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Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

Ar the end of the last fscial yea. there were on the pension rolls of the United States, S76,2OS pensioners, an increase of I99, POS over the year previous. Under the Dependent pension law 92O,3o1 claims have been filed, of which 4O3,S59 have been allowed. For the last fiscial year SI39,O35,612 were expended in pen sions. For the same purpose, this pres ent year, SI41, ,9J6,OOO have already been appropriated. This still leaves a 6efic- iency ofslO,5O8,62l that must yet be provided. At the present rate it is esti- mated that pension expenditures will annually increase at the rate of S15,OO0,- 900 for the next several years when 1t ie expected to reach its maxium. Judging by the foregoing figures It is evident that patriotism comes a little high.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
q Furious Prize Fight.

CoNEY | LAND AT7L@TgC CLUB. Dec. Q-I- .ha Latt' 70 het-eec Joe Goddard. of Australia. and Peter Maher, of Ire la-d. fought iG Coney Island Athletic ciub lsst n eh5 in ths presence of 5000 people. l. was UOn b. Goddard iu the h I'd round, when he knocked hls anta- gonist completely out. The fight was fierce as It was short. With only lit- Jle Lrel.mi-ary sparrng ,be fellows set to work in the first round with the ac- tivity of feather-weigbts and tierceness of wild cajs. Both were tadly winded a5 he end of the round but 1t seems the Irishmau was no match in strength for his antagonist.
 Inc second round was a repetition of the first n heavy fighting not mo- ment's cessation ill the siugging. The seconds were forgotten and each man tried to finish the other as quickly as possibly. In the men went at 1t again at pace that could not possibly be kept up for any length of time. They fought ike demons. After a terrible exchange of blows for nearly a minute Mahar was knocked down aod out after the mcsJ vicious 8ni furious fight ever seen here.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
The U. s Land Court.

In the U. $. court of private land claims on Saturday the LucerO de Go- Goi grant consisting of five townships of lard in Taos county, and the PachecO grant of about 30,00U acres were argued and submitted. The counsel in the for mer was x. R. La1ghlin, and in the latter Messrs. Van der Veer and Pur1y. Today the Galvan grant s ing argued by Gen Wu k Fare c anC George Hill Howard On tae one tide and Hons. Matt C.. Reynolds and T. B. CatrOn on the other. This gran5 encrOaches on the pueblo of Zia, Santa Ana and Jemez can be decided or argued. The decree will reconcile many interesting cOnten- tions now before the court and Is looked for with much interest.
 The Galyan grant still occupies the attention of the private land claims court. Mir. Catron esterday lmpeached lures, to the grant, and introduced the testimony of Major R. J. Palen of the First National bank, Gs an expert. MT. Jesus M Sandcval and the surveyor general testified IS to the boundaries. Today Er. CatrOn is sbsent from the care and Mir. COOns is in his place ClareLco Key was placed on the stand by MT. ReynO ds and testified as to the signatures and other matters in dispute. Considerable stress Is being laid on the fact that the signatures are forged; but Gen. Earle, leading counsel for the grant. is paying little attention to that part as he says it cuts no figure anyway, except they can connect 1t with the deeds.-Santa Fe New Mexican.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

The laws of health are taught in the schools; but not ID way to be of much practical benefit and are never illustrat- cd 5y living examples, which in many cases might easily be done. If some scholar who has just contracted a cold was brought before the school So that all could near the dry, loud cough and knov is significance; see the thin whi,e coating on.tte tongue and later, as the cold developed, see the pTofuse watery expectoration and thn watery discharge from the rose. not one of them would ever forget wha. tae tirs. symptom Of 8 cold vera. TSe scholar should then be given ChambsTlaia's C0ugd Remedy freely, that al! might see that even se- vera cold could be cured in one or two days, CT at least greatly miliga1ed, when properly treated as soon as the first symptoms appear. This remedy IS ia nous for its cures Of coughs, colds and cronp. It IS made especially for these diseases and is the most prompt and most reliable medicine known for the purpose. For sale by Fred Fleishman E Co
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
THE REASON WHY.

