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_ FORREST CITY TIMES
UWDV0I6T « VADAKIN, Piklisktrt.
FORREST CITY, — ARKANSAS.
THE 1904 SHIRTWAIST SUITS
Novelties in Airy Materials That Will
Be in Vogue During the
Summer.
The shirt waist suit of organdie, mull
and other novelty summer goods, in
cluding the linen batistes and the deli
cate muslins, are made with a deep
shirred flounce. This flounce is not
gathered nor tucked, but is shirred with
a fine shirring, and is v< ry full indeed.
To make this shirring very effective, a
deep hem is sometimes made in the top
and a shirr string is run through. An
other shirring is placed three inches be
low the top one, and still another. In
this manner a deep heading is formed,
■while the flounce is very full below it,
says the Brooklyn Eagle.
The plainer suits, the linens, ihe can
vases and the other substantial goods
are made with a many-gored skirt, plain
and finished with a deep hem. The
skirt is well shaped, and there is the
inevitable flare around the foot, with
out which no skirt is complete.
Other skirts are trimmed with bias
bands of the material, and still others
are trimmed with stitched and strap
pings of goods, while others are trimmed
with latticed bands. There are hand
some linen skirls that are decorated
with stitched panels, with yokes out
lined with strappings and with a deep
flounce-like piece, with a stitched band
at the top.
Quite a large percentage of the linen
suits show inlets of heavy lace, with
delicate wash embroidery outlining the
lace. Thenumber of linen gowns trimmed
with lace is constantly on the increase,
and the trim and neat linen gown which
was so necessary a feature of the ward
robe threatens to disappear utterly.
The linen coat has come in with the
summer wardrobe. This coat is cut
straight, and is trimmed with lace. It is
made with wtde sleeves anil there is
some fullness across the hack. A coat
of linen is washable, and should be
trimmed with linen lace. But. aside
from the material, there is nothing or
dinary about the coat, for it Is cut on
the smartest of summer models.
And there are automobile shirt waist
suits. These consist of a linen skirt,
beautifully shaped and of walking
length. The skirt is trimmed with
strapped and stitched bands. With this
skirt there is an automobile coat of the
same material, usually of linen, with
strappings and with wide sleeves. The
sleeves and collar are more elaborately
trimmed than is customary with auto
mobile coats, for they are bordered with
wide lace and are trimmed with neat,
compact trimmings, such as hard French
knots, buttons, wheel stitch embroidery
and braid.
And still another variety of shirt waist
suit is the Russian blouse suit, which is
a two-piece suit, and, like many of the
others, requires a shirt waist, in addi
tion. The Russian blouse shirt waist
suit is made with an instep skirt, with
a Russian blouse waist which is But
toned down the front, and can betaken
off; and with a shirt waist.
And. in the list of slimmer suits, one
must not forget the Eton shirt waist
suit, which consists of a skirt ar.d an
Eton jacket. The Eton is built of linen
or canvas or heavy cotton stuff, and is
slipped on over the shirt waist, which
is of any pretty material and color, usu
ally white, for womankind runs to white
this year.
BEFORE HOUSE CLEANING.
Furniture That Has Grown Shabby
Should Be Renovated and
Upholstered.
If you are clever with upholstering
tools you can easily manage the dilapi
dation of your chairs. In the first place,
the old covers must be removed, lift
ing out ail the nails carefully, and the
old stuff will serve as a pattern by w hit h
to cut out the new, be it brocade, tap
estry or velvet. Having done this,
stretch the fabric tightly over the scat,
nailing it firmly dov n on each side to
Keep it in place, and then cutting off all
the superfluous stuff. To make these
rough edges quite tidy, either a gimp
or a narrow furniture fringe must then
be put all around, using either brass or
copper pyramid studs.
Drawing-room chairs and sofas which
have become shabby may be made useful
by the thrifty housewife if she clothes
them all in petticoat covers of cretonne,
by which I mean covers with deep frills
s: wed on all round.
