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The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21
Mt. Vernon Baptist Association.


The forty-second session of the Mt.
Vernon Baptist association met with
the Poplar Grove church in this county
on last Friday, and continued until
Sunday night. Owing to sickness and
the overflow of L'Anguille river, which
prevented goodly number from get
ting over, the attendance was not as
large as usual.
The Introductory sermon was preach
ed by Ed. Ii. G. Rosamond, of Helena.
The former officers were reelected by
unanimous vote. They are: s. II.
King, moderator; Lon Slaughter, clerk;
and w. II. Paslay, treasurer.
The usual committees on State.
Home aud Foreign missions, etc.. were
appointed, whose reports elected ami.
mated discussion. Several visiting
preachers were present, who partici-
pated in these. Among them we rec.
ognized w. A. Clark. editor Of the
Arkansas Baptist; W. w. Gardner,
agent for the Orphans Home at Month
cello, and G. c. Taylor, representing
the Central Baptist college, of Conway.
The proceedings were purely demo-
cratic, every messenger being allowed to
vote, and the majority of votes settled
all questions.
On Saturday and Sunday dinner was
served in the beautiful grove in font
OF The church. The long tables, pro-
vlded for the occasion, simply groaned
under the load Of pork, mutton, ham,
turkey. chickens, pies, cakes, etc., pre-
pared by the citizens of Yocona and
neighboring friends.
Sunday was a red letter day. From
early morn till IL o'clock, buggies,
phaetons, wagons and carts came from
different directions bringing in large
concourse of people, estimated at be-
tween 500 and 600. After splendid
sermon by Ed. j b. Wise, of Mari
anna, everybody was invited to par
take OF the sumptuous repast to which
lney ulu unStlnttu Justice.
The people were unanimous in their
verdict, that the cry OF hard times was
stigma upon this community, at least
this meetil Z was IA picnic for livery
stable men as all their stock OF horses
and vehicles were brought into requisi-
ton.
Every one, so far as heard from ex-
pressed themselves well pleased with
the treatment received. The meeting
was good advertisement for st. Fran
CTS county.
We should not fail to mention that a
goodly number of gallant young gentle
mea were paired off with the fair
ladies, who added beauty and grace to
the occasion, among whom none were
more conspicuous than some of our
city's fair beaus and lassies. That
propositions were made was evident
from the pensive mood in which some
OF them returned from their tete-a-tete.
On Monday morning the visitors re-
turned To their homes, and the Yocona
nelghhorhood will soon settle down to
it's usual quietude-thaL of picking
4 cent cotton.
Tue MI. Vernon association embraces
in It's territory the counties of Phillips,
Lee. 81 Francis. Monroe aud the
greater part of Woodruff. The next
session will be held with the church at
MariaulIa next October.
The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21

druggists will say that they sell
more Plantation Chill Cure than all
lCtherS.
The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21
October ii, 1893.

You take no risk on Plantation Chill
Cure as it is guaranteed to cure.
The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21
Bucklen's Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons. and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction. or money
refunded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by John II. Upton. druggists.
The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21
For Sale.

DESTROYS OF moving to town. l will
sell my place OF 40 acres, one mile from
town, with good nproyements-two
cisterns, two good cellars. good outlet
for stock. Would make a nice dairy
farm. l will sell or trade for other
property. near. Apply to G. w. Nc
Cormick. n u
The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21
Great Improvement.

Il suffered from severe rheumatic az
Fiction. My right shoulder and arm we're
so lame at times that could not remove
my clothing. Since | have been taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla | have improved in
every way. My whole system is invigo-
rated and every organ in healthy condi-
."--Tanner Johnson, Floral, Ark.
Hoods Pills are the only pills to take
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. 25c.
The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21

Maiarlon With Malarion Tablets
Guaranteed cure for Chlls, Fever and
Ague, or money refunded. so cents. All
Druggists. -
The Forrest City times., 1898-10-21

Plantation Chill Cure is made by
Van Vleet- Mansfield Drug Co., hence
is reliable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
CIGAR MAKERS AROUSED.
5000 Cubans at Tampa May Go on a
Strike.

