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The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
BRUTAL RUSSIAN POLICE.
An Incident of the Fortieth Ami.
versary of the Emancipation
of the Seifs.
STUDENTS JOINED THE CELEBRATION.
They Were Surrounded by Police on
the Nevsky Prospect, st. Peters,
burg, and Beaten and Driven to
the City Hall, to the Horror Of the
Spectators.

st. Petersburg, March monday
was the fortleth anniversary vi .he
emancipation of the serfs. The stu
dents had been planning for some
time to keep the day as a holiday and
perhaps make some demonstration,
but no particular plans were made.
At noon thousand or more men stu
dents and women students gathered
In and around the Kasan cathedral on
the Nevsky prospect, where mass for
the repose of the soul of Gear Alex
ander III. was being celebrated.
The Students Began Singing.
After mass the students began
singing, and the police gathered in
great numbers. The students were
surrounded and driven in a crowd to-
ward the city hall, not far away, and
also on the Nevsky Prospect. For no
special reason the police began beat
ing the students and trampling them
under the feet of their horses. Tho
Nevsby Prospect was filed with spec
tators. The banks and business
houses were nearly all closed with
shutters fastened and doors locked.
Spectators Horrihed.
The spectators and the women stu
dnets screamed with horror, but the
polio kept up their attack on the stu
dents until fully four hundred Of the
latter were driven into the court yard
of the city hall, The others escaping
into the crowd. The entire city wag
Mortified by the conduct Of the po-
lice.
The police were warned beforehand
and 25 delegates from the various st.
Petersburg higher educational insti-
buttons were arrested for meeting TO
consider student affairs.
Arrest Of Prof. MelukoR.
1t is learned that the arrest of Prof.
p. n. Melukoff, the celebrated histori-
m and author of Il tbree-volume Ills
tory OF Russian Literature" and of
"a History Of the Period Of Peter the
Great" and editor of the Russian etii-
ton Of the Ferman Encyclopedia, who
was taken into custody February II,
was for participation In a conference
between liberal cntizens and 1850 stu
dents, called to consider matters re-
lating to student life and start q pc
tition TO the car. The manuscript Of
this petition was found in Prof. Mo
lukoff's house. prof. Melukof was
dismissed several years ago from Mos
COW university for liberalism. He was
afterward professor of worlds his
tory at Sofia. Recently he returned
to ST. Peterusburg.)
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Phophesird His Own Deaih.

Thomas Conway, section foreman on
the Iron Mountain railroad. died at
Van Buren, Of pneumonia. His wife
died one week prior to his death.
Before he was stricken Conway told
his friends he would die at the same
hour his wife expired. one week later
True to his prediction, he contracted
the same disease the same day after
her death lingering until the same
hour and minute. and expired, his
last words being, 81 knew 1t from
the STRAIT"
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Wednesday. March O,

SENATE-Senator Clark called up
II. Il. 26b, by Brooks Of Pope, to
amend section 4l24 Of the digest, re-.
qurlng that all fire. life and acci'
dent insurance compapic' doing bust.
mes In this state shall slve good and
lawful bonds, and empowers the audi
tor to pass on said bonds. The bill
passed, Senator d, l., King called
up II, u. No, $780, making the pow.
ers OF notary public co.extenslve with
the state for the purpose OF taking
dispositions. The bill passed--ayes "a,
noes 2. II. b, No. AZ. for three.
fourths OF q mill tax for Confederate
pensions, passed, The roll was called
and n number Of bills were intro.
ducod and read first time.
HousE--A bin TO prevent the kill.
Ing Of deer, turkey and Wild fowls
In Mississippi and Crlttenden coun'
TICS ut certain seasons, and to pre-
vent killing OF the same at any time
on private promises without permits.
sion, passed, Senator Kings bill
making minimum penalty for seduc.
ton one year and maximum ton years,
was read third time and passed, Mr.
Gray, Of Independence, introduced u
bin 20 require street railways TO pro-
vide separate cars for whites and
blacks, Mr. Mccain offered bill TO
tax franchises.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09

A distressing accident occurred last
week near Warren. Two young sons
of Mr.. @. W. Sanders and negro
boy were squirrel hunting near home,
and had wounded squirrel in q tree.
The negro boy was In the act Of fir
ing a third shot. when the squirrel fell
to the ground. The three boys started
on run to capture the squirrel,
when the gun In the hands of the ne.
gro boy was accidentally discharged,
the contents striking young Sanders
in the side, king him almost in
stantly. The boy was about 13 years
OF age.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
An Aged Groom.

