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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11
NEGRO THOUGHT TO
 HAVE BEEN KILLED

TeXarkana, Oct 11.-Anthony Da- wis, negro hack driver, was found dead near the Cotton Belt round house at secluded spot half a mile from the business center of the town at daylight yesterday morning. It is be- lieved he was lynched by members of his own race, crowd numbering from fifty to one hundred of whom were seen in the vicinity about mid night. 1t is believed that the negro was decoyed out there by prear
 ranged plan and killed. Indications are that he was beaten and strangled to death A week ago he was arrested on charge of attempting to assault fifteen-year-old mulatto girl, who was enroute from Baxter, Ark, to a school at Crockett. Texas She asked Davis to take her ill his hack from one depot to another, but instead he drove two miles into the country It was night and she jumped out of the hack and returned to town alone as she claims repulsing his attempts. Davis was arrested and fined, but took an appeal. The negroes of the city eX- pressed great indignation and last nights occurrence caused no great surprise. Davis was forty years old, and had wife and three children.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11
TUEO C. LINK IN CITY.
rnion station Architect Inspecting
 thc Work That Is Being Done.

Tbeo C. Link of St. Louis, architect for the new union station that VIII he erected by the Iron Mountain Ill Little Rock, arrived in the city SeSter dow To q Gazette reporter he sad that he had not been here Ill apo"' three and a half months ana that hc would make trip down to Little ROCK and see how the work is progressing. Mir. Link will remain i'll the cl'S 'o- day.
 Uc said that the railroad company is getting ready to take blds on the superstructure of the building, ana also declared if there are any local contractors with facilities to under take job of the size the company would be glad to have estimates 1ofhl them He also said that there has been great trouble in securing labor CTS, and that sixty men are enpIoyea on the work at present the company wonld use three hundred if they cou q he secured The force is at present constructing a culvert to intercept ile various drains and sewers. The eN- cavation for the north wall has been made down to rock and will be ready for concrete in few days. Mr. Llnk says that the work will be pushed as rapidly as possible and that when inc excavations. fills and other ground work is finished the building will rise speedily.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11
GOSSIP OF THE RAILROAD


meeting of the southwestern eScufsioii hurcau which will be held at Eureka Snrinys. action will be taken on the not;t;on signed by representatives of the commercial travellers orsahiza- tions representing a total of apout sixty thousand members, asking TOT reduction in the mileage rate i'll the southwest from 1-2 to cents per mile F. w. Crandall, chairman or the joint committee on commercial traVel- CTS organizations, says that he be- 1ieves the concession will be granted because it is based on reasonable grounds and because the best interests of both the railroads and the travellnS men will be furthered by the conces- sion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11
paragOuId S. E. Meeting.

At a meeting of the stockholders of inc Paragould Southeastern Rall- road company at Paragould recently the following officers were elected: Edwin Gould president; w. H. Brit ton, vice president and general man ager; w. F. Greene, superlntendehe' E. A. Peck, F. H. Blitton, w. F. Greene, J. D. Block and w. C. Hasty directors
 Brother of IT. l.. Powell Dead.
 H. l.. Powell of this city, travelln2 engineer for the Rock Island has gone to Pittsburg, Pa, in response to message announcing the death of one of his brothers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11

q strong disposition to abandon the fight and accept the radical PfoPes- als regarding the Vibors address Was manifested. It is realized that tills radical action will drive many eoil- servatives out of the party.
 \ dete1ming factor in today E's debitfe vas a speech hy d pea ,ant ffonl izl'fS.,. who declared that the peasaftF3 Were fn]lv in accord witll the doctrines of of Viborg manifesto, ant would re25& II it's abandonment as . sign ot coWad= ice
 The delegates were di.ideti iat2 we camps, the central eol6lHt'ee ai}d tie principal leaders including f1Gt. Mi
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11
Batcsyille-Black Rock Line.
The raising of fund of $30,0O0 a

The raising of fund of $30,00o at Batesyille for the building of the pro- posed line of railroaI from Black Rock to Batesville has not yet been accomplished Thus far only $20,000 has been raised and it is said that the indications are that amount will be subscribed Black Rock has promptly subscribed the 5000 asked of it. It is suggested that the promoters of the line may begin construction at Black Rock and build toward Batesyille as far as Cave City.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11
GIVING WAY TO
 THE RADICALS.
Peasants May Regard Abandonment of NibOrg as q Sign O1
 CoWardice.

