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The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
THURSDAY, Aug. | Grain and PrOxiaiona.

0rain ana frovisions.
 SI. LouIs-Flour - Patents Aloa4 2s; straight. s3 75 13 95; clear. tS 4O6365 Wheat No 2. red. slH c: No. T. rcd. 7sc Corn-No. I. mixed, 271ao No 2. white. 2o1.GD27c. Oats No. g. lec Hay - Prairie. s5.09le 50; mixed timothy, t6 011s5 50; clear timothy es.A Gl1oo Butter-Creamery. l29i5c: dairy, gallo. Eggs-Fresh, 71sc. Lard-prIme steam, 4 10e. Pork-New standard mess, 1925 Bscon- Extra shorts, 5s71ac; clear ribs. 6.bos; clear 575c; ell boxed Wool-Cholce washed. 2i0 24fc.
 Wheat-Futures closed August s3Sc n; September. s3x1s3bc; December. sS9s lsSac a.
 Corn-Futures closed: September 26,c a; May, :ac a.
 CHtcAGo-Openina quotations: wheat-Liv- erpool market gave the bulls in wheat another start to-day by opening iaac higher, and SCOT ing an advance which was at two o'clock equiv alent to PIG per bushel. Paris, on the other hand, was unchanged for wheat and 30 centimes lower for flour. Heavy storms held back re- ceipts, Chicago only getting 136 cars; Duluth and Minneapolis 167, against 223 last year. En- glish country markets were excited and 6lt Sd higher The enormous export sales yesterday had not lost their effect. and good support was accorded the market on every decline. Septem- Der wheat opened at 77h@0Sc, sold on from 1sc to 17lsc. rallying to 77asc. Corn -Septembe, opened at 2sss to 2sls, sold of at 2sc and ral- lied weakly to 2Sl SC. Oats-September opened at HA Gl7hc, and held steady. Provisions Septem Der pork opened at s6. 15, sold from ss ll to 20, reactfng to so l2H. September lard opened and held steady around A. 40 Septem. Der ribs opened at .s5 and sold off to A. s21,
 CHIcAGo-Closing quotations: Wheat-Au. gust, 7sAc; September, 7s1so; December. 79sl @1ssc; old, 1s14c May, s2hc Corn-August 27ssc September, 2sltc December 29SG 291,c; May, 32c. Oats-August. TAG; September TX else; October 'ls'sc; December, lsc; May 2isa Pork-August, ss271.; October, ts 30; Decern. Der, sS40. Lard-September. A55; October Aoo; December, Ao5 Short Ribs-August, s4so; September, Saso; October. Aso
 CHIcAGo-Cash wheat: No ' red 79QsOc; No 3, do., 75(t77c; No 2 spring 7sa79c; No 3 do. 7sG77c: No hard winter, 7sg7ec; No shard winter, 73G7o Cash corn: No.2 271c: No 3, 2o1i@26sc. Cash oats: No. g. 1so; No S. l8l20c.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
NAVAL NOTES.
Uncle sam's War ships on the Pacific
 Coast.

Uncle sam's War ships on the Pacific
 Coast.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-For some days past the battleship Oregon has been under steam awaiting orders to sail.
 The Monadnock is ready to put to sea on quick notice.
 At Mare Island the Charleston is be- ing put in readiness for immediate service. Her decks were torn up and guns removed, but now large force of mechanics are rushing the repairs on her under instructions from the naval department to prepare her for sea with all possible speed.
 The Wheeling, revenue cutter at Mare island. is being fitted out and oosled for trip to Alaska, where she will be stationed.
 The Baltimore is the only other modern warship in the bay, and she is lying at Mare island out of commis- sion.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
A MARKET IN RUSSIA.
An Open Field for American AgricuIturs I
 Implcments.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Consul Mona ghan. at Chemnitz, tells the state de- partment of the effort Russia is making to aid its farmers. Every obstacle in the way of agricultural development and on the exportation of farm products ia to be removed. Agricultural imple- ments not made in Russia will be duty free for five years. The consul sug- gests that American manufacturers of agricultural implement ts should look into the matter of supplying this new market.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
COLORADO CLOUDBuRST.
Sssioss Flood Caused in the Plum Greek
 Valley.

CASTLE ROCK. Col, Aug. A cloud burst occurred here which caused the most serious flood ever known in this county. Plum creek became raging torrent in few minutes and not less than . hundred bridges on that stream and its tributaries were washed away. The Denver & Rio Grande and Santa Fe railway com panies suffered some damage to tracks and other property, not however of . serious nature, nor sufficient to inter tere with regular train service. The damage to wagon bridges and roads will cost the county several thousand dollars.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
ADDITIONS TO EQUIPMENT.
4 Sign of the Times In Railroad Affairs
 The Iron Market.

