The Forrest City times., 1898-10-14
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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| The 600 men of the Indian congress
now assembled in Omaha are much in
terested in the reports of fighting
among the Minnesota Indians, Some
| of the braves at the exposition
| grounds are considerably excited over
the situation.
| Prof. w. A. Woodruff and Prof. c.
l.. Clenhorn, of Washington, ID. c.,
sailed, on the 18th, for Samoa They
are heading a government expedition
to collect rare plants, shrubs and 9TH
er specimens in the interior of the Sa-
| moan islands.
Hon. Sherman Hoar died at Concord
| Mass, on the 18th.
Fire in Han Kow, the treaty port at
| the mouth of one of the tributaries Of
the Kiang, on the 18th. de-
stroyed 10000 houses, covering an area
| of about two miles, and did damage to
| the extent of from 100000 to s,o0O,-
| 900 taels.
The war department has issued the
long-eNpected order for the honorable
discharge from the volunteer service
of the United States of three ma
generals and 26 brigadier-generals of
volunteers.
At Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 18th,
the grand choir contest of the Eistedd-
| fod for the $500 gold medal was par
| ticipated in by four choirs of 1875
| voices, the selection being 'All Men,
All Things by Mendelssohn, and the
"Night Song" by Stephens. The
| prize was awarded to the Salt Lake
choir under the leadership of Prof.
| Stevens.
1t is learned on good authority that
ex-Queen Liliuokalani will leave Homo
lulu for Washington about the middle
/ of November TO present her claims to
| congress for remuneration for the loss
| of her throne and the revenue from
the crown lands.
President Mckinley cabled the Unit.
ed States military commission at Por.
to Rico that the island must be evacu.
ated by the Spanish forces on or be-
| fore October is, and that the Spanish
commissioners be so informed.
The situation became suddenly more
critical at the Leech Lake reservation
| on the night of the 18th, and Gen. Ba
| cons command will remain there III
| definitely. So far as known. the coul.-
ell of Chippewas has developed hatred
of the whites, and the Indians are dis
posed to fight unless they get certain
concessions.
President Mckinley has granted two
months sick leave to Gen. Henry w.
Lawton, and in pursuance of orders
from the war department Gen. Leon
ard Wood has assumed command of
the province of Santiago de Cuba in
his stead.
In the parsonage of the Keene (Ky.)
BAPTIST church on the eth, Eiley
Brock, day laborer, was married to
Dora Clay Richardson, the divorced
wife of Gen. Casius NJ. Clay, Master
of White Hail." and ex-United States
minister to Russia. Rev. q. W. Arga-
bright, the pastor, performed the cere-
mony.
The president has notified the Unit
ed States evacuation commission at
Havana that the Spaniards would be
expected to have evacuated the island
by December l, with a strong intima-
ton that in case of failure the United
States would brook no further delay,
but Immediately thereafter take pos
session of the government
George ID. Saxton, brother of Mrs.
Mckinley, the presidents wife, was
murdered at Canton, o., on the even
ing of the 18th, and Mrs. Anna c.
George, whose alleged relations to
Saxton have figured in number of
cases in court in recent years, has
been placed under arrest on suspicion
of having committed the deed.
Ottumwa, Ia, took a day off, on the
18th, to witness the parade and attend
The performances of circus given in
aid of the hospital fund by the society
people of the city. Thousands gath
cred from the surrounding towns and
reviewed procession two miles long.
L. ID. Foster, millionaire, was ring
master of the circus.
NJ. Phaulow. the Norwegian artist,
arrived at New York on the 9th. on
he steamer La Champagne. NJ Phau.
low will remain in New York for d
few days, and will then go to Pitts
hurgh, Pa, as the guest of Andrew
Carnegie. lie will ofliciate as a Judge
n the art exhibition in that city.
The yellow fever situation through.
out the state of Mississippi is assum.
ng grave proportions. The area of
he fever has so enlarged that the in.
ection may be said to be general
throughout the state. as there is not
section that has not been visited.
The twenty-seventh trisnnial con-
slave, knights templar, was formally
naugurated in Pittsburgh, Pa. or the
9TH. by the official divine service in
Trinity Episcopal church.