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The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08
Murder.

Frank Sperling, a wealthy and we'll
 known young merchant of Mazda
 lena was murdered in cold blood in
 his store about II o'clock Saturday night by, as is supposed, three Mexicans who have been arrested, and on one of them especially does suspicious fall as his boots and hands were stained with blood and he was known to have been hang ing about the store that evening, is a desperate character and had been discharged about three weeks ago for stealing. The other two men arrested had blood on their cloth ing but no other eliminating evil dence has as yet been adduced against them.
 The murder occurred after all the clerks in the store had gone home and just as MT. Sperling was put ting out the lights and making pre- parations to close the store,ss ,ssand was just coming out ot his office when the assassins foored him with stunning blow and after horribly mutilating him, left him to perish in a pool of his life's blood where he remained undiscovered until the store was opened by the clerks.
 If robbery was the object of the murder, the williams got but little pay for their brutal deed, as they only took MT. Sperling's watch, the change in his pockets and the cash in the drawer. The safe was locked and was not molested, neither are there any evidences of goods being stolen from the store.
 MT. Sperling was man about 30 years of age, a gentleman respected by all who knew him and and his horrible death has excited much indignation among the citizens of and the surrounding country. The blow is one of great sorrow to Miss Ida Lockhart of this city the young people having been engaged for several years.
 A New Yolk Life Insurance policy for S6,O00 had been taken out by MT. Sperling, with Ralph Halloran general agent, here at Albuquerque about two months ago, he little inn agining then how soon the policy would require payment, which will be at once.
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Wanamaker'S Errors.

Washington, December 27.-The Civil Service Commission has ad dressed a letter to the Presidentin re- ply to the annual report of the Post master-General, in which Wana- maker said that the civil-service ex- animation ought be improved by being rendered more difficult. In the letter the commission points out the fact that they have many times asked high officials in the Posto1ice Department for sugges- tions as to the improvement of the examinations, and have also asked the Postmaster-General himself, and that official has never been able to give them any suggestions,
 The Postmaster Generals state ment that from one-third to one fourth of the men furnished by the commission, through the railway mail service examination, have not proved satisfactory is denied by the commission in it's letter, which shows that more than ninetenths
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Deputy Sheriff H. P. Ewing un- dertook to arrest Bob Steen," a Wallapai Indian, at the Empire mine. Bob would not be arrested, and after an intellectual attempt to secure him, he ran away and when deputy Ewing called to him to stop or he would shoot, he ran the fast CT. Ewing shot the Indian twice. The first shot slightly wounded him in the side and the second broke his arm. Bob made good his escape, and has not yet been ar rested, although the Indians say they will get him when his arm is we'll. He was wanted on a charge of stealing a horse from Louis Siebrecht.-Mohave Miner.
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learned from him as to what Shank lin said or how he appeared.
 LATER.-Additional information shows that the only shot which took effect struck the Doctor in the bowels and that after he fell from the buggy Shanklin walked around his body firing the bullets into hlm as he supposed, but none of them taking effect.
 He has been removed to his resi- dence and everything possible done for him. Dr. Goodfellow shakes his head in hopeless way but never gives up while a speck of life is left :; there is a faint hope for his recov- ery.-Tombstone Prospector.
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Cold BlOOded Murder.

At three o'clock this afternoon a
 shot rang out from the interior of
 the o. K. Corral. In probably ten seconds 4 more followed in quick succession. A rush was made for the vicinity and Dr. Willis was found to be lying on the ground writhing in terrible agony, while
 IeasurelY walking across the street was Dan Shanklin.
 No one had seemed to know who had done the shooting until Fred Storer pointed to Shanklin and said ''There goes the man who did it if you want him." He was ap- preached and in his pocket was found a 3S calibre Colt pistol with , chambers empty. He said noth- ing but walked to jail as unconcern- ed as possible.
 It was thought at first that the doctor was dead, but as he contin- ued to breathe pr. Goodfellow was summoned and immediately set to work to stop the flow of blood. Mrs. Willis, the wife of the unfortunate man came down as soon as the news was carried to her and the heart-rending scene was too much for human endurance and many turned their heads from the sight.
 From Fred Stcrar the only eye witness as far as known the Prospec- tor learned that he had just hitch ed up the Doctors horse as he was accustomed to do at that hour, that l pr. Willis came in as was usual at that hour and was handed the lines which were laying over the dash 1 board. Whether the Doctor saw Shanklin coming or not Storer did 1 not know, but the first he (Storer) | knew Shanklin appeared and placed | a pistol over the dash board and | fired. The Doctor uttered groan and reeled, falling out of the bug  gy, as he was falling the second shot was fired, nearly hitting Storer and | he got out of the way. The bal ance of the shots fired were shot probably when he was on the ground. It is pretty certain that the first shot struck him in the groin.
 The cause which led to the shoot ing arose from the employment Of Shanklin by Dr. Willis at the Old Guard mine, He owed Shanklin a balance and the latter had words with him often over it. Shanklin is nearly dead with consumption and wanted to get away, The ma bility to get his money caused him to worry and pr. Willis was warn ed several days ago to look out for Shanklin or ke would kill him, 
 but he laughed at the warning.
 Shanklin's attorney visited him in his cell immediately after the shooting, but nothing could be
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A Doomed City.

