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The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02
SCRAP IN THE SENATE.
SENATORS MILLS AND PnAsE.

Rough and rumbas Eight % the Moor OF
tho Chamber-Missies In The Air
Denver, Feb. 22.-The Times sayB:
A knock-down and drag-out fight oc-
CURED on the floor Of the Senate this
morning between Senators Mills and
Pease, two leading Populist Senators.
in which Senator Mills was placed
hors du combat by a paper weight
hurled by Senator Pease and by blow
In the face delivered by the son OF
Senator Pease.
The contest occurred as result Of a
dispute between the two Senators as
to which should have the selection Of
an extra clerk, which was at that mo-
ment being voted upon.
Senator Pease of Fairplay, who had
proposed the name of Miss Brown, was
seated beside Senator Mills, who had
no candidate, but was favorable to
Mrs. Mills.
The two Senator'S had been convers-
Ing together over the two ladies, but II
was In low tones, and only those seat
ed near by were aware of the exact
substance of their conversation.
Suddenly Senator Pease was seen to
rise In his seat and hurl at Senator
Mills paper weight, which struck him
In the side Senator Mills, who is in
the prime Of life and rather thick set,
sprang for Senator Pease, but before
he could reach him was met by stag
gering blow delivered straight from the
shoulder by the son of Senator Pease,
who was standing by the side OF his
father.
The blow struck Senator Mills in the
eye, cutting a cash in the side OF his
face and stunning him temporarily. In
an instant the Senate was IN an up
roar and the Senators who had been
witnesses of the fracas at once jumped
in. Several Of the lady clerks
screamed.
Senator Mills, pale with anger, at
once turned his attention to the son of
Senator Pease, who had struck him in
the face. As he was about to grapple
with him he was held back by Senator
Armstrong. who was back of him.
While held Senator Mills was struck
twice more by Pease. The affair oc-
Cured 30 quickly that the whole SEN
ate was taken by surprise, and particu-
lars could not be learned until the ex-
citement had subsidized. Before Sena-
tor Pease and his son could renew
their assault upon Senator Mills they
were held back by Senators Blakey
and Bolsinger, who took a hand.
In moment the combatants had
been separated, and Senator Mills re
tired 10 the lobby, there to wash his
eye. which was bleeding. and bind Up
his head. The senate then proceeded
with the election of the clerk over which
the dispute was held.
committee was appointed to inyesti-
/ gate the circumstances attending the
| disgraceful encounter.
Senator Mills account OF the fracls
could not be learned but Senator Pease
stated that they had been discussing
the merits of the two clerks whose
names had been proposed, and Senator
Mills had said that he would not vote
for the candidate which he had named
| In addition Senator iiills told him that
the reason he would not vote for her
was because he, Senator Pease, had al
ready had the election Of more clerks
| than he was entitled TO. 81 replied 10
him that IT was no such thing" said
Senator Pease. Upon that he said
was - liar, and threw the paper
weight at him"
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

So long as intelligent iuries acquit
murderers upon the ground that their
crimes were the result of hypnotism,
Ignorant men and women are not to
be censured for pleading the spell of
witchcraft in extenuation OF similar
misdeeds. But that is not to say that
either plea should be accepted. The
prison, if not the gallows, is the place
for people of sucn unbalanced minds.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

