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The oasis., 1895-12-14

small silver of steel flew from one of the drills on the anvil and lodged in his right eye, causing severe and painful injury. As the other eye is affected by a cataract he is nearly blind and can see only to get around. He went immediately to Guaymas, but the medical treatment he could get there seemed to do him no good. So on Monday of the present week he left Guaymas, and was at NOgales Tuesday morning, en route to San Francisco for treatment by an oculist. His many friends hope his sight may be restored.
 Prospectors from New York City, who recently visited the state of So- nora found there large crop of ripe oranges of good size and color, which could be shipped to arrive in that mar keta bout the usual time of the arrival of the first invoices of Florida oranges. The Mexican crop has hitherto been consumed west of the Mississippi river but it seems this year to be almost wholly under the control of few large fruit firms in Baltimore and Kansas City, who were among the earliest seekers for oranges in Sonora, so it is doubtful if more than 50,0O0 or 50, GOO boxes will be available for that market. Sonora oranges are better than those of Jalisco. An invoice of Mexican oranges was sold in Chicago few days ago for from s3.l5 to s3.55 a box, which are considered high prices for this time of year, and are equal to two cents an orange at wholesale.
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Whole No. I35.
A Crowded House

Will greet the dramatic aggregation on the rising of the curtain at the NOgales opera house this evening, and the audience will be presented an ef- fective and careful rendition of a very striking and interesting play. As stated last week the work of prepar- ation has been long in hand and has been prosecuted with much care and at great pains. No one should fail to attend. Following is the
 CAST OF CHARACTERS. WALTER HASTINGS, Ia young attorney
 FRED HERRERA. JOSEPH BENNINGTON, lwho weaves the
 web JAS. B. MIX. HARRY FALCoNER, Ia young Vir-
 ginianl MARSHALL BIRD. UNCLE ToBEY, Ia Virginia planter)
 VIM YoUNG. MR. PARKHURsT, Ia leading lawyer
 E. J. PELLEGRIN. MOSES, Slightly tanned k. J. PELLE-
 GRIN. TIM, Ia son of Erin WILLIAM EKEY. BERTHA DANvERs, tan orphan) Mss
 EMMA WALKER. LOUISE FALCoNER, Walters sweet
 heart) Mss ADA EKEy. AUNT JUDY, who falls asleepl Mss
 ANNIE HANNAH. Soldiers, guards, etc.
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Of Public Interest.

The following from Adjutant Gen. eral Schwartz to the commanding officer of Co. G., is of public interest sufficient to require publication;
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 Office of Adjutdnt General.
 Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 5, 1895. / CAPTAIN ALLEN T. BIRD,
 Commanding Co. G., First Infantry,
 NogaleS, Arizona. Sir:-You will please, if you are car rying any enlisted men on your com pany roll that have left the station of the company, or who are members of the company only for the purpose of escaping jury duty, or who do not and will not attend drill, make out their discharges giving the reason for the same. I do not wish to carry any dead wood on my annual return this year. Respectfully Yours
 ED. SCHWARTZ,
 Ajutant General. In connection with the above it is proper to state that there is grow ing interest in the affairs of Company G., and that while a number will be discharged in accordance with the foregoing the company commands sufficient material (who have signitied an intention of taking hold with will to make the organization capable, efficient and well drilled-and at the same time away above the minimum in numbers.
 Nogales is one of the most important points in the territory for location of a company of militia, and those having the interest of the town and territory at heart will not let the matter flag. MT. W. T. Boyd of Denver, Cobra do, grand secretary of the A. O. b. w. was registered at the Montezuma Thursday.
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News Notions and Novelties.

Spanish and English Interpreters and Dictionaries, Mexican Mining and Stamp Laws, Sonora and Mexico Maps, Opals, Filigree Silver, Drawn, Linen and Souvenir Spoons, Maga zines, Blank Books and Stationery, Pocket Cutlery, Smokers Articles, Toilet Goods, etc., etc.
 SONORA NEWS COMPANY.
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MORALES NOTES.
A CoIlcction of Items and Personals Gath
 cred About Town.

