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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
WatchIng the RaiIroads.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has decided three cases Of Proctor &
Gamble against the Cincinnati, Hamilton
9. Dayton rood ard athers ia favor of the.
,omplainants. The opinion was written
by Commissioner Veasey 1t states in
effect that the complainants are large
manufacturers Of soap at Cincinnati In
the Official classification common soap
stands in the fifth class in carload lots.
The defendant railroad companies have
always given it the rate of fifth class ar
ticles, but for many years prior to May,
1889, they charged the complainants for
)nly net weight, the gross weight being
)ne sixth more than net weight; but since
May, 1889, they have charged for gross
weight without diminishing the rate per
hundred pounds. The effect Of this was.
says the opinion, to charge one-sixth more
for the same service than had before been
charged. The charge for transportation
ander the net weight practice, the com
missioner finds, was reasonable and just,
without complaint on the part of the ship
pers or carriers. 1t is therefore held that
she increased charge by the device Of
charging for the gross weight, being one
sixth advance for the same service, was
anwarranted, as it operated to make the
rate unreasonable.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
Hon. W. P. FRYE, United States Sen
A Narrow Escape for the Girls.

Pete Walters, passenger engineer
on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad, had horrifying and thrilling ex
perience Sunday morning. He was run
ming thirty-fve miles an hour, and when
he entered the stretch just before reach
ing Bingham bridge he saw three girls on
the structure. He reversed his engine
and then tainted.
The fireman took charge Of the throttle
when the engine was within thirty-hve
yards Of the girls.
One Of them jumped TO the edge Of the
bridge, stretched forward fiat on her face
and swung herself clear from the track
hanging to the end Of the ties over the
rushing waters beneath. In a moment the
other girls followed her example and just
as the train swept by the last Of the three
swung clear Of the bridge, while with
amazement the passengers and trainmen
watched with anxiety the human forms
swaying TO and fro. As soon as the train
stopped the passengers and crew rushed
back to the scene and rescued the girls
from their terrible plight.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
Senator Stewart Praises Colorado.

Senator Stewart, OF Nevada =
speaking before the senate the other Gsy
regarding irrigation, took occasion "
highly extol the irrigation laws Of Colt
rado, saying Colorado has got the wisS,st
land and irrigation laws of any State Il,
the Union. He said "The State owns
the water and the people make their own
regulations for the distribution of the
water. No company in Colorado can con-
tinue to live there and monopolize the land
and the water. The State controls both.
The States that have been coming in, Mon
tana Washington and the others, have
copied their constitutions from Colorado,
and that is the sentiment which prevails
throughout the whole Of that region o1
country. They will not allow large com
panies to monopolize the land or the wa
ter. should like to have any philosopher
Of law read what Colorado has done.
have read the laws Of every country where
irrigation is practiced, so far as could
get them. have examined their laws
and their usages, and 1 must say that Of
all the States of this country or else
where, there never has been as much wis
dom shown as has been shown by the peo-
pie Of Colorado in their laws for the dis
tributiOn Of water and Of land. They have
taken hold Of the subject strongly and the
prosperity of that State is due to it.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

Judge fOster IN the United States
District Court at Topeka made an import
ant decision in ''original PACKAGE litiga-
tion, which had not before come into court.
He refused to grant the writ Of habeas
corpus asked for Frank c. Mcclure of
Lyons, Kansas, agent for a wholesale
liquor house, and remanded him back to
the Sheriff of Rice County,
Mcclure had received a wooden box Sc
curely nailed and containing fifty bottles
of whisky, each bottle tied up in paste
board box. He opened the box and sold a
number Of the bottles. He was arrested,
tried before justice and given lO5 days in
jail His attorney applied for the writ be.
fore Judge Foster Judge Foster was of
the opinion that MCGUIRE broke the orgi-
nal package in opening the large box, and
sold in other than original packages.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
A Female Mob.

