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Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
THE wALTZ-QUADRILLE.

The following, which is publish
ed by request, is from the pen of
one of our popular young men,
and is complimentary to Miss EN-
ma Haines, who has been visiting
in Soiomonville for some time past /:
The band was playing waltz-quadrille,
felt as light as a wind blown feather,
As we fioated away at the callers will
Through the intricate, maxy dance together;
sowg esns
All decked in their bright array
And back and forth to the music rhyme,
We moved together and all the time
knew you were going away
The fold of your white arm sent thrill,
Like leaves on the wave, of that -quadrille,
Parted, met and again divided;
You drifted one way and the other.
Then suddenly turning and facing each other,
Then off In the blithe chase
Then airly back to our places swaying,
While every beat of the music seemed saying
That you were going away.
/ said to my heart, let's take our fill,
OF mirth and music. Of love and laughter,
For It all must end with this waltz-quadrllle,
And life will be never the same life after;
OF that the caller might go on calling,
o. that the music might go on falling,
Like shower of silyery spray
While we whirled on to that vast forever,
Where no hearts break and no ties sever
And no one goes away.
A clamor, crash and the band was still,
Twas the end of the dream, the end of the
measure,
The last low notes of that waltz-Quadrille
Seemed like dirge Ger the death of pleas
ure;
You said goodnight. and the spell was over,
Too warm for friend, too cold for q lover,
There was nothing else to say
But the lights looked dim and the dancers
weary,
And the music was sad and the hall was dreary
After you went away
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
Alaska Gold Fields.

Reports say that large crowds of
miners and adventurers are leaving
Puget Sound ports for the Alaska
gold fields on the Yukon river,
where the temperature runs down
eighty degrees below zero. The
camps are placer diggings, and as
the winter lasts about nine months
in the year, the gold can be wash
ed only about three months in the
year when the water will not freeze.
When a man reaches the diggings
he has to do it in the summer time,
and he cannot return until the fol-
lowing summer. The head of the
Yukon is reached by travelling on
foot from Chilcat bay, near Sitka,
distance of thirty miles to the
summit of the Cascades, where
boats are constructed and foated
through a succession Of lakes and
meandering rapid stream dis
tance of three hundred miles to the
Yukon, and thence up a tributary
csthe Yukon little less than oDe
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
Pima Happenings.

Quarterly conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, of st. Joseph Stake,
convened at this place at 10 o'clock
a. M, March 9th, President G. Lay
ton, presiding. From the reports
of Bishops of the various wards
throughout the stake, it appears
that there is very good prospect
of abundant crop this year. That
the amount of land put into small
grain is greater than in any pre-
vious year. That the general
health Of the people throughout
the valley is very good, the only
form of sickness prevailing to any
extent being very light form of
diptheria at Layton, and that has
almost died out. That there is go
ing to be a strong effort made in
the near future to build a wagon
road across the mountains, north
of the river, to the fine lands of the
MOgOllOn mountains.
The Arizona Dramatic Co., play
ed The Two Orphans, to a crowded
house in NuttalPs hall, Monday
night. Everybody went home sat
isfied that they had got the worth
of their money. 1t was we'll rem
dered.
Mr.. David Weech and Miss Stel-
la Newell are to be married on the
goth of this month. The marriage
will be performed at the residence
of the groom's father, Hyrum
Weech, and host Of friends and
relatives of the happy couple will
will be present to wish them "God
Speed"
Mr.. B. F. Pascoe, Of Globe, has
been in town for the past week
looking after his saw mill interests
Business has been quite lively in
the justice courts, ofthis place, for
some time.
Jerry Taylor is doing rushing
business in the dance line just now.
Jerry gave another ball in NuttalPs
hall on Friday night. Got on a
"high lonesome" in company with
several others, and was around
town the next morning trying to
borrow money to pay the fiddler.
Jos. Layton was in town Tues
day samplipg the best brands of
MarshalPs skill 'em quick.
RAMBLER.
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
Drowned In Black River.

