The Forrest City times., 1902-05-23

IispyoleI Vaplss, Pssli,hsrs.
 FORREST CITY, :-: ARKANSAS.
 During a fire, caused by lightning. on the 18th. in the buildings Of the Gchlein stock farm, near Racine, Wis, 1O2 thoroughbred horses were burned to death.
 The appointment was announced, on the 10th. of Lionel F. c. Garden to be British minister at Havana. Mir, Garden has been the consul general of Great Britain in Cuba since 1898.
 Gen. Defy, who was military com mander of Hayti under the presiden- cy of Gen. Sam. and NJ. Nilbrun Guil- laume, the former minister of war, left Port-au-Prince, on the 10th, as exiles, on the steamer Hungaria.
 The commissioner of rnIlan affairs has declared 1000 allotted Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in Oklahoma United States citizens without any further action by the courts. This makes ,500 more voters in Oklahoma.
 While the democratic members of the senate, on the 10th, declined to fix a definite day for a vote on the Phil ippine government bill, they prac- tically consented in private confer ences to vote not later than the 2Gth inst.
 According to report received from Barbados. E. ". l., it is calculated that 2,0O0000 tons of volcanic dust from the eruptions on St. Vincent has fallen over that island. Volcanic dust is now falling in the highest al- titudes of Jamaica.
 Gen. and Mrs. Wood have received a number of handsome and costly presents from Cubans and Spaniards of Havana, including massive silver toilet sci, several handsome pieces of jewelry, silver tea service and a handsome chronometer.
 Chief Pleasant Porter. head of the Creek Indians. on the 10th. by virtue of the new treaty with the federal government. was given authority to sign the first deed ever given in the Indian territory to an Indian Whether he will sign and issue the deeds immediately is uncertain. The full bloods do not want the deeds.
 Gen. Chaffee returned to Manila, on the 18th, from Lake Lanao, in the in- terior of the Island of Mindanao. He said he saw several Moro dattos while there, and had most satisfactory in- teryiews with them. Nearly allthe dat toss and especially the surviving sul- tans, claimed to entertain friendly feelings toward the United States
 The annual service of the New York City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held in old Trinity church on the 18th. At it's conclusion committee from the chapter went through the church. yard and decorated the graves of rev olutionary soldiers. There are 12 of these, including that of Alexander Hamilton.
 When asked whether there was any truth in the published statement that he had offered to pay 0,00O 900 for the Philippine islands, provided he was authorized to announce to the hat d., would be acknowledged ultimately by the United States, Andrew Carnegie laeonically replied: Yes, and 1 meant it."
 At the close of high mass in all the Roman Catholic churches of Paris. on the 18th, funeral psalms were chanted and prayers for the dead were said in memory of those who perished in the Martinique disaster. The congregations in the churches were large, and good collections for the aid of the West Indian sufferers were taken up.
 President Ripley of the santa Fe hdS "HeTeu the hallroau I. M. |. \. of Topeka, kas.. S200o0 for ne~. building. He stipulates that the as- sociation secure site and Sl0,000 The proposition has been accepted. and the building, which will be a three-story modern structure. will be started as soon as the necessary pre- Hminaries can be arranged.
 The Mansion House West Indian re- lief fund, on the 10th, aggregated 925.00o. Lord Salisbury contributed ! 100. Lord Strathcoua and Nonn+