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The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
ARRANGING The EXHIBITS
The Last Stages Of Worlds Fair
Preparations Under Way
In Several of the Exhibit Buildings
the work of Installation -
MAKING Rapid Progress.

St Louis. Feb 24-The last stages
of the preparations Of the Worlds taT
are now Under way, and in several
buildings the installation of exhibits
has already begun. Carload after car
load of exhibits have been placed in the
respective buildings in the last few
days and the work of unloading and
arranging is all that remains for the
exhibitors
OF one exhibit alone. that Of the Bal
timOre & Ohio railroad, 80 cars have
already been placed in the Transporta-
ton building and l6 more are waiting
for space to unload. The second OF
three trainloads of this exhibit arrived
Monday, and when it is finally ar
ranged a picture of railway transporta-
ton from its inception to the present
day will be afforded.
Part Of this exhibit arrived on its
own wheels but many Of the older en-
gines, which are not Of standard gauge,
were shipped on fiat cars, from which
they will be removed and placed on
tracks.
The Missouri commission will move
its Offices to the state building this
week, as the structure is completed
with the exception Of painting AID
electric fixtures, which will be installed
at the last moment, to present as fresh
an appearance as possible on the open
ing day.
G.. d. Buchanan, superintendent OF
education, and a force of six teachers
have set about the preparation of the
Missouri educational exhibit for install
lation. Part of the exhibit will be
mounted in frames under glass and the
rest will be placed in book form and
bound. The Missouri building is the
second that is ready for its commits
sion. the Arkansas state edifice having
been occupied for the last month
The Oklahoma commission is on the
grounds, preparing for the installation
of its agricultural exhibit, work on
which will be Immediately begun.
OF the foreign nations, Japan is early
on the ground with IS carloads Of her
exhibits ready for installation. This
exhibit will comprise in its entirety
an epitome of the history of the nation
as shown by manufactures and arts.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
NEGROES TERRIBLE DEED.
i,nt n sicL WHITE woman into Inc
scnsihl,it when she Refused
10 give hin Money,

Wichita, kas., Feb, IA negro on.
tered the home Of Mrs L. Mcpherson, u
white woman, who lay sick abod Tues.
DAY. and when she refused 10 give him
money hcu, her into inscuslhIllly with
a stove handle. Later Greeley Robin
son, whom Mrs, pherson Identified an
her assaiant was placed under arrest
The womanH condition IN critical
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
SITUATION IN THE BALKANS.


Rome, Feb, 2i,--Thc situation IN the
Balkans II considered here to have im-
proved Tuesday from The fact among
other things, that Turkey has ordered
seven torpedo boat deslroyers from
Italian ship builders II ~ believed
she would not do this II she thought
serious trouble In the Balkans TO be
imminent
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION
ensc Involving the New Ainbamn
Constitution Dismissed ny IN"
Iniicd states supreme Court,

Washington Feb 2i-ln the su'
prcme court Of the United States an
opinion was handed down by Justice
Day In the case Of Jackson Giles, Of the
board of registration of Montgomery
county, Ala, Diminishing the case for
want Of jurisdiction, no federal ques-
ton being involved The case involved
the suffrage clause Of the new consti-
,utxn Of Alabama This provision was
attacked on a discrimination against
the coored race, of which Giles Is a
member The effect Of the decision Is
against Giles,
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
BRIEF MENTION.

