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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-21

ew tbin and True Pride. witness tho are more pathetic than k'n tue pains and care which
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HELD FOR ENLIGHTENMENT,
PLAINTIFF WORKS TO GET
BOND TO RELEASE TATEM
Mrs. OwingS Declares She Still Loves Defendant
and VIII Forgive All If He Will Return
To Her.

Charged with the embezzlement OF
81 $50 from Mrs. LOttie c. Owings. OF
l2l1 Sixth street southwest. William A.
Tatem, thirty-elght years of age, was
arraigned before Judge Mills in Police
Court this morning.
After entering a plea OF not guilty.
Tatem waived examination. through At
torney r. Edward Mitchell. and in de-
fault OF 81 600 bond. fixed by Assistant
United States District Attorney Jesse
G. Adkins. was held for the action Of
the grand jury. AT a late hour today
Tatem had not secured hOndsmen, and
was sim IN custody.
Detective Grant. after close ques-
tlOning process. secured from Tatem an
admission that he took the money. as
charged, but says that he has spent
1t all.
Despite the fact that Tatem is
charged with a grand jury offense. Mrs
Owings has been stirred by sympathy
and pity for him. and was today trying
TO raise enough money TO get him out
OF jail
An EFFORT IS being made by Tatem's
counsel TO compromise the case through
a return Of all the money. or as much
IN spite Of the way he has treated
me- Mrs. Owings says, Il stiu love
him as muck as ever and want him to
come back and live with me. 1 am per
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fectly willing 10 let the matter drop for
good II he viii return my money. Poor
thing. he did not intend 20 do wrong,
and was only under the Influence Of
strong drink when ne took my money.
y sold my property sn Baltimore re-
Gently and had been carrying the money
around town everywhere with me. He
advised me that II was dangerous and
] might lose IT, He asked me 10 let him
have it for safekeeping an / had per
fectf aith IN his honesty and let him
have IT, 1 remembered that during a
recent illness, Mr.. Taten shOWeTed his
Kindness upon me and was just like a
brother ] decided ne was a good man
and trusted him implicitly My dOmes-
tic life has been one or great sorrow
and since my husband has been separ-
ated from me have yearned for good
companion.
when 7 first met Mr.. Tatem I'm BaS-
umOTe, where we both lived at that time
my husband and ] were not cOugenial
Tatem and / left Baltimore and went TO
Norfolk. and soon thereafter removed
10 Washington. After we reached here
Tatem advised me 10 sell nay home IN
Baltimore. and 1 did go. Tatem has "a
wife IN Baltimore who IS causing all
the trouble and she sued me for s.. 900
on February last for an alleged aliena-
ton of her husbands affections.
For the last year Tatem has board
ed with me at my house and was en-
plOyed as a bricklayer on the new AIu-
nicipal building"
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BUSINESS SITUATION
REMARKABLY ENCOURAGING

NEW YORK. Aug. 20-lt would be
difficult to exaggerate the favoring con-
ditions underlying the business situa-
ton. To be sure the later crops are not
YET made and some uncertainty will ex-
list until the harvest, but the outlook
could hardly be more encouraging than
II "a today. All this is making for q
steady increase IN general confidence.
Merchants the country over are prepar-
ing for a heavy Increase In consump-
live demand Manufacturers IN some
lines are sold up well into next year,
and altogether there IS every promise
for a period of uneXampled prosperity.
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LONDON LARGELY SHORT
OF UNION AND so. PACIFIC

