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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
WHEN ENTHETIBERIs oNRAM9AoE
Efforts to Control It's Torrents Have
 Been Only Partially Successful.

oeSn Only SuCceSSIula
 Owing to ill-calculated engineering operations. by which the northern branch of the river by the Tiber is- land was deepened few years ago, the southern branch, which skirts the for mer Ghetto, has dried up into a heavy bank of muddy sand, and this is it's normal state, making Git will be un- derstood) the island of St. Bartolom- meo as ridiculous as a swan on land. The absurd aspect of it is the more ac- centuated because the ponte faDrieo, or qHafreeapi, which unites the island to the southern bank, happens to be both the oldest and best-preseryed bridge in Rome. dating from 62 B. C., and be- ing composed of two bold side arches and small central flood arch. On rare occasions however. after heavy doWnfalls, the river, rising in it's wrath. succeeds in FeassaTting tts ap- tient dominion and we see the beauti- ful bridge built by Fabricus spanning the waters sent down from Monte pat tino and Ansciano.- Such a rise has taken place. in consequence of which the forum is inundated by means of the Cloaea Max ina, while the foaming yellow flood nas reached a height of but three feet below the little Franciscan garden be- longing to the church of St. Bartolom- meo. The ancient confessional below that basiliea, dating from about the seventh century, is entirely filled. Tn fact, the waters have risen about forty feet, and rain should continue to fall we may witness the Fiber invading the Corso and Piazza d'Espanga Happily, 3 change seems to be setting in. It was quite a fascinating sight the other morning to see the main, or northern, flood racing beneath the Cectian bridge like a succession of maelstroms, almost giddying to behold. As usual, a crowd of people amused themselves by watch ing the operations of those who on such occasions fish for driftwood.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
WHY WOMEN WORRY MOST.
Have More Leisure Time Than Men and
 Naturally Think Over Things.

From tIme ImmemorIaI women have been told-by women, as well as men, though naturally more often by the latter-that worry digs wrinkles in their faces and sprinkles gray among their tresses. These warnings do lit- tie good. The fair creatures go on worrying and will probably continue to do so until the millennium comes. Why this is so is answered in this way The question Of worry with women seems to be simply this: Wom- ell are so hedged about by the little ness of their protected lives-for it is the protected woman who does the most worrying-that it is hard to see beyond and above sometimes, and mat ters in this way get wholly out of fo- GUS. If women had the capacity with men oA, getting up and doing battle with things, worry would slip off their shoulders as easily as from off those of the average masculine. Man doesn't worry about debt. because he feels that ne has it within him fsince money making is his business) to make suffi- cient money to pay his debts-some time. Women look at 1t more prae- tieally, and consider the now. Man doesn't generally worry about his health, because he really has not the time. Let him become i'll, though, and have to stop his work. and how is it with him? Man doesn't worry about the future-he is so madly interested in the present; nor about his clothes, for the tailor stands between him and that; nor about home matters-they
 from his point of view, are too trivial until he comes home to a badly cook ed dinner, and then in his broad out look there is no excuse for this state of things, for in business, if an em- pioye does not do his work properly, his employer gets some one who can, a method that will yet come to be a powerful lever in the leveling of wom- en's worries. Free Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
WHERE GOLD GROWS.
.ss1esh Deposits Of the Precious MetsA
 Every Year.


 Every Year.
 There are localities where gold may be said to grow. every year, or, in other words. where fresh deposits of the precious metal are to be found annu- ally, says Answers. One such dis sfict is in the Edmonton country, in the Canadian northwest, where, after 7ne spring floods from the same banks and benches" of the Saskatchewan river, there are taken every year con- siderable quantities of gold by few stiggers, who make their living cut os ahe business. But the most conspicu- iaus and interesting case of this sort 5s te be seen near Iehang, in the pro- vince of Hupeh, In China. For many centuries past each year gold has been washed from the banks of coarse graY- ei on both sides of the River Han, and n the midst of the auriferous district there is an ancient town called UihI- lien. which means Gold Diggers' Inr. !" its inhabitants subdiyide the gold bearing ground among themselves an- aUal1y, stalking out their claims with partitions. They pay no royalty and appear to earn no more than a bare subsistence, but this may be doubted. as John Chinaman is an adept at lay in low and sayin no1fin'e The an- nual river floods bring down millions Of tons of mud and sand, which is charged with gold, both fine and in flakes. is deposited to a depth of six Inches or more on the banks of gravel. 2t is in the winter that the gold is washed, and fl is said that seven men work about twenty tons of the pay dirt" in a day
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
REPUBLICS ONLY IN NAME.
&atin-American Countries Are Governed
 Upon Despotio Liaea.

