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SOUND THE ALARM.
An Opportunity is Before Pine Bluff Which
 Must Not be Overlooked.

Thecackling of a flock of geese once saved Rome Perhaps then the con tinued lifting up of the voice of the press ill Pine Bluff may yet accom- plish some good. The furniture fac
 tory will be discussed for the last time tomorrow night. Certainly those who have already taken stock will be on hand at the mass meeting tomorrow night and take care of their subscription. Pine Bluff is just on the verge of forfeiting a $40, ,00O furniture factory; and it will be done unless about 5000 additional sub scription is raised Can we afford to do this? Can we make up our minds to sleep upon aur rights while other towns and cities all over the State are marching in the line of progress and advancement. Little Rock is building railroa Is, reaching out for trade, and if Pine Bluff don't do something ocounteract thispressure her doom is settled and her trade is forfeited
 The railroad to be built from Little Rock to Hot Springs will run within twenty miles of Pine Bluff 1t will necessarily take from this city a great deal of her Grant county trade, therefore we must be on the lookout for avenues of trade from other sources.
 If we don't build factories, what are We to do. Cotton is certainly
 king. and he has ruled this country with the hand of a tyrant. If We wish to prosper we must throw off this yoke of oppression; depose the monarch, cotton, and revolutionize the country $ development. We need manufacturing interests, and the op- portunity is now before us to set the ball rolling, and when once set in motion it will set on fire the enemies of our progress by the rapidity of it's own motion.
 Attend the mass meeting tomorrow night and do something that will cause you to feel prond that you are allowed to live i'll q country fraught with SO many great possibilities
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EIGHT-HOURy LAW
The English Government Reduces Hours
 of Labor for All It's EmpIoyes.

LONDON, Jan, 31.-In accordance with the decision of the government the adoption of the eight-hour day III the government factories goes into effect on Monday next. 4 total of nearly 10000 wage workers employed i'll the arsenals and factories at Wool wich, Enfield and other places will be benefited by the decision. It is understood, however, that the change will not lead to. any imme- diate augmentation of the number of employees, although several hundred workmen who have earned their pensions will be retired and their places taken by outsiders. John Burns, the wage-workers, represent ative in the House of Commons, said that the government concession was conspicuous victory for labor and that heregarded the general adoption of the eight-hour day as not a mat ter of short time only.
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Elks Meeting.

The Elks Lodge had very inter esting meeting last night at their hall on the corner of Main and See ond avenne. Mr. W. E. Howell walked theropes and having passed successfully through the ordeal that tries mems souls, was declared full fiedgnd Elk.
 The order is growing more rapidly than any other in the city. The membership is not confined to the city alone IL embraces the entire county and surrounding territory.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Who's Who. or. All In a Fog

Who's Who. or, All In a Fog
 For one to attempt to q lcribc oi criticise the concert given on last evening at the Opera-house for the benefit of the Hospital Fund is be Yond question, so well did each and every one of the participants render their selections. Especial mention. however, should be made of the ren- ditions of Meslames Franklin and Reed, and Miss Andrews. for each of these persons are richly blessed with rich and pathetic voices, and their selections were right warmly ap- pre ciated by the large audience. The other members of the concert did exceptionally well, but lack of space forbids lenghtv compliment: suffice it to say that should they in all future entertainment please as they did on last evening they shall ever have the praises of our music loving people,. Thereading. "Gener- ya, by Miss Edith Silverman was in- deed a splendid effort, and was right well handled by the young lady whose talents bid fairat some future day to place her in the foremost ranks. The conclusion of Miss Silver mans reading was a tableau, con sisting of seven little children. which was aided by the calcium effects-a most beautiful scence.
 The concert closed with that ex- ceeding Imaginable farc-comedy. en- titled Who's Who; or, All in a Fog" and the east of characters could not have been better selected. .sPon Honor, the peculiar makeup of Lawrence Lavender tMr. W. N. Olcott) caused the audience to be in one continuous roar.of applause, and his rendition of "a valet from May fair WAS indeed good. Matilda .Jane'' was right well presented by Mrs. ". D. Hearn, and she should feel that she has fully impressed our people that a superior house maid can be nipped i'll the bud. even though the attraction be only '.those whiskers. Mr. Eroomfield Bram- bleton, d country gentleman, (Mr. Wray Martini and Gicely, Bramble tons daughter, Miss Minnie Roanel were well presented, as was also Simonides swanhopper, Mr Harry Bradford).
 To much praise cannot be given Mrs. T. E. Atkinson and her corps of assistants for the successful man ner ill which the concert was handled and this was justly shown, too. in the large and highly appreciative audience that greeted them as the curtain was rung up.
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IIniaue and Novel.

