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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Directors Meet and Elect Perman-
ent Officers.

Directors Meet and Elect Perman-
ent OFFICERS.
An enthusiastic meeting of the d.
rectors of the Arizona Historical So
ciety was held in the assembly hall last
night. Of the twentyfour directors
fourteen were present. The meeting
was called to order by Mr.. Herrick and
proceeded to the election of officers.
Mr.. Doran named Capt. Hancock for
president for a term of one year and
his election was made unanimous. The
new president briefly expressed his
thanks. Messrs. Doran and j. o. Dun:
bar were elected respectively first and
second presidents.
Mr.. Doran nominated Jos. G. Perry
for secretary and he was elected with
out dissent. Mr.. Finley of Pima, was
elected treasurer for a period of two
years. Mr.. Wolf1ey moved and the
motion was adopted, that committee
on bylaws of three be appointed to re.
port at the next meeting. The COM
mittee was made up of Messrs. Wolfey,
Moore and Dunbar.
The officers elect were empowered to
file articles of incorporation and the
meeting was adjourned till tonight.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21

colleagues in the line almost as badly
as the latter treat their subalterns.
Up to few years ago, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, the distinction be-
tween them was such that guard lieu
tenant had precedence over the captain
of the line. The late czar's father
changed the state of things somewhat,
but not much. A major of the guards
would, even to-day, rank higher than
a line colonel, if there were such a
person. But the advancement of the
regular army officer seldom surpasses
the rank of battalion chief. Men hav-
ing attained that distinction are gener
ally made commanders of small pre-
cincts while disgraced guard officers
or general staff officers obtain the
colonelship or lieutenant colonelship of
the regiment to which they devoted
their lives.
Only very rarely does line officer
succeed in obtaining a commission in
the war academy, and eventually in the
general staff. 1t should be mentioned,
however, that the majority are untitled
for such advancement. The require
ments of the officers examination in
the line are considerably less stringent
than those upon which the admission
to the guards officers corps are based;
the aspirants social standing is not at
all considered, and, to complete the
wretchedness Of the line officer, his
pay is ridiculously small and made
quate, especially that of the infantry
officer, the lieutenant receiving not
more than two hundred dollars per
year, all told. The captain has a little
over three hundred dollars, the major
four hundred and fifty dollars. The
most abject poverty prevails among
them, and only s>eew of the younger
officers own more than one uniform,
which must do service both on and off
parade. The infantry private of the
line receives in money fifteen shillings
per year, including the czar's and
others presents.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
ODDITIES OF RUSSIAN ARMY

One Regiment of Giants, Another of
Blondes and Third of Turn-Up Noses.
The Russian army is full of strange
features. Thus the biggest fellows are
detailed for duty in the bodyguard
regiment, ''Preobrashenslli." founded
by Peter the Great, and originally com
posed of that monarch's personal
friends, all giants in their way. The
czar's family take great pride in this
regiment, and on the named day of its
patron saint attend the festivities in
body, usually REINFORCED by foreign
ambassadors and ministers. Then
there is the Ismailkowski regiment,
where only blondes are tolerated, and
the well-known Pawlow guards, all of
whom must have turn-up noses. The
regulations of the guard Chasseurs,
on the other hand, admit only dark
haired men. The guard officers, being
privileged by birth as well as rank in
their chosen professions, treat their
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
WANT THEIR OWN.
A Heavy Suit Against New
York Bankers.
An Item in the Donohue Estate in
the Hands of the
Executors.


