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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
THE LONGEST STAIRWAY.
It Is in the Tower of the Philadelphia
 City Hall

1t Is in the Tower of the Philadelphia
 City Hall.
 A novel diversion Is about to be in- stituted at the Philadelphia city hall. Within a few weeks this noble pile. already distinguished as being the highest municipal building in the world, will contain, according to the Press, the highest continuous stair way in the world, and tourists who have hitherto boasted of their mus cular ability in climbing the stone steps of the Bunker Hill monument at Charlestown, the Washington monu- ment or the monument to Gen. Brock, near Queenstown. Ont, will tell their friends of their feat in ascending the 598 steps which lead from the seventh floor of the city hall of Philadelphia to the landing about the feet of Will liam Penn. Tower-climbin is one of the fads of tourists Hitherto the Bunker Hill monument, with it's 400- odd stone steps, and the Washington monument, which has few more, have represented the acme of oppor- tunity for tests of physical endurance Ascent or descent of these steps has been boasted of, and though both 80 cramp the muscles of the leg that the climber for an hour afterward is hard ly able to walk upright, the distinction has the requited pain. The building commission, adds the Philadelphia Press, is pushing forward the work on the tower stairway, and within two months 1t is expected that it will be in readiness for climbers. Itswill extend from the seventh to the sixteenth floor and will contain just 598 steps of iron arranged about a square, central shaft, in which will run an electric elevator. To reach the tower stairway the climber may mount the 245 granite stairs in the hanging stairways at the northern end of the building, thus making total climb of 743 steps
 Relic of By-gone Days.
 St. Georges church, at the top of Lord street, Liverpool, England, is undergoing demolition, and the work men have just come upon curious relic of by-gone days. The church stands on the site of a baronial castle said to have been first built by Roger de Poictiers in 1073 After being used for various purposes, the castle was demolished early last century to make room for the church While at work the demolishers of the church came upon a large slab in the east aisle, im- mediately under the stained glass win- dow facing Lord street. The slab be- ing raised disclosed twelve steps cut In rock and leading to platform, and an arched doorway led to another flight of five steps, at the foot of which was a square chamber about fourteen feet in height, also cut in the rock. From this place there is a passage arpar- ently running in the direction of the river, while marks on the walls sug- gested that the tide flowed in at high water, though the church is on high level and nearly 200 yards from the river. It is supposed that these steps and passages were hewn in the rock to provide an outlet from the castle near the waterside, and that when the castle was removed it was thought easier to cover the entrance than to fill up the passage. Foul air prevented the workmen from exploding further.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
MANY WEEDS GOOD TO EAT.
Certain Kinds Are Often Used for Food
 by Families.

Certain Kinds Are Often Used for Food
 by Families.
 Go out on any farm and see the farm CT hoeing away at the weeds that threaten to choke his crop You may hear him say things that wouldn't sound nice about the weeds. The dan- delion isn't the only weed eaten by people who know what's good to eat. Take wild chicory. the plague of the farmer. It makes one of the finest salads served, piquant, tender and wholesome. Charlock or wild mustard is another bane of the farmer. He doesn't know that as a pot herb it can give soup delightful flavor. The doek-weeds-how annoying the whole family are! Yet the broad leaf vari- ety and the curly leaf are used all over Europe as table vegetables. There's pokeweed, commonest of all. In France It is cultivated. It takes it's place. Sorrel, fetticus and chevril are looked on as a fiavoring for soup. Everybody in American hates net tie and can't see what use it is. In Scotland Poland and Germany tender young nettle leaves are used as greens. The Germans boil them with other vegetables to give them piquant fla- vor. Purslane is another weed that can be treated in the same way. Most people think milkweed poisonous. It is medicinal vegetable, with a de- lightful flavor all it's own. The young leaves, when they are in just the right condition, are cross between spinach and asparagus, and in salad are de- licious. Sorrel, fictitious and cheyril are looked on as field pests by ninety nine out of every hundred farmers. The hundredth one picks the choicest leaves from these weeds and sends them to market, where they find ready sale for salads to be eaten with game and for flavoring herbs-for herbs they are, and not weeds.-.New York World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10
Rocks Sent to Rhodesia.

