The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-10-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Dawson City, Alaska.
THE Greek cabinet resigned on the
30th.
IRoSToS. O., was visited by fire, on
the night of the 2ath. which destroyed
property to the extent of $500, 900. only
about half insured. An area of three
squares in length and two squares
back from the river was entirely dew
asted.
HoRATIo ID. DAVIES, conservative
member of parliament for Chatham,
was chosen lord mayor of London, on
the Goth, with the usual ceremonial, to
succeed Sir George Faudel Phillips.
THE first analysis of sugar beets pro-
duced in the Santa Fe valley shows 16 n
per cent. saccharine matter, or over n
per cent. higher than the sugar in the
Nebraska product
On the LIST the president appointed
Newman C. Bates, U. 5. N, surgeon
general and chief of the bureau of
medicine and surgery of the navy, to
succeed Surgeon-General Tryon.
AT the cabinet meeting. on the lst.
the main subject of consideration was
the cabinet crisis in Spain and it's effect
upon our relations with the Madrid
government and our attitude toward
Cuba. 1t is believed that an importan t
cable had been received from Minister
Woodford, and that this formed the
basis of the discussion.
THE city of Chicago will probably
take possession of the 10 or Is miles of
streets in the town OF Pullman, under
a decision of Corporation Counsel
Thornton that the public has the same
right in, on and under those streets
that 1T has to the other public thor
oughfares in the city.
Mrs. JOHN A. TRuITT. of St. Louis,
the mother of four children, has agreed
to transfer all right and title in her
husband to Mrs. Stephens, alias Nellie
st. Clair, in consideration of the sum
of 81, 600 cash in hand.
A SPECIAL from Havana, on the SOth.
announced the resignation of Gen.
Weyler.
JOHN WEDDERBURN & Co., of Wash
ington city, have been disbarred from
practice before the interior department
as patent attorneys or agents. the fir m
having been held to be guilty of" gross
fraud and unprofessional conduct"
A RICH gold strike has been made on
Potosi mountain, in the Sneffies dis
trict in Colorado, by o. j. Davies and
Thomas Downer. The vein is wide
and continuous, and runs thousands Of
dollars to the ton.
EARTHQUAKES are reported to have
shaken many places on the northeast
coast of Borneo, on the LIST, and ne w
island was thrown up near Mempakul.
The navy department officials have
decided to undertake at an early date
the supplying of small caliber modern
rifles to all the naval militia organiza-
tions of the country.
The Canadian Pacific express over
the southern division of the Boston &
Maine railroad met with an accident
at West Medford, Mass, on the LIST,
whereby 30 persons were more or less
injured, but none, it is believed ia
tally.
ED AND GEORGE STAFFLEBACK were
convicted at Columbus, Kas., on the
lat, of the murder of Frank Galbraith.
and old Mrs. Static back was convicted
as an accessory. The boys received
life sentence in the penitentiary, and
the old woman got 81 years
The monthly treasury statement
shows that at the close of business
September 80. the public debt, less cash
in the treasury, was 81, 0l2, l22,7!3. an
increase since August 30 of So, 7s7, 592.
This increase is accounted for by a cor
responding decrease in the amount of
cash on hand.
THE monthly statement of the gov
eminent receipts and expenditures dur
ing September shows the receipts to
have been S2l. 9S3, 09s, and the expendi-
lures SIS, s6S, 9l5, an excess of expendi-
lures over receipts of IS, 435, III.
AT the nominating convention of the
Democratic alliance of Greater New
York, held on the night of the LIST,
Henry George was unanimously nom
mated for mayor. The nominating
speech was made by Charles Francis
Adams.
On the I'd the associated banks Of
New York city held Sis, $50, 400 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
SENIOR SAGAsTA. the liberal leader,
was, on the ID, intrusted by the queen
regent of Spain with the task of form
ing a new cabinet to succeed the
Azcarraga ministry.
The vintage of California this year
promises TO reach 20, 900, 900 gallons, or
25 per cent more than last season.
About one-half the grape crop has al
ready been converted into wine. The
growers are now receiving an advance
of from SIS to $40 ton for their grapes.
A VIENNA dispatch says: samuel
Clemens Mark Twain is suffering
from govt, and is confined TO his bed.
He is in good spirits, however, and pro.
poses To stay here one year for the
purpose of writing on Vienna sub
jects."
A SPECIAL dispatch received in Lon
don from Madrid, on the Cd. said that
Capt Ten. Neyler had been recalled