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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-31
Otis Report.

ashington. O:t. 3O.-The war department has received the follow ing from Gen. Otis:
 Manila. Oct. 3O.-Transport Gle nogie, % officers. flu men, Thirty second volunteers, arrived in good condition-one casualty, Private Edward k. McCandless, Company K, died at sea Fist inst, cause, septic peritonitis."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-31
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER
British Forces at Ladysmith Captur-
 ed by the Eoers.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31-A dispatch received here sta.es that the Boers have captured the British and taken Ladysmyth with terrible slaughter
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-31

This report is hqard around the world, annihilating time, distance and resistance,
 The up-to-date business man will keep pace with the times. He will do all in his power t0 make his store so attractive that it will invite the attention of che buyer.
 The telephone is one of the means to this end. It will bring people to ' our place of business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-31

Experience is the best teaeher'' Every testimonial in favor of Hood s Sarsaparilla is the voice of experience to you, and you may take this medi- cine with perfect confidence thatit will
 for you what it has done for others.
 Hoods Pills cure biliousness, sick headache.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-31
MASCOT EUCHRE CLUB
Organized Monday Night at the
 Home of Miss E;ta Simon

f Another ell b erganizal. Winter
 is approaching and all are on mere
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-31

If you wsnt yuur goods at once telephone Knox & Smart.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE WHITTIER SCHOOL

LOS ANGELES, May 19-In the selec-
ton of trustees to fill the two vacancies
which have for some time existed at the
Whittier Reform School Governor Henry
7. Gage is up against one of the perplex-
ing problems of his administration. The
outcome of the contest for the positions
cannot at this time be foreshadowed.
The plum involved is the superintendent
Of the school and the rest of the patron-
age at the institution which is very large.
OF the two leading candidates for the
superintendency DIR. Barber and Sherman
Smith continue to make a neck and neck
race. Behind Sherman Smith is United
States District Attorney Frank P. Flint.
who has informed the Governor that this
appointment is the Single favor he has to
ask of the State administration.
In DR.. Barber's interest are arrayed
nearly all the members of the medical
profession and others who take a philan-
thropic interest in the Whittier School
The doctor made an enviable record as
superintendent of the County Hospital.
and when he resigned leaders of the Re
nublican State machine promised that he
would be cared for. This phase of the
situation has complicated the Whittier
sI1neriut endency so that ii is to-day tied
in very hard knot. When the Governor
was here a few weeks ago Frank 2. Flint
made an urgent plea for Sherman Smith,
ASK me something easy, the Cover
nor is reported to have said in reply to
Flintis request Hervey Lindley is said
to be taking a hand in the situation in
opposition to DR.. Barber.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
SELECTING SITE FOR
ALASKA FORTIFICATIONS