In July, 1898, MT. Rhodes sent out 800 young rocks to Rhodesia, and as these were found to do so we'll and to take kindly to their surroundings at Grotte shuur. Rondebosch, where MT. Rhodes residence is situated, amidst thousands of large oaks and Scotch frs, another consignment of 300 birds has just been dispatched from South ampton, England, to Rhodesia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-10

Movement to Erect Statue Failed.
 The movement to erect a statue in memory of Cromwell at Huntingdon, England, where be was born has ig- nominiously failed. The mayor of the borough, Lord Sandwich, recently in- formed the town council that of the subscriptions which had been received only two reached two figures. These were the subscription of Lord Ripon and himself. Independently of these two sums, the total was under fifty pounds Only five dollars had been raised in America. There was not one subscriber in the borough of Hunting
 don. and only two or three from the county. About twenty or thirty small sums had been received in England and America, and, as the local committee had done all 1t could, it was now time, after four months, to close the matter He suggested that the best thing would be to return the money to the subscrib- CTS. and this course was decided upon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
NAMED BY ACCLAMAN0N
Empire State Republicans Select
0dell to Make the Race for
Governor.
THE BITTER Fight IS At AN END.
Er-Goy. Black. who Had been Politically
Sore Since His Defeat for Renomina-
tion Two Years Ago, Appeared In this
Convention and tIacsd His Former An
tagoaist I'm NominAtion.

Saratoga. n ", Sept. 6.--The state
republican convention in session here
Wednesday nominated the following
ticket by acclamation: For govern
or, b. B. Odell, of Orange; for lieu
tenant governor. Timothy i. Wood
ruff, of Kings; for secretary Of state,
John T. McDonough. of Albany; for
comptroller, William j. Morgan, Of
Erie; for state treasurer, John p.
Jaeckel, Of Cayuga; for attorney gen
eral, John G. Davies, OF Oneida. Per-
haps the most interesting feature of
the convention was the fact that the
speech nominating benjamin b. Odell
for governor was made by ex-Gov.
Frank s. Black, who had been outside
the organization breastworks since
Theodore Roosevelt defeated him two
years ago when he desired n renom-
ination. For long time Mr.. Black
and his close friends. Abraham Cru
ber and Former District Attorney OIL
colt. OF New York, were very bitter.
Mr.. Black said the issues now before
the American people were discussed
and settled four years ago. There is
not a new one here" he continued.
"The ghost of anti-imperialism which
stalks to and fro between Lincoln and
bloomington, with occasional mani
festations in Boston. is not and can
not be made an issue. This country
Is and has been committed to the
policy Of growth and il cannot be
swerved from the policy by new scare
crows erected along the way, The is
snes now ars as they were in 1896.
They were then met and understood
and as completely as the Spanish feet
% Santiago they were sunk and run
ashore. The democratic party since
then has been engaged in prying some
OF them OF the rocks and trying 10
make them float. That will never be
done"
A committee was appointed to in
vite Gov. Roosevelt to address the
gathering. The nominee for vice
president responded ana was gwen an
ovation as te mounted the platform,
Referring TO national affairs Gov.
Roosevelt said:
The men who directly or Indirectly aid
Mr.. Bryan In this contest must under
stand that any vote cast except for the
re-eieotion OF President Mckinley is =
vote for free silver and for social dis
order; an absolute upsetting OF our A.
nancial and Industrial systems. and upon
all such men will rest forever afterwards
the heavy responsibility Of having plunged
the business world into disaster. the la
boring world into misery-and OF having
tainted with dishonor the national name.
So much for what the success of our OPP
ponents would mean at home. Abroad.
gentlemen. their success would mean
that the nation was To cringe before the
honorable task which IL has so honorably
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
BRYAN ADDRESSES FARMERs.
He Says That However Prosperous Other
Glasses Might BE, the Farmer 10
Not Sharer In It.

