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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08

One of the earliest results of the Demo
cratic victories in Ohio is a renewal OF
of the state The Foraker faction is ex-
tremely active and making a strong fight
for delegates to the State convention. If
they succeed in securing a majority Gov.
Bushnell will he renominated, and not Mr..
Hanna but ''some other good Ohio han"
will be Endorsed for Senator.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08

We sympathize with the President s
embarrassm in the matter of the
Augusta, Ga, postoffice. The APP
plicaDt Endorsed by all the party
powers in the State is colored man, and
there is objection to his receiving the post
mastership. This is a natural difficulty
presented To "a party which makes urgent
appeals to race prejudice before elections,
a nd then hesitates to do the commensurate
thing after them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08

In spite Of this Speaker Reed refuses to
appoint the committees The Republican
ma jority, by their silence, support him is
there no Democrat on the floor brave
enough to rise in his place today and call
the attention of the country TO this mon
strous Invasion of the rights of the repre-
sentatives OF the peopie?-The Times,
April z.
Apparently there was no such Demo-
crat, but there was Mr. Jerry Simpson,
and he did the job up brown.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08
PHEFERS WAR TO DISHONoR.
Beilicose Speech of II Cape Colony
High Commissioner.

Cape Town, April SIN speech before
the Cape assembly yesterday Sir j. X.
Silverwright, commissioner of public works
of the Cape Colony, referred TO the closing
Of the Ira nsvaal drifts and declared thathe
greatly preferred war TO peace with dis
honor The Transvaal government, he said,
was equally bound with the government Of
Great Britain to maintain the London con-
veption Of 1884. The speech has provoked
a great deal of comment
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08

Parsons Magazine says that the average
woman cyclst will ride with handle har
loose in the socket, her chain so loose that
it will drop off; her saddle semi detached
from the seat pillar; aud yet she will not
meet with an accident. Very likely this is
so. A creature W no can pick lock with
a hairpin, do her carpentering with a
flatiron, and sharpen pencil with a
pair of scissors, is capable of any sort OF
mechanical freak
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08

Are there any of them who could safely
be trusted with absolute power over the
love affairs OF their relatives and ao-
quaintances? How many happy marriages
would they make?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08

Mr.. McKinley's Canton visitors merely
carried off the front fence piecemeal. His
present calling acquaintance are after
Diplomatic posts mostly.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08

New York public school children are pro-
hibited from eating pie for lunch, which
will cause a boom in the cheap candy and
cucumber pickle markets.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08
ADJUSTMENTS.
SUMMER RESORTS.

SOMERSET BEACH for summer homes
and Investment; bathing, fishing, crab
bling, salt water; free from malaria and
Typhoid; to be well improved: 45 miles
Beach property for sale and rent. 623 F
st. NV. apr4-7e
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-08
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

MY heart is in my boots" said the
young tragedian, as he prepared TO walk
to the next town.
Pity" observed the veteran senten-
tiously. "If it was your soul, now, there
would he some use in it,
Australia, to the average mind, means a
conglomeration of kangaroOs, Knockout
blows, and labyrinthine ballots.
Alta Kansas church entertainment an en-
hroidered nightgown was used to repTese mt
Roman toga, and a Kansas paper is now
objecting to the embroidery.
A COW down in Louisville has swallowed
aclock. BY the time the papers getthrough
with the item it will be al eight day clock.
1t is a wise father that knows his own
tariff bill W hen the Senate is through with
it.
tits surmised that the House may divide
on the swallow tail question, and this
may even extend to hair divided in the
middle.
The Kansas preachers are inveighing
against a combination OF poker and pink
teas by young women. Which OF the two
should be elininated?"
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-29
SUNBEAMS

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leshloh ana fancy needlework, fine original
Illustrations and unexcelied children's dnnsr,.
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COPY EHE SUNBEAM co
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New York City.
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-29
Notice for PubIication.-s247.
LANp OFFICE At 1 rTTLE Rock. ARK

LAND OFFICE At I rTrLE Rock, ARK
September Is is9s.
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
~ ing-named settler has filed notice of his
intention TO make final proof in support of
before Comfy Clerk of ST. Francis County,
az Forrest City. AK on Der 30 1897. viz:
Joha ID. Williams. II T. No. 1851 Tor the lot
OF \ 4 a. Sec. /. TEN. R3E
He names the follow ng witnesses TO prove
ms continuous reside zee upon and cuitiys-
tIun Of said aud, VIZ:
- / rank Brown, John Williams William Sims
Thomas Williams. aI If Cooper, Ark
at j. J. BEAVERS, Register
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-29

