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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-07

New York World: John spline, an emplove of the Standard Oil company of this city, met with a peculiar aeei- dent. spline was taken with a fit of sneezing and SC violent were his ef- forts that he disloeated his right shout' der It took the combined strength of two physicians to reset the dislodged joint. =
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-07
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CHEAP THINGS IN MANILA.
Rosewood and Mahogany Much Used Low Prices for Duck Suits.

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 # Paymaster Eugene Coffin, writing .9rom Manila, Philippine islands, to a Ffriend in Washington, says: "I am liv- ing at the Hotel del Orient. The floors Of the hotel are of hardwood, and all sawed out by hand. These people have never seen a sawmill. The staireases of the first three floors of the hotel are of rosewood. They use solid mahog- any here for the cheapest things. took out my rule the other day and measured some of the boards in the floor, and, to my surprise, they were 9 feet long and 3042 inches wide. You can hardly realize how wide 30A inches is. Take a tape measure and mark it off, and you will understand how amazed I was. There's fortune here for the man who will come in and start saw and blaming mill. They saw all their lumber here by hand, chino at each end of the saw These boards have been in use for twenty years, and not chink or crack in them. had nine duck suits made to order for me here, and paid S25o0 Tn gold for the entire lot. 1 pay eight cents suit for washing it. They never saw a washboard here. They wet and soap the clothes and then thrash them on the stones, swinging them over their heads as you would fail. There IS not a cook stove in Manila save those brought here by our boys. But they have plenty of sewing machines. There a3sxnot a flatiron on the whole lslano. BSyhen our boys first got here they got 54 Mexican dollars for United States twenty-dollar piece, but the rate of exchange has fallen now until 1t is only two for one. We are paying off the boys in paper money now. and the natives take our currency very kindly. They have never seen so much money in all their lives ss our boys are spend- ing now."
 fncendiary Microbes
 Under the above title a writer, LA Nature, of Paris, contributes an inter- esting article on spontaneous eombus~ ton, showing that when stored hays bales of cotton, tobacco, etc, take hre, the action is in the first place due to bacteria In wet seasons such fires are most common and are due to storing the hay, etc, in a damp state; fermen- tation follows, with great rise of te1n- perature-a process due entirely to the action of microbes; the hay is changed to dry, porous and carbonaceous condition, and it presently takes fire It will consume slowly, until accident brings the external air to it's help, when the incandescent mass bursts into flame, and the microbes whlch caused the initial mischief are de- stfoyed in a funeral pyre of their own making.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-07
Cubans and Porto Ricans.

One result of the provisional state of things now existing in Cuba is that Cubans who travel abroad are without any definite government protection. They are no longer subjects of Spain and they are not citizens of the United States. Secretary Hay has issued in- structions under which they will be given the good offices of American rep resentatives abroad, in case of need, but this is by way of friendly inter- yention rather than official protection. Porto Ricans, however, will be given protection in all matters in which American citizens would be entitled to it; but they will be registered at the consulates as native Porto Ricans and not as citizens of the United States.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST

White bIackberries and green
roses have been propagated in Louis
lana this year.
Great Britain imported 81, ,5S5, $50
worth of natural ice last year
More Britons are engaged in agri-
culture than in any other industry.
London spends $40 a year on the
education of each child in the board
schools.
The English tobacco trade today
employs 121 women to every 100
men.
Up to September ) the United
States had contributed $230,291.40
for the relief of the famine sufferers
in India.
1t is reported that the German
troops proceeding to China are be-
ing furnished with coats and boots
lined with catskin.
Since 1894 nearly $50 men living
in Bremerhaven, Germany, have lost
their lives by the wrecking or burn
ing of ships.
An electrical horsewhip gives the
animal a shock instead of cut. A
small battery is controlled by a push
button,
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02

