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The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03
Circuit Court.
sEAMsTER FOUND GUILTY.

The case of r. A. Seamster. which
was called Friday morning came to a
close that afternoon, the jury finding
the defendant guilty. he was given a
sentence of three years at Little Rock.
A distressing feature Of the conviction
was that Sesmster's mother, while
walking along Main street near the
corner of Fifth. overhearing passerby
remark that her son had been sentenced
to three years, was so overcome that she
fell in dead faint. She was placed on
a cot by sympathizing bystanders and
conveyed to the Commercial Hotel,
where she was given every attention.
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

Recent experiments conducted by most
eminent scientists, prove that light is a
great remedial agent; il is essentially
Natures agent. Il may be either sun
light or electric light, but it has a de-
cided effect in helping nature to Danish
disease and restore health. Other scien-
tihc men have proved that oxygen cleo
tribes the heart and can prolong life.
The people on this earth are susceptible
to some laws which govern plant life A
plant cannot be successfully grown in the
dark, A man is seldom healthy and strong
who lives in the dark or in sunless rooms
After all, Natures ways are found TO be
the best. Natures remedies are always
best For eradicating disease, and by this we
mean a medicine made of roots and herbs
They are assimilated in the stomach and
taken up by the blood aud are therefore,
the most potent means which can be en-
ployed for the Tegaining OF lost health.
DR.. Il. V. Pierce, consulting physician to
the lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical institute.
at Buffalo, n. Y, in many years Of eIten-
Give practice, found that he could pin his
fafth TO an Alternative extract of certain
plants and roots for the cure of all blood
diseases This he called DR.. Pierce's
Cpluen "euiVal b1sCoFeiy' Containing no
alcohol nor narcotics, entirely vegetable,
this Discovery" makes rich red blood and
isapowerful tissue builder, giving the tired
business man or woman renewed strength
and health. Rapidly growing school. girls
and boys often show impoverished blood
by the pimples or boils which appear on
face or neck To eradicate the poisons
from the blood, and feed the heart, lungs
and stomach on pure blood, nothing Is
so good as Dr, Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Don't allow the dealer to insult your in
telligence by offering his own blood rem.
edy TO you instead of this well known
preparation of Dr. Pierce's. Ten chances
to one he will substitute cheap compound
having large percentage Of alcohol in It.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets are the best for the
bow els IIse them with the rDiscnyerr
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What Effect Does Il Have 2

In another portion " this paper we
publish the report Of the grand jury
inst adjourned. 1t is, we note, the old
colnulaint-almost become stereOirprd
of unsanitary condition of the toilet
rooms at the court house ana
the deplorable condition az the court
honse and court house grounds
and further the report on The eEtraV-
sgant manner Of running the county
poor farm The question arises IN onr
mind of what use are these reports II
not enforced2 There should be some
mower by which these findings OF the
grand Jury could be enforced rat least
A valid excuse fcrced from those re
sponsible, why the conditions com
plained Of have not been remedied. II
this cannot be done, are these reports
worth the paper they are written ont
Everyone at all acquainted with the
administration Of the county affairs
knows that all orders for improvements
and repairs TO county property must
come through the comfy judge, likewise
Is he responsible for extravaganza in
any Of the departments, AS he has the
allowing of all accounts therefore there
can be no evasion Of duty. Attention
has been called to neglect by grand
juries, a supplementary body-the quor-
um court--had twice ordered the i'm
provements and appropriated the money,
and the county judge had treated them
all with contempt. Now what is to be
,donef
The commissioners Of accounts investi-
gated some phases OF the expenditures
at the poor farm, but we know they did
not look as deep into the matter as they
should. There can be no reason why
the county should not be able to board,
clothe and attend people as cheep as an
sndividual could and We know any busi-
nesslike individual could keep them at a
much less cost than they have been
kept. We cannot agree with the grand
Jury as to the advisability of selling the
county farm. The farm has been the
means of reducing. by two-thirds or
more, the applicants for county aid and
the expenditures, even during the past
year, have been less than under the old
system. OF course mistake was made
in locating the farm 80 far away where
it is impossible--or almost soto use the
county prisoners in doing the heavy
labor but all this can be remedied.
But the main question remains ;'of what
use are these grand jury reports?
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

