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The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
OPERATORS SPLIT
SMALL AND COMMITTEE HAVE
 OPPOSING PLANS.
NATIONAL STRIKE IS FEARED
The Commercial Telearaphers' Union Is Doing All Possible to Prevent
 1t From Spreading.

New York. \. Y-The National Executive Committee Of the Commer- cial Photographers Union of America are doing all possible 10 avert q na- tional strike of telegraphers and pre- vent the strike from spreading out side of San Francisco.
 President clowry of the Western clear. sent the following statement 10 the general superintendents of the company
 There Is no truth in the rHmofs be- ing circulated throughout the country that the Western Union Telegraph Co. has receded from the position in my letter of June 20 10 the Hon Charles F. Neili. commissioner of labor. I had another meeting with Commissioner Neill last Monday afternoon. and as sured him that notwithstanding the unwarranted action in calling a strike in San Francisco the company would carry out the conditions set forth in that statement in good faith
 Situation Is Very Critical.
 
 This statement was made by lead ing member of the telegraphers' m ion
 The situation Is very critical One faction of the union wants q strike in Chicago to be followed by q national strike. while another faction wants to confine the trouble to San Francisco President Small believes in the exten sion of the strike, while the national executive committee Is opposed NJ J Riedy of Boston and J NJ Sullivan have left New York for Chicago tC prevent. if possible. strike from tak ing place there
 Commissioner Neill has urged the members of the executive committee 10 accept the terms Of President Clowry and settle the differences by abritration leaving San Francisco to fight out it's own battle
 The men do not want na.ienaI strike
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
MADE 4 NEW FASHION.
Good Joke Played in Old Days on
 Would-Be Fashionable.

Old Camden. in his Remains tells good story of trick played by a knight upon a would-be fashionable shoemaker. Sir Philip Calthrop purged John Drakes, the shoemaker of Norwich in the time of King Henry VIII, of the proud humor which our people have to be of the gentlemen s cut. This knight bought as much fine French tawny cloth as should make him a gown, and sent 1t to the tailor s to be made. John Drakes, a shoe u.akcr, coming to this tailors and sec ing the knights gown cloth lying ta.re, bid the tailor buy cloth of the same price and pattern and make it of the same fashion as the knights. Not long after the knight, coming in to the tailor to be measured for his gown, and perceiving the like cloth lying there, asked whose it was. John Drakes, the shoemaker. who will have it made of the self-same fashion that yours is made of, " Then make mine as full of cuts as the shears will make it" John Drakes had no time to go for his gown till Christmas day. when he meant to wear it Perceivng the same to be full of cuts. he began to swear at the tailor. T have done naught but what you bid me quoth the tailor, for as Sir Philip Calthrops garment is. even so have l made yours" By my latchet," quoth John Drakes, T will never wear gentlemen's fashions again, ,"-London T P.'s Weekly.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
WHY SHE WAS THANKFUL,
Little One Had Reason to Approve
 Fathers Choice.

Of the sisters of wellknown New York family one is married. She has one little girl greatly petted by all the aunts and subject to much advice from all of them Of this last the lit tie lady sometimes wearies. which weariness on certain occasion made itself shown in the following reply from her small ladyship:
 Said one aunt. If you were my child l should have you do thus and thus" Said another aunt: Were YOU my child I would do so and SO. The remaining aunt made a similar re- mark
 The little lady thought t high time to express her own feelings. aBut I have" she said always been SO thankful that papa married the sister he didi"
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
John C. Medley Elected Secretary

