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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
HAD MIXED THE GENDERS,
Frenchman Apologies for Slight Mis-
take in HIS Grammar

Frenchman Apologies for Slight Mis-
take in HIS Grammar.
At the annual dinner of the Yale
divinity school President Hadley told
this story as his contribution: "A
Frenchman called on the mayor of
Chicago, and as the visitor started to
go he felt he must apologize for taking
so much Of the mayors time.
:" 1 fear I have cockroached on your
time, Mr.. Mayor, and l extremely re-
gret it, he said
oh, no, not at all. my dear sir
That word, though, my dear fellow, is
hencroached.'
Pardon me. sir. rejoined the
Frenchman, as he shook hands with
his honor, I was mixed up in my
genders."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20

, calling himself Wild Harry" was
Doastine Of his skill as a marksman.
claiming to be the crack shot ef Texas.
Boyer Was rittcd against him. Wild
ilarrE.s targets were little glass MAJ
a"s the size q a pea set on tky tip
of upright reeds stuck into tie ground.
Pistols We@4 used AT a distance OF
ten PAGES, Wild Harry shct and mis-
s"d four out Of six. Boyer used an
Old fashioned cap pistol and missed
one out of six shots
Wild Harry claimed it unfair to use
the old blunderbus and handed hi,
own gun to Boyer who carelesslv
leveled it, bursting four marbles in
succession Boyer. today claims 15o
eye witnesses to that shooting.
During his career he has killed
many deer. wolves. antelope. turkeys.
geese and other game too numerous
to mention He considers it common
shooting to fetch wolf at 700 wards.
He shoots geese and turkey ON the
fly. and iuck rabbits on the run. With
the large gun. formerly described. he
guarantees to hit an object the size
Of man. every other shot. one-half
mile distance. With the same gun he
put three shots inside a four inch cir
Gle at the distance of 275 yards In
five shots at 80 yards he cupped three
bullets, one on top of the other.
Mr.. Boyer aftirms he has never been
eaten but once, and then by his own
daughter. AT an early age Mamie
was trained to handle the rife. At
the tender age of eleven, she executed
the shooting, that put her father and
other good marksmen in the shade.
Mr.. Boyer was building a dance hall
on Roebuck lake for the sporting club
of Paris. Eight members of the club
one day loitered about for some time.
and finally began shooting at a small
snag, out in the lake. some GOO yards.
OF the eight sportsmen, all missed.
Boyer tried his skill. He also missed
but from the splash in the water il
was recone that he had beaten all
The Cther s'lGts.
Mamie was standing near. She now
looked up into her fathers face and
asked:
Papa may try it once?"
Fer ans Yer the gun was handed to
her. and ;aislng the glistenng barrel
t. Ielri she carefully pressed the
trigger and @'ajted results. No splash
was seen to follow. Once again she
fred and this time Clipped the edge
OF tie ma'n. Her fist shot had taken
center
Mamie is still an ardent lover of
hunting. ant she remembers With pride
The many ats which she has indule-
ed at ;l2r fathers side braying cold
Winds and srowy weather.
NJ. EoNel has a keener eye today
tEHn mcst ytung men of twenty. while
his nerves are perfectly steady If
t}is laan rad been of rich parentage
and had Lad the advantages of most
srortsmoA Il today. it is safe to
eos that his skill would have been un-
snrbessed in the world, none execp-
ted \, It is he challenges any man.
with any gun, that has open sights.
20 compare skill with him with his
large rifle All shots are to me made
OIL hand t rot less than $50 yards dis
tart.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
Paid Record Dividend.

H. P. Dawson has resigned tho
presidency of the Liberty National
Bank in New York. to accept the vice
presidency of the First National Bank.
The latter is one of the three most
prominent banks in the Union and
holds the record for having paid the
largest dividend ever declared by an
American banking Institution. This
was 300 per cent, distributed two
years aco.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
Owns Largest Rifle i'm the West

