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The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
4 COUPLING PIN BROKE
Serious Wreck on the Illinois Gen. tral Railroad a Few Miles
 Out of Chicago.
rWEN1Y MEM MORE OR LESS INJURED.
The victims Mostly Stock Men, ana Two of Them Probably Fatally Hurt-Train Broke in Two on an Up sirade-Detached End Collided with Second section.

Chicago, March 6.-Twenty stock men and railroad employees were in- pured, two probably fatally, in COL l lision between two Illinois Central 1 freight trains near Broadview, a few miles out of Chicago. The Injared. Joseph Hobbs, Marcus, Ia.; may die.
 Frank Mccall, brakeman, Freeport, nl.; may die. E. E. Farwell, Manchester, Ia. J. B. Counsell, Dyersville, Ia.; left thigh fractured. Edward Yaeger, r,Primghar,Ia.; scalp wounds and fracture of left arm. Charles Peters, Matlock, Ia.; head cut, arms and legs bruised. H. B. Emerson, Manchester, Ia.: scalp wounds and right hand broken. J. J. Collins, conductor; face and head cut
 J. A. Clark, Elmhurst, H.; nose broken and head severely cut. E J. H. Dunne, Marcus, Ia.; left shoul. der and knee dislocated W. R. Spear, brakeman, Dubuque; ankle broken and head cut. Joseph Bernard, Anton, Ia.; right
 wrist broken and scalp wounds. s. NJ. Wixcell, scalp wounds and both legs bruised.
 H. O. Booth, Sioux Falls, s. D.; left foot fractured and head cut.
 Peter J. Baadte, Matlock, Ia.; both feet broken and head and back bruised.
 c. P. Statter, Sioux Falls, s. D.: hands and feet cut.
 J. W. Bryant, Cleghorn, Ia; left leg cut and right arm broken.
 w. E. Brazell, Otto, Ia.; bruised about head and body.
 Thomas McMahon, Ouinby, Ia.: three ribs of left side broken.
 E. A. Wilkinson, Quinby, Ia.; right hip dislocated and chest and back bruised.
 Broken Coupler Cauxed 1t.
 The two trains had been running about mile apart. While climbing a long grade coupling pin in the mid- dle of the head train broke. The cars of the broken section immediately started down the back grade and it was soon entirely beyond control. It struck in the engine of the oncoming freight train with a terrific crash. Both trains were on the way to Chica- go from western Iowa, and were made up mostly of loaded stock cars, with a caboose and passenger coach for the stockmen.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
BIG FORTUNES IN COTTON.
Ct. Louie Spectators Have Rounded Up Two Bsillion Dollars Dur-
 Ing the Recent Advance.

St. Louis, March 7.-Residents of St Louis have made $2,0OO. 900 in cotton in the past 60 days. Members of the St. Louis cotton exchange are today the happiest and best-naturcd men in the city. The sudden rise in the price of cotton, with the resultant profits to those who pulled" the market, is the cause. One firm. a close corporation. controlled by but two men, is credited with having made an even $s00.000 alone. and individual factors and com mission men have made sums varying from s10.000 to $20O,000.
 St. Louis traders claim that the ad- vance is legitimate, and has come to stay.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
A BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Two Killed and Over Forty Injured, of Whom Many Wiu Die
 Saved from Cremation.

Brazil, Ind, March "A miners train, carrying 400 workmen, employed at the mines north of here, to their homes in this city, was run into by a local freight train on the Chicago x Eastern Indiana railroad at six o'clock Monday evening, and the caboosc and TWO cars were smashed to splinters. Melvin Easter and Charles Crompey were instantly killed, and more than forty persons were severely wounded. Among those seriously injured, many or whom will die, are:
 Thomas Bsrrowman, both legs broken.
 Will Dodwell, injured internally.
 William Lumsdom, arm broken and injured in chest.
 Samuel Lynch, internal injuries
 John Dickson, back broken.
 Thcmas Davis, both arms broken.
 John Little, arm broken.
 William Vesper, internal injuries.
 The railroad company at once sent aspecial train and brought the wound ca to the city. All the vehicles obtain able at the livery stables and from private families were secured to take the men to their respective homes. when the train arrived the wounded were placed in the waiting room of the oepot and cared for by employees of .ne company until conveyances could oe secured to take them home.
 Engineer William Mcintosh and Fire man Ed. Sheehan, on the freight train, were injured by jumping when they observed the impeding danger. The engine was disabled and overturned. hundreds of women gathered at the sePot and grasped their mained and uleeding husbands and brothers in snelr arms when they were carried from the train.
 The wreckage caught fire by an over- turned stove, and the men who were esculng the wounded were forced to .urn their attention to the fire to pre-
 .' those pinioned in the wreck from being cremated-
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
THE LAwToN FUND CLOSED.
Nearly One Hundred ThOusand Dol, lars and all Letters Received
 Turned Over to the Widow.

