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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-06-06

stand Immediately after the above
statement. He testified in the main rs
the State Attorney had stated to the
Jury He said he SAW Peter |. Davis
cut llamblin on the arm; that Hambin
then walked to the house few wards
distant, and died in Bakers arms
about twenty minutes afierward.
This witness, in particular, was sub
jected 10 most rigid cross examina
ton by Geo W. Purnell for the de
Tense and was made to describe mi
nutely the situation Of the premises
and the place of the fight Founda-
ton was laid for Impeachment by ask
ing the witness if he had had certain
conversations with sundry people in
which he had stated that he did not
know who did the killing. He was
asked If he had said to Lee Hall. the
morning after the killing. Il don Il
know who done the cutting, not if
was to he hung for it," Witness denied
any such conversation.
On Wednesday the same condition
of affairs was witnessed as on the first
day of the murder trial, the court
house filled to its utmost capacity and
everyone intently interested in hearing
every word the witnesses spoke and
keeping up with the chain of evidence.
The State closed its case Wednes.
day afternoon, and the testimony on
its face was dark Tor Davis, but the
defense was relied with confidence on
the impeachment OF Baker. the main
witness for the State, who was ex.
amined Tuesday. Mamie Jones wa,
another important witness for the State
Her testimony was almost IA repetition
Of Bakers She testified that she was
standing near the house OF Francis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-11
THE CONFEDERATE REUNION
To Be Held in Richmond On June 3Oth. Many Pine Bluffians Will
 Attend.

A late telegram to member of the J. Ed. Murray Camp, ex-Con- federates, is to the effect that the Confederate Reunion will be held at Richmond, Va, on June Both, ard will continue in session for three days. Many citizens of Pine Bluff will attend the reunion, and as the date for holding it:bas been changed, it is well for them to know of it.
 On Friday evening the J. Ed. Murray Camp will hold meeting at which time a sponsor for the Camp, who will attend the reunion, will be elected. This meeting will be an interesting one and every member is urged to be present.
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hearty applause for "Joee Chamberlain, whose vigorous colonial policy" has won the approval of the masses
 Included among the audience were the Duke of Aberoorn. chairman of the British Chartered South Africa com pany; Earl and Lady Coventry and a number of other people of equal impor- tanoe. The array of counsel on both sides was formidable. Sir John Bridge, chief magistrate, presided.
 Sir Richard Webster opened for the crown. He dwelt in foroible language upon the gravity of the charge against the prisoners, contending, that the South African republic was a friendly state within the meaning of foreign en- listment act and holding that Beohuan- aland, whence most of Dr. Jameson B troops came, was undoubtedly part of the British dominions. His address was listened to with great interest. Every word which fell from the coun- sells lips seemed to change the attitude of the prisoners. Their noncoherent demeanor gradually left them and they began 50 look nervous and worried. There was no mistaking the earnestness of the leading counsel for the prosecution and if any of the defendants thought that the legal action against them was mere formality that notion was soon dissipated by Sir Richard Webster's re- marks.
 The first witness WAS Sergeant May of Bechuanaland. He testified to the mastering of troops at Mafeking and to the endeavors of Dr. Jameson and Col. Gray to induce him and a few of his comrads to join the body of men being equipped for 8 march towards Johan- nesburg The questions put to Sergeant May drew forth the statement that Dr. Jameson and Colonel Gray were muck annoyed, and so expressed themselves at the fact that some of the troopers hesitated and others refused to join the expedition.
 There was no startling developments during the examination of witnesses. After the formal evidence had been sub mitted the examination was adjourned for week.
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YOUTHFUL GREAT MEN.
Famous at an Age When Most Men Begin Their
 Careers.
From the Baltimore Sum-

