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The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13

The Postmaster general has issued an order denying the use of the mails to Mamie Graham of Green Forest. Miss Graham is blind and some time ago started an endless chain scheme, it is alleged, under the pretense that she had a natural talent for music and wanted to purchase piano Post office inspectors learned that tho money received daily by Miss Graham as a result of the endless chain. aver aging from 5 to s10 was used for her living expenses; that she did not know one musical note from another and had no intention of learning The assistant attorney general, in view of her aftiiction. offered to suspend the issuance of the fraud order if she would cut the endless chain and re- turn the money she had received. Miss Graham refused. however, and the order was issued.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
Landmark Burned.

Fire at TeXarkana destroyed the brick store buildings on East Board street. owned by w NJ. Murphy and Abe Wenstein The building owned by tho latter was one of the first brick structures ever erected in the town. and in the early sos was used as an opera house The buildings were occupied by Abe Wenstein, dry goods. loss S70o0 with no insurance; Murphy X Wychc, groceries, loss 5000, insurance sf000 The other losers are: Wm. Frye. lodging apart ments. $7,O00, insurance S4o0; Morris Lacopsky. dry goods. loss S4,000, GOV cred by insurance; j. A. Reynolds, dry goods. $500 c. A. Ketlering, gen eral store, S1 900, covered by insur- ance; O D. DeArr.go, grocer. $500, and Mrs Robinson lodging apartment, S300. all covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
Tragedy in White County.

Wesley Middleton, a well-known cit fzen of Little Red, eighteen miles north of Searcy, was shot and killed at his home while he was asleep in bed His wife and baby were sleep ing by his side when the murder oc- cured. Middleton was shot in the back of the head, the bullet coming out over his left eye. A jury was sum- moned by the coroner. and the result of the investigation is that the slain mans motherin-law, Mrs. Fowler, was held for the crime. A revolver, said to te the property of Mrs. Fow- Ter. was found under the house. One bullet had been fired from the weap- on. Mrs. Fowler had advanced the theory of suicide, but the coroner's jury expressed the conviction that she should be held for tho killing The evidence is entirely circumstantial, and it does not appear what the mo- tive could be for the murder, if such it was
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
HEUSACK IS FOUND GUILTY.
Was Convicted of the Murder of August Raphael, His Father
 in-IaW.

St Louis, May 1f.-Henry J. Hen sack. who was charged with murdering his father-in-law. August Raphael. of No 2213 South Tenth street, on March 16, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by jury in Judge McDon- aids division of the circuit court Tues day night. The verdict was a surprise as all of the evidence against Heusack was circumtantial.
 Among witnesses who were examined at the trial, which occupied all of Tues day, were members of the Occidental club. who have their headquarters in the Raphael home. Heusack was on the witness stand for almost an hour.
 Raphael, who was 75 years old. was found dead in the kitchen of his home on the afternoon of March l6. His skull had been crushed with a hatchet which was found lying on the floor. Heusack was arrested several hours later. His collar and coat. it is said. were covered with blood
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13

