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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01
Three Dead. rwO Drowned.

san Francisco, Feb, 20, The Unit.
ed States transport Hancock arrived
from the Philippines early Tuesday
morning with 81 cabin passengers, II
or soldiers and 81 military prison
ers, There were three deaths ON the
voyage, which was stormy one, md
two men were swept overheard and
urnyunl
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01
Proposed New Tax Case Defeated.

81. Paul, Mlnno Feb. 26.--Arter two
weeks consideration In committee
and on the floor of the house, and
after having adopted many amend.
mcnts, the house OF representatives
yesterday, by vote Of ~ 90 90, de-.
fcntcd the proposed new tax code,
for the passage Of which the pres.
cnt extra session wos called, There
are siIll pending n number cf meas.
urcs providing for the suomm5lon OF
various constitutional amen lmenls,
ana also n measure calling constl.
tutional convention.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01
The same OLD Habit,

Mr., Swellup-Well Julia, here II IL
the middle Of February and have kept
all my New Years resolutions, Very
few men can say that.
Mrs, Swellup-f guess there is one
you forgot TO make.
"Whats that?"
ITO stop bragglng,"-Judge,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01
lie HAD N "Lnrus Package

"Cur ahead" said the conductor to
the INSTEAD man. who was having diff
Guilty In getting aboard.
but tha's u baggage ear" protested
the unsteady one.
"Wcll, that's the place to carry a
PACKAGE Isn't lt?" retortcd the con-
ductor,-ChIcnpo Post,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01

Columbia, T. c. Feb, 20, Gov. Nc.
Sweeney speaking of the rIllmnn.
McLnurn imbroglo, suidi az the
senate exercises It's full powers and
the ease comes to me ns governor of
South Carolina, ! will deal with IL
promptly squurely, firmly and deal
with II M circumstances demand"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01

"l'usincss Is frlghtfuIly duh to-day"
valid the junior partner of the tailoring
firm,
"No wonder" said the senior part.
ncr Ongrlly "Who wrote our nd for
the papers to.dOy?"
81 did WhyW
"lccN'lsc It soysi DO you need an
oyereoat" Fry our Melton and
frlc1e, "-PhllndelphIa Press,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01

A French naturalist, Ropocl Dubois
asserts That nll large pearls IRE moth.
Ing but snrcophagl, In the center OF
which rest the dead bodies Of small
marine worms.--World'b Work.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01
Nsgrs Murderer Captured.


Chess Levy, the negro who killed
City Marshal Cox ut Prescott several
months ago, while resisting arrest, and
who escaped through the swamps, WAS
captured the other day by Marshal
White, OF Hope, and Is now In the pen.
intentiary for safe keeping,
Fire at Brinkley destroyed the build,
ing occupied by Immersion, fruit deal.
er, also building occupied by Sam
Coplin, u tailor.
A camp OF Spanish.American war
veterans has been organized ut Little
Rock named Camp Julian Davis, In
memory OF an Arkansas boy who fell
In battle In the Philippines.
The wholesale and retail dry goods
firm OF Wolf Bros. Little Rock, IL
In the hands Of receiver, being forced
into involuntary bankruptcy. The
Arm hopes to resume business ut IN
early date,
A leading Little Rock insurance
agent says the recent raise ok25 per
cent In rates by the principal insur
anee companies will not apply in this
state.
At the recent Little Rock city pri
mary election several bogus poll tax
receipts turned up, with the name OF
the sheriff and collector forged In q
bunglcsome manner.
Miss Elizabeth Conway, of Texar,
kama, has been appointed sponsor for
the Arkansas division Of the unI,ed
Confederate Veterans at their roun,
Ion nj Dallas next June.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01

Frank Banks shot and seriously
wounded Ike Felster In a Pine Buif
saloon because the latter asked him
Tor q cigarette. The men had not
spoken for several months.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01

"lIow long was l'ronson's speech"
VI don't know didn't have my "a,
" .ter with me."-llarlom IKE,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-01

Three hundred yards OF rock and
earth fell from an embankment at Ross
Hollow onto the Choctaw track, which
prevented running Of through trains
Tor twenty'four hours. Three hundred
men, with steam shovels, were lmme.
diately put to work TO clear the track.
Tho Saline River railway, which OK.
tends from Draughon on the Cotton
Belt TO New Edinburg, IL now In full
operation. 9. ]. Carter, OF Kansas
City Mo-, II president and Chas. II.
1mscrt superintendent
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29

