Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-22
FELL DO WN kEfSER FAILED TO PUT UP GER. TlFlED CHECK k--BONDSMEN
 REFUSED REQUEST.
BLUFF CITY LUMBER co.
Re-enter the Field-SaIoon Mep Granted Reduction in Their
 Annual License

The City Council met Monday night i'll regular session, with Mayor Alex ander present and presiding. Alder men Veil, Wollerman, Owen. Boyce, Fox and Meyer answered to the roll call of City Clerk R. Lee Johnson, who was at his desk.
 A large number of spectators were on hand, as it was previously an nounced that w. H keyser and sever al capitalists would be present to either make an announcement of their success or failure in dealing with the street railway project. Such was not the case, however, for imme- diately after the petition for a fran chise for an electric light plant was represented by the Bluff City Lumber Company, Alderman Fox reminded tla council that lay night Yes the night on which Mr. Keyser was to put up his forfeit to make good his fral. 1ise fer th>4 electric street gal, way al.d light plant and he asked that a report l., made on sane.
 Mayor Alexander. one Of the par ties to whom the bond OF certified check was to be given, stated that MT. keyser had not deposited the check or the bond with him or any of the other members of the ;tlthorizel eo9l- mittee. He requested that Keyser's failure to do so be spread OH the city records keyser WIS to pit dn tue check or bond by o'cloc1 P. m. Mon day He was not present at the meet ing nor did he have any representa- tive before the Council to explain matters One of the Councllmen re marked that he thought that the Council was due that much from Mr KeyseT-if only Q courtesy. especially after the Council had been so lenient with him in granting further time on several different occasions.
 Just as the Council adjourned Mr Hugh F. Westbrook, who is thought to be Mr Keysers right hand bower" walked into the Council chamber. He made no effort to say anything about the matter and the gathering of disappointed persons soon became thing of the past
 A Graphic reporter was informed by one who is in a position to know. that Mr. Keyser had everything ar ranged early Monday afternoon and was ready to deposit the check with the proper party, but when he went to the Chicagoans, who came here to sign the bond. they refused to grant his request, and told him that they would not comply with it unless he would deposit with them substan- tial collateral.
 After the Council was called to or der by Mayor Alexander, the regular business of that body was transact ed. The minutes of tbe previous regular meeting and those of a spec ial meeting of the Council were read and approved.
 Chairman Owen. of the Cemetery Committee asked that he be granted further time to submit his report on the matter of purchasing a strip of ground east of the cemetery for the city, which was referred to the Gem etery Committee at the last meeting, as he was prevented from inyestigat- ing the matter owing to personal bus mess matters.
 The ordinance which was presented at a previous meeting by Alderman Well was read a third time. The or dinance was to make the annual sa- loon license fee of $500 permanent. The law required 5000, but for the past two years the law was amended with resolutions to read $509.
 Attorney w. F. Coleman represent ed the saloon men Of the city at the meeting. He presented their prayers in a reasonable and conservative