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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08
GUILTY.
as the Result cf the Moot Court ial,Given by the 0ratori- cal Association Last
 Tuesday Night.

] he Uratorical Association enter Ined the public with moot court |al last Tuesday evenIng at the hrt house. A large crowd was in [enanee. Mr. Ben. J. Altbeimer Is tired for malteasance in office [i was convicted He defended
 hself with the assistance of kssrs. H, K. Foney NJ Holderncss
 B Beno Altheimer. Mr F. J.
 rwin was the presiding chairman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08
Arn, Broker.

Alter MeAdams, the 10.year- pn of Mr. and Mrs. Wood, had nisfortune to break his arm afternoon. Tbe little fellow |standing on a plank on the lat Ms home, when the board ed and Walter landed on his rm, breaking the arm just
 elbow Dts. Williams and l [g were summoned and set the
 b men Der. The little fellow Sting very easy under the hs tances.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08

Monroe Perdue was a passen ger on the north bound Val ley train yesterday to spend Sunday in the City of Roses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08
Worn Out Mothers Are Requested to Read the Fol-
 lowing Letter
An Arkansas Woman Has sone-
 thing important to Say.

1niHS tTIpOftcstt hO SAy@
 C. wish to write few words for the benefit of weak and worn out mothers. Before I began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla weighed IF pounds and was so weak could hardly do anything. I had bad spells with my stomach, when it seemed as though l could not live. l had hardly life enough to take care of my two months old child. began taking Hoods Sarsa- parilla and after using three bottles ] weighed 145 pounds. I have now taken six bottles and I am SO much better that even the doctor was surprised when he saw me. While there has been much sickness in this vicinity I have escaped and attribute my good health entirely to Hoods sarsaparilla." MRS. s. P. 0s- BORN, Stone, Arkansas. Remember Hoods SaYSapaFilla Is the best -in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hoods Pills are tasteless, mild efIec- flee
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08
 AS TO EJACULATION.

The Daily GRAPHIC has nearly double the circulation of any other Pine Bluff daily newspaper and the Daily and semi-Weekly GRAPHIC have q combined circulation larger than that of any other Pine Bluff daily or weekly newspaper Advertisements accept ed on this gaarantee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08

J. T. Niilams, prominent mill owner of Warren, was Pine Bluff visitor yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08

COTTON MHRKETS.
NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans. May 7.-Cotton- Quiet; spots. quiet and steady and unchanged; middling, l1-l6; sales, 1 BOO
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08

THE PEOPLE OF PINE BLUFF T appeal is made 10 all charita |lnclined, to aid the Cuban suffer. by sending clothing, cotton b the Merrill Institute Monday r o'clock. There will be ladies kent to receive al con tributions f. The clothing is wanted for ben and children; second fea, all that is necessary. l MRs. N. B. TRuLooK,
 t FRED Fox,
 " l. ". CRAWFORD,
 ]" HG HlaINBoTHAM
 B. A. HALL,
 ss JULIA NOEL
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-08
Blum Dry Goods Emporium.

There are four seasons to each year And each season brings fashions to wear This IS of more importance than spring and fall For to enjoy outdoor exercise and sociabIe calls This most desirable season is now on hand The glorious month of May is for all to enjoy And beg to remind you to speedily attend The most suitable garments to examine and buy. This season has brought to light The most wonderful fashions of years gone past And its beauties will be appreciated alike, Which even the four hundred will readily attest So lay your heavy winter raiments aside And don the more suitable colors in light We have everything you will admire And are able to suit the fastidious buyer Wolf Nichols has been with you for years and exnects to
 remain
 And the height of his enterprise he will surely attain lie tavors his customers one and all And IS pleased to receive any ones call We have the goods and the ready gold And we do not allow to be undersold Small profits and quick sales has been the rule of our And we expect to keep it up forever more.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
An Example of o'Connelrs Wit.