Grand jury adjourned Wednesday
after having found SO indictments, Be-
low we give their report TO Judge Evans
GRAND JURY REPORT,
To the Hon. j, 4, Evans, Judge Of the
18th Judicial Circuits
herewith submit my report, e fore
man Of the grand jury, for the Novem-
Der, 1904, term OF the Crawford Circuit
Court:
We have examined l47 witnesses and
found SO true bills; expended 1884 20
for witnesses fees mileage and ferriage
We have visited and examined the coun.
ty jail, And II cleanly and In good sani
tary condition,
We find the toilet closets connected
with the court house In u dsplorable
condition, not aiIording accommodations
for jurors and witnesses In attendance
on the court and we strongly recommend
that the sanitary condition OF these
closets be At once improved,
We hnd the court house and court
house yard In condition that Ia, abso-
lutely, a Disgrace TO our county seat and
the county at large, and understanding
that our quorum court made appropria.
ton Tor these much needed repairs we
recommend that said repairs be made
ut once,
From reports OF commissioners OF ac'
counts we lind that cost OF keeping our
paupers on poor farm are exofbitant
and unreasonable and we reeohmcnd
that our County Court look c,refully
after this matter with u view % reduc'
ing expenses aud ocouomi2ini In all
lhings not necessary TO the Ncnnl well
fare and comfort of the oCcnpnle, II
the WASTE or FRAUD 40 apparent IN
this institution cannot be corrected we
recommend sale Of the soscalod poor
farm and proceeds turned ito county
treasury for pauper fund
We examined Justice report and hnd
that but "a justices out Of % et0llud In
the county clerks Office hg made re-
reports,
We deprece,e the fact MAT many
things, which after csamlneiob proved
10 be " n trivial nature has become be-
fore our body, which reqnfejtimc to
investigate, but we have enlehored 10
inquire faithfully and ilnpatidly into !
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Surprised His Friends.

Il, V, Visart took his friends by sur.
prise Thursday, when he announced to
them that he had been married on the
previous day at Fayetteville to Miss
Francis Ellis OF Jacksonville, III, Miss
Ellis had been visiting friends at
Fayetteville and they decided the oc.
cssion was too favorable TO let pass un.
improved Rev, Steele, Of the NJ, e,
church At Fayetteville, performed the
ceremony, They will make Van Buren,
their home
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Purchased Fort Smith Property.

Purchased Fort Smith Properly.
From the Fort smith Tlmea
The Fort Smith Real Estate Co, re
port the sale Of the j X Kimmons reel.
depce No 1928 North Fourteenth street,
to j II, Reynolds Of Van Buren,, The
sale price Is ~, 900, The house IL n two.
story frame, 10 rooms, very desirable In
construction and location, The sale
brings back to Fort Smith two families
formerly residing here, those Of Mr..
Reynolds aud ] M Rolloson, Mr. Rollo.
son was partner In the Brown.R Rollo.
son Dry Goods Co.. and went TO Van
Buren, to engage with his father'ip'law,
MIR Reynolds, IN the fruit raising
busiheHs
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03
Revolution ImmlBent.

A sure sign ef approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system is nervous
ness, sleeplessness, or stomach upsets.
Electric Bitters will quickly dismember
the troublesome causes 1t never fails
to tone the stomach, regulate the kid
neys aud bowels. stimulate the liver aud
clarity the blood Run down systems
benefit particularly, and all the usual
attending aches vanish under its search
ing and through effectiveness Electric
Bitters is only soc, and that is returned
If it don't give perfect satisfaction.
Guaranteed by T. G. Kerr the Druggist.
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

R,j, Miller and q h. Miles have been
spending the past week IN the mount
ainp of the Choc,Nw nation hunting big
game, Miles will be able to reduce the
number Of bear running At large In that
section considerably with his mouth
on ha return,
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publication, Nov, s. last, Dec, 10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND oPvlcE DANpASgLLE ARk i

INNN VFFTVF At HANNANELLE MN
November S,ip0l
Notice is hctcb' given that the following.
named sctllef has hWd notice 0this intention 10
make nnnl proof IN support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before thu County
Clors OF Crawford County, AT Van Burcn, Ark,,
on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER ". 1904
ylsi Matilda A, ward, Of Ccdaryillc, Ark,
Homestead Rnlfy No. 2l27D, for the southwest
quarter Of the Northeast Quarter, section 10,
Township 10, North, Range 81, West
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land yll
T. N Smith, Of Ccdafyilo ARK, G, NJ Th0m.
son, Of Ccdarylllo. Ark q, n Turner, of Cedar.
''''' os,ru ,vnu IL II Wv, W ,,na,,,'v, AZ
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03
A Frightened Horse,

