The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-11-15

years output.
Discussing the rumors that Ameri-
can capitalists intend to acquire the
German ocean lines. the Berliner
Tageblatt says: steps must be TAX
en- at once to protect these lines from
Amerieanization.'
The French foreign Office, on the
10th, announced that the sultan had
signed an trade for the execution of
his engagements with the French
government, aud that the Franco
Turkish dispute was at an end.
Admiral Schley has accepted the
invitation of the Knights Templars
and Retail Merchants association TO
visit Nashville, Tenn. and will prob
ably do so in January. The admiral
will be accompanied by Mrs. Schley.
The administrative council of the
Arbitration Tribunal will meet at
the Hague, on the Goth, TO decide on
the appeal of the Beers against the
ruling that the war in South Africa
is not subject to the courts consid-
Grafton.
Gen. Greedy received a cablegram
from Manila, on the sth. announcing
that the islands of Masbat and Panay
had been connected by cable. 1t is
said that this cable will materially
assist the army operations now in
progress.
The Commercial Pacific Cable Co.,
recently Incorporated to operate a
cable line between this country and
the Philippine islands. on the sth. filed
with the secretary of state at Albany,
n. Y, a certificate of increase of cap
ital from 100000 to 100000.
Paul Revere, e-president-gene
of the Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton, died, on the 10th, at Morris;own,
n. j., aged As. He was son fGeo. Jo-
seph Warren Revere, who fought in
the Seminole and civil wars, and
greatgrandson of Paul Revere of
revolutionary fame.
The statistics of growth of the rural
free delivery service show that on De-
cember next there will be 5000 car
riers throughout the country, travel
ing total mileage approNimating
1920 miles daily. or 24i@ miles each
on an average. There have been T. 900
applications for routes.
The Exchange Telegraph Co. of
London received a dispatch, or the
10th, from Lisbon, announcing that a
Portuguese gunboat had seized the
American schooner Nettie and Lottie
at Horta, island of Fayal, Azores,
for clandestinely conveying % emf
grants who were trying to avoid mil
itary service.
Charles Miller and Mrs. s. c. Collins,
alias Grace Arnold, alias Grace Ali
son, formerly of Cleveland, ST. Louis
and San Francisco, and who were
convicted in Kansas City. Mo, of us
ing the mails TO defraud in conduct
ing matrimonial bureau, were sen
fenced, on the 11th to year and a
day in prison.
Not including the comparatively
few fur seal skins which were brought
directly to San Francisco, the total
catch in the north this season was
24,12 The Bering sea catch was TO-
3l4, the Copper Island catch 3.S2S. the
coast catch $3.50 and the approximate
Indian catch / 1000 skins, The world
catch for this season is approximately
$4,000 skins.
The schooner Emily Taylor was
wrecked at Zeizer Bay 20 miles north
of Menominee. Mich. and the crew
consisting of Capt. Charles Stone. his
wife and two children, and two sail
ors. spent perilous night on the
wreck before they were rescued by
fishermen. The schooner is owned
by Capt. Stone and hailed from Glad
stone, Mich.
The Vienna Neue Freie Presse, ON
the Sth, published the contents of a
circular note addressed by the Otto
man foreign minister. Tewfix Pasba
to the representatives of Turkey
abroad, announcing that the porte
had satisfied all the French demands.
and expressing a hope that France
would appreciate and resume the re-
lations so unfortunately interrupted.
T. NJ. Burlington, principal chief of
the Cherokee nation, delivering his
annual address to the national coun-
ell of the tribe at Tahlequah, /. T.,
On the nth, recommended per capita
payments 10 the people on account of
the failure of crops this year. and
that a commission to negotiate a
treaty be appointed. Two thousand
people were present, including the
Dawes commission, and other United
States officials.