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representatives. where all the remain.
ihS sessions will be held. An execu.
tive session WAS held during the af-
ternoon. and little information was
given out as to what took place be-
hind the closed doors.
The union is a secret organization
and the greatest precautions are tax
en- to keep the business sessions Sc.
ef"t. No one who could not give
the password was admitted to the
hall yesterday afternoon.
At last nights session Governor
Davis and O. P Pyle. prominent
member of the Texas union, address
ed the delegates.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
FIGHT OVER BUG IN BISCUIT
Woman Attacks Iandlady Because ot
Find and Is Arrested.

Louisville, August because she
found bug in a biscuit and remon-
strated by attacking and beating the
landlady in the presence of all the
boarders. Mrs. Addie Nabers was ar
laigned in the police court today on a
charge of disorderly conduct, brought
by Miss Mary Bennett. who conducts
q fashionable boarding house. The
case was continued until August g.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
FARMERS MEET
State Convention in Session at Little
Rock.

Little Rock, August 2.-Several
hundred farmers, representing more
than two-thirds Of the counties In the
state. had gathered in Little Rock
Yesterday morning when the annual
convention of the Farmers Educa
tional and Cooperative Union OF
America for Arkansas opened.
The first session. which was open
to the public, was held yesterday
morning in the hall OF the house o.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
Newport Follows Suit.

Newport. August 2.-At a called
meeting of the city board of health
Monday evening in the Office OF the
president, DR.. 0. E. Jones. a resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted to es-
tabiish a quarantine against New
leans and all other districts infected
with yellow fever. This is to prevent
people who have been exposed to
the dread disease from coming to
Newport after being shut out of Little
Rock, Pine Bluff, Memphis and other
southern cities.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
Nioht Trains Stopped.

The Iron Mountain road today dls-
continued the two night trains run
nino between this city and Alexah-
dria. La. The trains were dlseon'ii
nod on account of the yellow FEVER
quarantine The southbound tram
was stopped in this city last msa'
hut the northbound was allowed %
pass through. -, H.
Until further notice. there Will Dc
h,,t one train each day between this
citv and southern points over ths
Iron Mountain road. Day 'ra'"s WI
he run as usual.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02


served notice on the various rail.
II ads with connections between here
ana Shreveport that ali trains be
tween there and Texarkana must be
discontinued at once.
Armed guards have also been plae-
ed at various points about the CITY
with instructions to admit within the
lines none but such persons as are
able to give good and clear account
of themselves.
There is no feeling of alarm here.
People seem to have perfect faith in
the ability of the authorities to keep
out the disease.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02

in twelve hours or go to the house of
detention. The entire morning was
spent in making these moves and
every step possible from now on is
going to be taken by the board in or
der to shield the people from the
great danger. Let everybody work
and help one another by getting +;
of all the old trash and filth around
the premises. Burn it up and find
some way to help the city to get rid
of all stagnant water
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
Board Of Health Meeting.

President H. f. Williams called the
members of the board of health to-
gether this morning at II o'clock
Those present were Drs. Williams, A.
". Troupe. O. C. Hankinson. G. K.
Caruthers, B. H. Gallagher, w. II.
Blankenship, J. B. Talbot, H. c. Blu
thenthal. A. S. Honnet, U. w. Poss
and Mayor White The minutes of
the previous meeting were read and
approved. Then the discussion as to
the strictness with which the previous
orders of the board had been carried
out There were numerous reports
from different sources that people
trom parts of Louisiana had gotten off
tne train last night. DR.. Gallagher
said that he had been informed by a
Mr.. G. G. Burnside from Monroe that
ne had gotten off the train, and had
health certificate, but that there
was no one there to meet and ex-
dulne MS certificate.
There was one other who had been
allowed to come into Pine Bluff since
tne quarantine had been established
IN violation of the last orders issued.
another subject that caused consid-
eraole discussion was that the freight
'ralns had brought in scme people.
Inc truth of this report was not con-
hrmed. but action was taken to watch
oil trains, freight as we'll as passen-
eef' from the infected districts. 1t is
also reported that a train had been
sent to Shreveport by the Cotton Belt
people to bring away some of those
"no We're running from the great epi
uemlc. Immediate action was taken
W the board against this train pass
Jug and stopping at Pine Bluff. This
case was handled on Mr.. Honnet's
motion, which was that the special
,ea'lng Shreveport destined to st
.ou's shrould be met by guards al
'ae crossing and that there the doors
snould be locked and no one be allow
" 10 leave the special. The officers
"no catch this train are to go or
s1tough with it until it shall have
'eached point five miles beyond the
city limits.
PRESIDENT Williams then put in thu
p'ea about those people who have
. .ou'e IN since the quarantine was es
.ao''sned. a. Mr.. Bluthenthal then made
.ue motion that a committee be ap
POINTED to look for place this after
aoon where a place of detention
.ould be established. The motion wa.
.s ,arrled and DIR. Gallagher, H. c. Blu
.n'nal and w. M. Burkes were ap
a'ea on the committee.
j., vi. burkes then succeeded in get
n,a ns MS motion through that all pee
~ p,s having arrived in Pine Bluff fron
- 'eVer districts should leave tow
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WOR MS BAD.

