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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11

signs on the ceiling and walls, and
the coloring will be Spanish leather
colors. The reading room, adjoin-
ing the billiard room will be decor
ated in French renaissance style. The
design on walls and ceilings will be
all free-hand ornamental work. The
coloring will be a rich cochineal vel.
vet. The ladies parlor is to be the
climax, and is naturally beautiful be.
cause Of the location and the pure
natural light giving the artist oppor-
tunity to thoroughly display his hand.
iwork. 1t will be finished in strict
accord with Louis XIV. style in mag
nificent floral design with natural sky
effect, displaying butterflies and
birds in such profusiOn as to have
a very realistic tenor. On oval OF
natural sky in the ceiling, beautifully
bordered with blending of green,
makes the roof appear to be removed
on a first glance.
The style Of decoration in the Sec
ond floor hall will be Greek, the COL
oring being a rich green. Over the
proscenium in the theater arch is to
be finished with an allegoric of tae
concert, taken from the painting OF
Prof. Kellar, of Dusseldorf, Germany,
where Mr. Gottlieb was once stu
dent. 1t is cluster Of musical Gu
pids. This design is beautiful. Over
the boxes in the theater will be clus-
tered musical emblems with floral ef-
feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11

spect.
Mr.. John F. Rutherford was present
at the meeting and is in favor of
paving the track, he being one OF
the directors. The charter states that
a gravel rail shall be laid by the rail-
way whenever the street is paved. It
seems pity that when the people all
want a street paved that it can not
be done, and it would look better to
see all parties concerned harmonious
on the subject What the city needs
Is street improvement
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ONLY Ono GaskiII-Mundy.

OOIy Ouo 0doNu-"NuOys
There have been and are many cir
cuses, but only one Barnum; there
are innumerable wild west shows, but
only one Buffalo Bill, and there are
numerous carnival companies with
but one and only one Gaskill-Mundy.
The name stands supreme and means
that Pine Bluff in preparing for its
big spring festival would contract
with but one organization to furnish
the amusements, and that one is the
stupendous Gaskill-Mundy company.
which came in last night and is today
in the city.
Entering the esplanade the visitor
in his progress passes a total of four
teen truly great shows before he
reaches the extreme eastern termi-
nus of the grounds where "The SStadi-
um'' show will be found. 20
Fourteen special shows. Fourteen
attra ctions which were visited last
wee kalone by over 100000 people who
Continued on Fifth Page.)
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A. C. STUART, Mayor.

So it is ho! for the carnival, which
opens tonight, and which gives every
surface indication of proving the
greatest event. bar none, which has
ever happened to Pine Bluff.
At the carnival grounds, which are
situated in Fourth avenue, east and
west from Main street; everything
will be in readiness for the opening
at Z p. M, and where chaos reigned
this morning, nightfall will have wit
messed the transformation into fairy
land of electrical illuminations, golden
show fronts, hilarity, music and activ-
ity.
The Pine Bluff spring festival is
ready for it's inauguration, and to-
night will usher in the week Of fun
and frolic.
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In the Little Rock Gazette OF Sun
day appeared the following interest.
ing editorial on Contempt, Pardon
and the Law
I'VE think Judge Grace, of Pine
Bluff, did right in ordering the sher-
if to re-arrest Ulysses Altheimer and
confine him in jail until he has served
out so much Of his sentence for con-
tempt Of court as he had escaped by
reason of being pardoned by Gov.
Davis.
II Altheimer could make remarks
to judge on the bench tending to un-
dcrmiDe respect for the court and es-
cape punishment for contempt, other
men might naturally proceed on the
theory that they could do the same
thing. Gut now that Judge Grace has
shown that he will go to the length
Of taN ing a person re-arrested and re-
committed to Jail il sentenced for con-
tempt and pardoned by the governor
the wholesome impression must go
abroad that court must not be in.
suited or disturbed in it's proceedings,
and that the person guilty of such
offense must suffer without the re-
course Of executive clemency.
But we are sorry to see that Judge
Grace is in contempt of the executive
of course. no such offense is recog-
rized by the law, though it is by pro-
priety. In the order that he made di-
recting the sheriff to re-arrest Ulysses
Altheimer, Judge Grace used the
words IAN order purporting to be a
pardon issued by one jeff Davis as
governor of the state of Arkansas"
No matter what the governors per-
sonal relations may be with any man,
the present occupant of the guberna-
torial chair is Gov. Davis" or "the
governor of the state Of Arkansas"
He should not be referred to by the
Judge of a court as lone jeff Davis. :"
The opinion of Chief ustice English
in the contempt case of the state VS..
Morrill, which came before the Ar
kansas supreme court in 1855, the
court sustaining the demurrer of the
attorney general to the plea to the
Jurisdiction filed by the defendant. is
strikingly pertinent. in one Of its
passages to the Altheimer case since
the developments Of Friday.
Chief Justice English discussed the
case Of ex parte Hickey. which had
been cited by the counsel for the de-
fense In this case a gross libel was
published upon the presiding Judge of
the Warren circuit court in Missis-
sippi. charging him with disregard
ing his official oath, with officially far
voring the escape of a man charged
with r'urder in the court in which he
was at the time presiding, and with
being q criminal abettor of the ac-
"ree7 The newspaper containing the
nub]icaticn was printed and circu-
lated il the midst of the community
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CARNIVAL OPENS TONIGHT
Pine Bluffs Gala Week Begins, and
Children's Day Tomorrow.

