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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Changes at Depot.

R. C. Dickerson has been ap- pointed express clerk at the local railway station, to succeed Hal Rice, who is now telegraph opera tor. MT. Rice is temporarily re- lieving B. C. Benedict, the regular day operator, who is spending a vacation with his father in Texas and will return about August TO-
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
TWO RENTALS IN PROGRESS
Daily Services Held at Methodist and
 Christian Churches in This City.

The revivals at the Methodist and the Christian churches in this city will continue throughout the present week. Much interest l. being manifested at each meeting. There have been a large numb beT of conversious- at the Methodist mdeting and six additions to the church at the Christian meeting
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
GRAND JURORS CHRISTIANS
Daily Sessions of Faulkner County Grand
 Jury Opened With Prayer.

Every juror Christian and each daily session opened with prayer, is the unusual record of the Faulk- ner county grand jury which ad- iourned here Tuesday. This tact was commented upon at the Meth odist Sunday school Sunday morn ing and the procedure of the Jury was endorsed by unanimous vote of the school.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Board Of Trade Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trade will be held Monday night Matters of consid- erabie importance will come before, the board and a full attendance is requested.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
SESSION OF COURT IS SHORT
Petit Jury Discharged After
 Five Days Work.
Grand Jury, However, Detained Court Un- til Tuesday Morning-Proceed-
 ings of Session.

Circuit court adjourned Tuesday morning upon receiving the final report of the grand jury, though the business of the court had been practically suspended since Fri da, when the petit jury was dis charged, after five days work.
 The session of the court was considerably shortened by the ab- sence of trial by jury in the Lee Harris case and the continuance of the A. B. Winters case, though a number of other minor cases were also continued.
 The most important civil case tried before the court was that ot Ray: G. Parker against the St. l.. I. M. & s. Ky. Go. Parker sued for S5ooo damages alleged to have been received by fall through hole in the company's depot plat form at Conway, which sprained his ankle. The jury rendered a verdict for $I25 and the defend ant company took an appeal to the supreme court.
 Washington Brown, a negro, was given a verdict for $2oo against the Western Union Telegraph Go. for mental anguish alleged to have. been suffered through the failure of the defendant company to de- liver a message in time for him to attend the funeral of his sister.
 The cases disposed of since the report published in last weeks Log Cabin Democrat were as tol- lows:
 Criminal Docket.
 State vs. A. B. Winters; con- tiuued.
 State vs. Ed, Elmer and Butler Graham; jury trial, verdict guilty, fined $25 each.
 State vs. Lee Harris, rape. Plea of guilty to assault with intent to rape, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment by court sitting as jury.
 State vs. St. l.. I. M. & s. Ky. Co.,, failure to post bulletin board; jury trial, verdict guilty and fined $50
 Civil Docket.
 H. c. Rock vs:: National Grand Temple Mosaic Templars of Amer ica ct al; judgment for plaintiff for $2oo and per cent interest for 9 months.
 A. ]. Starr vs. John Hartley, damages. Judgment for plaintiff for SIS.
 J. A. Hopkins vs. Ky. Dis missed.
 Conway Cotton Oil Go. vs. Ky. Passed pending settlement.
 John Erbacher vs C. l.. Russ. Judgment for plaintiff for $5. 50, plaintiff to pay costs of action.
 Emmett Vaughn vs. w. R. Banks. Dismissed.
 C. N. Menty vs. J. H. Harre!l. Continued.
 w. w. Harrell vs. Ky. Contin- ued.
 John Smith vs. John B. White. Judgment for s. and interest.
 Ray G. Parker vs By. Judg- ment for plaintiff for $I25o.
 Washington Brown vs. Western Union Telegraph Go. Judgment for plaintiff for $2oo.
 Pearl o. Smith vs. J. F. Martin ct al. Judgment for plaintiff for $50.
 Mamie Goldberg vs. J. l. Kay. Continued.
 John Sloan vs. Dave Brown. Judgment for defendant.
 A. I. Starr vs. John Hartley. Motion for new trial overruled and appeal granted.
 Ray G. Parker vs Ky. Motion for new trial overruled and appeal granted.
 H. c. Rock vs. Mosiac Temp lars ct al Motion for new trial overruled and appeal granted.
 $. Chaudoin vs Faulkner Coun- ty. Bank. Judgment for plaintiff for $40 70 and interest.
 Pearl o. Smith vs. F. C. Martin. Motion to set aside judgment over ruled and appeal granted.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN PUT ON
Long-Looked for Service Now a
 Reality.
Convenient Schedule Adopted for New Daylight Train Put in Effect on
 This Road Sunday.

