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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14

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confirmed as chief of police of the city
of Pine Bluff.
The question of who should be
chief was settled in short order When
it was put up to the council for action.
After the new council had organized,
and some of the executive officers had
qualified and executed bonds. Mayor
White said he had a statement to
make to the effect that he had called
into consultation thirty citizens in
the selection of chief of police, and
then he stated what the committee
had done. He said Peterson had won
the contest fairly and was entitled
to the office, but said he would not
present Peterson's name as an ap-
pointee. but as to whether he should
appoint him.
A petition was read, signed by TWEEN
two-two of the committee of citizens,
asking the council to confirm the ap-
D.
w. P Cook, J. P. Alexander, c. R.
Fitzhugh, w. B. Sorrells. J. O. Harri-
son, Leon Levy, B. J. Lampert, Theo.
Burks, J. NJ Elliott, w. II. Langford,
NJ E. Bloom, Ike Allen, J. r. Core,
C. NJ Philpott, Fred Senyard, w. B.
Howell, Edward Levine. J. F. HUT,
E. NJ. Robinson. B. H. Gallagher, J. NJ.
Anderson VIM Burke
After the reading of the petition a
request was made to give Mr. Peter
sons friends, many of whom were pres
ent, a hearing in his behalf, and fif-
teep minutes time was granted. Mr.
w. B. Sorrells made a talk in which
he contended that it was the duty of
the council to confirm the appoint
mY of Peterson.
After Mr. Sorrels had concluded his
talk, Mayor White had the roll called
on the question of whether or not the
committees action should be approved
anu tIS Ntte 6tlilol II Wetc utltlIllllt3U1
as follows:
Aldermen Boyce, Clements, Fox, Jor
dan, Meyer, Nichol, Riley and We'll
Mayor White then presented the
following names in the order here Civ
en-, the vote in each case being as to
whether or not the mayor should pre-
sent the candidates name for confrma-
ton.
Marcus Sonenschein-Unan
"No.'
F. M. Fortune-Unanim NO"
Chas. Observation-Disclosures No"
Sandy Reeves : Unanimously
"No."
j. f. Culpepper Unanimously
aye"
Mayor White then presented the
name of Mr.. Culpepper for confirma-
tion and it was unanimously made
Thus ended one of the most inter
esting contests for chief of police
ever witnessed in Pine Bluff. Both
the old and he new councils held their
sessions in the circuit court room at
the county court house. as the interest
IN the contest for chief of police drew
such a large crowd that the council
chamber at the city hall was entirely
too small. The court room was crowd
ed, all the seats being occupied and
many having to stand.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14
Council Unanimously Turns Down Pc
ters0n as Chief of Police
Session of Old and First Of New Held at the Court
house to Accommodate Spectators Interesting
Business Transacted by Both

the recent city election. was read and
ordered spread upon the minutes. The
vote as certified by the officers is the
same as was printed in the Graphic
the next day after the election
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14
GOES TO PEN ONE YEAR

On a Plea of Guilty to Grand Lar.
ceny Charge.
Dan Purcell entered a plea of guilty
to a charge of grand larceny and was
sentenced for one year in the state
penitentiary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14
City Engineers Report.

City Engineer j. B. White reported
as follows: Fines, s13S: paid, $40;
days worked, sc; paid to police judge,
$40
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14
Chief CuIpepper's Report.

Police Chief Culpepper reported as
follows: Cash, $16S.50; committed
$153; transferred, s37. Total, s36S.5o.
The report was approved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14
Retirinn Fire Chiefs Report.

Chas. Senyard. the retiring fire chief.
reported as follows for the year: Runs
to fires, "A; of this number Is were
total losses to buildings and contents,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14
TOWN SITE PLAT
To Be Made on Lands of Pine Bluff
Land COMPANY Across River.