Uelsiugfors. Oct 1.-The ConserSa- tive leaders of, the Constitutional Dem- ocrats are giving away before the storm of radicalism which was manl- tested at today.s debate, When all the speakers were uncompromlsnS Ill tone
 An important meeting Of the cen- tral committee was held tonight and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11
\. E. Rogers Promoted.

N. E. Rogers, who went from TexSr- kama to Port Arthur ill AuSsut to ac- cept d position as ticket clerk in the office of the Kansas City Southern, has heen promoted to be city passenger and ticket agent at that place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11

lukofi. Prince FolsoroHskoM. N Ha sen. Peter Struve and NJ. Rodtcheft ,ering the resolutions 10 indorse {, Viborg manifesto. but declaring II k present moment was inopportu
 In the other camp @ege almost the provincial delegates II is }ieEed that the rejection 9f ihe res0 ton will result in the "sigNation af the members of tH~ ceHrral e mitt"r.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Wind and Rain Records.

Birmingham was scratched on the surface only by the gulf storm, but that scratching went beyond any previ- ous experience in known histroy. The wind rose to velocity of fifty miles an hour, a higher rate than had been previously noted in this valley. The wind blew in Pensacola up to ninety miles an hour, and the difference be- tween the two velocities is the differ ence between general destruction and general safety. The fifty-mile -an-hour wind did, however, rock houses in this neighborhood that had never felt a tremor.
 The rainfall was equally exceptional. In twenty-four hours 663 inches of water fell; in forty-eight hours the precipitation was 7.55 inches, and the downpour of the entire storm is put at 10 inches. In the great storm of 1893, WuSH MODAlS anu hi lHS iSSI ol lhio state was drenched and wind-torn, the rain record for twenty-four hours was 5.63 inches, but there are no rain rec ords in this stat that equal those of Jones valley in Se storm that for tunately is now ended.
 A few washouts small bridge here and there missing, few wires to be put up, and many abrasions of the highways sums up the damage done. A hill town supplied with small streams only is pretty near wind and waterproof. lt can be inconvenienced, but not materially damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Intervention a FacE.

All parties and all factions slipped out of office and responsibility, leav- ing the island of Cuba without a gov. ernment, and intervention, 1t seems, became at once morally compulsory on the part of America. The third paragraph of the Platt amendment to the Cuban constitution is incapable of misoonstruction, for it reads:
 That the government of Cuba con sents that the United States may exer- else the right to intervene for the pres eryation of Cuban independence the maintenance of a government adeuuate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba im- posed by the treaty of Paris on the Uni- ted States now to be assumed and un- dertaken by the government of Cuba"
 Under this amendment this country became at once the guardian of life, property and individual liberty in Cuba. The throes of revolution and the recent desertion of all responsible officials imposed duty upon this country that we could not we'll evade.
 Secretary Taft, therefore, declared himself provisional governor, and Cuba is again in our hands.
 The only road to peace and prosper. ity in the productive island lies in continued intervention to be followed, perhaps, by annexation, with the con sent of the Cuban people. Palma government could not endure the re- proach of rotten election, and the island, with all it's great interests, should never be turned over to the half-breeds and negroes who consti- tute the liberal party
 As against interv ention and annexa- ton no one presents a reasonable alter native It is the Big Stick or anarchy, and the United States has adopted the former policy. We are now the gov erning power, and annexation with proper consideration for the better Cubans is almost sure to follow. The bostering up of incapable govern ments has run it's course. The time seems near at hand for making Cuba a part of the United States. New England may stand out against it, but New England probably will stand alone if it takes that position. We are now in Cuba in all the majesty and strength of eighty millions of people, and events will rapidly formulate themselves to an inevitable conclu- sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