Vowell Mast Hang

Gov. Davis has refused to interfere Tn the case of Mart Vowell. convicted of murdering William Lovejoy in Clay county last August Vowell was tried In Greene county on change of venue and will be executed at Paragould June 9 next This case is of great interest to the many friends and rel atiVes Of both the dead man and Vow ell and largely signed petitions were presented to the governor for and against executive clemency. After hearing both sides, Gov Davis con cluded not to interfere and issued the following proclamation:
 Whereas. at the September. 1909, term of the Greene circuit court and on Thursday, the 10th day of Septem. Der, 1903, the same being a day of the regular term of said Greene circuit court, one Mart Vowell was convicted Of the crime of murder in the first degree and was by the said Greene circuit court sentenced to be hanged on the 18th day of November. 1903 be tween sunrise and sunset, by the sher- if of said Greene county until he was dead; and
 Whereas. the said Mart Vowel! prayed an appeal in said cause to the supreme court of the state of Arkan. sas, which was by said court granted on November ', 1903; and.
 Whereas. the supreme court of the said state of Arkansas on the 23d day of January, 1904 in all things af- tirmed the judgment of the said Greene circuit court.
 Whereas. on the 2Sth day of April. l 1904, the clerk of said supreme court l filed in the office of the governor of this state mandate in said cause l showing the action of the said su- preme court in affirming the judg ment of the circuit court of Greene county in the case of the said Mart l Eowpll: and
 Whereas, the said Mart Vowell has | of Arkansas for a communication of the death sentence imposed by said Greene circuit court
 Now, therefore, I. Jefferson Davis. governor of the state of Arkansas having carefully considered the appi- cation of said Mart Vowell for com mutation of said death sentence, de cline to interfere therein, and by yir. tue of the authority vested in me un- der the constitution and by the laws of the state of Arkansas do hereby decree that the said Mart Vowell be by the sheriff of the said Greene coun- ty, on the 9th day of June, 1904, be- tween sunrise and sunset. hanged by the neck until he is dead.
 "In testimony whereof. I have here unto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state Of Arkansas in the executive chamber in the city of Little Rock. on this, the 7th day of May, 1904
 Jefferson Davis Governor of Arkansas .
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
PALMER HOUSE IS SOLD.
Chicago Hotel Has Passed From the iin2ds of the Palmer FnmlIy
 to Other Parties.

Chicago. May 11-After nearly forty years, the Palmer house, for a lorg time he best-known hotel in Chicago. has passed from the hands of the Pal mcr family into the control of the Chicago Hotel Co. recently incorporat- ed
 Mrs. Potter Palmer and the other heirs to the estate will have an inter- est in the corporation.
 The transfer of control of the hotel itself in no manner affects the estate. The Chicago Hotel Go. merely leases the hosteiry.
 The officers of the company are Will lis Howe president of the corporation, and Edwin Palmer. distant relative of Potter Palmer, who is secretary and treasurer. Both have been connecte ! with the management of hotels for a long time.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
Biq Fire at Green Forest.

On the morning of the 4th inst, over ten thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed by fire at Green Forest. The losses are: Mrs Rebecca Jernigan. building. s2,50O; insurance s2000 w T. Gray. build ing $2,0oo; insurance, s1,o00: L. E Harbert. building and stock of hard ware, 5000; no insurance; R L. Jer- nigan, stock of drugs, $2,000; insur- ance, $1000 Buell. & Jenkins, pro duce. S2O0; no insurance; Green For est Mercantile Company. S1.500; in. surance ample The store of J c. Harbert, in an adjoining building was damaged to the extent of $2oDO; covered by insurance Dr. Ramsey, office fixtures and books. loss. s50o no insurance.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
30HLE CASE IS AFFIRMED,
Missouri Supreme Court Says He Must Serve His Two Yenrs'
 Sentence in Pcnftentiary.

Jefferson City. Mo, May 11.-Wm. Bohle, of St. Louis, will have to serve two years in the Missouri penitentiary for obtaining property from the Peo- ple's House Furniture Go. un1er false pretenses The St. Louis circuit court found Bohle guilty, and assessed the punishment at two years imprison- ment. Division No. of the supreme court Tuesday morning affirmed the sentence. Bohle obtained goods to the amount oc s91.50 by representing him. self to be Geo. Yeaser and holding a good position with the Lafayette brewery. Bohle's defense was that the goods were not purchased for himself, but for Geo Yeager.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
Mysterious MurGer.

An Austrian camped near Harrison with some of his fellow eountrymen, was murdered by some unknown party The dead man was short distance from camp when he was approached by two strangers. Parties working a short distance away saw the trio to- gether, and a few minutes later heard the report of a shotgun Upon inves- tigation the Austrian was found dead and there as no trace of his slayers As his companions could not speal; Englisl.. il is believed he was their in terpreter, and that some members of the party had a grievance against him and committed the crime.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
Two Railroad Charters Granted.

