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The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
A VOLCANIC FERTILIZER.
Graphic Account OF the Fall Of Man
soufriere's Dust In the
Barbados,

La Plata left Barbados on May ltI
Mr.. ii, VI. LEROY, an attache Of ID,
department of agriculture there, who
took passage in her. gave the repre
sentative Of the Express an Interest
ing account of the effects of Mont
Soufriere's activity as observed Al
Barbados, says the London Express
"St. Vincent" he said, rs 90 mila|
from Barbados. At 1880 p. IN, in th.|
afternoon of May 7 and again at 2;A|
explosions were heard, which som,|
people though were caused by h,|
guns Of a man-of-war at sea.
Dust began to fall at A4j thai
afternoon, and so thickly that by fR|
o'clock it grew SO dark that lamps had
to be lit.
"The dust continued to fall all night
People went abroad with umbrella
and lamps to light them on their way
But it was impossible to go far wild
any comfort. 1t was readily diyna
whence the dust came, because wha
there was an eruption of Mont
Soufriere in 1912 Barbados suffered d
similar visitation.
"The volcanic dust that fell this tim,
on Barbados il is estimated amounted
in some parts to about 20 tons to h,
acre, That gives some idea Of how
much of it there was.
There are some pretty smart feF
lows among the merchants OF Barba
dos. They hired negroes to I'LL barrels
with it at three pence a barrel and
when | left they were expecting 70
reap a rich harvest by shipping 1t 70
Demerara to be sold as fertiliier.
The dust did one good thing, however'
IL killed of the black ants that area
great pest in Barbados. 1t penetrated
every house, sitting through cracn
and creyices, and smothering the ani
Wholesale
Some Of the volcanic dust wal
shown TO representative OF the ~
press. 1t is Of greyish color, and
resembles pulyerized pumice stone o.
fuller's earth, The particles are very
minute-as fine almost as those Of
flour.
A partial chemical analysis made Of
It revealed traces Of phosphoric ac'O'
calcium sulphate, sulphide, ferrous
and ferric iron, and ,07 per cent Of
potash,
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wardsns to be Held Responsible.

The state penitentiary board has do.
cded that In the future no convict
camps shall be maintained with less
than fifty convicts, also that hereafter
no convict labor shall be furnished to
any contractor at any camp until the
superintendent has examined the
stockade or prison accommodations
provided by the contractor, and found
the same to be safe for the detention
OF convicts and comfortable for their
occupancy. That any warden from
whose camp or place Of superintend.
ency any convict or convicts escape
will be Immediately discharged, unless
he produce satisfactory evidence that
the escape was not due in any degree
to his negligence or inefficiency,
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Good.Dy 10 Gripping"

After the lapse Of some yca' !
fresh effort IN now being inauc !. !
Berlin TO stamp out the system v
tipping walters nt hotels ana ~,
taurnnts, An "Anti.Tips lees's
has been formed, the members "
which bind themselves on )o'p','
never TO give any tips whatever y :,
walters In cafes, restaurants :.
hotels, nor TO the conductor" -.
tramcnrs and omnibnses IN s' \,
any rcmonstrancc should be maze y, y
those accustomed TO receive g'"' "A
tics OF this kind, they Nro TO w vi .I
yIscd TO lodge n complaint with ''t n
employers, and to demand an 4, a.
crease Of wages from them'-bo"'''
News,
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
The Monitor Arkansas.

The new monitor Arkansas recent
" had her trial trip over the official
course off the Delaware coast Inc
Arkansas was launched at Newport
News, Va, November 10, 1900, and
was christened by Miss Bobbie Jones'
daughter of Hon. Dan W. Jones, VINO
was at that time governor OF the
state. The Arkansas cost $1,5OO,OOO,
is 252 feet long, so feet In breadth,
has q displacement Of 1926 tons, a
coal capacity Of 400 tons and mean
draft Of ~ feet. The thickness OF
her side armor is II inches. the
weight Of her machinery 24O tons.
she carries crew of 1925 men, has a
speed Of IL IL knots and an engine
stroke Of "a inches. The contract
for the Arkansas was awarded Octo'
Der 2, 1898, and her keel was laid
November Is. 1899.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

