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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
GREAT RICHES OF ALASKA.
An Expert Miner Says the Copper
Property There II the Great
est In the world.

Seattle, Wash, Aug, 27.--rhe first
press message TO the outside world by
wire from Nnldes, Alaska, was re-
cciyed by the Times, the telegraph
line having just been completed. The
dispatch reports that Robert Blci, the
expert sent into the Maine silver dis
tlict by Capt Dcamor, has just
reached Naldcs, and reports that the
Maine district has the greatest mines
In Alaska, and that the copper prop
erty there Is the greatest In the
world The richness Of the country,
Mr.. Blci says, iusurcs the building Of
n railroad nt the earliest possible sea-
son Mountains Of Tin have been
found near Mount WrNngel, $50 miles
distant. This is the greatest season
Of discoveries Alaska has ever known,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
HARD FIGHTING IN HAYTI.
The village Of Limbc Attacked and
Rccnpturcd by Troops OF the
Provisional Governments.

Cape lIaytlcn, Aug, T,-Thc village
Of Limbo, SO miles north Of port.au.
Prince, has been attacked and recap.
tured by the troops OF the provisional
government, Limbo was in the pos.
session Of Firminitc soldiers from the
Artibonltc district, The fighting was
severe, and lasted from midnight
Monday night 10 midday Tuesday,
Many men on both sides were killed
The town was destroyed by fire,
The defenders Of Limbo were rein.
forced by marines landed from the
gunbont Crete.a.Peirrot, which Ia In
the Flrminitc service, Gen. Alexander
Nord has gone forward to take com.
mnnd Of the troops OF the provisional
government.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
The Department of Agriculture's
Weekly Summary of the
Crop Conditions.
WEATHER CONDITIONS UAFAvORADLE.
Too Hot md Dry, In the south an"
Too C,oI and Wet in the states
Further North for Proper Mat"r-
ing of Crops-Detcriorntio In the
Cotton Crop.

Washington. Aug. 27.-Following Is
he agricultural departments weekly
summary of crop conditions:
As whole. the weather condl1ons
east of the Rocky mountains have not
been favorable, being too cool IN the
northern districts eastward of the
Missouri valley, with too much mois-
ture in portions of the central valleys
while excessively hot in the southern
states with drought of greater or
lesser severity generally throughout
the cotton belt. Although cool, the
conditions were fairly favorable Tor
maturing crops in the Ohio valley
and over the southern portion OF the
middle Atlantic states as well as on
the Pacific coast,
Corn is greatly in need Of warm,
dry weather throughout the north
ern portion of the corn belt, where
the abnormally cool weather OF tho
past two weeks has greatly retarded
its maturity. Over the south portion
of the corn belt an excellent crop OF
early corn is now practically assured.
In portions of Iowa and central IL
linois corn has badly lodged as re-
suit of local storms.
Spring wheat harvest is unfinished
in the northern portion of the Ked
river valley, where it has been inter-
rupted by frequent showers which
have also seriously interferred with
stacking and threshing. Sprouting
and rottng in stack and shock are
reported from Iowa and in southern
Minnesota threshed wheat is damp
and discolored. Harvest is about
three-fourths finished in Oregon and
will be completed in Washington dur
ing the present week with yields
about the average, though less than
expected in Washington.
A decided deterioration in the con-
dition of cotton is reported generally
throughout the central and western
portions of the cotton belt, ms well as
over large part of the eastern dis
tricts. The most favorable reports
are from the Carolinas. In North
Carolina the condition Of the crop
continues very promising, although
the prevalence of rust is widespread.
On stiff soils in South Carolina new
growth is blooming and fruitng, but
on sandy soils rust, shedding and pre-
mature opening are prevalent.
Throughout the central and western
districts, with the exception of north
ern Mississippi and potions OF Okla.
homa and Indian territory, where the
crop is doing WELL the reports indi'
cate a decided decline in its condi'
ton, rust, shedding and premature
opening being general In Texas the
deterioration has been pronounced
and under the most favorable future
weather conditions n yield in excess
of the average is Improbable,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
THE BOERS AND THE BLACKS.
A Fresh Trouble Being Encountered by
the Beers Returning to
Their Farms.

