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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
oNE roR 1rE oRroRArroNs.

Slowly but surely the reign of law
 is making itself felt. Sometimes it is
 against "the corporations, end some-
 times it is in their favor. Tho decision
 of the United States Supreme court in
 the cases of the treasurer of Cook county Illinois, against the various utility corporations of Chicago, in-
 volving the tax levy for 1900, is en- couraging to those who did not be-
 lieve that the tax levy was right or legal. The companies affected are the Chicago Union Traction company, the Edison company, the Chicago City Railway company, the South Chicago City Railway company, the Peoples Gas Light company, the Chicago Tel ephone company and the Chicago Con- solidated Traction company The suits were brought by the utility com panies in the Circuit court to obtain an injunction prohibiting the tax au- thorities of Cook county from enforc- ing a reassessment of taxes for 1900. which was undertaken on an order from the State Circuit court of San gamon county, affirmed by the State Supreme court, after the taxes had
 been paid on the original assessment.
 The second levy was much in excess
 of the first, and the cases were taken
 to the federal courts on a plea of de-
 privation of property without due
 process of law, contrary to the con-
 stitution. Judge Grosscup granted the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
YA1E sHounD BIZ FIRM.

There would be no particular sig nificance to attach to the failure of the Harvard football representatives to stop off here on their way back to Cambridge to agree upon officials for the big game if this was the first time they had disappointed Yale men in that connection The conduct of the Harvard men a year ago was such that had 1t not been for the unwilling ness of the Yale authorities to embar- rass those on the way to New Haven to witness the game there would have been none.
 It goes without saying that Yale wants to play Harvard in every branch of outdoor athletics and stands ready to do all in her power to com plete arrangements Co that end, but evidently the time has come when she should insist upon more prompt at tention to negotiations which must precede the playing of games. Put ting off the selection of officials to umpire and referee the game until the eve of it's playing is more than Yale should agree to, for it makes steadily and effectively for trouble, as past history shows.
 One postponement does not make a whole season of postponements, but Yale should insist nevertheless upon an immediate agreement.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
4 cHAurrEun,s CONFESSION.

A New York chauffeur has been mysteriously moved to make confess sion. He wrote It out and sent 1t to New York police magistrate. He says he has been arrested six times for over-speeding. and that each time he He'd to clear himself He adds: have taken out ladies, and gentlemen hun- dred times where there was an agree- ment made before starting out that should we be arrested we should stand together and declare that the speed was less than ten miles an hour I personally know fifty chauf- feurs, and every one of them is a liar and brags about 1t. Out of every 1000 people who ride in autos 99S of them are always ready to lie about the speed, and the women are worse than the men.
 As this is the confession of liar perhaps 1t isn't all true, but it ac- cords we'll enough with what any body can see any day to be somewhat impressive. The reckless automo- bilists have hurt themselves, the sport and many who have happened to be in their way There are some signs that they are at last feeling the force of public opinion. and If there are not more signs they will soon feel the force of public justice,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

prayer of the petitioners, holding that the original assessment was correct, because 1t was based on the real net earnings of the companies, and de- claring the second levy negotiable be- cause it was founded on the Stock Ex- change quotations of a single day. He also intimated that undue influence had been brought to bear on the board of equalization to obtain the in- crease made in the reassessment.
 By and by both "the people" and "the corporations" will know where they stand in law. Then there will be a more stable, a more moral and a more just situation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
wEDD ING REELS FOR KEEPS

AS almost anything can happen in this queer world, it is not so very surprising to read of the festival in the village of Isonbalgi, Hung ary, in celebration of the tooth wedding an- niversary<of couple named szathen- ari The husband is 120 years old and the wife 116. The entire village turned out in honor of the event, and, in fact, all Hungary was greatly in terested, the emperor of Austria Hungary Francis Joseph, having sent his personal congratulations with an appropriate present. Hundreds of the descendants and relatives of the old folks live in and around the village, and they manifested great pride in the happy occasion These old people live in much comfort in modest cot tage, lovingly cared for by their rela- lives, although they are nearly blind and deaf and sleep most of the time Neither is bedridden, however, and the man still enjoys his pipe and a glass of wine.
 Wedding bells and no divorce for this remarkable old couple, who have probably been as, happy as they would have been if each had married and been divorced half a dozen times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
A Possible International Congress.