A telegram was received here by
the Walter Cotter exchange this
morning saying John Pemberton had
bought 300 pounds of Paris green to
poison the worms on his plantation.
Ed Woodruff's crops are suffering
from the same menace, and 1t is
thought the trouble will increase. In
Texas the major part of the trouble is
in Travis, Williamson and Bell coun.
ties. The weevil and army worms
are doing the damage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
Call for Troops.

The following telegram was sent
from Lake Village. Ark, to GOV. Da-
Wis:
"please send state militia to upho'o
state board of health in quarah'i'i"s'
County authorities unable to cope
with situation. Be sure ana nave
snecial company patrol state line
"Frank Strong.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
eA.;.. Quarantine at Texarkana.

Texarkana, August 2.-Omclai IL"
tice was received here from shreVe'
mort to the effect that there are Two
fu,,v developed csaes of yellow fever
there.
The city health authorities at one
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02

One must advertise to make bus
mess, to held it, and to increase it.
Charles H. Slack, Grocer, Chicago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-02
BUY

Two -ots from us f$300 and up>
wards), when paid for; we build yo1
a home II house costs 5000. 10
months interest will amount to $100;'
total, $780, You pay us $3.50 PEI
month for 40 months; 1-3 baara
rent does the work.
"Get Yours"
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WILLIAMSBURG.

Williamsburg, Sept. 26.-The Pro-
gress club held the first session of the
season last evening and adopted a
plan of study. English history will
be the subject of attention for the
scholastic year.
A reception was given Rev E. L.
Davis Of the Welsh Presbyterian
church, who filled the pulpit for the
last time on Sunday. He closes his
ministerial work here and goes this
week to Carroll, Neb. For the present
the church will be closed which is very
much regretted by all.
The Womans Relief Corps, of which
Miss Minnie Wilson is a member, sur
rrised her yesterday with an elabor-
ate towel shower in honor of her APP
preaching marriage.
The implement house of w. r.
Evans is being raised to the ground
and new bank to be known as the
Citizens bank is soon to be built 26X
Sc feet, two stories and basement
upper story to be fitted up for offices
Walter Smith, the talented young
man who was licensed to preach at
the conference recently held at Abba
has been assigned to Lexington and
will also supply Niva and Pilotsburs
and has gone to his new field of labor
Mrs. w. P. McFair, who has been
visiting at the home Of her parents
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when it came to keeping his skin
Wnole, and his sworn threat to Drum
mond made him man to be reared I'M
less we took him unawares. was
comparatively young in the service
then and very ambitious. decided
that Ellis was in my territory, and as
he was a particularly dangerous Gus.
toner, besides having escaped from one
OF the best operatives in the depart
ment, it would be much to my credit if
| captured him, and at the same time
would rid the public of a sagacious
counterfeiter.
BY systematic piping" and the use
OF stool pigeons" learned in the early
part of 1875 that Ellis was one of a
band Of "coney'' men who were run
ming off a big issue of scrip in the town
OF Boscobel, in the central western part
OF Wisconsin.
Despite the studied and artful secrecy
of the counterfeiters it Is true that sell
dom was a big issue of .coney' fioated
without the secret service having some
intimation of the Forthcoming event.
The Showing" of an issue was always
preceded by the absolute retirement OF
the manufacturers and the mysterious
activity on the part of the dealers. In
other worus, the coming event got into
the wind, and, while we may have had
no definite knowledge whatever, we
could scent the approaching issue in
cases by keeping in touch with the diff
ferent men who were always under sus-
picion. In this case it was learned that
Napoleon B. Latta, a wealthy French
farmer living Is miles from Boscobel,
had contracted with the Ellis crowd for
all the "coney" they could furnish him
of certain standard OF excellence We
even got SO far into the secrets of the
''coney" men as 70 learn that Latta was
to pay 35 cents in genuine money for
each dollar of representative currency,
which, by the way, was an unusually
high price, as the market quotation in
those days for good quality of Co
ney'' was II cents on the dollar.
In the spring of 1878, therefore, l
went to Boscobel. Registering at the
hotel under a false name and from a
small town in Missouri, kept pretty
much to myself and out of sight. In
order to keep the landlord from be-
coming inquisitive, as the landlards of
hotels in small towns are prone to do,
| asked him number of questions con-
corning the opportunity for successful
ly loaning money on farms in the vicin-
ity. These questions had the desired
effect of preventing others from ask
ing me questions which might arouse
suspicion by not answering.
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MARS HILL.

