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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-06
COUNTY COURT
 OPENS MONDAY
  Judge Gould Will Dispose of Much Business and Hear Saloon Contest Case.
l.. E. CHEEKS RECORD.
Files the Largest Report Ever File 1 By Justice of the Peace in Jeiier- son County-To Allow Accounts.

County Judge James Gould will rn!l session of the Jefferson County Court Monday for the purpose of dis posing of much important business, the most promia2..5 of whl !. will be the saloon contest case fl enl Dudley Lake township. All the a..counts of the varlous county and township of ficials are to be approved anI allowed, although there is q rumor to the ef- fsc. ! at some of them Hi'l be re- jected or disallowed.
 All ti the justices of the peace i.. the county filed their quarterly reports yesterday. Justice l.. E. Cheek yes terday filed with County Judge Gould what is believed to be the largest re- port ever recorded in this county from a justice court, showing fines to the amount of more than $2,400. This is said to be the largest amount of busi- ness ever disposed of by a township squire in the history of this county.
 The saloon contest case, to be heard by Judge Gould, is the only one that has been presented this year, and in which w. s. Stewart is interested His application for q ram shop license lis being withheld because of objec- tions being filed by the residents of Wabbaseka neighborhood, where he proposes to establish a saloon The petitioners opposing his movement de clare that unnecessary lawlessness will result if t'l C9unty Judge permt> Stewart to sell l:quof near Wa5l:a seka
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PURSE SNATCHER
 ATTACKS WOMAN Mrs. T. Crawford of No. 314 East :: fifth Avenue As saulted and Robned. by a Negro HighWavman.
SECURED A HANDBAG.
Woman Pluckily Gave Chase-Robbery OccHrrtd EaIN ast Nip!.t at Fifth Avence and Alals smn Street.

After being attacked by a negro highwayman, who struck her and grabbed her handbag, containing $40 in money, some keys and trink- cts, Mrs. Theodosia Crawford of No. 314 East Fifth avenue, last night, pluckily pursued her assailant for , some distance, but he escaped.
 The attack occurred shortly before | o'clock at Fifth avenue and Alabama street, and before the very eyes of persons who were hurrying to their homes for their evening meal.
 Mrs. Crawford is employed at the office of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company as book-keep- CT. She left the office at about GAO o'clock, and when she passed State street, going east on Fifth avenue, she says she noticed a small, but heav-
 fly built negro standing on the corner. She passed on without looking back. As she neared the next corner she says she was struck from behind and at the same instant, she says, the ne- gro grabbed her purse, a small hand bag. which was held over her wlist with a handle. She screamed, Iut the negro jerked the bag from her an ran north on Alabama street to- ward the Union Depot. Continuing her cries, Mrs Crawford s.G.e chase, but the negro was too fast f2r ner anl escaped. Several men also follow ed the thief but they, too, wore left far in the rear. The womans assailant disappeared in a dark alley.
 Mrs. Crawford was ba l, Frightened 5y the experience. She reported the attack to Chief of Police Stewart i'm mediately upon her arrival home. Chief Stewart has detailed several po- licemen to work on the case.
 Mrs. Crawford says the negro had a youthful appearance and wore a brownish suit He was apparently D years old.
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At the Bluii City Rink.

Monday morning the owners of the Bluff City rink turned the manage ment over to the knox-Smart Real Es- tate company and through thel- push and energy they have succeeSs4 in making the rink Cne of the most enjoyable pleasure resorts of it's kind in the city.
 The crowds that have attended the rght sessions have exceeded al! ex~ pectatiOns. Thursday and Friday nights the floor was crowded with skaters and spectators to witness the popular game of polo. All who wit messed this game pronoupced t big success.
 The management announces that on Monday night all the city candidates will be represented in full ccS,llme on the rink floor, and beautiful prize will be given the best costume. The candidates to be represented are: w. l., Toney, H. King White, J. R. Stew art, A. B. 1Toney) Smith, R. D. Me Gaughy, John IT, Dellmon and ". r. nWvpp
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-06
COTTON BELT BRIDGE DESTROYED Saline River Submerged Plantations in Cleveland County-Track Washed Away.
NO TRAINS TO SOUTH.
Wrccking Train and Crews of Men Tried to Prevent Destruction Oi ROadbed, But FaiIed-Damage Re. ported Heavy.

