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The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
Famine.

Washington, Jan.-A telegram re. ceived at the Interstate Commerce Commissions office from New Rock. ford, N D.. says that the fuel situation there is so desperate that the people will burn railroad property in less than As hours for fuel. The report says:
 The railroad on this branch is not making any efforts to relieve us. Have had no freight this year. No mail for 12 days" The commission repeat ed the dispatch to President Elliott the Northern Pacific. and asked him something could not be done to relieve the situation.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
NO. 20.
IN CONGRESS
The House.

Bills authorizing the construction of the Mckinley Syndicate bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis were introduced Tuesday. Senator Hopkins introduced the bill in the senate and Representative Rodenburg in house.
 After a spirited debate. in which many members participated the house by practically unanimous viva voee vote, reduced the number of pension agencies throughout the country from eighteen to one, which shall be located in the pension office in this city.
 The plan of the appropriations conl. mittee was to have the number re. dueed from eighteen to nine This plan was as objectionable to most members as that which finally carried. Kansas representatives and members from other states expressed confidence tonight that the senate will authorize certainly nine, if not all, of the agen- eies now in operation.
 The fight came over an amendment offered by Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania. who had announced his
  he committee. which involved the con iolidation of the Pittsburg pension agency with that at Philadelphia. MT. Oalzelfs amendment provided for the continuance of all of the agencies. Rep- sesentatiye Gardner of Michigan, who lad charge of the pension bill op the floor, could hardly wait until the amendment had been read, before of- fering substitute cutting out all of the agencies except that at Washing. ton.
 The house passed 3s0 private pen sion bills. The question of the freq distribution of garden seed occupied portion of the day
 The house of representatives voted to abolish all the pension agen- cies throughout the country, IS in number, and centralize the payment of pensions in the city of Washington. This action was taken on the pension appropriation bill after spirited op- position on the part of those having | pension agencies in their states
 The pension appropriation bill car rying $13S, S,000,000 in round numbers was passed
 The committee on military affairs decided to make favorable report on a bill permitting the wives of enlist ed men to be buried in the same grave with their husbands in national ceme- teries. This measure was strongly urged for several years by Mrs Tan ner.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
KAISER IS UPHELD.
Socialists Lose In German Reichstau
 Elections.

Berlin-The fateful day of the elections has come and gone. and today the kaiser knows what Germany thinks of his weltpolitik tworld policy} and colonial policy. The government has won in the election for a new reichstag
 In Berlin excitement is intense Dense crowds collected in front of the newspaper offices to await the returns from the provinces, with a feverish eagerness quite new in Germany where elections have heretofore crea. ted only a ripple of interest.
 Chancellor Von Buelow and the min. isters voted early. The prince insist. ed on taking his turn in the polling booth, and forced himself in line be. hind carpenter, who was manifestly going to vote the Socialist ucket.
 There must be order he said to the booth officials when they sought to shift him to the head of the line.
 The Berlin Socialists boiled an ex. traordinary heavy vote Undoubtedly every Socialist voter was brought up. They have carried five of the six Der. lin divisions In the other there will be a second ballot. Throughout the country the Socialists have lost heav- fly. Up to the time of filing this dis patch they had lost six seats in their strongholds of Bremen and Breslau. The celebrated Bernstein was defeat ed in Breslau. They lose four seats in Saxony. The result causes conster. nation among the Bebelites.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
he Senate.

Resolutions to check naval officers from lighting a fire under senators and members to compel the enact. ment of the naval personnel bill at this session were present ed in the senate by MT. Hale. and after causing a snappy debate of short duration, went over for fu- ture consideration. Mir Hale's reso- lutions cite the presidents order ro,- bidding government employees to lob by" and directs an inquiry by the secretary of the navy to ascertain whether the order Is being violated. The latter part of the day was devoted to the disposition of pension bills.
 According to plans the new battle ship provided for in the naval ap. propriation bill is to be a sister ship Of the monster authorized by congress last year, which the bill required should be first-class battleship, car rying as heavy armor and as powerful armament as any existing vessel of its class; to have the highest practi- cable speed and greatest practical radius of action" The cost of the two battleshics Is estimated at s10,000 900 each.
 The exact and detailed extent to which child labor IS employed in the United States is set forth in bulletin issued by the census bureau. The sta tistics presented are for 1900, and re- late to the employment of children as bread winners, of whom i150,000 iD round numbers, between the ages Of 10 and Is, were so employed
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
SMALLPOX IN SMOKER.
Car of St. Louis Train Sidetracked
 and Fumeated.

