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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Tree Grows in Wall.

In the wall of the state house build ing 50 feet above the ground there grows a healthy young sycamore tree. The tree has it's roots in the little dirt that has accumulated on small projection of mortar from between the bricks. The tree has grown in this odd place for about three years and has just put out leaves as if it in- tended to try for one more year to live on the scanty nourishment afford ed 1t.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04

A Connecticut bank failed few days ago. and the bank examiner has just made the discovery that it did business in an irregular manner Per haps the examiner fancies that his re- port will be comforting to the people who would have taken their money out If they could have been apprised of the banks unsoundness before the collapse came.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Fatal Wreck at Nettleton.

In 6 head-on collision between a Frisco and an Iron Mountain freight train at Netueton, Engineer David McNair, on the Frisco train was killed, and his fireman was seriously injured. Engineer J. Pershars and an unknown brakeman on the Iron Mountain train were also badly hurt. Both engines were wrecked and number of cars demolished The cause of the acci- dent is not known.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Baby Drowned in Well.

The little four-year-old daughter of Edward George, who lives one mile east of Siloam Springs, fell into well in the dooryard of her fathers home recently and was drowned. The plat form of the well broke, letting her fall. The well is forty feet deep and con tained at the time, twenty feet Of water neighbor was lowered into the we'll and recovered the body, but life was extinct
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
First Shipment of Strawberries.

The first shipment of strawberries from Van Buren was made recently, which consignment is 19 days ahead of any previous season in Arkansas. A prize of $50 is always paid for the first crate, and there is great rivalry between growers as to who shall land the prize. This year it was secured by J. J. Huff.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
B. S. Byres Found Dead.

B. s. Byres, who had charge Of the store of the w. E. Pippin Company, at Prescott, was found dead, from natural causes. in his room at the hotel. The company seems to have been followed by a series of misfor- tunes. the senior member of the firm, w. E. Pippin, having gone to Little Rock recently to purchase stock, and has disappeared and cannot be found.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Killed By Nal Train.

Clarence Yancy, deputy sheriff, living near Tomberlin, was instantly killed within 50 yards of the depot at Carlisle by Rock Island train. He was crossing a track between two cars and just as he stepped on the main line he was struck by the train, and thrown about five feet from the track When picked up it was found that his neck was broken and life was extinct.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Big Collection of PeIts by Boy.

The youngest successful trapper in the country is probably Woodbury Moore of Kendall, aged 14 years, says the Denver News
 The boy has just collected bounty on ten coyote belts and during the winter has taken, in addition to the coyotes, ten badgers, 80 muskrats, 12 skunks and about $50 worth of mink furs. He traps independently, receiv. ing no adult assistance.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
English Women Good Shat.

Women whoe have recently ioiI the Wandsworth tEngland) RiAa o| have proved so expert in the use
 the rife that scores of 35 out q, highest possible" of 40 have freons ly been recorded. The club commits is desirous of securing other wom sharpshooters in order 10 arranya ma tch between the women and mo,
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Donation to Arkansas.

Judge John T. Jones, native of Lee county Ark, but who recently died in Memphis, bequeathed to the bishop of the Diocese of Arkansas, Protestant Episcopal Church, $3,000 to be divided into 1000 each for the erection of chapels at Lexa, Heber and Sugar Loaf Springs.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Many Children Take Sacrament.

notable confirmation took place recently in Dublin, at the pro-cathed- ral Archbishop Walsh conferred the sacrament of confirmation on nearly thousand children. The actual con- ferring lasted two hours, and the cere- mony was concluded by the admins tering of the temperance pledge and strong exhortation to the children to discharge faithfully all their religious duties.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Died From Injuries.

w. H. Cobb, one of the best known and wealthiest farmers in Craighead county, died recently at Jonesboro, from the effects of injuries received by being thrown from a buggy while his horse was running away.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Will Gay Convicted.

