The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-03-25

WORK on the Notifications at Ballast
Point, Cal. is being pushed with all
possible speed. Orders have been re-
ceived not to permit anyone to land in
the government reservation where the
big guns are to be mounted.
PROP. JOHN c. ZAcHos, curator of the
Cooper Union. died at his home in New
York city on the 10th. lie was born in
Constantinople in 1920: came to this
country at an early age. and was grad
uate of Kenyon college. Ohio.
The Spanish inquiry into the Maine
disaster has gone to pieces in seeking
TO establish the accident theory. This
admission is privately made in govern
ment circles at Havana. but the nature
of the boards report will not be
changed.
The first announcement on author
ity that the Maine was DESTROYED by
external explosion, and that the court
of inquiry SO finds, has been received
at Havana 1t was in the form of in
struction5 from Washington to Capt.
Sigsbee that he is TO be returned to
active duty.
The Sons of Veterans of PHILADELPHIA
have organized a regiment of infantry,
loo strong. Seventy-four per cent. of
the members have served in the state
national guard and hold honorable dis
charges They are ready for service if
needed.
DIR. GEORGE CLINTON HUBBARD. assist
ant surgeon United States navy. com
mitted suicide at St Elzabeth's insane
asylum, Washington, ID. c., on the Goth.
by strangling himself with the cord of
his dressing gown. DR.. Hubbard was
81 years old.
DETERMINED effort is to be put
forth this spring by the Methodists of
Indiana to save De PAW university. at
Greencastle, which, through the failure
of the DE PAW estate, is threatened
with financial embarrassment.
REPORTS received at the state depart
ment from Minister Woodford and Con-
sul-General Lee strongly indicate that
the anti-American feeling is on the in
crease in Havana and Madrid.
THE bethlehem pa Iron Co. S ord
nance works are running night and
day, and Sundays, on guns, carriages
and armor for the governm The
plant is keeping over 1000 hands busy
COAL diggers in Mercer, Lawrence
and Butler counties, Ohio, threaten a
strike to commence April l. Several
thousand men viii be involved.
THE steamer Lain, sailing from New
York for Europe, on the 2lst, took out
zoo 600 ounces of silver.
GEN. BJoRNsTJERSA. the former
Swedish minister of war, died in Stock
holm on the 21st.
AT Butte Mont. the Hale house, a
three-story building. used as a board
ing and lodging house for men in the
employ of the Anaconda copper mine.
was entirely destroyed by fire early on
the morning of the 2lst Three hun
drcd persons were in the building OF
these many We're sent to the hospitals
injured. and 20 were missing. aEamber
of whom were thought - be dead in
the ruins.
Mr. WILLIAM PrSKERToN. of the Pin
kerton's National Detective agency. de-
no1nces as grossly malicious and
tending TO create an unjustifable preju-
dice" the statements that employees of
the agency are ferreting ont the secret
defenses of our government and fur
nishing the information to the Spanish.
AT Wellsville, O.. while returning
home from church, on the night of the
Goth. Oliver Reed asked Sarah Walton
to marry him, and upon her refusal he
drew a revolver and shot her through
the heart. He then turned the weapon
on nd ].
dying in short time.