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but the governor failed to allude in any manner to lccal politics, and the fraudulent nominee for Sherlti and his supporters suffered anothet humiliation.
 The fact of the business is thf Democrats throughout the State thoroughly understand the political situation m Jefferson county. They recognize the fact that the alleged nominee for Sheriff is not the nomt inee of thc Democracy of the county but the nominee of partisan and DroXied committee with one of Mci Coy's attorneys holding one proxy and another holding two proxies They also recognize the fact thal the opposition to Mccoy is based on principle, and is being waged for the purpose of busting the most. unscru paIous political ring that ever con trolled the dtstinies of county.
 In view Of these facts it is no surprising that Mccoy and his par tisans are still waitil 2 for indorse ment by the state ticket.
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THERE are many who do not seem to understand how Secretary of State Day was removed from his office. Whenever a commission is created for the settlement of terms of peace, the Secretary of State is ex-officio, president of it and these added duties to his already onerous ones made it necessary to resign the office of Secretary of State.
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NOTWITHSTANDING Mccoy par tis ans openly boasted before the mee t ing of the Republican county con- yention that Mccoy would receive every negro vote ia the county, and subsequently, attempted to induce the Republicans to put out candl- dates for Sheriff and the Le gisla ture, the aforesaid Mccoy partisans arelnowattempting to frighten timid Dep ocrats because the Republicans have indcrsed the candidacy Nr. Bell for Sheriff. But tae Democrats of Jefferson county are too intensely indignant to be frightened from their determination to rebuke the methods resorted to to accomplish McCoy's nomination and to defeat him at the polls to be now changed in their course by stuffed scare crows.
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Democratic County Ticket.

Senator-Smith c. Martin.
 tesentatives-Creed Caldwell H. K. Toney, R. F. Foster. For Sherif-D. c. BELL. County Judge-W. D. Jones. County Clerk--F B. Flanders. Circuit Clerk--J. A. Langford. Treasurer-J. Y. Saunders. Assessor-C. w. Harris. Surveyor-John J. Martin. Coroner IN. L. Cook.
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Father Iucey's Letter.

Father i.ucey's Letter.
 Father ]. M. Lucey, of this city, had a very strong communication in the Arkansas Gazette one day last week endorsing that papers attitude in it's condemnation of the Clarendon lyncbings. In comment ing upon Father Lacey's very able letter, tbe Sunday Gazette says:
 Father Lueey, of Pine Bluff, in a published communication a few days ago, called attention to a fact which certainly should have some weight in their investigations, and perhaps there may be more impOr- tance to It than many are ready or wiling to admit. He, by inference, lays the foundation of many of our ~olitieal and social evus upon our election laws and their mode of ex- ecution. A debaoched franchise the sabversjou of the Wall of the ma iority, the fl msey estimate of the oath of homes sty in political elections, the premiup offered for theives and periured liars in nolitical contests, was so often charged in our elections and courts, certainly afforded some reason for taking this matter under consideration. A conviction for robbery, or theft, or forgery or plain lying, or intimidation, or bribery, or even murder, in election cases, is not on the books, and why? These things have all b zen done and tiaue to be done. l. it the fault of the law or the execution of the law2 It is hardly ehargeable to the former
 Father Lucey has very truly de- tailed the situation. "A debauched franchise, the su6version of the will of the majority, the fimsy es. innate of the oath of honesty ip political elections, the premium of fered for theives and perjured liars in political contests, certainly af- lords some reason for taking this matter under most serious con- sideration. Indeed, it is largely responsible for the condition of lawlessness which exists in this state, which is dlsgracing our so- ciety, laws and civilization, and re- tarding tte progress and material development of Arkansas. Right here in Jefferson county, during the present cam saign, we have wit messed "subversica of the will of the majority" and the "himsey es- innate of the oath of honesty in elections, etc, and even nowit is being openly and boldly asserted by those who have thBarted the will of the majority, that the same thing can and will be done again that they cootrol the election machinery, and that taey would as soon count out MT. Bell as a "nigger, ana re- marks of similar purport. What can be expected of the society, ciyi1i- zation and laws of a community where such things are tolerated? Laws cannot be enforced or effec- tive unless the laws are respected. If the election laws are notoriously and daRrantly violated, the people will have neither respect for the laws nor the officers whose duty it is to enforce them. Such things lead to anarchy and riot, aud Father Lucey's very able letter is note of warn 'ng and especially timely and appropriate.
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Warming Order

