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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-15
The Home and Its t(istress

Quite as much thought and careful
preparation are necessary in selecting
suitable styles and materials for house
keeping gowns as are usually given
to outdoor or full dress costumes.
You will find yourself no only comfort
ably. but properly, goWned. dear Wo-
man, who has to be maid of all work,
if you will devote more than a little
time and plenty of common sense to
this part Of your wardrobe. 1t is the
very poorest economy to take a partly
worn street or calling dress for such
duties as necessarily devolve upon
you if you are your own cook and
hosemaid: not only does such a ger
ment Ioel1 out Of place, but it must of
necessity be so fashioned as to in
convenience you in many ways.
A train. for example d tight corsage.
sleeves too Ions or too tight. a lot Of
soiled lace, dangling jets, protruding
buttons. a fancy stock. any one of
these is in the way When You are
washing dishes or indeed attending to
any of your manifold duties.
Instead, keep such gowns when past
their usefulness in their destined
sphere to be made over in other
styles as shall suggest themselves for
afternoon and evening wear. More
over, there is absolutely no reason
why you Should MOI be altogether
charming in ycur working dress. Why
if you please. should Yea looli per
feet fright as heard a pretty young
woman describe herse'f, in a suitable
attire when yCu ar doing your duty
Many housewives seem a#Ga.sl in
cumbent upon them to 70 aGa. ri.sa
mornings work with touslo1 heads.
shoes neither laced aar battered. ~
the case nay be: nirs- 1of'.r ee+.
indeed, minus al ti}y aeeez-or.es a-
anything but fair TO look upcn uys.
tery this. to me.
True you who are The busy moth
er of several imporfnafe impeaa9rs
children. whofa You are compelled to
get off punctual}3 10 school al an carly
hour n.s5 be e~eu7el far MT always
appearing becomingly gownel for
breakfast. Yet even you dear bother
ed, busy mother, MAJ, by management,
keep a certain number Of properly
made gowns ready TO Jump into
which you have to do, you know.
Experience and observation have
made me understand that some goods
are to be avoided when preparing
your early morning gowns. The fan
nelettes that launder do very we'll
where the house is not too warm,
but all-cotton material, rather heavy,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-15
No aneed Limit in Thosc DAYS.

Kiou. WIoH toaaa to tie fiery
VIII. We ss'<ca eoW he liked it.
II Only had litlle gasoline" he
ieplied, = might think was just in
n automobile accident.
Stimulated BY this happy thought,
he bore his fate meekly and inquired
Il there was any speed law to regulate
900 wheel
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-15

and seems so much fresher after the
tub. For the woman of neat and
slender figure, shortwaist styles may
answer; that is, a shirt waist without
the loose, baggy sleeve just now in
y0eues, and with belt and collar at
tached. Skirts Of light-Wei@ht wool
mace short and without lining or trim
ming. are the best. as they afo easily
washed. and they surely need 10 be
sent to the laundry frequently If Wofa
in the kitchen. Also such skirt hal .
The merit OF not c&tchipe fire, a NEST
excellent and safe attribute. Any NUM-
be-. of aprons, the moro The bet1ars
hi&. roomX, coNer-all aprons; some
with sleeves that you may slip one on
when Won have to dress before serving
our dinner: several pretty white ones,
as fancy as your nurse and ingenuity
can manage, aud you are ready for
any occasion.
Blue denim makes a good apron for
:he 0ner0us work you may be called
an9n to do: after few was}ings it
s4aWe seft and il is almost nGestruct-
lille
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04

