The Forrest City times., 1906-10-26

sssas~eaeaarsssssssssassss . BRIEF TELEGRAMS {;


| At St. Louis Lyman F. Hamilton after arrest, conlesses 10 forgery. safe robbery and theft.
 Another storm breaks on Mobile flo. stroying eighty of 125 boats driven heipiessly out to sea.
 Cuban rebels harassing towns in Puerto Principe province to be dis persed by the United States troops.
 No trace is found by the officers of James Long, who killed widow and tatherin-law near Fairfield, Mo.
 Secretary Wilson, speaking of the reported beef merger, says that Uncle sam has grand juries to indet in. tractors.
 Interstate commerce commission inquiry at Kansas City concerning grain leases and relations with rail- roads.
 Assistant Passenger Traffic Mana. ger Byrne of the Santa Fe urges crea. ton of new tariffs before the conyen. ton Of the American association at At. lantie City
 Experts on traffic from all sections of the country are selected to aid tho intefstate commerce commission in the formulation of notices relating to changes in tariffs.
 Following the troubles Of last Fri. day and Saturday, Casey's Qll) negro citizens have all departed.
 St. Louis mother finds her l3 months-old baby drowned In vault in the yard of her home. | Five ofaaioi. kansas. are indicted on the charge oi malfeasance in office and are removed,
 Experts find an error of sl ,000 in the St Louis subtreasury accounts. but say 1t Is not connected with the s6l,200 shortage
 E. H. Hartman insists that Stuyye. sant Fish broke the Illinois Central directors agreement, and they may yet be heard from.
 Eastern trunk lines contend that the grain embargo is entirely due 10 general prosperity and the lack of equipment to handle the enormous freight business now.
 Bankers, convention adiourps nj st Louis. after providing for a special commission to consider currency re- forms
 Earthquake shocks portions of Ida no and Wyoming. No damage.
 Pythians select Boston as site for next meet.
 Mrs. Laura Cowdon, daughter of Bishop Henry c. Potter, of New York commits suicide at Now York sani- tarum
 Regulations issued for Oklahoma land opening place minimum price o. $5 per acre.
 Auxyasse tMo.) bank cashiers foil craeksmen in night battle. Robbers escape with $il5 under shotgun fire.
 Ute Indians and cowboys said to have fought in Wyoming. Two cow bows are reported killed and many Indians wounded.
 Dr. Evans, of university Of Illinois, declares Jails are the greatest purg- CTS of the tuberculosis germ Illinois state charity meeting to urge many legislative changes.
 Aggie Myers, sentenced to hang In Missouri, to get reprieve of 9G days. Justice Brewer. asks for complete transcripts in Kansas City murder case.
 Vice President Harrahan of the H. linois Central says that he is not a Hartman man, and he was not prom ised the presidency. supplantlng StuyYesant Fish.
 Stockholders of the Northwestern authorize increase of capital stock for 1 sl00, 900 900 to meet future needs.
 Mrs Ida Young, of Omaha, satu. rates her clothing with gasoline, and in the presence Of neighbors, sets her 1 self aflre.
 Jury in case against Standard Oil Co. at f1ndlay, O., fails to agree, and 1 Judge orders further deliberations.
 Gen Funston is transferred to St. Louis, at head of Southwestern quar- ters, and Greeley goes to Chicago.
 Edison and Peoples Gas companies in Chicago are on the verge of con- solidation, with capital Of s10o,000,. l 900.
 Statistical news showing state of crops weakens wheat and forces corn a shade lower Cotton fluctuations are irregular and close is steady at a net decline of to points.
 Managing Editor James heeley. of the Chicago Tribune. declines $500 re- ward for arrest of Paul Stensland.
 J. D. Young. of Houston, Mo, re- publican senator of Twenty-second district, dies of consumption.
 Articles of incorporation of the Ar. kansas Pacific railroad are executed i at Mangum. Ark.
 Passenger agents in fifty-frst con- yention at Atlantic City elect c. L. Stone president of association.