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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-15
He Knew His Rights,

From the Chicago Tribune.
''Say, you let go of thatl" shouted the driver.
"Don't you try to run over mel" retorted the
pedestrian.
The conversation took place at q muddy
crossing on Western avenue yesterday morn
ing between the red-whiskered driver of a de-
livery wagon and a raw-boned man with a bas-
ket on his arm. The latter, to avoid being run
over, had seized the horse by the bride and
stopped the animal with a suddenness that
nearly threw the driver off his seat.
keep out of the way if you don't want to
get run over!' yelled the red-whiskered jehu.
my friend" answered the man on the cross
ing still holding the horse by the bits, "don't
you know that this crossing belongs to the
people of Chicago"
.'You let go of that horser'
snow, be reasonable. my dear sir. This
crossing is merely a continuation of the side
walk. 1t belongs to the pedestrians. have
the right of way, and"
IF you don't let 60 of that, I'll"
"Hold on a moment. Don't get excited, my
friend The law is perfectly clear ON this
point. The courts have decided time and
again that q person who is on street cross
"You let 60 Of that horse or I'll break your
headr'
''Be calm, my friend. Preserve your equi-
librium. 1t is the case of Warner vs.. Nebergall,
44th ILL.,, page"
rake that! roared the lnfuriated driver,
striking at him with his whip.
'Once more ask you not to get excited"
answered the man on the crossing, lodging
the whip, You will find, by referring to the
well-known case Of Skean Va. Dockrush, forty
seventh ILL.,, pape ST."
Whack!
The red-whiskered driver landed his whip
this time squarely on the shoulders Of the
argumentative citizen.
snow win you let 60 Of that horse?" he
fercely demanded.
Certainly" was the answer. ''If you have
no respect for precedents and won't listen to
the law in the case, shall have to try some
other kind Of argument"
The next instant the fiery-hued driver found
himself jerked out of the wagon and rolling
over and over in the street He was dragged
through mud-puddle ON his back, turned
over and pulled through il again on his face,
and when he was permitted to get up his most
intimate creditor would not have known him.
His features had disappeared, and his once
magniicently lurid hair and beard had turned
in a single minute to . sober but sticky slate
color.
,''You may climb In and drive on again, my
friend" observed the raW-boned citizen, pick
ing up his basket and trudging along. "You
don't look quite 90 handsome as You did, but
you know good deal moro about the Law than
you ever knew before"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-15
Mrs. Alexander's Gift to Princeton:

A new alumni hall has been presented to
Princeton College by Mrs. Harriet C. Alex
ander, wife OF Charles b. Alexander. No sum
IL mentioned, but Mr.. Maitland Alexander of
the theological seminary says that $3.50, 900 will
be spent on the building. 1t is proposed that
the building shall be- one Of the finest in
America. DIR. Patton received Mrs Alexan-
ders letter announcing the gift last Monday,
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Total Wreck Near Petersburg, Va.

