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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17
Alaskan Indian Women.

There is one prerogative of the Alaskan Indian women that I must not fail to note as showing their perfect equality with the men. Every one knows how common a vice polygamy is among savages Ca theme on which many moral writers dwell, and throws stones without stopping to observe the large amount of Mormon glass in our own national conservatory, and in this lack of morality the Alaskans are fully up to the average savage standard; but it is not confined wholly to plural wives; occasionally some lone, forsaken female rises in the majesty of her right and marries a couple of husbands, so as not to be behind the fashionable follies of her tribe. Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka in Demorest's Monthly.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17
A Good Showing.

The Monarch group of mines near the Vekol now being worked by Kansas City parties have shown remarkable development. They have tunnel 120 feet with solid body of ore 60 feet in the tunnel. They have cross cut run ming south 40 feet At 75 feet they ran q cross cut north and are now in 27 feet all in ore. The indications are that the tunnel will not cut through the ledge for at least 150 feet yet and the south cross cut will run at least that far. The indi- cations are that they will prove to be one of the largest properties ill Arizona and will b.. of immen value to Tucson and Southern Arizona. The gentlemen operating the mine are spending their own money and mean business. From present appearances it will not be sur prising if the Monarch would prove to be equal to the famous Vekol as pro- ] ducer and this in the near future. Star.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17
THn people of this portion of the Gila

THE people of this portion of the Gila valley have given expression to their sentiments relative to the creation of special court to determine the validity of private land grant claims in Arizona, and they are heartily opposed to all bills now before Congress having that end in view. By this opposition it must not be taken for granted that they regard the present method of dealing with this species of claims against the government to be the best that can be devised or that special court can not be given powers that will meet the exigencies of the peculiar nature of the cases to be equitably adjudicated; but in the bills now under consideration they discern great danger to the settlers upon land coveted by the claimants and find fa- tsl bait cunnihgly concealed behind a modicum of justice in the scope of the jurisdiction proposed to be given this pe- culiar court. The chief danger to the settlers arises in the fact that the pro posed court cannot refuse to take cog nizance of any and every claim that can be resurrected from the dust of desc erved oblivion, and upon plausible showing standing will be revived that will cloud every title .within.the area claimed, and no property owner will be safe in his pos sessions. Old claims that have been laid low by the most positive proof of their fraudulent character, will come forth in ghost-like procession with more lotent effect than they possessed in their most vigorous lifetime and, by obtaining a recognition in this special court their all
 leged owners can proceed at will to.pluck the doomed settlers-and this is all they want. What more does the alleged Per alta grants claimants seek than a pretext to levy blackmail upon the settlerswith- in it's limits2 It really looks as though the greater the fraud the more readily it finds way to triumph over both law and justice and the method by which il is done is easily traceable in the pend ing bills in Congress against which oul people have expressed themselves un- alterably opposed.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17
Engineers Paralysis.

"It's a strange fact, but nevertheless true, ;" said a railroad engineer to me as we were whirling over the track between Lake Elmo and St. Paul, ''that more engineers have been paralyzed during the past year than in any year since railroads were first started. There's train that runs from St. Paul to Saltwater, on the Omaha, that we call the hospital train, for every man that runs with it has either had stroke of paralysis or has been in iured in some way or other. A scientist stated that the paralytic strokes were due in a manner to the rapidity with which the trains run nowadays, the constant motion and nervous strain breaking a man down. Pioneer Press.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

THE new land bill now before Con gress fixes the price of desert land at twenty-five cents per acre, limits the amount to three hundred and twenty acres for each applicant, disqualifes non-resi- dents from entering land and clearly de- fines the terms used to designate timber and desert lands. It possesses some ex- cellent features and few that could be omitted with better results in settling the public domain.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17


 WE devote considerable space in the present number of the ENTERPRISE to the annual report of Superintendent Arthur Macy, of the Silver King Mining Company. This grand property is known the world over as one of the best mines operated and it is one of the local prop critics in which every resident of Pinal County feels deep interest. During the year 1887 the value of the output was S653, ,366.41, which is a splendid ex- hibit when the obstacles explained in the report are taken into consideration. There is.but one Silver King in the world, although Pinal county possesses other immense mines that are reaching upward towards the brilliant career il has achieved.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

