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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-07
ACROSS THE RIVER
BALL FANS WILL ENJOY BOAT
RIDE BEFORE WITNESSING
GAME
Bail Park for Next Season to Be on
Property ot North Pine Bluff
ToWnsite Company
STEAMER TO TRANSFER PEOPLE

Next seasons baseball games will
be played across the river and instead
of using the ordinary street car means
Of transit to see q baseball game. Pine
Bluff people Will enjoy the novelty OF
going to see Americas S fayorite game
by steamboat.
Arrange ments have been made be.
tween the baseball association and the
North Pine Bluff Land company by
which the land company will furnish a
ball park complete in every detail for
the use of the team as long as it may
be needed. The park will be located
directly opposite the courthouse ON the
other side of the river and Wit. ain five
hundred yards of the boat landing The
site offered t.. the club is an excellent
one, being a level plat of sandy land
with natural drainage and free from
rocks or gravel. The land company
dressing rooms, boxes, refreshment
stand and fences All the baseball as
sociatiOn will have to do is to provide
the means of trans sportaticn and take
charge of the grounds at the opening of
| the season
The means of going to See the ball
games as proposed by the association
will be a novel one. and Pine Bluff
will probably be the only city in the
United States whose ball patrcns take
| trip across the water TO see a game
The directors of the association pro-
the summer and use it to transport the
| patrons across the river and back.
Fifteen minute schedules will be run
between the landings, as it will take
about that length of time t. make tie
round trip Business men can leave
their stores. step on the boat and not
be over fifteen minutes getting to the
game. This will be a decided advant-
age and the directors think will in
crease the attendance at the games SO
per cent as it has heretofore required
at least half an hour to get out to
Bell park. Another advantage will be
that the boat will be waiting at the
north landing at the end - the game
and can bring the whole crowd back at
one trip. The directors Of the asso-
citation can also use TIE steamer to
give boat excursions during the sum
mer aud are positive the boat will
prove itself an additional source Cf in
come instead - an expense. The fare
TO be charged viii be 10 cents for the
round trip, and the usual price of ad-
mission at the gate The proposition
is meeting with much favor among the
ball directors and with geenral approx
al by local lovers of the game
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-07
THIRTY KILLED IN WRECK.

Kansas City, Jan. 1.-THE Rock Isl.
and, California and Mexico Express.
which left Chicago Monday night at
11:30 for the west, collided head on
shortly after / o'clock Wednesday
morning at Willard, Kansas. fourteen
miles west Of Topeka, with cattle
train. The whole train was demolsh.
ed. Thirty persons were killed and
every person on the train was injured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-07
TRANSFER OF CoNVIcTS.

Deputy Sheriffs Mason Philpot and
Tom Meeks will today make the trans.
fer of the county convicts from Col. J.
c. Cross plantation to that of Gel.
J. NJ. Oracle. The Cross contract ex-
pires today and under the new contract
the men go to Col. Oracle today. There
are twenty-eight convicts to be trans
ferred and it will take two deputies to
guard the men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-07
NO MEETING HELD.

A sufficient number of citizens did
not attend the mass meeting at the
courthouse last night, called for the
purpose of assisting Messrs. Diggs and
Childress in their write up of the city
for the Commercial Appeal, and the
mteeing was not held.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-07
PETITION IN FEDERAL COURT

A petition was filed in federal court
to file new papers Elm the suit Of James
G. Gordon ct al. VS.. Asa Watson ct al.
from Jefferson county, originally
brought July 7, 1891, to quiet title. The
papers have been lost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-07
WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE.

Mr.. E. D. Dunahoe said to the Graph
ci this morning that the report to the
effect that he would be candidate for
constable in Virginia township is er.
roneous. He says that he does not de-
sire that any of his friends should be
misled by the report.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-07
S|GN. Of PROSPERITY
OVER MILLION DOLLARS INVEST
ED IN PINE BLUFF ENTER.
TERPRlSES IN 1908.
Five Banks Launched With Nearly a
Half Million CapitaI--Other
Enterprises.
LIST OF LARGE INVESTMENT
Enterprises.