aM Little Rock, Ark. Jan. e0.-rhc lar
Mpest rifle in the state Of Arkansas il
M3n possession Of j. W Boyer. Of R0g-
ers. The gun weighs IS IL pounds.
%and is 30 calibre. shooting ono half
Rounce ball. Dick Lock. the noted GUN
BNsmith of Paris, Texas. who has had
8SSforty years OF experience at his trade.
afiirms it to be the largest rifle he
#ever saw.
MI The rife is a muzzlo loader and
1.-THE breech-pin differs from that used
EEin most guns, in that it extends into
l#the barrel several inches and is hol-
low, thus allowing the charge of powd.
%er to be incloscd intact in itself
@SWhen the ball is put in on ton it can
¬ enter further than the rim of the
&breech pin upon which it rests. Not
#alone is the gun a wonder. but the
&man that owns it is wonder in his
way, being a remarkable marksman.
&&All his skillful shooting is done off
4 hand, and with common open sights
6Mr. Boyer was born in Snyder county
4 pennsylvania, in 1876 At an early age
he was left an orphan, and was thus
\ Obliged to fight life's battles with but
few advantages, From the cradle
almost-he bore deep love for fire
arms, and IN after years that love
never died.
His first gun was an old hint-lock
musket as heavy as himself which he
traded for and secretly kept hidden
from his grandfather, in an old hol.
low tree.
His ammunition was powder, slipped
from his grandfather's pouch and
gravel from the creek bed used for
shot. Even with this poor substitute
he brought down considerable game
During his hunting career Boyer has
owned between seventy-five and 100
different guns, and his hunting grounds
ranged over several states In the
Allegheny mountains of Pennsylvania
he did his first hunting He then pas
sed a winter on the ST Johns Island
Of Florida. Here, one of the victims
to his unerring aim was II 1-2 foot
snake. He next hunted in Macon
county. Illinois. where his chief game
was the sand hill crane These wary
birds he seldom shot at less distance
than one-fourth mile, invariably killing
two at time.
Next in rotation comes the vicinity
of the kiomichi river, Choctaw Ma
ton; then the plains of Kansas. where
antelope steak formed his chief diet
One instance of Boyer's markham
ship was while shooting geese on the
Red river northwest of Paris, Texas.
He had just dispatched two geese on
the opposite shore and was resting
with his back to a large stree when al
eagle sWooped down upon the game
His rifle was empty, but a Colts six
shooter hung at his side. This he drew
up and fired, the bah piercing the bird
through the breast The distance of
this shot was 275 yards. The bird
measured I 1-2 feet from tip to tip.
While working at the carpenters
trade in Texas Mr.. Boyer was one day
accosted by an acquaintance and asked
if he could defer work for an hour.
He said that he could, and was at once
conducted to a gang of sportsmen
assembled on the common. A man
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
Pins-Pons In l'ariz

Ping-pong has arrived in Paris, AMI
society men cannot go anywhere with
out being lassoed into game OF ping
pong, so they have formed an amt
ping-pong league. The members wear
q distinctive button, so that the ladies
cannot feel offended when member.
refuse to play, since they have sworn
never to participate in this foolish
lnmanlv TneliSh pastime
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
A SIMPLE QUESTION.
Pine Bluff people Are Requested to
Honestly Answer This.

Is not the word of representative
citizen OF Pine Bluff more convincing
than the doubtful utterances Of peo
pie living everywhere else in the
Union? Read this:
G. II. Canfeld, locomotive engineer
IN the Cotton Belt route, running be
tween Pine Bluff and Texarkana, resi-
dcnce 1902 West Sixth avenue, says
81 am pleased, more than pleased, that
an opportunity has been given me tc
add my indorsation touching the mer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
Their Usual Method.

A London paper admires the "virile
promptness' OF the leople of the
United States in sending relief ships
to Martinique and st. Vincent 1t is
a gratifying compliment and fresh
tribute to American methods.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
Proof of Cd GlMirn

Dear me. John called the cob
hier's wife arc Won leeeer soiHs to
stop work? It's MT t. O'Clock.
What's thu dife.aaee' a. arrerl The
busy maa of the last. lit ucter too
late TO mend. - philadelphia Evening
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20

'pueI5uI 'aI!qsYloA 70 su.p!l lssM
eq@ ~ punoJ 90 o. Mou sluamnuom
@ueIoue 9ql SuoWe eIe 'sulgmaI 1!eq}
10 sHools 6@loJ pue sossoLo leYLem pIo
A@Jg "a " 0etI lnoqe po4oeIs .'seuoas
ehSBId,, IeIoA7s 'su!gmsI Igo!p!nIQ
puxISua VI suInH leoIp!uId
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
hindus Have Few Needs.

