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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17
 SHOE: S..

Our shoe stock is so large that we could not do 1t justice to give if write-up, we, however, would beg to state that we have all our shoes made to order, nothing but leather enters our shoes, we guar antee every pair We sell, and handle the well-known brands of Ziegler Bros, ladies and children $ fine shoes.
 Banister's world fenouned men shoes.
 A complete line of mems Good year Welts at S4, S and g.. 50; while our line of satin calt at $2, $I,7S, SI.5o, $f.e5 aud IS is full of style and solid wear.
 Childrens School Shoes
 We have the never rip. nothing better and has the latest improve ments.
 Button. I2 to ?, $I35i 8 to IT, SIe5.
 Lace, I2 to 2, SIPS; 8 to II, SI15.
 Ladies medium priced geuine dongola, all toes, button or lace at SIPS and $I.5o will bear your careful inspection.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17

Mir. John ". sheehan, of Little Rock, is in the city
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17

MT. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor returned Saturday afternoon from Nashville, where then had been viewing the Centennial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17

Mir. John l.. Mills will arrive in the city this morning to spend the week with his family and to take ili" the Eoir
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17

Col. Nell Williams was in the city Saturday,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17

Hnnd'a Pills aeteasilv and. promptly on the bowels. Cure sick headache. 2,c.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17
PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC.

PINE BLUFF. ARK. OCT. ls. lsa7
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CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
 Col. Nell Williams was in the city Saturday.
 Mir. John W sheehnu, of Little Rock. is in the city
 Mir. Harry Harris, Of Wabbaseka, is registered at the Trulock
 MT. T. E. Goldsby. of England, was ra Pine Bluff visitor Saturday. Mir. A. NJ. McGchee. of McGehee, paid Pine Bluff q visit yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. r. \. Jarvis. of Noble Lake, registered at the Trulock Sat urday
 Mrs. E. H. Flemming, of Little Rock, will visit her mother, Mrs B. F. Clegg, i'll this city, Monday. Mir. John l.. Mills will arrive in the city this morning to spend the week with his family and to take ill" the Fair.
 Mrs. Joe Altheimer and daughter, < Miss Hennie, returned today from an extended summer tour to Chicago and the West.
 Chancellor James F. R0Unson re- I snorning, after holding court here for che past week.
 
 It is rumored that certain young lady residing on Fourth avenue will soon change her boarding house to one on Second avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-17
LADIES DEPART7T.

Our stock of capes comprise the latest from $1 to S2o. You will find us very low on eapes.
 Dress Skirts-Onr stock is very large and we handle ali grades from SI to S8.75, our sknts are extra well made
 Corsets-We have q full line of Warmers and Her Majesty $; we had room built in our new de- partment for the purpose of try ing on corsets, compentent sales ladies at you service.
 4 full line of medium priced dless goods.
 Kid gloves-Late styles and low figures prevail in this depart ment.
 Ladies, Men and Childrens UDderwear-It Is well known fact that our stock is very large, we have most everything. Union suits and seperate pieces. Take our goods home and examine them carefully and you will be convinced that our prices are right.
 Table Linen-This is the pride of the house, don't overlook us when in need of Table clothes, Napkins or Towels
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
CHOYNSKI AND
M'COY May MEET
A Local Club Sends a Dispatch
to the "Kid," Asking
His Terms.
Joe When Here Expressed Willing
ness to Do Battle With the Clever
Middle Weight.

Eddie Connolly and Dal Hawkins
met for the first time last night since
their recent encounter in the roped
arena.
How are you feeling" asked Con-
molly.
First rate" answered Dal, barring
a sore neck. How is it with you?"
well, 1 am recovering from the
drubbing you gave me-"
Last night Connolly received an Of
fer from a Cincinnati club to meet
Harry Dime in a twenty round bout
in that city. He will accept the prop
oSition and will leave in a few days
for the East. This will be Connolly's
second meeting with Dime, having
previously defeated him in a stub
bornly fought battle.
The result of the Mccoy -Creedon
battle has aroused much local interest
in sporting circles, and many judges
of the game contend that Choynski
and Mccoy would make a great go.
The fight promoters of a local club,
it is understood, have sent a dispatch
to Mccoy asking him on what terms
he Will meet Choynski, the battle to
take place in this city some time early
in February next.
Choynsh when here expressed a
willingness to meet Mccoy. There is
no man whom / would sooner meet" I"
said the popular Californian, than
Mccoy. There is not three pounds diff
ference in our weight, and we are
equally matched so far as height and
reach are concerned. But l do not
think Mccoy will consent to meet me.
He has been approached several
times, but has always given as an ex-
cuse that he wasn't going out of his
class"
There is nobody in the middle
weight class now who is capable of
coping with Mccoy, and he must nee
essarily take on heavy weights in ar
ranging for future matches
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20