[FrOm the NeW HoFK sum , A congress of the six great European States, which the United States and Japan might be invited to join, might possibly establish an international court of arbitration, which should have Jurisdiction over the controversies of a carefully defined class and to which powers not represented in the congress would be at liberty to submit disputes in which they were concerned. EX- perience indicates that in this way only can any substantial progress in the di- rcetion of substituting pacific methods for warfare in the adjustment of differ ences be attained.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Tn Praise of Scrapple.

(From the Philadelphia Telegraph,)
 With unfaltering loyalty we greet once more the advent of scrapple; suc- culent, comfort giving, health produc- ing scrapple, such as it has come down the years since William Penn made 1t the chief article of his nutritious breakfact The people of this com munity need not be told the significance of good old Philadelphia scrapple. Its song. Scrapple done nicely to a turn Is food fit for epioures. But for the benefit of those who decry the dish in it's entity or its details let it be said right here that far from being a plebeian article scrapple has found It's way into some of the most exclusive homes and hotels the country over,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
Lieutenant crOnan's Heroic Act.
(springfleld Republican,

That was very fine act of Lieut.. Cronan, of the battleship Connecticut, in thrusting his hand into the breech of an eight-inch gun to prevent an ex- plosion that would have probably kill ed half his gun crew. The lieutenant has one less finger, but the stump will be better than medal of honor from some hero society. The Carnegie fund corporation would probably refuse to recognize the lieutenant's act on the ground that in saving life he risked
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
KEEP coo1.

Troublous times i1 New York yes terday, and there may possibly be some more. It is the inevitable re- suit of the highflying which had all the beauties of the soap-bubble, and just about the same solid quality. It would have come sooner had not the country been so really rich and pros porous. It is the same good country still, and when this furry has passed by it will be as sound and serene as ever. Don't get f1ustered by what Is going on. It is a healthy process and will do all concerned good in the end. Keep cool and steady and let the heather high financiers rage They have been a great evil. They are reaping what they have sowed, It will be long time in this country before there is more such sowing and reap ing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
AN APPROPRIATE OPENING.

The oyster season has opened in Con- necticut, but it wasn't opened with any such eclat and things as the oys- ter season at Colchester, England, was opened with. There the mayor and corporation went in steam dredger to the limits of the fishery off Brightlingsea, where they con sumed gin and gingerbread, according to custom, while the town clerk read in quaint, archaic phraseology the proclamation which declared that the fishery had been the property of the corporation from time beyond which the memory of man runneth not to the contrary" The town sergeant then shouted God save the king!" and cheers were given, after which the mayor hoisted up the first dredge of oysters. An oyster supper was served, at which the chairman of the fishery company announced that they had in the river nearly 6O,COO,OOO oysters.
 That's something like The oyster is noble animal, and should be treated accordingly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
WIDEN IT.

Things in this whirling world are going so fast that it is hard to keep up to date. If a man starts to build and equip factory he often finds be- fore he gets it done that it Is quite out of date Now the painful word is going the rounds that unless we widen our Panama canal 1t will be very in- adequate to the work it was intended to do. The mission of an army engi- neer from the isthmus is said to be the urging upon the government of an immediate change of plan in canal construction so as to allow a consider able widening of the canal prism and the locks. The canal was planned to be only one hundred feet wide, which will evidently not be wide enough for our own warships and other ships which will be in the water long be- fore the canal is built.
 We might as well have an adequate canal while we are about it. Money is just now more of an object than it seemed to be when we began dig ging, but 1t will be poor economy to have poor canal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
sAYTNGS AND DOrNGs.

