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The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
The Owner Known.

In recent issue of the Commoner
attention was called to certain news
papers whose owners are unknown. and
whose editorial utterances come out of
the dark. 1t is pleasant to note two
conspicuous exceptions among the
metropolitan papers, The New York
Journal (and the same is true of the
Chicago American and San Francisco
Examiner) is owned by William Ran
dolph Hearst, and his personality stands
back of the paper Those who know
him know the paper, and those who know
the paper know him. There is no conceal
ment Of the owner or of his views
Such a paper naturally has influence
because it is identified with a living and
known personality. The same may be
said of the New York World. Joseph
Pulitzer is the owner, and the man
responsible for its utterances. In a
recent signed editorial MIR. Pulitzer
takes occasion to define the World S
position, He says;
THE World never for one moment
during the last twenty years considered
itself "A party paper 1t promised to
spread truly democratic principles and
truly democratic ideas, and it has done
so, and will do so with entire indepen-
dence of bosses, machines, candidates
and platforms, following only the die
tates Of it's conscience. -
Ia saying that the World spreads truly
democratic principles and ideas, Mr..
Pulitzer, Of course, means to say that
it spreads what he regards rs true demo-
cratic principles, Those who read the
World know that they are reading the
views of Mr.. Pulitzer, and they can
give to those views such weight as they
think they deserve In 1896 Mr., Pulitzer
turned his paper over to the republican
party to the extent of assisting its candi-
dates, and when Mr.. Pulitzer gives
advice TO the democratic party it is
understood that he wants to make the
democ ratio party more like the republ-
ican party than It Is today, But 1t is Of
great advantage to the public to be able
to look through the partition that sep
arates the editorial room from the
business room and see who handles the
cash and directs the policy Com
moner
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
General Debility
Hoods Sdrs0p0riY0
Tive Million Acres Of Indian Territory
Land Illegally Held.

Muskogee, |. T., July IA
decision was handed down today
by Judge G. w. Raymond, United
States Judge for the Western Dis
trict ofthe Indian Territory. which
will invalidate leases on 100000
acres of Greek Indian lands and
will bring dismay to spectators
and land-leasiug companies.
Judge Raymond holds that the
parent of an Indian has no right
to lease the land Of his minor
children unless he has by due
course of legal procedure been
made the legal guardian. Cases
where the parent has been made
the legal guardian of his children
are in the extreme, hence the
thousands of acres allotted to
minors that have been leased by
their parents have been let r.
regularly and the leases will not
stand.
In the Creek Nation there are
3,072,S13 acres of land. OF this
2,5000,000 acres have been leased
to outsiders. 1t is roughly esti-
mated that only about 100000
acres have been leased legally
and that the remainder is now
held by persons who can be re-
moved by minors going before the
Indian Agent and demanding
possession of their allOtments.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

The Chicago Tribune asks; "If the
Russian government should address to
that of the United States a courteous
remonstrance on account of the i'll treat.
ment of the colored people in the south g,
what would happenS" The Tribune is
very careful with its geography, The
Russian government might demonstrate
on account of the ill treatment of the
colored people in certain portions of the
Tribune own state; or the Russian
government might demonstrate because
Of the atrocities in the Philippines -
Commoner.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
Up Against Shiloh.
From the Little Rock Democrat

From the Little Rock Democrat
Ex-Gov. Bob Taylor, of Tennessee,
has recently been solicited to run for the
United States Senate. His answer is
characteristic. He will not run against
the incumbent. Should Senator Bate
retire, he intimated that he would then
have something more to say on the
question.
Gov. Taylor dictated the following
interview:
"All that | have to say is that the
spirit of the old south is not dead and
if any of these great young statesmen
want to run up against Shiloh they can
do it. | got enough of that in 1892
The lieutenants of some Of these very
came gentlemen formed themselves into
committees to tell me then that they
loved me but that they owed 1t to them
selves and the respect they had for their
fathers to stand by the old hero Of
Shiloh and many other bloody battle
fields. And confessed to them that
thought they were right and locked the
lion of my ambition in his cage, Now,
say TO them that know that they
were right then, and they must keep
their hands off the hero of Shiloh. If
they don't there will be skin and hair
in the atmosphere, -
This may apply in the state Of Arkan.
sas rs well as in Tennessee.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

CHANCELLOR j. V. Bourlapd, of this
district, decided very Important tax
case. The facts were that the New
York Life Insurance company, q foreign
corporation, had loaned considerable
money in Crawford county and the
assessor has placed the mortgages. of
the company on the tax books, The
company brought suit to prevent the
sheriff from collecting the tax and the
plea was set up that the property was
taxed by the state where the owner re
sided and that it would be double taxation
to require it to pay in this state, This
contention was sustained by Judge
Bourland, The court further held that
while the Legislature did not intend our
revenue law to apply to such property,
yet il it had so intended, the act would
be extra constitutional and void.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
No Room For Negro.

