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The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
our New Postmaster.

A telegram received last Friday by
Avis Smith announced the appointment
of Mr.. j Neal TO the position OF post
master made vacant by the death Of A.
NJ, Orrick. While the appointment is
virtually n victory for the regular
wing Of the Republican party, yet II
will not be obnoxious to the opposing
wing Of that party, who were pushing
the claims Of Mrs, Orrick the widow
Of the former postmaster, for the place.
Mr. Neal IL conservative man, not
given to making enemies even among
those opposed 20 him politically, and IL
qualified to make Van Buren u good
postmaster, Jno, l., Smith, we under.
stand, will be Mr., Meals deputy and
Misses Skel,on and Steward viii have
charge Of the delivery windows,
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Fatal Wreck,

The Little Rock and Fort Smith rond
since the reconstruction work began
has been the scene of many wrecks
but lnckiey all he reloiore have been
characterized 10y no loss Of life, a
wreck Tuesday night near Mulberry
proved m exception Two men are
dead and one painfully injured as the
result Of the giving way Of II trestle and
the turning over VI an engine M u
result, AZ the time ot the accident
there were In the engine Enginer l. NJ,
Wyatt, Fireman j, b, Lighter aud
Head Brakeman r. p, Du1 OF these
wyatt aud pun went down with the
engine ana were killed while Lighter
Jumped through the cab window and
saved his HE, but was painfully injur.
ed, his right arm, colur'bone and
several ribs being broken Later
investigations showed thNi Dun had
also tried tO escape through the rnh
window, Ont been caught aud scald,d
to death, while Wyatt was buried
under HE rnRhr nnd instantly killed
HIS body was buried IN The ground and
WIS not recovered until "Wednesday
afternoon Wyhtt's home was at
Rnsstllville, Lighter II from Conl mn
Hnd wns ut the time 0l the accident
preparing tu move with his family to
Van Rurpn having vented Mrs, Col
gruNr rullug, nn lruadWHy
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Opposed TO street Fair.

Fort Smith Is TO have another street
fair this fall, At least q sufficient
amount has been raised by subscription
among the business men TO assure one
provided the opposition which Is deyel-
oping Is not too great TO prevent one
being held, This opposition WAS culmin.
ated in mass.meeting recently held 4,
which was attended by many Of the
best people Of the town, who by resolu'
tion placed themselves Ia opposition to
any more fairs held on the order Of
those OF recent years, whore decency
and morality WAS thrown to the winds
simply that the Interested parties might
make more profit In speaking Of this
matter the Times Of that city says
editoTally'
A street fair can be made an agency
for good In n business way and IN af
tording wholesome entertainment TO
which no city need be ashamed TO invite
It's own people aud the people from the
surrounding country 10 participate
II can aud has been an agency for de,
bauchery and open robbery OF the
unsuspecting aud the credulous
The most iucSplicable thing ot all Is
10 see reputable citizens who In their
private capacities would shrink from
being connected with or prohting by the
sale Of licenses or privileges for Indecent
shows or thieyng gambling, unhesitat.
ingly, as II committee, taking their
percentage Of gains from such sources
OF public degradation and Spoimlion
There can be no difference In the moral
question involved or IN the question
of what constitutes good citizenship.
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
JIoUp's PILLS are the beat gatharti
Effort Made TO Keep ArchdeacOn
Williams in Arkansas.
rom the Little Rock Democrat

From the Little Rock Democrat
\ Democrat reporter called to
see Bishop Brown this morning in
reference to the unexpected re-
signatiom Of the Venerable w. d..
Williams, ID. d., archdeacOn OF
Arkansas, which, since its public
announcement exclusively in these
columns yesterday, has caused a
great stir in Episcopalian circles.
The bishop expressed himself
as sharing deeply in the universal
aud profound regret at the pros
poets of losing Archdeacon Will
Jams from the diocese, but he said
that he was endeayonLg to avert
the pending misfortunes.
Bishop Brown and others are
trying to persuade the archdeacon
to refuse both Of the attractive
calls which have come to him from
distant doCeses and to take a
parish III Arkansas. Should he
yield to their persuasions he will
still be of great service to this
diocese, for he will retain his
relationship to the bishop as his
chaplain and private secretary,
and will continue to fill the i'm
pOrtant Office of secretary of the
diocesan board of missions. The
bishop thought that the effort to
retain Deacon Williams was likely
to become general and strenuous,
and that if it succeeded, Trinity
Church, Van Buren,, would pro-
badly be so fortunate as to secure
the services of the genial and
eloquent archdeac0n.
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Fort Smith will have no street fair

