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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
AN INEFFECTIVE BLOCKADE.
Blockade OF Cape HRytien Declared
Ineffective by Capt. McCrea.

Washington, aug. 1.-THE navy de.
partmcnt received two cablegrams,
Tuesday, from commander McCrca,
OF the gunbont M0chlas, dated Cape
Aaytien, August Il, in which he re.
ports that the attempted blockade Of
Che port 10y the reyolu,ionists IL inef.
fectiye. In the first dispatch he saidi
Shave decided the blockade spasmod.
&c, therefore ineffective, (llaye) No
hhed consuls Will protect innocent,
neutral commerce,
In the second dispatch, which came
later, he saidi "Considcr blockade
sbandoned American schooner re.
porting blockndcr absent"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
To Buiid = Short L,ne.

The Southwestern State Manufactur.
Ing Company, which owns large slate
quarrles at SlatIngton, this state has
increased It's capital stock TO 10000.
600, The company proposes TO build
at an early date n railroad from this
quarry to Hot Springs, distance Of
nfty.six miles.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
peruetual lotion.

Is Grieves, a native of Yell coun'
ty. is exhibiting at Kansas City Pc
culiar machine on the order OF per-
petual motion. The invention is re-
markedly simple, but 1t is the result
of twelve years work. Grimes hrst
took a circular piece cut from a thick
board and trimmed down the edge 10
resemble circular switchback rail-
WAY. In the center of this board he
fastened a second circular board on
a steel post that fit into ball'bsar
ing bicycle axle. To the top board
was fastened. by means of a rod,
small wheel, which was so fixed that
if would strike at each revolution OF
the uppc, board at point near the top
of the inclined plane of the lower
board, the lower board being slightly
inclined. Grimes then placed a weight
on top of the upper disk, placed the
wheel at the top of the inclined plane,
released it, and the machine began to
move and continued in motion until
stopped by its inventor. The machine
is started by the wheel running down
the incline on one side. This takes
the weight on the opposite side away
from the center of gravity, and it car
ries the machine around until the
wheel strikes the top of the incline
again, when new force is impaired to
the revolving upper disk.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

London, Aug i3.--Aceordtng to The
Hague correspondent Of rhc Daily
Mail, former PRESIDENT Kruger Of the
Transvaal and his party are anxiois
to prevent Generals Botha, " Wet
and Delarey from landing In England
and accepting British hospitality.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

Chief Justice II, q, Bum, OF tho
supreme court, has granted an appeal
to John Stokes, Of Pine BLUM, who
was convicted of the murder Of ono
Coon Scott, and sentenced to be hang,
cd on August 20, He was convicted
on September H. 1901, on purely cir.
cumBtantial evidence.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

Fayetto Spencer aged IS, was shot
and killed Mt an lee cream festival
given at the house OF H. G, Rash In
Drew county Robert Erwin Is eharg.
cd with the killing.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

Saratoga, n. ~ Aug, l3,-Rcv, Mar.
tin Carroll, rector of ~, Vincent De
paurs Il. c. church Of Brooklyn, who
was stricken with heart failure, sion
day, In said TO be gradually sinking.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

New York, Aug. i3,--An,hraci,e
coal has taken another jump here, all
domestic sizes being quoted at " a
ton, No. . nut at 81, and pea so.sy
steam sizes have not been advanced.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

Berlin, Aug, IA recent prussinp
army order forbids the use OF Amer.
lean lard In army Kitchens, and di.
reefs that hams mus, be bought oi
domestic slaughter houses.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

New York, Aug i3,--Zionists OF this
ei,y have just observed the anniver.
sary Of the destruction Of Jerusalem.
Addresses were made on the Zionist
ssovement, the principal one being
given by j. Dellaos, an English lie
krtM.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
Doubl. Tragedy At Lone Elm, Arl.

IT. Smith, Ark, Aug. i3.--At Lone
Elm, n village 80 miles east Of II.
Smith, Mansc higgins, assistant
postmaster, shot and killed his wife
while In jealous rage, and then com.
miited suicide. They leave Ave chill.
dr.p.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
TWAS A STUBBORN FIGHT.
The Battle of Barcelona Lasted From Sun
day Until Friday.