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 12.-Captain w
w. Robinson. assistant quartermaster,
U. S. A, who has charge of the construc-
ton of the Government fortifcations at
Magnolia Bluff, Seattle and at Port
Townsend. has arrived here on an impor-
tant mission. II is understood he has or
ders to examine into the suitability and
practicability for coast defense purposes
of the 1900 acres of land reserved by the
Government for a military post on the
peninsula between Chilkat Inlet and Lynn
Canal where the town of Mission has
started to grow Up here it is considered
powerful Chilkat Indians in case of fur
ther trouble, and also against the British
and Canadians in case of sanguinary diff
ferences over the coast boundary line of
Alaska
Captain Robinson will also inspect the
summit of White Pass. and make a, trip
to Sitka The steamer Wolcott was char
tered for the trip. He was accompanied
by his brother. Commodore H. S. Robin
son, Alaska superintendent of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company. At Wrangel
on the way to Juneau. Captain Robinson
purchased, at a reported cost of $1,000, the
light-draught sternwheel British boat
Duchesnay for use by the Captain Glenn
Government exploring party on the Shus-
into Cook Inlet. Captain Glenn's is one of
the Government parties looking for an
all-American route to the. Yukon basin.
Captain Robinson was stationed at the
Presidio in 1896 and has many friends in
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
A MURDER
PLANNED BY
POLITICIANS
Startling Charge That Is
Made by the New York
Herald.
WHY O'KEEFE DIED
He Knew of the Plot to Kill
Superintendent of Elections
McCullagh.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, May 19.-The Herald is
informed on most excellent authority
that proof tending to establish the fol-
lowing startling statement will soon be
forthcoming:
That Police Captain John NJ. O'Keefe
who died on November last from in
juries said to have been caused by fall
ing downstairs, was the victim of a
most cowardly and brutal murder:
that the object of the murder was the
sealing of his lips because he had OBJ
tanned information Spf a most infamous
plot which had for it's object the as
sassination of Superintendent of Elec-
tions John McCullagh, former Chief of
Police, on November last-election
day; that when the details of the plot
are made ~ublic they Will involve sew
eral of the best known Democratic pol
iticians in New York.
The intent of those who originated
the plot, according to the statements
made, was to cause an assassination
similar in many ways to the killing of
Robert Ross at Troy, New York. on
March 6, 1896, by the notorious Bat"
Shea, a political heeler, who, it was
said, had planned with certain poll
ticianS to Kill Ross and his brother
William because of their activity at the
polls in their attempts to prevent the
operation of repeaterS who had gone to
Troy from New York. Albany and
Syracuse to carry the election for, those
who emNlOved them.
Bat" Shea was tried and found gull
ty of the murder of Robert Ross. and
on February II, 1897, was executed in
Sing Sing prison.
The new facts which throw light
upon the death of Captain O'Keefe. it
is stated, have been brought to the at
tention of members of the Mazet Com
mittee, and the case will be fully IN
quired into soon after the committee
resumes its sessions on Nav 81
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
TO SEARCH FOR
PROF. ANDREE
An Expedition WilILeaVe
Stockholm.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, May 19.-The Daily Mail
publishes the following dispatch from
Stockholm: An expedition under Pro-
fessor Nathorst will leave tomorrow
Saturday for the northeast coast of
Greenland in search of Professor An
dree. After carefully examining the
region between the seVenty-third and
seventy degrees north latitude.
tke expedition will proceed toward Cape
Bismarck on the east coast of Green
land. in the hope of meeting Captain
Otto Sverdrup's expedition, which left
Christiana last June on the Fran.
Every effort will be made to find the
explorers.
COPENHAGEN, May 19.-Nothing is
known here as to the reported discov-
cry of letter written ty Professor
Andree, the missing Arctic explorer
said to have been found in a bottle
early last month on the northeast coast
of Iceland by a farmer named Johann
MagnuSSen.
A letter in a bottle was found re-
Gently containing reports of last years S
work of Professor Nathorst's expedition
engaged in testing Arctic currents. This
bore the address of Ernest Andree.
brother of the Arctic explorer and man
ager of the expedition.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
STREAM OF
GOLD FLOWS
To v ASTE
Midas Mining Company Loses
Valuable Tailings and
Stu CTS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

REDDING, May ia report
reached this city to-day of loss of
from $50 coo to s75, 900 sustained by the
Midas Gold Mining Company at Har-
rison GulCh by the breaking of reser-
voir containing many thousand cubic
feet of tailings and sluices. The ma
terial was in a liquid state of about the
consistency of syrup.
When the wall of the reservoir gave
way the tailings and sluices poured into
Harrison Gulch Creek, thence into Bee
Gum and finally into the north fork of
Cottonwood. coioring the waters for a
distance of twenty miles from the
reservoir
The Midas Gold Mining Company is
the largest mining concern operating
in Western Shasta. It's equipment con-
sists of a modern twenty-stamp mill
and a chlorination plant, and to this is
now being added a smelter. The tail
ings and sluices which were lost are
what go over the plates in the stamp
mill. Much precious metal is still re-
tanned and all of this material was be-
ing stored awaiting the completion of
the smelter, when it would have been
roasted and then cyanided. The tail
ings reservoir covered more than half
an acre.
When the restraining wall gave way
nothing could be done to check the flow
of the uncoined money until the reser-
voir had emptied itself of more than
half its contents. The sluices and tail
ings which reached the creek will prove
a total loss.
Captain j. H. Roberts of river
transportation line with headquarters
in Sacramento, is the president and
principal stockholder of the Midas Gold
Mining Company. The company has
expended several hundred thousand
dollars at Harrison Gulch and is re-
garded as having one of the best prop
critics in the county The mine yields
from $30,0G0 to $50 600 month. The loss
will not affect the operations of the
mine or milling plant
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
STOCKTON AGITATED
CONCERNING POLITICS
Democrats After Patronage, While
Republicans Read the Independ-
ent Out of the Par-tv

