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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
BETTER THAN TRUST,
 PAT GROVE DEFENSE
Kidnaper in Story of His Life N Declares Combines OutdO < the Bandits.

, trust had been making illegal con tracts which allowed them tn pile money onto their already fabulous fortunes
 'Pcople'> Food Kidnaped."
 T held Eddie Cudahy until the money was paid. Mr Cudahy and his associates were charged with re- straint of trade in holding the peo- ple's food until the money was paid Ii Mr. Cudahy had been found guilty his crime would in many ways have been greater than mine. l would have been sentenced to ten years or more. II Mr Cudahy had been found guilty, he would no doubt. have got out of it with q few dollars fine and then the price of meat would probably have been put up until he Was reimbursed For many years have been thinking about these things.
 After telling of his boyhood he reached the point where he went to work for Mir Cudahy in his meat business in Omaha. The first crime in his life was committed after he began to work for Cudahy. One day former customer of his own went to him and told him he was out Of money and that his family needed meat. He asked for credit until he could pay. Grove spoke to Mir Gu dahN, who. he says, hatly refused. First Step in Crime.
 The whole proposition made me angry he says. "I watched my chance and slipped some meat off he hooks. wrapped it up and gave 1 it 60 the man. with a couple of dol l lars from my own opcket. The in human policy aroused in me such indignation that l felt justified in committing this, my first crime. l Later in the same day another cns- toner came in. buying $25 wort h of stuff and paving cash. put S. in the drawer and s20 in my own ] pocket. That was the first step across the line for my own gain.
 In 1889 Grove came to Chicago intending to go into business later n Jn nll i,, l,, T panions and was robbed of all his money but $2 The proprietor Of ! fused to pay back. and he sstnck up the house. robbin@ the inmate! of 5000 worth of diamonds. At a paWnbroker he was met by the i police. He was captured after put ting three men temporarily out of business He now had a name in the land as handy man with a gun. He served seventeen month for it, being pardoned by the eover- nor. He got a job-but the mark of the convict vas on him.
 Not Guilty. Imprisoned.
 Crowe's career of crime was now we'll started. Tn England he made a 'touch' and went to New Orleans to spend it. He broke jail in Mis- souri, and was arrested for train robbery He was innocent. but the authorities, he said, had il in foT him for former i'll turn don"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
ETSENk RAMER The Tailor,

Above Citizens Bank, Second Avenue and Pine street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
THANKSGIVING AT
 c0L0RED cHuScnES
(niUn Services Will Be Held at the
 First Baptist Church at

The coI9r@d p-eple will unite in union raan<~ziy.ng services at the '1irst Bantis- 4hurch, of which Rev. ]. B. Bortie.l pastor, next Thurs aa, night u clock.
 All who a..-e; are expected to bring son4a5i...fz for the benefit of he poor. so1ng peoples, Chris tiaH soriez:-e are expected to take part, by sp4".a invitation of the pastol. ;,aa VI Friplett, president at B. I.
 te'io"ta.- he program for the occasion:
 son@. by choir.
 !'l-.l lAse.a. Broom.
 oHs't4 e.srl.s, Prof. R. L. e'aeea@...
 i;ecta-' Willie Gardner.
 ie9ar. E@-s.e Brown.
 Heeita-# #az Thanksgiving Vel =ons,s re~-t.-4 Johnson.
 Atdr--- 2 Wilson.
 .>ddte~s. 7.s5@ Men in the In fen. arrant.
 na Progress of a R&oo N,ses.
 .te' ,.:z.ly Murphy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25

