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Daily picayune., 1908-05-08
CONTEST IN
 TIE SEVENTH
No Official Action yet Taken on the Notice Filed by
 Hon. W. s. Goodwin

Little Rock, May T. So far no official action has been taken in regard to the petition filed by w. s. Goodwin with Secretary Page of the Democratic Central Committee, asking hearing of the contest case between the petitioner and Robert Minor Wallace, over the question of who is the rightful nominee of the Democratic party for Con- gress from the Seventh district. Secretary Page, immediately upon receipt of the petition, filed a copy to Chairman John F. Rutherford of the committee. at Pine Bluff, for his consideration and to determine whether or not a special meeting of the Central Committee should be called. Secretary Page stated today that that he had no communication from Chairman Rutherford 1n- timating his intention in the matter, either for or against calling a special meeting.
 An interesting feature about the case is that it must be set tleaa6GNhe regularly established party n2asj jpaery. The matter ,eanranbe carried into court,
 6nce it does not not involve an 'office itself, but merely the nomination for an office within a party election If it involved the issues of a general election, then there would be recourse to the courts, should either party have reason to feel aggrieved. Another interesting point, and in fact the real crux of the case, is this: What is the weight of q certificate of election, as issued by the chairman or regularly au- thorized official of a central or governing committee? Does the case and pary custom allow the State Central Committee to go behind the action of the chairman and declare this commission null and void; or, is this commission prima facie evidence of election and therefore valid? This is ad- mitteedly the real questian in the case, and the further action of the parties concerned, as we'll as the prospective action of the State Central Committee, will be followed with considerable inter- est.
 So far as recalled by members of the committee and others versed in the party history, this is the first case in which the con- mittee has been asked to decide a question involving the precise points complained of in the pe- tition.
Daily picayune., 1908-05-08
ALEX VAUGHAN REAL ESTATE. NOTARY PUBLIC.

It will pay you to see him if you want home
 Fine list of City Property and Farm Lands Office with The Picayune PRESCOTT. ARK
Daily picayune., 1908-05-08

I am now candidate for gin-saw filer of southwest Arkansas, sub- ject to the action of the ginners. 1 acknowledge no superior in that bushes. Jas. Snodgrass,
 Prescott. Ark.
Daily picayune., 1908-05-08
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

COUNTY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES. Representative, J. w. Whaley.
 Sheriff,
 Ed Hood. County Judge, A. M. Denman. Circuit Clerk, F. E. Murrah. County Clerk, J. A. Bailey. County Treasurer, w. C. Felts.
 Assessor, Jno. D. Bright. Surveyor, Tom Lavender. Coroner, C. c. Purtle. Cotton Weigher, H. T. Ingram.
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smith at Blevins, Is in the city to- day. Mr. Price will be with the Ozan people at their shops in a few days.
 Mrs. J. W. Boslic is visitining Keyton. Clark county. She was accompanied by little Prinden Tidwell who has been visiting her here.
 Special sale on straw hats, 20 cts. Get one while they last. The New York Store. -
 FOR RENT Two nicely furnished rooms for light house. keeping. (. F. NEWTH.
 Eld. A. P. Conner, of Nevada. Mo, will preach at the Christfan church Sunday morning ate~11 a. m. and 8 p. m. All are eordi- ally invited to attend.
 T. s. Haynie and daughter, Miss Cornelia, of Gurdon, spent last night in Prescott ard attend ed the School Commencement exercise at the opera house.
 Messrs. Sam McMath and Alb Hervey, and Misses Johnnie and Lois MeMath and Minnie Coul- der, of Hope, were visitors to Prescott yesterday and attended commencement exercises at the opera house.
 All small goods cash, and all who have notes and accounts due me will please come and settle or send me the money. A. Mon- son.
 The celebrated H. P. Nelson piano is advertising itself. A. Monson recently sold eight pur- chasers, and all say there is none better in tone or quality
 A letter from Jack McKelvey, who is soiourning in Arkansas wonderful valley of vapors" Hot Springs, states that he is re- gaining his health rapidly, and if present improvement continues, will he home in thirty days.
 Will Buchanan, carrier on route ,, out of Prescott, was talk en suddenly i'll yesterday morn ing and no mail delivery was made on his route yesterday. Heis better today, however, and will carry his route as usual.
 F. c. Spencer of Bodcaw was in town yesterday and gave the Picayune office a pleasant call. He was also showing some rice that he had raised on his farm. Mr. Spencer says there is plenty of land in this county specially adapted to rice raising.
 
