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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-08-07
Wanted,

Everyone who feels run down, tired
out, full of malaria, or any blood
trouble. to call and get IA bottle OF
Browns Iron Tonic, the King OF all
TONES. J. II. Upton.
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The water works committee reported
cost of extending water mains SSS1 sc. ,
and the recorder was instructed to
issue warrants for the liquidation of
same, the subscription not being equal
to the cost.
The water committee was instructed
to fix the water rates for the residence
portion Of the city.
At the suggestion of Alderman Fuss
sell, Sl35i was appropriated to build "a
residence for the engineer at the water
works.
Aldermen Russell, Baugh and Brady
were appointed a committee to audit.
cancel and burn the paid scrip amount
ing TO S203l.47. q"
On motion of Alderman Stone the
Ordinance to prohibit jumping on and
OIL moving trains, was put on its third
and last reading.
Mr.. j. j. Finnerty prayed the cOun-
ell to prevent n. w. Norton from fenc-
Ing in part of a street ar. Norton
was represented by Attorney Williams;
and after some discussion, it was re-
ierred to the street committee.
No further business the council ad-
iourned.
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The WAY is Plain.

To gain your wasted strength and ener-
gy is to try one bottle OF Browns Iron
Tonic. which is made with groat care and
will please anyone. J. Il. TiptcR.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-08-07
The Political Pot.
POPULIST MEETING

VI A@ASl MEETING.
In. Inc water III the political pot ia at a
oVI'iug point, and the end is not vet
saturday, week ago, the. Populist
convention divided against itself. I.ast
SatCrjay, the retiring faction. led Inv
D. .. fltch, held Il sort of nreliminary
meeting IN this city, with John NJ
Drown as chairman, and Lon Pipkin
secretary. '"i"'
seven townships We're represented
oy Their Executive Committee. After
some unlnteresting business. a com
.lllttee was appointed to confer with
ine Republican Executive Committee
III regard to Il tu.iOn. The MEETING
'neh adjourned to await the result. .
REPUBLICAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEETING.
The Executive Committee of the Re.
publican party of st. Francis comfy.
met at the Masonic Hall SATURDAY.
august l, 1896, In response to call
iSsueu at q former meeting of the com
ing. ''"' pi''i0'
After hearing speeches from the
several members regarding the politi.
cai situation and the adysablity of
putting out ticket, the committee
suspended final action, to hear from
the delegates of the different Mckinley
clupS' VINO were present awaiting adj
mission. Also to receive A committee
from the Populists.
Inc Popullst committee stated their
| mission, which was desire on their
part TO fuse with the Republicans and
put out Joint ticket of Populists and
Republicans. =
The delegates from the various clubs
stated the wishes of their constituents
some IN favor Of a straight RepubIi-
can ticket and some in favor of a fusion
ticket.
flnnally a vote was taken and the
fusion element won-i4 for it and ID
opposed to it.
a committee was on motion ap-
pointed to confer with the Populist
committee III regard to a ticket and re-
port their action to the Republican
committee, which meets for final dispo-
sltl0n OF the matter next Saturday.
a motion prevailed to empower the
Executive committee to take such
action as they deem proper in arrange
ing ticket.
j. Ii. BLOUNT, Chairman.
IL. 5. DAVIS, Secretary.
COMMITTEE MEETING.
The joint committee appointed by
the Populists and Republicans, met
immediately after the adjournment of
the Republican Executive Board. and
formally agreed on joining their for
tunes in the coming campaign. and
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-08-07
- Scholarships to
< Students,
OEither Sex, OF
St. Francis COUNTY.

$40 paid September 1st. $50 Januar4
2Sth, secures board, furnished room. laur-
dry, fuel. lights. and ore OF the free
scholarships offered to students OF -
Francis County.
If you mean to attend College next 81.
sion, write us al once. that you may 81
cure one OF the free scholarships.
Satisfaction guaranteed Best refer
ence given.
Location near Oxford. Eight Sta
represented.
Address. Tua Normal InstltGte and
Business College. Tula, Miss.
Intention this paper.
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j. II. BLoUNT, Chairman.
IL. ). DAVIS, Secretary.
COMMITTEE MEETING

The Joint committee appointed by
the Populists and Republicans, met
immediately after the adjournment of
the Republican Executive Board. and
formally agreed on joining their for
tunes in the coming campaign. and
Will report at the meeting next Satur-
day.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-08-07
City Council.