Tampa, June 27.-The war is response
bic for disturbance among the 5000
Cuban cigar makers in Tampa, which is
the cause of fierce discussions in the
various restaurants frequented by this
class. 1t is possible that the matter
may reach the strike stage. One of the
customs of Cuban cigar manufacturers
is to allow their Workmen a certain
amount of Havana tobacco for their
own use daily. The usual allowance is
five wrappers with the necessary filters.
the men during the day. 1t is what
they are permitted to carry away from
the factory with them. The custom is
so thoroughly established that the man.
ufacturer who would undertake to ig-
more it would find himself absolutely
unable to obtain workmen.
Yesterday order of the internation-
al revenue department directed the
manufacturers to discontinue the GUS
tom of allowing cigars to be taken
away from the factory unstamped. This
effectua1ly abolishes the smokers of the
workmen. If they are to be given ci-
gars the cigars must be taken from the
stamped and tax-paid box. This is
specifically stated in the order of the
revenue department. Now the real
cause of the excitement among the
men is that many of them believe that
the manufacturers themselves, in the
reorganization of the revenue laws on
a war basis, secured the order abolish
ing smokers" The Cuban cigar work
er dearly loves his smoker.
Many of the men roll their entire dali
~ allowance In one huge cigar and
smoke it all evening in their favorite
cafes. 1t is also known that a good
deal of deception is practiced by the
men. They will roll fat cigars, re-roll
them at home, and soon accumulate
stock of smokers which have not cost
them a cent. The largest cigar fac
tory in Ybor City employs 600 men, and
the cost of the tobacco in the smokers
of the employees reaches $3.50 a day.
This firm could allow each workman
three cigars daily from a stamped box
and save money. Hence the belief of
the men that their perquisites have
been cut down by their employers rath-
err than by the government. It is said
that the cigar makers will hold a mass
meeting Sunday night to take action on
the smoker question
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
FUNERAL OF THE MULE.
Gen. Blanco Gives the First of the
Fallen q Military Funeral

New York, June 27.-The Spanish mule
at Matanzas-the one that was killed While
defying Admiral Sampson April Twill go
down In history side by side with other
martyrs of the war. The cable from
Madrid told how General Blanco in his
official report of the bonbardment of Ma
patches to the minister of war that The
American squadron fired fourteen shots at
the Sabanilla battery, only one mule be-
ing killed"
But they failed to relate how the Span
ish military authorities gave the martyr
mule burial with all the established hon
ors Chief Officer Smailes who has just
arrived in New York on the steamer
mony was conducted, and he is yet unde-
cided whether Spanish wit or loyalty
prompted the act: At any rate, II ~, was t:8il
diers did any laughing they reserved their
merriment until they returned to the bar
racks.
could not kick at such an interment,
said Mr.. Smailes. ''They didn't lug him
off to an evergreen cemetery. to be sure,
but marines and soldiers were drawn up IN
through just as though a soldier was to be
put under the sod. A big hole was dug
near where the animal was killed and
there he was buried, While the marines
and infantryman stood by looking So
Der as owls.
when the carcass had been lowered
one of the officers made a pathetic speech
IN Spanish, while the men stood stock still
attention Then the field music played
the dead march and the drurmers beat
out something appropriate to the occasion.
too looked solemn. Finally a salute of
guns was fired and that brought everyone
in town who was not already there. I
do not know how many shots were fred,
thirty guns, think. The body was COW
cred and a marker put over the place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
LILLIAN RUSSELL SUED.
Opera Singer Made Defendant In a
Divorce Case.

New York, June ACCOMPANYING that
Mrs. Helen Louise Leonard BrahaIn-
Solomon Chatterton- Perugini, better
known as Lillian Russell, has persist
emily refused to live with him for the
last two years, Signor Perugini, whose
right name is John Chatterton, has
fined in the chancery court at Trenton.
N. J., a bill for divorce on the ground
of desertion.
summons in the case is understood
to have been served on Miss Russell
yesterday afternoon as she sat defense
less in a cab which had conveyed her
from Manhattan island by way of fer
ry boat to the shores of Jersey.
The romance thus rudely recalled to
public view began on a Sunday mornir g
in 1894, when Lillian Russell and the
singing sfgnor went over to Hoboken
and were married by Justice of the
Peace Moller. The bride on that occa-
sion admitted that she had been mar
ried before in another state. There
followed a honeymoon of some days.
Then the pair separated. They contin-
ued apart. The incident was regarded
as closed.
Perugini took up his residence at AL
1enhurst, in Monmouth county, N. J.,
and finally he went to Trenton and told
his troubles to the court. This legal ac-
ton will accordingly bring Miss Russell
into prominence on the very eve of her
departure for the music halls of Berlin
and st. Petersburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
A LIE SAVED HIM.
Deception Restores M. F. Dryers
Famous Trainer.

