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The Washington times., 1906-04-01
4 Memorial TO Grant.

That. and the Sheridan already
mentioned, are the latest additions
10 Wasn ngtons list OF equestrian
STATUES. The next one is TO he rather
IN elaborate memorial TO Grant
"A long terrace. win equestrian
statue and auxiliary Sroup~" TO be
placed on the axis OF the Capitol &c
the west cf First street northwest
Tao cost is limited - -,54.n"o anc
coutracts have bcea ei,rn 70 Tlenr,
Merwin Sb-ady. sculptor. sad FL
ward f. Casey. architect AR
Shrsdy's statue OF Grant is finished
and is sait to 10 really q masfernie,t
in every WY worthy Of the man T.
celebrates arr tha conspicuous posi-,
tiop it is to occupy
After that we are to h2ve cqrcs-
trians Of General Mcclellan 70 cost
not more than $4,000: and o. Cour1
PULASKI and Baron yon Steuben. foI
which Congress has aa,1orized an
expenditure Of $4,000 apiece So
that Washington has ten equestrian
statues on which there has been
spent in the last fifty years s5S1 500.
and has five more. ordered which viii
cost $4,000 And that as already
remarked, is not a bad showing fos
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Art in the Balances.

Not TO show any partiality It ap-
prepriated the same ameuut for the
pedestal for the statue of General
Thomas, which vas presented by
the Society of the Army of the Cum
berland in 1879. and erected in
what is Df'x known as Thomas CIR
Gle. In this Instance the artist. ].
Q. A, Ward. received $50, 900 for his
work Mr. Ward is one of the
artists so far mentioned best known
to the present generation He is
still living and working and still
stands in the front rank of Ameri-
can sculptors. lie is also responsible
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for General Sheridan-the most re-
Gently unveiled OF Washington
equestrian statues-up in Sheridan
circle. on Massachusetts avenue
Congress paid $4,000 for this AMI
$4,000 for the pedestal. As years
roll on pedestals seen to be ned
in less esteem and statues IN more.
The remaining three all show a
decent commercial appreciation OF
art The Hancock statue. which
was erected in Hancock place. Penn
sylvsnia avenue and Seventh street.
cost Congress in ali S5o.000. Il is
the work of Henry ". ElIicott snd
is considered one Of the most credit
able in Washington II was unveil-
ed in 1896 The John 4. Logan
statue. which dominates Iowa circle.
dates from 1901 1t is the work of
Franklin simmons. and cost. in
Guiding pedestal. s65.O00, of which
Congress appropriated $4,000. and
the Society of the Army of Tennessee
contributed $4,000 The Sherman
statue which STANDS just south of
the United States Treasury. and was
unveiled in 1903. with considerable
pomp and ceremony. is the most
costly of the statues o. orr war
heroes as yet erected. Congress
originally appropriated s5o,0oe for
it. an liter added 100000 TO this.
while the Society of the Army Of
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Tennessee added $1,000 to the $780,
O00 of Congress, making in all S9I,-
000 II is the work Of Carl Rohl-
Smith. or, perhaps. 'ROhl-Smith. n
al would express it more justly
For the design is Rohl-SmitN's. bat
he died before he could carry it out
His widow was authorized TO com
r q hcT husbands work. uSins
therefor such expert assistance as
hight be fO&nd necessary"
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cost more than the statue. He be-
strides his prancing steed up In the
middle of Mcpherson square. upon
which he has looked down since 1876.
ne statue was modelled by Louis T.
Feoisso, and presented to the United
states by the Society of the Army of
Tennessee. 1t paid the artist s23.-
900 for ii. and Congress appropriat-
ed $4,000 for the pedestal.
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there. When Congress next wanted
an equestrian statue, it would hear
of no other sculptor than Clark Mills
and awarded HIM the contract for the
Statue of General Washington that
stands in Washington circle. This
was unveiled February %. 1850. and
cost the country $4,000. 1t is an i'm
provement on the Jackson. and one
would argue from it that the artist
had a greater respect for the neck
of his second subject than for his
first. He has certainly mounted him
on much steadier horse.
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ten of them, and will soon
have four more, which have been
duly authorized by act Of Congress.
Assuming the first statement is cor
rect. and It is made on apparently
good authority, ten our of ffty-two
is not a bad showing for Washington
even taking into account the fact
that the city is the National Capital
and the most fitting shrine for the
honoring of national heroes.
The earliest-it was unveiled in
1S53-and about the worst of Wash
iugtcn's ten is the one Of Gen An
drew Jackson in the center of Lafa-
yette Park. 1t has been called the
"ECailibristie Jackson" because OF
the impossible position Of the horse
What prevents him from turning
somersault and breaking his riders
neck IS a mystery. II is the work OF
Clark Mills. of New York, who was
known to mechanics as a remarkable
artist and to artists as a remarkable
mechanic, and who had never, it sub
sequently developed. seen an eques-
trian statue when he took the order
for this one.
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and, riding him strongly. actually won
the race.
Has winning horse ever died as it
passed the post? There is no record of
SUCH or 1t would almost have excelled
the noted Woods Gate to Borough event
as a curiosity But there is a case where
a racer did die on passing the post though
1t was not a winner. This was when
Counterpart a descendant of Hermit
ran for the Stockbridge cup in 1886 and
fell down just as it reached the Judge S
box. 1t never rose again and was taken
away dead to be buried at Danebury.
A most unusual thing, too. 1t must be
to find race horse drowned during the
running of a great race. Yet this is what
happened to Balyshannon at Totnes four
or five years back. The horse was en-
gagged in the Totnes Handicap hurdle race
and the river Dart runs close by the
side of the track. From some cause,
which was never quite clear, Balyshannon
went to pieces during the race collapsed
badly, and. rolling over fell into the
river, where it was drowned before it
could be rescued.
There has, within the past few years,
been more than one case where two
horses have run dead heat a second
time, after having done so in their orig
inal race. But we have to go a very
long way back to find this unusual thing
happening third time. In fact, per-
haps the only recorded instance was in
1920, when Handel and Tarragon, at the
races at Newcastle underLyme, tried
three times to decide which was the bet
ter horse and each time ran dead heat.
What excitement there must have been
on that cnnrSei
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WEIRD WINNERS.
Strange Stories of Race Track--Dcad
Horse Captured Race.

