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The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
TENDERS RESIGNATION.
James v. Blnir, General Counsel For
the worlds Fair Co., iiss
Resigned.

st Louis, Oct. 2l.--lt has developed
that James l.. Blair rendered bis
resignation as counsel for the Worlds
fair to the executive committee Of the
Worlds fair corporation some time in
September, and that the committee,
which tabled the resignation when Il
was received may act on It at the reg
ular Tuesday meeting
In his resignation MIR Blair stated to
the gentlemen of the committee that
certain rumors, which he asmsued 10
be directed at hiil, and affecting hls
probity, had been In circulation In thu
city for some time, and that s'nce hc
could not discover the persons respon.
slbe for these rumors, he hal decided
to tender his resignation.
He asked that If any member OF the
committee believed the rumors, the
inference being that the committee
knew Of the rumors, his resignation be
accepted
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
AN OFFICIAL DIGEST.
The Decision Made Ip OF Answers
10 seven Questions.

London, Oca. ?l.--The following Is
an official digest Of the Alaska dec!-
sion:
"The decision of the tribunal Is male
up OF answers to the seven question )
contained in the treaty Of 1903 conat!-
tuting the tribunal
First question--Answer-The line
commences at Cape Mu2on,
Second question-Answer-The
Portland channel passes north of
Pearse and Wales islands, and enters
the ocean through Tongas Passage, be-
tween Wales and Sitklan islands
Third question-Answer-A straight
line to the middle Of the entrance Of
Tongas Passage,
Fourth Question-Answcr- \
straight line between Salmon and Boar
rivers direct to the ffty-slxth parallel
of latitude,
Fifth Queston--Answered in the
Affirmative,
Sixth question Required no answer
after the ffth question had been an
swered IN the Affirmative
Seventh question-Answer-The ma
'ority OF the tribunal have selected the
line Of peaks starting At the head OF
Portland channel and running along
the high mountains, on the outer edge
OF the mountains, shown on the maps
Of survey made IN 1893 extending %
Mt. Whipple, and thence along
what IL known AZ the Hunter limo OF
1878, crossing the Stlckine river about
"a miles from It's mouth, thence noItn-
crly along the high peaks to Katet
Needle, from Katc's Needle 70 the Dow
Il's Thumb. Tho tribunal stated that
there was no, sufficient evidence, ow-
Ing to the absence OF complete snr.
ycy, to Identify ,he mountains which
correspond 10 those intended by the
treaty, This conicmplates a further
survey OF that poi tion by tho ,wo gov
ernments, From the vicinity OF Doy-
Il's Tt.mb the line runs 10 the con'l-
mental watershed II ence through white
and TaIya or Chilk0o, passes, westerly
20 n mountain indicated on the map ".
tachcd 70 the treaty M u $50 foot,
thence to another mountain $500 feet
and from that point In n somewhat
curved Inc across the head of the
glaciers TO MI FaIrweathor, Thla
places the Canadian outpost ON the up-
per wNtor o' ChIlkat river m British
territory, and the mining campa Of
porcupIne and Glacier creek IN Amer
team territory, From Mt FairwealheF
the line passes north on hIeh peaks
along the mountains indicated on the
map by Mounts plhta, Ruhama and
Vancouver 10 Mt st, Elias"
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
NATURALIZATION FRAUDS.
Indictments Returned By the Fed
eraI Grand Jury Against Irpt.
lloyd aud others,

