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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-04-07
Warning.

No hunting, fishing, trapping or
trespassing with guns or dogs on our
premises. Violators will be punished
by law. H. c. Salisbury,
VIM. Ohmacht.
A. G. Darcy.
I. G. Sovereign,
VIM. Machenburg.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-04-07

j. C. ADAMS, J
N. S. DURGIN, Committee.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
No Negroes Wanted.

Advices received at Fort Smith from
the railroad camps below Mena are of
a sensational character Mr. j. II. Ne
Carly, contractor of Little Rock, ar
rived in that city recently direct from
Mena, and on being questioned regard
ing the rumor, said that he had heard
of it and presumed the rumor was true
In fact, Mr. Mccarthy says, it is known
at Mena that band of anti-negro eiti-
zens are much opposed to the presence
in that county of any negroes at all
The statements at Mena were that IS
men, armed with Winchesters, went To
q railroad camp, and with presented
guns made them move out. 1t was said
this had been done to two or three diff
ferent gangs of negro laborers, who
had been at work down there on the
railroad. The officers seem powerless
to do anything.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

The most disastrous cotton FIRE in
the history of Galveston, Tex, occurred
on the 25th, resulting in the destruc-
ton of AGO bales and the warehouse
in which they were stored. Loss on
warehouse, SIS, 000 loss on cotton,
sl35, 900; fully covered by insurance.
DARING Jail delivery was per-
petrated on the 25th at the county Jail
at Louisville, KY, and six desperate
prisoners made their escape. They
gained their liberty by scraping the
mortar from the bricks in a cell and
got hole large enough for them to
climb through to the roof and then let
themselves down by rope.
FIRE broke out at the Third Uni
tartan church at Chicago while service
was being held on the 25th. The pas
tor averted a panic by requesting the
congregation to retire quietly, his cool
ness reassuring the people. The church
was almost totally destroyed. Loss,
Sos, 000
SURGEoN-GENERAL TRYoN, chief of
the bureau of medicine and surgery,
has submitted his annual report to the
secretary of the navy. A strong argu-
ment was made for ambulance or hos
pital ships specially fitted up and the
health of the navy was reported as
good
FITzsIMMoNs and Sharkey have been
matched to box ten rounds at San
Francisco on December for a purse of
$4,000. The winner to take all
NINE Indian territory criminals es-
capped the other night from the United
States Jail at Fort Smith. Ark.
THE Catholic schools of Ottumwa.
Ia, have been closed on account OF
diphtheria, and indications were that
the public schools would have TO be
closed, as the disease showed no signs
of abatement.
AN Omaha, Neb.. dispatch said that
the freight car famine was assuming
alarming proportions in the west. The
roads need cars for extra freight. for
all the wheat in the country was being
rushed to market during the present
high price.
/ BEsIEGED by infatuated negroes, ].
NJ. Criglar. manager of Hagerman's
lumber mills, near Chipley. Fla, de.
fended himself with such effect that he
+ killed two of his assailants and wound.
/ ed four Others. Criglar became in
VOWED in quarrel with one of his EN-.
ployes and the other negroes drew pis.
4 tolls and began firing at the manager
/ For an hour the battle continued, and
the negroes were preparing to set fire
to the Office in which Criglar had TAX
J x.aF,
train crew and passengers rushed te
Crigiar's aid and dispersed the negroes
SPARKS from an engine burned the
ca. sheds of the PowelPs Valley rail
way at Bigstone Gap, Va.
FARMER named Butka, who has ,
large income from oil leases, was muir
dered on his farm, about II miles south
OF Toledo. o.. by robbers and hi1 wifi,
was seriously injured. All the robber,
got was watch and a few dollars
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
HAS THE POWER TO APPOINT.
The Supreme Court Says the Governor
May Fiji General Assembly Vacancies

The Supreme Court Says the Governor
May Fiji General Assembly Vacancies
Al the September election. 1896, w.
]. Matthews was elected representative
of ~. Francis county to the general as
sembly lie afterwards died and Gov.
Clarke under section 6, article 5, of tine
constitution. issued writ of election to
the sheriff of the county, commanding
him to issue proclamation for an cleo
ton to fll the vacancy. The sheriff re-
fused to hold the election and there
upon a writ of mandamus was prayed
to compel him to do so. The circuit
court held that this section had been
superseded by subsequent amendment
which empowers the governor to fill
such vacancies by appointment, and re-
fused the writ. The state supreme
court passed upon the question the
other day and that court held that it
was the duty of the governor To fill by
appointment vacancy occurring in the
office of representative, affirming the
Judgment of the circuit court
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Abstracts of Taxes,

