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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19
MAYOR CALDWELL
 WATER STATEMENT Answers Open Letter of
 Sawyer & Austin Manage
 ment and Gives His Posi-
 tion in the Water Matter.
HAS HEARD NO RUMOR
Water Company Should Have Made Connection With the Mains of the Lumber Co.'S System Long Ago, Says City EXecutivc-S0me Facts.

MAYOR CALDWELL
 ager Sawyer & Austin Lumber
 Company, City
 open letter published in the Gra- phic of yesterday, concerning the connection eff your plant with the city water mains. allow me to state the following facts:
 the Board of Trade last May yoH brought to my attention the facts alluded to in your letter. I took the matter up with both the water company and the city authorities. but failed, for reasons which I eX- plained to you, to accomplish what you and the city both desired. fully met the obligations assumed by the Board of Trade under it's former management, at least I en- deavored to do so.
 At the mass meeting last Wednes- day evening at which I presided, one of the speakers made the asscr- tion that the Sawyer & Austin peo- pie had said that, if they had been called upon, they could have fur nished the city with sufficient pres sure to fight the fire I stated that your plant was not connected with the city water mains. This state ment of mine was challenged. Thinking it possible that the con nection had been established with out my knowledge. I phoned you the next morning for definite infor- nation, intending to make arrange ment with you to aid the city ire spective of anything the water com pany might do or not do. I was at the same time having negotiations with all others who could possibly heln ns
 have not heard it stated by anyone that you refused to furnish water at the time of the fire, and am sure that no such rumOr is in circulation. If such statement has been made by anyone it does you great injustice. and I am glad you have confirmed the statement made by me at the' mass meeting that your plant was not connected with our city mains. I do not hesitate to say that such connection should have been made slong ago and not 9a1y with your phntl.bu all others Which have a j3iumpfffg capacity.
 Very truly yours,
 J. l.. CALDWELL. Mayor
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

-During the fire last Wednesday ere was carried out of my house Iside board and washstand which carried into the Cotton Belt yards the B. and B. office, and I have ' nunable to find same. Parties ' Ring the whereabouts of this fur lnre Wlfl confer a favor by notify
 me. :S J. F. CLAYTON,
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

The following men have been pro- noted from car repairers to carpen- ters on frieght work at the Cotton eBlt shops: Ed Eaton, Oscar Fly mer, E. M. Cagle. Robert Cook, Ben Daniel, Luther Shackford, c. D. Gu trell, J. A. Hanes, J. w. Piper and J. M. Calvert.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19
solmson, the price cutter is coming.

Harry Russell. formerly of the Home Bar, is now connected with John O'Connell at the Antlers Bar, which will be known as the "Gin Fizz Bar," where he will be pleased to meet his patrons and friends. Nice lunch served daily.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

Call us up by phone when- y"" want any job printing done Both phones; best of work and unsur- passed facilities for neat and artisti" wort. ssyA11AKfS PRINTING co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19
; . . + ' | ! ! @ + ' | . . : EAST END NOTES. .

Miss Grace Tucker, of Fair Oaks, formerly a resident of Pine Bluff, passed through the city yesterday en route to Little Rock. l. N. Eason and daughter, Miss Lola Eason, of Little Rock, spent Sunday in the city.
 Linn Jackson, of TeXarkana is visiting the family of J. Brownrigg on East Second avenue.
 Mrs. Joe Bland is recovering from a serious illness.
 J. H. Hattie is iii Hot Springs for his health.
 The old power house at the shops is being dismantled. The removal a' ,lc stack pipe and boiler begins tFks @oeE-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

Mrs. Emanuel Bach, of New York, will arrive in the city this afternoon to De the guest of Mrs. J. c. Schloss for few days.
 MT. and Mrs. w. D. Hearn will en- tertain with a large skating party at the Main rink tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

Solmson, the price cutter is coming.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

Telephone us your order when in need of job printing. Both 'phones.
 ADAMS PRINTING co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

White all linen suitings, 90 inches wide, sra yard tffiiis week at Pine Bluff Mercantile company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19
SOCIETY NOTES. 1 | %s ! | + r $ * . @ .