BUDA-PEsTH, July 17.-Though it
contained tragic element, the town is
laughing to-day at singular riot which
happened here yesterday. 1t was the re
suit Of free exhibition Of the trousseau
belonging to the Princess Thus Taxis.
Before the doors of the building where
the exhibit was to be given a crowd OF over
800 women assembled. They demanded
audience in body and when the officers
declined to admit the party attacked the
police, the ushers, the messengers, in fact
everything male within sight with para
soils, finger nails and vehement execra-
tions utterly routing the force placed there
and putting the uniformed officers to ig-
nomious fight. The crowd then surged
into the exhibition rooms and sated their
curiosity to its fullest extent Meanwhile
the mounted police had been called and
their clattering down the streets struck
terror to the weaker sex, who made an
other rush for the opening, trampling tC
death in their haste and fright two womer
and seven children. The police remained
ip possession of the field together with sew
eral cartloads Of parasols, hats, bustles
blonde wigs, etc. and miscellaneous spoils
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National Expenses.

Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the House
appropriations committee, emphatically
denies that the appropriations by Con-
yress at this session for the current fiscal
year viii exceed the revenues. He esti-
mates the appropriations at $3.50, ,OOO,O 900,
and as the ordinary revenues Of the gov
ernment for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1890, are reported by the treasury at S4O2, r
lS8, 900, under existing laws there is no
reason to anticipate 8 less sum from the
ordinary revenues during 1891, The pos
tai revenues for 1891 are estimated By the
postmaster general at S65, 900 making a
total Of S467, 494, 900. Deducting aggregate
appropriations Of $3.50, OOO, 600 there win be
a surplus of S117 ,494, 900, which is more
than ample to meet the requirements OF
the new pensions law, and the reduction
Of taxation from the enactment Of the
Mckinley bill, estimated at $50, 100000.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
New Mexican White Caps.

The Secretary OF the Interior has
received from gentleman now in New
Mexico a circumstantial SSount Of the
outrages committed in that territory dur
ing the last few months by ''white caps,n
This lawless mob, the writer says, con-
sists OF several hundred Mexicans who,
armed, masked and mounted, almost
nightly parade through the country for
thirty miles around Las Vegas, destroying
crops, houses and bridges, shooting aud
terrifying citizens upon the plea that the
land belongs 70 "the people' and that they
are underpaid for their labor
The writer describes miuutely twenty
hve distinct acts Of violence, and asks
that the government take cognizance Of
the matter, and furnish relief to the ter
ror stricken people. hundreds Of mile6
Of fences have been cut and carried away,
houses looted and burned hay stacks fred
and agricultural implements broken up
and destroyed. Several persons have
been shot and severely wounded ana a
number Of railroad bridges burned, ana
other depredatlons committed.
Tho Secretary has referred the papers
in the case 10 Governor Prince Of New
Mexico for a full report ne has also
asked the Governor 10 suggest a remedy
IN case he huds tho the situation such o.
70 require action by tho government.
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NO IS.


