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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
CARD OF THANKS.

I take this means of expressing to the public my heartfelt thanks for the vote accorded me in my race for coroner, and assure those who sup ported me and those who did not that I shall endeavor in the future to give the same attention to my duties that have characterized my efforts in the past. R. D. McGA UGlN
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
STORM SEWER

The contractors are progressing rapidly with the work of laying the storm sewer on Fourth avenue, hay ing reached Main street, where the work of taking up and replacing the pavement has retarded progress to a considerable extent. This street will soon be passed, however. and the work will go on much faster after this
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
|MORM0NS
 IN BRIGHAM YOUNG | SAYS MANIFESTO ] A FARCE.
! Are Not Living Up to | oeions as to Plural Wives.

tity, Utah, Jan. 11-W' |ofessor of theology in lg college, a Mormon ln- logan, Utah, has caused hon circles, according to ktch which the Tribune buncing his belief in the
 refusing to pay times his relations with the Q Professor Wolfe, as buotes him in an inter- lnge of faith was due Mexico, which satisfied the Mormon church tSSn the Woodruff mani Ee.instated polygamous
 found many young wo-
 recently entered into riage relation with lead he Mormon church.
 Colfe is quoted as say pn settlements in Mex v in touch with those hd in each case polyg- ced as freely today as en-
 volfe is quoted as say ,ught an explanation of ms of Apostle Henry
 how these polyeamous hld be reconciled with manifesto and he is re- bting Apostle Smith as her Wolfe, do you not lat the manifesto was evised to beat the devil lme??'
 Wolfe is the son of a
 clergyman. After en-
 newspaper business he
 ten years ago and be- It to Mormonism.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
CHILD BURNED

report reached this cityTuesday light of the fatal burning of the lit t'o daughter of MT. and Mrs Massey Galloway at Swan Lake. Both parents were badly burned in extinguishing the flames.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
  | VETERAN s

s' La, Jan. 17.-Confed. o1 Louisiana are gath 'Aelr annual state con- was postponed from ,se Of the yellow fever l' convention will dis
 'ne entertainment of eunlon of United Con- .'ls' which assemblies ls this summer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
|e klCkERS

E. J. Kerwin on We'd
 lssflng ~s the complaints |,a.' who have grievances '
 St's Il. board of equallza, F',o o' raises in their tax. na, ,rs Will continue until l,s, lnaer na- circumstances
 t,sa .s.n' will petitions for [Sa tsAss be received after ] 4s saas tax books will there. here
 Nands of the collector
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17

Nr. Sandy Reeves today makes his ..,;tiol trip as a travelling salesman. He has accepted a position as road -.,5- ee,. tha z. A. Rain Tobacco com many of Danville, Ky.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
Up to Date Stylish Cloth.

Made by Eisenkramer, the gentle. mems tailor, above Citizens bank. Second avenue and Pine street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17

The little son of MT. and Nre sonnenschein is critically i'll.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
THINKS FIRE COMPANIES BANKRUPT.
Merchants Association Asks Kelsey to In
vestigate Insurance Organizations.

In letter dated July 26 the Merchants Asso-
citation OF New York informed Otto Kelsey. Super
intendent OF the State Insurance Department. that
it current talk in insurance circles that a
number OF IRE insurance companies. badly i'm
paired financially il not bankrupt, doing
business without hndrance IN this state.
The letter was made public last night. 1t de-
clares that information received BY the Merchants
association goes to show that of these al
legged insolvent companies continue to do business
in the East and TO make prompt settlements OF
small losses while their adjusters in San Fran
cisco are doing everything in their power to scale
down claims and defer settlements on the plea OF
inability 10 pay in full.
The letter closes with appeal behalf Of the
association for examination into the present
condition OF the fire isnurance companies authorized
10 do business in this state and to advise the as
sociation Of the results arising from such an ex-
animation.
In reply to this Superintendent Kelsey said in a
letter dated July a. and also made public yester-
day that his department already apprised OF
the facts given in the letter OF the association and
that the verified statements from the several in
surance companeG made June 30 had been "a bu-
lated were in the hands OF the printer land would
be distributed in few days. They were printed in
yesterdays Tribune. The statements however ac-
Cording to Mr. Kelsey, do not determine the Condi-
ton of the companies.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
TWICE NEARLY LTNCHED.
Mob after Negro Who Killed
Mother and Children.
GBy Telexranb so IN. Tribune I


