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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-11
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
PROFITS OF THE EIGHTH AVENUE LINE
REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONS Az

PROFITS OF THE EIGHTH AVENUE LINE.
REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONS Ao-
CoUNTANT.
frRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRlBuNE'I
ALBANY, March 1O.-H. M. Thompson, the
accountant Of the Railroad commission VINO was III
rected to investigate the books OF certa surface rail-
roads In NewYork and Brooklyn and ascertain the cost
of construction and equipment Of each road mas
fled his report Of the Eighth Avenue Railroad The TO-
tai cost of construction and equipment OF the road no
finds from the books Of the company was In
Guiding real-estate wentythree lots) $s0,70o 62 as
sessments on lots, SLIGO 70 building stables etc.,
400 54 The capital stock Of the road now outsahu
ing is 81 600 Dividends have been paid since July
1885, ranging from gle to lOi9 per cent on inc amour.
utstan ding at the time dividends were declared All OF
these payments charged against the income. On
January b. 1884 the Board Of Directors adopted resou
tion declaring dividend from the surplus earnings ac
cumulated since the organization or the company anu
expended I'm improvements OF 100 per cent payable In
certificates Of Indebtedness bearing per cent interest
so elected by the company These certificates were is
sued to the amount Of 100000 and charged against
profit which at the date OF the charge
january 8. 1884 showed credit Of $s5l 92t ~ ieav
ing debit against the account OF $1,000 9 when up
to September 80. 1884, had been reduced Dy surplus
profits to about S3S,OOO
ANOTHER CUT IN SOUTHERN FREIGHT RATES.
The trunk lines have made another slash into
west-bound freight rates to Nashville ard Memphis
Commissioner Fink yesterday put into effect the follow
ing tariff from York First class. 40 cents per 100
pounds; second, IS; third. 3O fourth, 20; special
class 20 cents This reduction on first class freight
from SO cents the established on March a. and the
same in proportion the other classes. The reduction
Is aimed against the East Tennessee. Virginia ana
Georgia and the Chesapeake and Ohio roads, which nave
been making heavy inroads into the business Oh inc
all rail routes An account OF tho warfare was given
in THE TRIBUNE few days ago. The East Tennessee
road the chief Of the part-rai and routes
which are I'm rivalry with trunk lines and since the pool
agreement Oh Southern traffic was abandoned ~ las
been securing the bulk OF the business me trunk nes
charge that ii has cutting under even the low rate
made week ago. The friends Of the East tennessee
smile at the accusation "Whcn we enter into an asree
ment," said OF them yesterday ana the trunk
lines maintain IL Will DO satisfied with our Proporioh
even II IL is only per cent But when the trunk lines
do not keep their agreement they may as Wen unuer
stand that We and will carry 100 per cent Ran
road generally believe that the cutting VIII proceeu
even further
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07

TIE Chicago Herald comes to tbe rescue of President Cleveland in the
 method of his Territorial appointments,
 as follows: 'The Presidents explsna- tion that in most of the territories the factions are so bitter and the property interests involved SO great that it has
 been all but impossible to find residents suitable for judicial positions may be
 believed without much trouble. The first requisite of good government in the territories is to free the courts from the control of land grabbers. As very i'm portant branch of industry in all these great subdivisions of the national do-
 main Is land grabbing, and as the men
 who are particularly Tn 1t are likely to be the ones possessing the greatest political prestige, it is not strange that NIT. Cleveland, in opposition to his own preferences as well as to the expressed wishes of the Democratic National Con- ventIon, should have turned to the states for judges. In dong this be at least se- cures men who are not yet enlisted in the land wars, and there is possibility that they will not be. The proper gov ernment of the territories after the riot of fraud and iobbery which has pre- vailed ID most of them for ten or twelve years is one of the most serious questions with which the adminis- tration IS confronted. Whatever changes may be made it is not possible for things to become any worse than they have been, and there is a chance that some of the land thieves will be discomfited." While these grave charges may possibly apply to the existing state of affairs in New Mexico, it is a very lame apology for the change arbitrarily made in the judiciary of Arizona. The courts of this territory have never been more free from all species Of robbery and corruption than at the time the order for the suspension of the Justices was pro- mulgsted. There is no taint, or even 8 remote suspicion upon the up- right characters of Judges Howard, ,Fitz- gerald and Pnney, and no reason can be trumped up that demand a change other than the very influence the Herald says the President is endeavoring to op- pose. Whatever causes led to the Fus- pension of the entire supreme court of Arizona, fl not political in their nature, they aim at 'he prostitution of tLe. tIi- bunSl of justice 70 the advancement of the prIvate interests ot persons posses sing irresistible iriluencs with the np- pointing power. We do not charge the newly appointed judges with beng in collusion with those influences, but yye firmly believe the removals were caused by them.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07