The mammoth Cotton Belt railroad bridge, which spans the Saline river in Cleveland county, twenty-seven miles south of this city, was com pletely washed away last night, say reports which reached here at md- night. Several hundred feet of Cot ton Belt trackage and roadbed sup porting the trestle approaches were also deranged. The local Cotton Belt officials would neither affirm nor deny the reports of damage
 The wrecker and several crews of men were hurriedly taken to the scene of the flood early last night in an effort to save the bridge and tracks, but later reports were to the effect that their efforts were unsuc- cessful.
 The Saline river began rising at rapid rate yesterday and at $ o'clock yesterday afternoon it was rising at the rate of two inches an hour. At oOlHc I)Olulo It Wdo OlL Ol llo Ddllho and many plantations were inundat- ed. Some stock is reported lost and farm houses have been swept from their foundations.
 The northDound Cotton Belt pas senger, No i, due here this morning at 12:50 o'clock, was discontinued It was stated at the Union Depot that the train would not a<+ve at all dur ing the night. This train is Texas train and carries passengers for all points on the Cotton Belt and St. Louis and Chicago Pullman cars from the South and Vest The Texas train from Memphis, known as No. ,, came as far as this city this morning at 2:23 o'clock and Wap returned to it's starting point as No. 1.
 If the damage done the railroad is as serious as reported, traffic cannot be resumed on the Cotton Belt be- tween this city and Texarkana for at least ten days.
 Up to a late hour last night the crews on the wrecking train. sent to Rison early in the evening, had not returned to this city.
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ADJUSTMENTS

The Al G. Field Greater Minstrels are now touring in the Eastern states and are appearing to large houses ev- anywhere.
 David Warfield, in The Music Mas ter," closed two weeks engagement at the Garrick theater in St. Louis yesterday, appearing to the biggest business in the history of that play house. Three, five and seven dollar prices prevailed during the Warfield engagement, and seats went at a pre- mium Warfeld got the same prices in Cincinnati and other cities over the country. He is now making his first road touring since leaving the vaude- vile stage years ago, having appeared for years in New York City and other Eastern cities in "The Auctioneer," and he just recently closed a continu ous three-year run in New York with his great Music Master Warfield is, without doubt, the geratest actor of the present day. His present play promises to enjoy the life of Joe Jeff fersons immortal Rip Van Winkle.'
 The Shuberts recently opened their handsome neN playhouse in New Or leans. Clay Clement, so well known to Pine Bluff people, was the attrac- tion, presenting his new play, Sam Houston"
 The Shuberts are preparing to give the theatrical trust run for their money" in southern territory with the sane determinations as has character
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The Cup Was Not Full.

sThe Vanderbilt Cup the play made famous by the vivacous Elsie Janis, was the attraction at the Efks, theater last night and presented to a good-siZed audience. The great au- tOmobile play. minus the auto and Elsie. did not come up to eXpecta- tions. The production is by the great Sidney Rosenfeld, and is classed as a musical comedy. There was nothing in the performance of unusual merit, the costuming not being up to the standard, and with one or two excep- tions, the absence of catchy music was another conspicuous missing link The company did not offer one redeeming feature. Providence must have been with local the ater gOers when it pre- vented the company from arriving in time for the matinee performance The southern tour of "The Wander bilt Cup" should be cut short Joseph M. Gaites enjoys popularity with theater goers of the South, but "The Vanderbilt Cup" fell short of sustain ing his well earned reputation Elsie Janis was the real drawing card for The Vanderbilt Cup" Without her it is like whisky straight minus the whisky
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BRIEF MENTION.
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G. C. Robinson, stove salesman from St. Louis is in the city.
 Mrs. Harry Spick, of Camden, is registered at the Antlers.
 Cecil Baker returned from Little Rock yesterday morning.
 A. F. Tyler of Memphis is regis tered at the Hotel Jefferson.
 Frank Franey returned yesterdaN morning from a business trip to Lit tie Rock.
 Reverend S. H. Campbell and his brother, J. H. Campbell, have TO- turned from McDonough. Ga,
 Miss Jennie Crowden of Cape Ci- rardeau, Mo-, is visiting Mrs. Fred Senyard on West Fifth avenue.
 Mrs. A. Katzenstein, of Little Rock, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Simon. on West Sixth ave- nue.
 J. N Alexander, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Jackson, Miss, returned u the city ye. 'erday.
 Secretary A. B. Richardson of the Y. M. c. A. left yesterday for Chicago to hold a conference with an interna- tional secretary from New York City.
 D. c. Bell, secretary and treas urer of the Pine Bluff Trust com pany. is fast recovering from the effects of the operation, which he underwent some weeks ago at Bat tie Creek, Mich. He is able to be at his office daily and his many friends will be glad to learn of his Improvement.
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LOCAL ITEMS.

