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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12
RAIL PLAYERS
 TO OCCUPY BOXES

The members of the Pine Bluff and Poplar Bluff baseball teams are to en- joy the Hot Time Minstrels at the Elks theater tonight. The ball tossers with their managers and Umpire Crot- ty are to occupy boxes as guests af the Hot Timers. An invitation was extended the ball teams yesterday by Ben Franklin and Meyer Solmson, un- der whose management the minstrels are to appear. The seats were placed on sale at Rosenberg's yesterday and are going like hot cakes Many were reserved during the day and the capac- ity of the theater promises to be taxed tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12
POPULAR MACHINIST
 DIED HERE SUNDAY

E. |. McMillan, 45 years old and single popular employe of the Cot ton Belt road, died Sunday at the Saw yer and Austin Hospital in this city, after an illness of one week. His body was taken charge of by Undertaken Robinson and is being held awaiting instructions from his relatives, who live in New York State. Mr. McMIillon was machinist and was with the Cot ton Belt here for three years, He was a member of the Eagles lodge and en- loved large acquaintance here. He lived fer many months at Orton's Ho- tc! on East Second avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12
HERE'S THE LAST
 INSTALLMENT
Hot Time Minstrels Will Give the Public \ Cold Deal Tonight at the Elks Theater.

The nearest approach to a German Liederkranz heard here is the chorus of the Hot Time Minstrels. The voices were all made in the Faterland. Ralph Harris vocal chords dilate like the banana mans when he's doing thriv-
 ing business. Henry Roberts is just renting his voice from the Pine Bluff Trust Co., Edward Towner and Sol Klarberg are said to be able to hear themselves distinctly, but the rumor is not confirmed at Rosenberg's.
 The King girls (Eddie and Vashtl) are the queens of the minstrels and as for ladies of color, Gurley Phillips, Ernest Walker and John Gillespie in
 their Coon Town Girls Trio, out class them all. The Moonlight Sere- made is said to rival Schubert's famous one of that name and the 50 Long Mary" has called forth wet handker- chiefs and snickering at every re- 1 hearsal. The Free Bridge may not be completed for the show night on ac- count of strike in the last baseball
 game This afternoon at f 30 the final rehearsal will be held and all the good men will probably be put out il
 order to assure the audience before
 hand of successful failure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12
ANOTHER SUIT
 AGAINST RAILROAD

T. Havis Nixon and J. VI. Shaw, To- cal attorneys, will file suit in the cir cult court at Rison today for $10,0OO against the Cotton Belt road, acting as counsel for Charles Baldwin,, who claims that amount as damages to his team and wagon and personal dam ages to himself. It is alleged that the railroad company's employees ran a train onto his wagon at Rison some months ago and that his wagon was damaged, his mule killed and he him self sustained permanent injuries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12

Entered At Postofflce at Pine Bluf. xxk.. As second class mail matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12
IMPERIAL-JULIET
 HAS NEW OFFICERS

At the regular meeting of Imperial Juliet Lodge, Knights of Pythias, the rank of knight was conferred upon w. R. Etter. An annual election was recently held by that lodge. the follow ing officers being elected: P. M. Xiii roy, chancellor commander; J. M Tomaszewski, vice chancellor com- mander C. B. Smith, prelate; T. Ha- wis Nixon, master of work; C. w Ward. master at arms; E. A. Sheppard inner guard; G. H. Moore, oute, guard
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12

55-9-5t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-12
YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY!

This may be your last opportunity to secure a thorough and practical BUSINESS EDUCATION at our spe. cial discount rates.
 We want ONE HUNDRED ambitious young men and women to supply the calls for office help during the sum mer and fall months.
 Call or write for particulars regard ing our special discount.
 JAMES BUSINESS COLLEGE,
 Corner Sixth and Main Sts 4-26-1m
The evening world., 1908-11-20
Two WIVES CLAIM
ESTATE OF EYSEL
n -a.'p g..
To Prove the Right of One
Her Daughter Will Go
TO Germany.
ISEARCH FOR EVIDENCE.
upY
Wife No. 2 With Him When He
Died on Trip to the
Fatherland.
SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE.

