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New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

unanimously elected to succeed him The council
then appointed F. d. COlsOn OF the victorious crews
Of 1895. 1897 and lS9S. assistant coach OF crews tc
assist Coach Courtney during the coming year
The council also appointed F. r. Teagle, O2. Of
Cleveland. Ohio. assistant manager of the navy
The schedule of the baseball team approved
and included games with Harvard. Brown aut
Holy Cross.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28
RAND REFUGEES GETTING INPATIENT

Cape Town. oct. 27-Three thousand Rand ref
ugees, their patience having become exhausted.
have determined TO petition the Queen TO permit
their immediate return 10 their homes
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28
HARRY ELKEs RREAks MORE RECORDS

Brockton. Mass. Oct. 27.-Harry EIkes broke ALL
bicycle records from twelve to twenty-five miles
inclusive this afternoon, his time for tvyept,, f,a
miles Delng N;W% which beats the previous record
made by Stinson by LIS seconds S 'SN'u
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

STI I@IF won rad1n Out by scant head; one length
between second third.
SIATH RACE-For three year-ods upward; selling;
$500 added One mile a sixteenth.
W c. Daly's b. Alsike yrs bv
Flatiands-Lucky Clover. 1O4 NJ (SIIIes) 81 II
Perry Benont's b. +. Dread, IGl. ........
J. J: McCafferty's b. +. Belle OF Orleans ~
lol q. SiaCk) 3 81
tJol4i4o % COnnor)
Oh
Rochester, (IitcheID 20 6-I
Time :51H.
Start good Won driving by a length same distance
between second and third
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

The scores Of the three tied for eighth ?
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
MEMPHIS GOT IT.
The Bluff City Will Entertain the Ex-
Confederates in 1901.


The tenth annual reunion of the
ex Confederate Veterans held at
Louisville, Ky, during the past
week, is over. Memphis will enter
tain the brave boys in gray In 1901.
Three cities were competitors for
the honor of entertaining the veter-
ans next year.
The charms of Memphis were
presented by Gen. John B. Gordon,
who made successful plea for the
Tennessee city. Buffalo. n Y, and
Jacksonville, Fla, were the others
anxious for the large gathering in
1901. They were well represented,
but the. vote resulted as follows:
Memphis 1870 votes, Jacksonville
256, Buffalo 26.
The recent meeting at Louisville
was one of the most successful aud
enjoyable yet held. The Pine Bluff
delegation will return today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
AGAIN HONORED.
HON. CLIFTON r. RECkIN
RIDGE, OF THIS CITY,
APPOINTED
ON DAWES COMMISSION.
He Succeeds Col. A. S. McKen-
non. Who Retired From
Service.

Honorable Clifton r. Brechir.
ridge, of this city, United States
Minister to Russia under Cleveland,
was Saturday appointed by Presi-
dent William Mckinley, a commits
sioner to negotiate with the Indians
of Cherokee, Choctaw. Chicksaw.
Museogee Cor Creek and Seminole
nations, vice A. S. McKennon, re-
signed.
Col. McKennon held that position
for almost ten years. 1t is rumored
that his resignation was due to an
offer he recently received to accept
higher, better salaried and more
important Office. Col. McKennon's
home is at Clarksville, Ark.
Speaking of The appointment the
Little Rock Gazette says:
Mr.. Breckenridge succeeds Col. A.
S. MeKennon, of GAINESVILLE, Ark,
who has been on what is known as
the Dawes commission a number OF
years. The place is worth about
$4,000 per annum. In March, 1896,
the Republican state central COM
mittee Recommended Hon. e. f.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
DIED IN MEXICO
Mrs. e. c. Malone, Formerly Miss An
ME Fitzhugh, Dies Suddenly.

The sas,snews Of the death of Mrs.
G. C. Malone, who was formerly
Miss Annie Fitzhugh, of McGeehee,
Ark, and who died at Coatzaeoalcos,
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Friday, reached
Pine Bluff on that same day and
was deeply felt here.
Last January Mrs. Malone mar :
RED Mr.. C. c. Malone in this city.
They left Immediately for Mexico,
where Mr.. Malone is interested.
The news of her sudden death was
severe shock to the family as her
illness was unknown. She died of
yellow fever and will be buried at
the place where she breathed her
last.
Mrs. Malone was just twenty-nine
years of age. She was a most ami.
able, bright and pleasant lady and
her friends were mum berless. Kind
and accommodating she was loved by
all. She was model daughter, sis
ter and wife. A mother, Mrs. E. A..
Fitzhugh, of McGehee, together
with a sister and two DEVOTED
brothers, Chas. R. of this city, and
]. M. of McGeehee, are left to mourn
her death. To these heartbroken
relatives, we extend our sincere
sympathy and coincidence in their
sad bereavement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03

