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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Lots of narrow valenciennes Is used
on the fashionable fichu.
There is little difference in the gen
eral outline of the late winter and
early spring gowns.
Flounces Of lace are worn on lace
gowns, and some net toilets have three
or five narrow lace hounces for foot
trimming.
On imported velvet and satin gowns
new lace, combining crochet and
netting, has appeared 1t gives the
impression Of fringe.
Buttons are one of the most strik-
ing features of this years fashions,
and limitations of precious stones are
used. They make display that is
often dazzling.
Chemisettes and vests of chiffon and
lace will abound this season, it is said.
and dead white will be combined with
black, with a narrow fold Of colored
velvet at the throat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11
GERMAN GLEANlNGS.

Germany buys abroad annually over
S12, 900, 900 worth of green fruit.
In all the crematories of Germany
there was increased activity last year.
GOtha led, with pa cases.
In some of the theaters of Germany it
is customary to turn on green lights to
indicate long intermission.
During the German army maneuvers
there were moved over one railroad i'll
two days, without suspendinG its reg
ular traffic, $4,000 men, 5000 horses.
22S wagons and 800 tons of baggage.
A laundry company in Berlin pro-
poses to furnish linen free to all Gus
toners who will give them the wash
ing of it. They estimate that i'll this
way they can get back twice the orig
inal Investment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11
SHIPPING NOTES.

The local vessels plying to Seattle
during the year 1903 carried in the
aggregate nearly 100000 passengers
in and out of that port.
The United Kingdom continues to
lead the world in shipbuilding, more
than half of all the tonnage put afloat
being constructed at the yards Of Eng
land, Scotland or Ireland.
There are twenty American steam
ships Of four lines sailing to the Pa
cific from Atlaptic seaports. and in ad-
dition there are American sailing ships
of a gross tonnage Of $4,000 capable
of making the voyage to the far east.
In view of the fact that the year
1903 was one Of the most disastrous
that shipowners have ever experience
ed it is somewhat surprising to learn
by the official returns that the amount
Of tonnage put afloat last year was
practically the same as in 1902.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11
THE HALL OF FAME.

Among the presents given by the
Duke of Norfolk to his bride, Miss
Maxwell. was sable wrap costing
$4,000
Dr. Karl Burckhard, formerly geolo-
gist in the Museum Of La Plata. has
been appointed chief geologist OF the
geological survey of Mexico.
Habits of youth often cling fast ana
long A. l.. De Ribias of RoXbury.
Mass. learned to play the oboe when
very young and still practices at ninety
years.
Edward Porter Cheney of Red Bank,
y j.. Il brother in-law of Horace Gree
ley, has just died at L.itcl'tieid. Conn
He secured for the Tribune its first
subscriber
C. 3 orrntt. president of the New
sort News >i.9blliid.il- company, has
iny.ssf. tie President 10 l." present at
the Ee,IIlt,.a4 oi the batt!@>i.ip Virgin
IA Oh April ..
Captain Howard Blackburn OF GloH=
erster, Mas. Is haying another sa3ali
boat built ia Which he intends to make
his third trip across the Atlantic Tie
boat Vii. be eighteen feet long, with a
seven foot beam.
james Warden, supposed 10 he the
oldest e&pounticr of Methoai>m in the
world. has jUSt :jied in tine baltimore
county ainlsho}se at the age Of lo2
years Ike Had spread tie Methodist
faith for oyer fifty years.
Prince and Princess Henry Of Pr1s-
sia dined With United States Ambassa- :
dor Chariemagnc Tower and Mrs. ToW-
| er recently in Berlin The guests. be
sides the personal suits Of Prince and
Princess Henry, We're Americans and
Germans married to Americans.
II. G. Henley. chief of the st Louis
| fire prevention bureau. has been ap-
| pointed a lecturer on insurance at
| Yale. The position is an honorary one,
carrying no salary, and the incumbent
is not expected to deliver more than
one lecture year before the insurance
| classes
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11

General Conference Methodist Epis-
copal Church-Los Angeles, Cal, May
8, 1904.-National Association of Re-
tail Grocers of the United States, San
Francisco, Cal, May 8, to 8, 1904. For
the above occasion the following round
trip rates and arrangements are au-
thorized to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, California. Rate-Forty-seven
dollars and fifty cents ($47.50) for the
round trip. Dates of sale-April % to
May /, inclusive. Return limit-All
tickets to be limited to- June 30, 1904,
for return. Stopovers-Stopovers may
be made at any point within fifteen
days from date of sale; within Cali.
fornia, Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
stopovers may be made at any point
up to June 25th, 1904.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11
SOUTH AFRICA.