By the Associated Press.
SAN Francisco. Feb. 20.-The execu-
tors of the estate of the late Mervyn
Donohue, have broughtsuit against ].
W. Seligman and Londen burg & Co. OF
New York, bankers, and P. N. LiDen-
thai, their local agent, to recover 5000
shares of capital stock of the San
Francisco & North Pacific Railroad
company valued at $101 900.
The stock was placed with the bank
ers by Donohue to secure certain
claims against him. The petitioners
claim that the obligations have been
discharged but the bankers refuse to
surrender the collateral.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
AN OFFICER FIRED.
Found Guilty of Issuing False Ger
tificateS.

tificateS.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.-Orders were
issued today from the adjutant generals
office announcing that Capt. S. B. Blum
enberg (retired) of San Francisco.
formerly commander of the first troop
of cavalry of that city, has been found
guilty by general court martial of hav-
ing signed false certificates on which
the names of five persons purporting to
have been on duty at Oakland during
the strike last July were said to be cor
rect, but the court martial decided that
they were not correct, the men being
absent. He is discharged from the
service of the state of California. The
action is approved by Governor Budd.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
SAW A MOVING BUSH.

And Fired Into His Companions
Heart.
SANTA Cruz, Feb. 20. Charles
Coombs killed Frank Carol at Iona
Prieta this afternoon. The men were
hunting deer when Coombs seeing a
bush move thought it was deer and
fired The bullet entered Carols
heart.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
X. of P, Banquet,

Phoenix Lodge No. 2 Knights OF
Pythias will give banquet at the lodge
room tomorrow night. Visiting knights
are cordially invited to attend and
bring their wives, sweethearts and
other lady friends.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
MiIlinerS Fall.

SAN Francisco, Feb. 20.-Haker q
Hines, milliners, filed petition of in
solvency today. Liabilities $4,000,
assets $4,000 worth of stock.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
The Cutpurse.

For several centuries the purse was
always worn fastened to the girdle. A
cutpurse got his name from the fact
that. rather than take the time to loose
the purse from the belt, where it was
secured by buckles, he bet the strap,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
CIGARETTES MUST GO.
California Excludes the Cheap
Nuisance.
The Anti-Cigarette Bill Passes the
Second Branch of the
legislature.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the AssOclated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.-The bill pro-
hibiting the manufacture, sale or other
disposition of cigarettes which had al
ready passed the senate, passed the as
sembly today.
It now goes to the governor for his
approval,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
Call For City Warrants.

l will pay upon presentation the following
numbered city warrants of the issue of 1894
interest ceasing this Goth day of February 1895:
Nos 457 to 502, both inclusive
l. M. CHRISTY,
City Treasurer.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
FRED DOUGLASS

The Greatest Colored Man That
Ever Lived is Dead.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. = Frederick
Douglass, the noted freedman and
orator, dropped dead at his home in
Anacosta, this evening.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
THE COAST ROAD.

Election of Directors of the New
Enterprise.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.-Su bscribers
to stock in the San Joaquin Valley rail-
road enterprise held meeting today
and elected the following directors
Claus Spreckles, R. D. Spreckles, w. +.
Whittier, John B. Stetson, Robert F.
Watt, A. II. Payson, Chas. H. Elbrook,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21

Louis Gerstle, Alvinsa Hayward. Isaac
Upham, Thos. Magee. The Bank of
California was elected treasurer. Total
amount subscribed to date is 81, 24S, 900.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-02-21
INSOLVENT CABLE LINE.
Foreclosure of a Mortgage for More
Than a Million.

