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Gilpin observer., 1909-04-01
Notice to Printers.

This office has on hand six full
cases Of Century pit. body type
which It will dispose of at an at
tractive price. The type is practically
new, having been used in weekly
about year. II yoJ want Q snap,
here is your chance.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-01
House CLEANING Time,

We have in stock better and
larger assortment of Rugs, Carpets,
and Linoleums than ever before and
at lower prices. Let US figure with
you before you buy.
The A. L. Anderson Furniture Co.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-01

At the installation ceremonies Of
the Elks next Monday evening, the
members will learn why wild cat
Is wild.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-01

We can furnish your house with
everything needed ready to move in.
The A. L. Anderson Furniture Co.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-01

1t is easy to keep cool when the
furnace goes out.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-01

A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Rieve Of Central, Sunday.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-25
LA E.SFERA
DE- pERMuDEz Il ERlGANoS Y CO.
FOetale - 81.

acanado cho
quinas banzas
1n II % es edies bano rev6vers rifles
ma cal cda Escv6
molesa door htros
eeches amaos cohe
uadrOs sal % de
sutdo general en- 81 de fezretsa quncaa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

other conventions TSieh will be held in this city this year. In addition to the Travellers, the Eagles, the State Medical Society the Red Men, the Ar kansas Funeral Directors Associa- tlon, the Bankers, the State Phar- maceutical Association and the State Retail Merchants Association are to hold big meetings here in this city during the coming months. The mat ter of funds was discussed at length and it was finally decided to hold an- other meeting of the entertainment committees of tue Travellers and the Board of Trade at the City Hall Fri day night, at which delegations from the various organizations mentioned are to be present. 1t will require q donation of several thousand dollars to propelH entertain the many hum dreds of visitors who will come to Pine Bluff during the several meet ings. It was suggested that the funds De raised at once and with this end in view the various commit tees will perfect arrangements at the meeting Friday night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

Passes are blocked with snow and Tennessee Pass is kept open with aif- ticulty.
 Marshall Pass has not been closed for many years.
 Thirteen snoWslidcs are reported between Durango and Silyerton, and the Georgetown loop line of the Col orado and Southern is closed.
 The Rio Grande east bound train No. 6 was sixty hours late and which mar roWly escaped ree kslidc at the Utah line two days ago, is again blocked at Shoshone. q slide at Shoshone de scendins but two minutes before the arrival of the train.
 Glenwood Springs reports two slides, one of which struck Il stage out none of the passengers Were in jured
 Lake City has been without train for two days. No trains are expected there for three days Breckenridge is cut off from rail communication the thermometer has not risen above 20 degrees below zero all day.
 The Colorado Midland tracks are blocked by q large slide at Scllar
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
COM I71I71EES TO
 MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Will Perfect Arrangements for the Raising of One Big Fund With Which the City Will Properly Enter tain Eight Big Convent ions the Coming Months Travellers Is the Largest of Them

@a Jolnt meeting Of the entertain ment committees from the Pine Bluff (Aard of Trade and the Arkansaw Travellers was held yesterday after noon at the parIors of the Citizens Bank to discuss plans for the raising Of sufficient funds for the entertain ment of the Travellers here in June. 1t Is expected that fully fifteen hun dred members of the state organiza- tion will congregate in this city dur Ing the three days of festivities and annual convention.
 The meeting was presided over by J, B. Speers, chairman of the enter tainment committee of the Board of Trade. Among those present were ". N. Trulock, W. L. Dewoody, F. L. Dllley, A. D. Foster, w. F.. Mulliken, Leo M. Andrews, Dr. W. D. Duckner and R. Finley.
 The matter of raising funds for the Travellers was discussed and it was found that other local organizations were desirous of securing financial aid for the entertainment Of seven
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
To Remove Knox's
 Disabilities