Washington, March 7.-.An interest. ing scene occurred at the Riggs ia- tional bank. Tuesday. when the fund raised by a grateful people in recog- milton of the services of the late Maj.- Gen. Lawton was formally transferred to his widow. The parties to the transaction were Mrs. Henry c. Law ton, Adjt.-Gen. Corbin. Acting Com nissioner-General Weston and Mir. (. c. Clover, the lass-named representing the bank.
 Gen. Corbin. as treasurer of the fund, drew n creek for sos, ,4o-.07 in favor of Mary C. Lawton, and saw that it was transferred to her credit on the books of the bank. At the same time his act as treasurer of the fund was closed. Gen. Corbin said he did not care for receipt for the funds, but Mrs. Lawton insisted on giving him one.
 In addition to tine money the com mittee also turned over to Mrs. Law ton all the letters received from sub scribers to the fund, many of which contained beautiful tributes to the memory of her late lamented husband.
 On his return to his office, Gen. Cor bin received check fer $25 from Mr. James c. Carter, which the sender asked to have added to the Lawton fund, explaining that he would have sent it earlier, but he had been out of the country. It will make the total fund tes, ,432.o7.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
THE BEST HE COULD PROCURE.
Authorship of the Puerto RicaD TariR Bill Ascribed te Secre-
 taFy Root.

Washington, March 7.--As the su- thorship of the Puerto Rican tariff bill has been ascribed to Secretary Root by member of the ways and means committed, it may be proper to state that the secretary himself drew mp tho bill, but only as an alternative meas ure, upon representations by some of the republican members of the com mittee to the effect that it was the best possible legislation. While consenting to draft the bill under these circum- stances. Secretary Root declared that he still held to the opinions on tho subject expressed in his annual report. and favored all that could be done for Puerto Rico. These facts are from tho highest authority
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
READY TO MEET THE YAQUIS.
limited states Troops VIII Meet
 Yaqui Indians If They Attempt Ao Cross From Mexico.

San Francisco, March GA report from Benson, Ariz., says:
 Rumors have reached here that a lager body of Yaqui Indians are head ed for the international line. Orders have been issued by Gen. Merriam, the commanding officer at Fort Huachua- ca, to hold troops in readiness for i'm mediate field service to be used to re- pei any attempt to cross the line into the United States.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
To Make One Job ee It.

London, March s.-Spencer Wilkin- son, in the Morning Post Wednesday,, confines his review of the military situ- ation to a mere record of events, and concludes af follows:
 ''It almost seems as though Lord Roberts wished to let the Boers assem- ble as much of their army as they can before beginning to try conclusions with them.
The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
The Horror Grows.

After 12 hours work at the wrecked mine more than fifty dead bodies had already been taken out. and the num- Der of dead may reach IS or more. 1t was thought, Tuesday night, that at least 45 miners were yet entombed in the wrecked mine.
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No Confirmation of the Report, but the
Situation There Was Known
to Be Very Critical.
GUNBoATs IN THE RIVER
READY TO PROTECT THE SETTLE
MENTs OF FOREIGNERS.
Russian Troops Ordered from Port
Arthur to the NeighbrohoOd of
Peking to Punish the Boxers.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The secretary
of the navy has received the following
cablegram from Admiral Kempff, COM
manding the United States steamer New
ark, lying at the Taku forts at the mouth
of the Pei-Ho river, dated Taku, June 5:
Engagement has commenced. Have
landed a force of fifty seamen more-bat-
talions and Marines
The break in the admirars cablegram is
caused by an illegible group of figures in
the cablegram. Reading in one light it
would seem that the Newark has landed
fifty sailors to reinforce the marines al
ready ashore, and in another aspect the
gap might be read to state that fifty sailors
had been landed with another battalion of
marines. However that may be, the ad-
mirals news is regarded as of the utmost
gravity. Secretary Long has cabled him
to send his messages hereafter in plain
English in order to avoid further misunder-
standings and delays in transmitting the
cipher. The admiral has said nothing about
needing more force. but the department
stands ready to supply this at once, sup
posing that he has not communicated di-
rectly with Rear Admiral Remey at Manila
in quest Of reinforcements
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REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.
Boxers Have the Support of the Masses
of Celestfals.