Daniel O'Connell, though brilliant
and witty, was daringly vulgar when
he set out to attack an opponent. At a
Dublin election he started to assail Re-
corder Shaw, who was a very dignifed
and handsome man, by declaring him
a fellow whose visage would frighten a
horse from his oats. The lord mayor,
who presided, remarked on these ameni-
ties and said it might. be supposed such
a critic, like Hamlet's father, was en-
dowed with Hyperion curls and the
front of Jove himself, instead of a
wrinkled brow and scratch wig. AS
for himself, he would not be unwilling
to compete with the demagogue before
jury of ladies if they could only see
him as nature made him without the
aid of the barber O'Connell strobe to
the front of the platform, snatched off
his wig and pointing to his naked head
covered with stubble of gray hair,
cried, Ladies, / demand your instant
Judgment" OF course he had the laugh
and the best of the encounter San
Francisco Wave.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
Number 81.

JrlumpnanJ conclusion. Our navy was
victorious on the seas, our armies won
glorious victories upon the land. Santi-
ago was captured, Porto Rico was con
quered, our flag was raised over the Phil
ippines and the Ladrones. Almost the
last colonial possession of Spain was
wrested from her grasp, Spanish armies
were defeated, Spanish fleets destroyed,
and whatever remains of Spanish empire
outside of the Iberian peninsula is due
to American magnanimity and forbear-
ance.
With the return of peace, our country
is confronted by new and grave response
bilities, together with many unsolved
problems; and it is of the utmost i'm
portance that the president and his ad-
visors receive the support and co-opera-
tion of congress and of all good citizens,
not only in securing an honorable and
enduring peace, but also in wisely set
tling the many perplexing questions con-
nected with the administration of our
possessions.
Whether our future policy is to be
what is sometimes styled imperial, lead
ing to world empire, or if, as | believe
preferably, we are to remain conserva-
lively content to be one of the great in
dustrial and commercial powers of the
world, is for the American people to
carefully consider and wisely determine.
Whatever happens, we may rest confident
that the saving common sense that has
served us so well in other crises in the
past will continue with us and be
Squally helpful In the future
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
The EARLY Umbrella.

We may infer from the following an
nouncement, copied from The Female
Taller Of Dec. -, l709 that the um-
brella at this period was regarded as
too effeminate for the use of man:
"The young gentleman borrowing the
umbrella belonging to Wills coffee
house, Cornhill. of the mistress, is here
by advertised that to be dry from head
to foot on the like occasion he shall be
welcome to the maids pattens " About
this time it was customary to keep an
umbrella i'll the halls of larger houses
for use in rainy weather, for shelter in
proceeding from the house to covered
conveyance, and doubtless the one al
luded to in the advertisement above
quoted was for that purpose
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06

'I can't see how any family lives with.

81 can't see how any family lives with
out Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhea Remedy" says J. R. Adams, a
well-known druggist, of Geneva, Al2, in
a letter inquiring the price of dozen
bottles, that he might not only have it for
use in his own family, but supply it to
his neighbors. The reason some people
get along without it is because they do
not know its value, and what a vast
amount of suffering it will save. Wher-
ever it becomes known and used it is rec
ognized rs a necessity, for it is the only
remedy that can always be depended upon
for bowel complaints, both for children
and adults. For sale by E. K. Taft, Stat
ford Springs, and G. L. Phillips, South
Coventry.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06

REMARKABLE REsCUE.-Mrs. Michael
Curtain, Plaintield, ILL.,, makes the state
ment that she caught cold, which settled
on her lungs; she was treated for a
month by her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was a hopeless
victim of consumption, and that no medi-
cine could cure her. Her druggist sug-
gested DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption she bought bottle, and
to her delight found herself benefited
from first dose. She continued its use,
and, after taking six bottles, found her.
self sound and well; now does her own
housework, and is as we'll as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this Great Dis
covery at E. K. Tafts Drug Store. Large
bottles so cents and 81. 6
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06

Wickwire docking at board with
"Pity the Blind" on it)-You are no
more blind than am.
Dismal Dawson-Well, what's it to
you?
Wickwire-What business have you
wearing that card?
Dismal Dawson-Jist as much right
as anybody. 1 don say I'm blind. This
here is jist abstract proposition. See?
London Tit-Bits.
Few men in this country are better OF
more favorably known to the drug and
medicine trade than Mr. e. J. Schall,
buyer in the proprietary medicine depart
ment of the Meyers Bros Drug Co., st.
Louis He says: my boy came home
from school with his hand badly lacerated
and bleeding, and suffering great pain.
l dressed the wound and applied Cham
berIain' Pain Balm freely; all pain ceased
and in a remarkably short time it healed
without leaving scar. For wounds
sprains, swellings, and rheumatism,
know of no medicine or prescription equal
to it. | consider it household necessi-
ty." Sold by E. K Taft, Stafford Springs
and G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
Friday. October 9, 1868.

