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The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
THE EVACUATION
OF NEW CHWANG
All the Russian Troops Have Been
Withdrawn in Good Order.
WILL BLOW UP THE SlV0UCH
The Japanese Advance VIII lie Re-
sisted at Hai-Cheug, Whence the
Russian Forces VIII Retire
lpon Iiac Yang.

New Chwang, May 1G.-Night.-In
confirmation of recent press dispatches,
the Russian evacuation of this city has
been completed. Nothing remains but
the destruction of the gunhoat SivouCh,
which, It is expected, viii take place
at the last moment.
The Russian troops marched out in
perfect order, Gen. Kondratovitch leav-
ing with the last regiment The press
correspondent has received exclusive
information from the highest Russian
authority that the japanese advance
will be resisted at Hal Cheng whence
the Russian forces will fall back upon
Lao Yang, where they will make
determined stand, with a fighting
strength there available of 10000 men.
II defeated. no stop will be made at
Mukden, but the retirement will be
continued to Thieling, a town at the
head of navigation for native craft on
the Lao river, 200 miles north Of
New Chwang. At the same time, the
Cossack regiments will be employed
in the rear of the japanese army Of
the Yalu, harassing the troops and in
terfering with its communications, 1t
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
MASTERS or Tue SITUATION.
Japs are In Control Of southern En-
of Lnio Tung Peninsula.

Japs are In Control of southern End
of Lnio Tung Peninsula.
st. Petersburg, May lS.-AdyiCes re-
ceiycd by the general staff show that
the japanese are practically masters
of all Of the southern end of the Laio
Tung peninsula, save Port Arthur, and
the territory commanded by its guns,
This result, so promptly brought about
is due to the failure Of the Russians
to make opposition Of any consequence
to the japanese advance.
A member Of the general staff said
to the correspondent that the removal
Of the guns from the fortihcations
erected at Kin-Chanu and the destruc-
tion Of Port Dalny were primarily for
the purpose Of concentrating the entire
Russian force at Port Arthur, II the
men and guns were scattered, the ef-
feet would have been to distribute the
means Of defense Of the fortress over
number Of points strategically weak
The destruction Of Dalny was the re-
suit of no sudden determination, but
was due to the probability that force
attempting to hold this place could
be separated from Port Arthur and
captured, thus innCUng further loss Of
prestige to the Russians, which could
not be permitted az this time. To de-
fend the whole Of the southern end OF
the Lao Tung peninsula, It would have
been necessary to have an army equal
TO that which the japanese could have
landed
The weakness Of the ManchurIan
army, said this officer left only one
course to pursue, namely that Of mo-
hili2Ing sufficient troops at Port Ar
thur to hold II until relief came, aban.
donng every point outside which did
not contribute to the strategic defense
Of the fortress. It has been learned
that the ground over which the Jap
anese must charge to capture the for
trcg@ Is heavily mined II they do cap
turc It, the officer said, they viii pay
a frightful price,
The destruction of Dalny r. COM
plate, the broakwator and the build
inps, as well ~ the piers and docks,
having been blown up.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Prominent Ministers Fight.

Rev J. b. Cranfill and Rev S. L.
Hayden had a difficulty in a Missouri
Pacific train near Texarkana, in which
Cranfll fired two shots from mag
azine pistol at Hayden while the lat
ter was struggling for possession OF
the weapon Neither shot took effect
The encounter occurred in the lava
tory Of the sleeper. on which both men
we're enroute to the Southern Baptist
convention at Nashville, Tenn. Both
men are well known and Cranfll about
two years ago was the defendant in
libel suit instituted by Hayden at Dal-
las. Tex. in which the latter was Civ
en- verdict for several thousand dol
lars
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Maids Of Honor, U. D. c.

Brig. Gen William A. Roby, second
brgadier, Arkansas division, U. c, V.
announces the following appointments
Of sponsor, maids of honor and chap
eron to be in attendance at the Nash.
vile reunion, June l4-l6: David O.
Dodd chapter of L, d. c., Of Pine Blum,
having kindly consented to select the
lady members Of my stafl, recommend,
ed the following, which meets my
hearty approval and therefore make
the following appointments Miss
Ethel McCombs of Hamburg first
maid Of honor; Miss Bessie v Tucker
of Tucker, second maid of honor;
Miss lola Jeannetta Philpot Of Pine
BlufI, sponsor; Mrs. Clarence Il, Phil.
pot, Pine Blum, chaperon.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Club Delegates in Convention

