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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02

SENATOR T1LLMAN, of South Car
olina, has again shocked the sensi-
bilities Of his confreres by offering
resolution to have an investiga-
ton regarding speculation in Sugar
Trust Stock by the Senators. The
Senate is very touchy on this point.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02

HONEST JOHN WANNAMAkEE
does the specter act at the feast on
ly because he was not invited.
There is no real cause for his dis
NAL croakings, though the Demo
cratic press is finding much enjoy
mcnt in giving them to the public.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02

How much quicker would pros
perity have been restored to the
country had we adopted Bryan's
brand of confidence" instead Of
McKinley's! This is question the
Democrats don't like to have pro-
pounded.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02
Profession Calamity Shrieking.

Profession Calamity Shrieking.
A fine illustration of the evil eff
fects of the misunderstanding habit
is furnished by the two st. Louis
Bryanitc papers. Both of these
journals began their lamentations
when the financial convulsion oc-
Cured in 1898, two or three months
after Cleveland took Office the
second time, and they have con
tinucd them ever since with scarcely
any intermission. There were two
great causes for the financial crash
the silver debasement of the cur
rency which had been under way
fifteen years at that time, and the
entrance of the Democratic party
into power, with its pledges to as
sail the tariff along the whole line.
The latter was the larger cause.
Each Of these menaces WAS favored
by both these papers. Both had
been on the silver side. both had
supported Cleveland in 1892, and
the Bryanite schism which took
both out of the Democratic party
has not yet appeared in sight.
Here is where tie strength of the
calamity habit reveals Itself. \
great improvement i'll general bus
mess has taken place in the past
six or eight months, but the shricll-
ers have not seen any of it. Short
ly before the election the gold in
the treasury was down to the sloo,-
900, 900 mark, and another bond
sale was predicted. The gold fund
now amounts to "t43, ,OoO, 900, al
though Sl3, 900 900 of the money
has been exported recently. Bank
clcarances throughout the country
are larger than they were just be-
fore the election or than they were
at this time last year. Pig iron
production has expanded immense
" since November last. Railroad
earnings, which were low for sev-
cral years, are growing rapidly.
Every test which is of value in
revealing business conditions shows
great change for the better since
the election. The calamityitcs.
though, have not discovered the
change. Certainly they are not
mentioning it.
Right under the eyes of the St.
Louis croakcrs business expan-
sion which is one of the marvels in
the record of trade recuperation
has been under way for several
months, but nobody has seen word
about it in the ''Rcpublic" or the
''Post Dispatch.'' 1t has been men
toned in papers i'll New York.
Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia anc
other trade centcrs. and comment
ed upon in way very gratifying
to this city's pride. Apparently
the only papers which have hear(
nothing about st. Louis magnifi
cent business rally are the St. Loui:
free silver organs. Silvc-ite il
everything else, they see no silver
lining in the dispensing fihancia
clouds. Their eyes being close(
they have not discovered that tn,
darkness is departing. On it
scientific side their case, indeed, j.
rather interesting. It beautifull,
proves that even more persisten
than the opium passion is the ca
lamity -howling habit to those whs
have once come under its sway
Globe Democrat.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02
$1.OO Per Annum.

WHILE the expectation of gold
is still going on. to small extent,
the reserve fund is yet at safe
figure and the recent loss has caused
no apprehension that the fund will
be seriously depleted.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02

GENERAL WEYLER had narrow
ercape from the paci6ed Cubans
the other day. They wounded the
horse he was riding three times in
giving evidence that they were
thoroughly subdued. Such little
pleasantrics are, Of course, no in
dication that a state of war exists
in (Iuha
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02

THERE are rumors that Governor
Stephens will call an extra session
of Legislature to wrestle with the
deficit in the State treasury.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-06-02

New YORK has lately completed
a $50 900, 900 capitol, about four
tifths of the cost Of which must be
charged up to iobbery.
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She VIII Have to Move.

