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The Springdale news., 1907-02-15
i'm tbe Gown and County.

W0Tk+ Her sister, Mss Belle, k still n St Louis, and k connect ed with St. Anne Institute
 One night last week some one entered the smoke house of E. $. Thompson on Holcomb Street and helped himself to ham of meat. That the night prowler is connoiseur i> demonstrated by the fact that he chose the finest ham in the bunch. The probabilities are the thief will get all that is coming to him be- fore many days.
 Tobe Allen, son of Mrs. w. H. Allen who lives near Farming ton, and who went to Los Ang- les, Cal, bout six weeks ago. died at that place January 31st, of spi nal meningitis, aged about thirty years. Mr. Allen was a most exemplary young man and has many friends here who re- gret 10 hear of his death.-Prairie Grove Herald.
 ]. B. Tillman. who recently closed term of school at Fish back, has accepted q position as salesman for the American House Ventilating Co.,. and has been assigned territory in and near It. Smith. He will go to It. Smith next Monday, but expects to return home every week. The company manufactures patent window sash, and the headquar- ters are at Fayetteville.
 Fayetteville grocery merchants have an organization winch meets about twice month to compare notes about credit customers and the customer who forms the hab- 1t of lodging payment k easily located and soon finds himself without d place to buy on time. The comparing Of such notes on such customers Is said to have already brought about some good results Fayetteville Review.
 N. c. Thompson of this place has received d hattering offer from the purchasing department of the Santa 2e Railroad Com pany to make d trip to Japan to inspect some timber purchased by that company in that country. He k as yet undecided a> to whether or not he will make the trip Mr Thompson k probably one of the best timber men in the country.
 Sheriff Jone Berry of Madison County came in Sunday afternoon from Little Rock where he had been 10 place Mrs, Wm. Cain in the asylum. MT. Berry was ac- companied by Mrs. Gains hus- band and his brother, Thomas Cain. Mrs. Gains case is peculiarly sad one. She Is of excellent family and resided near Marble. A few weeks ago she gave birth to a child and since that time has been violently ln- sane. and at times almost beyond control. The child IS living and IS said to be doing nicely.
 The Prairie Grove school board lfas initiated q movement for a better school building for our town, and their action seemed to meet the approval of a large num- Der of "citizens. The present school buildings are very much in need of repair and to put them in good condition will require the expenditure of q large sum of money, and after this is done the buildings will not meet the re- quirementS of the constantly in- creasing attendance. 1t IS the idea of the board, if the citizens approve, to unite the schools in one large and up to date building. We hope 10 see the movement carried through Money invested iu school buildings is we'll spent. Good citizens will be attracted to h nf
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
ATCOLUuBI4
Delegates TO International Congress
Here for SeUeraI Daus.

Delegates and their friends attended the seventh
International Congress Of Zoology yesterday at
Columbia University. The delegates came here
by boat, landing at Pier 4o North River, and were
greeted by a reception committee Of the university
composed Of Z. B. wilson professor of zoology
Professor VI. A. Bigelow. Professor Bashford
Dean. Professor A. w. Grbau. c. W Ca1kins F.
a. Goetze. Thomas II. Morgan and Henry r Os-
borne, all associate professors Of Columbis.
The delegates will remain in the city several
days. They escorted from the steamer to
Livingston Hall, Amsterdam avenue and Hath
street, and the reception was AT the Columbia
Faculty Club House In the afternoon all the
university buildings were thrown open. and many
OF the members of the congress and their wives
visited the art and other exhibits.
Professor Wilson made a short address after
luncheon. IN which he welcomed the members Of
the congress from foreign lands. whose work had
done much toward helping American scientists
The professor also spoke of the cordial welcome
extended always TO American biologists and
oosistS who visited the great laboratories of Great
Britain and the Continent.
The countries represented the congress were
the British Empire. France, Germany. Holland
Belgium. Austria. Hungary. Switzerland. Russia,
Italy. Norway. Asia and South America
1t was announced that the next meeting of the
congress would take place at Graz. Austria. which
is the home of the newly elected president. Pro-
fessor Ludwig Won Graf. Most OF the afternoon
spent by the members in viewing points of
interest about the city. The delegates will visit
the American Museum of Natural History to-day
guests of the trustees and officers of the mu-
scum and OF the New York Academy of Sciences
Tomorrow they Will take a trip to Cold Spring
Harbor and will return this city in the evening
Thursday they will visit the New York Geological
Park and the Aquarium. Friday they will be the
guests of Professor Henry f. Osborne at his home
at Garrison. n. Y. on Saturday Yale and
Princeton universities will be visited and on Mon
day the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences The following Monday they will
leave here for Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