Senator Gordon's bill, appropriating
$1,000 to finish the cottage for male
patients at the Pueblo Insane asylum,
was read. 1t was favorably reported.
House.-The committee on corpora
lions recommended that the Stewart
bill regulating the Pullman company
be laid on the table as inexpedient.
That same committee recommended
that the Rumble bill prevent dis
crimination in freight and passenger
rates be also laid on the table. A
bill by Mr.. Warren to compel street
car companies TO disinfect their cars,
and bill by Mr.. Stuart to compel the
Pullman company to pay full taxes
were also recommended to be laid on
the table The reports were adopted.
A communication was received from
the supreme court relative to the
questions asked about the eight-hour
law. The court declined to answer as
the questions were too vague and gen
eral.
A bill by Mrs. Cressingham to pro-
vide for the appointment of board OF
arbitration was taken up on second
reading, but was referred TO the labor
committee.
A motion TO adjourn over Washing
toms birthday was voted down. The
assessment bill was then taken up IN
committee OF the whole. One section
of the bill taxes franchises. An at
tempt to strike this out was defeated.
Mr.. Minor moved an amendment
that the State Board of Equalization
assess all railroad franchises through
out the state. This was to prevent
Denver and Pueblo and one or two
large towns from getting the benefit
of all the taxes on railroad property
in the respective counties. At present
the state board prorates the taxation
on the greater portion of the railroad
property to the counties along the line.
The amendment was adopted.
Resolutions were adopted asking the
supreme court for an opinion on the
constitutionality of the anti-truck bill
and the bill to require the weighing of
coal before screening.
A resolution by Mr.. Stuart on the
death of Frederick Douglass and pay
ing n tribute to his merSory was
adopted.
Just before the house adjourned Mr..
| Minor moved to reconsider the vote on
the Holly bill, TO require an education
nj qualification for voters. The bill
was defeated two days previous. The
motion carried.
The bill was then referred to the
committee on rules, to be reported as
soon as possible for second reading.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02
March April May
Are the Best Months In Which
Purify Your Blood
And the BestBl Purifier
Hoods SarsapariI|a
M ay
which PuriAes, vitalizes and Enriches the Blood.

Large Sores
under each side Of her neck; had the
attendance of the family physician and
other doctors for a long time, but
people cured Of scrofula by Hoods
Sarsaparilla. As soon rs we gave
Hoods Sarsaparilla to Clara, she be.
gan to get better, aud before the frat
bottle was gone, the sores entirely
healed up and there has never been
any sign Of the disease since. She is a
Healthy, Robust Child.
Her grandmother took Hoods Sarsa-
parilla at the same time, and the salt
rheum decreased in its violence and n
perfect cure was soon effected. It took
about three months for her cure, and
she ascribes her good health and
strength at her advanced age to Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t has certainly been a
Godsend to my family" MRS. SopHIA
WOLFE, Zaleski Ohio.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

THE report of the agricultural de-
partmcnt shows marked falling of
in the number of horses, mules and
sheep throughout the country. The
value of horses has declined twenty
four per cent, Of mules twenty-three
per cent and of sheep twenty per
cent, while the number and value OF
mich COWS show an increase.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

TWENTY years ago millions OF buffa-
loes were roaming over the West.
Now ii has been found necessary to
enact law Furnishing with long
term Of Imprisonment any one who
even attempts to kill one of the last
seyenty-five. What commentary
this is on the recklessness of hunters
in this country
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

II people exercised as much care
and shrewdness when investing in
advertising as they do when investing
IN banks, mining stocks and real es-
tate. there would be more believers
In the value of printers ink
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02
Tried to Obey Instruction.

1o-year-old miss was plotting hand
sled down Niagara Street. The walks were
slippery and the sled persisted In mixing
itself with the little girls heels. She final
ly fell and kind hearted passer hurried to
her that he might assist her to arise. Are
you hurt little onef' said he. 81 can't tell
you.'' she replied. Mamma has cautioned
me against speaking to strangers on the
Courier.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

The kaiser has issued strict orders
for the punishment of all officers of
the army who maltreat private
soldiers The war-lord of Germany
know that the military power OF his
country lies in the men in the ranks,
and he can afford to disgrace more
officers to keep the rifle bearers in
good spirits.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

IT breaks the iceman's heart to
think that next summer will probably
be distinguished for its mildness. and
that half Of the superintendent crop
viii have no sale. For the thought of
reducing the price TO the consumer
and doubling the quantity sold will
never invade the iceman's skull. 1t
Is too humane.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

IMPRISONMENT for life is generally
considered preferable to death, but
there is room for doubt about it in
the case of Marie Joniaux, who has
been convicted of triple murder in
Belgium. She is to be placed in a
cell where daylight cannot penetrate,
and is never to see human face OF
hear human voice again. 1t is
hardly to be expected that she will
long survive that kind OF punishment
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

