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The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
A GOOD SLEEPER.
MckinIey's Docility in the Hands of
 Boss Hanna.

We again ask the nation to observe the admiration felt by Mir. Hanna for one of Mir. McKinley's special gifts It did seem difficult before to imagine any condition possible to the president elect in which the Warwick who placed him at the head of this nation would not contend that he showed his superiority to the ordinary run of mankind. Now he has surely reached the limit.
 During the progress of the campaign for the presidency Mir. Hanna took ire quent occasion to explain why it was he had been led to espouse the Mckinley cause. He had accidentally met the ob- ject of his affections in the course of au unimportant political movement in Ohio ard afterwards was thrown with him in rhe transaction of minor busi- ness etfairs. Mr. Hanna was impressed by the "stefling quality" of Mir. McKin- ley's character, his ''inflexible honesty of purpose" and his alertness of intel lect. He determined that such man ought logically to be president.
 Having made him president, MT. Han na now presenta Mr. Mckinley invested with new and hitherto unmentioned charms to the gaze of an admiring peo- pie. According to this most excellent and ingenious hornblower, the presi- dent-elect, even in his capacity for sleeping, is a peerless character. 'l never saw man like him." rhapsodizes MT. Hanna. "He can sleep at any time"
 At first glance, it would seem that the eountry should receive this testimonial of the president-elect's capacity for slumber with genuine thankfulness. A man who can sleep we'll is safe man as rule; he has an easy conscience and he is not given to imperiling calm serenity of judgment by indulging in vain worrying. But too ready facility for sleep on the part of president-es- pecially when elected to that high of flee through the friendliness of such i'm terests as were represented by Mir Han pa-may prove a regrettable posses sion. The most acute walefulness on the part of Mir. Mckinley in his dealings with the Hanna contingent is to be earnestly desired.--St. Louis Republic.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Senator Mark Hanna.

Gov. Bushnell definitely announces his purpose to appoint Mark Hanna as 0 senator of the United States to sue ceed John Sherman. It is an appoint ment utterly and conspicuously unfit to be made. It is the outcome of a com plicated political dicker, which unhap- oily involves the president-elect him. self, as our Canton dispatches show. Mark Hanna has no pretensions what ever to statesmanship. He has neither learning nor experience, neither an ac- quaintance with public affairs nor skill in their conduct. His solitary claim upon attention is that he raised and dis bursed gigantic campaign fund for the debauchment of American politics. Without that claim upon attention his appointment to the senate would be lu- dicrous. With 1t that appointment is a blistering scandal.-N. Y. World.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

An Ohio shoe factory has received an order from England for 42,000 pairs of shoes. And yet they tell us that, on account of the difference in wages, American labor cannot compete with English labor.-Rochester (N. Y.) Her. aid.
 The difference between the pres- ent cost of trust products and the pres- ent cost of products of free competition, with regard to former cost, can be ac- curately measured. It is precisely the amount of nine-tenths of the private fortunes of Messrs. Rockefeller, Have meyer ct al.-N. Y. Journal.
 The most curious thing about the proposed new tariff bin is that on near ly all articles it restores the rates Of the Mckinley law, and still the Mckinley law was entitled .'an act to reduce the revenues" whereas the excuse for the coming bill is that the revenues must be increased.-kansas City Star.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19

Has Approved Them.

Gov. Jones has approved the follow. ing bills and returned them to the secretary of state:
 senate bill No. 5f. an act to amend section 5l32 of Sandels and Hills digest, relative to the powers of the board of health.
 Senate joint resolution No 1, for the submission of constitutional amend ment providing for the levying of a 8 mill county road tax.
 Senate bill No. 16l, an act to amend section 1562 of Sandels and Hills digest, providing that the punishment for escaping from the penitentiary shall be not less than thirty days, and not more than five years.
 Senate bill No. 14S, an act to amend section 3433 of Sandels and Hills di- gest, for the protection of game birds
 Senate bill No. 2, an act to amend section 7266 of Sandels and Hills di- gest, regulating the disposition of estrays.
 Senate bill No. 47, an act to amend section 6932 of Sandels and Hills di- gest, regulating disposition of proceeds of sales of lands, estates of deceased persons, etc.
 House bill No. 1s1, to change the county line between Sevier and Howard counties.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Suicide.

