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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-08
TODAY'S EVENTS.
kn News Concerning the Important Occurrences
 This Day.
,,.. .t,ous Fight for Control.

w YORK, May S.-The peculiar <, ast for control of the Delaware .a uudson Canal Company which as m started q month ago by Le
 R Cannon and three of the ..sent directors, has aroused an un- ,.a, degree of pnblicinterest in that ,.. aration. The indications now !. that the fight is over and that :. e..nDon and his associates will
 baaten three to one at the annual .t;,,n today. Of the 300. .000 shares Book 235, ,760 shares of stock are Ia by S4l stockholders, each of ,.,,n holds more than 100 shares. p remaining 64,234 shares are dis b,,ted among 2,365 holders. The pnhant-Vanderbilt proxy commit
 bas received proxies for more sn 100, GOO shares. The total num- Eli shares voted at the last an- al meeting was about l90, 1000, and Tfargest vote ever cast was 22S, 900 4..ne
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 CONVENTION.
New York Democrats Protest Against Re.
 pubiicans Taking All the Offices
Special Dispatch to the Graphic.

Special Dispatch to the Graphic.
 ALBANY, May 8.-secretary of State Palmer called to order the Constitutional Convention of the State at II o'clock today. The dele gates sworn in ten at time These preliminaries required about one hour after which work began The Democrats held caucus in which they protested bitterly against the the Republicans who had taken all the offices.
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RIOTERS ON THE MARCH.
Five Hundred Assembled at Woodland, Pa, and Forced the Men
 to QuIt Work.
special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC.

special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC
 PHH.IIrsBrRG, PA, May S.-500 miners marched in solid phalanx to Woodlawn, small mining town, and forced the Workmen engaged in the mines there to quit work, The occurrence has caused consider ahle excitement and the trouble is not over vet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-08
RIFLED THE ROOMS.
The students of Rivsrside Academy shoot
 Burglar.
Special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC.

Special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC.
 PoUGnKEnPsIE, N. Y, May S-The students of Riverside Military Academy discovered q burglar going through the barracks this morning anl was in the act of rifiing every room he came to. They watched for an opportune time to shoot him, which they did He will die from the effects of his w0udnd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-08
'A $500. .ooo Craft to Be Launched.

BATH. ME.; May S.-It has heen de ei,led that the launching. of the 300.- 0aD steel steam yacht Eneanor for William A. Slater, of Norwich, Conn. Will take place today Mr Slater and d party of friends will witness the launching. and his daughter will ehristen the craft. After the launch- ing the guests will be entertained at Elmhnrst by Gen. and Mrs. Thomas W Hyde.
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Opposed to the whiskex rrnst.

CINCINNATI, May s.--The Board of eeatrol of the American Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers Asso- eiation, formed in opposition to the " hhiskey Trust, recently issued call lar national convention to be held at Cincinnati today.
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New Jersey,s Episcopalians.

MOUNT HOLLY, \. J.. May S.-The annual Protestant Episcopal conven- non Of the Diocese of New Jersey
 nlshop Scarborough presiding. will oe heid at St. Andrew s P F. Church "onnt Holly, today and tomorrow "
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New York,s Famous City Club.

NEW YORK, May s-The famous tity Club, under whose auspices the EGood Government Club 0f New York
 are being formed, holds it's annual election today. w Bayard Cutting .is its nresidenf
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I AyHJV PC-we print briefs; first teed. Graphic Printing Co.,, IF Pine street.
Notice.

Notice.
 Sealed bids for the construction of the First Presbyterian Church will be received up to F o'clock noon May II, 1894. Plans and specifications can be seen by calling on W. H. Lan ford at J B. Speers Company wholesale grocery. Rights to reject all bids are hereby reserved. All sealed bids should he handed in to Rev. ]. l., Caldwell. 424t5E
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National ". A,

ROCHESTER,, \. Y, May s.-The aatlonal Board of the Womens shflstlan Association meets here o. day and tomorrow.
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 Selling a Railroad,

ATLANTA, May S.-The sale of the Marietta X North Georgia Railroad, Which was to have taken place April .' "as postponed until today at the request of the Central Trust Com pany.
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May Nominate Lane.