Fort Smith will have no street fair
this fall.
Fred Furry arrived here Thursday on
a visit to relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. p D Scott returned
from St. Louis Friday.
Miss Kate Steward and Ollie Neal
visited at Alma several days this week.
The quality of the potatoes being dug
has improved great deal during the
past week.
A ground soaking rain is reported to
have fallen in the neighborhood of
Alma Thursday night.
Dyke Lumber company has opened a
lumber yard at Alma with Wartord
Starmer in charge rs manager.
Mrs. s. H, Gardner and daughter
after week. s visit here. returned
Thursday to their home at Russellville, ,
Fishermen visiting the lakes all re-
port good catches, but those who visit
the creeks have different tale to tell
The Arkansas Coal and Mineral road
that was TO cross the Arkansas river at
or near Moor ) Rock, appears to have
been overtaken by u Rip Var Wrinkle
sleep.
Rev. jeff Sherman, was here this
week on brief visit to his brother
Rev. Wm. Sherman Rev. Sherman
has just finished his theological studies
at Hendrix, College, and was en- route
TO Paris, Ark. to accept call,
Manager Frank Mclean has arrange d
to open King opera house Aug, l2th
with the Georgia Mnstrels, With
but three exceptions every company
booked by him for the coming season is
| HON w au lBhlDHi Nli lllbNg lulNt nave
guaranteed TO present no old plays here
Judge +, W, Winfield Of Pulaski
circuit court second division Thurs.
day granted the maudamus asked for by
the historical committee OF the Y G, V.
on the state auditor, compelling him to
honor warrants drawn on the appropria.
ton Of 81, 25O made by u bill passed by
the last legislature forl the compilation
OF roster Of the Confederate troops OF
Arkansas. He held that the house bills
were properly presented to the governor
on May IS, and that the veto Of May 90
was Ineffective on account OF having
been issued after the expiration Of the
2O.day limit This decision involves
the validity Of all the bills, about
ninety pretended to have been vetoed at
that time. 1t will be taken 20 the
supreme conrt, The star witness intro.
duced by Mr. Jacobson, Hon, John II,
Keel, failed TO testify TO what Mr.,
jacobson stated was expected of him,
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Veterans Of the Mexican War.

An effort is being made 10
secure the names of the survivors
of the Mexican war now residing
ia this state, that "a complete
roster of all the survivors may be
compiled. As this war was in
IS46-47, all survivors are now
between 70 and 90 years of age.
There are four in Little Rock,
ex-GOvenOr I. j. Churchill, +. b.
Blanks, ST., NJ. Stiff and NJ. f.
Locke.
The following call has been
Issued by Col. Locke, as secretary
for Arkansas of the National
Association of Mexican War
Veterans:
To the Survivors of the Mexican
War in Arkansas:
Having been appointed assist
ant secretary of Mexican War
Veterans for the state of Arkansas
by the president of said organlza-
ton, for the purpose OF securing
"a complete list, if possible, of all
the veterans in the state, | hereby
call upon aud request you at your
earliest convenience to send me
your full address, with the name
Of the regiment and company in
which you served in the war with
Mexico, and the state from which
You went. | hereby request all
the newspapers of the state which
sympathize with us to publish this
notice for the benefit of the few
who are left, all Of whom must be
over 70 years Ofage. These men,
whose services secured to the
country all area of territory about
0ne-third, have never been re-
warded for their services in keep.
ing with the liberal spirit of the
government, as have the soldiers
of the other wars. | will add that
the territory referred to has fur
nshed the greater volume of me
tallic currency for the nation since
184S. Your cOmrade,
+. NJ. Locke,
G05 West Seventh, Little Rock
SO far as we can learn there are fv,
survivors in Crawford county, DR.
A. NJ. Bourland, Judge C. f. Harvey
c. b. Wingfeld. Thos. c. Beck anC
Win Adams.
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Travelled on Her Splrltualism.

