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The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08
Expenses of the State.

A late Little Rock dispatch says: "The statement has been given out by the statisticians in the auditors office that the total appropriations made by the last legislature were S1,179,093 for the purpose of running the state government for the next two years. This is exclusive of the one million dollars appropriated for the state capitol, and that made for the payment of the Con- federate pensions, provisions having been made for these by the levy of special taxes. The amount named is S17,472 in ex- cess of the receipts of the state from general revenue for the two years just passed. It should be stated, however, that there is no probability of any deficit, as there will be S20, GOO of the S14O,OOO appropriated for the expenses of the general assembly to be turned back into the state treasury to- gether with other unexpended balances. In addition to this in- crease in the assessments of the state will be very large and the amount derived from taxation will be considerably over a million, and that of personal will exceed that figure.
 A peculiar defect has been dis covered in the celebrated Wilson anti-gambling act which has given the fraternity hope in the eventual overthrow of the law. The issue hinges upon the con- struction of the section providing a penalty to attach to the officers who may permit a non- enforce ment of the law. The original bill made the penalty not less than $500 nor more than S5,OOO. The engrossed bill which passed the senate and rather mysterious ly disappeared immediately af- terward and was found in mass of waste paper in the senate chamber by the janitor after the adjournment of the senate, fixes the penalty at the same figures. The engrossed bill, however, that passed the house makes the pen alty not less than S1 ,0OO nor more than S5, ,OOO, so as a matter of fact the same act did not pass both houses of the general as- sembly, and it is upon this among other alleged defects that the op- ponents of the act expect to win."
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08
COMING TO GREEN FOREST.
Excursion Rates Offered Along
 the Line for June 26.

The matter of an excursion to Green Forest for June 26, which has been discussed exclusively by THE TRIBUNE for some weeks past, has been passed upon by Manager West, and he has very cordially granted the request of our people, which was made sometime ago, and will offer rate of one fare for the round trip from all points on the line of the St. l.. & N. A. railroad.
 The present schedule of trains will doubtless remain in effect until after that date which will enable all to leave home in the morning and return at night. Under the present schedule the regular passenger leaves Selig- man at ' :10, a. m., and arrives at Green Forest at $50. The local leaves Harrison at 5:10, a. m., and reaches Green Forest at 6 :52. Returning, the regular leaves Green Forest at 6:26, D. m., reaching Seligman about 8:30. The local passes through Green Forest returning to Harrison at 2:2O. Thus, ample time will be afforded all who come to see us on this occasion to take a brief look at our rapidly growing town as we'll as to attend the exercises which are being prepared for this gathering. People all along the line of the new road have been anxious for some occasion to visit Green Forest, and this is the first time a rate has been offered to this point. THE TRIBUNE be- lieves that this excursion will bring us several hundred visitors and we hope that nothing will be left undone for their entertain ment.
 The large, shady, grove on c. H.. Chauncey's farm, a short distance north of the depot, has been se- cured for the gathering, making it quite convenient for all who come on the trains.
 Green Forest people should make much of this opportunity to exhibit her hospitality to the people of our neighbor towns. There will be no chance offered us for sometime to come that will afford better opportunity for us to enhance our reputation for hospitality than there will be offered to us on June 26th. Let us all join hands and make the occasion a big success.
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08
The Sunday Law.

The Arkansas Democrat says Attorney General Geo. w. Mur-
 phy has decided that the Sunday closing law will apply to all class of business, and that only in case of charity or necessity can any goods of whatever nature be sold. This means the closing of restau- rants, drug stores, refreshment stands and everything else, in the case of prosecuting attorney is disposed to construe the law technically. This is announced in the following letter to J, H. Molloy, of Berryville, Carroll county, in response to a question on the subject.
 ''I have yours of the. II inst. asking about the law against Sab bath breaking and especially about drug stores and confections. The law against keeping open on Sunday says any store.' A drug store is store. Again it prohib- US reCalllng any goods, ba- nanas, ice cream and confections are goods. The exception is sell- ing through charity or necessity on the part of the customer If one is sick, the druggist may sell him needed medicine. The dry goods merchant may sell mater ial to enshroud the dead. The confectioner or restauranter may sell to one suffering for meal, or perhaps needing it. The char ity or necessity is on the part of the customer. The exception is for the customer, and not for the seller. The owner of bananas and perishable things cannot law fully sell them on Sunday to avoid their loss. You had better, however, consult the prosecuting attorney of your district. as he has the principal voice, perhaps the sole voice, as to- whether prosecutions in such cases will be instituted.''
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08
The New Game Law.