Port of Spain, Island OF Trinidad,
Aug. 12.-Details of the fighting at
Barcelona, Venezuela, received here
by boat, slow that q battle started
on Sunday, August 3, ana that on the
following Wednesday the revolution
lists entered the city, They kept up
q continuous firing day and night, de-
stroying houses one by one to reach
the center of the city.
officers Tried 10 Escape.
At midnight on Thursday two
thirds of the city was in the power OF
the revolutionists. On Friday the
government strongholds were carried
and the last survivors Of the govern
ment officers tried to escape by the
river to the sea, but failing in this.
they made one last stand, after
which, at noon Friday, they surrend-
cred to the revolutionists' command
ers, Generals Francisco, Monagas and
platero. Among those taken prison
ers are Martin Marcano, president OF
The state of Barcelona, and command
or of the government troops, eight
generals and 20 colonies.
The dead on both sides numbered
i67.
Women ana children Maltreatcd.
All houses in the city were sacked
and in some instances inoifensiyc
women and children were maltreated
and killed. All stores were plllaged,
especially those belonging to foreign
srs. and the French cable Office was
rohbcd.
The American, Italian and Dutch
eonsulates were pillaged and the con-
suls have asked for men.of-war to
protect life and property.
United States Minister Bowen, AT
Caracas, has cabled TO the United
States cruiser Cincinnati TO go TO
Barcelona without delay and TO take
provisions, The Topeka is anchored
at Porto Cabcllo, the Marietta Is on
the Ornoco, the German warship
Fake Ii ut Curacoa, and the Italian
cruiser Giovanni Bnusan and the
British cruiser Pallas are at Laguira.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
Judge Albert E. Psttison Dead,

Denver, Col, Aug. l3,-Judge Albert
Il. Pattison, one of the most prom
inent jurists Of the state, died at his
home in this city Tuesday of paraly'
sis, aged 81 years
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

Chicngo, Aug. i3.--Commtncing No
vember /, the Chicago Rock lsl0nd
end Pacific railroad will run through
trains from the lakes 20 the Pacific
soast over the Southern Paci1c.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
Lunchcd with the President.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. l3,-The
president had ny his guest for lun.
cheon, Tuesday, Vim, Il, Grace, for
nerly mnNor OF New York city.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

Deputy Marshal John Hamilton do.
stroyed 2C3 pints Of whisky at Hope,
which was found IN corn crib and
unclaimed, The streets flowed freely
With splritus iermentl for u while,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
Post once Inspector Resigns,

W p, louck postoiIlcc inspector for
western Arkansas and Indian Terri.
tory for the past ten years, Is no
longer an oIllcer OF the government.
This ID u result Of an investigation
recently made by the officials OF tho
postoillco department, In which several
charges were looked Into, Tho na.
ture OF tho charges has never been
made public.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16

Mrs, Wash Mattox, aged IS, Of Mont.
gomery county, dependent over poor
health, took u fatal dose Of morphine.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-08-16
Apple Growers to Hold Convention.

A meeting of the apple-growers and
shippers of the Louisiana Purchase
has been called to meet in st. Louis
August 10 for the purpose Of arrang'
ing for an apple congress to be held
later in the year in st. Louis, and
President John p. Logan of the Ar
kansas State Horticultural Society
has appointed the following delegates
to represent the state society at that
meeting: Geo. West, Eureka Springs;
Capt. r. f. Hawley, Eureka Springs;
0. W. Patterson, Gentry; A. W. Poole,
Ozark; |. H. Henthorn, Bentonyilie;
L. g. Forman, Green Forest.
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Delegates Named.

Gov. Davis has appointed the fol-
lowing delegates to the Trans isSis'
sippi Commercial Congress, to be held
at st. Paul, Mimi the latter part
of this month Geo R. Wood, Van
Buren; Julian Blass, Little Rock; j.
NJ. Richardson, DeVall's Bluff; John
C. Hill, Clarksvile; Dr.. L. E. Love,
Dardanelle; b. o. Harden, Conway;
Wood Rainwater, Morrlton; Ben H.
Crowley, Paragould; M. j. Grant, Mag
nolia, T. M. Brown, Clarendon; W.
A. Babcock, Hot Springs; AID Bertig'
Paragould; j, T. W. Tillar, Little
Rock, Dick Hamm Mulberry; R. c.
Brown, Russellville; Ben Berger, Nal
ycrn,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
THE GUARDS, CENTENNIAL.