parted from the prison her husband
told Captain Robinson that his young
est child, a babe of Z months had
died in its mothers arms a few hours
before her visit to the jail. He asked
whether he would be permitted to go
home and see the babe and comfort his
wife for a few hours. When Chief
Lees was told the story he said:
Let permission be granted by all
means. We would be nyenas to refuse
such a request"
So the sOrrowing father was led
from his gloomy cell by Policeman
Coughlin, who was deeply affected by
the sight he beheld at the home of the
parents of the dead oabe
The mother led her husband to a
lounge, where the babe lay beautiful
in the last sleep. The strong man
knelt beside the babe, as tears bathed
his face and his body was SWayed by
the storm of grief that swept over his
whole being. The mother threw her
arms around the unfortunate man,
who was soon to be led back to Jail.
Four young children witnessed the
sad spectacle and added to the pathos
as they cried and clung TO him until
he painfully and slowly walked with
bowed head and aching heart from the
house of sorrow.
There is no food in that house except
few mOrsels Of bread, and the fuel is
all gone.
IF you could only be with me we
might do something" said the lonely
and hopeless woman as her husband
was taken back to Jail, but alone 1
am helpless. For two days 1 have
paced the floor with baby in my arms,
unable to see any one or ask for as
Sistance."
An effort will be made to-day TO
have the unfortunate mans sentence
commuted. There is room. meantime,
for charitable persons to demonstrate
in this case, and at this Yuletide sea-
son, that there is such a thing as the
brotherhood Of man, and that zone
drop of blood flows through the races. -
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
PERSONAL.

E. H Campbell, U. S. N, is at the
Baldwin.
DR.. ]. Miller Moore, L. S. N, is at the
California.
R. c. Sargent of Stockton has a room
at the Russ.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Melvin of Santa Rosa is at
the Cosmopolitan.
w. H. Hilton, an orchardist from Glen
Ellen, is at the Grand.
J. Ryan and wife of San Jose are
guests at the Cosmopolitan.
]. L. Dodge of Taylor Mine, Cal, is
staying at the Cosmopolitan.
S. A. Alexander, merchant of Fresno,
is registered at the Baldwin.
]. c. Bull Jr. of Humboldt, who has the
Government contract for the construc-
tion of the breakwater near Eureka, is
staying at the Lick.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl Kurtz of Los An
geles are guests at the Palace.
w. A. Harris, a well-known lawyer of
Los Angeles, is at the Palace.
!. w. Langley, a mining man of Salt
Lake, is visiting at the Grand.
S. Valentine, a commercial traveller of
Ghila, Ga, is at the Cosmopolitan.
A. c. Hatton, a cattleman of Collins
vile, is recent arrival at the Russ.
Jesse D. Carr, a well-known capital
ist and old resident of Salinas, is at the
Occidental.
DR.. NJ. B. Campbell of the Southern
California State Hospital of Los Angeles
is at the Grand.
r. T. Devlin of Sacramento, one of the
State Board of Prison Directors, is reg
istered at the Grand.
A. Auchie Cunningham, chemist-in-
chief of the Pacific Borax Works, is
registered at the Occidental.
President David S. Jordan of Stanford
University came up from Palo Alto last
night and took a room at the Occidental.
George B. Sperry, the Stockton flour
merchant, accompanied by Mrs George
B. Sperry, arrived at the California last
night.
H. H. Pitcher, banker of Livermore,
is late arrival at the Palace. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Pitcher and Miss
Pitcher.
Alexander B. Coffey, educational editor
of the Overland Monthly, will lecture at
the Y. NJ. c. A. building tomorrow even
ing on Fruits of the Modern Press
r. ]. Downs, veterinary dentist, of
Chicago, arrived here yesterday to be
present during the remainder of the rae
ing season, and is a guest at the Grand.
Among yesterdays arrivals at the Pal
ace are Colonel Joseph A. Andrews and
j. B. Andrews of Newport, Ky, and
Isaac Joseph and NJ. Hilb of Cincinnati,
Ohio, who form a party.
Mrs. ]. P. Jones. wife of United States
Senator Jones of Nevada, and her daugh-
ter, Miss Marion Jones, woman cham
pion tennis player of Southern Califor-
MIA, arrived at the Palace yesterday.
Rev. o. c. Miller pastor at 2127 Jack
son street of the Mission Church of the
Holy Spirit and editor of the Golden
Gate Pentecost, spoke yesterday after
noon in the Y. NJ C. A. building on the
'Preservative Power of Integrity and
Uprightness.'
Lieutenant Wilbur F. Cogswell, to be
placed on the retired list after the COM
mencement of the New Year, is tempor-
arily at 104 Kearny street. He will re-
turn to Portland after visiting Dr.H. D.
Cogswell, who is 81 years of age and at
present an invalid.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
SET FIRE TO
THE MATTRESS
An Insane Man Creates a
Panic in the Receiv-
ing Hospital.
The Flames Discovered by q
Woman Who Happened
to Be Passing BY.
The Maniac Rescued by Doctors After
Much Trouble and Placed in
a Straiuacket.

