The Forrest City times., 1898-02-25

THE appointment of Count Cassini as ambassador to the United States. in- stead Of minister. was gazetted in St. Petersburg on the 18th.
 HE submarine wrecking boat Arro- naut was lowed, on the 18th. from her moo-ings to the yards. at Baltimore. where she was built. Her boilers and machinery are to be thoroughly over hauled, and when pronounced absolute ly ht she is to he lowed to Key West. and from there transported to Havana Tor work on the wreck of the Maine
 IHREE large business houses in Pitts burgh. Pa, were visited by fire. on the 18th involving a loss of ss6O.Oo The fire started on the ninth floor of the National Wall Paper building. and within 70 minutes after the alarm was beyond control It required the full force of the department to subdue the fire.
 HE body of former Police Commis- sioner Leonard Welles. of Brooklyn. was found in the woods near Scotch Plains. \. J.. on the 20th. The throat was cut. and it was evident Welles had committed suicide
 JUDGE GAEY. on the 18th. denied the motion for new trial in the Luetgert ease at Chicago.an formally sentenced the wife murderer to life imprisonment An appeal will be made to the state supreme court.
 ON the 10th the associated banks of New York city held s25, ,6ss. .450 in ex- cess of the requirements of the 25-per- cent. rule
 ROBERT WELLINGTON STAPLEToN-CoT- TON, Niscount Cambermere, died in London. on the 2lst. aged B. WITH the flag of Spain at half-mast. as sign of official mourning over the loss of the Maine and her crew, Spain's fine cruiser Vizcaya came to anchor of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, on the 20th. She fired the usual salute on passing the Narrows. and was saluted, in turn, from old Castle William TIE new wharf at Tampico. Mexico, constructed by the Central Railroad Co. under government supervision, was to- tally destroyed by fire, on the 20th. in- volying loss on wharf, customhous and merchandise of nearly g., 900, 900; fully insured.
 THE New York Journals Washing ! ton correspondent learns from a high l diplomatic source that the representa- | tives of three of the leading nations of I Europe have advised their governments | that they regard war between the | United States and Spain as inevitable THE United States survey steamer Bache, with a plethora of diving appli- ances and submarine electric lights, ar- rived at Havana, on the 2oth, and tn. secret hidden under the bay will soon | be made clear.
 l ROBERT r. PORTER, writing, on the goth, from Washington, makes the state ment unqualifiedly that the president 1 will intervene to end the Cuban war within a week.
 | THE exploration made by the divers on the Maine, on the 20th, resulted in the securing of the cipher code book and the log of the Maine, besides other valuable papers and Capt. Sigsbees watch.
 CHARLES WILLIAM MOORE, fifth earl of Mount Cashel, died in London on the 2lst. He was born in 1926.
 THE Neidringhaus House Furnishing Co, of St Louis, suffered loss of from $50. 900 to s60,oO0 by fire on the Fist The company carried stock valued at sI10,0oo, but the prompt work of the underwriters salvage corps saved much of the stock. Insurance ample.
 THE North China Daily News of the 21st said: An unconfrmed report is current that the Chinese loan has been settled at PeLin with Great Britain"