Warning Order Tn the Chancery Court of inc County of Jefferson and state of Arkansas. Albert E, Ewing as administrator of u estate of E. Werthimer. deceased,
 YS. Edward Wertheimer. Lee Wertheimer an j. Freiberg and A. Freiberg as partners, J. < A. FreiberR, defendants Tue defendants, J. Freiberg au. A. Friedburg are warned apear in this court within thirty days an answer the complaint of the plaintiff AiDeI F Ewing as administrator of the estate or Wertheimer, deceased. Pine Bluff, Ark, Augusta, 1893. II. A. MCCOY, k. E. BLOOM,
 Clerk. District Clerk SEAIl.
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A certain good Democrat who ia tended to vote for Mccoy was in ormed that the election commission CTS did notintend to recognize MT. Bell in the appointment of the judges and clerks of the election.
 When so informed he replied If their tactics are to TOD MT Bell of his votes, 1 will quit the Mccoy gang right here and vote for Bell. ?
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The Press Eagle this morning con tains an interview wit1 one l.. Leeth, of Dudley Lake township, on the political situation. It does not happen to be our pleasure to know Mr, Leetb, but we are informed that be spent Monday about the court house, and we are pleased to observe that the ring succeeded in worming an interview out of him.
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NoNE but millionaires are able to accept the ministership to the greatest European powers. When Whitelaw Reid was minister to the Conrt of France he paid more for his house than his salary of ST, 300 amounted to.
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Disappointed.

The Mccoy promoters, parti- sans andsupporters have been griev- ously dissappointed twice within the last ter days. They have made two futile attempts to ret some
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Like his nomination, Mccoy is ap parently endeavoring to obtain his election by pro1y His campaign is also being conducted by pro1y.
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SPEAKING of "bolters" reminds us that nearly all the purely original "boIters" are on the Mccoy side in the present political row. Several Of them bolted Bryan two years ago and sll of them bolted the nominees of the Democratic county conven. ton for election commissioners.
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Iris estimated that the settling of the terms ot peace by the com mission will cost the country one million dollars.
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Worn Out Mothers Are Requested to Read the Fol-
 lowing Letter
An Arkansas Woman Has Some
 thing important to Say.


 ssI wish to write few words for the benefit of weak and worn out mothers. Before began taking Hoods sarsaparilla I weighed IT pounds and was go weak could hardly do anything. I had bad spells with my stomach, when it seemed as though l could not live. had hardly life enough to take care of my two months old child. I began taking Hoods Sarsa- parilla and after using three bottles weighed 145 pounds. have now taken six bottles and am so much better that even the doctor was surprised when he saw me. While there has been much sickness in this vicinity l have escaped and l attribute my good health entirely to Hoods sarsaparilla." MRS. s. B. Os- BORN. Stone. Arkansas. Remem Der Hoods SaYsapagilIa Is the best-in factthe One True BloodPorifer
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YAuGTNE TOWNSHIP.

Magistrates-W. D. Vance, J. w. Bradford, J. H. Garrett, c. T. Robinson, Arch &iven. Constable-A. I. Stewart.
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THERE are many people who had rather "spile horn than make a spoon
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Judicial District.

Circuit Judge-J. M. Elliott.
 Prosecuting Att'y.---W. B. Sorrells
The times., 1898-08-14
A Big Rejecting Telescope.