At meeting of the Board of Trn, tees of the Arkansas University thi, week, John C. Medley of FayetteyYl. was elected secretary, defeating Huga Reagan the only other candidate. " E. Simpson who was elected at tb. last meeting of the board was disuual. flied because of his being a membe, of the legislature. Among other ma, ters receiving the attention of tbs board at this meeting was the cleo. tion Of teachers for the branch normal at Pine Bluff and resulted as follows: Isaac Fisher, principal; A. W. John. son, Latin. mathematics and physics; Frederic T. Vinegar. Latin. mathems. tics and physics; Ella c. Mays, alge bra. arithmetic, history and music: Thomas C. Ogburn, chemistry, geogra. phy and United States history; Sadis M. Peebles, drawing, arithmetic and English; Mamie B. June, dressmak
 ing; Burton N. Wilson, superinten. dent of mechanic arts; James L. Ross. superintendent of machine shop forge; George W. Brown. engineer Before the final adjournment, Dr. J L. Bueh. anan, was eletced adjunct p-o lessor of ancient languages n the university. Dr. Buchank was eletced to this position to enable him to draw pension from the Carnegie Foundation fund. This fund was created by Andrew Carnegie for college professors who had taught 25 years consecutiyely in a college or uni versity, and who at the time of their retirement had reached the age Of s5 years. It will not be long before Dr. Buchanan will be eligible to this pen. sion, which pays s1,200 year. pr. Buchanan was president of the Ar kansas University from 1893 to 1900. inclusive. is still resident of Fayette- vile, but has not been connected With the institution the past four years.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
COULDN'T KEEP IT.
kert IL Hid from the Children.

We cannot keep Grape Nuts food in the house. l. goes so fast | have to hide 1t. because the children love il so. It is just the food l have been looking for ever so long; something that I do not have to stop to prepare and still is nourishing"
 Grape-Nuts Is the most scientifically made food on the market. It is per. fectly aud completely cooked at the factory and can be served at an in. stant's notice. either with rich cold cream, or with hot milk If a hot dish Is desired When milk or water Is used, little sugar should be added. but when cold cream is used alone the natural grapesugar, which can be seen glistening on the graaules. is suf. ficiently sweet to satisfy the palate. This grape sugar is not poured over the granules, as some people think. but exudes from the granEles in the process of manufacture. when the starch of the grains is changed from starch to grape-sugar by the process of manufacture. This. in effect. is the first act of digestion: therefore Grape. Nuts food is pre-digested and Is most perfectly assimilated by the very weakest stomach. There's a Req. son."
 Made at the pure food factories ci the Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little health classic, "Ths Read 10 WellyilIe. in pkgs.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Commissioner Neill Arrives.

Chicago. lllinois.-Gommissi Of Labor Charles P Neill arrived Thurs. day night and will endeavor 10 avert strike of the telegraph operators of this city. The members of the exeeu- tive committee of the Commercial Photographers Union also reached Chi cago 10 look over the situation there. Commissioner Neill's task Is. if pos. sible. to open negotiations between the employees and the telegraph com panies' managers of this district. The telegraph officials declare they will not treat with representative of the union, while on the other hand The nnion officials declare q spread of the California strike cannot be averted un less they are recognized by the tele graph companies.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
The Printing Board.

The State Printing Board composed tor Avery F.. Moore and Secretary of State o. C. Ludwig, was in session this week and awarded the contracts TOT the state printing. There were tSen' ty-four contracts to be let and con sisted of all the state government printing and for the reprintlng ot about forty volumes of the Supreme Court reports, now out of print me printing for the state departments in' c,ude the biennial reports of the varf Ous officials, stationery for all depart ments, assessment and tax books lhe appropriation for this work Is S90'VVV' of which s40,000 is to pay for the gen eral printing and $50,000 for the su' preme Court reports. There were ten bids opened, six from Little hocA printing houses and one each ffoln printing establishments in Fort smith, Hot Springs, Conway and Colump."' Mo The contract for printing the Supreme Court Reports was awarueu to the F. w. Stephens Publishihs Company of Columbia, Mo, while ths regular contracts for printing anu binding were not awarded owing U the fact that the Wilson Printing Con' pany of Little Rock, whose blds Meio lowest on several contracts, had ho' filed a complete bond. the law requii, ing that the bond for printing anu binding must be in the sum ot slo,uU' and the Wilson bond was for only sIV'' 000 The company asked for timo in which it might file bond or sum, cient amount and the board gran'eu the request. The board adjourned un, i,, til July 13, at which time IL W.N formally award the various contrae'' to the lowest and best bidders.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Sentence of Death commuted.