be was employed by the defendant
to rentfrom Mrs. Horton, in Nash
vile, Tenn her farm Ia Jefferson
county, known as the Horton Island
plantation, for which be agreed to
pay $500. 4e made the trip to
Nashville, and was at an extra
expense OF SO, and mad terms for a
lease OF the farm, but the defendant
refused to pay him.
Afterwards he was employed by
the defendant to adjust claim of
the Iron Mountain railroad against
him for 81, 300 for some cotton seed
in controversy. He was to receive
$3.50 for this service. Plaintiff al.
leges that no part Of the total of
$3.50 has been paid, though he has
made demand for same.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
MISS ETHEL ATKINSON
Captured the sorrells Medal Offered
at Star City for Elocution.

County Judge w. d. Jones, Pros
ecuting Attorney Sorrells. Senator
Elect Greed Caldwell and Editor
Ernest Plummer have returned
from Star City, where they attend
ed the commencement exercises oil
the Friendship High School and
were treated royalty by the people OF
that town.
The exercises were complete and
very interesting. In the vocai
contest there were six contestants,
Misses Emma Owen, Ethel Atkin :
son. Eva Traweek; Messrs. V. G.
Hinton and Thad Traweek. Miss
Ingram won the medal, her song
being "Ecstacy."
A $40 gold piece was offered by
Attorney x. O. PindaIl to the best
orator and IL was awarded TO Thad
Traweek, after competing with Don
White and Alfred Owen. His sub.
ject was aOur Republic.
A $50 medal was offered by Pros
ecuting Attorney Sorrells for the
most efficient elocutionist. The
contestants were Misses Bessie
Robertson, Ethel Atkinson, Fay
Winters and Eva Traweek, Messrs.
c. NJ. Cowart and Alfred Owen.
Miss Atkinson received the honors,
her subject being Sacrifice Of
Genius. Hon. W. D. Jones pre-
scented the medal and proved quite
fayorlte with the Intelligent au
dience.
Addresses we're made by Messrs.
Sorrells, Plndali AMI others.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03

Auten of Little Rock for place on
the commission, but for some reason
he Was not pressed for that plum
and was given something equally
as good in the receivershlp of the
First National Bank of Little Rock,
and Jefferson, (Tex) national bark
Colonel McKennon has been on the
commission since it was created, If
the Gazette mistakes not. Mr..
Breckenridge still makes his home
at Pine Bluff since his return from
Russia, where he served as am bass
ador from the United States, having
been appointed to that post by
President Cleveland in 1894 upon
his defeat by Hon. John S. Little
for denomination to congress.
AS soon as the news reached this
city Saturday morning, hundreds
of MAJ. Breckinridfe's friends Wis.,
tied his coy Office on Pine street
and congratulated him. Major
Breckenridge was offered the posi-
ton few days ago and accepted.
His appoin tmeut soon followed.
The Office is non political and, We
are pleased to state, will not neces-
zltate Maj. Breckinridge's removal
from this city, although be will
spend most of his time away from
here. He is the most competent
man that could have been appoint
ed and the selection is an honor to
the government, the state and the
commission. We congratulate Maj.
Breckenridge on receiving such a
merited call and feel that the honor
was most worthily bestowed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
"A HORRIBLE HE'LL
Is What An Ex-Convict Calls tho
Jefferson County Farm.

I, q. Talley, negro, was recent
~ pardoned by the governor. He
has addressed the following petition
TO Gov. Jones 10 the interest Of VIM.
Wade, who was convicted before A.
Il. Stebbins, ESQ Of his township,
for carrying pistol and fined 800
on March 8, 1900, and before T.
Parsel, Of bis township, for an at
tempt to commit burglary and fined
$50 on the 9th day Of March, 1900.
Since that time be has been serv-
iGg on the county farm under such
outrageous treatment aud indigni-
ties as to render life worse than
death. cannot depict to you the
horrible treatment and duom Of this
man, and ! unhesitatingly express
the opinion that be will never be
able to live through the punisme1t1
they are iuilictiug upon him. He
is under set Of guards composed
of the most ignoranu sroes TO bc
found, who wjllful!y, deliberately
and maliciously whip, beat aud
nistreat him u every way conceiv-
able.
His health is greatlyimpaired and
be is Ia literal torment during his
entire confinement there. He has
already suffered more punishment,
10 ny opinion, than is contemplated
by the Imprisonment OF man III
the penitentiary for series Of
years.
| would also make known to your
excellency the fact that no Outsider
will ever know the horrible mis-.
treatment endured by the conyicts,
and the privatlons they suffer.
They are i'll fed, ill.clothed, over
worked and are treated With more
inhumanities than | could possibly
describe to you.
/ therefore beg OF your excellency
full aud free pardon for VIM. Wade
and bis release from the horrible
hell in which be Is now confined.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
SURPRISED FRIENDS
Miss Josie Ferguson and Mr.. Johnnie
Johnson Married at Fit. Worth.