A Canadian trade commissioner in
South Africa recently booked there in
ten weeks for between $4,000 and 40
coo plows.
South Africa is at present importing
immense quantities Of cement. 1t
comes chiefly from England, Germany
and Belgium.
Only half the razors imported into
South Africa are of British make. The
rest are chiefly of German origin. Even
the educated Hottentot" shaves him
self fow occasionally.
British Somaliland is making steady
progress. The value Of the imports
last year was over 100000. The i'm.
ports consist chiefly of cotton goods.
largely from the United States; rice,
sugar and liquors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11
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Special oneway second class colon
ist rates to Californio-The following
rates and arrangements are authorized
for the sale of one-way second-class
colcnist tickets to San Francisco. Sac
ramento. Los Angeles and San Diego,
California, Ogden and Salt Lake City,
Utah, Granger, Wyoming, also to Pres
colt and Phoenix, Arizona, and all inter
mediate points on direct lines to which
the regular second class rates are high
er. The same rates will apply to SUCH
branch line points as ordinarily take
the Calif~.iaia common point rate. The
rate will be $4,000 First series, daily
March / to April 80, 1904 inclusive.
Second series, daily September Is to
October IS, 1901, inclusive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11

Special oneway second-class colCnist
rates to the northWest-Rates and ar
rangements outlined below will govern
in the sale cf one-way second-class
colonist tickets to destination shown,
and to Intermediate points effected.
Rates--From Pine Bluff tC Billings,
Montana, S2S.65; from Pine Bluff to
Hinsdale, Livingston, Logan and Gin
nabar, Mont, s31.50; from Pine Bluff
to Helena, Butte, Missoula and Ana
condo, Mont, s31.5o; from Pine Bluff
to Spokane, Washington, S34.00; from
Pine Bluff to Portland, Ashland, Asto-
ria, Oregon, Tacoma, Washington and
Vancouver, B. c., $3.50. Dates of sale
First series, March 1 to April 80,
1904, inclusive Second series, Septem-
Der Is to Octozer Is, 1904, inclusive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-11

Meeting of representatives of the
New York Life Insurance company,
Hot Springs, Ark, April IL, 19O4.-For
the above occasion the following round
trip rates and arrangements are au-
thorized to Hot Springs, Ark: Rate,
one fare plus two dollars ($2.OO) fer
the round trip. Date of sale, April
10th and 18th, 1904. Return limit,
ten 10) days from date of sale and for
continuous passage in both directions.
S. NJ. DICKEY, Agent.
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ONCE HELD $4,000, 900 SECURITIES
Reynols Talks Little of Chadwick
Affair-Hearing Begun.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 9.-1ri
Reynolds, secretary and treasurer of the
Wade Park Banking Company. who, ac-
cording to report, had at one time S., 600 900
worth Of securities belonging to Mrs. Chad
wick returned from New York to Cleve-
land today. Mr.. Reynolds went directly to
the bank and held lengthy conference
with the directors.
To the representative of the Associated
Press Mr.. Reynolds said:
Il have absolutely nothing to say do
not know anything mere about the Chad
wick affair now than before went to New
York.
The grand jury began taking testimony
in connection with the Chadwick case here
today, the first witness being Director Whit
ney of the Citizens Bank of Oberlin. Prest-
dent Beckwith of the bank sent word to
County Prosecutor Keeler that he was too
i'll to appear, and added that he did not
have in his possession the notes and other
papers which he had been called upon to
exhibit before the grand jury.
Prosecutor Keeler stated that he expected
to put Iri Reynolds of the Wade Park Bank
on the stand tomorrow.
1t is understood that if Mrs. Chadwick
valves an examination in New York and
returns here at once, a special United
States grand jury will be called to take up
the matter without delay. Otherwise the
case will probably go over to the regular
federal grand jury, which meets in about
a month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-09
LOCAL BILLS CONSIDERED.
Action Taken by the Senate District
Committee.

