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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-10-17

WE note with regret the cowardly
attack made upon Editor W. d. JOHN
SON of the Lexington, KY, Standard,
who was defending a coiored man near
the poll-place. He was struck from
behind and the wound made was three
inches in length, one-eighth of an inch
deep and one-quSrter of an inch in
width.
The assailant was white and no ar
rests we're made. We presume that
Mr.. JOHNSON will sw ear out a warrant
for the arrest of the brute, and give
the public the opportunity of seeing
the machinery of injustice in operation
and the murderous assailant acquit-
ted.
Editor JOHNSON is one of the most
outApoken journalists in this country
and his ability and courage is conced-
ed by all who know him.
We regret the mishap. Kentucky is
a good place to find white men with
revolvers. but poor place to find col
ored men with the same kind of wea-
pOns.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-10-17

could not afford it. Had the colored
clubs asked for pittsnce 70 pay hall
rent--they would hear the reply that
the party could not afford il.
What does all this mean7 1t is
plainly evident that the present mana
gers are either working outright for
the election of Captain john LAMB for
congress or they are the worst set OF
nincompoops and novices, With when
the party has been cursed in twenty
years.
Open-air meetings are the only ones
at which these difficulties can be
avoided.
Chairman WILLIAM LAMB saw this
when he secured Ford's Hotel portico
from which Senator JOHN NJ. THURsroN
made one of the most effective speech.
es of the campaign.
Our knowledge of Mr.. HANNA and
observance Of his methods convinces
us that he is not party to this sort Of
discrimination and that th;s action II
the work of fawning politicians with
oft judgement who are more sppreheI
sive of reflection upon themselves b'
thesenemy than they are care nj of th'
fundamental rights of a Republican.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-10-17
STILL DISCRIMINATING

Just as we expected, the Republican
mass meeting at the Academy of Mus
ic Saturday, 10th instant, was a dis
NAL failure.
The WADDILL- ALLAN chairman, n. j.
SMITH had announced that at this
meeting colored folks would be given
the highest position obtainable with
out actually going up through the
roof OF the building, and that was the
peanut gallery"
The rest was reserved for the white
citizens. The colored people showed
their appreciation of his kindness by
remaining away from the place where
it had been plainly shown that they
were not wanted.
The attendance on the part of the
white people was also disappoint-
ment.
And yet one hundred dollars of the
campaign money was expended for
this hall, to say nothing of tie forty or
fifty dollars paid for the band which
discoursed lively airs during the even
ing.
Had the party workers asked for de-
cent pay. he would have said they
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-10-17

UNDER the caption of A Question
in Baptist History: whether the Ana
Baptists in England practice INNER
sion before the year l64l?" Prof.
WILLIAM II. WHITsITT, president of
the Southern Baptist Theological Sem
mary, Louisville, Ky, makes most
valuable contribution to the literature
OF the Baptists.
The question asked is answered in
the affirmative by such an overwhelm-
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The work will be received with en-
thusiasm everywhere by the Baptists.
who will recognize in this modest
contribution another unanswerable
argument for the belief in the faith
which is primitive in that the great
est authority Tor its exercise is found
in the Bible itself. Price, 81 90 post
paid. Charles T. bearing, Louisville,
KY, publishers.
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BEGINNING THE INTIMIDATION.

AS the time for the election APP
proaches the lawless elements of Mis-
sissippi prepare to intimidate the col
ored people.
The following telegraph report is so
absurd that its falsity is stamped up
on it's face;
GRENADA, Miss, Oct. 1O--The white
people of Carroll County are terribly
excited over the discovery of Negro
plot to inaugurate war OF extermi-
nation. " ord from CarrolIton is that
letter was found in the road address,
ed to a Negro, which exposed the plot
A secret society of Negroes had ne
gotiated with the Winchester Arms
company for large number of rifles,
and Win these they propose to slaugh-
ter white men, women and children
Several leaders have been arrested
and the excitement is very intense.
CarrOlltOn is the home of Senator
Money A number of Negroes were
killed in riot there several years ago
and bad blood still exists. There il
no doubt the situation is now criti-
cal
No, where in the South could colored
people be found who would even think
of such a thing, They did not do il
during the four years of war, and
there is absolutely no reason to be.
lieve that they would attempt any
such thing now.
These murderoHs elements are seek.
ing an excuse for the slaughter, and
we regret that there are so many in.
credulous white persons, who would
believe such fairy story as the one
just cited.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-30