Sign of the Times In Railroad AfYairs-
 The Iron Market.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-The Industrial World will say:
 Railroad companies are entering the market for large additions to equip ment. A southwestern system pur, chased 1000 cars last week at St. Louis, and there are inquiries at Chicago from the Illinois Central and other roads. with prospects of some extensive purchases. Pig iron has been moder. ately active. Northern grades are un. changed in value, but southern prod ucts are reduced Is cents. on account of the rail reduction. and No. foundry is now quoted at S9 s5. The tone of fin- ished iron product is strengthening, but prices are still low.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
A SURPRISE VISIT.
The King of siam Makes Midnight Visit
 to London shelter"

LONDON, Aug. 5.-The king of Siam. accompanied by the crown prince of Siam, Prince Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh, and by Lord Harris, one of her maj esty's lords in waiting, made a surprise visit at midnight to an east end insti- tuition established for the shelter of the homeless. His majesty was greatly in- terested in the 300 outcasts occupying hunks in the building, and inquired closely into all the details of manag- ing such institutions.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
JAPAN'S OIL TERRITORY.
Germany Farming Her Attention to Its
 Development.

WAsHISeToS. Aug. 5..-Consul Mono ghan at Chemnitz, writes the state de- partment that Germany is turning it's attention to the oil territory in Japan, and that an effort is being made at Tokio to organize a syndicate similar to the Standard Oil Go. or the Russian trust, for the purpose of increasing production. It is also said that oil has been found iD large quantities in For mGSa.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
OBTAINED AT DYEA.
Many Gold-Seekers VIII bs Compelled ss
 Winter There.

PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. 5.-Johu H. Smith. of Portland. United States com missioner for Alaska, writing from Juneau, says: ''There are 500 people now at Dyea waiting to get over the pass, and there are several more steamer loads on the way. The Indian packers and the pack animals have all the freight they can carry to the lakes by the time win ter sets in, and hundreds of people will be camping at Dyea and on the lakes all winter, eating the provisions they have taken with them. Prices for packing across the pass have risen to 9 and P cents per pound, and the packers are independenta at that"
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
JAPANESE ADviCES.

Japan VIII Abolish Export Duties The
 Floods in Fukui. Etc.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5.-Advices re. ceived by the Belgic state that the Japanese government has decided to totally abolish the export duty from the commencement of the thirty-frst fiscal year on April next
 The floods in Fukui are said to have involved damage to 4,so0 houses.
 According to latest native reports from Szechuan, the famine there is still at it's height, and people are dying from starvation by hundreds every day.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
EI-Queen Lil's Foreign Minlster TaIks On
 the Subject

Ex-Queen Lils Foreign Minister Talks On
 the Subject
 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-Samuel Parker. who was minister of foreign affairs in Queen Lilioukalani's cabinet, arrived from Honolulu on the Belgic. He said:
 If annexation is defeated, Hawaii will put her foot down. She will then be ready to negotiate with Japan, En- gland, or any other country. About one-fourth of the population of the islands is Japanese; many of them sol- diers, it is rumored. l do not think Japan will do anything until the an- nexation and treaty questions have been settled by the United States"
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
Electric storm at Madison, Wis.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 5.-A storm ac- companied by a striking electric dis play awakened Madison people about ? a. m. Over 800 telephones were burned out.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
Walter s. Hobart Out of Danger.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 Walter s. Hobart, the young millionaire who has been critically i'll for several days past, has been pronounced out of danger by his physicians, and his recovery is now only question of few days.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
SHOT AND KILLED.
4 K>asss Tragedy, the Oatgrowth of .
 LAwsult

IsDEPENDEScE, Kas., Aug. s.-Dan McTaggart, ex-state senator from Montgomery county, and prominent as . republican politician, was shot and killed at McTaggart's mill, near Liberty, by Henry Sheesley, lessee of the mill McTaggarts four-year-old son was also shot in the arm. Sheesley was arrested. The shooting is an out growth of . lawsuit
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
Live Stock Market.

ST. LOUIS -Cattle-Fancy export N 75fBls: fair to choice, $500 54 s: butchers, g. 5O14 25; cows and heifers. s250L<2 20 Hogs-Packins S <Sts7S; butchers hoxs. s 50 t3 80; lights. S-'odSS Sheep-Prices range at s2 7bfs7 7b; spring lambs. s3 oJa475 per 100 lbs
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
AMERICAN WHEELS,
Enorts In Germany to Prevent Their Inn
 portation.

