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The advocate., 1889-08-24

lhoH Luiluh hIe phsaHlB llvO OhV MuiAub
OF alien masters, and the time is rap
idly approaching when tho treacher-
ous guest will throwofT all disguise
md stand before his betrayed enter
tainers in his true habit a victorious
invador-and tho dupes who welcom-
cd him his Vassals and serfs
This invasion and conquest Of Amer
ica is no idle dream, but a stern and
startling reality. Our newyy-con-
structed navy can lend us no aid
through It's walls Of steel and ponder
ous engines Of ofdestruction. Our coast
defcnces are powerless, and their
monster guns may still remain q nest
ing place where birds may build in
peHce The enemy has already passed
these barriers, aud has firm footing
upon our soil. The fatal breach was
in our laws, and through this he
entered.
II needed not the thunder OF alien
cannon 70 effect this breach. Tho
wilcs Of tho traitor were more potent,
moro secret, more sure. The breach
was made while the people slept the
sleep Of confidence, Of trust and Of
imaginary security.
Traiters in the halls OF Congress
stealthily gave admittance to alien and
capiyalistic gold, and the invader
entered in the quiet hours Of the night
Of peace and apparent tranquility.
He fixed his hold in the lands of the
people, and through these will de-
mand the tribute his arms never could
have compelled
The lands Of the nation are to be
used for the subiugation Of the people
and the levying upon them Of onerous
taxes and tribute to foreign lands,
while the governmental Of the people
will be thepower used TO enforce a
collection Of these demands.
The granting by Congress to aliens
Of the right to own lands in this coun-
try was the blackest treason TO the
nation, and the men who took part in
and favored it deserve the punish
ment due to traitors. 1t originated in
mercenary greed, was nurtured in
fraud and corruption, and'accomplish-
ed by the basest treachery to the nation
and the people, and the day will come
when the name Of Benedict Arnold,
the traitor, will be honorable beside
those Of the men who betrayed Amer
lean liberty through the trust thepeo-
pie placed in them into the power Of
alien lords for gold. They will be as
they should, infamous before the de-
ceived and betrayed people whose
interests they were entrusted to guard.
This alien ownership Of land n
mounts TO no more nor less than an in
vasion and conquest, and to-day more
American land pays tribute to Eng
lish lords than is contained in the
whole Of Ireland and Scotland COM
bined, and England thrown into Che
bargain England could never hope
to make a conquest Of this great na-
The advocate., 1889-08-24

pc useu 10 hocOmpu5n per cOnQues1
and interest, profits and rents are the
shaclIles with which Americans are TO
be bound. Our Government will DO
tho power used TO enforce tho collect
ion and American tribute will, indeed
does now, flow as regularly into the
English aristocracy as does the trib-
ute from Ireland or India.
The English plan OF operation has
always beenthe same. The land ID
theobiect Of their attack; having seized
this, and holding it under their system
Of tenure, il lisa easy matter to do
mand tribute in the shape Of rontj and
so the aristocratic plunderers sit in
their castle halls amid every luxury
and elegance, and revel in tho wealth
that pours in upon them in the shape
Of rent for lands Of which they are
'the owners" In this way every
climo pays it's tribute 10 the "great
land proprietors Of tho world" The
foreigner iswise enough to know chat
when once he gets man to acknowl-
edge his ownership Of the land and
right to demand pay for it's use, chat
man is his slave. Ho takes no trouble
to secure any stronger hold
Knowing tho value ot their land
system for the accomplishment of
their ends, the alien aristocrat gathers
to himself a sufIiciency Of land to
Yield him u satisfactory revenue and
then sits down to enjoy lifoi in ease and
plenty, The English land system is
the most perfect conception for the
accomplishment ofthe English idea Of
class dominion that could have been
devised, and the English aristocrat ie
land-grabber by instinct.
The Irish people have borne the
yoke until they can bear it no more.
The people Of England and Scotland
have tired Of tho oppression Of these
harpies, and land reform is the cry OF
the hour. There is no longer any
honor or profit in being landlord in
Ireland. The Land Restoration
Leaguoso Of England and Scotland
have reached such proportions that
the harpies see the end Of their oppres-
sion plainly written. The industrial
classes throughout Europe, who for
ages have been robbed by this barbar-
GUS relic Of tho dark ages, are awak
ening to the imposition which hasso
long made them slaves and mere
creatures of the will OF others
The birds Of prey the human wolves
who prey upon their follows recognize
the conditions surrounding them and
are seeking out other londs
upon which to fix their talons. The
broad felagof America offered the
greateSo temptation The peoplehad
for generations been free. They were
ignoront, to great extent Of the
evils and oppression chat hadso long
afflicted the peopIoof Europe. BY the
exercise Of a little shrewdness these
lands could be seized upon in vast
holdings, and enormous tribute levied
The advocate., 1889-08-24

