The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-12-19

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FORREST CITY. :: ARKANSAS
Rev. J. Campbell Fair. dean Of
Trinity cathedral. Omaha, Neb-, diec
at his home in that city. on the 18th
Of general debility.
The Standard Oil Co. has purchased
land near Marion, Ind. on which i
viii erect one OF the largest oil re
fneries In the world.
Mrs. J.. 6. Hamsell, Of Jerseyville,
Ill, died suddenly of heart disease, on
the evening of the 18th, while On her
way home from church.
Mrs. Edward Z Riggs. Of Flat River
Mo, has daughter, who at birth, on
the sth. weighed just 16 ounces The
child enjoys good health.
Mai Alexander Shaw, fnaneier.
coal operator and philanthropist, died
suddenly at his home in Baltimore, on
the 18th, of heart failure.
The post Offices 81 Clyde. Fishery
Houston and Morehouse. in Missouri,
now fourth class, will be raised To the
presidential class on January L
The prosecution Of Wilbur 5. Sher-
well, at Evansville, Ind, charged with
killing Fannie Butler. a mulatto, was
dropped by the state, on the 18th.
Twenty iaborers got into fight on
O Rock Island train, near CenteTFllle-
Ia. on the 18th, and N the melee one
was fatally and three seriously CUT
Engineer George Clark and Fireman
George Wells. o. Fort Worth. Tex
were killed IN a wreck q The Rock
Island road, near TerF5lls J. T On 7hs
18th.
The Pap wTT-zn house, o1e q
the famous landmarks q LeacFl.le
Col, was destroyed b IRE. together
with much other property, OF the
18th.
Josiah VI Leeds, a former member
of the Indiana legislature, and later
a member Of the Kansas state senate,
died at Turon, kas.. on the 18th. aged
20 years.
Robbers raided the town of Selma,
Ind, on the 18th, the second time in
two weeks, blew open three safes. Sc
cured S12o in cash, and escaped on
hand car.
Edward and DIN Tompkins, two
colored children. were burned TO
death in a fire that destroyed small
house in a suburb OF Washington, d.
C., on the 18th.
Fireworks and much enthusiasm
signalized the entrance into Santiago
de Cuba, on the 18th. OF the first
through train on the road between
that city and Havana.
Miss Elizabeth Parkinson. Of Kan
sas City, No, made her debut in
opera in Paris, France. on the 18th
before q large and fashionable audi
snce, and was much applauded.
Fannie Beardslee, a young woman
of Kingston, Mich, was found dead.
tied in her buggy. near that place, ON
the 18th. the supposition being that
abe was assaulted and murdered.
A special train bearing 1000 pill
grims from the shrine of Guadalupe,
near the City of Mexico, was thrown
down an embankment. on the 18th,
killing three persons and injuring
many more.
An explosion of gas in the water
works tunnel at Cleveland, O., 10(
feet below the bottom of Lake Erie
on the 18th. caused the death of tive
men and the serious injury of mum
Der of others.
j. C. Brown, convicted Of perjury
In testifying in behalf of Miss Jen-
Olin Castle, at Eldorado, Kas., was
sentenced, on the 18th, TO seven years
in the penitentiary.
Earl II. Clark, telegraph operator
becoming alarmed at a small fire il
the building, jumped from the third
story window of hotel in Pittsburg
Pa, on the 18th. and sustained prob
ably fatal injuries.
Fourth-class post Offices in Illinois
which viii be advanced to the presi
dental class on January /, 1903, are:
Greenville, Gridley, Hampshire, Maris
ga, Martinsville, North Chicago, Ply.
mouth and Red Bud.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
on the 18th, at san franc SEQ, "a
make connection with the shore end
of the new Pacific cable TO Honolulu
A strong unfavorable tide was the