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The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
DISASTROUS FIRE
 AT LITTLE ROCK
ONE OF THE CITYS MOST SU5- STANTfAL BUSINESS BLOCKS
 TOTALLY DESTROYED.
The Total Loss Will Reach at Least S7oo,eoo, With Insurance of
 About S450.ooo.

Little Rock.-At 3:30 o'clock Tues day morning fire was discovered in the top floor of the Hollenberg Music Company on the northeast corner Of Seventh and Main streets, and. aided by stiff breeze, soon communicated to the Jackson-Hanley Furniture Com. panys store adjoining. and from there spread to the Jones Housefurnishing Company'a store The water plugs were frozen when the firemen arrived and before this handicap could be overcome the entire block on the east side of Main between Sixth and Sev- enth streets was destroyed. Buildings across the street were slightly dam aged, but light fall of snow prevent cd falling embers from causing dam age that would otherwise have ocs cured 10 other buildings.
 The Jordan building on the south east corner Of Seventh and Main caught fire and before the firemen noticed it was wrapped in flames By hard work, however, this blaze was eytinguished before it could commit nicate to the buildings further south. The Home Water Company's building on Seventh street was badly damaged by falling walls from the Hollenberg building.
 The burned block was considered one of the most substantial in the city, and housed, besides the firms above named, the Martin Arms Com pany, Askin & Marine Clothing Com pany, F. D. Bracy Hardware Company and the Lloyd Sporting Goods Com pany,
 The total loss is conservatively es- timated to be s700,000. with approxi- mately s450.000 insurance. Governor Donaghey, who owned the Hollenberg and Jackson-Hanley build ing, will rebuild; the Judge Fulk es- tate will rebuild the Jones Housefur- nishing Company building, and it is stated that better buildings will be erected to replace all those which are now in ashes.
 The cause of the fire is unknown and will probably forever remain SO
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
TEN PER CENT RAISE GRANTED
 BY FIFTY WESTERN ROADS.
Following Adjustment With Engineers 75,o0o Conductors and Trainmen
 Will Not Walk Out

Chicago, lll.-Fifty western rail road systems have presented 75,000 conductors and tralnmen with a welcome and not entirely unsolicit- ed gift in the form of d 10 per cent wage increase. The raise in the wage scale. which will cost the rail- roads upwards of sj,000000 during 1911 and in succeeding years, came at the end Of a series of conferences between the labor officials and the railroad representatives Coming as It did on the heels Of the 10 per cent granted the locomotive engineers the day before Christmas, at cost of S4,000 900 annually. the latest wage adjustment, showed the roads in the role of Santa Claus
 Additional significance was given to the yielding of the demands of the conductors in that it marked tAe end of a national campaign for higher wages on the part of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen. Through efforts of their leaders. the men have succeeded in getting total wage in creases of $35 .o00,Qo0 fre.n the roads. This agreement affects IllinOis-Central system and half hundred other sys- tens between it and the Pacific coast Negotiations were begun on Nov. 28 and conferences have been held al most daily.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
MURDER cAsE IS plaMIssED st PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
 OF A0AfR COUNTY.
CONTINUANCE s DENIED
Inability ef States Poison Expert to Testify Causes Courts Action Woman A~9eared Urcon-
 cerned When Freed.

Lancaster No=Nrs. Alma H.. Vaughn and pr James r. Hull. ac- eusad af the murder of Prof John T. Vaughn neaHig q gear aeo. were freed of the charge ag3inst them. in the circuit tce-t he-c
 Their cases were aolle pressed by Proeaaain2 Attorney R.eser= Of Adafr eeants afsee JHase Shelton had re fused to eeaaj the further continu- aRce asked hy the state
 The anneanaament 'vas greeted with applause bv tte friends of Mrs. Vaughr and Dr. Hnl. who crowded tho count room Tae widow appeared uncoueernad when sae understood that she was no longer held on a murder chaHge
 The inability Of Dr. Paul Schweft- Ter of the state university. the prose cution's poison expert, to be present was the reason for the request for q continuance
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
GAME OF WAR HAS BEGUN
American Fleet Leaves European Waters for Winter Practice Off
 Coast of Cuha.

