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Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
THE CONDITION IN CUBA As Viewed by People Direct From
 the Isle. WITH PLENTY OF FOOD PrOvidsEs. rom Natures StOrehouse, the h.
 urgents Are We'll Able to COY q UE THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY YS er's Reported Generosity to Pacifcos L ase Fabrication-Cubans Give Span- 5ai ish Prisoners Time to Write
 Letters-Reprisal Work.
COY q UE THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY

Tampa, Fla, Jan. 7.-United States Senator-elect H. D. Money of Mississippi. arrived from Havana on the Plant steam CT olivette this evening, and is in excel lent health.
 The mission of the senator to the is- land was to study the Cuban question at short range, and by personal contact with those actually engaged in the con- flict. The rigid restrictions thrown around the situation by the Spanish gov- ernment made his task exceedingly diff ficult, but he succeeded in obtaining a large fund of unpublished information that will prove valuable to the country in the halls of congress. He talked in- terestingly of his trip to San Jose from Havana, and says the island is being made a desert Senator Money, after taking a look at the Tampa Bay hotel, the Casino and grounds, left at 7:5O for Washington over the Plant system.
 Many prominent passengers came over with the sena tor and from reliable source many things of prime importance were learned
 In regard to the story published by the New York World about the Competitor prisoners in Cabanas prison, one gentle man said it was a base Justification. Af- ter it came out Consul-General Lee wrote the commandant of the prison to know if a press correspondent was allowed to see American citizens imprisoned there when the consul-general was denied the privil- ege. To this the commandant replied that the World correspondent had never been inside the Cabanas, and had never seen Capt. Laborde.
 When asked how long the war could be protracted by the insurgents the gen. tleman replied:
 |. "They can carry 1t on indefinitely. The country is a perpetual summer and four crops year can be made. Besides this, the whole country abounds in fruit and root crops which no device of war can destroy. The yucca, yam, malauga grow all over the island. The royal palm bears a kind of grain which is crushed and used by both man and beast. The plan- tain is a great food crop, besides other verieties of tropical fruits with which the country abounds. There are plenty of cattle, hogs and sheep everywhere. These stories about the starving pacificos, non-combatants women and children are the veriest bosh and these stories of char ity on the part of Weyler in feeding them are all falsehoods Where these people have been driven inside the Spanish lines lands are parceled out to them and they are expected to grow crops. For a short time he feeds them and 1t was on one of these farms that the New Yark Herald correspondent got his wonderful story of the starving poor carrying away soup in old tin cans and buckets at the liberal handed Weyler's expense"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
PROMPTLY LYNCHED
Was elf-Confessed Murderer and
 Would-Be RapiSt

Was a Self-Confessed Murderer and
 Would-Be Rapist.
 Macon, Ga., Jan. "A special to the Telegraph from Umadilla, Ga.. says:
 Anthony Henderson, the negro who was arrested Monday night for the murder of old man George Sumner and an attempt ed assault upon his daughter, Christmas week, was lynched here last night. Hem derson was arrested near Auburn and brought here yesterday for preliminary trial. On arrival here he made a full confession of the crime. During the night he was taken from the town lookup and hanged to a tree within a stones throw of the center of the town.
 The crime for which Henderson was lynched occurred on the night of Dec. 27 when the old man, George Sumner, living six miles from Umadilla, was mur- dered. The murderer first set fire to MT. Summers barn. The glare from the flames aroused the old man and he rushed from the house to protect his barn. As soon as he emerged from the house he was shot down and then the murderer finished his work by shooting him sev eral times more. While the old man was gasping his last the fiend entered the house and attempted the assault on the young lady, who had been aroused by the shooting.
 The negro was identified by Miss Sum ner and posse started in pursuit. The chase was not abandoned till the fiend was captured.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
CUBANs RECIPRoCATE.
Weyler's Tactics of Death to Insurgents
 Followed on Spaniards.

