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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Gold and silver appear in laces for
spring.
Russian embroidery is here for a
long stay, possibly the entire summer
The trimming on the full skirt is
nearly always put on in running about
lines.
A new trimming is braid which is
made of punched velvet. with satin
ribbon run through the openings
Many of the prettiest summer ma
terials show striped effects. \ satin
stripe of the same color as the ground
work is a favorite
a new and extremely beautiful
shade of pink is called "arbutus" 1t
.s especially becoming to the girl with
dark eyes and hair.
Sheer blouses for summer wear are
embroidered all over with passion
flowers, wistaria blossoms and any
thing that is straggly and effective.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22
TIE HALL OF FAME.

The Duke of Marlborough is again
mentioned as the probable Irish vice
roy 10 replace the Earl Of dudley.
y. J. Nave, Il veteran Of the Mexican
and civil wars, died recently at Dallas,
TEX. He jarented It b;erchloatiing can
non tor the Confedcracy.
u. f. Thompson. United States min
lister 10 Brazil, at one time was il
brakeman on the Burlington road in
Nebraska He is now mutilulliou-
aire.
Senator Aldrieh of Rhode Island
claims to be the champion Golf itlrt
in congress, He is an all round athlete
and spends most of lbs leisure time
out Of doors.
Squire Harmon Of Paris, Tenn. per-
formed the recent marriage ceremony
which bound together ~ &. Aruo,G,
aged eighty four, and Nancy ]. Masaa,
aged seventy seven.
VI. Cameron Forbes. one of the neU
members Of the Philippines commits
sion, will not go to the islands until
Juqe and i'll the meantime Will wind
up his business at home.
General ]. Warren Etifer has been
nominated for congress in the Spring
field (OJ district. Twenty years ago
General Neiter WAS speaker Of the
house Of representatives at Washing
ton.
Jacob Rauers, for thirty-fivc years
German consul for Georgia, has re-
signed on account of i'll health. His
commission was signed i'll 1865 by En-
peror William [. and counterSigncd by
President Grant
Laban w. Haughey of South Charles
ton, O., has received the veteran de-
gree in odd Fellowship on account of
his long membership in the order. Mr.
Haughey was initiated into the order
in 1S52 and is now the oldest living
member in Ohio.
The young Duke and Duchess of
Roxburghe will build house In Lon
don in case they do not take over the
residence of the Duke Of Richmond. Ii
this case neither French nor English
models will be chosen. Everything
will be as American and up to date as
possible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22

General Conference a. NJ. E.
Church, Chicago, Ill. May 2-31,
1904-For the above occasion the fol-
lowing round trip rates and arrange
ments are authorized to Chicago, III. !:
One fare plus two dollars $4,000 for
the round trip. Dates of sale, April
% and 20, 1904 Return limit, June
/, 1904. Original purchasers may Sc
cure an extension of final limit to a
date net later than June 10, 1904, by
personally depositing return portions
of their tickets with Eben E. Mcleod
fourth floor, Railway Exchange build.
ing, Chicago, between the hours OF
9 a. m. and p. M, daily, except Sun
day, May to 10, 1904, inclusive, and
upon payment of fee of fifty (5Oc.)
cents eer ticket at such time.
S. M. DICKEY. Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22

Special One-Way second class colon
ist rates to CalifOruio-The following
rates and ARRANGEMENTS are authorized
for the sale Of one-Way second class
col1nist tickets to San Francisco. Sac
ramonto. Los Angeles and San Diego,
California, Ogden aud Salt Lake City.
Utah, Granger, Wyoming also to Pres
cott and Phoenix. Arizona, and all inter
mediate points on direct lines to which
the regular sccond-c1ass rates are high
or. The same rates will apply to such
branch line p0A-s as ordinarily take
the California common point rate The
rate VIII be $@Qo0 First series. daily
March to April 20. 1901 inclusive.
Second series daily. September Is 70
october l. l4of, inclusive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22

