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The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

The subject of this article, l.. Rollwage, was born in Cincinnati. Ohio, April 24, 1851. He received a common school ed ucation in the public schools of Cincinnati. At the age of thirteen he accepted a position in an insurance ice, a few years thereafter he accepted q position as assistant book.kecper in the Franklin Type Foundry; he retained this situation until he emigrated South, arriving m Mem phis in the autumn of 1872. Shortly thereafter he accepted a situation with Doe, Hoy X Go i, then mercantile firm Tn our town. In the autumn of 1874 he and his brother, O. E. Rollwagc. founded the prosperous firm of l.. Rollwage < Co. which is today recognized as among our most substantial busi- ness firms. Nr. k has never been an aspirant for public hopors. His constituency, however, elected him a member of the city council and for eighteen consecutive years n member of the school board, dur ing the greater part of which time be was and is to-day it's president
 He is vice president of the Bank of Eastern Arkansas, president of the Forrest City Hotel Co, and treas. urer of several of the benevolent ord CTS established here. Mr. Roll wage married Miss Lizzie McDan. iel in 1873. They have three daughters and two sons, who bid fair to reflect credit upon their worthy parents. Ar. Rollwage is very fond of music and possesses q knowledge of it (and . voice, bass which is praised throughout East. tern Arkansas. He is the leader in all musical affairs of our city.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11


 Was born in Lowndcs county. East Mississippi, in March, 1852. He lived on farm and attended the schools of tho ncighborhood until his sixteenth year, at which time he entered college at Cooper Institute Tn Iiaudcrdale county, Mississippi. Mir. Icaron gradu- ated from thls institution in 1877, taking the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He entered the ministry of tho Cumberland Presbyterian church at the early age of twenty. Ills first pastorate was West Point. Mss. He was also pastor four years at Hernando and Nesbit, Mss. Ills entIre ministerial lifo until May, 1891, was spent Tn Nus slssippi, at which tune he came to Arkansas and took charge of tho Cumberland Presbyterian churches at Forrest City and Clarendnn- Since his residence m Forrest City he has won the friendship and es- teem of all for his sunny face and inexhaustible fountain of k,ndii- ness. He IS an ardent worker, and much is owing 10 him for the warmth of the spirit of righteous ness that is so plainly seen m that church.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

The subject of this sketch was born at Washington, Wilkes coua- ty, Georgia. in 1888, and Is the son of John and Esther B. Beck. His early life Was spent in farm work and in attendance upon country schools. He moved to Mississippi few years prior to the war. When the war commenced he was among the first volunteers to enter tho Confederate service as Il mem Der of company "G" of tho gallant Twcnty.sccond Mississippi rcgi- ment. He served four years and thrcs days and surrendered at Greensboro, N. c. Mir. Beck then went to Memphis. Tenn and for four years was salesman m store. In 1869 Ec came to Forrest City, where he clerkcd for A. l.. Grady < Co. At tho expiratian of two years Gin l871) he became ' member of the firm of Wynne, Dennis X Beck, which for ycors was tho leading business house of Eastern Arkansas. In 1874 he was married 10 Miss Alice l.. Castcei, and several children have blessed this union. In 1889 the copartncr- ship of Wynnc, Dennis X Beck was dissolved, Messrs. Wynnc and Dennis retiring, and the firm was reorganizcd under tho name ot J. W. Beck X Co. Mir. Beck has prosp cred since hc came to Arkan- sas, and is justly regal dcd as ono of the best and most substantial citizens of the county.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

Was born in Memphis, Tenn, January 4, 1862, and was educated in the schools of that city. In 1876 his family moved to Forrest City, and he entered upon pros porous business career as incm- Der of the firm of Becker X Lewis. By close application and a deter imitation to succeed. no matter what obstacles were to bc over come, he has won for himself q high place in the commercial world and in the estimation of a wide circle of friends, who fully appreciate his sterling worth. He is one of the proprictors and mana gers of the new opera house, which bears the firm name, and, all together, is about as valuable q citizen as any community eau boast.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