The Senate District committee this morn
irg authorized favorable report on the
joint resolution introduced in the Senate
by Mr. Gallinger Wednesday granting the
temporary occupancy of a part of the
monument lot for the American appliance
exhibition This resolution has been print
ed in The Star and gives for that purpose
such portion of the public reservation 'front.'
ing the south side of B street between 14th
and 18th streets as may be needed for the
purpose indicated. This exhibition will
continue from March 20 to May % next,
and will be in connection with the meeting
of the international railway congress. This
government having invited the members of
the International railway congress to meet
in this city the committee recognizes that
in the absence of any large public building
in which they could be invited to make
their exhibit. the least that could be done
would be to grant them the use of public
reservation on which the exhibition may be
held
number of buildings will be erected on
this park. No opposition to this resolution
was offered in the committee, and those in
charge of it feel quite confident that none
will be offered in Congress.
The committee also considered the Sem
ate resolution which provides for an inves-
ugation of the statements made by Prof.
VIM. H. H. Hart of the Hart Farm School
i'll relation to the conduct OF that 1nstftu-
ton. This statement particularly relates
to expenditures that have been made by
Prof. Hart in the past. The committee
finally referred the resolution to a sub
committee consisting of Senators Hans
brough, Scott and Martin, who will in the
near future have Prof Hart before them
and take such additional testimony in re-
lation to his statements as they may deem
desirable.
A favorable report was also ordered on
Senate bill 3T1S. granting quit-claim from
the United States to land held by the late
John c. Rives, and situated partly In the
District of Columbia and partly In Mary
land.
Two bills, Senate 1888 and Senate 4397,
one providing for the extension of Albe-
marie street and the other for free lectures
in connection with the public schools, were
adversely reported, as action desired to be
taken by these bills has already been had
In other measures.
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THE AMOUNT LIMITED
FIFTY DOLLARS ALLOWED FOR
LOSS OF EXPRESS PACKAGE.

In disposing of the case of Louis L..
Hooper against the United States Express
Company Justice Barnard in Circuit Court
No. ] today made a ruling said to be of
importance to patrons of express companies
engaged in business in the District of CO.
lumbia. 1t is stated that Mr.. Hooper
shipped a box of household goods, silver
ware and other articles from this city to a
point in Massachusetts and received from
the express company a receipt in the usual
form, containing the provision. nor in any
case shall this company be held liable or
responsible nor shall any demand be made
upon them beyond the sum of $50 at
which sum said property is hereby valued
unless the just and true value is stated
herein" The receipt showed that the value
was asked and not given.''
The box, 1T is stated. was lost and could
not be found Mr.. Hooper thereupon sued
the express company to recover $29S, al
legged to be the value of the box and con-
tents and claimed that the Limitation
quoted was void and against public policy
and that the receipt being signed only by
the carrier and not by the shipper, it was
not to be treated as contract.
Justice Barnard ruled that the receipt
constituted contract; that its reasonable
provision must be enforced, and that the
plaintiffs recovery must be limited to
$50.
MIR. Hooper was represented by Attor-
ney John E. Taylor and the express COM
pany by A. A. Birney.
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TOGO AND BALTBE FLEET.
Reported That He Will Hunt for and
intercept shipG

