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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

Cot. Murphy Civ = an Opinion.

Attorney General Murphy has given
the following construction of the coun.
ty uniformity textbook act:
Professor j. J. DOyne. Superintendent
of Public instruction, Little Rock.
Ark:
Dear Sir-I have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your commu-
nication asking my opinion as to
whether section 2 of the act of the
general assembly of this state entitled
An act to provide for county uniform
ity in Textbooks" approved March
81, 1899, is in operation in counties
wherein there was no vote on the sub.
ject of county uniformity at the vari-
Gus annual district school meetings, to
the extent of preventing, for one year
thereafter in such districts. any change
of the school books in use therein
Section l of the act enlarges the old
law by empowering the electors.
assembled in annual school meeting
TO the number of not less than five,
to vote. in addition to other matters
determinable by them in that way, on
the question of county uniformity in
textbooks; and while it is true that
section 2 says that the ballot OF the
electors shall, in addition to the name
of the person to be voted for as direc
tors and the words for tax" and
against tax have printed on it "for
county uniformity or against county
uniformity this does not mean that
the electors shall vote upon the uues-
tion of county uniformity. If they
obllterate or erase from the ballot
neither the words for uniformity" nor
against uniformity it is manifestly
that there is no vote upon the ques
ton. The same is true if the words
for uniformity and against uni
formity" are left off the ballots
Hence it seems to be within the option
Of the elector to vote or not to vote
upon this question to exercise or not
exercise the power conferred by the
uniformity" act but, even if this is
not within their option, how can it ap-
pear, or who has the power to declare
that the vote in a given county was
against uniformity when there was no
vote at all on the subject? 1t is man
ifest that no one has such power.
| am therefore of the opinion that
the uniformity" act has no operative
force in counties where there was no
vote at the last annual school election
on the subject of county uniformity"
and that in such counties the provis-
ions of the old law govern.
Geo. w Murphy,
Attorney General.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
A LIVELY Campaign.

There has been considerable discus
sion as to joint debates between the
candidates for governor, Mr.. Greaves
and Gov. Davis favoring triangular
debates. while Mr.. Myers is inclined
to ignore the insurgent republican can
didate, and desires to make the canvas
with the democratic nominee The
democratic state executive committee
has therefore Cancelled the list of ap-
pointments announced at first for Gov.
Davis and Mr.. Myers and arranged for
Attorney General Murphy to meet the
republican gubernatorial nominee at
forty-four appointments. beginning at
Stuttgart. July %. Gov. Davis says
he does not desire substitute to meet
Mr.. Myers. and that he will be on
hand at all the points visited by Mr..
Myers, and has also invited Mr..
Greaves to be present. Matters seem
to be somewhat complicated. but
lively campaign is assured, at least.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
Its Reply to the Suit Designed to
Prevent the 5000, 900. 900
Bond Answer.
CHARLES SCHWAB MAKES AFFIDAVIT.
We states That the Assets of the
United states steel Corporation
WIZ AMount TO More That One
billion Four Hundred Million
Dollnrs-Its Enormous Earnings.

Newark, n. Y. July f6.-The an
swer of the United States Steel Cor
poration to the suit designed to pre-
vent the $500, ,000, 900 bond conversion
plan brought by J. Aspinwall Hodge,
VIM. III. Curtis and Bernard Smith.
has been filed. The suit is based on
the contention that the corporations
assets do not equal the amount of it's
preferred stock, and that therefore it
can not proceed as intended, under
the act of 1902. The answer, which
IN supported by an affidavit of Chas.
Schwab, states assets will amount to
the entire stock, bonds, common and
preferred, or more than 81 400, 900 900.
Mr.. Schwab in his affidavit maintains
that his position is such as to give
him knowledge of the worth of the
properties and lists his estimates of
their value. He says among other
things that the earnings of the cor
poration in the Is months of its ex-
istence have been in excess of 10 per
cent. of the entire capital stock.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
PAUNCEFOTE AT REST.
Memorial Services mt the Chapel
Royal, and Intern,ent In Cruch-
yard at East stoke.

