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THE FORREST CITY TIMES
UNDVOIGT A VADAKIN, PablisMfe
FORREST CITV. - ARKANSAS.
Mayor Pingrek of Detroit has been
nominated for governor of Michigan.
Should election follow we might rea
sonably expect to hear of the Wolver
ine state Wing turned iuto one vast
potato patch.
Am American correspondent in En
gland notes that the young duchess of
Marlborough, upon taking her seat at
some place of entertainment, quietly
removed her hat, lest it obstruct the
view of the stage for other persons.
The queen of Denmark is 78 years
old, but still retains much of her youth
ful prettiness. She says with pride
that she is auut to all of Europe of
which she is not grandmother.
Through the marriage of her children
this has come true.
The sympathy of every mab who has
a rs^ard for freedom is on the side of
CuK. Neither bribery nor malice can
aid Spain in her attempt to crush its
struggle for home rule. Cuba may be
weak, but she finds consolation in the
recollection that thrice is he armed that
hath his quarrel just.
President Kbi’gkr has determined
that in the future the children of Uit
landers, as the foreigners in the Trans
vaal are called, shall W allowed the
opportunity of studying their own lan
RUbfire *n the public schools. Hitherto
'Dutch has been the only tongue taught
a* the public expense.
The tendency toward slang is Incom
ing notable even in the Action of the
day. In a new story two of the char
acters are discussing a boat race, and
one brakes this remark: “So lie got it
that time where Katy wore the beads.”
How far must a phrase go in literature
before it becomes standard?
Esgurh wheelists are rejoicing in a
lunch basket which may be fastened to
the handle bar. The whole arrange
ment measures only ten by four inches,
and nine inches in height. This com
pact little larder contains a wicker
covered Aask, a neat drinking cup, a
sandwich box and an ^enameled plate,
knife and fork.
A humber of wealthy Cubans in New
York city who have supported the
junta heretofore are getting tired of
the struggle, and would welcome an
honorable termination of the war.
These men expected moral support
from the United States government,
and the recent proclamation of Presi
dent Cleveland seems to have cooled
their ardor.
The prince of Wales, it is said, re
quested Alfred Austin not to write a
poem on the wedding of the Princess
Maud. The prince has never been re
garded as a poet, but he has alwavs
shown a fair desire to keep in touch
with his countrymen, and the official
productions of Austin's pensive pen
are calculated to awaken a spirit of
profanity and disloyalty.
The American Volunteers has a float
ing post in the brig Manson, engaged
in the coastwise and foreign trade, and
every time she enters port the ensign
of Ballingtnn Booth's organization is
sent fluttering up to the main topmast
head. There it remains until the craft
is again cleared for sea. No services
ard held aboard the brig, but Skipper
Crapo, an old whaler, does all he can
to spiritually aid those who come in
his way.
Secbktakv Hkkbebt has under con
sideration the naming at an early cate
of the gunboats and other ships for
which bids are to be opened next
month, and for the construction of
which he will make contracts. A
number of informal suggestions have
been made regarding the naming of
the battleships, which, under the law,
must be called after states. The
names most prominently mentioned
are Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
Illinois and Ohio.
———
'1 he new Canadian premier, Hon.
Wilfred Laurier, is in favor of a
reciprocity agreement with the United
States, and so is the party behind him.
Lord Kipou. when secretary of the
colonies in the British ministry, de
clared that her majesty’s government
could not agree to such an arrange
ment. It follows that Canada is not
free to govern lu rself and regulate her
trade policy as she deems best for her
own interests. L uder such circum
stances will she be content to remain
a colony of (Jreat Britain, or will she
cut the leading strings?
The whole t><-uth African company
seem to have been involved in the raid
for w Ircli the comparatively innocent
agents are compelled to suffer, bouth
Africa owes much of its present pros
perity to.Or. Jamieson. He led the at
tack on Matabeleland, subdued the
natives, and opened up the rich gold
fields which are being developed.
Many an American prospector has
risen from poverty to wealth because
of the part he took in that attack.
The sentence on Jamieson, while his
masters are allowed to go unpunished,
is as unjust as was the sentence on
John Hays Hammond.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
On the 6th Li Hung Chang, the visit
ing statesman, who was received by
Queen Victoria at Osborne house, on
the 6th. made an inspection of the Ports
mouth dock yard.
On the 6th, Gov. Altgeld of Illinois
was in Denver, on his way to Glen
wood Springs, Col. He said that he
was completely worn out, and that he
had visited Colorado for his health,and
would remain an indefinite time.