Kansas City, Mo-A smoker at tached to the St. Louis bound Wabash train that left the Union depot at 10:20 o'clock Friday morning was sidetracked when it reached Excelsior Springs and thor ougi,y fumigated This was nee essary because Roy Ellis. a smallpox patient, had been a passenger in the coach the night previous from Sulphur Springs and had ceme to Kansas City for treatment. He spent the balance of the night in a St Louis avenue lodging house and called on the health authorities and was at once taken to the detention hospital
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
STATE SUES A RAILROAD.
Minnesota Attorney-General Begins
 Proceedings Against Manitoba.

St Paul. Minn.-Attorney- General Young Friday began mandamus proceedings in the supreme court to compel the St. Paul. Minneapolis. & Manitoba Railroad Co to show cause why it's charter should not be forfeit ed.
 This company. forme erly known as the Minnesota x Pacific Co. Is really the parent company of the Great Northern Railway Co, and the Great Northern is joined in this issue. as 1t is the owner of the Manitoba com. pany's stock.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
FEVER CASES DECREASING.
Chicago Has a Marked Increase in
 Diphtheria, However.

Chicago, Ill.-The combined O. forts of the health department. build ing department and state factory in- spectors office showed results yester- day In a marked decrease of the num- Der of scarlet fever cases reported. This result, however was accompanied by the greatest number of new cases of Giphtheria reported in any day of the epidemic, as well as an increase in the actual number of deaths from contagious diseases.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
Captain and Crew Escaped.

New Orleans. La-The probable loss of the Norwegian bark D. H. Morris. HAS net registered. which was en route from Norway to Gulfport, Miss. Is reported by Capt O'Hansen and his crew of Is men. who have ar rived here on gasoline launch
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
Two Killed, Sixteen Hurt.

Dayton, Ohio-Miss Lillian Huber was killed and sixteen other passen- gers injured when Big Four train crashed into a street car here Prof. Merch, assistant principal of the Day ton schools. and Mrs. Frank Ramby, of this city, were fatally hurt
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
To Observe Jamestown pay

Washington, D. C.-Mrs. Dubois. the wife of Senator Dubois, president of the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution. has sent out a request to local presidents of that society to observe May 13 as the day on which the first white settlers in America landed at Jamestown in 1907.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
Another Japanese Treaty Claim

Honolulu. Hawaii-Japanese Consul Miki Saito is credited with the state ment that proposed local legislation limiting issuance of saloon licenses to citizens of the United States is violation of the .3anese treaty rights.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
Money strlnuency in Enolsnd

London. Eng.-The light supplies of money in the market have forced borrowers to apply to the Bank of England The money stringency is causing a shading of values in tho case of British securities.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
Puts Daughter on Hot Stove.

Lynn, Mass.-Henry Little. of sa- lem. was arrested, charged with drunk enness, non-support of his family sni assault on his 1Smonths-old daUa At T. Katherine. by placing her on top of . red hot stove. The child was saved from a terrible death by the mother.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
BUSINESS IN JAPAN
THE PREMIER ADDRESSES 6usl.
 NESS MEN OF GREAT CITIES. ON WAVE OF PROSPERITY
Caution Is Urged, but a Leading Merchant Sees No Cause for
 Great Anxiety.

