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The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
A RUMPUS WITH CHILE.
THE JUNTA FALLS OUT WITH AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE
the State and Navy Departments Nature of Trouble Guessed at

WASHINGTON, Sept 3O.-For two hours this morning the President was in consultation with the represc sta- tives of the State and Navy Depar.- ments. Secretary Tracy, who ar rived in Washington last night, nearly week before the date fixed for his return from the North, came to the White House early in the day. He was joined there by Acting Secretary Warton, of the Department of State, and Gen. John W. Foster, and later by Commodore Ramsay, Chief of the Navigation Bu- rcau, who had been summoned for the purpose.
 While no official information upon the subject can be obtained. there is reason to believe that the adminlstra tion is confronted with the serious and perhaps threatening aspect of affairs in Chili Since last Friday cablegIams couched in cipher have been passing between Washington and Val paraiso. The officials of the State and Navy departments, through whose hands these cablegrams have passed, refuse to make their contents public. It is gathered, however, that they re- late to affairs in Chile, and that serions complications have arisen between the Junta and the United States represcn- tatives in that country.
 At present the United States naval force in Chile consists of one vessel the crniser Baitimore-comman by Capt Schley. The San Francisco touched at Callao, Peru, last week on her way northward. with Admiral Brown in command. An effort was made by the Navy department to com municatc with her, but she sailed for Acapulo, Mexico, Friday, before the cablegram reached her.
 Her bottom is in bad condition, and the vessel would be almost unservice- able unless docked and cleaned. There are no other modern vessels on the Pacific side that could c dispatched to Chile and 1t is assumed that Commander Ramsay was called into consultation by the President for the purpose of ex- plaining the exact extent of the re. sources of the Navy department.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
WASHINGTON.

The statue of Pope Leo presen ted to the Catholic University has been unveiled. About $16,0O0 900 will be asked for by
 the Navy Department for continuing the
 work on the new navy. The New York and New England dele gations will, it is said, be solid for MT. Mills for the Speakership The President has mitigate the court martial sentence of Colon el Charles E. Compton to suspension from rank and command on half pay for two years. At a conference between President Har- rison and Representatives of the State and Navy Departments the State Depart ment was authorized to make peremp- tory demand on the Chilian Government to dfsperse the mob at the Anne rican Le- gation in Santiago under penalty of inn mediate hostilities if they refused. Nicaragua will erect a Sl0,000 building on the Worlds Fair grounds at Chicago Whiskey will probably be weighed in stead of measured by the In ternal Reve- nue Bureau. Senator Blair is mentioned for Commits sioner of Pensions. Secretary Rusk says that wo men make better meat inspectors than men. 
 Minister Egan's record in Chili is to be investigated. Two female civil service examiners have been appointed. The new army tactics have been approved by General Schofeld. There are less than $1,000 900 currency available for business in the Treasury vaults.
 Secretary Proctor's successor in the Cabinet may not be named unt il after the meeting of Congress. Hon. NJ. NJ. Estee of California will
 probably be appointed to Cabinet position. CivilService Commissioner Roosevelts activity has been great embarrassment to the administration.
 The Government is considering the
 advisability of purchasing the Island of St. Thomas, West India Islands, for a
 naval station.
 Robert Sigel, son of General Franz
 Sigef, serving a six years sentence in New
 York for forgery, has been pardoned by
 the President.
 Blaine, it is now stated, would not
 accept nomination for the Presidency
 and is for the nomination of Harrison.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY FOR
 BUSY MEN.
COndensed Telegraphic Reports of the Important Events of the Past Week
 All Over the World.
FOREIGN.


 Chancellor Caprivi in a speech spoke hopefully of prospects for continued peace.
 The St. James Gazette says the outlook in Asia is such as to warrant grave ap- prehensions as to the relations between England. Russia and China.
 The Czar will soon visit the Kaiser. Rev. Dr. James, chairman of the Wes- leyan Conference, is dead.
 The statue of General Faidherbe was unveiled at Bayonne, France.
 A platform gave way at charity fete at Brussels, fatally injNring several per sons.
 Mrs. Maybricks solicitor has been mo- tified that the Home Office will decline to reopen the case in any form.
 Prof. Vambery, a distinguished Oriental traveller, has warned England that Russia is slowly reaching out for India.
 MT. Robert Giffen, prominent British financier, predicts that there will be a money panic in the United States, caused by our silver policy.
 The situation in Russia as to food is growing worse instead of better.
 A German officer who saw the French manoeuvres has nothing but praise for the army.
 Charges of cowardice are made against Italian sailors in the recent collision between the Toarmina and the Thessalia. Minister Phelps has obtained from the European agent of the Standard Oil Com pany statement in defence of that trusts policy in Europe.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
HAVING A BIG MAN HUNT
FOUR HUNDRED MEN AFTER
 THREE DESPERADOES.
illinois Farmers, Armed with Rlfles, Shotauns and RevOlvers-Scouting
 for a Gang Of Robbers

