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The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
JOINT NO|E OF POWERS.
Terms Agreed Upon to Form a Basis of Peace Negotiations With ls
 the Chinese.
\ BITTER PILL AND HARD TO SWALLOW.
They Have Got Through with Their Lesson, that the "FOreign Devils" are Not to be Monkeyed With.

Berlin, Nov. 14.-A semi-of f3lcial- dis patch from Pekin, dated November 12, gives the test of the joint note of the powers to China, confirming the Lon don Times dispatch, dated Pekin, No vember II. Among the additional stip- ulations, the note requires China to erect expiatory monuments in every foreign or international burial ground where graves have been profaned.
 The COnjOint Note.
 The London Times dispatch re- ferred to above is as follows:
 'Pressed by the common desire for speedy termination of present con- ditions, the foreign envoys have final ly agreed to the following terms, to be presented in conjoint note, which, subject to the approval of the govern ments. will be pressed on China as the basis of a preliminary treaty:
 China shall erect a monument to Baron von Ketteler on the site where he was murdered, and send an i'm perial prince to Germany to convey an apology.
 'She shall inflict the death penalty on II princes and officials already named, and suspend provincial exam nations for five years where the out rages occurred.
 Tn future all officials failing to pre- vent anti-foreign outrages within their jurisdiction shall be dismissed and punished. (This is a modifica- ton of Mir. Conger's proposal.)
 Indemnity shall be paid to the states, corporations and individuals.
 "The tsung Ii yamen shall be abol ished, and it's functions vested in 6 foreign minister.
 Rational intercourse shall be per. mitted with the emperor, as in civ ilized countries.
 "The forts at Taku and other forts on the coast of Chi Ii shall be razed and the importation of arms and wal material prohibited.
 Permanent legation guards shal be maintained, and also guards O communication between Pekin an, the sea.
 Ph ohdii D' posted for two years throughout tn, empire, suppressing Boxers. "The indemnity is to include com pensation for Chinese who suffered through being employed by foreign CTS, but not compensation for nativ, Christians. The words missionary ant Christians do not occur in the note Commenting on what it calls MT Conger's excellent suggestion fol the dismissal of officials permitting anti-foriegn outrages," the Times re marks that "this is the only consider able addition to the terms which tn, ministers propose to submit to Chin; last month"
 It says that "American sense of jus tice and humanity is too strong ant American intelligence too keen to b, deluded by the pitiful Chinese appea against the execution of the Pao Iins Flu officials"
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
THE PRESIDENTS CABINET.
President MC KinIey Expresses the Desire that All the Members of His
 Cabinet Remain.

Washington, Nov. 14.-President Nc Kinley yesterday announced clearly and forcefully to the members of his cabinet his desire that they should all remain with him during the four years of his coming administration. His wishes were made known in an ex- tended speech at the cabinet meeting in the White House. Responses were made by all of the members present, and while there were no definite pledges from any of them that they would accept the portfolios thus tend cred afresh, there was, on the other hand, no definite declination.
 Yesterdays proceeding set forth the wishes of the president in the matter and relieves the members of the cabinet of the customary obliga- -tion of rendering their resignations at the end of the term, unless they have made an irrevocable decision that it will be impossible for them to continue in office. It also sets at rest all speculation and slate-making of the country's political prophets, for it is understood generally that there is but one doubtful factor in the homogenity of the present cabinet. That factor is Attorney-General Griggs, as he holds his present position at great finan- cial sacrifice. Still, MT. Griggs replied in terms of warm appreciation to the complimentary remarks of the presi- dent and voiced no intention of re- tiring from his present position.t
 This is not the first time that the president has expressed to the mem bers of the cabinet his pleasure at the support they had given him. He said as much in a general way at the last cabinet meeting when the members, several of whom had been scattered by the political campaign, got together for the first time, and congratulated him on the outcome of the election. Yesterday the president evidently had prepared for the occasion, and in his address reviewed the work of the administration in the past four years, four of the most exciting years the country has known in three decades. It was rather surprise even to the cabinet members themselves to note how accurately the president had fixed in his memory the sequence of events and how calmly he relinquished the personal credit for successful strokes of policy or prudence and at tributed the honor to the members of his official family in whose immediate | departments the matters in question | had arisen.
 1 He said that if the result of the re- cent election was an indorsement oi
 his administration it was no less an
 indorsement of the men who had
 stood by him in the time of stress and
 diversity.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
They Make No Complaints.