OAKLAND, Feb. 2O.-An order of court
was issued directing the sale of the
Piedmont Gable railroad IN this city
under foreclosure OF mortgage in favor
of the San Francisco Tool company for
over million dollars.
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gress. What do you think of the idea OF
vaccinating land? That experiment, L
see has actually been made with success.
The object of this process is to improve
the quality of the soil. The law of dimin-
ishing returns, so long the important fac
tor in political economy, is thus overcome.
To explain the method employed so as to
be comprehensive to the popular mind is
not easy. You see, certain roots OF plants
which flourish in inferior soils have been
ascertained to noursh a parasite. These
parasites afford the plant. through their
organic functions, strength and vitality.
In return the parasites are fed and sus-
tanned by certain properties OF the root.
One supports the other and the two to-
gether have a decided effect upon the soil
i'm which they grow. Now this process OF
nature has been successfully applied by
science. What we may term an agricul-
tural miss is obtained and the impover-
ished soil into which il is then
introduced is almost at once. bettered.
The process is permanently fertilizing and
cannot fail to effect, in time, a revolution
in farming"
Here button was pressed somewhere
in the remote regions and Mr.. Edison
fastened away. The "plant,' as he calls
the weird agglomeration at Edison. is
being enlarged from dayito day. In about
six weeks 1t will be completed and to-day
has a very strange look. 1t contains the
only stone breaker in the world OF its ex-
traordinary kind. 1t will reduce noun
tain of ordinary size to dust in one day.
There are telephones everywhere and
monographs for making memoranda con-
nected with the desks. There are no houses.
no candles or lanterns. Labor is reduced
to a minimum. A days toll sonsists largely
in pressing series of buttons. And they
never think this extraordinary in the
queer place. Even the prentice boys are
very scientific. They release the giant
force of nature and hold them in check
again. Edison is the Nimrod of this cleo
trical game reserve. with his pack rum
ming and gamboling all about him.
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of three or four years. getting event.
on the part of certain officials with other
officials, an ill-advised change by the sur
veyor and an all-consuming ambition on
his part to "beat the record' in the way
of collecting more duties from fewer pas
sengers than ever before.
It is said that from the surveyor down to
the greenest inspector all have s.dress-
maker" on the brain; that with them
every woman with a decent wardrobe is
either a dressmaker OF a professional
smuggler; that in their frantic endeavor
to s'beat the record" all sorts of Irregular
tiles and indiscretions are committed.
Collector Kilbreth said yesterday: ssThe
people who come here are entitled to fair
and courteous treatment at the hands of
the government officers, and as collector
of this port Pm going to see that they
have it. Even smuggler-and, of course,
there are some-is entitled to civil treat
ment from inspectors. Everyone expects
to have his luggage opened and examined
but they do not expect to be blackguarded
and told they are this or that, as an in
spector may choose. That sort of thing
is going to stop-stop short, too"
The report on Miss Gladstone's case
will probably be sent to Washington
within a day or two. Collector Kilbreth
says he is satisfied that other reports Of
similar character have been well founded.
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Torrance of this Sort will be reproduced
exactly. Tho end attained is perfect IL
fusion. One really hears and sees tho
play. because the conditions precedent to
the suitable impressions upon eye and ear
are obtained"
Mr.. Edisou's hearing was improved very
much in the past year, owing, perhaps, to
his perfect physical condition. He spoke
well and distinctly, and is never, appar-
emily, as much impressed with the
wonders he performs as are his work.
men.
He was asked If ordinary sights and
scenes, the pope in the vatican, OF speech
at q mass meeting, could be as effectively
handled.
"Far more easily" he replied, ''that is
the least difficult part of the problem.
Even now, the spectator could be treated
to a perfect reproduction of Gladstone
making a speech to the house of COM
mons. This would be shown of life size
and so far as the spectator is concerned,
would be the real scene.. For every word,
every gesture of the grand old man, the
gestures of each spectator and the sounds
made on the occasion would be repro
duced exactly. And, of course, two hum
dred years hence, the same scene could be
thfoWn UP az Whi--d ucW way Va tcNOta-
ing history, you see."
as not the mechanism very compli-
cated?"
mot more so than that of the kinet-
oscope and the monograph, and the diff
of Photographic apparatus in minute
fractions of second. Certain flashes of
motion arc caught in ten forty-ninths of
put sx.x hor nd in
their reproduction, one or two obstacles
are met with. The negative itself is very
small-not much larger than your thumb
nail. In reproducing these postures and
movements great care is necessary in
maintaining proportions.
To throw upon a screen a series of
movements each taking up an interval of
time not longer, perhaps, than fifth
part of ten forty-ninths of second and
at the same time to insure fidelity is the
problem. AS it is, there are occasional
distortions. If q movement in the repro
duction be not, so to speak, run ont con-
secutively, that is, If, looked upon as
change of posture it be not accurately
photographed, although it occupied but
the two-hundredth part of a second, the
effect will be distorted. Hence the ex-
treme nicely required in the mechanism"
1t would, of course, be out of place here
to enter into any detail connected with
the operation and the mechanism of the
photograph. That invention has been
explained over and over again. So, too,
of the kaleidoscope. But it may be stated
that the combination of the two involves
instantaneous action in harmony of the
two: this is, on the surface, an easy mat
ter. The principle upon which it is eff
fected, theoretically, is also we'll known.
In fact, the general mind has been pretty
we'll saturated with information on the
subject. But as for the mechanical diff
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bod as large as a barn, dropped upon n
pair of huge iron wheels and shivered into
cobole stones. The cobples whirl aloft in
trays or troughs, come down dust and the
grains of iron they contain are picked out
maenetically. A three ton bowlder is
splintered into fine iron in three minutes,
the refuse going into the dust hole.
Finally the great Edison appeared. He
was terribly dirty. He looked. so far as
attire is concerned, like q navy. He was
all CRIME and dust. But his face was that
of bright, blue eyed youth, beautifully
blue eyed and smiling. Not until he took
his vile, ash covered hat off did the gray
hair reveal that he is no longer young In
years. His face is almost free from
wrinkles.
1--WE are progressing, progressing" he
said, when informed that his retreat had
been invaded for the purposes of getting
information concerning the latest and the
greatest of his inventions, the one which is
being eagerly awaited and which very few
have had chance to see. That is the
combinationlwith the photograph with the
kaleidoscope, the contrivance to which Mr..
Edison applied the term kinetograph on
this occasion.
"The object of this machine" he said,
sis TO afford the spectator two inventions
in one. That is, two senses are simultane-
ously appealed to. Suppose, We will say.
an opera is to be reproduced. The phono-
graph already repeats the sound. The
kaleidoscope affords a view of the move
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-14
THE VOICE OF MISSIONS.
Bishop Turner stirs Up His Non-Payi nj
Rev rand subscribers.
From the ChfcaOo Record

