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The record-union., 1897-08-21
Heat Almost Unbearab1e.

MILTON, Aug. 20.-The weather has
been exceedingly hot here during the
past few days. The thermometer reg
istered 10 to-day. The atmosphere
has been unusually humid, rendering
the heat almost unbearable.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Fire at Riverside.

RIVERSIDE, Aug. 20.-F'ire de-
stroyed the residence of Mrs. Hattie
Smith in this city to-day. The cause
of the fire was a defective fiue. The
loss is estimated at $4,000; insurance,
So. 500
The record-union., 1897-08-21
lightning Causes a Bad Fire.

MILTON, Aug. 20.-During yester-
days thunder storm, lightning struck
a tree near Copperopolis, igniting the
grass and starting a fire which swept
the fields from Copperopolis to knights
Ferry
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Murder in the Second Degree.

SALINAS, Aug. 20-Jos. S. Cole,
who has been on trial for assaulting
and killing Mary Perez at Castroville
two months ago, was to-day found gull
ty of murder in the second degree.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Took Chloroform by Mistake.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.-The wife of
a rancher named Bridges, living at Cole
Grove, took a large dose of chloroform
by mistake for medicine this morning,
and died in few minutes.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
A Baby Drowned.

UKTAH, Aug. 20.-The 3-year-old son
of Walter Standburg of Fort Bragg
was drowned yesterday by falling head
first into a keg of water.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
What Does It Signify.

Wife-How people gaze at my new
dress. l presume they wonder if I've
been shopping in Paris
Husband-More likely they wonder il
I've been robbing a bank-Tit- Bits.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
MORE HORRORS
FROM CUBA.
Paeificos Dying by the Hundreds in
the Island.
Their Bodies Tainting the Air Close to a
Spanish Fort.

'The Atrocities Raising Such a
Thrill of Horror in Europe,
Says Senior Sagasta, the Liberal
Leader in Spain, ''That 1t VIII
be Impossible to Raise Fresh
Loans, Without Which Cuba
Cannot be Retained"
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Of for the KIondike.

Ex-P Policeman ]. A Gibson left
Thursday evening for the Klondike gold
fields. Before departing he said he
would make an effort to overtake the
Ben Bullard-Jackson party.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
An Aeronaut Killed.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Aeronaut Waiter
Allerd fell 800 feet from his balloon
at Electric Park tonight, and was
killed Every bone in his body was
The record-union., 1897-08-21

When in a reply to a question a man
says he doesn't know, he may be trying
to avoid telling you.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
New Steamship Line.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.-The At
lantic and Pacific Transportation
Company, which has organized line of
clipper ships between the Pacific Coast
and New York and Philadelphia, will
The record-union., 1897-08-21

Organdie Lining, 40 inches
wide. This goods is q special
! finish, a good. fine quality. Can
be used for lining, the same as
siiesIa or cambric. Being 40
inches wide will cut to much bet
ter advantage. Colors, light
blue, navy blue, pink and red.
Price, 6ic yard.
36-inch Perc lies, standard
brands, such as english, that is
noted Tor its wearing qualities
as we'll as for washing well. We
Will close out all of the light pat
terms for SIC yard. This includes
the small stripes and dots, the
tiny figure that is so popular for
boys waists. the small and
larger patterns for wrappers.
ALI go at 85c yard.
Plain White Ducks. the kind
that sells for 10c. Going to close
the five remaining pieces at 64c
yard.
36-inch Dress Percales. the
quality. Five pieces left. I'll =
price will be sc yet. Get here
early, for it will last about five
minutes,
The remainder of our 1Oc and
123c Lawns, Dimities, Organ
dies and Lace Stripe Summer
Lawns, with an addition of
about ten pieces from the 15c
quality, all go at &c. This lot
will pay you to investigate.
Plain White Nainsook, satin
stripes, the kind you are asked
10c for in regulnr way. This
special sale and to close at &c
yard.
Small Neat Check Nainsook,
white, &c yard.
36-inch Bleach Muslin. no
starch, no dressing. Nobody has
matched it yet at sc yard.
Plain Grass Cloth. all linen
colOrs, 81 inches wide. Worth
15c yard. To close out at &c.
About twelve styles of those
Henrietta Finish Sateens, dark
ground with bright figures.
Suitable for wrappers, comfort
covering, etc. &c yard.
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
CROP CONDITIONS.

