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The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
A BIG SEvEN.DAY BATTLE.
Castro Claims Sweeping Victory Over the
nsurgeuts-LOsses Heavy.

La Victoria, Venezuela (By Cable).-
A messenger has arrived here ON the
between government troops and revolt
tionists, bringing news that after seven
scene of the engagement near this place
days of terrible fighting 1000 rebels, un-
der Generals Matos and Mendoza, aban-
doned the field, having retired from their
last positions, six miles from La Victoria,
retreating in the direction of Villa de
Cura.
According to President Castro, the
Killed and wounded number 5000.
During the last days of the fighting
the temperature rose to II6 degrees. A
visitor to the scene of the engagement de-
clares he never saw such a terrible spec
tacle as was presented b. the battlefield
The victory OF the government troops,
which is said to be due to the personal
courage of President Castro, - twice:
with a Mauser rifle in his hand, charged
at the head of his soldiers, is considered
a serious setback for the cause of the
revolutionsts.
A courier from Valencia reports that
up to Saturday that city was not in the
hands of the revolutionists.
Washington (Special) The enezu.
elan Legation here has received dis
patch from President Castro's secretary
announcing a government victory over
the. revolutionary forces near La Vic
toria. The dispatch stated that the battle
was bloody, the casualties numbering
over 5000. No further details were
given.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
THE OIL BRICK EXPLODED.
Mrs Galloway Had Saturated It With Gas
Ollne.

Bucyrus, y, (Special) Mrs. S. J.
Galloway who lives near here, was the
victim of the oil-brick fad. which has
has been popular since the advance in the
price of coal
Mrs. Galloway read in the papers Of a
brickmaker of New Yor who advised
people to try soaking soft brick in coal
Oil and burning it as a substitute for
coal The advantages were so enthusi-
astically extolled that Mrs. alaway de-
cided to try it, as the family was long
on oil and short OH coal She got the
brick and went into the cellar for oil
In the dark she drew 4 ~uart CT gasoline
instead of oil, and having soaked the
brick for halt hour she dropped it in
the stove and touched a match to it
There was only enough of the stove left
to be of use to the iunkman
The neighbor- succeeded in gathering
In tie scattered pieces of burning brick
before the house was seriously dam ged
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Crops In All the World.

The Department of Agriculture's SUM
mary of the crops of the world shows
that owing to the remarkably cool and
wet summer experienced throughout
considerable part of Europe, the harvest
OF 1902 is one of the latest on record.
The promise of an abundant yield, there
tore, has been only partly fulfilled in Eu-
rope, allowing for grain gathered in a
damaged condition and for that actually
spoiled In the case of bread grains
there will be a demand among millers IN
the countries so suffering for good, dry
grain to mix with the home product.
The semi-official Russian estimates
makes the wheat, rye, barley and oats
crop OF that country not only larger than
1901, but exceeding the average Tor the
hve years, 1906 1000 The estimate puts
the winter wheat crop at 1886 5823oz
bushels of 90 pounds each spring wheat,
3ooo3o333 bushels of 90 pounds rye,
854452,75o bushels of SO pounds each;
barley, 2S2, T3o625 bushels of 48 pounds
each. oats, S463oI,875 bushels of 90
pounds each
Throughout about four-hfths of the
German Empire harvesting was delayed
by frequent rains and there was still
much grain In the fields in the middle
of September. The Austrian official
figures for September IS says that wheat
and barley are good. average crops, while
rye is only medium to good medium.
The quality of the grain, so far as the
harvest was secured under anything like
favorable conditions, is mostly satisfac-
tory.
From Hungary the official report for
September IS, received at the depart
ment here, shows that maize has suf-
fered from drouth, in some di 'ricts The
plants producing no ears and in others
the grain ripened before the ears attained
a normal development.
The Roumanian wheat crop is officially
estimated as the best in many years For
1902 the production is estimated at 20
22o,2o8 bushels; rye is estimated at o.
o58,4oo bushels; barley, 2467I,o4 bush
els and oats, 2I,oo52o5 bushels Inc
Bulgarian cereal crops are fairly salts,
factory. The wheat is particularly good
IN yield though little deficient in quail
ity. The French minister of agri-
culture has issued preliminary report
giving the wheat production of France
as 352,ooo,ooo bushels, an increase OF
over I3 per cent. over 1901.
The crops in Belgium are stated to be
comparatively satisfactory.
In Great Britain the area under wheat
cultivation is 2s,soS acres greater than in
1901. The recent weather through Great
Britain has greatly helped its farmers in
completing their belat~d harvests.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
A MILLIONAIRE INDICTED.
Colonel Butler Implicated in the ST. Louis
Bribery Scandal