The worlds coal fields cove,
Ileast 100000 square miles.
The eggs of silkworms can ,,,,
stand, without injury, a tempera,n'
of 3S below zero.
Torchon lace of any pattern a..
now be made by one machine. oui'
to recent invention in Vienna, Y
Two coal mines are now in suco...
full operation in Alaska. Thew NJ
duce good steam coal. "
An Austrian iron trust was form.
recently, and Hungarian and Bos,'
firms have been asked to join.
The oil regions discovered in RI,
neo furnished during the last va,
more than 100000 tons of petroms,
for export.
The great bulk of chalk is On,
posed of eight different species ,
tiny shells, but nearly 300 differ,
kinds have been found in chalk.
The average yield of American N
troleum wells is only $4,000 CALM
yearly per well. Russian wells p,,
duce 100000 gallons per well in a
same space of time.
A writer in the Lancet reports
the administration of chloroform
42,97S cases, with 80 fatalities, or q,
in 1900; and on 1927 ether cav
with only four deaths, or one
9,319.
Prof. j. II. Sears, curator of mi
eralogy and geology at the PeabOt
Academy of Science in Salem, Mas
has unearthed in newly opened cla
banks in Danvers fossils Of the mi
! lusk Portlandia lucina.
The raising of the instrument sh,
ter of the weather bureau in N,
York city from an elevation Of |
feet above the street to an elevate
of 300 feet has caused an appare
lowering of the mean annual temp,
ature Of 21s degrees.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
Data OF Execution FIXED.

Gov. Davis has fixed the date OF ex'
ecution Of two murderers whose cases
have been passed upon by the supreme
court. Sy Tanner, Of st. Francis
county, Is to be hanged at Forrest City
on Friday. July 25. He was convict
ed on March 4, 1902, In the st. Fran
els circuit court and sentenced
to be hanged on May 20. An appeal
was taken to the supreme court. Lathe
Hembree, a white man, IL to be hanged
at Center Point on July 2b, 1902. liz
was convicted on February IL, 1902
and sentenced to hang March 2S, An
appeal was taken to the supreme
court, which affirmed the judgment OF
the lower court, Hembree was con
victed Of killing an old man named
Willis in Polk county, He has beer
In the state penitentiary for some time
for safe keeping,
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

Chicago, July i6,-presidents Hin
OF the Great Northern and Mellcn Of
the Northern Pacific have sent nm VI.
armative reply ~ nm invitation to be
present at q conference TO be held
between the railway mOgnates and
the farmers ut Davenport, Wash,
The letters Of invitation sent 20 the
presidents were written by senator
MeCroskcy and Alfred Coolidge, pres.
ldent Of the National Bank Of Colfux,
Messrs, Hlll and Mellcn viii address
delegation Of representative farm
era of the entire UIp Bend,
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Actor Ru,Oldes.

The body Of white man about 60
years Of age. supposed to be s. r..
Gayord, Of Los Angeles, Cal. was
found under tree near Helena with
n bullet hole through his head. On
the tree was mirror, which had been
used by Gayord In aiming the shot
that ended his life, and near his body
was q revolver. Gayord went to Hell
ena and registered at a hotel as being
from Iowa, but all his clothing bears
marks Of Los Angeles merchants.
His appearance and n paper Of n dra'
matte school at Los Angeles found In
his grip lead to the belief that he was
On actor.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
0unbont Michigan Damaged.

Erie, Pa, july io.--1he United
States gunboat Michigan was rammed
and badly damaged here Tuesday by
the freight steamer NJ, Il, Grover. The
engineer of the latter vessel, becom-
ing confused In his signsls, sent her
ahead At full speed and crashed into
tho gunboat, tearing her from her
fasteninRs a. her wharf and showing
her down the bay fully 100 feet The
prov Of the Grover ploughed into the
Michigan, splintering ribs and Aoor'
Ing md huerlng the decks with
debris.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

New York, July i6.-Stories that
the party on the yacht Wacauta had
encountered u a00.foot sen serpent
OF Cranberry Head, u, C., were q
source Of great amusement TO James
j, Hill, president Of the Great North.
ern Co. and tho Northern Securities
Co.
While Mr.. Hi maintained o ds.
erect silence, his friends on the trip
explained the serpent episode by say.
inR
1T wasn't nv bad M that 40 any
time on the trip"
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

Lexington, No., July lG.--Joseph
Galloway, aged 60 years, member
Of Quontrell's band during the civil
war, was stabbed and fatally wound
Cd on the ferryboat her by Doc John.
son, who escaped, but was captured
by posse after being surrounded in
the woods for several hours. Hugh
Galloway, aged %, and Johnson, had
qunrrcled over dice game, Galloway
being stabbed four time, but not fatal.
~, latcrwhenthc elder llawey came
upon the scene he was attacked by
Johnson, without provocatlon, and
dlaembOWeled,
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

