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The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Secretary Makes Denial.

Washington, d. C.-Secretary Bal
linger of the department of the in
terror, in positive and strong language,
branded the charges made against
him by Representative Hitchcock of
Nebraska before the house committee
on expenditures for the department of
the interior as false
The charges made by Representa-
tive Hitchcock against me are dirty.
malicious, premeditated lies-lies
from beginning to end said Secre-
tary Ballinger. Furthermore, if Rep
resentatiye Hitchcock or the house
committee on expenditures for the
department of the interior want me or
any employe of the department, a
subpoena will not be necessary: We
will appear Immediately upon notice
Only Rumors, He Says.
Had Mr. Hitchcock taken the trou-
BILE to look up the files in the office
OF the secretary of the general land
office he would have known that what
he stated was not the truth But, like
all demagogues. he heard some one
OF my enemies say something and he
new off at wild pace.
Again | say the statements have
been Informed he made are dirty, ma
lcious, contemplate lies, and such
as no truthful man, no matter how
much he disliked another man or dis
agreed with him, would make without
first ascertaining their truthfulness.
Alleged Nephew Was a Cousin.
AS a matter of fact. Jack Ballinger
10 not my nephew; he is a distant
cousin. When he came to Washing
ton he came as my secretary. He had
been my secretary for many years
When | came here to be commissioner
of the general land office there was
no provision for private secretary
and asked Secretary Garfield to find
a place for him. He procured an ex-
ecutive order making Ballinger a
clerk 1t was after this that | re-
duced Judge Wright I did this be-
cause Judge Wright was getting old
and could not do the work
Il resigned on March to again
take up the pracuce of law, and 1t
was after that that Secretary Garfield,
not at my instance, appointed Jack
Ballinger a special agent. 1t is true
The latter resigned some time later.
but not as soon as he procured his
transportation, as Hitchcock would
nave the public believe"
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
WILL REFUSE TO EAT MEAT
Many Clevelanders Will Try Boycott
in Effort to Reduce Cost of
Living.

Cleveland, Ohio Four hundred
and sixty superintendent aud
foremen of 81 of the largest man
ufacturing concerns of this city, have
pledged themselves to aid in a general
boycott on meat for 80 days
In addition to agreeing to do with
out meat themselves. the superinten-
dents and foremen have promised to
induce as many as possible of the 75.-
900 employees under them to dispense
with the food for the same period. II
the employees enter into the pact. ap-
proximately 10000 Clevelanders will
abstain from meat during the next
month
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
BRAZIL AMBASSADOR DEAD
sr. Joachim Nabucco Had Represented
His Government in Washington
Since 1905.

Washington, ID. c. - Joaquin Ma
buco, ambassador of the republic
OF Brazil to the United States, died at
his home in Lafayette place shortly
before noon Monday.
He had represented his government
here since May, 1905.
Immediately on learning of the Am
bassador's death, President Taft called
at the embassy and left his card.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
HARNESS ON HORSE WEEK
Fined on Charge of Cruelty
to Animals

Kansas City, Mo.-The arrest of E.
w Ripple, teamster employed
by the Standard Oil Company, on
the charge of cruelty to animals and
the imposing of a fine in the munici
pal court, has brought out the fact.
according to the Humane society, that
the teams belonging TO the wealthiest
corporation in the world frequently go
from Monday until Saturday without
having their harness removed.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
TRUST OFFICER INDICTED
Official Accused With Others in
Scandal Concerning Custom
Frauds.

Tew York City.-The federal
grand jury Friday afternon returned
indictments against Charles L. Heike
secretary of the American Sugar Re-
fining Co; G. Werbracht. j. r. Ben
dernagel. Henry ". Walker. Jean NJ.
Voelker and James F. Halligan, en-
ployes.
Four counts in the indictments
charge false entries of sugar products
and two counts allege conspiracy to
defraud the government in weighing
sugar imports.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Snow Starving $4,000 Elk.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-Fifty thousand
elk in the Jackson Hole country
in Uintah county are starving to death
because they are unable to get food
through the deepest and most crusted
snow in years, according to reports
received here. Last year 5000 elk were
saved by state feeding, which must
be resorted to this year or losses will
be great.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Wife Dead, Kills Self.

