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Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
The Deporta tion Folly.

There Is folly in that plan of sending the negroes out Of the United States Tlilman, Dixon and many of the rest of the negro haters have favored the purchase of territory in some other country in which to stow away the black men of the south The present idea is to buy q tract in some part Of Mexico large enough, as the advocates cf the project figure, to support 10,000,- OGO or 12,000,O00 people. There is vast range of uninhabited country in some of the states of the Mexican republic nearest to the United States line, and the coloniZers think that our govern ment can be induced to buy this land and send all the southern black men to it. keeping out all the whites. Then with ali the negroes transported to the other side of the Rio Grande, and with fences erected around them. preventing them from getting over to this side of the river and barring the whites from crossing to the other side, the negro problem will be solved. One of the negro's own leaders, strangely enough Bishop Turner, subscribes to this notion.
 Many obstacles are in the way of the colonization scheme. One of them is tl;at not q dozen members of either b~anch of congress could be induce ia vote to buy this Mexican territory fer this purpose. Another is that Mex ico would not sell the territory for ti.is or any other purpose. Still another is that the cost of the territory, providing it could be bought, and the cost Of de- portation. providing the negroes would consent to it, would exhaust the treas
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
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CURRENT COMMENT
New England Rural Degeneracy.

In his talk on religious conditions in Connecticut, Rev. H. L. Hutchins, agent of the Connecticut Bible society, pleasant facts on Monday. He says he finds marked degeneration going on rapidly in many of the remoter rural towns. A condition approaching po- lygamy exists in certain places among the more abandoned class, owing to the sparseness of the population and the resultant tendency to intermarry. In one place he found twenty-one white persons of all ages and sexes living in five rooms, and in another place he found eight men living openly with their housekeepers. In the town Of Ashford. said MT. Hutchins, which has 197 families, the stores are open on Sunday, and the people work that day if they feel like it. Country churches and schools he found in a state of de- cay or great inefficiency. While MT. Hutchins may easily make generaliZa- tions too sweeping concerning the rural life in it's remoter circles, there is only too much basis for his statements in ali our New England states. Before the reflex movement from the cities back into the smaller towns, caused by cleo tric railways and other devices of civ ilization penetrates every nook and corner, the situation is likely to grow worse rather than better.-Sprngfield Republican.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04

students of human nature must conceds that it is rare to an extraordinary de- gree to find man so spiritual and yet so abundantly equipped for dealing with the coldly prosaic affairs of life.
 Fer the pope is practical in the severest sense. From his throne at Rome he keeps in touch in a marvellous manner with the material progress of the world--eTen to the remotest quar- ters thereof. Questions affecting the welfare of humanity in widely sep arated nations arrest his instant atten- tion as they arise, and his comments thereon from time to time have eXhib ited an insight which pertains only to the highest statesmanship. Not only do his sympathies go out to the down. trodden and the oppressed of all lands and of all religious faiths, but his suS- gestions for the betterment of condi- tions have exhibited invariably most enviable common sense.
 This grand old man lives on and on, in spite. apparently, of all of natures laws. and the civilized world, regardless of differing beliefs, hopes that he may live to be a full one hundred years of
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
A Wireh S Newspaper.

The passengers on the Etruria, when they went to breakfast, seventy mics off CrOokh2ven, Ireland, on the 1th of February, found newspapers on the able with all the important news of the week since they left New York. The little sheet might be called a weekly newspaper. but if Marcori wire lses telegraphy can furnish news for q weekly paper there should be no geo reason, with further improvement Of that system, why a daily morning newspaper should not be left at each passengers plate. And if this can be done is it too much to assume that, having read the morning newspaper and learned the drift of current events and the market prices, passengers will he able to do business as usual through tacir agents on land. and get word Of ;;hat is going on in their homes?
 What would our worthy ancestors T century ago. who got their world news more than q month old, by slow ships across the ocean, in papers delivered b5- slower stage coaches at their door, have said had some prophet foretold the day would come when passengers would cross the ocean ia five days, and view ittrS messengers Would DrlDS tnein tne news of the world so that they could read it on the ocean? Or what would Benjamin Franklin have said, as lie caught the electricity spark via his kite on the key, if some other old phil osopher had assured him that the day was coming when there would be TO need of any material medium for the transmission of electricity-that the air waves would carry it and deliver it's message to a flying steamer as much swifter than the ships of his day as the modern press is than his Frank lin press? The old philosopher was a great inventor himself, and could see far into the future, and vet probably he would have questioned the sanity of any one who uttered such a prophecy. Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
UniQue Prison Reform.

