The Forrest City times., 1898-03-04

MRs. GEORGE DAVIDSON. aged 2s. left her home at St. Joseph. Mich. at mid. night of the 27th, clad in night dress, with her two-weeks' old babe in her arms. with which she jumped into the river. The mothers body was recov. cred at daybreak. but the body of the baby was carried out into the lake. Insanity caused the deed
 HE navy department. on the 2sth, received a telegram from Key West. Fla. officially stating that the Maine court of inquiry must return to Havana to secure evidence from divers
 MRS. NANDERvEEB DE HART, widow of Capt. W. (. De Hart. who was chief of staff for Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican war. died at her home at Eliza beth. N. l., on the 18th. in her eighty seventh year.
 GEORGE R. CoLToN, of York, Neb., was, on the 2Sth. appointed bank ex. aminer in Nebraska, vice Howie. re- signed
 TuE remains of ". C. Ferris, the designer and builder of the great wheel which bears his name lie in pawn at Pittsburgh (Pa.l crematory for un- paid funeral expenses.
 QUEEN Wn.HELNIyA of Holland has bestowed on Capt. William c. Randle of the American liner St Louis the honor of knighthood in the order of Orange Nassau for the part he took in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the steamer Veendam. on February :, in mid-ocean.
 THE Spanish army gazette, Diaro del Ejercito, says Shat the government of Spain has notified the United States government that the wreck of the Maine must not be destroyed nor re- moved until the court of inquiry has completed it's work and submitted its finding to the government
 TIE question of who blew up the Maine is still as much of mystery as ever at Havana, though no one doubts that it was the act of treacherous Spaniard. Even the Spanish people themselves believe this, and many u quiet toast is drunk to the unknown '.heror
 TIE divers in Havana harbor. on the 2sth, recovered Capt. Sigsbee's order of the Red Eagle. given to him by Er.. peror William l. of Germany in rec sni- tion of his ability as an inventor of maritime appliances, and a gold medal given him by the fisheries commission, held in London in 1889.
 FoR the month of February the gov ernment receipts were S2S,572, ,53s. and the expenditures. s25, 727 .000. leaving a surplus for the month of S1 ,S45. .35S. The average daily receipts for the month were s1 ,020. AT.
 TIE gold output of the Klondike coun- try at the cleanup in June will be be- tweenSl0, ,000. 900 and Sl2 .000. GOO. accord ing to the estimate of A. D. Ma sh. of Portland. Ore. who has just returned from Dawson.
 GEoRGH, the aeeompliee of Karditza in the attempted assassination of King George of Greece, was arrested on the
 st. He made a confession in which he claimed to have ted at the instiga- ton of Karditza ater a bomb was found near the sc,ue of the attack. which Karditza admitted he had in- tended to throw into the kings car riage.
 A REPORT from Washington says: "A new issue of counterfeit two-dollar treasury notes, discovered by the se- cret service some time ago. has made it's appearance. This note bears check letter B and plate Number, '2s.'
 DR. w. A. ROGERS, professor of nat ural philosophy and astronomy at Col. by university, and scientist of na- tional reputation, died at his residence in Waterville. Me, on the 1st.