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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31
jAPS NC 3lLiZiNNG TROOPS

Berlin, Dec. 31.-News has been re
coiyed here confirming previous re
ports that Japan is mQbilzing probably
with the object of occupying Korea.
The confirmation has reached the Ger
man government officially, and it is
interpreted here. as in Paris, as to
mean rot that Japan intends to send
may ,ccupy Korea With Russia consid-
ering it casus bell.
The situation is regarded here to-
night as developing rapidly. yet not
necessarily toward war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31
Several Camps Have Reported t9 oi.
oThis City
All HAVE ELECTED CFFiCER3

Mr. D. G. Bet, division commander
of the Arkansas division of the United
Sons Of Confederate Veterans is ia
communication with the various camps
in the state and is making preparations
for the complete reorganization Of the
state convention Of Sons Of Veterans.
Delegates will be appointed to meee
with the national convention which
meets at Nashville, Tenn, next May.
Thus far he has heard from the
camps at Batesvile, Hot Springs, Lit
tie Rock, Helena and TeXarkana, and
while the organizations have done bur
little during the years past, reports
of renewed interest are being sent III
meetings for reorganization and have
elected officers for the ensuing year
and will take active steps toward the
securing of new members and the gen
eral strengthening of the local camps.
Some time next month Mr.. Bell will
make a tour of the state, visiting all
the camps that are now organized and
assisting in the organization Of new
camps in such places where they may
be desired. AT this time, he will make
his appointments of staff officers who
will be expected to represent their
state at the national convention. With
each staff officer there will lalso be
appointed lady assistant or sponsor
for the camp. Mr.. Bell says the out
look for a general ravival ST interest
in the order is proming and Arkan-
sas will be we'll represented in Nash
vile at the convention.
He also invites persons interested
in the organization Of new camps in
any cities or towns in the state to com
municate with him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31
WOOD AND DAVIS
Two Candidates for Governor Spoke
to 800 Persons at Texarkana.

TeXarkana, Dec. 31.-TWo OF the gu
bernatorial candidates, Judge Wood
and Governor Davis, spoke at the
courthouse yesterday to an audi
ence of about 500 representative citi-
Zens, including few ladies.
Judge Wood was introduced and
spoke first. He was received with ap-
plause, which continued at intervals
and became greater in volume as he
an ovation. He said that Governor
Davis boasted that the newspapers,
lawyers, tc'wnspeople and other intel
ligent people were against him, but
that the red necks and hill billies from
ed his old guard and would pull him
through, that he was a onegallus Bap-
tist and would be taken care of by
the boys from the forks of the creek.
The governor had branded the supreme
court as thieves and had promised to
swing them from the temple of justice.
That was itself enough to retire the
governor to political oblivion forever.
The Altheimer farm affair and the
governors pardoning record were
caustically criticised. The pardoning
OF the negro Pomp Brown, who as
saulted white girl in Conway county,
was alluded to in forceful and touch.
ing manner, and the speakers rous-
ing declaration that he would not have
pardoned the black brute if every man,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31
A SURPRISE WEDDING.

A surprise wedding occurred at the
Arlington hotel today at noon in which
Mr. Gideon Fox of Glass, Tenn, and
Miss Lucy Harris of Regdel were the
principals. The wedding was not an
elcpement, the young people merely
determining upon Pine Bluff as being
the most convenient point az which to
meet, In company with Mr.. Edgar
Blackwell, Mr. Fox applied at the
county clerks Office this morning and
secured license Rev. john +. Carr
was telephoned and met them at the
Arlington hotel, where the words
were said ,6at made them husband
and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Fox will make
their future home at Glass, Tenn.
where the groom is in business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31
RED MEN ELECT OFFERS,

At ITS regular needing las night,
Nepohsit tribe, No ~. Improved Order
Of Rcd Men, elected officers fer the
ensuing year as follows Saehem, 4
lee Johnson: senior sycamore. II. w
Keller; junior sycamore, J. Hemmert.
prophet. ". +. SaHnet clerk OF roe
ores, \. b. Smith keeper OF Wampum.
Ralph Robinson; representative to
grand council, w E, SalIee
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31

ages to the extern of st5s.n= Tor tic
loss of a trunk and merchandise. 8-
legged to have been lose ia transit from
IlaiIeyville, l. r 10 Pin Bluff. Tae
trunk was checked a fiaijpETiItp oyer
the th ~taw and roHtea from Litti.
Rock over the Iron Mountain The
trunk and its contents is valued a.
$43S.05. Taylor and Jones are attor-
neys for the plaintitf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31
ON VERGE OF WAR.

