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The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
AN ANGEL UNAWARES.
An Oklahoma Couple We'll Rewarded fu
 Entertaining 8 Stranger.

HENNEssEY. Okla, Oct. s2.-Early last month a seedy-looking stranger knocked at the door of David York's farmhouse and requested something to eat. A meal was given him, and after eating part of it he fell in spasm After three days suffering he died, telling York that he could have the contents of his small bundle to pay for his kindness. 1t was thrown aside by Mrs. York and not opened until Sun day, when two government bonds for S1,000 each and $500 in green backs were found.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
SPANISH BOMBAST,
Windy Theats of the Spanish Press In tho
 City of Mexico.

"hhuy Ahoaes oi the spanish Ireso Tn the
 City of Mexico.
 CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 22.-"Reca Latina" Spanish daily paper here. the organ of the resident Spaniards, de- clares that when Spain has completed the subjugation of Cuba she will send the sixth division of the Spanish navy to lombard New York, thus inaugu- rating war with a nation of barba- rians who, although numerically supe- rior to the Spaniards, are really con- temptible, clustering dwarfs. Spain must rely on her Spanish pride to teach the Yankees lesson.
 The organs of the Spanish colony here are exceedingly bitter against the American people, and war is 8 common threat.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
Fatal Street DueI.

A fatal street duel took place at
 onlontown. Ala, between City Mar shal Robert Britton and V. c. Metzger. merchant. The first named was shot three times through the body, and died In few minutes. Metzger was shot Tn the head and dangerously injured. some time ago Metzger, so it is said, told Britton that livery man in the town was giving poor accommodations
 The marshal is said to have repeated It to tfe livery man and the latter att tackled Metzger about it. When Metz ger and Britton met the first named remonstrated with the marshal and finally Britton struck at Met zger, who pulled his pistol and commenced fir Ing. Britton had his weapon out at the same moment and was also firing.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
THE ALASKA BOUNDARY.
The Citizens of Alaska Will Fight Against
 Britains Demands

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 22-The citi- zens of Alaska are greatly exercised over the boundary line question, and propose to take steps in the matter without delay. They do not want to see what they term the richest DOT tion of the United States annexed to British Columbia, and they say they will fight before they will see it taken. Much dissatisfaction is ex- pressed at Juneau and other camps over the dilatory action of the govern ment in this most important matter to the terri tory.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
Death of a Millionaire.

G. W. Sentell, millionaire of New Orleans, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. $. A. Dickson, of Shreve- port, La. Interment occurred at Cot tage Grove, La. Mir. Sentell, besides his large mercantile interests in New Orleans, was the owner of many plan- tations in Louisiana and Arkansas.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
Escaped Murderer Captured.

Wiley Trott, white, aged about 5O a Bibb county (Ala.) murderer, who was held at Birmingham for safe keep ing, he having been convicted and sen- fenced to the penitentiary for life, and who escaped, has been captured in Louisiana
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
Boiler in a Hotel Explodes.

A boiler exploded in the rear of the Exchange, the leading hotel at Mont gonery. Ala, the other night, while most of the guests were at supper, de- molishing the electric light plant, the laundry and the rear portion of the hotel, and shaking every house in town. In an instant the hotel was in total darkness, the women and children were screaming and falling down the stairways, and panic was on. Four or five negro laundresses were the only ones seriously injured, none of them fatally. The fire department saturated the debris with water and quenched the flames before any harm was done by them. The loss is estimated at sl0,000, without insurance.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
Dwelling House Burned.

The dwelling of J. H. Allen. situated near Fairview, Todd county, Ky, to- gether with all it's contents, was de- stroyed by fire. A valuable library was burned. The total loss is estimated at about $7,000, with S1,000 insurance.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
gIoodless Duel Between Editors.

At Huntsville, Ala, Frank Cole man, and Robert l.. Oneal, editors, met on the public square and emptied their pistols al each other. Neither man was hurt
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
An Absurd CIaIm Agaln.t Colombia.

NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Having over. awed Nicaragua, Great Britain is now playing two-handed game in the nelghboring republics of Venezuela and Colombia. In the latter ease Mr. Bull has demanded prompt settlement oi claim filed against the government of Colombia by British commercial company. The justice of this demand may be gathered from the following summary of the case, which has been cabied to the Times:
 The claim of the English contractors, Punehard, McTaggert & Lowther, against Colombia is summarized as fol. lows:
 Unapproved cash outlays, not placed an the hands of the legal Repositories, and therefore inadmissible-e2s ,000
 Discount on projected loan, which, as they failed to fulfill their contract, they did not effect, or were unable to ootain-G31O,O 900.
 Imaginary profits, which they might have earned if they had built rail- way, but they did not import single rail nor advance line in their task a300, ,0OO
 Total claim againt Colombia-a63S, 000.
 A British Squadron for Venezuelan Waters
 LONDON, Oct. 22 2-Following Lord salisbury's ultimatum to President orespo, demanding indemnity for al legged outrages upon her majesty's sub lectS on the Guiana frontier, it is learned that the admiralty office has arranged to concentrate in Venezuelan waters upon short notice squadron of warships.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
MONROE DOCTRINE.

No Reply to EngIand's UltImatum Yet
 Outlined by Venezuela-DependsU Upon
 the United States for Physical as Well
 as Moral Support In the Controversy
 with Englsnd-NavaI Officers Anxious
 for a Brush with England.
 CHICAGO, Oct 22.-A special to the Evening Press from Washington says:
 ''As far as l am advised" said MT. Andrade, the Venezuelan minister. yesterday, ''the president of my coun. try has not yet received the British ul. timatum. Consequently no reply has been yet outlined"
 From other sources it was learned that President Crespo has been ad. vised by his cabinet to resist the de- mand of Great Britain and to depend upon the physical as we'll as moral sup. port of the United States.
 Miguel Romero, a Venezuelan jour- nalist who is now in this country, de- clares that every citizen of Vene. zuela regards himself as practically under the protection of the Stars and Stripes in the matter of the contro- versy with England.
 President Crespo," said Mr. Ro- nero, twill certainly not acquiesce in any demand which Lord Salisb bury may make for indemnity for the ar- rest of Sergeant Behrens. That off, cious policeman was on Venezuelan territory when apprehended. and con- sequently recognition of the British claim in this instance would be the tacit acquiescence of our people in Grnat RllfuirlfS iaI
 The Behrens affair Is England's excuse for ignoring the Monroe doctrine, but the fraud is so palpa ble it can scarcely be successful"
 Before the first of December" said prominent naval officer, "the United States will have fleet of from six to ten cruisers and battle-ships in the vicinity of Caracas and Maracaibo. . Orders have been quietly passed around among the officers who will serve on the vessels of the North Att lantic squadron which indicate the policy of the administration, which Is apparently to convince Engl and that this country will not permit auv European power to extend its terri tory one foot on American soil. We know that fleet of powerful vessels will make winter cruise off the Ven- ezuelan coast. It must be admitted, too, that everyone of us hopes that we shall have some other use for our am- intuition than firing salutes.
 Personally, American naval officers have the utmost respect for officers of the British navy. but there is scarcely an ensign in our service who is not anxious to have a brush with the Brit ish; consequently the present state of affairs is very satisfactory to our naval officers. On the other hand, however, there is not blue jacket nor an officer in the navy who does not believe that 2 vigorous policy just now is all that is needed to make England change her tone in dealing with the republics of South and Central America. We do not expect a fight, but there is not an officer in the navy who is not ready and anxious for a brush"
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-25
Chamberlain's Bid for Popularity

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The London correspondent of the Times says of the boundary dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela:
 What 1t all amounts to, I am told by politicians, is that Chamberlain de- sires to attract attention to himself as the hero who can pull feathers from the American eagles tail. He went to Washington on the fisheries com mission years ago, with precisely the same notion in his mind, but happened to get married instead. Now another and better opportunity offers, and he will get as much advertising out of us as the rest of the cabinet al- lows him. Under ordinary circum- stances Salisbury's strong native in- disposition to fall out with the United States would effectually neutralize this, but he is furiously driven with other and more pressing work, and Chamberlain, therefore. has more of a free hand"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05
AGGRAvATING DAYS.
World Goes Wrong and One Simnlv
Can't Keep Ones Temper.