Mars Hill, Sept. 26.-Rev. Father j
c. White, of South Ottumwa, was 4
pleasant caller at the Charles Horen
home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Newman were
in Ottumwa on business last Friday
Mr.. White and daughter, Of Wash
ington. Ia. We're Sunday visitors at
Mr.. Whites fathers home on the
Israel farm.
Mesdames Ernest and Otto Buckhol:
were pleasant callers at the Dieters
home this week.
Misses Maggie Horen and Anna
Fitzgerald We're visitors at the Dieter
home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will CASTOR, of Des
Moines, were visitors at Mowreys
tLis week.
Harry Mowrey got his right hand
badly sprained Friday by young coli
he was leading, jerking away from
him.
Mr.. Mowrey is some better this
week.
Charles Warren, wife and son were
down to the Mowrey home Sunday.
Pat Courtney was in Ottumwa or
business last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Newman spen
very pleasant afternoon Sunda.
last at the home of Mr. White on tn,
Israel farm.
Mr.. Clark, near Mars Hill, has sol,
his farm and expects to go west soon
Mrs. Levi Wood has sold part o
her farm to Geo. Giltner.
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tempted to capture him, and | did not
intend to take any more chances than
necessary when it came to planning for
the event. But the time soon came
when 1t seemed certain no mistake
could be made in raiding the Robinson
house.
Frank w. Oakley, United States mar
shall at Madison, was told of nv plan
and his services and those of two OF
his most competent deputies were se-
cured. Warrants were taken out se-
cretly at Madison. Marshal Oakley said
he had frequently heard of Kale Ellis,
and that from all he had heard he was
dangerous man to handle. also sent
to- Chicago for John Mcdonald and c.
D. Townsend, the latter a secret sery-
ice operative. The five men were in
structed to come to Boscobel on the
same day, and to register at the hotel
without letting it be known that they
knew me or knew one another.
1t was about II o'clock at night when
/ smuggled them into my room, where
l outlined my plan to them. | did not
deem it consistent to send any other
man into probable danger of which |
myself was afraid, so planned to take
the lead in the actual entry of the
house. One Of the others was to he
stationed about 16 feet from each cor
ner of the house in such a way that
each could command q view of two
sides Of the building. l calculated that
ellis and Brown might leap from the
second-story windows in front when
they heard me ascending the stairs. To
the men stationed in front said:
zone of these men who may Jump
from the second story has sworn to
kill on sight any secret service men
that tries to take him. His record is
such there is no doubt he means what
he says. If these men jump from the
windows they will be armed and will
kill any men in their path. Either you
or they will be killed. 1t will be bet
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In the engraving department of the
elaborate system of screens, relectors
and shades by which is obtained the pc
culiar soft light necessary to the en-
craving of plates from which currency
is printed. BY counterfeiters this sys-
TEN must be initiated as closely as
limited facilities will permit, and
believe to this day could pick out any
house in which counterfeiting was be-
ing carried on III any town of such
size as would allow an inspection OF
all the houses.
Boscobel was not so large but that 1t
was easy to locate the rendezvous Of
the counterfeiters. AS usual it was on
the outskirts Of the town and it's
nearest neighbor was 100 yards away.
There was but one house beyond t on
the street. The house was a two-story
frame structure. The peculiar arrange
ment Of the curtains on the second
floor told the tale without any other
information.
Malcolm Robinson and his wife oc-
SuplCo lllC liOuSC NY l1ClhoSlfSS, uNSOl u
ing to the belief Of the townspeople.
The facts were, however, as revealed
by investigation, that Robinson and his
wife occupied the lower story and Kale
Ellis and Franklin J. Brown the upper
story. The three men were counter
feiters. Robinson was the ''manufac-
turer" of the Boscobel crowd, Brown
lo,,, he ,;,,+o D<>hs - =
rection. Ellis was the engraver, as
have previously told, but at that par
ticular time he was also aiding in the
work of running off the issue for thu
use of Nap Latta.
Brown and Ellis seldom went down
stairs, and were never seen by the
neighbors, their meals being served
them upstairs by Mrs. Robinson. The
little exercise they got was taken un-
der cover of the night. The life OF
the counterfeiter at his busy times is
| not bed of roses, by any means, fol
| it requires the utmost concentration
and application Of effort. The longer
| the delay in producing an issue the
greater danger of discovery, and such
a task, once begun, is followed with
/ tremendous diligence until the output
| is in the hands of the dealer and the
| genuine coin of the realm safely il
the hands of the manufacturers of the
"coney."
l took some time to satisfy myself
as to the exact conditions prevailing il
and around the Robinson residence
had not forgotten Kale Ellis little
pleasantly in regard to the probable
! fate Of any secret service men who at
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RAFFERTY,, Hannah Thompson, Eliza
Sellars, Polly Coble and Mary Hutch
ms, and Messrs. James Hutchins, Riley
Coble and Anderson Sellars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Hammer OF Des
Moines, have opened up a restaurant
in the j. G. Stocknan building
Richard McCarty, who has been in
st. Louis, arrived here last Saturday
for visit with his parents.
holiness meeting is being held at
Rubio, northeast Of town. Large
crowds are in attendance daily A
large number went from here Sunday
night.
Last Saturday night the Odd Fell
lows had initiatory work and the fol-
lowing gentlemen from Ioka came
down to witness the work: G. M.
Sheridan, H. F. Haines, j. NJ Nc
Clarey, /. NJ Lewis and j. G. Cow
gill.
Mesdames Anna Harlan and N. E.
Haworth visited last Thursday near
Vic.
Claude Hinshaw, Of Packwood, was
in this city last Friday, working on
the telephone line.
Mrs. S. E. Carmichael went to
Pleasant Plain last Friday evening to
attend the gold medal contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Seaton came
home Friday from a four weeks visit
in Pittsburg, Pa, and Chicago.
Rev. Cook former pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Pleas
ant Plain, was in town last Thursday
in bsiness.
Mr. Rossiter, of Sigourney, was in
town last Thursday, looking after his
business.
Charles Davis, of woodburn. was
a guest of relatives here last week, on
his way home from Chicago
Neil Smith was a Sigourney visitor
last Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. Reinert, of Sigourney, was IN
town on business Thursday.
Arthur H. Swift, a Missionary, lee
tured to full house in the FRIENDS
church last Friday evening. Stereopt1-
con views We're used to illustrate the
many scenes he had passed through In
his fields of labor.
| Joshua Cox, who has lived south of
] town on farm for several years, has
purchased the Elwood Hadley property
and will move mis- family to town.
P. L. Horras and Margaret Greiner
started to Canada last week to visit
relatives who recently purchased farms
there.
VIM. Thornburg, who has been on
the sick list, is improving.
Presiding Elder H. N. Smith, OF
Hedrick, was in the city last week,
trying to fill the vacancy in the Meth
cdist Episcopal church pastorate here.
Rev. G. F. Cannon, of Agency, who
was appointed at conference, refused
to take the place.
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MuNTERvILLE.

