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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

TOT cash may be obtained on any ar
ucle in their store this week and buy.
ers are assured of bargains.
The Pine City Electric company.
under the management of Messrs.
Hearn and Blake Trescett, are pre-.
pairing an attractive display in electri-
cal effects and machinery. A miniature
electric light plant is being built at
their store on West Second and will
soon be in full operation. In addition
their display rooms show the very lat.
est IN electrical fixtures.
Another is the advertisement of the
Aoss-Niehol company Offering many
bargains in vehicles, harness. carriage.
heaters, lap robes and everything in
their line.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

We are progressing slowly. People
Who once talked wholly about the
weather now divide time between the
weather and breakfast foods.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

Miss Curtis will close her coaIse
Of lessons in whist with a tournament
All wishing to come in for the las six
lessons should enter on Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
'otal expenses for month, s305.

Last Sunday the meetings we're
We'll attended, over 60 being present
and all enjoyed the address by Mr.
Jones OF New Orleans on the "Ups and
Downs CT Travelling Man. BY One Of
Them"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
Board meetings 8.

Attended Women's Auxiliary mest.
ings, 800.
Attended all other meetings in the
building, 600.
Magazines read in rooms, 80.
Daily papers filed and read in rooms.
$50.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

city He was first elected to the lagis-
lature in 1889, Wh2r but twenty.one
years of age. and at each successive
election has been a leader on the Dem
ocratic county ticket In 1901 he was
admitted t the Jefferson county bar.
having studied law with Messrs. Young
and Whitelaw and completed his edu-
cation.
Mr.. Toney has at all times been
staunch friend of the working people.
defending their interests as best he
could in all matters of legislation.
where he thought they would be i'm
posed upon. While in the last legisla-
tTe he was recognized as one of the
leaders in the movement which ey-
empted labor organizations from the
provisions of the antitrust bill. aad it
Vas largely due to hi efforts that=the
amendment to the bill was adopted. IN
he fight for the labcring people Mr..
IoneE never left the house during the
entire day, but bent all his energies TO-
ward the passing of the amendment. |
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
N. T. ROBERTS & SON.

AbStracterS, real estate ana rental
agents. No III Main street, Pine Bluff
Arkansas.
Thanking my friends and the public
generally for the many faYors hereto
fore extended to me, will say that after
sixteen years experience in business
and having the assistance now Of my
son, X. r. Roberts, we are better pre-
pared than ever before to render you
good and satisfactory services, and
promising prompt, correct and guaran-
teed work we ask a share Of your =A,lsi-
ness.
We now need more houses to rent,
more property on our sales list, and
abstracts to make. Prices and com,
missions as low as the lowest promised
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
Mr., Kline is anxious to have the pub
Iic attend the meetings today at 3
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IMPORTANT HOLDING
RAILROAD is RESPONSIBLE FOR
VALUE OF GOODS
HANDLED.

Pittsburg, Dec. 80. = In federal
court today Judge Acheson handed
down an opinion in the case of Doyle
VS. the /, Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
which virtually, says that under the
present methods of doing business a
railroad company is responsible for
the full value of goods lost in transit,
Notwithstanding the printing or stamp
ing of the clause on the face of bill
of lading calling for maximum allow
ance for release, unless an agreement
as to value shall be made between the
railroad and the shipper and the sig
nature of the shipper secured to such
an agreement
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IA MOST MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Strange Facts Surround The Disappearance
Of An Abba Man.