Millions of Hindus live. marry and
rear families on an income which
rarely exceeds half dollar of our
money week, They never eat mea.
and need hardly a, othing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20

First American Woman Doctor.
The first American woman doctor
was Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, who be-
gan practice in 1S49. To-day there are
5000 women physicians in the United
States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
EtnSom 1fone~ a, work

From tho fact Hat Macedonian e.
volt /. sse99nS jauntily dow so+earI
st. luos.tght-, it may 0o Inferred thac
while tt= ran em money was not aIt
that cu4Il be dosireJ Il vas mads
- 10.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-20
The Matinee Girl
at the Play
THE MOST ATTRACTIVE
Cal. /: /: ::n[)ARl
OF THE FsEW YEAR
NiQO2

1908,
Consists of SIX beet. each / in. T.,
10 in, i'll II cotot~, with an add"t
spocIal finish tlIat give II tho truI
watrr color effect Tho accompany
ing reproduction of ono of tho sub
J"cts, greatly reduced in -izo ant
Wi thout tho enliveuing effect of IL,
rich colorins, siyss but an imprrfcc
idea of tho hrauty OF this charmin.
series of plates.
How to Obtain sf.-Sent any.
where, prepaid, on receipt OF SOC,
coin or stamps: OK. prepaid on re-
ceipt ct So in stamps and Globe
design label taken from Gold Band
Ham. OR, for Sc postage and the
Globe design label from II piece of
Gold Band Bacon: OR. fofsc postage
and a White Label English Bacon
label OK. if your dealer hasn't these
meats, we will Hl5ui calendar on re-
ceipt OF Sc In stamps II you send us
an order for one piece of either Of
the three products mentioned and
also give us the name of the dealer
through whom you wish il delivered
to you. Thus i2c of the price of this
artistic calendar can be saved by the
purchase of either OF the above
mentioned choice goods
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
Seattle Passes Law
.Forblds Pool Rooms

SEATTLE, WASH, July S.AThe
city council at its last meeting unan-
imously passed an ordinance favor
ably reported from the police. license
and revenue committee. which makes
1t misdsmeanor to be in any man
ner connected with any poolroom
where bets are made on horse races
or with any bucket shops where
gambling transactions in stocks or
commodities are carried on. The or
dinance in terms provides:
1T shall be unlawful for any per-
son to conduct. carry on, control or
be In any manner connected with any
establishment or place where bets or
wagers are registered on the rise or
fall of the price of stocks. grains,
oils or any mercantile article. and
also where bets or wagers are made
upon the result of horse races: pro-
vided. that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the
bona fide purchase or sale of any
stocks or collateral on commission"
The penalty for violation of the
ordinance is fixed as fine of not
more than 500 or Imprisonment for
not more than 80 days.
Two months ago Councilman Kist-
Ter introduced an ordinance requiring
all such places to take out a license
with heavy fee attached, but this
aroused the opposition of some of the
councilmen, who declared themselves
opposed to seeming to authorize
what was admittedly an evil.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
CAUSES
MINES TO BOOM

Local mining brokers are feeling
the first effect Of the passage yester-
day of an act by the dominion gov
eminent granting to the silver-lead
mineowners of the province Of British
Columbia bounty of sseo, 900 year
for the next five years on lead-bearing
ores mined. smelted ana refined In
Canada, on the basis OF rs cents per
leo pounds of lead.
The wires from eassern Canada
were kept hot this morning for quo
tations and offerings on the leading
silver-iead (wet ore) British Column
bia mines. Immediately the market
stiffened under the sudden demand
Within 81 hours the principal stocks
in this line have advanced from 10
to rs per cent In value.
The effect the bonus will have
promises to stimulate. the mining of
silver-lead ore to marked degree.
Properties that can at present show
a small profit will have the same
increased handsomely. as it will make
a difference of from ~ to 50 per ton
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
HIGH AVERAGE AMONG
MEDICAL ASPIRANTS

This afternoon brings to a close
the examinations for doctors DESTROYS
OF practicing in this state. Said one
Of the examiners:
while ON account OF the closing OF
the colleges for the summer vacation
always makes our July class exceed
In number the January one, the class
now being examined is the largest
In the history OF the state. 1t has
been a most satisfactory examination
and the material this year Is away
above the average. Nearly every col
lege Of Importance in the United
States and Canada has representa-
tive, but there are none from any Of
the European colleges"
Quite q number Of the SO doctors
who have been taking the examina-
tions are non-residents Of the state
and do not intend practicing here, at
least Tor the present. Several young
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08

men, Just graduated and while fresh
from study. feel more competent to
go up than they might In years to
come. Others. realizing that as the
years go ON the examinations will
become sitter. take as early an op-
portunity as possible to pass, so that
IN future should they desire SO to do
they may be entitled to practice in
the state. Minnesota. California and
Idaho are the principal states repre-
scented by nonresident practitioners
and British Columbia also contributes
one or two.
Late this afternoon the members
OF the state board of medical ex-
aminers went into executive session
for the purpose of holding the annual
election of officers. or the nine men,
bers Of the board eight have been
in attendance during the examina-
ton
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08

