The Forrest City times., 1897-05-07

THE statement of the associated banks
of New York city for the week ended on
the LIST showed the following changes:
Reserve, decrease, sS40.275 loans, in
crease, s9s4, 500; specie, increase, $780,
900; legal tender. decrease, S77, 200; de-
posits, increase, s2,079, 100; circulation,
decrease, sS7O, 100.
JUDGE ORMOND HAMMOND assistant
treasurer of the United States at Balti-
more. died at the residence of his son,
0rmond Hammond. Jr., on the I'd.
On the LIST the associated banks of
New York city held s4s, 1917, 625 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
MILLER III. SPANGLER. one of the
pioneers of Cleveland, O., died on the
I'd, at the age of 81.
On the Sd the president sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the senate.
Robert n. Patterson, of Tennessee, to
be consul-general at Calcutta, India,
and Stanton Sickles. of New York, to
be secretary of legation at Madrid.
SPECIAL from Webster City, Ia, on
the Sd, said: 1t is given out that the
amount of Cashier IL. III. Espes' defal-
cation from the Savings bank of Rad
cliffe IS in the neigh borhood of Sis, 600.
Espes has left for parts unknown.
MAINE men won lasting laurels by
their heroic and successful efforts at
life-saving during the recent great
flood at Guthrie. Okla.
FOREST fires are starting up again
nd Acl,
raging across the bay, on the Sd. and
another was threatening Brule on
the Northern Pacific.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the Sd, showed,
Available cash balance, 1921, 254, 221;
gold reserve, S149, 500, 1877.
FIRE broke out at p. m, on the 4th,
in crowded charity bazaar in Paris, at
which the flower of the old French
aristocracy were present. An indie
scribable panic ensued, as a result of
which hundreds of lives were lost, the
bodies of large portion. including
many titled ladies, prominent church
men and women, being incinerated.
Latest reports put the loss of life at
$50.
COLLECTOR KILBRETH of New York
city received from Secretary of the
Treasury Gage, on the 4th, series of
regulations aimed to prevent the i'm
portation of spurious and adulterated
teas. The new regulations, which
must 30 Pvt into effect at once, provide
for the expectation or destruction of all
teas which do not come up to the stand
ard fixed by the new regulations.
ACCORDING to official reports re-
ceived at the palace in Havana, on the
Sd. "a battles were fought the previous
day, as follows: In Santiago, six;
Puerto Principe, two; Santa Clara, ten;
Matanzas, six; Havana, two; Pinar del
Rio, eight. The aggregate losses, as
officially reported, were: Cubans, 81
killed; % prisoners; Spanish, 81
wounded.
JOSEPH r DUNLOP, publisher of the
Chicago Dispatch, left Chicago on the
4th, in custody of Deputy Marshal John
A. Logan, for Joliet, to begin his two
years term in the penitentiary.
EDWIN +. THoRNE, the actor, died in
New York city, on the 4th, after long
illness.
A COLLISION occurred off Girdless
lighthouse, on the coast of Scotland,
on the 4th, between the British steam
ers Coldynee and Gringoe. The Colby
nee sank and IL of her crew were
drowned.
ADMIRAL NJ FADE (retired) Z, S. n,
who had been i'll at Washington city
for three weeks, died at DR.. Johnsons
private sanitarium, on the 4th, of grip
aggravated by appendicitis.