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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08

Just at the time there was q reign of ter.
ror in the Democratic cities, owing to the
approach of body Of Legitimists under Il,
Costa Rican general named Guardiola, who
was known as the Butcher of Central
America" Munoz marched out with 6GC
Democrats to engage Guardiola, Walker
and his men refusing to serve under him.
The director and people chuckled in secrecy
over the mutiny of the aliens because they
preferred to have the American rifles on
hand to protect their homes ard persons.
Mpnoz met Guardiola and defeated him. but
was brought home on a bier. Two obstacles
being removed, the Americans started once
more for the southern department to re-
gain the Transit route and revenues.
The phalanx had gained but two Ameri-
can recruits in Nicaragua, and though little
was expected of native Democrats in way
of fighting Walker asked for a detachment
with n competent leader. A volunteer
came forward who had not only shouted
but actually smelled powder and shed the
blood in the revolutionary cause-one Col.
Vale. Vale drummed up 1856 native vol
unteers - Walker would have no con-
scripts-and as soon as the party was out of
sight OF the Democratic capital although
he was warm personal friend of the In
SunHDchS NiiNNtoit iiC piOpOSSu 10 set up dIl~
other government with Walker at the head,
Walker declined.
The force reached San Juan and marched
to the lake port of Rivas, Virgin Bay, Sept.
g. Guardiola was at Riyas with GOO men
and attacked Walker. COMPLETELY surround.
mg his camp with supe. ior numbers. rne
phalanx was divided into squads, with ten
natives to each. and in u two hours battle
Guardiola was routed with loss of 100
men. The Democrats lost IA wounded. The
long range craftsmanship of the phalanx
had again astonished the natives, and
Guardiola's followers scattered to the noun
tains.
After Walkers victory over Guardiola
he decided to attack Granada, the Legiti-
mist stronghold IL the center of the coast
strip and midway between Walkers POSI-
ton at Virgin Bay and the Democratic
stronghold at Leon. In a military point
of view Granada was the Sevastapol of
Nicaragua, and a year before had stood
siege of six months by Democratic forces.
1t contained Il, coo inhabitants and was the
finest city in Central America, creation
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08

l had conceived a hope while telling
the story Of interesting Mr.. Flourish
sufficiently in the case to induce him to
undertake the management of the de.
Tense. For that task | felt myself dis
qualified by other causes beside my want
OF experience in criminal law. was
liable to be called as witness for the
prosecution and was a most important
one for the defense, and above all | felt
that my own personal sympathies were
too strongly excited for the prisoner to
manage the affair with requisite cool
ness and skill. Flourish. however, who
saw in the case nothing but very COM
monplace incident of criminal practice,
was not easily to be persuaded. The
sensibilities Of an elderly lawyer in
large practice lie very far down and are
covered by thick rind of worldly Wis
dom.
Consider, my dear SIR" said he,
show many cases of this kind are &C.
curing every day, and how precious
my time is to me. Pom my word, my
clients would be in pretty mess if /
spent my time on petty affairs like this"
Petty affair to you, Mr.. Flourish, !
know, but not to that young girl, the
fate OF whose whole life here, and per-
haps hereafter. hangs on that trial. One
hour of such assistance as yours may
save her."
"Really, Quidam"-
"lf such fee as could offer out of
my own pocket would tempt you
ut would tempt me, sir. if you offered
1t. 1t would tempt me to kick You out
of.your own Office. and then go home,
feeling that l had broken friendship
with the softest hearted, simplest headed
fool at the bar. Why, man, you would
turn the whole fraternity into gang Of
knights Grant, roaming up and down
Wall street seeking to set this crooked
world straight again"
"And so they ought to be, Mr.. Flour
ish."
"Humi can't say I'm ready to give
an opinion on that. matter. But the girl,
l see, is fairly on my hands. I'll just
step down and tell my young men to put
one or two things off till next day and
come back to go over the case again with
you"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08
CHAPTER Ill

