The Forrest City times., 1899-06-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| Horne Lansdale, who was killed at Sa-
 moa, by the natives, during the battle between the combined forces of the Americans and British and the follow
 FITS of Mataafa, took place, on the 2ad,
 from St. Luke's Episcopal church, San Francisco.
 The officials of the London foreign office, on the 23d, sent the United States Ambassador, Joseph H. Choate,
 formal memorandum embodying inc
 temporary agreement reached on the | Alaskan boundary question. On the 24th, R. G. Dun & Co. re- ported: Failures for the week have been IFS in the United States, against es5 last year. and IS in Canada, against II last year."
 Admiral Schley is to be the guest of
 the city of Chester, Pa., on July 4. and
 has consented to make an address to | the citizens on that date.
 The supreme council of the United Commercial Travellers began it's elev- enth annual session in Columbus. O. on the 23d. Supreme Counsellor Charles W. Rice, of St. Paul, presided Emperor William has conferred the rank of count upon the minister of for sign affairs, Baron Von Bueiow. Wilbur F. Hawkes., visiting Elk from Covington, Ky, was prostrated by heat in St. Louis, on the 23d, and died before he could be taken to the iispensary.
 The navy department has advertised for bids for the erection of the dry
 dock at the League Island navy yard
 which was authorized by the act of May 4, 1898.
 It IS reported in New York. that P. D. Armour, of Chicago. is at the head of movement to attempt 10 control the fruit and vegetable trade. The United States cable ship Hooker, from New York, May 1, for Manila,
 arrived at Singapore on the 22d. Henry B. Plant, president of the Plant Steamship Co.,. died at his home in New York city on the 23d. Up to the 25th B cases of yellow fe- yer, with five deaths, had been off, cially reported since the beginning of the present outbreak in Santiago de Cuba. One of the deaths occurred in the Fifth infantry. The other four cases were among civilians. Richard O'Neill, manager of the North Side Carette Co.,, of Chicago.
 made the announcement, on the 18th,
 that he carettes would be replaced by
 automobiles about September 1. The
 company has purchased 30 automo- piles in Paris.
 It is now said that Admiral Dewey
 will visit Boston and be entertained | there before going to New York. At Baltimore, Md, on the 18th, the | jury in the case of Mrs. Clementine NJ. | Rockford, on trial at Towson, Md, for | the murder of her husband, returned a | verdict of manslaughter. In former trial the jury failed to agree. The first celebration of the Fourth of July in Hawaii under American | sovereignty is to be made a memora- ble one. The general plan of celebra- tion includes salutes in the morning,
 at noon and at night, grand parade, | field sports, addresses and other lite-
 rary exercises and fireworks and a
 ball in the evening.
 By the capsizing of boat in the
 Yellowstone river, at Greycliffe, Mont, on the 25th, three men lost
 their lives. The dead are: Reno Sher-
 man, Centralia, H.; J. w. Dickerson,
 Centralia, Ill.,; W S. Thompson, Kan
 sas City, Mo.
 The four upper stories of the large | six-story building on the corner of | Pearl and Purchase streets, Boston, were swept almost clean by fire, on
 the night of the 25th, the owners and
 numerous occupants, mostly small pub fishing concerns, sustaining a loss of
 nearly $50,000. The principal loss oth-
 CT than on the buildings falls on the
 Boston Bookbinding Co.
 Fire damaged the Moro-Philips | chemical works, at Camden, N. J., to the extent of S100,00O. Three large | buildings used in the manufacture of | phosphates were destroyed. The origin
 of the fire is unknown. Loss fully GOV cred by insurance.
 The first reunion of Roosevelt's | Rough Riders, held at Las Vegas, N.
 M., on the 24th, and following days, was a great success, barring a little
 1ampening by rain. Col. Roosevelt, the
 idol of the regiment, was there, and
 was made the recipient of beautiful
 medal from the citizens of New Mexi-
 co.
 It is believed that the fire which al
 most wiped Laurel, Del, out of exist
 .nce, on the 24th, was caused by in
 sendiaries, who wished to cover up a
 murder, This is based on the informal
 ton of a night watchman, who says
 be heard pistol shots coming from
 the pool room kept by J. J. Larimer
 in which place the fire started.
 Serious riots have broken out at
 Ceccano, Italy, about fifty miles south.
 east of Rome, in consequence of q
 priest having accommodated a par
 ishioner for a private quarrel. The
 man defies and ignores the excommu