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The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29
DELAY IN THE JET CASE.
Non-Arrival of Witnesses at Jackson,
KY, Causes Delay in the
Trial Of Jett.
THE PLACE JUST LIKE A GARRISON TOWN
Can't II. j. EVEN. Who was with j..
II. Marcum when the Latter was
killed. Relieves He Is Marked for
Death at the Hands of Some of
the Feudists.

Jackson. KY, May 2s.-The hearing
of the cases of Curtis Jett and Tom
White, under indictment on the
charge of numbering Lawyer j. Il.
Mareum has been postponed until to-
morrow. Their eases may be again
reset for the next term Of court,
which begins next week. The delay
is the result of the non-arrival of wit
nesses. The town is quiet.
The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29
An Unfortunate Presence.

Previous to the killing of Marcum,
Which | was unfortunate enough IN
witness, l did not have an enemy in
the world. | belonged to no side and
had no pronounced political views.
Now every mans hand seems to be
raised against me. l told everything
/ knew about the killing of Marcum
10 the grand jury to-day. 1 concealed
nothing.
This whole deplorable affair is
joined by certain cords which | do not
care TO discuss at present. The time
will come when these hideous muir
ders are laid bare. You understand
the situation pretty thoroughly.
Il have not been on my work in the
railroad yards for several DAYS. just
few yards from the spot is little
hill covered with bushes, and for no
money would l expose myself under
those conditions. / intend 10 STAY
here. | will not be run out of town.
Politics play a most important part
In this so-called vendetta"
The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29


4 left. and that showed them |
would not accept money. | have no
idea where that money came from.
The next day at bout the same hour
two men called here at my hotel.
Without any ceremony they walked
into the basement Of the house The
shirt of one was unbottoned, and my
wife saw the stock Of gun 1t was
not revolver, but a gun, and the bar
rel extended down one Of his trousers
legs.
when he noticed that nv wife
saw the gun he showed il back. Mrs.
Even Immediately told me and | ran
for my gun. After securing the gun
/ decided to kill the men as thew left
the hotel. | took up my position, but
on reflection concluded not TO shoot
unless the men offered me violence.
The man with the gun stood on the
sidewalk. He would look at me and
then his eyes would drop to the side
walk. Finally he went away. Since
that time | have been prepared to de-
fend myself | am a brave man. but
the conditions that confront me are
enough TO strike terror TO the brav-
est heart.
The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29
4 witness Marked for Death.

n
Capt Il. J. Even, who was conyers-
ing with Attorney J. b. Marcum, and
who had his hand upon the lawyer ;
shoulder when the latter fell. a vie
tim to the bullet Of the assassin, be-
lieves he is a marked man. Even. who
is fine-looking and intelligent man,
reeounted his experiences of the past
few days. He conducts large hotel
near the depot in South jackson. and
his place has virtually been in state
of siege since last Thursday.
Capt. Ewen's story illustrates life at
Jackson. He said to-day:
Il never dreamed of any necessity
to protect my life until an occurrence
of last Thursday afternoon. | do gen
eral contracting. and have been doing
| some work in the railroad yards here
On last Thursday afternoon / was
passing through the yards when two
young men stepped from behind n
me. One said TO me: Capt. Even,
how are you? We are the fire insur-
ance men, and have heard that most
of the insurance men stop with you.
We are friends Of yours
Il don't know you" replied the cap
tain. and therefore you are not
friends of mine"
We'll, that's all right,we are friends
of yours, and that friendship is worth
little
With this remark. according to
Ewen's story. one Of them pulled a
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
peonje Talked About.

Gen. w. W. Guthrie, widely known
as a lawyer, died at AtchisOn, Kan, Of
complications. Gen. Guthrie was
prominently identified with the early
history Of Kansas.
DR.. David McDill, widely known as
an author Of theological works, died
at Xenia, Ohio, from heart trouble.
He vas formerly professor of philos-
ophy at Monmouth college.
Mrs. Rose flaming, n Of the best
known women in St. Louis, and who
was principal of the Pestatozzi school
since 1874, died of pneumonia. She
had been connected with the public
schools since 1860. One Of her early
pupils was Sol Smith Russell, the act
or, now deceased.
Col. G. B. Oakley, former mayor OF
Fort Wayne, Ind, is dead of paralysis.
He was seventy years of age, was lieu
tenant colonel of the 1921 Indiana in
fantry during the Civil war and was
elected mayor in 1894. Three months
ago Gov. Durbin appointed him depu-
ty oil inspector for the Twelfth dis
trict.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
Casualties.

