The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-10-28
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL ANC GENERAL.

| ing OF the brokers IN one-fare round
trip tickets. Seven of the trunk line
railroads petitioned for the injunc-
| ton.
Capt. Baratier, of Maj. Marchand's
expedition, on his arrival in Paris, on
the e1st, with a report to the French
government, said the mission had not
lost an officer or a soldier. He added
that the health of all the members of
the party was very good. and that re-
victualling on the march was easy.
The membership of the United
States evacuation commission for Por-
10 Rico. having completed their task.
| have been directed to return home.
They will sail from San Juan on the
cruiser Newark.
| The displeasure and disappointment
felt in official circles at Madrid over
| the failure of the skilful strategy of
Senior Montero Rios, concerted with
the efforts of Senior Sagasta and Duke
| Almodvar de Rios 10 minimize the con-
sequences of the war, are keen and
profound.
Jack Frost has broken the backbone
of the yellow fever Epidemic of 1898
| ali through the states of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and guarantees were
| expected to be lifted by the 18th.
a dreadful tragedy was enacted at
| Toronto, Ont, on the night of the
| 21st, when Eliza Burrill. wife of q
well-to-do mechanic, became dement,
! ed and strangled her three children,
Ethel, aged eight; Stanley, aged three,
| and Harold, aged eleven years.
The big steamer Henry Chisholm,
laden with barley. while trying to en-
| ter Washington harbor, at the south
west end of Isle Royale, Lake Superior,
struck the Rock of Ages and com
meneed going to pieces. The captain
and crew escaped in yawl and pro-
ceeded to Port Arthur Ont. Vessel
and cargo will be total loss.
From information obtained of the
| general land Office it appears that
| there was an increase of nearly 400
mineral entries during the fiscal year,
1898, as compared with 1897. This, it
| is said, indicates a marked revival of
| the mining industry, which had fallen
to its lowest ebb in 1895, when but 157
entries were made.
Minister Buck has informed the
state department that the Japanese
government has appointed Mr.. Jutaro
komura, vice minister of foreign af-
fairs. to be minister of Japan to the
United States. Mr. komura was born
in 1888, and studied law at Harvard
| university.
Acting Secretary of the easury
Ryan, on the 21st, made re, Iisition
upon the treasury for the following
pension agency allowances: Indanap-
oils, 100000; Knoxville, Tenn, ST.
100000; Louisville, Ky, $1,050,0o0; To
peka, kas., S3,s00,O0o.
The presence of smallpox in Daw.
son is denied by late arrivals from the
klondike.
Gov. Stunenberg of Idaho, at the
request of the state board of pardons,
has granted reprive to Diamond
Field Jack" DAVIS. who was under sem
tence to hang, on the Goth, for the
murder of Cummings and Wilson, the
sheep herders.
Two thousand coal miners in the
fourth and fifth pools on the Monon-
gahela river, in Pennsylvania, struck.
on the 21st. for the enforcement Of
the Chicago agreemnt. The strikers
are preparing for a long siege. and
are establishing camps near the mines
TO prevent non-union miners from
working.
A coroner's inquest held, on the
2lst, over the charred remains of c.
Roach, the aged tailor, who persisted
in the flames of his burning dwelling
near Trenton, Ky, and everything
brought TO light goes 10 confirm the
theory that he was murdered and his
body cast into the fire TO conceal the
crime.
Dan Conner. shift boss at the big
Standard mine at Wallace, Idaho. was
waited upon at night by four masked
men, armed with revolvers. who or
dered him TO leave the country within
"a hours. After some parleying he
was granted three DAYS. with the
threat that if he was not gone in that
time they would dispose of him and
his family.
Emperor William has designed a
marble fountain which he proposes to
erect in Constantinople as gift to
commemorate his visit and that of
Empress Victoria to the sultan's capt.
tai.
About so Cuban patriotic clubs have
been organized in Havana under the
management. in a large majority of
cases, of physicians, lawyers and 9TH
er professional men.
The emperor of China is believed to
be afflicted with an incurable kidney
disease, though il is probable that he
will linger for considerable time.
Baseball is a favorite game among
our troops in Manila.
The total registration of the city of
New York is 556,3S9. as against 567, 1872
/ in 1897.
The members of the insular cabinet
OF Porto Rico, who have taken the oath