The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02

From Sir Thomas Lipton, the latest challenger of the Americas cup, there was received in New York city, on the 26th. cable message stating that he had contributed SIC, 1000 for relieving the sick and wounded American soldiers.
 News has been received of the big party of Germans who made a spec tacular departure from New York last winter for Alaska. Peter Schramm, one Of the party who was recently at Juneau, reports that the party did not go to Dawson, but drifted down to Lake Atlin. opposite Pine creek, where they found gold in paying quantities, and all had staked out claims.
 The success of the Transmississippi exposition, at Omaha, Neb., is meeting the highest expectations of stockhold- CTS and managers. Total attendance for the week ended on tae 27th, was 115,S40, or 12,0O0 increase over the week previous. The managers have. reduced the price of admission to 25 cents for Sundays, and also for Mon- day and Thursday evenings.
 Minister Angell, at Constantinople. has informed the state department that note from the porte announces that, on account of local needs, the exporta- ton of wheat from the province of Scutari, in Albania, European Turkey, IS forbidden until further notice.
 On the 27th the associated banks of the city of New York held S2l ,343, 300 in excess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent. rule
 President and Mrs. Mckinley spent pleasant hour at Camp Meade, on the 21th, en route to Somerset, Pa, for short vacation.
 The United States war ships Olympia and Raleigh have gone from Manila to Hong Kong to go into dock Admiral Dewey has transferred his flag to the Baltimore
 Official returns show that the Chero- kee-Chickasaw agreement was ratified by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations at the recent election by large ma jority.
 At Manila steamers are entering the river as usual. The Americans are temporarily maintaining the former Spanish tariff, and business is brisk.
 Dr. John Hopkinson, an English electrical engineer, and his son and two daughters were killed while as- cending, without guide, the Dents de Veisivi, in the Canton Of Valais, Switz- erland, the mountains of which are among the highest in Europe, and which are exposed co furious torrents and destructive avalanches.
 Ferdinand w. Peck, commissioner general for the United States to the Paris exposition, has appointed the governors of the various states as vice. presidents of the Lafayette Memorial commission
 Operators on the Berlin bourse, on the 29th, were favorably impressed by the suggestion of the czar looking to a general disarmament and busi- ness opened with an upward tend ency.
 The Austrian and Hungarian pre- miers reported to the emperor, on the goth, that, as result of the Ausplech negotiations, a final agreement on the subject was expected the next day.
 It is officially announced from Simla that for the week ended on the 27th. there were 2,300 deaths from plague in the Bombay presidency. The epidemic is spreading.
 The instructions to the Cubans and Porto Rican military commissions were drawn up and approved by the presi- dent before he left Washington.
 The statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the 29th, showed: Available cash balance So99 GOO oil. gold reserve, S2l3,1 ,6S4.