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The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Death on a GIN saw.

While working In a sin in Conway
county near Center Ridge William
EthorIdgc received injuries which re-
suited in his death he was brushing
away notes from the motc board
when the saws caught buChskn
shirt no was wearing. which throw
his arm against the saws, lie placed
both feet and his right hand against
the gin stand and his left arm was
torn out at the elbow. Four ribs were
torn out Of the Eln and six saws
ruined The muscles Of the mans
arm were cut into strings and wrap
ped about the saws, lie died several
hours later from his injuries
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Important Decision in Insurance Case.

The supreme court in reversing
and rcmanding the case Of the Mu-
maI Reserve Fund Life Association
VS. Arthur Cottcr. gave an important
decision. The point involved arose
over a contest on a life insurance
policy of $1,000 The appellee sued
and recovered judgment for the face
of the policy. AZ the medical eNami'
nation Of the insured he was asked
the question if he had been sick,
when, and what physicians attended
him. He answered that he had been
sick for a day or two in September
1887. with malarial fever, and a doc
tor had paid him two visits. He neg
Icctcd however. TO state that in the
following October he had been some
what seriously sick for three weeks
or more had had 1.-TWO physicians at.
tending him at Mariana, and that
his wife and daughter had been call
ed to his bedside The court, in
discussing this, said that this failure
Of his to answer in accordance with
the facts was a breach Of warranty
and made the policy Of insurance
void.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Burned In Calaboose.

H. B Williams, while confined in
the jail at Jacksonport for insanity,
set fire to the frame building and
was burned to death The Gre was
not discovered until the iail was In
ashes Williams was the only occu.
pant Williams had been confined In
the asylum at Tuscaloosa Ala for
gomo time for insanity but recently
recovered sufficiently to be- sent 10
the care Of his brother at Jackson.
port tie became violent again and
wanted to kin members Of the VII.
lIams family 70 prevent a tragedy
be- was placed IN the calaboosc, which
he Cred during tho night
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Charged win Assault

James Ablcs was arrested At WIld
cat Jefferson county on two charges
or assault to kIll It iR charged that
Ancs made an assault on T. j Hos
ter uu old man residing near him
llc was tried before q Pine Blun lus.
tlcc ot the peace, and released on
bond Returning 20 hla homo, it Ia
alleged that he ran the old man and
his daughter ont ur the county by
shooting at him again Thoy were
brought back by the shrr.t and AhIos
locked up In default Ut $4,000
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Nominees for Congress and Electors

October 19 was the last day for
the filing with the secretary Of stats
Of the nominations for congress and
electors to he voted for at the IA
tiohal election November 5 in Arkan-
sa1. The nominations certified ere
ss follows:
First Dislrict-R r. Macon demo
crat,
Second Districts. Brundidgc, Jr,
democrat; F. W Tucker. republican.
Third District. C. Floyd, demo
crat. J. F. Maycs. republican.
Fourth Disrrict-John s Little,
democrat; James Brizlolara, rcpubli.
can.
Fifth District-C c Reid. demo-
crat. A. $ Fowler. republican.
Sixth DistrCt-Jos. f. Robinson,
democrat; X. c. Thompson. republi-
can.
seventh District-R. NJ. Wallace,
democrat
In the first district l C. Copeland
Of Helena. a deputy United States
marshal. who makes his headquarters
at Wynnc. was nominated for con
gress by republicans, but the nomina-
tiou was not certified to.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
sheriHs Murderer Will Hanq

Robert Crosby, the negro who shot
and killed Sheriff jeff Morgan Of In.
dependence county in September, was
convicted at BatcsyiIlc Of murder in
the first degree and sentenced to hang
for the crime. Up to the time the
jury came in. after being out but fifty
minutes, Crosby had remained cain,
and Indifferent. but when ne heard his
fate he broke down and cried bitter.
Iy as he was returned to jail The
evidence was that Crosby had care
fully sighted his revolver at the ap.
preaching sheriff. holding it in both
hands TO make his aim surcr. his
attorney appointed by the court
asked that the charge be reduced TO
murder in the second degree. The
hanging will be Witnessed by the lcgGl
number Of persons. which is twenty.
five
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
School Receipts,

A table has been compiled by the
state dcpartmrn, Of education show
Ink the total receipts for school pur.
poses from all sources IN all the
counties for the fiscal year ending
June l&, 1904. The total is s2,7ol.
T33. as compared with S2,3G5,9i& the
preceding year The Increase is due
10 the act Of the last legislature civ.
ing $500 Of the county license on sa.
looms 10 the school fund Pulaski
county leads the list with receipts OF
Sl5&,G2O while Stone county Is last
with S9,9o5 The only other county
in which the receipts were over Slo0t
coo rs Sebastian, which has $lO3,G3S,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Onen-no Of QuaIl Season.