CARTHAGE. H., Oct. i.-Hundreds of armed men are securing east Han cock county and portions of Me Donough county for three desperate men, Yesterday an unknown man terribly assaulted a 13-year-old girl living in Augusta and the victim is in precarious condition. A posse waR organized determined to lynch the man. This met another body of armed men who have been securing the country since Saturday in hope of finding Frank and James Jarvis, two desperate highway robbers The search for the three men became one general man hunt, and it is being kept up night and day. Fully four hundred men are in the hunt They are armed with Winchester rifles, shotguns and revolvers.
 The Jarvis brothers are desperate criminals and in connection with other thieves have been robbing stores and
 esidenees tor several years They have as believed, confederates not only in keolSuk, Iowa, but in larger cities, where the large quantity of goods stolen are fenced
 An attempt was made to arrest the Jarvis boys Saturday, but they opened fire on the two officers and hot bat tie took place. Constable Saunders was struck by ball sheriff Helms and Deputy Sheriff Weseman were summoned and they secured a large posse The pursuit was kept up all day Sunday. The Jarv's boys arc heavily armed and return the fire of their pursuers rapidly.
 The air was filled with the crack of rifles and boom of shotguus all of sun- day and part of Sunday night. The criminals have been run into the thick underbrush bordering Crooked and Panther creeks near Colmar, Me Donough county
 A young man named Thresher. who is related to the Jarvis boys, confesses that the thieves have two secret caves Ill the Crooked creek country, where they hide themselves and their booty It is almost impossible to follow their trail through the underbrusn. A large quantity of stolen goods has been se- cured, chiefly guns and revolvers. The Jarvis boys, as believed, are of the gang who have been committing high way robberies in the vicinity of Ham ilton and Warsaw. Farmers living near Plymouth report that the chase is being kept up and that it is deter mIned to capture the outlaws dead or alive
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
TELEGRApHIC BREyIrIEs,

Ex-Sheriff Brown of Columbus, Ind, has broughtsuit against ths First Nation- al Bank of that place for $37, 800 for ser vices in arresting William H. Schreiber. their absconding confidential clerk.
 The German Catholic Congress in ses- sion at Buffalo, N. Y., adopted a platform favoring the holding of an Inte rnational Catholic Congress in this country in 1898 to take steps toward the restora tion of temporal power to the Pope.
 Mrs. Dell Rathbun, a wealth widow of Buffalo, N. Y., who disappeare from Chi cago, where she had been visiting, drowned herself in Niagara River.
 George Barker was arrested for at tempted train wrecking in Illinois and confessed his guilt.
 Frank Partridge, an attorney, jumped from train at Waco, Tex, and was seri- ously injured.
 A freight train was wrecked near Will low Springs, Mo, and Fireman Forrestor was killed.
 Garxa and his band of Mexican invaders arc practically henmed in by Mexican and American troops.
 s. V. White & Co, of New York and Chicago suspended. Specula tion in corn was the cause. Millions are invo lyed, but . statemcnt of liabilities and assets has not vt been givsn out.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
Two Negros. shot Down.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept ao. Excite ment in Lee county, Arkansas, is rum ming high over the murder of Thomas Miller yesterday by negro strikers sheriff Werner of Crittenden coanty. Arkansas. was m Memphis this morn ing. He has been called upon for assistance by the sheriff of Lee county, and has dispatched thirty men with Winchestcrs, with instructions to shoot if necessary. News has just reached this city that number of the riotous negroes were decoyed to a barbecue and were surrounded by the whites, and two of the negroes. in at tempting to escape, were shot There Is some doubt as to the killing of Mii- Ter. though the report of the burning of the gin house by the negroes Is fully confirmed.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
 SAYS HE KILLED HIS MOTHER. Ralph Hay, the Young Colorado Mntrtcidc, Feels No Remorsc

