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The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Mississippi Rate 2 1-2 Cents.

Jackson. Miss.-The lower house of Mississippi legislature at it's session Wednesday night passed a bill fixing 2 1-2 cents mile as the maximum passenger fare on all railroads except those which can make satisfactory proof that this rate is not just com pensation for services to the public A hard fight was made on the bill by some of the most able members of the house. but it passed by vote of 60 to 20
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
 HamiIton's Slayer Taken.

Hope. Ark.-A telegram received here Wednesday from T. B. Dowdon and Dr. Sutton, deputies who were sent to Shawneetown. H., to identify the negro held there by the sheriff, sus- pected of being Will Green, who kill ed City Marshal John T. Hamilton January 23, stated that the man held at Shawneetown was Green. They will bring him to this city at once for trial
 Green is easily identified by two gold teeth, poek marks, slight limp and scars upon his person. The sher- if at Shawnee will claim a reward of s1.250 for his part in the capture of the desperado.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Senator Proctor Dead.

Washington, D. C.-Senator Red. field Proctor of Vermont, who died Wednesday afternoon, was the wealth fest man in the upper branch of con- gress, according to statement of one of the multimillionaire members. Sen. ator Proctor was born in Proctors- vile, Vt, in 1881, and had been a leg. islator and governor and lieutenant. governor of his state. He served in the civil war, was President Harri- sons secretary of war. and had been in the senate since 1891, when he left the cabieht to succeed George F. Ed munds.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
AIdrich Bill Nears Vote.

Washington-Senator Aldrich will endeavor to gain vote on his cur rency bill on Friday or Saturday. The last speech to be in the senate in op- position to the bill, according to pres ent understanding, will be on Thurs day, when Senator La Toilette is to speak. Senators McLaurin and Clarke of Arkansas will address the senate Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively There are so many amendments pend ing that it is likely two days will be required to reach the final vote after debate has ceased. Senator Aldrich will speak briefly before debate is closed, as also will Senator Hale.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Bills for M.ninu aureau.

Washington--Various bills for the creation and establishment of a min ing bureau were up for hearing Mon- day before the house committee on mines and mining. Among those who spoke in support of the proposal were former Governor Fleming of West Vir. ginia and Dr. White, geologist of tho state. The bill particularly under dis cussian was introduced by MT. Engoi- bright of California. Periodical ex- aminations of mines and their equip ment and investigation of mine acci- dents and the establishment of means for their prevention are among the principal duties prescribed for the pro- posed bureau.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Cox Held For Murder.

Muskogee. Okla.-Jesse c. Cox, who Tuesday night shot and killed Patrol man l.. F. Harvey. was Wednesday held for murder in the first degree. He asserts that the act was justifa- ble
 Cox is a member of one of the most prominent families in Missouri. He is a son of Dr. E. R. Cox of Maiden. Mo, who was assassinated in 1906 by a fellowphysician al his office in Nal den
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Evelyn Files Her Divorce Suit.

New York.-Mrs. William Copely Thaw was served here late Wednes- day night with papers in which she is made co-defendant with her son, Har- ry K. Thaw, in the action instituted by the latters wife. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, to annul their marriage. AS Harry Thaw is an inmate of an insane asylum, he is. in the eyes of the law, comes technically the actual defendant in the case. An attempt was also made Wednesday evening to serve Harry Thaw at Matteawan by a mes- senger, who was admitted to the asy- lum
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
To Regulate Asiatic Immioration.

Washington-The Hayes bill to reg ulate the coming into and the resi- denee within the United States of Asi- atics was considered Tuesday by a subcommittee of the house committee on foreign affairs. Representative Me kinley of California appeared in sup port of the measure and urged chiefly as against the immigration of Jap anese and other Asiatics the charges that they work for wages which dis rupt conditions of the American work. men and that. racially. they are non amalgamative. No decision was ar rived at.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Crew Fished Him Out.

Memphis, Tenn.-Rendered helpless by breaking an arm as he fell over board in the Mississippi river Wednes- day from the deck of the steamer Stacker Lee, Samuel E. Mcknight, su- peryising engineer of the Lee line of steamers, had a narrow escape from drowning. He was fished out, the en- tire crew going to his rescue. Mo Knight lost his balance and grabbed at the railing. His arm was broken below the elbow.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Democrats Favor Aldrich Bill.

