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The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
New Bankruptcy Rules.

Federal Judge Trieber last week an nouneed a new set of special rules gov erning bankruptcy cases He provides that the referee for the district of Pu- laski county shall be the referee for all the counties comprising the western division; the referee for the district of Phillips county shall be the referee for all the counties comprising the eastern division, and the referee for the district of Independence county shall be the referee for all the counties comprising the northern division of the eastern district of Arkansas.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
KICKED THE FAT IN THE FIRE
Peace Negotiations in China Set Back by II1-Considered Mill tary Operation.

Washington, Oct. 11.-Recent hap penings in China, especially in the province of Chilli, have so far set back peace negotiations that it may be matter of weeks or even months before the peace commissioners will be able to get to work.
 In-considered military operations in Chilli and elsewhere in China are said to be responsible for the check which diplomacy has met in reaching a set clement. Through the efforts of the state department, seconded by the more moderate powers, a steady and systematic pressure has been brought 10 bear upon the Chinese emperor to bring about his return to Pekin The representations from the great south ern viceroys to the emperor settling out the impossibility of supplying the court with money and food if il per sisted in retreating to Tsinan-Fu. in Shen-Si. was but one of the means which had been resorted to at the in. stance of this government to secure the return of the court. All efforts have been neutralized, however, by the spasmodie and unnecessary activi. ty of the allied military forces.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Ma.onic Nremoxial s.rxIcss.

Prominent Masons from all parts of the state participated in the memorial services held at Hot Springs Sunday, the 7th inst, in honor of the late grand master of the state Masonic lodge, R. Nj. Smith, who, together with his fam fly was swept away in the Galveston food. Grand Master Harry II. Myers. of Brinkley, delivered the opening ad- dress. He was followed by Grand Sec retary Fay Hampstead and Rev. Julian Brown, pastor of the First Methodist church, of Hot Springs The Hot Springs Musical Association, of which Mir. Smith was president, furnished music for the occasion.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
BRIEF MENTION.

Rogers has brass band composed entirely of young ladies.
 The big sawmill of ". F. wittrell at Hamburg was destroyed by fire.
 The government land department re- ports 49S, A acres of government land in this state subject to homestead en. try.
 The 6-year-old son of William Stan ley, Faulkner county farmer, had both his feet cut off by a moving ma chine
 The tallest man in Arkansas Is Henry Deppe, an employe of the Iron Moun- tain shops at Little Rock He is six feet seven inches high
 Fred Burrell, young man of Jud- sonia, was arrested by federal authori- ties on the charge of writing and pass ing through the mails obscene letters.
 Dr. J. N. Bragg, of Camden, we'll known throughout the state, died in St. Louis last week. Dr. Bragg was 62 years of age, and had resided in Qua ehita county 5s years.
 The state convention of the prohibi- tion party was held in Little Rock last week. Hon. John c. Fraker of Eureka Springs was nominated as president tial elector at large.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
ATCHIS0N GLOBE SIGHTS.

When two women get to quarrelins 1t Is sure to spread to their husbands.
 Little girls and boys don't know what trouble is. Why, you can pull their teeth with a threadl
 There are some women whose sole claim to gentle breeding is that they have been made very sick by discover Ing fly in their coffee.
 So prevalent is indigestion that in. stead of preparing feast for a guest. hostess is more apt to strike it if she serves health foods and hot water.
 North Atchison women are pointing With pride to a man who recalled when he reached his office, that be forgot to kiss the baby good-by, and who walked pack ten blocks to do it.
 An Atehison man whipped his wife recently, and, instead of getting mad about it, she recalled with gratitude how many unmarried women there are n the world who have no husbands to whip them.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
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Quarterly Report of Auditor Sloan.

Following is the report of Auditor Clay Sloan for the quarter ending Sep. tember 30, of receipts from all sources:
 Sales and redemptions. 8, 46s 70; land commissioners fees, l.ss6.T5; swamp land sold, s56l.26; real estate bank land sold, s360; internal improvement land sold, s400; Saline lands sold, $50; secretary ot state fees. s2,094 s5; insur- anee fees, $500; nomination fees. s67s. : 50; sixteenth section lands. ss4. lO9. Os: state penitentiary, s27, 1855 90; miscel- ianeous, $500 .s5; receipts from collec. tors, S7l9,73745. Total, sT9l, ,470.sa.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
OTHERWISE UNNoTICED.

