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The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
WAS JUNCTION.

NIT. Quay has introduc ,d 8 stringent elsctou bill in the Ssna Q
 Mir stone spoke on MT fioar and Mir Lodge in the House.
 The finance bill was debated in the Sem ate by Mcssrs. Allen, Cotkrell and Berry Monday
 The Texas delegation attacks Mir. Xii gore's position on the Iudian depreciation bull
 The ballot box forgery committee has exoaerated Hastead and Foraker to a cer- tain extent
 The House has taken the silver pool in vestlgatior from the commttes on rules and appointed committed
 The Republicans do not favor an extra se ,sion of Congress
 The House considered the military ap propriatioas bilt.
 Sherman introduced his Nicaraguan Canal bonding scheme in the Senate
 The Senate Pensions Committee has re- ported favorably on tho resolution reduo ing pension fees from si0 to g.
 Memorial exercises of the late James r. Walker oi Missouri were held in the House of Representatives
 Inc silver amendment was debated in the Senate
 X bill has been introduced in the Senate to extend the White House at a cost of sa5o, 900.
 The House has refused to limite debate on tho subsidy bill.
 The vote on the finance bill will be taken "Wednesday.
 The robbery of old soldiers for pension sharks Is being ventilated
 Mir. Doeaery spoke against the subsidy bill.
 Commander Rciter Is censured for bis share in the Barrundia killing
 The debate on the election bill will prob ably begin again after the financial bill Ia voted upon
 A scheme is on foot for the government 10 indorse the bonds of tho Nicaragua Canal Company to the extent of xio0, ,0o0, ,00o
 The House Is debating the steamship subsidy bill.
 The financial oill debate is continuing in the Senate
 Tho treaty of 1884 with Nicaragua is made public IL binds the United States to build tho ship canal.
 Senator Vest spoke in the Senate favor. ing free coinage and against the present national banking system.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
Troops Not to Ham

NEw YORK, January lI.-Gen. O'Beirne received letter to-day from Father Crafts, the Catholic priest who was wound ed in the recent fight with Big Foot's band of Sioux Indians. Father Crafts says he has disappointed all the laws of medicine and ali the prophets and is steadily i'm proving. He was stabbed In the back while trying to stop the fight the knife penetrating his right lung He says the Indians fired first and that tho troops were aot to blame for the wholesale killing, a. everything was done at dose quarters, Father Crafts has drawn . map of the bat. tleteld. which he will forward with full description of ths fight ss soon ss he is able to write. The situation at present, he thinks, is very serious
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
THE NEBRASKA TWINS.
Two Governors at Once Claiming on.
 cIai Authority.

LINCOLN, Neh, January a-Nebrasks has two Governors and a third man claim. ing the office. The Legislature and Supreme Court are moving but slowly toward ( solut on of the difficulty, and meantime all kinds of conflicts of authority are taking place. The situation is unique, and new developments of more or less sensationa nature are taking p ace hourly. Yesterday tho Legislature opened the returns and found Jas. Boyd. Dem, elected Governor. This was done iu spite of the violent oppo- sition of the majority who evidently wish. cd to count in the Alliance candidate Powers. Mir. Boyd was sworn in, but Gov Thayer refused to vacate the office, declar, ing Boyd had never been naturalized enc was therefore ineligible Tue other Gov ernor fortified himself in his office, sleep ing there through the night under guard of a company of militia and number oi special officers. He held the fort without opposition, and this morning the Board of Public Lands and Buildings met and as signed Gov. Boyd quarters in ano ther part Of the building. He immediately assume { possession, appointed J. c. Higgins, oi Grand Island. private secretary and began ac' ing as Governor.
 The first conflict of authority took place this afternoon when tclegrams were re ceived by member of the Legislature and transmitted to Gov. Boyd, stating that an Indian outbreak woud take place in the northern part of the State to morrow, and asking that militia now at the front be placed to repel the attack. Gov. Boyd or dcred Adit Gen. Cole to make prepara tions for the outbreak, but Gen. Cole re. fused to obey, stating that he would take orders only from Gov. Thayer. The office of Adiutant General was at once declared vacant, and soon after Gov. Boyd appoint ed Gen. Victor vifquain to the pos.tion. The State forces on the front now have two commanders, and 1t is impossible to tell which they will obey.
 The janitors of the State House and the mail carriers have gone over to Gov Boyd, and 1t is said that gas and steam will be turned of Gov. Thayer's office. To-day Gov. Thayer petitioned the Supreme Court for writ of quo warranto to de,er- mino tho position of Gov. Boyd. The Court answered informally that no de- cisioa would b. made till next Tuesday.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
|NEBRASkA'S CIVIL WAR
A Three-Cornered Contest for
 Control of the State.
TROOPS IN THE CAPITOL
4 Riot In the Nebraska Legsslature Re- sufts tn the Temporary Defeat of tke Farmers' Alliance M,sn..
 Thayer HolHs On.