U1earst News Special to the Graphic,
 Washington, Feb. 1o--Senator Hale proposed a bill today removing the disability against Senator Knox ac~ cepting the post of secretary of state He would have repealed an act, ap- proved February 26, relating to the annual compensation of the secretary of state, Tomorrow the matter will be taken up by the senate and prob ally disposed of Taft was at one time a judge under Knox
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
HOUSE DlSAPPROVES
 TYNE: IfIiIEl: " TAX CH!aln(l3SEss
Hurst Road Tax Bill Defeated in Lower Body Of Con eral Assembly Country Might Suffer, Was Argued -fear That Law Would Retard Road Building Cartwright Measure is Killed - Senate Did Not Convene During the Day

vote week ago, at which time 1t would almost certainly have been og- erwhelmingly voted down. It had gained considerable favor during the past few days.
 The Senate Yesterday.
 There was no session of the senate today, that body having adjourned yesterday out of respect to the mem. ory of Senator Nance. The senate will meet today at 9:30 a. m., and one of the principal items of business will 'be the action on Senator DeRositt's state capitol bill
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Taft is now
 Our President

fIIcarst News Special to the raphic.,
 Washington. Feb. 10.-President- elect Taft was today voted President at the meeting of the electoral college in the capitol. Miss Ethel Roosevelt entertained party of friends in the gallery, including Mrs. Longworth and Miss Ethel Barrymore, the act ress. Vice President Fairbanks broke the seals on boxes and handed the certificates to the tellers, who count ed the vote and reported it. It took forty-fye minutes to complete the ceremony,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
COMMITTEE ON
 ELECTIONS MEETS
Sumpter-Greayes Case Taken Up Yes. terday and a Prolonged Session of Committee Is Looked FOr-Attor. neys Make Their Arguments Dur- ing the Day.

l Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 10-The election committee of the senate met at Il o'clock this morning in the com. mittee room of the house for the pur- pose of taking up the Sumpter- Greaves senatorial contest. The last meeting of the committee was an executive session, at which | it was agreed the committee would hear the statements of the attorneys of both Sumpter and Greaves, after which 1t would take up the canvass of the vote as shown by the returns in the office of the secretary of state.
 When the committee convened to- day motion was made by Senator White to the effect that this prograne be carried out. and that after the at torneys had been heard, the secretary of state would be brought before the committee with the returns, at which time a thorough canvass of the votes for senator in Garland and Montgom- cry counties would be had.
 Senator Sumpter was represented by Juodge c. V. Teague, of Hot Springs, and Charles Jacobson, of Little Rock, while Charles D. Greaves was represented by Judge w. L. Ter ry.
 It was decided that Judge Terry should have the opening and closing, while Senator Sumpter will be repre- scented by Judge Teague.
 Terry Talks For Greayes.
 Col. Terry opened the argument for MT. Greaves by taking up the question of the required notice of contest and the absence of such notice in this case.
 He argued that the notice of con- test was not incumbent upon MT. Greaves. as by the face of the returns be was shown to have geen elected senator of the thirty-first senatorial district. In this connection it would
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Young Bride
 Jumps From Window

eHearst News Special to the Graphic,
 Denver, Col, Feb 10-Miss Vio- Ter Airlee, a bride, B years old, and a descendant of a noted English fam fly, jumped out of sixth story win dog at the Mining Exchange build ing at noon. Turning several times in the air she landed on her hip be- fore several hundred spectators. She was terrible crushed but remained conscious. She refused to tell her name or give the reason for her act. She died three hours later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
RAILROADS CRIPPLED
 IN COLORADO
Never Before Have the Railroads Been So Blockaded With Snow and Slides.

Denver, Col, Feb. 10.-The storm that has ragged throughout Colorado for the last twenty-four hours is one of the worst experienced in the state. Never before have the railroads been so blockaded by snow and slides. Passes through the Rocky Mountains are nearly all blocked and traffic over the Denver and Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland is almost sus- pended.
 Poncha Cumbres and Marshall
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
NotabIes Going
 to hod dgenviIIe