The sawmll of w, r. Cone at Mont.
rose was destroyed by fire last week.
Both Senators Clark and Berry voted
for the ratification Of the Panama ca.
nal treaty,
A young white man by the name Of
jerome Gallagher met death accident.
ally in a mine near Fayetteville,
j. f. Herring, an Iron Mountain
brakeman, was fatally injured at Hope
by falling between the cars Of a
freight train,
Miss Rona Mosher, national temper.
ancc organizer for the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Is lee
turing in this state,
The Bank Of Eudora, Chicot county,
capital $4,000, and the Citizens Bank
Of Rogers, capital $4,000, have incor'
poratod under the state laws,
The state offers a reward Of 5000
for the arrest and conviction Of Ernest
Foster who, October 20, 1903, shot
and killed Ernest Koastcr In Searcy
county
A call has been issued for q meet.
Ing Of representatives Of organized
labor, TO be held at Little Rock March
Il, for the purpose Of organizing n
state federation
The sheriff Of Pulaski county, act
ing on the order Of the circuit Judge
destroyed several hundred dollars
worth u gambling paraphornaiO
seized several months ago
The state board Of railway lncorpor.
alton has extended for u period Of
three years the time allowed for the
completion Of 10 per cent Of the work
on the Moua and Black Springs rail
way
A man by the name Of Dofy was
Killed by an Iron Mountain passenger
train n few miles from Hot Springs
The engineer says the man was wit
ting on the track and was evidently
asleep,
The first winter race meeting at
Essex park, Hot Springs, opened Feb.
ruAry 30
Effective April I, three free rural
delivery routes win be- established NJ
Rogers, Of 20, 90 and 20 miles In
length There are aSs houses on the
routes aud u population Of 1928 Will
be- served
William Edwards an old resident OF
Pine Nun was found dead at hl. home
whpre he lived alone by hls pouin
law, tie was No years Of age, and had
been n sufiercr from heart disease for
some time
President Roosevelt has nominated
], r. Gibson to be postmaster at Hope
At u meeting " the republican
state executive committee, held IN
Little Rock, o, n Hawkins waa In
dofsod for postmaster at MorfIl,on
and G, l., Jones for the same position
nj Junction city
Adam Arfents, n Pine nun mali
carrier, was awakened one night fe
Gently by the cries OF an infant and
upon investigation, the child, n IT,
male about month old was found
| lying ON the steps II was poorly clad
and plnost frozen 10 death
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Narrow Escape From Sutfocation.

Mrs. Josie Bruokins and her IA
year-old daughter had a narrow escape
from suffocation in a fire which par.
TALLY destroyed a grocery store on
the corner of Fifth and Center streets,
Little Rock The women roomed in
the second story of the building and
did not awake until the flames, which
started on the first floor, had spread
to the stairway They were compelled
to jump to cloth awning, and, as
this broke their fall they were caught
by parties attracted by the fire The
stock and building were damaged
about 81 300.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
sleet Don. Considerable Damage.

The heavy sleet which fell at Little
Rock on the Goth did much damage,
merchants being the principal suffer
ers from water leaking through tin
roofs Two wears ago a heavier sleet
than that of the goth fell in Little
Rock and the damage done to tele-
phone and eiectr,c wires and TO mer-
camille firms was in the neighborhood
Of a quarter of a million dollars.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Oil Company Organized.

What is known as the Hudson River
OIL and Gas company has been organ
lied at TeXarkana with a paid.up cap
ital stock of 100000 j, D. Budd Of
Ogden is president, A. l.. Shouts Of
st. Louis vice president, A. S Gibson
of TeXarkana secretary, and G L,
Hymer Of Texarkana treasurer, The
object of the company is to develop oil
interests upon large amount Of lands
upon which they have secured options,
lying in Little River county
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
BALTIMORE BANKS RESUME.
All branches of business In the iinI-
tmorc iinnhs Wcr" ltr-
sum,d Tuesday

Baltimore, Feb 2i-Thc banks In
this city resumed business Tuesday
IN all their branches for the first time
since the Gre Under Gov Warnold's
proclamation the enforced payment Of
protcstablo paper has been suspended
from February g. thus making It Nee
cssary for all who have matured obll-
gntIons 10 take care Of them before the
close of banking hours Tuesday
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
RUDOLPH TO BE RELEASED.
GOV, bailey uonors GOV, Dockery'h
Wcpuisition aud 'ommut"s
Outlaws Sentence,

Topeka, Kas. Feb, 2i-Goy Bailey
has communted Bill Rudolph's term in
the Kansas penitentiary to expire to-
day. The governor has also honored
the reQuisiuon from Gov, Dockery for
Rudolph's return to Missouri The sem
tence was commuted, because II Is be-
lieyed this plan would cause less dif-
Rculty than a pardon, Sheriff Bruch
of Union, Mo, Is here, and the prisoner
will be turned over to him to-day Ilu.
dolph and his guards viii start for 81,
Louis tonight,
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Negro Accidentally Killed.

Moses Edward colored, was acct.
dentally shot and killed near Lake Vii.
lage by n Critic. a companion, with
whom he was hunting The two ne
grOes stopped to take a drink together
when CRITICS gun became unbreached.
In attempting to throw ii back in
place the gun was discharged, the load
entering Edwards stomach.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Shooting at Doddridge.

