.IE INDEPENDENT
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Uncle Sam Makes Protest.
Washington, April 7.—Vigor-,
ous representations went from
the American government today
to General Carranza, urging him
to modify the order of General
'Villa expelling Spaniards from
_ Torreon. The situation is giv
"'"''-ioggrave concern to authorities
here. " ~
The United States has under
taken to extend to Spaniards in
Mexico the same protection it
affords American residents
there. Nothing will be left un
done to assure for the unfortun
ates at Torreon every right to
which they are entitled under
international law and usage.
Spain proposes to exhaust ev
ery resource to protect her peo
ple. Rear Admiral Mayo at
Tampico cabled the Navy De
partment that the commanding
officer of the British cruiser Ifer
mione had been instructed to
care for Spaniards at that port.
The State Department, as well
-as the Spanish embassy, is em
barrassed in dealing with the
Tor reon situation by a lack of
information as to the extent of
®Pjjg the expulsion decree and how it
has been executed. It is said
Villa, in a public speech, told
the Spaniards of Torreon they
I were to be deported eo masse,
that a commission would be ap
pointed to examine into each in
dividual case and that such oi
! them as could establish the fact
I that they have rendered no aid
to Huerta would be permitted
| to return.
The gravity of the problem has
j been increased by credible in
! formation that as rapidly as the
Constitutionalists extend their
j control they intend to drive out
the Spaniards and seize their
property.
An attempt to carry out such
a plan would meet with deter
mined opposition from the U
nited States government. Offi
cials say the Spaniards are in
Mexico under provisions of the
treaty conferring the right of
residence, trade and travel and
anything like a sweeping de
portatky-v under these circum
stances would be in violation of
the principles of international
law and would form a proper
subject of resentment by the
Spanish government, even to the
extent to hostile measures.
As Villa’s decree involves the
confiscation of property of the
Torreon Spaniards, it is wholly
illegal for international law ex
pressly provides that expulsion
of aliens shall be done humane
ly and without inflicting loss
upon the subject.
The Rev. James R. Winchester,
Bishop of the Protestant Epis
copal Diocese of Arkansas, will
j arrive tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock from, Batesville, where
he is conducting services this
evening, and will be entertained
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Billingsley.
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1 Saved Girl’s Life ll
J§ *1 want to tell you what wonderful benefit I have re- 5:*
2 ceived from the use of Thediord’s Black-Draught,” writes jl
2 Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky.
2 “It certainly has no equal for la grippe, bad colds,
£ liver and stomach troubles. I firmly believe Biack-Draught i;
Jf saved ;ny little girl’s life. When she had the measles,
2 they went in on her, but one good dose of Thedford’s
Black-Draught made them break out, and she has had no
2 niore trouble. I shall never be without
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ness, malaria, chills and fever, biliousness, and all similar
ailments, Thedford’s Black-Draught has proved Itself a safe, ^
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4& If you suffer from any of these complaints, try Black- 4.5
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^ years of splendid success proves its value. Good for g
^ young and old. For sale everywhere. Price 25 cents.
OUR LINE OF Sj
Spring and Summer I
Dress Goods |
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Is complete. Don’t think of buying that Easter Frock
before you see our selection. New spring stock of
Additional Local.
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j Mr. Charles Penix and Miss
Nora Yelverton will be married
at the home of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. George Yelverton,
|at Tuckerman, this evening.
! J. D. Carvel and Lockwood
| Burkett returned from Little
| Rock this morning, where they
| attended a meeting of the Chris
tian church.
Sweet potatoes, new cabbage
and lettuce at Bowen’s Cash
Store. 7d6.
M. Atkinson went to Bates
ville Tuesday to accompany his
mother, Mrs. Luke Atkinson,
that far on her return home to
Evening Shade.
Kauga garden hose in 50 foot
; lengths, guaranteed for two
j years. Bowen’s Cash Store.
l7dlmo.
