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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
REPRINTED STAMPS
TO SELL TO COLLECTORS is THE
CHARGE AGAINST ASSIST
ANT MADDEN.
Said to Have Raked In Thousands of
Dollars But Denies and Says He
Wants Investigation.

Washington, Nov. 4.-Third Assist
ant Pos1nast ster General E. G. Madden
learned yesterday for the first time
that he had been unCer investigation
for three days on the charge that he
had reprinted for stamp collectors
rare United States postage stamps.
From Postmaster General Payne it
was learned that Mr.. Madden's stamp
dealings We're due t. articles which
were published in a stamp collectors
magazine and appeared in 1902. Tho
article said that when the four-cent
Pan-A American stamps were issued
some OF them had inverted centers.
and because of this defect they be-
came valuable to collectors. Then. il
was asserted. Mr. Madden ordered
more Of the same stamps to be printed
as specimens and these specimens
got into the hands of dealers who sold
them ftr large prices. The magazine
article did rot accuse Mr. Madden of
pr0fting by the alleged transaction
but when copy Of ii Was sent to
Mr. Payne he ordered an investigation
to determine how many Of the stamps
had been issued and What became oi
them.
Mr. Payne said this morning that
the inspectors had hot progressed far
enough t. make any announcements.
Specimen stamps. which are printed
on cardboard. and ale not accepted
fer postage have been issued by the
department for many years, and are
of congress and other officials. They
are much priced by collectors who
are without the regular stamp of that
ISSUE
After long consultation with
Fourth Assistant Bristow and Post
master General Payne Mr.. Madden
gave out the following statement:
MY attention has just been called
to the report that charges have been
filed against Third Assistant Post
master General Madden for having
sold postage stamps and withheld
from the treasury several thousand
dollars alleged to have been 81 OBJ
tanned.
II court the fullest and most search
ing investigation. It will show the
absolute falsity of such charge.
There has not been sold during my adj
ministration a single stamp. Or sin
gle proof of stamp sold by me TO
any collector or to any other person
whatever Any statement to the con-
trary is criminally false. The charge
and the statement are inspired by
malice and the source thereof is
known to me.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
The Candidates "SociablIity."

Major Gen. Isaac Catlir tells a
story of one of his political cam.
paigns. Il voted for you said a
workingman the day after an election
in Brooklyn, where the general fig
ured as a candidate for cou.ty of
fee. 81 didn't intend to at first, but
one afternoon you were going by my
house and you patted my goat, Billy.
and guy him an apple, and, says l, If
the generals so sociable as ali that
he must have my vote. New York
Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
NEW NAME FOR WHITE HOUSE.

Willie the discussion is up anent
the race problem and the idea that
President Roosevelt evolved in hi;
bilious little brain that the untutored
savage that is like the leopard as re-
CARDS spots should be on a social
plane with the white man, why not
change the name of the white house
and apply its anonym-black house?
WHITE MAN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
~ Mystery Of sleeping Sickness"

-, Inc sleeping sickness" prevalent
a.one the shores of the Victoria Nyan-
"a "a las bee2 investigated by DR.. Chris
y OF the Liverpool school of t,opical
~ meudclne and found to be caused not
~ mara IN the blood, as was sup
Fused but hT g minute bacillus. The
's78se is not infectious in the ordi.
=, sense O. the word. 1t is raging
M ~ south kavarondo and along the
- saAza' where IL the villages SO to
- - per cent of TIE people suffer from
-. a. II exhibits no disposition to spread
''' ifom toe shores of the lake.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
A Suggestive color.

Owing to the indisposition of Mrs.
lily will pass the winter at Lakewood.
And they have rented little White
house. Is it pr. pnetic of a larger
enc Troy Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
CurZan-GraI?an1.

T. w. CurZan and Miss Dolly Gra-
ham. of Douglas, We're married il
Pine Bluff at the residence of Mr..
Rush Patton, Twelfth avenue, at 10
o'clock this morning, Rev J~hn F.
Carr performing the ceremony. Both
bride and groom are well known and
mighty respected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
POEMS THAT WILL LIVE.

