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QUIET ELECTION
Only 56I Votes POIled in All the
Wards at 2:3o p. m.

Ths election today was an eS,
ceedinsly quiet one. The day started
off rainy and dark, and it continued
so throughout the day Many car
riages were from the start upon the
streets and around the polling places
and the fight for votes waxed warm
as the day advanced and the hour
for closing the polls drew nearer.
The result was in no way obtainable
a bout three-fifths of the vote that is
expected was in at 2:30. The voting
was lively at o'clock and showed
signs of increased interest from
that time on. The vote at $50 was
as follows:
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The Arkansas Legislature

Bills passed by the senate are as
follows:
No. 3. by Senator Wood-To furnish
members of the general assembly with
8" copies of daily paper, publishing
the proceedings of the general assem-
bly,, with % cents worth of stamps a
day.
NO. 4, by Senator Butt-To appro-
pirate $10O 900 for mileage and con.
'lhseht expenses of the general as.
sembly.
NO. H. by Senator Hardy-Providine
for assistant journal clerk of tbc sen.
ate at s. per day
concurrent resolution No. l. was al
SO passed in the morning session of
the senate. The bill provides for the
appointment of special committee
on leVceS. of twelve members of the
house and senate
NO l., by Senator Pinnix-To Gre
ate position of county school suDerin
tend@i and make it elective.
NO. Is, BY Senator Cotham-To re-
lleVe the mutual factory insurance
companies from the insurance and
foreign corporation laws
No. II, by Senator Price-To compel
abstractors to give bond as county
r1icer. for recourse in case of loss by
a;'"Or.
80. ID, by Senator Logan-TO per-
nit state and county officers to give
corporation surety on their bonds
No. 16. by Senator Gray-To admit
Norman P. Haskell. a minor. to prac-
tice law in Arkansas.
No. II, by Senator Simpson-To re-
wise and digest the statutes of Ar.
kauc3S
No. Is. by Senator Vaughter-TC
change time of holding Faulkner coun.
tv circuit court.
n the house twelve ballots were
taken f", enrolling clerk without an
election
O4to Finley of Lawrence county was
erected assistant journal clerk.
The housce adopted resolution by
Mr.. CAN'T providing for Joint com
mittee to investigate and report upon
| expenditures out of the $50 900 world
fair fund appropriated by the last leg
iStattfl,
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teiday adopted Senator Huddirston' =
concurrent resolution for a visit of in
spection by the legislature in a body tC
the new STATE convict farm in Lincoln
county. The debate on the rcsolut ion
was the days feature.
\ number OF important new bills
made their appearance i'll the senate.
President Short announced the sen
ate standing committees.
In the house the following resou-
tions were tabled:
BY Mr.. Bell-E'or committee to con
fer with Arkansas bankers to ascer-
tain what amount they will contribute
fair
BY Mr.. Tarver-For joint committee
to examine state convict farm.
By Mr.. Latimer-For joint commit
tee to visit and report upon University
of Arkansas.
BY Mr., Bradley-For joint commit
tee to ascertain value of non-assesscd
physical attributes of railways.
The newspaper and stamp bill was
read twice in the house
Miss Kate Faust of White county
was elected enrolling clerk on the
ninteenth ballot
Rev. J. l.. Burrows of Altus was
elected chaplain of the house on the
ninth ballot. thus completing the lis,
of house officers.
Introduction of bill was reached il
the house,
The house tabled motion to in
definitely postpone a bill introduced
by Representative Brant to separate
school taxes paid by whites ant
blacks.
Mr.. Campbell of Pulaski introduced
a bill appropriating 100000 to revis,
and publish the laws of Arkansas
the supreme court to appoint bOtl
examiner and digester.
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Abstractors to Give Bond.

senator Price introduced bill No.
a. proHiding that all firms or indlEld
IlaI5 vho make abstracts OF deeds filed
in the circuit courts shall give per
sona] Bond in the sum of $1,000 TO
insure their patrons against loss. This
hill was introduced in the last #l@2ls-
s9t4itr and Killed in the house. The
bill places the abstractor on the same
ASS as a county officer. The bill was
#rpad the first and second times and
= ed on the calendar.
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THE KICKER

