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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-01
was to be held uader the auspices of the Ladies' McKinlfa.E clnh

was to be held utgder the auspices of the Ladies McKinlar club.
 Really" he says, s'I went to the courthouse consumed with curiosity to know how ladies would go about con dueting a political mass meeting, q thing unheard of In the east. found a large audience, about equally divided as to sex. and divided as to sheep and goats by the main aisle, the men on one side, the ladies on the other, like an old time Quaker meeting. and lady in the chair. She greeted me with all the ur- ban1ty imaginable, and at the proper time rose and called the meeting to order | and asked for nominations for chairman of the evening. But one name was pre- sented, that of a prominent lady in the community, who was elected by acclama- tion. After some graceful preliminary remarks Mrs President called upon the l chairmen of the ward committees for reports. There were three wards in the town, and the ladies submitted reports showing that many new members had very gladly signed the roll of the club and given of their wealth to help along eiio 0dtse, dilu tue l06dl meInDefSnip was shown to be nearly 300.
 The business was dispatched as calm 1y and expeditiously as though those women had been doing just that thing for 100 years. Then Mrs. President, i'll a few and exceedingly felicitous re- marks, introduced me to the audience, which was as responsive to every shade of thought presented as though the lads leaders had brealfasted, dined and sup. ped on politics since time began. It was a grand audience, discriminating and demonstrative as speaker could possi. ply wish. In all my campaigning I met no body of men who could do any better than that woman's club i'll arranging and carrying on political meeting -. 1 Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-01

The Philadelphia Record suggests that women wear their daintiest petti- coats on muddy days when the necessity of lifting the dress skirt gives them an opportunity to display the petticoat. They should reserve plain mohair and serge for bright skies and clean side walks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-01

As glass window panes are liable to crack if washed ill frosty weather i'll the ordinary way with water, it is useful to know that they can he rubbed over with little paraffin oil on clcth and then polished without danger of breaking.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-01

Miss Jessie Shay of America was the first pianist to play Paderewski' Pol ish Fantasie'' in Berlin. She met with an extremely kind reception from the German critics. who have not heretofore been noted for their gentleness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
A THEAIER BURNED.
AUDITORIUM BUILDING AT KANSAS
CITY ABLAZE.
Fire Starts in the Sci wants Quar-
ters in the Hotel and Spreads
Rapidly-Guests Greatly Excited
All Escape Without Injurtes-At
Last Reports the Building Was
Still Burning and It's Destruction
Inevitable.

Kansas City, Dec. %. - Fire broke
out in the big auditorium building,
Ninth and Holmes streets. which con-
tains the. biggest theater in Kansas
City and one of the big hotels. The
fire originated in the servants quar-
tiers on the sixth floor of the hotel.
Though the greatest excitement pre-
vailed among the guests Of the hotel,
no one was hurt in the panic which
followed the alarm Of fire, and all es-
capped to the street. At one time the
fire was believed to be under control,
but the flames burst forth again and
seemed to be making Roadway against
the efforts of the fremen.
At 2:15 this morning the fire had
eaten down into the fourth story and
it was believed that the entire struc-
ture was doomed. All persons were
ordered out of the building The
guests on the lower floors of the hotel
succeeded in saving most of their per-
sonal effects.
At 2:3O the fire was still burning
fercely. The East wall threatens to
fall at any moment and all spectators
were driven back from the streets. A
part of the roof has collapsed. The
building will probably be destroyed
but it stands alone and there is little
danger of the fire spreading.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
People Talked About,

Professor David Starr Jordan OBJ
jects to killing off the seals.
Prof. Arthur Palmer, D. D., LII. D.,
of Trinity College, Dublin, is dead.
Gen. Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner
is dead at London.
Robert G. Allen, who played short
stop for Boston last year, has signed a
contract to manage the Indianapolis
club in 1898. Allen will play at short
field.
Sir William Edward Maxwell, gov
ernor and communicative on the
gold coast since 1895, died at sea
while off Grand Canary island en-
route for England. ..'.
Isaac johnson, cOlOred, claiming to
be lO7 years old. died at Sedalia, Mo-,
recently. He was born as a slave near
Louisville, Ky, and has lived many
years in Missouri
Judge Asa w. Tenny, CT the United
States district court, died at his home
in Brooklyn. Judge Tenny was born
in Dalton, n. H., and was graduated
with Dartmouth so.
Rev. Edwin S. Lewis, D. D., of st.
Pauls church, New Haven, Conn.,, has
been elected to the office of general
secretary of the domestic and foreign
missionary society of the Protestant
Episcopal church, as successor to Rev.
VIM. S. Langford, who died last July.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
ROBBED A STEAMER.
The StrOn:: Room of II Ward Liner
Broken Into and $4,000 Taken.