The Savannah Volunteer Guards will
this week celebrate the one hundredth
anniversary of their existence. Theirs
has been an honorable career, one re-
fiecting credit upon their city, their
state and their country. The Guards
have taken part in two wars, the first
in defense of their native soil and the
second for the purpose of freeing Cuba
OF the war history of the organization
it is not necessary to speak here: we
have already set it down at length in
another place. 1t is a history of
which the Guards may well be proud,
as it shows them brave and patriotic,
every ready for the call of duty.
Since their organization the Guards
have been closely identified with the
commercial and social life of Savan-
nah. Rank and file, the organization
has been made up of representatives
of the best manhood of the city. The
citizen-soldiers of the Guards have
proved themselves to be as good citi-
zens in peace as good soldiers in war.
When, in 1866, the Guards returned
home with shattered ranks, the survi-
vors, Notwithstanding their ruined for
tunes, went to work with a will to re-
build the waste places; to regain for
themselves and their city the position
that had been lost by the devastating
conflict. The spirit that animated
and sustained them during the recon-
struction period was that undaunted
courage and unfinching purpose
which characterized the men of the
South during the war and made them
the finest soldiers that ever trod a bat
tie field. The fruits of the labors of
the survivors of the Guards, and their
fellow soldiers of Savannah, and
their offspring, we see to-day in one
of the fairest and most prosperous
cities of the South. which boasts a cit
lien soldiery second to none in the
country; and city and soldiery are each
proud of the other.
Savannah has always been a city of
strong military spirit. 1t could not
be otherwise, in view of it's history. 1t
has been the birthplace and home of
soldiers since colonial days, and the
United States have engaged in no war
in which Savannah was not represent
ed by the flower of her manhood. Thus
the fondness for arms has come to be
natural with the Savannahian.
The centennial of the Guards finds
the organization in a most enviable
position. 1t has increased and wax
ed strong. 1t embraces excellent ma
terial, and the men are devoted to it's
service. The membership is filled
with energy and enthusiasm, and inn
bued with an esprit de corps" that
cannot fail to carry the command for
ward to still better things. We sin
cerely congratulate the Savannah Vol
unteer Guards, on their birthday oc-
casion. upon their past and present,
and wish for them continued prosper
ity and usefulness for hundreds of
years to come.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
UNEASY ARIsToCRATs.

The titled people and the people who
boast of their family connections of
the German empire are nightly dis
turbed because Emperor William has
taken a fancy to be chummy with the
captains of industry. Ever since the
visit of Prince Henry to the United
States the Emperor has given the cold
shoulder to the kid glove gentry and
sought the companionship of the
horny-handed sons of toll. President
Roosevelt appears to have inoculated
Prince Henry with the idea that the
empire builders are the captains of
industry and not those who spend
their lives in seeking pleasure, and the
Prince, on his return to Germany, in
oculated his brother. And now the
Emperor is full of the notion that he
can so inspire his people that they will
compete successfully with the Ameri-
can people in the struggle for the con-
troll of the commerce of the world.
OF course, it makes the privileged
class grit their teeth to see the heads
of the great manufacturing firms and
the dig business concerns lnS ldNOflleS
of the Emperor at court functions.
They stand around neglected. where
once they were the only pebbles on the
beach, and make unkind remarks
about these new people who have cap
tured the Emperor's fancy, and they
inspire the newspapers which cater to
them to comment on this strange be-
havior of their sovereign, but unlkind
remarks and newspaper criticism do
not seem to influence the Emperor in
the least He insists upon being
strenuous and playing leading part
in the worlds affairs, and he believes
that the captains of industry are of
far more benefit in the up-building of
Germany than the soft-handed gentle
folks who feel that all the privileges
belong to them and all the toll to the
other folks. And the captains of in
dustry are at the forefront and are
likely to stay there.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27

