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the scuflle, drew very large crowd of pedestrians white and eolored. from adjoining streets The trouble between the officer and the negro in. .stantly aroused the other negroes in the gang and quite number of them went for Roarity with picks and spades Foreman 4McCullom grabbed one of the negroes who was about to strike the officer in the back of tho head With 2 pick and Rearity reafiz- ing his danger, told the men who were coming at him that he would kill them if they made q move. This checked the negroes, and other officers were summoned
 The police patrol bringing Chief Craig and a sqrad Of assistants soon arrived and Sims and two other ne- groes Were placed in the wagon and carried to headquarters Officers Frank Gnipepper, Deputy Sheriff Gull pepper and John Walters were very active and cooly dispersed the crowd without further trouble. Several other deputies were upon the scene later and all negroes who refused to go back to work were ordered to move and the excitement subsded. skDne negro, Jordan Tillman, said he didn't have to move, but Officers Culpepper and Walters grabbed him and hurried him off to jail. Chief of Police Craig
 told his men to pull all men, white or black, who were inclined to start trouble and through the good work of the police department the troahle was quieted without serious results.
 Pat Sims, Jordan Tillman, Robert
 BWks and Joe Tucker were the four negroes mt in iail Sims, Tiliman and BHlks were tried in the police court Saturday morning on various charges, but Judge Brown let them off rather light considering the offense of which they were guilty Judge 1 Brown said ho thought their fines 9 little small. but gave them 9 severe lecture in addition Sims was fined $4e. Tiilman $fo, and Berks SEQ. BUTEs was the negro who attempted
 to strike Officer Roarity with pick. Tucker will be tried Monday morning
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
Body of Luis Efoyos Found in an Old
 We'll at Mena.
Several Arrests Made, Among fhe Nuna- Der Being Three Women of
 the Town.

band, John Sowder. left her. and since then Hoyos has been seen with her and at her hut frequently. These facts led Coroner Fry to believe that this woman should be taken in GUS tody to await an investigation, and she was arrested and locked lip in the county jail
 Two other women, Maggie Davis and Mrs. Springer, nying close by. were also arrested and taken to the city jail to await an investigation.
 Mrs. sowders denies all knowledge of the affair, and stated that she had not seen the man since Saturday. June s. tn examination disclosed almost beyond doubt that the man had been murdered and thrown into the well to conceal the crime. His neck was broken and there was a bad wound on the side of the head, and several other bruises on the body. There was no blood in his heart and very little water in his lungs indicating very strongly that the man was dead be fore being thrown into the we'll This afternoon Toll Johnson. an employe of the Leidigh & Ravens Lumber companys mill, was arrested, and will also be held to await further investi- gation. Statements were made by the Springer and Davis women to the effect that Johnson said if he caught Hoyos down at Mrs. Sowder's he would kill him. The coroner has made very slow progress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
BATTLE AND RAILROAD.
A Comparison of causalties in War
 anc Peace.

If l,l25 men were killed and 44,G20 were wounded in battle, even the most staid newspaper would be pardoned for using sensational headlines. A thrill Of horror would virbrate civiliz- ea peoples, prayers would be uttered in all churches for the dead, and sym pathetic feeling for relatives and wounded would be universal.
 Such calamity. however. happens every year, almost without comment. But for the official report of the inter- state commerce commission annual ly rendered to congress, the world would be but little wiser for it. and as it is, goes on almost unmoyed and unconcened about it. The figares given above for the brief official an nouncement of the number killed and injured by railroads of the United States for the year ending June 30. lS99. The statistic is officially soft ened by ratio statement that only one person was killed or injured for for certain number of million miles accomplished by trains The public k further treasured to the fact that only 239 passengers were killed and only 3.sE2 We're injured. which gives Over sixty million miles travelled for one killed, and over four and one-haIf milton miles traveled for one injured We are told that 4,574 persons kfIlea were really tespassers, as Were alsa 3,@@555 of the injured. They got in fron5 Of tie trains when they ought to have had business elsewhere. Some oss then were only tramps, stealing rides. thus giddins communities of their maintenance and offerings, and sad. ding the burial expenses on the rail- road corporations.
 X careful examination of the o.s:o- ial report fails to reveal any other philanthropic CT reassuring features On the contrary, a glance at the table in the report shows that during the period from September 30, 1888, to same date, 1S99 the awful slaughter of railways amounted to 7S,412 killed and 415,7o7 iniured-a population gre2fer Shan the city of New Orleans. But what is strictly germain to this article is the fact that during those years the number of railway employea killed in the limited States was B.. goo, and the number injured was 922. l fG.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
Narrowly AVerted by the Goodness
 of the Local Police.
Drunken Railroad ErnpIoye Causes Trouble Among a Gang of Section
 Hands

