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The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
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 HvvrNeHAx. H., Sept iA--This city was the scence of bank-robbery to- day ct noon that almost rivsled tho thrilling exploits of tho Younger brothers. There was . soldiers re- unlon, and while the street was lined with people two desperadoes stepped into the First National bank and, pre- senting revolvers at the head of Cashier Joseph Partridge, demanded the cash.
 The cashier started as If he was going to comply with the demand, but hastily stepped behind the safe-door and called tor help. He was unarmed, but was brave enough to stand his ground. Thus shielded from the range of the robbers weapons he knew he had them partly foiled at least At this unexpected urn of affairs ono of the robbers sprang over the private entrance while the cashier was covered with revolver, and grab ping what money he could jumped back, and the two escaped.
 All this occupied only a few seconds, and the men were no sooner out of the bank door than the cashier made the people understand what was up, and chase was given. Hundreds of per sons started in pursuit before tho rob pers got out of sight, but as they were armed they kept their pursuers at bay with their drawn weapons.
 At last they were completely sur rounded, and, seeing that escape was impossible, threw up their hands and surrendered.
 The money secured by them-S200- was also recovered, it having been found in the coat pocket of one of them. The desperadoes gave their names as William Mcclure and H. ONeal. They are strangers here and are nervy pair. Had it not been for the bravery of the cashier and the fortunate position of the bank door they would perhaps have succeeded in robbing Q bank, with hundreds of people passing to and fro in front of 1t
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
x.y.son. n.nk Invessigasion.

WAsHlNaroN, Sept. 1s.--Acting Secre. tary Spaulding has received the lstter containing tho resolutions adopted by the Citizens committee of fifty of Phil. adelphia requesting Secretary Foster to do all in his power toward provid- ing means for tho con. tinuance of tho investiga- ton into the affairs of the Keystone bank by the government experts. It is probable thSt if the citizens com mittee raises money to pay for the con. tinuation of Experts Faunce and Brown they will be allowed to continue their work, but the Secretary of the Treasury cannot guarantee that any money thus expended will be refunded by Congress, although he might % to tho extent of recommending that a special appropriation for such refund be made.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
ACCIDENT TO THE ARIZONA. 1teamship Passengers Scared-Sail-
 ing Vessel Sunk.


 QuEENsTowN, Sept. 15.-The Guion line steamer Arizona, Capt. Brooks, from New York Sept. for Liverpool, arrived here to-day in a battered con- dition. Certain passengers report that at an early hour on Sunday, Sept. 6, while the vessel was in a fog but steam ing rapidly, an unknown sailing vessel, believed to be large coasting schoon- er struck, stem on, the Arizona's port quarter.
 The passengers, who were in bed at the time of the accident, were awak- ened by the shock and noise of the collision, and all rushed on deck. 1t hfeboat had been smashed; that the plates had been bent. Owing to these at first believed that tho consequences of the accident were moro serious than proved to be the case. The passengers were much alarmed and life belts were prepared, but the fears of all were soon allayed.
 The Arizona for a long time searched vessel A part of her bowsprit was Y wrccksge seen it is feared she foun- dered.
 One passenger makes the following statement: After passing Sandy Hook we entered haze which later became a dense fog. The fog horn was kept blowing. About II p. m. . loud report like the bursting of boiler startled the passengers. who rushed on deck. The captain, who was on the bridge. ordered the engines reversed at full speed. He assured the passen- gers that the steamer was all right and ordered them below. Atterward the officers stated that a three-mastee. ship had struck the Arizona on the port side, almost amidship, and then disappeared. The fog steam whistles and foghorn were kept going long after the collision, but nothing was discovered. The steamers pumps were started but no wauer was found. So violent was the collision that passen. gers sleeping on the damaged side o1 tue steamer were thrown from their bertha"
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Buried AIive fin n Well.

