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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08
EARLS WITHOUT ESTATES.
One Cottager, One a Cowboy and
Another Farmer in New Zea-
land Among the Lot

So accustomed is the British mind
to aSSOciating title with a vast rent
roll and extensive ancestral estates
that it seems almost impossible to
grasp the fact that there are to-day
noble earls and other lights of the
peerage Of our land who cannot lay
claim TO any rent-roll OF ownership of
the wide acres at all.
The question came prominently into
notice with the death of the recent
earl of Perth at that unimposing
house by the side of Kew green. Here
he had lived for many years, humble
and unknown TO the man in the street,
says Stray Stories.
How many of the thousands who
trooped past his house in Kew garden.
every holiday ever thought for a min
ute that the solitary elderly man
standing watching them at that little
gate was no other than the represen
ative of that gre. race Of Scotch earlS
who had stuck manfully and bravely
to the cause Of the Stuarts. and lost
their all in land and money by SO DO
ing?
Wide lands and noble estates had
been the heritage Of the Drummonds
in centuries onward from the CON
quest; this earl recently dead
never held any Of them. They had
all been confiscated by Hanoverian
kings.
The earl Of Caithness now lives in
the far west. where he has built him
self a wood house. which he has named
after his ancestral seat in Scotland
Berridale farm.
The earls Of Caithness in the olden
days used To live at Berridale. in Cath
ness: but this estate now has passed
to the duke Of Portland. and the pres
ent earl Of Caithness now finds him
self. if he lands in Scotland. without
a single acre of land in the country.
He went TO America o seek his for
tune and has settled there. He works
his farm and makes an honest and
good living by it; but as for his rent
roll and ancestral acres-they are to-
tally minus.
He has been a cowboy. has had bush
experiences for ten wears and is vet
only IS years old. II is hardly likely
that he will figure in the coronation
procession. though if he cares to do
so he certainly can.
The earl Of seafeldis scarcely like
~ To journey from his chosen home in
New Zealand in order to take part in
the coming events Of the year where
his peerS Nil ma la llfsl a ~ in no p. . ~.
show.
His father went out to New Zeala nd
in long years pa % seek his fortune
befor> he ever dreambed IF coming
into the earldom of Seafeld. The
present lord was born in the colony.
and knows very little about England
from his own experience.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08
pLATT'S AMENDMENT.
Nor to Blame Than Anything Else
for the Injustice That Has
Been Done Cuba.

President Roosevelt has claimed
great credit for his party on account
OF what has been done by the United
states in Cuba. but he admits that
there has been something wrong even
in that great example. On the 4th OF
July. he said:
i regret that a measure Of reel
procity with Cuba j. not already EN-
bodied in statute or in treaty He
believes that the United States has
assumed obligations in liberation
Of the acceptance by Cuba OF the prin-
ciple OF the Piatt amendment. and that
in refusing 70 pass the Cuban reci-
procity bill. his partisans Ill congress
have acted in bad faith.
Cuba" he says. must occupy pc
culiar relation TO Us in the field of in
tcrnatioHal politics. She must in the
larger sense be a part Of the general
political system in international az
fairs. Of which this republic stands as
the head. The reason assigned by
him for this position is that Cuba has
assented 10 that view" and that as q
consequence Of this compac, this
covenant involved in the adoption OF
the Platt amendment by congress and
its acceptance by Guba-"thi> nation
Is bound to give her special economic
privileges not given 10 other nations"
But il follows that this nation would
not have been 50 bound but for the
ritual enforcement of the terms of
the Platt amendment upon Cuba by
republican congress and president.
Hence it i clear that the Platt
amendment. and not the denial OF reel
procity, was the beginning and cause
of the injustice, since without it there
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08
AN ISSUE THAT STICKS.
Republicans Find the Trust Question
Something That L. Hard to
Handle.

