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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
IUSKEG[E CONFERENCE.
Eleventh Annual Session of the
Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial Institute.
REMARKS BY PRINCIPAL WASHINGTON.
Every Black Man In the South Has
an Opportunity to Purchase
Farm and Make an Independent
hying-PoIitics Not In II With
Home Making.

Tuskegee, Ala, Feb. 20--.The
eleventh annual session Of the Tus-
kegee negro conference assembled at
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial in
stitute Wednesday. Booker 7. Wash
ington will preside at all the meet
ings
At the opening session Principal
Washington said;
at is most encouraging to note
that the time has come when north
ern people and southern people can
cooperate in the uplifting Of all
classes who need assistance.
at is with a race, as with an in
dividual-the place to begin to make
improvement is right where it is. If
we can not improve our condition III
the south ! do not believe that there
are many spots on earth where we
can do so. There is an opportunity
open in the south for every black
man TO purchase a farm and make
an independent living upon that
farm. Agriculture will give the race
the foundation upon which to build
and prepare itself for more impor-
tant things.
"Throughout the south the youth
Of our race should be constantly re-
minded that we have the occupations
that relate to and advance the me-
chanic and democratic employments
practically in our hands.
There is nothing in politics or in.
any other avenue Of life that can be-
gin to compare in Importance just
now to the negroes securing a home
and becoming a taxpayer and educat-
ing his children into all the impor-
tant occupations that are about his
doors.
"The most lasting and potent pro-
lection the negro can have in any
part Of the country is for him TO be-
come the most successful man in his
community"
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RESULT OF A BROKEN RAIL.
One Nnn Killed ana Five Injured In
u wreck In u suburb of
Columbus, o.

Columbus, o., Feb. 20,-As the re-
suit of broken rail early Wednes-
day morning, one man was killed ana
five injured on the Columbus, San
dusky & Hooking Valley railroad,
near the Nelson avenue crossing, at
Shepards, a suburb of Columbus,
The dead VIM. Smith, of Grogon,
engineer
The iniured Frank Winteringer,
Of Grogan, fireman; both legs broken
and body scnlded
+. S. Sweet, ankles scalded and
back injured.
j. f. Dickson, leg and side badly
bruised and head cut
Henry Upton, brakeman; shoulder
dislocatcd.
John Kincad, conductors; side
crushed,
The train was n doublc-hcnder and
both engines and 81 gondolo ears
were wrecked,
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TREADWELL MINES ON FIRE.


Seattle Wash, Feb i0,-Thc great
Trcadwcll mines on Douglass island
were assailcd by fire on Tuesday,
February II, and large loss of life
was prevented by the almost super
human efforts of everybody who
could reach the scene 10 stay the
progress Of the flames, The steamer
Dirigo, reaching port yesterday
morning, brought particulars Of the
fire,
The INSTRUMENTATION compressor
building was entirely destroyed
Thirty-cight thousand dollars worth
of stamps and mill plates and l2o
stamp MILL with the engine room,
were saved, More than one hundred
miners were In the lower workings,
and i'm imminent danger of death IT,
G.. llalk superintendent of the Mex
lean compressor discovered the
flames issuing from one corner OF the
hupc structure. The flames gained
Roadway rapidly and before even the
hogc in the compressor room could
be brought into service the interior
Of the building was mass of flames,
From the compressor the fire spread
TO the hoist and tramwoN ana be-
fore warning could be sent To the
mon down in the mines the SMART
house was ON fire and the lower end
Of the l20.s,omp mill was burning
ncrccly,
The nrcmcn confined their efforts
TO the mill adjacent TO the compress
sor building, and although their cloth
inc frequently caught fire aud their
hands and faces were badly bllstcred,
they finally got the fire under con
troll. after several buildings had been
destroyed,
In the meantime the flames In the
SHIFT had been burning rapidly ana
Swans DorQulst one of the miners
working ON the 3OO.foot level was
IRE first 60 gain knowledge Of the ilrc
above, He shouted n warning 10 the
minors ON the iiO.foot level After
somc delay an old gallery commune
cntInp between the new ana old
workings was discovered, and uftcr
hard struggle In the smoky, gus
linden levels, the men reached the bot
tom Of the pit in safety
In the meantime, with help OF I'D
di,Ionnl fire apparatus from Douglass
,hc fire had been confined to the
compressor building SHAFT, SHIRT
house and nearby mill building
These were destroyed,
When the Dlrlgo left for the south
+, was not certain that all the men
In the mine had escaped, but the
mine officials believed they had,
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TH[ NK|NLEY MEMORIAL.
Public Interest in the Mckinley
National Memorial Said
to be Increasing.
MINOR PROJECTS ARE BEING MERGED.
Treasurer Myron Il. Herrick is Re-
with Contributions by Bushels
GOV. brady of Alaska il Canvass"
ing the Far North.

