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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
CAUSED BY C|NDERS, DIR. HALSTEAD SUES THE
 IRON MOUNTAIN. Claims That Cinde4s From an Engine Destroyed lis
 Fruit Trees.
IGazette.l

Dr. Thomas \ Halstead instituted suit in Pulaski circuit court yester- day against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Company for damages i'll the sum of S4l7, claiming that d large number of fruit trees on his place west of Little Rock were destroyed by sparks or cinders from one of the en- zines operated by the company. Ac- cording to the complaint the prop erty destroyed consisted of thirty four apple trees, valued at $3 each; twelve peach trees. valued at $f5 each, four plum trees. valued at T5 each; seven forest trees, valued at $l each and garden vegetables $l50.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
A SPORT IN TROUBLE.
He Is Placed In the CaIaboose On
 The Charge Of vagrancy

Some weeks ago a sport by the name of Lee Loving arrived in Pine Bluff and at once began to ply his ayocation, that of gambling and running ''crap" game. The police learned that lie was running q "crooked" or swindling game. so they arrested him on the charge of vagrancy A fine of $20 was assess ed against him, but the fine was held up providing Loving would leave town. This he failed to do, SO to- day he was arrested and locked up in the city calaboose. The gambling fraternity is indignant over the ort- rage. as they term it, while the Chief of Police is determined that Loving shall not remain in the city and fol. lowing his profession. The ease will be watched with interest, for we desire to see which is stronger. the Police Department or the gambl- ing fraternity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
CIGARETTE CHROMOS
Are Knocked Out by the New
 Revenue Regulations.

When the children who have fad for collecting cigarette pictures, as a majority of them have, come to re- alize the new order of things, their protest will doubtless be heard, not at Washington, perhaps, but in many home and in the various for ums where they are won't to discuss their grievances. The new regula- tion reads:
 None of the packages of smoking tobacco and fne-cut chewing to- bacco and cigal cites prescribed by law shall be permitted to have packed in, or attaced to, or con- nected with them, any article or thing whatsoever oti.er than the manufacturers wrappers and labels, the internal revenue stamp and the tobacco or cigarettes, respectively, put up therein, on which tax is re- quired to be paid under the internal revenue laws; nor shall there be af- fixed to, or branded, stamped, marked, written or printed upon said packages or their contents any promise or offer of, or any order or certificate, for any gift, prize pre- mium, payment or reward.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
THE DECEPTIVE TURK.
He Now Manlfests Desire to Con clnde Peace Negotitions as
 Speedily as Possible.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 5.-The Turkish generals are now manifest ing 8 desire to effect and expedite peace negotiations. The State ex- chequer renders it necessary under the present circumstances to con tract new loan, because of the un- healthy condition of the troops in Ihessaly, where many soldiers are dying, and for political reasons, the attitude Of Bulgaria, Servia and Montenegro being regarded as threatening. The Turkish minister for foreign affairs, Tewiik Pasha, re- plying to inquiries made by the am bassadors of the powers, has ex- pressed ignorance of the destination of the Turkish fleet which left the Dardanelles Tuesday last. It ap- pears, however, that the warships are not going to Cretan waters, which is probably wise decision upon the part of the Turkish author ities, as it has been stated that the admirals in command of the fleets of the powers have decided to oppose by force if necessary the entry of the Turkish squadron into Cretan waters, where precautions have al ready been taken against such an eventuality by the dispatch of for eign warships to guard the different ports of Crete.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06

Considerable excitement was caus- ed at Main and Markham streets a t 10 o'clock this morning hy an alter cation in which Fred Martin, on one side, and John Webber and Max Muller, on the other, Nere the par ticipants. Webber got black eye. but the cembatants were separated before other damage was done All parties were arrested and taken be fore the police court. Martin plead guilty to assault and battery, and said he did not desire to prosecute the other parties. The ease was postponed until this afternoon at : o'clock. k.-Arkansas Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
New York Negro Poli- tieiian at War With
 Administration.
rs MAD BECAUSE M'KIN- lRy FAILED TO PLACE NEGRO IN HIS
 CABINET.

at ! meeting recently held in Essbiooton City, Thomas l.. For well known negro editor and |.lor, of New York, raised the red |rof political revolt against Me [.lov's administration. He said: |poor future politics. Great Lord |hat to see any so long as we bow Eqn and yield to the white man
 srv position of influence, trust N honor when we are entitled to line of them.
 l |prtune asked if his audience |nught he was in politics for h. Iath. and then answered the ques- |got this summer, my friends, he |a. My children are not loafing Emnd boiling New York for the {nofit, wnl3e white politicians are Loving themselves. Now, let me \ tovou, that Mr. Mckinley can |pate as many white mems parties ] he wishes, but in the next cleo |n in New York, if he needs l,500 |tes, Mir. Fortune will be on deck see that he does not get them. l. Blaine needed 1 200 votes once bona time in that State, and he
 not get them.
 |4Now, think of it, four ieolored |pOintments by Mr. Mckinley. fhy not a colored .man in the Cabi- |2 Are we not entitled to it with EDO,OOO yotes2 It strikes me that
 are. Fred Douglass was made |rshal of the District when he
 suited to be in the Cabinet. My lends, don want an office, but l
 become to the conclusion that If
 Republican party has outgrown
 Pneed of the colored vote, it is
 he for us to let them get along &lhOnt us.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
M IVY. BURKE,
Eupion, Euplonii Eupion.i.