ST. Louis, Oct 2i--police Cap.
Samuel j Boyd, recently transferred
from the Fourth 10 the Third district;
Thomas H. Barrett, former marshal
Of the st, Louis court OF appeals and
member of the democratic state COM
mittee, John Dolan, chairman Of tho
democratic city central committee;
Adolph Fein and Jacob Weissman.
members Of the Hebrew branch OF the
Jefferson club, were indicted by the
federal grand jury Tuesday morning
for completely In naturalization frauds
committed prior tc the recen. election.
Six Indictment containing about
thirty counts. were returned against
Boyd. five indictments against Weiss
man. and two additional against both
Barrett and Dolan.
This brings the total number CT in
dictments under which Barrett will
have to stand trial before the United
States district court up TO 20, Is having
been previously returned.
Four indictments were returned
against Dolan some time ago.
Each IL under bond Of 10000.
II IL estimated that In the elections
Of 1900. 1901 and 1902 more than 1000
fraudulent naturalization papers were
Issued
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
THE FORT RILEY
ARMY MANEUVERS
Drills and Technical Instruction Por
the Benefit of the National
Guardsmen.
GEN. BATES WON'T Be TOO HARD
ON UhSEASONED MILITIAMEN.
The Farmers who Have Leased Lad
TO the Government for Maneuver-
Ing Purposes Have Only Good
words for the Manner Ia which
the Troops Behave

Fort Riley, Kas., Oct 2l.-Drills In
the forenoon and technical instructions
IN the afternoon was the military pro-
gramme at Fort Riley Tuesday. The
drills were arranged with the idea of
giving the national guardsmen an op-
portunity of rubbing elbows with the
regulars and also to inure them In q
measure to the work of the maneuyers
which are to come
1t is not the intention Of Gen. Bates,
however. to make the exercises of such
a character as to too severely test the
endurance of the militia regiments
In the afternoon drills the national
guards were instructed in the making
OF intrenchments under the direction
OF officers of the engineer battalion. In
the evening, Col Arthur l.. Wagner de-
llyered lecture covering the finer
points Of strategy in warfare
The farmers in the country adjoining
the reservation who have leased their
lands TO the government for the pur-
pose Of maneuvering are loud in their
praises Of the manner In which the
troops have conducted themselves
while on their farms So far not the
slightest depreciation has been commit
ted, so the farmers say.
Occasionally accidents have occurred
on Monday, when a battery, advancing
rapidly through corn field encoun-
tered farmer driving a binder The
farmers horses turned around and
Joined in the charge, damaging the bin
der so badly that 1t will never again be
fit for operation,
One farmers wife, Monday, invited
the soldiers to help themselves to ap-
pies in her orchard, but they declined,
one OF them saying to her; After
what them officers said wouldn't I
touch an apple for thousand dollars" "
Gen Ian Hamilton of the British
army Is expected tomorrow, when
maneuvers in the field Will be re-
sumed.
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Digest of Road Laws.

Deputy Secretary of State O. c. Lud.
Wiz mas prepared and is distributing
uigest Of the road laws enacted At
Vhe last session of the general assem-.
Oly' The information given in this
pamphlet is of great value to the gen
eral public. 1t shows that only two
ioau laws of general Importance were
passed by the last legislature, One
amends the act which provides for the
use OF the road tax collected in cities
ol the second class and INCORPORATED
towns, IN counties voting the road tax.
So as TO make it discretionary with
Tue IeVying court to employ a road
commissioner. The other act pro.
Vldes that when a road tax shall have
been voted in addition thereto each
male person between the ages of twen.
ty-one and forty-fve years, subject to
road duties, under the old law, shall
be subject to four days work on said
roads and bridges; provided that each
person may, when he is lawfully
warned, as is now provided by law,
pay the road oyerseer of his road dis
trict, in lawful money of the United
States, one dollar for each day he is
lawfully warned to work, said tax to
De collected by the oyerseer and by
MIN expended on the public roads in
his district in the way and manner he
may deem most advantageous; pro,
vided, that each of said persons, or
taxpayers, shall be allowed to work
out his tax and shall be allowed the
sum OF 81 for each days work, and
that the oyerseer shall give his GER
tlhcate or receipt showing the amount
OF the time said person has worked,
which certificate or receipt shall be
accepted by the tax collector in the
payment of the taxes Of said person
in any amount not to exceed the total
amount of his road tax, provided fur.
ther, that where any person shall re-
side in the corporate limits of any city
or town, who Is required to perform
labor upon the streets of said city or
town, or who Is required to pay cor.
poration tax in lieu Of the services
upon said streets, shall be exempt
from labor upon the public roads.
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
A LAW DECLARED INVALID.
The Iowa Anti-Compact LAW De-
clnred Invalid By II Federal
Judge at Des Motnes.

