The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-01
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ton next week on a tour that will take
him as far as Grand Rapids. Mich
The state senatorial convention at
Burnett, Tex. had taken 2.237 ballots,
up TO Tuesday night, each a tie be-
tween two candidates.
The senate committee on commercs
added an amendment to the river and
harbor bill. to provide for survey in
the harbor at Harrisonville, III.
The American live stock and meat
exhibits at Paris exposition is in dan
ger of practical prohibition, owing to
French restrictions
Gustov Jorms. of Springfield. H..
who married Bertha CAIRNS despite his
fathers will disinheriting him if he
did, has effected a settlement, giving
him his share of the estate.
The block system of enumeration is
to be employed in taking the census
OF St. Louis, and the work promises
to be more thorough and valuable than
that of any previous enumeration.
Austin Babcock has sued the direc-
tors of the St. Louis Merchants ex-
change for $4,000 damages for alleged
false arrest and imprisonment.g growing
out of the trouble between them four
years ago.
supplemental bill to the federal
injunction against the street railway
strikers was filed by Postmaster
baumhoff of st. Louis. who assertsthat
the collecting of mail is hindered by
distractions of the tracks.
Samuel Cupples and Robert 6.
Brookings, of st. Louis, have given to
Washington university, in that CITY.
the entire property known as the Cup
pies station and Cupples block. the
value of which is estimated at $780,
600, as an endowment.
The government crop report saws the
drought conditions have been more Sc
nous and rain generally needed Spring
wheat Is suffering. and winter wheat
damaged by Hessian fly. Corn is bet
ter, but backward in Missouri. ArLan-
sas and Texas.
The old gunboat Mohican is TO be
put in commission at Mare Island. CO
on July /, and will be used as a trim
ing ship for landsmen. She will be
commanded by Capt. F. J. Drake.
The University of Cambridge will
confer honorary degrees. June II. on
Joseph II. Choate. the United States
ambassador; Prof. White. of Harvard
end Prof. 5. +. Langley, OF Washing
ton.
All farming industries have beer set
BACK in the vicinity of Texarkana.
Tex, by constant rains. In the valley
districts it has been impossible 10
enop cotton, and corn is injured by
sprigs.
A coroner's jury at ST. Louis re-
turned verdict of homicide at an in.
quest on the body of Arthur j. Runee,
who was shot by Policeman James +.
Dockery, Sunday morning. Bunce had
assaulted The officer
II. L. Goode, of Springfield. was
nominated, at Cape Girardeau. for
judge of the st. Louis court of appeals
to succeed W, II. Biggs. The nomina.
ton was made ON the third ballot.
Kid Mccoy was given decision over
syracuse Tommy Ryan. Tuesday night
at the end of one of the prettiest six
round fights ever seen in Chicago.
Gen. the marquis de Gallifet, French
minister of war, has resigned. II is
officially announced that his successor
is Gen. Andre.
y terrific explosion, Tuesday mid
ght,supposed to have bee Il caused by
dynamite. placed on tie tracks of the
Union line at Fifteenth and Chambers
streets, ST. Louis, shook the buildings
and broke the glass in all the windows
in the neighborhood.
After delay of month. Lloyd C.
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fairs, at Constantinople. has obtained
permission for the importation of an
important consignment of four-mill.
ing machinery ordered to the United
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