One hundred and fifty girls em- ployed in packing house in Akron, O., nave gone on trike for higher wages.
 The laying of the cornerstone of the new Y. N. c. A. building at Springfield, Mo, took place Tuesday with impressive ceremonies.
 W. Bourke Cochran, of New York. has practically recovered from his throat trouble, and he resumed his speechmaking tour.
 The assignment of Lieut.. Caldwell to command the submarine boat Hol- land leaves a vacancy on the personal staff of Admiral Dewey.
 Burlington la.) census figures show an increase of only 636 over ten years ago. The business men have decided to have recount at their own expense.
 The British war office has issued orders that the bulk of the militia regiments called out for service dur ing the South African war be dis banded
 Bubonic plague, says a dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Bombay. lis becoming epidemic in many dis tricts of the Bombay presidency.
 President Mckinley is contemplat- ing note to the powers suggesting a further reduction of military force in Pekin.
 The formal opening of the mag nificent new terminal station in Nash vile, Tenn. took place Tuesday.
 The St. Louis police are searching for Thomas Gleason, wanted in Wash ington, Ind, for the murder of Thom- as Tolliver October 4.
 George W. Laurie, aged 70, and Mrs. Rachel Hembrouge. aged s4, died at Jacksonville, Ill. They were among the oldest residents of Morgan coua- ty.
 William J. Bryan completed his tour of Illinois Tuesday, making 16 speeches during the day. He has started his speechmaking tour of Michigan.
 sam Sorrels, who lived about three miles south of Ava, Ill.,. shot and killed his wife, Tuesday morning. and
 
 Col. Joseph Payson Wright, assist ant surgeon general of the United States army, died suddenly at his home in Washington, in the sixty fourth year of his age.
 For the first time in many years Mound City, Mo. is without any saloons, the temperance people hay ing waged winning fight against them.
 William Winkelmann, one of the largest property owners in St. Clair county, H.. and ex-mayor of Belle vile. entertained his 200 tenants at picnic at the Belleville fair grounds.
 Despondent because he could not control his desire for liquor, George Stillman, an electrician, while eating dinner. with his wife and child. at Poplar Bluff, Mo, suddenly drew revolver and killed himself.
 The United States supreme court at Washington has announced that. on November 12, it will hear oral argu- ments in the case of the State of Mis- souri against the Chicago Drainage canal.
 Chicago police state that forty or more arrests may follow in the Defenbach case. The developments show the plot to defraud the insur- ance companies to have been a gigan- tic one.
 The board of trustees of the Illi- nois Southern hospital for the insane, at Anna. have appointed Dr. R. F. Bennett. of Litchfield. superintendent. in place of Dr. w. A. Stokes, resigned
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
State Treasury Funda

The following report shows the bal. ances in the state treasury for the quar- ter ending September 30 1900: United States currency, s463, ,966.5s; county scrip, s7,393Sl; city scrip, s62 25; Gov. Jone's notes, s1o3, ,9l5.95; auditors cer- tificate of indebtedness, s549 50; three per cent funding bonds. q ,113, ,50O cou- pons attached, s96s,7 Total, e, 2,65s, t32. .59.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Lani Com missson.r's Repor.

Following is the quarterly report ot State Land Commissioner J. ". Col. quitt:
 Fees, si,ss6.75; swamp land sold. q :. 4sS. 77 acres, sl,7o1-2 25; internal improve ment land sold, SEQ acres, s4O0; Saline land sold, 70 acres. sso; real estate bank lands, 22o acres. sSe0; forfeited land sold, a,s45 acres. sS,6s1.29; forfeited land redeemed, s24l.43 acres. q. .SS7. 4s; town lots sold. sssS.s4; forfeited land donated, Il, ,ess. f6 acres; forfeited land deeded to actual settlers, 5,7o9.7s
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