Burlington { Ia. December 23.- Alexandria, Mo-, is doomed to the fate predicted for it in a lurid way by bad man years ago. He was caught in some crime and lynched near there after he had a trial by a mob. He richly merited his fate, but when asked if he desired to say anything he turned upon the mob with a scowling face and hissed a curse upon them and their people, hoping that their disasters might never cease.
 That year fire swept the great CT part of the city, which then was one of the most prosperous in Northeast Missouri on the Missis- sippi. An attempt was made to re- build the burned district. Scarce ly had the work begun when great rise in the river submerged the place and ruined the crops in the surrounding fields.
 Since then, off and on, the place has been visited by floods and fire till it has been reduced to a mere settlement of ague-racked back woodsmen. Last night what was left of the business portion of the city was wiped out by fire, with a loss of over $20,000,
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of these men are still kept in the service. Thus, the commission says, the figures of Wanamaker's own report contradict themselves, The figures also show that of post office inspectors furnished from the commissions list more than ninety have been retained.
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A PARIS dispatch of the 2d says : Bishop FrcppeI, in reception to the clergy, declared that the Cath olics must organize, not as party, but under the direction of their bishops, and "wrest from the Free Masons and free thinkers the rights and liberties of which they had been deprived"
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Dissolution of C0partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the firm of Lynch Bros., doing business at Navajo, Arizona, has been dissolved by mutual consent. Lewis Lynch retiring from the business. Hugh Lynch will continue the business under the firm name of H. Lynch & Go. The new firm will collect all outstanding accounts and pay all lia- bilities of the old firm.
 All parties knowing themselves in- debted to Lynch Bros will please come forward and settle up, either with cash or by note. All parties having claims against Lynch Bros., will please present the same for payment.
 LEWIS LYNCH.
 HUGH LYNCH. Navajo, Dec 27th, 1890.
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Navajo Gold Fields.

The Aztec Index says: "The re- puted mineral wealth of the Carri- zcs is attracting wide attention, and it would not take much agitation to set on foot rush such as filled the Black Hills with ventursome prospectors long before the Indian title was extinguished." The only agitation necessary in this matter is to let the truth in regard to that country be made generally known, for there are the best of reason for believeing that the Carrizo Noun tains are much richer in mineral than the Black Hills, although the latter district has long been known as one of the most productive min ing regions of the country. The Carrizos are not very extensive range, covering a tract of country only about fifteen miles square but they are scanned all over with broad leads of quartz very easily worked and very rich in gold. United States Indians Commissioner Mor- gan when on his recent western tour gave some time to the investigation of this subject and satisfied him. self that the reported richness of that country was true, and therefore left here with the intention of re- commenting that the portion of the Navajo reservation occupied by these mountains be thrown open to the public, and that the India ms be given other land in lieu thereof, Being very rough and broken, the district in question is not lit for a grazing country, nor for farming, and since the Indians do not want to work it for mineral it is of no practical value to them; an equal quantity of good grazing land on the west side of their reservation would be worth a good deal more to them, while the opening of the country to white men would soon make the region known as .one of the richest mining districts in the United States.
 Just as soon as the facts in the matter become generally known to the public, there will be as big a rush to the Carrizo District as that | which filled the Black Hills or the Oklahoma country, and if the wag- on road from Albuquerque to San Juan county, to which we have ire ]uently referred, shall be put in oassable condition by that time nearly all the immigration to the lew gold fields will come to Albu- luerque and go from here by wag ,n, and as the route to be taken will be practically the same as that
 
