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The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26
The Irrigation Movement.

Active preparations are now be- ing made for the next National IT, rigation Congress to be held about September 18th, at some point in the West not yet determined on. The last Congress, which was in session an entire week in Los An geles, October, 1893, appointed Commissioners in every Western State and Territory, whose duty it is to prepare report to be submit ted to the coMing Congress cover ing all the features of special in- terest in each State and Teri 1tory of the Arid West. Theso reports will show the amount of arid and semi-arid land the amount of land now irrigated, and the acreage be- lieved to be irrigable; the sources of water supply, developed and possible of development; the cost of procuring, storing, and deliver ing water on lands State legisla- tion in force and needed National legislation as to the disposition of arid lands and government con- trol of water sources and such oth- CT points as may suggest themselves to each Commission as being perti- nent to thoir own State.
 The Commission for Arizona is composed of J. l.. Van Derwerker, Chairman, Yuma; Geo. E. Good fellow, Tucson; Thos. Davis, Ken. ilworth; W. D. Fulwiler, Phoenix; ]; D. J. Brannen, Flagstaff.
 The citizens of ArIzona are cor dially invited to correspond with any of these gentlemen, and give them such information as they may possess on the points to be covered by thelr report, as It is designed to cover every point of interest which can be suggested. Information cov- ering tho work of the National Committee can be obtained from Fred l.. Allen, Secretary, Los An geles, California, and information as to the work in Arizona from any of the Commissioners named above.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

Gen. Weaver, late populist can- didate for president, has gone to California on a political mission. The General has struck a new tack in his efforts to touch the popular pulse, and if he can effect what he proposes he will be set down in his- tory as one of the great benefactors of the west. His plan Cor rather the plan advocated by the western press and taken up by him), is to have the Government build reser- voirs and maintain irrigation sys- tems wherever they are found to be practicable. If Gen. Weaver can hasten Congress to take the necssa- rY step to consumate some of these schemes he will hold the western vote solid.-Stock Grower.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

Doc. Goodwin, of Phoenix, long has held the championship of Arizona and the southwest for ex- pertness at all cowboy specialties. A rival has been found, however. Ed. Drew, of the Sulphur Spring valley range, in Cochise county, has challenged him, and a match has been arranged between the two. It is to be held at the race track next Sunday afternoon, and will embrace steer tying and broncho riding, for bets on each contest of $100 to $50 side. The man from the south is said to be very ex- pert roper and rider, but will find it hard indeed to best the cham pion.-Phoenix Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

Manuel Lopez, a ranchman near Watrous, was struck by an engine, Sunday, and his injuries are ex- pected to prove fatal. Three of them were sitting by the track, when the train came along. Two of them got out of the way, but Lopez was caught. His father was one of the oldest settlers in that section, and his grandfather, the father of his mother, MT. Boney, settled there in 1837.-Alb. Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

There has just ended, at South Pittsburg, Tennessee, one of the most remarkable political conven- tions ever held in the South. It was a convention to nominate a candidate for Attorney General. Messrs. Moore of Chattanooga and Estill of South Pittsburg were in the race. Delegates were almost equally divided. The convention began Tuesday and held almost continuous session from that time until Saturday night, usually con- yening at 9 o'clock A. M. and ad- iourning after midnight. A bitter feeling prevailed and bloodshed was narrowly averted. Pistols were twice drawn in the convention hall. At last the deadlock was broken by the nomination of J. E, Donaldson of Marion County, dark horse, on the 1 ,256th ballot. Heretofore the greatest number of ballots ever cast in such a convention was GOA. The Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

The Navajo Indians are an un- commonly thrifty tribe of red men. As soon as the weather gets warm in the spring the more active bucks gather their best ponies and leave the reservation for the ostensible purpose of hunting deer and ante- lope. In the course Of their wan derings they sometimes go as far as a hundred miles from the reserva- tion and manage on their return to bring with them punches of sheep numbering anywhere from fifty to five hundred. A notable feature of this is that about this season of the year there are loud complaints from sheepmen int the sections traversed by the indians, of having lost punches ofsheep in abont the same proportion that the Indians have seen to possess. It has even been hinted that the Indians are implicated in the disappearance of some of these herds, but as they are willy and can cover their tracks pret- ty we'll, they are hardly ever caught, but if by chance they are caught the sheep are promptly returned and nothing is ever heard of it. This matter should be looked into by the Indian Bureau and some method employed to help the sheepman contiguous to the reser- vation to protect himself from these depredators.-Las Vegas Stock Grower
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

