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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Want Peace Among Baptists.

The peace committee OF the Baptist
state convention has formulated a
statement containing recommenda-
tions and propositions for the con
sidera ton of the peace committee of
the General Association OF Arkansas
Baptists. recommendation looking
to the restoration OF harmony In
Baptist circles are made with the
conditions attaching that the general
association dissolve and recommend
to the churches now representing in
it to hereafter send messengers TO
the Baptist state convention: and that
the two papers. the Landmark Bap-
tist and the Baptist Advance, shall be
merged into one paper The general
associations state meeting will a.
held in Little Rock on October 80.
and the Baptist state convention
meets also in that city on November
13.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
WILSON S. BlSSELL DEAD.
Former POstn,aster-Genera Died nt
Buffalo, N. ~, Tuesday Night
After . Long IlIncss

Buffalo. N. Y, Oct. 7--Wilson s. Bis
sell. former postmaster-general. died
at 1915 o'clock Tuesday night AT
about noon he sank into a deep sleep.
and 1t was with difiiculty that he was
aroused at intervals during the after
noon for nourishment and medicine
The end came easily and peacefully
DR.. Dewitt Sherman, the physician who
has been attending him during his re-
cent illness. and members OF the fam
lily were at his bedside.
MIR. Bissell suffered from complica-
uons thought to be akin to Bright's
dis1ase, although not well understood.
During his Illness numerous messages
OF inquiry were received from former
President Cleveland and members Of
the cabinet in which Mr.. Blssell served
as postmaster-general.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
CONFESSION OF GRATING.
Clerk of the board of Education OF
Kansas City, kns., bled Fire
Insurance Companies. ~

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. IN ].
Jones, clerk OF the board of education
In Kansas City, Kas., has confessed.
at the meeting of the board. to having
received a part of the premiums paid
fire insurance companies for insuring
the various school buildings of that
city. Jones' confession was tho result
of an investigation growing out of COM
plants of insurance agents who rep
resented that they were being held up
by the clerk.
Jones asserted that the money was
given him without his solicitation. and
that he felt that he had perfect right
to accept IL. The finance committee
will further investigate the matter.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09

An Arkansas Product.

A recent issue OF St. Louis paper
contained write-up of very tall
tomato vine seen there while en- route
to the Illinois state fair IL was bill
ed as the tallest tomato vine in the
United States, being nearly sixteen
feet high. Beside 1t stood a two-foot
vine, showing the great difference in
height. The tall vine was an Arkan-
sas product, having been grown by
J. A. Morgan. agent at Paragould for
the Cotton Belt route. He planted
twenty Of the slips and carefully
trained them up on poles, all growing
to a great size. The average yield
from each vine was three bushels.
One OF the tomatoes weighed over
two pounds and measured seventeen
inches around.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
MILITARY SCANDAL
IN COLORADO
High Officers Charged with Padding
Payrolls, Thefts and Grating.
INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE
Gov. Peabody VIII Probe 10 the not.
tom and All Found Guilty, High
or Low In Rank, Will Not
Escape Punishmeut