The course of retributive justice as
administered here on earth has more
different PAGES than Rosalind has attrib.
uted to time. but "those with whom it
lags withal' are not often the poor and
friendless. A few days only elapsed
before was summoned as a witness to
attend the trial of Alice Sumner In
the meantime both Mr.. Bullion and
myself made great but fruitless efforts
to obtain u further insight into the true
facts of the case.
The prisoner herself made no confess
sion. but constantly asserted her limo
cence. to the great discontinue of the
broker and the unutterable perplexity
Of myself sought in vain for a flaw
in the chain of evidence against her or
a chance to establish her Innocence BY
other facts. Even the general testimony
OF good Characteristic last frail reed on
which she leaned-seemed to bend be-.
meath her. She and her mother had but
lately come to the city. and to all our in
quiries as to their former home and
friends We received only courteous but
evasive answers. 1t was evident that
some dark cloud Of sorrow, il not Of
crime. hung over their past history. and
this, while it did not diminish the in.
terest felt in her, sadly weakened my
confidence in her defense.
1t was the day before the trial. and
sat in my Office musing painfullyo on the
dark feature of the case. when stranger
entered. The first glance assured me
that he was one of aclass Of clients with
which most Of our city, lawyers are IA
miliar. A seedy. decrepit old man.
humble yet querulous, detected and yet
visionary, bearing about a tattered and
worn collection of papers and pitifully
urging his tale of wrong and suffering.
from which the patient listener CLEANS
at the same time belief that the sad
tale is true and melancholy conviction
that knavery has SO cunningly hidden
or time so long obliterated the evidences
Of the wrong that no court save that of
the Omniscient can ever set it right.
turned from the man moro pettishly
than should have done but for the sub
ject that engrossed my thoughts. The
poor old mans spirits were too much
broken to take offense at my rudeuess.
Beseechingly he added:
~ did not mean to give you trouble
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08

for nothing, Sir. 4 nave but little to
offer you now, but | will pay you liber-
ally when | gain my case. You shall
haye-you see mean to he generous
let me see-l cannot recover less than
twenty thousand dollars-itmay be thir-
ty. or even forty-and you shall have
quarter of It all. Think Of that, siri
Ten thousand dollars for one casei''
And my client threw himself back in
his chair, feeling for the thousandth
time, poor fellow, that his troubles were
almost over and the phantom in pur-
suit Of which his life had been wasted
at least within his grasp. But had
had many such clients before. and when
I was very young at the bar had been
dazzled more than once in the same way.
"How much can you afford me as a
retainer
"Nowl" He seemed to be engaged in
an abstruse calculation as il over the
resources of q nation. Ten thousand
dollars when the case is finished, say six
months or year hence. Suppose we say
five dollars, sir, on account"
There was something so painfully eager
in the look that accompanied these words
that l suppressed the smile which had
been prompted by the pathos in his offer
ind signifed my acceptance. My client
drew from his pocket lank purse, and
from the purse a solitary coin. Poor
dreamer, he was paying his all for this
one more ticket in the lottery!
| had opened my lips to bid him leave
his papers and take back the coin when
my eye fell on it. One scrutinizing
glance, and | jumped from my seat as if
electrified by the little piece of gold.
Where did you get this money, sirf'
A transient CLEAN of former fire shone
in the old mans eye.
Il do not see, sir. what that has to do
with my case"
by heavensr shouted, collaring the
old man and fairly lifting him out Of
his seat, 'if You do not tell me this il
slant
Just at this moment my Office door
opened to admit my learned and eloquent
friend Flourish. What that eminent
counsel thought of the scene do not
care to guess. The personal appearance
Of my client was not suggestive Of any
temptation to a felonious assault, nor
did his manner indicate any provocation
which could have called for chastise-
ment; and these two suppositions being
impossible, Mr.. Flourish stared with I'M
disguised amazement at my unprofes-
sional conduct. His presence brought
me to myself. and with many apologies
! explained that this coin, which, as my
hearers would notice, was peculiarly
marked. had formerly been in my pos
session, and that was anxious, for par
ticular reasons, to trace its subsequent
history.
The old man hesitated and stammered
and cast so many side glances at the
door that began to think we had fallen
upon one Of the chief conspirators. Here
Mr.. Flourish came to my assistance
with his blandest smile and most mel
hfinous tone. and in FIVE minutes had
drawn from my client all that he knew
about it. Assuring myself that he would
attend and testify to the same facts on
the following day dismissed him. and
then rapidly recounted to Flourish the
facts Of the case. The hard old lawyer
listened coInplacently, and when had
finished dryly expressed an opinion that
tho young woman should be acquitted.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08

