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the FCHT cmr "iy Morning, May-j Grand river, water gauged' ore put M- II I III I fl-l FORT SMITH TIMES tROWN-'UpOr'Tt'Bfe- fcttablishd iWL HI TIMES tOMPANY, Publlthtri. W. G. Wesverllng. V.

Henry. I. R. Arbogast. F.

Henry Editor. It Arbogut, BUilneu Manager. Office, 719 Garrison Avenue. mH 'Phone 281. Pan 'Phone 87 TURMS OP SUBSCRIPTION.

year W-M month 12.50 months i .11.28 fee monti 48 atered in the Postoffice at Fort as second-class matter. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. 'JUST The South can little ground to stand upon in it declaration that it will solve the negro question without outside interference If the negro is denied simple justice in a court of law when bis opponent is a white man and the- difference In race is1 the only point, considered in rendering a ver-diet. If the town cow could be educated to exercise her pedestrianism and other functions in the streets, instead of on the sidewalks, one serious cause of complaint would be removed, but, as the town cow has no aspirations beyond a good feed, it is difficult to see how the, above objectionis to be removed unless the whole cow is removed. That would suit very well.

BUSINESS NOTES Dr. M. D. Black, of Black dentists, has just returned from a two weeks' outing and says that he is much improved. Parties desiring the doctor's personal attention in dental service will find him in his office now at any time.

If you want a nice summer suit, go toM. Freeman, 506 Garrison avenue, and buy $9.00 suits for S5.50. When you flo away this summer don't forget to have The Times for-' -warded to your summer address. Ad-" dress changed aa often as desired. PRINCIPLE BEFORE POLICY.

The fate of the saloons of Fort Smith lies in the hands of their owners. Next fall the question of licensing them will come before the people. The Times is endeavoring to speak for the liberal, order-loving citizens of this city, and, if it interprets their sentiments aright, from expressions already made, the saloon business of this city hangs by a thread. Men who own buildings rented to saloon men have represented to this paper that if the reign of lawlessness and disre-. gard of private rights and violation of Sunday continue they wilf unhesitatingly vote the saloons out of business.

Now, when men with such a near personal interest in the saloons posi-; tively declare their preference for law i and order their pecuniary interests, it is time for the saloon men to take heed and weigh carefully every move calculated to further arouse public hostility. in and arrangements. made for daily information by mail concerning tt stage of waterand the except wheta rainfall- is over an inch, when the facts 'jplll wired to this Attyajion, on Oje Cottonwood river, a. rainfall1 station was' established. Mr.

Collins says that while he was out he heard of a man doing the same work along the Kaw river, which persists In getting on highs during the heavy rains. This river bureau 1b to be attached to the department of agriculture and will be in charge of Prof. Harry Frankenfeld, who, for the past twenty years, has made a special study of the floods occurring along the various rivers of the country, and the service is expected to prove of great value to those sections liable to damage by high water. In speaking of his trip Mr. Colling, said: "I was only gone ten days but when I got through with my business I was very glad to return to Fort Smith.

I tell you, when a man visits those small towns he does not want to linger long after he has gotten through with his business. The grub is not refined and far from palatable, in those small town hotels, and then the beds are not of downy softness. I ran across three towns In the Indian Territory in which negroes are not allowed to live, and they are Holden-ville, Norman and Blackmore. In Holdenville there is one negro, and he is cooking at one of the hotels, hut there is talk of compelling him. to leave.

In the three towns mentioned no negro can either rent a house or buy land. Coming through Kansas I found that the mind of the farmer is running to alfalfa. A great many of them are making large crops of that hay. The oats and wheat look well, but the corn is puny. I was given to understand that some of the farmers have, replanted three times and have not succeeded in getting a good stand.

When one gets into the territory there is. a vast change. The corn is knee high and of fine, sturdy growth." Mrs. Will Boas Critically III. A report comes from The Times' correspondent at Clarksville that Mrs.