Miss Mai Hudson will entertain the Young Ladies German Club tomor- row afternoon from to 6 o'clock There will be twelveeouples of young ladies present, also Mrs. Jackson, Mrs, Geisreitefand Mrs w D. Jones. The ladies will be drssed i'll costume and the scene will be one of great beauty and style. Elegant refresll- ments will be served. The Lords Of Creation will be entirely ex- cluded. The entertainment promises to be the most unique and novel of the season.
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A BANK WRECKER.
Isvlngs Bank President, Who Defrauded Many of the Poor, will Serve a Sentence in the Pen.

8IILWAuKEE, Jan. l.-Ex-President Betting, of the defunct South Side
 @ings Bank, who got away with
 #)O0,00O of deposits, representing in ' main the savings of poor people, W who was a week ago convicted &wreeking the institution, will be Ben to Waupun penitentiary to- *ht, weeks respite having been @nted him in order that he might Hange his business affairs. If his 6duct in the institution is such as Eentitlc him to the good conduct Rlmutation he will serve but three Hs and nine months of the five Rls sentence imposed by Judge Emenson. Many of his friends have kised him not to persist in the ap- R to the Supreme court, as they gard his sentence as decidedly light view of the magnitude of his Fnse. Amongst a certain class pettlng was very popular and fse are inclined to sympathize with F in his affiietions. Among the
 prer element. however, and Peclally among the hundreds who reduced to penury by the ex- nker's wrecking operations, there
 considerable indignation over the ltenee imposed. Under the flutes koetting might have re- yea ten years sentence with a Rof $5,00O attached.
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A Card of Thanks

The ladies of the Hospital and Benevolent Association tender heart felt thanks for the liberal and gener- ons support given their entertain ment on last evening. It was only the active cooperation of press and people that possible tie marked success which attended their efforts and provided funds that will greatly aid in the society's work of charity. Tho managers of this entertainment are especially grateful to those who rendered such valued assistance by taking part in the evenings perform ance. Mas. [. E. BENTON. Pres
 Mss MARTHA VALIANT. Sec
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EBOERER PRENDERGRAsT.
Fse Brentano Win H. the Motion fo, New Trial Today,

AAAGo, Jan. 3l.-Judge Brentano
 thls afternoon hear arguments
 'he motion for new trial for
 '''ck Eugene Joseph Prendergrast
 murder Of mayorCarter Harrison, P'e attorneys for the condemned pp' who insist upon his insanity,
 H aetermined to leave no stone
 '',aed to prevent his suffering the na'1F ofhis crime upon the scaffold. .nc motion for a new trial is de Ea a' as 1t certainly will be, the case 'e taken to the Supreme Coui { N q Writ of supersedas asked for. [s may delay the execution for a meanwhile the murderer is |a 'as iaG on prison food and the oiilcials, by whom he is closely Aea are unanimous in express E 'ne opinion that heis just as sane lt oi his fellow prisoners. He 'n, however q decidedly wicked
 ,,,. ,apsl' [, and is closely watched for ,i.;a ne should attempt to commit
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Fun For tho Boys and Girls

Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sparks win give party at their residence for the benefit of the organ fund of the Methodist Church. Arrangements have been made with Mime. .Staltolli, the Gypsy Queen For tune Teller, whereby she will tell the fortunes of all who attend The en- tertainment promises to be most interesting one and will be replete with fun and amusement.
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Carrying Concealed weanons

Last night the watchman at the stave factory arrested a negro named Robert Harris and turned him over to the authorities this morning, charging him with carry ing pistol. The negro was ar raigned in Judge Moores 'ourt and plead guilty to the charge. It so happened that Prosecuting Attorney Smith C. Martin was called into court, and upon investigation lie found that the pistol would not fire and was perfectly harmless. He thereupon ordered Harris released The smile that played across his face when the Prosecuting Attorney ordered him set free, was one that will cause Mir. Martin many happy thoughts and dreams hereafter. The negro said he would vote for Mir. Martin for the next President of the United States
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4 NOBLE WORK
.oo,Ne MEN IN EUROPE HELPING
 THE UNEMPLOYED
...ou Bring stowaways from Amer .o eve Distressing Accounts of
 Labor in this Country.