NEW YORK. Aug. 20.-Among the
most interesting problems caused by the
advance In the prices Of Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific is the position OF
the London option dealers. They have
sold calls on something like 10000
shares Of the two stocks, mostly matur-
Ing at the end of this month and the
end Of September.
The London option dealer always buys
half the stock when he sells the call.
and trades freely against Il before II
natures. He is to some extent, there
fore. protected: but even at that ne is
heavily short One aTbitTage firm was
among the largest buyers, and this house
has sold large calls over here.
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HARRIMAN'S COUP
ENRAGES BANKERS
OF WALL STREET
Storm of Criticism Over
Tactics of Pacific
Stock Pool.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O-There was a
storm Of criticism today from promi-
ncnt bankers Of the financial district
and Southern Pacific common stock,
headed by r. II. Hartman. which
forced a pTont estimated at S16,OOO, eco
in the sensational rise of these secu-
rites
The criticism was summed up In the
putting Of several pointed questions,
such as the following:
why was the agreement, made in
May last. for Z and per cent divi-
dend. respectively IN Union and South
ern PaciGc. suddenly altered. in secret
and dividends Of 10 and . per cent de-
clared?
Why were the formal announcements
regarding the two Pacific dividends held
up for a fun twenty-four hourz}
What is the association Of Jacob II.
Schin. head of the insurance pools, 20
r. II. Hartman in the Pacific stocks
deal
How mach stock was acquired by f.
Il. Hartman and his associates since the
regular meeting Of the directors of the
Union Pacific road or July 70. and the
dividend announcement last Thursday
morning. Union Pacific rising twenty
POINTS anC Southern Pacific thirteen
points in the interim?
There was no doubt expressed in Wall
. treet TO-DAY that the handling Of the
Hartman pool must have necessitated
an enormous supply Of ready money.
There was also doubt expressed as
To the possibility of Hartman alone
having enough and ir this connection
the relationship of Jacob II. Schif 10
the Pacific pool became interesting.
'Fhe criticism was quite as caUstic
from London. where the delayed an
nouncement OF the dividends made the
English market The loser BY hundreds Of
thousands OF dOllATA
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FRIDAY CLOSE TO RECORD
DAY ON STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Aug. zo.-The enormous
trading in the Hartman stocks and also
in the whole market on Friday surpass-
ed anything seen on the exchange IN
many months. The total sales amount
ed to 2,524.63I shares, making a high rec
ord for the year and the largest day
since the Lawson panic N December,
1904 The heaviest trading was in the
first two hours with a total of ga 5S7
shares. or over half the total shares Of
everything traded in last week.
or this total Union and Southern Pa
cif1c contributed 80 per cent, with totals
nearly as large as those made during
the whole OF last week. These two
stocks formed nearly half of the dav's
The appended table compares them
with previous high marks;
Friday Hartman roads divi-
Dec. y 1894 dawson panic) ..... 2SS1. 800
NAV 9 1901 Northern Pacific
PANEL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3, l22, 800
April 80 1901 elimination OF big
bull mOVe) Observation-Disclosures 3, l90, 600
The enormous trading in stocks on the
stock exchange Friday brings that day
into prominence as concerns record DAYS
The total surpassed 100000 shares, and
but three days in the history Of the ex-
change have seen larger ones.
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IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
GENERAL ADVANCES
IN STOCK MARKET
Business On Enormous
Scale Continues Through
Forenoon.

NEW YORK, Aug 2O.-The stock
market opened az general advances.
Colorado Fuel and Iron was up ia, and
Louisville and Nashville, Brooklyn Rap
Id Transit. and Erie y each Southern
Railway and St Paul gained q. and
United States Steel preferred. Texas
PACIFIC, and Baltimore and Ohio u each.
Reading opened "a higher, Southern
Pacific gained IS. and Union Pacific
opened unchanged, but gained q.
business continued on an enormous
scale all through the forenoon, The
price movements were Irregular. and
while a number of issues joined in the
upward movement and made sharp ad-
vauces. other stocks were heavy under
profit-taking sales. AtchisOu advanced
10 100
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CURZON, BEREAVED,
GROWING OLD FAST
Looks Years Further Along
in Age Since the Death
Of Lady Curzon.
LONDON PERSONAL NOTES
Jack Coke Captures One Of the Rich
Lawson Girls, Who Draw Wealth
From a Newspaper.

LONDON. Aug. 20.-Lord Curzon. ac-
cOrdiug 10 those who have seen him
lately. looks ten years older since the
death OF his devoted wife, and the grief
OF his little girls is pitifUl 10 witness
They have been staying with the late
Lady Curzon's sister. the Countess OF
Suffolk. at Charlton Park, and from
there they moved on with their father
70 Tull0ch Castle. ROssshlre. Scotland.
a fine old place which their grand
mother. Mrs Letter. has taken from
Duncan Davidson
Mrs Letter Is IL such a nervous. de-
pressed condition that she can see no
one. and Lady Suffolk, too, has scarcely
moved out OF the grounds Of Charlton
Lady Suffolk has developed into a wo-
man full Of character. and she has
dignity as we'll as sweetness Of dispose
ton.
In India she was not always popular.
but today she is almost as admired ana
beloved as was her sister. Lady Curzon-
The SUFFOLK marriage has proved the
happiest Anglo-American match OF re-
cent years.
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THE LAST CONGRESS
THE BEST CONGRESS
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ant because they subserve the welfare
of our people as a whole. OF our nation
as an entirety. They are important be-
cause those who enacted them into law
thereby showed themselves 10 be I'll rep
resentaulves Of an good Americans.
In affairs outside Of our own cOun-
try our great work has been beginning
90 dig the Panama Canal. The fact that
the work thereon is now being done iu
the most thorough and satisfactory
fashion Is due 90 the action OF the pres
eut Congress and the hcartiest acllnOwl-
edgmeuts are due 90 the far-seeiug pa
triotism of those who thus made IL pos
sible- The interests banded together %
oppose a. were. and are. numerous and
bitter Had Congress been either timid
or corrupt and had not the leaders or
Congress shown the most faT-sightcd
resolution in the matter. the work or
building the canal would never have
been begun, OF il begun would now
have halted
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HEAVY OUTSIDE SELLING
DEPRESSES COTTON PRICE

