The Forrest City times., 1899-06-30

lANDvoIGT ( vADAklN, Pubs. FORREST CITY. ARKANSAS.
 Capt. J. B. Coghlan, commander o the cruiser Raleigh in the battle O Manila bay, was a visitor on the St Louis Merchants exchange, on th' 22d, and was given a rousing reception
 
 The grand lodge of the Benevoien and Protective Order of Elks com pleted the work before it in St. Louis on the 23d. and adjourned to meet il Atlantic City, N. J.. July II, 1900.
 The first trial trip of the new Amer ica's cup defender Columbia, whicf took place in Narragansett bay, on th' 25th, was more successful than eithel her builders of her owners had reaser to hope.
 The village of St. Raymond, 35 miles from Quebec, Can, was almost wiped out by fire on the 25th. About forty building were burned, and the convent was badly damaged. The loss is about s50,000; we'll insured.
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 After a conference, among the own CTS of the new cap defender Columbia Col. Oliver Iselin, the managing owner notified the Herreshoff company, on the 26th, that the yacht would be ac' cepted without a further builder I trial.
 Frank Lewis. Chicago civil engi- neer, says the Chinese government con- templates the destruction of the an cient Chinese wall that separates China proper from Chinese Tartary. He is en route to assist in tearing down the famous structure.
 Germany has officially indorsed the international commercial congress project to be held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Commercial mu. seums, and will have an official deIe. gate present at the opening of the con- gress on October 10.
 The second trial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, by court-martial, on the charge of communicating documents connected with the national defense to the agents of a foreign power, will take place in the army service build ing at ReLnes, France.
 The new French cabinet ministers took possession of their offices on the 23d. The prefst of police, M Blanc, had long interview with the premier, NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau. during the day, and, it was asserted, handed the latter his resignation.
 The privincial council of Callao has presented a petition asking the Pc. ruvian government to reconsider it's recent decree relating 10 non-Catholic marriages, considering it to be con. trary to the law, to the ideals of mod trn society and highly prejudicial tc the foreign colonies.
 Nearly 5000 pants makers went or strike, on the 25th, in Manhattan Brooklyn and Brownsville, N. T.. throwing 5000 Italian women and gir finishers out of work. They had beer earning $6 week, working 16 hours a day. They demanded s12 week with 10-hour working day.
 Joshua Gray, an inventor, died al Medford. Mass, on the 25th, aged z, years. He invented system of quick steaming boiler tubes; rubber tipped lead pencil; n breechloading seven-shot repeating rife; sewing machine shut tie, railroad signal and an automobile all of which are in practical use.
 The bubonic plague has come half way across the Pacific ocean. The Nippen Maru, arriving at Honolulu on the 25th, was put in quarantine by the board of health, on the report oi bacteriologists that death which hat occurred three days before the vesse arrived there, was due to the bubonis scourge.
 ~ SsNOhh biS iot VI IctuTlllu ug klondikers since navigation opened reached Seattle, Wash, on the 23c. or the steamer Humboldt. There were about 250 of them and some of then brought considerable dust. Others were reported to have drafts for large amounts while some came home with out riches.
 At the reunion 0. the Rough Riders at Las Vegas, N. NJ, on the 25th, Col Roosevelt was taken by surprise and presented with medal. the gift of the rough westerners who idolize him a. their gallant leader in war. The col onel was visibly affected, and his re sponse was more eloquent of feeling than of words.
 A violent demonstration against tn, budgetary proposals of the Spanish government took place in Saraposs.