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The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

A DISPATCH from Altoona. Pa. on
the 18th, said: with 20 inches of
snow on the ground in this section, a
high wind in the mountain districts
and the snow still falling heavily. the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co apprehends
trouble in getting trains orsr the
mountains If the snow and Winds
continue all night traffic will surely be
blockaded."
The feature of the all-day rally of
the Salvation army, held at their head
quarters. Memorial hall. New York
city. on the 18th. was the conversion
of 20 persons and the accession to the
army of Francis E. Clark. president
OF the united societies of the Christian
Endeavor union. who resides in Boston.
TELEGRAM from Port Royal. s c.,
on the 18th. said: There seems to be
no good foundation for the report that
the test of the 13-inch guns of the sat
tleship Indiana was unsatisfactory.
On the contrary, il is said that Capt
Evans is delighted with the test
A DISPATCH to the Corriero della
Sera, in Rome. from Massowah. on the
18th, said: I'm consequence of the
peace negotiations with Emperor
Nenelek, the campaign against the
Aoyssinians is ended for the present"
TKE German transatlantic steam
ship companies have agreed to increase
their rates for steerage passage tn per
cent. the advance going into effect on
the 18th
A DISPATCH from Massowah con-
firms the reports that the Mahdist
army is marching against Kassala
The Italians are determined to hold
hassala, and with this object have for
warded strong reinforcements.
THE Paris Figaro says that the Brit
ish expedition into the Soudan is I'M
dertaken in order to enable England
to say that her work of civilization in
Egypt was only the first phase of her
final development and annexation of
that country.
TERRIBLE gales occurred on the 10th
on the west coast of England and in
Ireland. The force of the wind and
waves was such that the piers at Liver
pool were washed over and flooded.
Several derelicts and .disa bled vessels
We're lowed into the Mersey. The
ship canal was made unnavigab bic and
the walls of the canal were severely
tried by the wash of the waves.
The British flying squadron, which
was the center of so much attention
few weeks ago, had to make for Queens
town harbor in some distress. on the
10th, the vessels of the squadron hav-
ing shipped large quantities of water
during the prevailing storms. No seri-
Gus damage resulted to any of these
ships, however.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
STATE NEWS.
Cherokee Bill is Hanged.

Crawford Goldsby. alias Cherokee
BILL" was hanged in Fort Smith last
Tuesday, the drop falling at 2:Os p. m.
The condemned man slept well the
night before and arose whistling and
singing. The execution was set for
o'clock in order that his sister. who
was to come in on the o'clock train,
might bid him goodbye. During the
entire ordeal the outlaw displayed that
stoicism and nerve peculiar to men of
his character. His mother accompanied
him from the Jail to the gallows and
stayed there through it all, kissing him
goodbye as the rope was about to be
adjusted. Thousands of people gathered
around the walls surrounding the Uni
ted States prison to get a glimpse of
the noted outlaw while on his last walk
in life from the jail to the gallows.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
a Good Showing.
Headquarters Arkansas Division
49,

Gum Spring township, White county
has been organized five years. and
during that time not paper has been
issued by a justice Of the peace, either
for criminal or civil procedure: nor has
there been single case tried on change
of venue from any other township. The
township is thickly populated, and has
two splendid church edifces and school
buildings. There is neighborhood in
the township that has 80 children of
school age within radius of one mile,
and in this neighborhood there is but
single person who is known to use pro-
fame language. In the entire township
of a population of nearly 500 there is
not a man who is d drunkard or an ha-
bitual whiskey drinker.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

WHILE workmen were boring for wa
ter in the boiler room of Rheinstrom
Bros. distillery, 2749 Parsons street,
Cincinnati. natural gas was struck at
a depth OF 200 feet. The room was
soon filed with the vapor. which
ignited from the furnace. causing an
explosion and wrecking the building.
4 DISPATCH from Bona in the Congo
State. says the British steamer Matadi,
which sailed from Liverpool. January
%. and Sierra Leon, February s, has
been destroyed at Bona, by an explo-
sion of - tons of gunpowder. TWEEN
ty-five persons were killed by the ex-
plosion, and the vessel was blown TO
fragments.
TRAFFIC. on the Louisville, Evans
vile & St Louis railroad was com
pletely blocked, on the 10th. by rea-
son of cavern at both ends of tunnel
No. 2, IS miles east of Princeton, Ind.
The arch was made of cordwood. and
this caught fire and was burned out,
allowing the hill TO slip in.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

