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OUTSIDER WINS STAKE.

Tagalis Big Surprise II the One
Thousand Guineas At Newmarket.
NEWMARKET. England. May a-The
One Thousand Ouineas Stakes Of 100
sovereigns each. for t~hree-year-old
Niles, distance one mile, run at the
meeting here to-day. was won by Tag
allie, Q rank outsider in the betting.
Alone was second and Belle Isle third.
There were fourteen starters.
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Commissioner waish Of the Bureau Of
Weights and Measures piled 800 short
measure 'bushed' baskets IN q heap on
the dock At One Hundred and Third
street and the East River to-day and
thsm ahre. The Commissioner said
that no was going to make . bonflre Of
about . thousand more fake measuring
devices.
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ladder and another man was hastily
s%crambilng out Of the window.
The thieves had been surprised before
they began work In the Garsids apart
ment.
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ATLANTA. Nay 1-Johh Huddie-
cen. . negro iifs.tsrm convict. WA
granted . thirty-day leave Of absence
full service. Hudds o went homo to
visit his family. promising TO be back
1t the end Of his parole. The warden
said Huddlsson. who ~ ssnt W for
mufAsr, has been . model prisoner.
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SHACKLES on PARK CUPlD7

Rulers Reach No Decision About
the Regulation of spoonins.
Regulating Of love making In the
parks was discussed last night at q
meeting Of the Park Comsnissonsrs and
their deputies In the homo a Alexander
II. Spencer. No. 10 West y1sty-ssventh
street. 1t wal found that the city ordi-
nance covering night occupancy Of the
parks was Inadequate.
whether there shall be . curfsw hour.
when all lovin. couples Stall DO sent
home and . special oficer shall stop
unaccompanisd young women and read
harsh rulss to them. are points to be
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TINS SYTcN'MI6nr
DSCoURAC thE
SPo0NeRS.

decided. Commissioner Slower sug-
gested that there be additional lights
and more seats. Proper romance
should DO encouraged. not banned.
said he.
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potentate of Baltimore, will be in- stalled as imperial potentate. The only elective office in the council will probably fall to E. A. Cutts, of Savannah, Ga, who lacks only two votes of being elected imperial out side guard. By succession Cutts would become imperial potentate in twelve years.
 Among the cities bidding for the rext conclave are: Atlantic City, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Atlanta, Ga. Atlantic City is fav- ored and will probably get the con- ventior.
 The parole forming the imperial escort today number 2,000. Al Malia- kah, of Los Angeles, led the parade. Tonight the Shriner patrol will march the streets in another grand parade in conjunction with magnificent elec- trical pageant.
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SHRINERS CAPTURE. z LOS ANGELES rit II \ N Riot of Oriental Splendor CharacteriZes the First
 Days Session.
HAS 172,661 MEMBERS
Atlantic City Will Probably Get Next Meetimg-Grand Parades
 Featured.

Los Angeles, Cal, May I'm riot of Oriental splendor, fifty Arabs of the Ancient Ordor of the Mystic Shrine passed through the business district of the city this morning, es- corting Imperial potentates, priests and the representatives of the Mystics to the Scottish Rite Temple on Hope street where the first business ses- sion of the thirty-eighth annual council was held.
 1oday's imperial council meeting was open to the public.
 At the afternoon session charters were granted 70 Muskogee, Okla., and Jackson. Miss. The propositions to form a prominent mecca on the shores of Lake Michigan was debated but definite action postponed. The report of the Imperial records shows that 16,724 candidates were admitted during the year. making the present mt mbership of the Shriners 172,661.
 Tomorrow the real business of the council will be taken up when Will liam J.. Cunningham, deputy imperial
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LOAN CAUSED FUSS
 AND COURT FINES