The big steel steamer Saranac was
nearly broken in two during a fifty
mile gale on Lake Michigan.
John Victor, his wife and Maggie
Fueth were drowned by the capsizing
of a rowboat at Kalasmine, Mich
Irving w. Allen, aged fifty, was
thrown from his motorcycle in a col
lision in New York and Instantly
killed.
Fire in the National Casket factory
at Rochester, N. Y, did s75,0 900 dam
age. Two firemen were seriously in
jured.
Alvin Starrette, a young society
man at Mishawaka, Ind, danced him
self to death at a social function, rup-
turing an artery.
F~orty-fve passengers were more or
less hurt in an electric car at Pitts
burg which ran away and collided
with a fast-moving freight train, which
was derailed.
Two large stables belonging to Jo-
seph P. Vandergrift burned at Wheel
ing, w. Va. Loss, $4,000. Thirteen
Of his blooded horses were burned. in
GLIDING his prize driving horse, Edna
Cook, valued at $4,000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
ELEVEN MEN KILLED.
Heavy Freight Train Crashes Into a
Work Train,

Buffalo, Kan, April 20. - A north
bound Missouri Pacific stock train
crashed into the rear end of a work
train just north of this town at 7
o'clock last evening and eleven men
were killed and twenty-five injured.
Ten of the latter are seriously and
four probably fatally hurt. They were
Greeks and Italians. The cause of the
wreck is given as misleading of or
ders. The work train consisted of fiat
cars and a caboose all filled with la
borers. The men on the fiat cars es-
capped by jumping, but hardly a man
in the caboOse escaped. The work
train was backing into town for the
night and was running at a good
speed. The heavy freight engine did
not leave the track, but plowed the
work train off the track, leaving title
OF it except car wheels and kindling
wood.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
! Resume Of the ncwS.
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me 'N@niDei "a nSloto1 w.
lion AGAINST ,he r~enresentation of
Crao+ Dritoir OF tho Ct Jo,1is eyDO-
oi+ior
Do~
Nholera has d,'"0N0u O"p
shlhS = troops, WHO ~ -n1 20
a5alnSI inc NA"l"' III -
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
SWEPT BY fLAMFS
PART OF THE TOWN OF klMsA,
(WlS.) Is DESTROYER Z
By FIRE.
FIERCE FOREST fI2IS RAGre
MUCH TIMBER IN ASHLAND p,v
FIELD AND DOUGLAS Couv.
TIES BURNED.
FIERCE FOREST fIRiS RAG,c
BAYFIELD, HAS NARROW tsCNt
PRONIDENTlAl RAIN ARprc-,
PROGRESS OF FIRE ANT
SAVES THE TOWN.

Ashland, Wis. April 99.-Fire fb.,
broke out yesterday afternoon in /,
dwelling house at KimbaII, a little co.,
mill town in Iron county, near VurIor
caused a $4,000 loss to property sv
residences, the homes of laborars
were destroyed with contents Tho
Northwestern depot caught fire and
was totally destroyed, together with ,
car load of lumber. Up to 9 o'clocl
last night the fire was still ragfrs
threatening Kimball. and the CLARK
Lumber COmpany's plant. consisting Of
a sawmill and planning mill and marv
million feet of lumber. Assistance was
asked of Ironwood and Hurley and r.
spOnses made.
Considerable damage was done IN
buildings and stock on Col In.
Knights farm east Of Ashland. Some
O~utbuildings took fire from forest fires
raging near by. Forest fires are rag.
ing in the region OF Bayfield,. and re-.
ports from that city early in the even.
ing related that the town was in i'm.
minent danger of destruction. The
residents became alarmed and were in
a state of great excitement up TO 3
o'clock, when rain poured down and
arrested the progress Of the aamess'lt
is thought that the danger mark is
past. Forest fires of considerable
magnitude have been raging in the
woods of Ashland, Bayfield, and Doug
las counties and it is thought that
much timber has been destroyed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
Otherwise e.

A dozen Chinese from Bocas del
Toro are held at Mobile by the immi-
grafton officers.
The strike Of the Butte employees OF
the Rocky Mountain Telephone COM
pany has been settled.
The window glass factories at Hart
ford. Conn, have closed. There are
o 20, 0 skilled glassmakers unep-
ployed in the country.
Rev. DIR. Francis A. Horton, pastor
of Temple Presbyterian church at Phil
adelphia, was stricken with apob1exy
while preaching and died shortly after.
A new syndicate has been formed at
Jackson, Mich, to complete the con-
nection Of the Jackson and Battle
Creek railway east of Jackson to De-
troit.
A practical joker "doped" with GRO
ton oil the soup served at d. P. Xiv.
Inns saloon in Chicago. with the re-
suit hat scores who partook were Sc
riously i'll I'd a time.
Senator Elkins is made defendant liz
a suit for $500, 900 by parties who
claim they were employed to aid him
in securing control Of the Western
Maryland railroad.
While Della Ward, a pretty SOU
brette, kept the ~constables entranced
with her singing at Hammond, Ind.
the Merry Chase company jumped a
hotel bill and escaped with their bag
gage.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
From Other Shores

