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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
NOT FOR JEFF DAVIS
Hon. Geo. F. Cnapline Renounces Jeff
and Announces for Wood.

The Commercial Appeal of this
morning contains the following newsy
item:
Hon. Geo. F. Chapline Of Claren-
reelection as representative from
Monroe county was in Little Rock to.
day. He requested the Commercial
Appeal correspondent to state that he
was very much surprised on arriving
in Little Rock to learn that a report
was IN general circulation that he es-
poused the cause of Governor Jeff Da-
Wis in the recent Democratic primary
In Monroe county. He says there is
not word cf truth in the report, but.
to the contrary, he openly advocated
the nomination Of Judge Carroll D.
Wood for governor. and that it is his
determination tc' run for speaker of
the next house of representatives on
that PLATFORM y
There is nothing like going away
from home to get news Friend Geo.
ought to have treated bis home papers
better than giving this SCOOP to the
city papers. While we did not hear
OF him espcusins the cause of Jeff Da-
Wis in the campaign we also did net
hear that heapenly advocated the nom.
This charging up from Davis to
nation Of Carroll D. Wood.
Wood is getting to be a common thing
| these days.-Brinkley Argus.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF
Stranger in Fort Smith Used a Broken
Spoon as Weapon.

Fort Smith, Jan. 26.-Sunday night
Joe Snodgrass, a rather nice appear
Smith, attempted TO commit suicide in
the city Jail by gashing at his throat
with a piece of broken spoon. He was
demented ana during Sunday afternoon
approached one cf the police officers
and said he was a desperate who was
Badly wanted and that he had been
=@cu'ing foH four years. He said he
was tried, sleepy and hungry and want
ed to be locked up. He was placed in
iail and during the night broke a tin
sncon II two and gashed himself ter
rihly before his imprcVised weapon
could be taken from him. II was found
neces 3ary to stitch the wound up.
From th1 rawlings O. Sno5grass it
would seem that he is charged with
sme crime. He keeps asserting that
he is not guilty, and repeats the names
of half dozen men who he says have
plotted to have his neck broken on a
false charge. He also says that he has
relatives residing in Van Buren and
in Mulberry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
CANDIDATES AT
SUUPHER SPRINGS

The candidates spoke Saturday af
ternccn at Sulphur Springs returning
on the afternoon train. A good crowd
of voters was present to listen to the
speaking despite the inclement wealth
er. The usual handshaking and speech
making were the features If the day
especial interest beng centered in
the races for county judge and county
clerk. All the candidates were pres
ent to look after their individual in
terests. The candidates will speak
tonight at Ladd's Mill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
Ground Frozen and Ice Formed or She
Pools-Preceded by Disagree
TMpERATURE AT OTHER PLACES
able SIeet,

When the cold wave report was sen&
out by the weather man a few days
age only few people believed that
cello weather would really come, but
when they had 10 break the ice in the
water pitchers this morning even the
most skeptical We're convinced. Wint-
er= is not gone by any means and the
thermometer registered twenty de-
grees below the freezing point II
Was the coolest day of The winter if
twelve degrees above zero Is taken as
the minimum.
The cold weather has turned the
muddy streets and stanuing pools Of
water into ice. The switches along the
railroad tracks were all frozen mp and
had to be turned with a pick ana
shovel. OvewoatS that have been
rather burdenscmc during the month
past are now most welcome compan-
ions and the fellow who pawned his
top coat thinking winter was ever is
sorry. AT last there is some real
winter in Pine Bluff.
There was a disagreeable sleet fall
ing early last night which drove every
body and everything animate to shell
ter.
Bitter cold weather is reported in
all parts of the country, the lowest
temperature yesterday morning being
thirty-four degrees below zero at Bis
mark, n. D., while the higest was
seventy degrees at Los Angeles, Cal.
A low pressure is central about Abi-
lene, Texas, and oyellies the west gulf
cast states and the lower Mississippi
valley. High pressure of considerable
intensity is central about Bismark and
embraces the northern and central sec
tiGns of the country; high preSsue also
oyeries the Pacific northwest, and a.
third high pressure overles the New
England and the Atlantic coast states.
Decidedly colder weather, the coldest
Of the season, extends over the moth
ern and central sections II the coun-
try whore the temperature ranges
from thirty four degrees below zero at
Bismark, to zero in southern Kansas
and central Missouri
The weather bulletin says it will be
warmer Wednesday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
TWO BIG MORTGAGES SATISFIED

