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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

Have another on myself" this i'm
moral fowl plainly spoke in the sign
language, and the second drink went
the way Of the first The Irritation with
the spigot went on until seven or
eight drinks had been absorbed and
the wine ceased to run.
The chicken wandered off. keeping
watchful eye on the big barrel An,
other bottle was filed, and again the
wine sparkled in the morning sun.
The chicken had another bunch of
drinks on itself.
Does that pullet ever get drunk -
was asked of Mr.. Eicke
Guess it does; acts that way" was
the response, and out in the yard the
leathered topper was looking more and
more rakish, with its wings beginning
to drag, its feathers lisarranged and a
general air of dissouteness that was
simply shocking.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21
FRIGHTENED ORIENTALS EN-
GAGE IN BLOODY BATTLE
WITH FERocloUs RATS.
OFFICERS COME TO RESCUE
Swarm of Animals Of Unusual Size
Made Bold by Fear { Water,
Attack Men on Shrimp
Drying Platform.

San Francisco.-Fo As minutes a
gang of more than 80 frightened
Chinese fishermen and an army OF
Australian rats, home fed to unusual
size, fought on the shrimp drying plat
form at Point San Pedro, on the Ma
rim county shore, the other afternoon,
and it was not until Constable George
Agnew and Game Warden George b.
Ortman, of San Rafael, arrived on
the scene of carnage with armed
deputies that the rats were routed
and the battle ended.
About four O'Clock Constable
Agnew, in San Rafael, was told in bad
~ broken and frantic English about a
fight that was going on at Point San
Pedro, five miles away. His Chinese in
formant implored assistance at once
and hung up his telephone. Constable
Agnew, thinking that the riot was over
fish, informed Deputy Game Warden
Ortman, and hastily gathering some
deputy constables proceeded with all
speed to the camp.
What they saw when they swept
into view of the huge platform looked
like a bad dream. While not realizing
its really natural causes, the men
jumped into the fight and drove the
swarm of rats from the drying planks,
which made an ideal arena for fight.
Over 200 rats were killed and four
Cinnamon, All Tong, Quong Hing, All
Lee and Sung Suey, were bitten Sc.
yerely. They had laid about them
valiantly with clubs and bludgeons
grabbed hastily from the platform and
nearby huts and still the force of huge
rodents, continuously reinforced from
beneath the platform, where they had
been imprisoned for nearly "a hours
and made ferocious from fear of the
encroaching tide waters swarmed onto
the wide floor and squealed and fought
and bit as cornered rats are popularity
supposed to do. So successfully did
they fight that more than the four
Chinese battlers felt the sinking OF
their teeth in their flesh, though
none was injured seriously.
After the dead rats had been re
moved and first aid had been render
ed the wounded and scared Celestials
an explanation from a score of the
fishermen, patched up by gesticulatior
and pantomime made plain the story
of the struggle and robbed it of its
delirium tremens suggestiveness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

avail Itself Of the opportunity. It
has always seemed to me that. thanks
TO the travels and researches Of the
late Padre Lerchuudi and others Of.
his thorough aad deHgeut school. he
Spau!ards understand conditions in
Morocco better than men ot other
nauonaliues They showed II at Ne.
hlla ten years ago. ana I rather think
the commanding officer OF the span.
ish contingent in Casahlanca is show.
Ing Il TO-DAY when he re!u-es 10 ex-
pose his men outside the Cty g. The
furious driving charge =. ire Moorish
lr-sular cayalrv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

of the fishermen We're placed on guard
to club any rodents that might alp.
pear.
The tide coming in threatened the
brutes which swarmed onto the plat
form. "Swish." went Abs club and
swat" went Kings, but the rats
showed teeth and fight. Other Chi
nese, attracted by the cries of the two
guards, who yelled when they felt the
sharp fangs of the rats penetrate their
thin trousers and draw blood from
their legs, arrived, but so did more
rats.
The fight might have been going on
yet If the squadron from the San Ra
fael had not arrived and added gun
powder and bullets to the fray, seeing
which, frightened by the noise, di
minished in numbers, and undoubtedly
beaten, the rats scurried hither and
thither to cover
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21
CAT HAS THRILLING TRIP.
Clln9s to Pilot on Passenger Engine
for Forty Miles.

