The Forrest City times., 1897-10-01

CArI.-GEN. WEYLER has cabled a re- quest to the Spanish government to send 113 additional administrative of- ficials to Cuba.
 ON the 18th the associated banks of New York city held Sl5, 997, 800 in ex- cess of the requirements of the 25-per- cent. rule.
 CHARLES McGUISEss, blind checker player, who had been on exhibition in different museums throughout the country. gave himself up to the police of New York city, on the 26th, stating that he had no home and no money to provide for his wants. He was sent to the worlkhouse.
 JOHN F. MIELERT, chief deputy in the office of the sheriff of St. Louis, has been notified by the authorities of Moscow, Russia, that he is sole heir of his brother. Col. Charles Mielert who died in that city recently, leaving a fortune of 200, 900 golden roubles. TIE German government has made its first grant of S25O, 900 for the relief of the sufferers from the recent floods. ENGINEER F.. BENNETT MITCHELL was killed and Fireman John R. Cawley seriously injured by the explosion of a locomotive boiler on the Northern Gen. tral railroad at Georgetown, Pa, on the 27th. The victims were both resi- dents of Harrisburg.
 JOHN BoECKEB, farmer, living eight miles northwest of Carroll. Ia., on the night of the 26th, while, it is believed, temporarily insane, shot and killed his wife and six children, and then sent a bullet crashing through his own brain. THE women of Kokomo. Ind, have organized a company to drill for oil. The capital stock is SlO0OO, all of which is subscribed and will be paid up promptly. Mrs. Laura Scofeld is president of the corporation.
 The story of what happened to-day may be briefly told
 JUDGE JOHN F. WILLIAMS, of Tope- ka, Kas., granted perpetual injunc- tion, on the 27th, to prevent Superin- tendent of Insurance Webb McNall from interfering with the business of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Co. in that state. The attorney gen.
  ing with the company in any other manner except by proceedings in quo warranto.
 THE British tramp steamer Egre- mont Castle arrived at New York, on the 27th, from Fernandiuo with the captain and crew of the lumber-laden bark Carrie l.. Tyler, from Savannah for New York, which was abandoned about 50 miles southsoutheasto of Fry ing Pan shoals lightship on September 24 in dismasted and water-logged con- dition.
 THE movement of wheat at the head of the great lakes is breaking all pre- vious records. The receipts at Duluth, Minn., for the week ended on the 25 th are said to be the largest ever known at any market in the world 8 479, 900 bus hels, and 5000, 900 bu~lels shipped; against receipts of 1895, l4s bushels and shipments of 2,307. 123 bushels last year.
 A DESTRUCTIVE timber ii re was lately raging in the Big Horn country in South Dakota. C. w. Green, special agent of the interior department, who has charge of public timber. reports 54 square miles in the heaviest timber de- stroyed. The estimated loss is over S50o. 00o. The fire was finally extin- guished by snow-storm.
 THE three-days cricket match at Philadelphia between 8 picked team of Philadelphia amateurs and Capt. Warmers English amateur team ended, on the 27th, in victory for the Phila- delphians, with four wickets to spare The score stood: English, 4S5; Amer ican, 4S6.