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The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Will Ship Water.

The Electric Springs Shipp n g Company is a late addition to the business enterprises of Rogers. It is composed of Chicago parties and has secured a five year lease from the owners of the Electric springs for their surplus water The company will ship this water to all parts of the country.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Has Had Many Offices.

Hon. H. l.. Ponder has been elect ed city attorney by the City Council or Walnut Ridge This will make Mr, Ponder's twelfth consecutive year as city official He began as recorder at 21 years of age and has filled all the offices in the local government of Walnut Ridge from mayor down.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
lniIred By a Hnrse.

Mrs. A. J. Tompllins of Poughkeep- sic was thrown from her horse re- gently. and her foot catching in the bridle reins, she was dragged a con siderable distance before she was re- leased She sustained severe bruises and cuts about the face and several broken bones The physician. who dressed her wounds expects her to make speedy recovery.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Wires Go Underground.

The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company has commenced the work of putting their wires under ground at Pine bluff The under. ground system will be installed only in the business portion of the city.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Socialists Object,

At meeting of the Socialist local at Bentonville resolutions denounc- ing the arrest and confinment in pris- on of the officers of the Western Fed eration of Miners in Colorado for complicity in the murder of ex-Goy- ernor Steunenberg of Idaho were adopted.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Girl Breaks Her Arm.

Lucille, the G-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs Whitley Kerr of Ben tonville had her left arm broken just above the elbow few days ago She and her sister were riding their pony, when the horse went under a low hanging apple tree limb and the girls were knocked off and the ac- cident to Lucille occurred as before stated
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
oinners' Association meetinq.

The Arkansas Ginners' Association will hold a meeting at Little Rock about May 10th. The meeting has been delayed until that date in order that planting may be completed and a better attendance secured than could be had at an earlier date.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
4 Short Illness.

Alex Cunning, sheriff of Wyan- dotte county. Kansas while hunting near De Queen recently. was stricken with acute epelipsey and died in a short time. The remains were sent 10 Kanaas for iuterment.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Trouble Over Politics.

A shooting affray occurred in the drug store of Chandler 6 Harrington at Marianna recently in which a man living near Moro. ". Winter. was painfully wounded by R. L. Derrick of Marianna IL is alleged that the diff ficulty arose over politics.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Engineer kiIled d.

R. 4. Jacob, a railway engineer liv- ing at Pine Bluff, was run over by train at Camden recently. Jacobs limbs were crushed so badly that he died a few hours after the accident occurred
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
 Woman Fatally Burned.

Nancy Stewart, aged about 76 years was burned to death at her home in South Camden a few days ago She was cooking and her clothes caught fire, and she was so badly burned that death soon ensued. She was possess ed of considerable property includ- ing some business property in Cam den.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Lodge to be Established.

j. T Lyles, the state commander of the Knights of the Maccabees. is planning the establishing of a lodge of that order at Fayetteville in a few months.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
A Valuable Farm.

J. W. Matthewson has sold his farm near Walnut Ridge to William Rust of Richmond, Mo- The farm contains zoo acres and was sold for S6.5O0.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Cancer RanoNed.

A successful operation for the re- moval of a large cancer was perfol m- ed upon Mrs. Annie Carney a few days ago at Berryyille by Dr. L. Ki by of Harrison.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
Have Several lunatics.

The authorities at Pine Bluff have eight persons confined in jail at that place for lunacy. Two of these people were arrested only few days ago.
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
 Openinq Postponed.

It is announced that the opening of the Little Rock and Southern railway between Little Rock and Fordyce has been postponed till May 1st
The Forrest City times., 1906-04-20
ANOTHER NEGRO KILLED

IdIItT OI TlV TTCaFHI CaII- II Maa TaEaN from FraAkins home in PhLlaGeIphia
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Couldn't MIX the Bicycle.