Chicago, Oct. 2l.-A dispatch to the
Chronicle from Des- Moines, la says
Judge Smith Mcpherson Of the federal
court has rendered an opinion in which
he holds the anti-compact law placed
on the statute books Of Iowa In 1896 Is
invalid and asserts insurance compa-
MES have as good a right to combine
as other commercial interests. The
opinion Is of far-reaching importance,
affecting every company In the state
So Of which asked an Injunction re-
straining the state auditor from en-.
forcing the Blanchard law, which pro-
hibted two or more companies enter
ing an agreement to fix rates
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
THE PlTTSBURG CALAMITY.
structural Iroa Workers lnion
wiz Bring suits Against the
American nridgs Co.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 2l.--As result
OF special meeting OF the Structural
Iron Workers linton. held Monday
night, damage suits aggregating $780,
900 may be brought against the Ameri-
can Bridge Co, charging negligence In
the construction OF the Wabash rail-
road bridge, where the disastrous acci-
dent happened Monday The officers
OF the union are retlcent on the sub
ject, but one OF them said the union
may take charge Of all the cases and
bring suits The men at the meeting
alleged that the company had been
raising daily 80 tons OF iron on the
traveller at the bridge, which the com
missioners said should not carry moro
than 80 tons
The meeting decided to stop all
work In ihe city until Thursday, and
made special arrangements for the
funerals OF the victims OF the accident,
II was decided that on the casket OF
each victim should be placed a floral
piece representing broken traveller
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
ENGROsSED cory SIGNED.
All Signatures Ahixed Except whose
of the Canadians.

London, Oct. 2l.--The engrossed copy
of the Alaskan award was signed al
2;1O p IN. The Canadians declined 10
sign the award, as previously cableI.
The award relating to the Portland
channel gives the United States two
islands, Kannaghunut and Sitklan,
commanding the entrance Of the Port
land channel and the ocean passage 10
Fort Simpson thus destroying the
strategic value of Wales and Pears :
islands, which are given TO Canada.
The mountain line adopted as the
boundary line so far from the coast rs
to give the United States substantially
all the territory, The line completely
clears all the bays and lnlets, and
means of access 20 the sea, giving the
United St6tes complete barrier -
tween Canada and the sea, from Port
land channel TO Mount st. Elias.
Around the head Of the Lynn canal tho
line follows the watershed, somewhat
IN accordance with the present prov!-
sional boundary.
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
THE alaskan
BOUNDARY line
The Findings of the Alaskan Boun.
dary Commission Officially
Signed in London.
The CANADIANS Declined
TO ATTACH THEIR SIGNATURES,
The Latter submit IL Statement of
Their Reasons for Refusing to
Sign the Avard-They Declare
That the just Claims of the Gu
nadians Were Ignored.

London, Oct. 2l-In consequence Of
the attitude maintained by he Ca
madam commissioners, Lord Chief Jas
tice Alverstone decided, Tuesday morn
Ing, not to hold the proposed public
meeting Of the Alaskan boundary conf
mission, but to hand its decision TO
Messrs, Foster and Sifton, respectively
agents of the American and Canadian
governments.
The Canadian commissioners not
only declined to sign the award, hut
said they would publicly withdraw
from the commission. They, as well as
the Canadians corrected with the case.
are very bitter.
kilograms from Premier Laurier and
other prominent persons in Canada
show that this sentiment is snared
genrally throughout the Dominion.
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Confederate Roster.