tutHtHttttbH-
the girl should he detained and no time
lost in extracting from her confession
as to the persons whose tool she undoubt-
eddy was. We accordingly repaired to-
gether to my Office, where we found her
patiently waiting. In answer to my
questions she repeated her story with
much apparent frankness. until asked
the name of the person to whom she had
offered the coin. After some hesitation
che named very respectable pawn.
broker in c. street, to whom, as well
as to the police office, a messenger was
Immediately dispatched.
Mr.. Forceps soon came. and we re-
ceived him in another apartment. His
answers to the inquiries we made com
pletely confirmed our suspicious. Such
a coin as we showed him 1.-THE counter.
felt had been offered to him on the pre-
vious Saturday night by young WON.
an, and on being confronted with our
prisoner-for such we now considered
her-he ut once recognized her as the
same. Her own frightened, pallid face
would have satisfied us Of the fact
Half rising, as If to speak, she caught
sight of "A police officer just entering the
door, and she tainted.
went home that night i'll pleased
with my days work. That the girl was
guilty seemed but too clear. But !
could not believe that she was ANYTHING
more than an instrument, and my ex.
perience in criminal law. slight az 1t
was, taught me how slender the chances
were of arresting the guilty parties
Had we obtained a confession before
she tainted something might have been
done, but now the matter had gone into
the hands Of the police such shrewd
rascals as they evidently were would
pretty surely get wind Of it in time to
escape.
"And SO the whole upshot of the mat
ter" said |, TO myself. will be the ruin
of the young woman and an article in
tomorrow's paper. which. for the effect
1t will have. might as well be inserted
under the head Personal and read
thus:
'lf the gentlemen who have been In
the habit of employing young person
In faded mourning to disseminate falla
cious half eagles in this community do
not find it convenient to remove their
business for the present to some other
place they viii incur the danger of l,eing
involved in the unfortunate disaster
which has befailen her
And this, Mr. Leguleius Quidam,r |
concluded, lis the great service to the
community which you and Mrs. Quidam
have renderedr'
An officer had called in the afternoon
to tell me that the prisoners residence
had been found and searched, but that
no further discoveries had been made
This, however, enabled me to find the
unfortunate mother and provide some
scanty comforts for her in her terrible
affection.
In doing this felt that was but per
forming a duty. Society, reasoned
with myself, finds it needful for its own
protection to take the guilty daughter
and shut her up in Jail, but the daughter
is the innocent mothers only support.
ergo society must take that daughters
place. And as felt that society in the
abstract might be somewhat remiss in
the performance of its duty ordered
some fuel and groceries and went home.
feeling myself to be an embodiment Of
the whole social economy.
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CHAPTER w.

was busy with the police authorities
that evening and had no time to COM
municate with Alice, but the next morn
ing when saw her brought into court,
looking so broken hearted and helpless,
blamed myself for having left her thus
to drink the cup of bitterness to the very
dregs. In a few whispered words babe
her be Of good cheer. but she scarcely
seemed to heed me at all. so oppressed
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08

An addition 10 our present knowledge
of meteorites has been presented by j.
r. Eastman, who furnishes list of iron
aerolites, together with table of their
weights and remarks as to the relative
occurrence of iron and stony meteorites.
According to this gentleman the ratio
of weight of the former to the latter is
as to 1879, and the aggregate weight
of aerolitic iron which has been observed
and discovered up to date ON the Amer
lean continent is about 1853 tons. "If
the above ratio be true in all cases." be
says, ''there should have been fall Of
about 1880 tons of lithic meteorites. or
in all over 1000 tons Of aerolitic matter
precipitated upon the earth. Iron.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08