cEGu hDoat
 THE OASIS has handsome asssort- ment of "Feliz aflo nuevo" cards.
 Miss Jessie Saunders, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. D. A. Saunders is very Electrically so.
 Mir R. Johnson, master mechanic of the Sonora railway was up from Guaymas yesterday.
 George B. Marsh is making for La Nina MexicaDa four 5000 gallon water tanks of galvanized iron.
 Next week Professor Hendricks will go te Prescott to attend the territo- rial teachers association.
 Fleischer Brothers, at the Boston Clothing House, present bewildering array of fine Christmas goods.
 Thursday evening Mrs. Kiel, mother of Ferd Kiel of Wells, Fargo & Co.,, arrived from Tucson to visit her son.
 Ladies shoes, gents shoes, and children's shoes in great variety, and at prices which beat the lowest, at the Red House-R Vasquez.
 Monday John Maloney came in from Gro Blanco. He reports that he has four feet ledge of carbonate ore in one of the mines in his Homestake group.
 Those who have been over to Orc Blanco lately report that Harts new mill is rapidly approaching comple- tion, and there is plenty of water be- hind the dam.
 In the district court at Tucson early this week Ricardo Fleischer was made full fledged citizen of the United States and is now entitled to all the rights and privileges thereby con veyed.
 Ben Goldsmith and Doc Rosenberg are taking orders for handsome crayon portraits which are remarkably cheap. Many orders they have already filled, and the work delivered is very lifelike and of excellent finish.
 Mir. Abbot has prepared to live well at his Santa Rosalia mines in the dis trict of Arizpe. He took with him d large and varied supply of provisions and a negro cook who came with Mir. A. all the way from Sacramento.
 At the Montezuma hotel MT. Strick- Ter. from Merced, California, has opened a new barber shop. He is of thirty years experience and his patrons can rest assured of the best service everything neat, clean and wholesome, and the most delft and tender handl- ing.
 Thursday evening Messrs. Moses Wiley and J. M. Bogart of Texas, whose visit at Nogales was noted about a month ago, returned from an extended trip through the Arizpe district of Sonora. Mir. Bogart will return to Texas, while Mir. Wiley will remain at Nogales for time.
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The object of the visit to Nogales of Grand Recorder Boyd of the A. o. U. W. is the institution here of lodge of Workmen, and at the hour THE OASIS is at press Friday evening" the work is being done. Preliminaries have been in hand some months, and the new lodge starts off with some twenty five charter members.
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Wednesday Paymaster Culloden Of the Sonora and New Mexico & Arizo- na railways came up from Guaymas, and has been at Nogales several days.
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SONORA SETTINGS.
A Collection of Happenings In the State
 Over the Line.

At Herm0sillo Wednesday or last week, some unknown person broke one of the postoiiice boxes.
 A subscription for monument for the deceased General Serna, has been started at Hermosillo by Fl Monitor.
 Colonel Romero, the famous Mex ican duelist who killed Verastegui, has been released under the operation of the dnelist amnesty law.
 Many Texas farmers are looking out for good farming and fruit lands in Mexico, and some are moving down into that republic with their families.
 Those who know predict that in the future the Arizpe and Ures districts will turn out some world beaters in the way of richly producing gold mines.
 Tuesday of the present week Mir. k. H. Webster of Guaymas, formerly of Nogales, was at Puerto sampling a shipment of ore which went forward from that place.
 This week Mir. J. E. Storman and associates shipped from their mine near Santa Ana three carloads of high grade ore which asssyed two and one- half ounces in gold per ton, eighty-hve ounces in silver and thirty per cent lead.
 El Progreso de Altar states that re- cent explorations in the immediate vicinlty of the principal mines at San Antonio have resulted in discovery of several rich gold ledges which have at- tracted the attention of prospectors and miners in that region.
 On the 18th or 20th instant Gov ernor Corral, Secretary Ortiz and other distinguished residents of Her mosillo will go to Alamos to partici- pate in the ceremony of inaugurating the recently constructed works to supply that city with water.
 Fl Trafico states that Manager Naugle of the Sonora railway is ar- ranging to put on fast train early in January which will make the run from Guaymas to Nogales in twelve hours; and passengers from Guaymas to the City of Mexico can make the trip in three days and three hours.
 The Colorado mine of Mills and Strom, in the jurisdiction of Horca- cItas, district of tres, continues to yield handsome returns in gold bull lion. The fortunate owners have big proposition which is destined to become one of the great mines of So- nora. And the surrounding region will eventually make stir in the min ing world.
 In the Soledad mine near Santa Ana, Messrs. Duran S Morales employ more than one hundred men in extrac- tion of ore. They are having some difficulty with water in the lower workings, but will shortly put in large pump which will easily handle the flow and remove the trouble. The ledge is very strong, and the ore runs about four hundred ounces in silver and forty per cent lead.
 At the Colorado mine in the Ures district, near Horcacitas, on the 3Oth ut. MT. Lawrence Strom met with a slight though serious accident which may result in the loss of his eyesight. He was standing near a forge where some men were sharpening drills. A
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E3ERY tIme THE OAsIs Slams th,

