The Forrest City times., 1897-03-05

ABTrI conferring upon post office in- spectors the authority of marshals in making arrests was passed by the house of representatives on the 25th.
 MR>. JENNIE D. BROWNE. widow of the late Erastus D. Browne. one of the wealthiest women in Wyandotte coun- ty. kas-. died at her home in Kansas City. kas.. on the 25th. from lock jaw, resulting from a most trivial iujurv
 HAzEN \. PINGREE is still mayor of Detroit and governor of the state of Michigan. according to an opinion handed down by the full bench of the Wayne county tMich.l circuit court.
 TIE wholesale and retail hardware store of Morgan < Co. at Fort Wayne. Ind, was burned, on the 27th. caus- ing a loss of s150.OOO; insurance. s9O,- GOO
 ON the 27th the associated banks of New York city held S57. AZ. .975 in ex- cess of the requirements of 25-per- cent. rule
 TIE Venezuelan commissioners per sonally presented their report to the president on the 27th.
 TIE debt statement issued on the lst showed a net increase in the public debt. less cash in the treasury. during February. of sf5g2. 1S7. Total cash in the treasury, ss64. SSs. l67.
 SIAM has finally agreed to arbitrate the Cheek claim and to give satisfac- tiOn on account of the Consul Kellett affair.
 WM. JAY KoERNER. of New York, convicted of the murder of Rose 4. Redgate. was, on the 1st. sentenced to be eleetrocuted during the week of April 19. Koerner is d newspaper artist and formerly resided in Pitts burgh, Pa.
 ADvIcEs from Manila, by way of Madrid. say that the army of Spain in the Philippine islands is being ravaged by ague and dysentery, and the entire situation is becoming worse each day. The authorities are now convinced that it will be necessary to send 20 more battalions of troops in order to suppress the insurrection there.
 To THE demand of the foreign ad- mirals that the Greek war ships leave Cretan waters within q hours. Commo- dore Reinick, commanding the Greek war ship Hydra, replied that he would only obey the orders of his own gov. ernment. If his ship was sunk, he de- clared, she would salute the foreign flags as she went down.
 IT is charged that Rev. J. A. Lee. pastor of the Third Baptist church of Covington, Ky. offered a Cincinnati paper to procure written confession from Scott Jackson. one of the murder CTS of Pearl Bryan, for s3,OOO. Lee is the spiritual adviser of Jackson and Walling.
 JAMES CLARK. a La Crosse Wis pub lie school janitor, climbed into the bel fry of the schoolhouse, fastened the bell rope around his neck and then swung off. The bell rang twice. toll ing his own death knell. Clark was man of D years of age and left fam fly.
 THE St. Louis and Detroit limited train. east-bound. on the Wabash, was wrecked at Newton, Ind, on the 2d. The entire train left the track at the crossing of the Lake Erie road That none of the passengers were killed or injured is considered miracle.
 UNwoNTED activity prevails in the British dock yards at Portsmouth, Chatham and Sheerness. where the men are working overtime, and all leaves of absence have been cut off On several battleships at Portsmouth, steam is kept up night and day.
 FANNIE HENDERSON. colored, died at the St. Louis city hospital, on the 2d, from an aggravated case of nephritis. She weighed nearly 600 pounds.