DO her, and on closer inspection approves h@r still more-receives an invitation to visit-yisits frequently, and each time is more satisfied of the rarity, service ableness and quality of the article.
 If all John Ingerfield requires for a wife is beautiful social machine, sure- ly here he has found his ideal, Anne Singleton, only daughter of that persist enly unfortunate but most charming of baronets, Sir Harry ingleton-more charming, it is rumored, outside his family circle than within it--is state ly, graceful, high bred woman. Her DOT trait, by Reynolds, still to be seen above the carved wainscoting of one of the old city halls, shows a wonderfully handsome and clever face, but at the same time a wonderfully cold and heart less one. 1t is the face of q woman half weary of, half sneering at the world. One reads in old family letters, where of the ink is now very faded and the paper very yellow, long criticisms of this portrait The writers complain that if the picture is at all like her, she must have greatly changed since her girlhood, for they remember her then as having laughing and winsome expres- sion.
 They say-they who knew her in aft CT life-that this earlier face came back to her in the end, so that the many who remembered opening their eyes and sec ing her bending down over them could never recognize the portrait of the beau tiful, sneering lady, even when they were told whom it represented.
 But at the time of John Ingerfeld's s strange wooing she was the Anne Sin. gleton of Sir Joshua's portrait, and John Ingerfeld liked her the better that she was.
 He had no feeling of sentiment in the matter himself, and it simplified the case that she had none either. He offered her plain bargain, and she accepted it, For all he knew or cared, her attitude toward this subject of marriage was the usual one assumed by women. Very young girls had their heads full of TO- mantle ideas It was better for her and for him that she had got rid of them.
 .sOurs will be union founded on common sense, said John Ingerfield.
 Let us hope the experiment will succeed, said Anne Singleton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-30

events, so far as he is concerned. The mgerfield husbands are not the class of men upon whom wives vent their tenn pers
 Having decided in his mixd what she shall be, he proceeds to discuss with himself who she shall be? His social circle is small. Methodically, in thought, he makes the entire round of it, mentally scrutinizing every maiden that he knows. Some are charming. some are fair, some are rich, but no one of them approaches near to his careful 1y considered ideal.
 He keeps the subject in his mind and muses on it in the intervals of business. At odd moments he jots down names as they occur to him upon slip of paper which he pins for the purpose on the inside of the cover of his desk. He ar-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-30
 Just Whats Needed.

Exelames thousands of people who have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla at this season of the year, and who have noted the success of the medicine in giving them relief from that tired feeling, waning appetite and state of extreme exhaustion after the confine- ment of winter season, the busy time attendant upon pressing busi- ness during the spring months and with vacation time yet some weeks distant. It is then that the building up powers Of Hoods Sarsaparilla are fully appreciated.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-30

by birth and education She must be of good family-of family sufficiently good, indeed, to compensate for the re- finery. She must be young and beauti- ful and charming. I am purely a busi- ness man. l want a woman capable of conducting the social department of my life. know o4 no such lady myself. 1 appeal to you because you, know. are intimate with the class among whom she must be sought. y
 ''There may be some difficulty i'll per suading lady of the required qualifica- tions to accept the situation, , says Cath cart, with touch of malice.
 ''I want you to find one who will, " says John Ingerfeld.
 Early ill the evening Will Cathcart takes leave of his host and departs thoughtful and anxious, and John h. gerfeld strolls contemplatively up and down his wharf, for the smell of oil and tallow has grown to be very sweet to him, and it is pleasant to watch the moonbeams shining on the piled up casks
 Six weeks go by. On the first day of the seventh John takes Will Cathcart's s acceptance from its place in the large safe and lays it in the smaller box be- side his desk, devoted to more pressing and immediate business Two days later Cathcart picks his way across the slimy yard, passes through the counting house and enters his friends inner sanctum, closing the door behind him.
 He wears jubilant air and slaps the grave John on the back. Eve got her. Jack, y he cries. ''It's been hard work, l can tell you-sounding suspi- cious old dowagers, bribing confidential servants, fishing for information among friends of the family. By love, I shall be able to join the duke's staff as spy i'll chief to his majesty's $ entire forces after this.
 "What is she like?" asks John, with out stopping his writing.
 'Likel My dear Jack, you Il fall head and ears in love with her the moment you see her. A little cold perhaps, but that will just suit you.
 "Good family" asks John, signing and folding the letter he has finished.
 ''So good that l was afraid at first it would be useless thinking of her. But she's sensible girl, with no eonfound- ed nonsense about her, and the family are as poor as church mice In fact well, to tell the truth, we have become most excellent friends, and she told me herself frankly that she meant to marry rich man and didn't much care 1 whom.
 That sounds hopeful, j" remarks the would be bridegroom, with his peculiar | dry smile. ''When shall I have the pleasure of seeing herr"
 1T want you to come with me tonight to the Garden, :" replies the other. "She will be in Lady Heatherington < box, aud I will introduce you.
 So that evening John Ingerfield goes to Covent Garden theater with the blood running trife quicker in his veins, but not much, than would be the case were he going to the docks to purchase tallow-examines coyertly the proposed article from the opposite side of tht house, and approves her--is introduced
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-20
NIOUNDSVILLE.