New York, July l0,-president
Robert W, Richardson of the
University Of Liberia aud chief
iustic Of the supreme court of the
African republic, was denied nc.
commodations ut several hotels IN
the Madison Square district IN
this city, DR., Richardson is ne.
gro of high degree in Liberia, and
an educator Of fame, He TX on his
way to attend the teachers meet
ing nj Boston, and stopped IN New
York TO greet President Roose'
welt, with whom he had ab engage.
ment. lie trayersed the city IN u
cab making appeals ut several
hotels, bat In every case was In.
formed TINT there were no vacant
rooms,
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
Omnibus Veto Of Gov. Davis Sustained

In supreme court Wednesday
morning, in the case of r. G. Mon
roe, auditor, vs.. Gen. b. w. Green,
ct ais, Justice Hughes delivered
the opinion for the court and JUS
tice Battle and Justice Riddick
delivered opinions concurring in
said finding, and Chief Justice
Bum rendered a dissenting oral
opinion, which he will later re.
duce to writing. In all of the
opinions reversing the judgment
of the circuit court it is held that
there was no legal presentation
of house bill No. All to the gov.
ernor of the state; that while the
bill was duly and legally passed
by the house of representatives
and the senate, yet it was present
ed to the governor without the
signatures ofthe presiding officers
of these bodies, and for this rea
son there was no presentation of
the bill as was required by the
Joint rules Of the house and SEN
ate, and numbered 8, 8, 10, IL and
~. These rules are reasonable
and should be complied with, and
under our constitution there could
be no presentation Of a bill with.
out a compliance with the estab-
lished rules Of the house and sen
ate.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

LAST week JEFF Davis made two cam
paign speeches in western Arkansas, in
each of which he said that every night
he went to his Office during the session
Of the legislature II was at the risk Of
being killed The great cowardce OF
Davis is known yb all men, and had
there been the least danger of bodily
harm it is well known fact that he
would not have gone outside his home
after nightfall, Cowards are never
assassinated, but only those who are
fearless and bold Warren Democrat.
News.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
Negro in Politics Caused the Riot.

Terre Haute, Ind, Jnly H.
Eugene V. Debs denies that the
Socialists instigated the Evans.
vile race riots, as charged by
Captain A. w. Dudley of company
b, Indiana National Guard. Debs
said today
"Instead Of the Socialists, the
rotten and vote.buying political
party to which Dudley belongs is
responsible for these crimes. In
the late municipal election nj
Evansville hundreds Of negroes
were imported from Kentuckey to
help elect the present republican
Mayor of that city,
"The negro whose murder of
the policeman precipitated the
conflict was one of these. He
was are publican, the policeman he
murdered was n republican and
the city officers for whom he acted
as political pluggcr were also
republicans,
"After the election this negro
felt that as one of the main props
OF the administration he could
strut and swagger at will, This
was the starting point Of the pres.
cut trouble, which since then has
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

CIRCUIT JUDGE, ALLEN HUGHES At Ma.
rion, Crittenden county, Monday In
the Mallory case, declared only the fol.
lowing section of the DeRossitt game
law enacted by the last legislature TO be
unconditional, ''Section 4, II shall
DO unlawful for any person who IL n
nonresident Of the state Of Arkansas TO
shoot, hunt, fish or trap ut any season
Of the year. - The court held that the
rest OF the law, which seeks 10 prohibit
non.residen,s who own no land In the
state from hunting and hsbng IN the
state, IL valid The case will be up.
pealed
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

rnG smallest locomotive IN the world
~ owned by W, A, Smith, jewelcr liy'
Ing at Meridian, n y, The Meridian
correspondent for the New York World
saye that Mr., Smith made this machine
working At odd times during n period of
three years and the correspondent de.
scribes the AFFAIR In this way 1.-THE
locomotive II Of heavily plated gold and
che bell, whistle and driving wheels are
solid gold The trimmings are of silver
The locomotive " ak and half Inches
long aud The tender IL three inches long
The boiler IL three. .fourths OF M inch In
diameter, tho aDokestUck " two and
one NJ xteentb inches high, and The
other parts are Ia proportion, Kerosene
IN used for fuel aud steam " raised In
less than two minutes. The whistle
blows, the bell rings and every part of
tne locomotive WORKS perfectly, "
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