The waiting rooms in Swedish rail road stations are provided with soft couches. Porters come around and wake slumbering passengers ten min utes before trains are to start.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

The Indianapolis Sun thinks our congressman are entitled to few of the comforts of life. The congress- men had that feeling when they or dered their splendid new office build ing, with the appurtenances thereunto appertaining.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

The New York Globe notes that women have apparently followed the advice of a certain college professor to discard the feather duster as a household implement because of its possibilities in the germ-carrying line and have used it as a hat ornament.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

An Indiana lndge has decided that poor cooking Is not sufficient ground for divorce. Perhaps he thinks it is better to let the divorce come by death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

It is believed that the barkentine Kingdom, of the Holy Ghost and Us Society, is to make another trip to Palestine. The vessel is at South Freeport, Me, where she is being fit ted out for long cruise. It is re- ported that the headquarters of the Holy Ghost and Us Society are to be established in the Holy Land and that Frank W. Sanford, head of the sect, is to remain there permanently.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

A knowledge of Spanish. while ne- cessary in all other parts of South America is of no great advantage in Brazil. Its people are very proud of their Portuguese customs and lan- guage, and are apt to be unfavorably impressed by any one who does not pay due respect to the difference be- tween their nation and those of Span ish origin
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

hitherto been unknown. has been dis covered in Paris in an old chest full of manuscripts and other papers which formerly belonged to the fam ous musician.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

A complete score of a new opera by Verdi, the existence of which has
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
The gift of $175,oOO by Lord Mount

The gift of $175,OOO by Lord Mount Stephen to Aberlour Orpha
 which will provide for the permanent endowment of one hundred beds, adds another to the long list of generous acts on the part of a man who rose from herdboy to millionaire by energy and enterprise alone, says Tit-Bits. His career is typical of the genius of his race. From herdboy George Stephen, as he then was, changed to draper's assistant and migrated to London, where he met a relative who invited him to Canada. He went and the two entered into partnership in Montreal. That was the beginning of enterprises which led the former herdboy of the little Banffshire town of Dufftown to develop into a banker and ultimately become one of the prime movers in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23
These Gloves
 Not Advanced.

Ike everything else, most gloves have gone up in price by leaps and bounds this past year. But we placed our order for this seasons SUD- ply of S1.50 gloves just sev- enteen months ago, and for that reason we have them, and have them at the old price.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-23

Sergeant Major Robert Elliott of the British army has been awarded the Royal Victorian medal for the longest continuous service in the mili- tary ranks of Great Britain. Ser geant- Major Elliott's service extends as far back as January, 1S42. The medal was given by King Edward through Lord Allendale, the captain of the kings bodyguard. Sergeant Major Elliott is now in his eighty-first year. He was only fifteen years old when he joined the Second battalion of the kings rifles. Mucn of his ser- vice has beenNi in South Africa and in the West Indies. At recnt inspec- ton of the guards, King Edward had a lengthy chat with the old soldier. The Prince of Wales accompanied the king, and asked the veteran, When did you join the army?" When your father was two months and two days old" responded the soldier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30

remained unconscious for several minutes and when he regained con Sclousness he went to the house Of a friend and securing a repeating shotgun, telling the owner that he wanted to go hunting the next day.
 Beason went back to the town. found Odium sitting in front of q store talking to another party. and before Odium knew Reason was near, the latter had fired three times at him, all of the shots taking ef- feet in the mans abdomen. Odium fell dead, as some of the bullets penetrated his heart.
 Reason started to walk off, but the constable of Brookland town snip, who was walking near and heard the shots placed him under arrest and telegraphed the sheriff of Craighead county at Jonesboro. Sheriff Logan, Mark Phillins the constable, and Deputy Fuller left at once on the 7:30 Cotton Belt and brought eBason back with them at S:30 and placed him in the coun- ty Jail.
 As the grand jury Is now in ses- sion, Reasons trial may come up in few days. The man on his ar rival with the officers, showed plain ly that he was grieved over his deed and did not give the officers any trouble.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30
PRESIDENT 0N
 WESTERN TRIP Left Washington Last Night at TAI and Will Not Re turn Until the Latter Part of October.
AT CANTON TODAY
Ohio City Is Prepared to Entertain 75,OOO Visitors on Occasion Oi the Dedicating of the Mckinley Monument.