Acting Governor Pindall has com. muted the death sentence of Corne- llus Mitchell. negro. convicted of murder in the Lafayette Circuit Court and sentenced to be hanged at Lew isyiiie July '31, to seventeen years i'm prlsonment in the penitentiary. Mitch. ell is about 40 years of age and Is hard-working man. He killed a ne gro al Stamps last January, the testi. mony showing that the negro was at tempting to rob him, but the killing did not occur until day or two after the attempted robbery.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
THERE IS A REASON.
The Medical Times Explains Why , Doctors Oppose Patent Medicines.

The Medical Times for April in & moment of frankness explains the whole opposition of physicians to pat ent" medicines which are taken with out a prescription, in the following words:
 We will hardly repeat here the specific statement to the effect that in one year s62 ,000 has been ex. pended on patent medicines in the United States. Enough to give every practitioner in the country a yearly income of s2,000 In the face of such facts as these, all talk of love of hu. mani.y, altruism, self.abnegation and the like becomes cheap and nauseat. ing. It appears to us that such bun. combe should give place to homely common sense"
 Reliable authority states that the gross amount of the patent medi- cine business is about s40,000, 900 in stead of s62, ,000, 600 but taking the Medical Times figures as correct they represent an outlay of considerably less than s1 per capita for home medi. cation. The cost of doctors fees ex. elusive of medicines except such as are dispensed for the same period, probably was approximately s230,000,. coo. This is reached by allowing an average income of s2,0o0 to each of the 115,O00 physicians in the United States. Even allowing that a gross business of s62 ,000,000 is to be divid ed between l15000 physicians the in- come of each would not be increased more than s540.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION.
Nebraska Merchants Were Hunting
 for Leak With Lighted Candle.

Plattsmouth. Neb-S. Grassman was instantly killed and r. o. Nurl seriously injured by an ex- plosion of gas in the basement in the building occupied by them as a gro cery store. The floods of the last day or two had caused a leak in the gas pipes and the two men with Fred McCauley were searching for the, leak with a lighted candle The explosion set fire to the building and before the fire department could extingush the flames two other explosions practical. ly demolished the structure. The body of Grassman has no; yet been re. covered The loss is about S25o0o.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
PRIVILEGES OF A GENTLEMAN.
Younaster Probably Will Change Ideas
 in Course of Time.

There Is a small boy in this town, says the Baltimore American, the son Of a rather distin guished lawyer, who has decided opinions on what constitutes true aristocracy. One day recently a friend called upon his mother. and, while waiting for the hostess. was entertained by the small boy.
 What are you going to do when you grow up?" was the stereotyped question she propounded in the effort to start the conversation.
 "Oh, am going 10 smoke
 "Yes?"
 And chew
 oh"
 And gamble
 Indeed"
 And swear"
 Really
 And drink corn whisky"
 And why are you going to do such things?' asked the visitor aghast. "Oh. all southern gentlemen do them"
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Two County Collectors Settle

W E. Williams. collector of St. Francis county and R. F. Parker. col leeter of Arkansas county, have made settlements with the state treasurer. Sheriff Williams paid into the treas ury s23,041.20. as follows, General rev. enue fund. s7,31S41; schools s8,3S5.24; sinking. sl04S14 pension. s41s3o2; state capitol, s2096.29 The amount paid in by Sheriff Parker was s23.. @23-9l. distributed among the follow. ing funds; General revenue, s7.153.24; sinking, slo7S05; school, ss.62443; pension, s4,311.72; state capitol. s2.- 15G.67.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
British Minister Injured