LlreHFIELD, Ill., May S.-The Democratic Congressional Conven- ton of this district meets today It Will probably renominate Congress- man Edward Lane.
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Ohio COnrrepationaIisns

'lNcINNATI, May S.-The State As s''eiatlon Of Congregations Churches "esihs It annual meeting here today.
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Railroad Commissioners Meet.

WASHINGTON, May s.-The sixth annual convention of railroad Com i''issioners will begin i'll Washington today.
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Henry watterson for pres,dent.

Watt6faOh Tor Ffesiuent. New York. May S.-New York s western Club holds it's election of onicers today. Henry Watterson is 10 be chosen president.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-08
Ilino,s Dant;sts

SPRINGFIELD, May s.-The annual meeting of the Illinois State Dental Society eonvenes here today.
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 The regular meeting of Post C will be held in their elegant quarters of the Hotel Trulock Saturday evening next at o'clock.
 Texas Division sustained her Relief Fund by a rate of forty-seven to thirty and also passed motion at the annual meeting at Waco provid- ing for extra assessment of $3. on all members of Texas Division, one dol lar to go to the Relief Fund and two dollars to the State Division
 Post A. Montgomery, Ala, is pro gressing nicely.
 The Texas Division held grand convention at Waco, Tex, on the IT of last month.
 His excelleney, WmJ Stone. Cover nor of Mo, has accepted the invitation of the Missouri Division to attend the National convention at Milwau- kee and will be accompanied by Mrs. Stone as the guests of Missouri. Governor Stone isone of the happiest and most polished public speakers in the United States.
 ". H. Langford, president of Post C, Arkansas Division, located at Pine Bluff says that the Post isgoing to be the Post of Arkansas Division, and that all the members of it are hustlers and are now working hark for an increase in membership.
 Total indemnity claims paid in January, B, 265.50; February, $l, ,507.- O4; March, $4.l6426; February, $1, ,29s.14
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Delegates to the state Convention

D'loE E"te5 ID tIlo '" NViI thIliUtIs PIrTsBuRG, May S.-The Repub- lican county convention will today
 Select it's delegates to the State con- rention.
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West Virginia Editors.
NationaIT P A. Nnfns.

WHEELING, May S.-West Virginia editors will meet at Wheeling today.
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Birthday Party.

The following little people attended the fifth birthday anniversary of Annie, the sweet little daughter of Mir. and Mrs B. l.. Owen yesterday afternoon. Refreshments were served and the little ones had gay time:
 Della Cross, Mary and Jessie Banks, Fannie Gillespie, Mable and Bessie yoss, yitep Culrie, Helen Bennett, Mamie Howell, Etna and Lena Gam mill, Annie and Mildred Owen.
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Just Deturned
 naa.-

From our second trip to tho market, and found the mer- chants anxious to sell. and we bought and can offer you some rare bargains.
 Novelty Suits that were SIP 50, bought to sell for $7 30.
 30-in. dark ground Challies that were 35c yard, bought to sell for 25c.
 One lot Ladies Cloth Capes in tan and blacks, just the thing for cool evenings, bought to sell for $1.95, and a number of other desirable and new goods too numerous to mention in our small space that will pay you to call.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-08
300 SUPERB Photographs.

More than offered by any other newspaper of the buildings and chief exhib- it's at the Worlds Fair. The handsome specimens of art make Handsome Souvenirs for the ParlOr or Library.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-08

aoes Japanese SIX andkerches Embroidered l4c each
 Ladies Hose black and tan good quaity1 Sc pair wen Qhdeshlrls summer weight 15c each Boys Knee Pants l4c Ladies Fancy BordeTed andkerehief Remember keep the finest goods well the cheapest
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-08
II0tting. .Runn!ng,Paeing

Matches between some of the most noted horses in the State. At least fifty visiting horses are expected to take part in these races.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19
GOSPEL HYMNS.