A serious shooting ARRAY took place
at Doddridge. in Miller county, in
which DR. Westbrook was seriously
wounded by Mack Mays The men
had previously engaged in difficulty,
and when they met on the street Mays
opened fire with a Winchester, firing
nine shots. but only one took effect
Both parties are prominent citizens
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Woman's Fiendish Act.

Enraged at her husband for alleged
mistreatment Leonu Jones, a negress
Of Helena, adopted a nendish manner
in which 20 get even, While Jones
was asleep the woman prepared a kot.
tie OF boiling water In which she
placed a handful Of red pepper and
poured II over his head She then
hacked the suffering man in the head
a number Of times with u Ratchet
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Conductor Gould Killed.

J.R. Gould, a conductor on the Fort
Smith road, met with fatal accident
at Paarm, tie was assisting In set
ting out car and In running to throw
4 switch his foot was caught In u frog.
Several cars passed over bis body
which was crushed into an unrecog.
nzable mass MIR Gould lived at
Conway
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Free for the ASKING,

Parties desiring copy Of the pro.
eoedings Of the thirteenth annual seq
sion of the state Teachers assocIa.
ton. held in Little Rock December
7g.3i may have the same forwarded
by sending their address to the super.
intendcnt of education The proceed
ings contain all papers read at the
session.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
BOURKE COCHRAN ELECTED.
Elected ~ MEMBER ~ Congress 20
Eiii ia" seat made Nncnn, ~ III"
Wcsipnnlion of q, H. Mcclellan,

New York. Feb CIV, Bourke
Cochran was elected a member Of con.
grcss Tuesday at a special election held
In the Twelfth congressional district TO
mn the place made vacant by the roslga
nation of George II. Mcclellan, Mr.
Cochran had practically no opposition
the republicans having no nominee
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Railroad Attorneys Appointed.

The legal department Of the Iron
Mountain system has been reorgan.
lied, due to the death of Col George
E. Dodge Hon. Ben S. Johnson sue
ceeds the firm Of Dodge 4 Johnson as
general counsel for Arkansas and In
dian Territory. Hon. J, +, Williams,
Of Little Rock, has been appointed as
sistant general attorney The other
assistant attorneys are NJ, A. Austin
Of Pine Bluff. Oscar l.. Miles of Fort
Smith, and T NJ Mehaffy and Carroll
a. Pemberton Of Little Rock.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Special Rates to Homeseekers.

The Rock Island immigration de-.
partment announces that this state is
to receive special attention in the
work Of locating desirable homestead.
ers, who travel over that line from
the North and East The Rock Island,
as well as other lines, offers special
rates TO homcseekers and colonists
who journey westward on special
trains on the first and third Tuesdays
Of each month.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Drank Wood Alcohol.

r. A. Scott a carpenter, residing at
Portland was taken violently i'll and
died in great agony a few hours later.
lie purchased several bottles of lemon
extract. which he drank The extract
is supposed to have contained wood
alcohol.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
MCCLELLAN SHAKESUPP ICE
wakes Wholesale Transfers Of ora
GERS Appointed tudcr the
Low Administration,

New York, Feb. 2i-Thc "shakeup"
In the police department, which has
been expected since the advent Of tho
Mcclellan administration, took place
Tuesday when three inspectors eleven
captains, one detective sergeant, one
sergeant and two patrolmon were
transferred, TITUS, Smith and Albert
son were appointccs Of Commissioner
Greene under the Low administration.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
lmportan, Meeting,

About forty members Of the Mis-.
,ouri Pacific immigration bureau had
n meeting In Little Rock last week,
being the annual meeting Of the Little
Rock district agents, the territory om.
braclng Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas
and Tennessee Matters Of vital In.
test In the work Of the bureau were
considered,
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
nrhirnien WIN rnmn ana snienhnr

Colorado Springs Colo Feb "a
with pomp and splcndor Palmer hail,
the magnificent new scientific building
Of Colorado college WAS defeated
Tuesday In the presence Of an assem-.
blage Of nearly 1000 people preHls
dents ar various colleges OF the east
aud west were present
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Elected officers.