What might have been bloody riot was narrowly avartea by the cool manner in which Che local police handled q body of defiant negroes Friday afternoon. The excitement occurred at the corner of Third ave nue and Main street, where the Cotton Belt has body of negroes at work laying new steel rails The track was considerably torn up and the ne groes Were hunying their wofl, in or der to prepare the track for an incom- ing train when the trouble began.
 Several days ago the hands struck on the Cotton Belt and asked for high CT wages. The company refused their request and all the negroes. seeing their efforts unsuccessful, returned to work. Pat Sims, one of the negroes, seemed to be chief agitator in the strike movement when it was carried out. Friday afternoon Sims laid off and tanked up. He came down to the point where the gang was busiy en- gagged in replacing the track and de manded Foreman McCullom, a white man, to give him his identification check and endorse same McCullom told the negro he would talk to him if he waited a little while; that q train was coming in and he was com l pelled to have the track in good con dition when it arrived The negro be came very boisterous and cursed Mr McCullem and everybody else within hearing distance.
 Officer Roarity saw the negro III the street and heard him remark tha1 there was going to be "hell to pay i if he didn't get his cheek. etc He fol lowed the man to the place, expeetin: to see trouble. and arrested hir fo1 disturbing the peace, after he na ( the attack on tho foreman. As h> took hold of Sims, the negro began tt fight and to save himself from anjur! he was forced to pull out=his gun anl strike the negro three successive blows oyer the head. The force of thc third blow caused the revolver u bc discharged and the bullet sho through the negro's hat The report of the gun and the previous noise G.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23

\ 4Iena, ..lI.., telegram says. The body of Luis Hoyos, a Mexican, who had not been seen by any of his friends. so far as heard from, since Wednesday. June F, was found in one |f the old abandoned WaterWoGbs wells in the north part of the town early this morning The discovery was made by Mrs Eagleton, who lives near the well. while she was there getting water to do some washing | The well is forty feet deep and ten feet across at the tep, and at this |tme of year water comes to within two feet of the top. This big hole has no covering over 1t, but the plat |form extends across one side. on (which the washwomen stand to dip l up water. Mrs. Eagleton had drawn |up two buckets of water and was in Ethe act of drawing the third when she saw the head and shoulders of man l raise up in the water almost under |her. The body was readily identified
 as that of Luis Hoyos, who has been 1 a familiar figure on the streets of : Mena with a hot tamala box on his : back. At one side of the well there was evidence of the body sliding in
 a couple of feet The mans keys were found, and still few feet fur |ther was his cap Within seventy-fEe feet from this well is little hut in | which lives 9 woman of the name of
 Sowders. About month ago her hHs-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
NOT BEFORE rIONDAY
Will Gov. Davis Name Circutt Clerk for
 Jefferson County.

9zt .Ao- ] f seyis VIII moi ploiat
 essof ;1 tAa l95s ls44, X. :.s.3s i. circuit eleah- Of Jefferson aosat@ aatil Monday. if he makes t.e aW sittmeaa II that time. This 5a haaaes MeHd vas made by.the govern o' himself Saturday afternoon at : o'clecE. at which hour he met all the aspi.ants for the position, their friends and other politicians from this ec1 rty It may be that the governor Nill feqHest the Jefferson County Democratic Central committee to zee. oameaa man for the place and if this is done the Jefferson County Democratic Central committee wlll be called into special session.
 Saturday was the day upon which Governor Davis had previously an. zo4ne q that he would hear tho re- zfeetiEe ar sE.5E.ts Ee ga9e thas. s=.l hearing. but later gave out the ata;a- maat tHat he would not maEa ar 4r- Rointment until Monday i. then. Among tae interested parties in ifttie Rock from this city are the theee .as- piraats, Mesars. c. E. Eytle. W. Goodwin and ". L. Toney. and Jaaae ". D. Jones, County Clerk F. B. Bloom, Representative H. K. Toaey and others
 \ majority of tAe Pine Bluff peaa!s returned from Little Rock at late hour last night, and it seems that all of them know as much now as they knew before they saw the governor. It is stated confdentially that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23

