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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
MAYOR BELL WINS OUT
IN Mayorality Contest Suit Brought by
Gen. White
Opinion of Judge Grace Handed Down in Case Long
in the Courts-.-The Decision in Full
Rendered

In the circuit court today Judge A.
B. Grace handed down his decision in
the action Of Gen II. King White
against D. G. Bell, the decision being
favorable to Mayor Bell. This is the
contest suit filed by Gen. White against
Mayor Bell for the Office of mayor OF
the city of Pine Bluff. Al the city
election Two years ago the vote fer
mayor, as shown bv the returns, was
zoe for Bell and GO for White. Cen.
White entered a contest action ON the
grounds of fraud, and the case has
been in the courts ever since. The de-
cision rendered is as follows:
lie court finds and declares the
law of the east to be:
4. The returns certified by the elee-
ton officers are prima facie evidence
OF the result.
s.2.--The burden of proof is on him
who attempts TO impeach these re-
turns.
"3-The secrecy of the ballot is
protected by the constitution and no
voter can be compelled to disclose how
or for whom he voted.
"4-Where the proof shows that a
vote was illegally cast that vote, iden-
titled by it's number, may be taken
from the ballot box and deducted from
the total number returned by the
judges for the person for whom it was
cast if this is necessary in order to
ascertain for whom {. majority or
the legal votes W re cast but in no
case can the vote of legal elector,
properly cast, be taken from the box
andA made public.
''5.-The declarations of the vot,
ers, made either before or after an
election, are incomplete to show their
want of qualification to vote.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
SCANDALS BOB UP
OFFICIALS OF THE POSTOEFlCE
DEPARTMENT ARE I'M
PLlCATED.
Have Been Selling the Influence OF
their Titles to Promote
Mining Companies.

Washington March 3O.-Among 9th.
CT things which are expected to de-
velop in connection with the scandal
in the first assistant postmaster gen.
erals office is the use Of their nf1u.
encc by certain depart mental mag
mates 10 promote mining companies
in which they. Interested by sell
ing stock to poStmaStcrs and employees
OF their branch OF the service The
hey-day era of Green b. Raum in the
pension office is yividly recalled by
some OF The performances alleged to
have occurred within the last four
or five years in the postal establish.
ment. The clerks will only have to
be assured Of protection to testify free
~. Some because il will be a relief
10 their minds. and some because it
is their only means Of getting even
for petty tyrannics under which the7
have smarted in silence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30

GA vote accepted by the judges
holding an election is prima facie le-
gal. Before it can be thrown out
for illegality it must be satisfactorily
legally qualified to vote-that is to
say. the presumption of legality must
be overcome by a clear preponder-
ance Of competent evidence.
"7-ln city like Pine Bluff, having.
as it appears III evidence, more than
.360 voters. the fact that TIE namc
OF q person appears upon The poll
books of q ward as having voted there
in. accompanied by proof that a person
CT similar or Identical name resides
in another ward. is not i'll itself sHfii-
cient to make a prima facie case of
illegal yoting-the identity of the per
son casting the vote, alleged to be IL
legal. must be proven.
"S.-Payment of ones poll tax by
another, not by request, but as a
gift, in order to influence his vote.
without any offer or agreement on
the voters part to reimburse the other
for such payment, will not constitute
him a competent voter, although 9th
erwise qualified.
"And the court finds the facts as
follows:
"1.-That the allegations of the
| complaint, as amended, are not sus
tanned by the proof, and that D. c
Bell received a majority of the lega1
votes cast in the election in contro
versy and was duly elected mayor OF
the city of Pine Bluff.
"It is therefore considered that the
| plaintiff take nothing by his petition
that the defendant go hence without
day and recover of and from he plain
tiff all his costs herein expended
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30

cord Or any other old thing that a
man is not expected to play upon
Mr.. Phipps comes endorsed by all
the leading lyceum bureaus and is
truly an artist. Don't forget that these
things are for tie benefit of the boys
band and that Tuesday evening at
tute is the place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
Mr.. Adams Health Improving.

