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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
OSCAR GROSS.

Oscar, a son of P. r. Cross, who
has been attending the high school
at Newfoundland, died Tuesday,
March gath.
He was taken sick with pneumonia
March 4th and remained at his
boarding place, the house of D. B.
Smith.
Through the careful medical treat
ment of Drs. Gilpin and Simons
and with the tender care of his
parents, he seemed to be speedily
recovering and expected to sit up on
Tuesday, but as they we're prepar-
ing to get him up his heart failed
and he suddenly died.
The remains we're taken from the
house to the East Sterling church,
preceded by his teachers and stud
ents Of the school who marched in a
body. All the schools in the vicinity
we're closed and an unusually large
number assembled to pay their last
respects to the departed boy.
Among the collection of flowers
was a beautiful tribute from his
school mates, also from relatives in
New York city
Rov. Thoms Hooper had charge
of the services. Interment in the
Simonstown burying grounds.
Oscar was born April goth, 1885,
and spent a number of his early
years with his grandmother in
Greentown. Being unusually strong
physically and bright intellectually.
though young, he assisted his father
in the handling and counting Of
lumber and was a rapid and accurate
accountant, q pleasant and obliging
friend, a dutiful and considerate son,
and kind and loving brother.
During his sickness as he greeted
his friends his face was lit up with
a smile the unmistakable sign Of a
christians Joy, the overlooking of
peace. The sorrowing father and
mother, three brothers, Carl, Homer
and Ray, and one sister, Susie. have
the warmest sympathy of the entire
neighborhood.
Gone before Us, o our brother,
To the spirit land
Vainly look We for another
In thy place to stand.
Who shall offer youth and beauty
On the wasting shrine
OF stern and lofty duty,
With faith like thinef
Early hath the spoller found thee,
Brother Of our Lowell
Autumn's faded earth around thee,
And It's storms shovel
Eyermore that turf lie lightly,
And, with future showers,
Ger thy slumbers fresh and brightly
Blow the summer fOWersi
Peace be with thee, o our brotherl
In she spirit land
Vainly look we for another
In thy place TO stand.
Unto truth and freedom giving
All thy early powers,
Be thy virtues with the living,
And thy spirit ourBl EB.c.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
Oheap oolOnilts Rates 70 the west

Cheap oolOnistS Rates TO the West
The EFis Is selling a very cheap
one way Colonist Ticket from Port
Jervis 70 many points in the far
west. daily, until April 29th. just
think Of it, only $50 to most any
California point, with no change of
depois enroute. A postal addressed
TO the Ere ticket agent, Port Jer-
Wis, will bring any desired informa-
ton as % the above tickets BY
return mail, 4 10
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
A Good Entertainment

Though the downpour of rain
Mon lay night prevented many from
attending the entertainments given by
"Lovetts Boston Stars" in Browns
Hall those who braved the weather
were we'll repaid for their persever-
ence by the excellence of the program
rendered. The several members of
the company impressed the audience
with their pleasant department. no
less than with their skill in the
rendition of their several parts. The
music, both vocal and instrumental,
was we'll rendered, the recitations
excellent. especially those of Miss
Georgia Harvey who greatly charm
cd her hearers by her effective
manner, careful training in her
method and admirable conception
of the sentiment of her parts. Such
an entertainment is elevating, in
structive and deserving of patronage.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03

The courage required to take this
step can hardly be realized by persons
unfamiliar with the inner working of
the department. The heads of these
divisions have long been in position
to grant favOrs, often of the utmost
importance to almost every member
of congress and by this means have
acquired a political "pull' of as
tonishing proportions. Often the
favors so granted, while innocent
from the standpoint Of the legislator
applying for it, has actually been
prejudicial to the best interests of the
service, clerk hire and supply accounts
have been granted with a lavish hand
the object being to gain favor with
the members Of congress who have
applied for these grants rather than
to further the interests of the postal
service. But it is intimated that the
officials, involved have not been
content with distributing funds and
supplies in an extravagant manner
but have gone further and organized
pool by which they have cnminally
prohted by the sale of supplies to the
government and it is claimed they
have received commission on every
mail-box purchased, especially those
used on rural routes, and have other
wise robbed the government.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
DR.. Thaddeus Mead Dead

