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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-11-12
Asks for Bonds.

William Rookie is making an eff.
fort to be released on bond and a
number Of his friends were over
from Cottonwood yesterday look
ing after the matter. The request
has been sent to Judge Steele at
Lewiston who will probably pass
upon it at once. 1t is said that
there will be no trouble in finding
bondsmen for almost any amount.
1t would be less expensive for the
county if he can be held in this
way and would relieve the sheriff
of a great deal Of responsibility.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-11-12
Back From Elk City.

Mark Howe, general manager OF
the Schedule Mining company, has
just returned from a trip to Elk
City where their property is locat-
ed. Mr.. Howe is well satisfied
with the showing made and force
Of men will be kept at work all
winter. His company is not Of
fering any stock for sale and no
effort is being made to boom the
property.
Lots of work is being done in
the camp with most gratifying re-
suits.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-11-12
Charged With EmbezzIement

VIM. Cage was brought into
town yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
johnson to answer to the charge Of
embezzlement. Cage formerly
worked for Underwood & Lamb in
livery stable at Sites and it is
claimed he collected s35 of their
money and skipped out. A drum
mer who paid the money was to
have been the principal witness but
the constable was unable to find
him and Cage was released on his
own recognition.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-11-12

Attorney T. II. Bartlett made a
trip to Spokane this week on legal
business.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-11-12


old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
L. Murray, died at their home in
this city, Monday night. The
funeral and interment took place
yesterday afternoon at O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray have the
sympathy of the entire community
in their sad bereavement.
If there is another place on the
Pacific coast where it is as hard to
get poultry and fresh eggs as it is
at Grangeville we have never
heard of it. We have a country
that produces everything in the
agricultural line in abundance yet
no one seems to take interest
enough in poultry raising to pro-
duce enough of eggs to supply an
ordinary boarding house.
Florence Electric Mining & Mill
ing company limited, formed to
carry on a general mining and
milling business, have filed articles
of incorporation at Boise. The
principal Office of the company is
at Garfield, Wash. The amount
OF capital stock is $4,000. The
directors are ]. G. Lawrence, H.
Lawrence, John A. Dix, William
I. Lawrence, William Laird, ]. c..
Northaop and P. A. Mcconnell.
A. 3, Hardy of Grangeville is des-
ignated a. the Idaho agent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07
Contest with Santa Monica.

Senator Stanford was the consistent
friend Of the san Pedro harbor. He
was instrumental in getting the first
appropriation looking toward an outer
harbor for deep draught vessels.
Through the efforts of Senator Stan
ford and Representative Yandeyer in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07
CTURESQUE STORY o. SAN PEDRO HARBOR FBe2BEl

boats discharged and took off car
goes from a, mole or wharf, in a quiet
place safe from sOutheasters. a tug
ran to take on passengers from the
steamer to the wharton the trade Of
Los Angeles is sufficient to support
SUCH a vessel. 1 walked along the
shore to the new landing place, where
there were two or three store houses
and other buildings. fronting small
depot. and a stage coach, 1 found. went
daily between this place and the pu-
eDlo''
The creek mentioned by Dana is
the estuary now called the Inner har-
Dor" On one side Of this narrow in
let is the main land, and on the other
Is Rattesnake island. now called Ter
minal-island. The town Of Wilmington
IS ct the head of the estuary.
In 1853 a railroad was built between
san Pedro and Los Angeles, twenty
three miles long In 1876 this road
was acquired by the Southern Pacific
Improving the Harbor.
The Improvement Of the inner har-
Dor began under the direction Of
Colonel c. H Menden of the corps OF
engineers in 1871, when congress ap-
propriated 100000 out of d total ex-
penditure planned of $3.50 coo. Los An
geles had a population of 5000, of whom
only one-ffth We're Americans, and the
/ town was without eastern Fall COQDec-
ton until 1876, when the Southern Pa
cific came down from the north. The
principal industry Of the surrounding
country was cattle raising on the I'M
improved land Some of the old set
tiers thought it was a waste of money
To attempt 10 improve this lagoon, but
fortunately others including Represent
ative 5. O. HOughtOn. thought differ
entity, and the congressman secured tbs
7 appropriation. The plan was to run
! a jetty of rock and timbers out from
the point of Rattlesuake island &c
1 Deadman's island, distance of SOU
I feet. Hitherto the tide had been ebbing
I and flowing across this vast eXpanSe.
. BY thus combining it TO a narrow chan
mel it was expected that the rush of
ebbing waters would dredge out and
I deepen the channel, and cut down the
! bar at the entrance A year later an
/ Improvement was proposed, extending
5 the lefty out 400 feet farther and build
/ ing another 8, 500 feet long parallel to
! confine the tide still more. This was
done and the result was complete
( success. In 1891 the channel had
/ deepeued, widened and straight %
/ ened, the depths had increased OkE
/ from a minimum of six feet NA
! TO sixteen, and the bar. in ~ +
stead of being eighteen ~
D inches under water was ~
fourteen feet. For ~
/ this work congress ~
/ appropriated, in ~
I addition to the 90
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07

