The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-12-31

SECRETARY AI.GER, who had been
confined to his room by severe cold,
was decidedly improved. on the 2sth,
| and expected to be at the war depart
ment in a few days.
The Orange Free State has ratified
the extradition treaty between that
| country and the United States, recent
ly negotiated, and has returned the
document to Washington, where it
awaits the action of the United States
| senate.
The first annual meeting of the Ne
gro American academy was held in
Washington, ID. c., on the 2sth. The
| organization was formed a year ago,
and numbers among its members some
of the most prominent negro educators
of Washington.
JAMES SwISBERGEB, OF Yates Center,
kas., was bitten on the leg by a mad
dog on the 2sth. A maidstone was APP
piled aud it adhered to the bitten flesh
for eleven hours. The young man is
rapidly recovering.
ALEXANDER II. SHEPHERD, formerly
of Washington. d.. c.. is In a serious
condition at Bato Pilas in the Sierra
Madres mountains. Mexico, as the re-
suit of a stroke of paralysis He is re-
puted to be worth several millions.
EMPRESS, an East India python, was
found in her quarters, Mt Boston, on
the 2sth, witt litter of young. 1t is
impossible to say yet how many chill
dren there are. but there are probably
as many as 100.
JOHN PHILIP SoUsA's new comic
opera. "The Bride Elect" received it's
irst presentation on any stage at the
Hyperian theater. New Haven. Conn,
on the night of the 2sth, and scored an
instant neous success.
THEODORE BURLoCH and Ernestne
Burloch were arrested at Clinton, Ia.
on the 2Sth, charged with the murder
of Charles Selhausen, the woman's
former husband, in September. The
woman confessed, after arrest that
she had killed Selhausen, and impli-
Gated Burloch.
Sic. PRUzzATI, Italian minister of
finance. in report to the chambers,
has recommended the establishment Of
a bank in New York city, to be under
the direct supervision of the Italian
government
MRS ELIZABETH STANTON Wool
WORTH, wife of j. NJ. Woolworth, ex-
president of the American Bar associa-
ton, died at her home in Omaha, Neb.,
on the 2sth, at the age of 81 years.
Mrs Woolworth was the daughter of
Moses Bradfeld Butterfeld, and was q
lineal descendant of William Bradford,
the first governor of Plymouth colony.
HALLA and Walda Crem were as
phyxiated by coal gas from stove in
their home at Leipsic, o., on the 2sth,
during the absence of their mother.
Their bodies were found on the floor
by the mother on her return home.
j. w. HARRIS, a North Carolina ne
gro, was arraigned. in New York, on
the 2Sth, on the charge of sending
threatening letters to William X. Van
derbilt, Charles Broadway Rouss, John
Wanamaker and other prominent men.
He was committed as a vagrant.
STENoGRAPHERs employed by the de-
Tense in the Luetgert case, at Chicago,
have struck, and the defense may have
to depend upon the notes taken by the
states attorneys stenographers if it is
found necessary to take the case to the
supreme court.
Mrs. MARY ANDERSON and her daugh-
ters, Edith and Myrtle, aged eight and
five years respectively, were asphyxi-
ated by illuminating gas in their home
in Chicago.
THE widow of Capt. Isaac Bassett,
late assistant doorkeeper OF the United
States senate, died, on the 2Sth, in
Washington.