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The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
THURSDAY, Nov. l5. Grain and Provisions.

St. Louis Flour - Patents R 5o62 eO: other grades. $2. 75Qi3.40. Wheat-No. 2 red ccagi41fe; cg Sorn1No. aic ? mixed, ss1zqs7c: Oats0No 2, ziag24c Hay-Timothy. s11 % Sy.0o0l2Oo Butter - Creamery, 2Od2sc: dairy, lsa20c. Eggs Fresh, i71zc. New mess, Sl3Oo Bacon-Ciesr rih aIc Mool-Tuh- washed. lSQ29c Missouri and illinois medium combing, 20c other grades. i34l5i1c.
 cago-Closing quotations: Wheat November 72Q72sc; December. I2lIaT2ssc: :: January, i3isc. Corn-November, 39bsc; December. S55sc: January, 54Qs59Sc: May. 22c: May. 237sc. Pork-November, slo 37ih: January. $ll.50: May. s1l.571, Lard~No. vember, S.05; December, s6.9o: January, sSS219; May, s6.6Ia. Short ribs-Noyem. Der sSs2is; January, s6.15: May. ..sl-a
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
MAJ. CHARLES A BOOTH DEAD,
He Died at the Home of His Frths fn-Law, Ex-Gov. John Young
 Brown of Kentucky

Louisville, Ky, Nov. 15.-Mai. Charles Alfred Booth, quartermaster of the United States army. in charge Of the United States arsenal at St Louis for the past four years, died here of pneumonia, at the home of his father-in-law, former Gov. John Brown Young.
 On Saturday Maj. Booth arrived here with his wife on visit. He was then only slightly indisposed, but soon afterward pneumonia developed.
 Maj. Booth entered the volunteer service in 1863, from New York. He was promoted to major in the quar. termaster's department in 1896.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
THE STRONG & co. FAILURE
Attach ments Against the PhiIadel- phia Branch In Behalf of Sew
 eraI Local Creditors.

Philadelphia, Nov. 1s.-Wm. l.. Strong & Co.. wholesale dry goods merchants, for whom 6 receiver was appointed in New York, Tuesday, have a branch house in this city at which a large business is transacted. Attorneys have secured foreign at tachments against the firm in the common pleas court here for the fol- lowing creditors: Jane T. Griswold, with bail fixed at 92,000, and sum morning Hood, Foulkrod & Co.,, Geo. F. Foot & Co.,, Strawbridge & Clothier, John Wanamaker, Folwell Bros. & Co.,, Miller. Bain, Beyer & Co, the Gris- wold Worsted Co.,, and John C. Hog Ter as garnishees.
 Frank T. Griswold. against the same defendants, with bail fixed at 10000, garnishees.
 Elizabeth T. Griswold, against the same, with bail fixed at s162, 2,160, and the same garnishees.
 The summoning of the firms named as garnishees in the claims filed by the Griswolds is intended, by the at torneys for the plaintiffs, to secure possession of any goods or moneys belonging to Vim. L. Strong & Co. that may have been in their keeping at the time of the appointment of a receiver. One of the attorneys for the Griswolds said:
 Tt is one of the largest failures that has occurred in the last few years, and the liabilities will easily amount to S6, ,0OO, ,OOO.''
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
ANDREW CARNEGIE'S LATEST.
He Has Another Surprise fer Pitts burgh in the shape of
 Polytechnic School.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 15.-Andrew Carnegie, it is stated on unquestion- able authority, has another surprise for Pittsburgh, involving the expendi. ture of several millions of dollars. His purpose is said to be the establish ment of polytechnic school for the instruction of practical mechanics and the industrial sciences. The amount of money which it is said will be spent by Mir. Carnegie in founding and endowing the school is 5000, ,OOO. Details of the proposition are expect ed to be made known Thursday.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
MARCUS DALY'S FUNERAL.
in John W. Mackey's Mau- soleum fin Greenwood,

New York. Nov. 15.-The funeral of the late Marcus Daly, of Montana wlll take place Thursday morning at 11:45 o'clock, from St. Patrick's cathe- dral. The family and a few of the most intimate friends of Mir. Daily will accompany the body to Green wood cemetery, where it will be placed in John W. Mackey's mau- soleum. Later, a plot will be pur- chased in Greenwood and the body will be inferred there.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
DOM PAUL KRUGER AT SUEz
Arrival of the Dutch Cruiser GeIder- land at the Eastern End of
 the Sues Canal.

