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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
GEORGE 1ENNox WATSON DEAD.
Famous Yacht Designer Died at
Glasgow Today.

GLASGOW, November l2.-George Len
nox Watson, the yacht designer, who has
for some time past been ILL., died at his
residence in this city this morning. His
condition was reported to be better yester-
dav hut in the night he suffered relapse
ora nassed away He was born In 1851.
Mr.. watson died of heart disease at 5:45
this morning.
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Commissioner Mcfarland on DUTY.

Commissioner mcfarland has recovered
from his recent indisposition sufficiently to
be at his desk at the District building to-
day. During the past few days he has
KEEP. closely to his residence and has at
tended to such important business matters
as demanded his immediate attention.
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French Chamber Approved Treaty.

PARIS. November 12-The chamber Of
deputies today. by an overwhelming ma
jority. approved Foreign Minister Del
cases declarations relative to the Anglo
French treaty on the subject of New Found
land. The vote insures the ratification OF
the treaty by large majority.
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Babcock,s Plurality 3s5.

MILWAUKEE, November 12.-An unot-
ficial canvass of the vote in the third con-
gressional district Of Wisconsin gives Rep
resentative John w. Babcock, republican.
a plurality Of 1856 over Herman 0rotophorst.
democrat.
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Pennsvlvania's Trial Trim.

! PHILADELPHIA. November 12.-The ar
mored cruiser Pennsylvania left Cramps
shipyard today for her official trial trip.
The speed test will be made over the gov
eminent course OF the coast of New Eng
land. Captain Faulkner Of Cramps, Is In
charge of the vessel.
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A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind Bleeding or Protrudina PLEA
Your druggist VIII refund money II PAZ0 ONT
MESr fails to cure you In Q to II days. soc.
0c%tu& iOlt-<
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Mr.. Hay to Remain in the Cabinet.

president Roosevelt late yesterday told a
party of newspaper correspondents that
John Hay, Secretary of State, would con-
unue as Secretary of State "up to the 4th
of March, 1907 This Is the first an
nouncement of the President as to a posi-
ton In his new cabinet AS to other ru-
mored appointments the President declined
to talk, and will, in fact do no talking
You may state positively" he said THAT
Mr.. Hay will continue as Secretary of
State up to the 4th of March, 1907
The knowledge that cabinet changes with
the new administratio ton. are inevitable has
stimulated scores of suggestions from puD-
.1c men in various parts of the country Ii
Is Understood that the President does not
welcome suggestions for cabinet places on
the same basis that he would proposals for
other federal Offices He believes that the
cabinet officers are. strictly speaking his
official family and that they should be
personal selections. The President may
often confer with public men and other
friends regarding some person in their home
state whom he is thinking Of asking their
advice as to the availability of the sugges-
uon. and in this way he will discuss in con-
hdence the subject. But otherwise he does
not welcome movements in behalf of this
man or that for the cabinet. If he desires
to ask about any man he has in mind for
cabinet place he will do so. but 1t is I'M
usual. even for cabinet officers, to suggest
or recommend this or that man for a cab
met place.
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Remembers His Friends.

President Roosevelt Is. of course greatly
gratifed and must know, as everybody
knows, that his victory is essentially a per-
sonal one, yet he does not for a moment
forget those who worked in his behalf and
never fails to generously acknowledge the
value of their services. An instance of this
may be mentioned in a visit of Assistant
Secretary Taylor of the Treasury. After
the usual fluctuations the President told
Mr.. Taylor he had been of great service in
SO carefully managing the Treasury De-
partment during the several months All
sence of Secretary Shaw, and that his nuh-
iished statements exposing the erroneous
charges of Judge Parker in reference to adj
ministration orders, the condition of the
to the campaign. Frankly and earnestly.
the President said: Taylor, you have rem
dered much good service. and I want to
thank you for it and have you know that
l appreciate it."
Mr. Taylor called at the White House to-
day with Ernest Timme. the auditor for the
state and other departments of the treas
ury, who has Just come back from Wiscon-
sin. Mr.. Timme has also done good work
In Wisconsin and the President thanked
him.
President Friend of Alaska.
J. w. Ivey Of Alaska paid his respects to
the President. Mr.. Ivey has been here at
every session Of Congress for a number of
gears working for legislation for that ter
ritory. THE President has been the best
friend we have had he said, land I am
sure will prove so during the coming ses-
sion OF Congress, when legislation for the
territory will be asked. We want a new
Judge, appropriations for some roads in the
territory and some additional lighthouses.
There are eleven lighthouses In course of
construction along the 1900 miles Of coast,
which Is Travelled a great deal by vessels,
and we ought to have four or five more, We
are badly in need Of roads to get food in to
the miners, and when this is given to US the
territory will develop SO rapidly as to sur
prise the world
Will Not Stop at Chicago.
1t was announced today at the White
House that the President. on his approach
ing trip to st. Louis, would make no stops
at other cities, either going or coming
The people of Chicago were preparing a
monster gathering and were arranging for
committee to come to Washington to ask
the President to stop there on his way to or
from st. Louis. He will not have the time
to do this.
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The New York Postmastership.