Followed on Spaniards.
 Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 7-The Constitution has dispatch from Key West which says Gen. Gomez has begun work of reprisal against Spaniards. In an attack upon the central trocha, near Moron, he cap- tured the Spanish garrison of Iago with IA men. They were notified that, ac- cording to precedent set by their own gov ernment they should prepare to meet their fate. They were given an oppor- tunity of writing messages to friends in Spain, and then, in groups of twenty-five were shot to death.
 'Weylers announcement of pacification of Pinar del Rio does not stand. He left over 5000 insurgents in the province. He took soldiers from the military cor don to Havana to demonstrate that there were no insurgents there, when as soon as he removed them Cuban Gems. Raou1 Arango and Castillo marched into the province of Pinar del Rio from Havana with 5000 more men to reinforce the 5000 already there This all goes to prove how much dependence can be placed on the statements of Weyler as to the attitude of the Cubans. They are not afraid of the Spanish, and not one man has sur rendered in the province of Pnar del Rio.
 The Spanish have recently established military zone around the city of Ha- vana, inclosing a space of five miles on all sides for the purpose of cultivati ion for the sustenance of the people of that city, which shows still further to what ends they are driven and how little sympathy and support they can depend upon from the surrounding country; also that they are daily losing ground, and so hard pressed are they that this Is all that they can call their own, and that has to be maintained by military cordon from the attacks of the insurgents.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
WHoLEsALE sWINDLER
Did Land Office Business In Greater
 New York-Couldn't Produce Goods.

Dlu Land Ofhce Business In Greater
 New York-Couldn't Produce Goods.
 New York, Jan. 7.-Moritz Bauer, a real estate dealer, was arrested today on an Indictment charging him with swindling people out of real estate to the amount of $10O,000. It is alleged that Bauer, as president of the Manhattan Investment and Construction company. carried on an extensive swindle in disposing of land in Westchester county and other parts of the Greater New York This land was sold in parcels on the installment plan to large number of investors. 1t Is al- legged that many of the investors who paid the installments in full could not obtain deeds to the property according to the terms of the contract.
 Promoter Bauer made a statement, in which he said he was perfectly willing to convey the deeds to investors, but on August l judgment was obtained against him which stopped giving the deeds.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
A STEAMBOAT BURNED.

The Belle of the Coast Destroyed by Fire
 in the Mississippi River.
 New Orleans, Jan. 1.-The well known steamboat Belle of the Coast, was total- ily destroyed by fire this morning at Car rollton. .st
 Although many engines responded to the alarm. the firemen were helpless to render the boat assistance because of a stretch of 200 feet of batture between the lsvee and river. The boat was laid up a
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
AN ACT OF INCENDIARIsM

Dallas, Tex, Jan. Views from Ath- ems, Tex, says: Fire at o'clock this morning destroyed nearly a dozen places of business on the north side of the court house square. Six brick store houses are in ruins. The loss is estimat- ed at $100,000. Insurance not learned here. The fire is believed to have been the act of incendaries.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
ONLY THREE BODIES FOUND

Roberval, Quebec, Jan. 7-The total loss by the burning of the Ursulne con- vent here yesterday is now placed at over $30,000, fairly well insured. So far only three bodies have been recovered from the ruins. The search for others is going on steadily, but the work is slow owing to lack of proper appliances.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
USED THE SAME STRAP.

Winston, N. C., Jan. 7.-In Wilkes coun- ty yesterday Mansfield Parsons. the 15- year-old son of widow, committed sui- eide to spite his mother for whipping him. The son hanged himself with the same strap that his mother punished him with. he only lived few hours after he was found.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
TWO FREIGHrs coLLTDE.

Kingwood, w. Va, Jan "A wreck occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road, near Terra Alta, last night. Worth ington Smith, fireman of freight. was Killed and John Gilbaugh seriously in- Jured The freight trains collided as one was coming out of a switch Smith lived at Newburg, and leaves widow and sev- eral children.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
PAINT FACTORY BURNED.