deep sea harbOr. however. did. not re-
ceive great attention for a number OF
years. Nevertheless. Senator Leland
Stanford who was at the head of the
Southern Pacific prior TO 1890 was alive
to the situation. Colonel MendeIl. orig
inatOr of the inner harbor plans, dis
cussed the subject with him as early
as 1881 Colonel Menden some years
later gave the following account of this
interview:
Stanford's Prophetic Words.
The Southern Pacific railroad had
then been recently finished, and its
president expected that by reason of
its light grades it must become the
route of an immense commerce to be
developed on the Asiatic shore. He
Governor Stanford expressed his in
tention to build steamers of capacity
TO carry Is. 600 10 10000 tons each. He
stated that the commerce with China
was in ITS infancy. and considering its
enormous population, he expected eX-
changes to take dimensions not then
anticipated by any one There were
obvious and serious objections TO San 4
Francisco as the port OF commerce n
to be handled over the Southern To-
Pacific railroad, in that freight ~
would have 70 be transported 10y
over nearly 500 miles of rail- ~ 4
road and pass three sum E Z
mits in order to reach ~
that port from Los An ~
geles It was plain -
that these ships -
must receive and -
discharge their
| cargOes upon ~
the adjacent r
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07


favor of San Pedro, as opposed
to Santa Monica or any other har-
bOr along the neighbOring coast
It was estimated that the cost OF
= breakwater at Santa Monica, if
built of rubbIe and concrete, would
be s., 715, 965, or S4,843, 40 if built of rub
BILE only The cost of an outer break
water at San Pedro was estimated at
81. 594 494 built Of Tubble and concrete.
or S4,126,106 if built Of rubble only.
The board gave the following reasons
for fayoring San Pedro above Santa
Monica:
In view of the fact that San Pedro
bay in its natural condition affords bet
ter protection from prevailing winds
and from dangerous storms than Santa
Monica bay;
'.That protection can be secured al
less cost for equal development Of
breakwater at the former than at the
/ latter;
That a larger area of protected an
chOrage from the prevailing watery
swells can be secured, the severe storms
from the west being infrequent;
And that there is already an interior
harbor that will be a valuable addi-
ton 10 the outer harbOr,
The board considers san Pedro bay
as the better location for the deep
water harbor provided for by this act
Backed by this report, the people 81
I Los Angeles led by the chamber o.
/ commerce. memOriaIized congress tC
make an appropriation for q deep-watel
harbor at san Pedro, and sent Genera
I Lionel A Sheldon. former member OF
congress from louisiana, to assist Con
gresham W w Bowers along these
I lines
Hitherto the Southern Pacific had
been an ally Of the people of 10:
] Angeles on this proposition, but il
/ 1890 a change occurred which altered
radically the stand Of that Immense
/ corpora ton. At the annual meeting
I April g. c. P. Huntington gained con
trol by winning over the Hopkins in
/ terest and ousted his enemy. Senate
I Stanford, from the presidency. In
( statement on assuming the presidenc.
] himself Mr.. Huntington denounced hi
/ deposed rival He started on a polio.
I of doing everything possible Different!
from the way Senator Stanford ha'
/ done il. and among other things h
reversed the attitude Of the railrOai
/ toward San Pedro harbOr- Santa Mo
Mica was selected for the deep. seapor
and principal southern shipping pOin
/ OF the Southern Pacific. All work o.
the san Pedro wbe.rf was stopped. Tn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07
Huntington co. Frank.