VANDALIA, H., Sept 1.-John Branson. living seven miles southeast of here, was cleaning out we'll for Q neighbor when the brick wall gave way and fell in upon him, burying him completely. All the men of tho neighborhood are at work removing the dirt and bricks, but there is little hope of getting Branson out alive He was It the bottom of the well, . dis tance of forty five feet, when the wall cavcd iA
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
RAuM wANTsTO BE LETALoNE.
Says Members of Congress and lmpa-
 iens old soldiers Bother Him.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1-.-Gen. w. H. Enochs, member of Congress from the 18th Ohio district, came to Washington for the purpose of consultation with the Commissioner of Pensions as to the seeming delay in the settlement of pen sion claims. and especially as to the an- swers of the pension bureau on calls made by the General as to the status of claims some of his calls being an swered promptly and others not for months, if at all. Gen Enochs was anxious to know why there was not uniformity in the answers to his calls for the status of pension claima Com missioner Raum has written Gen. Enochs as follows:
 Ihave been and am now doing all l can to secure the prompt adjudication of all claims pending in this bureau. On the lst day of July there were s23,- 7s7 claimants prosecuting cases before the bureau who have never been pen stoned, and there were 3o5, 6sa claims pending in the shape of claims for increase of pension and duplicate claims under different laws making a grand total of 9e9, ,326 pending claims. It will be obvious from this statement of the volume of business here that it is practically impossible to bring nll these cases to immediate settlement. They cannot all be taken up at once. 1 have adopted certain rules for the government of the business of the office whereby claims which are com plete shall have the right of way and be hurried to the earliest possible set clement
 Now, the objective point of all the labor of the office is the adjudication ot pension claims and the issuing of certificates. Any interference with this is an impediment. Now, in addl- tion to letters of members of congress the office last year received i.1,o, ,66o communication frc m claimants, their friends and attorneys, making inquiry as to tho condition of these claims These communications poured in Ut the rate of more than $500 Q day.
 Their receipt was acknowledged aud the letters sent to claims, but it was physically impossible to look up the cases to which they related and give the condition of the same.
 You ask why ono congressional call is answered sooner than another when they are both filed at the same time. Your calls arc answered when the claims are reached in their turn. Con- sequently, if you file twenty calls for status to-day they will be sent to claims. Some of them may receive inn mediate attention because the cases are ready, while others may not be taken up for some time to come.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
oa Trial rer Mara.r.

MONTICELLO. lil., Sept l&.--The murder case on trial here, in which Noble Randall and Perry RaEdali are accused of the murder of John (seb- hard, closed last night. The trouble grew out of whisky and debt. Geb. hard owed young Randall and the lat ter dunned him This. with the whisky that all were drinking, caused fight. in which Noble Randall knocked Gebhard down and stamped on him, Gebhard dying Tn an hour. Young Randall stood by and prevented Gebhards wife irom saving her hus- band from being murdered. He is held As an accomplice.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Killed by . Falling Trco,

BAY CITY, Mich., Sept l+.-Arthur Dilldine. living west of White Feather and twenty-three miles north of this city, was instantly killed this morning by falling tree. Dilldlne in company with another man named Costello was engaged in saving an oak tree down. When the tree began falling Dilldine started to run away, but ripped and fell. The tree fell acress his shoul- ders, breaking his neck.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
KILLED BY A BULLET.
one ef Philadeiphia's stock Brokers
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one ef Philadeiphia's stock Brokers
 Kills Himselr im Hlis Omc~.
 PMLADKLPHIA. Sept. 14.--About . o'clock this morning the janitor of tho Hachenlin building, at AIS Liberty street discovered the dead body of Charles M. Stokes, Sr., a we'll known stock broker, lying on the floor of the room he occu- pied as an office. There was n bullet hole through the dead mans head. and beside the body lnv revolver with one chamber discharged.
 The case was evidently ono of sui eide, and the police were notified and took charge of the body, pending the arrival of the coroner. The exact time of the suicide can not be fixed. Asyct no one can be found who saw Mir. Stokes alive later than o'clock yester. day afternoon.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
IaA,es.a for Calling .h. Granger.

CARRoLLToS, Ind. Sept. is.-Henry Anderson, the man who last week pur- chased several farms iu this vicinity and expressed to the United states Bond company at Washington pack age said to contain a bond for SI %, GOO, has been indicted by the grand jury for obtaining money under false pretenses he having secured advances from sev- eral farmers until the money for his bond was returned. The company to which the bond was expressed cannot be found nsWashington, and the sl00, 900 package is yet Tn charge of the United States express company. An dsrson refused to give any information concerning his former residence or oc- cupation.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
killed by an Explosion a. Bay ea.y.

