Tombstone epitaph., 1891-05-03
THROUGH ARIZONA.
A Correspondent Tells His Paper of The Presidents journey
 Through Arizona,

The Mail and Express was tho only paper in the United States which had special correspondent with the presi- dents party. This live New York pa- per also had correspondent travel ling ahead of the party, observing dec orations, etc. He furnished his paper with an account of the journey through our territory which is repro d.ced, as it will show additional hap penings which are published for the first time. Here it is:
 The president is travelling through a country which will prepare him for the glorious reception that is awaiting him in the golden state.
 Ever since he left Fl Paso he has passed through sandy plains and fields of cacti. He has seen part of the country and people which certainly has opened his eyes as to the way one half of the world lives.
 Going into New Mexico he has seen people living in style compared with which the lowest tenement houses in New York are palaces. Dugouts, sim ply holes in the ground, with a cover ing of leaves to keep off the sun, while adobes, or mud huts, seem like palaces in the sand deserts. Even the electric fans in the car could not keep off the showers of dust which swept through the train.
 HOT, DRY LANDSCAPE.
 It was awfully hot for miles. The only things to greet the presidential party were prairie dogs and cattle, while giant cacti were the only vege- tables in sight.
 Yet there were stations where In- dians and cowboys gathered to greet him, and at such places as Tucson and Yuma the army of the United States shone in all its glory. Here the sol- diers fired the presidential salute and Indians in paint and gaudy calicoes danced before the Great Father. Tue. son gave him big reception for the size of the place, and Gen. Wilson, United State, District Attorney for Arizona, made an address of welcome. At Bowie two troops of soldiers and two pieces of artillery saluted him as he passed.
 YUMA GREETS HIM.
 At Yuma. Indians galore mixed with soldiers, Mexicans and cowboys, and the last place in Arizona, gave him a genuine welcome. Yuma has lately been washed out by floods from the Colorado and Gila rivers and only few houses are left. But it swarmed with people, mostly Indians and Mexi- bans, and gave him regular frontier welcome. The only slgn visible in Yuma reads "Keno tonight" but the president did not stop to play. The presidents first glimpse of California was the Colorado desert, but it paved the way to the beauties of the western part of the state.
 CALIFORNIA INGENUITY.
 At Flowing Well the train was stopped and it caused some excite ment for it was not on the programme to stop there. Itwas discovered that the place consisted of only one house. The station master had covered field with cinders and in white stones had spelled out the following:
 WELCOME. BEN, TO CALIFORNIA.
 He wanted the president to see it and having shown it let the train go on.
 There were extra guards on the train, for the night before, near Casa Grande, sixty miles from Yuma, a stage coach from FlorenceJ was held up by robbers. The men got away with Wells, Fargo & Co.'S treasure box but let the passengers escape.
 There was no alarm for the presi- dents train but it was thought best to increase the guard while going through the desert.
 Important to Mining Men.
 It will be of interest to mining men