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The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Mrs, Rockefeller Not to Have the
Only Clock Garden.
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY TO HAVE ONE.
The Experiment to be Tried Under the
Direction of Instructor H. A. Oster-
bout Of the Botanical Division
of the University.

BERKELEY, Cal, May "a clock gar
den whose flowers will tell the time OF
day is being planned by Instructor II.
A. Ousterhout of the botanical divis-
ion of the California university. He
proposes to cultivate such garden on
the university grounds, arranging the
plants in dial form. The hours and
half hours are to be indicated daily by
the successive opening and closing OF
buds.
The work of producing a clock gar.
den will be long task. as it has never
been attempted in California before.
and a great deal of experimenting will
be necessary to find out just what flow.
ers should be planted around the circle
to indicate time. The garden will bs
the only one of the kind In the United
States. unless Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller
succeeds with hers
by getting the right varieties of
flowers we can mark all the hours and
some of the half hours throughout the
day." said Mr.. Ousterhout in describ-
ing the projected botanical curiosity.
The flowers would be arranged like a
clock, and in the early morning they
would begin to bloom, the different
varieties at different periods, ac-
cording to the light and heat.
Gradually the opening of blossoms
would extend around the circle until.
at night, the circle would be all in
bloom.
1.-THE first garden of the kind was at
Uysala, Sweden, by the Botanist
Linneas. There is also one in Paris
and efforts have been made to
cultivate them in the eastern states,
but owing TO the elements
they have not been very successful. l
think the California climate is suita
BILE for such an experiment. The
question that remain to be solved is
as to what flowers thrive best here,
and at what time of day the different
varieties will bloom here"
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
a LIVELY CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Ducasse Has Divided His Army and
Is Doing Effective Work.

Gen. Ducasse Has Divided His Army anS
Is Doing Effective Work.
KEY WEST, Fla, May 5.-Gen. Du.
casse, commander of the Cuban forces
in Pinar del Rio province, writes to the
junta here that ne has won several
important victories lately, in one de-
feating a force of 900 Spaniards
from Pinar del Rio city, infiicting
heavy losses. He has burned four
Spanish blockhouses, captured siA
Spanish food trains, escorted five car
goes inland and burned part of San
Christobel and Artemisa and other
towns, all within the last three weeks
He has over 5000 well armed troops
now in bands of 200 to 500 all through
the province, and they are raidina
Spanish towns and camps daily. forcinS
the Spanish to keep to intrenchef
places entirely
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
SPURIOUS TEAS.
Regulations Aimed to Prevent the Impor-
tation of Spurious Teas.

Regulations Aimed to Prevent the Impor-
tation of Spurious Teas.
New YORK, May 5.-Collector Kill
breth has received from Secretary of
Abe Treasury Gage series of regula-
tions aimed to prevent the importation
of spurious and adulterated tea. The
new regulations, which must be put
into effect at once, provide that here
after the importation of any merchan-
disc for sale as tea, which is inferior
In quality purity. and fitness for con-
sumption to the standard fixed in the
,ew regulations, shall, in accordance
with the act of March Q, 1897, be pro-
hibited. Instead of being entered on
consumption" blanks as heretofore,
all entries of tea hereafter must be sent
to the warehouse to be examined as to
purity and quality. If below the stand
ard, it may be exported or destroyed.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
Ex-GOV. PORTER.
complications

About year ago ex-Gov. Porter was
seized with fainting spell while
walking along the street, caused by a
rush of blood to the head, and since
that time there has been little hope of
his ultimate recovery. His five chill
dren, Omer H., George T., Edward b.
and Albert b. Porter and Mrs. Angus
tus L. Mason, the only daughter, were
at his bedside during the last hours
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
Used Dynamite.

ST. LOUIS, May Some mls' ,ao0 q
exploded dynamite under tne ~auchs,
Christopher PAIL, on the oia ~, MEOW lower
ter road, about 3:15 a. m. Inc s.ay
portion of the building was ind
wrecked, but the upper story re 1as. i.
intact, though badly shaken, hurt
mates were more scared than : n.
PAIL accuses his wife Of inshss'
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

RUNNING WIDE OPEN.
Saloons In Full Blast at Topeka, Kas., for
the First Time In Ten Years.

