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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
EVIDENCE SUSTAINS MILES.
His Friends Pleased by Testimony
 Before the Beef Court.

Washington, March 21-The de- velopments before the Court of In quiry respecting the quality of the beef furnished the soldiers in the war with Spain are said to be very gratifying to Gerel al Miles and his friends. There has never been much doubt in the minds of disinterested people that the bulk of the meat furnished the army in= Cuba was an- fl :. for human beings to eat, and the further the question is probed by the court the more paIpable it bes comes that the Commissary Depart ment, if not the War Department itself is to blame for 8 great deal of the sickness and many of the deaths among the soldiers. In discussing the beef question with a friend the other day, General Miles is reported as saying
 There is no doubt in my mind that hundreds of our soldiers died from the effects of the bad beef fur nlshed them and the systems of thousands of others have been so wrecked by the poisonous food dealt cut to them by tke Commissary De partment that they will never fully recover from the effects.
 Secretary Alger is very much worried oyer the testimony of the witnesses examined by the Court of Inquiry during it's Western trip, and rumors of his early retirement from the Cabinet are again in cir culation here. It is stated that he has been advised by the President that his resignation would be pleas ing to the administration and re leve it of many em mbarrassments It is also said, upon what appears good authority, that the name of General Horace Porter. the present mbassador to France, is being se- riously considered by Mr. Mckinley as Mir. Algey's successor as the head Of the W ar portfolio. /
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
LYNCHED. X NEGRO CONFESsES AND IS FILLED WITH
 BULLETS
KILLED AN AGED FARMER.
Driven From His Hiding Place By Hunger-Taken From the
 Sheriff and Strung Up.

Texarkana, March 22-Last Sat- |urday a prom nent planter named |Stccktoz, of Little River county, Ark, vas murdered by negro named General Duckett. Since the crime the officers tried to locate sDuckett but he eluded them. Tues kay, however. he surrendered him Self, saying he was nearly starved Ias he had been hiding in Red river bottom ever since he committed the EFime. After the surrender he was
 taken to the scene os his crime near Rocky Comfort. Soon afte" his ar rival there, Sheriff John Johnson started with hlm for Richmond. After travelling for few miles he
 was overtaken by an angry mob. sNho demanded the prisoner. Duck
 ett was taken from the officer and 'Nithin short while his dead body sFas dangling from a tree. His
 body was then riddled with bullets.
 When the negro was taken to the E eorge plantation before the start
 was made for Richmond. it seemed
 as if every man in teh miles knew #0f the capture and before the officer and prisoner could get fairly start, ed the whole county was after them. Duekett confessed to the crime be
 iore he was Iynched.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
SOLD OUT,
T J Wilson Disposes of His Interest
 in Adams Wilson Printing Co.

Today Wednesday, MT. Thomas J. Wilson sold all his interest in the Adams Wilson Printing Company and resigned his position as vice president of the corporation. He disposed of all his stock in the cor poration to Mr. Gee. H. Adams, secretary and treasurer of the com. pany.
 Mr Wilson expects to leave about the 27th inst. for El Paso, Texas, where he has accepted position as superintendent of Hull's printery at lucrative salary,
 For some time Mr. Wilson has been in i'll health ana finds change of climate necessary. He expects to move his family to El Paso in a few months, and will carry with him the best wishes of his many friends for health, wealth and hap piness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22

to the ravement. Not one arose. hey lay in an inert and apparently lifeless heap until carried into the office of a physician across the street. Most of them were bleeding from severe cuts and bruises and all were burned until their torn and blackened skin hung in shreds. In a few minutes all except Mrs. Tay- Tor was taken to the morgue and others whose injuries were less severe were treated at neighboring drug stores and at the offices of downtown phys clans.
 Few of the losers are able to place an exact estimate on their losses, but the total will not exceed S50, GOO
 The building is insured up to the 80 per cent clause and most of the other losses are largely covered ny insurance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
4 PECULIAR CASE. YOUNG MAN PLEADS FOR HELP THEN BECOMES
 A MANIAC
JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN.
Said he had Relatives Living Near Pine Bluff Had Only
 One Arm