Chicago. lll--A special to the Daily News from Tokio says. Lead. ing business men of Tokio Kidto and Nagoya were entertained by the Jap anese premier Marquis Saionii The premier, in his address. affirmed that beyond all question the country is al present on q high wave of prosperity. on account of it's great foreign trade. the excess of exports over imports and it's general industrial activity.
 Fever of Speculation.
 Nevertheless, he showed that it was possible for the fever of specula. tion to develop to dangerous propor. tions, and he said he wished Japanese business men to contrive so that the current of fortune on which the couu- try is floating should not be interrupt. ed. Marquis Saionji, both himself and his colleagues. felt some anxiety, and he begged the business men to accept the responsibility of restoring and maintaining wholesome tone in com. merce and manufacturing.
 Sees No Cause for Anxiety.
 Baron Shi Busawa, one of Japan's leading merchants and fnanciers. re. sponded for the premier's guests. He agreed that caution was essential in any period of expansion. There were undoubtedly signs of abnormal activ. ity at present, he said, but An the whole there was no great cause oi anxiety. Still, business men appre. ciated the situation, and desired te check the undue haste which had been manifested in overcoming timid con. servatism in business.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
ToIstoI's Condition Critical.

London. Eng-Dispatches from St. Petersburg report the condition of Count Leo Tolstoi. the novelist, who is II, as critical.
The Forrest City times., 1907-02-01
A DRAMATIC TRAGEDY
VIM. WHITELY, PROMINENT IN
 LONDON, KILLED.
SLAIN BY ALLEGED SON
The Youth Turns His Weapon Upon Himself, InfIictine Probably
 Mortal Wound.

London, Eng.-A dramatic trag. edy startled London when William Whitel, one of the unique and most prominent figures in the business world, was shot dead in his store by youth claiming to be his son.
 An unknown young man was accord ed private interview with Mr White ly in the latter's private office. There the two men remained closeted for a few moments. As Mir. Whitely emerged it was observed that the young man was following and importuning him, while MT. Whitely was waving his wis itor off, and threatening to call the police.
 The Crime.
 Suddenly the young man drew a revolver and fired two shots at Mir Whitely, who fell dead. Before the assassin could be secured he turned his weapon upon himself and inflict- ed probably mortal wound.
 The personality of the assassin and motive for his crime are enveloped in much mystery. He gave the name of Cecil Whitely, but relatives of Will liam Whitely disclaim all knowledge of him. The police found no papers or other written matter on his person to lead to his identity.
 The police believe the attack was the result of a fancied grievance.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
NATURAL KITCHENS.
Places Where Cooking lis Done In
Boiling Springs.

Places Where Cooking lis Done In
Boiling Springs.
There are one or two countries-Ice-
land, for example-where washday is
not dreaded, because nature provides
the hot water at ones very door in the
shape Of steaming springs of spouting
geysers. But there is only one country
where the native women do practically
all their cooking by upaided nature,
and that Is the North island of New
Zealand. Here is a wonderland Of q
thousand square miles so volcanic that
fire may be lighted by inserting a
few sticks in the earth, and wherever
one makes hole he speedily has pool
of boiling water, into which pudding
may be lowered incased in a cloth and
cooked expeditiously.
Frequently In perfectly cold streams
boiling hot current may be seen and
felt running along the edge of the
river, and here the Maori women do
their own and the white mans wash
Ing Naturally the volcanic region of
New Zealand is a dangerous country to
wander in without guide, and many
tourists have lost their lives as the re-
suit of such carelessness. Maori serv-
ants boil coffee and eggs in this way
New York Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
What This Great British Instftution

What This Great British Instftution
Represents,
at first sight there Is not much like
gentlemen, retired lawyers, blase men
of fashion and liberal subscribers to
party funds, who now drop into rath-
er than frequent their magnificent hall,
and 1.-The mail covered barons, who
proudly to battle led their vassals from
Europe to Palestine's plain" In the
days of the Henrys and Edwards, but
In one point the house has always
maintained it's character through CEN
turies-it is an arlstocracy of birth, but
1t is still more emphatically one of
wealth. The law of entail and primo
geniture has kept the landed estates to-
gether as far as the law can. Many
have passed by heiresses to new names
or been sold by spendthrift lords, many
holders of ancient titles have lost the
wealth that gilded their ancestors cor
onets, but new peers are almost al
ways rich, and a title is still an at
traction to an heiress. We sometimes
hear that the house of lords represents
nothing. This Is false. 1t represents
property. Tennyson's new Lincolnshire
farmer, whose horses hoofs trotted
'proputty, proputty, proputty," is the
type of vast number of Englishmen.
Such men are not only content, but
proud, to be represented by the house
of lords. They know that as long as
the lords have their say 'proputty"
will have stanch body of organized
champions. = William Everett In At
lantio
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
Who Gets Your Vote