AoeoA ECCA XNcoE u CtCfBOufks w.
At o'clock yesterday very destructive
wreck occurred on the Norfolk and Western
railroad Is miles west of Petersburg. The
wreck was caused by the collision Of two
freight trains. one going east and the other
going west Both locomotives and fifteen cars
were badly wrecked The engineers and fire.
men jumped from their cabs just before the
collision occurred J. A. Akers, one Of the en-
gipeers, was painfully injured about the leg.
William Dace of Petersburg, o brakeman, had
several ribs broken and his condition q con-
sidered critical Another brakeman named
George Beckham Of Petersburg vas caught
under the wreck and killed
Several more Of the students 81 Michigan
University at Ann Arbor have been arrested in
connection with the fatal row with the state
troops and Henry Luce was taken in custody,
charged with murder in the first degree.
The Farmers' Alliance 10 talking Of nominal
ing an independent candidate for President u
1882 Their course viii largely depend upoa
the action of the House Of Representative in
the next Congress
II is estimated that 20 900 votes we're thrown
out in Indiana because the ballots we're not tn
full compliance with the Law.
The Nebrasks election returns may b en-
tirely changed by the alleged discovery that
number Of towns in the state failed 70 comp1v
with The provisions q ~ rsGistratiea -
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rHr srMPIH nrsrKRH OF ruREr-cARD MONTE
HOW STRANGERS II THE CITY ARE TAKEN ~
THE STUDENT, THE CLERK, THE CATTLE pIALKls
THE FARMERS AND THE sHrRIFrS
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want to recall a political revolution almost rs
complete as the one recently chronicled. In
1S4S was in Baltimore the day after the Oc-
tober election in Pennsylvania, and leaving
there by later train than the one which
brought the Baltimore Sun to Washington the
next morning, l obtained the last edition,
which published the returns from Pottsyille
and that region in Pennsylvania. This had been
stronghold OF the democratic party, but the
returns indicated a complete revolution. The
majority was reversed and the wings had car
ried 1T by about the usual democratic majority
so decisive, indeed, was it that it indicated
wing triumph in the state. As passed Browns
Hotel, not then the Metropolitan, met my old
friend Cornelius Wendell and showed him the
sun containing the news. ''Oh! that's a d
whig lie. I'll bet you hundred dollars it is
not true and that we carry the state" Some
one standing by took the bet and Wendell re-
peated his offer, and it was not until he had
made several bets suggested he telegraph a
weil-known politician of Phlladelphia-Charley
Bender-and inquire if the report was true
He did 80 and the reply came: True? Yes.
The wings have robbed the cradle and the
grave for votes. The state is gone"
Pennsylvania has always been a very warmly
contested state. In the days when the state cleo
ton took place in October that election was
always regarded as settling the vote in Novem-
Der Of the presidential year. l remember
how for days in 1910 the state was in doubt in
the October election of that year. / think ten
days elapsed before the full returns were re-
ceived, and then, as We were without
any mode of communication but the
mail, and that not very rapidly con-
veyed. The resort for news was the post office.
then in Carusi's saloon, and DIR. Gunnell was
the postmaster. Night after night crowds hung
around the post Office. waiting anxiously the
news, and at last il came. Harrison had
carried the state by 324, think. The pent-
mp enthusiasm Of the last ten days burst forth
and the city was q pandemonium that night.
Salutes were improvised by every available FIRE
arm, and Franklin Boyle with q howitzer
fired peripatetic salutes through the city
one in front Of the residence of Amos Kendall.
who wrote a letter to the Globe complaining
that the noise had walked his children and dis
turbed his family. Mr.. Kendall resided in the
Do Kraft House on 7th street near E (now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-15
The Episcopal Church Congress

The last days session of the church con-
gress of the Episcopal Church was opened
in Philadelphia yesterday by the Right Rev.
Bishop Whitaker: Positive gains in Biblical
criticism" was discussed by Rev. Prof Henry
s. Nash Of Cambridge, Mass, Rev. Prof Gould
of Philadelphia, Rev. p. Z. washburn Of
Mort Mor.nampton, Mass; hes. a e. Mortimer OF
Hartford, Rev. DR.. HARDWOOD Of Hartford, Rev.
John Elliott, DID,, and Rev. Randolph H No
Kim, DID,, both of this city. At the afternoon
session the subject before the congress was
Proper care Of the newly confirmed" and ID
Of Chicago, r. Fulton Cutting of New York,
Rev. Rufus W. Clark, DID,, of Detroit, Mich,
and the Rev. A. G. A Hall of Boston. The
conQresa adiournad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-15

national bank. From that day Frank Boyle's
'Babywaker," rs his howitzer was called, was
brought out on all occasions when rejoicing for
victory demanded . salute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-15

Who does not know James wormley? I had
known him from his boyhood and mine. The
friends whose patronage gave hun his first
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26
TO HELP THE ARID BELT
Johnny, get out.