The State League of Republican
Clubs met in annual convention at the
Capital theater in Little Rock, on the
10th inst Among the distinguished
men In attendance was Gen Powell
Clayton and Hon. J. Hampton Moore
of Philadelphia, president of the Ma
tional League Of Republican Clubs,
Messrs, Clayton and Moore made
lengthy speeches, the f.rmer urging
the two factions Of the party to get
together, The election of officers re.
suited In the election of Ulysses S
Bratton Of Little Rock, assistant Unit.
ed States dstrict attorney, az presi
dent, and Philip Waters Of Little
Rock, as secretary. Major p, X Roots
OF Little Rock was reelected treasur.
er. A resolution was unanimously
adopted opposing Joint debates in the
state canvas.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Attorney General Renders lmPoFt-
ant Decision.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CRHOsIClsO
Admiral Schley and Other OistIn-
guished Masons Attend IReunion
at Little Rock-Republican Club
Members in Convention.
Distinguish: Masons at Little Rock

Distinguishes maSons al LltUe NOUN
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley,
Supreme Commander James ID. Rich
ardson of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite, southern jurisdiction,
and about thirty other high Masons
from New York, Washington and other
cities, witnessed the initiation OF q
class Of l57 into the mysteries of the
thirty-second degree at Albert Pike
Consistory, Little Rock, beginning on
the 18th inst. The Little Rock con
sistory is one of the few in the Uniteo
States which has its own cathedral,
occupied solely for Consistory pur,
poses. 1t is notable throughout the
country for its rich costumes and
stage equipment, in which particulars
IL is unsurpassed, and the distinguish
ed visitors came not TO teach but 10
learn, for the work as eXemplified by
Little Rock consistory is said to be
the most beautiful, complete and i'm.
pressiye of the consistories of the
whole world The supreme council,
southern jurisdiction, was organized
at Charleston, S. c., in 1902, the char
ter being sent by Frederick the Great,
and all patents have been issued from
there ever since At the time of its
reorganization it had jurisdiction over
all the United States. In 1916 what
is known as the northern jurisdiction,
supreme council, was formed. 1t is
outranked by the southern, but is not
subordinate thereto. The northern
Jurisdiction embraces only that part
of the United States north of the Ohio
and east of the Mississippi rivers,
while the southern includes not only
all of the territory south of the Ohio
and west of the Mississippi, but also
Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and
japan. Mexico and the Latin coun'
tries have their separate jurisdictions.
rs have England, Germany Belgium
and other European countries. Each
supreme council can have only thirty
three members-hence the term thir-
ty-third degree-and its members are
tut dCtlNt Nhll y g-'Hliu uVSiNN' h'iV
are honorary thirty-third degree mem
bers, but they have no voice in the
council, The class initiated in the
thirty.second degree consisted of l65
candidates Of which l57 were elected
as belonging to the jurisdiction of this
consistory (that is, the state Of Ar
Kansas and eight were admitted by
dispensation of consstories of other
states
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Date for Teachers Institutes.

Arrangements have been maze to
hold two four weeks Institutes this
summer One will be held in the uni
versity buildings at Fayetteville; the
other at Ouachita Baptist College, Ark
adelphia. The institute at Fayette-
willie will begin June 90; the one at
Arkadelphia June 6, two weeks ear.
lier. Institutes Of two weeks dura-
tion will be held for colored teachers
at Forrest City and Pine Bluff
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
K. 2, in Good Condition,

Al the annual session Of the CRANE
lodge, X, OF r. which opened at Ho,
Springs on the 18th, the past chancel,
lor's degree was conferred upon oyoi
forty representatives and past grand
chancollors The report OF the grand
keeper OF records and seals showed u
substantial increase In membership,
thirteen new lodges having been insti'
tuted, and three new divisions organ,
ised the past year Most Of the bush
ness transacted was OF routine ma,
turp.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Knights Of Honor Elect Officers.

At the biennial session Of the grand
lodge, Knights and Ladies Of Honor
held at Texarkana last week, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Grand
protector, w, S. Mccullough, Brink
ley; vice grand protector, W. II, Dun.
blazer, Fort Smith; grand secretary,
T, ]. Oliphint, Little Rock; grand
treasurer w, p. Weld, Mariana;
grand chaplain, Mrs. Alice Tracher,
Jonesboro; grand guide, Mrs, j, u.
Holman, mena; grand guardian, Mrs.
M. Il, Owens, Batesyille; grand sen.
tlnel, John G. Sune, Nashville; grand
trustees: Mrs. Callie Y, Harris,
Wynne; Mrs l.. W, lizard, England; :;
W. r, Nesbltt Fayetteville. Grand
representative, Sigman Bachamch,
Batesville; alternate, W. X, Baker,
Wynne,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
STEADILY NEARING MvKDEN.
japanese Almost within striking
Distance of the Russians.

