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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17

RETURNS of railroad gross aud net earnings reflect the intense depression prevailing in business. The losses in gross earnings are exceedingly heavy, and it will probably be many years be- fore like unfavorable results and condi- tions are again met with. A few lead- ing companies, it is true, have through & radical and vigorous policy of re- trenchment. been able to offset the greater portion of the loss in gross re- eeipts by an extraordinary reduction in expeuses, but with many other roads the losses in net are proportionatcly just as heavy as the losses in gross, and often even heavier. The anthracite coal roads seem to have suffered with especial severity, as in addition to ths falling of in the demand for coal by reason of the paralysis of industries the mild weather also operated to restrict ihe demand for coal. The Wabash lines earued in April ss72, ,sSi, decrease ns compared with April, 1893. of $i2,iis. The Chesapeake and Ohio earned 1855, 3is, decrease gIjs year of $l7s,527. The Mlssouri Pacific earaal $l 3,6Sl, 1, 2 decrease tbis year of s339,G7s. The Northern Pacific was eff in April $j39,- 676; ,he Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul sl69, GOO, while the Rock fsland shows decrease of $l9.6Sl.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17
Notice for Publication.
tANp orrleE Ar rns.tofr. Anr

LAND QTrlLE AT pRsscofr, AEiz.. 'NT May 18th. issi.;. n. no.tce rIds is hereby given that the follo~ing to to make anal nrpaf iB isupport, of hIs pIsim' ab ano slat said kroot will h6 made bekane ths' qlepk pr the District Count at ElagstaT, on 20 N., R.7 E. VI A"p' He names the following witnesses to proye ton of, said land viz: John Woody, Perry ~ Aston n samuel c. Black, Marion T. Black
 E. D. Ross.
 Register,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17

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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17

THE resignation of Maj. Powell, a director of the geological survey, has been accepted, and the president has appointed Charles D. Walcott, of New York, in his place. Maj. Powell will be retained as chief of the bureau of ethnology, branch of Smithsonian in- stitute
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17

Prescott bad two fires Tuesday. A Chinese wash house vas burned in tile morning, and in the afternoon Dakes warehouse was destroyed. The loss on tho lauer js ss,000; no insurance.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17
Notice of Forfeiture.

To JOHN FILLAAsi
 You are hereby notified by the undersigned your co-owner fin the Grand Canion" mine situated in the Pine Spring mining district, in the County of Coconino, and Territory of Ar izona, and more particularly described in Hook I. g. of mines records of Yavapai coun- ty, Arizona, at pages l25 and 128, and also in Book one of mines, at pages BIO ct sea-, rec qEds ff Coconino county, Arizona; that have done and performed the annual assessment work on'saih claim as required by law, for the years 1881, 1882. Iss3 1sS4 1885, Is,a 1887, 1888 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894; This IS therefore to notify you, your heirs pna assigns that f you do not nay your fuIl proportion Of the cost of said work, tosether With tho cost of this advertisement and other expenses connected herewith, within ninety days after the expiration of this notice. your interest in said mining claim as co-owner VIII utterly cease. and, by operation of law, become the property of the undersigned.
 W. B. RIDENoUR Dated March I6, 1894.
 fsaiceestlep March g. to June sS, lss..
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17

IT is said that Capt. Hardy of King man, has joined the populist party and that he will be candidate for delegate to congress on that ticket. Muhavc is the only county in the territory that has any number of populists in it and Capt. Hardy is an able and aggressive leo1er
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17

TIE Arizona Republican suggests ,he name of Dr. Goodrich, of Phoenix, for delegate to congress on the rcpubli- can ticket.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17
NOTICE OF NEW REGISTRATION
Of Voters in Coconino County, Ari.
 zona.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT IN. the. adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Coconino county. Arizona, the following order was made and duly entered upon the records of said board. on the 18th day of April, 1894.
 The Board upon motion orders: That a notice he published for at least four months iLata 2 new rrgi4Sratioa of tRa,y2tsrs l,s ti,is county must be hhd ferthe SiisuihF SlSctIan5 as required by m Act No. :, of the Sessi3iss Laws of 1ssa. Territory of Arixonn,H " iN
 Registering officers and aii cnncerrsd x,,l tase nettce Hnd he governed accordingly, Registration will close twenty days Bcfore the day of election
 By order of the Board of sunervi.ors os S.o- conino county.
 ,,,.u c. A. BUSH.
 fHsu puolicatlon ap-D. Clerk
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17
THE WEATHER.