The long-loOked tor addlflonal passenger train service has at last been installed on the Fort Smith railroad, the new schedule going into effect Sunday morning, and the accommodations furnished there by are better than the citizens along the line even hoped for. Conway now has three passenger trains a day each way, besides a local freight train which carries passen- gers, making it possible to make a convenient trip in either direction.
 The new service consists of two accommodation trains, each leaving Russellville early in the morning, one to Little Rock and one to Fort Smith, and each returning late in the afternoon. The train from Russellville to Little Rock leaves its initial station at 7:Io a. m., leaves Conway at o:Io and arrives in Little Rock at Io:3o. Return ing it leaves Little Rock at 5 p. m., :, leaves Conway at CHS and arrives at Russellville at SIS. The new time card for the six passenger trains between Russellville and Little Rock Is as follows:
 Southbound.
 No. Io3-Leave Russellville 4 5I D. m., Conway 6:44, arrive Little Rock 500.
 No. 1o5-Leave Russellville 3:37 a. m., Conway 5:2o, arrive Little Rock GAO.
 No. 131, Accommodation-Leave Russellville 7:Io a. m., Conway o:1o, arrive Little Rock Io:3o.
 Northbound.
 No. Io4-Leave Little Rock SIPS a. m. Conway $40, arrive Rus sellville 1I:3o.
 No. Io6-Leave Little Rock o:3o p. m., Conway Io:35, arrive Rus sellville I2:Io a. m.
 No. I32, Accommodation-Leave Little Rock 500 p. m., Conway CHS, arrive Russellville SIS.
 Will be "On Time"
 One of the most gratifying fea- lures of the new accommodation train is the fact that it will be al- most exactly on time every day. The irregularity of the through trains has been especially annoy ing to the patrons of the line. The south bound through trains are al- most invariably late and yet they occasionally come i'll on time, and there is as much uncertainty about them as there is about the weather. The new train will have no con- nection to wait for at either end of the line, and as the run is short delays will be infrequent. Up to yesterday it had been exactly on time each day since its inaugura- ton.
 The train will doubtless receive patronage sufficient to justify its continuance. When the first train rolled in Sunday morning, about thirty passengers boarded it at this point.
 Will Not Hurt Conway Trade. It has been suggested by some that the train will injure the bus mess of Conway merchants by causing larger proportion of the trade to go to Little Rock. The local merchants, however, do not fear any such effect, as they claim to be able to sell goods cheaper than they are sold at the capital city. If some additional trade does go to Little Rock, 1t is thought that this will be more thar counter balanced by trade of an in creased population which better train facilities will naturally give us.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01
Machinery Arrives.

The engine and boiler for Ender- lin Bros. new gin arrived here this week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

IL about twenty-one knots. She carries
ment represents the latest and most
approved devices in the way OF equip
ment for naval warfare. The new
American ships will exceed the Dread
nOught by 1000 in tonnage. The lar
gest ships Of the American navy at
present are those Of the Louisiana
type. The newest of these. the Mime
sofa. was delivered to the government
at the Norfolk navy yard on Feb. -.
after having demonstrated an average
speed of 1851 knots In Il remarkable
acceptance trial run In a heavy gale.
She is the fastest %hattleship in the
American navy. The displacement of
the Minnesota is 1850 tons. She is
surpassed in size and armament not
only by the D~readnought. but by the
new Japanese hattleship. the Satsuma.
launched by Japan at one of her own
shipyardS but a short time ago. At the
present time Japan OWNS the largest
battleship atloat, for the Satsumn is n
1920 ton ship. That the Japanese do
not intend to trust To the other powers
pursuing Il policy of disarmament is
shown in the fact that the mlkauo's
government recently made an appro
priation OF $4,000. 600 for the increase
and Improvement Of the Japanese
navy. The appropriation of this large
sum for naval construction had nothin.
to do with the friction between this
country and Japan W. the San Fran
cisco school affair. however, as it was
made in accordance With plans pre-
pared before this episode occurred
William Inglis, writing to llarper'>
Weekly from Tokyo. says:
"There has been no proposition what
ever toward increasing this programme
Of Fastening 1t since the San Francisco
board of education evictcd the Japa,
nese pupils from ordinary public
schools. incidentally 1t may be worthy
Of note that Japan's naval strength Is
less than ours. BY the latest reports
the great navies of the world stand il
this order: First. Great Britain: sec
ond. France; third, the United State.
and Germany. almost even, and fourth
Japan"
Congressman Theodore L. Burton o
Ohio. who opposed the construction O
two 10000 ton battleships ut this time
said in his argument against the nava
bill as passed by the house: "Our nav!
10 already one-half again as large n
Japan's. Are our fears 20 intense tina
We must widen the gap still
Counting our war vessels, both bull
and building. our navy 10 60 per cen
larger than Japan'A"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