II the unfortunate man whose nose
was bitten OFF by thug who apollo
yized and said sit was all mistake"
can catch the maker OF the mistake a
jury will make none in letting him
serve an adequate sentence for his
terror
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

GoFF. of Lexow investigation fame,
got s14, 900 year office and has
reached for raise in salary, all OF
which goes to show that reform en-
Joy sno particular snap in respect OF
retainers.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

THE only sweetheart of the poet
Whittier is becoming numerous enough
10 make it probable that the girls be-
lieved what the boys told them in
those davs-
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

WHERE'S the man who predicted an
open winter? Let's have him. Let's
shake him till his back teeth rattlo.
His optimistic notions are responsible
tor acres of goose-pimpled cuticle.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

New YORK is driving all the tramps
out OF her limits and the foreign no.
bleman will hereafter have to court
the American heiress by cable and
mark it collect"
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

Ir is an i'll blizzard that blows no.
body good. During the severe wealth
or of the past month, which ripened
the ice crop, twenty thousand mon
have been engaged at different points
on the Hudson river gathering the
harvest. These men get anywhere
from 81 80 to So and 81 day. Many
OF them are carpenters, masons and
mechanics out OF work in their reel-
lar occupation. The cold snap was
something Of "snap" to them.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

CANADA is now supplying almost the
whole of the good muttons eaten in
New York, half it's beef, most of its
butter and all OF its eggs. What a
curious state of affairs.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

THERE are different methods OF
saving human life, but that carried
out by the .hero OF the hour, Stevens,
the hardy American sailor, who KEEP,
his comrade alive ION wreck off
Long Island) for nearly forty hours
by beating him with rope is per-
haps the most peculiar on record.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

A MAINE schoolboy hanged himself
because his teacher frowned on him.
If he had grown up TO manhood he
would probably have killed some good
girl because she refused to marry him.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

THE priests may ride bicycles, -
says contemporary, 'but they must
do It with due regard to their cloth -
And SO must other bicyclists. Reck-
less scorching often plays hob With
the rider's cloth
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

Tug young car of russia might as
well have his measure taken for
suit OF boiler iron underclothes.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

As NJ. ZoLA is coming to this coun-
try too, we respectfully submit that
he be compelled TO wipe OF his boots
before he is allowed to land.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02
MOTHERS

and those soon to be-
com Ill o I h ers,
should know that DIR.
Pierce's Fayorite
Pre- scription robs
childbirth of its tor
lures, terrors and
dangers to both
mother and child, by
aiding nature in pre-
pairing the system
for parturition.
TIL eTeby " labor"
and the period of
con finemcnt are
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

The Oldest and largest
Nursery In the State and
the only one propngat-
Ing o general Stock. n
you want to be success
full plant COLORADO
GROWN trees. Send foc
Catalogue and price list
and mention this Paper.
DEWEEsE y DYE
Proprietors.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
COURT YUMA, NO. 3, NOTES.

At the meeting Monday evening of Court Yuma, No. 5, Foresters of America, a committee, consist ing of A. ". Morris, Chas. H. Rise and M. L. Pool, was appointed to make arrangements for social hop to be given on Thanksgiving night under the auspices of the Court.
 The Order of Foresters of Ameri ca now number 115,000 in Cali fornia alone.
 Court Yuma provides for burial of wife as well as husband; medi- cine and medical attendance free and a cash allowance of $7G0 per week to it's sick mem bers
 During the recent illness of Douglass Frazer in Los Angeles Court Yuma paid him Tn cash $81O0.
 The Court now has mem ber- ship of Al members m good stand ing and a number of applications for admittance to the order.
 Chas. Wighard, baker for Gan dolfo < Sanguinetti, is the latest acquisition to the COuzt.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
PROF. McGEE TO BRAVETHE SERI.
An Expedition to the Island of TiburOn--Thirst for Knowledge Leads Him to Invade Cannibal Stronghold.