 If the proposed Albuquerque & Durango railway, the prairie schoon- 1T will very soon be superseded by he elocomotive.-Albuquerquo Git zen.
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ACCORDING to the Stock Grower there are 1.81O, 100 cattle, 3 .492, 800 sheep, 344.8OO goats, SO,750 horses, Al, $50 burros, and 5,81O mules in New Mexico.
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Complaints of depredations by lions on stock come from almost all the ranges in Gila county, and many stockmen offer to pay S10 per scalp in addition to the regular bounty of S15 paid by the county. The next legislature should be urged to increase the bounty on lions and other predatory animals. Silver Belt,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08
NOTICE.

l am ready to redeem all Warrants drawn on the General Fund of Apache County, presented for payment prlor to January 1, 1888.
 w. H. GIBBONS,
 Treasurer of Apache County. St. Johns. January Sth, 1891.
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A WEAK MAN

Can now cure himself of the deplorable results of early abuse, and perfectly re- store his vigor and vitality by the Great Australian Remedy. The remarkable cures of hopeless cases of Nervous De- bilIty and Private Complaints are every where stamping out quackery. The Med icine, physicians gift to suffering hu- manity, will be sent free to those affiict- ed. DR. M. B. TAYLORR,
 iyl7 1y 809 Market st., San Francisco.
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Don't argue with a fool, or the listeners will say there IS a pair of you.
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ImmlgraIlOn Agent, A., T. & 5 F. K. K.
 623 RialtO Building, Chicago, III. This railway passes through twelve states and territories, and having no lands of its own sell has no object in advancing the interes,s of any special locality, or in giving any other than ab- sOlutely reliable information. 1t realizes Il at the prosperity of the farmers of the great sOi west means prosperity to itself alsO and is thus naturally willing to a.d the immigrant Gs much as possible.
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-10
LL0HT IND M TER.

The streets, business houses, public
buildings, and many private dwellings o.
Aberdeen are lighted by electricity, fur
nished by the Aberdee II Electric Com
pany, home corporation, having a paid
up capital stock OF $25 900. The plant is
one Of the best and comprises both the
incandescent and arc system of lighting
The charges are reasonable and the quail
ity Of light the best.
The present water system was devised
when there was no expectation OF there
being SO large a city here, and conse-
quently is somewhat inadequate; the
people, however, have voted sufficient
water bonds, the sale OF which has pro-
vided money for sucn an improvement Of
the system as will furnish a supply Of
pure water sufficient for population Of
forty thousand. For fire protection there
is an inexhaustibe supply of salt water
taken from the Chehalis river.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-10
THE CENTRAL CITY.

Aberdeen is the central city and the port
Of entry for the Grays harbor country.
1t is situated at the apex Of that pear
shaped bay, where the waters of the har-
Dor are united with those Of the
Chehalis and Wishkah rivers, sixteen
miles from the bar. The incorporate
limits of the city contain eleven square
miles OF land and water, lying on both
sides of the rivers just named and the
bay proper The site is principally level,
but back of the level portion
rises gradually to an elevation of fifty
feet or more. The Wishkah river
divides the city little east of the center.
This river is navigable for some distance
for the largest ships and for steamers as
far as sixteen miles above its mouth.
Aberdeen was originally founded as a
mill town some seven or eight years ago,
but its commercial growth has been a mat
terof only three years. The first corners
thought of little but the advantageous
location and exceptional natural facilities
for saving and shipping lumber,
but these two very important factors have
gone to make up location favorable for
other industries, and realization of this
has pushed the town into commercial
prominence and accounts for it's recent
rapid growth.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-10
TRANSPORTATION.

Railroads and water transportation Gre
ate competition that cannot be con-
trolled in the interest OF monopolists. The
Northern Pacific Railroad Company is
now operating its Gray's harbor line
within ten miles of Aberdeen, and rap
idly completing the road to this point
with large force of men. Practically
there is now actual rail communication
with all the world by this road via Tacoma
or Portland. Regular lines of steamers
run to Portland, Oregon, and 70 San
Francisco, California, and smaller boats
ply daily between Aberdeen and all points
on the harbor.
One hundred and thirty-six vessels
sailed from Grays harbor during 1890,
seventy-three sailing vessels. and sixty
three steam vessels; of these, fifty sailing
vessels and all of the steamers sailed
from Aberdeen. During the months Of
Jan. and February Of 1890, only ten YES
sells left the harbor. During the same
months Of this year, (1S91), fortyfour
vessels passed out over Grays harbor bar,
thirty-nine Of which sailed from Aberdeen.
This shows how rapidly Grays harbor
and especially Aberdeen is becoming a
place of commercial Importance. With
the completion of the Northern Pacific
railroad to Aberdeen. draining eastern
and central Washington Of it's coal and
wheat, it is impossible to prophesy Of
what importance Aberdeen will be-
come as shipping port, and when the
lumber men Of this northwest are able to
ship via the Nicaragua canal to the east
ern world, a forest of masts will cover this
harbor as the growth of fir and spruce
cover it's shores,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-10
SALMON

