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A SPECIAL ACT
Legislature Saturday Passed a Bill of Special Interest to Jefferson
 County.

\ law calculated to do away with schools of Jefferson county, was pass ed by the House Saturday just before adjournment by an almost unanimous vote. The overwhelming vote for the bill is a special compliment to Judge Gould, who has put in the past waek at Little Rock working for the passage of the act.
 The bill is entitled An Act Author izing the County Judge of Jefferson County to Appoint the Directors of the Common Schools of Said County and
 for Other Purposes" It reads as fol lows:
 Section 1. That the County Judge
 of Jefferson County be, and is hereby
 empowered to hereafter appoint com
 mon school directors of any district in said county.
 Section 9 That not less than two days before the annual school election of any common school district for di- rector Or directors in said county, if the County Judge shall determine from reliable information that 1t would be to the best interest of any
 school district, he may appoint the director or directors for said district, After determining said fact, he may
 post at the usual voting place of the said district, a notice Of his intention | to so appoint tn edirector or directors l to he elected at said election, and no election shall then be held for director TO directors ill said district at hat election but the election shall be hell at the usual time to vote upon ali questions, except that of the election ] of school director or directors as now provided by law.
 Section ,. That the County Judge, after giving notice or his lntentloh
 to appoint the director or directors as provide dior in section two Of this act. shall proceed within ten days af' , ter date of giving said notice, to an- noint the director or directors for said district, and said director or dl- rectors shall hold their office and have the same qualifications as are now porvided by law for school di- rectors. and hold their offices untl
 their sncce ssors are elected Or ap- pointed Section 4. All laws and parts 5f laws in conflict herewith are hereby
 raneaeled. and this act to take effect
 from and after it's passage.
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ASSAULTS MAN
 AND ESCAPES w. T. Dwyer, Local Meat Dealer, Has Difficulty With John Larber and Is Worsted.
HIT WITH A BRICK
First Thought !o Re Seriously Injured -Altarcation Occurred at Nerro'S Momc-Was Investigating Tlcits When Trouble Resulted.

NJ. w. T. DNyer, proprietor of the Cash Meat Market at No. BIS Main street, bad a narrow escape from ser- ious injury about 7:30 Friday night when he became involved in d difficult ty with negro named John Barber. Mf. DWyer resides at No 300 East Twelfth avenue, and for some time has been missing corn and oats form his barn. He was informed that some ra- latives of Barber were doing the steal ing, and upon going to Barber's resid- ence to make inuiry about the same, Barber came up and the two men en- gagged in an altercation. Mir. DWyer started toward the negro when the latter picked up a brick and threw it at Dwyer ill great force, the blow striking him ill the head and felling him to tn aground He was carried to his home in an unconscious condi- tion and a physician summoned The doctor examined the wound and found a severe gash in Dwyer's forehead which was sewed up. Mr. Dwyer bled pfOfusely and remained unconscious for several hours. It was at first thought that he had been fatally injur- ed, but Saturday afsesnoon he was able to go to his place of business, as usual.
 The negro fled immediately and es- caped in the darkness and up until :. late hour had not been captured last night
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\ AGREEMENT WAS REACHED  (tween the City of Pine Bluff and the Pine. : Bluff
 Light and Water Co1npa-
 ny.
RTICLES DRAWN UP
kting of Representatives of tl;e IT. Contestants to Be Held Monday to
 -.. Sign Articles, of Argeemcnt-Order- rd by Judge Trieber.

ShQ >sof the city of Pine Bluff |'p''9 Pine Bluff Light 3 Water
 hpanX for the appointment of 8 re-
 Ter and the annulment of the char- i of the water company recently filed | the Federal court at Little Rock on trial Friday, has been tempora
 l suspended. As stated in the Gra- fc Friday afternoon, after hearing timony Judge Trieber ordered the Sresentatives of the city and the Ter company to get together and see they could not agree upon a com tmise satisfactory to both parties } contestants held lengthy cSp- ence, which resulted, however, iii l hgreen7ert. It is understood that water company offered to do w}a.- (r was necessary to repair tn :'r Int for first class service, but the hpany declined to make such ial- (vements as Were suggested by City gineer Parks on the grounds that ly were too elaborat and unnaees9 lily expensive. Upon this being re.
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THE WINGO BILL
The Senate COncnrred in the Amendments Satulsiay-Spccial
 Order for Monday.