01carst News Special to the Graphic)
 Washington, Feb. l0.--President Roosevelt will leave at noon Thurs day for Hodgcnville, Ky, to partici- pate in the exercises Tn commemora- tion of the hundreth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Wright, Surgeon General Rixey and others will accom- pany him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Say Murdered
 Woman is Alive

tHearst News Special to the Graphic)
 Chicago, Feb. 10.-Letman C. Mann s defense against the charge that he murdered Mrs. Francis Thompson will be that she was never murdered; that the woman found in the Michigan ave- nue rooming house was someone else The defense intimated that it would produce Mrs. Thompson in court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Miss Mccarthy
 Captures Burglar

.iHearst News Special to the Graphic.) s Chillicothe, Mo-, Feb. 10.-Miss
 Mary Mccarthy, an operator for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- road, at Sturges, Mo-, captured a burg lar today and held him at the point of "a revolver in the depot, while she at- tended to her duties until Sheriff <lNhite arrived several hours later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Suit Filed Against
 the University

NIearst News Special to the GrapIie1
 Chicago, Feb. IDA suit was filed against the University of Chicago to- day by the Cooke Brewing Company It places the university in light of trying to force tenants to engage in the saloon business. The lease it holds provides that property shall be used only for saloon purposes,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Hopkins Makes
 Serious Charges

ti'earst News Special 10 the Graphicl
 Springfield, H., Feb. lO.@Charges Of perfidy were openly made today in the camps of Senator Hopkins against Republican Chairman West, who left last night for California. Governor Oencen was also denounced as being hostile to Hopkins chances
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Japs May Attend
 American Schools

uIearst News Special to the Graphic}
 Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 10.-Grove l.. Johnston's bill, barring the Japan csc from the public schools, was re- considered by the assembly today and defeated late this afternoon by vote of Al to 37
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Woman 10 Command
 Ship on the Lake

tHearst News Special to the Graphic@
 Chicago, Feh. 10.--The second wS- man to become q ships master on tberGreat Lakes will be Mrs. Withers- bee Foote, of the Jackson Park Yacht Club, who will command the Wamat- sysee with authority.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Crescent tint shade cloth WON'T CRACK. We have the exclusive agency. TOmlinsOn & Knox.
Red Mems Dance.

The Red Men are making prepara- tions for dance to be given at their hall at Sixth and Main .on the even ing of Thursday, Feb. II. The tickets only. 2-7 4t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

nave been the duty of Senator Stump ter to serve notic" of contest upon Mr. Greaves.
 l!r then went into the matter of the returns, which he claimed had been altered by two members of the elcc- ton board to increase the majority ot 5umDter in Garland county by eras- Ing the returns from four townships in that county.
 Judge Terry claimed that the showing of fraud in this connection was so plain that tN committee could not ignore it and hold there was no contest before it
 He also contended that the returns had been made within Ut required time and that the opposit!ons, claim of fraud in the four townships erased was not well taken as the election commissioners could not be the judge of a fraud committed, Their duty, he said, was simply to count the votes and make the returns.
 At l2:i5 the committee took ad~ ]ournment to 1:@0 D. m. at which time Judge Terry resumed TVS areu- meut
 Will Canvass Returns.
 At the meeting of the committee this morning Senator Hamiter stated that the committee had been accused Of holding star chamber" sessions. ]1e said he was perfectly willing that everybody should be heard and should hear, and it was suggested that the meeting of the committee today be open, which opinion seemed 10 pre- vail with the other members.
 After the arguments of the attcr- neys it is the purpose of the commit tee to summon the secretary of state with the election returns from the dis trict to pass upon tic legality of the returns and the action of the secre~ tary Of state i'll placing Sumpter's name upon the senate roll.
 Long Session Looked For.
 From present indications it would seem that q prolonged session of the committee will be held, it being pre- dicted that the meeting may possibly extend over tomorrow. There is no session Of the senate tomorrow. and it is believed all the preliminary work can be accomplished before the next session of the senate Thursday morn ing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Money and
 Opportunity

When money and oportunity get in Touch the combination has tremend- pus breeding possibilities.
 We write the kind of FIRE INSUR- ANCE and deal in the kind of REAL X SNSTATD that FRIENDS SELL TO syR1HNDs. s@NAS
 We also accept money on deposit. I'll trust or subject to check. ALLOW ING INTEREST ON SAVINGS AC- CoUNTs.. 2Eere are golden opportunities ABr1ng on your coin. Pine Bluff Trust Co. ,Corner Main and Barraque Streets
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Bad Habits are
 Rot an Excuse

Chicago, Feb. 10.-The fact that q man chews, drinks, gambles or smokes Is no excuse for the crime of embezzlement, according to Federal Judge Landis, who today sentenced Thomas Lewis, postmaster at Grand Forks, H., to two years at the Fort Leavenworth, Kan, penitentiary
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Easter Will Be On the 1lth
 of April.

