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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-11
Kent His Woed.

a Sedalia man at church meeting
the other day said: 81 never drink
red liquor don't believe in It," The
next day he was seen in saloon by a
man who heard him say it, just as he
was ordering drink. Il thought
heard you say you didn't touch red
liquor" ventured the man. You did" :"
said the other man Then, turning to
the bartender, he said: .'lll take a
little gin, please"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-11
CASTOP'n. &.
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have A|waqs Dcl>@ht
~'saasa1s 1sass sas e. Zz<zzz zz;1zzzzz':, 7;1zzzzzzx.
Stirring Appeal for Votes.

STIRRING Appeal fer Votes.
G. NJ Brown is 4 candidate for goe
ernor of. Florida. He advertises him
self as "the peoples condidate," anf
submits these claims on the suffra 90
of his fellow citizens: "Eifty-six years
citizen of this state. A soldier un
DER General r. f. Lee from first IL
last day, Carries four Yankee bul
lets as a gentle ,eminde, of that great
bloody struggle. The friend OF the
people."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-11
Gold Medal fer WcgTan.

Selma Lagerlof who has just 7"
ceived a gold medal for literary -
celleDce from the !.uyai s,Wedis.
Academy, is celebrated Swedis;
novelist and the second woman write,
academy, the other being hrederik;,
Bremen also famous il the iieia oj
fiction.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-11
STATESMEN OF Si:iiiA2 NAMES.
Odd Coincideree Makes trouble Ter
ReQreSentativa


Alfred S. Hall an5,,e e.' twice 20 TIE
roll call of the Massachusetts .lo;!ae
OF representatives, thera bang two
members OF that body bearing thnt
name-one from Revere ard the other
from Winchester. He OF revere. wno
is the younger. lately married . Wa.
chester young lady anG he Of Viaeues-
ter. who is a widOwer, got most of iuc
concentrations, his follow members
thinking 1t must be he that was the
bridegroom, the bride being from his
town. There is no end of bother in
sorting out their correspondence. L:
is the first time In the history OF Mas.
sachusetts that two members of the
same branch of the legislature have
borne the same name.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-11

DR.. William Hall, reporting On the
physical condition of f,QN0 children in
the public and Jewish board schools
Of Leeds between the ages OF FIVE and
thirteen, finds that the Jewish chill
dren are superior in height and
weight. have better teeth and are
much less rickety."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-11
Canadian Forests.

Though there are millions Of acres
of forest lands in Canada. as yet
untouched the Ontario government is
taking an early precaution against the
extinction Of Iorns-s IN that province.
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Jobbers, Wholesalers an,
Manufacturers
OF PINE BLUFF ARkAN>AS

LUMBER
BLUFF CITY LUMBER COMPANY.
Manufacturers and dealers in Lumber, Lath shnea =
Doors, Bills spec ,ty. Cheap Lumber fl, & aa
cut buildings cur buildings pannel door is tn , os
BEST earth. Sat
FURNITURE
HOME FURNITURE COMPANY.
Our beds, bedroom suits and side boards are tho st
best made and the cheapest market These t,
able to Hold your orders you write ~
euppEPHATT FURNITURE COM PANY.
Wholesale and retail Office salesrooms Nos .o
St. next door Merrill Institute
HARDWARE
FOX BROS, HARDWARE CO.
Leaders in Southwest Hardware stovo. m
CUTLERY Mill Supplies. orders shipped nron s
cept Our motto Fair Dealing" as a satisfied cnnt e~
toner forever When in need anything our line mol
QUEENswARE
RYLAND ouEENswARE COMPANY.
We are wholesalers OF Queensware crockery tnvo,o
ware stoneware, glassware bar glasses Bucks stoves ~
Headquarters for fancy China At your sau
cry business day in the year.
4 OWEN.
A combination of Cash and long experience places m &
ground supplying the superb line bo M
and retail Queensware Fancy Pottery Glass Oranto
Woodenware, Lamps Cutlery, ETC.. trade solicited
GRoCERs
j. r. HUTT AND SONS.
Wholesale Grocers. established in Right Onx
attention to orders been the of on,
quickly forward day OF receipt An
Flour and Portuondo Cl-gars world beaters.
DRY GOODS
ISAAC DREyFus.
Our department complete Dry Goods
Notions and Hats. Quick delivery and quantities to
str "A, 26 2S street, Pine Bluff
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
WEsTBRooK GRAIN AND COMM COMPANY
We sell for Lime, Cement, Plaster, Fire Brick Fin
Plaster Etc Flour. Meal Salt, Potatoes. Ban Corn
Hay Chops Cottcnseed Meal. Shipsuf Field Seed
Carlead lots d specially
MARSH AND RILEY.
wholesalers grains and provisions State
OF "Narrta Flour best made
}. A. HOLMES COMPANY (corporated3
Wholesale agents for James & Graham Wagons plA
Flour, Grain, Hay, Provisions Packing House Produces
Cement Fire Brick and Fire Clay.
FOUNDERS
piLLEY FOUNDRY COMPANY,
Logging locomotives, rails, engines boilers
planning mill machinery, iron Castings M
Supplies
E. A. SHEPPARD. o
Marble Granite Monuments Out OF town
Corner Walnut and Second avenue Fa
l. o. KNOX FURNITURE COMPANY I
Wholesale and Retail dealers Furniture Carpets F.
carriages and Harness Sales rooms, 2172192212 and
Barraque Manufacturers Mattresses OF Grades
BUSINESS COLLEGES. Ii
JAMES PRACTICAL BUSINESS COLLEGE bm
soiclts the patronage of ambitious young men an'
Bookkeeping Shorthand. Typewriting studies
night sessions J. W. ia MES, Prn, Pine Bal ~ fnd
UNDERWRITERS AND EMBALMERS.
HoLDERNESssENYARD co.
We carry complete line Of everything used in the oh
1ade that cannot be excelled price quality and taste OD
ed hmbaning and shipping specially. Open at al wv
graph and telephone given prompt ettenion MOO
ic
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street, University avenue, Park avenue,
Wabasha street and Central avenue
Wabasha Street Tract Selected