Denver. Col, Oct. TN connection
with rumors that scandal of wide
reaching character has developed in
the management of the Cripple Creek
campaign OF the Colorado National
guard. Gov. Peabody Tuesday gave out
the following statement:
Charges and specifications against
certain men and officers In the Colorado
National guard have been filed with
me, which will be Immediately In
quired into. They are charges OF q
most serious nature. and shall order
a court-martial to investigate them
thoroughly
Will Probe Charges.
THE charges filed with me will be
probed to the very bottom, and any,
one found guilty of the charges made.
no matter who he Is, will not be per-
mitted to escape punishment, no mat
ter whether it is an officer of the high
est rank or private without rank.
Gen. Chase has not been removed,
but he will remain in Denver for the
present
THE court-martial that has been or
dered will convene in Denver as soon
as 1t can conveniently do SO. | have
not determined who will be appointed
On It,"
Declined to Name the Accused.
The governor declined to give the
names Of any of those against whom
charges have been made, but'i is ex-
pected that Adjutant-General Sherman
M. Bell, Col. Frederick Gross, Paymas-
ter-General Colonel Frank Iiimball,
Assistant Paymaster-General Major
Arthur H. Williams, Gen. Chase, adju-
tant. and perhaps others have been
ordered to Denver at once. though
whether to stand trial or to appear as
witnesses is not positively known.
Numerous Charges Mentioned.
Among the charges to be investigated
are said to be:
Padded pay rolls; the employment
OF superfiuous generals and colonels,
who draw the salary OF their rank but
who perform sergeant's duties; general
extravaganza in the purchase OF sup
plies for the commissary department;
the charge that certain officers have
been securing rake-off from con-
tractors; the issuance by wholesale OF
transportation between Cripple Creek
to Denver to officers and enlisted men
their families anu friends and charging
the same to the state; the charge that
the bookkeeping of the camp Is KEPT
in such way as to admit of grating;
the sureptitious raising of men with
a pull from noncommissioned officers
to captains, majors and colonels: the
erection of quarters for each colonel
thus involving the state in heavy
but practically needless expense; the
purchase of spoiled beef for the en-.
listed men at exorbitant prices, ant
carelessness and recklessness in the
handling Of finances that is said to bt
appalling.
The charges. it Is said. have beer
filed by Gen. Chase against subordinate
officers, while charges of exceeding hii
authority and disregarding the direc
orders Of the commander-in-chief. Gov
Peabody. it is said lie against the CON
manding general himself
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Theatrical Manager Killed.

Charles Tolson, manager OF the
Tolson Theatrical Company, was shot
and fatally wounded at Van Buren, by
DR.. w. l.. Parchman. The shooting
occurred on the depot platform Toll
son appeared with the members OF his
company to purchase tickets to Fort
Smith, when Parchman, without a
word of warning, stepped up and
opened fire. The first shot went wide
and Tolson ran to get behind a truck
loaded with baggage. but the second
shot struck him in the back and in
fiicted the death wound. AS Tolson
turned and faced Parchman, a third
shot struck his watch, but did not
enter his body. Tolson was taken to
Fort Smith. where he died a few
hours after the shooting 1t seems
that the desire of one of Parchmans
daughters to go on the stage led to the
tragedy. Parchman claims that on
the night before the shooting he re-
ceived a message over the telephone
notifying him that his daughter in
tended leaving with the Tolson com.
pany. He says he went to the depot
to prevent his daughter leaving. and
to ask Tolson about note found in
the young lady's purse, and that
when he approached Toison the lat.
ter made move as though to draw
weapon, when he opened fire. Toll
sons friends say he was innocent in
the affair, and that the note refer
red to was written by another party
Parchman was bound over in the sum
Of $1,000 on the charge of murder in
the second degree.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Farmer Anbushed.

William Ribelin. a farmer residing
near Hot Springs. was ambushed
while enroute home from Hot Springs
and left for dead on the roadside. He
was wounded in the thigh. and a bull
let also struck his skull and his
throat was cut. Ribelin's team was
proceeding homo when they passed a
neighbors house who stopped them
and began search. Upon the dis
covery of Ribelin he was removed to
farm house and medical aid sum
moned. He was revived sufficiently
10 tell who his probable assailants
were. and within a few hours Jesse
and Algy Burks and shorty" Martell
were lodged in jail
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
NATION MAYOR CONVICTED.
Francis NJ. Menke, Found Guilty OF
Mnlfeasance, May He Removed
From ONCE and Fined.

Nattoon, H.. Oct. Mayor Francis
NJ. Menke was convicted by the jury.
w-ich returned verdict at three
o'clock Tuesday morning finding him
guilty on three counts Of malfeasance
In office. The penalty can be made
on either of the two sections of tie
statute. the fine ranging as high as
$4,000. with removal from Office.
Menke's attorney Immediately moved
for new trial. and the hearing will be
had Saturday.
h-ayor Menke was accused of being
In gaming houses after hours when sa-
looms and other questionable resorts
were supposed to be closed. one wit
ness swearing that he say Mayor Men
Ike playing in a game of poker in the
kizor gaming room
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
a Strange Case.

A. NJ. Lee. a prominent farmer OF the
Indian Territory. while attending a
circus at Fort Smith. was approached
by a pretty little girl about years
Of age. who was crying and who said
she was lost. Mr. Lee notified the
officers. but & search for her parents
was unsuccessful Mr. Lee eonclud-
ed to take the ohild home with him.
Should her parents fail 10 claim her.
Mr.. Lee will adopt the child
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Fought With Knives.

