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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
FIETY-SIxTH CONGRESS.

In the senate. on the ID. the army ap-
preparation bill being under consideration,
the administration was bitterly attacked
by Mr.. Turner tdem., Wash.), for the ac-
commodations afforded the returning vol
unteers from the Philippines, and Mr..
Pettigrew. for not discharging the South
Dakota volunteers when their time hal
expired LIN the house, after the storm
lest debate of the present session. the
remarkable vote of 225 to IS. II authorizes
the president to acquire the necessary ter
rttory from Nicaragua and Costa RIGA.
and the secretary of war. under direction
OF the president, to excavate and con-
struct the canal and makes Immediately
available 80. 10000 of a total appropria>
ton OF $3.50, 10000 toward the project con-
templated.
In the senate. on the 3D. the motion of
M. Hoar TO take up the resolution de-
claring that Mr.. Clark, Of Montana, was
adopted. and further consideration of the
matter postponed for a week. The army
appropriation bill was passed. The ses-
sion closed with the passage of num-
Der of pension bills. In the house the
free homes" bill was passed without
division. The remainder of the days ses-
sion was devoted to consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill, the last,
but one, of the great supply bills
In the senate. on the 4th after a debate
lasting only three hours, the army reor-
ganization bin was passed. In military
circles this is regarded as the most inn
portant measure acted upon by the pres
enu session, revolutionizing, as il does,
the entire present staff arrangements.
In the house the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill was under consideration, and q
OF the 1872 pages of the measure were
completed. Much of the time was con-
sumed by the members of the naval com
mittee in an effort to cripple the coast
and geodetic survey in retaliation for the
refusal of the house TO place the survey
OF the waters of our insular possessions
in the hands of the navy.
The senate was not I'm session on the
carrying SCI, 800 600, about ten million dol
lars more than any previous sundry civil
bill was passed. This leaves the general
deficiency and military academy bills the
onls supply bills Enacted upon by the
house.
IN the senate on the 7th, Mr.. Teller
Cob, in a speech, urged an expression
OF sympathy with the Beers in their con-
test with Great Britain. The naval ap-
preparation occupied the remainder of the
session without being completed, notice
being given that the armor plate provi-
sion would be considered in secret session
on account of certain facts that were to
be called TO the senate's attention. In
the house, its being suspension day.
quite a number of bills were passed, the
most important being senate bill amend
ing the general pension laws in accord
ancc with recommendations of the c.
A Il. Mr.. SulZer On. " attempted to
secure action on his resolution expressing
sympathy with the Beers, but was cut OF
by the speaker.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

farmers not be compelled to pay ex-
tortionate prices for their fencing, nor
the mechanics mulcted of extortion-
ate sums for wire nails and metal rods,
but the workingmen now out of en-
ployment would still be in enjoyment
of their wages, their families would be
living in comfort and the tradesmen
dependent upon their custom would
not suffer. 1t is probable that Mr.. John
W. Gates, the president of the preseat
monopoly, might be unable to lose
100000 at poker, as he was reported
TO have done few weeks ago in one
of New York's gorgeous hotels, but the
country at large could struggle along
even though Mr.. Gates sportive in
clinations might be Observation-Disclosures
j. Abbot, in Democratic Press Bulletin.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
BULLETS AND BUSINESS.
How the Administration Ia CuItfva-
ting Trade in the Philip
pines.

The Filipino agent in the United
States asserts that plan has been for
mulated by Aguinaldo and the Filipino
leaders to divert to other nations by
every expedient in their power the
trade which the United States expected
to have with the islands. He estim ates
it at many million dollars year. Gu
riously enough, these Filipinos, who
the administration at Washington
told us are so ignorant that they are
unfit for self-government or anything
except to be shot like dogs, have
adopted this plan from the Virginia
non-intereourse resolutions" which
were signed by George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson. Patrick Henry and
other eminent Americans. This fol-
lowing upon the fact that the Filipino
constitution was largely modelled upon
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
NsoLENCE OF TRUSTS.
of the Growing Monopo-
list.

A day or two ago the American Steel
q Wire company, a trust which has
made its exactions felt most cruelty
by farmers who have to make much
use of its product for fencing. issued
a peremptory order closing down 12
of its mills situated in Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Pennsylvania. At the head
quarters of the amalgamated associa-
ton of iron, steel and tin workers in
Pittsburgh il was estimated that the
loss to work. gmen would aggregate
about $4,000 week. The Chicago
Times-Herald, a stanch republican
newspaper. gathered reports from the
mill towns themselves, which indicate
that about $3.50 men were thrown out
of employment and a los of about
SIS, 200 II wages each week is incurred.
Col. John W. Lambert, one of the di-
recting officials of the trust. explained
the shutdown with the characteristic
insolenee and brutality of the typical
trust magnate thus: Our company
is running its business without any
need of explaining. We shut down and
open our mills when we see fit"
No we'll regulated mind nor any con-
science not completely ossifed by the
persistent pursuit of money making to
the. exclusion of all other ideals will
for a moment accept the theory that
a business which employs nearly 1000
men, business upon the continuance
of which the livelihood of probably
$4,000 people is Immediately depend
ent, is the sole concern of a few in
dividuals who, by methods familiar to
corporation managers, have seized upon
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE.
Great Train Service.