Plttsburg, PA cat looking as
though it called somewhere between
Altoona and Gallitzin its home had
ride the other afternoon, and now
the feline is located, temporarily at
least, in Pittsburg.
The cat left home involuntarily, and
the manner in which 1t arrived in
PittSburg was somewhat thrilling
When train No arrived at Union
station the other night, long before il
mad come 10 a stop it was noticed
that some black and white object was
on the COW catcher When the train
came TO a stop the object moved
then mewed, and then. when it had
got It's breath, it crawled down off the
COW catcher and, all shrunk and do
pressed in appearance. walked across
the tracks and lost itself in the dark
ness OF Liberty street
Inc white spots on the animal were
very much bedraggled; escaping
steam or water had wet its fur until
L looked like a drowned object, and
the hight OF the locomotive had made
the cat wabbly on its feet. Trainmen
say that when the train came to a
STOP It had its front paws wrapped
around one Of the signal rods like a
condemned man clinging to las
nope They say they do not know
"aere the cat got on, but think that
'aey picked it up on the fly some
mere Whe7 the engine had slowed
down
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21
CRUMBLING
EMPIRE OF
THE MOORS

ness men, they paid him large sums to
20 away and not restrain trade.
Typical of this same Sultan Mulai
Hassan's attitude toward what is
called progress and improvement in
the western world i3 an anecdote, the
authenticity Of which / feel | can
vouch for. There were and still are
some dangerous rocks In the harbor
of Rabat, and the owners Of the coast
Ing steamers engaged in the Morocco
trade were anxious, for obvious rea-
sons, to have them removed. Having
failed to interest the local governor in
the matter, the steamship men got to-
gether and sent an envoy to Fee, who
requested that the companies con
cerned might be allowed to remove
own exp 1se.
sultan's Willy Answer.
Certainly not" was the sultan's
immediate answer the rocks were
put there by God for some good pur
pose, let no man dare to remove
them"
What the sultan doubtless thought
was that foreign men-of war could get
into the Atlantic ports Of his empire
quite easily enough, and at all events
he did not wish to appear In the eyes
Of his snllen people as facilitating the
exits and the entrances of the hated
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21
BAND OF CHINESE
FIGHT RODENTS

The principal camp at Point s..
Pedro has installed platform $50 f,.
wide and fully 600 feet long,
which are laid the shrimps to dry I
platform is laid over the sweep
shore extending from the hill to t.,
waters edge. Underneath the D.
form rats have made their home. Tn.
are of the Australian breed, an an.
enormous for rats.
They thrived so we'll on the fish all.
shrimps laid out on the platform Tia
their numbers were augmented from
Sausalto on the south to San Queutir
on the north, and they grew fat an.
fearless. They jeopardized the Ivei
hood of the Chinese, who drove stake
from platform to the ground, beneath
hoping to corner them off. All Ton.
and Quong Hing. two of the bodies
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

lance. Churchill served here two
to secure a change OF garrison to
place where there was not so much
thankless fighting, but the English
government, reluctant as ever to give
up a corner of land that has once
been painted red, hung on to the we'd
ding present of the luckless queen for
a generation. On one occasion the
earl of Teyiott, the British governor,
with most OF his officers and a large
portion Of the garrison, was surprised
by the vigilant Mo6rs, and but few
escaped with their lives. After 20
years Of constant warfare, harassed
day and night by a tireless and truCu-
lent enemy, the keepers Of John
Bulls treasury counted up the cost,
and shortly after the figures were
known Tangier was abandoned, and
so the second attempt of the conquest
of Morocco failed.
Spain Had Enough.
In 1859 the Spaniards, under O'Don.
nell, invaded Morocco, bent upon OBJ.
tanning satisfaction for undoubted in.
juries at the hands of laHless Moors,
and perhaps with thoughts of perma-
nent conquest if all went well AS a
matter Of fact, nothing went well.
From 10000 to 10000 men were en-
gagged for two years, with heavy casu-
alties, and even greater losses from
sickness. At the end of the second
campaign, the Sancho Panza in Cas-.
lillian politics got the upper hand OF
the Don QuiXote, proclaimed honor
satisfied, the terms offered by the
Moors all that could be desired and
retired in a blaze of false glory, out
of which ODonnell secured a duke.
dom and many Spanish regiments I'M
pronounceable Moorish names. But
the real results were none.
In 1898 the Moors attacked the
Spanish possession of Melilla, and the
Madrid government, Il hungry for ad-
venture. had every opportunity, and
even justification, for a punitive ex-
petition, but very wisely did not
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

