The Forrest City times., 1899-03-17

from Narsein to FREDERICKSBURG, where,
on April 1, it will be placed with the
body of the prince in the Bismarck
mausoleum.
Many of the soldiers in the Philip
pines have fallen in love with the coun-
try and are anxious to be mustered
cut when their terms expire at Manila
and use their pay and passage money
to establish themselves in business.
A boy messenger sailed from South.
ampton on board the American line
steamer st. Louis, on the 18th, bearing
letters for parties in New York, Chi
cago and Philadelphia, the idea being
to beat the postal union by some
hours. ~
The old Hungarian family of Ester,
hazy has decided to apply to the Seine
court for an injunction, prohibiting
Major Count Esterhazv from using the
lily, to which, it is said, he has no legal
right.
f., continues. The premier, Sir James
Winter, is negotiating with Robert
Bend for a coalition with the regular
opposition. The premier expects to Sc
cure dissolution and to win the gen
eTal election.
The Filipinos had apparently planned
an attack upon the lines of Gen. Otis
and Gen. Hale, on the 18th, but their
courage seemed to fail them, though
they fired signals and afterward kept
up the fusilade along the American
front for an hour.
The monthly statement of the ex-
ports of domestic products, issued by
the bureau of statistics, on the 10th,
showed that during the month of Feb
Iuary, 1899, the exports aggregated
$55,9S9,S94, a decrease from the CORE
spending month of last year of $780,
600.
The Mallory line steamer Leona took
fire in her forehold, on the night of
the eth, while lying at her dock in
N.
full of cargo, mostly cotton. The yes
sci was towed to Ellis island and scut-
lied, her forehold being filed with wa
ter.
The Paris Eclair confirms the report
that the French government inquiry
regarding the explosion of the naval
powder magazine at La Goubran has
shown that it was not of accidental
origin, and much credence is now
given to the rumor that it was an
anarchist outrage.
The results of the policy inaugural
ed at Havana of disseminating public
works in the province of Santiago and
throwing men out of employment, are
beginning to show. On the 9th six
bandits were capturedin the neighbor-
hood of Conception, all of whom were
formerly workers in the road gangs.
The massive tirewall on the east of
the eight-story structure at 207-211
jackson boulevard, Chicago, which was
partly destroyed by late fire, fell al
most without warning, on the 18th,
completely demolishing the adjoining
building and setting the ruins on fire.
A score of firemen barely escaped be-
ing caught under the mass of debris.
.
Mrs. j. Warren Keifer, wife of Maj
Gen. keifer, died at Springfield, O., of
pneumonia on the 18th. She had been
I'll but little over week. Gen. Keifer
and his son, Capt. Keifer, of his staff.
were on their way home from Havana,
but did not arrive in time to see her
alive. Mrs. Keifer was Ga years of age,
and married to Gen. Keller in 1860.
1t is expected that Gen. Otis will be
authorized to organize three or four
regiments for the provincial army out
OF the volunteers from the various
states now at Manila when the time
comes for mastering out those volun-
teers. At present the volunteers. il is
stated at the war department do not
want TO come home, having the .Ameri-
can determination not to retreat while
under fire."
A movement is on foot at Santiago
de Cuba to persuade the United States
government to purchase San Juan hill
to be used as public park. a certain
portion could be set apart to be used
as cemetery and the site of a mortu-
airy church. A few thousand dollars
spent upon the rest would make a
beautiful recreation ground, including
q half mile race track. a baseball dia-
mond and tennis grounds.
The letter said TO have been written
early last month by Gen. Maxine Co
mez TO Senior Eugene Hestes, of Por-
to Rico, and published in La Discus
eion al Havana, as well as many Amer
ican papers, in which the writer said
he would aid the Porto Ricans in ev-
cry way possible, and, if necessary,
erara hx- fha cxxord hos haa, .-o.N,,l.