B .,noy. Jan., 31.-Fhe various # #.s unions of this country are Inc T notable record in the way sSIieving the present distress. As
 yample an official repOrtpublisE- #oday says that the Engineers
 n is maintaining no less than
 u, members who are either out of
 \, ar on the sick list. Ill order to zDmnish this, every member of the S1n # work made a weekly sub- %tion of fifty cents to the relief S The Compositors' Union an- |sr name for the English Tyogra- sl orgonization, has appropriated aM weekly for the relief of it's mbprs out of work, and the Moul- k Union is supporting 2000 idle \ by the contributions of the 130O0 4s members who are still ut work. lbarly every vessel now arriving h, the United States brings it's |re of stowaways, the majority of bm are placed under arrest on Eval on the charge of attempting aefraud the steamship companies |cerned of the passage money. |pral of those so arraingned during hast two weeks have told the gistrates pitiful stories of the te of labor in America, and have Il that they would rather get to country at all costs than to i've across the Atlantic.
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NOTABLE NUPTIALS
The Daughter of Joe Howard. the Famous Journalist. will Wed Edward Hull
 Jewett Tonight.

NEW YORK, \. Y., Jan 31.-Stand- ing room in Calvary Church at 4th Avenue and 21st Street will be at d premium tonight when Miss. Rose Howard, daughter Joseph Howard, Jr., the famous newspaper cores pondent, becomes the wifeof Edward Hull Jewett. The journalistic and other friends of the veteran writer will turn out in f1rceI
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Knights of Pxthlas.

The Knights of Pythias will meet tonight and confer the rank oi Knight upon three candidates. After the regular lodge work is over the Orient will convene and confer de grees upon several candidates. At the conclusion of the nights work there will be an elegant banquet served All Knights are earnestly requested to attend.
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~------------- NHEELNEN MEET
psc'ee upon a Place for the Wis eonsin Tournament.

E'.a, s,.llMArLEr, Wis. Jan. s1-The |a :, ,oafd ~, of the Wisconsin diyis- |e, n.a '''9 League of American Wheel |8R aa, se's here this afternoon to de
 |.upnp poa the location of the next |asl,s anenf Madison, Ripon. Wau- |ere {. a''a t' Oshkosh have delegations |ealitia. s'le interest Of their respective
 pbe;a ;, Oshkosh, however. seems
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west Barraque Improving.

For the past few years West Bar raque street has had more vacant business buildings than any other street in the city. The condition of affairs is changing in that locality, and these vacant store rooms are being rapidly filled up. Between Pine and Chestnut, on the right hand side, looking west, since last fall, the following new business enterprises have been opened up: Cotton Ex- change, Williams X Williams shoe shop, the New York Racket Store, and another dry goods house is now being prepared for occupancy by the Bee Hive Store. On the left hand side we find Zoller's and 10 Cent Store; q new meat market. under the management of Henry Rogers. Thal- heimer Bros, who have been on this street for s number of years, will move into the store room now being fitted up for them, next door to the Paramore Bakery.
 The reason why these changes are being made, is bc cause Barraque street is q desirable location, and then, too, the rents are not so high We firmly believe that if rents were reduced in Pine Bluff, not 8 busine ss house would remain vacant many more months
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t4ernan Tonight.

Dr. Ran Brunson will give Ger man complimentary to his young lady and gentlemen friends at his mothers residence on West Fifth avenue tonight. The dance will be led by Dr. Brunson and Miss EsteIle Tucker, of Little Rock.
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The Following Exp,ains Itself.
NASHVILLE. TENN. Jan. s4. Is

NASHVILLE TENN. Jan. s4, 1891. Mir ". w. Ware, Pine Bluff Ark.
 DEAR BRoTHER-In reply to yours of January, IS, enclosing written re- quest from several pastors of your city for me to visit Pine Bluff at my earliest convenience re .eived My time is fully engaged until July or August. It is very likely that will hit you all about the 1st of July. In the meantime allow me to thank the pastors through you for their courteous request and you for your interest. We will correspond a little olong and be more definite as to dates. Yours fraternally,
 SAM F. JONES.
 To those interested l wish to say that more definite and final arrange ments will probably be made when Bro. Jones scomes to deliver his lect- ure March, B. Resp .tfully submit ted for the information of all intercs- ted. w. w. WARE
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 31. = Cotton opened for March, 7.44; closed, 742 Middling. 7-16.
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COTTON MARKETS.
REPORTED BY E. c. HOWELL, MANAGER HAMMETT GROCER Co., COTTON
 FACTORS.

