The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-10-18
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


From inside sources in Vienna il is
learned that the new Austrian tariff
bill. which is now complete, quite
equals the German in high protective
duties.
\ report from Hebron. South Afri-
ca. says: Thirteen of Lord Kitchen
er's scouts were captured in Boer
ambush
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund. Exclusive
of the S150,O00. 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
18th. showed: Available cash balance,
S167.550. 037; gold, S101 ,464, 20s.
Emperor William, in consequence OF
crop failure. has RENTED more than
half the rents payable by peasants on
crown lands near Colmar. Prussia.
Prof. Thomas Shaw, of Minnesota,
was. on the 18th, elected to the chair
of animal husbandry in the agricul-
tural college at Brookings, 5. ID. Prof.
Show enjoys national reputation
and Is a leader of his profession in
this country and Canada.
On the 18th RIG. Dun & Co., of New
York, reported: Failures for the
week numbered 231 in the United
States, against 232 last year. and 81
in Canada. against 80 last year.
Prof. Waldeyer left Berlin, on The
18th, TO attend the Yale bi-centen-
nary. as representative of the Uni
versity of Berlin and the Berlin Acad-
envy of Arts.
On the White Star liner Celtic,
which arrived at New lork, on the
18th, was a party of English railroad
men who come over to spend month
studying American railroad methods
and inspecting systems. They are
George 5. Glib. general manager of
the Northwestern railroad; Norman
d. Macdonald, T. NJ. Newell and Will
son Worsdell, directors of the line.
Up 10 the 18th there had been no
fresh developments in the case of Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone, the abducted Ameri-
can missionary Spencer Eddy, seere-
tary OF the United States legation in
Constantinople, on the 18th, received
| notification from Washington, that
the funds for ransom had been for
warded.
| Burglars made an unsuccessful at
tempt 10 rob the Monroeville (O) ma
/ tional bank on the night of the 18th.
/ The inner safe was blown. but the
noise aroused the inhabitants, and
the burglars were forced to flee with
cut having secured any booty.
Capt. Pitcher has practically
stamped out Instruction in the Isl.
and of Mindoro.
The Chinese plenipotentiaries at
Pekin, on the 18th, performed their
last official act and forwarded to the
Spanish minister, who is the doyen
of the diplomatic corps, a bond for
the indemnity of 450,0oo,oO0 taels.
Mrs. f. ID. Gillespie, the great grand
daughter of Benjamin Franklin and
one of Philadelphia most prominent
women, died at her home in that city,
on the 18th, aged so years.
/ The farmers of central New Jersey
have made more out of potatoes this
! year than ever before known IT. the
| history of the state. From Burling-
ton county north there has been. as
Col. Sellers would say, millions in it,
Lansing Warren, editor and publish
er of the Milwaukee Sentinel, died. on
the eth. from an attack of typhoid
fever, after an illness of about three
weeks. Mr.. Warren had been actively
engaged in newspaper work for more
than twenty years.
Chief Surgeon kimball, of the de.
partment of the Missouri. says that
youths under 20 years of age are not
able TO bear up under the hardships
and privations of an active campaign
and serve only to cucumber the hos
pitfalls and to diminish the efficiency
of the army"
Rev. benjamin Michel died at Svca-
more, H., on the 18th. aged So. He was
one of the pioneer ministers of the
Evangelical church of the west. Rev
Benjamin Neibel. of the Des Moines
(la.) Evangelical church. is his son.
\ large reservoir, just completed
at East Liverpool. O., containing 10.
100000 gallons of water. burst. on the
18th, and caused great damage. Nc
lives were lost. but score of people
had narrow escapes. The money los,
will reach probably $4,000
The entire business section of Los
Gatos. Cal. was wiped out by fire or
the 18th. The area covered by the
fire is estimated at about four acres
Property variously estimated in value
at from 100000 to sl50,0oo was de
stroyed.
Miss Frances West has been select
ed by Gov. Shaw of Iowa to christer
the new cruiser Des Moines at the
ship yards in Quincy, Mass, in No
vember.
During the run home OF the Jeffer
son club excursion from St Louis tc
the tomb of Thomas jefferson the
special train made a burst of speed
Just west of Charleston. W. Va, GOV.
eTing Is miles in less than IL min.
utes, five miles of which were made
at the rate of los miles an hour.
The japanese ship Tsuruhiko was
i 81 1 L.. 1.