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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-18

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east of Edwards County Bank building.
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prices.-Chas. Alexander.
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Marian returned from X. G. Saturday
night. They will spend the summer
visiting friends and relatives.
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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-18

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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-18

Mrs. Meyer leaves the last of this
week. but Mrs. Ebright will continue
the Dress Cutting School. The Stand
ard Square System has come to stay.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-18

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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-18

FRIDAY, JUNE IS, 1897.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
The Partnership Dissolved.

The directors of school district in Carroll county and several church or ganizations formed a partnership for the purpose of erecting a building, to be used jointly for public worship and public school purposes. There being so many interested in the care of the property, difficulty arose as to just who should make certain repairs, and the matter was thus brought to the at tention of Superintendent of Public h. struction Jordon. Following is the superintendent reply to a letter from the school board
 The directors of the school district are re- sponsible for the care of the districts prop erty, It's uses and protection and they alone can give authority to churches for it's use and that under such regulations and rules as they see proper to demand and enforce. There is no provision in our law whereby churches and state can enter into co-partnership through the medium of public school interests or any kind of interests, other than those specifically set forth in the laws. The statutes clearly establish school districts as separate and dis powered or authorized to make any contracts with any other corporation whereby the feature of a partnership is sought to be established or maintained As directors of the school district you must control it's property for the exclusive use and benefit of the public schools of the dis trict. Respectfully, JUNIUs JORDAN
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
A Ghastlv Find.

The skeleton of an unknown man was discovered in the edge of a cypress brake near Baucum Station, Pulaski county, by party while out hunting. The human frame had been exposed to the weather for some months, as all the clothing had routed except the trousers, which were of corduroy, and the shoes. An empty phial lay a few feet from the skeleton, but had no label to indicate what it's contents might have been. An investigation by the coroner failed to disclose any evidence of violence to the skull or other portions of the frame, and the identity of the man and his man. ner of death will probably never be solved.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Says the Reward Is Too Small.

Luther Atkins, the man who VITO, a eo "oV' Jones from Georgia inauiring aoout the reward offered for the slave,
 ot John NJ. Clayton in 1889 at Plumer. Viiie' Is guard at a convict camp in tRat state. Upon being informed that the reward of 5000 offered by the state was no longer in force, but that !, re. ward of s5OOwould be paid out of funds available for that purpose for the can .ure ana conviction of the murderer. he stated that sum was not sufficient to in- ouce him to divulge the name of the party against whom he says he has positive proof of guilt. In speaking of the subject, and of the custom of nav. Ing rewards in general, Gov. Jones says.
 A man who knows of a criminal who mas violated the law such as this Geor. gia man pretends to know, ought him. sell to be punished if he refuses to dis close the criminals identity. In Arkan- sas ne would be made by the statutes ah accessory after the fact, and as such amenable to the law. am opposed to offering rewards, anyway, and have oHered very few, and these only where the conditions amply justified. The prospect of rewards prevents many men from disclosing criminals. induc- ing them to conceal the fugitives until the reward is offered. I try to make rewards offered cover only the neces- sary expenses consequent upon the arrest. and not as an inducement for officers to do their duty l oject to placing bounty on duty. Should a peace officer make au arrest in his own oailiwick, of a criminal for whom a reward has been offered, he would not be entitled to the reward, and l would refuse to pay it. That is the position l assumed when attorney-general. and l believe case in point has been de- cided by the supreme court, although I cannot at this moment tell what it was It is the opinion of the state authorities that there is no truth in the story that comes from Georgia. and if a confession was made. 1t is more than likely it was a scheme concocted by some criminal with the view of escap- ing punishment for an offense com mltted against the laws of Georgia.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
-----------=------------- Work of Mefhndisfs

At the conference of the Methodist Episcopal churches. held at Ozark, re- ports from officers showed that the con- ference during the past year had raised for superannuated preachers and the widows and orphans of preachers, s1,- PCT 55; for foreign missions, e, ,160. 61; domestic missions, S1 1886. B; church ex. tension, s665.31 American Bible society, s9l.04; presiding elders, s3.641 13; pas. tors, s33,519.15; bishops. s451.69 The conference has 225 churches, valued at s1s5. l60; s5 parsonages, valued at $4O,- .5o. and five district parsonages, val. ued at s3,550. The church membership is 24 0g4
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
AGRICULTURAL LOSS.
The Only Remedy for American
 Farmers.

