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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
CF EA PER SERVICE.
The Southwestern Telephone Co. to Re-
 duce ite Rates in Pine BIuff.

On the first of May manager Cald- well, of the Southwest tern Telephone Company, will reduce the price for telephones to $4 per month for places of business and B per month for residences. Sometimes in July the royalty on these instruments expire and the company knows full well that unless their rates for services is greatly reduced another telephone company will be organized and op- erated in Pine Bluff. The rate as fixed to begin on May 1st, is yet too high, and will, doubtless, be cut again in July. If it is so, it will make this of considerable use, for there will be many more subscri- bers than at present. Certainly com petition, or the fear of competition, is wonderfully beneficial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

from the realty as to a prior lein on the realty, both are held for the debt to the laborer and contractor. No prior rights are interfered with
 ''Fhe building associations are protected by the giving of prior lien on both realty and house. This, in this case, shuts out the mechanics, but it is also protects him i'll that he can sell the property subject to the building association lien.l
 "Only the dishonest contractor who desires to beat his labor or de- fraud material men will interpose any serious objection to this law"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
Several Miraculous Escapes Full Details
 of the Great Cyclone.
CAMDEN, Ark, April 26, 1895

CAMDEN, Ark, April 26, 1895. Special to the Graphic.
 A terrible and destructive hail and wind storm visited Camden about 12 o'clock last night. Many of the hail stones were as large as hen eggs and some two inches in diameter The storm continued for at least twenty minutes, leaving the ground literally covered with the hail and tender vegetation which had succumbed to the strokes of the ice bolts. The damage in Camden alone will go up in the thousands Glass on the north side of buildings was completely swept out The heavy stained glass in the Episcopal church and in the coui | house was demolished. Sey- eral thousand dollars damage was done to the three story brick Knights of Py thias building. The tin roofing was loosened and the water poured in. So far as reported only one bni1ing was blown down. The in- mates were extrieated from the ruins sfter the storm There were two women and a man in the building. The bed on which the women slept was demolished, but they were un- injured The man had his arm broken and sustained other injuries, but it is thought that his wounds are not fatal. Trees gre almost as barren of green leaves as they were two months ago. and gardeners go about with sad faces today. Ani- malls without shelter suffered and young calves, chickens and other animals were killed outright by the fall of the cruel ice bolts. The storm must have covered an area of ten miles square, as reports from Chide3- ter on the north and Smackoyer on the south indicate. The rural dis tricts near Camden are in q deplora- ble state. Farmers are building fences preparatory to replanting. The fruit crop is ruined. The dam age cannot, be estimated but it is a terrible blow to this place.
 Qr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
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MECHANICS LIEN LAW.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTS
 OF THE LEGISLATURE.
An Interview With Mir J. A Gray, Author
 of the BiI, on It's Provisions.

One of the most important acts of the Legislature was the passage. Of House bill No. 9 by MT. James A Gray, of Pulaki, amending the lien laws of the State. This new law is of general interest to the mechanics, material furnishers, contractors and builders, and in the course of a few days the DAILY GRAPHIC will publish it in full
 Mir. Graz, the author of the bill, was :interviewed by a reporter for the Little Rock Press yesterday in regard to the new law, when he said
 q regard the law as the most important and beneficial of the ses- sion. True it puts the burden on the builder, but it also protects him. Say for example contractor, under the old law offered to build you a house for $6,000. You would go along and pay him $4,000, and if he was dis honest he need never pay lis em- plOyes or the material men a cent of it. He could put them off with ex- cuses from week to week, that times were hard and you were standing him off Then for the ba'ence due the sub-contraetors and laborers would get pro rated. They get none of the $4 4,C00 and would get only certain per cent, of the $2,000, often serious loss to the small mer- chant.
 Under the new law the sub-con- [ tractor can hold the owner for the wages of men and the cost of ma- terial up to the contract price
 Under the old law, if the lahorer or materia' man was afraid of the contractor and wanted to get lein, he had to go to the owner before the work commenced and tell the owner he looked to him instead of the conL tractor. Then the contractor would get mad and refuse to employ the laborer or the material men who doubted his honesty. Working men couldn't afford to do it and took their chances.
 Why after I introduced the bill and before it passed I know of four jobs in this city which were prorated, and the subcontractors got only fouty or fifty cents on the dollar.
 ''Under the new law the owner is on notice al the time to see that the sub-Contractors, material men and laborers are paid. He can demand from the contractor at any time a full list of his employees and bills for mater al, and if the contractor re- fuses to furnish it he is guilty of a misdememeanor and liable to $4OO fine.
 "The law is almost identical with the one which has been in force in St. Louis since 1866, where it works to perfection.
 "The new law separates the house
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THE DEBS TRIAL.
Judge Grosscup ygin notb Able to Ere.
 side Over the Forthcoming ~ Trial

