Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-29
CIRCUS IN TOWN
 KIDS" ARE HAPPY Parade Given This Morning After Differences Were Settled With City and County Officials. WO PERFORMANCES Will Re Given Today by the Van Am. burg ShOws-Arriyed in City Sun day-SOme of the Features to Be Offered.
T w o PERFORMANCES

flhe Blum Kids" are happy today. The Van Amburg shows are in town. The big aggregation arrived in Pine Bluff early Sunday morning and pitched its tents at Ninth avenue and Missouri streets. All during the day thousands of the curious thronged the grounds in that section of the city and few children slept soundly last night for fear that they would oversleep themselves this morning and miss the attractive street parade which was witnessed by thousands of persons at the noon hour.
 The Van Amburg shows are not her aided as the biggest aggregation of it's kind ill the world,' but it is large enough, requiring a train of eighteen cars to take it over the circuit, and what there is to it is of merit and value. The shows have many fea- lures not possessed by other circuses and an attractive feature in the pa rade this morning was it's beautiful horses. The elephants, though few in number, were idolized by the children while the camels got humps on them in the downtown districts and won much applause. There are many things in the show proper which were not shown in the parade.
 The management has baby camel, born five weeks ago in Houston, Tex as, which has been christened Sam Houston. It is a darling little thing and with the three baby lions, each five months old, prove great drawing cards for children. The baby elephant is another feature for the children. The Malvin family of acrobats with many clowns promise an amusing and interesting act.
 What is believed to be the largest gorilla in the world is possessed by Isaac A. Van Amburg, the owner of the Van Amburg shows. The animal is five feet and half tall and weighs 150 pounds.
 The shows will give matinee per formance this afternoon and per formance tonight. Clean amusement and courteous treatment is assured all who attend the performances.
 Parade Was Delayed.
 Owing to misunderstanding be- tween the city and county officials and the owners of the Van Amburg shows. the parade was delayed nearly two hours this morning until the differ ences could be satisfactorily adjusted. The city and county demanded $500 from the management for the parade privilege and performance licenses. Messrs. D. P. Phillips, press represen- tative, and Charles B. Hagerman, one of the managers, protested strenuous ly against the heavy license charged. They argued with County Judge Gould and Sheriff c. M. Philpot, but were told that if the city would make con- sessions they would do so.
 A petition was immediately circu- lated among the aldermen and five of them, with Mayor Toney, signed it, requesting that the license fee be re- duced. This was agreed to by County Judge Gould and Sheriff Philpot and the matter was settled. The shows paid the city s150 and the county $3O. ;Rle parade was then formed. That amount was for the parade and both performances. The petition was sign ed by Aldermen A. c. Jordan, Charles Dunnington, J. H. Dellmon, Fred Fox and Gabe Meyer, who constitute ma jority of the council.
 The Van Amburg shows recently gave fifteen performances in Texas under the aupices of the Daughters of the Confederacy and more than $2,000 was realized by that organiza- | tion as part of the proceeds Two 1 hundred and fifty employees of the shows were paid off here yesterday and much of the money was spent in the city today by them.
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