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A FALSE RUMOR

In justice to the local merchants aud the railroad, we would state that the Cotton Belt employees were misinformed and their cteduHty im- posed upon Saturday by the reports to the effect that the pay car did not pay off Saturday night be- cause the merchants had requested that it not do so. This report was utterly untrue, as will appear toany one upon reelection, for no one is hore anXion to see the pay ear pa,. of than the merchant. The real cause was due to the lateness of it's arrival here, and because employees have to sign receipts for their checks which could not be done owing to the lateuess of the honr.
 The car proceeded to Little Rock. transacted it's httla business there. and returnea here this morning to pay off all employees.
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\ WRECK, THE SOUTH BOUND COTTON BELT PASSENGER DE- RALLIED AT BUCKNER. ENG NE STRUCK A HORSE. Engineer Crowley and Fireman L0u- derdale Jumped---NO One
 Killed.

The No so1thoound Texas ex- press on the Cotton Belt road was wreeked about one mile north of Buckner station Sunday evening about 7:25 o'clock. The train was in charge Of Engineer Jack Crowley a1d Fireman Bart Louderdale. They were running at a moderate speed, and the almost serious occurrence came like 2 flash. About one mile this s.de of Buckner, where the ac- cident happened, there is trestle of some length and stands about five feet above the earth. Just as the passenger was nearing curve at tais point, several horses ran up on the track directly ir front of tbe train. Engineer Crowley whistIed several times, but Ire animals ia their rush orIy scattered along the length of the track, while the train gained on them. Crowley con sinu. ed to whistle, out to no avail. He then quickly reversed his engine, put on the airbrakes and seeing that a collision was unavoidable, ordered the fireman to jump and did like wise The two had no more than reached the ground when the engie @ struck one of the horses and toppted over the embankment. The bag. gage ear followed and piled side ways upon the steaming fron strue- ture. AS the rear end of the bag gage car fell across the track, it naturally checked the 4wlld rush of the five passenger coaches, waieh were filled with travellers from all sections of the country. It seems that Providence had a hand in thIs affair, for, from the description of the accident, we judge it could have been one of the most horrible occue- renees of its kind in the history of the State.
 Crowley anu Louderdale woutu.i in all certainty .have been sealded 10 death had they not pursued the course they took They were botn badly bruised.
 The engine was badly damaged aud it will take several weeks work to restore same to it's former state. The baggage car was slightly dam aged When found the mailman aud baggageman were lying in the corners of their ear, where they had been thrown by the force of the fall. Both escaped unhurt. The passen gers were severelylsbaken up and a panic in the different cars resulted for few minutes after the sudden shake.
 All trains were delayed for sever al hours The wrecker was sent down immediately from this city and the large number of workmeo in charge will do all in their power to clear the wreck today.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT.

The suit of Simon Strauss ct ala vs HaLshi Strauss, now Bloom, oc- cupied the entire time of the circuit court Monday and today, As Def re stated, the suit is being wagad over the will of the late Abraham Strauss. Attorneys Crawford < Hudson and Reinberger < E wing are representing g Mrs. Btoo 2 and Attorney John M Ta or is representing Simon Strauss ct al. Many witnesses have been pX : auiued and the case has proved very interesting one.
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A FORMER PINE BLUFFlAN HoNoReo