uDie 10 you, DC JuhJ W iRnoINnl, huN-
ago, brutal, immoral M you please.
Rome will not Interfere; all we require
is that you pOy us tribute, and to So
cure chat W. will station garrisons
among you, officers to collect tho trib-
ute we demand and you must pay
their expenses in addition to the tax,
which we will enjoy in Rome after our
own fancy"
Later on, when nations became
commercial and ideas Of meum md
tu'oW more clearly defined, private en-
terprises of subjects Of various powers
developed into vast pecuniary inter
ests which were Of immense impor-
tance to the various nations to which
their originators were subject. To
protect these commercial interests, or
rather to maintain them in tho man
ner in which they existed, nations be-
came involved in war, which often re-
suited in the entire subjugation Of one
by another.
England's conquest Of India grew
out Of the commercial operations OF
the east India company, and history
gives other instances which the reader
will readily recall, tho resulto oil be-
ing merely the money revenue sccur-
ed by the victor, no othor reason or
result being apparent.
Now il the Same result can bo
brought about by any other means
than armed force, is it not practically
as much invasion and conquest as
though the victor won amid clash Of
arms and roar Of cannon upon the
field Of battlc2 Is the victory any less
complete because unstained by blood
or unheralded by tho pomp and cir
cumstance Of war.
II this be true then Americans to-
day are living witnesses to one Of the
most gigantic inyasions and grandest
conquests the history of the world re-
cords. To-day the invasion of Amer
lea is an accomplished fact and the
conquest has proceeded far on the
road to complete success.
The enemy has landed silently up
on our shores, not only unopposed
but received with hearty welcome.
They came, not in panoply Of steel and
the pomp and circumstance OF glori-
GUS war, with waving banner and
trumpets' blare, but in the peaceful
guise of commerce, as the friends Of
progress, the votaries Of peace. Sur
reptitious Legislation has proved the
Trojan horse which has introduced
the conquering cohorts within our
walls, and, like fated Priam, we are
undone. Stealthily, secretly, but sure
ly the work is being done. The mon
ey of the foreign invader is accom-
plishing its work of destruction as
certainly and surely as the sword Of
the invading Greeks did its fatal work
upon the doomed people Of Troy.
The very temple Of our Liberties is
invaded and the halls Of Legislation
our trusted leaders contain
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Gen. John r. HArtr~nft,

PmilApKLrun, Pa, October 1s.-Gen, John F. Harlranft. cx Governor of Penn sylyania, died at his residence at Norris. town at noon to day. Gen. Hartranft's ill- ness, which the physicians agree was a cul. minatiou of tho result of a diseased condi tloa of the kidneys from which he suffered for several months. first took an alarming turn on Friday night last when hc was seized with chill Last night there was observed marked change for the worse, and Dr. Reed informed tho family for tho first time that recovery was impossible. He visited the patient three times during tho night st o'clock, II and 2. After the latter visit he gave IL as his opinion that dissolution would occur within twelve hours. Many anxious inquircrs applied at the door of the Generals home this fore noon for information as to his condition, and all received the whispered reply; He's dying.n Finally at noon the word cane that hc was dead.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Tho Parne,i commis.,on.

LONDON, October 20 Judge Hannen, the presiding Judge of the Parneli Commission, which will resume business at the old stand next Thursday, has expressed strong determination to unearth the missing books Of the League, and the first business of tho commission will be an attempt to extort something in regard to their whereabouts from Mir. Henry Campbell, Mir Parnelr 8 private secretary. All similar attempts made at tho last session of the commission proved futile, and 1t is claimed now that tho failure to elicit any evidence on the sub ject was duo entirely to inc lack of infor- nation on the subject on tho part of tho questioners. During the long reccss neither Judge Hanncn nor the attorney General have been idle, and under their instruc- tioas the Secretary of the commission, 1t is stated, has gathered full and complete in formation as to the manner in which tho missing books and documents were dis posed of
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Free R,des In Ind,snapo,is,

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October l7,-As . means of forcing the street railway compa- nics 10 continue In Its employ over 100 con- 6actors who were discharged few days ago. when, on account of the weather. closed cars were brought Into use, tho Central Labor Unioa has appealed to the people ot the city to refuse to pay their fares If conductors arc not on tho cars to collect thena The city attorney backs them in the movement by stating that tho company cannot legally compel them to drop the fares into tho money box. ln consequence hundreds of persons arc daily taking advantage of the company, and are refusing to pay for their rides. The labor nuioa declares that this will continue until the conductors are restored to duty.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
BOWMAN SHOT DOWN
Frank J. Bowman Killed by
 B. M. Chambers.
TRAGIC END OF A FEUD
An Enort by Bowman to Levy on the Property of Chambers for an Old Debt Was the Cause of
 the Murder.