Running like mad down the street dump
ing the occupants or n hundred other
accidents are everyday occurances. 1t
behooves everybody to have reliable
salve handy and there & none as good as
Bucklen s Arnica Sslve. Burns, cuts,
sores eczema and piles disappear quick
ly under its soothing effect. 25c, at
f. Ct. Kerr drug store.
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

An apology from those papers
who criticised the management of
the democratic national campaign
by Jas. X. Jones four years ago
would look well in print now, and
would really be the becoming thing
for them to do. From the returns
il is very evident that Mr., Jones'
work offour years ago was superior
TO that of the 1904 manager. Don't
you thinkf-Brlnkley Argus.
And they ought to compare the
vote Of Mr.. Bryan four years ago,
under the management of Jas. X.
Jones, aud that of Judge Parker,
nnder the management of Tom
Taggart. Some Of MrJones' critics
are now sticking up their heads as
candidates for offlce " this state.
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

trNCcu lO tnc h"nSyNi
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
In the disorder OF
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that ia their work,
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03
sam Mellvaish Dead,

After an extended Illness, Sam Nell.
vaiph passed away IN the bosom Of his
family last Sunday evening at $3.50
o'clock aud was Inferred Monday after
noon ut o clock IN FalrYIew cemetery,
services being conducted by Rev Sher.
man Of the frst Methodist church,
MIR Mcllvaigh, with his parents and
other relatives, came to Western Arkan.
sas IN the early 1Os, and after brief
residence At Fort Smith they moved 10
Van nureu and engaged In their profess,
sion Of carriage building and livery
business, The deceased was one "
those quiet, unassumiug men, who are
rarely heard, but whose words carry
weight aud many friends will mourn
,hls loaa of his advice, lie leaves n wife
son aud daughter and brother and
sister 10 mourn his death
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

Roosevelt carried Montgomery
county by plurality of $50, but
Little, democrat, for congressman,
also carried it by ll2,
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03
New Iron Mountain Card.

The new time card OF the Mo. Pacific
that has been so long delayed, arrived
Wednesday. The changes on the day
schedule are as follows; Train No. So,
east bound will now arrive at / 10 p IN. +,
and No So, west bound, will arrive at
2:20 p. m. OF the night trains, No.
81, east bound, will arrive at 1920
q. IN. and No, SO, west bound, will
arrive at SO. This train will arrive at
Kansas City at abont 2 p. IN Of the same
day. These trains will as before carry
local sleeping cars between Little Rock
and Fort Smith and the occupants per-
mitted to remain In the cars until 7 a. IN. +,
rs formerly. The equipment Of Nos 50
and 81 will be combination mail and
baggage car, a vestibule divided coach ,
vestibule electric lighted chair car,
sleeper, Kansas City to Hot Springs, n
diner that will 60 to Coffevville, No 55
will run II combination cafe and observ-
alton car out Of Little Rock to Wagner
which will be picked up by No. 50 the
following morning and then to Kansas
City. Returning, this car will be set
out at CofIeyvile where the following
morning it will be taken to Little Rock
by No, 81, passing this city at / 10 p tn q.
Night trains Nos, SO and "a will make
following stops between Little Rock and
Coifeyville; Conway, Plummerville,
(hag). Morrlton, Russellville, Clarks-
vile, Van Buren, Fort Smith, Sallisaw Z,
Correta (hag) Wagner and Claremore,
All trains will make connections at
Correta with the Muskogee Union, The
morning trains on the Greenwood branch
will not be effected by the change.
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

Cotton had dropped to 7;40 on the
local market yesterday,
Mrs p, d Scott and Caroline went to
st. Louis Monday to attend the Gov,
Francis day at the exposition,
No contracts for the laying OF side
walks, under the recently passed ordin-
ances, have as yet been made,
Mr., and Mrs, Jno, D. White expect
TO leave next week for Detroit, Mich :,
TO spend the remainder Of the winter
with Mrs, Whites mother.
Hugh Miller, last Wednesday night,
discovered John o Kane's drug store
filed with smoke, Being unable to
reach Mr., . Kane by phone, he broke
open the door and found n box spittoon
flied with sawaust on fire, which had
been burning long enough TO communi
cHte 10 the floor OF course he lost no
time In extinguishing the incipient blaze
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03
Unclaimed Lo,ters.