The Shylock methods of the small amount loan offices were reviewed yesterday when M. R. Wilson, of the Powers Loan Company, was ar raigned before Magistrate J. A. F'raz- fer on charge of disturbing the peace. The charge was preferred by negro woman. The woman borrow ed the sum of $10 some time ago. She made payments to the amount of $57.50 and Wilson contended that she still owed $13. The loan man and the woman disagreed over some trivial matter and he proceeded to ball her out. She had him arrested Magis- trate Frazier fined Wilson $l and costs. F. o. Roberts was fined $5 and costs for the same offense.
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ENGINEERS GATHER
 AT HARRISBURG
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS TO HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION
 TODAY.
Recent Troubles With Railroads May Be red-UniOnizatiOn of
 MOtOrmen Planned.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 7-Represen- tative engineers from every railroad in the United States, Canada and and Mexico, are rapidly filling the hotels here in anticipation of the an- nual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, which meets here tomorrow. It is expected that the convention will continue it's sessions for the greater part, of the month.
 While the greatese secrecy is main- tained with regard to the matters to be discussed during the convention and particularly with regard to the attitude of the rank and file of the delegates toward the recent trouble with the railroad men it is freely rumored here today that many of the railroad men are dissatisfied and that the coming convention will be one of the stormiest in the history of the organization.
 The locomotive engineers will hold the exhautive discussion of the diff ficulties between themselves and their employers, and the manner ill which the matter was handled by the committee who presented their demands to the traffic men In this
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TAYLOR RELEASED;
 WILL LEAVE THE CITY

Frank Taylor, the white man who was arrested by Constable Frank Stewart in Memphis after the con stable had been unsuccessful in get ting another man wanted here who, had escaped from the Memphis jail, was arraigned before Magistrate l.. E. Cheek yesterday on a charge of em- bezzlement. Taylor opened second hand store in Pine Bluff some time ago receiving many articles and selling them without paying the owners of the goods. He is absolute ly penniless and has wife and sev'. eral children. Magistrate Cheek, therefore, suspended the case on the agreement that Taylor would leave town and keep away from this city and section, which he agreed to do. Capt. Watts, of the American Sal- vation Army bought his and his family tickets out of town.
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No New Breaks in Missis- sippi River Levees Were
 Reported Yesterday.
SITUATION IMPROVES
Danger is Passing at Several Points
 and Engineers Prevent Break at Sophia, La.

New Orleans, May "A day of sunshine has strengthened the heart or every man and women of Louis lana and with the assurance of more official reports by the Federal engin- eers in charge of this river district tonight, every one is optimistic as to the resudt of the great fight to hold the Mississippi river within the levees. H
 At Melville this evening the river resigtered 41.9 stationery At Sim mesport, 49.7 feet, rise of two- tenths feet, and at Hamburg, 48.6 a rise of three inches. It is at these places that the danger of crevasses is considered greater than else- where. 'fr
 No crevasses are reported today and the engineers are hopeful that the worst is over and that the levee below Norras on the Mississippi river will stand the terrible strain which is being put on them by the recocd high water.
 The situation at Baton Rouge con- tinues to improve. A large force of men is being employed there and it is believed the danger point has pas- sed.
 A telephone message from Mel vllle late this evening indicates that the levee in the vicinity of that place continues to hold and by midnight it is expected the work of strengthen ing that entire stretch of river front will be completed.
 The reported crevasses at Emes- vile today developed into nothing more than a break in the batour in front of the levee which is holding we'll
 United States Engineer Scerrill, twenty-eight men, boats on a re- lief expedition was called to Sophia, 3f miles below New Orleans, early this morning. The treak in the levee is imminent. The levee was repaired and no breaks occurred. Work on the ten mile stretch in she Bayou Desplass country, considered the most desperate place on the river will be completed tonight. Official reports from the engineers office are to the effect that the levess there are considerably safe.
 Official estimates of the govern- ment engineers place the area inun- dated at S72 square miles and the damage to agriculture and property at $1O,Oc0,000. The lowest estimates of lumber operators are that at least o1 per cent of the hardwood mills of Arkansas. Louisiana and Mississ- ippi have been forced to suspend. Production is at least 40 per cent be- low normal and it is predicted that the price will. owing to light pro- duction, reach a new and unprece. dented high level.
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GOOD OLD SPRING TIME HAS
 ARRIVED

and now is the time to plant your garden and farm. We have the larg- est and best selected garden and field seeds that we have ever had. We carry from ten to fifteen thous- and mammoth size paper seeds and nearly everything in bulk seeds. All Kinds of fancy seed corn, sorghum, kaffir corn. german millet, dwarf essix rape, timothy clover and all falfa, Triumph. N. Y. Rose and early Ohio seed Irish potatoes just arrived. A fresh shipment of onion sets, have received 100 bushels of bunch vans seed sweet potatoes. We are Headquarters for everything in the staple and fancy grocery line, also fresh vegetables every week. Give us call.
 Yours truly.
 q If. MCCAIN GROCERY co.
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HE HAD S7OO GEM
 IN HIS MOUTH
BUT CONDUCTOR MADE MURPHY COUGH UP AND STOLEN DIA-
 MOND WAS RECOVERED
Georgian Robbed on Board an II. linois Central Train But Made
 Complaint in Time.

