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Miss Nellie Collier who was to have entertained the Qneen of Clubs last evening at the residence of Mir Robt. F. Lee, has postponed her agreeable function until next Tues day evening.
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J. ". BANGsToN, CHAs. SHALLENBERGER. F. w. HoYLER,
 Committee.

On motion the above resolutions were adopted and copies ordered sent to his family. Also that the city papers and {}ythjaa Aduocate be furnished with copy, in addition to having it spread on the minutes of this lodge.
 By order of this lodge, this 8th day of January, 1897.
 Jos. W. LANGsToN,
 K. of R. and S.
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sherln's Sale.

Byvlrtue of an execution to me directed by the clerk of the circuit court of Jefferson county, Arkansas, will offer for sale at the chourt house door, in the city of Pine Bluf, Ark. on
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Mir. Robert Burkholder, of Vir- ginia, has accepted a position on the editorial and repertorial staff Of the GRAPHIC. MT. Burkholder is aA eX- perienced newspaper man, having been city editor of the Lynchburg (Na.) Advance, and a reportero on the Washington Post. Any courtesies extended Mir. BHrkholder or assist anee rendered him by our people will be greatly appreciated by the GRAPHIC.
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Friday. January b. 1897.

between the hours prescribed by law for judi cial sales, to the highest and best bidder, on q credit of three months with interest--pur- chaser giving bond to secure purchase money
 -all the right, title and interest of w. T. Vearzey, in the following described proper ty, towit: Lot nine-9-and north half Of lot ten 10- in block twenty-eight 2S- in the town of Redfleld, Jefferson county, Arkansas, levied on by me as property of WIT. Vearzey, to satisfy an execution against him in favor of W. H. Ragland, for seventy-f dollars, daht q hama c Q nd nnst
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A Church COnference.

The Lakeside Methodists held a church conference Sunday afternoon which proved a very beneficial and interesting meeting. The Rev ]. k. Saunders presided, with Mr. J. w. Smith as acting secretary.
 The Rev. Saunders made a very in teresting talk on Church Govern. ment
 The roll of members was called and reports made by the Stewards the president of the Epworth League and the Sunday School Superintend ent.
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mgEEvouS Troubles are due to AI impoverished blood. Hoods Sar- sapariIla is the One True Blood
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From Mondy's Daily.

Miss Eva Quilting, of Pendleton, who is visiting Miss Arie Ferguson, returned to her home today.
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The meeting of the Queen of Hearts Club has been postponed un- til next Tuesday night.

Miss Lillie Byrd pleasantly enter tained a number of her young friends at her home on Lakeside Friday evening in honor of her birthday. The occasion was highly enjoyed by a large number of friends.
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Dr. c. Q. Hankinson, of Corner stone, was in the city today and will leave tonight for Philadelphia 10 take postgraduate course of medi- cine and surgery.
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The January number of the Ar kansas School Journal has come to our desk, and we find it replete with excellent reading pertaining to edu- catioDal work. It deserves the sup port of every educator in the State and any teacher who thinks he can afford to do without it is q per son of marvellous ability, or of the sheerest self-sufiiciency Hon. Junius Jordan, of Little Rock, the editor-in- chief and his six able co-editors de- serve the thanks of the teachers in particular for the excellent journal provided for their use.
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Capt. w. $. .leter, who has been confined at home with la grippe, is improving and hopes to be down at his business soon.
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 BORN.

FREEMAN-To Mir. and Mrs. E. W. Freeman, Sunday, January 10, 1897, at ? o'clock D. m, q son. Edmond Wroe Freeman Jr., is his name, and he tips the beam at sh pounds.
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Mir. and Mrs. J 0. Harrison, of Joplin, Mo, are the guests of rela- tives.
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HARGRovE-To Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hargrove, Saturday, Jan. 9, 1897. q
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NJ Rubenstein has rented the store room at No 204 Main street, which he is having thoroughly renovated and repaired, and into which he will move at once. Mr Rubenstein will then have a Model store in every particular, and we wish him success.
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alMeKinley has formally invited John Sherman to become member of his cabinet.
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Mir. and Mrs. Bochrach, of Bloom ington. Ill.,, are the guests of their sister, Mrs r. Simon.
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Fun on the Leyee," a marvel of wing and buck dancing, with q com pany of twelve clever dangers, headed by the wonderful little Tucker ehil- dren, can he seen at the Select Knights minstrels at the opera house Monday, Jan. IS. Admission, 9 and hA rnnts-
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sheriT,s Sale

c. Ii. TRlPLETT Sheriff ol Jefferson county, Arkansas Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Dec. 24 1896 12-26 w2w
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sherln,s saIe