Said and and all
lands hereby notified that they appear
make defense said will be
Judgment final will be directing the
purpose of collecting said delinquent
payment of interest, penalty and costs allowed by law.
September 90, 1897. G. B. MALLORY
Clerk Said
H. j. Williams Solicitor for Plif By T. c. MerwIn D. c.
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-29
NOTICE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE ST. FRANCIS LEVEE DISTRICT,
DELINQUENr LANDS.

The following named and and all
claiming interest the following
hereby notified that ut pending the Chancey
Eoany collection
the uhjoned list OF lands each supposed being
opposite h her respectively together with the
severaiy due from eaGh, Is
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
FAvoRTrEs IN 1T AT ST. LOUIS.
Two Events on the Card Taken in
Easy Fashion by Odds
on Horses.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 25.-The ma
tional circuit bicycle meeting here to-
night was attended by a large crowd
and many of the events were hotly
contested from start to finish. The
feature of the nights sport was the
mile open professional. in which such
cracks as Nat Butler, Tom Cooper,
Mertens and o. Stevens started. Nat
Butler won after an exciting finish
with KimbIe and Mertens. Tom Coop
er fell in this event very near the
finish and retired from the track hurt.
foul was claimed, on the ground
that Kimble ran him down, crowding
him off the track. Kimble was dis
qualified from second place, and the
alleged foul is being Investigated.
The mile professional handicap was
won by Hadfeld, of Newark,
N. J, w. F. Saunders, of Boston, fin
ishing second Racing will be contin-
ued at the Coliseum track tomorrow
night. Summary:
One mile. handicap, professionally. Had
field Newark first; W. T. Saunders, Boston,
second; Dick Yates Memphis, third. 1llne'
One mile. open, professional Butler
first Mertens second, no decision Tor thlfo
place. Time 2:1S.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
HIGH DAM PROJECT AGAIN.
1t Will Be Considered by Author
tiles at MashingtOn.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Represep-
tative F c. Stevens, of st. Paul, ar
rived in Washington last evening. He
has a large budget of department
matters to look after. This morning he
called on the new supervising archi-
tect, J. Knox Taylor, formerly of st.
Paul. Mr.. Taylor's appointment is
charged to Pennsylvania, for reason
that he was appointed to his former
position from that state. Mr.. Stevens
said:
ct shall be here a few days. havq
business at pension office, department
of justice, war and post office depart
ment. 1 went to see Pension Commis-
sioner Evans first thing this morning,
but find that he is out in Ohio for the
next ten days"
Congressman Fletcher, of Minneapo-
lis, is also in town. He called on Gen.
Wilson and Col. Mckenzie this morn
ing to talk over the lock and dam i'm
provements, and consider what steps
to take next. Mr.. Fletcher showed
clear bill to the title of lands in Ram
sey county which have so long been
in controversy. There is now some
talk of changing the plans and decid-
ing on what is known as the ~"High
dam" project. If this can be done
without additional legislation, and if
the engineers department finds it feas-
ible the change may be made.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
PLATT CONFIDENT.
Boss Tells Why He Thinks Tracy
VIII Min


NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Senator
Piatt has given out a statement
in which he says: General Tracy
has won the election. There are three
Democratic candidates in the field
among whom the Democratic vote will
be divided. The Democrats have never
had a majority in the territory now
consolidated since the enactment of
the present election law. They used
to have majorities. any kind of ma
jority that suited their taste and con-
venience. They had absolute control
Of the electoral machinery at every
poll. Whatever their vote may be, it
is going to be divided between Van
Wyck, George, Low and Gleason. Van
Wyck will probably get the most Of
1t. George will get huge portion
Of it and Low will get a substantial
remainder. Low is the candidate Of
four Democratic organizations, the
ship p-pemocracy, the garoo-Democracy
the Purroy-Democracy and the Steck-
ler-Democracy. More and more as the
canvass has proceeded he has become
identified with the public with the
Democratic party. He is the embodi-
ment Of the holier-than-thou idea of
the Cleveland party He is a revival of
Clevelandisn. He has the support of
all that noisy and insolent crowd that
grovels at the feet of Cleveland. He
has been brought forward as the ex-
preston of their notions and their
hopes, and that which makes his sue
cess impossible is the fact, now so
clearly presented in the minds Of the
community, that through Low the
Cleveland clique are endeavoring to
recover their lost prestige for use in
1900. The Republican vote, on the
other hand, is consolidated upon a
single candidate
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
The Senate VIII Take 1t Up Early
in December.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-It is be-
lieved here that, in view of the great
prominence Alaska has achieved, ow-
ing to the recent gold discoveries and
the Importance of definitely fixing the
boundary line between our territory
and that of the Dominion of Canada,
that the senate, when it assemblies in
December, will take early action on
the treaty pending between Great
Britain and the United States for the
survey and marking of the 141st mer1-
dian. This treaty was sent to the SEN
ate almost two years ago. The 141st
meridian marks the eastern boundary
Of Alaska down to within ten marine
leagues of the Southern coast, where
the line trends to the southeast, keep
ing that distance from the coast. Con-
cerning the 141st meridian there is, of
course, no controversy between the
United States and Great Britain, but
no basis of settlement of the south
eastern line has yet been reached by
the two countries. The original treaty
as sent to the senate, it is understood,
was amended or proposed to be
amended by Senator Stewart so as to
include these settlements Of the dispute
relating to the southeastern line. II
such an amendment were insisted upon
by the senate, as appears not unlikely
Will be the case, II IS not dt dI Ger ldlL
that Great Britain will at present
agree to the modification.
The work of adjusting the differences
between the two countries regarding
the southeastern line has not progress
ed for two years. In 1893 each govern
ment appointed a commissioner to sur
vey the territory through which this
line runs, and each made typographical
maps of the country which were sub
mitted to the respective governments
Dec 81, 1895. These commissioners,
however, had no power to propose a
settlement as their work was confined
strictly to furnishing information upon
which subsequent negotiations could
proceed. AS no range of mountains
run along the coast as was assumed
to be the case when the boundary line
between Russia and Canada was fixed
in terms, the alternative proposition
of a line ten marine leagues from the
coast must mark the limit of our ter
ritory. But in the determination many
intricate questions are involved;
whether the coast line shall be assurn-
ed to follow the sinuosities Of the shore
or run from headland to headland; or
whether the line shall be considered to
run ten marine leagues from the outer
shore Of the islands, which form sort
of archipelago along the coast. The
government officials who have studied
the question are confident that our
title includes the islands and ten ma
rine leagues of territory from the coast
line with all its sinuosities.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
INDIAN CLAIM FRAUD
BOGUS WARRANTS TO A TOTAL OF
NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS
CASHED.
AN OLD CHIEF is INVOLVED.
NOT MUCH KNOWN AS TO THE DE-
TAILS OF THE BIG
SWINDLE.
UNDER OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.
The Matter Promises to Prove a
Big Sensation in the Indian
Territory.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Oyer $780,
600 of alleged fraudulent warrants On
the United States treasury on the ac-
count of the Creek Nation, Indian ter
ritory, have been discovered by govern
ment authorities. The alleged fraud
was perpetuated in connection with the
payment Of the Creek Indian nation
debts and only the barest details have
reached here Congress, by a recent
enactment, authorized the liquidation
of indebtedness Of the Creeks amount
ing TO 1885,. 900 incurred by the Indians
for various purposes. The amount ap-
propriated was to be paid out of the
United States treasury and deducted
from the large funds of that tribe now
in the treasury for their benefit. The
work of paying off was begun months
ago, but when the last warrants were
presented, it was found that the
amount paid, instead Of being $333,oOO
as authorized, had reached SS52, 900.
Special Agent w. H. Zeverly, OF Mis-
souri,. formerly confidential agent for
Secretary Francis, together with Spe-
cial Agent Ross, were Immediately dis
Matched to make an investigation Of
the discrepancy. Mr.. Zeverly left here
Oct 4 Since then the two have been
working on the case, and official ad-
vices from them now show that over
800. 900 worth Of the warrants were
fraudulent. Supplementing this is the
fact that one of those implicated made
a confession today. It was found that
MANY old warrants to which no con-
sideration had ever attached, had been
renewed and paid under the process
OF tribal approval, and that many new
warrants had been issued and paid IN
the place of old ones, on which full pay
ment already had been made. The
matter promises to prove a great SEN
sation in the territory.
The facts have been reported to the
department of justice and the case Is
now in the hands of the United States
district attorney there for prosecution.
Il is understood that Special Agent
Zeverly is now On the way to Wash
ington to lay the complete facts
brought out in his investigation before
the interior department authorities.
While not enough is known here as yet,
to indicate the responsible parties, II
is said an old chief Of the Creeks and
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
DISASTER ON THE NEW YORK
CENTRAL AS SERIOUS AS
REPORTED.
NEARLY ALL IDENTIFIED.
BODIES OF THE ENGINEER AND
FIREMAN NOT AS YET
RECOVERED.
CAUSE SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY.
Thousands of the MorbidIy
Curious.