Gilbert Scales, q colored farmer OF
Monroe county, took unto himself his
Afth bride last week, Scales Is rs years
Of age and Is one Of the most remark.
able negroes in the state. lie has thir-
ty'three living children, sixteen girls
and seventeen boys, Despite his age
he SAYS he Ia prepared to meet all
comers In Quitting contests" ~ his
thick skull Is proof againt attacks OF
this kind, lie has been the victor In
alarge lumber OF such contests during
the past decade.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09

Gov. JEFF Davis appointed the follow,
ing board Of commissioners for the st.
Francis levee district: c. NJ Bell,
Mississippi county j. c. Hawthorne,
Craighead county; s. A, Martin
Crittenden county; Thomas b. Smith,
Cross county; Add Harris, Poinsett
county; James Russell, st, Francis
county; II, p, Rodgers. Lee county:
Don Mcdonald, Phillips county
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
THE CABINET R[SNORN
The Oath Administered to the Mem.
bers Of the Cabinet by Chief
Justice Fuller.
APPOINTMENTS WERE THEN DISCUSSED.
1t 10 Understood That the President
VIII Appoint the War Claims
Commissioner and the st. Louis
Exposition Commissioners With
out Unnecessary Delay.

Washington, March 1.-THE mem
bers of the cabinet were sworn in the
cabinet room at the White House.
The ceremony was entirely informal,
no one being present except the presi-
dent, Chief Justice Fuller, who adj
ministered the oath, and Secretary
Cortelyou. The members stood
around the cabinet table and with up
lifted hands repeated after the chief
Justice the oath of allegiance. After
extending to each one and to the
president mutual congratulations
Chief Justice Fuller withdrew.
Appointments Discussed.
For about half an hour afterwards
the members of the cabinet remained
with the president discussing APP
pointments. The appointment of the
war claims commissioners and the st.
Louis exposition commissioners will
be made very shortly. In addition
some other important appointments
are pending.
FOr Mr. Me1kIeJOnn's SHOES
Although official announcement of
the fact is withheld for the present,
in order to avoid an adverse influence
upon Mr.. Meiklejohn's contest before
the Nebraska legislature, it is known
here that Col. VIM. Carey Sanger, Of
New York, has accepted the post of
assistant secretary of war to succeed
Mr.. Meiklejohn. 1t is believed that
the change will take place toward the
end of this month.
A Place for Chandler.
Senator Chandler is understood to
be slated for the chuirmanship of the
war claims commission and several of
the st. Louis fair commissioners,
among them, ex-Representative Allen,
of mississippi; W. L. Chambers, of
Alabama and ex-Representative Ro-
denburg, of Illionis, are understood
10 have been already decided upon,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
PEOPLE ON THE STAGE.

Nine, Bernhard has played ll2 dr..
terent roles,
Bertha Gnlland, now In the support
OF James X. llackett. will be placed AZ
The head Of her own company by Dan.
lel frohman next season.
TITS queer how the unlnitiated think
the malady called stage fright Is pc.
euliar TO novlces,' soys an octor OF
long standing. AS a matter OF fact,
the older players sometimes have Il
worse than do the new ones In the pro.
tesslon."
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
A smooth SWlndlsr,

A few weeks ago stranger appeared
In PgRott and made small purchase
at one Of the lending stores, giving the
clerk go bill ~ he thought, and he
gave the stranger t's In change, but
when the clerk went TO mike his de-
posit In the bank the cashier discover
cd that IL was u o. bill instead Of u t2O
There was nothing said about the mat
tor, thinking that the swindlcr would
be apprchendcd. lie tried TO work tho
same racket ON merchant at Green
way, but was unsuccessful, He Ia still
~ large.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Thanked the President,

Washington, March 7,-ES'Gov'
Francis, Of Missouri called on the
president and thanked him for eign'
ing the Worlds fnir BILL and said that
the people of st. Louis realized fully
that great responsibility has been
placed upon them to make the expo.
stlon successful aud equal to the ex'
pectatlons cherished by the people oi
the entire country.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Inaugural Fire Works,

Washington, March THE Inau.
gural display OF fireworks, postponed
ON account Of the inclement weather
took place Tuesday night. The display
was made from tho grounds surround
Ing The Washington monument aud
was one of the finest pyrotechnie fca
lures ever attempted In the capita
city.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Loft with tho Conductor,

It is reported a wealthy farmer liv.
Ing near Ola left two small children,
aged about and 4 years, boy and
a girl, on the east.bound Choctaw
train on the evening Of February q,
with the following unsigned note;
no the Conductor; Please carry
these two children to Little Rock or
Memphis and place them in the or.
phan asylum at one Of those cities"
The conductor left the children with
parties ut Casa, ten miles from Ola.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
A Threatening Letter.