Auditor Mills has received the Al
stracts of the tax books in the follow
ing counties;
Howard Countrywide land taxed
1898, AIS; total value real estate, s7s,@
persons liable to poll tax, 1910: ,O,s
value personal property. 1922, 40; tot,
amount taxes, S21 1913 A..
Clark County-Total value Of land
s915 .266; total value of real estate. Il.
296, 456; persons liable to poll tax, 4OG
total value personal property, slsll.
031; total amount taxes, $50, s3744
Faulkner County-Total value d
land, LIES. 123; total value real estate
sl,527, 95l; persons liable to poll tai
4,23G; value personal property, s2,soI
$50; amount of taxes, $50, 425.O6.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Moonshiners and Officers Meet.

Deputy United States Marshal bod
son reports an exciting brush with
moonshiners in the mountains about 10
miles from Marshall, in Searcy county,
near the Van Buren, county line He
and three others captured and destroyed
a still. After the worm had been put
in wagon. it was driven away a short
distance and one of the officers placed
in charge, while the others returned to
pour out the beer'at the still. During
this time four of the sinners came up TO
the wagon. fully armed, and the officer
heard them lay their plans for the muir
der of the. officers. The three other
officers appeared and got the drop on
them, however, and drove away before
the reinforcement of five other moou-
sinners known TO be in the neigh bor-
hood and fully armed. The names of
five of the moonshiners were obtained:
George Romines. kie Markham, John
Markham, John Wllbanlxs and Taylor
Mcbride
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
THE FRISCO WRECK.
Verdict Rendered by the Coronsr's Jury
at kirkwood, Mo-


ST. LOUIS, Oct eat / a m, after
having been out since ten o'clock Tues
day night, the kirkwood coroner's
jury Investigating the cause of the
Frisco wreck in Meramec cut last Sun.
day, resulting in the killing of eight
persons and the wounding of many
o: hers, returned the following verdict.
We. the undersigned jurors, !mpancled and
sworn on the 25th day of October, 1895 by Hugo
/ iscoh!. justice OF the peace. acting as
coroner, Ind that Adolph HON. Conrad Kuus.
e c. Blevius, Henry Thoe Bernhard Nc
kcnna, Mamie Mokcnne, Charles Moebius
md William b. Cartwright cane TO their
deaths as the :ssn.: OF q collision between a
heaye-ladc:- excursion train going ives. tom
st. Louis. anA the local accommodation train
eoming east from Valley PARK. or the
$. Iorts san Francisco rail-
ROAD. on he 25'h dsv O. Octo-
Der. 1876, slca collision being due to The
sarelossn~ss Of George Atwood conductor
and J. J. Dryd.r, eng:nccr, in charge Of the
wcs:- bound trai:., and .hc failure Of the ST
Louis San Francisco Railroad Co. IN this
sasc 70 exercise the proper Supervision over
tic movements OF rs trains.
Signed this 2sth Cav OF October 1850
I'D ". CERrgR Foreman
EvERE- p. MACIE
I.RoPoLD NARoUIrx
THO. RICHrKR
HfNhy IiIG6INscIRAn
fTSTUs W. JOnSsos
Condacto, Atwood eni Engineer
DRYDEN admitted that they togo,
their orders.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Killing of Tom Smith,

Quite an interest is being manifesto
over the killing of Tom Smith, young
man aged 10, by John c. Fitzpatrick, !
mill man at Pine City. recently. Il
seems now that Smith was the aggres
sor and was shot in the hip by Fitzpas.
rick, from which he afterwards died
Fitzpatrick was released on bond tor
aggravated assault, but after Smiths
death was arrested for murder in tht
first degree.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph end Mail.
prRsoNAL AND poLrrrCAL