The Wastes Of Railroad Competition.
Auditor McNair, OF the Interstate
Commerce Railway Association, has added
to his reputation as railroad statistician
by showing the senseless waste INDUCED
in by competing railroads, especially in
the passenger business. Mr.. MoNair
stnrts with this propositions THAT the
cost Of operating roads is generally paid
by the public, goes without saying" This
being the case, Mr.. McNair introduces its
corrollary, that the constant and success
fvl attempts Of the public TO secure lower
rates Of transportation has its legitimate
end in reducing the quality Of the train
service and equipment. This state Of af-
fairs Is seen everywhere on poorly patron,
lied roads
Among the so-callod strong lines, how
ever, Mr. McNair shows that their trains
are run under a system Of wasteful ex-
travaganpe, born alone Of competition.
Under this competitive system the public
complains Of high rates and at the same
time compel the lawmakers 10 vote for
their continuance by refusing railroads
the economy Of combination.
He reasons that rates can never be high
or than they are; that they have steadily
decreased about 65 per cent. during the
last twenty years, and now, that many Of
the roads are almost on the verge Of bank
ruptcy, they must look to a cutting down
in expenses in order to pay any dividends
at all.
As an illustration he cites the passenger
trafic between Chicago and Omaha. He
says: "The four roads competing for the
passenger trafic between Chicago and
Omaha run twenty two trains daily and
four trains six times a week, one way, ast
convey on an average of about 200 passen-
gers Of all classes, one way" He figures
that one train each way on each rOsd
would handle the whole business and save
$2,54O,S76 in train expenses.
BY doubling the number Of trains 10 or
der TO better accommodate local trafiio,
still 81 ,8G4,2l would be saved, a goodly
share Of which might be divided with the
public in the way of cheaper fares. IL
now costs $500 TO take a passenger train
between Chicago and Omaha and return.
The same figures and waste apply between
Chicago and Kansas City as they do to ST.
Paul, except that the cost of running the
train is about $780, Also the same figures
apply on the freight business, except that
it costs more to run an average freight
train than passenger train.
BY combination the roads could entirely
do away with such espenses as outside
agencies and miscellaneous advertising
it costs she prominent roads in the, West
bver s., 900, Dob yearly for these purposes
In the way Of commissions, especially
millions Of dollars yearly could be saved.
Mr.. McNair believes the total waste in
this useless competitisa throughout the
United States viii reach S20O,OO0,OOO an
nually, almost all Of which could be saved
by q legalized division OF trafic, could
such an end be reached.
Mr.. McNair concludes that The results
would be: First. lower rates to the pub
il second, permanent and satisfactory
rates; third, enable weak lines to sustain
themselves; fourth, enable strong lines TO
figure on the future.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
A Rival Of Steel.

BosroN, July 15 "A series OF tests
to determine the tensile and transverse
strength, ductility, elasticity and com
pressional strength Of aluminium bronze
under the auspices Of the government was
begun at Watertown arsenal this af-
ternoon. The tests were private. The
tensile strength was shown 10 be some
thing over $4,000 pounds TO the square
inch, which is largely In eo.cess Of any
thing ever before shown. The transverse
strength developed was 5000 pounds on
one inch square bar This result is not
eoualed by any ether metal. with the
single exception Of first quality crucible
steel. other qualities win be tested TO-
! r4nprorv
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
The RevoIutIon in San Salvador.

A letter has been received at New
York which gives the following facts in
regard to the change Of presidents in San
Salvador and the death of President Men
endez. The letter is dated Guatemala
City, July 6, and says
On June % the president of Salvador
was to give a review of the troops sta
toned at the capital and to give ball at
the plaza in the evening in honor Of the
fifth anniversary OF his entering the capi
tai under the banner Of the Liberal party.
Everything passed of quietly during the
day, but in the evening, when the presi-
dent was dancing at the palace, the build
ing was surrounded Oy the troops and an
attack made upon 1t.
The president rushed to his private room
and seizing his sword and pistol, ran 70
the main entrance TO the plaza and fired
into the crowd of soldiers in front He
then stepped back and Immediately fell
dead into the arms of the attendants. The
report was given out that he had died from
stroke Of apoplexy, brought on by ex-
element, but this assertion is denied, and
It is stated be was shot through the heart
by one Of the soldiers. General Eseta
then seized the palace and issued a proc
lamation declaring himself president, but
not mentioning his party.
The situation of the Central American
states is peculiar The convention for the
union Of the states has been signed by
Honduras, San Salvador and Guatemala,
while favorable report has been received
from the state Of Costa Riea in regard to
signing it. The convention will also be
presented TO Nicaragua next year, it being
too late this year, as the senate has already
met Eseta has sent word that he will
agree 10 every policy Of the four other
republics except that on the union Of the
states. This as it stands is almost an
open declaration Of war, and it remains TO
be seen whether Guatemala and Honduras
win endeavor TO make San Salvador live
up to the agreement
General Eseta, the new president, was
raised by Menendez from the post Of a
petty ofacer TO the governorship Of Santa
Anna. Several days before the rising,
Eseta came up TO the capital with 800
soldiers pretending that be was 70 join in
the festivities. In making his arrange
meats for the overthrow Of the govern
ment he gave orders that Menendez
should not be harmed, but It turned out
that his orders were not obeyed.
-f 1e
Mr.. Blaine ana his partner lave
sold the nntnrnl hrldaa Nh Wat Virl.inin
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
Trouble in the Peace Congress.