the provinces, and fed on aromatic
herbs to make their flavor finer.
The Pope does his private writing
with gold pen, but his pontifcaI
signature is always written with a
white-feathered quill from the wing
of dove. The same quill has been
in use for many years.
Promotion in the Russian army is
slow. 1t takes sixteen to seventeen
years for captain to become a lieu
tenant colonel, and fourteen wears
for lieutenant colonel to become a
colonel.
The largest sturgeon on record
was caught in the North Sea. It
weighed 525 pounds, but the delight
of the fishermen was tempered by
the fact that it did $3.50 worth of
damage to the nets before it was
given the coup de grace.
The entire number of pupils in all
schools, public and private, in this
country, last year was 16,687,643.
out Of an estimated population of
72,737,100. There were 1O1,O5S
young men and women in the uni
versities and colleges; 54,231 in
schools Of law, medicine and theolo-
gy; 61,53S in normal schools, TO-
$50 in business schools, 23,5O1 in
reform schools, 97,137 in kindergar.
tens.
The Houston Post says that a
strange feature Of the Galveston cal
amity is the absolute disappearance
of the natural scavenger of the cOun-
try-the buzzard-just when he is
most needed. Not one is to be seen
anywhere, though it would be natu-
raj to suppose that the bodies Of so
many dead animals and human be-
ings would attract thousands of buz-
yards form distant parts.
In Italy, as in the British isles, the
propagation Of infectious diseases by
oysters is now recognized danger,
and at various points on her coasts
particularly where populous seaports
discharge their sewage-the oyster
beds have become neither more no1
less than fever preserves. At Taran-
to the alarm aroused by the suspect
ed propagation not only of typhoid
but of diphtheria, by its celebrated
oysters, has led to the appointment
OF ''cOmmissiona sanitaria" to in
quire into the condition of the beds
The census bureau announces the
population of Delaware at 1918;
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02
BRYAN'S APPEAL TO NEGROF

Mr.. Bryan's appeal on Monday to
the Negro voters Of West Virginia
exhibited his contempt for the intel
ilgence of the colOred race. He at
tempted before his Negro hearers in
West Virginia what he has never
sentured before an audience of
white men, He tried to excuse the
disfranchisement of the colored race
by his party in the South. His ex-
cuses consisted Of the following:
l. That the Negro DISTINGUISHING
laws passed by certain of the South
ern states are merely an educational
test, applying to white men as well
as black.
2. That the Republican party has
deprived 83 per cent. of the Porto
Riean Negroes of the suffrage. sim
ply because they are Negroes.
Every intelligent Negro knows
these statements are false. He
knows that the suffrage | avs of
Mississippi, Louisiana, South Caro-
lima, and North Carolina exclude
only illiterate Negroes from the bal
lot box, and by grandfather clauses
and similar tricks permit every il
literate white to vote. He also
knows that the Porto Rico suffrage
law makes no discrimination what
ever between whites and Negroes.
1t imposes what the laws passed by
Mr.. Bryan's party in the South do
nOt-a fair educational test. 1t ex-
cludes the ignorant white from the
suffrage as well as the ignorant Ne
gro. 1t treats the two races upon an
absolute equality.
With all his effrontery, Mr.. BRYAN
would not have ventured to stand up
before an audience of white men and
make statements which every school
boy knows are false. He reserves his
baldest falsehoOds for his audiences
Of African descent. Doubtless Mr..
Bryan said to himself: ''These mig
gers, who unfortunately have votes
because this is Republican state,
will swallow any lie | tell Them
Some such idea must have been in
Mr.. Bryan's mind, else he would not
have dared to utter such palpabIe
falsehOOds.
Mr., Bryan concluded his appeal to
the cOlored men of West Virginia by
asking them to vote for justice to
the FilipinOs as they would have JUS
tice done to themselves. When any
colored voter reflects upon the kind
of Justice his race gets from Mr.
Bryan's party in the South he will
have no trouble in deciding what
ticket he ought to vote. He will vote
for the Republican party, which sci
him or his father free. which gave
him the ballot, and to which alone
he can look for relief from the op.
pressions which now affiict his race
in the states controlled by Mr.
Bryans party.-Inter-Ocean.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02
In the Colonial block, Second and
Columbia, Irving & Cannon, the
leading tailors, can be found.
Short Cut to Denver.

