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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-04
She Called the Governor to Time.

Governor Stone of Missouri was calico
 10 tune on point of etiquette few uays ago by . pretty girl. It was at $ convention at Fertile Springs, Mo. The governor sat at the front of the plat. iorm, on which were number of wom en. lie was smoking a cigar. The young woman leaned over from behind him anu sad: Governor Stone, don't you
 'Aink you are setting bad example by slaoklng! There are many ladies pres
 ene l guess yon re right, " said tho governor, without turning round, and no o tossed away his cigar. New York
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-04
Wealth Statistics.
ize wood

In 1850 the total wealth of this coun- try was ST, 1S6, 900, 900, about $30S per capita; in 1860 it had raised to $16,- l6O, 900, 900, or about $514 per head; in 1870 it was $3o, 069, GOO, coo, or about S7oS per head; i'll 1880 it had risen to s43, ,64a, 900, GOO, or S870. per head, and in 1890 to $62, 600. 900. 900, or Sl, Ooo per head.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-04

.tost Mysterious Secret 0rder-Bent on pufage and Murder-Disllked and Fear. sd by Government and Peop1e-sone Account of Them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-04
An International Question Settled.

mere is no longer any seal question |es os worry ", over. Eight years ago the catch |1l ,aa .ne Alaska Commercial company was .vv'ooo, SIX years ago it was 60, ,000, snu . last year it had dwindled to only |.hooo'-Ontario Repository Messenger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-04
He Varied the Programme.

r, A Malne editor has sent little Marion hS.oseland poodle. Most of the editors ra, l.a,o been giving her father pointers -
 7alveston News
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-04
Hard Lines on the Kids,

hos . plano for practice without noise has
 aSe eu !. invented. If nything will discour- EvSo |Ns.s ne Juvenile performer, this will "asnlngton Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-04
How I.uckv.

rh.' notwithstanding the severe drought, ec..g eago has not experienced any serious
 ss nres this year. Washington Post
The advocate., 1895-02-27
CONCERNING KANSAS.

lodge Of MssOns held in Topeka last
week, James "a. Mccall, Of Wichita, was
elected N. w. grand master, to succeed
George Clark. The other officers elected
were: @, 9. Coleman, Clay Center, D.
G. M ; W. M. Shaver, Wichita, G. s. w.;
M. L. Stone, Wsmego, G. j. w.; r. Z.
TOrrington, Wichita, treasurer; A. x.
Wilson, Topeka, secretary. The move.
ment to build q Masonic home has been
postponed.
The aid commissioners appointed by
the governor have issued a circular stat.
ing that through the generosity Of east
ern Kansas people, they have been able
to distribute slxty.fiVe car loads Of cloth.
ing and provisions among the people Of
the West, and that their supply is OK.
hsusted, while they have applications
for aid from twenty-five counties. They
ask for more contributions in order to
relieve the suffering. Sam T. Howe,
Topeka, is chairman Of the board.
At the college orstoriCRl contest in
Topeka February %, Forrest Woodside,
OF the State Normal school, won first
place, and ]. A. Ssnkey, Of the College Of
EmDOriB, second, The other contestants
stand in the following order: e. T.
Hackney, Kansas State university; J. L.
Taylor, Baker univerSity; Roy T. Os.
borne, Kansas Wesleyan; O. W. Bough.
ton, Wsshburn; @. E. Flanagan, Ottawa;
D. D. Hosglsnd, Winfield. Mr.. Wood.
side will represent Kansas at the ma
tionsl contest. He is q Populist.
The advocate., 1895-02-27