Washington, D. c. Just as in time Of war and they We're planning destructive attack upon the Ameri- can coast the United States Atlantic neet of l. battleships cut itself off from ali communication and started westward through the English chan mel.
 From now until it's arrival at Guan- tanamo. Cuba. for the winter practice, tse fleet will keep its whereabouts q secret But it will have to move cieyery, for a defending fleet of scout cruisers vii! soon be cutting across the ocean lanes to turn back the enemy"
 Both commanders are allowed carte blanche as to where they shall go and what they shall do. The navy depart ment simply desires results.
 Rear Admiral Stanton is in com mand of the scout fleet in Hampton Roads aud Rear Admiral Schroeder is his opponent.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
IT.
MTER ARKANSAS LUMBER CONCERNS
Government Seeks Heavy Damages for
 ALleued Timber Thefts.

Fort Smith.-Civil actions of wide interest will be heard by Judge John II. Rogers i'll the federal court at the session which opens January 9. when suits against 14 lumber companies and individuals will be tried The government seeks damages amounting to $332.026 for the alleged theft or misappropriation Of 10.6f4.166 feet Of fendants removed from government lands in western Arkansas. The de- fendants number among the most prominent lumber firms and lumber dealers in the state and the suits are the first of their kind to be filed in the South.
 The manner in which the defend ants came into possession of the lum- Der varies according to the charges in the petition, but in most cases the defendants are accused of furnishing prospective homesteaders with suf- ficient funds to make a homestead entry and acquire possession of a strip of ground. When this was es- tablished the homesteader, according to the charges, disposed of the timber on his land to the lumber companies and abandoned the place
 Under a recent ruling of Judge Rogers, it is expected the government will be handicapped to certain ex- tent in recovering damages. Judge Rogers has held that no matter what the homesteader does with the timber on his land it is not violation to dispose of it if he makes improve ments equivalent to the amount of lumber he removed.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
TRlINMEN GET INCREASE DAvILA IS BEING DEFEATED
CHRISTMAS AND ARMY GETTING
 BEST OF HoNOURAN CLASH.
While Hornet Lands Reserves, Main Force Nesrs Capital-Zeiaya
 Is Aiding Administrati

Tegucigalpa. Honduras. - While definite news of the result of the engagements nas rot been re cefyed here. it is feared that the small forces of President Miguel Da- villa have been defeated and that Gen Lee Christmas and his army of 5000 most of whom are Americans. are marching upon this city, the capital of Honduras
 The steamer Hornet that left New Orleans last week for Central Ameri- can water has accomplished the in- itial part of the object of it's cruise by having picked Up men and ann munition along the Guatemalan coast and having transported them to Cape Gracias, where they will act as a re- serve force for the Bonila army. now on it's way to attack this capital.
 The Hornet is presumed to have brought at least 800 men and quan- tity of arms and ammunition 10 Cape Gracias.
 Official notice has reached the cap ital that Jose santos Zelaya. the de posed dictator of Nicaragua, is not going to sit idly by and see his office snatched by Bonila from President paVla without resistance.
 Zelaya is sending money to help his protege, and is fitting up the United States vessel Detroit. recently sold in Boston for use of the Hon. duran government The Detroit will be prepared for service in Cuban wa ters and will be used as a coast patrol against the Hornet
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
DEPUTIES ARE HELD TOR MURDER
John Rutherford and Ben Murray Are
 Held to the Grand Jury.

Hot Springs nearly week of investigation and probing, in order to discover those guilty of lynching Oscar Chitwood, the coroner's jury returned verdict that Oscar Chit wood came to his death at the hands of John Rutherford, Ben Murray and others unknown to the jury" and rec commended that Murray and Ruther- ford, who are already under arrest, be held to await the action of the grand jury without bond.
 After an adjournment for the hol- idays the circuit court will reconvene January g, when Prosecuting Attor- ney Wood will ask that special grand jury be drawn to investigate the case.
 John Rutherford and Ben Murray are the two deputy sheriffs that were arrested after the second day of the investigation by the coroner's jury They were placed in the city jail and are still being held there. Who the "others unknown mentioned in the verdict of the coroner's jury are is a matter of conjecture.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
POT HUNTERS AND OFFICERS IN DUEL
Teachers Make Escape After a Fight
 On Big Lake, Near OseeoIa.