tee was considering proposition to se- cure more Holland submarine boats for the navy, that these people (meaning the Holland Submarine Boat Company had through an ex-Congressman. who used an intermediary, offered him. the said Lessler, $500 for his support of such a proposition. Thereafter. to a sub-com- mittee he gave the name of Lemuel E. Quigg as the ex-Congressman and Philip Doblin as the intermediary referred to by him."
 The minority report then states the cir cumstances of the resulting investigation and submits the conclusions of the minor- ity, the first of which is as follows:
 "First-That the charge that an att tempt was made to corruptly influence a member of the Committee on Naval Af- fairs respecting proposed legislation pending before the House is not sustain ed"
 The minority differs with the majority only in its first conclusion. In other re- spects the conclusions are identical
 The committee having concluded its work, then resumed consideration of the naval appropriation bill.
 A vote was taken on the proposition to authorize the purchase of five subma- rine boats, six voting in the affirmative and nine in the negative. Another motion to authorize the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion to purchase submarine boats was lost by a vote of 8 to z.
 The committee practically completed its work on the appropriation bill today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
PILGRIM-BALTAzzr TALKS.
Says Fort San Carlos First Fired on
 the Panther.

New York, Feb 3.-Herr c. von Pil- grim -Baltazzi, German Charge d'Affaires in Caracas, when the present Venezuelan imbroglio began, who reached this port yesterday, said in the course of an inter view, that Venezuela should easily be able to pay the allies 30 and France I3 per cent of the customs receipts besides providing for her own administration ex- penses and other obligations. A moderate estimate of her yearly income he placed at about $10.0O0.OO0.
 He declared that Germany had not been the aggressor and that the trouble at Fort San Carlos was almost a comic per- formance.
 The Panther, he says. Is a small vessel and while blockading off Maracaibo, she found the water inside the bay so rough that she went closer in order to get out of the choppy seas. when she was fired upon by the fort. She replied with about eighteen shots and going closer for better range found herself in dangerous shoai water and withdrew. This was claimed to be a great victory and had great re- joicing In Caracas. The fort was then de- stroyed as a lesson to Venezuela.
 What Venezuela most needs" contin- ued the diplomat. lis an antitoxine for the revolutionary bacillus. Castro. whatever are his shortcomings. Is ener- getic and is a fighter. Mates Is merely a moneyed man. He was at Willemstad dur ing the month I spent there, but I avoid ed meeting him. He Is waiting for the psychological moment. Matos Is not a soldier and does not attract popular sup- port"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
A CASTRO VICTORY.
Rebels Under Du Charme Whipped by
 Alcantara.

Caracas. Feb. 3.-The government troops under General Alcantara, a graduate from West Point, have defeated force of reb- els numbering 900 under the revolutionary General Du Charme on the Camatagua River (about fifty miles south of Cara cas). The rebels were routed. their ammu- hilton and z30 prisoner were captured.
 On the receipts of the news of the vic- tory prices on the stock exchange here jumped four points.
 Since the rout of General Mates and his army of 1000 men by President Cas- tro near La Victoria October IS, the remnants of the rebel forces have been dispersed in all directions These scat tered bodies of rebels. believing that arms and ammunition had been landed, lately reunited and to the number of about 2,O00 under Generals Rolando and Du Charme assembled at Altagracia. at the entrance to the Gulf of Maracaibo, and at Ori- tuco. a village sixty miles south of Ca- racas.
 General Du Charme with 900 men ad- vanced up the Mamatauga River. Presi- dent Castro sent a force of 1000 troops against him under General Alcantara who took the rebels by surprise and routed them after a seven hours fight. Alcan- tara captured thirty officers and two hun- dred soldiers. 40,O00 rounds and all the rebels reserve ammunition and fifty an- imals. The balance of Du Charme's army fled in the direction of Orituco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
IN THE INTEREST OF CRUM
A Delegation of Negroes Buttonhole Republican Members of the
 Senate.

Washington, Feb. 3.-(SpeciaD-In the gorgeous marble room of the Senate this afternoon six stalwart negroes, button holed thrice that many Republican Sena- tors, and lent unwonted color to the historic chamber.
 The blacks were a delegation from the Afro-American Council come to plead for the confirmation of "Brudder'' Crum, as Collector of Customs. They sent in for numerous friends and brothers on the Republican side, and with these they pleaded and juggled and fingered. the black digits scarcely distinguishable as they lovingly rested upon the black coats of the Senators.
 They lounged, lolled and lobbied long, ingly looking the while at their own im- ages outlined with those of their white brethren in the great cheval mirrors. proudly conscious that they were of the elect. It was a spectacle not possible out side the marble room of the American Senate. Whether the black brudders saw Brudders Jones of Nevada, Elkins and Perkins, who are "agin" Brudders Crum. is not certain. but if so. It was probably vain, as was the buttonhole by the blacks. Walker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
Wiley Bill Signed.