St. Louis, Mo. (SpeciaD The DC.
tober grand jury returned an indict-
ment charging Col. Edward Butler, Q
prominent local politician and million
aire, with bribery in connection with
the city lighting deal, in which $47,5oc
is said to have been disbursed among
members OF the House of Delegates
combine.
Buffers arrest was ordered immedi
ately. When the last grand jury ad.
journed its report contained the state
ment that Edward Butler was the man
who paid the $47,soo to 10 members OF
the House of DELEGATES to secure the
passage of the City Lighting Bill. Til,
money was said to have been distributed
at the house of Julius Lehman, each
member of the combine receiving. So, 500
Delegate Charles F Kelly a fugitive
from justice, is charged in an Indictment
with beinq the distributor.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Resolution That Settled Il.

The political resolution about which an
alarm was raised Sunday night was miss
ing The resolution whose adoption
brought about the strikes end was as
fellows:
eve, the committee on resolutions,
beg leave to recommend that the follow
ing communication be adopted and for
warded to Theodore Roosevelt, President
OF the United States of America
"Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 2T
"Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington,
d. c.:
Dear Sr.-We, the representatives of
the employees of the various coal COM
panies engaged in operating mines in the
anthracite coalhelds of Pennsylvania, in
convention assembled, have under con-
sideration your telegram Of October IS,
1909. addressed to John Mitchell. presi
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25

dent OF the United Mine Workers OF
America, which reads as follows

dent OF the United Mine Workers OF
America, which reads as follows:
Il have appointed as commissioners
Brig Cen John M. Wilson, f. w. Park
er, Judge George Gray. f. f. Clark,
Thomas H. Watkins and Bishop ]. L.
Spauding, with Carroll d. Wright as
recorder. These names are accepted by
the operators and now earnestly ask and
urge that the miners likewise accept this
commission 1t is matter of vital con-
Germ to all Our people, and especially to
those in our great cities, who are least
well off, that the mining of coal should
be resumed without a moments unneces-
sary delay.
I'VE have decided to accept the propo-
siton therein embodied and submit all
questions at issue between the operators
and mineworkers OF the anthracite coal
region for adjustment to the commission
which you have named. In pursuance
Of that decision we shall report for work
on Thursday morning, October 2' in the
positions and working places occupied by
us prior to the Inauguration of the strike.
we have authorized John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
Of America, with such assistants as he
may select, to represent us in all hear
ngS before the committee
JOHN MITCHELL,
u.u. Chairman of Convention,
"W. B. WILSON,
} Secretary to Convention" ."
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Foreign.

There were lively discussions in the
British House OF Commons following
the refusal of Mr.. Baliour to grant a
day for debate on the Irish question
and the Speakers refusal to allow
President Roosevelt's letter to the
United Irish League Convention in
Boston to be read
Preparations are being made in India
TO send a whole brigade OF troops to
Somaliland to fight the Mad Mullah.
1t is proposed TO ask the Abyssinians to
hem in the Mad Mullah from the south
while the British attack him from the
north.
The Landsthing rejected the second
reading of the bill providing for the
ratification of the treaty between Den
mark and the United States in regard
to the cession of the Danish West In
dies to the latter country.
The German government was defeated
in the Reichstag in test votes on the tariff
bill. The ministry will now either dis
solve the Reichstag, negotiate for 4 COM
promise or let the majority pass the bill
in any form it chooses and suppress it in
the Bundesrath.
The Morgan scheme of transportation
in London received hard blow when tho
announcement was made that Speyer
Brothers, who are financing Charles T
Yerkes' plans, had bought control of a
large company hitherto allied with the
former interests.
John Morley has presented the library
OF the late Lord Acton, which w=J given
him by Andrew Carnegie, to Cambridge
University.
The murderer of an English mission
airy was shot in front of the mosque at
Tanger, Morocco, by order of the Sui
tan.
The International tuberculosis Con
'gress will meet in Berlin to-day, and Dr.
Kochs theories will be discussed.
The anniversary of the battle of Trafal-
gar was appropriately celebrated in Lon
don
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25