Shepherdstown, w. Va, Sept. o.
Mr.. Bryan began the second day of
his present tour at this point. His
first speech was made at Morgan's
grove, in the suburbs Of the town. A
fair was in progress and the attend
ance was immense, people having
come from West Virginia, also from
Maryland and Pennsylvania to hear
Mr.. Bryan speak. while they attended
the fair. This place faces Antietam
battlefield across the Potomac. A
letter was read at the meeting from
Hon. w. l.. Wilson, ex-postmaster
geI-saI. strongly indorsing Mr.. Bry-
an and saying that only sickness pre-
vented his attendance upon the meet
ing. George II. Vending, who had
opposed Mr.. Bryan in 1896, made a
brief speech, himself vigorously at
tacking republicanism and pledg-
ing to Mr. Bryan his support this
campaign. He said he had known Mr..
Bryan from his boyhood and that all
the money in Wall street could not
buy him. Mr.. Bryan expressed bis
pleasure at being able TO address an
assemblage of farmers. He wanted
to know how any farmer could be a
republican. Ii is easy to understand
how the head of a trust or an army
contractor could be a member of that
party. he said, but as for farmers,
they were not trying to get their
hands into other pockets and TO keeE
other hands out of their pockets.
However prosperous other classes
might be, the farmer was not shar-
er in that prosperity.
"What does the republican party do
20 help the farmer. Has II any means
of raising the price of wheat he has
20 sell? You are told now that ,ynu
have more money than you had In
1896. ! want you to read the speeches
made in 1896 and see whether the re-
publican party promised any more
money. You cannot find in republic
an speech of 'o6 promise of more
money. The republicans said that
II did not matter whether we had
much money or little, just so it was
good. They disputed the quantitive
theory of money
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
EMPRESS STILL A REBEL.
Latest Chinese News Confirms the
Report That She Is Plotting
Against the Powers.
NOT READY TO TREAT FOR PEACE.
Authoritative Indication That she 4. Car
rytng Her Anti-ForeiEn Policy With
Iacrsased Zeal. Infaming tho Natives
Against the Hated Christians-Exhorts
vicsroys 20 Aveng- Iniuries on China

London, Sept. 6.--No official pro-
nouncement is yet forthcoming here
in regard TO the decision OF the pow
ers concerning China. but the con-
census of opinion continues suggestive
of compromise on the proposals
now under consideration. In the
meanwhile. there Is little authoritative
Indication that the dowager empress
is ready to treat for peace even II the
allied powers reach an agreement in
regard to the best means to opening
negotiations. On the contrary. many
rumors suggest that she is carrying
on her anti-foreign policy with in
creased zeal. The latest reported inn
perial decree from Tai Yuan Fu is said
TO be defiant aud nnrepentant and to
contain the statement that the court
fled lest the emperor might be killed
during the fighting between the box
ers and Christians and thus leave no
one 20 continue the ancestral wor-
ship The decree is also said TO ex-
hort union Of the viceroys TO
"avenge injuries inflicted on China"
by the powers.
The Chinese minister here admits
the correctness in general sense Of
,he cable message sent to him by III
Hnrg Chang in which the latter IL
quoted as saying: "Our st. Petersburg
minister has persuaded Russia to
naaV. uaLin Nou are useless IL xoli
cannot persuade England"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
DEAHOF ARTHUR SENAL.
Man Who Ran with Bryan on Demo
cratic Ticket Four Years Ago
Victim of Apoplexy.
CAME FROM An lLLUsTRIoUs FAMILY,

Tho Firm OF shipbuIIders of which Hs
Was the Head IL 81 Years Old aad
eExAs . Huge Fleet of Vessels That
Trade In Nearly Every Port In the
W0FId-His Political Career.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
weLLIneroN.s APosrAoY.
RspabiIo.su Senator from Maryland Re-
nounees His Party aud Speaks frorn
Platform with william ,. Bryan.

Cumberland. Md. Sept. 6.-The
opening OF the democratic campaign
for the states of Maryland and West
Virginia at this place was rendered
memorable by the appearance on the
platform OF the democratic national
standard-beared. William J. Bryan,
and United States senator Yelling
Ton. who was elected as a republican.
Senator Wellington's speech marked
his formal remuneration OF party ties
on account OF the issues growing out
of tine war with Spain. He had for
this reason prepared his speech with
great care and he read il from type
uitten manuscript.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
SLEoTIoN IN VERMONT.
u..n,, Seaa Vote Decreased and Demo-
...,,n vate Increased. hut Repub-
49,. VIII Have $1,000 Majority.