Abba, December so. - (SpeciaD -
Bleaching under a pitiless western
sun. washed by the infrequent
rains of the Idaho prairies,
food for the hungry animals which
haunt the lonely stretches of that state.
the bones of j. D. Mock of Abba laid
all summer, through the autumn, and
until they were found few days ago
by a settler who had taken a short
cut across the railroad right-of-way to
reach his ranch, all trace had been lost
of the unfortunate old man since last
April. The story of his disappearance
is unusual in the extreme and admits
Of but two solutions, either Of which
carries a query.
Disappeared In April.
On April % Mr.. Mock, who was a
retired farmer living at Abba, started
for his home from Grants Pass, Ore
gon, where he had been visiting rela-
tives. Although 76 years of age he
was hardy old MAJ and had always
enjoyed the best of health; hence his
relatives had no fear that he would
have any difficulty in making the long
journey alone and in safety
Mr.. Mock's trunk reached Abba on
April &c., four days after he had left
Grants Pass. but the owner did not
arrive. No anxiety was felt by his
relatives here. however, even when
three or four days had elapsed and he
had not put in an appearance.
| r K
Search is Commenced.
A week passed and no word came
from the traveller and finally his son
at Grants Pass wrote to learn if he
had reached home in safety. Receiv
ing a negative reply he wrote to his
brother, A. H. Mock at Milan, Kas.
thinking perhaps their aged parent had
decided while on the road home to Wis
1t there. He had not been seen there
however. and the brothers began 6
search for him.
No Trace to be Found.
1t was found that Mr.. Mock's ticke,
had been collected on the train ane
that he had been seen by trainmen as
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far east as Granger, Wyoming, but aft
er that no trace could be found. Detec-
tives were put to work upon the case
and a reward of $500 was offered for
the recovery of the remains, all hope
given up. Finally. after securing the
country without finding the slightest
fact upon which a theory could be
hung, the detectives gave up the
search. Weeks rolled by and the dis
appearance was forgotten by many,
only the relatives of the dead man be-
ing still haunted with the thought that
somewhere in thew stretch of coun-
try between Oregon and Iowa their
aged kinsman, dead, or in awful mis-
cry, was q prey to the pitiless wealth
er.
Remains Discovered.
Finally word was sent to Grants
Pass a few days ago that the scarcely
recognizable remains of man had
been found one mile from Yale Sid
ing, little way station in Blair county
near Pocatello, idaho. A. H. Mock at
once fastened to, Pocatello. and iden-
titled the corpse as that of his father.
Although the flesh had gone from the
bones in many places, the clothing
could be recognized. A search of the
coat resulted in the discovery of $92
sewed in the lining. Mr. Mocks watch
and the remainder of the 5000 he car.
ried when he started home were not
to be found.
An Unreasonable Verdict.
The coroners jury at an inquest
held at Rocatello solemnly declared
that the deceased had come to his
death as the result Of an attack OF
cramps, entirely neglecting the indi
cations Of robbery and murder The
remains were shipped to Abba, and
have been inferred with private ser.
vices in the Oak View cemetery here
His Death a Mystery.
The manner Of Mr.. Mock's death
will doubtless always remain mys
terry. Two theories arise. The first
and more probable is that Mr.. Mock
alighted from the train at some sta
ton, and was attacked or, led away
to an out-of-the>way place where he
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GET RICH
PAWN BROKER IN DIES MONIES
LOSES THOUSANDS FROM
HIS SAFE.

Des Moines. Dec. 80. - Burglars dy-
namited the safe of o. Cohen, a jewel
ry pawn broker, last night and secur-
ed $4,000 cash. besides diamonds,
watches and jewelry. One man has
been arrested on suspicion.
Illinois Merchants Lose.
Bloomington, Ill.,, Dec. 80. - A gang
of safe blowers which have been op.
Grating through central Illinois lately
was rewarded at San Jose last night
After dynamiting the safe in the post
Office the robbers secured the entire
contents of the safes in the business
houses of Nicholas Weise and John vi
ner The complete haul was about
81 900.
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SUSPECT
FOUL PLAY
FRIENDS OF cENTERviLLE GIRL
WHO HAS DISAPPEARED
ARE ANXIOUS.

