The Forrest City herald., 1896-04-11

The New York World said on the 6tt
that cash offer of 81. 0oO. 900 had beer
made by banking house representing
foreirn syndicate for tho privilege o
running boats on the Erie canal BY
electric traction, and that the deal wa
potent for good or evil to the freigh
shippers OF both east and west
EVERY democratic primary held In
Massachusetts up to the 9th has in
structed the delegates to boom ex-Gov
William E. Russell for the presidentia
nomination.
GROVER E. STATES, three-yenr.old
boy, was kicked by horse on the heac
and killed at Marshall, Ok.
SISTER PATRICIA, of the st. Francis
academy, at Council Bluffs, Ia, was
fatally burned by the explosion ol
some turpentine and swaet oil. She
was oiling the floor, and the mixture
becoming hardened she placed the yes
sci containing the fluid on n range
when 1t exploded and the flames en-
veloped her.
Ex-PREsIDENT HARRISON and Mrs.
Mary Lord Dimmick were united in
marriage at New York on the 9th. The
ceremony was very private affair
only 20 relatives and selected friends
of the bride and groom being present.
THERE was u great rush from Seattle,
Wash, on the 9th for the gold fields on
Six Mile creek on Cooks inlet in
Alaska, the schooner Lalsemo being SC
overloaded that some miners refused
to make the trip by her.
THE United States district attorney
at Pawnec, Ok, has nolle pressed 15C
cases against persons accused of selling
or introducing whisky into the Indian
country. The lack Of evidence was
given as the reason.
THE recently published statement
that China had cedcd Port Arthur to
Russia has been officially denied.
Mr. CHARLES DITTMAN, of the whole
sale tobacco firm of Dittman & Voncitf,
Of Baltimore, Md. has returned. from
a trip to Havana and docs not take a
rosy view of the situation in Cuba. He
said on the I'd that the outlook for tho
tobacco interest was most discourag
ing and that tho effect of the war in
Cuba would presently be felt in the
United States in a material advance in
price.
THE free silver democrats of Iowa
will make determined effort to secure
the democratic nomination for presi-
dent for ex-Gov. Boics. He has tncitly
admitted that no would accept the
nomination II IL was rendered TO him.
THE clearing house returns for the
week ended April for the follow.
ing cities were: New York, $500. 993,-
037; Chicago, ss7. s37, 2io; st. Louis, sl9,.
944. 500; Kansas City, Ss,740,6i3 st. Jo.
seph, i,Oss, 76s; Topeka, $500, s35; Wich-
ita, e436,5i4; Omaha, 80, sos, $50.
AT Clinton, ILL.,, on tho 81 Ed Pollen,
formerly employed at tho Illinois Cen
tral railroad, murdered his wife and
mother-in-law and then attempted sui
eide by throwing himself in front Of
an eastbound freight train. Jcalousv
was given as his reason for committing
the horrible deed. At night great
crowd of excited citizens assembled In
front OF the Jail, but Mayor McGill I'D
dressed them and said Pollen would
die OF his Injuries and tho crowd finally
dispersed.
ACCORDING to Bradstrcet's Financial
Review on the 4th the first quarter Of
1896 presented the largest list of actual
failures In business in the United
States, those in which liabilities ex-
coeded assets, ever reported for like
period. Tho total was 4,5i2 or 700
moro than In 1904, and l,4i3 more than
In the first quarter OF 1903, increases Of
II md AZ per cent respectively.
Liabilities 6f those falling this year
amount to sGa, 900, an increase OF 30
per cent, rs compared with n year ago.
w II. j. TRAYNoR, Of Detroit, Mich. !
supreme president OF the American
Protective association, has issued n cir
cular to the order at large upon the
political situation. lie declared that
the A. p, A. has clnch upon the pres
idential situation, and presented an
exhaustive plan for tho complete po-
litical organization Of the order from
the primaries up.
Jusr before dark the other night u
bridge on tho Baltimore & Ohio South
western, near Shoals, Ind, was dis.
covered TO DO on fire. Train No. ~
was due, md was heard approaching
1t highra OF speed. With much
presence OF mind Mrs. Freeman took
off her petticoat and running up the
track, waved II frantically. The en-
gineer brought his train to n stand
within . few yards of the burning
bridge, thus preventing horror.
PREsIpENr cREsro, OF Venezuela, has
issued a decree directing the erection
Of bronze column in honor of tho
citizens of the United States who aided
Venezuela In tho first struggle for in =
dependence. Venezuela has honorcd
the United States before by erecting
statue Of Washington and projecting