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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
PRESIDENT SENDS GREETING
Ambassador Choate Reads Tele-
gram From Roosevelt.
Al the Retention of the Foreign b.
BILE Society Mr.. ChOate Hesponden
In Behalf of Foreign Delegates

London, March AT the reception
in Queens hall, Tuesday, Of the foreign
Bible society, of which the marquis OF
Northampton presided, United States
Ambassador Choate responded in be-
half Of the foreign delegates MI
Choate read the following cablegram
from the president OF the united
States.
Convey to the British Foreign Bl-
Bile society my hearty CONGRATULATIONS
on their centenary and my earnest
good wishes for the continued success
of their great work.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
He also read messages of congratula-
ton from the American Bible society
and said these messages re-echoed the
sentiments of the entire people Of the
United States.
Continuing, the ambassador paid a
tribute to the work done by the Engllsh
society in America prior to the birth
of the American Bible society, and SAID
the latter now kept So,00O,O0O people
supplied with Bibles and met the re-
quirements of about 100000 emigrants
annually. In eloquent words he al
luded to the fact that the Bible was
the only book carried on the May
flower to American shores, and the
founding Of Harvard university by
men of New England for the purpose OF
rearing ministers for the spread OF b.
Mo ,uprls
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
Arkansian Killed in a Race Riot in
the Indian Territory.
EVENTS OF LwEEK BRIEFLY CHRONIClED
Sudge Rowe of Fl. Smith, in Charge
10 the Grand Jury Scores Violation
Of the Law, in Both High and Low
Life Says Treat all Alike.
Judge Rowe's Views.

At law and order mass meeting
recently held at Fort Smith it was
intimated that Judge Rowe had not
displayed the proper energy toward
enforcing the law in certain instances.
In his charge TO the grand jury a
few days ago Judge Rowe read the
dist of jury commissioners appointed
by him and the grand jurors selected
by those jury commissioners since he
has been circuit judge, and declared
that all were men of character, integ-
xity, sound judgment and reasonable
information, and that he had a right
10 presume when their final present.
ments were made that they had per-
not changed his opinion in that re-
speet. Judge Rowe then said; 1T
is complained that there has been
open gambling and Sunday whisky
selling. This court knows nothing
about that. and this court is not
public prosecutor nor a process serV'
er, nor an informer, and does not
propose TO be- If ii be true that there
have been such violations of law, vio-
lators should be punished. Those
who sell whisky on Sunday and those
who exhibit gambling devices should
De punished. There may be more
moral turpitude in the man who sells
whisky on Sunday than there is in
the man who sells a hat on Sunday
but both are equally guilty before the
law. No man has the right TO hire
rigs for Sunday use nor hire men
10 work for him on Sunday, and the
professional man as well as the bust
ness man has no right to labor at
worldly employment on Sunday. !
want to say to this grand jury that
under the law dealing in futures is
as much gambling as is playing cards
for money ! want TO say to you
that playing progressive euchre for
prizes is under the law as much
violation Of the law as is exhibiting
gambling devices. When those rich
and high up set the example you
may expect the lowly to emulate that
example If you will enforce the law
you must shoot at high places as
well as low"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
VALUE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Prodigiouc Amount of Money Invest
ed in Agriculture in the
United States.

