The Forrest City times., 1897-05-21
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A PRELIMINARY contract for loan of
ZIG, 900, 600 $50, 600, 000) has been signed
in Pekin in behalf of British syndi-
cate.
AT Baxter Springs, Kas., on the 18th,
Col. Alexander Warner, president of
the defunct Baxter bank, was arrested,
| together with his son, Il. S. Warner,
assistant cashier of the concern. on a
warrant charging them with violating
the state banking law, sworn out by
| LOUIS Imbeaus, an Indian.
| THE wheat crop of Oklahoma is larg-
er than ever before in the history of
the territory. The estimates of the
average yield run from 25 to 80 bushels
an acre, while some fields win produce
as high as 60 bushels.
| JOHN ROSENBERG, a Russian sailor, in
prison at San Quentin, CAL, for horse
stealing has made sworn confession
before a notary. and in the presence of
several witnesses, that he killed
Blanche Lamont in Emanuel church,
in San Francisco, at the instigation of
stranger and in consideration of
the payment of $500 for his bloody
| work.
| The returns received by the immi-
grafton bureau during the last several
months show a marked falling off in
the number of immigrant arrivals in
| this country. The number of arrivals
| during the nine months ended March
81, 1897, was 142, 941, as compared with
2o9, $50 for the same period in the fiscal
| year 1896. aEsa1E gsis a8 H aa
JAMES FRENCH. wife murderer, was
found guilty at Rockford, ILL.,, on the
14th and the death penalty was inn
posed. @ nsA a
The courthouse at Lexing ton, Ky,
was burned on the 18th. Harris beau
tiful masterpiece, Woman Triumph
ant, in the rotunda, was destroyed in
an attempt to remove it, Several val
liable paintings were also burned.
MAX MARETZEK, the well-known OBJ
cratic manager, died at his home on
Staten Island, N. Y, on the 14th aged
| rs. tlf 1atEh4 ts&1.t
FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the 14th,
| as reported by r. u. Dun 81 Co., were
264, against pa for the corresponding
keew last year, For Canada the failures
| were 81, against SO last year.
THE proceedings brought by the
heirs of the late Jay Gould to have the
amount of the inheritance tax fixed
was argued before the appellate di-
vision of the New York supreme court
on the 18th.
| JUDGE JOHN LOWELL, the distin-
| guished jurist, died at his home in
Brookline. Mass, on the 14th. He had
been i'll for some time, and his death
had been expected for several days.
| STEPHEN r. MALLORY was elected
United States senator from Florida, on
the 14th, on the twenty-fifth ballot.
| The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the 14th,
showed: Available cash balance, $780,
ITS, 729; gold reserve. Sl47, sos, 512.
TERRIBLE railway disaster befell a
military train between Rockenhof and
Eliva, on the Valki-Jurjev line in Rus
smashed. Two officers and nearly 100
soldiers were killed and 60 others were
seriously injured. aae ls.f
The United States gunboat Nash
vile covered the 6o-mile course on her
official trial trip in 3 hours, IS minute
and 30 seconds, Averaging 1861 knots,
and winning bonus of about 500 900
for her builders sNf
Miss FRANCES Z. WILLARD is critical
ly i'll at the home of her friend Nine.
Demorest, in New York Her malady
is said to be acute and persistent gas
trio trouble, combined with prostration
from overwork.
MAJ. GEN. JAMES Il. Forsyth, COM
manding the department of California.
has been placed on the retired list on
his own application. He was confirmed
in his present rank on the 18TH
THE origin of the fire at the charity
bazaar in Paris seems to have been es-
tablished. a man named Bellac, an
employee of the Interchangeable
booth of the fair, has confessed to hav-
ing accidentally caused the eonaagra-
ton. Bellac and his assistant have
been allowed their liberty provision
allyI ~ sn sHt
THE. one hundred and ninth general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
in the United States win meet at Wo-
nina assembly grounds, Eagle Lake,
Kosciusko county, Ind, on the goth,
and viii probably continue in session
until the 3Ist. The assembly will be
composed of about 600 delegates, one
half of them ministers and the other
half ruling elders, 81 Eff..
JUDGE GBHoNs, OF Chicago, has rem
dered decision declaring the Ameri-
can Tobacco. Co. an illegal corporation
and prohibiting its agents from carry
ing on its business within the confines
of Illinois. hrt
LARRY CONNER was fined $50 in the
St Louis police court on the 18th, for
splitting on the hoor OF street car.