w. T. Young and wife leave this af ternoon for Hot Springs, where they will spend a week. They will be guests at the Waverly hotel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

Coach No. 133 has been repaired at the Cotton Belt shops.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19

Solmson's coming, Some. thing doing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19
Yowell and children l.

c. r. UW0II dII0t VIIIIUIC CI ItIt yesterday fer a two-Weeks' visit to relatives in Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-19
Solmson's coming, Some

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
HARAKIRI.
Said to Be Practiced Only by De-
scendants of the Old Mobiles of japan,

From the Atlantic.
The custom of harakiri is thing
rather confined to the samurai class, and
the heimin, the commoners, are quite
strangers to it. 1t thrived in the days
Of feudalism, when the lives Of the sa.
mural were at the disposal of their mas.
tiers, lords and rulers.
The samurai youths were taught to com.
nit harakiri rather than submit to the
disgrace of decapitation.
Thus harakiri became an inveterate
hereditary propensity of the samurai
class. from which it was not an easy az
fair to free them after the advent Of
the western civilization awakened the be.
nighted land of the rising sun.
In this enlightened age Of Meiji, how
ever. this practice has been going out OF
fashion. Yet it is amazing to learn that
1t has again come into use in the wal
with Russia.
Last year Prof. Ukida of Waseda Uni
versity of Toxic, who is graduate OF
Yale, delivered an address in an educa-
tional gathering held in Toxic in which
he referred to the practice Of haraktri
He said in part:
"a soldier may die in the battlefield for
the sake Of duty, not for the sake of per.
sonal honor. He shall not commit hara-
kiri just because he has no means of de-
taken prisoner by the enemy, he will dc
well to console himself with the idea that
he Is sent to the enemy's country as a
student, to be of further service in flu
ture to his country
His reasons WERE right, If his utter
ances were not judiciously made. Yet he
has been denounced as traitor by Maj
zen. Sato, who based his arguments
upon the sentiment that the Japanese sol
diers die in the battlefield not for the
sake of duty. but for the sake Of honor
that it is for the Russians, not for the
Japanese to die for duty; that by comm l.
ting harakiri rather than surrendering to
the Russians have the Japanese been en-
abled to win the victory, and that Prof.
Ukidas address would have a tendency
to detract from the patriotic fervor of
the Japanese soldiers.
All the press of Japan made comments
upon the controversy, saying that what
Prof Ukida termed duty was exactly the
same as what Maj. Gen. Sato termed
honor In the essential points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
Too Previous,

H. H. Wixon, the Chicago aeronaut,
was talking the other day about the
perils Of flying.
THE aeronaut." said Mr.. Wixon.
would undergo no perils were he not
too hasty. The poor man is SO apt to
undertake a flight before his aero
plane or his dirigible balloon is in per-
feet order. If he would but control his
patience he would be all right but he
Is too previous, like the Denver widow"
Mr.. Wixon gave loud laugh.
There was, you know he said. "a
Denver widow whose husband lay very
seriously, in fact. hopelessly, iii. To
the doctor. as he came downstairs from
the sickroom one morning, the widow
cried:
Dear doctor. is there no hope at all?
Can nothing more be done? and she
wrung her hands piteously.
But the doctor with a delighted
smile replied:
Madam, take heart. I congratulate
you. Our patient has taken a sudden
turn for the better. and we shall have
him about again in few days
"'Oh. DOCTOR walled the lady In hor-
rified tones, you told me he could not
possibly recover, and here I've gone
and sold all his clothes."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
A 7O,OO0-Mile Walk.
Frop, Harper's Weekly.

