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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
 OF JEFFERSON COUNTY

Without wishing to influence your votes for either of the other candi- dates, for circuit clerk, and with no personal malice to MT. A. F. McNeil. I wish to make a statement as foi. lows: simply that you may judge of his democracy, and hence his claim to democratic support
 In 1908 I was the regular demo- cratic nominee for constable of Bar raque township. having won the nom- ination fairly, before the white dem- ocratic voters of the township, at the regular primary election. that nomina- ted county and township officers.
 Messrs. Harwell and Matthews were the nominees for justice of peace, ar the same election. At the general election following MT. McNeil, who is now asking the democratic nomina- ton for circuit clerk, ran as an in- dependent candidate for constable and defeated me. This was done, l charge,  with the negro voters of the town ship, and caused the defeat of one of the democratic nominees for justice of the peace, in the township, by ne- gro republican, Tom Mingea, by name.
 An analysis of the vote of the towa- ship will show this to be true.
 Barraque township has two votinS precincts, viz: Redfeld and Kearney. Nearly all of the negroes voted at Kearney, less than a dozen voting at Redfeld
 The vote at the two precincts for constable and magistrate was ar fol- }sws:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27
PILES! PILES. FILES!

Williams Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleedings and Iitchins Piles. It absorbs the tumors, allays itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives instant relief Williams Indian Pile Ointment ss preparel for Piles by druggists, mall soc and $100. WA Hams Mfg. O., Props. Cleveland, o. Sold by McCammon < Sons
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27
At Redfeld.

Matthews, democrat .-.-...-...-...-.-..---.16 McNeil, independent --.---.......-...26 Mingea, negro republican ........-..--.9o
 You will see that Matthews, the defeated democratic nominee for mag istrate and myself ran together, at each place and that McNeil and the negro ran together.
 An analysis of this vote shows sucn a close parallel between the vote at each place in the vote cast for Me- Neil and that cast for the Negro re- publican candidate for justice of the peace, Tom Mingea, as to leave nc uoubt in an unbiased mind that tho same or practically the same votes were cast for each.
 This statement of the votes is taken from the returns of the General Elec- ton as certified to by the Election Commissioners, and nine tenths of the white voters of Barraque township, will bear me out in my deductions
 Of course this is free country, and man may do as he pleases. so long as he violates no law, but every white man knows the need of party loyalty, in this section, and when a man asks for a party nomination. he should have clean record as t0 party loyalty, and no stain of conf vance however remote with the negro republican element in politics.
 I give this statement out to the Democrats of Jefferson county, so that you may judge for yourselves just how much MT. McNeil is entitled to your support
 I have no interests as between the other candidates, but do feel that any man who asks a democratic nomi- nation, at the hands of his party. should show clean party record. and not have even suspicion of collision with negro Republicans to defeat re- gular Democratic nominees.
 Respectfully yours for Democratic principles. T. H. FORT. 1929 to 12-1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27
VilIane Gossip.

els Squire Whetstone consideintc of dumb animalS:"
 ''l don't know how he treai:, 'e5i,. v answered Si Smiling, but he certain ly speaks mighty kind of .em when he's engineerin' hoss trade"- Wash angton Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27
DR. c. D. SMITH.

Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. Calls night or day answered prompt ly. Office at Alexander Bros. store, corner of Fourth and Pine street Old ph3ne 529. Residence. 12e7W. 9th ave. old phone 1V9.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO
 II.EAS GOItN,HN

STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDOL
 LUCAS COUNTY. Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney and Co.,, doing business in the city of To said firm will pay the sum of ONE HT% DRIED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that connot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
 FRANK ]. CHENEY sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence. this 9th day of Decemher A. D. 1SS6
 A. w. GLEASON.
 Notary Public. (Seall
 Halls Catarrh Cure i> taken intrrnalv. and acts directly on the blood and mus cous surfaces of the system. Send f" testimonials free
 F. J. CHENEY .Toledo. Ohio. Sold hv all druggists 7:,c. Take Halls Family Pills for con>tipat ion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27
NOTICE

For hauling trunks and general transferring, call Will Price, old phone, office, 593; residence. s54.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, E. W. GROVES sig nature is on each box, 25c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-27