increased 100000 a year by the
change in the pension Office the coun-
try win be surprised.
We do not know anything about Mr..
Ware. and the country knows but lit
tie about him, but the impression is
general that ne goes into the pension
bureau with the tacit understanding
that he will allow the greater part of
the claims which have been rejected
by Commissioner Evans on the ground
that there was no law under which
they could be allowed.
As matter of fact the Republicans
are getting ready for the campaign
Of 1904. They want the good will of
the Grand Army of the Republic
There is no better way to get that
than to throw the doors of the treasury
wide open to them. And it is probable
that is just what has been done in
throwing Commissioner Evans over
board and putting Mr.. Ware in COM
mand of the pension division of the
government. Whatever may happen
to the rest of the country there are
good times ahead for the pension
sharks and their clients
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
PERSONAL.

President Roosevelt has been invit-
ed to address the great triennial Sum
day-school convention to be held in
Denver in June, next.
Admiral Sir Compton Domville, who
has been appointed to the command
of the British Mediterranean Squadron,
has had thirty-six years experience in
the navy.
Francis Varge recently died in
Leon, Ia, aged IS years. He was
judge advocate general of Louis Kos
suth's provisional government in Hun
garia in 1S49 and came to America as
an exile.
If Edward VII decides to visit the
Channel Islands-a very likely event
during the forthcoming cruise in Brit
ish waters he will be the first English
King to set foot in the old Norman
fief of the crown since the days of
King John.
Mile. Juliette Toutain, first prize of
the Conservatoire for piano playing
and for harmony, is the first woman
admitted to compete for the Prix de
Rome. That yields $500 a year for eight
years, the first four of which must be
spent at the Villa Medici at Rome. All
sorts of complications are looked for if
she is successful, as she would have
to live with the other prizeholders in
music and art, who are all men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27

Don't be in too big a hurry to con-
denim the person who won't work. 1t
may be that what we have been in
the habit of calling laziness, and re-
garding as nothing short of a vice, is
really a disease which the poor fellow
cannot help. There is a possibility
that certain specialists in Cincinnati
will shortly be able to demonstrate to
the world that dissemination to work
is the result of the presence in the sys-
tenn of specific microbes. They are now
studying the case of young man who
for ten years has done nothing. He
has been regarded as hopelessly lazy;
so lazy, indeed, that the doctors be-
came interested in his case and deter
mined to ascertain, if possible, what
was the matter.
The young man in the case has his
counterpart, in greater or less num-
bers, in about every community. 1t
was his habit to sit IL the sun in win
ter and in the shade in summer and
white sticks. When at home he
would sit around the kitchen reading
a light book. playing with the cat or
twirling his fingers. Semi occasion
ally he would go fishing, if somebody
would get the bait for him. But un-
der no circumstances could he be in
duced to perform any sort of work
His type will be recognized by practi
cally everybody, and certainly by the
bread winners.
AS stated above, certain doctors have
taken his case under investigation.
They hope to chase the bacillus OF
laziness to its lair, isolate it and find
a specific for it. Some of them ap-
parently are pretty well convinced,
from careful study of the case. that
laziness, as manifested by this young
man, is a germ disease. Should this
prove true, then it must follow that
laziness. as manifested everywhere, is
the result of germs. since the patient
under treatment is perfectly normal in
all other respects. There is no peculiar
phenomena in his case to make it ex-
ceptional. He is simply a type Of the
lazy person.
1t is to be hoped that the Cincinnati
doctors will succeed in their quest. If
they can catch the lazy bug" and pro-
vide lethal dose for It, they will con-
fer an inestimable boon on mankind.
And there will be literally millions
in IT, for the discoveries. for there
are many laziness microbes exerting
their baIeful influence upon the race
every day Of the year
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
BRIGHT BITS.

Last words of a great man: 80
few done; so many to do."-Chicago
Tribune.
-Chloe-"Is your husband a bread
winner?" Susan" Deed, he is; he's
won de prize at dozen cakewalks. -
Yonkers Statesman.
DO you ever advise your patients
to take exercise, doctor?" "Oh, yes;
it's perfectly safe to do so. They never
take indianapolis News.
Sign of Death.-Jimson-"I have
heard that it is a sign of death if a
dog bowls beneath your window"
Jester Beneath my window? You
betl L would kill any dog that would
dare to do it."-Ohio State Journal.
of Course Not.-"My son." said the
parson to a small boy who was digging
in back lot don't you know that it
is a sin to dig on the Sabbath, except
in case of necessity" Yes, sir" re-
piled the youngster. "Then why don't
you stop it?" asked the good man.
"'Cause this is case of necessity"
replied the young philosopher. "a fell
Ter can't fish without bait."-Chicago
Daily News.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
One ON The Omeer.