Washington, Penn. July 30-Elmsr Denp-
ster. the nfneteen-year-old Negro. who. con-
fessed this morning 70 the murder os Mrs. Sam
uel Pearee and her two children at their farm
yesterday afternoon. was lodged IN Jail here
this morning after two attempts had been made
20 lynch him.
Coroner W. III. Sipe and Deputy Crumm had
difficulty in keeping the infuriated people away
az Canonsburs. When Dsmpster was about TO
be placed in the car the crowd pressed forward
shouting, XIII him; lynch him. About twenty
men boarded the car and dragged the Negro
and the officers or. The prisoner was taken to
the car again, but dragged a second time from
IT, Finally the car was started Tor Washington,
which reached at o'clock Here the pris-
oner was rushed 20 a cell through crowd OF
three hundred men.
Dempster was a helper on the Pearce farm
and az the time Of the departure Of Samuel
Pearce and his sister, Miss Fanny pearce for
the Canonsburg railroad station, is said 20 have
been at the scene Of the tragedy looking after
the stock. Suspicion attached TO him when he
admitted last night that Mrs. Pearce had asked
him TO have bite Of supper. but that he had
refused. Then. he said, he went home. Coroner
Sipe, with some cOnstables. arrested him about
daybreak, and he confessed.
Dempster said the cause Of the tragedy was
whom, ne said. he had abused several times
previously. The child told her mother and last
evening Mrs Pearce accused Dempster OF the
crime. He says she reached for a revolver
which was on a mantel. Then he grabbed her.
took the weapon and shot her. The bullet went
through her heart and she fell dead to the
floor The Negro then seized Margaret and shot
her through the head. After that he caught
three-year-Old Robert and shot him through the
body. though the boy may not be fatally
wounded Even Dwight Pearce. the One-year-
old baby in the cradle was killed
Up to midnight no attempt was made to take
Dempster from jail. The excitement which pre-
vailed upon the arrival OF the officers with the
prisoner subsided during the night, and all dan
ger of a demonstration is apparently over
Dempster made several confessions during the
day. He cleared up a murder mystery. which
has led TO the arrest OF two other Negroes.
These men were taken by the washington
County officers, who tonight, on Dempster
information went to the mines OF the NJ A
Hanna Coal Company, In Cherry valley, near
Burgettstcwn and arrested the men as they
came from their work IN the mines. Inc men
are Patterson and Bucher, and they are charged
with the murder Of John KObOda, wealthy
foreigner who was found dead IN a clurnp OF
bushes along the Wabash Railroad tracks IN
Independence Township on May l. 1ne 1l0s nsn
were placed in the Mcdonald lookup, near Bur
gettstown tonight, and Will be brought 70 tne
county Jail here tomorrow.
DempSter further confessed that ne naG served
time in Allegheny Fayette, Westnoreland and
twice before in Washington counties
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
PREPARING OIL CASE.
Government Hopes to Prosecute
High STANDARD Officials.

Chicago. July 80.-When the federal grand jury
convenes IN Chicago one week from to-day fnal
steps will be taken toward forging complete chain
ot evidence against the Standard OIL Company and
some OF it's high officials which the government
prosecutors hope will lead 20 indictments and
prosecutions under the anti-rebate law.
To this end Attorney General Moody has had
some OF his best legal talent at work here for
several days analyzing the evidence taken before
the grand Jury az Cleveland Few weeks ago and
preparing line OF procedure fOrtify the testi-
mony already adduced. The CHIEF task viii fall
TO John J. Sullivan. District Attorney for the North
ern District OF Ohio, who was In charge OF the
investigation into the relations OF the Standard
company and the railroads az Cleveland Others
who will take part in the proceedings will be Dis
trict Attorney c. 3. Morrison recently assigned TO
take special charge Of prosecutions in monopoly
cases; Special Agent T. c. n. Scnindler, Of the
FEDERAL Department OF Commerce and Labor, who
worked for many months under she direction Of
Commissioners Garfield in gathering material for the
latters report transportation Of oil through
the United States; Assistant Attornsy General o.
E Pagin and Assistant District Attorney Francis
Hanchett-
The proceeding will be based upon deals between
the company and the railroads for the andlng OF
It's product and the charges made for the same
as compared with the rate fixed for independent
companies. There will also be evidence cos.cern-
ing alleged discrimination In the matter OF storage
charges in favor of the oil company.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
NEWARK WOMAN KILLS HERSELF.
Daughter of Traction Man Drinks Poison She
Sent Servant After