A letter received here from Mr..
J. w Adams. Albuquerque, N. NJ,
where he has temporarily removed to
recuperate, says that his health is
improving, which will be agreeable
news to his many friends here, who
hope to see him soon again fully re-
stored to health.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
MOTHER OF SIXTEEN CHILDREN.
Mrs. Phegley Is Only 25 Years Old and
Has Been Married Twice.

ffaS Seeh MdffieQ IWlCc.
Chester, H., March 30.-President
Roosevet's charge of race suicide
evidently does not apply to Mrs. Mary
Ellen Phegley, of Roots, this county,
as there was recorded today the birth
Of her sixteenth child. Mrs. Phegley
is in her twenty-sixth year. She has
been twice married, having had twelve
children by her first husband and four
by her second, who is Mr.. Napoleon B..
Phegley. wealthy farmer, sixty-one
years old.
Mrs. Phegley is native Of Perry
count, Missouri, and was bride at
fourteen. Only short time inter-
vencd between the death Of her first
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
SPRING OPENINGS
AT Local Dry Goods Stores Show Many
Lovely Articles

Old Sol this morning sent forth his
dazzling rays on Pine Bluff, added
to the beautiful displays of mer-
chandise and lovely women. The
spring opening at the Big Store was
thing of beauty The hats. silks,
and the thousand and one other ar
ricies of woman's apparel were dis
designs and styles. No sooner than
the mornings busting and opening up
begun to arrive, and all day long there
has been a throng of people to see the
fancies. The big Store is bee
hive, and the display of the interior
clerks are all busy and the opening
promises to be one of the most sue
cessful in the history Of the house.
The Grand Leader is a summer gar
were dressed by Mr.. Fred Vining in
black and white, and display beauti-
fully the profusion of silk, lace robes.
The millinery display by Miss Primm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
FIFTEENTH CHILD is BORN.
No Race Suicide in the King Family
at Alto Pass.

Alto Pass, H., March 30,-Mr, and
Mrs. William King are rejoicing over
the birth OF their fifteenth child. The
new arrival is a boy and his name is
Dewey Roosevelt King
Thirteen of the children are living.
The age of the oldest is tWenty-three
years. There are seven boys and six
girls in the family, and none is mar
ried. The father is forty-nine years
Old has been married twenty-four
years and has lived here twenty eight
years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
Country Home Burned.

The home of the managers on the
Thomas James place, about three
miles out from the city, on the Sui
phur Springs road, burned today. In
surance about $780, An outbuilding
was also burned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
Figures Transposed.

The figures of the Pittsburg Little
Rock ball game at Hot Springs Satur-
day got transposed in transmission
and it was reported that Pittsburg
won by a score of to I. Little Rock
won by score of 2 to 1.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30

and the assistants is gorgeous. lie
Mares orchestra will be present at
the Grand Leader tonight.
The HOnnet store is bcdecked with
a fine line of dress goods, artistically
displayed by one of the city's best
window dressers, and the store is
crowded all the time
The Racket store is always on time.
II has a nice lot of laces and en-
bruderics and Easter offerings in plain
is pretty, and is attracting crowds Of
visitors. ''Nuf ced."
kauffman's Bazaar has display
millinery room overloaded with wo-
mans top gear. The crowd has in
vaded the Bazaar all day TO view the
delicate and tasty articles which fas-
cinate the ladies.
The Hub also has fine display OF
to the ladies, and the store is being
visited by a continuous stream Of WO-
ing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
MAGNIFICENT BALL TEAM
Detroits Fine Aggregation, to Play
Pine Bluff Wednesday

sHrc judge Of fly balls Right field
lies between Wallace Clement and
Harry Gcsslcr. both newcomers and
into fast company, and both players
that promise to develop into stars of
The first magnitude before the season
is over. They are having a pretty
fight for the position. and it is hard
10 pick the winner
The team comes here from Little
Rock. soing To that city from Shreve-
port. whore two weeks were spent in
training practice and games With the
Shreveport team. Practically all OF
the PLAYERS are in mid=soason form
right NOW and some fast baseball is
saH" To b" seen hS tbe Pine Bluff fans
IN Wednesday,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
No Race Suicide in These Families

husband and her marriage to Pheg-
ley.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30

