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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

The little granddaughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown, of Emporia, Kan, swal-
lowed $50 bin a few days ago. Mrs.
Brown had received two $50 bills in a
letter. and had laid them on table
by her while she read the letter. The
little girl came in. picked up one of
the bills, and began to chew il, and
swallowed all of it except the corner
on which he figure 50 YVES stamped.
This was taken 10 a banker to see what
could he done to get new one for il.
but he said nothing could be done.
as the government required the num-
Der of the bill.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
A MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE
Three Lives Lost. Others Nissiuu.
nnd Tw" Dwellings Swept Away
ny tennessee Floods

Elizabethtown, Tenn. May 23.-Thc
greatest food in the history of this
section swept thro ugh here Tuesday
evening, drowning three persons and
wiping out 62 dwellings. The names
of the victims are:
Mrs. Gregg.
Mrs. Filley.
A negro alan named Souchong.
Others are missing and are he
iieved to have been drowned. Two
hundred and fifty families are homo
less and all the bridges in the county
have been washed away Telephone
and telegraph lines are down. The
Hood swept away all the farm houses
along The Doc and Walauga rivers
and the damage in Carter county
alone is estimated at 81 100000.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
An Aged Couple EIoPe.

Greenup, KY, May 23.-Because
their children, all of whom are
grown and most of them married,
objected to the match. William Hen
derson. aged 81, of Lawrence county,
and Mrs. Martha Jaynes. aged 90, a
widow living on an adjoining farm,
eloped to Ohio, Tuesday, and were
married.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
OTHERWISE UNNOrICED.

The St. Louis Worlds fair directors
who attended the formal dedication
of the Pan-Anerican exposition at
Buffalo are enthusiastic in its praise.
Yachting experts are of the opin-
ion that the defeat of Shamrock IL.
Tuesday. could have been avoided had
il been desired.
Harold Crowley, son of ex-Congress-
man Crowley, of Lockport, n. Y, has
been sentenced to four years at hard
labor for Interpretations of postal
funds at Ponce, Porto Rico.
Albert Young, aged II, of Cahokia,
H., has been sent to Jail at Belle
vile for shooting song birds.
st. Louis manufacturers purpose
organizing company to build new
river steamers.
The Belgium senate refused to
adopt a resolution of sympathy for
the Beers,
An insect. unelassifed, is doing
great damage to the records in the
treasury department at Washington.
Former Congressman Glover, of
Missouri. reported to have been
drowned in Colorado, is now reported
safe
Ed Harris. Il Mobile & Ohio brake
man, fell between two cars and was
<illed near Nurphysboro. I'll.
Juniors and seniors al the Wichita
tkas.) high school had a. fight over
class c,lors and several students
We're injured.
Rear-Adn,iIal W. 5. Schley arrived
in New York, Tuesday, on the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse.
Deputy Clerk Wheeler, of East ST.
Louis, H., offers chewing gum and
cigars as premiums TO couples OBJ
tanning marriage licenses from him.
Former Congressman Charles 4.
Boutellc, of Bangor, Me-. died. Tues
day, at the Mclean asylum, Waverly,
Mass.
The parsonage of the First Meth
odist Episcopal church at Tower Hill,
ILL.,, was totally destroyed by fire
The kansas supreme court reverssa
the decision Of the district court IN
the Topeka mayoralty case and in
stalled j. ". f. Hughes, the repub-
lican.
The government crop report shows
that conditions are very promising in
all of the southwestern and western
states, although growth has been re-
tarded by cool weather.
Archibald A. Glenn. city treasurer
Of Wichita, Kas., died, Tuesday, at am
advanced age. He was at one time
heutcnan6 governor of Illinois.
Oil has been discovered in large
quantities, at Prescott, Ark. at a
depth of 17G feet. The find is in the
corporate limits of Prescott.
Percy l.. Johnson. an attorney.
pleaded guilty in the superior court
ut bridgeport, Conn.,to embezzlement
Of $4,000 from three trust funds and
was sentenced TO six years imprison-
ment.
Kansas corn is suffering for rain.
Much OF the early planting is up. but
there is not enough moisture in the
Ground, in many sections, 20 sustain
IT. and the plant is perishing.
Upon the meadow lands of Hacken-
sack, \. j.. just purchased by Henry
!. Sprague for S3,0o0,00O. will soon
arise the greatest locomotive and
steel plant in the World
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
Italy Wants Satisfaction.

london, May 23.-Italy has de-
manded satisfaction from Turkey for
the death OF Decrocis, the Italian who
was summarily shot by the sultans
order on suspicion of being an EMS
sary Of The Young Turkey party"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
Golden Wedding.

