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The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
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Both sides Seem Determined.

pittsburg, Pa, Aug. aO.--Following
the rapid strides Of yesterday
on either side OF the great
steel strike, there was n lull
to-day and neither side took decisive
action. The contest appears TO In
settling down into u determined strug.
gle In which neither side will acknowl-
edge defeat while there IL hope left
Joseph Bishop, the Ohio arbitrator,
appeared here oguin to-day, but both
sides promptly rcpudiated the sug.
gestlon that another move for peace
was being considered.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

The governor has offered the fol-
lowing rewards: One hundred dollars
for the arrest and conviction Of wills
Goodwin and Lis Corbet, wanted in
Randolph county for stealing horse
in 1895; 800 for the arrest and con.
viction Of ]. c. Monday wanted In
Randolph county for the seduction Of
his own daughter; 500 for the arrest
and conviction Of Joe Roberts. wanted
In Mississippi county for the murder
Of white man near Blytheville An
gust Q, 1901; 800 for the arrest and
conviction Of Henry Wright wanted
IN Randolph county for stealing Z
horse June 1, 1901.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Opposed to Fines For Debt

In renting fine assessed By q
Little. Rock justice against W. w.
Mathews for failure to pay board
bill, Gov. Davis gave his views Of the
law, as follows '"rhe act under
which the defendant was fined Is, In
my judgment entirely unconstitution'
al, as 1t would In effect be imprison'
ment for debt, the horrors Of which
were fully exemplified and passed
away with the dark ages II this de-
PENDANT can be imprisoned for
board bill. then any one who fails to
pay an ordinary debt, such as doc
tors bill, a grocery bill or an attor'
ney's fee, might by proper legislative
enactment be imprisoned. In other
words, see no more justice in impris'
oning man for board bill than
for any ordinary debt, therefore !
granted this pardon"
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

Fort Riley, Kas., Aug. 21.-rrIvate
Mackey Sykes, one Of the victims OF
Mondays explosion OF gun cart.
ridge, died OF his injuries yesterday,
making three dead In oil. Recruit
Lloyds recovery In doubtful, His arm
has been amputated, and he In sui.
fering from conclusion OF the brain.
The fort surgeon yesterday removed
one OF scrgt Dennis Mahoneys eyes,
lie will recover. The other injured
are In good condition. The bodies OF
Watson, Sykes and King ore held
bending advlces from relatives.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
arkansas STATE NEWS
Jealous Husband Murders Wife and
Makes Unsuccessful Attempt
at Suicide.
OCCURRENCES OLA WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD
Outissns Of Prairie Grove Celebrate the
Arrival Of First Train Over Ozark and
Cherokee Central-Prospsots Fer Late
Crops Grow Brighter,


Sensational Developments In Hart Case.
There was a sensational turn In
khe damage suit of Mrs. ]. e. Hart,
Of Hot Springs, against Sheriff r. L.
Williams, at Malvern. 1t Is a civil
suit brought by the widow Of j. e.
Hart for $4,000 damages for the kill
Ing Of her husband, who was slain
two years ago, together with four
pther men, in political riot at Hot
Springs. The sensational feature of
the trial was the admission on the
stand by Deputy Sheriff Watts that
be killed Hart to save the life OF his
uncle and superior officer, Sheriff Will
iiams. Watts said, when the shoot
ing in which John Williams, son OF
the sheriff, and others, were killed be-
gan, was standing on the sidewalk
in front of Mr.. George Belongs resi-
dence. Sheriff Williams was stand
ing in the street few yards from
me. Just then | heard shot, follow
ed quickly by many others. ran
to the place of the shooting, and the
first person | noticed particularly was
Ed Spears, standing behind Hinkle's
beer wagon, pointing his pistol over
It with one hand and holding his
(Speers) throat with the other.
Blood was squirting from his throat,
and l thought he had been shot. l
went to him and told him to get into
a room and call doctor Saw Coffee
Williams on the sidewalk, and went
to him. He said, VIII, think they
have killed Johnny, but haven't left
one of them to tell the tale He ask
ed me for cartridges, saying he was
out Of loads. sent friend into
Babcock's to get the pistol reflled,
but they wouldn't give him any cart
ridges. | told Coffee to go with me
and ! would refill his pistol. Just as
we started into the door l heard some
one say, Look out turned and
saw Bob and Hart graphing. ran
to them and saw that eacn had caught
with left hand the right wrist Of the
other, in which hands they held pis.
tolls. Just then Constable Tate grab
bed Williams by the left arm, which
jerked his hold Of i,art's right hand
loose, Hart raised his pistol to shoot
Bob, when thrust my pistol over
Williams shoulder and fred two shots
In quick succession, and Hart fell.
Z saw that Hart still held to Bob's
right hand and would have killed him
II I had not fred. and shot to save
the life Of my uncle, the sheriff"
There we're no indictments returned
against the men who did the killing
when the riot between the police force
and the sheriff and his deputies &C.
CURED. b. sen n
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
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The COst NJ war.

