The Forrest City times., 1896-09-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
personal AND POLITICAL

Hon. GARRETT A. HOBART, on the
9th, sent to Chairman Fairbanks of
the notification committee of the Re-
publican national convention his
formal letter of acceptance of the
vice preside nomination.
IT is alleged that Charles Bryan,
cashier of the Detroit Mich custom
house, is short s., 900 In his accounts.
as result of dealing in wheat options.
Special treasury agents are examining
his accounts.
Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, on
the 9th, gave out his formal letter of
acceptance of the nomination for the
presidency of the United States tend
cred him by the Democratic national
convention held at Chicago. Mr.. Bryan
declares that he fully indorses every
plank in the Chicago platform.
On the 10th the president granted a
full pardon to Oscar Z. Hill, sentenced
in Utah three years ago to ten years
Imprisonment for making false entries
in the books of national bank of
which he was cashier. The pardon is
granted by the president 'solely out
of pity for the convict's aged mother"
recently widowed.
THE comptroller of the currency has
appointed f. d. Edgarton receiver of
the First national bank of Helena,
Mont.
On the 18th Senator Gallery left
New Orleans for Louisville, Ky,
to notify Gen. John NJ. Palmer, of
Illinois. of his selection as candida tie
for president of the United States on
the National democratic ticket
On the 18th Capt. Gen. Weyler ca bled
from Havana to Madrid that 81 insur-
gents who had been confined in the
Cabana fortress and MORO castle had
been shot.
On the 18th, among the passengers
arriving at New York, on the I'm bria,
from Liverpool. was Miss Clara Barton,
the representative of the Red Cross
society, just returned from the scene
of the Armenian troubles.
On the 18th Capt. Murphy of the
steamer Laurada was arrested in Will
mington, Del, by United States
Marshal Lannan, on the charge of or
ganizing military expedition against
Spain. The charge was preferred by
the Spanish consul in Philadelphia.
Murphy furnished 81, 900 bonds for a
hearing.
FUNERAL of the late ex-senator Hen
ry b. Payne, at the family residence,
in Cleveland, o., on the 18th, was
largely attended.
DYNAMITER WHITEHEAD was among
the passengers who sailed from Queens
town, on the 18th. for New York, on
the Cunard liner Lucania. He was re-
Gently released from Portland prison
after serving 10 years of a life sentence
His friends had subscribed money suf-
ticient to start him in business in the
United States.
On the morning of the 18th news
from the election in Maine, on the l4th.
indicated the success of the republican
ticket by the largest majority ever re-
ceived there, the plurality for gov
ernor being estimated at $4,000.
On the l4th Ballington Booth, COM
mander of the American volunteers.
in Chicago, was ordained presbyter
of all evangelical churches in the
presence of ministers of the Presbv-
terrain, Methodist, Congregational and
Reformed Episcopal churches.
On the evening of the l4th Mr..
Bryan reached Louisville, KY, after a
14-hours jour ney from St. Louis, dur
ing which he had made a score OF
speeches to assembled multitudes
along the route, tired almost to the
point of prostration, but concluded
his days labors by speaking before
three large audiences.