''DRooPING souls, no longer mourn, , was the work of Thomas Hastings, the author of more than six hundred sacred lyrics, and even better known as com poser of church music for use in popu- lar religious assemblies
 COME, o Thou All Victorious Lord, 5 is by Charles Wesley. It was written for the quarrymen of Portland, and contained several allusions to their business, which were readily recog- nized and heartily appreciated.
 70 LOVE divine that stopped to share'' was by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and first appeared in one of the series of papers entitled The Professor at the Breakfast Table, published in the At lantic Monthly for November, 1859.
 TIL praise my Maker while I've breath" came from the pen of Watts. It was a favorite hymn with John Wesley. The day before he died he sang it through, and the night of his death he vainly attempted several times to repeat its words.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19
MEN OF MONEY.

WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR has an in come of eight million nine hundred thousand dollars year.
 PRINCESS ToM is an Alaska Indian woman. She is the richest of her race in the far northwest. She is shrewd trader and wears upon her arm thirty gold bracelets made of twenty-dollar gold pieces.
 M. SCHNEIDER, the head of the great Creusot foundries, was married the other day in Paris. Creusot has grown in sixty years from a village of five hundred inhabitants to a town of thirty thousand people-larger than Krupp's town of Essen.
 HENRY W. CRAMP, secretary of the great Cramp Ship-building company, is an enthusiastic botanist, and is par ticularly interested in ferns and palms. His father, Charles H. Cramp, is said to be one of the best-posted men in the country on the commercial and utili- tarian value of the various woods of the United States.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19
WHY AND WHEREFORE.

CLOUDS that move in direction op- posite to that of the surface current indicate a change of weather, because they prove the existence of two air currents, one warm and the other cold, and the mingling of these often causes rain.
 THE strongest muscle is in the calf of the leg, because locomotion is one of the most necessary functions. The great muscle of the calf has been found, by actual experiment, to be capable of sustaining seven times the weight of the body.
 MANY persons lay poker across the top of a grate to make the fire burn, because of popular superstition, once credited, that stubborn fire was due to the devil. Two pokers were used, and were laid across the fire in the form of cross.
 THE human system can endure heat of two hundred and twelve degrees, the boiling point of water, because the skin is a bad conductor and because the precipitation cools the body. Men have withstood without injury heat of three hundred degrees for several minutes
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19

quered his tendency to seasickness, and although he does a great deal of yacht ing with his father it is not all plain sailing for him.
 LORD ABERDEEN first met his wife on Guisachan, her fathers estate, when he was lad, and, having lost himself on the hills, begged shelter at the lodge for himself and his pony.
 HERE is a good story which is told of Sir Arthur Sullivan: It was at din ner, and a young lady inquired of Sir Arthur whether Bach was composing anything at present. ''No," he replied; lat present he is decomposing."
 THE duke of York, who is an enthusi- astic stamp collector, recently applied to the agent general of the colonies for specimens of the issues of their coun- tries. In reply stamps have been sent to him by the sheet, and in some cases issues withdrawn have been reprinted for him.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

A GREAT deal of country butter is overworked.
 SALT is great preventive of disease among sheep.
 BUTTER should be worked as little as possible to have the milk worked out of it.
 GIVE the SOW succulent food and keep her in thrifty condition if you would have her produce thrifty pigs.
 AT the Geneva station experiments are being carried on with over one thousand different varieties of berries and small fruits.
 THE French are conducting series of experiments in ''grafting'' potatoes. It is expected to increase theyield and to hasten maturity.
 IN 1891 the flaxseed acreage of the country reached 1,127, ,OOO acres. It fell off after that, but it is expected that it will show an increase this year, as much interest has been taken in it's production in the northwest.
 PROF. ROBERTSON has ascertained that by churning sweet cream at 46 de grees temperature all the butter fat can be recovered, but it takes about thirty minutes longer to do the churn- ing. Ripened cream he churns at from 51 to 55 degrees in summer and 58 to 60 degrees in winter.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19
ENGLISH ROYALTY.

THE queen of England always sleeps with her bedroom window open.
 AMONG his many accomplishments the duke of Edinburgh can speak seven languages.
 SIR EDWIN ARNOLD said the other day that he indorsed a remark once made by Chauncey NJ. Depew: Flame de- pends on being civil to interviewers.
 THE duke of York has never con-
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19
The Mothers Friend.

