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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
COTTON IN ALABAMA

Montgomery, Ala. Aug. l.
Reports to the Advertiser from
the cotton growing counties of
Alabama show that the rains of
the latter part of last week were
helpful to the growing plant, and
farmers are in better working
condition. This is especially
true in the northern part of the
state. The crop is spotted, but
the concensus is that con editions
have improved. The boil weevil
scare near Selame was exagger-
ated. The yield will be fairly
normal.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
COTTON CROP IS
NOW NEARLY MADE
Arkansas Among the States
in Which Rain Fell During
the Past Week k-Losing
in Texas and Okla.

The Commercial Appeal said
Monday in regard to cotton con-
ditions in the cotton producing
states:
Cultivation of the cotton crop
has now been about completed
and its fate depends upon the
weather, which at present is
dry.
Telegraphic reports show that
moderate local rains fell on Fri
day and Saturday in Arkansas,
Tennessee, Mississippi and Ala
bama. They were highly bene-
fetal, but were not sufficient to
relieve the drouth, as many
sections got no rain at all.
The only section Of the cotton
belt not in need of rain lies east
of Alaban a. Elsewhere the
need, with local exceptions, is
becoming insistent. The plant
has reached the fruiting stage
and being small and late, needs
moisture to promote both growth
and fruiting.
The cotton in central and
northern Texas and southern
Oklahoma is fast losing ground
because of drouth. In Louisiana
the weather is favorable, but
weevils are on the increase.
Owing to the irregular distrib-
ution of rain fall for the past
month crops are spotted. There
is much cotton in all parts of the
South not more than a foot high
on this, the first day of August.
This fact and irregular stands,
which are a heritage of the
grassy conditions of early sum-
mer, makes the average low,
although there are districts with
good Gotten.
The plant is stocky, healthy
and in a clean state of cultiva-
ton. General rains would great
ly improve the out. look.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
EACH THOUGHT
THE OTHER DEAD
Charles Schneider Meets by
Accident j. c.. Parrish
They We're Lost at Sea
Off the Alaskan Coast

Both men thinking that the
other had been lost in a storm at
sea near Aka Island in the Beh-
ring sea while they were at
Alaska nine years ago during
the gold rush that took thousand
of people to that country who
never returned, Charles Schneider
proprietor of the Main street
tailoring establishment, was
overwhelmed yesterday after
noon when he entered his own
shop and saw J. c. Parrish, with
whom he had worked 10 years in
Louisville, KY. The surprise was
greater for Parrish. as he had
gone into the shop to get a coat
pressed and never dreamed that
Schneider was still living. Par
rish came to Argenta yesterday
morning.
About II years ago the two
men left Louisville and went to
Seattle, Wash. There they and
19 other men purchased a vessel
and sailed for Alaska. They
employed a captain named Peter
son, who committed suic ide
under peculiar circumstances
while the party was at sea. The
vessel was wrecked twice on the
way, at times the only visible
part being the mast.
After being in Alaska two
years, just previous to starting
on their homeward journey, they
spent a day on Atka Island. In
the evening they started from
the island and after getting near :
ly a half mile from the shore,
the wind came up hard. The
boat was overcome by waves
and, when on the verge of sink
ing the % passengers, all but
one, left the vessel and took a
large skiff, supposed to be large
enough to hold all on board.
This one man was Schneider.
He let down in a smaller boat
and floated all night, not know
ing which way it was to shore.
When it became light, he used
his hands for oars and reached
the Alaska shore. He was many
miles from the camp. He never
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05

Born To Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Lindell Lee, a girl.
Hon. T. C. McRae spent Mon
day in Little Rock on business.
Marrled-On last Sunday night
at the home of the bride, Mr..
John T. Norman to Miss Carrie
Davis, Rev. w. C. Felts officiat-
ing. The groom is a young busi-
ness man of Emmet and very
popular, while the bride is a
charming young lady of Prescott
and has scores Of friends who
extend their wishes for long
life of success and happiness.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
GEORGE VAUCHT
BEATEN FATALLY
Prominent Citizen Of Com
anche, Ok. Beaten Fatal
ly-Once Lived at
Prescott.