The appointment Of postmaster for
New York, to fill the vacancy caused by
the recent death of Postmaster Van Colt.
was taken up by the President today. He
was visited by Theodore E. Gilman, former
deputy controller of New York; F. H
wilson and George E. Graham. The friends
of Mr.. Gilman urged his appointment upon
the President and declared that no better
selection could be made. The President
knows Mr.. Gilman and regards him as a
good man, but whether he will decide to
appoint him is not known to any one. The
President will not appoint any one to the
position until he has conferred with some
of the New York leaders Governor Odell
Will be one of the men consulted He will
be in Washington Monday and will spend
some time at the White House with the
President.
Capt. F. Norton Goddard the New York
reformer. talked with the President today
about the New York office. Mr.. Goddard Is
not a candidate for the post office as has
been stated, but believes that the appoint
ment should go to Marcus NJ. Marks Mr.
Goddard also talked with the President
about the appointment of some assistant
inspectors of the steamboat inspection sery-
ice at New York
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AT THE White HOUSE
Outlook Favors the Reap
pointment of Mr.. Merritt.
VAN COLTS SUCCESSOR
POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT RE-
GARDING SECRETARY HAY.
The President Will Not Be Able to Stop
at Chicago While on His
Western Trip.
VAN COTT'S SUCCESSOR

AS already announced in The Star, Presl-
dent Roosevelt will take up in short time
the appointment of postmaster for WASH
ington He is undecided what he will do
and will reach no conclusion until the case
has been put before him, together with all
the papers, by Postmaster General Wynne
The outlook. however. as already indicated
in The Star, is that Postmaster Merritt will
be appointed to succeed himself. The Pres
ident, it Is said, has heard nothing against
the record of Postmaster Merritt, and will
be disinclined to make a change in the
office unless strong evidence can be pre-
scented to show that better man should
have the place, and there is no truth in the
story that he had told Senator Platt that
he would not appoint Mr.. Merritt In po-
litical support Mr.. Merritt is not deficient.
Senator Platt, who has proved consistent
political friend of the President, is warm
advocate of Mr.. Merritts reappointment,
and the President would be glad to do a
favor for his old New York friend if not in
antagonism to his obligations and Mr.. Mer-
ritt'S fitness for the office
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
FIeid
New Baii< Rule,

=Ag.u' ding 10 the decision & Pre-i
tent Whea.ey. the new ball ruIs
goes into effect today that is if the
n.aaastrs and captains f both teams
agree to the enforcement OF the rule.
President Whcatly is the only league
president WHO has put himself on
record as being against the new rules
and it seems to be a question whether
or not the new balk rule will be en-
reed in the Cotton States league
this season. Tht new rule is as fol
lows: , n,
Rule 81, Sec. IA ballI shall be
any motion made by the pitcher while
IN position to deliver the ball to the
bat without delivering it, or to throw
TO first base when occupied by
base runner without completing the
throw
Sec. 6. Holding CT the ball by the
pitcher SO long as, in the opinion OF
Continued on page ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
May Come to Arkansas.

