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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
SOCIAL LEADERS AT zoo.
Mother Baboon and Her baby Form
the Star Attraction ut New
York Animal House.

The animals in the zoo park in the
Bronx which are most like folks Just
now are the long armed mother ba-
boon and baby. The mother and
child hold the center of the stage in
primitive house and attract even a
larger crowd to their cage than the
uncanny bats that eat, sleep and
fight with their heads hanging down
and their claws gripped to the wire
overhead. A monkey is never, more
human than when it has an UNI
weaned baby.
The long armed mother is proud of
the child, for she sits as close as she
can get to the front of the cage SO
that ali visitors and the Jealous
childless race Of suicide monkeys
across the way can see her baby.
The infant has an excellent appetite
and after each nursing goes to sleep
on its mothers shoulder. The moth
erA baboon's kisses are as humanlike
as anything in the show and the
baby hears all the .ootsey wootsey'
talk that is good for him from the
women in front of the cage.
Ano holAeE AdS nOG lOSG interest
in the social doings and the quarrels
of the primitive house as result Of
her other cares.
There was q fight the other day
between two noisy balloons IN the
next cage. Heads were out in tene-
ment house fashion all along the line
of cages. The long armed baboon
was sitting with her back to her
qnarrelsome neighbours when the row
began, and the baby had just gone to
sleep. She unwound the little fellow
with her left arm. gripped the bar
in front of her with her right hand,
and then stood up slowly and care
fully faced about the other way and
sat down again where she could see
the fight. The baby did not even
stir. -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
SLAP AT RAILROADS.
President James Declares They Are
= Very Badly Managed.
Head of Northwestern University In
Address at Boston Says Omcdals
In Charge Are Incom-
petent.

Three-fourths of the men in
charge of the railroads of the coun-
try do not understand their business
ana have managed their roads so
oadiy that bankruptcy is always
staring them in the face, aud more
business awaiting them than thew
can handle, said President Edmnnd
J.James, OF Northwestern uniyersity
the other day in an address at the
Colonial theater at Boston, where he
appeared as lecturer in the Twentieth
Century club course. His subject was
the need of commercial education.
"a freight car" continued DR..
James, Starting out from Pittsburg
to Chicago is like a sailing vessel Of
half century ago setting out from
New York to London. Nobody knows
when she will arrive or where she is
on her journey. It may take her
week or it may take her month.
We hear of the vast combine
lions of capital. Men talk Of trusts
and of the accumulation of all in.
dustries in the hands Of a few men,
We hear of Morgan and Rockefeller
as the great financiers of the world.
How are these men enabled to do
these things. Not because they are
such very big men, or because the
average business man is such a small
fellow. The average business man is
ignorant and inefficient and coward
ly. He is uneducated and unlearned
in his own business He is helpless
at crisis. And it is because of his
lack of qualities which are impaired
to the technically trained man in his
own profession that he goes down IN
crisis
President James boldly advocated
the teaching Of business by the uni
yersities, not merely course in the
business college of to-day, but q
training which shall produce great
leaders in business, as the technical
schools develop great leaders in sci-
entific professions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER Herbert Wright goes to
chief Of police OF Ntlus In great agltati0n
& and tells him of his, discovery OF the mnI-
dered body Of his father, John y. Wrignt.
wealthy cotton king. from whom ne
has been estranged, IN the Bayou W1oos
near the town. The CHIEF quesdons Her
bert, whose answers cause former lo
suspect him Of the crime. The CHER. with
a reporter, Irving Warde, goes to scene
CHAPTER II.--They find body and ok
anime surroundings but fail to discover
any Gy1aH reslasGsaa i HI@warde examines mys.
terious footprints In the snow and tells
Col. Franklin, an old acquaintance Of
arrested on suspicion Of being Implicated
In the murder. Il 4
CHAPTER Iv.-Col. Franklin Is a bril-
! liant lawyer, but says he IL unable to
so asyf ts l4p Ha,,ysNterya, ,,o,e.t
strong cireumstantial evidence against
Herbert Wright Is submitted and the
jury sharEss MT With the m rns. 4.r.
hert's sister. Miriam. who believes him
his power to clear her brother. Col.
has been made against Herbert.
CHAPTER VII.-An attempt Is made to
poison Herbert In jail. Warde deducts
that he has q shrewd person to contend
with who Is trying to prove the charge
OF murder against the dead mans son,
In which he IS evidently succeeding.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05