EDITOR OITIZLN:
 I was much interested in Mir. Proc tors denfal of his contemplated Graham county citizenship, but at the same time I, as well as many others. am far from being satisfied with the explana- ton offered, am as you kROw Mir. Editor, one Of the heaviest tax payers in the city, and have always borne the burden of taxation without a murmer, and hope to continue doing so while a resident of Tucson, but at the same time, I would like 10 see the affairs of the cty managed by those who have moneyed interest in its government. Men who are careful in handling their own money will be careful in handling the money Of others entrusted to their keeping. More particularly is this true in municipal affairs as the burden Of taxation in the ratio of expenditures, falls upon all alike in proportion to their property interests. l nm a Democrat and a partisan, iS is said, but l stand with my fellow towosman Nr. Overton, Q good citizen fiTst and 9 good Demo crat afterwards. Ia behalf of the form CT am ccmpei,ei ju the present issue, t2 vote the Republican tlckeJ 50 far as the councilman Of my ward and coun- cilman a. large are concerned Against the private characters of the Democrat ic nominees 1 have TO word of causUTe but the late convention of ny party had the misfortune to-put in nomination two nominees for council and Cne council man at-large, wlo .ltbolgh Tepute& 10 be men O, rair means, do not sJ far IS city property is concerned, own ln adobe brick among them. The Republican nominees O. the other hand, are men of business and have property interests involved, end it i5 such men J hope to see control the finances ot thiz city for the next two yea-s. Tho most obst9ss mind need have no hesitation in choos- ing between the two.
 Yours for progress,
 Av INTER EsTED DEMOCRAT.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
EngIand's Method OF Muddling the
Conference,

RRUssELLs, Dec. 9.-The Bimetalistic delegates Of the Iuter-National None tary Conference are discussing whether or not tney shall unite III signing a memorandum on an obstruction offered by Great Britain to determination of questions before the Conference. The present British delegation appears to have been sent purposely to muddle pro- Ceedirgs. There is DO cohesion among the British representatives either as to principles or procedure. Each delegate appears to act as an individual agent eX- cept Sir Rivers Wnsoiow and Sir Ere mantle the deputy master of the British Mint. The latter has used his official position to disclaim any responsibility for proposals presented by Rothchilds. Be-tram Curfie and Sir Wm. Hould- worth have not a single idea in common and have strong mutual contempt for each other. Neither General Strachey TOT Sir Gulldicrd Melesworth, the India delegates have official orders as to what course to take. It has been made clear that the British government has pur- loosely avoided giving any instructions tending 10 a common action of its dele gates upon Gny point whatever. l. Is now obvious that this course was de- s.znsd to feii lie Conference in coming 70 any general or special solution of the silver question.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
BUCK OF ARIZONA
Makes q Good Speech at tEe Silver
 Convention.

At the Fl PasO S.lver Convention Tues day speeches were made by H. $. Fer guson, of Albuquerque, Beni. Mattice, of Colorado, and Alexander Buck, of Arizon. Mr. Buck spoke as follows:
 Arizona is richly endowed by nature, but she IS oppressed by the hand of msn H+r industries and commerce are injur y unjust legislation against the chic product, silver. The demoretiza- ton of silver was the .greatesy crime ever perpetrated against the people of this nation. When silver was demOne- tized they kcew that that there was not money enough for the needs Of this great and growing country. He stated that if all the gold and silver in the world was coined into American money there would not be more than Sl22 per head for the people of the United States When silver was demonetizsd it was claimed as an excuse that silver was too high; now the same parties claim that 1t should not be remoneuzsd be-
 
 cause it is too cheap,
 They call the silver dollar cheap-a clipped dollar-but they don't offer any for sale at less than one hundred cents. The gold bugs claim that free colnage Of silver would drive gold from the cOun- try. After the Franco-German was over Germany drew one billion of gold coin from France and afterwards demo- netized silver, hoping thereby to injure France the more. France stuck to sil yer, and today has more gold coin and silver coin than any other nation in Flu rope. Why did not the claims of these gold bugs operate then? In regard to the Brussels conference, If silver is to be remonetized and made the money of this country, it must be done by its friends and not by it's enemies. This conference was concoted by the enemies of silver for the purpose of preventing the coinage of silver at any reasonable ratio, for the purpose of still further in- turing the white metal. Their object IS not for the purpose of entering any agreement for the restoration of silver. The silver dollar of this country IS the constitutional dollar of the country, 1t IS the basis of all monetary transactions.
 Following Mir. Bucks remarks the chair announced the following commit tee on time and place of the next con yention: J. w. Fleming, Silver City: Chss. Shannon. Clifton. A. T.; Chas. Blanchard, Las Vegas; Wm. Burns, Kingston; J. k. Saint, Albuquerque.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Army Matters.