The Wingo Eiil as amended and passed by the House Friday was up in the State Senate for consideration Saturday and the House amend ments were concurred in by the Sen ate. It is made a special order for Monday morning and VIII be passed.
 The Wingo bill, which repeals the Ross bill relative to foreign cor porations doing business in this State, reads as follows:
 Be It Enacted by the General As
 semhly of the State of Ar
 kansas:
 Section 1. Every company or corporation incorporated under the laws of any other state, territory or county, including foreign rail road and foreign fire and life insur- ance companies, now or hereafter doing business in this state, shall file in the office of, the secretary of state of this state a copy of it's charter CT articles of incorporation or association, or copy of it's cer- tificate of incorporat,on, duly au- thenticated and certified with a statement of it's assets and liabili- ties, and the amount of it's capital employed in this state, and shall also designate it's general office or place of business in tAis state. and shall name an agent upon whom process maybe served.
 Provided, before authority is granted tC any foreign corporation to do business in this state, il must file with the secretary of state a resolution adopted by it's board O. directors, consenting that service of process upon any agent of said com pahy Tn this state, or upon the secretary of state of this state in any action brought or pending in this state, shall be valid service upon said company; and if process is served upon the secretary oi state it shall be his duty to at once send it by mail, addressed to the company at it's principal office; and,
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STOCKHOLDERS
 = MEETING
Puddephat Furniture Nlant.fact ur- ing .Co., Elects Officers for
 Ensuing Year.

The annual meeting of the stock
 holders of the Puddephatt Furi,i
 ture Manufacturing company was held at the office of the company Friday night at which the following directors and officers were elected for the ensuing year.. William Pud- dephatt,S president; E., A. Baker vice president, and Charles H. Puddephatt, secretary-treae,!re The years business was gone over and a dividend of 10 per cent declared.
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NO DANGER OF
 A FLOOD

Notwithstanding the Arkansas river continues to rise at this point, the water is not expected to reach over 2s feet at Little Rock, the danger line, as stated in Fridays Graphic.
 Saturday rise of 1.2 inches was reported at Dardanelle, and the river was still rising at Little Rock, but . the crest of the flood will reach there Sunday and pass here Monday
 1t is not believed that there will beg general overflow.
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if any company shall without con sent of the other party to any suit or proceeding brought by or against it in anE court of this state, remove said suit or proceeding to any fed eral court, or shall institute any suit or proceeding against any citizen of this state in any federal court. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to forthwith revoke all au- thority of said company and it's agents to do business in this state, and to publish such revocation in some newspaper oi general circula- tion published in this state; and if any such corporation shall thercaft
 CT continue to do business i'll this state it shall be subject to
 the penalty of this act, for each day
 il shall continue to do business in the state after such revocation.
 See. ?. Any foreign corporation which shall fail to comply with the
 provisions of this act, and shall do
 any business in tis state, shall be subject to fine of not less than
 Sl ,000, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction, and
 all such fines so recovered shall be
 paid into the general revenue fund
 of the county in which the cause of
 action shall accrue, and it is hereby
 made the duty of the prosecuting at
 torneys to institute said suits in the
 name of the state for the use and
 benefit of the county in which the
 suit is brought, and such prosecut-
 ing attorney shall receive, as his
 compensation, one-fourth of the
 amount recovered; and, as an ad ditional penalty, any foreign cor
 poration which shall fail or refuse
 to file it's articles of incorporation
 or certificate as aforesaid, cannot
 make any contract ih this state
 which can be enforced by it either in law or equity, and the comply
 ing with the provisions of this act after suit is instituted shall in no way validate said contract
 Sec. ,. That all corporations hereafter incorporated in this state
 and all foreign corporations seek
 ing to do business in this state,
 shall pay into the treasury of this state for the filing of said articles a
 fee of $23 where the capital stock is $50, ,O00 or under; $75 where the capitol stock is oyer $50 900 and not more than S100,0O0, and S25 additional for each $1O0, ,O00 of cap ital stock. Any foreign mutual corporation having no capital stock shall be required to pay to the sec retary of state for filing it's articles of incorporation the sum of $500; provided, however, nothing in this section shall apply to fraternal or ders that write insurance
 Sec. A. That act Mo- 1855, ap- proved April IT, 1907, and entitled An Act to Provide Manner in Which Foreign Corporations May Become Domestic Corporations, and for Other Purposes" and all laws and parts of laws in conflict here
 with, be and the same are hereby. repealed; and that this act shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage
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SHOPS ID SHUT
 DOWN SATURDAYS Cotton Belt Railroad Com pany Puts Plan in Opera tion for the Reduction of Expenses During May,
MANY EMPLOYES IDLE
Retrenciment in All Departments to Make Better Showing for the Fiscal Year Is the Cause of Reduc- ton of Working Time.

