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The Forrest City times., 1892-06-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT To tho Constitution of the
 State of Arkansas.
INT RESOLUTION so. 2.l

lJoINT RESOLCTIoS SO. g.
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
 sentatives of the General Assembly of the
 State of Arkansas. q majority of all the
 Members elected to each House agreeing
 theretD.
 as an amendment fo the constitution of the State of Arkansas, which. when agreed to by q majority of all the meiIl,ers elected io each house and adopted by majority of the elect, election for senators and representatives shall become a part of the said constitution namely:
 Every male citizen Of the United States. or male person who has declared his intention of becoming citizen of the same. of the age Of twenty-One years. who has re- sided in The sfatc twelve months. in the county six months. and in the precinct or ward one month. next preceding any election at which he may propose to vote. except such persons may for the commission of some felony he deprived of the right ,o vote ny law passed by the general assembly, and who shall exhibit poll tax receipt C~ other cvi- dence that he has paid his poll tara. the time of collecting taxes next preceding such elec- tion, shall be allowed to vote at any election in the state of Arkansas. Provided. That persons who make satisfactory proof that they have attained the age of twenty-obe years since the time of assessing taxes ne It . preceding said election and poeseeses the | other necessary quail lifications, shall be per : mitted to vote; and provided further, That the said tax receipt shall be SO marked by dated stamp or written endorsement by the 1 judges of election to whom it may be first ! presented as to prevent the holder thereof l from voting more than once at any election 1 Approved April T, 1891.
 | In conformity to law hereby give notice ! that at the next general election in this state | for senators and representatives, which Is tC l he held on the 5th day of September, 1892, the ! foregoing proposed amendment to tho constr l tuition of this state will be submitted to the , electors for approval or rejection. Each cleo l tor upon depositing his ballot is required to l xs.,ff Enrf dfvann nr utnsf | Amendment"
 1 (SEALl Witness my ofncial signature ant | oeal of o6Ace this list day of February. 1872. | B. B. CHISM, Sec'y Of State. | hv II n ARMIS'rE h Dent ae<
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MURDER OF A PHFsIC1AM
Called To SEQ . Patient at Night and Cane
Home Dying In His Cir,

WILMINGTON. Dell April 25.-Dr. John H.
Hill. brother Of Walter s. Hill. q commission
merchant OF New York city. was murdered in
Kent county. Md. Just across the Delaware
line. last night by q gang Of negro deperadoes.
Since the acquittal Of white man in Kent
county who was charged with numbering one
OF their race. the gang has been bent on MUIR
der. DR.. Hill WAS called to the bedside Of
Mrs. James Shaw. who lives near Massey's
Station. five miles from MillinRton. where
the physician lived. He responded to
the urgent summons at 10 o'clock on Saturday
night. but did not reach his destination. He
told his wife he would not DO gone long, and
she waited up fol. his return. At o'clock she
heard the noise q the dog cart as II rolled up
but her husband did not appear
Becoming alarmed Mrs. Hill. went out to see
II there was any trouble. Prone upon his face
IN the dog cart lay her husband. Calling to
him he gave no answer. Her neighhor. j. p
Ahren responded to her call for help. and
they carried the unconscious man into his
homo. It was found that his throat was cut
one foot was. gone Doctors were summoned.
but DR.. n died at 345 o'clock yesterday az
ternoon without regainin2 consciousness.
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Drayton made q public statement and that
THE Sun correspondent had evidently mis-
understood him.
The Sun correspondent does not think 90
and neither does Fox.
Fox said after the duel that II Borrowe does
not like the statement published above he
FOX is willing to fight another duel
ny he United Pres
Surprise has been expressed at the absence
and Milbank to England. The Colonel has
been seen since the duel: He was confined 70
his rooms by an attack Of the govt. He is able
presses his views with unabated vigor: he
but their action has not aided in the solution
Colonel relterates tho statement that Borrowe
did authorize Fox to publish the letters at
his (Fox's) discretion. and denies emphattcally
tho truth OF Fox's assertion that he (Ochiltreel
advised him to enter tho affair as q journalist
and make NIL the money he could out Of It. He
swears that he has in his possession informa-
ton which will clear the lady who has been 80
cruelty asrersed. and that he will make It pub:
lie II tho disgraceful suuabble over her good
name is continued. The Colonel may yet have
chance to smell gunpowder: Americans here
and in Paris are disguised with tho affair. and
are of the opinion that the chiefs In tho busi-
ness have acted like q set OF miserable cads.
Milbank's frtends are endeavorinR to INDUCE
him to withdraw from further connection with
the scandal
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MURDER, SUICIDE, AND 4 WOODEN LEG.
Maggie Williams Said Her Lover Had Ne
ceivcd Her, and he KILLED Her.