Sheriff of Jefferson county. Ark Pine Bluff Ark, Dec. 10, 1896 13 l9w2y
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the next speaker. He said that he did not
consider the bill measure in the interest
of labor. The Iaboring people opposed
emphatically any form of prison competi-
tfon with free labor and drew an arbitrary
sline at the prison gate.
I ALI that was necessary for the mainten-
ance of the prisoners should be manufac-
| tured inside the prison walls, but they
should not be allowed to make anything
for consumption outside the prison gates.
The tendency of the present age was to do
away with prison labor, added Mr.. Nc
arthur. Several of the Southern States
had abolished the system of renting out
convict labor because it Impoverished the
free labor of the State.
''If you start prison labor in the produc-
ton of raw material for the construction
of roads, how can you stop short of put
ting convicts st work in the production of
raw materials necessary in other lines OF
Industry They might just as well be
put at work in coal mines and in lumber
mills and on the farm to provide wool
and cotton raw material. The next prop
osition two years hence might be to en-
ploy convict labor in building county
roads, and there will be no end to it. By
prison labor, if this idea be carried out, the
working classes of this Republic will be
reduced to condition of serfdom. Poor
working people are those who are injured
more by competition.
"Why not put freemen to work on the
rock-crusher?" asked Mr.. Macarthur.
"Supposing that we didn't have any con-
victs? J. say that this is a measure to
make convicts, and instead OF decreasing
the taxation for the support of penal in
stitutions you will have more penal in
stitutions in the State to support.
Assemblyman Canavan asked what
should be done with the convicts-should
they be idle.
mo sir" replied Mr.. Macarthur, "you
could put them at work making their own
clothing and improving prison buildings.
If it comes to a choice between finding
work for convict labor or for free labor it
is choice between two evils, and l think
that free labor should be given work first.
If conyicts go insane and commit suicide
because they have no work to keep their
minds occupied, why not keep the lowest
freeman from committing suicider'
Cutter of Yuba remarked that if con-
victs made their own clothing they would
to that extent compete with free labor.
He announced that the city of Marysville
would require 700 carloads of crushed rock
for the street this summer. The putting
of this quantity of material into the
streets would employ many men and con-
tractors were pledged by bill which has
passed the Assem- bly, to pay their laborers
on public work 81 per day.
Mead moved that the bill and the SUBJ
stitute be referred to subcommittee of
three, with instructions to prepare sub
sti,ute for both, limiting the use of prison
crushed rock to public work. The motion
WAS adopted. and Mead. Canavan and
Landsborough were appointed as the sub.
committee.
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Western Women Defeat the
East in a Convention
Battle.
Equal Franchise Will Be Pushed
in California and Other
Western States.
Many Addresses and Other Matter:
Before the National Anne riean
Suffragists

