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The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
HAS HIS TOMB READY FOR HIM.
PhIneas G. Wright, Eccentric eache-
lor, Calmly Waits for End.

Now that he has the whiskers on his
monument brushed straight, his tomb
wei stocked with whisky and cigars
and proper inscription craven on the
granite, Phineas Gardner Wright, Put
nams richest and Oldest bachelor, says
he can contemplate the end with calm
ness and satisfaction.
Mr. Wright is 70 years old and worth
something over 100000, according to
a Waterbury Comm dispatch TO the
New York World. This sum, he
says he has accumulated by strict at
tentiOn to details, not trying to know
too much and consistently suspecting
all women. Following out the program
which has made him successful, Mr..
Wright has supeTintended the erec-
tion Of his own monument, and he has
inscribed thereon Going, but know
not where" Under this the more deh-
mite information: Never beat by
man, but by woman
The Wright monument is the show
place of the Putnam cemetery 1t is
a solid granite block bearing on its
top bust of the man who is to lie
under it. The bust is faithful like
ness, even to the stone whiskers now
trimmed in goatee fashion. the sCulp-
tor who did the work was an irrespon-
sible person with effeminate ideas He
parted Mr. Wright's whiskers at the
middle in his original work This
made Mr. Wright angry and he paid
another sculptor 5000 to brush out the
stone whiskers straight This work
brought the price up to $500
but Mr. Wright didn't care.
In the tomb near by Mr. Wright has
placed ample supplies of whisky and
cigars
81 don't want the boys who are bury
ing me to feel too bad" he explained.
81 want them to have a little some
thing to keep them cheerful. Nobody
can say I'm stingy." He has also en-
gagged the Putnam Silver Cornet band
to play at his funeral.
Mr. Wrights going, but know not f.
where has stirred up a lot Of trouble,
particularly among theologians, some |
of whom have written him abusive |
letters. He is still hale and hearty
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Hn-n EaLLLnn Inlo nnrblrLon,

Haiti Ia described by Rear Admiral
Colby w. Chester o8 a "dugoncrailng
iuml" and ho presents facts To show
that liUU is Ulug back into con.
dIuou o. bwhgum Il 8 getting
bnckpr and bockur the whIto Gle,
mont having been practically oxtor.
minated or removed from the island.
It is the one country IN the world
where white blood is at discount
Voodoism i8 stun pracuccd and Ad.
miral Chester tells Of an officer Of the
United Stato8 navy who stumbled by
accident into yoodoo meeting held
Ia The thick woods with horrible core,
monul After being threatened with
death ne wOlchcd for a good opportu
nifty and ran for his llfc, not stopping
until ho reached tho protection Of h!p
ship, This oMcor has 20 hls credit
ono of the most gallant deeds enacted
during the civil war. but his com.
rudos ON board his ship said thoy
never saw n man moro frightened than
he was when no returned to thom and
ho himself says the memory Of the
event produces a horrible nightmare
which he will never be able to over
come
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Coroner Holds Inquests Over Bodis, O,
Two Negroes.

Two negroes have died under rabs.
mysterious circumstance. in Ihga
Rock during The past two days Il 4
believed, however, that both died from
natural causes.
Early Friday morning the BODY O,
Ben Armstrong, a negro. G5 years Ola.
who lived alone at Fifth and Bond
streets, Was found in his home He
had been dead many hours. His body
was punod and swollen. Armstrong
wa, last seen Monday. Coroner Waugh
ter conducted an inquest over hr
body The jury returned a verdict 10
the effect that death resulted from
natural causes.
Friday morning Orange Moore,
other negro, was found In an uncy
sclous cOumrion aI EigaCevna arey
and Summit avenue. He was taken
to the city hospital where he died
shortly af.arwarl The coroner con-
Quoted an inquest Saturday over th,
body The jury returned a verdict 70
the effect that death resulted from
natural causes. The negro was en-
ploycd as driver by the Webb FunF
inro CnmpanN
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
OVerMorked.