From the Fort SmithTimcs.
Minnie Willie who was arrested by
the police on charge Of vagrancy, with
three others ~ detailed elsewhere, is
the daughter Of Attorney Willie Of
Van Buren who is q spiritualist Miss
Willie when asked what she did for a
living said that she and her mother
worked in the field while her father WAS
away travelling on spiritualisn, -
When asked II she was a spiritualst
she drew herself up and replied, "Of
co urse am, have travelled on 1t all
the way from between Fort Smith and
Van Buren,
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Mo. Pacific Excursions.

Washington, D. C., S5325. New York N, Y,
SOL 25 Round trip tickets via Savannah and
steamship, on sale every day.
Tickets to Asheville aud Hot Springs, n C, on
sale all year round, return limit six months.
Mexico City and Monterey nine months limit.
National encampment Grand Army Of the Re
public, San Francisco, Si7.25, tickets on sale
August to IA inclusive, final return limit Octo-
Der lj Stopo7ers going and returning.
International convention United society Chris
tian EndeavOr Denver Colo S20.9j, tickets on
sale July TO 10 inclusive. Return limit August
81 Stopover on going trip within final limit In
Colorado.
Only one change of cars between Fl Smith
and Colorado and California. Local Kansas City
and Little Rock sleeper daily
Call at ticket Office for full particulars.
W. HYSEs
Iron Mountain T. and P. Agent
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
The Republican Party and the Tariff

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
In order clearly to understand
what is the predicament of the
Republican party respecting the
tariff question we need only to
keen in mind Mr.. llanna's cry,
Glands of the tariff" and then
remember that the man from whom
the Mckinley bill took it's name
died pleading for tariff revision.
There can be no doubt that II the
speech made 10y Mr.. Mckinley at
Buffalo "A few days before his
death meant anything, it meant
that the United States bad out
grown both the necessity and the
cxpediency of many existing high
tariff rates. His plea for recipro-
city was something more than
"the homage which protection
paws to free trade;' it was really
the settled convection of one of
the high priests OfprotectiOn that
prohibitive tariff rates had ceased
10 serve a useful purpose and that
the hour had come when serious
tariff revision was required. In
deed, this change in the views of
Mr.. Mckinley was so sharp and
so emphatic that it brought vivid
~ to mind the position taken in
England by Sir Robert Peel to-
ward the close of the agitation for
the repeal of the corn laws. 81
have a firm belief" said the Brit
ish statesman, "that it is for the
general benefit of all-fOr the best
interests of the country, lndepen'
dent of the obligation imposed on
us by temporary scarcity-it is for
the general interest of the great
body ofthe people that an arrange
ment should be made for per.
manent removal of the restrictions
upon the introduction of food"
The spirit if not the phraseology
of these words of Peels was
perfectly reflected in Mr.. McKin.
ley's plea at Buffalo for tariff
revision. His speech was, to be
sure, phrased automatically but
its meaning was Enthusiastically
clear.
The truth of the matter is that
Mr.. Mckinley forsaw that the
great mass of the American peo.
pie would not long consent to he
plundered 10y prohibitive tariffs
which enriched only a few men.
He understood that there is the
widest possible difference be-
tween tariff imposed for purposes
of revenue and "a tariff imposed
for purposes of plunder, and he
had the sagaciiy to warn his party
that the American people could
not be expected long to endure
the iniQuities of the pTohibitlve
tarilrsystem. With his keen pol.
itical intuition Mr.. Mckinley
anticipated the storm that is now
gathering in the Western States.
He realized that "tbe Iowa idea"
would certainly become popular
throughout the great agricultural
States of the West, Southwest
and Northwest aud that the force
behind that idea would be irresis'
tible.
Mr.. Hanna takes different
viewpoint, With him the tariff -
prOhibityo az well as protective
is sacr0sanct TO touch a tarlil
rate in PROCLAMATION. lie knows
that the lite.hlood Of the Republi.
cau party is drawn from the trusts
that mtten upon these prohibitive
tariffs, and he belives it IL imper.
a'ive that the party Loyalty serve
1he interests Of the trusts. 1t is
interesting 10 remark that the
lines Of demarcation between
these two wings Of the Republican
party are becoming daily more
sharply drawn. 'ris well that 1t is
s0-fortunate for the Democracy
aud fortunate for the country.
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