From Answers.
A horse that falls asleep during an i'm
portant race must surely have few equals
of its kind. Yet this is what Happy Bird
did when running at Gatwick a year or so
ago She was ridden by Birch. the jockey,
and belonged to Mr.. Pritchard. She COM
peted in a two-mile race, was left well
behind, and was walking slowly toward
the paddock when a bystander called her
riders attention to the fact that the
horse was fast asleep
Happy Bird did not win the race but
there is on record a still more eXtraor-
binary case of where a dead horse actual
ly did win a race. This absolutely unique
event occurred so far back as l172 and
was in a race from Woods Gate, four
miles beyond Tonbridge, to Kent street,
in the borough and back, total length Of
some eighty miles. 1t was arranged that
there was to be no batting during the
contest and that .as the great struggle
might well be expected to kill the winner
at the end the first horse in, dead or
alive" should be declared the winner.
One of the two horses fell down and
died, owing to the exertion, after having
gone over fifteen miles, and the other was
thoroughly pumped" too, by that time.
The hackers of the dead animal therefore
obtained an old fiat cart, placed the de-
ceased horse on it, with the jockey ON Its
back, and soon outdstanced the rival
steed, which was scarcely even able to
walk. The latters supporters then tried
the same dodge, but were unable to get Il
fat cart for their steed; and so the dead
horse came in easily first at Woods Gate,
and was awarded the stakes of $50
guineas. And that is almost certainly,
the only time on record when a dead
horse really won important race.
1t Is not generally known that the rules
of the National Hunt provide that when
a jockey is thrown in steeplechase any
bystander may mount the rfderless horse
II possible and may win the race on it il
he can. This has caused quite a dra-
matte scene on great race course before
today and much establishment amongst
people who did not know the curious rule
For only few years ago at Kempton
Park, a horse, running in steeplechase,
by accident threw his rider. who was
unable to mount again. On this. the
horses trainer, Escott, who by good luck
CHANGED to be near the scene of the acct
dent, at once jumped on the horses back
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
ELEPHANT HUNT IN SUDAN.
Exciting Night With Big Game Along
African Stream.