 f'Only in name does republication exist in the countries of South Am erica. says Q southern business man who recently returned from tour of 9he Batin-American countries. "The Latin republics are the worst apologies for republics in the entire calendar of free states. Affairs in these republics are becoming better of late, but it is the simplest thing in the world to pro- yoke q revolution. We are all familiar with the changes of government that have taken place within the 1ast de- cade, but few understand how easy it has been, and still is in some of these republics, to precipitate a rebellion, turn ruler out of office, upset a gov- ernment, and create general anarchy. l was in one of these republics some years ago, when a revolution, or rather sln attempt at revolution, occurred, for q WAS not genuine success. I was, with friend, about to go to breakfast when a party of about twenty men ap- peared in the street along which we were passing. About the same number of men came into sight from an op- posite direction and the fun began. Every man had cloak over his shoul- 1ers, though the weather was oppres- sively warm, and when they sighted each other the cloaks were thrown aside aud more brass medals, rainbow tinted ribbons, red sashes and other gorgeous insignia of something or oth- aer never saw. They began firing at each other, and soon the street was filled with multitude of troops and about an equal number of revolution 9sts. The government troops dispersed inc rebels on this oceasion and when we left in the afternoon for our respec- tive locations, the same national flags 4hat were flying at sunrise were stil1 hanging at their staffs. It was on this occasion bloodless and futile revolu- tjon. and people went about their bust, mess on the next day with the same eomposure and contempt for one party or the other as they had on the day before the opera bouffe rebellion
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
OCTOPUS AS A FIGHTER.
Battle Between Two Grewsome Sight
 ostend Oyster Beds Ruined by Them

0stend Oyster Beds Ruined by Them
 A plague of the octopus is reported at 0stend, and the age-famous oyster beds of that resort are in serious dan ger. This visitation is unusual, for the octopus Is usually found in the gulf of Mexico, along the coast of southern California, or in Alaskan waters. Some of those in the gulf measure as much as twenty-one feet across the body, their arms stretching out infinitely it seems. to their prey. They do not at tack men as rule, but there have been many fieree combats when an unfortun- ate fisherman happened to hook one An ichthyologist has only lately made a study of small octopus three feet in diameter. It was placed in tank, and the scientist put in one finger Im- mediately one of the eight great feelers came toward it, followed by the others. These feelers, armed with powerful suckers, attached themselves firmly to the mans finger and hand, and made no further movement until he tried to withdraw it. Then they held all the tighter and the little mouth spouted forth it's inky fluid to a distance Of two feet. At last he released his hand with an effort and tried to touch the body of the octopus. As he did so it changed colors in rapid succession, passing from black to yellow, and then seemed to be all covered with black spots Another octopus of the same size was placed in tie tank, and then was a battle royal The sixteen arms writhed and twisted, the water was stained black by the elected fluid, and it was thrilling sight No behold the entangled feelers, wrapped around each others bodies. After a little the weak CT of the two withdrew his arms the other released him, and the beaten monster drew himself into corner to nuree his wounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
THE GATES OF GIBRALTAR.
Interesting Ceremony Of Locking Them
 at Shutdown.

interesting Ceremony or Lacisfng Them
 at Shutdown.
 Quite the favorite sight at Gibraltar as the daily procession at sundown for fhe locking of the town gates. The keeper of the keys. looking very like a prisoner despite his uniform, marches through the town in the center of a military guard, preceded by a regi- mental band which plays inspiring fa- pailiar tunes. The keys, of enormous Bi2e, are borne aloft before him as an outward and visible emblem of the vigilance of Britain in guarding her prime military treasure. On arriving at the gates, the guards salute, the martial strains strike up with redou- bled peal of triumph, while the great doors slowly swing to. and are solemn ly locked for the night. Then right about turn and the procession marches back to the convent to deposit the keys in the governors keeping, conveying by It's passage an assurance to the peo- ple and garrison that they may rest in peace. Once the gates are shut it were easier for camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for any unauthor- ized person to go into Gibraltar. Even a belated officer returning from pig sticking beyond the lines would be con- fronted by so many formalities and the necessity of inconveniencing so high personages that he would probably prefer to encounter the discomfort of a Spanish inn without.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
Rettnra nla Chance.