The following lsa list of letters remaining IN
the postDnlco NJ Van Buren,, unclaimed for the
week ouiBg December g. lpoi
Anderson, stella billiard Lem
Harris, Lung llndostun Thomas
Harmon, uuo Mathes MIlbum
Marshall, Daisy Hose
Roy n ssnn Rosie
sawyer ] u habo, John
Vunn " NJ Nandllny, Mira ClAno
Parties calling for ahow win please pay "ad,
yefused' snd sise date fec OF one cent viii
he charged on all advertised lellpH
J MAJ Postmaster
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uNnAY, pEGEMnER I'm, lpOl,

NJ the front entrance Of the Crawford County
Court House o1pf for sale, at public oatofy 10
The highest bidder mf cash IN hand, one IN
divided seventh Interest In aud TO The NV Y
Wost The mmu being lowed upon hy inc AZ
the property OF said ElipR Jackson, t0sa,sfy said
execution W, II, GABnrtt ShCHn
by j. ! Hall u q,
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Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by 0vcr-woTk.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

II used TO be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were 20 be
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

Washington, D, C., s53.25. New York, NY,
$L2b, Round trip tiokcts via Savannah and
steamship, on sale every day,
Tickets TO Ashovilc and Hot Sprngs n. c on
sale all year round, return limit ak months
Mexico city and Monterey nine months limit
only one change OF cars between ", Smith
and Colorado and California Local Kansas CITY
and Little Rock sleeper daily,
Call At tIokct once for full particulars
W, iIYsgs,
Iron Mountain T. aud Y, Agen
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rRES-fItst insertion Nov ~ las, Doe 10
Execution Sale!

nf VIRTUE Of M execution Issued by tho
- CLERK Of the Crawford Circuit ContL on The
}hl day VI November. 1901 upon n Judgement
Eliza JaeRHbhl ] viii on
The Van Buren press., 1904-12-03

Therefore, when your kidueyssre weak
or out OF order, You can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected aud
how every organ seems TO fail 10 do It's
duty.
II you are sick OF "f feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR.,
Eilmer's Swamp. Root, because AS soon
ns your Kidneys are well they will help
all the other organs to health, a trial
will convince anyone,
II you are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctohng your kidneys,
The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
W. Klmef's SwampsRoot. the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. II
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
Of the most distressing cases, aud Is sold
on It's merits by all fS
dWRgltsin hlty.cen, Gfnry1ys n IN A,.,.Hi.-',
and ono-dollaf sise 3sIJrA ,I, ,ailt,1i, ,aiis;S
bottles, You may -h,iakl.nftE W.
have u sample bottle iic,ns Q, s~spp Roo,
by nail free, also pamphlet telling you
how 10 ind out u YOU have kidney or
bladder trouble Mention this paper
when writing To- Or, Eilmcr Il Co., Bings
hamion, n, Y, Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, swamp Root,
Dr. klmefs Swamp Root, aud the ad'
dress, binghamtou, N, y, on every bottle,
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CHARLTON.

Charlton, Dec. 29.-The funeral of
Miss Mabel Clouse was held yesterday
morning from the late home in Lin.
coin township, Rev. F. B. Palmer con.
Quoting the services, after which the
remains were laid to rest in the Chart
ton cemetery. The deceased was only
sick short time and her death falls
heavily on the parents and sisters who
are left to mourn the loss of kind
and loving daughter and sister.
Morgan Williams, who is running
out Of Burlington as mail clerk, was
called home yesterday by the serious
illness Of his child.
The Charlton orchestra played for
a dance in Abba Tuesday evening.
They are In Leon this evening on the
same mission.
Mrs. Peter Nelson will entertain the
Concordia society on FriGay evening
In the basement of the church in honor
OF her son, Frank, who is home from
college.
Mrs George Williams spent the
day Tuesday in Abba with friends.
Alvin Anderson entertained few
of his gentleman friends last evening
to six o'clock dinner.
Della Pringle and her famous stock
company will open a three nights en-.
gagement at the armory this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r., Gladson of Wei.
Ter are visiting in the city with rela.
tives.
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papers of the state. among which the
Courier was one. 1t soon developed,
however. that while the people gener-
ally admired and respected Major
Conger, they did not look upon him
as feasible candidate for governor
of Iowa and the result was that he re-
ceived the vote of but very small
majority Of the delegates to the re.
publican state convention AS a GU
bernatorial candidate, Major Conger is
not as strong today as he was then.
He has served the nation with distinc-
ton. and humanity at large with honor
and credit as minister of this nation to
China If he should be sent to Mexico,
as it now seems probable he will be,
he will serve his country with equal
ability. Every Iowan does and will
feel an honest pride in Major Conger's
record as a diplomat, but that does
not render him an available candidate
for the governorship by any means.
At any rate Governor Cumniins has
still two years to serve, owing to the
adoption of the biennial election
amendment, and it is little early to
talk about candidates for governor in
Iowa.
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THE DAWN OF DAY.