LINCOLN, Neb, January 9.--All doors of Representative Hall were closely guarded this morning. and none tnt members of tho Legislature, State officers and persons having business inside were admitted. All the members were on hand promptly, although they found great difficulty in pushing their way through ths crowds that hlled the corri ors and bcsieged the Capi- tol at all points. The Allianre members had taken possession of the House ct 5 o'clock in the morning They placed the Speaker in the chair and put a, cordon of Assistant Sergeants at-arms asound him. When Lieut. Gov Mieckeljohn appeared, he was not allowed to take his seat, but stood Tn front of the Speaker ready to cali the 1oint session to order. At 9 o'clock the Speaker issued an order for the arrest Of Lieut.. Gov. Miecke,john, on the charge or misconduct in office and breach of the peace The Eieutenant Governor detied the officer and was not taken into custody.
 Gov. Thayer ordered out company of National Guards, and at II o'clock they stacked arms in the corridors of the Capi-- tol The militia was called out only as q precautionary measure.
 1Ae i~. Ao tuo COuTb iSsuSQ 0' WflL of mandamus directing the Speaker of the, House to canvass the returns. The Sheriff of Lancaster Csunty, with deputies and oailfh of the Supreme Court, burst in. the doors of the House and fought their way through the crowd of Alliance men guard ing the entrance
 The writ was served upon the Speaker. A motion to take recess until 3 o'clock was declared carried by the Lieutenant Governor, and the Democrats and Repub- licans filed out of tho hall The Speaker of the House declared that no recess had been taken, and the Alliance members re- mained and the roll was called.
 Soon afterward Attorney General Leese. appeared and delivered an opinion advis. ing the Alliance men to obey the writ Of mandamus and canvass the votes, but to enter q protest. This was done and an ad- Icurnment taken until 80 this afternoon. after Boyd had taken the oath as Governor.
 The contest will now go on as prescribed by law. There is a prospect tlsat the Leg islature will unseat all the officers.
 Ex~G Gov. Thayer refused this evening to turn over the office to Gov. James k. Boyd, his Democratic successor, and has placed company Of militia and half dozen police about his doors to guard the office. Boyd will doubtless apply to the Supreme Court in the morning for awr!t of quo warrsn to. to install him into his office.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
The Deiamaters Arrested

