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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Shippers Were Urged to Send
Only Good Grades, But
Prices Were Lowered
sTockMEN ARE DISCOURAGED
Such Strength as the Market Has
Shown Has Been Due Almost Who'll
Iy to Buying by Shippers and Elk
porters = Hog Trade Was Dull and
Averaged S Cents Lower.

Chicago. March observation-disclosures
was an insignificant supply as is al
ways the case on Saturday. at prices
nominal at recent figures. Sales of
good beeves show a marked decline for
the week, plenty of cattle having sold
from Is to % lower than last week.
Naturally stock men are good deal
DISCOURAGED. as they have been advised
all along to make their cattle as fat and
choice as possible. Such strength as
has been is wholly due to purchases by
shippers and exporters.
Hogs.
Dull and averaged lower than yes
terday, although a. few choice lots were
taken by shippers at unchanged prices,
sales being about 10 cents lower than
last Saturdays The decline would be
enough greater. but for unusually large
shipping demand all the week.
Increase in the volume of porcine
goods moving marketward this week
has been marked. Packers have con-
tended all along that bullish sentiment
in the country was responsible Tor
holding hogs back and this gives their
claim a color OF plausibility. War talk
and O booming provision market 1ustl-
fed holding, but these conditions nave
been reversed. Provisions are off, the
winter packing season Is over anu
held-back hogs are coming forward.
strong fresh meat and bacon de-.
mand, not booming provision market,
+f,n ,aI, nF
Light are more popular on this ac-
count than finished stuff.
Increase in movement has been met
by a strong eastern demand. Snip
ments from Chicago to eastern points
are now about 40 per cent of the SUP
ply. 1t is this demand that makes Chi
cago the best hog market In the cour.-
try.
Armour has been an aggressive bear
this week. Owing to liberal receip IS
at Missouri river markets he has BEEN
able to buy a surplus at Sioux City,
where killing facilities are meager ard
forwarded the stuff here for slaugli-
ter.
Indications are that there will be no
cessation of the shipping demand ut
Chicago. The east is out of hogs and
this is the nearest point at which a
supply can be secured. Just how many
finished hogs are ready to come for
ward Is hard to predict, but If this
weeks movement is any criterion the
number must be considerable.
Sheep.
Sales were largely higher, Will
lambs were lower. Better sheep mar
ket is mainly due to large export de-
mand. Prices for both sheep and lambs
were % lower than a week ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
New York Produce.

New York. March 10.
Wheat-May, 96A.
Corn-5T.
Butter-Firm: extra fresh creamery,
24@24A: common to choice, 1923.
Eggs-Weak; firsts, 1874.
Poultry-Alive, irregular; chickens,
10; fowls Ia; turkeys. 10. Dressed -
Firm; chickens. 1908; fowls. 1915;
turkeys, 1901.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
IoMans at the Yards.

Shipments Of hogs from here Thurs
day were the largest in two years. The
number sent out was 1856.
George w. Bell. of Milton was here
"Wednesday with 20 bulls of his own
feeding which averaged 164S pounds
and sold to S. & S. Co. for export
at S3,ss Mr. Bell has a wide reputation
for making cattle good and these bulls
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
TO REDUCE IRON WORKERS.
Sheet and Tin Plate Makers Thinl
Mace Scale Too HIGH.

Pittsburg, March 19.-Demand of
manufacturers fer a reduction in sheet
and tin plate wage scales has been
conceded by the general executive
board Of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel ana Tin Workers. An
agreement was reached today. The
new scale for a reduction averages
about s per cent in addition to the 10
per cent cut that Went into effect jan
uary /. ii !. .Ax,ash.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19

There is a best time for doing
everything that is, time when
thing can be done to the best adj
vantage, most easily and most ef
fectively. Now is the best time
for purifying your blood. Why:
Because your system is now trying
to purify it--you know this by the
pimples and other eruptions that
have come on YOUR face and body.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Kansas City Livestock.