The Oldest industries of Aberdeen are
its salmon cannerles, of which there are
three. One of these, during the last year
on account of the rapid growth of the
city, has found its property SO valuable
that it has sold its site, but will rebuild
before the canning season in a more re-
mote part Of the city. The yearly output
of the three canneries is about Al ,00(
cases, representing value of $4,000.
Other established industries include 9
well equipped steam laundry, cigar fac
tory, employing five or six men, soda
works and many others.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-10
GRA Us HARBOP.

About fifty miles north of the Column
bia river is the entrance to Grays harbor.
from the Pacific ocean, long known to
navigators as the most accessible and
safest harbor on the coast. The bar car
ries a depth OF from eighteen to twenty
three feet OF water at low tide, un,cll
increases from ten to fifteen feet at high
tide. The entrance, or channel, isabout
mile wide, and the extreme width OF the
harbor is twelve miles, gradually tapering
to point at its eastern end, where it is
met by the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers.
In the harbor there are three well defined
channels offering ample anchorage room
and merging into one broad, deep channel
or roadstead, near the head of the harbor.
These channels are separated from each
other and from the shore proper by ex-
tensiye n ld flats up to the point OF their
conveyance, where the volume Of water,
being more confined, has swept them
away, and the water is deep up to the
very shore line. At the head OF the har-
Dor the channel is over two thousand
feet wide, carrying a depth of 40 feet.
Theexpense of continuing this width and
depth to the sea would not be great, and
no doubt will be done as soon as proper
surveys can be made on which an estimate
of cost can be based. Once these i'm
provements are made, the flow of water
is sufficiently strong to keep it from shoal-
ing. The harbor is land-locked, and the
shelter it affords from storms is complete.
During the past year over one hundred
sailing vessels and from Jour to six steam
ers per month have crossed and re-crossed
the Grays harbor bar and not one acci-
dent has occurred in fact, during the
eight or ten years the harbor has been
used as deep water port not single
vessel has met disaster going or coming.
This harbor is three hundred and fifty
miles nearer San Francisco than are the
cities of Puget Sound, and six hundred
miles nearer Oriental ports than is San
Francisco. Tacoma, Washington, is about
sixty miles by land from the eastern end
Of the harbor, while the peninsula, around
which all vessels must go to reach that
city, is over one hundred miles north
of it; thus passenger from San Francisco,
bound for Tacoma, saves more than
fiue hundred miles of the distance now
travelled by coming into Grays harbor
and completing his journey by sixty miles
of rail. Distance is timr, time is money.
These facts are thoroughly underslCoe. "
the railroad companies, who are now hur-
rying to completion their lines to this
point Their especial concern will be
the transportation Of coal and wheat
from Central and Eastern Washington,
with which the harbor has now direct
railroad communication. Nature has, in
deed, made here an unequaled gateway
to the ocean, to the commerce of the
world. 1t only remains for men to inn
prove the opportunity.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-10
SH/PY4RD.

There is no industry in Aberdeen better
located than her ship-yards. With the
finest and longest ship timbers in the
world, with a well-equipped foundry and
machine shop, and plenty of deep water
in which to launch her vessels, this city
in time, is destined to become one OF the
largest ship building points in the coun-
try. Last September, from this ship
yard was launched large three-masted
schooner, the ~. M. Weatherwax,'
which is one of the finest vessels of the
kind on the coast. The building of this
vessel, for labor alone, distributed sic, 900.
Preparations are being made now for the
building of three ships the coming
season.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-10
FINANCIAL.

Aberdeen has two banking institutions,
the Aberdeen Bank and the First National
Bank. The first is an incorporated state
bank, organized in 'S7, and within the last
month has been reorganized with cap
ital stock Of 1850, 900, increasing the mum.
Der of stockholders from two to five, and
adding to their regular banking business
. savings bank department.
The First National Bank has paid up
capital of $50, 600 and it's officers and
directors are among the leading fiDanciers
of the State.
The local deposits OF these banks are
from 100000 to $4,000 per month.
A local Building and Loan Association
has just been organized and in d few
weeks will be prepared to furnish money
for the erection OF buildings in this city.