The material advantages offered by
ness center is shown by the fact that
nearly one million dollars of capital
was invested in the various enterprises
of the city in the year 1903. This does
not include the private enterprises
which We're launched during the year,
but merely the incorporated compa-
nies. The list includes four new banks
the Simons National, Pine Bluff
Trust company, and Peoples Savings
and Trust company, all being capital
lied at 100000 each, and the Jefferson
County Savings bank at $4,000. The
finacial reports of the nine banks in
the city show that all are in a flourish
ing condition.
The Consumers Ice company com.
posed entirely of home capital, and the
Bluff City Oil company We're two in
corporations Of 100000 capital stock
each. Work on both plants is being
pushed to completion.
Several wholesale houses also added
largely to the amount of capital stock
among which are noted the Southern
Mercantile company, Hammett Grocer
company and the Mann-Tankersley
Drug company.
The total amount of capital stock Of
incorporated companies filed last year
with the county clerk is 1913 600 and is
distributed as follows:
Pine Bluff Trust company 100000
Peoples Savings and Trust Co. 100, 900
cimmons' National Bank. -. 0,000
Bluff City Oil company 80. 100, 900
Simmons National Bank =. 100000
Bluff City Candy factory -. 25,OOO
North Pine Bluff Land Co.. 10000
p. i. Spring Festival assn. 250OO
John F Sennett company -. $4,000
Simpson Webb Furniture Co.. 19,S0O
Merchants and Farmers Gin Co $4,000
Jefferson County Savings bank 10000
Eason Grocery company -. 10000
Holderness- -Senyard company 10000
Flies Liquor company ...... 10000
Lincoln Realty company. 5000
Home Furniture company. 4,SO0
Courier Printing company. 1000
So. Mercantile Co. Cin,) ... $4,000
Hammett Grocer Co. GnD 100000
Mann-Tankersley Co. (in).. $4,000
Iotal ............ SSl3, 500
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
Worlds Visible Supply.

New Orleans, May 13.-Secretary Hes
ter's statement Of the worlds visible sup
ply of cotton, made up from special cable
and Geographic advices compares the
figures of this week with last week, last
year and the year before. 1t shows a
decrease for the week just closed Of
+147,347 against decrease of 1903, 800 last
year and a decrease of 150,156 year before
last.
The total visible is 2.s7e,5S0, against D.
1923. 927 last week, 2,S72, 403 last year and
1928, $50 year before last. OF this the total
of American cotton is 1601,5 $50 against
1,713, 927 last week, 1,7S3, 403 last year and
2,265, $50 year before last, and of all other
kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, ETC.,
1,075, 900 against lilo 900 last week, 1139'0 600
last year and LOS. 900 year before last.
The total worlds visible supply of cot
ton as above shows a decrease compared
with last week of *147, 347 a decrease COM
pared with last year of 1888 and de-
crease compared with year before last OF
617,010.
OF the worlds visible supply of cotton
as above there is now ahoat and held In
Great Britain and continental Europe l.
544, 900, against 1,667o00 last year and l.
Ss5, GOO year before last; in Egypt 10000,
against 1900 last year and $4,000 year be-
fore last; in India. 45S,000, against $4,000
last year and 1000 year before last; ana
in the United States, $4,000 against a.
900 last year and 7210O0 year before last,
s-Includes % eco minus stock correction
Boston and Brunswick.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
DENTISTS ADJOURN
SUCCESSFUL MEET
Gadsden Gets Meeting Next Year.
Officers Are Elected at
Admission.