FavOrnble Showing In lows, y Me-
braslsn. ask KANSAS and NIissouri.
ss Chicag go. july 81 - The monthly edi-
the Corn Belt says that crop
col conditions at the close Of Jul in Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri are ex-
5ceedingly favorable. The corn crop
promises '1.ll1i to be phenomenally large. and
wheat, oats and rye are satisfact ory.
= The he yield Of wheat in Nebraska will
amount to nearly 40. 100000 bushels,
and Kansas claims as much. If there IS
an average rainfall in Angus: Nebraska
will harvest $50 900 900 bushels Of corn.
4 he corn crop yield in Missouri, with
timely rains.in August. will he very SAT-
& iiHsfactorS ST Winter wheat will yield
from 20 to 80 bushels per acre; oats. II,
TO SO bushels. The fruit crop is ex-
scellent. ,4
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
Think Trade In, proves.

Chicago, July 80. The Wholesale
5Groce publishes answers from job
Sbers all over the country to toquestions55
regarding trade. The replies were from
Tjobbers in3127 states and show an in-ll
crease Of SO per. cent in the volume of
business for the first ha..f of ''97 as.
compared ar with the same period last
years; 30 per cent &. re port the 70. .ume5
about the same sand 90 per cent. ]. note u
decrease. The ques ton if definite Inn
Sprovement in conditions was recog-
9nized was answered affirmatively by
' 40 per cent. ectionally 81 per cent Of
the jobbers in The sonth hern states, SIS,
in the eastern. 20 from the westernantl
.e5 per cent: from the central states said
~ " Yes. TO , { thes'im prov pement question.
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
M vlAF.k'.E!::.'Ts!!. ;: ].

Minneapolis July St
V heat northe IN. SRI toS s9cs
No 2 y llOrthsrn 6 ffc; Sept. ~ q.
Corn rs @as y
Oats ID white 70 StoSS q c.s
81 Cattle Steers 4. .ao q. s; cows,
54Sss
HQg q. 90 rs S9s. Is.
Sheer uttons, 81 1t); lam 81, g. o.
Bnts Jre eanery, Z xtrs 1to5 AZ;
creanery, arItG, 1e "a lac; dairy, fancy,
III Vi lac; dairy choice. q Is 10c.
Poultry rnSkey toS G; spring
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
The coal ope ~ tors ~ the tsburgh|
district have IA 81 tas /, uni form Al

The coal opera tors ~ the tsburghI
district have form 'l l''
iityss areemG I. sEsISss'
The stril 81 III fiois sfsya less
encolra in - NJ E,a miners stand
point Than was a WI els Al
"a 4 runaway az Peoria, III. Hiss
Grace Whit was XII led and Mrs. Simon
sKilduf wns fat tall IL njured
34A f#s u. . Clark, who start ted from Bron.E
son, Itch, July 2s, s1s96 tc, travel 6o,-.s
900 miles in one year wit tholit, beg gings
On beating his wa has turned to1
Bronson two days ahead Sof time and q n
shows receipts which are sworn to for
5eO,207 miles.
III Jules Bunnell and his bride OF a few
days commit ted suicid ith morphine
at Houston, Tex.
@ Labor leaders issued a bulletin say
ing they were conf dent of success in
the miners strike. 81 Il: ssss5sss 3 y
5 The National Temperance societ be-;
gan It's 5sevent teenth annual camp meet
ing at Ocean Grove, N !. I.
Copies Of the tariff act for c;rcula ton
have been received at the document
rooms Of the senate. The law makes q
pamphlet Of 70 pages. 52s5 ai#g
The preside has appointed q board
OF engineers to make surveys and ex-
aminations for q deep waterway from
the great lakes to the Atlantic tide
waters. z8
Lending merchants il 90 states report
IN increase Of SO per cent. in trade
for the first half Of the year over that
Of the first six months in 1896.
"a rich strike Of copper near Hough-
ton, Mich, caused great excitement
throughout the Lake Superior mining
district. 81
Two cousins named Anderson we're
drowned at Foster, Ia, while bal thing
John johnson and Joseph Dollar
were killed by falling timbersin a mine
at Athens. III.
Gold in paying quantities was discov-s.
cred in Q mountainous region 20 miles
south Of Ashland, Wis. s.5.s
Gap" Hatfield, the not otorious outlaw
and leader inssthe Hatfield Coy feud,
and credited with killing IL men, es-.
capped from Jail at w illiamson, w. Va.
n The United States Leagueof Building
and Loan associations in session IN De-
troit elected as presid dent u. wv. Sanborn,
Of Ga1esburg III.
Heavy rains flooded Railway, Fam
wood and other places in New Jersey
an and did great DANA to property
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
A HoME e WRECKED.
Cyclone DemOlfshes Residence ON
an Illinois Farm 49, ss5s5s

San Jose. Ill. July 81 Death and
e,esola ts g ationHf fol lowed rapidly in the wake
ofHa cyclone which swept across this
section Of the country at seven O'clock
Friday night. Seven persons were
killed outright and three seriously in
2.iured. The house and barn Of DR.. A.
e. Mcdowell on the outskirts Of the
town were demolished by the fury OF
the wind. 2. sa ssssss
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
VICTIMS oE. wREckERs.
Two Men Killed and Two Others Prob
abl y. Fatally Hurt I'm Indiana.