A dispatch of the 3rd instant says: "Prof. w. J. McGee," chief anthro- polOgist of the United States Bureau of Ethnology, left Washington today to invade the stronghold Of the Seri Indians, on Tiburon Island, in the Gulf of California, from which no white man has eyer returned. He is now on his way to Tucson, where he will meet Willard Johnson, of the Bu reau of Ethnology, who is on his way from Southern California. Together they will go to Guaymas, Mex, to take ship for Tiburon. This expedition promises to be one of the most in teresting ever promoted by the gov ernment. and the two scientists who have undertaken it have taken their lives in their hands.
 The Seri are cannibals-the only ones on the continent. They have domineered the Mexican coast adjacent to their island home from time i'm memorial. When the Apaches ranged so far south as Sonora, Mex, they oc- casionally mingled with the Seri, and, in sporting parlance, always "got a run for their money" In fact the Seri are the most finished tribe of aboriginal "scrappers'' on the Western Hemisphere,
 Nothing is known of them in a scien- tifc way, though last spring Prof Me Gee and William Dinwiddie penetrat- ed au edge of their mainland haunts. What they saw of the Seri only whet- ted their scientific appetites, and now Prof. McGee hopes to reach the strong hold of the tribe and come back to tell something about it.
 To years ago two newspaper men sent to examine Tiburon Island were killed by the Seri. The first authen- tic account of this disaster was brought by Prof McGee and Dinwiddie on their return from the edge of the Seri coun- trV
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
An Important Office.
try. |.

To properly fill it's office and func- tions, it is important that the blood be pure. When it is in such a condi- tion, the body is almost certain to be healthy. A complaint at this time is catarrh in some of its various forms. A slight cold develops the disease in the head. Droppings of corruption passing into the lungs bring on con- sumption. The only way to cure this dssease is to purify the blood. The most obstinate cases of catarrh yield to to the medicinal powers of Hoods Sarsaparilla as if by magic, simply be- cause it reaches the seat of the disease, and by purifying and vitalizing the blood, removes the cause. Not only does Hoods Sarsaparilla do this but it gives renewed vigor to the whole system, making it possible for good health to reign supreme.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09

R. c. Brown, one of the oldest newspaper men in the Territory paid Yuma a visit Monday. Mir. Brown was here in the interest of the Phoenix HeraId. He is an able journalist, and his genial and courtly manner has made him numerous friends throughout the territory who are always pleased to see him. The Herold is one of the neWsiest dailies published in the Territory and it is fortunate, we consider, in securing the services of so competent and worthy 8 gentleman az MT. Brown for its rep. resentative.
 The small frame building built a year ago in West Yuma by our school trustees for the children to at tend in that part of the town was this week moved to our village public school lot and will be used in future by the school children for an eating house.
 Judge Murat Masterson now occu- pies one of the coz1est as well as handsomest fitted up law offices in Yuma. He just finished putting in a new floor, wainscoting, carpeting, painting and electric lights in the south end of the Molina building on Madison avenue.
 At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Citizens Building and Loan Association Wednesday evening at the Court House, B. F. Hartlee made application for loan of $500. The same was referred to the Security Committee.
 A shaft on the Gates & Fleming mine, near Laguna, has been sunk ac- cording to contract to a depth of fifty feet and shows good body of free milling ore wider than the shaft. A crosscut will now be made, after which the shaft will be sunk fifty feet deeper. Assays run from $6- to $50 ton. A considerable quantity of deoomposed stuff has been encountered which is very rich.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
Our Gold and Silver Mines.

Arizona's early record as a ''bo- nanza" silver producer hes really served in large measure to injure her reputation as an ordinary, every day mining region. It may very probably come to many as a piece of news that there Is no state orterri- tory which is as we'll placed for the prosecution of a strictly legitimate mining industry. In copper, this fact has been demonstrated beyond contradiction; in silver, though it may not be generally known, a larger percentage of mines have been worked all through the era of depression than anywhere else in the United States. In gold, the production has been quadrupied in the last two years, and a very full acquaintance with the whole Vest ern mining area enables me to judge fairly of the future possibili- ties. I do not hesitate to say that there is no gold field in the United States as we'll adapted for profitable working as that embraced within thls Territory and portions of the adjoining country. The particular ly prosperous gold areas of Colo rado are, geologically, not unlike those which are to become the pro- ftable tracts in Arizona. Skill and metallurgic prescience were neees sary to make the former remuner- ative. The same requisites are not only important with us-they are thoroughly we'll proved to be ad- euuate where failure has followed the other too common policy of management.-THeo. 3. Conastock j7a tue Engi1aeeri'sg and Mj1aioag Jour 92nL
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
Discharged and Re-arrested.

