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The Forrest City times., 1894-11-02
A Will-O'-THE-WISP
The Pursuers of the Cook Gang Believed
 to be Following Phantoms.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 29.-A spe- cial received here tonight from Fort smith says United States Marshal trump received telegram from h. dian Agent Wisdom, at Muskogee, in wnieh Agent Wisdom says he has re- haoie information that Bill Cook and HIS gang, numbering twenty -one men. are near Tallasha mission, nine miles northeast of Muskogee.
 The conductor who brought. in the passenger train this morning from that 1ouhtry brings the same information. ne says further that notwithstanding .nese reports the officials here believe II 10 oe ruse of friends of the bandits eo turn public attention away from p'ner parts. Six deputy marshals nas'ened to Cameron Friday night in answer aiI to telegram saying the ban- "'s were in that section.
The Forrest City times., 1894-11-02
THE USE OF TROOPS
For the Suppression of Lawlessness m the
 Indian Territory Denied.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-The request by the department of the interior of the secretary of war, which was re- ferred to the department of justice for an opinion as to the advisability of calling in the aid of United States troops to suppress the lawlessness i'll the Indian territory, has been denie q. The decision holds that as the outlaws were not intruders in the territory, the United States had no authority to employ the regular troops to act as a posse. It is also stated in the opinion that it lies with the United States courts to suppress the ontlawry and engage United States deputy marshals to that end.
The Forrest City times., 1894-11-02

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The morning news., 1894-10-17
PERSONAL.

Mrs; Humphrey, Ward has just lost her
younger sister, the wife of DIT. SelWyn.
only 81.
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton has a
London home at Weymouth street. Port
land Place, and she is accredited with be-
ing one Of the half dozen women in Lon
don able to create and hold a salon.
Gortng Thomas Cantata. "'The Swan and
the Skylark, which has just been brought
out az birmingham, has "A strangely con-
sJructed noretto. 1t consists of a poem
by Mrs. Hemans, TO which have been
added stanza Of Keats. a stanZa Of Shir-
ley and four stanzas by Mr.. Julian Stur-
queen Victoria will shortly confer the
order Of the Garter upon both the King
OF w Nurtemberg and the King of Portugal
Inc late King of Portugal, who was a
ITSt cousin OF both the queen and Of
the prince consort, was for many years
a Knight of the Garter, and the order was
conferred upon the late King Charles Of
W drtemberg about two years before his
death. King Charles was invested at
stuttgart by the Duke of Edinburgh, who
VIII probably be commissioned by the
queen TO perform the same Office for his
present majesty King William.
Henri Rochefort, who has lived in Lon
don since he was exiled by the French
government. has been investigating the
question OF the lost arms of the Venus de
Milo. This most famous of ancient
statues was first unearthed in 1920 by some
peasants Of the Island of Melos Lieut..
DuInont d UrVille-afterWard famous as
navigator-reported the discovery to NJ.
de RiV1ere, French minister at CONSTANT
nople. Apprehending its probable impor-
tance, De Riviere sent secretary. NJ. de
Marcellus, to negotiate for the purchase of
the statue by the French government. His
mission was successful, and the venus
went to the Louvre Now NJ. Rochefort
says that he remem bers hearing a circum-
stantial account of the event from his
aunt, Nine. de st. Maur who was a sister
of NJ. de Riviere. On this authority he
DrOnOunCeg II to he certain that when
D'Uville saw the venus ii had both its
arms which were broken off, but lay be-
side it. on the other hand, Marcellus posi-
lively stated that upon his arrival at
Melos the statue was armless, and that he
found no trace of the missing members.
NJ. Rochefort adds that the family tradi-
ton described the right hand as holding
the apple the prize of beauty given to
Venus by Paris while the left hand raised
the goddess robe to show to her judge
the exquisite symmetry of her ankle.
The morning news., 1894-10-17
BRIGHT BITS.