Below Is given the highest and lowest points registered by tho thermometer In FiaGstaf during the month to this date;
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21
THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD.

The democratic contention that the
tariff policy proposed by that party will
result in giving the products of Ameri-
can industries o larger access to the
markets of the world than they now en-
Joy is one of the fallacies underlying
American free trade. AS was asked by
Representative Dingley in his speech on
the tariff bill a few days ago, what
chance do we stand to capture these
markets more rapidly than we nave al
ready been doing in the face of the fierce
competition of Great Britain, France,
Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland
and other machine-using nations with
cheaper labor? Does any rational man
suppose that our manufacturers would
increase their business in the markets
of Great Britain under the proposed pol
icy? The British manufacturers pro-
pose to keep their home market. and
they will do so regardless of any policy
we may adopt. There are sold in the
markets of Great Britain some articles
of American manufacture, and this will
continue to be done, but the time is very
ltlllObS NICh lhC llihultCuuICIS Vi VIC
United Kingdom will permit us to in
wade their home territory to such an ex-
tent as to seriously reduce tkeir do
nestle business. No British manufac-
turer fears the effect Of the democratic
tariff policy in this direction. On
the contrary all of them are most hope
full that that policy will be adopted, be-
cause they know it would bring a great
increase in their American trade with
u endangering in the least their grasp
upon their home market. Nor are they
disturbed about the possible competition
of American manufacturers in other
markets. If it should como with more
vigor than in the past they will be pre-
pared to meet it, and even if they should
suffer some loss from such competition
they would be able TO far more than
make up for it in the gain they would
make in the American market.
1t is even more unreasonable to assume
that our manufacturers would materially
increase their trade with any of the
countries of continental Europe. France,
Germany, Italy and the rest of them are
hedged about by protective tariffs and
commercial policies designed to preserve
the home market for their own people.
American goods are now sold in all
these countries, by reason of some spe-
cial merit or superior quality, but it is a
trade in the aggregate of small proper
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21

doubt that this state will by that time
have very considerably increased its
population and resources and taken q
long step toward the attain
ment OF the position it is GER
tain to ultimately occupy as
the foremost agricultural state of the
union. A little more enterprise and
liberality in making known the oppor-
%tunities and advantages that are offered
here would help to this result, while
another thing in which there are great
possibilities is the reclamation OF the
arid and semi-arid portions of the state,
comprising more than one-third OF its
area. The secretary of the State Board
of Agriculture states that irrigated
lands show better yields of all crops for
1899 than those not irrigated, even N
the otherwise most favorable districts in
the state. A thorough system of irriga-
tion where needed will be OF meal
culable benefit to Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21
BLASTS FROM R4A'S HORN.

A mistake is apt to attract more attention
to us than a virtue.
The devil has one arm around the man who
is trusting in himself.
A soft answer has often been the means of
breaking n hard heart.
The recording angel never seeks informa-
ton from a gravestone.
Cut off a ROSTERS spurs and you take the
italics all out of his crow.
Good fortune sometimes comes to see us in
q very shabby looking carriage.
1t would be hard to convince a spider that
there is any honey in a rosebud.
The less a preacher knows the Lord the
more he depends on his head in the pulpit.
1t would puzzle an onion to understand
The moment a man can see that all Is
vanity he loses his desire to own the earth.
The man who howis at the passing OF the
hat in church will pay a big hotel bill with a
smile on his face.
The pastor who tries to carry his whole
church on his shoulders will soon be very
lame in the back.
The only reason why some people are con-
sidered religious is because they make q
good deal of noise in church.
One of the times when a woman has no
mercy on a man is when he comes to her
store to buy a bonnet for his wife.
The man who can not prove by his wife
that ne is a Chris tan has no business to
stand up when there is q vote taken in
church.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21

IT is undoubtedly a fact that the Me-
brasKa supreme court is compelled to
review a great many cases which should
never come before it. Within a few
days a case has been filed involving n
disputed claim for Sl3. Cases are now
on file involving less amounts. A case
Is also on file involving the disputed
ownership of a secondhand sewing ma
chine. These cases belong in tho JUS
tice courts, but under q constitutional
provision, which places no limitations
upon the number or Importance of cases
which may be filed, the supreme court
is compelled to devote the same amount
of laborious and painstaking investiga-
ton to these cases as it would to cases
involving thousands Of dollars or con-
stitutional questions of Importance.
Steps should be taken to relieve the
supreme court of such business of minor
Importance, ever If the constitution has
to be ''tinkered" In order to do it.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21
Degeneraey OF Boston.
Ebfo11O Herald.