Tho father of our highly cs- teemed subject, John McDan,el, of Scotch origin, was born in Vir
 g,nia January 25, l799, but grew to manhood in Kentucky, where he married Miss Nancy Calvert, of Welsh descent. Soon after that they decided to move-thc tales related of the rich valley beyond the Mississippi inspiring them to seck a home in the then new terri tory of Arkansas. Coming of an ccstors who were used to conflicts
 with the Indians and the hard sh,ps of pioneer life, they did not hesitate to start for this now land of promsc. Their tri p was made by boat to q point several miles bove the mouth of L'Anguille river, where they landed in 1S24, and set ashore their worldly goods, consisting of one pony, two COWS and what household goods the pony could haul on a sled and twelve and one-half cents in money. With his family, which then consisted of his wife and two chil drcn, and no guide but the compass Mr. Mcdaniel struck out through the forest and staked of the farm now owned and occupied by the principal of this sketch. At that time there were not more than twelve families within the limits of the present St. Francis county. Upon tLe breaking out of the war Mir. Mcdaniel was worth over S75,000 in lands, ne- groes and stock, all accumulated in a little over thirty years Tn a wild and unsettled country, and upon a start of only one shilling. Such a record is marvellous, and shows the power of undaupted courage and indomltablc energy and determlnation possessed by John McDaniel when coming to this locality. He lived to aripe old age, and died October 3i, ls6s, bls wife surviving him only four years. She died September 10, 1873, aged "A years and 6 months
 Ten years after their arrival here-January 17, ls34-was born Wm. H. Mcdaniel, the principal of thus sketch, who, together with his brother. John L., are tho only survivors of the pioneer family. The early life of Wm. II. was spent on the farm, helping hls father clear up the land which he had settled when coming to Arkansas. Tho outbreak of the war found him stIl on the old homestead, hut with the enthusiasm of q pa triot and the love of hls native state burning in lis heart, he en' listed in the Thirteenth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. Entering as n private, his bearing and good conduct were soon rewarded by his being promotcd-hrst to the position of orderly sergeant, ther first lieutenant, and after tho bat tle of Shiloh to the rank of cap
 tain. He participated in the bat. tles of Belmont, Shiloh, Richmond and Murireesboro lwbere he wal
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
E. HURLEY.


 Ellis Turley was born in St. Francois county, Mo-, a;.d is Il son of Aaron r. and Frances (Smith) Turley. Hts early education was limited, his youth being devoted to farm work, Tn which he engaged until 1872. He then secured a position us salesman in the store of Hurley & Ingram, at Watson, Mss afterward entering the em- ploy of Benson X Nichols. at By. halia. Miss. and later of B. F. Lewis, at Lewishurg, Mss. He came to Forrest City aud entered the service of Wyhno. Dennis X Beck on November |. 1885, where he remained until January l. 1889, when he was admitted as one of the members of the new ly-organ- ized firm of w. Book < Co.,, sue cessors to Wynnc. Dennis X Beck. On January :, 1892. he was mar ried at Herttord. N. C., 10 Mss Annie Le,gh Gillian, of that place. Mir Turlcy is one of our most src- cessful young merchants, and is a credit 10 the community. He IS re- corlcr of Pat Clcburne Division, Uniformed Rank, Knights of Py- this, and is recorder of Apollo Commandcry No. II, Knights Tcmplar.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

chased his partners interest and is now conducting the business alone. MT. Davenport is one ofour most deserving young merchants. Un- aided and alone, by the force of indomitable pluck snd deter. imitation to overcome all obstacles and win success he has attained an cnvIable position-one that any young man might be proud of.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

Arkansas. Afterward accepted work at Mulberry and Alma, from whence hc came to Forrest City in April, 1891. Since he came here tho money has been sub scribed to build the handsome new building. a cut of which appears elsew here.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
ACurlous Telephone Line.

