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The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
LOOKING for MIssIna Son.

w, r BIsphOm, cashier Of the Ran
dolph bank, pocahontas, II sparing no
expenditure In tracing the whcrc.
abouts Of John G. Bispham his son,
who was visiting Piedmont and An,
niston, Ala when he disappeared on
May a. His wife received a letter
from his stating that he IN being held
captive In the hold Of steamer
which was 10 vail on the day the let
ter was written, from Mobile,
nr mnlus Jordan has been re.elect
cd superintendent of the schools OF
Pine Bun
Recently a swindler worked In El
Dorado FOR a few hours and succeeded
In making sliI He bought 81 worth
Of goods from merchant, gave q
check for $50 and received the change
IN money
At n meeting Of interested citizens
Of Monroe, Prairie and Woodruff coun'
ties, held at Brlnkley, the White and
Cache River Improvement Association
was formed The purpose of the nsso.
citation II TO reclaim and bring 20 u
state OF cultivation IN the nelghbor.
hood of 100000 acres Of land lying In
the Cache river bottoms,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Crop Conditions.

The summary of the weekly crop
bulletin of the Arkansas section of
the weather bureau for the week end
ing May %, is as follows:
The weather has been favorable
Tor farming operations and has en-
ablcd the farmers to finish replant-
ing and planting over, and to culti-
yate their crops The nights have
been too cool for the proper growth
of vegetation and warmth is needed !,
rain has fallen in some localities
and has been beneficial. while mOis-
ture is needed in other localities.
Corn is generally backward and max
ing slow growth; the stand is fair as
rule but there is some complaint
Of the stand being unsatisfactory;
cultiyating is progressing and in
some places is being plowed the sec
ond time. Continued cool weather
has been unfavorable for cotton. II
is soming up slowly and complaints
Of irregular stands continue from
nearly all sections; some Is dying;
cut worms have appeared in some 10
calitles and are doing some dauage;
chopping has commenced and as a
rule the crop is clean. Garden truck
and Irish potatoes continue to do
well. Fruit prospects have improved
and there promises to be an abund'
ance Of fruit of all kinds; apples are
dropping, but that is more beneficial
than otherwise, as the trees are too
heavily laden.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
ENTIRE PUBLIC
GIVEN BENEFIT
Fifty Admissions TO the Worlds
Fair for $3.50.
GREAT CHANCE FOR VISITORS
Those who Go to the Fair For an
Extended stay Have Chanc"
10 Reduce their outlay
for Aduissions.

ST Louis, May 25.-As the result Of
an extended conference between the ex-
ecutlye committee Of the exposition
and the members Of the national COM
mission it has been agreed that the sale
of half-rate admission tickets to the
Worlds fair should be extended TO the
general public.
The conference was occasioned by
the action Of the national commission,
last Friday, in refusing to approve the
proposition of the Worlds fair man
agement to sell to subscribers to ex-
position stock. who had paid up, fifty
coupon, Photographic, non-transferable
tickets at $3.50 each.
The refusal of the commission to ap-
prove the proposition was on the
ground that such a sale at the reduced
rates constituted a declaration Of diyi-
dends on Worlds fair paid-up stock,
and that it transgressed the law, which
required that the national government
should be considered preferred credi-
tor of the exposition company, and
that no first lien should be given 20
other creditors to the prejudice of the
government
The question was taken up at the
meeting for a full and free-conference
and was finally settled by the adoption
Of an addition to Article of the by
laws of the exposition company, by
which the fifty-CoupOn tickets may be
sold to stockholders of the exposition
and all others desiring them at $3.50
on or before June IS.
The addition to the rules provides
that any stakeholder of the exposition
company, or any persons presenting an
order from the national commission to
the treasurer of the company, may at
any time prior to June Is, purchase for
$3.50 one Photographic non-transfera-
Bile ticket with fifty coupons attached,
each coupon good for one admission to
the fair, at any time on or before De-
Cember l. 1904,
The effect of the adopted rule IS to
give the public the benefit Of the re-
duccd rate, as II is said that It is the
intention OF the national commission
Immediately to prepare the order
blanks and to make all arrangements
to issue them to all applicants,
The national commission will not
issue these orders to any person who
Is alreaiy a subscriber TO the capital
stock of the exposition company, as the
holder OF such stock Is privileged TO
buy the half-rate coupon tickets with
out such order,
The general sale OF the half-rate
tickets will place what is practically a
season ticket within the reach OF al
most every one. The price Of the sea-
son tickets is S25, and the book Of cou-
pons contains coupon Of admission
for every day in the year As very
few VIII use all OF the coupons II is
thought that there will be an enor-
NOUS sale Of The half-rate tickets 10
persons who regard them as being in
effect a season ticket,
The sale Of the half-rate tickets 10
stockholders, which was suspended az
ter the adverse ruling Of the national
comm.s .ssion, has been resumed,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28