The Strong Room of II Ward Liner
Broken Into and 5000 Taken.
New York, Dec. 22.-The Ward liner
City Of Washington, that sailed from
Vera Cruz Dec. 1 and arrived in this
city Wednesday, carried in her strong
room 100000 in Mexican coin. This
was not an unusually large shipment
of treasure for the Ward line to
handle, and no one in authority
dreamed of danger. Nevertheless,
during the voyage the strong room,
built to withstand the attacks Of al
most everything but dynamite and To-
Gated so as to be under constant OBJ
servation, was broken into. Only
$4,000 was taken by the robbers, but
the general impression is that the
scheme Of the thieves was to seize the
entire treasure. Every effort has been
: made to keep the matter quiet, so that
the strong force of detectives put upon
the case by the company might work
to the best advantage. A. G. Smith,
the company's secretary, admitted
that the robbery had been committed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23

A French scientist, M. Liebault, has
probably had more experience and has
done more to establish the claims of
hypnotism than any modern physi-
clan. According to him, the dangers
of hypnOtism are non-existent if if
be employed by fit and proper persons
who, whether to themselves or others.
suggest only what is in harmony with
the physiological functions of the or
ganism; otherwise the dangers are
obvious. In itself the induced sleeu
like ordinary sleep, is a condition
which tends to the equilibrium of nerve
forces and of the organic movements
which those forces excite. The special
qualities required for the production
of the hypnotic sleep are self-conf.
dence, assurance of success and a. per.
suasive manner on the part of a hyp.
notizer; on the part of the subject tht
wish to be hypnotized, confidence il
the hypnotizer and free consent to the
imposition of his suggestion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Foreign Notes.

The governor of Bohemia may be
replaced because he called the Ger
mans aliens.
1t is probable that Mrs. Ogden Goelet
will entertain his royal highness, the
prince of Wales, on board the May
flower during the Riviera regattas.
The Berlin police have expelled a
number Of anarchists and have made
many house searches in Berlin, Frank
fort, Mayence and Munich.
The London Field confirms the re-
port that Emperor William has pur-
chased Richard Suydam Palmer's steel
schooner yacht Tampa.
A German diplomat says that soon
er or later the 100000 Germans in Ar
gentina are going to sieze that nation
and make it a German colony and defy
the Monroe doctrine.
Toru Hoshi, minister from Japan,
fell into the hands of sharpers. In his
eagernesssto defeat the annexation Of
the Hawaiian islands he became the
victim of bunco lobbyists, who worked
him for $4,000.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23

In teaching physiology, would it not
be worth very much more to know a
few facts about dress, diet, exercise,
rest, sleep, good and bad air, than to
number and name all the bones, or
name and classify all the muscles?
The bones will all keep their places
and grow just as rapidly and firmly,
whether numbered or unnumbered:
but both mind and body will fare bet
ter if the lungs are not fed on bad
air. So the muscles will expand and
contract and develop and strengthen,
whether counted and classified or not:
but they and the whole system may
slacken or totally stop their action if
the stomach is supplied with unwhole-
some food. Let the study, therefore,
be directed at first to parts of the sys-
tenn under control, and afterward, if
there be time, to the parts not under
control. These latter may be studied
at leisure, for general information, as
we study comets and eclipses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
C0suQltie0.