Many of the greatest careers have been made by young men. Wash ington was but 43 wren he was called to the command of the American revolutionary army. Henry Clay was Speaker of the House Of Representatives at 34 Stephen A. Douglass was but 3s when he first became candidate for the Presidency. John Jay was Chief Justice of the United States at 45.
 James G. Blaine was only 8 when he became Speaker of the House of Representatives. Alexan- der Hamilton took charge of the Treasury at B years of age. Martin Tan Buren, at 36, organized the famous Albany agency and was Governor of New York at 40.
 John c. Calhoun, in his 42d year, was Vice-President of the United States. John c. Breckinridge, oi Kentucky, was Vice-President at 32 and candidate for the Presidency at B. George B. Mcclellan was only 38 when nominated for the Presidency.
 In military life especially young men have been more conspicuous. General Grant was but forty years of age when he began winning 8 name for himself in our civil war, and was only 43 when the war closed.
 Napoleon was master of France and Europe before his Both birthday. Alexander the Great and conquered the world and left it before he was B years old. Fremont, the Pathfinder" had explored the Rocky Mountains before he was 30, and was running for the Presi- dency at 43.
 Columbus was in his 3O's when he explained his ideas of the western passage and enlisted the Spanish sovereigns in the project that led to the discovery of America.
 Richard Golden was but34 when he founded the Anti-Corn Law League, which revolutionized the commercial policy of Great Brit ain.
 William Pitt, ranked by some historains as the greatest of mod ern British Premiers, was practical ly ruler of England at "A.
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FOURTH WARD DEMOCRATS
MT. J. B. Johnson Nominated For
 Alderman From That Ward.

In obedience to call from J. Y. Saunders, Chairman of Fourth Ward Committee, a meeting was held at office of cotton scales on March 10, 1896, at 8 p. m.
 Meeting was called to order by J. Y. Saunders, chairman, and J. c. Schloss was elected secretary. Mir. Saunders rendered his resignation as Chairman of the Fourth Ward Committee and also as a member ol County Central Committee and on motion they were accepted. On motion H. A. Mccoy was elected Chairman of Ward Committee and R. L. Rutherford elected a member of County Central Committee to sue ceed Mir. Saunders.
 On motion ]. B. Johnson was in dorsed as candidate for Alderman from the Fourth Ward
 No further business appearing, the meeting adjourned subject to g call from Chairman.
 On motion it was ordered that 6 copy of the proceedings be giver the Democratic papers of the city for publication.
 H. A. MoCoY, J. c. SeHLoss,
 Chairman. Secretary.
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AFTER LOWENSHON.
A Pine Bluff Officer Arrives for the
 St. Louis Drummer.
lLittle Rnclr press- 1

An officer from Pine Bluff was in the city this afternoon to get Samuel Lowenshon, the St. Louis travelling salesman who has been in jail here for several weeks. He is wanted at Pine Bluff for the same trick he worked here-obtaining money un- der false pretenses. Lowenshon was not turned over to the Pine Bluff officer as there is an indictment against him here for gaming.
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TRANSTAAL RAIDERS.
Formal Arraignment In the
 Bow Street Court.
THE CROWD CHEERS FOR JAMESON

Sir Richard Webster Repr. nt | the
 Crown and Made tho Pris. es Put
 Aside some of Their Confidence oi
 Acqulttal and Became Neryoua-Oourt
 AdJourns For Week.
 LONDON, March 1l.-There was q large and pronounced jingo crowd in and about Bow Street police court yester. day. The occasion for this turning out of patriots was the formal arraign. ment of Dr. Leander s. Jameson, Mai. John Willoughby, Colonel the Hon. r. White. Colonel B. Gray, Major the Hon. R. White. Major J. B. stracey, Major 0. H. Vilfers, Captain K 0. Kineaid Smith, Captain C. L. Monroe, Captain G. P. Foley, Captain F. c s. Holden, Captain c. F. Lindsell and Lieutenant H. M. Greenfield. charged with violat. ing the foreign enlistment act, Ito regu- late tho conduct of her majesty's sub jects during the existence of hostilities between foreign states with which her majesty is at peace.
 Mir Chamberlain md Mir. Jameson are somehow very much associated, by being jingo minded in the great raid, and therefore, not only were The Transvaal fllibusterers loudly eheered whenever recognized by the crowds in the streets leading up to Bow street, but there was
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THE GREAT TRAGEDIAN.
Thomas Keene, Supported by a Strong Company, to Ap- pear III Pine
 Bluff.