 Osceola.-Word reached here of a shotgun duel on Big Lake between pot hunters and officers patrolling the property of the Big Lake Hunt ing and Fishing Club. The officers are said 10 have pursued the hunters in a boat and shots were exchanged on the refusal of the fugitives to halt. None of the officers was injured. but it is said one of the pot hunters" was seen to fall to the bottom of the boat before they finally escaped from their pursuers.
 The fight between the owners of the club. most of whom are non-resi- dents of Arkansas, and the hunters and fishermen living about the lake is of long standing and originated through the efforts of the members to prevent others from having access to the property The club house was burned several weeks ago and the owners expressed the belief that it was set on fire by the pot hunters" in an effort toward retaliation.
 Another step in the feud came when indictments were returned against A members of the club. charging viola tions of the laws which prevent non residents from hunting or fishing in Arkansas The trouble is believed to be similar to the conditions that led up to the famous Reelfoot Lake trag. edy in Tennessee, which followed n long squabble between nonresident hunters and men living about the lake. II is said many of the pot hunters" who formerly operated on Reelfoot Lake are now located on Big Lake, which is considered the best duck hunting grounds in the United States.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
BLOWN INTO FRAGMENTS
Pittsfeld (mass.) Ice Plant Is Scene of Great Disaster When Boil
 CTS Burst.

Pitsdeld, Massachusetts, Fourteen men were blown into eternity and lS others were injured when the boilers in the plant of the Morewood Lake Ice companys plant exploded with roar that could be heard for miles. The plant was shattered and some of the bodies were literally blown to pleces
 me disaster is the worst that ever occurred in Pittsfeld
 The plant is located mile and a half from the city, but the force of the detonation was so great that houses were rocked iii Pittsfeld and windows broken.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
A FREEZlNG MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Man Fell From Railroad Trestie ard Was Una bIe to Arise From Ground.

vNdo O'N oiC eO 'NiioN FtStH 1FCuHO.
 Warren.-A man claiming that his name is William Jeffries and that his home is in Bowling Green, Ky, was found under the trestle of the rail- road track four miles from here. al- most frozen to death and his throat gashed with a pocket knife in his own hands that almost severed the jugular vein. Jeffries was found about 8 o'clock in the afternoon and he said that he fell from the track to the bottom of the trestle about o'clock in the morning. Finding that he was about to freeze to death. Jeffries said that he managed to get his knife from his pocket and he cut his throat in an effort 10 commit suicide to keep from undergoing the slow process of freezing 10 death. He was found by some men crossing the track. and an ambulance was summoned and lief fries was brought to this city, where a physician states that he will prob ably recover.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
OkLAH0MA'S NEW CAPITAL
Gov. Haskell Slips Into Guthrie, Signs Measure While in Eating House
 and Slips Right Out Again.

Guthrie. Okla-Governor Haskell quietly came to Guthrie from Okla homa City and signed the capital re- moyal bill passed by the legislature in special session two weeks ago. and thereupon the seat of government was constructiyely transferred to Okla hema City
 Gov. Haskell stated that citizens or Oklahoma City had guaranteed to pay s7l,200 covering expenses already incurred in connection with the capi- tai removal. number of state off cials accompanied the governor back to Oklahoma City and opened head, quarters there.
 The governor swung off the train at Guthrie and slipped into the eating house. where he ordered a hearty dinner, and just to give zest to the meal signed the bill.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
NEW REPUBLIC IS FACING AM OTHER CRISIS AND MONARCH
 iAl MOVEMENT INTENDS.
ENGLAND ON THE ALERT
Spanish Troops Reported as. Massing or Portuguese Frontier With h. teation of intervening in Case
 Of Civil War in Republic.

