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The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
THE PERIL OF FRANCE
On the High Road to Bank
 ruptcy.
so SAYS SENATOR HILARE
The RI nister of Foreign Afsir, Asserts that Trancs Has Loug Been Ey- pendiug Moro than Her In-
 comc-CriSis Feared

PARIS, April 14 -Apropos of tho future increase of the eff ctiveness ot the French army and of the Minister of Wars comand on ths Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies for further appropriations, Senator Barthelmyst Hilare, Minister o' Foreign Affairs, said to day: Tt becomes moro and more evident u at Franco is on thu high road to ta ,krupscy We often hear it said that France is one Of the r.ch- est countries il Europe. This ia quite true. So, too, we would call man rich who bad al income 0, Q million fcancs Q year. But suppose ho spent each year l,5oo,Oc0 francsi And suppose he keit on doing so year after yearl What wouli his wealth amount to under such crcum- stincos' And yet this is just wlat France Is doing and has been doing for a very long timc. Tho up hot of the whole thing must be that we shall have to repudtate our debt, as We did in the first revolution, and start afresh.
 II greatly aimire tho magnificent man ner in wh ch the Uu ted States Las eoae on paying oI it's tremoudols debt con tracted during tae gigantic c.yi, war. We ought to imitlts in modsst way the American ex ,mpio But several circum stances oppose this. In tn, first place. the wastefuiness of our great departments os Government is something frightful White IL cannot bc sad tAat tho~e Is any outright stealing of tho public funds, the extravagan is tremendous and 10 Gov crnmeat dares incur the danger of the politicians in cealiny out this auyean sta ble.
 "Thca, again. our military sys em is SO expensive. au keeps on growing moro 80 every day, that It seem an almost helpless task 10 try to stop this suicidal financial Ioiicy. We cannot reduce our army, for teere stands that Alsace Lorraine difficulty still undecided. What al uupa rdonable sin it was for Germany to tlks th 1se pro vines We would have willingly plid many moro millions of francs could we have preserved our territory intac.. But Frircs will never abandon Alslce Tor ralne wi thout a stcu ggc, which, when l. comes, will bc deadly ono. Ffanca must WI O. be eHaced from the map Of Europe like Fol ,n1 She wi fight to the l g. man for shc vii sse that her very exl s'ence as na m depends on victory, aul If she comes oi the victor in wh Ut an exhausted state she W Il probab'y y be left Then the ordinary hnancal s,tu ltion, ren tered still more oppres s,ve by tho ucreasei oxpeudi- lures of the supram> struggle, will we g> down upon the bleeding Nation and bank.
 uatcy wi theo b. inevitable"
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
WASHINGTON,

The President has started uroa his tour of tho South and tho Pacific Coast
 Army oficers report splet q q rcsults from recent legislation by Congress-
 Eaos Neb 'ker Ina boon appo nted Uuitol States Trea'urtr, vice Huston, resigned.
 Wesl Virginia is having scr oss trcub,e in getting hor shara 0. the refuudel direct tax.
 There is no hing now at tho American end of the Italian inbroglio MT Blaine's reply has not bee sent to Premier Rudini yet.
 new Erg'aud Congressman denies that his section Is for Crisp for Speaker
 An inquiry into ths manacem mt of tho Publ c Printers o.lice will to made next winter
 There Is no change in the situation incl dent 10 Italy's demands upon the American Government
 frssi Ion. Harrison will not appoint tho Land Court Judges until his return from his jaunt- sioncr Morgan arc again at outs over de- pertinent ma tor, Tue sensational reports from Rcme arc hot oeueVcu iu on ltl cirsloh The third party movement Of the Alliance } is attracting III mlch attention in Washing ton. Tho racc for Architect Wiudri ma p,aco is growing interesting. Senator Eimund'' TO s,g nat on is coasii. erci decide loss 10 the Senate. Repairs on tho U s s Alert have been found to be shlm work principally.
 Secretary Bla n, and Presiden. Har- risoa are rcportoi st T at outs on the reel procity question. The text of tho proposed American Newfoundland reciprocity treaty has been made public Centennial celebration ot the estab. lishmsnt fths patton, system |. la pre- ,ress in Washington. Designs for sab,idiarJ coins have been formally asxed for. George F. Edmunds h,s rssignci hIs seat in the United States Ssnat. Senatorial summer iunkst.ng shows no tendency to decrcase this yetr The Pension Bureau is sil rushing its business.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Minerwl Resources of Texas,