Miss Geraldine Farrar houorod
with her presence a Lenten luncheon
Of dobutonlos In New York,
Miss Farrar told the dobutantos that
there was happiness IN work She
urged work upon all Of them. Work.
She said would preserve them from
degeneration into such q type as Mrs.
Rose Of Molroso.
Mrs Roses type is too familiar"
she said "To show you the sort
she Is:
MIR Rose came home from bust.
ness Mrs Rose lay on a couch. lie
sat down by her side and said.
' What did tho doctor say, doarY
"'Ho asked me TO put out my
tongue, murmurod Mrs Rose.
"'Yosg
q" And he looked at It and said,
"Oyorworkodl''
"Mr Rose hcayod a long sigh Of re-.
lIef
Then, my dear he said firmly.
you'll have 10 give It rest ! have
perfect confidence In that DOCTOR
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
EIahtInn oeean mIth ornta

Giving evidence before the conal oro.
sion commission DR. OTTO Supf do.
scrlbed the reclamation work por
formed by SpanIua grasses, which No
said spread By underground shoots
and seed, which was dispersed nv
udcs ana currents, and presumably by
water birds, SAYS the London Daily
Graphic. Certain forms established
themselves easily and the roots and
hosos OF the dense clumps effectively
NNod the mud, and whore thoy oc.
cured "a dyhao paJohos they rormoa
a protecting belt for The shore or bank
behind them,
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
"hIskey and R,,

/
D. J, Lockwood, 80 ro,..' ' NIL
ser Of the Bartenders,, ,e1I9 fl-' Old, mem.
DE OSen 2,,9 tending bar in varIoa, 9TIoa, who
oi Little Rock for moro 1'pus ~, saloons
Gor dsgd o,'a very suddenly at ,gsn osIo. yea
nay aS!., afternoon at his room ~. yGloeS SuI
ion 5'n ot street and according TO to n. 4. Eo
s5orn s5ori, was ,, caused by eating Sa'S5 5,,l h'
70 bananas 1pn aas and whtsRsy vi.saJ5 vasa ,,,..
sots 20 me stomach at the sane T5p ,ll ,aSsn il
Iv pr'I nr TO Gg create a poison which S +, 5.5 .'
,go ~, d. Naughter stated that ems, = aead'
.he case, and stated pno@oa, ~, SucA vaa
De believed ,g, the mans death ',,s rs. 'na, d. b
by just that combination g.. vas Is caused
ach. ~" III Ine StOn.]
a coroner's jury held an iro.
oe 14e .5 aead man and returned 'p'v a vs.s, o5e'
OF death from some untra, verdict
core Coroner Vaughter stated Spn5ov i C'a,s' sIss
lnat ne might hold an aptonsr Il u'sai
'ermlne Fl, the exact cause of 5o t5s ss,9 a. aS
ne circumstances surround,o, o''.a' y
death Of Lockwood sub,tanTa9ss 1s a a.
story Of Coroner Vaughter Ioc.'n.l, 9 y,
Is said to have been in IN be.l% q'1o0 /,
some Time, but was not consider, =,
a critical condition. SUNDAY .''u =. u
10 the Grand Central hotel fo, s,. S'l'
and seemed as well as uguaI ,I''' ua
said to have taken some whsle.
ieir dinner and returned TO HE ...
A man named Miller. a l,boro. ',-,-' nr-
roops in the same building WON, 'n'
TO his room and Lockwood is sofia :,
have asked him to get sme baD,r..
as he felt hungry Miller ts ,sT '', ,e
have brought two, which he gave +,
Lockwood, who ate one Of them
Miller left the room and in a fa,
minutes heard Lockwood grospirg y.
ran into the room and found Io,5,
wood on the bed with his headb be,veo,
ms knees. apparently in great psn
Miller Immediately called physician
but the man died befre the pbysicl,n
arrived
Lockwood leaves a widow al Iaf,v.
cite, La.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
FIERCE DUELS ON AN ISLAND
Thirty Thousand Sheep and Goats
Fight Daily on San CIemente'

