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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-15
Bunts.

6untS.
The hceneSt interest is shown in
the results of the series of games be.
tween Pine Bluff and Greenville now
in progress Just after the postpon-
ed game at the park here today the
locals follow the visitors tc Green
vile. where a series of three games
will follow. Not satisfied with tele-
graphic reports to private parties. the
enthusiastic fans Of this city have
made a demand for a more complete
report CT the games and arrange
ments have been perfected for the use
of the Elks theater Mr.. James M.
Drake. the new manager of the the
ater, is an enthusiastic fan himself,
and granted the use of his playhouse
for the purpose Of receiving the re-
turns from the games. Special ac-
comme dat ons will be reserved for la
dies. all of whom are invited to at
tend. Mr.. Hoyler will cali the games.
Greenville and Pine Bluff will play
another game at the park this after
noon. Managers Sample and Reed
having come to an agreement en- the
matter yesterday afternoon. It will
be remembered that when Greenvi!le
was here before rain interferred and
one Of the games was postponed. l.;
has now been decided to play this
postpcned game here this afternoon
thus giving a series Of four games be-
tween the two teams. The game will
be called at o'clock as usual. The
greatest interest is being manifested
ia the outcome of tbs game, and it
is expected that one of the largest
crowds Of the season will witness it.
II Pine Bluff wins again. it will place
the locals at the head of the list for
the first time tn 5 season, and will
make four straights from the Green
Williams. Pine Bluff people who have
witnessed the games between the two
teams are confident CT the results
and have already dubbed the locals as
cham pions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-15

IL
lin and Kanzler. Time---1:45. Um-
pire-McLaughln
Other Games.
Baton Rouge. La. June 14.-Bishop
held the locals down at all stages,
while the unfortunate Sis Hopkins
lost another game. Score:
Ri E
N!ckSburg
Baton Rouge ........0 2 .
Ha'teries-Bishop and DaCosta;
Hopkins and kahIkcff.
Meridian. Miss. June 14.--Rain i'll
terrupted the game IN the fifth inning
with the locals ahead. Score:
x Fl e
Meridian .......'.. .'...,.....-...4 o
Hattiesburg >............O / 9
Batteres=Salee and Fox; Walker
and Blass,
Natchez. Miss. June 14.-Nai-
chez outbatted the visitors this after.
noon but the locals errors made the
game close Score:
K Fl f
Jackson Observation-Disclosures.
NatcheZ 9 3
Batteries-Brady and Burns Krig-
er and Mier
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-15

Summary. IWo-Ddse HIS i>"''
zler, Murphy, Laroque. ln7e7-hA'7e
hit-Claytcn. Home run-Cavenaer-
Stolen bases--Murphy 2, Cayendar
Kanzler. Gfroerer. Bases on bal s.
af Laird /. off Whit :. Struck OUT
BY Laird 8, by White I, II hY
pitoher-Sample. Double play-3ar
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-15

parish Clerk.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
ITO Be continued.l
Chinese Etiquette.

Very curious are some of the rules OF
etiquette observed by Cinnamon. Emile
Bard, who has written book on the sub
ject of Chinese life, says that in nine
cases out of ten, however, the form of
etiquette has replaced the substance.
with the Chinese, a refusal or unpleasant
truth must be expressed evasively. Ifa
Chinaman does not wish to accommo-
date friend he never gives the true
reason for his refusal; that would be
discourteous. He lies politely. The
ceremonious forms of expression used
in ordinary conversation seem very
amusing to the European listener. It is
fixed rule that one must speak OF HIM
self and of all belonging tc him in the
humblest of terms and use the most ex.
allied language in referring to the per-
son or property of another. Whether
two mandarins or two beggars meet and
accost each other this is a sample of
their conversation: what is your hon.
orable name?" "Your insignificant
brothers name is Wang" "Where is
your noble dwelling?" "The hover in
which hide myself is in ~" desig.
mating the place. How many precious
sons have you?" Il have only five stupid
little pigs"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