Judge Carlack Of the court of first
instance is dead at Cebu of cholera.
Col. Ilic has been arrested at Wen
ma on the charge of conspiracy against
King Alexander of Servia.
Gauthier Villars, the author. and his
publisher have been fined at Paris for
circulating immoral literature
It Is considered that the plague has
been entirely subdued at Mazattan,
Mex, and the lazeretto will be burned.
Santos Vasquez, a prominent mer-
chandise broker, has been arrested at
Havana for issuing fraudulent drafts.
Count Zeppelin Of Berlin has pau
! perized himself by his attempts to
build a practical airship. His effects
will be sold at auction.
The government of The Netherlands
decided not OF make an appropriation
In favor Of The Netherlands exhibit
at the st. Louis exposition.
All the inmates of the Indian insti-
tute at Brantford, Ont, which was
burned. escaped without injury. The
loss is $35, 900, covered by insurance.
Bonilla is now president of Hon
duras; Arias is in prison at Teguci-
galpa and Sierra is a fugitive at Mica.
ragua, having fed to that country for
safety.
The rumor that Gen. Butler will re,
ceive an appointment as field marshal
Is not credited even by his friends in
the military clubs.
The steamer Pampero rammed and
sank the steam launch OF the Ameri
can cruiser Newark in the harbor al
Montevideo. The crew was rescued
unhurt.
A process server OF Grenoble, while
attempting to serve a summons upor
monks, was driven away by a crowC
Of peasants armed with p~itchforks
and a unable to approach the mon
astery.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
Washirqton Notes.

washington NOTES.
Minister Conger reports a Boxer up
rising suppressed at kutchin and ten
arrests.
Francis NJ. Scala, first director Of
the Marine band, is dead at the age Of
eighty-four.
The S~alvadorean government Will
pay the Judgment awarded in the case
of II Triumfo.
The voluntary resignation Of civil
Service Commissioner FOulke Is
looked for on the return of the presl-
dent.
A movement is on foot to establish
eastern, middle and western military
divisions, each in command of a ma
jor general.
The timber on Chippewa reserva-
tons will soon be on the market. The
tract comprises about 34l 900 acres
in the vicinity of Leech Lake and Win
nibigoshish.
Postmaster General Payne has sus-
tanned the action of First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynne in order,
ing the posting at rural free delivery
postofices throughout the country OF
names of residents on the routes.
Chief Constructor Bowles Of the
navy department has suggested &c
Secretary Moody that the two new
sailing training ships authorized by
the last congress be named the Hornet
and the Peacock, and that the TRAINING
brig be named the Boxer, to com
memorate their gallant prototypes in
the war of 1912.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
DAWSON'S SEASON BEGINS,
Sluicing in All the Brooks Now ono'
Way.

Seattle, April ga special 10 'hV
Post-Intelligencer from Dawson Says
sluicing out all the brooks IN 'nF
Klondike began yesterday. the eSf
mated output for the present year -
given as 100000 against $l2V"i
600 last year. Gov. Congdon maA7'
the statement that Canada VIII ho' ~
tablish an assay and gold purchasin'
office at Dawson. This means 'He.
Seattle will continue to handle aoOn,
all of the Northern gold. OFe'lara
traffic has ceased and the river udMS
will be opened by May 20.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
Excursion to Black Hills.

The A. o. u. w. grand lodge meets
at Lead, S. D., on May 18th. For that
occasion the lowest rates ever known
have been made, viz: one fare on all
roads to Sioux City from points within
the state east of Missouri river. and
SIS for the round trip from Sioux City
to Lead. This excursion is open to
everybody and as the date is a guaran.
tee OF good weather, persons contem
plating a western trip are assured OF a
good time on this occasion. Tickets
will be good for 20 days. For full in
formation, circulars and sleeping ca
accommodations, write j. H. Gable
DenisOn, Iowa.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
HEAVY TIDE FLOWING IN.
This Years immigration the Largest
for Twenty Years.