CAMBRIDGE. April 25.-The discovery that
her lover had wooden leg led Maggie Will
liams to dismiss William l. Cunningham. to
whom she was betrothed. The engagement
was broken last night, the young woman
upbraiding her lover for the deception he had
practtsed upon her. This morning Cunning
ham visited % Portsmouth street, where Mag
gle was employed as a domestic. and asked
her to shake hands and make UP. Maggie re-
fused to be reconciled to the wooden leg and
again repulsed him. Then Cunningham drew
u revolver and fired two shots at his
sweetheart, one bullet taking effect In her left
temple and the other over the heart. Cum
bingham then placed the revolver at his own
head and fred. Tho shot did not kill and tho
man fired again. the bullet passing Just over
the heart He fell across the body OF the girl
and awaited death.
The police summoned an ambulance and
hurried tho victims Of the tragedy to the hos
ptal The girl died before reaching tho nstl-
tuition. Cunningham is alive. but is MORALLY
wounded. He would say nothing about the
matter save that the woman was killed by get
ting In the way while he was trying to commit
suicide,
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LOOKING FOR MRS. PEck1SPAUGH
Her Husband Alarned for Her 9afety-Hs
Has No Clue. He Says.


Has No Clue. He Says.
whose wife. Rosamond. disappeared last FRI
day afternoon from their boarding place at
1Ol East Twenty-ifth street. says no has not
yet discovered the slightest clue to her where
abouta It Is pretty certain that she did not
set out for her mothers house in Mount YER
non. DR.. Peckinpaugh received a despatch
yesterday morning from Terre Haute saying
that Mrs. NJ Alexander. his wife's mother. is
on the way to this city. accompanied by q
friend and neighbor. William H. Foeas.
DR.. Peckinpaugh. In company with his
friend. DR.. C. H. Fullinwider OF Petersburg.
Ind. with whom he roomed before his wife
came East. was busy yesterday in notifying
the detective forces OF New York. Brooklyn.
and Jersey City and tho Central Park police.
He received q postal card from an elevated
~ answering his wIfe's description boarded
his train either at Twenty-eighth or Thirty.
fourth street and Third avenue at about 2
the way to New RocholIe. She got or at iaSth
street.
Chief Inspector Steers has detailed detec-
tS9 to Ee ssses soG Gr fhf Rssn,s
had no reason to leave him. and no does not
The police arc inclined to believe that Mrs.
il VIEW 7he Doctor saws that 'R his Wis has
been falling in health for q year. and on FRI
day morning he took her to see physician.
Ihs t9 la made hf Wf
stance EoSlIsd Mfs: fsskinpsash;' sig had
often said that che zig not Wish to ive to be;
left no word Ct any kind. DR.. Peckinpaugh Is
beginning to fear the worst
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A jealous Hu-band's Act.

DENNIsoN. O.. April 25.-At $3.50 this morn
ing George Moore shot his wife. killing her
instantly. shot Edward McClelland. a saloon
keeper. badly woundng him. and then fatally
shot himself. Moore Is employed by tho
Panhandle Railway Company and works at
night McClelland is saloon keeper and
boarded at Moore's house. Moore and his
wife had had great deal OF trouble lately.
that his wife was maintaining improper rela.
tons with MoClelland. When Moore returned
ting at her sewing machine. Without saying
q word no drew, a. revolver and shot her
through the head, XII ling her insta ntly. He
C!elund was sleeping: and fired two shots at
him. ono striking him in the forehead. Moore
his mother n-law near by. and shot himself
through tho head and is now DYING.
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THE ANARCHISTS.
Ravaehol's Trial win Begin To-morrow--
Barricndes in Rome.


