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A WAR AGAINST SIN.
Elder Battles on Crusade Against the
 Vices of Mankind

Elder Battles on Crusade Against the
 Vices of Mankind.
 Rev. T. C. Battles is the pastor of the Barraque Street Baptist Church. and for the last two eeks he has been conducting revival services in that place of worship with great success, for he has converted many sinners. On last Sunday afternoon over forty converts tn his faith, made so by his instrumentality, had their sins washed away hy baptism in the Arkansas River.
 The success with which the Rev. Battles hus met has encouraged him tu further efforts, and on yesterday afternoon, thinking that the Count y officials needed the Word oi God, he repaired to the Conrt House and took q stand in the Court House yard, when he began an onslaught on the sins and vie, \ to which mankind Is addicted. The minister's voice is power Ill one and the officials eould not help but hear his words of warming and pleas for the repentance of sinners.
 Later in the evening Nr. Battles made crusade that rqlired even greater courage. He knows thai the worst enemies that his race has 10 contend with are tsose of alcohol and gambling. He could not get the gamblers and whisky dealers tneume to his quarters SO, during the even ing he went to theirs. and in their places of vice. crime and sin, he ex' horted them to d better life, and prayed that the DiyineMaster would give His grace and assistance in their conversion and bring them into tho folds of Christ.
 Iu one of the gambling hells visited hy the divine he fonnd four negroes sitting at table gambling, whilt others were at different table shoot ing raps His entrance was un ubsely yed until he walked up and
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CATTLE THIEVES.
The Expectations of Cattle Thieves in Old River Township Causing
 Excitement

County Survey or J. J Martin re turned yesterday from trip through Old River township. this county. and he reports that de- plorable state of affairs exists in that section Thieves are rampant and stealing cattle wherever they can he found The thieves steal the young cattle, drive them to enclos- ures hidden ill the cane brakes on the bayou and there mark and brand them, and keep mp he cattle until they can be disposed of. Recently some of the stolen cattle that had been marked and branded by the thieves escaped from the hidden en- closures and returned to their own CTS.
 Mr. Martin says the people d Q greatly excited and yesterday when he left Swan Lake Il posse Was being organized to sealeli for the thieves and the enclosures in which the stolen cattle are supposed to be kept.
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ON HIS WHEEL
He Will Go To the Nashville Cen.
 tennial From Warren.

Wednesday morning at 8.3o o'clock Mr. R. C. Goodwin, of Warren, left that place on his bicycle enroate to the Nashville Centennial He eontemplates making the trip through on his wheel He arrived here at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. MT. Goodwin said iu all interview with ] GRAPHIC reporter that he had started out with too much baggage n over 45 pounds-in consequence of which he trip from Warren to this place had been exceedingly severe on him.
 The young wheelman is son of President Goodwin, of the-Warren bank, who was killed about ore year ago by the bank robbers.
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SHOT 4 SERENADER,
THE MURDER OF ONE OF DARDA- NELLE's CHARMING
 YOUNG LADIES.
Miss Leona Goodman Instantly Killed by a Bullet Fired by a Teacher Named
 Lipe.

DARDANFLLE, June 10.-One of the most shocking tragedies was enacted at Rover last night that ever occurred in this county. The Yell county normal is being held at that place this year, and quite a humber of teachers are in attend anee. Last night party of young ladies and gentlemen were out sere- nading and went to the residence at which a man by the name of Lipe, who was one of the young teachers in at endance, was boarding. When awakened by the serenaders he de- iberately fired a pistol into the party, and the fatal bullet struck Miss Lcona Goodman in the neck, killing her instantly. Miss Leona was the daughter of Mr. Joe Good man, of his town, and was beyond question one of the purest and brightest young ladies to be met with anywhere. She graduated at he Fort Smith high school last year and had secured a position to teach there this fall, and had also secured the sumner school to be taught on Nebo this summer. Nothing could have happened that would have caused deeper regret in communi- ty than this cruel, heartless murder of Miss Leona Goodman.
 Lipe, the murderer is in custody at Danville, twenty miles from this town, and while the good people of this place ate greatly exaspcrated, the law will no doubt be permitted to take Is course.
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COL. FoRDYCE AND CHANCELLOR MARTIN LAY MATTER BE-
 FORE MCKINLEY.
They Present Evidence to Show That the Emb zz lement Was Not Deliberate Misappropria-
 tion of Funds.

The following Associated Press dispatch from Washington reveals the purpose of the visit made to the National Capital hx Chancellor ' E. Martin:
 "col S. W. Ford4ce and Chancel- Tor Thos. B. Martin. of Arkansas. arrived in Washington today. the object of their visit being h petition he President for the pardon of H. G. Allls. tlie Little Book bank prcsi- dent, who was sentt to the penitenti- ary for ii ye years for embezzlement. Allis has now SCI we'd three years, and his friends think that his ease k one that calls strongly for executive clemency. Col. Fordyce and Judge Mattin called at the White Honse today and made a plea to President Mckinley to grant Allis a pardon. They presented evidence tending to show that the enbezzlement was not q deliberate and willful mis- approp ration of funds. but that Allis was caught in the panic of 1893 with obligations which in ordinary times he wouh have been able to meet without difficulty.
 "The President has taken the case under advisemrnt. Allis vas former ly St Louisan. He was pulcnas ing agent fur he Cotton Relt Rail- way Company, and made an eXcel- lent record for himself Arcumulat- ing q little money, he went 10 Little Rock. and soon became interested in number of enterprises He was made president of the Logan H. Roots National Bank. He used some of the banks money iii some of his enterprises. | is said that in ordinary times he eould easily have raised on his holdings the sum of money for which he was indt bted to the bank, but when the financial panic came in 1898 he was unable to realize, and the shortage ill the banks funds was discovered. He was indicted for embezzlement, and though powerful influences were ex- erted to save him he was convicted and sent to the peritentiary for term of five years.
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threw his Bible on the table, drop | ped to the floor and. with uplifted hands, began to pray. The change ih the scene was marvtlous. For an instant the gamblers seemed petlif ed, and the next moment they made a dash to escape from the room, tumbling over each nthrr as they ran from the doors, while others leaped from the windows. raid by the sheriff or constable could not have been been more effective in breaking up the games or in clearing the house of it's inmates. One of the gamblers informed q GR PHIc report CT that he would be afraid to gamble for some time, for lie would be sure to lose. The reporter asted for the reason, when the gambler said:
 "l is hoodooded; Mr. Battles flung dat Bible on my stack of chips. and dat is to cauge me bad luck. You don't ketch dis nigger III dat table again for some time to come"
 The Elder should keep np hi- good work. There is much need of if among eel tain element oi the coiored population in Pine Bluff
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The City Printing.

0uI Barraqne street Vespertine contemporary seeus to derive ex- tttme pleasure in fublish hing he fact that his office made the second low est bid for lle city printing, and that ihe GRApnIC's bid was the highest for the work submitted to the cOun- cil. The GRAPHIC, or rather the Adams-Wi son Printing Company, has q large patronage, probably larger than the other two printing offices in l'i,e Bluff combined. and it did not particularly care for the city contract. and did not want 1t at all unless slight profit could be made ol. the work turned out. The thing of working for glory has played ont We make rule as Il general Il ing to make lving profit on the work given us hY our regnlar customers, and see no reason why the city should have it's work done at or below cost The ORA eHic is always ready to h q against either of the printing ctfic's in Pine Bluff, or against offices out oi the city, and recently several large con tracts have been awarded il in com petition with the large printing es- tablishmenls of Little Rock. and on which our ,ieighbur could not even mak bid. is his oflire canld npt properly turn ont the work.
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HE IS NOW CONFINED IN THE
 JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.
Brought to This City to Prevent a Lynching by the People at
 Warren

Last Il ght another noted criminal, in the person of Jim Carey vas placed in he Jefferson county jail. He was brought to this city by Deputy Sheriff Howard, of Bradley county.
 Cary is charged with being one ol the men implicated in the attempted robbery of he Merchants and Plant CTS Bank at Warren on the 25th day of FeDruary, 1S96.
 During the month of January 1896, Carey and n companion by the name of Johnston were arrested on the charge of robbing the express office at Thornton Carey made his escape from jail and at Inc trial of Johnston the latter plead guilty and was sentenced to Il term in the pen iteptiary. He denied that Carey was implicated in the robbery The following month three men attempt ed to roI, the Warren bank The robbers were foiled, but Mr Good win, director of the bank was shot and killed by the robbers and Cashier Adair was badly wounded.
 Week before last Cary was arrested on the charge If being one of the robbers. He was carried to Warren last week where he was identified. The people of that place are so indig- nant over he murder and attempted robbery that the Sheriff believed that the prisoner would be tynched. sU he brought him to Pine Bluff fDr safe keeping nntil the time for his trial.
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SHOT IN THE FINGER.
One Term on the Couniy tarm Nnt
 Enough far linn

One Term on the Couny tarm No,
 Enough fur Him.
 BurreH Williams is I negro who has spent the most of the 24 years Of his life either on the County farm, behind the bars or in the pen itentiary.
 On .ast Friday, after serving out a sentence on the farm, be was re leased, and started back 10 this place, arriving yesterday afternoon. But he put il appearance in a sus- pieious manner, and was at once arrested. The officers knew him and seeing that his hand was tied up, asked what was the matter. The negro said that q railroad tie had fallen on his finger and mashed it. Al this IunctOre Officers Culpepper and Taylor, who were talking 10 the man, noticed a pair of new sus- penders hidden in the bosom of his shirt, They at once placed Will Hams under arrest on suspicion. Ills hand was examined and it was found that he had been recently shot and that 3 ball from 38 cali Der revolver was embedded in the second joint Of his index finder. A physician placed the man rnder the influence of chloroform and extracted the bali. His person was then sx- amined and in his pocrtts We're found pair of gold spectacles and a number of handkerchiefs which he had undoubted stolen from some lady. He accounts for the shooting by saying it was aecidently done on his way to Pine Bluff He will be held for investigation, for it is be- lived that he was shot while com hitting a burglary.
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schedules. More than once he has called attention to the inaccuracies of the comparative statement issued by the finance committee, and with his own information compelled an admission as 10 it's errors. He is in his seat at an carly hour, and during the debate his desk is hidden under a mass of paper.
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DEFECTIVE AGENCY.
" A Clay Establishes One With Head
 quarters in Littie Rock.

" A Clay Establishes One Win Head
 quarters in Littie Rock.
 Little Rock HOW has first class detective agency with W A. Clay, one of the oldest and best known detectives iG the Southwest, as the chief operator Mr. Clay has a number of yidoqs associated with him and is prepared to handle any case that may be intrusted 10 him for unravelnent. He is well know by he profession throughout the country, and all the detective agencies will GO operate with him. He has had much experience in the business and has been very success ful.
 He was one of the principal men who furnished solution of the Adams Express robbery at Pacific, Mo-, and assisted in running down Whitrock and Haite, who robbed Fotheringham Both men were sent to the penitentiary.
 h 1887 the Logan county treasurer was robbed Of quite a large sum of money Clay was put on the case. He captnred all the robbers except one, who escaped to Mexico This ore was located by him and was killed while resisting arrest.
 He assisted in the capture of the bandits who robbed the Cotton Belt train al MeNeil aud Bnena Vista
 On September 3, 1893 the Frisco train was held up at Mt Valley, Kansas, and the city express agent; Charles Chapman, was killed. Clay was employed to work up the case. He was engaged on it two :aonths and eigateen days He followed them to Alabama, where, single handed and alone, he captured them and brought them to justice
 lie has received many thousand dollars for ihe excellent service he has rendered the past few years in beating and landing dangerous criminals in the penitentiary. From the State Of Kansas, the Wells Fargo aud the Frisco he re- ccived s2 30D, and within the past month the United States Govern- men. has paid hIm $l ,0O0 for special work in an important case. He re. covered s6, 500 stolen from Mrs. Talbot Schultz, of Grant county, Arkansas, and received ia payment for his superior detective work the the sum Of Sl,20O His knowledge of the business and high standing among the agencies of the country are guarantee of his success in the business he has established here Gazette
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contest for d purse of $l5 00o The attendance was the largest ever kpown al an event of that kind in New York, the gate receipts being over SIG, 900. Betting was lively, with Maher d favorite.
 The first five rounds Of the fight was tame. In the sixth roaod Sharkey knocked Maher through he
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Drowned in the Arkansas.

MoRRILToN June 9.-Tuesday George Hallowell and two other young men were out skif riding near here. The boat was drawn by the swift current under cable wire running across the river, which knocked out the occupants, drown ing Hallowell. Deceased was a bright young citizen and leaves a wife and one child.
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STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
4 Call For Donations of Bouks. Papers.
 Maps, Charts Etc

Maps, Charta. Etc.
 The follow ing cail explains itself and should be met with general response:
 To the Public
 There has recently been organized in the city q Little Rock a society called the Stntr Historical Society, whereof the undersigned have been chosen ns officers The object of this sucipt., k tn collect and preserve books, papers, manuscripts. maps, or other matters pertaining to the history of the State and her people Ali persons above the age of IS years are eligible to membership, upon he payment of annual dues, and the society desires, and hopes to obtain, a lalee nn mbtIship in all parts of the StHte. All persons. whether members or mol, ale invited to con tribut books, papers. tnri2inal or selected) or oiil her articles of histori- cal interest npnH general 1r par ticular sui jects, for the library. Forward all donat ons and address all inquiries or applications for membel ship tof fhe secretary. News papers thruuehouI the State. friendly to the cause, are requested to make mention ol this subject.
 II. c FrNN, FAY HEMPsTEAD.
 President. Secretary.
 Little Rock. Ark, June !. 1891
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MARRIED.

GANNAwAY-ADEN-In Pine Bluff, Ark, June 8. 1897. Mir. $. l.. GANNA WAY to Miss LIZZIE ADEN, at the rest dence Of the brides parents; Rev. J k. Sanders officiating.
 The above wedding was quiet and transformations one, only the family and q few intimate friends teing present. The bride is ;he daughter of Mr Ebert Alden, and has many friends in this city and vicinity. The groom is grocerXman doing busi- ness on East Third avenue.
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DEATH OF VICTOR s. COIN.
He Was inc Son of Mark M Conn
 runrrM This moralng.

Victor S. Cohn. he bright and talented son If Mir Mark M Gohn, oi his city. died nt ilc rnme oi his father sunday night. He was l9 Nears of age and fell victim of that dread lisease, consnmptinn All that human efforts could dc IT. stay thr inroad4 of lle fatal ailmtni WIS invoked in vain The young man traveled Il great deal and vii tied cliiaes supposed to h. congepial and conducive 10 renewed good health. Had he lived hr would have some daV been in a prominent position connected wilh ihe grcaf dry goods establishment oi which his father K the present head. Hundreds oi friends here and rlsew here will read with profound sorrow of ilie young turai's demise.
 The funeral will occur from the Temple B'nni Israelnt 10 o'clock this morning. Friends of the iamils are respectfully invited to attend - 6azette.
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ropes and it took him five seconds to pet up. The fsHt after that became furious and in lhe seventh round the Lolice put stop to the fight, much to the disgust of Inc crowd All the participants were placed under arrest. IL | get | mooted question as to which is the better man, Maher or Sharkey, and this will not be known until the men meet again in q fight to a faish.
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HAVN'T RE 3ElYED A CENT
Senator Jones Has No Knowledge
 Of the Colorado Fund

WAsnISeroN, Jaue Senator Jones, of Arkansas, Chairman ol the Democratic National Committee, was asked as to the truth of re. port tLat fund of $l00,0 ,000 was being raise ed in Colorado and other States for the continuation ef the agitation in behalf Of free coinage. He replied. t1 have not received a cent of money from Colorado since the election and if any such sum as mentioned is being raised in the interest of silver ! don't know it I should like to be assured of it's truth.
 Senator Jones also referred to the report that Senator Teller is in Colorado in this interest, declaring it is without foundation.
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JONES 4 STALWART. A LEADER IN OPPOSITION TO THE TARIFF BILL. Time and Again He Has Called At tentiOn:tO Inaccuracies of Statements Made by
 Finance Commit
 tee.