Miss Celia Stern was fatally burned
in her bedroom at Philadelphia. The
bed clothes caught fire from a candle,
and when help arrived the room was in
flames H"S'
Alfred Hockstetter was instantly
killed at Beaver Dam, Ohio, by Jacob
Somney, his brother-in-law, while
quail-hunting. The men had become
separated in thicket, when the dog
flushed a covey. Somney fired into
the covey, nearly the entire charge
taking effect in Hockstetter's heart.
Otto Lemke, aged twenty-five, and
his sister, a few years younger, were
found dead in their beds at Toledo.
and in an adjoining room the father of
the two children was found in a dying
condition. Escaping coal gas from an
anthracite heating stove was the cause
A heavy freigh train, drawn by two
locomotives crashed into train of
empty coal cars in the Vessburg tun.
mel on the Lehigh Valley railroad
Both engines and about sixteen freight
cars were derailed, blocking the tun.
nel. ., ...,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
CARS ARE SMASHED
RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN DOES
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
came unmanageable Owing to-
Slippery Tracks ana Collide with,
Another Freight Train-About
i, 'Aits cars Were Completely
Broken Up-Scveral Truinmen
were BADLY Injured, One of Them
Fatally. o..

Altoona. Pa, Dec. %. - A freight
Train OF thirty-one loaded cars, travel
ing down the mountain to this city. be-
came unmanaSeable in consequence of
the slippery condition of the tracks,
made the twelve miles from Galitz to
Altoona in as many minutes. ana
crashed into a freight train in the
yards here directly in front of the pas
senger station. About fifty cars we're
completely broken up and the Holli-
daysOurg passenger train, which was
standing on the track outside the pas
senger shed, was thrown over on it's
SIDE. The engineer and fireman of the
runaway train were helped from the
cab of the wrecked locomotive and
both We're able to walk away. Three
other trainmen were taken to the hos
pltal. One of them is said to be fatal
~ injured. A brakeman named Cor
nln IS still unaccounted for and is
thought to be under the wrecl1age.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Keep an Eye ON the Daunt1ess.

Washington, Dec 22-The treasury
> department has notified the collector
Of customs at Key West to keep watch
on the tug Dauntless, which is sus-
pected of having another filibustering
expedition on hand. The information
was furnished by the Spanish minis
ter, who reported that the Dauntless
has in tow q number of barges or
lighters. While there was nothing ap-
parently unlawful in the movements
Of the big tug, the minister said he had
reason to believe she contemplated an
other expedition. In view of her pre-
vlous achievements in that, line a
strict watch on her movements was or
derpd Z &5# !, -.-'s :. p. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week Culled From the Tel
egraph Reports - The Notable
Events Mt Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
Washington Talk.

Clerks in the treasury department
over seventy years Of age who receive
an annual salary of more than 5000 are
to be reduced to that amount. This is
the order Of Secretary Gage
The senate committee on public
lands has appointed Senators Carter,
Mcbride and McEnery as a subcom-
mittee to draw up land land legisla-
ton for Alaska.
The president has sent to the senate
ing the recess. It includes seven for
large number of consuls, as we'll as
army and navy promotions.
Secretary Long has recommended
to the house committee on naval at
fairs that the REVISED statutes be
amended so as to remedy what the de-
partment regards as an injustice in
checking the pay of naval officers
when detached from sea duty.
Senator Perkins of California has ill.,
troduced a bill to amend that para
graph of the Revised Statutes relating
to the appeal on habeas corpus of cri-
the United States. The object, is to
attorneys of prisoners made with the
sole view Of gaining time.
Advocates of restrictive immigration
are highly gratified over the action Of
the senate in fixing Jan. II, for vote
on the Lodge bill. There seems to be
no doubt Of it's passage by both
houses. 1t creates another prohibition
class Of immigrants, these between the
ages of As and so who cannot read OF
write in some language.
The secretary Of the treasury has de-
cided not to take an appeal to the
courts from the recent decision of the
board of general appraisers, in which
it was held that calf-slzins, under the
new tariff act, should not be classified
as hides, but as skins. Under this rul.
ing, calf-skins will be admitted free OF
duty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Criminal,

