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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

Fair. each was appointed the executor of the others will, and it would seein as if mutual trust could go no further but unfortunately both are dead, slain by the same means and at the same time, so their evident intention will be frus- trated.
 While it was announced at the time of the accident that both the husband and wife were killed at the same mo- ment. yet the attorneys for Mrs. Nell son, Mrs. Fairs aged mother and her family declare that they have at least eight witnesses who can assert to the contrary; that, in fact, Mrs. Fair was alive full half hour after her husband had ceased to breathe. There was but one witness to the accident besides the chauffeur (who can hardly be said to have witnessed it at all, being so vital ly concerned and so shaken up), and this witness, Mime. Houfdet, is said to have declared that she was unable to decide the momentous question. After hurrying to the scene, from which she instinctively recoiled in alright, she says: "I then returned beside the bodies and was looking at Mrs. Fair when I saw the gloved fingers of one hand slowly opening. I turned to her hus- band and found his foot moving, as though the leg was drawing up. This frightened me, and I ran back to the lodge, and when I returned with my husband the bodies were motionless and never stirred again.
 The physician who was summoned immediately after the event said: T am convinced that at the time the movements were alleged to have oc cured life was quite extinct. They were killed instantaneously, just like snail which is crushed beneath 8 mans foot.''
 On the other hand, the Count Louis du Reste, who saw Mime. Hourdet inn mediately after the accident, says she positively asserted that Mrs Fair was the one of the two unfortunate victims who gave the last signs of life"
 If the contract into which Mrs. Nell son entered, by which she and her fam fly renounced all their claims for the paltry consideration of SIPS, ,00O, should be declared null and void and the case reopened, there will certainly be fat feast for the legal fraternity, not to speak of the people more or less related to the deceased. It will be no "Barme- eide feast,' for on the one side are the needy relatives of Mrs. Fair, who see several millions in prospective provided the agreement can be broken. On the other side stand MT. Fairs relatives. already rich beyond the dreams of avarice and to whom . few millions
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28
aHIs MAJESTY" SIR WILFREn
 LAURIER.

To many Canadians Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier, premier of the Dominion. is the only great man living. Some time ago a countryman arriving in the city of Quebec met an old friend and fell to talking politics. In the course of con- versation he happened to mention the name of Queen Victoria, and the friend informed him that the queen had been dead for a year.
 "Dead!" exclaimed the countrynan. "And who, then, rules in England ?''
 When it was explained to him that the Prince of Wales had succeeded to tho throne, he shook his head wisely.
 Good gracious. < he said, but he must have great influence with Laus xieri IF '. 5 3'sa &
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28
Ice and Tragedy In the Lives of
 the Late Charles L. Fair and His Heirs

HE reopening of the question as to
 the final disposal of the fortunes
 left by the late Charles l.. Fair
 @ and his wife, who were both kill-
 ed in an automobile accident in France last August, irevives memories of an interesting romance as well as a terrible tragedy. Whatever disposition may be finally made of the combined estates, variously estimated at from $7,000OOO to $10,000,OO0, the actual in terest in the case will always center lawful fate while pursuing career of pleasure with every prospect before them of happy existence.
 Each had experienced vicissitudes, each had appeared prominently before the public in a varied role, but when the catastrophe happened the two had settled down to quiet life, with the pursuit of happiness apparently their sole concern. As the wayward son of a multimillionaire, with promise before him of life of ease and plenty, Charles IL. Fair had proved @ bitter disappoint- ment to his father, the late ex-senator, who had accumulated a fortune esti- mated at $15, 00O, 900 by the application of genius and energy to mining in Ne yada and who was widely respected for his sterling qualities. Having lost his eldest son, the affections of the father were concentrated upon Charley Fair, who, however, did not seem to under stand the true import of their mutual obligations. He became dissipated and wasted sin riotous living the hard earned fortune of the paternal Fair, or, at least, to the extent the latter allow ed when he finally awoke to the som 8 evident inclination for low companions and reckless style of living.
 When finally, as the continuation of his spendthrift course, he became at- tached to and contracted an alliance with a woman whose reputation was not all his relatives might approve, Charley Fair alienated his fathers af- factions and had little reason to expect forgiveness or a share in the vast for tune the latter had accumulated. Upon the death of the elder Fair, however the son finally came into possession of his share, amounting to several mill lions. and, as meanwhile he had been supported by an allowance from his mothers estate of $1000 a month and eventually received his portion of the whole, he never came to want, but was always able to maintain himself and wife in luxury. A
 Even more varied than her husbM 1ss career had been the life of the VI Ban he married, whose history frox rly youth goes to prove the trit ng,
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28
Greater New York to Spend $4OO,OOO,O0O
 ln Colossal Scheme For lmprovemer