London. Fnglaad = Annexation by Spaa of the newborn republic of Poriasal is believed by English off ciat3am to be imminent in the event that the reported moaarohical move mee in Portugal peaches the acute sta
 I6a Haiaf adviees say that spain is mas troops 8u the Portuguese frae elsa the intention of inter yea.=z if ehe Httle republic is thrown into Tar.
 FHzaisr Canal jas of Spain is do- claH te haze dc led on such a move T tbe hsBe that the seizure of PoH Il Hili arouse the patriotism Of the aGan. i people and check the wafe# Of #HePuhaeanism that has been sweeping over Spain since is ad0p- tion ef m anti-eigfieai policy.
 Definite News Meager
 Owing 10 the Spanish and P1r.u- euese eeasorships, definite news as to the extent of tHe moRarohieaI move ment IS most meagcr.
 The report hat aa English waeship has been ordered to Lisbon in re- eponse 10 the request of the English minister there has not been con Armed
 The Portuguese charge daffaires her Las received no news of any movement against the government.
 Neither former King Manuel. who Is still in refuge in England, nor the Marquis Several former Portuguese minister to England, who is now here. was accessible The Marquis Several has heen in conference with King George recently at Sardringham.
 While English offeialdom admits that the provisional government of President Braga of Portugal is in bad way as the result of the failure of the Rev republic to meet the ex- traYagant demands of the populace for the immediate mitigation of all their troubles. 1t is believed that an at tempt 10 establish the monarchy would plunge the country into civil war
 The seizure of Portugal b. Spain is considered far more probable than the restors ton of the monarchy.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
ESTRADA IS RECOGNIZED
Taft Authorizes Formal Acknowledg- nnent Of Nicaraqua's Government
 -Kac to Receive Castrillo.

Washington, D. C.-President Taft has autnorized formal recognition of the new constitutional government of Nicaragua. following the receipt of of ficial dispatches announcing the cleo tion of Gen, Juan j. Estrada as pres ident
 Dr Salvatore Castrillo who has been appointed Nicaraguan minister to Washington. probably will be re. ceiFed by Secretary of State Knox for formal presentation of his lettN of credenee
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
JOHN FORD AND WIFI FILE APPEAL

Prejudice of Juror Alleged by Couple
 Under Sentence of Death.
 Little Rock.-Alleging in their tran. script of appeal that one of the jurors who found them guilty of the murder of Will Nichols was preiudiced against them. and had been heard be- fore the trial to express the opinion that 1t was a case deserving capital punishment. John Ford and his wife have completed their appeal to the supreme court. Ford and his wife are sentenced to hang January 30. but their execution will now be post poned until the affirmation or reyer sal of the supreme court is handed down.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
PLAN TO ARREST DR. COOK
Charge Obtaining Money Illegally by Lectures on North Pole Dis
 covery. l9 Report

New York.-Plans are being made to cause the arrest of Dr. Frederick A Cook. the returned explorer, on the charge of having obtained money by false pretenses On his lecture tour. when he gave dot; is now he discov ccal the north pole, at toording to I'll, mors considered raliable. at tue Grim. inal courts &rldin-.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
wendlino Denied New Writ.

Louisville, Ky.-Joseph Vending, convicted December for the mur- der of eight-year-old Alma Kellner and given life imprisonment by a jury, was denied a new trial by Judge James P Gregory in the criminal court and was formally sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
Lumber Rate Cut Ordered.

Washington, D. C-Xiolations Of the long and short haul clause were charged against the Illinois Central, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and two other railroads by the inter state commerce commission in a de cision ordering a 2-cent reduction per 100 pounds in freight rates on lum- Der shipments from Minot and Rome. Miss. to Davenport, la.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
Gov. Green Mecurtaln Is Dead.

McAlester, Oklahoma.-A private dispatch received here announces the death at Kinta of Green McCur- tain. governor of the Choetaw nation and prominent witness in the Gore alleged bribery hearing.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
Dry" From Little Rock to Dallas

Dry" From Little Rock to Dallas
 TeXarkana.-The town of Fulton. on the Iron Mountain railway. .19 miles north of here, has become a dry" town. There is now no place between Little Rock and Dallas where the wayfayer may legally quench his 'hirs.. It is 356 miles from Little Rock to Dallas.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
BIRD MEN FALL TO DEATH
Arch Hoxeey and John B. Moissant, Both Among Greatest AViators,
 Meet Their Doom Same Day.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Arch Hoxsey, holder of the worlds altitude record for flying machines. plunged to earth st Dominguez field from height of 225 feet and was instantly killed.
 The tragedy was witnessed by 1o- 900 persons, who had assembled to view the afternoons flying.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06

New Orleans La-The aviators here are grief stricken following the death of John B. Moissant. soldier of fortune. and holder of records as a birdman. who was plunged to death at Harahan, about ten miles from here
 Moissant fell probably more than 100 feet into field while many per working on plantations nearby saw him. He was alive when rescuers reached him. but died on the way to the hospital
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06

Omaha, Neb.-The entire west is in the grin of the hardest storm of the winter and a raging blizzard swept over the prairie states. Throughout Nebraska. Wyoming. South Dakota and Montana the thermometer ranges far below zero. and there is a heavy fall Of snow.
The Forrest City times., 1911-01-06
WEST IN BLiZZARD'S GRIP
Zero Mark Prominent--k ansas City Experiences Cron in Temoerature
 of 46 Degrees in Hours.