Michigan's recently appointed mem- Der of the prison commission is an eX- convict, who served five years for forg- cry and became useful, respected member of the community after his release. He was not selected by mis- take nor in ignorance of his record and there appears to be no objection to the appointment by citizens of Michigan There appears to be general confidence in his intelligence, ability and honesty of purpose, and it is believed that his experience has given him knowledge of prison affairs which should make him an invaluable member of the board.
 It is q new thing to promote pris- oners to managers, but there is possi- bility of great improvement in prison management as result of considering the system from the convict's point 3f view, and Michigans experiment will be observed with more than ordinary interest by penclogists and sociologists. Heretofore the nearest approach to the Michigan plan has been commitment of the management of prisons to the hands Of men who ought to be wearing 2 stripes. That has been tried in sev- eral states, and it never has worked well.-PhiIadelphia North American.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
Irritable Congressman.

Congressmen are growing irritable as the session draws to an end. MT. Lit uefeld denounced Mir. Sulzer as having told an untruth, and MT. Teller declared that he was "insulted" by Mir. Depew's nonsense" Mir. Hull, ill the housa yesterday. accused Mir. Slayden of stating an untruth," and MT. Slayden accused MT. Hull of "blackguardism" and wanted ito meet him elsewhere. ' Mr Grosvenor referred to MT. Hep- burn as selfish" and was in turn re- ferred to "senile,' and so the battle wages. But when the day is over they are all good fellows, and generally over look anything said in debate.-Phila- Gelphia Press.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
Leo the Thirteenth.

Yesterday was the twenty-fifth ami versary Of the corona tion of Pope Leo XIII, one of the most remarkab ble men of modern times, and statesman de- serving to rank with the greatest in history. It is seldom, indeed, that both the spiritual and the practical are seen so fully developed in one person. in a spiritual sense, not one of the long line of popes has been a better repre-
 sentative of the highest ideals of the Catholic church. A true poet, and gifted with such a fine sensitiveness as is given to few men, the holy father ap- pears to be able to approach closely that border line'' which divides this world from the infinite. It may be as serted truthfully. perhaps, that this fine spirituality goes most naturally with such a frail body as that of the '.prisoner of the Vatican," and that there arc men and women of all relig- ious beliefs in whom the spiritual side is so dominant as to set them as clearly apart from their fellow men. But what of the practical side of Leo XIII? All
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04

wire pulling at Washington. That gentleman has been in Washington
 about three weeks in all, in the last six months. He is a private citizen, his home and business are in Phoenix, and he is attending strictly to his busi ness, as most Arizonians do. In fight ing fearlessly for the best interests of the territory he has the cordial support of the people, just as all others of our spirited men have had their support in the campaign for statehood. The Times never loses an opportunity to belittie Arizona and it's people, or to sheer at their attempts to obtain self government.
 We are sure that the citizens of Los Angeles do not endorse the course o. the Times. for Arizona eXpends more than million dollars annually in Los Angeles county, and the people of tn, two sections are close friends, socially and in a business way. We do not be live that ten per cent of the Times readers are in accord with it's policy O slandering Arizona and Arizona's citi zens, and it is a proper subject for our people to take up jointly with the fair minded citizens of our neighboring state. The Times personal abuse of Governor Murphy or of any other citizen is of little consequence, but the assaults upon the good name of the territory and it's resources, and the persistent misrepresentation of condi- tions here have aroused general indig- nation.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04

ury surplus. One more objection is that the southern people would not let the negroes go, even if they wanted to. The south needs the negro. So does the rest of the country. The negro being citizen of the United States. and a native-born citizen at that. could not be legally sent out of the country against his will.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
Not Built for That Purpose.