Washington-A careful canvass of the senate to ascertain the sentiment in regard to the Aldrich currency bill indicates that when the bill comes to vote there will be more democratic senators recorded for it than republic an senators against it. Since the speech by Senator Smith of Michigan in opposition to the railroad bond fea- ture Of the measure, it has been stat ed consistently that there is a repub- lican defection that endangers the passage of the bill.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
JOHN MITCHELL FOR GOVERNOR.
Retiring President of Mine Workers Doomed by Chicago Democrats.

Chicago. Ill.-John Mitchell, tue retiring president of the United Mine Workers of America, is being boomed for governor by the Cook County Democracy Marching Club.
 His name was mentioned at a meet. ing of the club and was received with enthusiasm. He was referred to as a man of the people who would be a good vote-getter. Mitchell, who is now in Indianapolis, lives at Spring Valley.
 Mitchell has frequently been spoken of as candidate for representative, but usually has had little to say.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
DETECTIVES ON
 L|LLEY'S TRAIL
AUTHOR OF CHARGES OF SCAN. OAl IN SUBMARINES COM.
 PLAINS TO COMMITTEE.
INQUIRY IS COMMENCED
Connecticut Congressman Also Re- quests Employment for Him of Cross-Examiners-Witnesses
 Not Willing.

Washington, D. C.-The Electric Boat Company of New Jersey, un. l der inquiry by congress into it's al legged methods in influencing subma. rlne legislation in the house, has re- tained as counsel in the Thaw case, and John D. Lindsay of New York. The committee convened it's first public session at 10: 50 a. m. Monday. l The members are: Boutell of Illinois, Stevens of Michigan, Olmstead of Pennsylvania, Howard of Georgia and | Brousseau of Louisiana Representa- tive Roberts of Massachusetts, of the naval affairs committee. was present. While the court was reading from the report of the committee on rules its resolution providing for the inves- tfgation in which it was stated that Lilley had appeared before the rules committee 'on his own instance" Lil- ley interrupted with: T would like to say word about that. I was noti- fled
 Tt will be best to let the report be read through first" said Chairman Boutell
 At the conclusion of the reading of tie report Lilley addressed the com mittee, saying:
 As l have been placed in the atti. tude of prosecuting officer of this in. vestigation, l should have the right to have witnesses summoned in the or der l desire. Also, as most of this testimony will come from unwilling witnesses, I desire to employ legal counsel skilled in cross-examination.
 Detectives Trailing Accuser.
 Also another request I wish to call the attention of the committee to the fact that I am being shadowed and followed by detectives. Not wish ing to be subjected to such a thing. ask that action be taken to prevent it. In order to take such action, I ask you to summon three men,
 Hehe re mentioned three employees of detective agency. Boutell said both requests would receive considera. tion by the committee in executive session.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
GEORGiANS LYNCH TWO.
Two Other Negroes Held on Suspicion and Armed Men Menace Them.

Hawkinsville, Ga-Two negroes, suspected of being the murderers of Warren and Mrs. Hart, an aged couple, Wednesday morning. have been lynched. Two other ne groes are held on suspicion.
 Large crowds of men, heavily armed, are on the ground, and fur ther violence is imminent.
 The motive for the murder of the old people is supposed to have been robbery, as $1,500 which the assassins overlooked has been found hidden in the house.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Prohibition Editor Assaulted.

Ada, Okla.-Carlton Weaver, as- sociate editor of the Ada News, which is waging a war on Mayor c. o. Barto and the dives of the town, was beaten into insensibility by saloon loungers. Weavers advocacy of pro- hibition is presumed to have been the cause of the assault.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Wilfey Charges Considered.

Washington-The special commit tee appointed by Speaker Cannon to determine whether there is sufficient ground for the impeachment of Leb beus K. Wilfiey. judge of the United States court for China at Shanghai. who stands accused of misconduct in office by Lorin s. Andrews and other American lawyers resident in Shang. hai. Monday heard arguments and took the case under adyisement.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
interurban Wreck.