Bishop Turner stirs Up His Nou-Payi ng
Rev rand subscribers.
From the Chicago Record.
Bishop Turner of the African Methodist
church, publishes a weekly paper devoted
to religious matters, called the Voice of
Missions, and it is perhaps the most
widely-circulated and influential period
ical OF its kind in the South, for what
Bishop Turner says the colored folks ac-
cept as gospel. But it appears from the
following extract from editorial columns
last week that the good bishop is afflicted,
as many other editors are, with nom
paying constituency. He says:
ssThe Rev. j. A. Johnson of Phil adei'
phia, sends his subscription to the Voice
Of Missions for two years in advance. Ii
appears to be growing fashionable to sud-
scribe to the Voice of Missions from two
to seven years in advance, while a set or
two-legged thieving hounds will not pay
at all after writing for the paper and Law
ishing their compliments upon it and
promising punctual payment at an early
date. Even ministers of the gospel will
pledge payment as soon as their quarterly
meetings are held, and that is the last
you will hear of them, while we have been
fool enough to continue to send their pa
pers for II to Is months when we should
have demanded payment in advance.
Such men are as much fit to preach the
gospel as hog is to sing psalms. But,
thank God, the paper still lives, for there
are more for us than there are against us,
and will continue to be, for there is moro
good than bad in the universe"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-14