AUSTIN, Tex, April ia.-Some recent analyses have been made by Mr. J II. Herudon, Of the State Goolog ca, Dspart. ment of Texas, of the various mineral products and resources of the States. IL was found the god and silver ore from tho var ous mines in the State sssayci from 100 10 HOO ounces of silver md from 100 to 1000 ounces of gold to tho ton The lead ore assayed as high as S5 per cent. of metal lie tad. and zirc aod ore as high as 56 and TS per csnt respectively. Large fields of manganese have been lately discovered in Liapo and Mason counties. During the coming year a railroad will be built to these sections, with an object of developing those folds, The complete report of Prof Dun bic. of the State Geolog cal Department, will bs given 10 lhe public soon, and 1t is bsing looked for with much interest by those who are concerned in the mineral h. dustries Of tho States. as some 6lS aualy ses have been made during the past year, and some vory important and interesting facts have boon developed.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Electric kparks.


 Pension Commissioner Raum denies that he Is 10 resign.
 An electric railway Is being constructed at La Por;e, Ind.
 Herr Prick, tho noted anarchist, died at Pittsburx, aged 74.
 The Rockefellers have boon elected trus- tees of the Standard Oil Trust Arkansas Pythisns will hold thsir State Encampment ct Heleus In May. The tinners of Ind ianaDolis, to tho num- ber of 200, have been locked out A flock of sheep ncar Jehersouville, Ind, arc aniicsed with hydrophobia. New York City officials are stiil fighting the overhead telegraph system. Three hundred and fifty cornics makers will strike at St. Paul, Milan. Tho SOth birthday of ex- President Mo Gosh of Prircston College was csle- brated.
 All saloons of Lewiston, Ma, were closed. new police officials having taken con trol.
 Tho New H,mpshire Legislature has appropriated ea0, ,00O for Sta.a exh. bit nt the Worlds Fair.
 Conductor Douglass Northcus was killed in collis.ou on tho Keutucky Central near CTnthiAnAs Ky.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
r .p~tn{ ", General Pike.

WAsHtNG- p"d II To night at mid night the i 'remonies over the TO- mains of Ge e ' hitect r Se were held in the First CDagrc ,al onll Church with all the so.emaity that marks such an occasion. At about 10 30 menb r, of Albert Pike Conslstory conveyed too boly from the Scottish Rite CathedrA', whore 1t lay in state, to the church. Masons occupied the entire floor ot the auditorium, and the public got into the galleries only. Seats were reserved for members of the family of the deceased and their immediate friends Tn. church was not drapsd. A temporary platform was erected, such as was used whom an orchestra performed in tho church, and on this were the principal participators in tho service of tho Knights of Kadosh.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Elected by the Women.

TOPEKA, Kan, April 9.-Unofl1cal re- turns show that R. F. Cofran Democrat and citizens) ia elected Mayor by plu. rality of 200 over Quinton, Republican. Cofrsn's election IS great surprise, and it is attributed to the white women's vote. Quinton had the solid colored woman vote, and when this was manifest the white women wont to Cofran. Tho wives of many prominent and well known Repub- cans voted for Cofran, whie their hus- hands supported Quiaton. Tho negro vote was the largest ever polled. Altogether the yo.e was deeldol victory for the women, and l. is demonstrated that they were in no sense influenced by their bus. bands
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
ienty-HorSes' Defense.

SIOUX FALLS, $. Dak Aprl. l2-Plenty- Horses, tho accused murderer of Lieut.. Casey, was again brought tefore the Unl;ed States District Court of this city yesterday, and tis pleading to ths charge If the indictment was put over until Mon- day. Long Bear. father of Plenty Horscs, will arrive on Monday from Rosebud Agency with $25o, which tho Indian Rights Association has subscribed, to dete d the suspected murlerer. Geo. F. Mock, of this city, has been retained 10 defenl him, and the outlook is that very strong defense will bs made. Plenty Horses does not deny the killing of Lieut. Casey. and in his defense will argue that tho Indians and whites were at war and that the death o' Lieut. Casey was ca lamity ot war rather than murder in civil life.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
A MILLION LOSS.
Chicago Again Waited by tho Fire Ftend. -
 Began in . Stable,