A curious telephone line has been
working for the last three years be-
tween two private houses in the SUI
burbs of London, England. The singu-
lar point about the line consists in the
use of an clectric-light circuit for
telephone communications and cleo
trio lighting purposes either indcpen-
IDENTIFY or simultaneously. The inter-
ference when the two lines are work
ing is so slight as t. be barely notice
tblc and II novice would never guess
from the slight rustliug heard when
the engine is running that n ten or
twelve amrhcro current was passing
along the line and that the vocal
sounds wcr2 being produced by a
slight variation caused by the rcspcc-
live tClcphOnH tranSmittcrS at either
ND of the line. The length of
he line is comparatively short, as the
houses between which it runs are only
tGuartHr of Il mile apart. The wires
It either cad are tapp2l for the tele-
Nhonc in the particular room required
~ simply connecting n short length of
wire from the lral to the terminal of
the tclrphnnc.-N. Y. Commercial Ad-
vcrtiScr,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
THE TAIL OF THE TICKET.

TIE TAIL of IIChEI.
There are sone things of interest in
the nomination of Whitelaw Reid for
vice-president, apart from the fact that
this is the second time national con-
vention has gone to the Tribune office
for candidate. About 1876 Mr. Reid
began to try to degrade labor in his own
office while continuing to preach its
dignity rs political theory.
This course proved often embarrassing
to his party, and candidates pleaded
with him, to make the party paper con-
form, at least IN campaign times, to
party professions in regard to labor.
| But, being himself no candidate and not
expecting to be one, Mr. Reid was OBJ
: duratc. The printers who were fighting
the Tribune in 1881 will always believe
that Mr. Rcid's unwillingness to be fair
or keep faith, contributed largely to the
loss of New York to Mr. Blaine. The
printers paper, the BoyCotter, which
has since become the Union Printer, is q
monument to Mr. Reid's hostility to that
craft.
OF late MIR REID has mellowed. Since
his return from Europe he has mani
Tested really touching solicitude for the
printers. He even went so far as to ask
the printers to prepare an agreement as
Va basis upon which he might proceed tt
convert the Tribune into a union office
1t was in the nature of a death bee
repentance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE.
Ravagcs in Asia acknowledgements Sa
tnry Precautions in Russia.

Ravagcs in Asia MinOr-Energetic SAM
tnry Precautions in Russia.
CoNSTANTINoPLE, Aug. 12.-The cholera
is raging in Asia Minor, having been
brought there by travellers from Persia.
At Trcbzond, the capital of the province
of that name, not less than 1, 500 persons
are confined in the lazaretto, rude en-
closure outside the walls of the town.
Many of these are suffering with
cholera, but the greater number are per-
sons who have been detained because they
have been exposed to infection. TIL csc
are restless under detention, and yester-
day they made an effort to break through
the Gordon established around the lazar-
etto, and to gain their freedom.
The Turkish troops were summoned to
prevent the escape. A large force of
military hurried to the scene, and the
mob was ordered to dispense and return
to the lazaretto.
The mob refused, whereupon the troops
were directed to fire. The soldiers sent a
volley straight into the struggling mass,
who were filling the air with cries and
shouts of defiance.
a number of persons fell, killed and
wounded.
This terrified the rioters and the sur
vivors returned, without further demon
stration, to the lazarctto.
The pupulacc of Trcbizond are greatly
excited, and they strongly resent the steps
taken by the authorities to prevent, by
sanitary precautions, the spread of the
disease.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12.-Adviccs
from the Crimca and the Caucasus state
that the cholera is decreasing in viru
lcnce. In Northern and Central Russia,
md
Moscow twenty-three more factories have
closed, owing to the spread of the plague.
The Grand Duke Scrgius, Governor of
Moscow, has surprised the people by his
Display of personal energy in dealing
with the plague, while the Grand Ouch
css of Elizabeth, granddaughter of Queen
Victoria, devotcs her personal attention
to the relief of the sufferers.
Besides the sanitary precautions taken
prayers are offered up daily in the
churches for the abatement of the pesti
ience, and the monks of the various
inconsistencies may be seen going i'll process
sion and chanting hymns.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
ITS MARCH WESTWARD
Cholera's Progress Viewed
With Great Anxiety.
PRECAUTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY

Ravages of the Plague In Asia Minor
Vigorous Efforts of the Governor of
Moscow Cholera Scare in New Jer-
sey Towns.
New York, Aug. 12.-The westward
march of Asiatic cholera is giving the
health authorities here a great deal of
anxiety, and the most stringent meas
ures are being adopted to prevent, if pos
siDle, the disease getting n foothold in
this city, which it would naturally
strike first, owing to the great number of
immigrants who arrive here. A Quaran-
tine official says, however, that he does not
believe any considerable number of cases
will reach here, even if every ship is af-
fected.
The health officers in their rounds are
compelled to examine closely every case
of death from cholera morbus. to see that
no germs of Asiatic cholera are present.
Cholera was never seen in this country
until 1882, but those who remember that
year will tremble at the prospects of its
return. 1t first reached Quebec by ship,
and spreading from there ravaged New
York State 1t appeared again in 1913,
breaking out in New Orleans. 1t did lit
tie damage in New York, but New Or
leans and the West suffered from it until
1854
The last visitation was in 1866, reach
ing New York by ship from India. Owing
to the organization of a Board of Health,
New York was spared Il repetition of the
scenes of 1882.
1t WAS confined mostly to Mott, Cherry,
Mulberry and Madison streets, where in
July, August and September there were
t., l3S deaths The suburbs were mucl
aMI ct.,l llntil cold thor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
GOV. BUCHANAN'S REASONS.
Why He Committed the Sentence of Col
II. Clay King.

Why He Committed the Sentence of Col.
Ii. Clay King.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 12.-When Gov. Bu-
chanan was asked to give his reasons for
the communication of the sentence of Col.
H. Clay King, he said:
''First, 1 thought that King should
have had a change Of venue. Affidavits
to the effect that Juror Smith had COM
municated with outside parties and ex-
pressed an opinion about the case were
filed with me. These affidavits could not
be introduced in the Court of Record be-
cause it was too late. The action Of Juror
Muslin and of the jury in going to Arkan-
sas to deliberate upon the case had their
weight too; the dissenting of one of the
Supreme Judges in the defense of partial
insanity; the pleadings of his wife and
children and the most prominent men in
the country, besides the hundreds of let
tiers and petitions these were my reasons
for comm uting the sentence. I am re-
sponsible for my action. I thought was
doing right, and acted according to my
belief"
The Governor showed the reporter Pc
tition for the communication of Kings SEN
tence signed by 26 United States Senators
and Congressman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
HEADQUARTERS CONNECTICUT

HEADQUARTERS CONNECTICUT
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE,
77S Chapel st, Room C, Garfield Bulldog.
p. o. Box 495.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
The democratic electors, and such
other electors of this state who favor
the principles of the democratic party as
set forth in the platforms of said party,
are hereby notified to choose delegates
to attend the democratic state conven-
ton to be held at Allyn hall, Hartford,
on Tuesday, September IS, at II o'clock
a. M, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for state officers, and six
presidential electors-two of whom will
be electors-at- large-and the trans
action of such other business as may
properly be brought before the con-
ventiOn.
First-AlI caucuses in the several
towns for the appointment of delegates
to the state convention, shall be held at
least seven days before the meeting of
said convention.
Second-It shall be the duty of the
chairman of each town to send a copy
of the credentials of the delegates to
said convention from his town, properly
attested by the chairman and secretary
of the caucus to the secretary of the
democratic state committee, at least five
% days prior to the convention.
Third-The convention shall be called
to order by the chairman of the state
committee at II o'clock a. m. and the
temporary officers of the convention
shall be designated by the state COM
mittee.
Fourth-The state committee shall be
in session the night previous to the con-
vention, and should there be contesting
delegations at said convention none of
the parties interested shall be heard by
the committee or admitted to seats in
the convention until they have first
agreed to abide by the decision of the
committee, and in no case shall dele
gates be permitted to take seats in the
convention in excess of the number to
which each town is entitled.
Fifth-The basis of representation
adopted by the committee is as follows:
l. Each town shall retain as a town,
the number of delegates it Is now en-
titled to.
II. Each town, in which the whole
vote cast at the last presidential election
exceeds 1000, shall be entitled to one
additional delegate for each additional
900 votes cast and also each fraction
thereof exceeding one-half.
Under the above rules 10 towns have
| increased representation and are in
structed to send the following number
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
MoNoPoLIzED BY EUROPEANS.
Consul Bedloe's statement Regarding
Business Enterprises I'm China.