Admission, May 3.-(Special.)-The Ala
bama Dental association adjourned this
afternoon after a most successful ses-
sion. Gadsden was selected as the next
place of meeting. Today's session was a
very busy one and was occupied In hear
ing reports Of committees and of officers
and reading and discussions. The mem
bership of the association was increased
thirty-two by the admission of that num-
Der of the class which was licensed this
morning. The following officers were
elected and installed with due ceremony
President, II. Clay Hassell, Tuscaloosa;
first vice president NJ. N. Vann, Alfalfa;
second vice president. Charles L. Gunn
Gadsden; treasurer w. b. Fulton, Biz
mingham secretary, L. A. Crumley, Biz
mingham; state board of dental exam
liners, ]. A. Hall, T. P. Whitley. r. B.
Chapman w. e. Proctor, P. r. Tun-
stall; executive committee, II. c. Has
sell, L. A. Crumley, II. d. Boyd, Jr., II.
w. Randall.
It was decided to invite the Southern
Dental association to hold its next meet
ing in Alabama. Montgomery and Biz
mingham were placed in nomination as
places to invite the association to meet
but 1t was decided that the place of meet
Ing should be left to the members of the
state executive committee. No delegates
to the Southern and National associa-
lions were chosen the secretary being
instructed to issue credentials to the
members first applying until the re-
duisite number was secured.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
Chinese Railways.
From Engineering.

From Engineering.
Chinese railway construction appears to
have been at length commenced with Wig
or. A line from Picking southwark
through Hankow to Canton is one of the
projects in hand The distance from
Picking to Canton is no less than thirteen
hundred miles
From Picking southwark line extend
ing for eighty miles has been in operation
FOR some years and for the last eighteen
months 1t has been opened to point
about eighty miles further south, viz. to
Ching-Ting-Fu. In the course of Septem-
Der this line was opened to Shunte-F'u
242 miles south Of Picking, and work was
in progress on it's extension for eighty
miles further south, while the line was
laid out to the Hoang-Ho, 410 miles south
of Picking. To meet this line from Han
kow, on the Yangtse- Kiang, about 400
miles west of Shanghai, a line has been
built, and was opened in September for
1856 miles north, and it will be completed
by the end of the year fifty-three miles
further, to Yeng- Chen-Sien.
A further extension is in hand north
to the Hoang-Ho, about 100 miles; upon
this extension there will be a viaduct
more than one and half miles long.
It is hoped that unbrolzen communica-
ton will be established from Pelxin to
Hankow, a distance Of about 100 miles,
by the end of 1906.
The PelSin. Hankow and Canton line
will be great interior trunk commuri-
cation, touching the sea only at Canton
although accessible by ocean steamers at
Hankow for 400 miles inland GOO miles
by river) A Belgian company has a
concession for a line from ai-Feng 10
Hanan. This will be branch OF nne
which Belgian capitalists are building
from Pekin south to Hankow.
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Committees Are Named.

Last night was held a most enthusi-
astic meeting of Mohawk Tribe No. %
Improve Order of Red Men. There was
about seventy-1ve per cent of the total
membership present in the hall and the
members are all determined to make the
stay of the great council In Selma pleas
ant The following committees selected
by the committee on arrangements were
announced last night:
Arrangement Committee-R. T.. /.
Neil, chairman; I. L. Rosendorf, Charles
Hopf. Jr.
Reception Committee-Louis Phillips,
chairman; Charles F. Kennedy, H. b.
Britain, John e. Briggs, A. r. Leonard,
A. j. O'Halloran, r. A. Bearden, ID. ID.
JJpdegraff. Henry Franlich, F. II. Merkel.
Entertainment Committee on Boat-H.
W. Carlisle, chairman; w. r. Burden
w. H Mcdaniel, C. L. Burns, e. Carlisle,
David ANDERSON William Haden w. M
Odom, w. r. Aker, Robert od0m, ]. f.
Nichols. walter Roswald, ]. t. Evans
T. II. Kinney, A. w. Acker, Jr
Committee on Comfort of Visitors-J. A.
Wauchop. chairman; w. d. Strickland,
II. r. Mayheld. Robert f. Bonner, w.
A. Aubrey, e. b. King. S. M. Simmons.
]. L. Campbell, C. L. Wilson, Redman
Cain, B. A. Morrow S. V. Horn, George
w. Bohlia, e. M. Johns, w. N. Day.
Committee on Parade-A. w. Acker, Sr.,
chairman and marshal; J. T. Sparkman,
George w. Ivey, James oliver Pye, E. Il.
Leonard.
Committee on Exemplfying Work-R.
d. Sprouse, chairman; w. II. Hancock,
James W. Johnson, w. p. Brice A. Il.
Baker, Jr
fishers of Academy OF Muscle. D. Nc
Farland, chief usher, and all members of
tribe present at the exercises.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
ORDINANCE STILL
IN THE BALANCE
Status of Selma Chicken Meas
Ure Yet Undetermined
RACE HORSES LEAVE CITY
Committees Are Named to See to En-
tertainment of Visiting Red Men
In Selma Next
Week. L
RACE HORSES LEAVE CITY