New York City.-James Burton, a
widely known marine photographer
COMMITTED suicide at the Lynbrook
a.. ~ club on the anniversary Of the
death OF his wife who a year ago
also died by her own hand. He said
early this week to a friend: Il have
only two more days to live. | shall
die on the anniversary of the day my
wife left me for better world
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Children GETS Mills Estate.

New York City.-The will OF the
late d. Ogden Mills of New York dis
poses of his large estate by division
equally between his son and daughter.
Ogden Mills and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
wife of the American Ambassador TO
the court of St James.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Dickinson Returning From Cuba.

Charleston, s. C.-Secretary of War
T NJ Dickson and his party
arrived here from Cuba on the presi-
dents yacht Mayfilower. The secre-
tary imediately took the train for
Washington, while the others will con-
tinue the voyage on the Mayfiowsr.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Trolley Trip of 27OO Miles.

Syracuse, n. Y.--A trip of 200
miles on trolley cars is to be I'M
dertaken by A. J. Littlejohn of this
city. He plans to go from Oneonta to
St Louis, Mo, and will use steam
cars for only 20 miles of the trip.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
SECRETARY DECLARES HITCH.
COCKS STATEMENT is WITH.
OUT WORD OF TRUTH.
He COURTS AN EARLY INQUIRY
Says Representative Made No Effort to
Get at Facts-Nebraskan Asserts
ExtraVaaances Are practiced
in interior Department.

Washington, D. C.-Charges against
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger al
leging improper use of public funds to
pay private travelling expenses of a
nephew of the secretary were made in
all affidavit filed by Representative
Hitchcock with the house committee
on expenditures in the interior depart
ment
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Soldier Attempts Suicide.

Hot Springs.-Despondent over i'll
health and because he was in bad
standing in army circles after twice
being punished by court-martial,
Charles Nelson, recently from Chicago,
tried today to kill himself
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
aurora, Ill. Giant Dies

Nnieago' lll,-Peter. Klees, a police
- isuate at Aurora. H., said
nave been one of the heaviest
IN the world, Is dead Klees
inches tall
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Found With Gas Turned On.

ST. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. Thresa
Yaser of 3633 Hermann avenue was
found dead in her home Monday from
gas asphyxiation.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21

Will some one analyze the above
statement and find the jokeri
"In addition to the fees paid in to
the justices the county has paid to these
same justices and constables the sum
of $6,597,05 in felony cases, - said Mr..
Beauchamp.
EIt will be seen in the tables that the
cash fees accruing to the prosecuting
attorneys office, plus $755 from police
court, amount to $11,53s.s0, and the
cash fees to the constable and justices
We're $l7 $685., the division being
about 50 per cent in favor of the con
stable.
1.-The dockets of the Justices show
that twenty-five disorderely house
keepers paid fine every two months,
the total being $3,50l. In addition to
this these same twenty five paid into
the city treasury $50 per month each
81 1850 total per month, or $4,000 for
the year. They are fined by the city
$25 each twice a month. on the goth
$25 and on the 25th $25, for selling
beer. 1t will be interesting to the peo-
pie to know that these twenty y-fve un-
fortunate women contribute $lS,50l TO-
ward the support of the city govern
ment and the county officials, and a
few gamblers add their mite, s4.l9l
toward the support of the county off,
eiais, IN addition to the police fines.
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
County Farm Gases.

of cash fines is about II per cent of
the total and 66 per cent when no
money passes.
In the county farm cases the officers
get 70 per cent of their costs; the
county gets nothing As per contract
with f. n. Weigel, costs are payable
after sixty days as persons work it out.
OF the above fines and costs
amounting to $23,27l. 95, the
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
rOllEsI ClIY ARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY D. 1910
IN JUSTICE COURTS
TEE SYSTEM CONDEMNED BY
PULASKI GRAND JURY.
Foreman Beauchamp Issues Statement
Which Shows Disgraceful
State of Affairs

