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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29


trance from Pinnacle rock on the west
to the opposite shore is barely 800
yards, while the three fathon channel
at its narrowest is not more than 500
out somewhat, and between the end OF
the Tigers Tair' and the entrance to
the basin there is a width Of 430 yards.
Even this makes 1t difficult task for
any vessel over 300 feet In length TO en-
ter or leave either the harbor or basin.
This was shown just before the out
break of the war when the Russian
feet was mobilized and taken from the
inner harbor into the roads. The opera
ton took the greater part Of three days.
The basin or east port was excavated
primarily by the Chinese, as was also
the dry dock cut In its northern side. 1t
has an average depth Of twenty ono
feet and can accommodate nearly doz-
en- large vessels. The western end IL
devoted exclusively TO torpedo craft,
though a dock for these small boats Is
being built on the eastern side.
The dry dock repaired and enlarged
by the Russians, is 452 feet over all,
$40 feet over blocks, 90 feet wide at
the entrance and has depth on the sill
at high water in ordinary springtdes
Of 81 feet On the Tigers Tail' are
placed seven Canet 55-inch quick firers
in an open battery at an elevation Of
not more than ten feet above the wa
ter level
Ships moored in the inner harbor can
lie in perfect safety, and It Is doubt
ful II the dock yard could be damaged
by high angle fire. The works and ar
senai lie SO closely under the Kwang-
chin hill that any projeetiles SO di-
rected would probably range Ear into
| the town at the back.
| Port Arthur or Lushunk 'ow, was for
merly only small fishing village until
II was selected by Ii Hung Chang,
under advice Of German engineers, for
naval station 10 defend Peiho and
Peking. In 1894, however. It was cap
tured by the Japanese, and the treaty
Of simonoseki provided for its ces-
sion to Japan, with the whole southern
coast of Manchuria from the Laau river
to the Yniu, but Russia. France and
Germany intervened and Induced Japan
I 70 relinquish the tssytsory fus ths sgsS
n 49Q4 goo taehs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
STOCkMEN'S EXCURSION
ToDENVER


On account of the annual CONVEX
ton al the National Live Stock asso-
citation and National Wool Growers
association to be held at Denver, Colo
rado. beginning January 10, 1905. the
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
company C"The Denver Roado an
nounces a rate of one fare plus s.
for the round trip, applicable to all
points in Texas Tickets will be sold
, January {, s and 9; will be good for
Jreturn until January 81, and holders
will be allowed stopover privileges on
the going trip at and north of Pueblo
within the final limit,
AS many matters of vast importance
to live stock interests are to receive
attention in these conventions an nm
usually large attendance is expected
from all sections and it goes without
saying that Texas will, in all re-
poets be we'll represented.
Those interested who may desire
further information regarding trans
portation arrangements or wish to re
serve sleeping car accommodations
etc, in advance, should address Mr.
A. A. Glisson, G. P. A, "The Denver
Road" at Fort Worth
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29