Vandalia, ILL.,, May 23-Mr. and
Mrs. II. 5. Humphrey celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of their marriage
here Wednesday. Mr.. Humphrey is
one of the veteran newspaper pub
fishers of the state, but retired from
the business in 1sss, and is now dis
pensing drugs
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
Best for the Bowels

No matter what ails you, headache :.
cancer, you will never get well until 10 70 I
bowels are put right. Casearets help nai snut
cure you without a grippe or pain. nrod,i',
easy natural movements, cost YOU iust "a
cents to start getting your, health back
up in metal boxes, every tablet has q n ~
stamped en- il. Beware Of limitations =
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Sidney S. Lowenthal, of Cornell uni
versity, won the Central League ora.
torical contest at Bloomington, Ind
on the night of the nth. His subject
was Judaism; Its Mission in the
Twentieth Century" ii. IL. Horner, of
Ohio Wesleyan university, was second,
and Alvah johnson Rucker, of Indiana
university, third.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
Freight Warehouse burned.

Wichita, Kas., May 23.-The Santa
Fe warehouse. through an electric
wire, caught fire, Tuesday night, and
was burned to the ground 1t was
stored TO its utmost capacity with
freight. The loss can not be definite
~ estimated, but it is said it will
reach 100000.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

the once prominent drug house of G..
". Jones & Co., and has since been
identified closely with the social and
business life OF Memphis. In 1879 he
became half owner of the Jones drug
house, and in 1884 established the firm
of Van Nieet & Co. In 1894 he pur-
chased The Mansfield Drug Co., which
he consolidated with his own business,
forming the Van et-Mansfeld Drug
Co, The largest bushes of its kind in
the south and the largest iobbers of
quinine in the United States. The
Offices OF the company will be coufed-
crate headquarters during the coming
reunion, and Mr.. Van Vlcet is chair
man of the committee on entertain
nent Of general officers.
Mr.. Van Nleet is one of the busiest
men imaginable, and yet he is always
accessible to those who call, whether
on errands of business. politics, reli-
zion or beneyolence. His courtesy is
uaiaiiiug, and is marked characteris-
tic of an unusual man.
The home life of Mr.. Van Meet is
| ideal He lives in a stately home.
'Chetolah," on the hill on Poplar
boulevard, built in colonial style, and
| ornamented with all the modern ac-
cessories that travel, art and good
taste can supply. His wife is a daugh-
ter of Maj. A. n. Mckay, known to
southerners as one of Jackson's gall
liant Indian fighters. Two daughters
and son complete family circle
which, in genuine happiness and CON
tentment has few equals even in the
south, the land of happy homes.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
Due to Abolition.

Commenting on this, Maj. William
M. Black, the commandment of the
fort, stated that the number was I'M
precedented in his recollection.
Maj. Black, Adiutant Howell, and
every officer interviewed at the fort,
gave, without hesitation, the opin on
that the change for the worse in the
general discipline was due entirely to
the abolition of the canteen, and the
turning over of the soldier, with his
monthly pay in his pocket, to the
tender mercies of outside saloonkeep-
ers, who thrive in the vicinity of mil
ltary posts.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
The Ohio Party,

Gienwood Springs. Col. May 2s.-
Gov Nash and 100 others from Ohio
spent the morning here bathing and
sight sceirg. Thursday they spend
the day ia Denver and expect to reach
Columbus on Saturday.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
somewhat Dineren,