The Kentucky senate censured Gov.
Bradley for calling out the militia,
while the house Endorsed his action.
The governor broke even, SO to speak.
The trial of John p Rorig. a we'll
known jeweler of Edwardsville, H..
upon the charge of burglarlzing the
residence of E, c. Springer, resulted in
his acquittal
When John Graham went to his home
in ST. Louis Tuesday evening he found
his 70-year-old mother suspended by
rope which was tied to bedpost. She
was dead.
The announcement of Secretary Car
isles candidacy for the democratic
presidential nomination has aroused
considerab opposition among the free
silver advocates of the south
Ora Williams, Louis Roberts. Otis
Megill and Jim Marshall, four colored
l2-year-old boys, were captured by the
secret service squad of police at ST
Joseph, Mo. and lodged in Jail on the
charge of burglary and larceny.
The SHOWS of the past few days have
done wonders for the wheat of central
Kansas, and reports from the golden
belt wheat region are that not in sew
aral years has the outlook been so
promising.
1t is said that George Vanderbilt will
finish the work he has undertaken on
the magnificent Biltmore estate in
North Carolina and then leave it.
equipped and endowed. to the public.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
Federal Buildings at Little Rock

The house subcommittee on public
buildings and grounds has favorsoly
reported Congressman Terry's bill Tor
the Improvement of the postofice and
United States courthouse at Little
Rock. In the last congress an apprc
priation Of 5000 was made for this
purpose. but upon reference Of the mat
ter to the architect of the treasury De
partment, this amount was found 70
insufficient. The full amount 10 be ex'
pended is something over 800, ooo
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
WoodrufFs Shortage Paid.

Ex-State Treasurer Woodruff's short
age has been finally disposed of so far
as civil action is concerned. The final
payment has been paid into the state
treasury, and entered upon the records
as satisfaction in full Of all claims
against the bondsmen There has been
paid in all $40, Us. rs, exclusive of the
Speers scrip, s4,46o, decreed TO the
state, which reduced the shortage by
that amount.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
Leg and Arm Broken.

A young man by the name of Harry
Benson, who was engaged in cut
ting stocks for the junction CITY Lum-
Der company of Junction City. re.
Gently happened to a very SER
ious accident In telling tree a limb
broke off very high from the ground.
flew back and struck him. breaking
his leg and arm He is popular young
man and his misfortune is deeply de-
plored by all who knew him.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
DEMOCRATIC CoNvenr,
omciai Call for An Arkans.. n.
state Convention "erati


At meeting of the demoor
central committee, held in the c;s s'a'e
Little Rock on the 18th day Of NJ %
1896, 1t was resolved by said eon-s, .ea
that a convention of the denoa- NEE
party of the state of Arkansas \. - a'e
TO assemble in the city of I;,.,. sd
IN said state, at - o'clock noon w
nesday, the It'll day of June 100. ".o'
the purpose of nominating cana;s ,Or
for state Offices, to be voted for a'es
first Monday in September. 1894 a. 'us
selecting sixteen delegates to III u
ocratic national convention 70 ii'
at Chicago on July I, 1896, and -. ~
purpose of nominating eight nres;,
tlal electors to be voted for a. -
tional election in November 1sos 10
for the transaction of such other hr.'
ness as may properly come befora -,
convention. 1t was further resolr.s
by said committee that the basis ~
resentation in said convention s,,nl
one delegate and no more for eva,, -
votes or fraction thereof over as,r Nv
for James p. Clarke, the democr.,,
nominee for governor in 1884
1t was further resolved that .o;a
mittee recommend that the tovr.,,.
meetings of the various copn,;as
held on Saturday, the 9th day of Jun.
and that the various county con,as
tions be held on "Wednesday. tho ,o.,
day of June, 1896. in all cases wb.-.
other dates have not already been s,.s
for said meetings by the resnec,;v.
counties.
Now, therefore, in pursuance Of IN.
foregoing proceedings. convention .,
the democratic party of Arkansas !.
hereby called to meet at the time and
place for the purposes above des;o.
mated, each county being entitled "
the following number of delegates a.
shown by the records in the Office of,h.
secretary of state, to-wit:
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