Annual meeting Southern Baptist
Convention and Auxiliary Societies
Nashville, Tenn, May 1916, 1904. For
the above occasion the following round
trip rates and arrangements are autho
rized to Nashville, Tenn: One fare
plus two dollars and twenty-five cents
($2.25) for the round trip. Dates OF
Sale: May 9, 10 and II, 1904. Re
turn limit: Ten Q0) days from date
and for continuous passage in both
directions. Extension of limit: BY
personally depositing return portion
cf tickets with the joint agent between
the hours Of s a. m. and p. M, not
earlier than May 10, 1904, nor later
than ten days from date ticket was
punched and upon payment of fee OF
fifty (50) cents at such time, extension
Of return limit to a date not later than
June G. 1904. can be secured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22

General Conference Methodist Epis-
copal Church-Los Angeles, Cal, May
8, 1904-National Association of Re-
tail Grocers Of the United States, San
Francisco, Cal. May 3, tc 8, 1904. For
the above occasion the following round
trip rates and arrangements are au-
thorized to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, California. Rate-Forty-seven
dollars and fifty cents (s47.5O) for the
round trip. Dates of sale-April 23 to
May l, inclusive Return Initial
tickets to be limited to June 80, 1904
for return. Stopovers-Stopovers may
be made at any point within fifteen
days from date of sale; within Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington and Idaho
stopcvers may be made at any point
up to June 25th, 1904.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22

Special o4e=Way set9nd-elass coaaist
rates 10 the northHest--Batos aud ar
rangements outlined below viii govern
III the sale { one-VaY se6oud=6lass
eolonist tickets to destination shown.
and to Intermediate points effected.
Rates-From Pine 6IuH t. Billings.
Montana, s25.e5; from Pine Bluff to
Hinsdale. Livingston. Logan and Gin
nabar Mont $&I.5o; from Pine BUT
to Helena, Butte. AIjssoUa and Ana
condo, Mont.. $3.50; from Pine Bluff
to Spokane, Washington $34.o0; from
Pine Bluff to Portland Ashland Asto-
ria, Oregon. Tacoma, Washington and
Vancouver, B. c., s3G so. Dates of sale
First series. March l to April 80,
1904, inclusive. Seecnd series. Septem-
Der 1 5 to Oetozer Is, 1904, inclusive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22

Town Lot Sale-Felsenthal, Ark,
April 27-28, 1904, For the above occa-
sion the following round trip rates
and arrangements are authorized to
Camden, Arkansas: Round trip ratei
Pine Bluff, $3.50. Dates of sale:
Agents north cf Camden will sell for
train No. 3 of April q, 1904 Return
limit: All tickets to be limited to
April 80, 1904
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Negroes Spells the Funeral.

Pine Bluff, Ark.-Funeral arrange
ments which are being made for the
burial of a negro woman here have
been postponed. For some time the
wife of Felix Coleman had been suf-
fering from consumption, and few
days ago her demise was announced.
An undertaken went to the house and
was preparing to arrange the body for
burial when the woman arose, and, in
the language Of all modern popular
songs, "these words she did say:
. Now, what you fixin' to do, man,
Lain' daid. - The gruesomeness Of
the situation and the CONSERVATION
which followed the remarks are be-
yond description. The negroes who
had gathered in the house of mourn
ing fled in all directions with wild
yells of alarm, and the undertaken,
naturally, decided to postpone further
operations to more opportune oc-
:asion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
Will Inquire in Marquise Monsters
Remuneration.

Washington. The board of trustees
Of the Catholic University Of America
now in session in this city, has author
lied an official inquiry into the cir
cumstances under which the Mar
quise DIES Monsters issued her state
ment renouncing the Catholic faith.
No formal communication concerning
the action of the marquise has been
received by the board Of trustees. The
sensational announcement. Of the mar
quise has been discussed informally
and the decision was reached that
the board could not take notice of
Monsters statement as business be-
fore the board until it had been pre-
sented through official channels. 1t
was suggested that Cardinal Gibbons,
as the presiding officer Of the board,
might with propriety make inquiry
from Rome and this will be done.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
WHEELER
MAKES A HIT
WITH THE G.. A. RS. OF PENN.
SYLVANIA.
REFUSES COMPENSATION
From the Old Soldiers for an Address
They Asked Him to Make. Thinks
it Would Be Wrong to Take
Money From Them.