The Kicker has discovered that with
the advent of the street cars new
species Of hog has made its appear
ance in the city There are various
kinds of hogs There's the original
four-legged kind which was used by
Christ in drowning devils in the count
nv of the Gergesenes, and the same
kind which my othordox Hebrew
friends are not kindly disposed toward
in an epicurean sense. There's the
two-legged kind which occupies three
chairs in a coach-one to sit upon,
one for his baggage and another for
his feet, holding fast to all three,
even if half dozen passengers have
to stand. There are many species
of the two-legged variety-entirely
too many for the sKicker' to mention
all of them in a brief article like this
must of necessity be in order to es.
cape the editors blue pencil, conSe
quently | will come right down to that
particular species against which
want to exercise some well directed
kicks-the street car hog. Every lady
or gentleman who has ridden recently
on Pine Bluff street car has come
in contact with the street car hog.
He squares himself in seat and
sqNirts tobacco juice on the car floor
until a nasty puddle is made through
which ladies must wade and drag their
quid of tobacco by dropping it on the
car floor, and then lights a pipe, cigar
or cigarette, putting the smoke into
the closely closed car to the disgust
and discontinue of the ladies and
gentlemen in the car Now don't
mean to say that no gentleman chews
or smokes. | am a tobacco user my
self, but I don't squirt tobacco juice
on street car floors nor do smoke on
vestibule, and quite infrequently in
there. | have seen impudent negroes
sometimes as many as three or four
on a car at a time) in the street cars
splitting on the floor, smoking stogie
cigars and cigarettes. and whenever
I witness a sight like that | feel like
kicking the insolent things off the
car while it is going at high rate of
speed. | have similar feeling when
see white man acting just as in
decently. In fact, have less patience
with the white man than with the mig
GER because it is a natural presump-
tlon that the white mans opportunities
for training in the rules of decency
have been far superior to those of the
niger"
The street railway company should
not permit the defling of their cars
in such manner, and the city council
should sid the company in the enforce
ment CT regulations which are nee
essary to the health of those who
patronize the cars, and also to enforce
rules OF common decency. An ordin
ance prohibiting splitting and smoking
in street cars should be passed. with a
penalty for it's violation severe enough
to insIIe it's observance on the part OF
the street car hogs, as sanitary
measure. The street car hog needs tC
be- suppressed
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SERVICES AT THE TEMPLE.
Program for Saturday and Sunday
is Interesting One.

Services at the Temple at 7:3o this
evening Subject of DR.. kornfeld's
sermon will be "Noblesse Oblige.'
Saturday morning services begin at
10 o'clock. The children's choir will
sing at the regular services. Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock the junior mem
bership holds it's monthly meeting.
At $3.50 Rev. Frank Thompson Of tho
Christian church will deliver an ad-
dress to the young people. Every body
is invited Dr. Thampson is a splen.
did speaker and has always something
wholesome to tell, hence let everybody
try to hear him on Sunday afternoon.
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Senate Committee