Washington, April 29.-Immigration
figures for the fiscal year of 1903 seem
likely to surpass those of any proceed
ing year except 1882. The figures of
the bureau of immigration furnished
to the bureau of statistics for it's
monthly publication, Commerce and
Finance, show that the total immigra-
ton into the United States for the
nine months ending with March. 1903,
was 494,425, against 37O,575 for the
corresponding period of last year.
This makes it almost certain that
the total immigration into the United
States for the fiscal year, which ends
sixty days hence, will exceed that of
any proceeding year except 1882, in
which the total was 7SS, 1892.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
Sin and Sinners.

Elizabeth Bass, aged nineteen, is
under arrest at Rochelle, n. Y. for
stealing a $500 driving rig.
ExGov. Taylor of Kentucky charac-
terizes the story that he had offered
Frank Cecil 81, 800 to shoot Goebel as
UNANIMOUSLY false"
The postofice at Arcola Station,
Man, was robbed of over $4,000 in
cash, and valuable papers, amounting
to about $4,000 in all.
James Fox and. George E. Judson
were arrested at Buffalo for smuggling
Chinese into this country ove the
Niagara river. They have been in the
business over a year.
Joseph T. Boyd, a retired farmer
and ex-Confaderate officer, was found
dead on the back porch of his home at
Mexico, Mo, from a bullet wound. 1t
is believed he committed suicide.
Love for wine and women has led
into the tolls OF the law c. D.. Bird of
Chicago. son OF the auditor of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy. lie is &C.
cused Of larceny and fOrgeries amount
ing to $173.
Riley Brock, for whom Dora, the
child-wife of Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay, Sc
cured a divorce from the ancient sol.
der, has been arrested at Lexington,
KY, and held on suspicion of counter
feiting.
Cherokee Bill" whose real name is
Henry Clay bateman, escaped from
the county hospital at Denver, where
he was being treated for wounds re-
ceived in resisting arrest for post.
Office robbery.
The prosecution of Indianapolis ply
sicians for completely in grave robbing
was given a severe setback when the
negro ghouls testified that their con,
fession was made while under the in
fuence of liquor furnished them by
detectives.
A saVentean-year-old girl burglar
has been arrested at Baltimore for
numerous jewelry robberies. She was
traced by the heel prints of her shoes
and a quantity of stolen jewels found,
Size said she wanted them for her own
! qualification,
John Earl has been convicted at St
Louis Of beating with straps and burn,
inc with a hot iron little George and
Florence Migge, whom he attempted
to train fer an ~acrobatic show, anC
sentenced to the workhouse in default
Of $1,000 fine.
Wilbur Sharp and Cornelius viii
hiEs, ue"rCes. held up a ferry boat il
the middle Of the Monongahela river
at Wheeling, Pa. and robbed the pas
engars Of their ~yaluables. Isaac
Ames, sn old nan who resisted, was
dangerously wounded.
On the ground that her husband
took her wedding present-a check fol
$40. G00-2nd then deserted her, Mrs
Marie A. Elyi3ge of Chicago has beer
granted o decree OF divorce from he
husband, Morris II. Elvidge, formerl.
of st. Papl, MINI, by Judge Chytraus
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
CHINA ASKS HELP.
For the Third Time the United states
Comes 20 the Rescue.

SOfnCS ~ NV
WASHINGTON, April 29.-China in her
extremity again turns to the Unlteu
States as her one true friend. Sir
Cheng Tung LANG Cheng, the Chlnese
minister, was the first diplomatic cali
er at the state department yesterday,
and he remained with Secretary Hay
for half an hour. He would rot dis
cuss the Manchurian question after ne
left the secretary Of state nor admit
that he had discussed that question
with Mr.. Hay. But it is known that
this was the subject Of their earnest
consideration and that China looks to
the United States to again JAKE the
lead in an effort to save the OLD en-
pire from dissolution. 1t is the situa-
ton of 1898 and 1900 over again. But
this latest demand of Russia for a
treaty is not resented by Germany or
France or England-Japan alone is eX-
cited, and China for the third time
turns to the United States, asking
what she shall do. DO not sign
says this government. This does not
mean that the United States will go to
war with Russia or that it
Fears Russian Aggression
more than that of any other power. 1t
means that this government will not
recognize such aggression as fair and
honorable dealing in international af-
fairs. 1t will protest against it. 1t has
not made any direct written com
munication to st. Petersburg, but Sec.
rotary Hay has talked freely and plain
ly with Ambassador Cassini.
Russia would willingly concede ia
vored commercial privileges to the
United States in Manchuria. But that
is only a part of the question. We
have a great and increasing trade in
ManChuria and we owe some of it to
the great enterprise of Russia in open
ing ner great Siberian railroad
through that country. But should we
recognize Russia's right to grab Man
churia we must also recognize the
right of Germany to seize the Shanling
province, Great Britain to take the
Yangtse valley, France to extend her
possessions in the South and face the
dismemberment of China and the clos
ing of thirty treaty ports where Ameri-
n goods nov enter on the same
terms with other nations. For these
reasons the secretary of state told
Count CasSini that we
Could Never Recognize
Russia's right to take Manchuria, no
matter what concessions were prom
Used to the United States. 1t is a great
international grab game and all the
European powers are waiting for Rus,
STA to blaze the way and set a prece,
dent for them to follow. This govern
ment is the only one to which China
can turn as a friend, and the Chinese
minister sought the advice of Secre,
tary Hay. The advice was Don't
sign" and the report from Pekin that
China had refused to sign, while not
officially confirmed, gives the state de,
partment hope that another crisis in
China has been ayerted and the par
tition of China again postponed.
That England and Germany have
been as u%nfaithful to their promises as
has Russia is shown by their failure to
protest against this Russian treaty at
ter they signed an agreement in 1906
to observe a uniform policy in China
to protect the territorial integrity OF
the old empire.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01