johannesburg, Aug. 27.-A strong
force of British troops has been as
patched to the western border of the
Transyaal, ostensibly to relieve troops
ordered to India, but it is currently
reported that this step is taken ow-
ing to disturbances among the ma
tives.
A recent dispatch from London
quoted one of the foremost South Al
rican authorities as follows:
Among the immediate dangers IN
the Transvaal native attacks on Beers
returning to their farms and other
assaults are threatening to lead to
serious conflicts between Beers and
blacks. A great number OF blacks IN
the country have managed to secure
arms. There is, therefore, the anon
alous situation of unarmed whites
and armed blacks living in proximity
on outlying farms"
Natives of the Transvaal have been
reported as wandering about the
country armed with rifles which they
have either plfered or purchased.
In an article published on August
23, in the Vienna Fremdenblatt, Gen,
Botha was credited with saying:
"The civilization Of South Africa is
threatened by the katii4S. England
armed these tribes to fight for her;
now the war is ended the Kafiirs have
not returned their arms, but have re-
treated with them to inaccessible
places in the mountains, where they
are reported to be engaged in daily
shooting exercises and preparations
Of war. Unless the English authorl-
ties display the greatest energy the
Kafiirs are likely to cause great
trouble"
Swaziland is inhabited by warlite
Katiir race, and lies to the east Of the
Transvaal.
The western frontier of the Trans
vaal is formed by Bechuanaand,
which is inhabited chiefly by the
kafiir race of the Bechuanas.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
In the Old Way.

John Black, accompanied by his fam.
lily, has just completed the journey
in a covered wagon from Bonneville,
this state, to Danbury, Conn, dis
lance of 1900 miles. Black left this
state about three months ago. The
travellers covered about fifteen miles
a day on the average and camped at
nights, using the huge wagon for sleep.
ing quarters and cooking over camp
fires wherever they stopped. Beds,
cooking utensils and supply Of pro.
visions were carried by the wagon.
The whole family were in excellent
health and spirits when they reached
Danbury.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
EX-GOV. HOADLY DEAD.
The Former Governor ~ ohio Pass"
Away NJ watkins, n, W
Aged 10 Years.

Rochester, n Y, Aug, 27,-A spec'a
dispatch to the Democrat and Chron'
clc from Watkins. n. Y, says that eN
Gov, George lloadly, Of Ohio, dicd AZ
that place Tuesday evening, aged "
years, lie and his family had pee"
Mt Watkins for several weeks Inv
remains will be taken TO CInclnho'
for intermcnt.
The ex-governor had been III Nv
some time, and came east f'r n'
health, lie grew worse day BY guy
in spite Of every attention, ana 'leu
shortly after five o'clock TUESDAY
evening,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

st. Paul, MINI, Aug, ETA telc-
gram was received by the general
manager Of the Northern pncIhc rail
way from n division superintendent,
stating that train No, 2 Of that road
had been stopped, Monday night, by
n gang OF seven or eight men, The
express messenger refused TO open
his ear, notwithstanding the threats
Of the bandits,
About 20 shots were fired, but no
one was hurt and ono robbed. The
work II believed 10 be that OF
tramDs. .....
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
Defends the Water Cure.

An Arkansas soldier writing to Col.
V. Y. Cook of Elmo, from Batangas,
P. l., defends the water cure, and de.
clares that 1t was not only justifiable
and humane but necessary. He says:
Concentration camps were necessary.
At first glance it may seem strange
that we had to adopt that very means
Of conquering these people that we
condemned SO vigorously when Weyler
used them in 81 and 9S. And yet
they were managed in way that made
them the most humane as well as the
quickest way to end matters"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Pratt, Kas,, Aug, 27,-Mrs, Nlmpa'
is dead from "lumpy jaw" coog"
from cnt,lc, and Mr. Cochrone, OF ". ",
Pratt Republican, has been broosn'
to a hospital " this city, dangerous.
" afflicted with the disease, Ano'ne
man. whose name has not pcen
learned, has caught the diseN" "
chewing straw, Mr., Cochronc coUs.'
the disease by lying down In q Po S,
urc In which "lumpy jawcd' calw .
grnScd The doctors here say NV
are only six eases on record wnv,,
human beings have caught "lu'"P
Jaw" from cattle,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
subIaco Abbey Nearing Completion.

1t is reported that a portion OF the
new Subiaco Abbey. an institution
which is being erected by the Order
Of st. Benedict, near Spieleryille.
Logan county, will be ready for occu
pancy next winter. When completed
it will be one of the largest buildings
of the kind in the world. being Of
granite and four or five stories high.
1t will require several years to com
plete it, and will cost 81 100000.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
A Desperate Kentucky Hattie.