TIE House Committee. on Territories has reported a bill appropriating S50,- 900 for the purpose of boring wells for artesian water in Arizona. In speaking of the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, the report of the committee says: "From the census of 1880 it ap- pears that the Territory of Arizona em. braces an area of 112, ,920 square miles, or 72, PCS, 800 acres of land, of which vast area less than 100000 are susceptible of cultivation for want of water, and even this small area is entirely depend ent on irrigation, thus leaving utterly without water supply and without any means of irrigation the enormous body of over 70, 1000, 900 acres of land, which under the present land laws must forever remain unfit for the habitation of man, unless a supply of water can be obtained by artificial means. The same condi- tions exist in the Territory of New Mex co. The waters of those Territories have been almost entirely appropriated to agricultural purposes, yet millions of the most fertile land is uninhabited, because the poverty of the people will not permit experiments in water development, and does actually prevent any efforts toward the reclamation of these vast deserts. The climate of this country is adapted to the growth of the vine, fig, olive, orange, lemon and various other tropical and semi-tropieal fruits, while the products of the temperate zone grow in the riches t profusion. The valleys of this Terri tories are extremely fertile, ana, under proper encouragement, can be made pro- ductive beyond probably any other land on the continent. With these facts be- fore your committee, drawn from official sources, and sustained by actual obser- vation, the conclusion is reached that the public interest requires the adoption of some wise m easures that shall test the question of the practicability of making the vast area of waste and desert country productive. By such means England hai succeeded in making India the granary of the world, and the Ganges canal, witl its branches, over 3700 miles in length has more than doubly paid the cost O it's construction. Artesian wells hay, proved a success in the desert of Sahara as well as in France, Spain, German, and England, and in many places of tn, United States, where proper inducemen has been held out to capital. The com mittee sees no reason to fear failure il ihis instance, and considering the magni tude of the benefits resulting from sue cessful experiments in redeeming million
 of acres of now worthless lands and con verting this vast area into fertile fields titled by an empire of intelligent, pros porous and happy freemen, your con
 mittee recommends the passage oi th
 substitute here in set out"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

THE promotion to the Major Gener- alship to be shortly made vacant by the retirement of General Terry, lies between General Crook and General Miles, with the advantage of seniority in rank with the former Could the voice of Arizona determine the question it is certain that General Miles would be the chosen one, although his age still gives him plenty of time to rise by reg ular promotion to the rank of commander of the army.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

LAST Sunday and Monday the Atlantic States from Massachusetts to Maryland were visited by one of the worst snow storms that has occurred for many years Travel was completely blockaded and the telegraph lines were down in many places. No vessels could leave the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday night and it is believed the shipping has sustained great damage. Throughout New York about four feet of snow fell and severe blizzard ragged for two days.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

THE mining outlook in Pinal county was never better than at the present time and there is more genuine activity being displayed in actual developments than ever before New properties are be- ing opened- and the o1der ones improved and the foundation is being laid for a real mining boom. Before the year ends at least dozen mills will be at work producing bullion while a score or more properties will make regular ship ments of ore for reduction elsewhere. Bonanzas of greater or less magnitude result from the development of almost every "prospect, and but few properly managed mines in Pinal county fail for lack of paying ore.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

THE posse headed by U. s. Marshal w. K. Meade, in pursuit of the Stein's Pass train robbers into Mexico, were ar rested in Janos, Chihuahua, by the Mex ican authorities and put in jail where they still remain. The fugitive robbers went on unmolested.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

ONE of the first discoveries made upon the completion of the Lick telescope in California, was that of signals being made by the inhabitants of the planet Mars to attract the attention of the peo- pie of this little spinning agglomeration of atoms. It is sad commentary upon our achievements in science that the patient son of Mars Is supposed to have been waving his signal for several thous- and years before receiving the welcome reply returned by the waving of a white handkerchief, and 1t points moral in constancy and devotion to duty that American politicians could study with profit to their constituents. The Mars gentl eman merely wanted to know if the Earth would consent to an annexation to Mars and meeting with no reciprocal desire, threatened turn the fire hose on the Lick man who just managed to escape by turning the big telescope towards the more distant Neptune. Cal ifornia's big lens is liable to draw other worlds near enough to the Pacific Coast to give them lessons in tall lying
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

The Japanese skin, like the Creole skin, is cool and dry to the touch in hot weather, and except for the jinrickisha coolies, whose hard running keeps them drenched with perspiration, they never seem to feel the heat of summer. Their dispensing with clothes seems to be altogether a matter of taste and convenience, inde- pendent of the season, as in frosty weather coolies are quite as scantily clad while at work, and always seem quite indifferent to the weather. The babies, whose little shaved heads bob around helplessly in the blaze of a midsummer sun that would overcome an Irish bod carrier, bob those same little bare skulls in the frostiest winter mornings without coverings. - Nikko Cor. Globe-Democrat.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

THE Tucson people are advised by a local paper to climb Sentinel peak to get the "see" breeze.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

HENRY BERG the founder of the so- ciety for the prevention of cruelty to ami mals, is dead.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-17

Ex-Secretary Holcomb, of the Amer ican legation at Pekin, says that out of the 400, 900, GOO inhabitants of the Chi nese empire fully 3,e00,0O0 spend less than $1. 50 a month for food,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
THE FISHERIES TREATY.

