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The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The eighth annual convention of the Society of Christian Endcavor met in Detroit, Michi gan, on the 21st. Over one thousand young men and women were present at the opening exercises
 The Arkansas Lithograph and Printing Co.,, of Little Rock, has passed into the hands of a receiver. The business of the concern will be continued under direction of the receiver with no change in the management.
 H. C.. Boldin, wealthy planter of Matagorda county Texas was shot to death a few days ago by mob of fifty negroes. They were em ployed GU MT. Boldin's plantation and he had reprmanded them for failing to do their work satisfactorily.
 1t is reported on reliable authority that Ma 1or E. A Burke. the defaulting ex state treas urer, of Louisiana, who has been fugitive in Honduras for the past six years. will soon be brought back to New Orleans to account for the millions of dollars he embedded in the gigantic bond fraud.
 The Alder Goldman Commi ssion Co.,, and A. Y. Schnabau'n. of St. Loais. have sued the Columbian Insurance Company and the Union Guaranty and Trust Co. III the Pulaski county, Ark, circuit court for S942 si insurance on a stock of merchandise destroyed by fire at Pc cahontas, Ark last year.
 Denver. Col society is in spasmodic convul- sions over a scandal similar to the Brickinridge Pollard case. The principal actor is H. E. Sims a member of the legislature from Arapa hoe county, He was engaged 10 the daughter of prominent family in Denver and expected to be married on March 19. Pending elaborate preparations the part of girl he quietly mar ried another lady, teacher in the city public schools, and sailed westward on bridal tour. The news Of his duplicity so shocked the be- trayed girl that it is feared results will be se.l rious.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ERASMUS w. PAYNE, who claimed to be the oldest odd fellow in Michigan, dropped dead at his home in Adrain, on the 10th. He was S5 years old
 QUEEN EMMA, on the 17th, signed decree dissolving the Dutch parlia- ment. This step is supposed to be the outcome of the recent action of the second chamber in adopting an amend ment to the principal clause of the gov ernment reform bill.
 COUNT POURTALEs, owner of much land in Colorado, while still retaining his interest in several large Silesian es- tates, has gone to Berlin to follow the proceedings of the imperial currency commission. He is about to publish a book on the silver question.
 ON the 18th ex-Congressman Wash ington Townsend died at his residence in West Chester, Pa. of paralysis of the brain, aged S2 years.
 ON the 18th Commodore William D. Whiting. of the United States navy, retired, died at his city residence in New York.
 MIR. GLADSTONE, the Westminster Gazette says, will occasionally make his appearance in the house of com mons, and will retain his old seat on the treasury bench.
 ON the 10th the hearing before Judge Glynn at Denver, Col, upon the appli- cation for warrants for the arrest of Gov Waite and Messrs. Van Horn, Orr, Martin and Rogers for contempt, was continued until the goth.
 H. E. IvEs, of New Haven, Conn, a millionaire, who recently became vio- lently insane, died on the 10th.
 ON the 18th eX-Empress Frederick left London for Germany.
 REV. WILLIAM HEFFLERICK, of the Reformed church. an author of wide repute, died at Foglesville. Pa, on the 18th, aged 66. He entered the minis try in 1895, serving the charge previous ly ministered to by his father and grandfather. and now served by his son.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

ADvIcEs from Miller. s. D., on the 18th were to the effect that the country was being swept by fearful prairie fire, which had burned much timber, two or three schoolhouses and farm buildings in several places.
 ON the 18th the Floyd brothers, on trial at Minneapolis, Minn., were each sentenced to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary for complicity in the Minneapolis bank embeZzlement.
 IS the case of the lynching of the ne- gro Richard Puryear, at Stroudsburgh, Pa, the coroner's jury returned yer dict, on the 10th, finding that the mur- derer came to his death by being hung by parties not known to the jury.
 A WOMAN about 20 years old. thought, from marks on her clothing, to be a Miss Flemming, of Clarksburg. W. Va, died in the hospital at Newark, O., on the 17th, from injuries sustained by jumping from apidlymoving east bound express train. She took the train at Chicago.
 ON the 18th the jury in the Ratliffe- Jackson killing case of Kosciusko, Miss, brought in verdict of not guilty.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23
NE WIS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

