The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-18


FORREST CITY. :: ARKANSAS,
William Fable committed suicide by
hanging. al BelleyilIe. Ill, on the llth
1t was the fifty ninth anniversary OF
his birth.
reunion ~ Spanish war veterans
will be held at Detroit. Mich. >eptem-
Der z2-25. President Roosevelt VIII
make an address.
Hugo G. Doeling died at Columbia.
No. on the 9Th. a result OF wounds
inflicted on him by Fleetwood Gordon
in fight on the sfh.
Rev. Dr. \. c. Hirst. pastor 81 the
First Methodist church Of Omaha.
died in tsat city. on the nth. he was
formerly pastor Of the Centenary
church, Chicago.
Definite promises have been given
10 Joseph Brucker. the Worlds fair
commissioner 10 Berlin, that Ger
many viii be represented al =. Louis
b. educational and art exhibits.
s
The British Medical Journal and
the London Lancet. high medical au-
thorities. deny that King Edward IS
afflicted with any malignant disease.
Reports Of his condition on the 10th
continued very favorable.
Rhodes Clay, a member Of the Mis-
souri, legislature. was shot and killed
at Mexico, No, on the night OF the
10th. by Clarence Barnes. an attorney
The shooting was the elimination Of
political differences between the two
men.
The contract for building the St.
Louis, Kansas City & Colorado rail
road from Versailles TO Warrens-
burg. Mo-, was let on the 14th. 1t is
said that the road will be completed
from st. Louis to Kansas City by
July, 1908.
Secretary Root, on the 10th. re-
ceived a cablegram from Acting Gov.
Wright, in the Philippines, making a
general denial OF the charge of
PROSECUTING among Catholic students
in the islands. \ complete inEestiga-
ton was made.
At Philadelphia on the 10Th. Mrs.
Aline Ellis 0Mallev. wife q Prof.
Austin O'Malley. Of South Bend. Ind.
and William J. Hearin. Of View York,
were arraigned on charges Of stealing
5eselry valued At more than = 600.
and were granted bail in the sum If
$1,000 each, which was gwen.
DR.. A. T. Eyno was arrested a. Ne
Pherson. kas.. on the 18th. on a
charge alleging connection with the
shooting - Miss Maud Holmes, who
was fatally wounded by d shot fired
through her bedroom. window on the
night Of the 9Th. The doctor IS -
years old and the head Of d family.
Fearing a second attempt 10 liber-
ate the prisoners confined at St. Jo-
seph, Mo, by the use Of dynamite.
Sheriff Spencer. on the nth. armed
large force Of deputies to protect
the Jail. \ large quantity Of dyna-
mite was stolen from the rock quar-
ry,and part Of il was Struggled into
the building.
terrible fire damp explosion oc-
CURED in the Klondike coal mine. at
Johnstown. Pa, on the 10Th About
six hundred miners were at work
when the explosion took place. and il
is believed that fully one hundred
and twenty-five of these persisted.
IT will be some time before the exact
number is known.
The report that the crown prince
of Siam would travel in this country
in style Of oriental pomp and SPLEEN
dor is denied, and il is now said the
visit will be made in simple and
transformations manner \ residence
of eight years in London has thor
oughly imbned him with western no.
tions of civilization.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
who was in Council Bluffs. Ia. on the
18th, expressed the opinion that the
crops in the Mississippi valley were
never in better condition. He said
there had been too much rain in
some places, but that the sunshine
sure to follow for the rest of July
would work wonderful change.
The floods in the western rivers,
caused by the late excessive rains. are
abating in some sections. but con
tinue in others. At Manhattan. Kas..
ON the 10th. the Raw and Blue rivers
were higher than since 1881. and one
railrOad was under six feet of Mafer.