The Grocer understand Won said -,
sou jug OF cider that had water H. ~ so'd
The Butcher You have been nil;
formed. What | said was that Won ai', ssls
me a jug of water that had little c Ely
in it.-Chicago Daily News. N'uer
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Tacoma. Wash, May 23.-Mrs. Chas.
+. Gunzert. wife of a plumber, shot
and killed her 13-year-old son and
then committed suicide by taking car
bolic acid. The tragedy occurred in
the woods west OF Lake Park station.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
New Filipino Dictator

Manila. May 23.-From headquar.
ters of the federal party it is an.
nouneed that negotiations looking to
the surrender of Gen. Malvar have
fallen through, and that Malyar has
proclaimed himself dictator 10 sue
ceed Aguinaldo.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

The British steamer Para, Capt
Stranger, which arrived at Kingston
Jamaica, on the 18th, from Colon, re-
ported the suspension of hostilities OF
tile part of the Colombian rebels, and
that the Colombian government was
believed to be negotiating to end the
revolution.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Grin Hickok, the well-known driver,
Who arrived in Cleveland, o., from
California, on the 18th. states that
just before leaving California he
timed Dolly Dillon mile in 2:10h
the fastest mile ever trotted in May.
The trial was over the pleasantown
fCai.l track.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Inquiry in official and diplomatic
circles indicates the practical certain
ty that France will grant a subsidy to
the proposed direct steamship line be
tween France and Canada. This sub
sidy will be similar to the one voted
by the Canadian parliament. The
idea is warmly welcomed in Paris.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
ARMY GANIE[N ABOLITION
uai .-Gen. brooke Has Called for
Reports on the Results of the
Canteen Abolition.
WHAT THE REPORTS WILL INDICATE.
a General Decentralization nt the
Army Posts After Pay Days, Re
suItina in Numerous Arrests for
Drunkenness and Absence with
out Leave.

New York.AIay % The Times says.
Gen. Brooke has sent out an order
to all ccmmaudants of posts in the
department OF the csst to send to him
on September / q complete report of
the results which have ensured upon
abolition of the army canteen. OIli-
GERS say that these reports viii show
beyond eevil that istemperance hos
largely decreased under the new
regime and it is predicted that the
next congress will give serious con-
sideration to the real situation as it
has developed.
Seven privates absent without leave
from Fort Ethan Allen, VI. have just
been locked up in the military prison
at Governors Island. which is the
headquarters of the department.
They disappeared from their post inn
mcdiatelv after payday of this month
anG their troubles are attributed by
officers to the abolition of canteens.
All say ~ Told You So"
A reporter interviewed number of
officers at Governors Island. and eV-
cry one of them was saying II told
you so" when the cases of Fort Sheri-
dan, Fort Smelling and Fort Ethan
Allen were called to mind. The Off
GERS there regard il as a matter of
but a short time when the public
sentiment of the nation will demand
the re-establishment of the canteen.
Capt. Adams, who was acting ad iu-
tant general at Governors Island in
Gen. Sheridan's absence, said that
since payday there has been unusual
trouble in nearly every post in the
department, and he understood In
other departments also. The number
of men arrested has been larger than
usual and there have been a noticea-
BILE number arrested for intoXication
lie was not prepared to say just what
the percentage of the increase was.
Trouble ut All the Posts.
Trouble was reported at Fort Ham
ilton Fort Schuyler, Fort Wadsworth.
Fort Hancock and at Willet's Point.
Payday at Fort Totten, Willet's
Point, Long Island sound. came last
Wednesday, and the 491 soldiers sta
toned there drew about $50 per man.
Since that time there have been wild
and hilarious times in the saloons Of
Whitestone, the nearest village to the
reservation, and in the half dozen
roadhouses that are situated at in
teryals along the road that leads
from the fort to the village
What The Records show.
The records at The fort show that
for the first % days of this month
there have been seven court-martials
on drunk and disorderly" charges.
and IL for absence without leave The
p absentees and the ~ men now in
the guardhouse win add considerab lv
to those figures. There have been.
since the last payday, as many as ten
men absent without leave at one time
from one company of less than one
hundred men.
D0e to Abolition.
Commenting on this, Mai. William
M. Black, the commandment of the
fort, stated that the number was I'M
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