Will Gay, the negro boy charged with the murder of Mrs. Charlotte Lee tham in Little Rock last June, has been convicted by a jury of twelve men of having been her slayer and the penalty fixed at three years in the pen itentiary. The verdict was a surprise to many who had watched the pro gress of the evidence closely.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Getting Ready for Business.

The Helena Woodenware Company's plant will begin operations in a few days. The sawmill will be started at once and timbers for the other buildings will be sawed. It will be one of the most complete wooden ware plants in the Southwest.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Sisters Die at Same Hour.

Mrs. Minnie Smith, 35 years of age, and Mrs. Henry Parker, aged 47, two sisters, who lived at Price, station on the Rock Island road near Hot Springs, died recently at almost the same hour, and were buried in the same grave
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04

Admiral Nebotgatoff should be thankful that he has been sentenced to serve ten years in a fortress for his failure to properly give battle to the Japanese. He might have been sentenced to serve as chief of police in Moscow or Warsaw
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Lumber From One Loq.

Out of a cottonwood tree 1,500 feet of lumber was cut at the Jasper Mor- rison mill in Newton county recently. There was not a single knothole or blemish in the lot.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Will Bore for Oil and Gas.

A representative of the Standard Oil Company is at Charleston leasing all the land he can get with view of boring for oil and gas. As this sec ton is in the Sebastian county oil belt there is little doubt that the lands may be developed with great profit.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Railroad Prospect Good.

Final arrangements have been made and work on the North and South. or Parker Line" will be begun shortly at Hamburg The prospect for this new road has been the means of giv- ing real estate in the vicinity of Ham burg a mild boom, and speculative buyers arc in the field
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Bow Injured By Pet Deer.

Will Douglass. a 5-year-old boy, liv' ing at 5onesboro, was seriously in- jured by being tossed up in the air several times by pet deer with which he was playing.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
States Youngest Teacher.

Baxter county probably has the youngest teacher in the State, a license having been issued to Minus Anderson of Buford, who is only 13 years old. He was granted a third grade certificate.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Charcoal lndu stry.

The manufacture of charcoal has became quite an industry in the vicin- ity of Decatur. Many farmers are engaged in the business, most of the charcoal being shipped outside the state.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
couohed Himself to Death.

Tom Nelson, a negro living at Beebe. was seized with a violent fit of cough ing recently and died before the cough Ing could be stopped.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04

President Roosevelt, by a proclama ton just issued, has added 17.000,000 acres of forest lands to the reserves of the United States. Thirty-two for est reservations are created or in. creased in area by this proclamation
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Neqro Fatally Cut.

Some negroes on a plantation near Helena, became involved in a row recently, which resulted in one of them being fatally carved with a knife in the hands of another named Foster.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Photooraphs of Brave Mnn

The Mikado and the crown princs Japan are each having an album m, of photographs of all the military a naval officers killed in the war w Russia.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
New Company Organized.

The Southwestern Package Com pany of Texarkana has been organ ized with a capital stock of $25,0O0. The company will engage in the man. ufacture of paper boxes.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04

The House Committee on Railroads gave final hearing Tuesday night to the repre- sentatves of the railroad organizations and the attorneys on the bill prohibiting telegraph operators having in charge the directing of train movements from work Ing more than eight hours per day. The numerous bills providing for extra sta tions. which are to be supplied with opera tors and agents. and kept open 12 hours each day, are the arguments used by the attorneys against the enactment of q law that would require them to use operators for an eight hour day at each of these points The railroad employees organ2a tions advanced the argument in favor of the bill that the railroads would save the additional expenses in the long run by suffering from fewer wrecks. The com mittee reserved its decision until later meeting.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
BLOOD GETS SOUR.
Every Family Should Make Up This
 Home Mixture and Take Now.