STOCKTON. May 19-Now that the
municipal election is over the Democrats
are disagreeing between themselves as to
how the pap shall be divided. AS the re-
suits of the election remove any possibil-
ity of this kind of trouble among Repub-
licans, they are now trying to hunt out
the members of the party who went over
to the enemy and brought defeat 20 the
ticket
The Republican city committee is angry
and last evening adopted resolutions sar-
castle in vein and virtually read the In
dependent out of the party for its policy
during the campaign.
Some of the 'Whereases" read as fol-
lows;
Whereas. This committee has felt and does
now feel. that it should have had the hearty
support of papers claiming to be Republican
one of which has for years thrived and waxed
tat on the results of Republican success; and
Whereas This committee feels that in the
matter of journalistic support il can recognize
the difference between asnintty and fearless
ness. between impotent meaningless reference
between that which Is neither cold nor warm
and that spirit which places a paper in har-
mony with those striving for the best interests
OF the entire party rather than any particular
clique; and
Whereas, We believe these facts should be
considered and hereafter remembered by the
party and its successful nominees when dis
tributing the legitimate fruits of victory.
The resolves compliment the Daily
Record for its able fight and loyal sup
port.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
OVERTAXED AND
TIRED-OUT NERVES
Many Disorders Are Di-
rectTy Due to Weak
Nerves.
HOW TO OVERCOME A CONDITION THAT
MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS EVIL.

Years devoted to the study of the nervous
system, and the application of remedies TO
deblitated conditions of the nervous system
has led to the discovery Of the great HCRfAN,
the wonderful specific that nature intended Tor
the rebuilding OF weakened nerves. Besides
those difrases that relate directly 10 the
nerves, such as Nervous Exhaustion. Nervous
Prostration, Nervous Debility, Epilepsy. ST.
Vitus Dance. we have weakened conditions OF
the Stomach the Heart. the Liver. the Kid
neys. the Lungs. that due TO a weakened
condition OF the that govern these
organs HUDYAN will cure all such disorders
There is no remedy earth that will relieve
and cure Nervous Dyspepsia so quickly as
Will HUDYAN. In most instances those dis
orders peculiar to women are solely due TO
weakened nerves HUDYAN will correct the
evil HUDYAN has peculiar remedial eff
feet upon broken-down nerve tissue that no
other remedy possesses.
HUDYAN will restore broken-down constitu-
tions Il will infuse life and ygor into
weak exhausted systems. HCDYAN furnishes
strength and nourishment for the nerves.
II YOU cannot sleep well or II you suffer with
headaches you need HUDYAN. 1t will re-
lieve these conditions and remove the
OF them within a few hours HUDYAN is
soothing to the nerves. and yet IL contains
THE world will tolerate HUDYAN
HUDYAN is for sale by drugsists-5Oc a
package or six packages for 81 30.
II your druggist does not keep HUDYAN,
send direct to the
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
DISARMAMENT Is
SURELY COMING

BRUSSELS, May 19.-The Independ-
ence Beige publishes an interview with
Professor Rudolph VirchOw, the leader
of German liberalism, on the subject Of
the peace conference, in the course of
which he is represented as having said:
Disarmament is in the air. Sooner or
later it will be realized by all nations
under the law of development. The
programme of Emperor Nicholas is
comprehensive and complicated, but
the fact that the powers accepted his
call is significanet enough.
"One factor in the situation is the
weakness Of public opinion. Nations
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
THE DOG
TO A WATERY GRAVE

SAN RAFAEL. May ia pathetic
little story is going the rounds in con-
nection with the death of Frank Grimm.
the popular young member of the Olympic
Club who recently met his death in the
waters of the bay near Belvedere 1t
seems that the Sunday before his un-
timely end the young man brought little
blind terrier across the bay with the in
tention of putting the animal out of its
misery. His intention became known. and
the fireman volunteered to drown the
terrier. saying that would be the most
YES" slowly replied Grimm, drown
ing is an easy death; let the poor old dog
co.
The terrier was encompassed in a sack
tant only few hundred yards from the
spot where Grimm afterward sank In a
few days the sack and contents were
washed up on the shores of Angel Island
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20