"D9 you see that man there?" re-
marked a barber to a customer in his
chair, 'sWell, he has had one and the
same job for the past forty-seven years
and has been married all that time,
and his wife has never at any time
during that period known what salary
her husband was getting. The wife
gets so much week and no more and
has never been able to learn what
amount of money her husband has
been receiving in exchange for his la
Dor. Now, what hotherS me is which
should have the diamond medal say
diamond, as in this case the finest
would seem to be needed-the man for
being able to SO long battle woman's
curiosity or the woman for surviving
SO long an unsatisfied curiosity."-Co-
lumbus Dispatch.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13

On the occasion of his brothers bene-
fit Edwin Booth was standing behind
the scenes when character actor who
had been giving limitations Of noted
actors was about to respond to an en-
core.
"Whom do you initiate nextT' in
quired Booth.
"Well," was the reply, II was going
to represent you in Hamlet's soliloquy,
but If you look on I'm afraid / shall
make a mess of it."
Suppose initiate myself?" remark
ed the tragedian. and, hastily putting
on the other actors wig and buttoning
up his coat, he went on and delivered
the well known lines.
Next morning the newspapers stated
that the limitations ruined the perform
ance, ''the personation Of Edwin Booth
being simply vile enough to make
that actor shudder had he seen it,
Toledo Blade.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
NO FAITH IN PHYslc
queen Elizabeth Refused Medicine m
Hor Tuax T1lro..

queen Elizabeth Refused Medicine m
Her Last Illness.
OF the efficacy of physic Queen Eliz.
abeth had always been skeptical. Now
ten or twelve physicians came to the
palace, each promising, with all man
ner of asseveration,' "her perfect and
simple course of treatment. But thew
spoke in vain. Nor could the protests
Of councillors, divines and waiting
women induce her to accept medical
assistance. Her melancholy was "set-
tied and irremovable," and she had no
wish to prolong it by lengthening out
her life. She only broke silence to
murmur, Il am not sick, l feel no
pain, and yet pine away" She was
asked whether she had any secret
cause of grief, She replied that she
knew of nothing in the world worthy
Of troubling her. At length by force
ut is said) she was lifted from the
cushions and put to bed. Her condi-
ton underwent no change. Gradually
those about her realized that "she
might live If she would use means"
but that she would not be persuaded,
and princes, as they tearfully acknowl-
edged, cannot be coerced. Neverthe-
less until the third week they looked
forward to a renewal OF her old vivac-
ity and the dispersal of her lethargy.
But during the week it was perceived
that the ground she had lost could
only be recovered by miracle.
On Wednesday, March %, her coun-
cilors entered her bedchamber to re-
ceive her last instructions. She had
none to give The archbishop and bish-
ops offered up prayer at her bedside,
and she derived some comfort from
their ministrations. In the evening she
sank into a quiet sleep, such as she had
sought without avail for nearly
month. She never woke again. ABOUT
8 o'clock in the morning of March "a
she departed this life mildly, like
lamb; easily, like ripe apple from the
tree" When she was examined after
death her physicians reported that "she
had a body Of firm and perfect consti-
tuition, likely to have lived many
years." Death was, in fact, prepared
to the last to bargain with her for q
few more years of life, but his terms
implied an enlightenment of those fac
ulties on whose unrestricted exercise
her queenlF fame seemed to her to de
pend. By refusing to be party to the
truce she invited her overthrow, but
she never acknowledged herself van
pushed. She made no will, she bestow-
ed no gift on any of the faithful at
PENDANTS who wept beside her death
bed, and she declined to guide her
council in the choice of SUCCESSOR
Cornhill Magazine
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
Cnrioaitiea Of Coffee.