Boston is suffering with an epidemic Of
profanity. Emerson's soulful proverbs are
displaced by strange oaths and Thoreau's
moral morsels by awful Imprecations. So
serious and wldespreading has the epidemic
become that an appeal for n moral quaran-
tine has been made. Pastors of churches OF
all denominations have been requested to
take the third commandment as a text for
lectures and homilies; the school board has
been lmportuped TO instruct teachers TO give
talks to pupils on the purity OF speech, and
editors of daily papers have been asked to
admonish their readers not to supplant Eng
lish with profane language, While no cause
is assigned for this general use of profanity
IL Is probable that the sophomore inaugural
address of the new republican governor has
had much TO do with 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21
SECULAR snors ar THE roLpIr.

Washington News: Tho adventists are
going to South America. They can never
get TO De candidates for paradise by mixing
in the Brazilian ilrecracker fighting.
Detroit FREQ Press: The Presbytorians
north and south have united. II the rest OF
do the snmo thing America would be n good
many leagues nearer the millennium than
she is at tho present writing.
ST. Paul Globe; Evangelist Moody Ii
about TO begin a series of revival meetings
at Washington. No city in the United
States needs a revival more. II, IN addi-
tion TO stirring up the religious activity
there, Brother Moody can Undue some OF
the congressman with an appreciation OF the
duty they owe TO the people, he will deserve
the heartfelt gratitude of the entire people.
New York sun; There Is a Jersey clergy
mar who wears the whltest rose. lie lives
In Westfield, which will be 100 years old
this month. Controversy arose as TO
whether there should be wine Mt the cele-
bration dinner, Finally this Clergyman pro-
posed that only applejack should he served,
q proposal received with acclaim by the
vets and horror by tho drys. Astouished at
the tempest, the GOOD man explained that no
had supposed applejack to be n slang
synonym of sweet cider. Can there be such
heavenly innocence in New Jersey Nobody
shall prevent us from believing so.
Detroit Free Press: Rev. DR.. Greer Of
New YORK has q scheme to establish and
run n pawnshop on Christian principles.
This, of course, means that it will not be run
on business principles as understood by the
men who follow their calling under the
familiar sign of the three balls. Only those
who are in actual need can do business at
Dr. Grecr's pawnshop and they will BIO
favored upon the best terms consistent with
the payment of running expenses. Tho plan
Is prompted by commendable motives what
ever the result may be.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21
LOOKING TOWARD NEBRASKA.

1t is a reassuring fact that there has
recently developed a notable increase in
the inquiries for information regarding
Nebraska farming lands and the agri-
cultural conditions in this state. One
railroad company reports that it re-
ceives fifty requests a day for pamphlets
containing the desired information,
these requests coming from Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Iowa and other states. This sug-
gests what might De expected if times
We're good and the returns of the agri-
cultural industry more satisfactory, and
warrants tho belief that whenever a
return of prosperity comes Ne
braska will not be behind any
Of the other agricultural states
in material progress. 1t is very gener-
ally understood among those who are
interested in such knowledge that the
agricultural capabilities of this state
are very high. 1t has a good soil and a
most favorable climate, and in all the
cultivable area the yield per acre will
compare advantageously with that of
the most favored agricultural sections.
With these conditions there is the al
mostequGlly important one of compare
lively cheap lands. A great deal of farm
land in Nebraska a be bought for
about what it costs per acre to lease
LAM in Iowa II some other states. OF
course this is not the best land nor the
most favorably located, but it is better
than much of the land held at a higher
price elsewhere.
The secretary of the state board OF
agriculture, in his annual report sub
mitted to the board a few days ago,
said that while ills, and many serious
ones, have attended agriculture in Ne
braska, as elsewhere throughout the
civilized world, the year past, this state
has much for self-congratulation in
comparison with other states. He
said that while embarrassment and de-
preston are at the present time the
common lot ofall, the agricultural inter
est of the state had perhaps suffered
less from them than almost any
other vocation. 1t is at any rate
true, undoubtedly, that the farmers of
Nebraska have experienced no greater
hardship from the general depression
than those of other states. immigration
here for the past year or two has been
slow for obvious reasons, and it can
hardly be expected to improve much
while the present conditions continue.
However much people elsewhere may be
dissatisfied with their condition they
are not disposed to change habitation
until there is u return of business
activity and a RESUMPTION of prosperity
hat promises to continue for a time.
But it is a reassuring sign that
those people in other states who
are seeking to better themselves
are beginning to make inquiries
regarding the agricultural capabilities
and advantages of Nebraska, for it may
confidently be expected that in due time
good results will come from these in
qulries.
There is every reason for sanguine
faith in the future Of Nebraska. The
extraordinary record of progress made
during the decade ending with 1890
may not he equalled in the decade that
will close with the beginning of the
twentieth century, but there can be no
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21