Washington, Dec. 31.-The Japanese
minister called at the state depart
ment yesterday and reported that the
situation in the far east is c1e that
gives great concern, and that Japan
is making preparations for the worst.
It is hoped, however, that Russia will
reconsider her first answer to Japan's
request. i aHlEWlA IN 49,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31

The curtain at the Elks' theater
will rise at SIS tonight. The New
Year's ball at the Valhalla club VIII
not commence until after the minstrel
performance. u
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-31
SUIT FOR LOSS OF TRUNK.

Suit was filed in the circuit court
this morning by Mrs. Lena StcAe
against the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern railroad to recover dam.
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SHAMROCK BADLY BESTED
In First Race Swift Reliance Proves
Too Much for Lipton's Much'y
Vaunted Cup Challenger.

A New York dispatch says: In q
splendid 12 to Is knot breeze, over
wlndward and leeward course of thirty
miles, the gallant sloop Reliance, IN
SATURDAYS race, beat Shamrock III n
commanding style by exactly nine
minutes, actual time, or seven minutes
and three seconds after deducting the
one minute and flfty-seven SECONDS
which the defender comedies to sir
Thomas Lipton's third challenger on
account of her sail area as at present
measured.
It was a royal water fight for the
ancient trophy, which carries with It
me yachting supremacy of the world
and by q strange coincidence the first
victory in the cup series of 1903 oc'
Cured on the ffty-second anniversary
of the day on which the old schooner
America captured 1t in her famous
race around the Isle of Wight, off the
English coast.
The Reliance beat the British boat
three minutes and twenty-four seconds
In the thresh to windward and five
miutes and thirty-six seconds In the
run down the wind.
The nautical sharps. who had al
ready made up their minds on Thurs
day that the Reliance could take the
measure of the challenger in any kind
Of weather, regard Saturdays test as
conclusive, although they hardly an
ticipated 80 overwhelming a victory.
The race even dampened the ardor If
Sir Thomas, who insisted, after
Thursdays fuke, that his confidence
in the beautiful craft designed by
Fife, was greater than ever. Still, like
q true sportsman, he does not ac-
Knowledge defeat and hopes fol. BET,
ter luck next time. .
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in an endeavor to recover jewelry stol'
en- from the guests Of the hotel.
He says that several OF the guests
reported that the woman was seen In
the room from which the valuables
were taken, and he was only carrying
Out their wishes when he ordered her
trunk searched. She was afterwards
generated
1t seems that no warrant was pro-
cured by the woman's request, and sne
signed an agreement to permit the
starch without the necessary paper.
Mrs. Boyeson has employed attor'
news to bring suit against Manager
Harris for injury to her reputation.
Mrs. Boyeson is middle aged Wo-
man, of refined manners and appear
ance. She was suspected OF theft IL
Whitestone and was followed to Spar
tanburg. Nothing discriminating was
found among her effects.
Telegrams received by business
men in Spartanburg confirm her state
ment that she is a member Of prom-
inent Chicago family. She claims that
her trunks were searched without pro-
c,;s of law, and that her permission
for such search was gained through
coercion. She also claims that Sec
siona1 nreiudice is causing her to be
prosecuted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-27
DEATH GRIPS LORD SALISBURY
Great English Statesman Has Joined
the, silent Majority.

Great EnSlen StatSStndn F1aS SoIhSo
the silent Majority.
A special from London says: Lord
Salisbury died peacefully at s:o5
O'clock Saturday night. For forty
eight hours the end was seen to- be in
evitable, the great frame Of England's s
former premier being sustained only
by the constant use of oxygen. Even
the administration Of oxygen failed If
effect as the evening advanced, and
from the valley and enshrouded the
from tn valley and enshrouded the
dull red walls of Hatfield house the
distinguished statesman breathed his
last. .
Viscount Cranborne, who now as.
sumes the title Of marquis OF Sails
bury, Immediately notified King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra and 9th,
ers, including Lord Edward Cecil, the
soldier son Of Lord Salisbury, who is
now in Egypt, and who was the only
child of the marquis absent from the
death bed. Soon messages of condo.
lence began coming in and the little
telegraph Office at Hatfield was
swamped with unprecedented busi'
ness. .... ..s..~.....
The death Of Lord Salisbury occ-r-
red on the flftieth anniversary of his
entry into public life as a member
Of the house of commons from STAN.
ford. .....- .....
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NO cLEMENcY FOR cAWTHoRN.
Respite Asked in Order that He Might
Testify AGAINST Mrs. Tucker.