 The new counter soda fount is being installed this morning at the Hesterley Drug Store and will be in operation this after noon, It is certainly a beauty, and you need to see it to appre- ciate the spirit of enterprise that prompted it's purchase.
 Uncle John Sweeney, sexton at DeAnn Cemetery informed the reporter that, in view of meeting for the decoration of the graves of the soldiers dead. to be held at the cemetery next Sunday af- ternoon, he looked up the num- Der of dead and finds that there are about twenty-five Confeder- ates and some three or four Fed eral soldiers buried in DeAnn.
Daily picayune., 1908-05-08
Prescott & Northwestern Railway tO.
Effective Sunday, March 2s, 1908. at Midnight.

Trains No. 8. 5 and 6. freight only. Arcadia Dunlap, Patsville, Redland. McCas- kill Crossing and Cooleyville will be stops for trains and on flag.
 o. H. HELBIG. C. r. & T. 4.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
SHIPS PIG KNEW WHEN
BATHING DAY ARRIVED

New York special: Fred p. Keith.
cook on the Down East schooner Cora
Green. now at rest in Newton Creek,
Is no infidel to the belief that animals
do think.
To back up my convictions that an
i1nai reason as well as possess the
faculty of memory" began the coast
er's grub spofler, Il will tell ynu about
a pig we had on the big American ship
Kenilworth.
That pig used to 'holler' for It's bath
every Saturday. You see. the hands
while cleaning themselves Up on a
certain afternoon gave piggie a bath
for fun. 1t stood SO still n grunted
so many thanks that the boys washed
piggie down again the next week with
soap and fresh water.
The scrubbing was appreciated, as
was shown by little sQucAl. of salts
faction, and EVER after Tbs at the
same hour inc place the busting
cruiser would report for its weekly
scrubbing with fresh water and suds.
Every Saturday was tub day, and
the pig knew the day n the hour as
well as We. If the boy was not on
time with water and soap hat pig let
the Who'll ship know about it. The
critter would haul up for the fo'c'sle
head and saueal to beat a barnyard
until 1t got its bath regular like, which
proves to my satisfaction that animals
are up to a little something in the
thinking line"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
DEED OF 1853 IN
WASTE PAPER BAG
Old Deerskin Parchment Found
in the Collection Sent to
Paper Mill in Hartford.

Hartford, Gonna deerskin parch-
ment deed or ~indenture. dated at Tren-
ton, n. j., August 20. 176S-14O years
ago--was found in the waste brought
to the Burnside paper mill a few days
ago. and now reposes in the Connect
lieut. state library at the capitol as one
OF the fines specimens in a most re-
markable collection of ancient docu-
ments.
Its recent history is hardly less in
teresting than the history which it tells
on it's face. By the indenture Andrew
Reed and Charles Pellit. a%ssignees,
transferred nine acres of land to HeZe-
kiah Howell.
The story OF the parchment's travels
to the waste heap is unknown. 1t came
here With ton of other scrap tied up
in bags for paper stock" After the
scattered about for sorting his deer
skin vas picked UP by David c. Burn
NAM. 1t was as neatly folded and prac-
tically In as good condition as on the
day Mr.. Howell filed it. nearly a CEN
tury and a half ago. When c. w. Nib-
Which is about a yard square, he imme-
diately advised sending it to the state
collection, and it delighted the heart
Of the librarian. George S. Godard.
After the manner of the period the
deed is indented with scallops across
VIC up, a i6Il OF lne parchment nav
ing been left behind as a stub. The
writing is very plain and distinct. The
deed is recorded in the secretary's Of
flee at Brlington, n. j.. Book l.. page
163. The nine acres transferred were
in Trenton. bounded by property of
James Trent, Elizabeth and Benjamin
Biles and Samuel johnson. The sum Of
ESQ les, was given for it. The names
Of the a%ssignors are Hugh Roberts,
Benjamin Clew, Abel James, John Kidd.
William Humphreys. Joseph Reed, jr.,
Moore Truman and Thomas Wharton,
jr. Their lawyer was Bowes Reed, and
the form of giving power of attorney
is clearly brought out. Stephen Skin
ner as kings counsel" attested for
the lawyer.
A remarkable feature is the seals.
The lawyers signed for each assignor.
Then opposite each name was placed q
red seal, stamped with a pine tree shill-
Ing. On each seal is the plain print of
a thumb mark, no two alike. Evidently
this was an early form of the Bertil-
Ion method used in place Of the cross
his mark"
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pecially in its modern significance in
the Eastern world.
I'm regard to the internal affairs OF
China In a political way, i am not we'll
enough informed as to the recent
changes to discuss them" he said. 'The
changes have been so rapid. and I have
been away now for two months. Tho
government has promised China a con-
stitution n 1t must come; both the
people and the government want 1t, and
1t is necessary for the development Of
the country. The time may be three
years, and it may be seven or eight
years. but 1t is none the less certain.
I'm h Eastern world the most Inn
portant movement just now is the az
gressiveness of Japan. The Chinese
people and the rest OF Asia resent It.
but Japan maintains her policy and ID
sending out men and actively further
ing her interests throughout Asia.
Japan Is doing her best to exclude for
eigners from competition. and has the
idea OF Asia for Japan only
1T was this that inspired my tdea.
OF the commercial alliance with Amert-
ca. I find that Japan is threatening
the peace Of the world and that the best
Offset to her policy would be the pro-
posed alliance. in no way Offensive, but
simply as a defensive protection. China
does not want war, which would ~
tard her development"
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ed by the method IN which japanese