CHICAGO, April 26. The an nouncement that Judge a Grosseup,
 who presided oyer the first trial of Eugene V. Debs and his associates in the direction of the American Railway Union, will be unable, on account of sickness. to preside at ,e1he forthcommings trial which com mences on the first Monday in May is severe disappointment to the defendants and their friends. In the previous hearing of the case,
 Judge Grosscup won the confidence and kindly feelings Of the defence by his evident desire to allow it every latitude within the law and by the numbergof occasions upon which he construed doubtful points in favor, and to the advantage of the indicted man. Thus the way was open for the admission of much tes- @timony that might have been ruled Bout by Judge built of sterner ma zterial, and this testimony was so tavorably regarded by the jurors, zkhat several of them after being dis
 charged from further duty, greeted
 pebs publicly in the courtroom and es good as intimated that had the ehse proceeded to a verdict they 2 ould have been on his side. Next
 Judge Grosscup, however, the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
Smith X Robinson
 Ill MAIN STREET.

defence itself could hardly have se- lected member of the Judiciary who more closely resembles him in char .acteristics upon the bench, than Judge Romance Q. Bum, of Madison, Wis, who has been elected to sit at the trial. A special venire is to be issued next week for one,hundred venire-men from which the jury will be selected
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

from all parts of the State are ex- pected to be in attendance.
 The members of Post C., of this city, are making extensive arrange ments for the entertainment of their visiting brethren, .and OH Saturday night will tender the visiting Angels of Commerce. reception and ban quet at the Bluff City Club Hall. The banquet will be prepared and served by the Ladies' Temple Society, and the music will be furnished by the Cotton Belt Orchestra.
 The reception committee will be composed of all members of Post c and their wives or sweethearts, and all are earnestly requested to be at the Bluff City Ha'l not later than S:30 o'clock Saturday evening.
 In honor of the visiting T. r. A. g, Mrs..E Jeanie Ryland will present at the opera house thss evening a musi- cal charade entitled, the ''T. r. A. s, , which, we hope, wi be witnessed by a large audience.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

My Hero'
 CAST OF CHARACTERS.
 Jack Ralston, from Arizono. .....,..
 Joe Dempsey, alias Baron Hereford alias
 Old Ben. ...,.....= Wray Martin Hon ,ia'a Patrick MeFaddle. a New York poll,- 1 Mir. Lester k banker. II, Bluthenthal Cyrus his servant with songs ............;. ,1 Thomas Green l kidder, Dempsey's pal Sam Solmson Charley. D young terror. .....-Buck Bloom Mary Lester, New York belle ..........
 ..............,.. .... Mrs. Simon Bloom 1 Polly, her sister ........ Miss Corrinne Meyer Miss Spriggins. ..........--... Edith Silverman Winona, an Indian ........... ....... Mfrs. Frank Graham
 The initial performance Of the Bluff City Club Theatrical Company was given in their hall last evening and was largely attended. The play, My Hero was presented by an exceedingly strong amateur cast ano. was warmly received and heartily encored It is very light comedy-drama, without much plot, and just enough comedy for a pleas ant evenings entertainment. The first scene is laid in the New York home of MT. Lester. Joe Dempsey, a scoundrel and villain, who makes the acquaintance of the banker un- der the disguise of being Baron, and lays his plans to win the hand of his daughter, and just as he is about to succeed, Jack Ralston, the Arizona miner, and partner of the banker, appears, and, recognizing the Baron, bids him leave for the Vest where previously he had mur- dtred Ralston's brother. A large amount of comedy is furnished in this act by Hon. Patrick McFaddle, the "honest' politician, and Miss Spriggins, the giddy governess, who is wild to marry.
 Charley and Polly, the terrors, afford the audience much amusement by their childish pranks,
 We next see them in the wids of Arizona, where Ralston has struck rich vein of ore. Dempsey and his accomplice, Kidder, endeavor to ab- duct Miss Lester, but are prevented by the timely arrival of Ralston, who succeeds in capturing Kidder, leaves him in charge of McFaddle and Cyrus, the negro servant, but he overcomes them and makes his es- cape. The next and last scene is in the mountains of Arizona, where Miss Lester is being held captive by Dempsey. Ralston, who has fallen in love with her, by the assistance of Winona, the Indian girl and friend, secures her from the villain. Dempsey tries to murder Ralston, but, instead, accidentally shoots and kills Winona. The play ends with beautiful climax. Dempsey is captured, Ralston gets the girl, while Miss Spriggins succeeds in winning McFaddle.
 The success of the play is in a great measure due to MT. Frank Graham, under whose personal su- pervision it was presented. After the performance the large hall was cleared of the chairs, and grand ball was given. The Cotton Belt or chestra furnished excellent music for the occasion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
The Seventy-Sixth Al aiversary of oddfei