Respite Asked in Order that He Might
Testify Against Mrs. Tucker.
. Governor Terrell, Of Georgia, has Ie'
fused to grant a respite to Robert u.
hawthorn, sentenced to be hanged IN
Dodge county for the murder OF X. )
Tucker, by poison.
Z The respite was asked mainly on the
ground that Cawthorn might have IN
opportunity of showing that the wife
of the man he killed was his accom-
plice in the crime.
Cawthorn, who is young man, was
q farm hand in the employ OF tucker:
and when Tucker died under peculiar
circumstances, suspicion at once 1ell
on Cawthorn and Mrs. Tucker.
: A special term Of the Dodge superior
court was called and the state chem
ist having discovered poison in the
dead mans stomach the facts were
presented to the grand jury. An IN
dictment was returned against Cav
thorn, but none against Mrs. Tucker.
The young man was tried and the Wlo
ow of his former employer was the
principal witness against him.
Now he has made affidavit that
she. too, was implicated ana that haV'
ing broken faith with him he wishes
to tell the whole story, involving hef
This was one of the reasons Tor the
requested respite set out in a petltlon
to Governor Terrell Friday.
Cawthorn states in his affidavit tna'
be and Mrs. Tucker agreed to put
Tucker out Of the way. He bought the
strychnine and gave it to her. A1tsr
several days. wait Tucker became
sick and his wife told Cawthorn, 80 ne
saws, that she had just as we'll give
Tucker the poison then as any otnel
time. She fixed a glass Of buttermliS
for her husband and placed the poison
IN r. Cawthorn says. Tucker drans
the milk and a few minutes later ae
was dead.
Cawthorn then says hat he and
Mrs. Tucker washed the glass in Whi ID
the buttermilk was poured, and aereeu
to stand together in the matter, put AZ
t..e last moment she betrayed MIN.
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ATROCITIES ARE VERIFIED
An Associated Press, Representative
Depicts At; cci.;t;
Which Surpasses Belief.

The correspondent Of the Associa.
ted Press at Monastir,, Macedonia,
sends the following dispatch under
date Of Thursday, August 20:
when the Bulgarian bands entered
Ktushevo they occupied the Greek
quarters, hoisting their flag over d
Greek house. The Turkish troops 1r.
rived August IL. All the Komitajis
had already gone except about 400 TO-
cal men. Although no shot was fired
from the town, the Turks commencea
bombardment which was continued
throughout August 13. The shells de.
stroyed $50 houses, 215 shops and all
the fine, large Greek and Vlach WALL
chian) houses. The Greek churches
and schools were destroyed. The Bull
garian quarter escaped.
"The Turks entered the town August
IA, pillaged ali the houses, assaulted
many of the women, stripped many
persons naked and killed about three
hundred local Bulgarians and also
some sixty innocent Greeks and Via
chis.
'The material damage done afnuuh's
to several million francs. The Turks,
August 10, massacred eco Bulgariars
who surrendered at a village near Mon
astir."
No Navs. Demonstration.
The Turkish ambassador at London
called at the British foreign Office Fri
day to make inquiries regarding the
report that it was the intention Of the
powers to make a joint naval demon
stration in Turkish waters and to enter
a protest If anything Of the kind was
contemplated. The foreign Office off,
cials made it clear to him that Great
Britain has taken no action OF this
character, and it appears as If Italy
also will refrain from carrying out the
decision to dispatch war ships to Tur-
key, as the Italian embassy says no
report of their departure has yet been
received. This is taken by the embas-
sy to indicate that there have been de-
veloptnents making the step inadvisa'
Bile or unnecessary at the present mo
sment, perhaps due to the Turkish ac'
ceptance OF the Russian demands
which was confirmed at the Turkish
embassy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-27
A SHOWER OF ToADS.

Heavy Rain in Salt Lake City Was
Accompanied by Frogs.
A rain Of toad frogs practically
blocked traffic in Salt Lake City, Utah,
Sunday, for half an hour just before
noon. ....-
A light rain was falling all the morn
ing. Just before 1880 O'Clock this
changed into quite hard rain, which
was accompanied by a large number
of toads.
Pedestrians who did not mind the
rain, were more than averse to taking
I'D a collection of frogs, and until the
unusual shower ceased the frogs had
the roadvays to themselves.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-27
HUMBERTS CONVICTED.
Most Sensational and Greatest SWIM
ding Trial in Paris Comes to
Close with Verdict Of Guilty,

