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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
ST CITY, ARK. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST "a, 1900
A Strange story.

"A strange story of life under an as.
sumed name and estrangement from
wealthy relatives, for 40 years. comes
from Clarendon, where a pro,ainept
cl'l@en known as John Smith died re-
Gently. His real name was Alvi,
kimball and he claimed IN be :.
brother of Orrin A. Kimbar. the mil
honaire piano manufacturer of Mas.
sachusetts. In the early COS Young
himpal got on n spree with other
young men in Boston and throuob
remorse enlisted in the federal army.
shortly after enlisting he deserted
and went to Philadelphia, where he
re-entered the army as substitute
and received $1,000 in gold. He again
deserted and again went in as a sub-
stItute, this time receiving 81, 500 in
gold. Finally he cast his lot with the
Contederates, and went through the
war with the remarkable record of
having fought on both sides and de-
serted three times. He was highly
esteemed by his neighbors, and to
the orphan and friendless man his
purse was always open. At the time
OF his death he was caring for tw,
homeless little ones.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
.Colored Woman Shot and Fatally
Wounded While Resisting
An Officer.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CHRoNlclED
Attorney General Davis Files Suit Araipst
Five Little Rock Ice Companies for vio-
Iating tho Anti-Trust Law - Terrible
SawmilI Accident In Saline County.
Two Men sunocated.

George Hudgins and Ike Chandler
met tragic death in well at Hot
Springs. The men were digging the
well, and had gone down about 25
feet. Hudgins was at the bottom and
Chandler was using the windlass to
raise the dirt. Suddenly Chandler
heard cry for help and he immed-
lately descended to rescue Hudgins.
who was dying from suffocation,
When Chandler reached the bottom
he, too, was overcome by suffocation
and called to those at the windlass tn
pull him up. He was hauled near the
top in dazed condition and fell
back, breaking his neck. The dead
bodies of both men were then drawn
rom the well with hooks.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Filed Another Charge.

An attorney of Little Rock was
called upon by colored woman who
desired him to defend her on charge
of grand larceny. While talking ID
the woman the attorney was surprised
to discover that she wore valuable
ring that had been stolen from his
wife. Instead of pleading her case
the lawyer filed another charge
against her.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
CHASED BY A TORNADO
Exciting Experience of the steam Yacht
sapho on Lake Michigan In
Tornado.

Milwaukee, Aug. 22.-The steam
yacht Sapho, of Chicago. met with a
terrible experience on Lake Michigan
after leaving Sheboygan Monday. The
yacht was caught in the tornado as il
spent itself in the lake, and for 80
minutes was buffeted about, those on
board expected every minute to be
their last The yacht reached Mil
waukee yesterday. In addition to the
five men who compose the crew, there
were on board these men when the
tornado was encountered: Commo-
dore Nj. j. Steffens, of Chicago, owner
of the yacht; Geo. W. Ristine, of Chi
eago, eN-president of the Colorado &
Midland road, and X. j. Steffens, son
of Commodore Stefrens.
Commodore Steffeps. in speaking of
the happening, said il was the worst
he had experienced in 21 years of lake
travel. and how the party ever out
lived the storm was more than he
could tell.
Said the commodore: 'sThe weather
was perfectly calm up TO the time we
reached the storm. The air was clear
so that we could see for 20 miles
around. suddenly we saw, toward the
shore. a greenish-black cloud. 1t came
toward us with a mighty roar. 1t
seemed to be turning mass, and
whirled and whirled about, first in
this and then in that direction. 1t
came on us like flash, and so soon
that we did not have time to prepare
for it. The yacht seemed to be literal
ly swamped many times, and it was
due to only the courage of the crew
that the boat weathered the Storm,
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24

Attorney General jeff Davis has filed
suits against the Independent Ice Com.
pany, Little Rock Brewing and Ice
Company, Little Rock Ice Company and
North Little Rock Ice Company, pray.
ing Judgment against the defendants
for $4,000 damages for being members
OF an ice trust. The state alleges that
the defendants are members of pool.
trust and combination organized to
control the price of ice in Little Rock.
which is punishable by fine of not
less than 5000 nor more than $4,000.
The suit is brought under the anti
trust act of 1892
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24

The temporary injunction granted
several months ago against the Plum
Bayou levee board to prevent the col
lection of levee tax on certain prop
erty in Jefferson, Pulaski and Lonoke
counties, has been made perpetual.
The plaintiffs claim the assessments
would be inequitable, and that the act
creating the district, which was passed
by the last legislature. is unconstitu-
tional. The matter will be appealed te
the supreme court.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
BRIEF MENTION.

