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GIRL WIFE GETS
DIVORCE DECREE
Cross Suits Once Dropped, bui
Mrs. Garrettson Began Sec
ond Action, Satisfying Court
Charges Were True.

An interlocutory decree of ..bsolute
divorce was granted by Justice Blschon
to-day to Mrs. Fideiia II. Garrettson
the beautiful Young wife of Percy Il.
Garrettson, of No. 60 West Seventy.
sixth street and Pelham. on the report
OF Louis f.. Doyle. referee.
Mrs. Garrettson Is the daughter OF
Nathan l.. Ely, OF Peekskill, and was
n belle of hat village when Percy Il.
Garrettson, son of wealth, and fresh
from Lake Mohegan Military School,
came and wooed her. She was but
seventeen years old when they were
married, April 20, 1897. 1t was a great
event in Peekskill society. but ended in
trouble. which first came to the surface
when the husband sued for an absolute
divorce. naming two brokers and the
father OF Mrs. Garrettson's bosom friend
as correspondents.
Mrs. Garrettson replied through A. II.
Hummel with "A counter suit. naming
servant girls of Harlem as corresponds
ents. Both suits were abandoned by
consent OF Justice Dickey in White
Plains.
Mrs. Garrettson came to this city. and
last fall began another action, alleging
a visit TO n hotel by her husband and
an unknown woman.
She satisfied Referee Doyle of the
truth of tho charge, and the decree
signed by Justice Blschor resulted.
The evening world., 1904-01-15
%POST-OFF|CE THIEF
STOLE 100 LETTERS
Aobbery at Glen Ridge Revealed
by Finding Of the Opened
Mail on a Jersey City Ferry
Boat.

Post-Ofice Inspectors from New York
went to Glen Ridge, N. j., to-day to
run down q thief who entered the Post
Office there on Tuesday night and stole
a large number of letters and a few
cents In cash. The robbery was only
discovered by the merest chance, as the
Postmaster at Glen Ridge. Thomas
Aoritz, only missed 6 cents after he
discovered that his office had been en-
tered and did not think the robbery was
worthy the attention of the Post-Ofice
Department.
That a large number of letters were
stolen developed yesterday when a por-
ter In the Cortlandt street ferry-house
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. found a
package containing more than 100 let
tiers in q corner of the mems wash
room.
The porter discovered that almost all
the letters were addressed to residents
OF Glen Ridge and that all of them had
boon opened. He quickly communicated
with the New York Post-ofice Inspec-
tors ane the letters were turned over
to them.
No Report Made.
No report Of finding the letters was
Hlaue 10 Moritz. lHbteAu ne was asheu
by Inspector Jacobs:
Has there been q robbery in your
post-offtce recantly?"
The inquiry was made over the tele-
phone. Morltz answered:
Why yes: some thief got in here
on Tuesday night, There vas only a
little money in a tin box. He got that,
i don't think 1t amounted to more Than
9 cents, II Is such a little robbery that
I did not report 1t to. the inspectors.
is mending the door and then of course
l Will make good tho money stolen.'
Moritz, whoAActs as station agent for
the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad, lives witain q short dis
tatce of the station, where the post
ONCE Is also located.
Postal Clerk Arrested.
He said tina he retired to his home
on Tuesday night and then returned 10
the station to get something that he
had forgotten. He then discovered that
some thief q entered the station and
post-office, =
The finding of the letters hows that
the thief riied mail boxes and carried
the letters away with him. The letters
were then opened and II there was
money In any OF them II was stolen.
Inspector Jacobs was also informed to-
day that Isaac q Doren Flagg, a
clerk IN the money .order and registry
department OF the Post-Ofice at New
Rrnnsyick. is In Jail there under s5,OW
tiers. Elagg has q wife and two chit
MISREPRESENTATION him.
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CHECKS FOR EARLY RISER.
Partners Agreed that First Man mt
ONCE ShouId Have Them.

