The Forrest City times., 1902-03-07

The Zd- showed that the total FeDru- ary coinage was S9 z5i .s40. as follows: Gold, S6.643.s50: silger. szssg 0o0. mi. nor coins, S12s, ,49O.
 Insurance against assassination is one of the new ideas Prince Henry has brought to American shores. He carries a policy of S900.000 against assassination. and is sad to be the only man in the world 90 insured.
 Francis Warner. special agent of the American Express Co. died at WiIlmette. IL. on the 2d. of paralysis. aged = years. Mr- Warner was one of the pioneers of Illinois. having re- sided in LaSaIle county since 1.4s.
 Emperor William received Prof. Kune Franke Of Harvard university. on the 3i. Ills ma jesty questioned the professor concerning the Ger manic museum at HarYard. in which fhe emperor showed the liveiiest in- ferest-
 Lord Kitchener celebrated the am niversary Of Majuba Hill by admiBis- tering signal defeat 10 the Boer commanders in The field under Gen Louis Botha- T. is said that Botha himself was captured. but managed To escape in the confusion.
 In the city court of Leayenworth. kas-. on the 26th. Manager de Coursev of the LeavenNorth Street Car Co. was fined s5e for dismissing W. p. Sullivan. an employe. because Of his connection with a labor union. This is the first conviction under the new state law.
 D. II Scott 2 wheat expert. who has frayeled two weeks over the Kan sas wheat belt. reports the plant in better condition than ever before al this season Scott says ae has watched Kansas wheat for - wears. and he never before saw such fine prospect for crop.
 Chitto HarJo. or Crazy Snake. and nine of his followers started from Muskogee. ]. T. on the for the federal prison al Fort Leatenxorth kas.. 70 begin their sentences Of two years each for conspiracy against the government, imposed by United States Judge (. N. Raymond.
 The Corn Products Co. which was recently incorporated at Trenton. N. |. filed an amended certificate, on the &6th, increasing it's authorized capital to Ss0.0O000o, of which S30.- 0oo,ooo is to be preferred stock. with seven per cent. cumulative dividends and the remainder common stock.
 Prince Henry of Prussia went up Lookout mountain, on the 2d. and af- ter viewing the ground where the Union and confederate armies met in conflict and hearing afresh the story of the battle. resumed his journey 10 the north and west. He was greatly pleased with his visit to the south.
 Quartermaster-General Ludington e the army, and Godfrey Cabott. of Boston. carbon manufacturer a3E exported. were before the house com mittee on coinage on the 27th. They both favored the metric system. and were of the opinion that the system bids fair to be universally adopted 
 The coroner's jury which had been Investigating the cause of the exnlo- sion of the boiler at the Penbertbv Injector Co.'S plant in Detroit. Mich. on November 26 last, which resulte in the loss of % lives. brought in verdict. of the 2sth. that the boiler was defective and censured its ma kers.
 John D. Rhodes. q rough rider who was wounded at San Juan Hill. is un- der arrest at Vernon, Tex. charged with accepting money from Tex as cattle men 10 permit their viola ting the Oklahoma live stock quar- antine laws by crossing it with cat tie not properly inspected. He is un- dersheriff of Comanche county, Okla homa.
 O'Donovan Rossa. the celebrated Fenian agitator, was reported, on the goth. to be dying at St Francis hos pital in Colorado of blood poisoning At noon an operation was performed, taking off the large toe of the left foot. The only hope for Rossa now lies in amputating the entire foot, and the patient is too weak to per init this.
 The vieeroy of India, Lord Curzon of hedleston. telegraphed, on the 3d. as follows; The rainfall has been light and scattered and of no benefit to the affected districts. About 359,- 900 persons are now receiving relief" A dispatch to the Exchange Tele- graph Co. from Lahore says coco 900 acres of wheat in the Punjab is suf- fering from total drought.
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