Centerville, Dec. 30.-(Special.) y
Fearing that his daughter has met
with foul play, or that she has commit
ted suicide while in a fit of desponden-
cy, Lin Riggle, of Dean, small town
near here, is carrying on an exhaustive
search for the young woman. No trace
of her can be found, and it is thought
she is dead.
Lost for Four Weeks.
Miss Callie Riggle, aged "a years, a
prepossessing young woman, has been
lost for four weeks, having apparently
dropped from the face of the earth. She
was last seen on the streets of Cen
terville on Monday morning, Novem-
Der %, having left her home that day
to come to this city and accept posi-
ton in the home of Nathan Stanton.
She stopped at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. Wilson, on West Washing
ton street for short time, and after
leaving there all trace of the young
woman has been lost.
. Her father fears she may have been
foully dealt with in some manner, as
no explanation is found for her volun-
tary disappearance.
May Have Suicided.
There is one report that the girl may
have been melancholy following the
announcement of the coming marriage
of young man in Caldwell township
with whom she had kept company.
But she is not known to have said any
thing rash. She is not known to have
had any trouble at home. She is the
Oldest in the family and was consider
ed trustworthy girl.
! Can Find No Trace.
| Going on the theory that sne might
have been temporarily deranged and
done violence to herself search is be.
ing made of some sections near town
on the north and west, but no trace
can be found, nor does any one re-
member of seeing her at the depots.
She was not very well known in town
here as she had never gone out much
here.
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was later killed and robbed. The sec
ond is that he may have become sud
denly deranged, and wandered from
the train at a station and finally starv-
ed to death or committed suicide. Both
theories carry query. In the first
case the question might arise, as to
whether, at such a public place as a
railway station, a man could be MUIR
dered or kidnapped without the affair
creating considerable excitement. This
one is easier to circumvent, however,
than that which demands the where
abouts Of the mans watch and money,
which he is known to have had on his
departure for his home, and which
were not found with or near his re-
mains.
The Mock case brings to the minds
of many Ottumwans and those resid-
ing in the vicinity of this city, a SIM
liar affair which took place about two
years ago near the scene of the discov-
cry of Mr.. Mock's body, and the sim
ilarity between the circumstances sur
rounding the two deaths cannot help
but lead to suspicion that both were
committed by the same people, or at
least after the same systematic plan.
The first case was that of Benja-
| min Hardy, whose bones were found in
a lonely spot not far from Pocatello,
some two years ago after search of
nearly a year. Mr.. Harkins was the
brother of James Harkins, Of Fremont,
and, though a resident of the state of
Kansas, he was well known to several
people in Wapello and Mahaska coun-
| ties. He started from his Kansas
home for a trip in the northwest, and
when at small town in Idaho he got
off the train while it stopped, and was
left. He secured room at local ho-
tel. having learned that he must wait
twenty-four hours before resuming his
journey, and after supper he left the
hotel for walk about town. From that
time until his skeleton was found no
trace could be discovered. He had con.
siderable money on his person when he
left his home. but when his remains
were discovered there was not cent
/ to be found. The strange parallel be
tween the two cases is very unusual
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ACTION OF REYES NOTE HAS
NOT YET BEEN
TAKEN. %

Washington, D. c., Dec. 80. - The
preparation Of the answer of this gov
ernment to the communication from
Gen. Reyes, Colombian envoy is pro-
crossing but it is said that it will not
be ready for presentation before
Thursday. No intimation can be obtain
ed officially as to the character Of
this governments reply but it is stat
ed the continuance Of the negotiation
with Reyes for some little time is quite
likely. His frequent conferences with
the officials of the administration have
enabled Reyes to realize the United
States will not .retrace a step on the
isthmus. .,--.
Question of Indemnity.
Whether Colombia may hope for re
lief from congress in the shape of in
demnity for loss she has suffered in
the secession of Panama is matter
which can be left open for the present
it is said, as Colombia and the United
States are concerned now with the
broader questions, as to the interpre-
tation of the treaty of 1876.
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TO OPEN DOOR
ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE TO
PUT TREATY INTO
EFFECT.

Pekin. Dec. 30.-The Chinese gov
ernment has promised United States
Minister Conger to soon forward the
Chinese copy of the treaty to Wash
ington for exchange of .ratifications.
1t is necessary first to obtain the en-
peror's seal. After the treaty is rati-
fled the opening of Mukden and An
tung to the commerce of the world
can be pressed.
Marquis of Sligo Dead.
Dublin, Dec 3O.-The Marquis Of
Sligo died here today.
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TAKES LIGHTHOUSES.
Hawaiian Beacon Service to be Nam
aged by United States.

washington. Dec. Boy procla-
nation just made public, dated Decem-
Der 2S President Roosevelt directs
that all property OF the former govern
ment of Hawaii, ceded heretofore to
the United States, consisting of light
houses and all property, vessels and
material pertaining thereto. be taken
for use by the United States, and that
the department of commerce and Ia
Dor through the lighthouse board, be
charged with all the administrative
duties relating to the Hawaiian lights
house establishment.
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IoWAN's AWFUL DEATH.
keokuk Man Kills Wife and Self in

NCONuk MdH NHIs VHe esdHu SSh III oC
Louis.
st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 80. - Frenzied
by the sight of a gypsy peddler in his
wife's room, Ed Smith cut her throat
from ear to ear. He then used the
dripping weapon to cut his own throat
Her two sons BY a former marriage
saw the CHASTITY spectacle as did the
peddler who disappeared Immediately
after. Neither can survive the knife
wounds.
Mrs. Smith married one Painter, Is
year ago at Bloomfield, and several
years later married one Bishop in
Keokuk. Both the sons who saw the
deed say the desperate man had been
reading dime novels, and may have
found an incentive in the novel. The
stepfather had relied on the young
sons to support the family.
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BOOM ]. L. WEBSTER.
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS WANT
HIM FOR VICE PREsI-
DENT.