Will Boas is at that place very ill, with very little hope for her recovery. Brizzolara's Salary Raised. Under the latest readjustment of postmasters' salaries that of Postmaster Brizzolara is to be raised from $3,000 to $3,100, due to increased business of the local office. Judged by the efficiency of the local service, it might well be higher. However, the raise will be a little consolation in case Colonel Brizzolara doesn't knock down the congressional plum.

Says Arkansas is Well Advertised. Henry Phillips arrived home from St. Louis Friday after spending a few days sightseeing and on business matters. Mr. Phillips reports that there is plenty to see at the World's Fair despite the fact that it is not yet finished.

He was particularly pleased with his reception in the Arkansas building, and says the location of the building and exhibits inside are attracting much attention to this Prevented a Robbery. Shortly before twelve o'clock last night some young men sitting in Harris' restaurant at the upper end of the avenue, heard the crashing of glass in the rear of the store of O'Shea Hinch's and notified Officer Joe Lane, who went to the back part of the store named and found a young man who gave the name of Will Harper standing on a dry goods box at a window, apparently seeking to get into the store. He had broken out one of the window panes. Harper pretended to be very drunk and while being conducted to the jail staggered all over the sidewalk. As there were no fumes of whisky noticeable, Officer Lane opined that the young man was simply playing drunk in hopes that "drunkenness" would be considered a mitigation of his crime.

Some months ago the store was robbed of a number of valuable pistols and a large quantity of fine cutlery. Harry Silberberg Arrested. The Globe-Democrat of Friday contains the following reference to an individual "well known in Fort Smith: "Harry Silberberg, a crook of inter- o) i BANK BUILDING. Ilumci c3 Philosophy Vti VJ fy MKX4M n.pn Copyright, 1904. by Duncan M.

Smith. Lpehtparaoraphs It depends 011 a man's cii instances In life whether he is lucky to be out of Jail -this weather. A man does not think a snow sbovel Is a good thing when he has to push it Perhaps the poet who said that no bouse is large enough for two families had never talked to tbe agent of a modern flat Some men pass for real bright fellows because their love letters were never rouil In a breach or promise Old father Tluie gets the best of ev. erybody in the long In fact, the musician Is tbe only roan who can beat time. There Is no physical reason why a blind man caYinot see tbe point of a Joke.

Breakfast food people have overlooked one point they do not advertise that they cure corns. OWN A Ii0i IN THE COUNTRY! I 0OI.IKK Down PAID FOR Take cam of the pennies, and some one will come along and take them away from you when they grow to dollars If ttm fellow who owes you is on the square, be will come round. Money talks, and the principal thing it says is "Goodby." Money is no object with a man who is about to be banged, but it is with his lawyer. An engine stops atthe water tank so that the railroad may- water its rolling stock. The good time coming that you hear bo much about would fill all of the re qulrements if it were only dinner time.

When a man is in love everything goes except the man. Doubtless the truth would be much stranger than the fiction a man tells his wife. One school of healing claims that fasting Will cure most anything. It should, if persisted in, cure poverty. His Target.

The lad behind the ball of snow Is out for mischief, there's no doubt, And as the people come and go He calmly picks his target out. Selects the man that he will hit, 1 He chuckles, grins and laughs btt. A careful aim, a backward jerk; The boy has done his level best; The snowball finely does its work And knocks the derby galley west; A lad a block away or so Does not appear to know It though When She Was Young. JU "My parents CpLq fx came over in the TW-Sl Mavflnmpp" said Miss Oldgirl proudly. "I suppose yon were so young that you do not remember much 1 about the trip." replied the young man who wanted to say the right thing, but did not know how.

Sure to Win. "I will tell you a sure way to beat the races," said the wise man. winking his left eye at the cat, "if you will promise not to ask a single question after I am ihrongh." "I promise." promptly responded the young man. "Let me know." "Remember, not tine question." "Not one." "Always bet on tlio winner," said the yise man. with aiiolher knowing look at Hie eat The One Not nny Riritlpmiin nfpimk Will mil for seciiiKlliiind Bonks, shoes or clothing, though In A bsrKHln he iiiikIi! land The new is none too good for him; Exceptions though nprjly Sometimes widow nent and trim Attracts and holds his eye.

rlow He Knew. "Will you love-mo when I'm old?" asked the blushing girl. "Certain sure." replied her lover. "But how do you know?" she persisted. "I was always dead stuck on antiques," he replied.