The Countess Of Orford. who was MISS LOUISE
Corbin is now on the high road TO coh'aleSeeAeo
from the operation which she underwent 9oh'0
time ago at her house. in Bruton street. LONDON
Her recovery was greatly retarded by an attain
30 ,,aasIes AS soon as she Is strong enough she
will leave for her country seat In Norfolk anu
will be unable to pay her customary Visit 70 Ne"
York this fall.
Georee T. D. Scheffelin woodbury. G. Lansdon'
Charles Scribner George Macculoch MlIIer. D.
ogden Chsom, DR.. d. Hunter McAlpin ana RICH
ard H Williams are among those actively inter
ested in Morristown's annual horse show winch
takes place September rs. q and y
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould have sailed from
Paris for New York and are due here at the emu
of the week on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
On their arrival they will go TO their country place
at Ardsley-on the Hudson.
Don Marino Torlonio and his bride who was Miss
Mary Elsie Moore. at Lake Placid. in the Adj
rondacks Her parents Mr. and Mrs Charles A
Moore. and her brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and
Mrs Colby NJ Chester. are with them
Mr. and Mrs William Douglas Sloane have re-
turned to Lenox, Mass. from the Adirondacks.
where they visiting relatives and friends
Mr. and Mrs Robert Goelet have left Paris and
gone to Scotland to visit the Duke and Duchess Of
Roxburghe.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. NJ. Burden have gone
to the Adirondacks and at the Meyer camp
on Spitfre Lake. recently leased by Mr.. and Mrs.
/. Townsend Burden.
The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Shipman the
guests of Mrs. Shipman's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Edison Bradley, at their summer home in the
Thousand Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. NewboId Morris have returned to
Lenox. Mass. from Newport.
Colonel John Jacob Astor has arrived IN London
from the Continent. Mrs. Astor Is still at St
Moritz
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer Will spend the
remainder of the season at Southampton Long
Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gilman are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Lloyd at their camp In the
Adirondacks.
Colonel William Jay has arrived In London from
Paris
Mr. and Mrs. william Pierson Hamilton are stop-
ping the Edgenere Club Edgernere Long
Island.
Mr.. and Mrs Reginald Rives Will go TO Newport
next week for the horse show. and while there will
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
CRIMINAL APPEAL IN ENGLAND.

Rv the enactment in the closing days OF the
Parliamentary session OF bill establishing
court of appeals for criminal cases Great BTU
ain has been placed IN line with, we believe, All
other enlightened nations, and il is probaDie
also that the ends OF justice have been materl-
ally pronoted. In some respects Brltlsh crln
inal law has been more decently ana more ei-
fectfvely administered than our own some oi
the spectacular" and scandalous murder trials
which New York has suffered TO Its shame
would have been impossible In the United King
dom and IL IS reasonable TO believe that the ex-
nes5irfou with which British criminal procedure
acts and the absence Of any court or appear OF
other provision for securing second UlaI' nave
Invested the criminal code with terror and nave
thus prevented TO some extent the commission
of crime. On the other hand, there has now
and then been cause for fearing miscarriage OF
Justice In the condemnation Of an innocent per
son; at any rate, there have been cases In whlch
popular assurance that justice was done would
have been enormously strengthened If some
higher tribunal had passed upon and approved
the verdict and sentence OF the court OF trial
The strongest opposition to the creation Of
this court-and II was strong, being offered by
such jurists Lord Halsbury and Lord Alver-
stone-was based upon the theory that II would
impair the time hopored institution OF trial by
Jury 1t WIS urged that IL would be an impair
meut OF the responsibility and authority of
5uries 10 make their decisions subject TO review
and reversal by bench Of judges. But it is sub
feet of speculation rather than of evidence that
1uries ia other lands where appeal In criminal
cases has long existed have felt less sense Of re-
sponsibi.ity than those in England; and in view OF
this and other foreoodings concerning the effect
Of the new system we cannot forget the solemn
prediction OF the great Lord Peterborough, that
r the law imposing capitsl punishment upon
any nzn, woman or child who stole anything
worth i've shillngs or more were repealed, 1.-The
s'people would not be able to sleep safely in their
sbedA"
II certainly seems that IL appeals are possible
UAaa Gully property rights are In question there
ohpuld also be q second chance for making sure
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
THE RrSSO,JAPANESE TREATY.