EIOUl aupeH
A track patrolnaan on an eastern rail-
road walked into station on his line the
other night and remarked that he had just
completed his 70.OOOth mile of track-walk-
ing, He had come in from his 31,sl9th in
spection of a stretch OF railroad two and
one-fifth miles long with 10000 rail joints
to scrutiniZe in the course OF a nlsnt
shift. This patrolman' s distance record
is unusual, but not unique-he Just nap.
pened to keep account of his trips, and
the total attracted attention. There are
others who have walked as far. Usually
track patrolman has beat OF only
four miles on this railroad. Some are
little more than half that, because un-
usual watchfulness Is needed.
To the safety of railroad travel the i'm
portance of the obscure track-waiker is in
inverse ratio to his conspicuousness. Pas
sengers think little about him, but his be-
ing constantly on duty is what enabl IS
them to fly over the land in safety at
fifty or sixty miles an hour. On Inc big
roads track inspection has been reduced
to an exact system.
A patrolman registers in the tower at
the end of his beat the hour and minute
of his arrival; departs on his Journey and
registers similarly in the tower at the
other end. At night he has only the light
of his standard lantern, but he must see
good order, II a nearby tree looks danger
Gus he must report, SO that 1t may be
chopped down. An overhanging rock may
become loose-the track-walker must
know about it In time to avert a possible
accident. The wash Of waters must be
looked after. Road crossings must be
examined for danger to teams as we'll as
to trains. Other things that come within
the track walkers province are outlying
water stations, overhead wires and even
the cattle loose in tho fields: The last
duty of all fer the night patrolman is to
extineuish the signal lamps at sunrise.
Then he goes to bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
Manners of Yore.
From the London Globe

From the London Globe
New men, new faces, other minds. "
The reflection is forcibiy recalled by a
passage from the best volume of French
memoirs during the year-those of NJ.
Bocher His name for the years "1769-
1907 not that Mr.. Bochers own life
embraces that period, for he i only nine
ty-one. but by direct intercourse with the
elders of his early youth he claims direct
association with it. One of the most
amusing passages in the book relates TO
M. 3ocher's kinsman. Gen. Kellermann.
whose spontaneous charge into the Aus
TRAN infantry as they changed front at
Marengc decided the fate of the battle.
Now keilsrmann had a father who took
high views of the patria potestas. One
day the general, the veteran commander
in many Of the battles OF the consulate
and the early empire, was at his fathers
house, and, greatly daring, ventured to
address his parants at dinner without an
observation having been made to him. NJ
kellermann, ST.. promptly ordered the
presuming boy" out of the room, and
like the fine soldier he was, the general
obeyed with respectful manner and with
out resentment. The story is almost q
replica of joe. the innkeeper's son Of
'Barnaby Rudge."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
MONEY PREMIUM vAN1sHEs.
Savings Bank Takes Off the Sixty
Day Limit.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 29.-The Union
Dime Savings institution of this city has
been first to show that the monetary
stringency is definitely over. Today it
announced to its depositors. who gave it
the sixty days notice of withdrawal de-
manded on October %. that it would pay
them now. Other savings banks in the
city are expected to follow its example
without delay and. if this happens. by
next week the premium on currency will
be only a memory.
Already it has dropped to point where
1t no longer attracts hoarders, and brok-
ers in Wall street say that the money no
longer diverted to sales for premium is
again seeking investment in the stock
market The banks, too, claim fair
share as deposits. 1t is evidend from re-
ports from many sources that the money
withdrawn a fortnight ago in the bank
Ing panic is returning to its old cham
nels of usefulness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
Fire in Apartment House.

Fire caused damage to the amount OF
about s12o in the apartment of Mrs. T
B. Williamson in the Worcester fats
I'd and streets northeast, about noon
today, and Mrs. Williamson was slightly
burned about her hands. The fire was
caused by the occupant of the fiat taking
a light with her to closet to search
for some articles she had stored there
When the contents of the closet ignited
Mrs. Williamson made an effort to ex-
tinguish the blaze With out calling upon
the fire department, but she was I'M
able to succeed. Occupants of other
apartments in the building went to her
ass stance, and the fire department also
received call. Mrs. Williamson did not
go to a hospital to have her burns
dressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
BANKERS CAUSED CRASH.
Allowed Westinghouse Concern t.
Go to Wall-Withheld Help.