Toward the end of our three and a half
months leave, which we were spending
shooting up the white Nile. our shkaries
told us of a place where the was chance
of getting elephant. We got to the place
one afternoon, says a correspondent of
the London Field, and | went out to
look for tracks, which, owing to heavy
rainstorm two nights before, were very
plain in most places.
After going inland for about mile
and a half came upon khor, or stream
which was for the most part full of
reeds and long grass. / waded across
and on the further side found tracks.
where the five elephants had been drink
ing the night before. on a bit OF sandy
ground about half a mile further inland
l found lot more tracks. The natives
told US that they came down to drink
every Two or three nights, and then went
long distances inland As We had no
means OF following them our only chance
was to Try and shoot them as they came
down to the water.
We went on into a belt of trees about
half mile from the khor aud there
put down all our kit. and the natives
stripped themselves, preferring to be
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Ready to Resume e.

well Henry, I'm ready to resume our
little argument he announced in a mat
ter-of-fact tone. Then the crowd repaired
to the room where the game had been
played. The man announced that he had
1888, 600 to play back" Securities and GER
tilted checks representing this amount
were piled on the table. Then. and not
until then, did either of the men show
signs of nervousness. The opener had
drawn check for s33, 900 and started to
tear it out of the book when the other
man said in a slow. deliberate voice:
Looks a little strong for either of us,
don't it, Henry ?"
"Well,e rejoined the other man. toying
with the check what would you consider
a fair proposition at this stage of the
g9me?"
Its not gambling | know, said the
other. but if you want to split the pot
and"
She's split" calmly announced the man
who had opened for $500 The currency,
gold checks, mortgage papers and secu-
rites were equally divided. Not word
was spoken. Silently the man who opened
took up the envelopes, tore them open
and laid the two hands on the table, faces
downward.
Bet you cigar had you beat" he
bantered
You're called said the other turning
over four cards, jacks and SKIES The
opener also turned over four cards. They
were jacks and skies.
'T'll bet YOU" said the dealer "a thou
sand dollars that I've still got you beat
The other man peeped at a corner of his
buried card, toyed moment with stack
of currency and showed $1,000 to the center.
Then. without waiting for the man he
had called TO show his hole card he turned
up a four spot. The dealer looked at IT.
smiled. touched the bell and put his hand
In the deck. He has never told what the
other card was
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DRENNEN & COMPANY n.o.rt@ Great Stores
A Great Bargain Carnival Begins Here Monday

Tomorrow And we shall make the St May ms9a9e 0mf
their most important values And while the prices placed on every article
the quality
Peoples
Popular prominent will be the
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Actress, Hlahwayman, and New Play.

We seem never to tire of "reminiscences
of the stage. When, combined with the
fascination of the preparations and pro-
duction of play, we have transconti-
mental journey, a train-robber's capture
and escape, and all manners of other UNI
usual adventure, we feel as though we
had had the treat of our lives. and this
remarkable combination is to be found
in Clara Marriss Hunt for a Play" in
the April McClure's. Miss Morris tells
of her trouble in finding play and the
dampening of her belated success by its
production by another company in New
York. Still determined. however, she sets
out for San Francisco, where her man
ayers have arranged for her first appear
ance in the role of Renee de Moray" i'll
which many of us must remember Mr..
Days old leading lady. A sheriff boards
the sleeping car with a famous IN and
express robber whose capture he had Just
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pass us about 100 yards to our left. so
as to get the windward side of them,
and then ran along through the trees to
come up with them. We saw them COM
ing out of the trees about 100 yards away.
We had just settled to fire at one bull
who had a good pair of tusks when
around a bush about sixty yards away
came an enormous bull elephant, with
fine pair of tusks, broadside on.
We both fired simultaneously. He cock
ed his enormous ears and made off at a
numbering trot. l ran after him as hard
as ! could to get In another shot, but
he was already several hundred yards
away. After going about 500 yards we
saw him fall dead. He measured II feet
~ incres high at the wlthers and had
a fine pair of tusks.
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A Confusing Epitaph.