One Of the greatest criminal trials
In the history of France eliminated at
Paris Saturday night when the jury i1
the court Of assizes rendered a ver-
dict of guilty against Therese aad
Frederic Humber and Roman and
Emile d'Aurignac.
After a brief deliberation the court
sentenced Therese and Frederic Hum
bert each to five years and to pay 4
f1ne of 100 francs, Emile d'Aurignac 70
three years and Roman d'Aurignac to
two years.
The verdict was reached after The
jury had been out four and a half
hours. When the verdict was pro
nounced, Therese and Frederic Hum
bert, weeping, embraced each other.
Therese Humbert. seemed to be
hopeful until the last, maintaining that
the jury was certain to bring in YER
dict of acquittal: Even after condem-
nation her emotion was only moment
ary. She soon resumed her self-p)s
session. .sss
Turning to the military guard, she
indicated her readiness to go back to
the cells OF the Conciergeric prison.
The sentences came as the culmi.
nation Of a day OF sensational interest.
The chief event preceding the ve-dic.
was the dramatic revelations whica
Therese Humbert had so long prom
ised, in which she brought forward
the mysterious name of Resnier Us
the real Crawford. The court and spec
tators listened to the recital with an
amazement amounting to stupefaction.
Although Therese did not indicate
whence Regnier's millions came, it
was apparently part of her plan 70
create the impression that Regnier had
received a vast sum for inducing Mar
shall Basaine to surrender Metz. The
inconclusive character of the revela
tions was shown by the fact that the
court did not take the slightest judi
cial cognizance of them and imme
diately submitted the case to the jury.
The jury likewise treated the revela-
ton as s Subterfuge.
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Bill ARP IS DEAD
The Beloved Humorist Joins
Silent Majority.
END CAME PEACEFULLY
Thousands Upon Thousands Of tho
Readers of His Quaint and Highly
Interesting Letters Will sorely
Miss the Sage OF Barlow.

Major Charles H Smith (Bill Arp)
passed away peacefully at his home in
CartersTille, Ca, Monday night.
Since the successful operation and
removal of stones from the gall blad.
der, which prolonged life, he gradually
g.ew weaker.sa a battle between his fine
constitution and the effects of the OBJ
structions going on.
Tie former might have gained the
mastery but for the poison that had
permeated his system. The hard
Breathing and repression and restless.
ness seemed to have disappeared in a
measure after the operation, and
though unconscious, a stage he had
beer in for two weeks, he became
quite tractabie and his case easily
maEaged until the weakness had grown
to the point where dissolution became
an inevitable consequence. This N
reality began about O'Clock Monday
evening, following hard CONFUSION,
and at $40, some three hours later,
his gentle spirit took It's fight int the
great beyond. ssZSSs.
Gf lis family, his wife, his daugh.
ters, Miss Marian and Mrs Brumby,
resiGe at the home, the we'll known
Shadows" The other daughters, Mrs.
Aubrey and Mrs. Young, are residents
OF Gainesville and have been at his
bedside. Dr. Ralph Smith, of Jackson
vile, Fla, and Hines Smith, of Rome,
the majors sons, were at his bedside.
The uther sons, r. R.Smfth at
Roskmart and Frank Smith, at San
Antonia, Texas, were telegrap phed for,
as were also Victor Smith. Of New
York, and Carl Smith, of Mexico
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SHOOTS PHYSICIAN.
:in seeking to Employ Mrs. Potts,
s Thke,for rd Rah Afoul of Husband.

:in Seeking to Employ Mrs. Potts,
s Thedford Ran Atoul OF HUSBAND.
At Rome, Ca, Saturday night j. ,
Potts, q well known young motcrman
on the City Electric railway, shot and
very probably fatally wounded DR.. N.
A. Thedford, who Is the nianufactur-
er of we'll known liver medicine
Thedford was seeking to employ Mrs.
Potts in his laboratory. Before her
marriage Mrs. Potts was in the en-
ploy of Thedford and between that
time and this Thedford is alleged 20
have circulated damaging reports con
corning her
This Thedfordzdenies, but evidently
this did not satisfy Potts. who De-
came yery much enraged when ne
heard that Thedford was seeking to
employ his wife, and when he and
Thedford met Saturday afternoon 4
fierce fist fight occurred.
This was thought to be the end II
the matter, until they met again Sat
Ufo6y ulSut, Nu0u IoSIS= "AAPfoN
his gun and shot Thedford. Several
shots were fired, one taking effect IN
the thigh and one in the abdomen:
The shooting created intense ex-
element in the city. Potts is young
man of excellent reputation and mas
always enjoyed the confidence OF the
c1tizenss of Rome. Thedford is quite
wealthy. He. lis prominently connect
ed and has taken quite an active inter-
est in local politics Of late.
A very sensational feature OF TINS
story, detail which cannot be verl-
fed, is that Thedford is alleged 70
have called at Potts house in dis
suise. It is stated that he tied his
long flowing beard behind his ears
and blaeked his face Ike negro. just
why this was done is not known, bnt
there is persistent rumor abroad
that such is fact. The entire aftalr
is rather mysterious.
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ROOSEVEETTHANKED,
Birmingham Citizens Alliance =. Ap.
proves Action In Miller Case,