Cut the shape of the seat of the chair
in cretonne, allowing a margin of two
inches all round; plait the front corners
so that they fit. and just cut up the back
covers so that the legs pas? through.
Then sj-w on the gathered frill in two
pieces, one to go around the front and
sides, and the other across the hack.
Quite a common cane chair can be
made fit for better use by cutting down
the legs four inches, putting a small
cushion on the seat, anti making a cre
tonne cover to envelop back and seat,
with a frill all round to reach the
ground. The legs should be painted
with black enamel in case they show.
Where Everything Is in Pairs.
There are two or three kinds of draw
ing-rooms that literally set the teeth on
edge, and cause the souls of artistic p»o
plc; to shudder within them. One is the
room where everything is ia pairs;
there are pairs of vases, pairs of photo
graph frames, pairs of pictures, pairs of
footstools, pairs of everything. It is im
possible to prevent the thought flashing
across the mind that if pairing origin
ated with the flood, one can only wish
that Noah had taken the animais into
the ark one by one.—Queen.
CHARGES DEO
BT THE JAPANESE
Russian Charges That the Japanese
Abused the Privilege of the
Red Cross Denied.
THE STORY A FOUL FABRICATION
DESIGNED TO INJURE THE JAPS.
Thp .Inpn >■(>■>■ Iilen I. to Conduct the
Red Cron. W'nrl. \ <•<■<> rcl I ntc to tl»c
Ililthent Idcntn of t'l» illzntIon n.
They Did In the War With
Cdilr.n.
Tokio, April 13.—The charge ema
nating from Russian sources to the ef
fect that the Japanese troops engaged
in the fight at Cheng Ju, March 20,
abused the privilege of the Red Cross
flag by taking refuge in a building oc
cupied as a hospital, is indignantly de
nied here and pronounced a fabrication
designed to injure the Japanese in the
eyes of the world. An official investi
gation shows that the Japanese force
engaged at Cheng Ju had established a
bandage station in the rear of their
firing line, and it was used exclusively
for the purpose of caring for the
wounded. The Japanese Red Cross is
an old and extensive organization
which did good service in the war with
China. Both the society and the army
have been found anxious in this war
to conduct the work according to
Ideals of civilization.
IK SSI A NS AT PORT ARTIK R.
Recent Torrential Rain* Have In
terrupt «*il <‘e» in in it n lent Ion.
Port Arthur. Monday, April 11—(De
layed in transmission.) Telegraphic
communications have been interrupted
recently, owing to torrential rains.
The railroad embankments in South
Manchuria have been damaged, thus
delaying the movements of troops. The
embankment of the railroad running
to Shan Hal Kwan is submerged at
several points.
A squadron of battleships and tor
pedo boats has just returned here from
a cruise far out to sea.
Easter passed without the anticipat
ed Japanese attack. Every precaution
was taken to prevent a surprise. Vice
Admiral Makaroff, who personally
supervises nightly the precautionary
measures, spent Easter eve in a guard
boar.
nrssi.w .unit i\ mvnciiiria.
It is Hxpected to \irii!l»€*r -f (10.000
Men IIy (In* Knfl of May.
Mukden, April 1.1.—'The first, second,
third and fourth Russian army corps
have taken up positions in Manchuria
p.nd the fifth army corps is in western
Siberia, advancing toward designated
positions. These, with the tenth and
seventeenth a-mv corps, the Cossacks,
actually in the far east, and the Cau
casian cavalry, now being mobilized,
will bring the real number of men in
the army at the seat of war up to 4G0,
000 by the end of May.
Fifteen batteries of eight guns each
pro now between Lio Yang and Harbin.
The engineers ore doubling the line lie
tween Kultuk and Duho.
T1II4 JAPANESE AON NNCE.
I: in Strongly Pon1«m1 Vsi the \elKh
l»orIioo<l of t'hiiMeiiK.