various branches partially provided for by MT. Carnegie, 9,5O0, GOO.
 It will be noted that the bulk of the vast total is practically provided by outside parties, such as the sums to be expended on the tunnels, the railways and stations, the custom house and postoffice, but on the whole New York has risen to the occasion and tax ed her own resources to the extent of about $100,000,000, or a little less than one-fourth the total. It is not, how ever, for the exclusive benefit of New York alone that these vast improve
 ments have been projected, for tho Whole country shares in them to greater or less extent Tn fact, it should be 8 matter of national rather than lo- cal pride that the largest city in the United States should show such sur- prising vitality and promise for tho future. Second only to London in popu- lation and possessing a guarantee of growth that no other city in the world can show, there is hardly doubt that New York will eventually become first of the world s cities in both population and concentrated wealth for such irn- provements as are being carried out cannot fail to attract all classes. the rich as well as the poor The rich will make New York their place of resi- dence on account of its collections of art treasures, its facilities for gratify- ing every taste and it's central situa- ton. The poor are attracted by the wealth accumulated in New York as iron filings are drawn toward power- full magnet. At all events, for the next few years the great, city, by the Hud-s sons mouth will prove veritable paradise for the laborer, for the engi- neer and artisan, and eventually the working classes will obtain a large pro. portion of those hundreds of millions that will soon begin to flow in stream surpassing that of the fabled Pactolus. The wonderful growth of New York during the past few years. increasing in the last decade at the rate of about 37 per cent as against Londons in- crease of per cent and Paris 25, ,O00 a
 year, suggests comparison with the other two of the worlds greatest triad of cities. Paris, with an area of thirty square miles, has a population of about 2, ,660, 600; London, within the old city's limits, contains 4,536, 900 people: but in- cluding the area known as Greater London with it's 443,O0o square acres, there is a population of 6,581, 900. New York, with less than half the area of Greater London, or about 209, GOO acres, can snow a popuiaJlon or lsOoO. 3Iak- ing into consideration it's. greater rate
 of increase, provided it continues and provided sufficient territory be annexed to make its area equal to that of, Lon- l don, New York will probably stand first in the great cities of the world before the advent of the year 1925. A l quarter century from now, in fact.
 America's metropolis will probably out
 rank every other city on the globe in 1 population, in wealth and in architec- ture. HILBERT O. WOODSON.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28
MIR. AND MRS. CHARLES L. FAIR.

him. And she was true to her pur- pose and declared intention, as she re- vealed in letter from Paris to a friend in San Francisco. Charlie has not touched drop since we left home,'' she wrote, and do not know which is the greater, my qualification or my sur prise. Of course I did not expect too much of him at the outset and should not have been sorely disappointed if he had made slip or two. No one could ask any more in a husband, for he is as good as he can be, and cer-
 tainly have nothing more to wish for in our association. He takes me with
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28
MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT, JR.

that has never been explained, but that she joined a theatrical company and
 eventually rose to fame as a stan is well known. Her beauty and vivacity made her hosts of friends, and when finally she appeared in San Francisco, where she opened a fashionable board ing house, she came under the notice of that jovial young man about town, Charles l.. Fair. The intimacy between the two ripened into 8 tender attach ment, and, having been divorced from former husband and being free to form other ties, Carrie Smith, or Maud Nell son. as she was sometimes known, bev
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28
HARDLY so FoRTuNATE.