Some years ago, soon after BICYCLES
began to be freely used throughout the
United States, an agent for a New York
house turned tip at a village in Central
New York. He expatiated to an old
farmer upon the virtues of the new ma
chine, dwelling upon what a time-saver
it was, and withal how fashionable il
would be for the old farmer to be able
to ride down to the village on one of
the new-fangled machines whenever he
wanted to.
why" said the salesman, whenever
you go to the postofice, bank, or store,
everybody will stop and stare at Farmer
Wilson, and pretty soon you'll be the
most-talked-of man in the whole coun-
ty."
THAT may be So" replied the farmer,
"but | tell you I'm a-needin' a good
new COW mon | am one O. them things
you're a-talkin' about"
Nevertheless, the agent extracted a
promise that the old man would save
up his money and purchase a bicycle
when the agent came around in the fall.
According to promise, the agent was
on hand in the fall with the wheel The
farmer took him in charge and carried
him out to the lot and showed him a
fine Jersey COW.
That's what bought with the money
| saved up for you" said the farmer
And without waiting for the agent to
recover from his surprise he went on !;
Il lowed that needed the COW mon
did the bicycle, an there she is. Amt
she beaut?'
When the agent recovered his breath
he said: You'll look funny riding that
COW to town, won't your"
"Ya'as," drawled out the old farmer,
"but I'd look darned sight funnier
tryin' to milk bicycle"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Revolutionary Russia.

Like the Stuarts of Great Britain
and the Bourbons of France, tht
reigning dynasty of Russia goes from
blunder to blunder. Such a revolution
as is in progress throughout Euro
pean Russia cannot be suppressed By
the sword The thing to have done
was to make concessions to the spirit
of liberty when the agitation began.
Grants that would have been
hailed as liberal a year ago would be
rejected with scorn to-day as wholly
insufficient.
The revolution is strizingly like that
Of France, and there will be no stop
ping it. The proletariat has fought
and tasted blood. Suppose they sup
press the revolt in Moscow? 1t will
break out at some other point-in Po-
land, or Lithuania. OF Finland. or
elsewhere between the Baltic and the
Black seas. The army will be kept on
the jump, and its loyalty put to the SUI
premest test. Then, when order has
been shot into the nation, and reigns
everywhere as it once did at Warsaw,
the revolution will break out afresh in
Moscow or somewhere else, and it will
all have to be done over, again.
Before the thing is finished, Russia
will be a republic; not a free republic,
but a revolutionary republic guided by
a Cromwell or a Napoleon. And If such
should be her destiny, she will be
mighty ugly customer in quarrel with
a neighbor, just as England was in the
middle of the seventeenth century, just
as France was at the close of the eight
zenith century.
For a full 100 years republicanism
has been driving autoeracy to the wall
in Europe. France is pretty good re-
public and getting better every day.
The Kaiser of the great German EN-
pire has in the Reichstag a partner in
the government, ofttimes a very med.
dlesome and very obstinate partner
at that. The Cortez holds the purse of
Spain, and Italy is a constitutional
Austria-Hungary has a leg
islature, and the Scandinavian PEG.
pies have enjoyed liberty for ages.
Russia is rousing from the slumber of
centuries and she cannot be put to
sleep again. There will be battle and
blood and terror but it will end in a
republican, least, in a legislature
and then Russia will begin the new
lesson of learning what liberty is and
what to do with it,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
new PUBLIC PRINTER.
AT THLRTY.FOUR YEARS OF AGE
He HEADS THE BIGGEST PRINT
SHOP IN THE FORLD.

