The Forrest City times., 1901-09-13
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS Ig BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ggSZ. who was IDHfdu'l . Se1keH Dt TWO secret serFice ageats aad q negro who had just shaken hand with the pres dent. \ scene of the widest confu- sion ensued. the president alone re- taining his eompesure. during which the would-be assassin was skillfuiiy rescued from the infuriated people. The presidents physicians gave 1t out that though dangerous the presidents wounds were not necessarily fatal.
 The United states auxiliary cruiser Dixie. from Southampton. arrived at Antwerp on the otf
 United States Ambassador White. on the 9th, received ceremonious call from fhe neS Coredn minister 10 Germany. aIn CHosei Hun.
 Maj. Nathaniel F. Warner. pioneer undertaken of Minneapolis, Mnn.. died. on the sth. of paresis. He or ganized the first company of national guard in the state and was an honor aFy member of the First Minnesota volunteer regiment.
 Dr. Johannes von Miquel. former PrnsSian minister of finance. was found dead in his bed at Frankfort on-ihe-Main. on the sth. Apoplexy is believed 10 have been the cause of death. He was born February 2I. Is29.
 \ dispatch from Buffalo mp 10 2:36 Of the morning of the 9th, said there had been no perceptibIe change in 1a and all around him were buoyed up with hope that he would weather tbe storm. No sign of peritonitis had manifested.
 Emma Goldman. the anarchist lee turer and author, who wrote the book that Czolgosz says inspired him to ali tempt To as>assinate President Me kiniey, at Buffalo, was in S,. Louis last week She is said to have ar rived there from Buffalo.
 There are some indications. says a Buffalo dispatch, that CzoIrosz. the assassin. will break down in q phys ical as well as d mental way. He continues 10 assert his brayado. but he is secretly worrying. His appetite seems 10 be good, but in spite of that, he is losing flesh rapidly.
 \ Buffalo dispatch of the 9th says: Despite all optimism, the president is by no means out of danger. Not one aI his physicians. not one of his advisers who is admitted 10 the inner councils. has the temerity 10 go so f.r q he continues 10 improve for one more day the danger of peritonitis, which is most dreaded, will have practically disappeared.
 Queen Regent Christina. personally, and the duke q d'Areos, on behalf of tho Spanish government. sent messages of sympathy with President Mckinley and Of abherrence of the act of the would-be assassin, coupled with hopes for speedy recovery.
 \ report gained currency that Vice President Roosevelt would be called upon to exercise executive functions pending the outcome of the presi- dents prostration. These reports are declared 10 be entirely gratuitous on the part of these spreading them, they being utterly without warrant. Ii is currently reported in Wash ineton that Rear-Admiral Sampson is not expected 10 attend the court of inquiry, as it has been made clear that his condition is such as 10 make such attendance Impossible It is known in Washington that the ad- lnirafs mental condition is such as to wholly prevent him from testifying.
 A dispatch from Kingston. Jamaica. on the sth. said: The royal mail steamer Para, from Colon. reports rebel activity in the neigh borhood of Panama and Colon. She also reports that fighting has taken place at Boeas del Toro.
 There will be no more revolutionary speeches in public in Chicago, if the police can prevent them The edict has gone forth from Mayor Harrison and Superintendent of Police O'Nefl that such utterances must be stopped A suggestion was thrown out in the l executive departments at Washing tRaAs biA iLt &iii- llistt II Nouil De prop CT for the American people to do something for the colored man Park CT, whose prompt action possibly saved the presidents life. The would be assassin himself complained that It was the stunning blow delivered upon him by Parker that prevented him from firing another shot. The statement of the London board of trade for the month of August, is- sued on the 9th, shows decreases of fl'159'sOo in imports and 7s9, 100 in exports.
 A dispatch from Ss. Petersburg to London news agency says the Rus sian government has decided to build i five battleships. each of 20,0OO tons, in Russian shipyards.