Special Dispatch TO The Even5nsuSStar.
NEW YORK, December s9.sAN cabiegram
from Tokyo says: With the Port Arthur
squadron of war ships wiped out, Admiral
Togo is preparing to go In search of the
Baltic fleet with the entire japanese fleet
and smash the ships of Admiral Rojestven-
sky before they can become of any service
in the far east.
With the Japanese warships refitted, ma
chinery repaired. crews recuperated and
everything in first-class fighting order
Togo will be in excellent shape to meet
the Baltic fleet, and it is believed he will
pound them to pieces in short order.
The fleet may sail at any hour to inter-
cept the Btltic squadron
The Japanese are confident that the Rus
slams will never reach Vladivostok, which
is now their only refuge in eastern waters.
Japs' Main Purpose Accomplished.
TOKYO. December (evenng).- dis
abling the Russian fleet at Port Arthur,
p"ecludng the possibility. otSits being able
to reinforce the Russian second Pacific
squadron, the Japanese have accomplished
the main object of the desperate assaults
against the fortress which they have been
making for the past three months. There
is now strong probability that while con-
tinuing the siege, they will avoid losses of
the magnitude already attending their
efforts. and. instead of aSsaiiitfng will rely
on starving out the garrison until it is
finally captured.
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considered, as the questions were not rails
ca by the railroads attorneys who had ap-
peared at the hearings
Ihe committee adjourned without taking
ACTON upon the request TO consider the bill
Ihe subject will be resumed at the meet ng
OF the committee next Tuesday.
Statements of Senators.
At the Capitol today some of the sena-
torial friends of Governors Cummins. Van
SAINT and La Toilette said they had looked
INTO the reports published in several news
papers In connection with yesterdays Wall
street excitement, intimating that those
governors had been largely responsible for
the recommendation In the Presidents
message for the enlargement of the powers
U. tne interstate commerce commission
Ihese senators went on to say today that
tney mad been assured by the President
hlmself that he was entirely responsible for
the portlon OF the message dealing with that
SUBJECT 1he President had added these
senators SAID. that the three governors had
caHed upon him and he had talked with
tnem on the subject of railroad regulation.
AFTER the conversation had proceeded for
some time he had sent for the message
winch had then been completed and turn
ing to the section relating to the interstate
commerce commission, had read to the gov
ernors what he had said on the subject.
The President assured these senators that
not a word was changed as result of the
Inc statement of these senators was taken
70 indicate that as the Recommendation is
.Ee Fresldents own he will push il and an
interesting situation will arise in Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-09
REITFRATES HER STATEMENT.
Mrs. York Declares Again She is a
Sister of Mrs. Chadwick.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 9-Mrs
Alice NJ York of this city has reiterated
her statement that she is the sister Of
Mrs. Chadwick. despite the latter's repu-
diation of the relationship. She said
My sister. Elizabeth Bigley, now Mrs
Chadwick, was born near London Cam
about fortY-two years ago. Her girlhood
days were spent at Eastwood and Wood
stock, which was the home of our family
She was not great reader and as for hav-
ing read books on mesmeriSm and the like
that is all nonsense.
when l was married and went to live
in Cleveland she came to live with me.
That was in 1881.
There was nothing peculiar about her as
a girl. save that she was a deep thinker.
She always seemed absorbed in thought
and would sit in silence by the hour. She
seemed in a trance and never would pay
attention to any one. She would come out
of these thinking spells as If bewldered.
She would never discuss her strange actions
nor the many troubles in which she be-
came involved.
She never indicated that she was pos
sessed of any hypnotic power. At the time
in Toledo when she was convicted of
forgery under the name of Madame De
We're. it is said, she hypnotized a man
named Joseph Lamb an express agent, who
was arrested with her. The papers were
full of it at the time, and all the talk was
hypnotism. The hypnotism talk, 1 repeat,
was nonsense.
1T seems to me that my sister had
mania for doing just such things that have
now involved her in this trouble. She did
not need money, as she had plenty of it. In
speech she talks slowly and lisps slightly.
She is quite deaf. She was always extrav
agant. After that affair in Toledo, when
she was released from prison, she came to
live with at my home. She was then
the widow of c. l.. Hoover, who left her
considerable money.
II am sorry that she has been unable to
secure bonds and hope that she will get out
of this trouble
Mrs York added that she would not go
east unless subpenaed.
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ROAD TO WASHINGTON
PROPOSED THIRD-RAIL SYSTEM
FROM WILKEsBARRE, PA.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
WILKESBARRE, Pa. December 9.-An-
nouncement was made this morning that
the Laurel line. third rail system between
this city and Scranton, is to be extended
down the west side of the Susquehanna to
Sunbury, thence along the east side of the
river to Harrisburg, on down through the
thickly populated southern portion of the
state to Baltimore and into Washington
making a third-rail system nearly three
hundred miles long, the longest in the
country.
Yesterday charter was obtained for the
extension of the road twenty miles south of
this city, and as soon as that branch Is
completed work will be started upon an
other. and this method will be followed un-
til the whole line is completed
The line between this city and Scranton
was built by the Westinghouse Company of
Pittsburg as an experimental system, to
illustrate what could be done with a third
rail line. and SO satisfactory has ii proved
that larger interests have been taken in
and the long line planned
Freight and coal are to be handled at
night and passenger traffic during the day.
The route mapped out is lined with popu-
lous towns and large amount of local
traffic is expected. The line now runs ex-
press trains the eighteen miles between
this city and Scranton including stops. In
twenty minutes.
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HER TRIAL IS NOW ON
Prosecution of Nan Patterson
Resumed in New York.
OPENING ARGUM ENT
SPECULATION OVER VALUE OF
PAWNBRoKER's TESTIMONY.
Curious Still Continue to Crowd Corri-
dors, Hoping for Admission
to Court Room.
OPENING ARGU M EN-

