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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-24
HOW THE ACTOR
HATES THE AUTHOR

An actress of considerable intellec;-
ual powers. and of such estimation
that her name is usually made prom
inent in the advertisements Of the
plays in which she appears, stopped
before the huge billboard on which
7ared the announcement of George
College Widow" says the New York
Mail. She gaZed upon the poster for
q few seconds, and then. with an
uplifted chin scornfully rem arked to
her companion:
you'd think this man Ade played
the piece, wouldn't youo'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-24

The Iron Moutain will sell tickets a.
ate of eight dollars and fifteen cents
st. Louis and return, account the
orlds fair. Tickets on sale Sunday,
tonday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
thursday of each week during the
.onths of September. October and
.ovember. All tickets to be limited
5r return passage to seven days from
ate of sale, but not including date OF
ale, but in no case later than pecem'
,er 5.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-24

Henry Blossom, Ir. leaned over the
back of a seat in the last row at
the Academy of Music. watching a
performance Of "Chackers." Near him
man and woman sat somewhat list
lessly observing the action on the
stage. and the people in the audience.
81 wonder who that young fellow
is?" asked the woman. having no.
ticed Mr.. Blossom interestedness.
"That." replied the man Indifferent
v ooh that's only the author OF
the play
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-24

The players never cease to wonder
1T the fuss made by first-night au-
diences and sometimes other audi
ences over the mere dramatists. When
Clyde Fitch or Augustus Thomas or
George Ade makes speech in re-
sponse to the clamor of the spectators.
the attitude of the actor folks behind
mild surprise and impatient distaste.
To them the play is not the thing,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-24

The lyon Mountain will sell tickets
It rate of one fare plus fifty cents TOT
cund trip to Ell Paso, Tex, account
National Irrigation Congress, NO
omber Is to IS. Tickets to be on
Lle November II and -. with final re-
1rn limit leaving Ell Paso not later
ian November %. Excepting mat
y depositing tickets with joint agent
Ell Paso on or before November ~
id payment of fee of fifty cents an
tension of final limit making ticker
Aid for return leaving Ell Paso not
fer than thirty days from date or
le. After the close of the Irrigation
.ngress side trips may be obtalned
I'M Ell Paso to the following points In
,xico: Ell Paso to Chihuahua and
t,,rn sS.15; Ell Paso to Parral and
Urn. s15; Ell Paso to Torreon aho
Urn. s1S.15; FL Paso to Aguascallen
and return, $25; Ell Paso to Quad
aiara and return, $2S; Ell Paso TO
,xico City and return, $2s.
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G. "A q r. o -. - II

1esrs n. a Tk5 Kad YHi "A G 6HdfS BOgII
Signature ~ .Zz@ -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-24

"Mr Hammond says he will see old
Post
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Paintings for Capitol.

The state capitol commission has au-
thorized f. d. Millet and Douglas Volk
to paint two pictures to adorn the east
and west walls of the governors re-
ception room. The paintings will be
approximately six feet high and ten
feet broad, and will represent histori-
cal events of the North west.
Mr.. Millet will paint a picture repre-
senting the treaty at Traverse des
Sioux, after small painting on exhi-
bition at the rooms of the State His
tor3al society. Mr.. Volk's subject
VIII be Father Hennepin Discovering
the Falls of st. Anthony" and the
painting will be after an old French
engraving in possession of Archbishop
Ireland Mr.. Mllet will receive $1,000
for his production, and Mr.. Volk will
be paid 5000. The difference in price
is because there will be mere figures
IN Mr.. Millet's picture
The commission may decide to secure
several small paintings for the corri-
doris surrounding the house of repre-
sentatives. Among the subjects sug-
gested are lumber scene, represent
ing the growth of the lumber indus
try; a river steamboat of the old type;
the first church in the state; train of
Red river carts; the old blockhouse
and round tower at Fort Smelling, and
Gen. Sibley's first residence at Men
dOta
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News Notes.