crop of 1903 are equivalent to 134,-
593 bales Of 500 pounds. This gives
Arkansas a percentage G rs OF the
total crop of the United States and
ranks her seventh in the cotton
states and territories.
The total value of the Arkansas
cotton crop for 1903 was $49299, %,
Of which the baled cotton. aggregat-
ing S5l ,964,1O5 pounds, amounted to
$42, 2,79S,S3517 and cotton seed $6,5oO,-
775OS, representing S5l,96i tons Of
seed.
In 1902 the total value Of the cotton
crop in Arkansas was si5,6S9, 292 ,25,
Of which the cotton, aggregating 400
030,957 pounds, amounted to S3sl32,'
53s,4S, and the seed, iG5,O3l tons,
s7,556, 1915.
II is interesting to note that, owing
to the advanced prices OF cotton,
while the 1903 crop was l13,O66,SJ2
pounds short compared with 1902 "a
falling off of 25 per cent?, tie value
of IT was 81 666 296G9 greater
The quantity and value of linters
obtained by the cotton seed oil mills
from reginnIUg seed from the crop OF
1903 In Arkansas was 9,146,532 pounds,
or 1921 commercial bales equal to
49, 293 bales Of SOC pounds of the value
of s4l1,59394 The report shows 33
oil mills In operation in the state.
The following table shows how the
total crop Of 74l,23G bales for the
state was raised by counties:
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Saloon Men indicted d,

A big sensation was created wher
the final report of the last Pulaski
country grand jury was read in open
court, on account of language used
which reflected on the mayor Of Lit
tie Rock and the mayor of North Lit
tie Rock. The report declared that
saloons had been kept open on sun
day. also that gambling was being
carried on, and that police officers
had failed to enforce the law. Judge
Lea refused to receive the report, in
structlng the jury that If they had
evidence showing the heads OF the
two city governments had not made
proper effort to enforce the law, they
should be indicted. Twenty saloon
proprietors were indicted for yiolat
Ing the Sunday closing law.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Approximately Three Hundred Press
sents to lie Provided.

Chicago, May 25-Sergeant- alarms
W. f. Stone Of the republican nation
al convention, who is in Chicago to re-
main until after the convention, is
busy discussing arrangements and per
fecting plans. Mr. Stone stated that all
applications FOR press seats should be
directed to his Office in the Auditorium
Annex. He said no change had been
made in the allotment of press seats
for the convention and that if any
change is TO be made it will not be un-
til after a meeting Of the sub-commit-
tee on arrangements, to be held in Chi
cago on or about June |. According 70
present arrangements approximately
300 seats will be provided for the press,
a larger proportion in comparison with
The seating capacity Of the coliseum
than was the case at the last national
republican convention in Philadelphia.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Railroad Company Sued for $40, 900
By Former Brakeman.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CHHoEICLED
Elisha Davis, Who Assaulted a Little
Girl Few Weeks Ago, Convicted
and Will Be Hanged Big Fire at
Newport.
Negro Rapist Convicted.

Elisha Davis, the negro who as
saulted little Katie Ross at Kearney,
on May 8, was tried and convicted at
Pine Bluff May 22d, the jury deliberat'
ing over his fate only five minutes. 1t
will be recalled that Davis followed
Katie and a younger sister, who were
playing near their home and at a Sc
eluded spot dragged his victim into
the woods and accomplished his pur-
pose, leaving his victim in pitiahle
condition The younger child gave
the alarm. and in few hours Davis
was captured and fully identl1ed
Officers succeeded in spiriting him
away to the penitentiary at Little
Rock, but while on the way to the
train the father Of the little girl over
took them and fired two shots into
Davis body, but failed TO inhict ia
tai wound. Davis will doubtless be
hanged in few weeks,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Physician Meets Tragic Death.

