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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
CAPT. DREYFUS' CASE.
The Pail Mall Gazette Explains Ite
True Inwardness.
A GERMAN ATTACHES SUDDEN REMOVAL.
He Indiscreeuy Lost Possession of the
Document, Photographic Copy of
Which Subsequently Convict
ed Capt Dreyfua

LONDON. Jan. 20.-With every show
of authority the Pail Mall Gazette
prints prominently an article purport-
ing to give the inwardness of the ORGY
fus case and explains that the doca-
ment in addition to the bordereau on
which the government found the pris-
oner guilty, was obtained in the fol-
lowing manner from the German mill
tary attache, Won FunclSe:
Nine or ten months before the ar
rest OF Dreyfus. Won Funcke was sud
denly removed from his post The ex-
PLANTATION of his removal throws a Curl
Gus light on the Dreyfus case, and ex-
plains in some measure the attitude of
the government When his prede-
cessor. Baron Won Huene. left
Paris he handed Won Funeke a
list of persons in France who
were in relation with the German
intelligence department. en- joining him
never to let it out of his hands. Won
Funcke carried the document in
leather bag around his neck Shortly
after entering upon his duties, an Incl
dent occurred whereby woman of i'll
AePAHN o0baAACa NnE anu IOOA
1t TO the foreign Office, where it was
hastily photographed and returned
to her, she returning it To
Won Funcke, who in the meanwhile
had discovered his loss and, like an
honest soldier and attache. FASTENED to
inform the German government OF his
mishap. hence his recall.
Cautiously enough, the woman re-
fused compensation, though large sum
was offered her.
with the photograph of the docu-
ment the French government deliber-
ately went to work. and, am assured
on authority that leaves no room for
doubt that the name of Dreyfus APP
peared on it, but it being a common
name in both Germany and France.
suspicion did not Immediately fall on
the officer subsequently condemned
Later it served as confirmatorv evil
dence."
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
THE SOUTH AND WEST.
Fifth Annual Commercial Congress
to Meet at Tampa, Fla.
GOV. Bl0xAAN'S URGENT INVITATION.
Governors OF Southern and Western
States, Commercial, Municipal and
transportation Bodies Urged
to APPoin; Delegates.

TALLAHASSEE. Fla. Jan. 20.-Goy.
bioxham has issued the following invi-
tation:
We respectfully extend TO governors Of the
southern and western states an invitation to at
tehd the NTH annual session OF the South and
West Commercial congress. to convene at Tam
pa, ia, February :. 9 and no. ISIS
We also respectfully request the governors OF
the southern and western states TO appoint DEL
egates TO this congress, which should command
the earnest attention OF all good citizens
trusting that this congress will receive the
consideration it deserves ami prove beneficial
TO all concerned
lsignedI W. d. BLoxHAM.
Governor OF Florida.
The principal objects of the congress
are To consider the means to increase
the interchange of all merchandise and
manufactured articles between the
south and west and to promote the
movement of grain and all other prod
ucts of the western states to southern
distributing markets and through
southern ports for export
All the governors. commercial organ
-izations, municipal governments and
transportation companies of the south
west have been requested to appoint
delegates to this congress. a great
many have already responded. and the
success of this congress is now assured.
Excursions to points of interes. on
the gulf of Mexico and other forms of
entertainment will be provided for del
egates aud their friends.
The congress will convene on Tues
day. February $, at the Tampa Bay ho-
tel auditorium. The sessions will con-
tinue three days.
For general information communi-
cate with IL. Cunningham. tary of
the Tampa board of trade. Tampa, Fla
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21