Cattle Estimated receipts for today,
100; unchanged; native steers $500
5.25; southern steers 3.25@4.2O; stock
ers feeders 3.704425: calves 5000
$50; western steers 3.4OQ4.oO; COWS
2.00@3.40.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today,
1000. lower; heavy 5.2oq $50; packers
5.o5@5.2O; pigs and lights 4.1o@5.10.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today
None: nonInallY steady
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
CHICAGO Livestock.

Cattle-Estimated receipts for today.
400: market nominal; good to prime
steers 5.25@5.75; poor to medium $50
$500; stockers and feeders, $50 a
4.3O; cows, 160@4.o0; heifers. 2.5p@
4.5o. Gamers, 1.6o02.50; bulls, 200 a
400; calves 3.0o@6.25; Texas fed
steers, 4.00@5.00.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
10000, market steady; mixed butchers
5 20G15.4O; good to choice heavy, i.35
@5.45; rough heavy, 5.25@5.35; light,
4S5@5.30 bulk of sales, 5.25@5.3l,.
Sheep Estimated receipts for today,
5000; market steady; lambs. steady,
good to choice wethers, 4.25@5 25;
fair to choice mixed. 3.50@4.50; w.sN :
ern sheep, 3.25@5.25; native lambs,
1900 $50; western lambs, 4.O0@5.15.
Representative Hog Sales.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
St. Louis GraiH.

st. Louis, March 10.
Wheat Cash, 97A'; May, DIX.
Corn-Cash. AZ; May. 46.
Oats-Cash, 411a: May, 1919.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19

Cairo. nl.--The trial of II. Flocks-
ka1nrn and r. w. Reaves of st. Louis.
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud, resulted in the acquittal of
Reaves and the conviction OF Flocks-
kamIn. IL .5...l...a4 ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Duluth Grain.

Duluth, March 70.
Wheat--In store, No. ] hard, s61a:
No. / northern, So; No. 2 northern.
|92h; to ariveNo. l hard, 96la; No. l
northern, 95; No. = northern, 92la;
May, 90; July. 95ss; September, S21a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19

NInneapOTls, NafUTf IL.
Wheat--May, 95s July, a57s; Sep
tember, S2a; on track, No. l hard,
97ss; No. L northern, 957s; No. 2 north
ern, 93as,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Kansas City Grain.

Kansas City, March 10.
wheat-May s27s; July 777s @7s; No.
hard ST; No. 9 red 9S@99.
Corn-May 44A: July 44k; No.
mixed A; No. white 431a.
oats-No. 2white 41042; No. mix
ed 40.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Hoods Jarsoparill0
and Pills

Are the medicines to take-they do
the work thoroughly and agreeably
and never fail to do it.
Hoods are the medicines you
have always heard recommended.
too highly as q spring medicine. When We
take it In the spring we all feel better through
the summer" Mrs. S. III. NEAL, McCrays. Ia.
Moods Sarsaparllla promises to
euro and keeps the promise.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee, March 10.
Wheat-Irregular No. 1 northern. 80
@10o; No. northern, 9699S; July, SO
GlS9s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19

in oats. but the market was strong.
Best business was between scaipers,
efter the recovery from the early de-
preston. There was considerable buy
ing by shorts on soft spots. some liq-
uidation by commission houses and on
the early advance in sympathy with
wheat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19

New York. March 19.--Bank state
.nent: Loans, increase, $l.519,s00;
deposits, decrease, s225,200; circula-
ton, decrease, s1.04s.sO0; legal tender.
decrease, $794.so0: specie, decrease,
sS95500; reserve, decrease, S2.690,300:
surplus. decrease, S2.626,50o; ex-U. s.
decrease. $2,3SS,075.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
NHEAI RULED HIGHER
Shorts Were Active Buyers ard
With Light Offerings Prices
Were Forced Up
HEAVY SELLING ON ADVANCE
Realizing Sales Caused Drop In
Prices, But the Close Was Higher
BuIlish Sentiment Pervaded Corn
and the Market Closed at Good
Advance.