Select your pattern now and get first pick from my large stock of inn ported and domestic patterns. No two alike.
 EISENKRAMER, THE TAILOR, Old phone. Over Citizens Bank.
 2d Ave-, Cor. Pine St.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

A want ad is quickest-it hnds the new employe, sells or rents prop erty while you are thinking" ahout other ways.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
FOR QUICK TRANSPORTATION
 CALL CITY HACK LINE
220 East Barraque St

S20 E1St BafraQue St.
 Open D m. to 7:3O a. m. and r. liable. Special attention to train call. Old phone 394. New phone l02. Moss. Ofiord. prop. Pine Blum. Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11
Defrauds the
 U. s. Government

(Iearst News Special to the Graphic.)
 New York, Feb. 10.--By means of a little steel rod the sugar trust is able to defraud the government out of 75 per cent of it's customs duties, accord ing to the testimony of Albert Lam- bert machinery expert from the Philadelphia mint. He tells story of how the government was defraud ed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

Change of program, Orpheo today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

Read the Want Ads today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

Change of program. Orpheo today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05
BABE SWUNG OVER PALISADES
DIES OF EXPOSURE AT END OF
sIXTY-FooT ROPE.
Body in Apron Tied to Long Line
swayed in Wind Against
Rocky Slope.

NEW YORK. November a male in
FAINT. alive in the opinion of physicians at
the time the act was done. was bound
up in a glngham apron and at the end
of a sixtyfoot rope was lowered over the
face of the Palisades near Union Hill.
y. j. There the baby hung, sixty feet
down. against the piti!ess rocks until its
walls were stilled by death.
IL was discovered yesterday. The physi-
clans believe that exposure caused death.
Claudius Rydinsky, a laborer. who lives
at No. l21 New York avenue. Union Hill.
was climbing the Palisades yesterday
afternoon at Weehawken, where the
rocks slope down $50 feet and are almost
perpendicular. AS he carried some heavy
boards on his shoulder he took an easy
bypath.
Toihng up this he discovered the rope.
1t awakened his curiosity. When he
reached the summit ne leaned over and
taking firm grip on il pulled away.
When the bundle appeared he opened IL.
lie ran three,Iuarters of a mile to the
Union Hill police station. where he told
of his discovery.
There was no clue to the identity of
the child's parents. The point at which
IL was found is the district known as
Highland Park. an exclusive residential
section Of New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05
Roads in Persia.

Prom the Forum.
bad government has been Of such long
duration In Persia that 1t has left Its I'M
print upon several phases OF Persian lie.
This is particularly noticeable in regard
TO the industrial life. One Of the prime
necessities to economic progress Is
of means Of communication:
The road-builder IL the advance agent OF
prosperity Hence, the opening ana Keep.
ina open Of the Kings highway SHOULD
be one of the first cares OF state fet
40 little attention has been given 70 tnis
subject by the Persian government tnst
there are not q dozen good wagon roeos
IN Persia: the caravan routes are, except
in q very few cases, merely trans; Ah4
Il e an astonishing fact That eitnough
Persia is one Of the Oldest civilized states,
a state of 62S 900 square miles area ano
o. 600. 600 population, she has but ok miles
OF railway Though the states OF tne
western hemisphere have civiiisation
less than one-tenth as old. there 10 not
one OF them with which. In this respect.
Persia does not suffer by comparison:
When we recall the importance OF GOOD
roads to the political as well as the
economic life OF nation. we oeein 70 eet
some idea OF the ineficlency and short
s,~htedness of the Persian government.
TSa Romans, who were the best political
orranizers up to their time, early discov-
cred the importance Of good roads to the
Ancient government of a peopie, and
their example cannot be wisely disre-
rarded. The trainers Of the new constt-
tuition for Persia would do well to copy
into that instrument the provisions In the
Constitution of the United States In 70.
gard to establishing post roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05
weIl that II looms large in history. mn

