The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-11-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

] freight mousse OF the CHESAPEAKE a
Ohio railway at Third and Rose
streets. Cincinnati, together with
many freight cars and contents, were
burned on the 10th. Loss, over $780,
Geo.
At Enid, Okla. Joseph Carter. aged
%, killed L. d. Campbell, aged 4i,with
fist blow over the heart. Both
were farmers. Campbell had threat
ened Carter With a knife, finally chal'
longing him to a fist fight. Carter
felled Campbell with a blowand death
resulted almost Immediately.
\ Missouri Pacific train crashed in
to freight car at the Missouri, Kan
sas d Texas crossing near Paola, kas.,
on the 9th, killing Engineer Bowers,
of st. Louis, and seriously injuring
the fireman.
Baron De Calico, the Austro-Hun-
garian ambassador, has secured from
the porte a satisfactory settlement
of several questions that were pend
ing between Turkey and Austria
Hungary.
Two steanffitters were killed and
two others seriously injured by the
blowing out of a valve in the water
pumping apparatus at the Schwarz-
child q Sulzberger packing plant in
Armourdale. Kas.. on the 10th.
The expenses of the local govern
ment of New lork city last year were
more than seven times as great as the
expenses of Chicago and more than
six and one-half times those of the
city of Philadelphia. They were
nearly twenty times greater than the
expenses Of St. Louis and five and
one-half times as much as those of
the city of Boston.
The Busch opera house at
Bellevile, H., was totally destroyed
by fire early on the morning of the
10th. The origin is unknown, but it
is supposed to have caught In the
dressing rooms. The loss is estimated
at 100000.
unique marriage took place, the
other day at Flora. H., when David
and Bertha Reynolds were made man
and wife. The bride was the recently
divorced young wife of the grooms
father. who is 50 years of age
While the British frst-class battle
ship Royal Sovereign was praeticing
with her guns near Astkos. in Greek
waters, on the 10th, one of the big
weapons burst, killing an officer and
six men belonging TO the marine artil-
lery. and seriously iniuring her cap
tain and IL sailors
According to the London Daily
News. Ma j.-Gen. Ian Hamilton, who
sailed for South Africa to act as Lord
Nitehener's chief of staff, takes a
plan prepared in London for more
vigorous campaign, with a view Of
ending the war before the coronation
festivities begin.
\ new dynamite gun of destructive
powers, exceeding those of any
weapon yet designed, has Just been
secretly submitted to a successful test
by special board of officers of the
bureau of ordnance of the United
States army at Fishers island, \. y.
The buildings for Charleston Is. ca
exposition are ready and the exhibits
are being rapidly got in place. The
citizens are making preparations to
receive their guests, and nearly every
private house WILL for the time, be
come a boarding house.
William Ogden, of Mclean county.
Ill. has just concluded Il deal for a
large tract of land in Kansas. 1t is
nearly 10000 acres and is located in
the short grass country. The price paid
/ was $3.50 per, acre. Ogden will CON
I vert it into a wheat rlnch.
Thousands of people from all parts
OF Minnesota, and, III fact. the entire
northwest. assembled at Tower.
Mimi, on the 10th, to participate in
the unveilng OF the first monument
erected to the memory of William
Mckinley.
/ Dennis Mulyihill, the "stoker" may-
b or of Bridgeport, Conn, assumed of
flee, on the 18th, at noon. He was
called upon by 500 persons within two
j hours. and about a bushel of mil
/ bearing congratulations and good
wishes was delivered to him. Mayor
Mulvihill was for 80 years fireman in
/ a manufacturing concern here. Dur
| ing the campaign many contributions
toward detraying the expenses of his
canvass were sent to him. but lie re-
turned the donations in every in.
stance.
1t is announced that nearly 500 ma
chinists employed by the Fulton iron
I works in san Francisco have returned
to work after having been on strike
for several months in an effort TO OBJ
3 tain ten hours pay for nine hours
work. 1t is understood that they re-
turn TO their benches on schedule
of nine hours pay for nine hours
work.
Senator Warren. of Wyoming. took
luncheon with the president. on the
18th. and had general talk with him
regarding the irrigation of arid lands
IN the west.