Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-04
NO25
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Chicago is to contribute force Of
volunteers for Cuba.
A grain blockade is reported at
Chicago.
Destructive forest fires are raging
in Wyoming.
meeting OF Women Suffragists
Will be held in Nashville today.
An unknown man was shot and
killed on the skagaway trail
fer theft.
1t is said the Gear of Russia will
return President Faure's visit dur
ing autumn.
The Parker, Sampson-Adams Co.,
manufacturers of boots and shoes.
of Boston, has suspended.
Two deputy marshals were am
pushed aud killed by moonshiners
in Pope county Sunday morning.
1t now seems that McLaurin will
be chosen to fill the vacancy caused
by the death OF Earle.
Clarendon, ON yesterday, received
its first bale of cotton for the season
lt was sold for 81 cents per pound
In Mondays State League game
the Little Rocks defeated the Hot
Springs club by the score of to 8.
Comptroller of the Currency James
II. Eckles is now enjoying an outing.
He will spend ten days in Yellow
Stone Park.
August, 1897. was the banner
month in the history OF past OF Bal
timore. Exports for the month
amounted TO the enormous sum of
$40, 2i3,3 9l.
Hon. } A. Graham, OF Pennsylva-
mia, is out IN long open letter to
National Democratic committeeman
W. Il. Harrity, calling on him to va
cate his position.
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deputy sheriff, who some months
ago killed s. #. Blair, In Little Rock.
in Geld blood, Is now being triad
for his life at perryviile
The Democratic State Convention,
OF Pennsylvania, in session MT Read
ing, yesterday, endorsed William
Jennings Bryan and the Chicago
platform Of 1896.
The students OF the University OF
California participated in "A "rnsh,
Tuesday. and benjamin kurtz,
freshman was manned, and disfigur-
ed for life.
Consul General Lee has secured the
release of James Thomas Casey, an
American citizen who has been held
n captive by the Spanish authorities
in Cuba.
The Arkansas Wood Manufacture
ing plant, ut Little Rock, was de-
stroyed by fire Monday morning;
loss about $40, 900, partly covered by
! insurance.
! The Westinghouse Electric Co., OF
Philadelphia, now has monopoly
in the manufacture OF electric dyn0-
mos and motors. The company has
bought out the interests of the Gibbs
Electric Co.
The Central Labor Council, OF Gin
cinnati, has adopted a resolution APP
proving the course OF the st. Louis
Labor Conference in setting aslde.the
earnings OF labor on September 3, for
the assistance OF striking miners.
McLaurin, al a senatorial primary
held in South Carolina yesterday.
was elect to succeed Senator Earle,
deceased, in theUnited States Senate.
The vote stood McLaurin. 1914;
Evans, 6,39S; Erby, 1851. McLaurin's
majority was 10, la.
On trial at Perryville, Wednesday,
for the murder OF 5. r. Blair in Little
Rock several months ago. Jesse
Heard accuses lis wife OF having
been criminally intimate with Blair.
The following notice was posted
on the Bank of England Wednesday:
1.-The Secretary for India, in Council,
gives notice that the sale OF bills OF
exchange ON Calcutta, Bombay aud
Madras has been suspended for q
period OF not less than ten weeks.
This is an Indication that the gold
standard may be put in operation ia
India before long.
In magistrates court at Chatta-
nooga Wednesday. A. IL. Vaughan,
eolored, was awarded damages 10
tne amount OF $50 against theNash-
vile & Chattanooga Railroad, be-
cause the plaintiff was complied to
ride in coach filled with white pe0-
pie. The case Will be carried to the
supreme court. Tennessee has
"seperate coach law, sit liar to
that OF Arkansas.
President Faure, referring in an
interview to his visit to Russia, Ia
quoted as saying that everything
passed off wonderfully well and that