Mile after mile of sheep ready Tor
shearing. not to mention mile after
mile of goats for butting, was the
sight that greeted SuperintendentZlm-
mer of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, when he visit
ed San Clemente. from which island ne
returned recently, says the Los An
geles Times. Next month the sheep
and the goats will be separated, not
in the old Biblical way but in mod
ern style and after an exciting
roundup,
San CIemente island is 2S miles long,
and to Mr.. thinner it seemed as if he
saw 2S miles Of sheep. He was not
there on business, but as the guest OF
the owners Of the island, Robert and
Charles Rowland and Mrs. Rowland.
Where he couldn't see sheep he spied
goats. There are nearly $4,000 OF
the former and 1000 of the latter.
The goats are an unmiuigated nui-
0duNt, UttduSt lutN MIL S' L'''is
sheep, and are being hunted
1t takes a long time to round up the
sheep. Mr.. thinner says they seem to
know when the attempt is to be made.
Just now it is easy to get near them,
but as soon as they see a number
of horseback riders and other tndlca-
tions that they are about to lose their
wool, they get down into the gullies
and hide and il takes strenuous efforts
to corral them
Far wilder than the sheep are the
goats. They stay in the canyons and
usually won't mix with the former
but when the fancy seizes them they
charge down on the nocks and butt
the lambs TO death.
In formation the island is very like
the rolling country around San Pedro.
It is believed to have been the burial
ground Of giant Indians who inhabit-
ed this coast in the early times Mr.
thinner says that from a place 500
or coo feet square a number Of skulls
Of the original native sons have been
taken The indications are that the
giants were buried in rows.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Adenoids.

The newest slogan Of the educators
is. Look out for the adeuoids,"
Some Of the more radical of our peda,
gogues claim that these grOwths are
accountable for three-fourths Of the
so-caIled backwardness in school chill
dren. and the first thing that a physi-
clan asks when a stunted and unde-
yeloped yOungstcr is brought to him
for treatment is Has the child ever
been examined for adcnoids?' These
growth affect primarily the cavity
lying at the back of the nasal pas
sages, directly above the soft palate,
and may make their appearance in
early infancy The region affected is
the seat of one Of the three tonsils, of
which the other two are visible in the
lower throat. These organs, together
with the appendix, are physiological
puzzles, as they are physical super.
Auities.
The result is that the air passages
through the nose are shut Off the
child resorts to mouth breathing goes
about all the time with mouth half
open, which imparts a look of general
stupidity and very frequently really
becomes stupid for the reason that
nature, in an effort to preserve an air
passage through the nose, raises the
hard palate higher and higher, thus
encroaching upon the brain space and
impairing the mentality Of the suf
ferer Semiidiocy is often the consa.
quence Of neglected treatment. and
the general health always suffers
DelrOIL NeWs.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Tbc Worries Of chIIdhood.

It must be n terrible thing to bo A
chlId nowadays Overwhelmed with
warnings and restrictions, they must
not play with earth or sand. bccanao
these might contain the baeIllI Of
phthIsls, typhoid or tetHnus, they must
not play with other children for fear
OF contagious dlBoaaos, their food IN
Weighed, they are oven forbidden 10
allow anyone to Kiss them ThIa mi.
crobophobio " absurd Vienna Fam.
illcnblaottpr,
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
In Line for 4 rhrnnn

one of the most interesting small
pcrsonogos In the German empire ls
the hereditary Grand Duke George of
Hosso. who was born at DarmsDadt on
November s, 1906 The babys father
Is. of course the czarna8 brother. the
roIgnIug grand duke OF lIosgo and
hIH mother was Princess Eleanor Of
SolmslIohonsoIms She is charm.
Ing woman fond Of art and intellectual
pursuits ana Of course, the owuor of
orders galore The orders which have
TO do with her high birth she cares
little for hut there Is one medal that
She prizcs greatly II was conferred
ON her a few years ago for stopping
a pair of runaway horses and thug
saving the lifo Of the occupant Of the
carriage they were drawing
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Poets Wife a Millincr

