The Forrest City times., 1902-02-28

AtHavana. on the a4tls Dr Tomas Estrada Palma and Senor Estcvez were formally elected by the elee- toral college respectively first presi- dent and first vice-president cf the Cuban republic. Senators were also elected.
 Before the dinner at the N hlfe House. on the night of the 2its. there was presented to the president a large portrait of Prince Henry in naval attire. q statuette faGstl of the emperor and an autogra-.h naval scale prepared by the emperor.
 Miss Ellen NJ. Stone. with Mme. Tsilka and her babe have been re- leased by the brigands. aHd arrived at S,rumitza. Macedonia, early on the morning of the 23d. They were all we'll The Kidnapping k now re garded as a political mesp on the part of Macedonia.
 \ csblegrau from 6enStaa1iueple. on the 2sd. said. Miss Ellen V. stone. the American missionary who, with Mime. TSilka. was captured bv erl- cands in the district of Salonica. sep tember last. has been released and arrived al Strumitzka. Macedonia. ct fh--e o'clock yesterday morning.
 Tbe National Council of Women, on the 2ith. adopted memorial = congress asking an annuity ot $5.0oo for Miss Clara Barton for her serv- ices for the Red Cross society. and also decided hereafter to pay he recording and corresponding sec7e- taries of the council fer 1heir serv- ices
 Acting Civil Gov. Wright If Ma nila. replying to a question ad- dressed to him by the American cham Der of commerce. on the 22d. sad that the United States Philippine commission unanimously favored modification Of the present order prohibiting Chinese from entering the Philippines.
 Rev. Calvin Holman, one of ihe pioneer preachers If Methodism. died af his home n Topeka. kaS.. on fhe 2ist. aged = years. He had been a Methodist minister for 6o years. 5e years Of which were spent in active service. He filed many important charges in he New England states before coming west.
 Gen-James Il Wilson announces as kiS aides at the coronation If King Edward: LzeuF.-Col John Riddle. United States engineers. and Lieut. Col Henry D. Borup. ordnance de- partment. He desires Corporal Jef- ferson Monlton. Second cavalry. for orderly All on the WiIson s.af are now in Porto Rico and Cuba.
 Cabling from St. Petersbu burg. on The e0th. the correspondent of the Lon don Daily Mail says the seismic dis turbances at Shamaka have recon meneed and a fresh volcano has be gun 10 erupt vigorously" The core spondent adds that the number of killed in the Shamaka district by the recent earthquake is now estimated al 5000
 Squads of minute men have been organized at Wetumka. Okla. To pro- tect the town from the Crazy Snake Indians. The squads are on guard alternately after night. and runners are sent in all directions rom the town on the lookout for the hostile Indians. The stores have supplied all able-bodied citizens with rifles and shotguns.
 report was received, on the 2lst. that the Penns ylvania excursion train was wrecked on the Mexican Central n considerable distance south If Fl Paso, Tex. IL was reported that five cars left the rails, but no details as 10 casualties have been received. The wreck is said to have been caused by burning ties which permitted the rails to spread.
 Richard E. Field died in Cincinnati. on the 21st, in his ninetieth year Mr. Field was one of Cincinnati's pioneer business men. having been actively engaged in the baking business from 1s37 to 1898. During the civil war he was large contractor for hard tack" He was the survivor of the founders of the Unitarian church in Cincinnati.
 A third warrant was issued. on the 21st, for Frank (. Andrews, yice-pres- ident of the City savings bank of De- troit, Mich, which is in the hands of a receiver, on a complaint charging him with making false report on the banks condition to the state banking commissioner on February 20, 1901. Mir. Andrews was sent to jail in default of S5O.000 bail.
 The trial of Gen. Osman Pasha, or