The statement of the treasury ball
snces in the general fund, exclusive Of
the $3.50, 900 gold reserve in the Ii.
vision of redemption, issued on the
18th, showed: Available cash balance.
sl5s,741,7a1; gold, 6,5s7, 507.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

After day of terrible anxiety, dur
ing which it was stated from San
Francisco that Mrs. Mckinley had en-
tered the Valley of the Shadow of
Death. and that almost all hope of re-
covery had been abandoned, the night
bulletins, on the 10th. brought the
welcome news of a slight but distinct
improvement in her condition.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Ahemd Tewfik Pasha, Ottoman minis
ter of foreign affairs, has called upon
the ambassadors and notified them of
Turkeys desire to re-establish the
status quo ante in the postal question
and her intention to send high
functionary, probably the foreign
minister himself, to apologize for the
violations of the foreign mail bags.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

The elections 10 the new chamber
of deputies were held in Spain on the
10Th. Al Bilbao there was quarrel
between a ministcrialist and O social
ist, ard the latter was killed. Anotk-
er person was killed at Cucnce, q
suburb OF Bilbao.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

The revolutionary groups of Paris
celebrated, us usual, on the 10Th, the
anniversary of the Commune, march
ing in patches to the cemetery Of Pert
laChaisc and depositing wreaths at
the foot OF the wan where the com
munists were shot.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

1t is understood that France is ne
gotiating with Ecuador, says the syd-
ney correspondent of the London
Daily Mail, for the purchase of one Of
the Galapagos islands.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

London morning papers, Of the 18th,
referred editorially in terms Of deep
est sympathy 10 the illness of Mrs.
Mckinley, recalling the sympathy dis
played by both the president and his
wife when Queen Victoria died.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

The sovereign camp Woodmen Of
the World, at Columbus, o., on the
2oth decided that in the future if
member engage in the liquor business
he shall be expelled, and camps refUs-
ing to take this action shall have
their charters revoked.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

The board Of directors of the Benz
Harrison Monument association met
iii Indianapolis. Ind, on the nth
Senator Fairbanks presided. Evans
Woollen was chosen secretary to fill
the place made vacant by the resigna-
ton of L. L. Tibbott.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

All rumors regarding the abdication
of King Alexander of Servia, the .es-
ignation of the cabinet, and the ban
ishmenb of Queen Draga, growing out
of recent sensational experiences Of
the Seryian royal family, are declared
to be without foundation.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24
You Can Get Aliens Foo.-E,,

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted Iaro,.
\. y, for a. FREE sample Of Aliens Fly
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes III 4,
cures chllblains' sweating, damp, swollen
aching feet. 1t makes New or tight shea,
easy. A certain cure for Corns and r.
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell il gu
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Among the features of the dedica-
tion of the pan-American exposition,
at Buffalo, n. Y. on the goth, was
the simultaneous release of several
thousand carrier pigeons. Confused
at first by their own numbers, thev
circled low in wild flight, and then
gradually scared upward ON graceful
wing. High up, where they got their
bearings, they parted and took flight
10 every quarter of the compass.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Don't thank heaven that you have mor.
than Others, but that you have more than
you deserve.-Good Cheer. '''au
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Thomas Ashton. a wealthy stock
man living south OF st. Joseph, Mo-,
received several letters threatening
himself, his home and family with de-
struction unless he deposited $4,000
in gold at designated spot. Detec-
tives watched q decoy placed at the
spot, and, on the 10th. captured the
letter-writer, who proved to be VIM.
Pfaum, aged %, farmer, who con-
fessed and said that he got the idea
from the Cuaahy case in Omaha.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-05-24

Funeral services over the remains
OF Mrs. Lyman J. cage were held, on
the goth, at the seeretavy's residence
on Massachusetts avenue I'm Washing
ton. Rev. DR.. n. ID. Hills, of Ply
mouth church, Bl ooklyn, conducted
the services, which were exceedingly
simple. AT ten o'clock the body was
placed on the Pennsylvania limited
train for transportation to Chicago
for interment in Rose Hin cemetery.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-07-31
Reduced Rates