known as the white
House port in every language that is
spoken along the coast 1t is white
and beautiful, If you lie in the offing
Of a clear night Like all the rest OF
Morocco, and indeed, the Mohamme-
dan world, Casablanca Is best seen
by the pale moonlight, and to wind
ward, writes stephen Bonsal in the
New Yolk Times,
Nearby salce, at the very name OF
which our New England ancestors
who went down to the sea In ships
were wont TO shudder, and with good
reason, Is now closed by a sand bar
which even the daring Barbary cor
sairs would not dare to cross IN their
lightdIaWing fcluccas, but the Moor Of
the bad country Is still a pirate,
though the times have driven him In
land from the seas Until recently he
prcyed upon the passing caravans as
century ago he swooped down with
his hawklike gallcys upon our be.
Gained sailing ships The Kabyle
horscmcn who rush with 80 much fury
and reckless daring up to the French
batteries and rife pits, do It not only
because they have hatred of the
Christian which their church sancti.
iica TO a virtue, but because they are
starving TO death and want TO get at
the men who have taken the bread out
of their mouths
Held Plains and Passes.
Ten years ago these dashing horse
men. whose gorgeous costumes and be.
jowcled weapons made them most
beautiful II somewhat barbarc oh.
tects to behold, were the lords of the
plains and the marshes which lie be-
tween the western Soudan and the
port owns Of southwest Morocco They
were the masters Of transportation in
this part Of the world. and had to be
rockoncd with. II you cared to take a
caravan flight in ostrich feathers gold
dust. slaves, or salt, they would pro
tcct you or pillagc you. whichever was
the most profitable
sid Houbkchr, who was aud is the
most prominent man In this part Of
the world used 10 rebate and cut rates
Just like all the other masters OF
transportation, and just like you aud
He would give caravan protoc-
tion at his price or he would plllnge
81 To secure the Just tolls which were
his as he never doubted. by the divine
right of might Boubkchr and his
colleagues and rivals got all they
could get out OF the job without dis.
turhinE business or destroying val.
uca. and would Rt,ll be doing a profit
able aud phlanthropIc business were
It not for the recent opening up OF
the Western Soudan by the French
who have diverted 10 their own in
tyrcsts and pront all the former cara
van trade from Morocco down TO Tim.
hUetoo and the Niger So without
wishing TO be uuduly alarmIst about
Tho situation OF the bcslerod rarrl
sons In NoRRdor and Casahauca IL Is
clear that their assaIlauts ara not
only fanatics but hungry fanatics
who have been quietly put out Of "A
most profitable and EcnUemauly bust
moss. which permitted them the rN.
trayaEauco OF often paying one hun
dlrl good dollars for carhiuc. which
IN New York would have been dear al
twelve
These dashlug hordcrmcn were
bound to the imperial government by
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21
Acconunod atinu,

aa on-. see Berlin has an automo
.." hted up as a hearse.
IF a.r.-I suppose YOU want me
say mat people are just dying 10 ride
81 Folkers Statesman.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

evening breeze began 10 blow and the
damp tocs to rise from the grave
ward 81 SO much Christian chjya,ry;
indeed. our teeth were chat,e~iuE and
our hearts cold before, to the mystic
light OF the rising moon, we rode up
Z mound IN the middle OF the battle.
field which, according 10 the local leg.
end that may be- true was built out
" the corpses OF the Christians who
were slain that day and was also the
co'gu ot vantage from which. when
the battle was fought and won. the
Emtn Of the Sultan proclaimed the
hour ~ prayer and ~ Thanksgiving.
the greatness % ths One cod "
Islam and " Mohawwei his Prophet
cedea to England
After this disaster Portugal, c-adu-
AIS Withdrew from Morocco. and In
1850 What remained - her coueuests
Nerg ca1e1 To England as part ef ne
NuNH> e the lu.3a,a Catherine az IRA
atasa. Who became tha v.fe ot cha. les
Another piece ok rrat cs- tts iaa.ai.
in The doWry because tha k.us 81
Portugal VAS ills. at t1at moment
short o' cash was ,!.c = ~ H5n
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

IF way down the Atlantic
coast Of the Moorish en-.
plre, and about opposite
Charleston, rises out OF
the sea the little port Of
Casablanca, which is
known as the White
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21


