The Forrest City times., 1900-02-16
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Upwards of S6,0OO was taken m at Mrs. Langtry's Hospital ship Maine benefit at Sherry's, New York city, Tuesday.
 President Mckinley is said to be heartily in favor of the Louisiana Pur- chase centennial Worlds fair at St. Louis.
 A regiment of cavalry will soon be guartered at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis.
 Post office inspectors have recom- mended free mail delivery for Colum- bia, Mo.
 Mir. Macrum, former corsul to Pre- toria, Transvaal, has settled his ac- counts with the state department.
 In. East St. Louis, Ill.,, Sergeant of Police James Cooney was held up by several armed men and relieved of his revolver.
 The St. Louis Retail Grocers' associ- ation meeting, Tuesday, developed the fact that there is new imitation but ter in the market Opinion in Washington is that Kan- sas City has the best chance of the
  ic national convention. The sixth annual meeting of the Oklahoma Live Stock association con- vened at Fl Reno, I. T., Tuesday, with the largest attendance in its history. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Webster Davis has cabled to Wash ington that he started for the United States Tuesday.
 British sympathizcrs in St. Louis have organized the Sons and Daugh- ters of the British Eulpire,' designed for the relief of soldiers families. Attorneys in the Carterville (In.) riot case outlined their positions, l Tuesday, before the circuit court in l Vienna. The prosecution charges mur, 1 der. The defense denies the charge.
 Goodman King, of St. Louis, has been appointed by Gov. Stephens to be l a representative of Missouri at the Paris exposition.
 Of the 100000 inhabitants of Puer- l to Rico, 600,O00 are said to be pract:- call. paupers.
 Judge Hirzel of the St. Louis coun- ty (Mo.) circuit court. at Clayton, de- cided that speculating on margins in stocks or bonds was gambling and contracts uncomfortable. Ross Mayfield, of Jacksonville, H., a | brakeman on the Alton. was killed at Jo,iet Tuesday morning. While rid | ing oIl top of freight car he struck a l brioge.
 Gcv. Tanner of Illinois has appoint ed George D. Corwine, of Lincoln, to succeed Zeno K. Wood. resigned, on | the board of trustees of the asylum 1 for feeble-minded children. Gov. Tanner of Illinois has granted stay of execution until May II in the case of Charles Lindwell, who was convicted of the murder of Peter Bol- lel bt ch at the November 1s99) term os the circuit court of Knox county. Charles Wall, miner of Carl June tion. Mo-, was killed, Tuesday after noon, at the American Zinc, Lead and Smelling Co.'s plant, at Oronogo. A bcv l6er, loosened by shot, fell and crushed his skull. Thomas Brownfield, said to be from l S.. Lcuis,was shot and killed at Wayne | City, Ill.,, by an assassin who was con- i cealed under an outside stairway. Bob Fitzsimmons has posted S5,0AC with the sporting editor of the New | York Journal, as a forfeit to bind en- other match with Jim Jeffries, and is.
 sued an open challenge to meet any | fighter in the world. Roland B. Molineux was taken .o the Sing Sing (N. I.) prison, Tuesday
 where he will remain until he is either
 eloctrocuted or granted new trial.
 Philip A. Williams, the first white 1 mtn born in Macon county, Ill.,, diec | Tue sday of heart failure. He wa:
 borr August 24, 1926, near Boiling
 Springs.
 Gov Stephens of Missouri has of fered a reward of $20O for the arres
 and delivery to the sheriff of Garter
 county of Grant Freeman, who sho
 and killed Mace Smith.