Cleveland O., Feb. 20.-That public
interest in the Mckinley national me-
mortal is on the increase is evidenced
by the eyergr0wing volume of letters
and kilograms received at the head
quarters of the national association
in this city. Secretary Richie is
busly engaged in securing informa,
ton for his report to be submitted
at the Washington meeting Of the
trustees ON February &C. Richard C.
Kerens. who has lately been appoint
ed to the Craftsmanship Of the Mis-
souri, state auxiliary, has opened
headquarters in St. Louis, and says
the state will give $4,000 TO the fund.
In Kansas City an effort is being
made to get contribution from ey'
cry resident, ranging from one cent
up.
Cincinnati will not erect monu-
ment there, as the fund is not large
enough. The funds raised for the 10.
cal monument will be given TO the ma
,ional monument fund. Both Toledo
and Columbus are discussing the
same proposition TO turn in all funds
raised for small local memorials, to
the greater and more splendid tribute
Of the state to the dead president
GOV. John G. Brady is canyassing
Alaska, including the Klondillc. The
governor is distributing lists through
the territory from Dawson and Nome,
and while some Of the returns will
not be in before June or July, yet
he anticipates raising a good-sizcd
sum The endless chain letters keep
coming. Treasurer Myron T. Her
rick, Of the association, received two
two-bushcl bags of these chain con-
tributions Wednesday,
New York state hopes to have $780,
600 raised for the fund by the time Of
the meeting, February 26.
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SAVED HIM TWENTY YEARS.
Result of Actor MORTGAGES second
Trial for Holding III u Res
tnurant Cashier,

Kansas CITY, Mo-, Feb, GO. NJ
Morledge, an actor, found guilty on
his second trial Of grand larceny, has
been sentenced to the pentcntiory
for five years, Moredgc, at the
point Of revolver held up the
cashier Of a restaurant and the bar
tender in n saloon in the downtown
district lie pleaded guilty and said
he wanted the money to start It com
pany of players on the road, lie was
given sentence of rs years ON the
charge of highway robbery, but the
supreme court reversed the verdict
on the ground that he committed
grand larceny and not robbery.
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PHILIPPINES QUESTION.
Gov. Taft Says the Religious Sects
In the Islands Are Unfriend-
ly to One Another.
REFERRED TO ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.
Speaking of the Malol0s Constitu-
lions the Governor said Few OF
the Natives Knew Any Thing
About It-RcstrictiOns Placed ON
the Newspaper Press.