Why do you insist on your sons be- coming a lawyer" asked a friend I've made will leaving him all my money, was the answer. Ut seems to me that if he is a lawyer himself he will stand better chance of getting some of it. Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-27
1t is Impossible
 to Get Away

from the fact that in 1900 V nile other butchers changed their
 shops, And the name Of other meat firms
 fOpa. Peddlers haul their stuff thro' mud
 and slOp. still tie people know That to the old reliable They ye always got to go, To get the meat that ia desirable
 CITY MEAT MARKET
 PIG West Second, R. r. Holmes. Prop.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

london, April 1o.-The Boer attack on
General Brabant's force at wepener
was resumed again at dawn today. The
enemy's attack on two or three sides
on Monday lasted until 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon. when the firing ceased
and it was believed the enemy had been
beaten off. but L was announced this
morning from Aliwal North that the
fighting had again begun. General Bra
bant's force numbering from two thou
sand to three thousand held positions
In a rough country The Beers are in
unknown numbers with re-inforce-
ments reaching them. Another body of
two Thousand Beers is marching to-
wards Springfontein from Smithfield
between Wepener and Springfontein.
The detonation OF heavy guns was
heard at Maseru, Monday. Sir Cod
frey Lagden, the British resident COM
missioner of Basutoland. has left Mas
cru for the border.
The events in the southeast portion
OF the Free State have caused the
eighth division, which had beerrordered
to Fourteen Streams to be diverted to
Springfontein. Mysterious movements
of troops at Bloemfontein are proceed
DID,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
CAGES REPORT ON
PROBABLE SURPLUS.

Washington. April 10-The secretary
OF the treasury today sent to congress
his reply TO the House resolutions of
April L. which asked for Information
regarding the probability Of the present
revenue laws causing a surplus in the
treasury over and above the wants of
the government and also estimates OF
the probable receipts OF the treasury
from all sources OF revenue for the
fiscal years 1900 and 1901. He says, in
reply thereto:
have the honor to submit the fol-
lowing: rtl
Fiscal year. ending June 30, 1900: Re-
ceipts-customs s2ss.OOo,Ooo internal
revenue 1922. OOo, 900: miscellaneous sS5.
900 900: total s56O,0O0 600.
Expenditures. evil. Sl0f 000, 600. MAR
Sl35. .O00. 900: navy s55.O000 900: Indians
$ll 100000. pensions $4,000 900; interest
s42 O0O. 900: total $3.50. 900 600
Estimates surplus s70.0000 900.
Fiscal year ending June 30. 1901: Re-
ceipts--customs s240,O00. 900. internal
revenue 5000. 0O0. 900: miscellaneous s37,-
100000; total s511 100000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
SHE is HELD ON CHARGE
OF PASSING BOGUS CHECK.

Clara Hill was tried in the Sixth Dis
trict court today, for the alesed pass
ing of checks reputed to be worthless.
She was defended by william L.. Cassi-
dy of Boston.
f.. ID. Winsor testified. that acting
as agent of. the Providence Coal Co.,
he, on March 18th. last, received from
the Hill woman an ordcr to deliver two
tons of coal TO Rev. w. II. I'anner,
of No. 13 Cherry street. and that when
she rendered him check for so on the
Lincoln National bank of n. Y. drawn
to her order by w. n. Cody, he gave her
IS in change Imme i'ltsl5' Le found
the check was worthless and within ali
hour he received his nancy hack at the
City hall. wh2rs the woman was nm
der arrest.
Harry o. Clark, VINO is the propee ter
of the Providence Coal Co. tes. fl, q
that Mr.. vinsor was his agent on tile
date in ques;.,n.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
IN ENGINE CAB. |LABOR'S BATTLE.
Rev. Mr.. Elder Secured Points
for Sermon to Be Preached
TO Tralnmen.

