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The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

JOIN NJ. WALKER, once a partner
 with Flood, O'Brien and MaclSey, in
 the Big Bonanza" mining combina- | tion, died in San Francisco on the night | of the 3d.
 THE New York press has looked up the record of Samuel c. Seeley, and
 concludes that Seeley lied when he told President Crane of the Shoe and Leather bank that he was penniless.
 and that all but SIP, ,O00 of the S354, ,00O stolen from the bank had gone to Frederick k. Baker, but the next thing is to prove the conclusions.
 EDWIN EINsTEIN, the defeated repub- lican candidate for mayor of New York in 1892, has resigned from the Union League club because of the anti | Semitic tendencies of it's members. and | for the first time in the history of the | club 1t Is without Hebrew member. Rio DE JANEIRo advices state that
 the cholera epidemic is on the increase. Whole cargoes of dried meat have been | returned to the owners, the necessary Immigration by the health board having
 ruined the beef.
 ON the 7th the Canton (O.) Steel Co.
 resumed operations after brief shut
 down. The Dueber watch works at
 Canton also resumed operations on the
 same day, with full force in nearly | all departments Foremen in other de-
 partments reported for duty, and it was | said that within week all hands l would be back at work.
 THE supreme court of California
 has decided against the Central Pacific
 Railroad Co. in the matter of taxes as.
 sessed by the board of equalization for
 the fiscal year ending June, 1888.
 About S650, 900 is involved.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

HoUsEs and farms were destroyed by an avalanche at Orlu, near Fox, France, at the foot of the Pyrenees- Fifteen persons were killed and eight badly injured. Many head of cattle were buried.
 THE Toronto (Ont) Globe building and some others in the immediate vi- cinity were destroyed by fire on the morning of the eth, entailing loss of about S400,000. Chief Ardagah of the fire department and four firemen were seriously injured by falling cornice-
 MICHAEL LALLY, alias Thomas J. Moore, alias Thomas Williams, one of the most notorious diamond thieves in the country, was arrested on the morn- ing of the 9th, in St. Louis, on charge of highway robbery, but it is supposed that he is wanted in Chicago for the more serious crime of murder.
 TIE fertilizer works of Griffith & Boyd, the acid works of G. II. & c. T.. Davidson, and the stable, office and home trade warehouse in No. 1 yard of the Standard Oil Co.,, at Canton, Md, were destroyed by fire on the night of the 9th. The total loss will run up ward of S200.000.
 ON the 7th the Riverside hotel. near Archibald, Pa, was burned, with all its contents; loss, S1O,00O, partly insured. It was reported that man named Richards perished in the building.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Second Session. l

lSeCOnQ session.
 IN the senate, on the 3d. discussion of the resolution proposing an investigation into the affairs of the senate restaurant occupied the morning hour, the resolution being placed on the calendar Senator Morgan spoke three hours in reply to Mir. Turpie's speech against the Nicaragua canal bill ... In the house, after the usual routine opening, the currency bill was taken up and it's passage advocated by Messrs. Black, McCreary and Brickner, and opposed by Messrs. Haughen and Adams. The chaplain, in his opening prayer made an elo- quent appeal for Divine guidance of the mem bers
 IN the senate, on the 4th the morning hour was devoted to further discussion of the Nic- aragua canal bill, which afterward went to the calendar The military academy appro- priations bill was passed with a few amend ments. and the pending bill was taken up, but went over without final action n..... In the house, nearly all the days session was occu- pied by the debate on the currency bill radical speeches, for and against the measure being made. A night session was held under the rules for the consideration of private pension bills
 THE senate was not in session on the 5th...... In the house the feature of the debate upon she currency bill was MT Cockran's two-hour speech, discussing the nature of money and currency, and declaring that the subject could not safely be treated as a party question. He
 
