The Forrest City times., 1899-01-20
OTHERWISE UNNOTlCEn.


DIR. w. A. Chisholm. of Waco. Tex,
died from an overdose of strychnine.
Whitfield Scott. the oldest citizen
of O'Fallon. H.. is dead. aged 81 years.
j. c. Wobbe, a farmer near Mary
vile. Mo-, was held up, shot twice and
robbed.
Ernest McCoun, secretary of the
Kentucky Title Co. of Louisville. COM
mitted suicide.
In defense of his mother. William
Rippertoe shot c. c. Carolan at Gales
burg, Ill. The latter died.
A council of fhe Order of Columbus
has been organized at Brookhaven,
Miss, with IS charter members.
J. {. Thompson. the fugitive Sedalia
(Mo.) bank cashier, writes from Mex
leo that he is accommodating property.
James McGlynn. of Peoria, ILL.,. driv-
cr of candy wagon, was thrown
from his wagon and killed during a
runaway.
Mrs. Hattie Christopher. aged 20
years, pioneer OF Christian county.
ILL.,. died Tuesday at her home in
Kicks township.
Mrs. Teresa Krebs is on trial at
junction City, Kas., on charge of
killing her husbands housekeeper,
Mrs. Lizzie Craig.
The German consul at Manila. DIR.
Kruger, denies that the Germans in
the Philippines have been guilty of
violation of neutrality.
William 4 Rrovu an old a,.l ,xo,,,
lar freight conductor on the Illinois
Central railroad, was killed in a col.
lision at Cade's Min, Tenn.
Gov. Tanner of Illinois has COM
muted to six years the term of Frank
kurtz. who is in the state asylum for
the criminal insane, for murder.
The city board of health report that
there is not case of smallpox in El
Paso, Tex, and that the disease has
been completely stamped out
The house passed the naval person
mel bill without division. Important
amendments favoring enlisted men
and the marine corps were incorpor-
ated.
The senate rejected Mr.. Rawlins'
amendment TO the Nicaragua BILL 1t
was test vote and showed that the
senate is in favor of pushing the bill
through.
Filipinos at Manila announce that
they will release the Spanish civilian
prisoners but will hold the friars. The
situation is said to be improving in the
Philippines.
The Spanish premier, Senior Sagasta.
in an interview, declared that he only
awaited the United States senate's
ratification of the peace treaty to con-
woke the cortes.
lie Roy Whiteford. travelling sales
man, who fell from the platform of a
car, both legs being cut off. at New
Conception. Mo-, died Tuesday His
home was in Stanbury, Mo.
Robert and Lige Parbe, colored. shot
all the windows out of Planter Philip
Petree's house in Robertson county.
Tenn. Petree was fatally wounded.
The negroes were committed TO Jail.
Founders and benefactors' day at De-
paw university. Greencastle, Ind. was
observed Tuesday in the usual man
ner. Henry NJ. Bowling, of the class
of '93, delivered the address on "Edu-
cation"
Gen. Ludlow has given a problem In
higher mathematics to six Americans
the task of Strengthening out the
books of the Havana treasury, which
for centuries have not been known to
balance.
David Wright, who was a member of
the Fiftieth Iowa volunteers, shot and
killed Barkeeper Peter Poprich at
Mystic Ia. Tuesday evening. The
trouble arose over the price of drink
of liquor.
Mrs. Anne Little. one Of the oldest
residents of Indiana, and mother of
Rev. DIR. Charles Little. pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Wabash. died
Tuesday evening. after having been
bedridden for year. She was nearly