The chief of police of Fort Smith was
fined SIS in police court for violating a
city ordinance.
j. s. Rodman & Co., dry-goods mer-
chants at Helena, made an assign
ment. Liabilities, s6,50O0; assets, ss,-
900.
Arthur Campbell engaged in a diff
Guilty with Dan Matthias at Atkins over
some trivial matters and severely cut
him about the body.
Frank White, an alleged horse thief.
was shot and probably fatally wound
ed by a Grant county farmer who
was trying to effect his arrest.
Anthony Cross, a colored mechan-
ic, was killed at Helena by the coll
lapse of a house which was being
torn down.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Fatal Pistol Duel,

Says special from Van Buren,:
Word has been received from Union
town, small inland trading point
twenty miles distant, of a fatal pistol
duel at that point between Henry
Trnitt and Morton Mills, resulting in
the death of the later and the wound
ing of the former. Bad blood had eX-
lsted between the two men since Tru-
tits marriage, two years ago. They
met in country road, and each drew
gun and opened fire, Mills falling,
shot through the heart. Truitt was
able to mount his horse and fed to-
ward the Indian Territory.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
CHINA Gan STEM AWHILE.
Her Peace 0vertures Will Not be
Complied With by the United
States for the Present.
she HAS NO ONE BUT HERSELF TO BLAME
united states Action Based ON NOn-
Compliance with the Specin0
Provisions of the Declaration of
August ia Late Dispntch FROM
Minister Congcr Made PubIic.

Washington, Aug. 2a.--The cabinet
decided to reject the latest appeal
from Ii Hung Chang for cessation
of hostilities. The reply will be COM
municated at once to the Chinese
government with a statement of the
reasons for the action OF this govern
ment. The rejection is based on the
noncompliance of the Chinese gov
srnment with the specific provisions
Of the declaration of the United
States under date of August ~.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Railroad Statistics,

The biennial report of Secretary of
State Hull will show the following
railroad statistics up to August /, 19oO
Total number of miles in operation
August 1, 1899, 2,S29.11; total number
of miles abandoned in 1892 Is; total
number of miles in operation August
l, 1900, 3,045.6o; total increase in mile
age in 1900, 231.54. The increase of
mileage as shown above was made by
the following roads: Choctaw x Mem
phis railroad, 1921; Searcy & Des Arc
railroad, IS; Arkansas & Oklahoma
railroad, Ills; Jonesboro, Lake City
u Eastern railroad, 425; Little Rock;
Hot Springs & Western railroad, SO. 23,
Pine Bluff & Western railroad, IL. SO.
Total, 23l.54.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
THE WISCONSIN TORNADO.
The Damage Not So Great as mt First
Reported, Hut II IL Neverthe-
less, Quite Severe.

Sheboygan, Wis, Aug. ga care.
full review of the havoc caused by
Mondays tornado shows the damage
to have been far less than at first
thought. The number of buildings
destroyed or badly damaged is not
owed rs and the pecuniary loss in the
neighborhood of 100000.
The storm originated at Marinette,
and from reports from the north it
seems to have followed the line of the
Chicago a. Northwestern railroad
down as far as Oshkosh. There it
yeered to the east and apparently
spent its force on Lake Michigan.
While the storm did considerable
damage all along it's track it was
most severe at this place.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24

In the federal court at Fort Smith
Judge Rogers passed sentences as fol-
lows: }. L. Clayborn, illicit sale of
whisky, Newton county, sixty days in
jail, fine 500; w. NJ. Hammond, Car
roll county, same offense, ninety days
and 500; Mack Churchill, Scott county,
thirty days in Jail and fine 500; b. f.
Parks, same ofrense, thirty days and
800 fine; c. w. Cochran, Pope county,
cutting government timber, forty five
days in Jail and S125 fine.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Family Almost Wiped Out.