No doubt many people are awar that Enpion Oil makes much bet ter light than the lower grades Of coal oil, bat we doubt if there are any that know that q gallon of Eupion lasts longer than cheap oil. Then. why not have the best light when the differencein cost is scarcely nothing. Eupion is sold at the fol- owing places;
 siecaIn Grocery Co. John II Talbot cs Robinson X Greenfield. ]. L. Lloyd. Ma an Tankersley Co. r Bros
 " L. Dewoody < Co Houston | koans. L r.. oldsmith < C.. rhalhelmer Bros, Ferguson Russell. P. K. Mercantile Cs II. F. seveke. .. Lumpkin. I r. Simmons. Bluff City Lumber Co. C. N. Hart Drug Co. MS. zsarl 1edtf w Hearin ( Alexander.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
SOLDIERS FOR YUKON.
officers Start for the Gold fields. to Be
 Followed Ky Their Men.

SEATTLE. August.6-The steamship Cleveland sails for St. Michaers to- day bearing 260 passengers and ,000 tons of freight for the new gold re- zion. Among the passengers are Capt. P. M. Ray Lieut. Richardson, U. $. A., who are to command the troops ordered from Fort Russell for duty In the Yukon district. The officers will be followed by sixty sol diefs in the spring
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
ARKANSAS
 PRESBYTERY,
ADJOURNED SESSION YESTERDAY
 AFTERNOON.
Rev T. A. cIaggett Examined and Or dained to the Full Work
 of inc Ministry.
lGazette.l

An adjourned session of the Pres bytery of Arkansas met at o'clock yesterday afternoon in the chapel of the First Presbyterian church.
 Rev. T. A. Claggett was examined and ordained to the full work of the ministry.
 Mir. W. Moore Scott was examined upon the entire classical college course and his theological training for licensure.
 Rev. Chas. r. Foreman, pastor elect of the CentralPresberian church of Little Rock, was received in mem bership of this presby tery and ar engagements made for his installation as pastor of Central church.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06

Papers in the appeal case of Mrs. Eliza Williford vs. The Iron Noun tain railroad were filed in the circuit clerk E office yesterday. Mrs. Wini- ford sued for g., the value of two hogs killed. Judgment was given in a justices court and the railroad appealed. The costs in the case al ready exceed the sum sued for.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
IN TWENTY.sIX MINUTES
Is The Time Made By MT. Black
 wood From The Springs.

Mr Ed Blackwood broke a bicycle record this morning. He rode from Sulphur Springs to the Presbyter- ian Church, this city, distance of eight miles, in twenty-six minutes.
 This entities him to the medal of fered to the person who would make the distance in thirty-five minutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
A Honsei,oid Neceasitx

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most wonderful medical discovery Of the age, pleasant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, clens- ing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual consti- patton and biliousness. Please buy and try box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, ?. 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists 12-30eod
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
It Will
 Please You.

Many people plunge into the ocean of misfortune, would sink is they hadn't some real estate to float them. Every rightly made man has q hankering after real es- tate-it is an instinct that goes with man. and it is something that is within the reach of all. Continual small payments will eat ID the larg est amount-and hesmall payments won't amount to any more than yon pay for foolshness.
 Think it over.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
A. J. Mitchell.

Kissing both delightful sweet, like MchelPs Cola Pepper Orange bert Red Banana Ice Cream soda Pineapple Flip Cheese Corsna NxeNit and anything line the and sold Main at stand Gall around and you'll regret it. neither will l.
 P s. My Number is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
A New Age It.