LIVERPOOL. Jan. 31. Cotton opened and closed for March-April, 414-14. Middling, 4Kd
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NEW YORK, Jan. 31. = Cotton opened for March. 7.sS; closed, TSP Middling, S 1-16c.
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PINE BLUFF, ARK, Jan. 3l-Mid- ding, 7Hc to 7%c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29
KEYSTONE vIGNETTES.

Berks county's corn crop is unusually
large.
There are in Lebanon city thirty cases
of typhoid fever
Warnersville asylum trustees want Sl50.-
900 to pay for new buildings.
Houses sell at Williams Corners, near
Phoenixville, for IS apiece, the result of a
booms collapse.
Confederate veterans of Louisiana will
visit Gettysburg next month to mark
Lees battle lines with monuments.
Rev. DR.. George b. Stewart, of Harris
burg, has been elected president of Wilson
College for Women, at Chambersburg.
About $1,5OO,OOO of the state school fund
of the year remains in the treasury, but
1t is being distributed at the rate of $780,
900 week.
Ephraim Heft and Mrs. Charles Hart
man, both born\in the same year, died of
heart disease at the same hour in Allen
town last Friday
Farmer Milton Vented, whose home
was robbed near Reading, drove several
miles In pursuit of the thief, caught him
and took him to jail.
Pensions have been isued as follows of
date of Oct. 1S 1894. Pennsylyania--In-
creased, Frank Thompson, Tunkhannock,
Wyoming; original Widows, Elizabeth
Raper Scranton, Lackawanna.
The brewery lof Charles lWacker &
Bro, of Lancaster, was damaged by fire
yesterday afternoon together with Levi
Miller's hotel In the same building. The
loss is $4,000; partially insured.
A fire of unknown origin this after
noon damaged the shoe factory of John
Mundell h Co., at Thirteenth and Cherry
streets, Philadelphia, to the extent of $13,-
900. The loss is covered by insurance.
The mill hall plant of the American
AK and Tool company, at Bellefonte,
shut down Saturday night for an indefi-
Mite time. owing to lack Of orders:
About sixty men are thus thrown out Of
work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29
HILL ON M'KINLEY.
He Tells Why the Ohio Governor Came TO
New York

New York.
By the United Press.
Watertown, Oct. Ex-senator Hill
spoke here last night to large and en-
thusiastic audience. Referring to Gov
ernor McKinley's recent tour Of the En-
pire state, the senator said:
l welcome Mr. Mckinley here. as a dis
unguisheo Republican and as the COVER
nor OF the state OF Ohio. It may be possi-
BILE that he has come into this state to
pay off an old grudge he owes me. recol-
lect that after he passed his tariff bill he
stood for reelection to congress from
his Ohio district. l concluded that / would
take little journey into the state of Ohio,
and | went out TO help the Democracy Of
his district express their opinion of him.
You probably all recollect that Mr.. Nc
kinley was not returned to congress that
year. Turn about is fair play. He need
not imagine have any feeling on account
OF his presence here.
The real difficulty with Mr.. Mckinley is
he wants this country to be ruined, and
the country refuses to be, and prosperous
times have been returning for many
weeks past. 1t might aid Mr.. Mckinley 8
tariff hobby should you turn over this
state to the Republicans, but tell you he
manufacturer and every citizen in the
country. He does not want the
country to succeed under a Democratic
tariff, but 1t will. The commercial trav-
elers, and there are 10 better judges, re-
port that business is picking up all over
the country.
Senator Hill then referred to the re-
peal Of the Sherman silver law and the
federal elections law. and charged that
last years panic was due to vicious
Republican legislation In closing he
referred to his acceptance Of the nomi-
nation and said he was going to win
When he finished he received burst OF
applause the audience standing on theil
feet and waving their hats in the air.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29
SPARKS BY WIRE.