Chicago. March 19.--Shorts We're ac-
tive buyers of wheat today and WIN
only light offerings the price was
forced UP nearly a cent above yes
terday's closing figures. There was
heavy selling by the advance, resulting
in loss of most Of the gain. May
opened u higher to u lower at 81 20
92ia; July J. higher to u lower at
S6ss to S71s. Good demand for May
carried that month UP to 93. but real
izing sales caused slump to 90, TO-
lowed by another advance to 923
July sold up to SIX, reacted to 81,
and rallied to STk. Minneapolis, Du-
luth and Chicago receipts were 1856
cars
For time the market ruled easier,
due to bearish advices from the north
west, but during the last hour a strong
tone developed, May closing cent
higher at 93AA. July IS a y UP at s7ss
@s7A.
E,ullish sentiment prevailed corn
shorts being the principal buyers. May
started unchanged to 7. higher a;
51ss to 52A.S 1t advanced TO ss and
reacted to SIX on realizing sales. July
opened Il lower to y higher at 40 to
1915. advanced to SO and steadsed
around 49A. Receipts We're 157 cars.
The market retained all its early
firmness, closing prices at the top, May
III higher at 527s; July 11aQss at
SOS @5oA.
Oats were affected by the action of
other grains. May opened Is lower TO
4 higher at 39A to S9Es. arl went to
49, but on profit taking siuTped to
3a5s. July steadied around 3S1a. after
touching 3Sas. The opening was I'M
changed to Is higher at ssh &c 3S&.
Receipts were las cars.
Provisions.
Strength In May pork. due to acrive
demand from packers and shorts, con-
tsibuted a firm tone to the entire pro-
vision list.
Chicago Grain.
Chicago, March 10.
Wheat - No. red. $50 LOO; No. 3
led. 93@9S; No. 2 hard, so@95; No.
3 hard, 5000; May opened 92G32k:
highest, ss7s; lowest, s1A; closing.
9SA.
Corn - No. 3. No. white, 43k@J5:
No. 5 yellow, 1905: No. yellow,
s2@43: March. SOS; May opened, 81 g
Ss5234; highest, 5a7: lowest, Sis;
closing 52H.
Oats No. 2. 40: No. 3, 1913; No. 2
white, 1914. No. 3 white, 41@43:
40. white, 31M41; standard, AZ
4s,s; May opened 1914 ass7s highest.
4O%: lowest, 1914: closing, 40B @40h.
Chicago Produce.
Chicago. March 10.
May-1s25; July, 1s.47h.
Lard-M May, 6.sTA: July, 7.123s.
Ribs-May, 6.S5; July, 6.sIA 600.
Rye--May. 70.
Timothy-M March sos.
Clover--10.55.
Flax 0S@l1311s.
Barley-37M57.
Butter Steady: creameries, lag
23h: dairies. 13A@21.
Eggs - Steady. 151s.
Poultry Firm; turkeys, IL; chick
| ems, u; springs, IL.
Range Of Prices.
The following quotations were fur
nished by E. n. Prince. office No. 10
Woodbury. building.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Money Market.

New York, March 19.-Money nom
inal; prime mercantile AZ as; sterl-
/ ing, firm. 4.s7.125 on demand and 4.s4.3o
@4S4.40 for sixty days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Peoria Grain.
Minneapolis Grain.

Peoria, March 10.
Corn-Lower; No. 3, 44la.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool, March II.
Wheat - Steady; May, 6s I'd: July
es 3%d.
Corn = Firm; sp,-. IS cAd@ts ID;
May, As 3ssd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19

Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce.
The following range OF prices OF the
Minneapolis chamber Of commerce and
the New York stock market quotations
are furnished by Edwards, Wood & Co,
local Office, II and IL Woodbury. build
ing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
New York EXCHANGE.
Bank Statement.

