The Forrest City times., 1902-05-23
PERSONAL AND ERAI.

\ riot occurred at King ton, ,Ia maiea, on the night of the Eth, be tween soldiers and civilians, n which 20 of the populaee were wounded. Parties of soldiers from the West In- dian (eolored) regiment made q Sortie from the camp and attacked people in the streets with razors lashed to sticks. The civilians used nail-stud- ded clubs. Numbers on both sides were injured.
 The negotiations between Secretary Hay and the ministers from Colom bia, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. lock ing to the acqairement of the ncces sary rights fer the construction by the United States government of eith- CT the Panama CT the Nicaragua ca nal, were concluded on the 15th.
 Reports by telegraph and telephone from Goliad, Tex. on the night of the 18th. indicated that a portion of the residence section of the town had been swept away by tornado, and that "A persons were known to be dead and s5 injured.
 An anarchist plot against King AL fonso of Spain was discovered, on the 18th, and many arrests, includ- ing that of Gabriel Lopez. an en,- ploye ef an insurance company. were made Dynamite cartridges were found on the premises where Lopel was arrested.
 The tornado that struck Goliad, Tex, on the evening of the 18th, swept path through the city 2i0 yards wide. leaving only one house standing in its wake. The loss of life was ysriously estimated at - to 100. and as many more were seriously hurt.
 Severe wind and rain storms swept through the west and northwest on the 18th, doing much damage tn buildings and crops in Iowa, Nebraa- ka, Kansas. Wiscon-in, Michigan and North Dakota.
 King Alfonso of Spain, having at tained his constitutional ma iority. on the l7th. proceeded to the cortes in regal state and there. in the presence of the august body and of the royal dignitaries. both from home and abroad, and the diplomatic corps took the oath as king of Spain.
 Robert (Old Bob) Williams. who was chief of the Chicago fire depart meut at the time of the great con fagration in lo7l, died iu a sanitari- um in that city, on the 18th, aged :, years.
 Gen. Wood gave farewell recep- tion at the Tacon theater. Eavana on the night of the 17th, at waich he presented Presideut-elect Palma. For three hours Gtn. Palma stooa at the entrance of the theater and shook hands with perhaps LOCO people
 Gen. MaNimo Gomez. the old Cuban patriot, hoisted the Cuban flag over the palace, n Havana, on the goth, when the Cuban government was in- stalled, and ;hus realized the dream of his life Cuba Libre.
 The anthracite miners strike in Pennsvlvania is being conducted very quietly. There are no signs of dis order anywhere, but not pound Of coal is being mined. There is said to be vet hope that arbitration may be consented to by the opera tors.
 The worst disaster in the History of Tennessee mining occurred. cn the 18th, when between 175 and 22: men and boys met instant death at the Fraterville coal mine, located two miles west of Coal Creek gas ex- plosion was the cause of the disaster.
 A special from Modale, la, states that storm resembling a cyclone passed through the country west of there, on the 10th, and did consider able damage to farm property, though no loss of life is reported.