify, and a lot of green
leaves. and 4 love you' 1t amt pos.
sble, unless the jor has gone crazy!"
"A letter from Maj. Midgefeld," said
Miss Adela Forester, who was a tall
black. proved beauty, with cherry lips
and good high spirit OF her own.
"And he wants to know II ! will take
him"
"Nonsense!" said Mamma Forester,
who was but,ering Vienna roll with
the serenest calm.
"Read It for yourself, then, and see"
said Miss Forester, with n toss OF her
head. "He calls me dear madam the
horrid old bachelor, and dictates as to
his room. his dinner and his shirt but.
tons, My goodness with II lifting OF
the jetiy brows, docs he think the
girls are ready to drop, like overripe
plums, into his MOUTH"
"Of course, you'll say no" said Nam.
ma Forester.
"Of course said Adela,
"rhen papa must see the major at
once" said the elder lady Though II
he were only few years younger, the
estate Is"
81 wouldn't, marry that horrid old
creature II he were the only man in
the world" cried Adela, with EN-.
phasls, as she remembered the young
passed midshlpman now pacing the
deck OF the Silyestra In the Caribbean
seas, TO whom her young affections
were pledged
SO II happened that Mr. Forester
and old Mrs, pry both met in Maj
Midgeheld's room at the parsonage Of
st. Adolphlne, on the afternoon of that
radiant iith Of February,
"Iam sorry major" said the former,
"that my daughter declines to enter.
tain your very complimentary pro-
posOl,"
49,. "n"' P'oPoso' sun ',' '""Jor
! never proposvu 70 onS one !" my me-
and II is not likely that shall com.
mence now
DO you deny your own hondwrlt'
mgr flashed out Mr. FORESTER who
was OF eholerlc disposition, ana did
not relish his word being doubted
VI deny cyeryihlng'" shouted the
ma or' stop u minute, Forester;
here Is the respectable female who has
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ALL SORTS.

Henry VII. was the first English
king TO weor u pair OF silk stockings.
One Of the finest and most extensive
libraries Of dramatic literature In this
country Ia owned by A, D. Con-
Faraday was the son OF n black
smith and his teacher, Humphrey
Davy, wns on apprentice TO an apoth'
scary,
=, II, Barnum began In business Az
= barefoot boy, At the age OF 10 he
was obliged 10 buy on credit the shoes
10 wore 10 his fathers Iunsral.
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Report OF City Physiclan.

The report of the city physician OF
Little Rock for the month Of jar
uary shows an unusual number Of
deaths during that month. The to-
tai number reported was II TO Sc
births. This rate is nearly double
the general average, there having
been ~ deaths in October, 1900, 67 in
November and "a in December, or l3S
per 1000 population. The report is
startling, in that it shows Al deaths
from pneumonia.
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rhc plnnnnd Match Go.

Chicago, Feb, 7.--At the annual
meeting Of the stockholders and d.
rcctors OF the Diamond Match Co,
which were held In this city, the old
officers and board Of directors were
reelected, The annual statement
showed that net earnings equal 70
10 $40 per cent. on the SlblO0o,OOo
capital stock had been earned.
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Withdrawn, Of Papers.

Says u Washington Dispatch The
quartermaster general has asked con-
gress for the withdrawal Of papers In
the claim Of the Presbyterian church
of Dordanclle, Yell county II was
suggested that there was no record
In the war department Of the occu.
patton of the church by troops dur.
ing the war; and II desired TO have
the papers Withdrawn Tor the pnr.
pose of making u further Ncstlgo-
ton, E..
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A Noted Man Dead,