THE Jonesboro Enterprise says; ut
Is TO be regretted that Gov, Davis was
allowed TO make speech in the interest
Of his candidacy for governor, and
when his opponent wanted to do like.
wise Davis left the stand aud left his
"rooters there to howl him down,
That is not the sort Of hospitality that
prevails IN Jonesboro, and II was any
thing but pleasing to the people here, -
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

WITH flourish of trumpets President
Roosevelt recently announced that he
would forward to Russia petition of
protest against the treatment of the
Jews in that country, 1t turns ont that
he cannot do this without offending a
friendly power and this he cannot afford
to do. The President is now reduced
to the necessity Of asking the petitioners
to withdraw the petition and thus relieve
him from the awkward dilemma in which
he has been placed by lack of diplomacy
Such acts rs this is what makes the
country afraid Of Roosevelt.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
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 and Hot Springs, n, c. on
sale all year round, return limit six months
Mexico City and Monterey nine months limit
National eucampment Grand Army of the Re
public San Francisco, Sf725 tickets on sale
August to II inclusive, final return limit Octo'
ber l5 Stopovers going and returning.
Only one change Of cars between Ft 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., 1903-07-18

Now that big break In the cotton
"bull boom has developed. the wisdom
of the general public in retaining from
extensives peculation in the great South.
ern staple Is signally vindicated. When
big operators are at war with one an
other It ia a mighty good time for ont
siders 10 remain outsiders and keep
oil the battlefield, There seems 20 be
little probability Of heavy losses by the
public, no matter what may be the
termination of the present conflict, ---
st, Louis Republic,
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

THOMAS w. MILTON, manager of the
Arkansas Worlds Fair headquarters,
has received letter from the board of
managers at ST. Louis asking the Arkan.
sas board to select day which the state
will particularly celebrate during the
progress of the fair. 1t has become
customary for the different states to
select such day at national fairs, and
the Arkansas board will probably select
an Arkansas Day" when the board
meets next month.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
Freak Law Makers.
New Orleans Times-Sun.

New Orleans Times-sun.
Every one knows that since the
DAYS of the Spartans, and prob
ably before that time, there have
been both ninnies and heartless
monsters in this world who ad-
vocated the improvement of the
human race by destroying infants
who did not come up to a certain
standard mentally and physically.
Representative Rogers of Michi'
gan has introduced a bill in the
legislature of that state providing
for the killing, by electricity, of all
feeble-minded children who be-
come a charge on the state. Mr..
Rogers probably thinks in the
small vanity that moves men who
introduce such measures, that he
is original in his ideas, but no
measures he could introduce
would be more trite or more
mOnstr0us.
The mistake these people make
is as to what will benefit the human
race. Certainly no benefit is to
be secured by cultivating a dis.
regard orhuman life. The human
race is more benefited than har med
by having the opportunity to care
for just such unfortunates as this
legislature proposes to legally
murder. The cultivation of fhuman
sympathies is of infinitely more
benefit to the race than the mere
saving of a few dollars which are
now devoted to the sustenance OF
those unfortunates who are in.
capable of caring for themselves.
The pathetic though unconscious
aprnal of a half,witted child to the
sympathies of those with whom it
is thrown in contact has had
probably more influence on the
redemption of those who are strong
both physically and mentally,
than all the preachments of the
learned and the eloquent. If the
race is to become absolutely
material, the murder of undesir,
able persons may be Of benefit to
it, but absolute materialism is not
in it self desirable by any means.
There is another objection to
this scheme beyond the mere
human and sympathetic side. If
persons are to be bereft Oflife
without "due process of law" who
is to be the judge to select the
victims9 Perhaps Mr.. Rogers has
not considered that there are very
many people who would fix upon
him and the supporters of such
measures as his rs very proper
subjects for the electric chair.
Such men would be extremely
dangerous if the race were to be
the monsters which Mr.. Rogers
evidently desires them to be.
They are not dangerous as it IL,
because there is too much sanity
and too much human kindness,
abroad to permit such men bec0m.
ing potent in legislation or in
public affairs. There is no chance
Of the Michigan legislature pass
ing such a monstrous law, and if
there were, there would be no
more chance ofthe Supreme court
permitting such violation Of the
constitution to become effective,
than there is Of the passage of a
law which would result in the
electrocution or the hanging Of
Mr.. Rogers for his lack of senti.
ment and humanity, to say nothing
whatever of his lack Of sense.
Why should there be a distinc.
tion between the "scientist' who
gravely breaches murder Of this
sort, and the anarchist who
breaches the reign Of dynamitef
Why is one called scientist,
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