THOMPSON THE TAILOR-Clean- ing, altering and repairing. a spec ialty. All work strictly first class 402 West Secoind avenue, Old phone 4S2
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
CALHOUN'S SOPHISTRY
CAN NOT HOODWINK THE
PEOPLE, SAYS BURNS

After reading the statement issued
by Patrick Calhoun last night, William
J. Burns said:
IF 8fr. Calhoun imagines for mo-
ment that he can hoodwink the peo-
pie By such ridiculous sophistry, he is
badly mistaken. especially in view of
the fact that he has sat in court day
after day and has heard his own
friends admit that they thought that
Calhoun was guilty Of bribing super
visors He seems TO find fault because
his chief hirelings have been caught
with stolen goods in their possession.
and he makes the same whining ex-
cuse that people OF his character gen
orally make. In the absence Of any
legitimate defense they seek TO be-
cloud and befog the facts
I viii leave the matter entirely to
the people of San Francisco. shall not
permit the abuse and viIlifcation OF
Mr.. Calhoun to deter me from continu-
ing TO do my part in the present in
vestigations.
When the time comes. however, I
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
BRIBERY TRIAL
WILL PROCEED
THIS MORNING
CalhOun's Attorneys Refuse to
Reveal Plans, but LangdOn's
Office Makes Statement
Abbott, Brown and Others Ar.
rested for Theft of Papers
to Be Arraigned

The trial Of Patrick Calhoun on tha
charge Of bribery viii proceed as usual
this morning before Judge LswlOr. The
defense attorneys would make no
statement as 20 their plans for today
and it was announced BY officials OF
the district attorneys ONCE that the
state viii be ready to proceed when
the case is called.
According 10 plans which were out
lined yesterday Hamlin. Platt. Corbtn.
Van WOrmer. Murphy. Abbott. Brown.
Mckinley and Handlon will be ar
raigned- this morning before Police
Judge Deasy-
An effort viii be made by the dis
trict attorney TO present the cases OF
each Of the defendants before the
grand Jury. when that body meets to-
morrow in the Grant building
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
DIGGING OF SAND PIT
DEEPENS RIVER CHANNEL
Entrance TO Australian Port Inn
proved By Novel Dredging

Consul George B. Killmaster reports
that owing 10 an alteration in the
method Of dredging al the entrance
TO the Australian port OF Newcastle.
the depth OF water is being gradually
increased The consul. under date oc
November II. enters into the following
details;
Recently the German steamer AS
gard left the port. drawing 25 feet
half inch The increased depth OF
water has been brought about by the
adoption OF a suggestion made 10 the
public works committee when taking
evidence in Newcastle concerning the
proposed improvements at the entrance
70 the Clarence river. one OF the en-
gineerS said that the construction OF
the northern breakWater at Newcastle
had been OF little benefit. and did not
result in deepening the entrance. He
suggested that Sandpit be dug at
the end Of the northern brsakwater.
and if that were done the depth AT the
entrance would be surely increased
That experiment had been tried at
Durham South Africa. and proved an
unqualified success
After the committee adjourned. one
OF the members stated that he would
recommend the minister for works TO
adopt the suggestion at Newcastle.
His recommendation was adopted. and
the drS5..S has been for some time
employed in making a sardpit- IT has
been found that the large hole scOOped
out has acted as a pit for the sand
coming around the northern break
water. and by that means the entrance
has been kept clear.
The dredge is 10 be kept at the work
and il is anticipated that there will
be a depth OF q feet. This viii. OF
course. be considerable benefit 20
the port. but at the same time a
sufficient depth OF water must be main
tained in the channel and at the load
ing berths in the basin.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
DAY SPENT
IN. THE CITY PRISON
BY EUGENE A. PLATT

