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Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.

In discussing the Nicaragua canal bill
the San Francisco Cali editoriaily says
Washington dispatches say that the
Nicaragua canal bill is shelved 10y order
of the party leaders. Speaker Crisp has
decided that it shall be so. The reason
given is that the United States is not In
q position to incur extra expenses. This
reason would have some weight II the
bill proposed to have the government
build the canal out of current revenues.
This might have been done four years
ago, but would be impracticable at the
present time. If we had built the canal
with money paid out in premiums on
bonds not then due, the government
would now own piece OF property that
would pay 3 or per cent year inter-
est. and would be worth to the country
at large ten times the cost. This Mica
rspua canal is one of the enigmRs of / G.
islation. Every body ls in favor of 1t and
has been for years, yet no progress has
been made toward building it. All par
ties want to build it, but no party builds
it. The only interest In the couptry
opposed to the canal is the railroads.
All our great railroads run from east to
west, and the channels of trade in that
direction are well worn. The canal
would cut off large part of this trans
portation business and would create new
centers of distribution. Vessels leaving
the canal on the eastern coast, instead
OF going to Atlantic ports with their
goods, might run up to some Gulf OF
Mexico port and distribute goods thence
by north and south railroads, or might
avail themselves Of the Mississippi val
ley waterways. The only condition
which would work against our great
railroad system is the establishment of
route that will enable the work of trans
portation to be done at less than the
present cost. This is form OF compe-
tition that can only be met by combina-
tions. But with the government as the
sole owner OF the canal, combinations
would be out of the question. The roads
would have to compete with complete
water route from the point of starting
in Asia, Australis or the Pacific coast,
as the case might be, to the head OF na-
yigatien in the rivers of the Mississippi |
valley. There is no more important |
work before congress than this, but its |
importance does not impress the pres
ent administration. The patriotic spasm |
which was reported to have seized MIR. |
Cleveland was af short duration. Evi- |
IDENTITY be does not propose to rehabili- |
tate his administration at the expense of |
his good friends, the railroad corpora
tlons, |
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
A PLUCKY WOMAN'S DEED
A Snake Bitten Man Rescued on
the Desert

At Smiths mill, fifty miles northwest
of Phoenix, arising from his cot Sun
day night for drink of water, Harry
Carroll stepped squarely upon rattle
snake and was bitten on the bare
foot.
There were two pints of from tier
whlskey at the camp, one of these Car
roll Immediately dumped into his sys-
tenn. Slowing the other into his pocket
he then modnted horse bare backed
and started for the stage station at the
canyon of the Hassayampa, dozen
miles away. On the road he drank the
remaining flask and from that time Oh
knew nothing, save that he fell from his
horse.
Mrs. Conger, the custodian of the
station, was alarmed to see the horse
coming back, and mounted the animal
and accompanied by her dog, she start
ed on the search. Eight miles away, IL
the stony hills, in the sparse brush fully
exposed to the glare OF AriZona's July
sun, solely through the intelligence q
the dog, Carroll was lying unconscious
He had been lying there eleven hours
The plucky woman loaded the suffering
man on the horse and bringing him bach
to the mill nursed him out of danger.
Mrs. Conger insists, however, that &c
the dog belongs the mayor portion Of
the credit, fot without a faithful and
sagacious animal she would never have
found Carroll on the hills. The day
was hot in the extreme, and the dog
running around In search of the uncon,
scIous man, became overheated and OF
return to the camp died within a few
hours. 1t may be believed that he was
given burial as good as the camp
could afford.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
Australia's Gold Fields.

