The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-08-10
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Mai. Thomas Evans. Forty-ninth vol
unteer infantry, died on board the
transport Sherman, en- route home
from Manila.
The general absence of rain has been
very favorable to threshing winter
wheat. which is nearing completion in
nearly all districts.
Conrad Schilling, 80 years old, drank
carbolic acid at Pekin, H., because a
young lady had cut his acquaintance.
He is not expected to live.
John Thomas Brady has been held
for felonious homicide, by a coroner's
jury at ST. Louis, for shooting and
killing James Sproule, a negro.
Frank L. Taylor, of st. Louis, is a
happy, but surprised father. Tuesday
morning his wife presented to him
three healthy, well-forIned sons.
The Chinese, after being defeated at
Pei-Tsang, cut the canal banks and
flooded the country to cover their re-
treat. They saved their cannon.
Amos Rusie, the celebrated ball
player, recently with the New York
team, was secretly remarked to his di-
vorced wife, at Muncie, Ind, week
ago.
Gov. Tanner has appointed Isaac L.
Ellwocd, of DE Kalb; Adam Goodrich,
of Chicago, and X. s. Ferrand, of Dix
ON, as trustees of the northern Illinois
normal at De Kalh.
Harold G. Stefan, an eastern tourist,
claims to have been robbed of $4,000 in
money and $4,000 in papers by man
and woman at st. Louis, who played
the badger game on him.
For pensions and the maintenance of
the pension system from July /, 1865,
tc June 30, 1900. there has been ex-
pended $2.612, 329,690 or an average of
more than $74.0O0,o00 year.
The Lindell hotel, at Fort Smith,
Ark, built in 1850, was burned Tues
day night. Loss, total. Insurance. 3d.
oo0. K. ID. Stevens, proprietor, had
500 insurance on The furniture.
Spring-wheat harvest is nearly fin,
ished over tie southern portion of the
spring-wheat region, where some
threshing has been done. and is well
advanced in the northern portion.
One of the ST. louis restaurants,
which has heretofore refused to serve
the stirt-waist man, has put into eff
feet rule which makes the shirt
waist man very much persona grata.
The Missouri smelling works at
| Cheltenham, a st. Louis suburb, and
valuable lead ore property, have been
bought by Guggenheimer Bros, of
| New York, who are antitrust opera
| tors.
Justice of the Peace Benjamin. j
| Eoneau of Belleville, Ill, hay an
nonneed that he will marry all couples
free Of charge who call at his office in
! place.
Tom Sharkev, who received his
| qli etUs at the hands of Gus Rubin
several weeks ago. is reported Us EN-.
| gagged to be married some day this
week to the belle of Sheepshead Bay
n Y.
Mrs. Emma r. Bayne completed her
forty-ffth century awheel in 50 days
at HALEY Stream, Long Island, Tues
day night. Five hundred century rid
ing fanatics welcomed her with fire.
works.
John d. Ross, lineman in the en-
ploy of the street railway company, at
st. Joseph, Mo-, was electrocuted al
the top of a high pole in the business
center of the city. He was literally
ros sttd alive.
LII Hung Chang says that if the al
lies advance the Chinese must fght,
This is interpreted as practical aban-
dorment of all hope of peace, and an
admission that China is launched upon
war against the world.