New York. March 19.-New York ex-
change was at per cent premium bid.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
CHICAGO Produce

Range Of Prices.
The following quotations were fur
nished by E. n. Prince. office No. 10
Woodbury. building.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
COTTON MADE FROM WOOD
Complicated Process Used In France
and Bavaria TO Manufacture
the Product,

Artificial cotton Is now made from
various woods, as from pine In VA.
yirla and from nr In France. In tho
French prOeosB, the wood, freed from
bark and knots, and puycH2cd by a
special machine, Is steamed ten hours
IN A horizontal brass lead-lucd eyln.
der ut $500 cubic feet capacity, after
which 5000 cubic feet II blsulphato OF
soda wash Ia added and the whole Is
heated SO hours under u pressure oI
three almosphcrCa Tho 0bnr, thus
made very white, IA then washed and
ground by a series of strong metallic
meshes, after which 1t Is given elera
trO-chemlcal bleaching by chloride Of
lime. The mass is dried between two
powerful rollers. The resulting pure
rtlluIosc Is rohoatcd IN u tight meta,
boiler with mixture Of chloride OF
S,nc and hydfochloric and nitric aeds,
10 which Is added little castor oil,
caseln and gelatlno to give resistance
10 the fiber rhe very consistent paste
produced 10 drawn into threads
through Kind of draw plate IN,
threads are passed over summed
cloth iben immersed 10 weak carbon
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
THE DtRdE OF THE SEA

War galley, sloop ana RaliooHa-
! cradle thum In quiet sleep,
Tholt days Of stfossful warfare done,
They Humher forty fnthums deep
Armada, Nrg0sy, and fleet
Thhl ono day challenged hAlf the world
W. lhrlf last haven sway ana beat,
WIN ilhgs among the Bruwuuds fuflei,
Tlo clAmoflHg ~ sword on shield.
The tumult of the crushing huua,
IIr battle cries that ono day ppnled
ABOVE mo now pivc place 10 ,uls
Fut swords. hnd shields, ana Hhlps. ana men
lin silent while my hlIloWs run
ih may ana break and break agalA
Ana toss their juNoH al the sun.
Ihr nshtlhg men oi oil the lands
Ih" warriors u the uphlufips-
INV rest now ON my hidden sands,
yet sometimes In their stfIlcul keys
ABOVE lho storm my voice llfl
Ana shout their battle songs for thpm-
ARa'h To- Idle culmH shut,
Ana Groom their whispered requiem,
strange mon, with strange hates in their
eyes
Thhl g.lllered with the battle NghI,
ouhhHt ihrhi who huntsp'y Euyp war eflct4.
Fott being strangers, they must nght
Hul nov my hlUuWH slowly surge
Ana solemn winds bear uH their breath
llr ECHOED measures u my dlfgp
Ihut chants the brotherhood OF death,
w y n" IN Chicago DaiY FfibuEs
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Dr,th II I'm. &. |. Lawr.nee.

Hon Robert L. Lawrence. prose.
cutting attorney for the fifth judicial
district. died at his home in Rus.
ecl-yIuc October = Of typhoid fever
after three weeks illness The in
fcrmcrt was at that place the follow
inc day He is survived by a wife
and two children. Mr Lawrence was
member f the state senate in 1898
and 1900 and an the close Of the scs-
sion Of 1899 was elected president
PRO TEN. Of the senate. which made
him lieutenant governor of the state.
This was during the administration
Of GOV. Dan W. Jones and he was
frequently called upon 10 preside as
chief executive Of the state, Among
the senate employees was Miss Stella
Royslon. IL Washington, Ark, aud in
June. 1902 she was married to Sen
ator Lawrence. In 1902 he was elect
ed prosecuting attorney and his term
would have expired in a few days
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
NEGRO KILLED CONDUCTOR.
Phil Atwood OF Valley Route Shot by
Houston Hooker. His Negro Porter.