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O-The local cot
ton market opened irregular, but there
was evidence Of better feeling in some
quarters. That the change OF sentiment
failed to produce higher prices after the
call was due TO heavy selling on out
side account part OF IL presumably
short stuff II forced the list of sever
al points. Opening quotations; Septem-
Der. 8HaSS2; October, 9.02H9O3; NOvem-
Der. 911 bid. December s.l2a9l2; Jauu-
airy. 9l9G9-20: February. 9.24 bid; March.
927d92S.
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Arthur BouFchier. the impetuous actor
manager Of the Garrick Theater. IS
again in hot water. Mr.. Boucher
caused immense discussion some time
ago by refusing 10 send a first night
invitation 20 Mr. Walkley. the distin-
guish+d dramatic critic Of the Times on
the ground that Mr. Walkley was pre-
JUDGED and 1eeTed at Mr.. BOurChiers
productions.
Now. Mr. Boucher IS certainly one OF
the CleveTest actors IN England. but he
is a little lacking In tact His latest ex-
hibition OF impulse was 10 neglect 10
send another distinguished dramatic
critic. Mr Baughan. Of the Daily News.
a FIRST night invitation. Both theater
managers and CRITICS are praying that
this little incident will not lead 10 an
other long controversy.
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MIDDIES TAKE FAIR
OAMSELS BY SURPRISE
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leave. and the captains of the Des
Moines and Florida scattered the young
men over the city with instructions to
give the feminine element absolutely
no quarter The middies have Obeyed
their instructions to the letter and
almost all of them have captured half
a dozen or more fair-faced, beaming-
eyed prisoners.
Yesterday afternoon the embryonic
admirals dOnned their best and newest
suit of blue, stiff collars, and caps with
ViSOrs coming abruptly down almost 70
the tips of their noses, and sailed forth
IN quest of glory and falr prisoners.
Many of them had gone bu short dis
lance when they sighted the enemy. II
was not many hours before the mlddes
were seen prOmenading up and down
Connecticut and Pennsylvania avenues
and other thOTOughf1TeS with a helpless
prisoner leaning heavily on either arm.
The young men We're not at an egoisu-
cal but regarded the surrender OF the
girls as q matter of course and some
thing that iusat had TO happen.
Spent Day Sightseeing.
The greater part Of the day was spent
I'm sightseeing. visiting acquaintance Of
friends of particular friends whom they
had met at Annapolis or elsewhere 1t
matters not how the middies became
acquainted with the girls suffice 10 say
they die so and won ont haudily.
Hundreds of Washingotnians. princi-
pally maidens OF charm and grace with
an eye for the handsome. tourneyed
down 10 the navy yard Yesterday osten-
sibly for the purpose of inspecting the
ships. Arrived there the girls found that
the greet long white immaculate crUs-
ers were the least attractive things at
the navy yard and they turned their at
tcnLiuus 10 things animate. With that
-'Ah there MaTy?' lock In their eye the
middies scrutinize1 the members Of tho
fair sex and sailed forth 10 battle A.
the command present arms the mid
dies obcved forthwith aud with eyes
right set about 10 carrying ont the
Plan of battle mapped ont by their
commanders while on the way 10 the
CITY. The main decks. quarter decks
turrets and the hlg guns were entirely
overlooked. The miGdies where In the
Iimelight and carried their honors well.
tomorrow morning the mlddles. VINO
were brought 20 Washington for the
purpose Of Studying gun making at the
navy yard, VIII go down 10 Indian
Head 10 inspect the proving grounds and
witness the testing OF some OF the larg-
est guns used in the navy. The Des
MONIES will leave tomorrow afternoon
Tor New York. where Il viii be pre-
pared for participation IN the naval
pageant at oyster Bay The Florida will
get its extra trimmings for the parade
at the Norfolk navy yard.
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In the few remaining sales the trend
or prices was better, % Gas selling at
co, gaining a half point over last previ-
Gus sale. Greene Copper held firm at %.
while Second National Bank which had
but recently sold down 10 l4S was taken
at ISL City Bank is pegged at 1874 and
whenever there IS any stock for sale at
that price there is a ready purchaser for
IL. The bond call was entirely ne
elected. The greater interest in the
New York market takes so much Of the
attention OF the brokers that local mat
ters are hardly considered.
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KILLED 8 MINERS.
INJURED SEVENTEEN
Russian Troops Fired on
Members of Mass Meet
ing at USOVka.