John Scott, a young man from Kan,
kakee, H., lost his life by drowning In
the Ouachlta river near Hot Springs.
In company with two young ladies',
Misses Otta Beatty and Wilma Long,
bottom, and Mr., Harry Moore, Mr..
Scott was enjoying a boat ride, when
the craft capsized, by heroic effort
Mr., Moore succeeded In rescuing the
young ladies', but Mr., Scott was unable
% swim and sank In midstream.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
Plans Approved,

United States Engineer q, d. Fitch,
Of the rivers Of the Arkansas district,
has received the approval Of part OF
his plans for the rivers under his su'
pervision, These improvements will
be made from the appropriation Of the
last congress Of S45l 900 for the rivers
and harbors OF this district,
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

Portsmouth, Eng, July l6.-Tho re-.
movol Of his majesty from the train
to the royal yasht was safely accom-.
plished by blueJackets
Cowes, Tale Of Wight, July I6,--Ths
royal yacht, having on board King
Edward, Queen Alexandra and the
princess, anchored In Cowcs roads
Tuesday at APO y, m, after a short
cruise eastward,
II was officially given out Tuesday
evening that the king was not ~.
tigued by the journey nor In the
leust distressed by the transfers
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
Oopsointion for Father

They were at the beach enloyi'1a h,
hilarious day, All but the father a,
was not among the happy '""'
throng, .llA
"Too bud papa's AZ home alone W.. %I
no one 20 get his luncheon Tor "'"'
sighed one of the girls NIT ..Id
40 well, what's the difference . "a,
another Hes sick and coulo" w.
anyway" ,.v
And all were happy again'--lo' .,
gelex Herald. ..-.u...--'-
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The percentages Of recoveries to ad'
missions from December /. 1900, to
July /, 1902, was 2S.93 per cent,
The mortality from December /,
1900, to July 1. 1902. was TAG per cent.
In closing | desire to express to
you, gentlemen, the president and
members Of the board OF trustees and
executive committee, my thanks for
your confidence and support and for
the many acts Of kindness extended TO
me personally during my incumbency
Respectfully submitted,
p. o. Hooper.
Superintendent.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

Please Smalley, negro woman.
met death In a peculiar manner near
Little Rock. She was leading a mule.
and in some manner the rope became
looped around her neck The animal
became frightened and ran away,
dragging the woman for over O mile.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

At n meeting Of the state sherin's
association, held In Little Rock. u
committee was appointed 10 urge the
next general assembly to pass . Law
Furnishing the crime Of issuing forged
poll tax receipts.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

The Iron Mountain has Just Issued
new upto'date map OF this state,
showing all completed lines and Bey.
eral under construction,
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

A. p. Taylor, who was once mem
Der Of the Alabama legislature, was
shot and killed Mt De Queen by Dan
Foursay, section hand on the De
Queen 1 Eastern railroad.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
Youthful Murderer,

Jenifer Jelks, a negro boy II years
Of age fatally injured another negro
boy named Jordan at Little Rock
They had fight, when jerks picked
up . grass hook and plunged II into
The abdomen OF Jordan.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
Popullst Convention.

The populist state convention will
b held at Arkadelphia July 20 and
70. Cyclone Davis, Of Texas, Joe
Parker. Of Louisville, KY, chairman OF
the national committee, W, >. Morgan
Of Hardy, Jerry Seaman. OF Bet
Branch, Col, A, W. Files, OF Little
Rock, Ark, ]. o. A, Bush, OF Pres
colt, will be the speakers for the occa
sion.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Penitentiary Board TAX ng Pre-
cautions to Prevent Whole
sale Escapes.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY cHaoNIclED
Ouas,sriy Report Land Commissloner-Lls'
Of Appointments for Joint Discussion
Bstvssn Candidates for Governor
Stranger Suicides ut Helena.
DR.. Hooper's Last Report.