The President has signed Congressman WiIey's act providing for at least one term of the United States Court of Appeals to be held every autumn in Montgomery.
 In passing the act Colonel Wiley over came obstacles that seemed for the time insurmountable. since he was opposed by the powerful New Orleans influence and the noisy protests of Atlanta. He mani fested marked diplomatic skill in his dig ficult labors,
 Congressman Wiley has also passed a hill authorizing Escambia County, Ala. to construct a bridge over the Conecuh River.
 His bill of large interest to the army to correct errors in the date of the original assignment of Capt. Samuel G. Jones of Alabama. brother of United States Dis trict Judge Thomas c. Jones. upon gradu- ation from West Point, is now before the President
 Ii advances Captain Jones several points and places him very near his majority. The bill was all the more difficult to pass because it. established a precedent and Colonel Wiley is delighted.
 Lucien Julien Walker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
WORK FOR A COMPROMISE
Many Conferences Held Between MT. Bowen and Representatives
 of the Allies,

Washington. Feb. 3.-There are as yet no advices from the allied governments respecting the nature of the next pro- posal they will submit to Mir. Bowen. Venezuela's representative, for a settle- ment of their claims. but there is good authority tonight for the statement that the note of MT. Bowen addressed to the British ambassador last night will result in the adjustment of the trouble.
 At the British embassy the most im- portant conference that the allies have held among themselves took place. The conference was called to consider the rec concentrations with the Italian and Brit ish ambassadors and the German minis ter should make to their governments as to the next step to be taken. As a re- suit of this conference the Foreign Off, fees in London. Berlin and Rome are in possession of suggestions which, If adopt ed, will mean the success of the Wash ington negotiations and the raising of the blockade.
 The allied powers have been requested again by their representatives to consent to priority of payment of their claims for a limited period only and equality of all claimant nations thereafter. MT. Bowen has stated that he is willing that the allies shall receive preferential treatment for one month if at the end of that time all the claimant nations be placed on an equal basis as to time and proportionate payments.
 It is the conviction of one of the negotiators at least that this proposition of Mir. Bowen is eminently fair. The feeling Is growing that a persistence in the present position can result only In loss of prestige for the allies and bad feeling against them. not only in Vene- zue1a, but elsewhere throughout the Americas.
 As a result of these considerations, at the conference at the Bpltish Embassy it was agreed that a note should be ad- dressed to the three governments of Great Britain. Germany and Italy set ting forth the exact attitude of the United States with reference to the powers pre- ferential demand. the state of public feel ing here regarding 1t and to urge a prompt acceptance of preferential pay ments for A period of from one to six months. An answer is hoped for from one if not from all the allies within the next twenty-four hours.
 The question of referring the one ques- tton of preferential treatment to The Hague for settlement. as suggested by Mir. Bowen in his note to the British Ambassador came up at the conference, and 1t was evident at once that the nego- tiators were one in their opposition to calling in The Hague tribunal. except as a last resort. The point was made at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
THIS VIEW NOW PREVAILS
UneaSiness Giving Way t(
 Actual Alarm.
Bowen's Decisive Note of Monday Night Led to Many Conferences Yesterday-Attempts to
 -" Reach Compromise.