It is now given out by Sheriff Olney that the man Martin, held
 here last week for robbing the stage,
 made a confession of the crime,
 an. told where he left his part of
 the money secured at the robbery.
 The money was divided by Martin
 and Johnson soon after they left the stage. When Martin left his
 horse at the time of the fight with
 Ben Olney and Will Parks, he SUD- posed that his capture was certain and stuck the bills in bis posses sion into a greaswood bush and placed the coin under some gravel at it's root. Sheriff Olney took Martin from the jail and accompa- nied him to the place where he had left the money, but it was not there, but it was found that some person had made way with it, as the evi dence was plain that some one had been there, the ground being dug up all about the bush. Did Martin send some friend there to get the money, or did someone on Martins trail accidentally find the money and pocket it? That's the ques- tion now. If the party who got the money is located he will be ar rested.-Solomonville Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

IN speaking of the Presidents veto of the siegnorage bill the St. Louis Republic, one of the staunch- est democratic papers in the land says: "Mr. Cleveland has made a political blunder. Not only that he has fallen short of the measure of true statesmanship. He has done what will cause the results he is so anxious to avoid. He has strained to breaking the cohesion of his party. In this Congress he will find the party majority luke warm and in the next Congress he will have either little support or an active hostile majority"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE Prospector states that while Senator Fair and his private secre- tary were visiting Yuma they stroll ed up the river and killed three fish with giant powder. The Senator was arrested just after he had fin ished breakfasting on the fish, and taken before a local justice, who fined him S45 for each fish killed, which was paid.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

The hat worn by Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, and which he wore when he was killed by Dep uty Sheriff Edwin O. Kelly at Creede, Colorado. on June 8, 1892, is now in the possession of Mrs. Lon Hartigan, of Gallup. The hat has several buckshot holes in it, and Mrs. Hartigan keeps it as cu- riosity. The pistol with which Bob Ford killed Jesse James now be- longs to to Billy Allen, of the Grip pie Creek, Colorado, Fire Depart ment. A man named Phillips stole it the other day, but before he could ieavesteHn he Has captured and the
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26
THE Stock Grower says:

HE Stock Grower says:
 The slaughter of cattle in South America remains in advance of that of last year. From the begin ing of the season to the first inst. the kill had reached 595,OOO head, against 531 700 head for a like period in 1S92-1893.
 Meat is the most urgent necessity of the French people, says an ex- change. The dairy must furnish veal. Every calf that is not need ed for the dairy is fed and fattened up to two, three or four months for veal. while in America milk-fed calves are vealed at from five to six weeks and sell at from $5 to S8 per head. In France they bring $15 to $30. The calves are fed milk and finished off the las t week with eggs beaten up Tn the milk. The veal calf must have the white of the eye of a white color to bring the best price. Such calves produce delicate flesh colored meat with white fat.
 As summer approaches the de- mand for both cattle and sheep is more apparent, and prices seem to be tending toward a higher plane. The cause is no doubt due to in- creased occupation for labor during the summer months in the branch es of trade that lie dormant during the winter more than from any in- crease of confidence in returning prosperity of the country.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

A CORRESPONDENT of the Graham County Bulletin states that Lieu. tenant Whiteman, with a detach- ment of cavalry from Fort Grant followed the Kids trail and captur- ed most of the stolen horses, or rather the horses were picked up as the Kid dropped them in his flight. A dead COW which had been killed with arrows was found on his trail.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

AN old lady who recently died at or near Dartmouth, England, with the key to her safe in her hand, and who lived life of comparative seclusion, owned property worth $500,000. Her relatives have found hidden away in her house in vases and jars about $5O,0OO in cash.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26
PROMINENT women of Washine

PROMINENT women of Washing ton, D. O., and other sections of the country, are holding meetings, and adopting resolutions calling upon Congress to consider the quail iications of Col. Breckenridge for membership of that body, all on account of his scandalous relations with a woman of the world.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