Tien Tsin. April 13 —The right wing
of the Japanese line of advance front
northern Karea is strongly posted in
the neighborhood of Citaseng in the
northwesterly bend of the Yalu river
It is reported that, an engagement took
place near there on March 2ft.
The Japanese objective point is said
to be the Tiding section of the rail
way in the rear of Mukden. This ad
vance to tlte northwest is extremely
probable, as th** hilly, sandy country is
favorable to the transport of troops
end guns.
THE I HI ISEH % % t< I AG K VISED.
The It(inhif! ii ( ruinT Hunk at Che*
niiilpo Itepurtnl Ral««‘il.
New York. April 13.— Reports have
been received from Chemulpo, says a
World dispatch from Kobe. Japan, that
engineers have raised the Russian
cruiser Variag.
It is expected that the salvage of
this vessel will more than offset the
cost of the merchantmen su,nk in the
attempts to block Port Arthur, which
is estimated so far at $625,000.
DIFFICl LTV WITH HllllATS.
RuhhIii'k No mad It* Subject* In the
Trnnu-BniUnl Hard to Mining**.
New York. April 13.—Difficulty h
being experienced by tho government
with the Buriats, the alxiriginal inhab
itants of Trans-llaikalia. according tc
Times dispatches from Russian corre
spondents.
The Buriats, who are Buddhists, are
accustomed to a nomadic life, and ob
ject to being organized into settled
communities. Many have expressed a
desire to emigrate to Mongolia, but the
government has refined permission.
FIGUTI.XU <>\ THE YAM'.
Thought nt TnUlo That l ighting On
tin- Inin Han Begun.
Tokio, April 13.—It is believed here
that fighting has commenced on the
Yalu river It is known that the Rus
sians occupy the right hank of the
river in force
No direct information from the Yalu
has been receivi I here, but the posi
tion of the Russians is known, and
while it le doubted that they will be
able to prevent the Japanese from
crossing the river, that they will offer
some opposition is conceded It is not
believed, however, that there will be
any serious engagement during the
Japanese operations to cross the Yalu.
The foreign military observers at
tached to the first Japanese army have
been directed to hold themselves in
readiness to move, and it is expected
that they will leave for the front in a
few days. The American attaches are
Col. E. H. Crowder, of the general staff,
and Capt. Frederlch Marsh, of the ar
tillery corps. The British attaches are
Lieut.-Gen. Ian Hamilton. Col. Hume,
Capt. Jardine and Capt. Vincent.
The German representative is Maj.
Von Etzel. and the French attache is
Col. Corvisart.
I)*‘iiic«l ll> I* II iiK.
St. Petersburg. April 13.—Maj.-Gen.
Pflug, in a dispatch from Mukden, de
nies the report that the Japanese ad
vance guard has crossed the Yalu and
engaged in a skirmish with the Rus
sian troops.
CHARLES ALBERT BEECHER
Hr War it Dflfgnto to tin* C'on voli
tion Which \ lira hum
I.lticolll ill 1 **1*0.
Cincinnati. April 13—Word has been
received here of the death, at Marys
ville, ().. of Charles Albert Beecher, of
this city. Death came suddenly from
heart disease which visiting a niece.
Mr. Beecher was a close friend and
confidential adviser of Abraham Lin
coln. and was a delegate from Illinois
to tlie national convention which nom
inated Mr. Lincoln in 1SG0. From 1858
to 1868 he was a member of the Illi
nois republican state central commit
tee. It was he who. in 1861, assisted
in obtaining for Ulysses S. Grant a
commission as captain in the Illinois
volunteer service.
LOST WITH THREE LIVES
TIip Tue Fr.iuL ( iintlelil Sunk At
Point Sable*. a ucl Three
Lit cm Lost.
Manistee, Mich., April 13.—The tug
Frank Canfield, owned by the Canfield
tug line, of this city, ran aground on
the outer liar at Point Sable and sank
Monday night. Capt. Henry Smith,
Engineer Kopfer and Helper William
Justmann were lost. Charles Smith
and Gus Szuszitsky. mate and fireman,
were saved by the use of the life raft
The Canfield was valued at $5,000. It
Is a total wreck, with no insurance.