DURANGO, Col. Sept. 90. Ralph Ray, the 2o-year-old murderer of his mother, was captured Saturday evening in Can von Large, NM, by Sheriff Long necker and returned to this city to-day. He made a confession to- the sheriff last night in which ne gave particulars of the crime He said that after he and his mother had eaten breakfast last Wednesday morning he went to the barn and took two drinks of whisky from n bottle hc bad hidden in the hay. Returning to the house he informed his mother that he was going to Farmington, N. M.. to attend the fair. Mrs. Ray rcmonstrated, not de- string to be left alone.
 This angered him. and as his mother passed him for the door with pau in her hand he struck her terrible blow on the back of the head with hatchet sinking the iron into her head to the handle. She sunk to the floor without moan, and the son then plunged his hunting knife into her breast three times. wrapped the bcdy in quilt. mounted his horse and started for Mexico.
 The father returned from his mine that night and the crime was dis covered sooner than young Ray had ex- pected or he would have made his es- cape across the border. The murderer was arranged this morning and with out tremor or the slightest indication of remorse pleaded guilty. Mir Ray. the gray headed father of the young murderer, has gone insane over the terrible affair and his life is despaired
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
BULLETS FOR SERENADERS.
A Vermont CiiarIvari Party Given n
 Warm Reception.

PIrFoan, Vt, Sept, 29,--A great sti.. has been caused here by shooting affair that took place last night. Carlos Hitchcock, aged seventy, recently came here with young bride, said to be a Detroit woman, and last night, accord ing to local custom was treated to a. noisy screnade by crowd of men and boys.
 Tin pans, drums and other sieep-tis- turbing instruments were used and Hitchcock refused to either treat or make speech. At last, while tha noise was at it's height, three shots wero fired by some one, the third strik. ing William Duteilo i'll the room
 Hitchcock was Immediately arrested. He is feeble old man with both hands naimed from an explosion years ago, and with defective eye sight He iesii- fled that he had no firearms and had fred none. History was eorrobarated by his hired man. As 1t could not he proved he had fired the shots he was discharged.
 Great disapprovai was manifested at the result of the trial. Hitcheock's counsel threaten prosecution of the members of the charivari party as soon as they can be identified Hitchcock is wealthy and lives in Washington, except in the summer.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02

The trial of ex-Treasurer Woodruff for embezzlement will be held at Lii tile Rock, October 16. Orth Stein has been released from jail at Atlanta, Ga., through the efforts of the Y. M. c. "A. In al riot at Lincoln, Neb., between Con- stables and policemen several were badly injured on both sides. Rumors in New York and Washington
 are to the effect that Minister Egan fur
 nished the Herald with it's Chilian noAs.
 Dr. Richard J. Gatling has new inven- ton by which he expects to revolutionize the manufacture of heavy ordnance.
 Elijah Watt shot and perhaps fatally wounded Miss Katie Halloran at Topeka, l,
 Kas., and then put bullet in his own
 brain.
 Reports of prairie fires continue to come from the Northwest.
 Rev. T. c. Tupper is at Leavenworth en-
 deavoring to effect reconciliation with his wife.
 Charles Elston of Plainfield, N. J., was
 respectable business man in daytime
 and burglar at night.
 Russia has seized two vessels command ed by Daniel and Alexander Mclean for
 catching seals in Behring's Sea. James Fisher was found guilty at Paris, Tex, of the murder of Austin Hardy and his punishment fixed at death. The Rev. Dr. Burchard who achieved notoriety in 1888 by his use of tn e phrase "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" is sick The Georgia Legislature defeated a mo- tiOn to indorSe the Ocala platform which is taken as rebuff to the third party movement. The latest advices from the Indian Ter ritory are that nobody was hurt in the race of boomers for the new lands Tues day.
 Miss Lou Porter was probably fatally injured by jumping from buggy near Vernon, Tex. Governor A. P. Warehouse, while in a delirium brought on by sunstroke, committed suicide at Maryville, Mo-, by cutting his throat with penknife. There was a lively scene at the meeting of the Illinois Board of Equalization, SC eral members using harsh personal Ian
 guage.
 Mrs. Ellen Stewart Wilson was con
 victed of counterieiting at Kansas City and sentenced to serve two years in the
 Penitentiary.
 The case of R. M. King, convicted in Obriol County, Tenn, of Sab bath break
 ing, will be taken to the United Sta tes Supreme Court, where the question will
 be passed on for the first time in the his
 tory of the country.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
FURNISHED CONNECTS ARMS.
Arrcst of He Man who Plotted to Libernte California prlsouers