The City Council met in regular ses-
sion at the City Hall Tuesday night.
The following members answered to
roll call Mayor Brown, Aldermen
Russell, Baugh, Brady, Stone, Wilson.
and Recorder Arnold.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The mayor reported sixteen arrests
eor the month of July, with fines
amounting to S28.
The marshal reported fines for an
rests during July amounting TO S2S.
Also Sal. 36 collected for water tax for
August.
The recorder made the following
report for the month of July:
Amt. City warrants outstanding
July l................., 1926 05
Warrants issued since July l.. lO41 Ga
Total Amt. outstanding Aug. S4296 60
J. NJ. Nichols, city treasurer, made
the following report for the term from
April S TO August 1, 1896
April s, amt. on hand ..S o5
May 5,received from o. p. Wolff. 90
June ?, - :" -. Sc 90
July 7, 81 21 Is
July, reed. from W. E. Williams. 1872 Al
Amount Received. s2035 G1
August 4, Scrip herewith. 49,. 203l Al
Balance OH hand. S II
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-08-07
HILL, Nh, cure Liver Ills; easy to

Is the One True Blood Purifier. 81; six for IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17

Today is the last one of the three days
camp fire, which is being held at Buena Vista
by John A. Rawlins' Post, No. 1, Depart
ment of the Potomac. q. A. r.. and it is eN-
pected to be the most successful day of the
series. The threatening weather of the last
two days has had a good deal OF Am effect on
the attendance. but il is thought 10y those
who are running the camp fire that today
Will make up for the past in every respect
The steamer G. J. Seuffcrle leaves her dock
every hour, and children under twelve years
OF age are taken on the trip free. The regu-
lar features, such as the serving of regular
army fare in a camp near the river, dane
ing. bowling and other amusements, will be
in full running order and special features
Will be on the list this evening. such as
speeches and exhibitions of fancy dancing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17

Committee of so Winding I'm Bust-
ness nnd Preparing TO Rest

Christian Endeavorers of washington are
genuinely regretful that such M Mr. as
today brightens the whole city was not the
portion Of the thousands of delegates who
We're in attendance upon convention meet
ings one week ago.
Committee headquarters have been re-
moved from the arm0ry to the old stand
on + street, in the Sanders & Stayrnan
building. The Office of the joint ticket
agent, however, still remains in the ar
mory, and will until the 3lst instant the
time for the expiration of the time limit
of the tickets. Committee headquarters are
kept open all day, and this practice VIII
be contn ed for few days longer. when
the hours Will be from until q o'clock as
used to be the case before pressure of
convention preparations nocessitated long
er hours. Miss Anna J. Bell is in charge
of the rooms during the day, prepared to
attend 10 the wants of all who may have
business with the committee.
In marked contrast to the hustle and ac-
tivity of two weeks ago is the quiet of the
rooms today. Typewrters are covered,
| desks unopened, the rooms almost deserted.
a meeting of the committee OF '96 Was
| held last evening and financial affairs We're
! discussed. 1t was given out that three
/ fCurths of the bills against the commit
| tee had been paid as soon as presented, and
! the remainder would also be liGuidated with
| equal promptness \ complete statement
| of the expenses ard receipts is not yet
| ready to be made public, but it is under
stood that there will be no deficit.
Every member OF the committee is in
! town with the exception Of Mr.. &. :. Clark,
! chairman of the music committee. Mr..
/ Clark has gone to Cape PorroIse Maine,
! for the summer. Mr. Percy \ Foster ex-
poets to run down to Ocean Grove next
| week for short vacation, and Messrs.
| Miles NJ. Shand and John Ii. Sleman, jr.,
VIII leave the city tomorrow and spend
few days at liarpels Ferry. othcr MEM
berS of the committee have not yet per-
| feCted their plans for the summer. Ii liz
thought that every one of them Will want
to get away for a rest which they sc
much need Persons who have not kept
Informed of the steady application to duty
on the part of each member of the COM
mittee fail to realize the strain under
which each had been laboring for he past
two months. 1t is a fact that several Of
the committee have not taken dinner al
their own homes, except Sundays, for
| month prior to the convention. From early
morning till vely late at night they worked,
and now that such complete Success has
| attended their efforts, they are looking 10
| the time when they can enjoy d well-earn-
| ed rest and vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
a Marriage Which Did Not ,e
Place.
POss and Henry Taken 10 the Penf-
tentfary-Other Local Notes of Gen.
eral and Especial Interest.