Washington. Feb. 20.-Among other
questions pertaining to the Philip
pines discussed by Gov Taft, Wednes-
day. i'm his testimony before the SEN
ate committee ON the Philippines,
was the attitude of the different re-
ligious sects toward one another. lie
said that, generally, the relationship
is miricndly and that evangelical
churches are seeking TO secure
foothold in the islands. He also re-
ferred to the ecclesiastical courts,
saying that under the Spanish rule
the members of the religious orders
could elect to have civil cases in which
they were concerned tried in those
courts rather than in the regular
tribunals.
In reply to questions he said that
from twenty-five to fifty persons had
been deported from the Philippines,
and they were all sent to Guam by
the military authorities because they
are considered irreconcilables whose
presence is injurious He said, in re-
ply TO Senator Allison, that so far
as the Philippine advocates of indie
pendence had expressed themselves
all of them desired that the United
States should continue its protection
Of the islands; in other words, they
wanted independence with n United
States protectorate.
The witness was asked great
number Of questions about the Malo-
los constitution, He said that the
convention which adopted il had been
made up largely of residents Of Ma
Mia, although designated by hguinal-
do to represent the various prov
inces., Comparatively few of the Fill
pinos, he said. are familiar with the
constitution of the United States, and
he did not believe that Agunaldo is
among those who have this familiari-
~.
GOV. Taft also gave information
concerning the newspaper press of
the Philippines. care the newspapers
there at liberty to advocate the indie
pendence of the islands" asked Sem
ator Culberson.
"rhey are under the restrictions
imposed by the statutes which we
discussed yesterday, just AS others
are the witness responded.
Therefore, they are prohibited
from such Il course"
"That is the effect Of the statute
while the war continues"
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DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
Senator TiIImnn Gets n Resolution
Through 10 show How They
Are ApporiiOncd.

Washington, Feb, 9O--Soon after
the senate convened Wednesday, u
resolution offered by Mr., 1'illmon Is,
CO. was adopted directing the civil
service commission TO transmit TO
the senate u statement showing the
npportionment of the employees in the
various departments of the govern
mcnt from the several states and the
District OF Columbia, together with
the percentages Of employees in the
departments, At the conclude ion OF
routine business Mr., Burrows (Mich)
addressed the senate on the Philip.
pine tariff bin
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ARBITRATION COMMITTEE.
First Meeting of the Arbitration
Committee Appointed Hy the
National civic Federation,

New York, Feb, 20.--Thc first meet
ing Of the arbitration committee OF
80, appointed through the National
Civic Federation, to arbitratr labor
troubles, was held with Senator Han.
ma in the chair. The meeting was IN
executive session. Nearly all Of the
80 members of the committee were
present.. The object of The gathrlng
was to receive reports on Il working
plan by which strikes, lockouts and
other forms Of disputes between cap
ialists and worllmen may be dealt
with.
Archbishop Ireland, of St. Poul'
Bishop Potter and Samuel Gompcrs,
president Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, attended the meeting,
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
United States steel corporation, was
unable to be prcorn', 5u; he sent
word that he would attend the dim
ner to the committee in the evening
at the home of Oscar =, Strauss,
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ShNITARIUM BURNED.
Person Nissing-L0ss, S50O,OOOj
Insurance, S1JO,OOO.

Battle Creek, Mich, Feb. l9.--Early
yesterday the large Adventist SAM
tarium and Hospital buildings. locat-
ed here, were destroyed by fire, caus-
ing a loss Of about 100000. with only
100000 insurance, besides great per-
Sonal loss TO 300 patients who were
in the building, and who only had
time to escape in their night clothes.
One life is supposed to have been
lost Abner Case, aged 50 years, of
Bath, \. y, is missing, and it is
thought his body is buried in the
ruins.
There were at least 300 persons in
the main building when the fire
broke out in the basement. This
building was five stories high, and as
soon as the fire was discovered the
night attendants of each floor gave
the alarm in the corridors, and the
patients made their escape down the
fire escapes, aided by the nurses.
They did not have time to save their
personal effects.
Mrs. II, c. McDaniels, of Bath, n.
" 3umped from fire escape about
two stories from the ground and had
a leg broken. She was also injured
internally and about the head. None
Of the other inmates sustained in
iurics, so far as known. They were
all cared for in the Phelps Sanitari-
um and in private homes near by.
The dremen were handicapped by
insufficient water pressure, and in
two hours the building were in ruins.
While fighting the fire from a lad
der, Fireman Henry A. Lucas fell to
the ground and received injuries Of a
serious nature. Fireman Arthur Rob.
nson also fell from a ladder and was
badly hurt about the body, His lungs
were also injured by inhaling fire.
Assistant Fire Chief Fred II. Webb
fell from "A ladder His head was in
iurcd and ribs were broken Foreman
Frank c. lIouhtaling also received Sc
rious injuries
Fire Captain Fonda saved eight
lives at great risk of his own life,
Among the patients were Ida d. SAN
key, the evangelist, and Mrs, Sankey,
who climbed down fire escape.
The management Of the sanitarium
say they will rebuild at once. The
cause Of the fire is said 90 have been
an explosion OF chemicals,
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SCOTTISH RITE MASONRY.
Attending the Golden tonNocn-
ton at Cincinnati