The wedding was a swell affair.
Provisions, morn enougHS'
The roses ccst a plunk apiece,
The dress was gold lace stuff.
The auto took her to the lrain,
She had a special car;
She had a thousand dollar check,
with compliments OF pa
The auto cabby got cold cash,
The railroads get good "mon"
But thel ecal paper printed three
Full eolumns-"just for fun
unknown Author.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
Humor n the Pulpit;

The clergyman who announced that
he would preach on 'humility,' and
then took up all his time With talk
on the discoverer of the strenuous
York Evening Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
"MEsN GoTT, A WHlsTLER!"
misunderstanding Reused Ire Of Cello
brated Foreign Musician.

misunderstanding Reused Ire Of Cello
brated Foreign Musician.
celebrated foreign musician was
recently entertained by Philadelphia
family noted for it's musical culture,
ana during the course of the evening
was entertained in turn by being
SHOWN series Of photographs of celeb
rifles Rosetti was pointed out as the
great pre-Raphaelite painter and poet:
william Morris, as the litterateur and
eoelaist, etc. Finally the musician
was shown portrait of Whistler, the
painter, who was referred to as 'the
great artist, Whistler" Thereupon the
lha1gnant German turned, and in the
.uost eaustic manner said to his host:
Me1n Gott, you don't call a whistler
IN artist. do you?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
Unless 1t Gets Showed Under.

Lord R1:eburys aphOrism that you
cannot prevent a storm by sitting on
the barometer," will probably weather
the storms of time and go down to
script
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
Matter of Geography,

AS nearly as the situation can be
judged from a distance, Senator Han
ma and Senator Fctaker love each
ether in Ohio and hate each other in
ashington.-Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
Doesn't Hurt Anybody.

In France movement is again on
foot to abolish duelling. Why should
the Paris dudes be denied this harm
Germany. where the duel is both
bloody and frequent, this is different
question. Philadelphia Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
Industrial Bohemia.

An industrial census of Bohemia
shows that of its 100000 population
60,327 are engaged in manufactures.
and of these 201 ,539 are women. Most
of the work is done by hand and at
home. These home" workers live
In the little villages, which stretch
almost CONTINUOUSLY along the banks
of mountain streams, and the women
and girls, >. great baskets slung on
their bacEc, nrry the raw and finish
ed goods between home and factory
over steep mountain paths, which in
winter are covered with snow and Ice
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
PERS

PERS
DR.. G.. NJ Reynolds and family, of
Redseld, are in the city today to see
the circus.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04

BUSINESS MEN, ATTENTION!
typewriter E. A. HARRISON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
OAK STREET MEAT
MAXkti, Il

| have thoroughly renoceled the
interior Of the building since my &C.
cupanGy Gn the LII INST. ona VIA
spare no ctrCrt =" evnoret ~ make ~
nrst eiasj market IN every respect.
Received fresh from the court. !. daily,
Oysters, game anu llsn in season. n
compete STOCK '..' set meats, such aS
hams, bacon, etc, alWays on Land ana
of the best On the .nalAet. desire
to thanh the pubic FOR the liberal pa
tronage they nave given Inc, and ask
a continuance ot same. irompt oe-
livery to any part "f the tltv. Give
me trial, ana i Ii guarantee satls-
faction. Yours lot business
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
BAZAAR! BAZAAR!

Under the auspices Of the Trinity
church, Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day, November 5, 6 and l. Luncheon
Everybody, 35 cents Refreshments
every evening. Come and see us.
Visit the booths. Old Racket Store
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04
A. N. Free,',ya, Prop.
h1O Oak st. Old Phone s42 New 3Se-
hrs. r. Heinz,

Has opened dressmaklng estaplisn-
ment over kdtzensteln's shoe store.
where she VIII be pleased to nave
trends and others 10 give ner call
ff2 Main St.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
RAIN FINDERS MANEUvREs.
Division Review for Regulars and Mi
 lta Postponed.

Camp Young, West Point Ky. October 7.-At the last moment today the elements again caused the postponement Of the division review, the one dress parade lea- ture of the maneuvers for combined regi- ments and militia
 A violent wind and rain storm which came up this afternoon turned the parade ground into a sea of mud so deep as to render it impossible for the commands to have maintained presentable alignment, even had the storm abated.
 Had the review taken place. 1t would have been graced by the presence of the governors of Kentucky and Louisiana.
 Since the arrival of the state troops there have been two or three instances of marked dissatisfaction produced by crowds of unruly men. Numerous cases of pillaged hen roosts and the like have been reported.
 "The Midway" line of restaurants, cane racks etc., near camp, was footed by nearly two hundred state troops, who either destroyed or stole several hum dred dollars worth of property.
 An investigation of the matter is being made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
CIRCUIT AND FoRNEs OUT.
Citizens Union of New York Rescinds
 Their Nomination.