Following Weekend Tickets nrc now on sale
Saturdays ana sundays each week, return Mon
dav following
Eureka springs, $3.50 Rogers s2,aE Monte Nc.
$40 Winsow slN
lI0mescokcH excursions 10 all points In In,
alan territory Oklahoma and Texas, 10 which
lhn onc'Way rate N W. or more, NJ the rate Of
Que mfe plus " for the round trip, Final limit
u DAYS from date Of sapAtukpN ON sale the ltt
ahd 5rd Tuesdays In July, August and scplem
bpr
San Francisco, Cal, account National En-.
campment g. A. X Date Of sale Aug. | 10 H.
1903 Final return limit oct 49, 1908, Liberal
Nopover privileges rate for round trip, sl72S,
summer toufbt rates June 20 Sept, 3O Lin,
n oct 8l Que fare plus M cents for found trip
20 tourist points IN Colorado Utah and South
Dakota Also talee 10 all tourist points In the
North West ANA tas, during season,
lloNrsrtNrW fScrRslnw 20 Indian and
oklahoma Territories and Texas. the Frisco
tyalcm vii continue lho sale OF these tckols ON
hrtl ana Third Tuesdays IN each month 10 ali
points IN abnyrinnmod territory whore tho one,
way rate 800 or more Rate IA one mro plOs
D. w iof fVund tilp, Limit, ~ days
=, W, fuRRy, Agent Frisco line.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

Tom MCRAE now states positively that
he will be a candidate for governor.
OF course this is free country and
every man who wants TO has u right to
run for any Office he chooses, We sup.
pose Mr. McRae sees a chance TO get
there, but since Davis has gone back
on him we fail 10 see where Tom 4
hope comes in. Two years ago Tom
and jeff and Jim were all IN the same
poat, The program was for jim TO go
to the senate in Jones place, JEFF was
to succeed himself and Tom WAS TO
come in next year, The program was
followed as far as Jim and JEFF were
concerned, but now, since he has decided
to place the crown on his own head for
a third term and take Berry 3 place
next year we see nothing left for Tom to
do but go away back and sit down
He might have stood chance two
years hence had he not opposed the
mighty mogul this time but rs It is we
fear his name is Ichabod Fordyce
Chronicle Enterprise,
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

FATHER JAMES T. COFFEY of st.
Louis, pastor of st Johns Catholic
church, advocates Sunday base ball.
He declares that the sabbath was not
meant strictly as day of rest, but
rather as II day of recreation, Little
Rock Democrat.
If baseball and its rooters are desire
able on Sunday recreation, why not
the circus and day showsY Six days of
base ball ought to be sufficient for an
ordinary community.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

Hon. j. M, MANNING has announced
his withdrawal from the race for gover-
nor He gives rs his reasons that there
seems to be demand to have Gov.
Davis and Judge Wood test their
strength before the people, and further
that the campaign promises to be so
extensive that he will not have the
necessary time to devote to 1t.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

The Salvation Army has had a great
deal to contend with, and up to date
has been wonderfully successful. This
affords good grounds for hoping that it
will be able to survive the sudden attack
of interest Mr.. Hanna has taken in its
welfare.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
IHt Publication June 20, 1903 Last July 20, Z
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND oFPICE At DARpAEELLE, ARK,t
Juup "A lpDa

LAND OFFICE At DARpAEELLE, ARK,l
June 10, 1908
Notice IL hereby given that the following
named settler has 1led notice Of his intcntlon
" make final proof IN support of his claim, and
that said proof viii be made before the County
Clerk Of Crawford County, at Van Buren,, Ark.
ansas on
JULY 2S 1905
viz Hiram n Kimcs, of Chester, Ark, II, n,
932sl, fof The WI Of the nwt aud uls OF the
swA, OF Sec, 20, I i2n h o.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation VI
said land via
George McCaslin, Lcandcr Elkins, 1incy
Dfencn and ThoG Rlmcs all Of Chester, Craw.
lord county ARK,
J0sgpH II, BArrESrlrLp, Register
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
Wood and Davis Almost Flight.
lhn LIlllo Rnch 0nlnllc.