London, KY, Aug, a., From n re-.
liable source a report IL received here
~ battle ON Sturgeon creek, Owslcy
county, In which two men were killed
and Ave men and one woman wound.
ed. The fight took place ~ u bean.
strinRinR at the home Of William Pc.
tcrs. The fight IL said 10 have been
between the Nccleys and Aliens,
Jesse Medley was shot several limos
and instantly killed, John Allen was
shot eight times, and died In II few
hours, Mr. and Mrs. Peters uro among
the wounded,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

The Arkansas Live Stock Insurance
company, with headquarters at Little
Rock, has been placed in the hands
of receiver. II is understood that
the failure of the company was due
to the failure of farmers and others
to pay the premiums of insurance car
ried promptly. The amount alleged in
the petition, as due to all creditors, is
SIS, 900, but it is understood that the
sum is somewhat larger The com
pany has $4,000 outstanding.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
HE DISAPPEARED AT SEA.
Capt, &. W, Phillips " the Panama
Railroad COTS steamship Adj
vance Disappears nj Sen.

New York, Aug, 27,-COpt, c, W,
Phillips, commanding the Panama
Railroad Co.'s steamship Advance,
disappeared Mt sea on August 81, dur.
Ing the voyage from Colon 10 this
port, lie wNs 02 years old, and re-
sided In brooklyn, II was thought
on board Tint while leaning over the
rail he was attacked by vertigo and
fell into the sea,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
"AMERICAN ARROGANCE"
German Newspaper says u II Direct
ed Not only Against Germany
but All Europe.

Berlin, Aug, 27,-Prcsidcnt Roose'
yelts advocacy Of government super
vision Of trusts has caused the Post
Of this city to discuss anew the
american trust danger" 1t says
Germany, indeed all Europe, mu"
he on It's guard"
The Krcua Hcitung, in n leader Cd
american Imperialism says
american arrogance is directed not OF,
only against Germany, but against all
Europe. This arrogance is the out
growth Of the puritanical BELIEF u
the United States God-givcn mission
and its own inyulnernble position,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Bloomington, H., Aug. ~, There is
much excitement in Tnlcwcll county,
owing to the fact that gold has been
found IL paying qunniitIc, u short dis,
tnnce northwest Of Lilly The
precious metal ia located In four.
acre tract Vwncd by Frank h. Hay,
Of that place shafts are being sunk
and the ore ~ being got out for
smelling, The first report Of the own.
crs shows that out Of $50 whcelbnrs
row loads VI dirt eS@Nn'cd $50 worth
of the precious metals were secured,
rhis has been sent to the mint at
Philadelphia,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
LIEUT-GEN. MILES JOURNEY.
II IL I pdsrst0Od that the Trip IL to
he Undertaken for Purely
Military Purposes.

Washington, Aug, EFT has dcyel'
oped that Gen, Miles application TO
go to the Philippines was OF compare
lively recent date and was In no way
connected with his application of sew
eral months ago. When the first APP
plication was made II was coupled
with certain suggestions ms 10 tcrmi'
mating the war; and Secretary Roots
refusal TO grant the iirst request was
based largely upon these phases OF
the application, In view of this II
IL understood that Gen. Miles restrict
ed his second application 40 MS TO
make the trip one for purely military
purposes. Although the text Of the
application was not given ont at the
war department. II is said that one
OF It's features is n request that the
return from the Philippines be by
way Of the eastern route, As the APP
plcNtion is approved, Gen, Miles viii
return by this route, which lnsurcs
his visiting Europe on his way back
TO America,
II II expected that Mrs, Miles will
accompany the general 10 the Philip
pines, and II may be that his mar
ried daughter, who Is the wife Of Col
Reber, one of the generals aides, also
will accompany the party
II Is the understanding that In that
capacity, though Of superior rank
Gen, Miles will not interfere In any
way with either Gen, Chnfrcc or his
successor Gen, Davis, In the diret
ton Of thu army In the Philippines
He will critically examine the conii.
tions ny be finds them, deyoting his
attention entirely to matters Of army
administration, md not TO political
affairs, md the results Of his work
will be embodied IN u set Of reports.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Here is days news from Luling,
Tex: A freight train was wrecked
and trainman hurt; r, Hirsch had
n leg broken in fight; Pedro
Reonosus was fatally wounded in a
street duel; Ben Culberson was shot
and seriously wounded by a negro
and William Gurkle, a respondent
German farmer, committed suicide.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
FROM LOWELL TO LAWRENCE.
Greeted By one OF the BIggcst
Crowds Ever In Lawrence.