RAY CITY, Mich, Sept l5--Gas gen. erated in cylinder being repaired by Herbert Durand and Judson Freeman at Wheeler & Co.'S shipyards yester- day afternoon. It exploded with ter ritio force with sound like the boom of a cannon. A crowd rushed to the machinsrshop where the explosion took place, and found the unconscious and bleeding bodies on the floor. Dur and died late in the afternoon. Free man will recover. The forge on which the men were working was blown to pieces and the interior of the machine shop wrecked
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
THIRTY DEATHS IN TWO DAYS. Shelbyville, Ind, Suffering from an
 Epidemic Of DIph therla.

SHELBYvIILE, Ind, Sept. 15. -Diph' theria is epidemic in this city. The public schools have been closed and a general quarantine established. Thir- ty deaths have occurred within the past forty eight hours, and adults are being attacked as we'll as children. The disease is now in every p ortion oi the city and physicians arc larmed at it's malignancy.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
TWO Year. Tor ss..l,ns nr....

GRKENcAsrIE, Ind, Sept .4.--In thu Circuit court to-day the parties i'm plicated in stealing brass from tfc VAndalia and Monon repair shops re ceived their sentences. Patterson was given two years in the peniten,iary. and his juvenile accomplices, David son and Kelly, one year each The two Keefc boys were acquitted. Samuel Felzmnn, the junk dealer to whom the brass was sold, mad previously been granted . change of venue to Clay county.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Mak,nx . mu.h Tor Ire. Lama,

DWELL. Nch., Sept. l4.--This was . big day at the O'Neill land office Two or three more townships of Boyd county have been opened. Ninety ono entries were made to-day aud as many moro will be made tomorrow It is estimated that over two hundred will be made before tho rush is over The land is rood and there is n big rush for 1t The county is fast settling uk with thrifty class of people
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Le,ba Elected Pres,dent.

TRsucreALPA, Honduras, Sept l5.- The election has been completed. Gen. Leiba has secured large majority for president The balloting was con- dncted in perfectly orderly manner throughout the republic. There was no restriction of the freedom of the press or the voters. Gen. Leiba's in. auguration as president will take place in November.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
K,,l.a sv sss l4asAsnins.

AMBIENT LEA. Minn-, Sept 1a.-Du- inr tho thunderstorm last night the house of Peter A. Peterson, of the town of Geneva, Freeborn county, was struck by lightning and Charles Peter con. aged II years, who was lying in bed, was instantly killed. A brotAes who slept with him escaped. Nc nerious damage wa dono to the houee
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
CemuisssA suicide Ia . Hotel

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept F. - The body of Charles Ogle of Rossville, H., was found in room 90 at the St. Mich olas hotel this morning. A partly emptied bottle of morphine showed the cause of his death. He registered at the hotel Friday afternoon, paio for bed and asked for : quiet room. He said he had little money and wanted to sleep He was seen in the corridor that evening and 1t was thought he had Left the house.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Poor Season For Fishing.

PRovrNcErowy. Mass. Sopt 4-At tho present outlook the Provincetown grand bank fleet will not succeed in bringing homo enough codfsh Jo any more than pay expenses of fitting out and wages No squib have been taken for several weeks, and fish are scarce. whitewater has also come on tho bank. and the outlook IS C, n ,idered poor,
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
A Victim Of PooI.Rooms ,.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept l+.-George M. Allen, bookmaker for Joseph II. Mcdonald, livery stable keeper of this city. Is short in his accounts to an amount estimated at from Sa, ,o00 to es.oo0. The money was spent in play ing the races in local pool-rooms. Aliens speculations extend over . period of a year. He is under arrest
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
suppessA to nave Killed Mimself.

BAY CITy, Mich, Sept l4 A farmer named Gyrall, aged 5a, four miles north of this city, has been missing from home since Sunday night. He has been considered harmlessly insane for some time past. A hat worn by him found near Kawkawlin river this moi ming leads his relatives to believe that he has committed suicide Search is being made.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Payins CT Kans.s morsx.ses.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 15. - Complete nnortgage statistics collected in fifty tour counties in Eastern and Central Kansas show that the fnrm-mortgage indebtedness is being rapidly dimin- ished. For the four months preceding Sept 90 l-2 per cent moro mortgages WeFe released than were recorded. Tho total value of mortgages recorded during thia period was N,683.e .e05 and tho releases were @, s70, gro. The esti- mated gain in the seventy-four coun- eiss east of the Tooth meridian is 7,0Oo, 900.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Thought N. Was rsr.A or Her.

