The Forrest City times., 1901-09-06
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AmerlcaH-
 By the explosion of naphtha launch on the Hudson river. al The Abbey. mile and half below M. bany. \. l.. on the 1st. the owner, Wilbur Alexander and his son Wilbur, Jr. were horribly burned. and Mrs. Alexander and her little daughter were killed.
 \ dispatch from Caracas asserts that the memorandum. issued on the 1st. by the Venezuelan government to foreign powers in explanation of the Nenezuela-C colombian difficulty, de clares that hosfilities between the two states are imminent.
 N. De Blowitz, advance colonization agent for Roumauian immigrants. states that 2.000 Roumanians are now en route for Mexico. Considerable doubt exists as 10 the date of thelr arrival in Mexico.
 Abbas Pacha, khedive Of Egypt, ar rived in Paris, on the 1st, from Di- vonne
 The inhabitants of sctenil. near Cadiz, Spain. have risen against the tax collectors. It Is reported that q serious conflict has taken place. sev- oral persons being killed or injured.
 The gold production Of the Cripple Creek (Col) district during Angus. was S2.5js .0O0. the greatest single months record in the history of the camp.
 Hundreds Of thousands of dollars worth Of property in Cleveland. O., was washed away CT destroyed in one Of the most disastrous floods in the ciiy.S history, caused by q cloudburst that precipitated six inches of rain.
 X dispatch from Trcbizonde says that the Johnstone line steamer No- ranmore. with q cargo Of Gil. has fouadered near Athena. The crew, numbering 40, were all lost except one. The Noraumore was bound from Batoum for bay
 Maj.-Gen. Macarthur, who formerly was in command of the American forces in the Philippines, reached Washington on thc lst. He was ac- conipanied by Capt. T. Q. Ashburn. his aid-de=camp. Ma i.-Gen. MacArthur's stay in the capital will be brief.
 Capitalists of keokuk. Ia. and Ham, ilton, H., aided by Chicago engi- neer, hope 10 make the Mississippi river do the work of hundreds of big steam engines. and to develop. at Keo- kuk, q manufacturing center like Lowell, Mass, or Minneapolis.
 4 Pekin correspondent of the lon don Times says that Nu Ting fang, at present Chinese minister 10 the Unit ed States. will be transferred from Washington to London 10 replace Lo Fene I.uh.
 George P. Magrady, of Chicago. claims To have invented perpetual light. He thinks the millennium of illumination is at hand. Every house will be able 10 have an equipment of perpetual lights in beautiful globes, which will burn day and night, year in and year out. and shed brilliant glow without ceasine.
 The National hotel. d historic build ing al Jerseytille, H., which during the 40s was the largest hotel in that section of Inc state. was burned OF the lst. It was built in 1s3s from material hewed and sawed from the timber west of town. II was for many years the rallying place for many so- eial functions of the days prior to 1860.
 A number of Indiana families are preparing 10 migrate to the state of Washington. Under the direction of ]. M. Sare, @o families will start from southern indiana counties on Septem- Der r.
 Carrie Nation was arrested in New York city, on the 1st, charged with raising crowd and creating riot" She was released, however. upon as surance of her escort that she would go directly 10 her hotel.
 Wheat that tests 67 pounds to the bnshel one pound heavier than the worlds record, will be shown by Okla homa at the St. Louis exposition The Oklahoma commissioners met in Guthrie, on The 2d. and decided to erect al the St. Louis Worlds fair large building of native material
 A masked cyclist, on the night of the lst, held mp the White Cliffs-Hn- cania mail coach, in New South Wales, wounded passenger, secured the mails and opals valued at l,400, and escaped.
 Banker James NJ. Key. of Andrews, Ind, against whom many charges of forgery and fraud have been made, pleaded guilty, on the 2d, in the Hunt ington circuit court.
 It is reported that Consul-General ilo Vow, al san Francisco, will be ap- pointed To succeed Minister Wu Ting fang, if the latter ist transferred To London.
 United States Ambassador Andrew D. White returned 10 Berlin on tbe d.