Washington, d. c. (Special) AN in
timation has been received here that King
Oscar of Sweden, who is actinT as the
arbitrator of the issues between the
United States, Germany and Great
Britain growing out of the Samoan re-
bellion of 1890, will decide that the facts
presented to him in the briefs of coun-
sell which have been pending for nearly
a year, warrant him in proceeding to
assess the damages sustained by foreign
residents of Samoa as a result of the
landing of a combined force OF American
and British sailors and marines, and the
destruction of property incident to the
ensuing fight with the revolutionsts.
By the terms of the treaty under when
the three powers agreed to submit these
claims to arbitration, the arbitrator was
first to declare whether or not the Amer
lean and British were at all liable Tor
damages, and, if so, then he was to de'
termine the amount of that liability. re
has, it is understood. concluded to decide
the first question in the affirmative,
though it is stated here that no ott1cial
notice to that effect has yet been con
yeyed to this government.
The next step is to fix the amount OF
damages, and this must be done by King
Oscar upon the basis Of the facts now to
be presented by the representatives OF
the Governments concerned.
1t is not the amount OF money involved
In the decision that concerns the Govern
ment of the United States, but rather the
enunciation of a principle which il ac-
cepted as a precedent, would be most un-
palatable, and would so seriously restrict
the assertion of American rights in for
eign countries in case of revolution or
rioting, jeooardizing the lives and prop
erty of our citizens that it would amount
10 the total withdrawal of protection.
This can never be admitted, and so II
may be positively stated that, while the
United States Government will accept
the arbitration and pay any damages as
sessed against it, it will utterly refuse
to be bound by such a principle or to
recognize it as establishing precedent.
Otherwise the United States Government
could be held liable for enormous dam
ages in cases where it lands troops upon
the Isthmus of Panama resulting in col
lision with rioters or rebels even though
the Government is solemnly bound by
treaty to preserve free traffic across the
isthmus; for it is pointed out that simi-
larly the United States was bound by
treaty in the case of Samoa to preserve
The integrity of the titular government,
and it was in the course of an effort to
discharge this duty that the claims were
originated.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Treaty With Newfoundland.

There is renewed talk here of an at
tempt on the part of the government Of
Newfoundland to secure the negotiation
of a reciprocity treaty with the United
States, but the responsible officials decline
to say whether any progress has been
made along that line.
There is reliable authority for the
statement that no treaty has been con-
cluded. Sir Robert Bond, tk' Newfound-
land Premier, who is anxious for a re-
sumption OF negotiations that we're
stopped after the failure OF the Blaine
Bond convention, some years ago, is in
the city. Any steps in that direction, il
is presumed, naturally would be taken
at the initiative of the British ambassa-
dor
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Board Meets Friday.

Washington, D. C. (SpeciaD -
Shortly before 3 o'clock President
Roosevelt received telegram from
Wilkesbarre informing him that the
convention of miners had declared of
the anthracite strike.
The telegram was signed by John
Mitchell, chairman, and w. B. vii.
son, secretary, of the convention, and
was identical with the one made public
at Wilkesbarre.
Immediately upon receipt OF the in
formation the following telegram was
sent to Mr.. Mitchell;
White House.
Washington, d. C., Oct. 2r.
Mr.. John Mitchell Chairman of Con-
vention, Wilkesbarre, Pa:
Upon receipt Of your telegram of this
date the President summoned the COM
mission to meet here on Friday next,
the cath inst, at 10 a. m,
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Sec'y,
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
IIerberfs First Official Act.

The first official act performed by Sir
Michael Herbert the new British Am
bassador here, was. the signing, With
Secretary Hay, OF an amendment to
the reciprocity treaty with the Barba-
does, extending the period OF time al
lowed for the ratification OF that con
vention for six months from the Goth
instant, which carry it over the ap-
preaching session of Congress. This
is the last OF the British West Indies
and Central American treaties to be so
extended
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
The KanaWha Miners.

Wheeling, w. Va. (SpeciaD This
week news is expected OF the complete
settlement of the differences that COM
pei continuation OF the miners strug-
gle in the Kanawha field. The strike
leaders have been furnished with a
complete statement OF the operators
plan. They concede the following: A
two weeks pay day in accordance with
the provisions OF the new state mining
law. and a work day OF nine hours.
These concessions, which the strikers
are contending for, will not be grant
ed: Recognition OF the miners union;
the scale recognizing 1000 pounds as
ton
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Crushed BY Steel GIrders.

Harrisburg, Pa. (SpeciaD Two men
were killed one fatally injured and two
seriously injured in the bridge and
construction department Of the Penn
sylvania Steel Works, at Steelton, near
this city. The men we're. painters and
were working on row OF steel girders
weighing about 10 tons apiece. The
girder on which they we're working fell
with them and the others piled on top
Of it. Fetteroff was crushed to death
and Hirt died soon after being taken
ont OF the mass of steel.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
ROOseveIts Mining Claims.