Oliver ". Limerick. who wrote Tales
in Slang under the pen mann of BILLY
Burgundy" had his former literary
partner, Steve" Floyd, before Magis-
trate Breen, in the Tombs Court. to-
day on a m to explain why he
laid claim to checks. which Limerick
said wehe his. although made out to
Floyd's order.
The two formerly wrote syndicate let.
tiers to newspapers under the name oil
Steve Floyd" the business man.
Burgundy" said 1t was agreed be.
tween them that the first man who go,
to the office in the morning should havo
the checks in the morning mail. Floyd
vas an early riser. while Burgundy
loved to linger in bed.
The firm dissolved. but, according to
the author of TALES in Slang" Floyd
still continued to call early and get tho
checks.
Magistrate Breen dismissed the sum
mons and told counsel il they would
make out a proper complaint he might
consider it.
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co,Ooo. There win be no increase In

81. ooo,6O 0 There win be no increase ii
dividends.
tween the Amalgamatcd Copper Com
amy and Hefnzc Is all moonshine.
There are no negotiations on and there
has been no move made ror a settlement
on Ine part OF tne Ainalgamated
the knowledge hat the earnings are
large. The gales of copper recently have
been enormous and this condition is
known by those in the trade who are
buying the stock. This IL the true rea-
son OF the advance"
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DECLINE ON
THE TALK OF WAR
Factors in the Market Were
Good, but Traders 'Hesitated,
and List, Which Had Been
Strong, Fell Away.

Traders and the public were in a wait
ing humor to-day. and after the first
hour business became very dull on the
Stock Exchange Inc prices began to de-
cline as the war news from the East be-
came gloomier. The improvement in the
iron and steel trade. the advance in the
price of light steel rails SO a ton, the
excellent showing of railway earnings
for November and December, the great
gain in cash by the banks Indicated by
the known movements of money all
failed to stimulate interest in the mar
ket or to cause any advance in prices.
After the early, run trading was re-
stricted to specialties and the price
movement became Irregular.
The war news was the whole con-
trolling factor. The Realty issues.
which opened unchanged. advanced
after the announcement OF the resigna-
ton of the directors who were opposed
to the manner in which the company
was being managed. The advance was
over u point for the preferred.
st. Paul held well all day and after
touching 143 reacted but ~fractionally.
Tho Changers were strong and nj
though they sold off slightly. they held
well after the slow decline that carried
them in the late dealing to about the
low points of the day.
There was a slight furry on the ex-
change when 1t was announced that
J..'r D Rockefeller had announced
that he believed that war between
Russia and Japan was inevitable. rhe
prompt and emphatic denial OF this re-
port. which was not generally believed,
ended the anxiety.
The market closed fairly steady. with
trading dull.
The total sales of stocks were 2Ss,00O
shares and Of bonds $3,170,00o.
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critically Ill her physicians rear that on
account of her exhausted vitality she
will not recover from the effects of her
fall in the theatre a few days ago.
Mrs. Gilbert, who up to the time of
Russell company, Is known to the
s~tagegocrs of two generations. Hers is
one of theNm most honored names in the
history of American actors and
actresses. Her charming personality.
her genial, lovable ways and natural
felicity endeared her to all, particularly
to those of the stage.
For many years Mrs. Gilbert was one
of the fine figures of the Augustin Daily
Stock Company. In the company with
Ada I3ehan. John Drew and James
Lewis II made many successes. In
later years, after the disbanding of the
famous Daily company. Mrs. Gilbert
played as second to the he younger
women stars of the Frohman organic
.ations. For the last -four years she mas
been associated with Annie Russell.
Played with Famous Actors.
EtTHhpS ITO dCtTtoS ndS pldySu WIN
more famous actors han Mrs. Gilbert.
She was born in England in 1922. Her
first stage efforts were in the ballet az
the London Haymarket. In 1916, after
some light successes on the dramatic
stage, she married George II. Gilbert,
actor and manager Four years later
she came to America.
For fifteen ear she played In West
ern cities under the management OF
John b. Rice, Lewis Baker, John Els
Ter and George Wood. She knew during
this period what misery and viscissitude
meant. experiencing the labor and sor-
row thu come with the grind of the
stage when great success has not shown
itself. It was in 1864 that she made her
first appearance On a New York stage.
She became associated with the most
brilliant successes of William j. Flor
ence, Barney Williams. Wallack and
Edwin Booth. Her range was so wide
that she not only played the great
S~hakespearian roles, but won lasting
fame in the lighter Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs.
Camp and Meg Merriles.
or late years Mrs. Gilbert only played
the roles of the granddame or the ell
derby lady.
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STOCKS DULL IN LONDON.
Threatened War In the Far East
still m Menace to Trading.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-Money was fairly
abundant in the market today and the
borrowings from the Bank OF England
were largely repaid. Business on the
Stock Exchange was dull and operators
were less hopeful of peace being main
tanned in the Far East. Consols weak.
ened, recovered slightly and reacted al
Sc close. Home Rails were easier.
Americans reacted a fraction, steadied
to parity, became stagnant and CLOSED
quiet. Grand Trunk fell sharply. Japan
csc receded and Russians were station
airy. Argentine Railroads were weaker
The evening world., 1904-01-15
WHEAT MARKET.