EVERY time HE OASIS slams the custom house gang they immediately charge some innocent party with carrying information. None of the men they accuse has ever given this paper any information. But the fact is that the outfit is so detested and hated by everybody in Nogales that more than a score of good citizens are continually hunting evidence of their incapacity, which they frequently find and straightway bring to THE OASIS.
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Word from Gro Blanco conveys the intelligence that about ten days ago man named Green going from Nogales to Orc Blanco on the old Began trail discovered a largeledge not far from Bear Valley. Ore from the croppings assays 800 ounces in silver and $50 in gold. The ore is decomposed rock which would be taken by most men to be worthless. MT. Barclay, the min ing operator, has taken share in the property with MT. Green and will sup ply the means for it's development.
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Mir. W. T. Boyd of Denver, Cobra do, grand secretary of the A. O. U. w. was registered at the Montezuma Thursday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-11
[SneclaI to The He-aId.f

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10.-P.
H. Lannan, who held Salisbury's proxy
in the national committee meeting to-
day, said tonight:
L withdrew Utah because 1 found
there were not more than six members
who would support us, and knew that
Salt Lake would only injure San Fran
cisco, and that we would be held re-
sponsibIe if defeat should come"
Mr.. Lannan arrived only in time to
withdraw Utah.
Frank Cannon did nothing.
Trumbo was the only man who did
any rustling.
1--WE were beaten by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad" he said tonight. Tt
wanted to haul those who went to the
convention, and favored Pittsburg,
Chicago or st. Louis. but was dead set
against the west. Railroads and tele-
graph companies were too much for
u.s."
The assistant secretary of the inter-
Tor has affirmed tine decision of the
commissioner in the case of Wilmer
w. Miller, who filed application for
leave of absence from the Salt Lake
city district. on the ground that he
had not established residence at the
time.
Miss j. Benford was appointed tenn
porary natron and Kate Lister teach
er at the Ouray boarding school, Vim
tah agency.
Seroeant William ResseI1 at Fort
Grant, Arizona, has been ordered to
relieve Sergeant Myers as government
telegraph operator at Brock, Utah.
Myers will go to Fort Grant.
Pension-Joseph o. Mozart, Mont
pelier.
Patent-James Smith, Granite cam
yon, wyoming; sickle bar.
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dered and that the entire population.
consisting of $4,000 persons, had been
dispersed to the hills.
Everywhere, it is added, there is
massacre, pillage, famine and fire at
work in externinating the Armenians
1t is also stated that fifty villages
around Sivas we've devastated by the
Turks, Bassouks, soldiers and gen
d armes, while the population fled and
wandered over the surrounding coun-
try.
Burned Alive.
The village of Andrias, it is further
stated, was attacked on October 90. A
number of the inhabitants were slain
and a number of old men, women and
children who sought refuge in the
church are said to have been burned
alive Only q few escaped to the noun
tains. The bugle Of the troops, it is
asserted, in this case was sounded for
the attack to begin and the soldiers
took part in the massacre which fol-
lowed
Rumars which have apparent foun-
dation in fact are current here of g.
wholesale conspiracy which may have
for its object the deposition Of the sui
tan 1t is known a number of promin-
ent ArmenianS here, and several mill
tary officers of high rank in the Turk
1sh army and navy have been closely
watched for months past, but in spite
of this they have succeeded in escap-
ing from the country. That the con-
spiracy was of most important ma
ture may be judged from the fact that
among the fugitives is the sultan's aid
de camp, Hassan DjeTni Pasha, who,
it is believed, was to have led the dis
affected of the imperial guards into the
palace and seize the sultan.
The report was circulated today that
the burning of the palace in which the
sultan entertained imperial guests was
of incendiary origin and intended for
signal fer a rising of the Armenians,
but there is absolutely nothing upon
which to base it,
No news has yet reached this city
from Ieitoun, which is still supposed
to be in the hands OF the Armenians.
The commission sent to estimate the
loss sustained by the American mis-
sionaries in the riots at Marash has
fixed the amount at 2,4OO. The conn
mittee investigating the damage to
American missionaries property at
Kharpoot has not yet reported
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-11