The Mohave Miner states that MT. Starkey, who recently blew his head off with shotgun on his ranch Tn Mohaye county, left a note stating that he destroyed himself on ac- count of his inability to stop drink ing, as he feared he would dissipate his little store of this worlds goods and leave his family penniless.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

IT is probable that a number of customs offices, the expense of maintaining which is far in excess of the revenue derived, will be abolished in the near future.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

A PURE bred Arabian horse be- longing to the Bedouin encamp- ment at the Worlds Fair is being trained and is at the Roby race track in Indiana.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

It is the man who has no visible means of support, and yet manages to exist in a community, who will bear watching and looking after when theft or robbery has been committed.-Graham County Bul- letin.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26


 A Prescott dispatch reads as fol lows: "A new and fabulously rich gold find is reported in Santa Ma ria, in western Ariznna iscaus= ing stampede of miners every where. The loeators are c. s. Black, J. Bonner, B. Breckman. Twenty thousand dollars was offer ed las night for third interest and fatly refused by Black. The loca- tors arrived in Prescott last night and are we'll known and perfectly reliable men, Miners are very reti- cent. Four thousand feet of ledge has been prospected and located. The locality is almost inaccessible, and parties are preparing to go out. It is supposed to be the Mig ger Ben mine, that men have spent thousands of dollars to find, and years of labor. The new discovery was purely accidental. Years ago thou sands of yards of placer dirt was found near the location. Wa ter is not to be had.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

ACCORDING to a statement just is- sued by Superintendent of the Mint, Preston, the gold output in the United States in 1893 exceeded that of 1892 by over $1 100000.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE Governor of Kentucky has refused to pardon Tate the default ing Treasurer of that State, and he did not get to see his wife who died at Frankfort. Verify, "the way of the transgressor is hard.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE fine collection of autographs to which Prince Albert devoted much time and labor is still Tn the possession of Queen Victoria.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

GEORGE TAYLOR, at St Joseph, Missouri, refused to plead not guil- ty to an attempt to kill when urged by the Court to do so and was sent to the penitentiary for two years.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE newspaper men of Oklaho- ma have preferred charges against Judge Scott because of his treat ment of Editor McMasters of Enid.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE total number of cattle in Great Britain, according to the last census, is 6,7O1 900 head; of sheep and lambs 27,280,OO0 head.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

JERRY S1MPsoN,:the Populist Con- gressman. from Kansas, is danger ously i'll at his residence in Wash ington. His friends are greatly alarmed concerning his condition.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE Iowans have become alarm ed over the possible advent of Kel- ly's Coxey army into their State and the militia has been ordered under arms.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

BETWEEN five and six thousand coal miners in the district about Birmingham, Alabama, have struck pending a settlement of wage diff ferences.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

BREAD riots are of daily occur reHce at Meshed, Persia, and much distress exists among 60,000 inhab- itants. All the bazars have been closed and the authorities are hay ing great difficulty in protecting property.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE justification of the Spanish theologian, Juan Davilar, who is known as the Apostle of Andalu- sia, took place at St, Peter's, Rome on the 18th inst.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

ROBBERS held up Crawford & Co.'S bank at Chadron, Nebraska, for $2, 800, they locked the cashier in the vault and made good their escape.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

A CORRUPTION fund of $7,000,000 said to have been raised by the Su- gar Trust and other interests to de- feat the pending tariff bill.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

GEN. HENRY w. SLoCUM, one of the famous Generals of the war of the rebellion, died at his residence in Brooklyn, New York, of pneu- monia on the 14th inst, aged S7 years
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

SENATOR VANCE, of North Caro- lima, one of the ablest members of the United States Senate, died at Washington on the 14th inst. of apoplexy.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

NEAR Vandalia, Illinois, Henry Drake shot and fatally injured his brother-in- law, who was harboring Drake's wife and child.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

GENERAL J. D. MacAdaras, sol dier and statesman of France is in St. Louis to study American local self government with a view to it's application in his country.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

A FRENCH dealer in horses who took six horses from Kentucky to France last fall was recently in Lex ington looking for few more good nnoa
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