Wheat opened higher to-day or the
lower consols and bearish Argentine
weather advices. On the other hand
the strike in Argentina is considered
practically settled and the corn crop
OF that country Is expected to be larger
than last years yield. Corn was steady
and unchanged. with trading duh.
New York's opening prices were:
Wheat-May, 30 3-S: July. S61-2 bid.
Chicago's opening prices were: Wheat
MAY. 81 to 81 is; July, Sl5-s 10 81 "a;
September. rs Ia. Corn-May. As IT, 10
IS s-s; judy. MIS-: September. IS SIS,
The evening world., 1904-01-15
STOCKS DECLINE ON CURB.
New Low Records Made for Sea
board Air Line shares.

low records on the curb to-day. the
common selling down to s IA and the
preferred to 1s rs. Seaboard new 5 per
cent bonds. which were Just issued,
also made a new low record. it being
lower to rs IL, n loss OF 3 points. In
ternational Mercantile Marine bonds
were bid ut So, with no takers. The bid
and asked prices of the principal out
side securities were.
The evening world., 1904-01-15
LOW AND CRIMMlNS TO SAIL
VIII he FeVow-Passengers on the
Deutschland Next Wednesday.

John D.. Crimmins will sail for Europe
next Wednesday on the steamship
Deutschland. He will "a asa fellow
passenger former Mayor Low.
Mr.. Crimmins will remain abroad until
April. visiting the principal cities Of
Europe. Being a count In the Catholic
church he. will also journey to Rome
and pay his respects to the Pope.
The evening world., 1904-01-15
Her Emergency Fund.

tFrom the Cleveland Plain DeaIer.)
II put $40 in the bank to-day. George"
you'll have a tidy little sum there IL
o keep on. Going to buy something
nice with it?"
Mercy mo-! That's my divorce sur
plus-in case I need It."
The evening world., 1904-01-15

To-day highest. lowest and closing prices
and net changes from yesterdays closing
prices or from last recorded sale are as fol-
lows:
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A chill chaser for a cold day is.ARMoUR's
Served sysryWheres Sold in-bottlss By drug-d
AAlaAa -
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Mrs. G. H. Gilbert, Who Fell on
the Stage of a Washington
Theatre, Now In a Dangerous
Condition; Friends Alarmed.
KNOWN TO PLAYG0ERS
OF TWO GENERATIONS.
Long a Member of Augustin
Days Stock Company, and
for the Last Four Years with
Annie Russell.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-Mrs. G. II.
Gilbert the Oldest living actress. is so
critically i'll her physicians ear that on
aocoun of her exhausted vitality she
will not recover from the effects of her
fall in the theatre a few days ago.
The evening world., 1904-01-15
Spseial for Saturday.
Sweaters for Men and Boys. S Sis
Values up to $500. AT S1.OO.