| HAVANA, Dec. 10.-According to
trustworthy information just received
here by the correspondent of the AS
ISOLATED Press the insurgents have
been making rapid progress through
I the province of Santa Clara since the
defeat of Colonel Fugara and Euger-
rio. The forces commended by Gomez,
Maceo, Roloff, Sanchez, Carrillo, Guer-
ra, Diaz and other insurgent leaders
have united and are now encamped at
Vajaca, about fifteen miles from
Placetas, an important town on the
road to Santa Clara and a point of
great strategic value in its relation to
the sea port of Caibern. From the
! fact that so many of the insurgent
leaders have cOucentrd ted their forces,
it is believed that Gomez and Maceo
have determined to risk a pitched bat
tie with the Spanish troops. The con-
centration of the inSurgent forces.
however, is exactly what General Cam
pos is said to have been praying for,
and with the coming of the reinforce
ments of troops from Spain, it now
seems certain that they will be able to
strike a decisive blow.
The BarbaStTo and Merida battalions
which arrived here yesterday from
Spain left Havana today for San Quin-
tin, and the Castillo battalion departs
tomorrow for Santa Clara.
In addition to 10000 troops which
are expected here towards the end Of
the month and the beginning of Janu-
airy. the Spanish government is al
ready completing the work of dispatch
ing 10000 more troops to Cuba.
General Luis Pando, who arrived
from Spain yesterday in command of a
division of the reinforcement of troops.
gave his impressions of the situation
today. He said:
81 believe that the war will soon be
finished. If this is not accomplished
within six months I will return to
Spain, confeSsing OUT impotence to re-
press the rebellion. I do not believe
that the United States would gain any
thing by recognizing Cuba, because it
would be the occasion of heavy expense
to the United States. Cuba. as an in
dependent power. would also be a
troublesome neighbor for the Yankees.
But under SPANS rule, after the OPEN
ing of the Nicaragua canal, would be
the worlds warehouse and would de-
rive great advantages from being on
good terms with the United States"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-11
WAS NEAR 1T
Within an Ace of Being Buried
Alive

SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Dec. 1O.-Fred
Markham. of this city, received a lefa
ter ten days ago stating that his moth
er had died in Battle Creek, Mich, as
the result of a railroad accident and
that the remains would be inferred be-
fore he could reach Battle Creek, where
he formerly resided. A few days later
he was astonished at receiving another
letter containing the information that
his mother was alive and would prob
ably recover. The letter further stated
that his mothers apparent death had
occurred when the first letter was writ
ten. Arrangements for the burial were
then under way, but while the funeral
services were in progress the minister,
relatives and congregation were horri
fed by sound from the coffin and
were almost paralyzed with surprise
when a moment later the coffin lid
was broken open and Mrs Markham
found to be alive. 1t appears that she
suffered from a conclusion of the brain
and for two days was unconscious.
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in A FEW DAYS.
FoRr7Y-FIFTH STATE SOON TO BE
AN ACTUALTTY.
WASHINGTON Dispatch States George
@. Cannon and Isaac Trumbo as
the Coming Senators.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1O.-A dispatch from
Washington, D. c., says:
The forty-fifth state of the union will
be an actually within a few days. Two
of the five Utah commissioners dele
gated to bear the vote for statehood
and the state constitution to the presi-
dent, Jerold Letcher and Hoyt Sher-
man. are due to arrive here,
AS soon as President Cleveland re-
turns to the city and he has examined
the documents he will issue his pro-
clamation declaring Utah a state.
One of the first important steps I'M
der the new state government will be
the assembling of the state legislature,
which will convene early in January
This legislature will elect two United
States senators-George O. Cannon,
Mormon, and Isaac H. Trumbo, Cen
tile.
Mr.. Cannon is the senior of that
name in Utah history and has from
the organization of the territorial gov
eminent been conspicuous in its aft
fairs
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(special to The Herald.)