CHICAGO, Ill, April 13.-Chicago yesteF- day evening suffered one of the most de- structive confiagratlons tbat has ever O. cured here sincs the big fire of 1871. The loss is fully $l,C0o.0O0 It was at al most the exact geographical center of tho city that the flames started, and, like the terrible disaster twenty years ago. began in stable. la this case the stable was tho property of the well-known furniture man. ufacturer and politician, John M. Smythe, and was located in the rear of his b 6 house furnishing establishment on West Madison street, near Halstead street. Tn flames speedily communicated to the furn turs es- tablishment, and moment later to Kohl & Middleton's Museum. A general alarm to tho Fire Department was soon followed by special calls for extra engines, as the fro was s,en to be gaining ground with ex- traordinary rapidity.
 In less than five m'nutos smoke was pouring from every window in the museum and was enveloping tho huge six-story building occupied by Smythe. When, in . marvelously short interval both structures had turned into a mas, of flame, great fiery tongues went across the street and lodged in the upper stories of tho buildings on the north side Of Madison street. A moment latter the fremen along the thoroughfare found themselves working between two towering walls Of fire.
 The men, obeying orders, stool steady in the street, where tho flames scorched them from either slde. and. after fierce battle at le gth brought the fro in Q measure under control. The immense blaze however, continued to rage with in- tense fury in tae buildings already partly destroyed The museum was nothing but a heap of ruins. and the walls of tho
 mythe building were falling ono after an other. Fortunately they all fell into the ruins and no person was injured.
 Across the street also, the walls soon succumbed to the furious onslaught Hero the upper story of the three story build ing on the northwest corner of Madison and Union streets caught fire. Quickly following the flames leading around tho win lows of the fifth story of the Hay market Theater building were soon stretching a'ong under the mansarl roof. Just west of tho Haymarket building waa the fve-story building occupied by tho Peoples Clothing Company Hero also the windows were On fro. Despite all efforts the buildings tctween Union street and the Haymarkct block shared the fate of those across the street and were wiped out completely. In the Haymarket tho fire was confined to the upper story, but tho whole building was filled with smoke and water. West Of the Hsymark,t Theatef tho damage was comparatiy ely small.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Is,ne kthorn Psl,,io..

DUBLIN, April i2. The anti Parnellites, Tanner and Dcasy. trie to deliver an ad- dress to day as McCroon The vocss were drowned by the hooting and cheer ing ot the two fact ons. Eooting and chesliag was soon followed by black. thorns, ana the encounter was of a bloody and determined character. Charge fcl- lowed charge, the Parnellitss having the advantage for . time, and then being re- puiscd oaiy to renew the combat more vigorously. Several of tho woun ied lay for sope time, and were tramplei upoa by the coatending forces. Tho combatant ts q. longth restoi from exhaustion. Many ot the injured are in . serious condt on. Hut iittie of what the speakers said was auQibl.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Mafia Mob lnyestlg lgatlon Begun.

NEw ORLEANS, La, April 9-The Grand Jury began today tho investigation into the attack oa tho Parish Prison and the lyuching of the Italian prisoners March lA Messrs. Parkerson and Houston, who led the mob in the attack on the prison, and the Italian Consul, PAsquale Corie, and his secretary appeared and testified The original list ot the committee who called the mass meeting and planned the lyochiug was sso furnished Attorney General Rogers represented the State be- toro the Grand Jury. It is understood that indictments will be found against few of the leaders of the mob in order to test the matter.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17