One of the most peculiar cases of insanity, if you wish to call it in sanity, that we have ever heard tell of, was present on the aecommoda tion 5ron Mountain train from Lit. tie Rock Tuesday afternoon
 A few moments before the train left the Pine Bluff depot at Little Rock on that afternoon a young one-armed man boarded the train aud told a tale of woe, not to one person in particular, butloud enough for all in the "Vhiten car to hear him. He said he wished to get to his relatives, who were In the dairy business near Pine Bluff. be had no money and asked if all would con tribute enough to pay his fare to Pine Bluff.
 There were many kind hearted people present and his ticket was soon purchased and given to him He was courteous enough to thank the kind ones who had helped him and then sat down near the front door of the car. As the train near- ed Wrightsville the young fellow jumped from his seat and began to rave like maniac. He acted as if he was being pulsped by some fren- zfed person with weapon. Take him away he yelled, He will kill me, my God help me, and many other exclamations as forcible in character. Sever al strong men took the frightened man in charge and ne soon became quiet. The train had proceed about two or three miles this side of Weightsville, when suddenly the stranger ran out upon the forward platform of the ear and jumped to the earth. He rolled 10 or 15 feet before he conld gat upon his feet, but when he did rise, he began to run hastily toward Wrightsvile, which $ in the direc- ton of Little Rock. The passengers watched the man until he ran from view.
 A Graphic reporter learned of the peculiar occurrence and while the southbound Iron Mountain train was standing at the depot in this city this morning, he noticed a young one-armed fellow who an swered the description of the man who had created the scene on the train Tuesday afternoon. The mau walked through tbe train several times but did not get off here,
 The affair is a mysterious one. The passengers all say that he wa sober and talked very sensible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22

pool, New Orleans and Savannah, have iesued circular in French in- dorsing the Lowry Bale, and saying that their Liverpool house had sent the same out in every civilized Ian guage. The Chronicle gives the further information that w. T. Northington, president ot the Nor thington Munger Pratt Gin Compa ny, states that no one has any idea of how much interest the Lowry Bale is cr4ating from the Caroinas to Texas.
 The Bond Cotton Company here is to rave new system of ginnery erected immediately, and the latest new Lowry iron and steel press wlll be placed on exhibition about the 7th of April. No invention has created so favorable impression in so short a 5ime as this system, and Memphians should be proud to know that one of the largest corporations in the South and the largest in the cotton industry has it's headquarters within her limits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
OMAHA VISITED. BY A HOLOCAUST TWO DEAD AND TWENTY
 INJURED. MOST MOST ALL ALL LADIES HURT HURT i. A Small Fire But it Was Appalling In it's Haryestof Death
 and Suffering

Omaha, March 22.-Comparativc- ly insignificant in material destruc- tion, but appalling in its harvest of death and suffering, was a fire that partially destroyed the Patterson block on Seventeenth and Douglas streets Tuesday afternoon. Two of it's victims have already passed away, one more is not expected to live and about twenty others are seffering from broken limbs and burned and lacerated flesh.
 A group of happy women, busy with the affairs of the secret orders with which they were affiliated were in moment brought face to face with death. Sixty seconds later seven of them lay burned and bleed, ing on the pavements to which they had dropped, forty feet below and the others were rescued after they had been more or less severely iL- iured in their desperate dash down the single pair of stairs that led to safety.
 The blaze started just after three o'clock from a gasoline stove explo- sion in a room in the rear of the third floor of the building, and next to the elevator shaft. It was not discovered until it had spread to the adjoining apartments and the entire floor was filled with smoke and flame.
 About twenty members of the woman's lodge of Maccabees were attending committee meeting in the waiting room in front of the building on the same floor. They were unconscious of danger until the janitor threw open the door and told them to get out before the flames cut them off The warning came too late. The fire swept through the door aud down the single stairway. Those nearest the door fled through the blinding smoke and reached the streets with hal ds and faces burned and olistered. The rest faced a solid wall of fame.
 There was fire escape at the south front of the building but not one of them seemed to have thought of ic. They rushed panic-stricken to the windows through which the smoke was already pouring in sui locating puffs. The fire was scarce ly foot behind. It caught their clothing and scorched their fa3es with increasing intensity. In the street the spectators attracted ty the clouds of smoke were mortified to see one after another spring from the open windows and fall heavily
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
HE LOWRY PRESS
ireat Interest Taken in it by Cotton
 Buyers, Factors and Producers.

