The Forrest City times., 1901-06-21
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


 The improvement in Mrs. McKin- ley's condition enables the president to spend more time in his office. On the 18th he saw quite a number of people.
 NJ. De Aspirz, Mexican ambassador, and Jose Godoy, arrived at Buffalo. N. r., on the 18th, from Washing ton. The Mexican building was dedi- cated on the 14th.
 President Loubet of France re- ceired Mir. Henderson, speaker of the United States house of representa- tives, and Representative Gillet on the 18th.
 Sir Claude MacDould, British min ister to Japan, arrived at San Francis co. on the 18th. on the steamer Hong Kong MaTu, en route to London.
 The Pennsylvania limited, east bound, was wrecked near Rochester. Pa., on the 14th, by rear-end coili- sion with freight train. Mrs. Amos Millinger, of Dubuque, Ia., was the only person hurt. She was slightly cut and bruised by being thrown against a mirror.
 R. G. Dun & Co. reported on the 18th: Failures for the week num- bered 179 in the United States, against 162 last year, and g in Canada, against 2l last year."
 By courtesy of the navy department the yacht Independence was placed in the drydock at the Boston navy yard, on the 14th, to have her rudder changed and her hull cleaned.
 The wooden side-wheeler North field, which had been in the service of the Staten Island Ferry Co. for the past 3s years, was rammed, on the night of the 14th, in North river, by the steel-hulled propeller Mauch Chunk, used as ferry boat by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. In 20 minutes the Northfield, which was crowded with hundreds of passengers. went to the bottom. The loss of life was variously estimated, the highest figure being 100, but latest reports said that only one person was miss ing.
 An obscure official of the Russian ministry of the interior, was attack ed, but not injured. in St. Petersburg, on the 14th, by man whoss was not identified. The incident gaye rise to report that a nihilist outrage had been committed.
 The Cleveland (O.) Punch and Shear Co, on the I4th, commenced injunc- tion proceedings against their strik- m be restrained from picketing the works of the company. At Roswell, N. M., on the 18th. Ar thur Kline, a wcll-known stockmal,. shot and killed his wife, Beatrice Kline, dangerously wounded Marshal Maddox and probably fatally wound ed the laEdlady with whom Mrs. Kline was living, who attempted to inter- fere, and then committed suicide. Kline was crazed by jealousy, his wife having deserted him.
 Gen. William Montgomery Gardner, veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, died at Memphis, Tenn, on tho 10th, aged 7s. Gen. Gardner gradu- ated from, the military academy al West Point in the class of lS46.
 Seventeen judges have been appoint. ed to the courts of first instance in the Philippines. Among these ap- pointments there are II Americans who have been given the most i'm. portant circuits.
 EN-Congressma s. R. Peters, of Kansas, on the 10th, received dis patch calling him to Washington, where he will be rendered the office of pension commissioner, succeeding H. Clay Evans.
 Sir Cayendish Boyle, the new gov. crnor of Newfoundland, arrived at St. Johns, \. F., on the 10th, from En. gland, to assume his administrative duties. He took the oath of office on the 17th.
 William Fitzgerald, farmer. 10 years old, who lived zve miles south west of Oshkosh, Wis, was struck by lightning while standing in the door of his barn, on the night of the t6th, and instantly killed. A COW in the barn was hit by the bolt and James Fitzgerald, father of William, en- gagged in milking, was pinned under the animal when it fell over. He was not seriously injured.
 Charles Betts, 13 years old, who was charged with the murder of a farmer near Winfield, Kas., was put upon the stand, at Winfield, or the 17tL. for cross-examination. The boy was cool and was not mixed in his answers. His recital of all the details of the story had good effect or the jury
 Miss May Hosmer. the actress, and George Russ Fiske, actor and singer were married in Chicago on the 17th Mir. and Mrs. H. w. Fiske, of Salem, Mass, parents of the groom. came west to witness the ceremony. A fishing schooner named the Lady Clare was lost, on the 17th, by being crushed in the ice in the Strait of Beile Isle. Forty-seyen persons on board were rescued.
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