Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-19

options on the products of num- Der of large plantations in Louis jana.
 The president will recommend to congress the payment of an indem- nity to the families of the four Italians who were the victims of mob at Tallulah, La, about two years ago.
 The total exports of domestic products from the United States during September, as shown by the bureau of statistics, amounted to I$65, ,o66,579, against $64,753,s67 for the same period last year.
 Louis Mason, boiler maker of New Orleans, had a miraculous es- cape from death. Mason was work ing on a chimney 16o feet high, when he slipped and fell to the ground He ahghted on a coil of rope. which in some way broke his fall. and he escaped with only slight bruises.
 In clash between striking min CTS and non-union men and officers at Hazleton, Pa, Ralph Mills, a policeman, was instantly killed, G. 4. Kellner, a special officer, and a man named Leskow, were badly wounded. The fight was preeipi- tated by a crowd of women march ing to a mine and trying to induce some non-union men to quit work.
 4 bad freight wreck was caused on the Evansville < Terre Haute railroad, near Yineennes, Ind, by the engine striking a cow on the track. Four oil tanks were among the wreckage, and the oil became ignited. Two of the crew and sev- erai fine race horses were cremated, and several other people sustained serious injuries.
 Jackson Battiest, ehoctaW In- dian, died near Antlers last week. aged 98 years. He was a man well known among his people, his ad- vice being sought after by many, and was one of the original Six Town Indians. a clan among the Choetaws who lived in six little viz lages back in Mississippi, and wore the bridle, or black line, tattooed with gunpowder from the corners of the mouth down under the jaw, half way to the ears, that distinguishing the members of this clan.
 The annual report of the Nest ern Union Telegraph Company for the fiscal year ended June 30 shows: Gross earnings, $24,758, ,570; in- crease, $8o4,258. Operating ex- penses, 18,593, ,206; increase, $507,- 627 Surplus after dividend, $391,- 27s; increase, $2S7, ,586. The lines of the company were increased dur ing the year by 2849 miles of poles and 28,520 miles of wire and there was also an increase of 615 offices. The number of messages transmit ted was 1,769,629 greater than for 1899 The average tolls received were 30.Sc per message
 In answer to Frances note on China the following communication has been forwarded: "The govern ment of the United States agrees with that of France in recognizing as the object to be obtained in the government of China appropriate reparation for the past and sub- stantial guarantees for the future. and enumerates the subjects to which it agrees, as follows: GD The punishment of the guilty par ties who may be designated by the representatives of the powers at Pekin, (2) equal remuneration for the governments, corporations and private individuals. The gov ernment refuses to enter into an agreement for the permanent organ ization of a legation guard; also refuses to consent to the dismant- ling of the forts at Taku until further information from the other powers.
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