~ he HAGUE. May 19.-Queen
Wuhelmina and the Queen 5
mother Will arrive here on Tues
day and VIII b. received in great
state Her Majesty viii give q
grand soiree on Wednesday in honor
of the delegates to the Peace Confer
ence.
The chiefs of the different delega-
cations to the Peace Conference met
to-day at the suggestion of the
president of the conference. NJ. de
Staal. the Russian Embassador to
Great Britain, for the purpose of dis
cussing the business to be transacted
tomorrow.
The meeting at which Andrew D.
White. head of the United States dele
cation. and Sir Julian Pauncefote head
cf the British delegation, were present,
resulted in an agreement to appoint
three committees TO deal with the re-
spective groups of questions proposed
for discussion, namely. disarmament.
laws of warfare and mediation and ar
bitration.
With view of facilitating the ap-
TOinCment of the committees it was
agreed that each chief delegate should
nominate the member of his own dele
cation whom it might be desired to
appoint TO the respective committees.
SO that each nation should be repre-
sented upon all. Probably the com
mittees VIII meet next Tuesday or
Wednesday to organize and to arrange
their procedure
The opinion of q majority of the del
egates seems to be that the general
scheme to be presented to the confer
ence has been conceived in a broad and
liberal spirit; and the result of this
mornings meeting of the delegation
chiefs is regarded as demonstrating the
good will and conciliatoriness of all the
delegates as we'll as a common desire TO
facilitate the labors of the conference.
Perfect harmony has prevailed thus
far regarding all questions brought
forward
At to-mOrrow's session NJ de Staal
viii read the replies of Emperor Mich
olas and Queen Wilhelmina to the dis
patches sent their Majesties at the
opening of the conference. after which
he will deliver an important speech
upon the work of the conference and
viii propose the adoption of the gen.
eral scheme arranged this morning.
The various delegations met this al
ternoon to assign their members to the
grand divisional committees.
To-morrow's session. and all subse-
quent sessions will be secret
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
SALE OF SAN JOSE
ELECTRIC SYSTEM

SAN JOSE, May 19.-The First-street
electric railway system was sold at pub
lie auction to-day to the German Savings
and Loan Society of San Francisco for
S225 600. The sale was forced one under
foreclosure proceedings. There was
large crowd present when Commissioner
T. E. Johnson began the sale, but only
one bidder appeared. That was George
Tourney. secretary of~the German say
ings and Loan Society, which held the
issue of first-mortgage bonds of 5000 900.
There was but one Did and it took but
few minutes to close the purchase.
There is also d second bond issue OF
$50 0O0 secured by second mortgage, but
there remains not a dollar for these bond
holders In fact, the German Savings and
Loan Society the first mortgages. will
lose some $4,000 interest Out of the s225.
600 received from the road must come $4,000
attorney fees for Jackson Hatch. $500 for
Commissioner Johnson, $4,000 for three
years salary for Receivers Alvord and
Findlay a. $125 per month each, $3.50 costs
of court and $4,000 for repairs on receiver s
certificates There was some $4,000 in
terest due the German Savings and Loan
Society.
The First-street electric system is about
seventeen miles in length. 1t runs the en-
tire distance of First street out to the
cemetery, with branches into the four
quarters OF the city 1t was built by ia
cob Rich about ten years ago at cost
of s465,ooO. Rich became involved several
years ago and went into insolvency. At
that time receivers were appointed for
the road. 1t has just been about clearing
expenses for the past three years.
The road was Immediately turned over
to Mr.. Tourney and George l. Barker of
San Francisco was installed manager.
No change will be made at present, but
many Improvements are contemplated.
Mr. Tourney stated that while the Ger
man Savings and Loan Society bought
the road, they would not hold it. and he
and some associates would purchase it.
There are a number of buyers after the
road. Henry S. Burke of the Santa Clara
and San Jose electric road wants 1t to
combine with their line. Hugh Center of
the Alum Rock motor line is another one
desirous of getting 1t. II he buys 1t his
line will connect with it and the power
changed to electricity. with branches to
Co., Al,oIl
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
READY FOR
THE SPRING RACE MEETING