Abdul A1tR's accession 70 the throne
VAS q most unpopular one. and this
Tact probably accounts for the fact
that early In his reign he surrounded
himself with foreigners who. with
some exceptions, were not generally
men Of a high type rope walkers.
photographers halloouists. ana slcight.
othaud men were the representatives
OF western civilization who Tor long
time appealed most powerfully to the
young sultaU's appreciation of our cul
tnre In view 81 the rising tide OF dis
content and the dlsarcctiou even q.
the people 81 the capital. and the
growinE strength " the various rryo.
Muuus IN progress In the last year
the sultan has dismissed his stan a
foreign adycuturcrs and goes 20 tho
mosque as regularly as his father did
but probably the harm has been
done In Morocco. As well as In other
countries, a reputation for orthodoxy
IS hard 70 retrieve.
ono brother % the unlucky sultan
Mulai Na6d by name OF who's, chsr.
actry and lcanlngs upon the questions
~ the DAY liJtro IS known. has been
formally proclaimed sultan I'M the
erea, mosque az Morocco esq Al.
other brother llassar lt h sRlt has
been rNrrs.siae sights of saye.cggrn.
iu TIE Kr highlands ives. N Tc.aug
and en- the Mediterranean -rg4+ f.-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-09-21

ne Battlefield OF Long ago.
1t Is dreary scene, this long for
gotten battlefield, but one that the FL.
ture invaders OF Morocco may remem.
Der with advantage. | came upon it
on one of my journeys In Morocco,
and made 1t an indelible impression.
1t had been very hot day and we
were at first delighted to be vet to the
skin as our horses wadcd. or rather
swan, the Lixus. Then the cold
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-20
COTTON MUST BE
 CARTED AWAY To Avoid Fire Losses Dur ing Holidays No Cotton Must Be Left Stored in Streets Says Mayor Toney ISSUES PROCLAMATION The Discharge of Fireworks Will No Be Prohibited in City, But Care Iessness Will Be Grounds For Ar ""et by Police.
ISSUES PROCLAMATION


In his annual proclamation issued this morning prohibiting the reckless and dangerous discharge of fireworks, Mayor w. l.. Toney does not prohibit
 the discharge of fireworks in the fire
 limits of the city during the holidays.
 but he directs the police to arrest all persons who violate his edict relative | to the careless use of inflammable ex- plosives. To prevent accidents that often result from the promscuous dis
 charge of fireworks, Mayor Toney out ,,ness the rules governing the shoot ing of fireworks during the holidays. as follows:
 The placing Or leaving of bales of cotton Oh the streets, sidewalks or al-
 leys of the city during Christmas week
 Will be prohibited. The placing of rtorpedoes or other ,inhammable or ex- |psosive fireworks on the street car
 tracks will not be tolerated. They are
 injurious to the street cars, destruc-
 tive to the pavements and dangerous for the people. Tlh throwing of any
 kind Of fireworks under or around
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-20

Jewish Literature \ B. Rhine, Hot Springs, Ark (Discusison led by Rabbi Max Reichler.) Sunday Morning, Dec. 29, 3:30 O'clock
 Visit to the Pine Bluff Sabbath school ae work.
 Short talks by visitors. Sunday Afternoon. Dec. g. $ O'clock
 Address, The Sabbath School and the Home",-Rabbi E. s. Levy, Fort Smith, Ark. Discussion led by Miss Francis Waterman, Pine Bluff.)
 Round table discussions.
 1. One Method of Recitation" Led by Mrs. Louis Rueb, Little Rock, Ark
 ?. Discipline" Led by Miss Sadie Eilbott, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 g.. Primary Methods Led by Miss Lena Latkin, Little Rock.
 Program of the Culture Club at 80 p m. Program to be announced later. Monday Morning, Dec. go, 0:30 O'clock
 Paper, How to Teach Myths and Miracles es''-Rabbi K. Frisch. Pine Bluff, Ark. Discussion led by Miss Flora Cohn)
 Address, "The Physical Aspects ci. Sabbath School Work"-Mr Louis Rueb, director of physical culture, public schools, Little Rock, Ark.
 Unfinished business.
 Election of officers.
 Adjournment.
 The delegates will be housed and entertained by the Jewish citizens of this city. In addition to the liter ary and musical program of the Gull ture Club on Sunday afternoon, re- ception will be given to the delegates after the services Friday night. AL so an entertainment by the Temple Sabbath School Alumni, Sunday even ing, an automobile trip over the city Monday afternoon and bail Mon- day night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-20
DEATH CLAIMS
 ED SAUNDERS Popular Former Pine Bluff ian Passes Away at His Home in Memphis After Illness of Several Years
TO BE BURIED HERE
Leaves Devoted Family and Brothers Was Young Man of Fine Quail. ties and Enjoyed Popularity With All Classes

