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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-10-05

4 full account of the proceedings Of the Elks meeting Tuesday night will appear in Thursdays Graphic
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-10-05

HELP IS WANTED whom the nerves become weak and the appe. titeifails Hoods Sarsaparilla gives help by making the blood rich, pure and nourishing Get only Hoods.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-10-05

HOODS PILLS are easy to take easy to operate. Cure indigestion sick headache.
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Stop at Gleason's HI Little Rock,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-17
AGONCILLO'S PROTEST.
1t Was Formally Lodged and Became
Part of the Treaty Record.


PARIS. Dec. 1.-THE entire Amer
lean peace commission has left here for
the United States via Havre and South
ampton. and sails for New YORK on
board the American liner st. Louis. 1t
is learned that Agoncillo. the represent
ative of Aguinaldo, the Philippine
leader. has lodged a strongly worded
protest with the commission, which thus
becomes part of the records. 1t begins
with saving that the very noble and
gallant General Aguinaldo. president of
the Philippine republic. had honored him
with the post of official represent
ative to the honorable president
of the United States. Asoncillo
then reviews the case at length. saying
that at the time of ''imploring the
armed cooperation of Aguinaldo and
the other prominent Philippine chiefs
both the commander of the Petrol, Cap
tain Wood, in Hong Kong. before the
declaration of war. and the American
consuls general. Pratt. at Singapore,
Wildman. at Hong Kong. and Will
Jams at Cavite. acting as the interna
tional agents of the great American ma
ton. at a moment of great anxiety. OF
fered to recognize the independence OF
the Filipino nation"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-17
PRINTER THREW BRICKS.
British Legation Violently Attacked
l'roEubl an Insane Freak.

BRUSH l&S8tlOu NioiehsaS
Probably an Insane Freak.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE police
have under arrest Joseph w. Pearson, a
printer. 2G years of age. who made a
violent attack on the British embassy
with bricks, which he flung into the the
drawing room. in which members Of the
family of Sir Julian Pauncefote We're
seated. Miss Pauncefote was struck by
a brick. but fortunately its force was
somewhat spent and she escaped with a
somewhat injured ankle. Several win
dows were smashed and the magnificent
cut glass Of the main entrance doors was
broken and ruined. The total damage
done. it is estimated, will amount to
800. A telephone call was made for
nolice as soon as the first missiles were
thrown, and the servants rushed out
and were engaged in fight with Pear
son when the police arrived and ar
rested him. He was taken to the police
station. where his mother called later
and said she had noticed her son had
been acting strangely ever since M
graduated last June, from studies HI
had been pursuing diligently for two
wears past. His offense may be a very
serious one, should he be adjudged sane
"a special laws govern the case OF tor
eign legations and embassies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-17

W. II. Abbott, sworn: Was at Lake
fark at the time OF shooting.
From barber shop below I
heard them quarrelling one night;
have heard her threaten to
have him arrested on one occasion; 1
don't know that / heard them quarrel
often. One night heard her curse him
and tell him to get out OF there; that
her father paid the rent on the rooms: !:
that he was a thief, and that his folks
we're thieves, and everybody in the
county knew it; he made no reply; tbe
threatened to call the marshal; it was
about 1890 pm. ] don't know whether
she drinks or not, nor him either; don't
know that he was given to melancholy
spells; he WAS naturally a quiet man.
Peter Hampe, sworn: The first
knew, Mrs. McCready came in by the
back door OF the kitchen, crying, and
said Henry was shot. Mr. Filsirger went
to her; ran up to the rooms and saw
Henry lying on the floor, as described by
former witnesses; thought l was there
tirst. but have heard since that Henry
Noe was there before me- Bed was not
much disarranged; board at restaur
antr know Mrs. MoCready we'll; never
heard Henry quarrel with anybody and
they seemed happy enough, thought
Henry was queer acting; he would hard
10 answer you; just stand and stare al
yon.
DR.. Duff, sworn: Viewed the wound
no powder marks around it: thought II
revolver had been held near the head il
would have torn the flesh; revolver mus
have been held pretty close to max,
such burn: shot from anywhere in th'
room he would expect clean cut hole o.
wound. without radiating fracture; t,
make this wound the revolver could no
have been held great distance from tn,
head: 40 not think it was within tw,
inches or 1t would have torn the flesh
no torn flesh around this wound; mlQh
have made this result at l. inches dis
tant.
Adjourned until o'clock this evening
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-17
would Control the o..--e. .'5sssss.