The shops of the Cotton Belt rail- road in the East end of the city were shut down yesterday and it is now stated that they will be closed down every Saturday duting the present month. Only the force in the round-house was at work Sat urday.
 Last Sunday the Graphic an nounced that at least one hundred employees in the new car shops had been laid off, and now it is an nounced that the entire shops will be shut down every Saturday, dur ing the present month as a further policy of retrenchment in expenses
 This, however, it is stated, will be only temporary, and it is believed to be done in order to make bet ter showing at the end of the Cot ton Belts approaching fiscal year, May 31. There are others, though, who assert that the policy of re- trenchment is a result of the passage of the 2-cent passenger rate bill and the telegraphers' S-hour law, re- gently enacted by the state legisla- ture.
 The shops will resume work Mon
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HELD OVER ID AWAIT GRAND JURY The Examining Trial of Mrs. Josephine Barber Took Place Saturday in Justice Court.
BIG CROWD PRESENT
Judge l.. E. Cheek Fixes Bond pt s5OO, ill Default of Which Defendant Went to JaiI-t Sensation Prom iscd.
iSctI.

Mrs. Josephine Barber, the eioping Wlfe Of George A. Barber, who ran away with Irving Little, married man of this city, one week ago, carrv- ing with her $500 which it is allesed
 she obtained by forging her husbands
 name to q certificate of deposit given him by the Cotton Belt Savings and Trust Company of this city, had hec examining trial Saturday and was held
 to await the action of the grand jury. Long before the case was called in
 Judge Cheeks ocurt Saturday hua- dreds of people had gathered to get glimpse of tn eeloping couple and .saa-
 the trial.
 Personal feeling at times ran high
 with certain interested spectators and
 It became necessary before the trial
 was over to clear the court room and station several deputy constables as 2
 precautionary measure. After the State
 had concluded it's testimony Attorney Nixon, who appeared as counsel for the defendants, announced he had nothing to offer and submitted 10 the court that the State had failed to show by competent proof the commission of any crime.
 The States attorney, w. D. Jones, in very eloquent appeal, insisted he had made q perfect case.
 After the conclusion of the argument Judge Cheek held Mrs. Barber to await
 the action of the grand jury in the sum of $500 and in default of bail was | returned to jail
 The case against Little was contin- ued until Tuesday morning.
 MT. Nixon said to a Graphic reporter after the trial that the question of conviction of the woman on d final trial gave him no worry, as he would be able to present a state of facts, when he deemed it proper to do so, that would no tonly acquit his client of any alleged crime but greatly re- leve her of the moral turpitude of her act. He also stated that he would
 probab yattach the $500 as soon as 1t
 reached the bank as the funds Of his client.
 Without talking further, MT. Nixon
 suggested that the final outcene of these trials would doubtless develop some sensations as great as the elope-
 ment of Mrs. Barber and MT. Little,
 in which several prominent people in the East End might be connected. Little's trial was continued until Tuesday morning, as before stated.
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and the matter settled satisfdctorily out of court.
 The following Pine Bluff city off cials were in Little Rock to attend the trial:
 Mayor w. L. Toney, City Engineer W. F. Parks, City Attorney W. F Colmean, Chief of the Fire Depart ment A. c. Breiner, Aldermen A. C. Jordan, Wm. Nichol, Fred Fox and pr J. L. Caldwell, secretary of the Board of Trade,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12