Capt. J. o. Forgy, treasurer of How ard county, committed suicide at his residence near Center Point, by cutting his throat with pocket knife. One of his sons died about three months ago and he has been mentally unbalanced since that time, and had often threat ened to commit the rash act which he has consummated His books as county treasurer are in good condition, in fact he has a credit of $2O0 as treasurer.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
ARKANSAS STATE N.wS.
Federal PIums

The republican state central con mittee has given its endorsement a. follows to federal office seekers:
 Collector Internal Revenue-H. L. Remmel.
 Marshal Eastern District of Arlsansa. Henry NJ. Cooper.
 United States Attorney Western Dis trict-Thos. H. Barnes.
 united States Attorney Eastern Dis trict-Jacob Trieber.
 Superintendent Hot Springs Reser vation-Martin A. Eisele.
 Register Land Office, Little Rock w. C. Whipple.
 Receiver Land Office, Little Rock John E Bush, (col.), Little Rock.
 Register Harrison Land Office-John l. Worthington, of Carroll county.
 Receiver Harrison Land Office-F. S. Baker, of Boone county.
 Register Land Office Dardanelle- J. u. Chitwood, of Logan county.
 Receiver Land Office Dardanelle-J. "' battenheld, of Russellville.
 Register Land Office Camden-J. R. Friedheim
 Receiver Land Office Camden-E. F.. Shicker
 United States Marshal Western Dis trlct-S. F. Stahl, of Bentonville.
 Dawes Commissioner-H. F. Auten. Little Rock.
 Minister to Hayti-M w. Gibbs (col. ], Little Rock.
 Recorder General Land Office Wash. lngton-W. R. Cowan, Huntsville. Second Assistant Pension Agent-M. H. Patton.
 Recorder Deeds Washington-E. c. Morris (col.), Helena.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
NOT YET SETTLED.
Mir. Bryan Holds That the Money
 Question Is Still an Issue.

bryan HOiuS Inat the Money
 Question Is Still an Issue.
 "Free Coinage" was the subject of a lecture delivered by William Jennings Bryan at Carnegie hall under the aus pices of the New York Bimetallic asso- citation. In his speech MT. Bryan said:
 "It will not be necessary for me to speak longer than to thank you for the encourage ment of your presence, and to express my appreciation of the work which has been done by the advocates of bimetallism in the eastern states. I have never lost an opportunity to assure those who labored for free coinage here that we. who in the west and south have more of local victories to rejoice over, recognize the obstacles which were in your way. and recognize the valor with which you fought. l do not know any democrat. free silver republican or populist who deserves more credit than those who made the fight in New York city. I want to say that your fight here has given you a warm place in the hearts of the west and south
 Now a word of encouragement. want to say to those who have fought that the fight Is not done. I want to encourage you by saying that I have not found one per- son who was with us who is sorry that he was with us, and of those who fought under the allied forces not one to-day re- grets the part he took on election day and during the campaign.
 'I am proud of the work done by the allied forces during the last campaign. No matter what may be the permanent settlement of the money question, the American people are better for the cam paign through which they have passed. The government will be better: the laws will be better. The next four years are go- ing to be the hardest for the men who are in politics for pecuniary benefits of any years in recent history.
 T want to say that do not believe that this money question is yet settled. We are no better now than we were before election. l have not reformed. I believe in those principles as much now as then, and it Is going to be no easier for monometallists and bimetallists to associate than before. Any man who comes to act with us must be one of us and his sins will be forgiven, but he cannot bring his sins with hiru."
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
WHERE M'KINLEY IS WEAK.
The Nations Income Reduced by .
 High Tariff.