GOSHEN, Ind, Sept. l<.-Mra Mol vile Chapman, of Elkhart. thirty Ave years old and the mother of six children left her home last Tuesday evening and has not been seen since. It 10 feared that she has committed suicide. Sho had been exceedingly nervous lately and at times imagined that her husband had tired of her.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
HUNDREDS WERE KILLED. Further Dssails or the Terrible Earth
 quake in San Salvador.

SAN SALVADOR Sept Is. further details of the terrible earthquake of last Wednesday show that the death list will reach somewhere into the hun dreda Forty people were killed in this city and in all the towns and viii lagos within fifty miles of here the loss of life was appalling. Seven persons in the jail here were killed py falling wallA The destruction of property was great. Complete details from the County cannot yet be obtained.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
KICKED A GIRL IN THE FACE.
Brutal Deod or . Gang of Michigan Toughs-Thc Girl Likely 10 Die.


 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Sept. l4 - Katie Hutch. aged ten, is Tn a critical condition at her home in Hollan, the result of wicked kick in tho face re- ceived labor day. She attended the labor picnic aJ ottawa Beech with her father, an old man. He was asked to "set up the drinks by crowd of roughs, and upon refusing was at tackled and knocked down.
 When the girl saw her father on tn. ground she threw herself upon his body to shield him from harm and re ceived brutal kick across the temple from ono of the toughs. It knocked her senseless, but she soon revived and was able to walk home with her father, who was also badly injured Since then she has been sinking and Is now in critical condition and not ex- pected to live. The toughs. after com hitting the outrage, fled and no ar rests have been made.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
kilied by A vlciou. Bun.

BROKEN Bow, Ncb., Sept l<-Pat- rick Brown was killed sometime yes tcrday afternoon by a vicious bull. He night by his hired man. Tho ground showed that terrible struggle had taken place. The animal had been dc- horned, consequently the booy was not mutilAted.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
----------------------- OLA Man KfIled hV tonN (ynrn.

LooANsroRr, Ind, Sept l4 John LareJ, aged 75. this afternoon started to walk through the Pan Handle yards and when crossing a track was struck by an express train. One leg was broken, an arm smashed and his face terribly cut. he died in few minutes after the accident.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
shipped wh..ky in sugar Barrels

PRINCETON, Ind, Sept. iA William Bledson and Thomas Robinson both of indianapolis. were arrested at the fair grounds at this city to-day for sell ing liquor without license. The lquor was shipped in sugar barrels from Aurora, ind, and smuggled into the grounds
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
pr. Peter PiMco Dead.

BosroN, Sept l4.-Dr. Peter Pinco, who was medical inspector general of the United States army during the war and brevet lieutenant colonel, has died at his home in West Somerville, aged 66 years. He was native of Nova Scotia and was educated at liar. v~ ~J Medical cnllnra
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
nsasA ss a DulasA Cavi,alass.

DULUTH. Minn., Sept l5.--Eugene 1A Emory, presidsnt of the St. Louis River Watei Power company. died yes, terday, He wAs % ysars old and has wi{e nving In Great Talls, N. H. Tho came Of hts death was mcningetis, brought on by Brigh,s dasease and dfabotea Ho was rated by Dun as 1Porth e35O. GOO, bssides wh ich hs had nmv v0oo life insursncs.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Judge Cooley nes,sn.,

DETROIT, Sept i1-A special from Ann Arbor, Mich, says that Thomas M. Cooley, chairman of the inter-stat commerce commission, has resigned from the commission. owing to ill., health.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
CONDITION OF IOWA CROPS
Dne.ThirA or tho Corn Sumclsnsl,
 Maturod to Cut and Shock

Matured to Cut and Shock.
 DEs MoINEs, Iowa, Sept. 15.-Thls weeks bulletin of the Iowa weather and crop service sums up the corn situ- ation as about one-third sufficiently matured to cut and shock and sub stantially safe from serious harm by frcsts Eight to ten warm days will place two-thlrds beyond danger. The remaining third needs all of Septem- ber and part of October to get through. Tho present outlook does not warrant the expectation of securing more than 70 per cent of the crop in sound con dition. The potato harvest began with heavy yield. Flowing and seed ing of fall grain is in progress.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
ENDED IN A DRAW.
Ten.Round Fight Between Ike Far
 Tell and Dave ConnorA

rell and Dave ConnorA
 ROCHESTER, N. Y. Sept l5.-A ten round fight came of about 3 o'clock this morning at Char lotte, between Ike Farrell of Buff fnlo and Dave Connors of Rochester for S250 side. Four-ouncc gloves were used. About 100 Buffalo and Roches- ter sporting-men were present. Both men weighed in under 150 pounds Farrell had the best of the fight from the first, but the referee called draw.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
WIFE AND AGENT KILLED.
Parties so . Sewing maehins Sale
 stain by . laushanA.

