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COULD NOT SAVE ISLIFE.
But His End was Made Easy by the Kind
 Acts of fa Christian Woman.

Saturday afternoon the mortal re- mains of Dave Munday, was laid to rest under the sod in the burying ground on the Boyd place, opposite this city. Munday was the poor man who was discovered sick and in destitute circumstances in little fish boat on the Arkansas River by that noble Christian woman, Mrs. Brock way, who had him carried to n va cant house near her store on East Barraque sreet, where she provided him with all thc comforts that 8 kind and generous heart could devise. Tie good woman, with that spirit of Christian charity which has gained her the love and respect of scores of poor and unfortunate peo- pie, for weeks has ministered to the wants of the poor, sick man, yet, notwithstanding her careful nursing and the medical skill of Dr. John Waters, Death claimed his victim on Friday night. Saturday Mrs. Brock way purchased a coffin and had the remains of the poor man properly in- tered. If good deeds find favor in the sight of God, surely Mrs. Brock way will sit on the right hand of His throne at the final judgment day for her many charitable acts done on this earth.
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i BRILLIANT BANQUET. DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS TO
 ATTEND,
Great Preparations Being Made For the Mayors Banquet
 Tn New York.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 17:-The banqueting room at the Waldrof is being superby decorated today in preparation for the banquet which will be rendered Mayor Schieren, of Brooklyn, Mayor Curtis, of Boston, and Mayor Strong, of New York, by Herbert Booth King tomorrow night. The affair promises to be q most brilliant and imposing one. Among the guests will be Governor Morton, John Jacob Astor, Chaun- cey NJ. Depew, Recorder Golf, General Horace Porter, Cornelius N. Bliss, William Berri, St. Clair McKelway, Murat Halsted, United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Governor .Greenhalge. of Massachu- setts, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph H. Choate, Dr. Parkhurst, Seth Low, General Anson D. McCook, Col. Fred Grant and others.
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THEY GIVE BOND,
AND THE sTANLEYs ARE NOW AT
 LIBERTY
To Have Preliminary TrIaI Monday Tine Case AgaInst Them May Assume A Novel Phase.-Gan Man Be Guilty of Arson For Burning
 Ills Wife's Property?

Frank A. Stanley and Thomas Stanley, his brother, are now at lib erty after short time spent, as prisoners, in the Jefferson county jail. on the charge of having commit ted the crime of arson.
 Their bonds were placed at $1 ,O0( each, and this was made Saturday by Messrs. k. G. Atkinson and W. H Langford becoming their sureties.
 The Stanleys were to have had a preliminary trial Saturday, but owing to the absence from the city of Mir. Charles Senyard, an import ant witness for the prosecution the case was continued until Monday mOrning at 10 o'clock.
 There is q diversity of opinion among the lawyers in Pine Bluff as to whether Mir. Stanley committed arson, admitting that he did set fire to and burn the property owned by his wife. A number of the legal lights rely on decision delivered by a Min uesota jurist to the effect that a mans property is apart from his wife's property, and that if he burns his wife's property without desire to iniure his neighbor, he is not guilty of arson, anl affirm that no arson has been committed even if Stanley did burn his wife's property.
 In the Pool-Gallagher damage suit, recently passed upou by Judge Hawkins, of the Tenth Judicial Dis trict, a somewhat similar ruling was had. Pool sued Gallagherfor $l0,000 damages for asserting that he burned his wife's property. The court, in this ease, held that even if Pool did burn his wife's property he was not guilty of arson, therefore Gallagher could not be guilty of islander.
 It is believed that Messrs. White & Streett, attorneys for the Stanleys, will fight the case for their clients on this ground. Mir. Stanley has so far set up no claim for hisinsurance. Had he done so, and then been convicted of burning the property he would undoubtedly have been guilty of arson. The case promises to be one of great interest. especially to the in- surance companies.
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A GOOD THING.
A Loan and Savings Association Where the Farmer Can Get Accom-
 mOdatIon.