lhs governor #iIl not leave lhe matter
 with the oeatre! eenmitta4 but will nake the anpcintmout himself. Just "4o Ae #iii name seems to ba 2 mys. teisA as l4e faafif Ha promises to either @f tbass. .a5.ts or their friends. Toney. stta and Goodwin have, ac- eo.aing ;o fta atcaaatioa at hand. aa GanI snoHia4 TA following seta~aed from t4a e4H.ts! Saturday nigh- Hes4rs Jim Could. w. T. Yoaae 2 E. Hleem. 4 D. Jones, ". l. Tone aad f l. l2tle. Of this city Dr. F { #alt of Altheimer: " (. csittendea of #ebbaseka, s snator F1eaaiteu. Fl Dorado.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
RUGGED THE WIFE
Of Louis Hubbard and Came Near
 Losing His Life.

Louis Hubbard. a negro who is quite conspicious in local cicles as a law breaker. attempted to kill Lee ThoTp- son, a negro laborer in the en1pay If the Ligllg and Water company 51tpr. day night Hubbard shot at TAoap- son. but he bullet missed its mark The shooting occurred at Shm,n n's store ea 2.ast BareaqGe staAat. F7}e- bod says he tried to kill Thanl@ea because ha augged his wife Thenn- son denies the allegations. Oaioer Meeks made the arrest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23

The steamer Lucille Rowland. which left the local landing Friday at noon on it's return trip to Memphis, ran upon sand bar a few hours after leaving this city and was still there at last reports from that point The sand bar upon which the boat is stuck is situated on the left side of the river, going down. one mile and a half this side of the Rob Roy bridge. The water in the Arkansas river has been very low for several days and the steamboats have found it quite difficult to navigate. The Rowland is loaded with a large amount of freight faa lower landings.
 Mir Edwin I. Kcrwin, local travel ing salesman left the boat in slliif Saturday morning and reached Rob Roy in time to catch the Cotton Belt train for this city from Memphis Mr KaHWiH aaia the roustabouts were at work cutting away the sand when h left, but he is of the opinion that the Rowland will net be able to get away until Monday. if that carly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
Was a Success.

The ice cream supper and dance, given at the home of Mrs Anna Chest mutt, 506 East Sixth avenue. Friday night for the benefit of AnnGnciation school fund. was largely attended and proved to be both social and financial success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
Efficient Teachers.

Prof. \. ". Lowe and ]. R Allen have been elected teachers in the Pine Bluff public schools for the en- suing school year. Nr. Lowe is principal of one of the schools. These tive yoang gentlemen are efficient teachers and will give the school patrons of Pine Bluff perfect satisfaa- tion. n.-Monticellonian
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
Washwomen Urduly Alarmed.

number of washwomen re fused to take in their regular washing last week on account of a statement which is being made over town by some ignorant negro to the effect that the city is taxing washwomen $50 per year to take in washing There is no truth in the report
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
NEW OFFICERS.
For j. El. Murray Camp, United Con
 federatc Veterans.

The members of j. Ed Murray Camp No 5l0, United Confederate Veterans. held their annual election Of officers and business meeting at the office of County Treasurer Jesse F. Core Friday night. The new ofIic- CTS are:
 $. \. Feeder. Commander
 " ]. Galbraith, First Lieutenant Commander.
 ". D Vance. Second Lieutenant Commander.
 J. F. Putnam, Adjutant.
 J. E. TIulock, Treasurer.
 J. P. Knox Quartermaster
 Br. B R. Donaldson, Surgeon. J. F. Carr. Chaplain
 A. c. NoWell, Commissary.
 ]. H. Garrett, Soargeant Major. D. Foley, Officer of the Day.
 W. E. Alden, Color Bearer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
WAY TAPER WINS
1T SHEEPSHE AND LOCAL
 SPORTS ARE AHEAD.
Considerable Money Also Changed Hands on the Great American
 Cerby.