Lewis, the 10-year-old son of DR..
and Mrs. w. b. Williams, died at
l.inwood, Jefferson county, last week.
This was the fifth death in the family
in the last four weeks. Smallpox and
typhoid fever ragged in the household
at the same time. The whole family
of eight were sick at the same time.
The mother, father and son are
the only remaining members. DR.. w.
ii. Blankenship's wife died few
weeks ago of smallpox in the same
house. The doctor moved out, the
Williams family moved in and its
troubles began.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
WILL OFFER NO AFFRoNT.
The Persons of the Emperor and
Empress Downger viii be safe.

Washington, Aug. 22.--The stats
department has received an appeal
from the. viceroys of Marking and
Human asking that no personal in
tignities be shown the emperor and
empress dowager, and renewing as
surances of friendship and of MAIN
tanning quiet in the south of China il
this was observed. The communica-
ton from the viceroys came through
Minister WI, and was delivered By
him to Mr.. Adee. 1t is understood
that the powers already have consid-
cred this question, and there appears
to be no disposition to give the e1n-
peror and empress dowager affront.
Earl Ii Hung Chang has signified
his intention of leaving Shanghai for
Pekin as soon as he receives the re-
ply of the powers to his request for
peace.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
MADDOX SEMINARY.
Citizens cf Arkansas should Feel Proud OF
Such an Institution OF Learning.

Citizens cf Arkansas should Feel Proud OF
such an Institution of Learning.
The new addition to Maddox Semi
nary is going up rapidly. Many other
important improvements are being
made during vacation and bv the OPEN
ing OF next session, September 18th,
Maddox Seminary will have the best
school plant in the southwest for young
ladies. The citizens of Little Rock and
the state of Arkansas should feel proud
OF such an institution of learning.
Many who have been sending their
daughters out of the state in search of
better equipped schools are turning
their attention now toward Maddox
Seminary. This is Just as it should be.
All are agreed that Little Rock, our
City of Roses, can have just as good a
school as any other capital city and
that we should patronize our own in
stitutions. President Maddox is an ex-
perienced and successful school man
and commands the respect and conf
dence of all who know him.
He is eminently qualified for his
responsible position as shown by the
success he has made in Little Rock un.
der the most trying circumstances. He
is not only an educator of high order
but . man of extraordinary business
ability, who guards with care and good
judment the business interests of the
institution. We need more college
presidents of this kind in our country.
During the two years past he re-
modelled and thoroughly overhauled
the buildings and is now erecting a
large addition, putting in a new heat
ing plant, water works on every floor,
electric lights and all modern improve
ments. This will give boarding ca
pacity for 200 and every room will be
newly furnished.
There will be large increase in the
patronage this fall and President Mad
dox is pushing his propositions with
the hope of accommodating all who
may come. The school is being con-
Quoted upon high plane and deserves
a liberal patronage. Let the people
rally around this splendid institution
and make it glorious success and the
pride of the southwest
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Negro Shot and Killed.

Andrew Johnson, negro laborer,
was shot and fatally wounded at Iit-
tie Rock by another negro named
John Dorsey. Johnson was standing
at soda fountain drinking a glass
of soda when Dorsey entered the
Place. Without a word of warning
Dorsey drew a revolver and shot
Johnson. the bullet striking him in
the abdomen.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
MORE LYNcHERS SENTENCED
eight Men Under Life Sentences for
Taking Part In the Henderson
County Lynching.

Palestine, Tex, Aug. 22.-Forme'
Justice of the Peace Joseph Wilkel
son, the alleged leader of the mob
that lynched the three Humphreys in
Henderson county in May, 1899, and J.
A. Johns, Sam Hall and John +. Had
dis, the remaining defendants, yes
terday pleaded guilty to murder in
the first degree, and each received a
life sentence in the penitentiary The
action disposes of all the Humphreys
lynching eases, eight in number. Each
defendant received a life sentence.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
w Gather Report.

The weather report for Arkansas,
week ending August 22d, shows that
excessively hot and dry weather pre-
vailed. Light scattered showers oc
CURED in few localities, but was not
OF much benefit to growing crops.
Cotton has suffered to a great extent,
the hot, dry weather causing it to will,
and shed rapidly. 1t has commenced
to open in some localities. Late corn
is badly injured and in some places
VIII be total failure. The thrashing
of wheat and oats continues, and the
yield is fair to good.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
FROM MINISTER coNGER.
Extracts From = Late Dlspatch
From Conger, nj Pekin.