Suez, Nov. 15.-The Dutch cruiser Gelderland, with former President Kruger on board, has arrived here. MT. Kruger remains secluded in his cabin. His health is good.
 A delegate of the Marseilles re- ception committee boarded the Gel derland here, but the eventual des- tination of the warship will be un- known until she arrives at Port Said, where she will coal.
 Mr. Kruger received an ovation at the German port of Dar-E -Salaam.
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THEY LOOKED FOR LEoNIDs.
server. at the GoodseII Obser- vatory at NorthfeId, Mfnn.

Northfeld, Minn., Nov. 15.-Profes- sors W. W. Payne and H. C. Wilson, at Goodsel observatory, with assisting students, noted and charted 60 Leonid meteors between midnight and day break Some of them were of good magnitude and brilliance, leaving long trails of sparks behind them. ..le maximum is expected Wednesday night. It was impossible to make any satisfactory photographs.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
ATTRACTION OF POSTAL LAWS.
The First Case Under the American Regime fin Porto Rico-A
 Carrier Assaulted.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The first in- fraction of the postal laws under the American regime in Porto Rico is re. ported in cablegram to the post office department, received from h. spector in Charge Leatherman, at San Juan, announcing the arrest of Antonio Quinones, for assaulting Let ter Carrier Jose Major with intent to rob. The assault occurred last Mon. day. The carrier probably will die, and Quinones has been held under S10,0O bond to the grand jury.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Illinois Live stock Association

Springfield. H., Nov. 14.-The Ili- nois Live Stock Breeders association. in session here to-day, elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Pres ident. A. F. Grout, Winchester; vice. president, John H. Kincaid, Athens; secretary, Fred H. Rankin, Athens; treasurer, $. N. King, Bloomington.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

Kansas is beginning to pave its way for it's semi-centennial exposition in 19o4.
 Mrs. Mary Jordan, 70 years old was burned 10 death at her home in St. 1 Louis.
 The Knights of Labor are holding a double-headed convention at Birming- ham, Ala.
 John Cunningham. editor of the Greenup emp Press. died, Tuesday morning. aged 73.
 Holland has expressed willingness to buy land for the Boers in German Southwest Africa.
 Herman Ziethen, who escaped death in Galveston storm, was blinded by gas explosion at St. Louis.
 The German government will grant permission for Boers to trek through German Southwest Africa.
 Ten thousand negroes will leave the United States as a colony 10 work in the sugar plantations of Hawaii.
 The large general store of Y. H. Hart. at Longview. Ill., was burned, with a loss of s15,ooo; insured for ss.- 900.
 Section men near Carpenter, H., found the body of an identified man beside the tracks with the head al- most severed.
 The seml-ofiicial British press charge the United States with at tempts 10 break the concord of the powers in China.
 William ellingbrink. a prominent his home, in Mount Olive, H., of drop sy. aged 6s years.
 Friends of soldiers in the Philip pines and China are anxious to know whether the United States will trans port Christmas boxes this year.
 The St. Louis board of election commissioners have figured out plu- rality for James Butler, for congress, in the Twelfth district, of 3,533.
 Little Lucy Peterson, of St. Louis, built fire in the wood shed to warm her dolls. and the structure was de- stroyed. She had narrow escape.
 James, alias "Dory." Smith was stabbed in the apex of the heart, and instantly killed, during a fracas in Michael Churchill's dance hall at St. Louis.
 Yale will educate five Filipinos. pro- vided young men of exceptional ft- ness and high character be selected by Judge Taft or the Philippine com mission.
 After January l, for the first time in six years, every branch of the Ne- braska state government, with the ex- ception of the supreme court, will be Tn the hands of the republicans.
 Lord Rosslyn, who charged British officers in South Africa with coward ice, has been forced to apologize by reason of denial by Lord Roberts, addressed to the prince of Wales. A nolle prosequi was entered in the federal court, at St. Louis, in the case against Dr. I. N. Love, in which it was charged that improper matter had been sent through the mails.
 A call for joint statehood conven. tion, composed of 600 delegates from Oklahoma and Indian territories. has been arranged. The convention will meet in South McAlester, I. T., De- cember TO-
 Thomas Hubbard Caswen. a pioneer of ls4s, who was prominently identi fled with the early history of Cali fornia. and the most exalted mason in point of rank in the world. died al his residence in San Francisco.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
TO DISCUSS RECIPROCITY.
The Dominican Coprress to w Special Session November x5-
 The Country Quiet.

