The Forrest City times., 1902-02-21

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 dispatch from St. Petersburg. oa the 16th, said: Count Tolstoi-s tenn perature is al ID. while his pulse is s4- He is very weak. but js bearing up well II is still hoped thar he 1zy recoRer
 The American colony in Berlln turned ouf, on he night If the IsiA- in large numbers. to attend min sereI show g5vea by A. American 1a1- sical students for The benefit cf ,ae girls club.
 Unprecedented Hoods have e. cured in The southwestern portion Of Cape CeIonr. resulting n great destruetioa of houses. bridges ar5 rzilraad Frgp-rss. Trseatx-a7e per sons. also. were drowned
 While Prince Henry at Prussia zs in tae United States be w5]l se eearz=i by municipal police. 6v American secret service agents and bT detectives detailed ey The sreeaI or1sz of Emperor William
 Tae nay department received c2aseeysTs from Re4r-A siE1sral Eaz5-- CTS a1 Ca 1ite. oa tse fath. announrsTg thai Sergeant !. MeS3ineE. ot :Ae uarans corps. vas killed iu action at Balaneigs. g. mar. on fhe 2 inst.
 WashlnEtea Gil. far many years erglaeer af Richmond. Va. and later superintendent df construction cf the bridge across the Missouri river at &. Charles. No. died at his home in Kansas City. Mo. aged ,3 years.
 With only one negative vote the Minnesota senate. on the ,-th passed the bill appropriat ing g .009 to pay the expenses Of the legal eop- test against the so-called merger of the Northern Pacific and Great North ern railways.
 commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation army took the oath cf al- legiance as a citizen of the United States in New York city on the 18th. He said that he was already half American. as his ancestors were Mir giniaBs. and he had long since adopt ed this as his country.
 King Edward and Queen Nexa a3ra, Prince and Princess Charles of Den mark and Princess Victoria occupied box. on 1he night of the 1tth at the performance. of ..Arizona" at The Adelphi theater. London King Ed ward expressed himself as greatly pleased with the performance
 The Berlin foreign office. on the 13th. pronounced incorrect The state ment cabled thence that Germany is on the point of presenting an ulti- matum to Venezuela. On the con- trary, the outlook is improving, and a friendly settlement of the ques- tions in dispute is most probable.
 George Borchgrevink, the antarctic explorer. arrived in New York. on the steamer Etruria. on the 10th. In an interview he told how. in 1899. he and a party of scientists had reached 7s degrees, 50 minutes, south latitude. about so miles form the south pole, and the most extreme southern point that any man has ever reached
 Judgment by default for so. poo against Prince Euiwha. the second son of the king of Corea, was entered by Chief Justice Bingham. in the circuit court for the District of Co., lumbia. on the l4th. The plaintiffs are WolT Bros. & Co. of New York city and Philadelphia. who sued on promissory note made by the prince
 Gov. Stanley of Kansas received a letter from the mayor of Paterson. \. J.. on the 17th, returning Ss3.5O which the Kansas Indian Relief com mission had sent to the Paterson fire sufferers. The letter thanked Gov. Stanley and the commission. but stated that Paterson was able 10 take care of its destitute without out side assistance.
 The industrial coIncil of Vienna resolved. after a long debate. on the 18th, to postpone q decision on the reports of the various committees appointed to consider the best means of meeting American competition un- fil European commercial politics crystalize sufficiently to indicate the most effective method for meeting that competition.