/ Philip D. Atwood for fifteen years
conductor on the accommodation
/ train on the Iron Mountain route be-
/ tween Little Rock and Pine B.uE. was
shot and killed October % by HUus-
ton Hooker, negro. Wao mad run
as porter on his train for the greater
portion of that time After the shoot
ing. Wsich occurred Just as the train
was leaving Farrell. the negro bar
ricadCd himself In the baggage car,
though he admitted a deputy sheriff
10 guard him. Hooker sat with his
loaded pistol in his hand until the
train neared Little Rock, when he
was suddenly OycrpowerCd and cap
urCd. He was buried 10 the old
pcnitCntiary and that afternoon an
attempt was made to take him to
Benton for the examining trial but
his Custodians. Joe Moore and Guy
Tucker, learned that there were men
on the train intent upon a lynching,
and left the train before il passed
outside the city limits, and though
eight men followed them, managed
to get their prisoner away. That
night at midnight a crowd Of twenty
men visited the pemtcntiary and
demanded the negro. They were not
satisfied until two Of their number
made an inspection Of the pcniten-
tiary Hooker talked freely about
the killing and said that IL was be-
cause Atwood had slapped his face
because of a mistake he had made in
putting off a trunk He said he was
not treated that way while he worked
in tho north several years ago and
did not intend to accept such treat.
mcnt here. He said ne knew he
would be lynChcd and asked that the
officers protect him. Hooker lived in
Little Rock. where he was well to
do He had worked with Mr. Atwood
for many years but few years ago
went east and worked on a New Jcr-
scy suburban road until Mr.. Atwood
met him on his vacation last sum
mcr and induced him to return TO his
old job. Before beginning to shoot
Hooker locked the cars Of the door
so there could be no interference,
then told Mr.. Atwood that he was
going to XIII him. Mr.. Atwood, who
was unarmcd, told him TO put down
the gun. but instead Hooker pointed
it at him and pulled the trigger Tho
cartridge failed to explode and the
men clinched. but the negro got in
a fatal shot. then ran to the baggage
car, whore he barricadcd himself Mr
Atwood resided in Pine Bluff and
there was great excitement there.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
BRIEF MENTION.

J y. MucNo IS dead az Fort Smith
at the age Of ST years.
Barney Fromhol will plant 100
acres in rico near LoUokc.
otis Cloud formerly Of Lamar wa.
Killed by u policeman at Spokane
Wash
The Muudy carnival company may
spend the winter In quarters in Lit
'lp Rock
G. W Stanley an Arccnta under
lahcr filed voluntary petition IN
hankruplcy
The Gentry canning factory has
closed for the winter The seasons
Odtput was 10000 cans.
More than 1000 ciuacns Of Jone3
boro have visited the worlds fair
The population Of the town Is 4,joS
United states senator j. H. Berry
has been invited to speak at rally
Of NCoulcdcrOto' at rayagouId No.
ycmbCr ~,
4 horse bolonglnr TO James Ia,
ycnpun Of Marion county wNs killed.
while being driven along The road by
stick 0ying up and piercing its
body
william Bowers has been sentenced
to one year In the Atlanta pcnItontI'
ary for robbng the postof'lcc at Lon
don. Pope county
Thirteen prisoners escaped from
the Mississippi county jail at Osccoa
hy prIgng apart the bars OF The main
coll Twelve were negroes.
Judge Henry Cuhn, United StOlo3
commissioner UD hot Springs drop.
ped dead while en- route home from
the railway station lie had been
commissioner for uIN years and had
Jurisdiction over the llut springs ro1.
rryuliun
The Hot Springs city authorities
arrested all eroN boggars and are
attempting to hhatu the nuisance
REV Jasper * smith. pastor Of the
Second Presbyterian church ~ Little
/ Rock was transferred hy the sya3d
or Arkansas Du Shreveport, la. whore
he has accepted n cAll.
| win Houston, u negro 50 years Of
age died near Helena from an c1or.
/ dose ul morphine The .gru was a
/ victim N the drug and used II In
large ouanulos This time hc took
In three doses iort} grains which
proved too much iof him and he died
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
SEMINAL REPORTS OF STATE
OFFICERS NEARLY READY.
EVENTS o. 4 WEEK BIIiFlY CHROSItltD
Prescott Had s75.0oo Fire on October
-, Starting From a Spark from
an Engine Setting Fire to Ware
house--Many Merchants LooerA
Prescott Has Big Fire.