os Jesse James, the train -0bber and mur- derer, has awakened the genus of imi-
 tation Tn one young mind, quite recent ly, although his career came to an sb- rupt termination before his prentice
 hand had acquired the requisite cunning for successful avccatiOn on the road. Jesse D. Jones, the boy who held up two or three stages in Texas, is only seventeen years oi age, and has been seB- tenced to Imprisonment for ten years in the pententiary, having pleaded guilty to the charge. He staIes that the life of Jesse James first inspired the career upon which he hoped to acquire noto- riety equal to tba. of Claude Duval. His experience exhibits the danger of permitting the unres;r'cted circulation oi trashy works wherein crime Is clothed with n semi-res pectabi'i;y and some dis tinctiou. The seeds Of crme are thus sown ID susceptible minds and suddenly sprout forth unexpectedly, bearing Q harvest oi evil, woe and di-grace that wrecks many a promising life. Ia the cause of morality the circulation of such literature should bs prohibited by law or at least restricted in great measure.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07
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IAe .-i...# mine, situated eighteen mIlas iT.-l Torres staucu rn the Sonora RaI! Egy, ". ned out Si1 1,D ID gold bull hon .L-. I ..I-
 The santa fi'a Ranch, Land and MILHE ,a-r ny branded over 2.UUO yoHI Calves Jt thc EO;r,rO ranch near iAIs g..c- tui- Wres. The company has Oycs e. itJl head Of fine fat cattle iu thIs vIcIuty.
 I.asae. SaiciI1, the Ure- murderer, who t-ca sli from the down tram last wetS. was captured near San Miguel by Jose E-CEiaute, PTefect ot HermOsIllo, and policemen, BrauiiO Valencia, Tran quil.ua LumsrejI!do add one other. and taken to HCrmOsillO last Saturday morning. Salcido was mounted on a good horse, and was accompanied by 8 man servant, showing that his friends or relatives had prov ided for hIs escape before he left the train. He will doubt less be sho; before he gets another chance to escape.
 We are not quite certain but a quarantine should be established against Benson. The mslsrial fever recently SO prevalent there sp- pears to be but little it any less fatal than the yellow fever Cf Guaymus-to which IL Is believed to be closely allied T. l.. Hafrr. Master Mechanic of the \. Nj. X A. R. R, died of the fever at Ben son on Tuesday morning last. One of the telegraph operators at the same point died of the Benson fever about a month ag'. YucOvitch of the Virginia Hotel ha. been down with 1t for some time. Train Dispatcher Winter, of Ben son, was taken down with the fever some time since, and only saved his life by going to the Warm Springs, and now he has resigned hIs position rather than chance his life again ID the fever district.
 On Sunday last. as the Mexican driver Of l.. EghraIm's < team was unloading his wagon, and while the wagon was partly m Arizona and partly in Sonora. two Mexican policemen jumped on the ws- gOn. se.Zed tine driver, and ordered him doEn, declaring him prisoner. On being asked what for. he was told be would find out at the Jail. Not liking that. the driver jumped out, and landed on Amer lean sOil, and iefied these officers. who immediately drew their pistols (there were hro Of them) aud threatened to shoot lIm if he did not come across the line and surrender. They afterwards preteudrd that they acted under an or der from the President of Guaymss to arrest tue man. Lut We are informed iha, up such order exists. The Ruthori- ties on the other side of the line, should iustrUc; their police to be careful how Sthev arrest residents Of the Territory vitEou' warrant. even If such residents are Negic IDS b, birth.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07
Mormon Influence in ArIssaa.