|rted to the court. Judge Trieber an- )unced that he would give the | : lnts further time for comprCmis st222 |nts further time for conference, aild l they could not agree that he Won. :. point competent and disinterest,I ,I gineer to come to Pine Buff and in, 'stigate the case and make q rupor-.
 { contesting parties, aow"ver, tfe ! 1ge said, would have 10 aoi3c D!
 decision of this eXDa't englnee',
 his decision wsuld be fina. Both .'. kJbarties agreed to ab C by the de- Won of this engineer.
 It is understood that satisfactory
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The public oral examination of the confirmation class of the Temple Sap bath school will be held after the ser- vices next Friday night at which time also the confirmants will read their essays and the honors for work during the school year will be awarded to the pupils of the Sabbath school. The public is invited.
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County Clerk Jesse Core was at hi' office Saturday for the hrst time Il several days on account of illness. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas s. James came over from Hot Springs last eVeninga and are registered at the Antiers
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Reverend E. IT, Appling preached to a large audience last Sunday at Pleas ant Home church. He praeched from
 the text, If be lifted up will draw all men unto me-" The subject was we'll handled Tn the afternoon fine lecture was delivered by B. l.. Bridges. The day was enjoyed by all present.
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Charles H. Hardy, general counsel of the insurance department of the Knights Of Pythias, will visit this city
 Friday, May 24 and will deliver an ad-
 dress to Pythians at Imperial Juliett
 hall
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DOUBLE WELLS
 NEWS NOTES

Double Wells, Ark, May 1.-The cold wet weather is causing great loss of cotton and corn. Many farmers will have to replant their crops
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Mrs. F. A. Peck and Miss Grace York left yesterday for week or ten days visit at Cincinnati.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-12

Freement has been cached, and that fpresentatiyes Of tie city and the (ater company will meet Monday, at 1hiof1 time it is expected that these Tacles of agreement will be signed
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MT. E. M. West is out shaking hands with his many friends afte l an illness of several days.
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The shops will resume work Mon day and continue until Saturday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-01

Speaking of the policy of the govern
ment of the United States with re-
spect to it's troublesome neighbors in
Central and South America. "Uncle
joe Cannon recently told of a Mis-
souri, Congressman who is decidedly op-
posed to any interference in this re-
gard by our country. 1t seems that
this spring the Missourian met at
Washington an Englishman with
whom he conversed touching affairs in
the localities mentioned. The Western
ser asserted his usual views with con-
siderable forcefulness, winding up with
this observation: 1.-THE whole trouble
is that we Americans need a - good
licking!" You do, indeed!' prompt
~ assented the Britisher, as if pleased
by the admission. But his exultation
was of brief duration, for the Missouri
man Immediately concluded with:
But there amt nobody can do it,"
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LAND LEASES.

Tn the award of lots to the Thompson
Settlement Association in Kau, two
awards were held up. One of these was
that of Senator Hewitt on the ground
that he and his wife owned more first
class agricultural land than would per-
init them TO take up government land.
Senator Hewitt has made showing to
the contrary and his lease win be is
sued to him. L. FL. Rodgers, another
member of the association, will not
get his lease as he is already lessee
Of the government on right of pur-
chase lease.
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Str. Kinau. Freeman. for Hilo and
way ports, noon.
Str. Iwalani, Self, for Maui and Mo-
lokai ports, 5 p. m.
Str. w. G. Hall, Thompson. for Ka-
uai ports,a5 p. m.
Str. Mauna Loa. simerson, for Ha-
waii and Maui ports, noon.
p. NJ. S. S. Korea. for the Orient.
p. m.
All. S. S. Missouri, Lyons. for Ka-
hului, p. m.
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s23.1275 paid. TIC per cent. paid.
SESSION SALES.
fMornirl~ SESSION.
BETWEEN BOARDS.