His Office Pays Out Annually Owes
Four and a Half Million Dollars ir
Mages-Is One of the Presidents
| Youngest.
At the head of the biggest printing
Office in the world at the age of "a
That is the position in which Charles
A. Stillings finds himself to-day. When
the Hon. Frank w, Palmer resigned
from the Office of Public Printer last
summer, President Roosevelt found
himself facing the necessity of making
one of the most important appoint
ments that had ever fallen to his lot
to consider. The printing required for
the United States Government is so
voluminous and of such diversified de-
tail that 1T is necessary to operate the
enormous plant in which the printing
is produced, in the most perfect way.
At the head of this great printery the
President knew he must place man
who would be manly among men,
strong of character, quick of decision
and with a thorough grasp of every
detail oil the printing business in
everyone of it's many branches. Many
men backed by strong political influ-
ence were presented to the President
for his consideration in making the
appointment for Public Printer, but
none seemed to be possessed Of all of
the necessary qualifications, until his
attention was directed to a progress
siye young man whose knowledge of
the printing business covered the en-
tire field and who had had practical
experience in Boston, Philadelphia and
Washington-one Charles A. Stillings.
And so, after a thorough examination
into Mr. Stillings' commercial career,
the President, finding that Mr.. Still
lings' ability was just what he had
been looking for, appointed him as the
executive head of the Government
Printing Office. The Senate promptly
confirmed the Presidents appointment
and so Mr.. Stillings has become the
active head of the establishment.
A brief idea of the volume of bust
ness conducted by the Government
Printing Office may be obtained from
the following figures. Last year they
paid in wages to it's various employees
the sum of $4616,7 81.70 and nearly
three millions more were spent for
various supplies, including paper, new
machinery and maintenance of the
plant. Every dollar of this great sum
is expended under the check of the
Public Printer and it is evident that
much wisdom is needed in handling
money where so large an amount is in
yolved.
Mr. Stillings is especially fitted by
training, inclination, and ability for
the position. He forms an attractive
addition to the ranks of the young men
with whom President Roosevelt has
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

new forests by the national govern
ment on the wide level prairies and
bare, rolling foothills which are now
supposed to be among the waste places
of the land and At only for grazing
ground for a few stray cattle and
sheep.
1t is the vast possibilities of forest
planting and timber production in this
region that make IL almost a crime
against future generations to part
with the land in it's present condition
to stockmen under such a scheme as
the Kinkaid bill for the creation of
large grazing estates in private own
ership.
The mining interests more fmmedf-
ately than any other ought to oppose
this 640-acrc homestead idea anywhere
in the great plains or Rocky mountain
states and help to inaugurate a great
national policy of planting new for
ests, not only To furnish wood and
timber for the mines but to conserve
and Increase the rainfall. regulate the
flow OF the rivers, stop floods and fur
nish water for irrigation
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

that would make him feel the fun
weight of an outraged national public
sentiment. (Applause.) They are not
liable to punishment crfminally, but
they are morally responsible for every
fraud committed under the timber and
stone act since they shelved the bill to
repeal it passed by the senate in the
last session of congress.
But 1t is not enough merely to re-
peal the timber and stone act. Every
acre of public forest lands or brush
or woodlands which eonserves water
supply should be at once embraced in
permanent forest reserves, the title to
be always retained by the national
government ard the stumpage of ma
tured timber only to be sold.
wonderful Possibilities of the Arid
Region.
The whole great plains region
should be studied and developed as a
vast area which can be transformed
from a semi-arid region to one of
great fertility and more humid climate
by the planting of immense areas,
hundreds of thousands of acres, of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Charles A. Stillings, the New
Public Printer.

surrounded himself In the administra-
ton of the Government affairs. He re-
ceived his education in the Phillips
Grammar School and the English High
School at Boston. After leaving school
he entered his fathers printing office,
where he received a varied and thor
ough experience in all branches of the
trade, finally working up to the posi-
ton of general manager and later be-
coming sales manager of the Griffith
Stillings Press, an organization which
took over the business formerly con-
Quoted by Mr.. Stillings, Sr.
In all Of Mr. Stillings' transactions
he has shown an unusual aptitude for
organization, and, possessing marked
degree of personal magnetism has
drawn into close friendship with
himself many men of dignity and posi-
ton. Mr.. Stillings is Mason, having
attained the honors of the thirty-sec-
ond degree of the Scottish Rite, and is
also Mystic Shriner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
An LLnproViSed Excuse.

Tommy was absent from school for
one entire day. But he brought note
of excuse the next morning, which
would prove that he had been detained
at home legitimately The writing was
hardly that of feminine hand, and the
note appeared to have been written la
boriously. Furthermore, the penman-
ship seemed to be strangely familiar to
his teacher. The note read as follows
"Dear Teacher: Please excuse Tom
my for not coming to stool yistidy, he
couldn't come. | tore my pants. Yours
truly, Mrs. Mulligan."
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Don't Ask again.

