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The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Collision at Malvern.

The Iron Mountain northbound can
non ball train was wrecked at Nal
yern by dashing into a string of box
cars on siding. No one was serious.
ly injured, but several box cars were
demolished and the passenger engine
was badly damaged. The collision
was due to a misplaced switch. 1t
seems that some one had opened the
switch after the arrival of the E1 Do
RADIO train. There was no light on
the switch stand and the engineer did
not know of the misplaced switch until
after his engine had turned from the
main line into a siding Seeing that
collision with the string of boxcars
was unavoidable the engineer and fire
man jumped and escaped without in
jury
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Schlierholz Dismissed,

The secretary of the interior has
suspended from office Charles A. NJ
Schlierholz, a special agent Of the
general land office, on charges involv
ing the integrity of his investigation
OF depredations on government lands
In Louisiana. 1t will be remembered
that several years ago Schlierholz
was active in this state in cases in
which allegations of timber cutting
were made. He was also assiduous
in cases of alleged fraud in soldiers
additional homestead entries. 1t was
stated several weeks ago in an Asso-
ciated Press telegram from Washing
ton that charges of bribery in connec-
tion with his duties in Arkansas and
elsewhere had been preferred against
Schlierholz. 1t was added that the
charges had been investigated by the
interior department and that the re-
port was adverse to Schlierholz La
ter the report was circulated that
friends of the accused had received
adyices of his eXoneration and if his
assignment TO an important mission
in the west. United States officials
who were associated with SchlierholZ
in this state, who were asked their
opinion. praised him as an efficient
and honest official
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
NO.. 49,.
EIGHT ARRESTS IN CHICAGO
Mayor Harrison and Seven Others
Held For the Grand Jury.
The Latter Body VIII Pass Ipon
the Question of Neglect of
Official Duties.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Bearing the eight
mittimi issued as the result of the in
quest into the Iroquois theater disaster,
Coroner Traeger and a number of de-
teetiyes, Tuesday. left the city hall
with authority to arrest Mayor Carter
IL. Harrison, Manager VIII ]. Davis
and the six lesser city officials and
stage employees who were ordered held
to await action of the grand jury. The
first persons taken into custody were
VIM. McMullen, operator of the food
light from which the Iroquois fire is
said TO have started, and James +.
Cummings, the stage carpenter at the
lrOquOis, under whose direction. it is
alleged, the apparatus was constructed
which interfered with the descent of
the ASBESTOS curtain. The mittimus
for Mayor Harrison was taken in
charge by Coroner Traeger in person.
Arrested in Bed.
VIII Davis was arrested ia bed at
his home on Grand boulevard He was
allowed to dress and eat breakfast.
Meanwhile his attorney, who had been
telephoned for. arrived and the party
left on the elevated road for the busi-
ness center.
Where are you going TO take Mr..
Davis - asked his attorney.
ITO the city hall, and then to the
county Jail" responded the arresting
officer
You don't have to do that" said the
attorney. You can take him to the
sheriff's Office in the county building"
I'VE Have Our Orders
we have our orders replied the Of
ficer. and can show favors to nobody
1t is planned to bring all the accused
to the city hall and after they are
/ booked, take them 10 the county jail.
where the question of bonds will be
taken up
Stage Carpenter James f. Cummings
North Oakley avenue.
Some time after the arrest of Man
ager Davis, Mayor Harrison presented
himself at Coroner Traeger's Office
The Mayor surrenders.
The mayor was accompanied by his
brother and cousin. and by former
Mayor Hampstead Washburn. The
coroner greeted them and the party
then went to Judge Walkers court.
where bonds of $4,000 were furnished.
The mayor then left for his Office in
the city hall.
Fire Marshal Musham was served
with mitimus at his office A similar
course was pursued with City Building
Commissioner Williams and City Build
ing Inspector Loughlin. In custody of
two detectives, Messrs. Mushan, Will
Jams and Loughlin walked to the Grim
inal court building and gave bonds to
answer any action by the grand jury.
The stage fireman, VIM. Salers, was
the last of the accused to be taken into
CUSTODY
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Governor Offers Reward for Lee kina

Gov Davis has offered reward of
$500 for the arrest and delivery of
Lee King to the sheriff of Taney
county, Mo King is charged with
completely in the killing of Henry
Barchman near the Arkansas Missouri
line on December Is last He was un-
der arrest at Harrison at one time,
but was released through a misunder,
standing between the state and local
authorities.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Charged With Intimidation.