The Seventy Sixth Al aiversary of oddfel-
 lowshIp.
 BALTIMORE, Md, April 26.-Today is the seventy-sixth anniversary of the introduction of Oddfellowship into the United Stats, and through out the country it will be celebrated with appropriate and imposing cer- emonies In this city, Washington, New York and other places, there will be street parades followed by banquets and orations. In hundreds of other places the members wi m ct in their lodgC-rooms tor 2ht and remember the occasion With speeches and song.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
THE T. P. AIS.
The Arkansas Division Convenes in Annual
 Convention in This City Tomorrow.

The Arkansas Divis- ion of the Travellers Protective Association convenes in this city at noon tomorrow, and q
 large number of the knights of the grip"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
 ADJUSTMENTS.

My Hero'' CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
A Terrif,c Ha and Wind storm.

A telegram received here from Cam den today states that terrific hail and wind storm swept over that sec ton of Arkansas last night, and it did immense damage. Houses, fenc and trees were blown down and washed away, and crops were badly damaged.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

The Cotton Belt Route will sell tick cts to Jonesboro. Ark, at the rate Of one and one-tfird fares for the round trip on April 9 and 26, limit for re- turn to April ?, account the North eastern Arkansas Association l. Q. Q. F. B. H. WILSON, Agt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

Have you ever tried any of the J. H. F. Brand of California Fruits. Try can of Lemon Cling Peaches, sliced for cream We guarantee them to be the most delicious canned fruit ever packed in California or anywhere else.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26

Dr.. Prlce's Cream Baking Powder
 Forty years the Standard,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-14

untouched by the rude hand Of mnn.
defying age and
Lord Linkshire-Vernon!
- MIR. Vernon refer to Plotina, of
course. Well, will go back to my
trouts: you must buy the aureus and
take it to Helena. and perhaps sh:-
Lord NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., she shall
know how nobly you have behaved.
Mr.. Vernon That's enough; we are
both acting for her happiness alone.
Come on; he's going to begin.
(They take seats at the baize-covered
ia BILE: the auctioneer mounts his ros-
trum and the earlier lots are disposed
off,
Auctioneer-Lot 1s. Here. gentle.
men, we have brilliant and exceed
ingly rare gold piece of Plotina. Kind
~ put it in the bidding. What may ]
say: Twelve. ten, eight pounds?
Mr.. Will<ins-Five.
Lord Linl1shire-G uineas.
(,rhc bidding goes desultoril;' on I'M.
til twenty pounds is reached, when all
except Mr.. Wilkins and Lord Linl1shire
have dropped off,
Auctionecr-Anya advance on twenty:
very fine and rare example; You may
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-14
SCHOOL Ak0 CHURCH.

