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The Forrest City times., 1904-03-25
EXPLOSION At WHEELING.
Sharp's Hotel, Lewis Restnuran mt
and Several Small buildings Dr.
stroyed at Wheeling. w. Va

Wheeling. w Va. March "a
Sharp's hotel. Lewis restaurant and
several small buildings were destroyed.
Wednesday, by an explosion either of
dynamite or of natural gas. The body
of William Lawton has been recov-
cred from the debris, and it is feared
that other guests of the hotel have
been killed.
The Forrest City times., 1904-03-25

Victoria, B. c., Marcn PA tele-
gram received by officials of the Cana
dian Pacific Navigation Co from the
Skeena river states that the missing
steamer Queen City is safely anchored
in Quatsino Sound, with her tail shaft
brolyap
The Forrest City times., 1904-03-25
WORKED CONFIDENCE GAME
Billy Edwards, of Minneapolis Nu-
nicipai Scandal Fame, Sent to
Prison ut Duluth.

Duluth. Mimi. March 24.-Billy Ed
wards. who took a prominent part in
the Minneapolis municipal scandal. has
been sentenced to an indeterminate
term in the state reformatory by Judge
Ensign in the district court. being con-
victed on an indictment charging him
with working a confidence game upon
farmer in this city more than a year
ago
The Forrest City times., 1904-03-25
AuuinuI.io Coming.

Los Angeles, Cal. March 24.-On Of
fetal authorization, the announcement
is made that Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo,
former commander of the Filipino in
surgents, will visit the United States
next July. and take in IT, Worlds fair.
The Forrest City times., 1904-03-25
new Phase OF THE
DAN J. SULLY Case
Speculative Millionaires Who Stood
Behind the Cotton Bull Are
Likely to Be Sued.
BOOKS OF The COLLAPSED FIRM
MAY MAKE SOME REVELATIONS,
II il Alleged That suIIy, In Addition
10 His Regular Brokerage Busi-
ness, Was the Manager of Certain
Pools Organized For the Puruoxe
of BuIIipg Cotton.

new York, March 24.-Men who are
believed to have made millions out of
the bull pools conducted in the past
by Daniel J. Sully, the bankrupt
King will be dragged into court and
made TO tell all about their business
relations with Sully, if the present
plans OF large number of the credit
ors are carried into execution.
The consequent revelations. should
such a step be taken. it is said, would
exhibit a phase of speculative high
finance that would astonish not only
the public but a considerable portion
of the financial district.
Creditors Statement
1t is declared by one of the largest
creditors of Sully and one of the most
substantial men in the cotton trade
that the books of the firm will show
that, in addition to the regular broker
age business, Sully was he manager of
certain pools for bullins cotton.
The way these pools were planned
and the details worked out had a tinge
OF romance. The members of the pool
talked them over while playing Sweet
heart poker in a room on one of the
upper floors of the Hoffman house.
Sweetheart Poker
Sweetheart poker" was the regular
American game. with a condition at
tached to the winning This condition
was that the winners should hand over
all of their winnings to their wives.
The unmarried ones We're pledged to
give the winnings to their sweethearts.
The creditors argue the matter in
this way:
The cause of the collapse of Sully
vas one of these pools He had pre-
vicnsly managed several other pools in
which the profits had run into the
millions.
They Took the Winnings
These profits were distributed to the
members. If the members were entitled
10 the winnings, the responsibility of
the losses also devolYes upon them, the
creditors contend, even if they were
not members of Sully's firm.
SPlly. by offering 40 cents on the
dollar, they say, is putting up his full
share of the loss. and the other mem
bers of the pool should be made to
make up the remaining GO per cent.
The Forrest City times., 1904-03-25
Cotton.

Quotations for middling range as fol-
lows: st. Louis. lie, New York, lac;
Memphis. lac.
The Forrest City times., 1904-03-25
Stage of the Rivers.
The MARKETS.

Stage. Fall.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
DOMESTIC.