A single battleship or large cruiser
costs millions, and yet II may be en-
tirely destroyed by q torpedo or by .
few shots II they happen TO hit the
right places. Every new discovery.
either In the way Of new engines OF
warfare or Of more deadly and danger
Gus explosives, makes war more costly
A dozen old ships Of the line could be
built and completely equipped for le"
than " costs 10 put . modern battle
ship into the water. A ton ofgunpow'
der would not do ~ much damage 40
. few hundred pounds Of melenlte or
any Of the nodsrn sxplosives.-Clsvs'
snd Leader.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Decd of q Jealous Husband.

On the 18th John T. Bailey shot his
wife, Mary Bailey, at the Exchange
Hotel in Newport and then sent two
bullets through his own head. Mrs.
Bailey expired almost instantly, but
Bailey was yet living when the TRACE
dy was reported, and will probably
survive. He was arrested and taken
to Jail, where he informed the sheriff
that he was neither drunk nor crazy
when he did the shooting. The cou-
pie had been separated a year or two,
Mrs. Bailey living with relatives in
Argenta, but had lived together a few
days prior to the shooting.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
TAKU FORTS ARE DOOMED.
The Omission OF n Provision In the
Protocol for Their Destruction
WIN Not Save Them.

Pekin, Aug. 21,-The omission from
the peace settlement protocol of u
provision for the destruction of the
Chinese forts was due chiefly to III
Hung Changes protests. He repre-
scented that it would be great dis
grace to himself, who had built the
forts, TO sign an agreement for their
destruction. Moreover he might be
punished therefor.
The omission in nowise affects their
destruction, which will be carried out
ON the ground Of military necessity.
The clerical work of preparing cop
les OF the protocol Is likely TO delay
the signing for few days,
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

4. W. Glib, age 10, one Of the distin.
guished citizens Of Little Rock, died Of
heart failure In Chicago on the 10th.
Mr.. Glib had been resident Of Little
Rock thirty.three years, He settled In
that city soon after the war and was
engaged In the lumber business and for
q number OF years was a member Of
the Arm OF Butler, GLIB 4 Co.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Murdered and Robbed.

The body Of w. ]. Prewitt, who
lived at Morrell, was found on the
railroad track near Portland. After
thoroughly examining the body, the
coroners jury concluded that he had
been murdered by unknown parties.
Prewitt was one Of the men alleged to
have been implicated In the killing OF
Railroad Agent Phillips at parkdale
last December.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Fatal Dimouity Between Brothers.

Monroe Roberts shot and killed his
brother, Dave Roberts, on a planta'
ton near Altheimer. The brothers
had quarreled over the question of a
right each claimed to a portion of the
place, and a suit over the matter was
won by Monroe, who kept possession
of the property despite his brothers
protests. Some harsh words were ex.
changed by the men, and Dave is said
to have approached Monroe, threaten
ing the latter with a wrench he bore
in his hand. Monroe pulled his gun
and promptly fired. Immediately af
terward he surrendered.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

Chipley, Fla, Aug. 2i.-Moses
Brown, negro, confessed that he
set fire TO the store Of Sheriff Allen,
causing the loss Of II stores. Brown
says Allen gave him a suit Of clothes
70 set fire 70 the place after remow.
Ing $500 worth OF goods TO Aliens
barn, where they were found. Allen
ID under arrest,
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