ST LOUIS, Mo-, October 9 Frank J Bowman, known to fame as an attorney and the central figure in many sensational af fairs in St Louis, Chicago and elsewhere, was shot and instantly killed by E. NJ. Chambers, equally well known to St. Louisans, between1 and o'clock yester- day afternoon at tho Chambers mansion, about mic and half north of Ferguson, in St Louis County. Chambers was ar rested shortly after the killing and taken to Clayton. the county seat by Sheriff Doscnb bach and posse.
 HOW IT WAS DONE.
 The different stories tod in Ferguson, the town nearest tho scene of the tragedy, were calculated to drive Phi!ade phia lawyer crazy J. W. Settle furnished the first re- table account. He said "Chambers is one Of the most prominent mon in the coun- ty. He was president of tie Butchers and Drovers' Bank and the owner of the old St Louis Times. He married Miss Walsh of St. Louis. The trouble which cnlminatcd in tho killing to day had its or igin with the financial troubles of the bank and Inc paper. It seems that about 1.30 o'clock this afternoon Bowman, with Dep utg Sheriff Garrett of St Louis County, went to Inc Chambers homestead and wcrc about to levy on everything in sight on an od judgment Chambers aud Bowman met and stood in the yard conversing quiet ly at some distance from Garrett for few minutes, when Chambers left Bowman and went into the house.
 From what Garret heard Of the conver- sation he thought that Chambers went after old tax receipts or similar papers Chambers returned almost immediatel V with double. barrciled shotgun and walked down the steps. He said to Gar rett
 Garrett, you 20
 going, but went at once. Then Chambers turaed to Bowman and said:
 "sI give you thrce minutes to get out of here
 With the words hc raised the gun and shot, the charge taking full effect in Bow. mans head at a distancs of i5 feet. The sheriff left tho vehicle they used In going out to tho house. and came to Fergusoa on foot aud told his story Shortly after he gave tho first intelligence Christ Straub arrived and told Il startling taic, that ho had passed Inc house and had seen Cham bcrs sitting on the porch with two rcyolv ers mounting guard over the dead body on the lawn. He said that he asked Chambers whom hc had there. and Chambers said That's Frank Bowm an v
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
DON Esrrc.

An Alabama criminal was hung aud shot by mob..-.A woman murderer was iyrched at Lexington. S. G.. An express robber has been captured in Alabama.
 Soldiers day al tho Dallas Fair was grand success. In a railroad wreck at Madden. fex.. three men were killed The intcrseminary alliance met ia annual scssien st Chicago. The international maritime conference has gotten down to work Over hundred cases of small poy are reported at Pelee Island. Lake Erie. A society young woman At Lawrence. Kas has eiopcd with . married man The body of woman horribly mutilated. has been found near Ottawa, Ontario. Moody snd Pettigrcw were elected United States Senators for South Dakota. It is believed that Campbell of Kansas will soon b. ap pointed consul 10 Melbourne. ~. A negro wenss hak suceesdsd ia sxsertiag larss
 yL
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
nr. Ira n. Rartho,omsu.

LANSING. Mich, October IS. -Dr Ira Hawley Bartholomew. a1sd 6t, sx-m me mber of tho House of Representatives. x.Presi. dent of tho State Medical Society. ex-Prcs idcat of tho Michigan Agricultural Society and who held tho otiicc of Mayor of Lans ius for three consecutive terms died this morning os bronchitis, Dr. Bartholomew was well known in the medical world. and an esteemed contributor 10 the prominent medical iournals of the country. Hs leaves . widow and two sons.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Portugal. Dead King.

LisBoS, October ao.--Tbe funeral of tho late King will take place In the Royal Pantheon, probably on Saturday next. On Monday night the bcdy, accompanied by the royal family, will bc taken to Bclem, where the remains will lie in state in tho monastery of the Church of St Jerome. A deputatiou of the German regiment of which the deceased is honorary Colonel will attend his funeral.
 The elections for members of tho Cortcs to day were peaceful Tho returns indl. cate strong Government majority.
 Owing to various rumors, tho royal doc tors have advised that press representa- tives be invited to view the body of the late King before it Is cmbalmcd. It is dc clarsd that amputation was performed and that thers were no sigls of gangrono.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
ON WITH THE TRIAL,
A Jury Finally Secured to Try the Al
 legged Csontn Murderers.