GARRISONS. N. Y, Oct. 25.-The
York Central & Hudson River rail-
road wreck, list which the railroad
officials believe includes all Of those
who could possibly have been lost, is
as follows:
Engineer John G.. FOyle, Of East albany
Tompkins. Of East Albany body Still in the
river; Samuel Williams, 131 Best street, Buff
falo; Thomas Riley, OF st. Louis; W. H. g.
Myers, of fremont, n. y; A. G. Mckay,
Harlem, body still in the river; Z. A. Green,
of Chicago; William Schenekenbecker, of SO
South Thirteenth street Newark, n. ].
otherwise known as William S. Becker);
Mrs. Robert Lyndsman, Utica unknown
woman not yet identified; Chin Lee Song,
San Francisco; Chin Fong Hop, brother CT
Chin Lee Song; Hoo Wuh, of New York;
Lee Tong Sing, II Mott street, New York;
unknown Chinaman, with letter TO Hop Sing,
of Newark, n. j.; Wong Gin, residence un-
known; two unknown Cinnamon.
The number is nineteen and there is little
doubt that this is the total list of the killed.
The Injured-E. o. Parrish, conductor, Sc
verely bruised Frank J. Degan, New York,
body bruised and face cut; - Shaw, ex
press agent, New York, slightly bruised John
E. Ryan, Jersey City. badly lacerated arm
and leg, in hospital at Peekskill; Clarence
Morgan, Of Aurora, N. Y, broken shoulder,
- u
Bayonne, N. j., body bruised; Charles Bu-
chanan, of New York, laceration of hand and
arm; John Flood, laborer, Of LockpoTt, n.
Y, head and arm cut; John Smith, express
messenger, injured internally; three China
men badly cut and bruised.
The bodies of the engineer, fireman
and Mr.. Van Etten's secretary are YET
in the river. with small hope Of their
Immediate recovery.
Had it not been for the fact that
torrents of rain poured down all the
afternoon, the New York central rail-
road would have had an excursion
upon its hands larger than any for
years. AS it was train load after train
load of curiosity seekers landed at the
station near the wreck and walked
through the drenching rain to stand
and stare at the burning embers and
mutilated cars. Of the sixteen dead
who lay in the cOroner's Office at Cold
Springs, eight were heather foreigners
whose names or residences meant
scarcely anything to the general pub
lie and yet six of these eight were
identified and claimed long before any
person had come forward to inquire
or seek for two we'll dressed and eyi-
IDENTIFY very respectable white women,
the only women killed in the wreck.
The sixteen bodies that were held at
Cold Springs for Identification were
divided between the two undertaking
establishments. All day long those
places were besieged by crowds of the
curious, but only those who might in
any way establish the identity Of the
victims We're admitted to look upon
them.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
INFANT JEkYLL AND HYDE.
Girl at Troy, n. v, a Demon and
Angel by Turns.