Elmer West, the son of J. F. West, is suffering with pneumonia.
 Mrs. w. H. Langford was re- ported to be quite sick yesterday.
 MT. T. J. Crutchfield, who has been suffering with ia grippe, is able to be out again.
 Miss Ava Hughey, who has been spending a week with Miss Mamye Custer, left for her home in Little. Rock yesterday.
 Miss Millie Springfield, milliner apprentice at the Grand Leader, is ill at her home on East Sixth avenue.
 -Messrs. J. l.. and J. M. Gourley re- turned last night from Nashville, Tenn, where tn spent tha ac.i .a.s with tehir mother
 The High School Basket Ball Team was defeated at Little Rock Friday night by the Y. M. c. A. team. The score was 34 to 30.
 A five-room cottage, fine gar den spot, good well of water, in first class condition, Corner Twelfth and Oak. Apply to R. M. Knox.
 A middle-aged widow, very wealthy, nice looking. tired of sin gle blessedness" wishes to cores pond. Lock box 4O5. St. Joseph, Michigan.
 M. E. Bloom, cashier of the Citizens bank, returned yesterday from business trip to Little Rock. He says several hundred men were at work ''sacking" the tracks of the Iron Mountain railroad near Little Rock to prevent the roadbed from being washed away. Many small cabins, he said, were torn from their foundations by the flooding waters. ,,S
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ized their career in the East, North and West. Several Shubcrt houses have opened for business recently, in- cludns one at Mobile and one at Chat tanooga.
 The inferior theatrical companies have fared badly in the South this season, while the first class shows have been given liberal, merited pa- tronage. Many of the smaller com panies have gone to the wall because of lack of patronage.
 What Pine Bluff theater goers want is fewer and better attractions Rath- CT one good show a week than three, with two of them bad No man or woman regrets a well spent" dollar, but the average person always has a kick coming when they fail to get at least dollar for dollar
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NONE WERE JUDGED GUILTY.
Fordyce Men, Charged With Violation
 of Liquor Laws, Diclarged.

The charge against w. A. Ramsey. E. E. Thomas, V. R. Harris, Bruce Jones and Will Gray, all of FOrdyce, it being alleged that they sold liquor without a license, was dismissed after an investigation held here yesterday. The testimony was given before Unit ed States Commissioner A. l.. Bur- nett at the Arlington hotel. The evil lence in the case was not of con- victing nature, and the charges were dismissed, individually. The charge was filed by a United States district attorney of this district. information having been filed with him of nature 10 warrant an investigation.
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CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENT
Jefferson County Represented in the Omnibus Bill Taken Up by Lower
 Branch of Congress Yesterday.

Among the claims against the Government, as shown in the omni- bus war claims bill, taken up h.' the House of Representatives of the United States yesterday are several Jefferson county accounts. Three Ot them are:
 To William A. Bethel, administra- tor of the estate of Martha Harri- son, deceased, and Oliver P. Lister. Jefferson county, sSs9.
 To Sam Edmonson, administrator of the estate of Isaac T. Eppler. de- ceased, late of Jefferson county, S6,95O
 To trustees of First Baptist church, Pine Bluff, $1,960.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-06
BT RGLARIZE GROCERY STORE,
Midnight Thieves Enter and Rob R, K, Taryer's West Second Ave.
 nue Establishment.

