The Forrest City times., 1898-07-29

FORREST CITY. ARKANSAS
THE auxiliary cruiser Yale, with
troops for Santiago, sailed from Ole
Point Comfort, Va, on the 23d.
OK the Goth Spain sued for peace
formally and directly to President Me
Kinley, through NJ. Cambon, the
Fren CHI ambassador.
IT is said in official circles in Madrid
that no dispatches have been received
recently from Capt. Gen. Blanco. The
Spanish government is considering
means of restoring communication with
Cuba
THE Spaniards have sunk the Span
ish gunboat Sandoval, which had been
lying near Caimenara, Guatanaamc
bay which was gross breach of the
terms of the surrender, which the
Spaniards then had knowledge of.
THE report of the bank of Spain for
the week ended on the 23d showed the
following changes: Gold in hand, in
crease. l,3s3, 900 pesetas; silver in hand,
increase, $685. pesetas; notes in
circulation, increase, 2,517 900 pesetas.
UP to the 25th nothing had come
from Gen. Shafter to the war depart
ment, either in the shape of cable
gram or mail, containing any refer
ence to the correspondence alleged to
have passed between himself and Gen.
Garcia.
HEALTH OFFICER DoTY, at New
York. reported, on the 21st, that the
suspicious cases of sickness on the Sen
eca, which arrived at quarantine on
that day with large number of men
from Gen. Skaters army, were not
yellow fever.
A TREASURY statement shows there
are 400, 900 subscribers to whom bonds
under the governments popular loan
will be allotted. All persons offering
to take $4,000 or less will receive bonds.
The first shipments of the new bonds
are being made.
II
assigned by the secretary of war to the
command of the Third brigade of Gen.
Wilson's division of the First army
corps Two brigades of this division
are already assigned for duty with the
Porto Rico invasion.
THE convention of the United Con.
federate veterans at Atlanta, Ga, de-
cided, on the ed, to hold the next
annual encampment at Charleston
s. c. Only one ballot was taken
resulting--l,07 0 to sol. The conven
tion then adjourned sine die.
On the cath the Civic Federation OF
Chicago gave out call for nationa
conference, to be held at Saratoga, N
ture foreign policy of the United
States. The call is signed by over / ,0ot
representative men from every state il
the Union.
The managers of the Joint Traffic
assertion recommend that the circular
of last January authorizing the FIRE,
transportation to Cuba of supplies fol
account of the central Cuban relic.
committee be cancelled on July 81
Relief supplies will be accepted at reg
ular tariff rates, less 25 per cent.
In accordance with instructions re
ceived from Washington, the United
States consular agent at Gibraltar, Oh
the 26th, issued safe conducts to the
Spanish steamers Isla de Luzon ant
Isla dc Panay, now at Cadiz, TO pro
coed to Santiago de Cuba and return
to Spain with the surrendered Spanish
troops.
In the British house of commons, OF
the 25th, Secretary OF State for the Cole
mics Chamberlain confirmed the report
that Sir James Winter, the premier OF
Newfoundland, will represent that
colony at the approaching conferenc,
at Washington on the matters in dis
pute between Canada and the United
States.
RuMoRs of various kinds have beer
in circulation in Washington as to tn
disposition of Gen. Skaters army, bu
any conclusion as yet in the matter
A sufficient force is to be kept at San
tiago to maintain the position thu
United States has taken and to pre-
serve order.
THE weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the weel
ended the 23d showed the following
changes: Surplus reserve, decrease
Sc, 353, s25; loans, decrease, 81, 9o7, 600
specie, decrease, 50, 12i, 900; legal ten
ders, decrease, Sl,343, 300; deposits, de
crease, SIC, 500; circulation, de
crease, Sl04,500
THE ladies of the Russian court ar
greatly upset at the fact that the car
ina has forbidden ladies smoking il
her presence. The ladies have peti
toned her majesty to withdraw TIN