Sweaters of warm wool and worsted in weaves
both plain and fancy. The models include but
confront, V-neck and high neck. Stripes, COL
lege and solid colors. A few of them are
marked by imperfections in weavin9-others are
q. trifle soiled. Otherwise we could not offer
them at One Dollar.
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Thc Clo.ing Quotations.

The total sales of stocks were 2Ss,0
shares and of bonds $3,170,00o
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THIN
CHEEKS.

Nothing can hide the deformity OF
thin, sunken cheeks. an ugly arm. .
scrawny hand or the absence Of Q
bust.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
FUNERAL OF WILEY JONES

The funeral of Wiley Jo"es, the
wealthy negro who del Wednesday,
was held this afternoon at the negro
Maonic temple. Services were CO..
Quoted under the auspices Gf Eastern
Light lodge, No G. of which the de.
ceased WAS a member The body W.
to the temple at II O'c oc&
and lay in state until O'clock Dur
ing the hours many negroes and al
most as many white people called -
soc the remains. The pail bearers
were Mack Haney, Noah Camp. Dr.
Geo A. Flippip, r. II, Skidmore F, {.
Bov6. +. NJ. Macon, Jake MoShy ava
S. W. Crump. The body was lad
20 rest in the negro cemetery Whlch
Wiley Jones founded The fu'erat
was arranged by the Holde:ness-Sel =
ward company. and the casket was the
finest ever brought to this city. Jones
was buried in one of the new burglar
proof vaults.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
EXCEEDED JURISDICTION

Tho governor yesterday pardonod
John Davis Of Grant county, fined $1e0
last March on the charge Of Illegally
performing a marriage ceremony II"
: voune man who was elected jus
tioc of the peace in River township IN
Grant county. and he went into the
adjoining county Of Saline and per
formed a wedding ceremony. oat Of his
LEGAL jurisdiction, thinking that II ex-
tended all over the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09

saAl.r vi WaIe rlli ou u years of
oeh atare aaJ aHt6e. pro
fe.e~ aatfe#e E that the rtaht ot
e#6#e=s o f6e#Gmted States Ia vote
4Ilasl nuO las aeale4= or ab,id4e4 6s#a #aba
i@aaa @.41as III amy States o.. ac
eaa5 ri rleez eotor ~ preeIoa CON
#laH~ of -efvtta44 and
.Aturuas ete eau&lr-z safssfipl
gaar rl,, uab5 ii malo inhabitants Of
feFl=sH .afe== 55zHs 2T yeafs= Of aao
ami ctf cus ii 56e umtyd States. to
Aee1e# al =4Hae=aa==-a5G specified e5ee.
aeHz sarce eHa pa sase of=fhaae= hero
6z au.dai has N tact baea aen.ea
or in some Wy 9hri1sed for causes
nof pefmitlea= ~ the constitution of
tbe EniJef &f4fe== aed that the=fe7ro-
e8@Jiou of IA sf5.ra hereinafter
specified sraa1d =be#rrdoeea pursuant
II the constitution
Il theu provide that after the tnI
OF March the representation ol cerIa.u
states shall be= sTvon as ab5zts=
The hj1 also Provides
THAT whenever hcrcatter#a shall
fFear TO the satisfaction ot eaaetea
that riehj te vote at the e'eetjons
specified in section =. article II. oi II"
constitution III any Of the state Last
specified is ne longer denied or IN any
way abridged for cause moi permitted
IL the constitution of the l'nite1
States. then the number et members
apportiulle5l to each tate in the hoHSr
of representatives hl section OF tn"
aforesaid act of l901, hereby amended,
NAV be restored 10 said state by a fur.
ther amendment 10 the aforesaid act
This reduction shall apply To the next
election for members of the house OF
representatives from said last men
toned states in the SiXtieth congress.
It provides in section for election
at large of representatives. of any state
whose representation is reduced, pro
yidcd the state. prior to the election
does not rcdisirict the state Oh the
reduced basis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
SECOND DAYS SESSION
OF the Methodist Conference at Tex.
arkana.

