The Forrest City times., 1898-08-12

THERE was q severe earthquake
shock at Messina, Island of Sicily, on
the 9th, at 2:33 a. IN. The inhabitants
were panic-stricken, but there was no
damage done.
WASHINGTON correspondent says:
II am able to make the important au-
nouncement that Secretary. Day will.
at an early date, retire from the Office
of secretary of state, and after con-
Guiding his labors as member of the
peace commi ssion resume the practice
of law in Cation"
The porte has replied to the Amer
lean demand for compensation for
losses sustained by American subjects
during the Armenian massacre. The
reply is the same as that given to other
powers, repudiating the responsibility
for the losses
THREE men were killed aad a mum
Der of mail clerks were severely in.
jnred at Canton Junction. Mass, on
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad, on the sth, by an express mail
special from New York to Boston Jump
ing the track.
Miss RUTH NJ. OSBORN. daughter OF
ID. w. Osborn, the millionaire reaper
manufacturer of Auburn, ~ Y, died
of consumption on the Union Pacific
train just as il reached Denver, Col, on
the sth. Her father and mother and
the family physician were with her
A DOZEN amoulances from the Red
Cross society arrived at Montauk Point
Long Island on the sth and Col Forward
is going on with his preparations to pro-
vide for the care of the sick soldiers
who are to arrive from Santiago dc
Cuba.
A SPECIAL from Lloyd's agent at st.
Johns, n. F., says he regards the re.
ported wreck of transatlantic steam.
ship in the straits of Belle Isle as be.
ing without foundation in fact.
BRIG.-GEN. JOHN S. POLAND died il
Asheville, N. c., on the sth, of fever
contracted at Chickamauga. The re
mains were sent to his home in New
York state
ONE HUNDRED miles of military tele-
graph are now in operation in Porte
Rico, connecting the points occu pied
by the United States troops with the
cable station at Ponce.
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury, issued on the 9th, showed:
Available cash balance, $500, 1863, Ill;
gold reserve, $3.50, 500.
The Wade Porto Rican expedition ha.
been abandoned as unnecessary.
AT meeting of the stockholders OF
the Metropolitan Street Railroad Co
of New York, on the 9th, it was unani.
mously decided to increase the capital
stock of the company from $50, 600, 0Oc
to S45, 900, 900. OF the increase $40, O0o..
600 will be used to liquidate outstand
ing obligations and the remaining S..
600, 900 will be held in the treasury a:
a fund for improving the property o
the company
WHILE leaning from window of tn,
Shamokin Valley knitting works a.
Shamokin, Pa, on the 9th, Miss Jenni,
Allison, aged Is years, was electrocutec
by her nose coming in contact with
telephone wire that had been crossed
by live arc wire, and thus charge.
with 1900 volts of electrical fluid. Sh
had her feet resting on a coil of steam
heating pipes at the time.
A DISPATCH from Cartagena, Colon
bia says the reason of the Colombia
government delaying its note replyin,
to Italy's demand for settlement
the Cerruti claim is apprehension of
popular uprising.
The steamer Signal, reported a.
wrecked off the Washington coast, wa
towed irto San Francisco harbor, OF
the 9th. by the tugboat Sea Queen
having broken crank pin.