Jury Finally Secured to Try the AL
 legged Csonin Murderers.
 CuIcAeo, ILL, October 2a.-A complete jury was secured in the Cronin case late yesterday afternoon. When this work had been finished the States Attorney asked for an adjournment for two days in order to give the prosecution time to make out q plan for the presentation of it's case. Tho defense objected and Judge Mcconnell compromised by adiourning the hearing until Thursday morning. The impaneling of jury commenced on August 30, and allowing for the time occupied by tho Court in tho Drainage Commission and an adjournment asked for by the States At. torney, seven weeks have been occupied in getting tho jury.
 One thousand and pinety-one jurors have been summoned. of whom 927 have been ox- cused by counsel for cause. In addition to the i0oi special veniremen summoned thero were also twenty four on the rcgnlar panel disposed of. Ono hundred and seventy fivc peremptory challenges have been used of which tho defense has used min ty- seven. At the time the jury was sworn iu Mir. Beggs, the defendant, had three peremptory challenges left and tho State twenty two.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
want. ,A. weo, r.rl9 .. IL Ia.

NEW YoRx. October is.--E IT. Ammi- down has resigned from tho American Fro. ,ee,ive Tariff Association. Repcrts vera that hc did not sympathize with the encrts of the woo, growers to secure higher tar id on tne wool Mir. Ammidown admi ts that he is In favor of letting the dutics on woo alone bat emphaticalfy dcnies that this had anything to do with his rsigaa- tion.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
WASHINGTON,

Gen. Green E. Eaum took the oath of office as Pension Commissioners last Satur day and now sits In tho chair lately occu. pied by Corporal Tanner al the Pcnsion Office The President has appoin,ed Os. car F. Williams, of Rochester, N Y, 10 be United States Consul at Havre, France
 In the case of approving ccrtail selections of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, thc Secretary Of the Interior has not yet promulgated his decision. The question in voived is of some importance, as upon it's decision depends the approval of tho land selections made by the Atlantic and Pacific road and the Southern Pacific road. A few days ago decision was made confirming the right Of tho railroads to have the SC lectiens approved. Tho Secretary signed the decision, but afterwards recalled it. and 1t is now upon his desk and has never been promulgated If the preliminary tests of the pressure indicators to be used on the occasion of tho second trial Of the cruiser Baltimore arc completed she win probably have her secoad trial this week
 ., The Secretary of the Treasury has re- ccivcd report from the confercacs of To cal appraisers, now in session in New York, giving 1t as their unanimous opinion that the principles cnuneiated iu depart ment's decision of July aa last are strictly in harmony with devclopei facts pertain. ing to impcrtations Of copper. and should apply to all imror,ations of such mcr. chandlsc The department has, therefore, declined to make aay change In tho pres. ent practice. Undsr the decision referred to copper contained in an importation or nickel matte was held liable to sepa. rate duty. Secretary Tracy Is consider. ing the question of giving the vesuvlus. the dynamite cruiser. other an trial It Is believed no will decide in favor of anosher trial Snpt Porter, Of tho Census Bn reaa has appointed Chas II. Cooley. of Michigan, a special agent in charge ol tho collection of statistics relative to trans portaioa. Mir. Cooley is a son of Chair man Cooley of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
propo.ca Min. Consolidation.

HELENA, MoSr., October i6.--T Tho Elm pire Mining Comp,ny, of Montana, and tho Carlisle Gold Mining Company, of New Mexico. are about to consolidate under one Both arc owned by London capitalists. The latter recently bought the s,heaan mine in Bcaverhead County, and will operate this mine in connection with tue Empire Part of the Empire mill will b, tascn to Beaverhead County. Tho con solidation will bc effected November 1.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
4 NEW OIL FIELD.
The Territory in West Virginia Exceeds
 That ot PrnnsyIvauiA.

WHEELING. W. Va. October 20 The OH excitement in Marion and Pleasant coun. ties exceeds anything in tho history of the state. on Friday the Hammott well came la doing 5to barrels day, and Saturday morning the Jackson well came in 1000, barrel gusher. Both were test wells, one on the extreme western and the other on tho eastern edge of tho territory. and the sirike opens up an oil field greater in ex- tent than any of the Pennsylvania fields. The Standard oil Co and independent op orators have already leased hundreds of thousands of acres of land. New operators end lessees arc docking in by tho score. Over &soo. .oc0 worth of land has changed hands In the iast week
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
ralmAse,. New chareA.