At me ting of the directors ofthe Kitson Fly lro Light and Heat Com pany at Little Rock Monday after noon, Mir. Otto R. Anderson, who formerly reside here, was electe ! Secretary and Treasurer to succeed MT. George G. Hardness. recently re signed. MT. Anderson s many friends in this city will be glad to hear of his good appointment and at the same time congratulate tue company up- on securing the services of su h an efficient gentleman.s
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Mrs. H. G. Allis and daughter, Miss Emma, left this afternoon for san Francisco, where they will meet MT. Allis, who Is returning from the Alaskan gold fields. It Is thought they will make that city their future home. Our best wishes accompany them.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Little Rock, Arkansas. April 25.- Fair tonight and Wednesday: sta tionary temperature.
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Mir and Mrs. 4. W Nunn returned to their home at Rives this morning after several weeks stay with friends in this city. We are glad to state that their little son has fully recovered fir bm his recent severe ill- ness.
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Messrs. A. J. Clemmons and J. ". Bunch, two leading planters of Swan Lake, are visitors in the city today.
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Mr. J. Walter Wilkins and wife left this morning for the Valley of Yapors, where they will spend sever al weeks with friends.
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Bob Lewis, negro, was locked up this morning Tor dis -urbiDg the peace. He was unable to give bond.
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Mir. Tom Phillips. of Altheimer, is business visitor in the city today.
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Mrs, C. Bromberger and daughter, Miss Nettie. leave Wednesday morn ing for Hot Springs. where they will remain for several weeks to recuper- ate.
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Articles of incorporation t3r the ValhaHa Club were filed ln the circuit clerk office today.
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Hon ". T. Woodbridge left Moi day afternoon for LoGoke, where he will remain several days trans acting legal business.
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Judge ". S. Meeain, ,oi Little Rock, is shaking hands with his many friends in this city today.
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MT. P. NJ. Wallace. q well known Texarkanian. Is in our midst today.
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Capt. $. Geisreiter left Monday afternoon for Little Rock, where he will spend several days transacting Duslne6Ss
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MT. Julius Ledger. St. Louis pa- per drum mpr, was calling on the trade today.
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The many friends in this city of Mir. Boyd Cutler will regret to learn that he in the future will make his home at Lima, OAio, leaving fo" that city this morning.
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Ctt> Treasnrer HughF. Westhrook has returned from a lengthy s"i 1urn Ut Lot Spri. $.
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CITY ITEMS.

