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Hats.

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Gents hats. inc quality felt, eqnal to
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large assortment of sample hats worth
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FIR ShIE

Born as follows: Dec. Is, 'O3, Jan. 30. 'o4,
May 10, 'O4. June 2, '04. Aug. il, 'O4.
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sold at all as bulls unless they turn ont
good specimens of the breed.
l shall also be ready to part with nv
Nov. 1st. He will be yrs old. Dec %
The two calves first mentioned are nnre
bred and very promising youngsters. but
out OF unrecorded dams; the three last ara
registered.
B. f. DAY,
sep 9-4t pd Glasgow Va
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EASTBOUND.

Schedule in Effect Mayi. 1904.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
LIGHTNING KILLS WOMAN
Mrs. tIspaueh, Near Columbia, Meets
Instant Death as "a Result of
Electric shock.

Columbia, Mo, June 22.-During q
severe electrical storm Monday night,
Mrs. Pearl Alspaugh, of near Hinton,
nine miles west of Columbia, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed. Mrs Alspaugh was in the yard
at dusk. taking clothes from the line,
when lightning struck the tree TO
which the line was attached and ran
on the clothes line wire, burning it in
two directly over her head, causing in
stant death. A little daughter was
near her and stunned for several
hours, but it is thought will recover
During the storm. lightning struck
many places around Columbia. striking
posts and trees, but no fatalities have
been reported
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
THE WILL OF LEVI z. LETTER
One Third of His Estate Goes to His
Wife, the Remainder Goes to
His Children.

Washington, June 21.-The will of
Levi u. Letter. the Chicago millionaire,
who died at Bar Harbor, Me, last
week, has been filed with the register
OF wills in this city. 1t is dated June
/; names Mary r. Letter and Joseph
Letter, his widow and son, as execu-
tors, and they. together with his
daughters, Nancy Lathrop Carver
Letter and Marguerite Hynde Letter
and Seymour Morris, of Chicago, are
designated as trustees. The witnesses
are his lawyers. Walter V. r. Berry
and Benjamin S. Miner. and II. b.
Rowland, all of this city. The will
leaves one-third of the estate, outside
Of specific reservations of coal lands
in Illinois, to the widow. and the rest
is left for eqaal distribution per stripes
among the children. There is nothing
in the will which indicates the total
value of Mr.. Letters estate.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
valuable Pictures Stolen From the
State Building at St.
Louis Fair.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY CHRuAIClED
fsomInent Jefferson County Merchant
Taxes His Own Life Bold Day
light Robbery al Texarkana.
Thieves Visit Arkansas Building.

For the third time since the open
Ing of the Arkansas building at the
worlds fair a report has been made
OF the theft of exhibits in the build
ing. Only short time ago the theft
OF a valuable vase from the Arkan.
sas building was reported, and now
one of the pictures on exhibition has
been stolen. The missing picture is
water color OF a woman's head
which was screwed to the wall on
the second floor of the building. Miss
Lizzie Cage, hostess of the Arkansas
building, reported the theft, stating
that this is the third picture which
has been taken, and that II the
thefts continue the commissioners
will be forced to send the other pic
lures back to the owners.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
CORONER ARRESTS
j, s, INSPECTOR
had Refused to Testify at the
Slocum Inquest.
5 STARTLING EVIDENCE GIVEN
One Hundred md Twelve More Rod
les HIVE Been ReroNrred--Over
Three Hundred Yet
Missing.