ATLANTA, Ga, June 5.-Hon. William L.
Scruggs. former consul general to China,
in an interview here to-day re-
garding the 'Boxers's' movement
said: ''These so-called Boxers
represent what is undoubtedly the
public sentiment of the empire of
China. That is to say, they represent the
sentiment of the masses i'm all parts of
China. The Chinese claim TO be a chosen
people, just as much so as did the old He
brews. Their whole government, their civ
ilization, their social system are all predi-
Gated upon the one idea that their govern
ment and their Jurisprudence are a revzla-
ton from heaven. Consequently all mis-
sionary work in China and all industrial
and commercial enterprises by foreigners
are looked upon by the masses as directed
to the overthrow of their civilization and
government. The Boxers so-called, mere
ly represent that sentiment. The enlight-
ened rulers Of China, the best men amongst
them, do not share that sentiment, but
there is no government that know of that
is more sensitive to popular sentiment than
China, consequently the Empress dowager
and the officials of the Chinese govern
ment hesitate to antagonize wha. they con-
ceive to be the sentiment Of the great
masses OF the people"
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CAPTURED BY BOERs.
Thirteenth Battalion of the Imperial
Infantry Taken Prisoners.

LONDON. June 5. II p m.-Following is
the text Of dispatch from Lord Roberts
announcing a disaster to the Thirteenth
Battalion of the Imperial Qrish) Yeoman-
ry:
Pretoria. June 5. 1856 p. MI regret to
report that the Thirteenth Imperial Yeo-
manry had to surrender to a very superior
force of the enemy on May 81 near Lindley.
On receiving information of the battalion
being attacked 1 ordered Methuen to pro-
ceed with all speed to it's assistance. Me-
thuen was then on the march, on the He'll
bron side of Kroonstad. and, half an hour
after the receipt of my telegram on June
/. he started off. BY 10 a. m. of the follow
ing day he had marched forty-four miles
in twenty-five hours, but ne was too late
to rescue Colonel Spragge's yeomanry. Me-
thuen attacked the Beers. who were be.
tween 1900 and 1900 strong. and after a
running fight of five hours. completely
routed the enemy. 1t is very regrettabie
circumstance. but I trust 1t will not be
very long before the Irish yeomanry are
released from captivity"
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CONGRESS THIS MORNING.
Scenes i'm the House-Agreement on
the Nicely ExtraditiOn Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Both Houses OF
Congress were in session at o'clock this
morning. During the night the Neely ex-
tradition bill was argued. 1t is now ready
for the President. The bill differs very lit
tie from the Senate measure. Cuba" is
stricken out and the bill made applicable
to all possessions.
At 1 o'clock no further conference re-
ports being ready. Mr.. Payne, the floor
leader of the House for the majority, moved
a recess until a. m. Mr.. Hopkins moved
to amend the motion to make it o'clock.
and when the amendment was defeated Mr..
Lentz made the point of no quorum and
forced a call of the House. The call of the
House developed the presence of only lib
members. A resolution was adopted to ar
rest absentees. While awaiting the ap-
pearance of absentees the members in
dulged in considerable horse play the
floor. Others congregated in the lobby
and made the corridors ring with their
songs.
The conferees on the Military Academy
bill have reached complete agreement,
the Senate amendment making Gneral
Miles a lieutenant general, a provision
being inserted in the lieutenant general
amendment that it shall apply only to Of
ficers of the line. The number of cadets at
large are increased TO 100. thirty to be
named direct by thk President and the
others apportioned I'd States.
At $3.50 a. m. the Sc &ate took recess un-
til 10 a. m. The House recessed till s
o'clock
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single commander for the united European
and American squadron"
The Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, to-
day says the reports of the foreign powers
at Peking have requested their govern
ments to assent 10 the squadron of for
eign warships blockading at Pei-Ho river
leading TO Peking, as well as blockading
at Tien-Tsin.
dispatch from Tien-Tsin, via Shang-
hal. says: Last night passed quietly, but
Tien-Tsin is in very excited state this
morning. About 200 more foreign stroops
are expected here to-day. News has just
been received from the viceroy, through
the men he sent TO Yung-C Ching. that Mr..
Norman, of the North China mission. was
murdered on Friday or Saturday. 1t is
thought that the viceroy knew of Mr.. Nor
mans murder at the time of Mr..
Robnson's"
Another dispatch from Tien-Tsin says:
"A representative of the Associated Press
visited Huang-Tsun, on the Peking & Tien-
Tsin railway, to-day and found that the
station had been burned and two bridges
damaged. The officer commanding the
Chinese troops on duty there. said that 200
Oh his men IldQ DOlltQ anu MY AC-
mained. These fought well. killing a num-
ber of the Boxers. The boiling troops were
badly cut up in an adjacent country. 1t is
stated that sixty were killed or wounded.
Some of their bodies were recovered.
frightfully mutilated. Bands of Boxers
are patroling the neighborhood. All the
Chinese railway employees are deserting
their posts and the troops sent to guard
the stations appear to be worse than use
less. A guard of 250 sent to Feng-Tai boil
ted at Lu-Kou-Chao yesterday morning
when they heard of the trouble at Huang-
Tsung."
The China Gazette says it has the highest
authority for stating that the dowager
Empress has ordered the Tsung Ii Yamen
to face all Europe rather than TO inter
fere with the Boxer movement. Elsewhere
it is asserted that the viceroy has ordered
troops to oppose the further landing OF
parties from foreign warshps and that
the troops are now engaged in operations
that are designed to prevent further for
eign reinforcements reaching Peking."
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EARLIER ADvICEs FROM ROBERTS
The Fighting Preceding the Occupa-
tfon of the TransvaaI Capital.