At a meeting of the assessors of Nor
rison county it was decided to assess
wild land at SO an acre and improved
land at S. an acre.
Ernest Nelson's men furnishing store
was closed at Wakefield on chattel
mortgage for S7O).
AS one result of the recent fire at
Brainerd, R. r. Wise will soon COM
mence the erection of 100000 brick
block for hotel purposes.
Julien and Louis La Chappelle ar
rived in Duluth in a most. unusual
manner for this time of the year, hav-
ing marched thirty-two miles on Lake
Superior from their home at Brdle,
Wis, on snowshoes.
The announcement of the plans for
the regular summer school at the uni
versity is out The session will COM
mence June 20 and continue until July
90.
The body of Capt. Irwin Shelly, the
old soldier, who disappeared from
the Soldiers home, was found in the
river. rear the state fish hatchery, at
st. Paul.
The Cannon Falls Sorghum COM
panv has been organized and will put
up syrup factory on the North side.
The new concern consists of DIR. I'll. Il.
Conley, HI. A. Vancampen, John Carl
son and VIM. Carlson.
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1Htrr- prratnfttry Bfrnnt-
ing Il pnltttral @r1gahnn
Hard to Find Desirable Running Mates for
Presidential Candidates Always So.

presidential office is as fatal to its oc-
cupant as that of the vice presidency,
with the increasing danger, empha-
sized by the assassination OF Mckinney,
of an untimely and violent death at the
hands of some anarchist. The hrst
vice president to die in ONCE was
George Clinton, elected on the ticket
with James Madison in 18OS. Inc
next one to vacate office through the
eternal summons was William X. King,
who was President Pierce's running
mate in 1852 Then came Henry Will
son, who was elected at the time Grant
was given a second term. President
Cleveland's associate, Thomas A
Hendricks, was the next one to go,
and the death of Carrot A. Hobart.
President McKinley's colleague, Is fresh
in mind.
But if there is growing reluctance
on the part of political lights to accept
ing the second place on the national
ticket it was not always SO, for in the
early history of the country the vice
president repeatedly succeeded to the
presidency Washington's associate in
office, John Adams. was elected to the
presidency when Washington refused
to accept a third term. And Thomas
Jefferson, who was President Adams
| associate as vice president, succeeded
him in the presidency. The break in
this regular advancement came with
Aaron Burr and as much, perhaps.
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Amur region suffers from excessive hui
Nudity, which is unfavorable to agricul-
ture. The natural fertility of the soil
Is not great. Although harvests OBJ
tanned on virgin soil are abundant, vet
the crops are bad in quality and but
little nutritive. Diverse mountain
ranges crossing these regions and very
wide swamps reduce the cultiyable area
to about 10000 English square miles
tout OF total of 200, 600 to 225, COO Eng
fish square miles,.
Almost the same characteristics ap-
ply to the Ousoury region, extending
along the coast of the Pacific. q Gil
mate, although warmer, yet shows the
same peculiarities with reference to ex-
cessiVe moisture as the Amur region,
the averages in this regard being on
the whole still less favorable to agri-
culture than those for the Amur region
The entire area capable of cultivation
is estimated at a little over So 900 Eng
lish square miles.
Summing up the figures given for the
cultlyable areas in the different parts
OF Siberia, we get total of about 1926
OOO English square miles. This total
would still be equivalent to the COM
Dined areas of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska and both Dakotas.
The total crops of Siberia for an ay-
erage year are given by official esti-
mates as about 160,000,OGO pools, Of
which S5,OO0,O00 fall to the share of west
ern Siberia. According to these calcu-
latlons, the Siberian harvest reaches but
one-twelfth of that of European Rus
STA. The corresponding figures in the
year for 1902 are 9,712,OOO pools tons
european Russia), as against 124 ,OOO, 900
pools for four provinces of Siberia.
The amount, however, to be deducted
for seed grain is considerable, as for
winter grain the yield is not more than
Skiold, for spring grains even less -four
to five fold), about as much as in Euro
pean Russia, and this Notwithstanding
the greater freshness of the soil. There
were exported during recent years
about 1O,OOO,OOO to 100000 pools from
western Siberia, where the great riv-
ers, as the Obi, Irish and Tobol, pre-
scented convenient means of commune
cation up to the Ural. For the year
1898, however, the amount of Siberian
wheat which actually reached the west
European border ii. e., Prussia and Aus
trial or Russian ports of export is given
as over 10000 carloads, which, multi
piled by 600 pools, would give "a ,O00,0
pools exported to Europe. The rest of
the marketable cereals has been con-
sumed within the country itself, mainly
by the mining districts, particularly the
places of gold washing.
Without going into tedious calcula-
tions, which at best would be but con-
jectural, it might be stated that for the
coming 80 or 40 years Siberia's chances
of becoming the "granary" of the world
and a serious competitor of American
wheat are not great:
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
State Fair Catalogue.