IN the senate, on the I4th after routine morn ing business the Bland seigniorage bill was taken up After several speeches had been made the vote on Mir. Allison's motion to recon slider the vote ordering the bill to a third read ing was taken, and resulted: Yeas. 2s nays, 45 The agreement that the remainder of the dis cussion be under the fve-minute rule was abro- gated and Mir. George continued his argument in favor of the bill ..... In the house considera- ton of the civil sundry appropriations bill was resumed. strong opposition developing to the appropriation for the Mississippi river com mission, which finally agreed to.
 IN the senate, on the 18th the bill to amend the act authorizing the construction of bridge acrosssthe Columbia river between the states of Oregon and Washington was reported and passed The Bland seigniorage bill was passed; ; Yeas. A. nays 3l Several bills of minor im- portance were also passed and the senate went into executive session ..... In the house the bill to lease Oklahoma school lands was passed and the sundry civil appropriations bill was taken up
 THE senate was not in session on the 16th
 In the house amendment to the civil sundry appropriations bill. adopted on the 18th directing special investigation Of the coast and geodetic survey. was so amended as to withdraw the authority to reorganize the force and to make Sl25 00) the minimum limit of the expenditure for the office force. After further consideration of the blll the house took recess until D. m., the evening session being for the consideration of private pension bills
 THE senate was not in session on the 7sth ...... In the house, after attention to matters of minor importance, the sundry civil appro- priations bill was taken up in committee of the whole. Several proposed amendments were ruled out on points of order. The com mfttee rose. and the special order for the hour -eulogies upon the late Representative w. H. Enochs. of Ohio, who died last July-was taken up. after which the house adjourned
 IN the senate, on the 10th, the only occurrence that possessed any general interest the announcement by the vice-president that he had affixed his signature to the Bland seignior age act Messages from the president trans mitting the latest dispatches from Minister Willis in Honolulu in relation to affairs in Ha- waii, and from Am assador Bayard in London in relation to the landing of British forces at Bluefelds. Nicaragua, were presented and re- ferred. Half dozen bills were taken from the calendar and passed. In the house the en- tire session was spent in further consideration of the sundry civil bill The army appropra- tion bill was reported.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23
sIIsCELI .NEOUs.

RACING magnates have purchased for S150, 900 tract of land in the southern part of San Francisco. and will open a new race track in October.
 ON the 18th the usual March cele bra tion in honor of the men who fell in the revolution of 1S4S was held in Berlin. The weather was bright and cold and thousands went to the Eriedrichshain cemetery to decorate the graves of the revolutionists.
 ON the 17th, in the race between the crews of the universities of Oxford and Cam mbridge-the fifty-first since 1929, when the present series egan-Oxford won by three and half lengths in 21 minutes, 39 seconds. The race was rowed over the championship course of 4ls miles, from Putney to Mortlake.
 ON the 18th the anniversary of the commune was cele brated in Paris with out disturbance of any kind. The cemetery of Pere la Chaise was crowd ed. but no unusual demonstration was made.
 ON the evening of the 18th, during a performance in a theater at Lucca, in the Italian province of that name, a gentleman upon entering his box found in the doorway a bomb with 8 lighted fuse. He seized the burning fuse and by crushing it in his hand put out the fire.
 MINERS employed at the Anderson mines at Clinton. Ind, agreed, on the 18th, to go to work at 3S cents ton for run-off-the-mine coal, which is equivalent to 50 cents ton for screened coal, or a reduction of 20 cents from the scale for the year which ends May 1.
 SECRETARY HERBERT, on the 18th or dered all the American war-ships away from Rio, the New York going to St. Lucia, West Indies. there to await fur ther instructions by cable from the navy department, and the Charleston to Montevideo to join the Newark.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

EVIDENTLY there is something in the landing of British troops in Nicaragua which is worth looking into The present point of occupation commands the entrance to what will be the Nicaragua canal when that artery is completed and opened to commerce. Such position is not to be held per manently by any foreign power if we are to maintain the Monroe doctrine on this continent.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23
is intimated that John Y. McKan,

IT is intimated that John Y. McKane may be released from Sing Sing on bond pending a decision in his case by the United States supreme court, in which event his heelers and retainers of Gravesend are promising to cele- brate his return among them by treat ing his enemies to coats of tar and feathers. It would seem that lawless- ness is simply slumbering at Graves end
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