Kansas City. Mo-The first real blizzard Of the year over western Missouri and Kansas swept three states ana sent the mercury far be- low the zero mark
 In Kansas Cit" q drop of 46 de- grces in eight hours was experienced.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-29
CUR CIRCULATION.
OFFICIAL PAPER.
NOME, ALASKA, JUNE 90, 1911.

Robert LaFollette is keeping the
powers that be back in the capital
busy these days, for he is getting
much material into the records of the
senate that will make first class poll
teal or campaigning minute guns. as
such speeches are called
His latest TRADE against reciprocity
has given the people food for thought,
and his political supporters more faith
i'm him as the coming C. udidate to lead
the republican party on 10 victory in
the next election When H. states
that the people are too lusy II think
for themselves in political or gisla-
tive matters OF great moment he is
right. We are inclined 10 allow the
members of congress To do ell such
for Us, which is not the proper way
To govern, il it is To- be- ly the people.
our government is founded upon "A
majority rule, and when We allow "A
small handful Of men to rule for US.
taking little or no interest i'm the bills
and measures passed by them, We lose
the main fea ture which our great
forefathers drafted into the const.tu-
tiun for our government
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-29

The baseball season has opened at
Fort Davis and perhaps Nome will get
up team that will go down there and
make it interesting Cor the soldiers.
Ii is a pity there is not a good place
in Nome to pull off a game on the
Fourth OF July. That is the day when
the people love To watch game and
out in the states they very often pull
of a doubleheader on the nations
birthday.
We have a number of good bail
players here in Nome and perha ps
they will organize just to give tire
soldier boys trimming in the near
future.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-29

Ballinger, who has been out Of public
life ever since he resigned, and who
has been let very much alone since
leaving the cabinet has broken into
print again over the Cunningham de-
cision. He thinks it is political. in
stead Of a judicial move on the part Of
the land office That they SO decided
to appease certain factions of the par
~ i'm power who have taken sides in
the great coal steal, as it has been
called, pertaining to coal deposits dis
covered in Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-29

About one of the last things that
Hartman performed was to harness
the waters in the Colorado rive, then
overlooking its bank doing many hun
bred thousand dollars i'm damages L.
the land owners Hartman stated he
could check the water for the time be-
ing allowing the government To- install
permanent lcyees To- hold the waters
in the proper channel tie did the
work and had 10 fight for the cost he
was put To as favor. Now the river
has broken again from its channel adm
instead of ten thousand To repair the
break the engineers have given in their
estimate as one million dollars.
Hartman with an expenditure Of ten
thousand could not have been 50 very
far off If II requires million ia 10 IL
for keeps
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-29

The medicos out in Los Angeles
would like 10 muzzle the press. Well.
there are others, and they have been
trying 10 do II for years. But the press
cannot be muzzled when keeping with
in the law. so the medicos will have TO
give it up as bad job. We viii agree
that in the particular feature they
want kept out OF the press they are
somewhat in the right for suicides are
giving too much prominence in the
papers. There is a great tendency on
the part OF some papers To play such
deeds up far more than the case war
rants. and when possible accounts Of
suicides should be suppressed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-29

The moneyed men back in New York
must have the money to speculate with
but SO long as the government stands
behind the working man and his de-
postts the masses will not care how
the captains Of industry get their
hands on the coin
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-29

Down in Mexico the generals are GO
ing to hold back and allow Madero
free rein i'm the coming election, Icing
the popular idol Of the people. Should
he succeed in carrying cut one half he
expects and is going To undertake the
condition of the citizens Of that re-
public. especially those Of the peon
class viii be raised many hundred per
cent
Madero appears to- be the proper
general to lead the peopel Of Mexico
out of bondage and in.o the ranks Of
the educated. Mexico under the rule
OF a broad minded man who will allow
the people To be educated 10 the point
where they can read and commence To
think for themselves, would prosper.