Little Roek.-The Pulaski county
grand jury recently fled report which
condemns the fee system in practice
under the law now governing justices
of the peace and county constables
\ statement given out for publica-
tion by Stonewall Beauchamp. fore
man of the grand jury, is published
herewith:
tThe more deeply the last grand
jury report is gone into it will be seen
that the fee system as worked under
the law needs REFORM, =" said Mr. Beau
champ.
: 1t would be unjust to charge the
present prosecuting attorney with a
bad law. lie cant help that, and the
practice of fning gamblers and disor-
derly houses grew up under his prede-
cessors.
Figures taken from the grand jury
reports show to what extent the fee
it will grow unless the people demand
that 1T be stopped. Under the fee
system the more gamblers and places
of evil resort, the greater the fees,
and without the fees-there would be
no salaries-the office would not be
worth cent. Everybody so far agrees
to this proposition.
Civic righteousness is an unknown
quality in the working of the fee sys-
tenn. 1T is get all you can without kill
ing the industries. -
The Forrest City times., 1910-01-21
Some Illuminating Figures.

Statement of cash fines and and costs
assessed by ten justices of the peace
(seven in Little Rock, three in Ar
genta) October l, 1908, to October
l, 1909:
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plies. for hlankhOoks and for stationary
pfopsf. AZ q natter of face the laial a the
1lhaei contFacia for en- ihaaa . les than
gloe.ooo. While the total d the opsn orders
mere than tloo.ooo. TIE supplias needed
lor the city dnrlng The year are nat called
tor m TIE annual requisitiona
betWeen the closing of the annual reouisi-
lions last yeaF and the making Of the con t.
tract ondea from ne hoard OF health IN
one day alone i0lalled more than ! nno On
cards. blanks. 80 The Tenement Houss
and Street Cleanina departments are NOT
Tar behind the Roard Of Health IN tbs no.
apeei. u can BE- aeen that when an outside
printer Il hiddlnR on = s.ooo 10, Of csCia
and the inside printer knoWs thai there
VII eventually ~ 10000 ordered the latter
bidder can sst . low prize for the S.Ooo Which
would ~ an unusually hlah prise n they
we're ordered In loa.o0o lots. THIS syuiem
OF unbalaneed bids 10 absolutely prohibited
by the ChaEier. TIE prOv'a,On hes been
Continuously violated Uith the result that
me city pays from ~ 10 - per cent. more
for Ne printing than any business house
would. Putting u a. Oaly 70 per cent.
there wonld b q saving easily Of N00oo
q year under q proper administration %
he once.
Mayor oaynnr did no, receivs the report
. al late last evening. and he excused
, psalt from commenting on Il Coz he
r. son that he had no, had an opportunity
10 study H. Il respected in the City Hall
that supervisor Patgiot ] Tracy Of the
CIV Record will retire.
The COMMITTEES IL John 4. Hsnnesav.
James y. Sull,vsa Gn1 william .. Ellie
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Clark for his opinion on the subject he
may hand you his visiting Gard. and the
latter In sire and contents has the Chiness
article beat several ways.
The card h about . BY inches. and Il
IL beautiful In typography. being printed
in old English type. mainly very black.
but with all the -Ts.' which are plentiful
and the other oapitals. In rcd. Each sem
tencs Il carefully marked Oh with a para
graph mark. and the effect Of the whole
10 that Of the Ton Commandments cards
that they used 10 give out in the Sunday
schools pears ago.
Thus reads the card;
! will be true 20 my Friends. regardless
Of their Greed or Country.
viii he loyal 10 the Community In which
live. whether az Home OF Abroad.
l will admire all Nations for tho Good
that u Ia them,
But RenOunce my Nationality a. Cana
dian I uili not. under any Circumstances
nor foF any Consideration.
a. n. DrNCAN-CLAHH.
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RIRRED FFOM FITHEFs BODT,
san q NIbert Casueli OFdpred Fr0m
Hour MheFe @ IAy.