A long face is not a passport to Heaven.-Ram's Hron.
 lou will get nearest God in get ting near to men.-Boston Congrega- tionalist
 Every trial of our faith is but trial of His faithfulness.-Fran R. Havergal.
 The greatness of those things which follow death makes all that goes be- fore 1t sink into nothing.-William Law.
 If we would learn patience, there is no school but in experiences that require us to exercise patience.-West- miaster Teacher.
 Life is made up of little incidents, not of brilliant achievements, and upon the little the eternal hangs Chicago Standard.
 It IS easier to go six miles to hear a sermon, than to spend one-quarter of an hour in meditating on it when l come home.-Philip Henry.
 Holy souls love retirement; if will do us good to be often left alone; and if we have the art of improving solitude we shall find that we are never less alone than when alone Matthew Henry.
 wish is but the leaf through which the tree brcathes; it rustles, whispers, withers and is forgotten; a will IS the fruit summing up the juices of the tree, sending forth seed that embodios the secret of the tree and will reproduce the life if the soil wishes as the tree wills.-O. P. eff. ford, D. D.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
New Psnitentiary waiIs are CompIe .a.

The walls of the new peniten tiarv, about two miles from Little Rock. are practically completed, with the excep- ton of the four grand towers at the corners, gates and the capstones The walls are 400 by 500 feet long, four feet thick at the base and 22 inches at the top, with an average height of aa feet. The foundation for the hospital. dining room and office has been completed.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Sentenced to Hang.

Chas. Anderson, a negro, was con. victed in the Pulaski circuit court of criminal assault, and sentenced to be hanged. Anderson was indicted June 30 on the charge of criminal assault on Mrs Belle Edwards, young white woman, on May 14th last, at tie camp near Marche.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
County Clerk short.

The grand jury of Cleburne county returned an indictment against J. E. Dugger, present clerk of that county, charging him with being short. Dug ger IS now in Texas, and another party has been appointed to fill his office.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
A Fatal RunRMAY.

A team drawing carriage occupied by James Sellen and family of New port. became frightened and ran of n high embankment, killing his 4-year. old daughter, breaking his wife's limbs and killing one of the mules. Mrs. Sellen's recovery is doubtful. The driver jumped from the carriage and broke his ankle.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

The receipts of klondike gold at the San Francisco mint and Seattle assay office from July l to September 30 aggregated Si6,0o7,555 and of Cape Nome gold. S2,3li,s0i. The total of all deposits at both offices during the three months was S33,234,Sf0
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

Andrew c. Armstrong. one of the founders of "Scribner's Monthly" and one of the oldest publishers in New York city. died at his country home at Stamford, Conn.,, on the night of the sth, after long illness from com plication of disorders. He was Il years old.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

Some unknown fiend entered the residence of James Hunt at Jonesboro and after chloroforming the entire family cut off the hair of Mrs. Hun. ter's 12-year-old daughter. Nothing else in the house was molested. and the family is at loss for the motive of the crime.
 The Missouri Pacific is to be ex- tended from Greenwood to Waldron, where the company owns extensive coal fields.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

A meteorological examination in the case of Seaman Garnett, who arrived at Newcastle, September 13, on n vessel from the Rio de la Plata, and went to Llandaff, Wales, where he died, on the sth, supposedly of fever, showed unmistakably that the disease was the bubonic plague.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

Although the price of all printing ma terial has advanced at least s5 per cent during the past two years, the cost of printing to the state has been reduced $1,04S7S
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Grand Democratic Club Rally.

Chicago. Oct. l1.-A call win be is- sued by the National democratic committee for grand rally" on Oe- tober 2T. of all the democratic clubs througout the country. The day will be set apart as democratic field day.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

The special commissioners appoint cd by the governments of Nicaragua and Honduras to fix the boundary be- tween the two states, a matter long in dispute, have concluded their work amicahly. the result being satisfac- tory to both governments.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

Secretary of State Rose, on the 4th. sent about eight thousand notices to corporations in Illinois requesting them to make affidavit that they are in no manner connected with trusts and return the affidavits to his office within 30 days, under penalty of the law, which prescribes fine of not less than $500 nor more than 1000 for the first offense.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

Santiago De Chile, Oct. 11.-(Via Laredo Junction. President Errazuriz, who was stricken with paralysis June 10 last, is now in perfect health and will resume charge of the govern ment affairs.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

The Berlin Vossische Zeitung pub fishes a letter from Brisbane, assert ing that the German meat inspection law, especially the prohibition as to canned meats, has already proved a heavy blow to the Australian packing industry in which German citizens are heavily interested financially.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Youtsey ts Uneon.eiou.

