The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-11

seph Wheeler, resigned to enter the
army. as congressman from the Eighth
Alabama district.
The belief is growing in Manila that
Auginaldo was killed b. the Igorottes.
There is no proof that he has been
alive since Maj. Peyton {. March, OF
the rhirty-third regiment. abandoned
the chase after him IN the Benquet
mountains.
The bill to restrict traffic in prison
made goods was discussed by the
house committee on labor, on the Sd,
and an informal agreement was
reached to make such goods subject 70
the laws of the states into which they
were shipped.
For the second time since Conven-
tion hall was destroyed by fire, April
4. the Subcommittee of the national
democratic committee met in Kansas
City. Monday, and put its stamp of APP
proval upon the hall and general ar
engagements being made for the July
gathering.
O
X. Kondo. president of the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha, one of the leading
steamship companies of Japan, has
come to this country TO make a study
of the methods of transportation by
rail and water lines. He will visit Pa
citic coast centers and then go east to
New York
The United States revenue cutter
Bear sailed from Seattle, Wash, for
Alaska, on the 9th, loaded with sup
Barrow Indians as a reward for their
services in aiding the Bear expedition
during the efforts last year to rescue
the whalers.
The Pensinsular Sugar Refining Co.,
of Michigan. has brought suit in the
United States circuit court for New
York, against James Speyer. Ferdi-
nand, Herman and Martin Erdmann,
bankers of New York city, to recover
100000 on bond, which, it is claimed,
was forfeited.
Gen. PANTHEON Garcia, the highest in
surgent officer in the Philippines, ex-
cept Aguinaldo, was captured, on the
9th, by Lieut. +. V. Smith, of Gen.
Funston's staff, in the town of Jaen,
three miles northeast of San Isidro.
Province of New Ecuji. He had long
eluded pursuit.
The French ambassador called on
IL. ,r.1a
Hay, on the Sd, and conveyed the con-
dolence of the president of the French
republic to the president of the United
States over the Scotield (Utah) mine
disaster. He handed the secretary a
personal letter on the subject.
Representative Baker, of Maryland,
has introduced in the house a bill re-
pc. ling the Chinese exclusion laws
and making the general immigration
laws applicable to Chinese who shall
prove themselves able to read the con-
stitUtion of the United States in En-
glish or in the Chinese language
Representative Cooper, chairman OF
the house insular committee, intro
duced a joint resolution, on the Sd, au-
thorizing the Spanish bank of Porto
Rico to drop the prefix "Spanish;" to
substitute American money for it's
capital, now pesos, and TO admit as its
councillors persons other than Span
iards.
Indictments charging George r.
Gubbins. Antoine Horn and Edward
Williams, Chicago labor leaders, with
assault and melting riots, were turned
into court, on the Sd, and capiases is
sued for their arrest. The men are
charged with being the cause of a riot,
April "a, during which Dietrich Lane,
a contractor, was seriously injured.
Herbert W. Bowen, United States
minister and consul general at Teher-
an, Persia, has had conferred upon
tion of 1.-The Grand Gordon of the Lion
and the Sun" The decoration is one
OF first class, and came as a surprise
to Mr.. Bowen. Before he can accept
it permission must be granted by con-
gress.
Rev. Jose III. Herts, who was rabbi
of the Witwatcrsrand Hebrew congre-
CATION of Johannesburg until last De-
cember, when he was expelled from
the Transvaal by President Kruger, ar
rived in New York on the steamer
Etruria on the 5th. He pronounces the
so-called republic of the Transyaal an
ohgarchy, misgoverned on strictly
medieval principles.
The Nicaragua canal bill was passed
by the house, on the I'd. by the over
whelming vote of 225 &c r.. 1t author
lies the president to acquire title from
Costa Eica cad Nicaragua of the nee
essary territory, and directs the secre-
tary of wa, under orders from the
president, 10 construct the canal, at "A
cost not to exceed s;t0,000,O00, S10,-
100000 of which is made Immediately
nsaila blS.