TOPEKA, Kas., May 6.-For the first
time in ten years there are open
saloons in Topeka, and as a result
somewhat of rebellion against the
present state administration has
been started. Within week
several saloons with fine fix
lures have been opened. Gov.
Leedy has been appealed to to
compel the police commissioners to
close the places, but so far has refused
TO take any hand in the matter. He
says he appointed men on the board
whom the prohibitionists recommend
ed, and that it is not his duty TO spy
around to see if they are doing their
duty.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
THEY SAW BLISS.
Famous Sioux Chiefs Call Upon the Score
tary OF the Interior.

WAsHINGToN, May 5. American
Horse and Red Cloud and other Sioux
from the Pine Ridge Indian agency
have had an interview with Secre-
tary Bliss, in which they paid
their respects and aired alleged
grievances. A delegation of Wich-
tia and Caddos from Kansas also
are here with the object, it is stated,
of delaying the work of allotment on
the Wichita reservation now well I'M
der way. They are seeking a cash pay
ment in advance of the allotment, and
are accompanied by Alloting Agent
George A. III. Mills.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
A Victim of Knockout Drens.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Wn. NJ. Pores.
man, railroad man of Madison, Wis,
was victim of knockout-drop rob
berry in disreputable quarter of ths
city Monday night. The robbers Sc
cured SIS and railroad pass for Fores-
man and his wife between Washington
and Chicago. His assailants escaped.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
Was the Oldest Mason in iiiino =.

KEwANEE, H.. May 6.-Chaf'e Illinois
bridge, the Oldest mason in i, Ilnited
and probably the Oldest IN inc i Con-
States, is dead. He was porn ,sas a.
necticut February IA, 1879 anu ssnuty
active worker with the craft AZ S law d
rrand lecturer in the early 0'
masony in Illinois.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
ADMIRAL MEADE.
Death of the Well-Known Retired Naval
Oficer at Washington.

WASHINGTON, May Admiral Meade
(retired) U. $. ", who has been i'll at
Washington for three weeks past,
died at DIR. Johnston's private
sanitarium. There were present
Doctors Johnston and Wales.
Mrs. Meade and Miss Patterson. at
whose house Admiral Meade was taken
sick with the grip, which was after
ward aggravated by appendicitis. An
operation had to be performed. From
Its effects the admiral failed to rally.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

DAVID r. HAYS, for is years cashier
of the 81 Louis post office, has been
found to be SIS, 003. "a short in his ac-
counts, and upon information sworn to
by Inspector Joe Johnston, has been
arrested charged with embezzlement,
and bound over under So, 900 bonds to
the federal grand jury. The shortage
has been made good by C.~M. Hays,
brother of the accused, but the govern
ment Will insist on the prosecution.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
INSTANTLY KILLED.
Result of IA Locomotive Boiler Explosion at
| Kansas City.

Result of u Locomotive Boiler Explosion at
Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May blank
Roberts, an engineer on the Chicago &
Alton railway, was instantly killed,
and Charles Pardoner. fireman, seri.
ously injured, by the explo-
sion of freight locomotive boiler
in the bottoms. Roberts was thrown
fully 80 feet high, and was picked up
300 feetfrom the locomotive. His body
was terribly mangled. Pardoner was
blown for distance of 50 feet, his head
badly hurt and his leg broken Roberts
was one of the Oldest engineers on the
road
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
Turks Shy of velestino.

ATHENS, May "A dispatch from
Pharsalos says the Turks have avoided
making any further attack upon Veles-
tino, contenting themselves with re.
connoiterinQ the neigh borhood of the
place.
The Greeks, it is announced, occupy
strong positions which enable them to
repulse superior forces
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
Ended His Life.

ST.. LOUIS, May 5.-Aaron Landauer
ended his financial troubles and life at
the same time with the aid of pistol
in Forest park at / p. m. Letters
found on his person indicated that he
was pressed for for debts that he could
not meet.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
An Anchor Cast to winaward.