Senator Moody, of South Dakota, on Tuesday reported from the Select Com mittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands an amendment to the civil service bill making an appropriation of $20O, ,000 to investigate the arid region of the United States for the purpose of dis covering to what extent they can be redeemed by irrigation. He further re- ported an amendment making an appro- priation of $250, 900 to enable the Secre- tary of Agriculture to cause to be made surveys and field examinations to ascer- tain the value of underfOw waters and the waters for irrigation purposes within the arid land region lying on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains.
 The entire West will be pleased to hear of this action on the part of Mir. Moody. His amendments should receive the hearty support of every western member of Congress and of every other member who may have an interest in the development of the West. It is a practical scheme and one that promises to be successfully carried out. There is no use disguising the fact that the people of the West haven't the least faith
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

in the judgment of Major Powell, and not very much in his ability to handle money. He has done the arid land belt more harm than any one individual, and it will take us years to recover from it's effects.
 The work contemplated by the amend ments offered by Mir. Moody will have to be done, and we hope it will not be put in the hands of Major Powell. If it is, it will not be done. Under the direction of Secretary Rusk, the work will be well and honestly done by thor oughly practical men, who have been trained to move at a more lively pace than the engineers of the army and the alleged army of scientists in the various bureaus at Washington. The concerted movement against the abominable de- cision of the Attorney-General of the United States withdrawing all arid lands from settlement will help along Mir. Moody's measures, as it will direct attention to the arid lands in a general WAY
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26
AS TO POTATOES,

A dispatch from San Francisco says that potatoes have been so scarce there during the past few days as to command good prices, but that the supplies from the country now are coming in rapidly. Old potatoes disappeared from that market some time ago and new ones came in all right until short time ago, when the supplies, without any warm ing or apparent reason, suddenly dimin- ished. On Tuesday the figures were reduced to 2l4 cents pound for the finest grades with corresponding rates for less desirable. The ranchers of the Salt River Valley would be glad to supply many tons of the tubers for the final figures quoted.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

ALL the people of foreign powers are becoming restive under the burdens of the monstrous military system and this is especially true in Germany, a fact that was shown in the discussion over the army bill in the Reichstag. Chan cellor Caprivi was finally forced to de- clare that the government would neither drop the bill nor accept amendments. He said the government could not agree to curtail the service, but he finally said that he was authorized to promise that much larger number of men would be placed on the retired list in the autumn. This indicates the spirit that is ani- mating the people. It breaks out in spots like that occasionally and is slowly approaching the revolutionary point.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26
THE PENITENTIARY.

Two years ago the Democratic party went out of power, and the offices ir the Territory have all passed into tho hands of the dominant party, save tht Territorial prison.
 This institution has been the Demo cratic stronghold for many years, inside and out.
 It has shaped the politics of Yuma county.
 It has in large measure controlled the legislature, even if it had to import from California Harry Quigley and mer of that character.
 It is not necessary to say that it has been nest of corruption.
 The absence of Little Steve from his favorite haunts explains that.
 The fight that Little Steve's associates make indicates what more we may ex. pect.
 Men-honest, good, clean men-do not hold to office as tenaciously as these men do.
 Johnny Behan may be an honest man. We have no proofs to the contrary, but he stands between the men who are practically defaulters to the Territory and the people who are under burden of taxation.
 He certainly doesu't care for the emoluments of the office which he holds. If he does, he wouldn't expect to hold it under Republican rule.
 The only explanation of his tenacity is that he sticks to the place to PROTECT HIS FRIENDS.
 Let him remember that the accessory is equally responsible with the thief, both before the law and before the people.
 Johnny, get out.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26
WE. AS AN ORGAN.