The State Fair Premium List has
just been issued by Sec. E. w. Ran
dali for the State Agricultural Socie-
ty, being the first time in some years
that the society has published it's
own list. Under old conditions the
list has not been very satisfactory
and this year the board of managers
decided to publish on their own ac-
count, even if the expense was there
by increased. AS result of this
policy, a very handsome book has
been produced
The most notable thing in cOnnec-
ton with the announcements of pre-
miums and prizes is the fact that the
total offerings of the Minnesota State
Fair for this year reach the enorm-
Gus sum of $4,000, an amount not
equalled by any other state fair in
the country or any local fair or ex-
position anywhere. A large part of
this increase is in the agricultural
division of the fair where through
additions of new classes and extra
premiums and the enlargement of old
offerings there is an increase of some
$1,000. These divisions of the fair
have been carefully gone over and
the premium offerings brought thor
oughly up to date.
The amusement program is very
strong and two of the standard ST.
900 races have been advanced this
year to the $500 class, which will
greatly increase the interest in track
events. In the opening announce
ment signed by President c. n. Cos.
grove and Sec. f. w. Randall, it is
stated that evening amusements will
be a prominent part of this years
fair and that in every particular care
will be taken to make the amuse-
ment side of the fair a success.
Copies of the premium list may be
obtained by addressing Sec. +. w.
Randall, State Fair Grounds, Mimi.
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at mediation, according to the general
opinion in official and diplomatic circles,
must, for the present, at any rate, be
postponed.
At the japanese legation it is thought
that Russia does not intend to make a
very determined resistance at Port Ar
thur. In support of this idea, it is point
ed out that Russia already has largely
depleted her garrison at Port Arthur and
that Viceroy Alexieff's departure from
there hardly seems a step that would be
adopted by a commander who desired to
risk everything to keep up the morale
of his troops and enable them to with
stand prolonged siege. The Japanese
officials here do not count so much on
the Japanese commander succeeding in
starving out Port Arthur as on the in
evitable decentralization which they be-
lieve will spread among the already
rather disheartened sailors and soldiers
at Port Arthur, and which must neces-
sarily be heightened by constant sea
bombardment, menace by the land
forces and complete isolation.
AS regards the land lighting in Man.
churia and the disposition of the other
mysterious japanese armies Baron
Hayashi said Saturday:
"You may be pretty sure that the Jap
anese will not undertake any engage,
ments in the near future unless our
forces outnumber those available by the
Russian commander, and | think you
will find that the superiority of num-
bers will generally, for the present, at
any rate, be on our side
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OF INTEREST TO IMPORTERS
Decision of Circuit Court Which Will
Affect Numerous Consignments
of Sugar and Tobacco.