Omaha, Dec 80 Several represen-
tative republicans of Nebraska held "a
meeting today to organize a move
ment for the advancement of the can
didacy of John L. Webster for the vice
presidential nomination in 1904 Res.
olutions endorsing Roosevelt and Web,
ster were unanimously adopted. E
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"a. J. r." STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Only One Victim Of Michigan Wreck
Now Unknown,

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 3d.
There we've no further deaths at the
hospitals last night among the injured
In Saturday nights wreck upon the
Pere Marquette railroad near East
Paris. and it was said today that there
was no immediate prospect of any of
the injured suceumbing. Only one of
the twenty-five dead still remains to
be identified, man with the initials
a. ]. K. on his cuffs, but with no other
mark by which to identify him.
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PROPAGANDA WILL SOON coNsIp.
Err QUESTION REGARDING
DUBUQUE DIOCESE.

Rome, Dec. 80. ~ At the next meet
ing of the propaganda the question
of dividing the dioceses of Dubuque,
Iowa, Helena, Mont, and Hartford
Conn, and the creation of a new dio.
cese between Boston and Providence
will be discussed The proposals will
probably be approved. A coadjutor
bishop will also be appointed to Arch,
bishop Williams of Boston.
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TO PROVE ADVANTAGES.
Westinghouse Company to Equip Road
Electrically.

New York. Dec. 30.-The Westing-
house Electric & Manufacturing Co.
has purchased the controlling interest
In the Lackawana & Wyoming Valley
Rapid Transit Co., paying therefor
about $6,000,000. The Westinghouse
company intends to equip the road
electrically with a view to demonstrat.
ing the advantages. of electricity as a
motive power for freight and passen.
ger service.
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WANT BALFoUR's SCALP.
Tories Demand a Declaration of His
Policy.

Liverpool. Dec. 80. - The Post hears
that free trade tories are determined
to make Premier Balfour declare him.
self either for or against the policy
of Joseph Chamberlain. AS soon as
parliament meets the Tories will pro.
pose a resolution condemning prefer
ential duties and taxation on food. II
Balfour opposes the resolution or de
clines to endorse it, the tories will re
sign and contest their seats against
the free traders.
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FLORIDA FOR CANAL.

Jacksonville Business Men Ask Sena.
tors to Support the Treaty
Jacksonville. Fla, Dec 80. = The
Jacksonville Boardaof Trade met yes
terday afternoon for the purpose OF
calling upon Senators Talliaferro and
Mallory to vote for the ratification OF
the canal treaty with the new Panama
republic. Business interests Of the
state are demanding the construction
OF the canal. The board discussed the
issue. Other boards were requested
to take up the matter.
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ACTOR JEROME SYKES is DEAD.
Star Of "The BiIlionaire" Company is
A Victim of Pneumonia.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-Jerome Sykes the
.cperatic comedian and star of the "Bil-
iionaire" company, which has been
playing two weeks engagement at
the illinois theatre. died yesterday af-
ternoon at the Stratford hotel of pneu-
monia after an illness of four dlys.
Mr.. Sykes was taken i'll Christmas
day, having been barely able to finish
the matinee performance.
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YOUNG coRBETT KNOCKS OUT
EDDIE HANLoN AT SAN
FRANCISCO.
LOSER BADLY PUNISHED
California Lad Refused to be Knocked
Out, and Referee Graney Finally
Had to Stop the Fight in the Six
teenth Round-corbett is Champion.

