The Forrest City times. [volume], January 13, 1905, Image 10

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TO ATTACK FRANCE
The Echo de Paris Charges Thai
the Plans JJave Been
Drawn Up.
THEY INCLUDE INVASION
OF FRENCH INDO-CHINA
Claimed la Pari* that the Mikado
Ha* Seat lltimatuia to t liite,
Threatening to llnmlinrd that X»
tlon'* Port* If She Sell* Her Xa
1 y to Hu**la.
Paris, Jan. 10.—That Japan plans an
Invasion of French lndo-China is as
aerted by the Echo de Paris, on the
atrength of plans which the paper as
serts have been prepared by Gen. ivo
tlptna. one of the mikado's most skill
ful soldiers and former viceroy of For
mosa.
The Echo does not explain how the
document came into its hands, but
prints it in full. It Indicates that the
intention, after crippling the Russian
power in Manchuria, is to crush the
smaller French forces farther south,
preparing meanwhile a powerful navy
to meet reinforcements from Russia or
Fiance.
It is claimed in official circles here
that the mikado lias ient an ultima
tum to Chile, threatening to bombard
the ports of the South American re
public should the proposed sale of
Chilean Warships to the czar be effect
ed.
Rumors are current that n strong
Japanese fleet is steering at full speed
in pursuit of Admiral Ftojestvensky's
squadron, hoping to annihilate it be
fore it can reach European waters.
St. Petersburg reports the capture
by Gen. Kuropatkin of a Japanese con
voy near Kan Tai Tse.
Decorated l»»- William.
Berlin, Jan. 11.—Emperor William
bas conferred on Gen. Stoessel and
Gen. Nogi the order of "Pour l^e Mer
its,” in recognition of their bravery at
Pcrt Arthur.
KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK
Hal»h C. Roberta, CaiMnln or llllnola
Inlvrralt) llaaebull Train, Killed
nud Ollier* Injured.
Ur'oana 111., Jun. -1.—Ralph C.
Roberts, or Keokuk, la., captain or the
University or Illinois baseball team,
was killed, and several students who
were passengers were slightly injured
in a wreck on the Cleveland, Colun.
bus, Cincinnati & St. 1 ouis railroad
at Rising Sun. live miles west ot here,
late Monday afternoon.
The wreck was caused by a dining
car of the train leaving the track.
None of the injured Is seriously hurt.
Roberts was stanuing on .ne steps,
preparing to jump, and was thrown
under the wheels. He was mangled
and lived but a few- minutes. His
body was brought here and nis parents
notified. He was returning to th°
university from his home at Keokuk.
He was an atnlete, popuiar in the
university and a member or the Kap
pa Sigma fraternity.
Casualties.
Staunton, 111.—John Novak was
struck by a fast train on the Wabash
railroad and killed.
Plains, Mont.—Chief Michael of the
Flathead Indians was thrown from a
wagon and received internal injuries
that will prove fatal. Michael is
wealthy.
Joplin, Mo.—C. C. Hotchkiss was in
stantly killed and Frank Mitchell fa
tally injured by being struck by a
1 Frisco train.
Sudden l>t»«ith».
Decatur. 111.—John Mead, TO, found
dead in bed.
Bement, III.—Wm. II. Hammond,
pioneer, dropped dead.
Taylorville, 111.—Joseph Yonker,
pioneer, was found dead at home.
St. Louis, Mo.—Mrs. E. Deteaer, 58.
of 2102 Gratiot street, died while her
daughter was in search bf a physician.
'The Smoot I'ik.'Ioii in Control.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 11.—The
legislature conveyed at noon with only
aix democrats in both houses. There is
every indication that George Suther
land, ex-congressman, will be elected
senator. to succeed Thomas Kearns,
on the first, ballot. The Smoot faction
'la in absolute control.
Prrtuunl.
Jefferson City, Mo.—William Jcn
Bings Bryan addressed a joint meeting
of the Missouri general assembly.
Jefferson City, Mo.—Politte Elvlns
will be the messenger to carry the
electoral vote of the "Mysterious
Stranger" to Washington.
Commltted Suicide.
Concordia, Kaa.—John Uurkmon, a
prosperous farmer, residing 12 miles
north of Concordia, hanged himself.
