Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-10
NEWS BRIEFS.

The contested election case of Ald- rich vs. Plowman from Alabama was called in the House.
 Salter D. Worden, convicted of wrecking train during the strike of 1894, has confessed. His confession covers $500 words.
 Thirteen Americans are in jail in Mexico charged with being implicat- ed in the murder of a Mexican in the mines at Hermosilla.
 American fruits are admitted to Germany, but live plants are barred out.
 The Tennessee prison commission has purchased brick plant and chair factory for the employment Of convicts.
 The British Parliament will, in Il few days, be apprised of all facts in connection with the Chinese loan matter.
 Zola's trial is In progress at Paris and the populace are greatly excited. The Military were called into the court yesterday to quell disturb ances.
 A party of Scandinavians from the Northwest are on their way South to find a location for q large colony of their compatriots.
 The Kentucky Senate has appoint ed 8 committee to draft n reply to Senator Lindsay. The Republican members refused to participate in the business.
 Arrangement of the details of the tariff treaty With Spain will be talk en up soon. The general lines have been agreed upon.
 Cuban agents claim to have let ter written by Senor de Lome, the Spanish Ambassador, describing Me- Kinley as a low character. De Lome pronounces 1t forgery.
 Consul Barker, at Sagua La Grande, writes to a Mississippi friend a narrowing sketch of thecon- ditions existing in the neighborhood of his consulate.
 The Havana press has been in structed to boom autonomy, on pain of suppression in case of failure. Not even a joke at the expense of autonomy will be allowed.
 Jack White was arrested at Charleston, Tenn, for the murder of Green Bates twelve ears ago. White recently confessed and duplicates his brother-in-law.
 When Emile zola was being remov- ed from the courtroom Tuesday evening an attempt was made to mob him. The officers in charge fi- nally got him away only by ruse.
 Hodgeman, absconding treasurer of the Chicago Building Trades Coun- cil, has been caught in the British northwest territory on his way to the KIondike. He will be brought back. He got away with $25,0O0.
 The quarantine convention of the South Atlantic and Gulf States met in Mobile yesterday. Several Gov ernors and many other notables, in- cIuding sanitation experts. were ex- pected.
 Charles snonaldson, a painter by trade, a vender of patent medicine, is held at M0ulton, Ala, for the poi soning of woman who died after taking a dose of his connection. There is much mystery about the ac= cused.
 Capt. Ray and Lieut.. Richardson, U. S A, had a hard time standing off lot of rufIians at Dawson City The mob proposed to capture and sack a couple of coaches, but the off cers stood them off with a couple of. United States flags.
 The Marquis of Salisbury made q statement in the House of Lords anent the Chinese question which seems to be satisfactory. He states that none of the Chinese ports will be closed to commerce, which was the sole point of British contention.
 In an interview, Madame Dreyfus relates that Major Paty du Clam vis- ited her on seventeen successive days after the arrest of her husband and by caiolery and threats tried to ex. tort admissions from her that would convict her husband. She declares her husband never made comics sion, for he hadnOthing to confess.
 Two thousand dental students en- gagged in battle with the Chicago police yesterday. Students of riva, schools engaged in 8 snowball fight and when the police tried to stoI them they joined forces and sailed into the cops. Riot calls were made from all the Chicago police stations