The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-08-02
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS N BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

iouFned in London. recommended the
enactment OF laws with severe penal
ties To prevent eXpectorafion upon
the streets or in public places.
Tie statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund. exclusive
of the $50. 1000. 600 gold reserve in the
division Of redemption. issued on the
goth, showed. Available cash bal
ance. S172,54g.657. gold. So, al SOS.
\ heavy shock Of earthquake was
felt throughout large portion Of
Nevada at 2:30 p. m. Of the 2sth. The
vibrations were from north 10 south,
and lasted several seconds.
On the 26th L. 6. Dun y Co. report
ed: Failures for the week num-
bered I9s in the United States. against
PSI last year, and p IN Canada.
against IS last year
The detailed figures OF the foreign
commerce of the United States in the
year ended June so, 1901. were com,
pleted by the treasury bureau Of sta
tistics on the 26th. They show total
imports Ss22. 673. ol6; total exports.
$l.4s7.755,557; exports OF domestic
products, 81 ,460. as. 500.
Edgar and Harley Dahlrymple.
brothers, were drowned in the Bear
river at Montpelier, Idaho, on the
Goth. while bathing
Peter Tilbnry, an iron worker,
called at tie home of Kate Phinnev,
at Muncie, Ind, on the 18th, and
threw the contents of small
bottle of carboIc acid into the
face of Mrs. Mary Torry.a guest. burn
ing out the woman's eyes and injuring
her neck. arms and breast frightfully
The man had pleaded with the woman
for years to marry him.
The Ncws-frihune, naphtha
launch used to deliver Detroit fMich9
newspapers te residents Of the Lake
s.. Clair fats. oapsized about two
miles north of the lightship. on the
2sth, during Il sudden squall Miss
Maud Randall. Of Detroit, one of the
fur passengers. was drowned.
RI Rev. Brook Foss Westcott. bishop
OF Durham, died in London on the
18th. He was born in 1875.
Three Russian officers and "a SOL
diers were killed and 80 soldiers were
injured in the recent explosion at Ba-
toum, the noted oil port on the Black
sea. Thirty civilians are known to
have been killed or wounded.
Sir Thomas Lipton's new cup chal-
lenger. Shamrock H., sailed from
Gourock, Scotland. on the 9th, for
American waters. conveyed by the
steamer Erin. Thousands of people
lined the shores and cheered the chal-
! lenger.
Wholesale poisoning by adultera-
tions and preseryatiyes in many staple
articles of food in common use has
reached such pass that DR.. II. W.
Wiley, chemist of the agricultural de-
partment, in Washington. is advocat-
ing national Legislation TO supplement
, the laws now in force in various,
states.
Weather bureau reports of the 2sth
indicated an expansion Of the rain
area over the great western corn belt,
IN places the doWnpour being very
heavy. The corn crop. while not saved,
| VIII be materially benefited.
Rev. Sam z. Jones. the sensational
southern evangelist preached 10 1000
| people on What l Know About He'll"
at the Shelby county G1l1 Chautau-
! qua, at Moweaqua, on the 18th.
Rear-Admiral John Irwin. retired.
died at his residence. in Washington.
on the night of the 2sth. after an i'll
ness of several months. due to com
| plication of diseases. He was 80 years
OF age. He entered the naval acade-
my in lsi7, and had good war rec
ord. lie leaves a widow. a daughter
and one son.
The new battleship Maine was sue
euessfully launched at the Cramps
shipyards in Philadelphia. on the 9th.
/ in the presence of an Immense throng.
1t is said the memories called up by
the event brought tears TO many
eyes.
Mrs. Antonio Van Oosten. an aged
Holland woman. fell dead from the
heat on the street at Grand Rapids.
Mich, on The 2sth, while on her way
from church. She was supposed TO be
in very poor circumstances. but a
cloth pouch was found tied about her
waist unde. her skirts containing ST.
! 045 in gold and bills.
Charles {. Haekett, Of Oakland. H..
an aged veteran and a member of
Gen. Grants old regiment. wa. way
laid on his way home by young man
and beaten With car pin until insen-
sible. liackett's wounds are danger
Gus and may prove fatal. His assail-
ant has tled the country.
The North China Daily News an
nounces that there has been a re-
| cradescence IF the outbreaks by the
Boxers in the Province of Shan Tung.
IN consequence Of the success OF the
allied villagers in Chi Ii province
against the troops OF Ii Hung Chang.
The American steam yacht Nahama,
having or board Mrs. Robert Goelet
the duchess of Luynes, and party OF
friends, arrived at Christiania, Nor
way, on the 10Th.