Washington, Sept 3O-With a hearty goodbye and good luck President Roosevelt left here last night at 7:41 in a special train over the Pennsylvania railway on his Western and Southern trip. Accom- panying him were Secretary Loeb, who goes as far as Keokuk, Ia.; As sistant Secretary Latta, T. H. Meth erland, Surgeon General Rixey, U. s. N.; representatives of the three press associations and photographer. Dr.. family physician, John M. Barker and John A. McIlhenny, civil service com missioners, whose guest the president will be on the hunting trip in Louis- jana, will join the party in the South.
 The president arrived at the station 10 minutes before starting time and after shaking hands with number of friends who had come to see him off, entered his car. The first stop will be at Canton, O., today, where the presi- dent is to deliver an address at the dedication of the Mckinley memorial. From Canton the party will leave ill the afternoon for Keokuk, Ia., which will be the starting point of the presi- dents trip down the Mississippi, as the guest of the Inland Waterways Com mission. After leaving Canton, the president will deliver several speeches the first of these being at Keokuk on Tuesday. Wednesday he will speak at St. Louis, Thursday at Cairo, and Fri day at Memphis, from which point the start for the canebrake of Louisiana will be made. On the return trip to Washington, where he is due October 23, he will deliver addresses at Vicks- burg and Nashville.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30
NOW GOLD HAS
 BEEN DISCOVERED Blair and Thompson, Living Near Womble, Think They Have the Precious Metal
ASSAYS $11.88 TO TON
Have Sunk 15.FOOt Shaft and Say Ore Is Richer the Deeper They Go Other Specimens Have Been Sent to Assayers.
to Assayers.

Womble, Sept, 30.-Gold, be- lieved to be in paying quantities, has been discoverel in this (Mont- gomery county, about mile and a half northeast of this town. Messrs Blair and Thompson made the dis covery on their farm.
 J. J. Thompson was formerly a miner, having worked in the pit IT this and several other states. Find what he believed from indications to be gold bearing rock, he traced the Teal to a bluff on the farm. Then he blasted off a number of speci- mems and sent them to a firm of as savers in Los Angeles, in whom ne had perfect confidence
 Blair and Thompson recently re- ceived the result of the assay, which showed that the rock tested carried gold in the proportion of S11.SS to the ton, with traces of silver. The rock is dark colored, streaked with layers of quartz. A shaft has been sunk to the depth of 15 feet and the owners say that the ore shows greater richness as the depth in : creases. They have sent speci- mems of this depeer ore to be assay ed and are now waiting report on it.
 MT. Thompson claims to be suf- ticiently familiar with gold bearing rock to recognize it when he sees it, which fact led to the discovery. He believes that Montgomery county contains gold, silver, lead and zinc in paying quantities and that all that is needed is capital for the de- velopment of her mineral resources.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30
INSURANCE SUIT
 IS ADJUSTED

The suit of the Bluff City Lumber Company against the Globe and Rut- gers Insurance Company, filed some months ago to collect the amount of a policy held by the lumbe) company lat the time their plant was destroyed by fire in this city, was today dis missed. The suit, it is stated, has been settled out of court, the insur- ance company paying the policy in full. Twelve thousand two hundred dollars was sued for.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30
ELOPEMENT AT
 SARASSA, ARK

Will Dennis, manager on the Woods |place near Sarassa, Ark, and Miss Lizzie May Parker, daughter of well known saloonist at Sarassa, Lincoln county ,eloped to Watson, Ark, yes terday afternoon and were married by Justice Coopwood. After the ceremony the young couple returned to McGe- hee and then to Sarassa to receive parental blessing. They are well known and popular young people and have many friends in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30
WILL EMPLOY 1000
 ADDITIONAL MINERS
Six New Mines Being Opened in Se- bastian-One of Them Is the
 Largest in the Southwest.