Just prior to the unveillng cere-
monies of monument to a deceased
Woodman at Lanark. Bradley county.
a young man named Turner from
Calhoun county and Bob Hoyle be-
came involved in a difficulty. when
knives were drawn and both parties
were badly cut
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Mclane An lmposter.

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
says the party giving the name of c.
p. McLane, claiming to be govern
ment chemist, and who started the re-
port that boil weevils were destroying
the cotton crop in the western part
of this state, is an imposter and is not
known in Washington
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Crop Will Be Very Short

Hon. ". r. Eagle. one OF the most
extensive cotton growers in the state,
says the crop will be the shortest in
ten years. The planter. however
Mr.. Eagle says. viii be about as well
on as he would be with a full crop
and low prices. for as labor is very
scarce he would have to pay more
than usual TO gather the staple.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Convicted Of Perjury.

Henry Vandover, of Rogers, who
was indicted for perjury in the Policy
Carlisle robbing case at the February
term of court and was taken on a
change of venue to Benton county
was convicted and sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary. An appeal
was taken TO the supreme court and
the defendant was placed under a
s. 900 bond.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Stabbed to Death,

John Greater, prominent young
German farmer, was stabbed to death
at Atkins during session Of the
State League Of Catholic German So
cieties. The killing occurred near
the door of the hall where the meet
ing was being held
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
lynching at Hamburg.

mob Of about fifteen overpowered
the guard at the Hamburg jail and
took Ed McCullom, a negro, from his
cell and shot him to death McCul-
lom shot an officer who was trying to
arrest him on a charge of assault to
kill a negro
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
School District May Borrow Money.

The state department of public in
struction is receiving inquiries con
cerning the fate of the bill, in the
last legislature authorizing free
school districts to borrow money and
mortgage their property for the pur-
pose of erecting schol houses. 1t is
shown by the records that this bill
became law without the governors
signature and was printed in the acts
of 1908. hence the free school districts
have. e.Authority to borrow money and
mortgage their property for the pur-
pose outlined.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Old Citizen Gone.

Hon. J. w. Van Glider, one Of the
oldest citizens of Ashley county, died
at his home in Hamburg on the 3rd
inst, at the age Of IS years. He was
born in Ohio in 1925, but removed
to Hamburg in 1854, and took up the
practice of law.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09

Richland Center, Wis, Oct. THE
Rev. Jacob Marks. aged "a attending
the semi-annual conference OF the
Richland Union church. at Excelsior.
died Tuesday at the close OF a few
remarks to the conference, in which
he dwelt on the uncertainty OF life and
urged his hearers 10 1--we Christian
lives. Death was due to heart failure.
The sudden death caused an adjourn
ment Of the conference until December
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-09
Ex.Cashier Indicted.

George c. Strong. former cashier of
the Bank of Devall's Bluff, has been
indicted by the grand jury of Prairie
county on charges Of forgery and EN-.
bezzlement. Strong has been under
$4,000 bond waiting the grand jurys
action
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-01-28
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

or the COO known varietios - cot.
ton. 400 are Asiatic 200 African
Oue-haIf 81 the imports into thi,
country are of material, for manufac.
tureT>
Germany now produces y ..9j.OO0 ions
out 81 tire G>?j 600 ,ons % bee; sugar
grown in the world.
NalaSco. Tex. j, TO have q supgr
mill. 6OX3jO feet with ten boilers. each
~ inches in diameter
Thick blotting paper which Canada
formerly got from England She now
gets from this country.
Dundee supplies most OF the canvas
used in making pantomime transform
alton scenes in the United Kingdom.
The irrigated area of the United
States is 7,5iO,jJs acres. OF which Col
orado contains l,Gl1,251, and CaIifor-
MIA ,44G.l19.
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TOLD IN NUMBERS.