The publication Of the fact that Mr..
Thomas Burroughs. jr., and Miss May
Rischcll of this city had secured a mar
riaEe license in Washington a few days
ago caused congratulations to be showered
upon them from all sides. upon the pre-
sumption that the ceremony had speedily
followed, but ii soon developed that the
young couple, after getting the license. mad
paused "'twiXt love and duty and had
decided in favor Of duty, their parents OBJ
Jecting TO the union at this time on ac-
count Of their youth. Their obedience will
have its reward in the near future, the pa
rents having now agreed that he marriage
shall take place at the brides home shortly
For the Penitentiary,
Harry Poss and Thomas Henry VINO
We're convicted in the Fairfax county court
of assaulting and robbing Mr.. Alexander
McClintock at EdsalTs station passed
through here yesterday, in charge OF
guards, for the penitentiary in Richmond.
me Washington Southern train on which
they left was several hours late caused by
an accident at the south end of the Long
bridge, ana il soon became known that
ioss and Henry We're at the depot and
quite a large crowd collected there among
them several of the friends of the pris-
oners.
Democratic Meeting
There VIII Toe "A big meeting of democrats
at the new Opera House tonight. when a
Bryan and Sewall club will be organized
Several Of the candidates for Congress
from this district are expected to be pres
ent and make addresses. Also Deputy
Commissioner Bell of the pension bureau
Congressman Meredith Frank T. Ander-
son and others. The indications are that a
large crowd VIII be in attendance and ths
Bryan and Sewall club will start with a
big membership.
Police Court.
The case of Laurence Washington, Ar
thur Mankin and John Minton. charged
with Gisorderly conduct was reopened las,
night. Mankin and Washington We're fined
$50 each and Minton was dismissed. Chas
Curtis, a white man, was locked up on
complaint OF his wife until he sobers up
Capt. Herbert Bryant has returned from
visit TO Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benoni Wheat left today for
Virginia Beach.
Mr.. VIM. i. Saunders and family OF
Bryan, Texas spent last night and today
with relatives in this city
The funeral of James Cliff. who was killed
by the cars in the Wilkes street tunnel
Wednesday afternoon, took place at 1889
ociU"k this morning.
Ernest Crump, driver for James McCucn
was quite badly cur on the head YESTERDAY
by being knocked from his wagon at the
corner of King and Fairfax streets by n
collision with wagon driven by "A man
named Kicherer.
Mr.. Amos II. Slaymaker has returned
from visit to Norfolk Va
Walter kerrick, the young man who dis
appeared from his home in this city some
time ago, and was afterward found at Cum
berland. Md. has returned home
Miss Myra Lee Cavalier is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. w. =. Holmes, in Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17
JOSE MACEO'S DEATH,
Sensational Reports From Cuba Not
believed by Cuban Sympathixcrs.

A dispatch from Havana printed in this
mornings New York Herald says:
''Semi-ofT:cial Santiago de Cuba advices
reaffirm the death of Jose Maceo Ii is
denied that ne was killed in battle. the re-
ports alleging that he was court-martiaIei
and shot for INSTRUMENTATION at the order
of CaliXto Garcia, with the approval of
Maxine Gomez. The reports are privately
confirmed by Santiago letters. Maceo was
buried on the plantation of the British con-
sui. Mr. Ramsden. near Songo.
La Bandero Espanola and La Patr;a.
leading dalieS of Santiago de Cuba print
a report that Maxine Gomez is also dea A
The report is, however, as yet not officially
announced.
La Lucha this afternoon prints a San
uago special dispatch to the effect that
CaliXto Garcia was wounded. When or
where is not stated 1t is said that his
wound is serious
Senior GonZalo de Quesada, the Cuban
representative at Washington, is not at
present in the city, and none of his col
lea CUES are here either. Several SymDa-
thizers with the Cuban cause who are in
timately acquainted with the conditions in
the island were seen by a Star reporter
and one and all disbelieved the report of
Jose MaceC's death in the manner indicated
Jose Maceo may be dead said one
but that Garcia was responsible for his
death is in my opinion merely a Pigment
of the Spanish imagination put out to ere
ate the impression that mutiny exists in
the Cuban ranks, and thus prevent SYM
psathizerS In this country from extending
substantial aid to the revolutonists. The
whole tenor of Spanish dispatches recently
has been of q character calculated to con-
vey the idea that the Cuban armies are
dissatisfied and mutinOus, but / have seen
authentic correspondence of very recent
date absolutely Vsrroving anything of the
Sort while showing that Spanish troops are
simply mob of men frantically clamoring
fnt fhnir- NM n h, ftvrnxa fhax-
calculating their fears about yellow fever
and smallpox"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17