fully some of the weightiest engineer
ing problems that have been presented
to his profession during the present
generation. He was born in New York
In 1853 and became Il cadet at the West
Point Military academy In 1876, grad
uating in 1880 as the second ranking
member Of his class. An interesting
circumstance In connection with his
graduation was his rivalry with q. NJ.
Carter. afterward captain in the en-
gineer corps, who was dismissed from
the army rs Il result of his populations
in the work OF the river and harbor
improvements at Savannah. Ga. 1t
was Il race for first place between Car
ter and Cocktails. and the former won.
only to end his career in the Fort
L~eavenworth military penitcntiary.
During the Spanish war Colonel
Cocktails served as lieutenant colonel
Of volunteers and was chief engineer
Of the First army corps, remaining on
this duty until October. 1895. when he
was assigned to the West Point acad
envy rs instructor in engineering Re
Gently he has beer on duty in Wash,
ington rs Il member Of the general
staff Of the army. He has had much
experience in canal construction. and
N of his most important tasks of this
kind was the Improvement of the Ten
nessee river below Chattanooga. in.
volving the building Of n canal about
fifteen miles in length under circum.
stances Of peculiar difficulty.
He has been appointed a member OF
the isthmian canal commission.
Major David Dubois Gaillard is first
assistant to Colonel Goethals and has
also been made Il member OF the 18th
milan canal commission. He was born
In South Carolina In 1859 and gradual
ed In 1884 from the United States Mill
tary academy at West Point. He is
graduate OF the Engineer School OF !Ap
plication as well. He was one of the
commissioners on the Mexican hound
airy survey and was later In charge 81
the aQueduct work In Washington. He
was colonel Of the Third volunteer Ell
Gineers and was In charge of the break
waters and dredging ut Duluth until hi
became a member Of the general staf
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

MR.. AND IRIS COCHRAN CAMPING BEFORE
HI PYRAMIDS.
orient followed. and not long ago tn
Cockrans were heard from in Egypt.
where they were camping in front OF
the pyramids.
Mrs. Ide is youthful and charming.
Her husband was born In Ireland in
1854, came to America in 1871. won
fame in law and politics and has serv'
ed in four congresses. Governor Ide's
daughter is his third wife. She vas
very popular in the Philippines. When
her father vas a judge in Samoa the
natives named her white Cloud" She
once received u queer present from the
chief OF 4 remote Moro village which
she was visiting with her father while
the family were in the Philippines.
''Chieftainess," said the rude ruler
my gifts are not many, for l govern
a simple people, but all that l have is
yours. l present you my greatest treas
ure." So saying. he united his gird!e
and handed to the astonished Miss Idle
his trousers. made Of the plumes Of
thousand birds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

BROADER GENERAL THOMAS H. BARRY.
ness. While ut Hampton Roads equip
ping the first expedition to Cuba he
suffered from ptomaine poisoning, but
recovered. as it was supposed, and
went to the island with his command.
His illness returned. and It was
thought advisable he should so to a
colder climate. General Barry while
In Cuba will retain his place ON the
general staff. but will be succeeded in
his duties in Washington temporarily
by General W. +. Duvall.
General Barry is considered IL OF
the best experts In the army on tactics
and recently returned from a trip
abroad undertaken for the purpose of
inspecting foreign He j
n native of New York and Nifty one
years Of nge, is II graduate Of the Col,
lege Of the City of New York and of
the United States Military academy.
and his military service includes n long
list OF important assignments. He was
a member Of the China relief expedi
ton and served In the Philippines,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