Wichita, Kas., Nov. 1.-The de- tachment of soldiers that left Fort Reno for a trip through the Wichita mountains. to test the emergency ra- tions. lave returned to Fort Reno No report has yet been made. but the soldiers ine'ie no complaints.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
BANKER MILLIKIN'S GIFT.
ne Has Added s4oo,ooo to Hi. Pres ious Gift for the IndustriaI
 school at Decatur, III.

Decatur, H., Nov. 13.-It is public
 announced that Hon. James Milli- Aih' ,he Decatur banker and philan- .hropist, had added $4oo oooO to his gift " 'he proposed industrial school to " established in Decatur. He had pie'iousiy given $3I6,Oo0. Citizens gave sloo,ooo and the Cumberland resoyterian churches of Illinois, In- aiaiia ana Iowa will give s100.O00. It is expected that other wealthy Deca- .ur people will richly endow the insti- tuition.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
THE CAMPAIGN IN HAWAII.
The Steamship China Left Honolulu on the Morning of November
 6, Election Day.
REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN HAD CLOSED.
Republican, Democratic and Inde- pendent Parties Had Held Mass Meetings and TorchIight Process siOns, Amid Scenes of Excitement and Enthusiasm.

Chicago, Nov. 14.-A special to the Record from Honolulu, November G. (via San Francisco) cays:
 The steamship China leaves this morning at dayoreak, the first Ameri- can election day in Hawaii. Last night closed a remarkable campaign. All three parties-the republican, democratic and independent-held mass meetings and torchlight pro- sessions. Almost the whole popula- tion of the city was out, either to take part in the processions or to see them.
 Street Corner Scenes.
 For a week several corners of the city had been the scenes of almost continuous campaign meetings. Re publican, democratic and independ- ent orators alternated with or fol- lowed one another. The crowds sometimes cheered all speakers im- partially,and once refused to listen to any. On this last occasion the speak ers' stand was toppled over, but na- tive Hawaiian speakers climbed tele- phone poles and from this safe emil hence kept up the flow of speechmak- ing.
 An Order by President Dole.
 Gov. Dole has directed that the number of booths at each polling place shall be increased to a sufficient number to provide facilities for all voters.
 Severe Storm.
 One of the severest storms known in this region for Is years swept this part of the Pacific the latter part of last week. Vessels arriving from the east and west report experiencing it. The schooner John c. North, at Ma hukona, was swept away from it's anchorage and at last reports had not returned.
 Had . Terrible Experience.
 The steamer Waialele, which was chartered by Prince David Kawanana- koa to take him on a campaigning tour around the island of Maui, had a terrible experience. It was caught in a gale off the coast of Maui, and for eight hours was unable to make more than three knots headway against the wind, while the seas swept over it's decks.
 Granted an Eight-HOur Day.
 The carpenters of Honolulu have gained the eight-hour day, the con- tractors granting the unions de- mand.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Three Others Fatally Injured and Seven Badly Hurt in a Hotel
 Fire at Poplar Bluff, Mo.
THE CLIFFORD HOUSE WAS DESTROYED.
The Missing Guest -..ay he Dead in the Ruins-An Unknown Woman Believed to Have Been Fatally 1utured--There We're Many Hafr- breadth Escapes.

lives are known to have been lost, three persons fatally injured and seven badly hurt in the burning of the Hotel Clifford, a large three-story frame building, in this city.
 The Known Dead.
 Kick Clark, Doniphan, Mo. Rebecca Owens, Poplar Bluff. Shelby Dehort, Poplar Bluff. Curley Berry, Poplar Bluff.
 Fatally Injured.
 Etta Hargrove, Poplar Bluff. Winslow Stowe, Tennessee.
 Missing.
 Eugene Dalton, Hot Springs, Ark.
 Badly Injured.
 T. A. Smith, Poplar Bluff; burned about hands and face.
 Barney Pernaud, De Soto, Mo-; hands and face burned.
 Charles Stardly, Poplar Bluff; bruised and burned.
 Mrs. Benjamin Shelby, Poplar Bluff; back injured; bruised and burned. Pink Berry, Poplar Bluff; severely burned.
 Elmer Freshour, Poplar Bluff; se- verely burned.
 James Upchurch, Poplar Bluff; se- verely burned.
 Besides the names given an un- known woman is thought to be fatal ly injured and about a dozen more ware cliubtlv burnad or raoa;yaJ bruises in trying to escape from the building.
 Eugene Dalton, who is missing, may be in the ruins.
 The fire originated about 12:3O a. m., in the rear of the hotel and in few minutes the building, which was entirely of wood, was a mass of flames.
 There were in the neighborhood of forty-five guests in the building, and the porter, the only person awake in the hotel,was unable to give an alarm, the smoke and flames driving him back.
 The fire department was on hand early, but they were unable to render
 