PARIS, April 25.-The trial OF Ravachol will
begin tomorrow. The Ec'air to-day pub
fishes a letter purporting to be signed by q
number Of Ravachol's friends. addressed to
the jurors who will sit in the case. The letter
appeals to the jurors to observe impartial
fairness. and declares that Ravachol's acts OF
vengeance were justified by the criminal nth
tude OF Judge Benoit and Public Prosecutor
Bulot ct the trial OF the Clichy Anarchists.
BERLIN. April 25.-The Government is max
ing preparations to prosecute several of tho
Anarchists now under arrest on the charge Of
treason. this charge being bnsed on tho circu.
lation of an Anarchist organ. Autonomy, pub
lished In London. which ID almost every num-
paid that thousands Of copies have been sent
to Germany. and that large numbers have
ROME, April 25.-The authorities to-day be.
gan the work of barricading the residences OF
officials and also tho banks. This Is done In
view OF disturbances. which occurred yester-
day and OF the apprehension OF more serious
disturbances to day. The working classes are
greatly stirred up BY the prospect Of renewal
ment to- animate them against the Govern
ment. The extreme Socialists are very active
and besides appealing to the prejudice against
the moneycd and upper classes they have on
listed tho sympathy and cooperation OF the
trridentist ngitators Threats are freely ut
son to fear that in the event Of u riot tho Aus
trian embassy would DO assailed. For this
reason the lower windows OF the Austrian en-
bassy are being walled up strongly enough to
prevent any assailants from entering or shoot
ing Into the embassy.
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TRAIN ROBBERS DEFEATED.
They Attempt to Rob . Passenger Train.
but Are Driven on.

They Attempt to Rob . Passenger Train.
But Are Driven or
WALLACE. RAM. April 25.-The remnant Of a
gang Of toughs that has been hanging around
Wallace mado an attempt to rob the west
bound passenger train on the Kansas Pacific
hero last night Late In the evening several
citizens were run to their homes at the point
Of pistol As the train pulled In at 1:15 P.
NJ. the gang at the station demanded the
money box Of tho operator. but. by suddenly
extinguishpg tho light ana concealing the
cash. he saved tho money. but came within an
ace Of losing his life. for bullet went crash
:, The robbers then turned their attention to
the train. Hearing tho pistol ehot at the sta
ton. the passengers were ON their guard be-
tempted to board the train the passengers met
them with drawn weapons. Several shots we're
exchanged stones and track bolts were
hur!e against the windows by the robbers
during the m5leo and seventeen plate lass
windows we're shattered in the coaches; An
infant was seriously injured by q stone While
the excitement was ut its height the train
pulled out After firing again at the station
house the touRhs mounted their horses and
fed south. The Sheriff and u posse are In
Dursuit
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WARNER MILLER CAN'T WYATT
70 SEE THE PRESIDENT or 90 10
THE ALBANT CONTENTION.

Breckinridee Waiting with Some Mnhos.
land Civil Service Refsrm sAAdavits-
fiatt Won't Hear Of Retiring MI. Aiscook
President Harrison. Secretary Tracy. and
Secretary Elkins arc to DO at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel tonight and tomorrow.
Warner Miller. who livos ut the hotel. said
last night that he would start to-day for
Puget Sound. Ex-senator Thomas @ Plat,
who also lives at the hotel. will start
tomorrow morning with tho New York city
Republicans for the State Convention to be
held In Albany. Ex-Congressman Henry q.
Burleigh. John w. Vrooman. tho little
Dutch ploughboy from Herkimer. Assem-.
blyman Mase. and others. tried last
night to induce Mr.. Miller to walt
over and attend the Convention. He
said that he could not change his programme,
which includes q business trip In the in.
terests Of the Nicaragua Canal. Mr.. Burleigh.
Mr.. Vrooman. and Mr.. Mase were instructed
by Mr.. Miller to act for him at tho Convention.
MIR. Miller has no desire to remain in town and
SEQ the President.
MIR. Plat. II occasion requires. will meet the
President and the gentlemen OF tho Cabinet
It IN 81 so
sha o g BE- Bob
s siSod names na OF me Federal employees who
Col. George A Bliss. CO.. fns 3. v L. p III:
E er; AWsse@% obIyn Hoag; Appraiser
troll Of tho district. aMiiielland was .r.@oyed
Gm ss 0 ss.ss en0 TN xeSaS IT, +:
ssss H. Fl bis oDn 1ss e 9 t %ks so n.
q tSs thnsse owl service Sommssio sD q
psFaps shs psssdsnt ao a,s
:, Henry g. BpTleieh. EX-SENATOR Nliler's chief
called on MI Plat at hs 9se g
otthe Rspuhlean County ommlttes and Chair
Payn, came in a s" Tho movement to dsplace
Senator Hiseock as one OF the Big Four to %
ator H i was responsiIIe Tor tho change;
When Pr. Hiscock was in tho race for United
the votes at Albany which eventually resulted
s has nG%RsfR s Bliss anssatns
Milholnnd: and IN return Ell bliss has for-
=, In addition to those mentioned who visited
Mr. Hscock had no following in the State. and
@ NJ fas I'D II not 'es
with his friends.
4 win take OF my coat for Frank Hiscock."
sent TO- Minneapolis II have to 1Sht Tor thai
object in the convention"
He was very positive in his declarations. and
some Of his bearers were puzzled The friends ,
Of Warner Miller are oppesed to Hiscoek: %
are the friends Of J. sloat Fassett and
Thursday. they declare that Mr.. Plat will Be
compelled to take OF his coat" to save His
cock.
It is now very probable that Mr. Whitelsw
Reid will be the permanent Chairman OF the
Convention.
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MUs1r INDICTMENTS FOR GAMBLING.
Ono Roundsman Dead-Beuch Warrants for
Misalng Defendants.