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 27.-Three
busy sessions were held by the National
American Suffragists To-day. The fore
noon was marked by sharp clash be-
tween the Eastern and Western delegates.
in which the West came off victorious.
1t arose when the report of the committee
on campaign conditions was called for by
Anna L. Diggs of Kansas, Populist and
co-worker of Mary Ellen Lease. Mrs.
Diggs was not present, but had sent her
report.
It stated that Republicans and Demo-
Gratis were firmly set against woman
suffrage and there was no hope of friendly
action by them. The Populist party con-
tanned the greatest proportion OF advo-
Gates of suffrage, but the party manage
ment had set its face firmly against any
thing that would jeopardize the industrial
emancipation for which the party Is work
ing.
Mrs. Diggs recommended that political
work be placed IN the hands of the women
affiliated with the dominant parties In the
several States.
As to Kansas she said since the defeat
of the suffrage constitutional amendmen
in 1894, the cause was hopeless there.
The report did not please the conven-
ton and after it had been referred to q
committee for consideration, resolution
was presented providing for censorship OF
all reports before they were read to the
convention. The Eastern women favored
and the Western opposed it as being un'
democratic, and the Westerners won the
day.
The report of the treasurer showed q
favorable condition of affairs with finances
in good condition. Nineteen States were
represented in tha convention, entitled to
cast 225 votes.
The committee on plans for work rec
commended that it be pushed IN Western
States, especially California, Oregon,
Washington, Nevada and Iowa, and that
efforts in other States be abandoned for
the time being.
proposal to remove National head
quarters to New York came from one
branch of the committee and other like
proposals from other members. This will
be fought out later.
The afternoon session was devoted to
memorial addresses on departed mem
bers.
The evening session was of greatest pub.
lie interest and was largely attended.
Addresses of welcome were made by Gov
ernor F. M. Drake of Iowa, Major John
MacVicar of Des Moines, Rev. H. O..
Breeden and Mrs. Matte Locke Macomb mber
for the woman's clubs of Des Moines, and
Mrs. Adelaide Ballard of Hull for the
Iowa Federation of Womans Clubs.
Susan B. Anthony responded with an
address in which she expressed confidence
in the immediate future of the movement
and especially in the outlook in Iowa.
The leading address OF the evening was
by Carrie Lane Chapman Gait of New
York, which closed the programme. She
spoke of the future of the movement.
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people OF Cuba; that the time had long
since passed when this Government
should have acknowledged the independ-
ence OF Cuba; that the methods pursued
by Spain in her efforts to subjugate Cuba,
including wholesale murder, outrage and
pilage, called for immediate action on
the part of this Government, and there
fore the Congress of the United States was
reques ted to acknowledge the independ-
ence of Cuba.
North of Alameda expressed the hope
that the bell igere1t substitute would not
pass. There were likely to be many
changes in the Cuban situation before
Congress took up the matter, and it would
be more prudent, he thought, to trust to
the discretion of the Representatives in
Congress and not hamper them with war
like resolutions from afar.
Populist Mcclellan from Hanford made
q warm speech in favor of Burnett's sub
stitute- Valentine (R.) of Los Angeles
spoke in favor of the original report of
the Conn mittee on Federal Relations.
Matters of legislation should be left to
Congress, he said. Melick tR.) of Los
Angeles said that he paid visit to Florida
not long ago and there learned of the
frightful atrocities committed by the
Spanish troops upon Cuban men, women
and children, but the Legislature
OF California was SO far away from the
scene of action that it was fair to presume
that Congress knew what was best to be
done and could be trusted to do the right
thing when the time came.
The Populist substitute was avalanched
beneath opposing votes and the report of
the committee was adopted.
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IN THE UPPEk HOUSE.
Bttts Passed and Those Introduc
DuTing the Day.

BiIts Passed and Those Introduced
During the Day.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, Jan. 27.-In the
Senate to-day the following bills were
passed.: To prevent the adulteration OF
honey; appropriating $4,000 for State
exhibit at the Tennesses exposition
Bert's bill increasing the term of Police
Judges from two to four years.
This afternoon Larue's bill relating to
the adulteration OF wine was partly read
for second time IN its amended form.
The Committee on Swamp Lands recon-
mended the passage of Senate bill 29S,
providing fcr an auditing committee for
the Board of Public Works.
Senator Wolf introduce three bills, one
calculated to protect trademarks and two
regulating the issue of search warrants.
The resignation of Senator Chapman as
member of the Election Contest Com
mittee was received aud accepted, on
Senator SeawelPs representation that Mr..
Chapman was too i'll to attend to his
duties. The appointment of Chapman s
successor will be made tomorrow after a
Republican caucus on the matter.
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THE BLIZZARD STILL BLOWS
Generous Aid for ch!cago's Suffering Poor
Cattle PeHshine by Scores on the
B,q Plains

CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. 27.-There was an
appreciable moderation of the temperature
in Chicago to-day, but zero weather and
below was the best that could be had, and
the same is promised for tomorrow.
The record for continuous temperature
below zero for this city was broken to-day
by a run of eighty-four consecutive hours
from A. NJ. January "a to / P NJ. to-day,
at which hour the zero mark was officially
recorded on the Auditorium tower.
During the previous twelve hours of the
day the thermometer had ranged between
4 deg. and deg. below zero. At o'clock
this afternoon l deg. above zero was re-
corded, and the same temperature con-
tlnued for three hours; then zero weather
and below returned, with the prospect CT
colder weather tomorrow.
Snow fell lightly all day and into the
night, being driven by wind, which
made the fine snow source Of great dis
comfort.
The drifts caused the snowpJows and
street-cleaning wagons to reappear. The
police continued their effective work of
providing instant temporary relief to the
thousands in want. Twice as many cases
were attended to as yesterday, the total
numb Der of persons given food, clothing
and fuel being estimated at 10000.
The letter-carriers are aiding the police
in finding the deserving cases in their
districts. The Mayors fund now amounts
to $50 600 including the value of supplies.
About $50, 600 cash has been received by
the treasurer alone.
Many thousand dollars have been given
in the last three days for distribution,
apart from the Mayors police relief
scheme, a result of his proclamation.
JACKSONVILLE. FLA, Jan. 27.-At
O'Clock tonight the mercury bad fallen to
% degrees in Jacksonville, with west
wind and barometer of 3012
This indicates that North Florida will
experience freeze. As the trucking in
terests of the northern portion OF the State
are meager no great damage is expected.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Jan. 27.-There is but
light relief to-day from the cold wave.
At 10 o'clock this morning the thermom-
eter was 4 degrees above zero. The rail-
roads are beginning to suffer from the
storm. Nearly all trains are now arriving
from one to ten hours late. 1t is estima-
ted that sc, 1000 persons are destitute In this
city.
DENISON. TEX. Jan. 2z-Prominent
stockmen in Indian Territory and the
Panhandle report that the recent blizzard
has resulted IN The death of thousands of
cattle on the range. It is. the first time in
years that the large watercourses were
frozen over.
OMAHA. NEBR.. Jan. 27.-For several
days the mercury has been from 10 to 15
degrees below zero throughout Nebraska.
There are 100000 sheep being fed in Ne
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San Francisco Delegation
Favors the Proposed
Enactment.
Ex-Mayor Sutro's Attorney in
Vain Declares 1t an
Ijustice.
The Lawmakers From the Metropolis
Consider the c meiery
Question.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. q. - An
old fashioned meeting of the San Fran
cisco delegation of the Senate was held
this evening to consider cemetery closing
and reducing street railroad fares. Sena-
tor Mahoney, chairman, presided, and
had great deal of trouble in restraining
Senator Braunhart from eloquent out
bursts. Martin Kelly, president of the
Good Government Club, was spectator.
The substitute for Senate bill 230,' which
allows sixty tickets to be purchased at 211
cents each and compels street railroads at
certain towns to carry passengers for 212
cents fare, provoked the discussion. Major
Mckinney, attorney for Adoiph Sutro,
opposed the bill. He said it cost 81 trip
for every car run from the end of the
Sutter-street road to the Cliff and return
The road, he said, would lose money if
the fares were reduced. He cited the
Castro-street line, which did not pay at
first, and was constructed only when the
Crockers were assured that the money
would come back during the closing years
of the fifty-year franchise.
"Great injustice would be done to cut
the fare now" said the major.
The sentiment of the delegation favors
the passage OF the bill. The bill has been
recommended ITO pass" and that order
was not changed.
burial of the dead within the corporate
limits of any incorporated city after the
year 1900, called out animated talk.
MI. Hubbs, president of the Richmond
Improvement Association, spoke in favor
of the bill. He gave to each member of
the delegation printed copy of Mayor
Phelan's message, favoring the closing of
cemeteries. This gave ex-Supervisor
James w. Burling an opportunity to say
that if Mr.. Phelan had made, before the
election, the declaration in favor of closing
the cemeteries he would not have been
elected.
Burling said there was no demand from
residents of San francisco in favor of
closing the City cemeteries. The agita-
tion, he asserted. came from the syndi-
cate of San Mateo cemeteries. They
wanted to break up the cemetery business
in San Francisco.
President Fletcher of the Point Lobos
Improvement Club presented petition
signed by 1400 residents OF San Francisco
against the passage of the bill.
In view of the Importance OF the SUBJ
ject and the fact that several San Fran
| cisco members were going on the Southern
California junket further consideration OF
the cemetery bill was deferred until next
Wednesday evening.
The Senate committee to count the bal
lots in the Hall contest will not meet until
| o-morrow morning.
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SPEAR FoR FREE CUBA.
Poputist Orators koise Their Votces {,
fLe T,e0{s L0fare