"The Burlington-N Northern Pacific Ex.
press" from st. Louis in the morning,
from Kansas City in the afternoon, for
Northwest Nebraska, Black Hills, Montana,
Washington, Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound
and Portland, Oregon, via Billings, Mon
tana-the short line and time-saver to the
Upper Northwest.
To the Puget Sound in 20 hours from
Kansas City; II hours from St. Louis, after
April 29th, 1900.
This is the climax in the development Of
the Louisiana Purchase.
Through Coaches, Chair Cars (seats free),
Standard and Tourist Sleepers and Dining
Cars. Tbs is the main travelled route from
the Southwest to the Northwest.
Number 5, Nebraska Colorado Express"
midday train from St. Louis; late night
train from Kansas City, for Nebraska, Col.
orado, Utah, Pacific Coast one night to
Denver.
Please write for printed and illustrated
matter.
L. w. WAKELEY,
General Passenger Agent.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager,
St Louis Mo-
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its control. The people as a whole have
some rights in these premises. The
ration cannot honestly remain silent
and supine while the domination of a
corporation over the lives and happi-
ness of a great body of industrious
men and their dependents is thus wan
tonly and brutally abused. In this
specific case different explanations are
given for the shutdown. 1t is said that
il was caused by overproduction, but
that is lie, for all through the west
farmers and mechanics have been
stopped from satisfying their wants
for the products of this monopoly be-
cause its managers have repeatedly
increased prices until they have
reached almost the prohibitory point.
If there is any over-supply of its prod
uct in the market, it is because the
prices put upon it are such that the
ordinary consumer is driven to all
sorts of expedients to avoid purchasing.
1t is said by others that the true rea-
son for the shutdown was that the
ruling spirits in the trust, one of
whom, by the way, John W. Gates, is
a republican aspirant for a United
States senatorship, have certain plans
for manipulating the stock market.
which the shutdown will further. This
is possibly true, but it only lays en-
phasis upon the folly and the Grim
inality of permitting the control of a
great and necessary industry in the
United States to pass into the hands
Of a small body of men, men who would
not have gained control of it if they
had not possessed the instinct of gam
blers and who naturally utilize their
control to further their gambling
transactions.
We have said that business of this
sort is not priva.e business, and that
no individual can rightfully make such
a statement as Col. Lambert is quoted
as having made, and that the people
as whole must not sit quietly by and
allow his position to be maintained
without protest. But in saying this it
is not necessary to go to the other
extreme and hold that because the
business has attained such qualities of
monopoly it should be conducted by
the government according to the So
cialistic idea. The reason the 1000
employees of the American Steel & Wire
company are suddenly and arbitrarily
thrown out of work is because one
single governing board controls the
employment of all of them and con-
trolls the industry in which all are en-
gagged. If the ~ mills involved were
operating as corporations should OPP
crate, independently, one or two might
shut down, bnt the others would con-
tinue. Indeed, it is most unlikely that
any would shut down, because the
mill so doing would be in danger of
losing its trade to those which re-
manned in continuous operation. II,
therefore. the existing antitrust law
had been enforced against this monop-
olistiC corporation, not only would the
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
A LESSON IN COURTESY.
Neat Rebuke Given n Naughty Won
an by a Man In Working
Clothes.