Halflnast your flags to morrow tn til after the graves are decorated, then send the flags to the fnllmast at once.
 All the city officials are invited to review the Memorial day parade from the steps of the City hall building at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
 The funeral of Mrs William Boards | ley will take place from the family residence on North Main street to St Thomas church tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock.
 An anniversary mass of requiem will be celebrated at the Immaculate Conception church Saturday morning at o'clock for the late Mrs John Me Donald of Walnut street.
 Rowe Commerford, who left Water bury some months ago 10 become the protege of Clarence P. Day, an artist in New York, has written to friends that he is beginning to move in liter ary and art circles and has been given an opportunity to draw poster for one of the large theatrical houses.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
ARE YOU A CRANK

On what you drink2 Do you dearly relish a cup of good coffee? If you do, we want to meet just such cranks. It's a pleasure to sell Tea and Coffee to people who are particular as to the quality they want: and whyY Because when you sell them the good kind they are pleased and they con- tinue to buy as long as you give them the good quality, and when you give them an inferior quality they give you the cold shoulder and who'd blame them? We sell three different blended Coffees at 25c per pound' eithey one will suit anyone who wants cup of good Coffee: mind you, all three will not suit you. but either one of the three will surely tickle your palate and you'll never know what the quality is until you try them
 Golden Java, Brass City or Broadway blend are our leaders at 25c per pound. Say, did you read Sundays N '. papers and see where the span ish noblewoman. Dona Maria Francis ca O'Reilly de Camara, Countess of Buena Vista, (She should drop the O'Reilly) is suing a U. s. soldier be- cause he wouldn't let her slaughter and sell all the cattle needed for con sumption in Havana? This woman land they call her a noblewoman) doesn't know what she's missing by living in Cuba. Why the dickens doesn't she come to the United States and join the beef trust or the Water bury ice trust? She'll make fortune upon fortune and she'll have the law on her side of the fence. But, say; she is the kind Of a crank we wouldn't want coming to our store for good Cof- fee: we'd be tempted to redst her ey- cry time we got the chance. we have such a burning love for these trusts and monopolies. don't you know. at
 Phelan's T Store. 42 East Main Street. Telephone.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

Those who are trying TO keep in close touch
with every movement of the market have obtained
in the last few months an idea Of the way in which
the market is branching out along lines which were
practically unknown up TO a short time ago. To
keep posted the realty movements of the last
few months and especially of the last few weeks.
has occupied many hours of the workday of the
up to date operator. Such operator usually
gets 70 his Office about 9 O'Clock and stays there
until o'clock On the journey TO and from his
place Of business TO his home he usually looks
the lists of the reported of the day and
studies the reports of the doings in the auction
rooms. Until recently the operator gave little
thought to tunnel plans. Now, of the principal
topics of conversation in the real estate market is
terminal tunnel sites and the probable effect Of
the tunnel plans realty values. There may have
heen time when the plans and projects Of the
majority of real estate were easily learned
by their coworkers but that time must have been
in the early part of the previous century If the
stories told by some of the men who have been
identified with the real estate filed for about fifty
years founded solely on facts
The present day leaders and active workers in the
real estate market not to be found street
Some of them the upper West Side section
OF the city, others in upper and lower Fifth-ave
sections, a large number in the Long Acre Square
district. and hundreds in the downtown districts
The persons who striving to learn each dav
what are the principal negotia tions under v.y and
the sales must visit the Offices Of as many of the
active brokers and operators each day as is pos
Slble Some begin this daily tour by first visiting
large number of the Offices in the upper West Side
section OF the city. Then they start from about
SlXueth-st- and Madison-ave. and visit the ma
Jorlty or ofnces in the Fffth-ave. section between
Sixtieth and Twenty-third SITS When thew reach
Twenty-third-st. their labors Of the day are onlv
partly finished. From the Fifth-ave section tbay,
usually go 10 the Broadway section and lastly 10
the downtown districts. Occasionally the offices
OF some Of the leading architects and contractors
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