While alone in her room at her home, No. 800
South Orange avenue. in the Vailsburg section of
Newark, yesterday. Mrs. Blondine Sanders, daugh-
ter Of the late John Radel. who traction
man. drank strychnine. She died few minutes
later before physicians could be summoned The
woman had long been afflicted with nervous dis
order and whether she took the poison with sui
cdal intent or by accident has not yet been ascsr-
tanned.
Mrs Sanders returned from a trip to Bridgeport.
Conn. with her husband Sunday night. and COM
planned of feeling i'll Some powders were given her
10 produce sleep, and when she awoke yesterday
she appeared to be better. Later In the day she
sent her servant drug store for the poison.
The servant met Mr. Sanders and told him about
her purcbase He ordered her not to give II to Mrs
Sanders but the servant apparently ignored his
warning Mrs. Sanders mixed the poison with some
~ the powders like those she took the night before
As She finished drinking the concoction her son
sfeDped into the room.
Ms Sanders was twice married, her first hus
hand being the late Francis Goeken. LAWYER She
bad two children by the first marriage. daughter
Is now Europe.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
DIVES VAINLY FOR BOYS.
T70o DrOacmed in North RiUer
Despite Truckman's Efforts

James Doyle, nine years old. Of No. 147 4ud-
son street and Thomas Osborne, eleven years
Old. Of No. 81 Laight street. became scared YES
terday afternoon while creeping, hand in hand
along a narrow strfngpiece that runs outside Of
Franklin street and the North River, intending
TO climb down upon raft moored twenty feet
from the street buIkhead.
A thick upright of the shed had to be strad-
died The Osborne boy tried 1t first His foot
missed the stringpiece on the other side of the
upright and he lost his hold. AS he fell he
shouted to his playmate and caught hold of his
shirtwaist, pulling the younger boy with him
into the river.
Neither could swim. but they clung together
as the flood tide took them out toward the open
water, and shouted. Children on the street bulk
head took up the cry and one Of them Mona
han. Of No 412 Greenwich street ran out into
West street and tried to get help from the pass
ing truckmen.
Daniel Kanavan. Of No p West street, and
John Coughlin, Of No 81 Madison street, re-
spOnded. The latter ran to Pier No. "a and dived
into the water without stopping to remove his
clothes- When he came up the two children had
disappeared. By this time a crowd of about
five hundred had gathered
Coughlin dived four times. hut could not find
the children. Finally, completely exhausted, he
climbed back to the pier
For two hours the crowd was augmented by
women and children who watched the spot
where the children had gone down. The parents
Of the missing boys were grief stricken.
About 6:20 p m. the police succeeded in
bringing to the surface the body Of the Osborne
boy. The other body they could not find with
the graphing irons.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
PLUMBERS STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
Union No. 2 Will Negotiate for Settlement
of Troubles with Local $50.

Plumbers Union No. 3 which has been on strike
against the Master Plumbers Association for nearly
a month. met last night At Maennerchor Hall 56th
street and Third avenue, and declared the strike
or pending negotiations for a settlement
Arrangements are being made for conferences be-
tween the national officers Of the United Associa-
tion Of Plumbers and Gashtters Of the United
States and Canada and committees of Local 4s0 OF
the United Association and Plumbers Union No 2
with view a settlement of the trouble between
the local unions This settlement will also
mean a settlement between the striking members
of No. 2 and the Master Plumbers Association as
there can be no settlement unless No 2 Joins No
$50 or becomes entirely union.
Notwithstanding the statement Of President
Thompson Of No. $50 after the bomb throwing on
last Friday night. that IT would stop all negotia-
tons II stated yesterday that the negotiations
viii continue. Geueral Secretary Frank A. Kier-
nan OF No 4sO said that the president excited
when he made the remark. He said that, while he
did not know who threw the bomb. he sure IL
was not a carpenter or brickleyer. His organiza-
ton had no trouble with union but Plumbers
Union No. 2. He was sure no member Of No. $50
threw the bomb from an elevated train on Tuesday
Of last week.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
FUNERAL OF sENTELL FAMILY HELD.
Bishop CoadjutOr Greer 0ffioiates at Services
for Salisbury Wreck Victims.

The burial service was read over the bodies OF
the five members OF the Senteu family. Of Brook
lyn who were victims Of the railroad wreck at
Salisbury, England, on July 1. at st. BarthoOmew's
Church at p. yesterday. Bishop CoadjutOE
Greer oflciated assisted by the Rev. DR.. Robert
Rogers. rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd
Brooklyn which the Senten family attended. and
by the Rev Charles B. Ackley. now in charge Of
st. BarthoOmew's. the Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks
being at present In England.
Several policemen had been detailed to attend
the funeral but their services were not needed
The bodies had been brought to the church early
in the day to avoid the spectacle Of a funeral
with fve nearses. which would undoubtedly have
caused crowd to gather II was said that the
bodies would not be removed until late in the
evening to train in the Grand Central Station.
They are TO be taken to Waterloo. n. Y. the
former home Of the family.
Edward William Sentell. the husband and father.
fingered until the 18th. when he succumbed to
his injuries. but the mother and three children
were either killed outright died Immediately
after the disaster.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
CHOLERA SPREAD BY FLIES.