Thomas Keene, whose eomine to tue opefa-house next Thursday in
 Louis NI, "awakens the most nloas
 ufaole anticipations in the minds Inf those who remember his former aehleYements, has had a most inter- estlng career. Although he is known ts Il tragedian exclusively. there ia no branch Of the drama in which Mr.
 heene has not played with dlstinc- lieh anu success. Comedy burlesane. pantomine-whatever could be asked ol an actor, he has appeared in.
 MT. heene, after fighting his way up the bottom rounds of the ladder. found himself the leading man of woods Museum, i'll New York in
 the days when that organization
 was one of the most inportapt in the Atlantic Coast Metropolis. and III fact the whole country. That was Tn the days when Il star traveled alone, and brought his plays with nm, while the theater furnished tbe company to support him. The lead ing man of such a company found
 hlinself compelled to play in every branch of the drama, or if he conld
 not he had to stay out of the cast
 aha found his usefulness curtailed. NIT. heene was never out of the hill
 Tor no matter what the play. who
 the star, or what the line of work ra- quifed or him, he was able to meet
 all demands. Afterwards he went to san Francisco, and was favorite member of tbat remarkable comnanv
 which played at the California thea
 ter when John Mccullough was dra-
 matic arbiter of the Pacific coaat
 Here his wonderful versatility was fully displayed, and he stood high in
 coterie of actors of which Son
 ffaneisco was particularly and justly proud. It is recalled that he was a splendid Herzog in "Black Crook:o
 the work of the pantalooned clown
 was not beneath his making if
 howling success with the gallery. and Chat he was U particularly fine lago. It is also recalled that he al- ternated the roles of Brntus, Cassius and Antony with Mccullough and
 Booth; but more dazzling success came to him when he appeared as leading man of Eugene Tompkins' grand production Of Zoia E sDrink.' U play that was made successful
 mainly through his genius in depict 1 ing the drunken sot who figures as the chief character. Immediately afterwards and as a direct result of hls splendid work in "Drlnk," Mir.
 heene began to star, selecting Shakespeare's Richard H." as the vehicle of his talents. From that point his career is known by all. And although at first some critics demurred, he has long since won over the general verdict to his side in the matter of his interpretation of his play. Since then Mir. .Keene has taken up other plays, but he has de voted his attention entirely to tLe classics and Shakespearean drama, and with such distinguished success that It is not strange that his earli- est triumphs in other fields have been forgotten, and his wonderful versatility become in q large part q memory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-11
 Only One Caught.

SOUTH MoALEsTER, I. T., March Il - For some time past Pine Hollow. a re- mote district some 10 miles northeast of Cheootah, l. T., has been the rendez- vous of horsethieves, robbers and crimi- nals of all kinds A number of officers visited the robbers den for the purpose of capturing the odtlaws. There were five of the outlaws surrounded, three women and two white men. All es- capped but James Barrett, who was cap kured
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EDISON AND OTHERS FAIL WHERE THE LEXINGTON SCIENTISTS SUC-
 CEED.
Photograph the Brain of MT. Clip Taylor, Penetrating the Bones
 of the Skull.
(Louisvllle Times, March 7.)


 There hasn't been much stir about it. but Profs. Anderson, Wells and Mcclellan, at the State College, Lexington, have succeed in photo graphing the brain with the cathode rays, q feat that buffied the wizard, Edison, and which has not been accomplished in any other place in the world, as far as is known. These gentlemen have met with the most surprising results in their experi- ments, exceeding any accomplished by other scientists. The Lexington Herald tells of the remarkable feat as follows:
 The brain of Mir. M. Gibson Taylor, of Winchester. was last night in the State College labratery successfully photographed.
 On the second day of September, 1884, while visiting in Arkansas, near Pine Bluff. MT. Taylor was shot in the temple, by a young lady, with 22-caliber rifle ball. It was several weeks before he was con- sciens at all, and in the months that have since interyened he has never been well, HIS a result of the lodgment of the bullet in his brain Mir. Taylor has been in New York city almost ever since the accident, under treat ment of number of surgeons who have performed repeated unsuccess- fal operations in the attempt to re- move the ball and the fragments of bone it is thought to have carried with it.
 To perform these operations it was necessary to remove 8 portion of the skull about the size of half dollar. It was through this opening the X rays were directed lasG night. Dr. Waddy has several times treated MT. Taylor, and 1t was through his agency he was brought to the city for the test. He was placed iii an operation chair and bound to it, so that there could be no movement of the head An exposure of two hours and twenty minutes was then made.
 The professors were hopeful of penetrating the brain. but feared that the skull on the further side would prove opaque to the rays.
 Their qualification on finding when the negative was developed that the rays had penetrated the brain and skull and making a shadowgraph on the receiving plate of objects which the professors and the physicians present believe to be the lead bullet and bone fragment may be imagined. Tn the print it is thought the objects will come out with even greater distinctness.
 RThe experiment. proves what has never previously been proven, that the skull, and in consequence all earthly matter of similar forma- tion, can be penetrated by the X rays. The test also proved that the longer the exposure the more com- pletely can the bones be eliminated in the result.
 Mir. Taylor will be subjected to an- other test in few days, when some improved apparatus which has been ordered shall have arrived. It is probable that the next sitting and exposure of from four to five hours Will be made.
 It is the opinion of the professors that in the next photograph of Mir. tYaylor's head the bullet and other N,t6ign substances in the cranial cavity will not only be outlined, but be so definitely located as to be refoved with little difficulty.
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 A Novel Case.