Noblesville, Ind.-A northbound interurban car which left Indian apolis at 11:45 and an interurban passenger car southbound came to- gether two miles north of this place at 1 o'clock It is reported that sev- eral passengers were hurt, some fa- tally
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Roberts Quits Race.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-The Thomas car, American, the leader in the New York-to-Paris auto race, left here at Il o'clock Monday morning for Og- den. E. Lynn Mathewson of Denver has succeeded Monty Roberts at the wheel. The roads are in splendid condition.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Women pisarm Insane Man.

Meridian, Miss.-By inducing their insane husband and father to sleep, Mrs. Philipps and her two daughters were able to disarm him of two re- volvers, shotgun and a long dirk, notify a neighbor ad ncause the man $ arrest.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Acquitted of Being Night Rider.

Paducah. Ky.-John Jackson was acquitted in the Caldwell circuit court of the charge of being member of a gang of night riders, which visited Princeton. The accusation against the band of night riders of which Jack son was charged with being mem Der was that of burning and iniuring property.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Prayed to Live Ninety Years.

Akron, Ohio-For months it mas been the prayer of James Monroe of Mogador that his life might be spared until Feb 20 his 90th birthday. His supplication was granted and he gave thanks for the completion of his nine tieth year Before the day was over he died
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Croppers Flee From Nioht Riders.

Tullahoma, Tenn.-Land agents here report that more than 150 tenant families have completed ar engagements for removal at once from this neighborhood to Coffee county. They say they want to get beyond the danger zone of night riders.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Parker's 1904 Manaoer Dies.

New York-William T. Manning. who was campaign manager fer former Judge Alton B. Parker in the latter's canvass for the presidency in 1904. died of pneumonia Sunday at his residence in this city. Mr. Man ming was born in San Francisco and was for number of years engaged ip newspaper work
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
More Time to File Survey.

Washington-The bill granting ad- ditional time to the Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Co to file com pleted surveys by road sections was ordered favorably reported without amendment Tuesday by the house committee on territories.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Electrocuted for Murder.

Ossinging. N. Y.-Antonio Stol. 10 was electrocuted in the Sing Sing deathhouse at 6:30 a. m. Monday for the murder of Antonio Torzillo, aear Van Cortlandt Park, August IT. 1906.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Woman Shoots Adopted Dauqhte r.

Rapid City, s. D.-During a quarrel over a trivial affair Satur- day. Ms. Charles s. Barbour shot and killed her adopted daughter, Rose Adams, aged IT. No one witnessed the tragedy.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Pass s2o-Acre Homestead Bill.

Washington-The senate Monday passed bill authorizing the entry un der the homestead laws of 320 acre. of land instead of 16o, as at present. when the land is arid and incapable of irrigation.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Fmnlovino 1000. Resume

Reading, Pa.-The local plant of the American Iron and Steel Co. resumed after a two months idieness. It em- ploys nearly 1000 hands.
The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
Missing Seaman Not Found.

Washington.-The cruiser Yankton reported her arrival at Acapulco Wed nesday. She also reported that her expedition to Indefatigable island to find Fred Jeffs, an American seaman who was abandoned there, had been futile.
 Jeffs was not found.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-16
TRADE WITH BRAZIL.
Home Versus Foreign Products in That
Market.

In reply to a Chicago inquiry rela-
tive to fruit culture in Brazil and he
possibility OF selling American canned
goods in that market Deputy Consul
General ]. j, Slechta. of Rio de Janeiro,
writes:
The increase in the production and
consumption Of Brazilian canned fruits
and meats has been very great, though
it is impossible to give figures that
are at all reliable. In a visit to the
retail establishments in the various
districts of Rio de Janeiro l found that
every vender of provisions has a good
stock of canned meats, produced mostly
in Rio Grande do Sui, though some
come from Minas Geraes. The produce
tion of lard in the former State Is said
to have doubled in the past year.
Every grocer of moment in the city
has also a fairly good variety of fruits.
canned mostly in Rio Grande do Sui. a
few varieties coming from canneries in
la Paulo.
Fruit is quite generally put up In
pint tins. The labels are very much
after the American type, some of them
being so similar as to give the i'm
preston of having been copied, al
though the lettering Is different. Two
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-16