Colorado Springs, Col. (SpeciaD.-
President Theodore Roosevelt's name
appears on six location certificates OF
mining claims just filed in the office
Of the clerk OF Pueblo county. His
partners are Matthew Kleenwein and ].
Berger, both of whom are practical
miners. The claims staked are locat-
ed near Red Creek Springs, in the ex-
treme western part OF Pueblo county.
The region is not famous for its gold
deposits, although much prospecting
and but little development have been
done there Messrs. Kleenwein and
Berger, who are on the ground, are
confident OF pay ore with proper de-
Velopment
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Earthquake Shock Shakes tennessee.

Chattano"r" Tenn. (Special). -. dis.
tinct earthquake shock, accompanied by q
rufled rumbling Ike distant thunder was
felt here. The shock was of severa,
seconds duration, and hook property in
the city and suburbs. Dishes and win.
oIdood 6uem pue poHeI o1oM sMop
rushed from ,ir homes in frioht. Al
Lafayette, Ga, large vases were thrown
violently from mantels in residences. On
the streets tie shock was felt, the earth
seeming to upheave under the feet OF
pedestrians. Reports of shocks at the
same time have been received from
Trion, Ga, Sewanee, Tenn, Mont Eagle,
Tenn, Tracey City, Tenn, and other
towns in Tennessee and Georgia
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Transports to be Transferred.

Acting Secretary Darling, of the
Navy Department, in conference with
Secretary Root, Qhartermaster General
Ludington and General Gillespie, Chief
of Engineers, practically completed ar
rangements for the transfer Of the
army transports Hancock, Lawton and
Relief, which are no longer needed
in the transport service, to the Navy
Department ior usc as hospital or re-
ceiving ships.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Not a Work Of Necessity.

Lacrosse, Wis. (SpeciaD.-A Sunday
shave is not a necessary preliminary to
attending church, according to a deci-
sion announced by Judge Fruit in the
Circuit Court. The defendant. a bar
Der, had shaved a man on Sunday. al
though there is a state law which de-
clares none but necessary work shall be
done on the Sabbath. Counsel for the
defense argued that it was necessary
for man to be shaved in order to be
presentable at church.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Quarrel Ends Fatally.

Paint Lick, KY (Specia).-As the
result of pistol duel here, DR.. Ed
Poyntz is dying at his boarding house
and John c, Siler is dangerously
wounded at his hotel. Poyntz has 6ve
wounds, while Siler has three. They
Quarreled when DR. Poyntz moved from
the hotel few days ago, and the quar-
rel was renewed. Dr. Poyntz is the
son OF DR.. l.. M. Poyntz, OF Richmond.
prominent in the organization of the
Kentucky Confederate Association.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Not Sure Turkey IS at Fault.

Representatives OF missionary soci-
cites have formally requested the State
Department to make demand on Tur-
key for repayment OF the amount of
ransom paid on account of the release
of Miss Ellen Stone. 1t is stated that
the responsibility still lies between
Turkey and Bulgaria with perhaps the
weight OF evidence against the latter
country.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
A Great Bug Collection.

Chicago (SpeciaD,-A collection OF
10000 insects has just been purchased
oy the department OF zoology of the
University of Chicago This great
number of bugs was collected from
all parts OF the world by the late John
Akhurst, a noted entomologist OF
Brooklyn, N. Y The collection is un-
usually valuable on account OF its COM
pleteness, and represents a large
amount of careful work, extending over
many years,
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
Ihe British Are Uneasy.

Simla, India (SpeciaD.-The military
authorities now anticipate that a whole
brigade of troops will be required to
cope with the Somaliland difficulty.
The regiments are preparing for
eventualities. -Four maxim guns will
ACCOMPANY the troops.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
LIVES ARE LOST IN A FIRE
Big Sugar Refinery Destroyed in Half An
Hour in Chicago.
WILD LEAP TO THE STREET

Employees ia the Building We're Caught, Almost
Without Warning, by the Rapid Sweep OF
the Flames-Two Men Leap from the
Seventh Floor and Fall Into a Mass Of
Seething Flames.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-25
(HIS COUNTRY IS LOSER
Decision In Samoan Case Said TO Be
Against America.
WOULD RESTRICT AMERICAN RIGHTS.

