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The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-06-06
LOCAL NEWS.

H. A. Miller, of Little Rock, Ark.
is a visitor in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. p, r. Booker were
in the city yesterday, guests at tae
Huckins House.
Mrs. w. C. Merritt, left yester-
day, for a visit to relatives and
friends in Philadelphia.
w. Y. Foster, a prominent hard
ware man, of Hope, Ark, was ?
visitor in the city yesterday.
Harry Huey left yesterday for
Fort Worth, Tex, where he goes to
look after business interests.
Mr., Joe Lipari, the well known
West side barber, reached home
yesterday from his European
trip.
Hon. "Murph" Vines passed
through the city yesterday, enroute
home, to jefferson from Pittsburg,
Tex.
DR.. and Mrs. II. B. Phillips, of Peli-
can, La, arrived in the city last
evening and registered at the Co.'S
mopolitan
Mr.. and Mrs. p. E. McRae, OF
New Lewisville, Ark, came in yes
terday morning and passed the day
in the city.
Cashier w. Il. Grim, of the Tex
arkana National Bank, left yester'
day for Philadelphia, Pa, accom-
panied by his family.
There are one thousand people in
this city who can save a dollar
apiece buying those $4.OO shoes for
$500 at Winter h Schott's.
The Catholic Bishop of the ad-
joining, Texas, Diocese, is expected
to arrive in the city, during the
present week, from Dallas, Tex.
Joe Jacobs Famous" offers spec
ial inducements, for 10 days,in big
cut on clothing See large, attrac.
tive adv, on End page of this pa
per.
1t will pay you to visit Joe Jacobs,
"The Famous clothier, hatter and
gents furnisher, Best goods and
lowest prices. See big adv, on End
page of this paper.
An interesting meeting of Gate
City Lodge, of the National Provi-
dent Union, was held in the council
chamber, of that order, on the
West Side, last evening.
Mr., r. l. Bartlett, the popular
Life Insurance man, formerly of
Texarkana and now of New Orleans
La, is spending a few days in the
city. with relatives and friends,
Rev. H. o. Moore, of the State
Line Methodist church, left this a,
m, for Honey Grove, Tex, whittier
he is called to assist in the conduct
of revival meeting at that place.
The next meeting of Miller coun-
ty candidates will take place at
Era, in Sulphur township, on Fri
day, the 9Th instant, and on the
day following at Bright Star. Large
crowds are expected at both places.
Mr. I. c. Skeen, the popular
salesman for Clark & Coates, of
Galveston, Tex, came in on the
Texas & Pacific cannon bail, from
the West, yesterday afternoon, for
a brief visit to his parents, of
course
Hon. and Mrs. Henry Moore, of
New Lewisville, Ark, passed yes
terday with their Texarkana friends
Capt. Moore has only recently re-
turned from the bedside of his aged
mother, who is critically i'll at her
home in Austin, Tex.
Mr.. J. L. Chatfeld, the well
known Hardware man, and one Of
Texarkana's popular citizens,
left last night for Bath Beach,
L. l., accompanied by his interest
ing family, to spend the heated
term, at that delightful Summer
Resort"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
DOWN c RAPIDS.
The Body OF a Woman on a Cake of lee
Whlrled over American Falls.

The Body OF a Woman on a Cake of lee
Whlrlsd over American Falls.
A sensational story Is told here by
Master Edwin Whitney, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Scion Whitney Of this city. It
in effect tha+ he saw at the house Of his
grandfather, Major Whitney, on Buffalo
avenue, the body Of a woman float past
the rear Of the house down through the
rapids and over the falls.
The hour was about $3.50 in the morn
ing. Master Whitney says that he saw
the object on a cake Of ice, and that there
could be no mistake about it being a
woman. She had on dark clothes, he
thought, and part Of her face was visible
as she lay on the ice. He called the at
tention Of the two painters as work on
the veranda on the river side Of the Whit
ney mansion, and they also thought il
was a body.
The painters alluded to are John
O'Brien and Harry Collyer. Both sub
stantiated the boys story. Mr.. OBrien
said:
Our attention was called to the river
by n flock of ducks flying over. Young
Whitney and myself saw the object on
the ice coming down the river and at
first thought it was a log. AS it came
nearer we saw that it was a human be-
ing, anu when still closer that it was a
woman. Mr.. Collyer's attention was
called TO it, and he also thought it was -
woman. The cake Of ice with the body
passed probably but 80 feet from the
shore down into the rapids. The body
was Of good size and appeared to be en-
veloped in a long steel gray cloak which
reached nearly TO the feet. The oma
was lying extended, and there could be
no mistake as to it being Il woman"
The three watchers followed the OBJ
ject as far as the rapids, where the ice
and its burden were tossed about and
went over the American falls. 1t doubt
less passed under the ice bridge and may
never be found.-Nisgara Special to New
York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
ENGLISH PRIDE SHOCKED.
Corruption In Army Circios Unearthed and
ret Omccra Under Arrest.