Important changes were made by the last legislature in the law pertaining to killing deer, prairie chickens and quail.
 It shall be unlawful to catch kill or injure, or pursue with in- tent to catch, kill or injure, or to pursue or chase with dogs without Such intent any wild doe, buck, deer or fawn in this state between the first day of March and the first day of September in any year; provided, the citizens of this state shall have the right to kill any wild or undomesticat- ed animal upon his premi ses des- troying or in the act of destroy ing the crops of any such citizen at any season of the year, and it shall also be unlawful to catch, kill or injure, or to pursue with the intent to catch, kill or injure, any wild turkey between the first day of May and the first day of September in any year, and it shall also be unlawful to catch, kill or injure, or to pursue with the intent to catch, kill or injure, any pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, between the first day of September and the first day of October of each year, or any quail sometimes called the Virginia partridge, be- tween the first day of March and the first day of October in any. y ear.
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08
There is more catarrh in this

There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro- nounced it local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incur able. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, O., is the only con- stitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- tenn. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
 F.J. CHENEY & Co.,, Toledo, o. Sold by. druggists, Tbc.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08


 Congress was a most exciting illumination. The two vessels occupying positions on two flat boats, turned their Fireworks" batteries loose on each other and fiercely the battle ragged until the Congress sank, while the whistles on the steamboats played Yank- eedoodle, and the gun boat, Scor- pion, fired volley after volley, and the heavens were aglow from the hundreds of continuous bombs sent thousand feet high. There were many points of interest in the city to entertain the visitors, but none attracted more continuous attention than the Scorpion, a United States gunboat that had been lent by the government to the Reunion. It was anchored in the middle of the Mississippi and excursions on the Orlando were made to it every half hour. This gunboat was of especial interest because it did valuable service in the late war with Spain.
 The Scorpion is trim craft, long and narrow in general out line, drawing 13 1-2 feet of water. She is manned by crew of eight officers and 1O1 men at present, but was recruited to about 120 at Memphis. Her armament con- sists of six six-pounders, two four inch guns and four automat- ic rapid firing rifles of the Colt pattern. The Scorpion was orig inally pleasure yacht and as such was constructed upon beau tiful lines. During the Spanish American war she was converted into a war craft and has since been in the service. When the government was asked for a gum boat for the Memphis reunion the Scorpion was selected as perhaps the best boat in the navy to make the trip up the river.
 The parade on the last day is said to have eclipsed any former effort of the past reunions. The grizzled veterans fell into line once more under the battle rent emblem of the lost cause and the parade passed in grand review before the assembled thousands. All in all it was a grand reunion and as the years go by those whose fortunes of war were on the side of the Stars and Stripes are the more willing to acknowl- edge the patriotism of the south ern soldier, and the southern soldier is ready to defend the flag and to acceptcourtesies from the government he sought to destroy.
 Arkansas was second only to Tennessee in her representation at the reunion and the healthy appearance of the Northwest Arkansas delegation compared far above the average with the delegation from other sections.
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The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08
Money With a Hole In It.