PARIS, May 5.-'Ths Gil Bias says the
king of Greece used the crisis In the
affairs of his country to speculate in
Greek and Turkish bonds, with the re-
suit that his majesty has cleared 80, Ooo,-
300 TO IS, 0OO 900 franco
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

A TELEGRAM received from Athens,
on the 3oth, said great battle had been
fought at Velestino between a Turkish
force of 5000 and Gen. Smolenski's
brigade. The dispatch added that the
Turks were repulsed with enormous
losses
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the LIST,
as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.. were
eat against 23s for the corresponding
week last year. In Canada the failures
were 40, against 81 last year.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

THE regents of the Michigan state
university at Ann Arbor have rendered
Harry j. Hutchins, dean of the law de-
partment, the presidency of the uni.
versity during DIR. Angeles absence as
minister to Turkey.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
A GENERAL STRIKE.
Tennessee and Kentucky Miners Resist .
Reduction of Eighteen Per Cent

Tennessee and Kentucky Miners Resist q
Reduction of Eighteen Per Cent.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 5.-Ad-
vices from upper east Tennessee and
southern Kentucky show that gen
eral strike in all the coal mines in that
section will probably occur during
the next few days. Already the
miners at Jellico, Glen Mary Robbins
and Helen Wood, numbering 1850, are
out, and the indications are that every
mine between Chattanooga and Somer-
set, KY, will soon be abandoned.
The cause for the trouble is a general
reduction of IL per cent
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

SENATOR ALpRIcH presented the tariff
bill in the senate, on the 4th, and gave
notice that it would be called up on
the 18th. The time for the bill to take
effect is made July /, 1897, instead of
May l, as provided by the house, and
the words in the first paragraph, ''or
withdrawn for consumption" are
stricken out.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

SENSATION in official circles in Gin
cinnati was created, on the Sd, by the
revelation that John C. MILESTONE,
fecretary of the water works. and AL
bert Ensline, one Of the receivers, were
short in their accounts.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
FlFTY-FiFTH CONGRESS.
Especial Session.)
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The senate took
ap the sundry civil appropriation bill.
When the item appropriating 81, 1913,
SSS for continuing the improvement of
the Mississippi river from the head of
the passes TO the mouth of the Ohio
river was reached, il was amended SO
as to make the appropriation immedi-
ately available.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

MIGHTY wall of water, from six to
eight feet high and mile wide, broke
upon West Guthrie, Okla, on the
2sth, without warning, crushing houses,
sweeping away property and drown
ing people by the score. Every nova
BILE thing was swept before the wave.
which was caused by cloud-burst and
rains, and the fertile valleys of the
Canadian and Cottonwood rivers were
turned into dreary waste.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

THE monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that on
April 80, the total circulation of national
bank notes was 1892, s02, Pa, gain for
the year of SIS, 700, sl1, and loss for the
month of 5000. $50.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

THE first regular mail service au-
thorized for an entire year in Alaska,
has been contracted for by the post Of
fee department, the service being from
Junea to Circle City, 900 miles each
way. The contract calls for one round
trip month beginning July /, 1897.
VIM. f. Salter, of Washington city, is
the contractor, the contract price be-
ing sc, g99
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

A PARADE of the unemployed at De-
troit, Mich, had been largely adver-
tized for the I'd. but of crowd of
1000 idle men who gathered at the rem
devious in front of the city hall, only
500 or 600 consented to be marshaled
into the procession. Those who
marched were all foreigners.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

STATE SUPERINTENDENT DAVIDSON of
Kentucky says that 100000 fictitious
pupils were enrolled in the school CEN
sus last year in Louisville, Lexington,
Covington and other towns, involving
loss to the state in the per capita dis
tribution of $3.50, 200.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
REMAINS STATIONARY.
The Water at New Orleans Does No,
Reoede.

New ORLEANS, May 5.-The river still
remains stationary. Some of the engi-
neers now say that the danger
may not pass for three weeks.
The weakest levee now under
treatment is at the scene of the
Davis crevasse, on the opposite bank of
the river. The rest of the leyee is be-
ing held by levee workers and guards.
At one of the crevaases pious-look-
ing negro was killed for refusing to
give an account of himself.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

OPTICAL reports Of the most serious
character have recently come to the
state department regarding the starv-
alton and misery in Cuba, and Secre-
tary Sherman has issued special in
structions to all the consular officers in
Cuba requesting detailed reports as to
the situation in their dis tricts.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
JONES WINS AGAIN.
Decision of the Missouri Supreme Court In
the Post-Dispatch Case.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May 5.-The
supreme court en- banc overruled the
motion for rehearing in the case of Col.
Charles IL. Jones VS.. Williams ct al for
control of the Post-Dispatch. Col.
Jones gained in the decision rendered
in January last by this court and the
defendants filed motion for rehear-
ing. Judges Sherwood and Robinson
died dissenting opinion. 1t contains
II closely-written pages, and makes .
thorough review of the case in opposi-
ton to the former opinion.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