The many friends of Miss Josie
Ferguson, of this city, and Mr..
Johny Johnson, of FIT. Worth, Tex,
were treated to an agreeable sur,
prise Saturday. when they learned
of their marriage. 1t was solemn
lied Saturday morning at Ft. Worta.
The bride is handsome and very
attractive yourg lady and has been
in the employ of Isaac Dreyfus' Big
Store for the past several months.
Mr.. johnson is we'll known here,
where be formerly resided. He is
an excellent gentleman. We WISH
them health and happiness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03


Having sufficiently recovered from
bis Chicago trip. Eiitor McNlsh, OF
the Lafayette Recorder sayr: "Such
specimens as tie mild hammered
Gopes, of the Camden Beacon; the
astute Stanfield. OF the Rison Herald;
the Chesterfieldian Chidister, Of Cam
den: the Walker Brothers, OF Mag
nolia, Murf, the ladies man, from
Camden; Mathews, Wilson and Mas
ter OF ceremonies Solmson, OF the
Graphic, Pine Bluff. made up q
party for your whiskefs. We took
Chicago by s.orm-they had no idea
we were coming. It's a wonder We
were not arrested for 'rubberAeck-
Ing FOR some Of the boys brought
home enough elastic in their necks to
start rubber trust
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
JEFF IS AL ALONE. /"
A. F. VandeuenteI Has Withdrawn
From the Gubernatorial Race.


Realizing that be would not be
the next governor Of Arkansas, Hon.
A. F. Van Deven ter, of Morrillton,
Ark, Saturday withdrew from the
race. The following is his card OF
withdrawal:
"Hon. JEFF Davis having secured
enough delegated votes TO assure
him the nomination for governor,
withdraw my name from further
consideration as candidate 70, said
Office. With malice toward none
and heart full Of gratitude to my
friends, I remain, respectfully, etc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
ELECTED BY SCHOOL BOARD
TO SERVE DURING THE
ENSUING YEAR.
MET SATURDAY NIGHT
At Pine Street High SCHOOL,
Partial List OF Instrue-
tors Selected.

The regular meeting of the Pine
Bluff School Board took place at the
Pine street high school Saturday
night, All the members and Supt.
Hinemon were present. The prin-
eipal business transacted was the
election OF teachers to fill positions
at the various schools in the city
during the ensuing school session.
Those elected were as follows.
Il. +. Moore, supervisor OF writing
and drawing.
Nj. D. Mcneil, supervisor OF music.
j. III. Witherspoon.
j. #. Johnson.
j. III. Thach.
Miss Lottie Hampton.
Mrs. B. c. Halton.
NJ. l.. Bell.
Miss F. O. Hogg.
Miss Eva Davis.
Miss BERTHE Hart.
Miss Willie Evans.
Mis- Jennie Aiken.
Miss Julia. Fall.
Miss Blanche Soul.
Miss Lou Reeder.
Miss Hattie B. Bloom.
Miss Miggie Ellis.
Miss Edward Lennon.
Miss Mildred Larche.
Miss Lucy Hudson.
Misses Alice Lester and Lucy Buff
ford were elected as helpers IN the
schools.
The colored teachers elected are.
Thomas Nc Maxim. William Town
send, Mrs. A. 7. Strickland, A. Nj.
Freeman, A. S. Moon. Leoni Cooper,
A. W. Crump, Mrs. Ida Young, Sadie
Battles, Mrs. ETA Wylie, Bertha
Webb and Mrs. Sam Havis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
MRS. Nicely DEAD.