Where It Is Made. If breakfast food's your hobby, That nothing may be lost Proceed to buy a sawmill And net the stuff at cost. Only Small Things. "Henry, don't you think we should ilrect our conversation to serious things occasionally?" "How can we, dear? Then? is not room enough 'In this flat for anything but email Tfca-Waj Ba.ll.. Adl 'I benv several Prvinci pr6uint -theater lnni8ht it last perfdrumiiceWa lo Da rk all manher of mU upon the stage for the beuefli lar performers.

culipopi. "All those acquainted for 1 the inner life of the theatricu 4 sion can tell some remarks. Prof of these gifts cast oKiiJft most celebrated and universa 1 relates to a lady who once hi tT main portion of the lease of 51, nent London theater. While tM was still an actress only and manageress, an actress of 1 and beauty, there was one first production of the piece bouquet cast upon the stage at feet. Attached to the bouquet i small Russia leather card case side this were bank notes to of 1.000 exactly.

On no seven different occasions, with a tS ably long interval between, did S' same thing occur, and the lady a. leged, has never from that day tl tht discovered who her admirer though all manner of romantic eonlL lures were mace at the time Even within' the last few wk unknown elderly gentleman tbrew envelope weighted with pennies aS containing a five ponnd note to a tin child performing in a London subo? ban pantomime. Some theaters hm been celebrated for their gift nighti all manner of presents, from frying pans to green vegetables, having dms gently deposited on the stage for the popular actors; yet, on the other hani lwif Vi .1 "ou summonses nave been handed to actors who could not be approached through the stage door, bat who cousented to receive presents' ovet the footlights on their benefit nights. Tbe most curious sight the writer ever saw in connection with these gift throwing, nights was in relation to a favorite actor who, at a great provincial theater, played during a long pantomimic run the part of a parasite named Cadgi. who carried a pipe that had a huge bowl and whose oft repeated cry was, "Can any one oblige me with a bit 0' 'bacca?" On the last night of the performance the familiar request for a "bit o' 'bacca" had no sooner been spoken than literally scores of packets and "screws" of tobacco of every imaginable -kind were thrown upon the stage, more than 120 of these falling about the xactor.

London Tit-Bits. Hl Prunt. "John," she said, "your little wifej- hub ueeu suwug up uer Uiouey 10 Ouy you a nice present." "Good little wTifey," he repiiei un.l. A uai is smoking jacket," she explained. "And I saved the money all myself oat of the house allowance.

Wasn't I thoughtful "Splendid!" he exclaimed. "And now I wish you'd bring me borne some more money tonight" "What did you do with what brought home last night?" he asked is Some surprise. "Oh, that's what I saved the smokm? jacket money out or, sue answered, "and there wasn't any left" Chicago Post Not to Be Hashed. Bishop Littlejohn of Long Island, who died at the age of ninety, refused up to the day of his death to accept the assistance of a coadjutor bishop, declaring that he was perfectly able to perform his duties and care for his people. At a meeting of the clergy, in the last year of his life Archdeacon Bryan was requested to call tbe meet ing to order.

The archdeacon arose and requested the delegates to give at-tention, remarking: "The bishop wishes to say a few words." 'iA few words, sir; a few words! interjected the bishop. "I would have it. understood, sir. that the bishop will say as many words as he pleases." Tbi Benefits of Prayer. "Now, honestly," said the unbeliever, "have you ever been helped by prayer? Cau you point to a single instance, to which you can truthfully say praying has done you the slightest service "I should say I could!" replied the good old eider.

"If I hadn't stopped to say my prayers the other morn tar i have caught the 7:40 train into the city, and instead of sixty-one passengers killed and injured in the wr I'd have probably made the sixty, ond." Chicago Kecord-Herald. The Polite Botcher. shoni-xiy nther sent me back 'to let you see what a bone there in the she bouglit nigm. cMher i iihm.r bones. BUteue1 'Tell your niotuer iuu a cow without bones I'll send her for nothing.