MIS- Caroline Eysel. Of No. 15s Forty
second street, Brooklyn, will sail for
Germany tomorrow 10 seek evidence
that her mother was the lawful wife OF
y her father. Ferdinand Eysel
Eysel married Caroline's mother. who
bad been divorced in Germany. she
said in the Second Street German NJ
n Church. Manhattan, on June q tS72.
\ He Quarrelled with her over property
and on May 1. 1896. the marriage was
annulled by Justice Van wyck on the
! statement she had not been divorced
a. she claimed.
EyseI, on Sept. Is. 1909, married an
other woman with whom he went to live
At No. Isl Forty-second street. four
! doors from the home of his first wife
and her Ave children. Two months ago
4 he went with his second wife to Ger
many, where he died on Sept Is.
Both wives appeared before Surrogate
Ketcham in Brooklyn yesterday to as
seert their right to dover in Eysels es-
she right to administer the estate under
bonds until Dec. l6. when wife No.
smust prove her assertion that she was
dyS,ce d, IN GsF5many VII, TO get this evs
MISS Caroline said to-day:
II do not want my, fathers money
4 we are IN comfortable circumstances,
but we will spend every cent We have
to re-establish our mothers position az
our fathers wife.
when father commenced proceedings
- ennul the marriage. mother was
served with a legal paper. She gave It
70 Lawyer William o. Miles. who u now
In State prison. He told her IL would
amount to nothing, and he kept getting
money from her until We read in the
newspapers that the marriage had been
annulled.
present her side Of the case in court.
father proposed to her in New York she
told him she had been married in Ger
many when sixteen and had been d.
iporced. but had no proof Of the divorce
ITogether they went to the German con-,
Isuiate in New York and finally obtained
u COPY Of tho decree. When they were
married father tore the copy up. say
ing ne wanted mother 70 forget It.
when mothers marriage to father
Wyck and he told her to reopen the
case, but Miles had taken all her ready
hash. Father came back to live with
mother. He asked her not to bring hin,
into court again. He lived here several
Years and We let the matter drop and
8upposed It would be all right,
II when he sailed for Europe he told
his children he had made will pro-
riding for us. but no will has been
found.
IT know have 4 tremendous task to
get proof Of a divorce of nearly forty
years ago, and to upset q Supreme
Eourt decree OF twelve years standing,
but I know that I have right on my
hide and I am sure shall succeed"
The evening world., 1908-11-20
STAND PATTERS HEAR
OF A CARNEGIE BOMB.
Steel King to Declare, 1, i Said,
That Industry Needs No
Protection

WASHINGTON, Nov. CA stir was
created among the standratters hero
to-day by the report that Andrew Car
ncCie, in an article soon TO he published
in New York magazine. will make the
unequivocal declaration that the entire
tariff on steel could now I've removed
without damage to the American in
dustry.
While the report lacks authorization.
II is said that the recent uttcrances of
the steel man have tended to show that
he has had something OF the kind in
mind for some time, and intends TO give
expression TO his views clearly and
forcibly in the forthcoming magazine
article
The Democrats are particularly elated
over the report as they say an article
OF the kind from Carnegie will aid ma
terinlly in their fight for a real revi-
sion of the tariff
The evening world., 1908-11-20

~ al"..aH IIE .rA". er.
IMID.Is.. |flAN..N p-
WAT HE- ITN ElBh
The evening world., 1908-11-20
HOUSE ON FIRE THIRD TIME.

For the third time In two weeks fire
was discovered soon after midnight this
morning in the three-story brick build
ing at No. l57 West Fifteenth street,
formerly occupied as a Spanish board
!ng-house. The building is at present
unoccupied. The fire did slight damage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

of years. So we can see how coal was
not only squeezed into a solid mass,
but often much of the oil and gas
which were in the leaves of the
plants was driven out by pressure
and the internal heat CT earth, and
the whole baked into one substance.
The difference between coal which
flames and coal which burns only
with red heat is chiefly that one has
been baked ard packed more than the
other. Coal which flames has still
got in it the tar and gas and the oils
which, the plant stored up in its
leaves, and these when they escap pc
again give back the sunbeams in a
bright flame. The hard stone coal,
on the contrary, has lost a great deal
of these oils, and only carbon re-
mains, which seizes hold of the oxy-
gen of the air and burns without
fame. Coke is pure carbon. which
we make artificially by driving out
the oils and gases from coal, and the
gas we burn is part of what is driven
out.
"A miniature gas factory may be
constructed by any one using an or
binary clay pipe. Fill the bowl with
little powdered coal and cement
tie bi. end with fine clay. Place
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