Mrs, A. r. Neeley, age 81 years, and
most estimable Christian lady died
at the home Of Mr.. George Barnett,
on East Second avenue Saturday
morning. She was the mother Of
Mrs. George Barnett, Of this city,
ard Mrs. G. G. Estes. OF Corning.
ARK. The remains were shipped to
ca1nden for ID teIment, We extend
our sympafy to the bereaYed " their
sorro n.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03

mercy, for sport and for profit.
The most pitiful story in the history
of all animal life is Prof. William T..
Hornadays report Oh the extinction
of the American bison. The mania
for slaughter seems to have affected
every one. The English lord, the
miner, the cowboy and the emigrant
slew right and left, dotting the
plain with thousands upon thous.
ands of tons of bleaching bones that
have since been gathered up and
transported to the sugar refneries
on the Atlantlc coast. These herds,
that could have easily been
converted into domestic animals and
preserved as permanent source of
wealth, have literally been swept
from the face of the earth.
Professor Hornaday thinks that
there are at present 400 living buff.
alo in the whole world. The herd of
the Flathead Indians, the Buffalo
Jones herd, the Goodnight terd, the
Gorbin herd, few specimens here
and there in geological parks. rem
.nants still of perhaps twenty in the
Yellowstone national park, and a
few scattered buffalo west of Hud-
son Bay embiac all that are left of
the coutless millions of a generation
ago.
IN New Mexico the Buffalo finds
his natural home, both summer and
winter. There remain vast acres of
unoccupied public lands where the
buffalo formerly roamed and bred
with much fruitfulness. Domestic
cows can be placed on this range and
crossed with buffalo bulls. This is
no longer an experiment. The pro-
duct of this cross is an animal with
a coat heavy enough to resist the
seyerest winter storm. This, how
eyer, is only an incident to the real
purpose of the plan. as there would
be no attempt made to breed from
the female buffalo anything but the
pure blooded bison. The addition
would be made by breeding domestic
cows, and so the production of pure
bloods would not be in this manner
decreased"
There is also a probability that
Congress will set aside as a Nation
al Park the petrifed forests IN the
central-east of Arizona. The read
ers of the Graphic will remember
that gave them something of a
description of this great natural
wonder during my sojourn Ia Ari-
IONA last summer. 1t is proposed
to desie nate the "forest' as "Chal
cedoney Park This is one of the
most remarkable natural curiosities
in the world. 1t is only a few miles
from the Santa Fe railroad, and on
a direct route to the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado, perhaps the great
est natural wonder in the world.
The petrifed forest is thus describ-
ed by a government expert:
"There is every evidence to show
that the trees grew beside some
inland sea. After falling they be-
came water-logged, and during the
decomposition the cell structure of
the wood was entirely replaced by
SILICA from sandstone in the walls
surrounding this great inland sea.
Over the entire area trees lie scat
tered in all conceivable positions
and in fragments of all sizes. A
phenomenon perhaps unparalleled
and the most remarkable feature OF
the park. is the natural bridge
formed by tree of agatized wood
spanning a canyon forty-fve feet
in width. The park was discovered
in 1858.
w AnANs
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
a BISON RESERVE TO BE ES-
TABLISHED ON PUBLIC
LANDS IN NEW MEX.
aCHALCEDONY PARK.
The Petrifcd Forest of Arizona
to be Made a National
Park.
Special Correspondence to the Graphic.

Special Correspondence to the Graphic
ALBUQUERQUE, N, NJ, May % "A
little over a quarter of century
ago the great Southwest was full of
Bison. The thousands of herds that
roamed the Western plains, and the
constant fear of buffalo stampedes
added to the terrors of commercial
caravans and pioneer life. The
stampede was almost as dangerous
to the freiphters and caravans
bound for California over the Santa
Fe Trail along in the ffties as the
warlike tribes of Indians. But the
advent of the great trans. continen-
tai railroads has changed al this.
The Red Men have become traetab
and are now peacefully confined to
their reservations or pueblos. while
the great American bison mas be-
come almost extinct.
Recently there has been a move
ment to establish a bison reserve,
on which a small herd of buffalo are
TO be confined, bred and developed.
A bill has recently been reported to
the Lower House of Congress by
the committee on public lands to
set aside 900 acres of public land
il New Mexico for a buffalo reserve,
to be placed in charge OF "Buffalo"
Jones, who now owns the only herd
of bison on the continent.
The committee gives its reasons
for reporting the bill in most inter
esting language, and the report is
not without historical value. The
report says:
There is perhaps no fact in the
natural history of America which
brings such reproach on civilized
man as the reckless and and almost
total destruction of the bison. At
this time there are in all probability
not 500 animals on the continent.
When America was discovered the
American Indians, measured by
their fiocks and herds, were as opu-
lent as any people on the globe. The
bison was the common property of
all. He took care of himself both
winter and summer. and furnished
never failing supply OF food and
raiment for the aborlgines. Through
inconceivatle ages this animal has
become adapted to the ssoil, climate
and surroundings. The bison is the
most typically American of all the
indigenous beasts on the continent.
In 1882 the last of the bison was
killed eahN Of the Mississippi river.
Before the development of the rail-
roads vast herds of these animals
avoided the destructive effects Of
the white settlements by emigrat-
Ing to the far west, and down to as
late as 1870 they still mum bered very
many millions. The building of the
Pacific railroad was the signal for
TIE destruction of these vast herds.
They were slaughtered without
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03

