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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS
ENCOURAGING Reports Brought Out by the
Call Of the C~omptroller.

Call Of the C~oinptroller.
A summary Of the reports Of the
3,770 national banks in tine United
States, un1er the recent call of tho
Comptroller Of the Currency, shows on
July le, 1894, aggregates as follows:
Loans and discoun 8, 81, 933, $50, 1852;
gold coin in reserve, 1925, 051, 677: gold
treasury certificates, S4o.5sO, 400; silver
dollars, $7,Ol6,4s9: total specie in re.
serve, $3.50, 670,652. Sur Tvs fund un.
divided profits, less ex enses and taSss
paid, ss4, $1,000: dividends unpaid,
$22,5ss. 5O4; individual de. osits, S1,677,.
sol, 200.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14

ageof the country in 1892 In other
words, our entire gold aud silver COIN
age would 0e neeled Is security for
the payment Of this tax upon the
posed by the Democratic represents
tives in Congress.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
PERISH IN FLAMES.
Hundreds Lose Their Lives ia
Forest Fires.
HEDGED IN BY FIRE.
Nineteen Towns In Three States
Wiped Out.

Victims Drop in the Streets, or Flee to the
Woods Only to Die by sufKocation OF
: F1ame-Trains Run Over Burning Ties,
Trembling Trestles. and Wrapping Rails
Not . vestige of Hinckley Remains
Hand Of Charity Quickly at Work. but
Hinderedby Broken Communications.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
a IN ITS WAKE.

Awful Scene. a. the smoke LIT. from
Burned Town. in the North.
The partial lifting of the veil of
smoke Monday from the desolated
lumber districts gave the surviving In
habitants the first full knowledge of
the awful horrors OF the fire. From
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
Meane Justtfy Inc End.

Moscow's founding asylum, founded
by Catherine IL, is kept up by a tax
on playing cards.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14

the lives lost In the fires at different
points in the two States are as given In
the following list, and it Is feared the
list is far below the actual destruction
of human life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn Is a re-
former. He was elected to his high Office
that he might institute and carry out a
number of much needed reforms, and he is
attending strictly to business. But he is
achieving unpopularity among Brooklyn
aldermen, for he has vetoed the resolution
which provided for the purchase of eighteen
aldermanic gold badges, to cost no more
than $50 each. This action was taken, says
the mayor, because he can find no pro-
vision of law authorizing the expenditure
OF public money in such a manner. That
conclusion may be strictly correct when
viewed from the legal standpoint, but 1t
will be difficult to convince very many
people that the equities are being cared for.
A badge-decorated alderman is a thing of
unfading beauty and a potent municipal
force. but an alderman without a badge is
lost sheep, ali aimless wanderer, a dis
credited being. With fifty dollars worth of
official insignia upon his breast the alder
man was invulnerable to influences such
as governed other men, and was, by those
people who were more or less dependent
upon aldermanic favor. credited with pos
sessing the heaven-bestowed gift of infalli-
tflity; badgeless, who will be so poor as TO
do him reverence? Carrying with him the
jeweled corporate Endorsement of his posi-
ton, the saloons and the theaters and the
trolley lines and all other forms of Brook
iyn amusement were his whenever he
wanted them; but unless the common coun-
cilmen override the mayors veto there
opens up tc the aliermanic eye a vista of
personal expenditure utterly unexpected,
and. according to the aldermanic idea,
wholly unnecessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

THEY ARE THE VERY LATEST AND MOST
STYLISH 4-BCTTON FRENCH KID GLOVES.
NOTE THAT THE FOUR BIG BUTTONS
MATCH OR PROPERLY CONTRAST WITH THE
GLOVES, AND THAT THE EMBROIDERY
MATCHES THE BUTTONS WHICH IS THE
CORRECT PARIS AND LONDON STYLE.
THE LATE SPRING IMPO2TATIONS INCLUDE,
NO LESS THAN NINETY-TWO DIFFERENT
SHADES OF THESE GLOVES. INCLUDED, OF
COURSE ARE THE POPULAR WHITE AND
PEARL, WITH BLACK EMBROIDERY AND
81 TTONS
BUT YOU MAY ASK YOURSEIF:--..wHY
SHOULD THEY WANT To ADD TO THE NUM-
Der OF WEAREI;S OF 'PALAIS ROYAL
GLOVES WHEN No PROFIT ACCRUES?'' THE
REPLY is THIS:-"YOU ARE TO BE SO M
PRESSED WITH THE STYLE, QUALITY. FIN
ISL AND FIT OF THE GLOVES THAT YOU
WILL GLADLY PAY Sl.5O FOR THE NEXT
PAIR YOU REQUIRE-AND THEY WILL Re
THESE 'PALAIS ROYAL GLOVES
But PERHAPS HE WANTS To BE WITH
YOU TOMORROW, AND YOU CAN'T GET i'm"
IN DRY GOODS STORE. YOU CAN IL YOU
SHOW HIM THE COUPON BELOW:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