UndCr IN laws u ArNansas the
quail season opens November 1 and
close February H., The open sea.
son is eagerly looked forward to by
hunters la all parts ot ,hc state aad
every year thousands Of them leave
their home, ON the iasD day Of OGto-
bcr tha, they may be ready to begin
shooting early on tine first day The
reports this year were that quail
were very plentiful and a good three
months shooting was expected.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Dallas County Has OIL Wei.

After boring for six months in Dal-
las county an oil well has been drill
ed to a depth Of 1900 feet and a flow
Of oil Of 200 barrels per day secur.
ed The boring was begun April %
and is being done by the Texas
Crude Oil and Mining Company. The
well is in tine vicinity Of the Ultima
Thule Arkansas and Mississippi rail
road, which runs from Arkadclphia
10 point near the northern bSder
" Calhoun county.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Fatal Result OF Feud,

John Coffee was killed and Samuel
Thomas and his son Ben wounded
in a deadly battle which occurred on
the public highway near DeAnn,
eight miles north Of Hope, as the re.
suit Of a feud Of long standing The
older men have been neighbors for
quarter Of a century but have not
been on good terms for several years.
The men met on the highway and be.
gan shooting at each other The sec
ond shot struck Coffee in vital spot
and he fell, but managed to retain
consciousness long enough to wound
both father and son.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
aIennIal Reports Of State omeers.

The deputies in all the Offices at the
state house are very busy now on the
biennial reports Of each department,
which are always printed ready to be
laid ON the desks OF members when
the legislature meets, That Of state
Land Commissioner Conway has been
completed and is expected to be out
this week. E)rtions of the reports
Of the secretary OF state and state
treasurer are In the hands Of the
printer. The indications are that all
reports viii be ready for distribution
by the FIRST of the new year
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
GnIeined Street Carnival,

After the city council Of Helena had
refused to entertain petition ask
ing them not TO grant the use Of the
streets for week to an amusement
company and had passed an ordinance
granting same, the obicctIng citizens
went into the courts and secured m
injunction against the mayor, chief
" police and city council, cnioIning
them from holding the street fair and
erecting the tents, booths. etc, on the
property uf The city
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Bible Institute Leeturera.

Rev S. G MiIIcr. superintendent Ot
the John e, Martin educational work
among the negroes, has appointed
five state lecturers. Two are Reys
Ben Cos and j. \. JcssuD Of Little
Rock. Three worc selected from the
negro race and are President JOS A.
Booker of the Arkansas Baptist Col
lccp. Rev r. n. Jackson president
of Shorter University. and Rev. j. II
Reed. pastor of The a. NJ. Z. church
all OF Little Rock They win lecture
before the John c. Martin State Bi
bic Institute
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Mcctlnn Of Nenro haptIsts.

The thIrtyscvcnth convention Of
the negro Baptist convention Of Ar
Kansas will be held In Little Rock
beginning November % and contIns
ung SIX days. Rev Z c, Morris the
president, has held that ONCE tor %
years. The convention has charge of
the Arkansas Baptist College Tor ne.
grocs at Little Rock, which will cello.
hratc its twentieth anniversary dur
INK the convention The president
Jop A. Hooker, win ask the conycn.
ton for 100000 20 pay off the mort
gage and floating debt Of the col
lpuu
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Dashed to Death on Mountain side,

Miss Eva Ellis Of Casa was killed
IN Il runaway on Hardin mountain
near that place. she was one Of a
party Of six and at the top Of the
mountain three got out to walk
down Miss Ellis. Miss Lottio Mccoy
and the driver, Grover PoarCC. re-
naming in the vehicle. When nearly
10 the bottom Of the mountain the
traces came loose and the team be
came frightened and ran away AT
a sudden turn all were thrown out
and Miss Ellis was found to be dead
though there was no sign of bruIsc
upon her body Miss Mccoy was So
riously injured
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Bankruptcy Petition Was Joke.