Two very interesting chattle mort
cages have recent'... been satisfied in
the circuit clerks Office. One was
given October 26, 1908, for $50, 1860
on 1000 head of cattle which were fed
at the oil mill. The mortgage was
given by j. A. Livingston and J. M.
Livingston of Texas to the Drumm
Commission company. The other
mortgage is for s16,430S9, and was
given to the same company by O'Con-
ner and Baldridge Of Fort Worth, Tex.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
ANOTHER LIE NAILED
Judge Wood Never Voted Any But
Democratic Ticket.

A gentleman who lives at Hope has
written to Judge Wood letter in
which he says:
81 have seen a letter from Jeff Davis
for Myers and Rummel against him in
the general election, and also that you
admit on the stump that you did not
vote for him. Please let me know if
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
ELECTION OFFICERS
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES ON
FEBRUARY d.
Subcommittee Completes Its Work
and Everything Ready for the
Battle Of the Ballots.
THE OFFICIAL BALLOT APPROVED

The subcommittee of the Democrat.
ic central committee appointed to Sc
lect judges of election fer the Demo-
cratic primaries for county Offices to
day.
The meeting was called to order and
]. A. Clement elected chairman and
j. w. Crawford secretary, There were
present J. A. Clement, j. w. Crawford,
B. F. Hooker, L. V. Bogy and w. J..
Shelby. The instructions of the Dem.
ocratic centrol committee We're read.
The official ballet was considered and
ordered printed The following cffi-
GERS of election were appointed:
Barraque township-Judge for Red
field, M. NJ. Pickett, j. A. Cober, J. NJ
Smith; judges for Kearney, Sidney
Hewitt, P. H. Brown. j. B. Webster.
Bolivar township-Judges w. Il.
Hamilton, G. r. eagle, r. P. Kelley.
Bogy township-Judge J. Farley, j.
n. Williams, w. B. Wallace
Dudley Lake-Judges, J. w Tucker,
Charley Hosley, w. P M2tes.
Huntington tcwnship-Judges J. G.
Roberts, J. C. Adams, J. P. Weldon.
Pastoria township-Judges James
Ford, A. B. Shadrick, B. M. Kerlin.
Melton toWnship-Judges James
Rogers, John J. Hooker, J. H. knight.
Niven ownship-Judges, A. H. Ores
ham, J. w. Scott. Charles Reagan
Plum Bayou township-Judges for
Altheimer, w. C. Garrett, J. P. Walt,
J. S. Barraque; judges fer Sheriff., ].
M. Barrett, James Mitchell, w. l.
Payne.
Jefferson township-Judges Ar
thur Mccoy, Dave W. Holly, James
Piper.
Roberts township-Judge M. F.
Mobiles, William Murphey, F. NJ. o.
Nell.
Richland ownship-Judges, P. G.
Galloway. G. c. Countz, B. F. Adams.
Spring township-Judges Gus Petty,
Ben Watson, D. |. Spires
Talladega township-Judge Tom
Gulledge, M. A. Hudson, Bill johnson.
Victoria tcwnship-Judges, c. +.
Gould, Floyd Jarvis, Lee Head.
Old River towns hip-JuGges. A. B.
Jones, H. NJ. Hammick, W. B. Powell
Villemont township-Judges L. j
Miller W. H. Hardister. J. D. Brant
Vaugine township-Judges L. e.
Meade, w. H. Simpson, E. A. Hensley
Whiteville township-Judges r. p
Blackwell, M. w. McLendon, John Ea-
ton.
Washington township-Judges, Will
Evans, c. c. Monk, Sam Campbell.
City CT Pine Bluff-First ward
judges, S. G. Seabrook. H. c. Cleve-
land, A. A. Harper.
Second ward-Judges, Will Nichol,
Major Mead. Calvin Burks.
Third ward-Judges, Ed Howell,
Drew White, Sam Russell
Fourth ward-Judges, U. w. Poss,
w. ]. Shapherd. w. A. Tarver.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
-OUR SALE AT TIE
GRAND LEADER TOMORROW