Washington, Feb. 3.-(Special.)- .)-While it is officially given out that so far our government has cautiously refrained from meddling in the Venezuelan trou- bles, it is not disputed that before Min ister Bowen, the Venezuelan plenipoten- tiary delivered his miscalled "ultimatum" to the allied powers he had a conference with Secretary Hay.
 This is the most disquieting news yet divulged. and coupled with the accepted fact that the President and cabinet to- day spent some time in discussing the crisis. adds materially to public anxiety. Unresting uneasiness is slowly yielding to anxious alarm in the public mind. Very patiently it is being asked that if our government Is really in the attitude of withholding for the timebeing Its hand, what business had Secretary hay receiv- ing the diplomat, who for the moment is known to him officially as being solely the Venezuelan representative, he having given MT. Bowen indefinite leave of ab- sence from Caracas in order that the lat ter might represent Venezuela in the peace negotiations.
 MT. boWenS Position.
 Just now MT. Bowen is in the attitude of having nothing to do with his own country, of which he is Minister to Ven- ezuela. Therefore, why should he have had an interview with Secretary Hay a moment before submitting Venezuelas s ''uitimatum" to the allied powers?
 This is question that we may be sure is being asked in every chancellerie of Europe.
 Therefore, those who make a study of gravely concerned. They. do not believe our government is in fact keeping its hands off. no matter what may be stated to that effect.
 Appearances are against the contention. And if our government is meddling now. to what ultimate purpose? There Is but one answer to this. It is that at a criti- cal moment, should Mir. Bowen's efforts fail, he will simply say to Great Britain, Germany and Italy. So far, and no fur ther."
 Surely that alternative opens an ap- palling prospect of a war, for which we are unprepared, since we have but one third as many warships as Great Britain ard not as many. as Germany. not to count Italys big navy.
 We could and would get allies, 1t is true, but then we could gain no real ad- vantage by waging terrible war for the ragged republics of South America, and. allies aside. the bravest people on earth. and none is braver than our own. can not do the impossible.
 While the whole world could not con- quer us on our own soil. we would be little more than nothing at sea. It Is come to the stage where We have got to put up big navy or shut up on the Monroe doctrine.
 Lucien Julien Walker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
TIRED OF THE ALLIANCE.
English People Anxious to Get Rid
 of Germany.

Berlin, Feb. 3.--The German Ambassa- dor at London, Count Wolff- -Metternich, in a dispatch to his government referring to British public opinion on the Venezue- Ian question and the British Cabinets attitude in consequence thereof. says the government is conscious of the lack of popular support in its association with Germany, especially of the disapproval of the middle classes. Premier Balfour and Foreign Minister Lansdowne have the support of the other members of the Cab- inet in their steadfast determination to carry out the agreement with Germany, but the Ambassador ventures the opinion that Lord Lansdowne's position is weak ened through loss of public support. and that the Cabinet Is in a mood to accept almost any way out of the Venezuelan entanglement that promises the ultimate payment of the claims.
 Ambassador wolff-Metternich also says very genuine dislike exists generally in Great Britain to the governments partnership with Germany, and in coun- selling that the negotiations at Washing ton be hastened. he intimates that if the situation becomes more confused 1t is conceivable that Colonial Secretary Cham4 berlain. on his return from South Af- rica. may become the interpreter of the popular view in the Cabinet and advise the other Ministers accordingly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
BLOW TO THE FAKIRS
NO FEE IS ALLOWED CONTEST.
 ANT COwDEN.
Congressman Glass of Virginia Con- drmed in His Seat Bill to Hold Court of Appeals Here
 is Signed.