Edward J. Saunders, 34 years old. died at his home, No. 2SS Elliott avenue, in Memphis, last night after an illness of several years with con- sumption. His death was not unex-; pected as his condition for the past several weeks has been critical. He leaves his devoted wife, two bright little children, boy and a girl, and two brothers, billiard F. Saunders of this city and Doc Saunders of Dallas, Texas. The body will be brought to this city tomorrow afternoon. The funeral will occur from Union Depot at 2:45 o'clock.
 Ed Saunders was formerly one of the best known and most popular young men in this city. He was for several years connected with s. c. Alexander and company, local cotton factors, and was one of the best posted cotton buyers in this section Sev- eral years ago he moved to San An tonic, Texas, for his health and lived there for few years, being city salesman for large soap factory owned by l.. E.. Goldsmith formerly mayor of Pine Bluff The climate did not benefit him much and he moved to Memphis, where he remained until his death.
 News of his death, which was re- ceived here this morning, cast gloom of sorrow over his many friends in this city Ed Saunders was one or those whole souled, jovial natured in- dividuals who won friends and retain ed them. He was always ready to do kind act for the upliftment of his fellow man and never let an oppor- tuni1y slip to do a friend a favor, it mattered not how difficult. He had many fine admirable traits of charac-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-20
CONSTABLE STEWART MAKES GOOD CATCHES
Arrests Four Negroes Believed to Be Implicated in Recent Burglaries- RecOverS Some of Stolen
 Goods.

Constable Frank Stewart yesterday work when he rounded up" and jail- ed three negro alleged burglars, who are believed to have b, en doing some continuance work in this city for the past several weeks The negroes, Ernest Collins. LeRoy Wilson and John Todd, all admitted their guilt, when they were accused of burglariz- ing the store of Q. T. Woodward on Missouri street, several nights ago. A lot of the stolen goods was recov- cred by Constable Stewart, it having been hid under the steps of the lief tferson county court house, within plain view of the patrolmen on duty at police headquarters.
 Constable Stewart arrested the ne- groes one at a time and by sweating them separately brought out evidence
 of conyicting nature and also re- vealed the place where the stolen goods were hidden. The negroes will be given preliminary hearing today or tomorrow before Justice l.. F Cheek.
 Horace Johnson, another negro, was arrested yesterday afternon by Con- stable Stewart On a charge of grand larceny. He is accused of entering and robbing the home of another negro in the western suburbs of the city. A gold watch and $100 in money was taken Johnson denies the charge. He Is also in jail.
 Doctor J. l.. Caldwell will conduct the services at the grave. The pail bearers will be Warren Jones, Chris C. Hanley, E. A. Howell, Frank Tom linson, Dan Burford and Sam Smith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-20
PINE BLUFF MAN
 DIES IN ALABAMA
George o G0ode of This City Found Dead in a Shanty at Montgomery But Nothing Can Be Learned
 of Him Here.

George o. Goode of this city was found dead in shanty at Montgom- cry, Ala, yesterday, but no informa ton could be gotten here today as to his local relatives. A special to the Graphic this afternoon from Mont gomery says:
 George O. Goode of Pine Bluff Ark, was found dead in a shanty ill the Western of Alabama railroad yards this morning. He came here from Pensacola yesterday. The yer dict of the coroner's jury was that death resulted from alcoholism and exposure. He is a member of one of the best families in Arkansas. being well known in mechanical depart ments of Southern railroads"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-20
There Is Quite a Difference

Between all oyercoat that is cut in ths latest style, and the kind that is offer- ed for sale here now at clothers, ana manufactured years ago.
 See Eisenkramer the Tailor and get some pointers in regard to q stylish overcoat or suit. Over Citl- zens Bank, Second avenue, corner Pine Street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-20

ter, and had he not been cut down by the Grim Reaper in the midst of life his career would have doubtless been Ode marked by success. His de- voted family and brothers have the heartfelt sympathy of friends in their sad hour.