Are navies chiefly useful as debt col lectors? Some of our old world friends seem to think so in these times. At Trafalgar and Mobile and Manila the guns of the fleets were not used to fore close mortgages.-Ncw York Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

Norton planning mills and the lumber
yards, containing five acres of stacked
lumber. value as yet not estimated,
caught and were destroyed. Adjoining
this yard was the Hudgins flour mills
and cotton gins which also took fire
and We're consumed.
The DOnohue and Harshman resi-
dences were next burned, along with
six other dwellings in the same section
of the town.
1t was only by work of the most he
role character that the ice and electric
plant and the Iehigh and Hayens lum-
Der plants were saved from the same
fate as the others. At these plants
the fire was checked
A conservative estimate places the
damage at $50 600. It is expected that
the actual loss will be much greater
than that amount The total insurance
on the plants and buildings destroyed
amounts to $4,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28
80 ~2As a11a@~ ~ W AL y
PLANTING PROGRESSING NICELY,
THOUGH WEATHER NOT
FAVORABLE.
in Some Sections of the State Cot
ton Planting Has Been
Nearly Finished.

The following is the government
crop summary for Arkansas for the
week ending Monday April 81
Low temperatures and an almost to-
tai absence of rain were the character
stic features of the weather conditions
during the week, preventing the prop
er termination of seed and retarding
the growth of. vegetation Notwith-
standing these unfavorabIe conditions
planting of cotton and corn has pro-
gressed. and in some sections cotton
planting is nearing completion, while
in others, especially the southeast and
southwest sections this work has been
temporarily suspended awaiting more
favorable conditions: the ground is
hard to plow. and breaks very .clod-
dy.' Some of the first planted cotton
is coming up but the state is not very
fattering. In some sections replanting
will be necessary. Corn is coming up
in NOSE sections, but not good stands:
it looks yellow. and is not making
good growth. In these localities where
the ground is in better condition it is
being worked out. Warmth is gener
ally needed throughout the state with
rains in the southeast. central and
southwest sections, for these crops.
Winter wheat and fall oats as a rule
are doing we'll, although there are
some complaints of rust in the wheat,
and of the blades turning yellow.
Irish potatoes are coming up, and
the stands generally are good. Garden
truck little backward
Pine Bluff, jefferson county: J. N.
Hudson-Weather too dry and cool fer
the growth ef crops Rain badly need
ed for termination of cotton seed.
Stand of corn not very good
Brinkley Monroe county II. /. D.
Whitson-Weather has been too dry
for the termination of seed, and the
cCOl nights have retarded the growth
of all crops About half Of cotton crGp
planted. Peach crop very light. APP
pies and other fruit very good.
Winchester. Desha county; Thomas
p. Newton-Owing to the continued
cold weather vegetation Of all kinds
has not made very rapid growth A
great deal Of cotton and corn have been
planted. but little Of either is up;
warmer weather with rain would be
beneficial: oats are poor for want
of rain Early corn is being worked
out but it is very poor and seems to
be frost-bitten; irish potatoes late
5Ut fair stand
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh cure.
f. J. CHENY & CO. Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
e J. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fnan-
cially able to carry out any obIiga-
tions made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARTIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28
BIG FIRE AT ENA.
Loss Will Mount Up to ,ooO-In-
surance $4,000.