Selma, May 13.-(Special)-The famous
Chicken ordinance" alleged to have been
passed over the mayors veto at the ses-
sion of the council on Monday night last
is beginning to be as elusive as the
Dutchmans flea. Today an attorney
called the attention of the mayor to the
fact that the ordinance was declared to
have been passed over his veto by vote
of seven to one The charter of the city
requires that a two-thirds vote of the
councimen is required to pass an ordi-
nance of the veto of the mayor.
Until a year or so ago the council was
composed of only ten men, the mayor
presiding over the body. The charter was
then changed providing for the election
of a president of the council from the
city at large and making him full fedg-
ed councilman. This makes the council
composed of eleven persons and two
thirds of eleven is seven and third and
as only seven votes were recorded for
the ordinance 1t is said to have been de-
feated. At the next meeting of the coun-
Gil a new ordinance will likely be intro
duced
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
Inside Inn Accommodations.
You Can Live at This Hotel and See
the Worlds Fair as Many Days as
You Like Without Leav-
ing the Grounds.
RATES EXTREMELY MODEST.

One of the unique privileges to be en-
ioyed by thousands of worlds fair guests
Is that of living at a hotel inside the
grounds during their stay at the EXPOSE
ton. No other exposition has afforded
such a privilege. This hotel aptly named
1.-The Inside Inn" has a capacity OF
5000 guests Its enormous size attracts
great attention 1t is located near the
southeastern corner of the grounds, close
10 an .ntramural railway station and in
pasy walking distance of the main pic
sure" of the fair
The Inside Inn Is to be conducted under
the supervision of the worlds fair officials
who fix the prices for accommodations
rooms, meals etc Thus 1t may be seen
that there can be no extortion whatever.
Every guest registering at the hotel will
know exactly what price he must pay per
day for his room or rooms and for his
meals. The guest pays his way into the
worlds fair grounds-50 cents. If he stops
at the Inside Inn the hotel rates include
the daily price of admission.
There is great demand for rooms at the
Inside Inn. the bookings having been in
progress for several months. There are
2257 rooms; they range In price from 81 so
to So so per day, rooms with bath costing
from SO. 80 to IS 80. All these rates include
the price of admission to the fair after
he first admission fee of so cents is paid
It the gate. Single meals at the Inn will
ost as follows Breakfast so cents
luncheon so cents; evening dinner, rs
lents. There is also a service a la carte
It very reasonable rates. Guests who de-
ire to obtain accommodations on the
american plan may do so, at fixed rates,
ccordng to location of room.
Every convenience usually found at a
irst-class hotel is to be provided at the
inside Inn and those who STAY there dur
sng their visit will have the advantage OF
CARRIER shop bath, loungins rooms. par
lors cool verandas and other privileges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Ben Whitmore, Negro, Supposed to
Have Caused Death of His Wife.