Special to the Little Rock Gazette,
Hampton, July i3,-ln the presence Of
900 persons Judge Carroll d. Wood
today caught Gov, Jeif Davis by the
collar and struck Mt him,
The personal encounter was caused
by Gov Davis making remarks that
Judge Wood objected 10 ~ being u re.
Election upon the honor OF the supreme
court.
The two candidates were introduced
by Representative Charles Boole Gov,
Davis spoke first, beginning at 1890
and ending ~ 2i30, His speech was
along his usual lines, except that he
WAS more severe than ever before IN his
attacks upon the supreme court, He
was among u Davis crowd In Davis
stronghold and did not lose the oppor.
tunity 20 make II unpleasant for his
opponent,
Judge Wood spoke for one and half
hours after Gov Davis had finished along
the line he adopted ~ the outset Of the
campaign and was followed by Gov,
Davis IN a halfshuur rej5inder, II wRa
in this speech that the governor became
70 violent IN his arraignment of the
supreme court. In effect he said the
court was corrupt,
Judge Wood took exception TO this
and warned Goy Davis not 10 repeat
the statement The latter did so, when
Judge Wood caught the governor IA the
collar and strhck NJ him. By.slanders
immedia,cly iutelieirrd aud prevented
further lighting,
tiov Davis then concluded hia speech
aud stated that be had not intended TO
reflect upon Judge Wood 4 honor,
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The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

THE Jonesboro Enterprise, speaking
of Gov. Davis 4th of July speech at
that place says: Governor Davis had
to do so much self-praising and vindicat-
ing that he utterly failed to say one
word about our glorious independence
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

Hon. w. J. BRYAN spoke to q large
audience at the Auditorium at Eureka
Springs on Wednesday. Subject,
"Tbe Value of an Ideal. Excursion
t:ains brought many people, and farmers
came in wagons from twenty miles
around.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

OF course those Filipino dollars
are accompanied by voluminous exhorta-
tions concerning the dishonesty of
fat dollars and long dissertations
upo1 the desirability of honest
money -
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

Hon. A. +. VANDEyENTER calls
attention to the fact that while Gov.
Davis in his last message to the legisla-
ture devoted 800 words to the necessity
OF beer inspector (who he would
appoint. not u single word did he say
for our public schools.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

IT is admitted on all sides that Mr.
Perry S. Heath knew what he WAS made
first assistant postmaster general for,
and that he proceeded to do it in the
manner expected of him by those who
put him there.
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18
Worlds Fair Funds We're Expended,
81, Louis Republic Special,

ST, Louis Republic Special,
Washington July l2.--After a
rigid investigation, Secretary Shaw
of the Treasury has found that
the Louisiana Purchase Exposi.
ton project has escaped all sus.
piciou ofirregularity. 1t has been
found that every cent Of the So.
600, 900 that has been paid out for
building and expenses has been
accounted for. The S5,0O0,000
appropriated by congress, contin.
gent upon st, Louis spending
Sl0,000,000 will be available as
soon as another million dollars
has been expended. This will be
in September.
The investigation was request.
ed by the national commissioners
and national commissioner y, ID,
Scott Of Arkansas was selected to
have charge Of auditing the &C.
counts. They believed that the
reports required monthly were
inadequate and too perfunctory.
Expert accountants were put TO
work. At the end OF six weeks
they reported the books straight.
To make things doubly sure Sec.
retary Shaw was prevailed upon
to have IN inquiry made. w. Il
Andrews, auditor for the treasury
department and one Of the best
experts in the country, went to
81, Louis, His report il an EN-
pathtC Endorsement Of the 81
Louis officials,
The Van Buren press., 1903-07-18

GENERAL MILES rode on horseback
from Fort Sill to Fort Reno, distance
of ninety miles, in nine hours and ten
minutes. AT the end of the record
breaking journey he was less fatigued
than any man in the party.