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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-08-23

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-08-23
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-08-23
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-08-23
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-08-23

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-08-23
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-08-23

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
MIR. PECK RETIRNS HOME.

Division Superintendent F. A. Peck returned to Pine Bluff yesterday af- ternoon from an inspection and of ficial business trip on the northern division of the road He was accom- panied by Roadmaster Cant and Trainmaster F. s. Stimson, of Illmo, Mo- Upon learning of the injury that befell Mr. Richards he hurried to this city, after ordering the injured of ficial taken to the TeXarkana hos pital. Upon his arrival here yester- day, Mr. Peck received "a telegram from pr. C. A. Smith, of Texarkana, chief surgeon for the Cotton Belt, stating that he had personally per formed an operation on Mr. Rich ards during the day. He said that the operation was for fractured skull
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
LITTLE ROCK PAPER
 CONFIRMS REPORT

Although no confirmation has been given of the report that Attorne; Daniel Taylor intends moving away from this city to become a law part her of Attorney Smead Powell at Camden, the Little Rock Democrat says;
 Dan Taylor, former assistant at- torney general undA" ..=
 al Kirby, has formed q law part nership with Smead Powell the well known attorney of Camden and has already Jeff Pine Bluff for his new place of residence, While connect hd with the state legal department. Mr. fay}ot. assisted ably in handling a number of important cases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
AGREEING ON
 TARIFF SCHEDULE

(Hearst News Special to tue Graphic,
 Washington. July 16.-The Senate and House conferees have reached an agreement on all but five proposi- tions, iron ore, coal, hides. 0 and lumber. The House conferees a. cepted the Senate increase on winen and liquors. The Senate won on both silks and wooden goods, the former sustaining considerable advance. while the latter was unchanged
 Pres. Taft, in receiving the Republi- can delegation today, who pleaded for a duty on raw material, told them while he was not committed to free raw material, but would see that the tariff was revised downward and where a duty was unnecessary. none would be allowed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
NEGRO GAS HITTER
 IS ELECTROCUTED
John Byrd Touches Live Wire and is Sent Int" Etcrnit. Was la Ex- pl"si"n Several Years .go.

John Byrd, 30 years old. a hard working and Well-to-do negro em- ploye of the Pine Bluff Corporation. Waa eloctrocuted Friday morning while at work in an alley between Second and Third avenues and Main and State streets. He accidently came the inquest held over the body later by Coroner II. F. Williams. at Roh- insons undertaking shop. it was shown that the wire that sent the fa- tal volts, through the neeros body was the property of the firm which employed him.
 Byrd was making some gas pipe fittings in the alley. just north of Sterne X Lewis store He was pull
 ing at some piping and without in vestieating attempted to remove a wire that furnished light power for the interior of the Main street es- tablishment. He touched the wire and fell over dead
 Byrd was a gas filter by trade and was negro who was generally known and well thought of by the white people. He formerly carried an accident policy in the American National company, but dropped it sev- eral weeks ago. He was employed by the Pine Bluff Corporation for sev- eral years A few years ago while making gas pipe connection at the home of Alderman A. C. Jordan, on North Cherry street, Byrd was in- jured in an explosion that laid him up for several months.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
GEORGE COLEMAN
 GETS A PARDON Local Negro Saloonist Re gently Convicted ill Cir
 cult Court, Freed.
HAD APPEALED CASE
Judge l.. j. kerNin Calls On Coy ern"r R"na2hc, and Leaves State
 House With Pardon Papers.