All the local sports, admirers Of Wax Taper, the celebrated race horse owned by Capt R. R. Rice, of Warner, made a killing i'll the local pool rooms Saturday. They backed Taper for aH they could get and one gentleman pulled down Q winning of $500, talk ing $1o0 of the bookmaker's money at odds of , to 1. Taper literally ran away from her competitors at Sbeeps- head
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23

Rev. c. r. Rittman, of Fort Smith, will preach at the English services to be held at the German Lutheran church this evening at o'clock
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23

The greatest event of the year in racing circles was the American Derby, mile and half event, pulled off at Washington park, Chicago. Sat urday afternoon. There were four teen candidates announced to go to the post, but several of the horses, among them being Jiminez and Lady Sehorr. were scratched The Pine Bluff pool rooms were crowaed with anxious sports all during the after noon aid many thousands Of dollars were WaseFed on the result. The derby Was pronounced on all sides d very open race. Bonnibert had very big following, as did also Silverdale. Robert Waddell. fifteen to one shot, rode by Vandusen, finished first by two lengths, and Terminus, another fifteen to one shot, finished second i; and The Parader, one of the favorites, showed. Time, 2:33 4-5. It is stated that 50,oo0 people saw the big race.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23

on. MT Floyd 4. Jarvis, the Jefferson Ion 9 planter. was Friday commis- Ir r1eu v constable of Victoria township t,ia" governor Jeff Davis. Mr. Jarvis E'ees at Noble Lake.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
MARROW ESCAPE
Of "ee. 7. ]. '=esaia Fro~ Serious
 I7.4r1 Ffcr1 Acccentai snot.

sitting an tAa na5aeA of her
 Fin steeet Fri6ag 5at Mrs f iisafia he'd . very narrow z5@az 4ra serious injury. Some un- i'''aa fred rife fron across e4e sueet sa.l the bail passed near 4.s. aeaG.nss head and entered the .F9nt wall q the house. 1t is not thought that the person shooting the #@aaen attempted to hit anyone qt t4e HeaH.n Aeme, The promtscuoas Use of A.earns On the streets should be stopped before somebody is sec- iously hurt There is entirely tao much shooting done in the city limits
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Parker, son.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
FAST AGROUND.

LUCILLE FCWLANQ STUCK ON 4
 SANE Bk7. ceev! 6usg Cutting Away t7e Sand But '<ct Thought I1e Beat Will Sc Free Beforc #onday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
INTO THE STREET

OFFICERS PUT THE SEWERS kHD THEIR GOODS. ogt of tae Pine Bluff Hotel, the Re sui of Suit for Pes
 session.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-12

After Hours OF Ff4httn9-
London, Jan. 1.-THE following dis
patch has been received from General
Kitchener dated Pretoria, Jan. 10:
! "The Beers attacked Machadodorp last
night, but were driven off before dawn.
''Hertzog's commando is in the neigh
borhood of Sutherland, Cape Colony.
Settle is organizing column TO head
him off, -
I'm the Mdlands and eastward the
Beers have broken up into small bodies,
some returning north and some hidiNg in
the mountains northwest of Jane town."
A dispatch from Cape Town says:
"The British warship Sibyl has an
chored in Lambert's bay and landed a
force of bluejackets and a number of
guns. This force has constructed in
trenchments.
"Hertzog's main body, 700 strong, with
two guns, has crossed the Roggeveld
mountains and is now probably in the
neighborhood of Glands drift, 30 miles
east of Clan William. Hertzog's inten-
ton apparently is to move toward Ceres
and Worcester. Only few passes are
passable for the guns, and the whole
country is difficult to traverse. The
passes are narrow and easily defended.
According to latest reliable reports.
another party of 500 Beers has reached
the Doom river, 40 miles south of Cal
vinia. The authorities are doing all in
their power to meet the situation. Refu-
gees from Calvinia and Clan William are
fiocking to Picquetberg road. They state
that many poor whites are certain to
join the Beers, as are also many bitter
bondsmen in the neighborhood of Clan
| William and Malmesburg, who openly
declare that they intend to join the in
| vaders.
"A small commando about 200 strong
crossed the Orange river near Aliwal. II
was met on the borders of the Aliwal
| Wodehouse and Barley East districts by
a body Of police and mounted farmers
and was repulsed, with some loss. Il
will probably attempt to cross the rive
| again.
de Wet was last reported in the neigh
borhood of Bothaville. All the towns il
Orange River colony, on the main lint
of railway, are strongly held by the Brit
ish, and the Beers show no disposition t.
| approach them"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-12
MOTHER AND soV UNITED.
Separated for Twenty Years They
Hear Of Each others Whereabouts

After being separated for twenty
years Mrs. Charles ID. Bowman, SIT
Taylor avenue, Camden. is about TO be
reunited to her son, David Il. Alcorn. of
Bloomsbury. Twenty years ago Mrs.
Alcorn's husband was killed in an ac-
cident i'll Delaware, leaving her with a
little boy. whom she placed in home.
Mrs. Alcorn moved from Delaware,
married again and the hoy was bound
out to Il farmer. When his mother went
to reclaim him all trace of the boy. had
been lost. He grew to manhood, travel
ing about and finally located in Blooms
burg. But during all the years he
fondly longed to meet his mother and
spared no pains III searching for her.
Several weeks ago he ran across a clue
and inserted an advertisement in a news
paper. Mrs. Bowman saw the notice
and at once directed letter to her son,
who will soon journey to Camden to
meet her.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-12
General Markets.

