The Forrest City times., 1902-03-21

The report that Herbert Booth. third son O. Gen. Booth. who was in command of the Salvation army in Australia. has withdrawn from the army. is confirmed. Ill-health is the cause of Commander Booths with drawal.
 The vacancy in the office of door keeper of the house of representa- tiyes probably will be filled by the choice of F. E. Lyon. superintendent of the folding room, who was an ac- tive assistant of the late doorkeeper, Mir. Glenn.
 It having been rumored that change in the German embassy in Washington was possible, the foreign office in Berlin has authorized the denial that Dr. Von Holleben. the present ambassador. would be either fuTloughed pr recalled.
 Because a Chinamen threw stone at Baroness Romania Avezzana. wife of the secretary of the Italian lega- ton in Pekin, while she was passing in the street, the dowager empress has issued an edict sternlY admonish- ing the Chinese against insulting foreigners.
 The Madrid Gazette published de cree, on the 17th, establishing an eight-hour day for all working peo- pie on the state domains and ill the state mines, workshops, etc, and pro- yi,Eng that each hour of overtime is to be paid for at the rate of one eighth of the daily wage.
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 Cornelius Vanderbilt Cross. eldest grandson of the late Commodore Van derbilt, died on the 10th, at his resi- dence in New York city. He was $ years old. and was for many yearss eastern agent of the Red Line" Freight Transportation Co. He re- tired about twenty years ago.
 The British admiralty officially an- nounced. on the l-th, that all hope of finding the sloop-of-war Condor had been given up, and ordered that her books be closed and that the money due her officers and crew to March F be paid. The Condor was of gso tons, and carried a complement of 130 men.
 The agreement between the Donlin- ion government and William Mar conf for the establishment of wire less telegraph station at Cape Breton has been brought to a satisfactory issue. It is expected that wireless communication will he established be tween the Dominion and Great Brit ain by the beginning of June.
 
 The duke of Connaught. the com mander of the forces in Ireland. and the duchess of Connaught; Lord Rob erts, the commander-in-chief of the army; Earl Cadogan. the lord ieu,en- ant of Ireland. and countess Cadogan met with great reception at the St. Patrick's day parade at Dublin castle Many thousands of people witnessed the ceremony.
 Miss Stone, the American mission arN, has written q letter. in winch she expresses surprise and gratitude at the universal manifestations of Joy at the release of herself and Mme Tsilka. Miss Stone also conveys her heartfelt thanks to all those who. by their labor. their money and their prayers, co-operated for the release of herself and companion.
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 The duke of Loubet, who was re- gently elected 10 be corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Belles Lettres. has offered the col lege of France an annuity of 6.00C francs to found and maintain pro fessorship for the study of American antiquities. The college has voted its acceptance of the annuity, and an ad, dress of gratitude to the duke.
 The Windward. the Peary Arcti, clubs steamer of 1900. Capt. Samuel w. Bartlett, which has been winter. ing at St. Johns, \. F., sailed. on the 18th, for New York, where she will undergo extensive repairs. She will receive new engines and boilers prior to proceeding To the Arctic regions the coming summer for the relief oi Lieut.. Peary, the Arctic explorer.
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 James Dick, the so-ealled rubber king. who died at Glasgow, Scotland on the 7th, bequeathed 100000 for distribution among his employees, and the bulk of the balance of his fot tune goes to charities. His cashier gets 5000, his cook e2.00O and other domesties are 10 receive in the aggregate thousands of pounds The clerks get from { 300 to 500 each.