Early in 1894 the Southern Pacific
wharf at Santa Monica was completed.
The merchants OF Los Angeles greeted
its opening with pleasure, as IL gave
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07

~ Quiry was as to
whether or not
Wilmington harbor
could be made to ac-
~ cOmmOdate vessels of
the proposed magnitude.
~ The reply was that it was
~ quite impra cticable to make
~ the estuary suitable for large
~ vessels. His next inquiry was
~ as to an alternative haTbOr. san
I Diego had no railroad connection
and could not be considered. He was
, informed that it would be quite i'm
practicable 10 build a breakwater in the
bav Of San Pedro, under the lee of
which vessels of any size might lie IN
security in touch with the railroad and
there receive and discharge cargoes-
At later date he was given map,
which in a general way illustrated the
project of an outer harbor."
Subsequent events, especially as re-
CARDS Oriental trade, have demonstrate
ed the far-sighted sagacity of Senator
Stanford in this matter. The Oriental
trade has already grown to enormous
proportions, and the foremost experts
on the subject declare that its develop
ment mas scarcely begun. 4 expect To
live to see the day" said the senator
at another time. when our commerce
goes to San Pedro instead OF San Fran
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07


A6V $40. 1000 in 1872. and
$3.50. GOO in 1873. with
1929. 600 in SIN a !
amounts scattered over
the years. between 1875
and 1892. inclusive
But the inner harbor would
not admit vessels of the great
est draught. The question Of a
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
CALLED JEFF A LIAR
The Governor Has W0rdy Tilt in Court
of Justice of the Peace

The case of w. Nixon Lucey against
Go. JEFF LAWS for SIS, which was
claimed to be due the plaintiff for the
pubiica; OH of an article in the Hart
forI Developer during the last cam
paigu.= vas tried before Justice w. II.
Rankin, says the Little Rock Democrat
Gov. Davis wired Lucey to hold hi:
paper for an article which he wante,
published and told him to send the bill.
to him. This Mr.. Lucey did. charg-
ing SD for the extra work and a large
number of extra copies of the paper
which he issued and distributed. Lucey
put the bill in the hands of w. l..
Greer, local collector, and he brought
suit. The jury rendered a verdict fol
tie defendant, as the article printed
was fHrthering the candidacy Of Sen;
ator j. p Clarke. and not for Gov
Davis
During the crOss-eXamination a spir
tied tile occurred between Gov. Davi
and Mr.. Greer. The governor asked
Mr. Lucey if he did not know this
was ply a Matchmaking scheme. AT
this Mr. Greer remarked that If the
governor intended to insinuate that he
was connected with blackmailing
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
OF Confederate Veterans Meets at
Little Rock Tomorrow.


A meeting of the historical commit.
tee of the United Confederate Vete-
ANS has been called for tomorrow
morning at Gleason's hotel, Little
Rock. to consider the situation with
regard to the appropriation by the
last legislature for the collection of
2 roster of the Arkansas Confederate
soldiers.
The appropriation bill is among
those vetoed by Gov Davis last Sat
'rday, which Attorney General Muir.
ply contends are valid laws On the
ground of an unconstitutional veto
The object of the meeting is to con-
slider what shall be done about the
roster, and it is barely possible that
an attempt will be made, in case the
contention of Col. Murphy is not up
held by the supreme court, to collect
the necessary $1,000 by private sub
scription. The bill in question was
introduced by Speaker John Ike Moore
at the request of the committee, and
not a dissenting vote was cast against
it in either house of the general as
sembly.
The members of the committee are:
Col. S. H. Nowlin (chairman), Gen. B.
w. Green Dan w zones, J. F. Smith,
!. W. coluuitt. 7 title Rock: Gen. V
Y. Cook, Elmo; Gen. r. NJ. Knox, Pine
Gen. r. G. Shaver, Mena.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
!. O-.-'~' -: y! .Y-s :-w.~,
j ...,,.,. t...'.H =: t1l~