NEW YORK. November 29.-The re-
fusal of a great house of international
bankers to furnish S425. 900 was the i'm
mediate cause of the failure of the i'm
mensely profitable Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company early in the
financial disturbance. which materially ac-
centuated public distrust.
The inside facts Of the failure have
been slow in coming out because its off,
GERS did not wish to aggravate the finan-
ciai disturbance by showing how a great
manufacturing company with its doors
overcrowded with profitable orders could
be driven to the wall by the single act of
firm of Wall street bankers.
This firm. since 1903 and until the re-
cent disturbance began. enjoyed greater
cate and other huge dealings in the street
than J. P. Morgan & Co. Since the
financial troubles began it has figured to a
very small extent in the work of re-
haoiitation undertaken by J. P. Morgan
and other bankers. Its inactivity in this
The officers Of the Westinghouse COM
pany had always relied upon this firm to
attend to its financial needs. for which it
was handsomely paid. In the third week
needed s425.0O0 to meet immediate obliga-
tons. AS 1t had previously done on
many occasions. it sent to this banking
house for the money. The request was
met with fiat refusal. politely couched.
The head of the banking firm was told
that If the money was not forthcoming
the great corporation would have to go
into the hands of a receiver. its hug.
plants would be in danger of shutting
down. throwing thousands Of men out OF
work, sacrificing many millions Of valu-
able contracts and exposing its stock
| holders to ruin. The head Of this firm
has an International reputation as a
philanthropist but he persisted in his re-
fusal to advance the money.
Officers of the WESTINGHOUSE company
have since been told that at that time
the Golfers Of the bank were glutted with
money: that the members Of the firm had
devoted all their energies to strengthen
ing their own position. They were told
that to advance the $425, 900 needed would
have been an Insignificant matter becaus
Of the millions of ready money the firm
had stored.
The WESTINGHOUSE Manufacturing Com
pany went to the wall on October %, car
rying down with it the Westinghouse Ma.
chine Company and the Security Invest
ment Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
DETECTING Emigration.
From Charities and the Commons.