SAN FRANcIsco, Cal. Sept o9.-S. w. Sullivan of Watsonvilie. Cal, was yesterday arrested on the charge of having furnished arms and ammuni- ton to prisoner in the State prison at San QuestIn in order to assist them in making their escape. Sul- livans brother, C. (. sullivan, who is serving fifty years in the prison for mur..er, communicated through George (. Weiles, who is in for three years for stealing Il letter. was employed as servant in the house of he prison physician. who lives outside the walls Sullivan of Watsonuiile gaye the arms to Welles wrapped in rubber. Welles put them in q bucket of milk, which he carried daily into the prison Once there they were given to the other Sullivan and then to Abraham Tureott, fife con vict. who was leader in the plot After while Welles became frightened and confessed to the prison officials. who watched the men and three weeks ago. believing n crisis was at hand, arrested seven of them and placed them in soli- tary confinement, Friday they con fessed and gave up the weapons, which had been secreted under ths floor of the carpenter shop.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
OBITUARY RECORD.
Lieutenant Guedenfci idt, the German
 Explorer-Henry E. Cobb.


 BERLIN, Sept. 30.--Lieutenant Cue denfeldt, the German explorer of Morocco, who recently returned from m expedition 10 Asia Minor, pros lrated in health, died yesterday at the age of forty. He was operated upon by Professor Bergmann for tumor with temporary success, but his con dition was weakened by exposure and suffered and he had relapse which proved fatal. With him perished great hopes, His journey through Morocco attracted the attention of geographers and scientists and estab- lished his reputation as a daring trav- cler and scientific ot server, and he was looked forw ard to as the future explorer of Africa.
 BosToN sept. 2e.-Henry F.. Cobb. of the well-known firm of Cobb, Aldrich X Co, grocers, died in Westboro yes terday, aged siAty-one, The firm has branch houss in Westboro, Leomins- ter and Fitchburg, besides several large stores in Boston.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
SCHOONER ON THE ROCKS.
Fishing Vessel Wrecked and Five
 Persons Drowned.

HALIFAx, N. S., Oct LA tragic ship-wrccls is reported from Burnt Island, N. F. The schooner Blossom, Capt Joseph Marsh. was returning with load of fish from Labrador to Purcelrs Harbor, N. F., at midnight Tuesday The schooner struck Gull island in heavy north east gale with fog. She rebounded and otruck second time, when the vessel broke in two. There were five men and one woman on board. One of the men jumped into the water and chung to a cliff, against which he was dashed. He passed terrible night in fierce struggle for life. The cries of others who clung to the wreck, he says, still ring in Lis ears. but he could do nothing. In the morning the sole survivor was saved by boat and nothing was seen of the bodies. A rope was thrown to him and he was drawn through the water to the rescuing skiff.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
MRS. THURMAN DYING.
Wife Of the "Oid Roman. Lying HI
 at Her Home in Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. Mrs. AL len G. Thurman, wife of the "Old Ro- man." is at deaths door, She has been quite low for several weeks from an attack of grip, coupled with the intirmities of her so years.
 Mrs. Thurman was born in Chilli cothe in lsil and was the daughter of land owner. During her early child hood sha anco,nn,p;ed bo, ,,a,.a,,tr = Lexington, where, in after years, she married a resident named Thompllins, by whom she had one daughter. Her husband dying soon after their mar rage, she returned to Chillieothe and in ls44 was married to Judge Thur man. From that union three children were born.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
FARMERS. HOLD YOUR WHEAT.
Another Circular Letter of Advice to
 Grnngers of she Northvyest.