The body of Or. r. G. Lightle was
found in the flames of his barn at
Searcy with his head arms and legs
burned off. 1t is believed his lamp
exploded while he was trying to hll
il, as his fve-gallon can Of Oil was
kept in the barn and he told a friend
who left his house one hour before
that he had to I'll his lamps before
retiring, Recognition was impossi
BILE, save by broken collarbone
which surgeons cut into and verified
and, by work which Dentist Stillwel0
had done on his teeth; also by his
watch and physicians thermometer
DR.. Lightle was one Of the most prom
inent citizens in Searcy. He leaves
a wife and several children, who were
visiting out of town when he met
with his tragic death.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Narrow Escape from Drowning,

Frank Fields, an old citizen Of Cam.
den, had desperate struggle for his
life In the Mississippi river at st.
Louis, Mr. Fields is an old river
man, and when ho arrived at St
Louis he started out 10 meet some OF
his old steamboat friends. Y was in
seeking one Of these that he came so
near losing his life THIS friend IL
employed on one O! the boats lying
at the wharf which had made fast 70
another boat so that Fields had to
step from the one to the other In
doing 50, Fields either miscalculatod
the distance or his foot slipped aud ne
fell into the river As the space be.
tween the boats was too narrow TO
permit OF him striking out with hls
hands, II looked as though he could
not reach the open water aud must
be drawn under by the strong under.
tow, lie kept mp the battle for llfe
for fully twenty minutes, and Just as
he became exhausted and was about
10 sink, two river men succeeded In
reaching him with a rope and pulled
him ashore,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Knights of Honor Elect officers

Al the biennial session Of the grand
lodge, knights and Ladies of Honor
held at Texsrkana last week, the fol
lowing offcers were elected Grano
protector, w. S. Mccullough, Brink
ley; vice grand protector, W. II. Dun
blazer, Fort Smith; grand secretary
T. j. Oliphint Little Rock; grand
treasurer, W. p. Weld, Mariana.
grand chaplain, Mrs. Alice Tracher
Jonesboro; grand guide, Mrs. J. ID
Holman, mena; grand guardian, Mrs
M. e. Owens, Batesyille; grand sen
tinel, John G. Sune, Nashville; grand
trustees: Mrs. Callie Z. Harris
Wynne; Mrs. l.. w. lizard, England
W. T. Nesbitt, Fayetteville Grand
representative, Sigman Bacharach
Batesville; alternate, W, X, Baker
Wynne.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
BIG BLAZE AT NEWPORT, ARK.
Warehouses;, Elevator, Freight De-
pot ana tnrs DestroSed nn
Loss of over 100000,

Newport, Ark, May 25,-Fire oriS,-
mating at a late hour Monday night en-
tailed loss estimated at over 100000.
The warehouse Of the Newport Grocery
Co., in the Iron Mountain yards, was
totally destroyed Loss, 10000 fully
covered by insurance, The Iron Mcun-
tain freight depot with a half dozen
cars, the White River elevator and the
Dohery warehouse were also total
losses, scarcely any Of the contents be-
Ing saved.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
CAPE MAY BANK CLOSED,
The First National bank of 'npe
Way, \, J, Closed hy Osdrr of
Comptroller Of Currency,

Cape May, n j. May 2j,-.The Fira'
national bank Of Cape May has been
closed by order # NE comptroller o
tie currency The hank was recently
reorgani2ed, and the present Officers Of
the Institution, lf''s consultation
with Bank Examiner Buck, decided a.
suspend business, !, "a sand thar the
,cpositors viii be pad IN full
Financial difficulties ot the former
president It is stated, caused the pres.
ent trouble
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
THE IMPUDENT GAMESTERS
New York polirr Captain Threat
-ped with shooting II lie Re-
peats His Raid.

New York MAY 25-Threats of bodi-
ly harm TO a police captain who TOOK
part in the general poolroom raids 81
Monday in event # continued surve,l.
lance in the manner in which II has
been conducted were made 10y an at
torney in open court when some q tho
raid prisoners were arraigned. Lawyer
stephen O'Hara who represented three
men arrested in the raid on an alleged
pColroom, on East Thirty-secOnd street
bitterly attacked Police Captain Shire
when his clients were arraigned in the
Yorkville police court He charged that
the captain had mlawlUlly raided thr
place at various lines 81 warn the
captain now ssd Lawyer OHara,
that If he ever goes there again hc
will be shot
Capt Shire then made formal
complaint against the men and the
hearing was adjourned until Wednes-
day.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
RAID ON FIVE POLICY SHOPS
Haul In m Unexpected r0iicy
shop Vnij,

Chicago May 25--policy gambling
has been hit a had blow by the police.
Officers under the direction of Assist
ant Chief of Police Schuo,tler raided
Ave large policy clearing houses, made
lO6 arrests, secured N7OO In cash, a
number oi large checks, much para.
phemalla and secured evidence upon
which to base additional raids
The raidlng was unexpected by the
policy men and they were caught nap
ping
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
WORLDS BEST TlMEkEEPER
Scientist Not Satisfied with Electric
Clock Which Varies Only frae.
ton Of Second Daily.