REV. EDWARD FAIRFAX BERKELEY, ID.
d., of St. Louis, the oldest Episcopal
minister in the Missouri diocese, passed
quietly away, after 40 years of Chris
tan labor, at his home in that city on
the Sd. He was fully prepared for the
end, which he knew was in sight. DIR.
Berkeley was 81 years of age.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

Ex-Gov. ALBERT G.. PORTER, of Ind
lana, died on the Sd. at his residence
in indianapolis, after protracted i'll
ness, aged 70 years. The immediate
cause of his death was cellulitis, with
complications.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

THERE is a movement on foot in Mel
bourne. Victoria, to send 10000 sheep
and 5000 bullocks to England in con-
nection with the dinner which the
princess of Wales is promoting for the
poor of the slums of London upon the
occasion of the celebration of the
queens diamond jubilee, June 90.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

THOMAS STEEP, the Cuban cores
pendent of the Scripps-McRae league,
is alive. A cablegram has been re-
ceived at the league headquarters
saying that he is safe at Kingston, ia
maica
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

SENATOR ORvILLE ii. PLATT, of Con-
necticut, was married, on the Goth. to
Mrs. Jennie p. Hoyt, of Upper Mont
clair. Nj. Very few of Senator Platt's
colleagues were aware of his intended
nuptials.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
One Days Record in Cuba Does Not Indi
cate Pacfhcation.

HAVANA, May 5.-According to or
fetal reports received at the palace
Monday "a battles were fought Sunday,
as follows: In Santiago. six; Puerto
Principe, two; Santa Clara. ten:
Matanzas six; Havana, two; Pinar del
Rio, eight. The aggregate losses were,
as officially reported: Cubans. 81 killed,
a2 prisoners; Spanish. % wounded.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
THE EASTERN WAR.
A Battle in Progress in the Vicinity Of
Pentepigadia.

LONDON, May "a special dispatch
force of 5000 Greeks, commanded by
Col. Bairactharis, while advancing on
Penteplgadia, has been engaged by the
Turks. A battle, according to this dis
patch, is now in progress.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
MADE A NEW MANN
The Linotype Record Again n'o
Smithereens. +,

LBApvILLE, Col, May 6.-Lee -
Riley, a well-known linotype opera -.
has broken the worlds record ioi :. 80
typesetting again. In seven houi nou
ten minutes he set los, 800 ems % ~
pareil on the Leadville Heraia-pe AZ
crat. This beat all previous reo0 IN
Mr.. Riley leaves for Salt Lake 0i'' o.
San Francisco.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

Mr.. YANG YU, former Chinese min
lister to the United States, left Wash
ington for New York, on the I'd, en-
route to his station at st. Petersburg.
He was booked to sail on the Sth.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
ssmi-omeiaI Denial

BERLIN, May cit is semi-on nneslI0s,
nied that the Imperial
Prince Hohenlohe, has rssishs
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
PROTESTED HIS INNOCENCE
Jacob s. johnson Hanged at somer'"'
A.. n. j., for Killing Annie Beekman'

SoMERvLLE, n. j., May 6.-Jaeoo D
Johnson, colored, an ex-preacner' "a s'
hanged here. He died protesting n''
innocence. =
The conviction was entirely on W
cunstantial evidence, johnson oe'ls
charged with numbering Annie Des e.
man, a woman who had lived as W
house, and whose body was founa :.
September ~, 1895, bearing eVioeH'''
of strangulation.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

THE resignation of VIM. w. Aiken,
supervising architect of the treasury,
has been asked by Secretary Gage. II
is understood the reasons for this re-
quest are not political.
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07
Ex-oov. ALBERT q. PORTER.
Passing Away of the Indiana Statesman
After a Protracted Illness.