Morning-From 10 to II o'clock, .f..
dies shirt waists knitted underwear
flannel skirts and corsests.
AfternOOn-From 8 to O'Clock,
tailor made suits, wraps, ribbons, kid
gloves and lace curtains.
THE J. Fl. EDDINS d. G.. CO.,
209 and 211 West Second ave.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
NEW CHURCH BUILDING.

The Landmark Baptists have raised
about $1,000 for the building fund Of
their new church, says the England
Courier. The site on which to build
has been donated, the timbers are be-
ing sawed, so it will be but a short
time until the building will commence
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
COL. MURPHY INVITED,

Col. George ". Murphy CT Little
Rock has been invited to address the
day night and it is thought he will ac-
eept the irritation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
ENGLAND.

England, Ark. Jan 26.-Miss Alma
Swain returned to school al Ouchita
college at ArhadelDhia Monday She
had been detained at home since Christ
mas holidays Oh account of sickness -
family
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
HOTEL NEWS.

Frcm all indications all ever this
great and free republic there will be
less freedom in country hotels now
onward and hencefOrth The free
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26

Miss Maude Hadgens visited in Lit
tie Rock Saturday and Sunday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26

The propretofs faee often tells the
story Of a losing business more plainly
than does the register OF a rotunda
filed With half loafers and half pa-
irons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
sample ro IN, free bus. etc. will soon
be relegated 10 history.

The commercial traveller or patent
medicine Nender who sticks posters
advertising his business upon the fur
nitre and walls Of hotel has Il
strange ca CT human nature. The
sane, sensible man should, and prob
ably does, consider this impudent and
absurd practice sufficient cause to boy
eott bC;h the nsan ard the goods thus
advertised. Il nead Hol be said that
such a pers@ should hc rau uut of the
h0toj at any cost
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
Annie Marie, daughter of Reid Cur
SON. editor Of the Courier is quite sick

-Ai-iilS %'ieti ~. VIZ itol.'N VI IL III VI
son, editor Of the Coulier. is quite sick.
The attendance at the public school
here las greatly increased making it
necessary for the employment of an
other teacher and the dividing f the
primary room. Half CT this room will
hold its session in the Sunday school
room of the NJ. e. church until arrange
ments can be comelpted for erecting of
a more cCznm0dieus school building.
a religious wave has swept over
England, and many have been convert
ed during a series of meetings at the
First Baptist church, which closed last
Sunday evening. There were twenty
six additions, twenty-five Of whom were
baptized Sunday afternoon by Rev. u.
J. a. Mckinney, pastor. At the NJ. T..
church, South, there were thiIty-eight
additions Sunday, twenty-five at morn
ing service and sixteen at night Sev-
en- We're baptized at the evening ser
vice
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26

Sam P Price Of II tie Rocl, visited
friends in England Sunday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-26
LIVES ALL ARE LOST SCO0TED AS USUAL
JEFF SPOKE AND RAN AWAY AT
MULBERRY. BUT FEW FOL
LOWED.

Davis Made an Effort to Defend Ills
Pardon Record including pomp
Brown Case.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE.
Colorado Flyer Crashes Into the Accommoda'
ton--Tramp Killed.

Kansas City, Mo-, (SpeciaD.-By
the headon collision of two Missouri
Pacific passenger trains near Mastin,
n miles south of Kansas City, one
person has been killed and 10 have
been injured, most of the latter being
passengers. The trains were No. I
the Colorado Flyer, westbound, and
No 80, a Hoisington, Kan, accommo-
dation train eastbOunI.
Both trains were behind their sChed
ule and were trying to make up time.
No 80 had orders to take siding at
Mastin, but had not reached that sta
ton, and was met on culvert a mile
beyond Mastin by the flyer Both en-
gines were demolished. The day
coach on the accommodation train
was telescoped, as was the mail car on
the flyer. All the cars of both trains
were thrown from the track and the
track and roadbed completely wreck
ed.
A relief train was sent from Kansas
City with q dozen physicians. Some
OF the injured were made comfortable
at Mastin, and others were brought
to Kansas CITY.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
Postmaster Upheld.