DR.. Mead died suddenly at his
home in Port Jervis Sunday night
of heart trouble. He had been feel
ing unusually we'll during the day
and when retiring suddenly without
word of exclamation fell to the
floor dead. He was born in Mont
gomery, Orange county, August 2S,
1910, and when II years old entered
the dental offices of DIR. Scarborough
of Newburg and became q skillful
practitioner. He was a soldier
during the civil war and after
resumed his profession and frequent
ly visited Milford. In 1871 he
established an Office in Port Jervis
which he conducted for several
years. He was prominent IN the
social and political affairs of that
village, was a member of a fire
company, of Carroll Post q. A. r.,
was village trustee, and chief Of
the fire department. His wife and
five sons survive him. The funeral
occurred Wednesday.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
EEeurgioa Tiekets % oalllornia

excursion Ilcket8 60 Salliornia
On account of the National As
sociation Of Master Plumbers of the
United States to be held at San
Francisco, Cal, May 18th to 22nd,
and the General Assembly OF the
Presbyterian church in the United
States, to be held at Los Angeles,
Cal, May 18th to June 2nd, the Erie
will sell special excursion tickets
from Port Jervis to San Francisco or
Los Angeles, Cal, on May 2nd and
May 18th, to 18th, good returning
to July 10th, at the low rate of S67
for the round trip, Ato
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
Women Suffrage Advocates


Philadelphians are justly proud Of
the literary eminence of Miss Agnes
Repplier, and her views on woman
suffrage are therefore Of peculiar
interest. She recently wrote from
Rome 1.-THE right of the woman
taxpayer to vote is. aud should be,
wholly irrespective Of any qualiflca-
ton on her part, or any use she is
likely to make of the privilege. Il
is not a question Of expediency. but
of justice. " On this same subject
DR.. Harriet Judd sdrtain expresses
herself. II believe most fully in
equal rights and equal suffrage for
men and women, with educational
restrictions for both.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03

One Of the strongest proofs of the
corruption that has existed, is found.
in the immediate appeal by officials
under suspicion to their political
friends to check the present investiga-
tiOn. Already many influential
members of congress and local
politicians have sought to influence
the president to that end and, it is
alleged, have even gone 50 far as to
intimate that any prosecution of the
offending officials would cost Mr..
Roosevelt dearly in the next national
convention. With his usual fearless
ness, the president has refused to
listen to any word of warning or
threat and has told those who have
protested to do their worst as he
proposed to carry the thing on to the
end regardless of political consequent
ces and with the sole end in view of
the betterment Of the service. No
definite charges. will be made until
adequate Evidence to substantiate
them is at hand but no favor will be
shown and there may result a bitter
warfare between the president and
the professional politicians.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03

The president is receiving crafty
ing assurances Of his popularity in
the west. The latest harhinger of
news Of this character is Mr.. Thomas
II Shevlin, national committeeman
for Minnesota who has just visited
Washington. 81 told the president
that he would receive the largest
labor vote next year Of any man who
ever occupied the White House."
said Mr. Shevlin after leaving the
president. al know whereof / speak
for am not only an employer Of
labor myself but / keep posted on
what the various organizations are
doing. The labor leaders point with
pride to the outcome of the coal
strike, They refer to the fact that
for the first time in history a presi-
dent of the United States undertook
to settle a great controversy between
capital and labor by assuming the
initiative and personally summoning
representatives Of each side TO the
White House. Heretofore the federal
troops have been called out to pre-
serve peace and order but in the coal
strike the president used moral
suasion and won a world wide
victory" Referring TO a certain
opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt in New
York, Mr.. shelvin said, ~ tell those
gentlemen they dare not oppose tho
nomination Of President Roosevelt in
the convention and after he is nomi'
mated they cannot afford, as practical
business men, to vote against him."
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II it fails 20 cure. G.. W. Groves
signature Il on each box. 25c,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
Inerease in Imports

The treasury department figures
show for the first time in our history
that what are classed as "rsw ma
terials" used by our manufacturers,
constitute more than one-half of our
total imports. The value Of these
manufactuTers' materials imported in
the eight months ending last Febru-
ary exceeds by fifty million that Of
the corresponding month Of 1902. In
February itself these importations
were forty-two million dollars against
thirty-two million dollars in February
1902.
This Of course shows tremendous
activity in al lines Of factory work
and is quite indisputable evidence Of
a sustained and growing prosperity.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03