LONDON. June 5. 12:47 p. m.-The War
ONCE has issued the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
Pretoria. June 5. 1:40 a. m.-we are
now in possession of Pretoria. The Of
2 o'clock"
ceived from Lord Roberts was posted by
the War ONCE:
"six-Mile Spruit $50 a. m. June A.
We started this morning at daybreak and
marched ten miles 10 Six-mile spruit Both
banks of the river were occupied by the
enemy. Henry's and Ross's mounted in
fantry. with the West Somerset. Bedford
and Sussex Companies OF infantry, quickly
disiodged them from the south bank and
pursued them nearly a mile when they
found themselves under a heavy fire from
guns which the Beers had placed in a well
concealed commanding position.
Our heavy guns OF the Naval and Royal
Artillery which had purposely been placed
In the front part OF the column were hur-
ried 10 the assistance of the mounted in
fantry as fast as oxen and mules could
travel over the great. rolling hills sur
rounding Pretoria. The guns were sup
ported by Stevensons Brigade OF Pole
Carews division. and after a few rounds
drove the enemy from their positions.
'~The Beers then attempted to turn our
left flank. in which they were again foiled
by the mounted infantry and yeomanry
and supported by Maxwelrs Brigade of
fuckers division As. however. they still
kept pressing our left rear / sent word to
Ian Hamilton. who was advancing 10 our
left. TO incline toward US and NIL up the
gap between the two columns. This finally
checked the enemy. who We're driven back
toward Pretoria hoped we would have
been able to follow them up. but the days
are now short IN this part OF the world:
and after nearly ten hours marching and
fighting we had TO camp the ground
gained.
"The Guards Brigade Is quite near the
southernmost fort by which Pretoria is
defended and less than four miles from the
town. French. with the Third and Fourth
Cavalry Brigades and Hutton's New South
Wales Mounted Rifles. In North Preto-
ria Broadwoods Brigade is between
French's and Hamilton's columns; and
Gordon Is watching the right flank OF the
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FILIPINOS AND RIFLES
MANY ARE CAPTURED BY AMERICAN
PUNITIVE EXPEDITIONS.
Gen. Mascardo Said to BE Ready to
Surrender with 200 Men-Ammu-
milton Supplies Taken.