New York, May "a decision Of
considerable interest to importers has
been handed down by the United
States circuit court of appeals. In eff,
feet, the court decided that the assess
ment of duty upon goods withdrawn
from a bonded warehouse for consump-
ton shall be upon the basis of the
tariff prevailing at the time of with
drawal. The collector at this port,
who had maintained that duty should
be levied on the basis of the rates in
effect at the time the goods were placed
in bond, was overruled.
This decision will affect great num-
Der of importations of sugar and to.
bacco, and also will apply to hundreds
of importations of tea which were in
bond at the time the war tax on tea
was taken off.
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president since that day has had like
distinction.
When the politician who has higher
aspirations hears the buzz of the vice
presidential bee he takes to cover i'm
mediately and seeks by every possible
subterfuge to escape being stung. He
does not want to appear Indifferent to
the honor his party would thrust upon
him; he does not want the voters of the
country to believe that he is not pa
triotic and loyal to his nation and will
ing to serve it, but he does want
to miss that second place on the ticket.
1t was a pretty game of hide and
seek which Roosevelt played with the
leaders of his party. He did not want
the nomination, in fact, of all things
political he did not want, the vice pres
idential Office was that thing. The re-
nomination of President Mckinley was
inevitable and he knew that his presi-
Dental aspirations would have to go
over another four years, and in the
mean time he vastly preferred the gov
ernorship of New York state to any Of
flee outside of the presidency. And so
with all the strenuouSity, of his siren
uous nature he lodged and shooed
off the vice presidential bee when it
came buzzing around. But with great
er pesistency than was it's wont, the
political insect stayed right by its de-
sired victim and at last succeeded in
inserting its sting in vulnerable spot
and landed it's man.
There were two reasons, perhaps,
which made Roosevelt most desirable
running mate for Mckinley. First of
all he was strong man politically, and
his war record was sure to win many
votes for the ticket, and in the next
place he was a man the leading poll
ticians of the party feared because of
his strength and personality, and they
thought to do a neat double turn by
placing him on the vice presidential
shelf, but, of course, the untimely death
of President Mckinley changed the sit
uation somewhat, and Roosevelt found
his ambition to occupy the presidential
chair Unexpectedly and suddenly real
lied.
There have been four other vice pres
idents who have succeeded to the pres
idency through the death of the chief
executive: Arthur, on the assassina-
ton of Garfield; Johnson, on the assas-
sination of Lincoln; Fillmore, on the
death of Taylor; and Tyler, on the
death of William Henry Harrison.
Tive vice presidents have died while
in office, but the antipathy to the Office
cannot be because of this fSct. for the
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PENNSYlVA MINE ON FIRE
Five Men Find Escape Cut Off and
It Is Feared They
Are Dead.

Shamokin. Pa, May Five miners
are entombed and believed to be dead
as a result of a fierce fire which is
burning in the Locust Gap colliery Of
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal &
Iron company. They are John BOglan,
Michael Boglan, Michael Shannon, John
Debo and William Massakie. The fire
started Thursday night in the slope,
and Massaskie, Shannon and the Bog
lans were cut off from escape before
they were warned. Rescuing parties
were at once set to work, and up to
midnight their efforts to bring out the
men have been unsuccessful, Deboe,
Notwithstanding the protests of 9TH
ers, went far into the workings and has
believed that he has succumbed to
smoke and gas. A party of rescuers
tried to enter an old drift by a hole
they drove through private yard
Friday night into the burning slope,
but smoke and gas caused them to re-
treat. The fire is burning fiercely.
Some of the officials think the men will
be found smothered to death, while
some of the miners are OF the opinion
that they are safe in old abandoned
workings.
Several attempts were made during
Friday night and early Saturday to en-
ter the Locust Gap slope in search of
the miners, but owing to the dense
smoke interior explorations were i'm
possible. There is little hope Of res
CHING the men
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Agricultural 3Brnhnfttur
HuHHlhlltttrH nj 5thRrta
The Future of This Vast Region Demands Mar
kets for Which Russia Is Fighting.