Mir. c. M. White, of Lexington, Tenn, travelling agent for the Farm CTS Savings and Building and Loan Ass ociation. of Nashville, Tenn, was in the city last week and while here organized a local Board of officers as follows:
 President, Capt. N. T. Roberts; Vice President;E ;E, B. Huston; Secretary and Treasurer; R. Lee Johnson; At torney, w. T. Young; Local Agent, w. D. Johnson.
 This association is a departure from the old line policy of building and joan associations in that it makes provision especially for the farmer, either as an investor or borrower. Building and loan as- sociations have reference more especially to cities and suburban property, while the Farmers Savings and Building and Loan Association is especially adapted to the needs and wants of the farmers. Those wishing to subscribe for stock in this association should call on Judge w. D. Johnson, local agent.
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WO0DDlMfEEH WO0DDlMfEEHH 0F 00f THE fIHE FOGRID WORLD.
ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SUBSTANTIAL LODGES IN
 THE WORLD.
Has Membership of over One Hundred Thnnaand--Lneal Lodges In All
 Parts of the oountry.

There are comparatively few men of today who arg not members of one or more social or beneficial organizations. The wide range of choices, the many shades of the fraternal idea, the great number of the religious, political and purely social reviews-all these make it possible for almost every man to lind his pew. The fraternal work is to be congratulated on the fact that it's cardinal principles have been so nobly exemplified in the lives of it's member that there continues to be constant knocking for adniis- sion at US portals. Beginning with Masonry, (than which, next to the church of God, there is no grander institution extant today,) coming down the line to it's twin sons, Odd fellowship and Pythian- ism, we see galaxy which the world does well to honor and magni- fy. It is but natural that the ineyi- table results of these societies. (the peace, patriotism and stutdy manhood of their adherents,) should lead these to form similar orders for a like purpose. A living, breathing, unanswerable argument is thus put in evidence for this class of societies. No matter what the theory may be the practical ex- perience bears out the statement that our secret societies with their reasonable obligations, have helped many man to be better for having become member. There is.nothing which enables a man more than practicing the cardinal precepts of these organizations, which are mainly taken from the Bible. The free in- tercourse with men of liberal and lofty views of their obligations, the interchange of ideas with the brothers of large and varied xperierces, these help to make men more fit to be citizens, and lend Q dignity and charm which the average man could and would not ordinarily possess or acquire.
 Among the latter children in the
 
 fraternal constellation, noneis more rapidly and deservedly pushing to the front as the Woodmen of the World. Patterned in it's social features somewhat after Masonry, Odd-fellowship and Pythianism, and similar in few points to the beneficiary part of these societies, yet it holds Q unique and peculiar individualism not possessed by either these or any other society extant.
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COUNTY JAIL INMATES
JONES AND HIS BLACK BEAUTY, TAKEN TO TASK BY AN ouT-
 RACED LAW.
VIII lie Now lie Able to yindicate His Actions by Teohnicalltes of the
 Law.

Finland L. Jones, and negresa, known as PatEy Boyd, now occupy cells in the Jefferson County Jail. They were arrested Saturday by Deputy Constable Creed Taylor, on Il warrant issued Saturday on infor- nation filed by the Prosecuting At torney, charging the man and wom= an with illegal rehabilitation.
 Jones will be remembered as the man who a few days ago was ar rested by the police of the city on the charge of "associating" and carried before Police Judge Brown, who re leased him on the ground that the ordinance covering the case was un- constitutional. The case and cir cunstances were reported in the GRAPHIC, and the day following. Jones took occasion to write a letter to the Graphic, charging it's reporter with making false statements in or- der to write sensational article and asserting that his charges were ab-  solutely absurd, as well as false. The reporter of the GRAPHIC replied to Mir. Jones effusion, and by this means the attention of the county officers was called to matter that for q long period has disgraced our city--that of a white man living as man and wife with negress, and it now seems that the blot on oursocial conditions will be wiped out by an outraged law.
 Jones and his Palsy" were carried before Esquire o. N. Alexander, who committed them to jail in default of a bond for $l50 each
 They will be given a hearing on the l7th inst, and it now remains to be seen if thelaw isstrong enough in Ar kansas to protect it's citizens from such q vicious crime as that with which Jones and his negress are charged.
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punishment and checking the arbi- trary treatment to which the peas ants are now subjected by certain functionaries, such as local judges and administrative chiefs. The sur prising announcement is also made that the Russian government is con templating introducing one of the so-called American cures for drunk enness, which has lately increased to an alarming extent in the rural dis tricts and also in certain depart ments of the government service in the interior and on the Siberian frontier.
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HE FUTURE STREET. IT WILL CONTAIN ROADWAYs FOR BICYCLE RIDERS. HOW TT WILL BE MADE. some Suggestions to sthe Rulers of Memphis as to What They Might
 Do..--Fifteen Hundred
 Wheels Here.
HOW TT WILL BE MADE.