A wild-eyed, poorly clad individual,
giving his name as 1. Antoine, created
a scene on Hayes street yesterday
afternoon by proclaiming that he was
the ghost of Jay Gould and that he
had been sent by the late financier to
provide for the poor. His clothing was
decorated with roses and on the lapel
of his coat he wore a piece of paste
board, which he claimed was a diplo-
ma awarded him by the faculty of
Yale College.
To Lieutenant Birdsall Antoine said
he was living in the Baldwin Hotel
and that his pals" were ex- Chief of
Police Crowley, Jim Corbett and
Joe Poheim, the tailor.
II am a crackajack," he remarked.
mo living man can beat me at my
game
I've got $4,000 in my mind" he de-
clared, 'and when my mind goes
money 50 goes the money"
Believing that the man was crazy
Lieutenant BirdsalI ordered Policeman
Joy, who had arrested him, to take
him to the Receiving Hospital, where
he was placed in a padded cell.
oilOl( (Ay dIlCI W di u al W OlIidIl IIO w otS
passing the hospital saw blaze in the
Larkin-street wing. and she at once
notified DR.. Fitzbibbon, who was in
charge. Accompanied by Colonel
Mogan, the steward, they rushed into
the insane ward and discovered the cell
in which Antoine was confined ablaze.
During the temporary absence of the
doctors the insane man ripped open
the mattress in his cell, and taking out
handful of excelsior set fire to it.
AS Mogan unlocked the cell door
Antoine, holding in his right hand a
portion of the burning excelsior,
rushed into the corridor, shouting I'm
mad, let me 60"
He was promptly seized and subse-
quently placed in a straitjacket. After
considerable trouble the fire was ex-
tinguished. The mattress was de-
stroyed as well as a portion of the
padded walls. To-day Antoine will be
taken before the Commissioners OF
Lunacy to be examined.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
BICYCLES MADE
THE HORSES RUN
Narrow Escape OF a Pleasure
Party in Golden Gate
Park Yesterday.
The Driver and a Young Lady In
jured-Crowds OF School Chill
dren Attend the Chutes.

The swift but silent bicycle caused
another runaway in the park yester-
day that for a time looked as though
fatal consequences might result.
George Johnson, who conducts the
saloon in the Golden West Hotel, was
driving q. spirited team down the west
slope Of Strawberry Hill when three
young men on wheels passed him 60
ing at a rapid pace. The horses SHE'D
at the machines, and in a moment
were beyond control. dashing down
the grade at a rate that threatened
the safety of several vehicles coming
in the opposite direction.
The driver tried for some time to
stop them, but finding his efforts futile
bent his energies to turning the fright
ened horses into some fiat where an
upset could do. little damage He
thought the opportunity had come just
before Broom Point was reached, but
he miscalculated the distance to the
bank and the carriage was overturn-
ed, the three ladies who accompanied
him being thrown to the ground and
the vehicle hopelessly wrecked.
Johnson and Miss L. Rowe were TAX
en- to the Receiving Hospital to be
treated for lacerated wounds of the
face and hands. officer Cavanaugh
secured the team before the horses
could do any damage to themselves
Over 5000 school children visited the
Chutes yesterday and spent pleasant
day witnessing. the various attractions
of the resort as guests of the manage
ment. The Boston Ladies' Military
Band received special attention from
the youngsters.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
They VIII EIoht Hard

A melting of the Brewery Workmen's
Union was held last night, but no action
was taken on the threatened war of the
Brewers Association against the brew
cries using the label. The rumor is gem
orally believed, however, by local brew
ers and was the subject of much desul-
tory conversation, and present appear
ances indicate that if the association
tries to fight the union breweries ii will
find that it has run up against an unex-
pected snag in the person of the union.
which IS at present amply prepared to
fight capital with capital. The union
men make the assertion that it is impos-
sible to manufacture beer at one dollar
per keg, and il the associated brewers
begin running business on this plan their
customers will soon make the discovery
that they are buying more water than
beer,
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
Mrs. Mabel McGinn, the
Gum-Chewer, Missing
From Her Home.
Her Friends Believe She Has
Eloped With Her Divorced
Husband.
They Told Their Troubles in Court
and Separated, and Now They
Disappear Together.

