The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-07-16

IMPRESSIVE funeral services over the
late Isham G.. Harris occurred in the
senate chamber. on the 10th, at noon,
in the presence of President Mckinley
and the members of his cabinet, sena-
tors and members of the house of rep
resentatives, members of the diplo-
matte corps and officials from all
branches of public life.
WORK was resumed, on the 10th, at
the Crescent tin plate works at Cleve-
land, o., with non-union men. The
company said it was willing to pay the
wages fixed by the scale, but would
not sign it.
The order of President Cleveland,
issued last February, reducing the
number of pension agencies in the
United States from is to 9 is to be re-
volSed by President Mckinley
On the 10th the associated banks of
New York city held Sal. 36l, 800 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the % per
cent. rule.
WILLIAM DUFFY. a linotype operator
employed in the composing room of the
Philadelphia Enquirer, set in six days
the enormous amount of 400. 300 ems of
nonpariel type. His average an hour
was 9, 192 ems. He worked off the hook,
ordinary run of daily copy.
AN Athens correspondent saws: Il
have just seen an important communi-
cation from the foreign minister of one
of the great powers, declaring that no
power is inclined toundertake coercive
measures to bring about a settlement
between Greece and Turkey"
EMPEROR WILLIAM, while walking on
the deck of his yacht at Odde, Norway,
on the 18th, as one of the masts was be-
ing lowered, was struck violent blow
on the left eye with IA rope, causing an
The injury was not serious.
JOSEPH MORRISON, farm laborer, has
been arrested at Bridgeton, n. j., on
the charge of attempting to kill Mrs.
Abbie Meyers, aged 20, for whom he
worked. Morrison says that he was
hired to kill Mrs Meyers by her rela-
tives.
For more than a month farmers of
Oklahoma have been harvesting nearly
oo1 anu " ihtludtus w hCdJ
is about all in stack and hundreds of
threshers are running. The wheat
yield for the territory will be far
greater than first expected.
CAPT. Gel, of the Italian Bersaglieri,
has invented a rifle from which so shots
a minute may be fred without remov-
ing the weapon from the shoulder.
Tests of the new arm are being made
by the Italian government.
MRS. +. j. IsBELI was instantly
killed, on the 18th, by falling down an
elevator shaft in the dry goods store of
Scruggs, Vandervoort Il Barney in st.
Louis.
BY reason of the breaking of the con-
Meeting rod attached to the governor,
the acton fy-wheel of pair of Corliss
compound engines of the Tacoma
wash Railway Co., went to pieces, on
the 12th, completely wrecking the
plant and building and causing dam
age to the extent of $50, 900.
AT New Straitsville, o.. on the 18th,
eight cars of coal standing on the sid
ing at mine No. 3 were let loose by UNI
known persons and ran half a mile
down grade through a switch, making
a complete wreck. The Columbus &,
Hooking Coal and Iron Co., who owns
the mine, have offered reward of S.
600 for the arrest of the guilty parties
A TERRIBLE railway disaster occurred
at Gjentofte, Denmark, about midnight
of the 18th. The express from Belsin-
goer ran into passenger train stand
ing at the station, wrecked eight car
riages, killed 40 persons and injured
80 others, most of them of the artisan
class