RECENTLY the attention of officers of
the government has been drawn to the
obvious indiscretion of permitting for
eigners. with whom we might at mo-
ment's notice be at swords point. to
profit by the expensive experiments we
have made in the development of war
material, and the immediate effect has
been the determination by the navy
department TO discontinue the practice
OF admitting representatives of other
nations, either visitors or residents in
Washington as attaches of the various
legations, TO the tests which are con-
Quoted at the Indian Head proving
grounds
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

The new liquor law of New York
provides for state liquor department
which shall issue liquor-tax certificates
instead of licenses, the amount of the
lax varying from $500 in New York
city TO 500 in the smaller places.
one-third of the money thus collected
IS TO go to the state and two-thirds TO
the municipality. The policy is
novel one, and opinion is divided as TO
its proba bic results, morally and po-
litically.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
Fireman Injured.

{. X. Reading. a fireman while en-
route to a fire in Hot Springs was
thrown from the hose cart and had one
OF his legs broken in two places and
otherwise seriously injured 1t is
thought he cannot recover. Several
otner hremen were painfully bruised.
The accident was caused by the over
turning OF the hose cart by an obstruc-
ton IN the middle of the street.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

NEXT month the term of the Cana
dian parliament expires and the cleo
tons are likely to be closely contested
The growth of the population of the
Dominion, for one thing, is unsatisfac-
tory, amounting to only IL per cent. in
q decade. or less than that of England.
and less than half that of the United
States. On the other hand. the Cana
dian public debt has increased rapidly.
and is now $50 per capita. while that OF
the United States is but sl6.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
Prohihitionists to Meet.

W. W. Wallace, chairman, ana W.
L. A. Markrel. secretary, OF the s'a'.
prohibition committee, have issue'
call for mass convention OF that pa''
to meet in Little Rock, Wednesua''
April s. James A. Tate, of NashVli''
will be in attendance and lecture III -
evening of the two days conventi0N'
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
LlEUT.-COU. LUDLOW
Inspecting the European Canals-His Inn
pressions of Emperor william.

pressions of Emperor william.
LONDON, March Io-Lieut. Col. Lud-
low. military attache to the United
States embassy here. arrived at the
embassy after tour of the Suez.
Corinth. Baltic. North Sea, Holland
and other European canals. under in
struetions from the United States.
Col. Ludl ow says that he was treated
with the utmost courtesy by the Off
Gals at every place he visited, and
gathered a great deal of valuable in
formation. He win inspect the Man
chester ship canal and the CALIFORNIAN
canal in Scotland before making his
report.
Col. Ludlow had an audience. last
ing an hour and a half, with the Ger
man emperor in Berlin The kaiser
talked upon variety of subjects and
displayed an intimate knowledge of
many matters which it would hardly
be supposed would interest him. Col.
Ludlow's impression of the emperor is
that he IS d remarkable man, who
probably would have made his mari
in any position in life.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

FoR nearly two years the bureau of
engraving and printing has been en-
gagged upon the work OF preparing the
Worlds fair diplomas, and now Only
few hundred more remain TO be print
I'd. Some idea of the immensely of the
task may be had when il is stated that
upward of $4,000 diplomas were need
ed, and that each one had TO be printed
separately from a single form.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
Prominent Insurance Man ARRESTED

c. j. Dunn. sheriff of Buena VISA
Iowa, was in Little Rock the other %!
and secured a warrant of arrest io'
Thomas E. Hall. wanted in Iowa on sn'
charge of obtaining a signature "s
written document by false pretense.
He was arrested few days before an0
released by a Fort Smith magis'fa
because of some defect in the warran'
Hall is a well-known insurance man.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

