The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-06-04

PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

IHE AUlantlc express, east DOunQ,
on the Denver 81 Rio Grande railroad
collided with freight train near
Grand Junction, Col, on the 2Sth.
The engineer and fireman were killed,
and several passengers injured.
The president, on the 2Sth, nomi-
mated Ferdinand w. Newman, of Illi-
nois, to be consul of the United States
sein, of Illinois, to be consul of the
United States at Barmen, Germany.
BUFFALO CALF, the aged chief of the
Quapaws, died of pneumonia, on the
9th, at the Quapaw agency, in the
northern part of the Indian territory.
He was the last of the Quapaws.
PIETRo ACCIARITA, the iron worker
of Artegena, province of Udine, who
attempted to stab King Humbert, on
April %, while his majesty was on the
way to the races, was put on trial in
Rome on the 2Sth. The courtroom
was crowded. In the course of his ex-
animation Acciarita violently attacked
the prevailing social conditions. He
said he had acted alone and in despair,
as men did when they committed sui
eide.
ELABORATE measures have been
taken to preserve order in Athens.
Besides the police and gendarmes, a
civil guard has been selected from the
most trusted inhabitants.
AEoTHER new bridge is to span Mag
ara's gorge. twill take the place of the
upper suspension bridge, and is to be
finished by April /, 1898.
FRED BEEsoN, an employee on the
ranch of Harry Morse, at Sunol Cal.
used arsenic instead of baking powde 7
in making batch of bread. Beeson
died, and at latest accounts another
man was dying and several others were
dangerously i'll.
A CREvAssE, resulting from over
confidence and relaxation of vigilance,
occurred, on the S0th, in the levee at
Conrad's Point, four miles by rail be-
! low Baton Rouge, on the east side OF
the Mississippi river. Men and mate
rial were sent to the scene.
PRINCE LUIGI AMEDEo of Savoy. duke
of Abbruzzi, and nephew of the king OF
Italy, who has come to America for the
! purpose of attempting the ascent OF
Mount st. Elias, Alaska, left New
| York city, on the 31st, on "a special
train over the Pennsylvania railroad
for Chicago. He was accompanied by
| his aide de camp, Chevalier Umberto
Cagni, Chevaliers Vittoris Sella and
| Francisco Connella and DIR. Filippi.
He also takes with him five expert.
enced Alpine mountain guides.
A FOLDING bed at the Union house in
Montpelier, VT, closed automatically,
during the night of the goth, while
Harry Kendall. aged "a, was asleep in
it. He was dead when taken out,
either from asphyxiation or heart fail
ure induced by fright.
MEMORIAL services were held, on the
30th, at the cottage at Mount Nc
Gregor where Gen. Grant died. There
was large gathering from Saratoga,
| n. Y, and surrounding towns and a
lavish display of floral offerings
MAJ.GEN. NELSON A. MILES arrived
on the Goth, at Lamia, visited the
Greek lines and subsequently lunched
with Crown Prince Constantine.
THE associated banks of New York
city held $40, 500, 100 in excess of the re.
quirements of the 25-per-cent. rule on
| the 10Th.
Miss HUNTER, a young society woman
of Atlanta, Ga, while out bicycling, on
the 30th, with her escort, was run down
by a negro bicyciist, Charles Tate. The
negro was killed and the young woman
probably fatally injured.