Ben Whitmore. negro, Is In ths county
Jail on a charge of mur5el n connection
with the death OF, h's wife, Martha Whit
more, yesterday morning She was found
dead in bed yesterday morning at her
home, Thi ry-ninth street and Second
avenue, svondale, and an autopsy showed
That death was the result of beating
her husband gave her Thursday night
Coroner Paris held an investigation yes
terday, and Or. Sellers made the autop
sy, The coroner held the husband to the
grand jury without bail on a charge Of
murder.
It seems that the man went home
Thursday night and beat his wife with
stick, kicked her and dragged her
around the house. She threw herself
across the bed. and yesterday morning
about O'Clock was found dead. The
husband was arrested and held In the
rity jail until after the coroners invests
cation when he was sent to the county
lail
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
Formerly Lived in Selma.

Information reached here this morning
of the death of Leon Rosenberger IN
Montgomery. The young mans father
and five sisters live in Selma and the
remains will be brought here tomorrow
night the interrment taking place Sun
day.
Dung Rosenberger was about "a years
of age and was raised in Selma his
father is G.. l.. Rosenberger, one of the
Oldest citizens of the place. His sisters
are Mrs. Ike Yaretzky, Mrs. J. l. Hirch-
field, Mrs. Aaron Yaretzky, Mrs. Emile
Hertz and Miss Dora Rosenberger OF
Selma Mrs. M. L. Sterne of Atlanta,
Mrs. Louis Jackson of Troy and Mrs.
Sam Gusdorf of Linden.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION.
Election of officers--After Today
Banks Close Saturday at Noon.

THE Clearing House association of Bir-
mingham held its annual meeting in the
office of Manager George B. Ward yes
terday and elected the following officers
for the ensuing twelve months:
President-T. o. Smith of the Birming
ham Trust and Savings company
Vice President-J. II. Frye Of the
Traders National bank.
nager-George B. Ward of Caldwell
& Ward, brokers.
A statement of the total elearings of
the Birmingham banks for the year
closing May /. 1904, were shown to have
been $6S, JOS, CPS. As, which is an increase
over the year ending May 1, 1903, of 49,
099, 164. IS.
A resolution was adopted that begin
ming Saturday, May 81, 1904, and continue
ing until Saturday. September 10, 1904, all
banks should close promptly at noon on
Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED.
Mayor and chief of Police Of New De-
catur Give Goods Accounts.

New Decatur, May 1S.-(Special MAYOR
Sam Blackwell and Chief of Police J..
NJ. Robinson have issued their reports Of
the year commencing May 8, 1908 and
ending May 8, 1904.
The mayors report shows a remark
able increase in the finances of the city
during the time stated For instance the
entire revenue of the city, from all
sources. during that time, amounted to
$24,37533. This Is an increase of 10 per
cent over the receipts of the previous
year.
The report of the chief Of police for
the same period shows that there were
742 arrests and sol convictions, with a
total fine of s3o75.5O The greatest num-
Der of arrests for any one charge was
for drunkness, the number being 216. OF
the 742 arrested Chief Robinson arrested
332 himself. This is said to be the great
est. or about the greatest number Of
arrests made by any one officers In the
state during the time stated. The num-
Der of people arrested Is about one-eighth
of the population of the city.
This town now has one of the best city
jails and most up to date police forces
of any town of like size in the state
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-14
HAMMERS BODY BURIED.
Cousin Who Dealt Fatal Blow Is
Lodged In jail.

Tuscaloosa. May 13.-(Special)-The
body of Nj. d. Hammer, who was killed
at his home near Powers Wednesday
morning by the blow of chair from his
cousin Jim Hammer, was brought to the
CITY Yesterday to be prepared for burial
and remained here until this morning.
when It was taken to the. Macedonia
church yard, the family burial ground.
Jim Hammer who dealt the fatal blow
was also brought to the city yesterday
and placed in the county Jail.
He stated that he did not know what
was the matter with his cousin. that he
began abusing him early Wednesday
morning, without giving any explanation
and finally hit him with the chair, which
he took from him and dealt the death
blow. The two men were nrst cousins
The blow was on the right side Of the
head, the skull being terribly crushed.
The mother of Jim Hammer. was the
only witness to the fight.