London, July 16.-Memorial services
for Lord Pauncefote, the late ambas-
sador of Great Britain at Washing
ton, were held at noon in the Chapel
Royal, st. James palace. All the
members of the American embassy
and many members of the govern
meut were present. King Edward
was represented by Lord Churchill,
the acting lord chamberlain. Stimuli
taneously with the services here, the
remains of Lord Pauncefote were in
TERED in the churchyard of East
Stoke, near Newark-Upon-Trent. The
simple service was entirely of fam
lily character. The principal mourn
ers were the widow and her daugh-
ters and other members of the fam
iIv
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
ANOTHER BOXER MOVEMENT.
Romor in ST. petersburp That
Mongolia VIII Ask For Rus
sian Protection.

st. Petersburg, July ia recru-
descence of the Boxer movement in
China is feared by the SWEET, which
is in receipt of private information
to the effect that Boxers agents are
swarming over Mongolia. The mass
of the population is in sympathy
with the Boxers, while the Lamaites
are in sympathy with Russia. Ru-
mors are in circulation in Mongolia
that the Lamaites win petition the
Russian government to extend it's
protection to them. Mongolia re-
manned quiet throughout the recent
Boxer lnsurrection in China.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
The Monitor Apkansas,

The new monitor Arkansas recent
ly had her trial trip over the official
course off the Delaware coast. The
Arkansas was launched at Newport
News, Va, November 10, 1900, and
was christened by Miss Bobbie Jones,
daughter of Hon. Dan w Jones. who
was at that time governor of the
state. The Arkansas cost 81 100000
is 252 feet long, so feet in breadth.
has a displacement of 1926 tons,
coal capacity of 400 tons and a mean
draft of Il feet The thickness of
her side armor is II inches. the
weight of her machinery 240 tons,
she carries crew of 125 men, has a
speed of II 1-2 knots and an engine
stroke of "a inches The contract
for the Arkansas was awarded Octo-
ber 2, 1898, and her keel was laid
November IS. 1899.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

Mrs. Ella Webb, living at Barton,
about twelve miles from Helena, re,
sorted to horrible mode of suicide in
the presence of a 13-year-old daugh-
ter and 2-weeks-old baby. She threw
herself face downward on a large blaz-
ing fire, which she deliberately pre-
pared in an open fireplace. Before as
sistance could come to the 13-year-old
daughter, who endeavored to pull her
mother from the fire, the flames had
burned out the eyes of the desperate
woman and extended into her lungs.
She died before medical aid could
reach her. Dependency over her i'm
poverished condition evidently drove
the woman to self-destruction.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
What Bragg Says He said.

New York, July l6.-Consul General
Bragg says the publication of an al
legged statement by him in letter to
his wife that Uncle Sam might as
well try to whistle out of pigs tail
as to do anything with the Cubans, :"
was wholly unwarranted, cables >he
Havana correspondent of the Herald.
He has telegraphed to the state de-
partment that he was not accurately
quoted. What General Bragg said,
continues the correspondent, was
that when Uncle Sam got through
trying to make a whistle out of
pigs tail he would report whether
he could make an Anglo-Saxon out
Of Cuban"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

The state penitentiary board has de-
cided that in the future no convict
camps shall be maintained with less
than fifty convicts also that hereafter
no convict labor shall be furnished to
any contractor at any camp until the
superintendent has examined the
stockade or prison accommodations
provided by the contractor, and found
the same to be safe for the detention
of convicts and comfortable for their
occupancy. That any warden from
whose camp or place of superintend-
ency any convict or convicts escape
will be Immediately discharged. unless
he produce satisfactory evidence that
the escape was not due in any degree
to his negligence or inefficiency.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
+. o. Hooper.
Superintendent.
Actor SuicidPa.

ne pody of a white man about 60
years Vi age. supposed to be S. r.
1ayord. of Los Angeles. Cal. was
-'unu uhuer tree near Helena with
bullet hole through his head On
the tree was mirror, which had been
used by Gayord in aiming the shot
'hat ended his life. and near his body
was revolver. Gayord went to Hell
eha and registered at hotel as being
from Iowa, but all his clothing bears
marks of Los Angeles merchants.
ms appearance and a paper of a dra-
nnduc school at Los Angeles found in
MS grip lead to the belief that be was
an actor.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
State Offers Reward.