SiNty-one ships clear from London
iahy.
Many watches tick five times TO the
second. This means l57,7ss. 900 ticks
in the course of a wear.
Emigration from Hungary is in
creasing rapidly. In 1900 there were
ASSES emigrantS. in 1907 5j.377.
OF the 27o restaurant Kitchens in
London 2II are underground. They
employ $50 men and 3,O4t women.
1t is calculated that every day near.
ly 900 pounds of shoe leather Is
worn from the soles of London's foot
passengers.
OF 80 plants. a goat was found to
eat 40, and refuse l26. \ pig. on the
other hand, would only eat - out of
2i3 offered il.
Calculating the annual industrial
value of workman's NE at 500. the
Italian office of statistics finds that
Sicily lost S25O,0OO last year through
deaths from malaria.
iIawaii's population is one of the
most mixed on earth. OF it's 100. 900
people, 60.000 are Japanese. 30 600
Chinese. and another $1,000 foreign
ers from Europe and America.
In 1890 Philadelphia had poDula-
tion Of 1900. Boston 1900. and New
York 5000. Twenty years later Phil
adelphia's population had risen 10
$1,000. Boston's TO 1900 and New
Works 80 10000.
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Personal PARTICULARS.

Lord Wolverton. recently appointed
parliamentary secretary OF the British
board of trade, was at one time clerk
in Wall street brokers' office. lie
was then plain Frederick Glyu. His
lordship is an admiral's son, married
TO the only sister of Lord Dudley.
vcerov of ireland. and stands high
with King Edward.
Archdeacon Kirby. of New York. who
recently celebrated his golden we'd
ding. was the first missionary to pene-
trate within the American arctic circle
He crossed the Rocky mountains on
foot TO visit the Indians of Alaska. He
translated the New Testament. a
prayer book, hymnal and other books
into the Chippewa language During
his - years of missionary service he
built six churches.
II. J.. Winchell. vice president and
general manager Of the 81. Louis Il san
francisco railroad. has sent out an un.
conventional bulletin to the compa ny's
employees headed Motion Means
Money" The circular saws: "Presi.
dent loakum in recent interview
gave utterance To these significant
and forceful words. The sentiment
could not have been better covered or
made palmer by the use of IA thousand
sentences. Let ms impress this idea
upon every official and employe of the
system and make il our watchwo ord:
Motion Means Money Standing
around doesn't earn us cent"
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II is easier TO preach patience in
he church than IL Is TO practice it
With our ehildreu.--Rsm Horn.
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CAUGHT BY THE GRIP.
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.
Congressman Geo. H. Whites Case.
Noted ScuIptress Cured.

Mrs. Celeste Coven writes from ZIG
n. avenue, Aurora, H.:
Only those who have suffered with
Ia grippe and been cured can appre-
ciate how grateful feel that s,sch .
splendid medicine az Peruna has been
placed mt the door of every suffering
person."-Mrs. G. Covell.
Noted Sculptures Cured of Grip.
Mrs. NJ. C. Cooper, Of the ROYAL Acad-
envy OF Arts. OF London. England, now
residing in Washington. ID. c., is one on
the greatest living scuiptors and paint
ers of the world She says:
II take pleasure in recommending
Peruna for catarrh and Ia grippe.
have suffered for months, and after The
use of one bottle of Peruna | am en-
tirely week.-Mrs.. NJ. G. Cooper.
ID. Ia. Wallace, n charter member OF
the International BARRIERS Union.
writes from 10 Western Avenue. Min
neapolis, Mimi:
FOLLOWING n severe attack of 10
grippe seemed to be affected badly ALI
over.
"One OF my customers who was grent-
~ helped by Peruna advised me To try
IL, and i procured a bottle the same
day. Now my head is clear. my nerves
are steady, i enjoy food and rest well.
Peruna has been worth dollar dose
TO med. l.. Wallace.
Lieutenant Clarice Hunt. of the Salt
Lake City Barracks of the Salvation
Army, writes from Ogden. Utah:
Two months ago I was suffering
with so severe "A cold that / could hard
~ speak.
Our captain advised me to try Pc
runa and procured bottle for me. and
| truly IL worked wonders Within two
weeks / was entirely well."-Clarins
Hunt.
Congressman WHITES Letter.
Tarboro, N. C.
Gentlemen: lam more than salts.
fled with Peruna and find IL to be an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca
farrh. have used IL In my family
and they sHjoin me In recommending
ID as an excellent remedy. - George
II. While, Member Of Congress.
Mrs. T. w. Collins. Treasurer Inde-
pendent Order of Good Templars. Of
Everett, Wash, writes:
after having a severe attack of In
grippe continued i'm n feeble condition
even after the doctors called me cured.
My blood seemed poisoned. Peruna
cured me."-Mrs. II. w. Collins.
If you do not derive prompt aud sat-
isfactory results from the use Of Pc
runa. write at once to DIR. Hartman.
giving full statement OF your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
Ohio.
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some hideous giant with awful Grip had
clutched US in its fatal clasp. Men,
women, children. whole towns and cit
les are caught in the baneful grip of n
terrible monster
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7 a GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. II
I spares no class or nationality. The
cultured and he ignorant, the aris-
tocrat and the paupcr, the masses and
the classes are alike subject to la
grippe. None are exompt-all are IL
sble.
Have you the grip? Or. rather. has
the grip got you? Grip is well named
The original French term. la grippe,
has been shortened 10y the busy Amer
lean to read grip" Without Intending
TO do SO a neW word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. As If
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Earthouake in Mexico