Eugene a. Platt spent a tedious day
yesterday at the city prison. the monot-
ony being broken only by two visits of
friends late in the evening. Platt had.
however. a long talk with District At
torney Langdon in the afternoon, but
neither had anything TO say as to its
purport- Platt joked in a friendly
way with one Of the newspaper pho
tographers who requested him to pose
for picture. But he declined to leave
the shelter of the fine wire screen by
the desk. "A bundle of the days pa
pers was handed him by the attendant
at the request of his friends. and Platt
buried himself In their perusal, seem
ingly much interested in their account
of the last two days events
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29

agents, broke the outer door of the
company's Office. cracked the safes.
broke desks. ransacked hooks and
crannies. and. in fine. examined every
paper of every character found in the
Office. The men who actually examined
our papers and who whispered over
them their comments were not regular
police officers, but, in fact, were Burns
so called special agents. Note. the
GOO per year, while in fact it is a body
unknown to the law. They are not of
fcers. They are not lawyers They
are not deputy sheriffs. They are not
subordinate to the chief of police or
the sheriff. but to the contrary, without
of the district attorney and are headed
by this Burns, who was formerly an
ernploye of Rudolph -SpreckeIs until he
and his ilk were unloaded upon the un-
fortunate city.
RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED
While these special agents were ex-
amining all papers we procured from
Judge Murasky a restraining order
compelling the outfit to show cause
and meanwhile to search our Offices no
more. They had already today cracked
two large safes and found nothing even
of the general character described in
the foolish warrant. which failed TO
describe the property sought or charege
the theft of anything. Well as the
work was progressing on a chest OF
drawers lin which nothing was found)
we served Judge Murasky's order.
BY this time a deputy district attor-
ney had joined the band He aired his
eye at the order and musingIy said. at
looks like the judges signature. We
showed him a copy Of the complaint
though that was not necessary. and
thereupon he directed the officers who
were not themselves making search to
go on in disregard of the order.
From that to the close. in violation
of the order, these agents" contrfved
to pry into our files and papers until
Nothing was found. The company,s
offices were a wreck. private right had
been brutally violated. The constitu-
tional right against search and seizure
had been put to scorn and the old idea
our fathers struggled for. that "a mans
house is his castle" went down under
the tread of policemen and special
agents"
You can't fool all the people all the
time You can't for long acquire prop
erty by administrative process or lug
Cling with knaves who sell stories to
suit There will. of course. come time
when the people OF San Francisco will
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
MANY VALUABLE TIMBER
LANDS IN ASIA MINOR
Mineral Wealth Is Great, Coal
Being Important Factor

Chief among the natural riches OF
Asia Minor are the vast forests which
cover the interior mountain ranges of
the country In the vilayet of Smyr-
ma for example there are 1000. 900
acres of valuable woodland, which
comprise nearly one-eightI OF the en-
tire vilayet or province The kinds
of timber consist largely of larch. oak.
lockwood. pine, cypress and cedar. In
the vilayet OF Adana there are 1900
600 acres of forest, and there is con-
siderable timber, tar and rosin ex-
ported from the port of Mersina every
year Immense quantities OF the best
timber are consumed annually
throughout Asia Minor in preparing
charcoal. and much to the detriment
of the climate and soil; what is
after few years the mountains
where once stood stately pines and
cedars are covered with miserable neg
lected scrub and underbrush- This
the vilayet of Trebizond, where more
than. 100000 acres of forest lands
The mineral wealth of Asia Minor
is proverbial- In the vilayet of
Smyrna there are ABOUT 90 mines be-
sea the coal fields of Heraclea form
an actual source of vast potential
beds extend along. the shores of the
Black sea for nearly 40 miles and run
inland coming to an apex at Angora,
a distance ofsnearly 200 miles.
The coal though lying in very thick
seams, contains too many impurities
for it TO successfully compete with
English coal except after being hand
picked and screened There being
only one company with a washing and
screening plant. the output is limited
TO some 500, 900 tons a year, but there
is no reason why. with increased
washing and picking facilities, this
coal could not entirely replace the i'm
ports. Part of the output is converted
Into a very fine forge coal. which is
shipped in large quantities to Alexan-
dria, Genoa and MarseilleS-
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
ABE RUFF CHUCKLES
WHEN TOLD ATTORNEY
MURPHY IS ARRESTED