The bicycle has come to stay, anG if is well recognized fixture in tht business oflocomotion. 4 few years ago the bicycle rider was considered to have no rights at ali, but of late those who ride the wheels are giver a certain consideration hy vehicles and pedestrians, which they deserve though many take advantage o this and feel that the entire street belongs to them. This. however, is an exception, for, as rule, the bicycle riders in Memphis are con siderate of the convenience oi others.
 It is probable that in the next three or four years every family will have one or more bieyeles-one probably for the male members and one of lighter build for the female members.
 A bicycle requires q good street, and how best to pave the streets for the wants of bicycle as well as the requirements of a vehicle drawn by horses, is problem that engineers are now considering. The street of the future will probably be built after this manner:
 If it be of granite there will be q roadway on either side-say three feet wide-far the use of Wheelmen. Wheehmen going in one direction will use the right of the street, and those going in the other will use the Otherside. This roadway will probably be paved with brick or some other similar substance pre- senting smooth surface On either side of it will also be a small curb say two inches above the surface, not as a protection for vehicles drawn by horses coming into the roadway, but rather as a guide and a warning that the space between the curb is for the use of wheelmen exclusively. Not, even if the entire street is paved with a substance as smooth as glass, this roadway for the use of wheelmen will probably be set a part.
 Again, the sprinkling cart will not be permitted to throw water on the track used by wheel riders, for it is a well known fact that when the street is wet from water there is danger of wheelmen taking "header.'' .''
 The engineers are already looking into this thing, and they realize the necessity ofseparating bicycle riders from those who use vehicles drawn by horses, not only for the con venience of both, but also for their safety.
 In the future the well-governed city wifi devote the middle section of its street to the street cars and the space on either side to vehicles and the outer space near the gutter to bicycles. In this way everybody will be given an equal chance.
 There are probably 1500 wheels in use in this city and two years from now the number will run up to 3,0 3,000.-Commerciai-Appeai.
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CONTINUED UNTIL MONDAY
wa. the Case Of the City Of Pine ulun '.
 the Pine Rlua Water Company.

Saturday evening Mayor L. E. Goldsmith, Chief Senyard, Judge J. w. Bocage, ex-Mayor D. c. Bell and Aldermen Well, Goza and Atkinson returned home from Little Rock, where they had been as witnesses before the Federal Court in the case of the City of Pine Bluff ys. the Pine Bluff Water Company, wherein the city prays that the Receiver for said company be removed.
 The case was brought up before Judge John A. Williams, and the day was spent in examining wit nesses. Among those placed upon the stand for the city were Mayor Goldsmith, Judge Bocage and Mr. Cunningham, a former engineer for the company. They testified as te the condition of the water being fur. nished consumers of water by the company and to the amount of pres sure being furnished for fire pur poses. The case was not completed and will be resumed Monday.
 Mayor Goldsmith told q GRApnIt reporter Saturday evening that h. had no idea as to what the decision of Judge Williams would be.
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THE WILSON AND WEBB
Book and Stationery Co, of Lit tie ROck.-A Large House.

One of the largest and most four ishing institutions of the kind in the South is the Wilson < Webb Book and Stationery Co.,, of Little Rock, Ark, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in this issue. A few even ings ago a representative of the GRAPHIC visited this house and was surprised to view a stock of such variety and magnitude as is carried by this mammoth establishment
 This company, doubtless, carries tht largest stock of books and stationer,
 of any similar institution of the kint in the Southern States. Tine book -of every kind and yariety--hi to xsT s.1.E5E
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THE ANNIVERSARY
Of the Deaths of the Prince Consort and Alice of Hesse Fitting
 ly Observed.