W. H. Langford, a wealthy Pine
Bluff citizen. received the following
threatening letter on the 3D.:
Mr.. Langford-On my request you
better put $4,000 fifty thousand dol.
lars) at the corner of your alley. II
1t fails to be there will kidnap your
little boy, Jack and burn his eyes out
We have been watching him good
while. You better not try to catch
us.
(Signed) "Jim Neeley Gang.
40 o'clock sharp"
Mr.. Langford Immediately notified
the police, but the guilty party has
not been captured.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09

The Diamond Joe" railroad, be-
tween Hot Springs and Malvern. has
been purchased by the Missouri Pa
cific. The sale was made through
Joseph x. Dickson, attorney for the
latter road. The purchase of this
road by the Goulds creates the sharp.
est competition between it and the
Little Rock & Hot Springs Western,
which road was by many supposed to
have become part of the Missouri
Pacific system several months ago.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Alleged Moonsh,nera Captured.

Officers Suddeth, Akers, Robinson
and Bryan arrested Joe Cockman, Joe
Reed and william Blackenship In
Perry county on the charge Of op
Grating an Illicit distillery. The Of
ficers destroyed a still Of fifty gal.
Ions capacity and number Of mash
tubs.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09

LIyorpool March T,-'lhe White
Star Line steamer MaJestle which
sailed from this port for New York,
has among her passengers Signor
Marconi, who, It Is reported, Is TO un.
dertnke important electrical cxperl'
meuts In the United States.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Hardware Dealers In Convention

Chicago, March THE annual con-
vcntlon OF the Interstate Retail Hard
ware Dealers association began here
to-day for the purpose Of discussion
Of matters pertaining 70 the hard
ware trade.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09

Az Lancaster, n section hand named
Thomas, assaulted the foreman, Grant
Coombs, striking him on tho face with
arock, brcakIng the bones Of hls face
and knocking him senseless Thomas
then beat him over the head with u
rock until he was dragged away.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
smri,po, rp,dem,c NJ Glasgow.

Glasgow Mnrch 7,--'rhe days small
poS report Is the worst since the out
break Of the disease here. There aro
AZ fresh eases and the total number
of smallpox patients in hospital is
Ana
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Edwin y. Uni Critically III.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March IND.
win T.. Uhl assistant secretary OF
state for time during Clevelantfs
second administration and after
wards United States ambassador 10
Germany, IL critically III here.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09

than SIS per annum; INDECENT widows
remaining unmarried, 500 per an.
mum; INDECENT widows remaining un.
married Of any Confederate soldier or
sailor who has died since the war,
$50 per annum
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-09
Have Given Their Ul.lmatum.

The Fort Smith carpenters union
has Issued IN ultimatum TO the con-
tractors to become operative April l.
Tho union demands that eight hours
shall constitute d days work, and that
tho scale Of wages shall be tho same
for eisht IN for nine hours, the old
scale The contractors declare they
Will not grant the demands.
The corner stone Of new court
house AZ ElDorado was laid en- The and,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19
A MoNsTRous LAZY cR1TTER.
An Aquatic Fowl THAT IL Too Indo1ent
20 Eat the Food II
Catches.

"During a recent trip through the
lower western section of the country"
said a young man who has recently re-
turned TO New Orleans, says the Times
Democrat. 81 believe l discovered the
LATEST and most stupid form of life to
be found anywhere on the globe. 1t
was an aquatic fowl, with a big clumsy
looking bealS, in form something like
the dodo, now extinct. l have spent
much time in watching this fowl,
which is found in some of the shallow
lakes, and the chief point of interest
to me was the startling stupidity dis
played. They call them shags, I be-
lieve, out west. They generally squat
on stumps or logs in the lake and
watch for the smaller fish that play
around the surface of the water. They
are fairly clever in catching what they
want, and they throw out their bills
with considerable precision when they
gig for game. But they never get to
eat what they catch until they have
fed at least one and maybe more than
one member of another kind of water
fowl. Whenever a shag begins to catch
fish, a long-legged, long-necked water
hen will take place Immediately be-
hind him. When the shag lands the
fish, the water hen simply reaches
over and gets it. Without any show
of resentment and without turning
around, the shag will continue its
watch for fish, and this is kept up un-
til the water hen has finished its meal,
and then, if no other enterprising
member of the same tribe comes along,
the shag is permitted to enjoy the
product of its own sleepy efforts.
have, on one occasion, seen one shag
feed as many as three water hens be
fore eating a single fish. 1t is certain
ly singular display of stupidity, and
after having watched the performance
number of times am convinced that
the shag is actually too dull to even
know that the water hen stands be-
hind him to steal the fish out of his
mouth"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19
COLONIAL SABBATH LAWS.
None More RigidIy Enforced Thar
the Regulations Regarding
That Day.