Natehcz 0atbatted by Browns.
Me &Jecr's 81 Louis Browns went in
for mallIn& lbc ball yesterday i'll the
game with the Cotton States league
champions and Won with case by a
score Of / t to / The playing of the
visitors was Hike an electrical display.
When At bat they raped the ball hard
and often. They skipped around the
bases like trolley cars specded at
their highest, and when they hunted
the ball they invariably beat il out
to the bag The Indians played the
same way, but they could not bat with
the owns.-Natchez Democrat OF
Sunday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
ARTHUR PUE G0RnAAN WHO HAS RESUMED HIS PLACE As
DEMCCRATIC LEADER IN THE SENATE

Who of the Democratic
eighteen mnrut"l repre-
another Mr.
Is s
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15
H. a. %LADE

legal determination-long to go "un-
whipt of Justice. -
1t is believed that the universal
opinion of the sober-minded, order
loving, God-f fearing people of Wash
ington county is that the court set
for trial and Judgment till the docket
is purged of its appalling burden of
criminal cases. 1t is the belief that
this is not merely a matter of public
opinion, but stern demand in the
interest of protection to social safe
guards.
Judge Haselton's recent words from
the bench on this subject have re-
ceived a powerful reinforcement from
events trauspiring since their utter
ance. On that occasion all the people
said, Amen Now it is, Amen and
Amen
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15
COMPACT OF CONSULS.

Manila. Oct. 9.--The name of Con-
sui McWade, stationed at Canton, is
mentioned as a beneficiary under a
contract unearthed by Collector of
Customs Shuster in connection with
scheme to bring in Chinese coolies
under the guise of merchants to the
Philippine Islands, entering through
this port.
The collector has accumulated evil
dence to connect other consuls with
the alleged frauds, The conspirators,
it is said, already have issued many
forged certificates assigning a former
residence in the Philippines, under
which Chinese have been admitted
here. Carl Johnston, acting consul at
Annoy, a brother of Burlingame
Johnston, the former consul, is men,
toned as a beneficiary.
John L. Miller, former inspector of
immigration, is under arrest and a
warrant has been issued for Inspector
W. d. Ballantyne, who is now in
China. They are charged with ut
tering false and forged certificates.
Among papers secured by Collector
Shuster is a contract signed by Miller
and Ballantyne regarding division
of profits. This contract mentions
Johnston, his interpreter and secre-
tary. A Chinese detective is said to
have paid S400 to be passed as mer-
chant,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15

An eighteen-year- old girl in Indian
Territory has fairly earned the title
OF Queen of Range" by defeating
several OF the most skillful ropers of
the southwest in an open contest the
other day. 1t may be imagined that
it was no ordinary competition Tor
81, 900 was the prize offered and in it
were some of the cleverest COW boys of
the country. The winner was Lucille
Mulhall, counted by her friends as
the best young woman rider in the
world, and now admitted by friends
and enemies, if dashing young west
ern girl could have enemies, to be the
best roper, man or woman, in the
southwest. The conditions were that
three steers were to be roped and tied
in the fastest time, and the contest
was open to ALL Miss Mulhall threw
the first steer and tied him up in
forty three seconds The second fell
prey to her in one minute and
eleven seconds, and the third was
roped, thrown and tied in the remark
ably fast time of forty seconds. The
reports of the affair state that the
strenuous girl was enthusiast cally
applauded by an army of cowboys and
Indians, and surely she was entitled to
it all. 1t is to be hoped that the
vanquished ropers of the other sex
cheered as loudly as anyone. Stories of
this sort have led hundreds of boys
from the pent up valleys of the
east to the broad plains of the west
where they might emulate the pic
turesque doings Of their brothers, and
now that Miss Mulhall has opened up
the way to a new pinnacle of fame
for women, perchance some of her
, athletic loving eastern sisters may
follow the west bound trail that only
the opposite sex has heretofore aspired
to travel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15
STARVING ALASKAN INDIANS.