 but, having no faith in it's passage, would vote | for the Coombs bill as step in the rlght di- rection. Messrs. Catchings and Boatner spoke In support of the bill, and MT. Lacy against 1t. At the conclusion of the debate call for a democratic caucus to be held on the 7th, at 3 p. m., was read.
 IN the senate. on the 7th, in the absence of V1ce-President Stevenson and President Pro Tenn Harris, MT. Ransom was elected president pro tenn. The latter soon vacated the chair in favor of Mr. Manderson (rep., Neb). MT. Lodges Hawaiian resolution was taken from the calendar, but it's consideration was post poned one day Mir Pefer occupied the re- mainder of the morning hour with a speech in favor of his service pension MT. Mitchell | then spoke in favor of the Nicaragua canal bill after which resolutions were adopted in rela- ton to the death of Representative Post of Illinois, and the senate adjourned ... In the house the proceedings were brief and unim- portant until the death of Representative Post was announced, after which appropriate resolu- tions were adopted and the house adjourned.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

SOME of the year just begun is to be devoted to making an industrious per son of the reservation Indian. If Sec retary Smith shall succeed in making labor attractive to Lo, no other mem Der of the cabinet will retire in '97 with so proud record as the Georgia states man. The red man does not love work. and he is only hustler in the chase and on the war-path. Hoke Smith will undertake what John Smith would have considered altogether hopeless.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Legislative Advance Guard.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, January S.-The legislative clans are gathering in earn est preparatory to the assem bling of the legislature next Monday. Not only members alone, but office seekers ga- lore are congregating to buttonhole the advance guard of lawmakers The topic uppermost in the minds of place. hunters is as to whether the General Assembly will comply with the Attor- ney-GeneraPs opinion by passing an act creating committee clerkships and authorizing payment therefor. As this can no longer be done by resolution, there is much speculation as to the ac- tion to be taken Gov. Fish back is of the opinion that the legislature will not pass the necessary act, and that the clerical duties will devolve upon the various committee chairman, as in ye olden days, saving the taxpayers near S5, 900. On the other hand this would necessitate slower work and the conse- quent extension of the session at cost of no less than S2O, ,000
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
A Texas Court House Burned.

WACO, TEX, January s-A Decatur, special says: This morning about 5:3e o'clock fire broke out in the courthouse and the structure was soon a complete mass of ruins. The tax rolls and re. ceipts were burned as we'll as all the district court records, dockets and pro bate papers. The building was con. structed in 1883 at a cost of S6O, 900 and was insured for S21, 1000.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

THE information that the Cook gang has been located is not as startling as it appears at first sight. The Cook gang has been located with entirely too much regularity at the scene of numerous express and post office rob- berries, and it has not furthered their capture in the least. When the Cook gang is located in jail there may be reason for some little commotion.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

THE city of Charleston, S. C., has de- cided to purchase a tract of five hun dred acres on the Cooper river for a public park, and to construct an avenue one hundred feet wide between the city and this pleasure ground for the people. The Charlestonians have never lost faith in their town, though tried in an extraordinary way by earth quake, fire, flood and hurricanes.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

IT is said that Queen Victoria is pro- ficient in eleven European languages and that she has, in the last four or five years, completely mastered Hindo- stance, ill which she converses with great correctness and fiuency with any of her Indian subjects who are pre- sented at court.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

CONSUMERS of anthracite coal will be interested in the new scheme by which the eastern railroad companies and the mine owners purpose to restrict the output. The consumers have no scheme ready to restrict the consumption to meet the output restriction.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

AS THEY have advanced in Corea and China the Japanese generals have es- tablished civil government in the terri tory occupied, and have aimed to make 1t decided improvement on the cor rupt and greedy Chinese system of ad- ministration. These provinces may ob- ject to going back to the old order of things, and there are no signs that Ja- pan intends to give them the chance.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
North Carlina Legislature.