in the west Owing to the mountain
Gus, precipitous, IN some parts exceed
ingly cold and swampy character of the
country, only little over 100000 Eng
lish square miles are regarded as fit for
cultivation. Climatic conditions are
less favorable here than in the west.
the yearly amount of rain and snow fall
being but 300 nm. and for the summer
so (instead of It's, as in the west). AS
a matter of fact, even the region most
favored for wheat cultivation, the dis
trict of Minussinsk Ca little over 10000
English square miles) had already to re-
sort to artificial irrigation.
OF great Importance for agricultural
purposes is the trans-Baikal district
(south of eastern Siberia proper), which
contains an area of about 230 900 English
square miles and almost entirely falls
within the cultivable zone. The eX-
tremely mountainous character of this
district, intersected as it is by the STAN
ovoi range, reduces, however, the real
ly cultivable area to about One-third
(about $4,000 English square miles,.
This region, as a matter of fact, is re-
garded by the Russian government as
the prospective 'chief granary of the
whole Amur-littoral region" On &C
count of the cold, snowless winters, only
summer or spring cereals can be cult
waited.
Quite different features in regard to
SOIL climate and vegetation are pre-
scented by the regions of the Amur and
the Ousoury, both on the Pacific coast.
For while eastern and western Siberia
suffer very often from droughts, the
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from the unprincipled conduct of the
latter as from anything else.
Before party organization and formal
nominations, and the adoption of the
law for the election OF presidential cleo
tors by popular vote, the legislators
chose the electors and they were un-
pledged to any candidate. Each elector
voted for two candidates for president
and the candidate having the next
largest vote was declared the vice pres
ident. The Jefferson-Burr controversy
arose over the fact that both received
an equal number of votes-73-and al
though it had been tacitly understood
that Jefferson was the presidential
candidate and entitled to the election,
Burr saw his opportunity to slip into
the presidential Office. The contest
ally decided by the election of Jeffer-
son. This difficulty made it apparent
that the candidates for president and
vice president must be clearly indi-
Gated and from that time on until par
ties were formed and national conven-
lions held for the nomination of candi-
dates, no such confusion was ever
again permitted to occur
1t has been charged that John C.
Calhoun, one of the ablest statesmen
which this country ever produced, and
who was a strong defender of the
slavery rights of the southern states,
labored to destroy the union that he
Oht no tho nhiQf of
federacy, because he could not be pres
ident of the union. That he had ambi-
lions to become the head of this gov
eminent cannot be gainsaid, and why
he, keen politician and able statesman
| that he was, never attained the gaol of
his desires is not clear. This fact, how
ever, is strikingly significant. Calhoun
was vice president under John Quincy
Adams and again under the first term
of Jackson's administration Just how
much his election to this Office proved
| barrier to his presidential aspirations
| cannot be determined. He resigned his
office under Jackson, and who can saw
but that it was with the hope that
events would shape themselves to make
him the opposition candidate for pres
| ident at the next election. That he did
not become such is ma ter of history.
and the fact that with but one excep-
ton the vice president never has sue
ceeded to the presidency since
the days of Burr is signifi-
cant, even if it does not establish a
principle governing national poll
tics.
| WILLIS S. EDISON.
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Want Our Helm.

Senator Knute Nelson and Congress
man Lind have been appealed to by
the Swedish National association of
Illinois ''to determine 'authoritatively
and finally where the honor of having
designed the first monitor belongs"
In the letter sent to Senator Nelson
and Congressman Lind it was said that
1.-The entire American people, as well
as the whole world, have always be-
lieved that from turret to keel plate,
from rudder shoe to anchor well,
every distinctive feature of the mont
tor was the creation of Ericksson's
brain; every detail was stamped with
evidence of his handiwork."
1t is said that the request of de-
cision is made to silence the impudent
pretensions of false claimants to the
honor of the invention.