Secretary Bayard ON the Effect of Its Re-
lection.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-In an interview
on the Fisheries treaty last night Secretary
Bayard said it was still in the power of the
President to withdraw the treaty from
the Senate, but that he had no knowledge
that the President intended to withdraw
it. Assuming that the treaty will be
rejected" he continued, 1.-The record
now stands in such q way that the
Republicans will be responsible en-
tirely for its rejection and the cOnse-
quences. 1t is not trifiing matter, but a
very grave affair. have no doubt at all
about the merits of the treaty and no
doubt as to what the sense of the country
will be on the subject. The people of this
country will have to determine the mat
ter"
evil the rejection of the treaty termi.
nate the mOdns r;rendi which was to last
for two years."
mo, not necessarily" said the Secre.
rotary. "Under that mOduS rirendi some
of our fishermen have already secured Ii.
censes from the Canadian Government
under which they can carry on their bust.
ness without molestation until the licenses
expire-possibly for a year. The mOdus
rirendi was q proposition that was made
to US from the other side. The United
States Government has nothing to do with
it, and suppose it would be within the
right Of Canada to withdraw it in case the
Fisheries treaty is rejected. But its con-
tinued existence does not necessarily de.
pend upon the treaty."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
RELIEF BILL.
The Senate Passes . Bill For the Relief q
settlers on Indemnity LAnds.

The Senate Passes . Bill For the Relief q
Settlers on Indemnity Lands.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE Senate yes
terday passed tho following bill: That
in all cases where it shall, upon due proof
being made, appear to the satisfaction Of
the Secretary Of the Interior that parties
have since the 18th day Of June, 1855, paid
80 per acre for lands which were reduced
in price to $l.s5 per acre, by IAN act relat-
ing to the public lands Of the United
States" approved June Is, 1880, tho
Secretary is authorized to repay out
Of any money in the United
States treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, to such parties, their legal repre-
sentatives or assigns, the excess price OF
$l.25 paid for such lands; and that the
Secretary Of the Interior shall draw his
warrant on the treasury for such amounts
as may be found due the claimants under
this act. The Commissioner Of the Gem
eral Land Office shall make all necessary
rules and issue all necessary instructions
to carry cut the provisions OF this act into
effect" This is to meet the wants OF .
large number Of settlers who bought lands
within indemnity limits where revoca-
tions had been made Of indemnity with
drawals.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-GeOrge o. Jones,
chairman of the National Committee OF
the Greenback party, has issued call for
q National convention of the party to meet
at Cincinnati. Wednesday, September II,
1883, to nominate candidates for President
and vice-President Of the United St:feS,
and Ito take such further action - ~
be deemed necessary to preserve the name
and organization, and to keep before the
people the great principles ON which that
party was originally founded" The call
states that ''the chief reason for calling
the convention at Cincinnati, is that all
railroads will sell tickets to that city ana
return at about half rates during the con-
tinuance of the Centennial Exposition.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
THE THlMovALi:A.

Arrival Of the Damaged veooel at Hall6h1e
statement Of the Captain.
HALIFAX, N. g., Aug. 16-The Danish
steamer Thingvalls was signalled OF the
harbor at six O'Clock yesterday morning in
charge Of Pilot William White, Of boat
number 2. She crawled along at the rate
Of two miles an hour, and three hours
elapsed before she arrived at the wharf Of
Pickford & Black, her agents. Meanwhile
crowds Of people lined the water front.
Captain Laub made the following state.
ment: II was in bed on the morning Of
the 18th. The second officer relieved the
first officer on the bridge at four O'Clock
in the morning. About 1870 was awak.
ened by hearing the second officer shout
out port helm. A moment later the
telegraph bell rang to reverse engines.
I jumped out of bed and rushed ON deck
in my night clothes. Just as ar
rived on deck there was q tremendous
crash. We had collided with q large
steamer and struck her amidships just be.
low the main mast. For moment all was
confusion and there were loud shrieks from
people on both ships. l Immediately ran
aft and ordered my crew to prepare
boats for the launching. By the time
returned to the bridge we had disentangled
ourselves from the strange ship. found
the second officer of the boat we had
collided with on board. From him
learned that the ship we had coliided with
was the Geiser. We had cut clear through
the cabin of the officer while he was asleep.
He rolled out of bed and grasped the
chains of our ship My first duty was to
look after my ship and quiet my passen-
gers. This I did. Daylight was just
breaking and there was no fog, but it was
hazy and there was q slight shower of
rain
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Rattle of Lone Jack.