The North Pine Bluff Land cOmpany
has employed Mr. Joe White, late city
engineer, to plat the town site across
the river. The company is pushing
the work and will. in a short time,
have more than mere town site.
Plans are now on to make some very
extensive improvements. Watch for
advertisement III tomorrow's Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-14

Election Commissioners Report.
The report of the election commits
sloners, certifying the vote cast in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
MRS. GRANT IN EUROPE.
Fresh Gossip About a Plain WOman's
Experiences Among COurtiers.

London Truth.
The death of Mrs. Julia Dent-Grant re-
minds me of her tour in Europe with Cen
eral Grant and their son Jesse. She struck
me as being an excellent woman-plain,
unaffected and bearing more than traces
of a Methodist up-bringing in the State OF
Missouri at a time when 1t was unde-
veloped. American ladies, when no longer
young, know how to throw spice and chic
into their toilets. Mrs. Grant only knew
how to lok respectable. She wore on all
the occasions on which / saw her extreme
ly rich dresses in, L should say, Lyons
brocade. and in receiving visitors at the
Hotel Bristol prince of Wales's rooms)
added parures of Gheut, or Alencon or rose,
or some other point lace applied fiat. On
her full bust it lay as if on cushion. with
the design well in view. She had not much
conversation, and said nothing when the
general was at the opposite end of the
hearth rug, thinking, one may suppose
that words from him would be of greater
interest TO the visitor. He had reputa-
ton, not undeserved, for taciturnity. But
he could talk, and with great originality.
There was really a thought OF singularly
shrewd observation in every short sentence
that he let fall, for he conversed In brief,
pithy phrases, with intervals, more or less
long, between them. Mrs. Grant informed
American ladies who came to see her about
the different courts she had been received
at. She gave the palm for goodness to
the Queen of Sweden, who prayed beside
one of her femmes de chambre just as IL
she had been the wife of Il Methodist
One day on when Mrs. Grant called at
the Slott she found the Queen in tears, this
attendant having died in the course of the
morning. The King dowager of Portugal
when they were at Lisbon begged her to
visit his dear little wife, the Countess
Edla.' He promised she would like the
countess, who was the consolation of his
life. and not only that, but most accom-
plished person. He made her acquaintance
when as Theresa Hensler she sang at Lis
bon. Mrs. Grant waived ceremony and
went TO see her and found she came up to
the picture the King dowager painted of
her. She of course saw the Queen and at
tended dinner given in honor of General
Grant at the Ajuda Palace. where she was
struck with the great number of tall foot
men i'm magnificent liveries. The Queen of
Great Britain had not more men servants
attending table than the late King of Por-
tugal. But they were permanently en-
ployed. whereas the most of those Mrs.
Grant saw at the Ajuda dinner were supers
recruited for the occasion by sound of
drum and trumpet in the streets of Lisbon
They. however. played their parts without
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01

years had every comfort of life, but she
was supremely unhappy because she was
removed from her old surroundings and
associates.
Accordingly she returned to the little two
room cabin which General Bethune. before
his death, had built for her on his old Geor-
gia plantation. There she and two of her
daughters remained until last April, when
her daughters removed to Birmingham.
The old woman came with them, and the
trio, on account of illness and natural in
firmities, became poverty stricken. The
mother of the musician took to her bed in
July, and never rose, dying last Tuesday.
The oldest of her twenty children is more
than eighty-five years.
Her body was taken back to the scenes OF
her childhood near Columbus, Ga, for
burial, benevolent white people paying the
funeral expenses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01