lapse OF those who go early to Egypt
and the Riviera, the season lasts until
London's begins in the early spring.
It is q delirious season, drunk with
money. Hard times come again no
mo-, as in the minstrel song, II you be-
lieve the butterflies. The sums spent
upon entertaining are enormous. So.
ciety has forgotten the "rich mans
panic" Of 1908, which knocked hum
dreds of millions Of collars of valua-
ton out Of stocks, but not one dollar
of value. Wall street and upper FiflA
avenue wax fat together.
Within the past ten years society has
been providing itself with sumptuous
homes rivaling in size and SURPRISING
in convenience the palaces of Paris and
the town houses Of the London nobil-
ity. Ten great houses in New York
surpass the finest one Is years ago.
Ball rooms recalling those of Russia
will be thrown open. Entertainments
will be given upon scale to make the
Bradley Martins ball sober memory.
The new shops, like those of Tiffany's
and Gorham's on Fifth avenue, have
surrendered to extravaganza. They,
too, are palaces. The articles they dis.
play have no greater art value than
the more modest shows of 20 years
ago. They cannot be, as all must go
to the same fountain sources of art.
But the attempt to put as much cost
as possible into goods for sale is ap-
parent. Economy is q forgotten word
with 10000 people in New York and
for 100000 who, with incomes ample
for all needs, try to forget in aping
them.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

10 year VIII b charged. n . vl11OD
this sounds big: but one cannot oot
In ''bettes" part Of town aeco0no.
dations % good - the larger Oats a.
fer for lsss than $1,000 o. tl,6oe. Nor
can tenants Of old rookeEies unit for
habitation do better In price. OF the
million people living in cheap tene.
ments in Manhattan alone half pay
from IS to SIS . month for . room or
two Of inferior quality. The other half
pay from SIS to $50 for two to I'VE
rooms Of slightly better grade. and in
the latter case sub-let rooms to help
pay the rent.
The Phipps houses are put in q re-
gion where there are, rs yet, no model
tenements. The idea is to compel i'm
itation by speculative builders by
drawing OF the best paying tenants,
for whom tenement owners compete. It
is not a bad idea.
The oldest model tenements are not
on Manhattan island. Within q stones
throw of Atlantic ferry, in tough
quarter, the A. T. White houses have
made good" by continued usefulness
for generation, q block Of buildings
arranged around q courtyard much
bigger than the first Phipps tenants are
to enjoy.
well remember the first conspicu-
GUS model tenement in Manhattan. The
tenants thought it their duty as self.
respecting citizens Of q free republic
to ''cut up" They took 1t as q joke.
They put emery in the bearings Of the
machinery. Model tenements are now
no joke. They are Quilt to pay four
per cent.
The Phipps fund will tuild four such
groups a. the one now planned. They
will make $4,000 year. In five years,
with interest added, the money earned
will build another. The next can be
built in four years, the next in three
and quarter, the next In less than
three. In no long time the profits
would be building new one each year.
The City & Suburban company has
100000 in model tenements. These
pay dividends. There is no provision
for building more, except by issuing
more stock. Compound interest beats
simple interest. Mr.. Phipps has done
q mighty deed for the Improvement Of
the homes Of the poor.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