ed by the method IN which japanese
living In America procure wives.
II is computed tnau at the present
time there are not less t:lan l00. 900
japanese In the United States: and of
these, 1t is said hat more than 80 per
cent are condemned to a state OF bach
%elcrhood. When it is remembered that
in Japan it is scarcely possible to find
Il man without a Wife, the anomalous
ness Of their situation in America can
he understood. Up to a short time
since. various expedients We're found to
prevent an absolute submission to fate.
During the period when immigration
was less restricted, the ~undo.nestic sit
u2tion was rendered more tolerable by
the prospects Of frequent visits home;
the lonely son of the gods !abored pa
tiently till he had ave up a snug
his good angel enshrined in a tiny hut
by the paddy fields of some Nipponese
village. There he settled down with
his family till the funds We're spent,
when he set out again to replenish his
purse in the and of gold. But such
longer within his providence. Owing
to the difficulty of being able to return
to the United States under the present
immigration laws, the Japanese was
afraid to cave the country. and the
question then to be solved was how to
Scl d WIZ. MOI DelIlS dDle 10 go nome
for one, the only feasible alternative
was to have her sent out.
To facilitate this proposal a clever
immigration agent in Toxic named Shi-
manuki has hit upon a p.1n that will
go far toward n solution OF the diff
Guilty. This gentleman has an institu-
ton called the "RNokkokai,' In which
he receives all the girls Who are desir-
GUS OF being mated with husbands in
America. Most Of the candidates for
matri1nony are from the girls schools
of the capital. and they are daily in
structed in all subjects most likely to
be of practical utility as wives OF Japa-
nese settlers in America. When q
japanese abroad wants a wife he sends
his photograph, duly certified, to the
the school for inspection. In return the
owner Of the photograph receives the
photographs of all the girls who have
been favorably impressed. with a bio
graphical record Of the the and gen.
eral attainment OF each; and from these
data he makes a selection.
The scheme. however, is OF much
deeper significance than that of a mat
rimonial bureau. The main idea is that
if all the Japanese in America car but
be persuaded to settle there, marry
wives. and bring up a family born in
the United States the children will be
more like American citizens, stand a
better chance of securing naturaliza-
ton, and tend ultimately to do away
with she present a~nti-Japanese feeling
in i::e United States. The authorities
in Toxic are reported to regard the
matter as practical n useful. and are
doing what they can to lend it en-
gemeNt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16