From all sections are coming re. qpests for information and app,iea- Hons for the Lowry Press,n says the Memphis Scimirar. The Missis sippi Cotton Oll Mills have a press low at Grenada, ard ordered two more last week, o4e each for Brook ville and Macon, Mss. The office here in Memphis is one of the busi- est places in the city, and the Scim tar is assured that the officers are Pleased beyond expectations at the Favorable manner in which the press $ being received. They will, ill a few days, publish letters from some 'Y the strongest cotton factors in Memphis and New Orleans, who propose not only 10 take the bale, but to make advances upon same in Accordance with it's merits and en- hanced value.
 The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle i'll its last issue gives the information that the great exporting house of Pferdmenges, Preyer & Co.,, of Liy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
CONANT AGAIN IN JAIL
His Bondsman, L. stOhrtz, Recedes
 From Ills Liability.

J. D. Conant, the slayer of Joe Townsend, who was released recent ly on 5000 bond, was again placed in jail last night at the instance of his bondsman, Levi Stohrtz, who desired 10 be relieved from further liability. Conant is under indict- ment for murder in the second de- g zee Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22
w WasteDOllars
 Save Pennies.

This describes the so-called economi- cal policy of the man who wastes dollars of time to save pennies, by getting along without q telephone in his home or place of business.
 No one wants to belong to this class, but everyone is thus classed who fails to keep abreast of the times.
 Why not try the telephone?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-22

For choice timothy hay see
 r E. D. Russell.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30

are pulled up by education and whole
some sentiments. Until they are en-
tirely pulled mp. some concession mus;
be made to those who find life 10 be an
arid desert unless their weary spirits
are occasionally revived by the blessed
sight OF two men solemnly punching
each others heads. Those who dislike
such exhibitions must not forget that
il would be. in some measure cruel. TO
cut off all pleasure from those who
are 50 constituted as TO strengthen
their manhood by the sight % "a beast
" pounding. Now that executions are
no longer done in public. the men Of a
certain type suffer moral emaCiation
from the loss OF thrilling scenes 20 re-
lieve the monotony of every day life
and derive a feeble pleasure from the
priZe-ight. Let us be thankful that
the humane rules OF the ring sternIy
discountenance. in these fights. the
biting off Of the nose and the goug-
ing out of the eyes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30
CALLlNGS FOR GIRLS.

If the pessimists who predict the rise
and final fall of the great Republic,
wish to see what hostages the nation
is giving TO secure the upward pro-
gress Of American civilization, let them
watch the colleges for girls. The real
danger TO liberty. the real drawback
to real progress, in the past. laid in
a one sided civilization.-the education
of the men, and the ignorance of the
women.
The recent Inauguration of Miss
Caroline Hazard as the President Of
Wellesley College, presents a picture
which contrasts the present education
of women, with the obsolete systems
of the past. The narrow theocracy Of
New England, which kept women in
moral subsection and ignorance, be-
cause they were the weaker vessels, :"
has given way TO wiser and better
thoughts. The cultivation Of the in
diyidual becomes most important Miss
Hazard, the superior in gifts and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30
PRIZE FIGHTING

The prize-fight which occurred on
Friday night is a vivid reminder that
we are at last within "a civilized coun
try" as the traveller said when he saw
a gallows standing on the edge of the
town. Public sentiment generally sup
presses, through the law, the exhibition
of powerful men pounding each other
before a large and appreciative aud
fence, because it is said to be manly"
The object of these fighters is not TO
secure any good" whatever. but to
crafty, for the most part, the feelings
OF men whose souls are filled with
pleasure and even ecstasy when one
man downs another, or one dog downs
another While priZe-fighting without
gloves is now generally forbidden. the
law makers have made some concession
to those whose lives would be a barren
waste, if their souls cannot be elevated
and their hearts cleansed, and their re-
I fined senses gratified by the sight OF
two animals engaged in combat. Com
polling the fighters to use gloves is, of
course, depressing to one who has in
herited and cultivated that love of the
scrimmage. which the Irishman show
| ed, when, in his despair at the peaceful
condition of the fair, he shouted: "Will
some jintleman please step on me coat
tails?''
The students in anthropology insist
| that this love of combat in men is a
| trait or habit, which shows that man
never had divine origin in Eden as ii
| is described in Genesis, but that he is
| only an evolution from the beast. and
cannot get rid of these propensities
without better environments and edu-
cation. The priZe-ight and the cock
| fight and the bull-fight are strong evil
dences of the truth of this proposition
| Gradually the roots of these traits
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30