 The guests on the second and third floors were caught like rats in a trap, the fire preventing their escape by the stairs and they leaped from the sec ond and third story windows. One of these, Heck Clark, jumped and broke his back.
 Etta Hargrave leaped from a third  limbs and internal injuries, which will cause her death.
 One guest, Benjamin Shelby, forced his wife to leap from a second-story window and thereby saved her life, but lost everything they possessed. MT. Shelby tried to escape by the stairway, but the smoke and flames drove him back, and he. too, sprang from window.
 He asserts that he saw ten or fif- teen persons in the hallway overcome by smoke. If this is the case, a dozen or more bodies may be found in the ruins.
 Many of the guests had hair breadth escapes in their nightclothes.
 WI shthS OiSts lhCiA and eyebrows were singed by the flames.
 Numerous feats of heroism are re- corded. As yet, it is impossible to tell just how many lives were lost Quite a number of the guests were not registered and their names are uhknown. Every room in the house, 1' in number, was occupied. Men are now at work on the ruins, but it will prooably be several days before tho oomplete list of deaths will be obtains able.
 The Clifford house was one of the
 hotels in southeast Missouri. ana a'r r. Norrid was the proprietor. He th;a ms wife escaped. but lost every-
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
SOME ADDITIONAL POINTS.
One of Them COntemplates Making
 Pekin an Open Port.

Washington, Nov. 14.-In addition to the points said to be agreed upon at Pekin, as basis for settlement with China, as announced in cable dispatches, it is understood that sev- eral other points are likely to re- ceive attention when the matter is taken up with the Chinese envoys. One of these is as to making the city of Pellin an ''open port" for while it is not on the sea coast, the purpose is to extend to it that freedom of commerce and intercourse with for eigners which now applies only to those open ports designated by treat ies with China. The suggestion that this action be taken has been made in high Chinese quarters, and its ad- visibility is urged because Pekin, as the capital of the Chinese empire, is the center of influence throughout the pOuntry
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Another Suggested Reform.

Another point which may be pro- posed is that capital punishment, by beheading or otherwise, shall not oc- cur in future by imperial edict alone, but only after trial such as is giv- en in civilized countries, the accused having an opportunity to be heard. This does not apply to the executions made necessary by the Boxer move ment
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
From the Southern viceroy..

Official dispatches have been re- ceived here from the viceroys of the southern provinces of China. who, thns far, have been more friendly to foreigners, stating that they were shocked by the execution of the act ing viceroy of Chi Ii
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Street Corner Scenes.
An Order by President Dole.

Gov. Dole has directed that the number of booths at each polling place shall be increased to q sufficient number to provide facilities for all voters.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
BUSINESS FAILURES INCREASE.
Many Since National Election -Compnri
son with Last Year.

New York City 'SpociaD.-The num-
Der Of commercial failures I'm the Unit
ed states i'm the past week. according
To bm'> Review, was 23S, as COM
pared with III I'm the same week last
year, the liabilities in the past three
weeks were S7127,573, against 81, 1856
G51 in 1890. ST, i3O,222 in 1895 and an
average Of more than SS,OOO0OO i'm the
five years preceding 1905. The review
says of the course OF trade:
with reasonable promptness bust
ness is recovering both activity and
tone, and fortunately without the
sharp rise I'm general prices which was
seen i'm the spring. and which was fol
lowed Ivy sudden aud serious transi-
tiOn to a more natural range. Manu-
facturcd goods are rising in response
TO Il better demand from distributing
sources helped at the end Of the week
10y the more seasonahle weather. Bust
ness is not yet what IL was on the top
Of the wave of industrial prosperity,
but the working force is fast increaS-
ing The ordinary measures of bust
ness reflect increasing operations at all
points. hut the textile markets are the
point of least response TO the improved
undcrtonc uf trade"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
IL Not Only Enjoying Himself But He
Also Makes Us Enjoy Ourselves.