DR.. c. R, Lyell and Jess Carruth.
both of Tyronza, Crittenden county.
are under arrest, charged with an of
tense against the statutes of the Unit
ed States, says the Helena World.
Ihey are accused of intimidating ne
groes OF the neighborhood in which
they live, and of preventing them
from enjoying the rights and priyi-
leges guaranteed them under the
fourteenth amendment to the consti,
tuition of the United States.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Grocers in Convention

The third annual session of the Ar.
kansas retail grocers' and general
merchants association adjourned at
Pine Bluff on the 20th Officers were
reelected as follows: President. C.
]. Kramer. Little Rock; yice-president'
o. B. Rollwage, Forrest City; secre-
tary, August Probst, of Little Rock;
treasurer. T. w Edmondson, Of Van
Buren. Fort Smith will be the next
place Of meeting.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
NINE. PATTI DID NOT SING
Her Manager Refused to Allow Mn
Patti to Sing at Butte,
Mont.

Butte, Mont. Jan. 27.-The conce
scheduled for Monday night by Mn
Patti and her company did not cou
off as expected. Nine. Pattie's ma
ager refused to let her appear, sayi|
that the high altitude and smell
smoke had already affected the div
voice, and he feared to take risks
the remainder of the trip. 1t is
posed by many, howeve<. that the
of seats was not up to expectation
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Voters Stand for Law Enforcement.

In the recent democratic primaries
for aldermen of Little Rock. the pres
ent administration candidates re
ceived the Endorsement of the voters.
The issues We're of general interest
lhasmueh as the present city admins
tratlon is know to stand for the en-
forcement of the law applying to Sun
day closing OF saloons and the abate-
ment of public gambling.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Popular Engineer Meets Misfortune.

j. w. Massey, a popular engineer
of the Iron Mountain system, met with
a sad accident in his room at Little
Rock. Mr. Massey is an enthusiastic
sportsman, and while cleaning his
shotgun, the weapon in some manner
was discharged, the contents sever
ing part of his left hand. necessitat
Ing amputaion at the wrist.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
ANOTHER GREAT
MINE DISASTER
Fifteen Men Killed and One In
jured at Victor, Col.
PLUNGED DOWN A MINE SHAFT
The Accident Occurred at Stratton.s
Independence Mine, Through
the Failure of the Cage
tn Work Properly.

Victor, Col, Jan. 27.-As the result
of an accident that occurred about
three o'clock Tuesday morning in the
Stratton's independence mine. located
near the center of this city, Is men are
dead and one other severely injured
The dead; w. r. Frazier, John Sc
beck, Joe Setherum, Edward Twiggen,
L. A. Wagner, II. A. Yeoman, Edward
Smith, Joe Ovary, H. f. Brown, w. b
Collins, j. l.. Steward, Frank Cochrane,
L. P Jackson, Harry Cogene, c. c
Staten.
Injured: James Bullock, body bruised
and scalp wounds
How 1t Happened.
In the main shaft of the mine 16 men
We're being hoisted in a cage from the
sixth, seventh and eighth levels When
the cage reached the surface the en-
gineer, NJ some unexplained reason,
was unable to stop the engine and the
cage with its load of human freight
was drawn up into the gallows frame,
where ii became lodged temporarily.
The strain on the cable finally caused
II " Ddt l, anu tue cage, IeledStu, SHOL
down the shaft with terrific speed. Two
OF the occupants, l.. p. Jackson and
James Bullock, had become entangled
in the timber rods near the top of the
galloWs frame Jackson was crushed
to death by the sheave wheel falling
upon him, while Bullock had a mar
velous escape from death but received
painful injuries, and was rescued from
his perilous position. The other men
were hurled to death down the /, 300
foot shaft
vi Fourteen Were Dcnd.
AS soon as possible the shift boss and
number of miners went down into the
mine through another compartment of
the shaft. They found all the men dead,
the bodies scattered at different points.
Arms and bodies had been torn, heads
crushed and clothing stripped from the
victims. From the 700-foot level to the
bottom the shaft was spattered with
blood, while here and there were found
pieces of flesh clinging to the projec
tions. At the bottom of the shaft
stands % feet of water and into this
the cage plunged, carrying some of
the men into the water with it.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
miraculous Escape of Passengers
and Crew in Collision on Iron
Mountain.
EVENTS OF AWEEk BRIEFLY CHROHICLED