A Romancer. ft "I see Jones is going to wm Tnever thought he bad imaging enough for that." "The deuce he bnsn nei making out expense accounts ly eleven years.MrNew une-- Democrat. v. Her Ticket. of course, i turn out wnr m.Mi Is.

a lottery." tuiunina, but girl uou" ly 1C expected to let hor ni 9 her ticket r-l'ittsmirg The innocent seldom' find an BASE BALL T. P. A. VS. SPRINGFIELD DECORATION DAY, MAY 30.

T. P. A. PARK Game at 3 130 p. m.

Admission 25c. national reputation, the police assert, was arrested by Detective James Tracy at the Hotel Beers yesterday evening and locked up at central station. His home is in Denver, Colo. The police claim that Silberberg was arrested in Minneapolis in 1895 for forgery and later in San Francisco for the same offense. He also was arrested, they, claim, in 1896, ia.

Baden', Germany, for swindling a bank out of 9,000 marks, under the name of J. C. Drayton. Silberberg denies all the charges against him except that of swindling the bank, the police say. He states that he has been in St.

Lou-is for about a week, having come here from New York to visit the World's Fair. Detective Tracy recognized Silberberg from a photograph in the rogue's gallery." TO SELL OR TRADE I own 13 acres one-fourth of a mile south of the Summit House, Winslow. Has a good four-room house, good well and never failing spring of water; 9 acres under fence in young orchard. Will sell, or trade for Fort Smith realty. E.

B. Miller, Fort Smith. 28-tf We sell only wn at we can warrao and give you good value. That is tl i-pason we do tbe business. Douja 'be tailor.

Ring W. F. Braden for. dry stove wood. $1.75 a rick.

Both phones. I IN THE LAND OF FIRE. Hotv the Native of Tierra del Fori. Manager -to Exist. In Tierra del Fuego the Yaghan Indian leads a remarkable existence.

He braves the seas of Cape Horn naked in a frail bark canoe. He owns no faith, religion or tribal tie other than that of the family, which buddies together for food and sustenance. His only household goods are the smoldering firebrands which he carries on a slab of turf in his canoe to each fresh halting place. The women, -usually two, paddle the canoe from the stern. The man crouches in the bow on the lookout for prey.

On the shore runs one or two dogs to sniff out and turn any lurking otter or sea bird. The long kelp that fringes the coast serves as a breakwater for the frail craft, whose crew only venture out into the open channels when their foresight tells them that a calm will be of sufficient duration to enable them to pass from one Inhospitable beach to another. They are unduly developed in the torso at the expense of the lower for they pass their lives thus circling the coasts. Fishing without living on mussels and fungus, this tribe marks the limit to which man may strip himself of all aid or comfort and yet survive. TICKLING TROUT.

How JrUh Poachers Catch the Pish With the Bare Hand. In Europe trout poachers have the reputation of catching trout with their bare hands. The process in Ireland is called "tickling." I could scarcely believe that this thing was done that the most timid and wary of fish could be caught by the naked Reading of One fellow sent to jail for "tickling" trout. I was curious enough to try the process niyself in the presence of an angler as witness. I found it the simplest thing iu the world, as far as the Vtickling" was concerned.

The difficulty appeared to lie in approaching the trout. But I found that this could be done almost every time by quiet, adroit maneuvering, and I shall never forget the astonished face of my friend when I lifted from a pool a plump tront and held him in the palm of my hand just on the surface of the water. Half a clozen times 1 lifted the same trout, tickling iiini gently on the belly and sides. He appeared to like It, lying over against my hand like cat that courts rubbiug." I fouud that I could do almost anything with' the trout, currying them in uiy Laud for a few moments before returning them to the water. Harper's Weekly.

