The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-12-25

I portant. as il j. the entering wedge
which will dispose of the whole Indian
/ problem.
AT the convention at Cincinnati on
( tie 18th the headquarters of the Amer
F lean Federation of Labor were changed
( from indianapolis TO Washington ~
I vote of /. 59i TO $50. IL was also or
dered that an assessment of one cent
per capita be imposed to secure an
eight-hour law.
A RABBIT hunt occurred at Lamar,
Col. on the 10Th. One hundred hunters
took part and 4, 397 rabbits were killed.
The game was sent TO Denver for dis
tribution among the poor.
Two boilers in the Kent Wooden Co.'S
mills a. Providence. r. l., exploded on
the 18th. killing four persons outright
and fatally injurjng another.
THIRTY FIVE houses, the ma jority of
them being stores, were consumed by
FIRE at East Radford, Va, on the Goth.
By the explos on of piano lamp at
New York. which set the house on fire,
Aaron Goldsmith. his wife and three
children lost their lives
The Masonic hall. the largest build
ing in New Brunswick. \. J.. was de-
stroyed by fire on the 2ist. Loss. $780,
600.
By an explosion of fire damp at coll
lier at Reschitza, Hungary. 40 miners
were killed and - more were reported
missing.
The explicit announcement was
made at Madrid that Senior Depuy de
LONE, the spanish minister at Wash
ington. had telegraphed TO his govern
ment that Secretary Olney had assured
MIN that Spain might rest tranquil
until March. a, least. since despite the
attitude of congress, President Cleve-
land won not recognize the indie
pendence of Cuba
THE Odd Fellows block at Eliza beth
port, n. j.. valued at 5000. 600, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. the negro
principal of the industrial college for
negroes at Tuskegee, Ala, is being Wig
orously pushed by negro friends for
place in he Mckinley ca binet
PRESIDENT ETHAN ALLEN. of the Gu
ban league, has issued an address from
New York to the people of the United
States, ask ng for such aid and com
fort as may be found in the open ex-
preston of sympathy and legal mate
rial support for the cause of Cuba.
The American Federation of La Dor
cast the entire vote of the convention
at Cincinnati on the 1sth-e. 447-for
Samuel Gompers for president Nc
CURE, of Philadelphia, was reelected
vice president: Frank Morrison, of Chi
cago, was chosen secretary, and John
Il. Lennon, of Bloomington, Ill, was
reelected treasurer. Nashville, Tenn.
was chosen for the next convention.
A resolution indorsing the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at sixteen
to one was passed by a vote of 1895 to
800.
| The railroads are proposing to intro
duee varieties of agriculture and horti-
culture that are adapted 10 the soil of
eastern Colorado 50 as to convert those
arid lands into fruitful farms. They
will send experts into foreign lands,
which have the same general charac-
teristics, and the experts will make re-
/ ports as TO what can be grown.
A WRECK occurred on the B. & o.
I Southwestern railroad at Hamden, O..
/ on the 18th and a postal clerk was
killed outright and the conducto fire.
man and another postal clerk were
fatally injured. Some passengers were
also reported killed and injured. The
[ train ran into some cattle and several
cars were derailed.
AN explosion occurred at the Detroit
/ Mich College of Medicine and flames
broke forth from the third-story win
dows. In less than two hours later
the build NJ was mass of ruins The
loss on the building will reach SIS, 600;
partly insured
/ PRESIDENT GoMPERs, of the A +. of
l., was exonerated at Cincinnati on
the 18th of the charges brought agai inst
him by some republican delegates that
he had prostituted his Office by being
active in Mr. Bryan's behalf in the re-
cent cam aaign.
AN organization was started at New
York by prominent Irishmen called
the Patriotic League of America. with
St John Gaffney as president An ad-
dress was issued to the people of the
United States defining its objects
Gov. HoLcoMB, OF Nebraska has de-
clared himself in favor of granting bel
liCerent rights the Gu ban insurgents
E. r. Moses. of Great Bend, Kan,
vas elected chairman OF the executive
committee at the irrigation congress AT
/ Phoenix, Ariz., on the nth j. Emery.
OF Kansas. and l. W. Fort, of Nebraska,
were chosen national lecturers. Lin
coin, Me-, was fixed upon for the next
meeting place.
FIRE at Clarksville, Tenn, DESTROYED
the dry goods house of Joseph Rosen-
field & Co and the Daily Times news
paper
A STREET duel took place at Jacks
boro. Tenn, between Lincoln Baird
and William Gaylor. Gaylor was shot
three times, dying instantly. aud Baird
/ was Shot in the breast, from the effects
of which he soon afterwards died.
7 They ouarreled over woman.
/ AT the irrigation congress at Phoenix.
ARR. on the 18th 81 states and terri
T tories were represented, Kansas and
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