FEW minutes aft
er sunset on June
30, 1855, the people
Of San Juan del
Sur. the Pacific
port Of the Transit
route across Mic
aragua, bcheld a
party Of forty-fvc
men In American
costu me, some
bareheaded, others
bnrofootel, many
OF them wounded
and all Of them
travel worn and
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08
FOR AN ALIEN FLAG.
THE AMERICAN PHALANx IN THE
WARS OF NICARAGUA.

a Band of rifty-sis Rifemen Created q
New Era on the Isthmus-Odds of Ten
to One Faced by General walkers Des-
perate Soldiers.
Copyright isa, by American Press Associa-
ton. BOOK rights rcserved.l
The oasis., 1893-08-24

THr OAsis may be found on file at fhe fol- loNina places.
 New York Office san Francisco Chronicle. 120 Times Buii1ing.
 New York Office San Francisco Examiner, Tribune Building.
 A-tOr Library, New York,
 George r. Powell & co., 10 Spruce street, New York.
 Hewitt k Hosier, l9 East llth street. New York.
 Drerel Library, Philadelphia. Pn. Congressional Library. Washington, n. c. Merchants Exchange. Chicago. Illinois. -1 Arizona Building, Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Illinois.
 Public Library. Chicago. Illinois Merchants Exchange. St. Louis Mo. Public Library, st. Louis. Mo- Iindcll Hotel Reading Room, Sf Louis Mo Lacledc Hotel Reading Room. St Louis. Mo. Merchants Exchange, Kansas City. Mo- Public Library. Kansas City, Mo. Mining Exchange. Denver Colo. Board Of Trade. Denver.
 Public Library, High school Building. Dom yer. Colorado
 Conmerciai Club. Albuquerque. New Mex. McGinty Club " paso, Texas. Territorial Library, PhRniS Arizona. Public Library, Los Angeles California Board of Trade. Los Angeles California. Public Library. san Diego. California. Board Of Trade. San Diego California. Board of Trace, San Bernardino, California Sacramento Library, Sacramento. Nalif Board Of Trade, Sacramento California. Mechanics Institute Library, San Fran cisco. California.
 State Board uf Trade. San Francisco. Merchants Exchange. San Francisco. l.. p Fshcr. Merchants Exchange Building San Francisco.
 Board of Trade, Stoc kton. California. Public Library. Carthage Mo Public Library Fort smith. Ark. Hotel Leonard Reading Room. Rockford. fll Hotel Holland Reading Room. Rockford, III. Boston Public Library. Boston. Mass. Worcester Public Library, Worcester, Mass State UnlvcrSits Library. Lawrence. Kan. state University Library. lOsa fly, Iowa. Public Library. North Bro0kfcld. Mass.
The oasis., 1893-08-24
THURSDAY, Aug. a4. 1893.
.ro~v~ x Got1~rx.

Try Grandpas wonder soap for sale by A Grover.
 Who stole Stevens fine, big water melon?
 Insure your hay, grain and other property with c. <. Lcl3ar0n.
 IL is said that operations will be re- sumcd on the Mammoth mine inside ofa month.
 Hay for sale. In ten and twenty ton lots. Apply to Mir. Calvert Will son Arizola.
 Next Monday the board of super yisors if Pinal county will be in ses- sion at Florence.
 Yesterday A. C. Williams. of Casa Grandc. was appointed notary pub lie in and for Pinal county.
 Union Sabbath School every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, at Casa Grande- Everyone cordially invited.
 David I. Beesely has beon appoint cd blacksmith at the Sacaton Indian agency. and Mir. Arnett, clerk.
 Mir. c. s. LeBaron of ArizoIa, who was al Florence the latter part of last week. returned home Monday.
 Doctor ]. NJ. Hurley and MT. w. N CrandaIl of San Bernardino, are ex- pccted to visit Arizola next week
 Yesterday afternoon the Southern Pacific pay ear passed eastward mak- ing glad the hearts of all employees.
 The postonice at Oriz,ba is discon- iinued. by orders from Washington. Hereafter mail for there gdil be sent to Nekol.
 Yesterday a Mexican circns passed Arizola. en route to Tucson. They are possessed of quitea band of bur ros. which were utilized for transport ation.
 TIE OASIS is in receipt of the reg ister of the University of Arizona, re- plete with information about that fine educational institution-the pride of every true Arlzonan.
 Yesterday and today Arizola has been illuminated by the genial pres ence of General Thomas F. Wilson, whe came down from Tucson to look oyer matters at the Frewmont ranche.
 Yesterday Mir William Sutherland brought to Arlsola for shipment to San Francisco, another load of ore from the Pioneer district, Gila county. The shipment ameupted tcselentcns,
The oasis., 1893-08-24