Also Makes Us Enjoy Ourselves.
OF course you look cOntcmptuously
upon the man at the shO'' who laughs
Consumcdly at the most ancient ana
most arid jokes, the inancst drivcl aud
the most brutal horscplay; but say.
how much would you give could you
enjoy an entertainment ms he doesF
asks the Boston Transcript
1t makes you sick at heart, ana sick
at stomach, too, when Il fellow cN-
plodes over n poker joke. and though
YOU can see plainly enough that the
handspring of his laugh is not the cs-
scutial wit or humor of the joke. but
the involuntary ycarning in the laugh
cr's breast To make known his intimate
acquaintance, real or imaginary. with
the seductive game, still wouldn't You,
honor bright. now, like TO enjoy the
thing rs he does, or even approximate
ly?
Doubtless YOU are the wiser and the
more dignhCd, but is not the easy
laughcr happier. clown, fool or ass
though he may he in your estimation:
30 YOU not sometimes wish that In
lieu Of the sad feeling that many an
alleged funny saying or alleged funny
act brings To your breast, you could
throw back your head, open wide your
mouth and just roar. rs that man IN
front of YOU did when the chap doing
hia turn ON the stage delivered himself
of particularly moldy inanity that
never was funny when il was brand.
newt new II ever was? There are
some Jokes. like some children, that
are born old.
Rut what strange mentality hc
must possess, this man who laughs al
Jokes which he ought rather TO ven
crate, Is il because ne Is quick to Sc,
a joke? II YOU look at the mans face
and study IL for n moment YOU vii
| think not. Is it not rather that h,
Gomez into the thcatcr, as he goes else
where. with fallow mind? Is II mo-
because his head is empty that every
! thing that enters il is bound TO max,
an impression?
This must he the secret At any
rate. II is theory that nattcrs th,
! sclf-pridc Of us who do not laugh save
when there really is something wortl
laughing at.
So the more he laughs the better W,
! think of ourselves 10y contrast, an,
hence the man who laughs IL not onl!
enjoying himself but he also makes II
| ruioy ourselves
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
FOREIGN.

The Thuringian States OF the Ger
man Empire have forbidden the hold
inc OF religious services in the Polish
and bohemian languages.
Contracts for building and equipplng
c. T.. Yerkes's London underground
read were signed. The work will cost
S2O.OOO.oOo.
one Of the persons arrested AZ Johan-
ncsburg. South Africa. for completely
i'm the plot To assaSslnate General Rob.
erts. had bomb in his possession.
More than 400 Americans were at
the Thanksgiving dinner of the Ameri-
can Society in London.
The arrival OF the American battle
ship kentucky at smyrna caused the
Porte TO desire speedy settlement OF
tie American demands.
The French Chamber Of Deputies
unanimously adopted a resolution of
svmpathy with former President kru-
Ger. of the TransvGaL He left Paris
for Berlin.
\ bill will be introduced in the
Mexican Cortes to prohibit the eX'
port OF works OF art.
The Germans occupied the rich coal
fields on the borders OF the Provinces
OF re-chi.Li and Shan.Si. China.
The United states machinery exhib
II nj the Paris exhibition was bought
In its entirety 10y a Lancashire engin
eering firm and will be re-ereeted IL
the English city.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
DOMESTIC.

