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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Capt. Oberly NJ. Carter has been de-
tailed as military attache at the United
States embassy in London.
The nomination of John r. Brooke
to be major general, sent to the senate
Tuesday, was promptly confirmed.
Clifton Knorr. arraigned at Bloom
burg, Pa, on a charge of dynamiting
with intent to murder, pleaded guilty.
Charlotte Dow, colored. formerly a
slave of the Hutchcraft family, and
said to be los years old, died at Clays-
vile, Ky.
An invitation to King George to at
tend the Tennessee exposition has been
placed in hands of the president to be
sent to Athens.
A drought is prevailing in the vicin-
ity of Greenville, ILL.,, which, if not
soon broken, means incalculable loss
to the farmers.
dispatch from Cape Town says that
the natives of Portuguese East Africa
are defeating the Portuguese troops in
various directions.
The powers, including Turkey, have
assented to the appointment of Prince
Francis Joseph of Battenberg as gov
erpor-general of Crete.
The Ward steamship line has offered
free transportation for all supplies the
government may wish to send to suffer
ing Americans in Cuba
1t is said that Capt. John H. Welsh,
OF Florida. will be appointed consul
general to Cuba when the president is
ready to relieve Gen. Lee.
The tax on American relief supplies
will be collected by the Spanish au-
thorities in Cuba just as though the
goods were imported for sale.
Mrs Romeyn personally thanked the
president for RENTING the sentence of
dismissal against her husband, Capt
Romeyn, of the Fifth infantry.
William NJ. Evarts, the venerable
statesman. has been suffering from
grip at his home in New York city for
several days. He is much weakened.
The marriage is announced of <.
Beaumont Klein, former Jesuit ia
ther, and Kathleen OHagan, eldest
daughter of the late lord chancellor Of
Ireland.
CaswelPs mills at Lowellton, Me-.
were blown up Tuesday. Four men
Were killed and several injured. The
mill is total wreck, and the loss will
be heavy.
The British sailing vessel Buckhurst.
with cargo of coal for Panama, has
been burned at sea. The Pacific mail
steamer City of Para picked up 81 of
the crew.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
GENERAL SHUT DOWN.
The New England Cotton Mills to
Curtan Production
oUHING THE THREE SUMMER MONTHS.
Meager Showing Made by the Mills
in the Past Quarter, One of
the Slmmest in History.

BosToN, May GA movement, which
is expected to develop into a more or
less general curtailment of production
among New England cotton mills, is to
be inaugurated next month by the
mills of the Dwight Manufacturing
Co, at Chicopee, Mass; the Lyman
company, at Holyolse, Mass, and the
Great Falls Manufacturing Co., at
Somersworth. n. III.
The officials of these mills give as the
reason for the step the present unsatis-
factory state of the cotton goods mar
ket. All the mills in question are en-
gagged in the manufacture of sheeting,
shifting and drills, are capitalized in
the aggregate at 81. 170, 00O and operate
$780, spindles and about 9, 900 looms.
The curtailment will probably last
during June. July and August.
1t is thought to be not unlikely that
the great Amoskeag corporation of
Manchester, n. H., may take action in
the matter at the coming meeting of
the directors, and that Fall River mills
will see the wisdom of falling into line,
as they did last July.
Advocates of a general shut down
point to the meager showing made in
the report of the dividends paid by
the mills for the past quarter,
from which it appears that 3s cor
porations have paid to stockholders
Sl92, $50. or an average of 4 of one per
cent on capital of S22, 1873, O00-one of
the slimmest showings in the history
of the business, and indicating that the
surplus accounts from which dividends
have been drawn in the past have either
been used up or are needed for other
purposes. Fifteen of the mills, among
which are some so equipped as to produc
goods economically under the stress of
hard times, have passed their dividends
entirely, and the stockholders in nearly
every other instance have had to be
satisfied with about the smallest divi-
dend possible.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
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a RUSSIAN CRANK.
He Had a Morbid Desire to Pose az a Hero
and be Hanged.