Miss Agnes Robetts,o: Wabbaseka, Is in the city today.
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We are glad to state that Mrs.P.P. Byrd, who has been dangerously i'll for the past several days with tE- phoid fever, is much improved to- day
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Mrs. James II Trulock and daugh- ter. are up from the country toCay. Miss Laura will remain in the city a few days with friends.
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Mr. T. II. Osbecne, accompanied by his wife and Mrs. P. NJ. Kilroy, left this morning for Hot Springs, N here they will soi0ura for a few weeks.
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Ex-Senator W. ;. Amis, of Rison, is q business visitor in the city to day.
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For medical purposes there is no wniskey in the world that can compare with the standard brand, Jesse Moore"--its purity is youehed for.
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Messrs. Q, II. 5pellman ard H. K. White returned Monday afternoon from a business visit to the capital
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Realizing the necessity of public carriage, Win Riley has placed a handsome one at Hotel Truloek, where it will be found in waiting at all hours. Any part of ithe city for - cents.
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Mrs. Ben Wright, wife of MT. Ben Wright of Drey fus' Big Store, left this morning for Bastrop, La.,w here she will be the guest of friends and relatives for a few weeks.
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Mr.J $. Mcdonnell. of Altheimer, is calling on his Pine Bluff friends to-
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A mild mellow production of "Old Ken. tuck is "Volmern whisky. which now can be had at all irst-cIass places--make 'em give you "Noilmer.n
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Mr F. P. Flanders and family are spending a few days at Humphrey, chasing the 6nny tribe.
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Bluff City Lumber Go. manufactur ar and dealer in all kinds of nmber Also sashes, d. OTIS, blinds -s all kinds ofinterioI and pxterio 4nish Everything at reasonable prices.
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Mr Andrew Nunn, o' Rives, was in the city yesterday calling on our ..erchal s.
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Harvey Smith, eolored. was Mon day afternoon arrested " Deputy Sheriff Robt. Johnson upon a charge of gaming. He now languishes in the Jefferson county jail awaiting trial.
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Mir. T. F. Westbrook bus returned from a two weeks saiourn at Hot Springs.
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Don't wouy-beloug to the don't worry cluba-buy "Volmer' whisky and you will have no cause to worry-it is absolutely pure
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Mir. N L, Goodwin has returned from visit to friends nt Arhade.- nhiA.
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MT. Tom Iulilps, or AllnFlulFEs IS u business visitor in the city today.
 MT. r. N. Wallace. a well known Texarkanian. Is iu our midst today.
 Ex-Senator W. ;. Amis, Of Rison, is d business visitor in the city 10 day.
 Articles of incorporation t1r the ValhalIa Club were filed in the circuit clerk s office today.
 Judge ". S. MeGain, ,of Little Rock, is shaking hands with his many friends in this city today.
 Bob Lewis, a negro, was locked up this morning Tor is.urbinP the peace. He was unable to give bond. Messrs. A. j. CIemmons and J. W. Bunch. two leading planters of Swan Lake, are visitors in the city today.
 Capt. $. Geisreiter left Monday afternoon for Little Rock, where he will spend several days transacting business.
 Mr. J. Walter Wilkins and wife left this morning for the Valley of Yapors, where they will spend seEer- al weeks with friends.
 Mrs. James II. Trulock and daugh- ter, are up from the country tooay. Miss Laura will remain in the city a few days with friends.
 Mrs. (. Bromberger and daughter, Miss Nettie. leave Wednesday morn Ing for Hot Springs. where they will remain for several weeks to recuper- ate.
 We are glad to state that Mrs.P.P. Byrd, who has been dangerously i'll for the past several days with #ty- phoid fever, is much improved to- day.
 Mr. r. H. Osbene, accompanied by his wife and Mrs. P M. Kilroy, left this morning for Hot Springs, N here they will soioura for a few weeks.
 The many friends in this city of Mir. Boyd Cutler will regret to learn that he in the future will make his home at Lima, OAio, leaving fo@ that city this morning.
 Mrs. Ben Wright, wife of MT. Ben Wright of Dreyfus Big Store, left this morning for Bastrop, La, here she will be the guest of friends and relatives for a few weeks.
 Bluff City Lumber Go. manufactur ar and dealer in all kinds of lnmber Also sashes, d. OTIS, blinds --sl all kinds of interior and pXterio 1nish. Every thing at reasonable prices.
 Harvey Smith, eolored. was Mon day afternoon arrested " Deputy Sheriff Robt. Johnson upon a charge of gaming He now languishes in the Jefferson county jail awaiting trial.
 Realizing the necessity of public carriage, Win Riley has placed handsome one at Hotel Truloek, where it will be found in waiting at all hours. Any part of ithe city for 25 cents.
 Mir. and Mrs 4 W Nunn returned to their home at Rives this morning after a several weeks stay with friends in this city. We are glad to state that their little son has fully recovered fir 1m his recent severe in- ness.
 Mrs. II. G Alis and daughter Miss Emma, left this afternoon for San Francisco, where they will meet MT. Allis, who Is returning from the Alaskan gold fields. It Is thought they will make that city their future home. Our best wishes accompany them.
 E1nnrn ntAr Di#nrrtnM DnAnpEn
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
AN AGONCILLO OF 1793.