TIP Spanish students are working
themselves into an altogether unneces-
sary state of belligereney, because all
talk of war between Spain and the
United States is SO much wind. 1t
takes money to carry on war, as Spain
has been discovering for the past year
In her efforts TO subdue the Cubans;
and the Spanish exchequer is well-nigh
drained To the last dollar.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

THE frst surgical operation a: the
Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore
In which the cathode rays were util-
lied was successfully performed re-
Gently. II was the extraction of a
scissors blade from a woman's hand.
where it had been imbeded for q years.
The location and position of the sub
stance were revealed by photograph
taken with the Y RAYS.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
No Longer a Candidate.

Governor James p. Clarke announces
his withdrawal from the senatorial raw
in the following card:
LITTLE Rock Ark, March Isl oesll.
use the columns of your journal to say =
friends and supporters that have delei =.
not to prosecute further the contest W.
United States senatorship.
Very respectfully,
JAMES p. CLAhhL
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

THE French are said to have invested
s3oo,0o0,o0o in the South African gold
mines and a much larger amount in
Russian stocks and Spanish bonds The
payment of the German war indemnity
and the Panama canal losses appear to
have made very little impression on
French wealth.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

THERE'S new game in St Louis A
pretty. well-dressed woman pretends
that she has become separated down
town from her husband. whom she
styles colonel. and delicately touches"
gentlemen for car fare" to get home;
and at the rate she has has succeeded
she'll soon be able to purchase a road
of her own. 1t takes shrewd woman
to devise new tricks.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

On corn crop like that of 1895, two
to five cents bushel is lot of money.
And yet that is just the difference be-
tween what the farmers of the Missis-
slppi valley and the northwest are get
ting for their corn now and what they
would get if there were a navigab BILE
channel in the Mississippi at the sea-
son for moving the crop
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

LITTLE wonder that Barcelona is
sensitive on the subject of comforting
freedom or home rule on Cuba Fifty
two per cent of the commerce of Bar
celona is based on Cuban imports and
exports, all burdened with extortion-
ate Spanish taxes
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

Ii is said that Charles Dickens son.
who is successful London barrister,
seems destined to come in contact with
names made famous by his illustrious
father. For instance. he has several
times defended a Pickwick; he has met
samuel Weller in professional, way,
and recent client was member of
the firm of Dombey & Son.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
White Norman Suicides.

Mrs. Osborne. q white woman,
As years of age, took dose u
phine in Little Rock. with propaoi'
tai effects So far as known she has
relatives in that city, and no one An''
anything of her history.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

FRANK NEvELs. colored. was found
guilty, at Topeka, Kas.. on the 10th, of
murder in the second degree for having
killed Mrs Matson, who was found
dead in her house in Topeka with her
head crushed in with an ak over a year
ago.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
Arkansas Es-Confederates.

The annual meeting OF the Arkansas
ex-confederates viii DE held in Little
Rock on June 10. The following call
has been issued:
Headquarters Arkansas Division
United Confederate Veterans
Little Rock. Ark, March IA lo9d
General Order:
!. An annual meeting OF the camps Of this
division will be held in Little Rock Ark. at
the hall Of the House Of Representatives, y
o'clock N. June Is. 1894
The several camps Of the Division will re-
port to these headquarters accredited dele
gates who shall be duly recognized for such
business may be brought properly before
the meeting
8 Every comrade II good standing IA Ark
ansas is urged to be in attendance TO fraternally
encourage the objects and purposes of the or
ganiZation. this meeting being the first to be
held in this Division under the new eopstitu
tion and by-laws of May . 1885
JOHN G. FLETCHER.
Major-General Commanding
Oficial: W. II. Haynes Col. and Assistant
Acknowledgement, Chief Of STAFF.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

SENIOR DUPuT DELoME. the Spanish
minister at Washington, has been in
discreet in permitting himself to dis
cuss the action of congress on the Gu
ban matter with a newspaper corre-
spondent For much less diplomatic
passports
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