Aloptneii, ". VT. Sept. e.--Returns
from loo cit 'es and towns out of PAS
gsties and tov ms in the state give the
vote for pover uor as follows; Stick
nev (rep1. "a, s35: senter (dem.),
s.ss4; others. 7ss. The republican loss
in these cities and towns is S27 and the
democratic gain il 27I. Taking the
foregoing figures as basis the state
win give rcpuhlicsp majority Of
about $1,000.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
came from an Ilau.trious Family.

Aftfur Sewall was born at Bath Me-,
Noveyaber rs, 1885. He came from fam
ly ilIustrious on both sides of the water.
The first sewall to arrive In the United
States settled in New York In 1874. Dunn
mes Sewall the great-grandfather OF Ar
thur sewall. removed TO Bath In 1852. He
purchased the large tract OF land which
farms the Sewall estate and on which
stands the big shipyard of Arthur Sew
all a. Co. The firm was established I'm 1928
by William ID. Sewall. and the first ves-
sci owned by II was the Diana, a small
trader From this beginning the house
was developed to it's present proportions
the owner of huge fleet of the largest
sailing merchantmen afioat. In the n
years of It's existence the firm has built
and owned over 100 vessels, trading in
nearly every port in the world. William
ID. Sewall was succeeded In 1854 by his
s0nk under the firm name of Il. e. A.
Sewsn. shipbuilders and commission
merchants. Later IL became Arthur Sew
all & Co.. Mr.. Sewall taking into the
firrn his son William and his nephew.
Safs3nl 8. Sewali
Mr. Sewall was president OF the Maine
Central railroad from 1884 TO 1898. is pres
ident OF the Bath national bank, and Is an
officer or director in nearly every cor
poration in Bath.
He became active i'm politics in 1888
Nutu It WAS tltCAtU Qtf1ocTdtlC HdtiOndI
committeeman. The nomination for vice
president in 1896 came to him as a sur
prise. He was a delegate to the conven-
tion and left the hall before the hallottng
commenced. While on board an Illinois
Central train bound for downtown he
overheard a man who had caught the
train as It was leaving Sixty-third street
tell another passenger that Arthur Sew
all had just been nominated for vice pres
ident. He had never met Bryan. and
upon his arrival at his hotel was taken
over to the Clifton house and introduced
TO the head Of the ticket.
Mr.. Sewall was married In 1859 to Miss
Emma ID. croaker, OF Bath. He has two
sons, Harold NJ. and William. Harold NJ
Sewall left the party of his father in 1890
and Joined the republican party. giving as
his reason the failure of the democratic
administrations. He was minister to sa.
moa and to Hawaii under President Har.
rison and was appaintea special oammis-
sioner to Hawaii by President Mckinley
in 1895. and Is prominent tn republican poll
itics in Maine. Arthur Sewalrs fortune
is estimated at a. 0O00D
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06

begun and to take down the flag under
which we are introducing In the Philip
pines, not only such order, but such lib-
erty as has never been known In the Is
lands before and TO hand them back to
the unspeakable tyranny Of a corrupt OIL
igarchy There is no such thing as mil
itarlsm or Imperialism at stake In the
contest. These are names used only 70
frighten the foolish III 1t is militarism
to be in the Philippines then II Is mill
tarism to be in Hawaii and Alaska. II II
Is mllItarism TO put down the tagal ban
ditti then 1t is militarism to put down an
Apache outbreak
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06

Iiath, Me-, Sept. 6.-Hon. Arthus
Sewall died at $3.50 a. m. Wednesday
at M summer home, Small Point,
about i2 miles from this city of apo
plexy. the stroke having been sus-
tanned last Sunday. He was 81 years
OF age. Mr.. Sewall had not been in
good health for some time, although
he was not considered to be seriously
i'll. lie had been advised by his ply
sician to rest as early as last June,
and he attended the democratic ma
tional convention in July against the
advice of his doctor. He appeared
to have suffered no i'll effects from
the journey, however, and was pass
ing the summer quietly at Small
Point when the fatal stroke seized
him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
nana rropo.I,len. Carry b IeI..

lola. Kan, Sept. 6.>-At a special
election here proposition to issue
bonds to the amount Of $4,000 TO
build a waterworks plant and $4,000
for electric light plant was carried
bv a majority of 26t for the water
works and 221 for light plant.
any The map of the Indian Territory
s.n .s for sale at the book stand OF
d. z. Hawkins post Office lobby
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06

The 4. NJ. +. church will establish
a national benevolent and savings in
stitution at st. Lo,;s, with branches
In other cities.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
La-r. EaraIlm-nt q stud.nl..