The report Of Gen. Ainsworth, chief
Of the record and pension office Of
the war department, shows that the
call from the secretary Of war for Con.
federate records has been responded
to with alacrity by the governors Of
all but three states, one Of the three
being Missouri The secretary has
no authority to insist upon the pres.
entation of these records, but made
the request Of the fifteen governors
Of states which furnished the bulk Of
the troops to the Confederacy. Con.
gress by an enactment Of last ses'
sion, authorized the compilation Of
a complete roster Of every officer and
enlisted man in the service Of the
Confederacy. The war department
did not have the complete records in
its possession, so addressed the gov
ernors as indicated, with suggestion
that some official already in the EN-
ploy Of the respective states should be
charged with the duty Of collecting
the records from Confederate yeter.
ans associations, A special commit
tee Is now engaged in gathering the
information In Arkansas,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Sentenced to a Lona Term.

Dave Mcdaniel, aged 25, was con
yicted at Texarkana Of completely In
the killing Of j, c, Lorne and SEN
fenced to twenty-five years In the pen
itentIary, Lorne and Dave Mcdaniel
engaged in a dispute over some trivial
matter when Napoleon Mcdaniel
father Of Dave, pulled a pistol and
shot Lorne dead The elder McDan.
Iol Is known to be one Of the most dan
gerous men in the county About
eighteen years ago he was convicted
with two other parties, of robbing a
Cotton Belt passenger train n tew
miles from Toxarkana and given HE
term in prison. Through the un'irihg
efforts of faithful wife, whose death
occurred few months after hts re-
lease, Mcdaniel was pardonod about
three years ago, when Mcdaniel ana
his pals robbed the Cotton Belt tram
one of the robbers was wounded, ana
II IA claimed Mcdaniel to prevent him
from giving the names OF his accom-
plIces, deliberately shot him through
the head Mcdaniel Is yet to be tried
for the murder Of Lornc, who was 10
years Of age,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
BANK BUILDING WRECKED.
Robbers blow Open the Nank ~
plensuntdnl@, Ncb., Hut Get
No booty,

Lincoln, Neb,, Oct 2l-Robbers
blew open the bank at Pleasantdale
Neb,, near here, at an early hour Tues
day morning completely wrecking the
building and 30 badly shattered the
vault that the sum Of $500 In currency
was exposed to view, The robbers
were evidently frightened away before
they could search the ruins, The bank
contained 100000, and with littlc
more work It would have been easy for
the robbers 20 have secured the en-.
tire amount A posse Is pursuing the
robbers.
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IN A REAR.END COLLISION,
jured In n Collision On the
brooklyn Elevated itoai,

New York, oct 2l.--More tAan q
score OF persons were injured, half q
dozen seriously. In rcar-end collision
Of trains on the Brooklyn elevated
railroad The wreck was caused by The
failure OF an air brake Both trains
were heavily laden with passengers and
there was great struggle 20 reach the
platform OF the city hall station. re.
sultng In many persons losing por.
,Ions Of their clothing, A large piece
Of iron fell from the structure and
struck Immediately In front Of n trolley
ear, blocking that line also
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Additional Dates,

Messrs George u, Pugh Tor Judge
Wood and Charles Jacobson for GOV
Davis have arranged the following al
dItIonal dates for the Joint campaign
of the candidates for governor west
orn Grove, November 81 Marshall NO
ycmber 10, yellyIllo, November l9i
mig Flat November 49, Mount ollVc
November "A, Mountain view, NoVcm
hcr lG, cave CITY, November lSi
Hardy November 20; Viola, Novem
ber 2l, Mammoth Spring November
2g pocahontos, November "a May
nard, November %; WOlsut R'dge
November g6i Corning November st'
Rector, November 49, Poragould' NO
yombcr 9Oi Walcott December !, A,l
of these appointments are IN hor'r
central Arkansas. and are for ! p III
at each place,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Col, Eagle a Delegate,