The visiting real estate men will
arrive this afternoon. Hon. w. H.
Langford is master of ceremonies. The
visiting gentlemen will be escorted to
the Bluff City club rooms on arriving,
and will De made members of the as.
ISOLATION. Several speeches are on
the program, after which banquet
will be served. Tomorrow Mr.. w.
H. Langford will take the visitors
On an excursion over the Pine Bluff
Arkansas River road and return in the
evening" The visitors will be enter
tanned at barbecue at some point
on the road.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
THE RING WINS OUT
Culpepper Discharged as Chief Of Police
and Peterson Appointed

Mayor H. King White relieved
Chief Culpepper this morning about
10 o'clock and appointed Alex Peter
son as chief of police. Mr.. Culpep
per, few days ago, was fined 81 and
costs for striking Jach Wanzer,
prisoner, who applied vile epithets tc
the chief, and the mayor says that is
his reason for discharging Culpepper
He also stated that he hated to lei
Culpepper go, as he was an excellent
officer. and, in fact, he was one Of
the best chiefs the city ever had, but
that he had warned Mr.. Culpeppel
about abusive treatment of prisoners
and that he would not and could no
allow any of the city employees to dis
obey orders. He also stated that Chief
Peterson has reputation for gettins
on a Gag" and playing cards, and al
so that he has informed, Peterson
that if there is the slightest evidence
of any drinking or cardplaying that
Mr.. Peterson would be removed forth
with.
It seems that the ring has bee,
watching for chance to haul Mr.. Cul
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
Cambridge Negro Lover
To Depopulate The South

Boston, May 28-P1ans have beef
completed by secret organization,
with headquarters in Boston for the
greatest negro exodus in history from
the south. The originator of the so.
ciety, which numbers 500 mefbers,
is Rev. J. Henry Dudley. of Cam
bridge. The plan is to depopulate the
entire south and southwest of negroes.
who will be brought north to Boston,
and thence distributed throughout the
west in agricultural and mining com,
munities. The first great body OF
emigrants, 5000 in number, will lane
in Boston about the first of July. Elab.
crate preparations are being made
for their reception. Their rapid dis.
tribution will be where their labor il
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
LET HILLS RAGE.
Another Southern Outrage" Perpe
trated in Indiana.

Another "Southern outrage" PeFPe.
trated in Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind, May 2S.- Farm
ers in Dearborn and adjoining coun.
ties are making a determined war
upon negroes as a result of the muir.
DER Of Miss Anna Kaiser, and man,
families are being ordered to leave
and negroes employed by farmers
discharged. 1t is ordered that 10C
negroes have been driven out of tn
rural distls icts of Dearborn county
alone in the past three days.
Today a committee of farmers. head
ed by Martin J. Kaiser, Jr brothe
of the murdered girl, waited upor
the superintendent of the Big Foul
construction work at Guilford, an(
notified him that the negroes employ,
ed by him must leave. He said that
he would meet with the farmers ant
conform to any demands they would
make, but if the negroes were dis
charged, work would have to cease
as. it is impossible to get white men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
NIP IT IN THE BUD.
First Appearance of Dandruff Fore.
runner of Future Badness.

First Appearance OF Dandruff a Fore.
runner of Future Badness.
That such is the case has been con.
olusively proven by scientific research.
Prof Unna, the noted European skin
specialist, declares that dandruff is
the burrowed-up cuticle of the scalp.
caused by parasites destroying the
vitality in the hair bulb. The hair be.
comes lifeless, and in time falls out.
This can be prevented.
Newbro's Herpicide kills this dan.
druff germ, and restores the hair to
it's natural softness and abundancy.
Herpicide is now used by thousands
of people-all satisfied that it is the
most wonderful nair preparation on
the market today.
Sold by leading druggists. Send
ten cents in stamps for sample te
The Herpicide company. Detroit, Mich,
L. B. Coon. special agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
THE EXODUS ABOUT OVER
Some Of the Negroes Who Went Away
Have Returned.