George Coleman, the well knoW vcted in the Jefferson circuit court recently 9D a charge of obtainipa iholleN by false pretenses and hi. punishment fixed at two years in thc :, state penitentary, was yesterday granted pardon by Governor Dona- Shey The pardon was secured through the untiring efforts of Judge F. J. kerwin, of this city, who was engaged by Coleman to get the doc unent. \ numerously signed peti- tlon bearing the names of many of Pine Bluffs best citizens, was pre- sented to Governor Donaghey in be- half of the convicted saloonist. Judge kerWin was given the pardon before he left the state house yesterday, and will return to Pine Bluff this morn- ing.
 Coleman was out on bond pending the hearing of his case in the Arkan- s'as Supreme court. He was defend ed by Attorney ". E. Sorrells, who, after losing the case in the circuit court, appealed the case to the Su- preme court for his client. He made bond for Coleman after the appeal was granted by Judge Grace, and the issuance of the pardon adds a new phase to the legal procedure.
 The arrest and conviction of Cole man in the circuit court resulted when Quong Wah. a local Chinaman and owner of several meat markets and restaurants, bought some sup plies and fixtures from Coleman. Coleman claimed that the bill of sale was transferred to Quong Wah with the understanding that certain debts had to be paid by the purchaser. Quong Wah did not understand it this way. and when the creditors began to siege the things he had purchased from Coleman, and especially cash register, he brought about the in dictment of Coleman for obtaining z money under false pretensas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
EXCITING TIME
 ON SOUTH MAIN
Trolley Wire Was Snapped and Other Wires and Poles Torn DoWn--Pas. sengers On Car in Small Panic. Life Endangered.

Great excitement prevailed for sev- eral minutes late Thursday night on South Main street, near Martin av- enue. 4 northbound Main street car ran some distance with the trolley pole free of the trolley. The passen- gers on the car were in a small size d panic and the trolley wire snapped and pulled down several supporting wires. Two poles were also torn down. The street was a dangerous place for pedestrians, and even the occupants of the car for some time. until the power house was communi- cated with and the current shut off. The damaged wires were repaired inn mediately afterwards. The presence of mind of several pedestrians pre- vented autoists from driving over the live wires, and doubtless avoided loss of life
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
ELMER RICHARDS
 SERIOUSLY HURT Popular Trainmaster For Cotton Belt Sustains
 Fractured Skull.
TWO OTHERS INJURED
We're Returning 10 Cit, From h. specti"n Trip t" Railwa. Bridge
 at Koh Ho.~-far Hit Cow.

Elmer Richards. traamastpr Ter. the Cotton Belt at this place. was S'fioUsl' ihjuItl- 4. f. parEhiu as- sistant roadnast, r. and C ! Moore. master carpenter for the same road. were slightly hurt Thursday night When motor car in which they Wprn riding coliided With a COW when thes neared the eastern city limits of Pine Bluff. The car jumped the ralls' and the three occupants Of the private conveyance were pitched head first down the embankmeni. Richards WAS struck on the head by one of the wheels of the motor ear and was picked up unconscious HIs companions Moore and Parkhill were bruised about the face and hands, but not seriously hurt. They picked up their badly w0undet companion and took him to the Cotton Belt general offices, half mile away. Dr. A. w. Troupe, the company surgeon. was called and dressed the wounds of the three men. He then had Mir Rich ards removed to his office, where q closer examination revealed the fact that his skull had been fractured
 Mir. Richards regained conscious and was taken to his room at the res idence of Mrs. NJ. \. Spark, No 522 West Barraque street, where he was cared for until the southbound Cot ton Bet train arrived Friday morn ing. He was then taken to the com pany hospital at TeXarkana, Dr. A. w. Troupe accompanied him.
 The Cotton Belt officials had been to Rob Roy, where they inspected the big railway bridge at that place They were returning to this city when the motor car, travelling at d moderate speed suddenly colIided with a COW, which ran across the tracks in front of them. The motor car was knocked from the track. but the COW Vas un- injured.
 Elmer Richards injuries are be- lieyed to be serious and may result fatally. although information from TeXarkana last night was to the ef- feet that he was resting well. He is one of the best known railroad men in this section and one of the most competent trainnlasters over the entire system. His many friends hope for his speedy recovery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
WAGON TAX ACT
 HELD INVALID Chancellor Martineau Issues Writ of Habeas Corpus ln Independence Case, !
OPINION OF COURT
Chancellor Declares Legislature HAs \" Power to Apply Police Regn-
 Iations On Certain Articles.