According to the Tucson CITIZEN there is disposition in some quarters to attribute the recent changes in the judiciary of ArizOns to Mormon infiu- ence. The late Court has dealt visor- ously with the polygsDists and upheld the Edmunds law in letter and spirit. It is not hinted that the appointing power has been conseiously bending Co Mormon influence. nor IS there any reason to suppose that the newly sp- pointed Judges will construe the law more favorably to the Mormons, but the Mormon managers are shrevd and sub tie. They understand that changes of judiciary and officers of justice will have the general effect of retarding the prog Tess or prosecutions, and of breaking up tle continuity of system by which their O lenses are brought to light There IS also an open question regarding new officials. The former Judges were themselves beyond Mormon iDiiuence. The new ones may be quite as inAcces- si0ie, but there IS always 6 chance of a clrruptble man getting upon the bench. aud the oftener chances can be engi- neered, the more numerous the chances. The power of Mormonism IS traced in the mysterious disappearance of the An- ti-MOrmon Act of the last Arizona Leg isIgture from the archives of that body, and the absence of its enacted substitute from the published lsts, although the original bill is on file in the proper office at Prescott.
 Mormon influence IS powerful and far reaching as might be expected from ihe organization of the church There is a minute system of observation which selects the most capable men to carry out its policy, and its pecuniary resoer- ses are always sufficient. One-tenth of the product of normondom goes into the coffers Of the church-sn immense tribute which the hiersrohy can apply to its own purposes without being called upon for account sThe Zion's Coop erative Store" almost monopolizes the trade of the community and the profits 20 to the church There is large GOT. uption fund ready for pss:vherever Oe- casion requires, and in the past its weight has often been strongly indioss- ed. There are also business and polIt- ical relations between the church knc the Gentle world, which may bs used to advance Mormon interests in the most nneIpected quarters.
 Knowing these facts, the part of wis dom would seem to be the permsnen retention of judicial of6oess in Norm communities. whenever they have peOveC their zeal and honesty. No question o politics should be allowed 10 enter into the manner of dealing with ths com munities. The only tsst should bs ths of trustvorthiness.-S. F. Bulletin
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07

tons in Arizona and New Mexico are ccw.c'-.ei ty whites disguised as Indi- ans. i-aU'. Day gives interesting &C., counts .l Lree fights with GeronimO's bauG, il which he was the only white
 man present. He says be and his hired Indians under him were often days with out fo |, and suffered terribly.
 LTSCHBURG, Virginia, Oct 31-On account of heavy washOut on the rAIl- ways connecting here, this city is almost isolated from the entire world. No northern malls have been received here f1r th-gs days and business Is suffering m consequence.
 ST PETEKsBURG. Oct. 3l.-Despatches from DOrratt. state that the students in the university of this town made dem- onsiratIOn against the Government and for a time wild confusion reigDed thr0ucLout the town. Order was finally restored, the military coming to the aid Cf the -uthCrIties. A renewal of the de- mOHs.ratiJu IS feared. The university k one Cg the principal seats of learning n Russia, but is essentially German in the method and spirit.
 SAN FRAxCIsco. Oct. 3O-The case of May Jackson, accused of throwing vit- rioi ia the face of Martin Fuller, on Sept, lith was called to day m Judge Rix's court. Attorney Gray, who ap- pearsd for the defendant asked that the ccur, room be cleared before proceed ing with the case. Davld Mcclure said the prosecution dId not ioin in the re- quest. Martin Fuller, the victim, who was present, had linen bandsge over hIs left eye and forehead. When the case wa7 called, the defendant, accom- panied by her sister, Lizzie Jackson, came il from the adjoining room She wore th,n veil, but which did not con cen. half smile when she observed that the court rCOm had been cleared. Substitutes for the original complaints, which we're considered defective, were fled this morning. The bondsmen were ra5Vo-a and qualified.
 GaAyD FORKS, :Dak., Oct. s3O-GeO. Miller was hanged this afternoon, it being tHe frs. legal execution m north ern Dakota.
 NEW YORK. Oct 3l.-Ferdinand Ward vas s.H,rncej by Judge Barrett today Co states prsCn tor. ten years.
 WASHINGTON. Get. 3I-CommIssioner Spark, .f the land office, has rendered a decision s lai tue lands claimed by the A.ianiI- S Pacific company under the o5i-ina. -raaj- i.,m San Buensventurs to San .a.---'' '.r" open tn preemption ant tls settlers may go ou the tract. The ,r.,. ,Ioraces over two million Bcr'ss a-. .s worth FS,JJ0,OtO.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07
THE SEIRMISH LINE.
News Notes of th. MiIIt.ry fin ,h. Field.