BETWEEN BOARDS
50 Olaa, $50; 50 ononea, $3.50; SC
Eva, 25.75.
DIVIDENDS.
September 30, 1907
G. Brewer & Co... per cent; Eva
per cent: Honomu. per cent; Wal.
manalo, IL per cent: Haw Electric.
"a per cent: Olowalu. per cent;
Hon. B. & NJ. CO., / per cent; IL. s.
N. Co., 3-4 per cent.
October l. 1907.
Haiku, / 1-2 per cent; Paia, pei
cent: Pioneer, i per cent.
SEPTEMBER SALES.
sos Eva, 25.25 to 25.75: lis Haw, Com
& Sug. Co., so.75 to 81; 1876 Haw. Sug
Co, $3.50: 20 Hononu, 100; 10 HOMO.
kaa, 9.25 to 1915; ZIG Kihef, 7.50 to 8;
II McBryde, APE; 275 Oahu, 23.625 tc
"a; SO OokaIa, $3.50: 237 Olaa. 1925 to
$50; so Paauhau, 1925; Waialua,
$3.50; IS III. S. N. Co.. 125: 10 O. r.
& L. Co.. SO; $1,000 CAL Beet Sug. &
Ref Co., 100: $1,000 H. r. T. & L. Co.
IS, LOG; $4,000 O. r. & L. Co. SIS, 100;
$4,000 Oahu 5s, SO; $4,000 Olaa SIS, sc. Is;
$4,000 Paia SIS, 100; $4,000 Pioneer IS, 10S:
$1,000 Waialua 5s. 94.5G.
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DUE TODAY.
SAIL TO-DAY.

P. NJ s. s Korea. Sandberg, from
San Francisco. a. m.
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TRENT TRUST CO., Ltd.
A nicely-furnished Cottage
is For Rent at College Hills.

Punchbowi, 8 Bedrooms. ..-.......s 500
sLunalilo St. 2 Bedrooms ........ 100
Liliha ST., 2 Bedrooms ............ 1890
Wilder Ave, 8 Bedrooms. ......... 1900
Wilder Ave, 4 Bedrooms. ......... 1900
Punchbowl ST., 2 Bedrooms. 1900
Emma ST., 3 Bedrooms. ........... 25.00
Aloha Lane, 2 Bedrooms. ......... 1000
Pensacola ST., Bedrooms...... 1000.
Peck Lane, 8 Bedrooms. ........... $500
Gandall Lane. Bedrooms. 1890
Young ST., 5 Bedrooms. ........... $500
Matlock Ave-, Bedrooms........ $500
King St, 2 Bedrooms. ........ $500
Wilder Ave-, 5 Bedrooms. ........ 5000
College St, 8 Bedrooms. $3.50
FURNISHED HOUSES
Kaiihi. 2 Bedrooms s15.oo
Kalihi, Bedrooms. ............... 20.00
Young St., 2 Bedrooms. ........... $500
College Hills, Bedrooms. ........ $500
Beretania ST., Bedrooms. ...... 1900
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UTILITY.

There was man in Atchison
Whose trousers had rough patchison.
He found them great,
He'd often state.
To scratch his parlor matchison.
-Lippincott's Magazine.
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BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATEl

e
sS2S-s5o down and $40 per month.
without interest-wiIl buy fine lot ON
kaiihi road. near King street car lins.
Former price, $3.50.
Lots (area almost 1-2 acre), unequaI-
ed IN soil and view. on Manoa Heights
Lots at Kaimuki, Kapahulu and Ma
noa Valley. at lowest prices and easy
terms.
Two small homes in Nuuanu Valley.
One small. neat home at Palama.
within walking distance of town.
And other bargains.
]. H. sCHNAcR. 1877 Merchant 1t.
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YES. MACTIM.

A eve who had swallowed drachm
OF Paris Green, said to her rachm,
Il am going away,
But as long as you stay,
Please, dearest, be kind to our lachm.' -
-Harper's Weekly.
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Per str Ke Au Hou. September 30
for Kauai ports.-C. B. Gray.
IlnnIrod 10 DAraa ri
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Don't advertise merely to fill up your
space, let it pay you twice as much
as you pay for it.
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3.-.McIntyre Buildings

FOR RENT:--Residence of t. #.
sedgwick, Ralolo Heights; water supply
supplemented by windmill.
FOR SALE:-Plneapple land and
home, Wahiawa, at a bargain. Gentle
horse, al 107I Beretania street.
w. T.. HOWARD.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
DEPARTED.

Monday, October 80.
Str. Ke Au Hou, TuIiett. for Kauai
ports, $40 D. m.
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SURE THING.

do you believe any of the plant or
arboreal kingdom would stick to man
if given the choice?''
II think the dogwood. Baltimore
American.