The opening Of the Burlington's
new line between Alliance, Neb., via
Sidney, Sterling and Brush to Den
yer, makes the Northern Pacific
Burlington route via Billings the
short route to Denver, Col, New
Mexico and Texas points. This
opens new, expeditions and attract
i've line across country to Colorado,
with but one change of cars, and that
IN broad daylight. Those intending
to spend the winter in New Mexico
or Texas resorts should investigate
the merits of this new Northern Pa
.citic-Burlington short cut to Colora-
do and the South. Call on any Nor
thern Pacific agent for further infor-
nation.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02

The following from a Tacoma pa
per will be Of interest to many per-
sons living in Seattle, as both the
parties mentioned are well known
here:
Mrs Keeble alleged her husband
had abandoned her and had gone
into business in Portland. He was
high tempered, they had frequent
quarrels and were unable to get
along together Mrs. Keeble was
given the personal property and fur
niture in her rooms in the Wallace
block, Tacoma, the bath house and
fixtures and furniture on First ave-
nue., Seattle.
Keeble is given the barber shop at
915 Pacific avenue. He made no
contest, but consented to the divi-
sion of the property as named.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02

been a gain in population Of 13,225,-
464 during the last decade, repre-
senting an increase of nearly p pei
cent.
The Alaskan figures are derived
from partial data only, and all re-
turns for Alaska and for certain mil
itary organization stations abroad,
principally from the Philippines,
have not yet been received.
Following is the official announce
ment of the population of the Uni
ted States in 1900 by states:
In the figures the first column rep
resents the census for 1900 and the
second for 1890 and the third col
umn, when given, represents the
number Of Indians not taxed:
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02

Last year 100000 new spindles of
cotton mills were put in operation in
the South, and 1,41S,000 additional
splndles are in course of erection.
Dead ancestors are said to occupy
too much Of the arabic land in Chi
ma. Famines would be less frequent
if the country was not one vast Gem
etery.
The Angora goat is so highly valu-
ed III South Africa that the govern
ment of Cape Colony has levied an
export duty Of $500 per head on
each goat exported.
The peasant pOssessor of a piece
of land in the district of Itzehoe,
Denmark, pays what is believed to be
the smallest rent paid by anybody in
the world-a single penny.
by the enlargement of a ship canal
nineteen miles long Brussels be-
comes port for ships Of 1000 tons.
The old limit was vessls of 300 tons.
Lightning has killed so many cat
tie while they were standing near
wire fences that it is proposed to di-
minish the danger by means of
ground wires, which will conduct the
electricity into the earth.
The japanese are not heavy meat
consumers, and yet they are wonder
fully muscular. Japan consumes
more rice than any other nation in
the world, the average being 300
pounds a person per year.
During the march to the relief of
kumassi the British guns fell short
of ammunition, and as a last resort
the seven-pounder was loaded with
gravel and stones from the track.
One hundred thousand pounds of
snails are sold daily in the Paris mar
kets to be eaten by dwellers in Paris.
They are carefully reared for the
purpose in extensive snail farms in
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 28.-The
state department today issued the
following:
''By the President of the United
States of America.
"A proclamation:
1T has pleased Almighty God to
bring our nation in safety and honor
through another year The works
of religinon and charity have every
where been manifest. Our country
through all its extent has been bless
ed with abundant harvests. Labor
and the great industries of the peo-
pie have proSpered beyond all prece-
dent. Our commerce has spread
over the world. Our power
and influence in the cause Of
freedom and enlightenment have eX-
tended over distant seas and lands
The lives Of our official representa-
live and many of our people in Chi
na have been marvelously preserved.
We have been generally kept from
pestilence and other great calamities
and even the tragic visitation which
overwhelmed the city of Galveston
made evident the sentiments of
sympathy and Christian charity by
virtue of which we are one united
people.
Now, therefore, |, William Me
. TEN REP
kinley, president of the United
States, do hereby appoint and sci
aside Thursday, the 29th of NOvem-
ber next, to be observed by all the
people Of the United States, at homo
or abroad, as a day of Thanksgiving
and praise to Him who holds the ma
tions in the hollow of his hand.
recommend that they gather in theil
several places Of worship and de-
vOutly give Him thanks for the pros
perity wherewith He has endowed
us, for seed time and harvest, for the
valOr, devotion and humanity of om
arDGes and navies, and for all His
benefits to us as individuals and as
nation; and that they humbly pray
for the continuance of His divine
favor, for concord and amity with
other nations, and for Righteousness
and peace in all ways.
In witness whereof [ have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af-
fixed.
"WILLIAM MKINLEY
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02
EXCEPT IN NORTH CA'LINY.

