The Forrest City times., 1899-01-06
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


tain of the hattleship Texas. viii as
sumo command of the Brooklyn navy
yard.
The British steamer Glen Avon. Capt.
Pithie. which sailed for London from
Hong Kong. on the Goth, has been
wrecked
The friends of Lizzie Skinner. who
was stabbed TO death at Bloomfield.
Ind. on the Goth. by Dr. Gray. formed
a mob. on the 30th. and intended TO
lynch the murderer. but We're outwit-
ted by the officers, DIR. Gray being
spirited away.
Fire broke out in a cigar store on
Government street, in the very heart
of Victoria, II. C., on the 30th. and
caused damage TO the amount of $685.
600. The fire department was at an
outlying suburb, and much valuable
time was lost.
The Spanish government considers
that the prospect of the release of
the Spanish prisoners in the Philip
pine islands is very discouraging.
The Spanish government decided. on
the S0th. To send additional funds TO
Cuba for the repatriation of the Span
ish troops remaining there.
The work of relieving the suffering
in Cuba is proceeding all along the
line. the government having the matter
in charge.
The assertions made by Gen. Miles
backed up by the reports of various
| officers in connection with the beef
furnished by the contractors for the
use of the army in Cuba and Porto
Rico, have led to the appointment of
board of officers to investigate the
entire subject.
The Merritt & Chapman Wrecking
Co.'S outfit arrived at Santiago, Cuba.
on the 30th. to raise the former Span
ish cruiser Reina Mercedes, which was
sunk on the edge of the channel lead
ing TO Santiago harbor during the first
bombardment of the Santiago fortifi-
cations by Admiral Simpsons squad
ron.
Charles Willard, a desperate charac-
ter, shot and killed Sheriff j. w WILL
Jams and Deputy Lamers at Seaside.
Ore, on the 30th.and wounded Deputy
Miller. and was himself killed by State
Senator Fulton. Willard was suspect
ed of burning Senator Fulton's sum-
mer cottage after robbing il, and the
officers were searching his house for
stolen goods.
The losses by fire in the United
States during 1895 aggregated S113,-
139. 467. as compared with sl21, 00l, 1871
in 1897.
Mrs. Botkin's lawyers do not pro-
pose to accept as final the verdict OF
the jury finding her guilty of the muir
der of Mrs Dunning. but viii make an
effort to obtain a new trial and pos
sible reversal of the Judgment.
The mayors Of several cities through
out the country issued requests TO the
citizens TO display the national flag on
the LIST. in honor of the formal evacua-
ton of Cuba by the Spanish govern
| ment.
Statistics show that. during the year
| just ended, the total number of fatal
casualties in this country was 1915, as
follows: Explosives. 629; mines, $50;
| falling buildings. etc. 500; tornadoes
and storms, 500: lightning, 255.
Notwithstanding the war between
| the United States and Spain, the loss
of life upon the field of battle during
1895 has been smaller than for several
| years. The total is estimated at e5.-
600, as compared with 1o3,45l in 1897.
| The loss of life by railroad accidents
| during 1895 was $3.50, as compared
with 2.764 in 1897. The number of per-
sons seriously injured was 2,6l6. as
compared with 2.42s in 1897.
The total number of suicides report
| ed throughout the United States in
1895 was $500, as compared with 5000
in 1897. OF this number 4,5s6 were
males and 1854 females.
During the year just closed there
were 7,s4o murders reported in the
| gratifying decrease.
Orders have been issued by the navy
department for the discharge of a
large number of men who enlisted for
one year from ships undergoing re-
pairs al the various navy yards.
At the landing of Lord and Lady
| Curzon at Bombay the Stars and
Stripes wer conspicuous among the
decorations of the city in honor of the
! nationality of the new vieereine.
Work on the battleship Ohio has
been begun at the Union iron works,
San Francisco. The Ohio win be the
largest ship ever built on the Pacific
coast.
Daniel Ia Forte, known by his Indian
name as Te-IIes-La, president of the
six Nations, and principal in the
ease of Onondaga Indians against
John Boyd Thatcher. in the supreme
court of New York, for the recovery
OF wampum, died. on the 1st, al his
farmhouse on the reservation. He was
Sc years old. and is survived by a wild.
ow and grandson. which latter will
succeed him as chief OF the Six Ma.
tons.