The Forrest City times., 1899-10-27

Dewey has cancelled his proposed
trips TO Philadelphia and Atlanta, and
will accept no more invitations before
next spring.
Director of Posts Vaille has sent 20
Postmaster-General Smith letter en-
fished charge of censorship of the
mails at Manila.
jesse T. Davis. author of many pop
ular songs, died in New York, on the
10th, of heart disease, aged &c years.
He was a negro, native of Cincinnati,
and graduate of a college there.
Advices from South Africa, on the
Esd. showed that the British forces
were in position of great peril. being
confronted at every point by burgher
armies immensely superior numerical
ly.
Owing to international complications
that may possibly arise out of the war
in South Africa il is expected that
British war ships win remain at ST.
Johns and Halifax throughout the
winter.
Surgeon-Generalwy on the 18th,
received a cablegram from Inspector
Woodbury.. of the Marine hospital serv-
ice, dated Rio Janeiro, Brazil, saying
that the plague had made its appear
ance al Santos, Brazil.
The committe on permanent organ
ization appointed by the anti-imperial-
list conference in Chicago, met there, on
the 10Th. and formed national or
ganization TO be known as the "Ameri-
can Anti-Imperialist League"
The United States transport Senator
arrived at San Francisco, on the 22d.
from Manila. with the Iowa volunteers
on board. The trip was uneventful.
She just missed the typhoon encoun-
tered by the Empress of India.
Gen. Otis received messages, on the
18th. purporting TO come from the in
surgent Gen. Pho del Pillar. offering to
sell out his army, and to deliver Agui-
naldo into the hands of the Americans.
The policy of Gen. Otis is firmly set
against buying any surrenders.
The Haytien government has nomi-
mated Judge Day as the sole arbitrator
in the pending Metzger claim against
Hayti for damages sustained through
the infringement of certain conces-
sion. The nomination was promptly
confirmed by the state department.
The Manila Democracia reports that
the juntas in the orient and in Europe
intend TO send a delegation TO Wash
ington to present the Filipino cause
Regidor will probably be the president
of the delegation. and Agoncillo and
Apacible will be among its members.
The soldiers of the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment, who will be mustered
out in San Francisco, on the 2sth. will
MOI reach home in time TO vote at the
coming party elections. The elections
occur November in cities of the first
and second class. and voters must be
registered ten days before that date.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Boston d Montana Mining Co. held in
Boston, on the Goth, the regular quar-
terly dividend of "a per share was de-
clared, and also an extra dividend of
Sll per share. The previous quarterly
dividend, declared last July, was -
per share and an extra dividend of SC.
On the 22d Gen. Funston wired from
San Francisco to the war department
his acceptance of the appointment Of
brigadier general in the newly formed
volunteer service, Gen. Funston will
return to Kansas with the Kansas vol
unteers who Will be mustered out on
the 2sth. He then viii report at Wash
ington for duty in the Philippines.
Carl Casberg, manager of a l,CO1-
acre stock farm near Randolph. Mo,
owned by the Missouri, Kansas q
Texas Trust Co, has been missing
since Auguest 80, and is said to have
gone 10 his home in Germany Local
cattlemen. who claim Casberg owes
them an aggregate of $1,000 or over.
have attached what few belonging he
left.
Another battle, lasting over eigh;
hours, in which infantry, artillery and
cavalry were used with great effect
was won by the British over their stub
born foes on the 22d. 1t was begun at
Dundee and. covering much ground. was
ended at and viii be known as the bat
tie of Talana Hill. The loss on both
sides was heavy, that of the Beers be-
ing fnghtful.
The British arms won a most deci-
sive victory over the Beers near Glen
eoe, in Natal, on the Goth. from 500 70
500 OF the burghers being killed and
wounded. The British also lost heav-
lily. II is believed that this reverse,
coming when the Beers had expected
victory, viii check their onward
movement if it doesn't dampen their
military ardor-