knowledge TO a multitude of educated
men, wisely said in her address:
The problem is not that Of simply
bringing children into the world, but
what kind of children shall be born,
what kind of a mother shall be edu-
Gated; or if the highest development of
motherhood 5 denied TO her how she
shall take her place in the world, as
a useful ana honored member OF the
community, having children of her
spirit
When one reads the simple, strong,
philosophical, profoundly sensible
thought expressed in this address, it
suggests a contrast with the addresses
Of the able presidents of Harvard and
Yale, and Williams, during the past
century, for there have not been any
clearer conceptions Of life and it's rela
tions to all things than is found in
these words of woman.
Although it was said by Heine that
the history Of the world was that OF
commerce, then wealth, then decay,
and dissolution, he failed to see or pre-
dict that in the future, the educated
woman, instinctively taking a wiser
view of life than men, would stay the
approach of the deadly dry rot which
has heretofore followed material pros
perity For in her, education will de-
velOp and make the strongest force
in the world not that of wealth. but
love" This power will De the intel
ligent interpreter of what Christianity
is, and all knowledge will be its hand
maid
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30
RefrigeratOrS

Are built on the latest and most ap-
proved styles and are as useful for
keeping" things In IS n safe. Food
is always fresh and sweet when one Is
used.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30
ScrofuIa
Swollen Glands, Scrofuia Sores, Hip
Disease, Boils, PimpIes, Erup-
tons Tell tho Story Dreadful
Consequences Of impure Blood.

Certainly scrofula, IL anything, may -
called the advertisement OF foul blood.
IL Is the scOurgc OF the world -offcnsiv..
painful, facilitating, stubborn. Outward
applications do not cure. Euollicuts
may pal!iate, they cannot abolish the evil.
There : one sure way out, and that i to
eliminate the faint from the blood. For
shis purpose Hoods Sarsaparilla i ALSO
lutely without an equal.
Il have taken Hoods sarsapNriIla for
scrofulous humor and impure blood aud
am now almost entirely cured OF the crup-
tions with which have been afflicted for
the past year. My face, chest aud hack
Were badly broken OUT FRED 4. ORD
WAY. Woodstock, VT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30

Residence Lots on Pacific Heights
Are Now Offered For Sale.

~ No residence property having
similar advantages and attractions for heathulnes o.
location, having elevation of from l10 Ia S'sb feet. and
afforng the Tandet marine and scenic views also its
proximity to the business part Of the city being less than
mile from the Progress Block has before been presented
to the people of Honolulu
One of the main features of this property and procured n
great expense. i the abundant supply of spring water
by DR. g. b. Wood being the Pu.st and hest
drinking water obtanable in the island. which being
conducted into storage the property hy indie
pendent pipe line. and will he Supplied to residents n
Government
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30
AN EXCEPTION.

1T is better to laugh than TO cry
said the young and innocent girl.
brightly.
Not if you are trying TO manage a
husband said the woman.-Indiana-
polls Journal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30
SAFE
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF
Is the best OF the bunch. We have
them in various sizes.
Fishers Steel Ranges

Give satisfaction wherever used. Our
stock is n large and weli-assorted one.
ranging" from the Small Family" to
Hotel and Restaurant sizes.
From "Pele's' heat to "Kiondyke"
cold Is but n step. especially when one
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The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
school Omcers Elected.