The Southwestern Kansas Con ference has rejected the proposition for an equal lay and ministerial rep resentation.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

FLUSH, an American horse by Socrates recently won a two mile race on the ice in Russia in 4 :55.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE jury in the Pollard Brecken- ridge\ case at Washington, D. C., brought in verdict for the plain tiff, awarding her $16,O00 damages.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE divorced husband of Mrs. Frank Leslie. ("Willie Wilde" ,") has been married in London.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

FIVE armed masked men broke open the K County Jail, in Oklaho- ma, and liberated five desperate criminals.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

AT Shelbyville, Kentucky, Doug Wakefield, Q negro. shot at his em- ployer and was killed by that gen. tlemans son.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE eminent lawyer, David Dud- ley Field, died at New York on the 18th inst. of pneumonia, aged 89 uoorc
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

REPRESENTATIVE HEARD has just been awarded 0 war claim of $10, GOO
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE mechanics of Rostoff, Rus sia, numbering 1900, have struck for higher wages.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE house of August Krinke, near Janesville, Minnesota, was burned lately and three children perished in the flames.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE largest number of cattle ever received in Chicago in one day was 36,667 head.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE BLOOD is the source of
 health. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla to keep it pure and rich. Be sure to get HOODS SARSAPARILLA.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26
Highest of all in Leavenng Powe-Late U S. Govt Report !Hal Bakins Bs.sdss'! ABSOLUTELY PURE

"It is almost impossible" writes
 Frederick Funston from Alaska, flor one not acquainted with the vast extent of this northwestern country to realize the great dis tances between the outposts of civ ilization and the enormous volume of these Alaska rivers. It will sur prise the average citizen who reads his old geography that the Missis- sippi is the largest river on the North American continent, to learn that it is actually a babbling brook beside the mighty Yukon, which, next to the Amazon and Nile, is the largest river in the world. The Ia mana, a river which very few people in the world ever heard of, is a solid mile from bank to bank, with cur rent like the St. Lawrence at the rapids. The Koyukuk, another un- known tributary of the Yukon, is larger than the Ohio, and the Por- cupine is larger than the Hudson. l venture to assert that the Missis- sippi below St. Louis, if turned in- to the Yukon below the mouth of the Koyukuk, would raise the river six inches, and I have been up and down the Mississippi a good deal myself" Shaft.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

THE German Reichstag has voted to re-admit the Jesuits to Germany.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-26

years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-13
A BLAZE IN THE ERIE YARDS.
THE REPAIR SHOP DESTROYED.

HIGH WIND CARRIES THE FLAMES TO OTHER
BUILDINGS LOSS NEARLY 100000.
The repair shop Of the Erie Railroad. at the east
end of the tunnel. south OF the tracks. in Jersey
city. caught fire AZ $50 o'clock last evening. and
was consumed. The building was a two-story
frame structure. % by 800 feet. between Brunswick
st. on the east AMI the base Of the hill. two
story brick addition in which were the engine and
boiler, stood the west end. The shop was filled
with machinery implements, paints and oils, and
it burned like pile of finder. The wind blew in
hurricane from the northwest. Tenth-st. was be-
tween the shop and the track. South of 1t was "A
biz vacant lot. marshy and frozen over. Three
small frame houses. built together and facing to
the east. stood near the southeast corner OF the
lot TO the southeast of the site Of the shop and
south Of it in Ninth-st. frame tenements, built
closely together and full Of people.
Seven freight cars and three passenger cars were
in the shop ON track at the south were two
E0ndola cars with attice-work boxes. such as are
used in the transportation Of sheep The wind
drove the flames and large quantities of cinders in
q torrent the surrounding property. Within hf-
teen minutes the shop all ablaze. and little
saved from it, Business has been duh there
lately. The usual force is 80 men. only l2J were
at work yesterday. They all left soon after 6
O'Clock \ watchman was on guard. II Is said the
fire started by the upsetting Of stove near
the engine house. The fire began in that part The
wind blew through the long shed like furnace
draught.
Fire chief Brown saw the danger of a conhagra-
ton and sent out general alarm, which called the
nine engines and four truck companies Of the citys
department.
Police reserves from the First, Second and Third
precincts were summoned and were directed by
Superintendent Smith and Captain Kelly, of the
Second Precinct. II was soon apparent that the
shop could not bc saved and the fremen directed
their efforts to saving the ncighborng property.
In spite OF their efforts. the three buildings at the
southeast corner of the lot were destroyed. The
people upon the roofs of houses. formed
bucket brgades used sprinkling hose. and at a late
hour II was believed spread of the flames was
checked.
The heaviest loss is on machinery. which was
valued AT $4,000. The cars consumed were all old.
The loss on the passenger cars was $1,000; on the
freight cars. $1,000: the livestock cars 5000;
on TN" buildings. $1,000 a total of $1,000. II Is
understood that the property at least partially
insured.
The houses burned at the corner Of Brunswick
and Ninth SITS. occupied by .,chard Gastric.
who owned hi, house Henry Miller, tenant Of the
middle house. which Daniei OCleary owned, and
John Farrell, who owned the house at the north.
\ family. named Fanley. lived over Gastric and
Poles named MOroske occupied the two upper
floors. Little Of their furniture saved. The
three houses valued az $3.50; the loss furn
ture was $l,j0O. The total loss about $9s s00
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-13
TELEGR.fPHIC NOTES.