At this time of year, says a we'll known authority, the Kidneys become weak, clogged and inactive, failing to filter out the poisons and acids, which sour the blood, causing not only facial and bodily eruptions, but the worst forms of Rheumatism, Nervous and Stomach troubles, Backache and pain full, annoying Urinary affiictions.
 It is worth anyone's time now to get from some good prescription phar- macy the following ingredients: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound kargon, one ounce; Con- pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking we'll in a bot tie and take in teaspoonful doses after your meals and at bedtime.
 This simple homemade mixture will force the Kidneys to normal, healthy action, so they will filter and strain all uric acid and poisonous waste matter from the blood, and expel this in the urine, at the same time restoring the full blood count"-that is, 95 per cent. red blood corpuscles-which is abso- lutely indispensable to perfect health.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
Home cf the iceberGs.

Almost all the icebergs seen in the north Atlantic during June are products of the coast of Labrador, formed from the ice fields that had filled the indentations of that coast the previous winter. July's icebergs come from further north in the vicin- ity of BafHn Land, those of August come from still further north, and though fewer in number than those of the earlier summer, are larger in individuality. From the coast or Labrador may be seen an endless procession of these ice mountains coming out of the north and taking their way majestically southward un- til they lose their being in the warm CT waters and climate of the south Atlantic.-Maine Journal.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04

Senate bill No. 26O by Senator Toney, amending the Plum bayou levee district act by adding territory in Lonoke county to the district and authorizing a bond issue of $10O,0OO, was reported favorably to the Senate Thursday by the Commit tee on Leyees, with two amendments. The first amendment provides for annual meetings at Pine Bluff, to hear complaints against assessments. The second amend ment provides that the board shall cor rect manifest errors in assessment. The amendments were adopted the bill or dered tO engrosSment and made a special order for Wednesday morning.
 After calling the session to order Mon day Speaker IIamter referred to a paper being distributed on the desks of the mem bers containing faring headlines of allega- tions to the effect that an attempt was to be made to corrupt the Legislature by the free distribution of poodle The Speaker requested that the House pay no attention 10 the article. as he did not be- lieve any member had any idea that such statements were worthy of recognition
 The Cartwright proposed amendment to the constitution, which provides that the taxes pait into the school fund by the railroads of the state shall be apportoned equally without regard to the school dis trict in which the railroad property is s,t- uated has been favorably reported by a majority of the Committee Jn Constitu tlonsl Amepdpents in the House.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04

The Senate spent a very dull day Tues day number of House bills were con sldered and disposed of. senator Ihomp. sons appropriation bill for the Inlversity of ArkaneaS was brought up for reconsd- erarion and was made special order for Wednesday morning.
 The anfidrumming bill. intended to pre- vent hotel and doctor drummerS from rlving their .ocatiOn on trains, was passed and Deeds only the governor signature to become a law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
TRAFFIC COUP.
VanderbiltS Secured a Grip on
ChicagO's Business.
Lease Outer Belt Line From
Junction Railway.

Chicago, June 21.-The Record
Herald today says:
Final steps are being taken in New
York to complete a $70,5OO,OOO rail-
way coup which the Vanderbilts have
engineered to secure the lions share
of the tremendous traffic which origi-
mates in Chicago and the surrounding
territory as well as the great tonnage
which passes through and around
Chicago. The eliminating financial
transaction in this great traffic deal,
which VIM. H. Newman, president of
all New York Central lines, has been
successfully playing in the interests of
the Vanderbilts, is the leasing, with
right to purchase, of the outer belt
line from the Chicago Junction Rail-
way company.
Supplemanting this is the leasing
for term of 80 years of a part of the
tracks of the Chicago Terminal Trans
fer Railway company, which forms
the connecting link in the complete
inner belt railway system which the
VanderbiltS are securing.
President John A. Spoor of the Belt
road yesterday confirmed the lease
and declared that before the end of
the year the outer belt line, which his
company now owns and operates
would pass entirely into the possess
sion of the New York Central lines.
When these transactions shall nave
been completed the Vanderbilts will
have two comprehensive belt line sys-
TENS encircling Chicago, an inner and
an outer telt, and both bisected by
every line of railway that enters Chi
cago or can enter it in the future The
outer belt is the Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa, known as the Three rs" road
Another integral part of this great
traffic coup which the Vanderbilts have
been quietly perfecting fcr the past
five years, is the Chicago, Indiana &
Southern road, which they have built
directly south from Chicago to Dam
ville where it connects with the Big
Four road. 1t is a part of the compre-
hensive traffic compaign, which they
have carefully planned and executed
to extend this system straight south to
the gulf before the opening of the
Panama canal.
Accordingly, when the canal is open
ed, the New York Central lines will
through the expenditure of at least
$125, 900 and possibly S150 000. .00O
have the whip hand over the greatest
tonnage producing area in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
SMALL HAD NOT HEARD.
President of Frisco TeIegraphers'
Union Was Too Quick.