PoCATELLo, Dec 1O.-sarah Bean,
% years of age, died last night at the
Pleasanton lodging house in this city,
from the effects of a dose of strych-
nine, containing three grains, taken
with suicidal intent last Saturday. She
left letter stating that she alone was
responsible for the deed, saying that
she had been out of employment and.
becoming respondent, concluded to end
her life. Her parents, who reside at
Mill Creek, Utah, were telegraphed to
this morning for disposition of the re-
mains.
If no reply is received tomorrow, the
unfortunate girl will be buried at the
county's expense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-11
FIRMANS GRANTED.
SULTAN HAS AT LAST YIELDED TO
THE DEMANDS.
A New Account of the Recent Hor-
rible Massacre at Bitiis-Every-
where There is Massacre, Pillage,
Famine and Fire.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 9.-Via
Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 10-[Copyrghted,
1895, by the Associated Press. 1.-The
long drawn out controversy between
the ambassadors Of the powers and the
sultan over the question Of admission
of additional guardships for the pro-
lection of the embassies was settled
at $40 o'clock this evening by the is
suance of an trade granting the neceS-
sary firmans 70 permit the guardships
to pass the Dardanelles. The demand
was first made upon the sultan on No
vember 10, and scarcely day has
passed since then without it's being re-
newed in a more or less peremptory
manner.
The ingenuity displayed by the Turk
ish government in evading a direct an
swer to the demand, or when forced to
answer the effective pleadings put
forth for delay, had almost brought the
mind of Europe to the conclusion that
the demand would never be complied
with Meantime days and weeks passed
by without any action and the condi-
ton Of things in Constantinocle that
brought out the demand has almost
passed The final triumph of the pow
ers in forcing a compliance with their
demands seems a, barren one, and the
long sought permission to double the
regular guardships for the embassies,
now that it is obtained, seems hardly
worth taking advantage of.
AT BitIis.
The following account has just been
received of the massacre at Bitlis on
October %:
The Turks, armed, assembled in the
mosque, and several others, dressed as
Armenians, fired pistols in the court
yard of the mosque of Outoudjami,
near the market place, in order to af-
ford a preteXt for the massacre.
The Turks raised cries of "Giours are
attacking the mosque" Then they
combined in an attack upon the mar
ket. The Armenian traders were mas
sacred, their shops looted and the mob
PLACED the Armenian quarters, killing
women and children.
The rioters were aided by the Kurd-
ish tribes of Madgan and Khouti. The
disturbances in the villages exceeded
in ferocity those in the town ITSELF
The villages were completely demo!-
ished
A report received here from Van
states that forty villages in that vicin-
ity have been devastated and plum
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The Times, Comment.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Times has an
editorial commenting upon the action of
the House of Representatives at Wash
ington relative to speeches made in Eng
land and Scotland on the policy of the
protection by United States Ambassador
Bayard, as follows:
Speeches such as those made by Mr..
Bayard would not be made by an Euro
pean diplomat. and even in Mr.. Bayard's
case they were rather surprising. Never
theless Impeachment seems a very dis
proportionate punishment for what, at
the worst, is an indiscretion.
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HEAP TALk.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1O.-Mfss
Mile Viola. formerly an actress but
now an aeronaut. says she has trav-
eled from Australia to the United
States for the purpose of going over
Niagara Falls in a. barrel. To make
the feat more difficult She says she
will have the barrel dropped from a
balloon. Miss Viola arrived on the
last steamer, but as she cannot go
over the falls until the ice melts. she
will complete her journey to Niagara
by easy stages.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-11
ROT1ENNESs ALLEGED,
Great Deal of Excitement Exists in
Kansas,

WICHITA. Kan, Dec. 1O-A dis
patch from Shawnee, o. T, says that a
great deal of excitement is prevailing
among the settlers of Lincoln county,
and that a committee of farmers is in
the court house investigating the books
to ascertain the cause of high taxes
and seeming extravaganza
Saturday last, according to agree
ment. four hundred farmers went to
the court house in a body and demand
ed the resignation of the county Off
GERS. The treasurer, it is alleged, re-
sponded bitterly to their request, and
the farmers became so violent that the
cool heads had all they could do to re-
strain the others from vengeance.
Lincoln is an interior county and
news is hard to get from there.