The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| OSE OF the new counterfeit SOD sill :
yer certificates was handed in at the
| New York sub-treasury. on the I4tll.
| from New York bank which had re-
/ ceived it from a savings bank in Brook
| Ign. The note was handled by three
teliers before its spuriousness was de-
tected.
The steamer Umbria, sailing from
New York for Europe, on the 18th, took
out 900. 900 ounces of silver
A CONCURRENT resolution was intro
duced in the New York assembly, on
the iith, proposing woman suffrage
/ amendment TO the state constitution.
HE United States government is to
establish carrier pigeon loft in At
lantic City, n. j.. to be used in con-
| nection with the naval service.
Gen. CHRISTOPHER Colon AUGER. u.
5. A. retired, died of old age at his
home in West Washington, ID. c. on the
night OF the 10Th.
The United States gunboat MARKETS.
sailed from San Francisco. on the 10TH,
for the west coast OF South America.
She will remain in the neigh borhood
of Panama for several months. possibly
longer.
JOEL PUTNAM, a retired shoe manu-
facturer, of Danvers. Mass. committed
suicide. on the 18th. by shooting.
THERE were outbreaks promoted by
students at Prague, on the 18th, to-
gether with socialist demonstration,
which the police dispersed.
GEs. WILLIAM BOoTH, commander-in-
chief Of the Salvation army, aud Bal
lington Booth met at the Windsor
hotel, New York. on the 10th. in the
presence of Rev. DR.. Josiah Strong and
Rev. Charles Cuth bert Hall. The in
| terView was purely as between father
and son. Nothing transpired calculated
To lead TO any anal amation of the two
movements.
CoNsUL-GENERAL LEES advices to the
state department are conservative, but
set forth the present situation clearly
lie does not recommend immediate in
terven ton. yet he does not take hope
full view of the ability Of the Spanish
authorities To permanently restore pub
lie order.
SEVEN train loads, amounting to
1870 bales. of Texas cotton have ar
rived in Tacoma, Wash, for shipment
TO China and Japan on the steamers of
of the Northern Pacific line.
POLICEMAN DELMAR ). GARDNER, of
/ New York city, who has sprung into
fame as heir to s70. 900 fortune. is de-
termined not TO let his head be turned
| by this unexpected stroke of luck. lie
| intends TO retain his position and in
vest the money.
The charges against Capt. 0berlin
NJ. Carter, of the regular army. now
4 being investigated by court-martial at
/ Savannah, Ga, are of the most start
/ ling kind The total alleged defalca-
/ ton, according TO the statement of the
war department, amounts to over So, :
/ 00O, 900.
Mrs. LUCILLE LANE, the youngest
/ daughter of former Senator 10 S.
lackburn, of Kentucky, shot herself
in "a room at the Wellington hotel,
Washington, inflicting probably fatal
wound. Members of the family claim
il was an accident.
! LOGAN CARLISLE. chief clerk of the
| treasury department during the last
| Cleveland administration, died sudden
! ly, on the 10th, at the home of his IA
Their, John G.. Carlisle, ex-secretary of
the treasury, in New York eitv.
The republican leaders of the house
have reached an understanding to
make the present session of congress
as short as possible. They are putting
through the appropriation bills with
unusual rapidity.
THE firm of Macy & Pendleton, bank
ers and brokers of New Yor.. city,
made an assignment, on the nth, to
Harold q. Cortis The firm had three
offices in the city. and memberships in
the New York stock, produce cotton
and coffee exchanges, and is composed
of Chas. Z. Macy and VIM. +. Pendleton.
RI. Nos. CHARLES PELHAM VnLIERs,
member OF the British parliament froIu
South Wolverhampton. aud known as
the Father of the House of Commons, =
having sat continuously since 1885.
died on the 10th.