Max F. Ihmsen, the special agent
and friend of VIM. R. Hearst, who
paid Arkansas visit a few months
ago, is again in the South, accom-
panied by Congressman Francis c.
Shober, the Tammany man. and it is
likely another visit will be made in
Arkansas in the interest of the
Hearst presidential candidacy, says
the Little Rock Gazette. It is said
that the Hearst boomers are anxious
t. enlist the co operation of Gov.
Davis in their effort to secure an in
structed delegation at the state con
vention in Hot Springs on June IA,
but thus far the governor has re-
Trained from publicly announcing his
intentions. Some of his closest pO-
litical friends are openly working for
Hearst, however
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
ARKANSAS MAN
Named as One of New Judges for
Indian Territory.

Washington. April 30.-AmCng the
last nominations sent to the senate
by the president We're four names for
the newly created federal judgeshlps
in the Indian Territory. They We're:
Thomas J. Dickerson Of Marion, Kan,
Tor the southern district: Louis Sulz-
bacher Kansas City, for the western
district; Thomas c. Humphreys of
South McAlester for the central dis.
trict, and William r. Lawrence Of
Illinois for the eastern district.
Judge Thomas c. Humphrey of
South McAlester. appointed to the
central district. being for the Choc-
taw nation of the five civilized tribes,
has for the past four years been
practicing law at South McAlester.
Judge Humphrey was bern at Maga-
zine, Logan county, Ark He grad
uated at the Louisville law school in
1879 and began at once the practice
of law in Arkansas. About two
months ago he appeared before the
committee on territories in the hoHse
Of representatives and delivered an
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02

Washington May 2.-The few Dem
tocratlc members remaining in Wash
ington, while admitting that the indi-
cations favor the nomination of Judge
Parker are inclined to believe that
the question may still be an open
one.
|, Realizing this fact, Senator Cor
sumo efforts in behalf of his candid
acy, which has kind of begged down
for some time past. 1t is reported
that Murray Vadivor, the Democratic
Estate chairman of Maryland, has en-
gagged sixteen rooms at the Southern
hotel in ST. Louis and will open Cor
:, man headqual ters. Undoubtedly the
reservations indicate something doing
tamcng the Marylande.s, as it is not
! to be supposed that the Maryland
/ delegation to the convention would
'occupy sixteen rooms at the current
! market quotations for rooms at st.
| Louis Just fCr sleeping purposes
! alone.
! Senator German it is generally un-
derstood will contest in. fiendly way
rwith Judge Parker for the nomina
tion. and with the expected dark
| horse fcC whom both candidates are
! looking. Senator German thinks that
the Hearst movement in the South
4, has been checked, and he is willing
to go into the convention and take
his chances as against Judge Parker.
The practice of securing instructet i
delegates which was being inauguar-
.ated by Mr. Hearst has been Stopped.
1t now looks as if a large proper in
# the delegates to the convention
will be uninstructed.
Up to this time delegates have been
elected in ten sta es and one terri
tory to the number of 266. and OF
that number 134 We're uninstIuctel.
:, Such big states as Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Oregon. Kansas and West Nlr-
sinia have declined TO instruct. 1t is
said that from now on efforts will be
renewed to withhold instructions.
Many of the prominent polite ans
'among the Democrats think it wou'f
be wise to Leave the convention as
free as possible, because un il the
leaders get to St. Louis, look Ovel
, the ground and sound the strength o
, the Bryan faction. they can hardly
, tell which way they may want t
turn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
BASEBALL NEWS.

While the showing made by the
local players in the series of games
With istst hcw- tne bat
ting gait expected of many of the
players, it will give the fans line
on some of the new men whose pre-
vious records with the stick and in
the field are not known. Tackleberry,
the latest acquisition at first base is
supposed to be utility man, and if
his batting keeps up like that in the
game of Saturday, he will be good
utility man all right. He leads the
team in the one game in which he
figures but Grubb is the real leader
in batting fer the series with Le-
Compte only one hit behind. The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
A Big BATCH OF BALLOTS
Miss Lottie Byrd Big Lead in City, and
Miss Kline in Country.