New York. June 22.-Evidence of q
startling nature, which doubtless will
have an important bearing on the ulti-
mate result Of the coroners inquiry
into the Gen. Slocum disaster, was
forthcoming al the inquest Tuesday.
Perhaps the most unexpected incl
dent was the continued refusal to an
swer questions of Henry Lundberg. a
United States steamboat inspector, who
was supposed to have inspected the life
preservers and the hull of the ill-fated
steamer. His refusal was based on the
ground that an answer might tend to
incriminate him, and he acted on the
advise OF his counsel.
The coroner committed Lundberg to
the house Of detention, but later ac-
cepted $500 bail for his appearance at
the hearing Wednesday. which was
satisfactory to the assistant district
/ attorney. Second Pilot Weaver, of the
Slocum. testified that he had pur-
chased the fire hose for that boat, and
Mr.. Garvan introduced evidence to
show that the prices paid was 40 cents
foot, less 90 per cent, or 16 cents per
foot net
Don't you know that you can't buy
good fire hose for less than dollar or
dollar and a half foot?"
Il don't know anything about the
price of hose" responded Weaver.
Weaver also declared that there had
been no fire drill on the Sloeum this
year.
Daniel ONeill, who, according to his
sworn statement. had never worked on
a boat until he was hired on the Slo-
cum short tome ago, admitted that
he had jumped into a row boat filled
with people from the Slocum, capsiz-
ing 1t.
Asked If he saved anyone, he said
there were others .ping that, and he
was not an expert swimmer He swan
ashore himself, however.
O'Neill declared he never say fire
drill on the boat
Referring to the efforts made to
throw water on the fire when it was
first discovered, O'Neill told of the
bursting of the hose. He ran and got
would not fit the standpipe. This was
some of the sensational testimony
brought out.
By the use of dynamite and heavy
guns fired by men from the second bat
terry. scores of bodies were brought up
from the bottom around the shores
near North BrSther island Tuesday.
From sunrise to sunset the searchers
along the beach gathered in 112,
bringing the number of bodies up To
date to the appalling total of S45.
OF these 700 have been identified,
and the missing still are approxi-
mated at something more than 300.
Many of the bodies last found never
will be identified, because of the
changes that have taken place during
the week they have been under the wa
ter
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Stranger Suicides,

The decOmposed body of an un-
known man was found hanging to the
limb of an apple tree on a farm a
few miles from Gravette. Benton
county. The suicide had used his
suspenders as a rope. attaching one
end to a limb about three feet from
the ground and, placing the other
around his neck. had twisted around
until strangled to death. In con-
versation with a farmer a few days
before his body was found. a party
resembling the corpse. stated that
he could not support a family
on 81 day. He was about
so years of age. and had been work
ing as a railroad grader, but moth
ing was found on him that would
lead to his identity
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
WORD FROM HECTOR FULLER
The Indianapolis News Correspond
ent Released by the Russians.
His Account of Conditions Mt Port
Arthur as Seen Through BAN
dngcd Eyes.

Indianapolis, Ind, June 2f.-The In
dianapolis News received a special ca
BILE from Hector Fuller. its special
staff war correspondent at Che-Foo,
giving the following account of his re-
lease from Port Arthur and the situ-
alton inside the besieged fortress:
"Che-Foo, June 20-After spending
five days in Russian prison, | was
released and put on board Chinese
junk and sent to this place.
The stories OF starvation in Port
Arthur spread by the Japanese are un-
true, as stores and supplies are con-
stantly arriving at the besieged city
from Chinese ports. The Japanese
blockade is ineffective.
The garrison consists of between
$4,000 and 10000 troops, and the health
OF both soldiers and civilians Is good.
The damaged battleships have all
been repaired, and he harbor entrance
cleared OF distractions Immense new
forts have been constructed. and, in
my opinion, the place is in no i'm
mediate danger OF falling into the
hands OF the Japanese.
The Japanese attack. by land and
sea, made on the Sth inst, was easily
repulsed. | was the first correspondent
to enter Port Arthur since the block
ade began
Mr. Fuller was rowed across to Port
Arthur from the Mautao islands by
two Cinnamon in an open boat, and
was, on landing June l3, seized, blind
folded and thrown into prison, inside
the fortress, as was announced at the
| fir1o
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
A SPEEDY OCEAN LINER,
Atlanta at an Average speed of
23.5S Knots an Hour.