San Domingo, Republic of Santo Domingo, via Haytien cable, Nov, .. = The Dominican congress will meet in special session November 25. to dis cuss the reciprocity treaty with the United States.
 Leovigildo Cuello has been appoint cd minister of posts and telegraphs.
 The harvesting of the sugar crop Will begin early in December.
 The country is quiet.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Marcus DaIy's Fortune.

New York, Nov. 15.-Some who best knew the late Marcus Daily say that his will bequeaths his immense for tune to his wife, to be held by her in trust for their four children, the Misses Margaret, Mary C. and Har- riet, and Marcus, the 17-year-old son. This fortune, it is estimated, is not less than S4O.OOO. 900.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
MORE POPULATION FIGURES,
Official Announcement of the Popu- Iation of the States of Ohio
 and Georgia.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The popula- tion of the state of Ohio as an nounced by the census bureau, is A. 157,545, as against 3,672.316 in 1890. This is an increase of 4s5,229 or 13.2 per cent.
 The population of the state of Georgia, as announced by the census bureau, is 2,216,331. as against 1,s37,- 353 in 1890. This is an increase of 37s,97s, or 2o.6 per cent.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
ThOmas P. Rfxey, Labor Commis- sfoner of Missouri, and the
 Street Car Strike.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Thomas P. Rixey labor commissioner of Missouri, appeared before the industrial com mission. He gave a detailed account Of the St. Louis street car strike of last summer and said that the reason he had not invoked state arbitration law toward the settlement of the strike was that the law was made quate. He advocated compulsory ar bitration.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Pirates ParaIyzing Commerc.

Pekin, Nov. 12, via Shanghai, Nov, 14.-Reliable information from Nieu- Chwang indicates a disturbed condi- tion of affairs there. Robbers and pirates are marrying the region and paralyzing commerce.
 The weather is becoming colder, with nightly frosts, but the supply of fuel is good and the troops are not suffering.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Cabinet Reconstruction Stopped.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The work of the wouid-be cabinet makers was brought to a standstill, Tuesday. when President Mckinley formally in. umated his desire that each member of his official family retain his port. folio for the coming term.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
To Resume Her Route.

New York, Nov. 15.-The Mallory line steamer Alamo which has been at Chester. Pa. since September I7, un- dergoing repairs of the damage sus- tained in the hurricane which devas- tated Galveston, September and 9, has arrived in port to resume her route.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
MILL FACE TIE CHARGES.
An Echo of the Destructive Explo. sion in the Strong Mine, at
 Victor, Col, Six Years Ago.
SOME INNOCENT MEN WERE CONVICTED.
It Is Now Charged that Samuel Strong, Who Has Just Returned From Europe, Himself Caused the Explosion-Strong says He is Ready to Face the Charges.

Colorado Springs, Co.,, Nov. 15.- Samuel Strong, prominent Cripple Creek mining man, has arrived home from his European tour, and an nounces his readiness to face the charges recently brought against him in connection with the destructive ex- plosion which occurred at the Strong mine, in Victor, six years ago.
 The Explosion.
 The Strong shaft house, ore house and machinery were blown up May 25, 1891. The explosion was one of the sensational incidents of the Bull Hill" war, when the miners of the Cripple Creek district were on strike, and hundreds of deputy sheriffs were enlisted and armed in Denver to op- pose the strikers.
 Innocent Men Convicted.
 Robert J. Lyons, Nicholas Kelly and several other miners were tried, con- victed and sentenced to long terms in the penitentiary for the Strong mine affair. Their innocence has since been shown. and they were pardoned. They have brought suit for s150,000 dam. ages each against Mir. Strong. It is alleged in the complaints that Mir. Strong himself caused the explosion
 Alleged Animus of the Crime.
 1t is charged that he had agreed to sell the property to E. w. Giddings and Vim. Lennox, and that at the time of the explosion he had already received s2o,o00 as part payment for the property, and balance of $40, ,00C was due him in few days 1t i' claimed that he discovered the value of the property after he sold it, and he expected that after the working were destroyed by the explosion they would fail to pay the balanc, due, and the property would revert to him.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Live Stock Markets.

