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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09
MEETS DEATH
 UNDER TRAIN
E. w. Powell. a Wealthy Farmer of Greene County, Run Down and In.
 Stantly Killed at Bono-Attempted to Cross Tracks Ahead of Freight.

Jonesboro Sept. S.-E. w. Powell, a well known and wealthy farmer of Greene county, was struck by a through Frisco freight, at Bono, three miles west of here, today at noon, and instantly killed. His body was torn to pieces beneath the train.
 Mir. Powell has just been driven in- to the town by his daughter, and was to take the noon Frisco passenger for Searcy, where he has relatives. He mistook the freight for the pas |senger, as the latter was past due, and expected it to stop above the spot where he was to cross the track. Powell realized his danger too fate, though many had vainly attempt ed to get him off the track.
 Tne track at Bono is a down grade and the train. which was going at a terrif: speed. travelled for nearly a half mile before it could be stopped, and Powells remains gotten from under it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09
NELSON IS
 THE FAVORITE

San Francisco, Sept. S.-The pugil- istic carnival this week wherein the possession of two worlds champion ships yesterday were at stake, will climax tomorrow afternoon at Colm., when rattling Nelson will defcn his right to the lightweight champion ship a,d Joe Cans will endeayor to regain the laurels lost to the Dano in their lest encounter.
 The promoters of the fight confi- dently expect the receipts to exceed $13,300 taken in yesterday at the AttellMoran fight.
 Both contestants were present al yesterdays fight and received more attention for a few moments than was shown the principals.
 Betting is brisk at 10 to 6 with Nelson the favorite.
 Opinion as to the relative merits oi the fighters appears as evenly divided as when they last met.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09

handled in the New York market, as well as other measures looking to the elimination of the more fragrant forms of gambling.
 With the relaxation of pressure from congress, however, all evidences of bona fide intention to reform have vanished, and even the ringing report os the federal commissioner of cor porations drew but languid attention from the members of the exchange.
 From which it seems that even the dominant clements in both these tre- 1hendous agencies of barter and sale, are joined to the idols of professional speculation, and that, paraphrasins the couplet, the devil would only be a monk as long as he is sick, all symp- toms of illness speedily vanishing with the withdrawal of surveillance to be replaced by the old familiar hoof and barbed tail.
 The subterfuge is so transparent that it deceives no one, and there IS strong reason to believe that leg islatiye measures" mentioned by the Wall Street Summary must be invOk- cd to secure effectual readjustment.- Atlanta Constitution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09
Heart toHeart
 Talks.
BE STRONG AND UNArRAID.
By EDWIN A. WYE.
Copyright, 1908, by Edwin A. N-.
Fear is your deadlieSt foe.

Fear is your deadlieSt foe
 Also 1t is a figment of your fancy.
 And useless.
 Psychologists say fear impoverishes the blood, interferes with the assimila- tion of food, attacks the nerve centers and lowers the physical powers. It makes a man physically unfit
 If so. what must be it's effect on the mind?
 It lessens ones ability to think, low CTS his ambition, weakens his charac- ter and affects his happiness. In short, all the forces of personality go In f1ont of fear.
 Fear whispers to the young, strong te do and dare, and the strength be- comes as water. 1t assails the middle aged, and the uplifted arm of energy falls inert It torments the old and robs it of it's peace. And. yet
 Strong thief as it Is, it is an abnor- nal weakling, for it is the son of ignorance and superstition.
 If one knows himself and knows life as it is, there is nothing anywhere to be afraid of If one knows not him. elf nor life, fear is unavailing, use Nss.
 To put it plainly, there are two things one should never fear-flrst, what he can help and. second. what he cannot help.
 But, it is asked. how can one who has not natural courage overcome his bond age to fear?
 Easily. Every person is in the pos session of certain conscious powers These powers may be concentrated, sharpened, projected into force These powers are ones capital stock, which may be increased or reduced. If one listens to the suggestions of fear he will smother his faculty. But also
 He may say to himself: II will be what ] want to be. do what want to do, l am captain on the deck of my own ship. My soul is greater than any fear. Shall take counsel of my own creation:'' If he says these things and acts on these suggestions he will overcome his fear and strengthen his faculty.
 Per contra. if he doubts his power or ncglects to use 1t his fear will mas ter him.
 Just why this should be so we may not say. It is difficult to explain how the human mind can shape achieve ment in advance. But 1t does so It is a condition and not theory. We are built that way.
 Power somehow creates power. Force makes force Force faculty that Is dormant produces only weakness. Cultivated. it develops further faculty.
 So. if you have fear. trample it un- der your feet.
 Hold up your chin and be unafraid Look the creature of your own fancy fairly in the face. Defy 1t. Take it to task. # will flee away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09
pHE DEVIL A MONK WOULD BE.