After breaking the glass in the front door of the grocery of R. E. Tarver, corner of West Second ave- nue and Elm street, early yesterday morning, burglars entered and robbed the place.
 The cash drawer was broken open and several dollars ill money taken. The thieves also carried away a quan- tity of groceries.
 Sam Knox, who lives opposite the store. heard the crash of glass and in- vestigated. He saw the men, he de- scribes to be negroes, enter the place and telephoned for the police. When the blue coats arrived the thieves had gone with heir booty
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ONE STABBED
 ANOTHER IN JAIL. "Puck'' Darby Seriously stabbed by G. N. Gar;le
 a Saloon Fight Last Night.
ACCIDENTAL CLAIMS.
Gamble Has Local Police Record Darby's Condition Serious-Men Had Been Canning" Beer in Rear End of Negro Saloon.
Clarence Darby. son of Mrs. Al,

Clarence Darby. son of Mrs. .Ah. ma Darby, of No. 7l' West Fourth avenue, known tam,,iarly about town as Pluck" was seriously staG- bed in the abdoh,cn last nt,ht at 9:30 o'clock, and s. x ,an.h 2. 2S years old, who says his home is i'll Memphis. Tenn, is a prisoner in the city jail charged with the stabbing.
 Young Darby, who is but 22 years old, walked into a saloon at Fourth avenue and Main street, bleeding froA his wound. He asked that a d&rynr be called. Just as he was about to fall to the floor, by-stand- CT caught hold of him and carried him to a chair.
 Robinson's ambulance was called and tae wounded man was hurried ly taken to the office of Doctor C. A. Troupe. where he was given med moved to his home. The knife was thrust into the left side of his ab- domen His condition is serious
 Gan 3ie declares that the stab- ping was accidental. He says Darby slapped his face twice and while he was trying to get away from him. Darby ran into his knife. which he had open at the time. Gamble was unG@" the influence of liquor when arrested.
 The stabbln., according to the police, took place in the saloon of Coleman and Wilson. negroes, on East Fourth avenue. Four white men, two of whom were Darby and Gamble, went into the rear of the place and drank some beer. Gam ble is said to have come out of the reass room shortly afterward and remSrked to the bartender that he would have to leave town" He then went out the door and disap- . peared. He was later found in a saloon on East Third avenue and arrested by Potrolman J. J. Minor. He has a local police record
 The other three men left the place few minutes after Gamble made his departure and no more was thought of the incident until young Darby staggered into neigh boring saloon and asked for assist ance.
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at large. Let each member of the executive committee select ten del egates. Let civic improvement asso- ciations and other organizations looking to the development of the state each send a delegate. Any cit izen interested in good roads is well come to attend as visitor.
 Questions of practical interest touching the construction and im- provement of public highways will be discussed. such as national aid. state aid, convict labor on roads, county local self-government con- corning roads, as we'll as machinery for building, cost of construction and different kinds of material to be used.
 The first day will be known as Merchants and Planters day.
 The second day will be known as Legislative day
 The third day will be known as Road Builders day.
 Machinery houses will make ex- hibits of improved road machinery
 Mayors, county judges and other officials above mentioned, who have not already done so, are urged to appoint delegates at once and to send their names and addresses to the secretary, Little Rock.
 Delegates who expect to attend should notify the secretary, so that he may know something of what preparation to make in the city of Little Rock for this tremendous convention.
 We confidently look forward to this convention as the greatest ever assembled in the state for any pur- pose Great in numbers, great in interest, great in results. Let ey- cry member of the association and every good citizen aid in securing a large and enthusiastic attendance from every section of the state. Re- duced rates will be given on rail- roads
 Issued at Little Rock, Arkansas, this the | st day of January, 1907.
 JAMES GOULD. President.
 J. $. HAWKINS, Secretary.
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GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
Official Call For Annual Meeting Is. sued by President James Gould
 of This City Yesterday.