Missing Defe ndnnts.
More widowed gambling cases were taken
from the pigeonholes Of the District Attor-
ney's Office yesterday and put on the calendar
OF Part II. OF the General Sessions before
Recorder Smyth. The indictments against
Francis E. EGgeston. Walter G. Ellis. Tillman
H. Fischer. and John II. Lee. charged with
keeping q bucket shop at SO New street In
1888. were dismissed. the conviction Of their
great exemplar. Todd. having been reversed
BY the General Term Of the Supreme Court.
George and Nathan Hart. indicted for keeping
a bucket shop at 40 broadway in 1888. had the
same luck.
Next Mr.. Davis called Joseph Jobolinsky and
Edward Shane. indicted In 1885 for running q
gambling house ut "a Hester street. Neither
appeared. Etienne Boyer. the detective who
arrested them, is now q saloon keeper Mr..
Davis called for the bon isman and discovered
that he Is dead. Recorder Smyth issued a
bench warrant for Joboiinsky and Shane, to DO
served II they arc alive
Samuel Rosenthal pleaded guilty OF selling
him is no longer a detective.
Nobody appeared when the following cases
were called. and bench warrants were Issued:
John 4; Behan: thin blertEger. indicted In
Sebastian, selling policy. 1890: John Roe.
policy dealer. and John Carr. gambler. 1880.
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Arrested at the side Doors They Were
Gusrding-Many Excise Arrests.

GusrdinE-Msny Excise Arrests.
When the liQuor dealers who were arrested
on Sunday in the millionaire district south
east OF Central Park for keeping their side
doors open for business were arraigned in the
Yorkville Court yesterday Justice Ryan
learned that Capt. Reilly had tried new
wrinkle in police excise duty. The novelty
was the arrest OF the pickets detailed by the
saloon-keepers to prevent strangers from get
ting in. Three pockets were arrested on the
charge Of interfering with policemen in the
discharge OF special duty. Capt Reilly made
one OF the arrests himself.
He saw men go through the side door Of a
saloon in Fifty-sixth street and started to
follow the last man in the procession. Tho
picket stepped In front OF the Captain and an
animated discussion took place when the lat
ter asked to get in. The picket locked the
door and wouldn't allow the customers to
come out They hammered on tho door, and
appealed to the proprietor to release them.
but the picket wouldn't heed the boss's COM
map p!h ;, , ,.,o c,n.,,.
said. and he called a policeman and turned
e Alter the picEet had BEEN
ERsiy TIA Justice Rysn tset he be-
him. He iined two OF the arrested pick
Anu SEM one Oh lhem 10 the iSiauu LOT ten,uayS.
This luckless ono was ex-Policeman Philip
Harry.
of the iorty.two alleged violators Of the
Excise law arraigned before Justice Welde in
the Harlem Court yesterday nineteen were
held TO answer and the rest were discharged.
Thirteen were held for trial at Essex Market.
Iombe. thirteen. at Yorkville. and four at the
Morrisania Court.
Herman Sulzer. proprietor OF the Harlem
River Park and Casino. who was arrested on
Sunday BY Capt Brooks for allowing dancing
In the Casino on Sunday afternoon. demanded
an examination. which will be held to-day.
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n GIRLS SUICIDE,
Her Little Sister Returns from School and
Finds tho Body.

Her Little sister Eketufnb HrCm SchOOl ana
Finds the Body.
Rebecca Burk. tho twenty-two-year-old
daughter OF Mrs. Ann Burk. widow. COM
mltted suicide Yesterday by hanging hersefat
her home. 254 st. Marks avenue. Brooklyn.
Mrs Burk. Rebecca. and another daughter.
aged II years. occupied the first floor OF the
house. The mother came to this city each day
to work. while Rebecca attended to the house,
When the latter returned from school yester-
noon she found the front door Loading to tho
apartments locked and. passing to the yard,
peered through the back window. She saw
kitchen her sisters body. She ran screaming
to tho front of tho house.
Joseph Driscoll. II neighbor. forced open the
front door and cut down the body. 4 doctor
The girl had tied one end OF clothes linz to
tho transom and the other around her neck.
and then slipped oil a chair on which she had
been standing.
Miss Burk was a very pretty young woman,
and was always apparently happy and cheer.
full Her mother says, she had no love, entan-
clements OF any kind. and that che is COM
pletely ut loss to account for tho suicide.
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THE COURT FOUND HER GU1LTLESS.
Mrs. Pierce Gets Her Sepnra tion-Testi.
mouy That Had Little Weight.