ST. PETERSBURG Aug. 0-EIght
miners We're killed and seventeen in
jured as the result OF a conflict with
troops at Usovka. Ekaterinoslav. yes
JeTday-
10 hold q meeting. and were ordered
by the soldiers % dispense This the
men refused 20 do. and the troops fired
into the crowd with the result stated.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20

pure food bin and the passage of the
bin which rendered effective -he con-
troll OF the Government over the meat
packing industries. are along the same
general line as the passage OF the in
terstate commerce law.
Perhaps the peculiar merit of these
laws Is best shown by the fact that
while they have aroused the deepest
anger OF the reactiuuaries. of the men
who make a fetch Of wealth. thew have
not satisfied the uuwise extremists. and
tie present Congress. in achieving this
merit has acted IN the exact spirit OF
Abraham Lincoln, who was never 20 be
frightened out Of going forward bv the
cr.2s of those who feared progress. nor
Vet 20 be hurried into a pTeCipitate ad-
vance by the demands Of the crude
thinking men
The Washington times., 1906-08-20

a seat on the Chicago stock exchange
sold last week for $1,000
An initial dividend Of 20 per cent has
been declared payable to the creditors
OF the Milwaukee Avenue state Bank.
President Drake of the Garfield Park
Bank. of Chicago. says that his LA
biliues are S99,700 and that he will pay
every dollar. lie says that too much
real estate caused his trouble.
With sales of !. COS. 43O shares Saturday
broke the record for activity on a half
holiday There We're 1913 $50 shares trad
ed i'm during the first hour and SU5, 500
shares during the second hour.
The directors of the Chllds Company
lunch rooms have declared the regular
quarterly dividends OF 10 per cent on
the preferred stock. and the regular
quarterly dividend OF l per cent on the
common stock, payable September TO-
The issue Of $4,000 convertible
bonds which 10 Is announced will be au-
thoriZed al the annual and special meet
ing of the Norfolk and Western Rail-
bonded Indebtedness and Interest obliga-
lions of that road by about 30 per cent.
The impression In iron and steel cir
Cles is that the Net earnings OF the
United states Steel Corporation IN the
third quarter of the current year will
not run below SIS. 000. coo Earnings since
the first of July have been at the rate
of more than $3S. 600 600 for the quarter,
but the extremely hot weather may
force a curtailment OF production and
delay deliveries.
The business of the Geenral Electric
this year has increased at a very rapid
rate. This is particularly true of the
rate Of Increase IN earnings is the year
has advanced, and the prospects are
that the return TO be made by the next
viii probably be found to be Couserva-
tive 10 estimate the gross business done
IN the current year At SIS .O00.OJ0.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad, which has
had an experimental steel passenger
coach in service for some time. will
hereafter purchase only steel passenger
equipment. The Pullman Company Is
making an all-steei sleeper for the com
pany and by the time the New York
tunnels are opened the company viii
have 600 steel coaches ready for use.
The experimental steel car weighs 103.5JO
pounds, against $500 pounds for the old
style.
The average prices Of twenty railroads
and twelve industrials are now but
few points below the high records estab-
lshed I'm January last They seem fair
To pass those figures In the near future,
no mean proportions IS under way. The
recovery from the low prices in June has
reached nearly IS points IN the railroads
and according to precedent should 60
considerably higher than The previous
high point
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SECURED
BULK Of TRADING
Price Held Strong ats With
Liberal Buying in
Force.

There was a disposition to buy Lans-
ton around the Is level at today's ses-
sion Of the Washington Stock Exchange
that gave every evidence of there being
a larger order for the stock. The buying
was quietly pursued and no hesitation
shown in taking the stock whenever il
was to be had at that figure. The pro-
fessional room trader seeing the drift
attempted to inject some effort to create
a diversion but met with no success as
The principal buyer seemed willing 20
stand pat at his price and take all there
was to be had
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QUEENS.

