The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-12-08
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

DIR. Franklin +. Gillespie, of Glenrs
Valley, Ind. was sentenced in the
United States court at indianapolis. on
the list. to three years at hard labor in
the Columbus (O.) penitentiary and
| fined 500 and costs. for counterfeit
ing. \ petition, signed by 200 or more of
DIR. Gillespies neighbors was read, say
ing that his reputation previous to his
| arrest had been good. Gillespie also
made pathetic plea for mercy, but the
court would not relent.
The steamer Anselma de la Reinaga.
Capt. Thomas, cleared from New Or
leans, on the LIST, with 900 mules for
the British government, and sailed, on
the I'd, for Cape Town.
By a cave-in of an excavation fer
sewer in Denver, Col, on the list, sever
| al laborers were buried. The body of
George Holtz was taken out an hour
later. 1t was not known how many
We're in the trench.
The liberal party committee in Mex
leo has called national convention OF
the party to assemble in the City of Mex
| leo, February 10, to nominate can
| dicate for president of the republic
| The local committees report general
enthusiasm for the candidacy Of Pre-
ident Diaz, and political meetings and
professions are being held all over the
republic. The conservative party has
made no sign of putting a candidate la
nomination.
The hearing of the suit brought ir
San Francisco by the st. Louis job
bers against the transcontiuental
railroads will be resumed before the
interstate commerce commission in
/ that city January Is. Rebuttal tes.i-
mony will be taken in Washington.
where the arguments will also b..
heard.
The Spanish consul at Manila an
nounced, on the Sd, that 1875 Spanish
prisoners had been released by the
Eiiipinos.
\ composite regiment made up of
700 picked men from the life guards
and Royal horse guards. the queens
household cavalry. left london. on the
morning of the 4th, to embark for
Africa. The regiment, which is COM
blue blood than any regiment that ever
before left England
Excited by liquor and enraged blythe
eight of his wife to the hcme of her
parents, Charles Lamb, blacksmith
employed by the Illinois steel works.
Mt Chicago, shot and killed his father
in-law, Charles hubert, and fed.
Arrangements are about completed
for the masonic celebration. in Wash
ington, of the centennial of the death
uf George Washington on December Il.
Large numbers of Masons from all
over the United States and Canada are
expected TO attend
| The president has designated Aslel-
bert +. Hay. son of Secretary of State
Hay, to proceed at once to South Af.,-
ca as the representative of the state
department and take the place of M-.
Macrum, the present United States
consul at Pretoria.
The family of Willis Fox was pois-
ored, at Mitchell. Ind. on the Sd. bv
eating bologna sausage. One child
died within an hour and the other
members of the family were in crit
ical condition.
Lord Curzon viceroy of India had his
first tiger shoot on the I'd. He was the
guest of the maharajah of Scindia, ut
Gwalior. The yiceroy succeeded in
wcunding tiger. The mahara jali
followed the tracks of the beast. on
TIE Sd, and killed it. He also shot an
other tiger.
The democrats of the house of rep
representatives. their caucus held on
the I'd, selected Representative James
ID. Richardson, of Tennessee, as their
candidate for speaker after a spirited
cortest.
| Great Britain is TO purchase 10000
more mules for army use in South Afri-
ca. These mules will be obtained in
Texas. Missouri and Kansas. Officers
will soon start from New Orleans on a
purchasing tour.
Serious news for the British comes
from the northern sections of Cape
Colony. The whole border district be-
tween Colesb,rg and Rnrghersdorp
has declared for the Boers In Ven
torstadt alone more that 1900 have
Joined the rebellion.
Capt. Blocklinger. commander of the
naval recruiting station in Chicago,
has been instructed TO enlist 30 lahds-
men for the cruiser Hartford. which
Will leave San Francisco, on the goth,
FOR years cruise around the world.