When Chairman Griggs. of the
democratic congressional committee,
satirized the republican party and
President Roosevelt for having just
discovered that there is need of eff
fective legislation against trusts,
only the hide-boun organs of his
party gave undivided approval. They
agreed with the chairman that to
run q republican campaign upon the
claim that the party had recently
learned the inadequacy of the Sher-
man act would make the contest a
huge comedy. Where Representative
Griggs invited opposition was in
bringing a joint Indictment against
congress and the president, says The
Detroit Free Press.
In his zeal TO make a sweeping ac-
cusation the chairman failed To ad-
nit that the president met with poor
success in his efforts TO influence the
policy of the last congress. II open
~ opposed him in the matter of
Cuban reciprocity and calmly ignored
him a. % many OF the recommended
tions made in the first message Is
sued % that body by him. so far as
the trust question is concerned con-
gress had it, instructions as to deal
ing with it from the republican ma
tional convention which called for
their proper regulation in no uncer-
tain terms. Yet the majority in absu-
lutte control did nothing.
To say that it did nothing is too
mild. They voted down every propo-
sition from the democrats for the re-
straint and punishment of monopo-
lies. Now the party managers insist
in stentorian tones that just as soon
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Thousands Of families an -.
country treasure old Rjbls,
books and volumes Of serme.. 'saa
iished in the eighteenth and .. ro'
feenth centuries, fondly belisvi,a"sa'
any of these works may be sols . 'u''
day, If necessary. for a suffcis.. 'oas
10 pay eff the household mortg,.. ' n
quests like these are being -, ne,
constantly by newspaper ssi, .''a
Please let me know the valps :.
Bible published by Smith & L..
London, in 1745. | am Informal Nv
II Is worth large sum" In ,ln.'. .
every ease the reply must be pir.r 1.'
old religious books and Bibles
worth only so much per pound az y.
old paper junk man i willing 10 o..
This seems like a reflection on n1bl;,
taste in book collecting. but il il i'm.
nevertheless. There still i = non,ls.
impression that age alone gives Y.ls.
to a book. but a wheelbarrow tuu :.
theological treati>es issued nragior.
TO 1000 may be bought for few I'M
lings apieee.-Detroit Free Pres,
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08
PRESS COMMENTS.

he present tariff was avoWedIy
framed to give higher wages to Amer
lean labor 1t now operates to give
lower prices to foreign consumers and
higher profits to American trusts.-N.
Y. World.
On its record Of unfailing service
to the trusts at the expense of the
people the republican party goes be-
fore the voters of this country in the
congressional campaigns. No vague
promises of antitrust legislation
next time" will suffice to overcome
this record.-St. Louis Republic.
The shrewdest republican poll
ticians recognize the possibilities Of
democratic reunion and of democrat
ic victory and that fact of itself
should increase the determination of
democrats to get together in man
ner initiating the wisdom Of the past
and pointing 10 a renewal Of past Vie
tories Brooklyn Eagle.
Suits against trusts to comneI
them 10 be trusts according to law are
all very we'll in their way. But sucb
suits, as means of giving permanent
relief to the people from trust rob-
berry. are about as eflicacious as poul-
tees for appendicitis. What is wanted
Is the destroying surgery of legisla-
ton, and nobody can expect that from
republican congress.-San Francisco
Examiner.
The democratic party does not
agree with senator Vest that il would
be a good thing for it To be beaten
by the republicans this year. The
party Is in a fighting mood and far bet.
ter tghting condition now than il has
known since 1892. 1t intends to attack
the republicans all along the line and
TO give them a walloping such as they
nave seldom known.-At.anta Journal
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