Two new railroads have been grant ed charters by the state board. A charter was granted to the Hoxie. Strawberry River Valley and Western railroad, which it is proposed to con struct from HoXie to Franklin. Izard county, q distance of about fifty miles. The line would pass through the counties of Lawrence Sharp and Izard The company is capitalized at S1 ,000,- 000. of which s100.0O0 has been sub scribed. The directors are as follows: J. H. Stump. R. S. Thomas, O. V. Ro- senberg. L. T. Andrews and w A Chapman The board also issued q charter to the Perla Northern railroad. The prosposed line will run from Perla Hot Spring county, to Whit tington, Garland county, a distance of about twenty-three miles The capital stock is placed at sl50000. of which S500C0 has been subscribed. The di- reetors are R. w Girswold, A Strauss, C. l.. Bryant E. N Strauss and C. A. Figley.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
Medicns Elect Officers.

At the annual meeting of the State Medical society, held at Texarkana last week. the following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: President. ]. P. Runyan. Little Rock; first vice president. J. l.. Butler. Sheridan; sec ond vice-president. II. H. Canfield, Si- loam Springs; third yice-president. A. c. Clyne, Bethel; treasurer, k. (. Thompson. Pine Bluff; secretary, c. C. Stephenson. Little Rock.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
HAITI EXPECTS A
 REVOLUTION SOON
There is Said to Be General Discon-
 tent in the Republic.
PANIC AT PORT ALI PRINCE
President Nord Has Decided to Rc- sist Any Revolutionary Move ment, and Strong Measures
 Are Taken to Prevent it.

Cape Haytien, May 11.-While the rumor that a revolution has broken out in Hayu is false, there is general discontent in the republic, and a revo- lution is momentarily looked for The government openly accords protection to the Dominican government in order to assure the triumph of President Morales. as the arrival of Gen Jim inez's followers in force would be fatal to Morales.
 According to news from reliable source, the Haytien authorities have just authorized a Dominican cruiser to disembark a strong contingent of troops on Haytien territory for the in- yestment of Monte Christi. this being made necessary by the fruitlessness of many bombardments by the gunboat Presidente. Gen. Albert Salnave, not withstanding the warning given him by the Dominican government, has not withdrawn, and continues to gather many followers on the frontier, where the Haytien government has ordered heavy concentration of forces. Many l partisans of Gen. Antenor Firmin. the head of the last revolution. who is now ] in Paris. have crossed the frontier and combined their forces with those at Salnave
 violent tumult among the soldiers at Port au Prince resulted in a general panic. and the rumor was then circu,- lated that revolution had begun.
 President Nord has decided to resist energetieally any movement looking to a revolution. and strong measures have been taken to this end
 There is a panic in general business circles, and several large houses are likely to suspend Silver has become very scarce. and has resulted in a E per cent. premium over paper money. The premium on gold is APO per cent
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13

A dispatch from Cape Haytien, April 27, said that Gen. Salnave, a Haytien refugee had been warned to leave Dominican territory immediately Un- der the auspices of Gen. Jiminez, form CT president of Santo Domingo, it was asserted Gen. Salnave was preparing an expedition, the object of which was the overthrow of the Haytien govern ment. Several attachments of Haytien troops were sent to the frontier to check any movement on the part of Salnave. The same dispatch conveyed report that an agreement had been entered into by the Haytien exiles then in the Dominican republic and on the Island of St Thomas to make a joint effort to re-enter Hayti and that trouble was imminent. People in Hay ii, the dispatch said, were talking of the return to the republic of Generals Salnave, Fouchard and Lecomte all former candidates for the presidency of the Haytien republic.
The Forrest City times., 1904-05-13
Postal Fraud Order lssuei.

Governor of Arkansas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-15


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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-15
TRANSATLANTIC OF TREES
American Ingenuity Has Found
Way by Which Work Once
Dreaded Is Made Easy.

The transplanting of big trees has be-
come as easily attainable as that of set
ting out and making small sprouts grow.
The success of the art has been great
boon to the bus ness of landscape gar
dening in this country, and makes pos
sfbie the establishment of a wooded
park, avenue or grounds within the short
space of a few months, and totally abol-
lshes the long and tedious wait Of years
for trees to grow. Various methods
have been employed by Americans, from
backing a two-wheeled cart with high
axle up to tree, after the ground has
been moistened and a circle dug to the
tap root at a safe distance, when the
pole was dashed to the tree with block
and tackle It was hauled over and trans
planted; from this method to the slower
one of gradually digging under the tree
without seriously injuring the roots,
and either raising it carefully with a
jack screw, or securing the same result
! by swaying the tree from side to side.
But the American ingenuity has come to
the rescue, as American ingenuity has
habit of doing, and the result is ma
chine, or a number of machines of va
rious sorts that are as great as they are
simple, and which completely solves the
problem of transplanting big trees. One
Of these is big steel pot, or machine
that takes the form Of pot after it has
been clamped about the base of the tree.
and into which the tree is gently lifted
and conveyed to its new home. With q
compass the bearings of the tree are
first carefully taken, and it is trans
planted in exact accordance with these
bearings. Then the earth about the
tree is thoroughly moistened, and about
the base of the trunk are set the two
halves of a steel platform. One by one,
the odd, curved shovels are driven into
the ground about the circular platform.
When all are in place, they are clamped
at the top, and steel pot, six feet in di-
ameter, completely inclosing the trees
roots, is formed. The whole is then
lifted by a screw and chains, and the tree
falls back across the wagon in, re-
cumbent position, ready to be conveyed
to its new home.-Dennis H. StovalI, in
Epitomist
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-15
An Owls Love for Music.

"In my sons junior year at Har-
ward" says John Burroughs, the natu-
ralist, sit became the custom in May
and June to give frequent band con-
certs in the evening on the steps of
University hall. Exactly over the band
was a f1agpole, fastened at an angle TO
the building. On the gilded ball OF the
fiagpole there would come and perch,
soon after the concert began, little
>screech owl. After the music ceased
and the crowd dispersed the little owl
would fly away again. So regularly did
the owl come with his noiseless, muffled
flight that my son come to look for him
and to speculate how long the band
would have to play before he would be
attracted by the music. Many persons
saw him, yet he appeared to take no
notice of the yard full of people, but
seemed to enjoy the music, as far as
his actions and attitude betrayed his
feelings, rs much as did any one. Ger
tainly the love for music, so strong in
man, must find its beginning in lower
forms of life
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-15

The overseers were for the most part
cross and exacting. On the last after
noon BIaisdell was in his Office ar
ranging the papers with the expecta-
ton that his work would soon be fin
ished. Presently he had occasion to
go into the main room, and while
there the Office boy brought in the mail
and dumpe~4 it upon the table. Blais-
dell stepped across and selected his.
One letter was in well-knoWn hand,
and he moved quickly to window
and opened it with trembling fingers.
1t read
Dear Mr.. Blaisdel1:
81 have come round to your point of
view-indeed, l believe / had that day
when contending my own so strongly.
knew very little about the business,
being away at school most of the time
during my fathers life. When his
death summoned me home, the agents
explained the situation and accepted
their view. Later / was not quite sat
isfied and went down to see for myself,
hiring out as one of the hands.
81 have ordered that the business go
on as formerly, with no reduction of
wages. Before long I shall come down
and see what else can be done.
GAS to the request you did not COM
plete that day on the canal path, sup
pose you come up and repeat it to me,
here. l shall be waiting, and will be
glad to listen Yours.
Louise Esten Wallace
A sudden exclamation caused him to
look up. The superintendent had
opened letter and was staring at the
contents.
Hello, what does this mean?" Blais-
dell heard him mutter. wrathfully.
"The mill to go on III the old way,
without any reduction. What" He
looked up suddenly and saw Blaisdell
regarding him with an odd smile. ''Do
you know?" he demanded.
eyes"
"Get a letter. like mine-from head
quarters?"
Eyes, received letter from head
quarters" answered Blaisdell, still
smiling. eft told me everything was
to go On the same
He slipped the letter into his pocket
for later readings. and then left the
office for walk up the canal path.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-15
AN ESKIMO SALMON-TRAP.
Simple Continuance by Which Many
Large Fish Are Easily
Taken

