The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-12-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

value that has ever been found In the
Black Hills. The mine is about FIVE
miles from Custer. The rich ore is
of the vein at this time is ten feet
News arrived in London, on the 2lst.
that Ladysmith is well supplied win
food and ammunition, and can hoid
out much longer than mad been esti'
mated The troops are described az
in good spirits and anxious to fight.
Gen. Kitchener arrived in Cairo.
Egypt. ON the 21st. and was given n
ovation by Lord Cromer, the British
consul general in Egypt, and others.
He Immediately boarded train bound
for Alexandria.
Oscar s. Strauss, United States min.
lister TO Turkey. left Gonstantlnoplc,
on the 21st, for the United States. on
leave of absence.
The Carnegie Steel Co., on the 22t,,
posted at it's various works in the VI
cinity of Pittsburgh, Pa, the DuqCesne
steel works. furnaces and foundry. the
Carrie furnaces, the Homestead stee!
works, the Lucy furnaces. the Key
stone bridge works, tie Upper Union
mills and the Lower Union mills, no
tees of ia per cent. advance in
wages, making a total of p per cent.
increase made by the company, vol
unfairly. since the adoption of the last
general scale
\ terrible disaster occurred at Anal.
Il, Italy the popular tourist resort on
the Gulf of Salerno, on the 22d, an
enormous rock upon which stood the
Cappuccini hotel slid bodily into the
sea with deafening roar and without
a moments warning. carrying with it
the hotel, the old Capuchin monastery
below. the Hotel Santa Calerina and
several villas. Many persons were
buried in the debris. which also crushed
four vessels to the bottom of the sea.
destroying their crews. The CapuchIl
monastery was 667 years old.
During a dress rehearsal OF the
Christmas programme at st. Francis
Catholic school, Quincy, ILL.,, OF the
22d, the dress of little girl caught
fire at gas jet, and in the panic that
followed eleven little girls were burneI
to death; five more were fatally
burned, and two priests, four nuns
and the janitor received serious brrnc.
Upwards of forty school children
were drowned, on the ed, in an ice ac
cident at Frelinghcm, Belgium. near
the French frontier. They had been
given holiday with permission to
play on the frozen River Lys. Tn /.
ice broke suddenly end the children
disappeared, only few being rescued.
The statement of ;he condition ot thu.
treasury issued on the 22d showed:
Available cash balance, 1921 ,94s, =62,
gold reserve, S241, 415.+22.
Rev. Dwight J.. Moody, the we'll
known evangelist, died at his home in
East Mortified, Mass, at noon o. thu
22d He was nearly 63 years of age.
sir. Moody never rallied from the col
lapse that followed his exertions dui-
ing the great revival at Kansas City,
Mo-, in November.
Rich gold-bearing quartz has been
found near the western line ,f Solirr
county, Kas. The discovery was AIDE l,v
Thomas Mullen, farmer. whit" dig
ging a well. Steps have been taken l..
have eastern parties make a thorough
assay of the quartz.
The case of Mrs. Sanderson. at
Marshall, Mich, charged with attempt
inH to murder her husband by feeding
him ground glass in his oatmeal, went
to the jury on the evening of tie 12'i,
ind at midnight verdict of not guilty
Was returned.
The South Dakota state inspector Of
mines has completed his report. Il:
shows the output Of gold il the
Black Hills for the year to be &c.
3l,436. This is an increase of 5000
o00 over the output of last year.
Recent advices from South Africa
irdicate that Notwithstanding .he
fact that Gen. Methden is strongly in
trenched, Gen. Cronje has him in a
bad box between the horns of a
crescent as it were. Enteric fever In
among Gen. Methuen's men.
Lady Randolph Churchill, on the
22d. received cable dispatch from her
son, Winston Churchill, who was cap
tured by the Beers in Natal aud taken
| to Pretoria, and whose escape from
| there was announced on December Il,
saying that he had arrived safely IT
Delagoa Bay.
The duke of Westminster, the rich
| es, nobleman in England and g.ea:
| favorite of Queen Victoria, died on tie
22d. after a brief illness, aged II. He
had long been a sufferer from ASTHMA
and other throat End chest troubles.
The dukes income was about s. min-
| ute.
All the stores in Havana closed M
ter o'clock on Christmas morning, and
the day was devoted TO conyiviality.
American friends visited each other al
dinners and clubs. Gen. Leonard W.ssl
ained with Capt. l.. NJ. Young, en-
SANDER of the port, and Mrs. Young.
Baron Ludlow Of Haywood. Eng
land, former recorder of Exeter and
subsequently, judge of the court oi NJ.