]. 8. Mcdonald 4 Co.. merchants ut
Altheimer, sent to market on the 18th
the first bale Of cotton Of the season
In this state. II sold for 20 cents per
pound.
A large section Of Little River coun.
ty is underlaid with a heavy strata
Of phosphate which Ia said TO be .
splendid fertilizer for cotton.
The saloonkeepers Of Texarkana
held a meeting and passed resolu
ton binding themselves to observe the
Sunday closing law.
A society for tho prevention Of cru.
city to animals has been organized at
Pine Blum with the following named
officers; David W. Boyee, president;
G. II. Huntington, secretary; M, M.
Bruce, treasurer; Senator Greed Cald.
we'll. attorney.
Little Rock will have a Labor Day
parade September 2 In which all the
labor organizations will be represent.
ted. Fraternal orders and civic socie.
ties, lodges and military companies
will participate.
Articles Of incorporation Of the
Homo Telephone Company. Of Ozark.
were fled August 10 with the secre.
tary Of state. The capital stock 10
)25,o 900, all Of which has been sub.
scribed. The officers are william
Qusiis, president; L. II. A. Wallace.
vice president; Tom Carter, secretary;
George W. Russell, treasurer
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
AN ALTON TRAIN WRECKED.
Han Into n Freight ON a siding, Kill
linz Several Trainmen, hut
No Passengers.

Jacksonville, Ill.,, Aug, 20,-The fast
Kansns City passenger train on the
Alton rond was wrecked at midnight
al Prentice, a siding eight miles north
Of here, by running into freight.
Several trainmen were killed and 9th.
ers injured, but II IL thought the pas.
sengers escaped with slight injuries.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Farm.rs Fight with Pistols.

A shooting scrape took place on the
Baucum place In Pulaski county be-
tween two brothers named Harrison
on the one side and man named
Ferrlman and several negroes on the
other. It seems some hogs belonging
to Ferriman broke into the Harrison's
field, and the Harrisons shot one Of
them. Ferriman and several negroes
appeared on the scene and regular
battle followed. Ferriman and two
Of the negroes were slightly wounded.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Tried to XIII An Oflicsr.

While on a train In custody Of Off
GERS from Marion, where he was want
Cd for shooting negro, JEFF Blythe
caused great CONSERVATION by attempt
ing TO kill Deputy Sheriff Val Nicely.
He emptied his revolver and that no
enc was hurt is mystery.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Desperate Fight with burglar.

A burglar, supposed to be William
Brown, colored, fought a desperate
but bloodless battle with the proprie'
tor of a store at Pine Bluff. A citi.
zen passing the store discovered that
II was being burglarized, and awoke
the proprietor next door. When the
owner entered the building the thief
opened fire, emptying two revolvers at
close range. Brown was arrested a
few hours later at his home with q
shotgun In handy reach.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

Considering the depressed state Of
the public mind at the beginning Of
August, the report Of crop conditions
for the past week is rather cheering
then otherwise. On the whole, the
outlook for cotton is fair. Late corn
promises we'll In nearly every county.
Fruit is improving and late potatoes,
turnips, garden truck and grass are
being revived by late rains. The cot
ton yield will be a fair average If pres
ent conditions continue to September
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

Brussels, Aug, 2l,-M. Nyssens,
former minister ofndustry and labor,
committed suicide by shooting him
self with u revolver In the right TEN.
pie, Domestic trouble IL assigned az
the cause for the act,
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Iowa sails for pana ma.

Washington, Aug. 2l.-The navy de-
partmens has been informed Of the
sailing OF the battleship Iowa for
Panama. She viii stop at Acapulco
for coal, The distance from San
Francisco TO Panama Ia S,?'4 miles,
and the trip will occupy i2 days.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24
Prairie Grove IL Happy.

The first train over the Ozark and
Cherokee Central railroad crossed thu
incorporation line Of Prairie Grow,
on the l9th and was greeted With
cheers from a large crowd Of happ,
spectators. The people Of that section
Of country are specially gratihed over
the fact that they can now move theii
apple crop b. rail-. This Is an import
ant consideration, as the crop Of ap
pies IL the largest ever seen In that 70
gion.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

Santa Rosa, Cal,, Aug, ai.-The
winery OF W. II. HotchkIss a Co. wns
destroyed by fire, yesterday, enlailing
, loss Of $i50,o0p.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

Robert q. Pillow. Of Little Rock,
has been appointed commander Of
Arkansas division. United Sons OF
Confederate Veterans, to succeed
Hon. w. M. Kavanaugh, recently
elected commander Of the transmits.
sissippi department Mr.. Pillow was
adjutant and chief Of stan under
Commander Kavanaugh.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