]
Distance Of the Russians.
Mukden. Monday May 16,-The
fighting line iG steadily nearing Muk-
den, where Viceroy AIexIen's head
quarters still remain Little reliable
information can be obtained by the
newspaper correspondents, who are
forbidden to proceed to the scene Of
operations, and official information Is
withheld until adyices are sent to st.
Petersburg. II is known, however, that
the japanese are almost within strik-
ing distance of the Russians and that
the forces protecting Lao Yang are
stretching eastward from the railroad
along the Mao Tien Mountain range
The japanese are advancing in three
columns, and are now north OF Siu
Yen aud Feng Wang Cheng Two col
umns are reported to be working fur
ther to the northward, with the OBJ
ject Of turning the Russian position
and advancing upon Mukden
Numerous small engagements have
been fought, but no decisive action has
taken place Port Arthur is now com
pIetely isolated by the japanese expe-
diton ut Polanlien,
The japanese are now operating in
rugged country, well suited to the
Russian defense, but north of Lao
Yang to Mukden the country is fiat
plain, intersected by rivers The
weather recently has been hot and dry,
but the rain which has fallen In the
past two days has made the roads al
most impossible for vehicles, and when
the rainy season begins, at the end
of June, this plain viii be converted
into morass This condition Will
probably result In the practical suspen-
sion OF operations.
Mukdon IL now the receiving center
for the wounded from the various on-
pagements south OF the Mao Tlen
mountains. a hospital has been os-
tabIrhcd In the Lama temple, In the
outskirts OF the town, and a Geld hos
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21

is not believed that the japanese will
move into the interior until they have
thoroughly established their base here,
repeating their movement which they
made during the war with China.
The Russians admit the advance Of
the Japanese army to point within
Is miles of Hal Cheng, many of their
wounded entering there.
The nearest fighting expected before
the japanese reach New Chwang Will
be at Tashiichao, but it will not
amount to much. This city is now
guarded by 300 Chinese police and ey-
crything is quiet The japanese force
al Kai Chan is reported 10000 strong.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
BRIEF MENTION,

Wm. Pierce, blacksmith, was
struck by fast mail train while
crossing the railroad track at Brad.
ford, and instantly killed,
The comptroller of the treasury has
approved the application for the or
ganization Of the First National Bank
at Fayetteville. with capital stock
of $4,000
An upnknown white man, we'll
dressed, was instantly killed at Bald
Knob by a southbound Iron Mountain
passenger train lie was about 80
years of age,
A meeting has been called for May
II at BrInkley to consider ways and
means to leyee Cache river and make
available for agricultural purposes half
a million acres along that stream,
At the forty.ninth annual meeting
Of the Southern Baptist convention,
held at Nashville, Hon, James p Eagle
was reelected president, Gov Eagle
has filed this position for many years
Jack MulvlNey was killed by Ofcer
Greasy while he (Mulvancy was at.
tempting to rob the safe of the Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger depot at Fort
smith 1t is said that Mulyancy was
an expert saie-CraCker,
A 7year.old negro boy by the name
Of Chas Balknight, was run over and
killed near Pine Bluff by Pine BIutt
and Western train. The accident oc'
CURED at night, and 1t is believed the
boy was asleep on the track,
Alex Kirby an old citizen Of Gar
land county met a peculiar death last
week Mr. Kirby died after fall In
which he bruised his head severely,
but physicians state the wound was
not sunicicnt to have caused death,
Gus Anthony, for fifteen years u
member Of the Fort Smith police force,
was run down by coal train and
killed In the Missouri Pacific yards at
the above place Ne was crossing at
point where there Is several tracks
and In stepping out Of the way OF one
train was caught by another coming
from an opposite direction,
Col S II Nowlln, In charge Of the
work Of compiling the roster of Ar
kansas troops who fought in the Con
loderate army announces that he has
succeeded In securing the entire ros'
ter Of the generals aud field officers Of
all the regiments and battaloua who
served In Arkansas during the cIyll
war, either In Confederate or state
troops
Last week q party Of MIssonrians
purchased six thousand acres OF land
near Ashdown, for which they paid
$4,000 cash A large portion Of II
will be cleared at once TO have II
ready by winter TO set IN fruit trees.
The verdict In Pulaski circuit
court In the case Of WIN Lee, negro
under sentence to be hanged for muir
der of Tom partIn, also colorcd, has
been reduced from murder IN the 0rst
degree to twcntyonc years In the pen
pcnltcntIary
Several young men at Fountain I'm,
Ashley county, engaged In a fight IN
which Tom Gardner was shot and
killed, quite a number OF other shots
being fred, but no one else was hurt,
Ed and Joe Russell were arrested for
the Killing,
Bud Wallace, Nelson sheldon, A.
n Cafrlsan and j, n Askew, plead
guilty In federal court nj Tcsarhana
TO the charge of intlmidatng negro
laborers In union county and were
sentenced 10 eefve one year In the
Leavenworth prison,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Cannot Remove Officer,