The state offers reward of $3.50 for
the arrest and conviction of ]. Forshe,
or Fourshay, who. on July 4, at De
Queen. Sewer county, shot and killed
A. P. Taylor, a well-known resident
of that place. Taylor and his son
we're walking down the street and
the sidewalk being narrow, brushed
against Forshe in passing. In few
minutes they returned, words were
passed, and, it is said Forshe whip
ped out a revolver and fired on the eld
er man, who was killed almost instant
ly. The son knocked Forshe down
with chair after his father had fall
len, but Forshe made good his escape.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

Gov. Davis has fixed the date Oh ex-
ecution of two mrrderers whose cases
have been passed upon by the supreme
court Sy Tanner, of st. Francis
county. is to be hanged at Forrest City
on Friday. July 20. He was convict
ed on March I, 1902, in the st. Fran
els circuit court and sentenced
to be hanged on May %. An appeal
was taken to the supreme court. Lathe
Hembree, a white man. is to be hanged
at Center Point on July %, 1902. He
was convicted on February IL, 1902,
and sentenced to hang March %. An
appeal was taken to the supreme
court, which affirmed the judgment of
the lower court. Hembree was con-
victed of killing an old man named
Willis in Polk county. He has been
in the state peritentiary for some time
for safe keeping.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
GIFT From j. Pierpont Morgan.

New York, July 16.-J. Pierpont
Morgan has sent to he American Mu-
scum of Natural History in this city
two Of the most magnificent sap
phres in the world, says the Times
They are to be added to the collec-
tion donated by him to the institu-
tion. The two latest additions are Il
star sapphire, probably the largest
IN the world, and a yellow sapphire.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
Order of Hiberninn.

Denver, Col, July 16.-With a pa
rade and pontiiical high mass, the BIZ
ennial national convention of the An
cient Order Of Hibernians began
here.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

A. P. Taylor. who was once mem
ber of the Alabama legislature, was
shot and killed at De Queen by Dan
Foursay. a section hand on the De
Queen & Eastern railroad.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

The percentages of recoveries to ad-
missions from December l, 1900, to
July l, 1902, was 1888 per cent.
The mortality from December /, j,
1900, to July l, 1902, was 7.46 per cent.
In closing | desire to express to
you, gentlemen, the president and
members of the board of trustees and
executive committee, my thanks for
your confidence and support and for
the many acts of kindness extended to
me personally during my incumbency.
Respectfully submitted,
p. o. Hooper.
Superintendent
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

John Scott, young man from Kan
kakee, ILL.,, lost his life by drowning in
the Ouachita river near Hot Springs
In company with two young ladies.
Misses Otta Beatty and Wilma Long
bottom. and Mr.. Harry Moore, Mr.
Scott was enjoying boat ride. when
the craft capsized. BY heroic effort
Mr.. Moore succeeded in rescuing the
young ladies, but Mr.. Scott was unable
to swim and sank in midstream.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

Paragould will have street fair
and merchants carnival Sept. 22-21.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
Corner Crowd Lost Its Nerve.

The corner at one time promised
many millions of profit, and the men
whose well-filled cribs line the tracks
Of nearly every railroad entering
Chicago are held responsible for the
disappointing ending of the corner.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Penitentiary Board TAX ng Pre-
cautions to Prevent Whole
sale Escapes.
EVENTS OF 4 WEEK BRIEFLY CHRONlclED
Quarterly Report Land sioner List
of Appointment nts for Joint Discussion
Between Candidates for Governor
Stranger Suicides at Helena.
DIR. Hooper's Last Report

DR.. P. o. Hooper, upon his retire
ment from the superintendency of the
Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum, sub
mitted the following report to July l.
the date his resignation became effec-
tive:
Little Rock, Ark, July s, 1902.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
State Charitable Institutions:
Gentlemen-I respectfully submit
herewith report of the Arkansas State
Lunatic Asylum from December |
1900, to July /, 1902, the date of my
resignation, including table of move
ment of population, which will enable
my successor to more easily complete
the report for the end of the fiscal
year, December /. 1902.
The following table will show what
has been done in the last nineteen
months. The number of recoveries is
quite creditable, considering the large
number of old, harmless, incurable.
helpless people that have been admit
ted, who should have been cared for
at home by relatives or friends, or by
the counties if friends were unable to
do so. Many of these poor people were
represented as violent and dangerous
to the community in which they lived
when at the very time they were so
physically feeble that they could not
hurt a fly
The asylum is always full and the
demand for admission is most press
ing, and applications for admissions
are coming to take just one more, and
no relief can be granted for want of
room.
1t is unfortunate that the purposes
of hospitals of this kind are so i'm
properly understood by large proper
tion of intelligent people. 1t is too
commonly looked upon as a huge poor
or aims house or place of detention for
thse who are in their dotage and some
times troublesome, rather than a place
of cure and alleviation of one of the
greatest of misfortunes that can af-
fiict mankind.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