Harvey Allender, the double murder
er OF San Jose, CAL, was hanged at
San Quentin penitentiary.
Jack Martin, Fred Baker and Geo.
Selby escaped from the Brown county
jail at Hiawatha, Kas., Sunday night,
and $50 reward is offered for the ar
rest Of each.
Abrarl Armstrong of Diamond. New
ton county, Missouri, was recently put
under $500 bonds by United States
Commissioner George Wright. to an
pear before the United States grand
jury upon a charge Of making false
pension afidavits.
An attempt was made near Memo
m'nee, Wis, to wreck train on the
500 road: Five telegraph poles were
sawed off and thrown across the track
on the Wisconsin side Of the Memo
minee river, near Faithorn. Detectives
are on the track Of suspects.
Lem Martin, colored, quarreled with
Tom Butler at church in Pilot Grove.
Mo-, recently, over the theft Of a pock.
et-book. AS a result, Butler is in iail
with long cash in his arm and Mar
tin is dea d from a blow over the heart
from stone. b
Albert S. Warner has been caught at
ttlley, Kas. Warner was the chief con
splrator IN the kidnapping Of little
Johnny Conway last August. H. e,
Blake and Joseph NJ. Hardy are now
serving terms of fifteen years in Dan
nemora prison for completely in the
crime.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
WHAT DO WE GET.
This Question Is Now Axitat1ng
Tie British,

Tn This Question Is Now Axitat1nE
The British.
London, Dec. %. An unconfrmed
report is current here that part of the
British far Eastern squadron will be
stationed at Wei-Hai-Wel this winter.
II true this indicates that Great Brit
ain IS working in harmony with Japan.
Inc latter power still occupies Wei
aHai-Wei pending payment of the
Chinese war indemnity.
Inc evening newspapers are much
disturbed over the situation ''What
90 we get p is the burden Of their COM
plant, and they all insist upon the ne
cessity Of immediate action.
The Globe says: RUSSIA and Ger
many now have the two most impor-
tant strategical positions in Northern
China, and Great Britain, whose COM
mercial interests there are ten times
greater, must be content with the
crumbs from the st. Petersburg and
Berlin tables''
The Pail Mall Gazette echoes the
standards inquiry as to Americas at
titude, and says: "Of course the par
tltl0n OF the coast which is bound to
come will not be confined to Russia
and Germany. Every naval state in
the world is actively concerned in the
disturbance Of the equilibrium in the
far East, Great Britain, France and
Japan especially. But the United
States cannot be taken as a quantity
to be ignored. The tame acquiescence
! with which the seizures are made is
not worthy our report and is fatal to
our future. We may remark that we
shall not be without sympathizers, as
the Japanese will most joyfully back
any scheme to redress the bitter hu.
| initiation they have suffered at the
| hands of Russia
| Advjces received here from Paris
show that France is awaiting Great
BritajL's action. If Great Britain fol
lows the lead Of Russia and Germany
and occupies a seaport, France will
follow suit
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
IS HE A FORGER?

LuetGert's Notes Said to Bear
Forged IndorseM ents.
Chicago, Dec. %. - -Four notes for
$1,000 each, held by Judge William A.
Vincent, former counsel for Adolph L..
Luetgert, and given by the big
sausagemaker to Judge Vincent for
legal services, are said to bear forged
Endorsements. The notes are signed
by Luetgert and Endorsed with the
name Of Paul H. Jaeschke, plumber
and real estate owner. Jaeschke de-
MES emphatically that the indorse-
ments are his. Judge Vincent is said
to have advanced $1,000 on the
strength of the four notes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23

Maurice Despres, an electrical en-
gineer of Cordoya, Spain, reports re-
markable shower Of electrified rain
which he recently witnessed. The day
had been warm and MINDLESS, ana
about i'll the evening the sun was
overcast with dense clouds, lowering TO
the horizon. Soon after dark there was
a flash Of lightning, and two minutes
later great drops of rain fell, which
cracked family on touching the
ground. From each of them sparks
darted toward the walls, trees and soil
they fell upon. The phenomenon last
ed several seconds, and apparently
ceased when the air between cloud and
earth became saturated with moisture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
! BRITISH WAR SHIPS,
The Far Eastern Squadron Shortly
Expected at Port Arthur.