Some big stories are current of the
richness Of the Coolgardie gold fields in
Western Australia, and particularly ot
one mine in the district discovered by
two young adventures named Bailey and
Ford. The former while prospecting,
found a 45-ounce nugget sticking out
from reef in big mountain OF quartz.
AS quickly as possible claim was staked
out, bat, in spite of all precautions,
much valuable surface ore was stolen
before proper guard could be estat
!ished.
The monthly output from the mine
now amounts to 1000 ounces. From 30
tons of ore picked from a bulk of 400
tons, $4,000 ounces of gold obtained,
and the remainder OF the stooe is ex
pected to yield from five to six ounces
to the ton. Out of 650 tons raised from
a depth of ID feet, twelve tons were
picked, giving 500 ounces of smelted
go d. From another part of the mine
four tons selected out Of 100 tons of ore
yielded 1000 ounces of gold. Some of
the other returns of picked stone were:
Five tons from 80 IONS for 200 ounces,
two tens for 10 ounces, four tons for
1000 ounces. Some Of the surface sis so
rich in gold that ounces can sometimes
can be picked out in a few minutes"
Down to the 50-foot level only it is esti-
mated that gold to the amount of 40
600 ounces is now in sight. 1t is too
soon as yet to speak about prospects of
other claims which have been pegged
out in and around Coolgardie. Very
few of them have got beyond the rudi-
mentary stage of prospecting claim, al
though reports have been received Of
some valuable finds, among which may
be cited a reef carrying ten ounces to
the ton, and the discovery Of nuggets of
ffty-two, ounce weight on field forty
five miles distant. The population of
the place amounted to about 1900 some
weeks ago, but since then has disminish-
ed IN consequence of the terrible hard
ship which must be encountered there
owing to the climate.-Exchange.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

JUDGE BAKER has sentenced Editor
Wolfiey, OF the Republican, to pay fine
of $500, for criticising the action of his
court We regret this for we believed
differently OF Baker. We believed that
he could MAINTAIN the dignity of his
court without recourse to such means
and we are disappointed that he has not
done so. We do not believe that Judge
Baker is beyond criticism and no
act of his own will lead the
public to another way of thinking.
Criminals are frequently admonished and
bid sin no more. but editors are not so
CONSIDERABLY treated. Occasionally
they impinge on the perrogatives of
Judge and visions of the BRstile or
bankruptcy at once fronts their face.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

'THE house, notwithstanding the bold
stand and loud talking of its free trade
democrats, is going to surrender in the
end to the senate" So said democrat
ic senator to republican friend. Things
are certainly pointing that way and the
belief is becoming more general every
day that whether it takes the confer
ence one week, two weeks or three
weeks to reach an agreement on the
tariff bill that agreement will leave the
bill substantially as it was amended by
the senate. The boldest free traders of
the house are showing by their private
talk their expectation of defeat. Sena-
tor German is reported to have said
curtly to one of the democratic con-
ferees on the part of the house: "You
can take your choice, the senate bill
without modification of its important
amendments, or no tariff bill at all. The
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

UNDER date of July 10, the senate
passed the house bill suspendIng for the
year 1894 the provisions of the revised
statutes, which require that 800 wor tn
per annum of labor shall be performed
or improvements made on each located
mining claim during the term before the
issue of patents.
By fling, before the close Of the pres
ent year, a notice that the claimant in
tends in good faith to hold and work his
claim, he is exempted from the above
requirement for this year.
Caminetti, says the dispatch, will
shortly bring up his bill providing that
IN cases OF q contest on a mining entry
the land Office must presume that the
lands situated in a mineral lands until
the contrary is proven. This is expect
ed to pass and is designed to remove
considerable difficulty and expense in
contesting such suits.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
Congratulations Major

The Las Vegas Optic, of the 10th,
instant, is responsible for the following
information about an old and well known
fucsOnite.
lsidor Neustatter, deputy U. S. mar
shal, who has Just been appointed an
ald-de-camp on the governors staff, with
the rank of major, over in Santa Fe, has
claimed his bride id the person of Miss
Clara Straus, sister of Mrs. Joseph Col
man. The ceremony was performed by
Judge I'll. s. Wooster, at the old Sulzb~
acher residence, at o'clock, last even
ing, IN the presence of immediate men,
bers of the family, only. Refreshments
were served, and the bridal presents
consisted cLiefy Of checks, from rela-
tives of the bride.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
OLD GLORY'S FEW STARS.