News has just been received that
Hyrum Lee, a cousin of the Lee
boys of this place, who started with
his wife for Apache county about
three weeks ago, has been drowned
in Black river.
As near as can be learned, they
were obliged to camp on this side
of the river about five days on ac-
count of high water, at the end of
which time Mr.. Lee builta raft and
attempted to cross. He loaded
their effects onto the raft and
crossed over in safety, then crossed
back for his wife and commenced
the return trip. All went well
with them until mid-stream was
reached, when the raft commenced
to sink, and in order to Tighten the
load Mr.. Lee jumpted into the river
and was not seen again.
1t is SUPPOSE thstin leaving the
raft he must have struek-is head,
which stunned Rim, as his
say he was an expert swimp
under ordinary
would rot have bee
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
ALMOST A BURN.UP.
MRS. HIRUM WEECH NARROW.
LY ESCAPES BEING BURN.
ED TO DEATH.
AssCoal Oil Lamp Exploding in Her Hands
the Cause of the Accident.

the Cause of the Accident.
Last Sunday evening Mrs. Hirum
Weech, of Pima, narrowly escaped
horrible death by fire, and but
for the timely assistance of Mr.. G,
N. Birdno the beautiful Weech
residence would now be heap OF
black ruins.
1t seems that in the early part
of the evening, Mrs. Weech, as is
her custom, had placed a lighted
lamp in her bed room, on the
second floor, and then went down
stairs to attend to some household
duties. In about an hour she re-
turned to the room above mentioned
Judge of her surprise, when, on
opening the door she discovered
that in some unaccountable way,
in her absence, hole had been
broken in the lamp bowl, the oil
had become ignited and was throw
ing flood of flame almost to the
ceiling.
Mrs. Weech screamed for help
and at the same time rushed into
the room, snatched up the burning
and dangerous lamp and started
for the hall door leading onto the
front poarch. She had not taken
more than three steps toward the
door when the lamp exploded,
covering her from her waist down
with burning oil, and throwing the
fiery liquid over the carpets and
bed. She had presence Of mind
enough, however, to throw the
lamp from her, endeavoring to
throw it to the ground, but instead
of that it landed on the poarch
which also began to blaze.
Mr.. Charles N. Birdno, who was
in the parlor down stairs, heard
Mrs. Weech call for help when she
first discovered the burning lamp,
rushed to her assistance and met
her in the bed room door envelop-
ed in flames. He secured piece of
carpet and quickly smothered out
the flames which, in few minutes
more would undoubtedly have
caused her death. Mr.. Birdno next
turned his attention to the burning
carpets, bed and poarch, and with
the assistance of Mrs. Weech was
not long in smothering out the
flames.
Mrs. Weech was not dangerously
burned, but her face and arms were
quite badly scorched.
This should be a warning to all
not to leave lamps burning in un-
occupied rooms or during sleeping
hours.
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
A PETITION.
Praying for the Reinstating of o. A. Suth-
erland MS Agent for the G. ", G.
&N. Ry., at Stafford and
Solomonville.

N. Ry., at Stafford and
solomonville.
Stafford, Ariz.,
March 11th, 1896.
To the Hon. VIM. Garland, presi-
dent of the Gila Valley Globe &
Northern Railway.
We the undersigned petitioners of
Stafford, ,Solomonville and Thatch-
er respectfully request that you
reinstate Mr.. o. A. Sutherland
as agent at Stafford and Solomon
vile. We have always found
him strict, accommodating and
gentlemanly.
A. Frye, T. 7. Hunter, James
Morris, James r. Welker & Co,
jennings & Kirkland, Jeff Hunt,
Nat Wansley, VIM. Asey, Barnabe
Palm, John J. Birdno, J. 7. Owens
J. T. Owens & Co., P. ]. Jacobson,
Jacobson & Co., Chas. III. Porter,
Green & Son, w. ]. Parks, Henry
fl. Tiff, Epley & Parks, Braulio
Elias, F. l.. B. Goodwin, John +.
Judia, Arturo M. Elias, Abraham
Dias, Frank Neese, Eduardo Soto,
Turner & Taylor, Samuel Logan,
E. R. Carrillo, P. P. Preciado, G..
F. Solomon, DR.. J. A. Lord, ]. L..
Reaves, Geo A. Olney, Alberto
Munguia, Sam Watson, W. b.
Fonda, w. w. Damron, Seth Oller-
ton, T. S. Merrill, E. M. Curtis, j..
G. Alfred, Zundel & Fish, G. Mad
son, John Madison, I. F. Campbell.
Mr.. 1. 4. Solomon expressed his
intention of using his personal in
fluence in the above matter.
The above petition was circulat-
ed and signed by friends of Mr..
Sutherland, without his knowledge.
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
BIRTHS.

