The Forrest City times., 1898-02-11

Belgium in 1877 was 594. Isl, 6l6 pounds,
of which 133, 723, POS came TO the United
States. The expectation of refined
sugar was lbs. 635, 23l pounds, and OF
this J., 162 Gus. known a. pulyerized,
came to the United States
SECRETARY BLISS on the 81, sent to
the public land committees of the SEN
ate and house bill prepared 10y Col.
: Young, the acting superintendent of
the Yellowstone national park, for an
extension of tue limits of that reserva-
ton by about 5000 square miles.
THE political rights of employees of
the post Office department, under the
civil service regulations. are dealt with
in an important communication re-
ceived, on the 18th, from First Assist
ant Postmaster-General Perry ) Heath,
by Postmaster Charles L. Gordon, OF
Chicago.
THE trial of NJ. Emile lola, who is
being prosecuted by tine French gov
eminent as a result OF the letter which
he wrote, last December. to the Aurore,
strongly rejecting upon high officials
connected with the Dreyfus case,
opened in the assize court OF the Seine
on the 9TH.
The gold production of the Cripple
Creek Coli district during the mon Tia
of January was, in round figures, ST.
2O0, 900. The dividends declared by III
mining companies operating there
amounted To Si46, 00o, while fully SIS
900 more was cleared up by mines
under private ownership.
THE steamer Queen left Victoria, d.
C., on the 9Th, with over 500 miners for
the Yukon. She was followed, on the
9TH, by the Danube, with over 200 more.
Over 100 miners licenses for the Yukon
district were issued on the 5th, and al
most as many on the 9Th, by the col
lector of customs at Victoria
UNDER the auspices of the Swedish
National association of Chicago Sc
ries of free lectures viii be begun in
that city the latter part of February.
Prominent ministers and professors
will be invited to deliver the talks,
which will be upon popular subjects
and be source OF general benefit
THE weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the
week ended on the 5th showed the fol-
lowing changes: Surplus reserve, de-
crease, Ss27, SIS; loans, increase, s., 994,-
100; specie, increase, S9J5, 400; legal ten
ders, increase, 81 OLE, go, deposits, in
crease, Sll ,343, 300; circulation, decrease,
S76.3 800.
The president, on the eth, transmit
ted to the house the report of Consul
General Lee relative TO the execution
of Col. Ruiz by the insurgent Gen.
Aranguren, which the house had called
for by resolution. 1t showed that the
execution was after court-martial and
in strict compliance with orders from
Gen. Maxine Gomez.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET has written a
letter TO Lord George Hamilton. Brit
ish secretary of state for India, TO the
effect that the letter which she wrote
him early in 1897, in connection with
the repeal of the Indian cantonment
act, was widely misunderstood, and she
therefore desired to withdraw her in
dorsement of any form or principle of
state regulation of vice.
A RESOLUTION was introduced in the
New York state senate, on the Sd, de-
clariDg that the state of New York
has been grossly misrepresented by
one of its senators" (meaning Senator
Murphy. who cast his vote for the Tel
Ter resolution, thus aiding in the
enuneiatlon of principles calculated TO
foster distrust and disaster TO the tinan-
cial and business interests of the
state"
SEVERAL years age w. Z. D. Stokes,
of New York, came into possession of
all the private papers OF Nm. n. Tweed.
According To his story. more than ST.
100000 was paid ont by the Boss"
for brides and buying up individuals
that other people to tins day know
nothing about The evidences of these
payments are still in existence, with
the Endorsements Of the parties directly
concerned.