The Forrest City times., 1902-08-01

THE FORREST CITY TINES
uspyoisT q yipiss. Publishers.
FORREST CITY. :: ARKANSAS.
The flood conditions in Texas are
improving. The Brazos river at
Waco, fell five feet up to the night
of the 27th.
The emperor OF China has decided
To send an imperial commissioner TO
represent that country at the St
Louis exposition.
One million dollars in treasure vas
brought from Nome and 81. Miehaeis
by the steamship Roanoke, which ar
rived at Seattle on the 2sth.
An association was Incorporated IN
Baltimore. on the 2sth. whose object
is to erect memorial arch to com
memorate the deeds of Admiral
Schley.
Two Chicago girls. Edith and Flor
ence Lewis. have been missing from
Colorado Springs, Col, since the 22d.
and the police of that city can get
no trace of them.
IT. s Kennedy. secretary Of the Ma
tional Millers' federation. denies that
that body is taking any concert ID
steps to defeat Speaker Henderson IN
his race for reelection To congress.
The officers of the United Mine
Workers will institute .laoeas corpus
proceedings for members of the or
der arrested under the recent edict
of Judge Jackson. at Petersburg. W.
Va.
The New England Democratic
league gave &. dinner at Nantasket IN
the cath. The speakers we're ". ]
Bryan. Sena or Carmaek, of 'iennes-
see, and Edward NJ. Shepard, u New
York.
Walter Kilner, a wealthy retired
business man Of Nation, ILL.,, who
cut his finger with blade of grass
while moving his lawn a short time
ago, died in great agony, on the 9th.
from blood poisoning.
Besides the two negroes lynehed
at Womelsdorf, W. Va. on the 24th.
for the murder Of Policeman Wood
man, third negro was shot to death
in the iungles % miles south Of FL
kins, W. Va, on the 25th.
Earthquake shocks were felton, the
27th, in points in California. and on
the 2sth shocks were felt in Nebras-
ka, western Iowa and South Dakota.
No damage was done except in Cali
fornia, and there it was only slight.
a marshal left Okmulgee, l. T. on
the 9th, TO disperSe Crazy Snake and
his followers. who had been Grating
"a disturbance, and returned next day.
having shot and mortally wounded
one Indian and taken ten prisoners.
The train known as the Panhandle
limited. from 81. Louis. was wrecked
near Xenia. o., on the 25th. and the
engineer and three ssengers-two
women and man-were burned to
death, and the fireman fearfully in
jured.
President Roosevelt and his party
had an enthusiastic welcome at Sea-
girt, y. J.. on the 24th. The presl-
dent and Gov. Murphy reviewed the
troops IN camp, and later Mr. Roose-
welt addressed a multitude Of 5000
persons.
Very diSorderlv scenes occurred at
primary election in New Jersey on
the 2Sth One man was killed in Cam
den, and Joe" Goddard, the pugilist.
was shot and probably fatally wound
ed. A number OF others were shot or
stabbed.
S. \. Jacobs, a merchant of Fort
Worth, Tex. returning from the
Yaqui Indian country, reports that
he saw 30 1aquis lined up and shot at
a small town in Sonora called Torrin.
The Indians had been captured in The
mountains.
The elericals and anti-clericals Of
Paris made another demonstration
on the eth. The forces seemed IL
be about equally divided Many fights
occurred, but no serious casualties
were reported, as the ponce pre-