Friday, October 9, 1868.
E. C. Dennis has sold his new house on
South street to s. T. Preston. Price
paid, $4,000.
M. d. Rowland has again taken an In
terest in the tannery in this village, the
firm now being Preston, Dennis & Co.
Albert Parkess has discontinued the
mercantile business in this village, and
the store lately occupied by him is to let
F. A. Harwood of this village had his
leg broken last Friday morning, by STEP
ping upon a stick of wood, which slipped
and threw his weight upon his ankle,
turning it and fracturing one of the bones.
Elan S. Hyde will occupy the basement
store of the Converse block conjolntly
with L. G. Winter & Son. The latter
have already removed their meat market
there, and Mr.. Hyde is about to fill in
with stock of groceries and provisions.
The report of the selectmen of the town
of Stafford shows the expenditures of the
town the past year to have been as fol-
lows:
Highways, $4,711 .O2
Expenses in contested road case, 2,9O3. 81
OF this amount $758. rs has been
paid for land damages and for
building road, leaving expens-
es of litigation, $2,144.76
Town paupers, 1,48O.0O
Educational, 866. 81
Abatement to districts, 1873. 90
Abatement on town tax, 4S3. "a
Miscellaneous, 1851. 60
State and military tax, 4,665. 90
Interest, 3,O16.77
The liabilities of the town are
stated to be $65. 1884. .55
And assets, 10,692.2
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
Matrimonial Exnorts.

In the early days of Virginia, when
the adventurers were mostly unmarried
men, it was deemed necessary to export
such women as could be prevailed upon
to leave England as wives for the plant
ers A letter accompanying one of the
matrimonial ships, dated London, Aug
IL, 1921, says:
"We send you in the ship a widow
and II maids as wives for the people
of Virginia. There hath been especial
care taken in the choice of them, for
there hath not one of them been receiv.
ed but upon good recommendations
There are so more that are ready to GO
For the 1oimhursing of charges it is or
dered that every man that marries them
give 100 pounds of best leaf tobacco for
each of them "
In its advanced and chronic form cold
in the head Is known as Nasal Catarrh
and Is the recognized source Of other dis
eases. Having stood the test of contin.
ued successful use, Ely's Cream Balm is
recognized as a specific for membranal
diseases IN the nasal passages, and you
make a great mistake in not resorting to
this treatment in your own case. To test
it a trial size for 10 cents, or the large for
so cents. is mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc
Warren street, New York. Druggists
keep it.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
Annexation Policy.

Another measure that marks a period
in our national history was the annexa-
tion of the Hawaiian islands. These for
tunate isles, situated in midPacific, on
the great ocean highway betewen the Oc-
cident and the Orient, were civilized,
Christianized and redeemed from barbar-
ism by American missionaries, whose de-
scendants have long been the controlling
and governing power among the island
ers. Threatened in recent years with
Asiatic and heather domination, thest
sons and daughters Of New England ap
pealed to the land of their fathers for
succor. Somewhat tardily we have lis
tened to the voice of our own kith and
kin and these fair and fertile islands are
now American terr
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
. Causes Of Discomfort.