THIS Is HOME, MRS. BowsER."
but don't you forget that all you do Is
appreciated to the fullest extent. l
sometimes want to kick myself for be-
ing the old crank l am. Hereafter
when l am in II of my tantrums don't
pay any attention to what l say"
Overcome by Remorse.
Mrs. Bowser saw that the
ton was leading to p%erilous paths and
would have been glad to check or turn
1t. Every wife knows that a hus-
band who gets a good fit on is just as
dangerous as when in a fault finding
mood. He is apt to overdo it. She
, spoke about the price Of meat going up
again without any seeming cause for
1t, but Mr.. Bowser didn't care If chuck
steak went up to a dollar a pound. Re-
morse was gnawing at his heart. and
he wanted to set himself right.
"How mean of me to want to take
this cats life!!' he sighed as he bent
over and stroked the animals back.
HAD l succeeded In killing him it
would have been almost as bad as
murder. Right here and now. Mrs.
Bowser, l promise you never to thirst
for his gore again."
II see by the papers that Taft says
he will take the presidential nomina-
ton II the people seem to want him
to-" she said in answer.
II don't care two brass pins for
Taft and his ambitions. I'll take the
nomination myself in the same way.
As q matter Of fact, l have been an
old kicker around his house and am
sorry for it. Has a husband any right
to kick about the gas bills? Does his
wife burn the gas to spite him? Does
she burn the coal for the same reason!
If a water pipe bursts. is she to blamed
4 month & a boy threw a SNOWFALL
and broke a window. l came home
and fairly howled over it and laid all
the blame on to you. One night two
weeks ago l found a potato on the
front steps. l entered the house with
It in my hand and lectured you for halt
an hour on your extravaganza, and
then it turned out that Il boy had hi
the door with the tuber. Mrs. Bowser
| don't deserve as good a wife as you
are"
you are simply a little impulsive
and impatient at times"
ut is sweet and kind and nice OF
you to say that, but l know and fee
that | am little less than a criminal
However. l am going to make a com
plete change in myself. From and aft
er this date If l so much as give you 6
cross look l hope the whole neighbor
hood will turn out to give me a Goa
Of tar and feathers"
Mrs. Bowser wiped away a tear o.
wifely gladness. the cat set up a new
, pur Of satisfaction. and Mr.. Bowse'
swallowed at the lump In his throa
and picked up his paper again. Thu
calamity might have been averted ha(
ais eye not lighted upon an article tina
oad escaped his attention before. H.
.ead it over twice and then struck tn
stand a blow with his fist and ex
claimed:
by thunder. that man ought to b.
sent up for life"
What is it," asked Mrs. Bowser.
( Its a man in Chicago trying to di
voFce his wife. He says he was hyp
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

lose her remaining sons, Cert and
Barend. perhaps, for they are wheedled
into signing for a voyage on the Good
Hope by Clemens Ros. The smack
owner breaks up a happy party by
threatening the two young peasants
with arrest If they do not go aboard
the vessel In ten minutes.
During n storm hat follows, when
the Good Hope is homeward bound.
Kniertje's friends. simple peasant folk.
gather at her house and recount their
experiences in losing brothers and hus-
bands ut sea from the wreck Of vessels
like those of Clemens BOs. Since "men
must work and women must weep" 1t
becomes Il smack owner to get all the
insurance money he an. One woman
recounts how she has lost two hus-
bands and three Sons Mt sea. Geert's
sweetheart, Joe. overcome by her emo
ton. contides to Kniertje that she IS
to become the mother Of his child and
fears that he will not return.
In the last act Is shown the shipping
office OF Ros. and the Sinking. con-
scicncelcSs old scoundre, Is counting
up the insurance carried by the Good
Hope. which is reported lost. The
broken hearted fisher folk, including
Knicrtie and Joe, come to learn the
truth Of the report and hear his chief
clerk read Il petition asking Subscrip.
/ lions for the benefit OF the families of
the unfortunate victims. n last touch OF
rascnlly hypocrisy, with which the cur
tain falls.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
AN EGYPTIAN HONEYMOON.
Congressman w. Eourke Cochran and
His Philippine Romance.