Washington. Feb. 3.-(Special. "A sign that wild cat congressional contests, which have so long been outrageous. espe- cially in the South, are about to be ren- dered impossible. is given by Elections Committee No. 1.
 The title of this committee Is signi- f1cant of past political rascality. since there are Elections Committees Nos. 9 and 3.
 On motion of Congressman Bowie of Alabama, Committee No. 1 voted uani- mously to disalIow the customary 5000 to the contestant in the case of Cowden against Congressman Carter Glass from the Lynchburg district of Virginia.
 It fairly appeared to the committee that this case was fraudulent, and that it was instituted mainly or solely to get the 5000 allowance for expenses.
 MT. Bowie contended that the case was without merit, and after general discus sion, led by the Alabama Congressman, the committee. with Its strong Republi- can majority, agreed that MT. Bowie was right and so voted accordingly.
 This decision is of much public in- terest, especially to the South where it has been the custom ever since 1876 for Republican and nondescript candidates for Congress to contest seats to which Democrats had been elected. Alabama. most of all. has been made to suffer from this practice.
 The decision under discussion will tend to stop such proceedings, and will here after greatly lessen the number of vacations, and unmeritorious contests. There is now no disposition on the part of Republican Congressman to interfere with Southern politics.
 Carter Glass is the Congressman whose right to his seat was questioned at the outset of this session by a resolution of fered by Chairman Tayler of the com mittee which has just taken such decisive action, on the contention that the constf- tuition of Virginia. which Is similar to the present constitution of Alabama was in violation of the national constitution.
 A decision in favor of MT. Glass, joined to other signs of the moment, indi- cates the death of Crumpac ckerism, and Is held to be fatal to flake" Congressional contestants, who institute proceedings for the purpose of footing the treasury of the regular fee of 5000. In past times we have had such cases from Alabama and so Alaba mians can appreciate MT. Bowie's work In this important particu- lar.
 Hereafter defeated candidates for Con- gress must reckon on paying their own expenses without hope of a dollar from the treasury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
EDWARD HAS THE aRrPPHS
Consols Decline as a Result of. Hi
 Illness.

London. Feb. 3.-King Edward, who i4l suffering from a mild attack of inhusnza. passed a good night and is making favor-] able progress toward recovery. His pro- posed visit to the Duke and Duchess o63 Devonshire at Chatsworth has. however, been indefinitely postponed.
 Consols fell off 1-sd this morning, whicKI was attributed to the Kings tndisposk~3 ton.
 Sir Righton Probyn. King Edward'sa eqGerry, officially notified the Mayor oti Windsor at Il o'clock this morning that His Majesty was progressing satisfac~s torily.
 Sir Francisco Laling. the Kings physi-s cian after a brief visit to Windsor Cassl tie today returned to London and con- frmed the statement that the King had a slight attack of influenza He said His Majesty's progress was quite satis-l factory.
 Advices from Chatsworth say that aas. thero Is no likelihood of the Kings res covery being sufficiently speedy to en-s able him to leave Windsor this week hi2 visit has been definitely abandoned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04

the conference that if the three allied governments would arrange TOT a com promise along the lines suggested py MT. Bowen. they would do much to prove their claim that the real basis or tneir preferential demand was one or honor and not of the dollar.
 The British Ambassador, in a call on MT. Bowen during the morning. asked him regarding his proposition to refer the matter to The Hague. and 1t developed that MT. Bowen is no less anxious than the allies representatives that the whole controversy be settled here and now. All of these facts have been cabled in full to the three powers, and their represen- tatives are now awaiting an answer in hopes that these suggestions will be adopted in the interest of an early peace
 Confidence that settlement will be forthcoming at Washington in short time is based to 8 considerable extent on the ativity of Baron Spec won Sternberg. He has given every evidence that he sir- cerely wants the dispute adjusted with out prolongfng the blockade and unneces- sarily coercing venezuela, while at the same time preserving the prestige and rights of the allies. The German Gov ernment has been informed of the dim- culty with which public feeling in this country haS been reStrainod Iroiu dn oul- burst against the Anglo German alliance. and 1t Is believed that Germany appre- ciates the necessity for an early settle ment of the whole dispute.
 The President today received call from Baron Sternberg and the two spent a half hour or more in an informal con- versation on the Venezuela affair. The President Is most anxious that the block ade be raised at the earliest possible mo- ment and 1t Is believed that this fact will have considerable weight with Emperor William.
 Citizens of Mexico also have claims against Venezuela amounting to about go, 900. Mexico has asked to he put on an equal footing with other nations when the time comes for settling up. Notice of Mexicos intention was communicated to Minister Bowen today by Mexican Ambas- sador at cas capital. Senor Aspiroz.