Uncle Sam, it is said, is to coin a new Scent piece. The new coin is to be of nickel and it's ra- dical difference from all other coins with Uncle Sam's mint mark upon them lies in the fact that it will have hole in the cen- ter. It is the supposition that this hole in the middle will en- able the hurried handler of the coin to detect the value by the sense of feeling. Some such safeguard is considered neces- sary for the reason that it is to be about the size and weight on the present 5-cent piece. The size of the center hole in the proposed coin will be large enough to make it merely a ring of metal, this hole being about one-half the di- ameter of the coin. It will pre- vent one of the difficulties which the handlers of small coins were troubled with when the met al money began to circulate af- ter the era of paper money. The small coins which get into the hands of children and some classes of the remote districts, were treated as curiosities and great prizes. To secure their safe-keeping favorite method was to punch a hole in it and tie it on a string. This destroyed the circulation value of the coins and dealers who subsequently, took them in had to stand the loss, fixed scale being finally arranged for deduction for punched dimes, nickels or other pieces.
 It is the general opinion of gov ernment officials that there is no crying need for an additional subsidiary coin of small value and large bulk and weight, the 5-cent nickel piece and copper 1-cent piece being considered ample to meet the wants of the west. Bank people and treasury officials have a very lively con- ception of the bother there is in handling the present 1-cent pieces, the larger instutions get ting hundreds of pounds of them sometimes on hand. The weight as well as the bulk cuts quite a figure in these cases and the ad- dition of another intermediate between the 5-cent piece and the 1-cent piece tits believed, but add to the trouble. Vault room for storage purposes and draying facilities would have to be provided in proportion.
 The old 3-cent piece which was coined several years ago did not meet with popular favor, and it was found impossible to keep it in circulation. The b-treasury people fear that the attempt to put out new one will be a repetition of this experience.
 In the west and southwest the ,1-cent piece was slower in com- ing into favor than in the east, and the coinage of the new piece is supposed to meet a demand which the five cent piece is too large for and the 1-cent too small. This will indicate if it is correct that the western people are relen- quishing their old idea that noth- ing less than 5-cSpts was worth counting in a transaction.
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08

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The Green Forest tribune., 1901-06-08

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
INDIANA MOB HANGS
A NEGRO MURDERER.
Terre Haute Crowd Batters Down Jail
Door to Get Its Victim.

Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. 26.-A
mob broke into the Jail this morning
and got George Ward, put ii rope
around his neck and started north 10
the river bank. Ward was dead be
fore he left the Jail. He was hung on
the draw bridge, and his body burn
ed atterward. Ward was an employee
Of the car works. and WAS charged
with numbering Ida Finklestein. Al
ter being questioned for hall an hour
by the police after his arrest to-day
made "a full confession.
He said be girl called him a mig
ger and slapped him in the face, and
that he then shot her in the head.
and after she fell he cut her throat
with knife. The knife was found in
his pocket, with one blade broken oil
The missing piece ofmetal war found
in the dead girl neck. Ward denied
that he attempted to criminally as
sauit his victim. He Wa. - wears
old and married. He had been IN
the insane asylum and about six
months ago wa- ares ed for at
tempted criminal asst ult on a Young
girl here
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
Had ~ Connuer OF Dc

i was inst about gone" writes
Mrs. Rosa Richardson. OF Laurel
Springs. y. e. Il had consumption
20 bad that the best doctoYs said /
could not live more than "a month.
but | began TO Use DR.. Kings New
Discovery and WAS wholly cured liz
seven bottles and am now stout and
we'll Its an unriyaied iiIe-ss yer in
consumption, pneumonia, h grippe,
and bronchitis: infallible for coughs.
colds, asthma. hay fever. Group or
whoOping cough Guaranteed bot
Ties j0c and 81. Trial bottles free
at II. l. fuckers drug ssore.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28