An amusing incident is related of
Nat Goodwin, the actor Not long ago
Goodwin was standing on the corner
of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street,
New York City, where three car lines
converge, when a seedy-looking indi-
vidual, apparently from the county,
approached him questioningly
Il want to go to the Brooklyn
Bridge" he said, looking in perplexity
at the cars rushing in six different di
rections.
Very WELL" said Goodwin, severely
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

l could not help thinking TO myself
whether Il might not be possible some
udy or other TO awaken the people Of
the mississippi valley to a realization
OF the Iact that forestry is a problem
extending from New Orleans 10 The com
unental divide of the Rocky mountains
on the west TO Canada on the north
ana 70 the crest Of the Alleghanies on
the east, where the Ohio river has its
source; and that failure and destruc-
ton are inevitable II 1t shall be ex-
peeted IN the years TO come TO control
That great flood by increasing the
levees to protect the sugarbowl Of the
nation. The time Will come when they
cannot build them higher and the
r country Will revert to a swamp cOndi-
ton and be as desolate as IL is today
where the ST. Francis basin is covered
with water through which you may
look down and see the tops OF trees
that once grew on dry land How are
you going TO prevent that?
rms great problem of forestry, is
not alone matter of sentiment. 1t
rs Just as much a cold bloOded ques-
preceded me have spoken upon the i'm
poftance or forestry TO mining.
have listened with much interest 10
their mastery discussion on the rela-
brought more fOrcibly than ever to my
mind the conviction that the whole
country and those engaged in all it's
industries are fast coming. to recOg-
nize the Importance of forestry.
regret that we cannot include the
lower house of congress. They do not
seem to have yet walked up to IL.
How to Get Things Done.
I am not going to take up your time
with any further dissertations upon
the Importance of forestry. But I want
to offer some practical suggestions as
to what we should do to get what we
want done. 1 listened with the great |
est interest and pleasure to the presi- ]
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

the timber aud the land and the young
growth and everything Tor S2.50 an
acre. Taxing the value of that timber
at what the stumpage actually sold for
upon some Of the government land in
Minnesota, $15.06 an acre. the govern
ment has lost 100000, 900 by that pro-
eeeding. But the stumpage on the g.
100000 acres located during the last
two years was much more valuable
than that. And II the government had
managed its timber land business as
any business man or any man Of
sense would have managed it We
might just as well as not have realized
S70,000,000 from that stumpage and
have had our young forest trees plant
ed in southern California and the sur
plus left over. (Applause.)
A Few Suggestions.
We are told that there is going to be
a deficit this year in the treasury of
the United States of $22.OO0,0OO. II
we had not thrown away that $4,000
600 we could have covered that deficit
at least twice over and still have had
money left in the treasury. In other
words the public lands committee Of
the house has thrown away over
$40 100000 of the peoples money in
the last two years. If we should put
this total loss at only $5O,0O0,OOO for
the two years il has amounted to over
81, 100000 month or about $4,000
day.
Now suppose some enterprising and
Ingenious person had succeeded in
under the United States
treasury and cut a hole into the vaults
and carried off $4,000 a day. Don't
you suppose we could get the people
Of the United States to wake up the
public lands committee If it required
some action by it TO stop that steal /
ing? That is exactly what is going
IN; for ifIthe house public lands COM
Isittee does nothing in this session of
congress (and ii has already voted to
10 nothing) the loss to this country
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

Here lies the body OF Mary Ann
Her head on the bosom of Abraham
It's pleasant and sweet for Mary Ann,
But mighty tough for Abraham.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Four MlIIion Dollar Loss.

In other words, as a result Of the
deliberate delay OF the public lands
COMMITTEES of the house. instead or
having the value Of the stumpage from
that 5000. 900 acres of timber in the
national treasury we have parted with
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

The Government Printing office
The Largest Print Shop in
the World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04
THEY FACE DEATH AT THEIR POSTS

April
part telegraph
operators continued to send and other
messages in spite of great personal
operators Telegraph remained
of the company Montgomery
opposite ordered binding
explosions immediate vicinity The
proceeded Of the office
there
company operating Oakland All
sages city be The Associated
Fressh estahI a
Postal
Francisco
547
explosions illuminating and sewer
o'clock tonight The roofs
sides The cable
apparatus company cable
Cliff
their
attempt deliver
through the
Francisco conditions
permit. and viii axe every o
Telephone building Francisco las broken e
fboEle communication
The Southern Pacific doing people
Is no charging refugees Tor transportation
Francisco
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04
GREELY Has LOTS OF MEN.