PRESIDENT DOLE OF HAWAII.
He VIII be Public Guest After Reach
ing Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan. 0.-Arrangements are
being rapidly completed for the recep-
ton and entertain ment OF Presiden t
Dole of Hawaii. who is expected to ar
rive in Chicago Saturday morning on
the Chicago Il North western overland
limited train. President Dole left San
Francisco very quietly, as an ordinary
passenger, taking single lower berth.
Gen. Brooke, commander of the
department of the Missouri, W i'll, 1t is
said, receive orders to have the United
States troops at Fort Sheridan meet
President Dole upon his arrival IN Chi
cago and act as an escort TO his hotel.
A guard of honor. with a complement
of staff officers, will also be detailed to
wait on President Dole while in the
city and to escort him to the
train on Sunday. Though no
definite arrangements have as vet
been made. the city government will
doubtless be represented in the recep-
ton to be rendered the Hawaiian ruler
during his briet stay in Chicago.
From Chicago it is the intention of
the government representatives To take
President Dole direct to Washington
on special train, and he will be the
nations guest during the remainder of
his stay in the United States
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
THE SUICIDE EPIDEMIC.
Another Kentucky Woman Uses a Pistol,
With Fatal Eject.

Louisville, Ky, Jan. 2O.-A special
from Maysville. Ky. says /:
News of the suicide of Miss Harrie t
Keith Owens, on Monday, at Crab Or
chard farm, the home of her father,
Basil Owens, near Washington,
reached here last night Miss
Owens had been in poor health Tor some
time. and had to give up her school
last fall on that account. She rest
ed unusually well Sunday night. and
seemed very cheerful, eating hearty
breakfast. She read the account of
the shooting of ex-senator 10
Biackburn's daughter, Mrs. Lane,
with much interest. After re-
reading about the shooting she went
to her brothers room, and securing
his pistol, placed it TO her temple and
fired the fatal shot Death was in
Simultaneous. Miss Owens was one of
the brightest girls in the county, and
the Owens family is a prominent one.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
POLITICS, NOT COMMERCE.
The Second Stage of the Chinese Question
Developing.

PEKIN. Jan. 20.-The tsung Ii yamen
Ohe Chinese foreign office has had an
other conference on the subject of the
loan, which is still unsettled. Besides
the right To extend the Burmah rail-
road through Yun-Nan province, Great
Britain asks the right to build
railroads through the province of
Sze-Schuan (north of Yun-Nanl and a
third treaty port is demanded the
identity of which no doubt is Slang
Yin, situated in the anti-foreign prov
ince of Human, which japan proposed
to open at the time of the Shemoneselsi
negotiations. The proposed open
ing OF the port of fallen
Wan, on the Liao-Tung pen
insula, and north of Port Arthur.
position which would command the
railroad connecting Port Arthur with
the north and Manchuria, continues to
be the chief difficulty, Russia desiring
to keep the whole of Manchuria for
herself. Neither power Is willing to
yield on this point, and the question is
no longer commercial one. 1t has
become political.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
SUICIDE AND INSURANCE.
Important Decision By the United States
Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Justice Har.
Ian, in the United States suprems
court handed down an opinion in the
case of A. Howard Ritter. executor a
William NJ. Runk, VS.. the Mutual Life
Insurance Co. of New York. involving
the question of whether the heirs of .
man who commits suicide. when in
sound mind, can recover an Insurance.
policy. The court held that they could
not.
1t appears from the facts that Mr..
RunlS. a resident of Philadelphia, com.
mitted suicide within less than a year
after increasing his insurance TO the
extent of 5000 600. making an aggre
gate insurance of $500. 1000 upon his life.
OF the $500. 600 the New York company
carried SIS, 600, which it refused to pay
on the ground that Rank was sane
when he took his life. 1t was shown
in the trial court that he had writer
letter, the day before his death, stat.
ing that 1t was his purpose to put ar
end to his life SO his life insurance
money could be collected for the pay
ment of his debts.
In deciding the case Justice Harlan
said that, when an insurance company
entered into a contract to insure a
mans life, neither party TO the con-
tract could be supposed to have suicide
in contemplation, and it was not in
tended in entering into such con-
tract, that the life Of the person in
sured should be at the option of either
of the parties. In fixing the premiu m
the company would naturally take
into consideration the circum-
stances bearing upon the duration
of life, and no company would un.
dertake to insure against suicide II
any should make such an attempt, ii
would, he said, be against public policy
and would not be allowed. Conclud.
ing, he said explicitly that no insured
person, committing suicide and found
to be of sound mind, could recover up
on his policy.
The case came to the supreme court
from the circuit court of appeals for
the third circuit, and that courts opin.
ion was affirmed
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
(First Regular session-)
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1o.-After the
reading of the journal Mr. Vest Mol
gave notice that he would. at the con-
clusion of the morning business. move
to take up the Teller resolution. which
was reported by the finance committee
Tuesday.
A bill authorizing the attorney-gen.
eral. the secretary of the treasury and
the secretary Of war to compromise
! and adjust certain claims of the United
States against the state OF Tennessee
and the state Of Tennessee against the
United States, was passed.
A joint resolution providing for the
appointment of commission to make
a survey of ship canal from the lower
part OF Lake Michigan to the Wabash
river, was offered by Mr.. Turpie Ind
and referred to the committee on com
merce.
Mr.. Hoar offered resolution relative
to the recent order of the postmaster
general reducing the number of letter
carriers in some of the large cities on
account of de ticieney ia the free-deliv-
cry appropriation, the resolution pro-
and post-roads should Immediately as
certain what amount was necessary to
preserve the postal free delivery serv-
ice of the country. For this resolution
Mr.. Hoar asked immediate considera-
ton.
Mr.. Wolcott, chairman of the post
offices and post roads committee. OBJ
lected to the reference of the
resolution to his committee lie
said that the committee was utterly
powerless to afford relief for
the trouble at which the resolution
was directed. He thought :he resolu-
ton ought by all means go to the COM
mittee on appropriations. The COM
mittee on post offices and post-roads,
he added, is anxious to extend and
make more efficient the letter-carrier
system, but are powerless.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Brucker dem. of Michigan, pre-
sented resolution instructing the
committee on foreign affairs to report
without delay the senate Cuban bel
ligerency resolution. 1t was ruled out
on point of order. An appeal was
ehNNhf o9S " dS AdAAl O8i tue ldO&G on a
yea and nay vote-l6s to 1925 the re-
publicans voting solidly in the affirm
alive.
Chairman Hit of the committee on
foreign affairs, made an extended
statement on the Cuban situation,
when the general debate on the diplO-
matte bill opened. He reviewed
the course of the admins
tration, the successful demands
Tor the release of American citizens,
the protest against the inhuman
methods of war, resulting in the recall
of Weyler. the efforts to overcome the
concentration of the Cubans in towns.
These firm steps had met with signal
success. They showed what spirit
animated the president and what
might be expected of him. Mr.. Hit
spoke of the autonomy plan and the
disposition of the executive to give it a
fair trial, Notwithstanding the many
doubt heard throughout the count try
against the insecurity of the plan.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Jumped From n TrestIe.