One day the children were having an
object lesson on the blue heron. The
teacher called attention to its small tail
saying: The bird has no tail to speak Of
The next day she asked the scholars to
write a description of the bird, and a
little German girl wound UP by saying:
The blue heron has a tail but it must
not be talked about, "-Babyhood.
Little Girl-Mrs. Brown, ma wants to
know II she could borrow a dozen of eggs
She wants to put EN- under hen?
Neighbor-So you've got hen setting
have you? | didn't know you kept hens,
Little Girl-No, ma'am. we don't. but
Mrs. smith $ going to lend us a hen that's
going to set and ma thought if you'd lend
us some eggs we'd find a nest ourselves. -
Rochester Union.
The mother of a family showed the
ticket collector on the railway a couple Of
half-fare tickets for her two children. The
latter, after looking at her doubtfully
said: How old are they"
They are only 8, and they are twins"
Then, after moments pause the man
inquired: And where We're they born?"
The mother (Unthinkingly)-This one
was born in New York ana the other in
PariS,-Christian Work.
Borrowed Butter-Mrs. Brickrow-
Mercy! Did you borrow this butter of
Mrs. NeXtdoor?
IT'S horrld! It's positively awful! We
cant use 1t at all.
What shall we do?'
you must run to the store and buy
some. Get the best. As for this nut it on
the ice until tomorrow, and then take it
back 10 Mrs. NeXtdoor, with thanks for
the accommodation, of course. Don't tell
her it is the same butter because it
might hurt her feelings, l suppose it is
the best she can afford, POOR thing
Mrs. NeNtdoOr (the next day)--Of all
mean people, those BrickrOws take the.
lead. Yesterday ] loaned them a cup Of
that isn't mt Tor axle grease.-New York
Weekly.
The morning news., 1894-10-17
Another view of Train Robberies.

The train robbery at Quantico has had
I the effect Of turning loose upon the de-
voted heads Of the express and railroad
: people such a shower Of wisdom in solid
chunks, in the form of advice and plans.
that the poor victims must be somewhat
dazed; that is, IL they read the papers
And most Of the advice and comments
that we have seen are absolutely worth
less for all practical purposes. The gratut-
tous donors apparently start out TO
write with the idea that the express and
railroad companies habitually load their
trains with treasure, put a few unarmed
men in charge Of them and send them
straight into the clutches of armed and
murderous robbers; and that they do this
merely because they have never
thought of doing business in any other
way. The remedies that the w-iseacres
suggest are legion, some of them anus
ing, all of them highly expensive. and
ninety-nine in one hundred impracttcable
Most of the ideas Of the reformers of rail
way traffic run to armed guards or
chilled-steeI forts on wheels
The fact is that the express companies
have for years been racking their brains
to devise safeguards for the valuables
they transport, and the systems they en-
ploy to-day are the best they have been
able to arrange. The companies pick
their messengers, selecting the most
trustworthy and the bravest men they
can find, and arm them with revolvers or
rifles, and sometimes with both They
provide the safest strong boxes they can,
and take every precaution that prudence
suggests. And they maintain the most
efficient detective service in the country
The express detective system has become
famous for pertinacity Of purpose and
final success.
These things the companies do for their
own protection. For the protection of
the public. they insure the money ship
ments they accept. When a person sends
money by express and pays the money
rate, the company guarantees that the
sum will be delivered at the end of the
route for which it is billed. If robbers
capture the package en- route, the com
pany is the loser. not the shipper The
rate charged on money shipments sup
plies margin for an insurance fund.
The companies take the risks, supply all
the safeguards they can, and pocket the
insurance.
If they were compelled by law to put
armed guards on their cars, as has been
suggested, the shipping rate on money
would be run up very high. The com
panies in the United States, in order to
garrison all of their cars, would have to
support a standing army larger than that
of some of the South American republics.
Train robbery is an exceptional crime.
1t cannot be prevented any more than can
burglary or murder. The only things
that can be done are for the companies
to take every precaution possible, and
then for the law to punish severely the
perpetrators of such crimes. Meanwhile
it may be repeated that railroad and ex-
press companies do not make it easy for
train robbers.
The morning news., 1894-10-17
The Fnpineer's whistle.

