Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-24
 NEWS IN BRIEF.

Federal Judge Robert W. Hughes, of Norfolk, Va, has resigned.
 A large tobacco warehouse. burned at Jacksonville, Fla; loss $1O0, 900.
 Gen. J. B. Gordan is very i'll at Toledo, Ohio. He had to cancel hls lecture.
 There was severe storm at Hon. olulu, and shipping in port suffered much,
 It is announced that German and British banks have jointly raised that Chinese loan. The security is based on customs.
 The Cuban government has ap- pointed colonial representative to negotiate treaty with this govern ment.
 Gov. Mount, of Indiana, has shim- self sworn out warrant to open prosecution of the Versailles lynch CTS. One arrest of prominent citizen has been made.
 Gen. Lee IS availing himself more and more of the aid of the Red Cross Society. He has decided to open hospital in Havana, CO., operating with Blanco.
 Seven big iron manufacturers met at Birmingham and arranged to avoid injurious competition. They deny that the big mills will cut rates to drive out little concerns.
 Congress is asked to equip two new artillery regiments to man the coast defences. General Miles says the matter is imperative and needs immediate action.
 A Pekin dispatch says the Russian government has given 1t out that she will continue to occupy Port Ar c6Sasnr, oanr safety of China and Corea de- ,5 ,5aso' s'sG; ;5;; s;Ss E | ,e--.
 saa. l ae-- Lindsey, of Kentucky ad 7el@ag oens the Southern Society at Ntew York, said the time was ase nand when the South was relied up- on to maintain the dignity and hon. l es af tho. n n4inn nn==szss
 There is no doubt left that during recent gales off the coast of New England the British ship Asia, went down with all hands on board, including crew of twenty men, be- sides man and girl.
 The Senate committee on Naval Affairs has been directed to report whether warship equal to any in the world, to be called the George Washington, can be built in this country in year.
 Naval officials deny that the South Atlantic Squadron will concentrate near Havana. The double-turreted monitor Terror, is rapidly being fitted for service to replace the Maine.
 Archie Jordan awas shot and in- stantly killed by Ray Pottinger. near Holly Springs. Both were lads of 12 years. They were play ing Rebel and Tank with a gun they didn't know was loaded.
 Senator Morgan interviewed q Boston manufacturer who just re turned from Cuba, and submitted the result ito the senate. It shows the deplorable and hopeless condi- tion of the reconcentradoes, the fu- tility of autonomy and the necessity for immediate interference by this country.
 The tax suit of Baird vs. Hart, Davidson county, was dismissed on demurrer by Chancellor Cook. The court ruled that failure of tax as sessors in other counties to assess property at it's correct valuation did not make the correct assessment in one county invalid. This has a direct bearing on the assessment of corporations made by the Railway Commissioners.
 Baker, the negro postmaster a Lake City, s. c. was assassinated as were his wife and baby, and other members of his family .wer wounded so that some of them vii die. The man had received yariou warning. Officials at Washingto had refused to remove him. Las night his home was fired, and as and his family ran out in the glaj they were shot down by a hundrt white men who had surrounded f