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his wife
attended the sesqui-centennial at
Princeton IN. j. college on the 2lst
Much excitement was created Mt
Jacksonville, Fla, by the announce
'nent that the United states steamship
Raleigh had captured the alleged fill
clustering tugs Dauntless and II. l..
Mabey. Cubans were greatly excited
over the matter, as IL was common
rumor that they had an immense
amount of munitions of all kinds
cached at the key below New smyrna
for the tugs to take on for Cuba.
Hon. JUSTIN MORRILL, has been re-
elected to the United States senate by
both houses of the Vermont legisla-
ture in joint session.
SECRETARY CARLISLE spoke at Gov
ington. KY, on the ed. The meeting
was very disorderly, many in the crowd
cheering for Bryan. The secretary
was interrupted continually in his
speech and eggs were thrown about
the hall At the close Mr.. Carlisle was
escorted 10 where he was stopping by
20 policemen. Many insulting remarks
were made by hoodlums gathered
about the exit of the hall.
TIVE house of bishops of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church of the United
States. in session at New York, elected
Rev John d. Morrison. of Ogdensburg,
N. Y. to be bishop of the newly
created diocese of Duluth. H.on.
COLUMBUS DELANo, who was secre-
tary of the interior under President
Grant, died at his home near Mount
Vernon, o., on the Esd. aged 81.
BY vote of fifteen to eight the Pres
byterian synod of Illinois has expelled
Rev. Frank b. Vrooman, of Chicago,
for heterodoxv.
CHARLES L. CRISP, ex-speaker Of con-
gress, died at Atlanta, Ga, on the 23d.
He had long been troubled with heart
disease and had recently been in bad
health and his death was not alto
gether unexpected. He was born in
Sheffield. Enc., January 90, 1s45.
THE Shipping and Industrial Sound
Money league of New York held a
novel parade on the harbor and rivers
on the cath. There were over $50 yes
sells of all kinds in line and all were
ueChtu III gaia AZURE rlreWOfkS,
magnesium lights and searchlights lit
up the feet
A CHICAGO dispatch on the 25th said
that the repu blicans had straight cleo.
toral tickets in A of the As states. hav-
ing effected fusion in only one-Texas
with the "middle-of-the-road" popu-
lists and gold standard democrats
The democrats had straight electoral
tickets in only Is of the states, having
effected fusion with the populists
and free silver republicans in 20 of the
others. conclusion not having vet
been reached in the remainder of the
states.
THE railroad men had a torchlight
parade on the 25th at Chicago for the
republican candidates, about is, 900
men being in line. All of the roads
running out of Chicago were repre-
sented.
GEN. MORTON c. HUNTER died of pa
ralys.s on the 25th at Bloomington, Ind
He was the hero of Snodgrass Hill, and
saved the day at Chickamauga.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Old-Time Methods.

Dispatches from Hot Springs state
that arrangements are being quietly
perfected to establish a regular line of
100 wagons for the transportation of
freight between Little Rock and that
city. The merchants regard the pres
ent freight rates from Little Rock 10
shat city as exorbitant and "A mum Der OF
them have concluded TO patronize the
wagon line exclusively, so far as non
perishable goods are concerned.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

There have been five railway surveys
in Scott county.
One hundred aud fifty Illinois famr
lies will move to Lawrence county.
Chas Mack, the Pulaski county cor
ored wife murderer, received a sentence
of 81 years.
Senator-elect r. d. McMullin, Of the
Eighth district, is taking the A. l. I.
law course.
The state agriculture department has
received from Desha county two sweet
potatoes weighing II and 10 pounds
Gov. Clarke appointed W. f. Blythe
to succeed Justice of the Peace John
Kennedy at Fort Smith.
The case against Tom Mex. White
of Little Rock, accused of obtaining
money under false pretense, was dis
missed.
The governor has RENTED fine OF
$50 assessed against Nancy Dodson IN
May, 1896, in the Stone county circui
court, for malicious mischief.
The regular communication list OF con-
victs to be released during November
has been certified to the secretary OF
state. 1t contains 81 names.
+. w. DeRossitt was elected repre-
sentative from St Francis county, 10
fill the vacancy caused by the death Of
Representative-elect Matthews.
Prof. f. o. Butt, of Carroll coulty'
who is only % years old, will be the
youngest member of the next legisla'
ture. s l.. LETTERS, who will represent
Crawford county, is year older.
The clerks in the secretary of states
office are now busily engaged in issn'
ing 5000 commissions to the officers
township and county, elected at the re-
cent election
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
!. o. Q. =. GRAND Lopcs
Two Hundred Delegates In A,,s,
the Annual session