New York, October 7.-An uncertainty regarding the action of the Citizens unioA and republican organizations on the ques- tion of busting Messrs. Grout and Fornes from the fusion ticket was removed to- night when both conventions reconvened and voted unanimously to reseind the nominations for comptroller and alder manic president, named at the organiza- tions convention. and to nominate instead Frederick w. Heinrichs of Brooklyn and E. J. Mcclure of Manhattan.
 Not much credence is given to the rumor that Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of the President. has been asked to take the Tammany nomination for president of Manhattan borough.
 The nominations of Messrs. Heinrichs and Mcclure were accepted unanimously. MT. Heinrichs was a candidate for leu- tenant governor on the gold democratic ticket 1S9S for president of the borough of Brooklyn on the Low ticket in 1897, and for state attorney general on the cit izens union ticket in 1898.
 MT. Mcclure is an assistant corporation counsel.
 The chaotic condition of the democratic organization Tn Brooklyn was made eNl- dent tonight when Martin Lyttleton, the democratic candidate for borough presi- dent made his first campaign speech at the Seymour club MT. Littleton was in- troduced just after resolutions endorsing all the candidates on the city ticket were read and unanimously carried amid cheers He immediately launched into d speech condemning the course of Leader Murphy and the delegates from Tam many hall at the convention, and made it plain that the Brooklyn leaders would not support either MT. Grout of MT. EOrnes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
TOWN DEMOLISHED
 AND THREE KILLED
KANSAS TORNADO CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION OF MUCH PRoPERTY-A LIST OF CASUALTIES.

Emporia, Kan. October 7.-Three per- sons killed outright, two fatally injured and fourteen others more or less serious ly hurt, with enormous property loss, Is the net result of tornadoes that prevail ed near Hamilton, Greenwood county, and near Aliceville, which has 200 inhab- itants, and was practically demolished.
 Wires were prostrated and the extent of the storm was not learned until today The list of casualties may yet be incom- plete.
 The dead near Hamilton:
 Edith Bailey, daughter of w. E.. Bailey.
 MT. Gilman, father of Mrs. John Bailey.
 Unknown man.
 The injured near Hamilton: w. E. Bailey, two sons, two daughters, one son, Ollie, fatally hurt; H. Berlin, wife and child; E. S. Manis and wife.
 At Aliceville and vicinity: William Bruce, fatally; four members of the fam fly of John Earlwine, none dangerously; young daughter of J. w. Whorton, seri- ously.
 Heavy rain and wind storms were gen. eral all over Central Kansas last night i With the exception of those near Hamil- ton and Aliceville and vicinity. however, only minor damage was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
Former Colonial Secretary Con-
 tinues His Fiscal Campaign
ASKS PERTINENT QUESTIONS
Inquired of His Audience Why All Pro- tective Nations Prospered More Than the United Kingdom.
 No Satisfactory Reply.

London, October 7.-Continuing his fis- cal campaign, Mr. Chamberlain tonight addressed a meeting of 40oO persons in the town hall of Greenock. a seaport on the Clyde, twenty-two miles from Glasgow.
 He spoke for one hour and a quarter and dealt particularly with the question of retaliation and reciprocity MT. Chamberlain asked why all protective nations prospered more than the United Kingdom. If the Cobdenites could satis- factorily answer, he would ask to be al- lowed to hide his diminished head. His occupation would be gone
 MT. Chamberlain referred to the enor- nous output of the United States Steel corporation works and the diminishing home demand in the United States for steel owing to the financial difficulties, reduction in railroad construction, etc. He quoted from an American paper an in- terview with director of the steeel cor poration on the falling demand In which the director declared they had no inten- ton of diminishing the output and throw ing out of employment thousands of American work men. Instead they would invade foreign markets
 MT. Chamberlain contended that this steel would be sent to Great Britain, the only free market, and said:
 "I warn you that within two or three years you will have dumped here 1,000.- GOO tons of American iron and thousands of British workmen will lack employment for the sole benefit of American manlfac lures and workmen. I sympathize with American workmen, but after all belons to England and am not cosmopo,ital enough to see the happiness and prosper- ity of American workmen secured by the starvation and misery of the British.
 Concluding his general restatement, the speaker said that agriculture in Great Britain was practically destroyed, the sugar trade was gone, T Q silk trade was gone, the iron and woo. industries serc threatened and the same fate would come to the cotton trade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
WESTERN UNION CO., LOSES.
U. s. Court of Appeals Reverses Case
 Against Bell Go.