Assessor j. r. Roseberry was In town
yesterday on bus Tess.
Rev. C.. w. Grimes. formerly OF this city,
but now located at Clarksburg. has re-
ceived an offer from the First NJ. q.
church. of Helena, Mont. to remove to
the latter city. The congregation pays a
large salary and the appointment is a
very good one. 1t is understood that the
Clarksburc people refused to allow him
TO leave. and he has decided TO remain.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Episcopal
church. from New Martinsville. spent yes
terday at the Parish Institute, the guests
of the society in this city.
independent Hose Co. No. . elected the
following officers 10 serve for the ensuing
term: Clarence Burley, president; Charles
Ray. vice president; James Mahood sec
rotary. John Baldwin, treasurer; c. b.
smith captain.
I'm the Circuit Court yesterday. John
Pellev. who was convicted at former
day of unlawfully shooting his cousin.
Jackson Pelley. was sentenced to confne-
ment i'm the county Jail for the term Of
eight months and TO nay a fine Of 5000
Rano Sabis the italian held for attempted
rape upon siN-year-old girl. was admit
ted TO bail upon his own recognizance
The prosecuting attorney and justice We're
both doubtful il the crime could be
proven. and this was thought the best
way of getting rid Of the accused.
A. ]. Greit left yesterday for Smithfeld
where he is engaged drilling oil wells.
Mrs. c. E. McChristian is visiting
friends in Wellsville, o.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-20
To ALTER THE YEAR.


The closing years Of the nineteenth
century are prolific in plans and
schemes for making life easier and peo-
pie happier on this planet The Boston
Globe points out one of the latest pro-
jects. which is to divide the year into
thirteen months instead of twelve, Civ
ing twenty-eight days to each of them
except the thirteenth, which would
have twenty-nine days in ordinary
years and thirty days "one year in
four"
1t is maintained, with truth, that
such a change would work to much ad-
vantage. largely dispensing with the
need of calendars and Simplifying cal
culations regarding interest, the matur-
ing Of notes, etc. Under a year recon-
structed as certain scientists propose
each and every day Of the week would
fall on the same dates in each month.
Thus. if January 1 were Monday, the
LIST, Sth, 10 and 22d of every month
that year would be Monday; the I'd,
9Th. 10Th and 23d Tuesday and so on.
But it is no easy task to bring about
a change in the year by international
agreement or any other means. De-
spite the hopes of a coterie of would
be benefactors Of accountants, it is
likely that almanacs and interest tables
will be as essential in counting room
and Office in 1901 as they are in the
present year of grace.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-20
TIE NEW CHARTER.

Mr.. Erskine, in another column calls
attention to some mistakes of fact
made by critics of the new charter. His
suggestion that the voters withhold
their judgment until they shall have
read the charter for themselves, is bat
reasonable.
This matter is too important to be
treated lightly. or to be acted upon
from a mistaken view of the facts. An
edition Of 5000 copies for the use of the
people is now being printed by order
of Council. The method of supplying
them 10 the people has not been provid-
ed for by the Council, but it is to be
hoped that some fair and effective plan
of distribution will be at once adopt
ed. Another way to accomplish this
end would be to publish the charter in
the daily newspapers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-20

a relentless fight with an overwhelm-
ing force. and no species of butchery,
cruelty. barbarism, outrage, teachery,
or other infamy known TO barbaric
warfare was left unemployed by him.
Heaven help the Cuban captive that
fell into his hands. Yet Weyler is
known as SPANS greatest soldier!
Great soldiers do not resort to such
methods, for it is only a weak and
petty nature that will wreak cruel
and cowardly revenge on helpless cap
tives, when it can accomplish nothing
beyond gratifying an unsoldierly and
unmanly revenge or spite.
We have before us in a New York
paper a photograph of a Cuban sol
der. who, having been wounded by a
bullet in his leg during a recent en-
gagement, was unable to retreat with
his comrades, and, so, fell into the
hands of the Spaniards. The photo
graph shows a horribly mutilated fig
ure. The body Of this unfortunate
Cuban contains forty-two gaping
slashes. although he still lives. This
Infamous work was not done in COM
bat, but while the soldier lay helpless
from his wound on the field.
To what sympathy is Butcher Wey-
Ter. who has encouraged this barbarity,
entitled? To what sympathy is the
Spanish government entitled, which
recalled Campos because he refused to
conduct anything but an honorable
warfare against the Cubans? The civ
ilized world feels nothing but the deep
est indignation at the cowardly and in
human warfare that Weyler has con-
Quoted, and ali men worthy of the
name can regard Weyler and Spain
with nothing but reprobation and
contempt Civilization will rejoice at
the downfall and disgrace of Butcher
Weyler, and when the time comes will
heartily applaud the ending of SPANS
infamous rule in Cuba.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-20

Edward ". Curry was initiated into
the Benevolent Protective Order of
EIks. in Des Moines. Iowa, the other
day. The initiating apparatus was an
lmprovised electrical chair Mr.. Curry
has since died and his death is blamed
on the initiation ceremony. This
charge is absurd in view Of the stat d
facts of the case.
After the initiation during which it
is not denied that Mr. Curry's trousers
were cruelty burned, he stood up and
made a speech, went TO his hotel, and
for three days thereafter showed up
as usual about town before taking to
his bed
IL is not possible that mild electric
current could have killed him three
DAYS after the shock, if there was any
serious shock. Electricity does not do
its deadly work that way.
At the same time. it will not be amiss
to remark that the usual practice Of
secret societies Of coming as near as
possible to injuring a novitiate. or at
least. as near as possible to soaring
him to death. is one that might be
modified somewhat with advantage.