Senator Warren Of Wyoming is
another arm believer In Mr. Roose-
yeles aucees ae asid today, "With
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03

The cry Of the heaven born ratio Of
IS to is now heard in only a very
few Of the more remote western
lungles.
Senator Tillman has been working
for twenty-five years, he says, on the
race problem, and has arrived at no
conclusion. Probably some Of the
South Carolina negrOs will beg to
differ.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-04-03
New Chinese Minister
FRANK B. THRALL

Milford, Pa, April srd, 1908.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

On Wednesday Rev. Sam lIolcomb
the city missionary and OHcer
Stewart made an investigation of the
case, and they discovered an ablcbodi.
el H. Nldua fully able to porfCrnt
p''NsI"al iaho. = %cil was taken to
f7!'t" cad. .artCc5 where DR.. Thomn
S"a sXh:tllncd hii.. and reported him
able To do manaal j bor O'Neil was
9lrcn ltilH3a,.d ~ Chief Culpcppcr
ana tod To go to work. He was also
told that if he or any member of the
family cld a'v begging arrest would
certainly follow Mrs. Thompson re-
turned the money to those
from whom she had received if.
f'ere l. hardly a day passes without
a begsar or two appearing at thcGraph.
ie S;'iec soI'"it;ng money. Some want
Il /" 2cf ha'h nome TO some city in
a distant state, and others want it be.
e36se they are | hysi3ally unable to
"'f 3" '''''5'' o'in''iileS tle DeSSar
IS stout aud able bodied looking fell
low and his whole form and appearance
give the lie to his assertions of phys-
zeal weakness. At all times Pine Bluff
seems to be infested with more beggars
I al any city of it's size in the cOlln-
Try, and the present number of begears
is unusually large for Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

One Chas. Grant, wife and two ba-
bies, registered some time ago at the
Pacific hotel The babies were sick
and the fond parents had no money
with which to pay board or medicine.
They applied to Rev. Frank Thompson,
pastor Of the Christian church, who
materially assisted them and for which
they were to secure advertisements
from the local merchants and have
printed a church directory for the
Christian church congregation. About
this time Proprietor Robinson suspect
ed that they were preparing to leave
tie city without telling him good bye,
SC he secured their arrest. In COM
pany with the policeman they again
anrealed to Rev. Thompson who could
not resist their tears and he agreed
to stand fer their board if they would
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
No. 7 Was Not
Adopted Says Attorney General

According to the opinion of Attorney
General Murphy amendment No. Z
tion of Arkansas fer two reasons that
it was not spread upon the journal
Of the house Of representatives Of 1901
and that at the September election
1902. it failed to receive a majority
IF all the votes cast. The amendment
in question empowers the general as
semhly to place its members on salary
and is known as the Stafford amend
ment. having been introduced in 1901
by Hon. John r. Stafford of Washing
ION county. When it was submit ed
to the people at the last general cleo
ton it received majority Of the votes
cast upon the question, but not ma
tority of all cast in the election. The
attorney generals opinion is as fol
lows
lion. JOnn L. 0lduOTu, mousse OIL rep
resentatives-My Dear Sir: In answer
to your communication Of this date.
asking my opinion as to whether
amendment No. Z, as proposed to the
constitution of this states was properly
passed and ratified, l have to say that
think not for the following reasons:
quires that any proposed amendment
agreed to by majority of all the
members elected to each house Of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
Thirteen United States
Senators Retire From Politics

Washington, March 5.-The session
yesterday was interesting not alone
by the official proceedings on the floor
Of the chamber incident to the last
day OF congress, but by many occur.
rences, which are purely social in
Their character, due to the fact that
the day marked the close Of many ca
reers in the senate. or the thirty
senator's whose terms expired when
the presiding officers gavel fell at
noon, thirteen failed to secure re cleo
ticn, either through defeat or through
their cwn reflsals to enter the con-
tests in the various states Included
in ;he number whose official presence
in the chamber will no longer be
noted are six Republicans and seven
Democrats, but two Republicans, sen
ator Jones (Nevada) and Senator Wei
lington (MarylanO, in recent years
each supported for a time the nation
al candidates of the opposing party.
Two other senators, Deboe of Ken
tucky and Pritchard of North Carolina.
are southern Republicans, and both
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