The forty-seventh annual Co.
the grand lodge, l. o. o. F.. of,h
of Arkansas, convened in Littlo n
October 81. The state assembl,
Daughters of Rebekah, the We,
auxiliary, also convened at tba
time. About 200 delegates ,vsra
tendance. The membership in tho
now numbers 4.10l, and the MIMI
lodges 140. Five subordinate and
Rebekah lodges were organized A..
the past year The total recein,.
s4,lS2.57, and amount paid for ~
was S2,5Ol.2o. Among the past c,,s'
present were: Adam Clark. Ar
phia, 1851; W. A. Jett, Wash;nr
1852; Geo. w. Hurley, Newport r.
A. 5. Jett, Fulton, 1887: JAS, p WI
sey, Bentonville, 1889; f. f. Mo-
Mulberry, 1892; j. ?. Paul. 1894
The proposition to establish =,
ow's and orphans home carried !.
the Eureka Springs proposition win !.
accepted if some better offer * no,
dered. The following officers ".
elected: Grand master, j. o. A s,T
van, Waldron; deputy grand maste, /
b. Baker, of Melbourne; grand ward.
Theodore Treadway, Little Rock: pa,
secretary, j. Il. Friedman. Cama..
grand treasurer, II. Ehrenberg. Lac,
Rock; grand representative. f. II !.
venson, Fort Smith. The next meeti..
will be held at Texarkana
The grand encampment branch !,
the order met and after transae,;,.
routine business, the following NAM,
patriarchs were elected and INSTALL;
Thee. Treadway, grand patriarch; ] ,
Paul, grand high priest; f. Z. Morrsu
grand senior warden; j. b. Friedbe;r
grand scribe; II. Gutenberg. gram
treasurer; j. A. Dirkson, grand iunio
warden; j. r. Snodgrass, grand ma,
shall; J. w. Lippincott, grand inside So,
tinel; w. T. Farrar, grand outside s.,
tinel.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Mena's Commercial League.

At a meeting of the business men of
Mena recently an enthusiastic CONNER
cial league was organized with "a mem.
bers. Col. Henry Glitsch was elected
president; j. Il. Lands, secretary; j.
ii. Hamilton, treasurer. 1t is expected
that this league will do much TO de-
velop the resources of western Arkan-
sas' They are putting on metropolitan
airs
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

Some miscreant fred shot at the
north-bound passenger train on the
Cotton Belt railroad at Camden re-
Gently. II occurred a short distance
south Of that city. Gabe Klein, a New
Orleans grocery salesman, and II. p.
Morgan, of Stephens, had narrow es.
cape, as the bullet passed just over
them. There is no clew to lead to the
identity of the parties.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Nine Prisoners Escape.

Nine prisoners escaped from the fed
eral Jail at Fort Smith the other night
They drilled through the roofs of two
cells and by means of rope which con-
nected with ventilator let themselves
down to the ground. They were charged
with robbery and larceny and were
awaiting the November term Of court
for trial.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
General Store Attached.

The general store of d. Weathersbv
at New Lewisville was attached re-
Gently by Falk, Ottenheimer & Co. for
tll5. Other attachments to the amount
of $4,000 followed. Estimated Habili-
ties, $1,000; assets, $4,000.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
County Seat Contest.

A county seat election will be held in
Pike county November 3D. An effort is
being made by the promoters of Pike
City to have the county seat removed
from Murfreesboro to that place. Pike
City offers to build fine brick court.
house and donate it to the taxpayers of
the county free of cost.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

EDMUND G. BROWNE. King of the
Buns" and collaboration of Editor
Stead In his book, IF Christ Came to
Chicago died at the Mercy hospital at
Chicago recently. He had been taken
there, suffering from alcoholism. His
friends, however, said that his death
was due to nicotine poisoning, For
many years he had smoked on an
average of 100 cigarettes a day.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

THE Protestant Episcopal church Of
the United States is about to organize
an army of uniformed evangelists,
somewhat similar to the Salvation
army, who will be under military dis
cipline and stationed in different
cities These men will preach
IN the streets and be aided by
bands of music. The work ultimately
will include the erection of laborers'
homes and lodging houses for men and
rescue houses for fallen women.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

ADM. Dor, we'll known as Barnum's
famous midget, and Brownie Ritter,
who took a leading part in Palmer
Cox's stage production of The
Brownies" and is not much bigger than
Adm. Dot, fought duel with swords
at White Plains, N. Y, recently. The
admiral drew blood from Ritter and
the seconds declared honor satisfied.
The duel was caused by Adm. Dot
ordering Brownie Ritter from the
formers hotel
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