ton to the many cars of the magnifi-
cent carnival equipment, the train
carried several day coaches and two
Pullman sleepers, both of the latter
being the individual property of the
Gaskil-Mundy Carnival company.
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The lond-heralded spring carnival
and street fair is at hand.
Tonight at o'clock the week OF
sightseeing will be ushered in with
such an array of attractions and splen-
did shows as was never before seen
in Pine Bluff. which is saying great
deal. but not more than is deserved
if one-half the accounts from civilized
cities where the carnival company has
visited in the past are true.
The amusement features of the fes
tiyal will be furnished by the Gaskill-
Mundy carnival organization, of
which aggregation the following
strongest of hearty Endorsements from
Maj. A. c. Stuart, of Texarkana,
speaks volumes and needs absolutely
no additional comment.
Mai. Stuart in referring to the Gas
kill-Munday company and its shows,
writes as follows:
Texarkana, Tex, April 80, 1903
To the People of Arkansas and the
Public in General: wish to add to
the universal praise deserved, earned
and received by the Gaskill-Mundy
Carnival company my own personal
and most positive Endorsement of that
organizations many shows and ster-
ling attractions.
The city has had many carnivals
and street fairs in the past, but never
could the attractions presented COM
pare with those Of the Gaskill-Mundy
Carnival company, which is furnishing
the amusement features at the Tex
arkana spring festival.
The shows are, without exception,
absolutely moral, clean and of the
highest possible grade.
The equipment all through is mag
nifcent, the attaches are orderly,
the performers of perfect respecta-
bility, and the management men Of
such high order of integrity and hon
or as men, that I feel it not only
pleasure, but duty to sign my name
to this Endorsement
have spent many pleasant hours
with my wife and children at the Gas.
kill-Mundy shows this week. and sim
cerely assure the citizens Of our city
that they are the finest that Texar-
kama has ever had the honor Of well
coming within her gates. Very re-
spectfully,
q CTI1ART Mayor
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SECOND TRIAL
OF John Stokes, Charged With Mur-
der Of VIM. Scott.

OF John Stokes, Charged With Muir.
der Of VIM. Scott.
The case of the state against Joht
Stokes, colored, which was tried here
one year ago, Is again on trial in the
circuit court. Stokes is alleged to
have killed VIM. Scott, colored. Scott
vas assassinate at night. He was
called to his door and the, person do
ing the deed fred load of buckshot
INTO the body Of Scott. Stokes ives
tried and found gYilty of murder in
The first degree. Z, g supreme court
reversed the dec.'s' n a technicality.
\. A. Foster and A. Miller are the
defendants attorn rs.
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Mr.. George H. Broks, of Chicago,
arrived today to take charge of the
Graphic's linotype machine as ma
chinist-operator. Mr.. Brooks comes
we'll recommended
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COURT RULING ALARMS
MAYOR M'LANE'S PARTY
Wachter Has Chance to Prove Alleged
Crooked Election Work

BALTIMORE, July THE decision of
the supreme court In the mayoralty con-
test of Representative Frank c. Waehter.
Republican. against Mayor Robert NJ
McLane. that the former may produce
testimony to support his general claim
of fraud. instead of being required to
show to the satisfaction of the court
specific instances of fraudulent political
counting of ballots, has filled the friends
of the mayor with alarm.
The statute had always been construed
to mean that no contest could proceed
unless the court was shown that the
contestant could produce testimony of
particular acts in particular precincts.
Mr.. Wachter now has an opportunity
TO prove his assertion that he was really
elected by more than three thousand
plurality. All the testimony is 10 be
heard by justice and is TO be presented
TO the supreme court not later than Oc-
tober 10.
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King Edwards Friends Blackballed.

