The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

James Wilson, of Iowa, is said To be
Mckinley's choice for secretary OF
| agriculture.
Garry Hough, the veteran actor.
dled at his home in Detroit, Mich.
aged 80 years.
Senator Hill has introduced a bill
making the term of fourth-class most.
masters four years.
messenger boy at Lancaster. Pa.
who, through series of forged checks.
secured $4,000, is under arrest.
Atty. zen. Harmon says that the
government probably will act in the
Pacific roads case within 80 days.
Lawyer holland, of st. Louis, has
been given a $1,000 Judgment against
Arthur Duestrow, the double muir
derer.
Daniel Lindsay Russell was inaugu-
rated governor of North Carolina Tues
day, the first republican governor in
2l years.
Missouri legislators are STAYING
closely at Jefferson City, mainly, it is
said, because the free pass privileges
nave Oeen cut off.
Representative Cobb, uf Missouri.
says that Gen. Miles is in favor of
making jefferson barracks first-class
infantry and artillery post.
l.. c. Bateman, who was the popu-
list candidate for governor of Maine,
declares that William j. Bryan is as
dead, politically, as Julius Caesar.
Harvey Allison, arrested for the
murder of William Draper, near Adair-
vile, KY, has been taken to the Jail
at Bowling Green for safe keeping.
Charles Taylor, colored, has con-
fessed, at Frankfort, KY, to the out.
rage and murder of Nellie Stepp, for
the kidnapping of whom he has been
under arrest.
Isaac BAN berger, aged So, the pio-
neer clothing merchant of Rock Island,
H., committed suicide by drowning in
the Mississippi river. He had just
failed in business.
The 81 republicans of the Indiana
legislature nominated Charles w. Fair
banks, of Indianapolis, for the United
States senate on the first ballot. Fair
banks got 90 votes
The dynamite cruiser vesuvius,
which has just been overhauled and
placed in commission, will be sent to
the Florida coast, which she will pa
troll for tilibustering ships.
There is an epidemic of grip at Fort
Worth, Tex, and it is estimated that
the cases viii number fully s. 600 The
disease has caused the death of num-
Der of old and feeble people.
The Dawes commission has encouu-
tered opposition at the hands of the
leaders of the five civilized tribes in
Indian territory. who have taken pos
session of nearly all the land.
The last official act of William j.
Stone as governor of Missouri was the
pardoning of Jim Fl ench, one of the
most notorious of st. Louis criminals.
who is wanted for several other crimes.
News comes from Canton, O., that
Maj. Mckinley has his cabinet pretty
well in shape again. Senator Sher-
man, of Ohio, heads the list, but there
is still question about his acceptance.
The express companies have offered
reward of $500 to their messengers
for every intending train robber shot
and wounded, and 81, 600 for each one
of the same tribe permanently settled.
+. NJ. Cook, aged 80 years, was in
jured in runaway in Greenwood
township, Christian county, ILL.,, from
which he died. Cook was a well-to-do
farmer and left wife and six chill
dren.
After strenuous efforts, bonds have
been secured in the sum of SIS, 900 for
County Treasurer j. W. 5. Lindley, of
Jackson county, Mo-, who is sa id to be
from $4,000 to 500 900 short, by the
board of supervisors.
The grand jury in the United States
court at Wilmington, Del, found a true
bill against Capt. Edward Murphy.
He is charged with having taken a fill
clustering party TO Cuba on the steam
err Laurada last summer.
While the statement from Madrid
that Canovas has consented to grant
genuine home rule to Gu ba is corrobor-
ated in high places in' this country, it
is not so sure that the Cub bans will
agree to the proposition. They doubt
SPANS good faith.
Reports from Havana say that the
insurgents raided and sacked Calvari-
Gus, less than ten miles from the city,
drove out the Spanish garrison of 700,
burned nearly half the place, seized
large amount of supplies and destroyed
all they could not carry off