No matter what may be the stain re-
quired, always take care to use only the
very best Ingredients, and then II the
work is not a success, the failure Is with
the workman and not with the tools. The
keynote Of successful staining is to re-
member that the agent employed is 70
color the wood without spelling or oblit-
Grating the natural transparent ichness
or the grain, says Woodcraft.
Purple-HoweVer, to resume the stains,
Tor those who wish to obtain a rich purple,
boil one ounce of madden and one-nalf
and when boiling brush over the wood
with the solution until the requisite de-
gree OF intensity has been obtained, and
then with a weak solution Of nitric aciG
afterward finishing with the following mix
ture: Put nine ounces Of dragons blood
and two ounces of soda, both well bruised,
into six pints of spirits Of wine. Let tue
mixture stand in a warm place and shake
frequently, and when using lay on with a
soft brush, repeating the coats until the
proper color has been obtained. Afterward
polish with linseed oil or finish with var
nish.
Brown and Red-A fine red brown can
be impaired to maple or a good yellow
brown to oak and fir by the application OF
a solution composed OF fifty parts of com-
mercial allzarine in 1000 parts Of water,
to which ammonia is gradually added till
Its presence can be perceived by the sense
of smell. 1t must then be brushed over
with a l per cent. solution of chloride of
barlum, when the maple will take a dark
brown tint, and the oak and fir a brown
hue of less intensity. II. instead of the
barium, a 2 per cent. solution of sulphate
of magnesia be employed, a dark brown
will be obtained on the maple, and a dark
brown on the oak and fir. Alum and sui
phate OF magnesia will make the FIRST
named wood a vivid red, and the other
a blood red. Chrome and alum give
to maple and fir a reddish brown, and
black q fine Havana brown.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-16
sHER1FF,s SALES.


tChancery A-816.1
SHERIFF"S e Chancery of New Jer-
sey. Between Ada Douglass Battin ct ais,
exrs., &c, compliments, and Arthur n. Light
hipe. defendant. Fl. fa.. for sale Of mort
gagged premises.
facias. to me directed, / shall expose for sale
by public yendue, at the Court House In New
ark, on Tuesday, the twenty-hrst day OF jan
uary next. at 3 o'clock p. M. all that tract
or parcel of land and premises situate. lying
and being in the city Of Newark, Essex
County, New Jersey:
BEGINNING in the westerly line OF Belleville
avenue at O point therein distant northerly
two hundred and hfty-three feet and seven
inches from the northwesterly corner OF same
and Second avenue. and from thence running
northeriy along Belleville avenue twenty-five
feet; thence westerly at right angles with the
same and running through the centre of the
party wall between the house on the lot hereby
conveyed anu the house on the lot adjoining
on the north one hundred and nineteen feet
and nine inches; theme southerly parallel with
Wakeman avenue twenty-five feet one and one
half inches, and thence easterly at right angles
with Belleville avenue and running through
the centre OF the party wall between the
house On the lof hereby conveyed and the
house on the lot adjoining on the south one
hundred and seventeen feet and one inch to
said Belleville evenue and place of beginning.
Subject to tax and water liens amounting to
$222.37.
FRANZ II. SOMMER. Sheriff.
Philip J. Schotland. Solicitor. ($11.70
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-16
EDUCATION IN TURKEY.
ALI Schools Are Free and Supported by
the Government.