udieiary-NorWood, Mardis Kill
Tough. Hardy Simpson, Covington Cot
ton, Witt. Gray. Gotham.
Finance-Wilson, kilgore, Collins.
Smith, Hinkle.
Railroads-Butt Witt. Logan, Will
son. King. Flenniken Adams. Rison.
Hinl.le.
Constitutional Amendments-Fl Flenni-
ken. kilgore, Matlock, King. Fletcher.
Circuit and Inferior Courts-Coving-
ton. Smith. Simpson, King. Huddles-
ton.
9llitia=Cotton. Mears, Vaughter,
Wood. HHddIeston.
Agriculture Brown. Fletcher Nc
Ferrin. Iiinkle Price.
Apportionment-Me Matlock.
Gotham, Caldwell. Huddleston, King
Education--Pinnix Witt. Cotton Nc
Ferrin. Norwood Flenniken.
Public Printing Wood. Simpson,
Sengel. Adams. Jobe.
uoiiN lAoetto iilhAlN' IpIoN ii,
Maars. Cotton, IIillough
Public Building and Groun(ls-Ri
son, Sengel, Vaughter, Hardy. Will
son.
Memorial-Matlock Flenniken, Xii
gore. Smith, Killough, McFerrin.
Public Charities-Gray, Mardis Pin
nix, Huddleston, Brown.
Public Health-Adams, Norwood
Wilson, Killough, Smith.
State Lands-Smith, Huddleston
King, Rison, Wood.
Claims-Collins. Matlock. Sengel
Mardis, Logan.
Engrossing Bills-Logan, King, Nor.
wood Sengel, Hinkle.
Enrolling Bills-Price, Mears, Gov
ington, Simpson, Pinnix.
Books of Superintendent of Public
| instruction and Commissioner of State
Lands-McFerrin, Norwood, Simpson
Hinkle, Price.
Election-Hardy, Wood, Jobe. Col
| Inns.
Rules-Mardis, Wilson. Hardy, Kill
| lough.
Mines-Huddleston Hinkle, Meier
rim, Sengle. Cotton.
| Auditor and Treasurer's Books
Vaughter, Witt.
| nitentiary-Caldwell, Logan, Nc
Ferrin, Pinnix, Collins.
| County and County Lines-Fletcher
Sengel, Brown, McFerrin.
| Corporations-Riso Pinnix, Flen
niken, Huddleston, McFerrin
Temeprance-Jobe, Gray, Collins
Cotton, McFerrin, Hinkle.
Senator Simpson introduced a bill
(No. 29), to prevent discrimination
in the price Of coal oil, and providing
as a penalty for violation fine of no
less than 5000 for each offense. Th'
bill is to go into effect sixty days at
ter it's passage. Read twice.
Senator Caldwell introduced bi
(No. 35), regulating the hours OF raj
way employees, reciting that they sha
not be required to work more tha
: sixteen consecutive hours withol
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There we're various reports as to
the winning candidates af1oat, but
none of them were reliable. There
were some discussion among the
partisans of the candidates which
were some discussions among the
ed heard of by the Graphic being
between DR.. B. H. Gallagher and
Mr.. |. R. Meyer, who came to blows i'll
a discussion over one of the mayora-
ty candidaeS.
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Bridge Building at Thebes.

The five roads eentering at Thebes
have formed an association to build
a bridge across the river at that place
and work is now going OH. y eaisson
has been sunk, and Tire approach from
the Illinois side is rapidly nearing
completion. II could not be learned
WHO The bridge
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I have heard as many as a dozen
OF the best business men in the city
say hat they were ready to contribute
money to put the Commercial League
into active working order, and that
they are willing to otherwise aid in
the work necessary for the league to
do III order to be valuable organiza-
tion for the upbuilding of the city.
1t is going to take both money and
work for the league for effective work
to be done, and I am satisfied the
money con be had if the men of money
and enterprise are made to see that
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THURSDAYS Business.

The following is a summary OF the
N"einess done Thursday:
Bv vote of 19 to Is the senate yes
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Cotton Movement.

The following is the regular week.!
statement of the cotton movement os
Secretary E. D. Russell OF the Com
mercial league:
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

The annual statement of the condi-
ton of the Gould-Galbraith Supply
company on January l, has been filed
with the county clerk. The libalities
and resources are each $40 ,238.08.
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Movement for the week ending Jan
uary Is: Receipts, l,7l0; shlpnen'e
2,7S3.
Same week last year: Receip's,
2,420; shipments, 1920.
Dewitt Hope is building a residence
for himself on George street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh avenues
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

Pine Bluff Brick company has also
been printed in the Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

sleep-except in cases of wrecks and
washouts, and providing penalty OF
not more than 5000 nor less than 500
for the first Offense and not less than
$500 nor less than 5000 for the second
offense Read twice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

F. L. Joslin was in the city yester~-
day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

Senator Caldwell introduced bill
(No. 35), regulating the hours of rail
way employees, reciting that they shall
not be required to work more than
sixteen consecutive hours without
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

Senator Butt sent up bill No. "a,
providing for the taxing of corpora
ton and private franchises, giving
the county in which the franchises
are operated the power to assess and
collect, in addition to the regular tax
es, the sum of % 1-2 cents per hundred
dollars of the value of the property
for the operation of the state govern
ment, 20 cents per hundred for the
school fund and 10 cents per hundred
for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of the act of 1899. 1t also
provides that on the first day Of July
| the owner of the franchise must file
with the county clery a sworn state
ment as to it's value, together with it'
personal and real property and othe
| assets. Two hundred copies were
ordered printed.
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Senator Butt introduced bill ono.
36) empowering town councils to abol.
ish improvement districts where a
three-fourths majority Of the tax-pay-
ers vote for such abolition. READ
twice.
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Senator Simpson introduced bill
(No. 29), to prevent discrimination
in the price Of coal oil, and providing
as a penalty for violation fine of not
less than 5000 for each offense. The
bill is to go into effect sixty days af-
ter it's passage. Read twice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