The supplementary report, signed by ten out of the fourteen commissioners whose names are appended to the final report of the royal commission on agri- cultural depression, is certainly not the least interesting nor the least ably writ ten portion of the blue book lately is- sued.
 In their main report the II commits sioners state that the grave situation which they described is due to a long, continued fall in prices. They make a number of recommendations dealing with various aspects of the question, but they do not pretend that had all these suggestions been adopted and been in force during the years of depres- sion they would have been found real remedies for agricultural distress. be- cause they do not deal with its real cause. yiz.: the fall in prices.
 The commissioners who signed the supplementary report are naturally of opinion that some attempt should be made to deal with the admitted cause of the trouble, and to suggest remedy which should go to the root of the mat ter. or which. in other words, should cheek the fall. and bring about. if pos sibie, some recovery of prices. Now, there are only two ways in which this gan he aftempted-the first way is pro- teetion. But protection does not appear to them to be a way which is within the pale of practical politics.
 Moreover. it is a remedy which has hcen fairly tried in other countries. saere agricultural depression has pre- called. notably In France and Germany; snd from the inquiries made and the syidenee adduced. ii has manifestly ailed to prove itself an effectual cure. The other method Is a return to the bi- metallic system which prevailed until some 2s years ago. and the abandon nent of which immediately preceded he commencement of the fall of prices and the consequent depression of agri- ulturs.-Chicago Dispatch.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Data Relative to December Weather.

The following data taken from the records of the Little Rock weather bureal, is for the month of December, and covers period of IS years:
 Temperature mean. or normal. 45 degrees. The warmest month was that of iss0. with an average Of 59 degrees; the coldest, that of lsS6 with an average of 3s degrees. The highest temperature was 1S degrees on Decem- Der 10. 1889; the lowest. 6 degrees, on December 2S 1880
 Precipitation (rain and melted snow)-Aver- age for the month for IS years. 409 inches average number days with 0.l of an inch or more. g; greatest precipitation for one month, d92 inches in 1881: least monthly precipita- ton. 0.I4 in 1889: greatest amount of precipita- tion recorded in any 24 consecutive hours (rec- ord extending to winter of 1ss4-s5 only) was 8 inches on December 29 and 30, 1895
 Clouds and Weather-Average number clear days II; partly cloudy days. 5: cloudy days, l2.
 WInd-Thc prevailing winds have been from the northwest. The highest velocity of the wind was 70 miles an hour from the southeast and northwest. on December 6 1892, and De- eember i5 1893
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
VICTORIES FOR DEMOCRATS.
McrzinIcy's Majority Being Hnptdiy
 Wiued Ont.


 The republican organs that are now crying out that the elections in the east are no indication of the feelings of the voters on national issues like 10 believe what they say, but as they do rot believe their own statements they are not likely 10 convince anyone of the correctness of their claims. Local elections do not always group the vo- ters on the lines that divide the nation al parties, but when the same party is found to be the gainer in almost every state and community in which the votes were cast ii IS absurd to say that the fact has no meaning. Throughout the states that held an election the democrats were uniformly successful. In the republican states they cut down the republican maJorities. Kentucky is brought back to the democracy. ai- though the republicans had strong allies in the gold democrats of that commonwealth. Virginia showed such an increase of democratic strength that the republicans did not even put ticket in the field. And in New Yock. where the forces Of the gold democrats and republicans last year rolled up 266.- 900 plurality for Mckinley. the state democracy has a plurality of nearly G0,000. The only check to the demo- cratic advance is found in Maryland, which remains in the republican col umn.
 If anyone doubts the significance of the returns, we commend them to the words of Henry Watterson. who has made the fight of the gold democracy in Kentucky with skill and courage. He abandons the cause of an anti-dem- ocratic democracy in the following words:
 The issue. as 1t was made and has heen fought out. was clear and explicit. No effort was wanting to maintain it. Nobody could by any possibility be mistaken about it. We may regret the verdict, but we accept 1t. We shall make no further effort to direct the party course or counsels. or to share in any of the responsibilities of party lead ership. having done our best. according to our conscience and belief. to divert our po- litcai associates from a policy and pro- cedure the end of which no man can now foresee and the result of which we very much fear. both as to the welfare of the country and of the party. But we are dem- ocrats. not republicans. and mailing our flag to the masthead of honest money. free trade and home rule. we shall. in the char scter of private soldier in the ranks. con- tribute whatever we are able to the ascer- tainment and vindicaton of the truth
 Ii is democracy that has won. The party is united once more. and united it is victorious. The figures of the votes will make the republicans and their gold allies thankful that it is but number of by-elections instead of the national contest that has just been de- cided. The great majority that swept Mckinley into the presidency has al- ready been wiped out. and vote to- morrow on the issues of last year would put the democratic candidate in the white house.-San Francisco Examiner.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