Washington July SO-The outbreak OF cholera in
various parts of the Philippines is due to the
usual number Of flies in the islands. according to
advces received by the Bureau Of Insular Affairs
In the opinion Of DR.. Heiser the head OF the Bu-
reau of Health in the islands the flies chiefly
II not wholly responsible for the spread OF the dis
ease and he is urging a general on the pests
which said TO be in all parts of the Phil
ippines they have been for years. Orders have
been issued for the screening OF all places where
food is kept. and general campaign against files
has been instituted Dr. Heiser says the flies have
been assisted in spreading the disease by cloudy
weather, which is propitious for the appearance
and transmission Of the disease germs
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
MADINE'S TRUNK LOOTED.
Detectives at Hartje Trial Tell Ho1o
They Got Lore Letters"

Pittsburg. July S0.-The resumption OF th.
Hartje trial to-day marked the beginning OF ths
sixth and what Is expected to be the final week
The day was taken up with testimony as 90 tho
manner in which Augustus Hartje procured ths
love letters alleged TO have been written by Mrs.
Mary Scott Hartie 10 Tom Nadine. the coach
man correspondent John B. Staub. a private
detective, swore that on two occasions he opened
Madness trunk at the house In which Maalns
roOmed- The first time was on May 81 and th.
second time on June IS. On the second occasion
he said John A. Anderson. another detective
was with him. Staub is the man who has been
known as Craig" He declared that after ths
letters had been shown 20 Andrew Fisher,
Hartje's brOther-in-law. they were mailed By
Staub TO ]. Scott Ferguson. chief counsel for
Hartje.
Anderson cOrrObOrated Staub in his story Of
the second IOOt1ng OF the trunk The supzrin-
tendent OF the detective agency also testified 20
the directions given his men and to receiving
Objection was made by Mrs. HartIe's az
Lorneys TO the Introduction OF the testimony. but
Judge ROBERT ; Frazer admitted il, declaring.
however, that the other side would be allowed
the fullest latitude In rebuttaL
Andrew Fisher, brother-in-law OF Augustus
dart1e, was the last witness Of the day. Es
assumed responsibility for directing the deteg,-
tlveS and said the attorneys for his brother dii
not know where the letters came from until hs
Incidental to the story Of the robbery OF N.
Nadine trunk. il developed that a letter ard
telegram signed by John F. Scott. father OF Mrs
HarJJe, were found in the trunk with the forty
odd missives which Mrs. HaFtie is CHARGED with
having written. II is alleged that a paragraph
IN this letter read: "On the advice OF Mr.. Free
man. am sending you $50" Neither the rAle-
gram nor letter was read in court
When court adjourned a large crowd as
semDled in front Of the courthouse. and for q
time Grant street was almost inpassable.
Ihreats were made Of artack on Staub and
Anderson. and a detail Of city police was sent
to preserve order.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
TUG SAVED sLOOP's OCCUPANTS.
Four Men and Two Women Were Aboard the
Chief When It Capsized

The occupants Of the 3O-foot sloop Chief which
reported in The Tribune yesterday having
capsized TO the eastward OF Craven Shoals at
noon on Sunday, were Frederick Stetter. Lyman
Wardle. William Seieforth, Frederick Cookegae and
the Misses Grace aud Marion Cookegae. Had It
not been for the assistance OF the tugboat Sarah
E Wetherill all would have drowned.
They had been in the water half hour when
the WetherilI sighted them. Casting of from a
schooner he was towing, Captain James H. Hogan
bore down on the party. and took them aboard
Mrs. \. Nickerson, owner OF the tugboat assisted
in the rescue. The party landed at the Quar-
antine station and later taken in the Health ON
GERS boat to the Crescent Athletic Club All those
aboard the Chief lived IN Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
WOMAN DIES AT TIE AGE OF 112.