SOME of the British radicals are try ing to find a footing for their conceit that Queen Victoria induced Gladstone to resign in order that Lord Rosebery might be more eligible match for one of her granddaughters. One can not suppose that the queen objects to the exchange, but the idea that she had had any pull on the aged ex-premier is just little LOO preposterous.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

To THE masculine mind the order in the Chicago telephone exchange that the young ladies' skirts shall rise three inches from the floor seems proper enough. The skirt that drags on floors and sweeps sidewalks is an abomina- tion. It is quite certain, too, that no young woman with pretty feet will re- bel against such an order.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

THE commercial traveller is getting to be bigger man than almost any body else in the country. In evidence of it is a bill that is now before con gress to so amend the interstate com merce law that the commercial traveller may have fve-thousand-mile inter- changeable ticket, with extra baggage privilepes
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

THE gunboat Machias is to be cut in twain and section inserted in her midst" It is said by naval experts that she will then be better than she is now, and as good as if she had been built longer originally. This may be true. but we should have had fully as much confidence in her had she been built right in the first place
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

IN the death of Mrs. John W. Noble in St. Louis, humanity has lost de- voted and consistent laborer in various fields of usefulness. Denied the care of children, the fruits of her marriage having been taken away in early years, Mrs. Noble devoted herself to various lines of work tending to the better ment of humanity in general and women in particular.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

THE Pacific ocean is deeper than the Atlantic, and the task of laying a cable proportionately more difficult and haz- ardous. It looks as though we should have one, though, from New Zealand to Vancouver by way of Samoa and Hawaii. It will probably be supported by the various governments interested, including that of Uncle Sam
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

EXPLORERS tell us now that the in- terior of Labrador is a mild and yer dant land, with abundance of prairie and tim mber-a good place to send some of our newest immigrants. we should say, instead of installing them ten in a room in attics of city tenement houses.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

MR. FREDERICK GERHARD, in pre- senting his bride with a silver bath tn may have builded better than he imagined. Pads are easily set going. and If it once becomes the proper caper to include bath tub of the ar gentiferous product among bridal gifts there is hope for a turn for the better in the silver markets of the country.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

No SOLDIER ever obeyed an order more promptly than did Fritz Giginger, a St. Joseph tMo.) saloon-keeper, who, upon being told to ''Go kill yourself" immediately went into another room and blew off the top of his head. He was formally one of the grenadiers att tached to the Prussian court, and doubtless learned there to obey orders.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

BILL ME. it is said, has concluded to retire from the rostrum and con6ne himself to his contributions to current literature. He says the dual work is too hard, and, besides, he desires to get little better acquainted with his family than is possible under existing circumstances
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23

FIFTEEN Vassar girls, belonging to wealthy families of New York, Wash ington, Philadelphia and other cities have joined the Salvation army and will wear the badge bearing the words: "Blood and Fire" If Satan does not succumb now, nothing will prevail against him.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23
FORREST CITY. ARKANSAS.

IT is pointed out that when the queen received Salisbury's resignation she expressed ''deep regret" but that she was 'graciously pleased to accept" Mir. Gladstone's. Evidently the Grand Old Woman" is not grieving over the .sGrand Old Man
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-23
A Mysterious Murder.

LITTLE ROCK, March 21.-An unpro- goked murder was committed last night about 10:30 o'clock on the premises of the Consumers Cotton Oil Company, located in the eastern part of the city. Jack Woods, an ex-passenger conduct or, who was acting as temporary night watchman on the premises, was shot down by some unknown person with out warning. The whole affair is shrouded in mystery as the deceased was quiet, inoffensive man without an enemy on earth so far as known. The regular night watchman, w. J. Parmelee, a silver-haired man of 60 years, has been placed under arrest pending the coroner's inquest. Mir. Wood leaves a wife and three small children. The murder is one of the mysteries of the times and it is ex- tremely doubtful if the assassin will ever be known.
 CoRoNER's INQUEST.
 At the inquest every effort was made to discover some clue to the murderer but without avail. The jury returned verdict of death at the hands of per son or persons unknown.
The herald., 1894-02-10
GOING TO THE RESCUE.
The City of Para Sent After the Kesr-
sargs's Grew.