Corruption In Army Circles Unearthed and
ret Omccrs Under Arrest.
70 usol TO be a cardinal article Of an
Embellishments faith that his army, If
small, wa Of Tho very best quality, and
that its administrators, from the com
mandcr Ia chief down TO the humblest
subaltern officer, were incorruptible.
Tho latter belief received a rude shock
recently whom the Woolwich arsenal was
proved 70 be q hotbed Of corruption, and
a clean sweep had to DO made Of some OK
lie leading officers. The faith which
survived that blow has now again been
sorely tried. Onoors Loeb and Murray,
In charge Of the war department armory
at the tower, Birmingham, have been
placed under arrest and viii be tried by
court martial next week.
Tho charges are systematic blackmail-
ing extending over a number Of years
and frauds Of the shabbiest and most un-
military character. The tower is v
ally a traiuin@ so
'"' sonool for regimental ar.
morors, and no noncommissioned officer
could hope to obtain the crank Of armorer
without a certificate Of competency sign
cd by Loeb and Murray. It is alleged
that these trusted officers extorted mon
ey as the price OF every certificate and
also had a secret system whereby every
workman applying for work and every
soldier desiring promotion had to pay
sums ranging from shillings to pounds.
The incriminsted officers have long
been living far beyond their visible
means, but tho mElpractieos were not
suspected until a few months ago, when
the war department In Londoa began to
receive anonymous letters ~purporting to
be written by fesesd victims. The sec
rotary Of Wal was unwilling 10 taLs
eogniEance Of anonymous accusations
against the honor Of reputable officers,
bat the charges became so persistent and
categorical that he decided 10 investi-
gate them, and Colonel King Hartman
Yves sent TO Birmingham. With the as
sistence of the local police he sooR OBJ
tanned sufficient evidence 80 Justify she
arrests. The curious feature o. the case
is that Colonel Nuttall, commander in
chief Of the tower, was not arrested also
for shameful neglect Of his duties.-Lon-
don Cor. New York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Rerdonst's Discovery reFhsei-4 - a
Hin Started la France.

R~ardomet's Discovery rcTfeei~a n
HIn Started Ia France.
An experiment Is being made at Besan-
con, In France, with a Substitute for silk,
which will be watched with interest.
The invention, that of Count de Chardo-
met, Is 70 convert wood pulp into soft
silken thread, durable, luminous and
elastic. The "silk' threads produced
FROM the wood pulp were first shown at
the last Paris exhibition. when they en-
ioyed a good deal Of attention among
those intorcstedin the silk industry. But
The process wss at that time far from
e~o2sete, and many improvements had
70 BE- made before the invention could be
regarded "a a commercial success.
That point, In the opinion OF Count de
Chardomet, has now been reached, and
mill has been built for the manufacture
Sf goods from the new material. There
are stu some details IL the process which
must be improved before capitalists are
likely to embark in the venture. Ouoof
the great difficulties, - appears, that has
70 be overcome is tho snapping Of tho
threads while they are being spun, owing
10 the unequal pressure which ia exer-
eised in forcing the wood pulp through
AZ exceedingly small aperture, 50 as to
convert It into thread. This is a defect,
however, which the inventor Is confident
he will soon overcome. After the wood
has been reduced 10 the consistency Of
pulp & is dried in an oven and then
plunged into a mixture Of suiphuric and
nitric acids, washed 10 several baths Of
water and dried by alcohol. The prod
net is afterwsrd dissolved in ether and
pure alcohol, and the result IS collodion
similar 70 that used il photography.
This eollodion, which IS n sticky, WIS.,
Gus substance, Is inclosod in a solid
receptacle furnished with q filter at the
lower end. An air pump sends COM
pressed cir into The receptacle, and by
this pressure the collodion is forced
through horizontally in the form of fine
threads. AS the thread is forced out it
passes through a vessel filed with ether
and alcohol, which solidifes tho colo
dion and makes it elastic and as brilliant
IS silk. II the invention tIrns out as
succcsAfully a. it, inventor anticipates,
itwill be the beginning Of a very impor-
tant MISUNDERSTANDING Scotsman.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Owing to the great demand for public
work in the parks at 81 a day the city
employment committee Issued an order
some time ago to employ only married
men. This had the effect of causing a
big boom in business At the marriage H.
cense clerks Office. Every unmarried
Italian and Pole in Pittsburg seems TO be
hunting a wife. All the marriageable
young women who are willing to begin
the married state at 81 & day have boen
taken, and unless the order be rescinded
trouble will occur In the Italian and
Polish colonies. Chief Clerk Mckenzie
Of tho employment committee said:
MANY men who had been refused
work went away and in a few days re-
turned with their marriage certificate,
thinking it would entitle them to get a
job. When refused a chance to earn 81
@ day, they thought they had been triAed
with and cursed the committee Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
NolaI nnllrnnh TicLnt.