street, University avenue, Park avenue,
Wabasha street and Central avenue
Wabasha Street Tract Selected
Although the last named site was
haps have been secured, it was unan-
imously chosen as the most desirable.
The prices demanded, however, were
far too high. Private negotiations fol-
lowed, extending over several months,
which resulted in the purchase of the
Wabasha street tract. Most Of the
land owners agreed to offer their prop
erty at prices to be fixed by local
board of appraisement, consisting of
former Gov. Alexander Ramsey, former
Congressman Henry M. Rice and Hen
ry S. Fairchild, the veteran dealer in
realty.
The total cost of the site, about eight
acres, was trifle less than 100000,
although some property adjoining the
original plat has since been acquired
and more will be needed when suitable
approaches to the capitol are obtained.
For the choice Of a capitol design the
commission, following legislative pro-
visions, held a public competition.
Architects were invited to submit Sept
II, 1894, designs for a building to cost
$1,500,000. Premiums of $500 were to
be awarded to the designs adjudged to
stand in point of merit, second, third,
fourth and fifth. Fifty-six sets of de-
signs We're submitted and all were re-
jected. The expert architects advising
the board were Henry Ives Cobb and
Edmund M. Wheelwright.
No further action was taken towards
obtaining a design and an architect un-
til the legislature, in 1895, had amended
the new capitol law so as to remove
various restrictions which the board
had found embarrassing. For example,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Magnificent Government Next Year

Of the state should be set aside from
the general fund-an equivalent, as
was ingeniously explained, of an an
nual tax Of 10 cents upon every eighty
acre farm
True to his constituents, Senator
Mcmillan, of Minneapolis, submitted a
minority report. He agreed as to the
amount of the appropriations; but he
insisted that not less than ten acres
would be required for the capitol site.
and that at should be far removed
from close proximity to the business
district of the city,"
Efforts to carry out the recommen-
dations of the majority report were
taken Immediately by ST. Paul mem
bers, and in particular by the late Pat
rick III. Kelly and by William B. Dean.
Majority Report Prevails
The same legislature finally passed
the bill under which the present state
capitol commission was authorized to
secure what site might be demanded
either the old capitol square or land
within three-quarters of mile of that
squafe-and TO erect capitol building.
The total cost of site and building was
not to exceed $2.000,O00.
The commissioners, one from each
congressional district, were named by
Gov. Knute Nelson, as follows: Chan
ming Seabury, ST. Paul; James Nc
Hench, Fairmont; c. H. Graves, Du-
luth; e. e. Corliss. Fergus Falls;
George Du Toit, Chaska; H. w. Lam
berton. Winona; John De Laittre, Min
neapolis.
In May, 1895, Mr.. McHench died, and
Daniel Shell, of Worthington, was APP
pointed to succeed him. Mr.. Shell re-
signed from the board in April, 1897,
and his place was taken by Ed Weaver
of Mankato.
Each commissioner was to receive
travelling expenses and IS day when
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ened to the eye, and enriched the drum
of the dome"
Meeting Oct. 25 to consider this rec
ommendation, the board chose five de-
signs, one of which was to be taken
later for the actual building; the pre-
miums would be given to the four 9TH
ers Then, on motion of Mr.. De Laittre,
the board voted that the next proceed
ure would be, not the choice of a de-
sign but of an architect. Five ballots
that day, and two ballots the next, re-
suited in no choice. Four days later,
at an adjourned meeting, the form of
procedure was reconsidered; and, on
motion of Mr.. Seabury, the board Sc
lected the design submitted by Mr..
Gilbert, who was also appointed archi-
tect. A contract with Mr.. Gilbert
was signed Jan. 20, 1895.
The same year the foundation walls
and piers and area walls and the stone
work of the basement story were con-
structed by George ]. Grant, of ST.
Paul. The steel Orders for the base
ment floors were put in place by the
Universal Construction company.
Authorize Certificates
In order to anticipate the collection
of funds for capitol purposes the legis-
lature of 1897 authorized the board to
issue certificates of Indebtedness to the
amount of 100000 at not to exceed 4
per cent interest per annum, payable
out of the funds appropriated by the
act of 1893. No more than 100000 was
to become payable in any one year. A
subsequent act has enabled the board
to issue certificates on the same terms
for the full amount of its appropria-
tons. These certificates were often
sold at premium. The later issues
have been taken by the state itself.
Aug. 81. 1897. the contract for the
general construction, which includes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