The coanol of the Irish Nation al League of America has adopted reso!ut ions offer ing to act as arbitrator bot ween tho fac tions of the Irish party and recommending a National Convention in September at Baltim pro, to which Pa rneil and others ats invited.
 Vim Wallace, Postmaster of Indianupo- lis, is doad.
 Sccret,ry Proctor says he is not can didate for Senator for Vermont
 Mrs. Annie B ssalt, the English theoso- phist. has arrived in New York
 The o-icial count began il Ch cago Both parties claim tho election.
 Testimony taken in tho A. T. Stewart will case in Ireland has reached New York.
 At. Rome, Ga, Mrs. Ora Mckee was ac. quilted of the charge of murdcring Mrs. Wimpcl.
 A cyclone, too high up to do extendcl dama2e, passed over Nevada, Mo, Wed. nesday night.
 Tho Illil o' Legislature has begun work in earnest. Several bils have passe tho Senats.
 Three railroad men were pinioned under an eneiue and scalded to deAth near Yer non, Wis
 Twenty National banks in Kansas will denationsl ze and reorganze under tho new State banking aw.
 F. E. Bryant, rich real estate dealer of St. Paul, is in jail on an admitted charge of embedding 5ooo
 Mrs. Andrew Doll of Herman, Neb., braiued her two children and then took concentrated lie. She was insane.
 Mrs. John Oliver of uear MBrtlnsville, Ind han red herself upoa learning of the oownfall oy gran idaughter.
 The Federal grand-ju at Chi 70 is con siderng tie charge of conspiracy 10 destroy Shufeldts Distillery with dynamite against Secretlry Gibson Of tho Wh.key trust Governor Eagle says he will call con vention at Little Rock to 6css, ways and means for the Arkansas exhibit at tho Worlds Fair. Ito coke strikers will cndeavor to settle their trouble by dealing directly with the employers the labor lsaders having agreed to step aside. Al the miaers in the country will strike for eight hours May l. the conference be- tween workers and bosses at Pittsburg having adjourned without making an ar cGient Bids for th, Mines olillins will soon bc invited by the Worlds Far officials. It is expeciei that over 900 delegates, representing 2 States, will attend the third party convention in Cincinnati, May l9 r. T. Barnum, tie famous showman, died at his homo in Bridgeport, Conn, | after a long illness.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
No Mans Lsnd.

ELRESo, OKLA, April io.-Greer strict Is having recognition in tho United States court now in session here, on account of the dispute over the titls between the United States and Texas. The Texas court in that county carefully avoids any questions involving tito 10 land in Greer. number of their citizens arc hero as wit ne~ses in tho Uatad States court Judge Seay has rul >d that all ofenses comm ttt there arc returnable to the Federal cJust hero During brief rsoess the Ju lg5 in- terviewed the Greer witnesses upon tho condition of that district Thcro arc a,5oo fam lies located in that di trict and on ac- count O. so many oll batche o"s gong in there tho population Ia cny is,000. It is said that there arc over 1Go out avs located in the Wichita Mountains near the Gr or hnc, although the tiers of Greer are ex. cellen, people in every way.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
A Fugitive Murderer Captured.

DENVER, Colo, April 10.-Yesterday morning Sheriff A. D. Kelly. of Cheyenns, came 10 Denver to meet Sher II CrymbleL of Leadville, who had under arrest . man very closely auswering tho description e Fillibrown, wanted fer murder Ut Chey- cnne. The prisoner was handed over and lodged in the County Jail to await the d. parture for Cheyenne this morning. Officers at the 3ail say the prisoner must be the right party. Fillibrown killed his partner. Hiram Fouiks, February l8, d their residence in Grinite Canyon. about twenty-sev milos from Cheyt nne. and succeed, d in gett ng away 70 quickly thAA tue officers had . hard time track IT hlm- Ar,ward of e500 was offered for h.m by tho Governor of Wyoming.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
G,bson's CHss.

CnrcAoo. II, April l.-Tee Foieral Grand Jury thls morning retul ned to its investigation iato the charge that $ Sscretary Gibson, of the Whisky Trust conspired to destroy with dynamite \ rival concern of this city in February last Tho Gov ernment oaicals were busy serving suoprnas for witnesscs in P,oriA yester day. aud nearly every m n in peora who has or ever had any co anection with the Whisky Trust and George J. Gibson was subpBnaed to go before the Grand Jury. Wua, 1t is intended 10 prove by the tes. timony of tho.e witnesses Ia not known. but from the air of mystery that pervalts . the rcvs nue officers room, it is iaferred that some new and important ev.d.nco has been oI tAined.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
GREAT LABOR BATTLE.
All the Miners Wili str ko for Eight Houra
 May l.