Pittsburg Fighting Joe" Wheel
er, Southern Calvary leader in the
Civil War, made ten-strike with the
remaining Union Soldiers of Penn
sylvania by courteous and soulful
reply to message, sent him some time
ago by Encampment No. /, Union Vet
Grams Legion, asking that he come
to Pittsburg and lecture before them
and their friends. A goodly sum was
named as his wages, should he come.
The reply, received by Frank l.. Blair
was dated Columbia Heights, Brook
Ign, and in a most courteous way the
Southern leader says that he would be
most pleased to come to Pittsburg to
talk before the old soldiers, but one
condition placed in the letter must
be waived, that Of compensation.
~ will come and talk to the old
boys, and gladly" General Wheeler
writes, "and hope you can arrange
an early date 1t must be understood
by all, however, that | will not accept
any compensation. do not think it
right for anyone to even think of
taking money from the old veterans
Of the Civil War"
"Fighting Joe" Wheeler, who bat
tied hard against the old G., A. r.
boys in the sixties, is perhaps the
biggest man talked of in post meet
ings-talked of by those who tried to
kill him year. ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
A Kentucky Tragedy.

Williamsburg, Ky.-George Curd
and Emma Durham have been killed,
and Thomas Curd is fatally wounded
near Cumberland Falls. The Curd
brothers owned large tract of land
and had trouble with squatters. As
they were passing the cabin where the
Durham woman lived they were fired
upon. Thomas Curd crawled two
miles to his home. George was dead
when found. The Durham woman was
probably killed and burned to cover
the identity of the assassins who fired
from the shelter of her house.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Mrs. Maybrick Denies Report.

New York. The Associated Press
has received the following communi-
cation:
Brooklyn, November IL, 1904.
;.To the Associated Press:
"Will you kindly do me the great
favor to most emphatically contra
dict any and all statements to the ef-
feet that I intend to make public
appearance on the stage on the lee
ture platform. Permit me to add that
in no instance has there been the
slightest ground for such a report.
every truly yours,
sFLORENCE ELIZABETH MAY
BRICK"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
w. G. P. Breckenridge Dead.

Lexington, Ky.-Col. VIM. Camp
bell Preston Breckenridge died al
IL 40 o'clock Saturday night from
stroke of paralysis sustained Wednes.
day. The end came peacefully. He
had been gradually sinking for "a
hours and for that length of time the
case had been known to be hopeless
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
TRACEY ESTATE.
Large Portion Left for Benefit Of the
Unfortunate Poor.

New York. The Right Rev. P. j.
Donohue, Roman Catholic bishop O.
Wheeling, w. Va. will receive the
major portion Of the estate Of Sarah
c. Tracey, valued at more than a quar-
ter Of a million dollars. The will re-
quests that Bishop Donohue use the
estate to erect and maintain an indus
trial school for unfortunate poor in
memory of the testator's grandfather,
Edward Tracey.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Panama Peaceful Again.

Washington. No alarm is felt al
The Offices of the Panama Canal Com.
mission on account of the recent dis.
turbance on the isthmus, followed by
the landing of marines. The members
of the commission have been advised
fully concerning the trouble and re.
ceived cablegram from Gen. Da.
Wis, governor of the canal zone, say.
ing that everything is now quiet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Bank Call is Issued.

Washington. Secretary Shaw has
announced call upon National Banks
holding government deposits to the
amount of 25 per cent of their hold.
ings, 10 per cent to be paid on or be.
fore January Is next and Is pei
cent on or before March Is next. This
the secretary estimates will bring into
the treasury about $25,000,0O0.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Lady Burned to Death.

Houston, Texas. The residence of
R. H. Wood, at Rockport, Texas, a
popular summer resort, was burned
recently. Mrs. Howard, mother-in
law Of Mr.. Woods, was burned to
death, and other members of the fam
lily had narrow escape. The origin
Of the fire is unknown. The loss is
10000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Indicted Man Discharged.

st. Louis. Charles A. M. Schiller
holz, special timber agent Of the
United States, indicted more than
three years ago on charges Of embez-
element Of public money and extor-
ton from an Arkansas lumber COM
pany, was released when demurrer
to the information was sustained by
Judge Adams of the United States
Circuit court.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Fair Officials Resign.

st. Louis. H. H. Weatherwax,
Chief Draughtsman, and Philip J.
Markham, Chief Building Engineer in
the Worlds Fair Division of Works,
have resigned. The two experts were
among the first men employed by the
three years ago, when the
planning of the Fair structures was
begun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
War Minister Resigns.