Saturday evening tne annual elec
u,l 1,on q tne .lliage ocnool was neld
nele wero se put sl1t9en people pres
sent. ~ this small attendance is
lulsner attested the fact that oui
c'tlzels " e nav. nave perfect confidence lem and
are 1llty satlsned with the past man.
j a8smelnt OF the noaru OF Educatlon,
anu the re-electlon OF the members
whose Term EXPIRED ls 1urtner proof
o. ~, me lact. {, z@,
pas ioe mse.lng was n calieu 70 Grdei
Dy resident !. a.: Town. Call ol
meeting read y Clerk q. n. Palm.
ireasurers report was read and fol-
lowed '1e q Dy report OF clerk: resident
announced the term OF Daniel Shell
ana II; p: Beeson had expired. Both
were elected on the first ballot A
resolution authorizing the board to
sell the OLD school lots was adopted.
a motion lthat the board borrow
n1aey When necessary prevailed,
followed by adjournment after read
'ng ~ anu approving OF minutes.
Inc following report was rendered
w. tuo ciork: -
Numper OF maie teacners l:
Mamper OF female teaches Is.
iotal number OF scholars enrolled
oo1; w =,
1otai numneP yer ent1tied 10 state Ap'
PoItionmeht 449:
lotai Number not entitled to State
aPr"rt'onment 62:
average aa'ly attendance 4l17:
Saiary OF ouPt: $l3SO. :,.
An"roI" p"' ~ ~ n'fu ~ o1noo' ".n ~.W.
sA2s s52 " O." o'"o' 'o''ne'S
Tc,..i ,>.;a .o.oho-. ,,a ;.:..
s77sn 90 ' . gu" '0"''o'
Vo1,n,a :, ,:h,.u, ,Aoo
The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
Presbyterian Church Services

Presbyterian Church Services
Services at the Presbyterian church
at 1O:45 q. m. and 8 p.,. M. Sunday,
July 23rd, 1889.
At the morning scr rice, the pastor,
Rev. Wilson Aull, will deliver a ser-
mon on, "The Modern ldolatry."
The baptism of children will oc-
cur just before the sermon.
Sabbath school at 1916, Epdeav-
or Service at Z o'clock, subject, aHon.
oring the Lords Day."
- The evening service will be the
second in series Of Young Mems
Meetings.. The pastor will preach
on "Young Manhood and Enthusi-
asm."
The Young Men's Quartette, Geo.
Mackay, Frank Gibson, Herbert Ber-
reau, aud Jas. Gibson will again
sing IN appropriate selection. The
Young Mems Orchestra has been en-.
larged by tho addition Of four instru
ments and will play under the direc
ton of Mrs. Chaplin.
Young men are requested to come
at ten minutes before eight In orde1
to ensure a seat an entrance.
RRv.1Wllaox AU11, Pastor.
The Worthington advance., 1899-07-21
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
$1,000 in Stamps and Money
Carried Off BY Burglars.

$1,000 in Stamps and Money
Carried Off BY Burglars.
Wednesday night professional
burglals entered tie postotiice and
Democrat office, carrying of the con-
tents of both safes. 1n the latter in
stance the haul did not pan out yery
great, only about so being taken.
but in the postoffce an aggregate Of
$ll7865 was secured Of which S766
was in stamps, $50 postal monev.
$50 Is from the money order, fund,
and $3.50 box rent collections, be-
sides $3.50 belonging to Postmaster
Mckenzie. The outsides Of the safes
were uninjured, but the inner com.
partments were. broken and disar-
ranged. II r.
The burglars affected au entrance
to the rear door of the. Democrat Of
flee by cutting hole: large enough
to admit hand to unfasten the bolt.
and the middle door separating the
printing Office from tha post Office
was treated in like manner. The rob
bers took Dan Hailisey's handcar
and went west, passing |through Lu-
verne at 8 o'clock and Manley at 4.
It is thought their destination was
Sioux Falls, whore they probably ar.
rived about, daylight Two suspi-
cious characters had besn in Adrian
for several days preyiollsly, and as
they were not in evid1nce Wednes-
day morning, it is the presumption
that they were the fellows who did
the job.
The worst feature otstho case is
that it is not known for q certainty
whether either safe was locked. This
means great deal tb T. Postmaster
Mckenzie, because ifIit cannot be
proven that the posto16ce safe was
securely locked, the gotS tSrnment will
hold that official responsible for the
entire loss of stamps and government
funds, which, together with his per-
sonal loss, is no onsderable item.
Mr.. Mckenzie says Sc 81 ua CERTAIN.
that the safe was 5Dcfe es bblt tIhos az s.
sistant, Mrs. Jones, i i positive that
she saw the postmaster lock i on
Wednesday evening 9s %es...s> z.zz. Y. Z
At first the Den 1ocrat proprietor
was sure that his safe was securely
locked, but upon rea aection il inclin-
ed to the belief that only the ''day
lock" was on. If tho robbere worked
the combinations in the short time
they were in the building they must
have been experts at the business
Democrat, Adrian. :-~~~
At this time there ID no clue to who
the robbers are and it is dougtful If
they will ever be captured.