How the RuN&ian Stronghold In Man-
chnria Ia Fortfhed-Miies of Gums
Line the Entrnnce--Gap@esty OF the
Inner HarboE.
In the news reports from the seat q
war in the far east frequent Ilcntjou
has been made of the "Tiaer'a Ian
which perhaps has mystited taH..y wilt
are not familiar with the geographical
features Of the great KuSsiau strong
hold in Manchuria. Port Artnur =
which the Russian fleet has been hiocb
AIDED by the japanese
Port Arthur harber is formed by an
oval inlet Of the sea about two miles
long from east 10 west and mile from
north TO south. 1t is surrounded by
hills and its sole entrance On tae south
ern side Is by narrow channel guard
ed at the southwestern end by couple
of dangerous reefs. Il is We'll protect.
ed from storms by q narrow spit q
rocky land known as the Tigers Tail,
which runs dlagonai1y across It's north.
ern extremity.
The high bluffs CD each side OF the
narrow entrance are strongly fortified.
the Golden bill forts ON the eastern
shore having the greatest elevation
The main fort on Golden hlu is $40 feet
above sea level, and il Is lanked on et.
ther side by two smaller forts, that
nearest the channel being 90 feet
above the water while it's companion
to the east Is 40 higher. on the west
side of the channel is a laree fortitiea
ton with an elevation OF lis feet. while
alons the shore is string of smaller
fortidcations reaching up 10 the TT.
gers Tail. These close TO the shore
command the sea
Near the tip Of the tail is another big
fort the guns of which have a straight
sweep down the channel to the entrance
of the harbor On the north side of the
harbor is another string of fortifica-
lions. while the whole eastern shore
above Golden hill bristles with guns.
III one of the forts on the west bank
is q relic Of the Chinese war of lS4495
1t Is a gun with q perforated shield.
The hole was made by a Japanese gun
during the siege which resulted in the
fall of Port Arthur until then consid-
cred iNrreansl9le
The approach to Che haraor and basin
is very narrow The width of the en-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
.ders;Gned by virtue of an order Of
the jefferson probate court rendered
on the 10th day of December, 1901.
Will on Tuesday, January >, 1903,
between the hours prescribed by law
for judicial sales. offer for sale in the
store house lately occupied by Wiley
Jones. deceased. No. 207 South Main
street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. all Of the
goods. wares and merchandise, furnl-
Iture and fixtures of every kind and
description, now contained in the said
building. and at such time and place
Will also expose for sale all OF the
warehouse receipts belonging to the
said Wiley Jones for whisky held IN
bond, and at the same place and time
will offer for sale all of the horses,
mules, cattle. buaeies, wagons and
harness of every kind and description
belonging to the said Wiley Jones, IN
his life time, excepting alone four
horses, specially reserved from such
sale
Sale will be made at public outcry,
ccods to be sold to the highest and
best bidder upon a credit of three
months, purchaser or purchasers TO
execute note or bond with approved
personal security, and deferred pay
ments to bear interest at eight per
cent per annum from date until paid.
A lease upon the store room lately
occupied by said Wiley Jones, No.
207 South Main street, will be entered
into with the purchaser of the bulk OF
said goods and fixtures for the term
Of the administration, upon satisfac
tory terms Said terms will be stat
ed publicly before the bidding com,
mences
An itemized list of said property
appears in full in the Office Of the
clerk of the probate court of Jefferson
county, Arkansas, subject to inspec
! ton. and further information can be
obtained from the undersigned, or
from the attorneys of the estate
White & Altheimer
JAMES JONES,
Admr. Estate of Wiley Jones, Decd
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 20. 1904.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of The stock.
holders of the Pine Bluff Brick eom
many will be held at the company
office between the hours of / and :
O'Clock p. IN. on Tuesday, the ION
dav Of January. 1905. for the purpose
of electing directors for the cnsuin2
wear and for the transaction of such
OF her business as may come before
them,
G. BREWSTER, Secy.
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 16, 1901.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The animal meetiu4 ot .de sroeE
holders of tGe ]. b. Sfoef- company
viii be held in their atiic" il thn eitf
of Pine Bluff. MoHday January ;
1905. for the =purpoze# OF e6ectin9 di
roctars for the ensuing year and [
transact any other business tAat may
nronerly come before said meeting.
w ~ BYRD. Secy.
Pine Bluff. Ark., Dec. T., 19at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual moef5aa stock
ho1lsas#ef lie Pcofeez SaEsrs BANK
and Trust company MI ID helG Il
the directors, rouIn # said haaI upoH
Nongsaz. January = f4e.. Htt#eea he
hours of a. m. aHf q r.. ~ faa tHe
purpose - e1eefiu4 directors aH3 th#
faHsaet aa=a =af=zaeh# other aasaar-s as
may eamg before tha4
H. 4. Mccoy. s. #r1&-.
Piue B3pff Ark. Dec y l80I
10
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The two1-yatath es2u.ag anaua
Meeting of The stoeEho3re- of tho
Merchants aaa Planter Haab of Pine
'lHff, Arkansas for ttaa- .eea5Ha Of y
rectore 10 eerye log the .Hsa5ts yeaz
and fee the .ran~ae1aa IF AIRY u9~l
ross fbar maz mo@.a.s come before
thrH1,= =#e.I ae=ae.d .st=aae' e'feaHaz# #as Tire
as oeialtuu. il a, e5ty ot P#ae B.uG
Monday Jaadtr> Ian1. Geaaeeu aas
hours -4f -e-e-oca a. NJ. aud T.
O'Clock ouou.
4 IT, FOSTER east hiar.
re EiUU aIa. DeosUaec= = f90l--
j9
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The second annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Simmons
National Bank will he held II
the directors room Of he said
bank upon Thursday, January II
1908. between the hours ot 8 a. m
and 3 p. M. for the purpose Of elect
ing directors and the transaction OF
uch other business as may come be
fore them.
10. NIeHOL. Cashier.
Pine Bluff. Arh., Dec 10 f9ot
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the STOCK
holders of the Pine Bluff Trust com
ranv will be held in the company
office on Monday, January It, l9o'
at 10 o'clock a. m. for the purpose
of eIecting directors and the trans
action OF such other business aS MAJ
come before them,
d. C. BELL. Sec. and Treas.
Pine Bluff. Ark, Dee. 1G, 1904.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
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NationaI cotton convention 10 con
sider boil weeviI question, Shreveport,
La. December - to 5. For the above
occasion the following round trip
rates and arrangements are authoriz-
ed TO Shreveport, La: Rate, one fare
plus 25 cents for the round trip.
Dates of sale, December 10, IL and
10. Return limit, December H.
S. NJ. DICKEY. Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29