From Charities and the Commons.
A movement has recently been started
under Jewish auspices to defect emigra-
ton from Russian and Rurlania to CAL
weston, where adequate preparation has
been made to receive immigrants and upon
their arrival to promptly forward them to
divers points in the great American Hin
terland, extending from the gulf to the
Dominion line, from the Mississippi to the
Pacific. No difficulty is being found to
find, for all who reach there, remunera-
tive employment at numerous centers In
fact, the newcomers are rather eagerly
sought after throughout this territory.
Galveston with its system of railroads ex-
tending in every direction like the five
fingers of the hand, is admirably situated
as a point OF entry and distribution New
Orleans Mobile and some of the south
Atlantic ports could, no doubt. be utilized
to advantage for the further extension of
q movement whieh has for its purpose a
DETECTION of the stream of Immigration
from the north Atlantic seaports and
distribution of the newcomers over the
| large inland area. where there is not
| alone better and more room for them, but
where they are eagerly wanted and where
! they would be much better satisfied than
they are likely 10 be in the overcrowded
| tenements of New York and other near
| by coast towns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, November 29.-The weekly
statement of the Bank Of England shows
the following changes compared with last
week:
Total reserve increased Ell $4,000.
Circulation decreased ELL 600.
Bullion Increased 81, 759, 222
Other securities decreased E2352, 600.
Other deposits decreased EASE, 600.
Public deposits decreased $4,000.
Notes reserve increased E1,915 600.
Government securities unchanged
The proportion Of the banks reserve to
liability, which last week was 1878 per
cent, is now 1873 per cent.
The Bank of Englands rate is I'M
changed at per cent.
Bar gold, IT'S 111Ad.
PARIS. November 2a.-The weekly
statement of the Bank of France shows
the following changes compared with last
week:
Notes in circulation increased $4,000
francs
Treasury deposits increased 21.o25,oOo
francs.
General deposits increased $685. 900
francs.
Gold in hand decreased s,s75. 900 francs.
Silver in hand decreased 1850, 900 francs
Bills discounted Increased 1890, 900
francs.
Advances decreased 1o,O75, 600 francs.
Three per cent rentes, o. francs 921a
confines for the account.
Exchange on London, % francs 23ls GEN.
times for checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The holiday of Thanksgiving day, which
interviewed yesterday between the business
day of Wednesday and the one of today,
had no unfavorable effect on the general
stock market as the opening this morning
was on about the same level as the clos
ing of Wednesday. This level was well
maintained during the day.
1t is probable the same experience would
have been repeated in the local stock
market had the exchange been in session
today, but that body took an adjournment
on Wednesday over the holiday, and also
until Monday of next week. Some of the
brokers are apprehensive that the buy
ing demand, which has been in evidence
in the local market during the two pre-
vious days, may be lost in the course OF
the prolonged Thanksgiving holiday. -.
This fear, however. is probably not well
founded, as the buying movement that
has set in is not based on any sentimental!
reasons, but rather on the current prices
as compared with the actual value OF the
securities. To people who have any money
to invest there is no question but that
market are very attractive, and the only
question that apparently stands in th=
way of more general buying and making
use of present opportunities is the feeling
of distrust In the future. Why exactly
there should be such a feeling and its
real basis would probably be difficult for
any Of the victims to explain.
However, with the fall in the rate OF In
terest for money and the practical disap-
pearance Of the premium on currency II
the outside market. the progress toward
normal condit .ons in New York and al
other centers is a very appreciable one
All the indications are that this progress:
will not be interrupted, and. while 1t J!
not expected that the rate will be rapid
still what movement there is will be II
the right direction.
The disturbing influence Of PRESIDENTS
campaign on the currents OF business Is
of course expected to be felt during thu
coming year, but with that exception thu
outlook seems to be without any clouds
of consequence There is also feeling
of confidence among business men, anc
especially among those engaged In imam
cial undertakings, that the experience Of
the past few months is Likely to nave 9
beneficial influence in methods OF doing
business, and that hereafter the promo er
as he has fiourshed in financial circles
outside of this city. will no longer pc abe
to place his shady securities as collateral
on loans.
It will also be found, it is thought. that
there win be a difference In the way de.
posts in public institutions are regarded
by the officials of those institutions a1d
the idea of their being trust funds will be
more prom nent in the management. In
this city lessons of that sort do not nave
to be learned, as the principles involved
have not been departed from In the past
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
"JACKASS BATTERIES"
Men and Mules Required for Work
in the Mountains.
From Leslie's WeekE

From Leslie's WeekE.
One of the most interesting organiZa-
tons which took part in maneuvers al
Camp Tacoma, Wash, of western troops
under Gen. Frederick Funston. was the
18th Battalion, Field Artillery. Maj. c. A.
Bennett commanding.
This battalion consisted of the 18th and
18th Batteries, sometimes referred to as
"iackass" batteries, because of the use of
mules. The battery pieces are transport
ed in sections on the backs Of mu'e s, the
guns and carriages being divided into
four parts, making four packs for the
same number of animals.
This enables the batteries to be trans
ported through the most difficult regions
brought into action in mountainous coun-
try In the United States Army these
batteries are comparatively new, but they
received their baptism in the Philippines
many skirmishes upon the cottas and
forts of the Moros.
1t is surprising how rapidly the mules
are unloaded the parts of the gun
thrown together and the gun loaded,
sighted and ready to be fired. At test
of the 18th Battery the men ran the
mules back fifty PAGES, unloaded and as
semblad the gun and fired in forty-flve
seconds. This was worlds record.
The work requires not only intel isent
but powerful men The gun itself weighs
236 pounds, and the trail the same, but
the men handle the pieces with ease.
The mules, too, are familiar with the
drill and perform their parts in a very in
telligant manner. They know their re-
spective positions, and when the load is
lifted they Immediately jump forward. so
the piece can be placed directly on the
ground.
The gun used in these batteries has a
range of from $500 to AGO feet. 1t fires
large shell, but has lower muzzle
velocity than the larger field pieces In
design the piece is somewhat similar TO
the screw gun of the British army.