La Porte. Ind. July So-Mrs. Ferdinand Reese. the
oldest in Indiana. and perhaps in the United
States. died here to-day liz years old According
20 documents she was born IN VOlsravitz. Poland.
in 1884 and after being married 60 and buryfng
husbands in Poland. came 10 America in 1870
settling in Buffalo. where she was married to
Ferdinand Reese. Later Mr.. and Mrs. Reese re-
moved to La Porte Mr.. Reese died two years ago.
In 1872 when Napoleon and an army Of 10000 in
vaded Russia Mrs. Reese saw the French Emperor
on her deathbed she recalled vividly the circum-
stances of hts visit 70 Volsravitz. which he de-
vastated She. among others. escaped by fleeing
into the woods She attributed her Ions life TO her
snnpIe method OF living. She had two meals Of
corn bread and black coffee daily.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
WOULD RELEASE BROWNE.
attorneys AHege YiOIatiOn of En-
tradition TFeatu.

Judge Hough. sitting as a United states CI-cufs
Court judge. granted the application OF Terencs
j. McManus. Of the firm OF Black OIcOtt GFuhsr =
Bonynge. yesterday for writ Of habeas corpus Ha
behalf of Charles c. Browne. the convicted United
States Customs silk examiner in Sing Sing.
Argument on the writ will be heard by Judss
HOGgh on August Z, after which the court will de-
eide whether the federal authorities erred in taking
Browne into custody at PeekskiII and then sending
him TO Sing Sing serve the two years sentencs
imposed upon him in March 1e0A
In the application after the usual statement that
his client is WTOngfuIly deprived OF his liberty Mr.
Mcanus sets forth Article III the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain. ratified July
y, 1883. which reads:
No person surrendered BY either or the high con-
tracing parties shall be tTiable or tried for any
crime or offence committed prior to his eNtraditiOn
other than the offence for which he was surren-
dered.
Many years ago. prior to the ratification Of thi,
treaty. former Judge A J. DfttenhOefer tested tn.
right Of the United States 20 try for a crime
other than that upon which he was extradited
carrying his case to the tribunal or last resort
which decided that for all legal purposes his cIiene
"a man named RaUscher-waS in England eXceDe
dited This case reported in I1Sth United states
reports. Page S4. says Mr.. McManus. settles
the question: even IN the absence OF the article o.,
the treaty quoted
Browne was convicted for conspiracy TO dafrsud
the United states through the importation Oi
japanese silks with the firm OF J. A. 5. ROsenthai
An appeal was taken 10 an the higher 7eI7sTsI
courts. which decided against him. Browne theT1
ded to Canada. forfeiting 1880 bail me C,S1a-
the crime fOr which he was convicted y1aS 80
Browne was then rearrested in Montreal as a f1gi-
tive, there being stin untried Indictment Sei2s,
Canadian government surrendered him 10 ~.
United United States S On his way 70 this city Marshal
IN Sing sing 20 serve his old sentence.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
W RECk KILLED TWO.
Engineer and Fireman of Central
Train Dead Others Escaped.

Ne"ourg' n. y. July SO.-Two wrecking crews
"OEAeo to-day clearing the debris Of the wreck OF
.He new York Centrars Pacific Express which ran
~ .i.o 20 landslide a mile south OF New Hamburg at
H'" o'clock last night causing the death OF Ed
Maro Wells. the engineer. OF Albany and Edward
warren the fireman. OF New York. and injuries to
fatal -
There are three tracks at the point where the
accident occurred but they were all torn I'm or
oaoiy twisted for hundred feet or more so that
II was hours before through traffic could be re-
su4ned During the early morning special trains OF
passenger coaches were sent north to Fishxiu and
Oach' transferring the passengers who had been
slaHeo on southbound trains north OF the wreck
Inc wreck was the worst that has occurred on
the Hudson River division since the New vorlr
tunnel disaster. It is thought raroarrahla +ba4
1AeIe were no casualties serious injuries among
le passengers especially with regard to the twenty
VI more men who were in the combination snool-
-'s ana baggage car. which when the locomotive
turned over, shot upward, turned almost at right
angles ana came down across all three tracks
Soseph SHINE Of Poughkeepse who was in the for
~ aIu part or the smoker felt the floor knocked out
sr uii1er % hiTn' was dropped into the river and
swan ashore, uninjured
Ihe engineer was taken IN the EJieh1od To-
P''ai' at Matteawan, and died at 23O a m The 6ra
man was dead when he was lifted out of the loco
iOuNe' which turned at right angles From the
uaIn' ana lay on the embankment with the front
OF the boiler in the river
- souohoound freight had just cleared the noin+
"eh the Slide came down N front Of the north
oouho express. Had the freight train beep hoIp
the uTsc cateT II would have undoubtedly run into
,LaaiiIroao men said to-day that the accident on,
tlon Of railroad cars and in the sIIa g GonsLruc-
e'S OiaAe III checking the impetus of a train