AnOsucr NlrCuthT ketter Ou AOVbC6 70
 Grangers Of the Northwest.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct l.-"Farm. CTS, hold your wheat" is the song of the third circular of the sensational series issued from St. Paul to the toil- CTS of the soil of Minnesota and the two Dakotas, proofs of which fell into the hands of a correspondent by acci- dent They were from the type of the Alliance newspaper, The State, and Editor Miller was confronted with them.
 He admitted that the letter was in tended for the farmers, but he said it was not intended to be circulated un- til Friday Editor Miller made a savage attack on the eley ators, and made the direct charge that many of them were engaged in most repre- hensible practices. He said;
 ''We have checked farmers deliv- cries very materially, as you will sec from to days receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth. The heavily mortgaged people have unloaded and the thrifty farmers will hold for their price, which will be from sl. 10 to Sl 30 Much wheat has gene into the visible supply, and in fact, into consumption and abroad, which has never been sold by the farmers. Many country ele- vators have stored sold stock with tue expectation of replacing it, and some of their representatives have been buylng wheat in Minneapolis to cover the stock sold"
 Afeter finding fault with the gov ernment crop statistician the circular says
 We have exported 50, ,oo0, 900 bushels of our new crop and have 93,0oO, 900 to spare, for 30 coo, 900 of which charters have been made at present. We ex- port at the rate of 5000, GOO bushels n week and our surplus will be thorogh- ly exhausted if we keep that up till Christmas.
 Some papers have criticised our ad- vising the farmers to hold their wheat, because it would make the bread of our worhingmen too dear. We think 1t would benefit the working classes nearly as much as the farmers In short, the situation is this: We will have extraordinary high wheat prices here with moderate boom if we sell our wheat to Europe cheap, or we will have moderately nigh prices with an extraordinary boom if we hold our wheat for higher prices now.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
TRUSTED THE PASTOR.
Mrs. Brown weds Rev. MT. Hunt in Spite of Scandal Regarding Him.

Spite or Scandal Regarding Him.
 NEW YORK, Sept 90. Members of the First Baptist church in Bloomfield street, Hoboken, have been informed that Rev. George l.. Hunt, their former pastor. was married last Wednesday to Mrs Brown, widow of John A. Brown, the wealthy manufactures of brown stone trimmings. who died eighteen months ago. Rev. John Finch, present pastor of the church, otficiated. Pastor Hunt is forty-four years old. and was compelled to re- sign because his name had been unpleasantly associated with that of Mrs. Shapcott, q prcpossessing widow. Among his stanchest supporters during his trials were the Browns. Mrs. Hunt failed to get an absolute divorce, but her husband obtained one in South Eakota for desertion. He then went to South Carolina and continued his ministerial work there. ltis supposed that he kept up correspondence with Mrs. Brown, whose husband and son had Tn tine meantime died at their resi- dence in Hoboken.
 Mrs. Brown brings Pastor Hunt an income of Slo,ooo a year. The former Mrs. Hunt Is living with relatives in Mystic, Conn.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
ELOPED WITH A NEGRO.
Pretty Clara Lewis Warries the Late
 F. T. Darnun's Valet.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept. 30. Wyatt Roberts. the good looking colored man who for twenty years was the late Mir Barnum's valet. now figures in a TO- nance. He accompanied Mrs, Barnun and party to Europe last summer. In the party was Clara Lewis, pretty English maid who has been with Mrs. Baruum several years. Miss Lewis and Roberts were constantly in each others company and fell deeply in love, but kept It to themselves until they reached America again. Once here { tley decided to olope. The other night both disaps cared. and Mrs. Bar mum has just learned that they have been married. Both were handsomely remembered m the dead mans will It is believed that they have gone south.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
Kuoenca Do,xp sv nohb,r..

WABASH, Ind, Sept ? s--tohn Risch,
 n young man living in this city. was knocked down and robbed of SIT. 50 last night about o'clock. He stepped from the rear door of a business house and was approached by three men, one of them holding an open knife in his hand. who said; This is the fellow we are looking for" Young Riseh in trying to protect himself was severelv cut in NAe right hand He was knocked down by one of the three aud relisved of his mo1sys Noclsw to tho rohberA
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
FRENCH IMPORTER ABSCONDS.
M. Franchette Leaves Creditors i'm she
 Lurch for n Large Amount

PARIS, Sept. BOA heavy exporter of Rue Richer named Franchette has absconded and is on his way to the United States. About thirty mer- chants called yesterday afternoon on NJ. Rouquin, commissary of police at the Fauburg Montmartre, and from each of them the magistrate learned that Franchette had disappeared and left them in the lurch. They had each received the following letter from him by this mornings mail;
 SIR: Finding myself under the neces- sity of taking llttle trip to America in consequence of my business affairs, l must ask you to come and see me some other time to collect your nc- counts. Excuse me.
 It has been discovered that he had skipped out and left, ostensibly for New York. by an English steamer. He owed a large amount and an examina- tion of the premises in the Rue Richer showed that he had sold every bit of his merchandise and gutted the place