1t is expected that rapid progre SIS
will be made in Nan Patterson's trial.
Much interest centers in the value
of Pawnbroker Stern's testimony.
Court adheres to rule of exclusion
Of the curious from the court room.
NEW YORK, December 9.-Now that the
tiresome task of choosing a jury has been
completed and the case of the prosecution
has been outlined by Assistant District At
torney Rand. it was expected that rapid
progress would be made in the case Of Nan
Patterson when her trial for murder was
resumed in the supreme court today.
Much speculation has followed some OF
the statements made by the prosecuting at
torney in his opening argument, and the
report was freely circulated today that the
testimony of Hyman Stern, the pawn
broker, may not be important for the
prosecution as the district attorneys office
has been led to believe.
1t has been said that the state believed
Stern to be one of its most important wit
nesses, and that the illness of the witness
was great hardship to 1t during the
first trial. 1t was understood that he had
positively identified a photograph Of ].
Morgan Smith, Miss Patterson's brother
tn-law, as a likeness of the man who pur-
chased the revolver with which Caesar
Young was shot. Stern has now recovered
from his illness and will appear before
the jury to which the case is now being
presented.
Larger crowds gather around the doors
of the court room every day, but the ruling
of Justice Davis that only those having
some connection with the case be permit
ted to enter has been rigdly enforced up
to this time. Many of the curious ones
have not permitted themselves to become
discouraged however, and many remain in
the corridors through a greater part of the
day apparently with the expectation that
the ban will finally be raised.
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DESTRUCTIVE SHELLS
-
Work Of Naval Land B Batteries
at Port Arthur.
COSTLY TO RUSSIANS
TOGO REPORTED PLANNING TO
ATTACK RoJEsTVENsKY.
He Will Prepare to intercept and Sink
Baltic Fleet--To Starve
Garrison.
COSTLY TO RUSSIANS

Detailed report from Port Arthur
records the great damage done the
Russian ships in that harbor. Togo
is planning now to intercept and
sink the Baltic fleet.
Jap procedure at Port Arthur now
will be to compel capitulation by
starving the garrison.
TOKYO, December 9-Noon.-The follow
ing report, dated December 8, 10 pm, has
been received from the commander of the
naval land batteries in front of Port Ar
thur:
Eight shells struck the protected cruiser
Pallada today and set her on fire. Stimuli
taneously she began to list to port, lower
Ing astern. She Is deemed unfit for naviga-
ton.
During the action We discovered the gun
boat Giliak to the landward north of the
battleship Peresviet and bombarded her.
Eleven of our shells were effective This
vessel is also deemed to be disabled.
The hits made by our naval and siege
guns total %. The armored cruiser Bayan
caught fire at 11:3O O'Clock this morning
and the fire was not extinguished at 4:15 in
the afternoon Evidently the cruiser is
seriously damaged
The results of our bombardment of the
battle ship Sevastopol, the mine ship
transporD Amur and the TRANSPORTS are
not yet known"
The above mentioned hits were made with
smells from the heavy guns. Those made by
Ihe small shells are not mentioned in the
reHort.
another report from the same command
er dated 3 o'clock this Friday) morning is
as follows:
tho result Of o,,,, ,,o,,., -
ment yesterday (Thursday) the Bayan was
hit six times and the Amur fourteen times
The Amur is sinking astern.
Our cannonade directed against the
storehouses and arsenals at the northeast
base of Paiyu mountain resulted in thirty
six hits, causing great damage"