PrTTsBURa, Pa, April 10 Tho Interstate Convention o' Minors and Operators closed this evening suddenly. After fierce bat tie of words ard opinions further talk was declared prohtless and an adjournment made sine die that fairly made the miners heads swim, though they accepted the proposition with a smile. This action means practically that the interstate agree ment has been abolis ied, and that the ami cable and harmonic IS relatioas thas have existed between tho two classes for the past five years are brokea of and may not be resumed. It aso means that tho 75, 600 mine workers in these two regions will stop work on the lst of May. affe ting 800 coo persons directly and hundreds of thou sands indirectly. As the mine orkers of the country will also demand an ght-tour day, & contin nuston of work after May now seems almo,t impossible Tho two great organizations of the country. tho Knights of Labor and the Federation of Labor arc back of tho mon, and thsir money at their disposal.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Will Enforce the Imm grafton LAW

WAsHISGroS, D. C., Apri 1o-Sscre- tary Foster to-day directed Mir John B. WeAor, Sup riatenieut of Immi grafton at New York, to report tl the United States District Attorney at New York the re ports of the es ape of eigateen immigrants returned by him to the Burgundia, il order that tho culpable parties may be vigorous ly prosecuted for violation of the imm gra tion law. Mir Weber rejected twenty ono immigrants who recently came by Burgun Lis as unfit to land. and turned them to the ve sel. Only three of the twenty one immigrants were retained aboard the yes sal and taken away, the other eighteen be- ing al owed to escape Under tho law th 6 steamship compIny l. liab,e to a hns of 500 In each ca @
 Secretary Foster has called the attention of tho immig ration oniCits at Bald- more, Boston and hi.adelphil to the vio a. uons of thi, law at New York. and in s.ructei them to promptly and vigorously prosecute all steamship companie' II such violations of law occur at their pJrs
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
EPITOME OF THE WEEK
Brief Summary of the News
 for Busy Men.
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Condensed Photographic Reports or the Current Events af the Past Week In America and the Countries
 of the old World.
FOREIGN.

Barry Sullivan, the actor, is dead. Senator Hilire fears that France Is on | 0 high road to bank .upt'y.
 Ten thousand strili ng weavers werc drivca back by troops in Bradford, Eng land.
 Salo on the stroot of the leading news papers of Ss. Petersburg, has becn sus. tended by the Russian Government. The report of tho Austrian Arts and Trades Association recommends that the Government talk, pirt officially in the Chl- cago Worlds Fair, provided tho NJ Kinley bill b. modified.
 Ths re ations of France and Germany nro becoming mora strained than ovor Emperor William, in a speech at Kiel, sad tho navy would play the most impor- tant part in ths next war
 Clrliual Giobous has written a letter on labor laws.
 Most of tn, London newspapers find fault with the composition of the Royal Labor Commi sion.
 Grea. iu,cres, is fclt in Bismarcl's can didacy Of tho Reichstag.
 Bulgaria is said to have convincing evi deucc that Minister Blttchen's a'sassins wer hired by Russi, to do the work.
 Rame newspapers sort that Premier Rudini wil take decisive acton if he re- ccivos nothing from the American Govern ment, in rspy to his note. by April l4.
 Austria's warl lSo busils continues In spite 0. ass iols to tho contrary.
 Ctilrs President has dcc'ared largo number o' prominent men traitoes
 Tho Royal Labor Commission has bocn announced in tho House of Commons. Michael Davitts name Is not included.
 Russia will consider Italian int,rfcrence with tho Abyssinian expedition casus beiii.
 Tho Australian Federation convention has adopted the constitution bill and al journed.
 Commissioner Culuten and party wore killed by Manipuris because British troops had massacred natiyc women and chi dren
 Russia continues U mass troops on the front.c-
 Empress Frederick has iesuraed to Ser. lin after long vst in Eng and.
 pr,nce Napo eoa in his will upbraids his ron Prince VI tor and di.laherits him.
 Tho Czar Is greatly d-peasei at tho secret marriage Of his cousin, the Grand Duke Michsel Miehaolovstch.
 Japaus yearly trade returns show a fall ing of of exports and an increase of i'm ro-ts
 Kumors arc afioa. in London thnt Par nell has msrred the oldest daughter O. Mrs. O'Shea This story lnis few be- liavcrs.
 Passengers from Valparaiso, wto have arrived In Panama, report that the Chi ian robels are making progress and that President Balmaoeda is recruiting hs ranks from prisons
 A man named Skclmeilsn was arrested in St Petersburg while lying in wait at n doorway the { Ear was to pass. He had a loaded revolver and bottle supposed to contain an explosive, anl it Is thou ;ht hs intended to Kill tho Cxar.