The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-11-26
CURRENT TOPICS.
HE NEWS " slIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


uent for settlement Of the McCor1
claim. and, IN return. proposed 20 ar
bisr.te the case This proposition was
not acceptable TO our government and
the negOtistiOzs viii continue
TEE state department. on the 18th,
notified Col Charles Page Bryan o. his
appointment as minister 10 China, and
that he was expected 70 20 70 WASH
ington Immediately to qualify.
TIE British admiralty court on the
18th awarded the British steamer Vic
tOria E4250 for saving the British
steamer Velleda IN March last
SYLVESTER Z Collins. alias Wa
Lyoas alias Murphy. Of MeGregor,
IA, who s said 20 De the leader OF q
gang OF professional safe burglars. w as
captured on the Bovery in New York.
OF the 10Th. aud he'd a. the request OF
post Office detectives
REy. NATHAN TIBsALs. founder Of
the old publishing house OF Tibbals &
sons died. on the 1871. ~ his home in
Brooklyn. aged - yezr&
on the isGh the contract for the con-
struction OF the Z Psso s. Northeast
ern road was awarded 10 George ;.
| Good & Co., Of LOck Haven. Pa This
road opens up 70 E P2so. Tex. the
rich gold. silver and coal fields Of the
White OAKS country. and one Of the
finest agricultural and stock districts
N that state.
MAJ. w. H. HEISEs. corps Of e1gi-
neers. has been appointed = mem Der
OF the California debris commission
An order was issued by the Washing
ton ID. c. orphans court. on the 10Th,
making Mrs John A Logan guardian
for Miss EFsugelins CIsneroS The
proceedings in court were very brief.
but the senorits's appearance created
much interest
AS A1glo-Anerican general arbitrz-
tlo1 treaty viii De proclaimed by the
present administration Z il IS within
the Power 81 President Mckinley to
oriag i about tie has promised the
exszztlre committee OF the Mohonk
co1fere1ce thzt ne viii work unceas-
inziy % accomplish It
TEE secretary o. agriculture purposes
issuing a series OF farmers bulletins on
tobacco and has issued circular solic-
ting coatrI buttons from experts on the
method Of cultivation. on the expert
tooaecOs OF keutuky aad Tennessee
and on the mar xeting OF tobacco.
Mas SETTTE wISkLER wife Of Jacob
Winkler. Was outraged and murdered
a. ner home IN Cleveland. o.. on the
10Th she was found on the door of
her home with her skull crushed in
from blow with hammer. she died
9 few hours later.
The government IS actively en-
gagged IN the preparation of its case
against the Central Pacific Railway
Co. in anticipation OF the company's
default of its payments due January l,
/ is9s
/ The Pierre Hunbert Alaskan explor-
/ ing expedition, which sailed from
| Seattle, October Is. has been located
ten miles up the river from Chilkoot
| inlet The explorers had already 10
Gated pass over the range =. 500 feet
| lower than either Chilcat or Chilkoot
A perfectly feasible and an easy route
for a railroad into the valley of the
Yukon had also been discovered.
TIE state department makes public
/ the fact that since the beginning of the
| present administration. March 4, the
releases of - Americans injured in
| spanish prisons in Cuba have been OBJ
| tanned
| IHE very noticeable improvement. in
the health OF Mrs Mckinley is the sub
/ jet OF frequent comment in Washing
ton. The gain has been steady ever
| since she arrived al the White House,
nine months ago
ATTORNEY GENERAL MCKExSA will
bid on the Kansas Pacific railroad, De-
| eember Is. unless a guarantee IS given
that the sale shall bring the full
amount OF the government claim II
| necessary. the road viii be bid IN for
| the government
/ Two yERT distinct shocks Of earth
I quake were felt az Randsburg. Cal, on
I the 2lsL the first all 1870 a. N. the
next an hour later. The vibrations
| were from north to south. Buildings
shook Perceplbly, but no damage was
done.
| PATRICK CONVEY entered one OF the
/ buildings of the New Jersey Steel and
/ Iron Co, at Trenton. y. j., on the 2isL
E seeking place 10 sleep. be elm bed
I into an oven, and later the night
/ watehman started fire in the furnace
| with which the oven was connected
/ The heat awoke Convery, and his cries
| attracted the Waterman, who released
him from his dangerous position. When
/ taken out of the oven, Convery fell IN
/ conscious 10 the floor.
A GREAT FIRE, doing damage esti-
/ mated at s.. 600 0Ou, visited Melbourne,
/ Australia, on the 3IsL Il started in
/ the warehouse of Craig Williamson. in
I Elizabeth street, in the very heart Of
( the city, and burned TIE entire block 5
1 bounded oy Elizabeth. Flinders and
Swanston streets aud Flinders lane.
/ with the exception Of two buildings.
/ THREE overdue deep water ships ar
rived al san Francisco on the 2isL
/ They were the Italian ship Orient 25I
days from Newcastle. Englaad; the
British ship Cawdor. Isl DAYS from
I swansea and the ship Heath0 bank from
I Hong Kong. Ten per cent. of the ia-
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