Col. z. R. Bliss, 24th infantry, will proceed from Fort Bayard, to Fort Hua- chuca, and inspect the companies of his regiment stationed there.
 Second Lieut.. R. B. Wallace, 2nd cav airy, nOw Los Angeles on leave of ab- sence, will report in person to the de- partment commandar for consultation in connection with special field service with which he .e charged. After re- ceiving instructions h. will proceed to Fort Wingate, \. N.. ana thence to Fort Bowie, A, T., frou + roint he will en- ter upon the servic2 contemplated.
 The commanding officer of Fort Hua- chuca, will select an infantry detatch- ment consisting tof one commissioned officer, three nOn-cOmmiss.Cncd officers and seventeen privates and cause the same to proceed to or near LaNoria, A T, and report to the senier officer Of.the internatio1al boundary commission, as escort, relieving company, O. 24th lnfaa- tTy,whIch will reJoin It's proper station Fort Huachuca, A. T, the cavalry es- cort will also be reduced, leaving but four privat- and one commissioned otfi- cer in the field.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

flushed with Democratic victory, ve care not for the welfora of our city when 1t effects the prestige O. two or
 three Of our political leaders from po- lltical standpoint, CT depryes them of the glory of exhibiting themselves 10 the peoples disadvantage. and We will just proceed to mop Sup the floor with the Republicans, whether the city s sunk in the slums of despair or not" The Democratic convention struck the names of every Republican from the non-political ticket that had been form ed. The customary voting of outsiders at our city elections will be stopped in 10 uncertain manner. At both polls wall be lists of every voter of Tanquo Verde, Olive Camp, San Xavier, aud the farms outside of the city limi5s, and every man trying to cast a Illegal vote snouid be promptly arrested. The law IS thas voter at our city election, must have been a resident of .he Territory for SIX months, and a bona-fds resident of the ward n which he vo-es for 9 psr'cd of thirty days nex5 preceding the cleo tiOn
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Pinnples.

The old idea of 70 SSArs ago vas that tssssl eruptions were due 0 "blood humou," Sur which they gave potash Thus all the old Sarss- parillas contain potash, . most objectionable and drastic mineral, that instead of decreasinx, actually creates more eruptiOns. You have mo- deed this when taking other S&rsaparillas than Joys. It is however now known that the stom- aeh, the blood creating power, is the seat of all vitiating or cleansing operations. A stomach elogged by indigestion or constipation, vitistes the blood, result pimples A clean stomach and healthful digestion purifes it and they disappear. Thus Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla is com pounded after the modern idea to regulate the bowels and stimulate the digestion The effect is immediate and most satisfactory. short testimonial ts contrast the action of the potash sarsspsrillse and Joys modern vegetable preparation. Mra c. D. Stuart, of 400 Hayes St, s. F., writes: "I have for years had indigestion, l tried popular Sarsspsrills but it actually caused more pimpIes to break out on my face. Hearing that Joys was . later preparation and acted differently, I tried 1t and the pimples immediately disappeared"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Waste and Wnnt.

4 waste Of flesh and a want of diges- ton. These go together. People who cannot assmilate the food they swallow mus. of necessity lose bodily substance. To remedy this, remedy digestion easy and thorough with Hoste'ter's Stomach Bittars. a tonic famed the world for its strength and flesh yielding qualities Appetite and sleep gre both impaired by indigestion, which begets nervous sys- toms. heartburn, flaju.ence, irregularity of the bowels and palpatation of the heart-tLe latter often being erroneous ly attributed to dissase of that organ. Ali these manifestations disappear when the bitters are resorted 10. Malaria, rheumatism, liver and kidney trouble are efectually counteracted by this su- perb corrective, which Is not only effec- tual, but permanent.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Ben HYd -s Death.

