The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-12-11

Il 4-sfr> anu GpNts AoF AAat4aA TIN NcE
custiug. has been COMMITTED 10 81 fine
and costs by Pres dent Cieveiaad.
SEVERAL hundred striking Italian
miners caused trouble in the Forest
Coal Cos mine at Archibald. Pa. and
excitement there was intense. Blood
shed was narrowly avoided By the en-
ployment OF armed detectives 10 pre-
serve order. The Italians objected 70
the deduction from their pay Of the
cost of the emplOym ent OF expert over
seers. who were keeping watch over
the miners to prevent the robbing of
pillars IN the mines
SIXTY men emp Dyed by the Conner
LOggin- Co. at Stafford, vi IS, had a
miraculous escape from cremation.
The house in which they were lodged
was a himsy pine structure, and when
IRE broke out at midnight they es-
capped with great difficu u. The au-
thorities OF Wausau arrested a man
named Diggman on suspicion of start
ing the FIRE. but he was immediately
bailed out by friends and hurried out
OF town
A DOUBLE murder occurred near Pine
Bluff. Ark. on the 5th- A negro
named Davis. while out hunting with
two sons of his employer, aged Is and
l3 years. attacked the bows with a
knife. cutting the throats Of both and
crushing the skull OF the eldest Bands
of men scoared the woods. but the
negro escaped.
THE steamer Whitney brought news
from Havana 10 hev West. Pa. on the
9th Weyler was said TO De completely
surrounded Small bands of iusnr-
gents mad crossed the trOeha into Ha-
vana district and were attacking the
Outposts and villages of that province.
A movement was on foot to capture
Weyler If he should attempt TO 20 to
Havana by rail
FIRE was discovered in the rear of
w. y. Smiths store at Shaws, Miss.
and in less than an hour II s1or. build
lngs and five dwellings were burned TO
the ground. entailing loss of about
500 600 or SO. 900. with partial insur-
anee for nearly all sufferers Ths fire
was thought to be the work OF incen-
diaries
A HEAD-ESD collision between two
through freights on the Southern Pa
eitic road near Waelder. Tex. on the
9Th resulted in the death of two en-
gineerS. two fremen and brakeman
The crew of the east bound freIa ht
went to sleep while waiting on a blind
siding and on wakinr, thinking that
the second section of the through west
bound freight was the third section of
the train. took the main line
GIGANTIC deal, involving a revoiu-
ton in the telephone and electric
lighting business of 81. Louis has been
consummated- Three big compan es.
with an aggregate paid mp stock of
nearly 50, 900. 200, have been organized
by about 90 of he most prominent and
wealthy citizens of St Louis.
A RECENT gale did cor siderable dam
age on the coast of Britanny, France
and ~ fishing smaeks were said to have
gone down in the storm. but no loss of
life was reported
OVER 500 persons were made serious
ly sick at Milwaukee ~ buying bread
from bakery. II was thou. h arsenic
| had been put into it
The failures for the week ended the
| 81 (Duu's report have been $40 in the
United States, against S24 last wear,
and in Canada So. against 50 last year
JESSE WELLoSs. lad II years OF
age, was run over by a freight train
and instantly killed at Knoxville,
Tenn. lie was walking along the
track when he saw an engine ap-
| preaching and in steup.ng aside he
| stepped in front of another train.
Elk PARTE investiga tions by the gov
| eminent in pension cases have been
| abolished by the pension office This
is step OF great importance TO claim
| ants OF all classes. and will be OF great
/ benefit to veterans.
CASPER HARrLEIN was hanged in the
| state prison a. Wethersfeld, Conn. on
/ the 81 for murder The hanging was
the second held in the state by the
automatic gailows. and proved to be a
/ complete success
\ FIGHT between old man Harrison
and two sons and Morgan and TWO sons
/ occurred in one of the mountain coun-
ties IN Kentucky. As a result the elder
Morgan is dead and his son, are diving.
| while both of the Harrison bows are
/ also dead.
ARTHUR GARDINER, of Chicago. estab-
/ lished two professional bicycle records
/ on the Denver (Coi) Wheel club track
on the Sd, riding quarter of mile.
unpaced, fly ny start, in 20 Is seconds
/ amt half mile in 100 fat
ERNEST GoDAEEY. of Emlenton, Pa.
was on the ice on lake at Celina. @.
on the 81 when the ice broke Arthur
| Pdlmer, of Mon tezuma O., ran to his
/ rescue, but The ice gave way beneath
I MIN and both were drowned
DIR y. II CowAS. confiaed in ia / at
Fort Worth. Tex. on charge OF fraud
/ in land transaction. committed sui
/ eide by eating glass.
A Rock ISLAND fret ght collided with
special train near Brooslyn. Ia. and
James Dyer, the engineer. was killed
and a mum er OF both crews seriously
hurt Both engines and 25 ears were
I wrecked. The wreca was due 70 mis-
take by Operator Dwell, of Grinneu.
\ DISPATCH from Constant NOBLE "a
that new massacre had &C -urred at
Everek in which 100 Armeaiaas were