New York, Special: On the Red Star
steamship kroonland. which arrived
from Antwerp, was Ii Sum Ling. edi-
tor of the Hongkong Mail, who is trav-
cling around the world.
On his tour Mr.. Ling wears the
clothes OF his native land. When one
sees him in Celestial garments of a
light blu color, deliberately embroid-
cred with white flowers, with high
boots reaching to the knees, and q
braided queue, his presence is more of
a revelation to h Western journalistic
world than his ideas Of Il newspapers.
The average reporter would never get
down TO work were he confronted with
the sight Of an editor in such apparel.
But with all his Celestial habiliments,
MI. Ling is the most modern Of news
paper men.
III the Knickerbocker hotel he in
spires the elevator and hall boys with a
reverent awe. The realization OF q Chi
neso god or princess-they are not sure
which one of the two he really is-rid-
ing in elevators and taxicabs, is too
great for them to assimiliate all in one
day.
Ii Sun Ling speaks the English Ian
guage fluently. and is an authority on
b international position Of China. er-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
"Foseosch" Saved the Correspondents.
From New York Herald's Paris Edition

From New York Herald's Paris Edition.
Observation-Disclosures to Marienbad who
been eating and enjoying 'fogosch"
season without realizing thai it was
anything really remarkable. though a very
nice fish. are much amused at the fame 1t
has attained since the publication Of the
menu Of the dejeuner at which King Ed
ward entertained NM. Clemenceau and
The amusing part OF the "fogosch" story
is that is was brought to notice simply
because the press correspondents were I'M
able to obtain any reliable information
of the subject OF discussion between the
king and his guests. Their secret was, Of
course. closely kept. So. unable to sup
ply their readers with the European
plot" discussed at the interview, the cor
sent on the material menu,
and 10. henceforth 'fogosch" is famous.
1t is said nat the word has already been
seized upon by Americans and now when
anything is to be kept close and not re-
vealed they say, Its fososch."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
Lay Of an Ancient Anecdot..

An ancient anecdote l be.
Three thousand years ago
their Pharaoh.
The old Chaldeans, sport!ve men. amusc-
ment would evince
To see me harnessed now and then to po-
tentate or prince.
The middle ages knew me well: I was con.
sidered good.
1 helped mak famous William Tell. and
also Robin Hood.
The Grub,street wits ! did delight: L
And When the new world came to liphf r
emigrated thence.
An ancient anecdote I be! I have been
coupled with
The foremost men Of history and half
their kin and kith. Ni
I've toiled since humor had 1t. dawn to
feed the scribbling craft;
And now l s'pose they'll tack ma m ~
William Howard Taft;
Success Magazine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
Consul General Robert / Wvnn,

Consul General Robert J. Wynne
makes the report that the returns of
shipping and tonnage Of the Suez canal
for 1907 show that the net tonnage ex-
hibits an all-round increase, the fig
ures for h last year showing an In
crease OF 1,2S2,930 tons as compared
with that of 1906 and an increase of
l,594.329 e 1905. Receipts during
1907 showed an increase OF s1,551.OOo
as with 1906.
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these countries until it abandoned the

these countries until it abandoned the
field.
AS minister of finance during the last
administration Senior Leguia entered
into Il larger scope of national work.
which made him the most notable in
cumbent of that difficult office that
Peru has lad in modern times. The
national income increased from 49,
COO, 900 to 80, 600. 900 soils during his adj
ministration. Among the various ~
sressive efforts he has successfully UNI
dertaken are formation of a national
steamship line, the 5000, 900 soils for the
purchase OF naval armament and the
creation of the deposit fund.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16

Senior Don Augusta Is. Lcguia. who
has just been elected president of Peru,
was born at L~anbayeGue. Peru, in 1863.
On the conclusion of his studies he en-
tered the employ of a we'll known com
mercial house of Lima, which he left.
after having advanced himself to an
important department, to fight in the
militia during tie Chilian-PeruViah
war, in which he was present at the
battle OF Miratiores. Later he became
the representative of the New York
Life Insurance company in Peru, Bo-
Nv1a and Ecuador, and largely in
creased the business of the company in
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
BILL NYE's CIGARS.
. Joke on a Clerk Told by Mark
Twain's Double,

G. v. Patterson. who travels out of
Richmond, Ind. for a roller skate man.
ufacturer. occupied a chair at the Kup-
per hotels sidewalk lobby. He re-
sembles Mark Twain, and his theory is
that his literary appearance is due TO
the novelists and poets he knows back
In Indiana.
II was intimately acquainted with Bill
Nye," he remarked. Il met him one
night in a hotel at Cleveland. Ohio. He
invited me to have a cigar and we
walked owe 10 the counter. The BIZ
Nye' was then Il popular brand OF
cigar"
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"'Haye you "a "Bin Nye" cigar he
asked the clerk.
1.-The box was set out. I took a cigar
and Nye look a handful OF them. Their
he turned and calmly walked away
"'Here.! called the clerk. you didn't
pay me-
81 thought you said they were Bin
Nye's cigars the humorist said, turn
i'm. .
"'They are '
"'Wcll, I'm Bill Nye.'
THE clerk glanced at the picture on
the box top n then at Nye's face.
"'Glad to meet ,you.' said he. The
cigars are on the house,"
A Hungarian washing machine
makes use Of electrified water.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16