creases her long lead. Miss Easley
Roberts IF Wabbaseka polls a good
vote, and comes up TO second place.
On account Of the irregularity of the
mails, the vote in the country contest
is not closed until Monday, as some
Of the letters mailed containing April
coupons have not yet reached this
Office. The letters must bear a past
mark of date previous to May / in
order to be counted in the April count
The standing OF the contestants from
towns outside Of Pine Bluff is as fol-
lows:
Miss Hcllie Kline, Linwcod Il, POI
Miss Sadie Eilbctt, A!theimer :. 81
Miss Easley Roberts, Wab0aseka G7
Miss Mary Hull Swan Lake. >
Miss Kate Watson, Tucker. l
Some of the candidates are new at
work in earnest securing votes, and
the interest in the contests is increas-
ing. Any candidate can win many
votes by securing new subscribers and
by getting present subscribers 10 e.
new for three months, six months or
a year. Some Of the candidates are
doing this, and they are getting votes
fast
It should not be forgotten that
there is is only a month and a halt
more till the contests close. over halt
the time having elapsed, hence the
candidates and their friends shoul,
bestir themselves the remainder o
E! the time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02

President S. c. Alexander of the
local board of trade has appointed the
following committee to go to Memphis
to appear before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, May H. to assist
the Cotton Belt in their fight on the
Memphis Freight Bureau: Fred Fox
p p Byrd A. w. Num- and j. b.
York.
Messrs. W. H. Langford, P. p. Byrd,
F. G.. Howell, Isaac YreyfuS,
II. N. Atwood and S. c. Alexander,
Jr.. have been appointed committee
to accept the invitation Of the Little
Rock board of trade in the entertain
ment of the Rock Island officials in
Little Rock, May g.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02

able a.ldross H. ta4e1. of Joint state
hood for Oklahoma All lnd5an Terri
t9Hy. Judge Humphrey Is - y-ars j
age ane has seven children. One son
,e"Fed sallanjly III tAe army in tAe
Philippines. Judee Humphreys wife
ones ot an olu ard ui2h.y respected
family Of South taolina H Was in
do.-ed By all t.=e attorneys Of his
judicial district acUdius tie other
tni.>d states judges in The same dis
lict. Wti." being strong par y
maa. he Is nor Il prejalj"ed parti-an
ami some of his strong st personal
friends anl supporters are OF tho or.
Z -ite political parts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02

In the April count in tne Graphic 5
worlds fair contest. Miss Lottie Byrd
takes the lead again in the city by
over thousand votes on her nearest
competitor. The votes cast fcT Miss
Byrd Saturday were 1,7S4. Miss
Gertrude Dodds drops back to second
place in the race with total of 1,175
and Miss Mamie Bone climbs up the
ladder into third place with total of
6S9. Much interest is being mani
tested in the contest by the friends
of the contestants in the city and the
result of the race is not yet deter
mined.
The standing of the contestants cn
the count of ballots cast before p.
n. Saturday is as follows:
I,kA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
Z. DAVIDSON GOES
TO F4OT SPRlNGe.

:. /. D4s53,l.n= A4z=f4s .244d hi ra-
sa5ia1 as ave. Using solicitor for the
Graphic 10 accept & similar positions
with tie News al Hot Spring. aud
"a moved with MS f5ntly from this
ely t. Het Spring. III. Davidson has
been a34@rtisins sojici q for tie
Graphic fos about taur months ard
has made for him2 If 4 splendid repu-
tation as az aGNert.7 ment ..geuer.e
He ;ve1 ii Pine Bluff about two years
AID was formerly on The editorial
.=af Of this paper. He became very
I9HuIar during his stay in Pine Bluff.
a;td has many friends Wha' wish him
success in his new position.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
Only Eight Senators for Davis.

A political statistician has made up
a list Of members of the next state
senate with reference to their pre-
dilictiCn toward the head of the
states executive department. The
figures show that of the thirty five
senators, tWenty-seven are classed as
aAti-Davis and eight as prc-Dayls,
says the Little Rock Gazette. No
definite ascertainment has been made
as to the alignment of members Lf
he house, but il is said that the anti
Davis contingent will be in the ma
jority III that body. The significance
OF these apparent facts is interesting
in that it is construed quite gerea!iy
to mean that the governor Will again
be unable tc accomplish his great de-
sire to vest the management Of the
penitentiary in a beard similar to
that which has control of the ctafit-
able institutions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
DR.. JORDAN'S THANKS
To Prot. Svnloss and Othe' for Con-
tributlnp to Field Day.