Lawrence. KAN, Sept. 6.--The open
ing of the fall term at the University
of Kansas Wednesday was not marked
by any especial features, other than
the large preliminary enrolment Of
students. which Is taken to mean that
the attendance this year will be un'
usually large.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-10
REVIEW OF MARKETS
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Stocks, Money, Exchange. Bonds. Gralu.
Cotton, Provisions. Etc.

New York, Jan. 9-The stock mar
ket was practically inert during the
early part Of the session to-day. and
buying demand was of scarcely appre-
ciable proportions. The bear traders
watched this inviting field with long,
sng eyes until the attraction became
TOO strong for them, aud they put out
selling orders through the greater part
OF the list. They succeeded in cTectins
Very marked declines and bringing out
certain amount of offerings by UNI
covering stop loss orders. but The vol
anne Of the selling WAS not Important.
and the success of the bears Was due to
the listloss attitude Of the public to-
wards stocks and the indisposition OF
insiders to support prices. The con-
cluSion OF the bears was rather mega
tive as to tho chances of any favorable
change from the present depressing in>
dlucnccs. For the present it is OBVIOUS
that capital las no inclination to move
into stocks. and il is noticeable that
the quiet Investment absorption which
was a feature Of the market during the
last week in December and which con-
tinued into the first week in January,
has. to all intcnts and purposes. ceased
at the present level of prices. A series
OF encouraging events has afforded 4
pretty good test OF speculative senti-
nent by being totally ignored. There
have been new entries TO the list of
dividend paying stocks and increases in
the dividend rate OF established divi-
uend payers. The money situation has
ceased to cause anxiety owing to the
return flow from domestic centres and
the cessation OF the drain on the SUBJ
treasury. There was a small opening
advance in stocks in opposition to the
heaVihess in London and in sympathy
Win strength in Sugar and BrooKIyn
transit. The almost entire disappear
hnce or buying demand. in spite of very
i'sht offerings, then allowed prices to
GRADUALLY sag until the active selling
movement Of tho last two hours. which
forced prices easily and rapidly down
ward. Despite Il few feeble rallies. the
zone in the main continued weak until
the close. The possibility of further
r"vcrses to Great Britain in South
= frica and rumors Of foreign complica-
IONS involving further cmbarrn ssments
17r Great Britain were used with Of
feet,
Tho bond mar,c' was dull ana heavy
IN symprihv WITH stocks Total sales.
r." value. 81 o55 oOa
Z. $. OLD as. registered, ana old 5's,
c7"nrn dc liTed 4 ana the IS coupon,
Vow ~ old IS. coupon. and as, reg
100 nc. IN the bid price.
1901 Sa'es OF stocks to- day were
,H-'ron ~',r-ns
'1~ York, Jan. 9-standard Oil ass
Ci.cc. $50
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-10
Ncr ok Cotton Market.
COTTON REc,ElrrS.
AMONG OUR COTTON MEN

Rains continue in Texas.
Future contract market in New York
closed barely steady to 6 points adj
vance on old crop and to on new
crop. March. 10 To 40: May. I. 81 to
7.26: August. 7.27 to FPS: Octohcr. G. 73
to GA.
Bar silver. London. unchanged
e7kd. against % 5-t6d. last year.
Liverpool contract market closed
steady-onc point advance.
Liverpool sold 5000 bales on the SPOT.
compared with 10000 last year.
March contracts in New Orleans de-
clined points from Saturdays prices.
closing at 7.O5
Receipts at U. $. ports yesterday
were 32,115 bales. against 1851 bales in
1895 and 30.2l6 I'm 1897.
Receipts at New Orleans to-day es-
tinatcd AT LOO to 1000 bales. against
li.l23 last year and COOS in 1897.
Receints ut the five interior towns for
the half week are S4.92l bales against
10 oS' bales and 29,S17. 1897 stocks lost
i,G03 bales.