the city yesterday afternoon, presuma
bly, over the Altheimer branch of the
Cotton Belt, with the woman, and
took her to the state penitentiary, a
short distance from the union station.
She remained in Tie penitentiary walls
about an hour, When she was take1,
away by an officer under the direction
Of Sheriff Gould. The penitentiary of.
ficials cid not know the man who took
the woman away, nor We're they aware
where she was being taken The off
Gals at the state asylum for the insane
stated last night that the woman wa
not received at that institution
though it was supposed that she was
removed to that place. The Pulaski
county Jail officials stated also last
night that the woman was not receiy.
ed there. They said they did not
know that she was in the city. Sheriff
Gould did not degister at any of the
hotels, so far as could be learned yes.
terday or last night, and the case is
shtouded in somewhat of mystery
The whole state has been interested
nthe situation at Pine Bluff, where
the negroes have been terrorized by
the woman's prophecy. The peniten
tiary officials who saw the woman yes.
terday afternoon say that she appears
to be between twenty-five and thirty
years of age, and is apparently WEI
educated. She talks we'll and does
not give the impression of being de
mented. The object of Sheriff Gould
in bringing her to Little Rock is no
known" IS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28

Richmond, Va. May 2S.-Booker
Washington's ideas for the industrial
development of the negro in the
south are to take practical shape here
The initial step is to be the opening
of a large tobacco factory to be con
trolled, directed and operated by ne
groes. Other enterprises, including
machine shops and a large commits
sion and wholesale house, are to fol
low. The tobacco factory will be
called the Negroes Friend" and the
labor employed will be the most
skilled to be found among the negro
race. Smoking and chewing tobacco,
snuff, cigars and cheroots will be
made
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
Booker Washington Will
Operate A Tobacco Factory

A delegation of colored men have
been in the city for the past few day.
prospecting and looking for a suitable
site for the factoey. An offer has
been made to a large manufacturer
here for his plant as it stands, with
all the equipments. No decision has
been reached.
The movement is the outcome of
the meeting here last year of the Ne.
groes Business league. The local league
is to be in immediate control of the
proposed enterprise. and students
from Tuskegee institute will be put
in charge. Washington is bacAed
in his scheme by Andrew Carnegie
who recently donated 100000 to Tus
kegee institute.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
Admiral Schley at Texarkana.

Admiral w. S. Schley passed
through Arkansas unheralded several
days ago. One of the citizens who
learned of his presence at the railway
station while the train stopped, while
shaking hands with the admiral, in.
formed him that "Texarkana is fol
you" In response he received a
hearty slap on the shoulder, accom-
panied by 81 am glad to hear that"
"Yes," chimed another, "they will be
with you for president, too" Beyond
an appreciative smile of recognition
the admiral slyly evaded an answer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28

Pine Bluff is to have another large
oil mill Mr.. A. H. D. Perkins, of Mem
phis, has been in the city seyera.
times during the past thirty days ant
he and others representing large
sum of money have decided to locate
a mill in Pine Bluff. The mill is t.
be in the eastern part of the city
between the Cotton Belt anC
Iron Mountain roads. Two sites arc
being considered. The two mills here
press between 10000 and 10000 tons
of seed each year, and the visible sup
] ply is about $4,000 tons, as is easily
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28
Visiting Real Estate Men Toni&ht

The following is the program Of the
addresses to be made at the entertain
ment tonight:
Welcome address, Mayor H. King
White.
Banking Facilities" w. H. Lang.
ford.
Horticulture" G. M. Lyman.
Good Roads," Judge T. Nj. Phillips.
Crops and Agriculture" Capt. j.
M. Hudson.
Educational Facilities of Jefferson
County," DR.. Junius Jordan.
Resources of Arkansas Hon. H.
G. Bradford, of Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1903-05-28

pepper up and have him fl ed, and
asst they have caught him mapping.
The office of chief of police ha
been holly contested one ever sine
Gen. White was nominated for mayor
The fight was so warm that the may
or decided to leave the selection of E
chief to a committee of thirty citi-
zens, and as the TIM drew near 70.
the selection to be made by the con
mittee, it was plain that Culpeppel
and Peterson were the only candidate
with any showing to WIN and the vot
at the finish stood nineteen for Peter
son, nine for Culpepper and one for
Sandy Reeves. But the council would
not stand for the committees selection
and unanimously turned Petersol'
down and unanimously approved the
appointment Of Culpepper. 1t is evi.
dent that ring is manipulating the
mayor in this matter, and he has just,
ly subjected himself to sharp criti
cism. Lack Of time prevents a de.
tailed comment on this chief of polio.
matter this afternoon, but the Graph
ic will, in its issue tomorrow, give its
opinion of the whole transaction.