Judge Scarborough spent
j Tuesday at Batesville looking
'after his cases in court.
A. M. Love of Jonesboro was
here today in the interest of
the Pekin Lumber Company of
Craighead county.
O. J. Gould and H. A. Huggins
two good farmers of Beecleville,
were here Wednesday and re
port corn planted and up in that :
section., which proves the pro-1
gressiveness of the people of j
Cow Lake.
; mis. xneouore maxneiu is
! visiting in Morrow, Ohio, for
I some time. She will probably
I go to New York later to meet
Mr. and Mrs. George McKee, on
their return from Africa. Mr.
McKee and his wife, a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Max field,
have been in Africa doing mis
sionary work for several years,
and their friends in this city
will be elated that they are soon
to return to this country.—
Batesville Guard.
Hen and chick feed also poul
try and stock remedies, at Bow
en's Cash Store. 7dl2w2
All kinds of tin work, and re
pair. Will appreciate your bus
iness and give it careful atten
tion. Gus Jowers, at WolfF
Goldman’s warehouse, on Lau
; rel street. 7dtfw2
A night letter from S. Heine
mann to his sister, Mrs. Brasch,
this morning, stated that Mrs.
jHeinemann was operated on at
Mayo Brothers sanitarium at
Rochester, Minnesota, Tuesday
I morning, for gall stone, and ap
pendicitis, and was doing nicely.
This news will be received with
much interest by Mrs. Heine
mann’s many friends at home,
who wish for her a speedy re
covery.
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• Two Veterans Have Gone.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 8.—Two of
the veterans in the Confederate
Home have died since last Oc
: tober, and those within the last
few days. The last was Frank
Daniel of Pine Bluff, aged 74,
who had been in the home only
three years. The other was Toe
Warren, aged G8, the oldest in
mate of the home, having come
there when it was first estab
lished twenty years ago. He
was a native of England, a bach
elor, and had no living relatives.
He served in the 5th Missouri
Cavalry.
Will Build Interurban.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 8. —The
time having expired in which it
was possible for the referen
dum on the Little Rock & Pine
Bluff Interurban to be in
I voked in Pine Bluff or Little
; Rock, and no objection having
; been raised to it, the promoters
! are expected to file the requisite
bonds in the near future and be
gin active construction work
some time during the spring.
IThe promoters express the ut
most confidence in the success
of the enterprise, the financial
arrangements having been
made for some time. The work
will be pushed to a speedy
pletion.
PAST TRIP THROUGH BRITAIN
•tinerary Enables Tourist, If Hi
Wishes, to “Do" the Islands In
the Course of Seven Days.
How to “do” the British Isles lu a
week is the latest scheme for hustlers,
A dash around London, a flying de
scent on one or two cathedral cities,
a race through Scotland and a glance
at Killarney—this what Is open tc
those who want to see the country
in a hurry. Tourist agents say that
the idea is catching on with Ameri
cans. Indeed it was an American who
first suggested it.
Assuming that the tourist begins
his trip on Monday, he devotes that
day to the show places of London,
winding up with a theater in the eve
ning. On Thursday he goes to Wind
sor and Hampton Court and on his
return to London has time to go to a
music hall. On Wednesday he leaves
London for Peterborough, sees ths
cathedral and gets to York at three
o’clock.
At York the tourist has plenty of
time to visit the Minster and other
historic buildings before catching the
6:15 train to Hamburgh, He coaches
through the Trossachs and takes
steamer through Loch Katrine and
Loch Lomond. Then the train to
Glasgow.
After dinner the hustler takes the
night train out of Glasgow by way of
Androssan to Belfast, reaches Dublin
In the afternoon and takes the night
train to Killarney.
WENT DEEPLY INTO DETAILS
Identification That Undoubtedly Wae
Complete, but Could by No Means
Be Called Complimentary.