Briefly stated, these were the condi-
tions amid which, accompanied by wide
spread popular discomfort, the great ma
tional political conventions of 1896 We're
held. Party lines were sharply drawn,
minor differences were overlooked or
postponed, and two great leading issues
were made up and presented to the Amer
lean people for their determination. One
of these, involving grave financial prob
lems, the larger section Of the Democratic
party endeavored to force to the front as
the keynote of their campaign, and to-
that end the Chicago platform emphati-
calIy declared in favor of the free coin
age of silver at ratio with gold of more
than double it's merchantable value, and
still further bid for Populistic support by
promising almost unlimited fat money.
The Republicans at the ST. Louis con-
vention, while distinctly favoring sound
money and the maintenance of the gold
standard, deemed it the better policy to
make the popular demand for a more
protective tariff, the most prominent is
sue, and to further emphasize this policy
placed in nomination for the presidency
that great statesman and leading ex-
ponent of protective principles, William
Mckinley.
With party lines so well defined and is
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
Interest on outstanding orders

Interest on outstanding orders, 4,250.0 90
Total Indebtedness, $59, ,942 43
The town Indebtedness at the close of the
last fiscal year was 1854, ,751.6O, showing
that we are less in debt by $5.809.26.
Town meeting in Stafford resulted in
the election of the democratic ticket, con-
tanning the names of most Of the former
town officers. The democratic vote
ranged from 375 to $50. and the republi-
can from 1898 to 1913. ...
BIRTHS.
In Stafford (Springs), 5th, 1868, a son
(Cyril E. to Edwin johnson.
At West Stafford, 4th, a son to Edward
Dunlap.
MARRIAGES. T.
At South Coventry, October 1st, 1868,
at the residence of the BRIDES father, by
Rev. W. J. Jennings of North Coventry,
Byron r. Carpenter of Groton, N. Y,
and Jennie NJ, daughter of George Tracy
of South Coventry.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06

The Republican congress ,ional conven-
tien for the First Connecticut District,
which met in Hibernian Hall, Hartford,
Saturday, September 24th, re-nominated
f. Stevens Henry of Vernon for Il third
term in congress. No other name was
presented, and the nomination was made
by acclamation.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
THE STAFFORD SPRINGS
ELECTRIC LIGHT & GAS COMPANY.
oER1oe, 8 Main street.

Office, Main
The Main which
collectors discount will be lighting
mailed will Immediate
will
o
Friday eachw ID. BURRITT, GenI
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
AS to the War.

The most notable act of the present
congress was the declaration of war with
Spain, undertaken to relieve an oppressed
people and to vindicate our national
honor. No war was ever more justitfa
ble The humanitarian sentiments of all
good people had long been outraged by
the gross misrule and oft repeated Span
ish atrocities in the island of Cuba, and
all political parties united to put an end
to these insutferable conditions. Early
in his administration, President McKin-
ley opened negotiations with Spain.
Strong representations and remon-
strances were made, and the Spanish gov
ernment reluctantly responded by recall
ing the butcher, Captain General Weyler,
and also granted liberal degree of
autonomy to the Cuban people. Means
were taken to relieve the starving recon
centrados, and all indications seemed to
promise peaceable adjustment of differ
ences between the contending parties
upon the basis of free Cuba. The pres
ident and his cabinet faithfully labored
to preserve the peace, and exhausted the
resources of diplomacy to secure cessa-
tion of hostilities.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
Fifty-fifth Congress.

The second session of the fifty-fffth con-
gress convened in December last, will be
remembered as one of the most remarka-
ble in the annals of our congressional
history. 1t was to a great extent oc-
cu1ied with legislation made necessary
by the Spanish war, although number
of important legislative measures we1a
enacted, among them a carefully consid-
erel national bankruptcy law. Other
matters of equal or more Importance
were necessarily postponed to more con-
venient season. This, unfortunately,
was the case with much needed financial
legislation.
1t can be said, however, that a revision
of the national banking laws, upon the
lin rs proposed by the indianapolis none
tary commission, was prepared by the
house banking and currency committee,
and it's consideration was asked for by
nearly $50 Republican representatives.
But action was deferred until the next
session of congress, because of the lack
of a Republican majority in the senate,
and possibly may be still further de-
layed until the next congress, when 1t Is
hoped. and unless all the signs fail now
seen in the Frightening political
skies, there will be a Republican
majority of from four to eight votes in
the United States senate, giving the Re
publican party full control of all branches
of the national government for the hrst
time since 1890, and further enabling the
national government to cal4Y out the
sound financial policy outlines in the
St. Louis platform, and more recently
affirmed and elaborated in the Republi-
can platforms of Connecticut and many
other states.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
The New Tariff Law.