ment business building. on a lot 25xloi feet Tor
about 100000
c. A. johnson has sold to Gustav Roemer No. 2S2
East Thrtieth-st. four story hathouse. on a lot
1sx9S9 feet.
Mrs Maria Sena has sold No. 11s Mott-st..
four story tenement house on plot I'll feet
irregular.
Bernard Strauss has sold to George Larsen No
4se Manhattan-ave.. a three story and basement
dwelling house on q lot 16SXS2 feet.
Ira / Newmark has sold to Jacob Berman NO.
413 East Sixty-frst-st five story tenement house
on a lot 25x1o05 feet
The Rex Realty Company, of which H b ReNer
i= president in conjunction with a Mr.. Weiss ana
a Mrs Kendall. have sold No los East One-hun-
dred-and- -sixteenth-st, six story basement , ana
sub-basement elevator apartn tnent no9Se on TO-
feet and Nos 31f and 3l9 west SlXty-lIlt
two five story double tenement houses on lot 'JNo'
feet
r PehIemann & Son have sold for Robert ;.
Church to client. No. fl West Ninety-fourth-st'
a three story and basement brick and brownstone
dwelling house. lot lI9X1oOS feet FOR ABOUT
S22,000
+ Freidus has sold No. $50 second-ave.. four
story tenement house with store, for Adam Gelo
Elias SchlomowitZ.
Leon s Altmayer has sold No. AL East Seven
feminist five story brick building on lot 27xs2
feet. for H. Bozenhardt to Henry Erdnan'
Greene & Taylor have sold for Harriet Livermore
No 50 West Forty-eighth-st., a four story and
1905 feet The property is Columbia College lease
hold
Abraham Siegel has sold to Abraham NJ Slater
Nos 81 and 90 East Thrd-st, unfinished seven
story brick tenement house. with stores. on lot
S0x4S feet
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
SALES REPORTED YESTERDAY

Mamie A. Hecksher has sold No 42 West Fifty
eighth-st., four story dwelling house on lot
Z5XlO05 feet to Rudolph Erbsloh for $4,000.
Efiie Kahn has sold No. 50 East Seventy-seventh-
St., four story dwelling house. on lot 2Ox5l IL
feet. to Mary F. Stanley.
Potter & Bro. have bought Nos 2l5 and 217 West
FOrty-second-st., two four story dwelling houses
a plot 40xlO05 feet They also own No 2l3
West Forty-second-st-, with abuttng parcel in
Forty-third-st Bernard Karsch the seller
and l. j. Phillips Co. the brokers'
e. De Forest Simmons has sold No 81 East Sixty
third-st.. four story brownstone front dwelling
house lot 20xlO0.5 feet. William Arnold Is re-
ported 10 have sold No. l12 East Eighty -sixth-st
four story Ivelng house. on a lot 202xl022 feet
Franklin Petit has sold to John Barclay No 14S
West Fifteenth-st., dwelling house on lot 2ox1oO
feet.
Frankel & Bassman have sold Nos 1Os and 10
West -thirteenth-st. two five story
double fathouses for S. Herman, to a client for
81 900 each
Duff & Conger have sold for Mrs B. Mcdonnell
TO Patrick c. Duffy No 172 East Eighty-eighth-st
four story single 1athouse. lot II 7xlO0S feet
A. f. Gibbs and c. w Kirby in conjunction with
Albert f. Ashforth. have sold No. 3l3 West One
hundred -and-ffth-st, five story American base
ment dwelling house on a lot zlX64xlO0 feet 10
client for his own occupancy The house is one Of
row recently built by John c. Umberheld
Bleiman & Co. have sold for George H. Piguesop
No. 49 West Thrd-st., new six story and base
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
AQUATIC SPORTS.
A NUMBER OF NOVEL CONTESTS AT THE
COMING sPoRTsMEN's SHOW
NEXT MONTH

feature OF the Sportsmen's Show TO be held at
Madison Square Garden month will be the
aquatic sports. which will take place on the trout
stream surrounding the island. The stream will be
from twelve TO twenty feet wide and a canoeist
who makes the circuit of the big island ten or
eleven times will have travelled full mile II will
be well adapted TO canoe racing, therefore and at
specified hours in the afternoon and evening con
tests with the paddle will form part of the pro
gramme.
will widen into pool some thirty feet wide and
here viii be given exhibitions OF log rolling by
Adirondack guides and demonstrations in canoe
handling b. Indians OF the OjibWay tribe When
the stream is occupied by competitors in these
and other water sports il will be covered by fleet
OF big birch bark canoes. in which visitors 10 the
show may enjoy a water trip about the Garden
passing the camps Of the guides and trappers, the
Indian tepees and the game park the island and
hnally passing under the mountains over which
pour the cascades that feed the stream.
AT a recent meeting of the Adirondack Guides
Association held at Saranac Lake. the guides voted
the largest appropria Ron they have vet set aside
for a sportsmens show, and will this wear come
down in stronger force than ever
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE.