Lancaster, Pa, Jan. 7.-The paint man. ufactory of Schroeder. Smith & Schroeder. this city, was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is es- tlmated rom 1000 to $35,000 with an insurance of $32, ,O00 The origin of the fire is unknown. The National Manu- featuring company in the same building was also completely burned out.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08

couple of weeks ago and there was no fire aboard of her.
 The origin of the fire is, therefore, not known. She was valued at $40,000 and insured in various companies for S20,O00.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
CLEARANCE PAPERS REFUSED
And the Dauntless Is to Be Held For
 Further Orders.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 7.-Although the steam tug Dauntless is in custody of an officer of the revenue cutter Bout well, as a result of her last trip from which she returned Wednesday night, her owner W. A. Bisbee, this morning applied for clearance papers for the steamer to go to Neuvitas, Cuba, with a cargo of arms and ammunition.
 W. A. Bisbee, George R. Poster and Capt. w. Meyers called at the custom house and made formal application for the clearance of the vessel. Deputy Col lector c. Hopkins, who is in charge of the office during the absence of Collec- tor Bisbee, refused to grant the clearance until authorized to do so by the secre- tary of the treasury. At the request of
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Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
IN TH EHOUSE.

The debate upon the proposition to re- fund the indebtedness of the Pacific rail- road companies to the government was begun in the house today under an order adopted last month, which set apart the rest of this week for that purpose. Pre- liminary thereto an immense wall map showing the routes of the road was ele- vated in front of the speakers desk to aid the members in arriving at a clear understanding of the situation. Interest in the debate, judged from the attend ance and attention of members and spec tators in the galleries, was neither deep nor extensive.
 When the house went into committee of the whole, MT. Payne, (Rep) of New York, was called to the chair. MT. Pow CTS, (Rep.) of Vermont, chairman of the committee on Pacific railroads, report ing the bill, stated that the time for gen. eral debate was to be equally divided be- tweeen the friends and opponents of the measure, and to be controlled by him. self and MT. Hubbard, Rep) of Mis- souri, which arrangement was confirmed by the committee. and MT. Powers open ed the case for the bill He said it was plain business proposition that the committee had reported and it was in- tended to appeal only to the good busi- ness sense of the house.
 MT. Grow, (Rep) of Pennsylvania, also supported the measure, and Messrs Hub bard, (Rep.) of Missouri, and Bell, Oem.) of Texas, opposed it. The latter and Mir Harrison, Oem.) of Alabama, each pre- sented substitute for the committee measure, with the announcement that it would be formally offered for considera- tion at the proper time. General discus sion will be continued tomorrow, and on Saturday the bill will be open to amend ment. A vote on it's passage will be taken Monday next.
 At 510 o'clock the house adjourned until tomorrow.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
AN IMPORTANT TAX.
Orders Issued by the Auditor to Assess Against Stock of All Kind Brought Into the State--Supreme Court
 Decisions.

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 7-(Special)- The tax collectors and assessors offices in Montgomery are the busiest places in town today, on account of recent cir cular issued by Auditor White notifying these officials that section 458 of the code of Alabama must be enforced strictly.
 The section referred to is in reference to the bringing into this state of live stock after the 1st of January by tran sient dealers, and requires the property to be assessed as other property. In obedience to the circular the collector made a call on the mule and horse deal- CTS this morning and created quite com- motion among the transient dealers, as they say they have been trading here for ten years and no such demand was ever made before, and that they would take council before paying
 The traders contend that the stock should not be taxed, because 1t was as- sessed in Tennessee and other states from which it came, and to be taxed now will be two assessments on the same property in the same year. There are several large dealers here from Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and Kentucky, and the best information obtainable is that last season 100 900 mules and horses were mar keted here, and that 7,500 will be sold here this season. This revenue from the mule dealers will add con siderably to the states cash, and according to the law, should have been collected all these years. The auditor says the law is plain, and there is no escaping it, and if carried out in all the live stock markets in the state will make up some of the deficit, about which much has been said recently.
 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
 The following decisions were rendered by the supreme court today:
 Brickell, c. J.-Georgia Home Insur- ance company vs. Mattie A. Warten, ap- peal from Limestone circuit court; re- versed and remanded.
 Mcclellan J.-Reuben Agee vs. the state of Alabama, appeal from WILCOX cir cult court; reversed and remanded.
 Coleman, J.-Lem Fillmore vs. the State of Alabama, appeal from Montgomery city court; affirmed.
 Joe Burrage vs.. the state of Alabama, appeal from Fayette circuit court; af- firnned
 Henry w .Torrey vs. w. T. Burney ap- peal from Jefferson probate court; re- versed and remanded.
 Head, J.-T. O. Ellis vs. Pratt City, ap- peal from Jefferson circuit court; reversed and rendered.
 Haralson, J.--W. H. Denson, ct a1., vs. Allen Gray, appeal from Gadsden city court; reversed and rendered.
 Per Curiam-B. A. and Tempy Clem- ents vs John D. Motley surviving part ner, etc., and M. K. Clements vs. John D. Motley, surviving partner, etc., appeals from Clay chancery court; motions to dismiss appeals overruled.
 J. H. Savage, ct al., vs. T. l.. Johnson, appeal from Anniston city court; motion for certiorari overruled. Leave given ap- pellant to withdraw transcript for pur- pose of preparing abstract and cause con- tinued.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-08
AND THE .MILLRNIUM NOT COME.