Mrs Richard lie GaIlieunc the wife
of the wcIlknown wrItor. will shortly
set mp a real hat shop ln Paris. II
is sure TO do well, for She herself
did not dlsdain to begin az the begin.
ming, working In a Paris modIstos
atolior until she had acquired all
those "beggarly elements of hat
making which It is so dangorousto dc.
spiso Mrs he GaIlienno. as many poo.
Pile know is q Dane, born Miss Julie
Nowogard, and her marriage to Mr.
Lo GaIlicnne took place ten years ago.
the year after he published THE
Quest Of the Golden Girl" Like her
husband, She has written a good deal,
In fact she has been very clever
and capable journalist corresponding
for Danish papers as well as contrib.
uing TO the English press.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
EInht AnnLri RneInn-

New Orleans Fiu plans were
made Tuesday f0r 4 0rhI which Ia
10 be- conducted ntua. race track
gambling In Luu.8nf The leaders in
lho movement me, slowing Governor
Sanders mnounclt ! tuD that ne WIN,
opposed 10 wugornA ON horse races
A blll which pruyds for The ollmua
ton of gambling oftn kinds In con.
neciion with horse fcng win prob.
ably be presented III the Louisiana
legislature within tj next 10 dayg
It's erect VIII be loto away entirely
with the several tnJba Of racing
San Francisco TB Atlantic nool,
which sailed TuoHdJ ON iDa way lc
visit various ports IN Puget sound
VIII Hol, close 10 lhoBhOro nj certain
points mp the coast D. order lo give
IN" people Of Sorts California unl
oregon AN Opp1flunIlA 10 view the yoB
sells under way nt soa The Bhlpl
VIII arrive In Puget Sound on Thurs
day After visit N week TO yad
ouu cities on Puget Sound the Zee.
viii divide and 40 do dry dock pre-
pam'ory To remmmgt tho world cruise
which is scheduled d start from bai
Francisco July 7,
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Neoro SLAYER pardoned

In compliance with petition sign.
ed by several hundred people and
with a written request by his brother
j. II llamlror Acting Governor Ham
iror Wednesday granted q pardon for
Minnie Thomas, 20 negro girl who i8
serving % torn VI ten years In the
ponI'ouliary for murder In Dho second
degree The girl was convicted In
October l9Oi u the Pulaski county
circuit cour, Of NDllng a negro named
Price alias Black 1oD"
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
DuIey Wins In The MayoraIty Fight.

The Democratic city primary cleo
ton Thursday resulted I'm a.yictory
for W. L. Dulcy who captured the
nomination for mayor In one Of the
most interesting fights for that Office
ever Witnessed Ou this city His plu.
raIiy vote over the next highest can
dida'o. A B poo was 49, The
standing of rhD three candidates is ass
follows w. L. Duloy lI29j A. b.
Poe. 99C, Harry NJ Ramoy GSS. Mr..
DuIcy lacked 251 votes Of having a
majority over both opponents
William J.. RsgosN won the race
for alderman from the Third ward by
q majority Of three votes over his op.
poucuD, Louie Miller
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
nettLnn Cotton stalLst.cs.

A report is being compiled 10 i'
Office Of the secretary Of agriculture
on the amount of cotton planted ''1
year in The state The statistics aV
not yet AN tu and 20 will be some uu'
before the report is given out
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
ou,,,.r Case Appealed

A mIt was 0lod IN IOo 'D %c cIr
Court saturday on appeal T, lIO'I !. ", which
enIi court Of Garland county ',"a ,3 that
The Garland Circuit 'ou', .,toooa ~
county Judge sumpIer n'a ,.o,s n, Of lr
excessive claim for '"o T ,Dc nl at
elnnmg the plumbing IN ',,, ,ay y,ppaaei
Hot springs judge au'"'
the GNso, ...,t hy a rcaldyp,
ef Garland count" ,a maI DeIpg robbed
,aal as a taxpayer b. =, was as pC'"S gof far'
by the allowance oi '1''''
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
OlLnhLnt h Pardoned.