In respectable neighborhood, on one of the most popular thorough faresgof this city, lives in a house. a woman Of immoral character, who is making herself and the communi- ty in which she lives, notorious.
 The citizens Of the community are indignant, and unless the character yaeates her present premises at al early day, the city authorities, who are now acquainted with matter, will be called on to force her out of the city, or to that locality occu- pied by her sisters of the scarlet hue.
 The GRAPHIo reporter has been informed of facts concerning the woman and her paramour which are disgracefn to the city's morali- tyi and if these immoral and un- lawful acts continue, and the NO man continues in her present quar- ters, he will not hesitate to publish to the world the names Of the guilty parties.
 Other people have rights which must be respected. Some of them have children whom they desire to raise in God-fearing and moral manser, and these do not care to have an example Of free love, 'licen tiousness and sin placed under the'r children's eyes.
 This article is intended as fair warning to Ahe interested parties. and unless the woman changes her quarters at an early day (the quick- CT the better) the reporter of this paper, over his own signature, will publish an article which will throw consternation in certain quarters. If the pride and feelings of innocent ones are hurt, he cannot help it; the blame will rest upon the heads of the guilty, who are now causing others shame
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During YIetoria, Reign.

When Victoria aseended the throne she governed 26, ,0o0,000 peo- pie Nowadays she governs 402, 5l4,o00
 Her empire extends over II, ,399, 3I6 square miles, or ? per cent of tue land of tbe globe.
 When she was crowned the United States had only 1700e, 090 people and now it's census reports 70,0o9 09o.
 When she vas . girl the city of Melbourne, in Australia, consisted of 3 church, an inn three shops twenty huts and a kangaroo meat market It is now Australia $ largest city with 00,000 inhabi- tants
 She has seen one third of Africa i reseoeafrom thelnatives and brought under the influence of civilization and great cities built where once savage forests stood
 When she was crowned Chicago was village or 1000, like many a small town now dotting our Vest ern prairies.
 There were no telephones in Der young days immigrants came to America in sailing vessels and had to provide their own food; thers was not a foot of submarine cable in existence; the spectroscope has been invented during her reign and lit has enabled sclentsts to discover twenty-four Of the seventy-eight known clements.
 Thirteen crimes were punishable by death when Victoria ascended the throne Tcday there are but two-treason and murder
 When she was young there was no teIegraph3 running water in houses; no street lighting; music was practically ignored and nine out of every ten workingmeu were professed infdeIs. There was no gas, no photography,
 Victoria has been contemporary to seventeen United States Presi- dents, tweuty-eight Kings, six Emperors, four Cars, three Queens. thirteen Presidents, ten Princes, five Sultans and many rulers ofI petty States in Europe and Asia
 She has over seventy deeendants, and sixty of these are alive.
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PLAGUE AND FAMINE.
Do Mightily Afliot the Poor People
 of Hindustan.

NEW YORK. 58ne 23.-Robert r. Wilder, an American Presbyterian missionary from PoGna, India, has just arrived in New York In an in- terview he said:
 "rhe plague is abating in India, but the famine is at it's height. The plague has been as bad ia Poona. i'll proportion to it's size as in Bombay, where Il, ,000 have died, but fl is ics- sening. It moves ill a line like q cyclone, and was travelling north west. None of the people of q city ilhrongh which the plague passes wdn get it unless they arc in the plae,ae belt. or some one who has taken the malady carries it across to to aWatbeT quarter.
 "The famine is the great thing there nGN. This morning l got a letter sasfug akat tre people were dying by hundreds
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SOME BENEFITS COME TO US.
| Pine Bluff Contractor to Furnish The Brick For a Shreveport
 Building.