Aren't there some times in vour llta
when everything seems to go wrong
no matter how hard you try to have
them 90 right. Those are the irving
days when you want to blame all the
trouble on the way you got out Of bad
in the morning.
Another woman says she can make
more enmies On one of these DAYS than
friends during the other 1864.
Words may be forgiven, but they are
not so easily forgotten. The unkiud
speech that is forced from you because
you are not feeling quite well, or the
pettish, annoying action that you in
dulge in simply because you are nery-
GUS or worried doesn't do you che BIT
of good and makes everybody around
you uncomfortable, and long after the
words have been uttered or the deed
done the memory will rankle and burn
and you will wish you had held on to
your tongue and Your temper before
you got into such scrape.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05

The name of the talented Paul
fne Lucca is one which thrills the
heart of the experienced opera-goer
Almost forgotten now, she was the
queen of the operate world for nearly
thirty years, with the music-loyers of
Europe at her feet 1t has been said
that Emma Calye is the only real Car
men who has been seen since the days
OF Lucca, and In that a sterling COM
pliment is paid to both women Paul
Inc Lucca has dropped SO completely
out of public sight In recent years that
the new generation knows little or
nothing about her except, perhaps,
that her name has familiar ring.
Yet it was only seven years ago that
she astounded the musical world by
suddenly stepping down and retiring
into the quiet of her home
Since then she has been seen but
little in public. With the skill Of a
rare artist she has managed to engulf
herself in quiet and stiffness, forming
complete contrast to the rayishing
Pauline Lucca of few years age, who
had the cities of the continent eternal
ly waging war with each other as to
which should have the wonderful
singer for season. In the retired
circle In which she moves she is no
longer even known as Pauline Lucca,
but as the Baroness Wallhoffen.
But Notwithstanding her fifty or
sixty years. 1t might be unfair to the
lady to particularize further. Pauline
Lucca today is as handsome and as
dainty as of old She walks regularly
each day up and down the Ring street,
Vienna, as graceful as ever, with the
same careless swing of her pretty
figure and with the bloom of health
on a face which shows no trace of
time. She is trifie stouter than ten
or twenty years back, and she dresses
fashionably, like the rest of the
wealthy Viennese femininity.
1t was Pauline Lucca's strange eyes
which helped to make her famous,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05

street, y. r., in which Lizzie Yaeger
was burned TO death.
Thomas o. Colt attempted to kill the
daughter Of the late Henry D. Plate,
of Arlington, n. j. Then he fatally
wounded himself They had told
friends that they were married and
wished the news kept secret.
missionary, describing himself as
an American and an agent Of the Bible
society, was expelled from depart
ment OF Peru on the ground that the
fanaticism OF the natives endangered
mis- life.
William P. Royce, when arraigned
al Sioux City for the murder Of Con-
slant Roush, alias Nellie Patton, for
merly OF Van Meter, Iowa. entered a
plea of insanity due to the cigarette
habit
Secretary Carlisle, in order " get
gold, offered to pay depositors express
charges both ways, and ordered that
lightweight gold coin be accepted, but
with a deduction. The Campania
sailed with nearly ten tons Of gold and
nearly fourteen tons OF silver.
Counsel for Morris Schoenholz, who
was sentenced in New York to forty
eight years for incendiarism, allege
that Hirsehkopf, now arrested for muir
der by arson, procured perjured evil
dence which led to Schoenholz's con-
yiction.
Acting under instructions from the
imperial government, the administra-
TOR of British Guiana has made declar-
ations to the legislature indicating that
unless Venezuela withdraws claims to
disputed territory England is prepared
to assert her rights by force of arms.
Arthur w. Steele, the adopted 15-
year-old son of Rev. William Steele, Of
North Darien, was arrested at Batavia,
N. Y, charged with forgery. He wrote
letters to friends Of the family, asking
loans for Mr. Steele, alleging that he
was in straitened circumstances.
The adjourned hearing in the case
Of the Northern Pacific railroad re-
ceiver, which was announced to take
place before Judge Lacombe In the
United States circuit court. New York,
eas postponed for two weeks. The
cause Of the postponement was not
made known.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05