ssOpportunlty is the cream OF
time.' Now is your time to take
Hoods sarsaparilla and derive the
most benefit froms /. The blood is
now loaded with dangerous impure
ties which this medicine will promptly
expel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03

Some Pine Bluff fishermen spent
Tuesday here and returned home
with something like so pounds of
game fish which they caught IN Old
river. Clarendon was quite q p0pu-
lar fish ng resort last season, parties
coming here from neighboring cities.
and nearly all the drummers made It
convenient to hang up at clarep don.
Sunday in order to enjoy li17 - s.,
advantages. Clarendon Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-03
TWO FORMER PINE BLUFF|ANS
Mixed Up in Suit in the Pulaski
Circuit Court.

Jos. /. Altschul. formerly OF this
city, recently filed suit IN Pulaski
circuit court against Jas. 2 Frank
In, another former Pine Blutfian,
for $3.50, alleged to be due for ser
vice rendered as an attorney. The
plaitiff alleges that IL June, 1927
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-13

WHAT a farce the republicans OF
Rock Island are making of the pri-
mary election law as applied to eau
cuses. Under the -pretense that the
object of coming under the provisions
of this law is to purify the method of
holding the caucus by giving the
party representatives free, untram-
meled expression without suggestion
or intimidation, he party bosses in
each of the wards get together few
days in advance of the primary, cut
and dry the program, even to saying
who shall be voted for delegates as
we'll as alderman, and likewise Sc
Letting the ward committeeman,
and then the rank and file are
permitted to walk up to the
booths dominated by the same
bosses and approve OF what the same
aforesaid bosses in their star-cham Der
session have done. If there ever was
proposed scheme for the party au-
tocrat to dictate the politics of his
ward, the use to which the primary
election in Rock Island has been put
will prove that purpose. 1t is merely
an exhibition of the members of the
party dancing to the music of the
self-constituted bosses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-13
Plead to Be spared unjust Tax.

The planters, merchants and man
ufacturers of Porto Rico have Joined
in plea to William l and congress
to be spared from the unjust discrim-
| ination of taxation without represen-
tation. The statement mailed at San
Juan yesterday and forwarded on the
steamer Philadelphia, sets forth that:
I'VE, the undersigned, beg to sub
nit to your earnest consideration the
| following views as to the financial
policy of Porto Rico. We note with
regret the principle enunciated by
certain speakers in the lower house of
congress that a tariff between Porto
Rico and the United States is the pro-
per method of raising revenue for
this island. To this we are unchange-
ably opposed, for the following rea-
sons:
''First-Because taxation on our
exports means an embargo on our,
foreign commerce.
"Second-Because curtailment of
our commerce with the United States
would lock up our products here and
prevent US from gaining our legiti-
mate proportion of profit on our
productions.
do not mistake the proposed 10
per cent of the Dingley rates for a
reasonable rate. 1t is fact that no
class of goods produced here from
leaf tobacco will be taxed less than
% per cent AL valorem, while one of
| the most important of this class will
be taxed 100 per cent adj valorem
under the bill adopted by the house
of representatives.
IF this is not an embargo on our
trade, what can il be called?
I'VE earnestly ask for free trade,
! believing that with a mutual inter-
change of products between the two
countries the United States will be
more than gamer. The United States
will for many years supply i 900, 900
people with its manufactured pro-
ducts. In general we recognize the
fact that revenue to support the
insular government would be neces-
sary. but we are decidedly of opinion
that better method for raising that
revenue will be by internal taxation,
and for the following reasons:
"First-Because by that system no
restriction will be placed on our COM
merce with the United States.
''Second-Because the adoption of
that system will be ample in opera
ton mere as il is in the United States"
The petition, after dealing extern
sively with facts and figures, goes on
to say: The fact cannot be disputed
that our people are in sore distress.
All commerce is now hamPered. The