new stave factory is to be built at Nettleton.
 The grocery store of D. Marlborough, at Texarkana. was destroyed by fire.
 Near Denver, Carroll county. the saw and grist mill of L. Nunnally burned
 The wheat crop of Johnson county netted the farmers about s2o, 900 this year.
 Dick Taylor, a stranger. was struck by passenger train at New Lewisville and killed.
 l.. Kratzmeler. cigar maker. myster- iously disappeared from his home in Pine Bluff.
 Hon. John F. Neal, ex-county judge of Union county, committed suicide at Junction City.
 Lumbermen are still complaining of a scarcity of cars in which 10 transport their products.
 At Paris. Logan county, 20 bales of cotton were destroyed by fire. of in cendiary origin.
 W. II. Lockwood. claiming Arkansas as his home, committed suicide by talk ing poison at Guthrie. Okla.
 J. W. Holloway, a Grant county farmer, was thrown from a wagon in a runaway and his neck broken
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
THE NATURE OF COIN BONDS.
Bond sharks Are throwing Very so-
 licffous.

The secretary of the treasury thinks that by issuing gold bonds" he could remove "ambiguity from our contract obligations" This Is disingeuious begging of the question. for the sea retary knows that all ambiguity" as to coin bonds was removed through a decision given by the attorney-geners of the United States in 1877, and sub sequently through the adoption of the Stanley Matthews resolution by con gress. In 1877 John sherman asked if the word "coin" did not mean go' and was informed that 1t meant just what il said. namely. "coin." and coin means gold and silver.
 An exchange relates the facts con cerning the decision in the following paragraph:
 ''The attorney-general explained that in 1870 the law provided for the coinage of both gold and silver: that the coin bonds were issued that year. and that coin then meant gold and silver. and by their terms they were and are yet payable in gold and sig- yer"
 Since the republican administration went into power the bondholders have become very solicitous about the mean ing of the word "coin." If they can. through the aid of the head of the government succeed in having their coin bonds made payable in gold. they vii, have the satisfaction of breaking an honest contract and committing the people in manner never contem- plated.
 The goldites are very solicitous abou, the sacredness of contract. aud one of their chief arguments against bi- metallism is that its adoption will af- feet 'contracts made on gold basis But when it comes to the dishonest juggling of contract made on a bi- metallic basis, they have no conscien- ticus scruples whatever. The whole gold propaganda is conspiracy on the part of the money power to rob the masses.-Illinois State Register.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
An oId Railroader Answers the CaII.

Mai E. F. Robson, one of the lead CTS in the A. R. U. strike of 1894, and at that time president of local lodge of the American Railway Union at Little Rock. died at his home in the latter city on the 1st inst. of Bright's disease. The deceased was well known among south ern railroad men, and for several years after the war was passenger agent of the Memphis & Charleston. with head quarters at Memphis. He had not fol lowed railroading the past few years, and claimed that he had been black listed for the part he took in the 1894 strike. A suit instituted by him against the Iron Mountain for 0,000, alleging that that company had caused him to be blacklisted, was pending in the Pu- laski circuit court at the time of his death.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
A Bold foobery.

Henry Rowe, yonng man 2l years old, and a companion named Crabtree, robbed the store of Thomas Roach, at Hot Springs, in broad daylight. Dur ing the absence of the proprietor Rowe and Crabtree entered the store and, covering the porter with Winchester rife, commanded him to turn over the contents of the cash drawer, which he did without hesitating. It was one of the boldest robberies ever committed, and at the time it occurred dozens of people were passing in front of the store. Hot Springs, and are well known. They secured only small sum of money.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

It is now said that Mir. Hanna is to be the victim of a combine. Just think! the great advocate of combines to be downed by political combinel-- Atlanta Constitution.
 "Dingley thinks that the New York election turned on local issues entirely Was it worth Dingley's while to pass q tariff bill that isn't worth yindicating at the polls?-Utica Observer.
 The republicans vii, have ma jority on joint ballot in the Ohio legis- .Gture, but it won't be safe for MT. Hanna 10 put his checkbook away for some time yet.-AIinneapolis TimeS-
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Warned to Leave His Home.