Washington. Aug. 22.--The state de-
partment makes public the following
extract from a cablegram received
from Minister Conger:
United States Legation, Pekin, (un.
Dated, via Che Foo, Aug. 20.---Secrc-
tary of State, Washington: Saved. Re-
lief arrived to-day. Entered city with
little trouble. Do not yet know where
imperial family is. Except disease al
ready reported, all Americans alive
and well. Desperate efforts made last
night to exterminate us. Mitchell, an
American soldier, and Russian and
Japanese wounded, German killed.
Advise Woodward, Chicago, Conger.
Des Moines; Sims, Council Bluff; Con.
ger, Pasadena; Porter, Paris.
sCONGER, by Fowler, Che Foo"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
White Boys and Negroes Fight.

difficulty occurred between some
0egroes and white boys at Russell
vile, resulting in fatal injury to
VIII Davenport. The white boys
made the negroes leave the depot
platform and followed them some dis
tance. The negroes then turned on
the whites and began to use their
knives. Clarence Montgomery, white,
was also badly cut.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Met q Sudden ID cath.

William Clay, a white man en-
ployed as lumber grader at Porter's
mill at Rison, met a sudden death.
He was repairing the shafting in the
top of shed, when in some manner
he lost his hold and fell fifty feet on
planning machine. He was internal
iy injured and lived only an hour af-
ter the accident. A wife and four
children survive.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
A DISASTROUS WRECK.
Two Persons Killed and Seven In
Jured by Collision In
Cut.

Tazewell, Va, Aug. GA disastrous
wreck at Maxwell, six miles from
here, on the Clinch Valley division of
the Norfolk a. Western, occurred
Monday, resulting in the death of two
men and the wounding of seven 9TH
ers.
a light engine was running west at
40 miles an hour when il met in a cut
u freight drawn by two engines going
so miles an hour. The crash was ter
rife.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Csotured in Missouri.

Ben King, alias Frank Williams,
wanted in Woodruff county for muir
der. was captured last week at Joplin,
Mo. On June Goth. at Howe Station,
King and another negro got into diff
ficulty, and shot fred by King at his
adversary missed its mark and struck
and killed a negro woman.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Killed by Oficers.

Lee Moore, colored, was shot and
Killed by officers at Junction City.
arrest on Moore in his yard, when
Moore began cursing them and ran
INTO the house and procured pistol
As he started to raise the weapon to
tire, bullet from one of the officers
pistols pierced his heart and he fell
lead.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
CHINESE IMPERIAL FAMILY.
Paragraphs Regarding Their Move~
ments of Chinese Origin.

London, Aug. 22.--Divers' para
graphs as to the movements of the
Chinese imperial family continue to
be received at the treaty ports, and
are thence faithfully transmitted to
the European capitals.
Those representing the court as hav.
ing left Pekin are of exclusive Chi
nese origin. According to them, their
maiesties are well on their way to
Sian-Fu, about 500 miles inland.
Fighting was going on at Pekin Sat-
urday.
At Pe<in, Saturday, according to a
dispatch received by the admiralty
from Rear Admiral Bruce, the allies
entered the sacred city Friday.
If the Chinese government is at
Sian-Fu, there is no means of getting
at them, according to the military
men, without prolonged campaign.
and with an army as large as Lord
Roberts, to secure the bases of COM
munication.
Advices from the provincial capitals
show that the attitude of the south
ern mandarins has been friendly since
the allies reached Pekin-
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Free-For-All Fight.

In a free-for-all fight ut the home of
John Glover in Faulkner county Glover
was fatally stabbed. Glover, Jesse
Hetfington, Eli Davis and a man named
Shaw were returning from funeral
and all stopped at Glover's home wher
they loaded up on whisky.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Child Scalded to Death.

A terrible accident befell the p
year-old daughter of William Britt.
Jefferson county farmer. The child
was playing in the kitchen, when in
some manner it overturned a kettle
of boiling water, the contents emp
tying over its head. The little one
suffered the most excruciating pains
until death relieved it.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Anii-saioon League at Work.