- lAly - - - = tdliy hurt IN lnd1ana.
81 orntoWn, Ind. July 81 Unknown
train Wreckers are resp ponsibIe for the
deaths of Engineer Seth Winslow, OF
5Greensburg, and Fireman e Crick-
mere, ,', Of indianapolis, the probable fa-
tai tai injury Of Henry PINE and Charles
!Cavenir, of Cleveland, and the wrecking
OF the big Four Chicago express, due.
in Cincinnati at seven o'clock Friday
morning.
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
IHEs NE vs..
Compiled From Late Dispatches.

Compiled From Late Dispatches.
DOMESTIC.
Pasquelle Dadario was hanged in Phil
ndelphia for the murder Of Modestino
Moffo, three-year-old child.
In runaway at Chicopee, Mass,
Mrs. Mary B. Knapp was killed and her
daughter, Mrs. r. e. Tuttle, was fatal
Is injured.
Government assay bars were quoted
at 50 cents in New York, which made
the silver in a standard silver dollar
worth 1862 cents. 5ss
During a sun dance Of the Ponca
Indians at Guthrie, O. T., White Feath-
er, a noted Indian from ebraska, fell
dead in a fit. }.=3.5 ss s55s 81 I
Coal mine owners met in Pittsburgh
TO try and arrange for a uniform scale
of prices, and labor leaders met in
Wheeling, w. v, to consider ways and
means to bring to settlement the
miners strike. .s, u 3ss5., 5s55
In an interview in Washington Comp
troller Eckles, said he regarded the
fnacial outlook as being of Il most en-
couraging nature. SSa 81 5
President Mckinley has appointed
Moses =. Handy. Of Chen %. 4 snecial
commissioner Of the United States for
the Paris exposition Of 1000. .
Fire at Yonkers. N. Y, destroyed two
large factory buildings, the loss being
$500, 900. sx 81 5s :,
A rich gold find IS reported ii Mime.
sofa within SO miles of Duluth.
u. The reports as to the condition of
crops throug hout the country were al,
favorable.
For the fifth ttisiss ais1 silve wears ur-.
d0ck, HI. Mas aIs 81 alff laIs II [re that DE-
atruyed most ~ portion Of
the viii .ss ssssss1
The ID gave d ban
4uet 81 sSecretaT st ttlse Treasury Ly@
ma d e5ngc at the Hotel Toll illeries
and in his sadd dress Nj Gage said that
the country was on wa to better
times, and he counseled patience and
the exercise Of udgment.
A number of finely y-executed silver
certificates of the new issue, raised
from the denomina ton Of two to five
dollars were discovered in New ork.
James Mingle, a horse trader il
Springfield. Ill, killed Mary Briscoe,
aged -, with whom he had been living,
and her infant child by cbopping their
heads to pieces with a Ratchet. #
Nathan James, a farm hand. !. shot and
fatally wounded Martha Miner. al *d1o-ss
mestic. and then killed himself in
BridgeWater, Mich.
The Algonquin Woolen nils COM
pany Of Passaic, n. ]. s, gave notice that
wages in their mills would be increased
from 10 to IS per cent.
The president announced the follow
ing recess appoint tments: I. ". Pow
derly, Of Pennsy sylyania, Commissioners
general of inmig ton, and Robert j.
Tracewell, Of Indiana compt ptroller Of Of
the treasury. 58,5 5Ss'5
White men named .Crownover and
Beach were lyncbed BY mob near III t-i
tie Rock. Ark. for horse stealing.
In an interview ii Paris Marquis to-
former prime minister of Japan, said
that there was no danger Of war be-
tween his country and the United
States over the SHayyxa "a 4 sf,ales ion
IN state conyent ION - I,al ltimore the
Maryland democrats !. nom i, d, ted ], honnas.
"A. Smith for comptroller and adopted
q platform that declares for bin,etal..
lisn. but is silent as ito the question Of
- 4. -, ss ass$s 83 Z &a
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
Il, PERSONAL 3 AND PoLITlcAL. y 3,