Harvey Clark, whose skull was so badly
fractured on the Ith of July that he had
to be removed to Providence Hospital,
where he was opera ted on by DR. Bayne
has entirely regained consciousness. and
strong hopes are now entertained of h. }
ultimate recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17

He Resisted.

John Duncan, resident of Holy HILL.
was on rampage last evening, and this
morning in the Police Court went down for
thirty days, in default of a SO fine. This
morning about l o'clock Policemen Sullivan
and Lehman Were attracted by the pro-
family coming from Duncan's home The
police were permitted to enter, and found
Duncan on the floor, with his father and
brother holding him, cursing and swearing
al the top of his voice. He was permitted
to dress, but resisted the officers all the way
TO the patrol box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-17

Charles Bell, saloon keeper, ten miles
west of Sullivan, Ind, was shot and killed
by young Clemmons, a preachers SON.
Clemmons defed arrest and IL still at
large.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-22

SATOLLI To IRELAND.
The Cardinal Writes Letter TO the
Archbishop.

St Paul, NOV. 21.-Archbishop Ire
land received today long letter from
Cardinal Satolli containing a summary
of the report presented by the cardinal
to the pope on the affairs of the
American church. The letter is dated
Rome Nov s. In view of the cardi-
nails report, lately printed in New
York, the.arehbishop gives TO the pub
lie some 6f the matter in the report
which refers to himself. Cardinal Sa-
TOLL writes him:
L arrived in Rome on Saturday, Oct.
81, and the following day Sunday /
had the great happiness to be admitted
to an audience with the holy father.
Many things were discussed but l wish
more to repeat to you what was said
about yourself l did not fail to state
fully to the holy father how sincerely
and Loyalty you are devoted 10 the
holy see, and to the person of the
holy father himself; with what zeal
and success you ceaseleSSly labor in all
things that turn TO the advantage of
the Catholic church in the United
States. 1 added that this zeal and this
success were sure TO be increased in
the future"
In other parts of the letter the car
dinal congratulates the archbishop on
the election of Mckinley to the presi-
dercy, and also assures him that a
bright future is in reserve for Bishop
Keane, the late rector Of the univer-
Sity
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-22
DREW OUT OF THE GAME.
watterson Couldn't stand the Sui
cide's Button.

This campaign has lost the services
Of the most eloquent, the most force
full and the most efficient orator in
America" remarked the Kentucky col
onel Through the absence of Colonel
Henry Watterson in Switzerland.
But the most eloquent and most
fcrceful address Watterson ever made
never was reported" he continued
"One night a few years ago Colonel
WattersOn, Bob HirIard and a couple
of New York drummers and 1 were
sitting in pretty stiff poker game in
a Louisville hotel, when we were star
tied by a pistol shot, apparently on
the floor above US. We stopped play
iEg; there was a good deal of excite
ment about the hotel, and it was dis
covered that a stranger who registered
that day from Cincinnati had COM
ritted suicide by blowing out his
brains in his room.
AFTER the coroner had taken charge
OF the remains and the rumpus qLdeted
down we returned to our game. The
cards had been dealt and we were chip
ping in when one of the players, who
had been in hard luck all the evening,
exclaimed jubilantly
You fellows WITH have no show at
all from this time forward. Everything
is coming my way now; I've got the
dead mans mascot" Sep
And ne flourished a button which he
had cut from the suicides clothes.
Gamblers are VIGOROUSLY superst.tious,
and it IS believed that a button cut
from the clothing of a corpse is a
good luck charm. That fellow had
rushed up stairs, and in the excite
ment had rolled over the body and
clipped button off the dead mans
nightshirt before the echo of the shot
had fairly died away
Colonel Watterson laid down his
hand, pushed back his chair and arose
from the table He was white with
Indignation and disgust. 1t was DEATH
ly still in the room and when he spoke
every word was clear as a bell For
ten minutes he poured forth the most
bitterly invective and scathingly de-
nunciative invective that the English
language could frame Then he turned
WITH an abrupt good night and strobe
from the room. Oratofically it was the
most polished effort of his life"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-22
Public Hearing Denied.