Dr.. P. o. Hooper, upon his retire
ment from the superintendency OF the
Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum, sub
mitted the following report to July l,
The date his resignation became ef1ec'
tive:
Little Rock, Ark, July s, 1902,
TO the Honorable Board Of Trustees,
State Charitable Institutions:
Gentlemen respectfully submit
herewith report Of the Arkansas State
Lunatic Asylum from December J.,
1900, to July /, 1902, the date Of my
resignation, including table Of move
ment Of population, which will enable
my successor to more easily complete
the report for the end Of the fiscal
year, December 1. 1902.
The following table will show what
has been done in the last nineteen
months. The number Of recoveries Is
quite creditable, considering the large
number of old, harmless, incurable,
helpless people that have been admit
ted who should have been cared for
at home by relatives or friends, or by
the counties II friends were unable to
do 80. Many Of these poor people were
represented as violent and dangerous
to the community In which they lived,
when at the very time they were SO
physically feeble that they could not
hurt fly.
The asylum Is always full and the
demand for admission is most press.
ing, and applications for admissions
are coming to take just one more; and
no relief can be granted for want Of
room.
II is unfortunate that the purposes
of hospitals of this kind are so i'm
properly understood by large proper
ton Of intelligent people. 1t is too
commonly looked upon as a huge poor
OF aims house or place of detention for
thse who are in their dotage and some
times troublesome, rather than a place
Of cure and alienation Of one OF the
greatest OF misfortunes that can af'
fict mankind.
WHITE.
Male Fem. To.
Number Of patients on
hand Dec. l, 1900. .255 263 blS
Admitted from Dec. /,
1900. to July /, 1902. .131 II 2l2
Whole number treated,
from Dec. !. 1900 to
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Paragould will have q street fair
and merchants carnival Sept. 1927.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

G. ~ Dei.ons, Of Hot Springs, do.
fsated Or. d. II. uallinger, Of Pine
Hun, for the state championship In
ths shooting tournament ut Pine BLUM
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

The jolly hotel at Warren was de-
s,royed by Are and two guests were
painfully burned.
The Van Buren press., 1902-07-19

The supreme court has adjourned
en- October.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
MELANCHOLY INVALID
DIES A SUICIDE IN BED

CARROLLTON, Ga, Nov. LA trag-'
edy near Tyus, 10 miles southwest of this
city, occurred last night in the suicide of
Lem Perdue, who was bed ridden with
consumption.
He was about 30 years old and unnar-
ried. He left home when mere boy and
spent some u years in the western states.
Failing in health he returned to the home
of his father. Justice James J. Perdue.
This was about three weeks ago.
Suffering intensely from melapcholia he
recently expressed a desire to relieve his
parents of the burden of nursing him
through his hopeless illness. Shortly after
O'Clock when his father stepped from
his bedside for a moment into an adjoir-
ing room a pistol shot rang out in the
sick chamber and returning the family
found a bullet hole over the heart which
had just been fired from a pistol he had
secured from his trunk and concealed in
his bed clothing.
To make sure work he had barred his
breast OF clothing for the bullet. He left
a note TO the family to take money from
a deposit in the bank here and provide
for his burial and to close up some prop
erty deal he left in Texas
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
Murphy G. Co.'s New Orleans Weekly
Cotton Letter.

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 1.-Today's routine
statistics are bulish. and while the market is
a few points better than Thursday. there is
snap to It. The great big public is apa-
thetic IN the extreme and is not doing much.
Total visible supply Of cotton today is 2265, 447
bales, against 2,O23,s sol today last year. The
into sight movement shows ass 745 bales, against
554. 1876 this week last year. American cotton
shows an increase this week of 241,44S. against
an increase this week last year Of $50, 039 bales
The local crowd from extreme bullishness 40
or 80 points higher are now bearish. some with
their money and some with their. mouths The
exceptional weather for picking cotton which
has ruled over the main portion OF the. belt OF
late is responsible for the wise circular writer's
here inclining to the bear side. OF frosts
have during the week heard of plenty and over
a wide area. but Liverpool calmly sits the
fence ard cables here hiatt II is too late to do
any damage The writer is very reliably in
formed that southern mills, especially those in
Alabama and Mississippi. have little no cot
ton on hand, they having pursued a hand to
mouth policy In buying cotton. The spot demand
here while not active. IS fair and several round
lots have missed sale by only a narrow diff
ference in the views OF buyers and sellers. The
friends Of the staple said last week. are
unsnaken in their belief that ultimately much
higher prices will prevail here. For the week
prices show a decline on active months Of
about points. The issue of notices yesterday on
October contracts. the first to come out caus-
ed that option to slump about u points from
the previous day, short notices selling to T.94
at time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03