Staunton, 111.—W. W. I*anhorst, a
prominent citizen, committed suicide
by shooting through the heart.
Shu Id on B loaded.
Chicago, Jan. 11.—The sut down
•f the Illinois Steel Co. s works at
South. Chicago is ended. 1 wo thou
sand men who have been iaie for tour
weeks have been given employment.
TerrlCr t'luudliiirala.
Lae Angeles. Cal., Jan. 11.—Terrific
eloudiwrst.s in San Gorgonia pass Mon
day caused the most extensive wash
out ever known on ih? western divi
sion of the South Pacific.
WHY HE WAS WHIPPED.
The Bear—Well, You See, I Was Just Fighting for a Dinner, While He
Was Fighting for His Life.
(Apologies to Esop.)
SILVER BULLION
AT 1 CENT A POUND
__
Car Robbers Mistake It For Lead
and Sell It to Junk
Dealers.
JUNK DEALERS DISPOSE OF
THE SILVER TO LEAD WORKS
lIHri'lbea Say TIioiihuml u( Dollar^
Worth of the Metal i» Non in the
MorehoilNea of l.eu«l I’rople. Who
Are Aot twirr of It* \ulue—\r
rent I’reienta Marrlniir.
East St, lamis, 111.. Jan. 11.—The ar
rest of William Majors, oil the charge
of complicity in the theft of nearly
$25,01)0 worth of silver bullion, caused
liie postponement of a wedding.
This was to have been the weddng
day of Majors and Miss 7ale Hester,
who lives with her parents at Ma.n
street and Brady avenue, instead, at
the hour set for the marriage cere
mony. Miss Hester, weeping, carried a
basket containing breakfast which she
had prepared, to her sweetheart in jail.
"I'm in here." said Majors, "and I
don't see how 1 can get out in time to
get married.”
“I'll try to get somebody to go on
your bond for $5,000,” said the wom
an. "I don't know yvho l can get to go
bond for you,’ she added. "I'll wait for
you. and we'll be married when you
are free."
Miss Hester was accompanied to the
jail by Majors' widowed mother. The
young people have beeu engaged for
several months.
The silver bullion was stolen from a
bonded railroad car In the East St.
Louis railroad yards November 28.
There were :il bars of the metal, and
it was enroute from the El Paso Smelt
ing Co. to the t'uited States mint at
Philadelphia. The bullion is valued
at approximately $snrt a oar.
Thirteen bars were recovered the
day after the theft at the home of
Nathan Hanks, an East St. Louis junk
dealer, and taken to the East St. Louts
police station. Hanks -aid he bought
the bars, thinking they were lead. He
is held under bond for a hearing be
fore the federal authorities
Search was continued for the miss
ing liars, and Monday they were traced
to the junk shop of /turaham Felber
baum. at 1007 Morgan street. St. Louis
Felberbaum admitted that he bought
the 18 bars, but said he thought they
were lead, and afterward sold them as
such to a lead foundry. Me paid $104
for them and soli them. t»e says at a
slight advance.
Felberbaum was taken to East St.
Louis, where he identified Willtani
Majors. William Burroughs ami Geo,
Rogers as the men who sold him the
liars. The men were placed under ar
rest. and the police say confessed that
they stole the metal. They thought it
was lead and sold it as such after de
stroying the stamp of the smelting
company.
They said they could not And a pur
chaser in East St. Louis for the eigh
teen bars which Hanks did not buy.
and took them to St. Louis, where
they sold them to Felberbaum, after
offering the metal to other junk deal
ers. He gave them a check, but they
got him to cash it for them. Felber
bauni is locked up at the four courts in
St. Louis. c
Detectives believe the missing bul
lion. which is worth between $14,000
and $14.r»tH>, is in the storehouse of
some St Louis lead company, and that
its value has not been discovered.
A D>Iiih Vu*!»♦**• f.
St. Louis, Jau. 11.— “Goorgt* Rums’*
is dying at the city hospital from a
bullet wound. He is suspected with
being one of the "hold up" men who
shot and seriously wounded Policeman
Robert Sloan, Monday ni-fht, in a sa
loon hold-up.
Adnma tnaaicnrnted.
Denver. Col.. Jan. 11.- Alva Adams
has been inaugurated go\emor.