soon to arrive are well placed. They will then send reports home that will bring here more Belgians.
 The Charleston movement will sup. plement the movements to land lmmi. grants at Galveston and New Orleans. No fares will Le paid in the gulf ports, and the only special inducement will be outbound cargoes of cotton, grain and naval stores. Ships that can se- cure full outbound cargoes can well aliord to land immigrants at reasona. ble rates at southern ports.
 The south sorely needs more white men-more white farmers, more white workers in it's lumber mills and fur mace plants. The placing of the first arrivals of immigrants Is an important matter, and the results of the Charles ton, Galveston and New Orleans arri- vals will be watched with great inter- est. The introduction of immigrants at southern ports may prove the be- ginning of new era in southern pro- gress and development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Mobile In a Hurricane.

The disaster that has befallen Mo- biel was fortunately unattended by loss of life in Mobile itself. although in the small towns on the bay the loss of life was most distressing. The property loss in Mobile was very heavy, and probably little of it was covered by insurance. Strangely enough, the wind did not at any time exceed fifty miles an hour, and yet conditions were such that that veloc- tty piled up the yellow waters of the river and the bay until it stood several feet in depth on business streets. In October, 1893, similar storm occurred with similar damage to Mobile. but the velocity of the wind at that time rose to seventy-three miles an hour. It is remarkable that wind that did not attain to more than fifty-five miles an hour should have done damage that may when fully ascertained exceed three million dollars. President Jemi- sons offer of assistance in the name of the Commercial club was timely, and the people of Birmingham will make that offer good if Mobile calls for 1t.
 The passage of the storm through the states of Alabama and Mississippi was doubtless felt in the cotton fields. where probably hung from open bolls over half million bales of cotton. How much of it was wasted or stained can not at present be estimated, but no observer considers the loss light and immaterial. A fine crop has been seriously damaged by both wind and rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
GAVE AWAY A FORTUNE.
|. New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 George Westinghouse once gave away the greater part of his air brake stock. The railroad officials who in 1869 and later threw punches of the certificates into dark corners and closets, regarding them as valueless, have since had abundant opportunities to kick themselves for their lack of foresight. Westinghouse and his coterie of financiers bought back all the stock they could find. but the chances are that some of it still reposes in garrets or cellars. Such as could be found was bought for s5 or $1o share in the early seventies. The capital stock Is now sl2 100000. Last week 1t was put on a 80 per cent basis. and an effort was made to stihe the news to give the friends of the directory chance for highly profit able speculation. A few years ago the stock sold at 1S6. and the annual dividend was 40 per cent.
 Ralph Baggaley of Pittsburg was the only acauaintanc of Westinghouse who regarded the air brake as practical pos sibility. and he was persuaded to put enough money in it to build small shop For this he received a one-fifth interest. Robert Pitcairn, retired as Pittsburg agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, also secured a block of the stock. He knew its value and bought all the certificates his doubtng friends In the railroad bus mess were willing to throw away to tighten their desks and safe boxes. Pit cairn today has sumptuous offices in the Westinghouse building, and attends to some extent to the Westinghouse air brake business. The stockholders on three occasions have received stock dividends, and in ten years the earnings were over s1s,o00.000, of which a40oo,000 went into their pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Citys Rapid Groth.