The Republican party of Arizona will go right along about its business notwithstanding the attempt of the "orgsn" and Messrs Wolhey, Churchill & Co. to disrupt and destroy it. The party is greater than any man, "organ" or set of men, and the interests of Arizona are greater than all of them.
 This item appeared in the so-called Republican newspaper, the Herald, last evening. Without discussing its mild and wavering Republicanism, which no real Republican ever discovered before TIE REPUBLICAN appeared, we want to ask, What if Messrs. Wolf1ey, Churchill and others were stock owners in this journal? Are they not good Repub- licans? Have they ever sacrificed the party? Have they ever refused the candidates of the party tickets that were ready printed because, forsooth, a few dollars were due on them Have they ever bolted ticket and paraded with the Democratic victors? Not much. They have always been with Republicans and for Republicans and never for any one else. Suppose they had become tired of milk-and-water Republican papers and desired a straight Republican paper; is there anything to bar them from invest ing their money in such an enterprise? Must they be villified because they did so? Must a combination be made to do SO? If so, it means black-mail, pure and simple. There is no high wall about Arizona. No one has the exclusive right to publish newspapers here any more than to heal the sick, sell drugs or dispense cocktails.
 THE REPUBLICAN has been patient and long suffering. It has made no response to the petty and foolish attacks that have been made on it. But it appeals to the good people of this Territory if it is deserved. It has spent more than S6OOO and asked no favor of any man. 1t expects to spend much more. Its weekly pay roll exceeds $500, which it meets in cash. It employs only Union labor. It underbds no competi- tor. It comes here with its money to establish business and asks to be judged only on its merits. Has it a right here, or has it not? The few pa pers who are hurt by it's enterprise, who have gotten into a rut and can't get out, who have said, at every election, to it's party--"Stand and deliver or we'll defeat you" naturally do not relish the presence of newspaper that says: "We are Republican, first, last and all the time; we don't want your money, but we are with you even if our worst enemy is on the ticket"
 To injure TIE REPUBLICAN, for noth ing can stop it, these malcontents that have been dividing the public funds, dub us an organ. So we are and we are proud of it-the organ of Republicanism, in the line of which we may always be found.
 That is why they hate us. There will be no more "divvies."
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26
Toward RenOwn. Detroit Free Press.

A Constable from one of the Eastern wards was waited upon by stranger the other day, who asked him how he got along, referred to the weather, hard times, etc., and finally said:
 "The boys want to do something for you."
 "Well, Pm glad to know that I have such friends"
 And they say you ought to have a show to climb up."
 "Yes."
 And that you could fill a much higher position than this."
 'I should try to, if had the show" "So they have talked it over and agreed to put you on your feet and in the way of good thing, and I've been sent to tell you"
 Thanks"
 "It's lucky man you are"
 "Yes."
 Not one in hundred falls into such a thing"
 Thanks. What is it?"
 "You are to come down to--saloon at o'clock this evening and referee a dog fight, and your decision is to be final"
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

A GENTLEMAN just in from the Brad shaws, who has mined in California and nearly everywhere on the Coast, says that these hills are richer in gold placer than any he has ever seen. Further, that there are thousand men working in these hills and that eventually the output will be very large. The whole region, he says, is tributary to Phoenix. Even now it would mean large money to our business men if they cultivated this trade, but adds that so far he has seen no effort whatever has been made in this direction. Eventually good roads and little effort will bring all this trade into Phoenix. Indeed, very little effort will make Phoenix one of the lead ing commercial points of the South west
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

THE people don't seem to demand statehood as much as some people tried to make it appear. On this subject the Herald of last evening said
 There Is a disposition, especially on the part of Democratic Boards of Supervisors, to hold the Governor responsible for his mistake on the Constitutional Convention matter, rather than help him out of his position.
 This is foolish. The Governor is an ephemeral factor; statehood will abide for ever. To fail to work for statehood now simply because of opposition to Mir. Wolfey will be very like "a man cut ting off his nose to spite his face." Let us have no more of this petty, school boy foolisbness. Let men be men and let's get the best we can, without refer ence to few individuals.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

FROM Halifax comes the alarming news that the British lion, or that sec tion of him crouching in that portion of Her Maiesty's dominions, has been ter ribly aroused. It is said that orders of the greatest importance have been re- ceived and that an extraordinary activity is visible about the dockyards. All the men-of-war are being provisioned and coaled and even the ammunition carts have been busy transferring powder from the big magazine to the ships. What can be up? Are these prepara- tions against our peace and comfort or do they portend trouble for the poor French cod-fshermen Or is it canard
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