National Commander Lswler will at
tend the stats encampment Of the G.. A.
r.. at Lawrence this week. 7. s. Slower,
Of lola, expects to be elected depart
ment commander.
The governor has, in accordance with
the provisions OF q bill which goes into
effect to.dsy, appointed commission to
mark the graves Of Kansas soldiers on
the battle field OF ChicsmauRs. It con-
slsts OF j. L. Abernathy, Of Lesven-
worth; s. R. Washer, Atchison; G., W.
johnson, Nsmahs; J. F. Stearns, Brown;
Lsonsad Aker, Seward.
The boring Of productive gas wells
still goes on In the southeastern coun-
ties Of the state ss far west as MontG0m.
cry, and the STANDARD Oil company is
preparing to sWoop down and Robble up
che leases. Unless Kansas is an excep-
tion to the rule, it is only q question Of
time when the consumers Of gas will
have to pay monopoly prices.
At the annual meeting Of the grand
The advocate., 1895-02-27
Relentless Greed.

A pathetic story, and a true one, Illus
trating the injustice Of the present laws
which permit mortgages to hold judg-
ments for the amount they failed to get
out Of mortgaged property, is thus told
by the Topeka Daily Journal:
"Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McKernsn
owned little house In Parkdale, and
the husband who was q hard working
man, worked at whatever he could find
to do. Then the hard times came and
he found himself unable to secure em.
ployment. Then he mortgsged his
home and his wife joined with him in
signing the mortgage. When he saw
his home slipping away from him, he
joined the Knights and Ladies of Sc
curity and took out $1,000 insurance on
his life, making his wife the beneficiary.
She will at least have that il am
taken away ssid he.
'"Their home was sold under mort.
gage foreclosure, and what 80 often hap
pens took place in this instance. Their
place did not sell for enough to satisfy
the mortgage and judgment for 81, 500,
the balance, was entered upon the clerks
docket in the district court against Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel MoKernan.
As times grew harder it became more
difficult for McKernRn to support his
family, but he never failed to ray the
necessary assessments into his lodge so
that his $4,000 insurance would not be
invalidated. he left Topeka In Decem-
Der to look for work, and in the early
part Of January died in Kansas City.
His body WAS brought home and buried
here.
The assessment was made by the lodge
and the money has been collected to pay
the $1,000 insurance to his wife. Yester.
day an officer served q notice Of garniah.
ment on W. B. Kirkpatrick, the treas
urer Of the lodge. He was ordered not
to pay the $2,0OO.sO Mrs. McKsrnan un.
til hearing could be had in the district
court The garnishment is for $3.50
balance on the mortgage which had
taken the home Of the McKernan's.
That 10 why an effort is being made to
The advocate., 1895-02-27

Our goV'nor is business man, ptous one at
that
An Lieutenant Gov'nor Troutman used to
pray and pass the hat;
While every legislator man, on bein' candi'
date,
Used to stand fer prohibition an redemption
OF the state.
An that's why we elected 'em, we couldn't
stand disgrace,
But when they come to choose man fer Mar
tins vacant place,
They fergot about morality an also prohibi-
tion,
An elected Mister Baker whose front name Is
"Resubmission"
AM then to cap the climax and do the thing
They mosled off to Leavenworth an painted
up the town,
With democrats an demijohns an railroad
They had what overmyer called demo
jamboree.
Now, don't know much bout Baker, but
there's lots o things hear.
In Ninety-fOur he voted straight, first time in
An seems like when they started out to do up
Farmer Smith,
They might have found a real republican to
do 1t with.
But them Topeky preachers said at Burton
had gone wrong,
Compared him with Kirkpatrick an with
Chester Isaac Long;
Each OF 'em had pedigree, all very much the
same,
An TO send EN- all to congress would have
been q downright shame.
AM then there's somethin' else us temprance
folks would like to know
Why is that House committy on temperance
actin so?
They've done their very level best (Pd like to
know what for)
To knock out prohibition by changin' "and"
to "or"
We voted fer "Ole Business" an we can't get
through US yet
Why some towns should go howlin' dry an
others hoWlin' wet.
There's Wichita and LeavenWorth a-tlOaein',
mighty nigh,
While Fort Scott and Topeky are a-standin'
high and dry
They kept a.pilin' up the grief. from day to
day an when
They appintad Howe an Anthony instead Of
honest men,
Says this "stAn.up" business is nothin' but a
joke,
An so I'll jest set down q spell.
Yours truly,
DEACON HoCH.
The advocate., 1895-02-27

deprive the wife Of her husbands life In
gursnce taken for the purpose Of pro-
teCting his family. The case will be
contested by the lodge.
The advocate., 1895-02-27
The lowest Rates Ever Made in the South,