One afternoon a stylishly dressed woman
boarded an Illinois Central train at Forty
seventh street. She sat down in the only
was reading a book. The man wore blue
overalls and carried a dinner pail. The
woman drew herself together superciliously
and elevated her eyebrows. In getting her
ticket she dropped her purse, and the young
fellow picked 1t up and offered it to her
politely. She took it, without a word OF
thanks. All the way up town she fdgeted
and behaved so unpleasantly that the atten-
tion OF the other passengers in the car was
attracted TO the little drama.
When the train stopped at Randolph
street the woman, in crowding past, knocked
the book from the workman's hands.
Il beg your PARDON, she eondeseended.
mot at all, ma am" responded the young
fellow, cheeriully. Its quite in keeping
with the rest of your conduct"
And everybody thought it served her
rght.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Madame Sarah Bernhardt and NJ.
Coquelin, it is announced, will make a
tour of the United States to last six
months.
Gen. Roberts. on the 9th. announced
more and heavier fighting than he had
reported in all his messages to the
war office during the preceding 80
DAYS. The British main body, after a
spirited engagement of several hours,
had effected crossing of the Vet riv-
er, and the Boer force which had OPP
posed the advance was in full retreat.
The converter and billet mills of the
Illinois Steel Co.'S plant at Joliet have
been closed indefinitely as the result
of the suspension of the American
Steel and Wire Co. mills, and the con-
segment lack of supply.
At sunset, on the 9th, an admirals
salute of II guns proclaimed to the
people of Memphis Tenn, and vicinity
that Admiral and Mrs. George Dewey
were at the city's gates-her guests.
A minute later. amid the acclaim of
thousands of citizens and visitors, the
distinguished couple stepped from
their special train into carriages in
waiting and were taken to the Pea
body hotel.
Robert Simmons, who has been in
Pawnee county, Okla, for some time,
has been arrested and lodged in Jail
in Guthrie on a charge of murder COM
mitted in Oklahoma six years ago
His brother. w. Simmons, living near
Tecumseh, was also arrested, charged
with completely in the crime.
n cable message from Paris, an
nounces that the jury of the salon OF
1900 has awarded the first medal to
Mr. Despredelle, the architect and pro-
fessor of architecture at the Massa-
chusetts institute of technology, for a
monument dedicated Ito the glory of
the American nation"
The Knoxville (Tenn.) chapter of
| the Daughters of the American
Revolution have had large
bowlder of Tennessee marble placed
on the spot where Admiral Da-
vid G. Farragut was born. near that
cit.. The monument is to be dedi-
Gated by Admiral Dewey, May Is.
The report of the constitutional
commission to the Methodist general
conference, at Chicago, which will
probably be presented this week, will
call for the continued maintenance of
the religion of John Wesley.
Ky direction of the secretary of war
the small allowance of arms and am
munition for target practice will be in
creased one-third during the present
calendar year.
y three-story brick building at 1902
Grand avenue, in the business center
Of Kansas City, Mo-, occupied on the
ground floor by Jacob Goodman as a
second hand store. and above by Mrs.
Mary Sohn as a rooming house, coll
lapsed at 1920. on the afternoon of the
18th, burying seven persons in the
ruins. 1t is believed none Of the in
jrred viii die.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The triumphant reelection of
Mr.. Mckinley will mean to him and
to all others tie emphatic popular in
dorsement of the imperialist policy,
and president who has begun the
revolution against republican princi-
pies without popular mandate will
hardly fail to pursue it with the pop
ular approval at his back. And the
pursuit of it leads to the wreck of
popular government in this hemi-
sphere, if not throughout the world.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The bill TO restrict traffic in prison
made goods was discussed by the
house committee on labor, on the Sd,
and an informal agreement was
reached to make such goods subject 70
the laws of the states into which they
Were shipped.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

ours, and that the Filipinos are de-
Tending their war for liberty by the
arguments which the fathers of our re-
public used, helps to demonstrate their
entire unftness for self-government,
because it is well-known and generally
stated in this country, particularly by
the republican statesmen, that the
founders of this republic did not know
what they were about and that we have
outgrown their sentimental and i'm
practicable ideas.
However, this action of the Filipinos
is just what might have been expected
The poorest way in the world to get
trade is to go after it with Calling
guns. Our merchants know that the
trade of house depends largely upon
the confidence and good opinion which
its customers have of it. Certainly we
have, as nation, done nothing to es-
tablish this sort of good will with the
Filipinos. In this connection it may be
| worth while TO reflect upon the fact
that our trade with Porto Rico is
something like one-tenth as great now
as it was when the island was owned
by Spain.
In Manila the other day Gen. Otis
found it necessary to suppress play
entitled For Home and Country" be-
cause the patriotic references in 1t
seemed likely to fire the Filipinos to
new efforts for independence. In San
tiago last week it became necessary to
suppress a newspaper called Free Gu
ba" and send five of its editors to Jail.
Thus the mission of the United States
to carry freedom of speech and free
dom of the press to the lands which
have long suffered under the despotism
OF medieval Spain progresses apace.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
Few College Students Die.