Comanche, Ok, July "a.
George Vaught, prominent
citizen Of this place, was killed
on his farm about fifteen miles
east of here last Thursday. He
fingered almost twelve hours
after being struck and beaten
into insensibility before dying,
having never regained con-
sciousness. The first report was
that he had been thrown from a
horse, but later developments
indicated he had been beaten.
The tools of the perpetrators
were found with blood stains
upon them. The remains were
brought to this place last night
and will be buried here today.
He leaves a large family here
and many friends in Sherman,
where he formerly resided. Ar
rests have been made.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
I|GHT RIDERS
LATEST ACT
heir Latest Is To Order
Cessation of Work On a
School House Near
Kentucky Line.

potbnage, Tenn, July 80.
h demand that work on a
[shool house being built 3 near the e
Esntrcky line be stopped and
|bat d member of the school
board resign is the new :, role as
[uued by night riders in this
|ection.
| A letter to a local storekeeper
yesterday that an accompanying
Lotice, with the insignia of The
[lsn, matches and a loaded car
Ridge, be posted demanding the
CESSATION of the work and the
hsignation.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05

Steed, Callicott & Go. have
moved there stock of general
merchandise to the old Thea
torium building in order to de-
liver the building previously oc-
cupied by them to Jake Suckle
who will open up a general
clothing store about the 18th of
this month.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
THE PlCAYUNe'S REPORT

New Orleans, August l. Cot
ton crop conditions in Louisiana
and Mississippi according to the
compilation of the Picayune t.
night are decidedly favorable. In
Louisiana the process of matur-
ing is showing rapid progress.
1t is stated that spasmodic COM
plants continue to be received
regarding the ravages of the
boil weevil.
Mississippi gives general inn
provement with first work well
advanced. While late, the crop
gives every indication of round
ing out a fair yield.
Misses Lille and Myrtle Butch
er are visiting in Texas.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
TAKE NOTICE, OLD VETS!

The reunion of the old confed-
(rate veterans will be held this
lear at Serepta on the 4th and
bth Of August. A great time is
being looked for at this reunion,
Let every one come that can.
The program will appear later.
@. S. Jones, Commander.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05

went back to the camp and did
not know whether his friends
were drowned. He returned to
Louisville, thinking to see Par
rish there if he still lived. Par
rish felt confident that Schneider
was drowned, but he never went
back to Louisville.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05

Mr.. Vaught formerly lived in
Prescott and is a trother-in-laW
to Will Steele of this city.
Will Steele left this morning
for Comanche, Okla, to visit
his sister, Mrs. George Vaught.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
TO STUDY AMERICA.

His Excellency Meh Hung Chun, vice
president of one of the important gov
ernmental boards of the Imperial Chi
nese government at Picking, is a pas.
senger on the Mongolia, bound for
Washington. He bears commission
from the Prince Regent of China to
study the American railroad systems
and the operations of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, with a view to
the suggestion of reforms in the admin.
istration of the Chinese government
railways. He expects to stay at least
year in the United States.
He is accompanied by his wife and
four small children, and is attended by
a retinue of servants. He expects to
place his two older boys, twelve and
ten years of age, in school to begin
their English education.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09

Corposants playing tag upon the
yards of the fine British ship Ben Lee,
which arrived from Leith, Scotland, on
Tuesday afternoon, were among the in
teresting sights witnessed by the crew
on the long voyage around the Horn to
Honolulu. These corposants, st. Elmo IS
fire, otherwise globular lights in the ma
ture of electric glow, visited the ship
on nights when the sky was darkly over
cast and the elements were in turmoil.
Captain Anderson has prepared a
statement of the beautiful displays, and
will hand it in to the local director of
the United States weather bureau. To
the superstitious these night visitants
might appear ghostly. They are weird
blossoms of an electrified atmosphere,
and are always watched with deep in
terest.
The corposants balanced upon the
trucks, and then ran along the yard
arms and down the chains from one
yard to another, always going swiftly.
They perched upon the trucks and then
leaped to the shackles at the ends of
the yards The entire display was all
aloft, never descending to the body of
the ship. The corposants seen by Cap.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
THE JAPAN TIMES
KNOWS NO GOOD
OF FRED MAKING