Panama.-Gen. Huertas, the war
minister, resigned this week and Pres
ident Amador by a decree accepted
his resignation, leaving Huertas the
rank Of general unattached, but with
salary which is equivalent to pen
sion. The army will not be disband-
ed lust now.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Crew of Fifteen Lost.

San Francisco. dispatch to the
Merchants Exchange from Victoria,
B. c., says that the bark Makaweli
has been wrecked off the west coast
bf Vancouver island and that her crew
of fifteen is lost. The MAXWELL is
owned in San Francisco.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Suffering at Adrianople.

Boston. The American Board of
Missions have received cablegram
from W. w. Peet, its treasurer at
Constantinople, announcing that the
people in the vicinity of Adrianople
in Macedonia by freezing and starva-
ton staring them in the face.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
President to Speak in Texas.

Beaumont, Tex.-Positive informa-
ton has been obtained that Commit
teeman Lyon has been notified by
President Roosevelt that he will visit
Texas early in the spring, making four
speeches, at Fort Worth, Dallas, Hous-
ton and Austin or San Antonio.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Sold to Hunting Club.

Nashville, Tenn.-About $50 deer
and elk, now in a park at Belle Meade,
the famous breeding establishment,
have been sold to a hunting club in
which Harry Payne Whitney and the
animals will be turned loose in the
60,000-acre game preserve they have
around Hickory Valley.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Secretary Shaw has announced a
call upon national banks, holding gov
crnment deposits to the amount Of 20
per cent. of their holdings, ten per
cent. to be paid on or before January
Is next and Is per cent on or before
March Is next. This the secretary es-
Inmates will bring into the treasury
$25, 100000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Memphis Newspaper Changes Hands.

Memphis, Tenn.-It is reliably re-
ported that deal las been concluded
whereby S. P. C.rnes, T. K. Riddick
and Frank Jones, the former two be-
ing trustees of the Evening Scimitar
plant, have secured control Of the
Morning News, and that both papers
will be issued from the plant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24
Die Under Falling Wall.

Memphis, enn.-By the falling of
a wall Of one Of the Oliver-Finnie
buildings which was swept by fire sew
eral weeks ago, James Perewitt, a ne
gro laborer, sustained injuries from
which he died later and Birge Kirby, a
white contractor, was probably fatally
injured.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Chicago. Twenty-Five gas tanks in
the big railroad gas charging station
at Seventy-third street and South
Chicago avenue exploded and eight
dead bodies of employees have been
recovered from the ruins, and it il
said that at least ten or twelve more
employees are missing. N
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

The governor has granted a par
don to w. D. Harris, of Rankin coun-
ty, who was recently convicted of so
Letting orders for a whiskey house.
He was sentenced to,the county farm
by Judge Enochs, who, along with a
number Of other prominent citizens,
recommended to the governor that he
be pardoned. Harris is young white
man, and is said to have led a good
life up to his present trouble.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Jonesboro, Ark. Forest fires are
raging here and assuming serious
proportions.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

The "Greater Mississippi move
ment is growing in intensity every
day. Papers in all parts of the state
are taking up the cry. The "GreateY
Mississippi" movement has led good
many of the papers to print list Of
the industries in their cities and
counties, and the fact has been called
to the attention Of the people that
Mississippi is getting to be quite a
manufacturing state.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Prosperity seems to have struck s
good many newspapers in Mississippi
Announcement is made by proprietor,
Of a half dozen publications that they
have been forced by an increase II
business to put in better press facil
tiles.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Argument is still being heard By
the Supreme Court in the case of thu
City Of Meridian VS.. Water Work,
Company.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Governor Vardaman has Appointed
Edward Mayes special judge to sit OF
the supreme bench in cases in which
Judge Calhoun is disqualified.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