II is interesting to observe how directly In
ternational compacts in Eastern Asia Alnge
upon those principles of territorial integrity ana
the omen door in China which Great Britain
first proposed and the adoption of which by the
powers the United States first secured Nheh
Secretary Hay years ago, after much CORE
sDondence and diplomatic effort. obtained the
formal adherence of the European powers 10
those principles there were many expressions OF
doubt concerning the practical efficiency OF the
arrangement. 1t was skeptically suggested
that however readily some powers might sub
scribe to a benevolent doctrine they would
throw il TO the winds the moment selfish IN
tereSt prescribed that course. We may to-uay
record with qualification that thus far the con-
trary has been the case. Despite what might
he assumed to be selfish interests the powers
have kept their pledge. and the Anglo-Japanese,
the FrancoJapanese and now latest, the Russo
japanese treaties have specifically conflrmed
that pledge.
We may say indeed that reafiirmation ana
confirmation thereof formed the chief purpose
of the Russo-Japanese treaty OF July 30 last
That instrument is notably brief and direct In
terms 1t comprises only two short articles, ana
equal opportunity or the open door, Is the
keynote of each In the first article the TWO
powers agree to respect the territorial integrity
of each other and also their rights in China so
far rs these are not Incompatible with the
''nrinciple of equal opportunity" In the second
they specifically recognize and pledge themselves
TO uphold. by all peaceabe means at their dis
posaI the independence and territorial integrity
of China and the principle of equal opportunity
in commerce and industry there for all nations
That marks splendid advance from the efforts
of recent years TO secure for some one power i
monopoly of privilege in a large part OF the
Chinese Empire and is splendid vindication OF
the consistent and persistent policy OF the
United States.
1t is gratifying to be able to add that, accord
ing to reports, in nearly every particular those
principles are being Loyalty put into effect We
have already commented upon the opening OF
the great port Of Taren TO the worlds commerce
and to the establishment Of the Chinese imperial
customs system along the Russian land frontier
precisely the same as at seaports. Indeed. only
one thing now seems to be lacking for the as
surance of equal opportunity" That is for
Japan TO join the other powers In guaranteeing
the protection of trademarks in China. One of
the greatest evils of Chinese trade, and one from
which this country has suffered much has been
the counterfeiting of trademarks on foreign
goods There is no creditable reason for shield
ing that dishonest practice. and it is not To be
expected that Japan. for the sake of gain 10
few Of the less scrupulous of her traders. Will
continue To countenance it. The Chinese Empire
is so large and its commercial requirements are
So vast that 10 paraphrase n familiar saying,
there is profit enough for all in trade with it
without reSorting to any dishonest unfair
tricks
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD

What must come must come Dispatches from
Pittsburg bring the important information that
In that well known birthplace of great political
movements one "a L. Dulln, president Of the
Bryan Democratic League Of New York." has
started q boom for the Hon. Charles A. Towne
as the next Democratic Presidential nominee.
We were led 10 understand year ago that Mr..
Towne, out of a sense Of p0etical justice had
consented TO run for the VicePresidency in 1908
on a ticket with Mr.. Bryan, since he had unself-
ishly retired in 1900 Mr.. Bryan's associate
on the PopuIist and Silver Republican national
tickets and thus cleared the way for the In
dorsement Of Adlai Stevenson. But fate and
duty call, and Mr.. Towne now aims higher. Mr..
Dulin says he finds "a powerful element in both
1.-The South and the West who consider Towne
'.the most available man to nominate at this
"time" Mr.. Towne should not lose moment,
however, in getting into the field, for otherwise
New York will be firmly committed TO "The
Brooklyn Eagles" popular duplicate candidate,
William Astor and Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27