washington enjoyed last evening some
thing OF the satisfaction that proud beauties
are supposed to get from a sly look at their
renections in a glass. At the board of
trade reception the mirror was held up by
distinguished men in Congress and official
NE. and the citizens present had a chance
70 see their city as others see it, The pic
lure flashed to them was most gratifying
what perhaps was the most valuable re-
suit OF the gathering Of citizens and legisla-
tors was the awakening of citizens them
selves to full sense Of their respon sibiIi-
Ties, as the men who have much If not the
most to do with the shaping Of the future
OF the capital city. Washington is now a
great city, great in its popula ton, but great
er In the importance of it's position among
the cities Of the country. Measures affect
Ing Its future should therefore be consider
ed with minds broadened by a full reaIiza-
ZION OF the city's present and the promise
OF Its future The board Of trade will more
than Justify its existence if it succeeds in
uniting citizens in a common effort to ad-
vance the interests of the capital The
spirit OF the gathering last night showed
that such unity Of action is close at hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

organization which will result either in
marked changes or the abolition of the lords
as legislators. Henry Labouchere one of the
most prominent Of radical leaders, says
that If the queens speech opening the next
session of parliament does not contain
a declaration that a reform of the house
OF lords Is necessary he will move an
amendment to the address in reply to the
speech declaring that the power of the
hereditary and episcopal branch of the leg
islature to reject or alter bills approved by
the house of commons should cease. What
ever may be the immediate result Of the
present and impending agitation. it is GER
tain that the British people must soon
weary of the dictation of a body of men
who continually stand in the way of every
modern and benefcent movement originat-
ing with the people themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

D. II the British people should suddenly ar
rive at the conclusion that the house of
lords is of no value as a legislative body,
but that. on the contrary. 1t is a hindrance
to the nations material progress. the OBJ
noxious branch of Great Britain's legisIa-
ture would be Topped off with startling
haste Deliberate of thought, slow to an
ger. conservative as to methods, the sub
Jects of Victoria have endured much that
would not be suffered by any other of the
great nations that call themselves free
The latest offense committed by this So
called upper house was its rejection of
ithe employers liability bill, and it is now
preparing 10 deal similarly with the bills
that propose to disestablish the church IN
Wales. to improve the manner of register
ing voters and to relieve tenants who are
in danger of unjust eviction. Should there
be adverse action on all these measures
and there is every reason for believing
that anything but adverse action is ex-
trcInely imDrobable-there is likelihood of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

Always inclined toward sarcasm, and en-
amored of eccentric nomenclature, Editor
Dana of the New York Sun has bent MS
bow and let fly some of his most beautifully
feathered arrows at the form of Mr. j.
Adam Bede, nominated by President Cleve-
land to be United States marshal for the
district of Minnesota. Mr.. Dana should
cease to assail Mr.. Bede. for Mr.. Bede is
one of those bright young newspaper men
for whom MIR. Dana so frequently expresses
admiration. Mr.. Bede has struggled man.
fully with all manner of adversely, and
there are few that know him who will do
anything but rejoice at his success Mr..
Bede is one of those rare specimens whom
Mr.. Dana should grapple with hooks of
steel-a democrat in whom there is neither
guile, nor variableness, nor shadow of turn
ing; an apostle of jefferson; follower of
jackson; a true son of the wideawake west
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
Why the kearsargc Won,
From the Boston Evening Transcript.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
Ships and regiments are what their Off
GERS make them. 1t was the good fortune
of the kearSarge to be commanded in the
fight which made her name immortal by
one of the best officers that ever trod a
quarterback, the late Admiral then cap
tain John Ancrum Winslow, and all his
subordinates were worthy of him. Such
officers can convert poor material into a
good crew; but the seaman of the Kearsarge
were of the best hardy young New England
were fighting for. Admiral Winsow was
so modest man that few of all his ac-
quaintances realized from anything he had
ever said that the great fight had been
all thought out by him in advance; that he
fought it from beginning TO finish. hanging
to his antagonist and seeing that every
blow counted. Yet such was the fact and
the destruction of the Alabama was not
the result of a chance hit, but of the oper-
alton of a carefully formed plan. steadily
worked out midst all the noise of battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
Why He Grieyed.