Cincinnati Feb. 20.-Oycr one thou
sand prominent m0sons have regis
tered here ut the Scottish Rite ca
lhcdrol for the golden conyocation OF
the rite Of the Valley Of CINCINNATI
which was established In this city
just 50 years ago, WhNc prominent
masons attend this conyocAtion year
~ there never was such an attcnd-
nee Hs this week,
Among those present is DR. j, Dia1
prloto of Mexico; the thirty-,hird ana
ihlrty'sccond degree men are pres
ont from all parts Of the country
The programme covers four days ANA
includes excellent music aud all, the
pomp and ceremony of the best rl'n'
alistic work.
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Stage of the Rivers.
THE MARKETS..
THURSDAY. Feb, 20.
Grniu aud Provisions

st. Louis Flour = Patents, sLOoqiio
other grades, S.2ju3y0 Wheat No red.
SjaSic. Corn-No 2 mixed, 69lsc, oats
No 2, ij%@iGe, llay-rlmothy, $4,000
Ii50 prairie SllDQN3OO clover, 81 500
HOO Butter Creamery, 25nJOlgc;
dairy, l1d2Sc. Eggs Fresh, S2c
Lard-Choicc steam, $lih. Pork New
mess, SIS 25MlGO Bacon-Cleqr ribs, $50.
Wool-Tub- washed, lia2lhc Missouri and
Illinois medium comhing liQlSBe, Other
grades liQl7igc.
Chcago-ClosIng quotations. Wheat
February 15Mc; May, lSMa1SAc; July,
7sls6r1sNc; septemhcr Nto, Corn-Feb-
runry, 59c May Glbci July, glhci De-
ccmbcr iSc, year., Be Oats February
exc May i3%c July, 9G%e September,
3llNc, pork-Fobrunry bb2l9n i16fR,
July, t5S7'. l.ard-lebruary, 1929, MAY,
81 i0ft0 l2ia; July @52h September
July, s5Nis. Lard-Februory 800 May,
July, S5lh0S5ji September, S'62ia'
indianapolis Whea, No, red, $50
s7c No. red, SMs1c Corn No,
white 0lo No, 2 yellow, GsAc Oats,
No, . white, i50i5Re llay-T'imothy, NVW
Qlg00,
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WRIT OF MANDAMUS ASKED.
The city OF 81. Louis and Hoard OF
Education want TO Raise
Franchise Taxes.