Mdle rem. 10
Number of patients ON
hand Dec. /, 1900. 255 263 SIS
Admitted from Dec l,
1900, to July 1, 1902 131 81 212
Whole number treated,
from Dec. l. 1900 to
July l, 1902 02.........3 336 344 730
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18

Total number dscharged.144 II 221
Number remaining July
/, 1902 ...........272 267 $50
COLoRED.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-28
ITO Be Continued
A LIVELY INTRODUCTION.
How Sir Harry WeatwOOd Cooper, the
English Forger, Met Detective
Seymour.

Sir Harry Westwood Cooper, the
English forger, accused of nobility,
is a far more docile creature since
his course In rigorous western po-
lice treatment than he was whea
Capt. John Seymour, chief of detec-
tives, first introduced himself, says
the San Francisco News Letter. The
story of the introduction is good.
Capt. Seymour then without other
title than plain badge, was sent
over to the Langham hotel one day
to bring in this exceptional scion to
police headquarters. To the cap
tain's query if the noblen1an was in,
the clerk merely pointed 60 the ele-
vator and remarked: Gust going up,
sir; won't see anybody" At the
entrance to the elevator stood q gem
tleman in elegant afternoon attire,
and straight up to him went the de-
tective.
Pardon me- said Seymour, zone
moment, please"
Sir Harry moved away as if to be
rid of the intruder, and just then
the elevator came down. The detec-
tive moved nearer. 81
'Pardon me again." he said, "but I
am"
'Some trades person" concluded
Sir Harry; 81 cawn't see you"
Capt. Seymour put his hands on Sir
Harry's shoulders and began again.
But Sir Harry did something sudden.
ly; the detective did something more
suddenly there was a crashing and
breaking, a rush of excited people,
and one little fellow in the back
ground, crying: 'How dare YOU
touch an English nobleman! How
dare you touch my fWend, sub Haw-
wyI"-then the clearing of the smoke
revealed the "fwend, Sub Hawwy,"
sitting handcuffed on the floor, his
top hat crushed in, his Prince Albert
torn, and the blood 5rom a cut on
his face streaming down onto his
white vest,
The captain was winded, but other
wise in good form.
"You will pardon me- he remarked
again, ''but when you interrupted me,
1 was about to introduce myself. I
am John Seymour, of the detective
agency"
''That will do" said the nobieman,
''but franl1ness compels me to say
that do not desire your acSuaiD-
tance." Then--first looking DOM at
the manacles-he added slowly:
"You will pardon me for not -ah--
offering you my hands,"
Certainly" replied the detective,
with equal wit, "hut may take your
arm?"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-28
Affecting His Honor.

The proprietor of large dry goodE
store had decided to tear down the
old building and erect a new one in
its stead. In furtherance of this plar
he was removing his goods to tempo.
rary quarters in another building.
The goods were nearly all out Of
the old structure, when, from some
unknown oEIse, it caught fire. The
department was promptly a. hand
and soon had a stream playing or
the flames, but the merchant was wild
with excitement. Running up to the
chief, he urged him to greater haste
"Nevel mind the goods!" he shout
ed. "Save the building! I'll give ths
boys a check for $500 for their pen,
sion fund II they don't let the fir
spread beyOad that foor!"
"Why, you're going to tear the ole
building down, anyway, aren't your
asked the chief.
EYES," he said, "but do yoI suppest
I want the insurance compaAies O.
anybody on earth to think that's thu
reason why it caught fre9"
BY great exertion the fire was ex'
tinguished with little loss, so far as
the building was concerned, and the
merchant was az good as his wovI.-
Youths Companion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-28
90 REsELLIoN SPREADING.
Execution Of Two cohnman3ants caus-
ed Loyaiists to Join the Beers.