Ben Hyde, who has been suffering for many months from consumption, breath ed his last this m 2 aa 2 o'clock. Ii was expected early I1 the evening that he would not survive through the night. aud his death has been looked for sever al weeke. The last tin he was on the street was on election day when he came out to vcte.
 The deceased was "a native of New York and was aged 42 years 6 months and IS days. He leaves a wife and in- fant daughter to mourn his loss. They have the sym pathy of the public in their hours of sorrow.
 Tue funeral will take place tomorrow at r, m., under the auspices of the Tombstone Fire department, of which he was a member almost since it's organ; ization.-Prospector.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

MEXICO possesses one of the strongest political characters of the present gen oration in the person Of Gen. POrfirio Diaz, who was recently reelected Presi- dent of the republic, aBd whose inaug- uration took place On the let inst This is President Diaz's third successive election. Fe held the office, however, before the change in the constitution which permitted the reelection of a President for a term succeeding that for which he was first elected. This change was made in 1887, and ma nly ID order to permit the reelection of Gen. Diaz, who is a man of great force of character, and who combines in an un- usual degree the qualitiss necessary to insure continued power in a nation like Mexico, and his long continuance in au- thority has demonstrated.-Bradstreet
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

TUCsoN is in the tEroes of a munici- pal election, which promises to be un- usually exciting. On the start the citi- zens tried to nominate a non-partisan ticket, but the Democrats kicked over the traces, and as a consequence there are two full tickets in the field, with a fragment called the Populist, from which the candidates are withdrawing at such rate that there promises to bs nothing left but the name of the party by election day. The cause of all this undue excitement in the sleepy old town is an alleged desire to inaugurate a mum Der of improvements. The CITI- ZEN even ventures to bring forth from its grave that musty old skeleton, the Globe road.-FI0rerce Tribune.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
AN INTER EsTED DEMct

WE do not be.leve ID an .nGiscrim nate Use of the peoples money and SO yollng tL5 city to unproducave and -urdea- some deet, but We do believe iu the mu- nicipal goverDme~5 ! having a wide lati- Jude and an authorization to bond the good name of the city for legitimate and needed Improvements. Instead of shivering in the back ground while her sister towns are Oasking in the smiles of progress, let her take advantage of 1er opportunities, which a e coDfessedly great, aud she can nave pretty much everything she wants. Let her by her own good works, attract the attention of capital that IS idle by millions and the old Tucson will soon be lost in the new. As an earnest that such things are wanted vote for the Republican nominees who are pledged to move in the right direction.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

TCCsoN presumably the oldest town in the United States, has not street crossing to bless her name with. We are or the edge of winter when the ra-Is puddle the streets i, Q a mass of mud and slush. With e,.n rain the side walk becomes impa siOl to anyone no1 carlng to wade thIoug he ado5a pud- de. yclept a stree ere sing. We live however, in the hope of a ch.nge for the better, when the Bepl llicans take charge of the affairs of the city. It IS a matter that should be attended to without delay.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

Oy Monday next the lest battle will be fought, and whatever may bs its re suit. good will DO doubt STOW out of the agitation. Although the nominees of the Democratic party are rot as a whole to be compared by the nominees of the Republican party, they are nevertheless, pledged to use ther efforts to pull the town ont Of the pool of stagnGtion into which it has Of late years fallen, so let the result be what It may, we can con ddently look forward to an era of inn provement in She near future.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
WHOLESALE MURDER.
Oowardly Attempts to Wreck a
 Train,
Displaced Rails Fortunately Discov-
 cred by Bridge Carpenter.

ASHLAND, Or, Dee. 9.-The train crew arriving on tLIs mornings overland from tha north report dastaTdly attempt by some unknown culprits to wreck the Northern Pacific noith bound express 'beyond's Grants Pass last night. The rails were removed from the track on a trestle just north cf tunnel 9, in such Q place that the tran which attempted to ras7 t would ave been hurled off the track and down into a canyon. The re sult would have ben a dre 1Gful, whole sals mUrder. Luckily bTiGge carpenters discovered the displacement of the ra'.s m time. and Tagged the train, and had tbe track repaired in time to allow 1t it to proceed with httle loEs of time.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17

MR. PERRIN formerly of the Babocom- ari Land and Cattle Company was in the city yesterday. When spoken to on the subject be sad Tucson will never amount to anything so long as her citi- zens are continually pulling and haul ing at one another. It is the worst place for that I ever saw. + anything is to be done your citizens must work to- gether." That is the history of the town in a nut shell. Let us hope how ever. that the coming new var Uill give us a new shufiie and new deal.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Chinese Girl Abducted.