St. Louis, Feb, 20-rhe mnndamus
suit of the city Of ST, Louis and the
board Of education against the state
board Of equalization, TO compel the
assessment Of franchise corporations
according TO the true value Of their
property, was filed in the state SUI
prcmr court at Jefferson City
Wednesday morning by Judge H. Il.
Romboucr, attorney for the board Of
education,
II IL asserted that IL taxes were
rqui,ably assessed the city's income
would be increased from 100000 to
S4OO,OO0
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OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Abner Case, aged SO, of Bath, n. Y,
is missing since the sanitarium fire
at Battle Creek, Mich
The crew of the American schoon-
er Alice Mcdonald mutined at Apia,
Samoa, on account Of the vessels bad
condition.
The kaiser's yacht Hohenzollern is
in the hands of decorators, at New
York, in preparation for the arrival
Of Prince Henry Saturday.
The suicide of Lieut.. Furay, at Co
lumbus, O., was the sequel to his
sweetheart's announcement that she
had been stricken blind,
Final passage of the war revenue
tax repeal bill will mean an estimat-
ed decrease in the receipts of the st.
Louis internal revenue Office Of more
than Sj,000,000 annually
The st. Louis Worlds Fair Co. has
begun condemnation proceedings
against 10 acres Of land in the Catlin
tract to secure additional space for
eApOSlllOn buildings.
John A. Stewart has resigned as
president of the United States Trust
Co., of New York, and recommends
that Lyman j. Gage be elected as his
successor.
Germany in preparing to maintain
regiment at Shanghai announces
that the policy Of the government
will not be at all adventurous in the
far east.
Strikes at Barcelona, Spain, have
precipitated rioting, in which several
persons have been killed and many
wounded, while troops are trying to
restore order.
James Alexander, aged 1919 years,
died at Springfield Mo. He was never
i'll until two weeks ago, when he fell
on an icy pavement, dislocating a
shoulder and breaking an arm.
Albert Bierstadt, the famous land
scape artist, died Of heart disease at
his home in New York city.
The Moscow correspondent Of The
London Daily Mail says that Count
Tolstoi has suffered a relapse; that
his fever has returned and that his
heart is weak.
Louis b. Partridge, postmaster at
Kcnesaw, Neb., committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head. lie was
short $500,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-02-22
GuNBoAT MAcHIAs DAMAGED.
WINS Driven Agninst the Dock NJ
Pensacola NY ncn', SVEN
ana n PIntc Looscn"d'

Pensacola, Fla. Feb, lO,-ln draw
lng 40 10 the navy yard cool docks,
T,icadny, the United states gunbont
NlnchIns was caught by u heavy swell
md driven with such violence against
the docks that one of her plates be-
low the water line was loosehed'
She sprung lenk which VIII neces,
state her remaining here several
days for repairs
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AN ANOMALOUS SITUATION.
Nearly -Four Hundred Thousand
white Wen who NnYc >o Voice In
the Indian Territory,

Washington, Feb 90 When the
consideration Of the Indian uppro-
priuton bill was resumed in the
house MIR, Little (Nrk), the ranking
minority member Of the Indian com
mit,cc, addressed himself to the con-
dtions in the Indian territory The
anomalous situation there, whore
BOZ 900 white men had no voice IN the
government, he said, demanded ne
ton by congress, lie contcndcd that
n territorial form OF government
Ahnnld be set up lhcrr.
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A MISSING POSTMASTER.
o., snid 20 he N DcfauItcr pnd
mn AbscOnder.

Washington, Feb, e0-Chlcf Post
Onicc Inspector Cochran has received
dispatches announcing that Hamilton
Schuyler, postmaster at Bellevue, o.,
had abscondcd and that Thos, II.
Mollurd had been designated acting
postmaster The onlce IN presl.
Dental one OF the second class, The
amount Of dcfnlcOtion is unknown.
Inspectors are NJ work on the ease,
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KILLED BY A CLEVER MOVE.
A Quictus put Upon the Hughes
Anti-Pnss mn In the Iowa
Legislature,

Dcs Monies, Ia, Feb, 20-Hy clev-
or parliamentary move, the Hughes
nn,i.pass bill was killed IN the lower
house Of the legislature without n
vote on the measure itself becoming
necessary. An amendment 10 include
ministers Of the Gospel among those
prohibited from accepting posscs was
offered The motion to lay this ON
the table, which was carried, and IL
was discovered 60 have the effect OF
killing the measure itself.
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UNABLE T0 LIQUIDATE.