Mrs Mabel McGinn, the gum chewer,
and the divorced wife of George Nc
CHM. is missing from her home on
Broderick street, near Pine. She has
been gone since Tuesday, and her
friends are of the opinion that she has
made up with the man from whom she
was divorced and that they have run
away together. They have both dis
appeared, and it is thought they have
gone together. About two years ago
Miss Smith, as she was known before
she was married, mysteriously dropped
out of sight for a few days, and when
she came back she introduced McGinn
to her friends as newly acquired hus-
band. The couple took up their resi-
dence with the brides aunt, Mrs. Co
burn, on Broderick street, near Pine
They lived happily for a time, but
about six weeks ago Mrs. McGinn
brought suit for divorce, alleging
cruelty. In the court Mrs. McGinn
said she had been knocked down by
her brute of husband.
McGinn testified that he was obliged
to knock her down to take great wad
Of gum from her mouth. He said his
"ANN "Oeo e1 oAN1t hAl NilN NNA e'iAA AiN
always objected to il. He threatened
the Kelley cure for her abominable
habit and finally resorted to violence.
He knocked her down and dragged the
inevitable wad of gum from between
her jaws. That led to divorce, and
about a month ago the decree was
granted. The friends of the two thought
that that wad of gum had broken up a
happy home. The divorced husband
disappeared and Mrs. McGinn went
back to her aunt's home to sorrow and
curse her luck at drawing a blank in
the matrimonial lottery.
a few days of sorrow, and she bios
somed out into as gay a grass widow
as the sun ever shone on. Then, after
a few days of solitude in singleness,
she began to call for the return of her
husband. To her friends she began to
make excuses for him, and said he was
not nearly as black as he had been
painted in the court. The friends
looked almost daily for a reconcilia-
ton, but did not expect it would result
so romantically. When Mrs. McGinn
disappeared and George McGinn was
reported as missing, and when both
went away at the same time, it was
but natural for them TO suppose that
they had gone away together and once
more live happily so long as the wad
of gum does not intrude into the
household and stick up the wings of
Cupid.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
Baby Van Buren Dies
While Its Father Lam
guishes in Jail.
Pitiful Case Of DestitutiOn Called
to the Attention Of
the Police.
A Helpless Mother Appeals to the
Authorities to Allow Her Hus-
band an Hours Respite.

1t is not necessary to shed tears
over Dickens pathetic portrayal of
the death of little Nell, or to read
some of the stirring pictures from
Hugo's immortal Les Miserables'' to
understand the sorrow of the poor.
The city prison yesterday developed
a case as sad, as deeply touching as
any of. the heart-moving recitals of
human sorrow ever portrayed by the
masters of fiction in their most realis-
tic creations.
In city of plenty, among hospita-
BILE people, While anthems rose from
scores Of church choirs, a little child
perished in its mothers arms from
lack of nourishment, while the father,
a man of education and refinement,
paced his cell in the city prison, pow
erless to comfort the distracted
mother and his four grief stricken and
destitute children.
The babe that perished in it's
mothers arms was the child of Hor-
ace Van Buren, a manufacturing
chemist, who was sentenced Saturday
to the County Jail for embezzling SIS.
He had been entrusted with this petty
sum by a woman who lives on Grant
dNGuOC- Illus lOICGu DS DONtIIy 70 OO
wrong the man who bears the name of
a president of the United States Ian
guished in poverty and disgrace while
his helpless wife paced the floor of her
humble home at I22 Grove street until
the dark angel kissed and called away
the last flower and gift of her life.
But Mrs. Van Buren is a brave lit
tie being in the face of crushing sor-
rows. Battling to save her dying
child against difficulties that would
have crushed many a woman, she
bore up bravely until its death. Then
she sobbed as if her heart would
break, for the man who had sworn to
love and protect her and his children
was that moment a prisoner in a mar
row cell, there was no money with
which to meet the expenses of a fu-
neral and her other children stood
face to face with the last loaf, their
little lives warped with new sorrows,
her own life at best but a wintry day
1t was then that the patient sufferer
hastened to the Jail, there to break
the news to the prisoner whose child
was her child, whose sorrow was hers.
1t was there, too, that she entwined
her arms around the unfortunate
fathers neck and sobbed so mourn
fully that the Jail keeperS-men ac-
cUstomed to witnessing many sor-
rOws-bowed their heads and stepped
aside out of respect to the bereaVe-
ment Of two unfortunates whose lives
had thus drifted into the depths of
despair.
The interview between husband and
wife was evidently painful one, and
the prisoner, as well as his wife.
sObbed so as to attract the attention
of other prisoners. But the hardest
wretch in the entire inclosure was not
so heartless as not to be affected by
the sight when he knew the. cause of
the sorrow.
Wnen the grief-stricken woman de-
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
Says He Can Demonstrate
He Did Not Kill
Mrs. Clute.
The Body Of the Assassin ate6
Woman to Be Buried
To-Day.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
Friends of the Grief-Stricken Husband
Indignant at Reports From
Salt Lake.