It is possible that MT Felipe Agon- cillo never read about Citizen Genet. It is considerably more than possible that some of his chums in congress never did. Yet they would find the story Of Citizen Genet interesting, if they could be induced to read it. He ca me to this country in the spring of 1793-an envoy from the new French republic. He found the democrats in the acute stage of that curious French craze" which President Washington had in mind when years afterward, in the farewell address, he warned his countrymen against passionate at tachments" for particular foreign na
 tions. The democrats promptly pro- ceeded to make fools of themselves over Citizen Genet. They hugged him, kissed him, feasted him. put on red caps in his honor, howled the Mar seillaise" and Ca Ira" at him, called themselves Citizen Jones and Citizen Smith, and vowed an undying devotion to the Rights of Man. The envoy took all this seriously, not to say solemnly, as he took himself and his mission He get the big head He publicly de- nounced President VaShington's proc lanation of neutrality as unrepublican and as an act Of ingratitude toward France. The president was urged (and, no doubt, at times strongly in- clined) to turn him out of the country Finally an energetic communication was made to the French government. and Genet was recalled. Then a curi- GUS thing happened. Genet wouldn't go. He renounced his French citizen ship, took out naturalization papers, settled down in New York, married two American wives (succe5sively, not simultaneously, and became an au- thority on scientific farming. In two important particulars Genet's case was unlike MT. Agoncillo's. He was a real envoy. He had a real government be- hind him.-Hartford Courant
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

MT. Bryan told us that unless the country took his campaign howls in 1896 against the gold standard serious ly the time was not far distant when money would be so scarce that only millionaires would have nickels to put in the church collection, or words to that effect. Nearly three years have passed, and gold is more tfan ever the recognized monetary standard. In 1896 the. per capita circulation was $21.10 Since the menace of Bryanism has dis appeared it has risen $4.19; that is to say, for every man, woman and child in the United States, with an estimated population of 75,33O, ,OGO, there is now in circulation $25 29
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
NO sWEATsHOP ARMY UNIFORMS.

The quartermaster general of the army has decided that no more uni ferns can be made for the soldiers un- der the sweatshOp system. That is probably necessary and righteous de- cisiOn for two reasons. One is that the sweatshop system wrongs working men, and another is that their slipshod goods wrong the soldiers. There is no reason why Uncle Sans uniforms in which the soldiers are to march and to fight should be purchased where they are thrown together like cheap, ready made cotton garments for working Republican.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
CAUSES MANY WRECKs.
Quartz Sand of Lake Superior Makes
 Compasses Treacherous.

| How ships compass could lead her
 master astray has been one of the mys- teries Of Lake Superior for years, but it is probably explained now by one of
 the vesselmen in the only way that
 seems consistent. One of his own
 beats suffered a week ago alt a time
 when he knew his compasses were
 right His ship was heading for Du
 luth, and for safety was two points
 south of her course, which should have
 taken her to the entry at Superior,
 seven miles south from the harbor en-
 trance at Duluth. Without warning
 the vessel grated on a beach and stop
 ped. An investigation showed fer to
 be on sandbank at the mouth of the
 Knife river, twenty miles east from
 Duluth. She was heading directly up
 the river, almost due north, bue the
 compass still held two points south of
 the course for Duluth. The boat had,
 by the charts, turned almost a right angle. Within 125 feet of either side
 rock reefs ran out into the lake on
 which she would have cut herself to pieces. To the southerly side. where a tTifiing less deviation would have taken the vessel, lay an island of rock that would have driven her bow back to her engines and hunched her up into i a ball. As it was, a tug pulled her off. | and a survey showed not a dollar of | damage. Indeed, nothing is publicly known of the fortunate accident till i this writing Many such a casualty i has occurred from time to time, and | the river on which this boat brought | up has been the scene of two or three groundings every season for years. Some of them have resulted luckily, others have been total losses. The only explanation for these groundings and deviations is that a great bed of magnetic iron sand lies in the bed of t he stream, covered by the washings of quartz sand from the 19cks of the
 ake.
 The same explanation probably ac- counts for the late disasters at ether points on the north shore. Indeed, in | gathering of vessel captains in on gents Cffice in Duluth this week they discussed the remarkable alterations ,f compasses this fall, which every nan had noticed far more than before n any year. During the week one Of he captains Of one of the great fleets '
 man noted as the most careful and !. he best man in the line who has not :. ost his company cent in repair for i cars, found himself on the north shore ' nd three points off his course, though : be compass was identical with his in : ication of every trip of the season. He ' ot off without much loss, but the fact | Tas none the less remarkable. How : i'd he get there, and what made the : ?-St. Louis Post-D.spatch. f
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
SHE CAST HER BALLOT.
Woman Drove Sixty Miles Across Cold
 Prairie to Vote