AS soon as the walls could be tested
they were found too weak for future
use. Accordingly, the legislature that
met six months later in the market
house increased the appropriation to
$175,000. Before the capitol was fin
ished, in the course of the following
summer, the total cost had risen to
$275,O
As the town knows, the capitol so
acquired is presentable structure in
the form of Greek cross. 1t has
three stories and lofty basement.
Cut stone forms the basement, red
brick the superstructure; the trim
mings are of Dresbach stone, the roof
of slate. An unpretentious, awkward
dome rises 200 feet above the ground.
Realized Need of Third Capitol
That third capitol must be built
was realized almost as soon as the leg
islature had held it's first session in the
second statehouse. That building was
far from fireproof. AS experience pres.
emily demonstrated, it was not strong
enough to support it's own floors. 1t
was too small to accommodate the
servants of a growing state. 1t was
cheap and commonplace in design and
ornament. But 1t had been erected
hastily in time of financial depres-
sion.
Within few years, therefore, "cap-
itol schemes abounded. One proposal
received with considerable favor sug-
gested that the Twin Cities '.join" in
providing a site in the midway dis
trict, especially upon land owned by
Girard Hewitt, of st. Paul. A second
hint. much franker, would have re-
moved the state house to Loring park,
Minneapolis.
But the most cogent argument with
local interests for fine and permanent
capitol was furnished Indirectly by
that provision of the Minnesota consti-
tuition which declares (Article XIV,
section u that 1.-The legislature may
provide by law for change of the
seat of government by vote of the
people, Held over the heads of the
st. Paul delegation, Article XIV. pro-
voked an uncomfortable embarrassment.
Hence warm support from local
sources was rendered to the legislative
resolution of April 8, 1891, by which a
committee, to be appointed by the
president of the senate, was instruct
ed to report whether, in their judg-
ment, a new capitol building was nee
essary, and if so, where 1t should be To-
Gated, with estimates relative to the
size and cost of the building required
The committee, appointed by Lieut.
Gov. Ives, consisted OF: Senator F. G.
Mcmillan, of Minneapolis, chairman;
Senators w. B. Dean, of st. Paul;
Henry Keller, of Sank Center; Jay Ls
Due, of LIE Sueur, and Oscar Axers
The late Fred NJ. Van Duzee subse-
quently editor of the Winona Repub-
hean. was made secretary. The com
mittee inspected the Iowa capitol and
held many meetings.
Recommended $1,000 600 Capitol
At the next session this committee
presented two reports. All the mem
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03


bers. except the chairman, reported
that a new capitol was urgently need
ed; that it should cost not more than
s2.o00,oo0. and that it should occupy
the site of the older building. If how
eyer. a greater area of land should be
required, the new site should not be
more than three quarters of mile
from the former location.
The real opinion of the committee,
1t has since been said, was that s3,0O0,-
GOO would be needed for the capitol in
stead of s2,00o,00o, but that this adj:
mission would be unwise at the time
To assure the funds required. the
committee suggested that an amount
equal to two-tenths of mill upon the
assessed valuation of all the property
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03