MI. A. Brew ster of this city has i,e+ closed a contract to furnish the brick for a block of new business houses being erected in Shreveport, r,a The impetus gwen the growth of Shreveport by the completion of inc new trunk line from KansasCity to the Gulf, and the establishment of the railroad shops at that place, has tested the capacity of the local hriek manufacturers. Pine Bluff, more than 200 miles distant, is re- ceivine some Of the benefits of the wave of posperity which has struck the Queen City of Louisiana. Every indication points to steady and sub stantial growth, with none of the boom clements, which have proven a detriment to so many towns and cities.
 Shreveport is one of the oldest and most substantial cities in the southeast and controls Q trade ter. ritory hundreds of miles in extent, and with the development of the country traversed by the new lines of roads just completed and now building, will continue to grow and build up With her many lines of railroads and river transportation, Shreveport is well located for man center.
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NO 10
AN OLD CITIZEN DIES.
NIT. Malcom Cnrrie k No More. He Died at His Home Near
 Sulphur Springs.

CURRIE In Jefferson county, Thursday, June 24, 1897, Mir Mall com Currie, aged 72 years.
 The above death occurred at the home of the deceased, near Sulphur Spring, at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Curre had for years been affiiet- cd with cancer, and this malady caused his death He was good citizen, one respected and honored by all who knew him, and his death is greatly deplored. The following is q brief biography of the deceased
 Mr. Maleom Currie was born in North Carolina in 1925, and was sop ef Daniel and Anna (Ray) Cur rie of North Carolina, both of whom were born in 1901 They died with in five miles of their birth place, the father in 1871 and the mother in 1868. They were of Scotch descent, their ancestors having come to the United States some time before the Revolutionary war, with large number of families who settled in the Carolinas; as might be supposed, they belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Maleom was the oldest of nine children. He was reared OH the farm in North Carolina, and having received a classical educa- tion in the best schools in the coun- try, at the age of 21 years com meaeed teaching school In Oeto. Der, 1857, he moved to Arkansas, settling near White Sulphur Springs. In 1862 he ceased his pro fessiona duties for time, and served eighteen mont ths in the Con federate army on post duty. After the close of the war he resided near Pine Bluff for two years, raising cotton, but soon returned to the place on which he died.
 While in North Carolina MT. Cur. rie was married to Miss Eliza Davis. whose birth occurred in that State in 1925, She died in Arkansas in 1861. In l860 Mir Currie was elected common school commissioner of Jefferson county, holding the office eight years. Tn 1883 he was elected County Assessor, serving one term, and he was school director many years. He was principal of the Pine Bluff High School, closing his connection with that institution in 1871, which terminated his career as q professional teacher. He was q member Of the Presbyterian Church.
 Perhaps no citizen Of Jefferson county occupied warmer place in the affections of the people as an advocate and promoter of educa- tiona advancement than the de ceased.
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SOUTH ARKANSAS LINE.
First Twenty Miles of the Road Will
 Be Complete by January

Randall Silyermaa and J. N. Parker passed through here Mon day from Hamburg. where an enthusiastic meeting was held Sal urday in fhe interest of the Ham burg Mississippi River and Vest, ern railroad, of which they are pro moters. They found the prospect much more eucoul aging than they had dared expect AIessrs. Parker and Silverman were curooe 10 Cripple Greek, and will return to Arkansas July D. An engineer corps will be put in lhe Ged at once and by September D Q full force ol men will be at work on the new road of twenty miles, from a point on the Missouri Pacific line al CT Portland, east to Hamburg. Thi. will be completed by January | Tho company has eighteen months tJ complete the entire lino of forty. five miles, with six months in which tc begin the work All the work will be done within the prescribed limit.
 A chamber of commerce was or ganized at Hamburg Saturday,
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BEDEEMING THE LAND
Already the Good Effects of the
 Smith Bill Are Apparent.

since the passage Of the smith bin the number of redemptians and is quiries booking to the redemption of forfeited lands has greatly increased, as shown by the records of the state land office. Fifteen tracts, comprise ing 938.3 acres have been redeemed in Logan county along the proposed line of road, and this is only the be ginning \ citizen of Missouri formerly a resident oi Arkansas, has written to ascertain the amount re- qnifed to redeem q 3,000-acre tract in ArkaIsas county.
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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
An Effort Made To Kill T L. strode
 at Glllett.