Officer Martin McNally of the sew
enth police district is a most efficient
patrolman, and his memory for faces
is wondrous, it being claimed by his
brother officers that he rarely, if ever,
forgets ''phiz," no matter if he has
not seen 1t for years, says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The other day Officer McNally hap
pened to meet a little boy in skirts
near PEBBLES corner crying bitterly.
The big police o1scer doomed up over
the infant, who gazed up and in tear
full voice said:
I'm lost"
Where do you live, little man?''
asked McNally, kindly, for he has chill
dren of his own.
boo, hoo!" walled the diminutive
boy, gripping whip he held in his
hand tightly. II don't know. Boo,
hool"
Come with me-" said McNally.
"Pfat can tn fa-ather av We be t'inkin'
av t let a little wan ay your soize
sthray away?"
And up the street went Mentally, re-
solved to find the parents of the little
one, and to administer a fitting rebuke
when he found them. After he had
proceeded half a square McNally met
Officer Pickles O'Hearn coming down
the street with all sails set.
Where y going?" asked pickles. -
"O'im tryin' to foind this little vans
parents" answered Mentally.
Come Off" said O'Hearn. Don't
We know your own children"
McNally stopped, astounded, and
took his first good look at the little
one. Then, without word he picked
up little Master McNally and went
down the street to- his home near by.
1t is not known whether or not officer
Mentally administered the threatened
rebuke to the parents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
senator Jones Comment.

When Senator Beveridge astonished
the Senate in the last Congress by his
speech on the Philippine question
Senator Jones was among the most
interested listeners, says the Wash
ington correspondence of the Philadel-
phia Record. Not long afterward
Beveridge sauntered across the main
aisle and dropped into a seat at the
side Of the Senator from Arkansas.
The Indiana Senator alluded to the
long service of his friend and chatted
quite lively concerning his experience
on the floor. He thanked him for lis
tening to his speech, and finally ask
ed him what he thought of it. At
this Jones began to smile and stroke
his beard. With a wise look he asked
Beveridge if he didn't think the ques-
ton a little abrupt. well, no." was
the response. ''You have had years
of experience, and your opinion is of
some value. I know you will be frank
with me and give me your honest, cam
did opinion" The Arkansas Senator
again stroked his beard and smiled.
IF you will have my candid opinion,
Senator" he replied with a luminous
twinkle of the eye, 81 must say that
when your ideas catch UP with your
vocabulary you will rank as a great
orator"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

Commenting on the meeting of the
Southern Educational Board at Athens,
Ca, the Baltimore Sun says: This
educational awakening IS the beginning
of an educational development that will
probably mean more to the South and
to humanity than any similar move
ment in our generation"
The Philadelphia Times (Dem.) dis
cussing the Indiana Republican con-
vention, says: mot one positive idea
does Senator Beverage contribute to
the discussion of contemporary condi-
tions. His policy is purely one of ac-
quiescence and evasion. That his
speech is satisfactory to the Republi-
can organization need not be doubted,
but it is defensive rather than aggress-
i've, and as a definition of party policy
it is altogether futile"
The Albany IN. W Times (Dem.)
says: "Straws show which way the
wind blows, and slowly but surely the
Democratic party is approaching en-
tire unity. The signs of the times
newspapers endeavor to make a noun
tain of factionalism out of each mole
hill of difference within the Demo-
cratic ranks, their actions are those
of desperation. for the prophet has
read the writing on the wall"
The Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch (Rep.)
says: Senator Beveridge promises to
be the political Funston OF the admin
istration. His demands for hands off
the activities of the American people,
the trusts being so paraphrased, will
hardly strike a responsive chord in
the breasts OF people who find their
meat and food supply cornered by such
activities. His theory that the pro-
posed department OF commerce has
been devised to curb the monopolies ~
equally lucid"