New York, April 10.--Under the in
spiration OF an experience that was
novel and exciting, the Rev. Charles III.
Elder. pastor of Trinity Methodist
church. is preparing a sermon to be
delivered next Sunday, says Trenton,
N. j., dispatch. Mr.. Elder was recent
ly appointed by the Methodist confer
ence as pastor at Trenton. There are a
large number of railroad employees in
could preach to them better IL he had
some practical knowledge OF their work.
He applied to- Engineer Brown of the
Pennsylvania road for permission to
ride TO Philadelphia.
"Fll work my passage" said the
pastor. and the engineer agreed.
II had hard time OF it," said the
pastor, last night. Il had a hak time
of IL keeping my feet when the engine
began to run at full speed. 1t rocked
terribly, but / became accustomed to
the motion and began TO enjoy 1t. / was
very fearful that in crossing the
streets we should strike something and
l presume L rang the bell of that loco
motive louder and with more energy
than IL had been rung for years.
II took a hand at feeding the furnace:
IL was hard work. 1 could not shovel
coal into the fire box as fast as an
experienced fireman but i managed to
keep the fire going. ON the return trip
10 Trenton / was permitted 10 hold the
throttle while running over level
stretch of track for "a distance of sew
eral miles. shall never forget the re-
sponsibility / felt. / am greatly inn
pressed with the great responsibilities
that attend the duties of trainmen,
They are deserving OF higher place
i'm society than NOSE or them occupy
NV sermon will be preached to the va
rious organizations OF railroad men in
the city next Sunday and believe that
7 will be able To make 1t especially ef-
fective because / took that ride to
Philadelphia and back in the cab OF a
locomotiVep
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
Lord Roberts Plans.

The newspaper correspondents are
not allowed to telegraph their destina-
tions and the presumption is that Lord
Roberts is making dispositions to cut
off the raiding Boer forces when they
try to withdraw northward from the
pursuing British columns. The reap
pearance of the Beers in the occupied
country has caused a revival of the war
like feeling among the Free Staters of
the Fauresmith and Phillipolis districts
The federal agents are busy getting de-
tails of the surrendered Beers and ow-
ing to the British garrisons being with
drawn from those districts the British
residents have become uneasy and sent
delegates to .Springfontein to ask for
help. They were told that steps for
their defence would be immediately
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
WARE MURDER.
Man Once Accused Of Com
mitting Il Wants the Case
Thoroughly Investigated.

Bucksport. Me-, April 1o.-An en-
deavor 70 revive interest in the mys-
terious murder of Sarah Ware in Sep
tember, 1898, Will be made tomorrow,
when public mass meetings will be
held afternoon and evening in Emery
hall. the largest public building Of the
town. The call for the meetings has
been issued by William Treworgy of
Bucksport. who was arrested last year,
charged with the crime on the strength
of the statement of Joseph Fogg. Jr,
who swore i'm court that he helped Tre-
worgy move the body of the murdered
woman from a certain spot to the place
where the body was found. Fogg after
ward retracted his story and was in
dlcted for perjury, while Treworgy was
released
Mr.. Treworgy. in spite of Fogg's re-
traction, feels that more or less sus-
picion has followed him, and he desires
to have detective work in the case re-
snmed in order that the murderer, IL
possible. may be found. Efforts will
be made TO raise funds and TO appoint
n committee TO control the same.
The Ware murder was one OF the
most mysterious that ever was COM
mitted in Maine. Sarah Ware, a home
less. comparatively friendless widow.
who made living by housework. went
out on an errand Sept II. 1898. and did
not come back. Two weeks from that
night her dead body. with the skull
crushed. was found i'm a pasture not
far from the house where the woman
made her home. The tow> hired de-
tectives. and a reward OF $500 was sub
scribed by citizens, but the arrest OF
Treworgy was the only outcome of the
investigation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
Case Of The Chicago Strikers
to Be Presented to Eastern
WOrkmon.