Mexico City. Jan. 26.-News has
been received here by the minister of
the interior Of earthquake and vol
canic disturbances near Urique. the
state Of Chihuahua. Montana noun.
tain has been riven in twain and the
atmosphere is filed with fine volcanic
dust. An earthquake at midnigh on
the 23d was terrifying to the inhabi.
ta1ts.
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Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru-na Almanac.
GOT A NEEDED LESSON.
IIoyer Ga,r Her Something
for Her Memory.

The lorgetfulness OF servants il the bane
al all hou7ektepcrs. \ London merchant
ad- servant WAC, ali Jougn possessing many
good qualities, wa- al hrst very iorgetful.
Inn fault was. especially annoying at meal
tunes, wnen something essential was sure
~ be lacking from the table relates the
New FORK Times
One day the family were seated at the
table and the bell was rung az usual The
girl hurried TO the diningroom.
Maria" said Herr Il -, lust run and
fetch the big stepladder down from the attic
and bring II mere"
Maria, VINO had been disturbed at her
dinner, gave grunt of dissatisfaction,
but ran up the three flights of stairs to
fetch down the ladder. In about five
minutes she returned TO the room painting
with her eXertion.
Now said Herr B, put il up at
that end Of the room and climb to the top. q"
Mara did she Wds told and wnen
she was at the top Herr B quietly OBJ
served:
Maria, you have now got a better view
than we have: just look around and tell
us II you can zee any salt on the table
My wife and ] could not find il
TINS settled the business Maria has
never forgotten the lesson.
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The Barcelona Brace

Recommended by ply sieians as the simplest, strong
est and cheapest brace IN the world for men, women
and children. Prevents consumption, spinal trouble
and round shoulders. Is particularly adapted to
young girls and ladies, IL is substitute Tor the
corset without its evil effects. Can be hundred,
thus keeping IL constantly clean. Mailed TO any
address m the United States Canada upon receipt
OF one dollar. In ordering, send measurement Of
arm from pc to top Of shoulder, and from top Of
shoulder TO hipslso If Is for male or female
and age. Money gladly refunded II not satisfactory.
Make rernittsnces payable and remit TO
q. A. MACDONALD. Manager,
410 East Fourth Street CINCINNATI ONO
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PRAcTICAL srGGEsT1oNs

God is unknown to the world no
longer. Christ has revealed Him 10
men as their loving. sympathizing
Father. Since God Is our Creator, we
are His offspring. and therefore should
be His children in heart.
Since God is their common Father.
all men belong TO one brotherhood,
and should feel as brothers.
We choose now between Christ ss
our Saviour and Christ as our Judge.
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Maude-" Belle said the other DAY when
she Jaw you trying 10 get up such a desper-
ate Irritation with Ioungrox she could
hardly keep her cOuntenance" Mayn-
,She wouldn't II she could help herself -
Baltimore American.
1t sometimes takes long time to make
ny little mind. Rams Horn.
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Pe-ru-nn for Grin.

Mrs. TheOphiIe Schmiit, wife OF the
Ex-Secretary of the German Consulate.
writes the following letter from 34I7
Wabash avenue. Chicago, H.:
81 suffered this winter with n severe
attack of Ia grippe. After using three
bottles Of Peruna ! found the grip had
disappeared. Mrs. T.. Schmitt.