The worlds bcst llmckccpcr Is said
TO be- the electric clock In the basement
Of the Berlin observatory which was
Installed by Prof Forester, IN lsG5, SAYS
the New York Tribune Il Ii ihclos,d in
an alright glass cylinder, and has FREE
qntnlly run for periods Of two or three
months with an average daily deviation
Of only fifteen onc.thousaudths Of sec
ond Yet astronomers are not satisfied
with even lhla, and efforts are coHtlhu.
ally made TO secure ideal conditions for
q clock by keeping II not only In ah aIr-
tight case, but In an underground vault.
whore neither changes OF temperature
norof baromelrlc pressure shall ever ai-
feet H.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Peculiar Accident.

Cha.. Williamson, Pulaski county
farmer, was accidentally shot and
killed by the discharge of his own
pistol Williamson stopped at a
spring TO get drink Of water, and as
he stopped over the spring on his
hands and knees his pistol fell from
his pocket and was discharged The
ball entered Just below the heart and
passed through his body
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Bank Cashier kidnaped.

A sensation was created at Poca'
hontas by the receipt Of a letter by
his parents from J. j Bispham, assist.
ant cashier OF the Randolph County
Bank, who left with his wife for a
visit to Piedmont, Ala, some time
ago, stating that he had been carried
TO the hold Of a vessel and was being
held a prisoner, In the letter Bisph'
am stated that one party on the vessel
was his friend, and would mail the
letter.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire.

Fire at Newport which started IN
the warehouse of the Newport Grocery
Company destroyed several buildings
and contents valued at 100000 The
Newport Grocery Company alone
placed their loss at $4,000. Their
warehouse was threestory struc.
ture filed with goods. The Iron
Mountain freight depot, the river ele.
vator and the Doherty warehouse
were destroyed, The loss Is covered
by about $4,000 insurance.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Brakeman Sues for Big Sum.

T, II, Hail, a former brakeman on
the Texarkana and Fort Smith rail
road, has brought suit at TeSarkaua
against tho company for $4,000 dam
ages. Hall alleges that while in the
employ Of the defendant company he
received injuries that disabled him
for life through no fault or negligence
Of his own,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
r,ec,r,c ,irh,cu In convention,

Boston, May % ALI sections of the
country are represented In the couyon'
ton of the National Electric Light a.
socialion, which IA IN session In this
city The lelibera,iye proceedings viii
extend through Thursday
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28

Lonoke Is the banner cotton county
with 34,643 bales, and Carroll the
smallest, with l6, Benton, Washing
ton and Madison counties made no
report
In 1902 the report shows 26,2Ol ,992
round bales, and In 1903 only l2,7lO.
S99, : falling on Of more than 90 per
cent In 1902 the percentage Of
round bales TO square was j4, in
1903 4, was 35,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
A Jealous Cuwboy

Woodward Okla, May 20 jealous
Of the attentions paid his N,tc, VIII
lam Gardner shot and Nded Bud
CRAIG and V,rgil Mnkhouser All three
were cosboye working on WIggine
ranch near here
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
p.rdicnri. Wen Cared For.

New York. May ga dispatch from
TLngicr, Morocco to the Times, says
letters have been received from Ion
Pordlcarls the wealthy American, who
was kidnapped Iew days ago by
bGndts The writer says he IL being
well cared for
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
,,,ouse os Corn stalks.

81 Louis May 75-ln the Kentucky
exhibit at the Worlds fair Is small
house made If corn stalks and corn
husks II ~ u model Of the typical
southern home Along side IN the same
section Ia windmill made Of corn
stalks and pop corn
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
r,i. In. y. oooL,ns

New York, May 25-Col Jas, r
CookIns, son Of the late Chct Justice
Gooklns of Indiana, IL dead At a hotel
here from stroke OF apopeNy, lie had
been III since Tuesday Mrs doklne
WA summoned from Chicago, but did
NO, reach here before his death,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
co,,.,,cd ria Iron Production,

New York MAY 9b,-WIthln the next
81 days the production Of pIg iron VIII,
Il Ia stated by leading dealers here be
greatly cur,ailed at the furnace 10 all
parts Of the United States,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Wait Finds A Good Home.

Mr.. E X, Adams, citizen ot LIE.
tie Rock was attracted by the bark.
ing Of his dog one night recently and
when he went 20 the door found u
newborn babe, warmly wrapped IN
blankets, on his door step, The wait
was taken IN and IL doing we'll MIR
Adams has decided TO adopt the little
fellow, as he has no children Of his
own,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
,niinn NM rinni snih.