1NODGAl j. pIAhtNIN
It's noon when thirty-five is due,
An she comes on time like flash of
An YOU hear her whistle--"Too-teo-oo
Long fore the pilot swings in sight.
Bill Madden's drivin' her in to-day,
And he's calling his sweetheart far away;
Gertrude Heard lives down by the mill,
You might see her bushes she knows it's
''Tu.die, Toot-ee. Tu-die. Tu"'
Six-five a. m. there's a local comes
Makes up at Bristol. runnin' east
An the way her whistle sings and huns
Is a livin' caution 10 man and beasti
Every one knows who Jack White calls
Little Lou Woodbury., down by the Falls;
Summer or winter always the same.
She hears her lover calm her name
Louie, Louie Louie! Lou!
But at one tlfty-four old sixty-four-
Boston express, runs east, clear through,
browns her rattle and rumble and roar
with the softest whistle that ever blew.
An away on the fartherest edge of the
Sweet sue Winthrop's eyes of brown
Shine like the starlight, bright and clear,
When she hears the whistle of Abel Gear
"Nou-ou! Su-u-ue"'
Along at midnight freight comes in
Leaves Berlin sometime, ] don't know
But it rumbles along with a fearful din
TIL it reaches the switch there, and
then
The ClpareSt notes OF the SOlleSt Dell
Ever out Of a braZen goblet fell,
Wake Nellie Minton out of her dreams,
To her like a wedding bell Il seems
"Nen, Nell! Nell Nell! Nell. Nell"
Daylight shines when the mail goes by,
Throwing the hurrYing miles away;
Catches the mail on the lightning fly
And drives a streak through the break
OF day.
Tom Wilson rides on the right hand side.
Giviu' her steam at every stride,
Ar B.a q hiatlp legt and n1
For Lulu Gregg on the Hill 10 hear
"Lu-u! Lu-lu, Lu-lu,'
SO IL goes on all day an all night,
TIL the old folks have voted the thing a
bore.
Old maids and old bachelors say # amt
right
For folks to be courtin' with such a roar.
But the engineers their kisses viii blow
From the whistle valve TO the girls they
know
An the stokers the names Of their sweet
hearts tell.
with the Belle "Nen"' DELI" OF the
sWaying bell,
The morning news., 1894-10-17

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The morning news., 1894-10-17
A Significant Vote.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.D.

The result of the democratic primaries
in the Memphis, Tenn. congressional dis
trict is significant one. The contestants
were Hon. Josiah Patterson, present rep
resentatNe, and Hon, Casey Young an
eX-congressman. Both are able and pop
ular men. Mr. Patterson has been FIRM
and unWavering friend Of President Cleve-
land, and agrees with him as to the i'm
policy of law for the free coinage of sill
yer under present conditions. Col. Young
during his canvass held silver up as the
sure cure for existing evils and the stop-
rage of coinage one Of the main causes
Of the recent depressed condition of af-
fairs. The primaries were held few davs
his majority over Col. Young being about
300 Mr.. Patterson is one of the ablest
men in congress. and the democrats of
Memphis did we'll I'm again placing the
banner OF tariff reform and sound money
I'm his hands
The morning news., 1894-10-17
Correct Foreign Policy.

II is announced that the United States
government has formally declined 20 ioin
the proposed alliance with Great Britain
France, Germany and Russia for tho pur-
pose OF suPpressing the hostilites between
Japan and China notwithstanding thar
the proposed Intervention is to be of a
friendly and peaceful character. and for
the good OF the whole world. While the
announcement Is not Official there IS no
reason to doubt its accuracy since the
source from which it comes has hitherto
been thoroughly reliable in all matters OF
state. Besides, such a decision is the on
ly one TO be expected. for It is merely "a
reiteration OF the policy Of this govern
ment from It's beginning TO keep clear Of
ers. should this government feel called
upon 20 exert friendly intervention I'm the
war between Japan ana China II could do
IL best alone. To ioln with other powers
would be 10 establish precedent which
the government would naturally wish TO
avoid.
The morning news., 1894-10-17
Harrison's Point for Democracy.
From Charleston News and Courier lDen1