Will be in effect via the Louisville &
Nashville railroad on March 5, April and
30, 1896. Round trip tickets will be sold to
points in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia and West Florida, and
one way tickets TO Florida at about half the
regular rates. Ask your ticket agent about
il, and if he cannot sell you excursion tick
cts write to o. p. Atmore, General Passen-
ger Agent, Louisville, KY, or George B.
HoIner, D. p. A, 50, Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1895-02-27
Congressman HudsOn's Views.

never seen 6ne dRy Wn9n ne was 80 over
Whelmed with correspondence from con-
Stituents giving advice and asking infor-
nation. OF course the Kansas members
are no exception to the rule and great
deal OF their time is required to answer
the letters. The publication Of the fol-
lowing from Congressman Hudson to a
man in Saline county, may save other
persons writing letters, for It gives Mr..
Hudson's views:
"DEAR S1R-Yours Of the 18th inst.
just received. You say 1T is dsplorsble
that this congress should adjourn with
out doing something for the country In
the way Of financial legislation con.
cur; upon that point we fully agree.
That our present financial system 'ia
vicious and inconsistent / also not only
admit, but have for twenty years con-
tended. You also say that 'ths presi-
dent is right in favoring gold standard,
that the gold standard has come to stay,
and you further say that the people are
with the president in his financial theo-
ries.'
"Your opinion Of the cause of our
failure to do something for the country
in the way Of financial legislation is
widely at variance from my view, and
the rapidly growing opinions Of the
American people. You evidently wholly
misunderstand the president. He is
decidedly in favor of q continuation Of
the national bank law, or a system on
the same plane; in fact he finds q larger
following IN the republican camp than in
the democratic, You must live in o
queer and bsnightsd nelghborhood as
you are the first man who has been heard
fTom during the last six weeks 10 defend
the presidents financial policy. The
general opinion here, even among those
faVoring q gold standard, is that the
president ia not an authority on financial
questions, and he certainly is not in
touch with tie people who elected him.
The only thing he has accomplished thus
far is total and irreparabls division and
defeat OF the democratic party. II there
is craftsmanship in that, it must be con-
coded that he has accomplished that and
done it we'll. The failure Of the present
congress to legislste for the country lies
at the door Of the president and the gold
advocates; and the country will so hold.
"Mr. Cleveland went into Office with q
fixed purpose Of taking this silver pro.
ducing country and debt-burdened peo.
pie into the gold standard column. He
was willing to sacrifice Jefferson, Jack
son, in fact the whole democratic party
and every farmer, lsborer and debtor Of
the United States for that purpose;
knowing full well-for he is not an
ignorsmus-thst he would psrRlyze the
industries, reduce prices, destroy en-
ployment, thus creating trsmps aud
misery, helping only bondholdsrs and
the creditor class, and that only tenn
porarily-yet you call him a democrat.
He Is about as much Of true democrat
as Alexander Of Russia. Ny early train
ing led me TO believe that democracy
meant the wishes and interests Of the
great plain people.
"The plain everyday American wants
the silver dollar restored. The demo-
cratic party has since 1873 persistsntly
The advocate., 1895-02-27