Aliened PooLetbook Sriatolirr \rren*
Chicago, April Id.—The police have
arrested Lucie,s W. Mallory on the
charge of snatching pocketbooks from
women. It is asserted by the police
that Mallory, who is an attc rney, prac
ticed hi3 profession in the day time,
but became a pocketbook snatcher after
dark.
Sentence Loin muted.
Boise, Idaho, April Id.—The state
board of pardons has commuted the
sentence of George Levy to life im
prisonment. He was to nave been
hanged on Friday for the murder of |
Davis Levy in October, 1001.
OTHERWISE LT>i.NOTICED,
Emil Roeski, one of the Chicago car
barn bandits, came near escaping from
the Cook county jail.
E. H. Harriman has accepted an in
vitation to deliver an address at the
World’s fair opening ceremonies.
John F. H. Ebrandal, secretary of
Swedish-American society, was in j d
by an automobile at St. Louis.
Secretary of War Tatt addressed the
Kickapoo club of Peoria, 111 , at its
eighth annual banquet Monday night.
F. A. Heidron, former prosecuting at
torney of St. Louis county. Mo., died
after a short illness at his home in
Bridgeton.
Tucker Pinckney, a brother of Con
gressman J. M. Pinckney, of Houston,
Tex , was killed by negroes In Waller
county, Tex.
Baron Masanao Matsudaira, vice
president of the imperial Japanese;
World's fair commission, arrived in
St. Louis. Monday.
The St. Louis Transit Co says it will
be able to (barring blockades) to de
liver 50,000 persons an hour to the
World's fair grounds.
German troops in southwest Africa
attacked and defeated 3.000 rebel lk
reros. the fight lasting eight hours and
closing at nightfall.
■Well-informed Washington demo
crats predict that the contest in the
St. Louis con ven * ton will be between
Cleveland and Parker.
Harris Limb-ley, a young lawyer, re
cently from Tennessee, has been ap
pointed third deputy police commis
sion of New York city.
Mrs. David H. Francis lost a $10,000
diamond necklace at the recent Louis
iana Purchase ball, in St. Louis, but
recovered it without, publicity.
Hayti has declared a state of siege
owing to fears of an attack from ex
iles in Saute* Domingo, who have bee n
organized under the direction of Gen.
Jiminez.
The Hood crest has pa. sed Memphis,
atul the strain is now on the lower sec
tion of the St. Francis levee system,
But hope prevails that no break will
occur.
Southern Methodists propose to erect
a large school in St. Louis for deacon
esses atul lay ministers, and remove the
mission board headquarters there from
Nashville, Tenn.
The commander of the Colorado na
tional guard threatents to resist a civil
court process for force of arms, fol
lowing an order from the court for his
arrest and imposing a fine.
The Chinese minister has filed a
formal complaint at the state depart
ment against the “harsh treatment"
accorded representatives of his coun
try coming to the World’s fair.
JUAN J. JIMINEZ
IS IS! RESTING
The Leader of the Revolution in San
Domingo Resting Up a Bit
in New York.
MAY GO BACK IN A WEEK OR TWO,
CR HE MAY RUN OYER TO EUROPE.
Ac<*or<!lnK tt> III* Story
Mornlrt In K«-NponNll»le For All
th«* TronbleN In tin* Republic*,
nn«l Jtinliie/ SfiimlN For All That
1« 1»oo«I siml >ol»lf*.
New York, April 13—Juan J. Jim
inez, ex-president of Santo Domingo
and leader of the present revolution in
that republic, who has just arrived
here, declares that he probably will re
turn to his country in a week or two
and resume command of his lorces in
order to make tic final attempt to
wrest the reins of government from
President Morales, tlen. Jiminez ex
plains that he m< rely came north to
procure a little rest. One of the most
interesting incidents of his arrival at
the hotel frequented by visitors from
the West Indies was liis meeting with
a young brother-in-law of President
Morales—Emilio Villalon. chancellor of
the Domincan consulate in New York.