Their True Worth. Some vho are worth a million Would prove they are but punk And sell for thirty cents 11 If put up as old Had Sol Beat. "Who wa the wjsest "Solomon of course." "Ever' talk to our Jnnitor?" BISHOP GALLOWAY AT TUS-' KEGEE. Our Northern friends, who make a 1 specialty of giving the utmost publicity to anything calculated to place the Southern white man in the attitude of a persecutor of the negro race, should not fail to take cognizance of the fact that the commencement sermon at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insti- tute, Tuskegee, was preached by Bishop Charles B. Galloway, the acknowledged head of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

This does not In any sense indicate that Bishop Galloway would for a moment tolefate the slightest approach to negro social equality, but It does show the kindly feeling which permeates the heart of a former Christian slave owner for his brother in black. The Sanitarium Drug Store's World's Fair contest Js making splendid progress, a large vote having been cast the past week, and several new candidates making their "appearance through their friends. The contest closes September 15, but the early bird catches the worm. The standing of the contestants will be given in The Times next Sunday.1 PARIS Special to The Times. Paris, May 27 The mines belonging to the Union Coal Company did not run today, for want of coal cars.

A tenant house, with its contents, on the farm of A. A. Freeman, four miles southeast of here, burned last night. Paris now has a first-class bakery running in full blast. J.

V. Herring Is the proprietor. Evangelist Stanley held special services yesterday and today at the Union mining camps. The game of ball today by the Coal Hill and home teams resulted in a victory'for the home team the score being 11 to 3. Bird Chitwood and Judge Jerry Cravens, of Prairie View, G.

B. Kyle, Ike Pahotski, A. M. Leftwick and Cecil Chitwood', of Magazine, attended ball game today. CITY NEWS NOTES (Continued from page 8.) rage." Just then Messrs.

Frank Read, L'. B. Barkdull and others came up and when they heard of the result of the trial they were much astonished and highly Indignant, saying that justice had been travestied. They then went up into Frank Youman's office for consultation. Some little difficulty was experienced in selecting a jury.

Many were called before the requisite five were chosen. Sam Seward was one of those rejected. When asked if he had prejudice against the defendant, he said that he had no prejudice, as against an individual, but he did have a prejudice against the race. asked the nature of the prejudice he said that he did not believe any man who killed a negro should be fined more than $8. Flood Stations Planted.

Observer Collins returned yesterday morning from his trip to points on the various rivers for the purposes of establishing river stations composing a district of which Fort Smith ir to be the central office. The purpose is to secure information which will enable the signal service to give notice of possible floods. At Calvin, on the Canadian, Tulsa on the Arkansas, Oswego on the Kansas, Iola on the Neo-' sha, at Neosha, just east of the junction of the Cottonwood and Neosha rivers, and at Fort Gibson on the Senator Quay died yesterday at his home at Beaver, Pa. He was one of the most influential of Republican politicians, for he could not by any stretch of the imagination be properly termed a statesman. He controlled almost, if not absolutely, the politics of Pennsylvania, both as regards federal patronage and state matters.

He was much interested in Indian affairs and claimed to have Delaware Indian blood in his veins. He was the author of the most nearly successful bill for the admission of Indian Territory and Oklahoma as one state. He was an undoubted power in hie party and his elimination will give rise to new combinations for power and patron-age. TOO MUCH RECKLESS Despite the fact that we have an ordinance against reckless driving on the avenue, it is constantly indulged In to the great danger of people afoot, on bicycles, or in light vehicles. Only last night a small boy on a wheel was run over by a hackman who was driving- down the avenue at a dangerous rate of speed.

As a proof of his unconcern for others, he did not even 6top to see what damage he had done. The boy, fortunately, escaped, but the wheel was badly wrecked. to (0 (O CO CO (o (o us Vile Are Agents Pi RE Sun of London, lire Insurance, London Paul Fire and Marine Insurance National Union Fire Insurance United'States Fire Insurance 0o. New Agricultural Fire Insurance New Combined asset of INS UR A for the Following Large Companiesi Commercial Union Fire. Frudential Life Insurance Co Newark- Banker's Surety Co, Cleveland, 0 Managers Ozark Insurance Ft.

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