are succeeded by Democrats The re-
naming two Republicans are Mason
OF Illinois and Simon of Oregon. The
seven retiring Democrats are Sena.
tors Harris of Kansas, Turner of
Washington and Heitfield of Idaho,
elected as Populists, and all succeeded
by Republicans; Senator McI.aurin of
South Carolina elected as a Democrat
and while still classed as such, acted
independently during the greater part
Of his term the three other senators,
Vest, Jones of Arkansas and Rawins,
from the first to the last have been in
the Democratic ranks, and Jones and
Vest have risen in places of consDc,l-
GUS leadership in their party. In Sen
atOr Jones of Nevada the senate loses
one OF the two men who have served
in that body thirty consecutive years;
Senator Vest belongs to the next gen
Grafton of senator's He entered that
body in 1877, and served for twenty
four years, winning a reputation for
brilliancy OF speech, classic learning
and sharp repartee seldom excelled in
the senate
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

general assembly, shall be entered
upon. the journal, with the yeas and
nays; and that for its ratification or
approval majority of the electors
voting at the election at which it is
submitted must be cast for it. This
being true, it follows that il should
have been spread upon the journal at
length, or at least entry should
have been made upon the journal
with an identifying reference to it.
(State VS.. Tuf1ey, 19 New, p. 391; State
VS.. Mason, 43 La. Ann. p. 641; Oak
land Paving Company VS.. Tompkins,
72 Cal, p. 5; Thompson VS.. Ashworth,
73 Cal, D. 10; Oakland Paving com
pany vs.. Hilton. 60 Cal. p. 479; Koehl-
er VS.. Hill, 60 Iowa, p. $50.
AS to the 45.59S votes cast in favor
Of the amendment, this being less than
a majority of all the votes cast at the
election, was not approval Of the
amendment, and hence it was not ap-
proved by the people. Yours very
truly,
iSigaed) GEO. W. MURPHY,
Attorney General.
Several legislative salary bills are
pending in the general assembly, and
Cne of them was defeated in the house
on February 21, at which time Hon. H.
passed upon by the attorney general in
the opinion herewith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
Cupid Stealing rlarch
on "Old Folks at Home"

Cupid is again engineering a scheme
against "the old folks at home" This
time Cupid is endeavoring to bring
Miss Essie Childs, OF Redfork, and
John Arbuckle, of Little Rock, together
in Pine Bluff to be united in marriage
by DR.. Hawley. Miss Childs telegraph
ed Arbuckle Tuesday morning that she
was taking the boat for Pine Bluff
and would arrive today. Mr. Arbuckle
Immediately came down to the city
and hunted up his old tutor. DR.. Haw-
ley, who was his old standby in
Hendrix college at Conway, Ark, and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
After the Grand Chancellor.

The colored Knights of Pythias
grand lodge yesterday filed suit in
Jefferson circuit court against For
rest Gay. the local negro barber, and
his surety, the American Bonding
Company, for the recovery of 500,
alleged to be in the possession of Gay.
ed grand chancellor The plaintiffs
allege that he failed to account for
500 when called upon by proper lodge
officials.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
THE UNWORTHY BEGGARS
Pine Bluff Infested With Unusual
Number at Present

L seems that there are more beg
ears and begging in Fine Bluff at pres
II has become so common that the
people Who have heretofore boon in
'in@d to aid every bcggar coming
a'oA@, Fave learned to say NO" with
Vim In many instances bcggar is
worthy object of charity and ought to
Dc heipee, but to give to every bcggar
Who comes along is not practieing
tlat discrimination which ought to be
9racticcd in all charity giving in order
]2l Gee .3iVcrs to charity may not be
imposed upon. In toe llish Of business
Ne average business man does moi
-" ticre 20 determine who is worthy
md es0e Is not.
vi example of the impostor was
s.l-s 4"led in tie person of a young
@an HG@f"d O'Neil On Tuesday Mrs.
f,."lats5zn, residing at 1910 West
Eighth avenue. was begging money to
send O'&cil to his home in Ohio. He
was at the home of Mrs Thompson and
she represented that his mother
was dangerously ILL., and il was his
desire to reach her hCfore she died, but
that Ec was an invalid, unable to work,
and without money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

or. Hawley and Mr.. Arbucklc We're at
the boat landing at the Graphic's press
hour, but the boat had not arrived II
Miss Childs arrives the young couple
will be married and leave this even
ing for Little Rock. Mr.. Arbuckle is
in the auditors Office of the C. O. and
G. at Little Rock, and is a handsome
athletic young man Of twenty-three
years OF age.
Miss Child's parents live out Of
Redfork and she has been visiting her
sisters in that city, and with the aid
of her sister was successful in getting
away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
Look at Farm Friday.