WAsHSeToN, Aug. a-Consul-G Gen. eral DeKay. at Berlin, writes to the state department at some length concerning the efforts that are be- ing made in Germany to prevent the importation and sale of American bicycles, in, that country. Several schemes have been devised, and the probabilities are that increased tariff rates to o'be imposed in some form will be adopted to carry out the desires of the Germans.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
TO THE GRAND CANYON.
A Rail~oad VIII Soon Carry Sig ht-s seers
 Thither.

PHoENIx, Ariz., Aug. 5.-Plans have been perfected for railroad to the Grand canyon of the Colorado. and construction is to begin soon from point on the Santa Fe Pa cific at Flagstaff, or Williams. A tenth of the capital stock of sI, ,ooo,- 900 is already in hand, and the bonds of the proposed road are being placed in the east The enterprise is said to be backed by Lombard. Goode & Co.,, of Chicago.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
ALL NONSENSE."
The Story That Cecil Rhodes and Alfred Belt Paid the rransvasl Indemnity De-

nied.
 LONDON, Aug. S-B. F. Hawkesley, counsel for Cecil Rhodes, in an inter- view, declared that the report circu. lated by the Morning Post of this city to the effect that Mir. Rhodes and AL fred Belt, the former resident director at Cape Town of the British South Africa Co.,, had personally paid the Transvaal government f350, 900 as in- demnity for the raid of Jamieson and his followers into the Transvaal in De- cember, 1895, is ''all nonsense"
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Destruction of the Chemical worhs of ID.
 Jayne & Son.

Jayne & Son.
 PHILADELPHIA. Aug.s Fire broke out in the extensive chemical works of D. Jayne X Son in Frankford at II &. m., and is still burning fercely. One of the assistant engineers of the fire department and several of the firemen were injured by falling walls. The works occupy almost half block and will be total loss. The damage thus far by the flames is estimated at s2oo,- eoa
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
H(lIiS RH

o-Hoss-Estimated receipts, 25ooo head; left over. 1000 head; market active; mostly l0c higher. Light. s3s594 lsH; mixed S.'SG4oS; heavy, sa.ooa %; rough. ss ooa a'b Cattle-Receipts, 13,5oO head market gen. erany steady Reeves, 8s51Si5; cows and heifers sLs01As5: Texas steers ss soa 4 m. westerns. S.75a4.30; stockers and feeders ss ss G4so Sheep-Receipts. ls,oo0 head; market steady for best; others weak Native sheen H.ooc%2o; westerns. 8 ioG3e0; lambs. s3 4On b20
 KANSAS CITr-Cattle-Te steers @ s5a 42o; Texas cows, e2 25ds35; native steers, ss 70 0Aeo' native cows and heifers. el 00a 8 60; stockers and feeders s2 % a. CO., bulls s2 25t3 75 Hogs-Puik Of sales Neods7o. hsavi.. S.sSG365; packers, ss50dso5: mixed, sass ca 70; lights. S3 ooG37J; yorkers, ts s5as 72,<: pigs, 1OOGsoo Sheep-Lambs. g. Oo05. 10; nuttons, e2.0oGAs5
 ClHCtFNArI-hogs-Act At ss 4Oaao
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
Financial.

NEW YORK, Aug. aMoney on call norntna,,, per cent Prime mercantile paper sa% ne, cent Sterling exchange easy with actual bus. mess in bankers bills at 4s7l4s74 for de- mand and 4so94soa for 60 days Posted rate. sso.iG4s1ls, and 4s71.a4ssH. Commercial bills seo14so1i. Silver certificates, 5sAa5s.. Rar hlver s'@. Mexican dollars 4s Goyernmeu, bonds strong.
 The oullish feeling was again in the ascend. ent st the opening of the stock exchange to- oaS Leading railway shares rose a fraction all around on animated dealings St Paul leading Wltn gain of A. The industrials were stronye CT fooscco improving Q point and Sugar . steady realizing orders, coupled with yigorou, attacks by the bear faction. depressed some stocks below Tuesdays close with Sugar and ohlcago Gas the chief sufferers The erscu- ton of heavy commission house orders at th. 10" level and inside purchases caused A suh- stantlal rally during the IS minutes preceding midday In which top figures were reached i'm humoer of shares. New York Central rose is. Gains of ih, to per cent were also made III 'ne less active stocks including the Eric stocks. The bond market participated in inc general strength, with trading heavy. Th. speculative Issues were in most request and were helped by foreign purchasos Sales of ssoeks to noon aSS.soo sharsA
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
Cotton.