WASHINGTON. D. c. APRIL IL
General a n Greeley can throw 3oeo
soldiers frto The city from The Preside
and forritzeatIeRs adjoining san Fran
cisco u tl7s Preside there are three
companies q the Fourteenth cavalry.
three batteries If fed artillery and ten
c r7Tanies Of coast artillery At Fort
Mason there ara TWO companies o.
coast artillery and two companies Of
engineers Fort Mcdowell has five
companies # infantry, Fort Raker has
two companies q coast artillery ana
al AIca1raz is2and there are five more
companies Of Infantry The total num-
Der q tents available is 1875 In an
emergency, temporary shelter can be
afforded by these tents 70 7o.3to per
sons
TIE Pacific squadron. under com
uan6 O Admiral Goodrich. sailed yes
tsrdav froT17 san Diego for san Pedro
hay. Cal Secretary Bonaparte said
that this squadron can be sent 20 san
Francisco without delay IN case as
SiStanes = needed The squadron con-
sisls Of The Chicago. Boston, Marble
head and Princeton
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04
THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW
OF HAWAII CONTAINS:

L The first Constitution Of Kane
harneha III. 1s48, including the pre-
ylously issued Bill Of Rights
| . The first laws Of Hawaii, enacted
under KaEenamena Ia, QsS2-1s42).
published together In ls45
3 The Law creating AID principles
guiding the Land Commission.
T. The second Constitution OF Ka-
mehameha III. 1854
). The Constitution Of Kamehameh2
Y, 1864
{. The Constitution Of Kalakau&-
1887.
7. The Proclarna ton and orders Incl
dent to the establishment Of the Privo~
Hional Government. 1893.
g. The Constitution Of the Repunlis
OF Hawaii, 1884
O. The treaty annexing Hawaii TO
the United States, 1857.
10. The Resolution OF the Hawaiian
Senate ratifying the annexation treaty.
1897.
IL The Joint Resolution OF Congress
annexing Hawaii, 1898.
L. The documents and procedure Ia
cident 10 the transfer Of the sovereign
II and possession Of Hawaii TO ths
United States. 1888; ard the executive
orders OF President X-Kinley. relar ting
10 the government OF Hawaii, issued
during the transition period between
TIE date Of annexation and the pas
sage Of the Organic Act, 1sgs-1s0o.
Il. The Act OF Congress organixina
Hawaii into a Territory, 100.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04
DEATH IN
OPIUM DENS
Chinese in San Fran
cisco Literally Com.
mittsd Suicide.

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US 7i'A -
/ T '-i+z'el oE the fear of tae earthquake
/ and Tho flames that swept san Fran
cisco. hundreds ar t--sr-r-.. I........t
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: -'
( >tlS famous Chinatown ana We're
blown into eternity by ta- dynamite
T used o., soldier. and =-a-..- ~, ,..r...-
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-'-- names
This Is the story 90 the destruction ~
I this portion ~ th- California city told
bv I. e Libby a --sy.tf-- man f-,r-
". VI.
i.7- -''-' 1Nv
F'-4,- ii'le- me cay after the calamity
5ega-
After the first shook had -.s-s.7 the
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--'-s ~-7-' '-- a. >--'SI" 1"es "rs" 50
HlLH1 powder. and Chinatown was AN
inferno ~ terror. ne saws. Thousands
If m. ,..rr,.,,- mar. r-.-t,.., ..e..... .-..
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--' 'e'-S --.'' "a .'-- FUSED '' o'
-'''' 20 '-l % lAelf ar'.9. where thty
were s'e'i'5's-a a-iST- More were blown
o. fragments along with their build
lAgs
The extent ~ the loss ~ life in
chinatown. Saia AlF- Liooy. VIII
never De- known. Inc number lH PROD
aoly way up in the hundreds, for the
thInam-H hiIed the buildings and the
affSIouhd tilai.iDs Ike or~9 lh
hlNe- rear t1ai comparatively T."
escaped from the subterranean pass
ages.
The flames spread So rapidly
through tne district thAt the only nope