EDwARDsvILLE, ILL.,, Jan. 2o.-The
body of Patrick Welsh, farmer, aged
90 years, who lived a mile northeast of
this place, was discovered. Tuesday,
under the 6o-foot high trestle of the
Glover Leaf railroad. 1t is supposed
that he endeavored to cross Mooney
branch on the trestle when an ap-
preaching freight train caused him TO
leap off.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
No Money to Feed ConvIcts.

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 20.-There
is prospect that the prisoners in the
state penitentiary may have to be
turned loose or kept in the institution
and starved. All the money appropri-
ated for the maintenance of the prison
was exhaused January /. Since then
the prison has been run with supplies
on hand, but these are about ex-
hausted.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
british Steamer Founderea.

BELFAST, Jan. 2o.-The British
steamer Herbert, hailing from Leith,
has foundered on the County Down
coast, about six miles from Gum is
land. The captain was saved. but it is
believed the other members of the crew,
mum be ring seven. are lost
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Deliberate Suicide.

ALHAMBRA, H., Jan. 20.-Josepb
Daiber, who lived two miles south of
this place, committed suicide. Tuesday,
by deliberately throwing himself in
front of a st. Louis, Peoria & North
ern train. He informed his wife be-
fore leaving home that he intended to
end his life
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
British War ships at Kiao-Chau Bay.

LONDON. Jan. 20.-The British ad.
miralty has issued a list of the where
abouts of the war ships of Great Brit
ain in the far east. 1t shows that the
first class twin-screw armored cruiser
Undaunted and the twin-screw sloop
Algerine are at kiao-Chau bay.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
JAPAN is PREPARED.
She VIII ACT Vigorously, II Necessary, for
the Maintenance of Peace.