Plymouth. England. June 2t-The
average speed OF the North German
Lloyd line steamer Kaiser Wilhelm H.,
which arrived here at 1:57 a m. for
the 3,112 miles from Sandy Hook
lightshlp to Edystone lighthouse, was
23.58 knots per hour. as compared with
the 23.5l knots of the Deutschland. OF
the Hamburg American line. While
the Deutschland total time over the
long distance route is still SO minutes
shorter than the time just occupied by
the Kaiser Wilhelm H., she actually
did not travel so fast, because she
ran only 3.0s2 miles. 30 less than the
Kaiser Wilhelm II. The best days run
Of the Kaiser Wilhelm II. was 564
miles.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION
Partial Collapse of the Black Sirup
Refining Plant at Kansas City.
Six Persons Buried Under the Debris,
One of Whom, Burt Bowen, is
Believed to BE Dead.

Kansas City, Mo, June 21.-A four
story brick building at Third and Del
aware streets, occupied by the Black
Sirup & Refining Co, partially COL
lapsed, the result of an explosion OF
ammonia on the third floor. Fifty
girls in the upper stories and several
men and boys were thrown into a
panic. Six persons were buried in
the debris. The others escaped down
an alley fire escape.
The injured:
Martha Fisher, aged 16; serious.
Viola Baker, aged Is; badly cut; not
seriously.
Claude Chambers. aged 90; shipping
clerk; seriously hurt.
A girl; injuries slight.
Two men are still buried In the
debris.
Later one of the men was released
unhurt. The other. Burt Bowen. Is
still buried under a mass of brick and
timbers, and 1t is believed he Is dead
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Honors for Arkansas Bows.

Among the graduates in the class OF
1904 at Vanderbilt University. Nash.
vile, Tenn. are the following from Ar.
kansas:
Master of Arts-Hnnry Horton Bar
ger, B. A. (Hendrix), Knoxville, John.
son county.
Bachelor of Ehgineering-George
Boddie Smoker, Arkadelphia
Bachelor of Law-George Merrick
Gibson. B. A, Black Rock; Will Steel
B. A, Lockesburg
Pharmaceutical Chemist-Percy B
Meyer. Pine Bluff Jay Fisk Smith,
Texarkana
Master of Pharmacy-Thaddeus
Harrison, Ph. c (VanderbilD, Mt. He
bron.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
NEGROES AND WHITES IN RIOT
striking White LaborerS Attack Me-
Eroes Who Had Taken
Their Places.

Gallipols O., June 22.-There was
riot Tuesday at the plant of the j. f.
Mills Lumber Co. at Crown City. O.,
between the striking white employees
and colored labOrers who Rad taken
their places. The negroes were at
tackled and badly beaten with stones
and clubs in the hands of the white
men. After two hours of fighting the
riot was quelled by Sheriff Manning.
who arrested six of the white leaders
and lodged them In tail here.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
BRIEF MENTION.