 One of the anusingly significant fea- lures of the recent speculative orgy which plunged the New York stock exchange into condition of turmoil not paralleled since the "breaks' of AGt autumn, is the affrighted manner h which the dominant element of the exchange is seeking to purge that in stitution from the inside, before the task is undertaken by less friendly hands from the outside.
 The latest suggestion is an audit committee, which shall have the privi- 1ege of access to books of the several members, with view of keeping pulse on the gambling mania which lays violent at a moments notice on the gentlemen given to trading with that which they do not possess
 The Wall Street Summary, of recent date. refers to the movement, and to the risks that attend it's failure, as follows:
 Many of the old and conservative clements on the exchange are known to be bitterly opposed to the highly speculative and plunging operations which have led to recent failures, and are fearful that the good name of the exchange will suffer irreparable in jury unless some method of prevent ing these spectacular doings and con seQuent scandals is devised. Again, unless the exchange takes the intia tive it is believed that legislative measures will be passed which would be more onerous than those suggested by the present plan, and which would be a reflection on the character of all the members
  to state that it has uniformly oppos- ed the wanton speculation and infa- ton of values on the stock exchange, which went by the bland pseudonym of legitimate trading. It's protests, however. have been of little avail in eradieating the practice, the latter stopping just long enough to induce tbe reform element to return to a con dition of innocuous slumber.
 Which recalls that the same spec tacle has been on perennial exhibition with regard to the New York cotton exchange Agitated by the determined ard persistent protests from the Farmers Union and other planters organizations and the spasmodic in yestigations of congress, the steering committee of the exchange began to debate, cautiously and with re}uct- ance, the expediency of altering the list of gradings of the staple as it is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09
HOLLANDER HAS
 FAMILY OF 13

New Yo1N. Sept. S.-President Roosevelt would have been delighted had he been on the Holland-American Line pier when the steamship Rotter- dam docked and welcomed William NJ. Branderhorst, his laughing wife and 13 happy. robust childre3. Brand erhorst. who is only 3S. left his na- tive town of Noordbrebant, Holland, he said to come to America, where he would have enough room to raise
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09
Where the Czars Are Buried.

The remains of all the czars of Rus. sia since Peter the Great lie in a memorial chapel built on one of the islands of the Neva. All the ceno- taphs are exactly alike, each being a block of wLite marble without any decoration whatever. The only dis- tinction by which one is marked is the name of the deceased emperor
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09

Impure blood runs you down makes you an easy victim for organic
 diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters puri- flies the blood-cures the eause-- builds you up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09

Lost, merschaum pipe between Bcdeli's drug store and 500 block East Second avenue and postOiiice. Re- ward if returned to F. (. Furth. post. master. at postoffice. 9 f Ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09

Baby won't suffer five minutes with croup if you apply pr. Thomas Eclec- tric Oil at once. It acts like magic
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-09
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Advertising Rates Made Known on
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICR,

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
HE CALLED ON H0CH.
Grant Co. Editor-Postmaster-C County
Merchant Approves Governor.