Two new stars will probably glow in
the blue fields of Old Glory next fourth
of July for Utah and New Mexico, the
youngest members in the union Of the
states.
The house bill for the admission OF
Utah has passed the senate with but
slight amendments, to which the house
has promptly agreed. The New Mexico
bill hae passed the house, and will un-
doubtedly be approved by the senate.
The president will sign both, it ls expect
ed, and the stars will be added July 4.
1895.
The first state admitted to the union
of the original thirteen was Vermont, in
1871. The second was Kentucky, in 1892.
The third was Tennessee, In 1876. No
other was admitted until Ohio became a
state, in 1902. At the beginning of the
nineteenth century there were scarcely
one third as many states as we shall
have next year. New York alone now
has population greater than that of
the entire sixteen states and all the ter
ritories in 1900.
Utah and New Mexico will join the
sisterhood of etates without reason to be
ashamed of their riches and sdornments.
Utah has thrifty people and great
mineral and agricultural wealth; and
polyg8my, in former years the sole OBJ
s.acle to admission, is doomed and dy
ing. New Mexico with a mixed popu-
lation and q low average OF education
and intelligence, is gaining rapidly In
all respects. Both have a soil which
proves fertile under irrigation, splendid
scenery and climate versatile In sur
prises, but dry and healthful.
Prosperity to the two states-expectant,
and to the welcoming fJrty-four and to
all that are to comei This is big
nation and still growIng-N. Y. Record
er.
That is all very well so far as it goes,
but the question that most interests us
is where does Arizona get on. With
perhaps a less population that Utah or
New Mexico, her resources are as great
as either and her state building materi-
al is second to that of no state that has
entered the union within the past
thirty years. We cannot believe that
the doors OF statehood will be closed
against her if New Mexico is admitted.
The bill for her admission was first to
pass the house and il properly handled
there is reason to believe that it will not
be the last to pass the senate. IL left in
the race it will be crime and an out
rage against capable and a deserving
people. A territorial government, no
matter how good, is not representative
government, and it is the birthright OF
the American people that they should
govern themselves. Will the senate and
the president give us this opportunity?
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

EVERY New York republican agrees
in saying that the state will certainly 60
republican this year. Here's the opinion
of prominent New York democrat
Gen. McMahon- who was chief marshal
of the last Cleveland Inauguration
parade: lis an uphill fight for the de-
mocrats in New York. The delay in
passing tariff bill has done much harm
and the income tax still more. The
latter will work incalculsble injury to
the democracy of New York and if the
state is lost, it will be the chief factor
in our defeat. 1t looks as though the
republicans were going to nominate
Hon. Levi 2. Morton for governor. He
is probably their most available man.
in the event of his declining the nomin8-
tion there is good prospect Of its going
to Gen. Arson q. McCook."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
The Presidents Views.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S.-In his let.
ter to Wilson Cleveland said he could
not rid himself of the feeling that the
tariff conference will present the last il
not the only hope of the true democracy
The bill in its present form falls far
short OF consumation for which the
party labored. The abandonment of the
cause or principle on which it rests
means only party perfidity and dishonor
Only true democratic measure will
provide for free raw MATERIAL The
Letter denounces as outrageous the
determinations in favor of iron ore,
coal, ETC., as a violation of democratic
principble and partiality towards capi-
talists and corporations.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

In the forthcoming (August) humber
of The Forum, there will be three
striking articles treating OF tie three
recent startling manifestations of crime
the great railro8d strike and its causes;
the assassination in Carnot; and the
police revelations in New York. Dis
cussions Of these subjects are grouped
under the general little, "The SeLti-
mental Dealing with Crime and It's
Increase" and following these is fairly
startling review of the recent world
wide increase of crime, by Mr.. Henry
Charles Lea, of Philadelphia. These
make one of the most noteworthy groups
of strong and timely articles that have
ever appeared in our periodical litera-
tura
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
THE TARIFF
The House Galleries Crowd
ed with Spectators.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Writes a Letter and Denounces
the Senate Determinations.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

