The Forrest City times., 1901-09-06

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 FORREST CITY. ARKANSAS
 George \. Nickerson. director of the Atchison. Topeka & santa Fe railroad. died al his home in Dedham, Mass. or ihe 2d.
 Emperor William and the foreign military attaches. on the d, wit 1c>sea a sham fight Of the carde du corps regiment, near Berlin. in lieu Of the customary autumn parade.
 The Nicaraguan congress. on fhe Ist. approved the Merri-Sanson com nereial treaty with the United States. and adjourned. IL will proba bly re- Asss mhle in the latter part Of Janu- sry next.
 Ii is said that wager of half a million dollars. the largest known to tbe sporting world. is being arranged between syndioates of English and American capitalists. at five To three on the America cup defender.
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 The statement of the treasury bal ances in the general fuad. exclusive of the sI50.oO0. .OO0 gold reserve in the di- vision of redemption. issued on the s9th. showed: Available cash bal snce. $i7s. s.147. .3l2; gold. o1.35s ,og6.
 The transport Sheridan left san Francisco. on the 3ls7. with q number of teachers for Philippine schools. and The transport Sumner will follow on the l2fh. with another large deleca- tion of teachers for the same destina- tion.
 Lord kitchenrr reported. on the 1st. to the British war office that nine per sons were killed and Is others wound ed in the blowing up and derailing of hllE Ai HtAA VI i&AAl A1Af tfRs - s~t4 - ttis on the 5Ist. between Waterval and Hamman's kraaI.
 Andrew Carnegie has given el01 each 10 Sheldon. Law, Jones and Dick, the four miners who displayed conspicuous bravery in the rescue Of their comrades al the time of the recent Donibristle tperthshire, Eng and.) colliery disaster.
 The Indiana state board Of charities. on the 29th, filed a report with the governor on the investigation of the insane hospitals 70 ascertain f any sane persons are deprived ef their freedom. The report says no such persons are confined and have not been within the last l- months.
 Nj. De Laressar, French minister of marine, received a dispatch from Pckin. on the 2d. announcing that the French had formally handed over the Palace of Ancestors and the Imperial City to the Chinese pleniPotenfiaFies and that only one French battalion remained in the old French quarter.
 The central committee of Berlin shoe dealers has presented q petition against the increase of duties on shoes proposed in the new tariff bill The hat makers organizations will send deputation 10 Herr Moeuer, Prussian minister of commerce. against the proposed duty on felt hats.
 The United States government has replied in q sympathetic and friend ly tone," says dispatch 10 the Lon don Times, from Tokio. dated the 5lst, 'toJapan's $ remonstrance regard ing medical inspection Of Japanese in Hawaii. promising that investigation shall be followed by suitable meas ures"
 The Northern Pacific railroad has decided 10 build two immense steam ships for the Pacific and China trade Of about the same size as those now building al New London. Conn., for the Great Northern railway. They will be of 5000 tons. or three times She capacity of all average ocean 1reighter."
 Fred. Culbert, who left New York ely. May l, 10 walk to Sioux Falls. x. D.. on wager of 5000. arrived at that place, on the a0th, at four o'clock in the afternoon. = hours ahead of time. The distance walked was 2.200 miles. Culbert started with out cent, and had mol slept in a bed during his long tramp.