The Forrest City times., 1899-09-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

exposition in 1900. Many intending
exhibitors have Withdrawn their no.
tees of participation OF; the ground
that the present state of things in
France renders it unsafe to send ex-
| hibits.
The socialist and revolutionary
groups in Havre demonstrated, on the
10th, against the Dreyfus verdict. The
police dispersed large crowds and
made Is arrests.
DIR. Irving, an American physician.
arrived in Oporte. Portugal, on the
10th, to study the bu5onic epidemic.
Admiral Dewey's flagship, the Olym-
pia, sailed from Gibraltar, on the 10th,
for New York. :.
The mining companies of the Mar
quette (Mich.) range have granted a
voluntary raise in wages of ten cents
day, to take effect on the 1st. The
raise affects both underground and
surface men, numbering several thou
sand.
Carrie Lentz, aged 90, daughter of 6.
Il. Lentz, ticket agent for the Illinois
Central at Arcola, Ill.,. and one of the
brightest young ladies' in that section,
committed suicide by shooting herself
through the heart on the 10th. No
| cause is known for the deed.
From every quarter of the civilized
world come execrations of the verdict
rendered by the Dreyfns court-martiaI
at Rennes, coupled with suggestions
that the Paris exposition of 1900, by
way of protest, be severely let alone.
The Marine Hospital service al
| Washington received an official dis
patch from Key West, on the 10th,
giving the total of yellow fever cases
reported up to date as 1855, with ten
deaths. The detention camp at the
Dry Tortugas is now in operation. and
refugees are being received and cared
| for.
| Miss Helen Gould sent the following
reply to Adjt. Liller, of Lancaster, Pa,
on receiving notification of her cleo
ton as national sponsor for the Span
ish War Veterans: "Your kind message
has reached me informing me of my
election as sponsor for the Spanish
War Veterans. and | take great pleas
ure in accepting the honor, for which
| please express my thanks to the as
ISOLATION"
A west-bound passenger train and
an extra east-bound freight. on the
| Pennsylvania railroad, collided nine
miles west of Richmond, Ind, on the
night of the 10th. Brakeman Clark
son was killed and six other trainmen
injured.
| me antitrust convention of gov
errors and attorney generals, called
| by GOV. Savers of Texas to meet in
| ST. Louis, will convene there on Sep
| TENDER 20.
Hon. James Il. Eustis, who was am
bassador to France from the United
States during the administration of
President Cleveland, died at his New
port OR. ID villa on the evening of the
9th. Mr.. Eustis, although well ad-
vanced in years, had been fairly well
until few days before his death
when he caught cold, ard pneumonia
set in.
The National Export exposition, at
Philadelphia, was opened at noon or
the 14th, and will remain open, Sun
days excepted. until November so
| Less than five months ago the first
spadeful of dirt was turned up for the
foundation of the superb buildings
which have since been completed at a
cost of more than million dollars.
The Dreyfus court-martial ut
Rennes, France, came 10 an end, on
the 9th, with the rendering of a ver-
dict of guilty, with extenuating cir
cumstances, against tie unfortunate
man. The verdict carries with ii
sentence of ten years confinement in
a fortress. The court stood five to two
for conviction.
The United States cruiser Olvmpia.
with Admiral Dewey on board. sailed
from Gibraltar, on the 10th, for New
York. 1t is probable a short stop will
he made at Funchal, Madeira. as the
| Olympia is timed to reach New York
on the 2Sth.
Fisherman who have returned to
Halifax, \. S., from the cod-fishinr
grounds on the Labrador coast, repor.
a serious condition OF affairs. The
cod fishery has oeen almost an abso-
lutte failure and all vessels were re-
turning with small fares. AS the fish
cries are the chief support of the peo-
| pie, il is feared their failure will be
followed by starvation in many parts
of Labrador unless assistance is rem
dered.
Gen. Schwan telegraphed from Ma
Mia, on the 18th, to Gen. Corbin as fol-
lows: Gen. Lawton pronounces ut
teriy foundationless newspaper re-
ports of interviews asserting that H.
commented on the military situationcr
criticized conduct of OPERATORS here.
He declares beforehand as false all fu-
turc accounts Of such Interviews