James r. Doolittle, Of Racine, wis.
died at the home Of his daughter at
|Edgewood, near Providence, r.. i, aged
So years. Hewas United States senator
from Wisconsin from 1858 to 1870, and
was one of the most noted Of the old
time politicians.
President Mel kinley and his wife left
Washington for their vacation on the
shores of Lake Champla ii.
Prof. Charles Henry Marcy, well
known as a musician and composer.
died at his home in Brooklyn, N. !,
aged 40 years.
james Henry, a bachelor aged 1o4.=
and Miss Emily Boynton, aged 81, both
colored, were married in Knoxville
Tenn. s IL III 3S#ssS
The prohibition state convention at
Des Moines, la. nomina ted a state3ticket5
headed by Dr. p. 4. Eat on. of o Des
Moines, for governor. The piatform is
confined to temperance aud woman suf-
frage. :si
Gen. Stewart T.. Woo dford, the newly
appointed United States minister to
Spain, sailed from New Y ork for Mad
rid. It's Is
# William Cookson Carpenter, the old
est practicing lawyer in New Y York city,
died at the agesof "a years.
s The populist state convention at
Roanoke, Va, . dominated Capt. Edward
r. Cooke, Of Cumberlan nd, for lieute1-s
ant governor. Other places will be;
filled if the democrats decline to fuse. u
st3 ~
Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
4 Presisient raslss;lssI nv eaaioU.

sSsg# PFeafdentS m = alSea O. ~ aca iOW.
asbing tom qly rsside ent se
Kinley left Washing ton Wednes esday for
q vac;,tion that may keep him away
from the city for six weeks. He was
accompanied by Mrs. N Kinley secre.
stary md Mrs. lger. Mr.: Por1er, Assist
mt Private Secretary Prnden md Ex-
secutiyesC Clerk Cortelyoll. a$ss,sAA IN al
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-12
ELLEN OSBORNS
 FASHION LETTER. Ideas for Autumn as Exhibited to the Eav-
 ored at Private Openings.
SSssSSSSSSsssSeSee
LCopyright, ] 1897 ss97

New York-The private opening be- comes a more and more elaborate affair. To tempt the fancy and open the purses of women who return to town for day or two in September after fresh frocks for Lenox or house parties up the Hudson the importing dress maker strains every nerve. Success de- bends on the first impression, for these birds of passage are off after barely touching the city. Autumn days in the country are too precious for dallying to deliberate or bargain, and so the up- to-date importer brightens her rooms and her counteHanee, dfapes her most taking dresses on the handsomest models she can call into requisition, sets out Russian tea or Turkish coffee and holds her breath to see how the bait is swallowed. Invitations to such an opening are dainty bits of station cry and the service and the display of flowers equal to what would be seen at a smart party or reception.
 Such an opening I attended yester- day with no little interest. It was a function of importance, for would it not confirm officially or deny the rumors that for weeks have been afoat of new decrees to which obedience is demanded by our sovereign lords and ladies, the fashion makers of Paris and London? When I entered the colonial parlors gay with asters and gentians where neat little maids were tripping to and fro with trays, much as if wait ing at an afternoon tea, the first thing noticed was sleeves. It was impossi- bic not to notice them, for all the wom- fen present were exclaiming over them Every model whose duty it was to walk Up and down in French frock like an animated lay figure had perfect arms. These were needed, for encas- ing the arms were severe coat sleeves. We have known all summer they were coming. It would have surprised us if there had been aaly hitch about their arrival, but the meeting was a shock,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-12
PLACER, ALEs UNo WINES. ]"
Meaning of "L. A. ". HoteI,' as Ex-
 pIained by n German.

Among the many advantages set forth by the l.. A. w. to riders to join the organiza- tion are the speeiaiaecommodations extended to members at the official hotels in cities and towns. It IS the custom Ill suburban places for proprietors of official hotels to display a sign like this: "I A w. Hotel, in some conspicuous place. Naturally riders patron ize the official quarters, and as conse- quence the keepers of road houses and of hotels in the country are now hanging out 'sL. 4. w. Hotel' signs. The practice has been called to the attention of the league, and it's officers are trying to compel the non official houses to remove the signboafds. Complaint was made to the New Jersey di- vision of the league that hotelkeeper on the outskirts of Jersey City not entitled to display the official sign of the l.. \. w. was an offender. A visit to the place developed the fact that the owner was not disposed to accede to the demands of the leagues rep resentative. The latter, finding that mild persuasion was futile, became indignant and threatened legal proceedings. The propri. etor, German, also waxed warm, and in response to the remark that he was using the official sign of the league without author ity, retorted:
 "Not l know aloud veelmen's leegs2 Dot don't shtand for holdings like dot, Dot sign shtands for lager, ales und wines hotel, alretty yet. Dot my leeg togedder.7
 The explanation amused the officials so much that no legal move was taken.-N. | Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-12
Insuring Agafnat war.