LONDON, Dec. 16.-Today is the anniversary of the deaths of the Prince Consort and of Princess Alice of Hesse and in accordance with her time-honored custom the Queen this morning paid visit to the mauso- leum at Frogmore where appropri- ate services in observance of the an- niversay were held. A leading fea- ture was the music, exquisitely rem dered by the choir of St. Georges Chapel.
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THIS TELLS THE TALE.
MT. J. ". Adams Disposes of His Ip- terest In the Little Rock Press And Resumes Active Con-
 trol of the Graphic.

The following from yesterday E Arkansas Democrat is seIf-explana- tory:
 "J. W. Adams, President of the Press Publishing Company, and editor of that paper since the reorganization of the company some months ago, has sold his interest to Mr. Harry Clark.
 MT. Adams severed his connection with the Press last night, and Mir. Clark assumed the functions of editor and president of the company. It was learned today that it would continue as an advocate of sound money, pursuing substantially the same policy under Mr. Clark as under Editor Adams.
 Mir. Adams returned 10 Pine Bluff and will devote his entire time and attention to the GRAPHIC, which he owns"
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AFRICA AT ATLANTA.
Interesting Papers Read at the Afri can Congress Which Con- Yenes There To-
 day.

ATLANTA, Dec, 16.-Among the papers read at the second days ses- sions Of the African Congress, which opens here today, were the follow ing: .,The American Negro and His Fatherland, by Dr. J. W. Hamilton,
 of Boston; ''The Nationalization of Africa" by Dr. J. E. Roy; "The Comparative Status of the Negro at the Close of the War and Today" by Dr. ]. c. Hartzell; ''The African in Africa and the Afican in America. D by Hon. J. H Smythe, of Richmond,
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A RAILWAY CONTROVERSY.
Who WmI Be Receiver of the New Yorl Pennsylvania and Ohio ORaiI-
 way.

AKRON, O., Dece. 17:-The receiver ship controversy of the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad is having q hearing in the United States Court today. The present proceeding is one involving the in- junction granted last week by Judge Vorheis restraining Daniel Babst from assuming the duties of the receivership, having been ap- pointed by the court at Marion, Ohio. The action was instituted by John Todd, of Cleveland, who had previously been appointed by another court.
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KELLY CURE IN RUSSIA.
The Governors Assembled to Dis cuss Reforms in the Pres ent System of Ad-
 ministration.

NEW YORK, Dec. l7.-A London dispatch says: Public interest has been greatly excited in Russia by the reported intention of the gov ernment to summon a meeting of the principal provincial governors te draw mp series of measures for i'm. proving the system of administra tion at present inEforee for the rura population. The projected mea ctat tatl ta innl,1la nrox;r
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BIG FIRE AT FORT SMITH
W. J. EehoIs' Mammoth Store Destroyed
 This Morning.

FoRT SMITH, ARK, Dec. 14.-At an early hour this morning the mammoth store of w. J. Echols was destroyed by fire, the loss being about $50,000 Insurance was car ried with several Little Rock in- surance firms, notable those rep resented by Chas. F. Fowler and G. L. Meyers.
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OUR CLUBBING RATES.
Leading Newspapers at Reduced Prices When Taken With tine Semi
 Weekly Graphic.

The twice-a- week GRAPHIC has made arrangements with the leading newspapers of the country whereby it can secure them for it's subscribers at greatly reduced prices. The list appears below, the price named be- ing for the twice-a-week CRAP and the newspaper mentioned both for one year.
 The twice-a-week GRAPHIC and the: Weekly Commercial Appeal....$l. Farm News ............................,. 1.ou Home and Farm...................... l.ia Farm Journal al...r...................... 1.60 Texas Farm and Ranch........... 200 Weekly Courier journai............ D Thrice-a- Week New York World 2.15 New York Daily Advertiser......... 3.O0 Womankind .............................. l.60
 In the above list are free silver, sound money, Republican, Democrat ic, farm and household publications, and everyone can find paper to suit him. The Farm News, Farm Journal, anu wolriaissa..sss.. arc i:s::sc lished monthly: the Home and Farm twice month; Commercial Appeal, Farm and Ranch. Courier-J ournai, and Atlanta Constitution. weekly; New York World, three times week; i; and the New York. Advertiser daily, iualudiutr Suuday
 Parties should avail themselves of these prices at once, as they are sub ject to change at any time.
 Select your paper, send the amount stated above, and you will receive the paper selected and the twice-a week GRAPHIC for one year.
 STRAWBERRY GRAPHIC.
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at prices unprecedented in their cheapness in this section of the country. The lower floor is literal ly crowded with books of all kinds and description, while the second story Is filled with toys, dolls, leathes goods and holiday novelties.
 4 reference to the advertisement of this company on another page in this issue will show the rare bargains in books offered for the holidays.
 Mail orders receive prompt atten- tion and will be filed the day they are received. Select what you want and write for it.
 Prof. Thos. l.. Cox, well and favor ably known in this city and through out the State, is President of the Wilson X Webb Book and Stationery Co., and it is largely due to his efforts that this company is enjoying it's present era of great prosperity. It has special agent in the East and buys books and stationery in large quantities, therefore it can success fully compete with any similar establishment in the South. As an instance of this it has only to be mentioned that this company was recently awarded large contract for school supplies in New Orleans over many large competitors.
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HAD TOO BIG A LOAD.
A Drew County Citizen Gets Drunk and Dies While Trying to Reach Ills
 Country Home.