Gardner ODpHul o young court "e
nographcr Of rbl. city, who was '0'
ylctod In the Circuit Court Of "'oT %
RUIZ couuDy ms. March Of ags,'''''
assault and fined $50 was saturday p"
donod by Governor plndalL
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
viii Loan Money 10 Farmers

Tho TroneyOOl government, through
the medium of Il land bank that ia bo.
tiny opened, II about 10 lond approxl.
m0loly il2,O0O,OO0 to the farmera o,
The country to enable them TO puf.
chase modern agricultural machinery
and lmplementa
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Miss Matty Found Out
Copyright
By dith Bernard
'''''''-'-''''''''''-''''''

All her life had Miss Matty been a
substitute As child q mem
. .@a. family her clothes were
handed down 10 her from Sis
H.. had oarerowu them When
grew older she was occasionally
r 90 teach the village school
.. rauIar teacher was alb
Even i'm the matter of a love
.. did not have a lover who
absolutely her own While An
Uwr called on her for time
WAS only because of a falling out
#. his old sweetheart and he re-
turned 90 her at her first smile.
$50 when Mr. Sprauzy asked Matty
q. marry him. to take the place OF the
Mrs. Surarzy who was gone. it seemed
the most inevitable thing i'm the world
that she should do So For her. it
was going into a new world
After the first wonder of it all, the
Joy Of possession had come upon her
1t was hers, all hers. For she gradu-
ally realized that the new home was,
indeed, her own, and one from which
she could not be dispossessed; that
the house and the husband were hers
and not the less hers for having be-
longed to a former Mrs. Spranzy
There was not the slightest thought
OF jealousy in her simple heart; there
was only gratitude
She would stand in the doorway Of
room and wonder how the other Mrs
Spranzy had cleaned it. She tried
in every way she knew to discover the
plans and methods of the woman who
had owned it all before it became hers,
for there entered her heart a great
ambition; not only would she show
her affection and gratitude to Mr.
Spranzy by making him as comfort
able as his first wife had made him,
but she would pay her predecessor
the tribute of doing it precisely in the
first Mrs Spranzys way, But the
idea once conceived, she had some
difficulty in finding out what that way
was. Her husband was chary of speak
ing about his first wife Miss Matty
feared that his sense bf loss was sul
keen, and thought it rather indeli-
cate to mention her; and when she
did, on one occasion, ask him how
Mrs. Spranzy had made the brown |.
bread he was so fond of, and insisted /.
upon having every day Mr. Spran2y /.
had seemed so uneasy that when he /
had gone poor Miss Matty looked F..
penitently with tearflled eyes, at the .
and said, as she so often .
said:
"She must "a been a mighty kind
woman, to be mourned like that
Then one evening Mr.. Spranzy came
Iome with the letter, saying his first
yife's cousin, Julia Keene, was coming
n a visit for a few days.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
State Capital Notes
Cotton Brings S63.741.51

Final settlement in the state farm
cotton sale was made Monday by the
Pine Bluff cotton buying firm which
recently purchased the cotton, and
$G3,74I51 was paid into the peniten-
tiary fund, placing that fund in good
condition for the first time in many
months.
The money had no sooner been re-
ceiyed, however than $4,000 was paid
out in one lump to the UrQuhart es-
tate on account Of the state farm
property which was purchased from
that estate. The board some time ago
allowed the $4,000, as part payment.
Some members Of the board suggested
reconsidering the action by which the
account was allowed, fearing the pay
ment Of $4,000 would deprive the
penitentiary fund Of too much cash,
but the suggestion never came up for
formal vote.
Secretary John H. Page of the peni-
tentiary board, after weighing up the
state farm cotton at Pine Bluff after
its sale, thought the board would Sc
cure about $4,000 for the entire crop.
Mr. Page stated Monday however,
that he was not aware so much Of the
cotton had been picked out, a great
deal Of it having been damaged.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23

Near midnight Thursday night n
negro was found Ol Eighteenth arool
and summit avenue, Little Rock IN
a paralyaod condition lIo wap taken
at once to the city hospital He was
unable to tank but Omcors DuprIost
ana Carmichael learned that tho man
hod been struck by lightning during
WodnoHdbyH Wolm That hm condl
llon w0a uorIoug was stated nl tho
hospital hul Il could moi be- epld lho
paralysis had been caused ht pn cleo
'rie shoek Identification Of the negro
was not positive. but hls name was
thought 10 bp Moore. ..,..... -.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
Other Man Elrt First.