Mena April 2S-This city sustain
ed fire loss of over $50 600 yester-
Gay afternoon. the following buildings
and plants being destroyed:
The Cox warehouse
The LaGleae hotel
The Adkisson home
The Norton lumber yards, including
five acres Of stacked lumber
The Hudgins -four mill.
The Hudgins cotton gin.
The Harshman residence
The Donohue residence
Six other homes
The fire was discovered at A o'clock
in the afternoon, on the roof of the
Cox warehouse. formerly occupied by
\. NJ. Roach. The flames are supposed
10 have started from a spark blown
from a passing railway engine.
Every effort was made by the cit
izcnt to extinguish the rapidly spread
ing flames, but a strong wind was
blowing and the sparks Travelled swift
ly. In a short time the warehouse was
a mass of flames. and the wind being
il that direction. the fire leaped across
the street and the warehouses. lum-
Der yards and office We're soon burn
ing as rapidly as the building where
the fire originated
The Atkisson cottage near the
yards, soon caught, and in a few min
utes it was evident it could not be
saved The LaClede hotel, also adjoin-
ing the yards, caught, and before any
thing could be done to retard the fire.
1t too was mass Of flames and burned
to the ground.
From the same side Of the street the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

PREJOElCEO W. - - -
cpITIc or hardly be regarded
LEVELAND as an impartial ana
unpreiudced critic Of
Grover Cleveland. When he denounces
Mr.. Cleveland as 'pretendef ana
ORATOR" it naturally occurs to
nerson that his two defeats have made
him sore and that he is not likely to
cherish the kindliest feelings toward
a man who would not forsake his pro-
found convictions and lend cordla!
support to a candidate for the presl-
dency who was leading his party on
after what he believed to be false
gods
Mr. BRYAN is so situated that he
can not be expected to see some
things. He can not see, for instance,
that if it wfs no treason for him to
get his party committed TO a degrada-
ton of the monetary standard and to
tho remdiation of one-half of all exist
ing debts through such degradation,
it surely can be no treason to recall
his party from such wanderinss and
4 al w
if stood in the days Of Old Bullion.
If political party is to stand now
for one thing and now for another
as one crowd may be able TO capture
or stampede a national convention. II
if is a mere vehicle which is the le-
gitimate prey Of any crowd which
NAV be able to get possession of it for
any purpose. it will hardly do for
one crowd which has captured it to
shout "traito1' at another crowd
which may have captured it before or
may Seek 10 capture II III '''' it'N''i r
On the other hand, if party stan3s
for fixed principles the hard names
should be applied to those who got
possession of it's machinery and used
it for the support of diametricadlly op-
posite principles. If a lot of heathens
seize a Christian church and turn it
into a pagan temple. the Christians
who have been elected are not there
by converted into heretics and inf
dels. The intruders do not become
the oracles and expounders Of the
true faith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

The complete novel-always refresh
ing and really noyel--in the May Lip
pencottt's Magazine is by George
Gibbs. 1t is called The Love of Mon
sieur. and follows the rafting path
made to public favor by Mr.. Gibbs
first novel, In Search of Mademoi-
selle." The Love Of Monsieur" is a
high born English beauty of the dicing
and dueling days Of King Charles She
is heiress to great fortune whose
real heir has been lost. OF course,
this is Monsieur, a splendid French
adyenturer on sea and land who es-
capes on buccaneer into the Spanish
Main and wins his lady from a gang
of mutineers. The dash and action of
the story carry the reader along like
a gale in the pirates sails.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28
GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL
Causes Spirited Contest in the
House,


Little Rock. April 28-A spirited
contest occurred in the house yester
day over the deficiency appropriation
bill which carries about $4,000. By
a vote of 40 ayes to A noes the bill
was defeated, but it was Immediately
rec0nsidered and passed, 53 ayes to %
noes. The point was raised that two
thirds Of those voting was required
to pass the bill. owing to the nature
Cf some Of the items
After lively discussion the house
passed the DeRosstt bill, requiring the
4 G. and NJ. Frisco, Choctaw and
IRON Mountain railroads to remove
the embankments between the ST.
Francis Levee and the Mississippi riV-
er.
Efforts We're made in the senate to
intake up the King iay-c? ?Fanrean1
take up the King and Keel antitrust
bills. but in vain Failure also attend
cd an effort to call up the Keith anti
frat bill
A large volume of business was
transacted in both branches of the
legislature.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