Hlse. Q Cleveland real estate 4ealeg
oe Oooa GtnnAlng. Alter having bad
the beanttsD q IL ploe oxDounded e
him By L1nAmy, Van Rise I'D beconl
one Of ths chief eisessn aosats Soi
the Landsaysay1aieese. and the 0en-
Der a The ~ Gecond IN importance
only to the Mlsoourian. found Var
Hise had made frequent trips to south.
western Missouri and thoroughly f.
miliarf1ed himself with the LAY OF the
land" The base Of his operations VA
Cleveland, where there were associated
with him George Linn; John K. Cor
win. q notary pubic. and John f
Gardiner. q banker.
During the Investigation there had
fallen into my hands the letterheadi
and advertising matter Of the ring
The Real Estate Loan and Trust com.
pany, of st. Louis, vas operated from
the Olive street Offices of Lindsay;
while the International Land Agency
was directed from Lindsay's private
ONCE in Market street. The letterhead
of the latter concern Eamed George w
Nelson as the eastern agent at Pitts
burg and Baltimore; Robert L. Lind
say, the western agent; w. A. Brown
the selling representative in London
and John Gensler, the agent at Kissin.
gen, Germany.
After some work had been done al
Ironton and st. Louis I went east. II
Pittsburg I found the four principal
members of the ring to be Addison F.
Burns, his father, William Burns;
George w. Nelson, and H. r. Nc
Clellan, a notary. A large and profit
able business in the sale of these lands
had been carried ON there for years
Nelson had been particularly active
sales agent. He was partially par
alyzed, and went among his friends
representing himself as land poor,
the owner of vast. unproductive tracts
part of which he had to dispose Of in
order to support himself in his failing
physical condition. There was an ele-
ment of sympathy in some Of Nelson's
sales. but he was cheerfully disregard.
full of the sympathetic feelings for him
in unloading worthless titles to thou
,, sands of acres on his friends.
Addison Burns lived in Pennsylvania
avenue, Pittsburg, end, in addition to
handling Missouri lands, was deal
er in oil properties. He and his ia
Their made frequent trips of inspection
to Missouri. They we're both church
members in good standing. Like Van
Hise, they had learned the profession
of land grating to a nicely, but, I'M
like Van Hise, they had done some
business in the line of actually making
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

$12 per square foot for every inch of
the area, including the big court yard.
not built upon at all.
That courtyard is the key Of the sit
uation. It is demanded by the new
tenement laws: but 1t is bigger than
"the law allows" or compels. and chal.
lenges comparison with the patio" Of
house in Seville or the ''cortille" Of
tenement in Naples. It will be 81
feet by over 100 and intellectually
beautiful. The plans have been filed.
Six not high stories. a beautiful e..
terror, fireproof construction. two roof
gardens. one for play-use, one for dry
ing clothes. are features. Every apart
ment will have hot and cold water,
the former from boiler in the base
ment. and there will be bathrooms IN
| the larger suites. For from two to five
rooms. all light. rental Of Sl20 to $500
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

tAe ball1ing anA tie grounds aroand q
were deserted. The origin ct the IRE
n each case was mysterious, and no
one ever was punished, owing to the
great in1uence q the leaguers in pre-
ing IN Investigation.
In each Of the other counties In
which the ring had operated the court
houses had been destroyed in the
same manner and at the same hour
Of the night rs the shannon county
building. In some cases they had
been burned twice. Courthouse burn
ing came to be such q common occur
renee 1t excited little comment, but
Throughout the section there was q
very distinct but well suppressed no
ton that the fires were of incendfary
origin, and that the fire-bugs were
working in the interests of the land
league. When the government in
vestigation started these crimes were
too old to be available in Furnishing
the criminals, even had it been DOS
sible to establish their identity. but
they served to show the length to
which the land leaguers would 20,
This wholesale destruction of records
rendered it practically impossible to
trace titles accurately in these coun-
ties.
About this time I learned of .
scheme, fathered by Robert Lindsay
to build narrow-gauge railroad from
Salem. Dent county, through Shannon,
Carter and Ripley counties, to inter
sect the Iron Mountain road ut the
Arkansas line. deliberately engraved
stock certificates were issued. and
some of them sold. The road, as
projected on paper, was to traverse q
section in which the land was practi-
cally all controlled by the Lindsay
ring. In connecting this railroad pro.
motion plan with the land thefts l
reasoned two ways: First, with so much
of the land along the line of sur
vey in his control and available
through crooked methods, Lindsay cal
culated on developing the district by
building the railroad; and, second, to
advertise the construction of the road
in the near future would greatly en-
nance the market price of the lands
he was unloading on the suckers"
This price had ranged from so cents
to five dollars an acre. 1t was clear
that the lands along the proposed road
would Immediately jump to a much
higher figure if the gullible public
could be convinced such a road was
to be built, and formed the opinion
that the Missouri & Arkansas" railroad
would never go beyond the paper
stage of construction. To the stock
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