NEW Yoxg. October sc. Rev. Dr. Tsl- ma~s announced to his congregation sa Brooklyn tonight that the Board of Trustees os sae Church had purchased lass week the properly iso by 100 fses on tha northeast corner of Clinton and Grasn avenuess on which b erect new tabor uacls to replace tho burnsd one. lt h ua- dcrAtood that the prics paid was ia tho ncighborhood of elsAoco pr. ralnsge siso s.atsi that hs would psrsonally break sroued tor tAs church ea tho aftssases e1 tho uoeh inel
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
rh. N.~ York c.us.. R.e.psss..

Nsw Yoag. October so-A reception was given tonight at the Broadway Thea tre to tho New York Hase ball Club, and that esiincs was filled to the dsorA The programme consisted of thestricals and singing. and many prominent psaysrs took part in its The members of the team wsrs marshaicd on the stage. and DeWoif Hop. per presensed JAmes Mutrie with the pen. nant of tho LcAgua Briaf respoa slve spceches were mada by Mir. Mutris aud John Ward, Ths receipts ef tks a6alr wess abeut otooc.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
A Rerlin Shin Canal.

BERLIN. October l6-A committee is being formed for the purpose of consider ing plans for the construction of ship canal to connect Berlin with the Baltic Sea. It is proposed to cut . canal from Berlin to the nearest point on the River Oder and thence to utilize the liver itself by dredging and otherwise improving as . ship canal as far as tho Baltic Seas.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
THE MARKETS.
Price. for live stock asd Produce ,n ,hs
 Principal Markets
ST. LOUIS

 Wheat No. red. sSA9u. Corn-No. ?, ss82saa. Oais--No. ! tscfis. Rye No. q SSSdSa. Buttef--Crcamery i>s3aa. Butter-Ghoicc Dairy. l<1l> Eses II esia Chickens-Livc, per n, S0eas@. On ons--Per bn. &ossa Potatoes Der ba aaaaA pork--sii sNai2oo Lard dl5as,.a Hogs -- <009A i5 Cattte~- Choice Steers, 5sote4. sa Shecp-Natives 3,ASsA5i
 NEW YORK wheat--No. r>d. saasass. Cora-ss4 eesss4 Oats-Aiixed western, sssaaa Pork ~-fe oea 3M Larl-6 G txsssasA Hogs- i.tnsAuo Cattle--140a su,
 CHICAGO. Whcat-No. , rcd. TAas0sx. Cara--No 2. alCds2. Oats iAai9s< Hcgs-s Ssef4 tn Cattle Shipping q sSssg4 50; feeders, s56 ! ll Shcep-2N04tsj
 KANSAS CITY. Wheat No rcd, ssas4as Corn--No. ,. 1IsSVf2a. Oats No. & ieal9<. Hoes --S, a0l8&an Catsie--a a5<sfs. &U.
 COTTON. MlddlinR SL. Louis. ikt1i0lx; Men. phjsI N; New Orseanss 1&. VI -<<s-F%
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Tn. I.,s.r., Home Ru,. r,sn.

LONDON, October lS--It is announced iha, in the speech which Mir Gladstone is ,o deliver at Southport next Wednesday, the reform programme Of tho Liberal party will be given in detail, and tho Liberal home rule proposals will be expounded. The speech Is consequently looked forward to with great interest by Tories and Lib erals alike.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
French Army Movements.

PARIS, October Ia. Tho 9th Corpa which France proposes to double on ac- count of the increase of the German gar risons in Aisace. Lorraine, is now ecntersd at Nancy Tho Eastern Railway facilities will be increased by doubling the lincs ranning from Lille. Lyona and Besancou to lhe German frontier.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Tn. ror,uru-.. Elections.

LISBON. October 70 --. The elections for members of the Cortes to day were peace ful. The returns indicate strong govern mont majority.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Mormon RecruIts.

NEW YoRk, October IS Among tho pas. scneers on the steamship Wisconsin were la5 Mormons. bound for Salt Lakc City. They arc from England, Wales and Ho,. land.
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Tn. German Budget.

BERLIN, October 20.--Thc German bud gets demands for tho coming year will ex- c, cd those of the last budget by 3il. 900 600 marks
The Forrest City times., 1889-10-26
Tn. vatican. r.mpor., Power.

 LONDON, October 20. Tho Vatican will shortly publish all the documents In ito possession supporting its claims to tsnper al power.