The Forrest City times., 1902-08-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

John Dodge and Henry Hughes,
well-known farmers Of Calvert City,
KY. near Paducah. were fatally in
| jured. on the night Of the 9th. by
jumping from moving passenger
train.
At Webb City. Mo-. early on the
morning of the 10th. City marshal
Rich was shot and instantly killed by
Joe Gideon. who was in turn killed by
policeman.
King Edward has made a gift to the
nation of Osborne house, Isle of
Wight. one Of the favorite residences
of the late Queen Victoria.
5. Z. Sewer, a farmer, at Uticl,
Mich, on the 10th, killed his wife
with an AK and then hanged himself.
Mrs. Eliza Young. the OLDEST actress
on the American stage. died. on the
10th, at the Actors Fund home, near
New York, aged nearly ninety-two
years.
County Jue ge Ed. c. Smith was
shot and killed at Columbia, Tex. on
the 9th, while assisting deputy sher-
| if to arrest some disorderly negro es.
Ed. White was shot and killed ON
the street at Oklahoma City. ON the
morning OF the 10th. ny Arthur Moore.
with whose wife White was walking.
Atire on the morning of the 10th de-
| stroyed the Landon hotel. at San An
gelo. Tex, and burned to death seven
people, including Mrs. Landon, wife
of the proprietor.
Latest obtainable reports show that
the United States has more gold than
any other nation. In June. the Unit
| ed States held S565.o00 600; France,
s514.o0o,oo0; Russia. $363, 600 600; Ger
many, ST., 100000. and England. $780,
| eco coo.
Maj. Bachelor. formerly of the
Twentyfourth infantry. has died of
cholera in theprovinee Of Pangasinan,
north of Manila. He was the leader
Of the famous expedition in the lat
ter part of 1899, and the beginning of
1900 in northern Luzon.
In striking contrast 10 the sad serv-
ice of supplication. in June, was the
thanksgiving held in i. Paul's ca
| thedral, London, on the 10th. follow
ing the coronation, on the 9th, which
was accomplished without any unto
ward interruption.
Reynolds Weewlv Newspaper Ion-
dom says, speaking OF the corona
ton: THE one man the populace
knew and desired TO cheer above
them all was Lord Kitchener. He sat
on his horse like a centaur. a grim,
stern and never-smiling figure. man
who had accomplished something"
Inspired by stories Of Harry Ira
cys daring Charles Tam and Charles
Williams. farmhands, near San Jose,
Cal, turned bandits on the 9th Tam
is dead and Williams i a prisoner.
! The ! arts Matin declares that the
crown prince of Germany recently
had violent interview with the en-
peror. in which he expressed his de-
sire to renounee his rank and CLAIM
to the throne. \ woman is said to
be concerned in the affair.
Delbert Preston. a 15-year-old boy.
has made a confession of having
caused the wreck Of a passenger
train on the Rock Island. near South
Omaha, July "a, by which one man
was killed and several others injured
He says he picked mp spike and n
advertently laid it on the rail.
\ rich gold pocket has been opered
recently in the Cripple Creek (C"l)
district. from which ore running ST.
GOO To the ton is being taken. One car
| load of p tons of carefully sorted
rock brought $4,000
\ report has reached Washington
that japanese fishermen have settled
on Wake island in the mid-Pacifc,
over which the United States assumed
sovereignty to secure its possible use
as a relay station for the telegraph
cable to connect this country with
Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines.
Leonard NJ. Dingle. former teller Of
the First national bank OF Aspen.
Col. was arrested in Denver. on the
10th, charged with embezzling $4,000
peculations have been going on for
some time and that the money was
lost in gambling.
Three robbers broke into the house
of DR.. Stoneburner, at Valparaiso,
Ind, on the nth, and after overpow
ering, binding and gagging the sery
ant, secured money, jewelry and ne
gotiable securities To the amount Of
$1,000. The doctor and his wife were
absent at the time.
Mr.. Yerkes, commissioner of in.
ternal revenue, has rendered a deci.
sion that palm oil, even in very smali
quantities, mus not be used in the
manufacture of oleomargarine.
An electric car on the inter-urban
line at Dallas, Tex, on the 11th,
struck section crew, killing one
man, fatally wounding another, and
slightly wounding two more.
The body of the late Senator Me.