In one of his speeches TO the working
men of Indiana last week Mr.. Benjamin
Harrison said: Experience is a hard
ser than any other. You were told that it
would be a good thing to smash this
tariff UNI brela under which you and your
employer had been walking together and
sharing the benefits of its protection
Yop We're told that You were getting too
much of the drip, but you found that
when you had smashed the umbrella that
in the very nature of things he had an
accumulation and had provided himself
with a rubber coat, while you wera left
in your shirt sleeves" He had an "accu-
mutation You were left in your shirt
sleeves. And this as the result.o of thirty
years of protection for the workingln S
DOint
The morning news., 1894-10-17
Populists and the Presidency.

The populists are exerting themselves
in the. current congressional campaign,
and keeping an eye upon 1895. It has been
their boast for two years that they will
force the election of the next President
into the House of Representatives; that
they viii hold. the balance of power in the
House. and dictate terms to the party
that gets the presidential office; or better
stilI from their point OF view, they may
capture the presidency itself.
In politics # is sometimes well to look
upon possibilities as probabilities, and this
is one of the times. The populists should
be combatted just as earnestly as if the
hypothesis upon which they base their ex-
pectations were an impending fact. The
danger to the country from popuhst con-
troll is at present iufuitessimaI still it Will
grow If it is not promptly checked. The
populists have control Of several of the
western states. which control they will
probably maintain until the presidential
election If they should be able to gain a
few of the congressman in one or
two southern states it might bring about
the condition of affairs they hope for.
When a presidential election goes to tie
House of Representatives the constitu-
tion directs that the members shall select
from the persons, not exceeding three.
having the highest number of votes in the
electoral college. That would put the dem
ocratc, republican and popuist candi-
dates before the body. and make the selec-
tion Of the chief executive a matter Of
log-rolling in which the populists would
have the short end Of the handspke.
In such elections each state has one
vote, TO be cast by the majority of mem
bers from the state. In case the members
from state are equally divided the state
loses its vote. Thus combinations of pop
ulists and republicans in state like Flor
ida could, by winning one seat, kill n
democratic vote from a democratic state
The state of affairs in Louisiana suggests
the possibility of that state being de-
prived of vote in the event of the pres
idential election going into the House.
Louisiana has six congressman. In three
of the congressional districts the sugar
planters have bolted into the Republican
party Should they succeed in electing
men to congress, the delegation would be
split even, and the state would have no
vote in the House to be cast for a Presi-
dent These facts mako the fight in the
south, against populism, a matter
prime importance. The party, which in
the south amounts to a tail to the repubn-
can kite, must be cut off.
The morning news., 1894-10-17

The resignation of Chief Justice Bleck-
ley will make vacancy to be sought after
by choice lot of "favorlte sons" The
vacancy. by the way, viii not be that Of
the chief justiceship. IT is the general
opinion that Associate Justice Simmons
will be elected to that office, and that the
tug of war will be for the seat that Jus
uce Simmons vacates. Nearly every one
Of the gentlemen who were spoken Of I'm
connection with the new seats to be
created by the passage of the constitu-
uonal amendment VIII it is understood.
be presented for the jusucoship Boy their
friends. Among those whose friends are
already at work are Judge Clark Of AZ
Ianta, Mai Ganahl OF Augusta and Judge
Atkinson OF Brunswick There ls rumor
IN Atlanta 10 the effect that Hon. Pop,
Barrow Of this city has friends at court
IN his interest.
The morning news., 1894-10-17

The idea. of smelling concerts as de-
light of the future is developed in an
illustrated interview with Mr. d. McFar-
Ian Moore, the scientist published in
the Morning News a few days ago. In
the future, he thinks, we must treat our
noses to symphonies of smells and har.
monies of perfumes which shall rank
the art of smells alongside that of music.
Savannahian must have wondered what
kind of music, or what kind of a scene,
whiff from the Rilbo canal would have
suggested to Mr.. Moore
The morning news., 1894-10-17

