The Forrest City times., 1898-02-25


 THE disaster to the Maine has aroused feeling among members of congress in favor of extreme liberality in ap- propriations for the naval and military establishments.
 FAILURES throughout the country, as reported by Dun < O., for the week ended on the 18th, were 295, against 303 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failures were g., against 5s last year.
 HOWARD GOULD. the owner of the $500. 900 pleasure craft Niagara. which has been launched at Wilmington, Del. said. on the aIst. that. if necessary, on account of war, he would gladly turn it over to the government.
 UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR WHITE and the American colony in Berlin were present in the American church, on the 20th, at the requiem service for the victims of the Maine. A commem- orative discourse was delivered by Rev. Mir. Dickie.
 IT. HON. SIX JAhf+s QAGl in London. on the 17th, at the age of 7s years. He held the office of lord of the admiralty. under secretary for India. lord of the treasury. and repre- sented Halifax from 1859 to 1895 in parliament.
 LIEUT.. GEN. wEYLER, who arrived in Barcelona, on the 17th, expressed the opinion, in the course of an interview, that the disaster which had befallen the United States war ship Maine in Havana harbor was due to the indo- fence of her crew."
 ACCORDING to the New York Com mercial-Advertiser. there has been a revival of the interdiction upon the exportation of tobacco from Cuba. and as a result there is in this country scarcity of both filler and leaf tobacco, and certain grades have already risen seven cents pound
 K making the new allotment of jus tices to the various circuits, the chief justice of the supreme court of the United States. on the Fist. assigned
 
 appointed justice. to the ninth circuit He succeeds Justice Field in this cir cult, which embrases the Pacific coast states.
 THE weekly statement of the New York city associated banks for the week ended on the 10th showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, S5,7is, 600; loans, increase ST. 7Os, 500; specie, increase, Sl ,s65, 100; le- gal tenders, decrease, Ss,654 300, de posits, decrease, Si23, 800; circulation, decrease, si36,60o.
 Ir was stated, on the 21st, that it would be the policy of the house leaders to prevent, as far as possible, any agi tation of matters relating to Cuba or the Maine disaster in the immediate future. Pending the result of the of ficial investigation they believe it is wise and the part of good public policy to maintain silence.
 TIE bankruptcy proceedings against Prince von Auesperg were concluded in London on the 2lst. The prince, it is al- dn lOItuut before he was 26 years of age and dis appeared from society. It is further reported, according to the Pail Mall Gazette, that the prince is running an elevator in big New York hotel.
 ADMIRAL SIcARD, on the 17th. tele- graphed Secretary Long as follows: In the opinion of Lieut.. John Hood of the Maine, who has just arrived from Havana. the Maine can never again be utilized as a ship. He de- scribes the whole forward body of the ship as completely collapsed, where the shock of the explosion was heaviest.
 oS the 18th Sir Julian Pauncefote advised the secretary of state of Great Britain consent that our military re- lief expedition to k!ondike shall pass over British territory, provided the arms and ammunition go through Ca nadian territory as baggage. An es- co-t of Dominion police will be fur nished. The proposition will be ac- eepted.
 oS the s0th the queen regent of Spain gave n farewell audience to >enor Polo , lsernabe, the new minister to the United States. On the 2lst she re- ceived United States Minister Wood ford, who presented President Mckinley's dispatch of thanks for Spain's expression of sympathy with the United States in the misfortune that befeil the Maine.
 
 STANDING on the steps of the Arapa- hoe county courthouse at Denver, Col, at noon. on the elst, Judge w. D. Cornish, special master, offered for sale the road and appurtenances of the Denver Pacific Railway X Telegraph Co, under foreclosure of the first mort gage. The property was bought by Mir. Lawrence Greer, on behalf of the
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