The Caroline Baptist Association
enc Oi the Oldest associations In the
sa'e closed It's forty.oighth session al
I"hoho on the 18TH The association
oI'c'od cyGoy, James r. Eagle q del
'Va'c to tho Southern Baptist Conven
uoh, which meets In Nashville, Tenn,
o'N' year Gov, Eagle has been n del
,tato to every convention Of Southern
n0p'isls hold the past twelve years
0uo was twice honorod by boInR
ch0ecn president
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Commission Fixes Joint Rates

AZ meeting Of the state railroad
commission held last week an order
was made fixing through joint passen-
ger rates on all railroads in the state
in accordance with the act Of the last
legislature The order requires that
through tickets shall be sold when re.
Quested at any station on any road
where a ticket agent Is stationed to
another station on any other road in
the state, and that the rate shall not
exceed the sum Of the locals. The
commission does not reduce any rates,
as had been expected 1t would do, and
does not force the short lines to estab.
lish other stations or agents, The
lines may continue to charge 5 cents
for roads under seyenty.hye miles IN
length and cents for roads under ff'
teen miles, as provided specifically by
by statute, but in selling through tick
cts the Joint rate shall in no case ex
cccd the sum Of the locals 1t Is a
victory for the short lines,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
aExpressmsn's Strike Greatly In
cOnyeniencing Business Men In
This Territory.
EVENTS lF LwEEK BRIEFLY CHRONIClED
corsternation Among Saloon Men Of
the Border City on Account Of
Indictments Returned in Federal
Court-Fase Report of an Al.
legged Lynching.
Uncle Sam Takes a Hand.

The saloon men of Fort Smith are
,u torn up over some having been in.
Iuctad in the western district OF the
|fodaral court. at Muskogee, Ind. T., on
Il charge of selling liquor in the terri.
,ory For years past liquor men doing
|lnsness in towns bordering on the ter.
ritory. have enjoyed large and Mcra'
five lug trade, which, as a whole, had
aggregated many hundred thousand
|doIlars a year. Many Of them EN-.
Moved solicitors, and the orders taken
have been filled by express, as have
heen the mail orders which have re-
suited from this direct solicitation.
Some months ago a government agent
went TO Fort Smith and Investigated
his Jug trade, and on returning to
Nuskogee filed information against
some of the most prominent dealers in
that city for introducing" Arrest
and preliminary hearing followed and
he defendants were all bound over to
the grand jury for the western district,
conyening at Muskogee. That grand
mry has just returned true bills to the
number of 200 against liquor men and
others. The former contend that de-
livery to a common carrier is delivery
TO the person, and for that reason they
are not guilty of any infraction of the
law. Judge Raymond, in his charge TO
the grand jury, intimated very strong.
" that he would send convicted de-
ierdants TO the penitentiary, and also
minated that the theory Of the out
lined defense Of the saloon men doing
Jug trade with the territory was
not a sound theory. The trials Of the
indicted parties will, Of course, take
rleo, Ia, NIugbnUpa
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Another Mystery

WIN scull, booNEccpcr for a mor'
contIle Nrm At scotts, Pulaski coun'
~, was found dead In the railroad
yorda in North Little Rock Just how
ac,ll mo, his denth may never 10
nnown, lIa head was severed from
mo body, and when found he had
hopp dcod for several hours
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
A Ealse Report,

Ihe report circulated IN the state
p'oss INIT guard at the Hamburg jail
% %"uS recently ovorpoworod by n mob,
soo oo 'hOO n negro prisoner was taken
from his cell and shot to death, was
,eIho. There was no ground whatever
,Vr lhe report, and the citizens OF
noIhoOfg naturally feel indignant
about the mnttor.
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
NATIONAL UNION ROBBED.
&iieAsd Iheft of Twenty Thousand
boilers ~ National tniDs
Funds Revealed,