Coffee. as experts are aware, has a
very extraordinary property. 1t is one
Of the most absorbent matters In ex-
lstence. Coffee beans placed in a damp
room swell and absorb moisture till
they nearly double their weight. Here
Is the chance Of the dishonest grocer.
Not content with the amount Of profit
made upon coffee, he places pals of
water in room with piles Of uncover
ed coffee beans, and by swelling the
coffee adds something like 80 per cent
to his profits. The favor is ruined, but
that does not matter to him. So alb
Borbent is coffee. not only of moisture,
but Of gases and fiavors, that shippers
Of Brazilian coffee always stipulate
that the sacks Of fresh Rio beans shall
never be carried on a steamer which
has raw hides as any part OF her cargo
These will faint the coffee more surely
than anything else and render It unfit
for use. The useful side of this quality
Of coffee is that In a sickroom a hand
ful or two Of fresh roasted and ground
beans act as an excellent purifier and
od0rizer.-Washingt Post.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
HANDEL'S OBSTlNACY.
An Incident of the Great Music1amHg
Childhood Days,

An incident of the Great Music1amHg
Childhood Days.
A child's obstinacy does not always
bring as fortunate results as was the
case with Handel, the great musician.
His extraordinary resoluteness as a
boy doubtless led to that great success
which crowned the later years of his
life. When he was some seven years
Of age his father had occasion to visit
son by q former wife, who was valet
to the Duke of SAKE Weissenfels.
Travelling in those days-2O0 years ago
was tedious and expensive, and Dr..
Handel did not desire to be delayed
with the care of an tinfant'' during a
Journey which the demands of a re-
sponsihle profession would probably
make as short as possible.
But the future giant Of music would
Co. He cried, beloved and eventually
ran along the road after the Rehiclea
until the tender feelings Of the doctor
could refuse no longer. In an evil mo.
ment for his Jurisprudence scheme he
took the child with him.
No sooner did the little fellow reach
the ducal residence than he gave rein
to his fancy on the keys of every ip.
strument that he found open. The re-
markable music that came from the
finger tips of the child's hands was
soon the object of wonder and CONVEX
sation throughout the palace, and all
this was intensified when he secured
an opportunity of touching the keys OF
the chancel organ within the hearing
Of the duke.
Such a throb started from that chap
ell organ when little HandeTs tendriled
fingers chose the keys, and the soul of
the duke was touched as 1t never had
been touched before-truly momen.
tous occurrence, since but for it Han
dePs sacred music might never have
been written:
The dukes attention having been ar
rested, he inquired Of DR., Handel con-
corning the child's future, and evenfla-
ally succeeded in placing him for three
years. study under Zachau, the organ
list of Halle cathedral. This was the be
ginning of Handel's musical education
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
No DuDIicate ChondeI,er.

ibid you eyRE notice." said the OBJ
serving man, that every public build
Ing has chandeliers unlike those of any
other public building? There are no
duplicates. You go into one church
and you see a handsome chandelier
that 1t would seem worth while to du-
plicate for a1etheF church, but you
never find 1t in another church. You
go into big hall, and you'll observe
some stunning globes and chandelier
fixtures and look for 'em in some other
big ball, bRt They're not there. don't
know what principle the makers of
chandeliers go on, whether it is mat
ter Of pride with them not to fit out
two buildings alike or whether con-
tractors for such buildings insist on
exclusive designs, but the chandelier
people must employ some remarkably
versatile artists to think up so many
different designs. 1t seems like waste
Of money to make only one of kind,
but it is a pleasure to know that hall
or home may be exclusive In it's chan
dellers."
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-02-13
Trade Rirna

On nearly all street corners even in
the largest metropolis of Europe may
be found relics of the middle ages and
of the earliest times. Take, for in
stance, the wooden im&ge of shoe,
which every cobbler hangs out above
his door. 1t goes back for it's origin to
the Rome Of the pref Christian era. In
the ruins of the lava buried cities of
Herculapeum and Pompeii many shop
signs of stone and terra Gotta have
been discovered, the forerunners of
those that for centuries adorned the
highways not only of Europe, but of
the new world. Among them was the
emblem of the shoemaker's trade, a
Cupid carrying a dainty pair of wo-
mems shoes. But the Romans did not
stop there. They used the image Of a
goat to indicate the diaries, that of a
mule driving mill to point out the
bakers shops and bush of evergreen
to direct the thirsty traveller to a tav-
ern. This particular sign gave rise to
the English proverb, "Good wine needs
no BUSH"