Christiana, Norway-The British minister, Sir Arthur James Herbert. was injured in carriage accident at Fielefjeid. between here and Bergen. The minister was traveling overland from Bergen to the capital in company with his wife. who was q Miss Helen l.. Gammel. of Providence. k. I. The carriage was overturned on q steep embankment as a result of the horses becoming frightened The minister had some ribs broken and l. Is feared that he suffered internal injuries. His wife was not hurt.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
State Capital Notes

Little Rock.-According to an opin- ion delivered by the attorney general upon the request of Judge Sumpter, of Garland county. citizens of towns and cities can be compelled to work on streets. After quoting from Kirby's Digest, he says Municipalities have jurisdiction and control of their streets and the duty to improve and repair them, and also the power to require by ordinance that the male residents shall work so many days in each year in their improvement and the county court is without authority to make an order under said section that will com pei the residents of such cities and towns to work upon the streets there of, and this even where the cities and towns have passed ordinances requir- ing it, as is in this last instance they would be compelled to work under the authority of the ordinance and not of the order of the county court"
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Refused to Act as Arbitrator

Havana Cuba--Gov. Magoon re- plying to a letter of the Independent Cigar Manufaeture Asssciatia Il It. qnesting him to act as arbitrator in the settlement of the cigarmakers' strike. says that in view of the fact the workmen do not request arbltra- tion are ready to resume work at the old wages and have not commit ted any act Of disorder he can not in- terfere.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Galleries Under the Sea

At Cape Breton there are immense coiieries being worked under tn. ocean. These submarine mines cover thousand acres, and are being in. creased steadily The mines are en. tered t,the shore, and the operators follow the vein beneath the water for more than a mile. It might be CT. pected that the weight of the water would force its way into the mine The bed Of the ocean is as tight as cement eistern. A sort of fireclay lines the submarine roof of the min. and the sediment above is held in place and packed down by the watar pressure until there is not a crevjc. nor drop Of water from overhead
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
GIRL HEROINE DRoWNs.
Loses life in Reservoir. Where She
 Plunged 10 Save Her Brother.

Litchfeld, III = Gertrude Biasik. aged II, was drowned in the reservoir of No. IA mine. south of here, while attempting to save her young brother The boy had waded out into the water. which was only i feet deep The girl. thinking that the boy would drown, leaped in,o the wa ter after him, tripping as she made the leap. She fell face downward and was unable to rise The little boy waded out Of the water and cried for help
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Chance Not to Be Missed.

One day the office boy went to the editor of the Soaring Eagle and said:
 There is tramp at the door. and he says he has had nothing to eat for sir days"
 Fetch him h." said the editor. If we can find out how he does it we can run the paper for another week."
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Royal Company Protests.

The Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool has filed a certificate with the secretary of state protesting against the payment of it's charter fee. The capital stock of the company is <l2.200000 and the amount of fees paid vas s3,700.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
-a-- Jones Notes Cancelled

The Jones notes as provided by the act of the recent legislature, has been cancelled and about s23,000 as specified by the act has been trans ferred to the general revenue fund. The law requiring this change in the funds is known as the Stevens act It directs the State treasurer to cancel what is known as the Jones notes for the sum of $44.576S5 for funds trans ferred by authority of the act of June l, 1897, from the swamp land fund to the sinking fund, also to cancel the Jones note executed under like autho- rity for the sum of s59. 339 10, trans ferred to the sinking fund from what Is known as the internal improvement land. It also provides that Sl0,336 co credited to the swamp land fund be transferred to the general revenue fund and s12,SS1.17 in currency to the credit of the internal improvement fund be also credited to the general revenue fund. In addition to this it provides that the levy of one quarter mill for the purpose of paving the current interest on the bonded in debtedness of the State. and to create a sinking fund for the redemption of the indebtedness, shall not. after the end of the present fiscal year be levied or collected until the year 1911. and that for the year 1911, and every sub sequent year this it provides that the levy Of one-eighth of mill to pay the interest on the States bonded indebt. edness and to create sinking fund Tor the redemption thereof.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Jumpers.