which he was stars.ng so as to con-
front his adversary. The latter was
approaching him confidently and res
olutely. His one grim object was the
death of the reporter.
The shadowy houses on the shore
were rising and fallingA.as if they
were about to plunge into the stream.
The silver lines of light played over
the face of the water. He could see
the great steamboats,, with their red
and green lights and their trailing
banners of black smoke, rounding the
bends or putting into the wharf. All
else was silence. Even the crowd of
reckless criminals, craning their
necks from the back door, were
dumb with excitement as they wait
ed the duel between the men upon
these black stumps.
The stars were silent, and they
were cold, too. Warde felt that they
did not care.
In his eagerness to get out his
pistol, his hand trembled so that the
weapon, catching in his clothing,
slipped and fell into, the river.
Where could Fentons be, he won
dered in vague way? Had he en-
tered the Rest and been disposed of +?
g Warde called to him several times,
but received no response; but he had
no time now to look toward the
shore. Old Tom was nearly upon
him, and he determined that if he
had to die, it should only be after
game fight. He braced himself
as firmly as he could upon his pile,
prepared to use his fists upon his app
preaching antagonist, and drag him
down to death with him.
Old Tom had just lighted on the
pile next to him and was getting
ready to leap.
A pistol shot broke upon the air,
the cleaning knife dropped into the
stream and Old Tom gave terrible
cry Of mingled pain and disgust, and
then crouched down and held to his
pile to prevent himself from falling
into the river, but his strength was
not great enough, and he slipped into
the swirling water and was dragged
/ away from sight.
been moored on the bank just under
the rear of the Rest was pushed out
from shore, and in few seconds
Fenton had Warde safely within it.
Getting outside the line of piles, Fen
ton began to pull away. Tt was a
shrewd move on his part, for the
crowd within the saloon had surged
back through the front door, and Bill
MCGEE could be heard calling for his
skif. Then followed mingled cries
Of rage and disappointment, and
T when the boat was detected moving
away beyond the row of piles, a mum
Der of scattering shots were fired.
Fenton stopped long enough to fire
back at the crowd and as it turned
out, casually shot away small sec
ton of Mr.. McGee's nose. Then he
bent to the oars with all his might
and pulled for the wharf, which was
about a mile away. 1t did not take
him long to get beyond the range OF
the strange shots that were sent
Sizing after him.
Warde was completely exhausted
by the tense strain upon his physica
and nervous system, and he lay il
the bottom of the boat in sort Of
stupor. Gradually, as they APP.
preached the wharf, and as he real
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
MYSTERY or THE
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copyn.A., ipe. y I. n. K,lloss Nsrspaps. CO.

planned and new lessons of deprav-
jty were learned. Just this side Of the
Rest was vacant lot, stretching
down to the river. Here Fenton said
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05

"a 4
rivers edge through the vacant lot.
The sliff was tied up, but with hia
knife he had cut the rope, and quo
cessfully made the rescue,
Z 1t was ~ o'clock when Irving
Warde re-entered the Gazette office.
He had been gone but an hour, and
yet in that time he seemed to have
lived an age.
At one o'clock the police raided Pc
ter's Rest, but the easy Mr.. MCGEE
with his mutilatcd nose and all his
guests had mysteriously disappeared
and the only persons caught were q
boy, who was acting as barleeper,
and several individuals who had
struggled into the Rest when the
fracas was over, and the real dis.
turbers ot the peace had fed.
ITO he continual
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
From a Cat Scrach

on the arm. to the worst sort Of a
burn, sore or boil, DeWitt,s Witch
Hazel Salve Is quick cure. In buy
ing WitchHazel Salve, be particular
to get De Wits this is the salve that
heals without wing q scar a spe-
protruding piles. Sold by Shuttle
worth Drug Co. sss b
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
The TAX ON Oieomarxarin..

Ten cents a pound tax on color In
oleomargarine has reduced Its manu-
facture from ao,ooo,ooo pounds in the
quarter preceding the act taxing It
to 10000, 600 in the subsequent quarter
year.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
CHApTER WIN.