From the London Evening Standard.
A correspondent says he noticed the fol-
Lowing curious epitaph in Woolwich
churehyard:
Sacred to the memory of Maj. j.
Brush. Royal Artillery. who was killed
by the accidental discharge of pistol
by his orderly 14th April, 1881. We'll done.
thou good and faithful servant.
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effected Miss Morris has long talk with
him. during the course of which she can
see he is making up his mind TO take a
desperate chance in an effort for freedom.
How he succeeded and what followed
makes true stirring story of the days
when the west was filled with romance.
Then comes the production OF the play
and the thrilling account of the inspra-
ton that suddenly dragged 1t from the
fire and made failure spell success
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Appropriate.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
Stubb-Suppose instead of giving parlor
cars geographical names they called them
after great men.
Pen-If that was the case | bet 1t
wouldn't be ten days before they named
a refrigerator car Fairbanks.
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Know All ey These Presents.

From the Chicago News.
Gyer-There is one time, in the life OF
every married man when The Is an advo-
cate of free silver
Myer--When is that?
Gyer-When he is on the verge of cele-
hrating the twerty-ffth anniversary OF
the day he faced the parson.
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GREAT POKER GAMES
PLAYED OUT WEST
Old ST. James in Denver a Fa-
nous Hotel
THE PLACE IS NOW CLOSED
How Two stockmen Who Had Their
Fortunes at Stake Agreed to Split
the Pot-DeaIer's
Little Bet.
THE PLACE is NOW CLOSED

From the Denver Times.
This hotel closed"
The above sign. crudely inscribed upon
piece of cardboard and hanging inside
the glass door at the entrance of the st.
James hotel, tersely informs those who
read 1t that this famous hosiery, one of
Denver's landmarks, no longer invites the
weary traveller to partake of its hospi-
tally. Today is the first time in more
than 81 years that a visitor to Denver
could not stop at the hotel which has in
it's more than quarter of century of
active operation, housed some of the
worlds celebrities.
Old-timers are today indulging in rem-
niscent stories of happenings under the
old St James roof I'm days gone by" One
story Is of the stiff" poker games that
used to be played there in the late eight
les and early ninetes. A game was play
ed one night between two stoclimen,
banker and a mining man and the banker
played until they were 'all in" leaving
the two stoekmen to battle it out. 1t
came up to the Consolation" jackpot and
those who had fingered to see the finish
were not disappointed "heh lhey eApece
ed to see something spectacular take
place. The stakes were running high, the
ante being $500 with no betting limit. One
of the stockmen opened for $500 and was
promptly raised before the draw. Then
there followed a series of raises and coun-
ter raises until the pot contained I1,6O0
before cards were drawn
.'Gi me that one" blandly announced
the man who had seen" the last raise.
The dealer slipped one card across the
table, laid the deck down relighted his
neglected cigar and said, unconcernedly
"IU play these
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TRY the Gawk for half-tone and line
Illustrations. Age-Herald Building.
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The best half-tone cuts are made by
the Gawk Engraving company. Age.
Herald Building.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-07
DERAILED CARS
causes I. M. Trains to Take Long 9@ Detour.

Little Rock, Jan. 6.-Northbound Iron Mountain passenger train No. 6, the Cannonball, which should have left Little Rock at S:30 o'clock; No. IS, the Hot Springs special, due to de- part At 9:15 D. m., and No. 2, due to leave at 11:20 o'clock, were delayed several hours at the union depot last night by the derailment of four freight cars at Jacksonville, twelve miles north of here, which blocked the main track. The trains d'd not leave here
 kil Ian early hour this morning, and ic cVas said that they would be detour- edNIver the Valley tracks to Pine Bluff and thence over the tracks of the Cot ton Belt to Knobel, where connection is made with the main line. It was said at the dispatcher's offices that no one was injured by the derailment of the cars A rumor was circulated that eighteen cars had been wrecked at Jacksonville, which was denied at theadispatchers offices.
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POLITICS GETTING HOT
THE WARM CONTEST IS THE COUNTY JUDGE, FULL GINGER CONTESTS CONDUCTED UPON DATES.