Leakages from the deposit vault of the
Omaha National bank excite alarm.
On the eve Of execution, Gavin j.
Christie was resplted at Kalispel, Mont.
Washington ID. c. bakers have re-
duced the price of bread to cents a loaf.
In shooting at a target, Leonard For
man, OF Clayton, ILL.,, shot dead his young
er sister
Johns, n B., with crew of sixteen, is
given up for lost.
Dynamite wrecked Bradley Bernhart's
ants are unknown.
diana law, $50 women of Anderson will try
to vote on election day.
Mrs. Daniel Henderson, of Wilmington,
Del, dreamed of fire and awoke to find
herself enveloped by real flames.
Suits to break the will Of William Sin
clair the recently deceased Baltimore
millionaire, show that he led dual life.
When sentenced to death at Bellevlle,
Ill., for killing Fred Kahn, George Cen
trell said Mrs. Kahn instigated the mur-
der.
For the alleged poisoning Of James
Drummond, of Elizabeth, w. Va, Mrs.
Drummond and John Hanrick, her lover,
are under arrest.
For stealing $1,000 from 1.-THE Lowell
(Mass.) lodge of Knights of Pythlas, ex-
Treasurer Fred Goodwin was sent TO
prison for three years.
Two masked burglars in Frank Slay-
baugh's house, Waterloo, Ia, consented
not to take anything except kiss from
Slaybaugh's twin daughters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29
LYNCHING BEE POSTPONED.
Baltimore Policemen Rescue Negro from
Mob in Anne Arundel County and Con-
fine Him in the Lookup.
BY the United Press.

By the Unlteu IreSS.
3ll imors. Oct. 2S.--The village of
Brooklyn, Anne Arundel county was
thrown into a state of excitement last
night by crowd of 200 men and boys
gathering about the Jail, with the de-
clared intention of lynching negro
confined therein and accused of an at
tempted felonious assault. The negro s
intended victim was white girl, who
was quite village belle. The excited
throng about the Jail caused Chief of
Police Harry Acton to telephone to this
city for assistance.
The Southern district patrol wagon,
with a squad of eight policemen, was
sent to Brooklyn at once. They sur
rounded the Jail and drove back the
crowd. A minute later the negro was
brought out of prison, heavily man
acled, and put into the wagon. The
police closed in about him and the
horse was whipped into gallop. AL
most before the crowd realized what
had happened the possible victim of a
lynching was gone, and was soon after
ward locked up in the southern dis
trict police station.
The negro is Henry Leonard, aged
so. His intended victim was 10 years
old, Miss Louisa Schwaub. The as
sault was made a week ago, but the
negro escaped and was not captured
until Yesterday
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29

ticket. The majority Of the campaign
managers feel that the president has
given Mr.. Hill a serious stab by refus-
ing to call on his followers in New
York to support the ticket They also
claim that Mr.. CleVelands neglect to
register has set the rank and file of the
party a bad example and will cost
many votes.
The one hope is that the presidents
action has placed Senator Hill in the
light of martyr, and will secure even
harder work for him on the part of the
voters In the ranks, who otherwise
might not evince the same interest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29

soldiers hereabouts over the attempt
being made to secure the proposed
monument to Ex-Governor Curtin for
Harrisburg.
Having been the projectors of the
movement, and this being Curtin's
home all his life, the members of the
Grand Army Of the Republic here feel
that this is the place that the monu-
ment Should be.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29
GOTHAM'S REGISTRATION.
1t Beats That of Two Years Ago-The Fig
ures in Brooklyn.


New York, Oct 2S.--The total regis
tration in this city Is 309,930. This
beats 1892 by 305, so that. allowing for
the Increase in population, the election
this year appears to have aroused near
ly as much interest as the last presi-
dental campaign. In 1892 the total
vote polled for president was 92 per
cent. OF the registration, and for mayor
81 l-S per cent, omitting in all cases de-
fective and scattering votes. In 1893
the total vote polled was 901a per cent.
OF the registration. If we say 80 per
cent. this year, a registration Of SQ9, $3.50
means an effective vote Of 2S5,135.
Yesterday was the fourth and last
day of registration in Brooklyn. The
number of additional voters enrolled
was 22,OSl. For the corresponding day
in 1891 the registration was 1905; In
1892, 1880, and In 1893, 24,6S4 The total
registration for the four days is 191, ,613,
which exceeds the presidential year by
over 600, and falls short of last year by
nearly 400.