\ curious discovery has been mad.
in connection with the veterans o. III.
Italian war Of independence. Instead
Of dying off gradually. as nigh, b.
expected, they are actually increasing.
Forty-two years ago Garabaldi sailed
with 1000 men from Querto. OF this
gallant band there are to-day 1900
survivors. Again. Italy is paving ESQ.
600 year to ls,42l pensioners of the
ISIS campaign. According 10 III.
average rate of mortality four-ffths
of them ought To be dead.-London
Mail.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

would have been no injustice in such a
denial. And the republican party
stands charged with full knowledge.
at the commencement of the present
Cuba-American relationship. that it
could not as it has not performed its
obligations to Cuba without the aid of
democrats. Therefore, he and his par
tisans are justly res ponsible for placing
Cuba in the situation where reciprac-
ity or ruin is inevitable. and then DENY
ing to her the one Indispensable meas
IRE Of relief. The presidents position
is a condemnation of the whole Cuban
policy. because II is condemnation
Of the essential and characteristic fea-
ture of it, which is neither less nor
more than perfidy for plumbers sake
policy morally on parWith the Phil
ippine policy of the same party.
This policy = all Of a piece with
using the funds from the Cuban treas-
ury to purchase homes to the >upport
of Palma and the administration pol
icy. Also the payment from the same
fund of $l2 900 10 Thurbtr TO helm
carry ont the plans Of the sugar trusf.
Indeed, the republican statesmen
themselves are not all agreed that our
army and officials in Cuba deserve the
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P - :" ''iS sPeeei' u July .
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-, : az . M -, ''i' senate De "eeh
" l'oo, . "''.' M iIa'F' "hich oc-
eu' ,su IN IN me, 'so. anu from "hlch
~ IN uaI cav u" .''s
,,''' ; ; ~ Pa '''i@t with
nm - ~ 80 ~" 'iIs people mas
'''1. an ',,'',S '''''S "a. IN NIlat II mas
.aus'. ''Ie up'ns. ! ,h'"N we "ouio
.'a'e 80 ~ - ~., "Ii = We "a" moi
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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

he has a good busines. o..
IN the iand OF The Maoris-arS, there--
ing to his own account. doe aao' accord.
TO return to the country no rSt intend
eerNes his title. being far m"ehce b.
iopfaole and happy where b more con.
lie is the head of the er "e Is.
Of the ogilvies, renowned sal s. family
ana story, and is Yet oui,. history
man. being but 90 years 81 "a a Young
At a meeting Of the Unirae.
neficent society in Soho sa 9,saiist Be-
time ago. it was stated la aare son.
the chief cases of hardship one J one Of
by the society during m. oeait With
that of viscountess Who =; year Wa
Of applying for assistance : "a, ne tn.
ing TO earn her living by maliv "s IN.
at four cents apiece. and .airs
ceipt Of parish relief. NJ.
Her husband was dead a,,,
her nothing to live on: he b.s,sadlett
for years had terrible han Nas11
support the two Of them. Hb
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08
One Way to Avoid 1t

"Dearie," said Mrs Loredoyey. q
see in the papers that a man ont west
has had his stomach removed. Won.
der Why?"
4 suppose" said Mr. Loyedoyey,
that his wife persists in trying to
cook all the new-fangled things she
reads about in the recipe departmen.
of the Ladies Home Weekly. - Judge.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08
The Novel Of Next Year
BY EDWARD o. APPLETON,
OF the Publishing Firm D. Appleton q

Soon the expression "the novel OF the
year will be a misnomer. Perhaps that
time is already at hand. And why do YOU
ask, will this phrase cease to apply in the
sense that it is now commonly 'used'
Because the day OF haf-million sellers
is past. or practically so. Hereafter the
field will be more evenly divided 50 far as
the triumphs OF good fiction is concerned
More good novels will enjoy comparatively
large sales, and no one novel will monoPo-
lie the entire field. These are the conclu-
sions that are forced upon me by pract'-
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