Washington Jan. 7.--That AmerI- can warships can at least be manned by American seamen is demonstrated in the case of the new cruiser Brooklyn which has just been made ready for sea at Phil adelphia. Secretary Herbert announced today that a report of Commander Cook commanding that vessel, shows that In the complement of that vessel 401 sailors were enlisted. of whom but 139 were aliens. This proportion Is insignificant compared with that of other warships heretofore commissioned, and it Is be- lieved in a short time it will be possible in the navy to put none but Americans on guard"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
4 Potato That Lifted n Ton.

Charles Y. Simmons, who lives on 8 farm near Pleasant Home, brought in from his farm curiosity. He diseov. cred it while digging potatoes. It con siBts of q Late Rose potato grown in the root of a tree. The potato vino seems to have 0rapt into the root, and the new potato then started down in the depths It fiourished in it's strange surroundings and developed into large and we'll formed potato. The room in the root was too small for it's expansion. and so the spud exerted not loss than q ton pressure on tho root until the side was split open. Tho root is about inches in diameter and 6 inches in length. About an inch of the apad protrudes from one end. It is quite curiosity, and ali who have seen it say they never saw anything like it before. Portland Irogohian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
NEW COL LoNY oF puNKARDs.
An Hntire Indiana County May Be Pur-

An Entire Indiana County May Be Pur-
 chased by Them.
 The peculiar religions society known as Dankaras, large numbers of whom have lived in northern Indiana for many yearss gre endeavoring to purchase the entire body of land comprised within Brown county, to which they will em- igrate and establish a government ao- eording to aeir own peculiar notions.
 0. B. Everett of Fort Wayne is nego- tiating with many landowners in the county and has already purchased Il, 900 acres, to " aieh 100 families will move in a few daya and form the nucleus of the new settlement. The county con- tains 8 great deal of valuable land and large quantities of building stone, and as the Dunkards arc an industrious peo- pie 1t is expected that tho county will become in time the garden spot of h. diana
 Mr. Everett thinks the sect will have no trouble in ultimately acquiring all the land in the county and will put in- to practice their ideas of local govern ment The proprietors of the scheme say that neither jail nor courthouse VII be needed, and that the election of local officers would be held only to comply with the law, as all property would be held in common. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24

we could not believe that Coy. Jone3 represented them in his abrupt and unfeeling refusal to assist his own people. Some of the speakers at yesterdays meeting criticised the conduct of the Governor severely, savagely almost No doubt the sen timent of the State was shocked by the Governors expressions and the people were indignant when they found themselves placed in such a bad light before the country. Gov. Jones committed an egregious blum der which he did not mitigate in the least by his attempted explanation He displayed q narrowness quite un- worthy the chief executive of a great State If the Memphis news papers criticised him heshould reflect that his own people, and in his own presence, treated him with greater severity. When thousands are starving and drowning relief should be given without asking where they purchased their coffee and calico. The people of Arkansas are to be congratulated fer putting all em- phatic veto on the ill-eonsidered act of their Governor Commercial  1DDedf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
Government Positions.