cholera is playing havoc with hogs
in Dallas county.
A reunion of the blue and gray will
be held at Ouachita, in Montgomery
county, July 22-23.
A negro woman at Clarendon. the
wife of Louis Refill. gave birth to
quadruplets-two boys and two girls.
A. f. Linzel, a pioneer citizen of
Little Rock, is dead. Mr.. Linzel was
- years old, and had been actively en-.
gagged in business in Little Rock since
1870.
Gov Davis has appointed Perry
Williams. democratic nominee for
sheriff of Howard county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Sher.A
Custer.
Reports sent out from Texarkana on
the 10th inst. stated that at that time
the Red river had reached the highest
stage within the memory of old
planters.
The Sulphur Rock Male and Fe-
male Academy has been transferred
/
the property of the Batesville district
conference.
Engineer James Berry. who resided
at Jonesboro, was killed in a wreck
al Shannon's Point, where the two
roads cross, in collision with a Frisco
passenger train.
large number of members of the
Order of Hoo Hoo attended a cancan-
tenation at Little Rock last week, at
which large class was initiated into
the mysteries of the order.
Charles Burrough while repairing
some defect to the machinery at a saw
mill near Hot Springs, was caught by
the circular saw and so badly cut that
he died shortly after the accident.
The contract for the printing of
kirby's Digest of the statutes OF
Arkansas has been awarded to an
Austin, Tex. firm for s11,666. There
are eight thousand copies to be print
ed and delivered by January /. 1905.
Hon. T. l.. Berry, formerly secretary
to United States Senator Berry. died
on the 20th at Muskogee. |. T. Mr..
Berry had been residing in the ter
ritory for some time, and at the time
of his death was city recorder of Mus.
kogee.
An infant boy about two months
old was found at a secluded SPOT
about mile from Newport. The lit
tie fellow was evidently deserted to
die, as he was discovered through ac-
cident by negro boy. who was out
hunting
The contract for the St Louis Little
Rock and Gulf railroad from Little
Rock to Sheridan, a distance of forty
miles, has been let to Donald, Grant &
Co. of Faribault Mimi The work of
grading this forty miles will be begun
July /, it is stated
Sheriff Melton OF Franklin county
arrested Bud Smith and Bill Florida
on the charge of horse stealing and
at their preliminary hearing both
pleaded guilty. 1t is claimed Smiths
father and several uncles are serving
time in the penitentiary.
Miss Helen Gould has promised
$4,000 and the Cotton Belt railroad
$500 toward maintaining a Y. NJ c. A.
building at Pine Bluff. to be used by
railroad employees and the general pub
lie on condition the business men con
tribute an equal amount.
Major T. E. Stanley. Confederate
veteran from Augusta. died at Nash
vile. Tenn. OF heart disease. Major
Stanley was we'll known throughout
the State, and was prominent in the
Arkansas division of Confederate Vet.
erans. rarely ever missing a reunion.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Man Stealing a Ride Killed.

A man supposed to be B. l.. Drake
of Linnville. Iowa. met a horrible
death at Newport With two compan-
ions Drake was riding in the vesti-
bule of a passenger and when New
port was reached it is supposed he at
tempted to alight from the train as it
slowed down for the station and was
caught between the heavy metal
pieces surrounding the doorway His
head was crushed into an almost
shapeleSs mass.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
FORREST CITY, ARK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON JUNE "a 1904
Bold Robbery.

A white man. unmasked. entered the
home of Mrs. Mary Northam. a widow,
at Texarkana. in broad daylight and
robbed her of $50. Mrs. Northam had
Just placed the money between the
covers of book for safe keeping. and
it is supposed the robber. who was
armed with a revolver. saw her Sc
cret the money through an open win.
dow.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
New Bank at El Dorado.

The Citizens National Bank Of El
Dorado will begin business July l
with the following of,cers: J F.
Sample. president: W. w. Brown,
vice president; NJ. W Hardy. cash
Ter; F. II. Hearin. assistant cashier.
Directors: John c. ltchie. w. NJ.
Green. J. r. Miears, ]. F. Sample. W.
W Brown. II. W. Myar and w. j.
PinsOn.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Will Rebuild Cevee.

Planters who own land in the South
ern portion of Jefferson county which
was oyerffowed by the breaking of the
Frenchtown levee during the recent
nigh water will rebuild the levee on a
larger and better scale. The Cotton
Belt road will pay part of the cost
of rebuilding the levee.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Arkansas Fruit at the Fair.

An official daily bulletin issued by
the worlds fair press bureau says;
Arkansas large and varied display of
fresh fruit forms one of the features
of horticultural displays. The large
yellow transparent apples now on ex-
hibition are attracting special atten-
tion. Table after table is covered
with choice specimens Of apples,
peaches. cherries. plums and other
fresh fruits"
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Robbed His Wife.

Mrs. Mary Harkrider of Hot
Springs, aged 60 years, reports that
she was robbed Of 81 500 by her hus-
band, who is but % years of age.
The woman is well-to-do and she re.
Gently brought suit for divorce against
her husband
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
FORMAL PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
Mrs. Nan Patterson Wants nm Early
Trial On the Charge of killing
ffCaesor'' Young.

