The Forrest City times., 1901-11-29
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The towboat Fritz, sent out from
Cairo. III, on the 22d. to raise the
wrecked steamer Hartweg, sunk near
Randolph landing, Tenn. struck the
same snag that sunk the Hartweg,
and went down in six-and-a-half feet
of water No lives were lost.
On the 22d Il. G. Run & Co. report
ed: Failures for the week numbered
21S in the United States. against rs
last year. and 81 in Canada, against
% last year."
The launch of the first iron steamer
constructed in Chile occurred at Val
paraiso, on the cath, and was great
success. The ceremony was attended
by the president. Senior Jerman Ries-
CO. the federal authorities and large
asSemblage of people. The entire
ship. from keel to truck, was con-
structed in Chile.
At Highland. Kas., on the oath, J.
f. Ward. a member of the city coun-
ell, crushed j. +. Springer's skull with
a club. fatally wounding him, after
Springer had twice shot him. The
quarrel was the result of an old time
family feud.
On the cath Charles Anderson and
Carl Lent. section men. were killed.
and $. J. Smith. a section foreman,
was injured in collision between a
hand car and freight train on the
Burlington road near Usage City,
Wyo.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt re-
turned to Washington. on the cath,
from their outing down the Potomac
river.
dispatch from Manila, dated No
vember Il, said: The local steamer
Merta. with 200 passengers. including
some discharged American soldiers
from Olongapo. Subig Bay. TO Manila,
is believed TO have been lost
Mr.. Dickinson, the special diplo-
matte agent of the United States. who
has been conducting the negotiations
for the release of Miss Ellen NJ. Stone.
arrived at Constantinople, on the
oath. from Sofia.
The Philippine constabulary, which
was organized last August, is proving
itself valuable adjunct to the mill
tary authorities and is making an en-
Yiable record.
!, Numerous churches in the Spanish
provinces have been destroyed, re-
Gently by incendiary fires. The police
have secured no clews as to the cul-
prits.
\. {. Rathbun was indicted BY the
a1 l.. 4
, on the ed, for the wilful murder of
Charles Goodman, the tramp whom h
had chosen as his victim in his self
confessed scheme to defraud the in
eurance company which had issued
$4,000 against his life. Rathbun
pleaded not guilty.
: The application of the Chicago
: Union Traction Co. and the Consoli-
i. dated Traction Co. for an injunction
/ restraining the state board of equali-
$ cation from assessing the capital
2 stock of those companies for 1000
r was denied by the federal court al
: Springfield, H., on the 22d.
: Andres Cronic, brother of the ia
nous Boer leader, now prisoner il
St. Helena, is among the eX-burgher.
who are enlisting men against the
!, Beers, and who are taking up arm,
: against their former companions in
: arms and in favor of the British.
4 President Roosevelt's policy of rec
: ognizing merit and ability in making
t. appointments was evidenced. on the
22d in his appointment of Capt. Gro
: zier to be chief of ordnance. with thu
e rank Of brigadier general, over the
:. heads of % senior officers.
Il Count Won -Wildenburg
e who, a few days since, retired from
I the post of German ambassador Il
r Great Britain, died at the embassy il
: London ON the ed. from asthma
o complicated by congestion of tn,
lungs.
Ex-President Cleveland. on his re
5 cent return home, to Princeton, y
/ j., from hunting trip, was takel
= with a chill and has been threatened
with pneumonia. At last account.
: his condition was not considered dan
gerous.
Five thousand foreign corporations
doiiiE buSiutSH III AAltdSbs dit JUS
L now facing fines of $1,000 each foi
noncompliance with a law, enacted
two years ago, making il compulsor,
: for them TO pay a fee for doing bust
ness in the state of Illinois.
9 Another alleged conspiracy has beer
nipped in the bud at johannesburg
!. South Africa. Twenty arrests wer
: nade at midnight. recently. in house
: in various parts of the city. \ grea
sensation followed.
The Atlantic coast, in the vicinit,
OF New York, was swept by a terrifi
=. northeast gale. ON the gath, resultin;
Il in the wreck of docks and numerou
! small craft. Much valuable propert,
Y at the Long Island and New Jerse,
II summer resorts was destroyed
: Ignacio Foliaco, commander of tn,
+ Colombian gunboat Pinzon, notiSe,
, the commanders of the American