them He served three years He found 10 milljonaires among the ,Noo eonviets in prison The in justice ot his sentence. h. says. set him thinking
 Books were loaaod=to hirl in p1ts= on. From them he learned et Christ What h. learned of His teachings made him =tTe himself up last fall
 .rheE4 was. no other reasola." he sa1s Fl need not have surrender ed But vas tired of crime and sluIkina and dodgin4
 Could he have found w91 he would have begun q new life OH leaving the Jefferson Cit1 peniten= tiaHv But no one would trust him. Then he gave np and planned the kidnapine \ friend had told him of the Charlie Ross abduction. He thought it bungling job.
 After telling the story of the ab- duction in detail. which is all old story to the public, Grove answers some of his critics, particularly the story told of his exploit by W II. Hodge. writer for magazine. He denies the Tower " train rob- bery, and tells of the five years as a fugitive after he had buried his share of the S25.o0o reward in south Omaha He lived seven months in a flat i'll Chicago. re turned to St Joseph, Mo, was shot at, escaped and went to Omaha after wandering about the country. On September 6 905, he had ar ranged to surrender to the county sheriff
 Fight With the Police.
 The police wanted to capture him before his surrender. Four officers in plain clothes. armed to the teeth. attempted to get him. They opened fire without speaking, and Grove returned it. shooting Al- bert Jackson in the leg and escaping in the confusion He surrendered later at Butte, Mont, aud was ae- quilted of the shooting Then he was returned to jail. and four months later was placed on trial for robbing Cudahy.
 The story of the trial takes Up nearly half of the book; the last | chapters are devoted to his address 1 in the Broadway theater, Butte, | March 29. this year, in which he told of his intentions to start life l over again.
 Through the whole book runs the l vein of discontent with his environ ment. blaming it for his wrong -do- ing and a vein of defense for him. self. which amounts to justification because be. poor man, did no worse than the trust magnates have | done and who have escaped un- scathed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
CLEAN OFF
 YOUR FIRE PLUGS
Chief Shultz Issues Warning to Citizens Relative to Tias:l
 Around Them.

shuitz of the fire depart nter- ra.i5 attention to the fact that nlafE 1f the fire plugs of the city ar4 s4rroundea by debris, making it almost impossible to reach them ir easr of fire.
 Ha waras the people that this IS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
Rang Door Bell.

The miscreant who had doubtless been waiting his chance, rang the door bell, and when the door was opened by the child, pushed his way into the house. He was dressed ill OverallS and q bandanna handkerchief concealed his features. The girl screamed and fled to her grandmOther's room. She hastily hid several dia- mond rings, a brooch and other ar ticles of value in her stockings before the burglar forced an entrance. n
 He gave the child a vicious kick which sent her unconscious the length Of the room While she lay on the floor he took two diamond rings from her fingers and fled, they having been his only hooty. Whca the little girl regained Consciousness her first thought was for her grandmother. jewels. When she fonud them still repoSing in her stockings she fled with them still concealed on her per son to the nearby hnnse where ner grandmother was visiting and after telling her story fanteA ahe is serl- onsly ill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
Was Given To Her

fef~ tHupfH. Flu, two liltle#chiI= dIpu. thc> stated had been bcreft al parents. and ther aunts were puzzled as how to care for them. Both youna Wamen= wept bitterly u partina from lhe ilfanl then they descended RreefPitateN II COT mth thr next station. without con tnauiae te Arkansas
 Wartliobe Collected.
 To atone=tor he deficiency ol the XoHn2ster's wardrobe. q number of passengers ransached their grips, eventually brinsin4 forth sutii- eienl supply of children'a clothing to last the mothcrles, infant for q tWeIve-month.
 On arriving al Memphis Mts Per r4, Miss Mitchell and Miss Potts adjourned to local hotel, prepara- tory to meeting Mr. Perry on Fri day morning. Mr. Perry is a print cr and arrived from Knoxville about two weeks ago. his family following later In Knoxville they lived at llo4 Forest avenue.
 The Vaccinations of the infant Miss Potts are demonstrated by the fact that q fellow passenger on the train urgently offered to relieve Mrs. Perry Of her foster daughter not withstanding the fact that he was already blessed with six chl- dren of his own, all of whom were travelling with him.
 Baby Seems Satisfied.
 When visited by reporter on Friday morning Miss Potts-Perry was dividing her attention between piece of beefSteak in the one hand and piece of corn cake in the other. and was not disposed to | be communicative. From her gruntS | and gur2les, however, the scribe opined that she was contented with | her surroundin9s and approved her ] neW family connections.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
Prairie Addition

Situated on ALstin's Avenue, known as Twenty-sixth an [ Hazel streets. These lots hays been hel dat s50 per lot. bae in order to sell same within 90 days vii take $25 per lo.. This Is the cheapest real estate ever offered for this money. and Is increasing in valuation daily.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-25
F0|LED BY GIRL
 AND STOCKING Dl RING TIE ABSENCE OF HOT SPRINGS FAMILY, 1O.YEAR-OLD
 HID JEWELS.
Secured Two Diamond Rings From Her Fingers. But Failed To Find
 Most Valuable Articles.