The City of Para Sent After the Kear-
sarge's Grew.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The navy de-
partment had word from Lieutenant
Brainard this afternoon that he sailed
this morning from Colon with the City
of Para for the relief of the shipwreoked
crew of the Kesrsarge. The steamship
will return to Colon with all hands.
The agent OF the steamship informed
the navy department that when they
applied for the use of her. che had not
finished taking on her cargo and would
have to return to Colon for that pur-
pose. 1t is about a days trip (250
miles) from Colon to Roncador reef. 1t
ia expected, therefore, that the Kear-
saree's crew will be safely and comfort
ably on board some time tomorrow and
will be back in Colon Sunday. 1t is ex-
pected that they will come to New York
on the City OF Para when she starts on
her regular trip.
The North Atlantic squadron, of which
the Kearsarge was the flagship, is now
reduced to the iMantonomoh and Vesu-
wins. This depleted condition is due to
the large force ordered to Rio and the
absence of other vessels on their way to
the Pacific to take part in the Bering
sea patrol.
The last naval disaster suffered by the
United States was the loss of the Dis
patch off Assatuege shoals, Va. October
| 10, 1861. No lives were lost at that
time. In fact, the United States has
been notably free Of disasters involving
great loss Of life. compared with the
other navies of the world. The Huron
went to pieces off Oregon inlet, N. c.,
during q terrible hurricane November
| "a. 1877. and 104 lives we're lost.
The most notable disaster in which
the United States has been involved was
the hurricane at Samoa, in which the
Trenton. Vandalia and Nipsic were
wrecked and 145 lives in all lost. This
| ;ncluded the loss from all the vessels at
Apia. ,oeo
and three German ships also wSre lost.
February 18, 1888, the Ashuelot went
ashore on rock off the coast oil China,
and IL men were lost.
II is expected that the loss Of the
Kearsarge will result in placing light
on Roncador baxk--a result the United
States navy department has earnestly
sought to bring about several years, but
without result, owing to the wish of thit
government that other nations bear 9
share in the expense.
Nothing further has been received al
the navy department regarding ths
wreck of the Kearssrge.
The herald., 1894-02-10
EVANS ARTIFICIAL HAND.
Sheriff Scott Brings In the
Captured Limb.
But Christopher and His Pal
Are Still at Large.
How the Sheriff's Party Surprised
the Fugitives.
They Had Only Time to Grab Their
Rifles and EscApe-A Pay Car
Robbed at Carson, New.
Other Coast News.


BY the Associated Press
FRESNO, CAL, Feb. 9.-Sheriff Scott
arrived this morning from Reedley,
bringing with him Evans false arm,
which was secured in the cabin from
which the officers drove the bandits
Tuesday evening. 1t was very ingen-
ious contrivance, made in New York,
and must undoubtedly have been OF
great assistance to Evans. Both the
elbow joint and thumb are movable and
the hand can be taken off and fork put
on instead, There is also gripping
attachment, enabling Evans to handle
tools. Other articles found in the cab
in, not before mentioned, are 10 sticks
of dynamite, which the officers threw in
a we'll, and bottle of strychnine. The
officers who discovered the bandits are
L. P. Timmins, Will Henry, Ed Miles
and P. F. Peck. When they came upon
the cabin, Evans was reading paper.
pausing to laugh with Morrill, over some
thing that seemed funny, which was
afterward found to be an account of their
own doings.
Leaving Henry and Miles on guard,
Peck and Timmins crawled down the
caiIon about 100 yards. in order to cross
to the other side and get cross fire on
the cabin, and in doing 80 they acci-
dentally made noise which either
caught Evans quick ear, or else the
actions of pet cat which they had
there gave them the alarm. Evans
came out of the door and imme-
diately darted back into the
cabin, emerging moment later
with rife in his hand. It was
then that, as Evans and Morel darted
into a crevice at the side of the cabin,
Henry and Miles fred upon them. the
smoke obscured the cabin for an instant,
and when it cleared away the bandits
had disappeared. The latter were in
| the shelter of rocks, Hnd could have
picked the officers off had they not been
so frightened.
The cabin where the incident occurred
is quarter of mile above the trail, be-
tween Camp Badge and Sequoia. 1t lie
lined with newspapers having accounts
of the movements and doings OF Evans
and Sontag, and was probably built by
those bandits last year. The sheriff be-
lieves Evans and Morel cannot evade
capture very much longer.
The herald., 1894-02-10
MIpw1NrER FA1R NOTES.
The Price of Admission VIII Not Be
Reduced.