Would Control tnc D..--- SS~ss%S'
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1.-THE Even
ing Telegraph publishes story to the
effect that preliminary plans have been
laid in this city for the formation OF .
nowerful combine to control the street
lighting business now inthe hands OF
priyate companies all over the Umteo
States east Of the Mississippi river.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-17

Soothing, healing. cleansing. De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve is the implacable ene-
my OF sores, burns and wounds. It never
fails to cure piles yon may rely upon 1t.
Cook s. ODEE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-17
C|RIS SCI y 7 =
CORNER DRUG STORE.

When you feel sense OF weight, un-
easiness aud oppression after meals,
means indigestion. Better take Rocky
Mountain Tea.
FRANK SMITH.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

Past the FIRST ford the road darlsens
and grows muddy. The trees are higher.
They stretch back in forest grandeur
half mile, end they are deathtraps.
They hide the bitterest, the cruelest,
the most uncivilized fighters in all
Chirstendom, the Spanish guerrillas
They are up in the tree tops sharpshoot.
ing. Soldier or civilian, well or wound.
ed, it matters not to them. A rifle
cracks and bullet whines by your
head. You seek the cover by the road
side and make your way along as silent
ly as possible. The wounded plod weari-
ly on, some of them too weak to hide.
Every now and then you hear that one
OF them has been hit. Occasionally
soldier on watch fires back at the dis.
tant flash and for moment You have
peace. Past another ford you keep on
your way, leaving behind you the hill
OF Ell Pozo, where Captain Grimes field
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

told the story as plainly as though tie
pain were shrieked from a thousand
throats and made it all the nobler.
What a journey it was that night
from the firing line along the hill of
San Juan, where our soldiers lay on
their rifles, down the long, winding,
muddy road to Siboney, where is the
army's basel Here is the hospital to
which all the wounded must come
eventually if they be spared, and to-
ward it, from the crack of the first rifle
on this morning of the opening struggle
until the night merged into another
day, those not too badly crippled drag
ged their MANNED and shattered selves
in hope Of aid. The field hospitals were
overrun. The ambulances were crammed
with men who could not walk. Supply
and ammunition wagons had been called
into service, but still they were not suf-
fcient, and SO poor luckless devils with
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

drivers curse and crack their whips. The
mules struggle into gallop and plunge
down hill. Soon the tinkle of the pack
trains bell and then the thunder of the
wagon wheels are lost. It is as peaceful
as though war did not exist The land
crabs flee in their fiendish way from be-
fore your feet and with half an hour of
steady marching you stand on the rough
riders hill. To the right, just on the
crown overlooking the valley to the
south, are seven wooden slabs stuck into
the earth side by side to mark where
fell the first heroes in the campaign
against Santiago. A wounded man is
lying near the graves. He lifts his head
at the approaching sounds.
Played out" he says laconically.
"Shot in the shoulder. Finish the trip
tomorrow.
No complaint, no regret, just grit.
From this hill the road leads down
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

branches being trodden underfoot.
Your blood grows cold, and then you
smile to yourself in a sickly sort of way
as you realize that the land crabs are
running from you. They are plainly to
be seen in the road now, big fellows,
blue and black and red and yellow.
They hurl themselves hurriedly from
danger in their peculiar awkward way,
and you hate them. for you know that
were you dead Oh that spot within an
hour these vermin would have picked
your skull as clean as vultures.
The never ending road still winds on
through the wood with the wounded
once more dotting it, Three of them are
sitting ON bowlder. Two of them have
been shot in the arm, the other both in
the shoulder and the thigh. He is weak
ening fast and the others are trying to
cheer him up.
ut amt the pain," he says, "it's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Canadian Pacific railway earn
ings for the week ended July q war.
$44s.0O0; same period last year, $3.50 OOo
The New CHILEAN cruiser Alm,rar,.
O'Higgins has arrived at Valparaiso
r. E. Melvin, whose home was a.,
Macomb, Ills, was killed by foul air
while descending into the Glorian,
mine at Cripple Creek.
1t is estimated that there are 24O Om
women domestic servants In London
and that 10000 of these are always ont
of situations or changing their places.
Calvin Stewart, IA years old. was
drowned while swimming in White riv.
er at Washington, Ind.
Sig. Ferdinando Boccini of Milan. II.
ally, has given $4,000 to found a high
school of commerce in Milan similar to
those in Antwerp and Lyons.
Albert Seeley of Hebron, Ind. was
shot and perhaps fatally wounded by
William Sloan.
Prospero Scheaffino, Italian consul
at Baltimore, has been knighted by
King Humbert and made a chevalier OF
the Order Of the Crown of Italy
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

light clearly marks out your way. You
start just at the base of that hill up
which the Seventy-frst New York
charged so CALAMITY in the afternoon.
Never mind the dead. Siboney must be
reached before midnight, and the way
is long. The road is level here and
mainly in the open, so you push along
quite rapidly. Before and behind and
around you are the wounded plodding
onward. Some of them speak to you.
"How far is it. to Siboney?" asks one
young fellow, with his left arm in
sling.
Eight miles," you tell him.
"Thank God I have two good legs"
he answers and keeps on.
But he has lost blood, and is weak.
You pass him. Others are around. One
big soldier is doubled over, making his
way painfully.
"How far is it to Siboney?" he asks,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