RALEIGH, January s.-The republi can and populist memb bers of the state legislature met in joint caucus tonight and nominated Hon. z. V. Walker, o1 Davidson county, (rep.), for speaker of the house. An even and equitable di vision of the patronage was made The democratic minority will vote for J. F. Ray, of Macon county.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

IF, as Dr. Parkhurst intimates, the Lexow committee failed to sound the depths of the depravity in New York official life, the reformers are in need of moral well-boring and prospect ing company with diamond drill capable of boring through to China, rather than an Investigating commit tee
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

THE question of adulteration and spurious limitations should be dealt with without further delay in this country. The genuine antitoxine is twelve dollars an ounce, and bogus article is already on sale in New York at a reduced price. This is tampering with human life, but other villainies of the kind could probably be discovered.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

AS RARE as rose in December, as a bird in an arctic cline, as the heart that can still remember through sor- row and change and time, is the bank CT who has not financial scheme which is the only thing that can save the country from ultimate ruin.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

QUEEN VICTORIA has taken to specta- cles, but she sees her way to abdica- tion no clearer. Perhaps she has ma ternal misgivings as to the wisdom of burdening her son with royal and inn perial cares while he is yet so young
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

THE Greek chamber, by a vote of 74 to 69, decided to destroy the currant crop in order to improve the market. If the Greeks would stop adding so much classic sand and gravel to their entrants they would find the market far more satisfactory for their wares.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

As LATE as 1873 the Chinese emperor refused to notice the salutations of for eign ministers or to admit them to his presence except on their knees. China will be apt to have to do the kneeling act in the future, if any is done, now that her mask of Bluff has been torn off
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

THE dowager empress of Russia has no fortune in her own right, as no set tlement was ever made for her. Rus sian papers say that she is dependent upon her son, the present czar, who, however, will provide for her hand somely,
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

WITH Benton's Thirty Years in the United States Senate" Blaine's Twen- ty Years in Congress" William L. Wilson's Twelve Years in the House" !" and what congressional "reminiscences the veteran Holman can scrape togeth- CT, we shall be pretty well supplied with national legislative history.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11

IT is asserted that porcelain is better than gold for filling teeth. If we can now contrive to get all the dental gold into the national treasury, and keep the banks from drawing it out, we shall be once more proud people.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
AND STILL THEY COME.

LITTLE ROCK. January 9.-Yester- days incoming trains brought goodly mum Der ot the mem bers of the incom- ing legislature and an air of activity already prevades the hotel Hobbies and other centers where men do congregate Four candidates for the speakership are on the ground, and each one is ap- parently in splendid humor over the outlook. There are many new men in the next legislature, and some of them are meeting the aspirants for the first time. The contest over the speaker. ship IS just now absorbing the lions share of attention.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16

this was transpiring, ] bad been think
ing hard; and I could not get rid OF the
idea that there was something wrong in
the affair something more than mere ac-
cident. At the same time, was disposed
to admit to myself that my notion was
based rather on intuition than on any
really good reasons. To be sure, / had
been witness OF the bitter quarrel be-
tween my brother and Jack Ralph; but
IL seemed impossible to suspect the
young collegian of such an act. Then,
too, his attitude was the last to be
adoped by a guilty man who was not also
lunatic He went around the village
announcing more or less openly that he
guessed the old man had been killed by
some one he had insulted, and that, from
his own experience, he wasn't disposed
to be very hard on the party who did It,
To all questions as to what his own ex-
perience had Deen, he utterly refused to
youchsafe an answer. This was pretty
nearly enough; but when our servant,
Pompey Augustus Anderson, who had
been, since my brothers. death, In a con-
dition of nervous excitement bordering
on hysteria, went before the justice OF
the peace and deposed that he had over
heard the quarrel between his master and
Ralph, and gave its details with very
reasonable accuracy, the latter was
pormptly arrested and confined In Justice
Bennctt's house, pending his removal 20
the county Jail. Then 7 felt that II was
tine to have some detect ge taleut su-
pcrior to that OF the village constable set
to work on the case. was well acquainted
with the superintendent OF the New York
police department.; in fact, L had had
come inausncs N getting him his Ans
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16