The conference of “sound money”
democrats, held in Indianapolis, Ind.,
on the 7th, issued a call for a national
convention to be held in Indianapolis,
September 2, for the purpose of nom
inating a “sound-money” democratic
presidential ticket, and appointed com
mittees to make the necessary arrange
ments therefor and to manage the
campaign.
me dn it was asserted in Berlin
that the indisposition of Emperor Wil
liam, who was reported to be suffer
ing from catarrh of the throat, was
diplomatic, and that the abandonment
of his trip to Wesel, Rurliort and Essen
was due, not to sickness, but to rea
sons of state.
Jui>GE W. J. Epgerton, of the United
States court, died at Sioux Falls, S. D.,
on the 9th, of Bright’s disease, lie
was born in Rome. N. Y.. in 1827.
The earl of Limerick died in London
on the 9th.
Li Hung Chang, the Chinese states
man who is now the guest of Great
Britain, visited St. Paul’s cathedral,
on the 8th, aud placed a wreath upon
the cenotaph of Gen. Charles George
Gordon, who was killed by the Mah
dists at Khartonm, in the Soudan, on
January 26, 1885. Li Hung Chang and
Gen. Gordon were personal friends.
The refusal of Lord Salisbury to
take part in the proposed Idoekade of
the island of Crete has met with unan
imous approval in England. That
country will do nothing to bolster up
the sultan in repeating the Armenian
outrages in Crete.
On the loth Lady Emily Tennyson,
widow of tiie late Lord Tenuyson. the
poet, died at her residence at Aid
worth, England, from congestion of
the lungs.
The condition of Sir John Millais,
president of the Royal Academy of
London, who is suffering from the ef
fects of the operation of tracheotomy
performed upon him some time ago, is
extremely critical.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
Red Cross society, who for several
months has been in Constantinople
directing the distribution of relief to
the suffering Armenians, has taken
her departure from that city for Ger
many, where she will be the guest of
the grand duchess of Baden, and will
resume her work of relief next winter.
The position of Capt. John A. Lee as
police commissioner of St. Louis having
been declared incompatible with that
of elector-at-large he will renign his
police commissionership
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Bill Doolin, the outlaw who escaped
from the l uited States jail in Guthrie,
Ok la., a few weeks ago, was surround
ed by deputy marsbuls at Wewoka on
the 5th. A desperate fight took place
and Doolin escaped. Deputies T. M.
Gregor and Horace Reynolds were
killed.
’I HRKK persons killed, another dan
gerously and three more or less in
jured is the record of a thunder-storm
which visited Omaha, Neb., and ■•icin
ity on the 5th.
On the night of the 6th the post office
at Os n a burg, fcitark county, O., was
burglarized of $137 worth of stamps.
The safe was carried into a church and
blown open with gunpowder. Appear
ances indicated that half a dozen men ,
took part in the robbery.
The boiler in the llarr Lumber Co.'s
mill at High Springs, Fla., exploded
on the 6th, fatally injuring J. C. Rarr
and Nelson Hell, the latter colored. J.
C. Esterling and two negroes were also
injured, but not fatally.
On the morning of the 7th the Park
theater at Niagara Falls, N. V., was de
stroyed by tire, causing a loss of $50,- j
000, covered by insurance.
Garland Travis aud Will Way,
aged 22 and 25, were drowned in the
Kankakee river, at Kokoms Ind., on
the night of the 6th. Travis fell
overboard, and being powerless to help I
himself. Way attempted to save him.
A distatch from London says: “A
corner in coal, brought about by a<
combination of all the leading dealer* !
who supply London, will begin opera- I
tions in a few weeks, with a capital of
Jtt.OtKkOOa”
One man was killed, two were per
haps fatally injured, anil five sus
tained more or less serious injuries in
a fife at Swift's packing house, Kansas
City, Mo., soon after midnight ou the
morning of the 7th. The property
losa is $100,000.
A storm that swept over Milwaukee,
on the night of the Oth, caught the
steamer Bloomer (Jirl on the lake be
tween White Fish bay and Milwau
with 200 excursionists on board. A
panic ensued when the steamer ca
reened to one side under the force of
the wind. The captain and the crew
finally quieted the crowd and brought
them into port all unhurt, but badly
frightened. «
On the 10th five persons were
drowned in the Delaware river near
Bridesburg, a suburb of Philadelphia
by the overturning of a rowboat dur
ing a gale. There were no other oc
cupants of the boat.