The old l|ranOy WINE la ptlSt cl1urCn
at Chadd's Ford. Pa. has just cele-
brated its one hundred and eightieth
anniversary. Geo. Whitcficld preached
there in 1910.
The aptist year book shows the
largest number of baptisms in any OF
the states during last year was in
Texas, 20, sol being reported. Virginia
comes next, with 10000
The Greek Catholic(U MIA tes)c lnrch
in the United States is larger than
might be supposed, having fourteen
organizations and 10. $50 members.
They own thirteen churches. the value
of which is 500, 300.
-Fong Foo Fling. a Chinaman of San
Francisco, is an enthusiastic and etR-
cient member of the Salvation Army.
1t is rumored that he will soon be sent
to China to organize and lead an evan
gclistic movement of tho army in that
country.
During recent revival services at
Fultonville, n. y. a s;,loonlSceper was
converted and enptied his entire stock
of liquors in the gutter. In the even.
ing Il hinge bonfire was made OF the
barrels and fixtures, the evangelist
reaching to a great crowd assembled
from the top of an empty whisky bar
rel.
At the university in Christia MIA,
Sweden, all departments of study are
thrown open equally to both sexes:
and as public officials OF the state
women are given fair chance, many
having been appointed postmis-
tresscs. The only career absolutely
close Il to women in C:lristiani;l is the
legal career.
The Methodist church in Colorado
voted recently to admit women lay
members of the general conference in
future. There was a long and ami
mated discussion over the proposal,
but when il came to a vote the bal OF
ing was sixty in favor of admitting
women and none against, but fifteen
members refrained from voting.
The last commencement at West
Point military academy was attend
ed by five thousand spectators On
the platform were generals who
had fought in the Union and con-
fcdcrate armies. They We're present
to sec their sons receive diplomas. Gen.
Rugglec gave the address and delivered
the certificates to the graduating class.
bishop Turner Of Georgia. Of the
colorcd thodist church, has ret urned
from Liberia and other parts OF Africa,
where he goes regularly in the inter
ests OF his church. He reports that
the PIT colorcI coloniSts who went
from the south last spring to Liberia
are doing we'll and are contentcd. lie
thinks more Of the colOred people in
south should go to Africa.
Rev. DIR. Rufus l.. Perry, who dice:
recently at brooklyn, was born in
slavery in Nashville. He csca ped to
Canada at the age Of eighteen, and
there gained the rudiments Of an cCu-
cation. Later he entered college at
Kalamazoo. and after graduation
studied for the Baptist ministry. lie
was one Of the most learned preachers
Of his race, being a fine Hebrew, La tin
and Greek scholar.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-14
PRISONERS OF WAR.
A Century Ago These CnfortuHates wcr,
I:rutally Treated.

A Century Ago These Cnfortuuates Were
i:rutAlIy Treated.
Little more than century ago pris-
oners of war were trcut,d with sys-
tematic brutality. That gave John
Howard his first task. Providence
made him a sufferer in his own per.
son, and thus pointed out the special
field in which his pl:ilanthropc i'm
pulses were to find employment.
Howard's pity was reused by the tales
Of wrct che dncss he heard from Lisbon
after the great earthquake. He took
passage on the Hanover brig, with the
intention simply of helping those un-
fortunatcs. But the Hanover was
ca ptured by a privatcer, which carried
its prizes into lsrest. Forty
hours the crew, with Howard,
lay in the bare and sitting
hold. A biscuit each was thrown to
them before the matches were closed,
but no drop of water did they receive.
On arrival at Ercst no one needed their
cries They were thrust into Il dun
geon underground, damp and filthy
beyond description. and ''several
hours passed. before the goalers
brought food or drink. Opening the
door then, they actually ''pitchcd' q
LEI, of mutton among the throny. to be
scrambled for, and torn to pieces with
the teeth.
Six weeks Howard remained in this
fearful place with the sailors-mcn Of
peace, be it observed, following their
lawful business. but in time OF war.
Relieved then on parole, he applied
himself to ransom his fell ow -su ffcrcrs,
and afterward Travelled to other forts
and stations where Englishmcn were
confined. 1t seems Impossible that
any of them could have been more hor
riblc than Brest, but Howard found
such: at Oman, for example, where
thirty-six poor wretchcs were buried
vestiga cd the English arrangements
for prisoners OF war, and found them
not less horrible. 1t is we'll to recol-
lcct that when Howard appealed to tho
royal commissioners for the sick and
wounded. sending in Il detailed report,
without moments delay orders were
issued to correct the abuse. Moreover,
the commissioners transmitted his
statement to France, and the French
government was not less prompt in
acting upon it But for how many
generations had that awful state Of
things continued:-London Standard.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-14