Stephen Haegen, manager of a
Harlem bank, at a dinner recently told
the following anecdote: Many yearB
ago, while spending a vacation in a
city in the upper part of the state, he
visited some friends in a bank. While
there he saw a severe-looking woman
move up to the teller’s window and
request that a small check be cashed.
| She asked the man in the cage to
I call up the person from whom she had
received the check and he would iden
tify her.
The teller called up the man and
asked him to describe the woman. He
did so in the following manner: “She
looked like the crankiest person is
the world. She was dressed in the
fashion cf about five years ago. i
think she is an old cat. . She wore ®
blue straw hat, but then it may be
green, and I think she paints. She
wore two fake diamond rings. Good
by, old man."
Tree-Bark Blankets,
They have trees for blankets In
Ecuador, and they like them, too.
They are fond of the firm touch of
the bark against them as they
sleep.
We would probably think they
were “zero in covering," and we
would doubtless wrake up in a much
bestiffened condition if we slept under
a wood covering.
But the native Indians are mo^t
enthusiastic, according to J, Jame
son, a traveler and lecturer, who
has recently returned from those
parts.
The blankets are made from the
bark of a tre8 which is cut particular
ly thin. It is pounded'and moistened
and then pounded some more and put
out into the sun to dry. And a most
desirable and economical blanket it Is,
lasting anywheres from two to five
years.
“His Coosa Is Cooked."
The expression, “his goose is cook
ed,” appears in various forms, and
means that his cause is ruined. It
has some reference to the common
but erroneous opinion that “goose” is
synonymous with “fool.” The Idea
has crept into more than one language
and “will not down.” It Is generally
understood that “cooking his goose” is
a phrase which originated when the
king of Sweden, on approaching a hos
tile town, excited the contempt of the
Inhabitants by the smallness of his
army. To express this they hung out
a goose for him to shoot at, whereup
on the king set fire to the town to
“cook their goose.”
Provty. Truth of Answer.
On a visit to St. Louis, Archbishop
Ryan, a noted Philadelphia prelate,
,-ode in a carriage to the parochial
residence with Bishop Glennon, who is
rather diminutive in size and of slight
build, especially in the stomachic re
gions, while Archbishop Ryan is tali
md very robust. As they alighted from
'he carriage, Archbishop Ryan said to
lis companion: “Lishop Glennon, I
nice was : Iced to explain the differ
nce h> on a . bishop and an arch
bishop ’ answered” (and the arch
bishop ended his arms in a semi
circle i : his own healthy body, al
the san me glancing rather sharply
it Bish. Glennon), “‘The difference
is all In "o arch.’”
A Astra Per Repartee.
“All right,” said Chollie, as he
gathered nimself together after her
father ■ thrown him out of the
house 'll have you Indicted for
this.”
“Assam and battery, I presume?"
grinned the old gentleman.
“Not on your life,” said Chollie.
“Under the Sherman act your daugh
ter and were about to swmp vows,
and thnl ck of yours was distinctly
in restrao I of trade I”
And th old man was so please
that he rr.onted and the next day t
engagement was announced.—Us
war's Weeklv.
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EASTER SALE H
¥ This week we will show our Silk SR |
S Dresses, Ladies’ Suits and Ladies’ Coats SB 1
^ for Easter, which you know is like 1
iue Christmas. If every lady has not bought || I
M her suit or coat by Easter she will wait gg J
SR and get her a lighter material, and for SR 1
Jf this reason we are going to make a cut 35
S3 on all of our ready-to-wear merchandise. * £
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nE $25.00 Coats.$17.50 "l; |
3AI $20.00 Coats.•.$17.50 S f
an! 9 SUITS. -
0J5 $2640 Suits.$17.50 ^ „
$20.00 Suits. 12.50 H H
rig DRESSES. SB
!MR $17.50 Dresses.$10.00
nig $12.50 Dresses. 7.75 gfg
an) $10.00 Dresses.. 6.50 ^
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