Are now in effect to Buffalo, New York.
Do you expect to attend the Pam
American Exposition?
II 30, do not buy your tickets until you
have investigated the services Of the IL
LIMOS CENTRAL Railroad.
Our accommodation are the best that
can be had, our trains are always on
time, and employees courteous and ac-
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Through tourist cars from the Pacific
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II you will send fifteen cents In stamps
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Cuba and Porto Rico.
Any information regarding rates, &C.
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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-07-31
UNDERTAKING
TN ALL ITS BRANCHES -

eager to share in the riches of the Ore.
gOn Bonanza.
The first discovery of gold in Oregon
was made on Josephine creek, during
the month Of May, 1851. The next dis.
covery was on Canyon creek, a tributary
to the former stream. The first rush OF
miners was to these two creeks. A few
weeks later gold was discovered in
scott's and Allen gulches, at what il
now known az Waldo. The discovery
was made by number Of sailors, who
Abandoned their ships, harbored at
Crescent City, and joined the crowd Of
seekers in the Rogue river valley. The
richest strikes were made on Jackson
coeek, the streams in that district pro.
ducing an immense amount Of gold.
The awful times Of four years before
In the Golden State were repeated In
Oregon in 1853. During the winter Of
that year continuous snow fell over
Oregon. For six weeks the ground lay
covered with four feet OF the icy flakes.
All travel was impeded. Packers from
the Willamette valley, Scottsburg and
Yreka were snowbound all along the
trail. The grub" kits OF the many
miners, trapped in the dep SHOWS down
in the valley Of the Rogue, got low.
Those were cold and hungry days for
those pioneer seekers Of gold. There
was plenty Of nuggets and gold dust,
but no -four, bacon or salt. The last
sack Of -four sold for t75. Salt became
~ valuable as gold, and was exchanged
at the stores for an equal weight Of the
yellow metal.
BY and by the warm sun Of spring.
time peeped through the clouds, and
gladly was hailed the day when the last
vestige Of snow had melted and flowed
away TO the sea. Many miners had
died Of starvation, while scattered every.
where over the valleys Of the Rogue and
Illinois were the carcasses OF hundreds
Of cattle, horses and mules.-Portlsnd
Telegram.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-07-31
GOLD STAMPEDE TO OREGON.
II Occurred 10 April. 1851, to Joshphine
Creek.

Creek.
The history of the discovery OF gold in
Oregon is nearly parallel to the tory of
the mad rush to California in 40. Both
TEEN with interest, and are wild nara.
tives Of excited men, nerved with but
one ambition-fnding the precious vel.
low metal.
II, during the year lS49, an eagle as he
SCARED amongst the clouds, cast glance
over the vast territory lying between the
Calapooia hills and the California line,
he would have beheld land as yet de.
void Of human habitation. Along the
solitary trail that led into California
from the interior Of Oregon would have
seen, perhaps, lonely traveller making
his way either to or from Vancouver, in
quest OF furs. Bands Of Indians, with
their wigwam camps, would also have
been seen, scattered here and there
along the banks Of the Rogue, the I'LL.
nois and the Umpqua. Great herds Of
deer and elk browsed and fed in the tall,
rich grass Of the valleys and sloping
mountains. At night the gray wolf
prowled and the ever.hungry coyote
walled loud and mournfully.
But the panorama suddenly changed.
One day in April, 1851, it became noised
about the many mining camps scattered
along the northern California streams
that rich diggings had been discovered
in Oregon. Within "a hours 900 men
were on their way to jackson county,
which at that time comprised all south.
ern Oregon. These excited goldseekers
crossed the Siskiyou mountains near
Ashland. Here the human stream
broke and the miners scattered into oil
parts Of the Rogue river valley. News
had reached the Willamette valley, too,
OF the gold strike in southern Oregon,
and the migrants there let 60 their
newly acquired farms and rushed south,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-07-31

PnvaW a0k Uoaros
will furnish private board to few
desiring such, at my residence on North
street, near Center. Mrs. g. f. Duck.
worth.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-07-31

Those who know the comforts Of
good hotel, always patronize the Capi.
tai Mrs. G. B. Tedrowe, proprietor.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-07-31

The Capital Hotel is again under the
management Of Mrs George B TedrOwe,
which fact guarantees the best Of SER
vice to all patrons.