Citizen Of Little Rock Extracts Needle
That Had Been in His Body a ousr-
ter CT Century-Retail Crocers'
and County Judges Hold Annual
Conventions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
ais II all figured out2"

Stanton, and long before he was dry
enough to go out of doors she had
learned why she had never seen him
before.
He had only the night before come
to Cedar Rapids and, in wandering
about to get his bearings in the town
before taking up his duties with lis
firm, had come upon the Little Slough.
He had secured some skates at a near
by shop and-Dlana knew the rest.
In due time he came to call. Only
one subject was tabooed when they
were together, and that was the skat.
ing accident and the promise.
DIANA" said Tom one nlght-he
had called her Diana for some time.
II did not promise to refrain from
telling you love you, and | do! |
love you better than anything In life,
and II you can't figure out some way
out OF my difficulty, shall be sorry
your we're in your window that morn.
ing. shall, Dlana!" He tried to
take her hands and to force her to
look at him.
TON Stanton, don't you darel" she
said, laughing at his seriousness. you
are dangerously near breaking your
promise, and | won't pull you out II
you go over the brink as | did on the
ice."
Almost a year after Diana had ex.
tracted her promise from Stanton she
came into the room where he was
waiting for her and sat down beside
him on the couch.
Have you pencil and paper,
TOMB" she asked. 81 want you to
figure something for me-" She moved
close to him.
But first. Tom. are you quite, quite
sure that you love me-that you would
have loved me anyway? No" she
said, repelling his attempt to take her
hands. Tell me-"
Eyes, positively sure, DIANA" he
said, earnestly. Are you going to
release mel"
"Nonsensel" she cried. 81 Just
wanted to be sure; | will never re-
lease you from that promise"
Silence fell between them for a mo-
ment. He was thinking Of how many
times within the year she had raised
his hopes. only to dash them to the
ground again. And yet he loved her.
Now put down the figures tell
you" she said. alCer a minute, land
don't ask questions. One"
He put figure one on the paper.
Beside It a nine" said Diana. He
did It.
"Naughtl Fourl" said Diana, exclt.
eddy.
VERY WELL" said Tom.
NOW divide II BY four" she said.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Old Soldiers story.

Sonoma, Mich, June Is That even
In actual warfare disease is more ter.
rible than bullets is the experience of
Delos Hutchins of this place. Mr..
Hutchins as Union soldier saw three
years Of service under Butler Barke
In the Louisiana swamps, and as a
result got crippled with rheumatism
30 that his hands and feet got all
twisted out OF shape. and how he suf.
fered only a rheumatic will ever know.
For twenty-five years he was in
misery, then one lucky day his drug
gist advised him to use Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. or the result Mr.. Hutchins
says:
THE first two boxes did not help
me much, but got two more. and
before | got them used up | was
great deal better. kept on taking
them and now my pains are all gone
and feel better than | have in years.
| know Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure
rheumatism.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