Texarhana Dec. a.-Bi.hop Kew
opened the second days session of Lit
lie Rock conference. NJ F. church
south. at 9 O'clock yesterday morning.
J, G. Rhodes conducted the devotions
Claude Orear. Pine Bluff district: L.
W. Evans, Edward ] SLAUGHTER. and
Harry f. NanCamp. Prescott district.
and ]. c. Hooks. TeXarkana district
were admitted on trial
Hugh Reyely. Lewis Cannan. NJ L.
Rhodes, w H. Woodfin A. \ Keith.
\. K. Biyens and {. c. Green were
J. F. Townsend was continued in the
class OF the first year. p S. Heron.
Y Z, l.. Hundley, c. S, Williams, H. l..
Simpson and f w. Harvey We're con
tnnci IL the second years class, l.. !.
RID ING being elected a deacon and
advanced to the third.
Fletcher G. Cannon ]. D. May. T.
H. t.roW,1er. Seth X Burnett j p.
lannon's and Jesse l.. Leonard were
advanced to the class Of the fourth
year. Rev. ]. Z. Burleson being con
tinued In the class of the third year.
NJ O. Barnett. y l. Aeeze. ". X
Dogers. j. F I.awless and Forney
Hutchinson were elected elders. w. +.
elder and his examination approved
I1r. Seth Ward, one of the mission
a;',- secretaries, addressed the confer.
Vuce on missions James A. Ander-
son, editor of the Arkansas Methodi t.
spoke in behalf Of the conference
organ. DIR. George B. Winton, editor
of the Christian Advocate. addresse |
the body as to the general organ.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09

Owing to the facr fh1t the Nati
cotton convention will meet al Shrevc.
port, la, December + to Is. 1aa4. fer
The purpose of discussing the boil We
Vii peril that how menaces the cotton
Crops of the south, ana Jefferson coUn-
Y being one Of the greatest cotton
growing sections NOT only of Arkansas
but OF the south. County Judge keT-
win has appointed several delegates
from this county who are Interested
iii the cotton growing question, the
growth and prosperity of Jefferson
county as well as the neiehborin2
counties and welfare Of our sister
states in this movement. The wee
vii is said to be the Mexican boil wee
VII and it seems inconceivab9e that
an insect SO small can do the great
damage accredited to it, There will
be delegates from every town in the
south at this convention. from agrieu-
tural associations, cotton exchange.
also from the cotton mills throughout,
not only the south but other states
that have a great many mills, which
are interested in the great cotton
cop They will assemb e at Shreye-
port with the firm belief that they
will be able to solve the problem
It is said by one Of the southern pa
pers:
The fighting line is now in Louisi
ana; in another year ii will be in Mis-
sissippi in a decade every part of the
southern cotton country will be coy
cred. And from what we have seen
the indications are that the damage
viii grow greater as the bell Weevi'
marches onward. There are portions
OF Texas which the pest left as black
and desolate as Sahara. In Louisiana
and Mississippi in the ailuvial sec
tions of these states. the insect enemy
ef the cotton Will strike a new country
Ief richer soil and more prolific in
sect I:fc. Army worms, cotton cater
p?lars thrive here in greater luXH-
rance ana We may look for the same
experience with the boll Weeyil
Wherever the soil is richest vherey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
WILL GO ARKANSAS CONGRESS.
iONAL DELEGATION If PLATT
BILL PASSES.
Also Georgia, louisiana Mississippi
North and South Carolina and
Other Southern States