Consul Bedloe's Statement Regarding
Business Enterprises I'm China.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.-The letter of
Consul Bedloe, who is stationed at Annoy,
China, regarding the way in which Euro
peans monopolizs business of all kinds in
that country, has created great interest
here, this being Mr. Bedloe's home, and
among officials in Washington. After
which the men employed were drawn
from every country except the United
States, Mr.. Bedloe goes on:
Sin the past ten years the Chinese
have begun a vast system of intercon-
tinental telegraph. Their lines already
connect nearly all the great cities in the
eastern half of the empire, and are being
daily extended westward. In this great
enterprise the harvest is being reaped by
English, French and Germans. Within 10
months Ii Hung Chang, the great Pre-
mier of China, has put into operation
iron, steel and machine works in Shan
Lung, which promise to equal those of
Krupp in Essen. A large amount of the
best European skill and knowledge has
been furnished, chiefly by Great Britain.
The United States was not in it.
"None of the weapons or supplies of
war, of which the Chinese Government
buys an enormous quantity yearly. are
purchased from the United States.
In the forts at Mekung in the Pesca-
dores and at Tainanfoo, in Formosa, I
found soldiers armed with old style
Springfield muskets. On inquiry
learned that these had been bought up
at auction in the United States by Euro
pean spectators, had been shipped as
ballast across the Atlantic, there cleaned,
polished and vanished and then resold
to the Monaghan government at an ad-
vance of over 1000 per cent.
"Steam and electricity are fast begin
ming to make Roadway in China, the tele-
phone, electric light, electro-plating,
steam launch, elevator and stationary
engine are becoming familiar and be-
ing used. More than a thousand
Chinese are engaged in these cal
lings, all or nearly all of whom
have learned their calling from English
experts, although America leads the
world in electric science. 1t is hardly
necessary to say that scores Of Europeans
find employment in these fields and are
handsomely paid for their services.
'tNearly all the coast and river carrying
trade has passed to foreign control. The
old, but picturesque, junk has been super
coded by the steamer and the sailing YES
sells. Eight-tenths of this traffic belongs
to Great Britain, one-tenth to Germany
and one tenth to all the other nations OF
| the world"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Cruiser No. II, the Marblehead, was
successfully launched yesterday afternoon
from the Harrison-Loring shipyards at
South Boston.
William Paine was instantly killed and
William Griffith was fatally injured by
a boiler exploding at Eaton Brothers saw
mill at Trent, Pa, Wednesday.
The AZ stockmen who were engaged in
the war against the "rustlers" were re-
leased from custody in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
yesterday, each signing a personal bond
for $50,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-12
1T is NOT CHOLERA.
An Infectious Disease That is Killing
Many in Jersey Towns.

An Infectious Disease That is Killing
Many in Jersey Towns.
JAMGsBCH,i, n. j., Aug. 12.-The re-
ports that Il scourSc of Russian cholera is
now visiting this place and Hclmctti, two
miles distant, are pronounced false by
the doctors here. and they say that the
disease is only an acute form of dysrntery
which dcvclopcs symptoms like cholera.
Nevertheless, the situation here "a seri-
Gus one.
DIR. j. L. Syndam, Il member of the
Township Board of Health, estimates
that 100 persons in the two places are
dangerously i'll.
There are only five doctors to attend to
them. and they are not able to make the
rounds of the patients. Nineteen deaths
were reported during the last three
weeks.
The situation became so serious that
Dir. Snydam called consultation of the
Dr. baldwin of New Brunswick, and they
agreed that active and radical measures
must ut once be taken to save the lives of
the inhabitants of JamcSburg and Hell
meta.
Several families OF Russian Jews immi-
grated to rlmetta within IA month. This
gave rise to the report that they had
brought the cholera with them, and the
doctors We're inclined to believe it, rs the
symptoms We're somewhat similar.
Loss of blood is the most prominent
symptom of the disease. When it first
appeared at Hclmetta the doctors came
to the conclusion that it was caused by
the water of a pond, the water of which
is used in Helme's snuff factory, but this
theory has been abandoned.
There is no doubt that the disease is in
fictitious, as it attacks persons in good
health and is spreading steadily.
Many of the people in this district be-
lieve that the visitation is that of genu-
inc cholera and not cholera morbus OF
anything else The greatest uneasiness
prevails