The New York Press has undertaken the formidable task of proving that ex- treme protection will briRg about in- creased revenues. Sensible republicans usually abandon such nonsense immedi- ately after the campaign. But the Press takes it's tariff doctrine seriously, and insists that we can have a tariff high enough to keep out foreign goods and at the same time supply revenue to meet the extravagant demands of moro than billion-dollar congress. 1t says: "One of the theories held by extreme believers in a low tariff is that, if it does nothing else, low tariff should in- crease revenues in those classifcations where duties are cut down, by stimulat- ing larger imports, and, consequently, giving the government greater volume of articles from which to exact duties. We have found that occasionally some of those who believe in protection be- cause it permits Americans to do busi- ness are weak on the revenue part of . protective tariff"
 One of the republicans who is weak on the revenue part" of a protective tariff
 
 States senator from Missouri, and re- garded as fully up to the level of Ed munds, of Vermont. in statesmanship. In an interview last week Mir. Hender- son said:
 "I am afraid that if the tariff is made higher the import duties will fall off and decrease the revenues of the government considerably They will fall off for this reason, viz: Our manufacturers can now manufacture twice as much as they can consume. and the surplus they expect to export They can successfully compete with the imported goods. and with high tariff they can undersell As a result we will not have such large lmportations. and we will have to raise our revenue in another manner"
 Another who is weak on the revenue part" is President-elect Mckinley. When he made his tariff bill he called it an ''act to reduce the public revenues" and he made speech showing how the increase of tariff rates would reduce the revenue. 1t worked exactly as was predicted. The revenues were reduced until there was a deficit under the Mc- Kinley law of S6g,000.000.
 If the Press could shut out imports and collect duty on them at the same time it would have really strong rev. enue system. But as long as shutting out goods deprives us of tariff duties that might otherwise be collected the protective tariff system will be weak in its revenue part. t."-Utica Observer.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
THE TIME WILL COME.
When America VIII Cease Making
 MilliOnaires by Law.

When America VIII Cease Making
 MilliOnaires by Law.
 A special correspondent of the Lon- don Telegraph, writing from New York regarding the Bradley Martin ball be- fore that much-advertised event came off, has the following to say regarding the opposition to the function that man. ifested itself and the causes leading up to that opposition:
 'There is much in the social condition of this great republic to cause real anxiety. The gaps are too broad. 1t is said on good authority that the total number of rich families, despite the great difference of population, is only little larger than in Britain, and their aggregate wealth is less, and yet the disparities of condition excite here far deeper feeling. But there is reason for this. In the United Kingdom the law does not interfere to enrich the towns at the expense of the country, to impov- erish the farm in order to aggrandiZe the factory, to penalize west and south with the view of favoring the north and east, to make wealthy the manufac-
 
 as the law does step in to lay the burden of taxation on the shoulders best ablo to bear it. Here everything the poor man buys is made dearer in order that some rich man may be made richer. In every way the rich man is taxed in England, living or dying; in every way he escapes in the United States. Trusts and tariffs fleece the people of the rural districts and the poor everywhere for the benefit of the capitalists-and, so far as tariffs are concerned, the next government und congress actually pro- pose to make matters still worse. The true inwardness of the outcry is that it is symptom of how deep there is sinking into the conscience of the Amer ican people the wrong that has been and is being perpetrated. A loud cry will rise to Heaven by and by that the manu- fracture of millionaires by acts of con- gress and defiance of law must cease." Chicago Chronicle.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
A Bad Shot

l.. Bohan, white man, and Joe Mur- phy, a negro, engaged in a shooting affray two miles north of Texarkana. the former using pistol and the later shot gun loaded with small shot. Murphy's aim was bad and he missed Bohan, but wounded his son, who stood few feet behind him. The negro was shot drought the head and will die. Bohan came to town and gave himself up. Young Bohan is not seriously hurt.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Burglary.

The mercantile establishment of E.. +. Berry, at Clarendon, was broken into by burglars and quite lot of goods taken. Most of the jewelry to the amount of about s1OO, and cigars and tobacco were stolen. The cash register was found in the back yard in wagon. The burglars entered through a back window by removing lower sash. No clue to as to who committed the act
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19