If the average city man were asked
how he thought the price of domestic
animals in the United States compared
with the market values a year ago, ne
| would doubtless think first OF the cost
of meat. Then, says the Cleveland
Leader, he would remember that auto
| mobiles were much more in evidence
than they were ~ months back in the
history of the motor carriage business.
He could not be expected to have more
than dim and uncertain notions OF the
price of sheep, which is greatly affected
by the market for wool.
So the average town-dweller would
be likely to guess that cattle were at
least as high as they were year ago.
| He would have the same opinion as 10
hogs, and he would think Of what the
butcher asks for lamb and mutton, and
put sheep IN the same class. He might
estimate the average price of horses
somewhat less than it was at the be-
ginning of 1903.
alist weekly paper devoted to farm
interests, takes much pains to ascerta.
the market value of domestic animals
in the United States and the changes
which have taken place in the y
months preceding. This winter its fig
ures seem to prove that the natura
guess of the city man would be wrong
in all respects
Cows kept for milk are about 5R per
| cent, cheaper. Other cattle are report
ed to average 10 per cent, less in mar
ket value than year ago, Hogs are
about nine per cent lower. Sheep have
lost 7la per cent of their market price
But horses are rated six per cent. more
| than they were last winter.
1t is clear that the automobile has
not hurt the market for horses in any
such sense as might have kept the adj
vance from being as great as it would
otherwise have been AS for the de-
cline in the price of farm animals used
for human food and the lack Of any
corresponding change in the cost Of
meat to consumers, that is a sore point
with many people who are obliged to
consider carefully what they buy. If
the great packing companies and the
retail dealers in meats have any good
explanation for the conditions reported.
they keep 1t to themselves The curl
osity of the public is not satisfied
The enormous value of domestic ami
mails, in the aggregate is shown most
strikingly by the fact that the decline
in market prices during the past year,
a change which has not been more than
about three per cent is calculated at a
net decrease Of $12O,00O,OO0 Nothing
more is NEEDED to show how vast the farm
ing interests Of the American people are
and how prodigious the investment #
the nation IN agriculture has becC
1t is still the greatest of all industrie
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
Cotton Belt Offices TO Be Removed.

Business men and citizens in gen
eral of Texarkana are elated over a
recent decision in the district court
of Smith county Texas, in which
Tyler is situated, dssoving the in
junction obtained several months ago
by citizens of Tyler restraining the
Cotton Belt Railroad from moving its
general offices from Tyler to Texar-
kama The legal fight has been a hard
one, stubbornly fought on both sides,
and it is probable it may be continued
in the higher courts for a time, but
no doubt is felt that the ultimate re-
suit viii be in favor Of TeXarkana.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
POLICE THINK IT MURDER.
Body of Logging Camp Employe
Found Lying In the Public Road
At Poplar BLUM.

Poplar Bluff, Mo, March 9-The
dead body of a man was found lying
in a public road about four miles south
of this city by negro, Perry Hohle,
and his wife, who were on their way to
Poplar Bluff.
The officers Immediately brought the
body to the city and took 1t to the
Begley undertaking establishment
where It was viewed by 500 persons in
the course of a day, It was identified
as the body Of Jim" Thompson, re-
Gently of Geneva, Ind, but lately Of a
logging camp near Coon island, in this
county,
The police think be was murdered
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
|ARE REJECTED AS
| PREPOSTE!ROUS
Terms on Which Russian Fleet
Might Pass the Dardanelles.
PORTE WOULD LIKE FREE HAND
Great Britain Urging strict Obscrv-
ance of the Berlin Trenty-Ger-
mnuy and France Are Also
Interested.

Berlin, March 9--The porte has thus
far met the requests of the Russian am
| bassadOr to Turkey, NJ. Zinoyief, TO
| permit the Black sea feet to pass the
| DaE1anelles by naming conditions
wholly unacceptable by Russia. One of
| these conditions naturally is that Rus
| STA shall break off or evade the fulfill
| ment of her agreements with Austria
| respecting the Balkans, give the sui
tan leave to settle the controversy by
his own methods, and assist Turkey,
| should Austria or other powers dispute
| the sultan's decision. Russia rejected
| these proposals as preposterous, but
| she renewed her request, to which
there seems little likelihood Of the sui
| tan yielding, as British diplomacy is
active at Constantinople in urging on
| the porte a strict observance of the
| Berlin treaty.
France Doesn't second Russia.
France, so far as can be perceived
here, has not seconded Russia in this
matter. Such step as permitting the
| Black sea feet to pass the Dardanelles
would be regarded displomatically as
a breach of neutrality on the part of
Turkey, though Great Brtain's OPP
| position to it being aimed al the main
| tenance of the status quo, is not
| considered Russias diplomatic weight
at Constantinople has been somewhat
reduced by the occurrences in the far
| east. The porte will give nothing
without a heavy price, Germany ex-
| presses no opinion on the subject
The Attitude of Germany.
The most that Germany will do In
| the presence Of a bargain between Rus
STA and Turkey for the release of the
| Black sea fleet would be TO maintain
silence, neither advising nor assisting
| either party. The government here is
looking ahead. 1t can conceive of a
time when it will be to Germanys adj
vantage to have a portion Of the Rus
sian navy locked up. Austria and Italy
| are not moving at Constantinople,
Where all the powers, therefore, except
Russia and Great Britain, are quies-
| cent
Russia wouldn't IT She Gould.
Russia would not use the Dardanelles
now if she could, in the opinion of ex-
perts here, because her Black sea feet
| IS not ready for a far eastern cam
paign, and If it were ready, Russia
would wait until her Baltic fleet is
thoroughly equipped 1t is believed
that Russia could not hope for a de-
| cisive naval success without the Bal
tic, Black sea and Mediterranean
sQuadrons uniting and proceeding east
together, as otherwise they would be
destroyed piecemeal,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
BRIEF MENTION.