Shirt waists for boys are truly the mothers friend as by the peculiar con- struction the buttons are detached when the garment is being laundrie d :, thus saving the buttons and the waist is much easler ironed.
 Most mothers know these waists but it is not generally known that the most complete assortment in all the latest patterns and at prices within the reach of all right down to Chicago Depart menJ store price from soc to $1, just re- ceived by
 Greene the Halter.
 FLEMING BLOCK.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-19
Printing.

TTNHE REPUBLICAN HAS THE BEST JOB ! Printing office in the territory. Good WorG al re asona ble prices our motto.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
HOUSE LIQUOR BILL PASSES.
Martin Measure Goes Through by
n Vote of 5:S TO 10.

Des NIoines special; The liquor
question vas considerably simplilied
in the Legislature by the passage of
the Martain bill in the House. The
Republican Senators have held a
caucus and decided to take up and pass
the House bill. This makes it practi-
cally certain that the Martin bill will
become the law for the next two years
at least. The bill passed the House
b. a vote of % to 45. two more than
the necessary constitutional majority.
The widest excitement prevailed in
the House chamber when ii votes had
been recorded for the bill. Nearly
every member kept account of the
vote. and when Wood answered yea
making II yeas. a great shout of APP
proval went up. and when Young,
Of Delaware. and ''Alr. Speaker
had voted yea, the happy friends OF
the bill could contain their enthusiasm
no longer. They stood up and clapped
their hands and shouted until the
speaker raped for order ana announc-
ed the result of the vote.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
TO STORM THE CITY WALL.
Waite Preparing fOr War if the
Court Decides Against Him.

Denver special: The Times will say
that GOV. Waite has formed a plan to
storm the City Hall on the night the
decision Of the Supreme Court is rem
dered in the matter of his police and
fire appointees in ease the decision is
against him. He suspects the loyalty
of the militia and has caused State
Game Warden Callocottc to swear in
1000 deputies, who will be furnished
with state arms and make the assault.
The Governors opponents are fully adj
vised of these preparations and have
made every preparation for defense.
Sheriff Burchinal declares that the
game warden's deputies will not be
permitted to exercise the powers Of
deputy sheriffs. and has ordered the
arrest of anyone not appointed 10y him
wearing a deputy shcritf's badge and
CARRYING concealed weapons.
District Attorney Steele filed an in
formation in the District Court for
writ- Of quo warranto against Or ana
Martin, requiring them TO show by
what right they are holding office as
police commissioners. The object of
the district attorney. who is a republi-
can, is to leave the Governor without
excuse for again calling out the troops
in case the supreme Court does not
give him 4 satisfactory answer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
GIVEN AN OVATION.
SLAYER OF TWO DULLES
GREETED WITH CHEERS.
Former Member of Bandit Evans
Gang Fails in Il Bank Robbery
Gotham Police Round Up a Lot of
Illicit Practitioners.
Looked on as a BrncfactOr.

Hammond, Ind. special: Albert
LOCKER, who killed James ConrOy and
William Cleary. |watchmen of the Toll
lesion Shooting Club. was arraignedi in
court. Both of the dead men were
notorious bullics and LOCKER is looked
on as a public b%enefactOr. The court
fixed his bond at $500 and before the
ink was dry over fifty leading citizens
expressed a willingness to sign as
sureties for $50. 600 if need be. When
LOCKER was brought into court great
cheers went up frcm hundreds OF
threats and the cheering continued
until the Judge threatened to clear
the court room. At the conclusion OF
the preliminaries. LOCKER received al
ovation and for thirty minutes was
kept busy shaking hands with citizens.
His mother and father watched the
proceedings with tears OF JOY stream
ing down their faces. hundreds OF
people shook hands with the old couple
and assured them that they would stay
with the boy through his trial. Lock-
or, after being released, held a public
reception at his home.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
CONDITION OF 4
Spring Weather Has Helped Busi'
mess i'm STAPLE. Lines.