The following is from the Japan
Times of June Is:
We do not hesitate to accept as
fairly correct the official dispatch on
the strike condition in Hawaii, which
we publish elsewhere, though it is in
some respects at variance with press
kilograms hitherto received on the
subject. Nor do we make this asser-
ton gratuitously. We personally know
something of the antecedents of the
agitator Maxine, whose name must be
now familiar to our readers through
the cuttings we have recently repro
duced from Hawaiian paper and also
through Mr.. Castles interview. To
our knowledge he is not at all a man
incapable of doings ascribed to him,
and it is very unfortunate that a char
acter like him together with Negoro,
who is not known to us, should have
gained any sort of influence in place
like Hawaii. where all unprejudiced
reports have hitherto agreed in saying
that our laborers are squarely treated
being themselves well content We are
also not unacquainted with the views
ventilated through the Nippu Jill;
they are certainly not those likely to
be countenanced by any intelligently
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09

informed and fair.minded Japanese.
Taken all together we should regard
the strike at Hawaii as nothing very
serious, which would soon readiust it.
self satisfactorily to both sides if left
to the employers and the employed, in
hsmuch as our laborers in Hawaii have
not yet developed any symptoms of or.
gained hostility toward capital.
Az to the alleged illegality of action
on the part of the Hawaiian author
tiles in connection with the arrest of
the Nippu Jiji's editor and others, it
is practically denied by the official
dispatch; though details are still lack
ing. In any case it will be rash to
form any off hand opinion on the
strength of press advices which are
obviously biased And if there should
be felt any anxiety in any quarter as
to whether the Imperial government
would interfere in the matter one way
or another, we should regard it as
wholly unnecessary. The Japanese in
Hawaii are under the protection of the
Hawaiian government or call it Amer
lean government to be more particular,
and we should have more than mere
newspaper dispatches and expostula-
tons from interested parties before
our government is moved to any sort
of action. In the circumstances it is
most desirable that the public in Amer
| lea and at home be not misled by one
! sided sensational reports.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
DELAY ACTION
ON INJUNCTION
(From Thursdays Advertiser.)

Nrioh lHuiSuuy AuNeTllSeT.D
No action was taken by Judge Rob-
inson yesterday in connection with the
order to show cause why q temporary
injunction should not be granted, re-
straining Maxine and thirtytwo other
Japanese from interfering with the
operation of the Oahu Sugar Company.
The hearing on the order was ret for
! o clock yesterday afternoon. Attor-
ney Kinney for the prosecution urged
that the injunction case should be dis
posed of without delay while Attor-
ney Lightfoot, for the defense, argued
in favor of continuance.
Mr.. Kinney insisted that an early
decision on the injunction question was
of vital Importance and that it was
the usual procedure to dispose of cases
of the kind with as much promptness
as possible.
Judge Robinson finally decided that
continuance until Friday morning
would be fair under the circumstances.
the jury in the riot case now before
the court being excused until Mon
day.
High Sheriff Henry was busy yes
terday serving copies of the Injunction
bill of complaint upon the defendants
named, service being had on j. Tasaka,
M. Yamashiro, X. Kawamura, T. Saito,
X. Ono, Il. X. Maxine, NJ. Negoro, Mi
auchi, Migawa, Fuchino and Y. Sega.
Fuchino and Kawakami were ar
raigned in Judge De Bolt Is department
of the Circuit Court yesterday on the
charge of falsely imprisoning Tsunoda,
Tsuzuki and ii. Tsunoda, next We'd
nesday being fixed rs the day upon
winch they must enter plea to the
charge. The defendants were repre-
scented in court by Attorney Lightfoot.
Several witnesses were called for
the defense yesterday in the riot cases
and subjected to searching cross.exam-
ination at the hands Of Attorney Kin
| ney. They all made lame attempts to
show that there was not q large gath
ering of japanese at Waipahu on June
and that, in fact, they did not know
what the police officers were there for
Jotaro Mikawa, one of the leaders
| in the riot, was placed on the stand
| and according to his version of the
| affair it was simply gathering of
| orderly Japanese for discussion of
| the weather. Under the cross -examin-
alton by Kinney it was shown that Mi
kawa was n new arrival at the plan
tation, and although he admitted be-
ing in the crowd on June at Wal
pahu he denied doing anything that
could be construed as an act of vio-
lence.
| Akiama, employed as salesman in
a Japanese store at Waipahu, was
placed on the stand by the defense,
but he could not or would not shed
much light on the events leading up
to the riot and apparently did not wish
to commit himself one way or the
other.
An early adjournment was taken to
allow the hearing on the order to show
cause in connection with the motion
made by the attorneys for the Oahu
Sugar Company for the issuance of
temporary injunction, restraining the
members of the Higher Wage Associa-
ton from interfering with the free
and uninterrupted operation Of the
plantation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
FlREBALLS PLAYED TAG UPON
THE BEN LEES YARDARMS