< Lord Tennysonss we'll known aversion to sightseers and their ways gave rise to many an odd experience. Once, it is said, he complained to the queen, saying that he could no longer stay in the Isle of Wight owing to the tourists who came to stare at him. Her majes- ty, with kindly irony. said that she herself did not suffer much from that grievance, but Tennyson, taking her literally, replied in the same strain. ..'tNo, ma ann said he, land if could
 clap a sentinel wherever I liked [ should not be troubled either"
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

their ill fated last journey and who testified that their solicitude was mu- tual, that Mrs. Fair usually rode snug gled close up to her husband and at the time of the accident had her arm around his neck.
 Married in 1893, they a year or two later came into the fortune left by MT. Fairs father, and during their married life maintained their attitude of de- votion and tenderness. thus in, a meas ure making amends for the past. Mrs. Fairs generous nature is shown in the numerous gifts to her mother and rela- tiyes after she became wealthy and
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

fortune to her without any reservation.
 As they were childless the knotty prob
 lem now confronts the lawyers as to which of the devoted pair was first kill ed in the collision. Should it be deter mined that MT. Fair died first, the heirs of Mrs. Fair will. have chance at the millions in which he was seized at the time of his death, but if signs of life were discovered in him after his wife was declared dead, then the Fair mill lions'' are likely to revert to the two sisters of Charles, Mrs. Hermann Oel- richs and Virginia the wife of William K. Vanderbilt. As for MT. and Mrs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

The Pennsylvania project is as dar- ing in it's conception as it will be grand in execution, involving as it does the raising of half hundred millions at the outset and also in the adoption of the plans of the most advanced engi- neers in the world. The Hudson would have been tunneledg or bridged long since but for it's great width and depth and the unstable nature of the river bed. To overcome the last obstacle the Pennsylvania S engineer in chief con-
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

Emerging from beneath the river, the Pennsylvania twin tunnel will rise to within about forty feet of the surface at vast underground station, which will be wide enough for more than thirty tracks and will cover the space between Thirty-first and Thirty second streets, Seventh and Ninth avenues.
 This combination of railroad station and hotel will have two of it's stories beneath the street level as a double deck underground" and three or four
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

also in her remembrance of them in her will, by which instrument she left them half her estate, the whole of which was estimated at from $250,000 to $300.000.
 Their trust in each other was exem- plified by the fact that in the wills which they respectively drew, in April, 1900, each was named as the beneficiary of the other, the residue of Mrs. Fairs es- tate, after her relatives were provided for, going to her husband, and his vast
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

to Brooklyn, two more tunnels are pro- jected to dive beneath the river be-
 low the Brooklyn bridge. Six tunnels in all will connect Manhattan with New Jersey and Long Island at an estimated aggregate cost of from $72,- 000,00O to $S0,000,000, including termi- nals, stations and external approaches.
 In addition to the tunnel connections with the city three bridges have been projected, one of which the new East river bridge to Williamsburg, is already
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

facilities afforded by the railways en- terlng the tunnels, an ever increasing area will be added to the suburbs of New York city, thousands of homes will be built in territory hitherto rela- lively inaccessible and millions of dol lars invested as a consequence of the railway extension.
 To the Pennsylvania system must be given the credit for initiating the move ment by which New York city is to be placed in direct communication with
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

above, extending over four city blocks in all. The Long Island and the New England extension of the system will occupy the eastern portion of this sta-. tion, and thus direct connection will be afforded between the east and the west, which is now made by a'ferriage around the city. The tunnels will bur- row beneath the East river, and later on, in order to afford an outlet for the rapid transit system of Manhattan
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

Truth is stranger than fiction.'' Born the daughter of poor man in New. market, N. J., Carrie Smith, after her mothers second marriage to a man named Nelson, left home and struck out for herself. At the age of eight years she sought residence with an uncle, whose death three years later forced her to throw herself upon the cold charity of the world. Her life for several years thereafter is a mystery
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

him wherever he goes, and if were a queen he could not be more censiderate. If the weather is pleasant we go to the races or make a little outdoor ex- cursion; if it is stormy, we stay at home and study French"
 This glimpse into the domestic re- lations of the pair is full of significance, and that their affection for each other was maintained to the last is shown by the chauffeur who was with them on
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

approaching completion and is to cost $20,000,00 The other two, making, with the old Brooklyn bridge, four suspen- sion structures crossing the East river. are planned to cost not less than $32,- 000,O00, making more than $52OO0,000 for bridges alone. By means of these con- nections it is believed the present con- gestion of travel and traffic, which has reached alarming proportions. will be
 relieved. Also. through the extended
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