TROY, n. Y, Oct. 25.--The. extraordinary
case of Retta McCabe, a beautiful blue-eyed,
golden-haired child of years, who has
pronounced suicidal and homicidal tendencies,
is puzzling the medical fraternity OF Troy
and vicinity. The child is female Jekyl
and Hyde. From pretty smiling child she
is transformed in an instant into an uncon-
trollable little demon.
While in this mood she fatally injured her
infant brother several weeks ago She seized
the helpless babe and hurled it to the floor.
Then she sprang upon the babe and beat it
with ali her might. The infant died a week
later And when Retta found that her baby
brother was dead she chuckled.
Yesterday afternoon this strange child was
found at the union station, many blocks
from home. She insisted upon sitting on the
railroad tracks in front OF approaching trains.
Passengers waiting in the station saw her
peril and several women nearly tainted. The
child was dragged from the track. She
screamed, bit and fought. The policeman
who had her in his arms had to put her
down more than once, for fear she would
seriously disfgure his face
At the Second precinct station house 1t
was found necessary to place the child in a
CELL Behind the massive bars she rayed and
tore madly at her beautiful blonde locks. In
a short time the paroxysm of rage passed
away, and she became a sunny little
creature. Today the child was taken home
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
TWO MILLIONS OUT.
A New York Man Alleges He Has
Been Buncoed

A New York Man Alleges He Has
Been Buncoed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-According to
a summons and complaint fled in the
county clerks Office today, Charles
Austin Bates claims he has been de-
frauded of s2,00O,00O worth of stock of
the General Electric company, of Chi
cago, and he names the members of
the firm Of J. P. Morgan & Co. as de-
PENDANTS in the suit to recover it. the
other defendants being Lucius Clark.
a. G. Wheeler and Perry A. Hull, of
Chicago. Bates, in his complaint, al
leges that in November, 1895, he pur-
chased 20, 900 shares of the stock of the
property, which he says was not then
in process of construction, but it's
stock, he declares, was and is very
valuable Soon after purchasing the
stock, Bates says, Defendant Clark,
who then held a considerable amount
of stock in the company, came to him
and represented to him (Bates)
that, in order to successfully
carry out the objects for which
the corporation was created and to Sc
cure the passage Of ordinances allow
ing the use of certain streets in Chi
cago, it was necessary to have a con-
trolling interest in the stock of the
company placed temporarily in the
hands of one person. Bates says he
turned over to Clark his 20, 600 shares.
en- Clark's promise to return them as
soon as the objects he represented were
accomplished, but that he had repeat
edly tried in vain to get Clark to re-
turn the stock. Bates says that he
then discovered that Clark transferred
the stock to Defendant Hull, that the
latter transferred it to a man named
Stinson, who, in turn, transferred it
either to j. P. Morgan or to ]. Pier
pont Morgan & Co., who, Bates says.
now have it in their possession. All the
transfers, Bates declares, were pre-
tended and made without considera-
tion, and he brings suit to recover the
stock and asks the court for an in
junction restraining the defendants
from disposing of the stock, as he de-
clares there is danger of their selling
the stock to parties who may think
they obtained the stock in a bona fide
way.
Justice Truax, in the supreme court
today, granted an order for the publi-
cation of the summons and complaint
on Defendant Hull, who lives in Chi
cago, the other defendants having been
served here
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26

drowned them quickly. T would not
be surprised if they were half a mile
or a mile beyond the engine"
Thousands of persons, most Of them
women, visited the scene Of the wreck
today, standing for hours in the
drenching rain. The crowd became so
large that it was necessary to rope in
all of the space from which the tracks
had gone into the river.
A revised list of the dead and in
jured is as follows:
None Of the injured are expected to
die. The bodies of Mckay, Engineer
Foyle and Fireman Tonlkins have not
yet been recovered.
The eoroner's jury will meet on Tues
day night to conduct an Investigation
In the meantime railroad commits
sioners and officials of the New York
Central railway are, also investigating
the cause of the disaster
T. Parsons, who was thought to have
perished is at his home in Brooklyn
He sustained some painful bruises, but
was not seriously hurt The injured
from the wreck who We're taken to the
Flower hospital in this city, are all do
ing we'll
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-26
SEAL CONFERENCE on.
Only Expert Witnesses Allowed to
Re Present.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The inter-
national seal conference met again at
the state department today with all
the members present. The proceedings
are secret in the sense that no one but
delegates are allowed in the meeting
room, save certain persons who are
called upon to give expert testimony as
to the conditions Of seal life and the
state Of the market for skins. 1t IS
expected that the conference will be
in session for some time.
Meantime Prof Darcy Thompson,
the chief British expert and one Of
the delegates selected by Great Britain
to represent it at the special confer
ence between representatives Of the
United States, Canada and Great
Britain, has arrived in Washington.
Yesterday he called upon ex-Secretary
Foster in company with Mr.. Adams,