NeNs Notcr or tne AlithAF- ID Nnc iSAu-
 Post Trader Strauss has been very sick. but is now better. At one time 1t WAS thought that he could not recover. The officers and men should have the best of attention and enabled him to pull through. Drs- Fisher and Anderson were equally unremittinR in their Asten- tions 10 him personally and profession ally.
 Lieut.. Cook is the youngest officer ever sent out from Wsst Point He halls from Rhode Island and was assign- ed to "K" troop. He !. the young man who was brought in yesterday and sent to HuAchuoa on account of . severe rheumatic attack.
 Lieut.. Wheeler, in command at Mud Springs, IS an Oshkosh boy.
 Wm- DaJlshie. of Tucson, has the con- tract for freighting for the post traders along the line. He is we'll known to all the troops and they call him Red"
 C.M. Strauss. Charley Shibell and Cal Parker, all of Tucson, hsvethe exolusrye right as post traders along the frontier line. Their main store is at Guadalupe canyon
 The lnulAu scouts lcCciNc me sAuc pay of enlisted msn-Sl3 c month.
 "Dutchey," the Apache chief, who is . scout is now at Guadalupe sanyon- He has been in irons most of the time hs has been in the service. In the Sierrs Msdres last summer he attempted so hill Lieut. Davis for some imas1nsry insult and has all along been very insulting to the officers and meo. "Duichsy' is one of the band that killed Judge hsComas and family Tn New Mexico in lSS2-
 There are now only about 70 scouts in the service. Ot these, 2i ase st Gusds- lupe csnyon.-Record Epitsph.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07

TIE United States grand jury, after a session Of nearly five weeks, made its final report on Saturday night to the Court. As tie CITIZEN has before inti- ma'-i, the jury was fearfuily and won derlully made. There were few very good and sensible men among the num- Der, but majority seemed to labor un der misapprehension of the duty re- qGired of them, and their report furn- ishes conclusive evidence that the body became, Tn practice, a mere political In- qusition. Indictments were found for political effect, and were directed only against those who had not chosen to re- sign their offices. Under a strained construction of their jurisdiction, they have indicted citizens for alleged crimes that can be reached only by the Terri torial statutes. They endeavored to cast B reflection upon the integrity of several federal officials in regard to matters based upon eZ-paTte evidence aud wholly beyond their iusisi.c- ton. Their investigation into iLe official cc;s ot the Surveyor General and She |. $. Attorney was an arbitrary usurpation of author ity. These officials are merely a part Df tae respective bureaus of the 2 ve-l- erumen.. subject L. tle inspection at properly appointed inspectors or sprc.I agents.
 In some matters the grand jury acted Vi;h n proper regard to their dui-. and had they ignored partisan influence and acted in their own proper groove, there could only be words of praise for their actions The functions of a grand jury are, in a great degree, the most sacred duties of citizen, and should in no event become tainted with partisan bias or personal malice. The evidence of crime should be their only guide to an indictment, and justice should be blind Co the rank or standing of the offender. Let justice be impartial. unmindtul of friend or fee. else tle system of the iuuaisl!.J4 b.. --l a mere vehicle of personal or political malice.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07
< Successful Mill.

Mr. N.l Dorm, who did the wood work oE ..a Putnam mill at Riverside. was Iu .l tCe-day. He says the mill Is run rulI. successfully, and is saving the gold .a tHa rrci. so c'npletly that the tgIi.- s s-.-- E-say tr,Ce. This IS cratI'E-r --. i. confirms the dec largtipu .. .-. iI'uum CD the effect that Lr l.r. meet no dIii. llty m say ing The ..lH I.i- WIS t4a only qUes- ton Co b. . .a tuc presence of gold r e.. r..e -- large 3 Tng quauti- tIes had n..r -aHGstrateG beyond the shadow Co. 4#uIt. He success of this entrrgr r-- -lrr- En esrlv development ot thc E "e-.l - ggce7 uf that superb miniuE u.--rr-t .y attracting thither capitalists, who -li. not hesitate to in- vest after seeing @ paying output of bull hon from thH mines of the camp. Mir. Putnam has a,regdy ordered five addi- tcnal stamp-, and vIll go to Tucson next week to obtain a larger engine He will make cleanup" Sunday and take the bullion with him Since the starting ofthe mill and the successful extraction Of gold, claim owners of the district have commenced to prospect their properties for the yellow metal, and find that they can '.psn out" gold from rock heretofore considered copper ore. The whole district seems to be gold bearing, and the prOspectors are just beginning to discover the fact. The future oi Riverside looks bright indeed. Florence Enterprise.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07
Silver Coin.