"I do not know whether Birmingham will extend its limits before the next Uni ted States census, but expansion or no expansion this city will give a good ac- count of itself,' said wide awake cit izen. "Greater Birmingham, that Is to say, all the towns served by the car lines of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, has population today of about 150,0O0. In 1910 this street car population will have increased to more than 100000. The present city limits con tain today not less than 60,OO0 people, and not less than 15.O0O will be added by 19l0
 'I have been living here nearly ten years, and in all that time have never seen the city grow so rapidly as it has done during the past six months. It might be that if a census were taken now, 1t would be found that the popula- tion was 10000 instead of 600OO.
 Seven or eight hlgh-class cafes are filled every day at eating hours. Four large theatres are filled every night by well-dressed audiences. Four skyscraper office buildings are occupied to their ca- paeity, while the old buildings continue to be pretty we'll filled with tenants. The churches have been attended by large congregations every Sunday all through the summer. These things would not have been possible year ago. In all the crowds half the people appear to be newcomers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Whites in the South.

New York begins to fear that while rnobs of the Atlanta sort may drive to 1t thousands of negroes, the persistent efforts of southern men to secure a share of the immigrant stream will be successful. Two-thirds of the south is uncultivated, and the section that alone offers to immigrants cheap lands will soon or late attract them.
 Be this as it may, North German Lloyd steamer, direct from Bremen will soon land at Charleston a ship load of Belgians. The transportation expenses of these Belgians is to be paid by the state of South Carolina, for that state is ambitious both in an agricultural and an industrial direc- tion. She wants cotton raisers, and she wants also mill hands.
 The hope is that the new immigra- ton movement will prove progressive. .l certainly will be if the Belgians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
sLUlcEwAYs OF THE WORLD.
Extraordinary Bringing Together of
 Alien Races at Ellis Island

From Every ybodys Magazine.
 Sluiceways of the world! A low, deep babel in dozen different tongues. Close squeezed here are races that have been apart for tens of thousands of years races now to be slowly welded together. How absolutely different are the faces! A broad stolid Polish face close by an excited little Italian mother who fills the air with gestures. Gestures rise from all the sluiceways. For the southeast of Flu rope loves gestures, and 1t is from the southeast that most of our immigrants come. Three-fourths are from Italy. Aus tria, Hungary. Bohemia. Poland and South Russia. Three-fourths are peasants from farms and little hamlets. Three fourths are unskilled laborers. bringing an average of only $22 each. Three-fourths are men under 40, coming first alone, their wives and children to follow them later. They are the strong men of their coun- tries; you can see 1t now as you look down into the sluiceways. They are the healthy picked out of the vast poverty stricken areas of the southeast-the peas ants on whose shoulders for centuries Flu rope has rested.
 These men are not coming here because of the Declaration of Independence. They come moved by the deep primeval instinct of man-to get for himself and his family more of the good things of life
 vast primeval horde. Coarse, massive, honest faces. And on these faces-big, simple, human feelings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Paris Murderer Who Had to Beg Po-
 lice to Arrest Him.

sBut the main thought driven in upon one who studies the police of Paris, says Vance Thompson in '.The Thief-Takers of Paris" in the October Everybody's, 'is that hazard plays mighty part in the detection of crime and the capture of criminals M. Goron told me of one case that Is epic in It's way. A cook in the Fould family has been found strangled in her kitchen It was brutal murder and caused intense excitement. Now un- fortunately neither M. Goron nor his best detectives could discover the criminal. Weeks passed, and the newspapers de- nounced daily the incapacity of the po- lice. Had the reporters ever discovered the whole truth they would have banter ed the chief out of office. The murderer was a wastrel lad named Ducret, the son of A porter in the house. Without money, wandering half frozen in Paris. he at last decided to give himself up. With his last sou he bought an evening paper in which he read that all the high functionaries Of the police were giving banquet that night to the prefect of police; he thought that was the place to do 1t. Two police men were on guard at the door.
 I am the assassin Ducret began
 " None of your games here said the policeman, and kicked him across the street.
 "The gloomy murderer went on his way. In the Auteuil quarter another gendarme refused to arrest him; he entered res taurant and had dinner; when the bill was brought he said: 1T have no money, I am an assassin; have me arrested!'
 So you think you're going to make scandal in my house, do your the land lord shouted, and thrust him out of doors.
 ''The unhappy murderer went on. In the rue de la Pompe he came upon two policemen. Politely he approached them, took off his hat and told his story.
 |" It may be true, said one of them; and they took him to the station.
 'Of course this was the long hazard: as a usual thing, the criminals of Paris do not so patiently try to force a way into prison. The hounds hunt the wolves, and the chase is parlous and long"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
No Nohs Wanted in Alabama.