of Justice when a human life is at stake 1here
have been cases in both America anu GreaC
Britain IN which innocent persons We're pro-
nounced guilty and were made TO suffer pen
aI+ies of inlprisonment-in some cases, we fear,
Of death While we would yield precedence 10 no
body in deprecating undue delay in legal proc
qsses we cannot think that any such crluclsm
can Justly be passed upon the granting OF a SIN
gle appeal in capital cases. whether Win OF
without permission from the trial judge Inc
establishment OF the new court will not lessen
respect fer British justice. nor impair the au-
thority the majesty or the proper ferrors OF
the law but it will rather increase ana con
firm confidence In the righteousness OF All Vef-
diets hereafter given and all sentences mere
after imposed.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FOREIGN-General Porter submitted to the
peace conference a new American proposal re
Rardine obligatory arbitration, containing a llSt
IF cases which must go before the court -
The Moroccan Minister OF War has Deen lorceu
10 ask the French Bank, through the legauoil'
10 negotiate a loan in order TO meet the oe-
1lands Of the Moroccan troops. - The !rlsh
Nationalists left the House Of Commons IN
body after a speech by John Redmond, denouic-
f1v the amended evicted tenant bill; another
eommittee was appointed 10 CONFER WIN i Hie
fTo1,ca &c Lords The House of Lords
roaIlv nassed the deceased wife'S sister marriage
piu - Fire destroyed nearly three-fourlhs
IF the seaport town Of Hakodate, Japan anu
there IS great ulSIresS aIiloils tlII IIeod
- Heavy floods in Central Japan caustu
great damage TO private property and 10 ran
Ravs The Cunard Line has announced a
c.lt in rates between Hamburg and New YORK
DONESTIC-The President approved Colonei
Goethals's plan 10 exceed the pro rata monthly
allowance for expenditures on the Panama "a
nal during the present flscal year - me
State Department at washington oeclded 10
allow fishing srnacks 10 90 TO Newfoundland
the renewal of the modus vlvendi being regard
ed as certain - William J. Bryan, IN an df-
ticle written for this weeks "Commoner." says
Secretary Taft's recent speech proves MN 10
be 2 straddler. - The thirtieth annual meet
ing of The American Bar Association opened az
Portland Me. Ex-Judge Alton b Parker OF
this ci1v made the presidents ADDRESS
Mrs, Marshall Field Of Chicago pald me II,i-
posed on her chauffeur for speeding, IN the ldH-
nicipal Court. Boston. = Burglars stole sll,'
valued al 81 500 from store in Kingston y.
Prince Wilhelm. OF Sweden. was enter
,=5ne6 AZ providence R l. Worcester, Mass.
and Boston Herbert Knox Smith chief OF
the 's.-ac1 of Corporations. conferred with
Presi.,~nr Roosevelt on the existing vacancy OF
the f..e-ri bench in Connecticut
cTTY-Stocks closed strong = Milk deal
IS here said that in all proba biity prices would
IN .,r IN October / - Members OF the poaro
magistrates became much excited over d
nconositjon TO make them work full time IN
+ead OF half as is now the case == Each slde
N f47, meat drivers strike said IL would nght
Il r,e strike Superintendent Snyder OF
g buildings bureau Of the Board Of Educatloh
repor7ed TO the board that there would De many
new sittings in the schools this year. - i ne
hi6 ~ the John Peirce Company for bulldlng
he Ashokan Reservoir was rejected, althougl
~ vas the lowest and the contract was award
"A to the Macarthur Brothers Company - A
r,ltIic accountant told Of examining, IN lSV5 the
Metropolitan Street Railway books alleged 10
have been disposed OF in 1902 - A man was
seld I'D and robbed Of $500 as he was entering
us Office to pay his employees ~ The city, II
vyes announced, would issue s4O,OOO.OOO In Y
-,-~ cent bonds, all OF which may be taken by
ID Morgan. - The Swedish committee
completed its plans Cor entertaining Prince VIII
.seil.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day;
lair and somewhat warmer. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, "A degrees; lowest Oh oe-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
NO CHEAP ELECTRICITY FOR LONDON.

Within the last three years three projects
which aimed 10 give London supply OF cleo
tricity at greatly reduced prices have been be-
fore Parliament and have failed. The first one,
which proposed TO grant the necessary priv
ileges for the operation of q colossal central
station to private corporation, was defeated by
the adjournment OF Parliament, not by votes.
The next one intrusted the requisite authority
to the London County Council. This year CO.
operation between the municipality and private
enterprise was ostensibly, If not really, pro-
yided for but Parliamentary sanction was again
denied. Several OF the engineering papers in
London confess disappointment, and Nature,
which rarely discusses industrial or commercial
affairs, expresses the opinion that rellef is now
indefinitely postponed"
Advocates of the various measures which
have been under consideration agree in assert
ing that the present consumption of electricity
for lighting and the operation Of machinery is
very much smaller ia London than in other
great cities 1t seems to be conceded that the
actual cost of production could be reduced enor-
mousIy-perhaps four-ifths-by concentration
of the business. Electrical engineers estimate
that the equipment Of a thoroughly modern
plant. big enough to serve the whole of Lon
don, would require an outlay only one-ffth as
large as was required by the older, smaller ones
for each horsepower generated.
These statements-and Ii seems safe to re-
gard them as substantially correct-are highly
suggestive, but they represent only one side or
the case. There are no fewer than seventy
stations now In operation in London, and those
who invested capital In them may well regard
with apprehension any scheme which threatens
to deprive them OF future revenue Unrestricted
competition between big enterprises and little
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
IBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune.