Hot Springs, Ark. Nov 2f-fi1dlng ncr erandmother's jewels ill her stockings while burglar was ran sacking the house, Bertha Kennedy. ten years old, foiled the robber who kicked her insensible before fleeing in baffled rage
 The little girl was left alone In ths house of her grandfather, Dr 5. r Vaughan, a Wellknown physician ot Park avenue, Wednesday night while her grandmother spent a few minutes at the home of her daughter near by.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
NEW PUBLIC PRINTER.
At THLRTY-FOTR YEARS OF AGE
HE HEADS THE BIGGEST PRINT
SHOP IL THE WORLD.
His Office Pays Out Annually Over
Four and a Half Million Dollars in
Mages-Is One OF the Presidents
Youngest.

AT the head of the biggest printing
office in the world at the age Of "a,
| That is the position in which Charles
A. Stillings finds himself to-day. When
the Hon. Frank w. Palmer resigned
from the Office of Public Printer last
summer, President Roosevelt found
himself facing the necessity of making
one of the most important appoint
ments that had ever fallen to his lot
70 consider. The printing required for
the United States Government is so
voIuminous and Of such diversified de-
tail that il is necessary to operate the
enormous plant in which the printing
is produced. in the most perfect way.
At the head of this great printery the
President knew he must place n man
who would be manly among men,
strong Of character, quick OF decision
and with a thorough grasp of every
detail OIL the printing business in
everyone of its many branches. Many
men backed by strong political intlu-
ence were presented to the President
for his consideration in making the
appointment for Public Printer, but
none seemed to be possessed of all of
the necessary qualifications. until his
attention was directed to a progres-
sive young man whose knowledge Of
the printing business covered the en-
tire field and who had had practical
experience in Boston, Philadelphia and
WashingtOn-one Charles A. Stillings.
And so. after a thorough examination
into Mr.. Stillings' commercial career,
the President, finding that Mr.. Still
lings' ability was just what he had
been looking for, appointed him as the
executive head of the Government
Printing Office. The Senate promptly
confirmed the Presidents appointment
and so Mr.. Stillings has become the
active head of the establishment.
A brief idea of the volume of bust
ness conducted by the Government
Printing Office may be obtained from
the following figures. Last year they
paid in wages TO its various employees
the sum of S4,61G,7S1.10 and nearly
three millions more were spent for
various supplies, including paper, new
machinery and maintenance of the
plant. Every dollar of this great sum
is expended under the check of the
Public Printer and it is evident that
much wisdom is needed in handling
money where so large an amount is in
yolyed.
Mr.. Stillinrs is especially fitted by
training, inclination, and ability for
the position. He forms an attractive
addition to the ranks of the young men
with whom President Roosevelt has
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01

new forests by the uatIop,, o.,..-
hnrn mSne on, on the wide level prairIes' nnd
SUPPOSED supp pSd'i6s tn he to2thilis which are now %
OF the land and 1T oTiV Tf"S'e f"T 5-Io Places
sheep. "''ay cattle and
II is the yast posslbIitio. 90 e..
nltH,tlhE and timber prodgctio1 IN iotSSt
aGaInst ip's 'T&t make it almost a Grjr1S iI,,S
with the land in It's prosoBf cGn, 20 Part part
The SJrtIgA EjHilniA3 under such scheme ''9I 2a
large lar grSzi44r, ftSsi4 pill for the crcation Of
ership. III private own
otdIy dSe tP15 PmininE 1E,, interests more lmmedl-
this G4O-acrc homestead idaS 90 o oppose
sta@t"s @ spS spSat plains or Rocky mSuntgiT
national noiia,Pe TiiP 70 inaugurate a great
tstS, ti,, not only to furnish w"oG i,"% ior5 a,,
ana Increase tnG thd mines but to conserve rive
noW OF the rivers stop moods n5e nnne INC
hish water FOR irrigation, ana iur-
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
Revolutionary Russia.