Lawrence, Mass Aug, 27,--Presl-
dent Roosevelt and his party, amid
the booming of salute,were received
here by Mayor Leonard and members
Of the city government. The prcsi.
dent was escorted to temporary
stand erected at the station, where he
addressed one Of the largest crowds
that ever gathered in this city, SPLEEN.
did weather conditions fevorcd the
event, The president was greeted
with enthusiastic cheers.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

According TO report OF the exper'
iment station Of the University OF
Arkansas, the phosphate rock deposits
OF north Arkansas. in the counties Of
independence, Stone, lizard, Searcy,
Newton and Baxter, are scarcely
known, but from examination they
promise to be OF considerable extent
and richness. They will, therefore,
b valuable to the state as source Of
ne manufacture of acid phosphate, an
important plant food that is extensive
ly used as fertilizer for increasing
the yield OF crops,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

q. A. Hogue, a brakeman on the
Fort Smith road, was killed near
Conway by the westbound passenger
train. No. SO. Hogue was braking on
a freight train. and he was sent west
OF Conway to flag down an east
hound freight. He had been on duty
thirty-six hours and was almost ex'
hausted. Soon he was fast asleep. In
the meantime the westbound passen'
ger rolled into Conway and pulled
out to the next stop. 1t ran upon
Hogue and killed him instantly.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

1t is understood that Capt, j. II.
Shoppach and DR.. W. M. McCully,
clerk and bookkeeper, respectively, in
the state treasurer's Office, will retire
January /. DR.. McCully has been in
the treasurer's Office for twelve years.
The vacancies will be filled by G, II.
Trevathan Of Mammoth Spring and
Ernest Upton, son Of Treasurer Tip
ton
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
THE DEADLY OIL CAN.
of nm Explosion NJ Gchring,
Nebraska.

Cheyenne, Wyo, Aug, EN- fire
At Gehring keb, six people lost their
lives, s. H. McCumpcsy, n mechanic,
started u fire with kerosene, The can
exploded, ignitIng the clothes of Me-
Cumpscy, his wife, two children,
aged one year and four days respcc.
lively, and two other little girls. The
parents remained In the burning
house trying to save the children,
md All pprIAhcd
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
Autos Ruled Out

Acting Secretary Of the Interior
Ryan upholds Superintendent Elsele's
position In ruling automobiles of the
reservation drives at Hot Springs. He
states in his letter Of authority for
such action on the part Of the super
intendent that the government drives
are not public highways but that they
are government property, and there
fore private In sense, and that II II
was necessary gates could be erected
and only such as had the consent Of the
superintendent could pass in.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

J, A, lngle, merchant at Paris
suicided by shooting himself through
.-e head. lie arose AZ o'clock and
going outside Of the house, placed the
mu2zle Of an old.fashloned Springfield
ride against tho side Of his head and
touched OF the trigger with his toe.
III health and dependency resulting
from financial losses, IL supposed to be
the cnuao,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
Fatal Wreck In AlabH ma.

Freight trains Nos. 81 and so on the
Southern railroad came together In
head-on collision, a mile west OF Cur
ley, Ala, and both were badly
wrecked. Fireman George Bond was
instantly killed, and Engineers Wood
ruff and Russell were seriously In.
jured,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
Death OF "a phiiRnthropic Lazy

Canton, o., Aug, 2i,--Mrs, kote ~ A.
Aultmnn, widow OF Cornelius H U,,
man, died Tuesday, aged -, s s0
leaves an estate valued ut SJoVv'"
most Of which In distributed In pup ooo
requests. The deceased gives slVu' "a
TO the Aultman hospital, Sao'oOV \. !.
the public library and $4,000 70 ~
First NJ. Il. church Of this city MV "s,
Union college receives $4,000, Al
residue Of the estate, estiha'eu. A
100000, IL TO be used to es'np"'a
home in Canton for homeless W
women, .......
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Thomas Dolan. civil engineer, met
. terrible death near Newport Dolan
became III while making the survey
Of the Jonesboro and Western rail-
road and started to farm house q
short distance away, Two hours later
the man was found In m almost life
less condition hanging upon a picket
fence In climbing the fence, his
foot had probably slipped and the
picket below had almost disembowel
ed him.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Work has been suspended indeh.
nitely on lock No, 2, Big Sandy river,
near Huntington, w. Va. Six hun
bred men are idle The cement sup.
ply became exhausted by reason OF
the anthracite coal strike,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
BRIEF MENTION.