Geo, r. Maddox, man with II his
tory out Of the ordinary, passed
away at Van Buren, last week. lie
was member OF the famous Guam
trell guerrilas, and was the author
of the book, "Thc Ups and DowNs q
q Confederate Soldier" which had
quite IN extensive sale.
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indeed, breakfast irregular, ulhher
at no particular hour, and everything
at skies and sevens! I'm not used to
II. and it upsets my digestion. be-
sides-there's that nephew of mine!
| suppose boys must exist, but they re
A prodigious nuisance. ] told my SIS
ter I'd try six months with her, and
I've tried em. Now III go back to old
Mrs. Pry's boarding house, and my
second.story front room, with the
crate fire and the weather strips In
every window, My six months are up
on the l4th Of February, and on the
18th Of February III go!"
The major was a stout, short old gen.
tleman, with shining bald head,
bumpy forehead, light blue eyes, which
always seemed as II they would touch
his spectacle glasses, and frost'white
mustache. He was an inveterate old
bachelor, with all the subtle ways and
habits Of old bachelorhood, and had
money to leave--at least SO said the
tongue Of popular rumor-and he had
also a furtive suspicion that all the
ladies were IN League agains, his sin.
gle blessedpess.
"Ill write to Mrs pry" said the
major; and accordingly he sat down
and wrote succinctlv.
,r,. ,a.. 49,, ~, ,oor,u, s,o,
NJ this sort Of life VIII YOU take meY
II It isn't convenient don't mind saying
So prefer the seeond'story front room
no p,' o,n pr", NV sA II" S Su,,ons"voS nm.
derstand my i1iosyncrasies, and viii
doubtless accede to them. Please let me
near IRON you ~ once Tours very re-
''e'' milo MIpGEFIELpr
~ think that expresses my ideas
pretty fairly" said Maj. Mldgeheld, as
he read the letter over, no, without
complacency. Eyes, yes. pretty fairly.
Now. WIN, is that woman pry's first
nance I've got II signed TO some of
nv receipts upstairs, and | do like
things to be shlpshapc and precise"
And leaving his letter neatly fold.
cd ON the table, IN a shining, smooth
envelope, the ma Tor trotted upstairs
to And out whether old Mrs. pry's name
was paulina. Patience or par,henia.
nil three of which names buzzed, like
familiar bees, in his brain.
al know lis one of the three" he said
TO himself But suppose II wouldn't
do TO write 'em all down and lie, the old
woman TAKE her choce,"
No sooner had the major vacated the
study thnn In rushed Master Julius
Carey only son and heir OF the Rev.
Josenh Carey. and the aforesaid
nephew whose boylsh pecullarItes
were go irving to the major
.where il /, ?" bawled Mos,er ,Ju,,us
nromIsIny you,h ~ "A "Where,s mv
S.I"n,insg Wo,her wo,dn,, Ia, ~
,"m" in w,l,. iino,. w,Sn.ao,d ,,"s
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Presumlns you are sensible and hattery
despise
shall attempt to win you without telling
any lies.
Although / may offend you, in the sweet
conceit of youth,
/ mean to try and win you with the PLAIN
unvarnished truth.
You have no gold or auburn crown OF
sunshine on your head
You have the normal quantity OF hair'
and 1t Is red.
You do not eaze with orbs Of night I'M
mersed In heavens blue =.
You simply see with common eyes ana
squint a little, too
Your form is not Venus, with fairys
airy grace -.
It's rather short and dumpy, and II
couldn't win race.
You are not yet an angel to be worshipeo
as divine
You only are a mortal and to mortal
ways incline.
Your face Is not an artists dream OF
beauty wondrous rare
It's plain and has some freckles as you
doubtless, are aware.
You are not always gentle and affection
ate and kind
You have woman's temper and you
often speak your mind.
You are not helping mother" when that
duty you can shirk-
You'd rather ride cycle, which is pleas
anter than work.
Your head Is not a storehouse filled Win
knowledge we adore
Yet, while there's something In II, there
is lots of room for more.
Not all the fine accomplishments that
charm do you possess
You drum on the plano and you sing-to
my distress.
And now, because I see your faults ana
stil would make you mine
I've proven that | love you. VIII you DO
my valentine?
MORAL:
A Love that Is Blind
Doesn't last, you will find,
Long after the honeymoon's over,
But a Love that can see
Never dies and will be
A union forever in clover
III. C. Dodge, In Chicago Daily Sun,
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At guessing and dIvIning
IT'S said you're very fine,
And 40 | thought I'd send to you
A little valentine,
And dare you, very gently,
To try your best and see,
Aud II YOU can tell who sent II,
To write line to me.
Matte l.. Adams, In Minneapolis House.
keeper,
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I used TO send In days gone by
Some verses sweet, u curl OF hair,
A necktlc-that you wouldn't wear
I send you now, oh, husband mine,
What best you like for valentine,
with frosting kisses henped up high
A custard pie
katharine Brnlnerd Barber. Ia Boston
budget,
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j, NJ, Barker, Of Atkins, has been
appointed by Gov. Davis Hs n mem.
Der Of the state board of charitable
institutions to succeed Il. 4. Reayes
Of Little Rock.
The Van Buren press., 1901-02-09