The Anti-Saloon League has cans-
ming alleged blind tigers. One often
der pleaded guilty to five counts and
was fined Sl00 and costs in each case,
but on a promise to never again en-
gage in the illegal traffic of liquor.
four of the fines were held up.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Roberts 10 safe.

A cablegram from PelSin, China, an
nounces the safety of DIR. Chas. Rob-
erts, former resident of jefferson
county, but at the same time announces
the capture of his wife by the Boxers.
DIR. Roberts formerly lived on farm
near Pine Bluff.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Negro Fatally stabbed.

In fight at lum Der camp in Jeffer-
son county Bill Mays literally cut Jesse
Adams to pieces. Mays used large
butcher knife. slashing Adams in the
chest. shoulders and legs, and stabbed
him several times in the stomach Both
men are colored
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
Must Close ON Sunday.

Rev. w. Z. Thompson, who is leading
a crusade against violators of the Sun
day law at Little Rock, filed informa-
tion with the prosecuting attorney
against several proprietors of drug
stores, cigar dealers, confectioners and
bakers, charging them with keeping
their places of business open on
Sunday. ---
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24

Paris. Aug. 22.-The French for
cign Office has received from Ii Hung
Chang a request similar to the one
addressed to the United States gov
ernment, asking for the appointment
of NJ. Pichon, the French minister at
Pekin, or another person to repre-
sent France at the peace negotia-
tions. 1t is said all the powers have
received like message.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24

Charles Bryan, a Hot Springs police
man, and Sam Watts, a deputy sheriff,
had fight at political barbecue. The
men went off into the woods by them
selves and fought it out with their
fists, both being badly pummeled up.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24

London, Aug. 22.-The following
dispatch is received from Rear Ad-
miral Bruce:
"Taku, Aug. -(Sunday)-Th
allies are reported TO have entered
the sacred city of Pek.n Aug,iss IL"
Telegraph From TIen Tain Cut.
Shanghai. Aug. 81, clio p. m.-The
foreign officials here say that the
telegraph from Tien Tsin has been
cut. The position of the allies is un-
certain and large body of Chinese
troops has taken the feld.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24
The Chinese situation.

The meeting was devoted entirely
to the Chinese situation. Secretaries
Hay and Root, who have been most ac-
tive in directing affairs, were absent
from the city. so that the attendance
was small comparatively, the presi-
dent having with him Secretaries
Gage, Hitchcock and Wilson and Post
master-GeneraI Charles Emory Smith
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-21
THE REV. DIR. :. F.. WISIIARD.
Salt Lake City, ftah.

on Saturday at assemblies for the s,.hjcc+
80 mini t"r:,ti relief. Thr Veterans re e..
denominations ar" cared FOR. aS are thc;r
widows and minor children ard the ;.I;.l
on the funds Of Jhs board is . heavy one.
I'll" receipts hsv" not k"p' pace witt, the
aGditio:.- tu I'll" Eoii IF the needy. and ~
this arcoun. Ia" Enard ~ Ministerial Re
lief has asked fo- fund Of S25r1 add!-
tioaal this year.
Doctor Warr.n Raic!iGo Of Washington,
Il. -. ut whose church tho f.an-P~oshyte-
rian Council was held. made = strong
speech IN support 81 the majority report IF
Ih- snecja! committee on the PEORIA orcr-
tire. Six members of the crrum.'tec-DOc-
tor Radclffr. T. =. Klrkwool. George &.
Pollock :. !. kirkwoud. William IL. Scott
and :. l.. ErGwucll- reported In favor Of
giving the moderator an advisory commit
-. Of twenty-uuc ministers ana t.IderS to
aid him il the appointment a. standing
committees Doctor Isaac C1rntisou. The
miUolity member. suggested Il complicated
arrangement dividing she assembly i!tp
twenty-five ricctng Scc-i.us.
Doctor Radcliffe leads :he element which
looks upon the promoters nt the minority
scheme as those UnfricndlT To ne stated
clerk. Doctor ". Il. Roberts. lie wa~ the
moderator o- ti.- fuhly at NiHona Lake
and is an influential minister. ~" was in
terIupted during his speech = half hour be-
fore The time Limit hy Doctor SnecG. who