Ms,ovILLs. Pa, January a-Delamater X Co. (including George w. Delamater. late Republican candidate for Governor) bankers, who assigned recently. were this afternoon summoned before m Alderman. charged with embezzlemene Tho com. plaint was made by the outgoing Board Of County Commissioners, who charged De- tamater < Co. with tho embexzlemeua. The complaint was of having received upward of SSO.0 of county funds on deposit from the County Treasurer while knowing them selves to bs insovent, and converting the same to their own use. A plea of not guilty was entered and hearing waived. Bonds were given by each of the defendants, ir the sum of slo,ooo for their appearance al the February term of court.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
The Large Alien Ownership
 of Land.
IS A STARTLING SHOWING
The Prospeot that the Financial BiII Will Pass in Some Form The Tsdernl Election Bin Opposed by
 Two Other Measures.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January rc.-The Senate Committee on Immigration which is Investigating among others things. the relations between American industries and foreign capitalists, has compiled, it i. said, some very interesting information Representative Oates, of Alabama, is one sf the members of the Immigration Com mittee Of the House, and he toe has been making study of the subject, particularly in the matter of alien land ownership He mentions the case of Mir. Scully, an Eng fish capitalist, who owns farms in Illinois agsregating 100, 600 acres. They are most ly rented to American tenants, and ac cording to Mir. Oates researches the British owners income from the land is not less than s2oo, GOO year The Schonleys another British family, have rentals valued st Sloo, oI0 annually from land in America The Marquis of Tweedale is edited with the ownership of T5o, 600 acres; Phillips Marshall X Co, of London, ], ,300, 900; Ger, man syndicate, iloo, 900; Anglo American syndicate. Mir. Rogers, President, 75o,0o0; ; William Whalley, M. P, Peterboro, Eng land, 3lo,0o0; Robert Teuuant London 230, GOO; Lord Dunmorc, 120 0Oo; Benjamin Newgas, Liverpool, 100000; Albert Peel, E. P, Leicestershire, England, 10. 900; Sir J. l.. Kay, Yorkshire, Eugla>d, 5000.
 These few alien owners mentioned hold total of more than 5000 0o0 acres, it will be observed, an area nearly as large as the Cherokee Strip, which some of the Western constituencies are so clamorously asking te be opened to settlement. The estimates oi alien holdings, however include many small tracts, tho total for the whole coun try probably being not less than 90, GOO COG acres, of which British subjects own fully Il, ,o0o, coo acres.
 Unless pending negotiations fall through the financial bill to be passed on Wednes day will command the support of most oi the Republican Senators It will also bs recognized as an Administration measure.
 The shipping subsidy bill will probsbl, reach avote by Tuesday or Wadnesday There is uncertainty regarding the result The leading Democrats and some RepublL cans say the measure will be beaten, while the subsidy men, in and out of the House, predict it's passage. Senator Paddock, oi Nebraska, proposes to call up his pure food bill ss soon as the financial measure is dis posed of by the Senate. This will probably be antagonized by Senator Hoar with the force bill, aud by Senator Hale with the Gpportionment bill
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
A Coat Mtne Entarprise,

KANsAs CirY, Mo, January s--William Vineyard, d capitalist. and John A. Gala her, practical mine operator. will. within tue next few days. begin the sinking of A ,oal shaft In tue southeastern portion of the city Good surface veins of the min sral have been discovered along the banks of Brush Crock and on the exposed sides es h.lls, and the projectors Of the enter. prise are confident tha. It cau be found ie quantities sufficient 10 supply the entire
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
Revolution In Chg,

LONDON, January s.-Cable messages re seived hero from Buenos Ayres to-day an. nounce that revolution has broken out in Chili The revolution is the result of the tong struggle between President Balma xada on the one hand and the majority of Congress on the other. It has boon feared that the President would throw the in auence of the Government into the presi- tentiai election this year. and thus secure the succession to the presidency of one of his own creatures, he himself being ineligi ble. Congress has repeatedly demanded the res signation or dismissal of obnoxious Ministers; but the President has refused to comply.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE,
Ti-e Harvester Trust Project Aban.toned
 fly It's Promote-s

CHICAGO, January 10.-At meeting in this city of The directors of tAe American Harvester Company, which was organized month or two ago with the enormous capital of S35, 900, GOO, it was decided to dis continue the project, and the directors representing, the organization in she differ- ent States were entrusted to see that the charters obtained in their respectire States be surrendered
 President McCorullck said at the close of the meeting; This step has been de- cided on only after we were assured that we could not carry out the objects of the association. Able lawyers were consulted, and they were unanimously of the opinion that under the laws of these States the company could not continue in the form in which it had been started Therefore. Like sensible men, we concluded to abandon the whole affair"
 The dissolution of the company win have no effect on the different companies or firms that were merged in it. No change had been made in the business arrange ments of any one of them, and hence the action of the new company will not affect them. President Mccormick thinks there will be no effort to reorganize the delunot company. It was only after long delib- eration that the gentleman composing the Harvester Trust decided to abandon it. For more than week the board of directors has been holding daily sessions in Chicago. The whole field of the trusts possibilities was thoroughly canvassed and thought fully discussed, and the decision was the ahlA don pf ha out cf , ization
 The hardest rocks against which the trust ran were the decisions of the supreme courts of Illinois and New York-the for mer in the Gas Trust and the latter in the. Sugar Trust case--that one corporation may not legally hold stock in another cor poration for the purpose of controlling it..
 The collapse of this gigantic business combination is to be attributed to the secession of the Mccormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Deering Company, the Whitman Barnes Manufacturing Con- pauy and the firm of Warden. Bushnell x Glessner. These individual companies were not satisfied with the line of policy mapped out by the majority of the directors in the matter of raising prices on the al uAoiS auu ttie SuuSoiudtiou or the lnter- ests of the supply houses to the disad- vantage of their customers, and they were 80 rehellious at yesterdays meeting Of the directory that before the night had closed they had determined to withdraw from the continuation, cut prices and annihilate those who remained steadfast in their pur. pose to bleed the farmers. A merry war is now in prospect. It is each firm for itself --cut, slash and let die those who can Il help themselves.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16