MONTICELLO, ARK, Dec. 16-Wm. Yates, an old citizen of Drew county living ten miles east of town, left here Friday evening considerably under the influence of whiskey. He died from the effects of the liquor before reaching his home. It is sup posed that the intoxicant contained India berries, which acted as poi son.
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SUGAR TRUST SCANDAL
Again Comes Up Before the Supreme Court-Certain Senators, It Is Said, Have Fin
 gers in the
 Pie.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16- revival
 of the sugar trust scandal is prom ised on Monday when the case of Elverton K. Chapman, the recalci- trant sugar trust witness is to come up for trial before the Supreme Court. The indictment against Chapman charges him with refusing
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Col. s. W. FordYce Denounces as False an Allegation In
 Bill of Complaint.
Defend. Himself Vigorously and Causes
stirrring scene-wLat the Ale
gation Was
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 A breezy incident in the Federal Court room yesterday served to break the even tenor Of judicial proceedings and to intensity inter- est among spectators in the out come. Judge Williams was hearing the matter of compensation allowed to Col. s. ". Fordyee and Mr. Allea N Johnson, as receivers Of the Lit tie Rock Street Railway system when Col. Fordyce asked the induI genee of the court while he could make a statement purely personal in it's character.
 Cot Fordyee arose and said that he was appointed receiver of the street railroad system without his knowledge or solicitation and was first apprised of his appointment at hot Springs when q blanl, bond was given him to be made out. Shortly after his appointment an effort was made in this court 10 displace him, bill being filed by the attorneys of the Atlantic Trust Company alleg ing that the appointment was the re suit of collusion and fraud between him and the St. Louis Trust Company.
 Col, Fordvee said he was still an officer of the court, never having been discharged formally as receiver. The bill he referred to was a part of the record of the court, and he claimed the right to make defense of himself in the court. He had strived to do his full duty in connec- tion with the receivership and to do it faithfully and impartially. He now wished to say that the state ment in the bill to the effect that there had been collusion and fraud in the matter of his appointment as receiver was absolutely false and he denounced the authors of it as will ful falsiders and the statement as a villainous aspersion upon him, Such was the substance of his remarks.
 At this iuneture Judge Williams checked Col. Fordyce, who then re- sumed his seat
 Judge Williams proceeded to pass upon the question of allowance to the receivers, granting each of them compensation at the rate of $5, GOO year. He spoke very highly of the service rendered by Col For dyce and MMr MMr. Johnson and concluded by reminding Col. Fordyce that he had spoken a little hastily with reference to the personal question raised, and owed the court an apology.
 Col. Fordyce arose and stated that so far as the court was con cerned he desired to apologize for the laguage he had used, but that his apology would go no further.
 Judge Williams, before this, dis sented from Col. Fordyce's words So far as they might relate to the attorneys for the Atlantic Trust Co. (Rose, Hemingway X Rose) and said he could not from his knowledge of those gentlemen share any of the sentiments expressed by Col Fordyce if applied to them.
 Judge Hemingway and George B. Rose, Esq, who were in the court room at the time of Col. Fordyce's remarks, did not make an Y reply and the incident ended.