The Forrest City times., 1901-07-05

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 Frank Durham. a veteran in tho railway mail service. and for the pasi ten years chief clerk of the Burling ton division. died suddenly at Burling ton, Ia., on the 30th, of sunstroke.
 The Louisiana Purchase Worlds Fair national commission formally ap- proved the site selected at St. Louis formulated a statement of its duties and adjourned subject 10 call of the chairman.
 :. The rural churches in the Kansas wheat belt were practically out Of business on the 20th. but in the hary- est fields thousands of machines and an army of 50,o00 men made things hum in spite of the intense heat.
  the 2sth, for the fifth annual conven- s.on of hs American L,,e Stock asso- citation ano the secord drnaal Live Stock exposition, which will be held in Chicago December 3 to inclusive.
 Violent storms have swept through the west and southwest sections of France, doing great damage to crops and vineyards, especially in the neigh borhood of Bordeaux and Dijon, where considerable hail has fallen.
 Warrants were issued by the treas ury department, on the 26th, in favor of Rear-Admiral Vim. T. Sampson for S3.33o and Capt. French E. Chadwick for $666 for their shares of prize moD- ey decreed them by the court of claims.
 The Forty-third regiment, the last of the volunteers to leave the Philip pines, arrived at San Francisco, on the 27th, on the transport Fitzpatrick, 23 days from Manila. The Forty-third was in the Philippines IS months, see ing much service.
 Mrs. Eliza Rogers Potter, wife of Rt. Rev. Henry c. Potter, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York, died residence in New } ork city. Mrs. Po:- ter's death was due to heart failure superinduced by the intensely hot weather.
 During the debate on the army re- organization bill in the house of lords. on the 2Sth, Lord Woiseley, the for mer commander-in-chief of the Brit ish forces declared hat the United States army was the finest of its size tn the world, which, he said, was due to good wages.
 There was a charity fete, on the 27th, at the Petit Trianon, in Paris, made famous by Marie Antoinette. The fete was organized by the coun- tess de Castellane and other society ladies, who. attired in rustic costumes of the period. reproduced scenes from NAC HAC VI @3aiiE
 A big business consolidation has been effected at Sioux City, Ia., by which the Sioux City Gas company and the Sioux City Electric company have been consolidated under the title of the Sioux City Gss and Electric Co. with capital stock of SIS, 5,o00,0 ,000. The incorporators are Sioux City men.
 Marquis Tseng. at Shanghai, re- ceived dispatch oh the 30th, from Sian Flu to the effect that the empress dowager of China, fearing trap to capture her, declines to return 70 Pekin, and has notified the grand council that the future capital will be kai-Feng-Fu, in the Province of Ho Nan.
 At Eldcrado, Kas., on the 27th, Jes- sic Morrison was found guilty of man. slaughter in the second degree, for the killing of Mrs. Olin Castle. The penalty is not more than five years or less than three years in the peniten. tiary. One of Miss Morrison's law. yers immediately filed notice of ap. peal.
 Many of the first class mechanics working in the Northern Pacific rail road shops had genuine surprise or the 26th, when each received a per soanl notification of an increase il wages. It was granted by the com pany of its own free will, and with out any request whatever on the par of the men.
 As an outcome of an altercatior which they had in the high court (sen ate), during the secret deliberatioI after the close of the trial of the Mar quis de Lur-Saluces, Senators Le Pre- vost-Delounay and Aucoin fought . duel with pistols near Paris, on th' 27th. Two shots were exchanged without results.