Denver. Col, May 25 The plant OF
the Overland Cotton Mil Co, which
went into the hands Of a receiver some
months ago, has been sold at auction ~
the whiting Machine Works Co, OF
Whinsyillo, Mass, for iGb 900,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
I,einr lirnLrl,

Detroit Mich May "a, Peter Hen.
kel, founder of the Commercial Milling
o. of Detroit died, Monday night aged
50 years, from heart disease In add.
ton to his Detroit interests Mr. Hen
kel owned u -four mill IN Cleveland,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
under,akers selee, New oHieers

The funeral directors association
OF Arkansas In convention at Hot
Springs last week elected the following
officers; President H. !, Holderness
Pine Bluir; vice president, j u, Wood,
Eureka Springs, secretary Al s,eph'
ems forrcs, City; treasurer Robert
Drunsnond Newport, chaplain, 7, J.
BriNsoll, Brinkley
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28
Interesting Cotton Statistics.

The following table. prepared by
The department Of commerce and Ia
Dor. shows the quantity Of cotton
ginned in Arkansas for the past five
years:
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28

Oliver Brown, colorod, was struck
and instantly killed By the engine Of
the England and Clear Lake railroad
about three miles from England.
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28

There wss q slight frost At sloan
Springs on May H. II did no dam
are,
The Van Buren press., 1904-05-28

Scientists inform us that eventually
all radIum will disappear They do not
say where It viii 20, but II mIeht pay to
keep an eye on Morgan ahd Rockefeller,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
$1oo Reward, $1UO.

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
me dreaded disease that science has
Neen able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
IS the only positive cure now known
NJ The medical fraternity. Catarrh
Being constitutional disease, re-
9uires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
mucus surfaces of tho system, there
NY destroying the foundation Of the
disease and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing Its work
The propretors have so much faith In
it's curative powers that they offer
Sne Hundred Dollars for any case that
it tails to cure Send for list OF tes-
tmonials Address,
]. CHENEY & co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Aalls Family Pills are tbs best.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
Graphic's Daily Story

Jimmy went swiftly and quietly to
work. In just twenty-six minutes from
the time he opened the suit ease be
swung open the door Of the vault He
took one step forward and then stag
gered back, for out of the vault tot
tered young woman, who stood be
side him Swaying to and fro. Jimmy
sprang forward and caught her just
as she fell
He laid her gently on the floor With
his coat beneath her head. Then he
brought water from a faucet he found
in the inner office and dcftly laved her
wrists and temples. Presently She
opened her eyes AMI sat up
Pretty narrow squeak that" said
Jimmy cheerfully.
"Where-where are the rest" Size
asked dazedly.
Jimmy brought chair and lifted
her into it.
Il know all about it." he said sooth-
ingly. You work here, and some one
accidentally locked YOU in the vault at
closing time. | confess didn't eX-
pect to find You in there when opened
1t. | came Of my own accord. you an-
derstand, for quite another purpose.
Oh she gasped and regarded him
with wide opened eyes. 1t was iuSt
in time for me anyway. couldn't
have lived in there much longer"
Jimmy had risen and was pHtt:ns
his tools in his suit east after which
he shut the door of the vault.
Il have interrupted your-your busi-
ness" she said
Jimmy smiled. He noted she was
very pretty girl. There was something,
too. in the way she accepted the situa-
tion that won his admiration.
Really he said, I'm not in the
mood for work tonight. If You feel
able to stay alone here for a moment
I'll call a carriage to take you home"
The girl gave him a grateful look.
Il didn't realize there We're gentle
men in your-your profession,' she
said. But | fear you'll run too much
risk in getting the carriage. You'd bet
ter not GO
Nonsense laughed Jimmy and dis
1t was two years from the night that
Jimmy Mcguire and his suit case left
McCOy's that Mr. Andrew Rider-.Si-
lent Andy" more commonly-opened i
letter in the office of the same hotel
and read as follows:
Dear Andy-You remember that Job you
put me next to down in Redpath. Well
| what do you think l got out of that
| vault? Old boy, 1t was a wife, the best
| and sweetest woman In the world We
were married here In Redpath last Tues
day. You see. she was accidentally lock-
ed In that vault I cracked. and I cracked
1t Just In time to save her too.
AS | hope for peace and happiness the
rest of my days Andy. I've been an hon
est man from the moment l first looked
! into her eyes.
This note is to let You know what has
become of me and also to inform You
that I have found the best way to live
straight | wish you would meet me a
Southport some day and take away that
case of tools. My regards to all the boys
SAMUEL r. JONES
Proprietor Redpath Hardware Store.
SIDNEY II. COLE.