YOKOHAMA. Jan. 2O.-The British
battleship Centurion, flagship of the
British squadron in Chinese waters,
has arrived at Nagasaki.
The organ of the government re-
proaches Russia, Germany and France
with following a selfish policy in the
far east and adds: Japan will avoid
alliances. but she is prepared to act
vigorously, if necessary, for the main
tenance of peace"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Object. to Exclusive Concessions.

LONDON, Jan. 20--A special dispatch
frem Pekin says China is ready to open
three new treaty ports, and to agree to
an extension of railway into Yun-Nan
province, but declines sconsent to the
exclusion of other powers than En-
gland from the Yang Use Kiang valley.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Thomas Tootle Dying.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, Jan. 20.-Thomas
Tootle, a many times millionaire. aged
rs, the only surviving brother of the trio
of millionaires. is in dying condition.
having been stricken with apoplexy at
the Tootle-Lemon bank. He was born
in Ross county, o., and came to ST. Jo-
seph 60 years ago
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
HOUSE.
HAMBURG'S CONDITION.
II His Legs Don't Come Out All Right
He'll be Sent To the stud.

He'll be Sent To the stud.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Marcus Dalv
has some apprehension as to the racing
form of Hamburg, the colt for which
he recently paid about S35, 900. Should
the western millionaire horseman's
doubts be proven well founded. is does
not follow, however, that Hamburg
will be losing investment Mr.. Daly
is quoted as saying to reporter for an
evening paper:
"Hamburg's forelegs were not sound
At the close of last seasons racing. |,
he stands training this year he shou Id
capture some of the rich thrce-year-old
stakes. Should he break down. how
ever. he will be sent to En- gland and
put in the stud there. The majority
of horses purchased in my name will
be sent to England"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Army Approprint ton Bill Passed.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.--The army ap
preparation bill was passed in tn.
house and the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was taken up The
minority served notice that they pro.
posed to debate our foreign relation,
exhaustively.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-It is under
stood that Commissioner of Pensions
Evans will refuse to vacate the order
made by former Commissioner Lochran
reducing the pension of Judge Charles
ID. Long, of Michigan, from S72 to $50
per month. The commissioner declines
TO discuss the matter.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Charged with Embeu.lement.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20.-Sheriff English
of Moniteau county, Mo-. left the city
Tuesday night for California. Mo-, hav-
ing in custody stephen ID. ellis. city
treasurer of California, who was ar
rested here, at the instance of Sheriff
English, on the charge of having EN-
bezzled $3.50 OF city funds of California.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
DEPARTMENT STORE WAR.
Bill in the Denver Board of Aldermen Di
rected Against Them.

rected Against Them.
DENVER, Col, Jan. 19.-As an Incl
dent Of the fight between the depart
ment stores and the newspapers in thii
city, Alderman Colder introduced II
the board of aldermen a bill prohibit
ing the employment in stores, factories
ETC., of children under IL years of age
and another compelling proprieto tors o
stores TO furnish seats for lady EN-
ployes while not at work. Labor lead
ers propose to use every effort to secur,
the passage of the bills.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Escaped From jail.

New YORK. Jan. s0.-IIenry E.
Straight, who was arrested in Jersey
City week ago, charged with swim
ding business people in Wilkesbarre
and Harrisburg, Pa, aud baltimore
and New York, has escaped from the
Jersey City Jail
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
IIIinass q. A. X. Encampment

STREAToR, ILL.,, Jan. 2o-At a meet.
ing of the council of administration of
the g. A. Il. of Illinois. held here. il
was decided that the next state en-
csmpment should DO held in Streater.
May 10, IL and IL
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Emile Z,Ia. Derrnne.

PARIS, Jan. cot is said that Emile
lola has already prepared his defense,
and that he will call 250 witnesses, in
Guiding handwriting experts, when he
is tried for publicly accusing mum Der
of French officials in connection with
the Dire yfus proceedings.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21

AIGIERs, Jan. %. THE students here
engaged in violent anti Hebrew dem
onstration Tuesday evening. They
were dispersed by the police.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Thirty building. turned.