Memphis May 7-L. B. Murphy, flagman on the Illinois Central run- ming between Memphis and Cairo, is under arrest at Central headquarters charged by Special Agent McHughe "e ." ''- --"-.,, with robbing passenger named F. A Boehone. of Blakely, Ga, of a $7OO diamond stud while the fast St. Louis express was coming into Memphis Tuesday morn- ing.
 McHughe says he was searching the crew of the train on demand of Conductor w. D. Thompson when he rlbticed that Murphy kept a big chew of tobacco in his mouth. He asked the man to let him see what he had in his mouth, he said. He at tempted to swallow the tobacco and McHughe save grabbed him by the throat and after a short shocking the diamond fell to the floor ill the wad of tobacco.
 McHughe hold the police that sev- eral complaints had been made to him of passengers being robbed during the past few months. He be- lieved Murphy was implicated in some of these, but, of course, had no absolute evidence.
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connection. the formal report of Grand Chief Warren s. Stone Is ex- pected to be particularly interesting.
 Another matter that will probably be taken up will be the unionzation of the rapid transit motormen. en- gagged in running elevated and un- derground trains in the large cities. It is expected that the convention tude in this matter and advise the employment of union men to safe guard the travelling public.
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Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last Night and Bridge As
 sociation is Perfected.
LEO ANDREWS, CHMN.
Will Fight to q Finish But Will Pro. mote Harmony and United Ac-
 tion Among Citizens.

With motto flight to finish but
 with it's objects outlined ito support
 and encourage the Bridge Comms-
 sianers, promote harmony and united z action among our citizens and in ev-
 cry proper manner push the com
 petion of the Free Bridge" and giv-
 ing any taxpayer in Jefferson county
 the right to membership, the Free
 Bridge Association of Jefferson coun-
 ty was organized last night at the
 Chamber of Commerce rooms during
 one of the most enthusiastic meetings
 ever held in this city.
 Never before in the history of Pine
 Bluff have such stirring addresses < teen heard as those which character
 ized the gathering of several hun-
 dred of the most prominent business
 men and property owners in this city and county here. Several hundred 5 dollars were subscrite ed voluntarily to s besr the expense of the appeal of the Free Bridge case to the Supreme Court and it was announced that 2 Danaher and Danaher and H. K. To- ney has rendered their services, free of charge, to the bondsmen Who are to be sued by District Attorney Nix on in an effort to collect $10,00O al- legged to be due, the county for an al- leged breach of, contract. The an- ncunccment was followed by great applause and vote of thanks was rendered the attorneys for their pub lie spirit. MT. Danaher also announc- ed that the transcript in the Free Bridge case had been sent to the Su preme Court, which indicates that the case will be pushed through the high CT court avoiding any delay.
 Permanent Organization.
 The meeting was called to order by W. N. Trulock. temporary chairman, ard he stated that the impression that had been created that there was great feeling in this county over the Free Bridge was due ,to unnecessary exag- geration. He said there was no per- sonal feeling. Everybody has right | to his own opinion" said Mir. Tru- lock, "and we wish to be accorded the same right. Nothing can be gain ed by an, antagonizing attitude. We should seek to persuade rather than appear vindictive. We want to win, but if defeated we will bow graceful ly and acknowledge it."
 Chairman Elmo Marsh, of the spe- cial committee on organization, re- ported the following nominations for permanent officers and the report unanimously adopted
 President, Leo M. Andrews; Vice Presidents, c. H: Triplett, J. w. Wil- kins. Ralph Robinson, Dr. A e. Jor- dan. G. A. Board, Simon Bloom, J. K. Core. H. A. Mccoy. Byron c. Fowles' J. B. simon. w. E. Mullikin, U. W. Poss. A. G. Bedell. Dr. A. G. Thomp- Son. Theo Wollermann and Elmo Marsh: Secretary, Thurman Louthan; Treasurer. M. B. Bloom; Advisory Board; J. B. Talbot. J. w. Wilkins, V. ). Alexander, Dr. A. c. Jordan, C. II. -------.---------------
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S1OO,OOO SUITS IS
 FILED IN CHANCERY