The Eskimos along the Yukon river
have an odd method Of catching salm-
on. which is described by Mr.. jeremiah
Lynch in "Three Years in the Klon-
dixie
"The Eskimos take boards a foot
wide and an inch thick, and nail them
together lengthwise in a triangular
salmon. This is submerged in five
feet of water a foot from the surface
and 20 yards from the shore.
"The salmon, swimming along the
side of the shore against the strong
current, go straight into this simple
trap and cannot get back, and those in
the rear press on those in front.
eve saw Is large salmon taken from
one of these spouts in a few minutes,
and the Indians said they caught
scores every day while the run con-
tinued
cat an old Russian settlement we
observed how the natives live and pre-
pare for the winter. The fish were
running plentifully, and every Indian,
even to the little children, was busy
bringing them up from the bank, open
ing them and hanging them on the
trees, or temporary scaffolds, or tops
of huts and cabins, in every conceiv-
able place where a salmon could be put
to dry out of reach of the dogs.
'The run lasts about six weeks, and
in that interval the natives must pro-
vide food for their families and their
dogs until next season. Very few
wild animals exist on this lower W.
kon, and with the addition of geese
and ducks, salmon is the only food
that the country provides for its in
habitants. No grain is cultivated.
The Indians buy flour and light sup
plies from the traders, paying in dogs
and furs, for they trap all through the
long winter
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-15
GIVE US STRAIGHT GOODS.
New York Dairyman Tells Why he
Has No Earthly Use for the
Dual-PuIpose Ideas.

There has been a large amount or
talk lately about the dual-purpose cow.
One of the most serious problems We
have to contend with in making sue
cessful milk producers of many OF
those engaged in dairy husbandry is
the fact that there are too many dual
purpose farmers. They have neither
the beef COW as milk producer, northe
milk producer as beef animal. The
true dairy type is not, in all my ex-
perience, homogeneous with the Here
ford, Short-horn or Angus breeds. The
beef animal is in class by itself, and
is ready for the block two or three
years before the milk producer is at
her best. fear that one of the chief
reasons for much of the discomfort
among US for this low per cent of
profit in dairying can be charged to the
fact that at the end of the cows profit
able milk-producing period she can be
made into beef. But the farmer who
cares to draw on his financial resources
to purchase fat-producing foods to
empty into an animal whose whole life
has been spent in working her natural
machinery for milk secretion has got
an uphill job on his hands, and when
the books are balanced the true dairy
man who cares to improve hrs herd
for milk production with a sire of the
Ayrshire or Holstein type or for less
show of amount, but greater per cent.
of fat, with a Jersey or Guernsey, will
be able to show this dual-purpose man
that he has not more than two per cent.
of butter fat in his argument. You
will never make good dog at the hunt
out of the combination of the bulldog
and the hound; no amount of breeding
will ever make a Dan Patch out of 8
Clydesdale. They are too far apart.
Good breeders have been working at
this problem for centuries, getting the
classes further apart, that each in its
turn may fit in the niche where it can
do it's share of the work. The machine
which sells the best to-day is the one
with the most modern improvements
and up-to-date requirements of the
times. A machine that by nature (na-
ture does not change much) will as
simulate and make into milk the great
est amount, for food consumed, is a
better article to have on the farm than
any dual-purpose COW.
When the dual-purpose farmer will
learn TO keep better sires, letting the
butcher have his steer-shaped COWS,
and raise calves only from COWS with
dairy form, and known milk-producing
qualities, he will be ready, shortly, to
sell as second-class goods his dual
purpose ideas.-J. e. Head, in Rural
New Yorker.