J.. A. McCausland, Texas lumber
man. filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the federal court at
TCyarkana, nNin. his liabilities at
$4,000 and assets at $4,000 The case
was referred to the referee for adiu.
dlcauon. -Four days later McCaus.
land appeared in court and asked
leave to withdraw the petition say
ing that when it was fled neither he
nor his attorney realized what he was
doing and that /, was all a joke. lie
was supported by tho creditors nam.
cd. who stated that thcy wcrc will
ing that The petition should be with
drawn The referee took the second
petition under adyiscmCnr
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

There were two fires in Little Rock
October %. both of which proved
quite disastrous. though in neither
case was the building destroyed of
any great value Tho stable and
woodward Of Al Schadcr burned and
fvc mules and one horse pcrishcd in
The flames. A fine carriage was also
burned. That afternoon the residence
Of L. Weber. in the opposite part Of
The city, burned and consumed $3.50
in money. which was hidden in a
mattress. As SIG Of it was in green
hacks Il Is n loss. but the remainder
being in silver and gold can be re-
deemed
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Murderer cauoh, After -Four Years.

Elias Powell a negro charged with
tho killing Of James GcTcr a white
oycrsccr in miller county In July,
800, was captured at Augusta, Ark.
After tho killing the negro 0od and
went almost directly 10 Augusta,
whofc he married again and had two
children by his second wife, though
his wife and several children were
nm IlNLr. Nm MIllnr NnMnlN
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Earle Dive Tragedy

During n quarrel over monoy mat
lcra Eddie Morris, u lumbcrm0n IA.
tRly shot VIII Frazier negro. at
Earle Hcrorc hc tol dead the NO.
pro unrcd toVa-d the white man,
took his weapon ana shot Morris In
the thigh. The wound IN not serious
The shooting occurred IN dive,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
First kiIlinu Frost,

The first killing frost Of the season
was reported to the weather bureau
from Russollyilc October %, Light
irosts were general throughout the
state at the same time The temper.
atures In all parts of the state sun.
day worc very low the average for
the Little Rock district being 81 de-
grcos, Brlnkcy had 80 degrees and
RusGollyIllc and Newport 81 degrees,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Neoro Murderer viii Be Hanged.

VII! Jones was convicted at lclc,
ma Of murder in the 6rst degree in
Nning A. W, Robertson on Island
sc IN the Mississippi river last Feb.
ruary and will be hanged After the
killing Jones escaped and sent back
a report that ne had been killed In a
crap game and buried Helena ON.
GERS went 10 Mississippi and disln.
tered the body and found that It was
not that Of Jones lIc was captured
May % at Roscdalc, Miss,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
In United States Supreme Court.

The supreme court Of the United
States granted a motion for the con.
tinuancc Of the injunction in the case
Of the United States vs.. The Detroit
Timber and Lumber Company, on ap,
peal from the Arkansas federal court
The United States filed its bill in
the circuit court for the western dis
trict Of Arkansas. naming as defend
ants the Martin-AlcXander Lumber
Company. the Detroit Timber ana
Lumber COMPANY John II. Scott and
others as attendants, to yacate on
the ground Of fraud patents to Ger
tain lands entered under TIE act OF
June 3, 1878. which lands were con
Ncyed by the ontrymcn 10 the Mar,
tin-AlcNandor Lumber Company af
terward the Detroit Timber and Lum,
hcr Company The bill also prayed
that damages in tho sum Of 100000
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Araenta NEGRO Killed,

Buster Woods, n negro, was killed
In crap game In ArgCnla by Jim
Thomas, another negro The men
were among others playing when
Woodr claimed his partner had won
n pot and pushed the money towards
him Thomas eprang MP aud stuck
q knife In Woods neck, seycring the
iuguIar vein lie was arrested and
held uu a charge of manslAughtor
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Nine Electors win De choSen.

Secretary Of state Crockett has no.
tI6cd the election commissioners OF
each county TO have printed the
words, "Vutc For Nine At the top
N the names Of tho various candl
dates Tor presidential clociora ON tho
'Iofots to be- voted November s. Thia
Is because some Of the political par,
lies represented have only partial
lists uf electors and It waa thought
hat this might be- confusing
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Condition Of Crc3s,