THE MONTANA LAND FRAUDS
An Authoritative Statement Made
Public in Washington
A <aiaiM|iirna-y Nalal to Hmr Ha-a*n «»r
Kinalra-al taa Stilaoru IVraama to
Make Kntria*aa.
_
Washington. Jan. 11.—The following •
auttiont tt.v statement is inaJe:
In the spHrg of 1002 the interior de
partment was informed that extensive
land frauds were being perpetrated in
Montana and Idaho under an act of
congress known as th° timber ind
stone act. Secretary Hitchcock im
mediately set on foot an Investigation,
and in the state of Montana it was dis
covered i hat at the laud ottiee of Mis
soula and Helena, many fraudulent
entries had been made) it was soon
discovered, it is alleged, that under
the leadership of K. M. Cobham, a -
conspiracy was organized ana a lot
of people living in the vicinity of Mis- j
soula—men and women—were direct
ed to make applications at the land
ohice. Under this act of congress, it
was necessary for the applicant, when
lie made his application, to take an
oath that the land was not taken tor
speculative purposes, but for hi3 own
use, and that no one else was directly
or indirectly interested in. the pur- i
chase. Cobham and his associates ;
prepared all these affidavits and paid
all expenses, and $2.50 an acre tor the
land, acd gave these persons from
$100 to $150 apiece for false swearing '
and entry. There were 1.02 persons, |
men and women, indicted, and a num
ber of indictments were died. Cob
hani being indicted some ten times.
These indictments were for perjury I
and forgery. All these lands, amount- ;
ing to some 15,000 acres, were sold by i
Cobham to United States Senator VV.
A. Clarke. Demurrers were died to
tftese indictments, and these have !
been delayed from time tn» time until ;
now.
The attorney general has received !
the following telegram from United j
States special attorney Maynard, dat ;
ed at Helena. Mont., January S:
“Judge Hunt overruled demurrer in
12 subornation of perjury eases and
90 perjury eases. Having exhausted
all dilatory pleas, defendants must
now stand trial.''
j CALLED HOME TO CHICAGO.
Gav. and Mr*. Drurra. Utrr InauKU
ration. Hurry to Thrtr Mick
Huustliter'* It4>.l*ldr.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 11— Gov. and
Mrs. Deneen and J. S. Maloney, Mrs.
Deneen’s father, left hurriedly for
Chicago Monday afternoon on a spe
cial train over tin* Illinois Central. A
telegram from Chicago to Dr. Web
ster. Gov. Deneen's family physician
who accompanied the Inaugural party
to Springfield, announced that Ihe
condition of Deneen's daughter. Dor
othy, who is suffering trom append!,
citis, is quite serious, puss having
commenced to form and blood poison
mg is now feared. Dr. Webster left
for Chicago this afternoon at 2:45
and shortly afterward the Gov. and
Mrs. Deneen secured a special train
and at once started for their daugh
ter's bedside.
Kuasaa City Mate* a Aiuimum Towa
Olathe, Kas., Jan. 11.—Fire that
broke out al 1:45 a. tn., destroyed the
business buildings on .he cast side ol
the public square. An urgent call fot
help was sent to Kansas City, 20 miles
distant. A Santa Fe special train
brought firemen and engines from
Kansas City who did good service. The
liss is estimated at $150,000. No cas
ualties.
lakr M«ro 1'urtrfM,
Manila. .Ian. 11.—Word has reached
Manila of an engagement on the is
land of Jolo. in which Lieut. James
J. Jewell and a private. Fourteenth
cavalry, were killed. The engagement
was with rebel Mc>ros, and the fortress
where the fight occurred was taken
and demolished.
8 ! IN FLAMES
PS FROM WIDOW
Husband Turned On Too Much
Gasoline, and the Stove
Got Busy.
ROOM FILLED WITH FLAMES
AND OUTSIDE DOOR LOCKED
The Couple Jump Tlirunpli n "««•
ilov*, the Woman W llh Her llulr
and Clotblup in Iln men—Kl re
Hepnrtuaeut I online hire to the
Kuoni In Wbleh 11 Stnrted.
St. Louis, Jan. 11.—Mrs. Jennie
Beetling, aged 20 years, a bride of
three weeks, who lives with her hus
band, Richard Boening, at 208 South
Twenty-first street, was horribly
burned Tuesday morning. The hus
band is also suffering from the effects
of flames. Mrs. Boening was also hurt
by falling after she jumped, with flam
ing hair anti clothing, from the win
dow.