the sun is the source of all this
earth's energy. And, wherever you
see an automobile coming. and step
aside, you. pay compliment to the
sun, whether you know 1t or not.
"In those old days the sun sent
forth its heat, and the leaves, stems,
branches and trunks OF earth's vege-
tation were, warmed and grew. In
the form of coal that energy of the
past has come to US.
with coal we generate steam.
With the aid OF steam we make all
kinds of wheels go round, and develop
electricity, compressed air and other
motive powers. But It must all come
from coal first.
"Of course. some people gtiu burn
wood. But, that's only away out in
the country. So. may safely say.
coal is mans dearest possession. Its
hidden power, composed of the stored
up energy derived from the sun
beams OF the long past, by dint of
application and perseverance on
mans part. has rendered possible
steam cars, automobiles and other
means of rapid transportation.
1.-The Great Dismal Swamp lying
to the south of Norfolk. Va, and
stretching far away into North Caro-
lima. furnishes one OF the best COM
| parisons of present days TO probable
view of a prehistoric coal bed In pro.
cess OF formation. The whole, place
is one enormous quagmire. oYergrowu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

the bowl over hot fame, and thl
gas will be driven out of the littlA
end of the pipe and will light easily.a
During his talk on coal Uncle Joe
had been busy on his coal ball, and
had whetted it on the stone until II
had a fat polished surface wherein
with the aid OF his magnifying glass
the children were able to distinguish
number OF interesting figures and
designs which, Uncle Joe explained,
were caused by ferns. leaves, stems.
buds, cones and other parts of plants
OF the long, long ago. -
Think, then" added Uncle Joe.
"how much We owe to these plants
which lived and died SO long ago.
Think, too. of what we owe to the
miner of today, who delves deep into
the earth and risks his health and
life in the pursuit of HIS calling. For.
without coal We could have had 90
engines of any kind, and consequent.
ly no large manufactures. Rapid
transit would be thing unknown.
and electric light would not exist.
The process Of mining coal In.
wolves digging, picking, breaking.
sorting, tramming, hosting, resort.
ing. screening and much shovelina
and hauling before su euss into the
stove and furnace. -.ss greatest
dangers attendant upon ceai miains
are caye-ins. fre-danp ard fuodin&.S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

tiona1ly good, as well as comical. 1t
IS doubtful if there is musical act on
the whole circuit that surpasses the
Musical Millers, a trio of thoroughbred
musicians. The trio consists of Mr.
and Mrs. Miller and their little daugh-
ter. Harry Newman is presenting a
little English comedy and he proved
to be the scream of the bill at last
evenings performance. For real com
edy there are none of them stepping
too fast for Newman. He was recalled
number of times at last evenings
performance. Mrs. May Kelly is sing
ing the illustrated song this week and
she is being received with great favor.
she is singing, Don't Forget Your
Dear Old Dad" The pictures for the
last half Of this week arc. very good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
Lump OF Coal and Its Interesting flist0ry===
How 1t Was Formed Many Years Ago and
How 1t Is Mined for Our Use Today.

with water plants and trees. The
soil is as black as ink from the old,
dead leaves, grasses. roots and stems
which lie in it, and SO soft that every
thing would sink into it, If it were
not for the matted roots OF the
MOSES, ferns and other plants which
bind 1t together. You may dig down
for ten or fifteen feet, and find moth
ing but peat made from ne remains
of plants which have lived and died
there in succession fc< ages and ages,
while the black trunks of the fallen
trees lie here and there, gradually
being covered up by the dead plants.
Peat when dried becomes firm and
makes an excellent fire, and II It were
pressed until hard and solid it would
mot be unlike coal. Pure peat is free
OF earth. IT, explanation is not DIFF
ficult. Streams flow constantly, or,
rather, coze. into the Great Dismal
Swamp from the land that lies to the
west, but instead of bringing mud In
with them as rivers do to the sea,
they bring only pure, clear water,
because, as they liter through the
dense jungle of reeds. ferns and
shrubs which grow around the marsh,
all earth is sifted out and left be-
hind.
I'VE know that the surface of the
earth is constantly changing. Now.
II the land to the east were to sink
sufficiently to allow the salt water
CT tie Atlantic ocean to seal la all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

will cure most of the ills to which NOR
tai man has fallen heir in the course
OF the centuries since Adam. Miss
Corcoran declares that people sleep too
much while the sun is up, losing the
benefits to be gained by drinking in
the radiation from the orb of day.
For nearly half a year, the sun shines
while we are asleep. or rather most of
us, are asleep, I'm not one of the number.
The average man leaves his work
when the sun is nearing the horizon,
so under the most favorable circum-
stances there then remains only 4
brief spell of declining daylight in
which to spend his leisure hours. Now
if some of the hours of wasted sunlight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