10lm, July e.-Ths following Of
Aoial bulletin was issued this morn
inss
- psps passed : fairly ssist
nie1 noagh As haA no rsstoring
slssp. ~ pulse y becoming more
irregular. 2sspixAtion IL not 20 free
- II WAS yesterday evening. xhs
condition Of the pope does mot permit
o. = lengthy examination. The tm-
provsmsnt IN his pulmonary condition
continues, but his condition In gem
sral n less easy. owing 70 the loss Of
strsngth. which u Increasing from
tims 70 time. The asvslopmsnt Of
blood poisoning means that the snA
= insvitabls.w
On waking this morning the pope
said: II wish 1t was all over.
know from my vision what Is await
ing me-"
Y1HD1CTs KIs DEATH.
Later the pope in his conversation
with Mgr. Angel, one of his attend
ants. said:
II am sorry that can not be pres
ent at tomorrow's service, because
tomorrow I shall de-
I EARLY this afternoon the pope had
another faiting fit.
Symptoms Of blood poisoning have
appeared in the pope. 1t is now stated
at the vatican, and IT depends entirely
on the progress Of the dread symp-
toms whether his holiness will last
days or merely hours.
The physicians In attendance hold
ou< but little hope. as. notwithstand-
ing the amelioration in his symptoms.
1t h simply impossible to the or
ganism OF the pontif to have the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08

err and outfielder Of the Washington
team.
week and wandered off, no one knows
where, and. as this is a habit of his,
no one was surprised. The end came
as great shock to followers of the
game.
Delehanty first signed with Wash
ington American league team for this
season and afterwards accepted bo-
nus Of $4,000 from "Muggsy" McGraw
to play with the New York Nationals,
but was sent back to Washington.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
Mcneil Drowned.


A telegram was received today by
al Hughes stating that w. T. Nc
Neill, well known Spokane man,
was drowned at Harvey. N. ID.
MCNEIL won local fame by squan-
dering his patrimony of 100000 with
in a few months. He was formerly in
the employ Of Hurd & Co. and left
Spokane few months ago to travel
for the Buffalo Pitts company.
During the Spanish war he volun-
teered and was clerk for Company A
of the Washington volunteers, seeing
service In the Philippines at Manila,
Santa Ana, Pasig and other places.
He was popular in the regiment.
where he was nicknamed The Trou-
blesome Kid"
McNeill was 2S years old and came
here from Rochester, H.. where his
;samily resides.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
IS BOUGHT
FOR new RAIL WAY

F. A. Blackwell. president of the
Occur dAlene & Spokane electric
line. has returned from the east.
where he has been attending to bust
ness connected with his new road
and proposed mill at Occur d'Alene.
While east Mr.. Blackwell let con-
tracts for rolling stock for his road
amounting TO $4,000. A steam en-
CINE was purchased at Buffalo. N. ",
and lis now on it's way west. 1t will
be used in construction work on the
line. Twenty-nine freight cars were
also purchased. These were sent to
Pueblo, Col, where they will be load
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08

Al a meeting Of the trades council
Of this city at Central Labor hall
last night the Pacific States Tele-
phone & Telegraph company was
voted unfair and a practical boycott
has been inaugurated against the
company by that body.
The first steps towards an aggress-
i've campaign were taken today. when
the striking operators circulated
printed slips demanding OF the COM
pany the removal Of telephones from
the premises of the signers until the
company made terms with its strik-
ing operators. IN
T. 8. Heskett, secretary Of the
trades council, said today:
Whenever the company is disposed
to do business all, they have to do
is sign the agreement given them by
the telephone girls. This embodies
three points: Recognition of the
union, agreeing to pay the scale OF
wages asked, reinstatement of those
who walked out, and allowing the
girls to dress comfortably and as
they please" ~ rs
The girls today express themselves
as more confident Of winning the
strike than ever and their determine
ton to hold out to the end is encour-
aged by the action Of the people who
havesprofnised to stay with them in
the matter and remove their tele-
phones.
No effort will be made by the Pa
cific States Telephone G Telegraph
company to enjoin the trades council
from making effective the boycott
they voted to impose last night. Of
ficials of the company expected the
move but did nothing to intercept it,
and, according to g. E. Bush, the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08

