The Forrest City times., 1899-05-26
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

The Belvidere Standard. one OF IN
oldest newspapers in Illinois, has sus
pended.
The sixtieth annual convention
the Episcopal diocese of Missouri is Il
session at st. Louis.
Adolph l.. Raeder, of Hillside, Ill
was shot three times by a negro bur
glar. He will recover.
Negroes of Texarkana, Ark, threat
en- to lynch one of their race for kill
ing an aged negro at that place.
Emperor Nicholas has sent Queer
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands tn
order of st. Catherine set in brilliants
The battalion of the Sixteenth regi
ment stationed at jefferson barracks
Mo-. left Tuesday evening for the Phil
ippines.
The Mexican Central railway depo
in Juarez, Mexico, which was built n
a cost of $4,000, was totally destroyed
by fire Tuesday.
Gov. Sayers of Texas announces pos
itively that he will call an anti-trus
conference. to be held in st. Loui
early in the fall.
The Is men of the gunboat York
town, captured by the Filipinos, ar
reported as being subjected to out
rageous indignities.
George Sherrard was accidental,
killed by his brother Joseph, Will,
hunting and fishing at Walkers lake
near Corsicana, Tex.
The San Antonio (Tex.) nationa
bank has refused to receive one-dollal
bills on deposit. on the ground tina
they are not legal tender.
Mad Wolves have caused a reign o
terror in several Texas communities
One of the beasts attacked farmer
while asleep in his bedroom.
The Texas anti-whitecap bill may b,
applied to strikers, who attempt t,
force non-union men from home o.
work. The act is a felony under tn,
law.
j. ]. Morford, proprietor of the Cit,
Bakery of Bluff City. Kas.. was fount
hanging to the limb of tree on Blut
Creek, with his throat cut Murder i
suspected.
The authorities at Washington dis
credited the report that there is fric
ton between the civil and miltar,
members of the American commissio,
at Manila.
Devere Jackson, of Marshall. Mo.
won the gold medal at Wentworth
military academy at Lexington fo
being the best all-round athlete il
that institution.
The peace delegates at The Hagu,
fear publicity, and therefore they hav
taken extra precautions to surroun,
their proceedings with secrecy. A pass
word has been adopted
Three German officers are reporte,
to have been killed. May 20. by tn
Chinese at Kiao-Tung peninsula, which
may lead Germany to use force to com
pei the payment of indemnity.
The second of the 30 defendants il
the celebrated Seminole burning case
was found guilty in the United State
court, at Muscogee, l. r. He is
preacher named Andrew j. Mathes.
Minnie Hill, young girl from Car
bondale, H.. is under arrest at st
Louis, charged with stealing from
number of families which she had oh
tanned employment as a domestic.
Charles Hutchinson was shot ant
killed by his wife during famil,
quarrel at Arcadia, Ind. The woman
pleads self-defense She is but &c year
old and Hutchinson was her fifth hus
band.
The official Missouri crop repor
shows that chinch bugs are in tn
wheat, and corn has been damaged b,
rain. Oats, grasses and flax are dom.
well. Apples, pears, cherries and plum
are dropping.
Reports from Miles City, Mont, sa,
there are indications &C a Cheyenn
uprising. Armed Indians drove Mrs
Lorain and child from home, burne,
haystacks and killed cattle belongin,
to Henry Bailey, a deputy sheriff.