MANILA. June S. 1so p. m.-Major John
son, with two companies of the Twenty
ninth Infantry and twenty-five men of the
Twenty-eighth Infantry. sailed from Rom
blon to the neighboring Island of Tablas,
where they disembarked simultaneously in
four columns, converging on central
point. The Americans encountered about
sixty rebels, who retreated, and they cap
tured forty. including all the officers, to-
gether with ten thousand rounds of am
munition and twenty-four rifles. Forty men
of the Twenty-ninth Regiment, with a
lieutenant were left as a garrison, the
others returning to Romblon.
Company E, of the Thirty-ffth Regiment.
and Company G, Of the Fourth Regiment,
encountered fifty insurgents behind stone
trenches in the high mountains near
Norzagaray, province of Bulacan. There
was persistent fighting and several Amer
leans were wounded. Finally, Company G..
by a fanking movement. carried the
trenches. The trumpeter Speaker, of Com
pany G, has been commended for deter
mined bravery" by General Funston.
Troop G, of the Fourth Cavalry. Com
pany c, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment.
ana (OLlpduy ~ VI tuC Wcuts -ScCOuu
Regiment are pursuing the captors of
Charles d. Roberts, who was taken by the
Filipinos while scouting near San Miguel
de Mayumo, May 90 1t is reported that
the Filipinos have separated among the
trackless forests.
Forty rifles, with artillery and & consid-
erable quantity of ammunition have been
captured by the Americans in the noun
tains back OF Dunabualinan. Three Fill
pinos also were taken.
American scouts have destroyed the camp
of General Mascardo. The natives report
that Mascardo, with two hundred men and
five hundred rifles. will surrender, IL given
assurances that they will not be impris-
oned.
Yesterday. while scouting in the vicinity
of Santo Tomas, province of Nueya Ecija,
two Americans were wounded.
An investigation into the cause of the
burning OF Candaba has been ordered 1t is
alleged to have been done by drunken sail
ors.
Several local commercial houses recently
received anonymous warnings that the
Filipino crews OF their coastwise steamers
ever favorable opportunity arose. Conse-
quently. the steamers are now running
with armed European guards.
The members OF the civil commission are
now selecting offices and places OF resi-
dence.
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uation at Pao-Ting-Fu.
CHICAGO, June 5.-Letters from Presby-
terian missionaries in China have been re-
ceived at the Woman's Presbyterian Board
of Missions in this city. The Chicago mis-
sionaries in Pao-Ting-Fu are the Rev j.
w. Lowrie, Mrs. A. p. Lowrie, DIR. ]. Tay-
lor. DR.. and Mrs. Hodge. the Rev. and
Mrs. Suncox, and the Rev. and Mrs. j. A.
Miller. In one of the letters, dated April is,
the writer refers to the Boxer move
ment and praises the magistrate of Pao-
Ting-Fu for the friendly help he gave the
missionaries. The letter reads. in part:
1.-THE magistrate of the place said he had
posted proclamation full of threats to the
Boxers He sent ten soldiers to watch the
chapel the first part of the night and ten
others the last part He also sent a mes
senger out here (the missionaries outside
the city near one of the gates) to say that
soldiers patrolled the locality all night.
To-day the Boxers put up a poster say
ing the god of war had come down to ex-
terminate the foreign devils. The drought
throws many out of employment. Nothing
is being done in the fields because the
earth is so dry
The other letter is dated April q. and
tells of a fight between Roman Catholics
and Boxers having taken place not far
from Pao-Ting-Fu. The missionary says. in
part: "It seems that the Boxers have been
invited to come to this place by a rich man
who has had many lawsuits with the Ro-
man Catholics. and has always been
worsted He wanted the Boxers to avenge
him for he, like many others, believes the
Boxers are invulnerable. Ridiculous stories
are told of how bullets simply fly past them
or, If they strike. do no harm. Last SUM-
day. however, many of the Boxers were
killed.
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Queen Victoria Drinks to Lord Rob-
erts's Health and Has a Bonfire
Lighted on Mountain.
DISASTER TO IRISH TROOPS
OVER 400 OF THE IMPERIAL YEO-
MANRY ARE TAKEN PRISONERS.
Meet q Largely Superior Force of the
Enemy Near LindIey and Are
Forced to Surrender.

LONDON. June 5, II: :07 p. m.-The War
ONCE has received the following from Lord
Roberts:
Pretoria. June 5. 1855 p. m.-Just before
dark yesterday the enemy were beaten
back from nearly all the positions they had
been holding. and Ian Hamiltons mounted
infantry followed them to within two thou
sand yards of Pretoria. through which they
retreated hastily. De Lisle then sent an
officer with flag of truce into the town
demanding it's surrender in my name.
shortly before midnight, was awak-
ened by two officials Of the South African
Republic-sandberg. military secretary to
Commandant General Botha. and a general
officer OF the Boer army-who brought me
. letter from Botha, proposing an armis-
uce for the purpose OF settling the terms OF
surrender. replied that 1 would gladly
meet the commandant general the next
morning. but that I was not prepared to
discuss any terms. as the surrender OF the
toWn must De UNCONDITIONAL asked Tor a
reply by daybreak. as had ordered the
troops to march on the town as soon as it
was light. In his reply Botha told me that
he had decided not to defend Pretoria and
that he trusted women. children and prop
erty would be protected.
''At ] o'clock this morning. while on the
line Of march. was met by three of the
principal officials with flag o; truce. stat
ing their wish to surrender the town. 1t
was arranged that Pretoria should be taken
possession of by her Majesty's troops at
o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are both
IN Pretoria Some few OF the British pris-
cners have been taken away. but the ma
jority are still at Waterfall. Over hun
dred of the officers are in Pretoria The
few / have seen are looking we'll"