Cattle raisers applied to both packers
and strikers in Chicago and asked for
cessation of hostilities.
The st. Louis banks announced that
they were willing to loan the ST. Louis
Exposition Company $1;000,O00
The United States Steel Corporation
has bought the Trenton Iron Company.
Judge Bradford in the Federal Court
In Wilmington, Del, denied the appli-
cation of the Northern Securities Com
pany to pay dividends and distribute
stock and moneys.
Owing to a legal tangle twenty-five
Sing Sing New York; convicts were re-
sentenced, getting shorter terms.
The steamer Howard, from Balti-
more to Boston, went ashore off Pollock
Rip, Mass, but was soon noated.
Russell Sage was ordered by United
States Court at st. Paul, Mimi, to re-
store to the Government certain lands
he sold as trustee of defunct Hastings
and Dakota Railway Company.
The Steel Trust declared its regular
dividend on preferred stock and elected
q successor to Director Schwab.
Rioting was renewed at the Chicago
stock yards and efforts at mediation
made by the State Board of Arbitra-
lion failed
Health Department officials of New
York City confessed themselves pow
erless to check the epidemic which is
killing hundreds of infants in the tene-
ments.
The Court of Appeals at Frankfort,
KY, granted writ of error in the
case Of James Howard, under life SEN
tence for the murder Of Governor Will
liam Goebel.
The strike of the walters at the st.
Louis Exposition has been declared off.
Negroes formed $780, 900 real estate
company in New York City to combat
the race prejudice by making money
out of 1t.
Five minutes sfter landing its sew
enty-five passengers the steamer Post
Boy sunk near Saugatuck, Mich, due
to striking snag, which started a
bad leak
Suit was brought against Borough
President Littleton OF Brooklyn, New
York, by Brooklyn asphalt company
to test the constitutionality of the
eight hour law.
New York milk inspectors, spurred to
greater activity by reported poisoning
Of fifty persons in Passaic. N. J., by
ptomaines in milk, reported that the
supply of New Yorg City is good.
MASSACHUSETTS Republicans have
called .their State convention to nomin-
ate State ticket for October z in
Boston.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
FOREIGN.

Venezuelan soldiers assisted in the
seizure of the New York and Ber-
mudez Asphalt Company's properties
In Venezuela.
Germany has extended its plan Of
governmental ownership of industrials.
Great Britain has received from Rus
STA protest against the Governments
alleged failure to prevent shipments
of contraband to Japan.
1t was reported at Tangier that the
Moroccan Pretender had defeated the
Sultan's troops; French cruisers
reached Tangier, causing excitement
among the Moors.
Lieutenant J. W. Clement, of the u.
s. S. Kearsarge, died in Trieste of ty-
phoid fever
Two Frenchmen were imprisoned at
Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on sus-
picion of espionage.
A public subscription has been start
ed in Holland toward repairing the
ruined cottage al Zaandam, in which
the Gar Peter the Great lived while he
was working as navy in the docks.
The North German Lloyd and Ham
burg American liners have united their
efforts to break the Cunard's monopoly
of the Hungarian-American emigrant
traffic
Fire destroyed the largest wire cable
factory in ST. Petersburg, Russia, and
caused $1,250, 900 loss.
Russia increased her import duties
twenty per cent. on sheet steel and a
few other products.
Two more British steamers were
seized by Russian ships. Their imme-
date release was expected.
The illness of King Christian is not
serious, and he left Schwerin for 60.
penhagen.
The body Of Padl Kruger, late Presi-
dent Of the Transyaal, was sent to The
Hague from Clarens, Switzerland.
The Osservatore Romano denied the
report that Cardinal Merry Del va
had rendered his resignation as Score
tary of State.
Few cases of yellow fever are now
being reported from Mexican cities.
Colombia is again to come into full
| diplomatic relations with the United
States and the Panama affair will bs
a closed Incident between the two re
| publics.
| course in American literature anC
| institutions has been founded at ths
| Sorhonne.
! Sir Robert Bond. the Newfoundland
/ Premier limited at retaliation II thu
! Hay Bond treaty failed Of ratification
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
NeGJs. ne
We,Sek3


Rear-Admiral George A. Converse
was appointed Chief Of the Bureau
Of Navigation in the Navy Department
to succeed Rear-AdmiraI Henry G..
Taylor
Pigeons and other birds have taken
up their abode in the gilded dome Of
the Library Of Congress.
The Panama Canal Commission held
its final meeting pending its depart
ure for the Isthmus.
Second Lieutenant Victor G. Lewis,
Twenty eighth Company, Coast Artill-
cry, who disappeared at San Francisco,
on April %, just as his company was
about to sail for The Philippines, has
been dropped from the army list as
deserter.
The War Department is paying old
Confederate claims at great rate.
Recently Congress appropriated $685.
600 for the reimbursement Of C0nfed-
crate soldiers who had lost their
horses or side arms on their way home
after Lees surrender.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
GREAT WESTERN FLOOD
Douglass and Silver Star New, in
Waters Path.
Telephone wire 30 sodAviiie Gives tne
News and Then Breaks Down-People
Asked to Look For Bodies.