Some of the papers up the state are ar
ranging campaign slogans for their ia
Press favors "Garrard and home
money" another paper favors walsh
and free silver" Mr.. Turner's friends
have invented no catch-phrase for him
He stands for sound money, and for dem
ocratic principles throughout, and a good
man on that kind of platform can dis
pense with the fancy-work of catch
phrases.
The morning news., 1894-10-17
Raids on Federal valuables.

Events have occurred recently that tend
to shake the public's confidence in what
has been considered the unquestionabIe
integrity of the system of guarding the
federal treasures. Columns and columns
have been written about the absolutely
perfect system of checks and counter
checks upon employees of the treasury,
the mints, and the other departments that
handle valuables, making it impossible for
a cent or a postage stamp to go wrong
without immediate discovery and the
dire punishment of the daring purloiner
Nevertheless it has only been a few
months since the astounding discovery
was made at the Philadelphia mint that
the gold stock had been raided by thief
and that the thief had been plying his
avocaton for years. So fat had been the
fellows pickings that he had bought some
valuable real estates, and so aesthetic
was his taste for money that he would
steal nothing but gold.
Following this came the other day in
our dispatches the information that the
bureau of engraving and printing had
peen TODbeu OF a large lot OF postage
stamps; that the thieves operations had
extended over a considerable period. and
that at one time they had got away un-
detected with package containing 5O,OO0
two-ccnt stamps-quite a bulky package.
In the bureau of engraving and printing,
whore they print bank bills. coin certifi-
Gates and bonds, they naturally have
rigid, and what has been considered
perfect system of guarding their output; ;
yet two smart rascals in the employ of
the bureau were able to steal stamps in
large quantities. And one queer feature
of the case is. the secret service detec-
tives have not yet found out how they
did IT,
When the facts are considered however,
they mean only that when a really smart
thief has made up his mind to steal, rules
and regulations will not keep him from 1t,
Meantime. the treasury is not in danger.
Really smart thieves are too few to be
menace to that great institution
The morning news., 1894-10-17

Some of the New York papers are dis
cussug what would occur If the police Of
that city should get tired of being investi-
gated by LeNow, and so out on strike.
II will be remembered that the London
police went on strike once, hence there
is precedent for such things. There are
$500 blue-coats on the New York force.
and if they We're to refuse in a body to
go ON duty, the lawless element in the
city might do a great deal of mischief
before "a makeshift force Of miIitiamen
could be put on and "a force Of new police
men organized. There is no prospect Of
strike, of course, but the possibility Of
one furnishes the theme for some inter
esting speculauons. And not least inter
esting of the lot published by the New
York Press is that of a patrolman. who
said: The girls would stick by us men.
and then whore will you be? I
can count a dozen cooks and as many
nurse girls who'd quit work II did, and
there are others as popular as / am" he
added modestly. so with the big folks
dinnorless and the babies squalIing and
yelling for somebody TO look after them.
don't you think we'd stand some show"
The morning news., 1894-10-17

negro woman in Kentucky has hit
mania. This is how she worked it: Henry
Hall, in a fit of remorse for beating his
wife, attempted suicide by drowning, but
was rescued. His wife took him home
stabbed him in the sidd with an ice pick
filled the wound with cotton and sewed it
up with an ordinary needle and thread.
Hall died of the wound.
The morning news., 1894-10-17
CURRENT COMMENT.
Blaine's Prophecy.
From the Philadelphia Record de

Mr.. Blaine prophesied hard times when
tho tariff should be changed But the
hard times came before the tariff was
changed, and since the change the times
have decidedly improved 1t should be
set down to Mr.. Blaine's credit that he
did his best to prevent the enactment of
the MCKINLEY tariff in the odious shape
in which it finally passed despite his in
dignant deuunciation.