BERLIN, May 27.-The Loyal Anzei-
ger, of Aix-La-Chappelle, publishes a
dispatch from st. Petersburg saying
that young artisan has been arrested in
the park of Tsarska-Selo, II miles south
of st. Petersburg. where the summer
residence of the emperor is located,
with a dagger and a revolver in his
possession. The prisoner said he
wanted to murder the car, become
famous, and be hanged like other
heroes"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
SAGASTA'S POSITION.
The Spanish Liberal Unslterabiy Opposed
to the Sale of Cuba.

MADRID. May Eft is understood
that Senior Sagasta. the liberal leader
will soon publish an important political
statement in which he will announce
his unalterable opposition to the sale
of Cuba, and his unyielding support Of
the maintenance of the integrity of
Spanish territory.
The premier, Senior Canovas del Cas-
tillo, denies the existence of a cabinet
crisis, and says that he is resolved to
remain in Office in spite of the Austen
ton of the opposition from taking part
in the sessions of the cortes.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

The Ruiz commission was informally
organized in Havana, on the Goth, and
went to Guanabacoa to commence
the inquiry into the death, in the Jail
at that place, of DIR. Ricardo Ruiz,
naturalized American citizen.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
Died On n Train.

CHICAGO. May 27.-Henry Hopper, of
Cincinnati, was seized with violent
cramps on Rock Island train Tues
day night, while on his way home from
Denver, Col, where he had been visit
ing, and died before morning.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

A SEVERE electric and rain storm
struck kokomo, Ind, on the night of
the Goth. The electric plant was badly
damaged, leaving the stores and the
city in darkness. The city buildings
were also damaged by lightning, and
the streets were flooded.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

The arrival in Athens of the volun-
teers from America excited curiosity,
but no enthusiasm. They will proceed
TO join the army of Crown Prince Con-
stantine.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

OK the Goth, to the accompaniment of
q bowling northwest wind and the
squeaking of many pulleys, the great
objective lenses of the Yerkes observa-
tory, at Williams Bay, Wis, were lifted
into position. An hour later the eye
piece was adjusted, and the worlds
greatest telescope became reality.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

G. WILLIAM MoELLER, James j. Mo-
ran, G. Ii. Chokmiller, Thomas f. Carey
and Thomas +. Dunn, judges and clerk
of election at the recent school board
election in st. Louis, were arrested, on
the 21st, on the most convincing evil
dence of fraud. and stand an excellent
chance of landing in the penitentiary.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

THE Cretan insurgents received in
structions from Athens, on the 21st. to
accept an autonomous form of govern
ment on condition that the Turkish
troops shall be previously withdrawn
from the island. The insurgents ap-
peared to approve of this plan for the
settlement of their grievances.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

THE president on the 25th. sent to
the senate the nomination of Edwin
II. Conger. of Iowa, to be envoy ex-
traordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States TO Brazil.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

JUDGE MUNGER, of the United States
district court at Omaha, Neb.. made
an order, on the cath, that the divorce
decreed by Judge Brewer between the
Western Union and Union Pacific tele-
graph companies must be completed by
September l.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

FREDERICK f. SroLL, formerly gen
eral superintendent of city delivery in
the Chicago post office, has been asked,
through a representative of Lii Hung
Chang, to take charge of the free de-
livery postal system which it is pro-
posed to establish at Hong Kong. The
offer carries a salary of So, 200 year
for five years.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
GAINED THEIR POINT.

One thousand Striking Now York Tailors
Resume Work.
New YORK, May 27.-One thousand
striking tailors have resumed work,
having gained the concessions demand
ed from the middlemen. Meyer
Schoenfield, the leader of the strikers,
said he did not look for a settlement of
the tailors' contest earlier than four
weeks hence.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
THE "COVENANTERS."
Sixty Eighth Session of the Reformed
Presby terian Church.