Like the Stuarts of Great Britain
and the Bourbons OF France, the
reiEning dynasty of Russia goes from
bIuuGer TO blunder, Such revolution
as is in progress throughout Euro
pean Russia cannot be suppressed by
the sword. The thing 10 have done
was 10 make concessions 10 the spirit
of liberty when the agitation began.
GrIntS that would have been
hailed as liberal a year ago would be
rejected with scorn to-day as wholly
insufficient.
Tie revolution is strikingly like that
Of France, and there Will be no stop
ping It. The proletariat has fought
and tasted blood. Suppose they sup,
pres the revolt in Moscow? 1t will
break ut at some other point-in Po,
land, u Lithuania. or Finland, or
elsewhere between the Baltic and the
Black seas. The army will be kept on
the jump, and its loyalty put to the SUI
Uremest test. Then, when order has
been shot into the nation, and reigus
everywhere as it once did at Warsaw,
the revolution will break out afresh in
Moscow or somewhere else, and it VIII
all have to be done over. again.
Before the thing IS finished Russia
will be a republic; not free republic,
but a revolutionary republic guided by
n Cromwell or Napoleon. And if such
should be her destiny, she Will be a
mighty ugly customer in n quarrel with
a neighbor, just as England was in the
middle of the seventeenth century, just
as France was at the close of the eight
eeuth century.
For a full 100 years republicanism
has been driving autocracy TO the wall
in Europe. France is pretty good re
public and getting better every day.
The Kaiser of the great German En-,
pire has in the Reichstag a partner in
the government, ofttimeS very med
dlesome and n very obstinate partner
at that. The Cortez holds the purse of
Spain, and Italy is a constitutional
monarchy. Austria-Hungary has leg
islature. and the Scandinavian peo.
pies have enjoyed liberty for ages.
Russia is rousing from the slumber of
centuries and she cannot be put to
sleep again. There will be battle and
blood and terror, but it will end in a
republican, least, in a legislature
and then Russia will begin the new
lesson of learning what liberty is and
what to do with It.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
Couldn't Mix The Bicycle.

Some years ago, soon after bicycles
began to be freely used throughout the
United States, an agent for a New York
house turned up at a village in Central
New York. He exDatiated to an old
farmer upon the virtues of the new ma
chine, dwelling upon what a timc-savcr
il was, and withal how fashionable il
would be for the old farmer to be able
to ride down to the village on one OF
the new-fauglcd machines whenever he
wanted TO,
"Why,'ssaid the salesman, whenever
you go to the postotfice, bank, or store,
everybody will stop and stare at Farmer
Wilson, and pretty soon you'll be the
most-talked-of man in the whole coun.
ty."
That may be so,' replied the farmer,
but | tell you I'm a-needin' a good
new COW mon | am one o them things
you're a-talkin' about"
Nevertheless. the agent extracted a
promise that the old man would save
up his money and purchase a bicycle
when the agent came around in the fall.
According to promise, the agent was
on hand in the fall with the wheel The
farmer took him in charge and carried
| hun out to the lot and showed him a
| fine Jersey COW.
| That's what | bought with the money
| saved up for you,' said the farmer.
| And without waiting for the agent to
recover from his surprise he went on (:
! lowed that | needed the cow mon |
did the bicycle, an there she is. Amt
she beaut?'
| When the agent recovered his breath
he said; You'll look funny riding that
cow to town, won't you?"
Iaas,' crawled out the old farmer.
but I'd look a darned sight funnier
tryin' to milk bicycle"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01

that would make him feel the full
weight of an outraged national public
sentiment. tApplausc,) They are not
AaDle to punishment CrImiualIy hut
they are morally responsible for every
fraud committed under the timber and
stone act since they shelyed the bill to
repeal IT passed by the senate in tho
last session of congress.
peal the timber and stone act Every
acre OF public forest lands or brush
or woodlands which conserves a water
supply should be at once embraced in
permanent forest reserves, the title to
be always retained by the national
tured timber only to be sold.
Wonderful Possibilities of the Arid
Region.
The whole great pIsina ro,iop
should be studied and developed ns n
vast area which can be transformed
great fertility and more humid riim,te
by the planting Of immense areas,
hundreds OF thousands OF acres. OF
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
an LmprOviScd Excuse,

Tommy was absent from school for
one entire day. But he brought note
OF excuse the next morning, which
would prove that he had been detained
at home legitimately The writing was
hardly that Of feminine hand, and the
note appeared to have been written la
boriously Furthermore, the penman-
snip seemed to be strangely familiar to
his teacher. The note read as follows
Dear Teacher: Please excuse Tom
my Tor not coming to stool yistidy, he
couidn come. | tore my pants. Yours
truly, Mrs. Mulligan."
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
Don't Ask Again.