"1 want 10 look at some of your jumpers" said the workman entering the department store.
 Frog department. sixth floor. cen ter isle" replied the tloorwalker tap ping his teeth with his pencil.- Yonkers Statesman.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
PenitentiarY Report.

According to the report submitted 'o the Penitentiary Board at it's recent meeting there are 790 convicts comm ed in the state penitentiary, located at the following places: State farm Z'f, Crossett, 76 Big Rock. 116; brick yaiu HIS: Reyburn, 53; Starks. 94; Wails' 5e
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12
Sale of Sixteenth Section Lands.

R. F. Parker, collector of Arkansas county. has deposited In the sfato treasury s9s345 on account Of sales of sixteenth section lands.
The Forrest City times., 1907-07-12

His Wife: You needn't make an, excuses, John. It's all right: you're just in time to walk the baby for u hour or two.-Puck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-02
THE DIAM OND AWFUL WAS
 THIS CAME
Errors Piled Upon Errors But the Locals Triumphed- ed-Results
 of Other Contests.

Springfield, May 2.-When Dan .O'Neil's hired men finished their days work yesterday, their employ Ter threatened to buy them bunch of meal tickets in the Home for Aged Women if they ever turned in another such job. What Harry Durant said to his employees was not recorded. Perhaps 1t wasn't so much to the point, for victory will do much to remove the sting of the poorest ex- hibition. Certain it is that Water bury had no more reason for swell ing up with pride than did Spring field, though the visitors finished on the right end of an II to 8 score.
 The Brass City gang were given a lot of leeway right off the reel when they were handed four runs, not one of which should ever have been born. Springfield looked strong enough to take the lead in the fifth inning, but Captain Arthur Nichols saw the dan ger signal and pulled Lefty Rogers out of the game. With two runs in and Rising on second base, Raub was chased out of the box on a re- lief expedition, and not another Pony could get the ball past the pitcher in that inning.
 The second ball that Raub pitched injured Schincel's finger and he had Ito retire. Waterbury continued to amass the tallies fast enough to keep the home team from catching up.
 In the ninth inning Waterbury scored three runs on three bases on balls and two singles, and the home team got the same number in their half on three singles, double and a couple of errors. The features were contributed by Waite with a great catch in right field, Bronkie with another fine catch in center, and McNellis, who put up star game both at bat and in the field. Nichols and Ward also did good work with the stick. The score and summary:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-02
THE PUGILlSTS
TOMMY HAD
 IT ON TONY
Murphy Whipped Bender Easily = Mike the "Twin'' in Another
 Go-More Fight News.

Tommy Murphy, of New York, won out over Tony Bender, the feath- erweight champion of New Jersey last night, before the National Sport ing club, Lyric hall, Sixth avenue, by stopping him in the third round, landing three uppercuts to Bender's chin that completely dazed the Jer- seyite. In the first two rounds, all though Murphy was the aggressor, the fight was pretty even, Bender do- ing good work with straight left jabs to the face, while Murphy, after get ting in close, would hold and punch until warned by the referee. The end came in the middle of the third round, after Bender had crossed Mur- phy hard to the jaw, Murphy return ed an uppercut that staggered Ben der half way through the ropes. The punch hurt and from that on the way was easy for the New Yorker, as Bender was dazed when Murphy caught him again with the same punch, and Johnny White, the ref cree, picked Benedr up and walked him to his corner.
 A private boxing exhibition is re- ported to have taken place in a barn in New Britain last night between Dick Sullivan of Bristol and Kid Brown of New Britain. Sullivan won out in the eighth round. Kid Middlesbey was referee. There was $50 side bet on the match. Brown knocked Sullivan down in the sec ond and Sullivan returned the con- pliment in the sixth. An interesting side issue was a scrap between two of the spectators.