Reno, Ney.-As result OF a cloud
burst the towns of Douglass and Silver
Star, near Sodaville, New. areTeported
to have been swept away. The news
was teiephoned from the scene Of the
disaster to Sodaville. The report was
that food in waves four or five feet
deep was sweeping away houses, and
that great property damage was being
wrought. The schoolhouse and four
dwellings were swept away.
Ten minutes after the first news was
received at Sodayille the wire went
down, and it could not be learned how
many lives were lost. There is great
excitement at Sodaville, as the people
have been warned to watch for bodies.
The volume of water is increasing at
that place.
Near New Boston, six miles north OF
Sodayille, the Carson and Colorado
Railroad is covered with water to a
depth of six inches for half mile, and
at Rhodes, three miles south of here,
similar conditions prevail.
Kingman, Ariz.- Heavy rains in the
mountains east of Truxton sent down
wall OF water thirty feet high through
the canon, washing out the Santa Fe
Railroad track, entertainments, bridges,
telegraph poles and everything NOV
able for twelve miles. Great steel
bridges were taken from their founda-
tons and piled up against the walls of
the canon and massive stone abut-
ments were crumbled and carried
away.
At Crozier everything movable, in
Guiding the station signal and box cars
were piled up on the big steel bridge
west of the station At blackberry the
pumping house and machinery were
destroyed and swept into the valley
miles away. The big well was filed
to the brim with debris. Houses high
above all known high water marks
heretofore were flooded and much dam
age was done.
Hundreds of men have been hurried
to the washOut by the Santa F'e Rail.
road, but it will be some time before
the water subsidies sufficiently to allow
the workmen to reconstruct the road
bed and bridges. Many trains bearing
men and material have been running
from Seligman and Needles to the
washout and it is expected that the
work Of repair will 90 on at once.
Many miles of telegraph lines are
down and it will take some time to re-
pair them.
Three miles of the Arizona and Utah
track were washed out, and it will take
several days to make repairs. A re-
port reaches Kingman Of a cloudburst
at Cedar. a mining camp eighty miles
south of here, which carried away part
of twenty-stamp mill, gasolene pump
engine, blacksmith shop, forty horse
power boiler and other property The
shaft Of the Arnold mine was allied
with debris.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
OUR Adopted TaLANDs.

Porto Rican Day was observed at the
st. Louis Exposition and natives on
the island cabled expressions of salts
faction to the fair officials.
General Leonard Wood, commanding
the Department Of Mindanao Philip
pines, has taken steps to have swim
ming taught the soldiers of his COM
mand, as the result of numerous acct
dents in the water
In the Hawaiian Islands it is now
recognized that forest preservation is
a matter Of great and immediate i'm
portance to the leading economic i'm
terests Of the Territory.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

There is an unprecedented demand
for life preservers.
The Japanese bamboo is being intro
duced in California
Date palms from Sahara ere being
planted in California.
Hail caused SIS. 000. 900 worth Of dam
age In Bavaria last year.
A trolley line will soon be built into
the Yosemite Park. It will start from
MERGED.
a class iii real estate Will be added
to the curriculum Of the New York X
"a. G a..
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
The National came !.

Pittsburg has sold Catcher Carisch
to Jerse- City.
Jones, the Brooklyn pitcher, is a
clever acrobat.
Lumley Is still the hardest National
League batsman,
The Philadelphia Club contemplates
giving the veteran Herlaan Long a
trial at snort field.
President Pulliam has promulgated
notice " Alex. Smiths contract with
Chicago. 4 Of Pitcher ~ Reidy's
release By BROOKLYN
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