The state committee Of the Y. NJ.
c, A, in annual session at Little Rock
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Fred Fox, Of
Pine Bluff; yice.president, r, Il. Wait,
Of Little Rock; secretary and treas
urer, A. w, Porter Little Rock; state
secretary, l.. Scoheld, Little Rock
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27

New York, Feb 2i=Wm, j, Thorn
bury,chicf plan examiner IN the Brook
Ign building department. and one Of
the most accomplished malhemalla
clans In the country killed himself By
InhalIng gas He had been IN poor
health for u year past
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
,to, D,s,iouu,shcd service,

Washington, Feb "a Favorable
report Tuesday was authorized by the
house committee on military affairs
ON senate bill giving the grades Of
major" to Ia army thapalhs for dis
llngulshcd services
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
10 Amend Naturalization inws,

Washington, Feb, 2i-Represonla-
tive Gouldcn Of New York, has intro
duccd bill amending the nawrall2a'
ton laws by requiring court records TO
be produced and identification made
absolute, before the issuance Of linal
papers to aliens
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Nn Al.li snn nnmlnpo rnr,..

Washington Feb, i=lndlcalons
now point 10 the entire general board
of the navy visiting santo Domingo
ports, with q view 10 directing future
operations IN connection with tho
Island lnle'llgontly,
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Admits the shortage,

Seymour, Ind, Feb 2i.-Cyrus Il,
McRady cashier Of the First national
bank and treasurer Of the Cooperative
building and Loan association, has ad.
mIltcd HIS accounts are short with tho
two institutions
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
THE PANAMA CANAL
TREATY RATIFIED
Passed the Senate Without Amend
ment By a Vote of 90 to ID.
TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE
Everything Is Ready For the
speedy Combination Of the Treaty
and Preparations Have Heen
Made For Actual work.

Washington, Feb 2l.-The United
States senate Tuesday ratified. with
out amendm ent, the treaty with Pan
anna for a canal across the isthmus Of
that name by a vote OF &C TO II. The
result was a foregOne conclusion, the
interest in the matter being only in
the division of the vote on the demo-
cratic side. which was not known def
nitely until the roll was called, all
the republicans being for ratification.
Fourteen democrats voted for ratifi-
cation and If against Two democrats,
Clark, of Montana. and Stone, of Mis-
souri,, were paired in favor of the
treaty, and three democrats, Overman,
McLaurin and Martin, were paired
against il, so in the total vote l6 dem
ocrats were for the treaty and II
against it, The only other vote was
on the amendment offered by Senator
Bacon, providing for an arrangement
to compensate Colombia for loss of the
territory of Panama. This was reject
ed by a vote of "A to 40. twas a party
vote on the affirmative side, and also
on the negative side with the exception
of Mr.. Robson and Mr. McEnerny,
democrats, who voted with the repub-
Leans. Four democrats were absent
when this vote was taken, and no pairs
were announced for them. Some re-
publicans also were absent on this
vote
senator CuiIom Commended.
Senators generally commend the
management of the treaty by Senator
Cullom. chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, who has had charge
of the measure during both the plain
and stormy sailing The vote was talk
en- much earlier than was anticipated
at first when its opponents were rigor-
ously trying TO secure enough votes to
prevent ratification.
The debate in executive session was
generally on the merits of the treaty
with reference to the Secert papers
which were sent to the senate by the
president Senator Morgan made a
set speech, which occupied the greater
part Of the time Senator CuIDerSoh
node comments on the secret CORE
spondence, and asserted that 1t showed
that the reasonable time referred 10
in the Spooner act was known to nave
expired both for negotiating the HAY
Herran treaty and its ratilication, Sen
atOr Culberson read latler addressed
to DR. Albert shaw by the president
dated October 20, 1903, in which, the
president said he saw no hope for any
negotiation with Colombia and that he
would be delighted should a revolution
occur on the isthmus,
The Exchange OF h"''"'"n""N'
EVERYTHING Is ready for the speedy
ConsummatiOn Of the Panama canal
treaty, and both the war and state de-
partmcnts have made preparations Tor
the next step the former by the dis
patch Of troops to the lsthmus and
the latter by the completion Of ar
rangements for the exchange OF ratl-
hcatons of the treaty, which must take
place in Washington, There Is no rea-
son why this ceremony should not oc-
eur within the next As hours. NJ Bu-
nau-Narilla, the minister from Pana-
ma, was at the state department tues
N..8f q. fN..H IA
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
utispon Has i,rsiunri