King Edward is much wrought up over
the persistent "pilling" of his friends by
the Jockey Club, which seems to follow
In this respect the example of the Royal
Yacht Squadron, where oil the influence
which the sovereign has exercised in tho
behalf of Sir Thomas Upton has failed
until now to secure the admission of the
owner OF the Shamrocks to the premier
yachting organization, not merely Of the
British empire, but of the entire world.
The meeting of the Jockey Club took
place about ten days ago as usual at the
town house of the old Duke of Richmond
and Gordon, in Belgrave Square. and
every candidate put up for election was
mercilessly blackballed as has been the
case at every election held by the Jockey
Club for the past three years.
There are two candidates in particular
in whom King Edward is interested. one
of them foreign born fnancier with ar.
English name and title, whose name has
been prominently associated with great
works in Egypt. while the other is for
mer guardsman. scion of an ancient En-
glish house, married to one of the most
beautiful women in London, and a great
authority on questions of finance They
each have large racing stables. are prom
inent figures on the turf, and from i
sporting point Of view would prove valu-
able acquisitions to the club. But on
every occasion that their names have
been put up they have been turned down
by the more conservative element of the
club, an element which is headed by the
Duke of Richmond. who. it is understood,
especially objects to the foreign born
hnancier to whom 1 have referred above.
1t is generally understood in London
that IL was Lord Salisbury's opposition
to the Kings desire to confer a peerage
upon this financier that precipitated the
withdrawal OF the former Conservats Q
prime minister into private life last
year.
1t is to the bad blood between the Duke
of Richmond and the King in connec-
ton with the blackballing of the lat
ter's friends at the Jockey Club cleo
ton the other day that must be attrib-
uted the closing of Goodwood House dur
ing the Goodwood race week, and the
abandonment Of the royal house party
there in connection with the races for
the first time in many years
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visitation TO the South Sea Islands. The
second is Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore.
who could not reach the Eternal City
under ten days or a fortnight. while the
third is Cardinal Logue. Of Armagh.
who alone, IL his health permitted.
might get TO Rome in time TO take part
in the conclave.
This condition Of affairs is exciting a
good deal Of discussion. and in view OF
the immense number of Roman Catho-
lies in this country and in the British
empire, and of their wealth and infiu-
eBce, it is felt that they are entitled to
a more extensive representation in the
sacred college than they now enjoy.
when the time comes for the election OF
a new Pope.
1t is probable that the next English
speaking cardinal will be an English
man, and that he will succeed to the
vacancy left by the death of Cardinal
Vaughan. The latter's coadjutor as
Archbishop Of Westminster has been
mentioned in this connection. He is
Bishop Stanley, brother OF Lord STAN
ley of Alderley, a peer whom I men
toned the other day in these columns
as being a protested Mohammedan.
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a similar increase in fatalities we
shall soon be sacrificing to make a
single patriotic holiday more lives
than we lost in freeing Cuba and an
nexing Guam, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines.
Is it not time to abandon this
Fourth of July carnival of noise and
smoke, Of puerile exeitements and un-
worthy sacrifcesl 1t is a standing
Teproach against the Englishman that
he has trained himself to say: "This
is a holiday; let us 60 out and kill
something" But in his killing the
Englishman limits himself to the
brute creation. And It should be a
greater reproach to us that in cele-
brating our birth as a nation we
should not only cling to purely bar
barrie ideals of din and uproar, but
in our devotion to those ideals should
waste each year more lives than we
have lost in many a serious pitched
battle.
Why not suppress - or at least
abate-the nuisance of a promiscuous
use of firearms or promiscuous ham
ding of dangerous explosives7 There
are other safer. filter, more dignified
and more civilized methods of eele-
brating a holiday which must always
have for us a genuine intellectual and
spiritual significance.
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Filling King Peters Golfers.