The Vladlvostok squadron sank a
Japanese steamer In the Pacific.
Chinese arriving from Port Arthur
at Chefoo say 1000 Japanese took an
outpost and were then blown up BY a
mine.
The German steamer Lisbon was
stopped and searched by a Russian
warship in the Gulf Of Finland, then
released.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Line
asked the United States Government
for protection against possible seizure
by Russians.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
VIPER NAILED TO THE LATCH.
Indiana Man Suspects Secret Enemy

Indiana Man Suspects Secret Enemy
of New Idea of Assassination.
Louisville, Ky.-An assassinationplot
in which deadly viper was to bite the
victim is reported by Clarence Norris,
who lives near Jeffersonville. Ind.
Mrs. Donahue. a neighbor, telephoned
Mr. Norris that she had noticed big
snake on his gate. Mr.. Norris hurried
to the gate and found that viper,
over three feet long, had been fastened
to the barrier, with it's head on the
latch. The snake had been so arranged
that it would scarcely be noticed from
the inside.
After killing the snake Mr., Norris
found that it had been securely fast
ened by nail driven through its tail.
Mr.. Norris suspects an unknown en-
envy, and the police are working on the
case.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
Killed in Machinery.

while at work at the plant OF the
Nashville Hardwood Flooring Corn
pany, at Nashville, Tenn, the cloth
ing Of Columbus Ledbetter became en-
tangled in the machinery and he was
whirled to horlwole death in few
moments.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
WOMEN WORKERS AT POLLS.
Fair Sex Takes Prominent Part in viii
mington, N. O., Election.

All OeN lHkeS prominent Fart III VIII
mington, N. O., Election.
Wilmington, N. C.-Women took an
active part in the municipal election
held here under the Watts State law,
upon the question Of the establishment
Of dispensary in the city and the
operation of distilleries within the CO.
operate limits
Near the polling places booths had
been erected from which the ladies
served refreshments to all dispensary
workers. The anti-dispensary advo-
Gates won The election by majority
IF 800 In total vote of 1912, and in
the operation Of distilleries there was
majority of 461. In the morning there
was parade Of boys by the polls car
eying banners DrocIaimlng against the
saloon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

The colored chairman Of Republi-
can county committee in Texas was
shot dead and neighbor was white
capped by men in disguise, who were
animated, it IS believed, by petty par
tisan rancor because of the political
activity Of their victims.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
SAVED HIS BANK.
President to Meet Run Missed Train,
But Auto Saved Him.

Columbus, Ohio.-With $4,000 in
gold @. p. Cole, President of the Ian
caster Bank. made a dash in an auto
mobile from Columbus to Lancaster,
arriving in time to prevent the bank
from closing its doors in the face of q,
run.
Hearing by telephone of the trouble,
Mr.. Cole secured the money from the
Ohio National Bank in Columbus, but
missed his train. He hired an automo-
bile and made the run of forty eight
miles in one hour and twenty eight
minutes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
China Wants Reyolutionist.

Because Of the lack Of an extradition
treaty the Chinese Government is
baffied in its desire to get Quen Man,
revolutionist. under death sentence,
who Is sheltered in Presbyterian mis-
sion in New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
Won Plehve BURIED.

The body Of Nj Plehve, the Russian
Minister of the Interior was buried at
st. Petersburg with impressive cere-
monies. The Emperor was present at
the funeral service. It is expected that
successor to the murdered Minister
will soon be chosen.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
More Men out Of Wsrk.

The three plants Of the International
Harvester Company in Chicago. ILL.,,
will be closed for an indefinite period
and 1880 will be thrown out Of EN-
ployment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

Controller TracewelI, Of the Treas
ury, decided that the Panama Canal
zone is not a part of the United States,
but IL under the sole control Of the
President until Congress provides q
form Of government for the strip.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

The Federal Grand Jury indicted
Captain Van Schaick and Inspectors
Lundberg and Fleming for manslaugh-
ter in connection with the General
Slocum disaster and charged officers
of the company with abetting the
crime.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
pEsPERADoEs sTop DRAM.
Wounded Conductor, Get 81 and Els
cape.

Delhart, Tex. ARMED with Winches-
fer rifles three masked men held up a
Rock Island express train In the small
station of Logan, seventy miles west Of
this place. In attempting to battle with
the bandits John York. the conductor
In charge of the train, was shet through
the left leg, and a score of shots were
fred to terrorize the other trainmen
and the passengers. After York had
been stretched unconscious all effort
at resistance was abandoned. The bur-
glars blew open the train safe and got
only 81 and then made off. A posse of
fifty men is in pursuit, and a report
has reached here that the gang has
been cornered in wood.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
Two Saved From water.