Ono Of the principal parcels to he sold at auc-
tion this week is announced by William NJ RYAN
This most important parcel is the entire block
bounded by West. Laight. Washington and HUI
bert sts-, for many years occupied by the United
states Appraisers Stores This property which
Is covered by structures varying from three 10
ten stories IL height, comprises bout 90 square
req o. Iauc. or about sixteen city lots Great
interest centres in this property. parcel this
GdSdJ area IN the downtown section is rarely
Real estate men will await the bidding on this
parcel with considerable interest as the many
pubic improvements now being made in the i'm
mediate neighborhood and others recently protected
ana TO be carried out under the present CITY ad-
mlnstratlon, have In the opinion Of owners in the
helEhuornood aGded very largely TO the value OF
property in this district Two plans for Improvement
Of the transit facilities are among the faGtors
that II is thought Will have very important effect
on property values. one of these the propOsad
elevated structure extending along the marginal
street 10 the west OF WeStSt, from the Battery 10
Fifty-ninth-st. This proposed Improvement was
provided for In a bill which passed the legislature
last year.
This Improvement proposes to take all the heavy
trafnc from the street to a ViaduCt. also 10
run cars to carry and distribute freight along the
river 'front.' and adjacent buildings in West-st The
elevated line Will connect with the projected North
klVer Bridge. Another element in the value OF the
property is the possibility of connecting il with the
New-York Central and Hudson River Railroad
depot at Hubert. Laight and Hudson sis tv,o
blocks .' 49,
Mr.. Ryan will offer the old United States An
pralserS stores on next Wednesday and liberal
terms are provided, including an oter 10 allow "a
per cent OF the purchase price remain at AZ per
cent. accompanying the announcement OF the sale
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

63d-st 100 fl Of Amsterdam-ave. 25xloo5:
$500; taxes, etc. r S. ST5. SlleoO
S5th-st No 2O7 213 West 1O0x1O22 2: Clara
Jerger TO Mary ] Davies; mortgage. SlSS,OOo;
Bowery. $. 1888 5 of Grand-st, 81 Ix10O3x
3I.lOX111.T; Emma G. Townshend TO Hannah NJ
NermliyeG; all liens
Lexington No 45s. 5. 66x6S; William Z
Thorn 10 Ron Newton et al, joint tenants N .oo
:. S11 %. ZASo
1l6th-st s. - fl of Park-ave. S13xlOo.ll'
Olga konarsky Alexander Spiro; mortgage
Sio,OUO
Stanton-st. n :. 20 IT of Suffolk-st 21xl0O,
Jacob Geib and wife to solomon H Schanger' ~ ..o
= Sl3 70. BOO
s1st-st. No - East. 2OxlO2.2; Moses Bachman TO
Marti.l Il Goodkind; mortgage. $1,000; r =
Park-ave. 5. fl n Of 53d-st. 2Ox50 Robert
McCaferty and another to Rollin c Newton - 90
81 al, joint tenants; r. :, SIS -eu'r
Psrk-ave. " 3. 80 Fl # 5Sd-st O5X5O; same 70
21st-st. 1888 II of Broadway. 25x92 Sam
ueI Kempner Alexander W Fraser mortgage.
$4,000; r ). IS 10 ..--.
3d-st No lo4, $ :. 50 fl n Of Sullivan-st. 2SX
1l6, Henry " BoOkstaver. referee, to Matilda -.
Random Il 5. S13 %. S"oSO
University Place. 5 :. lots % 30. 81 and 81
map Of estate of David Mann. s33x--; BleecE-
er-st. No 5, 17.1OXS1 1OXsl ., Peter
L ROnalds TO Alfred Conklng et al, trustees
mortgage, S1e,O0O; X 5, 81 so
S4th-st. 5. 1884 It or 7th-ave. % Sxes9
David Steiner TO josef Steiner. all liens r Il ,oo
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
IT'S BAD TO READ TOO FAST.
ss you mny overlook the little advertise
ments the narrow columns.
THE WEEK IN REALTY.