In an interview with a Journal
representative, after his return from
Alaska, Senator Dillingham; referred
to the new game laws of the territory
as detrimental to the welfare of the
Indians, and suggested that an i'm
provement along this line was one of
Alaska's needs. He said that the ell.
forcement of these laws would cut off
the natives chief food supply and
leave large numbers of them to face
actual starvation.
Within few days news has come
from Alaska which verifies Senator
Dillingham; Judgment and foresight
by announcing that the Indians have
already been reduced to starvation
by the new regulations. White resi-
dents of Alaska know that the game
laws which were passed in June Of
last year were due to the ignorance
of the department. at Washington con-
corning the situation in Alaska, and
those interested in the welfare of
the natives have taken the matter in
the most urgent in his desire for
changes in the act is Lieut.. Jarvis,
collector of customs for Alaska. In a
letter just sent to the treasury depart
ment he says:
desire to call the attention Of
the department to the very serious i'm
port of this law to Alaska, especially
to the native population. Its enforce
ment means entire suppression of the
fur trade, except in the case of fur
seals, sea otter, and brown bear, and
it would seem to involve the very ex-
istence of the native Indians and Esk
limos of the interior and of the west
ern and northwestern coast. These
people are already in most deplor-
able condition, reduced by restric-
tions gradually placed on their pur-
suits both by the law and by the pres
ence of white people in the country.
Their margin of existence was never
narrower and any unusual happening
invariably produces want and starva-
ton. Inroads OF white people have
driven off their game, have taken
their fish and food animals, and neces-
sarily have changed their modes OF
living and clothing, reducing them to
such low condition that IN the past
few years they have in thousands fal-
len easy victims to starvation and cpl
denies of disease introduced among
them. 1t is shown that their inabil-
ity this year to kill black and polar
bear, seals, walrus, and whales hai
reduced the natives to starving con-
dition. Several score already have
| died. "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15
TRUNDLE BED FOLKS.

When was wee little girl
Not bigger than you-or you,
There was something my father said,
perhaps you have heard it too,
And tho would laugh at his other
jokes,
/ always got angry at Trundle-bed
folks !"
When mamma was wee little girl,
Not bigger than you-or you,
She slept in queer little bed,
But not like yours, tits true;
Twas made so low
'Twould easily go
Right under the mothers by day, and
Whenever the grown folks wanted to
joke
They called all the children 'Trundle-
bed folk -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15

dignity. The documents in the pres
entation OF the American case alone,
which is not so voluminous as the
Canadian, comprise eleven hundred
pages and two volumes of early maps.
The complexity which this suggests
is borne out by the reports Of the long
argument which the Canadian coun-
sci, Sir Robert Finlay, has made.
He was arguing from storehouse of
archives and conflicting traditions
about main difference which is ex-
tremely simple.
Take a map of Alaska and you
will see that thin line along the
southwestern coast is colored as ours
This we have occupied ever since we
bought Alaska from Russia in 1867,
and Russia had occupied it theoreti-
cally since her treaty Of delimitation
with Great Britain in 1925. That
treaty confirmed Russia in full sover-
eighty to a continuous strip extend.
ing from Portland Canal TO the 14lst
meridian of longitude west Of Green
wich.
Such strip was to be ten leagues,
measured from the heads of all CULTS
and other arms of the sea, For thirty
years the United States acted with
out British dissent, OH the principle
that the thirty miles meant from the
coast of the mainland and not from
the coast of the islands. No one
thought of the coast being valuable
until fifty dollars tot e-pan' was
found in Eldorado Greek. That put
the great placer region of the British
northwest territory in the position of
having no doorway except through the
American strip. The Canadians
hold that the flourishing towns of
Dyea and Skaguay were the result of
the Klondike migration, We assert
that Dyea was founded in 1886 and
Skaguay in 1888; that it was Ameri-
cans QUILTED at these two frontier
posts whose prospecting in the inter
ior made the Klondike possible.
Our main argument is our long
possession, undisputed for eighty
years. In Portland or Seattle you
will hear strong language against en-
tering into a discussion about our
right to what is already ours. An
administration which surrendered
Dyea and Skaguay very likely would
lose the presidential electors of the
Pacific States -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15
It Gives STRENGTH
Blood Wine" Made a New
Person Out Of An Old One.