New York June 27-When pneumonia
fastened it's grip upon Hardy Campbell,
his one thought was of his horses.
Campbell now has charge of the horses
of the heaviest plunger on the Ameri-
can turf, NJ. F. Dwyer, a man who bets
a fortune when he thinks his horses
have a chance of winning. No fewer
than twenty-nine horses are under his
care. 1t is impOssibleforo one acquaint-
ed with the business of horse racing to
appreciate the responsibility borne by
this small, quiet young man with the
intense blue eyes. 1t is his business to
develop the horses gradually, watch
them night and day and decide when
they are ready for the greatest effort
His is a life of the hardest work and
constant worry, with none of the glory
That is given to the jockey, who, in two
minutes, reaps the rewards of the
trainers months of work.
Hardy Campbell lives with his
horses. He is about at O'Clock in the
morning, watching the exercising, Civ
ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the jockeys.
He studies every stride, a hundred
things which are of Importance Then
he watches the horses in the stable,
regulating the food, examining the
worries make up his life. And when
night comes he goes from one horse to
another, to make sure that there is
no fever, no ill.
ness Hardy Campbell has not oeen
taken from the track, where he be-
came dangerously sick from hard work
and exposure. The time came when
the delirium passed away, leaving the
young man painfully weak and very
anxious about his horses because the
racing season is now at it's height. All
day he waited with feverish impatfence
for the results of the races in which
his horses were entered. Last Thurs
day Hardy's condition was critical. 1t
was the day of the fremont stakes and
CampbeIfs hopes were pinned to King
don, the horse he had trained.
His companions felt that If the
trainer was told that his horse was
beaten 1t would go i'll with him, per-
haps kill him, and so they handed him
a card SO marked that it declared that
Kingdom had beaten Jean Beraud by
four lengths. The card said, too, that
Previous had beaten The Huguenot in
the Brooklyn derby.
One of the men with a vivid imagi-
nation told a realistic story of how
Campbell's horse had won, and the
sick man listened with glowing eyes.
Il knew my colts would win,'' he
whispered, and he fell into the refresh
longed. And the men who had told
these white lies felt that they had done
well.
1t has come about that each day since
then Hardy CarnpbelIs horses have
won every race they entered and he
has grown steadily better.
1t was the first deception that saved
Hardy Campbelrs life, the physician
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
WHISKY BISCUITS.
New York Health officers Graphing
With New Problems

New York, June 27.-For the next few
days the school system of Manhattan
borough will become incidentally, an
amateur detective bureau, with Super
intendent Jasper as the chief of detec-
tives, the school principals as the de-
tective sergeants, the teachers as the
detectives, and all the pupils as special
ly detailed sleuths in citizens dress.
The board of health has received in
formation that several bakeries and
candy stores in the vicinity of schools
have been selling to the pupils what
are known as whisky biscuits. They
are Misunderstanding jelly cakes, but
they contain whisky or other spirituous
liquors. 1t is said that an s-year-oId
boy, who was taken to Bellevue hos
pital a few days ago, apparently in
sane, was found to be suffering from
the effects Of eating five of these whis-
ky biscuits.
President Murphy, of the board OF
health, discussed the subject of whisky
biscuits with his colleagues at a board
meeting, and decided to start a crusade
against the shop-keepers who sell them.
The division of food inspection and Of
fensive trades was directed to notify
its inspectors to be on the lookout for
the whisky biscuits, and to stop their
sale to children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
PUBLISHERS CONVICTED.
Murder Trial Brings Lincoln News
paper Men Into Court