MI J, G. Sehlrss, who got up the
list of pIizes for the public school
field day exercises, which are to oc-
cur next Friday, has received the fol
lowing letter Of thanks:
My Dear Sir: am in receip- OF
your kind letter Of the 2Sth inst en-
closing list Of prizes, generously given
for thc field day sp..ts of the school
children, by the patrons, merchants
and citizens Of our city. It is splen-
did list and in behalf the children
of the public schools, | wish to thank
you most sincerely for the labor,
trouble, patience and eminent kind
ness on your part fer doing so much
Ia the interests Of cur schools, and
| wish also in this behalf to express
my grateful acknowledgements to the
commercial houses for their ready,
hearty and generous response to your
requests. These good people have
inspired an interest in our exercises
and | am sure have made it possible
for the pupils of cur shoots to have a
most happy day. enshrined IN their
hearts on the precious and ever
cheering memory.
Again thanking you anI our friends
| for your kind and ready and generous
response, | have the honor to be
yours sincerely,
JUNIJS JORDAN,
Cf,rnrin endant of Shoots
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
70 FIGHT CR0CER5
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER NOT SAT-
iSFlE0 WITH SUPPLY
&C COAL Oil
But Is oate9 Il Engage N Retail
lroeery Business in Every
PLANS NV BEING PERFECTED.

New ~ aio4 IA number of
retail gI5eafs, Wa lett d1re u attend
lac meeting of the National -z5> d
ii0n OF Retail Greeaes wera=f deeply
Interested In Tie rsbort Hat the
Standard Oil company is planning to
go into the retail grocery business on
large scale and has already organ
ized in some of the states. Several
OF diem said that the matter of how
TO meet this competition would cer-
tainly be taken up during the meeting
at San Francisco this week. 1t is evil
dent thai Nh Rockefeller intends to
treat the retail grocers of America
in the same way in which he treated
the independent oil dealers, and the
ROGERS remember what happened to
the Gil dealers because they were un-
organized. realizing the Importance
of resisting the Standard Oil company
in a body.
ct may seem a hopeless fight for
us to dare oppose the plans of the
most powerful corporation in the
world. but there is nothing else left
for us to do and as | am sure that we
will have the sympathy and cc'opera-
ton of the public it may be that
this INSCRIPTIONS corporation may
meet Its Waterloo in the fight with us.
Anyway, We will fight to the last
ditch and the Standard Oil people will
have hard fight before they succeed
in downing us. This plan of the
Standard Oil people, coming ON the
eve of our national meeting, will
awaken unusual interest in the pro-
ceedings of the next few days
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02

Z - q tA#4f#=t - L y t
Is.
sfBYoHA4&E CAUSE OF 9Ehrl+

Ii8t ~9Fflz MIS- f
U5e,I5 IN NJ. t9Ht= tu
W. bHoa#a8 t. Ushe Sea. Hs-4=. il.
#aHeg aa44e# bflaF thn
4IHe2-iu aH ta4a ~t tRa t)#- d-4a-
Az@~ Atia Faeho After h-at.Fe tl
testimony HE jury expressed thr ~.
I5ef tbatz.a. eirl's aeah was ea8ea
by poison administered b. heI=bre,I
e.nl law ia mas Carer
AdyIce9 faom Eishtfoot Spring
state that Garner has not yet bee.
.approhended It is supposed that II,
has fled Much indignation exists i.
the vicinity, and there is talk Of mob
bing Garner if he can be found
The principal testimony before th.
coroners jury was given by Eff
Tucker, the 14-year-old sister of th'
dead girl She testified that Their
had been an intimacy between Garne
and her sister, and that upon one oc
CaSicm Garner had tried to assaul
witness while she was gathering egg
in the barn She also avcrred tina
Garner threatened to kill her if sh
revealed the relations between hin
and Ada Tucker.
The evidence tends to show tina
Ada Tucker was poisoned with stryct
nine. She was daughter Of B. i
Tucker, farmer near LiXhtfol
Springs, while Garner, whose wife
also a daughter of Tucker, was
neighbcr. Every effort is bein
made to apprehend Garner. The dea
girl was Is years Of age.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-05-02
Mr.. SLiGH RESIGNS.

Mr., N. 3. Sligh has resigned his
position as cashier of the Simmons
National bank DR. T. OrtO, the presi.
dent of the bank. will act in the a
pacity of cashier until a successor to
Mr.. Sligh is appointed.