TIE REPUBLICAN is thorn in the side of the once able and prosperous Citizen. In a recent article against "the organ,' meaning us, the Citizen says: 'In Crittenden where Ziegenfuss spent a couple of days soliciting for "the organ, D there is but one bona fide subscriber" ," But Ziegenfuss never was in Crittenden in all his life. He never solicited any business there and what subscribers the paper has there came in voluntarily be- cause they were hungry for early news. How does the Citizen account for its false- hood in this connection? The balance of it's statements are equally false, naturally, on the we'll known principal of 'false in one false in all" propositions.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

THOUGH all the nations of the earth have spent large sums of money in map ping the ocean and all sea-faring men have made voluntary contributions to the work, vessels occasionally strike rocks that have not been located. This has been the case with the British steamer Sardonyx, which was lost off the Queen Charlotte islands on the 18th inst. The captain says the steamer was proceeding southward at full speed with smooth sea, when she struck on rocky shoal not down on the chart. The vessel could not be gotton of and soon commenced to fill. The passengers and mail were all saved, fortunately. The rocks on which the Sardonyx struck are unknown to navigators and are believed to have been thrown up recently by volcanic action.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

IT was confidently asserted that Chairman Christy and his friends, who had been persist ently maligned by the Governor through his organ" THE REPUBLICAN, would pass a series of resolutions condemning the Executive for creating division of the party and, ask for his removal; but they wisely determined to bar- monze the party, and it Is now to be sincerely hoped that the magnanimous conduct of the Republicans in session may serve as an example of true Republicanism to the Governor and his few misguided friends,
 Elsewhere we have already proved the Citizen a liar. We now say, if that paper, or any one else, can show where TIE REPUBLICAN has 'maligned" Colonel Christy we are willing to con fess judgment. The Citizen is mon- alnaniac on "the organ" business, but we propose here and now to pin it to FACTS. If in this excerpt you told the truth, prove it. If you can't, stand con victed of an untrnth. Fish or cut bait
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26
THE UNIVERSITY.

THE REPUBLICAN is enabled this morn- ing to lay before it's readers. the good news that ''The Methodist University of Arizona" is an assured fact. The erec- tion of the main building, to cost about $l5,OOO, on the site selected several years ago in University addition, will be begun in a month or two. It will be pushed so speedily to completion that it is hoped to begin there the work of edu- cation during the first week in January.
 It is to the energy and enterprise of the Rev. Geo. II. Adams, the presiding elder of Arizona, that Phoenix and Ari- zona are indebted for this much needed institution. In the construction of the building special attention will be given to the latest developments in school architecture and to make it specially convenient for the purposes to which It is to be put. The sciences will not be overlooked and ample laboratory room will be provided for the chemical and metallurgical classes. The actual work of the University will begin in September in rented rooms in the city, and the selection of the faculty is now under consideration.
 Without reference to denominational bias, this institution should receive the heartiest encouragement of all our people, as it undoubtedly will. It will, as it were, be a stepping stone between the public schools and the higher insti- tutions of learning of the country, and will give the children of Phoenix and the surrounding country unequaled edu- cational facilities. No enterprise could have been founded here that would have been to the credit of the city as much as this University. This is an age in which communities are judged by an in- tellectual standard, rather than material and good schools, churches and libraries go far in winning the right sort of set tiers,
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26

TIE "eight hour days work" agita. tion has been so successful in San Fran. cisco that the Eight Hour League has disbanded. This is good. Eight hours a day is all that any man should devote to labor, the good old Masonic law, eight hours to sleep, eight to recreation and eight to labor, having never been improved upon.
Arizona republican., 1890-06-26
TIE Republicans of the Fourth Co,

TIE Republicans of the Fourth Con- gressional district of Kansas have nom- mated Harrison Kelly for Congress. This doesn't bear out the assertion of the Democratic papers that there has been great political reaction in Kansas and that it would show itself in the fall conventions. Kansas stands by it's an cient moorings of Repubicanism and and will show it by reelecting Senator Ingalls,.