$50, 900, 600 of our money each cleo
] ton, out of the hands of the trusts
to make sure work of CARRYING the
election.
! Ii you feel that Butler has been
pinched Il little on account of those
restrictions forbidding the county
court to levy taxes TO build a new
court house, remember that a new
court house will be built and at But
Ter. believe it will be fixed to-mor-
row.
tx Secretary OF State Lesseur, in
his advocacy OF "a state convention
says: Trust the people" say if We
do we ara, left.
The tax levying power is a very
wilv animal and ii we turn him loose
he VIII get away with us in the end
nothing surer.
Some OF the cities | have visited in
t he last two wears are now paying
taxes OH each 500 of their assess
mrnt a. follows:
Shrievesport, La. { per cent; But
l-r. No, } -: st. Louis, Mo. /;
Baltimore. Nd, 1: Peueblo, Cal. {;
Chicago. Ill. :.
This does nos Indicate that it is
safe to trust the people without re-
strictiOnS.
have never heard any complaint
OF our present constitution except on
account Of those restrictions. And
ii the legislature calls a convention
it would most likely do the work for
which il was called and then our only
.hance would be to refuse to ra tify
= ileir work wheu done And | think
il best and much the safest to try to
defeat the thing III its infancy.
Respectfully,
.JNO. FL. SULLENs
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
jnO. Fl. Sullens, EX-Representatiye and
EX~Pressding Judge of the County
Court, Takes Strong Grounds
Against 1t.
Against 1t.
FOSTER. Mo, |
February, %, 1901. I

J. d. Allen, Editor BUTLER TINES
Dear Sir notice II strong effort
is being made at Jefferson City to
call a convention to revise our state
constitution, the Object of which is
to do away with the present consti-
tutiOnal restrictions and allow h..
legislat ure, county courts and the
school boards to levy taxes and
create debts at will
Newspapers throughout the state
have Il great influence in determining
such questions. | don't know how
you feel in regard to the matter. As
for myself, | am unalterably opposed
to such action 1t seems that it is
chiefly st. Louis and Kansas City
that are urging the matter, and if
those cities are not satisfied TO be
restricted, let Us ubmit an amend
ment whereby cities, say. of 30 900
inhabitants, would have greater lat
itude, or If they prefer it, be exempt
altogether. think it would be a
calamity indeed on the people Of
Missouri, to remove those restric-
'tiOns. You know | struggled and
economical for several years in our
county court to pay off a heavy
debt left on the county by republican
rule, and later, to pay off debt
created by Judge Lefker, contrary to
law. You also know it has taken the
state % long wears to pay off about
80, 900, 900. also left on Us by the
republicans. You also know how
long and hard fought with the
courts TO get rid OF debt OF $500
900, brought on Us by a fool county
court. You also know. to Your sor-
row, how Mt. Pleasant failed to get
rid OF n debt under which she is now
groanin-, to the tune of S1GO 900.
You also know how, perhaps, more
than one hall OF the counties in the
state have been paying heavy taxes
TO pay interest on bonds issued %
and 30 yerrs ago, and some Of them
have never been reduced one dollar
on principal.
am proud OF our state conStitu-
tjon, chiefly on account of those re-
StricJions, and | am proud OF the
financial condition OF our COUNTY
out Of debt and our state nearly so.
which STATE OF affairs is due wholly
on account OF those constitutional
limitations. We are fast people.
living ia a fast aye, and the greatest
drawback We have (but onel i our
iabts, that one Is the republican
party, Taicn is fostering the trusts
hat arr eating up our substance bv
raising the prices Of the neceSsarias
III lie 49, per cent which 33h per
cent goes directly tn the trusts.
Then Mark Hanna takes about
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY.