English insurance companies are talk ing some novel risks in these days, when the desire to be secured against all imaginable contingencies has reached the proportions of "craze y The latest is insurance against war, and the premiums may give some idea of the chances of a European conflict Thus, the possibility of war between England and any of the three great European powers-Germany, France and Russia --is rated at 20 per cent; with the other European powers, except Turkey and the Transyaal, at 26121a per cent, while insurance against war with any other power at all is obtained by a premium of 42 per cent-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-12
DETECTION OF FORGERY.
Facts Ascertained by Detectives of
 tho InlspOt

facfs Ascertntned by Detectives oE
 the InlSpOt
 \ very curious fact about the phit- osophy of handwriting is this: that man never writes his name twice in exactly the same way, or, in other words, one signature is never a fac simile of any other. So that, if an ex- pert finds among some genuine sigma lures one that corresponds in every de- tail with disputed .gnature-and such | thing has happened several times-he is absolutely certain, first, that the latter is really bogus; and, sec ond. that he has before him the very model used by the forger. All detect ives of the ink pot agree that the dis eoyery of two signatures which, on be- ing superimposed and held to the light, are identical, seem as one, is a conclu- siEe proof that there has been tracing.
 Such are the leading principles of the experts profession How are they ap- piled? In some cases they are not ap- piled at all. The paper itself, the stamp, if there is one, may proclaim docu- ment to be forgery. Then the micro
 
 times show whethera signature is fraud utent Criminals commonly write Il name in pencil and then ink it over. If the expert has reason to believe that this method has been adOpted-and it is not difficult to detect, because, for one thing, the signature looks duller than the other Writing-he has only to put a drop of acid on one of the letters, and, presto! the ink disappears, revealing the glistening plumbago beneath. But it is practically impossible to obtain by any mode of tracing a sign manual that will successfully bear the closest scru- tiny. In following the model, whether that be fac-simile in pencil or carbon. or genuine signature held to the light, the pen hesitotes, giving the writing a zigzag appearance, which, although not visible to the naked eye, can be clearly seen with the aid of themicroscope. The most useful ally of the expert, however. is the camera, which has no equal for showing signs of erasure, correction and pen hesitancy.
 In one way or another, then, docu- ment may be pronounced a forgery without any comparison of writing. Rarely is this so when the work of a really accomplished professional pen man comes to hand. He generally prae- tises a signature till he can initiate 1t closely enough to deceive any bank cashier, when he dashes it off at the foot of check with greaterfuency, per- haps, than could it's owner. In this art Jim the Penman was an adcpt-the greatest adept in the annals of crime. No tracing or boggling for him, no rub ping out or touching up; he wrote at once exactly what was wanted. imi- tating the most difficult hand with a freedom, an ease and perfection that were maryeIous.-cassell's Saturday Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-12

of ribbon behind. A trifle of lace or a mist of chiffon is used for its softenfng effect, but not enough to obscure the fact that women have neeks, point which might have been doubted for many seasons The women who fingered their throats may not care to show them. High bands have produced any number of wrinkles and diseolora- tions. If we wore them much longer, we could never leave them off, for a smooth, fair neck would not be in ex- istence.
 Jackets and blouse styles are falling behind guimpe effects, fichu draperies and cross-oyer arrangements being in favor. The swing of popularity is to- wards dressy bodiees of the same mate rial with the skirt. These are trimmed with odd frilIings in laees, and in unlque and original devices for the use Of such soft draperies the modiste finds the best outlet for her energies.
 The eolors most In favor for the next few months will be wood tints, many shades of blue, ssilvery grays, green and a deep, dull red, with lot of sup pressed fire in it.
 Smooth cloths iostle shaggy ones on the counters. The olive gray and opal gray faced cloths and the deep red and handsome brown eanvas-patterned wools, silky and not so progressively coarse as last season, are among the most successful novelties.
 The newest eapes are extremely short and drowned in a foam of frilIs. The newest jackets have short sharp revers framing a square of heavy lace set. over silk or velvet just below the chin. They are finished with Medici collars usuaily.
 Tn a parlor ear whose passengers were mostly New Workers bound for the golf matches at Lenox. I noticed the other day particularly neat tailor gown. It was worn by slight blonde with brown eyes, and was made of a soft brown wool feeked in an obscure