Pine Bluff. Ark, Dec 10 t9af
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
"THE TIGERS TAIL"
ROCKY SPIT WHICH GUARDS The
HAReOR OF PORT ARTHUR.

Rovv the Rnxaian Stronghold In Man-
chnria Ia Fortffed-MiIes of GunH
Line the Eptropce--Gnp p@esty OF the
Inner EEarbow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29

Pine Bluff. trk Dee :, 1921
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
Stockholders MEETING.

The annuai mrcfias ot 56s stock
holders Of The Cirtzcas Hafk VIII be
held in ne directors room of said
bank upon Tuesday January Il 1a4a.
between the hours Of 9 a nl and
p. m. Ter tho purpose =7f eleet
ing directors ard the transaction q
such other business as may come be
fore them.
4. Z. PUGIf. Cashier
Pine Bluff. Ark. Dee :, 19a4.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29

The approach to Che harhor and basin
is very narrow The width of the en-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-29
s.s,'-~OCkAoLDERs MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the stock.
holders of the j. a. Holmes cohipa"s
will be held in its office January II,
1905, at . p. m. for the purpose OF
electing directors for the ensuing
wear and such other business as may
come before them.
H Y BAHLAT,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Pine Bluff, Ark. Dec. IS, 1904.
There are tines when every man
feels that he ought to be ashamed OF
himself. but he isn't.-Phlladelphla
Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-11

women tinsle Will! delight. There Is
the odor of the dying year, the burn OF
the brisk wind. the shine of the pol
ished sky and the generally vivid look
OF things which comes after the lazy
summer season. Besides, it is GOOD
time TO get out of doors and forget the
haunting memories of August. The
summer always leaves behind II the
sting OF the things half done. we
looked forward to it as a time for ac-
complaining, and back on il as too
brief holiday not too well spent. Not
half the things we aimed at v ere ar
rived at. and while we were wondering
how to go about the seasons work or
play the season itself was past ana
gone. But autumn offers a sulace for
that pain. In the strong air of these
October afternoons you cannot remem-
Der that you have care in all the
world. After two miles of trampin5
through the brownsh fields, you are all
animal, with no thought but for your
dinner. and a heart for any fate. So it
pays TO go a-walking. Here aid there
among the woods are long and shaded
pathways,-or you may prefer to strike
dtlDSS lIlC ttil III NllHGuI GtSiI' -
farmers fences, and tread the wither-
ing grass. Wherever you go there is Il
wondrous tonic found in everything.
Maybe you absorb some of the vitality
given off by the fast dying year. At
any rate, there is that mad thing in the
winds which sets your brain a-whirinS
and renders you deliciously irresponsl-
bic. 1t is quite curious that the closer
one gets to Nature the farther he finds
himself from worldly things,-While
tie men who know nothing about Ma
ture ana her moods. nor care are those
most nearly involved with various pro-
cesses in the city streets. 1t is an in
taresting light upon our modern arti-
ficiality of living. Many a nan who
could not make his salt at trade has
beer filed with that beauty of life
which Nature reflects unon her lovers.
1t is one of the human puzzles. 1t is
Natures way of fulfilling the prophecy
that unto them who have naught,
much shall be given.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-11