]. w. Hackard. aged %, Of Jefferson,
Ind. was shot by Nelson Smith, aged
20. Smith had forbidden Hackard call
ing upon his granddaughter, and his
order was ignored.
Mrs. A. G. Clas of Milwaukee was
robbed of $1,000 worth of diamonds,
which she thinks were taken from her
by a seeker after aims.
The Aurora Vapor Stove company OF
Cleveland, o., has assigned. Assets ana
liabilities, $4,000 each.
The Hicks Wholesale Grocery COM
pany and j. A. Stephenson, furniture
were burned out at Shreveport, La
Loss, s45,000.
The members of the Gentry family
In Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee
Texas. and Kentucky are preparing TOT
a monster family reunion at Crab Orch
ard Springs, Ky.
The Duke of Connaught has been ap.
pointed an elder brother Of Trinity
house. to succeed Mr.. Gladstone.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

broken arms, with bullets through their
chests, their thighs, their legs, crept
slowly in with a patience that was
marvellous.
From San Juan hill to Siboney thu
circuitous road made necessary by the
mud and the mountains covers q dis
lance of about eight miles. Formerly it
was scarcely more than a mountain
trail, sound enough under foot, but the
traffic of the great army wagons has
cut it all to pieces, and made it in the
lower places all but impossible, espe-
cially in the rainy season, now on. 1t
is not a pleasant course to travel at best,
but suppose circumstances had brought
you to take it this battle night. The
moon is up. and in the open its silvery
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

into q thicket through which a.,
never shines. The moon Is dro, ae sun
is as black as a cavern. Rocks II
and jagged. fill the roadway and ,o .Oose
the footing unsafe. Branches rsa Under
from the brush and whip your Fac O1t
is uncanny. Strange insects ara s;' II
here and there, and far off Won boassmag
call OF the cuckoo which so oftsn me
tokens the presence of Spaniards IT,; ~
In wait for the invaders. Thor gug
comes the answering cry still fas .ae'e
on, and you wonder what is go;au sner
happen to you. Your imaoinass,W
grows vivid. Dark figures appear Sa.
the road. They look like men cro oO%a
ing. A dash of moonlight tbron" J'n'
rift in the oyerhanging clouds Of tsa
ical foliage falls ON the dewy blade ~
palm and changes it into the gleam !.
bayonet OF Spanish soldier. The soana
OF the bloody day just done have ha"s
such as unstring nerves, and wbilo w
chide yourself for your foolish fan suu
you hurry along. hurry along, bon;U ,es
for the end. 'p'ns
And by and by it comes. Yon b.r.
reached the level sandy stretch boh;n 's
the ridge on which sits Sibonev and
rounding the end through the rav;ra
which cuts down to the sea Won bsro
before You the tents and camnfires ~
the soldiers at the base and the COTTAGE.
OF the Cubans. 1t has not been nleas
ant journey, but You have seen one :,
the phases of warfare, and that is mncS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

guns opened the action In the morning.
AS you go on the road grows worse and
more weird. Up hill and down again it
runs, with mud foot deep in places.
The feet of the wounded wayfarers sink
into the miro until some of them are
helpless. They are grateful when you
help them, and you push ON.
1t is more lonely now. There is no
one within sight or sound either ahead
or behind, and the road is once more
open. You look across the nearby stub
BILE at the woods beyond, and you won
der If here, too, there are Spanish sharp
shooters waiting and watching. You
hurry, and on either side through the
palms there comes cracking as of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

the loss Of blood that's killing me. How
far Is it now? Have we come to the hill
where the rough riders fought"
"Not yet" answers one of the SOL
diers, "but it is very near"
We'll, I'll get that far, anyway" is
the mans response, and he struggles to
his tired feet.
In the distance there can be heard the
jingle of bell. 1t comes closer and
closer, and soon around bend appears
the head Of mule train carrying am
munition to the front. They will need
1t on the morrow. Behind come lumber
ing half dozen wagons carrying sup
plies, each with eight powerful mules
hauling it through the miry road. The
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28
TRAMP OF THE WOUNDED
All Who Could Walk Had to
Drag Themselves to the Sea.
OUR MEN BORE IT LIKE HEROES.