tCorr. by H. G. Rollins, in the Calico Printl
 Silver is tbe peoples money. It IS tho coin of the lsborine man. It is the currency of the great middle classes of the country. In II most Ot the smsll moneyed transactions are made. AL most every man has some of it ID his pocket. Not half of the people of the United States handle gold from one weeks end to another. There has never been more silver m circulation than was needed, and 1t has been a, s premium both in England and America The pro duction of silver. as well as of gold. is decreasing, and the statement that the people don't want silver and that it won't circulate is v5ry foolish and false.
 The proI Q Htlon to stop the coinage os silver comes from the favored few. and not Che many. IL IS the demand of the Eastern bankers and not the wish of the people East or West The note of alarm comes from the bond-holders and not the day lsborers. The immediate troGb- le now is with the Secretary of the Tress- ury, who, acting in accordance with the wishes of the holders of the national debt. is paying the debt wholly ID gold instead of partly ID silver. The law rs- quires hIm to pay out silver from t.a vaults of the nation. but secretarIes os the treasury have become law unto themselves ID defiance CT the statu.s7 Of the cOuDtry, and Iu c.mpilance vIfn the wishes Ot the m1ufy. d kings. IS 8 well kuOTn fact that - C--tErIs- co the treasury hay, f1r -ta-s, avoided paying out silver whenever EclI c1.,l b. used.
 The demouetizing 70 'r-r uII rec- essarily stop all sIl--F t.lLla- ssd a monetary slavery Oi tt. nl lssc1 wIli be the inevitable re-tit.
 Silver x a monetary uts-=si.y ss mEu- kind. I; k the coin of the wOrii's com meree and of the worlds charity. It I= the money of the trader and the beg gar. It is absolutely indispensable Gold the world can do without
 The standard dollar has had hard time of 1t. IL Was depressed by Gov ernment officials. The banking clement tried to kick 1t into obscurity and dIs- use. It was abused by paid newspaper hnelings. and yet today 1t will buy ss much of the worlds goods as the gold dollar.
 The battle for silver. the coin Of the people, must be fought in thls country. and now. In Europe the people have nothing to do with money, except tO earn if, and very little of II. too. Out side of the governing classes and money holders they have no say a. tO what shall or shall pot be the circulating medium of exchange.
 Every farmer and mechanic. every producer and artisan, every worker ID she worlds great field of labor. every man or woman who earns his ot her daily bread by the sweat of ths brow. is largely interested m the con- test which will divide the counsels and engross the attention of the representa- tives Of the people ID the next Congress of the United States.
 | Let us hope that no hsrrl will come Co the dollar of our sires-the silver con ' of the common people.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07

WE often wonder when in the presence of an ofIicial who assumes the airs of authority and superiority, whether he gives thought to tho method of his official creation and his actual rank com pared to the majesty of private citizen. IL is true that a tribute is paid to his peculiar abilities b. the confidence h.s fellow men repose in him by selecting him to do their will. but as a man and and an integral part of the nation, he is not q particle better than his fellow who kews the wood and draws the water. In theory our republican government IS indeed grand. In practice-well, go into any department at Washington and ask fifth rate clerk civil question and you will experience concrete freedom in contradistinction to the abstract.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07

Boston Herald: General Grant agEIa stood between the Nation and danger m manfully resisting II. We do not as- sume that either ot these projects would have succeeded without Grants oppcsi- ton. The latter certainly would uo;. The former might have brought upHl the nation renewed contention and di. grace that would hay. been irreiri.v- able. Grant planted himself like ro-k against bo;h. He proved himself Go .e gu enlightened patriot as well hs ar Ha1- orable aJ.d great hearted suliler -I sa doln.. The revelation made ot this sc- cret history preseuts h!u to the Nation m an attitude well worthy ot hls fame though II was not needed Co add Co h.- high estimation among the people. h charity We forbesr to say more ot rs effects upon the memory of Andrew Johnson.