New York special: Brad,trects VIII
say: The continued spring-like weather
has further stimulated sales OF staples.
Large stocks of old wool. with the new
California and Texas clips availapie'
depress prices. The demand from
northwestern storckeepers for mililA'
cry, clothing and hardware has re-
suited in improvement at Chicago ana
St. Louis. Among the more consplcu-
Gus staple products prices have al
vanced for rice, cotton and indian
corn. Coffee and leaf tobacco are UNI
changed and lower ranges OF values
were reached by several varieties Oh
iron and steel by live cattle and i've
hogs at western markets, by both raw
and refined sugar, by wheat. oats n
by mess pork. Considerable actlvlt!
is reported at Kansas City. Omaha
reports stimulated trade in all lines.
while Minneapolis and St. Paul aggree
that the volumeI of general trade re-
mains materially below a year ago.
Exports of wheat. flour included. from
both coasts of the United States n
Canada this week zone day short
amount to q, COO bushels. against
1856, 900 bushels a year ago. The iall-
ures of the past week number 1874,
against POP a year ago.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
Was SO.: to HNDpOiitc.

New York special: 1t is generally
believed in Hayti that the Yacht Nata
lie was sold to President Hyppolite for
500 600. and that even a larger price
would have been paid for the vessel if
necessary to get it into the control of
the Government. The officers of the
Atlas line Steamer Ailsa said that one
of the stewards of the Haytian man-of-
war Dessalines vas q passenCc" on
their steamer from Fortune Island to
Gonaives, where he sent II message
from the commander of the Dessalines
asking President Hyppolite for in
structions as to what should be done
with the Natalie.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
Denver Has q Big BlaZc.

Denver special: One of the mosAde-
,tructive conilagrations ever cen in
this city broke out in the Champa
Building on Champa Street. between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets and
threatened for a time to sweep the en-
tire block. The conflagration started
in the rear of the basement of the
Champa Building among the furniture
stock of Thompson Il Co. from spon-
taneous combustion, and before the
situation was realized the entire
building OF loo feet front was a mass
of flames. The east and west walls OF
the Champa Building fell, crushing
three two-story structures to the east
and two 10 the west. The st. James.
one of the largest hotels in the city.
back Of the Chanpa Building. caught
fire and the rear part was dcstroyel I.
The guests were gotten out without
panic. The total loss is estimated at
$50. 900.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
RrCWcries Making No Money.

st. Louis special: Robert Milburn,
President of the London Board Of
Directors OF the st. Louis Brewing AS
seciution, has arrived in St. Louis
direct from England, with a view to
looking into the affairs ofthe syndicate.
which have of late not been especially
prosperous. OF all the American
brewery stocks listed in London, the
st. Louis stocks are now lowest. with
tine exception of the San Francisco
syndicate, and the st. Louis concern
is the only one which did not declare q
dividend last year.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29
MURDERED THE CASHIER.
Former Member OF Bandit Evans
Gang Fails in Il Bank Robbery.

San Francisco special: a man went
into the branch office Of the San Fran
cisco Savings Union. He presented Il
written demand for money to Cashier
William A. IIcrrick. The demand
was refused. whereupon the desperate
murdered the cashier and fled. but was
captured a few blocks away. The note
presented to the murdered cashier
said that if nothing was given him he
would blow the building and all in it
into everlasting nothingness. After
glancing at the document. Hcrrick re-
turned it with a shake of the head.
The man quickly drew Il revolver and
fired, but his aim was bad. Herrick
seized a pistol which lay on the desk
and the cashier and desperate fired
simultaneously. The former missed,
but the latter's bullet passed into Her
rick's heart. AS the murderer turned
to flee Bookkeeper G. S. Melvin sent a
number of bullets after him, two of
which took effect. After a short but
lively chase the man was captured n
der q vacant house. He gave the
name of Fred Bennett. and said he was
from Denver. He was seriously
wounded by Melvin's bullets, II
striking the temple lear the eye. an
other lodging in the left shoulder.
The police recognized him as Fred
ricks, an ex-convict, for a long time a
member of the band of Chris Evans.
He killed Sheriff Paocoe and q South
crn Pacific brakeman named Benja-
min Bruce, and is the man who sup
piled arms to George Sontag and his
companions at the time they made
their futile attempt to escape from
n,iSon