Munterville, Sept. 15.-The remains
of the late Enos Lewis, whose death
occurred in Ottumwa last Thursday
at the home of his adopted son, b. G.
4-.len. were inferred here in Smiths
cemetery last Friday.
Mrs. M. F. Hokanson of Ottumwa
accompanied by her grandson, Laur,
ence Swenson, arrived last Saturday
to visit with relatives over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Johnson gave a
reception Sunday in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence johnson, there being
about thirty people present.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Swenson, Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs,
Erland Allen and Mr. and Mrs. John
Pierson; Misses Emma and Venla Al
len; Messrs. Arthur Swenson and Ar
thur Allen, of this place were enter
tanned at the Charles Allen home in
Chillicothe Sunday.
County Recorder L. L. Swenson
and wife of Ottumwc. spent Sunday
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Touler OF
Blakesburg visited last Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. John Bloom of Ottum.
wa visited over Sunday with Mrs
Blooms parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Swenson.
Chas. Halgren Of Ottumwa spent
Sunday with friends here.
Hubert l1d Ivan Allen of Ottumwa
visited few days last week with rel
atives and friends.
Miss Stella Oval has gone to Rock
Island to attend Augustana college
Misses Alice and Esther Nelson Wis
tied last Sunday at the John Piersor
home.
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RICHLAND D.

