The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08

LORD PILIISaDoS Charles Henry
Mills, chairman of the committee of
London clearinghouse bankers. died
suddenly in church al Wilton. En-
gland, on the 3D.. lie was born in 1880,
was the son of the late Sir Charles
Mills, bart. and was elevated to the
peerage in 1856.
DISPATCH from Christiana, Nor
way, reports that the steam whaler
fridtjof has been secured for the Well
man polar expedition to Franz Josef
Land instead of the Laura, previously
engaged
The weekly statement of the I'm
perial bank of Germany, issued on the
4th, showed the following changes. as
compared with the previous account:
Cash on hand, decreased, 92.lOO. 200
marks: treasury notes, decreased. o.
10000 marks; other securities. in
creased, lea, $50, 900 marks; notes in cir
culation, increased. 239. $50, 600 marks.
FROM present indications the second
congress of mothers, which meets in
Washington May to :, will be most
successful gathering and will include
prominent women from many parts of
the country.
BIDS were opened at the treasury de-
partment, on the 4th for furnishing
granite and erecting the superstructure
OF the post office at Chicago Fifteen
bids were submitted, that of John
Pierce, .of New York city, for 81 ,9s7,-
000 being the lowest
REPRESENTATIVES, of the Kansas
Millers' association have completed an
examination of the wheat fields in CEN
trail Kansas. and report that the recent
cold weather did not injure the grow
ing crop.
INFORMATION from official sources.
which is absolutely correct, says:
Forty floating submarine mines were
secretly planted in Havana harbor, on
the night of the 10th, by the Spanish
government"
THE employees of the Ponomah cotton
mills, of Taftville, Conn. went out on
strike on the 4th. Two thousand hands
were employed. The strike was in
consequence of a ten-per-cent reduc-
ton in wages.
REPRESENTATIVE HULL. of Iowa,
chairman of the house committee on
military affairs, introduced bill. on
the 4th, creating a military reserve to
be liable to active duty in time of
emerge ncy.
ADviCEs from Shawneetown, H.. on
the 5th, stated: The gap in the lie wee
is now over 100 feet wide, and gradu-
ally widening. The water is from ten
fn TO oil
With the continued cold rains, and the
loss of life, the suffering and sorrow
are little abated."
SIR JULIAN PAUNcEFoTE, the British
ambassador, on the 5th. drove to the
French embassy, and had a long con-
ference with NJ. Cambon, the French
ambassador, it is believed, in regard to
the suggested concert of the powers on
the Cuban question.
the movement of the powers of Eu-
rope for joint OFF, Of mediation be-
tw n the United ) and Spain has
received severe a... probably fatal
rebuff, in the form of a definite refusal
upon the part of Great Britain to par
ticipate in it.
\ DISPATCH from Victoria, b. c.,
says Jack Carr a former United States
mail carrier, has arrived at Departure
Bay, from st. Michaels, via Dawson,
with advices from Andree, the balloon
list.
n TELEGRAM from Rome, on the 5th.
said: The pope has dispatched ca
bic of 500 words to Archbishop Ire
land, urging increased efforts in the
interest of peace and further immedi-
ate representations to President Me-
klnley."