Terrible thing about the wreck of the
kearsarge," said the caller at the editors
Office.
Yes, 1t was" was the almost fearful
reply. 1T was calamity which few can
1uily appreciate. And l am one of the
few
Excuse me. I didn't know You would
take IT so to heart. Does it affect you
personality
personally? 1 should say So Just think
OF what a temptation it is to the victims of
the poetry habit!''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
Determined.

II want you to understand" said bel
ligerent man at meeting, that you can't
be any car here"
well, then" said the other as he sulkily
got into his overcoat, 'I'll hunt up my
stenographer. I'll be a dictator if die for
it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

New York is now engaged in the task of
comforting herself with the reflection that
IL Is not so bad as it would have been If
the supreme bench appointment had gone
to. say, Oregon. which is hundreds of miles
farther away than Louisiana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
A Heartles. Comment

II made a fool of myself again yester-
day." said Cholly in tones of contriticn.
Really" said Cholly's sister. You are
becoming very unnecessarily energetic"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
So She Wna

The prize she took at a baby show,
The cutest child of ALL
She was. her parents let you know,
The belle Of all the bawl,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

Mr.. Croker will doubtless observe with
some concern, in Mr.. McKane's career. the
fate of the man who goes into the ring once
too often.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
An Iuterestior Ouast,on

1t Is an old-time question
And it oft will come again
why do members of a glee club
Seem such melancholy men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
SHOOTING STARS.
An OH.HQnd Onfuiou

understand" said a Senator, that
Sohnso is confirmed bachelor"
WELL replied his absent-minded COL
league. 'he is lucky
Lucky
Yes. Lucky to be confirmed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

Having exhausted about all the other
moods in the list the German emperor has
grown affable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

New York might be happy with either
Cleveland or Hill were t'oth-r dear
charmer away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

The Wilson bill is costing enough in time
to enable 1t to be easily classed among the
luxuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
Where
Shall
GO?

Tomorrow's IN O 1 i d a y
prompts this thought
"Where shall | go?" The
reply comes to Women
"Why mot visit The Palais
Royal and learn of the new
style Spring Wraps and
Dress GoOds?" The writer
reads your Thought and
says: "Don't forget, the
Store closes promptly ait I
O'clock OF course the
moral is this: My after
breakfast visit must be to
The Palais Royal.
BEFORE GIVING DETAILS OF THE SAMPLE
CAPEs, JACKETS AND SUITS THAT TELL YOU
OF LATEST PARIS AND LONDON STYLES.
FORE you LEARN OF THE DRESS PATTERNS
OF SPRING SUITINGS AT SPECIAL PRICES.
LET THE WRITER REMIND YOU OF THE
GLOVE BUYERS PLAN TO ADD TO THE
PATRONS OF ''PAI.AIs ROYAL" GLOVES:
A limited number of pairs
to be distributed at the
wholesale price, the num=
Der to be confined to the
readers of OUR announce
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

One of the most conspicuous evidences of
the Presidents disregard of criticism is his
persistence in selecting for Office gentlemen
whose first names do not please Mr.. Dana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

President Cleveland and Senator Hill will
probably never come to an understanding
as to which is Jonah and which is the
whale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

Eirginia's oyster navy has in a single ell
gagement eclipsed the entire conflict at
Rio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
4 Startling Comparison.