z St St Louls-Cattle-Fancy exports. SsoJ 6.00; butchers, Si.50Q5.50: stockers. s2 75l Packing st 5ot4 90: butchers. sl60Q4 s5; light, A.4594 S5. Sheep-Mutton sheep, sS75a4So; lambs. A.75g5.45.
 {, S9thdcsago-Csttle-Good 9tds ag to prime steers. stockers and feeders, g 5Ol4 20; cows-nso @a,2O; heifers, E. 75q4.75; canners, As9 40; calves. si.00q5.s5; Texas fed steers, A.00a5oe Texas grass steers, 8 10. Hogs-MiNed and butchers, s4 6Oa4 .9o good to choice heavy. s4.7olp4 90; rough heavy. si55n4 ,s5; light. sl.soa4sO: rough heavy, A.55a4.65; light, s460Gt4 90 Sheep Good to choice wethers. $4006p4 10; fair to choice mixed $3.soG4lO: western sheep. $t ed4-3 8: Texas sheep. g. 50d3 50: native lambs. si4o@5 40; Texas sheep, g 50qs 60; native lambs, A.f0ll540; western sheep, $4.S5GI5. 40.
 Kansas City-Cattle-Native steers. si. oeu5, ,4o; Texas steers. $3.10a4.75; Texas cows q. o0l3.30: native cows and heifers, sl 50g4 40; stockers and feeders. g 2o0t4. 25 calves, S-5oa6.0o Hogs-Heavy.. 4.72lzg 4-O; packers, A.75q4. S2ik; mixed, A.75g 4;sO: light. A. 65a4 s2i9 workers, s4 SOGl4 s2l1. 425.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Left a Snug Fortune.

New York, Nov. 15.-Sustained by his tremendous pluck and the illirnit- able confidence of his friends. Henry Willard made two fortunes He lost them, but he died possessed of a third. It is estimated that Mir. Vn- lard's estate is worth $5,OOo,Oo0 No one has venetured to predict how the will disposes of it.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Daughters of the Confederacy.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. I5.-The first session of the seventh annual convention of the United Daughter, of the Confederacy was called to or. der here by Mrs. Edwin C. Weed, gen. sral president
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Insane Soldiers.

San Francisco, Nov. 15.-Thirteen insane soldiers from the Philippines, who had been confined in the Preside hospital, have been sent to the gov ernment asylum at Washington, D. c. Ten more insane men will soon arrive here on the transport Logan.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
AFFECTS FIVE HUNDRED MEN.
Fire in the Detroit (Mfcho Bridge .s, Iron Works Involving a Loss
 of S7J,OOO.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 15.-Fire. which started in the engine room of the De- troit bridge & iron works did be- tween s65,ooo and s75,O00 damage. Five hundred men are thrown out of em- ployment. The loss is covered by in surance. Repairs will be begun imme- diately and the works started again as soon as possible.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
SENATOR DAVIS CONDITION.
With the Kidney Complications the Patients Condition is Again
 Serious.

St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15.-There has been no substantial change since Tuesday morning in the condition of United States Senator Davis. His sys- tenn having become much weakened from the poisoned foot, the kidney complications which have developed render his condition very serious.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Voted Against Revision.

Philadelphia, Nov. 1.-The Presbv- tery of Philadelphia. north, which covers Pennsylvania as far north as Reading. has voted against revision of the Confession of Faith.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
OFFICIAL VOTE OF DELAWARE.
President Mckinlsy's Plurality One Hundred and Fifteen Short of
 Four Years Ago.

Wilmington, Del. Nov. 15.-The complete official vote of Delaware for president is: Mckinley, 22,457; Bry- an, 1s,ss6. McKinley's plurality, B. 6o1. Four years ago the plurality for Mckinley was 3,716.
 The prohibition ticket received 537 votes, and the social democratic tick ct 57. Total, vote, 41.907.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
At the Cramps' for Repnir.

Philadelphia, Nov. 15.-The Ameri- can liner St. Paul has arrived at Cramps ship yard, where she will undergo repairs. On her last voyage to New York the St. Paul met with an accident, in which her starboard engines were badly damaged.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Woman Murdered by Masked Men.

Lexington. Ky, Nov. 15.-Mrs. Nina Hall, 52 years old. widow, living on Boone's creek, in Letcher county, Ky. was killed by three masked men, be- cause she refused to tell where her money was hidden. Her 17-year-old son was badly wounde
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Exodu. of Finn. Has Ceased.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 15.-Reports from the Wiborg district say the exo- dus of Films to the United States has ceased and that the migration agents have left that district.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Committee Meeting Called.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Senator Platt, of Connecticut, chairman of the committee on relations with Gu os, has called a meeting of that com mlttee for next Friday, under the res. oiution of the last session of congress authorizing an investigation of af. fairs in Cuba in connection with the developments in the Neely case.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Army of the Tennessee Reunio,

Detroit, Mich., Nov. 15.-About 100 members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee assembled here for their thirty-seeond reunion, which will last until Thursday evening.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Methodi.t Mission work

New York, Nov. 15.-The annual meeting of the general missionary committee of the Methodist Episcopal church. which is to continue for week. began at the St. Paul NJ. E. church in this city.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Death Rather Than Arrest.

