The Forrest City times., 1893-04-14
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS,

Mrs. Ellen Campbell and John Gels!eT. who had eloped from Des MoiEes, la. were caught in St Louis.
 Secretary Lamont proposes to initiate a biz reform in the matter of war department print ing.
 The impeachment proceedings against Judge Dubose, of Memphis. Tenn are in progress be- fore the Tennessee supreme court Ed Partridge, the big bear" operator Of | Chicago, is in tight place, standing to lose q fortune on his present wheat deal.
 Excitement continues at fever heat in Union county, Ky. over the Oliver killing, and lynch ing is threatened.
 England is considering the advisability of en- | tering formal protest against Turkish out rages on Christians in Armenia The Missouri river is on Q rampage at Sioux City. Ia and at present is higher than for years at this season.
 Mrs. Sarah F. Gerber has sued John II. Mar tin at Lincoln. Neh. for sl00o0 damages for breach of promise and seduction.
 The carayel Santa Maria has arrived at Ea- vana from Porto Rico, and was welcomed by cheering crowds. The British war vessel Undaunted which ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. had twenty feet Of iron sheathing broken and keel plates dam aged.
 The famine in the European part Of the gov ernment of Perm Russia is worse than ever before The poor are dying by hundreds.
 Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria-Hungary has postponed his visit to Buda- -Pesth until after the unveiling Of the Honved monument, fearing that his presence might cause display Of disloyalty.
 J. lefcoats . farmer who lived miles west of Pickens Miss, was lynched by G mob for killing his wife.
 The New York assembly passed, by vote of IS to 20 a bill abolishing capital punishment. to take effect, should it become a law, on Septem- Der l.
 Adolphus Busch, of St. Louis. is in Washing ton to obtain. if possible, the opening of part of the Uncompaghre Ute reservation, on which there is a valuable asphalt deposit.
 Judge Amos NJ. Thayer of St Louis has been offered place on the bench of the court of ap- peals of the District of Columbia.
 Five thousand coal miners in the Boringe district province of Hainaut, Belgium, have resolved on general strike. partly for higher wages and partly for universal suffrage.
 Go. A, Thirteenth infantry, under command of Capt. John B. Guthrie has been ordered from Fort Reno l. T., to the scene of the Indian troubles in the Choctaw country.
 A will made by George Abingdon Baird aboard the steamer Majestic during his voyage to the United States has been found among his effects, it is said and under it's provisions Mrs. Langtry will receive a large property.
 Fully threefourths Of the usual large acreage Of wheat planted last fall in Mclean and ad- iacent counties in Illinois is being plowed up and will be planted in corn and other crops
 NJ Turpin, the inventor of melinite. sentenced to four years Imprisonment for selling the se- cret of his explosive to Germany which was owned by France, has been pardoned by Presi- dent Carnot.
 All franchises and right-of-way have been se- cured or are guaranteed. it is said. for an elec- tric railroad between Baltimore and Washing ton, anu construction will begin at an early date