Abe Ruef chuckled ambiguously over
the telephone wires yesterday after
noon when told that his attorney
Frank J. Murphy, had been arrested
on charge of receiving stolen goods
in connection with the exposure of the
conspiracy against the district attor-
ney's Office.
Il have no statement TO make, said
the former boss After a while L may
have something to say. but not now.
What was Murphy charged with?'
clination to discuss the latest dis
closures.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29

all his examinations. and yet. with full
knowledge Of this fact, the prosecution
passed him as a fair juror and forced
the defense 10 g peremptory challenge.
ATTACK ON PROSECUTION
What Heney. spreckels. Burns and
Older want is jury already prejudiced
against me, and they have been stead
iIy making every movement to secure
that end. They know that I am abso-
lutely innocent of the charge which
they brought against me. They tried
with an immunity contract to force
Ruef TO give them false testimony to
be used against me, ard when he re-
fused 70 do so they forfeited his i'm
munity contract and prosecuted him
This Sabbath day has been selected
deliberately TO rife the Offices Of the
United Railroads. because these safe
breakers. under the guise Of law. were
afraid that the court would enjoin
them. and they made haste TO crack the
safes before an injunction could be OBJ
tained against them
WRONG DOING ALLEGED
The fundamental trouble Of all the
wrong doing Of the so called graft
prosecutors is the turning over Of the
Office Of the district attorney TO the
control Of Spreckels and his coterie.
Heney professed TO be a volunteer.
and with apparent great magnanimity
arranged with the district attorney for
Mr. Duke 10 resign IN order to allow
Mr.. Heney to be appointed TO the va
cancy. and that, in consideration of this
act, Mr.. Hen~y would turn over the
monthly salary from the city to Mr.
Duke.
All this while he has been drawing
money from the federal government
nearly nine times as great monthly as
the salary Of an assistant district at
torney.
Mr.. SpreckeIs brought William J.
Burns here as his private detective.
and maintained for nearly a year and
a half a corps Of privately paid spies
under Burns direction. He succeeded
in grating his spies upon the Office OF
the district attorney. but while the city
assumed the burden of their salaries
they did not change masters.
RELIANCE UPON PEOPLE
Conceive of it, gentlemen, the dis
trict attorneys Office under absolute
private control. a score or more of
private detectives claiming TO be secret
agents Of the district attorneys Office.
but really subservient 10 SpreckeIs. a
police judge but recently appointed by
the mayor Of the city from the staff OF
the same district attorneys office. and
you have a situation which in any
other country but our own leads to
revolution. Here. fortunately. an inno-
cent man may rely upon the common
sense Of the people. and I am confident
that the overwhelming sentiment of all
right thinking men win be the unquali-
fed condemnation Of the coterie of con-
spirators responsible for today's out
-
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
ATTORNEY SEEKS TO
SECURE NJ McKINLEY'S
RELEASE ON BAIL

An effort was made yesterday to
secure the release of Albert Mckinley
on bail W. T. Hume. an attorney and
stepfather of McKinley's wife. made an
unsuccessful effort yesterday to secure
the liberation of the young man.
McKinley's wife and mother in law,
accompanied by Hume, visited McKin-
ley at the city prison yesterday. Nc
Kinley is one of the accused who has
confessed.
Plat was subjected to a searching
cross examination yesterday afternoon
by District Attorney Langdon and
Burns
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
MOORE SAYS 1T WAS
WFUL AND LIKE
RUSSIAN PRACTICES
By A. A. Moore

We are now living under what in
Russia is called administrative pro-
cess" In Russian practice there is
houses, breaking of doors, safes and
receptacles. Tonight witnesses in San
Francisco, a scene hitherto not seen
even in San Francisco, sought to be
ruled by that monstrous secret organ
ization known as -the graft prosecu-
ton" The offices of the United Rail-
roads lie in ruins. a scene of utter de-
vastation-safes cracked. desks broken
and the outer door destroyed
Mr.. Calhoun was indicted long time
ago. He vainly tried for more than a
year TO get a trial. but was put off by
this graft prosecution" from time to
time until January u, 1909. when the
empaneiment of jury began. We ex-
pected that from time TO time as the
trial progressed the outfit headed by
Burns, who at large expense holds a
position unknown to the law as "spe-
cial agent. would exploit lying stories
and charges of crime never committed
thus to infiame the public mind against
the defendant on trial and influence
prospective jurors. A few days ago
there was. after much preparation.
blown off the Claudianes story. That
fell absolutely fiat
RESORT TO SEARCH WARRANT
But not content for the purpose of in
flaming prejudice. preventing a fair
trial. and under cover of law (sic) to
examine the papers and records of the
company. in hope to find matters to aid
their nefarious design. resort was had
to the process of search warrant. This
was accomplished by Burns making af-
idavit that certain persons 1 never
knew or heard of had been guilty of
some unknown felony and that certain
letters and reports belonging TO Burns
were in the offices of the company. 1t
did not appear what felony had been
committed. nor did it appear who wrote
the letters or to whom they were ad-
dressed. BY virtue of this aadministra-
tive process, against the protest of
the company and its officers, while the
law bowed in shame for her prostitu-
tion, squad Of police, with Burns
heelers, gumshoemen and special
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
OIL DISCOVERY MAY
BRING WITH 1T HEALTH
Importance of West Africa Find
Is Elaborated Upon