Springfield, Ill. June 27.-John Ed
monds and Samuel v. Moulden, pub
fishers of the Lincoln Daily Courier,
were convicted of sending obscene mat
ter through the mails in the United
States court. Recently there was a
murder trial in Lincoln and the Cou-
rier published full account of the pro-
ceedings, including testimony of a vile
character.
Two defenses were made, one that
the Objectionable matter was a mere
detail of testimony that had been given
in open court and was legitimate news;
the other that the publishers were not
aware of the character of the story
printed in their paper, the report hav-
ing been turned in by subordinate
without their knowledge The jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty on the ground
that, while the publishers did not know
of the publication in advance of the
time it was sent through the mails they
were none the less responsible. This is
the third conviction had in the United
States where the circumstances were
similar,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
OBJECT TO VIEWING DEAD
Exposure of Dissecting Subjects
Arouses Ire of Neighborhood.

Chicago, June 27.-Officers of the health
department have been called upon to in
vestigate the alleged reckless manner in
which cadavers are handled by the stu
dents at the Illinois Medical college. Aus
tin and Milwaukee avenues. According
to the stories told by the neighbors, the
students and responsible officials have
been guilty of negligence in conducting
demonstrations on bodies.
The college, which is in a thickIy poPu-
lated district, has at its head as dean Or.
str ltd5f5d Drs. j. n Augear,- Randolph n.
Hall, Seth s. Bishoff, John L. Morns and
with the department and Investigation
was started. Should the inquiry corrob-
may call upon the State Anatomical So
ciety to refuse to supply the institution
It is claimed that the. work of dissec-
ton is too public and that the cadaEers
building in Which the work is done and in
which are the watts adJotns the colege
building and was once blacksmith
The compliments say that the only en-
taken upstairs to the dissecting room
alleged that, there being no shades on the
windows of the operating room, the work
lie eve. Crowds of boys attracted by
these exhibitions invite the attention of
jocuiar young ANTAGONISTS, frequently
throw, small bits of flesh at the enloo1 .s
Health Commissioner Reynolds, when
asked about the case, said:
Stories about medical college are al
WAYS greatly exaggerated and I am in
cliried to believe that the complaints are
in measure unfounded. The institution
bears an excellent reputation and has in
its faculty a number of well known prac-
titioners. If any improprieties have oc-
Cured 1 know it was without their know
ledge. A dissecting room is not desir-
able thing to have in a netghborhood, and
L suppose these people feel the same as we
would about the matter 1 am having
the complaints investigated and VIII see
that all existing evils are remedted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
PROFESSOR A VANDAL.
Moral Philosopher Threw Hymn
Books In a Well

Easton, Pa, June 27.-George Herbert
Stevens who until about a year ago was
adjunct professor of moral philosophy at
Lafayette college, is under arrest here on
the technical charge of malicious mis-
chief.
The police charge Stevens with various
acts of vandalism about the college, in
Guiding the cutting of rare and valuable
vines, the tarring of the chapel, the de-
struction of the organ, the throwing of
hymn books into q well, etc.
notoriety by his attack on DR.. Warfield,
president of the college. Stevens refused
to obey instructions from the president
and was dismissed.
Stevens broke down and confessed
everything charged against him. He also
revealed plans of the future work of de-
struction he had laid to burn all the col
lese buildings except the gymnasium.
Stevens only idea, he admits, was to
avenge himself against DR.. Warfeld for
the loss of his position The professor
declares he brooded so much over the loss
of his position that his mind became I'M
balanced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
GROOM CAME NOT.
Intended Chicago Bride Waits and
Mourns Her Lover.

Chicago, June 27.-Miss Bessie Ster-
ling was to have been married to Chas.
Albertson, but the groom did not appear.
Aiding in a search for the young man
are Sheriff Charles J. Yockey of Otta-
wa, ILL.,; Detective O'Keefe of the Hin
OILS Central Railroad company, Joseph
Thompson of Ottawa and Burton H.
Warren.
Albertson, who was employed by the
Illinois Central Railroad company as an
electrician, disappeared June 1. That
night he had called on Miss Sterling
and made final arrangements for their
maria ge. A few days later Miss Ster-
ling communicated with Albertson's
family in Ottawa, but they had not
heard from him. The Sheriff of that
town then learned that Albertson had
lost So 600 in speculation. In his room
the police found 500 and nearly all his
clothing was in his trunk He is %
years old tall, dark and good looking.
Miss Sterling is a teacher in a public
school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
DAKOTA CROPS RUINED.
Wind and Hail Destructive Around
Grand Forks.