There are about E, 900 official pos itions under the U $. Government, which can only be secured by pass ing a Civil Service Examination. The chief of the Civil Service Depart ment of this Bureau was for several years member of the U. $. Civil Ser vice Commission, whose experience and knowledge enables this BureaH to fit YOU for passing the required Civil Service Examination along Government lines, and to advise you as to the proper methods to follow to secure an appointment.
 Write for particulars to
 NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU,
 1420 New York Ave,
 Washington, D. c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
Notiee.

Are you interested in stylish and up-to-date clothing? By all means, pay Henry Marx & Co.'s Tailor Shop a visit, where you can see the hand somest assortment of woolens on ex- hibition. We can make 8 suit to your measure just as cheap as you can buy one ready made. Why not have clothes to fit? It don't cost any more. A Sl00 bicycle free. In- vestigate. HENRY MARK X O.,
 up-To- Date Tailors, Main street, two doors from East corner of 2dave.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
TnREE towns in West Virginia-

THREE towns in West Virginia Hinton, West Union and Buck have enacted curfew laws. Between April 1st and October 1st the court house bells will be rung at 9 o'clock, and then all the youths must go to bed. There are lots of youths and young men under 21 years of age in Pine Bluff addicted to keeping late hours and whom a curfew law wouldn't hurt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
sWlNDIIN6 POOR FOLK.
Mushroom Investment Companies soonr.
 ing Fortunes In Indiana.


 Within recent months so called in. yestment companies. with headquarters in Now York, have established agencies in Indiana, and alluring circulars have been widely distributed promising in. vestors from to 300 per cent returns on small Investments.
 Notwithstanding tho warnings by los cal banks and by the commercial agen- eies this sort of investment is taking like WiIdffa among the poorer classes. and 1t is estimated that fully S250. GOO has been drawn ont of this city within the past six months.
 One of She commercial agencies in- 7estlgated tho financial status of ono of thesa 90 called investment companies which operate, as they style 1t, on the saaefuating system, 7 and found that, instead of 91. GOO, coo capital stock, is had but so, 600, and that all of ita business was done outside of New York.
 People have been found i'll Indianapo- is who have taken tho Christmas say ings of their children to invest ill this ..eo=operatige speculation, and eaeh day the fever is spreading. It is feared that when tho collapse comes the result will be astroas. = Cincinnati En. 0aiHer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
Special Election.

Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 1897. q special elcc- ton will be held in connection with the regular annual election at the usual voting precincts in the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. for the purpose of eleeting one Alderman from the Second Ward to fill the nnexpired q term of II. Riley. resigned.
 Given under my hand this 18th day of March, 1897.
 FRED Fox, Mayor Pro tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24

MR. FirzsMMoNs proelaims him self the victor in 300 fights. Assum- ing that he has been fighting eyer since he was 20 years old, this would be at the rate of twenty fights a year, or nearly two fhts 3 month. It is evident that MT. Fitzsimmons is something of a liar himself. .-Ex.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
THE DUDBERAR MAD8ToNE8
rlseg saVo Adams From an Awful Death.
 Their slngnlar History.
John Adams of Somerset, Ky,

John Adams of Somerset, Ky. who was bitten hy q mad dog several days ago, was taken to Stanford to submit to the application of the famous Dudderar ''madstones. They were applied to the wound and adhered tho first time Ad. ans, shortly after he was bitten, at tempted, with extraordinary nerve, to oauterize the wound, and, as he thought, thus burn out the poison. He used a charred stick and severely burned hia hand.
 The Dudderar madsfones are known throughout Kentucky and Tennessee. b4r. Dudderar told the correspondent that they were brought to Kentucky from Missouri about 1842 by his father, Samuel Dudderar, who said that the atones came from the maw of Rocky mountain goat. In the 50 years or more that they have been in the Dudderar family the stones have been applied to at least 1, GOO mad dog bites, and of all the patients only one has died, and in that case the wound was neglected for IS days after the biting. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-24
sanlSey,s New Sacred Song.

Evangelist Ira D. Sankey, the sing CT and composer, has written Il new sacred song for the April Ladies' Home Journal. He has given it the title of the eBeautiful Hills, and considers it superior to his famous Ninety and Nine. Mir. Sankey rote it with the especial view of its appropriateness for outdoor choral singing-fof eamp-meetings and other religious and semi-rehgious gatherings.