His Philippine Romance.
One OF the recent vtln;.llccS OF poll
tics was the marriage of Congressman
". Bourke Cochran of New York to
Miss Annie Louise Ide. daughter OF for
mer Governor General Henry Clay lde
Of the Philippines. Representative Cock
ran went OF the now famous Philip
pine tom under the auspices of Sccre-
tary Taft, which resulted in about a
half dozen rOmanceS. including his
own. The New York congressman.
whose oratory is in such demand III
campaign times. found Miss Ide even
more interesting tlan the subject of
the Philippines AID what to do with
them. He proposed in due time. was
accepted. "a tie marriage took place
at the Ide home in st. Johnsbury, VI
A wedding tour to Europe and th'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
HERR PAUL SINGER.

The German Socialist Leader and the
Reichstag Elections.
The defeat that the Socialists met in
the recent elections for the German
re!chstag was a great blow to the vet
eran Socialist leader. Herr Paul Sing
er. He is what in this country would
be called a millionaire Socialist" as
he is a man of large wealth. although
an advocate Of doctrines which would
level existing distinctions in society If
carried into effect. He owns a big
store in Berlin that is conducted on
the principle Of the American depart
ment store. Herr Singer Is a Jew and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

was born in lS44. He has served as
q member of the Berlin municipal
council as we'll as of the reichstag.
The leading issue in the recent Ger
man elections was support Of the en-
peror's colonial policy. The result was
a triumph for the emperor and Chan
cellor Won Rulow. The Liberal. Rad
lcal and Conservative parties. support
Ing this policy. won about twenty
seats. while the Socialists, who op-
posed it. lost about that number. This
is the first election since 1887 that the
Socialists have not increased their rep
res%entation. Herr Singer was re-elect
ed In spite Of the defeat Of other can
didates Of his party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
NOTES
Wife Reads Some of His Gushy
Missives of Long Ago.
he CALLS THEM FORGERlES.
Incident Breaks Up What Promises to
Be an Evening Of Happiness and
Like Other SWANS.

Like Other SWANS.
Copyright, 1907, by c. H. Sutcliffe.l
The wind was bowling and the snow
takes flying as the Bowser family sat
down the other evening-he to his CT
gar and newspaper and Mrs. Bowser
to her book-and for half an hour the
cat purred in contentment on the
hearth and peace reigned supreme.
Then Mr.. Bowser laid aside his paper
and exclaimed:
by George, l wish every n in this
world was as happy and contented
as we are tonight! This is home, Mrs.
Bowser, the sort of home every man
pictures to himself when he marries,
but which seldom comes to any man.
We can sit here and have no feeling
OF envy or enmity toward any human
being"
1T pleases me to know that you are
satisfied she replied.
Satisfied? Why, l would be a bar
barian not to be satisfied. l don't
think there is another woman in the
world who tries harder to make home
what 1t ought to be-"
THANK you. dear"
"There are times when l kick and
grumble and say things l shouldn't,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

jSiilolS a
ton opposed such an outlay, claiming
that with the leading nations of the
world discussing the subject OF dis
armament the time is %inopportune for
the United States to enter upon the
construction OF a greater navy. But
the friends of such Il navy prevailed
when the subject was under debate In
the recent session Of congress and the
two big ships were authorized. Ac-
cording to the plans prepared by the
navy department and given out about
the time Secretary Victor II. Metca.f
became its head. the two new ships
will he $40 feet long. 81 feet 2 5S
inches beam. - fee draft. 2.3OO ton
coal capacity. II knots speed and 90
coo tons displacement. To he lay
mind mere figures do not convey much
meaning. and their Significance can
best be understood by comparison.
When the English battleship Dread
nought was launched one short year
ago, It was the naval wonder OF the
world. 1t eclipsed the record in the
building Of big ships for warfare. and
the other nations began to consider the
question of whether to follow Great
Britain's lead. The Dreadnought is
500 feet long. 50 feet beam and has a
displacement Of $4,000 tons. Her speed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Cocktails, the
New Canal Chief
Career of the ArHr officer Who Succeeds
John T. E.,,eEs as Chief fnqineer.
Mar. +.ls!acles That Have
..sa:ed Work.
Il II L work of

II II L work Of
I building a ca
nal across the
isthmus Is a task
that bids fair to last
through several adj
m~inistrations. Ev-
cry sort of obstacle
seems to arise to
delay and compli-
cate the execution
Of the task. SO
IN a hindrances
have been met with
that the idea has
been suggested that
railway influences
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Philosophy Required.

IL have a friend who lives in Brook.
lyn," the man was saying. II is a
philosopher"
II should think" his companion re-
marked. "that 1t would take a philoso'
pher to live In Brooklyn."-New YORK.
Press.