Trouble in the Peace Congress.
An unexpected sensation was created
at one Of the sessions Of the Peace Cop
gress at London, by Sir H De Burg Law
son, who occupied the chair. In his ad-
dress he startled everybody by declaring
that he was opposed TO prayer at the open
ing of the sittings Of the congress and he
proceeded to give his reasons, causing no
end Of discomfort among the clergymen
and religious people present.
"Religion," he continued teaches us 10
love our enemies. Now, the first thing a
parent does is 10 place the eldest boy in
the army, where he is taught to run his
enemies through The speaker went
through a series Of similar arguments and
drew the conclusion, therefore, tnat either
religion or its expounders were failure.
1t may be remembered that Sir H. De b.
Law on recently paid 10000 in breach
Of promise suit.
The st. james Gazette sneers at the
peace Congress- which It regards as a
gathering Of fossilized philanthropists
whose ideas are as impracticable as they
are obsolete. While Mr.. Field and his
fellow reformers are endeavoring 10 beat
swords into plow-shares, II would be we'll
for them to take cognizance Of the patent
fact that the tariff bill now under consid-
Grafton In the American Congress typifos
most barbarous form OF war, In that Il
assails not armies but homes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
A Chance for Everyone.

Governor Warren has issued his
proclamation for State election TO be
held in Wyoming on September II. The
ofioers 70 be elected include q governor,
secretary Of State, auditor, treasurer,
superintendent OF public instruction,
throe justices Of the Supreme Court, a
representative in the Fifty First Congress,
a representative 10 the Fifty Second Con
each judicial district defined in the cOnsti.
tuition. sixteen members Of the State Sen
ate. thirty-three members OF the House,
and county and precinct officers as defined
~ NV.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

The people at Boulder have to look
sharp Of late lest they meet bear in their
yards. The other evening two boys went
up into Highland Lawn, at the foot Of
Maxwell Mountain, to turn the water on
the berries they we're raising. They saw
what they thought 10 be a man picking
berries, and went up TO see him. Instead
Of a man, II proved TO be a bear aud two
cubs Badly frightened, the boys ran To-
wards home yelling Bear Dearp' There
was no one near by who had a gun and
none who had lost q bear.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
Overcome With Jov.

A poor washerwoman named Mrs.
Mrs. Matte Wood, living at Fayetteville
Arkansas, made an application some time
sgo TO pension agaQt for back pension
from her husband, WI Was a drum major
in the federal army When she received
word from the scent iat the pension was
secured and IN few aye she would re-
ceive t5 900 as back ens'on, she was so
overcome with i0g inal ihe died.
The story CONES from Burlington,
New Jersey, Of n nan drowning her
baby in the river having sewed 10
lips together, . M = coala not cry out
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

ONE OF our learned and most highly
esteemed contemporaries informs its
readers that an excellent way to judge
Of an egg is to place it in water and
observe whecher it floats; in which
event it is bad. This is not only an
excellent but very old and WE'LL
known method. A very much surer
Wag, however, is to break the egg and
smell of it. You cannot then make a
misiake.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

The war on The Human Hog, "
waged so earnestly by the New York
papers has not been barren of good
results. lis now quite possible for a
woman to sometimes walk several
blocks on Broadway without having a
tobacco chewer spit on her hat
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