FRANcIs:-On the Sd inst. a son,to
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Francis, OF
Thatcher.
SHANKLAND:-On the 18th inst
a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Shankland, of Solomonville.
CLlFFoRD:-On the 10th inst, q
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
of Stafford.
BARNUM-:On the 10l
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Ch
mum, of Thatcher.
80
Kicker's KI-'
nne't fnr,
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
hk Guardian.
Directory Graham County
nurt Dunlap

Burt Dunlap
- usE--Geo. skinner, Joseph Fish.
% ofsJPERvrsoRs--
Henry Hill, Chairman. Clifton
+. w. Hays, Member, Fort Grant.
A. II. Bennett, Member, Stafford.
II. l.. Smith. Clerk, solomonville.
urF-Arthur A. Wight, solomonville
eRDER-Msnael Leon, solomonville.
AsuRER-Frsnk Dysart. solomonville,
RIcr CLERK--B. b. Adams. Solomonville
/. Arry.--wiley Z. Jones. solomonviile
EyoR-Samuel Logan. solomonville.
soR--Pedro Michelena, solomcnville.
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
X1ksfstff** MISS FANNIE Judla B
! ! !
E. J. Echols,
Jail was detectd
Deputy Sheri6
up somethingM

but ran into the Jail and secfeted
the article behind q partition wall
where it was found by Sheriff
Thompson and Mr.. Creswell. 1t
proved to be bottle of blue vitriol,
intended to be thrown into the ia "e
of the keeper, doubtless, to effect
Jail delivery. 1t would have
forever blinded and disfigured the
victim. After tussle Echols was
locked up in the cell.-,Siluer Belt.
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
SoIom onviIIc RumbIinSx~

There is joy in the household Of
]. K. Shankland occasioned by the
appearance last Wednesday of q
bouncing nine pound girl. "Shank"
is as proud as a young rooster with
his first spurs.
There was quite pleasant social
affair at the residence of /. K. Sol-/
omon last Saturday night in honor
of Mrs. David Cough, who withLeI
husband and two children took her :
departure for Corrolitas Mexico on
Monday. Mrs Cough and children
had been at Solomonville ever since
early in November, her children
being in attendance at school.
Mr. Cough came up from Mexico
about three weeks ago to attend to
some business affairs and to accom-
pany his family back to Mexico.
Misses Evelyn and Rosa Solomon
accompanied themas Tar as Bowie,
Assessor Michelena is now busy
listing Improperly of the taxpayers,
of the county. Pedro says that the
indications are that there will be
an increase this year in the taxable
wealth of the county.
There was "taffey" pulling at
the residence of Henry Tiff last J
Monday night in honor of Miss Al
lie Adams. The affair which was
very pleasant one was qnite M
erously attened.
The walks about the Court HI,
are being improved.
The new railroad depot is
completed and is neat and
sentable structure.
Joe Reaves and Misses Je
and Dollie Parks went to Sas
on Wednesday.
The Southern Pacific railroad
Company have force of men bor-
ing for coal with diamond drill
about eight miles above Solomon
vile near the Bowie ranch. An.
experienced geologist in charge
says that the indication of"a1
strongly to fine vein-of collar
thinks that it will extend
considerable scope ofcountry
work is being done on this s.
Gila river.
J. T. Fitzgerald and Mr. Fran
sart and wife took in theP Pnenix
celebration.
John Epley is now rustling forward
work on his ranch,
George. Olnev and Johnny Parks
left Tuesday with herd of cattle
for Clifton Il, dolivAr to the Afi-
aona Copper company for slaSssAt
District Clerk Adamsshas be
doing land Office buis . Y noss
stead and desert land As..-ss hi
been numerous during the
week. The time is not for dyss.A,
when ali the land in this valley
which can be enaered will be taken
up by actual settlers. The desire
for land as now manifested speaks
well for the future of old Graham
On and after the 18th day of :
April many locations will be made
on the Ft Thomas abandoned mill
tary reservation which will then be
subject to entery according toI no
tifcation ofthe U. S. Land Depart
ment.
Miss Cora O'Neiliss a',,-,rgAe'g
young lady of Ft Til
Miss Fannie Judia. b
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
VAioo Noia " NV<at
young lady of Ft TIL
Miss Fannie Judia. a

OaUpatn ScnOOI dt To b. 11nt(
meeting after morning ser
every other Sunday. We,
prayer meeting on Thursday.
p. m. nr0c
Practice for the Easter entertaiy
ment in the M. E. church has CO
menced. All those taking ps
enter heartily into the spirit off
program and promise of go
work is given. There will be
rehearsal tomorrow, before s
day school. q
Last Friday night social was.
held in the Methodist church, a
Stafford, for the purpose Of bring
ing the people tosether in ,ial
unity. The willing
church, who acted
of a ladies aid soci
casion, were instr
ing about its
The exercises we
song of welcome
the Sabbeth sci
interesting pro
tions, etc
the even
a variet
proceed
be used
for the
All thr
and tn
of its
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
TERRITORIAL.
Clipped and Condensed From Late
Exchanges.
PASSING EVENTS OF THE wEEB

HappenfnRs THROUGHOUT the Territory Eu-
tied With the Scissors.
One of the most delightful trips
in. summer after the completion of
the North and South road will be
to the Grand Canyon of the Colo
RADIO. 1t will be accessible to res
idents of southern Arizona in al
most a bee line, and the expense
will be very light.-Prospector.
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16
RRsr R0wIE and PIMA.

B. Fonda,
Justice of the Peace,
sAFFO1D. ARIZONA
pecial attention given to collections
ater rights bought and sold.
[raws deeds contracts and all kinds of legal
papers. Titles examined and abstracts fur
nished.
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16


the North and South road will be
to the Grand Canyon of the Colo
RADIO. 1t will be accessible to res
idents of southern Arizona in al
most bee line, and the expense
will be very light.-Prospector.
-)o(-
A scene was enacted at the depot
this morning on the departure of
the east bound passenger train
bearing the Indians and squaws to
their eastern home. The friends
and relatives of the Indians assem-
bled on the depot platform to see
them off. One of the Indians har-
rangued the crowd and the squaws
wept SO copiously that the officials
feared that the track would wash
away.-Mohdue Miner.
-)o(-
A total eclipse of the moon oc-
cured lastSunday evening the moon
entering the shadow about six and
coming out at halfpast ten. There
are four more eclipses to occur this
year. A partial eclipse of the sun
on March 25th, invisible in the
United States, except the eastern
portion of Maine. A partial eclipse
ofthe run on August goth invisible
in the y. S. A total eclipse of the
moon on Sept 8, visible to all parts
of the United States, and partial
eclipse of the sun on Sept. l8, Wis
ible in the United ates.-Prospector
-)o(-
When the citizens of Phenix
arose on Sunday morning trans
formation had taken place. Thous-
ands of flags of all nations were
futtering in the breeze which blew
briskly from the gulf. They were
flags of all nations. There
was the harp of Erin on a green
field and the cross of St. George in
the corner of great blood-red
banner. China's dragon was con-
spicuous figure, and the beautiful
tri-color of the French Republic
was exceeded in beauty only by
the graceful folds of long and broad
American banners suspended from
every prominent street corner.
Most of these decorations had add
ed to the gloy of the worlds fair
and represent an outlay of $4,000.
Private decorations were hardly
less grand and in many instances
unique. Some were in the shape
of trades displays and others con-
sisted ofpalms and other semi-trop-
ical vegetation of the valley. Over
many door golden eagle err
mounted fan-shape display of nat
ional colors. Long lines of bal
comics were faced with bunting and
windows and inches in walls were
ornamented with shields of stars up
on red and white of azure.-Phenir
Republican
Graham guardian., 1895-03-16