The committee Of the Legislature ap-
pointed to look into the purchase Of
the Cummins farm are as follows:
Hinkle; the house, Parks, Chestnut,
Cook and Thompson. Mrs. Nettie
Freeman, of Pine Bluff, was appoint
ted stenographer for the beard, which
will meet here tomorrow and take the
boat for the farm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
FALSE CHARGE CLINCHED
No Suppression of Gaming Indictments
! Returned BY Last Grand Jury
Afidavts of Circuit Clerk and Sheriff Show That All
Were Made Public, All of Which the
Graphic Printed

whether or not Circuit Clerk GoodN in
or Sheriff Gould has suppressed any in
dictments they speak for themselves ia
the following afIidavits:
TO whom it may concern: |. w. l..
Goodwin, clerk of the circuit court OF
jefferson county. Arkansas. do hereby
certify that there is not now. nor has
there been since | have been clerk OF
said court, any true bills of indictments
for gaming. returned by the grand jury
of sala court which there has not been
hench warrants issued on and placed
in the hands of the sheriff.
W. L. GOODWIN.
us,riDed and sworn to before ME
this, March 4. 1903
E. B. BLOOM,
County Clerk.
l.. T. SALLEE, d. c.
Pine Bluff. Ark, March 4. 1903.-
This is to certify that there are no
bench warrants in this office unserved
except where we were unable to locate
the parties. and further, that none
have been suppressed from the public.
except ftr charges of murder or other
felonics.
JAS. GOULD, Sheriff
Sworn to before me. this 4th day OF
March 1oG.
E. 3. BLOOM,
Circuit Clerk.
By L. T. SALEE, D. C.
Mr. Goodwin particularizes gaming
indictments. which covers the specific
indictments upon which the charge OF
favoritism has been made against the
Graphic. Bench warrants have been
issued on all gaming indictments and
.,laced in the hands of the sheriff.
and Sheriff {, ,ld makes affidavit that
none of .heE: have been suppressed
from the public. and the Graphic has
printed every Indictment which has
been made public. If any person will
go to the records and find single in
dictmcnt which the Graphic has not
printed it will cheerfully print it. be-
cause it is certainly going to adhere to
its policy of printing the news of the
courts, and if at any time it fails to do
so the failure will not be due to the
Graphic, but because the news has
been kept away from it. and if it finds
that the authorities have done so aft
er the matter reaches a stage that it
is no longer required to be kept secret
under the law, it will certainly call up
on the official who is guilty to know
why he has suppressed the legitimate
news of the courts. The Graphic has
no desire to violate the law in the
printing Of court news. but when ii
complies with the law it is not going
to be interferred with by anybody
One justice of the peace undertook a
thing of that kind, and the people
very properly retired him from Of
flee.
1t is very evident from the affidavits
of Mr.. Goodwin and Mr.. Gould that
none of the members of the Valhalla
club were indicted-at least for gam
ing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
ONE MONTH MORE
Is All the Time to Pay Taxes Before
the Penalty Goes on.

Sheriff Gould states that the amount
of taxes collected u date is unusually
small. There being a little over thirty
days longer in which to pay before
the penalty attaches, he requests
the large tax payers to get in tEeir
lists as early as possible that they may
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

be made up and gotten out of the way.
cannot pay only as the money is earn
ed. So if all wait until the last few
days, it will be an impossibility to
wait on the people as they should be.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

Thompson and Taylor's cotton ex-
change will move this evening into
their new quarters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
GuIled the Parson

finish the directory. The expected
happened. Rev. Thompson has to
pay the s17.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

Mrs. e. B. Bloom returned home
last evening from Baltimore, where
she has been several months visiting
relatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

Marriage license were issued to
Drake Baugh, age twenty, and Minnie
Berry, age seventeen of Junnett, Grant
county.