-'~SAA~SAAASNS
people must suffer corresponding dam
age. If the creditor is benefited tho
debtor is necessarily injured by the
adoption Of the gold standard. Why
does any producer or laborsr want gold
Standard There is not So in gold for
each man, woman and child in the
world. Labor never gets gold and never
can. It is impossible.
"It paper based on gold is good
enough for laborer why is it not good
enough for the bRnker-bondholder. Do
you want to 60 to EuropeP II not, why
do you want dollar good in Europe
simply to accommodate the few that 20
thereP Are you willing to give up one
honest Kansas home for all the Amsri-
cans who want to 60 to Europe?
[ am not. II q man wants TO 20
to Europe, let him buy European
money. We have silver. We can pay
our debts with silvs- We can't pay
them in gold. w Q can't pay
them without silver under our contract.
We have legal right to use silver. We
must pay our debts with what we have
or repudiBte. We do not want to repu-
diate. Law and necessity both plead
for the use Of silver as the only honest
method OF avoiding default.
"My dear doctor, you know that you
are wrong; that your position is inde-
fensible. You are defending a lost
cause. You denounCe paternalism az
though it was q thing to be dreaded.
What do you mean by patsrnRlismS Do
you mean that the government should
not create, coin money? Then we should
not coin gold. We should not carry the
mail; should not build postofiOe build.
ings in cities; we should not tax whisky,
beer, tobacco, ETC., more than other arti-
cles; we should not grant special privi-
lsges to corporations, grant and protect
patents or copyrights. Your bogY Of
paternslism is inconsistent, disjointed
and shspeless. This government should
be run in the interest Of the msiority-
whatever will best serve ths greatest
number. That is the essence Of a re.
publican form Of government. If every
man is free man and a lsw-mRksr, why
should not the laws be framed in the in
terest Of the majority Of the lRw.mak-
eTsH Why should progress, development,
humanity, halt before some idol, some
invisible, unreal fetch, some hobgoblin
which is frequently called, bat never
comes.
Macbeth can call spirits from the vastly
deep.
Macduff-so can I, so can any man, but win
they come?
parental government, what is itS II
it for one moment stands between the
theoretical government and the inter-
ests Of the great plain people, 1 say, az
said the French revolution, "Down with
the king" down with psternslism. Give
Us common sense; let us consult the
people and do all we can for them. II
this is not democracy, then never was
democrat; if it is democracy, then Cleve-
land 10 not q democrat. I believe in
Jefferson; next to Jefferson, Lincoln; but
above and beyond all, 1 believe in the
plain, honest American people. have
no compromise to make which does not
fully recognize them as sovereign.
"Your friend, T. HUDSON.
The morning times., 1895-07-23
GRIP And PUNCH FORGOTTEN
First Annual Excursion of Protec-
tive Street Railway Union.
1t Was Gratifying Success In Every
Way-Manager Schoepf's Petty In
terdtct to the Ticket Sellers