New York, Jan. IL.
FLouR-State and western quiet and lower ia
sell; Minnesota patents, Si.l0aii0; winter
stfalghts Sa5Oa3.G0 winter extras, 49, 55a2 90 ];
winter patents, SO. 70ai
WHEAT-kn'cd weak and heavy under liauida
ton, lower cables, liberal Argentina shinments
and short selling; MAY. s2ss2 7.l6c.
hAE-Dnll; state, 53a5ic.. e. /. T., New York.
CARROTS; No. western Sc. q 0. b., afoat.
cofN-opened easy with wheat but hell
steady on local buying throughout the forenoon.
May, 4iAc.
OATS-Dul1 but steady; track, white, state.
Slka35c.; track. white, western, 3tka35c
P0Rk-Firm; mess. Si3aH; family $I4 50at5 50.
LARD-Steady; prime western steam, 7.70c.
BUTTER-Neak; state dairy. 15a2lc.; creamery.
16a23c.
CHEESE-Firm, but quiet; fancy, large, fan
made, llAall12c.; fancy, SMALL fall made, liza
l2c.
EGGS-Steady at the decline; state and Penn.
sylvania, 2ia2sc.; western, loss OF, 22c.
suGAR-Raw frmi iair refining, enc, bid; cen,
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-12
PRINCE DRUMS VIEWS.
Brother of the Chinese Emperor Ell.
plains the situation.

Picking, Jan. 11.--Prince Cbnn. brother
OF the emperor, who is III Feking and In
whose honor the Gesmahs will hold re-
view, says that, although he does not
represent the court officially, he knows
his brothers sentiment is in favor OF re
turning to Picking. Indeed the emperor
wrote to Prince Ching recently and asked
IL his apartments were in I'll state fol-
his early return.
The prince adds that the Chinese have
a side question. Foreigners do not seen
to realize that China objects to the main
tenance of the legation guard as more
than a purely temporary measure because
there is no necessity for it. The Boxer
movement, he asserts, was purely pa
triotic one, meaning China for the Chi
nesc. For many years foreign nations
begged for trading privileges. having oh
tained which and waxed rich from tho
profits thereof. they forced undesirable
treaties on China, with threats of con
fiscation OF the choicest portions of the
country. The slightest riot has been made
the occasion to acquire territory and oh
tain. valuable concessions. Natural!
even n peaceable people will turn at last
The people have been gradually worked
up over the loss of territory ut WEI Hai
Wei, Port Arthur and elsewhere and also
over the granting OF rights and honors Y
Roman Catholic missionaries by officials
All oriental nations are liable periodical
~. the same as individuals, TO run
amuck."
The Chinese, according to Prince Chun
msbehavcd no worse than did the French
during the revolution. The Chinese. hi
asserts, are the most peaccablc race on thu
earth. and such trouble as recently oc
Cured is not likely to happen again fol
centuries. He believes the emperor !.
friendly to foreigners who desire to pre-
serve the integrity of the empire. He says
that il is mistake to attribute unlimited
power 10 the empress dowager, although
she naturally has that influence with thu
emperor which the Chinese always con
ccdc to relatives who are their seniors
and which is shown beautifully by thei
vencrati0n for their ancestors.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-12
Properties Exchanged.

Several properties were sold during
the past few days: A dwelling on the
north side OF Chestnut street between
Monroe and Adams, by John Jakebow-
Ski and wife to F. Blurnenthai q Co., for
$50; dwelling on the west side OF
Spruce street above Fifth, BY Amelia
Held to Elizabeth Gallagher, for $500;
northwest corner of Twelfth street and
Bayard avenue, by Thomas McH ugh to
Catharfne Harrity, Tor So. 500; dwelling
on the east side Of Rodney stree; south.
OF Thirteenth, bv Edward Johnson and
wife to Charles Warner, for 1890; west
side of Woodlawn avenue south Of Penn.
sylvania avenue, bv Alice McHugh to
Webster Blakely, for $500.