The TIMES feels like congratulate
ing the people of Bates county upon
the enterprise displayed by them on
last Saturday i'll voting the PROPOSE
tion to build ii new court house at
the county seat. That act. alone
takes Bates county out OF the list OF
| back numbers and shows to the peO-
| pie of the state that they are public
spirited, enterprising and progress
sive. Bates is one OF the few cOun-
ties that Tell behind iii population III
he past ten years, as shown by the
last census. but we are determined o
wipe out that blot, and make ample
amends in the next ten years, aud
we are beginning right. While the
people OF Butler Are no more interest
ed. from financial standpoint, III the
erection of Il new court house than
the citizens iron other portions OF
the county. still it will improve the
appearance of the square and remove
an oldeyeSore, and for that reason We
rejoice at the success of the PROPOSE
ton. A building will be erected that
will not only BE- pride to all the
citizens OF the county, but will in
sure the safety OF the valuable rec
ords, and furnish a peasant and
place for you to go and
transact business with your public +
servants
To the election committee the |
thanks OF the peoplear due for their
and intelligent efforts in |
laying all the facts before the peo- |
pie so that they could vote intelli- |
gently upon. the proposition. The
will mOdestly claim a
lii tie credit, also. We have no fault |
to find or complaint to make OF any
voter who saw fit to oppose the prop
OsitiOn and vote against it. We as
sumo they all acted from the highest
for the public good. Now
et us all unite to push the county
along on other lines.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
Leaders Reported Shot.

London, February 22.-Mosos
advices, dated February 20. are 10
The effect that the government has
empowered the rectors of the univer
stiles OF Moscow, st. Petersburg
Kieff and Odessa to call upon tle
military at a moments notice to
quell revolutionary outbreaks.
Since January / about 400 stu.
dents have been arrested and *
sent TO Siberia for terms ranging
from one TO five years. Ii is reported
that six ringleaders have been shot
for refusing To renew their allegiaac
TO the ear.
The great mass of students ar
imbued with republican aud revolu
tionary principles. A number Of ar
rests are made daily.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
SHOT IN A TOPEKA SMASHING.
Police and Home Defenders Fight
at LIQUOR Storage House.

Topeka. Feb. 25.-"Home defend
ers" led 10y the Rev. F. W Emerson
and Dr. NJ. r. Mitchell, "A Topeka ply
stefan, made raid on IA barn where
liquor was stored in north Topeka
after midnight last night. Three
policemen resisted the attack. Shots
were fired. Il riot followed and J W.
Adams. Il carpenter, was dangerously
wounded. Two leaders of the raid,
the Rev. Mr. Emerson and Dr. Mitch
ell, were arrested, but were released
ON bond this morning. Mr.. Emerson
was slightly hurt.
Mr.. Adams was shot in the right
breast. His physician, DR.. Mitchell.
one of the leaders in the raid, says
he thinks he will recover He is lying
now in Riverside hospital. Mr. Adj
ANS was probably not shot by the
police officers. They fired III the air.
Even the raiders admit that DR..
Mitchell says: MIR. Adams was shot
either by the proprietor OF the Joint
we We're trying to raid. or by one OF
his guards. He was not accident
ally"
About twenty-fOur cases of beer
were smashed with pickaxes. ham
mers and axes. Nearly every one of
the raiders was armed also with fire
arms.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28

Dan Scotch, a Detroit Millionaire
tobacco manufacturer, during the
srst Bryan campaign contracted a
severe ease Of silver panic aud drew
s9,000,000 he had on deposit in
American banks, placing it in Cana
dian banks for safe keeping He died
and under Canadian law his estate
was charged with So, 24O in ''suc-
cession duty" The heirs have fought
the case through to the court of ap-
peals but the succession tax has fin
ally been upheld.-Clinton Democrat
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-02-28
Harrison and Cleveland.

Washington. Feb - The prpsi-
dent will receive David r. Francis at
10 o clock tomorrow morning TO
discuss the government commission
for the Louisiana Purchase Expusi-
ton. Mr. Francis will recommend
that appointments he rendered To
ex-PreeidentS Grover Cleveland and
Benjamin Harrison. He will tell the
President that the people of st.
Louis and OF the purchase desire to
have the government commission
composed OF men OF national repute
He will urge that the international
scope OF the exposition calls for the
selection OF citizens OF high reprpsel-
ltive capacity to act for the govern
ment Gov Francis SAYS the friends
OF the fair have no intention to CO.
pose any candidate. and are only
prompted to present their views to
the president by the desire TO start
on Il high au! broad plane. He
urges that the personality of the
commission will go far
to impress the country and other ma
tiOns