AT Yale" which will be seen at the
Illinois on Sunday, Jan. &C. Clear of
eye and clean and strong in mind and
body, they all look as if they were the
winners of thousand races, the he
roes of thousand college scrapes.
From the stroke, Dick Seeley, down,
they are every man Of them winners"
in more senses than one.
Fresh Air Advocate.-Miss Jane
Corcoran who comes to the Illinois
tonight is a great believer in fresh air
and sunlight. She holds that sunlight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

could be withdrawn from the begin
ming and added to the end of the day,
how many advantages would be gain
ed by all, particularly those who spend
in the open air, when the light permits
them to do SO. the time they have after
the duties OF the day have been dis
charged. Those advantages could be
secured by a simple expedient. An
astronomer once calculated for me,
that we can have eighty minutes more
| daylight after 6 p. m. every day In
May, June, July and August and an
average of As minutes more every day
| in April and September. Now the plan
propose to take advantage of the sun
| light is that at a. m. on each OF the
| four Sundays in April, the standard OF
| time shall advance 90 minutes and on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

the vegetable matter would gradual
ly be killed and the water from the
streams in the west would no longer
be filtered, but would bring down
mud and leave it as a layer over the
dead plants. II the ground went on
sinking till the sea covered the
whole place the sea sand would be
thrown down over the clay and grad
ually pressed down by the weight of
new sand above, till it formed solid
sandstone and our coal bed becomes
buried deeper and deeper in the
earth.
AT last, after long ages, when the
thick mass of sandstone above ithe
bed had been laid down, the sinking
must have stopped and the land have
risen a little, SO tie sea was driven
back; and then the rivers would
bring down earth again and make
another clay-bed. Then a new for+
est would spring up, and second
bed of peat and vegetable matter
would begin to accumulate to form
a coal bed many feet above the first.
In this manner the different deposits,
or veins. of coal beds have been
formed.
The pressure which may be, ex-
erted by machinery is absolutely
nothing comparable the weight of
/ all those hundreds of feet of solid
rock which lie over the coal-beds.
and which has pressed them down
fo1 thousands AID perhaps millions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

er, in amazement.
II don't know" answered the boy.
But Uncle Joe is out on the veranda
with a lump OF coal and is going to
tell US a story about It."
81 believe I'll go along and listen,
too" said the boys father. who used
great deal of coal in his manufac-
turing business.
in the first place." said Uncle Joe.
in preface. "the proper way to build
quick fire is to lay the coal with its
layers pointing upward: for, az you
may see from this lump, coal consists
of layer upon layer. If the layers are
laid upright the heat of the fire be-
low stands a far better chance to
shoot through and UP. Don't forget
that.
Goal consists of layer upon layer
Of fallen vegetation of long ago. Hun
dreds and thousands of years ago this
lump of coal / now hold in my hand
was being formed by the dropping OF
leaves. stems and branches: Just the
same as in the fall we find our carpet
of leaves overspreading our city
parks.
In those days there was no man
with the rake. and the destiny of the
present was being accomplished. For
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
HOLDS EVILS ARE NECESSARY
Without Sins People. Slide into State
of Nothinqness Says JUDGE.

Joliet, H., Jan. 24.-"Evil is a neces-
sity." said Judge Willard Nj. McEwel
of Chicago before the Steel Works
club last night at is a necessity. be-
cause without it we could make little
if any progress. Extending his re-
marks, he asserted that a people lack
ing III evil gradually tend TO nOnen-
titles. They go down the toboggan
slide of inactiOn We must remember
that no one is wholly good or wholly
bad" he said. The Judge had been
invited to Joliet to speak on Brains,
Muscle and the Law" and confined
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