PATERsON, " j.. June n. The body u
Albert \. CasWel. who was director Of
music In the high schools of New York
Uity aud In the elementary schools Of
Brooklyn Borough. lies In his summer
cottage al Echo lake. where he died on
Sunday morning. His 500. J Paul Cas-
well. tried to-day g. get possession Of his
fathers body. but was unable 10 do 20.
Paul Caswsll said this evening that
some fifteen years ago biz father became
acquainted with Miss Evangelins Weems
Burns. then a public school teacher In
Brooklyn. and that the family vas broken
Mp by his infatuatiOn for her. The son
said that his father built a cottage a.
Echo Lake. which he occupied during
the summer vacations with Miss Burns.
Fairly this morning the son received
word Of his fathers death from friens =
q Echo lake. he went 10 Echo LAX .
but was refused admission 70 the house
by Mrs. Burns. mother % EvangeliUe.
Mr.. Caswell explained who he was, at
Waa told by the woman that she had re-
oeiVed Instructions from her daughter.
VINO was Nueu IN NV t0yAs W auuiN
NJ one 10 tho house until she returned.
CasWell came 10 Paterson and got Or
Thomas Armstrong. the County Physi-
clan 10 90 10 the Echo lake house with him
While the son and County Physician were
in the house Miss Burns returned and was
indignant TO find that her orders had not
been obeyed.
She refused information regarding the
funeral Of Mr. Caswsll and ordered the
doctor and son out Of the house. AZ the
dead man had had tho services Of a ply
sioiah and a. death vas due 10 natural
oauses there were no grounds for Dr..
Armstrong 70 interfere. and with Mr..
Caswell no returned 10 Paterson.
Evangeline Burns Il Is years old. She
IL an aunt Of Florence Burns. who was
tried on the charge Of killing Walter
Brooks several years ago. When abe
returned 10 the Echo Lake cottage to-day
shs was accompanied by Mr. and Mira
Frei Burns. parents Of Florence Burns.
The Caswells still reside in Fort Greene
place. Brooklyn. The family consists %
Mrs CasweIl. Paul CaaWell. the elder
daughter. now Mrs. X. n. Fowler. and
Miss Ethel Caswell. Mr.. Caswell's home
in the city was at 70 PierrepOnt street.
BROOKLYN.
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TAFT TO TOUR ron TAFT.
Nay Invade the Csuniry q Jhe Insurgeats
10 Tea TheBa mat Thsy are Wrsag.

Nay Invade the CounlFy - Jhe Insurgeals
10 Tea NEW That TRsy ARE WruRg.
WAsHINGrON. June Pres dent Taft.
confident that HE Administration can
stand on ita own record. win make a tour
II the middle West during the summer
on which hs probably will deliver several
stirring political talks The tour is ex-
peCtsd 70 last ~ least ten days and perhaps
kngar
The Pre.ident expects 10 invade the
.srritory of the Insurgents In the West
and hopes 10 convince Il that HE policy
has been right. He expects too n 90 pre-
pared TWAS made known az the White
HOUSE TODAY that Mr. Taft is asstir "a that
the railroad bills. the postal savings bank
BILL the Arizona New MeHir . ,,ehOO
Dill and the conservation bin will have
become lass bv July thus rounding
out the ADMINISTRATION legislative pro-
gramme. with only one important meas
urs. the anti-injunotion bill. left out
The President. u was aaid, feels that
this Will be a legislative record 81 which
the Republican party can well boast. and
he has not openly declared his
% making political spee 'hs'
Il Il known on the lest authority that ia
his middle Western tour he will not avoid
showing what hHs been done
The middle Western tour probably Will
begin in October Just what part II the
West the President will visit has not been
on finally
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CtNFIELDS HOUSE CLOSED.
DhiRt Pay Very VEL ~ an URSBteualvs
bui Palatinl nrrkTrage Omee

