The Forrest City times., 1897-01-29

28th All the boys were got out safely. THE Northwestern Stove Repair Co. s factory at Chicago was destroyed by fire on the 24th, causing a loss of S425,- 900. The firemcn had great difficulty in getting water the plugs in the neigh borhood being frozen. X NEGRO named Pierce Taylor was taken from the jail at Tallahassee, Fla, on the 24th by mob and hanged to tree in the jail yard. He had been arrested for an attempted assault on a woman.
 EUGENE WASHINGTON. a negro ar rested for aSsaulting a girl at Bryan. Tex, was taken by an infuriated mob on the evening of the 23d and hanged to a cottonwood tree on Main street in that city.
 THE 24th was the coldest day in Chi cago for 25 years. The suffering among the poor people there was said to be in- tense. In south Chicago five families were found actually freezing to death.
 4 DISPATCH from St. Paul. Minn. on the 24th said the coldest weather of the winter was being experienced. the mercury being from 20 to 20 degrees
 
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 TnLIE ANDERSON the flying Swede, won the woman's six-day bicycle race at Indianapolis, Ind. The score was as follows: Anderson, 246 miles s laps; Farnsworth, 246 miles 1l5 laps; Allen, 246 miles laps; Baldwin and Christo- pher, tie, 246 miles laps
 SENATOR WoLcoTT, of Colorado. who has been visiting England in the inter- est of bimetallism, was reported as not being satisfied with his progress. Great Britain will not call an international conference on the subject under any circumstances and the continental powers were equally unwilling to call conference, as they believed the United States, both by its position and its importance, ought to take the in- itiative.
 SIR ISAAC PTTTMAN, the inventor of photography, a system of shorthand writing, died at London on the aad, aged S4 years.
 SEVEN houses were burned in the business portion of Lindale. Tex. re- gently.
 TIE Iowa millers passed resolution at their convention at Des Moines ask ing congress to restore reciprocity with Central and South American countries in regard to flour and cereal products.
 TIE first snow of the season struck Oklahoma on the night of the ;9th MOB of colored women rescued a notorious negro who was being taken to jail at Tallahassee, Fla. from Cen terville. The women disarmed the two officers who had the negro in charge, tied them to trees, gagged and beat | them with sticks until they were insen- sible and then left them. At last ac- | counts the women and the negro were surrounded in house by a sheriff $ posse and it was hoped they would be captured without any bloodshed. THERE was a great revival in gold mining reported in the section around Dahlonega. Ga.
 THE final proposition of the mine managers to the striking miners of the Leadville, Col, district. which was ap- proved by Gov. Adams and E. V. Debs, was rejected by the miners. This end ed all negotiations so far as the govern or was concerned. The miners insisted on arbitration.
 FIRE broke out early in the morning | in the medical college, one of the buildings of the Bellevue hospital at New York. A thousand patients were | asleep at the time, but the firemen con- trolled the flames without disturbing them. Many valuable records and in- struments were destroyed and 13 cada- | vers were cremated. w. A. HARRIS, of Leavenworth coun- | ty, has been nominated to succeed Sem ator Peffer as United States senator | for Kansas. The nomination is eauiv- alent to an election. | AN earthquake occurred at Delvino, | Turkish Epirus Several villages, most- | ly inhabited by Christians have been destroyed, and it was feared many peo- | pie have perished.
 EX-CoNGREssMAN WILLIAM F.. MASON was nominated for United States sen- ator at the republican joint caucus at | Springfield, Ill.,, on the 18th. after one of the most bitterly fought battles in the history of the republican party in | Illinois
 TIE Missouri and Kansas Association
 
 | City. Mo-. on the goth elected the fol- lowing officers to serve during the en- suing year: H. C. Taylor, of Lyons, Kan, president; Jesse Childs. of Rich mond, Mo, vice president; George D. Hope, of Kansas City, treasurer The directors reelected Harry Gorsuch secretary and made J. l.. Lane honor ary secretary.
 
 FoUR miners were badly hurt at Shaw, ". Va, by fall of slate and coal. One miner was horribly crushed and the second one was not expected to sur vive his injuries. The two others will probably recover.
 JOHN l.. SULLIVAN. the former ex- champion pugilist, was at Bedford, Mass. on the 20th in seriously | sick condition. He had contracted a l severe cold and with an attack of his old throat trouble-tonsilitis. His throat was lapced and the operation gave relief and the dangerous symp- toms disappeared.