The colored Baptist church at Eng.
land was demolished by a tornado.
Twentyseven state convicts will be
released this month upon expiration
of their terms
Robert Malone aged 10, was in.
stantly killed near HoXie while out
hunting He was crossing a log when
the hammer of his gun struck the log
and the entire contents took effect
under his chin
Charles s. Richards, a clerk in the
Iron Mountain shops at Little Rock
was run down and instantly killed by
a switch engine The accident oc-
Cured In North Little Rock at point
where the tracks form q complete net.
work
The State Bank at Texarkana IL
now national bank, with a paidup
capital OF 100000 The officers of the
new bank are; Il, w Frost, presi.
dent, h. H. Kuhl, yicepresident; T.
X Smith, cashier; and X. l.. Daily, as.
sistant cashier.
A Hot Springs physician has been
convicted Of violating the CAN'T law,
which prohibits drumming for pa.
tlents. The object Of this act Is TO
protect visitors TO the Springs from
being harassed and often robbed by
unprincipled practitioners
A farmer by the name Of Joe Wag.
ner, residing near Paris, became sud.
denly insane and terrorized the neigh.
borhood before he was ovorpowered,
He secured an axe and killed his 4.
yoarold girl and rushed into the COW
lot and slaughtered Ave head OF cattle,
Fire at Gurdon which started In
the store room Of ] Nancy about q 80
In the morning spread to adjoining
buildings and destroyed property TO
the value OF $4,000, The pool room
Of James N'Neal and the grocery store
OF u, A. Whtmore were also burned
A hotel man NJ Hot Springs IN al
legged to have sold whisky to his guests
without securing the necessary H.
conso II IL alleged the liquor was
secured for guests and the cost was
added 10 the regular charges for meals
and rooms,
=. l., Hart, wollknown younp
man Of Pine Bluff upon complaint OF
HIS wife, was fined $50 and costs for
assault and battery, Mrs Hart mp
peared IN court against her husband
and testified that he had struck and
thoked her, and that he had also
failed to support her.
Mrs. Pollard Of Hot Springs awok,
one night recently TO find burglar
quietly searching for yaluablos, Mrs
Pollard did not faint, but started after
the thief, who fed without his over
coat, which he laid aside upon enter
ing the room,
ed bockott was shot and killed n,
Harrison by Town Marshall Sam ben
mis-, boekett, who II said 10 hav,
killed several men, took exception tt
n remark made by Dennis and started
20 draw bayonol on him, Dennis
was too quick for Lockott and killed
him with the fret shot,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
WASHINGTON CLOUDBURST.
nnnchers Along Mud Creek bottoms
Compelled 10 Fly 10 tho Hills
For safety,

Walla Walla, Wash, March "a
cloudburst occurred above Dixie in the
foothills of the Blue mountains, Mon
day night, and as a result the ranchers
along Mud cr@k bottom have been
compelled 10 fly from their homes to
the hills, Communication with Dixie
and points intervening has been broken
off, Fears are entertained for Dixie
which lies only four feet above the
creek. Trackmen report that the wa
ter Is overlooking the tracks and rush
ing down the hills In torrents, Details
of the damage can not 10 obtained as
Nat
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
P0IS0NS WHOLE FAMILY.
Retired German Army officer Takes
Novel Means of Destroying
Ills Family,

Berlin, March 9,-Leut Carl Beseke
(retiredl, after long and steady decay
of fortune, took his last money and
gave q splendid dinner in honor Of his
l9-year-old daughters birthday Beseke
then poisoned his wife, daughter, two
sons, respectively ~ and lG years old,
cadets at a military academy, and him
self with cyanide Of potassium, which
he seemingly inserted in. the mouth of
each In the form Of a pill after they
had gone into a drunken sleep,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
MISSOURI PACIFIC WRECK.
The Uod, of Conductor Shoemaker
Entirely Consumed - Remains
of the Others Recovered,

jefferson City, Mo, March 9.-The
freight wreck in the tunnel on the Mis-
souri, Pacific road, four miles east Of
here, has been cleared up and traffic
resumed The charred skeleton Of
Brakeman Nevens was found but the
body Of Conductor Shoemaker had
been entirely consumed The body OF
Brakeman Weyant was recovered and
taken 10 SodalIa for burial
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
A PERPETUAL PASSENGER
Woman Utilities Extraordinary Priv.
ilege Accorded Her for
Brave Act.