Presbyterian Church.
BEAR FALLS. Pa. May %. The sixty
eighth session of the Reformed Presby-
terrain church of North America, other
in the Reformed Presbyterian church
in this city. and will con-
tinue in session for eight or
ten days. Over 200 delegates were
present, including ministers from Can
ada, and several who have been serving
as missionaries in Syria. The first
days session was taken up with the
constitution of the court, ascertain
ment of delegates, reports of com
mittees on statistics, mission confer
ence and synod finances.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

A SPECIAL dispatch from Vienna
says that the Austrian cruiser Kron-
prinzessin Stefanie had been ordered
from Salonica to Phalerum, near the
Pireaus (the port of Athens), to remain
there at the disposal of the royal far9-
lily of Greece if required to convey
them from that country.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

Ii is unofficially announced that the
wheat area of France is 500, COS hec-
tares below the area of 1896, and that
the wheat crop will probably be 22.-
$50, 900 hectoliters less than in 1896. A
hectare is 2.47 acres; hectoliter is
LIS bushels.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
KILLED BY INDIANS.

John Berringers Body-the Indians Pre-
pairing for Trouble.
MILES CITY, Mont, May 27.-The
body of John Hoover, the missing sheep
herder of John Berringer's ranch, was
found about two miles from the ranch,
with two bullet holes through his body.
His dog lay by his side. Both were
killed by Indians. The coroner, sheriff
and stock inspector have gone to the
scene. The Indians are making prepa-
rations for trouble and the settlers are
growing uneasy.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

In the United States supreme court,
the case of Blythe VS.. Hinckley, in
volving the estate of the late Million
aire Blythe, of California, was dis
missed, on the gath, for want of juris-
diction. The effect is to leave the prop
erty in the possession of Mrs. Hinck-
ley. daughter of the millionaire.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

THE sixth annual exhibition of the
Philadelphia Horse Show association
opened, on the 25th, at Wissahickon
Heights, to continue five days. The
list of entries was the largest in the
history of the association and the
prizes aggregated $4,000.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

ALTHOUGH it was not definitely de-
cided, on the Goth, it was thought the
peace negotiations would be conducted
bet xeen Turkey and Greece direct
and that afterward, following the
precedent of the treaty of Stephano,
the terms will be submitted to Euro
pean conference, which will probably
meet in Paris.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

A WILL, declared to be a forgery.
and discovered in the urn containing
the ashes of the testator's dead wife, is
one of the sensational features that
will be presented in the contest over
the estate of the late Jacob u. Davis,
the San Francisco millionaire, philan-
thropist and patron of arts and science.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28
Ordered to Fort Harrison, Mont.

SPRINGFIELD, o., May 27.-Rev. C. S.
Walkley, recently appointed United
States army chaplain, has received or
ders to report at TT. Harrison, Mont
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

On the 25th Congressman John l..
McLaurin was commissioned senator
from South Carolina, vice Earle, de-
ceased.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

HENRY BAUER and Carl Mold, the an
srchist accomplices of Alexander Berg
man in the attempted assassination of
H. C. Fricke, during the Homestead
pa strike in 1892, were released from
the penitentiary, on the s5th, after
serving their terms Of five years They
were given . royal reception by the
anarchists of Allegheny.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

THE resolution appropriating $50, 900
for the relief of distressed American
citizens in Cuba reached the White
House at 1890 p. IN. on the cath. The
president signed it Immediately, and
proceeded at once to consult with the
oflicersof the state department respect
ing the adoption of measures of re-
lief, in addition to those taken previ-
ously.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

PHILIP McELHoNE, recently convicted
in Washington of taking valuable doc
uments from the congressional library,
appeared in the criminal court, on the
Path. and withdrew his motion for a
new trial and received his sentence.
Judge Bradley imposed fine of $500
without imprisonment. and McElhone
promptly paid it and was released.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-05-28

Forrest City,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-09
DROUGHT CHECKING TRADE.
Also Damaging Spring wheat and
Preventing Fall Flowing.