bitches awkwardness. The recruiting
sergeant required certain number of
inches in the stature and around the waist.
The present King and his father played
duets on the piano. Queen Maria Pia
struck Mrs. Grant the most elegantly
dressed royal lady in Europe, save per-
AS to Queen Victoria, Mrs. Grant said at
General Noyes's, she seemed to have
dressed herself out of a rag bag. She had
the most lovely point lace, but badly ar
ranged" Her manner struck Mrs. Grant
as that of an oft-worried mother of
large family: She resented IL appears, the
American minister's having let fall a hint
that the Americans regarded General
Grant their first citizen, and appreci-
ated the attentions to him of the different
courts who received him on this footing.
The late Queen, save when she took a
fancy, or in her relations with German
kindred, was unbending on points of ETH
quette. She thought it tiresome, when the
Grants had no official standing, to be ex-
pected to receive them If they had,
and 1T appeared in her countenance and
bearing. Jesse Grant met with the APP
prevail of all good Americans by refusing
to dine with the servants-that is to say,
with the attendants of honor on her
Majesty. OF course, If the Americans had
established protocol assimilating re-
tired President to ex-king. and his
wife to an ex-queen, Victoria would have
felt in smooth sailing, and received them
accordingly In order not to give offense
she had to place the Grants on a peculiarly
high footing, and to accept the utimatum
of their son. 1t would have been better to
have laid all etiquette aside so far as they
went. and to have treated General Grant
as the first citizen of the United States,
which by universal consent he really was.
The general had acted the hero's part un-
ostentatiously, and without making a
single mistake in his long struggle with
the generals of the South. His herosm
after his return from Europe to the United
States underwent a still severer test. How
few men-if any other man-could have
had the steadfast endurance to write his
cancer gnawed his throat and its poison
kept on deadening all his vital organs?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
CHARM OF PORTO RICO.
San Juan Has Attractions as a Winter
Holiday Resort.


San Juan Up. R.) Correspondence New York
Post.
Only since American occupation has San
Juan become engaging place for win
ter holiday to Americans. There were now
and then American visitors of the variety
which is best pleased when the novelty and
strangeness are strong. but no doubt the
usual American who travels prefers places
where he can, for relief, have some of the
things he has been accustomed to at home.
San Juan has changed into one of these
places. 1t can minister better to personal
comfort and personal well being. as the
terms are understood outside Latin COM
rnunities. than ii could before. The most
conspicuous of the new shops are those
which sell nickeled. porcelained and tiled
fittings for the bath.
Most OF the advertisements of habitaci-
ones now include mention of the bath, the
electric light. the excellence of the ven-
tilation. And the desire of sojourners for
balconies from which there is pleasant
outlook-mirador-is adequately recognized.
There is long harbor front. and some of
the best houses stand along it. All day the
winds low fresh upon them from the pur-
pie mountains beyond the bay. At this
season To go to San Juan is to sail back to
the month of June. The sun lies brilliantly
across everything. There are yachts in the
harbor. with sailors who grew up the
surface of waters and almost never have
had accident They can be hired for
less than 81 an hour. and can take one to
little ports OH the bay, where life is as 1t
used to be-primitive, Spanish, tropical, but
happy.
1t was once the thing for Americans to
sail to one of these little ports on Sunday
mornings TO famous cockfights. But these
contests have been almost wholly sup
pressed by the American administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01

one. / often thought. the public would be
interested in if ii could really look behind
the scenes. 1 remember one time we print
ed pretty dainty love story turned out
by a young man on our staff-probably the
prettieSt thing of its kind We ever had.
Afterward L learned that it had been writ
ten while seated on a heap of pine collins.
1t was this way: The writer had a story
in mind, but had not been able to find time
to write it until at the time of the North
German Lloyd fire he was sent on board
the sunken steamer Saale 10 report the re-
covery of bodies. Barring the grewsome-
ness of the job, / don't suppose human
mortal ever was more tickled at an assign
ment.' Out on the breezy river during the
hot period of July, when the city sweltered,
what more could fellow want? So, be-
tween the acts he picked out heap of
waiting collins as the only clean thing TO
sis on aboard the fire-ridden hulk, and there
he wrote his love story, which was printed
in nearly score of Western papers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
ARCHDUKE JOHN.
A Norwegian Sailor Thinks He Was
Drowned mt Sea.