There are four counties which have
not reported as yet to the Secretary
Of State. Under the law ten days are al
lowed the commissioners in which to
send in returns to the secretary Of
state, the time expiring on the the
18th, after which the commissioners
are liable to fine Of not less than
$25 nor more than $500. The remain
ing four counties are expected to send
in their returns at an early date.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Secretary Morton, Of The Navy, was
taken i'll at the dinner Of the Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers at
Delmonico's in New York. He had
been assigned to respond to the toast,
"The President of the United
STATES, = and he represented Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the banquet. He
had spoken but few moments when
he exhausted himself and left the
hall. Mr.. Morton left later for Wash
ington.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Secretary Hitchcock recommends
that legislation be enacted authoriz-
ing the sale of land held by Indians of
the five civilized tribes. Under ex-
listing laws only the Creek Indians
are allowed to sell their lands imme-
diately upon securing patents, and
in the othertribes such sales are post
poned for five years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

The charter Of the Minter City
Southern & Western Railroad has also
been approved to run from Mintel
City in Lefore county to Dockery II
Sunfower county. Incorporators, }
B. Kemp, G. B. Mccoy, w. R. Tombs
and others.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

One Of the first nominations to go to
the senate at the opening of the SEES
sion will be that Of William d. Crum
for collector Of customs at Charleston,
S. C. The president is evidently in
hopes that the senate will take a diff
ferent view of the matter now from
that taken heretofore, and vote its
approval, but he is as resolved as ever
that ii shall either confirm or reject
the nomination.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

In accordance with the order of the
Board Of Control thirty convicts
have been taken from the new Sun
flower Plantation and put to work on
the Dulaney place, in Issaquena coun-
ty, picking the cotton crop. The off
Gals Of the penitentiary expect to
have every lock Of cotton picked by
January.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

No alarm is felt at the offices Of the
Panama Canal Commission on account
Of the recent disturbance on the 18TH
mus followed by the landing Of ma
rines. The members Of the commits
sion have been advised fully concern
ing the trouble and everything is
now quiet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

The charter Of the Helm and North
western Railroad Company, incorpor-
ated to run a road from Helm in
Washington county to Arnold in Boil
war county, has been approved. Work
on the road to begin within twelve
months after the approval Of the
charter. The incorporators are g. B.
Mccoy, j. B. Kemp, G. B. Ruck and
others.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

The penitentiary authorities have
one thousand bales of cotton which
they will offer for sale. The date
and place that the committee from the
board Of control authorized to sell
the cotton, will meet and receive bids
has not been decided upon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

The alleged whitecap leaders, Ham
ilton, Evans and Wactor, indicted
by the Federal grand jury and placed
in jail here, were released on bond Of
81 900 each made before United States
Commissioner Moseley. They will be
tried at the next May term Of the
Federal court here.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

Lee Falkner, negro charged with
rape in DeSoto county, who has been
in Jackson Jail for safe keeping for
the past three months, has been taken
out Of his cell and carried back to
fernando, the county seat, by Depu-
ty Sheriff w. L. Messenger, where he
was placed on trial on the charge
made against him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

It seems probable that the street
railway system of Jackson will be ex.
tended from the Hospital for the In.
sane, located in the northern suburbs.
The land owners Of that section OF
the city met and raised most OF the
bonus to have the system extended.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-24

The report from Memphis to the
effect that the Gould interests have
in fact secured the Mississippi Cen
trail property in this state, now the
st. Louis, Pascagoula and Panama,
seems to confirm the same announce
ment made several weeks since, at the
time the directors Of the Mississippi
Central changed the name Of the road.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-28
Japanese in Battle.

saw two soldiers who were pretty
padly shot; one of them had at least
.hree bullet wounds. The only thought
If these men seemed to be to conceal
their wounds. They hurried into the
lick OF tie fray, and upon them was
that thievish air which you sometimes
catch in bad boy or a man who is
hounded-the air which seemed so i'll
at ease on the face of Nippon SOL
der, and so striking, too, because so
rare. There were frightened, these
elbows who laughed in the face OF
death, lest they might be caught by
the hospital corps.-Leslies Monthly