NEW YORK, Oct S.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: Distribution of general
merchandise in the Central West and
Northwest is further checked, owing to the
prolonged drought in Kentucky, Illinois,
Kansas, portions Of Missouri, Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas. Tele-
graphic advices to Bradstreet's report seri-
GUS damage in Kansas and parts of Ne
braska and Iowa, where early-planted
wheat is up and budding out, and that
planted later is not likely to sprout Fan
blowing is now impossible, six weeks with
out rain having dried up pastures and COM
PEELED farmers to feed stock
Manufacturing industries throughout
the Central West, particularly iron and
steel. continue active, and there is an in
creasing tendency on the part of the in
terror exchanges to remit promptly While
the volume of trade has decreased at Chi
cago, 1t is ahead of like record in recent
years. There is a moderate Improvement
in business In the South, Alabama having
raised the quarantine against Georgia cities
and central and northern Texas points hav-
ing resumed commercial relations with
Galveston. Planters continue to hold cot
ton. which delays collections.
Higher prices this week are reported for
cotton. which has been declining for some
time; coal and clothing, in sympathy with
wool; for naval stores, under heavy pur-
chaseS by large traders; wheat, wheat hour
and eggs. Print cloths, lard, beef and SUI
gar have declined. Hides are weaker, lead
is lower. and Bessemer pig has sold off
so cents a ton under heavy speculative Of
ferings, Notwithstanding the iron and steel
markets as whole remain active and
firm.
Exports of wheat (hour included as
wheaU from both coasts of the United
States and Canada this week show heavy
failing off, agSregating only 1885, 641 bush
els, against 1884 600 bushels last week, but
compared with 4050,0O0 bushels in the same
week a year ago, 2,244,000 bushels in 1895,
1917 coo bushels in 1894 and 1852 900 bushels
in 1893 Corn exports also show a heavy
drop, aggregating only 2,109,000 bushels,
against 3l0S,00O bushels last week. 2,772 600
bushels in the same week year ago, 1867
Coo bushels in 1895, 1S4, 900 bushels in 1894 and
1853, $50 bushels in 1893.
There are 237 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week,
compared with 1S9 last week. 291 in the
week year ago ga two years ago, 23S
three years ago and as compared with 406
in the first week of October. 1888
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-09
TARIFF LAW RULING.
Government Must Reimburse Import
ers Who Paid Retroactive Duties.

NEW YORK. Oct. Sunless tie courts reverse
the Board of General Appraisers. importers whose
goods entered the custom house sat
uTday, July "a, before the signing of the tariff
act. will be able TO collect from the government
the extra Understanding perhaps $se0, COO
they were compelled to pay as result Of the
governments claim that the tariff was rctroac-
tive and that it took effect on the earliest pos
sible moment of the day which it was siered
The board to-day sustained tie protests Of the
importers against the position taken by the gov
ernIaent and instructed COLLECTORS of customs to
reliquidate the entries accordingly. The opinion
of the board was written by General Appraiser
SoIperville formerly associate justice of the Su-
The snecifc case on which the decision was
based an Importation of wool oY Stoddaru
taserck. Richards & Co., OF Boston. The Wooi
WAS entered for consumption during the forenoon
of July "a and permits of delivery from the eol-
lector and naval officer who at once placed X
in the hands of the importers stamped free,
tariff act of 1884, which placed IN the free iist
all irlported wool. The entries were afterwards
assess the wool for duty under Paragraph 35l,
Schedule X OF the tariff act of July "A. 1897,
which levied duty of II cents per pound on I'M
Judge Someryilie, after weighing the arguments
of the importers and OF the government. reaches
''First-That the tariff act Of July "a. 1887, did
not become operative as law until six minutes
after O'Clock D. m. of said day. when 1t was
rsSecond-.That it was not operative by relation
any previous hour Of the day. but that the tfe
and in force until the precise moment when
said act of July "a 1897, was approved. -.
corsumption in the forenoon of said July "a 1897,
(or at any hour prior to the time or approval or
said acO would be governed as to classification
and rates of duty by the tariff act OF 1874 and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-09