New York. June 21.-Deputy
President S. ]. Konenkamp of the
telegraphers' union. said today that
there would be no strike of the teleg-
raphers in San Francisco. He said
that when President Small of the
union made the statement in San
Francisco last night that strike
would be declared today, the union
president had not been informed that
a settlement of the difficulties had
been reached in this city through the
good offices of Commissioner Of Labor
Neill.
"I did not send the report of the
settlement to President Small until
midnight last night said Deputy
President Konenkamp today. land
when he had made the statement that
there would be a strike in San Fran
cisco, to be followed by a series of
strikes IN other cities, he had not re-
ceiyed my report
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
LOOK FOR A FIGHT.
LIQUOR Dealers Expect Their Business
to Become National Issue.

Atlantic City, n. J., June 1.-Injec-
tom of anti-saloon sentiments into the
platforms of both great political par
ties in the next national campaign was
predicted at last nights sessions of the
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Association convention. Call was made
for the federation of liquor interest in
the United States, not only to meet the
present sweep of prohibition agitation,
hut to prepare to check the movement
in the presidential conventions of 1908,
speakers declaring that growth of the
crusades against liquor will force the
party leaders 10 recognize the necessity
Of placing some platform doctrine"
dealing with the subject before the
people at the coming election. Organi-
zation of a great campaign fund to
meet the new conditions and big con-
tributions to this fund from every Ii
olIor interest were urged.
George F. Diertle, Cincinnati, was
elected president and other officers were
named.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
THERE WAS NO BOMB.
Bradley Has Testified Twice to This
Effect.

San Francisco, Cal, June 21.-It was
announced today that Frederick W.
Bradley, a mining engineer of this city,
would appear before County Clerk Null
crevy, special commissioner appointed
by the state of Idaho, to take his tes-
timony in regard to the explosion of a
bomb on November II, 1904, which blew
him into the street and which Harry
orchard has testified in the trial now
going on at Boise, that he placed at
Bradley's door with the intention of
killing him.
Bradley has already sworn, it is
claimed, in an affidavit on October 16
of last year, that there had been no
bomb in this case, but that he knew and
was satisfied, it was an explosion of
gas, statement reiterated under oath
on February 9Th of this year. Another
witness who will testify before the COM
mission in this case is Tracey Cum
mings, who had come out of an adjoin-
ing fiat shortly before Bradley was
blown up and has claimed he saw no
bomb, where Orchard says he put the
explosive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
TAFT CAUGHT ON FLY.
Festus j. Wade Talks Business to Him
in St. Louis.

ST. Louis. Mo. June 21.-Secretary
of War Taft arrived this morning
from Kansas City en- route to Wash
ington. During his stay of two hours
Festus J. Wade was in conference
with him relative to the dispute be-
tween the Philippine government and
thu Jesuit Fathers, concerning the
ownership of S8.000,00O worth of
property in the Philippines.
Festus J. Wade, who is president of
the Mercantile Trust company, rep
resents Archbishop Harty of Manila,
in endeavoring to secure settlement of
the dispute. Secretary Taft stated
after his conference with Mr.. Wade
that he would not render a decision
until after his return to Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
SCHMITZ OFFERS Bail.
Asks Release From Prison on Writ of
Habeas Corpus.