II is q curious fact the. Inco,
today as well as she eye- did Il s .u,s
Ing about the possibility Of her a.. salk-
% operate work she said ina 1.n
feared the excitement Of reese. sas
some Of her famous roles wonld s
great that it would kin her IT,. .
no probability that she viii eya as ! I
seen on the stage again. as sba !. :
taken up an occupation which vras ~
interests her, that Of schooling yorns
girls for operate work. SeAs
She confines herself to twelva -,
year, and devotes but three horra FAs
day to the work. She exercises a.
care in selecting them, as she honss = :
make OF each a famous singer 80
actress. They must all he cix.a-
years old when they begin. and 8.
sess theatrical as well as musical =,
ent. Out of seventy-two girls All mn
sically gifted, she accepted but tbrs.
and more than two hundred were Ia,
ed before twelve were chosen,
Her Vienne home is beautiful ors
and interesting because of its numhs,
less tributes showered upon her Nv
celebrities and royalty during her ~
cratic career. Every summer sbs
moves to the Villa wallhoffen. A.
Gmunden. at which she has had inv
theater built, and where she pursnas
her work of making primadonnas
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05
A GASOLINE MOTORCYCLE.
TT RUNS 54 MILES IN TEN
HOURS.
Great Contest in the Slush and SNOW
"A Rate OF More Than Five
Miles an Hour.

Chicago, Nov. 30. Charles e. Dur
yeas machine finished first in the
Times-H Herald $4,000 fifty-four- mile
motorcycle contest. Mr.. Duryea's gas
oline motorcycle made the run through
snow and slush in ten hours and
twenty-three minutes or more than
five miles an hour The H. Mueller
machine finished second. Conditions
for the race scarcely could have been
worse. During the blizzard a foot Of
snow and sleet fell The thaw made
the roads for part of the distance
muddy and slushy. Despite these con-
ditions six Of the machines made the
start. These were: The Duryea of
Springfield, Mass; the Morris & Salon
electrobat of Philadelphia; the H.
Mueller motorcycle of Decatur, ILL.,; the
r. H. Macy Of New York; the De la
Vergne of New York, and the Sturges
electric motorcycle of Chicago. The
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05
THE WINNER.

race settled down to a speed contest
between this machine and the Mueller
and the Macy vehicles. The race was
rather even until the streets in the
northwestern part OF the city were
reached. Here the slushy snow was
two feet deep in some places and at
others the mui was so bad that 1t
was almost impossible to make any
progress. 1t was here that the Duryea
machine showed the staying qualities.
Frederick U. Adams who had charge
Of the race. said that the contest was
satisfactory in every particular and
that the tests threw those made re-
Gently In France far in the rear. He
said THE Paris Bordeaux race was
worthless from scientific standpoint.
but the contest OF today may result
in the establishment of good data con-
corning what many believe the
vehicle of the future. The progress
of the preliminary tests has been
watched by thousands of manu-
facturers in every part of the world
and there Is no doubt that there will
be a great interest in the manufacture
of these horseless vehicles now that
1t has been demonstrated what can be
done with them"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Alexander Dumas is dead
The czarowitz has become much
worse,
Louis Stern's $4,000 bail has been
declared forfeited in Bavaria
Cuban insurgents wrecked a train
and many Of the passengers were
killed
Notwithstanding the sultan's orders
the inhabitants Of five more Armenian
villages have been massaered.
discharged workman blew up a
factory at Palma island Of Majorea
and causes the loss of many lives.
Cuban insurgents destroyed large
amount Of sugar cane and other prop
erty owned in New York and Boston.
Armenians In Constantinople esti-
mate that the number OF people mas
sacred in Anatolia alone will reach
forty thousand.
The powers which are acting In con-
cert In the Turkish difficulty Will send
additional guardships through the
Dardanelles with the sultan's consent
A report comes from Vladiyostoek to
the effect that Japan has decided to re-
nounce all pretensions 10 continental
policy in Asia, and to recognize Rus
sia's unconditional right to influence
the destlnies of Corea and Manchuria
A young man who has been posing
at Port Arthur. Ont, as the heir of a
late millionaire in san Francisco and
passing under the name Of John
I Thompson, was arrested. Thompson
is alleged to be Identical with John
Patterson, who stole $4,000 from a
bank At strathroy, ont
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05
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s . gfoeers, assigned. Liabilities,
sto'VoVi assets, about $4,000.
The railway water tank III Iowa
Falls, iowa. toppled over int1ring t,ya
workmen. one OF whom viii die
John j. Klopfensttne and Miss Mary
Agnes Gross, prominent society neonle
were married. II penton IIarhor NJ
The distribution Of annnities cloth.
ing and other goods among the stony
agencies In South Dakota il now in
progress.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05