Capt N. T. Roberts now has a novel and beautiful walking cane. 1t is made from the backbone of q 700-pound shark which he and four friends captured at Cobb's Island, Va. The Captain will have his cane mounted with silver, with Q gold dollar for the center.piece. around which will be the inscription, ZIG to l."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The gold reserve is a little above $126, 6,OOO,O ,OOO.

The gold reserve is a little above $126, 100000
 Ambassador Bayard is i'll of in- fluenza in London.
 At Brockville, Ontairo, maniac shot eight men, one of whom is dead.
 Case Broderick was renominated ill the First Kansas Congressional District.
 A warrant has been issued eharg- ing Cecil Rhodes with sending arms into the Transvaal.
 Prominent Frenchmen charged with blackmailing Max c. Bardy, are on trial in Paris.
 At Bilbao, Spain, Monday a mob broke the windows in the United States Consul's house.
 President Cleveland has again inaugurated his tri-weekly reception after q two years suspension.
 Charles Montgomery. an alleged train robber, was captured in the Osage Nation after a battle.
 General Booth, of the Salvation Army, has arrived in London to take action in the American situa- ton.
 At Durham, Ga, two miners were blown to atoms by an explosion of giant powder, and a third will die
 It is said that Private John Allen hasn't made a speech, funny, or otherwise, this session of Con- gress.
 Senator Hill, of New York, is said to desire to lead the New York delegation in the Democratic Convention.
 Congressman Joy says that he expects to soon introduce a bill for the encouragement of American merchant marine.
 Congressman Cobb is hopeful that his bill to create Department of Commerce will be favorably con sidered this session.
 A school house near Oklahoma City, in which colored people were holding a concert, was blown up. No one was killed.
 maniac was discovered with her husbands decomposed remains near Mexico, Mo-, by smell of money she gave a priest at church.
 Dr Rhoades, who was tried at 0wnesboro, Ky, for the poisoning of Jard Robinson, was discharged without argument of the case.
 I he Nicaraguan rebels have pro- tested to the Central American Re. publics against the action of Honduras in aiding President Zelaya.
 Ths House Naval Committee is said to have completed the naval appropriation bill and to decide the number of battleships to provide for construction.
 
 is understood that the Senate Public Land Committee has decided not to recommend the passage of the Arizona lease-hold bill over the Presidents veto.
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Holmes Seemed Little Concerned.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-The death warrant was read to H. H. Holmes, the murderer of B. F. Peitzel, Monday. Holmes remained perfectly cool during the reading and appeared less concerned than did the sheriff. Holmes expressed himsalf as willing to die.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-11
AssIgnee's Sale.
Notice is hereby giveu that I will, as as signeee of D. B. Riggin ons
Tuesday. March F. 1896.

At Riggin's mill, in the city of Pine Bluff Ark, between the hours of Judicial sales, sell to the highest and best bidder, on credit of three months, the following property to-wit: All the machinery. tools, implements, lum. Der, office, office fixtures and all leases and franchises used in and about the operation of said mill, as is particularly shown from an inventory now on file in the office of the cir cult clerk or Jefferson county, Arkansas, The purchaser will be required to give ap- proved personal security for the amount of his bid. c. M. PHILPOT,
 3 9d15t Assignee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-11

c. II. J. Taylor, the negro Demo- tratic leader, is said to be organi- zng the negro Democrats in the interest of Matthews, of Indiana.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
The Winter Pineapple Muskmelon.