The tire seems to have been taused
by letting too much gasoline into the
cup of the gasoline stove, which over
flowed, the fluid spreading over the
floor. Boening arose at 5 o'clock to
light the gasoline stove, in order to
heat some water. After, as he thought
of letting it feed until the cup was
filled, he applied a match.
Flames leaped to the ceiling and
spread over the floor. Boening caught
up the bla/.ing gasoline can. whlcu
was sitting near the stove, and threw
it through the window, averting an
explosion.
Mrs. Boening. awakened by the
bright light and tlie cries of her hus
band, sprang from lied and she and
her husband tried . to smother the
flames with the bed clothing, but their
eflorts were futile. In a moment the
entire room was in flames. The posi
tion of Boening and his wife became
perilous. Thej had received severe
burns and the flames were menacing
them on ex cry side.
They tried to get out through the
door into the hall, but were not able
lo unlock the door quickly enough.
Mrs. Boening’s loosely flowing hair
had been caught by the flames by that
lime. There was no other way of es
•ape except by the window. Boening
hrew up the sash, through which the
iasoline can had been hurled, and.
Helped his wife to jump out.
Her leap fanned the dames, which
tad caught her hair. Sue fell and her
face was painfulty cut. but with pres
fuce of mind she reached up and
smothered ter burning hair with her
hands.
Boening alighted on his feet and
carried his wife into an adjoining
house, where it was found that she had
been badly burned about the hands
and arms, shoulders, neck and face.
An ambulance was called and she was
sent to the city hospital.
The lire department confined the fire
to the room in which it started.
AFTER SERVING TEN YEARS.
lull in mi'll (iuirniur H.'Iphhpn lljit
lium 'III II> People Believe
Laeeeent.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 11.—On the
tenth anniversary of the murder of his
wife, Rev. William K. Kinshaw, sen
tenced to prison for life as the guilty
man. has been unconditionally paroled
by Gov. Durbin. It was his last of
ficial aet. The parole is virtually a
pardon, as he can never !>e returned to
peison except on the order of the gov
ernor, and it is expected that the only
later action that will ever be taken
will, be to change the parole to absor
lino pardon.
Hardly a day has passed within the
last ten years that his mother has not
said that she would be willing to die
in peace and happiness If her son was
clear of the stigma that lias blotted his
ttiuue. When the news of her son's re
lease was broken to her, her only re
ply was “I thank God; I thank God.”
To Hinsbaw the parole brings both
joy and sadness—joy because the chief
executive has by an act of clemency,
publicly declared confidence in his ab
solute Innocence, sadness because the
act recalls the tragedy ihat happened
ten years ago, when his. wife was mur
dered and himself seriously injured.
In Issuing the unconditional parole,
G»v. Durbin took the ground that the
state had failed utterly ’o prove a mo
tive for the crime. The case to-day is
as tail of mystery at it was ten years
ago, the governor said. The mystery of
the afTair was regarded as sufficient
reason for the release. The governor
holds that Hinshaw, in returning to
the outside world, would make himself
objectionable to no one. his record as
a model prisoner being sufficient evi
dence that he would make au honest,
upright, law-abiding citizen.
Hccom meada t'oiiaolldat loa.
Washington. Jan. 11.—As a result of
hia recent visit to Panama. Secretary
Taft recommends to the president that
two offices of I’nited States minister
to Panama and governor of the canal
zone be consolidated, and one man be
apitointed to All them.
I.aat of Baltic Fleet Sighted.
Port Said, Egypt. Jan. 11.—The Rus
sian squadron under Admiral Botrov
sky. the last of the Halite fleet, bound
for the far reast, has been sighted off
Port Said.
Kalaer'. Ilentlat a Suicide
Berlin, Jan. ll._Dr. Alonzo H Syl
vester, Emperor Williams famous1
American dentist, committed suicido.
OLD BARBEE.
CZTThe Whiskey that Made Kentucky Famoua
JjQFfcCB 9l (Oto^ Je?^csvi£la,fa.
At the Green Tree Saloon
MALLORY & VACCARO, Props.
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If you A OUyou
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i Jewelry, Diamonds
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