President McGrath of the Kansas All ance denouncese publication of the Tur ner letter, whose supposed author says ii forgery. An investigation will bs made by the Alliance.
 Boyd, Democrat, was deelared elected in Nebraska after stormy session of the Legislature. Gov. Thayer refuses to sur render his office and has barricaded him sels, remaining inside with State troops.
 James Dayton was fatally shot at Fort Worth Tex.
 The order to disarm the Indians in Okla homa has been revoked-
 Senator Cameron was nom mated by the Republican caucus at Harrisburg.
 Charles Rose fatally shot his sweetheart, in Pope County, Illinois, and killed him self, .sa
 Mrn9ants Griffin shot young widow m Liberty, Ind, for aiieuating Mr. Grffin's affections.
 The Illinois Legislature assembled Clay ton F.. Crafts was elected Speaker of the House.
 The Nebraska Legislature almost in dnlged in fight when the election returns were to have been canvassed.
 A story of illicit love, wife poisoning and blaekmail is agitating Yellow Springs, O., almost 70 the verge of lynching
 Sir John Thompson, Minister of Justice of Canada, criticises Blaine's arguments on the Behring Sea dispute.
 The Missouri Legislature convened. Mir. Futile was selected as Speaker of the House
 
 Banker Keau of Chicago who recently failed, has been sued for the recovery of Congo Mission funds which were entrus ted to him.
 Gov. Hills message contains paragraph which is taken as an announcement that hs will not be candidate for renomination.
 Kate Kramer of Nauvoo, H., took poison died, and by her own request was buried at the hour set for her wedding. the license for which had been issued
 Gov. Winans of Michigan is opposed tt the State appropriatinF s50,oo0 for tn, Grand Army encampmcnt, and as a result the encampment may not be held at Do troit this year.
 The court has decided ia favor of tue ''i entitled" members of the New Hampshir, Legislature. This result in the electio, of Republican governor and United States senator.
 The correspondence between Gen. Scho field and Geu. Mics relative to the relie of Col. Forsythe Is made public 1t showl that Gen. Miles suspects Forsy the of hay iug so placed the troops at Wounded Bne that they killed each other.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, Minn., January s.-The House managed to elect Speaker at the afternoon session. Immediately after the Secretary of State called to order, H c. Stivers, the Democratic candidate, got the floor and withdrew in the interests of peace and in favor 0. E. T Champiin, the All. ance candidate. A ballot was then taken. resulting in 72 votes for Champlin to 4l for Searle. Mir. Champlin was at once called to ,he chair and read brief speech re turning thanks for the honor conferred by saying that the people expect much from this Legislature, and, with proper energy, much can be done. He expected business methods 10 be employed to the advantage of the State, and, closing. said: Let us loin hands in common union and work for the common veal of the common people of the Commonwealth" Without choosin p any other officers, the House then nd burned till to morrow.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
EPITOME OF THE WEEK
Brief Summary of the News
 f6r Busy Men.
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Condansed Telsgraphic Reports of the Current Events of the Past Week In America and tho Countries
 of the old world.
FOREIGN.