Boston oct 2l--An alleged theft Of
$4,000 from the Boston National
Union, last November, was revealed
Tuesday when Elmer u, bcayottof this
city, was arraIgned In court charged
with tho deed l.eayett pleaded not
guilty ana was held for hearing No
yelnbor 4 In bail Of $4,000
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Received No com mmunication

Jefferson city, Mo-, Oct 2l-Goy
Dockery insists that he has received
no communication either from the Sec
retary OF war or from Gen Answorth
concerning confederate records and he
has begun correspondence with Gen,
AlnswOrth
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
skinner WIN 40 In style,

Washington, Oct, 2l-The state and
navy departments have arranged foI
the gunbout Machias to carry Rober,
y, Skinner, United States consul a,
Marseilles, on his mission to Emperor
Menelik, to whom he viii, incidentally
present an invitation to attend the st
Louis exposition,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
,o,,pr,,, plant Iiurur,I.

paragould Ark, Oct 2i,-The plant
OF the paragould Compress Co. was de-
stroyed by 1rc Monday Machinery
and shed, together with about 700
bales OF cotton, were consumed, Ths
loss II estimated at 10000, partly In
aurpd
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
An Ad,ncntr of the WHINING ps.t

Omaha, Neb, Oct 2l,--Judgc Day OF
the district court created a sensation
here, when, In discussing u divorce
case brought before him, he advocated
n return to the old.fashlon whipping
post as means Of furnishing men
found guilty Of abandoning their wives
and families,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
TuE CANADIANS PROTEST.
They Declare TIM, the Interests of
canada Have been Sacrificed,

London, Oct. q Mcasrs, jeite and
Aylesworlh, the Canadian commission.
era, IN statement Of their reasons for
refusing 10 sign the award, say they
consider the finding of the tribunal re-
parding the islands at the entrance Of
Portland channel and the mountain
line Ia not a Judicial one They add
"The derIeion Of the Alaska boun-
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Inst In lhr LnNn IIchs.

FlagstafY, Ariz, Oct q Two well.
known young people, Leo Verkamp OF
Flagstaff and Miss Mabel Brown. OF
Chicago, became separated from their
party at Sunset crater, In the lava
bods, northeast Of Flagstaff, Sunday
afternoon, and are lost,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
r,. p.,,.,,n ser,,c. Again.

Vallejo, Cal, Oct 2l,-The United
States ship Petrol hoAted her lag Mon
day afternoon, and once more became y
ship In service, II viii bo some time
before he Petrol win leave here No
orders nave yet been lssuei for ber
destination.
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Death OF Gordon Mckay.

Newport H. T., Oct 2l-Gordon Me-
Kay, the millionaire pa,enteo OF the
sewing machine that royolutlonl2ed the
sh0o industry Of the country, died at
his villa here Monday, after u lhger'
INK Illness Of several months,
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
An Experiment In co-oper, Ion,

New York, Oct sl,-As its nret eN"
pertinent inseo operation, tho United
brotherhood OF Cloak Makers, the New
York local Of the International Lndies'
Garment Makers union has opened 4
factory aud store IN Eldredge street
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Frost IN in,iiann,

Evansville, lndn oct gl,=tarmers In
southern Indiana lost heavily by The
frost that fell Monday morning late
vegetables being killed II was the
heaviest frost VI tie season
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
A swindicr Sentenced.

Bloomington, H.. Oct 9l,-L G.
Davis. alias X. u Ward, forger who
made a specially OF swlndliag shoe
dealers. WAS found guilty here Monday
and given an indctermlnstc sentence TO
Joliet pcnI,entiary, lie was wanted at
Springfield, NJ, and many other cities
The Van Buren press., 1903-10-24
Iln,, 10 Go u Jaii,

81 l.ouia. Oct, al Adolph Feln, ar.
rested on an additional Indictment
charging him with aiding and abettlng
in naturalization frauds, has gone to
Jail because ho was unable " giyo the
additional bond,