cruisers, with nearly 5000 men, are due
in port as write. Fifty-eight million
dollars worth Of American ships, with
10000 men, under command of Flight.
ing Bob" Evans, are here to greet the
visitors and give them the time OF
their lives.
Mayor Mcclellan, Gen. Grant-two
famous sons of famous men-and Rear
Admiral Coghlan, who won fleeting
fame by reciting funny poem about
the kaiser, are to prefer courtesies.
But that is not the real story. Miles
away from It.
Oh. the sailor men! And the ma
rines! And the petty officers! Oh, the
shore-leave taking! The sea is salty,
thirsty place. anyhow. Those who fol-
low it have need Of refreshment when
they arrive. The British tars will find
no lack Of it. Every sailor in the home
feet has saved his pocket money for
more than q month to make big en-
tertainment fund. The fact caused q
panic on the Bowery owing to curl
GUS misconception. The North Allan
tic squadron was here few weeks ago.
Saloonkeepers set out their worst and
prepared for business. There was moth
ing doing. The sailors came ashore as
usual, but did not care for red liquor.
They drank beer or nothing and a good
deal Of the latter. The publicans were
consoled when they learned that 1t
didn't mean total abstinence pledges.
but stern resolve to have funds on
hand for the British visitors. The
money is on hand, never fear-thous-
ands Of, 1t. The officers will entertain
the officers. But the 'tween-decks men
are not going to be neglected.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
EnNN Homestead Lands Of
CNEE WESTERN CANADA
RELIGIOUS REPORT.

Next years German Catholic con-
sress will be held at Essen Ruhr.
The Epworth League Of Springfield,
ILL.,, district will support missionary
in Borena, and is raising 81 900 for that
purpose.
The Christian Endeavor has now
$1,000 societies. This is an increase Of
231 since the convention held in Balti-
more in July.
A pension of at least $3.50 year was
voted to its lay home missionary work.
ers by the recent Wesleyan conference
OF England.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

fraudulent deeds ON their own hook.
Mcclellan was q Lotary doing the
same kind of work in Pittsburg as
Corwin did in Cleveland.
The activity of Addison and Will
liam Burns in using their own chirog-
raphy in the manufacturing of deeds
rendered it comparatively easy to es-
tablish a case against them. it being
necessary only to prove the forgery.
Some Of this work was done SO clever
ly that at the trial of these men per-
sons whose signatures had been forged
claimed the forgeries as their own
writing. The case against the Pitts
burg contingent was established prin-
cipally by comparisons in the govern
ment land Office. These members of
the ring we therefore made second
airy issue Of, pending the execution of a
plan to catch Lindsay and Van Hise
in such way they could find no loop
hole for escape.
Developments up to this time had
revealed not less than 20 active men,
bers of the land league. AS might be
expected, they all we're in close touch
with one another, and with the ring
leader, and it became apparent that
in order to capture all and effectually
smash the ring some plan would have
to be devised whereby the federal au-
thorities could move against them all
simultaneously. Still placing most
Importance on making sound cases
against Lindsay and Van Hise, !
called to my assistance E. M. Sted-
man, q secret service operative Of
much ability. ....
Assume the role of lumberman
looking for a site to operate mill, u
were my instructions, Ego to Shannon
county and open negotiations with
Lindsay personally for tract of tim
Der land, holding the deal open till
we are ready to &C."
Stedman followed instructions i'm
plicitly. Attired as sawmill man
Of much means, he began negotiations
with Lindsay for Shannon county
lands. Lindsay took the bait and of.
fered to sell him fine tract Of 25,-
600 acres at so cents an acre. These
negotiations were conducted person
ally. Lindsay claimed to own the
land, assuring a good title. and repre-.
senting himself as the owner Of thou
sands Of acres of other land in differ.
ent counties in Missouri. Stedman
left Lindsay without closing the deal
and went to Vinton, Ia, his supposed
home, to which place he told Lindsay
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