Birmingham Citizens Alliance Ap.
proves Action In Miller Case.
The Citizens Alliance, composed Of
business men and others, at Birmin5
ham, Ala, has sent the following CON-
munication to President Roosevelt:
ITO His Excellency, Theodore Roose-
welt, President Of the United States
Sir: At the last meeting of the Citi
zen's Alliance Of Birmingham, Ala, a
non-political organization of business
and professional men, your action in
restoring to his position the book bin'l
er in the government printing Office,
who had been discharged by the public
printer because Of his expulsion from
trades union and the position you
have since taken, viz: That men who
are employed in any department Of tde
government service and who do not
care to be members of any labor or.
ganlzation, must be protected, were
very heartily commended. IT,
I'm obedience to instructions by the
alliance We hereby tender you the SIN
cere thanks Of the body"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-27
PASSENGER COACH suN0EaEo.

stock Car Crashes Into Train on:
Crossing, lnjurins Sixty People.
Thirty or more passengers we're Sc
riously injured, some perhaps fatally,
by a peculiar collision at the junctions
Of the Illinois Central and Lake Ere
and Western railroad near Blooming
ton, ILL.,. Monday.
While a passenger train on the lat;
ter road was passing over the cross.
ing, a car of stock, which was being
pushed by switch engine, broke
loose and daehed into the side OF the
passenger train with terrihc iorce,
breaking the coach in two and in3ur.
ing nearly every one OF the si1ty i; ocii
cupants.
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Brief Sketch of His Career.

alajor c. II. Smith was born in Law.
reneeviile, Ca, June Is, 1926. His pa
rents were Scotch-Irish. The qualities
OF both sturdy races marked him ia
later years.
he began his education at manual
labor school, and later attended Frank.
lin college, at Athens, now the Uni
versity Of Georgia After leaving
school he studied law and was admit.
5 ted to the bar He began his practice
IN Eome Ga, ID 1850. being associated
wifn Judge y. ~. II UNDERWOOD sHe
was located Inthae city when the war
brofe out.
b the war Major Smith was staff
officer with General G. T. Anderson
cold Tfge' )Sfor eighteen months He
was afterwards assigned by Mr.. Davis
to judicial duty with Judge Eugenius
"A. sNisbet, of Macon, who was at
the head of a commission to try trea-
son cases. is&I
After the dissolution of the court at
Macon, which was ordered by federal
General Wilson, when he entered the
city on q raid, Major Smith went TO
Lawreneevilles His wife at that time
was stopping with her father IN that
town. A notable incident of that time
was a trip Major Smith took with
President Davis from Millen to Macon.
He nursed Mrs. Hayes, then a young
girke z.sss, sx sss5 szs.ss.,s. - :
Major Smith began mis- writing in
1861. His object then was principally
to amuse soldiers, and his success was
shown by the wide popularity OF his
letters. -. g.,st -
After the war 4fBill Arp" continued
his writings. and his letters did much
to divert the people and encouray &c
them, to look on the bright side OF
things.
With his wife, six. children and Id
family servant, Tip, Major Smith 'e-
turned to Rome in 1865.
The major shortly afterwards moved
to shesFontaine farm, in Barlow coun-
ty, in which county he has since live |.
H.s home at Carfersville, 'The Shad-
ows," with it's large front yard and
giant oaks, is a hospitable place, and
has been the scene of many delightful
social affairs given by his wife and
daughters. He has lived there for six
teen years.
The humor of "Bill Arp has loag
been a source of delight to hundreds
of southern homes. He is not only an
author, but won fame as lecturer. IN
addition to lis letters he has publish
ell a history of Georgia and also vol.
ume of collected letters and addresses.
From the Uneigil War to Date" is
his latest book
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IN ROLE OF RACE REFoRMER.

Atlanta CoIored Editor voluntarily
Acts Prosecutor in Disorder Case.
A. w. Burnett, the negro editor ot
The Atlanta Era, a newspaper pup
lished for the negroes in Atlanta, Ga.'
had a woman of his race arrested on
the charge of acting in disoroeriy
manner on the streets.
He called for an officer and accom-
panied the woman to the police bar
racks and had himself subpoenaed as
witness.
He said he was not only acting tor
the good of the town, but for the good
of his race.