Newport Aug 26-The players in the national
tennis tournament were honored with a bail given
especially for them this evening IN the theatrs
building of the Newport Casino The affair was
largely attended and was. socially. one Of the
brilliant of the season r. Livingston Beck
man. William OD Iselin. Willing Spencer. Henry
A. c. Taylor and J. Barton Willing were the CON-
mittee in charge while Mrs. Beeckman. Mrs. Alfred
G. Vanderbilt, Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs William
Watts Sherman. Mrs Barger Willing and MIA
George Peabody WetmOre acted patronesses.
Several dinners were given in the summer colony
previous TO the ball Mrs r. Livingston Beeckman
was one OF the hostesses of the evening and she
lad among her guests W. A Larned. Robert Ls-
roy r. w. Little and C. H. Palmer, tennis
testants Others to entertain tonight and later
take their guests to the bail were Mrs Richard
GambriIl. Mrs Fitz Hugh WhitehOuse. Mrs George
Henry Warren. Mrs. Henry Clews, Mrs. A 3.
Clarke Mrs. Prescott Lawrence and Mrs Mae
Brady Hall.
There was another large gathering OF the cot
tagers at the Casino this morning on account Of
the matches being played In the hftn round or the
national tennis tourney
Edgar w. Leonard l.. Won wedekind. Erv1ns
steele and j. ID. Lyons registered at the Casino
during the day.
Mr. and Mrs James Brown entertained number
OF friends with a dinner at Bergers Tonight
Among the dinner hostesses tomorrow evening
will be Mrs H Mortimer Brooks and Mrs. Alfred
G. Vanderbilt.
Mrs Ogden Mills has announced large alnner
FOR Wednesday evening
Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt to-day issued zo caFds
for an afternoon reception and out of door lunch
aon 20 be gfven at Oakland Farm next Saturday.
The affair promises 10 be one Of the largest OF tns
season.
William RhIneIander Stewart. Robert Leroy and
j. De Wolf Cutting are the guest Oh Alsp7halu
Stewart at White Lodge Mr. stewart mas an
nounced his Intention Of staying here until OcfOoer
this wear Mr. and Mrs r. Livingston beechnan
will remain until after the 10TH
Mr. and Mrs NJ. Orrne Wilson closed tner ESe"
mort season to-day and returned to New 1orh
sidney r Smith OF New York, IS the guest OK
Mr. and Mrs william B. Leeds
The first rental for the season OF Ioo "es La ?,
to-day when it was announced that EH"alo =
Post had taken the John N1cnolas nfO"hl
In Bellevue Court ,r-
Mrs Nathalie s. Collins and her nother' ME-
spottswood d. Schenck. have gone TO Ne" hoi 'O'
a short visit
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
4mnsenlents.

ACADEMY OF MCSIC-s:15-The Ham Tree
kSTOE-s-15-A EaDEse Tourist - ,,.A
CREIGHTON BEACH PARk-3.3O-s- fNA"S"'
-,ASINO-S .15--F Fascinating flora.
tOAEE TSiAoSEe-Luna PARK i,-eaTnlaIo
cRITERICE-S.l 1.-THE Iai:ynnatcs-
EDEN MCSs1E-Thc We'd Il Va
t;AGSRECI<-S- knights We're Bold 49,. 4, -
IEA1GAIsckZ51sal-s'S ROOF-2:l5-S:lS--A Nlgn' 'h q
fafhskelle-.
HERALD StsL AFiE-s95-Tbe Orchid
KNICkEHE CKETt-S:IG--he Alaskan
LIBERTT-S -2J-FolIes Of 1891.
LINCOLN tsUAIkIc-e -2si--tted Featnef-
l.fCEI- -N--s -30-LigoTc5
I-YnfC-S.I5-Ehe lad from Lane
NJ MapTSON SQUARE ROOF GARDEN-e;SV-AIie AIie -a9'4
e millionaire
NEW AMSTERDAM-s:I5-T Roundup
KEW -S-I5-AGgance5 Vaudefi--e.
sAHOY-S:l5-Ihe Man the Hour. .,
WAIL.ACK'S-S -a0-The Tine the Place and The OlIi'
New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
LARGEST KANSAS TREE.
kansas City Journal.

From The Kansas City Journal.
The largest known tree in Kansas was felled Il
couple of weeks the Ben Wilson ranch
near Willlamstown. II was "a cottonwood and
purchased from Mr.. Wilson by the Topeka
barrel and box factory. and four and one-half
days were consumed by two men in cutting it
down Sixteen strong horses required to
draw OF the three sections, which were
twelve feet long. to the railroad. 1t measured
q feet inches in diameter The body was sound
and when sawed up made 800 feet of first class
lumber and about the same amount OF second
class. The machinery of the factory made
quate TO handle such monster and dynamite was
finally used last and it
three pieces. when trouble was experienced in
working il up.