hold Of the stirr,ps Of the riders, ran
with them to the halting place. So.
with his ten thousand troops aug
mented to thirty thousand, he reached
Warwick, and making his headquar.
ters at the pretty village of Keynton
near by. he gave his men time to
draw breath and called council OF
war.
Cromwell sat at the upper end OF
long table. A rough map of the coun.
try around Worcester lay before him,
and Harrison, Lambert, Israel Swan.
ham and Lord Evesham were his com.
panions. There were two tallow can
dies on the table, and their light
shone on the face of Cromwell. At
that moment it was full Of melan-
Choly. but he saw in an instant the
entrance OF Neville, and with an al.
most imperceptible movement com
manded his approach.
Neville laid the letters of which he
was the bearer before Cromwell. and
bis large hand Immediately covered
them. rs all well?" he asked-and
reading the answer in the youths
face. added. 81 thank God! What then
of the city,"
Its panic is beyond describing" an
swered Neville. Parliament Is beside
itself. But London is manifestly with
the Commonwealth, and every man in
it is looking to you and to the army
for protection. Some, indeed, met
who had lost heart, and who thought
it better that Charles Stuart should
come back than that England should
become a graveyard fighting him"
Such men are sucked slaves" said
Lambert II would hang them with
out word or warrant for it."
YEA" said Cromwell. for Freedom
is dead in them. From here there are
two courses open to us, a right one
and a wrong one. What say you,
LAMBERT"
II say ii we're well to turn our noses
to London, and to let the rogues know
we are coming"
What is your thought, Harrlson"
Worcester Is well defended" he an.
swered musingly. 1T has Wales be-
hind 1t. We cannot fight Charles
Stuart till we compass the city, and to
do that we must be on both sides OF
the river"
Fight him. said Lord Evesham.
better now than later"
Fight him! That, tell you, is my
mind also" said Cromwell striking the
table with his clinched hand. Some
may Judge otherwise. but think while
we hold Charles Stuart safe. London
is safe also. God has chosen this
battlefield for US, as He chose Dunbar.
But there must be no slackness. The
work is to be thorough, and not to
do over again. The nation wishes It
so, l know It. The plain truth is
we will march straight on Worcester;
we will cut of Charles Stuart from
all hope of London; we will fight him
from both sides OF the river, and
bring this matter of the Stuarts to an
end"
ITO be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

CO." And she could not resist tho
youths beauty and sweet nature, nor
yet the thought in her heart that II
might perhaps be his last request. She
drew down his face to hers and kissed
and blessed him, saying. as Saul said
to David. Go. and the Lord be with
thee"
Then he leaped into the saddle. and
the horse caught his Impotence and
shared his martial passion, and with
loud neigh went flying over the land.
Silently the two women watched the
dark figure grow more and more in.
distinct in the soft, mysterious moon.
shine, until at length 1t was a mere
shadow that blended with the indis.
tinctEess Of the horizon.
Thank you, dear mother" said Jane
softly, and the mother answered,
When Neville has done his duty, he
will come for you. He can no more
bear to live without you than with
out his eyes. ! see that"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
pear Jane! Darling Jane! oh

Dear Jane! Darling Jane! Oh,
how love you"
The words came without intent.
But the heart is a ready scholar when
love teaches, and as they slowly
passed through the fields of yellow
fullness, finding their happy way
among the standing sheayes. Jane
heard and understood that heavenly
tale which Cluny knew so well how to
tell her.
Not until they reached Swaffliam did
they remember that they two were not
the whole round world. But words of
care and wonder and eager inquiry
about war, and rumor of war, soon
broke the heavenly trance of feeling
in which they had found an hour of
Paradise.
So the blissful truce was over. and
Jane and Cluny were part of the
weary, warning. working world again.
Cluny knew nothing which could allay
fear. He had just come from London.
And what OF the Generals family
asked Mrs. Swaffham; ARE they not
afraid?"
They are concerned and anxious,
but not fearful. Indeed, the old Lady
Cromwell astonished me beyond words.
She smiled at the panic In the city,
and said 1t is the beginning of tri-
umph. have seen, have heard.
Rest on my assurance. and until tri-
umph comes, retire to Him who is a
sure hiding place. And the light OF
her aged face was wonderful. 1t is
the substance of the thing we hope
for. the evidence of what we shall all
yet see," he cried in a tone of ex.
altation. And now give me a strong,
fresh horse; | will ride all night"
Then he turned to Jane. Darling
Jane! My Jane!" and kissing her, he
said boldly to Mrs. Swaffham. 81 ask
your favor. madame. Jane has this
hour promised to be my wife,
Jane has then been very forward"
answered Mrs. Swarham with annoy
ance. II am grieved. And James
father has not been spoken to. and he
Is first Of all. can say neither yea
nor nay In the matter"
But you will surely speak for us.
Give me kind word. madame, ere |
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
CHAPTER v.
Sheathed Swords.