The Far Eastern Squadron Shortly
Expected ut Port Arthur.
Berlin Dec. %. - The Paris cor
respondent of the Cologne Gazette
telegraphs that paper that he learns
upon reliable authority that the Rus
sian occupation of Port Arthur was
connected with the visit here of the
British warship Daphne a week ago,
when. in spite of the protestations Of
the Chinese, the Daphne entered the
inner harbor, allegedly to ascertain
whether there were Russian warships
there. China complained Of the Incl
dent to the representatives Of the
powers at Pekin. The British far
! Eastern squadron is said to be at
Talicomoan and, according to the cor
respondent quoted. is shortly expected
at Port Arthur. The Gazette regards
the occupation as merely a continu-
aDce of the cooperation of Germany
with Russia in Eastern Asia.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
PARTICULAR HABITS OF EELs.
They Are Most Choice In Their Diet
"Haf Than Most Fish. &%

They Are Most Choice In Their Diet
Than Most Fish.
despite assertions to the contrary
said an old fisherman, the other day,
''an eel is the cleanest fish that swims.
Some persons have an idea that cells
feed upon the bodies Of persons who
have been drowned and upon other
refuse.
''Such is not the case, however. I
have made a study Of eels all my life.
4 have watched them in all kinds Of
water. They are more particular
about their food than q trout. It's
only the incest sort OF bait that will
bring an eel to hook unless he hap
pens to be very hungry
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Mrs. Pullman Wants Her Dover.

Chicago, Dec. %. = Mrs. George M.
Pullman has decided to accept her
dover interest in the estate of her
husband instead of abiding by the
terms of the will According to the
will she was given $4,000 in cash,
the homestead in Chicago and the in
come from $l,25O,O0O during her life,
the sum to revert to the estate after
her death. Her acceptance Of the will
would have made it practically impos-
sible for her to leave anything to her
two sons, who were practically disin-
herited by their father.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Reception for Mr.. Bryan.

City of Mexico, Dec. -22.-President
Hampsen, of the Mexico,7 Guernevace,
& Pacific railroad, with a small party.
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan to
Guernevaca The party was greatly
pleased with the magnificent view of.
the valley of Mexico from the summit
OF the mountain range. A reception
was given at the handsome apart
ments of the American club to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan and there was large at.
tendance of ladies and gentlemen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
PHILIPPINES PACIFIED.
The Insurgents Surrender and Arafr
Submit to Spanish Rule

1Ae insurgents Surrender and Again
Submit to Spanish Rule.
Madrid, Dec. 22.-Peace has finally
been signed in the Philippines. The
act of surrender, bearing the sigma
lures Of Lianera Aguenaldo and other
insurgent chiefs, has been drawn up,
ana 1t was handed yesterday to Gen.
Primo de Rivera. who accented their
submission in the name of the Spanish
government. Hostilities were at once
suspended and all the various groups
gave themselves up, With their arms.
Inc only condition asked by the chiefs
is a free pardon and money with
which to emigrate. Both conditions
were agreed to by the captain general.
The news has filled the ministry with
satisfaction, while the success of Gen.
Primo de Rivera's negotiations is the
best contradiction of the absurd ru-
NOR current during the last few DAYS
that he is to be recalled There was
never any question of such a thing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Steamer Disabled.

Liverpool, Dec. %. - The British
steamer Floridian, Capt. Bullock, from
New Orleans on Dec. i, for this port,
has arrived here and reports having
passed on Dec. 16, in latitude so, longi-
tude %, the British steamer Apo
mattox, Capt. Foall, from London on
Dec. 8, for Newport News. The Ap-
pomattox signalled that her shaft was
broken. The British steamer Virgin
ian was preparing to take the Apo
mattox in tow.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Shot by Strikers,

Troy, N. Y, Dec. %. - Since the
strike began several weeks ago in the
West side foundry in the town Of
Colonie, suburb of Westvliet, coils
ions between the strikers and the men
who took their places have been fire.
quent. Yesterday three strikers went
to the house of Joseph Roller, one of
the West sides present force, and fired
several shots at him. One bullet
struck Mrs. Roller in the neck. Her
recovery is doubtful. .ss
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
The Bribcr 0nd the BrtDed.

North Vernon, Ind, Dec. 22.-John
Morris, cashier of the Vernon bank,
and Charles G.. Beatty, a county COM
missioner, are both under arrest on in
dictments, the former for bribery and
the latter for acceptance Of a bride, it
being alleged in the indictment that
Morris gave Beatty $50 to award a
loan Of $50, 900.