The Dingley tariff as it finally became
a law is possibly, like most compromises,
not altogether perfect. Yet it has al
ready demonstrated it's adequacy as a
revenue and as a protective measure.
Under it, the revenues were steadily in
creasing, notably so in the early months
of the current year, and gave promise of
meeting the necessary requirements of
the government, until the probability of
a foreign war interviewed to disturb nor
NAL conditions and greatly increase ex-
penditures. 1t can be indisputably
claimed that under the benefcent opera
tions of the Dingley tariff business has
improved, trade has become more
fourishing, importatiOns have decreased,
expectations have increased, agriculture
has prospered, mills and workshops have
again opened their doors. Capital finds
profitable investment, and labor is in
active demand at remunerative wages.
In fact, if necessary, the Republican
party could safely rest its case in the
coming elections upon its tariff record
alone,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
CONVERSE'S BLOCK, Main-st.

A DDITIONAL ORDER OF NOTICE.
IA State of Connections. County of rolland
ss., Vernon, September %. A, ID. lSS.
Carmine II. Kemp VS.. Myron Abbey and Mary
j. Rowley.
Upon the complaint OF the said Carminc II.
Kemp, praying for reasons therein set forth for
a foreclosure of mortgaged premises, now pend
Ing before the superior court in and for the
county of Tolland. IL appearing 20, and being
found by, the subscribing authority, that the
said defendant, Mary j. Rowlcy is absent from
this state,
Therefore ordered-that notice OF the PEN
dency OF said complaint be given by publishing
this order In the Press, newspaper printed in
Stafford In said county, two weeks successfully,
the first publication TO be not later than the
third day of october, A. ID. iS9S
LYMAN TwlNING TlNGER,
Clerk of the superior Court for rolland county.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
E. K. TAFT.
n LOCAL
Disease
A Climatic
Affection,

Nothing but a loca
remedy or change o.
climate will cure IL.
Get a well-known phar
macplitiCal remedy.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06

The outlook seemed hopeful until the
destruction of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbof caused crisis and made
war inevitable. That dastardly outrage
and shocking crime was believed by the
survivors of the Maine, by the court of
inquiry. by the entire navy, and by the
public generally to be an act of Spanish
treachery. The popular demand to re
membered the Name soon became i'm
perative, and cry of vengeance was
heard ali over the land. All hope for
peace disappeared, and war was declared.
The Maine was remembered, and the
murder of her brave crew was fearfully
atoned for by thousands of Spanish
lives, and the destruction of more than
a score of Spanish warships.
Victorious on Land and Sea.
Under the able administration and skill
full leadership of President Mckinley, the
most righteous war of the century just
closing was brought to brilliant and
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sues so clearly presented, the result at
the polls was never doubtful, and Bryan
ism, with all the political vagaries and
socialistic absurdities that term implies,
went down in unhappy and overwheim-
ing defeat.
Mckinley and the Tariff.
President Mckinley assumed office
with full appreciation of his duties and
responsibilities, as well as of his Obliga-
tions to the great political party that had
selected him for it's leader, and almost
his first executive act was to issue
proclamation calling congress together in
extra session for the definite purpose of
revising the tariff. In compliance with
that call congress assembled on the
fifteenth day of March of last year, only
II days after the presidents inaugura-
ton. The ways and means committee of
the fifty-fourth congress had already
carefully prepared tariff bill. This
measure was promptly reported, and
after full discussion was passed by the
house on the last day of March, or bare
ly 16 days after the converting of con-
gress. And it is noteworthy fact that
the tariff pledges of the St. Louis plat
form were redeemed within the first
month of President McKinley's admins
tration.
Furthermore, the tariff act of 1897, as
it first passed the house of representa-
tives, was distinctly a Republican
measure, framed upon the lines of the
Mckinley tariff of $780, but providing
for larger revenues. The new tariff was
intended to become operative upon the
first day of the following May, and if
the house bill could have been speedily ap-
proved and passed by the Democratic and
Populistic senate, many millions of dol
lars would have been saved to the ma
tional treasury-subsequ lost
through anticipatory importations of
dutiable merchandise. Unfortunately,
without Republican majority in the
upper branch of congress, delays and
oo,, vUora 11nouoi6obIo