Last Monday morning Jose NJ :. Sortillon was discharged from custo- dy by Chief Justice A. c. Baker in the United States Court in ses- sion at Phoenix and wa8immediate- Iy re-arrested by Sheriff Greenleat and brought to Yuma. Thursday he had a preliminary examination before Justice Duke and was re- leased upon furnishing a bond in the sum of $1030 to appear before the next grand jury.
 The Phoenix RepubJicGa has this to say regarding the case.
 U. s. District Attorney Ellinwood. who has fought the case most consistently, learn ed from the evidence given at the trial that the case was one over which the United States had no jurisdiction He wished to assure himself that such was the case and sent to the Attorney General at Washington the transcript and received reply that his premises were correct and that the United States had no jurisdiction.
 The fact which made this state of affairs apparent in the first place was that the prisoner was Mexican and lis child, which he is charged with burying alive, would take it's fathers lineage instead of it's mothers who was an Indian and would therefore be a Mexican and the case one for the Terri torial Courts rather than the United States Courts
 Monday afternoon Mir. ElIinwood made a motion before Judge Baker that the case be dismissed and an order to that effect was issed by the Judge.
 The following comment m refer ence to the case appeared in the Tucson ,Star, and voices the senti- ment of the SENTINEL.
 It not likely that he will ever be con- victed and it is probable that he should not be, as the evidence against him at the former trial was unsatisfactory and much of it would have been disregarded if the crime charged had been less outrageous.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
Seeking Health and Wealth and Will
 No Doubt Find Both.

Mir. Sulick of New York, who recently went to Picacho for his health, has been so taken with the gold belt of that district, that he has bonded ten claims and is de- veloping them in systematic manner He proposes to sink on these claims to a depth sufficient to indicate the permanency of the veins and for that purpose has put 20 men to work.
 In talking to @ SENTINEL repre- sentative, MT. Suiick said he in tended to put a few hundred tons of ore on the dump of each claim and then put up ten ton Ire main steam stamp at the river and mill the ore. If the results show the properties work able at a profit he will develop on a large scale, erect a large plant and open up the mines.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brirgs comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet. ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, hy more promptly adapting the worlds best products to the needs of physical being, will attest Ehe value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs.
 Its excellence is due to its presenting Ia the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of perfect lax a&ve; efectually cleansing the system, 1dispelling colds, headaches and feyers and permanently curing constipation. 1t has given satisfaction to millions and paet with the approval of the medical profession, because 1t acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak eaing tAem and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in soc and $1 bottles, but it is man. afaotNred by the California Fig Syrup Go. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs and being we'll informed, you will nos accept any substitute if offered.
The Arizona sentinel., 1895-11-09
A Large Cattle Owner.

Ed. de la Cuesta, one of the prominent cattle men of Santa Barbara county, Cal. and mem- Der of the Board of Supervisors of that county, arrived here last Monday with the object of pur- chasing a large number of stock cattle for his ranch known as Santa Ynes in the above county. He left the same day in company with Ed. Hodges to visit the cattle men up the Colorado valley.
 MT. Cuesta on his departure will appoint Ed. Hodges his agent for this section and authorize him to buy good stock cattle whenever op- portunity offers and when a car load is secured to ship the same to his stock ranch.
 Our small cattle owners will now have an opportunity to dispose of their marketable cattle whenever they wish and they will no doubt appreciate and avail themselves of 1t.
 They returned Monday night and Mir. Cuesta took the night passenger for home.