The New York Globe wants to know
who supplied Judge Parker with his
astonishing misinformation about the
Philippines. The magnificent proper
tons Of his error as to cost indicate
quite plainly that it was put upon the
Judge by the anti-imperialists. AS eA-
posed by Secretary Taft in his speech
at Quincy. H., last week, it will stahd
as the monumental distortion of the
campaign. Judge Parker said in MS
letter of acceptance that the isiahus
had cost the country $3.50, 900. Secre-
tary Taft shows from the special state
ment made to the Senate by the secre-
tary OF war in 1902, in response 10
resolution OF inquiry, that the cost had
bean 1859. Od0, 900 up to that time, anu
that part of this had been TOT periha
rent nlant. which constituted an asset
~ Tho Government and would be use1ui
for q number of years. The insurrec-
tion ended about the time TAeu' anu
tho islands became tranquil before the
end Of the fiscal year 1902.
The Globe goes back of Secretary
Taft's figures ana points out that II: hiS
abatement Of 1902 Secretary Root called
the attention of Congress to the tact
tnat il was hardly fair to charge 10 the
Philippine policy the whole expense OF
the army then in the Philippines. be-
cause the army had been reduced as
low as the executive thought 1t wise u
reduce. If under any circumstances, ami
tna soldiers if not in the Philippine Is
lands. must he supported and mann
famed somewhere in tn. United States.
Citing this Very reasonable contention.
Secretary Taft goes on to SAY: !:ut,
even if il be assumed that the cost To
the government of Supprcssil.g the in
surrection was Sl69. 100000. and yon
add to that the $50 900 900. which was
paid by the United States to Spain in
accordance. with the treaty, it only in
CreaSes the cost to $lS9,000,OUU. This
leaves Judge Parker S4SI 100000 out Of
the way. or he expressly excepted the
$4,000, 900 of purchase money from
his total of SC5O,000 900. What he did
was to increase the actual expense
about four times. Who loaded him
with that prerostcrous figure? Was it
Ewing Win&low or Edward Atkinson
or Carl SchurZ? All three of these
persons deal in Philippine statistics"
CT that imaginary quality constantly
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Works of Mise Men.

According to the astrologerS, the
world WAS 10 have come to an end on
Sept. Is, 11S6. They had observed
there would be a conjunction of all the
planets in Libra and no doubt the ar
gument was that such collection
would be altogether too much for the
balance of the universe. When it ar
rived. Sept 16 proved to be a very
ordinary twefth-century day. In
1924 astroloSy plucked up courage to
try again. This time there was to be
a universal deluge, on the strength of
the meeting of three planets in the
sign of Pisces. and private Noah's
ark was actually built for the occasion
by derout believer at Toulouse. The
year 1874 proved to be period Of
drought.
1t is $50 years since Gabriel Daniel
Fahrenheit published to the world an
account of his thermometer, an inven-
ton which enabled man accurately to
measure. not merely and vaguely to
surmise, how hot or how cold he
CHANGED 10 be at any given moment.
Fahrenheit was a bankrupt German
Will Il TURN LOT chemistry.
The thermometric graduations of Gel |
sius and of Reaumur. although an adj
mitted improvement on that of Fab
renheit, have never really superseded |
his. 1t is no doubt a contradiction in |
terms to talk of a temperature of so
many degrees below zero, but every-
body knows and realizes what it /
means.
An interesting theory is put forward
in little volume called "The Ainu
Group at the st. Louis Exposition" by
Prof Frederick Starr of the University
of Chicago. He hazards the opinion
that the Anus are but a little frag-
ment of a once widespread white race.
broken and submerged by great
flood of yellow Asiatics, who pressed
eastward from their old home, perhaps
in Mesopotamia.'
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Out of the Mouths Of Babes.

Little Margie-My papa is a great
reader Is yours?
Elsie-No, I guess he don't have to
read. He says mamma speaks volumes
when he comes home late"
Mamma Speaking of Il little orphan)
Poor little fellow! He never knew a
mothers love.
Small Bessie-Did his mother die be-
fore he was born, mamma
Nellie was doing the Lincoln park
animal exhibit with her father and,
seeing Il leopard for the first time. she
exclaimed; My gracious, That fell
lows got the biggest measles | ever
saw"
There is but one thing in this world
that we can put our faith and reliance
in with confidence. Children" said the
Sunday school teacher. Who can tell
me what it iS?'
Safety pins" promptly answered 4
little girl who had ideas of her own.
Frances. aged 1, was compelled by
force of circumstances to Wear clothes
made from her mothers old ones, and
one day she exclaimed: "Oh, dear! ]
wish | could hurry and get too big TO
occupy ether folks old clothes!"
"Bob5ie," said his uncle, I'D be
ashamed to be seen with my face as
dirty as yours
Huh. rejoined Bobby. in tone that
savored of disgust. You've got
wnskers"
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Quaint Inventions.

