The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-04-25

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FORREST CITY. :: ARKANSAS.
W. w Astor has given 10000 to
endow those professorships IN the
University College Of London, which
are to-day without endowment.
Emperor William. on the 2lst. mott
fed the executors of the will Of Cecti
Rhodes of his country's acceptance
of the trust relative 10 the German
scholarships at Oxford.
1t is understood that owing to I'll"
increasing trade between Hamburg
and the United States. the latter ha~
decided to raise ills consulate at Ham
burg to consulategeneral.
There was n general resumption Of
work in Brussels and vicinity on the
21st In the central district 10 per
cent OF the workmen resumed their
tasks The Charleroi metal and glass
factories have again started up.
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The total number of cases Of chol.
era reported n Manila, up To the 18th,
was SOC. and the total number OF
deaths from the disease in that city
was 23j. In the provinces totals ef
e2I eases and 422 deaths had been re.
ported.
The Observation-Disclosures commit
tee of all the psalm-singing churches
throughout the country met in Pitts.
burg. Pa. on the Eth. To complete
the revision Of the metrical version
of the psalms. The session Will las
ten days.
Ex-Gov William ]. Stone. of Mis-
souri, opposes the plan of professors
of the University of Missouri To ask
Andrew Carnegie to build a new IL
brary at Columbia. and. ON the 10th.
expressed a hope that the professors
making the suggestion would be sum
marily discharged.
United States Consul MeWade, a.
Canton. China. cabled the state de-
partment as follows on the 18th:
"Whole villages On the banks II
North river n the vicinity of Shicl,
wanfu are devastated by smallpox
and typhoid. Fatshan is suffering
from cholera and plague
Alexander Hogeland. president OF
the National Curfew association. is
taking steps to extend The eurfew law
10 cities and towns along al. railroads
In the United States. together with
an ordinance requiring city and town
officials IN arrest all boy tramps ard
restore them Ia their homes.
The published announcement of
the presence at Pretoria Of the Or
ange Free State and Transyaal lead
ers and generals who had been at
klerksdorp considering terms of
peace, caused a decided increase in
the hcpefulness of the British public
concerning the possibilities uf peace
TIE Denver (Col) Times was sold
$4,000, David H. Moffatt. president
of the First national bank. being the
purchaser. \ new company will be
Immediately organized 10 purchase
the paper from Mr.. Moffatt. 1t will
be continued as a republican newspa-
per.
\ dispatch from Brussels. on the
2lst, said During the past two
nights strikers in the Liege district
attempted 10 wreck express trains.
and last night a canister filled with
dynamite and gunpowder was found
near the rails over which the Brus-
sells express passed shortly after
ward"
The house, on the 18th. having first
voted To remove the ditTerential from
refined sugar during the existence of
the reciprocity agreement. adopted
the Cuban reciprocity bill by the over
welming vote of pa To -. IA re-
puhlieaus voting with the democrats.
and ten democrats voting against the
measure.
The side-wheel steamer City of
Pittshurg. en- route from Cincinnati
to Memphis. was burned to the wa
ter's edge. early ON the morning of
the 10th. at Turner's Landing. near
Olmstead. Ill. II is estimated that
from twenty 10 twenty-five passen-
gers and as many Of the crew per-
ished in the flames or were drowned
after jumping overheard
Commissioner of Emigration Fitchie
received orders from Washington. on
the Goth. To investigate published
stories that immigrants who land in
New York city at the Battery are
brntaily treated by the special po-
lice on duty there. Commissioner