NOV lcI1, lSJb.
Elder Moses Thatcher, City:
Dear Brother-I am in receipt of your
letter of the 18th inst, in which you 2d-
wise me OF the receipt by you OF a CONF
munication signed by myself on behalf
of the quorum of the twelve, and dated
November 18th. You ask whether my let
ter was intended to lie a reply to nay
former communication which you sent 10
me, in which you had requested a public
hearing of your case, and you further
ask, if you are warranted in concluding
that that letter was a denial of your re-
quest for this public hearing. lou also
ask if this be So are you TO understand
that Consideration" and faction" mean
that your trial viii commence on the day
and at the time and the place mentioned.
and further, if that is the intention, are
YOU to defend Yourself or plead To the
charges as published in the Deseret
Evening News Of October 18th. and if So
will the charges be presented one at
time or considered as a whole; also, in
either event, Will those making the
charges be present TO hear your wit
nesses, and will you be permitted to bring
with you and introduce the testimonies
of those willing to testify in your behalf
You further ask whether the document re-
garding. church discipline which you
failed to sign viii be introduced as any
part of the charges against you.
In reply to these queries | have to say
that the quorum of the apostles do not
consider your request for public hearing a
proper one-for this reason: 1t is not
your standing in the. church that is at
issue, dull your Fellowship WITH the
brethren of your own quorum. This is
the business TO be settled between your-
self and US. and when this is settled salts
factorily there will be no difficulty re-
manning concerning the document on
church discipline. You have been IN
formed OH several occasions that the
members of your quorum could not fell
iowshp your spirit and conduct. Several
of them have waited upon you and in
formed you that the twelve felt that YOU
should make amends and take proper
steps to restore yourself to their fellow
ship. This, therefore, is not a matter for
of Witnesses You yourself are the prin-
cipal party interested. and if you can
take the necessary steps-which are al
together within your own power-there
need not be the least difficulty about your
having the fellowship of your fellow
apostles This has always been the course
taken in our church from the beginning
to the present time If the question of
your fellowship with the church should
be brought forward at any time, it wiz
then be for the church to give you such
a hearing as. will enable its members to
express themselves as to whether they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-22
Defective Eyes.

lost over a years time and a large
share of the savings of several years
through a severe case of nervous pros
tratiOn found that the cause was not
overwork. but astigmatism. 1t was
one of the most serious forms of the
disease, her physician said, that Re had
ever seen. L should have worn glasses
when 1 was child" the young woman
says. 'All my nervous mannerisms
they say now, have been due all my
life to nervous condition produced
by my eyes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-22
SETTING THE RIVER ON FIRE.
Origin of This Popular and Express
sive Phrase.

St. Nicholas: Sometimes when a person
wants to make an unpleasant remark in
pleasant sort of way about duh boy
he win say: That boy will never set the
river on fire. Now, that is all very true;
for even the smartest man in the world
could never set a stream of water on
fire. and so perhaps many of you who
have heard this expression have won
dered what is meant by setting the river
on fire.
In England many, many years ago. be-
fore the millers had machinery for sift-
ing -four, each family was obliged to sift
its own flour. For doing this, il was
necessary to use 4 sieve, called a tense,
wnich was so fixed that it could be
turned round and round IN the top OF the
barrel If Il was turned too fast the
friction would sometimes cause It 10
catch fire: and as it was only the smart.
hard working boys who could make it
go so fast as that people got into the
way of pointing out a lazy boy by say
ing that he would never set the tense on
fire.
After while these sleeves went out of
use, but as there were still plenty Of