Victoria, B. C., Nov. f5.-Thomas Cornell, who shot and killed A. Shan ley, at Esquimalt, Monday evening, shot himself as an officer was about to arrest him. He fired three shots at the officer but missed. He will die.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
To Arrange the Indemnity.

Shanghai, Nov. 15.--It is asserted here that the empress dowager has appointed Sir Robert Hart, director of Chinese imperial customs, to ar range the indemnity question with the poWers
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16

Denver, Col. Nov. 15.-Mayor Henry V. Johnson will head the delegation of Denver men who will attend the National Irrigation congress in Chi. cagos
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16

New York, Nov. 15.-Money on call steady at per cent: prime mercantile steady. with actual business m bankers plils at 4st.M4s4as for demand. and at 4sost n4s9t- for 60 days, posted rates. ss1is yer certificates. 64isae51; bar silver. s4h {: Mexican dollars. soA. Government bonds strong.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
Cotton.
Financial.

Quotations for middling range as fol- lows: St. Louis, 3-l6c New York, g l3-16c !; Memphis, 3 S-l6c.
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16

Berlin, Nov. 15.--The reichstag has reassembled. The speech from the throne dwelt at considerable length on the events in China, which nave excited such deep emotion among civ ilized people. saying:
The Forrest City times., 1900-11-16
River News.
THE MARKET REPORT.

Fall. . Trace,
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The Misguided Chinese.

"Fanatical hate and dark supersti- tion, melted by interruptions advis- CTS of the court, have driven misguid- ed masses of Chinese to acts of atroci- ty aginst the outposts of western civ ilization and Christian worship dwell ing neacefnllY in their midst.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-07
The Safest Wuy.

The colonel and sat talking under a
shade tree in front of the town postof.
flee, when dogfgbt started down the
street.
Come onp' said as sprang up.
Come this way" replied the colonel
as he seized my arm and drew me into
a doorway.
But l want to see the dogfight." /
protested.
"Yes; reckon you do, but you also
want to keep clear of the shootin."
'Why should there be any shooting?"
"Bekase one dog has got to lick 10th.
er, and the owner of the licked dog
amt goin to let it rest that way. There
they go!'
Ten minutes later we stepped out to
find one man lying on the ground with
two bullets in him and some people
carrying away second with half a
dozen.
'Dogfights are bewtiful affairs" said
the colonel as we walked away togeth-
er, 'but the safest way to see one in
Kentucky is to wait till it's all oTer
and the dead carried off"
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AmuSe SO 3
81 81 rnentc

"Setting the earth on fire." is an ex-
preston often heard in ridicule but 1t
can nevr be applier to Magician kel-
lar for the reason that he has already
accomplished that feat, literally. En-
route from Valparaiso to Monteyideo
via the Strait of Magellan in Feb
ruary, 1875, the steamer upon which
he was a passenger, stopped for coal
at Punta Arenas. the extreme south
ern point .'aragonia, where Chill,
can penal settlement is maintained.
Mr.. Kellar was the guest of the COM
mandant for the day and as considera-
BILE trouble had been caused by unruly
natives he was asked to do something
to frighten them and to cause them
to obey the commands of the author,
tiles. Accordingly, after dinner, he
called several score of them about the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-07

station and amused them with simple
tricks in magic. Just as he was about
to conclude, he announced in a voice
of anger, that if further acts of law
lessness occurred, he would burn up
the earth. AS he spoke he touched the
sand Mt his feet with his wand and II
living sheet of flame sprang up, which
so frightened the natives that they
fled in terror. The cts complained
of by the commandant were never re,
peated. The trick was simply done.
A quantity of white sugar and chlor-
ate of potash had been secreted in the
sand by an assistant during the fore.
noon. The wand was hollow and con-
tanned sulphuric acid. The combina.
ton of the latter with the two former
caused the flame, but, to the ignoran,
natives, of course, it appeared super
natural. At the Grand, Tuesday, Dec
Ill
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