Attorney General Murphy has rem
dered an important opinion affecting
the right Of u county Judge to remove
q county examiner The attorney gen.
eral holds that county Judge cannot
remove an examiner except for cause,
and after hearing upon the charges
which may be preferred against him,
The opinion was rendered upon the
request Of State Superintendent iline'
mon, and was based upon an attempt
made by n county Judge to remove a
county examiner arbitrarily,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Mysterious Crime.

The remains OF an unknown man
who had been dead several months,
were found few miles from Hot
Springs The skull showed that the
man had met violent death. M II
had bullet hole IN IT, The bullet
had entered at the back Of the head
and come out near the eye, The cor
onerB jury returned verdict Of death
from gunshot wound inflicted by un'
known parties. The only article to
furnish clew TO the mans Identity
was gold pin with the name Amir
engraved on H.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
An Attractive EShihit.

There has been installed in the Ar.
kansas building at the St Louis
worlds fair an exhibit Of native
woods, which is attracting great at
tention. Eighty varieties of wood are
shown In q case which resembles an
ordinary bookcase, Each piece Of
wood Is In the form Of small vol,
ume, and on the back is the popular
name and the technical name OF the
wood.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Commends Bishops Action.

A feature OF the annual session OF
the diocesan council Of the Episcopal
church, held at Pine Bluff, was the
adoption of a resolution sustaining
Bishop Brown in his utterances on the
negro question. The resolution com
mends the bishops action in hte prem
sise. II will be remembered that
Bishop Browns views as expressed in
the east raised storm Of criticism
in Boston and elsewhere in the east.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Election of Officers.

The state pharmacists in annual ses,
sion at Little Rock elected the fol
Lowing officers: President, r. b, King
of Helena; first vice-president, W. A,
Beauchamp, Nashville; second vice
president, W. d. McCorkle, Fort
Smith; secretary, viii c. Bond, Little
Rock; treasurer, d. J. Rogers Little
Rock; delegate to American Pharma.
ceutical Association, W. H. Skinner,
Pocahontas.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Dream Cost Man His Liberty,

Philip Flipman pleaded guilty at
Monticello TO the charge Of assault TO
XIII a man by the name Of Jones and
was sentenced to ten years In the peni.
tentiary Flipman shot Jones in a
hotel at Blissylle while he was eating
his dinner, Jones shot Flipman, II is
claimed accidentally short time be.
fore, and Flipman claims to have had
a dream that either he or Jones had to
die
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21

tion is upheld as the equivalent OF the
gold dollar; its expansion OF the ma
tional commerce over the Iouhu WoIln,
its masterful eXeTti0n OF the ma tl"iiai
influence among the powers OF the
world. and its Crownng achievements IN
creating and preserving degree OF
national prosperity never before known
The republican party aecompllshes re
suits. 1t gives wages to the working
man: value to the farmers crop; hre 10
the furnace. and the hum OF industry TO
every enterprise,
The tragedy which robbed the ma
tion of William Mckinley, and the ca
lamity which deprived US Of Marcus a;
Hanna. inflicted upon US the national
loss of the author Of our national eN
pansion and prosperity and OF his great
cOadjutOr. Cordially united In their
chief life's work, they will be forever
intimately associated in their countrys
history.
The illustrious deeds of the Roose-
welt administration, to-wit: The satls-
factory arbitration Of the formidable
coal strike which created commanding
precedent for the future adjustment or
the mutual rights of labor and capital;
the effective assertion of the Monroe
doctrine in the restraint Of the Euro
pean powers from the forclble enforce
ment Of their claims against the repub-
lie of Venezuela. and effectlng their rel
erenCe to The Hague arbitration tribun-
al, the relentless prosecution or the
postal frauds which originated and be
came firmly rooted in past administra-
tions, the courageous and triumphant
suppression of the mammoth railroad
merger. the greatest combination of cap
ital ever effected, and Of other gigantic
combinations in restraint of trade and
commerce; the grave assumption Of
mastery attitude among the powers of
the world in a ministry Of peace. and
Of restrictions of the aggressiOns OF
war; and, finally, the timely recognition
Of the young republic of Panama, and
the happy Inauguration Of the inestima-
BILE enterprise of the Panama canal, the
long dream of centuries, now for the
first time put in process Of speedy real
iZatiou, these, with other magnificent
achievements of Theodore Roosevelt.
and the republican party upholding his
pies with which we unhesitatingly chal-
lenRe our adversaries, and with which
we enter upon the national canvass with
supreme confidence.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Detective Robbed.