Poputtst Orators Raise TheSr Voices in
the Legislature.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. q. - The
Populists declared war on Spain this
morning and recognized the independen ce
Of Cuba, but owing to the defective quality
of their ammunition-it being composed
chiefly of compressed wind and fusion
gas-no harm was done either to Spain or
the United States.
The harmless explosion OF bottled venge-
ance was set off by Assembly joint reso-
luton II, reported from the Committee on
Federal Relations, relative to the struggle
of the people of Cuba for free and indie.
pendent Government. The resolution was
to the purport that it would be better for
the Congress of the United States to act
in the matter as its best Judgment might
dictate.
Burnett, Fusionist from Paso Robles
who had not been heard from very ofte
during the session, took the floor and
made a. speech, which from the manner of
Its delivery must have been a studied
effort. He was in high state of indigna-
ton and punched and cross-countered
and uppercut the air with vicious lunees
OF his right fist. He said that the atti-
tude OF the United States was a disgrace
ana tnat the method OF warfare adopted
by Spain in the wholesale murder of m en-.
women and children, and the wanton de-
strnction OF property, was such as should
provoke the decided and immediate inter-
yention OF the United States. He there
lore offered substitute resolving that we
extend the warmest sympathy to the
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ooLLIs1oAs COST MONEY.
A Milton Dollars Paid for AtEGnttc Ctti
Disaster. Claims.

A Milton Dollars Paid for AtEGnttc CITY
Disaster. Claims.
CAMDEN, N. J., Jan. 27 That rail-
road collision is costly as we'll as oisas-
trous has been demonstrated by the
amount OF money which the railroads, the
West Jersey and the Philadelphia and
Reading have paid out as consequence of
the Atlantic City disaster, when forty-four
persons were killed and larger number
injured last summer. 1t has cost the
roads thus far nearly 1000, 600 to settle
claims for damages and all the cases have
not been settled yet.
The accident was caused by Reading
FLYER crashing into the West Jersey excur-
sion, OIL which were-the Order of Red Men
returning from days outing at the sea-
shore.
One of the latest cla inns to be settled is
that of Mrs Samuel Mita of Bridgeton.
She brought SUIT Tor 800, 600 for the killing
of her husband and daughter and the in
Jury to herself and son. The road has
Sc tied with her and the amount is said to
have been $50, 900.
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FOR BETTER HIGRWAYS.
tn rec BiiIs Pr0vidSng for an Ertens /,
Gaxafa


Tn rec Biits Provid5ng for an Extensive
System.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 27.-Three
any that have been introduced this ses-
sion are:
Assembly bill 596, introduced by En-
mis-, defining great system of State
highways. The highways provided for in
the bill are the main lines of travel, and
traverse every county in the State.
They touch every county seat, and every
town in the State of 1900 or more inhabit-
ants is connected by means of them. 1t
is system that it may take a number OF
years to construct, but if finished it will
give California one Of the greatest systems
OF highways in the world, exceiled only
by those of few European countries.
These State highways are, however, only
the main lines of travel. The other roads
of the State are still left under county
jurisdiction.
Assembly bill 595, introduced by Ennis,
provides for the levying Of an ad valore m
tax of 21S cents on the $10O of assessed
valuation OF all property of the State for
the construction ana main tenance of the
great system ST State highways outlined
in the preceding bill.
Assembly bill 597, introduced by CLARK.
provides for the creation of departm ent
OF highways to manage the State highways
and to give advice to local officials when
they request it. This department. would
take the place of the Bureau of Highways,
which goes out OF existence in April.
These bills are companions and are de-
pendent upon one another. 1t was found
necessary on account of constitutional re-
quirements to put the matter in separate
bills rather than in one as first intended.
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braska at present. and many have been

braska at present, and many have been
lost from severe cold.
YANKTON. S. OAK, Jan. 27-Reports
are meager from the cattle ranges of this
State. The losses along the Missouri
River will be heavy. The weather in that
section has ranged from zero to So below
ever since Friday. The snow is the deep
est for many years, and the cattle are able
to find grass only in such exposed places
as the ground has been blown bare of
snow. Worse still, the rivers are frozen
solid