Justice Brown delivered the opinion
of the United States Supreme Court
in the case of the Public Clearing
house VS.. F. T. Coyne. postmaster OF
Chicago. The case was brought to
enjoin the enforcement Of fraud or
der prohibiting the delivery of mail
matter addressed TO the clearinghouse,
which has a cooperative scheme by
which it promised large returns to
subscribers. They were required to
pay So cash and ST per month for 90
months, with the promise of large
returns at the end OF that time. The
court held that the Postmaster Gener-
al had not exceeded his authority in
issuing the order saying that the sue
cess of the enterprise depended OH
getting a constantly increasing num-
Der of subscribers, with the certain
ty that those who held on to the last
would lose their money. 1t therefore,
said the court, lacked every element
of legitimate enterprise, and its mail
was properly withheld in the protec-
ton of the public. Justice Peckham
dissented.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
JEALOUSY PROMPTS TRAGEDY.
Married Man Killed Woman and
Blew Out His Brains.

Pittsburg, Pa, (SpecialN - Shortly
before daylight Irwin Wise, me.
chanica engineer, shot Katie Graft
through the heart, instantly killing her
and then turned his revolver on him,
self, sending another bullet into his
own heart and ending his life almost
instantly. The shooting occurred al
the clearinghouse at 300 St. Mary's
court, Allegheny, of which the Cran
woman was proprietresS. Nd one wit
messed the murder and suicide. but
when the police arrived they arrested
three young women, who were asleep
in the house at the time, and held then
as witnesses.
The motive for the double crime is
at present unknown, but as Wise had
been paying attention to the Graz
woman for some time IT IS believed
to have been jealousy
That the crime was premcCltated Il
shown by a message foun1 on the
union card discovered in Wise's pocket
The card reads:
"Mv name is Irwin Wise Notify
nv mother, Mrs. R. Wise, Lcwisbrrg
Union county. Pa"
Wise was married and had one son
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
To Save China Whole.

No matter how the war in the Far
East may eventually result, the
United States government intends
to insist upon the integrity OF the
Chinese Empire.
This fact was learned from the
best of official authority.
For some time there has been a
feeling in official circles that Euro
pean powers were planning to seize
parts of China at the termination OF
the war between Russia and Japan,
and that no matter which won, plans
were being laid by outside countries
to take slices of China, as was the
case of the end of the Japan-China
war. All of the now powerful inf
emo Of the United States will be
used to prevent such grasping pol
iry. and there is every reason to be-
lieve that if Japan is victorious she
will work in harmony with the
United States to save China.
Should Russia be victorious the sit@
uation would be more complicated,
but even so, the State Department
would hope to save China, with the
possible exception of being forced to
recognize the. special Russian inter
ests and domination in Manchuria.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
CATASTROPHE In PEORIA
A Large Distillery and Stock Yards
Burned.
DEATH in BLAZING WHISKEY.
Ten Men Crushed Beneath Burning Ruins and
Over Three Thousand Cattle Are Suffocated
and Slowly Roasted to Death-Thirty
Thousand Barrels of Whisky Burst Immedi.
ately Into Flame.