THE annual report of the State Board
of Transportation is soon due. 1t will
be full of alleged statistics pretending
to give facts and figures concerning the
railroads doing business in Nebraska.
These figures are in nearly every in
stance misleading. They are prepared
in the general offices Of the several rail
road companies and are juggled in such
a manner that they give the people but
little information that is of any real
service. The report should contain a
few chapters detailing the methods by
which the railroads are compelling the
people of Nebraska to pay dividends
upon millions of dollarso of watered stock
and interest upon other millions of tic-
titious bonded Indebtedness.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21
HltiH ScHnOL REEORAL.

The report of the committee on Sec
ondary education to the National Educa-
tion association, which has occasioned
no little comment in the public press, is
made the subject of a very interesting
article by Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler
in Hdrper'S Weekly of q week ago, in
which he calls attention to it's most
salient features and approves its prin-
cipal recommendations. He insists that
the secondary schools occupy the point
of crucial Importance in the American
system of education viewed as a whole and
that any lasting improvement in the
system must begin at this stage and
work its way down to the elementary
schools. The committees report deals
with the reform of the instruction in
these institutions and recommends in
brief the simplifcation of the course of
study, the introduction of laboratory
methods in natural science, the abolition
of different courses in the same subject,
and finally the beginning of but n new
language in any one year. The model
courses Of study which it submits are
framed with these objects in view and
at the same time leave ample room for
a latitude of choice and combination.
While reform in methods and scope
of instruction is one of the needs of our
high schools wherever they exist the
demand that must first be met in the far
west is that for high schools of ever an
unpretentious kind in those localities
that are yet without them. In Ne
braska, for example, while there
is a well organized system of
elementary schools in the rural
districts the high schools are to be
found only in the larger towns, which
are to such a degree scattered that
many of those who pass through the
elementary schools have no opportunity
to carry their education further if they
would. The list of accredited ~institu-
tions whose instruction is recognized as
satisfactory for applicants for admis-
sion to the Nebraska State university
supplies incomplete data for comparison.
The list includes but fifty-five institu-
tions. Those at the foot of the list
secure less than half the credit accorded
Tvs wv IN hSdo. III VI hSl ICdCh
Latin, but only eight Greek. This would
probably not be taken as so indicative
of the standard as the fact that but
twelve give instruction in any modern
language besides English. In nearly
half the counties of the state there are
no schools at all higher than the ele-
mentary and grammar grades.
To the recommendations of the COM
mittee on the reform Of secondary edu-
cation, as applicable in the newer west,
should be added this as a preliminary
requisite that means should be provided
to cap the public school system with an
adequate system of high schools. The
difficulties of maintaining such %institu-
tons in sparsely settled regions are
chiefly those Of providing the financial
support and making them easy of access.
The larger towns are fairly well sup
piled. What is wanted is a higher de-
velopment of the country school school
system,
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21

THE hotheads Of the State Labor con-
gress condemned the proposed beet sugar
factory on the ground that it would
bring ''pauperized labor" to Omaha.
The men who are working for the loca-
tion of the enterprise here deny that
more than a dozen foreigners will be
asked to come. The labor congress also
denounced the government for not giving
the work of construction at Fort Crook
to Nebraska mechanics and laborers.
Investigation proves that the major por-
ton of the material and work has been
furnished by Nebraskans. We would
advise these self-appointed conservators
of the affairs of everybody to exert some
little energy in the way of informing
themselves as to facts.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21

THE appointment of Mr.. w. S. Dim
mock to the position of general superin-
tendent of the Omaha & Council Bluffs
motor railway affords another striking
proof that the most successful men of
America are self-made. Mr.. Dimmock
has worked his way up from the ranks
rs a ~telegrapher. For the past seven
years he held tho responsible position Of
manager of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany in this city, and his selection by
the motor company is a merited recog-
milton of his executive ability.