The Forrest City times., 1899-07-28

FUNNIEST CITY. ARKANSAS.
  Simple funeral exercises over tho body of the late Robert G. Ingersol were held at Walston, the lngersol summer home, at Dobbs' Ferry, N. \. on the e5th. The remains were after wards taken to Fresh Pond, Long Isl and, and cremated.
 It was rumored in Trieste, on the 21st, that MT. Harris, the American minister to Austria-Hungary, intended to invite Admiral Dewey to be his guest in Vienna and to proceed to the Tyrol, passing through 1schl to visit the emperor.
 The chief signal officer has received the official sick report for the month of April, covering all the signal conn panies on duty in the Philippines. IL shows total of only 4.23 per cent xick-a remarkably favorable state of affairs for any climate.
 It is reported at Los Angeles, Cal,
 
 to take in all the oil properties thus far developed in the Carolina and Whittier district. It is proposed to in- corporate the new company with . capitalization of $20,000, ,0o0.
 The United States transport Mor- gan City arrived at San Francisco. on the 24th, from Manila, with returning troops, including those invalided home. She was at once sent to the Angel Island quarantine station for examination and Immigration.
 Two sharp earthquakes shocks were felt in the southern part of the state of California, on the 2lst, at ASA p. m. The first shock lasted several seconds, and was most severe. The vibrations were from east to west. No damage worth mentioning was experienced. The United States ambassador to England, Joseph H. Choate, gave re- ception at his residence, on the 24th, to the Harvard atheletic team tLe Stewards, Messrs. Wendell, Brooks \ large number of Americans were pres ent.
 Post Office department officials ex- pect to ask for an appropriation from the next session of congress for auto mobiles to be used in collecting the mails at all first-class post offices. Re. cent tests in Buffalo have satisfied of ficials in Washington that they may be used to advantage.
 Notwithstanding a rapid exchange of telegrams during the day between Senator Fairbanks, in Washington, and Sir Wilfred Laurier, in Ottawa, at the close of office hours, on the goth, no arrangement had been reached as to the postponement of the meeting oi the joint high commission.
 Three hundred members of the Ma fional Editorial association arrived al Winnipeg, Man., on the 21st, and were entertained by the city council and the Winnipeg press men. They visited the Brandon experimental farm, were shown over the city, and dined in the pavilion at one of the parks.
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 In response to the recently cabled request of Gen. Otis for 4,000 horses for use in the Philippines during tn. fall campaign, the quartermaster's de partment has already chartered three vessels capable of carrying half tha, number, the first of which probably will leave Seattle on August 10.
 An organization is being formed by some of tine Spanish residentsof Manila with view of securing American citi zenship. The originators of the movement claim that in this way theil property will secure protection. Many Spaniards are willing to pay $500 eacl to become citizens of the United States.
 The bureau of ordnance has taker steps to relieve the coast forts of tn, country of the large accumulation oi obsolete ordnance that has been pilina up ever since the change in ordnanc, construction from cast iron to stee guns. It is worth less as funk thar the cost of removing it and breaking it up.
 A special from Aberdeen, S. D.. or the 21st, said: Yesterday was the hot test day known in this section of tn, state for many years, the government thermometer registering 106 in tn, shade at p. m. Crops are damaged [, some extent, a conservative estimat, being Is to 20 per cent. Business wal suspended"
 Late arrivals from St. Michael. Alaska, report that there are at St Michaels about 40 small river steamer. for sale. They are the property of un