The hrst bale Of cotton Of the season
was sold by auction In Little Rock on
the goth. After a spirited contest T.
II, Jones was the lucky bidder, the
price paid being IS cents. The bale
came to Il. A. Little, commission mer.
chant. and was raised by +, Csstera 4
co. II was q strict middling bale.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

The third annual reunion Of tho
Confederate Veterans Of Sevier ooun'
~ closed at Mena on the 10Th. The
reunion was . grand success.
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

Articles Of incorporation of the
Gentry Canning Company have been
nled with the secretary Of state. The
company proposes to can fruit and
vegetables, to manufacture Ice. etc.
r. J. Maxon ID president. J. r. still.
man Vice president. 9. @. Van Horn
secretary and M. B.. Maxson treasurer
The Van Buren press., 1901-08-24

The oolored laborsrs At Fort Smith
have organised for the purpose Of
making annual exhibitions Of The
vreducts Of the psgre's labor. u.
The age-herald., 1901-03-02
NATIVES WELCOME
 THE COMMISSION
Flotilla of Small Decorated
 Boats Met the Launch
OARSMEN SHOUTED WAS
Twenty-one Rebel Officers and 12o Bolomen Have Surrendered to Lieut.. Desque-Federalist &c.,
 curing New Members.

Baianga, Province of Bataan, Luzon, March 1.-When the launch bearing the members of the United States Philippine commission off the shore of the noun tainous peninsular, Province of Bataan, it was met by more than 100 flag decorated bancos, propelled by from fourteen to eighteen oarsmen, stripped to their waists. On the boats were painted the names of the towns they hailed from, and in them were the head men of the villages.
 Each f1otilla passed the commissions S launch in review, the oarsmen shouting ''vivas" The whole procession then scurried to the shore, headed by sail banco towing a canopied barge In which were the members of the commission and their party.
 The barge grounded amid crush of small boats and the younger natives sprang Into the water and dragged 1t to point where were wagons hub deep. These carried the visitors to dry land to Puerto Rivas and thence to Balanaga, passed through lines of natives and streets of hag-decorated houses, to the military headquarters. The public session of the commission passed off as previous sessions had elsewhere.
The age-herald., 1901-03-02
ENGLAND FEELS BETTER.
Advances In South African Securities
 Have Been Quite Steady.

New York, March 1.-The advances in South African securities of all kinds have been steady and uninterrupted, says the Tribune's London correspondent, pelng caused by reports that General Botha has surrendered and that the military sit nation has greatly improved.
 Close observers of the scenes in the mining exchange assert that there Is no speculative movement, but merely bet ter feeling among investors in England and on the continent so that shares are in greater demand and prices are grad ually going upward. Orders have come in from France, Germany, Canada and elsewhere. and there Is evidence that the South African investors are convinced that the end of the war is close, and that a speedy revival of the mining indus try may be expected.
 The day and the hour when the sur render occurred have been mentioned with such precision that it is suspected that negotiations for the submission of the Boer general have been in progress and that the time and place have been agreed upon.
 South Africans in London have con- tended for weeks that Botha was only holding out on a point of honor, and would abandon the hopeless conflict whenever Dewet was captured. Dewets S own plight could hardly be worse Only a small portion of the remnant of his force has crossed the Orange river, and his own passage with Steyn Is now con- tradicted.
The age-herald., 1901-03-02

lenged any Republican Senator to declare that the President opposed i-. The Ala bama Senator insisted he was fighting .or the honor of the President and the peo- pie of the United States 10 enable the President to carry lrto effect our agree ments with Nicaragua and Costi. R'ca
 MT. Daniel. having interposed to jus tify non-action until we heard from Great Britain, MT. Morgan said: When do you expect to hear from Great Britain?"
 "The Senator knows as much about that al I do," replied the Virginia Sena- tor, but I think that having negotiated with a co-partner in such d matter as this, it would not be becoming In the United States to break off the negotia- tions while the two parties ale consult- ing about 1t"
 The vote on the appeal from the chairs decision that the amendment was not in order resulted in sustaining the chair decision by vote of 36 to 16 The Senate agreed to the Potomac memorial bridge project limiting the cost of the bridge to 8, GOO. 900; 900 to be immediately available
 Amendments were adopted as follows:
 Appropriating s332,5OO for the purchase of the old Corcoran Art Gallery prop erty in Washington; increasing the com mission to codify the laws of the United States from three to five members; pro- viding that the superintendent of life saving stations in districts 1, 2 1. 6. :. Il, 12 and 13 shall receive s250O per annum each; those in districts B. and 10 5000, and the superintendent in district s, $500. The bill was then reported from the com mittee of the whole of the Senate. An at tempt to secure a vote on the bill dis closed the absence of quorum. and the sergeant-at-arms was directed to bring in absentees.
 At 11:15 quorum appeared and the sun dry civil bill was passed.
 The Senate then went into executive session and shortly afterward adjourned.
The age-herald., 1901-03-02
Army Nominations.