An illustration of the minatiCn of Idaho women to have a voice in the result of elections is afforded by the record made by Mrs. B. F. Jeffer5 Ct Hailey, Idaho She has a ranch at Soldier, 30 miles from Hailey, and registered in that precinct. Later she removed to Hailey and took transfer to that place, but neglected to record it.
 At noon on election day she found she could not vote at Hailey, and at once secured a team. and started for Soldier. It was cold on that h gh priarie, but the courag ageous woman faced the wind and urged her team along in order to reach the voting place before the polls closed. This was and she voted. though several men insisted she had lost her right to vote there.
 Mrs. Jeffers then drove back to Hai ley the. same night. the total distance covered being 60 miles.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
AN OLD GAME.
But It Neatly Caught the Usually
 Wary Jeweler.

q may look easy" said the jeweler with a sigh, but I have always had an idea that understood my bus ness and was up to all the tricks of the trade I have just passed through an eXperi- ence that has taught me that there are few things in this world that I may learn with profit to myself
 "A matter of two weeks ago a young man entered the store. I recognized his manner the moment I set eyes upon him, and had tray of engagement rings on the showcase before he got through blushing and stammering.
 After he recovered from his confu- sion and made his wants known, he settled down to business and proceeded to select ring. He wanted, he said, something that would be a credit to the girl he was going to marry. He didn't care about the price as long as the ring would please his promised bride. He finally selected a handsome diamond ring that held one of the finest dia- monds in the stCN2. Paying the price that I asked him, which was $50, he departed with the promise that he would call again when he needed a ring to bind the wedding ceremony that would soon take place.
 Yesterday he entered the store iWitlI d lace 2S EonS as one or my counters and wanted me to take the ring back as the girl had broken the engagement told him that that wasn't business
 I know it. said he, but I cant af- ford to keep such an expensive ring, and I would never have any use for it if I did. as 1 have lest all faith in wo- men. I thought perhaps that you might take the ring back and allow me half what I paid for it.
 He looked So sad and forlorn and made such a good offer that I broke one of the rules of the house and paid him what he asked
 After the young man had departed was putting the ring away, when | something led me to examine the | stone more closely. Then, to my hor- TOT, I discovered that the diamond Lad | been taken out and a paste imitation ! put back in it's place.
 But I am not complaining I haven't | even notified the police. can recog- nize genius when I see it."-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

advice when Ile told them to vote for
 Greeley and to do various other foolish
 things, will not listen to him now when
 his pen drips wisdom He sees the in
 efIa6le folly and criminality of "16 to
 |, but he cannot make his deaf and
 blind kentuckians perceive it.
 MT Watterson's wrath is too great
 for restraint when he hears his demo-
 crats at Washington babbling about the Hangers of imperialism" He knows nc such dargers. He is an ex
 pansionist of the expansionists. He tried once to narrow the area over
 which the flag of the Union was to float. He has gone to the other ex- treme. He wants to take in not merely the Philippines, but Cuba and Canada. It seems to him inexpressible folly that the leaders of his party should try to make anti-eXpansiOn an issue. 1t will not turn upon expansion, which is al- ready here, but upon the details of eX- pansion
 While purblind southern senators see in expansion an issue on which to fight the republicans MT Watterson sees in it the speediest solution of many of the industrial problems with which the southern states have to deal. He is and ange-ed that those men are such idiots, and he does not hesitate to tell them so. It is of no use. If angels were to speak to them they would not heed, much less will they pay any at Lcntion to a newspaper editor down in Kentucky, who has not influence enough there to elect ore delegate to a national convention. The democratic | party needs and is fated to receive an- other grand and impressive thrashing | Tribune.