Pittsburg Letter in the Cleveland Leader.)
In the little town of Greenville. Penn,
lives the man who can now claim the
honor of having made the largest silver
on-glass telescope mirror in the world.
The mans name is John Peate- He is a
retired Methodist preacher and this is his
first attempt at telescope building. Ii
has been entirely a labor of love with him.
for the great lens was built for the use of
the new Methodist University in Wash
ington, and is soon TO be mounted there
The total number of hours work on the
glass from the start TO the finish was
something under seven hundred. And yet
to complete it required nearly the fun two
years which DR.. Peate pledged the bishop
at the conference. The reflector, which is
81 inches in diameter, 3-S inches thick,
and weighs 1,500 pounds, is a perfectly
fiawless piece of glass, and when fully
polished (and yet unsilvered) looked like
a pool of limpid Spring water.
The Peate reflector, for such IL will I'M
doubtedly be called, will be mounted as
an equatorial in a tube something over
thirty-two feet in length. The cost of so
mounting it will run up into the thou
sands of dollars. Telescopes to be mount
ed as this one are called Newtonian tele-
scopes. because of the principle of inter
rior arrangement.
DR.. Peate's mammoth speculum is ex-
ceeded in size only by the metallic one in
Lord Ross's famous telescope at Birr Cas-
tie. Parsonstown, Ireland which is six
feet in diameter. 1t is not in USE and DR..
Peate's may be considered as the largest
in the world. so far as service Is con-
cerned.
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wheel The triangular course was re-
garded by the AS as a comparatively
easy one and the century was made with
but little fatigue to the riders. Messrs.
F.. Moore and c. Manning did not enter
but rode about sixty miles with the boys
A special meeting OF the club house
committee will be held prior TO the next
regular meeting 20 discuss further details
concerning the club rooms. their equip
ment etc. This matter is of much in
terest TO the boys at present and the
club eagerly awaits the report OF the COM
mittee.
If the proposed amendments to the con-
stitution relative to the reduction of the
initiation fee and the suggestion that the
membership of the club be 100, are carried
through at the next meeting, at least
half a dozen applications for membership
will be presented.
members in attendance on today's run.
of one of two places-Shady Side or
Manassas, will be the destination of the
club next Sunday.
The absence of many of the old MEM
bers who attend the club runs with great
regularity is attributable TO the warm
weather and the fact that large num-
Der OF the members are away ON their
vacation.
for the gold medal 10 be awarded 10 the
Arlington Wheelman attending the largest
number of runs this season. Capt Muir
ply, who is keeping a record OF the boys
saws the standing of several OF the men,
bers is very close.
The captain has completed arrange
ments for the novel run which he intends
introducing to the club today. The obJec'
tive point will be Chapel Point. The start
will be made from Fourteenth Street and
New York Avenue. at S o'clock a M
from which place the riders will pro
ceed 10 the Seventh Street wharf and
take steamer, going as far down the
, Potomac as Glymont. From this landing
the boys will mount their wheels and
ride to Chapel Point-a distance of about
fourteen miles and over an excellent
road for cycling. Capt. Murphy specially
requests the members to bring their lady
friends on this run. A more enjoyable
trip could not be had. and the captain
has already been assured that a large
number of the Arlingtons and their
friends will be ready to start this morn
ing.
jolly Three Cycle Club
The jolly Three Bicycle Club was rep
resented in the century run Sunday by
E. Conway o. Grimes. and L. Foster, all
of whom finished in the first bunch.
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AMONG LOCAL WHEELMEN.
Century Cycle Club.

The century run last Sunday was in
every way pronounced success and the
boys are pleased to think that their initial
open run suited everyone that attended.
The run today will be to Surrattsville,
Nd, leaving the clubhouse at a. m. 1t
will be in charge of First Lieut. O'Con-
nor, as Capt. Burns leaves this evening
for short trip on his wheel It is
thought that he is on the eve of riding
triple century, part of ii on the Atlantic
City road.
Club runs are not as largely attended
at this season of the year as in the
Spring and Fall. The weather is so warm
the boys have no desire for long runs.
By the middle of September runs will be-
gin to show an increase in point of at
tendance.
The following centurions were out last
Sunday on the open century run: Capt
Byrnes. Lieut.. O'Connor, Fields, Will
Jams, Hollander, Monroe, Fisk Park, c..
V. Sparrow, Rosson, Boyle Keller, Good
ing, Griffith, Bolden, Meher, Rod, Dim
mick, McAnally, Millward, Stevenson.
Galeski. HosIer, Gambriil, Barnhardt,
and Jones.
Several applications are on file and will
be acted on at the next meeting.
On next Wednesday evening the club
will make a watermelon run to Surratts
vile, leaving the clubhouse D. M This
run will be enjoyed by all, as the bows
are we'll acquainted with Surrattsville
melons.
Arlington WheeImen.
Last Sunday Capt. Murphy, Lieut.. r.
H Stone and Messrs. W. Lembkey. E.
Bell. W. Moreland, N. Eckhardt, l..
Smith, A. Christman, W. Dikeman and L.
Harding participated in the century given
under the auspices of the Century Cycle
Club. All of the Arlingtons survived the
run except Lou Harding, who had to
abandon the trip after riding seventy
five miles, owing to an accident to his
The times., 1898-08-14

rowed: Duncan Bradley. stroke: Young.
Z; Heth.6 Thompson. 5; Corcoran. a;
Marean. 8; Horton, 2; Mackall, !. with
Doyle coxswain.
Young, Bradley. Heth and Mackall or
Connor would make strong Junior four
They win be sent out on a trial during
the coming week.
Heth finds he can do better work In the
waist of the boat than he can do at
stroke He is a valuable all-round man.
Several big barge parties are being ar
ranged for this week and the rowing men
to make up the ten-oared crews will be
in demand.
..What has become of the basket barge
party President Doyle promised early in
the season?" "This is a good time to
give it." suggest those who hope TO be
invited.
The swimming classes for the boys are
well attnended and Instructor Doyle Is
a busy man three afternoons each week.
o. p. SCHMIDT.
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MICHAEL AND MORAN.
The Race VIII BE Run Tomorrow, If
1t Does Not Rain