lose. The gang must, of course, get out OF
their present quarters, and they VIII NOT
trouble themselves to take Newelii do
you understand"
"Perfectly, answered Higerd. They
returned TO the fire and wharton said
something in a low tone 70 the Professor,
who arose sullenly and followed him on
TO one side. They sat on a log just inside
the circle OF light which threw weird,
waving shadows off into the dismal re-
cesses of the swamp. Wharton bent for
ward speaking earnestly, occasionally
raising his hands with expressive ges-
lures. The Professor sat erect with the
mien OF an Indian chief, staring back
with set visage at the glowing embers,
where Hilgerd sat with the collar OF his
coat thrown up The damp air was pene-
trating. II was long before the council
ended aud Hilgerd awoke from his doze
with a start as Wharton's hand fell on
his shoulder. He got up without word
and followed him down TO the boat, leav-
ing the sleepy sheriff to stand guard.
Wharton's face was serious and Hilgerd
expected the worst. The gray light of an
early morning threw a ghostly mantle
over the odd shapes of the stunted trees,
and the influence OF the scene was felt by
both
1.-THE Professor has told me all, +" said
Wharton, slowly. "Newell is still alive,
but whether he will be tomorrow night
depends upon our action. An hours
floating down the little creek over there
to the left will bring us TO Briggs station
on the line of the f., n. * w. X. X.
There you will take the 7 40 train east,
and get your breakfast at the Reedsville.
After you may read these directions l
wrote while you slept. They VIII fully
instruct you what to do after arriving at
Cedar Junction, and also contain certain
explanations which / have 80 far not had
an opportunity to make. Am / right in
assuming that you wish to stay with me to
the end?''
Perfectly" replied Hilgerd. 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16

soon.v From the direction OF the trail
came distinctly the thud OF rapid hoof
beats. Gradually they grew palmer, then
suddenly ceased "Pull gently, boys,
until we get into the main channel, and
then, il the moon favors us, / think we
can make IL. -
Noiselessly they glided from the bushy
shore and in a few minutes struck the
main current, down which they moved
with increasing speed. Soon they entered
one OF the little lakes which dotted the
swamp. Wharton stood up and looked
"There is the light. They have traced us
to the shore and will be after US now
In no time"
Over to the right of their course there
was an opening In the woods, and through
this, back and forth, danced the lanterns
in the hands of the Professors men. One
fitted toward the cabin, then back again,
and now they cross and recross each other
like firefiies. After an interval they were
all punched together, and then, one by
one, they went out.
"The're coming now," said Wharton,
quietly.
Little islands, grassy marshes and jut-
ting points OF land glided by in the
gloom, and tall trees in places standing in
dim relief against the murky sky like
sentries at their posts. Mile after mile
was traversed without word. the crealS
of the row-locks the only break in the
black stiffness. They entered another
lake larger than the others, and when but
a short distance from the line of trees
that fringed the bayou, Wharton's hand
was raised with warning motion. With
out relaxing his stroke, Hilgerd looked
back. A rift in the scurrying clouds let
= soft glow rest upon the choppy waves.
and In this he caught the loom of a mov-
ing black object in the wake.
sit Is just a mile across this lake" he
heard Wharton's voice saying, calmly,
Sand II we can lead them hundred yards
at the entrance to Murphy's creek, we can
bid them final good night. There is a
hiding place near its head which i hardly
think they know of. IL they do, we must
have II out on first principles, and II not,
you and Sanders may rest peacefully on
your oars. No doubt you"
Zip-and glancing bullet splashed the
water in their faces, humming spitefully
as Ii sped on its way. A jet of flame
leaped from the black object in the rear,
followed by the reyerberating crack of a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16
Copyrighted. 1895.
CHAPTER Ill.