One hundred and eleven Porto RI
cans were held at New Orleans, La,
under the contract-ldbOr law.
At the conference in the Chamber Of
Commerce. in New York City. com
mittee Of fifteen was appointed To com
pei thcsauthOriJies 10 DO their duty In
the matter OF suppressing vice.
The leading Baptist congregation Of
Richmond, Va, DR.. j. l.. Hawthorne.
pastor ard the Jewish congregation
celebrated Thanksgiving by uniting in
divine services in BethAhaba Syna-
gogue.
Preston Todd, twenty-three years
old, q college man, was killed in a
football game in Kensington, Ill.
The postmaster at North Lebec, Me.
H. ". Reynolds. is missing, and an in
ycstigation Of his accounts by Post.
Office Inspector Enieman shows an
alleged shortage of $3.50.
Miss Mary f. Capin. eighty-seven
years old, veteran woman's seminary
founder and teacher, died in Chicago.
Frank Hamilton, the newspaper man
now held Oh Il charge of having muir
dered Leonard Day. young million.
airc. at Minneapolis, Mimi, it is be.
licved. is innocent, and is simply a
scapegoat for the real culprit.
Twcnty-four cases Of smallpox We're
discovered in New York City. most Of
the victims being children.
Governor Beckham, Of Kentucky,
and his bride. returned to Frankfort
from their honeymoon.
Burglars stole $1,000 worth OF jew
clry from the residence Of Washington
Porter. whose wife is cousin of
President Mckinley, at Chicago.
Sister Sanghamitta. a Buddhist nun,
arrived at San Francisco from Hon.
olulu to prosclytiza her faith.
The revenue cutter McCulloch ar.
rived ut Seattle from Alaska, with
news that Nome is now completely iso'
lated by Ice.
Colonel W. ]. Sanford, who is very
III. was sworn in as Governor of Ala.
bama at Opelika, Fla.
William Brooks, fifteen years Old,
of jamestown, X. l., was killed by a
boy companion. who shot at duck.
\ partial inventory of the estate OF
| John Nicholas Brown, nine months
]
| his fortune is $IOO0OOO.
/ w. j. Beckiey, defaultcr for $1,000
/ from the banking firm Of y. w. Har-
/ ris X Go. where he was clerk, died
/ in Bellevue Hospital, in New York
/ City. of typhoid fever.
Miss Sarah L. Combs. a young girl
of Richmond. Va. was married to
! Sterling Sampson, full-blooded In.
! dian, forty-siN years old.
G.. W. Tfayuor. of Jacksonville, Ore
shot and killed i. Hardenbrook. and
/ then killed himself. Traynor had op'
posed the engagement OF Hardenbroob
ana his siSJer.
FrauElin Y. Ainsworth, farmer
near Bincham,on y. Y. learned that
he had fallen heir to $S0,oO0 under
the will of man whose life he saved
| twenty-five years ago.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07

medicine-man led them 10 seek battle
rather than TO shun IL. And twice.
having done so, they beat off the
troops, because there were. as usual,
too few. But the third time they were
| caught In a pocket Of the MogallOns,
| and there were no less than six troops
against them. HartpOle's was Of the
number.
The Indians fought from dawn Of
the first day until twilight Of the sec
| ond, In the open at first, then from be.
! hind shelter, then at last they re-
| treated 10 a shallow cave high up on
/ hillside, and there was no getting
| them out A mountain howitzer
might have done H. but there was
none with the command. All day the
| troops fred vQlleys into so much Of the
mouth Of the cave as showed between
| the pine trunks and the walls OF rock.
! They knew that the slaughter within
must have been pretty severe, but
| there were no signs Of surrender. new
erthelcss. The hOstiles might hold out
until the last one was dead; they GER
] lulilN WOulu Nulll lufII lllfbl'lll' mum
| should fall. The mcdicine-man could
H. seen from time 10 time, "A cleaning
figure, moving clumsily among the
! trees and undcrbrush. And for all
that II went 50 slowly and was 50
bright, no bullet seemed ever 10 hit IT,
Even the white men began 40 consider
IL with awe.
At sunset Of the second day, when
the sounds from the cave had all but
ceased and the Indians within II were
without ammunition and at bay, the
glistcning form came clambrring de-
libcratcly 10 the top Of a high rock,
whoOplng and yelling calling the rem
nant Of it's followers on. II stood 50
for moment, the red sun rays strik-
ing through the pine branches on the
dcnted steel. weird sight In the
depths Of the mountain businesses of
the New World; so odd ana strange
that the soldiers hcsitatcd with their
fingers Oh the triggers Of their car
blnCs.
But Hartpolc, knccling alone behind
a bOwldcr, remembered only that that
glowing armOr was his, and that he
wanted IT, The visor was mp and b."
could see the glitter Of the one good
eye. lie had won a sharpshootcr'a
mcdnl in his time, and ne put his
skill TO use now. There was a pun OF
smoke from above his bowldcr, and
the shining figure threw MP It's arms
ana staggered. Then 1t fell forward,
down from the pinnacle Of rock, clat-
tcring ana crashing among the logs
and stones
They found when they dragged him
out that IIartpolc's bullet had gone
straight through the good eye, ana
that Cicgo was cicgo in very truth
now-and quite dcad.-San Francisco
| ArgOnaut.