Washington, March 1.-The following nominations for the army were made to- night:
 Artillery Corps-Captains to be majors: Sidney W. Taylor, Charles Humphreys, Luigi Lomia, Alexander D. Schenck, S. w. Pratt, John McClelland.
 Cavalry-Army captains to be majors; John F. Guilfoyle, Ninth Cavalry; Chas. H. Watts, Fifth Cavalry; Frank A. Ed wards, First Cavalry; Eugene Ellis, Eighth; Matthias w. Day, Ninth; Walter L. Finley Ninth; Louis A. Craig, Sixth Wilber E. Wilber, Fourth Thaddeus w. Jones, Tenth; Francis D. Hardy, Third; G. K. Hunter, Third.
 Infantry army captains to be jors; James A. Irons, Twentieth; Robert J. IT, vine, Eleventh; Edward E. Hardin, Sev- enth; Richard H. Wilson, Eighth W. k. Reynolds, Fourteenth; w Frank East man. Fourteenth; Lea Febiger, Twenty third; Bernard H. Byrne. Sixth.
 Ordnance Department-First lieutenants to be captains: Charles c. Jamison, Law son M. Fuller.
 Corps of Engineers-Second lieutenant to be first lieutenant; John B. Slattery.
 Voluneer Army-To be second lieuten- ants: Quartermaster Sergeant G. D. Den
 Navy-Former Assistant Surgeon J. s. Bransford, U. s. N, to be a surgeon in the navy to oe placed on the retired list.
The age-herald., 1901-03-02
Brewing Company in Trouble.

Baltimore, March 1.-The interest on $7,5O0, 600 per cent bonds issued by the Maryland Brewing Company, due today was not paid, and the probability Is that the concern will shortly pass into the hands of a receiver for the purpose of closing the mortgage.
 The Maryland Brewing Company was organized about two years ago by the consolidation of several breweries in operation in this city It was capitalized at $6,500,000 and the bonds upon which default was made today were fioated at 106, Since that time all classes of the company's securities have steadily de- cined until the bonds have sold as low as $49.
 A receivershlp was finally decided upon by the management.
 The firm of Sperry Jones & Co.,, the original promoters of the scheme, have offered to advance the money to pay the interest but the offer was not accepted Sperry, Jones & Co., will oppose the re- ceivership.
 Argument will be heard today and the matter vii go over for future adjudica- ton.
The age-herald., 1901-03-02
CUBAN LEADERS
 ARE EMBARRASSED
On Account of Action of United
 States Senate
CONVENTION MAY DISSOLVE
General Wood Advised senor Capote To Urge the Members To Continue the Work Originally Planned.
 Much Bitterness Exists.

Havana, March 1.-Senor Capote, pres ident of the Cuban constitutional conven- tion, called upon Governor General Wood today and informed him that the con vention felt itself in an embarrassing position. owing to the vote in the United States Senate He said the delegates had not decided whether to continue the ses- sions or to dissole.
 General Wood advised him to urge the convention to complete It's work as orig inally outlined, drawing up the electoral law. This afternoon the delegates held an informal meeting and after some discus sion agreed to wait until Congress had acted on the Cuban amendment.
 The full text was received by General Wood Tuesday night and given the next day to Senor Tamayo, chairman Of the relations committee. Senor Tamayo said at the time that the committee had reached its conclusions but he urged to withhold an announcement until the pro posed amendment had been considered.
 The conventiin, nevertheless, insisted upon announcing It's views publicly, and immediately before presenting them to General Wood, who did not receive them in official form until twenty hours later
 The conservative element feels that this act coupled with the conventions ignor- ing of the views of the executive depart ment at Washington, has placed the Gu bans in an unenviable light
 Several delegates, on hearing this even- ing that Congress had adopted the amendment said this would not affect the attitude of the convention, as its members would not agree to the scheme of relations discussed in the amend ments.