Colorado Springs, Cola Feb go
John NJ, Proudilt, n wcll-known min
my stock broker Of this city, has
posted u notice on the Colorado
Springs Mining Stock exchange, stat
ing That his firm was unable TO meet
us obligations lie was president
ana treasurer Of the Alamo told
Mining Co, aud treasurer of the
Boslwlck Gold Mining Co, At Cripple
Creek
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Two Boy Murdercrs Confess.

Chicago, Feb, 20.--Accordiag to
their own confessions, Frank Kolar
and John Hajay, IS years old, killed
Horace Shrodes, the boy grocery
clerk, who was shot while defending
the property of his employer against
robbers on the morning of January
81
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SOMEWHAT PREMATURE.
Tenor of Tie Stule Departments
AdNices Concerning the Alleged
Release of Miss stone.

Washington, Feb. 2o.-Ihe state de-
partment's adyices concerning Miss
Stone indicate that the Paris publi-
cation to the effect that she had been
set at liberty is, to say the least,
premature. 1t is gathered, however,
from the reports of the United States
diplomatic agents that the woman is
likely to be released very soon. and
that the delay is explained by the re-
quirement of the brigands that they
be given ample opportunity to insure
their own safety.
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A REWARD WAS ON HIS HEAD.
Arrest Of Charles N, Dryc, One Of
the Alleged Participants In
the "Qunrtcrhouse" Battle,

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb, 20,-Chorles
NJ. Drye, II negro, who IL said to have
been one of Lee Turner's men In the
fight NJ the "qnnricrhonse" ncnr
Mlddlcsboro, last Wednesday, and for
whose arrest Gov, Bcckhum offered u
reward Of $780, was secured here
Wednesday, lie admits he conducted
n restaurant near the quarter
house," but claims he was not in the
FIGHT.
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Good For the whca, Fields,

Wichita, KNsp Feb, 2O,-fhe hcoyI'
est snow storm Of Che season Is fall
ing IN this section to-day II drifts
but little and covers the wheat fields,
giving them needed moisture and
nrnlnriinn.
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Newport, r. l., Feb 30, President
Roosevelt IL TO have the smnrtest par
rot In the country, an African gray,
which was owned by Edward Ash, Of
Newport, The bird is likely TO be.
come great fnvorItc NJ the White
House. II sings and dances, and can
speak over 100 words quite distinct
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nlch uernlnn conl rleld..

Berlin, Feb 90. Immense deposits
oi brown conl have been discovered
at Seligcnstudt ncnr Frankfort The
strata covers an area between the
laUnus and Spcssnrt mountains ana
II IL estimated will yield several Bill
lions of jOnp Of fuel
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poiitencss Rewarded.

bloomington, H., Feb, 90 Conduc-
tor Llcwcllyn Mason, of the Chicago
a Alton railway, has Lecn left n Legal
cy of $1,000 by W. A. Tyler, of this
city deceased, M m acknowledgement
of courtesy shown him by Mason In
the discharge of his duties,
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PapnI silver Jubilee.

Rome, Feb. 2O-A cardinal is au-
thority for the statement that the
opening of the pope's silver jubilee is
intended to be solemn affirmation
of the temporal sovereignty of the
pope, and that it has consequently
been postponed from the election to
the coronation anniversary.
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Reward for turner's Arrest.

Frankfort, Ky, Feb, 2o,-0ov.
Bcckhnm has offered u reward of 800
for the arrest Of Lee Turner, james
Hopper and Charles NJ Dry who
were the principals In the fight In
Bell county, In which seven men were
killed
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New York, Feb. 2O.--Funeral serv-
ices over the remains Of the late we'll
known minstrel BILLY West were
held at the Brooklyn club house Of
the order of ElkS. Well-known the
atrical men acted as pail bearers.