II can never thank you, Miss Ca
rev." began Tom Stanton for the
sixth time within half an hour.
He stood in front of the big, open
fireplace In the Carew sitting room,
very wet and disheveled. His over
coat and hat, soaked likewise, hung
ON the back of chair before the fire.
A pair Of skates lay on the floor.
I'm only one way, you may" a.
swered Diana, at last.
She spoke as II she had suddenly de-
termined to say something upon which
she had been bordering. Each time
Stanton had tried to thank her she
had artfully turned the conversation
into foreign channels and ignored his
expressions Of gratitude.
"Give me your solemn OATH" she
continued, "that you will never ask me
to marry you, and am fully thanked
for what I have done. Yes, | know
that sounds presumptuous, Mr.. STAN
ton, but nowadays persons labor I'M
der the delusion that If girl does
some-O some little thing like | did
for man, that he is in honor bound
to ask her to marry him. went
have 1t, SO promise"
She looked as we'll as he did In
heavy wet clothing and with his hair
curling recklessly about his broad,
white forehead.
But you save" he began, but was
interrupted.
"Don't-don't dare to say 1t! did
not!" And Miss Carew stamped her
foot emphatjcally.
But you did; you saw me founder
ing about among the chunks of ice and
you ran all the way, at a great risk
to yourself, and pulled me out. was
foolish to skate on such dangerous
ice. could never have crawled out
before was frozen-so there! I
must refute your denial. What do you
call 1t, Miss Carew?"
Never mind, only give me your
promise. 1t was mere luck that hap
pened to be IN the window of my room
and saw you go in. know the air
holes in the slough, living so near.
Your promise?" she said interroga.
lively.
rs that quite falr?" he asked. Sup
pose"
mo, I won't! I would never, never
marry man who thought had saved
his life even Il It were years and years
afterwards. should always feel that
he asked me out of gratitude"
But won't feel that way" said
Stanton, honestly feeling It might be
true. but smiling down at the look of
despair she gave him.
"There you are, this very minute"
she argued. before you have known
me an hour, already contemplating II.
o please promised"
Diana was so earnest that Stanton
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Judge A. ]. Felter of 318 So. q. St.,
San Bernardino, Calf, says:-"For Is
years my kidneys were not perform.
ing their functions properly. There
was some backache, and the kidney
secretions were profuse. containing
also considerable sediment. Finally
the doctors said had diabetes. Doan's
Kidney Pills wrought great change
in my condition and now sleep and
feel well again"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Judge Felter
will be mailed to any part Of the
United States Address Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all deal
ers; price so cents per box.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
COULD NOT FOOL DARWIN.
Great Scientist at Once Settled Status
of the Buu,

N'Nae OS'ShhiSh az OHSS OChhiCu Skdhho
Of the Bug.
Miss Daisy Letter has brought back
from London a story about Charles
Darwin.
1.-TWO English boys" said Miss Lei.
ter, being friends of Darwin, thought
one day that they would play a joke on
him. They caught a butterfly, a grass,
hopper, beetle and a centipede, and
out Of these creatures they made a
strange, composite insect. They took
the centipede's body, the butterfy's
wings, the grasshopper's legs and the
beetles head and they glued them to.
gether carefully. Then, with their new
bug In a box, they knocked at OAR
wins door,
1--WE caught this bug in a field,
they said. Can you tell us what kind
of a bug 1t is, sir?
Darwin looked at the bug and then
he looked at the boys. He smiled
slightly.
"Did 1t hum when you caught it.?
he asked.
eyes, they answered, nudglng one
another.
Then said Darwin, 1t is a hum.
bug"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
WOoIna Done by Music.

Among the Yao Midos, one of the
many Burmese-Tartar people, the
young men WOO their wives absolutely
without words, but to the sound Of
music. On the first day Of winter they
have a great feast, at which all the
manageable girls gather and listen
to the music made by the bachelors,
who sit under the desire tree" each
playing his favorlte instrument. AS
the maiden he loves passes him the
youth plays louder and more feellngly.
II the girl ignores him and passes on
he knows that she will have none Of
him; If she steps up to him and lays a
flower upon the instrument he jumps
up, grasps her by the hand, taking
care not to drop the flower, and they
go away together.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
GARDEN OUT OF PLACE.
Mistake Was In Locating II on Base
ball Diamond,

Mistake Was In Locating II on Base
ball Diamond.
Henry Turner Bailey, until recently
State Supervisor Of Art of Massachu-
sets, says there is a wrong and q
right way to induce the children to
love the beautiful, and he tells the fol-
lowing story as an illustration. A
superintendent of schools, during the
vacation period, made a beautiful gar
den In a school yard, thinking that II
he made it beautiful enough the boys
would not destroy it. With September
a lot of energetic boys came back tG
school, and in a few weeks the gardes
was trampled down and ruined. The
townspeople were indignant at the ruff.
fianly behavior of the schoolboys, and
spoke of them in rather harsh terms.
Early in the spring there was a
change of superintendent, and the
new man heard almost Immediately of
the spoiled garden. He went up to
the school and made friends with the
boys, and then he said, "You boys
don't like flowers, do your"
They declared emphatlcally that
they did.
Then why did you ruin that flower
garden?" he asked.
WELL" said the spokesman of the
crowd, "they ought to have known bet
ter than to make it ON our baseball
diamond"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
When Subjects Rebel.