An amusing incident is related of
Nat Goodwin. the actor. Not long ago
Goodwin was standing on the corner
of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street,
New York City, where three car lines
converge, when a seedy-loolling indi-
vidual. apparently from the country,
approached him questioningly.
Il want to go to the Brooklyn
Bridge" he said, looking in perpleXity
, at the cars rushing in six different di
rections.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01

surrounded himself in the administra-
ton of the Government affairs. He re-
ceived his education in the Phillips
Grammar School and the English High
School at Boston. After leaving school
he entered his fathers printing office,
where he received a varied and thor
ough experience in all branches of the
trade, finally working up to the posi-
tion of general manager and later be-
coming sales manager of the Griffith
Stillings Press, an organization which
took over the business formerly con-
Quoted by Mr.. Stillings. Sr.
In all of Mr.. Stillings' transactions
he has shown an unusual aptitude for
organization, and, possessing a marked
degree of personal magnetism has
drawn into close friendship with
himself many men of dignity and posi-
tion. Mr.. Stillings is a Mason, having
attained the honors of the thirty-sec-
ond degree Of the Scottish Rite, and is
also a Mystic Shriner.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01

i'sould ! not help thinking TO myself
whether il might not be possible some
day or other to awaken the people Of
the mississippi valley 10 a realization
OF the TACT that forestry is a problem
extending from New Orleans to the con-
tinental divide Of ths 'Ocky mountains
on the west, TO Canada on the north
ana 10 the crest Of the AlIeEhaules on
the east. where the Ohio river has its
source; and thai failure ana aestruc-
uon sre inevitable if IL shall be eN-
pectea IN the years to come TO control
that great flood by increasing the
Ieye.s 10 protect the sUEarbOwl Of the
nation. The time viii come when they
cannot build them higher and the
country Will revert 20 "a swamp coUal-
aon and be as ucsolate as il is today
where the st. Francis basin is covered
with water through which you may
look down and see the tops OF trees
ihat once grew on dry land. How are
you going 20 prevent that2
rot alone matter of sentiment. 1t
Is just as much a cold blooded quos-
:iOu Of business. The speakers who
preceded me have spoken upon the i'm
pcEtaEce Of forestry TO mining. l
have listened with much interest TO
their mastcTly discussion on the rela-
t!on of forestry to mining. and 1t
brought more forClbly than ever to my
mind the conviction that the whole |
country and those engaged in all its
Industries are fast coming to recuE- I
nfze the Importance of forestry. I l
regret that we cannot include the /.
tower house OF congress. They do not /.
seem to have yet walked up to it.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01

Here lies the body or Nr,r,,
Her head on the bosom ~ aHrnnh hi,n
T., = Pieasaat and sweet for Mary Ann
Du' mighty tough FOR Abraham 1'''''
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01

the timber and the land and the young
growth and everything for $3.50 an
acre. Taking the value OF that timber
at what the stumpaEe actually sold Tor
upon some of the government land IN
meut mas lost $4,000 900 by that pro-
CeeGinE. But the stumpase on the s.
0,UUu acres located during the last
two years was much more valuable
than that. And II the government had
managed its timber land business IS
any business man or any man or
sense would have managed II We
might lust as well as not have realized
from that stumpaEe and
have had our young forest trees plant
ed i'm southern California ana the sur
rLL. -.-L nNnr. LAnnLause.l
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
Anew Suppositions.

We are told that there Is going 10 be
a deficit this year in the treasury Of
the United States of $22,eUgr0y0. If
we had not thrown away that $to.Ooo,-
coo we could have covered that deficit
at least twice over and still have had
money left in the treasury. In other
words the public lands committee OF
the house has thrown away over
$I0,000.0UO Of the peoples money in
the last two years. II we should put
this total loss at only s5o,ouu,ogu toT
the two years 1t has amounted 70 over
100000 a month or about $4,000
day.
Now suppose some enterprisiuE and
ingenious person had succeedcd IN
tunnsliuE under the United states
treasury and cut a hole into the vaults
and carried on $4,000 a day. Don't
you suppose We could get the people
of the United States TO wake up the
public lands committee If IL required
some action by IL to stop that steal
ing? That is exactly what is going
on; for If the house public lands com
mIttee does nothing in this session Of
congress iaud it has already voted to
DO nothing) the loss to This country
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
How TO Get Things Done.

am not going to take UP your time
with any further dissertations upon
the Importance OF forestry. But I want
10 what we should do to get what we
want done. I listened with the great
est interest and pleasure 10 the presi-
The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-01
Four Million Dollar Loss.

u other words. as a result of the
dejiberate delay of the public lands
committee of the house. instead of
having the value of the stumpage from
that 3osOO0O acres of timber in the