Guilty with which Mr.. Edison is contending,
it has remained unthought of. So the
great discovery fingers on the threshold
of its accomplishment in fact. But il
will not linger long. Electricity knows no
Lucy.
perhaps by to- morrow" said Mr.. Edi.
son, 1--WE may perfect the machinery. Per-
haps we shall have to work for another
year upon IL. In truth, il is q very simple
matter. 1t consists merely in adjusting
thoroughly understood principles to new
continuance made up of old contrivances.
Were il not that we have such infinitely
small sections of time to deal with, there
would be no difficulty at all. But, as have
told you, we know how to overcome the
difficulty. We simply lack practice"
"Does it make any difference of what
nature the representation to be pro-
duced is?"
"At present, yes. In time, however, il
will not. The reproduction of such sights
and sounds as those enacted in tho OPEN
ing of congress would be very easy. The
spectator could sit down in his drawing
room or Office and have the whole scene
enacted in front of him. Nor would any
special apartment or any particular prep.
aration be necessary. But, with grand
opera, il would be more difficult. One
must exercise great care in securing the
ensemble. There are myriads of details
connected with the tones, the gestures,
the dress, the colors, the light and such
like. 1t is proposed to give these with
scrupulous fidelity. Hence the temporary
cessation of progress. Although we could
give all these impressions with COMPARE
tive exactness, IL is intended to be per-
fectly faithful to the original. It never
does to perpetrate a half performance. II
is Disappointing and apt to shake conf,
dence in an invention. For myself, / have
no doubt whatever of the outcome. Be-
fore many years we will have
grand opera in every little village
at 10 cents n head. An the yer,
highest grand opera-you will heal
and see Patti in your own parlor
death and seen, and will move and thrill
her auditors in 30l0. The presidents in
auguration can be treated in the same
way. Pope Leo and his cardinals may be
seen and heard for unnumbered cen,
turtles to come"
Mr.. Edison's blue eyes lighted up Will
enthusiasm.
"what way to write history" he re
peated. echoing the words of his ques
toner. swell, have never thought o
that particularly, and YET it is a way &c
write il. isn't it? How much more effec'
lively one could convey TO future geuer
ations an idea of the president than words
and writing could. In fact, written rec
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-14
FIrrEJ H4A xNc7LY.


Miss Gladstone Tried ON Her imported
Dr~E<,s
From the New York World.
Miss Della Gladstone, who arrived in
New York on the steamship Majestic on
March 81, and whose two trunks full of
expensive gowns were seized by Deputy
Surveyor Bowling and his inspectors,
called on Collector Kilbreth yesterday
morning. She asked to be allowed to
prove that she had been misjudged and ill
treated.
The two trunks were taken to the coll
lector's private office. Miss Gladstone
was accompanied by her sister-in-law.
Mrs. William Gladstone, and Lawyer
Hunt.
Prior to her arrival report of an exam
ination previously made by Miss Mary
O'Conuor, representing the surveyors
deputy, was submitted. She had measured
the dresses and had declared that they did
not fit Miss Gladstone.
The experts for the collector at the Sec
ond examination were Misses Smith,
Lynch and Thames, all customs employees.
After three hours work the three made a
rather sensational report. They said all
the gowns had been tried on by Miss
Gladstone in their presence and thai, with
out doubt, they had been made for her.
They said they had also taken the meas
urements of all the waists and skirts and
had found that the measurements SUBJ
mitted by Miss O'Connor were out of the
way from one to five inches. They claim
that they had found out that Miss O'Con-
nor was a near relative of one of the in
spectors interested in the seizure and
to whose interests it would be to have the
seizure hold.
The women also complained that during
the trying-on of the dresses Misses 0'Con-
nor had used very offensive language to
Miss Gladstone, implying that she was a
smuggler and q dressmaker, and that she
had handled her so roughly that two or
three times they were compelled to re-
monstrate.
Miss Gladstone, who is but "A years old,
submitted documents to the collector
proving that she was born and had lived
all her life at Athlone, Ireland; that her
father, who died three years ago, was for
40 years a member of the town church,
and that all the gowns in the trunks had
been made by her regular dressmakers,
Knox & Cumerford of Dublin.
1t came out also that Deputy Surveyor
Dowling's "mysterious woman on the
dock" was Mrs. William Gladstone, Miss
Gladstone's sister-in-law. who had come
to meet her, and when she heard the duty
was $50 she went to her husbands Off &c,
in franklin street and got the money.
The more he found out about the plan to
make this seizure .sstick" the angrier
Collector Kilbreth. grew. He had Miss
Gladstone sign an affl lavit embodying all
| the facts. aud then. after she had paid SIG
duty on some uncut cloth, which she had
originally expected to pay, he released
her two trunks and she took them away.
Behind all these annoyances TO passen-
| gers is said TO lie a tale of personal quar-
rels and grudges extending over a period
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