INpIASAPoLIs, Ind, May 5. -Ex-Gov.
Albert G.. Porter died Monday at his
residence in this city, after protracted
illness, aged 10 years. The immediate
cause of his death was cellulitis, with
combinations
The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

AUTHORITY has been granted for the
organization of the Nazareth national
bank of Nazareth. Pa, capital $50, 900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-28

platform in their light, white soft stuff.
cheap and simple, too, they have already
won the Manassas of l:fe.
Summer stuffs are cheap, aid young
women can get themselves up at less cost
than their brother under the Mckinley
wooden schedule. If this movement is to
be encouraged let the brothers make the
sacrifice. They can wear $500 Ken
lucky, Joe Blackburn, suits with base
ball shoes-they all have them--and look
better than they may look in after life,
when they run up against hard luck. But
as for Farmville, her girls shall have a
commencement, ever if every man in
Prince Edward county has to- pledge
himself to remain away. Now, then,
girls, if you are in for business ard for
the battle of life straight, wear your old
work-a-day dresses at commencement,
and put on the door: "For Women Only"
A school for girls without commence
ment would be an odorless flower.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-28
STATE NEWS.

The town Of LumbertOn on Monday
voted to issue bonds for sewera ge sy stem
Bishop Cheshire is in Charlotte to at
tend a meeting of the directors Of the
Thompson Orphanage.
BERTHE county Alliance has passed res
olutions denouncing those Pops. who vot-
ed for Pritchard; commencing Butler;
endorsing Bryan's effort to educate the
people; and endorsing Governor Russell
in his earnest fight against the 90 year
lease of the North Carolina Railroad."
Mr.. j. B. Cummings, the leading mer-
chant of the Tuckahoe section Of the
town, made an assignment Thursday.
naming Mr.. J. w. Granger as assignee.
The liabilities are about $4,000. No
inventory has been take yet, but the az
sets are estimated at $1,000 to $7,OOt-
KinstOn Free Press.
Vine Hill Male Academy at Scotland
Neck will give its readers treat on the
fourth and fifth of May. On the 4th,
DR.. J. William Jones, d. D., will deliver
an address on ''The Boys in Gray, or the
private Confederate soldier as / know
him, who he was, and what he accom-.
plished." On the fifth his subject will
be Christ in the Camp, or Religion III.
Lees Army
The last Patron and Cleaner, Rich
Square, contains the entire proceedings
of the memorial services held in honor
of the late Thomas X. Ransom, son Of
Gen. Matt. w. Ransom, at Northamp-
ton court. The addresses were made
by Mr. Willis Bagley, Mr.. Thomas \.
Hill, Mr. w. f. Daniel. Mr., w. y.
Dunn, Mr. J. S. Grant and Capt. 7. w.
Mason and Messrs. r. p. PEBBLES, f. r.
Harris and C. G. PEBBLES also spoke of
Mr. Ransom rs a neighbor, as Il
friend and rs a lawyer, testifying to
his character, ability and lofty purpose.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-28
ABCLISHING COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES.

The State Female Normal school at
Farmville has adopted an innovation
which is variously commented on by the
press. Commencement exercises have
been dispensed with. We have seen no
statement from the school assigning rea-
sons for the change. but the public seems
to have concluded it was in order to spare
poor parents the expense of buying grad
uating dresses for their daughters Many
poor girls attend the school, and aII who
attend go there strictly for business
namely. to acquire practical education
to enable them to enter Efe's battles with
some preparation StauHtm News.
All right, Miss FarmviHe-none-e that
for US.
Now, with all due respect to- these
young women, if they are thinking ''only
of entering Tife's BATTLE why do they
care so much as to the expensiveuess and
finery of their dress at commencement?
Then, begging pardon again, woman's
battle of life is almost necessarily bat
tie Of life built for two. and the fellow
who helps her hold the fort is in not a
rev instances one WHO saw ner flrSt N
her Commencement gown. This gng-
ham dress preparation for 4 type-writing
Immortality may sound well in FarmviTTe
at this writing, but does anybody sup
pose the old folks are going to be parties
to any such arrangement?
And, begging pardon again. 1t was no
less than tough in Shakespeare to remark
land we have a right to differ with Eim):
"Our daughters must he wives and to he
wives must be what men viii choose;
mans taste is woman's tese" Night as
well say that dash of cologne is: neces-
airy to 8he fragrance of a rose. as to say
| that fol de rol finery IS necessary to TIE
beauty of a college-g.rl. There are In
stances in this State ton especially wher,
young women don't have any dads tC
| give them clothes; they get them them
selves ont of their own labor, but whel
they come out on tie. commencement