At last there seems to be :adica
tons that the long delayed dawn OF
freedom is at hand in the despotic
Russian empire. Even SO terrible and
bloody war as that now going on be.
tween Russian and Japan will be
worth all the suffering and all the sac
rifice of life and property If it really
becomes the cause of giving repre-
sentative government to the Russian
people. The czar, whatever may. be
his desires in the matter, has no easy
task. Surrounded as he is with q
bureaucracy resisting reform at every
point and clinging with fatalistic de.
termination to the old regime, it is ex.
ceedingly difficult for the reform move.
ment to make any progress. The czar
has issued a decree making liberal
promises, that Is promises that are
liberal in the light of existing condi.
tions. and yet the decree falls short
of what the people had right to hope
for and expect. The Russian govern.
ment must be made to feel more
strongly the condemnation of the pub.
lie opinion of the world at large. 1t
can never have and should never have
the sympathy of the world in any war
until the people of that nation are &C.
corded representative government, un-
TIL full religious liberty Is allowed
throughout the entire empire and I'M
til the Jews are accorded the rights
which belong to humanity at large. 1t
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is this public opinion Of the world out
side of Russia which is helping to
bring about the reforms within that
empire even more than the prayers
and petitions of the Russian people
themselves. We believe that the ac-
ton of President Roosevelt with refer
ence to the Kshenev protest and his
unqualified declaration that the rights
Of American citizens shall be re-
spected In every country regardless Of
the race and religion to which they be.
long, as made in his recent message to
congress, have had an immense influ-
ence upon Russian affairs. 1t is to be
greatly hoped for the benefit of hui
mainly at large that the Japanese will
continue to win victory after victory
over the Russians until that brutal
and despotic government is brought to
its knees and compelled to recognize
the inalienable rights of mankind.
The Japanese are doing work for
civilization and for human progress far
greater than they dreamed Of when
they determined to go to war in order
to force Russia back from Corea and
Manchuria.
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BATAVIA.

Batavia, Dec. 29-The following per-
sons returned home to spend
Christmas: Wallace Ogden and
Powell Morley. of Burlington Ray
Campbell, Chas. Shick and Roscoe
Taylor, of Ottumwa, and Levert Har-
rls.
Rev. Kemp received word Saturday
that he need not hold his regular APP
pointment at Bladensburg Sunday. as
most every one would be out taking
Christmas dinner.
There will be one weeks vacation
at the town school.
The Vinegar Man." will be played
at the opera house Friday night Dec.
30, by the Batavia cornet band. A
manager from Chicago has been pro-
cured to drill them for this up-to-d
drama.
THE Broadway Burlesquers" was
played to a fair house at Nelson's
opera house December %.
Florence Long. of Ottumwa, is
spending Christmas with home folks.
Mr.. Under shipped car load of
cattle to Chicago Thursday.
Lem O'Brien, of Ottumwa is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Harry Latta.
w. L. McNie and little daughters
Eloise and Grace, of ST. Joseph, Mo-.
arrived Monday for a ten days visit
at G. D. McNeil's
One of the worst blizzards for years
ragged Tuesday.
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PROBING THE PAPER TRUST.

The action of Attorney General
Moody in bringing suit against the
General Paper company in the federal
court at St. Paul for the purpose OF
breaking up the paper trust, will have
the hearty and unqualified approval OF
the newspapers of the United States
The Courier has in several editorials
set out the necessity of action along
this line. For the past three years
there has been no competitive market
in the United States for white print
paper. The newspapers of the west
have been at the mercy of the Gen
eral Paper company. whose headquar,
tiers are located at Chicago and which
company has dictated prices and di.
rected the newspapers as to the job
bers with which they should place
their orders. The price Of print pa
per has been materially increased, and
to an amount which Is believed by
those familiar with the business to be
at least Is cents per 100 pounds
greater than is necessary to afford a
profitable return to the paper mills OF
the United States. 1t is to be greatly
hoped that the suit now instituted by
the government will result in the
breaking up Of the trust and the re.
storation of the white paper business
to normal competitive conditions.