Last year, false girl l. fool 80 rash,
UIon lace paper gauds spent cash.
THIS year, that folly | regret
A two.cent comics all you get.
Chicago Daily Record,
The Van Buren press., 1901-02-09

The meNnest part Of q comic valen.
tine Is that II usually has u little
truth under all the absurd exaggera-
on.--Chicngo Daily Record.
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IT, Valentine, thy day greet,
II brings u message from my sweet.
An, here II is, she loves me still
uad.gooksl Ills Just my rorlsts bill
--chicege Daily Record.
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Mr., Wisc-"Whot are you going TO
do with your penny your teacher gave
you, johnny"
Johnny -"Goin' TO buy comic val
entine an send II to him" Baltimore
American
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in the confusion of letters and enyel'
opes!
But Mrs. Pry got back her boarder,
and, to the end of time, Miss Adela For
roster always insisted that she had re-
ceved an offer of marriage from Maj.
Midgefeld-Amy Randolph, in n Y
Lehper
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For "a Valentine Party.

A valentine cake may be intro
duced with good effect at a valentine
party, says Henry Cleveland Wood, in
the Woman's Home Companion. This
can be gotten up in two ways; the
first, nicely iced cake, decorated
with candy hearts having sentimental
notices on them. Let the cake be di-
yided into the requisite number Of
slices. In the slices the young girls
draw or make u small slit with the
sharp blade of knife, and insert in
to the opening a slip of cardboard on
which is written the name of some
young man who is present, First, a
young lady chooses slice of cake,
then the gentleman selects one. In
those slices the latter draw are such
small articles as denote the sort OF
wife Fate has chosen to be each
young mans partner for life. Thus,
u silver coin signifies wealth, n scrap
Of silk fashionable wife, penny
poverty, tiny spoon good house
keeper, pen literary woman, q
small brush an artistic life. tiny
mirror vain woman, piece Of Grape
u widow, etc,
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VIM, Hendricks was killed near Rison
by falling tree while cutting timber.

The central division Of the Iron
Mountain system, with headquarters at
Little Rock, has been abolished, and
two divisions made Of The same. The
Little Rock & For, Smith road con.
stitutes one Of the divisions, with head.
quarters of the superintendent at Van
Buren,. The other, which viii DO
know IA the Valley division, takcs In
the road TO Alexandria, In, with head.
quarters at Mer Rouge,
The Van Buren press., 1901-02-09

A. b. Cory and II, L, Baker, ap.
pointed by Secretary of State Alex c.
Hull to nppraise the property of the
state penitentinry, have made their
report to Secretary Of State John w.
Crockett, as follows.
The Van Buren press., 1901-02-09

virtue of the right
bestowed by good
st. Valentine
take this way OF
saying I h a t /
want to m a X Q
you mine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-16
NEARING THE BILLION DOLLAR MARK.

OF
of the United states
o Is
Republican
Of
will
drrng dangerously the billion
ia mark
during the first of Mr.
of
the of government IN 1897 the
was will
the 1897 was 5O9ooo
will swell
through
a
a
N doubled appropriations
by ReprfIh Philippines
that
ne man
be
IS rceI upon