The next evening at nine o'clock,
Warde was working in the Office when
a negro boy brought him note. He
opened it casually and read the fol-
lowing:
Mr.. Warde Come as soon as you
can to Peters Rest, No. 1,0o6 Com
merce street. A river man there can
give you great story for the Ga
zette. His name is William Jackson.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05
49, 1sinx Aliens Foot-Ease,

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, 9 powder. II cures Corns, Bum
ions, Painful Smarting, Hot, Swollen
feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-05

American Woman Under Fire.
Dr. Lorenz says the American wom-
an can't cook. It might be added.
says the Chicago Record Herald, that
she won't learn. either.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10

The great trouble with q man In mid
die life, or in more advanced years, is
that when he tries to argue on any
auestion-especially the labor question
he is apt to talk unconciously from
the standpoint of things as they used to
be. The average conservative man
speaks OF how tremendously he used TO
get along with his employer without the
aid Of labor unions, and he tells US that
there were next to no strikes In those
old days This man seems to forget
that there are millions OF workmen to-
day who have no employer in the sense
Of q personal relationship between ser
want and master. In the old days the
employer perhaps, lived on the same
street with his workman, and sat in the
next pew in church. But it 8 u wise
man who knows his employer today
He may be made up of ten or score or
100 600 men, scattered all over the
country, who never see the men Mt work
In their facories and are utterly re.
moved from all sympathetic and per.
soual touch, Furthermore the employer
has probably pooled his entire invest
ment with other investments like it and
a giant trust controls the whole. Ask
the ordinary mill hand in Lowell who
his employer IL, and he may point to
the moon. The employer is the "cor.
poration, u soulless, imperson entity
without any Of the attributes that made
an employer in the sense Of our fathers.
1t Is the the trust that Is destroying the
element of personality In the employ
or. Hence the labor union becomes
necessary, Things have changed en-
tirely since the old days, and the old.
timer, however sincere he may be, is
usually talking to himself. Boston
Globe,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10

language and manner were absolutely
upgentlemanly. And so the worn
Catholic has been variously used ana
ia differently defined. 1t may represent
q sect or a section, breadth or oounds'
fellowship or force, piety or perversity'
concord or coercion an ally or an allen
a brother or bigot, friend or zoe
1t Is like the auctioneer statement
sbout a coat he was selling large
enough for any man and small enough
for any boy. :,
please permit me to again remino
YOU that we would like TO have you tell
us about your own work. -
well, there isn't much to tell 1
would rather return to the general WORK
in the diocese. There Is Forrest CITY
with one of the best rectors in the whole
commonwealth. The church there was
paid out of debt, and consecrated early
this year, and they have money in sight
to improve the rectory. Camden, with
$500 on hand, is improving its editlce.
Batesville leads the van In contributions
to missions. the closing quarter. st.
Luke's, Hot Springs, is putting in II
heating apparatus. Van Buren, has n
new pulpit and a good preacher. Helen"
entertained the diocesan council last
May, and we want to 60 there again.
Final payment was made for the Meth
odist church in Conway last October.
st. Phillips, colored, in Little Rock, is
cared for by the Rev. Mr.. Fair. 1t is
the only colored work in the state, un-
der the care and sanction Of the Pro.
testsnt Episcopal church.
MY work. Yes, l have done some
work, and formed lasting friendships.
love the state and believe in her i'm
mense resources. 1t is sweet to sing to
the harp of prophecy and predict good
things to come and believe me, the
children of this generation will live to
see the apple blossom state stand among
the foremost.
by the way, | have just received
good news from Mens. A class of
fourteen was confirmed by our bishop
on Sunday lsst--an excel lent class hav-
ing among its members some prominent
citizens OF that thriving town, Mr..
Aug. NJ. Treschow is the missionary
there, a man of ability, refinement and
success
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10
T. Il. MAY, of the Beard Of Pen!ten'
tlary Appraisers, Approves New
Convict Farm.