Grand Forks. N D.. June PA disas-
trous hail storm swept through the center
of Walsh county for a distance Of ten
miles and from one to ten miles in width.
Hail fell for half an hour in the form Of
chunks, some of them weighing over
pound. Crops in the path of the storm
are apparently a total loss, and a con
servatiVe estimate of the area of grain de-
stroyed is $1,000 acres; the financial loss
will be from $15o.OOO to 500 900.
apart, all the skylights and windows
the west side of the buildings were broken
and trees were denuded of foliage. A tor
rent of water followed the hail and serious
damage was done to culvertS. bridges,
etc. Hail is also reported in the vicinity
of Churchs Ferry. Grand Harbor, Penn
Some damage is also reported by light
ming. A big elevator and a store at Crary
were partially wrecked and several people
slightly injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
Is AN OLD TIMER.
James Wilcox Arrested - An Expert
Coin Shaver.

st. Louis, June 27.-John Wilson, who
was arrested by officers a few days ago
for sweating" 2O-dollar gold pieces.
proves to be James Wilcox an ex-
convict and an expert in his particular
line OF business, and well known to Sc
cret service agents throughout the
country. He was but recently released
from the Iowa penitentiary, where he
served four years for the same bust
ness as that for which he is now under
arrest. He is said by officers to be the
most expert man in his line of any
man in the country, and that as a gen.
eral thing he is constantly kept watch
of, and it cannot be understood how he
escaped detection after leaving the
Iowa penitentiary.
He shaves the milling of the gold
pieces, securing about $1.45 off each
one, remills the piece, and it passes
readily, only an expert being competent
to judge that it has been tempered
with. In other ways he digs out q part
of the coin, filing it and regildng the
coin. In this way he was enabled to
cheat the government, 1t is alleged, out
Of thousands of dollars per annum. 1t
be sprinkled on ordinary ore and sold
as genuine.
Wilson says that his name is not Will
cox and that he is a merchant, but the
officers state positively that he Is Will
cox and that he will be held. He was
arrested here for attempting to pass a
doctored 20-dollar gold piece on a sa-
loon keeper. The latter had been caught
once before on similar scheme, and,
on pretext OF going for change, stepped
out and called an officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
ANOTHER NEW DISEASE.
Cincinnati Man Suffering With Wry-
Neck or TorticoIIis.

Cincinnati, o., June 27.-For the first
time in it's history the city hospital has
a patient afflicted with what In medical
parlance is called torticoIlis, or wry-
neck, a form of spasm affecting the
cervica1 muscles and due to the atrophy
of the SternO maStOld.
The unfortunate man is Louis Offner.
% years old, molder by trade, who
lives at 1920 Jackson street. Since ear
ly childhood his face has been turned
at such an angle that his gaze is on
level with his right shoulder, his chin
almost resting on the shoulder blade.
The causes that underlie this condition
the physicians in charge of the case are
unable to state. 1t may have been con-
genital, due to a cold or a blow The
latter causes are not susceptible Of
proof, since Offner cannot remember Of
ever having been struck or being affect
ed by a severe cold.
SO far temporary relief has been Civ
en- to the patient with large doses of
bromide and morphia, simultaneously
injected. IGlectr-cit has also been tried
but with little success, and an opera
ton will probably be resorted to later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-27
TEXAS SUES A RAILROAD.
Claims Law Violated by Discharge Of
Passenger Brakemen.

Dallas, Tex, June 27-Suit has been filed
in the Twenty-sixth district court at Aus
International and Great Northern railroad
for $166, 400 damages for non-compl1ance
with laws of Texas, which require the
presence of brakemen on passenger trains:
The suit was brought on charges that
a period of fifty-two days, the road in
question has been operating without any
brakemen on it's passenger trains the
laws of Texas specifically provide that
there shall be a brakeman on the rear
ing the state. Literal construction OF this
is that there must be a brakeman on the
train. OF late the International and Great
Northern is reputed to have released all
its brakemen and operated its trains with
out them The penalty for not having
brakemen on trains is 500 per day for
each train.