The ten-mile paced race between Jimmy
Michael, the wet weather Welshman. and
Al Moran. the weil-known local cinder
path follower. will be run of tomorrow
night at the third of a mile board track
of the Park Bicycle Club-that Is if j.
Pluvius does not conclude to prevent the
event.
The meeting between these two cracks
is eagerly awaited by hest of cycling
devotees and every wheelman in the Ma
tional Capital is on the qui yive. Should
tomorrow night prove clear great crowd
of people will journey out to the track
on the Conduit, and an enjoyable pro-
gram of events will be run off for their
delectation. The races viii begin prompt
Iy at $50 D M :,
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M'fARLAND WINS THE MILE
The Finish Proves Exceedingly
Close and Exciting.
TAYLOR TAKES SECOND PLACE
The California Man Covers the Dis
tance In lass 2-5 Kramer Cap-
lures the Mile Amateur-Western-
ers Down Eastern Teams In Pur-
suit Races-Summary of Events.

Indianapolis, Aug. 13.-No one expected
that Floyd Mcfarland of California,
would appropriate the mile championship
this afternoon, but he did in an inch $
finish in which Taylor and Kimble ran
across the line alongside of him. Bald,
Cooper and Gardiner were shut out in the
semi-finals and the lineup for the final
included Mcfarland, Taylor, Kimble
Stevens and Fisher. two fast pacemakers,
made it possible TO lower the former sin
gle paced competition figures of 2:01. The
| new record being 1853 2-5 1t was a mag
nificent game at the finish and was any
body's race until the last yard when Nc
FarIand jumped his machine, crossing
with the smallest possible margin to the
good.
The point score of the leaders now
stands as follows: Bald, 129: Taylor, 109;
Mcfarland. All; Kimble. SO; Cooper. So;
Gardiner 70.
Kramer, the little Jerseyman, who
wears the colors of the Riverside Wheel
men, scored in the amateur mile cham
pionship in as clean-cut a style as one
would wish to see.
In both the pursuit races the Western
ers downed the Eastern teams. In the
amateur event four teams started, and 1t
narrowed down the New York and Chi
cago. and the trio of the latter city
finally caught the remaining rivals at
six and three-sixteenth miles. The meet
from a racing point of view. has been
brilliant, and in all other respects 1t
has been admirably conducted by the
9S meet club.
The attendance from out of town was
sadly disappointing. and the financial
success is doubtful
The Summarizes
One-mile L. A. w championship-Pro-
fessional Won by F. A. Mcfarland. St.
Jose. Cal Major Taylor, New York, sec
ond; o. s. Kimble. Louisville. third: o. c.
Stevens, Ottumwa. Iowa. fourth; ]. A
Fisher, Chicago. fifth. Time. 1:5s %.
Two-mile tandem-Professional Won
by W. Martin and a. T. Mertens; w. f.
Becker and T. Butler second. Stevens and
Mcfarland third. John S. Johnson and y.
Monroe fourth. Time 4:57 As.
Five-nile team, pursuit: East VS.. West;
Professionalism by the WeSt-McFar-
land. Cooper. Gardiner. Stevens, and Mer-
tens; East-Bald. Martin, Vernier, Had
field and Eaton-second. Time. 1923 1-5.
One mile national amateur champion
ship-Won by f. L. Kramer, r. w. New
York: Z. W. Peabody, Chicago. second !;
E. C. Hausman N w. New York, third !:
c. NJ. Ertz. R. W. New York. fourth !;
G. II. Collette, n. w. New York. fifth.
Time 2:04 3-5.
Two-mile handicap; amateur-Won by
George Walthour. Dayton. Ohio (2lO
yards) Archie Ferguson, Terre Haute
(25o YARDS. second; j. De Stfani, Chicago
(225 yards). third. Time. All Kramer
(scratch) rode the distance in 4:17.
Interstate team pursuit race; amateur
Won by Illinois peabody. Llewellyn and
StefanD; New York (Kramer, Ertz. and
Schofield). second; Indiana Pease, Pfeff-
er, and Gordon). third Connecticut Col
lett. Hausman, and Van CotD. fourth.
Time. 1913 3-5. Distance 6 3-16 miles.
The times., 1898-08-14
CYCLING COMMENT.