cal study OF the outlook OF course each will have us
FN OIE but there will large gap the winner
ana those which divide honors and large money 1t will no oge
be question OF THE NOVEL OF THE YEAR but OF the NO'
ELS OF THE YEAR
seriously doubt any brought year VIII
iedh sale OF hamlhon copies; but convinced that ho'
good novels will reach OF hundred thousand than any
preceding year.
Inc reason for this is because tremendous IN
e@Se III ue number OF fiction readers the last three W
eS raw recruits entered the field ana %
equehy were IN mood to be stampeded din OF exoS
'h anu advertising Now, OF them begun develop
Peleh likes and dsllke and they will all in the a
ecaoh simply because they fullpage advertisement u
points the way
All this is for the general good American In INC
stampede after one or two ayores best books
at nave been produced in the last have been
Wholly lost s8ht OF and have reception far benean "A
merits mere has been than enough good fiction po
10 go round at time when the large army tp
efuts were IN condition to be MANIPULATED BY ApN
lIoIAG And even the readers OF established and dscin
tastes were led aside by the popular became |
OF THE BOOK OF THE HOUR
Another reason why the good of every kind are IN -
position than ever before get hearing be found
popularity OF the SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY This institute"
placing within the reach OF readers of moderate all INC
current fiction The that subscribers these Libraries
have chance to read many instead of OF the best
OF the day This will bring variety into their reading and WI"
for more catholic selection of FAVORITES
zAun4A. M4AA@
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Conductor Frank Pomerosky was
killed and two brakemen seriously in
jured by the giving way Of a bridge
over the St Francis river - miles be
low Cape Girardeau, do, on the lst,
by which their train went into the
river
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The Colombian insurgents were de-
feated in a battle with government
troops on July 90, with loss Of over
two hundred men.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Mrs. A. K. H. Patchen. member of
an old and aristocratic family of New
York state. dropped dead, on the 4th,
at the home of some friends in San
Francisco.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

William Thompson, of Villas, Baca
county, Col, confessed on his death
bed that he had killed his 13-year-old
son, Benjamin, and that a man named
Nicholson, now serving a sentence in
the penitentiary for the crime. is in
nocent. A petition for Nicholson's
pardon was filed with the state par
don board on the 4th.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The distribution of vegetable and
flower seeds by the agricultural de-
partment at Washington will begin
this year on September /.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

A number Of the mills of the Amer
lean Tinplate Co. will close down in
consequence Of the rejection by its
employees Of proposition for a re-
duction of 25 per cent. in wages, made
by the company in order to secure
some large contracts, which it will
now be unable to obtain.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The Indiana state sta;istieian ceti-
mates that the corn crop IT that
state will be in the neighborhood Of
AZ. OOO. 600 bushels
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Mayor Low of New York will make
an effort to properly deal with those
who were responsible for the riotous
conduct at the funeral of Rabbi Jo-
seph on the 30th.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Commissioner of Pensions Ware
saws that the legislation Of last ses-
sion Of congress will add at least ten
thousand new pensioners to the list.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Reports from Texas indicate very
heavy yield of cotton lis year. de
spite the losses caused oy the receh;
Hoods
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

William Dodwell, a farmer living
near Wellington, Ky, was taken from
his home by mob at midnight of the
Sd, bound TO a tree and beaten with
blacksnake whip until he was near
ly unconscious from loss of blood,
the mob preventing his wife and
daughtsr from interfering. No cause
for the whipping is known.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

An unsuccessful effort was made,
on the 4th, 10 float the steamboat
City of Savannah, which ran aground
en- the Ohio river near Paducah. KY,
on the Sd and it is now thought she
may remain there several months.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

An explosion resulting in a heavy
loss of life occurred at colliery in
Wallongong, New South Wales, on the
3lst. Twenty-seven bodies were re
covered, but hundred remained in
the mine, with but little prospect OF
rescue
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

There is much Indignation in the
City of Mexico over the formation OF
a pool among the bakers there TO
raise the price of bread.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The reports published in regard to
the enormous damage done by earth
quake shocks at Los Alamos, Cal,
have been greatly exaggerated. 1t is
said that the property damage will
not exceed $4,000.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Gen Jacob II. Smith said in San
Francisco. on the Sd, that his forced
retirement from the army was an an
welcome surprise to him; that he nat
urally supposed he would receive a
reprimand as result of the court
martial, but nothing more.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