Peoria, ILL.,, (SpeciaD An explo-
sion which occurred in the eleven
story warehouse of the Corning Dis
tillery, the second largest in the
world. completely wrecked the build
ing. The ruins Immediately took fire
and communicated to three adjoining
buildings, burning them to the ground.
Ten men were buried beneath the
ruins and burned to death and six
others were seriously injured. The
loss on buildings and whisky and
spirits stored will approximate ST.
100000, The FIRE spread to the Stock
Yards district, where dozen large
cattle oarns, filled with cattle for
market, were burned.
The cause of the explosion cannot
yet be determined.
The widest excitemen prevailed al
ter the explosion, the immense plant
was surrounded by thousands OF peo-
pie, who, however, were unable to
get close TO the structure on account
of the intense heat
The warehouse, containing IN the
neighborhood of 10000 barrels OF
whisky, was instantaneously seeth-
ing caldron, and it was seen that no
one inside the big structure could
escape The warehouse in crushing
the smaller structure nearby. set that
on fire. and the whiskey from the
bursting barrels flooded everything
in that section. Large streams ran
down grade toward the river, and IN
a short time there was foot of whls-
XIV in the cattle pens, east OF the
warehouse, where 5000 steers were
chained fast. Their distress lasted
but few moments, however, tor they
were soon roasted to death or suffo-
Gated.
They were the property of Dood
& Kiefer, of Chicago. 1t is lmpos-
sible to compute their loss, but it
will amount to thousands OF dollars.
The two fermenting houses were
speedily food for the flames. They
are two structures of good dimensions
and both of them were practically de-
stroyed .,
The fremen got near the fire with
difficulty, and the water had little or
no effect. A high wind was blowing
and famed the flames in the direction
OF the Monarch Distillery, and tor
time it was feared that the fire would
sweep along the entire river bank.
However, the heroic work of the. fire
men began to tell, and at 7 o'clock the
fire seemed under control, with no
likelihood of further spread.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
Presidents Plans.

While only tentative arrangements
have been made for the Presidents So
journ during the summer at Oyster
Bay, it has been decided that he will
leave Washington for his summer
home on the morning of Saturday,
July e. He has decided to receive his
notification of the nomination at OyS-
ter Bay The date will depend very
largely on the desires of the men,
bers of the notification committee.
1t probably will be early in July. II
is expected that the President will re.
turn to Washington in the last week
of July, to remain here until about the
middle of August, when he will re.
turn to Oyester Bay for perhaps
When he returns to Wash
ington, in September, he will re.
main here until election day, going
then to Oyster Bay to cast his vote
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
PRISONER SHOT DEAD.
Tried to Throw Captor Into River and was
Killed.

Minneapolis, MINI. - Especial
Two military prisoners at Fort Smell
ing made an attempt to escape and
one of them, Tony Wisch, was shot
dead by Private Kennedy. Private
Reilly, who managed to get to cover,
was retaken later.
The men had escaped from the
sentinels while at work and had
crossed on the bridge leading to St.
Paul. Reilly was retaken and led the
way to a saloon where Wisch was
found. The party started back across
the bridge to the fort, and when in
the middle the prisoners tried to
throw Kennedy over the run into the
river below. Kennedy thereupon shot
Wiscli, who lived only two minutes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
Overcome By Perfume.

New York Specialists fremen
were overcome here by the fumes of
perfumery while fighting fire in
building in Duane street in which
Lazell, Daley & Co., manufactures
of perfumes, occupied the fifth floor.
Several carbons of perfumery were
broken open during the fire. The
LIQUID ran over the floor and into the
flames. producing fumes so over
towering that the fremen were re-
peatedly driven away by them. Their
comrades carried them to safety, and
under treatment by a hospital sur
geon they all recovered.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
Read.0n Collision.

Kansas City, Mo. (SpeciaD.-Nine
persons are reported to have been
killed and many injured in a collls-
ion of passenger trains on the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad, near Martin
CITY. fifteen miles south of Kansas
CITY. The trains, which met head
on. were the westbound Colorado
limited No. and the eastbound Hoi-
sington (kan.) accommodation No.
36. A message received by Mis-
souri, Pacific officials here ordered
them to send a relief train as soon
as possible and to get all the sur
geons obtainable, from which it is
inferred that many passengers were
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
West Was a Good Marrier.

Washington, D. c. (-Speclal).--
Officials OF the pension office have
been considering the case of an ap-
olicant for government aid who has
the most extraordinary matrimonial
career, according to his own account,
of any man who has ever applied for
a pension. The man is Peter West
a veteran of the Seventh Ohio Caval-
ry. He has been married ten times,
and to do so has beer. compelled to
divorce himself eight times.
Commissioner Ware recognized in
the much married West comrade OF
the Civil War.
West was born in Prussia and is
6, years old. In his application for
a pension he gives the list OF his
wives, the last one of whom is still
living.