Clinging to capsized sailing canoe
in the Long Island Sound, young
couple OF Bridgeport, Conn, were
saved from drowning BY sailors.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

The text of the French note severing
relations with the Vatican was made
public. Mensignor Lorenzelli, the
Papal Nuncio. left Paris for Rome.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
rAeeERr ELECTED CHAIRMAN.
Chosen Unanimously to Head Demo-
cratic National Committee.

OHUSUH UHAHIInUuSIF 70 ANNstU 1111110
cratic National Committee.
New York City.--Thomas Taggert, OF
Indiana, was unanimously elected
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, which met in the Hoffman
House. For Secretary Urey Woodson,
Of Kentucky, received thirty five votes
and twelve were cast for Q. 4. Walsh,
Of Iowa. The election of the Treasurer
was postponed until later date.
The other officers elected We're: As
sistant Secretary. r. T. Seton, Of the
District of Columbia; Sergeant-at-
Arms, John I. Martin, of Missouri;
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Samuel
Donaldson, of Tennessee.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

Orders have been given for $5,O00 600
worth of supplies for the Hartman
railroad lines. These include 10000
tons of steel rails at SIS ton and 1000
steel cars.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
BABY DOWN FORTY FooT WELL
Fished Out Alive With Graphing
Hooks After Two Hours.

Hooks After Two Hours.
Jackson, Miss. While L. Vail.
farmer living in Montgomery County.
was boring well which had reached
depth of about forty feet, his eight
een-months-old child toddled out into
the yard and tumbled headforemost to
the bottom of the hole.
Graphing hooks were secured and
an effort made to draw the child out.
The cries of the infant could be plain
ly heard at the top, and hundreds Of
neighbors, who gathered after the
news of the accident spread, were
frantic in their efforts to save the
baby. A hold was finally secured on
the infants clothing, but when the
tiny body was within ten feet of the
top the hooks loosened and the child
again slowly slipped to the bottom.
After working for nearly two hours
the child was finally brought to the
surface nearer dead than alive.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
"A Big Contract.

The Erie Railroad has made con
tract with the American Locomotive
Company for the repair Of 600 loco
motives
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02

The battleship Ohio, which was bull
by the Union Iron Works, at San
Francisco, Cal, had preliminary
speed trial in San Francisco Bay.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
Injured at Picnic.

Sixteen German-Americans on pie
mic excursion were injured in trol-
ley crash near Cleveland, Ohio,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-02
special Low Rate via the Nickel Plate
Road

To points in the West and South
west. Round trip HOusekeepers' and
one-way col0nist tickets on sale March
18th and April 9th andl9th. Also Set-
tiers one-way tickets to points in
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Wyoming, each Tuesday during
March and April. Write r. e. Payne,
General Agent, 29l Main street, Buff
falo, N. ri
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
ARTHUR
ASSAULT ENDS
IN DISASTER
Are Unable
to Capture a
Single Fort.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANESE ARMY, BEFORE PORT
ARTHUR (undated), via Fusan, Nov.
1.-THE casualties in the attack of
the Japanese on the eastern fortified
ridge on October 80 were 1900. 1t was
an unsuccessful assault.
The powerful east Keekwan fort
was gained, but the Russians were re-
inforced and drove the japanese down
to the foot of the hill. The Japanese
are now sapping toward the crest OF
the hill.
The capture of Sthis fort would give
the Japanese the key to the eastern
fortified range, as artillery mounted
there would dominate the forts in
front of the ridge and enable the Jap
anese to place infantry in a position
to sweep the ridge.
During the general attack on the
eastern fortified ridges on October 80
the Japanese gained the moats of the
principal forts attacked by them. These
meats were found to be wider, deeper
and stronger than had been expected,
and were defended by caponiere gal
leries.
TIL galleries of the group of forts on
the northern part of Keekwan Noun
tain were captured after desperate un-
derground fighting. The Russians still
hold parts of the moat defended by the
galleries on North Keekwan Mountain.
The Japanese are now engaged in sap
ping operations for the purpose of dis
lodging the Russians, the result Of
which it is believed will make the cap
ture of the moat an easy task.