KANSAS CITY, No., Aug. 16.-From TO-
600 to 1900 people gathered in Griffith's
grove, two miles west Of Lone JACK, this
county, to-day, to attend the celebration
Of the anniversary Of the battle Of Lone
Jack. Hugh J. MCGOWAN, As marshall OF
jackson County, and severai deputies
were on the ground and saw that the best
order was preserved. Every thing passed
of in quiet manner. Most OF the county
Democratic candidates were ON the
grounds. A great many speeches were
made. The battle was fought August Ia
1850, between State troops and guerrillas
vuder QuaEtrell and Coffee
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Her Negro Husband.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. T.-Great excite-
ment has prevailed in aad around Able.
Vile, in vermillion Parish, during the last
few days over the attempt of the regulators
to break up miscegena ton. The regulators
or Caucasians, as they are called, warned
all white men living with negro women
and vice versa to leave the parish.
On Tuesday the regulators whipped one
white man, but when they came to the
residence of q negro named Shepard, who
was living with . white woman, the
woman rushed out with q shotgun and
opened fire ON the crowd, fatally wound
ing one Of Them. This created great ex-
element and . company Of rangers in the
adjoining parish Of Iberia vas summoned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
THE LATEST.

THE Senate was not in session on tie 18th
The Chinese Restriction bill was befor.
the House, a long debate following its in
PRODUCTION.
ALL the bonds recently purchased by the
Government are to be used for the pur'
poses of the sinking fund, the require
ments Of which this fiscal year are $47,.
$4,000.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
August Is showed an average increase Of
10, compared with the corresponding
week Of last year. In New York the in.
crease was lis.
THOMAS LEONARD, Thomas E. McGratt
and n. Peeler, residing in Fonda, neal
Albany, n. Y, on their return from a visit
to Auresv;'!e Shrine OF the 18th were
capsized while attempting to cross the
Mohawk river in a row boat. Leonard
ana McGrath were drowned, and PeeieI
saved.
SETH GREEx, the noted pisciculturist,
died at Rochester, N. Y, on the Goth. h
was born in Rochester, March IS, 1917. His
entire life was devoted to the artificial
propagation Of fish.
Rev. EDWARD H. CAMP, q Presbyterian
minister who had just returned from Pales.
tine, COMMITTED suicide Mt Newark, n. j..
the other night. Ill health was the cause
A LARGE band of Sioux Indians recently
left the Pine Ridge agency in DakOts
without leave. Considerable alarm wal
felt.
The tribal stock tax difficulty. which
has caused SO much trouble between non.
citizens and Chickasaw Nation authori.
ties, is reported to have been settled, Com.
missioner BrazlOve deciding that the
Chicksaw Nation had no jurisdiction over
the person or property of a non-citizen
and therefore no right to collect the tax OF
so per head
AMERICAN securities were lower in Lon.
don during the week ended August IS
Business was generally restricted. The
Continental bourses were reported quiet.
GENERAL BoULANGER was elected to the
Chamber of Deputies in the department OF
Sonme, of which Amiens is the capital,
by a majority of 81. Ia3. He also headed
the polls in the Charente and Nord depart
ments. The announcement of the figures
caused great excitement il Paris
ROBBERS attempted to rob the Union
Pacific west bound overland passenger
train near Rawlins, Wyo., early on the
morning of the 18th. They We're defeated
in their project by the bravery OF Brake
man William Tillman, who was seriously
wounded while graphing with robber.
The iumbermen recently in session at
Chicago denied any intention of forming a
trust. They had assembled for the pur.
pose OF trading in pine lands.
The Central Labor Union OF New York
decided. in the case of the two pirls uho
were discharged by their employees be-
cause Of the testimony they gave before
the Ford Investigating committee, to ask
Mayor Hewitt. to take up subscription
for thom as he did for Foreman Hartt, the
victim OF the labor organisations.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Run Into . Freight.

CHICAGO, Aug. l6.--About $50 O'Clock
this morning the Cincinnati passenger
train of the Illinois Central railroad, ldue
here at 6:45, ran into q freight train Of the
Grand Trunk at South Lawn, about
fifty miles from the city. The en-
CINE, tender, baggage car and one
coach of the express were piled up in
confusion and were thrown from the track.
Seven persons were injured more or less,
none fatally. They are: Anderson Cobb,
porter of the sleeper; Thomas Splane. bag
gageman; Mrs. Splane, his wife; John
Crons, fireman; w. b. Land, passenger;
It was rumored that the express agent
was killed, int it lacked confirmation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
New jersey Republican Clubs.

LONG BRANCH, N. j., Aug. 16.-The Re-
publican Clubs of the State of New Jersey
held convention at Asbury Park with
1000 delegates present. Wilbur A. Mott,
president Of the New Jersey State Repub-
lican League, called the convention to Or
der, and resolutions were adopted indors-
ing the record. principles and platform OF
the party and its National ticket, and
Mott was reelected president. William
Walter Phelps addressed the convention.
He said that although New Jersey had al
ways been counted with the solid South.
save when she voted for Grant, a new Gle.
ment was in this canvass and the danger
of Democratic free trade would turn the
State to the Republican ticket. Senator
Evarts also spoke.