From the New York World
By the bursting of a steam-pipe on the
great warship Brandenberg, Germany lost
more sailors in a moment than the long
bombardment of Rio has cost Brazil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

This coupon and one dol 4
lar and twenty-nine cents
entities bearer to one pair
OF $3.50 ''Palais Royal"
Kid Gloves, II presented
Thursday, February -, be-
tween the hours OF s am.
and | p.m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

Sacrificing His Friends.
'Cigars." he said, upset me quite;
They'll never fill the bill;
I'll stick to cigarettes and make
The other people ILL.,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
\ Question.
From the Omaha Bee.

From the Omaha Tee.
King Lobengula really dead. What will
the British soldier do now?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

This coupon and one dol
lar and tifty-nine cents
entities bearer TO one pair
of the Palais Royals Mems
S1.15 English Derby Gloves,
IL presented Thursday. Feb
ruary 80, between the hours
Of s am. and l pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

GIVE do not lose cent. The EXPLAIN ton is
foows:-
THE NEW YORK MAKERS SECURE MODEL s
FROM EUROPE. THEY ARE COPIED IN THEIR
OWN WORK ROOMS. =. If 4 GARMENT con
SUMES TOO MUCH CLOTH. REQUIRES i'N-
USUAL TINE AND SKILL IN MAKING: II FOR
ONE REASON OR ANOTHER IT Is UEPEOE.T-
ABLY COSTLY To PRODUCE IT Is LAID ASIDE
AND ANOTHER GARMENT MADE THAT
WHILE PRODUCING SOMEWHAT THE EFFEt'T
Is EVERY WAY LESS EXPENSIVE IT Is
HE TOO EXPENSIVE REJECTED SAN,IJ Z
GARMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SECURED BY
THE PALAIS ROYAL BUYER At NOMINAL
PRICES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
The Capes.

uH~ Sc" Pc
S. to SIS for q few dozen
one=of=a=kif1d Spring Now
elites, inn cloth and rnoire
silk. Fac sim7iIes of inn
ported garments, worth up
to SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
The Suits.

So.18 for choice of latest
Paris and London style
Suits worth from
Sis to S3S each.
ill.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
The Jackets.

S4.@8 for choice of equal
Iy fashionable Spring Jack
cts worth from So TO SIg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21

The most approved spring
dress fabrics at price reduce
tions. To tell the truth the
reductions are not great,
but besides some saving inn
cost you have the pick of
a new stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
DRESS FOR $3.50.

Worth S11.OO).
FULL PATTERN OF ANY s1.25 FABRIC.
AMONG WHICH ARE THE NEW AND BEAU
TIFUL SILK AND WOOL PoPLINS. THE SILK
AND WOOL. CHECKS, THE ALL-WOOI. EN-
GLISH CHECKS AND THE SILK AND wODI.
DIAGONALS. THE Innings. FREE OF EN-
IRA CHARGE. ARE YARDS OF CAMBRIA, 2
YARDS OF SELISIA, YARD OF WIGGEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
DRESS FOR $3.50.

Worth S4.JU.D
ALL THE Innings AND CHOICE OF soc
FABRICS. INCLUDING THE PLAIN COLOR EN-
GLISH SEEGES AND THE "FANCIES'' IN
CHECKS, &c.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
Died at the Age of no.

Charley Matthews, a negress 11e years of age. died at Little Rock. She was the oldest resident of Arkansas as far as is known. She had lived in Little Rock only eighteen months. hav- ing been taken there by her son. who is B years old. and her only known de- scendant. She came from Clairbo-ne parish, La, and was born in Perry county, Ala. She was 5 years old when Washington became president of the new republic, and remembered nearly every one of his successors. She retained her vigor of mind and of body until few days before her death, when she broke completely down.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
The Knights of Dixie.

The Knights of Dixie, secret fra. ternal organization. which originated in Little Rock less than one year ago, and has all it's supreme officers there, is spreading rapidly. Lodges are being instituted almost every week in the southern states. Mississippi lacks but one of now having sufficient lodges to entitle them to a grand lodge, and Tennessee is forging toward the head. The Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial-Ap- peal says: This truly southern social and fraternal order is growing rapidly in favor throughout the south. It is purely a southern institution. The only order devoted to perpetuating the glorious memories of the southland. teaching the younger generation what their fathers and mothers did, what they sacrificed and suffered in the struggles and trials through which they passed in making this a nation. It is the only order devoted to recording all these things and keep ing alive the treasured memories of the south, its sufferings, its glories and its triumphs.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07

HoUsEKEEPERs will be glad to learn that there is no likelihood of rise in the price of tea as result of the east ern war The spring harvests have al- ready been received by American inn porters, and only the inferior July pickings. if any. could be affected by a blockade of Chinese ports. It will be another year. in fact, before any con siderable cargoes of tea leave the Chi nese coast for this country.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
FOUND MURDERED.
The Third Victim of Foul Play Found on
 Railway Track Near Jonesboro.