TO be high throughout the season
California green fruit Is over. and the trade
is devoting their attention principally to dried
fruit.
Basket grapes are very scarce and unusually
high The quality throughout the season has
been poor and afforded but little, II any.
profit. ~
Cabbage receipts are light, for the first time
in two months, with prices up from 40 to 50
per cent. Virginia stock. that has prevailed in
such quantities throughout the season, is about
through WITH and in. lieu thereof New York
State Danish will be resorted TO during re-
mainder Of the season
Irish potatoes are showing more activity. with
prices advancing.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful. with no change
in prices.
Live poultry is showing considerable weak
ness on account OF cool weather, and viii be
very largely a thing Of the past from now
on.
Dressed game and poultry. Tennessee sausage,
FISH and oysters are being eagerly sought after
at fancy prices.
Eggs continue scarce, especially frssh. gather
ed stock. Cold storage eggs prevail in abun-
dance and do not meet with favorable consid-
Grafton ct the hands of the trade
The best grade OF dairy and Tennessee butter
continues to sell well at satisfactory prices.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
POOL SELLING MAY
BE STOPPED BY LAW

The selling of pools on horse races, BIZ
cycle races, or any game Of skill and en-
durance, now .egalized by the state OF
Georgia, may become violation of
state law S. S. Gaulden, representative
from Brooks county, in the house of rep
resentatives, on Friday introduced
bill which will make it a misdemeanor
to sell pools or make bets on horse racing
or any game Of skill chance of endurance
in this state, but providing that pools on
horse racing may be sold within the linn
it's of any fair grounds, while the fair is
actually in progress, and providing that
the fair does not exceed fifteen days.
There is now no state law prohibiting
the selling of pools or betting on horse
races or other feats or endurance though
many of the cities of the state have laws
against it.
Mr.. Gaulden's resolution allows the sell
ing of pools on horse races held at fairs
I'm this state, provided che racing is held
on the fair grounds. the pools are sold on
the fair grounds. and that the racing
does not last for more than fifteen days.
Al his bill, if passed, would do away with
the large number OF pool rooms which are
located on the outskirts of many OF the
larger cities of the state, but would allow
the continuance of horse racing at the
fairs held in the state. which depend upon
the selling Of pools for their existence.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
REPAIRS NEEDED ON
THE CAPITOL BUILDING

Walter Steed, of Taylor, is anxious to
have the capitol repaired. and by his res
olution which was introduced in the house
Thursday, something may be done to that
end. f.r
Mr.. Steeds resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the condition of the capitol
building of this state is such as requires
Immediate repair, both in the interest of
economy and safety of the. records Of the
state; therefore, be il
Resolved by the house of representa-
tives. That the speaker be and he is here
by authorized TO appoint q committee OF
five to investigate the condition of the
capitol building and report back to the
house at the earliest date practicable
what repairs are necessary and approxi-
mate the cost OF the same"
The capitol building. as is we'll known,
Is in need OF repairs. Plastering is con-
tinually falling, the marble thing is out
OF shape and the roof has gone almost to
decay.
1t has been urged upon the legislators
time and again to make an appropriation
to make the necessary repairs. but moth
ing has been done. Mr.. Steed, however,
says he is going to fight for a sufficient
sum this year to put the building in prop
er condition.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-03
ALL HURTS
LUCY COBB
GIRLS
PLATFORM CoLLAPSES, MUIR
ING TWO LADIES WHILE TWO
MEN WERE ALSO HURT IN
THE ACCIDENT.

ATHENS. Ca, Nov. la platform on
which were seated a hundred young lady
students of Lucy Cobb institute collapsed
this afternoon during the exercises at the
laying of the corner stone for the Winnie
Davis memorial hall. All the young la
dies were thrown violently to the ground,
and it was thought at first that a score
or more had been seriously hurt. After
the first excitement of the accident had
subsidized, however it was ascertained that
only two were hurt.
Hardly had the excitement of the first
accident subsidized when another platform,
built directly about the corner stone, fell
to the ground with crash carrying
down with it 20 or 80 Masons and 40 or 80
spectators. In this collapse the platform
fell only a few feet and no one was in
jured.
H. II. Burgess, clerk of the superior
court of DeKalb county, received serious
injuries in the fall of the Lucy Cobb plat
form. Mr.. Burgess was seated near the
top of the grand stand, which was about
u feet high and made of two-inch planks.
When the crash came he fell across one
of these boards, and it is feared his hip
bone was fractured. He was taken at
once to the Windsor hotel, where his in
juries were attended to by DR.. Petrey. of
Athens. He was brought to Atlanta on
the train which arrives at 1850 p. m.
Just before Mr.. Burgess fell he remark
ed to w. A. Johnson, member Of the
house of representatives from Thomaston,
Epson county. that the seats looked inse-
cure and that he was afraid they would
fall Mr.. Johnson was also hurt in the
collapse of the structure. His back was
severely wrenched. and for time he was
in great pain.
B. H. Culver, aged g. years, sustained
serious injuries by stepping from a NOV
ing car. He was Mason and was present
at the exercises.