Georgetown, Ky. Oct. 1L-Th, foutsey case was passed till Thurs day morning on account of the uncon scious condition sf the defendant
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

The dowager empress has deputed the highest official of the empire to make all necessary arrangements for a most imposing funeral in honor of Baron Von Ketteler, the late German minister to China. She has also or eered the erection of n suitable tenn pie at the capital to his memory.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Cost of State Printing.

State Printing Clerk John R. lobe has prepared the following statement showing the cost of printing, binding, etc, from October 1, 1882, to date:
 For two years ending:
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

Marshal Leonhod Won Blumenthal. the last surviving prominent German general of the Franco-Prussian war. was reported. on the Sd. to be dan gerously ill
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

The special grand jury investigating the late riot at Akron, O., reported, on the 5th, returning 66 true bills and indicting 45 men and boys. One of these is Councilman George Brodt, and another is A. A. Halter, a promi- nent person. The city officials we're censured for allowing the mob to as semble, and for not dispensing it early in the evening.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

The Cape Colony house of assembly, on the sth. passed to a second reading a bill to raise . loan of { 500,O0o to insure the immediate payment of half the losses sustained by private per sons through the war.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Quickly Followed Her Husband.

Wichita, kas., Oct. 1l.-A dispatch from Seneca, Mo, announces the death of Mrs. Edward Goldberg. from mushroom poisoning. Her husband, agent for the Quapaw Indians, died, Tuesday, of the same trouble.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Granted a Temporary Injunction.

The Kansas City Southern Railroad was granted a temporary injunction in federal court at Little Rock against the state railroad commission to re. strain the members from attempting to compel said railroad to put in force rates and tariffs made by said commission on shipments originating in Arkansas and destined to points in Arkansas where the shipment of freight passed outside of the state of Arkansas. This injunction was is sued because of the order entered by the commission overruling the peti- tion for rehearing filed by the rail road company. Early in August the commission decided it had jurisdic. tion over all shipments from any point in Arkansas to any other point in Arkansas, even though the trans portation or shipment passed outside the state. The case originally arose upon the complaint of the Fort Smith Chair Company, who shipped a car load of furniture from Fort Smith to Grannis, Ark, the shipment being fifty-one miles in Arkansas and sev- enty-seven miles through Indian Ter ritory. The point is new one and has never been passed upon by the SUI preme court of the United States. Counsel for the railroad company con- tends that the state commission has no extra territorial Jurisdiction, there fore has no right to regulate rates which pass out of the state. even though destined to points in the state. The final hearing was set for November 5th.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Monitor Arkansas to be Launched.

special dispatch from Washington says the monster United States moni tor Arkansas will be launched at New port News, Va, shipyard about the first of next month The work of greasing the ways, preparatory to launching the ship, has begun. The ship is well advanced and when she goes over the ways will probably be nearer completion than any of her sis ter monitors now in building. The se- lection of a sponsor for the ship has not been named, but it is expected it will be announced in few days Without doubt lady from Arkansas will be chosen to break the traditional bottle of wine over the bow of the engine of war as she glides to the water.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

As a result of eating kernels from peach seeds the 7-year-old daughter of Steve Lemons of Springfield Is dead.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

An infant child of MT. and Mrs. Jesse aaskins, ne ar St Paul, was scalded to death in vat of boiling molasses
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers issued call, on the Sth, for a convention of the striking miners of the anthracite regions, to meet in Scranton, Pa, on the 18th. The call gave greaG satisfaction to miners and operators, all of whom ex. pect the action of the convention on the offer of ten-per-cent. increase in wages to end the strike.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
Captured After Six Year. of Freedom.