King Peter OF Servia has fortunately
been able to create fresh and extreme
ly valuable source OF income for his
government. the treasury OF which was
in sadly depleted condition at the time
Of his succession. One Of his arst
acts was TO issue decree prohibiting
the use OF the postage stamps bearing
King Alexander's efigy, and providing
for the issue of a set of provisional
stamps for use until time has been found
to replace them with stamps bearing his
portrait
This step has caused a great stir
among philatelists all over the world
The sales Of the provisional stamps al
ready reach large figures, and they rep
recent practically all profit. Ninety per
cent OF the provisional stamps are pur-
chased for collectors. and, therefore. no
labor is expended in return for the value
received. 1t is stated that the postofice
authorities at Belgrade are unable to
meet the enormous demands which are
reaching them from every quarter of the
globe in connection with the matter.
MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.
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ENTOMBED MINERS
WROTE THEIR FAREWELL
Then Discovery of Old Workings AZ
forded Egress.

PoTTSVILLE. Pa. July THE inte-
rior OF the Kaska William mine at Mid
dleport took fire yesterday. and a large
number of men were imprisoned. For
several hours their lives were despaired
Of. and the entombed men wrote notes OF
farewell to their families. whom they
never expected TO see again, and hop
ing the missives might be found. After
all hope had fed an old working was
discovered through which the imprisoned
men were rescued. some OF them already
in an unconscious condition.
John Hughes. Nicholas Thornton. Jo-
seph SPOTS. Anthony Pickelis, William
Jones. and William Carney were impris-
oned in a shaft ablaze for several hun
dred feet. They were prepared to die.
and could hardly credit their senses
when their rescuers appeared from the
depths of the forgotten old workings.
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To ATTEND ARMY AND NAVY
MANEUVERS OFF MAINE
Majors Biddle, Symons, and Bingham
Ordered to Portland Harbor.

Mai. John Biddle, the Engineer Com
missioner Of the District; Maj. Thomas
W.Symons. the engineer officer in charge
OF public buildings and grounds. and
his predecessor. Mai. Theodore A. Bing-
ham, now stationed in Buffalo, are
among the officers of the Engineer Corps
who have been detailed by the Secretary
OF War TO attend the combined army and
navy maneuvers to be held in Portland
Harbor next month.
Capt. James c. Sanford. Capt. Cassius
f. Gillette, and Capt. E. Eveleth Wins
low are the other officers o: tn-
corps having the same detail. These Of
icers are directed TO proceed at the
proper time to Fort Preble. Ne, and
report to the commanding general Of
the Department OF the East for such
duties pertaining TO the maneuvers as
he may assign to them.
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Insurance Licenses.
Remarkable Explanation to Account for
Their Non-Issue.


Their Non-Issue.
Thomas (. Drake, Superintendent
OF Insurance, should go into partner
ship with Postmaster General Payne
and former Representative Loud, of
California. Payne, Loud & Drake
What a combination
Messrs. Payne and Loud, it will be
remembered, were unable to conduct
an investigation of the Postoffice De-
partment without an appropriation.
SO they got $4,000 from Congress,
which became available exactly seven
days ago. And yet, if we are not
greatly mistaken, there has been
something doing" in the last four
months-fraud, bribery, and corrup-
ton disclosed, rascals turned out,
criminals indicted, etc.-all without
the expenditure of a single cent of
that $4,000. 1t would really seem as
If there were some foundation for the
old saw that where there's a will
there's a way"
But Superintendent Drake evil
IDENTIFY Is of different opinion. He
has held down a lucrative Office for
eighteen months. Part Of the time
he has had three clerks to assist him
III this arduous task. If, in all that
period, the public has had a report of
his dOings, we certainly have missed
Ii. We have it upon the authority of
Commissioner Macfarland, on the
other hand, that MIR. Drake has
given the business of his Office more
attention than the Government ex-
pected." Perhaps he has. The only
thing that puzzles US is to know how
much the Government may expect
from Mr.. Drake.
We have a notion-though we may
possibly be wrong about it - that
about 200 or $50 insurance companies
and agents do business IN the Dis
trict. The annual reports of the
companies are public property. They
are sent, in most cases, to every
policyholder. Does Mr.. Drake wish
it to be understood that the examina-
ton of $50 of these reports consumed
his time and that of three clerks for
eighteen mOnths2
1t is intimated that the law does
not authorize him to cash or deposit
the checks. Fudge! Suppose ar in
surance broker were to offer 10 pay
for his license in greenbacks7
Mr.. brakes explanation Is one that
doesn't explain. On the face Of the
returns it looks to us as if it were a
case of Payne-of not being able to
do anything without an appropria-
ton.
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The Field of Politics
Time Brings Many Changes.