certificates of the company, however,
were signed two names, those of Rob-
ert L. Lindsay, president, and Orlando
Van Hise. secretary.
While there remained much detail
work to be done, 1 believed we had q
pretty good line On the activities of
Lindsay. In addition to the points I
have mentioned, had learned from q
Col. Grayson, banker, that James
Lindsay had large number of old
land patents concealed in the safe of
an Ironton lawyer. There was no
doubt of the elder Lindsay's having
connived at the removal from the land
office of thousands Of patents by his
son while Lindsay, ST., was registrar,
and it is still question in my mind
whether the father had not been the
actual originator of the steal and
turned the execution Of 1t over to his
son. But even had this been true,
the statute of Limitations had run
against his offense, and there was no
use in wasting time securing evil
dence against the father, except such
as might be of benefit in convicting the
son.
But, clear as these conditions were,
there remained two important facts
confronting us. One of these was
that while Robert Lindsay was the
head and front of the great conspiracy,
there were conspirators almost as
important. The other was that sound
legal cases against all of them were
yet to be made. ! had abstracts of
title made to "a parcels of land, and
by following these and others through
the records Of the Washington land
Office had clearly established the forg-
cries Of signatures to applications and
deeds. This record searching was to-
dious and surrounded with many tech
nicalities-so many in fact that at one
stage of the investigation I suggested
that another man more familiar with
them be assigned to the work, but Sec.
rotary Schurz declined to relieve me
From the appearance Of the name
Of Orlando Van Hise as secretary OF
the Missouri & Arkansas" railroad II
was naturally to be inferred that this
person either stood nigh in the conf.
dence and operations Of Lindsay, O,
was dummy who was allowing him.
self to be used. The former was
found to be the correct theory, and
here I wish to introduce in his real
identity the visitor who had gone ovel
Lindsay's scheme with him in the st
Louis ONCE in 1872, Orlando Var
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
Preachers Crooked Story.

A negro preacher from out in the
state paid visit to Topeka recently,
says q local exchange. Upon his re-
turn home his flock discovered that he
was short his watch and some other
jewelry. He explained that some peo-
pie in q room across the hall at the
Topeka hotel had robbed him. An in
vestigation was instituted and it was
found that there was no room across
the hall because there was no hall.
The preacher is now looking for an
other lob.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
Father Had Failed

Gabriel Rosetti, poet and painter,
was once visited by an East Indian
prince. who wanted portrait of his
dead father painted. AS no photo
graph was in existence the painter de-
clined the task. The prince insisted
that it was possible, as Rossetti had
painted pictures of Mary Magdalen,
John the Baptist and others whom he
had never seen. Rossetti at last con-
sented. He painted an ideal head that
was certainly oriental and also regal
in it's bearing. The prince came to the
studio in great state to view it. When
the canvas was uncovered he looked at
it steadily and then burst into tears.
"How father has changed?" he cried.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

French sailors ashore were so plentiful
that the current slang for foreigner
in London is still lone o. them entente
cordialers." Then the British feet
sailed into the Baltic-with chip on
its shoulder, If the truth were known
and the German emperor. ordered re-
turn courtesies at Swinemunde.
Meanwhile an American feet sailed
for France to bring home the body of
John Paul Jones. Nothing was too good
for the man-o'-war's man ashore. my.
what system!" as the admiring book
agent said who had been kicked from
floor to floor Of History building.
Did q sailor man take too much alb
sinthe, in the delusion that it was q
light wine? NJ importe! He was ar
rested; Of verify yes, M'sieu'.' But
he was safe. If early in the visit he
was sobered up and released. If later
he was kept and handed over with
smiles just as the detachment was
leaving. Such politeness. such consid-
GRAFTON! A baby couldn't have been
safer in nursery.
So New York has a reputation to
sustain, as well as the sailor men.
Here are to be nearly 10000 lusty en-
listed men ashore, not presumably all
at once. The town is following the
spirit of the sign used to see on q
Broadway cafe: walk in, and Billy
Will Use You Well" The magistrates
are taking lessons in French and CAL
lie pOliteness. The police have instruc.
lions to be not too observant. And
there you are.
The only discordant note was uttered
when an appeal was issued to Irish.
American sailors not to fraternfze with
the sons Of ''perfidious Albion" 1t fell
fiat. What! Neglect such an oppor-
tunity for good fellowship? Not IL the
ships company knew itself. and it
rather thought it did!