Bills Passed.
 The following Is complete list of the bills passed by the Thirty-first legislatures
 SENATE BILLS.
 No. 1. Contingent expense of the general assembly.
 No. 2 To amend improvement district law.
 No. 4 Dardanelle school repeal fve-mile law.
 No. O. Papers and stamps for members of the general assembly.
 No. l6. For clerks on treasurers' and audi tors books.
 No. F. Arkansas college Batesville special,
 No. 5s. For relief of Johnnie and Brett Hamilton.
 No. l9. Railroad charters extended.
 No. 35. Morrilton repeal, l0-mile act
 No. 10. Jonesboro repeal. four-mile act.
 No. 30. Collection of assessments in local improvement districts.
 No. 4s. Private roads
 No. g. To protect game and Ash in Miller and Lafayette counties
 No. 1O7 To protect railroad conductors
 No. 24 Convictions in police court A bar to further prosecution.
 No. 20. Bicycles as baggage.
 No. l26 Insurance companies to pay entire loss.
 No. 142 Pensions for ex-Confederate sol. diers without families. No. 79. Blanks for the general assembly.
 No. ss. Railroads to protect passengers from annoyance.
 Eo. 27. To prevent disorderly conduct a. legalized primary elections.
 No. G. Admission of incurable cases to insane asylum.
 No. 100 Bonds for fines and costs to be filed by justices of the peace. No. ll9. To prohibit musical instruments and gambling devices in saloons No. z. Mode of handling estray fund No. l39. To enforce collections of moneys from sale of the sixteenth sections. etc.
 No. ss. Appropriating s2ooOo for county normal schools. No. l43 For the protection of song birds. No. l52. Chicot county special stock law. No. 38 Changing time Clark county circuit | court. No. l6i. Penalty for escaping from peni- tentiary.
 No F. Ten per cent sale of state lands for | common school fund. No 5i. Cities to tax barrel whiskey houses HOUSE BILLS. | No 7s Pulaski free bridge. No 5i Quarantine act. | No l29. Changing time of holding county courts in Lincoln county. No s6 Abolishing court of common pleas in | Hot Spring county. No l2 Allowing farmers to organize mutual | insurance companies. No P Fixing time of holding chancery courts ia Garland and Hot Spring counties.
 No 79 Fixing salary Of county judge of Gle | burne county. No is3 Fixing time for holding county court 1 in Sharp county. No l58 United States consuls to take ac- knowledgments No lse Time for holding county court in | Madison county. No 203 Fixing salaries of officers of Sharp | county. No l6s Garland county held liable to Hot | Spring county. | No. IA. For assessment of mineral rights No 2i6. To sell sixteenth section in Fran | kiln county No ls9. Fixing salaries Of officers of Car | roll county No 24s Fish protection in Conway, Perry and Pope counties. | No BIO Game law in Mississippi, Cross, St | Francis and Poinsett counties No. 66 To prevent extortion by corporation | agents
 No is2 Exchange of state bonds for Wash | ington county bonds. | No. SO Depot at bridge junction. No. 3S Anti trust bill.
 No. lSl. Changing Sevier and Howard coun- y iiasS
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Pardons.

Gov. Jones has pardoned Mrs. Mollie Walker, of Saline county, who had been convicted of petit larceny and fined s10. The pardon was granted in order that she might testify in case in court.
 Daniel A. Grounds, of Hampstead county, convicted of breach of the peace, was also pardoned.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
labor, although it is tn,

@Amerlcan laDor, although It IS the best paid labor in the world, is also in the end the cheapest, at least in many lines of manufacture, because it is the most productive. 1t is high time there fore for our republican friends to drop the claim that the skilled labor of the United States needs high tariff for it's own protection. If the republican statesmen at Washington insist upon in- creasing duties, let them candidly ad- vance the true reason for this policy namely, the demand of protected manufacturers for large share of the governments bounty.-Rochester (N. Y.) Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
An Appeal.

Senator Haley, of Chicot county, makes an earnest appeal to Gov. Jones to include in his proclamation conven- ing the legislature h extra session, a paragraph in behalf of the drouth and flood sufferers
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Awarded S25.

The famous damage suit of J. R. Fertine against Fordyce & Johnson, receivers of the city electric street rail- way, at Little Rock, has been decided in the circuit court. Fertine sued for s1o0 for the death of a dog killed by a street car two years ago. The jury awarded him S25
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
The Flames.