Consul Ernest L. Harris, of Smyrna,
furnishes the following information rela-
tive to educational conditions In the Otto
man Empire:
The Ministry of Public, instruction is
divided into four departments, each divis-
ion being respectively charged with the
supervision OF the schools generally viz:
% Primary schools, 90 higher primary
schools, () preparatory schools, "a schools
of the non-MusSulman and foreign COM
munities.
The grand council Of the department OF
public instruction, which controls Vhe
revenues appropriated for public i~nstruc-
ton, also superyises the following In
stitutions: The law school, fine arts COL
lege, college for civil servants, CONNER
eial colleges. meteorological observatory,
Imperial museum, censor's department,
and the deaf and dumb institution.
All the government schools are support
ed by the government, the following taxes
being appropriated for the purpose: One
half of l per cent. of the tithes on agri-
cultural produce; 8 per cent. of the taxes
collected on real estate; one-third of the
poor rate. At all Of these schools Instruc-
zion is free, whether for Ottoman or for
eign subjects. The schools Of the nom
Mussulman and foreign communities are
ties.
In each province there ls a council SUI
peryislng the schools therein, which re-
ports to the grand rector Of the Minis
try of Public Instruction at Constantine
pie. This council is under the presidency
of two vice-rectors, one a Mussulman,
the other a non-Mussulman. and the board
is composed of an inspector-general, an
Inspector, and a secretary. In every vii
lage there is, by law. a primary school at
which attendance is obligatory for all
Ottoman subjects. unless they be nom
Mussulmans, who attend the schools es-
tablished by their respective commune
ties. Boys have TO go to school from s
to IL years of age, n girls from 7 to Il.
The primary course, which covers four
years. includes reading, writing, history,
the Turkish language, elements of geog-
raphy, and religious instruction, according
10 the creed Of the pupil. In towns q
over 500 inhabitants there Is a higher pri-
mary school. The course here also lasts
for four years, and comprises Turkish
grammar. letter writing, Persian and
Arabic grammar, arithmetic, bookkeep-
ing, drawing, geometry, history, and one
of the languages current in that dis
trict. In al: towns having over 1000 houses
there are preparatory colleges. Here the
course lasts two years. and the following
subjects are studied: Turkish literature.
French, rhetoric, political economy, geog-
raphy, general history. natural history,
algebra. arithmetic. geometry, surveying,
physics, chemistry and drawing.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-16
ARE BEES WILD BEASTS?
Can't Have First sting-Their Legal
Position.

The Law Journal of london prints
two interesting cases concerning the
rights of beekeepers and their neigh
bors. In one case the question of prop
erty in bees was the issue; in the other,
1t was a question of nuisance.
"A beekeeper's swarm flies into a
neighbours garden and settles on an
apple tree" says the Law Journal.
First question: Has the beekeeper still
the property in the swarm, or has 1t
become his neighbours and annexed to
the ownership of the tree?'
Answer; The swarm is still the
property of the beekeeper, but he can
not go and recover It, If the neighbor
objects, without committing a ~trespass.'
And this what the neighbor in Ouantrfl
VS.. Spragge did.
III not only objected to the bee-
keeper coming after his property, but
he shook down the swarm from the
apple tree. with the result that the
bees were lost. Now, in this he was
wrong. The shaking down of the swarm
was not only an unneighborly act, but
tortious in law.
1T was analogous to that case
where a man drives trespassing cattle
on his land to a great distance, or hunts
them off with a fierce dog, in which
case he is liable for the injury, If any,
done to the property in the cattle. Here,
then, was a contest of demerits,' tres
pass IN one side, tort on the other, a
conflict best met. the learned Judge
thought, by making each party pay his
own costs.
"In the other case-of nuisance-the
beekeeper had ten hives with half a
million bees at work, and he might
fairly congratulate himself on the law
abiding instincts of his swarms, for
they had only stung five persons in two
years. 1t seems a very moderate al
lowance; still, 1t was too much for the
stung plaintiff, who was not satisfied
with a boarding which the beekeeper
had p%rovidently set up, but claimed
an interim injunction to restrain the
keeping of the bees altogether, so near
his property.
"In the course of the argument the
theory was preached on behalf of the
beekeeper that a bee is entitled to his
first sting; but this is A
bee Is ferae %naturae, not mansuetae
naturae, like a dog, and must be kept
-as a tiger is-at the keepers peril
That is to say, that a bee is of the
nature of a wild beast, not a tame one,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-16
CONTRACTS FILED.

These contracts were filed in the county
clerks office today;
A. y. Crane, owner, with J.. w. Thurs
ton. contractor, mason, 500; % Beverly
street.
Max Ginsburg, owne-, with Jacob Stein
berg. contractor. sheet metal work. 5000;
210-224 Belmont avenue.
Orange Mountain Ice Company. owners.
with J. II. Heller, contractor, concrete
work, $1.100; Hedden place. Orange. Same
owner. with Baier and Conrad, %contrac-
tors. sheet metal work, Sl96; same premises.
George N. Vanderpool, owner, with Pat
rick T. Callahan. contractor, plumbing and
heating, $e0S; Bailey House, Chatham.
Charles Roenbeck. owner. with Jaehnig
Cabinet street. Same owner, with same
contraction. nIumhil.g. s.. $50; same premises.