Albert Hoff, the accused murderer
some of his composure and no longer
trembles when talking of the crime with
which he is charged. Yesterday he
said he could and would establish a
complete alibi when he comes to trial
Just how he would do it he would not
say, but he said he told his attorney
of the circumstances of his movements
on that day and the lawyer told him
he need have no fear of the hangman's S
rope.
Chief Lees says Hoff will make a
most dismal failure of any attempt to
prove an alibi. The prosecution will
prove that Hoff was not only in the
house where the murder was commit
ted, but that he was in the room
where the crime was done and at the
time the life was beaten out of the wo-
man with the deadly coupling pin. 1t
also viii be proven that the weapon
with which the crime was committed
was one of the tools carried by the ac-
cused man.
Funeral services were held over the
body of the murdered woman yester-
day afternoon at the undertaking par
lOrS of H. G. Porter. The room where
the body lay was crowded and a great
throng filled the street. The ritual
service for the dead of the Order of
the Eastern Star of which the de-
ceased was a member, was conducted
by the members of Golden Gate
Chapter. The Episcopal services for
the burial of the dead were said by
Rev. DR.. Moreland of st. Luke's
Church. The body viii be sent to
Watsonville to-day for interment.
Dispatches from Salt Lake City,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Clute formerly
lived, say the couple were highly re-
spected citizens there. Mrs. Clute was
of a lively and vivacious disposition,
fond of music and of society. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Clute had many friends,
and their home while in Salt Lake City
was an ideal one. When the news of
the murder first reached the Utah city
a report was sent from there saying
that Mr.. Clute, who had been Assessor
of the city, left his office under a
cloud. The report greatly exaggerated
the truth. At the time Clute held of
flee political feeling in Salt Lake City
was very strong, and when he removed
from the city it was said by the enc
mics he had made that he had not con-
Quoted his Office properly. No direct
charges were made and nothing could
be found against him to base any on.
The friends of the grief-stricken man
are justly indignant at the reports that
were circulated from his former home.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
CHRISTMAS HIGH JINKS.
The Event Assembled q Fine
HudieDce at the Bohemian
Club.

The Christmas high jinks Of the Bo-
hemian Club Saturday evening was a
happy event. The occasion assembled
a vast throng of members and quite a
number of Eastern visitors to whom
cards of admission were issued. The
house was appropriately decorated in
honor of the festivities. William
Sproule, president of the club, pre-
sided in a fitting manner. Noel" was
sung by Donald de V. Graham and
Nazareth" by Thomas Rickard The
literary contributors were Edward f.
Preston, Horace Platt, Jerome A Hart
and James L. Runcie.
The low jinks was sired by NJ A.
Newell. The All Yew On Society pre-
sented ''The Second Born" a one-act
play. The cast was great and the
stage equipment a revelation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
Officers installed.

The newly elected officers of the
Widows and Orphans Aid Association
of the Police Department were installed
yesterday in Judge Joachimsen's court
room as follows: President, Sergeant
John B. Martin; vice-president, John
FftZhenry; treasurer, Sergeant John
Duncan; recording secretary, o. c. Phil
lips; financial secretary, Samuel Rankin;
Sergeant James Donovan, M Anderson
John Wallace and John Butterworth'
The Police Choral Society and the Cold
en- Gate Colored Quartet rendered some
selections in fine style