The Forrest City times., 1901-08-16

Transmission TO the secretary.
Gen. Burlington. chief of the bureau
of ordnance. has just returned TO
Washington from an inspection trip
through the south and west. He says
he found the ordnance and materials
al the different posts visited in very
satisfactory condition.
A bomb was exploded, on the 11th,
near the altar of the Church of st.
Meier, at Troyes, France. doing con-
siderab BILE damage TO the thirteenth
century windows, but not iniuring
any of the 100 children who, together
with priest, were in the sacred edi-
fee at the time.
Town lots in Lawton. Okla, are sell
ing for figure which exceeds the
most ardent expectations. The aver
age for 50 lots sold on the sth was
5000. On the 9Th the first corner in
the block north of the land office soil
Cor 5000, and the average for the ;irst
Eve lots sold was $500.
The bond of Walter y. Dimmiel<,
former chief clerk of the United
States mint at San Francisco, who is
under arrest charged with embez-
cling $500 has been placed at S37,
600. Dimmick is in custody of the
secret service officers. He was form
ally arraigned on the 18th.
An editorial of the New York Her
aid urging the United States 10 end
the conflict by taking sides with CO.
lombia against Venezuela. caused
great enthusiasm in Panama. and will
make Americans very popular there,
as such step would put an end TO
the state of anarchy existing.
}. II. Woods, the prize winner in the
land lottery. who claimed a strip
along the Lawton town site 10 the
prejudice of Miss Matte Beals, the
Kansas telephone girl. has appealed
to eX-Gov. Richards. who conducted
the opening, to have government
troops put the trespassers off his
homestead.
At Medicine Lodge, kas., on the 9th,
David Nation, through his attorney,
brought suit for divorce from his
wife. Mrs. Carrie Nation. the temper
ance crusader. In his petition Mr..
Nation, who is now visiting in Iberia,
o.. alleges that his wife held him up
to public ridicule. neglected her fam
ly duties and abandoned his home.
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The annual report of the auditor
for the navy department shows that
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1901, there were settled $685. accounts
and claims. During the same period
there were examined 1865 vouchers,
as against Ia 1876 the previous year,
while the amounts allowed were So
e49,1l6. as against SOL. 1000 for the
fiscal year ending June 50, 1900.
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President Samuel Gompers, on the
9th, pledged the American Federation
Of Labor TO the support of the Anal
gamated association. After confer
<nce with President Shaffer lasting
Tor the greater part of two days. he
issued a statement specifically uphold
ing the position of the Anna gamated
association and pledeing the moral
and financial support of the fedora
ton in the strike in progress against
the United States Steel corporation.
Enckes comet was observed. on the
nth. by DR.. VIM. Il. Brooks. at
Smiths observatory, Geneva, y Y.
The comet is in contellation Gemini.
in the eastern morning sky. Its po-
Sltion, on the morning of the nth,
was right ascension 6h. 35m, Dos. and
defamation north II degrees. II min
utes. The comet is moving in a south
sasterly direction and approaching
the sun. 1t is increasing in bright
ness, but is not visible without a tele-
xcope.
Congressman Richard Bartholdt and
j. Brucker have begun work in Ber-
lin in the interest of the ST. Louis
exposition of 1908. They will see the
officials and leading editors and ex-
plain the plans and scope of the I'M
certaking. 1t is believed that the GER
mans will take a greater interest in
this exposition than they took in the
one held in Chicago. owing TO the
immense development of trade be-
tween Germany and the United States
since 1898.
The International Association of
botanists at Geneva, Switzerland,
completed its work on the sth. The
articles of association were agreed
upon in principle and were handed
ever 10 a committee to be drafted
The next congress will meet in Wen
IA during the year 1908. Americans
present were Prof. Vim. ellison Far
how, of Harvard university; Prof
Thomas Duncan, of Baltimore: Mr.
Sehrcnk, of 81. Louis, and Mr.. Muir,
T5ll. o. New York.