The grand jury sitting in Atlanta expressed the belief that the distribu- tion of sensational and heavy-leaded extras on Saturday night, September 22, among a large crowd of excited men and boys" promoted the forma- tion of the mob that has disgraced the southern country. The grand jury pro- ceeded to condemn such sensational. ism, trusting that in the interest of law and order there may be "a cessa- tion of such Journalistic methods
 The grand jury brings out two fea- lures of the Atlanta mob, both of which were essential parts of it, name ly, the yellow journalism that fostered 1t and the 15-year-old boys that ex- ecuted it. If either had been lacking the mob would not have been possible in city full of churches and good citizens. The saddest feature of the OANAAO NNi III Ol AiOD iulC III AtidlNd al 9 the boys who participated in 1t, whose lives will never be what they were be- fore that wild reign of anarchy. blood thirst and ruin was begun.
 It lis not strange that the lawless in lesser towns should consider them. selves free to initiate Atlanta but Gov ernor Jelks will doubtless see that any Alabama town which attempts to or ganize a similar mob will be duly and fully punished. An incipient mob is reported at Dothan, but the good citi- zens of that prosperous city are alert, and no imitation of the Atlanta hor- TOT will, let us hope, be permitted in its unstained streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
About Boards.

T read in New York paper the other day." said man last night, that scls- sors and the razor went hand in hand with advancing civilization, and that boards were relics of barbarian. Generally speak ing this seems to be true
 Every few men these days have boards; not many have mustaches. But 1t Is a noteworthy fact that every member of President Roosevelts cabinet including himself, is an exception to the rule. Every one of them has a mustache and several of them have full grown beards And go- ing down the line of the rulers of the na- tions of the world, l cannot think of but one. King Alfonso of Spain, who hash a beard of some description. Barbers do not get much of chance to ply their trade on royal faces. But after all that doesn't alter the general proposition that boards are out of date"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
THIS WINTERS PLAYS.
Shaw, Shakespeare and Plnero to be
 Among Exploited Playwrights.

"The Players" Everybodys Magazine
 for october.
 There was much enthusiasm over re- hearsals this season, because, as said in the beginning, those connected with them seemed to think that the plays are rath- CT better than usual, and that people are disposed to spend much money to see them. We are likely to have good deal of Shaw, although Arnold may de- eide to exploit some one else and bring him into fame, possibly Shakespeare. Ellen Terry Is coming from England to give us Captain Brassbounds Confess , sion," one Of the earlier Shaw comedies, and Henry B. Irving is to make his first appearance in this country as star, his repertoire ranging from classical drama to modern French plays. He is going to play Iago, in which he has won great distinction abroad, and possibly he may give a few performances with Robert Mantell as Othello, which would be very much worth while. Mir. Mantell adds Julius Caesar and ''The Merchant of Venice" to his repertoire. E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe will not make new Shakespearan production, but will pre- sent a Joan of Arc play and one of D'Annunzio's modern tragedies. Louis James will be seen as Falstaff, and that should be a fine performance, as he is the best comedian of modern times among the so-called legitimate actors. With this. and Annie Russell playing Puck in "A Midsummer Nights Dream" Shukespear- ian comedy will receive more attention than it has had in a long time. While there Is but one English play that has made real sensation coming over, His House in Order" is said to be the best thing that Arthur Wing Pinero has writ ten, and that is really extrayhgant praise One doubts very much, however, whether it will appeal as much to this generation as did Sweet Lavender" to former one.