The railway marks invented by the
Hungarian minister Lukais will shortly
DO adopted on al Hungarian railways.
For the future no traveller on hungarian
railways will be troubled to stand wait
ing at tho ticket Office for his ticket. He
will be in a position 10 make out his
ticket for himself. On a blank card he
will write the name Of the station from
which he takes his departure and that Of
the station he mean to 80 to, and he
viii stick on tho remaining empty space
on the card as many railway marks as
bic journey viii cost. The blank cards
VIII be obtainable at al tobacco shops.
London News.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
Ne Slides Down Historic Looknut Noun.
tain at Lightning Speed.

A short, compactly built man, with a
heavy blond mustachc, took a t|o1ogEln
slide down Lookout mountain the other
afternoon. He went via the incline and
made the trip from tho Point hotel tothe
engine house, a distance Of 1900 feet, in
~ minutes. which Is just ouc-third the
time that it takcsa car 10 descend. Fully
100 people cav him make the lightning
like descent, aud all were greatly ex-
cited.
About 4 o'clock the coaster appeared
at the Point hotel with WHIST appeared 70
DO q block Of wood about eight inches
square under his arm. On one side Of
tho block was n steel horseshoe, IN the
curve OF which was q small Hanged
wheel. The other side Of the block was
slightly concave. Tho block was put on
the outside rail Of the incline, the wheel
fitting close, and the horns Of the horse
shos were on either side. Thon the man
put a heavy glove on his right hand, and
sitting down On the block started down
the mountain without more ado. He
held his feet crossed straight and before
him aud rested them on the irOu rail.
Fer a few feet the little one wheel car
moved slowly. and then the speed in
creased until 1t Gnd its human freight
were going down the mountain at q rate
that made tho spectators hold their
breath.
Whom acurve was reached, the coaster
slowed up slightly by pressing his heels
against the rail ala steadie1 himself by
touching the cable with his gloyod hand.
Finally, when hs reached the very heavy
grade just above the engine house, he
took on al brakes and came down like
shot out Of esan. Arriving at the bot
tom. he put on tho "heel" brakes aud
gently came 10 a stop just In the depot.
Coolly rising from bis queer vehicle, he
plaoeditunder hisarm aud walked quiet
~ away before any Of the ~astonished
spectators had q chance 10 recover usir
breath Or ssk any quostons-N31EE
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
A STRANGE KENTUCKY TALE.

A Remarkable Transformation In this
Grave Reported From Fleming County.
A Vanceburg correspondent sends out
this remarkable story: "Dr. G. II. Dyer,
who lived in Fleming county, near the
Lewis county line, and who was we'll
known throughout this section Of the
state as e very noted root and herb doc.
tor. died some six weeks ago and was
buried at his home near Muse Mills.
Fleming county. A few days ago a pack
Of hungry dogs were discovered digging
with might and main in the doctors
grave. They wore driven away, but re-
turned as BOON q the men left and re-
Eumed their digging Snd bowling.
The friends Of the deceased doctor,
becoming anxious TO know Just what the
dogs were after, concluded to take the
body mp. They did 50, but what was
their astonishmens when on opening the
coffin they found not the body Of the
venerabls doctor, but a 200 pound hog
nicely rolled up IN a winding sheet, wait
ing for Gabriel to loot his horn, when he
would walk out and claim the doctors
share in the gloFies that await him at the
hnal resurrection Of the just. The con-
cluslon Of the natives as to how this
Transformation came about Is that as the
doctor vas not above suspicion from a
moral standpoint the Lord had changed
his mortal remains into those Of q hog.
The case is II very remarkable one view
ed from any standpoint. louisville
Courier-Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