Following IS the weather bureaus
summary Of crop conditions in Ar
kansas for the week ending October
q. a total absence of rain with
Temperatures about seasonal and
frost the latter part Of the week
were he characteristic features Of
the weather during the week. Cot
ton continues to open rapidly and in
some localities is nearly all open;
picking has progressed rapidly under
favorable weather conditions and a
considerable portion Of the crop has
been picked. ranging from forty 70
sixty per cent in tho northeast sec
ton to siXtyGye to eighty per cent Ia
the southeast and southwest sections;
gins are running at iull capacity and
the cotton is being marketed in some
. sections almost as fast as it. is gin
ned. The yield is fully up to eXpec-
tatiuns in the northeast section and
better than anticipated in some 10
Calitios, but generally the repOrss in
dicate a short yield Corn is being
gathered rapidly and gathering about
completed in the more southern coun-
tics: taken on the whole the early
corn made good crop. but the late
will be short. Late potatoes and tur-
nips are poor crops owing to INSULT
cicnt moisture, The dry weather has
retarded fall plowing and very little
of that work has been done Pastures
are drying up as a rule, and stock
water is scarce and stock are suffer
ing in some sections Apples are
about all gathered, the yield is a lit.
tie better than the prospects promis-
ed carly I'm the season.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Governor viii Speak IN Missouri

uoN jrn Davis has accepted an In.
,itatiun 20 address the democratic
voters ot Doniphan Carulhcrs,illc
ana Maiden Mo, on October a. 2S
gud ~ respectively The invitation
was In the shape of pn urgent tolo
gram from the democratic executive
committee II Missouri The goycrn
or has also accepted invitations tc
spcal, at bowling Green and rwnhlln
IN Kentucky ON November b.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
erenerln aINtn hn aeNernm,nl,

The United states government has
donated three lots In block ia IN
Hot Springs a. u site for the barry
hospital This is q charity lnstitu'
ton organized several years ago by
Dr. ". n Barry who viii mako an
effort To erect u handsome hospital
~ the plot
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
htalh treM eleM MIlh EIsl.

John roafccl negro, is In Jail at
luncshoto charged with murder
Lucy Williams. q ncgrrss died after
three DAYS Illness and before her
death made sworn statement In
which she said that roarcc struck
her n vicious blow with his hsl 4
post morlcm was held and roarco ar
rested,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

win Jackson, n negro, pleaded
guilty at Little Rock TO rohhing trucks
" the rnci0c Express co.. gl the de-
pot ana was sentenced 10 un, year In
each ut Ave charges.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

y n. G. A. bay wNs celebrated by
the LITTLE Roe, association IN lts new
building October 20. Special services
were held IN all the local churches
uat day.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

ate Of soda sUlution, dried between
two slowly turning cylinders, and
finally given Solidity by an ammonia.
cal bath
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

IN the Rock Island shops NJ Little
Rock the old name ut the Choctaw II
heinz blocked out aud replaced with
that Of The Rock Island,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

Forrest Hicks, the tNoFoarold son
~ Mrs Beulah Hicks. died at Eng.
and as the result Of a mosquito bite
o month ago, Several days after tho
bite was received Inflammation set
IN and though everything possible
was done the little one gradually
grow worse until death resulted
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

Tho increase In expenditures for
school purposes In the mast two yoOrs
hRs heon nearly Sllo,h0n.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Death Resulted from neseul,e ate,

Cob w. " Eaplc ~ recovering from
q serious Illness at Little Rock
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29

H. II Roberts, who killed John
shaw near vi Dorado October 49,,
pleaded guity -four days later and was
sentenced to two years In the poni'
ionbfy,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
General Order by Gen. Churchill,

Gen. T. J. Churchill who was re-
elected recently major general com.
mandiug Arkansas division, United
Confederate Veterans, has issued the
following general orders;
Little Rock, Ark. oct %, 1904.
General Order No !.
BY virtue Of my election as major
general 10y the convention of the
United Confederate Veterans, assem-
nIei in Little Rock on the 18th day
Of October. 1904 ! hereby assume
command Of the Arkansas division
for the ensuing year
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
r j. Churchill.
Major Oon0wI CImmaNdI0g'

General order No. ..
Dan w. Jones is hereby appointed
adjutant general and chief Of STAFF
for the division. with the rank Of
colonel. and will he obcyod and ro-
spectod aCcordingly
+ j Churchill
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Little Roek Has Disastrous Fires.

Major General Commanding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-14
TO FIGHT FOR OPEN SHOP.
Ofcials Of {. I. 4. Hope to OfarT
Rattle Merit Month.

