The Forrest City times., 1900-02-23
 PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

 eral: have completely outmaneuvered the Boers. Gen. Cronie has evacuatei his position at Magersfontein, and is trekking eastward towards Bloemfon- teir, with the British pursuing ana sidrmishing with the Boers rear guard.
 Gen. Butler began his fourth move fo- the relief Of Ladysmith on the 14th. bet the censor held up the informa- tion until the 1t8h, when his position was at Hussar hill south of the Tu- gel, Owing to the nature of the country the advance is necessarily slow, the difficulties being describ d as Intellectually great"
 Two men afioat on an ice foe made the trip from Yonkers to New York, on the 18th, and were rescued off the Fort Lee ferry. From half past seven o'clock in the morning until half past five in the evening they sat in an open skiff, which had been nipped between two big ice cakes and hoisted upon one of them by the action Of the tide.
 The rapid accumulation of money in the treasury during the present month is increasing the anxiety of the treasury officials that there will be intense pressure fer currency in the autumn unless something is done by congress 10 increase the currency sup ply or reduce the accumulation of money in Washington and New York.
 A dispatch. from Monterey. Mexico. says: "An American syndica te with capital of S1o.J00,OGo, win immediately begin the construction of q great steel plant in this city. The plans for the mammoth concern have been com pleted. and the ground purchased for locating the several Buildings"
 Leslie Eastburn. 2l-ycar-old boy, shot Jasper Sutton. an aged and re- spected citizen of Bloomfield, la. on the 18th, three bullets penetrating the abdomen and causing almost instant death. Eastburn called at Sutton's home to take his 1s-year-old daughter Alice to church. The father ordered him away and the tragedy followed
 ULcle Sam now has 61 vessels IT, thcrized or under construction. Some Of the best of these ships are nearly completed. and by the end of the year 9 vessels will be commissioned. la May the kearsarge will be ready for it's crew; in June the Kentucky will be completed, and the Alabama will have the finishing touches put upon it in July.
 Armed with a shotgun and accom- panied by his dog, Richard Cain left Shelbyyille, Ind, on the 11th, in search of game, that his family might have meat for supper, he being out of em- ployment. The next morning his dead bod, was found, with his dog by his side He had evidently fallen down. discharged his gun and blown his head off
 The steamer Olympia brings news to Tacoma. Wash, that civil war is raging Tt Shantung province, Chini.. The ant-foreign society known as fhe Boxers is determined that all for eigrers shall be driven out, including Germans.
 Mrs. Annie F. Lodge, mother of Sen ator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu- setts, died at her home, in Boston. on the l9th. She was % years of age.
 Jean Louis Legare, who surrendered Sitting Bull and hundreds of other Siou, to the United States government in 1881 and lSS2, has gone from the northwest 10 Ottawa, Ont, to push, with the promised help of the Domin- ion government, his claim for S13, 400 and interest from the time of its pre- sentation. IS years ago