LONDON is anticipating considerable
amusement when the case of Lady
Henry Somerset against the Pail Mall
Gazette for s25. 900 damages comes to
trial. Some of the biggest legal guns
in England are loaded for the fray.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20

In testimony whereof l have here
unto attached my hand, this 18th day
of March. 1896.
CARROLL ARMSTRONG,
Attest; Chairman
GRAY CARROLL, Secretary.
The Forrest City times., 1896-03-20
THE FORREST CITY TIMES
LASDyoIGT q vaDAkIs, Publishers

FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-16
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
Its Convention Will Open in st. Louis
Next "Wednesday.
WILL TAUBENECK DE DEPOsED.
His Position Mt Variance with That
of n Majority of His Fcilow-Popu-
Party.
Party.

ST. LOUIS. MO-, July 15.-The Peoples
party convention, which will be held In
the Auditorium next Wednesday viii
develop an interesting struggle between
the leaders on the question OF deposing
Chairman Taubeneck Mr.. Taubeneck
has repeatedly stated that the conven-
ton would not endorse the candidates or
any other party, and that the platform
that would be adopted would be modelled
after the Omaha platform, with sueh
notifications as changing conditions de-
manded. As a result OF his opposition 10
the wishes Of what seems to be a majority
of the party, it is stated that Mr.. Tauoe-
neck will be defeated for reelection as
chairman. and il is part OF the pro-
gramme as it stands now to elect a new
national committee, with new man as
its chairman.
In the same boat with Mr.. Taubeneck,
are Chairman A. Roselle, of the State
Central Committee, and j. II. Mcdowell.
sergeant-at-arms of the National COM
mittee. The latter is a candidate for
Congress in the Ninth District of Tennes-
see. and has been shouting Teller all
along. Mr.. Mcdowell has been counting
on the support of the Republicans, and
IL the convention endorses Bryan It viii
seriously handicap Mcdowell in his race
for Congress.
Sergeant-at-Arms Mcdowell has an
nounced his appointment of the following
assistant sergeants-at-arms: Frank b..
Ritchie. first assistant; c. +. Reifsnider
and II. w. Bell, all of St. Louis; Eugene
Smith. Of Chicago; and l.. j. McParlin'
OF Iockport. y. Y, member OF the Ike
cutive Committee of the National Com
mittee.
Other appointments will be made as
fast as possible. but 1t is not expected
that the list will be completed before the
convention is ready 10 go into session.
Another thing that complicates the
situation for the Populists is the sudden
change Of front in the ranks Of the silver
party. When its convention was called
TO meet i'm this city. the date was made
the same as that Of the Peoples party
convention. in the belief that the parties
named were closest together IN their
IDEAS as to what the platform should be-
At present the silver party seems 10 De
ready 10 endorse the Democratic pat
form and nominees and TO feel that us
work has been DONE
The silver party convention VIII meet
i'm Exposition Music Hall Wednesday
July 22d. There will be 100 delegates,
representing every State and Territory IN
the Union, including Alaska.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-16
GROWERS POSITION.
Sensational Reports in Regard to thl
Presidents Purpose.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
1t IL Said Nr. Cleveland Will rn~
sist ON the Nomination of "sound-
Money! Candidates-No Authority
for the Statement.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. July 15.-(Spe-
cial.) reports are aiioat this
evening. to the effect that the President
will insist upon the nomination OF
sound-money Democratic ticket. to enable
all Democrats to vote next November for
candidates and platform "in accord
with the time-honored principles OF tbelI
party" There is no authority for this
statement, which is being widely tele-
graphed tonight. The nomination Of
such ticket would play right into sha
hands OF Bryan and Sewall. as II would
take from Mckinley all the sound d-money
Democratic votes, which are now threats
ened to be east for the Republican candI.
date. and which, in some close States,
might possibly determine the result
against the Democratic ticket. II is the
opinion Of leading Democrats here that
the administration will not interfere with
the action OF the Democratic convention
at Chicago.