President James Gould of this city has issued the official call for in fifth annual convention of the aRkansas Good Roads association, which is to be held in Little Rock. The call follows:
 Notice is hereby given that the fifth annual convention of the Ar Kansas Good Roads association is called to meet in the city of Little Rock at g a. m., Tuesday, January 2s, 1907, and will continue Thurs day D. m., January 31.
 All county judges, road commits sioners, overseers. mayors. secretar- les s~and presidents of boards of trade, labor organizations, farmers ohlon and kindred organizations are ex-officio delegates to this conven- uon. Let each county judge select ten delegates, each mayor five, with one additional for every thousand of the population of his town, each To- cal farmers union and labor union one delegate each. boards, of trade anu business mems leagues one each' and aid in selecting delega- 'ioh TOT the city in which they are
 e"'eu. Let the Arkansas Travel - send one delegate for each Con esslonal district, and ten for state
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EFFECTS OF LEE HEAD SOID.

The effects of the late Lee T.. Head were sold at public auction yesterday and purchased by Drew and Head. for $S,G9c Dan V Tey- lor, representing ,lr. Wa,te, was the bidder
 The effects included all tools. i'm plements and other ;tr:t.o,; owned by Head on the Chalmette place, several miles east of Pine Bluff. As per agreement they were sold by the surviving partner.
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SENATOR BERRY'S BILL.

United States Senator James H Berry has introduced bill in the Senate providing for the relief of Mrs. z. P. Allen, estate of w. B. Poole and Mrs. M. A. Phillips of Jefferson county, for property de- stroyed by Federal soldiers durin" the civil war, $26,950.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-06

Attorney J. Ms. Hooker, of Paul's Valley, I. T., was in the city yes terday on business connected with the settlement of the estate of the late Lee F. Head Mir Hooker rep resents one of the heirs
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No matinee was given at the Elks theater yesterday on account of the late arrival of "The Wander hilt Cup company from Hot Springs.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-29
LAPSE OF REASONING.
Instances by Two of the World'.
 Greatest Benefactors.

Instances by Two of the Worlds
 Greatest 5snefactors.
 To illustrate the kind of lapse of req soning power from which great in ventors are known to suffer, like that under influence of which Sir Isaac Newton cut one hole in a wall to let a cat pass through and then a small hole for the kitten. an old story in the life of Morse will answer well. Long before he invented the telegraph Morse was known to the officers of the patent office as persistent applicant for pat ents. When his great invention of distance writing was about complet- ed he wanted the Baltimore and Ohio Railway company to try it.
 To get rid of him the president of the road turned him over to a subor- dinate. This official was struck with the beauty of the invention and became so interested in II that ne sat up iIaif the night discussing it with tfhe iFi- ventor At length Morse confessed there was only one thing which baf- fled him. "As long as the railroad runs,'' he said, where poles may be erected 1t will be easy sailing. but when we come to the big bridges what is to be done then? We can't erect poles across the stream, and without them the wire would sag and perhaps break from its own weight. confess don't know what to do. Can't you suggest way out Of the difficulty?
 "Why don't you fasten the wires to the bridgeT asked his companion without a moments hesitation. For moment Morse gazed at him, with open mouth, and then exclaimed: ''Why not, indeed? Why, I never thought of that. It's the very way"
 The layman's tip put the finishing touch to the work of the great in ventor. and thus wires came to be strung on bridges when crossing large streams
Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-29
THE SAME OLD GANG.

Many of those newspapers which favor the new theory advanced by MT. Roosevelt as to absolute federal con troi of corporation affairs by con- gress and by commissions appointed by the president. are publishing tho speech of one Darwin P, Kingsley. president of the New York Life h. surance Company, delivered before the convention of insurance commission CTS of the states at Richmond. Va. on September r. Kingsley is a son-in- law of that enterprising citizen, John A. Mccall, the former president of the New York Life. who fabricated so pro fuseIy to Governor culberson of Tex as. and ordered George W. Perkins to give s5o.OoO of money belonging to the policy holders of the New York Life to the Roosevelt campaign fund. Kingsley is chip Of the Mccall block. and is evidently spending the money of the policy holders of his company now, as Mccall did in 1904. as a means of corrupt;ng the press and booming Roosevelt