The town of Prescott was VISITED
by a big conNagra,ion on the after
noon of October 81 which caused
loss Of more than $4,000 The fire
started in the warehouse Of Levi Fran
cisco. who was badly burned trying TO
evtinguish IT, 1t caught from a spark
from passing railroad engine ana
with strong wind blowing spread
rapidly in two directions. 1t was
stopped before it reached the main
business part Of the town. The mill
tia was called ont to guard property
that night. The losses and insurance
are as follows, Levi Francisco,
S. O00, no insurance, Sam Logan.
$4,000. insurance. $500; W. b. Wal
Ter, 5000. partly insured; Prescott
Hardware Co. warehouse burned ana
main store damaged, loss 100000,
partly insured: J. r. Jordan, $4,000,
insured: Gee Bros. 5000, covered by
Insurance; }. T. Brooks $1,000, part
~ insured, J. NJ Brown $500, unin-
sUed, T. c. McRac, $1,000, uuin'
surcd; Sid Cole. $500, uninsured; o.
$. Jones. 81 500, insurance $500,
Episcopal church. $1,000. uninsured;
NatMartin. S2,5oo, insurance $500;
o. p. Helbig, $500, insured; 7. II.
Duke, $1,000, insured; Sid ChappoIL
hay 81 800. The county court house
caught fire several times but was
saved
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
State Senator Robbed.

Three negroes were sent TO the
pcnitcntiary in the circuit court at
Little Rock on the charge Of robbing
former state Senator 4 A Buckner
Of SOS last spring They were John
Anderson, Ora Williams and Annie
Anderson The two women plead
guilty to enuciug the former lawma.
kor into an alley on the representa-.
tlon that one Of them had been in.
jurcd and needed assistance, when
one snatchcd his roll ana ran The
police arrested them an hour later
and recovered part Of the money
They were given eighteen months
Imprisonment each Anderson, who
was charged with receiving the stolen
money, denied the crime, but was
given four years,
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Druaais, Causes Excitement.

A. l.. Moody. a druggist at MARVEL
ran amuck October 20 and wounded
four persons, none Of whom was the
man at whom he was shooting. Some
limo ago Moody had a quarrel with
G.. w. Nancoy reprcsentatiyo.clcct
from Phillip, county, but they did
not come to blows. October 20 Yam.
ccy end a friend went into Moody's
drug store and bought cigars. The
quarrel was renewed and Moody got
the worst Of it. Nanccy left and as
he walked down the street Moody
VINO had socurct a shotgun, ran 10
his door, and blinded by blood pour
ing from wounds i'm his face, began
firing promtscously in the direction in
which Nancey had gone. The in.
iurod were John Ballard, Boone Crisp
and two negroes lancCy had gone
into the postoficc and escaped injury
Both were arrested.
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Divide Postal Run.

An order has been issued by the
Dostohicc department, effective no.
ycmDcr 15, making Little Rock dt
vision point on the postal run between
St Louis and TCNarkana on the
Iron Mountain route. This order was
issued some time ago effective Oc.
tobur :, but temporarily held up, On
November Is the present run will be
divided into two parts and instead of
the ST Louis and TcXarkana Il. p, o.
IL will he known as the Little Rock
and St Louis II. 7, O., and the Lit.
de Rock and TcNarkana r. ?. O
This will cut the working hours OF
clerks during the RIM from eighteen
hours TO ten and eleven hours, About
scycntyfyc clerks viii move from
TcNarhana to Little Rock, rs that will
he division headquarters
The Van Buren press., 1904-10-29
Caswell and Thompson Free.

The charges Of murder against W.
S. Caswell and Mrs. Mary f. Thomp,
son were nonc pressed at Little Rock.
thus closing one Of the most celo-
bratcd cases ever in that court
March eo 1902, Green ". Thompson,
one of the richest negroes In tho
state, was found in his yard at Little
Rock with his head crushed with an
axe, which lay near, His son was
arrested, charged with the crime, bGt
proved an alibl Shortly afterwards
the widow. who was a second wife
and Caswcll were arrested. They
were released on bond and at their
rial were defended by ENGoy Jones,
a hung jury resulting. The cases
were continued and are now uolio
pressed