The field Of operations of the real estate men Of
this city is daily growing larger. and in such
ay to cause much surprise AS better travel
ling facilities bring the towns and villages about
twenty thirty miles from the City Hall in easier
reach of the city. avenues Of speculation and at
tractve property ready Tor Improvement are
opened TO those who ever ready to lead the way
If they think they increase the volume Of their
business by doing. Probably only a few of the
leaders in the real estate market arc fully aware
Of the great upward strides of the operations little
and big for only small number of the giants in
the real estate market have time TO devote to
formulating plans for specUlatng in properties or
improving opelf lies in the districts just short
distance beyond the limits of the city, and which
already attracting the attention Of hundreds of
persons desicoEs OF owring home.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
MAY BUILD ANOTHER DEPARTMENT STORE
NEAR BROADWAY TARERNACIE

A report was printed yesterday that the Nc Amin
property on the east side of Broadway between
Ihirty-third and Thirty-fourth SITS. had been sold
This is one of the most valuable realty holdings T.,
thls city The property has a frontage in Broadway
OF l4 feet and in SiXth-ave of 629 feet In Thirty
iourtn-st II extends 125 feet and Thiryt hirI-st
I1o'o Ieet II Is at present occupied by the Alpine
an elEht story apartment house, and other three
ana Two story buildings II is opposite the large
broadway frontage upon which Saks q Co are now
Dulldlng large store Present leases upon the
property do not extend beyond the year il is said
AT the Office OF j: Romaine Brown & Co the real
estate representatives of the estate. IN was sail
that the property had not been sold II was learned
however from another source that negotia tionS 70
purchase the property under wav and th9t
the oner was from large mercantile house
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
THE BRONX BUILDING PLANS

The following plans filed with the Denart
ment of Buildings. Borough of The Bronx yester-
day:
Prospect-ave.' northwest corner of Westcbestcr-
ave, two story brick store and dwelling house COY
80. addition. 5x5S e. L. Phillips One-hundrad-and
torty-ninth-St and ThPd-aVe., owner, $40 600
WestChester-ave.. east side. 63 feet north of Ono
hundred-and-siXty-s -second-st five story hrIck tsne
ment house 76XG6; Abraham Jungman No los
Beach-st., owner: $4,000. ~
Prospect-ave. west side, 125 feet south of Ire
mont-ave. one story and attic stable frame 22x14.
Annie Mary Rothman. Sea Cliff Long Island own
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

say that they experiencing great difficulty in
obtaining sufficient help in order keep up with
the great amount of work upon the boards in
their offices. This condition of affairs is particu-
larly true of Chicago. where every architect is
being forced TO his utmost to complete dra wings for
all kinds of structures
In Chicago alone, ii is estimated that $4,000 900
will be expended this year In the construction Of
skyscrapers New-York also gives promise OF
large expenditures for new buildings and reports
from there the effect least 500 900 900
will be spent in ambitious projects
Taken all in all 1t is safe 10 say that the building
industry will certainly experience the greatest
activity this year that it has in a decade.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
KNICKERBocKER LINKS RETAINED

Through the efforts of its golf committee the
Knickerbocker Field Club of Flatbush will be
able TO retain its links for least another season
Part Of the land on which the course lay was sold
recently for building purposes, and II was feared
that the club would be forced TO seek new quarters
Inc committee, however, has succeeded in rear
ranging the holes in such way as TO eliminate
several OF the former Objectionable features and
by the INTRODUCTION of new bunkers has more than
compensated for the loss of distance. The links
will be ready for use early in the season. prota Div
IN April. -'
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
sIxrH.AvE PLOT MAY BE SITE For STABLE

Robert Taggart. jr., the livery stable proprietor
has bought Nos. 7S9 and ST SiXth-ave., and Nos
103 and l05 West FOTty-ffth-st.. through Henry D.
Winans & May. He No. SOB SiXth-ave. On
the property, No. 7s9 is a story building at
Nos. sol and 500 two four story buildings and at
Nos. 103 and 05 West Forty-ifth-st. private dwell
ing houses The plot has frontage of IS feet in
SiXth-ave with a depth Of loo feet and a frontage
OF 40 feet in Forty-fth-st with depth of 80 feet
The house. No. SOB Sixth-ave sold at auction
about ten days by William NJ Ryan Mr.
Taggart, who said yesterday that he had plans
for the immediate Improvement of the combined
parcels nor any one plot. q said he might build
a big stable on the premises.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
PARAN STEVENS PROPERTY NOT SOLD

Once again the Paran Stevens property at the
southeast corner of Forty-fourth-st and Fifth-ave
is reported sold. This time Richard NJ Montron1
ported sale like many other announcements re
garding the building of a mammoth hotel on tba
site which have disturbed and ANNOYED realty men
in the last year. is untrue.