Consul Solomon BerIiner OF Tener-
life. forwards an extract from the At
rican World. which gives an inter
view with the chairman of the Nigeria
Bitumen corporation on the Importance
OF the oil discoveries in Nigeria. West
africa. from which the following is
taken:
Inc manager of the Nigeria Ritumen
corporation cables as follows: Bore
hOle no =. At $50 feet struck heavy-
81 81 "lShout gas; oil rises within ss
deel I OF surface; baled four days- no
increase We propose TO shut OF oil
IN order 10 deepen well. BorehoIe No
me oepth is SS7 feet, being an in
crease grease OF ~ feet during the week: the
The chairman declared his Convictfo-
paseo on his long and varied exper
b' btea.e' mat veritable oil field has
event may be described as one 81 bis-
torIcal Importance
Inc Importance of finding oil in West
africa lies not only in its value as
Iuel for the gold mining fndusrrT- ~
as an insurance Of health. a s,,,DT,Iv
OF petroleum in sufficient quanffffeS :,
said Mr. Bergheim, would turn The
h hwnite mans grave. as the country
mas been called. into a healthy eli
mate Nearly all the physical ils TO
Wnlch the people OF that country are
pardcuIarly heir, as he explained. come
from the nles-the mosquitoes parrfc-
ularly. These insects breed in srae-
nant water; but If there is slight
suspicion OF petroleum in the water
the nies-even the tstse hy-wilI nor
go near 1t; and so. given a supply Of
OIL II would be the easiest matter nos
slole speedily TO get rid of the mos
qultoes and such like fever Carving
The importance OF the oil find IN
tne empire lies in the desirabilitv Of
navy.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29

purpose TO take notice of the libeIous
lies and falsehoods that are being writ
ten about me in the purchased dailies
and weeklies OF the United Railroads
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
Indicted Trolley President Attacks the Graft Prosecution

ice Ha ne
@ da s 'front.' peel lillian
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29

Mccullough, 1923 Market street. has
Just started an apartment house for
Mrs. Boyson. southeast corner Twenty
first and Dolores streets.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29

Drying fruit by the suns ravs is
oelng scientifically done on an enor-
nous scale in San Jose. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29

So powerful are the jaws Of a wasp
that the insect has been known to
puncture a sea she'll
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29

The Old Louvre is now. open for bust
ness at Powell and Ellis streets; the
same good Roast Beef is served.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-29
San Franciscohmprovement.CIu Club

San Francisco Improvement Club
am of the City County San Francisco
believe that the Graft Prosecutor
dntzt the best interests Of continued nefr
ene Sh the enterprises Of demorang to business.
The maintaining Prosecution needless
burden am in favor Of stop and therefor
enroll as member of the San Francisco improvement Club
District Precinct
Arizona republican., 1909-05-07
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interior, United . States Land Office-Phoenix, Ari-
 zona, April 20. 1909.
 A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by Thomas J. Webb, contestant, against Homestead Entry No. 1909, Serial 02201, made September 14. 1909, for NE SEA N15 SWA. Township 1 N. Range F., e. & S.. R. B. and Meridian. by Phillip T. Walsh, contestee, in which it is al- legged that said Phillip T. Walsh has abandoned said land for the last six months and has never made his home thereon, nor has he made any improve ments on said land of any kind what ever; said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond. and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m., on May 2s. 1909, before Register and Receiver U. s. Land Office, Phoe- nix, Arizona.
 The said contestant having, in a proper affidavit. filed April 26, 1909, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this mo- tice cannot be made, it is hereby or dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication.
 CHARLES F.. ARNOLD, ReceiSer