I. Jones,
District Attorney,
0NT1LLE, ARIZONA
In all Federal and Territorial Courts
law business conducted and special
given ito Water Rights, Land and
siness.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
Estate OF WASHINGTON, for San
Juan County.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
ASTATE OF WASHINGTON, for San
Juan County.
In the matter of the estate OF Samuel
Trueworty, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that George w.
Woolard, administrator of the estate OF
Samuel Truewothy, deceased, has render
ed and presented for allowance and set
Element, and filed in this Court, his final
account of his administration of said es-
tate and has asked and prayed to have
said account examined, allowed and set
tied, and has also aske ed for an order for
his discharge as such administrator and
for an ordera nd judgment Of this Court
assigning the residue of said estate to the
parties to whom it belongs according to
law; and Friday, the twenty-fifth day OF
October, A. D. 1895, at the hour OF ten
O'Clock A. NJ, at the Court house in the
town of Friday;Harhor, San Juan County,
State Of Washington, has been duly ap-
pointed by this Court, as the time and
place for the examination, allowance and
settlement of said account and for an
order and judgment Of the assignment of
said estate to the parties to whom it be-
longs according to law and for the dis
charge Of said administrator, at which
time and place any and all persons inter-
ested in said estate may appear and file
exceptions and objections to said account
and to the assignment of said estate and
contest the same.
Done September twenty-fourth A. d.
1895. JOHN r. VIM, Judge.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-07
THE JURY SYSTEM.

Two most notable examples of con-
spicious success of the jury system i'm
the trial and conviction of men charged
with the greatest of all crimes, have
occurred in the United States during
the past few days-the one on the At
lantic coast and the other on the Pa
cific. And fact that makes these in
stances especially noteworthy is that
the evidence in each case was purely
circumstantial. In San Francisco,
Theodore Durrant, a supposedly model
young man, medical student. of quiet
and gentlemanly demeanor and promi-
nent in church work, stands in the
shadow of the gallows, convicted, after
trial lasting more than three months,
of one of the most fiendish crimes in
the history of the west-the murder OF
a bright and handsome young girl in
the church where he was accustomed
to masquerade as Christian. And he
stands accused at the same time of the
equally horrid murder of another young
girl in the same place, while the body
of his first victim still lay undiscovered
In the belfry obove the alter, where
Gods word was almost daily taught
In Philadelphia III. H. Holmes, man
of several aliases, formerly druggist
In Chicago and undoubtedly one of the
most remarkable criminals of the
century, stands convicted of one of the
many murders of which he is accused
men. women and little children being
numbered among his victims. In each
case the absence of doubt in the minds
OF the jurimen was evidenced by the
fact that but single ballot was neces-
saryto determine the result We hear a
great deal about the weakness of the
jury system and it is a common thing
TO hold It responsible for the many
miscarriages Of justice which ought
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rather to be attributed to the manner
in which the system is applied than to
the system itself. 1t is clearly ques-
ton not of use but abuse. Discussing
this subject shortly after the notorious
failures to convict in the New Orleans
Malta cases, the Providence Journal
said. what is as true now as 1t was
then. that: "The mistakes of men,
the limitations of human wisdom and
the errors of human judgment are OF
course unavoidable. Absolutely cor
rect verdicts cannot be always assured.
We are exceedingly careless, as rule,
in the important matter of jury quail
fications and even perversely wrong
in such standards of fitness as we DO
attempt to apply. The talesnen are
too often chosen indiscriminately from
the general body of voters or taxpay-
ers, as the case may be, and with little
or no regard to their personal qua'ifica-
tons for the delicate and difficult task
before llleIII. TOliO"iitS tlloU iCCnASoo
rule we can have no guarantee, of
course, that the men obtained will be
either upright or intelligent, of good
standing in the community or even
capable of understanding the English
language thoroughly. If, by good for
tune, reputable and competent men
happen to be drawn for jury service
under that plan they will most likely
be the very ones who will shirk the
duty in every possible way and, all ex-
cuses falling, will even pay the fine for
neglect and turn over their duty to
some less fit hanger-on in the court
room who is waiting for the chance
and it's small reward. This remissness
of the better classes of business and
professional men in the performance
of a plain public duty is one of the
main causes why our jury system does
not work better"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-07
In last weeks issue, The ISLANDER

In last weeks issue, THE ISLANDER
speaking of the Straub case, stated that
prosecuting Attorney w. H. Thacker
admitted that he had little knowledge
Of criminal cases." The lines should
have read that "Mr. Thacker admitted
that he had bad little practice in crimi-
cases under the code procedure"
This is an error The ISLANDER is
pleased to correct in justice to Mr..
rhacker, whose practice, until he came
to San Juan county, has always been
under the old common law of Illinois,
where he acte as assistant prosecuting
attorney of Cass county for ten consec-
utive years previous to his coming here,
and effective work i'm the Straub case
certainly shows that he thoroughly UNI
derstands his business.