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

LASDvoIeT q vADAKIN, Pubs.
FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS.
THE young Countess Castellane. nee
Gould. has given birth u boy, her
second son, in Paris.
ELLA DANA CONWAY, wife of Mon
cure ID. Conway, the author and lee
turer, died, on the 27th, at her home in
New York city, aged 81 years.
MOSES EDISON WoRTHEN, one of the
leading men of affairs in Passaic, n. j.,
died, on the 26th, of typhoid fever,
aged 90 years. He leaves an estate
said to be worth 81. 600. 900.
COUNT MArsoKAKA, the japanese
premier. and Admiral the Marquis
Saigo Tsugumichi. minister OF marine.
resigned on the Goth. 1t is probable
that Marquis Ito twill be the new pre-
mier.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON, former vice.
president of the United States, has ac-
cepted the position of western counsel
of the North American Trust Co., OF
New York city. with a membership in
the board Of directors.
THE supreme court of California,
after having heard the matter argued
in chambers, on the 2sth denied the
application of the attorneys for w II. T.
Durrant, the condemned murderer of
Blanche Lamont. for a writ of probable
cause.
A DISPATCH from Stockport England,
on the 2Sth. announced the death OF
Ephraim Ha,lam. Mr.. Hallam was
mayor Of Stockport at the breaking
out of the civil war in the United
States, and did much to organize pub
lie relief funds.
MRS. MARY BARNETT, who was con-
nected by marriage with the family of
President Mckinley, died in Milwau-
kee, on the 27th. aged 50. Mrs Barnett
was born in Ireland. Her husbands
mother was named Mckinley, and her
mother was Douglas.
THE Baron de Hirsch association has
decided that there are too many men
and women employed in the clothing
trade on the east side in New York
city. 1t is expected that their number
will be diminished by starting col
ony for them elsewhere.
THERE is a project on foot to start
several steamers from Halifax, n. s. +,
for the Klondike next spring, the first
leaving in March or perhaps earlier.
now in England for the purpose of Sc
curing suitable steamers.
THERE is talk among steel men of a
further extension OF the scope of the
new wire trust 1t is now said that
efforts will be made to induce all the
steel billet mills in the country to ally
themselves with the trust, not as mem
bers, but as contributors
THE Constantinople correspondent of
the Times says that at the last meet
ing of the ambassadors of the powers,
the Russian representatives created a
surprise by proposing Prince George of
Greece as governor OF Crete. The pro-
posal was coldly received.
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EIGHTY per cent of the edge tool
manufacturers in the United States
have consolidated their interests. The
concern will be known as the Amer
lean Ak and Tool Co., and will have a
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ploy over 1000 skilled workmen.
AT the Cuban junta in New York, on
the 2sd, official confirmation was given
to the story that Gen. Blanco had sent
to this country a man whose mission is
to join one of the tilibustering expedi-
tions to the coast of Cuba aud secure
the assassination of ten. Gomez
THE plan for the liquidation of all
claims against the Chestnut Street ma
tional bank and the Chestnut Street
Trust and Savings Fund Co., of Phila-
delphia, are. as far as can be learned,
quite acceptable to the general bod
of depositors of both of those institu
tions.
IT is reported that Japanese fleet OF
war-ships is waiting near Goto island,
outside Nagasaki fully equipped for
war and only awaiting instructions.
This includes the Yashima and the Full,
two of the finest vessels in the Japa-
nese navy, and the Chen Yuen, that vas
captured from China.
The German question is unsettled.
China's difficulty is increased, owing to
the uncertainty of the attitude of the
powers. Germany's withdrawal from
Kiao-Chau bay is said To be conditional
upon her finding a suitable naval sta
ton elsewhere. China is becoming
alarmed at the present situation.
THE annual meeting of the American
Folk Lore society opened in Baltimore,