and they have lost none of thei
weirdness. They are a peculiar light
blue in color. and flash and scintillate
brilliancy. Bismarck, it was said.
fell in love with her eyes, but that is
a separate story and very interest
ing one just now, because of book
which has just appeared in Paris en-
titled Bismarck and Women. 1t is
written by Adolphe Kohut, warm
friend of the German statesman.
Those whose memories reach back
thirty years to 1865 will remember a
great deal of talk about Pauline Lucca
and Bismarck. She was the greatest
singer of the day and he the greatest
statesman. They knew each other
we'll. and eyer-meddling rumor limited
TOO we'll Matters were brought to
focus when photographs appeared on
sale in Berlin showing Lueca and Bis
marck in the picture This photo
graph caused so much talk that Bis
marck had the negative destroyed and
lis many OF the pictures as he could
discover.
There are several stories told to ex-
plain how Bismarck and Lucca came
10 be photographed together. LUCIA
tells one nice, discreet. plausible
explanation, and kohut. the friend Of
Bismarck in his book also tells one
equally nice, discreet and plausible,
but quite different. Less discreet
friends Of the two say that both
stories are equally wrong but never
theless they will be given here.
Lucca described 1t only the other
day IN this way: Walking out one
morning III Berlin | met Prince Bis
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05

In the summer of 1865 Pauline
Lucca. who was then in the full flush
OF her beauty and her talent. hap
pened one day to be standing at the
door Of her Letel ready % go out. Bis,
rarck CHANGED 10 come in. He imme-
diately extended his hani
Your EAcellency. said the actress,
] am gong % The photographer: will
you go with me-
Impossible; | am expecting some
one on business
No nonsense said the Nitching
Lucca: you car transact your business
later. And she looked up into Bis
marck's face and pleaded with her
beautiful eyes. Refusal was impos-
sible, and the stateman accompanied
the actress to tbs photographer $.
First Of all a picture was taken OF
each separately. Then the actress.
with her impetuous way. cried
oh, Your Excellency. | have a cap
ital idea. Let Us have our picture
taken together.
Bismarck could not refuse this
, ehildlike request. and. without any
thought Of the consequences, he al
lowed tile photographer to proceed. A
few days later the portrait Of the most
celebrated actress with the most
celebrated statesman Of the time was
IN every shop window, and for some
time the matter was the talk of Eu-
rope But he two persons interested
soon saw that the best thing they
could do would be to withdraw the
picture from circulation, and the neg
! alive was finally destroyed
Later Bismarck served as a witness
at the marriage or Pauline Lucca to
Baron Wallhoffen.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05

marck. We were good friends and
walked along together. but a swarm of
humanity recognized US both and
clustered about us, pushing us one
way and then the other. 1t was in
tensely disagreeable for both of us,
and the demonstration was becoming
larger every minute. We pushed our
way into the nearest doorway, hoping
to escape from the crowd. but some
Of them pushed their way into the
hallway. We could do nothing but
knock at the nearest door and ask
fo- admittanee, which Prince Bis
marck did. 1t happened to be the
place of Angeren, photographer, and
as a pretext for escaping the crowd,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-05

The report Of the Sioux City and
Northern railroad, just filed by the re-
ceivers, shows an increase IF 257 per
cent. in business over the correspond
ing three months Of last year.
Vice President Davis, Of the Indian
apolis waterworks company, and Vice
President Kessler, Of the RGmona
stone company. quarreied over bust
ness matters and fought in the street.
Davis was badly hurt.
The New England society at Rock
ford is arranging to give an elaborate
banquet in celebration Of Forefathers
Day Dec. 20. Congressman A. J. Hop
kins, OF Aurora, and Judge Henry ".
Freeman, Of Chicago. will be among
the speakers.