The Forrest City times., 1902-03-28

States. against 224 last year. ana "i in Canada, against 9 last year"
 The election of Maxine Gorki to be an honorary member of the academy of sciences. has been anuulled. Gorki has been summoned to appear before q tribunal to answer for political of- lenses.
 The rules committee of the New York state assembly. on the 10th, fa- vorablv reported a bill appropriating sl00.000 for New York states repre- sentation at the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louis.
 The New York stock exchange will be closed on Good Friday and the following day. The board of man agers of the New York produce ex- change also voted to close the ex- change on Good Friday, March 2s.
 The annual report of the Ameri- can Telephone Co.,, of Boston, just is- sued, shows total earnings of $11.- 6o6. .s16. against s0.534.449 in 1900; net revenue $7.39S. .2s5. against S5,4s6,0j7 in 1900. Surplus. after dividends, s. s4s.262. against Sl.4o7, ,456 in 1900.
 Letters received from Port-au- Prince. Hayti. say that "the whole country is disturbed owing to the bad political situation. The govern ment is making numerous arrests in several quarters. principally Jacmel. where 1t is feared q revolutionary outbreak in imminent
 The Cologne Gazette says that four-volume autobiography of Rich ard Wagner. beginning in 1864, has been privately printed at Basel and Bayreuth. Thirteen sets of the work have been issued before general pub lication. supposedly fer the critI- cisms of iudicious friends.
 
 One of the strangest cases in the medical history of Lacrosse, Wis, ter Mrs. Frank Wichmann. who had been in a trance for seven days. During that time she had taken no food or water, and was apparently dead. Her case baffied the physicians.
 During a quarrel at the supper ta- ble. on the 23d, Liberty kempf, a weil-known business man, of Wash ington, Ind. brutally ehoked his wife. The woman managed to get reyol- yer and fired five shots at her hus- band, one bullet penetrating the brain. He died within few mo- ments.
 The political situation in Hayti is critical. The authorities continue making arrests. The prisoners of inn portance are taken on board the Haytien war hipCrete-au-Pierot The authorities at Port-au-Prince believe the disturbances will be quelled be- fore tehy reach the stage of being considered revolutionary.
 The Franco-Russian note relative to China, which was published, on the goth. was handed 10 Secretary Hay by Ambassador Cambon. for France. and Count Cassini. for Rus sia. The note is regarded officially as simply another pledge on the part of the signatory powers to maintain the "open door" in China.
 The secretary of the treasury, up- on further consideration of the question, has informed the Danish minister, through the secretary of state. that if sugar is shipped from the Danish West Indies to the United States prior to the ratification of the treaty ceding the islands to the Unit ed States and deposited in bon warehouses. it can be withdrawn for consumption only upon the payment of duty.
 President Zelaya of Nicaragua has accepted an invitation from the pres ident of Costa Rica, Senor Iglesias. to visit Limon. Costa Rica. in order to confer on matters pertaining to the proposed Nicaragua canal The ac- ceptance of this invitation is com tingent upon the passage by the United States senate of the Nica- ragua canal bill. The date of the proposed visit has not yet been de- cided upon.
 The American exporter should not rest under the impression that Ger many or any other country can drive the United States out of the markets of Greece" says United States Con- sul Mckinley, at Athens, in a report