The Forrest City times., 1898-02-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ON the 17th Spain officially disclaimed positive manner the reflections con- tained in the De Lome letter, and the state department declared the incident satisfactorily closed.
 THE statement of the United States treasury, on the 17th, showed: Avail able cash balance, s2l9, 262, ,037; gold re- serve, Sl66. .645, ,739
 THE Russian auxiliary cruiser Tam boff passed through the Bosporus, on the 16th, with 2,O00 soldiers and 16 can non. bound for Vladivostock.
 WHILE assisting to serve luncheon at her home in fashionable portion of Fort Scott, kas., on the 16th, Mrs. $. F. Letcher was arrested by deputy United States marshal, charged with sending obscene letters through the mails assailing the character of Miss Anna Guilford.
 LONDON newspapers make sympa- thetic references to the death of Miss Frances E. Willard, all agreeing that it will be serious blow to the societies with which she was connected.
 UP to the 18th not one word of assur- ance had been received from Madrid or Havana that the Havana harbor is not mined, as has been repeatedly charged in this country and in Havana.
 THE Dominion government has de- cided not to issue free miners certifi- cates at Lake Tagish and American ports. The miners will have to get them at Vancouver or Victoria.
 THE Italian third-class cruiser Gio- vanni Badsani was expected, on the 18th, at Las Palmas, Canary islands, on her way to Cuba.
 PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, on the 18th, received Senor Dubosc, charge q 'affaires of Spain, who had been commanded by the queen regent to bear in person to the president her expression of pro found sorrow over the calamity to the Maine. The message was brief and heartfelt, expressing the sorrow of the queen and her people.
 TnE supreme court of Nebraska, handed down an opinion, on the 18th, reversing the decision of the trial court in the case Of ex-Auditor Eugene Moore, and dismissing the case. Moore was convicted of embezzlement and sen- fenced to eight years in prison. The supreme court declares the statute un- der which he was convicted unconsti- tutional.
 TIE following summary was given out by the navy department on the 18th: Total officers and men on board Maine, 355; total officers, %; total men. 329; total officers saved, 24; total men saved, 76; total officers lost, 2; total men lost, 246; total officers in- iured, Q; total men injured, B; doubt ful (menl, :.
 FULLY $500 persons listened to an in- teresting address by Gen. William Booth commander-in-chief of the Sal vation army. at the Exposition music hall, St. Louis, on the night of the 18th. Citizens from all walks in life and rep resentative clergymen from the differ ent denominations were among the inn mense audience assembled to greet the great leader of a mighty army of soul savers.
 THE president, it is asserted. has been assured that the members of his party 1 in the house and the senate have the utmost confidence in his ability to deal with the existing situation in the best possible manner. and that he can rely upon it that nothing will be done by | congress to force his hand.
 THE Spanish cruiser Vizcaya was brought into American waters by Pilot Gillespie, said to be cousin of the late J. c. Blaine. He boarded her far out at sea the day before the Maine disaster. When the news of the destruction of the Maine was received from the news paper tugs sent to meet tine CT aiser, the Spanish officers seemed dumfounded and refused at first to believe it.