The latter already has accepted the
post and all that remains to be done
to formally close negotiations is to
draw up some of the papers in Italy
under the Italian law. One of the di-
rectors of the opera company is already
on his way to Italy to close the con
tract. Toscamini has been selected to
conduct Italian opera under the new
director. Toscamini is one of the most
famous conductors in Italy. German
operas will be conducted as heretofore
| by Gustav Mailer. All of the singers
under contract, including CarHso. will
remain, their contracts being with the
opera company. Caruso's contract has
| a year more TO run.
| "The Flower of the Ranch."-Joe
Howard and Mabel harrison will pre-
sent their musical comedy, The
Flower of the Ranch" at the Burtis
this evening.
At the EIite.-The bill presented al
the Elite theater for the last half Of
this week consists of the usual num-
Der of acts and all are good. Professor
Paula's trained animals open the per
Torrance with a very neat and pleas
ing exhibition. Grace Darnley, the
Ilady contortionist, easily takes her
Iplace at the top of all artists of that
style and is without any exception the
do
forward and backward close bending
and some of the positions which she
assumes warrants the belief that bones
Iwere not part of her construction
The Freeman brothers are pleasing
the audience with a good singing and
dancing act The boys dress neatly
land sing and dance we'll The Barney
Bernard company are presenting q
comedy sketch which keeps the audi
ence in a roar of laughter The mem
bers of the company are all comedians
Mrs. Mae Richards Casey is singing
l"I Would Like Little Love Any Old
Time" The Elitoscope is showing a
good moving picture which is a satire
on police practices.
At the Family-The bill at the Fam
ily theater the last half of this week
is headed by Tinkham and company
in a whirl wind bicycle act The com
pany consists of two young men. Al
their feats are done inside of lattice
Icage. saucer shaped. termed the Gag
of Death" They ride bicycles around
this cage at speed of about 80 miles
per hour. Mr.. Tinkham boasts of be
ing the only man in the world making
a ride of this kind on motor bicycle
The motor bicycle ride is probably the
most sensational of all. Both rider!
are dressed in white costumes ant
when the spot light is thrown on then
the effect is beautiful. Johnnie Reilly
a comedy juggler, quite well known
in vaudeville circles, is presenting
some feats in juggling that are eXcep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
RI A LII theecoal we burn these
90 "a days." said Uncle Joe, the
IA Story Teller, was made
hundreds and thousands

~ 0IOlJ IclACig was
hundreds and thousands
Of year ago.
This lump of coal which / hold
IN my hand must be from a great
depth, for it seems to be made up of
plant life which fourished long be-
fore plants had flowers.
''In those days there were no men
on earth, and very few animals of
any kind. Giant g-asshoppers and
monster toads were about the only
kinds of animals then living"
"I'll bet they could jump some"
interrupted Arthur.
Jump? Well. should say SOL"
responded Uncle Joe. Their foot
prints in the COAT would indicate
that they were pretty good jumpers.
Now. run upstairs and get my knife.
II the blade is open be sure to close
At before you start downstairs
When Arthur returned with the
knife Uncle Joe sent him for the
milestone. The milestone was
locked up and Arthur had to ask his
father for 1t.
What does Uncle Joe want the
milestone for?" asked Arthur's faith
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

Der. shall recede 20 minutes. 1t is
nothing more than pushing forward the
clock hands in the spring and setting
them back in the fall. This plan if
followed would give us more sunlight,
provided we wanted to use it and | am
sure would result in better health and
longer life for us all
Conred to Retire. - Heinrich Con
ried is to retire as managing director
of the Conried Metropolitan Opara
company at the close of this season
Directors of the company have chosen
as his successor Giulio Gatti-Casazza
director general of La Scala at Milan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Jan, 24.-Jane COrcOran in "a Dolls
House.,
Jan. 2e--"At YALE. matinee.
Jan. 3O-'.The Lily and the Prince"
Jan. BINARY Shaw, In Ghosts"
Feb. 2--"rhe Minister'S Sweetheart"
Feb. 5-'"The Time, The Place and the
Girl"
Feb. S--Ezra Kendall.
Feb. 9-"The Red MiiI," matinee and
night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
The Elite.

eighteenth Street, North of Second
Avenue.)
Vaudeville at 3, y and 9:15 %. IN. Two
matinees Sundays and holidays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24

being too talkative in the presence of
a disguised railroad detective four
more switchmen have been arrested
charged with completely in the numer-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-24
The Family.

(Second Avenue, East of Nineteenth
Street,
Vaudeville at s, \ and 9:I5 p. IN. Two
mntinees sundays ana holidays.