Bryan loves all men who toll
Except in North Ca'liny).
1t fairly makes his blood to boil
Except in North Ca'liny)
To see how capital will entice
Poor laboring men in a wise
But his loves as cold as Tammany ice
(For those in North Ca'liny).
"The constitution follows the flag"
(NOT into North Ca'liny),
And human rights can never lag
Except in North Ca'liny).
He'd rather talk forever than
See rights denied to any man,
Or heathen tribe or savage clan
Except in North Ca'liny).
For Filipino wrongs he'll weep
(But not for North Ca'liny),
And bondage from the earth he'd
sweep
(But not from North Ca'liny),
The Southern vote trust is his stay,
All other trusts are warned away.
Down with concerns that wages pay!
Hurrah for North Ca'liny!
Number 58."
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02

were not included in the general
population of the state at that cen
sus. The population of California
in 1900 is more than sixteen times as
large as that given for 1850, the first
census in which the population of
the state appears. The total land
surface Of California is, approxim-
ately, 155,9S0 square miles, the av-
erage number Of persons to the
square mile at the census Of 1890
and 1900 being as follows: 1890,
~; 1900, 9.5.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02
Thomas Takes 81 Tumble.

On October 24th d. n. Holden
purchased Howard d. Thomas, ,Jr.'s,
interest in the Holden & Wilson
Furniture Co., Thomas saying that
he would be out Of the city for a
couple of months, and requesting
that desk of his be left in the of
flee while he was gone and that the
company use the same so that he
would not have to pay storage, which
request was granted Holden re-
quested him to take his papers from
the desk 50 that the same could be
used. On the same day an election
Of officers was held, the office of
president, which Mr.. Thomas had
held, was declared vacant and Lizzie
Holden elected to the office, holding
one share of stock. On October
9th, during Mr.. Holden's absence
from the store Thomas came into the
office of the company and opened
the firms mail The same was re-
ported to Holden on his return at
the noon hour, Thomas being out to
his lunch. Holden engaged a paint
er to remove from the window the
name of Thomas as president and to
put in its place the name Of L. HOl-
den, which was done. Thomas see
ing the name changed in the win
! dow, came in the store and erased
Mr. Holden's name from the win
dow. Shortly after Mr. Holden
came into the store, and learning
what had been done, asked Thomas
why he did it, and was told by
Thomas that he had not resigned yet
as president and that her name could
not be there until he had resigned.
Holden asked him if he was crazy,
stating to him that he had no more
right to come into the store and
erase that name than any other out
slider, and asking him why he took
the liberty to open the cOmpany's
mail, getting a reply that he had a
perfect right, as he had not resigned
as president. Holden asked him if
he was in his right mind and saying
that the papers had not been taken
from the desk yet so the firm could
Il it. Thomas replied that the pa
perS would not be removed. ''Then,
said Holden, ''take the desk out of
here, as we want the room. Thomas
replied that the DISK would not be
taken out, but would remain where
it was Holden called four of hi
men to remove the desk from the Of
| fice Thomas told the men that il
they laid their hands on his desk he
would have them arrested, which
seemed to scare the men. Holden
said that he would put the desk out
of the office, and proceeded to do so
/ Thomas Obstructed the way Holder
ordered Thomas out Of the com
panys Office, and was promptly told
by Thomas that he would not leave
WhereupOn Holden Immediately pro
ceeded to put him out, and he went
a-fying, Holden telling him to not
step in the office again, whererpor
Thomas grabbed a center table, an6
raising the same above his head pro
ceeded to break the same over Hol
den's head, whereupon Holder
closed in upon him, took the table
away and tried to catch hold OF
Thomas, who retreatcd down th(
aisle, throwing center table after
center table in Holden's way to hin
der his progress, but Holden was toe
near to him and caught his mar
! with his left, followed by his right
There was something hit the floor
! and as a result the eyes of Howard
! d. Thomas, Jr., are draped il
mourning on the shores Of Puge
Sound,
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02
NUMBERING THE PEOPLE