If one had any lingering doubts about the condition of the political pot in this county, he had only to be on the streets of Pine Bluff for few shor minutes Saturday afternoon to have all his doubts dispelIed, for the thing was "a-bilin' over.'' The vari- ous candidates were busy all day long meeting and shaking hands with the dear people promiscuously Perhaps set of aspirants for pol tical fav- ors never got buster in all the history of Jefferson county. For the most part the campaign is being conducted in the friendliest possible manner, and good nature and jollity prevailed throughout the day Saturday.
 The county primary occurs next Wednesday and the candidates have only four more days in which to make votes. That they are doing their ut
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PLEASANT PINE BLUFF.
Weather Now Is All That Mortal
 Could Desire.

For about week the citizens of Pine Bluff have been enjoying the most salubrious climate on earth, sent direct from the realms of para disc, where it was manufactured ex- r1essly for Jefferson county. The temperature has been even almost to monotony; the atmosphere has been ccol, but warm enough to be most en. joyable, neither hot nor cold; and the earth has been dried out so that out door life was permissible.
 Few countries in the world can boast of finer weather than Pine Bluff has experienced for the past week II has been ideal; it has been as near ly perfect as possible in this imper feet old world.
 This is not an advertisement for the " ather man.
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inCst to make them, can no longer be doubted by any voter in the county. The pot is absolutely seething, but the good nature prevailing it makes this one of the most remarkable cam paigns in the history of the county.
 A little spice was inserted into the contest for sheriff Friday by the pub lication of an opjen letter from Wal ter Goodwin to Mason PhilpOtt, the rival candidates. The friends of both candidates are working with all their might, and the contest promises to be a spirited and close one.
 Of course, the race for county judge early received an injection of ginger into it.
 While the contest for represents tive is being conducted with the ut most vigor as are other contests, the candidates have engaged in no eXcit ing or sensational conduct.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-07
NO OPPOSITION JUDGE ELLIOTT PETiTlONED TO MAKE THE RACE FOR
 CHANCELLOR. Petition Comes From Every Bar of the District in Which He
 Holds Court.

After a tenure in office of nearly eight years, under the most trying and eNacting conditions. Judge T. NJ. i.liott. chancellor of this district, has been petitioned to make the race again, and has received what few of fee holders ever rcce.vc--thc uani- nous endorsement of the class of peo- ple with whom he comes in contact in the discharge of his official duties. Every member of the bar in Chancel- Tor Elliott's district has signed the petition which commits them to his reelection. This practically gives him the office again. The endorse E2ent came to Judge Elliott wholly unsolicited, and he was aerecably sur prised when he received the petition asking him 10 re.enter the the race.
 Judge J. M. Elliott was circuit judge of this district for eight years and part of third ternl-a position in which the incumbent must come in contact with all classes of people and in which it is all but impossible to mete out equal justice without incur ring the displeasure of many of his constituents. Yet the petition asking him to run again was signed without an objection by every member of the bar. True there were rumors of q time, but these quickly died away, and row it is certain that the chancellor will have absolutely no opposition and will be the next chancellor of the district. Few office holders receive so remarkable an endorsement at tht hands of the class of people the! Serye
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BALL AND CHAIN T,s ,~ L. COULD NOT KEEP ED DREW FROM ESCAPING FROM
 CHAIN GANG.
Was Apprehended at MeGehee. and Still Wearing the ShackIes
 of Prisoner.

After escaping from the city street gang and making his way to Niece hee with a ball and chain attached to Il s ankles, Ed Drew, colored. has been recaptured, and will be brought back to this city tonight Drew was committed to the care of thc street commissioner on some petty offense, some time ago, but evidently tired of lis job and decided to abandon it. Though carrying heayt iron ball attached to his ankle bv a heavy chain, he managed to walk all the way to McGehee, carrying he ball in his hand. When apprehendad there, he still had on the ball and chain not having been able to relieve him self of it.