The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10
TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Claiming that he had insulted his
wife, negro barber of GranG Rapids,
Mich, on the 5th. feled a white man
with blow on the jaw, from which
he died almost instantly.
Gen Booth, of the Salvation army,
held three meetings in New York, on
the 9Th, and it is estimated that 5000
persons heard his addresses.
Bishop Farley was officially noti-
! fed, on the jth, by sealed packet from
Rome. of his selection by the pope as
archbishop of New York.
The Shenango Valley steel mill, at
New Castle, Pa, employing 1000 men,
shut down, ON the 5th, on account of
the shortage of coal.
Fire in Fargo, y. D., on the 5th, de-
stroyed property valued at $150,00o,
on which there was insurance of
$4,000.
In quarrel about woman in New
Ulm, Mimi, on the 5th. Christ Schwer
shot and fatally wounded Ed Lemk.
The historic church at Pedrengo,
near Trieste, Austria, collapsed at
early mass, on the 4th, killing four
priests and four worshipers. Several
people were also injured. The church
was 1,090 years old.
The newly-estahlished West Indies
squadron will comprise the Olympia,
Cincinnati. Montgomery, Newark. RAJ
leigh, Detroit, Marietta and Machias.
and will be under the command of
RearAdmiral Coghlan. Of 'iIoch der
Kaiser" fame.
Bright and early on the morning
of the 9th trains loaded with veterans
of the civil war began to roll into
Washington, and before night the
capital was filed with men in blue,
many of whom participated in the
grand review OF 1865. number of
the trains from the west were de-
layed by congested traffic.
Several Belgian newspapers assert
that King Leopold has informed his
encourage that he intends soon to alb
dictate. 1t is stated that the king only
awaits the fair start ON the big pub
lie works he has initiated before Civ
ing up the throne.
1t was stated in Washington. on the
night of the 5th. that the president
was doing very we'll lie had prac-
tically recovered from the strain in
ton with the coal strike. but has to
be very careful
Circuit Attorney Folk of St Louis
has scored another victory against
the boodlers in securing the convic-
ton of r. NJ. Snyder, the man who
dishursed $25o.0oo to the municipal as
sembly in securing the enactment Of
the Central Traction ordinance. The
defense made no attempt to refute the
charge, but fought the case on the
statute of limitations, and lost
With the beginning of the twenty
second week of the anthracite miners
strike in Pennsylvania the estimated
general losses to all concerned has
reached the enormous total of S13o,-
$4,000.
The New York police have been no.
titled by the Paris authorities to be
on the lookout for $150,00A in French
bonds, which We're recently stole
from postal car en- route froI
Paris to Havre.
j. j. Hoblitzell. of Pittsburg, an ex-
perienced oil operator, who has been
operating in KonX county, Ga, for
some weeks, has. during the past
week, completed his sixth well, the
last being the biggest well drilled in
the Richland field for several wee *.
Miss Dora Meek, Il years old, a
waitress in Centralia 0n) reetau-
rant, awakened, on the 5th. after a
sleep of one week. She was in "A dazed
condition, however, and it may be
some time before she completely re-
covers.
Albert Runge, former member of
the st. Charles (Mo) city council. dis
appeared from ferry boat on which
he was crossing the river at that
place, on the 9th, and is believed TO
i have committed suicide He was a
| sufferer from a nervous trouble.
Three hundred and twenty BOYS and
$,
/ in England, arrived at Portland. Me-,
on the 9th, and were forwarded to
homes in Canada and the west.
One hundred and eighty shocks of
earthquake were experienced on the
island of Guam, September % Two
natives were killed and much damage
was done.
Capt. w. H. Nelson, of Washing
| ton, d. G.. well-kno,vn newspaper
man, died suddenly at Oxford. O., on
the 9Th, of heart disease.
Winston Churchill. the novelist. was
nominated for congress, on the 9th.
by republican convention in a New,
| Hampshire district.
Zophar c. Holmes. the oldest wall
paper manufacturer in the United
stares, died in Philadelphia, On the
9th. aged 81 years.