quickly put on my feet. Its strength.
giving properties are astonishing. II
people who are overworked, all played
out and on the verge of physical break.
down, would take Blood Wine l be-
lieye they would soon be we'll again."
Mrs. Henry Brillon of No. Grosvenor.
dale, Conn, Is an enthusiast over
"Blood Wine" She says:
lowing to the great benefits which
have derived from the use of your
Blood Wine feel it my duty to make
a statement concerning 1t, which you are
at liberty to use as you see fit. had
been sick for about nine years, and was
gradually growing weaker, when my at
tention was called to your remedy.
Without much faith in its efficacy I
made a trial of 1t, as 1 had previously
done with other remedies. My trouble
was general debility, loss of strength,
and wasting of body. About eighteen
months ago purchased my first bottle
of your Blood Wine and took it steadily
thereafter. After taking three bottles I
began to improve, and thatimprovement
has continued down to the present day.
During this time have gained twenty
five (25) pounds in weight, and the good
health which formerly enjoyed has
entirely been restored. 1 have hesitated
somewhat about subscribing my name
to testimonial which might be used
for advertising purposes, but my sense
of duty to other sufferers placed as I
was has overcome all scruples in that
direction, and you have my permission
to use this testimonial any way that 10
likely to benefit the public"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15
HOW THE WEST REoUPERATEs.

At the State Fair at Topeka there
were sixteen-foot stalks of green corn,
each bearing two or three big, we'll
filled ears, and potatoes ten inches in
circumference. A casual observer
might see nothing Of interest in these
things, Tor sixteen foot corn stalks
can be found in many field in Kan.
sas. The point of the exhibit was
that it represented the Vests recu-
peration from the disastrous floods
which swept down it's valleys only
fifteen weeks ago. This corn and
these potatoes have been grown on
the inundated lands.
The actual loss caused by this flood
will never be computed, but it
amounted to millions upon millions.
In Kansas City, Kansas, alone the
property loss was more than the
United States paid for the entire
Louisiana Purchase. Houses and
barns were swept away, business
blocks collapsed, crops were ruined,
herds of live stock were drowned,
river beds changed their courses, and
everywhere the water left from one to
three feet of mud and sand.
In some places the current washed
great gulches through the fertile
fields. and in others whole farms were
covered with deep deposits of sand
A more dscouraging prospect could
scarcely be imagined than faced the
people when they returned to their
mud-filled homes. But they went to
work with characteristic Western
energy, and the sixteen-foot corn
stalks and ten-inch potatoes represent
the results-the recuperation of the
West.
In most localities nearly all evil
dences of the flood have been elimi.
mated. Farms are covered with
growing crops. houses are bright with
fresh paint, and only the existence
of an occasional wrecked building
bears evidence to the fact that flood
ever swept down the valley. North
Topeka has the appearance of almost
new city. Kansas never had SO
much money in her banks as she has
today. The forthcoming bank reports
this month will show that there are
almost one hundred million dollars
on deposit, an increase of about eight
in, no 1oc he
the State never before had as great
crops in the aggregate as it has this
year.
Only two things are troubling the
Western farmer. One is the continued
lack of farm hands to aid in caring
for this years crops and putting in
those for next year. and the other is
the lack of freight cars. Despite
reports to the contrary, the railroads
of'the West cannot begin to care Tor
their business at present. There are
many towns in the wheat belt in
which every vacant building is filled
with wheat, and, in addition, vast
quantities are piled along the railroad
tracks. At Larned, in Kansas, there
is single pile containing nearly one
hundred thousand bushels. The rail
roads cannot furnish the cars in which
to haul this wheat to market, and
there yet remains in the stacks and in
the fields enough to keep the threshers
busy until Christmas.
The West considered itself extreme
ly prosperous year ago, but the past
twelve months have added more to
its wealth than any similar period
in it's history.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15
Letters from
Women

Cured by the use Of Kodol are received daily.
Their troubles nearly all begin with indiges-
ton or other stomach disorder.
II the food you eat fails to give strength
to your body, II is because the juices So
creted by the stomach and digestive organs
are inadequate to transform the nutrient prop
critics Of the food into blood. That u
indigestion. The system is deprived Of the
amount Of nourishment required TO keep up
the strength, and the result is that one on
more of the delicate organs gradually grows
weak, and then weaker, until finally II u
diseased. Here a great mistake Is made.
That Of treating the diseased organ. The
best doctors In the land make this very
mistake. Why should they1 It is so easy
TO SEQ that the trouble Is not there.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-15

Judge John H. Watson did good
Franklin county court in bringing dill.
atory lawyers up to time. 1t was
medicine that has long been needed.
The bar in this county had suffered
the docket to become crowded with
continuances OF cases and it had in
the course of years become the prac-
tice to drag business along in slip
shod fashion. 1t was time an end
was put to it.-St. Adams Messen-
ger.