well that II looms large in history. The
srcheologist who Is about to make ex-
cavations on its site has discovered. how
ever. that II was only about two acres i'm
extent-not much OF a farm, even for
chicken raising. Our own idea has al
ways been that Horace was too greatly
enamored OF farm life to have even kept
truck patch. Presumably he depended
on the neighbors for his fresh eggs, but
ter and garden stuff
The discovery Of Horace's farm and the
frescoes on the walls OF his villa can add
nothing at all to our knowledge of the
man. His ideals, prejudices. judgments.
Views on art and life appetites and tastes
are all on record. No writer Of the an
clients can be more clearly revivified from
his writings. But visitors to Italy will
doubtless make a shrine OF the farm and
villa when they are exhumed. The poet
who did his best TO make the world
happy was happy himself I'm his small
garden spot, with a clean rivulet running
near his door. and here he wrote the
verses which embOdy that sane philoso-
ply the world has agreed to cali Hora-
tian. Calabrian bees did not for him
hive sweets. nor fiocks Craze for him in
broad meads. but free from ''poverty's
insistence" he thanked Jove and pre-
sumably Maecenas for lust enough"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05
Escapes Lynching in Virginia.

LYNCHBURG, Va, November Dep
uty Sheriff McGhee Of Bedford brought
to the Jail here the negro Thurman Spin
ner. who murdered Charles w. NOEL near
CifaX. About fifty men from Cifax went
to Bedford City Wednesday night and
would have lynched the prisoner If they
could have found him. but he had been
spirited away by the officers to the woods
NOEL and the negro were returning from
opossum hunting last Friday when the
negro walked up behind and struck NOEL
on the head with an ak. NOEL was taken
to his home and died Tuesday without
having regained consciousness Ii is
claimed the negro became incensed at
NOEL because NOEL accidentally tore a
small hole in the negro's shirt in friend
IL scuffie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05
BUYING RuBIEs IN BURMA.
Silent Bargaining After the Gems
Have Besn Classified.
From the New York Sun

from the New York Sun.
Oriental merchants have business meth
DDS which would arouse the wonder OF
the New York storekeeper. Perhaps the
most peculiar methods are associated
with the sale OF rubies I'm Burma.
The prospective purchaser takes a seat
near window and has before him a
large copper plate. The sellers come to
him one by one and each empties upon
this plate a little bag OF rubies. The
purchaser arranges the gems all in sep
arate little heaps, in order that he may
Set valuation upon them.
He first divides them into three grades
according to size. Each OF these three
piles, according to color, and each of
these piles In turn Ia once more divided
into three groups, according to shape.
Artificial light is never used in the ex-
animation OF rubies. the merchants be-
lfeving that full sunlight alone is capa-
BILE Of bringing out the color and bril-
llancy OF the gems. All sales must be
made between the hours Of D am. and 3
D. m. and the sky must be clear. so THAI
nothing can dim the radiance Of the cdnr
The copper plate 10 brought into requis-
ton In more ways than one. The sun
light reflected from 1t through the stones
brings out. with true rubies. a color sf-
rect different from that of spinels or tour
haiines. which are thus readily sepa-
rated. Many spinels bear a close resem-
blance to the ruby. but this simple test
made under the keen eye OF the oriental
never fails.
When the various stones have been seq
reeated the buyer and seller begin an
Odd method OF bargaining by signs. or
rather grips. In profound silence. After
sereeing upon the fairness Of the classi-
f1cation. they join their right hands, COW
cred with q handkerchief or the fiap of a
garment, and by grips and pressures I'M
derstood among these dealers they make
modify and accept proposals of purchase
ana sale. The hands are then uncovered
and the prices are recorded