The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-24

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

to twenty-five miles wide. and de-
stroying valuable timber, mine ma
chinery and buildings. The monetary
damage will run into the millions OF
dollars.
A dispatch from London, on the
nth, said: The consensus of opinion
expressed by the morning papers
| tends to the belief that the legations
at Pekin are now safe with the allies"
The steamer Monarch, with 1,150
horses for the British army in South
| Africa. cleared from New Orleans,
on the 10th, for Cape Town.
John Pritzlaff, of Milwaukee, one of
the largest wholesale hardware mer-
chants in the west and well-known
throughout Wisconsin. died, on the
10th, of diabetes, aged so years.
Samuel Amidon, prominent bust
ness man of Ashtabula, o., while play
ing ball, on the 10th, was struck on
the head by pitched ball and in
stantly killed.
Two Italians. Natalie Maresca and
Michil Guida. have been detained at
Quarantine, New York harbor, their
| deportation to Naples, Italy, being
recommended to the secretary of the
treasury. They hal been reported
from Rome to be anarchists who
might attempt the life of the presi-
dent.
The jury at Georgetown, KY, in the
case of ex-secretary of State Caleb
Powers, charged with completely in
the killing of Senator VIM. Goebel, re-
turned a verdict of guilty, on the 18th,
after being out about an hour. The
punishment assessed was imprison-
ment for life.
The city treasurer of Concord, N.
H., last week paid out S3s2.50 in boun-
ties upon grasshoppers, at 81 a
bushel, under the state law. The
largest contributors were Andrew J..
Abbott, of West Concord, 200 bushels,
and B. Frank Varney, of Penacook.
115A bushels.
There are eleven nations which
have suffered as a result of the dis
turbances in China. All will expect q
settlement of damages which have
resulted from the Boxers, outbreaks,
the murder of missionaries and the
obstruction of legation property.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive of
the $3.50. 100000 gold reserve in the di-
vision of redemption. issued on the
nth, showed: Available cash balance,
Sal ,550,6s4; gold. Ss2,e00.41s.
Il. G. Dun & Co.'S Trade Review, is
sued on the nth, reported: Failures
for the week were 161 in the United
States, against 15s last year, and "A
in Canada, against "a last year"
Sir William Stokes. surgeon in ordi-
nary to the queen in Ireland. and con-
sulting surgeon to the British forces
in South Africa, died in Durham, Ma
tai, on the 18th.
Germany produced 1,5s0,000 tons of
raw sugar during the 12 months end
ing July 81, as against 100000 tons
for the previous II months.
Gerlnany's exports of war material
to China last year aggregated $780,
600 marks, as against 3,430,000 for
1898.
The entire plant of the Kelly AK
Manufacturing Co., at Alexandria,
Ind, valued at 100000, was DESTROYED
by fire on the night of the 10th. 1t
was the largest AK factory in the
world, employing some eight hundred
or thousand men when running at
full force. The company had just en-
larged the factory, increasing the out
put fully one-third.
The wooden steamer Argonaut
sprung leak, on the 10th, after TAX
ing on a cargo of iron ore, and sunk
at her dock at Escanaba, Mich. One
of the steamships boilers blew up un
der pressure, and A. y. Mcfarland, a
fireman, from Port Huron, was severe
ly scalded. The Argonaut was ready
to go to sea when the leak was dis
covered.
j. ID. Besler, general superintendent
OF the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy
railroad, was injured, on the 10th, by
an explosion of escaping gas in the
company's office building, at Chicago
caused by lighted match. Mr.. Besler
was severely burned, but was able TO
go to his home in a carriage.
On the Goth William Henry Law
renee, one of the original negro min
strels of the United States, died in
Chicago, of Bright's disease, aged 90
years. He was noted as a tenor
singer.
On the Goth Walter Wilkerson was
convicted of participation in the
HUMPHREYS lynching, which occurred
in Henderson county, Texas, in May,
1899 He was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for life. Three other men
have received life sentences for the
otfense.
On the Goth the viceroy of India,
Lord Curzon of Kedleston, tele-
graphed: THE heavy rainfall has con-
tinued in most of the drought-affect
ed tracts. The crops promise well in
the central provinces and Berar. Sow
ing is active elsewhere, and the neces-
sity for free kitchens will shortly dis
appear"
Chinese adyices from Pekin say
that Hsu Tung and vi Lien Yuan. of