to producers of 45 per cent and 60
per cent lead ores.
To give briefly an idea what 1t
means to the siIver-lead mines across
the line, the st. Eugene might be
taken as an example. This well
known East Kootenay property pro-
duces say roughly 900 tons of con-
centrates monthly. carrying so per
cent lead. With the bonus of 50 per
ton on this class of ore the increased
profits will amount to $4,000 per
month.
The most active British Columbia
silver-lead stocks today are: Ameri-
can Boy, strong at AZ G4hc Ram
bler-Cariboo. 40941c. Payne. which
sold yesterday at 1870. is hard to
pick up around Is cents There has
been big demand for Payne from
Toronto, Montreal and Victoria. This
is also true of st. Eugene. which is
firm at 40 cents. Sullivan is quoted
at AZ cents and SLOGAN Star around
10 cents. The brokers are rejoicing
at the prospect of some splendid
trading in this class OF stocks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08

also for conventions. expositions and
other purposes. The plans and esti-
mates viii be arranged for by the
adtutant general before his return to
Olympia.
After the committee from the
chamber of commerce and the gem
eral have secured a site. ways and
means will be provided to raise the
additional $4,000. The work will
then pass into the hands OF another
committee. who will pass upon the
suitability OF the site selected. This
second committee will be composed
OF the adjutant general of the state.
the president of the city council. the
chairman of the county commissions
ers. the city engineer and the officer
commanding hte local militia COM
pany.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08

Several new delegates were seated
In the trades council last night They
were the following:
w. Il. Emery of the brewerymen.
George Levison. II. j. Cunningham
and Otto Bergman OF the cigarmak-
ers. Thomas joyce, d. r. Halstead.
George Munter and T. II. Taylor of
the bartenders, William Martin Of the
plumbers, Miss Burrows OF the retail
clerks, L. f. Mayhugh and Harry
Ritter Of the stablemen, w. A. Miller,
Il. 9. Potts and e. Longale Of the
building laborers. C. s. Werner of the
sheet metal workers. and @. II.
Koonce. John J. Gratx and A. c.
Crawford OF the butchers and drivers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
BON WANT WATELET
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Paul Watelet, the dapper French
man, bon vivant and mining magnate,
who scored such brilliant success re-
GENTLY as = lion in spokane's select
social circles, pleaded not guilty this
morning before Judge Richardson to
the charge Of obtaining money from
J. e. Carnahan under fraudulent mis-
representations.
,Nsatelet was represented by F. M.
Dudley and F. T. Post. The swell
little Frenchman never WINGED when
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
TRADES COUNCIL |
BOYCOTT PHONES

newly appointed superintendent, moth
ing will be done.
Three Of the girl strikers return
ed to us this morning." said Mr..
Bush, land they were given their old
positions. We hold no feeling towards
them whatever and they can have
their positions whenever they are va
cant.
mo, they have made no advances
to us regarding a settlement ana their
action in boycotting the company
surprises me. I don't know what ef-
feet 1t will have. There are many
contracts that have run out and IL
they order their telephones out they
will have to be taken out, that is all.
"The rules we have are only those
in effect in most telephone offices. and
there must be rules to govern such
a large body of girls. The rules en-
acted seem to be the chief cause of
the trouble"
The Pacific States Telephone &
Telegraph company has its hands full
Of trouble all along the coast With
the exception of Seattle the linemen
are out along the entire system. In
San Francisco the 26 collectors en-
ployed by the company are also on
strike. In Fresno the 40 girl oper-
ators have walked out because the
manager forbid them attending la
Dor lecture.
John l. Sabin, president of the Pa
cific States Telephone & Telegraph
company, in San Francisco inter-
view states that there will be no
compromise between the company
and the striking linemen. He says
the company is losing money by the
strike, but it could AFFORD to bide it's
time and wait until the men who
walked out returned to their. work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-08
ARMORY TO Be USED
AS CONVENTION HALL

This afternoon Adjutant General
Drain. accompanied by a committee
Of the chamber OF commerce, will
start the investigation of several
sites for the proposed national guard
armory. The committee from the
chamber consists of Henry NJ. Rich
ards, George II. Brown and Thomas
Hooker.
The last session of the legislature
made an appropriation OF $4,000 for
a building here which is TO be sup
plemented by $4,000 from the city
and county.
The minimum area OF land desired
10 q plot 1oox200 feet. located In the
heart of the business section and con-
venient to the street cars.
The building will be utilized not
only as a national guard armory, but