said that only three large producers will
agree on prices. whAe the .od-and-wire
compact appears to oe still in the future.
wool has now reached an average or
20.37 cents per pound for one hundred quo
tations of domestic by Coates Bros, OF
Philadelphia, showing a rise of cents
since year ago. With a much heavier rise
on some qualities. but following an aver
age decline OF II cents from March, 1888.
Speculative sales will account for most of
the aggregate, which has been, at the chief
markets. 1881 600 pounds for the week. OK
which S955.Sg0 We're domestic. but manu-
facturers are purchasing some wool for
mixture with the cheaper wool held for
some months past. The rise has so greatly
exceeded the advance in prices of wooden
goods that the mills might have to pause,
but for the very large stocks purchased In
advance. Goods are strong, with a further
advance in some grades but, in the aggre-
gate thus far not 20 per cent. from the
lowest point, against 60 per cent. advance
in the average price of wool. Dealings
in cotton goods are delayed by weakness
in raw cotton. but neither print cloths nor
other goods have declined since last week,
and though the mills are not quite fully
employed, a continued increase in consump-
ton is with reason expected.
Failures for the week were 2lZ In the
United States, against 256 last year, ana
twenty-nine in Canada, against forty-siX
last year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-09
DUN & co.'s REVIEW.
Business Still Increasing, and Pros
poets Unusually bright.

Business Still Increasing, and Pros
poets Unusually bright.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.--R. C. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review OF Trade will say in its
issue tomorrow: while failures were the
smallest ever known in any quarter since
1892 and business payments through banks
the largest by $26S, OO0.O 900 ever known in
September the spectators who profess
anxiety about Cuba, fever at the South,
or a municipal election, still have some
influence. Helping them just now is the
fact that after extraordinary purchases for
replenishment of stocks from any section
or town there must necessarily be for
time less buying from that quarter. Yet
business is still increasing, the productive
force speedily enlarges. the distribution of
wages affords increasing fund for pur-
chases. and the foundations are laid for
larger business hereafter. The weeks ex-
changes are S.S per cent. larger than in
1892.
Crop reporters who have widei. filtered
now agree in putting the yield of wheat
at about $50, 600 to 100000 bushels,
which is nearly 2OOOOO,OOO bushels more
than will be required for home use keep
ing stocks as they were July l, the lowest
for seven years. As foreign reports indi-
cate a larger demand, and exports since
July 1 have been nearly as heavy as in the
best past year, with 1855, 7S4 bushels from
Atlantic ports (fiour included) for the last
week. against 2240.51 last year. the re-
covery of IL cents in price for the week
is not without reason. Western receipts
continue to exceed last years S,O01 POI bush
els. against 7,243,969 for the week. With
less favorable reports of yield, corn ex-
ports fall short slightly, with small differ
ence in price. Cotton is unchanged in price,
with larger consuming demand though big
crop estimates do not appear to be dis
puted.
A large increase in the production of Pfc
iron and heavy realizing sales of lots held
on speculation have caused q decline of
is cents. to $1,000, for Bessemer at Pitts
burg though gray forge there has adj
vanced % cents and pig iron is stronger
at Chicago and Eastern markets But fin
ished products grow stronger, with a de-
mand outrunning the capacity of works
in operation in many branches. so that de-
lays in delivery are in sheets and tin-plate
bars embarrassing, and in some other
branches orders cannot be filled within one
or two months. The building of more yes
sells on the lakes and sea coast, heavy
derS for sheets, bars, rods and pipe, have
caused advances averaging half of / per
general gain is yet not quite 10 per cent
from the lowest point. Reports of combi-
nation in steel rails are denied and it is