A tree measuring over ffty-one feet
in diameter has been discovered IN
the Sierras, California, and is be-
Ieved to be the largest in the world.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The outlaw Tracy has been seen
again, this time in eastern Washing
ton. He was wei armed and provi-
stoned. in good health and unwound-
ed, and crossed the Colorado river on
July 81, supposed TO be going into
Wyoming.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The bodies Of John ". Kirby and
his wife were found in bed at their
home in Cowley county, kas., on the
4th, with all indications pointing to
ruiaida
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Twelve hundred state troops
reached Shenandoah, Pa, on July 81.
and encamped on hill overlooking
the town. All was quiet there, and SO
long as the militia remains there viii
be no more rioting.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, in
ventor of the telephone. is construct
ing an airship which he intends to en-
ter for the Worlds fair aerial con-
tests in St. Louis in 1904.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The republican text book for the
campaign of 1902 has been issued by
the congressional committee.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Inquiry having been made OF Mark
Twain in regard to a rnmor that he
intended to remove to Missouri, he
responded: Il have not heard Of the
report, and l doubt its correctness"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

The grand jury, on the 31st. re-
turned indictments against the village
officials at Harlem. H., for malfeas-
ance in office, conspiracy to allow
gambling on the races being alleged.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-08-08

Francisco.
Mayor Low of New York will make
an effort to properly deal with those
who were responsible for the riotous
conduct at the funeral of Rabbi Jo-
seph on the Both.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, in
ventor of the telephone, is construct
ing an airship which he intends to en-
ter for the Worlds fair aerial con-
tests in ST. Louis in 1904.
The grand jury. on the 31st, re-
turned indictments against the village
officials at Harlem. H., for malfeas-
ance in office, conspiracy to allow
gambling on the races being alleged.
Inquiry having been made OF Mark
Twain in regard to a rumor that he
intended to remove to Missouri, he
responded: Il have not heard of the
feport, and l doubt its correctness"
The reports published in regard to
the enormous damage done by earth
have been greatly exaggerated. 1t is
said that the property damage will
not exceed $4,000.
Twelve hundred state troops
reached Shenandoah, Pa, on July 81.
and encamped on a hill overlooking
the town. All was quiet there, and SO
long as the militia remains there will
be no more rioting.
An unsuccessful effort was made,
on the Attn, 10 float the steamboat
City of Savannah, which ran aground
In the Ohio river near Paducah. Ky,
on the Sd, and it is now thought she
may remain there several months.
Conductor Frank Pomerosky was
killed and two brakemen seriously in
jured by the giving way Of bridge
over the St Francis river - miles be
low Cape Girardeau. DO, on the 1st,
by which their train went into the
river.
An explosion resulting in a heavy
loss OF life occurred at a colliery in
Wallongong, New South Wales, on the
3lst Twenty-seven bodies were re
covered, but a hundred remained in
the mine, with but little prospect of
rescue.
The outlaw Tracy has been seen
again, this time in eastern Washing
ton. He was wen armed and proyi-
stoned. in good health and unwound-
ed, and crossed the Colorado river on
July 81. supposed to be going into
Wyoming.
Gen. Jacob II. Smith said in San
Francisco, on the Sd, that his forced
retirement from the army was an an
welcome surprise to him; that he nat
urally supposed he would receive a
reprimand as a result of the court
martial, but nothing more. !,
A number Of the mills of the Amer
lean Tinplate Co. will close down in
consequence OF the rejection by its
employees Of proposition for a re-
duction of p per cent in wages, made
by the company in order to secure
some large contracts, which it will
now be unable to obtain.
"
William Thompson, of Villas, Baca
county, Col, confessed on his death
bed that he had killed his 13-vear-old
son, Benjamin, and that a man named
Nicholson, now serving sentence in
the penitentiary for the crime. is in
nocent. A petition for Nicholson's
pardon was filed with the state par
don board on the 4th.
William Dodwell, a farmer living
near Wellington, Ky, was taken from
his home by mob at midnight of the
Sd, bound to tree and beaten with
a blacksnake whip until he was near
~ unconscious from loss of blood,
the mob preventing his wife and
daughter from Interfering. No cause
for the whipping is known.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-11-22
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