The famine in northern India, which
now appears to be inevitable, causes
the greatest anxiety in London and it
is RECOGNIZED that the import of Amer
lean wheat is likely to be the prime
factor of the situation. Prices in the
affected districts have risen consider
ably, and California wheat en- route is
sold In advance at higher prices than
the native wheat, indicating the con.
vlction that prices will have risen still
higher by the time the imports arrive
The Indian government has already
sketehed out vast schemes for railroad,
canal and other relief work TO mitigate
the distress
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

A SCHOOL of housekeeping has been
founded in Chicago. In several OF the
public schools the Kitchen Garden as
soeiation has formed classes in domes-
tic science, where children are trained
IN all the details of household duty.
In the regular Housekeeping school
Lessons are given in laundering, in
house cleaning--in everything which
pertains to domestic government. The
association wishes to Introduce the
teaching of household duties into all
of the public schools of Chicago.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
A Sad Death.

Mrs. NJ. Townsend died in Helena re-
Gently after an illness of two weeks.
She arose from her bed two weeks be-
fore to be married to her husband, then
went back to bed, and steadily de-
clined. Mrs. Townsend was Miss Anna
Hubbard before her marriage, and was
very attractive young woman.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
ANOTHER CONSPIRACY
Against spanish Rule La .ae Islands of
tho Pacific

LoEDoN, Ocr. can official cable
gram received from Manila, the ca ital
OF the Philippine islands, says that 4
conspiracy against the government
has been discovered In the Zooloo
Islands Eight Spanish soldiers were
shot in : conflict. with the revolution
'sts AZ Hoo'oo, the capital of the Zooloo
archipelago, aud troops have been sen,
there by the governor ot the Philip.
sines. who HIS also armed local force
Vt Zooloo.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
a HOT CONTEST
Probable tn the Georgia Legislature Over
he sena'orship.

Srooaoi' IN the georgia Legislature Over
rhe sena' orskip.
ATLANTA, Ca, Dot. 20. Tho Georgia
legislature met at 10 O. ic., and was
Immediately organized. There was no
contest fer any of the offices. all of
these being settled By the caucus. Hon.
Robert Bemer was elected president of
the senatc; Hon. G. q. Gray, president
pro tenn; Hon II. A. Jenkins,
OF Putnam, was elected speaker; Hon.
". a. Dodson, OF Sumter, speaker pro
ten; Hon. Mark Hardin clerk
NJ business was done beyond the
formal organization. The legislature
has before it not contest for the
United States senatorship, precipitated
by the sudden death IT Hon. Charles
i. Crisp, who would have been unani-
mously chosen. There are five candi-
dates including Gov. Atkinson.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

DURING the year postage stamps were
delivered to postmasters in the follow
ing amounts: Ordinary stamps, $685.
l,467; special delivery, 4.466,27o;
postage due stamps, 19,34s,7l4: news
paper, etc, S.505, 672; total mum Der g.
e54, s02, LEA A saving for the year 1896
rs shown of s95.l24 in the cost of the
production of postage stamps
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Twentv-One Years

AT Pine Bluff, j. d. Tucker and John
Hardin We're tried and found guilty of
assisting in the murder of Andrew Car
son and were sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for p and five years, respectfully.
Iaggart, the murderer, plead guilty
and received a sentence of 81 wears.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

In dismantling a Brooklyn watch
case factory and burning the debris an
effort was made to reclaim any of the
gold that might have accumulated in
the process of manufacture. So far
gold to the amoun- of $50. 900 has been
reclaimed, and the company estimates
that from the clearing up yet to be
done of the basement $40, 900 more will
be realized
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

ACCORDING to reports, the coming
sugar crop of Louisiana will be one of
the largest ever produced in that state.
There is every prospect thai the yield
will bring satisfactory prices in view
of the damage to the beet crop and the
bad outlook for the Cuban crop.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

WILLIAM CHoBENsKI traded his wife
10 Stanley Moloski for meerschaum
pipe at Warrior Run, near Wilkes
barre. Pa, recently, and the latter dis
posed OF the woman the next day for
another pipe and SO to boot
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30

LORD BRAssEY, the governor of Vic
toria, Australia, in recent speech on
imperial federation said: ut would
be wise, IL possible, to bring America
into grand defensive league of the
Anglo-Saxon races. which would ef-
fectually secure the peace of the
world"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-30
Mrs Annette Ellis.

Mrs. Annette Ellis, wife of DR.. D. B.
Ellis, died of typhoid fever at Eureki
recently She was very PROMINENT
city charities, and will be greatly
missed by the poor