The death rate in colleges is extremely low
The strict attention 10 the physique is given
as the cause. People outside OF colleges, as
well, may have health and strength. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is recommended
most highly for preventing as well as curing
nerves and all stomach disorders, and it:
cures Of constipation, Indigestion, dyspepsia
sluggish liver or weak kidneys, are most re
markable.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The United States revenue cutter
Bear sailed from Seattle, Wash, for
Alaska, on the 9th, loaded with sup
plies, which will be given to the Point
Barrow Indians as reward for their
services in aiding the Bear expedition
during the efforts last year to rescue
the whalers
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

For the second time since Conven-
ton hall was destroyed by fire, April
4, the subcommittee of the national
democratic committee met in Kansas
City. Monday, and put its stamp of APP
proval upon the hall and general ar
engagements being made for the July
gathering.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The Pensinsuiar Sugar Refining Co.,
of Michigan. has brought suit in the
United States circuit court for New
York, against James Speyer. Ferdi-
nand, Herman and Martin Erdmann,
bankers of New York city, to recover
100000 on bond, which, it is claimed,
was forfeited
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The navy department received, on
tl.e 4th. from Capt, Chadwick, acknowl-
edgment of receipt by him of the de-
partment's letter of reprimand, which
he was directed to return.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

4. Kondo, president of the Nippon
'Yusen Kaisha, one of the leading
steamship companies of Japan. has
come to this country TO make a study
of the methods of transportation by
rail and water lines. He will visit Pa
New York.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Gov. johnson of Alabama has fixed
August as the day for special cleo
tion TO choose a successor to Gen. Jo-
seph Wheeler, resigned to enter the
army. as congressman from the Eighth
Alabama district.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The belief is growing in Manila that
Auginaldo was killed b. the Igorottes.
There is no proof that he has been
alive since Maj. Peyton c. March, OF
the rhirty-third regiment. abandoned
the chase after him IN the Banquet
mountains
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Gen. PANTHEON Garcia, the highest in
surgent officer in the Philippines, ex-
cept Aguinaldo, was captured, on the
9th, by Lieut. +. V. Smith, of Gen
Funston's staff, in the town of Jaen,
three miles northeast of San Isidro.
Province of New Ecuji. He had long
eluded pursuit.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The statement, said to emanate from
American sources, that Germany has
offered Denmark portion of Schles-
wig in exchange for the Danish An
titles was seni-o.ficially denied from
Berlin,
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

A powder to shake into your shoes 1t rests
the feet. CuresCorns. Bunions Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. 25c Sample mailed FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n Y.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
Behind the Scenes.

Ham Lett-Are there any long waits in
the piece you are playing?
Sue Brett-Rather. I've been waiting ten
weeks for chance TO look at my salary
Chicago journal.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Some men live and learn, while Others de-
vote their time TO talking about things Of
which they know absolutely nothing-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The French ambassador called on
President Mckinley and Secretary
Hay, on the Sd, and conveyed the con-
dolence of the president of the French
republic to the president of the United
States over the Scofield (Utah) mine
disaster. He handed the secretary a
personal letter on the subject
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

my son, you should remember that you
must begin at the very bottom" why,
pop, as soon as the marble season is over
we'll begin at the top. "-Yonkers States
man.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The only reason why some people marry
is because the woman wants a home and
the man wants a servant.-Chieago Daily
Nous
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Rain has quenehed the forest fires
north and west of Menominee, Wis,
and most of the danger is now passed.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Representative Baker, of Maryland,
has introduced in the house bill re-
pc. ling the Chinese exclusion laws
and making the general immigration
laws applicable TO Chinese who shall
prove themselves able to read the con-
stitUtion of the United States in En-
glish or in the Chinese language.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Under the head of Tight refreshments''
comes everything that feels heavy when it
is down.-Atchison Globe.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Representative Cooper, chairman of
the house insular committee, intro
duced a joint resolution, on the Sd, au-
thorizing the Spanish bank of Porto
Rico to drop the prefix "Spanish;" to
substitute American money for its
capital, now pesos, and TO admit as its
councillors persons other than Span
iards.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

If the American workingnan
can compete with the world there is
no further use for protection for him.
The protective tariff, therefore, be-
comes merely bulwark for trusts
and combinations, enabling them to
charge the American consumer more
for goods than they charge to any
other customer.-Utica Observer.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The difference between "a plain
duty" as advocated by the president
anent Porto Rico, and duty of Is
per cent, fixed by a republican con-
gress, is one which is worrying the
6. o. p. very much in these days They
can't have the two duties harmonixo.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

The Nicaragua canal bill was passed
by the house, on the I'd. by the over
whelming. vote of 225 &c r.. 1t author
lies the president to acquire title from
Costa I,ica cad Nicaragua of the nee
essary territory, and directs the secre-
tary of wa, under orders from the
president, TO construct the canal, at a
cost not to exceed sit0,001,U00, S1O,-
100000 of which is made Immediately
available.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11
The Best Prescription for Chill.

and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price. SOC.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

Indictments charging George r.
Gubbins, Antoine Horn and Edward
Williams, Chicago labor leaders, with
assault and melting riots, were turned
into court, on the Sd, and capiases is
sued for their arrest. The men are
charged with being the cause of riot,
April "a, during which Dietrich Lane,
a contractor, was seriously injured.