The Forrest City times., 1901-11-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

which had been watching over affairs
at that point for some months past.
The transport Fitzpatrick sailed from
San Francisco, on the 1st, for Manila.
with 40 recruits and casuals and
large number Of cabin passengers.
The statement of the treasury bal
aneeS in the general fund. exclusive
of the Slj0,00o. 600 gold reserve IN the
division of redemption. issued on the
1st. showed: Available cash balance,
$i15,6j5, 607: gold, S1O9.346.493.
No additional cases of the plague
had been reported in Glasgow up to
the LIST. Two hundred employees of
the Central Station hotel were con
fined to the hotel precincts for obser-
walton.
Halser Race. his wife and two sons,
living near Massillon. O., early on the
morning of the Sd. were tortured by
burglars until they gave up over ST.
900 in certificates OF deposit and $40
in money. The burglars set fire to
their victims hair and threatened To
roast them alive. One of Races sons
may not recover, The burglars IS
capped in rigs stolen from Race.
Ii Hung Chang. who had been Sc
riously Ill. was declared better on the
sd. His physicians diagnosed the NAL
ady as liberation Of the stomach, and
the hemorrhages had been severe. Is
rule, he is an intractible patient,
but. having been told that his life de-
pended upon his adhering Ia a liquid
diet. be complied with the medical or
dcrs.
Ernest II. Wands news editor of
the New York Tribune. has been ap-
pointed Worlds fair commissioner %
Peru, Ecuador. Colombia and Ncne-
zuela. Mr.. Wands has Travelled over
America. He speaks and writes the
Spanish language with east.
The first snow of the season IN
Iowa fell. on the night of the ID, o a
depth of four inches. Little prcpara-
ton had been made for winter, and
the sudden cold snap caught many
persons unprepared.
\ dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from 81. Petersburg. of the 4th, says
that the last rail of the Manchurian
line was laid. on the Sd. at Menduche
completing the railway from Moscow
to NladiVostok
\ Manila dispatch says that IA war
ships are maintaining a very strict
blockade of the island of Samar. with
the result that the insurgents there
are not able TO obtain supplies of amy
kind from outside the island.
Senator Tilman, of South Carolina
in the course OF brief interview. at
81. Louis. said: no self-respecting
man can sill At table with a negro
President Roosevelt viii find that ont
when he comes south. No southern
gentleman viii sill at dinner with
him"
The last night OF the Pam Amcricau
exposition. ~ Buffalo. \. Witnessed
diseraceful riot. during which "A mol
wrecked pahet's place, on the Midway.
and DESTROY ed 100 electric lights The
exhibit buildings had to be closed
early TO prevent looting The city
police were called to assist i'm sup
pressing the rioters
Mrs Roosevelt. wife III The presi-
dent of the United States. is indig-
nant at the impertincn"e OF IN, lecss
correspondent who. IN ap alleged IN
terNicw, has been telling how ctcn-
omical the presidents wife is in the
matter of dress. The interview WAS
a fake and the ALLEGED information
utterly at variance 9Th The tru. l..
Mrs. Roosevelt SAYS ler IsiIare af-
fairs are her own
The case of Jane Tppnau. ,he los
ton professional nurse. is engae 40
popular interest from the fact that
twelve deaths are known 10 have fol
lowed her engagement as nurse in
various places.
The nine occupants Of the ear of
the captive balloon which escaped
from san Francisco. on the 2d re-
turned home safely on the 3d. The
balloon landed near Pescadero. 81
miles from San Francisco. and but a
short distance from the ocean.
J. Henry Balance, While digging II,
his back yard, al Paducah. Ky. on the
ID, unearthed a rusty and ancient iron
pot which contained 500 in gold and
Is silver dollars. The coin was COW
cred with mold and rust and had evi-
IDENTITY been buried long time.
SeNentN-three ear loads of -four on
track and % ear loads in the ware
house of the Wisconsin Central Rail-
way Co. were DESTROYED by fire. at
Manitowoc, Mis-, on the Ed. together
With the warehouse and dock prop
erty of the road. The loss is Sl25.-
900: insured
Queen Alexandra of England has
ordered thousands of briarwood pines
which will be mounted in silver and
stamped with crown and her ma les.
Us monogram, for presentation as
Christmas gifts to the trcups in South
.Afrlca-