Lincoln. Neb. Jan Fin the Federal Court yes
to-day iuIsmenS %gr' rerirr n, in the Sioux
Falls Prnitentiiry. for sums asgreSathS SiV''"'
Cincinnati. Jan l2-At / O'Clock his morning
noS"5r p1rEcr. colorel was ynchcd at West tni9n
Hbin fourteen in,.s from Ibis city for the murder
nf An lecl couil, named Hines a month ago.
H,rm.nsham. Ala. Jan T. There was a dance at
c11ib.rg lst night sy II by miners i~wtenTt i~wt
icn n"r .Ecciacies ~ "a s'G OF Molie arnss with ihs
muzrr Of revolver Il wgnt & 0ii hr'"iht n.owiI here
and locked ny.
ro,l,lre OHIO. Jan Miss Lillian Denny who
,rrlv,d h,r. from NcN-iork Wednesday nlght 70
lar.,.nr hy footpads who secured t%0 diamond
'irrinrs and a brooch valued at 500 Ihe robbers
escaped.
San Francisco. jan l2-n has been discovered
MI " lliIm BIiMrI an old miner of Alden Gulch
Mont VINO lied here in'e'lalr trw M.TNS Hsp gr,,n n,
W over hair a million dollars. 10000 Of which was
,s :" jc""sited in no ltss than seven hanks In this
en- ,.s and bonds Ills Sister. Mrs H. II. Kirby. OF
omaha. is the only known her-at-iaw'
pit,shprg. Jan. l9-Rorert Mcclure. formerly
obi, s"v Si IN" Law and order society was called
mn in Indse Portcrs court for sentence this morn
inr Mc' t Iurr w "n5 order Alderman Michael Rohe
ana his constable Louis Firschh,er m'ny IN ~ months n
ia and fined 81.
Memphis. Tenn. Jan i2-"The commereaIs" .?1 eli ,s.
CbatflnooFa. Tenn, dispatch says; Two indlct,
n"nr,o i Rice for forgery. Rice was formerly
ing freight agent on the Queen ana Crescent
- ',flrnnI but Of late has been an insurance agent
tta,, ttta,,fr he forged notes well known firms 10
,r. mount and discounted them 10 curbston"
hrikers Rice was at on" time president OF ral'-
road in Nrw-York
pr,,IIcncc Jan le.-nformatlon comes from Brs-
81, III thn owners Of the Nigilant sent 10 De-
si'rsr G' Uerreshon on Christmas Day. as reminder
M th.ir appreciation OF his EFFORTS III turning out
,or nom a winning craft. five 500 bills
Detroit Mich Jan. r. Thomas +. Griffin. presl-
,lenf of the Griffin Car Wheel company, was muir
,iernuslv assaulted and robbed last night In the
Yam i'm the rear Of his house. In Jenerson,ave.
Wr Griffin was in the habit OF gong To tne harn
,srv evening to that every thlnE was an riSht
,rh, assailant awaited his coming ana dealt nm Il
,errihl. blow the head.