A dispatch from Russellville states that mob visited the home of Heary Swanson, at Augsburgh, recently and warned him to leave the state or suffer the consequence. Swanson is a lawyer. and also holds the office of jus tice of the peace. He claims that the mob's visit to his place of abode was the result of suit filed by himself against his wife for divorce, in which neigh Dor is named as correspondent. who en- tered into the scheme with others in order to harass and annoy him.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Caught in St. Louis.

James Williams. wanted in Little Rock for the murder of a white man named Miller last October, was cap tured in St. Louis recently. The two men on the night of the murder were drinking and quarreled about some beer they had in a can, when Williams picked up big rock and struck Miller on the head. crushing his skull.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Killing At Tucker.

John Crawford, colored, shot and killed l9-year-old white boy named John Strickland at Tucker, Jefferson eounty. Crawford was arrested and placed in jail at Pine Bluff. Young Strickland was hauling cotton to the gin where Crawford was working, and the two quarreled over some trivial matter Crawford claims the shooting was accidental, but other witnesses do not corroborate his statement.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Paving Back Taxes.

The sum of S34 000 5G has been paid into the registry of the Pulaski chan cery court by the Little Rock X Fort Smith road. This sum is in settlement for back taxes, and will be distributed to the county treasury of Conway, Pope. Johnson, Franklin, Crawford and Se- bastian counties.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Sheriff's Convention

l.. C. Smith. secretary of the Arkan- sas Sheriff's association. has issued an address urging all sheriffs to attend the annual meeting of that association, to be held in Little Rock December Is. The question of uniform system by which criminals may be more easily ap- prehended and identified will be one of the most important subjects before the association.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
New Military Company.

The new military company recently organized at Batesville adopted the name of Cook Rifles. in honor of Gen. V. Y. Cook. The officers of the new company are Dr. J. W. Case, captain; Dr. R. II. Reed, Ernst Neill and E. R. Butler, first, second and third lieuten- ants respectively.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
MtIrder Will Ont

George Glenn, colored who murdered another negro named Peck in 1ss7 on the old Ward farm in Pulaski county, has been located and is now serving a term in the Missouri penitentiary for burglary. He will be brought back to stand trial for the crime he committed 10 years ago as soon as his Missouri sentence expires.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Awarded Damages.

In the PulaslSi circuit court, jury awarded the estate of Chas. C. Epple s3,00O damages against the Little Rock & Fort Smith road. Epple, while in the employ of the said road, was killed in attempting to make coupling. He left two motherless infant children, in whose interests suit was brought for So5, 900 damages
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
SCHOOL ENUMERATiOE.
Increase In Enrolment and Daily Attend
 ance Over That of Last Year.

From reports furnished the superin- tendent of public instruction by the enumeration for 1897 shows an in- crease of 2ls per cent over the previous year. In enrolment in the schools there is an increase of SIS per cent. and in the average daily attendance an increase of 14]8 per cent. Taking the school enumeration as a basis, the en- tire population of the state is estimated at ,302, 1855, an increase of 174, ,006 since the census of 1890. The following com parative table shows the total school enumeration for the mast six years.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Whisky Peddlers Arrested

Frank Cox and Wesley Taylor were arrested in Pope county for peddling whisky without government license. When taken into custody the men had two kegs of whisky and number of bottles. and had been doing a thriving business in their line.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
New Bishop Coadiutor.

At special meeting of the Episcopal diocesan council, held in Little Rock, the Rev. Wm. M. Brown, archdeacon of Ohio, was elected bishop coadjutor by a vote of to over Rev. John Gass, of Little Rock. The salary of the bishop coadjutor of the diocese of Arkansas is not to exceed 5000 per annum
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Ihe YounRest Veteran.

William A. Morris, citizen of Stone county claims to be the youngest vet. eran of the civil war. He was born November 10, 1s49, and enlisted May g, 1862 before he was Is years old. He served in Company c, Sixteenth Mis- souri cavalry. Col. McMahan's regiment,
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Had Outside help.

Two brothers named Parr, convicted of selling whisky without license at Stephens and taken to Camden for safe keeping, were liberated ny unknown parties, the lock on the jail door being broken on the outside.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03
Passenger Wrecked.

A broken fish-plate caused the wreck of passenger train near Elliott, on the Gurdon branch of the Iron Noun tain. Fortunately none of the passen. gers were injured.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03

Win Have to Settle.

Under the recent decree delivered by Judge Williams in the Federal court, the amount of back taxes due the state ot Arkansas by the Pullman Palace Car Co', Western Union Telegraph Co. and the Pacific Express Co. will be in round
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03

The following table shows the enu- meration by counties of both white and colored pupils, between the ages of and 21 years for 1897: