The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-12-31
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


building, was burned to death.
LIEUT.. PEARY is enthusiastic over
his reception in England, and the gift
to him by Alfred C. lIarmswortb, the
wealthy Englishman. of the Wind
ward, n fine ship, which the explorer
will use in his trip to the artic regions
next year. Mr.. Harmsworth also fur
nished funds for the expedition.
SEVENTEEN British war-ships are re-
ported off Chemulpo. Corea, southwest
of Seoul, supporting the British con-
suPs protest really amounting to an
ultimatum against the king practically
yielding the government of Corea I'M to
the hands of the Russian minister.
THE engagement is announced of
Miss Margaret Vancourtland Ogden.
o New York, and Frank McNutt OF
Richmond, Ind. Miss Ogden is said to
be worth $50. 100000. The wedding is
announced for January 4.
WAsHINGroN advices say that ex-
Queen Lilioukalani. of Hawaii. prompt
ed by jealousy of her niece. Princess
kaioulaini. will now favor annexation
to the United States, provided she is
given a pension.
The Canadian Pacific company has
completed arrangements for the con-
struction of six light draught stern
wheel steamers to ply on Alaskan wa
tiers. in conjunction with two ocean
steamers which they have purchased
in Scotland. These vessels will be con-
structed in Toronto, the con tracts hav-
ing been let to the Bertram & Poison
works.
The Hamburger Nachrichten denies
that Prince Bismarclts govt is better,
and says he can not walk or sleep and
is unable to read or answer his friends
letters. The former chancellor is de-
scribed as being very irate at the state
ment that his health is satisfactory.
The Turkish government replying
to the representations of Greece, has
explained that the firing upon the
Greek gunboat Actium, by the Turks at
Prevesa, recently, as the vessel was
leaving the gulf of Ambracia, was due
to a misunderstanding.
A BOMB, made of gas piping and filled
with powder, was exploded at the Ger
man theater in Olmutz, Moravia on
the 9th. Little damage was done, but
the incident caused great excitement
among the German residents.
PRoF. ALEXANDER MELVILLE BELL,
the distinguished scientist OF Elm
burg, Scotland, aud the father of Ora
ham Bell, the inventor of the tele-
phone, will soon wed Mrs. III. G..
Shelby, of Toronto, Ont.
REV. ANDREW MONTGOMERY, better
known as Uncle" Andrew, who is
probably the oldest born slave in the
United States, is on visit to New
York city in behalf of the aged and
helpless of his race.
FORMER President Levi F. Nor
ton has accepted the presidency of the
newly for ned Fifth A e New
York; Trust Co.
1T is officially announced that the
Russians have occupied Kin Chow,
China. The result of this announce
ment has been to create CONSERVATION
in Great Britain and throughout con-
tinental Europe.
On Christmas day Mrs. Mckinley
sent beautiful basket of flowers to
Letitia Tyler Semple, now an inmate
of the home for old women in Washing
ton. Mrs. Semple is the granddaugh-
ter of President Tyler.
The Cook county (Ill.) grand jury, on
the 9th, voted an indictment against
Charles NJ. Charnley. ex-treasurer of
the Presbyteria board of aid for col
leges and academies. The bill accuses
Charnley of the embezzlement of $685.
900 of the funds of the board.
LORD SALISBURY has written to
United States Ambassador Hay in re-
Spouse to Americas latest proposal that
Great Britain enter into an agreement
with the United States. Russia and ia
pan to stop sealing. Great Britain de-
clines to enter into such an agreement.
DISPATCH from Edmonton. n. w.
t., records the death of Capt. Alleyne,
leader of an English party bound for
the Klondike. lie succumbed to pneu-
monia.
On the 2sth 375 applications for pat
ents were received at the patent office,
the highest on record for any one day
in the history of the office.
HENRY BARMoRE, founder of the firm
of Barmore 81 Co., piano manufacturers
of New York, died in Nyack, n. Y. on
the 2Sth, aged rs years.
REPORTS received at the navy depart
ment indicate that the British govern
ment is pushing the work of moderniz.
ing the great Notifications at the Rock
of Gibraltar with all speed, and tina,
not less than 5000 Spanish working.
men pass daily over the lines to and
from their work on the Notifications
THE receivers of the Superior Con-
solidated Land aud Coal Co. of Mil.
wauxee petitioned Judge Jenkins, in
the United States court. on the 2Sth,
for permission to borrow 5000, 900, the
funds TO be used in carrying on the
business of the company, making inn
provements, etc.
FRED +. FINsTER and William Muir
deputy inspectors at Port Huron, Mich
were removed from their positions. on
the 2Sth, for violations of the civil serv-
ice rules in soliciting campaign contri
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