Mansfield, Sept, 30.-According to information received here, exten- sive plans are now on foot for the developming the coal fields Of Se- bastian county between Marshall and Mansfield, on the line of the Frisco railway, and when new mines now being developed are opened, employment will be furnished for about 1000 additional miners. This section is already one of the most populous of Sebastian county
 The Central and Coke company's mine No. 6, now being opened, will be the largest in the southwest, it is said, and will furnish employ ment for 500 men. About 50 men are now at work at this mine.
 Bache and Denman's Coronado mine is now being opened on 250 acres of coal land and will furnish employment for 15O men.
 Mine No. of the Smokeless Fuel Company, which is being opened or 146 acres of coal land, will give employment to 125 aditional men
 The Montreal Smokeless Fuei Company is opening a new mine on 200 acres of coal land which will, # is estimated give employment tc 100 men within a few months.
 Mine No. of the Dallas Coa' Company. now being opened, wilt employ 50
 The W. T. Quinley mine, when in operation. it is estimate, employ 50 men.
 All thes mines will be in operation within few months.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30
SLAYS VICTOR
 OF FIST-FIGHT
Tragedy at BrOOkland, Prisoner Land.
 ed in Jail at JOnesbOrO.

Jonesboro, Ark, Sept, BOA murder occurred Friday evening about 6 o'clock at Brookland, a small station on the Cotton Belt, nine miles of Jonesboro in which a man by the name of Odium was the victim of a man named Bea- son, both prominent farmers of Craighead county.
 The men had a personal difficul- ty in the afternoon about 4:3O O. clock. and Beason was knocked down by Odium and severely injured. He
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30
PETIT JURORS
 ARE EMPANELED
Judge Grace Then Adiourns Court Till
 Tuesday Morning at 3 O'clock.

The petit jurors, who will hear the various civil and criminal cases which will be disposed of at this, the September term of the Jefferson circuit court were empanneled by Judge A. B. Grace this morning.
 The new jury will include: Hav- vey Hogg, R. l.. McGehee, A. BA Smith, w. T Simpson, w. H. Fay Tor, V. s. Mcclellan. Claud Clegg H. A. Mooney, Bruson Hammett, M.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30

E. D. Crenshaw, of Dermott, i registered at the Hotel Jefferson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-30

Iy v the year 19OU, Sald hdDDl V h. "the worst record held by State was that of Indiana, which A no less than 4,699 divorces in S lat year, or one divorce to every Ne and 7-10 marriage In Ark ansas, the total number of divorces increased from 121 in 1867 to GIG in 1886. In Jefferson county as was recently reported by the government statistician and made public by Chancellor Elliott, there were no less than three thousand divOrces in the course of twenty 1Iears, but the full significance of
 hese figures will not be understood
 ntil the more startling figures for
 bO6 are mentioned. Through the
 Kindness of County Clerk Jesse R. Core, and Assistant Circuit Clerk
 E. Renfrow, I was enabled to
 the marriage and divorce sta-
 ics for the year 1906 which show
 It there were 245 divorces, as
 npared with 610 marriages in
 ferson county. In other words
 re were two diyorces to every marriages, which in turn means at 40 percent of these marriages were public failures. use the < Fvord public advisedly because di- wrces do not represent all unhappy marriages, but only those which fl- lally go into the courts.
 eff it is to be assumed that one- half of the marriages were white and one-fourth of the divorces white sf the latter being the estimate Of ,y the Chancellor, we would have a 4 record of sixty-one white divorces to three hundred and five white mar susxes in the year 1906 or 20 per of the white marriages pub failures.
 flow distressing this condition IS
 >.be seen When it is compared he ratio of divorce to marriage t country of Europe with the re,osd, namely Switzerland = there was but one divorce to
 +,or+v-two marriages. Jet-
 Ion county has one to every i've
 Rabbi Frisch suggested several