A chicago man has combined q
policeman's club and revolver in one
weapon. and the combination is so ar
ranged shat in his peaceful moments
close scrutiny alone would show the
officer TO be armed with anything
other than the Old-fa shioned mace The
club, which is of ordinary appearance
comprises handle portion and a club
portion, screwed together. The handle
carries hammer or trigger mechan-
ism, and when desired the handle and
club may be separated and a revolver
cylinder applied between them. thus
converting the mace into n revolver.
An Illinois inventor has patented an
arrangement for creasing trousers
without removing them from the wear
cr. 1t consists of n pair of rollers
mounted on pair of handles. which
are hinged together in the manner of
pair of tongs. The device may be
heated in gas jet or otherwise, and
the garment is creased by being passed
between the rollers.
decoy duck that will flap it's wings
ana rise from the water has been put
on the market. The decoy is mounted
on a rod which fits into a tube where
by the decoy may be anchored. The
decoy is connected with a cord to the
Shore or wherever the hunter is and
when the latter pulls the bird moves.
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"This will never do. Mr.. Roosevelt"
shouts the New York World at the
head of its editorial columns. and it
goes on to tell the President the proper
course for him to pursue in various
matters. 1t was the World which
started out to run Judge Parker and
his campaign but it soon found that too
small and unimportant matter to
bother with and so it returns to its
usual task OF running the national adj
ministration and the universe in gem
eral
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-11

How many citizens do you suppose
could name off-hand the nine Presi-
Dental tickets now in the field giving
the names ard candidates at the head
Of each? 1t is probably safe to say
that not one in a million of our people
to have seven so-called Third" par
ties in the field. and it is not to be ex-
pected that the average citizen should
know the names of the candidates or
the principles for which they stand.
Here in Maine there will be only four
tickets. however, upon the official bal
lot.
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q The Bangor Commercial. after re-
viewing the history of the Prohibition
party in Maine, finds no reason to
account for the fact that but 2756
Prohibition votes were cast in the last
State election. the smallest number for
20 years. The Biddeford Journal
promptly retorts that although the
Commercial finds these figures ''inex-
plicable," it does not seem that the
reason is so very Tar to seek. 1t was
through the efforts of the Republican
party that Maine got its prohihitory
laws. and wherever and whenever
these laws have been enforced it has
been by Republican officials. Says the
Journal, 1.-The real Prohibitionist knows
that in voting the Prohibition ticket he
usually votes in the air. and that the
cause in which he believes can be best
served by voting the straight Republic
can ticket. 1t does not follow. there
fore. that after fifty years of Prohibi-
ton there are but 2756 voters in the
State who support Prohibition princi-
pies at the ballotSbox."
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Another Tammany Crime Uncovered

Tammany is worrying because
George w. Morgan, superintendent of
state elections in New York is proving
so vigilant and tireless in the detec-
ton of fraudulent naturalization
papers this fall. over 400 such
naturalization papers have been seized
and cancelled already. and Mr.. Morgan
says that the work is just begun. These
forged and illegal papers are found in
the hands of newly arrived foreigners
i'm the city, where they have been
placed by the Tammany workers in
the hope OF swelling their vote at the
November election. This trick of
fraudulent papers is an old one in New
York and has been worked by Tam
many on an extensive scale at earlier
elections. SO frightened is Tammany
over the disclosures made by state
superintendent of elections that it now
supplies lawyers to fight every case
that Mr. Morgan brings up. He de-
tidltS llltl tlltlt are At lN-dSI 3b.UuD
naturalization cases in the city of
New York as the result Of the elabOr-
ate system Of forgery and fraud car
ried on by Tammany hall.
The extent of this crime is easy to
appreciate when we consider how dcs-
perate are the attempts of the Demo-
Gratis to carry New York, this year. and
what 10000 votes or a few thousand
votes, for that matter. mean to them.
1t is TO be hoped that Mr.. Morgan will
be tireless in the complete unearthing
of this fraud and the punishment Of
the offenders. The foreigners, in
whose hands the papers are found, are
not the most guilty parties. In most
cases they know no better, and honest
ly believe that the papers supplied
them give them the right to vote and
| all the other privileges of American
citizenship. The guilty parties are
| the Tammary leaders. who thus de-
base the significance of citizenship and
seek to corrupt the ballot box.