Our usually careful and exact con-
temporary the Boston Herald refers
high price it brought at a recent sale.
This ought to cause Jeremiah to add
another chapter to his justly c%elebrat-
ed work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
MISSING MAN MURDERED.
Found With Head Crushed and His
Money Gone.

Forman. n. D.. April 90, Frank
Carr, who mysteriousIy DISAPPEARED
from Forman about Nov. 20, was found
buried in a pile two blocks
from his boarding house YESTERDAY
morning. His skull was crushed and
has head mashed in. He is supposed
to have been killed for his money
When last seen he had about SIlo
His money and watch are missing
Coroner Mckenzie of Minor is hold
ing the inquest. No clue to the guilty
parties is known. Carr was a butcher
by trade. and had been working IN me
shop here for the past year, vas tnTF
years old. He leaves a divorced WE
and child in Minneapolis.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
ON STRIKE
Duluth A. D. Z. Boys ASK for n'a'
WaqeS.

Duluth, Mimi, April 29-Ihe my,
sengers of the Western Union aHu !.
d. T. companies went on a strive :,
higher wages. They ask an lhcl,~
of about % per cent and a haiu !,
longer at noCn. The comPah! hao ,.,,,
filed all the places and the sim =.
are making a vigorous canvass ~. d
vent others from taking theI' lii,
The company is advertising lot s"'
to take the places of the strikers
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01

DR.. Lorenz says the American WON.
IN don't know how to cook. Possibly
they might slip up on Wienerschnit-
eel. But did the doctor try our dough-
nuts and pumpkin pie?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01

President Eliot insists that the low.
est birth rate is among the upper ten,
but personally we have never found
II any lower than the birthrate among
upper six or the seats in the smoker.
President Eliot must have tipped the
porter in advance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
FIGHT is POSTPONED,
Contest Over Moses Fowler Chase and
His Fortune to Come Tn ater.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 20. - The
fight between Frederick S. Chase and
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Duhme, over
Moses Fowler Chase, which was set
for hearing at Lafayette, was indef-
nitely postponed on account of the
habeas corpus petition presented in
the federal court here Saturday by
George Hoadley, the new guardian of
young Chase. Judge Anderson will
hear arguments next Thursday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01

I Count Won B%arnsdorf says "Ameri-
cans have money to throw at the
BIRDS" True. Bombarding the spar
ows with specie is a ~favorite pastime
with Uncle Russell Sage and Aunt
Hetty Green.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
Kelly Not Guilty of Mufo''.

Butte, Mont, April 29.-odln .ordt
Kelly, the man accused OF the torda
Of DR.. Henry A. Cayley was ,,y Al
found not guilty and immed.",,i IN
charged. Kelly shot Or. oaSN'
(Kelly's) room Oct. Il last
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
BAD Fire at Helena.

Helena, Mont, April 29.- rod d
night almost totally des'' s1oo %
Montana club building. Loss IN 4
insurance, SIS 00. 1t s'a''G' 20 hs
seventh story and is SUPPOSE
been of incendiary origin.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01

The third Shamrock has beaten the
first Shamrock, just as the second
Shamrock beat the first Shamrock.
1t is a sort Of a Donnybrook fair up
to date.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01

Indications are growing that China
Is to become the worlds storm center.
The old struggle between a dying-out
stubborn past and a strenuous, un.
truthful present is On in the celestial
empire, and can have but one ending.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01

| A Missouri editor is entitled to all
the cOrdwood he can pull from his
subscribers, but the accumulation of
$1,000 bills is contrary to the rules of
the association.