The Forrest City times., 1900-06-22


FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS.
President Iglesias of Costa Rica ha'
sent 10 congress decree making lega
the circulation in that country of the
money of the United States: also the
gold coin of England, France and Ger
many.
The supreme lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen. in session
at Sioux Falls. :. d.. on the 14th. con
rluded the election OF officers. c. X
Matson, of Chicago, was elected SUI
preme judge.
mmissioner-General Powderly OF
the bureau of immigration. on the 14th
ordered the deportation of 81 japanese
from Port Townsend, Wash. where
they had landed in violation of the inn
migration laws.
The statement of the treasury bal.
nnces in the general fund, exclusive OF
the $3.50, 100000 gold reserve in the dl'
vision of redemption, issued on the
18th. showed: Available cash balance,
S147,550,32l; gold, S72,o13,4
The British war Office cabled to the
Jamaican government. ON the 18th. an
nouncing that il was prepared to ac-
cept a composite volunteer militia con
tingent from Jamaica. Trinidad and
Demcrara for service in Ashanti.
President Diaz of Mexico was chief
mourner. on the 14th, at the funeral
of the famous lawyer and statesman.
Don Justo Benitez, full brigade of
troops escorting the remains OF enc of
Mexico's greatest men to the tomb.
The murder of the japanese chan
cellor of legation az Pekin by the
Chinese imperial troops has aroused
keen feeling in Japan. The press urges
the government to exact ample repara-
ton. Eight VAR ships are to be sent
10 Taku.
William Kerr, president of the Adams
County bank of Hastings, Neb., re-
oeived word from the Denver mint. on
the 18th, that a gold brick" he had
purchased from a stranger at Leaven-
worth. kas.. few days before, for
$4,000, is made of copper.
"
The United States government was
made defendant in suit begun in
Chicago, on the 18th. by the Angelo
Provision Go. for the return of $1,000
paid as revenue charges on boraN inn
ported by the company and used in
curing meats for foreign shipment.
The total number of enigrants who
passed through Hamburg and Bremen
last month was 33.J9l, rs against 20,-
Csc during May 1899. The total num-
Der for the first FIVE months of the cur
rent year was 91,s1s against 65,s7l for
the corresponding period of last year.
In the United States circuit court at
New York the jury in the case in
which Mrs. Phyllis Z. Dodge sued to
recover S64, 900 worth of jewels, seized
one year ago on charge of intent to
avoid duties, returned verdict, on the
18th. for the claimant. Mrs. Dodge, af-
ter half an hours deliberation.
The attorney general, ON the 18th,
assigned the judges of the district
court for the district Of Alaska as fol-
lows: Melville c. Brown, district No.
], to reside at Juneau; Arthur ii.
Moves, district No. ,, to reside at St.
Michaels, and James W. Wickersham.
district No. 3, TO reside al Eagle City.
The circular of the navy department
calling for proposals for supplying
armor, requires bids to be submitted
August 10 next. No time limit for de
liveries is fixed by the circular, but
bidders are invited to submit PROPOSE
tions upon the understanding that
early delivery will hgurei in the awards
Able MareuN, the astronomer, has
discovered and skctched through the
big telescope in the Optic palace OF
the Paris exposition a remarkable spot
on the sun. He predicts the appear
ance of other spots in July, August
end September, inferring that the heat
during those months will. be very
great.
Fifteen hundred recruits for the reg
ular army in the Philippines are be-
ing enlisted and assembled i'm New
York harbor and Columbus Barracks
Ohio, to sail on the transports Buford
and Fitzpatrick about the first of No
yember next, TO take the places of en-
listed men whose terms of service will
expire this year.
The committee of the bureau OF
American republics decided, on tho
18th, that the second international
congress of American republics shall
assemble in the City of Mexico next