British magazines publish pict,re.
OF beautiful English omen They arc
OF American actresses.
usually.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16
He Tried Il Before,

The Boss-so you want to get or to
attend the funeral Of your motherin-
law? Kind OF hard to lose her, isn't
It?
Clerk-oh, almost Impossible.
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The universal good joke is the fell
who is in love with a girl and
thinks nobody knows it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
.RA[ST0NS ESTIMATE
WILL DEFEAT LABOR

tention to the fact that the esti-
mate of $4,000 was considered
high by people familiar with con-
crete bridge building.
Mr. Ralston said he had set the
estimate high and believed the
work could be completed under
that amount, thereby practically
pleading guilty to the charge that
the purpose Of making the estimate
high was to complete the job UNI
der the limit and then to draw a
comparison between its accom-
plishment and the construction OF
the Washington st. bridge, started
under the old administration and
finished at a cost 100000 In eX-
cess of the highest estimate.
In addition the estimate is OBJ
viously purposely high to insure a
contractor going lower.
Councilmen Phillips, Ostrander
and Funk were the only ones OPP
posed to the contract proposition.
An emergency existing, bids will
be advertised for only five days.
John Hunter, q contractor, will
probably be one of the bidders. At
the council meeting he stated that
Ralston's estimate was high.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
PEOOLERSMUST
MOVE OUT

Acting Mayor Phillips within a
day or two will put his signature
to the new peddling ordinance and
it will go into effect Immediately.
TWAS passed once before by the
city council but a penalty clause
was left out, making it inopera-
tive. The new one puts boundar-
les where peddling is not allowed
from Division to Monroe and NAL
Ion to Second Hawksters or
street takers will not be allowed
in these limits.
Makers and peddlers of popcorn
will be charged a license of $40 a
quarter; of ice cream, peanuts.
confectionery, candy or gum, $25
a quarter. Peddlers OF anything
else will be charged $50 a quarter.
This latter hits medicine peddlers
and street takers.
The licenses are high enough to
be prohibitive. almost They will
abolish the takers but at the same
time will take an honest means of
livelihood from others. For a
violation of the ordinance a fine Of
from 81 to 500 Is provided.
The ordinance does not apply,
however, to old soldiers, who will
be given special privileges if they
conduct their stands personally off
Riverside av.
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The Mission av. bridge will be
built by day labor-board of pub
lie works.
The Mission av. bridge will be
built by contract-city council.
That's the fip-hap executed and
affront offered labor by the city
council Tuesday night when 1t
passed a resolution proposed by
Councilman Mohr that the bridge
be built by contract. after a de-
bate, just at the close of the ses-
sion.
The controversy was started by
ex-Commissioner William r. Roy,
who is local representative of the
National Bridge Co. of Indian
apols. He stated that he had a
plan to build the bridge for $685.
600. City Engineer Ralstons esti-
mates were THAT it would cost
$4,000 built by day labor.
Councilman Mohr insisted that
for the purpose of ascertaining
how far off the Ralston estimate
was that the Ralston plans be
submitted to bidders.
He stated further that the
board of works had overstepped its
authority in ordering the work be-
gun. The work of tearing out the
old bridge had been started sew
eral days.
Commissioner OBrien, who in
troduced the day labor resolution
in the board of works, was called
on for an explanation. He stated
that the council ordered the bridge
built, adopted the Ralston plans
and as there were no further in
structions from the council the
charter provided that it devolved
on the board to undertake the
work.
1t was the disposition of the
council to call for bids. 1t Is an
other matter whether one will be
accepted. The acceptance lies
with the board IF works. If a bid
is received lower than the engi,
neer's estimates, O'Brien states II
will be accepted.
That Mr.. Ralston was trying to
boom the political thunder of the
administration was suggested by
Councilman MLhr, who drew at