This long winter had been one OF
great suffering to Gen. Cromwell
After making himself master OF the
whole country south of Forth and
Clyde, he had severe Illness, and
lay often at the point of death. He
took the field in June, throwing the
main part of his army into Fife, In
order to cut off the enemy's victual.
This move forced the hand of Charles
Stuart. His army was in mutiny for
want OF provisions, the North country
was already drained. he burst not risk
battle-but the road into England
was clear.
Cromwell himself had gone north.
ward to Perth. and on the second of
August he took possession Of that
city, but while entered 1t was told
that Charles Stuart, with fourteen
thousand men, had suddenly left
Stirling and was marching towards
England. Charles had taken the west.
ern road by Carlisle, and 1t was
thought he would make for London.
He went at flying speed past York.
Nottingham, Coventry, until he reached
the borders Of Shropshire. At Shrews.
bury he found the gates shut against
him and his men were SO disheartened
that the king turned westward to
Worcester, city reported to be loyal,
where he was received with every
show of honor and affection.
Meanwhile Cromwell was following
Charles with steady swiftness that
had something fateful in it. This was
to be the last battle of the civil war,
and Cromwell knew IT, There was in
his soul, even at Perth, the assurance
OF victory, and as he passed through
the towns and villages OF England,
men would not be restrained. They
threw down the sickle and the spade
in the field, the hammer In the forge,
the plane at the bench, and catching
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
New York Team is strona.

The New York team is one of the
best in the American league. At its
head is Clark Griffith. one Of the
shrewdest managers and also one Of
the finest pitchers in the country.
Griffith has been with the Chicago
American league team for few sea-
sons past as manager and made out
Of them one of the fastest baseball ag.
gregations In the country. He is. one
Of the best judges of ball players
abilities to be found, besides being
himself brainy player. That the
New York American league club will
stand high in the American league
race is the belief Of all good judges Of
the game.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Marvellous proaress.

An idea OF the amazing vigor and
steady growth Of professional base
,all may be conveyed by the bald
statement that this season there will
De in the field the National league and
American league sixteen minor
leagues banded together in the Ma
donal association, and an outlaw
league out on the Pacific coast-with
more minor leagues now organizing.
rhe nineteen leagues already in the
aeld will employ nearly 1000 players
at remunerative salaries. In addition
20 these many hundreds of semi-pro-
.essional players all over the country
CLEAN living from game whose won
1erful productiyeness has no equal in
he entire range OF sport, excepting,
perhaps, horse racing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
THE POPULATION OF CHINA.
Little Doubt II Contains one-Third
Worlds Population.


Some doubt has been thrown by re-
cent travellers upon the correctness
OF the accepted notion that China is
a land OF teeming population. 1t has
been asserted that the human hives
along the seaboard and the great riv-
ers Of China ought not to be taken as
a basis for estimates; that in those
parts of the empire which lie OF the
main routes of traffic 1.-THE natural and
artificial water courses,) the popula-
ton OF China is comparatively thin.
A census recently taken by the Picking
government for the purpose of assess
ing taxes to meet the indemnity pay
ments seems, however, to prove the
accuracy of the older estimates. The
census shows that the eighteen prov
inces OF China proper contain 407..
737,305 inhabitants; that Manchuria
has $780, 900. and Mongolia, Thibet
and Chinese Turkestan a little over
100000. The total population OF
the empire 10 426,447,325, according
to this enumeration. The absolute
reliability of Asiatic statistics is ques-
toned; neveTSbeless, the agreement
of tSs r3y..ss N the census with tho
accepted estimates is so close as to
invite confidence. The statement that
the Chinese empire contains one-third
OF the human race will hereafter be
regarded more than ever as an APP
proximate truth.