ever occupied in the discharge of his
official duties. He was to furnish a
bond in the sum of s25, 900.
AT the first meeting of the board,
May 1S, 1893. the commission elected
Mr. Seabury vice president, the presi-
dent being ex ohicio, the governor of
the state. F. E. Hanson was subse-
quently appointed secretary.
Four locations were offered to the
commission for a site; less than one
half of the block Immediately north of
the present capitol grounds; the block
Immediately north of Central park;
the property known as Bass hill,' at
the head of Jackson street, and discon-
nected parts Of the tractsat the head Of
Wabasha street, bounded by Cedar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
State Government Removes Marble Palace


ously injured but many valuable rec
ords were lost. especially in the rooms
of the historical society. Important
relics were burned which the society
Justly priced.
At 9 o'clock the next evening the
legislature assembled in the new city
market house, now the Library build
ing, Wabasha, st. Peter and Seventh
streets. The first business was a bill
for the erection of second capitol.
While the ruins of the first were still
glowing, the bill was passed and
signed by Gov. Pillsbury. 1t appro-
priated $4,000. for rebuilding the capt.
tol. the contractors to use the old
walls.
This appropriation was inadequate,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03


the erection of the main walls, the roof
and the dome foundation but not the
dome. was awarded to the Butler-Ryan
company, of st. Paul. According to
this contract, since executed, the fac
Ing of the basement exterior walls are
to be of st. Cloud granite. Other outer
walls We're to be faced with white
marble from Georgia. The interior
walls, the vaults and the backing of
the exterior walls was to be of Min
nesota brick; the dome walls of Kettle
River sandstone The basement walls
had been. constructed of st. Cloud
granite.
The late Alexander Ramsey first
territorial governor of Minnesota, who
had seen the first legislature assemble
In the old Central house half a century
before, laid the corner stone of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

marble capitol July 81. 1898, before q
great assemblage. The silver trowel
that he used was given to him during
the exercises by the late Judge Charles
b. Flandrau, another eminent pioneer.
It's handle was made of a bit of tama-
rack from the original Central house.
Gov D. M. Clough announced the cor
ner stone properly set; Commissioner
Graves delivered the foundation to the
state on behalf of the capitol commits
sion, and the late Senator Cushman K
Davis delivered an admirable Grafton.
Dome Completed in 1900
The next important contract to be
let, that for the capitol dome, was
awarded to the Butler-Ryan company.
Two years later the dome was COM
pleted.
Owing to increased dimensions made
necessary by the evident needs of the
state, it had already become evident
that the total of $2,000,OOO appropriated
in 1898 would not be sufficient A rea-
son still more cogent was the contin-
ued rise in the price of labor and ma
terials. An additional appropriation of
$1.000,000 was therefore secured from
the legislature of 1901. Two years aft
erwards a final increase was voted, fix
ing the total cost of the marble capitol,
site, furniture and decoration included.
at $4,500,000.
Before this increase was obtained
the house committee on public &C
counts and expenditures was directed
to investigate the expenditures of the
capitol commission in order to ascer-
tain whether $1,500,000 was needed "for
the completion of the building, the fur
nishing of same and the grading and
ornamenting of the necessary grounds
thereof"
A subcommittee appointed to conduct
the investigation consisted of James r.
Hickey, of st. Paul; J. A. Sheppard, Of
Minneapolis, and David Graham, Of
Duluth.
They reported that while the board
(of capitol commissioners had to deal
with an advancing market, it had also
to anticipate the growing needs of the
state" that it was proper ito increase
the limit of the cost of the building liz
the further sum of $1,500,000 to pro-
vide for proper finish and adornment
of the building, enlarge the site and
make improvements on the grounds"
that the state had received careful
and faithful services from the capitol
commissioners; that the architect,
Mr.. Gilbert, "had performed his duties
with the utmost fidelity, honesty and
ability that the state had received
full value for the money it had ex-
pended.
Perfectly Executed Building
The subcommittee further found, as
a fact, that the constructive work of
said building was of the most solid
and substantial character, and that ii
was, without exception, the most per-
fectly. executed piece of building, in
all details, ever erected in the state of
Minnesota"
The architectural characteristics of
the marble capitol are described by a
competent authority as follows for
The Globe:
Tn the development of the state a
feature which is destined to play a
very important part in its educational
influence. as well as to crafty the es-
thetic taste, a possession to be priced
by generations to come. is our new
capitol building. Situated in COM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Favored cass Gilbert's Design

At the second competition, Aug. 5,
1895, forty one designs were submitted,
the premiums for the designs not ac-
copied being somewhat increased. Mr..
Wheelwright, the consulting architect,
then recommended highly design No.
3S, submitted by Cass Gilbert, Of ST.
Paul, as scholarly, well proportional
and refined. The dome, especially he
said, was very good. It's fine proper
tons were noteworthy, and the beauty
of outline of its mass the coupled col
umns, with their pilasters, strength
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

the amount to be paid to the architect.
employed was left by amendment to
the discretion of the board
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Destroyed by Fire in 1881

March l. 1881, this building was
wholly destroyed by fire. Flames,
Starting in the cupola. spread SO rapid
iy that the legislators. then in the
midst of an evening session, escaped
with difficulty. No person was seri-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-04
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
OCEAN STEAMERS.