Los ANGELES, Dec. 9.-Chee FOng, the pretty young Chinese girl sent to the mission and over wh om there was great contention between two highbinder so- cieties, was kidnapped from the mission yesterday. Search by the police for her has been intellectual, The two com- panies of highbinders are procuring weapons and an outbreak is expected at any moment. The mission has been guarded by watchmen slnce her confinement. Notwithstanding this sue has been spirited away.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
In Cholera Time.

I was travelling abroad in Russia, That land of sorrow and shame, Where the cruelty of man 10 man,
 Is beyond mans power to name. ! I journeyed north from Petersburg,
 As far as the cold White Sea, i And the chill Of death was 10 the wind,
 As it waited the plague to me. I staid one night in Archangel, Thec hurried South to Moscow; And I thought of Napoleon's army,
 Their death beGs; the Beautiful Snow. I still fled in terror Southw ward, 1 Hoping to reach the B ack Sea; Before the intestinal mIcrobe Should fasten his grip on me. was frightened ani sick already; 1 And cannot tell what befsI, For 1 lost all sense of being
 D ys hefore I came to Orel.
 mu- have died and been buried,
 My sl Tt is fellirg the cream. i Pr0phccy. Lictur, O vi ,. Whichever III! s.0C! ye deem. Ger inc cold, cruel stepps O old Russia, A blIncing smoke rose on ny sight; Turning the pinkish gray morning
 The color of ashes and night.
 And it spread and curled in tortures; | Wrlthlug and struggling, yet prone; In its agony excited and fearful, | Making no sound or moan.
 Long, long, I gtzed there at the spectre,
 That now filed all Russ,a's dread space; | Till at last the wild chaos took featured
 And showed me horrible face. T was the face of woman long buried, | The skin hanging loose OCT the bones; The eyes like too deep, burning craters,
 The breath making wild shrieks and groans.
 l he hair hung in long, heavy masses, Clammy with damps of the tomb; Yellow, and gray and greenish, | Dipping contaigron and doom. The long, bony arms first extended,
 As though to encircle the earth; Then showed me with long, yellow fingers;
 The place of her terrible Dir tn. Then she said, looking round at the
 people, And never a glance more at me; "From cruelty, famine and freezing; I'll set you, my FOOT Russians free." "In heaven you'll waken tomorrow, You'll find peace and rest on the bier, And honor and glory immortal, Shall cancel your great sutf rings here"
 "Yet think not that God will hold guilt less, The worlds cold indifference to you, | He sends me, an awful nemesis, Der the old world and the new" MARGARET CLIFFORD.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet
 Saved

From letter written by Mrs. Ada F. Hurd, of Graton, $. D., We quote: Was taken with bad cold, which settled on my lungs, cough set in and tirally ter minated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up saying l could live but a short time. l gave myself up to my Saviour, determined if l could not stay with my friends on earth, l would meet my absent ones above. My hus- band was advised to get pr. Kings New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. l gave it a trial, took all eight bottles; it has cured me and thank God I am now well and hea.tEy woman." Trial bottles free at Geo Martins drug store, regular size 5Oc and S1
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Rich Placer Finds.

FLAGsTAFF. Ariz.. Dec. 9.-Excite- ment exists here and along the line of the Atlantic E Pacific railway over the report Of the discoveries of rich placers near the mouth Of the San Juan River m Utah. one hundred and seventy-five miles northeast of here. Five hundred citizens from Flagstaff. Williams and Wlnslow, left for the scene of the placers which are said to extend far fifty miles from the mouth of Sans Juan, and two hundred locations have been made.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-12-17
Home Artists.

The program of the performance on the 17th, appears in this issue. It is to be hoped that our citizens will lend 8 helping hand to this enterprise, and thus enable the ladies of the Episcopa Guild to realize their expectations It is 6 worthy object and should be we'll pstro nizsd. Great efforts are being made to render the dramatic effects most at tractive and unique. Tickets and seats are now for sale.