San Francisco, June 21.-Mayor
Schmitz's attorneys have applied to the
district court of appeals for the release
of the mayor on bail by writ of habeas
corpus.
Sixteen showings are made in the pc
tition and at least one of them is de-
cidedly sensational. 1t is a declaration
by his attol neys that the mayor is suf-
fering from an incurable disease and
that Imprisonment in Jail will cause
his death 1t is understood that the
disease referred to is an affection of
the kidneys and that it has advanced
to a serious stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
MEAT WILL BE HIGHER.
Secretary Wilson Says Advance in
Price Is Perfectly Natural.

Chicago, June PA dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington, says:
In the opinion of Secretary Wilson,
the recent increase in the price of meats
is entirely natural and even a further
advance in prices may be expected
That the cost of meats is greater to-
day than ever before is conceded but
Secretary Wilson believes that Ameri-
can prosperity is at the bottom of the
situation. The people are eating meat
and the farmers are not raising so
n any cattle as formerly. There is also
an enormous export trade which cuts
a great hole in the supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21

honor" said Senator Borah, "the
state is ready to close its case"
There was some wrangling over the
reading of long opinion delivered in
the Colorado courts, and which the
defense said should be read as it had
been offered as evidence for the state.
Judge Wood looked over the de-
cision and denied the motion that it
be read to the jury. This closed the
states case and at 1925 the court ad-
journed until 1870 D. m, when the de-
fense will move that the court instruct
the jury to render a verdict of not
guilty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
HARVEST HANDS WANTED.
Help Badly Needed in the Vicinity of
Pawnee Rock. Barton County.

Pawnee Rock, Kan, June 21-A
hundred men could find employment
in the vicinity of Pawnee Rock, Bar
ton county, Kansas, in the harvest
fields, if they come at once, at the
good prices paid in few years past.
Wheat is generally good and harvest
will begin in a few days. w. NJ.
Zieber has four hundred acres of very
fair wheat and of first class quality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
Senator Baker Barely Alive

Leavenworth, Kan, June 21.-Ths
condition of former United States SEN
ator Lucien Baker took a change for the
worse this morning. The attending
physician reported the patient as being
barely alive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
Verdict Is NIanslaughter.

Flandreau, S. D., June H.--The jury
ir the case of Mrs. Emma Kaufman,
a wealthy woman of Sioux Falls, accus-
ed of the murder cf Miss Agnes Polreis,
her 16-year-old servant, returned YER
dict of manslaughter in the first de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21
Waather IndlcatIons.

Chicago, June 21.-Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair except local
thunder storms in east portion to-
night or Saturday; warmer.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21

Senator Borah stated that with the
exception of proving the sending of a
money order for $75 by the Western
Union from Haywood in Denver to
steve Adams in Ogden. Utah, in 1908,
the states case was closed.
Mr.. Richardson, for the defense,
said that they would agree that the
state could file the kilograms as soon
as they were received. Senator Borah
said that the kilograms would be in
Boise by this evening.
with this exception, then. your
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1907-11-15

in place that has been washed with
turpentine.
5. For cold feet and cramps, an old
doctor told me once to rub the shin
bone up and down until the flesh and
the hand are hot. l tried it and have
never suffered from cold feet and
cramps after doing it.
8. A common oyster shell is a dur
able pot-and-pan cleaner. | got my
husband to drill a hole in the center
of one and to put a lid knob in it.
One may buy one knob at hardware
store for three cents, or two for five
cents.
Z. 1t | put half cupful of water
in the saucepan in which l am about
to cook oysters, then pour in the milk,
the milk will not scorch. l let the
water come to boil, then add the
milk or cream, Or both. Then | let
that boil before the oysters go in. |
never need to clean burned milk from
the side of pan if this is DONE
Montreal Herald.