New York, Feb 2i,-Clemcnt A.
Grlscom resigned Tuesday az president
Of the International Mcrchantllo Ma
rIne Co, and i, Bruce lsmay the man.
aging director Of the white Star line,
was elected To succeed him
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
ARE ORDERED TO PANAMA

Nnthinr is loft 10 CHARITY.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27

pltsburg Pa, Feb During the
last net Of "ln old Kentucky ut the
Bllou thoatcr, Monday night panic
was caused by falling ceiling In am
other part of the building Several
women tainted bat no one wNs serious
~ hurt
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
cant, ndWin \ snch,c,

S. Louis. Feb. "a Capt Edwin A,
Sheblc, q prominent rIycrmon In carly
tmeH, died Monday lie was nearly N
years old and had been n resident Of
ST. Louis since 1870 He was born In
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April g. 1920
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
Decided AGAINST Al Adams,

Washington, Feb, 2i,=The supreme
court OF the United States has decided
the ease Of Al Adams, the so-ealled pol.
iey king, Of New York, against Adams,
the opinion being by Justice Day
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27

Gallon afllrms that heredty Is one-
half derived from parents, onc.fourth
from grandparents, ono-cIghth from
great grandparents
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27

The only American machine that Ia
popular IN Honduras In the sewing ma.
chine which Ia In practical use through.
out the rnpuhIr
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27

Richmond, Va, Feb li=Wiliiam
Jennings bryan Tuesday revisited the
house of delegates and made a shoft
address,
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
rsipndahip and Enm,,,,

A man may be disappointed ia tho
friendship Of his friends but he can
always depend on the enmity VI his
onemes
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27
horrible Death Melted out to a Negro

Glen Bays, the negro who murdered
J. u, stephens, was burned 10 death
by n mob IN Ashley county II IA al
legged Bays made full confession, and
stated that he planned his escape bo.
fore the crime was committed Bays
aud Mr. stephens had some trouble and
without warning Bays went into Mr.,
Stephens house, secured shotgun,
and, returning n few minutes later,
hrod two loads Of buekshot into Mr..
Stephens breast, then brutally dubbed
the dying man with the butt Of the
gun,
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27

Frank Cooley was fined $50 at Fort
Smith on the charge of ehdeayofing
20 entice n younH girl away from home.
The Van Buren press., 1904-02-27

Honor Ia the attribute Of the nobo
and the excuse Of the unworhy,=Ram's
Horn,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-11-16
IoWa's Plurality is 1922.

Roosevelts exact plurality in Iowa,
according to the complete unofficial
rsturns, was 149,972 But one county
in the entire state, Johnson, the home
of Congressman M. j. Wade. democrat,
was carried by Parker The latter's
plurality there was 597. Normally
there are fifteen to twenty democratic
counties in the state. The result of
this year S election indicates that the
next legislature will be almost wholly
devoid of democrats. Dubuque, Lee,
Davis. Crawford, Fremont and Carroll
counties, former democratic strong
holds. were carried by Roosevelt.
The total vote in Iowa was approxi-
mately $50. 900, 10000 less than four
years ago. There was an increase in
republican vote of 20, 900 and decrease
in democratic vote of 48, 200. Parker
vote is the smallest ever polled by a
democratic candidate for president
and the slump is attributed to the dis
affection on the part of the Bryan
democrats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-11-16
The Modern Comic Opera.

Only few weeks ago Chicago
paper contained lengthy article con-
cerning the modern comic opera. In
it the present day so-called opera was
severely criticised for. having no plot
or romance such as the old-time
"Pinafore, I" "Mikado" and others de-
lighted US with. 1t Is fact that few
of the productions now passing for
opera are really anything but musical
extravaganzas with goodly share Of
comedy thrown in and the cast is
chosen more for their ability to amuse
by little tricks and jokes than for
their vocal possibilities. Really good
singers are a scarcity in the comic
operas of the pres snt dav. There is
all exception to this rule. however. in
the opera of "Irma." for every voice.
even in the chorus. is especially fine.
The soloists are singers of unusual
merit and every note they sing is we'll
taken, while in quality their voices
are pure and rich. This alone makes
the opera we'll worth hearing. But
there is more, for in "Irma" there is
"a plot-a romance. with strain of
comedy running through it which
creates no little amusement. 1t is i'm
possible to appreciate the complica-
tions, however without seeing the per-
formance.
This splendid opera will be seen at
the Grand opera house Nov. 25th.