Bristol, VA speial from Hen.
iricks Creek, In Sullhn county Ten.
1essee, says VIII CONS, a railroad
.orom0n, Tuesday she and instantly
killed George Wright a middlo.aged
farmer Wright acc'ed Collins Of
having made an insulng proposal to
bis lWriahrs) wife nd threatened
to kin Collins. Coins fired first,
however, three BIS penetrating
Wrighrs breast
The tragedy occure In the Wright
home whore Collins ID been board.
Ing Collins escaped ID has not yet
been captured. His me IS in Knox.
yille,
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23
SEVEN YOUNG PE52L1 DROWN
Go For Moonlight ExcgT1,on in Case.
line Launch, Boiler in the Craft
Explodes and They Die in the
Swollen Stream.

Clarendon ,Ark.-Seyen people, in.
Guiding a number Of prominent young
societies ladies', were drowned in
White River, five miles below here,
Tuesday night when the boiler Of a
gasoline launch, il which they had
gone for a moonlight excursion, eX'
ploded. wrecking tie boat. Other mem
bers of the party Were rescued with
difficulty
The Dead.
MISS MAUDE uARTHA COUNTS
Of Clarendon
MISS LILLIAN WINFIELD Of Clar.
endon
MISS BESSIE EALMER Of Kansas
City, No.
MISS ALINE BJRTON Of Helena.
MISS ALMA PIETE of St. Louis.
Mo,
DR. L. HOUSTON, of Clarendon.
JOE MMANUS If Clarendon.
The Rescued.
Mrs. George b. reed of Clarendon,
chaperone.
Miss ~ary-aess tTfiHr e-7adon, bad
ly burned.
Miss Erma Waddsll Of Memphis.
w. F. Vaughan oflCarendon
Z. A. Faifer of Clatendon.
Guy H. Hutchson Of Fayetteville,
J. H. Youngblood.
No Bodies Yet Recovered.
Many Of those akel from the water
were rescued with extreme difficulty
Mr. Faifer Of this pace was said to
have taken three or Tour of the sur,
yiyors to the shore. Mr.. Hutchison
also rescued one I'd, whose name
could not be ascertahed. No bodies
have been recovered
Details of the tragtly are meagre.
The boat left Clarendon early in the
evening bearing merry party who had
planned to go several miles down the
river.
Boat CompIeteIyMrecked
But five miles belof Clarendon the
boiler Of the launch eploded with ter
rife effect, wreckng d boat and hurl
ing the occupants intoAe river, which
at this point, more than fifty feet
from shore is very dea Survivors can
give no account Of wht followed Few
could swim and some tere stunned by
he force of the expIslon ana went
down before swimmes in the party
could make an enorth h rescue
II was two hours aGr the tragedy
before it was known b. Parent, of
The young people becae uneasy be-
cause Of their proIOngd absence and |
runners were sent dou the river in |
hopes Of locating hem.Ihey returned .
with news Of the errits catastrophe .
The seven who sIryit! were found .
by the river bank whfe they wait |
I'd in vain in hopes Of beating some
of the missing
All was wild e,citensnt here, the !
dead numbering ,ome / the most |
prominent and poplar O the younger |
set. ol .Als R.lasx. ~. ..s,stations how.
ever were begun for dredging the |
liver and parties have already gone |
o the scene of the tragedy
The boat was a gasoline launch
about 30 feet long and clpable Of seat.
ng 20 or % people, q was owned
by L, a. Faifer, one of hose who es
,aped and who saved he lives Of
number Of the women Of the party
t had frequently beef used for Ike
excursions.
None can even surme the cause Of
the explosion.
The Van Buren press., 1908-05-23

on Sunday morning Mr. Sprany
was .ho 0rat downstairs Ills wife
found the fire burning when she came
down later AZ breakfast Mrs. Koeno
looked QuDslonIuply toward a bare
space owe, the muntol Mr. Spranzy
looked, too, and said
'I thought I'D send the crayon por.
uaIt 1f Julia 10 her sister I'm Nashua;
I Thought maybe she'd Ike TO have IT,"
"Whg yo8' said Mrs Kocno, pleas.
anuy OF don't know but she would
Miss MalJy only looked at her hus.
band with ododug eyes and bmshcd