more or less are not worth considering, while between the two stand the law yers. When it is recalled that the law yers and executors concerned in the previous contest over the Fair millions absorbed not less than $2,000,000 out of the $15, ,000 900 the elder Fair left at his death, it is safe to predict that in the event of long legal fight the disciples of Blackstone involved will have s'mon- ey for conf1agrations.''
 CLAIMING A. BARTOW.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-28

came the wife of the prospective mil-
 lionaire. Her influence over him was strong from the first, and, as the sequel proved, she soon exerted it for his good. She declared her 0e- termination to break her husband of the liquor habit, to which it was feared
 he was hopelessly bound and from which he had several times tried inef- fectually to free himself and asserted that she was going to make man of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17
ADVERTISE YuUR WANTS.

WANTED--An agent at indust ial in
surance. Address P. O. Box, 1872
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17
SOMEBODY HOT
SECElSE C 4 NEWS ITEM
W-t-H APPEARED IN
TIE GRAPHIC,
Graphic Told Al K s.Sulc Find Out.
But the Kicker Suppressed
tre Facts.

Pine Bluff, Jus. Il, 1e03.-To the
Editor CT tAe Sra phlc-Dear Sir:
THINK you 60 the East Third avenue
merchants al injustice when you say.
as you dc IN your paper of the l6tn,
that it was a Third avenue Hebrew
that got smashed on the snoot, etc,
by one Smith, ball tosser. Now
You Well know that it was a clothing
salesman IN one Gi your leading Main
street stores. and if you do not know
I. Cont print ans offensive words
until you get the facts. Kindly cut
my subscription out from this date on.
IL E. Sd Schneider and Davis. The
8el.'=''
Notwithstanding the writer of the
for egoing seems TO be one. as the
pionouns and my a.e used, still the
signature indicates a plul ality of writ
ers. But that is an lmmaterial fact
whether there be on or mole. 4he
writer or writers tas the case may
be- says that the editor of the Graph
&C We'll knows that it was a clothing
salesman in one Of the leading Main
street stores who was struck by Smith
The editor of the Graphic doesn't
know any such thing If he had known
II the name Of the person would have
appeared in the item which seems
to have raised the ire of the writer.
or writer's. of the card addressed to
tre Graphic. If the wliter or writ
ers of that card know the name of
the person hit. Why did they not say
SO in the card to the Graphic? The
reporter made faithful effort to get
the name of the person who was struck
by Smith and failed Chief of Police
Peterson and other officers said they
did not know the name of the per
son, but that the man who got hit
| was an East Third avenue Jew. The
Graphic doesn't suppress news 1. be-
"ause it may fail to get some detail
Of the item II printed the item about
Smiths striking a local citizen for
offensive remarks in every detail it
was able to get, and it meant no Of
tense to any person by it, hence has
no apologies to offer.
Now the wlter or writer's of the
card to the Graphic say: Don't print
offensive words until you get the
facts That is the Graphics policy.
1t got all the facts it could concern
ing the item. and then printed it. The
writer or writer's of the card to the
Graphic claim to know the facts.
If ne or they are so anxious that all
the facts be printed. why didn't he or
they furnish the facts to the Graph
ic? The Graphic would have been
glad to have the information which
the writer or writer's of the card to
the Graphic claim to have in their
possession. The writer or writer's of
are card are justly deserving of CEN
sure. because he or they claim to
know the facts but suppressed them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17
NEWS NOTES OF THE
NEIGA9oRiNG TO
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DOUBLE WELLS.