NEW YoRK-Sailed Sept 3-stmr Kroon-
land. for Antwerp via Dover; strnr st Paul
for Southampton via Plymouth and Cherborrg
stmr Umbria for Liverpool stmr Minnehaha
for London: stmr Graf Waldersee for Ham
burg via Dover; stmr Anchoria for C;laepoyv.
stmr Per1gia, for Naples. Genoa and leg
horn.
ANTWERP-Arrived Sept 2-Stmr Mount
Temple from Montreal via London
Sailed Sept 2-Stmr Finland, for New yor,
HAVRE-Sailed Sept 3-Stmr La TouraIne
for New York.
RoTTERDAM-sail Sept 3-stmr Moor
dam, for New York.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived Sept 3-stmr cr.t,o
from Boston, stmr Lucania from New VOL !.
etmr Cprinthian. from Montreal N'
Sailed Sept 3-Stmr Etruria, for New yort,
CHERBOURG = Arrived Sept 3-St,n-
Bluscher from New York. via Plymouth for
Hamburg; stmr Statendam from New yo,,,, o1
Sailed Sept 3-Stmr Germanic, I'm so,1+h
amuton for New York
oUEENSTOwN-Sail Sept 3-Stmr o.
nc from Liverpool for New York
BOULOGNE-SailedS Sept 3-Stmr Hambpr~
from Hamburg and Dover for New York .
sOUTHAMPTON-Saile Sept 3-Stmr Ger.
manic, for New York
Arrived Sept 3-Stmr New York, from Mar,
York. via Plymouth and CherbourR (nsssad
Hurst Castle at 1850 a. m, Sept a.
HONGKONG-Arrived prior to Sent g.
Stmr America Maru. from San Francisco.
Honolulu. Yokohama etc
MOyILLE-Sailed Sept 3-Stmr Columbia.
from Glasgow for New York
LoNDoN-Sailed Sept 2-Stmr Mesaba, for
New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-04
Put the access" on Pronoun.

Two negro women boarded a Penn
sylvania avenue car at Seventh street.
One was a large. dark skinned woman.
f1ashily dressed; the other was a small.
yellow woman, wearing a modest gown.
The women were discussing a mutual
friend. Mr.. jerks. The large woman
spoke in loud tones and pronounced
the name of the man as though it were
spelled links. II was evident from
the expression on the face Of the
smaller woman that she was annoyed
by the loud talking and mispronunei-
alton OF her friend. Finally she pro-
tested:
You speak Of Mr.. jerks as though
his name were spelled with an + in
stead of an 'e'."
'Oh, yes" the large woman ex-
claimed. L perceives you puts the ac-
cess on the pronoun. Washington
Times.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-04
TEAM
INJURIES YOUTH
Tears Down Section of Wire
Fence and Farm Hand Be-
comes Enwrapped in Coils
BARBS LACERATE BODY
Horses Are Caught Just as
They Were About to Dash
Into a Ditch on Roadside

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. Bert
Laurence, a young farmer, was en-
wrapped in barbed wire this afternoon
and dragged for 800 feet by a team OF
runaway horses, sustaining injuries
from which he may die. A youth
named Tagg, the son Of a dairyman,
was driving the horses to a hayrake
in a field, when the animals became
frightened and ran away. They col
lided with a barbed wire fence after
having thrown Tagg out of the rake.
A great stretch of the wire was torn
off and became fastened to the rake
and when the runaway horses passed
near Laurence he stepped on the wire,
which Immediately coiled about him
like a snake. The horses then dashed
on toward a deep ditch, but Tagg sue
ceeded in heading them OFF and stop
ping them before they took the plunge.
Laurence's clothing was nearly torn
to shreds, while all over his body were
great, deep cuts from the barbs in the
wire and the sharp corners of the
stones in the field. 1t took several men
a quarter of an hour to free him from
the coils of the wire, which were tight
ened to such an extent that for while
it was feared that life was extinct