It sometimes happens that trivial cir
cumstances lead to an entire change in
the course of ones life. In an articl
describing some Of the queer things that
are done by persons to whom passes have
been given In return for valuable service
an eastern newspaper tells of a young
woman to whom such a pass was in eff
feet a means Of gaining a living: "A
good many years ago there dwelt young
woman on the coast Of England not very
far from the mouth Of the Mersey She
was used to seeing the waves come comb
ing to the cliffs on which her home was
built and she was not afraid Of the wa
ter On a wintry night the storm howled
around the chimneys and she knew that
many poor sailor lad was In distress
far out at sea.
"She was Of the plucky build who do
not fear the elements at their worst, and
so she left her cottage and watched.
Soon she observed the lights Of a steamer
making for the shore, and If the course
was continued she knew there would be
a bad wreck and probably many lives
lost So she fixed up 'hare'-which
at sea means any old sort Of thing
which will attract attention by the blaze
II makes, Her fare was seen and UNDER
stood and the ship kept off the coast until
there was sufficient light to make the
mouth of the river, The ship was a
penInsular and oriental boat, making
Liverpool on q special trip, One Of
directors Of the line heard the story
became so interested that he visited the
girl In her cliff home, She would not ac-
cept money for her act, but he finally
forced on her life pass on the line Of
steamers which run 80 far to the east
that they meet themselves coming back.
She took the pass and laid It away,
Some time elapsed and she did not
seem to be caught UP by any likely young
man She got so that It was necessary
TO support herself when she suddenly
remembered the pass, She put It into
effect at once THIS woman, no longer
q SRI, now makes her homo on the penIn-
sular and oriental steamers and has
visited every port from llakodate, In
Japan, TO the Mersoy mouth She IL the
only original globe trotter, for she Is al
ways moving and seeing queer hai bors.
The pass was given merely as an exhibit
ton OF good will, but It proved life
saver for her, She practically married
the steamship line"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
RANGE CATTLE SUFFERING.
said 20 Have iiecn Caused uy inck
OF water and severe Cold
weather.

Belle Fourcho, S, D., March Com
ditons among range cattle In this re-
glen are almost beyond belief Not
since 1886 has there been so much sui-
fcring, and II March continues with
any severity the percentage Of loss VIII
almost equal that of the memorable
winter of II years ago
The greatest suffering has been
caused by the lack Of water
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
River Claims q Victim.

A 10.ycar.old boy named ed Dando
was drowned In the Arkansas river
At Little Rock In view OF several PEG
pie, who were unable TO render him
assistance The boy was playing In
skin, which drifted into the current
and was being carried rapidly down
stream on account of the high water,
lie tried TO steer TO shore, but lost
his ores The lad was no frightened
he Jumped into the stream and At
tempted to swim ashore, bu, was ear,
sied under and never rose to the
surface.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
CRAFT IS ONLY SPORADIC
Report Of the Municipal "Graft"
Committee to the Chicago Council.
There is No "Systematic" Graft
There, Such as Obtains in other
cities, Says the Report.