Swedish Ruler as Arbitrator of the Issues Be-
tween the United States, Germany and
Great Britain, Growing Out Of the Samoan
Rebellion Of 1899, Holds We Are Liable In
Damages.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-15

Mr.. Harold Bluthenthal. stu
dent Of Central university. Danvile.
KY. returned home Saturday.
Mr.. R. P Byrd. formerly with
Peydue's cotton exchange in this
city. is now located in Little Rock.
Mr.. NJ Gottlieb was initiated into
rank of page in Imperial lodgeg. No.
"a. Knights of Pythias. Friday night.
Mrs. Bailess. Of Pine Bluff, is
here attending the bedside Of her
mother. Mrs Lucinda Cooper.-Rison
Bazoo.
See John DellmOn about gravel
oofs. he is prepared to give all orders
prompt attention. Your patronage
solicited.
Mr. w. c. Key. planter of Sher-
i'll we'll known in this city. was mar
lied last Monday at Griffith 70 Miss
| Maude White.
MIR. E. D. Russell Will leave Mon
| day morning for Arkadelphia where,
on Tuesday. he and Miss Jessie Lynn
will be married.
Misses Alice and Elsie Maxwell,
of Batesville and Miss Verona Cook,
of Elmo, are in the city the guests OF
Rev. and Mrs. j. NJ. Hawley.
DR. B. A. Hall left last evening
for Baltimore. Md, where he will
spend a greater part of the summe"
| in the Johns Hopkins hospital.
Mrs. F. +. Johnson, who has been
the guest of Mrs j. f. Culpepper for
the past several days. returned to her
nome in Grant county Saturday.
Rev. r. d. Scott and wife left for
Conway Saturday to attend commence
ment exercises of Hendrix college.
Mr.. Scott breaches the Y. NJ. c. y.
sermon for the college Sunday at
J p. m.
Quite a big party of Lonokeites,
| Pine Buffers and Englaader are out
at Clear Lake today for big FISH fry.
! Hope they will catch all they can eat
and have good time in general
England Courier.
The Arkansas State Teache. s as
sociation (colored) will r, Get in Scar
cey June 24-25. Miss Y. Coleman,
ef the local colored seh9oi IS slatet
| FOR paper on the subject "Li@htinG
Heating and Ventilatng School
rooms
The Knox-Wher!y company are
giving so per cent off on all cash
purchases of furniture at their store.
In addition to the big cash discount.
for each dollars worth of goods
hought for cash they will give guess
at the time it will require clock to
un down. on display in r. H.
Stearns and company's show window.
the one guessing the nearest to re-
ceive the clock and $40 in gold. See
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-15

their big ad in the Graphic for full
particulars.
Mr.. Alex Rowell returned Satur-
day afternoon from Danville, KY.
where. on June l, he was graduated
from Central university with high
honors. He finished third in the grad
uating class, was elected orator of the
class, and delivered the toast for the
senior class at the annual banquet
He was also first associate editor OF
the Central University Cento. the col
lege publication.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-15
STRAUSS : MILLER
THE GROCERS
BULLETIN
Hot Weather Dishes.


Hamburger steak with onions, 15c
and 25c cans.
Ham or veal loaf, 10 and zoe cans.
Smoked sncel beef. i5c and &c cans.
Speckled trout in tomatoe sauce. two
cans. &c.
Kipperd herring, Soc per can.
Shredded Goldfish, l0c per can.
Boneless herring. 10c per can.
Goldfish balls, CSC per can.
ALL ARE EASILY PREPARED AND
ARE GREAT DELIcAclES. ORDER
A CAN, AND YOU WILL BE De.
LIGHTED.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-15
NOTICE..

To all wohm it may concern: The
firm of Nining and Christopher is this
day mutually dissolved. B. H. Girls.
topher retiring from the business. G.
J. Nining paying all debts and rece;y-
ing all amounts due said firm.
B. H. CHRISTOPHER.
G. J. VINING, SR.,
June 6, 1902.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-15

Newspaper advertising is not an ex-
pertinent in any sense of the wore.
1t is common sense business trans
Wilmington, Del, Every
Evening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-15
Supreme Cert.

Jackson S. Reap VS.. Katie Reap;
on appeal from Jefferson chancery
court; appellee allowed $43 per month
as alimony pendente lite and S65 for
attorneys fee and briefs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-15
Lost.

Between Beech and Chestnut streets.
cent Garnet Belt Pin. Finder will be
rewarded by returning same to j. 3.
SIMON. div