A loose-jointed, red faced man with
a dropping moustache and a fiat,
sQuashy-looking valise. ambled awk-
wardly into Governor Hoch's Office
this morning and greeted the COVER
nor thus:
You're the governor, amt you
Thought you looked like him. I just
wanted to come in and tell you that
I'm mighty well pleased with the way
you have been running things during
your second term. I'm from Grant
county. Henthorne's my name, E. M.
Henthorne."
Every glad to see you. Mr.. Hen
thorne," said the governor. cordially.
81 judge that you're merchant out
IN your count Sins e s9
Of the Topeka Jobbers' association,
which the merchant wore on his coat.
Eyes, I'm a merchant-and I'm also
county attorney. And I'm postmaster.
I run a newspaper, too-the Grant
County Republican. I sell real estate
and write insurance"
"'Well, you're about the whole
thing, aren't your" laughed the COVER
nor. 2.
"Oh, not quite. I got the postmas-
tership. and the newspaper when no.
body else would have 'em. The news
paper was busted fat and the post
office paid only $14 a month I've had
both of them for nine years now, but
don't know how much longer they
will let me keep 'em. Well, I Just
wanted to tell you that 1 think you
are making a good record in your sec
ond term. I didn't like your first term
much. but YOU and the attorney gen.
eral have both been doing good work.
1 always says Just about what I think
about such things"
"Glad you approve of my second
term, anyway said the governor,
shaping the far western editor. office
holder and business man on the Shout
der. 1.-The home stretch is the impor-
tant part after ALL"
"Guess that's right. governor" as
scented Mr. Henthorne. "And If you
ever come out to Grant county, look
me up" 1r
"I'll inquire for the man who holds all
the Offices"
mot quite all yet" said Henthorne;
there are a few left that haven't
got"
And the breezy resident Of the coun-
ty without a railroad waited himself
out of the gubernatorial apartments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
DIR. HULL WAS PARTICULAR
Whipped by Woman Didn't Want Ser
vices of Deputy County Attorney.

Or" w. c. Hull, an aged man with
a grievance, called at the county at
torney's office last evening and de-
manded Justice" He said that he
had been assaulted by a woman, and
almost killed He exhibited a torn
shirt sleeve to substantiate his story
of great injury. Assistant Attorney
Atchison said he would be pleased to
hear a statement Of the case. but the
old man deposed as follows: ct don't
want any fool deputy monkeying
with my case. I want to see John
Schenck, so 1 may get justice and
protection" All argument was futile.
DR.. Hull remained in the Office for
several hours. and came back again
this morning. Finally he agreed to
talk with the deputies, and told them
that Mr.. and Mrs. Dreyer, with whom
he roomed at 100 Monroe street, had
tried to kill him a few times and
throw him down stairs. The SjIicials
discovered that there were two sides
to the story but told the old man that
unless he made a good case. the costs
would be assessed against him.
THAT is all right" said the doc
tor. "but I am going to get my own
lawyer to prosecute. 1 will not risk
my case with you fellows"
A complaint against Mr.. and Mrs.
Dreyer was issued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
AN EXCITING LIVE BIRD SHOOT
Topeka SpOrtsmen Hold Trap Contest
and Make Good Scores.

There are very few towns in Kansas
which have as good material for a
record making gun club as Topeka. In
recent weeks the club has taken on
much of the old time spirit and the
OUTLOOK for q good membership is very
encouraging. Tuesday afternoon the
club held live bird shoot and some
topnotch scores were made. Paul
Mulvane, Charles Gault and Earl
Ewart had never shot live birds be-
fore, but a glance at the score would
indicate professional work L. Biscoe
and H. s. Montgomery are experienced
trap shooters. Montgomery made a
clean score and Mulvane tied Biscoe.
There are good prospects for a friend
ly contest in team shoot, made up
of members of the club, to take place
in the near future. and a match with
out of town sportmen is being worked
up. Following are the scores of Tues
days shoot:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
BRYAN WIRES REPLY.
Denies That He Discussed Brownsville
p. or Negro in Once.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July 1S.-In
response to telegraphic query from
the Baltimore Sun asking if it is true
as asserted by Bishop Walters. of the
AFRO Methodist Episcopal church, that
MI. Bryan had assured a negro delega-
ZION that he regarded President Roose-
Veit's action In the Brownsville case as
unjust and that he would recognise ne
gro appointments to office Mr.. Bryan
report not true. have refused to
discuss Brownsville case and have not
discussed appointment of negroes
AS the day wore on a nIImher of
delegates to the Denver convention on
their way home stopped or to pay their
respects. They were from Alabama.
Iowa, Illinois and Indiana and pledged
their support OF the ticket. Mr.. Bryan
urged his visitors to activity all along
the line and expressed the hope that
they would carry out the plan suggest
ed at the meeting on Tuesday last of
the national committee by organizing
in every precinct Democratic clubs and
getting out the full Democratic vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
PARDON FOR INHUNfAN FATHER.
Was Sent to Prison for PERMITTING
Daughter to Die OF Neglect.

Sullivan Lomax, an attorney from
Cherryvale, appeared before Cover
nor Hoch today and applied for q par
don for Rudolph Brockman, who in
1897 was convicted in Labette coun-
ty and sent to the state prison for life
for the murder of his little daughter,
Mary
1t was shown that Brockman al
lowed the child to d1e or neglect and
starvation. Some of the papers in the
case indicate that the father was an
ignorant foreigner who could hardly
talk English, and some things in
dictate that his sentence was too
severe. An application for q pardon
was made to Governor Stanley and
rejected. Governor Hoch stated to-
day that he had considered the case
carefully several times, and had not
found any circumstances to warrant
his interference. BrocKman is now
a very old man, and is expected to live
but a few years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
DRUGGISTS ARE WORRIED.
Must Make q Note of Each Sale OF
"Cure Alp Medicines.

The druggists Of the city are wor-
ried over the new ruling by the attor-
ney general, to the effect that the dis
pensers of the various cure for all dis
eases. must make a note Of each sale
in an account book. The druggists
have been asking the probate court to
define this ruling for their benefit
Must we write down the sale in our
separate sales book in the presence Of
the appdcant7" asked ono druggist.
That = = good Idea" declared Mrs.
KulalaA Who answered the phone In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
New Member Embalmers Board.

Governor Hoch will probably ap-
point today a new member for the
state board of examiners for embalm-
ers. The new member must take Of
fee August /. Under the law, the
state association OF undertakes and
embalmers nominated five men for a
position on the board, and from this
list Governor Hoch selects one. The
five names which the governor has
underconsideration are the following:
L. L. Berg, Salina; ]. L. Henderson.
Horton: N G. Brady. Pittsburg; T. B.
Oldroyd, Arkansas City; George w.
Southern, Manhattan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
THIS IS WARMEST.
Mercury Mounts to o. Degrees This
Afternoon

There is this pleasing news for To-
peka's visiting merchants. Today is
the warmest day of the season thus
far. At o'clock this afternoon the
thermometer at the government sta
ton registered ninety-two degrees.
This is the same as last Saturday but
the mercury ts still on the ascent
which will make today a little
warmer. There is no change ahead
this way, just the same thing on the
bill for few more days. The rain
which threatened has gone by and all
is hot and serene. The wind today is
twenty miles an hour from the south
west. The following are the ternnera-
lures as recorded by the government
n oy-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
CUT IN WAGES.
Or Raise in Rates Discussed by Trunk
Line Presidents.

New York. July 1.-THE presidents of
eastern trunk lines met today to discuss
the question whether there shall be an
increase in freight rates. 1t Is understood
that they discussed raising freight rates 10
per cent or the alternative of reducing
wages 10 per cent. 1t was reported that
E. H Hartman was opposed to a cut in
wages. while the representatives of sew
eral other lines favored that course rather
than an increase in rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16

Can only be acquired and main
tanned by constant and careful
attention. Both brush and tooth
wash should be of the best quail
ity and should be used often.
We sell everything for the
teeth. Every reliable kind of
wash and the best quality
brushes. Prices right.
J. M. BRUNT, DRUGGIST
9Th and Jackson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
New York Money Market.

New York, July 1S.-MONEY-Money on
call easy, 1G1h per cent; ruling rate IN.
closing bid and offered at ~. Time loans
strong. Sixty days, per cent; 80 days, ~
per cent; months, 81 per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 1-S0
per cent; sterling exchange easy, with
actual business in bankers bills a $4S706
for demand and at - se% a. 1855 for 60 day
bills: commercial bills, A.s51zd4. ssh.
SILVER-Bar silver, 5S1sc; Mexican doll
lars. sc.
BONDS-Government bonds steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16

the absence of the court, I can only
guess at it, but that would be a SAFE
thing to do"
Therefore, be not surprised. seeker of
snake remedy, if the druggist notes the
color of your hair, the condition OF
your teeth and other details in his sale
book, before delivering to you the
package which you think might cure
indigestion, bad cold, grip, bunions or
other maladies of the humeu system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16

appointment is for a three year term.
The board of managers also has in its
charge the Bickerdyke home for SOL
diers' widows at Ellsworth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16

day $50 bales. Spot closed quiet and 10
points lower. Middling uplands, $11o03
middling gulf, 81 Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
Death of Hugh McCurdy.

Curdy. former head of the Knights
Templar in the United States and one
Of the most prominent Masons in the
country, died at his home today in this
city, aged 79 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-16
F. A INon Is Named.

Governor Hoch today reappointed
F. A Lyon of oFrt Scott to a position
as one of the board of managers of
the Dodge City Soldiers home. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-27
METCALF ATTENDS
LAST CABINET MEET
Resignation Takes Place December
Three Members Absent
Today.

Secretary of the Navy Victor II. Met
calf attended his last Cabinet meeting
today, his resignation taking place on
December !, on which day the newly
appointed Secretary, Truman H New
berry, viii sit Tor the first time around
the Cabinet table. Mr.. Metcalf will con-
tinue his duties until next Tuesday and
in the meantime probably will take final
official leave of his fellow Cabinet
members individually.
Mr.. Metcalf. as soon as he can COM
plete routine personal matters, will
leave for the mountains OF California.
where he hopes to regain his health.
Secretary Root, Postmaster General
Meyer and Attorney General BOnaparte
were absent from tOday's meeting. Cab
met members said that nothing but
routine matters had been considered
and no announcements we've made. Sec
rotary LyOeD said the appointment OF
a Commissioner Of immigration might
be announced within the next week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-27
MRS. {. N. COWPER
TRIES TO END LIFE
Woman Writer Attempts TO
Commit Suicide With
Small Revolver.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Mrs. f. w.
COwper, a writer Of some note and a
guest at the Hotel St. Regis Fifth
avenue and Fisty-hfth street. today put
bullet into her head in her room
there and lay on her bed for several
hours until a friend whom she had
notified of her intention, rushed TO the
hotel and notified the management OF
what had happened.
She was dying when the manage
ment broke open the door.
An old friend. who formerly lived
IN Middletown, n. Y, her own home,
10 whom she had written a letter tell
ing him that she was about to put an
end TO her life, jumped out Of a cab
and ran up 10 the clerks desk in the
hotel. gasping that Mrs COWper hac
already or was about to shoot herself
A clerk. accompanied by John Hood.
the friend. went to Mrs Cowper's
room and found the door locked. With
the help Of one Of the porters the door
was broken open. Mrs. COWper lay on
her bed fully dressed, a bullet wound
in her right temple and the revolver,
small .Z2-Caliber. Old-fashiOned
weapon. near her. The pillow which
she had placed over her face 10 kill
the sound OF the shot had slipped to
one side. She was unconscious, but
still breathing.
Beyond the mere fact that she was
Respondent. Mrs. CoWper left no indi-
cation of why she wanted TO end her
life