The Third Victim of Foul Play Found on
 Railway Track Near Jonesboro.
 JoNEsBoRo, Ark. Sept. 4.-The man. gled remains of John Cornell. section hand, were found yesterday on the Iron Mountain railroad track. miles north of this place, in almost the exact spot where the remains of Frank Thompson were found not long ago, and the re- mains of an unknown man about s weeks ago. It is now gener- ally believed that all three men were murdered and their remains placed upon the railroad track to cover up the deed. The scene of these crimes is a saloon surrounded by a dense woods, just across the prohibit tion line from this place, miles north and near the Iron Mountain railroad. a desira ble rendezvous for the tough ele- ment which congregate there nightly Sheriff Broadway arrested Kelly Payne. Scott Leach, Lee Johnson and Bert Vinson, on suspicion of being implicat- ed in the murder of Frank Thompson All were placed in jail pending hear ing.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
Death of Rafe HickA,

Rafe Hicks, one of Pine Bluffs most prominent and substantial business men, died at Marshall, Tex, where he had gone to attend to some business connected with his ice plant at that place. Soon after arrival he was stricken down with Aux, and rapidly grew worse. His brother and other relatives were telegraphed for, and they immediately went to his bedside. Despite the close attention of relatives and friends, and the best of medical attention, he rapidly grew worse and died.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
The Christian EndeayOr.

The fourth annual state convention of Christian Endeavor will be held at Russellville, October II to 14. The state Sunday school convention will be held in connection with the Endeavor. A joint programme has been arranged. The president of the Endeavor says: "We wish to make this the best conven- tion in every respect that the union has held, but in order to do this we must have the assistance of every so- ciety and every member
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
A Bad Gang.

The largest and most dangerous gang of counterfeiters ever organized in this country has just been run down and broken up by United States Secret Service Officer Davis. The headquar- ters of the gang was at Bodinaw, Nevada county, and was composed of about twenty men, ten of whom have been arrested and are now in the penitentiary awaiting a prelim- mary examination. The commercials consisted of dollars, halves and quar- ters, and are the best that were ever made. Several thousand dollars of this spurious coin were circulated in south west Arkansas
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
What Bay Says.

J. l.. Bay. who acted as expert &C., countant in the settlement between the state and ex-Treasurer Woodruff, and who was arrested in Memphis on the charge of embedding s6,OOO of state scrip, was taken to Little Rock
 Bay said, when interviewed, that his arrest was a rank piece of injustice; and that he was not aware that an in dictment was pending against him. He says he would have come forward promptly, if he had been requested to.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07

IT is the inherent cruelty shown by the higher officials of corporations that leads to most of the troubles with la Dor. The careless and brutal public sayings of the chief officers inspire sub ordinates to the exercise of autocratic authority. President Van Horne of the Canadian Pacific recently gave an order for reduction of wages, to begin with married men on the ground that they would be most likely to yield The thoughtful tenderheartedness ab- sent from this order is too marked to escape notice.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
Alleged Counterfeiter.

Deputy Marshal White arrived in Little Rock the other day with three men charged with counterfeiting. They are George Vaught, Jim McNatt and Willis Riley, all of whom waived examination and were bound over by Commissioner O'Hair to await the ac- tion of the grand jury. They are from near Falcon, Nevada county, and are said to belong to gang of counter feiters who have been operating in the country for some time.
The Forrest City times., 1894-09-07
Ex-Police Chief Holiday Killed.

D. (. Holiday, of Texarkana, ex-chief of police, was run down by an engine in the Texas X Pacific railway yards in that city, and instantly killed. The body was horribly mangled. For sev- eral months he had been doing rail- road work, and was on his way home after going off duty when the accident happened. He leaves widow and three children