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POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
MENTS.
^ The Independent is authoriz
, ,,v4 to announce the following
persons as candidates for public
office, subject to the action of
the Democratic party:
For County Superintendent—
J. M. Balch.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. D. Barber
H. L. Thomas
For Congress —
' Wm. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport. ‘
For Countv Treasurer—
. W. U. McLain.
Charles K. Coe.
For County Judge: ,
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TnATrt ™AY IT WAVE
NTS TO KNOW.
>pecial to the Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 11—A new phase
of the Sunday observance law has
beeji submitted to the adjutant gener
I al by a National Guard officer of a
southeastern Arkansas town. He has
wired headquarters to know if it is
against the law to drill and erect a
. target range on Sunday. He says
that there is no other day available
for the work.
For Rent—A^dhcdel farm 30 acres
timothy, 40 acres high state of cul
ivucion; known as the Humphrey or
:ttle Place, 1% miles from Grand
ise. Write us.—Berg Jackson Co.,
den, Ark. 234d6t 43w3t
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You are afforded at this bank unques
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addition you also receive 4 per cent com
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Graphic Story of the Murder of a
Russian Prince and His Daughters
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• London, Dec. 25.— (Correspondence
of The Associated Press)—A graphic
f story of the murder by drunken Rus
• sian soldiers of Prince Sangushko, a
r Polish noble, and of his two daugh
ters, the Countesses Rzysczcwski, is
» related by the Petrograd correspond
ent of Lloyd’s News.
' “Before the war the tragedy late
ly enacted at Slavuta would have sent
. a thrill of horror throughout Europe,’’
• says the correspondent. “As it is, (
' the bare fact that the venerable;
I Prince Sangushko, 90 years old, had j
I been murdered, has been announced, |
| but the ghastly details of the crime j
j have only just been revealed.
“The castle of Slavuta, built when
i the district of South-W estern Russia,
j where it stands, belonged to the King j
^of Poland, lies on the outskirts of a!
little manufacturing town of the j
same name. Owing to the unsettled j
s ate of the country, which is in- j
fested by deserters from the army,1
j the military authorities had sent a
j guard of dragoons to the castle, i
| treasures accumulated by the Sang
| ushko family in the course of the
I ceniuides. I
| “One of these dragoons caught a
j soldier from a neighboring village,
j cutting down a tree in the forrest
| surrounding the castle and tackled
him. The thief was slightly wounded,
I but not severely enough to prevent
j his running to the neighboring vil
lage, where his regiment was sta
the owner. At last he was found, and
dragged into the courtyard among
the derisive yells of the, soldiers wait
ing for their victim. They decided to
take him to the village where they
were stationed, and dragged the old
man along, for he was too old to walk
at the pace they desired. On the way
they finally lost the last shred of self
control, let the Prince drop half
senseless on the ground and then a
score of men thrust their bayonets
into his body. So died Prince Sang
ushko. His murderers, like savage
beasts, tore his body in pieces.
“The fate of his nieces, the two
Countesses Rzyszccwski, was more
terrible than that of the Prince.
They had managed to escape by a
back way and had got to the market
place of the town. There they ware
recognized, and soldiers at once,
siezed them. These two youthful
countesses, whose exquisite loveli- j
ness had made them the center of all ,
eyes in the salons of the palaces of j
Warsaw and whose goodness and,
sweetness had made them beloved fey j
the people of Slavuta, were defended :
for a time by the Catholic priest of j
Slavuta, who had known them from j
childhood and prepared them for first j
communion. But the soldiers refused j
to be deprived of their victims and
show'ered blows with the butt-ends of
their rifles on the courageous priest,
who fell and was beaten to death. It
is perhaps well that the sufferings of
the two countesses ended in death.
“The day ended with the soldiers
running amuck in the town, murder
ng and maltreating peaceful inhab
tants, while the scene was lit up by
;he flames of the blazing castle of
;he Sangusko.” j
tioned, shrieking that the guar dat
the castle was trying to murder him.
The soldier’s comrades at once seized
their rifles and surrounded the cas
tle of Prince Sangushko. They be
gan to fire, and the dragoons on
guard returned their fire. All the
time the officers and the members of
the regimental Committee were ap
pealing to the insurgent soldiers to
obey orders and to cease firing.
“Suddenly they gave way, only ,
stipulating that a deputation from .
the regimental committee should
search the castle, as they were con
vinced that the old Prince had stored
machine guns for use in the cause of
the counter-revolution. Of course,
there were no machine guns, and all
that was found was a few sporting
guns and revolvers.
“Just as suddenly as the crowd of
soldiers, standing in the courtyard of
the castle, had yielded to the appeal
of their officers, came a new up road,
and, in an instant, they had overpow
ered the guard, and rushed into the
castle. Neither threats nor appeals
had the slightest effect on them.
They destroyed, in a fit of maniacal
fury, everything that they could lay
hands on. Pictures, furniture, stat
utes, draperies were destroyed blind
ly, ruthlessly. The venerable Polish
magnate and his two nieces, the
young and beautiful Countesses Sszy
zczcwski, fled to one of the attics,
hoping that, if their home was to be
ruined, at least their lives might be
saved. From early in the morning,
when the marauders began their at
tack, until five o’clock in the after
noon, the sacking of the castle went
on. Then the soldiers retired to the
courtyard.
“ ‘What about the Prince? ’ cried ]
one of them.
“ ‘And the lovely Countesses ? ’ j
added another. j,
“Back into the castle rushed a band j
of soldiers, and began to search for •
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SHOULD ADDRESS CORRECTLY.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 11.—Americans who
write letters to friends abroad should
;ake special pains to address the let
ers adequately. If an exact address
;annot be obtained, and it is neces
sary for any reason to address the
1 tter “care of the American Embas
sy in London,” all possible details re
>arding the person addressed should
oe given on the face of the envelope
'or the assistance of the Embassy
luthorities.
There are now lying at the Ameri
can Embassy here hundreds of letters,
which have been addressed casually
‘care American Embassy” and which
she Embassy officials have no way of
ielivering. If the senders had even
ndicated whether the person address
sd was in the army, the navy, the
rviation corps, or the nature of his
ousiness in London, there might have
seen a chance of the letter finding its
way, but without any such particulars,
the likelihood of its reaching its des
tination is rather remote.
Some people at home seem to
:hink that the American Embassy in
London is a small compact office
where is kept a card index of all
Americans abroad. As a matter of
'act., the American Embassy in Lon
lon has expanded since the war
until it occupies a half-dozen scat
tered buildings and employs several
lundred clerks and secretaries.
Americans who call at the Embassy
usually have business with only one
department and the clerks who have
?harge of the casual mail are ex
;remely unlikely to hear their name.
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j PROPHECY FULFILLED.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Stockholm, Jan. 11.—An ancient
I prophecy was fulfilled in the fall of
Riga. Two years ago the Russians
took away from the city a number of
^ valuable bronze and copper articles.
Among them was an ancient church
bell, around whose rim ran the fol
lowing inscription in old German:
“He who moves me from my place
will lose Riga.”
TO VISIT LOCAL BOARDS.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 11.—Five medical
officers from Camp Pike are directed
to visit the various local boards '
throughout the state, to give instruc-1
tions to the medical examiners. Mem
bers of the Medical Advisory Boards
are also invited to attend the con
ferences. i
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per day or 25c per meal. All home
cooking.
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