For three weeks he had borne al
the horrors of spring cleaning without
a murmur. Then his patience gave
way.
And you" sobbed his wife-"you
used to tell RE was your queen"
"Yes," he said, with wild glare In
his eye; "but when a man finds his
queen has used his tobacco jar TO-
pale oak varnish and his best NEE
schaum pipe for a tack hammer h.
ne begins to grasp the advantages O.
a republic. STRAY Stories.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
The World Beautiful.

Oh, jewellers on the lovely earth,
Why will We break YOUR rest and mirth
10 weary us with frutless prayer?
why VIII we toll and take such care
For children's children yet unborn
And garner store of strife and corn,
10 gain scarce remembered name,
Cunbered with lies and soiled with
shame?
And IL the gods care not for you,
What Is this folly we must do
10 win some mOrtals feeble heart?
Oh, fools when each man plays his part,
And needs his fellow little more
Than these blue waves that kiss the
shore.
Take heed OF how the daisies grow,
on, fools! and II we could but know
How fair world to you Is given,
brooder on the hills of heaven.
When for my sins thou drawst me forth,
Hadst thou forgot what this was worth
Thine own hand nader The tears OF men,
Tine death OF three score years and ten,
The trembling Of the timorous race
Had these things so bedlmmed the place
Thine own hand made, thou couldst not
know
To what heaven the earth might grow,
II fear, beneath the eartn were laid,
II hope failed not, nor love decayed.
William Morris.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

'Tour nundred ana seventy-six," ID
read, when he finished. well, what
of it?" He was mystified beyond OK
preston.
as It all figured out?" she asked.
"Yes."
"And can't you see that 1904 is de-
visible by four and that it's leap year,
and-O, Tom, l love you so. Won't
you marry me? Please do she cried
And If taking her in his arms and
holding her as IL he would never let
her go again was giving positive an.
swer, Diana's leap year proposal was
accepted.-Ruby Douglas, in Boston
Globe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
E NI|f ! So
SSS-1- 81 YRY DouoxJ
By RSl5y OoUGZA5

Every well. now PROMISE" she said,
extending her hand.
He took 1t in mis-. 81 promise, Miss
Carew, never to ask you to marry me
out Of gratitude" he said.
mo, no. mol" she cried. hopelessly,
and taking her hand abruptly from
him. Promise never, under any cir
cumstances, to ask me to marry YOU"
He hesitated while he looked earn.
estly into her eyes. And because he
saw a troubled, eager expectancy in
her expression he took her hand again
and said, II promise" But he was
sorry the moment the words had left
his lips.
Now that she had extracted her
promise Diana chatted on merrily with
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
FIrst University In Japan.

Al early as the eighth century
university had already been establish
ed in Japan that included such mod
/, ern divisions as schools Of medicine,
ethics, mathematics, history; and
some of the text books employed at
that remote period dealt with such
subjects as the diseases Of women.
materia medica, and veterinary sur
gery-types Of text books which APP
pear to have been unknown in Euro.
pean countries until about 1000 years
later.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

There is Catarrh in this section OF the country
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed to be ncurable For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing
to with local treatment pronounced incurable.
Science has proven Catarrh to be unconstitutional dis
aud therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F, Cheney
Co.. Toledo, Ohio ia the only constitutional cure
the market 1t is taken internally In doses from 10
drops TO teaspoonfu IL acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any 1t falls TO Send
Tor circulars and testimonials.
Address; F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take HallIs Family Pills for constipation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Force of Habit.

The master plumber had become
rich, and was going abroad for his
health. On the voyage school Of
whales was sighted and the plumber
was seen to rub his hands in costa
cies.
why is he so happy?" asked curl
GUS passenger.
HE can't help It," whispered the
captain. He imagines each spout Is
a burst Of water pipe, to be repaired
by him at his old rates."