Scenes Along the Path Where the Stricken
Soldiers Plodded In the Moonlight To-
ward siboney-Pure Grit and No Com.
plants - The Weakened Men Were
Marks For Spanish sharpshooters In
the Trees.
The New York Suns correspondent.
writing under the date Of July 6 from
Siboney, Cuba, describes the scenes
along the path where our wounded sol
diers plodded toward the hospital at
Siboney as follows:
Darkness had covered the first great
battlefield of the Spanish American
war. The dead lay all about, unminded
In the press to alleviate the wants of
the wounded. Sorrow was everywhere,
not because of defeat or disaster, for
American valor had driven the enemy
from their intrenchments in the face of
a IRE that might well have shattered
the ranks Of veteran soldiers, but be-
cause to these farmer boys, these me-
chanics, clerks, lawyers, dudes and
millionaires, bred to the ways of peace,
VIC sAcuuluB u 81 iuuCu DlOOu SEEMED u
terrible thing, in palliation of which
righteous war for a righteous cause was
all but unjust. They were not used to
war, with its bloody trail of shattered
flesh and broken bones. 1t was all too
horrible when robbed of its glamour by
stern reality, and so, despite the VIC
tory Of the day and the glory they had |
won, our soldiers were crushed and |
broken hearted by the loss that had
been entailed. s.sss-.--~-
And it was terrible, pitiful sight
that night. Wounded were everywhere,
silently suffering. The shrieks and
groans of which writers of other battle
fields have been wont to make so much
were missing. Men pierced through and
through with Mauser bullets lay in the
long grass of the fields where they had
fallen or under the knife of the surgeon
in the improvised hospitals without q
or moan. They bore it like
heroes, but the agony was all there.
And those who saw it knew it. The
pallid faces, contorted with suffering.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28
and you answer.

and you answer.
"I'll never get there tonight, but I'll
try" he says, and on he limps.
Still you are in the open. The trees
along the roadside are short The sun
has had chance at the roadbed, and it
is fairly dry. The walking is easy. By
and by you reach a ford over little
stream. Here is the "bloody angle.
The dead are all about. The wounded
are clustered by the water. They are fe-
verish. They lap it up gratefully, talk
ing meanwhile of the day.
1--WE gave them hi, didn't WEI"
said wounded volunteer to a passing
regular.
"That's what we did, but they can
fight some, too, was the reply.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28
AMERICAN SOLDIER REPAIRING CUBANS GU
CoNSleHT 1903 Z
JAMES CofpoH etNssrL
C

Cuban allies Santiago
declaring that valuable aids others asserting that the only
willing
clothed
the feet The
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

When this shell struck the athp
ing on the bridge He Immediately
greater safety but himself remained his
the looking
pankng the
might have been shot however without putting
wa Ken July
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-21
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-21

uary for the term OF six years.
Within ten days after the beginning
OF each mayoralty term, the mayor IN
directed To appoint "A harbor master for
tht~term OF two years.
A board OF three commissioners on
the North Burial ground Is 10 be ap-
pointed by the mayor I'm the frst week
i'm January. one for two, one for four
and one for six years. At the eXpira =
tion OF the term OF any commissioner,
his successor Is 10 be appointed for six
years.
A sealer OF weights and measures Is
t~~be appointed by the mayor within 10
days after the beginning OF each
mayoralty term, whose term OF Office
shall be for two years.
The special commission. which pre-
pared the proposed charter is composed
OF Mayor Baker, chairman; Messrsi
Charles G. Nichols Robert B. Little.
Rathbone Gardner. Charles Sisson,
William Gamewell and Arthur l..
Brown.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-21
A new CHARTER FOR THE CITY.
CONTINUED from Page Eight.)


pointed by the mayor within ten days
after the beginning OF each mayoralty
term. The commissioners is authorized
to appoint deputy and such other
subordinates as may be prescribed by
ing his pleasure.
A board of contract and supply is al
so provided for to consist OF the mayor,
comptroller, commissioners OF public
works, city solicitor and city engineer.
The board is TO be a bureau I'm the de-
partment OF public works. Its duty
shall be, under regulations prescribed
by ordinance. TO let to the lowest bid
der who shall give adequate security
for the performance OF his Contract, all
contracts for the performance OF any
work or the supply OF any materials
for the city, in all cases where the work
or materials will cost 10 exceed $500,
unless by three-quarter vote Of the
common council IL is determined to be
impractcable TO procure the work or
materials by contract
During the month OF January i'm each
year the board shall make contracts
with two daily newspapers published
in the city, for the city advertising and
shall also contract for all city print
ing, building, stationery and office
supplies.
A city engineer is to be appointed by
the mayor to hold office to the end Of
the term of the mayor appointing him.
In addition to the duties OF ordinary
engineer he is to act as superintendent
OF public buildings. bridges. docks and
wharves, under such regulations as
may be prescribed by the common
council
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
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Mr. and Mrs Edwards, New Haven.
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