Suosauons Tor middlins range as follows: ss. Louis, i3-loc; New York. So; New Orl..n. li-ioc Memphis, ! Is-1o,; Charleston. 5le.
The Forrest City times., 1897-08-06
River Newa.
MARKET REPORT.

Fall. T. Trace.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-24
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
seyenty-seeond Anniversary C~lc-
brnted I'm Broadway Tabernacle

NEW YORK. May 3.-1'he seyenty-sec-
ond anniversary of the establishment of
the American Tract Society was celebrated
today. with religious exercises. in the
Broadway tabernacle. Various organiza-
lions connected with the church conducted
separate exercises during the day.
report was read i'm the evening by Rev
G. l.. Shearer, showing the work of the
society for the year. The report deals
largely with the effects of Increased finan-
cial str!ngency of the year" which II Is
said led to scrutinizing revision OF the
modes of work and various reforms in the
interest OF economy. The salaries of all
employees have been cut down the cost of
running repositories reduced. the deposit
DRY at Rochester has been discontinued
and the issue of new publications has been
greatly restricted. The report says that
most of all to he regretted has been the
falling of OF legacies of the year and then
states that notwithstanding the hard times
the sales during the year have been slight
~ larger than those of the preceding year
and the trust fund has been somewhat in
creased. II is said that the rental OF the
new building has occasioned disappoint-
ment Cash grants 10 foreign missions OF
evangelical churches for the year total less
than Ssoa.
During the year tS0 colporteurs. working
in thirty-two states and territories and
Ontario and Manitoba made 1875 0s5 family
visits and found 1850 Protestant families
without Bibles.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-24
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAvORERs.
To Mold Outdoor Evangelistic Meet
ings at san Francisco.

Interest in the i've days session of the
Christian Endeavor convention, which
meets in San Francisco July Z, continues
to grow all over the country. Preiimi-
nary arrangements for the entertainment
OF the delegates and for carrying out the
elaborate programme are being rapidly ef-
fected by the several committees. Many
states have already contracted for hotel
accommodations.
A feature of the programme Will be
number OF outdoor meetings. which will
assume an evangelistic character. The
first open air meeting will be held Fri
day evening. July 9. and speakers will be
heard on the topic. Christian Endeavor
and the Sunday Evening Service" An
other subject which viii be discussed at
the meeting will be Christian Endeavor
and the Mldweek Prayer Meeting"
open air meetings will be held almost
daily among the bread winners of San
Francisco. including monster mass meet
ing in Van Ness avenue. where four
speakers stands will be erected one in
each OF four connecting blocks.
John P. Hartman. OF this city has been
appointed transportation manager for
Washington.
The delegates will b. entertained with
various kinds OF outings. entertainments
of a social character and the like.
The delegates Will need 10 be early risers
IL they expect to profit by the morning
prayer meetings, which will be held daily
throughout the convention from $50 TO
E:i5 a. m.
Every noon. from u TO I. evangelistic
services win be held in the California the
alter. I'm the Merchants Exchange and in
the Emporium. These meetings will be
conducted by ministers and evangelists.
At the same hour bands of delegates win
visit factories. wharves. street car sta
lions and other places and busy centers.
and hold evangeiistic meetings.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-24

ne IS What 4 fine house he lives in.
What luxuTsest What elegance. How
finely be has proSperets He successful :
He Look a. aira Utterly uncultl-
yes. bat what elseF No ear for music.
no taste for reading no love for drama,
no appreciation Of art. and worse than
this perhaps. no finer sTns1cslitleS. no
benevolent impulses. no conscience. no
soul he has gained the world. ne has
lost his soul This Is an extreme case
But, IN degree, the same principle may
ne applied along the whole range OF
enoice between money as means. an N
cident, and money as an end. god
Following this line DR.. Garrett pointed
out that failure IN business with integ-
rify IS preferable To success without IL
To go under" sometimes means success.
and defeat Is often in reality victory As
tudes achieve success. yet have not those
turned out well who have made COM
Portable living and at the same time
wrought a character not 20 be ashamed
OF If man preserves his honor, makes
a home happy, educates his family and
keeps even on expenditures. ne IS 10 be
rated as a success That success
that goes under the surface to the
heart OF things and makes character the
chief end. emphasizes the Importance of
the soul Continuing. DR.. Garrett said:
q There is a divinity that shapes our ends.
Rough-hew them a. We will
Man may be the efficient cause, but
God Is the nnal cause in all work.
Young men and women, as you front
this week the great facts OF life. as You
leave behind you the scenes that served
for the equipment for iife's actual duties.
remember that Life Is a gift from God
and Is divine You may not expect all
days 'blest and distinguished, but write
II IN your heart that every day Is the
best day in all the year. Life for you IS
fun of glorious possibilities. Strive for
success, seek Ii bravery. honestly, but,
with II all get character. Take these
words. that make up the word success.
as your motto. Go under Go under
the scaffolding into the temple. under the
rudiments into the realities. under the
sham into the true. under the resemblance
into the substance, under the shadow
into the sunshine. under the temporal
into the eternal Lose all else IL need be.
bat lose not soul. Keep that. with Gods
help, pure, unsulliad.
. Then soul, live thou upon thy servants
loss,
And let that pine to aggravate thy store.
Buy terms divine in selling hours or drosS.
Within be fed, without be r1ch no more;
So shalt thou feed on death, that feeds
on men,
And death once dead, there's no more dy-
ing then.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-24
A New baptist Church.