Every union street car gripman, driver
and conductor in the city who could get Off
for the day. or even part, went down the
river yesterday on the Protective Street
Railway Union S first annual excursion.
They We're not alone for about two thou
saud of the boys best girls, wives and
children accompanied them to share the
little outing and period of rest and recre
alton which come but seldom in the life of a
street railway employe. The steamer left
her wharf three times during the day and
each trip had on board a demonstrating
yetquietand orderly crowd. Atthe grounds
the horny handed manipulatOrs of the
lever, aud adept riuger-up of fares partook
OF cool temperance beverages and eXcur-
sion luncheon under the shady trees,
while their little ones roInped and played
on the green grass beside them.
No tyrannical superintendent was there
10 grind and oppresS, no sneaking spotteF or
private Inspector To report them for some
trivial mistake, but with ease and content
nHnt OF mind written on their faces these
hard working men enjoyed at least one day
of respite from the wOrTy and labor OF their
vocationS.
The Anacostia boys We're on hand, and
although they had been without work for
other lines saw 10 II that they did not want
for amusement.
There was not one intoxicated person
to be seen on the grounds, and this fact was
pointed out with pride by the members of
the union.
When the committeeman were crying their
tickets at the wharf they were roughly
told by Manager SchoepG, OF the lexington
and Soldiers Home road, who was driving
up and down in his carriage, not 10 board
his cars 10 sell any tickets. After the Eek
ington maguate had passed and repassed
several times. Dick Rose sang out to him
that he had better 90 on home; that the union
hadn't enrolled his men yet, bat when wanted
they could be obtained
sI5A GBp an 10 suonoBnlB sql SuomF
two baseball games. The Metropolitan
Juniors defeated the K ock Creek Walka-
ways by the score of i 6 to g after which
the former team and Arsenal Club crossed
bats. In the evening the Columbia Ath-
letic Club boys gave a delightful musical
and literary entertainment. The trip up
was cnlivened by the singing of songs and
when the wharf was reached all on board
promised TO go next year. The proceeds
Of the affair VIII go toward the sick fund
of the union.
The association buttons We're worn for
the first time yesterday. The emblem
is a street car in a light yellow color, with
a green background, while the initials
p. S. r. Z. are arranged in a circle around
the edge of the button.
The committee to whose efforts much
of the success of the excursion was due
consisted OF McSsrs, Richard Rose, chair
man; obert l.. Dent, Frank Dent, Philip
Baker, j. H Akers, w. W. Rice R. F.
Glasscock. and Mcmillan.
The morning times., 1895-07-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds in fee have been recorded as fol-
lows: VIM B. Matthews to Lester a. Barr,
lot 5, block 35, Columbia Heights, SO.
Katherine Pine to Bernard A. Parkinson,
lot IL, block 16, East DeanewOod, S16O.
stephen j. McArdle TO Frank T. Browning,
part OF lot 1 Davidson's subdivision, square
1S3, $4,000. Frank Browning TO Ste
phen j McArdle, part oflots Z and s, square
92O, $4,000 Henry Urine to F. h.
Gordon, part of lot 80, square 557, Sits.
Chas. F. Lewis to Edward S. Lewis, 1 acre
in county, $40. VIM NJ. O'Brien to Mar
garet Bruehl, lot 80, Lenman's subdivis-
ion, square 374, $40. Chas. w. Handy to
Geo. w Smithson, lot E, Todd subdivision,
square $50, $40. Eliza E. Knights to
MarceIla Phillips and Martha B. Judge,
two-thirds interest in lots 90, SO and "a,
square 20S, 81 Frank Webb to Geo. W.
Ray, part of lot II, square Is, SO. Ran
doIph II. McKim to BENZ. S Minor, part OF
lots 1 and 2, Davidson's subdivision, square
1874, $40 Jesse L. Heiskell, Jos. F.
Saum, and VIM. H Weber to Geo w Weber,
lots 12, Is, 10, and 20, HeiskeH's subdi-
vision, square OLA, $40. Mary Morrissey
TO Henry G. Nau, part of lot 20, block q,
Todd's subdivision, Mount Pleasant, $40.
The morning times., 1895-07-23
MR.. MORTON'S FOUNDATIONS
Secretary of Agriculture Talks Oh
Cattle Shipping in Canada,
Also About the Contentment and Pros
perity OF Eastern Farmers That
Are Free From Silver Falacies.