a narration of the laws relating to
the Sabbath and the prosecutions due
to them would fill huge volume and
make interesting reading. The rigid
Puritan observance of the Lords day
had it's origin with the Puritans of old
England and reached it's fullest devel-
opment in Puritan New England, says
Donahoe's Magazine.
None of the laws were more rigidly
enforced than those intended to pre-
vent the 'prophaning of the Lords
day" The old records are full of con
victions for violation of them. Capt.
Kimble, of Boston, was in 1856 set for
two hours in the public stocks for his
'lewed and unseemly conduct" which
consisted in kissing his wife publicly
on the Sabbath day upoB the doorstep
of his house, when he had just re-
turned from voyage after an alb
sence of three years. The story is
told of Robert Pike, of Amesbury,
that, having to go on a journey, he
waited patiently until the sun sank
behind the western clouds on Sunday
evening, and then mounted his horse;
but he had only gone a short distance
when the last ray CLEANED through a
break in the clouds, and the next day
he was brought before the court and
fined.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19
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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19
HER HUSBANDS PARTNER.
Much of D'OyIey Carte's Success was
Due to His Wife's
Enorta

DOyley Carte, the dramatist and
manager, whose recent death was sin
cerely regretted by members of the
dramatic profession, owed much of
the success he achieved to his wife,
one of the most remarkable women
in her way that ever was associated
with theaters, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
Joining Mr.. Carte's company in a
somewhat subordinate position, she
soon showed a grasp of everything
connected with the stage-so com
pletely astonishing, indeed that
everybody used to say Miss Lenoir-
the Frenchified and dramatized YER
sion of her own name of Black-had
the head of man and the shoulders
of a woman. She could keep ac-
counts in bookkeeper fashion, dress
a piece in a way that French dress
maker might envy, bargain with au-
thors-in short, do all sorts and con-
ditions of things in dramatic work,
until in the end she had all the
threads of Mr.. Carte's business in her
hands, and when he and she got mar
ried it was the conclusion of great
business partnership, as well as the
joining together of two people who
had a true and abiding affection for
each other.
Inrecent years the business partner
the devoted wife-has had to per-
form the duties of the tireless nurse,
and IL was to her soothing hand that
poor D'Oyley Carte owed that allevia-
tion he received during the tedious
journey which lies between constant
i'll health and welcome death.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19
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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19

"The public are very fond of offer
ing me advice" Gen. French told an
interviewer. Zone fellow wrote;
Why don't you collar your horses ?
And then also have my little corre-
spondents who take me after their
own fashion. My Dear French, .
came from a Rugby boy, I want you
to send me your signature, but mind
you don't let your secretary write it,
and little girl, expressing herself as
very wishful to see me back in Lon
don, pointed out an immense number
of ink crosses she had traced on the
paper, and said she hoped 1 would
take them for kisses"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19

"Yes," soliloquized the publisher Of
the Morning Screech, ''it will be good
policy to print an evening edition"
"Why?" inquired the subordinate
who was close enough to hear.
ain our evening edition we may con-
tradict the rumors we print in our
morning edition, and vice versa
Philadelphia Press.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19

"where have you been?" asked the
Boston boys father.
CUP in your library"
Haven't / told you not to disturb
those books without my permissionP'
ayes. And / now perceive the rea-
son of your caution. You were afraid
1 would discover that you devoted
to Robinson Crusoe' and The Ara
bian Nights those precious hours of
youth which ought to have been ap-
piled to Plato and Euripides. Wash
inRton Star.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-07-19

The orchestra soughed and the hero
OF the light opera sprang forward to
remark, in recitative:
The skies are overcasti"
20 yesl" exclaimed the heroine, her
face radiant with unwonted intelli-
gence. THAT accounts for all these
young persons in wet weather slSirtsi"
The audience thundered applause.
for it was the first time, in the memory
Of living man, that an adequate and ar
tistic raison d'etre had been assigned
the conventional chorus of the village
maidens.-Detroit journal.