Richland, Sept 26.-Misses Freda
Thompson and Rutll Simmerman, of
kcota, who We're over from Keota, re-
turned few days ago to their homes
in Keota.
Rev. w. H. Houghton, of Burling-
ten, preached in the Christian church
Sunday morning and evening.
G. w. Stuart, of washington, a
former citizen of this city, committed
suicide at Waterloo and was brought
here for burial last Tuesday.
Mrs. Add, Drummond, prominent
w. G. T. U. worker, has arranged for
a gold medal contest in oratory, and a
musical contest to be held next month.
Mrs. Susan Barlow entertained the
following at dinner last Friday: Mes
danes Ferba Brown, India Hunt, Jane
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they strike the ground If you want to
save your own lives"
The nearest neighbors of the Robin
sons had child that was not expected
to live through the night on which we
planned the raid. Mrs. Robinson, al
though the wife of one criminal and the
associate of others, retained the ma
ternal solicitude for any child that was
sick and had made herself useful at
the house of her neighbors. She had
been at the bedside of the little one
during the day and returned only in
time to prepare supper for her husband
and the other .'koniackers." l knew
of her interest in the condition of the
sick child and decided to turn it to our
own advantage. At quarter to two in
the morning of April 16, 1875, we left
the hotel and repaired to the Robinson
home in such manner as not to at
tract attention from any belated towns
man in case we met one.
After reaching the premises no word
was spoken and none was necessary,
as final ara detailed instructions had
been received by the officers before
we left the hotel covering any possible
emergency that might arise. The night
was very dark and high wind blew,
aniting our purpose well.
(Contilued in Next Issue.)
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Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Perkins, returned
to her home in Cedar Rapids yester-

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Perkins, returned
to her home in Cedar Rapids yester-
day.
Mrs. L. Shames went to Chicago on
Sunday to spend month with her
parents, who live in that city.
Will Jenkins and family, who have
been here for the past two weeks. re-
turned to thei rhome in .Sibley yes
terday.
high school, has resigned her position.
and Mrs. Frank Tcmasek, formerly as
sistant high school teacher is taking
her place for the present.
Mrs. w. r. Williams, who has been
visiting her parents, for the past
month, returned to her home in Chi
cago Yesterday.
Miss Anna Cuttings, who has been
attending business college at Cedar
Rapids, returned home on Saturday.
Mrs. Lew Perkins left Saturday
morning for visit with her parents at
Perry, Ill.
Miss Mae Cuttings returned to Ded
Moines Saturday, where she will con-
tinue her studies in Drake university
Arthur Baland returned to Iowa
CITY yesterday to resume his studise
at the state university.