At Texarkana Monday Napoleon Nc
Daniels. who was sentenced to life
Imprisonment in the Texas peniten-
tiary for assisting in the spur switch
robbery and who was pardoned by
Gov Savers. shot and killed John La
rue. Of Fort Worth, Tex.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

The Ladies of Lakeside Methodist
church will give Rose Tea" at the
residence at Mr. and Mrs Joe H. Wat
kins, 1910 South Main, Thursday, April
30. from to 10 p. m. Everybody in
vited.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

Strength and vigor come CT good
food. duly digested. Force a ready
to-serve wheat and barley food, adds
no burden, bus sustains, nourishes, in
vigorates. tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

The Y ". c. 4. of the University
of Arkansas will be represented by five
delegates at the southern students
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

The class in electrical engineering
at the University of Arkansas, having
been successful in experimenting in
wireless telegraphy, is now experiment.
ing with wireless telephony.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

Office: Corner BraraGue ana oheet
nut Streets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28

New brick and tile plant at DeValls
Bluff is in operation. The proprietor
Of the plant expects to find the best
quality of potter's clay along White
river and Will make pottery also.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28
JAS. w. ADAMS Presiden
GEO. n. ADAMS, Business Manage
FERNANDEZ MAY, Managing Edito.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:

Advertising rates MADE known VI,
application.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-28
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4. J. Drumright. a carpenter, shot
and killed his wife at Lake Village.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-22
SHAMROCK MEN
HOPE TO WIN
Not Discouraged by First Drift
ing Match.
PROSPECTS FOR TODAY
SIR THOMAS AND CAPTAIN
WRINGE HAPPY.

New York, Aug. 21--sir Thomas
Upton, his captains and the crews Of
his feet at Sandy Hook We're by no
means disheartened today. Sir Thorn
as was as optimistic as usual and
cheerfully explained that yesterdays
race was not conclusive, while Cap
tain Wringe Of the Shamrock III was
as good natured and hopeful as ever
All appeared 90 believe that there
would be a different story to tell If
the next race were sailed in a fair
racing wind. II was pointed out by an
officer of the Erin today that the
Shamrock III had never been exceed
ingly fast in drifting.
The only race in which tie Sham
rock L ever beat her was sailed in
little better than a calm and in many
cases under similar conditions the
Shamrock III had been unable TO drop
her pacemalxer until the wind in
creased to five knots or better, after
which she showed a remarkable in
crease in speed. Tonight the friends
of the Shamrock III were hoping for a
wind that will enable the boats to sail
the race an hour within the time limit.
Sir Thomas passed the day in enter
tanning the Earl and Countess Of
SALISBURY, Colonel and Mrs. Sherman
Crawford and Adjutant General and
Mrs. Corbin. By the invitation Of
General Corbin the whole party Wis
tied the Sandy Hook proving grounds
and witnessed the test of the big guns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-22
SLEEP ON THEIR GUNS.

Portland Me. Aug H.-The soldiers Of
defense are sleeping on their guns to-
night. Reliable Information has been re-
Ceived that the North Atlantic squadron,
under command of Admiral Barker. is
starting for Portland harbor and the
issue is now a matter Of about forty
eight hours distant.
The entire state militia is concentrated
here and the First Massachusetts regt-
mcnt is expected tomorrow Signal corps
are ou the way and before the enemy can
reach this harbor Il is believed that every
point viii be covered and every channel
approach TO tho harbOr adequately guard
Cd. The harbor Is being mined and plans
made for both dayrand night attacks.