Oneials % the Citizens Industrial Assoc-L4o- ~
A-.ssca confidently expect that the business si'i-
Eaenr ~ TIE East VIII range CT the sue % -
open shor.- and tlat there VII &c a s.lSi0
cl.czerug o. Eastern interest IL t-ls Ne2tu lLl-
as q result of tle azsociatiens convention ID --
ciIy next month.
They expect that ire convention or NoFeEl2ef
= and 30 VIII mark the opening sk--llsl - Vi-Al
r-Ev prove .-aghr 70 the death" t-z SUBJECT
we 90 not ~ any means. deny the r1g1t ~ me
labor Unions 20 organize James T Hole. SECOND
rice--res. dent Of the association, told 4 Tribune
rppo-rer vesrardav we believe. indeed. that such
a-rar izatIo- may be 10 their acvautage We On
object however - their holding thel- rules alofI
rs a Bible, and forcing those VINO 90 not agree
WITH then. swallow The rules, whether they vii
not We maintain that our blole IS me CoI1-
A. re r-Cserr zine the-s is no doubt that the
ualorlry OF the union rneI1pers ll- L9I Pl3--'
Turposes and under conlpulslOn- We. however ne
ieve rhar unions EhCuId be permissible Tor oe-en-
Eive. buI n0r fcr offensive purposes -, - -,
DO YOU believe llaL LLe leat- -5--.t-, q. 80
closed shop IL even now being lo--ec II New
York.
7 wouldn't say that bu- do think the days q
-he walking delegate ard business agent are num-
hered We have already held TWO conventions. one
"a Chicago and another IL Indianapolis. The West
men are Tot. We hope 81 the convention ce&f
month 70 help educate their sentiment u -i-s
regard. and induce number Of aadtJlolaI en-
ployers II The East 10 join the ranks OF the sso-
Asked whether he expected that the skilled trades
would al i-t0 step M Hole said that u--y =
-1er cent a these were members Of me unions He
Eafr thar The Mauuf2CrursrE' Association q New
York being asked 70 cooperate with the indus
Parry. the head q MS association. should have -e-
turned from Europe, reprsse1L1tNe o. the eAecC-
would decide on the meeting place q the conVeA-
f4cr-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-14
OTHER MARkErs-sY TELEGRAPH

Chicago Oct Is--CATTLAE-Rsc-ipts. eco head.
including 2BOO Westerns 300 Texans market strong
bulls weak; good prime IS sOSd POOR
medium. 80 6O6-1b 80. feeders
q 6Oe1s 20: hefers S2Gk5; Gamers B0ls2
bulla S2tSs as; calves SSfST Texas fed 81
- %; Western steers s3Gs5 - HOS-Receips Il 600
head. Tomorrow, coo head; market loo mixed
and butchers - iaGS5 So choice heavy IS R0
- 30: rough heavy. &oGSb 25 light 50 l5S5 g., bulk
OF sales. q eO4So 50 SHEEP-ReceiptE, - asO head:
maTksS strong la1nha weak; good % choice vethers
- oOeSs ~ iaiT % choice mixed 81 2oS3 -; native
Cincinnati. Oct. I3.-HOGs active lOGf5c lower.
butcher and fair 70 packing So s0GS1 60. common.
- @11So. CATTLE strong: good shippers. $40
3 90 common Sz4S2 8. SHEEP steady and quiet $40
So so. lambs steady, s1GSa
East Buffalo. Oct observation-disclosures. go head:
quiet prime steers S. 6aGSS shipping. 81 T5E5
buteheTs Sssb; hefers So 25G34 so 81 50Ss Is;
Oals g ete stockers and feeders. s. 5QS3 50 VAIS
r7ceptH ~ head dull. &c lower. 81 5OqSs HOGS
1eeeipa 9duo head fairly active lo2oc lower. heavy
- to@s1 ~ mixed s. 7OS0 SO. Workers. 81 65G5A 20.
pigs - eeGso 80; rouEhs 81 1905 stays $48S4 SO;
ualfieA ana sTarer1 50 t0Q2b Gb. SHEEP and Labs
tserepta tuuo head; dull IhG25c sThs. 8. 500
Sc sheep mixed. r2Rz4
Kansas lty. Oct Ia ca frLE-F-csspfs. II 600 head
incilng tuD N0utheTus. nnrEet steady i0c hEhe1s
ehnice export and saenrs Sass. -
sooa F-So estern fed steers Sslk5 so stncSers ana
leeaefA g S- 15 southern 81 6t1S5 SntIth
CO" - asS2 %. native 81 $685. co. native
n-ist = atAs DO bulls 81 Tsfs3 IS; calves s. r.0S1
aD1f-c-lpte cutr head; market opened weak closed
W pr1ee - o!s hnlk e ssles SOS %:
nsaYS = .l1so ot9@: packer s. SOS ID Figs
ls-ls. - 'nsso 20 sEEEE-Hscests. e2oo head mar