A detective giving the name of Pal.
mer, who has been endoayorlng TO dis,
cover the identity Of parties alleged
10 have set fire TO the Poinsctt county
jail several weeks ago, claims that
he was held up near Harrison by a
man dressed IN womens clothes, and
robbed Of his yamablps.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
lNCENDIARISM CONFESSED
TWO Noung Ncn Arrested For tauss
inp Last Wednesdays tirc NJ
Charlton, In,

Charlton, Ia, May lS.=lIcnry Schot-
ty and Harley WNyuIck young men,
have been arrested, charged with start
ing the hrc which last Wednesday
burned nine business houses In this
city, cntaillng Ions OF $4,000 Schot'
ly has confessed and viii give no rca-
son for the act Of himself and com.
nADiuU,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
DAINY TnE RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL PORT IN MANCHURIA.

generals must appreciate that they
would lose the fruits Of their achieve
ment if Kuropatkin retired unmOlested
to Harbn and there awaited reinforce
ments, leaving the invaders to hold the
country, and thereby losing men by
disease. The japanese course would
have good prospects Of success if they
had sufficient strength, but the authori-
ties here are convinced that the enemy
is too weak to carry II out
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Aeronaut Drowned.

An aeronaut by the name Of Lin.
becker lost his life at Van Buren by
jumping from his balloon into this
Arkansas river. After the balloon
left the earth he realized that he
would be carried over the river and
shouted to the crowd to watch the
river. As soon as he had reached a
safe altitude, he tried to cut loose
but when he did succeed he was over
the river.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Neata Murdefsr eaniurnd,

A negro named Dude Phelps, want.
ed at Jonesboro on the charge Of mur.
der, was captured at Clarksdale Miss,
last week, Phelps murdered a negrcss
named Matte Simms last December
lie was serving sontoncc on the
farm near Clarksdale for vaRraney,
and II seems he talked too much Of
his past life TO his fellowpfisonefa
who gave him away to the officers,
IN. Terrence, cur inspector, lost hle
left leg In the yards Of the Iron Noun
tain In North Little Rock by being
run down by switch engine,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
,r,rI., Jury DisnRrcrH,

Butler, Mo, May lS-Aftcr being
ont "a hours the jury In the Fccley
murder trial failed to agree and were
discharged by Judge Graves Robert
n Fcclcy, OF Nevada, Mo, Killed Mar
tin Hoots, u farmer living near here,
about year ago, lie claims selt'de'
fpulc
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
p.li,rrs rsuiser Denver,

Philadelphia, May is S-tho formal
transfer Of the United states cruiser
Denver was made at the Philadelphia
navy yard by Commandant Wilde TO
Capt, Joseph B Murdoch, who viii
command tho vessel
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
4 Despprnio i,iiied,

Chamberlain. = d, May iS.-The
notorious desperado, Jack suly, who
for many years has been the terror Of
the Rosebud country, Ia no more, In
a running hght with officers on tho
Rosebud reservation, Monday, he was
Killed
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
pend,och IN ohio Convention,

Toledo. O., May lS='rhe deadlock
In the FIFTH district democratic con.
yentlon developed ~ expected, and
when adjournment was taken Tuesday
nighL l29 ballots had been taken Tor
Congressman without change
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
The Platform.

The report NJ the committee on plat
FORM ana resolutions was adopted us
follows.
The republican party uf Arkansas,
proud " ia heroic struggles In the past
gratifying assurances of signal victory
We roitrfate our unsworvlng ndhrrs
once 'n ihp cardinal doctrines uf the
tepuh hlltan rnf,N-lta sane financial pol
ley by which every dollar M riteuna
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
Chlld kldnAned.

Quite sensation was created at Hot
Springs by NJ A. Dyer who attempted
TO kdnap his threeyear.old child
Dyer and his wife are separated Mrs,
Dyer keeping the child Dyer went TO
the home OF bIe wife's mother and
picking up the child started TO run.
closely pursued by the woman, The
officers returned the child TO the moth
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-21
,auicship nhodc i.laud Launched,

Quincy, MNss, May ls=The battle.
ship Rhode Island was successfully
launched at The Yards vf the Fore
River Ship a Engine Co,