The Dewitt New Era, in it's last issue says
 ssThe news comes from Gillett, that on Sunday night, June 6, 1897, while walking home from the town of Giflett, T |. Stro1e fson of A. H. Strade who was killedAby T IF. Leslie, Jau. 1, 189D was assaulted by man who knocked him down with some weapon, thought to have been the butt Of pistol. AS Smode rose to his feet the fellow made another blow at him with a knife, and as Strode threw up his left hand to ward of the blow, the knife cut his coat and into his shirt, but did not reach the flesh.
 "Tbe fellow then made another vicious thrust or stab at him cut ting through his coat and vest and striking his suspender buckle with such force as to break it.
 Strode then succeeded in'gettine 1 in a blew on the fellows face, knock ing him down in turn, and thus end cd the melee, IS the fellow tfen scrambled 10 his feet and fled.
 Srodes fife was saved o. y by his suspender bnckie receiving the point ] Of the knife which was directed al his heart. A majority of the eiti- f zens of Gillett and vicinity think that the attempt was not made by anyone who had grudge against strode, but by someone who was hired to do the deed. strode and his friends kept the matter quiet foi several days, as they wanted to in. vestigate the circumstances. They have 10 positive elew as yet, but are satisfied that they know tht
 party who hired the would -be,as
 sassin to prosecute his marderou'
 work
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AN INDEsCREEq THIEF.
He Boldly Wears Stolen Goods In the Presence Of the
 Owner.

Last Spring negro named John Schuler was employed as house servant at the boarding house kept by Mrs. Cook, on West Second ave nue. While there he stole a coat owed by Mir Dan c. Koonee, the book-keeper of the Meyer grocery store, aud fled from the city.
 This morning he returned to Mrs Cook and applied for his old po- siti6n He was wearing the stolen coat The officers were notified and the thief was arrested. When seareheait was found that he had not only stolen the coat, but an opal stud owned by Mr. Buck Cook, and a gold stud owned by Mr. Perrings.
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Our Country a Hundred Years
Ago.

ARo.
 An old copper mine in Connecticut was used as a prison
 Imprisonment for deht was q com mon practice.
 There was only one hat factory. and that made cooked hats. Virginia contained a fifth of tine whole population Of the country. Two stage coaches bore all the travel between New York and Boston.
 The Mississippi valley was not as well known as the heart of Africa now Is.
 Quinlne was unkown. When q man had ague fits he took Peruvian bark and whisky
 There was not . public library in the United States.
 Books were very expensive ''The Lives Of the Poets" cost $l5. A day laborer received , shilllngs q day.
 A horseman who ealloped on I city street was fined i shillifgs. Crockery plates were objected to because they dulled the knives. A man who ieered at the preacher or criticised the sermon was fined. Dry goods were designated as mems stuffs' or 'women's stuifs. Stoves were unknown All cook ing was done before an open fire. place.
 Six days were required for q journey between New York and Boston.
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State Executive Committee is turned down by Mark Hanna
 Mr. Hannas secretary, Perkins, said this morning that ths governor was too heavy a load for the ticket on account of the Urbana lynchiug A big split in the party may result
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Signed the Act.

WAsHlNeroS, sune 2s The presi- dent has singed the act amending the act providing for entry of lands in Greer county, Oklahoma, SO as to extend until January next. the time allowed settlers to perfect their entries.
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nEARRIs

WARREN-RUTnERFoRD-In Pine Bluff, Ark, Tuesday, June 2, 1897 MR, H. H. WARREN and Miss jrIdA RUTHERFORD, Rev A. Q Evans, of ficiating
 The bans which bound Mr. War ren and Miss Rutherford together for better or for worse were spo- ken at 8 30 last night at the home of the brides brother Mr. John Rutherford, on West Second ave nue, in the presence of relatives and few friends
 MT. Warren is connected with the Blut1 City Lumber Company s mill at Kearney. He is a thorough business man and has the confidence of all who know him.
 The bride is a sister of Messrs. R, L. and J, T. Rutherford of the Bluff City Humber Company She is q lady of marked culture and refine ment and is very popular in q large circle of acquaintances
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DROWNED IN WHITE RIVER
A Dug Ont Upsets and Three
 Negroes Lose Their Lives.