The residence of S. P. Van Patton, at Hot Springs, was destroyed by fire caused from burning fue during a high wind. It was one of the finest frame and stone houses in the city, costing about 5000. It was insured for S2. .OOO
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Traffic Abandoned.

The recent high waters has caused the Little Rock and Memphis railroad to abandon its trains between Forrest City and Memphis. Traffic is being carried by way of Wynne and the Bald Knob branch of the Iron Noun tain
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Incorporated.

Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the Temple Israel of Jopesboro. The pur. pose of the corporation is to erect and maintain an institution of learning, a house of worship and a cemetery. Marcus Berger is president; R. H. Meyer, president; E. Lees, treas. urer; J. B. We'll, warden.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
A New Daily Paper,

On March 29 Little Rock will have another evening paper. It will be pub lished by the Journal Publishing Co, composed of O. c. Ludwig, president; Ed s. Newton, vice-president; H. o Reno, secretary. The Journal will be democratic in politics, advocating free silver,
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Shot bv a Tramp.

Frank w. Davis, prominent citizen of Springdale, was shot and killed by tramp named Miller. The tramp is at large. Joe Boydson, one of the posse, was accidently shot by com panion and killed.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Shot Three Times.

J. Watkins and Vim. Benbrools, drug gists, at Fayetteville, became involved in a difficulty, the former shooting the latter three times, killing him almost instantly.
The Forrest City times., 1897-03-19
Broke Jail Again.

Andrew Wheeler, one of the prisoners who escaped from jail at Russellville on March 8, was recaptured and placed in custody. While the jail was being re- paired he escaped again by leaping from the window and jumping on mule, hitched near by, and made good his escape.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-02-23

Last Thursday evening news
was brought to Challis by the
stage that two men had just been
blown into atoms at the Lucky
Boy mine, on Custer mountain,
a short distance from the town
of Custer, by giant powder. 1t
appears to be impossible to learn
any particulars of this sad affair,
or to even learn the names of
the killed and wounded, but they
are believed to be from Park
City, Utah, and came to Custer
this winter to run the Burleigh
drills. One of the killed is mar.
ried and it is understood that
his wife lives at Park City. The
man who was wounded will sur
vive, as his injuries are not as
serious as were at first supposed.
At this time we are not inform
ed how the accident happened,
but rumor has it that the day
shift that was working in the
shaft had left a hole that missed
fire, by some cause, and when
the night shift went on which
only consisted of the two men
who were killed and the man
who was wounded, they had only
started the drill in the shaft
when it struck stick of powder
and the above were the results.
This is the first serious acci-
dent that has happened for many
years in any of the mines in Gus
ter county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-02-23

News was received in Challis
last Thursday that the banking
firm of G. Bunting & Co., OF
Blackfoot had gone to the wall.
This is a sad blow to Custer
county, owing to the fact that a
great many of our citizens had
money deposited in this bank.
We are also informed that quite
an amount of the county money
is also in this bank. Mr.. Spald.
ing is in Blackfoot, and we are
unable to learn to extent the
county is involved in this failure.
From the Boise Statesman of
the 18th inst, the following in
formation is learned
1.-THE large banking and mer.
camille institution of G. Bunting
& Co., in business at Blackfoot
and Dubois, was closed today
under an attachment of the First
National bank of Pocatello.
1.-The First National bank OF
Pocatello, of which Mr.. Bunting
is president, is safe, it being in
nowise connected with the Black
foot bank.
Heavy Withdrawals caused the
failure. The liabilities are plac-
ed at from $3.50, 900 to 5000, ,OOO
and the announcement is made
that in time depositors will prob
ably be paid in full.
I'm the attached bank is S53,
600 of the county funds and 50,
600 of state money.
''The withdrawal of S22, 900 OF
the state funds on the 18th was
the immediate cause of the bank
collapse.
Judge Standrod has appoint
ed G. E. Thum, of Blackfoot and
T. A. Pyke of Dubois as receiv.
ers.
''Thum takes charge of the
bank while Pyke will look after
the closing up of the mercantile
and other business.
"The assets are large, but the
value is doubtful.
''It is reported the bank holds
$50, 600 of Bingham county war
rants" /"