A. D. Foster, trustee, yesterday brought suit in the Jefferson chan cery court against the Valley Land Company and J. E. Boyce, trustee, for $100.00O alleged to due on a note executed January IA 1910 by the Valley Land Company to the Bluff City Lumber Company and which was later transferred to A. D. Bridges and Woodbridge represent the plaintiff.
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ARRESTED FOR SELLING WHISKEY WITHOUT LICENSE

E. J. Heney. formerly of Clarendon was arrested last night by Deputy U s. Marshal Darlington, of Little Rock on a warrant chardehim with selling whiskey without license at Clarendon. Haney had been several here several days and was making his home at Mrs. Young's boarding house on East Second avenue. He will be given preliminary hearing this morning before United States Commissioner A. l.. Burnett.
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BRYAN BOOM WENT
 UP IN SMOKE
Washington State Convention En. dorses Champ Clark For Pres.
 ident By a Big Vote.

Walla Walla. Wash, May 7-The State Democratic convention in ses- sion here voted this afternon to en- dorse Champ Clark as it's candidate for president The vote stood, Clark, 455 Wilson, 106; Bryan, 135 1-o; Harmon, 1 1-2.
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 county and his state and would con- i tinue to do all in his power to up- build them
 Senator TOney Responds.
 Senator H. K. Toney responded to calls for speech and made a fine talk in which he declared that the ob- structionists had been here for 22 years, ever since he came to this city. He said the permanent officers were leaders and that there could be no such thing as fail by following them, and no retreat Well build the bridge he continued, and it will be pleasure to see this city go for ward as it has been doing for years. :" He told of the first brick pavement that was laid in this city with a bond issue and how it was fought by the "obstructionists." He reviewed his work for the levee district on the north side of the river, when he put through legislation that saved the farmers thousands of dollars, and even then it was fought by the "ob- structionists. He declined to cen sure the jurists of the city, terming them all as upright and honest and said they have done what they be- lieve is right, but he added that if the .bondsmen who are to be sued by the county are made to pay the alleged indebtedness, claimed, it would be "the greatest calamity that could be- fall this city and county-an assas- sination of the spirit of enterprise MT. Toney closed by referring to the success and benefits of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Free Bridge 
 County at Fault.
 Attorney w. F. Coleman. who drew the bond upon which prominent local are to be sued, declared that it would be an unfair and unjust ef- fort to collect something to which the county is not entitled. The bondsmen were trying to get railroad for Pine Bluff and Jefferson county and would have done anything honorable to up- build their city and section. The county violated the contract, he said, not the bondsmen. The county abandoned the Free Bridge idea after Judge John M. Moore, of Little Rock, had given his legal opinion to the effect that the county could not lend it's credit and that it would be In strict violation of the state constltu- ton if it attempted to build the bridge This is what prompted the county to 1rop the matter, said MT. Coleman. He said accusation against such progress ,ive men in a suit would be outrage ,us and would penalize public spirit. q would rather make a mistake in he line of progress" he said, than ,e continually opposing everything 'or the good of this community. Tn .,os;ne he said he would not be iden- flied with the defense in the legal because he. had drawn the ,ond upon which suit is to be ,rought.
 sneeches overflowing with utter ,nces of public spirit were also made | " Mayor Jordan. Simon Bloom, A. W. lunn W. D. Hearn. E. B. Bloom. pr. frank Thompson, William Nichol, no,or WY T. Parkes and Elmo Marsh. County Judge Philpot, who author zed District Attorney Nixon to He
 lEQG.
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ent and when called on for speech he stated that he was for the Free Bridge, had always been for 1t and had signed the petition favoring it.. Further than this he made no com ment
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Dan Burford is transacting busi> ness in Dumas.
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1rlplett, William Nichol, w. D. Jones
 J. R. Core, w. B. Greenfield, | s
 ingram, J. w. Ragland, w. N Trn. LOCK, Il. B. Bell, B. c. Fowles Simon