Yes. said the gay Lothario. Il call
ed on four ladies last night"
Huh, You must be a gutter" snort
cd the poker friend. I'D keep on raising
all night II ] had a hand like that. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
BIG GAIN IN EARNINGS
OF w., A. & MT. VERNON RY.

Vernon Railway reports for July and
seven months ending july 81. as follows;
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
THE WASHINGTON MARKET

Sales OF the board, including after call,
amounted 20 SjS shares Of stock ard 500
in bonds.
Following are the sales and quotations
OF todays market.
Capital Traction 4 per cent, SJ0cGl05.
Washington Gas. -5N6U
Lanston, lOOdl5; l9Jul5. I0Odl5; lO1al5.
50gl5, l05al5lsi l00Ql5. I0JPI5
Greene Copper, 5OHg5k
Second National Bank. l00l5l. 3dl50.
Washington Loan and Trust. l0a 222ik
National City Bank. 20dl3i.
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Soldiers Rich Bride.

The Hon Jack Coke. Eood-looking
Young officer IN the Scots Guards and
one OF the ten Sons OF the aged Earl
OF Leicester. has received hundreds or
congratulations on his engagement 10
Miss Dorothy Olive lawson, grand
daughter of Lord Durham. proprietor
OF the Daily Telegraph. and on her
mothers side Of Sir Henry de Battle.
Miss Lawson is not only one Of the
greatest heIresses in England. but an
extremely charming and pretty girl. As
she is the favoritc OF the Levy-Lawson
family. she viii be left enormous for
tunes by all Of Lord Burnham's sisters.
The family changed their name from
Levy TO Lawson e. long time ago. but
there was one exception, Lord Burn
hams sister. Miss Matilda Levy.
Lord Humham's sisters. Miss Levy.
LADY Campbell Clarke and Lady Faudell
Phillips. are all immensely wealthy.
Each sister derives her income from
certain allotted portions Of the Daily
fTaIanrarE
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
FINANCIAL.
Does Your Property PayT

OF course. under ordinary condi-
tiOns. any agent can secure you q
tenant for your vacant house But
pays Well-who Is regardful Of the
prOperty-Wh0 does not demand
nearly the entire rent for repairs and
maintenance? Ask any one Of the
large number who rent property we
manage. They viii tell you we know
how 10 make Il pay.
SWartzeIl, Rheem &
Hensey Co.,
WARNER BUILDING.
GIG f STREET NORTHWEST.
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Lady Hesketh's Losses.

Everyone in hunting circles is sym
pathizlng with Lady Hesketh Miss
Florence Sharon. Of San Francisco, who
has suffered enormous financial losses
through the earthquake at San Fran
cisco.
Her legal advisers have told her that
her income will be practically NIL, at
any rate for some time 10 come. and
as her husband. Sir Thomas, has never
been well on. she has decided 10 re
duce her expenses at once, and is even
selling some Of her favorite hunters at
TatteraaUs' autumn sales Lady Hes
keith IS one OF the best horseWomen
ia England
She does not ride recklessly Ike Mrs
Frank Nackey. but thoroughly under
stands the game" A season ago she
came "a bad Crupper In the hunting held,
and was confined 20 her room In a
private nursing home for some weeks
Nothing. however. seems 10 aHecJ AeE
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
Rights Of Wage Earners.

Congress has also taken important
steps IN securing the wage workers Ger
tain great rights. An employers liabH-
Fly law was enacted which puts the
Government In it's proper place as re-
CARDS such legislation An eIght-hour
law was already on the statute books
there has been ET al confusion as 10
whose duty ii was 10 enforce IL. This
confusion has now been remedied and
the law is I'm process of thorough en-
forCemenL II this enforcement demon
strates Tie need II additional Icgisla-
ton 10 make this ciELt-hOur law ctfcC-
tive. ! shall ask for such legislation"
81 may add that next year i shall ask
Congress To- put iu the permanent form
OF law The provision 1 have made by
executive order for securing 10 the wage
workers under the Government half
holidays during the summer months,
just as regular holidays are now secuT-
ed 10y law FOR the salaried clerical work
ers in the classified service. We will do
everything that can be done 10 further
the interests of the farmer and the
wage worker; and this declaration is
subject only 10 one rescrvation-that Is,
that For no man. and no body Of men,
Will we do anything that is wrong.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20

With sales of !. SOB. 43O shares Saturday
broke the record for activity on a half
holiday. There were 593.O3O shares trad
ed i'm during the FIRST hour and sos 800
shares during the second hour.