New York. June pa formal plea
I not guilty was made by Mrs. Nan
Patterson when she was drraigned in
the court of general sessions. charged
with the murder of Caesar" Young,
the bookmaker. Al the same time coun-
sci for Mrs. Patterson served notice on
the district attorney that a motion
would be made for the court 10 direct
an early trial for the defendant.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Fire Underwriters.

The Fire Underwriters Association.
which held its annual convention at
Hot Springs last week, selected that
city as the permanent place of meet
ing. The new officers elected are:
President, A. w. Mills, Pine Bluff.
honorary vice-president. Miss NJ X.
Paget. Batesyille; secretary. John
Hampton, Fordyce
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Woman Shoots Former Sweetheart

A sensation was created by the
killing of Herbert Wynn at his home
six miles from Prescott by Mrs. Ed
Moss. 1t is said the killing grew out
of an old love affair. Wynn and his
slayer having been sweethearts for
The shooting took place in a field.
where Wynn was at work. at the end
of a lengthy interview. Six shots
were fired, and in a scufiie, two struck
Mrs. Moss, inflicting slight wounds
The principals to the tragedy are
members of leading families of Brad
ley county.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Confederate Day at the Fair.

st. Louis. June 22.-Monday was
Confederate Veteran day at the
Worlds fair, and the Missouri build
ing, where the exercises were held.
was filled all day with grizzled
colonels. majors and captains of the
sunny south. The Philippine scout
band furnished music.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-23
EDITORIAL FILINGS.

Now that rubber ribs have proved
successful awful possibilities threaten
in the literal adaptation of rubber
necks-Baltimore American.
The mumps germ has been definitely
isolated" Won't somebody please
gun for the microbe which causes that
swelling a little higher up:-Philadel-
phia North American.
We would like to learn the Mormon
methods of making living. A man
who can provide for five wives and 100
children under present prices is fnan-
cial wonder-Memphis News.
In the sweet sisterhood of states
Utah excels in plural marriages, South
Dakota in plural divorces, New Jersey
in plural corporations and New York
in plural politics.-New York Mail.
A medical essayist asserts that the
blues are a form of splanchine neuras
thenia, due to intraabdominal venous
congestion. That would cause don't
worry club to dissolve.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-23
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.

Jacob Deemer of Salem. O., recently
purchased Fairmount Boy, 2:24A, by
Ethan Wilkes.
Consuela s., 2:1212, In the Salisbury
string at Pleasanton, trotted a quarter
In 3012 seconds recently.
Frank r. Walker has been engaged
to do the starting at the ReadviIle
grand circuit meeting.
c. W. Merkle, the Philadelphia train
er, has added Director Red, 2:20A, by
Director, to his stable.
The Philadelphia trotter Andrew
Moore, PISA. by Andrew NJ, will be
extensively staked this season.
Allie Smith, the Buffalo driver who
brought out Topsy, 2:O9ll4 will train a
public stable at Tonawanda this sea-
son.
Among the horses to be raced by A.
David OF Lansing. Mich, this year will
be Robert s.. 2:19ll4, and Lester D.,
2:19A.
Dan Newill Is handling Senator
Whites matinee horses, including Miss
Whitney, 2:O712, at the Jewett covered
track.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-23
The Cream of Tartar Tree.

The oldest tree now extant is proba.
by the baobab (Adansonia digitata, OF
Africa. alias the Sour eonrd or cream
Of tartar tree (Adansonia gregorii, of
Australia. This remarkable tree has
rather short and branching trunk not
more than sixty or seventy feet high.
while its girth at the ground Is from
eighty-five to ninetyfive feet One Of
them has names cut upon it which
date back to the fourteenth century
and the naturalist Adanson. who gave
the genus its botanic name, calcuIat ted
from certain data that its age must
be upward Of 5000 years. The hollow
trunks of these trees. which are capa-
cious enough to hold comfortably thirty
or forty bodies, are used as tombs by
the native Africans. where the suspend
ed corpses soon become thoroughly
mummified and preserved