great many people have wondered why
bread continues 10 be sold for 8 cents q
loaf and the loaf not p~erceptibly in.
creased. The reduction in the price of
-four between Dec. /, 1892, and Nov.
20, 1898, according to the official QUOTA
tons was as follows; Patent, last year,
1895 and $3.50; this year, $685. and 50. 10.
Extra fancy, last year, s3.O5 and 1915;
this year, SECS and S2.75. Fancy. last
year, $3.50 and $500; this year, &C. 20 and
$3.50. Lower grades, last year, from q
to seas, and about the same at present.
Now, these are the prices at which bak-
ers and retailers buy -four, and while
reasonable people do not expect to deiive
the whole of an advantage that amounts
10 almost 20 per cent, they do expect to
get some benefit ia the increase in size OF
loaves. Such advantage has not been
theirs. On the contrary, while the loaves
have not increased Ia size or the prics
been reduced, many h~ouseholders declare
that never before have the poor qualities
In the commercial bread been so con-
spicuous. The only explanation that
the bakers and -four dealers can give is
the reduced sales Of -four in large lots.
The bakers say that since the redue,
don people have taken to baking their
own bread to al extent not hitherto
known TO the trade since commercial
bread became the fashion. This prac-
tice Of making bread ut home has large
ly reduced sales to retailers, and while
the latter get some reduction in price
they say that the decrease in the sales
has beer so great that they eannot afford
to share that advantage with their GUS
toners. But this does not explain the
almost universal poor quality of the
bread at the present time, and the gro
cers are silent when they are questioned
upon the subject.-St. Louis Republic,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
wa.hInrton Lor. 70 oo 20 rrnneo.

A schooner laden with the huge logs
and tree trunks of which inc Washing
ton state building at the Worlds fair
was constructed will sail out Of the har-
Dor Of Chicago some time during May.
It's destination will be either Havre OF
Cherbourg, France. The Washington
state building was one Of the most in
teresting at the fair. Many Of the tim
bers in the building are 3 feet square and
40 feet long. Il is the intention Of tboss
who purchased the building 10 set it up
in France exactly as it stood upon the
Worlds fair grounds.-Chicngo Herald.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Lord Duiferin's speech on the peace Of
Europe, in Paris, has had a remarkably
good effect throughout Europe. In
France itse!f the words have been re-
ceived in excellent spirit, and public
sentiment has quite taken the sting from
the vulgar insults to the British embas-
sador which, by a few days, preceded
the address. The French governments
bold declaration Of a policy Of religious
federation also has been received as a
distinct mark Of progress. Even some
Of the French Radicals show signs Of
having made the discovery that Genun-
citation Of all religion is not an evidence
Of true democracy.-Paris Letter.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

The Irish language still fingers in the
Bahamas among the mixed descendants
Of the Hibernian slaves banished by
Cromwell TO the West Indies. One can
occasionally hear, 1t is said, black sail
ora in the London docks, who cannot
speak a word OF English, talking Irish 10
the old Irish apple women whom they
meet and thus making themselves il-
tslligiblc without a knowledge Of the
Saxon tongue. London Globe.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
THE BAR At LIVERPOOL
It's Removal, n Gigantic Task. Now Almost
an Accomplished Fact.