Sanders looked up inquiringly as they
dashed into the cabin. Wharton stepped
TO the closet and took from there two re-
peating rifles, one of which he handed TO
Hilgerd. Opening his satchel, he placed
in it the tin box, the Professor following
his movements with furtlve looks. lie
examined his weapons carefully and then
spoke quickly.
ssBoys. we must either find one OF their
boats or fight II out. Sanders, you viii
follow the prisoner and Hilgerd can bring
up the rear He threw some water on
the fire, blew out the lights and they filed
silently out into the night. Wharton
headed for the shore of the lake below,
where they had left the boat. The damp
grass and weeds clung to their limbs,
wetting their clothing through. Across
the lonely wastes of the swamp came the
mournful hoot of an owl. They pushed
desperately forward through the tangled
mass OF the rank growths bordering the
lake. IT semed an age to Hilgerd before
he heard Wharton utter an exclamation OF
satisfaction, and saw him, STOPPING down,
shove long black object into the open
water. 1t was the. boat and they breathed
more freely.
"Listen, ~ said Wharton, warningly.
"Do you hear that9 We are none too
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16

finally got Ralph safely out of the house
but the situation was awkward enough.
He was obliged to remain in the village
until recalled by his family or college,
and our prospects for peace and comfort
during the balance OF his stay seemed
poor enough.
Mary was, naturally, highly indignant.
and, drawing within herself, as was her
habit, refused utterly TO hold any but the
most necessary intercourse with us or to
make any promise as TO not seeing her
lover Then there were more scenes
threats Of personal confinement on my
brothers part, and moody, stubborn re-
sistance on my nieces. / even began to
wonder whether we weren't all bit
"oh' by inheritance from a great-grand-
mother OF Roberts ana mine, who was
known to have been mentally unsound.
Four days passed; and then terrible
event happened. My brother was found
lying dead in the railway cut at the foot
of the lawn, with a ragged, confused
wound in his right temple and very ex-
teusive fracture OF the skull. The whole
village was, OF course, intensely excited.
Nothing 80 interesting had happened
there within the memory OF the oldest in
habitant, and the theorists of the country
store argued the matter over among them
selves and with the reporters that came
In from the city. There were two very
decided opinions that found adherents in
not unequal force. A small majority held
that my brother had gone out for the
walk which he always took before break
fast, had fallen into the cut and been
killed. Quite a large majority, which
included, however, most of the foreign
and reportorial talent, looked mysterious
and intimated that the dead man had
been in great deal OF hot water, and
that II was more than likely he had been
Knocked on the head and then thrown
down the embankment. The coroner
convened his jury OF local wiseacres, and
the usual intelligent verdict was pro-
rounded. to wit: That "Rotertn Smith,
let US ca \ hir', "cnme 60 ms drnth from
A fracture OF the skull caused by the sud
den contact with some duh instrument
or material"
pwins the tUsnty,four hours whsp al
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-16

his real name-spent great deal OF time
at our house
My brother, as people are apt to do,
paid no attention to the affair, pooh
poohed all my warnings, and buried him
self in his books. Then, too, he was
very much exercised at the time over his
quarrels with a new railroad which was
running its line through our place, and
had made a most unsightly cut about two
hundred yards from the house. He had
fought the matter in the courts and had
been beaten. The dispute now was as
to the company's bridging this cut, which
they had agreed TO do, out which they
delayed so peristently that there seemed
to be considerable malice in II. In fact, /
may say all the work had been prosecuted
in q most dilatory way, and for several
months we had been subjected TO the an
noyance of having gangs OF Italians
tramping around our lawns and making
US feel that il was unsafe for Mary TO go
out unattended.
Amid such far from soothing contem-
plations. my brother was dumbfounded
by point-bla request from young
Ralph that he might become engaged TO
Mary. Then there was a scene. Robert
was, am bound TO say, selfish father,
and i doubt whether any suitor would
have been received with much favor; but
he was also inclined to be puritanical in
his notions, and, from what he had
heard of Ralph's exploits, that young
man would have been the last to over
come his selfishness. There were too
many and too plausible grounds for
rational objection. II tell you also that
my brother had violent temper, you
can perhaps imagine what occurred.
There was much strong language on one
side and finally some fiippant impudence
on the other. Nothing but my appear
ance prevented personal encounter.