The Forrest City times., 1902-11-21

Ter cent. in wages 10 all switchmen employed by the company outside of Chicago.
 A fresh eruption Of the volcano Stromboh, of the coast of Sicily, oc- cured on the 10th, accompanied by terrific explosions and a great flow O. lava.
 A St Louis firm. on the 1tth, was awarded the contract for the erection of the United States government build ing at the St. Louis World's fair. The price is s26s .9SO.
 The anthracite coal strike commis- sion began the hearing of testimony at Scranton. Pa. on the 1+th. Presi- dent Mitchell, for the miners, was on the stand all day.
 Two students of a college at Chat tanooga. Tenn. fired six shots at each other in d street duel. on the 17th. One of them was thought to be seriously injured.
 Admiral Dewey will have supreme command of the fleets engaged in the Caribbean sea maneuvers. and will sail from Washington, on December l, for Culebra island.
 Harlan Buckles. who was sentenced at Elizabethtown. Ky, on the fjth. to life imprisonment for murder, was ta- ken from the jail by a mob. on the 16th, and hanged te tree
 Officials of the Armour X Co. pack ing plant at Sioux City, la, destroyed by fire on the 10th, announce that the new plant they are about ta build will be one of the finest in the west
 black bear, weighing @35 pounds, was killed by the presidents party in Mississippi, on the l4th, but not until bruin had made a game fight and killed one of the hunting dogs.
 An Italian anarchist named Gennerro Rubino made an attempt to kill King Leopold, of Belgium, on the 18th. by shooting at him as he was leaving church in Brussels. but missed his aim.
 w J. Linkenhoger died at hos pital in St. Joseph. Mo. on the 10th. from knife wounds alleged to have been inflicted in a fight with Robert Craig, by whom he had been em. ployed.
 A convention of commercial telec- raphers from all parts of tle coln- try has been called 10 meet al Pitts burg, Pa, on November Pc. the ob- ject being 10 form a national organ iZation.
 Miss Louise Hoge, of Evanston, Ill., who was under treatment by a Chris tian Science healer. in Washington. D. C. for several weeks, died on the 12th. She refused regular medical at tentiop.
 4 sehoolhouse near Little River. Wis. was struck by lightning, on the 18th. ard burned To the ground The teacher and pupils were stunned by The shock, but were rescued by gang Of laborers.
 Edward Butler charged with at- tempted bribery at St Louis. was con sicted by jury at Columbia, Mo. on the l4fh. and al once sentenced 10 three years in the penitentiary He took an appeal
 ]. N. Mcknight, former president of the defunct German national bank. of Louisville. Ky. was sentenced. on the 18th, To six years in the penitentiarv. having been convicted of embedding the banks funds.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. on the 18th. announced an increase of ten per cent. in wages Of all it's employees on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie. Pa. earning les, than S2o0 per month. About j9,00O employees will be affected.
 Armour & Co.'S packing plant al Sioux City. Ia. covering four acres of ground, was destroyed by fire, on the 10th, entaiing q loss of nearly a mil lion dollars, and throwing Goo men out of work. It will be rebuilt at once.
 John Sloan was shot and killed by James Pratt at a hotel in Somerset. Ky, on the 10th. Pratt angered Sloan by telling him to turn over in bed. and in quarrel that ensued Pratt drew a knife, but was shot by Sloan before he could use it.
 A prospecting party in the noun tains of southern Nevada found the skeletons of q number of people lying close to spring. the water of which, when analysed. was found to be heayi- ly charged with arsenic, which is be- Aeved to have caused their death.