It's Removal, n Gigantic Task. Now Almost
an Accomplished Fact.
The brief announcement the other day
that the White Star line steamship Ma
jectic, drawing % feet, had passed over
the bar at Liverpool with three feet OF
water under her keel shows that the
great work Of removing the chief inn
pediment to navigation in the Mersey is
nearly accomplished. The engineers Of
the Liverpool dock board state that IN
der the worst possible conditions there
is a depth of 20 feet of water over the
bar, the great sandbank having been cut
down no less than nine feet, and the
debris bodily transported and dumped
far from the channel on a site where it
a do no possible harm.
During the three years that the work
has bet going on no less than 3,3S9, 600
tons Of sand have been removed. Allow
ing the rough measurement of ahundred
weight OF sand to a cubic foot, it appears
that no less than 1923, 1893 cubic yards of
materialhave been shifted. This is said to
be a record in the matter Of dredging
operations, and many other startling fg-
ures are quoted.
During a recent week, for instance,
the three dredgers working at the bar
removed no less than 1855, 900 tons Of
sand, a machine called the Brancker
alone lifting and dumping 100, 900 tons out
Of this enormous total. while in a little
over reemorths almost 200, 900 tons Of
sand were dredged and placed on the
dumping site. The arrival of the Branch
er changed all calculations, the effect Of
the continuous working of a vessel capa-
BILE of filing herself with 5000 tons Of
sand in less than an hour being some
thing tremendous. Chicago Times.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Ono of the cruelist results Of tho
Worlds fair is that it doubled the mum.
Der of horses in Chicago. These pool
creatures arc now starving because the
cab and delivery men who rushed to the
Windy City to make a fortune cannot
now car enough to support themselves
or their beasts. The best that many oil
them can do is to turn their animals in.
to the streets for the police to pick up
st. Louis Post-D Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
HIS rlssr PLUG nAr.
Despitoa Former Experience The New Min
later to Bolivia win Try IL Again.

istcr 20 Bolivia VIII Try It Again.
Colonel Tom Moonlight-nobody ever
called him Thomas except tine state de-
partment clerk who made out his COM
mission as minister to Bolivia-was at
the capitol the other day saying goodby
to his friends. Colonel Tom tells this
story;
'rWhon 1 received my instructions st
the state department, ! was told that l
must be very careful and punctilious
when l reached La Paz, the capital Of
Bolivia, about 10y attire. l was partic.
ularly informed that / must not appear
In the streets unless l wore a silk hat.
"'Good Godr l exclaimed, fondly
stroking my soft sombrero, L never wore
q high silk hat except once. It ~ when
] was governor Of Wyoming, and we
were celebrating Fourth Of July OF some
other holiday. / was told that the gov
ernor ouaht - 1890
~ wear a liIe, and 30 l put
IA on. had not gone 20 yards befOr,
n cowboy, just in from the plains, sent q
bullet through 1t. He said that a mar
ought 10 have better sense than TO wear
a silk hat in Cheyenne, and, 10 tell the
truth, my sympathies wero with the
/ cowboy
when 1 get 70 Bolivia, however, ]
am going to wear n again. The state
department tells me that If any one
shoots ct me l can call upon the entire
United States for protection. Wash
ington Post.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

At Monte Carlo a gambler had won
the maximum at rouge ct noir three
times la succession.
There's a fellow running of with a
splendid haul Of bank hottest" said a
spectator.
"Oh, F" carelessly interjected the crou-
pier, THAT makes no difference to the
bank. 1t is merely "A bit of our money
aloepiug out for the nightl'-Paris Petit
Nicois.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

AS a continent Africa is the homo Of
a vigorous race of mankind, which,
while resisting assimilation with Euro
pean civilization, defies permanent con-
quest. European travellers, traders, mis-
sionaries, conquerors, may at their will
and at their peril penetrate into this
dark sanctuary, but their sojourn is for
a day. and on the morrow the faint
traces Of their passage are obliteratCd
by the exuberanJ growths Of barbarian
Grudgingly as it Is sometimes conceded,
it is nevertheless a fact that the bulk Of
the continent of Africa is still untouched
by western civilization, l for one can.
not believe that Africa will over be
Eur0peanized or brought within the
pale Of western progress, for in order
that Africa may progress it is absolute
ly essential that it be developed along
natural lines, but as yet the inherent
powers Of native genius have neither
5eon discovered, nor in the absence Of
any cohesion among native tribes an. 10
view Ct European rapacity are they,
eYon II discovered, over likely to DO en-
couraged or fosteT5d. MOI Africa is a
continent fated to be conquered and ex-
plotted by the heirs Of civilization, to
whom 1t may pay tribute, but homage
never, -kinCteenth Century.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Tho smallpox scare Is about over and
the harvest for physicians, ct 81 per
point, about ended for the year. If we
had a law to compel physicians 10 vac-
climate all the members Of the families in
which they practice, free Of charge, the
days Of smallpox scares would be forever
ended.-Iowa State Register.