Mir. H. Bringman, who for more than q month past has so ably filled the position of agent for the Cotton Belt railroad at this place, during the vacation of Mir. Farley, has been appointed to the position of agent in place of Mir. Farley, who has been transferred to q like position 1t Greenville, Texas. Mir. Farley sought the transfer on account of his wife who did nof enjoy good health in Pine Blnff.
 While our people are sorry to lose Mr, Farley and his estimable family, the appointment of his successor will give general satisfaction.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06
THE BILL

Be it enacted the General Assembly session that misfortune fault and the mistake make their lives who fail odae and newsdeaer the city of Pine Bluff Jefferson Arkansas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-06

Miss Frankie yanyalkenbnrg left yesterday for Dallas, Texas, where she will visit friends.
The herald., 1897-02-24
TWO GREAT MEN

For the next month two men are 60
ing to stand in the forefront of those
who claim the worlds attention.
SO runs the opening sentence in an
article prominently located in a San
Francisco daily journal of large circula
ton. The statement is made in all Sc
riousness, and the thoughtful reader
naturally pauses for moment to con-
slider who these two great men are.
1t is no small matter to win position
"in the forefront of those who claim
the worlds attention" The world is
very busy, and it is very blase; it's az
tention is not to be easily won. Orators
have held forth by the year. politicians
have plotted, and poets have sung-all
in vain. Inventors have planned,
financiers have schemed, and artists
have toiled their lives away, and in the
end the world says: well, never even
heard the name before" To do some
thing is not enough; TO do some-
The herald., 1897-02-24
A GRAB FOR PATRONAGE

The city council yesterday passed an
ordinance naming the employees OF the
health department, fixing their compen-
sation and providing for their appoint
ment by the council. The ordinance
was not in the interest of economy, for
no reduction was made in the number
of employees or their pay; on the con-
trary, the salary Of the pesthouse Keep
er was raised from $50 to $50 per month.
1t was simply a greedy grab for patron
age, and it went through by unanimous
vote, though Mr.. Nickel afterward stat
ed that he had voted for the ordinance
under a misrepresentation. thinking that
it was merely for regulating the de-
partment in the interest of retrench-
ment.
AS provided by the charter the board
of health, like the other commissions
and boards, has always had the en-
ployment of officials, and this is
right, for it is impossible to maintain
proper discipline without control. Fol-
lowed to a logical conclusion, it would
be just as appropriate for the council
to pass a similar ordinance in reference
to the police or fire departments because
some of the members were dissatisfied
with those holding places or because
they desired removals to find positions
with which to pay political obligations.
II the present employees of the health
department are incompetent or inef-
ficent let them be removed through the
proper channels and by right methods,
but not by the underhanded process en-
ployed.
The members of the board Of health
are Justly indignant at this reflection
cast upon them, and last evening that
body held meeting to protest against
the councils action. Resolutions were
adopted which will be presented to the
city fathers at the next meeting by a
committee appointed for the purpose
1t goes without saying that Mayor
Snyder will veto the ordinance, and If
the council should persist in this mat
ter and pass the message over the veto,
the members of the board of health
would be justified in resigning in a
The herald., 1897-02-24
THE EXPOSITION BILLS

Two of the four exposition bills to
which reference was made a short time
ago in these columns, are now out Of
the account The Guatemala bill was
passed and the exhibit is now almost
ready for shipment. The Nashville ap-
preparation, after passing the two
houses, was vetoed by the governor
Two more measures remain, the Trans
Mississippi exposition bill for $4,000,
and the Paris exposition for $40, OO0
The Guatemala exposition, as was
pointed out by The Herald some time
ago, can be of very little service to
Southern California, for the reason that
we have no possible trade connection
with that country. At some future date
when coast line of steamers comes in
to existence, the case may be different,
but a present San Francisco is the only
section of the state that can hope to ben
eft in this display. immigration is not
to be expected from that country.
The downfall of the Nashville appro-
priation through the governors veto
caused great regret among the progress
i've spirits at this end of the state, who
shown where much good could be az
complshed both for trade and ,mmigrd
ton.
-Four year. ago the state appro riale
$500. sae sSr the great exposition at Chi
cago, and the immediate result was a
wave of immigration that added 30 per
cent to the population of Los Angeles in
three years. If, as is sometimes claim
ed in the north, Los Angeles gets all the
advantage Of such new immigration it
behooves the northern section to wake
up and do their part in the advertising
that brings new people to the state.
Unfortunately the governor did not look
at this matter with the eyes that we
hence the veto.
The Trans Mississippi measure which
had been pigeonholed until few days
ago was worked out of committee
chiefly through the eXertions of Mr..
George w. Parsons, the vice president
of the Omaha fair executive committee
for the state of California, and is now
pending with good chance of passage.
The Herald is hopeful that the bill, if
passed by the legislature, will receive
the governors sanction and become a
law The Omaha exposition will be one
The herald., 1897-02-24
thing great is not enough; to do many
great things is scarcely enough. and few
there be that succeed. 81