Boston. Mass, October "A decision involving a large amount and reversing the finding of the United States circuit court, was sent down today by the United States circuit court of appeals in the case of the Western Union Telegraph company. ct al. vs. the American Bell Telephone company. A masters report in the case, which held that the plaintiff could not recover in the suit seeking an accounting for certain shares of stock, in companies leased by the Bell company, under a contract made in November, 1879, was confirmed by the United States cir cult court. Appeal was taken and the court of appeals holds that the plaintiff can recover.
 The suits grew out of the alleged ac- tion of the Bell company in changing it's course of business, and receiving stock in part return for rental of the tele- phones, in which rental the Western Union claimed to have share of 20 per cent under contract for patents furnish ed. The telegraph company alleged that the total amount of stock, said to aggre- gate about s1S,000,0O0, was as much rental as the cash received, and sued to recover the property alleged to belong to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
RUNAWAY FREIGHT
 GAR PLAYS HAVOC
w. J. o,S.TS, A WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN OF FLORENCE, IS RUN OVER AND HORRIBLY MINGLED. CROWD HAS NARROW ESCAPE.

Florence, October 7-W. J. Stutts, livery stable owner of this city and candidate for county tax collector, met a horrible death this morning under the wheels of a runaway freight car in front of the Southern depot.
 He had gone with his bus to meet the 9 o'clock train and was standing near 1t in the small space between the spur track md the depot gre the busses usually stand when nat car loaded with rail. which was being switched near the bridge became unmanageable and started to- ward the depot down q steep grads, q switchman seeing the danger attempted to turn 1t into another track, but in his haste pulled the wrong switch MT. Stut,s seeing the car coming attempted to save his horses which were in It's path and was run over himself, the car passing over him just below the waist and mangling him horribly Death was almost insta- taneous. Two horses hitched to another bus were also run over.
 Had the car taken the track the switch man intended the destruction might have been worse as that side of the depot was crowded with people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
TRADE AGREEMENT REACHED.
TranscontinentaI, Southern and South.
 eastern Lines Get Together.

Chicago, October "A new agreement regarding Asiatic trade was entered into today by representatives of trans-con- tlnental Southern and Southeastern ral. roads at meeting held in Chicago in the office of J. c. stubbs traffic director of the Hartman lines. For some time diff ferences have existed and relations had become so strained that the Southeastern lines had refused to interchange traffic and were making arrangements to export by way of the South Atlantic ports and to conduct traffic through the northwes- tern gateways.
 Hereafter the Southeastern lines will fix the division of rates east of junction points, and there will be no deviation from the agreed basis, unless the matter is previously discussed in joint conference. Traffic managers of the various lines will meet in Louisville next Monday to per feet the agreement and check in the rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
MAsoNs ELECT OFFICERS.
Arthur c. Pollard of Lowell, Mass, Is
 General Grand High Priest.

Little Rock, Ark, October 7.-At todays session of the third triennial convocation of Royal Arch Masons of the United States the following officers were elected: General Grand High Priest-Arthur G. Pollard Lowell, Mass.
 Deputy Grand High Priest-John P. Days, Paris, Ills.
 General Grand King-William c. Swain, Milwaukee.
 General Grand Scribe-Nathan Kingsley, Austin, Minn.
 General Grand Treasurer-John M. Car ter, Baltimore.
 General Grand Secretary-Christophe G. Fox, Buffalo, New York, reelected.
 General Grand Captain of the Host Bernard G. Witt, Henderson, Ky.
 General Grand Principal Sojourner-Geo. B. Corson, Washington, D. c.
 General Grand Royal Arch Captain Frederick w. Craig, Des Moines Iowa.
 General Grand Master, third veil-Wil- liam F. Kuhn, Kansas City.
 General Grand Master, second veil-Bes- Tor G. Brown, Topeka, Kan
 General Grand Master first veil-Charles N. Rix, Hot Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08

