The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-09-09

The story from Havana that Gen.
Pando, the former commander of the
Spanish troops at Manzanillo. had Sc
cretly fled from Cuba on the French
steamship Notre Dame du Salut for
Spain with 12.000.000 francs. is proved
TO be unfounded. as the general ar
rived at New York, on the steamer
Philadelphia. on the Attn.
The large ocean-going tug Plymouth
arrived, on the 5th, at New York from
Santiago after a fast run of days and
IL hours. The Plymouth lowed two
pontoons from Stapleton, Staten ISL
and, stopping at Norfolk, Va, for two
others. The four pontoons were an
chored in Santiago harbor, and the
Plymouth returned to New York.
A crowded trolley car of the Troy
City Railroad Co. was struck by Della
ware Il Hudson special at crossing in
Cohoes, N. Y, on the 5th, cut in two
and utterly demolished. Eighteen
persons were killed and, of the others
in the car at least ten were fatally in
jured.
A severe wind. rain and hail storm,
on the night of the 4th, did damage to
the extent of $4,000 in an area three
miles wide and ~ miles long, six miles
north OF Webster City, la.
The corporation of Dublin has
elected as swordbearer James Egan, of
New York, who was recently released
from prison after Is years penal servi-
tude for treason felony.
Gen. Brooke and staff arrived safely
at Rio Piedras, Porto Rico, on the 5th.
zen. Macias' summer residence was
placed at the American commanders
disposal. The house is a pretentious
dwelling, facing the plaza
Two spans of the new bridge across
the st. Lawrence river at Hogansburg,
N. T., went down. on the 9th, and it
was reported that no less than 35 men
were drowned.
The thirty-second annual encamp-
ment of the g. A. R., which began at
Cincinnati, on the 5th, was largely at
tended.
The contest over the will of Adolph
Sutro was filed in San Francisco, on
the 9th. Edgar z. Sutro, one of the
six children, represents the family in
an endeavor to have the will set aside.
The most important allegation in the
petition is to the effect that the de-
ceased millionaire was of unsound mind
at the time of the execution of his will,
May 20, 1882. and so remained to the
day of his death.
A dispatch from Gambia, Island of
Crete, dated the 9th, says: Gambia is
in state of anarchy A collision be-
tween the Mussulmans, who were
demonstrating against European con-
troll, and the British authorities, who
have been installing Christians as rev.
enue officials, eliminated to-day in
bloody fighting between the Mussul-
mans and the British troops
Among the fatalities in the Austrian
Alps lately one case, that of newly
married couple, was particularly sad.
The bride lost her footing and FELL the
rope broke and she went to destruc-
ton. The husband deliberately threw
himself after and was killed. gen.
tleman who visited the spot two days
later lost his balance and fell, being
killed instantly.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the 9th, showed
available cash balance, S29s, sol, 4s6:
gold reserve, sea, s32, 1897.
Andrew d. White, the United States
ambassador to Berlin, has gone on a
trip down the Rhine, to occupy about
ten days.
In great fire at Maddaloni, near
Caserta, Italy, on the 9th, seven men,
two women and two children lost their
lives.