lbitint Pay Nert Wei ~ an thoDlguliye
but Palatinl IlrcksraGe Omee
Richard Canheld's former residence
:, . Fast Fifiy-afth street ia again ten
antless They made a brokers ofilce ont
81 Il last fan. but II was not an OvsrWeeu-
ing success.
u was last October when the news
came out that the late C. G. Minzesheimer
had taken the building for q year II a
rental that was said 20 bs % OOO. fitted
Il up a. a palatial place u business and
installed Archie Pell a. manager Mr.
Pell has many friends and acquaintance.
and the once was 10 h. run on q some
what different plan from the other fash.
iORabie branches % brokers establish
ments uptown Anybody Who went there
was welcomed most Hospitality. a. in
most brokers OnicsrA. and there vas
q handsome sideboard. stocked. accord
ing TO nimor. with beverages % every
brew and hue. and there vas a man In
the house who was aAid 20 BE- able 10 mix
any sort a. drink that vas MOI carried
In stock: all Of co,rss simply Tor the
MaANNANNAuAAHAlN " NNgNNNNANN NNaNrAaa
for nothing uss sold sHcspt stocks and
perhaps bonds. The star IN The once
was large. the hOuss vas fully provided
With servants and the negro chef could
make up the most appetiKing lunches.
Some time bsfOre his death Mr.. Mlnzsa-
heimsr had told some a. HE friends that
the institution was not paying and he
was &oing 10 close IL. II was rumOred
thai some who went there and were
welcomed ~ prospective patrons were
30 impressed by the hospitality shOWersd
upon them that they showed q deaire 10
borrow money from the manager inatesd
% buying his wares
There was no sin on the building.
out % dsierence 10 the wishes Of the
residents Of the neighborhoOd. Who have
protested very strenuously against the
entertainments Of business upon Fifty
hfth strest The house looks frOm the
outside like almost any hns brOwnsi0ns
residence. and its business was unOb-
trIisive enough 20 suit The most fas-
tidious In the quarter. But Mr.. Minzes-
heimer hGd decided that unobtrIaiveneas
was no gFeat recommendation. and after
bic death one u thu hrut steps ~ the ~
naming partners % HE arm was 10 close
the Fifty-Gfth street branch.
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JEWELRT KXOCKED AROUND.

Man Left AAy0oo Woeth al motes Deah
Rlthout Label o. Indicating what u was.
For q week q bOx containing 1900
worth Of IewelrY lay unguardsd behind
the counter q an uptown hotel some %
the time Il vas on the aoor. somsiimes
On q aheh under ths counter. II was
kicked about by a clerk who did not know
its contents. and u was by aocidsnt that
he owner GOT Il back when he dd
One day about ten days ago . man from
out Of town came up 70 The dssk with q
boz about siS inches long. three vide and
two deep IN his hand and ASKED the clerk
Tor a piece Of wrapping paper ard some
rubber bandS. He wrapped the boz care
fully. but just a. he had finished his At
tSntsOn vas distracted. and hs soon
went into the cafe. leaving tho boX On the
counter. Il was just a. noon. Whsn the
clerxs changed wAtchss
The clerH who came on duty saw the
package on the counter and looked Il
over for q marx Of dissatisfaction. hut Ind.
ING nons and nobody about knowing any,
thing about Il be tosaed II upon a heap q
packages behind him No inquiriss we're
made whsn ths other cleFk came back
ard IN the evening he nacSase vas pm
on the shell under the counter
II wac not until = dsy or two later that
the visitor awoks % q sense ~ los. Ne
looked IN his bAggage f0F the package
ard then he inquired downstairs 70 ses
whether he had rus Il IN ths hotel safe
1han he began 70 advertise Nothing
har?ened until jusi - h. was paving his
hnl q day or Two ago prer1ratorg 70 so
ing aWaY. The clerk Who he'd nven him
The PAPER and the rubber hands haaasned
20 be on duty end having msalsaA- tita.
rackase und,r the counter aszed chs
traveller Il he wished 70 take the package
Wtlh him
/ he traveller was thunderstr1ck when
h Rni the rackags back and learned
whers Il had been all the time Then he
told how valuable the raokage vas
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sOcIALEsrs RaIsE RArE.


Ssusauhee Omeials Pmd Three and .
MaR pr Cesi. Donas Jnsalaoie.
NILwAuEkH June n. With Aldsrman
Victor l.. BsggS- - ths dsoiding member
the Council Finance COMMITTEES to-day
rooommsnded neW ordinances Increasing
the rate Of interest y per cent on tsss.ooo
Of Oty bonds.
Tho comnsittes's report viii be sup
nittsd 70 the Council to-mor0W night
and thu Socialist administration Will
accept ne ultimatum % TIE banking
houses.
Alderman asrGsr informed the oom-
mliiss that be had made an eKtansiys
inaulry into the bond question on be
Eastsrn Trip. IN NqW York and Phila-
dslphia. be said. bonds are diapoaed Of a.
* and 5 per cent. Eastern bankers
assured Mr.. Begggg that AiiWanRes 50
orritiss ars Regarded - Eili eiRe. yst they
would not think of buying them 81 PER
cent. under EXISTING conditions IN TIE
money market