The Forrest City times., 1900-09-14

Complied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

mile trotting-to-wagon record. on the
eth, at Charter Oak park, Hartford.
Conn, to 2:051s. The former record
was 2:09A, held by Lucille" made at
Cleveland in 1897.
The statement of the treasury bal
| ances in the general fund, exclusive
Of the $l50.000,000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption. issued on the
9th, showed: Available cash balance,
S134,373,26s; gold, SOS, 504 SEQ.
Z. a. Runyan, a banker of Yates
Center, Has, was arrested, on the
| night of the eth, charged with en-
bezzling of $4,000.
One of the most awfully destructive
storms that ever visited this country
swept the lower half of Texas. on the
sth and 9Th. Many towns are report
ed as entirely obliterated, with a list
of dead and injured from each. The
entire face of the country for miles
back from the coast was said to have
been inundated, the surface of the
water being strewn with corpses.
wreckage from destroyed homes, fur
| niture and general debris. Meager
reports from Galveston indicate that
large portion of the town and island
were swept away and that the loss of
life would reach up into the thou
sands.
Advices from Pekin, to the LIST, say
that Emperor Kwang Su was then at
Hsuen Hwa Flu, in the province of Chi
Ii, $50 miles north of Pekin. 1t is also
reported that Gen. Yung Lu and his
entire family had committed suicide.
The condition of Gen. John A. Nc
Clernand was slightly improved on
the 9th. He took some nourishment,
and his strength was somewhat bet
ter. There is shadow of hope for
his recovery.
Arrivals at Victoria, b. c., from the
Tanana country. One miner reports
that the ground in places pays $1oo
day.
Another bubonic plague suspect was
removed to the isolation hospital at
| Glasgow on the 9th.
President Mckinley. on the 9th, gave
| cut his letter accepting the renomina-
ton for the presidency at the hands
| of the republican party. The docu-
ment is about 1000 words long, and
is considered good state paper.
| A Washington dispatch of the 9th
| says that orders have been sent to
Gen. Chaffee to hold himself in readi-
ness to withdraw the United States
forces from China. Transports have
| IN Toll ~.
troops to Manila.
All signs point to the speedy termi-
nation of the war in South Africa.
| The Beers are becoming disheartened.
and while some of the commanders
remain organized, they are devoid of
artillery or transportation. Some of
them are talking of trekking into
German territory.
| The storm that did so much damage
in the West Indies last week struck
the Texas coast on the sth and 9th,
sweeping everything before it, 1t is
estimated that upwards of 5000 lives
have been lost, and four or five thou
sand houses destroyed. Galveston, at
last accounts, was isolated, and the
l
not be learned.
| There is not a house in all of Hous-
ton, Tex, that was not damaged TO
some extent by the recent storm. The
electric light power-house and the
plant furnishing power for street
cars are wrecked and can not be re-
paired for several days. The damage
| to each will exceed SIS 600
The national executive board of the
| United Mine Workers of America adj
.journed sine die, at indianapolis, Ind,
without promulgating formal in
corsement of the application of the
miners of the anthracite districts for
permission to strike.
The excursion steamer John Endi-
colt. of the Boston & Plymouth line.
struck sunl<en rock just east of Mi
! not's light, on the Massachusetts
coast. on the 9th. and tore a hole in
her side. so that she was obliged to
lun full steam for the shore off North
| Scituate, where she foundered. No
| lives were lost.
Secretary of State Hay writes from
his country home: Il am getting
along pretty well. | was tired TO the
| very bones when | got here, with a
touch of my old neuralgia malady.
There is no special hurry about going
| back to Washington. Adee is one of
the most intelligent and competent
men we ever had in the service, and,
besides, DR.. Hill is there now"
honalo~;.
rorth of Albion. H., on the 9th, Hem
ny kunst and Henry Hess quarreleti
end fought. After they had ceased
fighting and while they We're stand
ing, facing each other, Kunst drew G
revolver and sent four shots through
Hess body, killing hiLa instantly.