RANDsBURG, Cal, jan. 2o.-Fire broke
out in a vacant building on Raud street
and spread SO rapidly that more than
thirty structures were consumed with
in one hour. Loss. close to 5000
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
Taken to Ken tuck, for aur,aI

New YORK, Jan. l9.-The body OF Lo
gan Carlisle, the son of the ex-secretary
of the treasury, John q. Carlisle, was
taken from this city to Covington, KY,
where it viii be buried.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
PsttI's Husband Dead.

PARIS, Jan. 20.-Nicolini, husband OF
Mme. Adilina Patti. died at Pau. Tues
day, from a cancerous affection, az
gravated by Bright's disease.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
MARYLAND SENATORSHlp.
The First Joint Ballot was Badly Scat
tered.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 2o-The frs.
joint ballot resulted: McComas, SO
Shaw, Ii; Shryock. ?; Mill'ken. ?: Bar.
Der, 8; Urner. =; German, As; Findlay,
2; Parran, q; Lowndes. /. Total, lls.
Necessary to choice, 81. Absent4.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
FIFTY-FiFTH CONGRESS,
(First Regular Session.)
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. Jan. Is = Mr.. Gal
finger, of the committee on public
health and national quarantine, re
ported favorable to the senate a bill
providing for an investigation of the
subject of leprosy, and it was placed on
the calendar.
Mr.. Vest NO., for the finance com.
mittee, reported the Teller resolution,
which was adopted by that committee
and gave notice th at he would call i
up at an early date
Mr.. Daniel VA secured the adoption
of resolution directing the secretary
OF state to supply the senate any inn
formation the department of state ha,
respecting the killing of Frank Epps
sailor of the United States steamer
Olympia, by Japanese subjects in tbs
harbor of Nagasaki, Japan, in Deem
Der. 1897, and to inform the senate i.
any steps have been taken looking Il
reparation.
The resolution presented to the sen.
ate Monday. calling upon the secretary
of the treasury for the reasons why the
item of $1,000, 900 interest due tn,
United States from the Pacific rail
roads had been dropped from his state
ment, which went over under obiec
ton, was agreed to.
HOUSE.
The first contested election cas-, OF
the present congress was disposed OF
by the house. Chairman Taylor OF
committee on elections No. re-
ported that Thomas f. Clark
who tiled notice of contest against
Jesse +. Stallings, represen ting
the Second Alabama district, had
abandoned his contest. and the com
mittee, therefore, unanimously report
ed resolution declaring Mr.. Stating.
entitled to the seat.
The house then resumed considers-
ton OF the army appropriation bill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-11

Thousands Of people are wondering
how it was hat Judge Van Wyck was
defeated after Greater New York had
given him such a large majority. Ac-
cording to ~precedents he should have
been elected by a small plurality. There
will, of course, be many explanations.
If We search deep enough We shall
probably find that some up-country
democrats were averse to having a.
Tammany man at the head of the state
government. And, as we have said be-
fore though the Raines liquor law is
so Objectionable to the people of the
city of New York, it suits the country
folks very well. They have not been
heard to complain, because it drains
several million dollars per annum from
the towns to Tighten the burdens of the
farming population. And then again,
Colonel Roosevelt is a magnetic man,
and knew how to work the soldier
racket" for all that it was worth.
Further, we doubt if the Daly-Leyen-
tritt judgeship controversy helped our
party with plain, calm, conservative
countrymen. All the same, though
Van Wyck is beaten. Judge Daily is
beaten, too, and Mr.. L%eventritt will
succeed him upon the bench. The
Dispatch hopes that Mr.. Leventritt
will prove to be such an excellent Judge |
that when he comes up for reelection |
the bar will be as overwhelmingly for |
him as they were overwhelmingly |
against him on Tuesday.
AS for Van Wyck, he resigned his
Iudgeship to accept the gubernational
nomination (much against his WILL |
he is now "out in the cold" but
unless Tammany is cons1iciously I'M
it will find a place for him
is soon as Observation-Disclosures Dis
patch. |