New York. October 7.-The submarine torpedo boat Shark during trial at Greenport, L. l., today rammed the tor pedo boat Dahlgren, which with her crew of seven men, barely escaped sinking.
 Junior Lieutenant c. Nelson took the Shark out for a trial and steamed out into the middle of the bay, making sev- eral quick dives. When she reached the opposite shore she headed back for a long spin under the water She poked her nose under the surface and dived down fifty eight feet. It was planned to run three and a half miles at the rate of six and one-half miles an hour. Those on shore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
cHlNAMEN sMUGGLED IN.
Ccolies Are Worked Into Manila Under
 Guise of Merchants.

Manila, October 7.-As the result of the unearthing by Collector of Customs Shus- ter of a scheme to bring in Chinese coolies under the guise of merchants, John T. Miller, former inspector of immgra- tion, is under arrest, and a warrant has been issued for Inspector w. D. Ballan- tyne. who is now in China. Among the pa- pers secured by Collector Shuster is a con- tract signed by Miller and Ballantyne re- garding a division of profits. The contract mentions Carl Johnson, vice and acting consul at Annoy, his interpreter and sec retary, as beneficiaries.
 A Chinese detective is said to have paid s4OO 10 be passed through as q merchant. Mlle~ and Ballantype arc onarGed with utterins fraud and forged certificates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS.
New Disclosures in Kansas City Board
 of Education.

Kansas Cit, Mo, October 7.-As the in- vestigation of the alleged corruption of persons connected with the Kansas City, Kan, board of education proceeds new disclosures of sensational nature are brought to light. Today an agent of a brick paving concern made a sworn state ment charging that members of the board of education came to him and demanded a certain sum of money as the consider ation of the contract for the work of pav- ing sidewalks and streets around a school building. The agent in his statement says that he protested that the sum was too much, when he says the members of the board of education told him that if he did not pay the sum demanded he could not get the contract.
 The proprietor of a manufacturing com pany which had the contract for cleaning the basements of schools in ArmourdaIe after June flood, today made the charge that he had to make valuable concessions to member of the board of education be- fore he could secure contracts.
 For one contract he says the members of the board got S412
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
OBJECT TO NORMAL SCHOOL.
Southern School Commission Dis.
 cusses the Peabody Fund.

Atlanta. October 7.--Following the or ganization of the Association of Southern School Commissioners in this city today, a resolution was adopted by that body pro- testing against the using of the Peabody educational fund for the establishment Of a Southern Normal school. In their res- olution the association states that many of the school teachers throughout the south are located in rural districts and they would rot be able to attend such a school and that the funds should be de- voted to the establishing of different schools, instead of one college.
 One of the chief objects of the con- vention was to issue circular naming the defects of public schools and advocat- ing some cure for the same.
 Superintendent s. A. Minders of Ten- nessee was elected president of the as- sociation and Superintendent J. A Joyner of North Carolina, secretary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
MINE WORKERS SENTENCED.
Prominent U. M. W. of A. Men V,o. lated Injunction at Briceville, Tenn.

Knoxville, Tenn, October Flor violating an injunction restraining United Mines Workers officials from trespassing on the property of the Tennessee Coal company at Briceville. Tenn, Chancellor Kyle at Clinton, Tenn, today fined and sentenced the following officials:
 F. l.. Rice, national organizer, who came from Iowa, was sentenced to 80 days in jail; Robert Vaughan, S35O and 70 days; J. H. Saylor, $100 and 20 days; c. l.. Rice, $50 and 10 days; - = Andrews, $50 and 10 days. Defend ants appealed to the supreme court and made bond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
WILL STRIKE BE EXTENDED?
Sam Parks Says It Will and Buchanan
 Says 1t Will Not.

New York, October 7.-Samuel j.. Parks, walking delegate of the House. smiths and Bridgemen's union, today announced that at the meeting of the national executive committee of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers association here next week, the local buildings strike will be extended throughout the country wher- ever their league has members.
 "The builders" he said. "are now confronted with a clean-cut fight with the international organization. The national executive committee will meet here next week and proceed to tie up the works of the Iron League all over the country"