Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.

at 6lcnVllle, Mo, burned down with a loss of $150, coo. l Speer. a triple murderer of Harri sonyille, Mo, has got a stay of exc cution from the Supreme Court.
 Gerald Balfour, NJ. P, denies thar England has yielded anything fl the Orient.
 There is much doubt about the i'm migration bill getting through tht lower house.
 In Tennessee during January nearly 20,0OO gallons of moonshin, liquor were destroyed by revenue agents.
 Italian government will continue the reduced duties on grain, so as tc stop the bread riots.
 The cruiser Montgomery called al Matinaz Saturday and was cour- teously received. She will cruise Ialong the south side of Cuba.
 Bryan says thecotton mill troubles in New England are not in keeping with the Mckinley premises of pros. perity.
 Il is fonnd that $6O,OOO of the Chem. ical bank money was loaned to an Asheviile, N. c, bank just before the latter failed.
 Cotton mills at Burlington, Vt, gave.notice Of reduction ofwages. tis not thought there will be any strike.
 It is discovered by the boomers oi the gold fields in the vicinity of Llano Tex, that they are among the richest in the world.
 The organization of the Biscuit Trust is complete but there is great secresy about the details. Chicago is the headquarters. I There is Q combination of Russia, France and Great Britain to compel the Sultan to accept Prince Geore as Governor of Crete.
 The Secretary of war at Washing ton has approved the n'ana for the Yazoo river canal. aini 4 i.s > ,s'tgo that work will be commenced soon. @ At the caucus in Washington the Republicans organized for the Con- gressional campaign. The currency and tariff issueszare expected to be foremost.
 Madrid reports that the cost of tho Cuban war for three years has been S2S0, ,00G, ,000. The Spanish press wants the tariff treaty with this eoutry in- trusted to experts. ! A bill has been. intFodrced in Con gress to extend the area of Yellow stone Park about 5000 quare miles.
 The South Carolina Legislature places telegraph and telephone lines under the control of the State Rail- road ommission.
 There is suffering iii Central and Southern Russia owing to failure Of crops Cattle are being fed the thatches from the cottages. News Ipapers are forbidden to refer to the famine.
 George ". Finch, murderer, who escaped from the Fort Smithiai Q week ago, surrendered voluntarily Saturday. He said he wanted to visit his folks before he was hanged, and he did so.
 In King George county, Ya., Mrs. Thadeus Sorrell and her daughter were burned to death. The child caught fire and the mother ran to her rescue.
 Annual report of the Tennessee lprison board, shows that the in- come for 1897 exceeded the expenses by $25, ,424. There were l ,45l convicts on January l.
 Examination of witnesses for the prosecution of Sheriff Martin and his deputies, continues at Wilkebarre, Pa. The evidence is very damaging. A lady school teacher. who saw the whole tragedy, gave very important testimony. The defense tries to es- tablish that the community was afraid of the strikers.
 It is now alleged in Germany that American horses deyelope Influenza after importation, and they may have to be barred out of Germany. This proposition is ridieuled at Washington, and 1t all looks like part of the scheme to bar out American products from the German markets. In 1897. horses to the value of $s22, ,250 were shipped to Germany.
 The Berlin press does not like the concession to the agrarians con- tained in the fruit prohibition. Other newspapers say the prohibition is based upon the reports of American fruit aynprtarS Amb0asa1Or White