Il is surprising why this appetizing
and delicious muskmelon is not more
widely known and raised. The musk
melon is good for cow and chicken feed.
Chickens will eat all but the very thin
rind. But best Of all it is most ex
cellent treat at Christmas and New
Years. for the table, as we'll as any and
all other days when melons Of other
kinds are gone. On January Goth last,
a California melon grower showed me
fine large melon which he had kept with
others since last fall. He informs me
that they are not hurt by the weather
even when the thermome ter gets down
to freezing point. The skin is CORFU
gated instead of netted and in color is
rich yellow tinged with green. Its firm
flesh is of light green color and has
pronounced pineapple flavor, rich and
melting and can be eaten to the outer
skin. Its valuable characteristic ISIS 1t
long keeping quality. When ripe most
of them turn little yellow and spot
on the blossom end will be found quite
mellow on pressing it with the ball of
the thumb. This is q sure test that the
melon is ready to eat, Notwithstanding
it may look green and the rlnd remain
hard. Many specimens weigh from IA
to Is pounds.-W. A. Hayes, Napa Co.
CAL in Farm and Home.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
Florida Hay.

Hay-making in Florida used to be con-
sidered almost out of the question, and
vet the last few years has demonstrated
the fact that it is very profitable crop.
Taking the figures as furnished by the
Florida bureau of agriculture, and they
show that the area devoted to hay in
creased from 3 ,232 acres in 1889 to 6,197
acres in 1898, being over 81 per cent.
The value of the product increased S77,-
1856 in 1889 to 1925, $50 in 1893, or nearly
161 per cent. The average yield per
acre for the five years represented a
value of $22.17
The results for the past year we are
sure are very much better than in 1893
Many farmers for the first time made
more hay than they needed, and the
weld per acre was surprising. Our
farmers should continue to take care OF
the grasses after the earlier crops have
been gathered. -Courier-I
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
Our Orange Industry.

From among the gloomy prognostica-
tions as to the future OF the orange in
dustry in Florida, we find refreshing
glim pses of an enthusiastic belief which
an occasional freeze will not down. We
read of the owner of half interest in a
grove in Lee county refusing to take
$4,000 for his share in the grove, which
was bought two years ago for $4,000,
and of his having sold his interest in the
coming crop for $4,000. This hardly
looks as If the orange Industry was
dead, as so many would have us believe
Were the above example an isolated
case it would be different, but there are
Others" and plenty of them. Many a
grower who let his grove go after the
freeze is now regretting his want of con-
fdence, and Fastening to make up for
lost time as he sees the groves of his
neighbors, which were properly attended
to. grow up, and rapidly resume their
wonted aspect.
To any investment that is made some
uncertainty attaches as to the outcome,
and he who is unwilling to take the
risks will never grow rich. The orange
groves of Florida are no more risky
investment than any other-less so than
a great many. No orange as good as the
Florida orange is grown the world over,
and Florida is bound to produce oranges
till the day that she sinks into the sea
and becomes part and parcel of the At
lantic ocean, which some Of our enter
prising prophets, when sensation season
is at hand, tell US is going to happen
Titusville Advocate.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29

Polk county's lake region beats the
world for vegetables, and in proof of
this read the following from the Winter
Haven Gazette: "We shipped last
week from the Winter Haven depot 6,O52
crates, most of them containing tomatoes.
There were some few crates of squash,
beans, egg plant, ETC., but tomato is
king. This is simply the beginning
our season. many planters having yet
to make their first shipments. Last
Saturday night Ii ,O7O crates wereshipped
over the Barlow branch of the Plant
System, the total being made up from
crates collected at various points con-
tanned within the II miles traversed by
said railroad. How is that for poor,
frozen Florida? Remember, 1900
crates constitute but one days ship
ment!'' The Lakeland paper says that
there has been about $4,000 worth OF
strawberries and $4,000 of cabbage
marketed in that section.-Bartow In
formant.