One thing that struck me very rorcibly
during my trip 10 Canada" said Secretary
Morton yesterday, was the remarkable
advantage the people of that country have
over us in the matter of shipment of cattle
abroad
"Sun they do not approach us in the
trace this business, As passed Montreal,
coming down the St Lawrence. l saw an
immense ocean vessel loading with cattle
bound for Europe These cattle are fed
at the distilleries near the river. and all
that is necessary TO be done is to drive them
from their pens TO the ship. There are no
hack charges for freight transportation and
olher expenses, such rs we are compelled to
meet Yet with all this advantage they do
not become our competitors to any great
extent, for Baltimore alone ships more
cattle TO Europe every year than all of
Canada
Quebec is the strangest place 1 ever
visited. Although so near TO US one feels
there If he were on the most foreign spot on
earth. The town and all its surroundings
are different from anything in this country.
and fully one-half the population speaks
nothing but French.
secretary Morton naturally drifted to
the financial question.
Il visited the old home where I was
oorn, IN jefferson county, N. Y :" said he
"and there l found the people almost
TO man in favor of sound money. There
| is no fallacy of free silver among ttTrm
and better or more prosperous commu.
nifty l never saw
Jefferson county contains TAI, ,356 acres
/ OF rich land and is assessed at S31. 600. 900
On this valuation the people are taxed but
90 cents on the 500. They don't owe q
dollar Of public debt, and have a surplus
/ in the treasury of 500, ,1IS. The tax rate
insome of the townsi is a trifIe higher. but the
/ highest rate in any municipality is but
80 cents. The people do not complain
/ of the hard times and are happy and cor
tented The farms that We're productive
and paying when / was a boy are product
i've and paying to-day.
The people of our Western country
| should emulate the example of some of
the Eastern communities, and avoid the
habit OF running INTO debt-a habit as dis
astrous TO communities as it is to indi-
viduals. Too many of our Western States
thus pile up a big debt, vote subsidies.
and imagine the day of big things is at
hand, only to find sooner or later that
they have gone to the verge OF bankrupt
ing their treasury and are taxed themselves
by rate that keeps them poor and drives
away what under other conditions would
be conducive OF prosperity"
The morning times., 1895-07-23
EX-SENATOR CoNGER SUED.
Bill TO Permit Judgment Creditors
Lien TO BE Filed.


Messrs Henry P. Gilbert and Eliza
Cornewcll, as administrators of the es-
tate of George G. Cornewel, have brought
a suit in equity against James X. Hum
phrey and Omar D. Conger. formerly Sen
ator from Michigan. on a judgment cred
itor's bill to subject part of lot 3, square
245, and part of lot 23, square 534, this
city, to the payment of legacy and OF
complainants' judgment.
The bill, filed yesterday, states that
the complainants recovered a Judgment
for $1,1077S against the defendant
Conger in December, 1891, which still
remains unpaid. The bill further sets
forth that Mr. Conger has no property in
the District subject TO execution at law,
but that lie is the beneficiary of 500 8
month under the Will OF his late wife.
By his wifes viii be has also an inter
est in the porperty named and situated
at No. 1921 NJ street northwest. The de
fendant Humphrey is sued as executor
of the estate.
The complainants therefore ask that
the court will permit the Judgment cred
itor's bill to be charged as a lien on the
realty named.
The morning times., 1895-07-23
ST. ROSES INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Girls of ST. vincent's Asylum to Ftnis b
Their Education There.
When the girls of st. Vjncent's Orphan
Asylum, at the corner Of Tenth and G streets
northwest, reach the age of fourteen years
in the future they will be transferred to
St. Roses Indu strial School, of the Dis
trict of Columbia Here their education
will be further carried out until they reach
theage oftwenty-one.
The organization of the latter institution
was fully completed yesterday by the filing
of articles of incorporation. The organi
cation s made for term of twenty years.
In addition to teaching the girls all practical
household duties, they viii be provided,
whenever possible, with suitable homes.
The following Sisters are the incorporation
of the school: Sisters Clara, Mariana,
Agnes, Julia and Fidelis
The morning times., 1895-07-23
OBJECT TO BULL FIGHTS.
Secretary Carlisle Asked Not to Pei
NIT Them at Atlanta

Secretary Carlisle Asked Not to Per-
NIT Them at Atlanta.
The Secretary of the Treasury yester-
day received from William Hosea Ballou,
of New York, vice-president of the Amer
lean Humane Association, a letter pro-
testing against the proposed bull fight
at the Atlanta Exposition, and asking
the Secretary to ''use his good offices to
avert national scandal by preventing
the importation of the bulls on the ground
of their being immoral Imports" and
refusing admission to the toreadors.
If these exhibitions are given, Mr.. Bal
lou says, all persons connected Herewith
will be arrested and prosecuted.
No action has yet been taken, but it
is the opinion of some of the officials
that the government win not interfere in
the matter.