The. Tempe correspondent of the Arizona Republican states in yestcr- day mornings issue of that paper, that the famous John D. Walker estate is settled, and F. R. McCabc. who cham pioned the cause of Juana, the half breed Indian girl, is on his way. home from Los Angeles. By the terms of the settlement the young lady becomes an heiress to the amount of s400, GOO. or all the Arizona estate and sl90.00O in mortgage securities in California. The ST 900 that lay in the bank in Los Angeles will be used by the Walker Brothers in payiug off indebtedness and court expenses.
The oasis., 1893-08-24
Crop Rrport.
U. $. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAr.

week ending August 2l. 1893.
 The weather of the past week, like that of several preceding it, was very favorable toall interests affected.
 Reports from all stations, except Yu- ma, show rain to have occurred in bene- ficial quantities in their respective yicinities during the week. A pecul- far and remarkable feature of the meteorological conditions in certain sections during the past seven days was the unusual humidity of the att mosphere. which amounted to almost complete saturati0n, even during the days when no rain fell, and caused on clear or partially cloudy nights, de- posits of dew equal in amount, in sev- eral instances, to light showers of rain.
 The temperatures have been appar- entIy about normal in the western part of the territory. and slightly be- low normal in other sections.
 In the interval between showery spells the partial cloudiness and sea sonable temperatures were conducive to the strong, healthy growth of all grasses and other vegetation, which with higher temperatures and unin- terrupted sunshine would have been forced to an undesirable rankness.
 Reports from all sections are uni formly favorable, and show the e.: ist- cnce of conditions very satisfactory in all respects. The following are se- lected reports:
 Yuma, Yuma county: Very little farm work in progress at present. AL falfa and other crops are generally do- ing well. The Sanford ranche has produced aboUt twenty-six thousand watermelous so far this season.
 Phoenix, Maricopa county: The pros poets for citrus fruits continue pro- pitious: both trees and fruit present. ing fine appearance. Raisin curing is in fall progress, the crop being the largest and best ever known.
 Glcndale: A good rain, accempa- nied with heavy wind and thunderand lightning on the evening of the 18th. Several fine showers on the night of the 18th. The week was hot and sul- try; very little breeze. Corn growing finely. Pasture abundant.
 Prescott, Yayapai county: All crops seem full and prosperous since the rains. Nearly every section has had good showers. Verde valley has per haps had less than any; Williamson valley has had an abundance. Cattle are in fine order. Near Prescott the second crop of alfalfa is being cut. Peaches are plentiful.
 Cottonwood: Third crop of alfalfa being cut. Plenty of fruit of extra good quality. Watermelons plentiful; muskmelons coming in. The corn crop, more than most other crops, is just booming on account of the moist air. The range is better than for years at this time.
 St. Helena Ranche, Pima county: The week has been favorable to all crops, especially corn, owing to the warm. moist weather, with about 60 per cent of sunshine. Grass is making a tremendous growth, and cattle are putting on flesh rapidly. Shipping beef should begin by October lst to 10th. Showers fall nearly every day.
 Flagstaff, Coconino county: The range in this vicinity is in better con dition than at any time during the past five years.
 WN. BURROWS. Director. TUcsoN, A. T.
 People in this vicinity who were