The official announcement of the
total population Of the United States
for 1900 is 1926, 5,22O, of which H.
627,907 are contained in the forty
five states, representing approxim-
ately the population to be used for
apportionment purposes. There is a
total of 134,15S Indians not taxed.
The total population in 1890, with
which the aggregate population of
the present census should be COM
pared, was 63,O69,756. Taking the
1890 population as a basis, there has
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02

The state of Washington promises
to be large producer of beet sugar
in the near future.
Insurance for bathers is the new
est enterprise in the insurance line
in England. Penny-in-the-slot ma
chimes are to be erected at the prin-
cipal bathing resorts.
The, difference between the tallest
and shortest races in the world is one
foot and half an inch, and the aver
age height is ) feet ) inches.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-11-02

Republican Club Wednesday even
ing. Rev. Bailey is Of the opinion
that the colored voters of this state
will be solid for Mckinley and Frink
and the entire Republican state tick
ct.
Mr.. E. II. Walker, an Old-time Sc
attic tOnsOrial artist, returned from
Alaska last Wednesday, where he has
been for the past two years or more.
He has not been in the best Of health
since he has been there, and return
/ ed for the purpose of regaining his
health.
Ii there is colOred man in King
county that votes for Walter Fulton
because he thinks that Fulton will
give some cOlOred man employment
in his office should he (FuItOn) be
elected, such colored voter is as wide
| ly mistaken as the man who prepared
to eat some of the moon under the
belief that it was lump of green
cheese.
Any colored man that votes the
Democratic ticket next Tuesday Will
vote to take his own liberties from
him. Let no Negro so far forget his
own private as well as racial interests
as to vote for party that is disfran-
chising every Negro voter that it can
possibly get its hands on. and who
would disfranchise the Negro voters
Of Washington were it not d Repub-
lican state.
Mrs. |. |. Walker died at the home
of her father asst Tuesday, morning.
In 1898 Mrs. Walker joined Mr.. |.
|. Walker in the mad rush to the
klondike. They lived in that coun-
try for two years or more. It was
there that she contracted the cold
and malady which caused her un-
timely death. The young lady was
universally liked and leaves a father
and three sisters in this city to
mourn her loss. Her brother Anon
Davis, Is somewhere in the East.
She was buried from the A. NJ. E.
church Thursday, Rev. Holford Of
floating.
All kinds of jewelry repairs neatly
done at NJ. A. Goldman's, 9O1 Sec
ond avenue, Burke building.
The Colored Republican club held
a rousing meeting last Tuesday even
ing in the g. A. r. hall in the Col
Inns block The room was packed
to its very doors by the colored
voters of this city, and was addressed
by the Hon. Will E. Humphrey and
Attorney J. E. Hawkins, and each
Of these gentlemen's speech was
received with the greatest enthusi-
asm. Though Judge G. S. Bailey,
who has recently become the colored
Democratic warhorse of this city,
was present it was clear to be
seen that he did not have
sympathizer in the room. The
colored voters of Seattle do
not take any stock in such voting
cattle as Griffin and Bailey, who de-
sire to sell the entire race out to
party that has done nothing but op-
pose advancement of such race, SIM
ply because those men can make a
few dollars from the Democratic
central committee for so doing.
Though John R. Rogers has been
governor Of this state for the past
four years, he has not cOndescended
to appoint single colored man to
an official position, Notwithstanding
the fact that he has had hundreds
upon top of hundreds Of places to
give out to voters of this state. 1t
therefore does not stand to reason
that the governor will be any more
liberal in that direction within the
coming four years than he has been
within the past four years. You
judge tree by the fruit it bears.