The Forrest City times., 1899-03-31
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

The president arrived in Washing
ton apparently much relieved by his
visit 10 the south.
Aguinaldo is reported to have re-
moved his headquarters from Malolos
to San Fernando.
Fifteen hundred employees of the
Norton Bros tin can factory at May
wood, H., are out on strike.
The stockholders of the American
Tobacco Co. have agreed TO increase
the capital stock from s35,000.00 TO
S70.0o0,0 900.
The earnings of the American Bell
Telephone Co. for the year 1895
amounted to s5,54s,7ol, with expenses
of si.054.734.
The delegates from the Cuban as
sembly have arrived in Washington to
put in their request for a larger sum
for the Cuban army.
A list prepared in the Office of the
adiutant general shows the casualties
in Manila since February to be 157
killed and s64 wounded.
Joseph Steinhaur. while stealing a
ride on the pilot of a Hannibal & st.
Joseph railroad train near st. Joseph,
Mo-. was fatally injured.
Gen. Hughes has been named TO sue
coed Gen. Miller in command of the
troops at Iloilo. Gen. Miller is re-
tired under the age limit.
Irving Taylor. the 16-year-old boy
arrested in New York city as firebug,
is suspected of knowledge of the sud-
den death of his brother and sister.
England and France were success
fully connected, Tuesday. by wireless
telegraphy. Messages were repeated
~ exchanged between Dover and Bou-
logne.
Naval cadets about to graduate will
rank after those second lieutenants
appointed from civil life or accepted
because of the service during the Span
ish war.
The transport Zealandia. with sew
eral companies of the Ninth infantry
and a large cargo of supplies on
board, sailed for Manila via Honolulu
Tuesday.
An express car containing IL thor
oguhbreds belonging to Barney
Schneider and ID. a. Honig, st. Louis
horsemen, was destroyed by fire at
Bagdad, Cal. Monday night.
The officials of the department of
charities and corrections of New York
city are disturbed by report that the
government would condemn Harris
island for military purposes.
The battleship Kearsarge's comman-
der is to be Capt. William NJ. FoIger,
former head of the ordnance bureau
during the war with Spain. Capt
Chester will command the Kentucky
Ten men were horribly burned, two
of them probably fatally, by the
blowing off of a monster cylinder head
on a blowing engine in blast furnace
of the Cambri Steel Co., at Johnstown,
Pa.
Anthony Swain. horticulturist be-
tween bloomington and Normal, H..
shot himself in the temple with a
rifle. He died few hours later. He
had been driven to distraction by the
grip.
The war department has ordered
three light batteries to Manila-Bat-
terry f, First artillery; f, Fourth ar
tillery, and +, Fifth artillery. These
will take "a selected horses each for
wheel teams.
j. +. F. Wallace, 65 years old, one
of Cobden's (Ill) pioneer settlers and a
prominent citizen. died suddenly from
a stroke of paralysis. The deceased
had held the Office of justice of the
peace in Union county for 30 years.
terrific storm passed over Opelika,
Ala, Tuesday. The roof was blown
off the Mineral Well hotel, and in the
eastern part of the city two-room
house was damaged, and Amy Huegley
was instantly killed.
Fire was discovered in the cafe on
the ground floor of the Times build
ing, in New York city. The fire de-
oartment responded quickly to call.
and the flames We're extinguished in
few minutes.