London, Jan. 25.EThe Daily News
published from its correspondent at
The Hague, whom it claims to have
been very accurate, the following dis
patch taken from private adYices:
News from South Africa has reach
ed military circles here that the power
of the Beers over Cape Colony is in
creasing daily, that the rebellion is
constantly spreading and that the col
onists are joining the Beers in steadily
increasing numbers. The executions
of Commandsnt Lotter October II,
1901 and Commandant Scheepers
(January Is, 1902, have had the re-
suit of deciding the loyalists to join
the Beers, whose position is persist
emily reported to be more favorable
than ever" itrC5 .IfaIge .-
The same private advices. assert that
the British suffered a dozen defeats
from September to November 1901,
of which no mention is made in Lord
Kitcheners reports.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-28
Rrought to the Poinf.

He was slow, painfully slow. LASS
autumn, when the figured velvet
drawing-room suite was new, he sal
on one chair, she on another, and
talked-simply talked. During the
winter they burned papa's gas, and
sat side by side on the lounge ex-
changing condolences. When spriag
came they used the same chair and
whispered; but there was never q
whisper of that one question she was
longing to hear. Now, summertide
was with them, and the figured vet
vet was showing signs of wear.
A knock at the front 3eor W.
heard. ''Callers," she remarked
'Bother!" said he. "Say you're ouA
Kate" t'.'
ooh. Jack. I couidn'tl that wouR
be a fib," she murmd1ed, 81 can say
I'm-Tm engaged, if you like"
And Jack was captured.-LondS
Answers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-28

against this city, because they have
found their fate too intolerable with
the land as it is ordered now. We
heard of your coming from Yucatan.
1t was we who sent the fleet to take
you at the entrance to the gulf"
''Your fleet gave us a pretty fight. .
"Oh, know, 1 know. We had our
watchers on the high land who
brought us the tidings. We had an
omen even before that. Where we
lay with our army before the walls
here, we saw great birds carrying off
the slain to the mountains. But
where the feet failed, I saw chance
where I, a woman, might"
'Where you might succeed?" sat
me down on pile of the captains
stuffs. 1t seemed as if that here at
last I should find a solution for many
things.
''You carry a name?" asked.
"They call me Nais."
"Ah!" 1 said, and signed to her to
take the clothes that I had sought
out. She was curiously like, so both
my eyes and hearing said, to Ylga,
the fan-girl of Phorenice, but as she
had told me of no parentage I asked
for none then. Still her talk alone
let me know that she was bred of
none of the common people. and
made up my mind towards definite
understanding. ''Nais," 1 said, you
wish to kill me. At the same time
1 make no doubt you wish to live
on yourself, if only to get credit from
your people for what you have done.
SO here I will make a contract with
you. Prove tt, me that my death
IS for atlantis good, and I swear by
our Lord Lhe Sun 20 60 out with you
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-28

''The sound of kiss is not so l0ne
as that of a cannon" remarked the
professor at the breakfast table. "but
its echo lasts deal longer" Latter
" it seems to last before it begins.
Nearly a year before his coronation
King Edward has announced that tbs
ceremony of kissing by the peers viii
be omitted. Imagine me compelling
Devonshire to kiss mel" he is said tc
have exclaimed "He would never sur.
vive the ordeal" William ", whit
objected to this part of the cere
mony, submitted to it, but declares
he would renounce the klngship rata
az than repeat the experience,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-28
OHIO COAL LANDS.
Pittsburg and Philadelphia Parties
Close a Deal For 5000 Acres.


Pittsburg, Jan. 25.-Capt. Alfred
Hicks, of Pittsburg, and Thomas NJ.
Mahon, of Philadelphia, closed a deal
for 5000 acres of land situated in Bel
mont county, o., for a sum close to ST.
100000. The property adjoins the De
Armit Coal Co. working, and has
three mines in operation. The prop
erty will be developed as rapidly as
possible. The Baltimore & Ohio, Cleve-
land, Lorraine & Wheeling and the
Wabash railroads traverse the tract.
J. P and c. W. Troll, of ST. Clairv;lle,
o., representing the Black Diamond
Coal Co., the Ohio & West Virginia
Coal Co., and the Echo Coal Co., ne
gOtiated the sale.