Double Wells, July 19.-Mr Joe By
ers, of Alabama, is visiting his
niece here, Mrs. c. F. Rushing. He
will return to his home about August
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Cald-
well, on the 7th inst, fine girl.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Ginnett,
on the Stu inst, fine boy.
Mr.. 0. w. McGehee, of Greenville,
"a, is visiting his niece. Mrs. A. b.
Craig. His sister, MIS-. }. A. Slaton
OF Star City, has joined him there
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17
RYAN'S Z .ATRt4LlNE

+ Gods gif. to man. It is positive
,ure for catarrh of the head and nose.
hav fever asthma, headache. and will
oure a cold in one nights time. For
ale at ali drug stores.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17
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PERSONAL POINTS. =
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I,dge A. &. Fly, Of Warner, is in
city.
trs Sid Tucker of Tucker is in the
today
Hellums of Grady is in
ely today.
r, .>i4e.4 of Tueke: is business
,10. N tire elty.
=. tpna vllIiams lett Thur suay
mouln ) ylslt i'll Rowe.
White returned Thursday ii ON
"a .,3l. tour near Cornerstone.
~ 4.sr. Nh mutt and Ge4aia I4lp-
veie on a tlsnlng prlp lAuraua!.
ua, bIutuentnal jWln sp@Le
.,,,i4lue4 WliA reiat'e5 Iii Ci-4t'sso.
IN 6.aan,rs Lee ala Hugn byIu ieI.
,e.Quy lOr Goioiaao Springs, ooi.
,su4, N. lnouIas, Daiias, Tex, a
a,,uuni insurance. man, Is IN the
y.
&Nlr Fred Fox is at Saratoga Springs,
" He VIII .emaln there Tor about
II weeks.
Il. S. Lipsinger, salesman OF Tie
bison Morris company, returned 10
e city Friday,
Mr and Mrs. Simon Bloom let. yes
rday for St. LOUIS, w.e4 e tney VIII
sit for some time.
MIR. Page Lindsey went 70 For
Ece today, where he was called by
he illness of his son.
Mrs. John H. Mccain, Jr., leaves
hloay for d months visit to lela-
Ives at Holly Grove.
MIS-. FRANK Siiberman, formerly OF
bis place, but now making his home
b New york, is in the city.
Mr.. |. w Miller returned this morn
be- from a mouth visit in Chicago.
his family Will remain there tor the
umn4c.
Rev. Frank Thompson returned
thursday from his vacation, and Will
esume nis duties as pastor OF the
'hrist4an church.
Mrs. j. H. Gibson, of Tomlin. Ark,
tho has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
.dgar Blackwell, on West Sixth ave
tut, returned home today.
Mr.. W. T. Woodbridge and family
eft today for Hamburg, where they
,ill visit relatives. Mr. Woodbridge
ill return the first OF August.
Mrs. Fannie f. Burch left Friday
or St. Louis, at when place she Will
e Joined by Mrs T. P. Diggs and
o to St. Paul, Mimi, to spend the
eated season.
Mr.. Ed English, general foreman
the Cotton Belt boiler shops left
on trip to visit st. Louis,
hicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Du-
lth and Barnesville.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17

WOOD FOR SALE-Either in stove
wood or cord wood lengths. Leave
orders at Pine Bluff Mercantile COM
pany. ]. S. Currie.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17

There are many dirty roads to be
crossed in life, but with little pa
tience you will always be able to
find a clean crossing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17

Years of suffering relieved in 4
night. Itching piles yield at once TO
the curative properties of Doan's Oint-
ment. Never fails. At any drug stole,
SO cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17
CARD OF THANKS.

Plne Bluff, Ark, July II, 1903
through the medium of the press,
oesire to express the thanks of the
congregation Anshe Emeth to the fol-
lowing young ladies, who so kindly as
sisted IN making the benefit at Bell
rafk theater last evening social
ana financial success, and to whom
special credit is due for the large
SAFE OF tickets: MRS. julius Leitner,
MISS Lille Strauss, Miss Marcia Lew
me- the Misses Heller, Miss Bernice
oeriln, Miss Alma Weller, Miss Fannie
brown Miss Vera Friedman and Miss
i'oelia Solmson. For the congrega
ton.
By E. B. BLOOM, President.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17

The selling out of Joseph by his
brethren is the first politicas deal on
record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17
BY E. B. BLOOM, President.

All men may be born equal. but it
uoesnt take the majority of them
iong to live it down.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-17

MANAGER WANTED-Trustwo
lady or gentleman to manage business
in this county and adjoining territory
for well and favorably known hc"se
of solid financial standing; $4,000
straight cash salary and expenses,
paid each Monday by check direct
from headquarters. Expense money
advanced; position permanent. Ad-
dress Thomas Cooper, Manager, 1890
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