Little Rock, Ark. July IL Dn Inc theory that the state legislature passed diserimiHafY act and oht il no Way related to the police powers of the state Chancellor MartjnraH this morning declared tnconstitt- tional the act passed by tie last leg stature requiring d license of s200 to peddle busGies and four other ar. tcleA The ease came before the court from independence county OH an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was granted
 The facts ill the case are as fol- lows: An agent of the Spauding Manufacturing Company was selling busSies without paying the license required by the act. He waa arrest ed and tried before a justice of tho peace at Batesville and found guilty, a certain fine being assessed From the decision of the court the writ If habeas corpus was asked
 Opinion of the Court.
 Chancellor Martineau held that the law in it's effect would be to cut out competition i'll local markets. He held the legislature might have tho flSht to pass a revenue raising law against peddlers, but that it does not possess the right to tax the sale of certain things, unless those things wonld come under the police rcwula- tion.
 In this regard the chancellor said that the sale of patent medicine might come under the police powers. That is there might be something in the medicine itself that would he in furious and bad in it's effects and that the legislature might require that the seller have a certain knoWl- edge and pay a license to sell the medicine.
 He held that there could be noth- ing of the sort pleaded for the sale of a buggy. The buggy is not injur- iors in itself and therefore could not in any way be construed as coming under the police regulation of the state
 The decision of the court, of course, only applies to the case ill hand. That is. it will not prevent the arrest and conviction of persons who i.in f,ft n in question:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17

cilities in Pine Bluff for the .ald railroad.
 Second To pay and deliver lo said railroad company the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ts100,- 00O).
 Provided that said railroad com. pany shall extend it's line from it's present terminus, at Hamburg, Ar kansas, through Pine Bluff, Arkan- saS, and to a point on the Rock Is- land at or near DeValls Bluff. in Prairie county. Arkansas, beginning construction in good faith on or be- fore January the 1st, 1910, with said extension, prosecuting said work in good faith and completing same on or before January the 1st, 19l3
 And We agree to pay. upon reuueg,s Of said trustees, or their successors. sufficient amount to procure said right of way and terminal facilities out of said amount we hereby sub scribe, and to pay the remainder of our subscription upon completion of said extension of said railroad for the purpose of enabling said trustees to pay to said company the one hun- dred thousand dollars tslo0. .oOO1 I'm the event t!lat said trustees shall be able to coiiecj from this subscription more than the amount required for said purposes. they shall return said surplus to the subscribers hereto. in proportion to their subscriptions.
 In the event of the failure OF in ability of any of the said named per sons to act as such trustees. others may be selected by the trustees here In named to act as their successors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
0'DONNELL DEFENDS :.
 THE CINCLES GIRL

uicarst News Special to the Graphic)
 Chicago, July 16.-The jury s'at with tears ill their eyes while Attor- ney O'Donnell closed his argument in behalf of Ella Gingles, insisting on wrongs she had suffered. He de- nounced the proprietors of the Vel linstGn hotel for closing investiga- tion of the tying of the girl in their place because they paid s150.o00 taxes. Detective O'Brien was scored for not pursuing the white slave estigation.-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
FARM FOR SALE.

Just few miles from Pine Bluff, suitable for stock and truck garden ing We offer the farm, fine pair of mules. cows. hogs, chickens, farm ing utensils and everything ready for you to move in and go to work Cash or reasonable terms to right person. COTTON BELT SAVINGS X TRUST
 COMPANY 7-16lft
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
GREAT BRITISH
 NAVY DISPLAYED

uiearst News Special to the Graphic.)
 London, July 16.-About 14S Brit ish battleshiDs, capable of going in- to fight on a moments notice, drop- ped anchor in the Thames tonight, extending from South End river to Westminster rGge. The array, which cost three hundred and ten million dollars. officered and manned by 42,O0o men is intended as an anti-panic antidote.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
Soliciting Committee Met WAth Chairman Howell.
 Completes Its Work.
COMMITTEES NAMED
Form for Subscription Lists Adopted
 and Subscriptions Will Be Asked Monday.