WASHINGTON, July 19.-The gallerie:
were crowded today when the house met
In anticipation of debate on the tariff
conference report.
When Chairman Wilson entered with
his head bound with handkerchief
and evidently suffering great pain, the
democratic mem bers cheered wildly.
Reed thought the democratic mem.
bers who desired time to EXPRESS their
opinions in amendments should be given
time.
He then yielded the floor to johnson,
of Ohio, for ten minutes.
johnson protested against the order
preventing the house voting separate
instructions on different schedules.
He denounced the discrimination in
the sugar schedule in favor of the trust
as criminal, and declared, amid applause
that If to legislste for any trust was for
the good of the people it made but little
difference whether the Mckinley or
German bill imposed such legislation.
At 1:5O p. m. the house disagreement to
the senate amendment was adopted
without division, and the bill sent back
for conference.
The speaker then appointed the
the conferes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

ed six months leave of absence. His
late duties are now 10 charge of Mr.. j.
A. Naugle, who from being general
freight and ticket agent has been made
assistant general manager. Rumors
g about of changes that are possible
IN the service, such as the dispatching
OF trains by one man at Nogales instead
OF two as at present, one at Carbo and
one at Benson. Nothing of the sort
has yet been done. p. Ii.
NoGALEs, July 16, 1891.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
Mckinley law can get more votes in the
senate than the Wilson bill"

Col. Il. L. RICHARDS, for the past sew
eral years general manager Of the New
Mexico q Sonora railroad, has resigned
and will hereafter devote his attention
to the several large enterprises in which
he is engaged. During his management
of the road no man along the whole line
of the road was more admired and res
pected than himself and it goes without
saying that he will lose none of his
popularity in his rev fields of labor.
We join his hosts of friends in wishing
him unbounded success.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

THE whiskey trust, by the increased
tax of 20 cents gallon on the DOC, 100000
gallon it has in bonded warehouses, will
be benefited to the extent Of the nice
little sum of s40OOO,OO0 The increase
of the bonded period from three to eight
years will add the snug sum of S24, ,20O,-
900 in interest saved TO the increase in
the FAX, making gift of So, 100000 to
the trust by the democratic adminlstra-
tion
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
ADI0S LAND GRANTS.
Attorney General Olney Makes an
Important Holding.
Says that Land Grants Were. Decided
Once and for All by the Court
of Land Claims.

The land grants are in very fair way
for an earlier settlement than has here
tofore been deemed possible in Arizona.
They may not go before the supreme
court at all, but stand of the decisions
OF the late court Of private land claims.
George Christ, of Nogales, while in
Denver recently, was informed there by
Mr.. Earl Coe, present claimant of the
Algodones grant, that Attorney General
Olney had declared that in his opinion
the grant suits could not be tried in the
supreme court. His ground was that
the constitution provides the class OF
cases that shall be tried before the
supreme court, and land grant cases
positively are not IN that Classification.
Such was that opinion of the honor
able attorney general, as written to
attorneys in Denver.
Col. Herring, of Tombstone promin-
ent in defending some of the grants, was
astounded at the report.
The grant cases will probably be
first tried as to the matter of jurisdic-
tion. And should the supreme court
confirm Attorney General Olney's
opinion that their Jurisdiction does NOT
extend to land grant cases appealed
from the land court, there will be
final end, once and for all, of land grants
in Arizona.
The results, should this happen, cam
not be oyerstimated. 1t is not so much
how the grants proper will be or have
been decided, by the land court, but
that the end OF them is at hand.
Most important of the grants prob
ably is that Of the AIgodones claim near
Yuma. That decision was for the claim
ants, and the value Of the grant should
it stand is Sl2,000, 900. The town Of
Yuma is at a standstill pending final
settlement of the case. The grant people
would at once put water on the land
and fill it with settlers, at fair price to
be sure, but far better for all concerned
than the present enforced idleness Of
the land. With the settlers would come
prosperity for Yuma and Yuma county.
At Nogales the decision was the other
way for the settlers, but it is as broad
as it is long. Nogales wants to build
and grow, but will never do it awaiting
the decision of the supreme court. Pro-
posed buildings are not built, becuse no
satisfactory titles can be obtained. In
the town today is a business block, built
up for one story and there it stopped.
When the grant is finally decided, either
way, it vii be completed, another story
higher.
NogaleS can never thrive as il deserves,
enterprising and with magnificent resour-
ces as it is, till the question of who
owns the land is known.
The same holds good on the Baboco-
mari in San Rafael and the dozen and
one other grants now awaiting the
supreme court.
Should the supreme court confirm the
holding of the attorney general, Arizo-
mas prosperity would be greatly hasten
ed. p. H.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

THE latest postal laws are such that
newspaper publishers can have arrested
any one for fraud, who takes paper and
refuses to pay for it. Under this law.
the man who allows his subscription to
run along for some time unpaid, and
then orders it discontinued, or orders
the postmaster TO mark it refused" and
to send postal card notifying the pub
Usher, lays himself liable to arrest and
fine, the same as for theft, etc.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
Coming Home.