At3 o'clock yesterday afternoon three negro men were crossing White River in Q tdug-out, when the frai1 vessel struck against the piers of the Cotton Belt bridge, near Clarendon, and upset. The three men were drowned.
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To Persons Desiring to Visit
Arnsdrong Springs.

The Cotton Belt Route will sell tickets Pine Bluff to searcy and return at S425. Tickets 1n sale May to October I. 1S07. Good for retarnuntil October Sl, 1897. Stagas will meet all trains ;st Searcy and take passenger tu Armstrong Springs for 50 cents or $1 for round trip.
 ! ". FARLEY, Agent.
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GRANT BRoWN-At Altheimer. Ark, Wednesday,, lure g, ls97 A1r. JoHN SCoTr GRANT and Miss DELLA BROWN. Rev. Father i1ueey officiat- iEg.
 The above happy event took place t the home ef A!r. .. Cleary. at Altheimer. this morning at i0o'cloek in the presedee of relatives and few intimate friends Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom took Train for Little Rock. They will come to Pine Bluff tomorrow morning. and make this city their home.,
 The bride is well known in Pine Bluff, where she has frequently gisit- ed. She is a lovely iady, both inFr- son and character and Mr. Grant is most fortunate in winning such a matrimonial prize. The groom is the ! Chief Clerk at Hotel Irnloel Lie is native ofKentucky and a thorough gentleman and one who, since his arrival in Pine Bluff, has made q legion of friends among our people.
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BUSHNELL AND HANNA.
They Are At outs-split in the Party The Governor Too Heavy 8 Load for
 Republicans.

TOLEDO, June 23.-Gov. Bushnell may refuse to run fer governor if his candidate for chairman of the
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-06-26

Prof. Hopkins addressed the color ed Normal Thursday
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The Cotton Belt Route will sell tickets to The State Convention Christian Endeavor. at Ciarksville, Ark. June 24 to 27, for one and one third fare-$J 75-on the certificate plan. Tickets on sale June g to 25, return limit, June 30, lS97
 ". FARLEY. gent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-03

wJmen. and the postmaster at Worcest, r
wrote the Assistant Postmaster Genera,
explaining the case. The matter was
carefully and thoroughly looked into ~
the postoffice officials as though IL had
been the theft or a registered parcel con-
taining large sum of money.
. II was developed that the clerk at Sioux
City, who foods the machine used for tho
cancellation of stamps, grabbed up the
envelope containing the gloves of Mrs.
Tucker and forced the bulky envelope
through the machine. The stamps were
cancelled all right, but the cancellor am
putated several fingers Of one of the gloves
contained therein. First Assistant Post
master General HEATH, after sitting In
Judgment on the case. has written letter
10 the postmaster at Siouy City calling
upon him TO assess his cancellation clerk
the price OF one pair OF No. "La Perle"
tan gloves, and forwari the same 20 Mrs.
Tucker. Washington Post
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-03

Two more Rochester newspapers have
Joined the ranks Of the great army OF
one cent journalism and now every news
paper in that city ss in Chicago is a
penny paper. IL Is bound to come all
over the country, this oheapening of the
newspaper product, to correspond with
the lower price OF paper stock and the
reduction of expense in the mechanical
departments due to progressive inven.
tions. The movement is rs marked
% was that OF the coming down from
three and 10 ur cents to two cents until
recently the price OF the greater number
Of newspapers. II is notable that the
penny papers are today among the
journalistic gianus There are no better
papers ut any price tnan many OF them
and some of them are distinctly superior
over ALL