A new bank has been organized al
Okolona.
The state deaf mute institute will
open about October 10.
The First National Bank has been
organized at Philadelphia,
The Fordyce street fair is to be held
the latter part Of October
The residence OF d. NJ. Bluthenthai
at Pine Bluff burned August rs,
The Iron Mountain depot at Knobel
was struck by lightning and burned.
Sawmill men and farmers Of Miller
county are complaining Of scarcity
of laborers.
Arkansas coal miners and operators
have agreed on scale Of wages for
the next year,
Complaint is made that q band OF
whitecappers have been operating in
Newton county
Hattie Johnson, l9.yearold ne.
gress, committed suicide at Conway
by jumping into well. II is believed
the woman became crazed from long
Illness.
Mrs, G, o, Ward, OF Greene county,
recently gave birth to a child weigh,
Ing nut two pounds, At last accounts
the midget was alive and in good
health
All the members OF the gang that
robbed the bank Of ClarksvIlle and
killed Sheriff Powers, with the ex.
ception OF ole =. Dunn, the leader,
are now In Jail In this state
Bryce Butterworth, aged 10 years,
fell from n raft into the Arkansas
river at Pine Bluff and was drowned,
The little fellow was playing with
some companions, when he lost his
balance and fell into the river,
Gov Davis issued requsitlon on
the United States district Judge OF
Indian Territory for the return to
this state Of q, W. Wehunt, charged
by indictment with murder In the
first degree, committed In Polk coun.
",
The Chattanooga TradesmBn 70.
ports the following new organizations
IN Arkansas last week, Fayetteville,
sob 600 leo and cold.storape plant.
ror, smith 400 600 broom factory !.
Homo Az 600 pin and girls, mill. liz.
uo Rock 40 200 boo,.oar factory.
Tcyorlono Az 600 umh.r eompany
-. ,',',,. ,.,.,, u.,.,,.
b'sn' s"',o'nso' ,"','u'ps ,'aa"'
s.orc anu " " no.'' "''' wv
s'oseo Wy "'' Nv 'o'""""'
VIM, Treadway aged ~, was crush
cd to death ut MIL near Paragoulc
by log on skldway rolling over MS
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
A woman's Revenge.

At Reeves, Tenn" Mary, wife OF
John McCampbell, became angry at
him over some small affair, and, while
he slept attempted to murder him
by pouring hot lead in his eyes and
ears. The man was made insane
with pain, but will recover,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
A MIIIion-DOllar Dam.

The Atlanta Water and Electric
Power Co. has been organized at At.
tanta, Ga. Tho object of the concern
is to erect million-dollar dam
across the Chattahoochee river for
the purpose Of furnishing the city OF
Atlanta with electricity. The com
pany is capitalized at $l,500000.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

San Francisco, Aug. s7.--Albcrt T..
Austin, prominent lawyer OF Clcve.
land and New York, and Miss Flor.
encc Peabody Of Chattanooga, Tenn,
were married here Tuesday by Bishop
Hamilton They will spend their
honeymoon In the orient,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Charged with Holding Women In Bondage'
John Burris, negro farmer of JEFF
ferson county, is under arrest on
q charge of operating a place Of bond
age. Burris, it Is alleged, induces col
ored women to 90 to his place, and
makes them work for him. 1t Is
charged that he confines them at night
behind closed doors and barred win
dows and threatens them should they
try to escape. II is also alleged that
Burris gets possession of these wo-
men by visiting the magistrate and
police courts and offering to let wo'
men with fines to pay work out their
fines on his place, he advancing the
money to pay the fines.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30
CnnNtctn Nrenk For Liberty,

Wallace Bishop Thomas Mulligon
and Lafayette Johnson, convicts In
the state pcniten,iary at Frankfort,
KY, made break for liberty in Tracy
style, Bishop waH shot in the breast
and the others were recaptured.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Dan Hawkins, colored, who killed
the negro woman at Butterfeld some
months ago and who was captured in
Louisiana and tried at Malvern, plead
ed guilty to the charge of involuntary
manslaughter and the court gave him
ten years in the penitentiary.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-30

Town Marshal A, NJ, Goodwin, Of
Cairo, Ga, was fatally wounded In II
battle with Galley Tyrus, negro des-
perado, charged with the murder Of
companion.