Chicago, March 9.-After three revi-
sions the report of the Municipal
Graft" committee has been given to
the city council Alderman II. F. Herr
mann, chairman of the committee,
handed in the document, which con-
cudes five months of investigation in
to charges of city hall corruption.
The report finds there is no graft in
Chicago-that is no systematic
graft-such as obtains in other cities.
Graft in Chicago is only sporadic
The report also makes recommends
tons for the reform of public evils.
The investigation was started when
Mayor Harrison in an interview last
fall said that if he were to weed out
corruptionists, he would have grarers
jumping out of every window of the
city hall.
The results-before the report was
issued-were the suspension or dis
charge of more than fifty city employees
the indictment of a dozen and the
resignation of numerous others.
In the matter of measures for the
suppression of vice the report of the
committee takes issue with severa OF
the reform movements which are now
in the public eye.
The report fayors all-night saloons
in localities devoted to nocturnal in
dustres, and as a solution of the prob
lens arising from the social evil, adj
vocates the segregation o! red light re-
sorts in certain quarters of the city to
be denominateG by the chief Of police,
The Chicago police, states the report,
compare favorably with the peace Of
fcers of other cities, but laXity in the
discipline of the department is only too
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
SPRINGFIELD, O., LYNCHING
While the Lypcbing IN Deplored. No
Disposition is Manifest to Pun
ish the Iynchcrs.

Springfield, O., March Great
crowds visited the scene of Monday
nights lynching of Richard Dickerson,
or Dixon, who killed Policeman Col
Inns There is apparently no DISPOSE
ton to make an effort to discover the
mob leaders While the lynching is de-
plored, the community is almost a
unit In believing it has taught the law
less element of the city a wholesome
lesson. Mayor Charles J. Bowlus did
everything possible to prevent the
lynching. Maj r. J. Kirkpatrick
called on Companies B and Z, Third
Ohio, Monday night, but it was impos-
sible to get the soldiers together
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
WAS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE.
Partner In n Wrecked Berlin Bank.
Ing Firm Ends Ills worry
by suicide,

Berlin, March 9,-flugo Brendell, a
partner In the banking firm of Bren-
dell & Co., whose failure, attributed to
the enlightenment and speculation Of
the cashier, was announced, Monday,
committed suicide by throwing him
self from a window Of the bank Since
the failure of the firm Brendell had
been beset by deposltors clamoring for
money and the consequent worry is
believed to have induced him TO XII
himself
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED.
Results of n Herd-On collision OF
the Alabama Great southern
Nenr kewnnee, Miss.

Birmingham, Ala, March 9,-The
south-bound limited express on the
Alabama Great Southern, running &C
miles an hour collided head on with
a north-bound Southern Railway
freight near Kewanee, Miss, Tuesday
According to reports received here, nc
passengers were killed, but five rail
way employees lost their lives, several
were injured and parts of both trains
were burned.
The dead,
Engineer p p. Larkin,
Fireman Henry Banks, Colored,
Robinson Riggs, mail clerk.
D. ID. Nicholson, mail clerk.
Express Messenger, j, II, Kinds,
Missing;
Mail welgher, name unknown,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
KILLED In a Blot.

In race riot at Bokoshe, Ind. r.,
IN which several parties from this
state were engaged, two white men
were killed and three negroes injured.
The dead are John Hopper Of Paris,
and J, G, Butler Charles b. Leyins
Of Harrison and John and Walter
Jackson. claiming Little Rock AZ their
nome. were badly wounded The riot
followed an attempt OF white laborors
nj a railroad camp to drive the negroes
away.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
Hunter Shoots Himself.

David Snyder of Garland county
may lose his life as the result of the
accidental discharge of his shot gun
Mr.. Snyder was out hunting, and
while watching for a squirrel care
lessly leaned with his right arm over
the muz2le of his gun. The weapon
was discharged and the entire load
entered the shoulder at the arm pit
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12

The agent of the Kansas City
Southern at Sulphur Springs, Benton
county, was held up by an unknown
man, who was armed with a shot.
gun. The agent was bound and
gagged, and after the desperate Sc.
cured all the cash in the office he
compelled his victim to march into
the woods and bound him to tree
A railroad crew the next morning
made a search and found the agent
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12

Albany, n, Y, March 9,-Thc re-
publican caucus Tuesday night selected
Or Andrew s Draper president OF IL
lInois university and former supern.
tendent Of public instruction, TO be
commissioner OF education for the mi.
tial term OF six years, lie will be elect
cd Wednesday at the Joint session Of
the Legislature
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1904-03-12
In Kansas.

Squire Smith, OF Harrison township,
In Kiowa county has handed down
some new law A man was brought be-
fore him the other day charged with as
sault The defendant admitted the crime
but said that he was justified In commit
ting II because the complaining witness
had called him lot Of vile names The
squire discharged the prisoner, saying
that n man who would cuss another dc.
served to be lIeked=kansas city Jour.
nal