Geo. Gates, colored. captured in Mem phis last week, will be tried at Marlon, Crittenden county, for crime commit ted six years ago. Gates lived on Graves Bayou. Rye Durham was a neighbor of his. Gates conceived an attachment for the other mans wife and Durham thereupon made prepara- tions to move his wife away from the place, beyond the reach of Gates. How ever. when the moment of departure arrived, Durham's wife refused to 20 with him. Bitter jealousy naturally arose. and one day Gates shot Durham to death from ambush. The murderer was arrested and ordered committed to jail by magistrate, but on the way to the jail he escaped.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

In accordance with instructions re- ceived from the war department, Gen. MacArthur, commanding the troops in the Philippines, has made arrange ments for the prompt transportation from Taku to Manila of the United States forces at Tien Tsin and Pekin, not included in the legation guard" to be maintained at Pekin under the personal command of Gen. Chaffee.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12


 The official preliminary estimates of the crop yield of Iowa for the current year show: Corn, area, s,61S,660 acres; average. si bushels per acre. total product, S5s,365,06o bushels. which is greater by 1s.o0o .00o than ever before harvested in the state. The total of all cereals will be 5sl .S49, ,oao, which is 1o.o00,000 in excess of any previous year. and 1si 100000 above the aver age yearly output the past ten years. According to the report of the SUI perintendent of the Hot Springs res ervation in Arkansas, there were 50.- 900 visitors to the reservation during the season. The income to the gov ernment from water and ground rents amounted to SlS.670. while the fixed charges were only about fourteen thousand dollars, leaving fair bal ance, which. in accordance with the liberal policy of the government, was available for improvements on differ ent portions of the reservation.
The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12

Five thousand pilgrims assembled at the St. Nikander monastry, in the Porkhof district of Russia, for re- ligious festival. During the night one of the upper floors collapsed, and many of those sleeping there fell upon those below. A panic was caused by n false alarm of fire, and four men and 36 women were crushed to death, many others being seriously injured.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-10-20
EASE AND DISEASE
A Short Lesson on the Meaning
of g. Familiar " 0rld.

Disease is the opposite OF ease.
Webster defines disease as "lack
of ease, uneasiuess, trouble, vexa
ton, diSquiet." 1t is a condition
due to some arrangement of the
physical organism. A vast major
fly Of the "dis-ease" from which
people suffer is due to impure
blood: Disease of this kind is
cared by Hood'sSarsaparilla which
purifes; enriches and vitaIizes the
blood. Hoods Sarsaparllla cures
scrOfula, salt rheum, pimpies and
all eruptions. 1t tones the atom
ach and creates a good appetite,
and it gives vigor and vitality to
the whole body. 1t reverses the
condition of things. giving health.
comfort and lease" in place of
& disease
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-10-20
ANXIOUS TO DO HIS BEST.

1t Has mean trick, but, then,
that Is the kind that's usually sue
cessful.
THAT dog, F" said the over, will
bring NE anything | send him for,
and am willing to bet on it."
Straight@ay bet was arranged,
anu then the manager OF the bill
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-10-20

Gov. SAVERS attended the New
York bazaar given for the benefit
of Galveston, by special invitation
of those in charge of the affair,
aud now some New Workers are
eritieising him for doing SOL cali
ing it bad taste on his part. The
same critics want to know why the
state Legislature has done nothing
TO aid the stOrm-strieken. The
question of taste on the governors
part f6sy be a matter Of opinion,
but 1t can surely be no worse TO
ask aid in person for Galveston
aid, than it was to appeal through
the medium Of the press for relief,
which the governor did. As to-
the Legislature doing something to
aid the sufferers, there is no doubt
that when that body meets in
January, such aid as the state con-
St1tiOr allows will be granted.
tjOV. Sayers himself has given this
assurance. It has not, however;
appeared to him necessary to put
the state to the expense Of an ex-
ira or special session for this pur-
pose. when the immediate needs OF
the sufferers seem to be already
provided for. That the legislature
Will do all in its power at the prop
er time is assured, and it will be
dsBe- with the entire sactier- OF the
the Texas people.