slain by . Husband.
 LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Sept l4.-S F. Parker. a travelling agent, sold the wife of 6corge Harris . sewing machine. When Harris learned of the trade he became en- ragged. and slipping up behind Parker stabbed him several times, killing him instantly Harris then turned on his wife, cutting her fatally with the same knife The murderer then tried to escape, and when overtaken by the sheriffs posse he made desperate re- distance. He was taken, however, and is now in jail
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
FRANCE ANXIOUS FOR PEACE.
m. Bloquet ef Paris Talks on ths
 European War Questlon.

WAsHINaroN, Sept .5.--M. Floquet of Paris, in conversing on the Euro pean war question, says that France is rot desiring war, but prefers peace. His people fully realize the horrors and suffering that would follow general . general conflict Tn Europe. He has misgivings. however as to what may re- suit from Emperor Williams eccentric itiea He said: ''It will be very reck- less,a very desperate individual who will take the responsibility of precipi- tatinR . conflict. Of course France has been looking out for herself if any thing should happen. That is the meaning of her friendliness with Russia. Still the masses of the French people abhor the idea of . resort to 0rmAr
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
SUNK IN A COLLISION.
The Italian Steamer Taormiaa Sent
 10 thc Bottom oT CNpe suuiusn.

to the Bottom of CApe Saniusm.
 ROME, Sept l4.--News has reached here of a terribly disastrous collision off Cape Sunium The Italian messageries steamer Taornina col lided with the Greek steamer Thes- salia. The former vessel almost in- stantly sank. The captain, seye al of the crew and forty cabin passengers who were standing on the bridge of the Taormina at the moment of the col lision were rescued by the boats of the Thessalia- Cape Sunium is on the outheastern coast of Greece.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
me.er f.r sh. orphan..

ALBANr, N. Y., Sept il.--Mrs. Le- land Stanford has donated property valued at sloO, 900 to the Society for the Relief of Orphan and Destitute Children in this city.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
mas osnan neen MnraereAl

CoNsrAyTINoPLE, Sept li.--An mn. confirmed rumor is current here that 0nman Pasha, ex-minister of war, has met with violent deeth.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
wedding Ua.vo,A.sly Pesspsa.A

0ospKS, Ind. Sept l< --Harvsy Norway of La Grange stole sl0 to tAle his hetrothed to the Sturgis fair. This morning he was arraigncd, pleaded guilty and was given one year in prison. The marriage, which was to have occurred soon, has been pcat- poned.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Were Gambling w,u .ns Gr.nx.r-

HuNrlSGToN, Ina, Sept l4.-Tod day the city marshal went to the fair grounds and arrested eight persons who were engaged in running gam bling games of different kinda All pleaded guilty, each paying . hno of ei3.50
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
Lieut. Dlxo,

Lieut. Dixonss Resigaaslon Aecspee1s
 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Sept 1t.--Ad1ts- Gan. Resce to-day accepted the reeag. nation of Henry S Dixon as second lieutenant of Company q. sixth h. hntry. l. N.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
myAropho . bia Amo.~ C.,,a..

BooSx, Iowa. Sept. ii.---Scveral casee of hydrophobia have developed among cattle in the northern part of this countzT.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
oe... steamship movem.n,.

LONDON, Sept l4.-The steamer Columbia from New York arrived at Hamburg to-day.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-18
SIX WERE , WOUNDED.
\ Iouisians Negro Fires Into Crowd
 Of Italian Lnborcss.

PLAouEMSk. La, Sept l&. There was considerable excitement on the Dunboyne plantation yesterday. A negro named Scott Austin fired dou ble -barreled shotgun loaded with fine shot into crowd of Italian laborers Six of the Italians were seriously wounded. Austin says the shooting was accidental. but tn ere was a great deal of feeling and the negro was brought to Plaqueminc for snie keeping