child urinates too often, ifthe urine scaIds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the dith-
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy:
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Carr left Thursday
for weeks visit at st. Louis.
Constable Will Smith leaves tomorrow
for Eagle City, Okla. for the purpose
of having his own deeds for lots as we'll
as those of number of friends
recorded.
Arthur Cottrell has resigned his posi-
tion with the Boston Store to accept one
with the Dyke Lumber Co. Edwin
Kagy has been selected for the place
made vacent by the resignation of Mr..
Cottrell.
A message received by his parents
Sunday announced thas Fay Bostick
would be married the following day at
Guthrie, Okla. to Miss Sallie Maxey.
The announcement came in the nature
of surprise to Mr.. Bostick s friends
here, and while the happy event was
looked for by his parents. they did
not expect it to occur so soon. They
will make their home at Coweta, |. T..
where Mr.. Bostick is engaged in busi-
ness.
Ex-Sherif BransOn was down. from
Natural Dam first of the week. He
stated that portion Of the county had
recently been visited by an epidemic of
measles, and that even now there were
great many cases under treatment.
He further stated that while cotton
had improved much in appearance
within the past week, yet the outlook
for a good crop was far from satisfac-
tory. Corn, also, he said, was looking
very poor for the time of the year, and
that some kind of a bug was cutting
late planted corn off even with the
ground.
Judge Rogers Ia an address made
some weeks since at meeting held fol
the purpose of opposing the holding of
any more street fairs at Fort Smith
along the line of previous fairs appears
to have stirred up a whole nest Of
snakes This is not our affair, but
nothing that Judge Rogers said II
opposition can be disproven. The pas
fairs have been of the most disgracefu
and denoralizing nature. Gambling
shows Of n disreputable nature an(
rowdyism have predoininated at them,
The present board says all Of this viii
be done away with If a fair is held thi,
fall, but what assurance that this vii
be done have the decency loving peo
Pile. The same board last year made !
like promise, How they kept it on
readers all know. Judge Rogers anC
his confreres are right in their opposi
ton,
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

ARCHITECT +. W, GlBBs reports that
Director of Works Isaac Taylor Of the
st, Louis Exposition has accepted the
plans prepared 10y him and accepted by
the Arkansas board for the proposed
Arkansas building 10 be erected ut the
Worlds Fair, The contracts for the
construction of the building are 10 be
awarded In 81. Louis on June %,
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

Your attention IL called TO thes
vertisement Of Ed T., Briscoe,
young wide-nwake merchant, Ed'I
ways has some bargains on his couDn
and believes In letting people know
has them, People who believe
organized labor will take note tha'|
handles only union.made goods,
The first game Of ball on the ~
diamond was played last Wednr'D
afternoon between n local team ano
Fort Smith High School team, suW1
mented by the semi-professional w"
ers OF the T, p, AS The scoIe'
10 TO o In favor Of the yisitors-nU
bad, taking into consideration thm
was the frat game played by our w
and that they were opposed p'"'
professional pitchers.
No fishing tale with McL@osp
slough ns its place Of location w"
plele now without n story "
varmint, which bites of the hhpe'
the people that net IN thOt 'lV%
attempts 10 sink their boats 0oo
havoc generally, II appears 'o".
special spite against the W."
Constable Bill Smith who clalmSwy
seen II with his own eyes "A
aourishes on nets, deyourins SI
come within its reach and not e''',
Ing the man who runs the"
advises nelters TO keep close 70 wv
until the varmint Ia killed,
Alma sports come IN for luI%
of the attention OF the grand lo''
the number of indictments retur"'o
gaming exceeds that OF any puA
term of court, While no do"V'
was ample room for this acton w
part of the grand Jury, for A'"I
always been blessed with n l0rse"d
of those who IDEAL the paste Vvn ,n
vet we think, n there IA any Wv,
rpmora, Van Bnren should hWt
ed some Of tins attention o, ,,s
course II IL barely possible INV
harder mg',.r 10 gc' 'o''l'""'
0Nau iu Alma whore i'r '.
..l lno sporting o.rm.n ma
lao ,o,,e, ana gave tue WIN"
away
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Tue New England Colonial Baptist