tain Anderson and his crew were quite
large and glowed as brilliantly as elec.
tric ares.
The ship met heavy weather on most
of the long trip, which consumed l6l
days In one of the squalls topsail
was ripped to ribbons. The matches
were opened yesterday and an inspec-
ton made by Captains Clark and An
derson and customs official, of the
main hatch, under which nitrates and
other fertilizing adjuncts were slowed,
to ascertain their condition. Toward the
end of the voyage this hold produced
gaseous vapors that entered the sleep
ing quarters of the officers and crew.
The vessel brought large cargo,
comprising about 3737 tons, including
1900 cases of liquor, pig iron, bricks and
nitrates. The Ben Lee is about sixteen
years of age and was named after one
of Scotland Is famous mountains.
A feature of the working parts of the
rigging is the use of winches for brac.
ing the yards, saving much rope and
manual labor. These are the patents
of Captain Howe, Another such winch
is called the halyard winch, which has
similar use to the yard machines.
The Ben Lee is at the Hackfeld wharf.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
Fooled Zelaya's Plot.

John F. Mcintyre, Hallen's counsel,
told the court today that he intended
to prove that Echesarette and others
were in collision with President Ze-
laya and others to secure in the
United States materials with which to
begin war which was intended to
make Zelaya the head of all the Cen
trail American States.
Zelaya, Mcintyre said, had planned
to secure by force of arms the election
of presidents in the Central American
republics who would resign at his word
and leave him president of the United
States of Central America. Guatemala
had learned of this plan, Mcintyre
says. and had appointed Hallen its
, secret agent to see that the munitions
purchased in the United States by
Eehesarette never reached Nicaragua.
Any other course of action, Mr.. Nc
Intyre said, would have been n viola
ton of the United States law, which
provides that any one who "begins on
United States territory to provide OF
conspire for revolution against a
country which is at peace with the
United States is guilty of high mis-
| demeanor.
Consul Refuses to Testify.
Echesarette died in Roosevelt Hos,
pital in 1907, shortly after concluding
his arrangement with Hallen. In an
effort to prove a part of Hallen g
story, Mr.. Mcintyre subpoenaed Ray
mond Bengoechea, the Guatemalan CON
sui in New York. Senior Bengoechea
sent his lawyer to tell Judge Malone
that he would stand on his consular
rights and would refuse to testify Mr.
Mcintyre announced that he would test
Senior Bengoechea IS right to refuse.
1t is expected that if Hallen takes
the stand in his own defense, his testi
mony may make it vital for the dis
trict attorney to secure that of Consul
General Bengoechea, and in that event
heavy pressure will be brought to make
! Senior Bengoechea talk.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
DUCK POND BID
OF DILLINGHAM;
tFrom Thursdays AdvertlserJ


The Hawaiian Dredging Company
was the lowest bidder yesterday for
the contract to fill the duck ponds on
the Waikiki military reservation. The
bids were opened in the office of Major
Winslow, Engineer Corps, the Hawai-
ian Dredging Company's bid being SS
1-2 cents per yard, and the bid of a
company headed by Mr.. Morgan 60
cents.
The Hawaiian Dredging Company
agrees to fill in the ponds at the rate
of 10000 yards per month against a
total of about 10000 yards The Nor.
gan company offered to fill 1900 yards
per month. There is now available a
Federal appropriation of $4,000 to do
the work. There is one big pond where
the artillery barracks are to be erected
which will require the major portion
of the filing and which will eat up
most of the $4,000. At the rate of
progress proposed by the Dillingham;
company the work will be completed
in about three months after the start.
The company proposes to use the
dredger Pearl by taking it in through
the narrow channel opposite the Brown
place at Waikiki beach and inside the
reef and dredge material out of the
coral there. The material will be
pumped over to the duck ponds by
hydraulic pressure and when the work
is finished the new-made ground should
be hard and compact and not likely
to depress. The dredging will be done
mainly opposite the old Along place
on which the two big gun batteries
are now being constructed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
FAIRBANKS SPEAKS
OF THINGS IN KOREA