The soliciting committee named by President V. o. Alexander, of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade, recently, to raise the bonus and provide right of way through county and city and terminal, shops and depot sites for the Arkansas, Louisiana X Gulf rail- road, held meeting in the office of Chairman E, c, Howell yesterday and made final arrangements for the de- termined canvass which will begin Monday morns~s at o'clock
 At the meeting of the soliciting committee, which was attended by all the members, w. D. Hearn. chair man: J. H. Mann and J. F. Boyce, three members of the ways and means committee, were also present. They were called in 10 confer with the sO- liciting committe 9 and make any sug- gestions that might be of benefit to the committee in making the canvass
 Chairman Howell, of the soliciting committee, divided his committee in- to three separate sub-committees, and named a chairman for each. These s,ub-committees will act as the SO liciting committees, taking in differ- ent sections of the city in their rounds. They were named by Chair man Howell as follows: w. C. Hud- son, chairman; w. H. Westbrook, W. H. Langford and J. F. Simmons '. M. Rosenberg, chairman; Henry Marx and A. Brewster. E. C. Howell, chair linson
 The committee agreed on a definite form for the subscription lists and adopted it. after much discussion. The members of the ways and means com- mittee are recognized as the trustees to act for the subscribers. Mir. Park CT and his associates, who propose to build the road from Hamburg, Ark, through Pine Bluff to point at or near Devall's Bluff, to con meet with the Rock Island at the lat ter place, are given until January ], 1910, to begin construction in good faith. and they must complete same on or before January 1, 1913. The form as adopted by the committee fol- lows:
 Subscription to the Parker Road.
 In order to provide for bonus of one hundred thousand dollars ($100 ,00O), right of way and terminal facilities in the city of Pine Bluff. and right of way through Jefferson county Arkansas. for the Arkansas. Louisiana {; Gulf railway company, we. the undersigned, mutually agree that we vii pay to w. D. Hearn, !. E. Boyce. J. H. Mann, P. P. Byrd and cessors, the amounts signed opposite our respective names hereto, each of us being responsible only for the amount we subscribe, to be used by said trustees or their successors for the following purposes to-wit:
 First; To procure the right of way through Pine Bluff and Jefferson county Arkansas, and terminal ia
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
EAGLES ARE
 MAKING READY
Local Aerie to Be Host of State Or. yanization S0On-Helcna After Next Convention.

The Eagles held an important meeting last night and the applica- tions of several members were acted upon. The committee on the state convent on made partial report, giv- ing indications of it's being the larg- est ever held in this state. Delegates will come from Little Rock. Helena. Hot Springs. Fl Dorado. Brinkley, ,Jonesboro. Fort Smith, Conway. For rest City, TeXarkana and Mena. and t is understood that Helena will make a hard fight for the convention next year and will be hard to beat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
UNION BAR.

We have again assumed control c' our saloon. corner Third and State streets. where we will be pleased :o see all of our old customers. Don't forget the Big Spaghetti Lunch every Saturday night FOTI BROS 6-20-d1mo
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
PICNIC
 AND BOAT RIDE

To be given Tuesday, July 20th, ben eft Red Mems lodge. Boat leaves landing between Jefferson hotel and court house at S:30 a. m. Dance and boat ride at night, so everyone will be able to go. Boat leaves landing for moonlight ride and dancing at 8 30 D. m 7-16-4t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
MARSHALL FIELDS
 DAUGHTER WINS

dlearst News Special to the Graphic,
 Chicago, July lG.-Judse Cutting today decided that Mrs. David Beatty, daughter of Marshall Field, is en- titled to the income of her share of the estate from death, instead of a year after.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17

and that it was success. Mr Rich ards soon came from under the rhloroform and is doing as well as conld be eX2@cted He will remain in the TcXarkana hospital for at least thitt1 days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
FOR QUICK TRANSPORTATION
 CALL CITY HACK LINE SS0 East BarraQue St.

Open 6 D. m. to 7:30 .. m. and rs liable. Special attention to train callA Old phone 394. New phone 10s Aose O0ord, prop. Pine Blum. Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17

We have just received a shipment of very fine Rock Salt for stock There is no comparison between Rock and soft salt for stock. Mo. Cain Grocery Company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17

Fred Wilson left yesterday for Russellville on business
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17

G. w. Wiley. of Helena, is busi ness visitor in the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-17
Alter You are Married. Be Sure You Have a Bank Account.


 Ihat happiness and contentment that i. comes only through a certainty of the flu tafe, Is the healthy, permanent kind A savings account starts you on that road today. No man can be his best self when cramped by poverty. We will pay you per cent interest on the money you put In our company's savings department and compound the interest every six months.
 Pine Bluff Trust Co.
 S. F. Corner Main and garrapua sts
 Pine Bluff. Ark.