The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-08-23
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

american coal has ousted British
coal from the Swiss market says a
F dispatch TO the London Daily Mail
F from Geneva. land the American SYM
+ dictate is confident OF eventually OBJ
tanning monopoly of the entire
Swiss coal market"
An explosion OF ten tons of molten
metal in the blast furnace depart
ment ~ the Ohio plant Of the Nation
al Steel Co. az Youngstown, on the
18Th. resulted in the death OF three
workmeu aud the injury of Il others.
+ The machinery which controlled the
+ Iadle containing the molten ma -
brotr and allowed tie metal to drop
+ into vat containing vate-.
4 great forest fire is raging on
North Pine and fish creeks, near
Baker City. ore, and the destruction
Of vast amount of timber i threat
ened The weather is so dry and
warm in the mountains that 4 viii
% impossible 10 stop the fire which
Is likely 10 prove destructive l., muck
ranch property.
ney Schreiber's racing stable. of 81.
Louis. was fatally injured at tho
Saratoga y. " race track on the
18th.
The Ninona Bible eonferenc,
opened is seventh annual meeting at
Ninona Lake. Ind. on the 18th.
Dr. Edward W. Claypole. Of Pasa
dena, Cal. died at Long Beach, Cal.
on the 18th. Or. Claypole was we'll
known geologist, and formerly a menu
Der OF the faculty OF Buchtei college.
Akron. o.
-Four masked men. armed With re-.
volvers, held up a tram car in the
suburbs Of Melbourne. Australia. On
the night Of the 18th. ard robbed
eight passengers of their money and
| jewelry.
The standing committee of the Ger
man agricultural council has adopted
a resolution demanding the double
tariff system in the case of agric4,-
tural products.
The Islander. the crack steamer 81
the Canadian Pacific Navigation Co..
struck All iceberg. of Douglas Island.
on the morning of the 18th. and went
To the bottom, carrying down from -
10 50 souls. including passengers. the
captain and members OF the crew.
There was $4,000 in gold on board.
Harry T. Slocum, a reporter on the
Chicago American. attempted TO com
mt suicide on the grave Of his wife.
at Galesburg. H., on the 18th. Ills
wife had committed suicide at Chi
caEo a few days before.
The STRAIN Of the steel strike is tell
ing on President Shaffer of the Anal
gamated association. He was i'll on
the 18th, ard kept 10 his bed most OF
the time. He declined to see any Of
the many callers Who sought him. ard
his wife, who met them in his stead.
explained that he was worn out and
sick.
In the western part Of the Harqua-
hala district, in Arizona. near the Col.
orado river, an immense meteor fell
on the night OF the 18th. lighting M
the country for hundreds of miles
around, and exploding with "a crash
which could be plainly heard as Ear
south as Yuma. and east TO Vulture
mine, near Wickcnburg.
Coal expectations from the United
States during the fiscal year recently
ended, as shown by the treasury bu-
reau of statistics. amounted to $22,-
317,496, against $40, 502, sl3 in the fiscal
year 1900; Sl3,66l,o2s in 1899 and S.,
3ql, O26 in 1891.
Mrs. Carrie Nation visited Atlantic
City, \. j., on the 18th, and lectured
to a large audience on the Audi
forum pier. She was unable to oh.
tain a room at any OF the hotels, and
was warned not to use the Ratchet
she carried with her.
Reports from Homburg, where
King Edward is sejourning. are Ia
the effect that he looks sad and worn.
and it is also whispered ths he is
suffering from cancer of the tongue
and he can not live many years. The
latter report is received in London
with reserve.
Ma .-Gen. Macarthur. who arrived
at San Francisco, on the transport
Sheridan, on the 18th, said: The best
conditions prevail in northern Luzon
You may say that the whole terri
tory is pacifed, but not tranquiHized
but it will be many months before
law and order are observed every,
where"
Invading Beers in Cape Colony are
fleeing north before Col. Gorringe
Commandant Scheepers is said 10
have broken back through the British
lines. According TO the reports CIR
eulated at Pretoria the Beers are be-
coming disorganized.
Within a few weeks a complete
printing office, costing about one hun
dred thousand dollars. viii be taken
from this country to the Philippine
islands and set up in Manila. This
will be the governments printing
Office for all or nearly all work origi-
mating or needed in the Philippines