For an instant the veteran of many
revolutions gazed upon the boyish
chancellor, and then shaking his hand
congratulated him on holding such a
responsible position.
Gen. Jiminez, in conversation with
reporters, declared he did not come
here to buy muitions of war. but
merely to rest.
“Is your revolution ended?” he was
asked.
"No, never. We still hold possession
of a part of the island. I am going
back to Santo Domingo in about two
weeks, although 1 may change my mind
and ru^i over to Europe for a dav or
two ”
“How about vour army? How is it
getting along, and where is it at the
present time?”
“That is a very difficult question to
answer I left Santo Domingo some
days ago. and I can not know how the
army is getting on just now ”
“Who is responsible for all this trou
ble?”
“Morales, of course: for I certainly
am not. He is the guilty party, and
I can prove it. Always I have been on
the side of right and concord, and I
assure you that I am ambitious, most
amibtious, for the prosperity of my
country. I am against beastly pas
sions, and I have always stood up for
what may be termed the noble patri
ot ice sentiment, and am opposed to the
crazy and morbid ambition for office.
"But to prove my good intentions, a
short rime ago I addressed a letter to
Morales asking him to abandon the
presidency and appoint a sort of jtin'a,
consisting of two impartial men. to
administer to affairs of state pending
a settlement of ou,r difficulties at the
ballot box. I also suggested that all
persons in prison for political causes
be liberated, and that he agree in guar
anteeing that every official of the gov
ernment would refrain from interfering
with the f lection by use of either influ
ence or money.”
Ohanct ’lor \ lllalon later deprecated
the efforts of Gen. Jimlne/.’s army, and
characterized it as a gang of bandits.
RETURNED HOME DISGUSTED
.Jftpccii No I’luci* I'or I*liofogra|i!ier*
N\ !i<i Wish to illuhtrato
War Scene*.
Victoria, R C , April 1.3 —A. R. Ash
ton, special photographer for a leading
Now Vork weekly, arrived on the
N(>rthern Pacific liner Victoria from
Japan uu< rly disgusted with conditions
there. He says that everything worth
photographing is zoned and guarded
by military or naval sentries He suc
ceed* d in sending a tew good pictures
of military movements, but says it is
useless wa; ting time in Japan at pres
ent. The censorship is exceedingly
strict, and very few eorresp indents
have keen allowed to go to the* front.
WATERWAYS IN GERMANY.
\ rropoml to Spend Out* Hundred
Million IlolliirM tin < r.miin in
I *!•(»* sin.
Berlin, April 13.—The li rlin canals
and waterways hills just presented to
the Prussian diet propose the expend
iture of $10O,(»O(>,mmj on the proposed
new waterways, which include a Dort
mund-1 i. h i ne* canal, a ship canal from
Dortmund to Ems, a canal from Ilever
gern to Hanover, thus establishing
water communication between the
Rhine and Hanover, and a canal from
He rlin to Sic tt.n, available for large
vessels.
GOV. HUNT HOMEWARD BOUND
Tli«* f*ov<*rnnr of I'orto Kico May lie
lai\«*n a IVderul JudKenliip U>
tin* l'r«*Mitlent.
San Juan. P. It., April 13.—Gov. Hunt
sailed for New York to confer with
President Roosevelt relative to Porto
Rican affairs.
It is understood that the appointment
(<f Mr. Hunt as a federal judge in Mon
tana will he announced shortly after
his arrival in the United States.
Wounded II) Would-Hr \h*u*«Iu.
Barcelona April 13.—Premier Maura
was attacked and wounded b> a would
be assassin armed with a dagger, while
leaving the palace ot the council gen
eral.
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FORREST CITY, ARK.
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DEALERS IN
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