not have another such chance for years
Going at twenty; no ad vance? bring.
down hammer sharply.) Twenty
pounds, Lord Linl>shire.
Mr.. Wilkins (excited'y)-I bid twenty
pounds
Auctioneer Twenty pounds was
Lord LinkShire's bid. / particularly
looked at you, but you never spoke.
Mr.. Wilkins of course not. un.
derst"od that you had taken the
twenty pounds as mine. / certainly
said it.
gentleman hear Mr.. Wilkins twenty:
If SO, he has the privilege of continue
ing the bidding.
Lord Linl1shire (after momcnt's
pausc) Yes, l did--confound it! j
nodded and thought that you took
mine as GuincaS.
Mr.. Wilkins with alacrity)-Twcnty.
five pounds.
Mr.. Vernon (sotto vOce to Lord Link
shire)-tluiXotry!
Lord Linkshi ire - No. you forget.
This Caesars wife must be above suspi
cion. (AlouD Thirty.
Mr.. WiIl1ins-Forty.
Lord Lin>shirc-Fifty.
Mr.. Wilkins (visibly palc)--Sixty.
Lord I-inlS>hi-e (ela borately Ticking
a Spccl1 off his coat>-Scventy.
Mr.. Vernon (SOttO vOce to Lord
Linl>shire)-Lct the lunatic have j: il
he must: it doesn't greatly matter.
Mr.. Will1ins-Eighty.
Lord Linkshirc (sotto vOce)-Nol.-
sense. (AloudD Ninety.
MIR. Will1ins-A hundred.
Mr.. Vernon (sotto vocc)-This is silr-
ply madness. Let him buy it. and if
you must have it give him his twenty
per cent. on it afterwards.
Auctioneer docking at Lord Link
xl,: Il
vance?
ULord Linl>shire shakes his head and
the hammer falls. The sale continues
sonewh at flat after this. Afterwards
MIR. WillSins-I am much obliged to
your lor.,ship. 1t was quite Il mista Ike,
for. you know. ! certainly did bid,
and I particularly wanted the coin.
Lord Linllshire SO do !. want die,
to complete n series. and thought that
perhaps you could sell it to
Mr.. Wilkins-Im very sorry to dis
appoint Your lordship, but we had a
commission, aad. curiously enough,
client mentioned that it was to
complete series. also.
Lord Linkshirc-And wanted to com
plete it pretty badly, l should say,
Judging from the latitude you had.
Mr.. Wilkins--Well. it was consider
ably above our own estimate, but it
was an open commission, and your
lordship's Judgment in these matters is
so good that we couldn't be going far
wrong in following your lead.
Lord Linllshire hopeful VIPER
haps. after all. your client might pre-
fer to sell on hearing the price. Are
you at liberty to give me his name?
MIR. Will1ins--Ccrtainly, Lord Link.
shire: there could be no objection to
that, but it isn't a ''hc" at all. The
purchaser is 4 lady.
10 lord links hinsshire "A lady!
Mr.. Wil!linS-Nes, we bought for
Miss HerrieS.-I;lac!< and White.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-14

Portl and, Ore, is in about the same
latitude Montreal, and Seattle, the
chief city Of Washing ton. is about the
latitude of Quebec, but the spring in
the Pacific states is more like that of
old England than it is like that of
New England. In old England the
buds and blossoms begin to show life
as early as the first day OF the new
year. Shakespeare Speaks of spring
flowers that take :he winds of March
with beauty" and some English spring
flowers are found even in Decent Der
just as we find the claytonia and the
chickweed blooming in favored spots
in January and February in Oregon
and Washington. while in New Eng
land spring sleeps ali February and
March.-N. y. Recorder.