A destructive wind and electrical
storm swept over Saginaw. Mich., on
the 10th, doing damage estimated at
8100,000.
MIM'EIXAHKors.
The Ingham County hank at Lan
sing, Mich., did not open for business
on the 7th. A eard was posted on the
door which read: “This bank is in
the hands of a receiver.”
An excursion boat on the River Spree
was run down during a fog,near Rerlin,
on the 9th. bv a river steamer and four
of the excursionists were drowned,
in spite of the efforts of the steamer's
crew,who lowered the ship's boats aud
went to the rescue.
A FRIGHTFUL trolly accident occurred
at ten o'clock on the evening of the
9th, on the Columbia & Donegal electric
railway at a point one mile outside the
city of Columbia, l‘a. A crowded car was
returning from Chickies' park when a
gear wheel broke and the car was
thrown over a 20-foot embankment,
falling into a creek. Five passengers
were killed outright and two score
injured, many of them verv seriously.
Dispatches received from Yoko
hama and Tokio, Japan, say that the
observations of the eclipse of the sun,
August 9, were very successful. The
sky was clear, and all conditions for
observations were favorable.
The eclipse of the sun was observed
from the deck of the steamship Ohio
off the island of Stot, Norway, on the
9th. The sky was absolutely cloud
less and the atmosphere clear. Toe
totality was perfect.
On the loth the government report
on the cotton situation, cutting pros
pects more than ten per cent., caused a
rise in speculative prices.
On the 10th O. H. Winthrop, charged
with kidnaping Millionaire Campbell,
of Honolulu, and bolding him for ran
som, was arrested at Oakland. Cal.
The St. Louis telephone service,
which is to go into effect as soon as the
preseut plant has been reconstructed,
will, it is said, be the finest in the
world.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
cJRYAN NOTIFIED.
Got. W. J. Stone, of Mlasnurl, Make* the
Speech for the Committee—IJelivery of
Bryan's Speech Conmitued Two Hour*.
New Yoke, Aug. 12.—That the inter
est of the whole City of New York was
focused to-day upon Madison Square
Garden, where notification was to take
place, was proven by groups of sover
eign electors, which, as early as the
middle of the afternoon, began to come
under the trees in Madison Square, and
which by 5 o'clock had been reinforced
by hundreds, at B o'clock was multi
plied to expectant thousands and before
7 o’clock swelled to a straining, clamor
ing army. The assembly waited eag
erly to discover what manner of man
he was of whom they had read so much !
and what manner of speech was his
which had such power over a great '
party convention. On this sultry night ;
the whole oval of the Garden was a fur- !
nace in which 20,000 were to suffer a l
fiery torture for their enthusiams sake.
Two or three times some enthusiast ;
rose in the gallery and proposed three
cheers for Bryan, which exhortation
brought expected shouts. But the first
real demonstration of the night was
given to the wife of the presidential
candidate, when she appeared. Her
countenance lighted with a bright smile
at the roar which swept across the floor
and onward through the galleries and
which grew into a swelling cheer and
rose and fell in a half dozen waves.
Twice Mrs. Bryan bowed to right and
left and then she was seated. The
cheer that broke forth when the demo
cratic presidential nominee appeared
was of tremendous force. Certainly its
recipient had never heard its like'but
once before and that at the Chicago
convention. Mr. Bryan bowed several
times, embracing several points of the
compass in acknowledgment.
Among the prominent democrats ar
rayed back of the platform were: Sen
ators Blanchard, of Louisiana; Gorman, j
of Maryland; Boach, of North Dakota;
1 ill man. of South Carolina; Congress
men Uichardson and McMillan, of Ten
nessee: Livingston, of Georgia; Busk,
of Maryland; Governor Hogg, of Texas,
and many ot hers who had borne parts in j
the convention that nominated Bryan.
Senator Jones introduced Mr. Dan
forth as chairman, who. in a brief
speech, introduced (iov. Stone, of Mis
souri. The delivery of Mr. Bryan's
speech consumed nearly two hours and
the finish was greeted with hearty ap
plause. The chairman then introduced
Mr. Arthur Sewall and Gov. Stone pre
sented him with the formal nomination
document.
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Plow Sharpening and General Repairing.
Carriage, Furniture, and General Painting and Varnlshlnf*
funeral Undertaker. Coffins of all kinds always in s‘oC
All kinds of Shop Work done on short noticfl.