The First Baptist Church Society has
applied for building permit for the con-
struction Of a new church building on
Fourth avenue. The building will cost
5000. and while II win not he a preten-
tious structure, will be handsome and con-
venient. The main auditorium will be
5ox60 feet in size. with a vestibule 2oxi5
feet. lecture room will be built off the
auditorium, about IS feet square. There
Will also be a basement. with kitchen
dining rooms. class rooms. etc. Architect
Tfdemand has drawn the plans for the
building and work will be begun at once
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-24
WILL GET RockEFELLER's GIFT.
Bapsisss Have Nearly szoo.ooo of the
aZ-ea 400 Heaufre1.

pTTTSBURG. May z-The fra session
o. TIE commission Of Systematic ChTss-
tan beoeacsnce q ire Baptist church
VAS called 20 order today oy ire chair
man. Thomas r. Barbour. Tire frst basi-
ness Was ire reading Of the report q
the secretary II r. DsnptSon. The COM
Tsaiftss was appointed May "a. isaS. and
il made up ~ members 81 all the Baptist
societses. The aim - 20 promote sys-
ieDattc and proportions;s contributions
o. money. Chairman Barbour stated
that the work 81 the year had been heavy.
but good results had neen attained.
Unusual interest Was fest IN the work
Of this committee az X had charge OF
The raising Of about So 90 necessary 20
accept the offer ~ a like sum made By
John -. Rockefeller 10 cancel the debt Of
nearly half a million dollars now burden
Ing the missionary societies Of the church
There were tsn-minuse addresses by
Stephen Greene. the newly elected pFesi-
dent Of the Home Mission Society. II
Burke Potter. n this city, the retiring
president. Rev. Dr. Anderson. OF New
York. J. 8 E,ickerson. Of Illinois, and
Rev. J. u. McLaGrin. of Michigan
Rev. II. e. Mshie. d D.. then read the
report Of the money pledged 20 make
available the gift Of s159.oso of Mr.. Rookie
feiier. he said:
some may ~ disappointed nj the re-
port. bat ! have strong faitr N the fu-
LNff- ist@f EftssfffusfF tE4 SifS1 sep 10
meet the great debt was taken. At The
meeting in December Il was settled that
New England could al once raise s7s..a.
This vas two months before Dir. Rookie
Teller made hts magnificent offer. Mr.
Rockefeller inquired how much would be
needed 10 pay the debts. He was told
g9e1. and ~ raised II 20 $1,000 We
must raise SZ9s % IN addition 20 this. In
addition fo this gift Mr.. Rockefeller gave.
on last Christmas. 80 90 each 10 The two
societies. Ia rho list of contributions nine
states ara represented. and the amounts
named are actually pledged or paid. and
the total Is $3.50. sA@"
The announcement was greeted with APP
piause and waving OF handkerchiefs. and
the meeting adjourned for lunch.
The afternoon session of the committee
on systematic Christian benehcence was
given over 20 the Baptist Young Peoples
Union of America. After the usual pre-
Iiminary praise service. an open parlia-
ment was held, on the topic OF Young
People IN Missions" Rev. W. Z. Witter,
ID. d. of Boston, had charge OF the parlia-
ment, and several speeches were made by
delegates The session was then adj
journed
Al the evening session addresses on THE
Exigencies OF the Hour" were made by
Rev III, l.. Moorehouse, ID. D.. and Rev.
ri. &. Mabie y. D.