great things is scarcely enough. and few
there be that succeed. 81
But who are these two that
$50 get the start of this majestic world,
And bear the palm alone?"
Are they Mckinley and Hobart, who
are in few days to be elevated to the
posts of ruler and vice ruler of the great
est and freest nation on the globe? Or,
are they Cleveland and Stevenson, who
will step peaceably down and out?
Perhaps they are Gladstone and Bis
marck, the. two. grand old men of Eu-
rope greater in peaceful retirement than
their successors in the full glory of pow
er. Or our San Francisco contemporary
may, with rare condescension, have
turned it's searchlight into the literary
field, there to bestow the white glare of
publicity on mere men of genius-let us
say Rudyard Kipling and Tolstoi Of
Russia. There are inventors also who
have eased the worlds burdens, Thomas
Edison, perhaps, and Nikola Tesla.
If all these clews lead to naught, we
have still the artists, the philanthropists,
the great men of business, the reformers
and the men who make heroic sacrifices
for their country or for humanity.
What, none of these? The conundrum
is too deep for our understanding, and
we glance hastily over the remainder of
the article for the solution.
1t is Corbett and Fitzsimmons!
Two vulgar bruisers, who punch each
others heads for cash and to give
amusement to a number of gentlemen
sports" Two slangy low-bred, coarse
grained fellows, who happen to possess
the right component parts of bone, mus
Gle and lack of feeling that will enable
them to stand up and thump one another
to jelly and still, unfortunately, keep
alive.
Either the world has become hopeless
ly degenerate or our San Francisco con
temporary has fallen into an error.
The herald., 1897-02-24

the exact truth and helping the city at
torney to formulate law that will prove
real protection to citizens and property
owners. Certain 1t is that residents of
the Oil districts must be protected from
the nuisances complained of, or in a
short time there will be no residents in
the district except the oil operators
themselves. and they will no doubt pre-
fer to live in some other part of the city.
Certain it is that IL the oil developers
are allowed to extend their lines
without check a besom of destruction
Will sweep over one of the fairest por-
tions of Los Angeles. The public will
watch the proceedings of the commit
tee and the city attorney with profound
interest and some concern.
The herald., 1897-02-24
FACING The SITUATION

In adopting series of resolutions set
ting forth the evil effects of the oil bust
vestigating committee and directing the
city attorney to draw up an ordinance
broad enough and strong enough to meet
the emergency, the city council has
shown a disposition to meet the aggra-
waited situation in straightforward and
business-like way. The Herald hopes
to see the committee enter upon the dis
charge of its duty, not in partisan way,
but with the purpose Of bringing out
The herald., 1897-02-24
THE BRIDGEPORT BILL

The Bridgeford irrigation bill, which
is row pending before the legislature,
needs amendment. From copy which
has reached the Herald we find that it is
not an act amendatory Of the Wright
act, as has been generally supposed, but
it is simply a new irrigation district
irrigation districts to be formed under
that law The people of the state have
been led to believe from published re-
ports that this bill is intended to be
amendatory of the Wright law and that
those provisions of that law which ex
perience has shown should be amended
would be remeded by it. This is an err
ror. If the Bridgeford bill is to become
a law it should be remodeled. Its title
amendatory of the Wright law. There
can be no good in having two classes of
irrigation districts operated under in
dependent statutes.
Then the policy of enacting an entirely
new law containing many and radical
departures from the old one will inau-
gurate another ten years war in the
courts over its constitutionality. Those
who are interested in the subject will
not undertake another such a task. They
know what the fight just closed has cost
both in time and money. What was
wanted and hoped for was such amend
ments to the Wright law as were need
full without entering into new constitu-
tional questions. The Wright law has
been sustained by the highest tribunal
in the land, and the principle of public
ownership and distribution of waters
thereby upheld. The details as to how
such a system should be operated alone
remain to be adjusted.
Then, again, why should a new law be
enacted which is not applicable to the
districts already organized? The dis
tricts now existing need such relief as
legislation could give them Why with
hold it in this new and elaborate scheme
which proposes to re-enact nearly all
the leading features of the present
law.
Another peculiar feature of the
Bridgeford bill is that section which
repeals all those provisions of the
;ol, los,
visions; that is to say, those provisions
now governing districts under the
Wright law when not consistent with
the Bridgeford BILL and the Bridgeford
bill not being applicable to the districts
now existing will leave those districts
without any governing statutes what
ever.
provides a special practice in proceed
ings to be had in the courts under it,
and it would thus seem in these particu-
lars to be repugnant to the state consti-
tuition, which provides that the legisia-
ture shall not pass special laws regu-
lating the practice of courts of justice.
For this reason the confirma ton act,
so-called, passed by the session of 1889,
was held to be unconstitutional in one
of its sections because it provided that
motion for new trial must be made in
the minutes of the court. The Bridge
ford bill adopts the exact language of
the confirmation act in this particular
and of course must fail to this extent.
Irrigation legislation i'll this state has
been badly muddled AND every step
taken seems to be getting the people in
to deeper water.