THE outcry Of the English farmers
against the burden imposed upon them
for the support OF the established
church is one Of the significant signs
Of the times, The dawn Of the twen-
tieth century finds the world more
than ever disposed to select and formu-
late its own beliefs, and it is a natural
corollary that the world should insist
on It's right to decide as to what
church It should support.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

Mr.. STANLEY's theory is that civili-
zations invariably begin to decay
when luxury, taste, culture and the
thousand demands of complex life
interfere with the natural functions Of
the family and the natural results Of
the family relation. He sees a threat
ol dire disaster to America in the fact
that those whom he chooses to call the
best among US have almost ceased to
mnltinlv.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

JAMES PAYN, the novelist, is con-
flrmed whist player He spends two
hours a day at the game, and is not a
very good player, either. Why is II
that so many people will continue to
play in games in which they are never
successful.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

WHEN men speak Of unity in d.
versity they do not mean the pos
sibility Of uniting a multitude Of dis
tinctive natlonalities in q single and
cooperative whole They do not
mean exactly that but Il is 10 be
apprehended that many assume that
unity Is possible uhder such condi-
tions But such an assumption
unwarrantable. The idea that
peoples OF the old world can COZ
here and remain distinctively German
Irish. English, Scandinavian, slav.
French. Italian, Spanish and Scotch ).
perhaps not unnatural That 1t D.
both illogical and Impossible Of realI-
cation is as certain as anything car
veil DO In an uncertain world
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

A CASE at the Pasteur Institute al
New York would seem to show that
the dog is not the only domestic animal
10 be feared for its bite. While the
dog wears an uncomfortable muzzle
over its mouth all the summer months,
and is watched with anxiety for
symptoms OF rabies. Tabby goes purr-
ing around, unmuzzled, an object ol
no ones concern. Yet Tabby, like
Watch and Carlo. may occasionally
get mad as halter.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

WHEN a man gets along we'll in the
world it is his duty TO help every
other man along. 1t is not only the
duty Of wealth to take care that it does
not prevent others from getting rich,
but to see that the community is
blessed with abundant prosperity.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
SAN JUAN COUNTY INDEX
Published Every Thursday at
AZTEC, SAN JUAN Co., NEW MEXICO.
By ALLEN 7. BIRD, Editor and Prop.
TERMS, f9AYEAR.
PublIsbea EveTg ThuTadaI b

Iris true manhood, sterling integri-
ty, indomitable pluck and hard work
and act diploma Latin that makes the
wheels go round and the world move.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

IT doesn't make any difference with
. man whether the girl he loves is
long or short but It does make diff
ference to a girl II the man is short,
particularly during the ice cream
season.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

II no provision is made for breeding
them there will be no flies, but II dirt
abounds they come because they are
needed TO clear it away. Unwelcome
as flies are, they never come without
an invitation, practical but not often
anolren
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

COOP farming is incompatible with
the many wastes going on all the time
on average farms. One of the great
est Of these common wastes is the
labor thrown away on the use of poor
tools. II should be known by all that,
in this country, serviceable machinery
and good tools are much cheaper than
labor. This is especially true Of the
smaller and inexpensive tools.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

The time may come when the clergy
Of the EnglAh church will be COM
PEELED to depdNd upoal their own liv-
iug, and it will no lon kec be possible
for some favored perfson TO hold the
appointment to tnruu II three rich par
.sriO - -4f n a0Ou cluDs ana
rooms and delegateV Vhis work to half
paid and half-starved (eurates.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

Thirty million dollars per year. The pro-
duct Of Colorado mines, Is the value ol lhs
exforts each year Seven million dollars
per year Is The value Of all other Imports.
What industry supports Coloradol -lifn-
illq industry
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

-. TIE claim is now made that Austria
lia is the finest grape producing coun-
try in the world. Every variety Of
grape taken there from America,
Europe or Asia has Aourished, and
several OF them have become more Wig
orous, hardy and productive than in
the countries in which they originated.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24

Mr.. Blaine ana his partner have
sold the natural bridge Ia West Virginia
to a company Of capitalists for 100000