The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-06-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
Personal AND POLITICAL

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rulla Khan. to visit and inspect the
Co., at Paisley, Scotland, and the ship
building yards on the Clyde, but Naz-
rulla positively refused to leave his
bed when he was aroused and in
formed that everything was in readi-
ness for the trip. After much persua-
sion and delay he was induced to visit
the shipyards. 1t has cost the tax
PAYERS of Great Britain and India $780,
600 to exhibit his highness in the Brit
ish isles
On the 18th Joseph Linkinson, of
Oakland, CAL, who is deaf, dumb and
blind, left for Philadelphia, where, it
is said, a fortune awaits him. He will
make the trip by rail. all alone, de-
pending on the kindness of railroad
men. The officials of the asylum in
Oakland have prepared a tag, to be
worn on his coat, to advise strangers
of his condition.
PRESIDENT DIAz of Mexico has indi-
Gated desire that his country shall be
creditably represented at the Atlanta
ga. exposition. The government will
pay the cost of getting the exhibits to
Atlanta, and will cooperate in all ways
with exhibitors. Many Mexicans who
received premiums at Chicago are 60
ing to send exhibits to Atlanta.
On the 10th Mr.. X. M. Lands, pri-
vate secretary to the late Secretary
Gresham, voluntarily ended his con-
nection with the state department and
left for Chicago. where he has formed
law partnership with Mr.. Otto Gresh-
am, son of the late secretary.
On the 10th Mr.. John W. Foster
cabled from Yokohama that he would
sail for the United States on the 21st
inst, reaching Vancouver July 3, and
arriving at Washington week later.
FOLLOWING the judgment against
John ID. Rockefeller for nearly 81 ,O00,-
900 in favor of Alfred Merritt, other
suits of like nature have been begun
by Leonidas Merritt. Reas Merritt,
John z. Merritt and the estate of the
late Cassius Merritt.
On the 18th II. H. Dalziell, collector
of customs at the port of Crisfield, Md,
died of heart failure while sitting at
his desk in the customhouse. He was
6s years of age.
OK the 18th the case against Actor J.
X. Emmett, who recently attempted to
kill his wife by shooting, was dismissed
in the San Francisco police court, Mrs.
Emmett refusing to prosecute.
On the 18th Naval Medical Director
Kerchner, who was found guilty of Civ
ing out information improperly, was
sentenced to dismissal from the navy.
The charges were preferred by Ad-
miral Meade.
Mr.. c. Ii. CRAMP, of Philadel phia,
says the big new ocean steamer St.
Louis was not built for record
breaker but for good all-the-year-
around vessel.
On the 18th Judge Gaynor, in the
New York supreme court, granted a
mandamus ordering Mayor Schieren of
Brooklyn to grant a license to the Sea-
side Athletic club.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN, NJ. P, has lodged
a statement in the English bankruptcy
court, placing his liabilities at Ell ,O75
and his assets at $40. His liabilities,
he declares, were incurred solely on
behalf of the Irish national movement,
and that the funds of the Irish ma
tional party are solely responsible and
attachable for the Indebtedness men
toned.
THE board of trade court of London
has pronounced judgment against
Mate Craig, of the British steamer
Crathie, whose neglect to keep look
out, the court says, led to the collision
of the Crathie with the North German
Lloyd steamer Elbe and the sinking
of the'latter. Craig's commission was
Cancelled.
On the nth the president and Mr.
Henry L. Thurber, his private secre-
tary, and another gentleman, pre-
sumed to be DIR. O'Reilly, left Wash
ington for Buzzard's Bay, Mass. where
they will remain for the summer
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