A company of Indians passed through
FL Paso few days ago. This company
was composed of forty-seven San Carlos
and White Mountain Apache Indians,
en- route from Fort Mcpherson, near
Atlanta Ga, where they have been serv-
ing Uncle Sam as United States soldiers,
to Wilcox, Ariz. They were recruited
three years ago with the other Indian
Companies, when the Indian recruiting
fad was started, after service in Florida
and other southern states, they in com
yany with their Indian soldiers breth-
ern elsewhere, are being mustered out
at their own request.-Prospector.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
knights of the Maccabees

The State Commander writes US from
Lincoln, Neb., as follows: after trying
other medicines for what g. emed to be
a very obstinate cough in our two
children We tried DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and at the end of two days the
cough entirely left them. We will not
be without 1t hereafter, as our exper-
fence proves that It cures where all
other remedies fail."- Signed F. w.
Stevens, State Com;-Why not give this
great medicine trial, as it is guarante-
ed and trial bottles are free at DR.. Geo.
Martins Drug Store. Regular price SOC.
and 81 90
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28
INGENIOUS MEANNESS.
Brother In Piety Plays the FIy-Papsr
Game on His Church.

"a orotner IN f1ety Plays the F1y-PnpeE
Game on His Church.
A good story comes from a neighbor-
ing village, and a report of the inge-
nuity of mans acquisitiveness NAV be
pointer for some of those not ayerse
to turning an honest penny-their way,
says the Fargo N. d. Forum. A GER
tain brother in the fold, who takes an
active part in church work, and in
whom implicit confidence has been
placed by his associates, has been de-
tected of having a piece of sticky fly
paper IN his hat when he went to take
up the collection at the church.
All the coins that dropped upon the
hy-paper stayed there, and it was
amazing how the big pieces crowded
the little ones off.
When the audience had been solicit
ed, this smooth individual would adj
vance and turn his hat upside down
over that of another who had been So
heltlng the audience on the other side
OF the house. All the coin that dropped
belonged to the church, and all that
remained in the hat was to remunerate
him for the work he had done. SO to
speak.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

A New MEXICO man, a Professor
Kohp, found fault with his wife for be-
ing unable TO control fractions horse
she was attemK ting to ride. To prove
that the brute was perfectly manage
able and thet the mischIevous capers OF
the horse was due wholly TO the faul:
OF the wife, the gallant professor strad-
died The nag and had leg broken for
his pains. The fool killer deservedly
gave the fellow an exceedingly close
call
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

By this time Hawaii has doubtless 6
become a republic under regular con-
stitutional form of government. Ac-
cording to the latest advices received
from Honolulu, the convention COM
pleted the third reading of the consti-
tuition on June 80, and was to meet on
July to make the final enactment,
while it was arranged that on the same
day the existing councils should meet
TO turn over the government and Its
property to the new republic of Hawaii.
1t was further arranged that public
proclamation OF the new const tuition
should he made on the fourth Of July,
the natal day of American indepen-
dence. In accordance with q resolution
adopted by the convention, President
Dole, the head of the provisional gov
ernment, was designated as the presI-
dent of the new republic, and directed
to take the oath of office and announce
his cabinet on the same day. The lat
est Honolulu 8dvices are under date of
July 2, two days before the proposed
transfer OF power, but then there were
no appearances to indicate that the
plans of the republicans would fail to
be carried out.-Bradstreet.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-07-28

The most reasonable utterancef
against the government uttered during
the recent labor crisis We're fsthered 10y
populists. Their love for Old Glory is
not of typefyipg kind that means the
preservation of the union. This is an
awful impeachment to meke against any
party, but the records Of the case war
rant the assertion.