drowned NJ sen.
Baltimore American.
In connection with the stories growing
out of the departure from the court Of Sax
ony of Crown Princess Louise the disap-
pearance i'm 1880 Of Archduke John. neph-
ew of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria.
has been referred to. The archduke was in
the line of succession TO the throne. IL was
stated in some of the publications that the
archduke had been seen since his reported
disappearance, and also that when he sailed
from England to South America he was ac-
companied by the actress whom he married.
Mr.. Fred Krog, Norwegian. who is tenn
porarily in Baltimore. informed repre-
sentative of the American yesterday that
he believed he was the last person now liv-
ing TO speak to the archduke. and he did
not think that any one had seen him since.
In 1850. said Mr. krog, i was clerk for
at Buenos Ayres. Archduke John, through
his marriage to an actress and his severe
criticism of the Austrian imperial army
through a pamphlet and newspaper publ
cations, reaped the i'll favor of the court.
He surrendered all his titles and rights and
went to England. where he had constructed
a sailing vessel, with view TO engaging In
the merchant marine business. He secured
a cargo of cement for Ensenada, Brazil.
was sent by my firm from Buenos Ayres TO
Ensenada, a distance Of thirty-six miles.
in connection with the ships business. I
took with me the mail for the vessel and
other papers When / arrived on board ad-
dressing the dTCDuuht,
/ should address him as your Excellency
or as captain He replied that the captain
was yonder. pointing To- that individual, and
that | should address him simply as Mr..
Orth. / saw a good deal Of him for some
time, and found him one OF the most polite
and considerable men i had ever met. He
treated the humblest member OF the crew
with respect and like gentleman.
1.-The archduke had planned to sail TO VAL
paraiso by way OF Cape Horn. We fur
nished him with about six hundred tons OF
ballast. and remained until the vessel was
ready to depart AS he bade me goodbye
Archduke John said: L hope to return and
do business with your firm, and when 1 do
/ hope TO meet you as its representative"
Since that day neither he nor any member
of his crew has been heard of. About two
weeks after the departure of the ship from
Ensenada a terrible storm occurred In the
vicinity OF Cape horn. and the vessel. 10
doubt, went down with all on board.
AS TO the statement that his actress vile
was with him the vessel. that Is not
true. i was shown all OF the archduke's
apartments and other portions OF the ship.
and there was no woman on boaru.
Mr.. krog, who Is sailor. became sick
upon reaching this port and has spent some
time In hospital in this city. where he
bad an operation for an affection OF the
liver performed. At present he II staying
at the Port Mission.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
"BLIND TOMS" OLD MOTHER
Passes Away i'm a Little Shanty in
Birmingham. Ala.
Birmingham Age-Herald

3lrmluSnam ASe-t1eTalQ.
Charity Virgins. a coored woman, said
to be 10o years old, who died here last week
in little tumble-down shanty on the out
skirts of the city. was the mother of Blind
Tom. one of the greatest prodigies the mu-
steal world has ever known She was born
in slavery and belonged to the family of
Gen. James n. Bethune, wealthy Georgians,
who lived near Columbus. She was the
noted pianist was originally regarded as
the least worthy.
When Tom was born his mother belonged
to Col. Wiley Jones. of Georgia and not
long after his birth she and her children
were sold to General Bethune Tom, be-
ing blind and considered worthless was
thrown in"-that is TO say, in the transac-
ton no valuation was set upon him.
When the child was three years old. ac-
cording TO the story OF his mother told just
before she died, he developed great fond
ness for music. General Bethune's daugh-
tiers Were accomplished musicians. and the
chief delight OF the blind boy who was al
lowed 10 crawl about the yard wearing a
single garment-a shirt-was TO get under
the window and listen to the young women
playing the piano.
Toms birth raises interesting dues-
ton In psychology, and has been the sub
Ject or comment in the lectures of some of
the most eminent men of science in the
country. Just before his birth there were
several young women at the home of his
mothers owner. all musicians. They played
on the piano in the evenings. and frequent
ly had Toms mother to dance for them,
duty which fell lightly on the shoulders of
the negress. who violently loved not only
the dancing. but the music. She took ad-
vantage OF every opportunity TO hear the
piano, and seemed enchanted with its mel
odes. She had a good memory. and learned
many of the selections though not able To
play herself. This is believed by many
scientific men to account largely. IL not
wholly. for the wonderful talent OF her son.
In her declining years the old woman de-
lighted to tell stories illustrating the pecui-
lar and remarkable accomplishments OF
her blind offspring. She always denied that
he had only intelligence in music, and she
resented the idea that his gift of music
was purely mechanical.
When Blind Tom was at the height OF
his fame, some years ago. having won re-
nown In this country and Europe, he in
vited Ills mother To go To New York and
be his companion. She went. and for ave
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
Highest Flight of Birds.