In late issue the Washington Times says:
 Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is a stalwart among the opponents of the tariff bill. He is the leader ol the opposition, and as such Is primed full of information on the different
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Build q picket fence. Fanc. picIkcts at greatly reduces prices.
 BLUFF CITY LUMBER co.
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THE POLICE INTERFERED
And Put Step to the Mah2r-
 Shark y Fight

Wednesday evening before the Palace Athletic Club of New York, Peter Maher and Tom Sharky enter ed the ring to fight a 25.round glove
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Everyone can afford picket fences now that the Bluff City Lumber Company sells pickets so cheap. 3S4 d&wtf
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Hammett in the success Of the season, Fake Back Your Gold You can't fail tn enjoy this treat. It
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A BANQUET
Ky the JeH rson County Medical Asso-
 ciatIon,

On Friday night the Jefferson County Medical Association will give q banquet at Hotel Trulock. Toasts will be made and the banquet will be a sumptnons one, although it will be an informal affair
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The following Associated Press dispatch from Washington reveals he purpose of the yisit made to the National Capital hX Chancellor T E.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-28
MINERS WIN AGAIN.
Wilkes.Barre Got a Good Start, but
Griffin's Men Caught Up
In One Inning.



Wilkes Barre. June 27.-The Minero
yesterday won from Wilkes Barre
the odd game in the present series of
yhee and the sixth game out CT
total Of eight played. The game
opened with four runs for Wilkes-Barre
in the first inning, thanks to errors by
Meaney and Massey and timely hit
ting. Wilkes -Barre's lead was how
ever, OF brief duration, for in the
Scranton half the Miners profitted by
Manville's wildness which was chiefly
responsible for six Scranton runs.
Morse pitched more effectively than
NIanville after the early part of the
game and this with good fielding and
more timely hitting gradually in
creased the Scranton tally to a total
of thirteen at the finish, Wilkes Barre
tallying but one run after the opening
chapter A few more than seven hun
dred persons saw the game and a
large number of these severely roasted
their home team and had much to do
with their poor playing.
Goeckel was the first Wilkes Barre
candidate at bat but he famed. Sholta
hit a fly to right and Meaney muffed
it. Odwells grounder to Massey
should have been a force hit and the
beginning of a double play but Big
Bill made poor throw to second, the
ball hitting Sholta on the back and
both runners were safe. Hits by Bot
tenus, Belts and Smith scored four
runs.
Scranton's six runs were more easily
made. Meaney hit for three bases and
the bases filled on walks to Walters
and Beard. A run was forced in on
walk of Eagan, and another on
fielder's choice from Bonner. Massey's
lit-by-pitcher developed the third run
and Maguires base on balls the fourth.
Boyd hit to Manville and a double
play was made from the latter to Dig
gins to Goeckel. Two runs were scored
on a wild pitch before the side was re-
tired.
Wilkes Barre's run in the fourth
was due to Goeckels single, a sacrifice
and a scratch by Bottenus. The score:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-28
CYCLING RECORDS.
Marks Smashed by Laurlcks Ia In.
paced Riding, from Six 10
Fifty Miles, 10 2:23:2S.

Nat Butler. OF Cambridge, carried
everything before him in the races at
Charles River park. Cambridge, Mass,
Saturday. His one mile match race
paced" with Monte Scott, was one of
the most interesting events seen here
this season. Butler took the first heat In
2.17 3-5; the second heat and match in
2.13 2-5 seconds.
The one-mile open professional was
close contest between Nat Butler,
Eddie McDuffie and F. A. Gately. They
rode in bunch till at the homestretch,
so that the result was in doubt up to
the last moment. They finished in the
order named.
In a two-mile exhibition w. r. Brin-
kerhoft, of Harvard. lowered the COL
lege record from minutes 40 1-5 sec
onds to minutes 1-5 seconds, coming
near to the amateur record, which is 4
minutes 1-5 seconds.
The unique feature of the meet was
the fifty-mile ride of Rudolph Lauricks,
of the Bay State wheelmen. This was
the last event of the meet and was
watched with interest during the first
twenty-five miles. owing to the fine rid
ing form of Captain Lauricks. He un-
dertook TO break the amateur records
unpaced from one to fifty miles. Lau-
ricks began breaking records at the six
mile mark, lowering the record for that
distance from 16 minutes is seconds to
16 minutes IL 3-5 seconds. Lauricks
time for fifty miles was hours, %
minutes and 25 seconds.
He rode the last mile in 3 minutes
1-5 second squirting down the stretch
apparently as fresh and cheerful as al
the halfway mark. The time made by
1auricks this afternoon after the six
mile mark stands as the amateur rec
ords for each mile. and for the whole
distance