 Bloom, Reese N Burks, H. c Me. 9aughy, U. W. Poss, J. w. Massen- gale, pr. A. G. Thompson. Henry Mafx' J. II. Allen, C. H. Puddephatt J. T. Lloyd, Monsignor J. M. Tncav W. J. Parkes, R. H. Stearns, R. T. Louthan, 5. c. McCammon, John Alexander, Ben E. Wei, Ralph Rob- lnson, John s. Reap, Fred Seward D. M. Bluthenthal, William Rosenz- Welg, Dr. O. w. Clark, Theo Woller- mann, E. A. schickr, J. W. Jones' Harry Hanf, Ziba Bennitt, J. k Boyce, H. Bringman, Drew White A Perdue, w. E. Mullkin, A. G. Redell and J. w. Sanders.
 MT. Andrews was given a fine ova- tion when he assumed the chairman ship. He responded briefly by saving that he loved his home town, his county and his state and would con- tinue to do all in his power to up- build them.
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Migs Jewell Olive of Warren. is tho guest of relatives and friends in this city.
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That the property owners, outside
the corporation who want to come in.
want those on this side TO stand the
cost.
Mr.. Swicker will undoubtedly have
to mortgage what remains of his home
for at least $1,000.
He has no income and no wages
What he asks is an adequate COM
pensation for the land the city takes
away.
There's no use dancing round the
point.
The writer says and will always con
tinue TO say that the city doesn't need
any street opened bad enough TO rob
an old man of his property.
The matter is simple enough.
! Let the city pay Mr.. Swicker in &C
cordance with the damage they are
doing him.
| And that's what they aren't doing
! so far.
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No income save that which comes
from the fruit and garden which are
the property's product.
He is an old man seventy-four years
of age.
He is too feeble TO work hard
He has no children to assist him
The lots which will be left and
which will face Seventh street will not
be especially desirable since they will
be but seventy-five feet deep after the
sixteen foot alley is taken off and Ave
feet subtracted by the necessary ter
racing to the street.
These lots have no sewer connec-
ton.
The board of works, the city attor-
part of the proposition and wigwagged
it round to obscure the real point.
The point is that, as Mr. Swicker
said, sewer connection can be made
but it will cost to do so.
Mr. Swicker did not say in his state
ment which he read before the board
that sewer connection could not be
made.
He said that it was not made and
would have to be made.
And that after it was done the lots
would not pay for their cost
The whole thing was more or less
amusing.
That is the pother and dust raised
by the authorities and the lobby.
They seized on the sewer connection
aside like a drowning man grabs at a
life preserver.
They begged the point at issue
The point at issue is this:
Mr.. Swicker does not object to Sew
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Cured.

A cat which had the habit OF taking
its food under the sofa annoyed It's
mistress so much that at last her hus-
band said he would cure il OF the
trick. Go off TO bed, lass; leave ii L"
me-" said he. "All rect. George: but.
mind you. do not hurt the poor thing.
George WAS SO long downstairs that
his wife was asleep when he turned
in. The next morning. however. she
asked how he had got on with the cat
"Oh. | sawed its legs on said George.
What. the cat's:" No. no; the
s. London Express.
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4 FITFUL DREAM

Natural gas for the city begins to
look like a dream according TO the
president OF the board OF works. The
promoter who attempted 10 bring tn.
gas to the city has not reported TO
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the officials lately. and il was sus-
gested that he probably could not 60
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enth street being opened. He recog
nizes it's desirability if not it's actual
necessity.
He does not stand in its way.
But he does protest against being
impoverished.
And that he will be no sane person
seeks to deny.
Through the smoke of battle-such
as it was-this fact remains clear, well
defined, insistent and unrefutable-
Mr.. Swicker is being treated unjust
ly and unfairly by the city.
Mr.. B. B. Johnson. former presiden,
of the board of public works was pres
ent at this session and so stated.
When the matter was up before the
former board, Mr.. Johnson stated, they
refused to have it adjusted in this
manner.
The whole thing seems to be this
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the required amount Of money to
Jack the project