The Forrest City times., 1898-09-30
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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time il is probable that Baroness Fava,
who has spent much time abroad in
recent years. will return with him.
Failures throughout the country, MS
reported by X. G. Dun & Co., for the
week ended on the 23d, were 1873,
! against 200 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
urcs were i6. against IS last year.
Heavy storms are reported in the
Baltic sea, and 100 fishermen are said
to have been drowned between Polan-
gen and Libau, seaport towns of the
province of Courand, Russia.
Richard Malcolm johnson, the lee
turer and novelist, died in Baltimore,
Md, on the Esd, after an illness of
several months.
Abdul lIalli Adali, the champion
wrestler of Turkey. who has just ar
rived at New York, has issued a
sweeping challenge toAmerican wrest-
! lers. lie is willing to meet any man
| for the championship of America for
n side stake of $500 or 81 900. either
| Graeco-Roman or catch-as-catch-can
style.
The Anglo-German agreement pro-
vides in detail for England and Ger
many to become joint heirs, by pur-
| chase, of all the Portuguese possess
this will be the leasing of Delagoa bay
| to England.
The naval rendezvous in San Fran
cisco has posted call for men to man
the gunboat Culgoa, one of the Span
ish vessels captured at Manila by the
American fleet.
Lillian Russell, who is continuing
| her successful career in Germany, de-
MES the report that she is going to
Madrid. She says she would not con-
slider such proposition for moment,
and adds that she is going from Ger
| many to Vienna and from there to
England.
| A train with the American peace
commission on board arrived in Lon
don on the Gath. The commissioners
put up at the Hotel Cecil, where they
| remained until the goth, when they
| left for Paris.
Three men suspected of completely
| in the robbery of the Missouri Pacific
train out of Kansas City, on the night
| of the Esd, were arrested in st. Joseph,
Mo-. on the 25th.
The war department has received IA
dispatch from Maj.-Gen. Otis. at Ma
Mia, reporting the health of the mea
generally good. and that the percent
age of sickness is small.
The American evacuation commits
sion has been officially notified that
Manzanillo will be evacuated Octo-
Der Z.
On the Goth Mr.. WI Ting Fang,
Chinese minister at Washington. said
that he had received no word concern
ing the reported death of the emperor
beyond the press reports.
President Errauriz of Chill has suf-
fered slight paralytic shock, but his
| condition is improving.
Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener has been
elevated to the peerage.
Col. Richard Day, United States min
lister to Chill, arrived at Lima, on the
25th, EN- route to Chill.
The Oregon Legislature convened in
special session an the Goth. Hon. Jo-
seph Simon, of Portland,l was elected
president of the senate by vote of
"a g.
a cyclone struck Mereton, Ont, on
the goth, killing three persons and in
juring several. The public school col
In I'M bA
debris, many being badly injured. In
st. GATHERINGS the militia armory was
demolished.
In official quarters at Madrid il is
believed that the evacuation of Cuba
will be completed within three
months. The Bank of Spain will adj
vance to the treasury the money for
the purpose upon guarantee of four
per cent. bonds based upon the per-
petual internal rentes.
The Americans now hold four-ffths
of the island of Porto Rico. The Span
ish are retiring upon San Juan from
all directions, and the American troops
are moving up. Some slight disturb
ances have occurred at Barros and Fa-
Iaibos put tiitil StlIOuSIltSS mas been
exaggerated.
Fanny Davenport (Mrs. Melbourne
McDowelD, the well-known actress.
died at her summer home, Melbourne
Hall, Duxbury, Mass, on the night of
the Goth, of enlargement of the heart,
aged As. She was the daughter of E.
l.. Davenport, the noted actor.
The San Francisco Evening Post
says that Lily Langtry will soon re-
move her belongings from London to
California, and take up her permanent
residence ON her ranch in Lake coun-
~. Her attorneys in San Francisco
corroborate the story.
President Mckinley has issued or
ders for the war department to turn
over the government of Porto Rico to
the department of the interior. In so
far as practicable, the acquired terri,
tory is to be governed like Alaska, In-
dian territory and New Mexico. For
time, until congress can legislate
upon the question military rule will