There is but a very small portion Of
the Lincoln county penitentiary farm.
said T. B. May yesterday, (which cam
not be used for agricultural purposes. -
Mr.. May is one of the penitentisry APP
prsisers, whose report will be submitted
to the penitentiary board tomorrow At
the regular session and will be included
in the financial and narrative annual re-
port Of the penitentisry to the legisla-
ture, As part of the penitentlary
property Mr., May and Mr.. Hawkins
visited and appraised the Lincoln county
farm. He believes it II bargain for the
state. All that time the state has not
owned convict farm, he says, 1t has
been losing money that could have been
made rs easily as not OF the whole
II 900 acres there is about 800 acres, ac-
cording to Mr., May, which will not be
available for cultivation. One hundred
and sixty acres Of this amount can and
will be utilized for stock pasture. 1t
is already covered with good grass.
The remainder Of the unavailable tract
is swamp, which cannot be drained.
This plot contains about 200 acres.
There are some other places on the farm
which are n sort of half-swamp, but
these places, according to the report of
the engineers, can readily be drained.
There is not enough timber on the farm
for commercial purposes. but there is a
snfficienCy for the stOckade buildings
and any other structures the peniten-
tisry management may see fit to erect.
Little Rock Gazette
This is another straw on jeff Davis
back. Everything goes to Indicate the
other members Of the board knew their
business when they bought the Cum
Minis place.
No doubt the members Of the peniten-
tiary board would be perfectly willing
to see the Legislature adopt the sugges-
tion of Northumberland Mike p.
Huddleston and go in II body to inspect
the Cummins plantation in Lincoln
county, which has been bought for a
state convict farm. If the Legislature
should be satisfied with the place after
seeing it the incident would be closed.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10
Hoods JdrsdpdriIa
THE SOCIALISTS
VIII Form a State Organization at
Once.
From the Little Rock Democrat.

From the Little Rock Democrat.
The Socialists OF Arkansas propose to
organize state society and to become
n factor in state politics. For some
time the propaganda has been receiving
more or less attention on the part Of
those to whom its teachings have ap.
pealed. and referendum is now In
progress among the local organizations
for the election of officers and the adop-
ton of the platform Of principles,
There are local organizations at Little
Rock, Fort Smith, Van Buren,, Burma,
Pine Bluff, Huntington, Montreal and
Prairie Creek Mine No. 4, The ANAL
gamation Of the separate societies into
state organization Is being brought
about by National Organizer l.. W
Lowrey Of Little Rock.
The platform will probably be adopted
and the officers announced. The indi-
cations are that R p @ Neil of Burma,
Sebastian county, will be the state
president, and f. W Perrin of Little
Rock the secretary-treasurer The
state is to be thoroughly organized and
1t IS the purpose to place full state
ticket in the field for the next election.
One Of the chief tenets of the Social
lists is the government ownership OF
public utilities, and the more equable
distribution Of wealth. 1t is held to be
in violation of the divine laws Of prop
erty that immense fortunes should be
accumulated, and bequeathed from
father to son, those who have done
nothing toward the production Of the
wealth reaping its benefits to the exclu-
sion OF those who must start at the be-
ginning and work out their own compe-
tence. Socialism would have all start
upon an equal footing, and their pur.
pose Is to teach the world just how this
Utopian end may be attained.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10
TAX COLLECTION NOTICE /!

NOTICE Is hereby given that will moet the
~ taxpayers of Crawford County, Arkansas
AZ The following times and places for the puf.
pose OF collecting the Real, Personal and Per
capita Taxes for Me year 1902 via
Union Township. NJ Precinct Monday, Jan,
l2th
Lcos Creek tp, At precinct Tuesday, Jan. 18th,
Barker ", al precinct Wednesday, Jan, iith
Cove City Up, NJ precinct, Thursday, Jan 18TH,
Upper tpn at precinct Friday Jan 10Th,
Cedar Crook ,pr At precinct Saturday, Jan,
Eth,
Dora tp, Al precinct Monday, Jan. 10Th,
Jasper tp,, at precinct, Tuesday Jan goth,
Oedsryillc ~, ~ precinct wednesday, Jan,
2lst
oliver springs Up, NJ precinct Thursday Jan,
Rudy tpa al precinct Friday, Jan 23d
Rlchlsnd ~, a, precinct saturday, Jan 2lh,
Lafayette ipn nj precinct, Monday, Jau, goth
whitley tpp q, precinct Tnefhay, Jan. 9Th.
Shepherd ~, nj precinct, Wednesday Jan
?slh.
Sand Point tp, n, precinct Thursday, Jan
18Th,
Mountain w., NJ precinct Friday Jan. 10th,
Lancaster " nj precinct SATURDAY. Jan SlsL
Chester Up, NJ precinct Monday. Feb ~
Wlnituy " nj precinct, Tuesday Feb, 3d.
Porter ~, Al ptuoinct Wednesday, Pcb an,
Dyer ", ot precinct Thursday, Feb 9TH,
Vine Prairie tpo NJ precinct Friday, Feb olh
River w., nj precinct, saturday bob, IN
Matcy ,p, NJ precinct Monday and Tuesday
III noon, Feb VII aud 10Th
Ina ", nj precinct Tuesday afternoon and
wednesday Feb. ION ana llth.
Van Huron at Court House, fch l2th 10 Aptl
10Th Inclusive,
Htsops s,shl9s 10 pay taxes on Real Estate
should oflng old TAX receipt o, deed giving cor,
rect numbers " land
DueeWDefe, pVl ], A. plfGOoE,
sbhfli and Bysofilolo fat Collector
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10
Till for a Reform School.