PoUaHKEEPsIE. April 25.-The suit OF Viola
Pierce against her husband. George Pierce.
for n separation on the grounds OF abandon
ment. was decided by Judge Barnard to-day
in favor Of tho wife. The couple were married
in Highland Falls. on Sept. z. 1893. the bride
being 10 years old and considered the pref
test girl in the village. 1t was secret mar
rage. Charles Cook. resident OF Highland
Falls. who was called as a witness for the de-
fendant, testified to- day that he had seen Mrs.
r Fierce IL a compromising position with one
"Ohl Ny .Godw exclaimed the plaintiff.
burning her face in her handkerchief and fall
called. and test n that he was at sea ut tho
time referred to By Cook, While the Testimony
was being taken Mrs. Pierce sobbed loudly;
this woman innocent Of any wrong. ! also
find her entitled to q separation and alimony
earnings"
cias ptn md tim
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MRS. WALDEN NERVOUS AND MOODY
Already Worn by Imprisonment-A Motion
for New Trial Unlikely.

.
for New Trial Unlikely.
It is improbable that motion for a new
trial will be made by william F. Howe for his
client. Mrs. Annie Walden. Tho reaction natu
rally attending tho strain OF the trial Is tell
ing upon tho prisoner. On Saturday night
sho became langud refused to talk. and
declined TO eat. When the reporter saw her
late on Saturday afternoon she was sitting In
her coll nervously biting lead pencil and
twisting the buttons on her dress. 1t was said
last night that this nervousness had increased
greatly within the rlst two days.
The sudden change from a life Of dissipation
and Of Indulgence TO- one OF s,rictest regularity
nccnst"med to the use OF opium. an has b.rn
forced to give W the drug, Az day Yesterday
When, she was questioned , she either refused
to reply or answered. In an irrelevant way she
was to complain that the whole world. except
her counsel. had treated her heartlessly and
MIS- Mrs. Walden will probably leave tho ,Tombs
tomorrow to begin IN inc penitentiary her life
OF Imprisonment.
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RUSSELL HARRISON ExPLA1Ns
Why the Old Man Can't Put AIilhollaa,
Back-Meanlime. G3llluly Advances.

Something moro than week ago Russell
Harrison hustled into the Fifth Avenue Hotel
and left this message for John E. Milholland.
who had been removed as Chief Inspector Of
the Immigration Bureau for not having ar.
ranged things satisfactorily with G. N. Bliss"
If YOU happen to SEQ Nilholland. Just toll
him. please. that want to see him on busi-
ness Of the utmost Importance to himself"
night or two later young Mr.. Harrison
hustled in again. and. seeing Mr.. Milholland
standing In tho corridor. walked up to him
and deliberately fastened the thumb and fore
finger Of his right hand into disengaged but
tonhole OF Mr.. Milholland's overcoat Then
he led him over to o quiet corner and said to
him in a whisper:
Look here. Mil. the old man would give you
that job back again. only it might look as II he
was bidding for your vote at the Convention.
Then young Mr.. Harrison caught his breath.
daoree GSilluly one Of the newest of tn.
been made chief Of The Contract Labor Bureau
IN PLACE Of John Z. SIilhol!and recently remoy;;
nd By pssse tia ye Te mr. r did
they thought that Gllluy was 'I united Tor for
ind 81 Re
inspectors didn't like their new chief they
Heese e s sSTfH nS W Gsy
on hMsne IS at the old stand in u week or So
Who's Gillnlyy", was tho, word passed
around among New York politicians last night.
aud last May he was appointed an Inspector ID
the Immigration Burenu ut SSa day. He was
place he was appointed Mt the request OF
SECRETARY. Tracy; Gillu!y is, an old sup
ger onder aa was wham
Secretary Tracy has demanded OF Secretary
Foster "a slice OF tho New York Custom House
carriage contract. He has been secretary OF
the Kings County Republican General Com
mittee; He is member OF the brooklyn Union
promoted over the heads Of Major Sylvester q
Osborne Of Iowa. Senator Allison's friend.
and Capt. G. II. Gallagher OF Delaware. Sena:
tor Hlggnss friend, Secretary Foster and
Secretary Tracy will probably he asked to ex-
plain matters to those Senator'S