Senator Plat of New York has in
tioduced a bill in congress. a bill pre-
nared uGGer the direction of the com.
mittee on national affairs of the Re
euhf.can club of the city Of New York,
having as its purpose the reduction
o. the representation in congress of
southern states that have disfranchis-
ed the negro voter. The measure. if en-
acted in its present form, would les
sen tho membership in congress by 10,
according to the estimate that has
teea made by the Republican club,
which originated it,
The bill and statement issued by
S'e~ator Platt We're referred to the
committee on the census. The state
y ent fellows:
- hi2 hill is framed on the lowest
liaitatioa possible ard treats as ex-
cilaaa frrm sufraee only the male
i4eafo= citizen over q years of age
cIa sed by The twelfth census as illit-
eFafa undor the 1910 census table. Is
geel since the apportionment act OF
January rs. 1901.
@9he aggregates actually excluded
ffea the suffrage in each Of the states
7 toned are in truth larger than
tho.e used in the basis for this act.
l au negro voters i. e. male cit
Zeaa over II. regardless of ilIiferacy'
hold be deemed excluded the reduc-
t:oa in representation urged from the
same tables would be nearly twice
as ere4t as is stated in this bill.
1T requires no evidetSe beyond the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09

ju-r c.o~ed its annual conve@t.on liz
san Francisco
! he repre- entalion OF the local un-
ion in the convention which meets i'm
Little Hoeh Monday is determined by
The membership of these bodies com.
posing the state organization. each
affiliated union being aI'oweI one del
"G2te 10 every fifty members. aud ore
additional delegate to every majority
faction thereof. In the LARGER centers
IGf Oraanized labor in Arkansas. name
J. Little Rock Pine Bluff Fort
Smith, Hartford Hot Springs and
TeXarkana. where central trades coun.
ellis exist composed of the different
affiliated local unions, a further addi-
ticna delegate is allowed In this
manner Little Rock will send Il dele
gates TO the conention this year Tn
der the constitution Of the Arkansas
State Federation only three central
trades councils are a'lowe1 in one
iOcanty.
The Arkansas State Federation Of
Labor, while in perfect sympathy
With the railroad unions, does not em-
brace this part Of organized labor,
these latter unions preferring to re.
main distinct organization. with
their own separate government though
it is expected that they will send fra
ternal delegates to the convention
Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
TRIBUTE TO a WORTHY NEGRO

ST. Louis. Mo, Dec. S-Jeff Hicks
Pine Bluff Ark: regret exceeding
ly that our good friend Wiley Jones
has passed away He was a sterling
n-an. energetic. honest and benevo-
lent, and his memory viii live in the
hearts of all those who knew him
Please place fitting floral tribute on
his lasf resting place for me.
ADOLPHTS RI SCH.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
a MISSOURI PACIFIC
TRAIN BREAKS RECORD.

Kansas City, Dec. g. When +, S
IeWclt. city AGENT of The Missouri
Pacific, reached home after attending
the council meeting, at 80 o'clock
Wednesday m0rnin& he found q tel
lforo call awaiting him He called
Up the number and h" following con
Fersation took place.
My name is Clark. and | want a
special train to ST. Louis Must bo
there before II o'clock in the morn
ilIa.a
PM mp $500 with the clerk al the
Coates hotel and VIII gel a train
sid Mr. Iewett
The special train, CONSISTING Of an
enefao. laeeaae car and one coach.
LETT The Union depot 1t 80 a. M. Il
carried solitary passenger. The
run to ST. Eoni@ was made in six
hours ard fifteen minutes, PSI miles,
Nr .Icn.ctt saws. The time Of the
fast mail the fastest regular train on
tho Missouri Pacific between Kansas
City and 81. I.onis. is seven hours
and thirtyfiXe minutes.
Mr. JeWctt docs not know who
Clark is nor could information about
him be obtained al the Coates house
today
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
CLOWN PREACHER

w. S Wheeler formerly a q Gus
clown with Rincling Brothers circus
was in the city today conductin@ e|an.
geIistic work On The streets. He is =
we'll appearing man and scoH draws
an audience on any street corner. He
tells the story of his life and how he
was converted Mr. Wheeler i OF
his way to Houston. Texas. whore IL
resides.