An avalanche in Bosnia killed l7 people.
 Padlewski, tho .mnrderer of Gen. Self. verskoh has,confessod. t..a
 Spanish free tradeM ulet add, depouncsa the increase of tariff duties Tho Prince of Monaco is in aiarm at the vigorous crusade against the gambling palaces at Monte Carlo
 It is said Emperor William will propose general disarmng of European nations
 Four hundred natives were killed in an engagement with French troops in Senegal
 Two moro suicides have taken place at Monte Carlo, and talk of closing the games there is revived
 Padlewski, the Polish Nihilist who is suspected of the murder of Gen Selivers- koff, the Russian Chief of Secret Police, has been captured in Spain.
 Prussia expects to make 1000, 900 marks yearly from the manufacture of Koch's lymph. Of this Dr. Koch is to receive l, ,- ooo,0oo marks and his two assistants a50 OC0 marks each
 More troops have been summoned to Buenos Ayres, where there is fear of another conspiracy
 The U CIV on the American ship Indian mutiuied and fought among themselves They will be arrested at Liverpool
 The offer of office to Bismarck by th5 Grand Duke of Meckleuburgh Schwerin Is taken ss an affront to the kaiser
 X scare was experienced In London police circles by the circulation of false report that the unemployed Socialists intended 10 psrade through the aristocratic West End.
 revolution In Chili is reported
 O'Brien denies that he is to succeed Par. nell
 Tho trial of Mayor Fouroux Of Toulon continues.
 The Scotch railway strike shows no sign of Improvement and public irritation is in- creasing
 Bouiangcr announces that he has not ab dicated the leadership of tho National Re publican party.
 A saoo.oo0 fire caused panic iu Paris and several women and children were hurt iu the scramble.
 The conference between Parnell and 0'Brien has ended. IL is stated that Me Carthy will be asked to retire and that an attempt will bc made to elect leader satis factory to both wings of the Irish party
 Prof. Koch has arrived in t.oadoa on his way to Edinburgh.
 Scotch railway strikers had another col IIsion with the police near Glasgow
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
TAKEN TO THE COURTS.
The Behring's Sra Dispute Tn a. Ne,
 Light.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 13.-The Behring's Sea fur seal question was this afternoon suddenly and unexpectedly brought before the Supreme Court of the United States. Sir John Thompson, At. torney General for Canada, through MT. Calderon Carlisle, the American counsel oi the British Legation and Mir Joseph Choate. associate counsel, made a motion m the court for writ of prohibition com. handing the United States District Court at Sitka to annul the proceedin by which the schooner w, P. Sayward was libelled n 1ss'. This move on the part of Canadian officials, it was stated, was made in behalf ,f Canada by Sir John Thompson with the Euil knowledge and consent of the British government, the purpose evidently being Q appeal from the State Department to the supreme Court to settle once for all the dispute.
 This move on the part of :he British gov srnment seems not to have been expected, md the Attorney General was taken by sur. prise whom tho motion was made by Mir Shoate. The court ordered that two weeks lime be granted to the Attorney General to
 
 The British government 1t is believed, nas had this matter In contemplation for some time, probably since last spring, when t was announced that the negotiations be tween the United States and Can ada about the Behring's Sea were ended
 The schooner w. p Sayward of Victoria. British Columbia, was captured by the revenue cutter Rush, Capt Shepard, for killing seals in Behring's Sea. When the capture was made the schooner was in Behring's Sea, 59 miles from any land, and there were AT seal skins on board The schooner was taken to Ounalaska by the Rush, and from there to Sitka, where she was libelled by tue United States District Court for taking seal within the jurisdic- ton of the United State, In violation of the Revised Statutes. An appeal was taken and the case was brought to the Supreme Court, and on motion of petition CTS this was to-day dismissed, which motion was immediately followed with a request to file suggestions with the court for the writ of prohibition to annul the action Of the District Court of Alaska
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-16
Asivo cat,a slIss,sssppl LevseA.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 9.-Capt. Taylor was before the Committee on ln- provements of the Mississippi River thil morning and spoke in support of the meas. nre for the improvement of the rivon He is. like all the others who have addressed the committee. impressed with the abso. Into necessity of tho levee system, and their combined efforts are having good effects on the committee. No doubt 1t wiIl be favorabiy reported upon to the House but its passage this ssssipn is extrsmels doubtful