San Francisco, Cal. Dec..3o. - (spe-
ciaD Fighting with a fierceness that
seemed impossible, and refusing alb
solutely to be knocked out, Eddie Han
Ion, plucky little warrior that he is,
finally had to be carried to his corner
last night in the sixteenth round of his
fight with Young Corbett, after the
latter had devoted two rounds of fierce
in-fighting in an attempt to stop the
battle The fight will go down in his
tory as the most interesting and best
contested fistic battle ever seen in
this city, and Hanlon, though defeated
is still recognized as one of the great
est light men who ever lived. Young
Corbett himself testified to his rivals
prowess after the fight, when he be-
slowed an affectionate kiss upon the
battered Hanlon, saying:
you can whip the best of 'em."
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Question of Indemnity.
ATTEMPTS ESCAPE.
One of the Car Barn Murderers Saws
Bars in Cell.

s&*& = $3.50 s.**.s*.
Chicago, Dec, -J.-An attempt !
= at escape from the county Jail by !
one of the car barn bandits was =
discovered by JaiIer Whitman to- I
= day. The bars in Roeski's cell \
had been sawed in two and bent I
The saw could not be found. Roe
. ski was Immediately transferred I
= to another cell and Is guarded !
carefully.
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MRS. 9s. city JAMS FUNERAL.
Well Knowfn fnWriter's Remains Inter
red at Detroit.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-After solemn
high mass at the cathedral of the Holy
Name, the remains of Mrs. Alexander
Sullivan were today conveyed to De.
troit, where the burial will take place.
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- PRATSE FOX JUDGE SMITH.
-----s-
Washington commends His Action il
Staying the Mob.

Washington. D. c., Dec. S0.-Con-
ing lynching in Council Bluffs has
been on everbody's tongus. President
Roosevelt, officials and clerks have
commended the action of Judge Smith
in the strongest terms and expressed
admiration for man who possessed
such influence over an infuriated
mob.
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RUSSIA AND JAPAN ARE NEAR A
CLASH.
PAPERS TALK OF BREAK
Russian Publication Takes Most
Pessimistic View of the Outlook -
Japan Buys Warships and Talks Of
Russia's Attitude and of War.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 80. - Foreign
dispatches received here yesterday are
reflected today in more pessimistic ed
itorials. The Novoe Vremya begins
its leader with: There is no war to-
day; tomorrow there may be war"
FataIistic Talk.
The paper rather Realistically di-
rects, attention to the fact that wars
marked the opening of the seventeenth
eighteenth and the nineteenth centur-
les. The Novoe Vreyma nevertheless
still processes faith in peaceful set
tlement.
Japan Talks of War.
Paris, Dec. 30.-It is learned in dip
lomatic circles that the Japanese gov
ernment has informed foreign diplo-
mats that the situation with respect to
Russia is desperate, but not hopeless.
1t is believed this information was
communicated to the French govern
ments for presentation at st. Peters
burg.
Japan Buys Ships.
London, Dec 30.-Japan this even
ing completed the purchase of the Ar
gentine warships Morento and Riva.
dayia, now buildings at Genoa, Italy,
for which Russia also was negotiating.
The German View.
Berlin, Dec. 30.-!The Lokal Anzel-
ger, without reserve. says: ''The Jap.
anese government has informed repre-
sentatiyes and the powers at Toxic
that the situation at this moment is
unbearable and that Japan must strike
il Russia does not accept the proposi-
tions that Japan has submitted, as
Japan cannot longer wait for final
decision"
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ANOTHER VICTIM DIES.
Fatalities From Pere Marquette
Wreck Number Twenty-Five.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 30.-Con-
ductor George Neil, the twenty-second
victim of the Pere Marquette wreck
which occurred near East Paris, on
Saturday, died today. Neil lived at
Ionia.
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FRANCIS JOSEPH BETTER.
Austrian Monarch Has Recovered Az
ter His Accident.

Vienna, Dec. 30.Emperor Francis
Joseph has quite recovered from his
accident and is pursuing his ordinary
vocations today.
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BARR SUCCEEDS WILLIAMS.
Becomes President of the seaboard
Air Line.

New York, Dec. 30.-At meeting of
the directors of the Seaboard Air Line
today, j. Shelton Williams resigned
the office of President of the company,
and vice-President Barr was elected
president and general manager.
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Cedar Rapids Man Accused Of Stealing
$4,000.

Cedar Rapids, Dec. 30.-( Especial -
F.. g. Herkner, employed by local
tailor as collector. is under arrest,
charged with the embezzlement of
So, 900 of his employers money.