Following out the plan to give the local
public good bicycle racing the manage
ment of the Park Bicycle Club has made
arrangements to bring to this city Fred
Titus, the champion unpaced rider of the
country. AS published in The Times
Thursday, telegram from Baltimore
announced the consummation of the plan.
With some little hesitation Titus signed
the agreement by which he promised to
ride any two local men in a pursuit race
of unlimited distance. He was perfectly
willing to ride any local man, but he did
not fancy riding again against two. He
did not seem to think that he stood any
show of winning. and on that account
stated that the race was the hardest one
on him that could be possibly imagined.
It would De a case of hard riding from
the start to the finish.
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An Old Inventor

(From the New York Commercial Adyertiser.)
Abner c. Foodel, aged ninety-three OF Salem.
Mass, is the oldest living inventor in the United
States. He perfected the design of the first
printing press which printed on both sides Of a
paper at once, and he also discovered the process
for preparing steel and copper plates for en-
gravers. Later he helped build the first loeomo-
tive for the Boston and Lowell Railway. He
worked on the first electric motor ever construct
ed which afterward ran between Baltimore and
Washington, and the first engine lathe for the
railroad repair shop.
The times., 1898-08-14

The wet weather Welshman" alias
Jimmy Michael. the little wonder is
scheduled for the fifth time to ride his
ten-mile paced match race with A C.
Moran. The race this time will come
off tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock. and
the tickets for the Observation-Disclosures
events viii be good for the race The
title given the champion middle-distance
rider in The Times yesterday seems to
be particularly appropriate inasmuch as
every day the Welshman was in the city
it rained; and another curious coincident
is that when he left town the weather
cleared up. Locally Michael is a wet
weather man, but, as one patron of the
race meet expressed it, he ought to be in
the Government service as a rain-bringer,
accomplishing this wonder with compare
lively little difficulty, while Gen. Dyren-
forth. with all his waste of gunpowder
could not accomplish the same thing.
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Against TITUS will be placed E. NJ. Will
son and Lee Counselman, both we'll
known local men who have good speed
qualities. Both of these will start to-
gether, and will alternate in furnishing
pace Counselman will probably set a
good pace for a mile so, and then Will
son will take the lead. BY doing this 1t
lessons the chances of the men tagging
out. and permits them TO ride much
longer distance than if each had to fur
nish his own pace Titus, on the other
hand. will have to cut his own pace from
The times., 1898-08-14
AMONG LOCAL ATHLETES
Annual Rowing Regatta at Bas-
ion on Labor Day.
SWIMMING CHAMPION HIPS

Absentees Prevent c. A. c. From
Competing i'm the IntercIub Race.
still n Doubt as To Which Club
Has the Rest Crew-MiH Hold
Open Fall Meet,
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Titus. however. has continued in compe-
tition events. taking up middle-distance
work He surprised everyone early in the
Spring by defeating Tom Linton. the
Welshman, at the Manhattan Beach
track. In a second match race with the
Welshman he lost. With other middle
distance riders. he has been quite sue
cessful. and has won a number of such
events. In his match race Thursday at
Baltimore with Jimmy Michael in which
he lost, he was prevented from making
a good showing owing to his
poor pace. In his unpaced work he
holds the worlds record for five and ten
miles. The record of the former is II :06,
while for the latter distance 1t is 1900
fiat. The latter record was established a
few weeks ago at the Willow Grove track.
He covered the first five miles of the dis
tance in 11:55. while the second five miles
was made in the record-breaking time of
Hos. On July of this year he rode five
miles unpaced in Hos, the record that
still stands.
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the start to the finish. If he wins IL will
be a good compliment to his fast unpaced
work
In the agreement for the race the local
riders are favored considerably. One OF
the greatest concessions was the allow
ing of the two men TO ride together.
Another good point in their favor is this:
If only one of the local riders over,akes
Titus, and the other is within twenty
five yards of the New Yorker. the local
boys viii win.
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This will not be the first appearance of
Titus in this city. He was here at the
opening race meet of the season last year
at the Park track He came over from
Baltimore with Barney Oldieid, and of
the two professional races on the pro-
gram Titus won one and secured 4 place
in the other. Oldheld, while at Indianap-
oils Thursday. met with a serious mishap
He was one of trioiet crew pacing
'Plugger Bill'' Martin in a match race
with John S. Johnson. The trip went
down and all of the riders were hurt, in
Guiding Martin.