Chicago. April 10.-Building mechanics
I'm the east will be in possession of the
situation in Chicago from the union
standpoint within the next As hours.
Acting on the decision of the Building
Trades council meeting Of Friday nighS
ami the advice of leaders who held q
conference Sunday. Edward Carroll. pres
ident of both the National and Chicago
Building Trades councils, and James A..
Daley, president OF the Chicago Federa-
ington. ID. c. In that city IL Is probable
that the two officers viii have a con-
ference with representatives OF the AM
erican Federation oil Labor and each Will
address meetings of wOrkmen. Mr.. Car
roll will go TO New York, Boston and
other cities In the east while Mr.. Daley
will travel TO Cleveland. Cincinnati and
other points. In each of these cities, the
unorganized as we'll as the organized
workmen will be addressed. The plan
which the Chicago body has outlined for
the support of the idle men Will be ex-
planned and the union men will be asked
to contribute of their earnings TO. pre-
vent the dissolution of the Building
Trades council and the disruption OF the
unions attached to It,
A leading member of the Building
Trades council said:
''It is our purpose TO lay our case
before the workmep I'm the east from first
hands. We want to convince them that
the fight is as much for the perpetual
ton of their unions as for our own. III
the contractors should succeed in dis
rupting us here how long would II be
before they would, through their ma
tional association, attack the organized
workmen In other cities? We have had
assurances from many points that our
cause will be given careful hearing.
The action Friday night was not the
first move we made In this direction.
Letters have been sent all over the coun-
try by the National Building Trades
council and now the president OF that
council is following them"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
FIVE HUNDRED TAMMANY BRAVES
WILL VISIT KANSAS CITY,

New York April Io.-Five hundred or
more Tammany braves will attend the
national convention in Kansas City. They
will leave here on June % or 30 on two
special trains over the Lake Shore rail
roah and will have their headq ~artcrs
at the Midland h)tel. This would bring
them TO the convention town az least
two days prior 10 the opening OF the
national meeting Col. James W BOYLE
who visited Kansas City To make ar
rangements FOR the 'care OF the wigwam
representatives returned from there yes
terday and reported 10 the Tafnnlany
IIail executive committee as follows.
n engaged 10 rooms at the Midland
hotel Tor the use ~ the Tammany dele
gates and members of the organization
Each To pay 81 day. the regular rate
and each ia guaranteed bed and not n
cot t. slecr upon. While the hotel ac-
commodations are limited. good care will
be taken OF Tammany and her friends"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10
RECEIVER WILL Be PLACED
IN CHARGE OF lIvERMoRE BANK.

Oakland. Cal. April 1o--Attorneys
Moore and Goodfellow and President
Thomas III. Il. Varney of the Liverinore
Bank. who with John Taylor was asso-
ciated with III. II. Pitcher. who COM
mitted suicide here yesterday. as ex-
ecutors ind trustees OF the Thomas Var
ney estate, viii place receiver I'm the
bank and institute an immediate and
searching investigation OF the Affairs OF
the institution.
Many believe that the cross-examina-
ton OF a. "a. Pitcher on Friday last.
was worrying the aged banker. Item bv
item they were taking him through the
bank ledger and the accounts connected
with the varney case sna many OF the
questions he could lrgS answer at all
Through N all there was an iptimation
that something like si2S.oo was unac.
counted for. that bad investments had
been made bv the trustees and that the
heirs were the sufferers.
Pitcher had been cashier ana manager
OF the bank of f.ivermorc ever since It's
incorpora ton. lie was n popular mem
her OF the Union Glee club Of San Fran
cisco. a.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-10

Captain Parker testiti ,d as 20 he al
rest of the w oman for check trans
action at the store CT he Prtst On &.
Rounds Co, hat he found bank
checks bearing the name of the Eagle
National Bank of New York; also a
book which she stole from the Preston
& Rounds Co.; that Inspector Collins,
of Boston identified the woman as Julia
Griffins, who, in 1890. was sentenced to
the woman's prison at Boston to serve
two years for check fraud; also that
the woman acknowledged that identifi-
cation and that she had formerly con-
Quoted a mission for young women at
Lowell.
Mr.. Cassidy offered no evidence and
the respondent was held for the grand
jury in 81, ,500An officer of the Lincoln
National Bank was under summons
and was TO be. here at 2 D. m. out Mr..
Cassidy offered to admit that that wit
ness would testify that at the time the
$40 check in question was protested at
that bank. no such person as w. n.
Cody had deposit there.