The Price of Admission VIII Not Be
Reduced.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9,-At meeting
OF the executive committee of the mid
winter fair held today it was decided
not to reduce the price of admission
from 80 cents to 25 cents. A lengthy
circular issued to the public sets forth
that the daily operating expense is very
great and reduction would not be ad-
vissble. 1t appeals to the public to give
the enterprise the support which it de-
serves.
The director.general and executive
committee of the mfdwinter fair state
that Viscomte de Corneley has not been
deposed from his position as chief OF the
foreign department, as was published
today in an evening paper. A letter
from the director-general stating that
Corneley had nothing to do with
the finances of the lair, was
misinterpreted to mean that no
had been deposed. What was meant by
the director general was that Corneley
has at no time had anything to do with
fair finances, as his duties as chief ol
the foreign department. involve no con-
nection with financial matters.
There were 1858 admissions to the
midwinter fair totay.
The herald., 1894-02-10
HER THRONE FOR SALE
QUEEN LII ADVISED TO SELL OUT
TO UNCLE SAM.
The Royalists at Honolulu Have Given
Up All Hopes-The Administration
to Make ecspsgoat of
Minister Willis.

SAN Francisco, Feb. 9.-The Chroni-
cle's Honolulu correspondent, writing
under date Of January 23d, says:
The news which was received by the
Mariposa January Goth was considered
highly favorable to the annexationists
and pleasing to the provisional govern
ment. Correspondence received by the
government seems to indicate that there
is disposition on the part of the admin
istration to make scapegoat OF Minister
Willis, owing to his error in not break
ing with the ex-queen when she first
refused to grant amnesty to former sub
jects.
Previous to the arrival of the Mariposa
the Royalists were in high glee, owing
to the report, said to have been made on
the authority of the British minister,
that special vessel would bring in
structions to restore the queen to her
throne. The belief was 30 strong that
arrangements were made by the Royal
lists to celebrate the occasion by a torch
light pr ocession.
The claim is made by the Royalists
| that letters have been received from
| Iammany leaders VINO u6cibro tEAt tuat
body will support the stand taken by
Cleveland and that such action By Tam
many will result in the withdrawal of
Senator Hills opposition to the admin
istration policy.
Paul Neuman, legal adviser OF the ex-
queen, held long conference with her
January 10th. 1t ia said he advised her
to sell her claim to the throne to the
United States for several hundred thou
sand dollars to be paid in yearly install
mentH.
The government has made no further
removal OF Royalist sympathizers from
government employ, through strongly
urged to do go by the American league
and the Annexation club. Unless some
action is taken at an early date, it il
likely there will be a serious split
among the supporters of the govern
ment.
Up to the 23d no demand for an ex
PLANTATION has been made by the pro
visional government on Willis for hi
action in refusing to recognize the indie
pendence day celebration.
The herald., 1894-02-10
INGALLS, REPENTANT.
The Ex-senator Moved by Sam Jones
Prsaohing.

The Ex-senator Moved by Sam Jones'
Prsaohing.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 9.-Rev. Sam
Jones, the noted evangelist, is holding q
revival meeting here. Among his audit
ors last night was ex-senator Ingalls, of
Kansas. At the close of his sermon
Jones called on repentant sinners to
come forward. The first to respond was
IifRHlls.
"Mr. JONES'" he said, "your sermon
has moved me. endorse every word
you said"
MAY God bless you," was the evange-
lists response and the dramatic scene
closed.
ATcHIsoN, Kan. Feb. 9.-The story
that J. j. Ingalls, was converted by Sam
Jones OF Nashville is pronounced can
ard by Mrs. Ingalls,. He is member OF
the Episcopal church and not in need OF
conversion.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 9.-Hon. ]. ].
Ingalls, said tonight. in reference to the
dispatches sent out from here regarding
his conversion by Rev. Sam Jones, that
it was news to him. He had gone to
hear Jones, and after the discourse had
expressed pleasure at meeting him and
endorsed his sermon. That was all
there was in it.