The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26

FORREST CITY. ARKANSAS . Alfred Watts. the inventor of crystal gold, which is used in dentistry, died, .on the 22d, at his home in Brooklyn, of olo age.
 The board of naval bureau chiefs, at their meeting. on the 18th, decided against the use of double turrets for the new battleships.
 MT. De Armond, of Missouri, intro duced bill in the house, on the 18th, for the repeal of the bankruptcy law with a reservation that proceedings now begun may be closed up.
 Capt. Julius Freidman, millionaire. was found dead in his bed at the Palace hotel, in San Francisco, on the 22d. Death was caused by heart disease. from which the deceased had loEg been a sufferer. He leaves no close rel ati,es.
 The German bark Marie, from Aus tralia, with q cargo of flour for the nsvaal government, has been taken as a prize by the British third-class cruiser Pelorus, near the Island of In- yak. Delagoa bay, andh as been sent to Durban with prize crew on board.
 The local army and health officers of San Francisco are preparing 10 receive 300 bodies of deceased soldiers from Manila, due to arrive there within the next three or four weeks. The army officials have also been notified that 75 sick soldiers and 135 prisoners will arrive shortly.
 In the Swedish budget, which bal ances nearly 150.oo0,00o kroner, and which is the largest on record, King Oscar asks for 46 new batteries of ar tillery by the end of 1903. One hun drcd thousand new Mausers are to be manufactured and 50, ,000, GOO cartridges, to be in store within four years.
 It Is stated that .'old man" Slover, who recently died in California, made a death-bed confession to the effect that he killed Moses Lufkins,in Minne- rsota, some F years ago, for which crime William Rose, whose attentions to Grace Lufkins had been forbidden by her father, was hanged, protesting his innocence.
 Representative Henry, of Texas, in trcduced bill in the house, on the :2d, to provide form of government for the territory of Puerto Rico. It provides an executive branch, consist ing of governor and secretary, and d legislative branch of two houses, viz: council of 13 members and a house of representatives of 26 members.
 Mail advices from Negros bring par ticulars of the uprising last month in the southern part of theisland. in which Lieut.. A. c. Ledyard, Sixth infantry, was killed. Instead of being an unim- portant revolt of native police, as was first reported, it appears to have been an attempt, on the part of the autono- nous government, to overthrow Amer ican authority.
 In the breach of promise suit of K. Kirk against Mrs. Mary Eggleston, at Larned, Kas., the jury returned a yer dict. on the 18th, in favor of Kirk for $l,65o. Kirk boarded with Mrs. Eggles- ton. and claimed that she borrowed money from him leading him to believe she loved and would marry him. Af- ter getting the money Mrs. Eggleston refl sed to marry him.
 Chief Justice Fuller, in the United States district court, for the district of Massachusetts, on the 10th, made per- Manent the preliminary injunction, granted some time ago, restricting cigar or tobacco manufacturers from selling or offering for sale any stogies bearing the word: Wheeling" except such as are actually manufactured in the city of Wheeling, W. Va.
 Tardy details were received, on the 21st, of earthquake shocks in Mexico, during the night of the 18th. In the city of Colima and Guadlajara. much danage to theaters and churches and pnpllc and private buildings was done. Ia the former city seven persons are reW rted killed and GO injured. In the City of Mexico, the damage was less severe, and in Vera Cruz the shock was comparatively slight.
 News from the seat of war in South Africa, on the Fist, indicated the steady advance of Gen. Buffers army. by way of the right flank of the Boer army, toward Ladysmith. The latter, contesting every foot of ground, were gradually forced backward until the boorl of the guns bombarding Lady, smith could be plainly heard. The courage displayed on both sides was describeda magnificent.
 Latest news received, to the 17th, from the war in South Africa WAS fbat |