Eight or nine years ago, when the Hon.
Charles A. Towne was a member of
Congress. If a political prophet had said
that on July 4, 1903, the brilliant young
! orator from Minnesota would be the star
/ speech maker at Tammany banquet,
Mr.. Towne would probably have regard
ed the man as insane. Yet Just that pre-
diction, had it been made, would have
been fulfilled, for last Saturday, when
the braves of the Fourteenth Street wig
wan were gathered together 10 ceIe-
brate the anniversary of the adoption
Of the Declaration OF Independence. ex-
Senator Towne was their hOnored guest.
caressing the Tiger and toasting Democ-
racy with the sachems of the Hall
He had been invited TO deliver one OF
the long talks" and he responded in
manner which would have indicated
/ that he had learned the tenets of the
faith at the knee of Thomas Jefferson
or Andrew Jackson. rather than that he
had been a Republican and foe to De-
moeracy all of his life until the past
few years.
Charles A. Towne had bright prospects
Of becoming Republican leader when
he was In Congress. His ,voIu-
ton to a full-fedged Democrat
was by the Silver Republican proc
ess. He embraced Democracy after that
party had turned him down and refused
to accept him as its candidate for the
Vice Presidency when he bad been nomi-
mated nv tho po,uIfe4e Co. .ha. -.
In the face of that action he declared
himself Democrat and worked harder
for the ticket than did many who had
long claimed allegiance to Democracy.
But it was not upon the silver ques-
ton that ex-senator Towne addressed
the Tammany Hall braves in his Fourth
of July Grafton. II was upon an issue
distinctively Democratic-that is, it was
raised by the Democrats-the issue of
imperialism. This only goes to show how
thorough was his conversion. Il is some
what strange that the most ardent free
silver Republicans who quit the party
on that issue are equally as bitter
against the so-called Republican policy
of Imperialism.
Senator Teller has repeatedly said
that had he not left the Republican
party on the silver question, he most
certainly would have done so on the
issue of imperialism, and surely there
have been no more bitter opponents Of
the Philippine policy in the Senate than
Senator Teller of Colorado and Senator
Dubois of Idaho. both former Republi-
cans, and ex-senator Towne's address
before Tammany was in line with what
the Democrats are pleased TO call ira
ditional Democratic doctrine. The sight
of the Hon. Charles A. Towne in the
midst of a wigwam filled with Tammany
braves lauding them and denouncing
their opponents surely does illustrate
the changes which political Issues can
bring
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else by frequent city deliveries. He
doesn't stop to think that if letters
containing his orders are not deliv-
cred IN the city without unnecessary
delay he cannot get his orders filed
promptly. He doesn't stop to say to
himself, Il am the man, and not my
friend in the city, who is the real
beneficiary Of free delivery in large
towns" He simply listens to the
cheap clap-trap Of the politicians and
goes to work to save his soul and a
winters bacon by getting his feet, as
he fancies, in the public trough.
What he really does is to cut him
self off from one of the chief pleas
ures Of rural existence, and paying
for it out of his own pocket in the
bargain.
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SCHEMED To STAY
BULGARIkS PRINCE
Ferdinand Warned by an Anonymous
Letter.

SOFIA, July Recent events in
Servia have loosened the tongues of
certain Bulgarian officers. who declare
that there was a plot to assassinate
Prince Ferdinand at the last autumn
maneuvers. which the Russian Grand
Duke Nicolas Nicolaievitch attended.
The conspirators meant to place the
young Prince Boris on the throne. and
to constitute themselves regents during
his minority.
An anonymous letter warned Prince
Ferdinand OF the plot, and he hurriedly
stopped the maneuvers and fed abroad,
while the grand duke at once returned
TO Russia
Since then, adds the writer. Prince
Ferdinend's life has been twice in dau-
ger The unruly elements in Bulgaria
are so great that he "sits on dynamite 50