A bill has been prepared for introduce
tion In the senate for the establishment
OF n reform school and u female annex
to the penitentiary. AS at present ar
ranged there is no provision for the
proper care Of women and juvenile
criminals, and the boys who are incar-
cerated there for petit crimes are sub.
jected for the term of their imprison-
ment to the influences Of hardened
Criminals The state demands II reform
school, and when it is considered that
1t is more than out Of debt, owing less
than $50 900 with more than 800, 900 in
the sinking fund to pay 1t when the
bonds may be presented, 1t follows that
the state WAS never in better condi-
tion to provide the necessary accommo-
dations for these criminal classes,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10
For Secretary Of senate.

j. Fletcher Hurley, recently Of
Warren, Bradley county, IA n candidate
for reelection TO the Office Of secretary
OF the next state senate, Mr., Hurley
filled this position two years ago and
was very popular with all who came In
contact with him, lie IL an old news
paper man, well known throughout the
state, and has been for the past
twelve months engaged IN tho news.
paper business In this city Every old
member IN tho senate IL n personal
friend OF Mr. Hurley and each one Of
them Ia ready to speak n good word for
him, Mr.. Hurley having made An efli.
Client officer, he does not expect to have
very strong opposition FOR this his
second torn, which, according TO Dem.
ocra,ic precedent, Is usually accorded
all oJiocra who DO their duties faithfully
aud against whom thoro Ia no com.
plant, The legislature meets on Janu.
nary lpth, less than Two weeks or and
a- yet, Mr. Hurley Gays, no pronounced
opposition has developed against his
candidacy, lila many friends through.
ont tho state hope TO ace him unanI.
mously reelected, Ark unsas Gazette.
We have known Mr., Hurley for u
number Of years, know him TO be u
man fully competent to All the place
which h. has proven during the btl
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-01-10
IN Int lnhlVT OF
LEILA TNRASn.

In the matter Of
LEILA THRASH,
No l2s In Bankruptcy, Bankrupt
Pursuant to an order OF the Hon, A, A, Mo.
Donald Special Referee IN bankruptcy for said
Court made In the above entitled matter on
the 22d day Of December AID, 1902 VIII, at the
front entrance Of the Court House IN the CITY Of
Van Buren,, ArkausaB between the hours OF 10
o'clock IN the forenoon aud 8 o'clock In the
afternoon, ON
Saturday the Gath day Of January AID. 1908,
offer for sale 10 ID" highest bidder, for
cash, all Of the right uSlo aud interest Of the
said bankrupt Leila Thrash, subject 70 prior
mortgages existing thereon, in favor OF william
J., Taylor Of Van Buren, and Harry y, Kelley OF
Fort Smith, in and TO the following described
real estate situated In the County OF Crawford
and State Of Arkansas, t0.wlti
Part Of Southwest quarter Section %, Town.
ship 10 North, Range 81 West IS acres east Of
Clear Greek
West half Of the Southeast quarter, section %,
Township 10 North, Range u West 10 acres
West half Of the Northeast quarter, Section %,
Township 10 North, Range 81 WosL 81 acrcA
Part East hall Northwest quarter Section o.
Township 10 North. Range 81 West 60 acres
cast Of Clear Creek
Part West half Southeast quarter. Section 90.
Township 10 North, Range 81 West 10 acres east
0f clear Creek,
Part Northeast quarter Of Southwest quarter
Section &C. Township 10 NOrih, Range q west
70 artoS east 0f clear Creek aud the East half Of
BLOCK IN the Town Of Rudy
Terms Of sale Cash
W r. ENGLAND
Trustee " the estate Of Leila Thrash
In bankruptcy