LUHuUl EApEcSS.
Interesting facts as TO the flight OF birds
have resulted from a long series OF ooser-
vations. whose general results have recent
~ been published. An eagle was observed
by Bergessell. OF Strasburg. TO ny al a
height OF 5000 feet. A lark was detected at
an altitude of leo feet Aeronauis have
encountered crows high as 400 feet
from the earth. These, however. are ex-
ceptional attitudes for birds TO attain. AS
rule 600 feet seems 10 be the limit.
The German Ornithological Society has
been conducting experiments with pigeons
and finds that when liberated at height OF
5000 feet down to little as 21o0 feet they
drop rapidly TO a much lower region Of The
atmosphere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01

marble, and the hosiery and gardens are
nately, to which invalids are sent Amer
leans are interested in the management of
the baths of Coamo now, and, although
their old Spanish management was gem
erous and gave attention to luxurieS and
means of amusement, no doubt the new
controllers are a little more satisfactory TO
the traveller who cannot overcome a liking
for things somewhat as they are at home.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

try is now SO thoroly committed to
protection that it would be impossi
BILE now to make change, nor is a,
change desirable, for it would mean
commercial and Industrial revolution
and. chaos.
No matter, he said, how sound the
theory of free trade is, it is a condi-
ton that confronts this country, not
a theory, and a congress, no matter
which great party controls it, will al
ways adhere to the protective idea.
Then Mr.. Lind argued for a re-
vision of such schedules in the pres
ent tariff law as those governing steel,
glass, etc. from republican premises.
His entire speech was pitched on. a
high plane. So noticeable was this
that Champ Clark, the Missouri demo-
cratic veteran congressman, came to
him after it's close to thank him for
it, and to say that it's high ground
was thing which appealed to him
with most force.
tits said here that the Lind speech
expressed with substantial accuracy
the. views of lline-tenths Of the Min
nesota voters in all parts. 1t will not
be printed in the congressional rec
ord until tomorrow. Last night Mr..
Lind spent some time revising it and
adding numerous tables to strengthen
his arguments. The speech was made
without notes or careful preparation.
Lind did not know until noon yester-
day that he was to talk.
y, w. w. Jerrnane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
REVOLT AGAINST
SENATOR GORMAN
The Marylander Finds Himself I'm
able to Secure Democratic
Harmony in Senate.
Senators Who Are Opposed to His
Presidential Boom the Nov
ing Cause.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, Dec. 15.-For some
reason the democrats in the senate
seem unable to get together on any
general legislative policy. 1t is gem
orally expected that during a session
which precedes a presidential election
the minority will seek every opportun-
ity to embarrass the administration
party and to make capital for them
selves, but, in spite of the splendid
capacity for leadership of Senator
German, the democratic senators have
been at cross purposes for many
months and seem unable to get to-
gether. Investigation into the reasons
for this condition seems to indicate
that there are democrats in the SEN
ate who are committed to different
candidates and are not any too anxious
to increase Mr.. Germans reputation
as a political general ... ....
Some friends Of other candidates
seem to think every senatorial caucus
is being managed in some way to fur
Their Mr.. Germans machine made
presidential boom. 1t is at least no
ticeable that a considerable section Of
democrats reject every proposition
which comes from the Maryland
leader and there is a strong inclination
to assert the independence of the in
diVidual at the constant expense of the
recognized democratic boss of the SEN
ate. ...