THE New England Colonial Baptist
association recently adopted resolutions
In which II WIS declared that there
has been more cruelty, more lives de-
slroyed, more property wuntonly wust'
ed, more immortality aud drunkenness
IN the three years Of American oecnpa-
tion In the Philippines than IN The three
hundred years Of Spanish tyranny, -
That sounds very severe Perhaps It is
exaggerated and yet the simple facts
ought 10 be sufficient 10 awaken the
American conscience The Commou'
ar
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
First Publication June 90 1903; Last July 3, %
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE ArDARpANrrLr, ARR

LASD OFfICE At DARpANELLE AEKl
June Is, 1908
Notice is hereby given that the following
nOmcd settler has nled notice Of his intention
10 make final proof IN support of his claim and
that said proof win be made before the County
Clerk of Crawford County, at Van Burcn, Ark
ansas, on
JULY 2s, l90a,
viz Hiram \ Kimcs. Of Chester, Ark, H. T..
g3lsl tor the wls Of the nw1 and NJ, OF thu
sw4, Of Sec, %, 7 l2n R3lw
He names the following witnesses 10 prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation oi
said land, VIZ
George McGaslln Lcandcr EkinS, Tlney
Dfcncn and Ih0S kmcs. all Of Chester, Craw.
ford county Ark
JusEru IT, BAKERSFIELD, Register
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhGa Remedy

Is everywhere recognized as the one
remedy that can always be depended
upon an that is pleasant to take. 1t Is
especially valuable for summer diar-
rhpa in children aud is undoubtedly
the means of saving the lives of great
many children each year. For sale by
John O'Kane.
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

AN order has been received from the
department Of justice, Washington, D,
c., designating Judge John II Rogers
Of the Western district Of Arkansas TO
aid Judge Trieher Of the Eastern dis
trict vt such times rs he may be called
npon,
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

Goy. DAVIS opened his campaign 10,
recollection ~ Bonanza, Sebastian
county, last week where he gave an
account ot hh atewnrd'ship Hlnec he
went into OH a. H. al'o paid his
respects 10 hls enemies Fayetteville
Democrat
From report Of the pnbliG actions oI
Jen nj Fayetteville, "ht paid hia
rpaprr,s ~ nnr frirnl Mirra
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

yigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
His Last Hope Realized.
From the Sentinel, Gebo, Mont

From the sentinel, GeOo Mont
In the first opening of Oklahoma to
settlers in 1889, the editor of this paper
WAS among the many seekers after for
tune who made the big race one fine
day in April During his travelling
about and afterwards his camping upon
his claim, he encountered much bad
water, which together with the severe
heat, gave him very severe diarrh9a
which it seemed almost impossible to
check, and along in June the case be
came so bad he expected to die. One
day one of his neighbors brought him
one small bottle Of Chamberlain s Col
ic, Colera and Diarrhpa Remedy as a
last hope. A big dose was given him
while he was rolling about on the ground
in great agony, and in few minutes
the dose was repeated. The good effect
of the medicine was soon noticed and
within an hour the patient was taking
his first sound sleep for a fortnight,
That one little bottle worked a complete
cure, and he cannot help but feel CRATE
ful. The season for bowel disorder.
being at hand suggests this item, Fol-
sale by John o Kane.
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27

Finally the old depot building at the
junction has been torn down and the
material removed 70 the great relief Of
the people liyinR IN that part of town.
Since ils abandonment M n station, and
even before, II ha, been made rendpl.
yous for lranps aud tough characters
~ mncb 40 that " wasUU unsafe place lo
uuu uftp uighllHll.
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-27
Another Reduction ut Iron Mountain
Shops.

From the Little Rock Democrat
1t is understood that another reduc-
tion in expenses will be made at the
Iron Mountain Shops and this time
about fifteen or twenty employees of the
back shops will be laid off, Last week
the hours Of work Of the entire force
were reduced from ten to eight hours
and today number OF employees will
be laid off. 1t was at first thought
that it would not be necessary TO lay off
any Of the employees as 4 number of
them quit when it was announced that
the working hours will be reduced
The cause Of the reduction was the
floods, which have reduced the amount
of business done by the company and
the company is compelled to reduce
expenses accordingly, The force of
employees in the roundhouse will not be
reduced as it requires the entire force
to keep the engines In readiness for the
road.