FIRST DAY-First race: Farmers trot-
ting race; mile heats, best two in three
Second race-2:23 trotting race; mile
heats: two in three Purse s100.
Ih1rd race-Running; five-eighths of
mile dash. Purse. $780,
Fourth race---2:27 trotting race; mile
meats. two in three. Purse, $100.
SECOND DAY-First race: Farmers
pacing race; mile heats, two in three.
Second race-2:3O trotting race; mile
heats, two in three. Purse, 500.
Third race-Running: three-quarters of
a mile dash. Purse, 800.
Fourth race--2:4O trotting; mile heats,
two in three. Purse. 800.
THIRD DAY-First race: 2-year-old
trot; mile heats: two in three. Purse, s100
Second race-Pacing. free-for-al; mile
heats, two in three. Purse, $3.50.
Third race-Running; mile dash. Purse.
$3.50.
Fourth race-Free-for-alI trot; mile
heats, two in three Purse, $500.
A number of horses are already in
training at the track.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20

glory and honor. The United States
has lately offered an example of that.
A civilized land has been plunged by
the criminal agitation of brainless
dema gOgues and the incapacity of
rd1srs The United States have sinned
against humanity and civilization.
Let Us hope that the Americans
have at last recovered from their bout
of intoxication and VIII redeem the er-
rors of their country All this is an
Illustration of the difficulties confront
ing the conference, but it will not mat
ter if success is finally attained. The
conference, l believe. will deepen the
study Of the peace problems and the
new century will be an age of real en-
lightenment, civilization and peace"
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
PEACE DREAM
OF NICHOLAS
His Programme the Fed
Grafton Of All Nations
Of the World.

ONDON, May Io--The Westminster Gazette gives
forecast OF the Cars peace programme which tor
nuates an idea, practically, OF the federation OF the
world with the disarmament conference the starting
point The conference become permanent tribunal
meeting every three five years.
1t also is proposed establish small body to settle
questions OF fact reference which the tribunal will not
be obligatory The decisions OF the minor body will
necessarily be accepted but it expected that its conve
mence will make the practice universal of submitting queS
uons OF honor to the mediation suggested.
In regard to IS proposed to arrest their in
crease and proportion military and naval estimates to the
total expenditure.
Professor Won Stergc1 of Munich University, of
Germanys delegates the Peace Conference says he
regrets having issued his pamphlets defending and de
caring that eternal peace ought to be the aim OF cul
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
STRANGER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

MARYSVILLE, May ia stranger
who gives his name as Jasper Young and
eide to-day. As he was trudging along
the railroad track between this city and
Live Oak he cut a cash in his throat with
the latter place the attention of the au-
thorities was attracted to the wound,
which was bleeding freely. He was taken
to Yuba City bv a Constable and COM
case, as Young says he has been con-
fined In one of the insane asylums His
age is 40 A silver watch and 81 in coin
COMPRISE his effects
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
THE CAR REPLIES
TO THE PRESIDENT

$ HOT SPRINGS, Va. May 19.-The
special train bearing the President and
Mrs. Mckinley and their party left
here at 10:S0 o'clock tonight, en- route
for Washington, which city will be
reached early Saturday evening.
a reply was received to Mr. McKin-
ley's message to the Car of Russia.
congratul2ting him upon the opening of
the Peace Conference at The Hague.
The acknowledgment from Nicholas
was as follows:
ZARSKOESLAO, May 1S-President of
the United States, Washington: Deeply
thankful for your good wishes and con-
gratulations. NICHOLAS.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
FOR A PERMANENT
ARBITRATION COURT

LONDON, May 20.-The Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent at The Hague
says: The craftsmanship of the arbi-
tration section has been offered and ac-
cepted by Sir Julian Pauncefote, who,
with the delegates of the United States
ana several minor powers, will insist
upon a permanent court of arbitration
which will be the great success of the
conference
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
From San Diego to Hongkong.

SAN DIEGO May 19.-President A. H
Butler of the California and Oriental line
has chartered the Norwegian steamer
Thyra for three years to ply between San
Diego and Hongkong. The Thyra is of
$500 tons and has the greatest carrying
capacity of any steamer in the Pacific.
She is new and has only recently arrived
in the Pacific. She is now at Vladivos-
tok and will heave Hongkong on her in
itial trip to San Diego in about three
weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
Maus Coming Here.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-Lieutenant
Colonel Marion p. Maus, Inspector gen
eral. has been relieved from further duty
in this CITY and ordered to San Fran
cisco for assignment to duty as inspector
of that department. Colonel Maus has
been on the staff of General Miles Tor
several years.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-20
Electric Vehicle Interpretations.

NEW YORK, May 19.-Seventeen elec-
trio vehicle companies, one of which is to
operate in California, filed articles of in
of New Jersey to-day. They are ali
part of the Whitney -Widener-Elkins syn
dicate.