TOXIC, June 26.-Before leaving
Seoul for the northern part of Korea
today, former Vice-President Charles
Warren Fairbanks prepared the follow
ing statement giving his impressions
of the Japanese rule in Korea.
He said: "The political, social and
industrial condition of Korea is steadily
improving and this improvement COM
menced with the establishment of the
japanese protectorate. Much of this
progress was made under the far
sighted craftsmanship of Prince Ito.
The regeneration of this country has
been well started and L find every
where evidence of the high purpose of
Japan toward Korea and the Koreans.
Foremost among these was the estab-
lisment of judicial system, next
the introduction of good schools. 1
find that the Japanese are establishing
excellent public medical, legal and ag-
ricultural colleges and this means
everything to the people of Korea.
"Foreign missionaries are now work
ing in full cooperation and with the
utmost confidence in the Japanese pro-
tectorate. The influence of the ms.
sionaries upon the natives is excellent.
The instruction has completely sub
sided and good order has been gem
orally established throughout the coun-
try. The japanese are devoting their
energies to the development of the nat
ural resources of Korea, and in this
connection l was glad to find that rs
per cent of the mineral products are
controlled by Americans.
"In conclusion / will say, education
and honesty are the prime essentials
necessary for the complete regeneration
of Korea and both of these are being
used by the Japanese protectorate. ia.
pan has a delicate task, and one that
will doubtless tax her craftsmanship,
but / have every reason to hope for the
full success of her present policy"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.

In 1872 there was a great deal of
diarrhoea, dysentery and infantile chol.
era. 1t was at this time that Chamber.
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy was first brought into use. 1t
proved more successful than any other
remedy or treatment, and has for thir.
ty-six years maintained that record.
Nine Chemists out of ten will recon-.
mend il when their opinion is asked
although they have other medicines that
pay them a greater profit. For sale
by all dealers, Benson, Smith g. Co.,
agents for Hawaii
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
JULIAN 1AYNE PUTS UP
NOVEL DEFENSE IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, June 16.-A novel de-
Tense to a grand larceny charge is to
be made by James d. Hallen, 9th
erwise known as Julian Hayne, now on
trial for swindling the Nicaraguan gov
eminent out of $l1, 900 Hallen admits
getting the money, but says it was to
have been spent in securing arms to
be used against the Republic of Guate,
mala and that he acted as the secret
agent of Guatemala in preventing the
use of the money for that purpose.
In his travels Hallen learned a great
deal about Central and South American
republics and people and his inside in
formation brought to his attention in
1907 that Raymond Echesarette, New
York agent for the Nicaragua govern
ment, was trying to buy arms and car
tridges in New York. Hallen met
Echesarette and assured him that he
was Just the man to get cheaply the
! 100000 Remington cartridges wanted
He got the contract for $1l 900 and
promised to deliver the goods at Pier
20, North River.
Filled Them With Copper.
After getting the contract Hallen had
HOO boxes made in exact imitation OF
the kind in which cartridges are
shipped, and filed them with copper
dross. used as ballast. Hallen collected
the 81 900 on the bills of lading, and
then took another trip to South Amer
lea to look things over.
When the boxes reached Bluefelds
they were opened with much ceremony
by the present Nicaraguan consul gen
eral Mt New Orleans, who had been ap
pointed the head of special committee
to examine them. When the commit
tee had gone through the last box and
found only copper dross there wa:
much Spanish profanity. The consul
general from New Orleans has come OF
to tell what he found, and Hallen, who
was arrested on his return from hi'
travels, is charged with grand larcen!
in the second degree as a second OF
tense.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09
CHANGE OF RELIEF
To OUR ISLANDS

WASHINGToN.-The two novel fea-
lures of the Humphrey bill are free
ships and new system of tonnage
taxes. At present Americans owning
foreign-built ships are not permitted
to fly the American flag over them or
have them admitted to American regis
try unless they are more than half re-
built in American shipyards. The bill
proposes to admit to American registry
foreign-built steamers of 5000 gross
tons or more, wholly owned by Ameri-
cans. These ships are to be restricted
TO foreign trade or trade with the Phil
ippines and Hawaiian Islands, and are
to be barred from the coastwise trade
and from mail compensation under the
act of 1891 or the Humphrey act.