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Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
POTATO PATCH PINGREE.
Remarkable Political Career of Michi-
 gan's New Governor.

In chatty conversation with W. A. Mcdonald, a guest of the Commercial hotel from Detroit, Mich, capital from which city has important investments in this valley, he said the handsome metropolis of the Wolverine state has grown wonderfully during the latter years.
 "A remarkable feature of Detroit s municipal life," said MT. Mcdonald, "has been the political career of Hazen s. Pingree, elected governor of Michi- gan at the late election. A few years ago an unknown figure in politics, his name is now one of National promi- hence. MT. Pingree is of the firm of Pingree & Smith, wholesale boot and shoe dealers He has thrice been elected mayor of Detroit, and his atti- tude toward corporations has earned him the sobriquet, The Corporation fighting Mayor Pingree has made life burden for bOodlers. During his ad- ministration an investigation was started which sent one school inspector to states prison and another to sui cide's grave He was the projector o1 the famous potato poor farm idea, the author of a three-cent car fare ordi- nance and numerous other reforms Even the aldermen are cultivating theil consciences under the aggressive pol icy of Mayor Pingree, who as governor may be expected to institute stil broader and possibly more surprising reforms looking to the welfare of thu people. He has been mentioned fo membership in President-elect McKin leys official family, being slated as deGrable man for the office of secre tary of agriculture, probably becaus of his large experience with potat farms and his intimate knowledge o agricultural matters generally
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
MUST BE EDUCATED.
What MT. Saint Thinks About the
 Irrigation Problem.

MT. J. E. Saint of Albuquerque, a prominent miner and cattleman, is staying at the Ford hotel. MT. Saint was the local secretary of the last ir- rigation congress which met at AL buquerque. He regards the work of the congress as of the utmost import ance. It is necessary, he contends, to educate the people of the country to the point where they will regard the irrigation idea as inseparable from any project to dispose of the public area yet unsettled. The country needs to know that there is no longer gov ernment land to be had outside of the arid belt and that with proper provis- ion for the storing of water now an- nually going to waste vast areas may be brought into use. The campaign of education begun years ago, is, in MT. Saints opinion, materially ad- vanced by the work of the irrigation congress.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
IN MEMORIAM.
Old Soldiers Want a Commemorativ
 Park at Vicksburg.

Old Soldiers Want a Commemorative
 Park at Vicksburg
 ST. LOUIS, Nov. 19.-After select ing Milwaukee as the next place of meeting, the twenty eighth annual ses- sion of the society of the Army of the Tennessee adjourned sine die today General Granville M. Dodge was elect ed president.
 Resolutions were adopted asking congress to pass bills appropriatine $50,O00 and s25, 5,O00 for the establish ment of a National park at Vicksburs to perpetuate the memory of the Union victory there. General J. s. Fullerton of the Army of the Cumberland, re- ported that the purchase of property for the Chicamauga park had finally been settled for about one-fourth O. what was originally demanded.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
BOOM IN COPPER.
W. A. Clark of the United Verde Has
 New Interests at Jerome.

w. A. Clark, the millionaire miner from Montana, and principal owner of the United Verde mines, is expected in Jerome shortly to inspect number of large copper properties on which he has secured options.
 Copper mining has taken on a boom since the election, the price having advanced inside of twelve hours from 10 per cent upward over what the quo tations were on election day.
 Two months ago Mr. Clark bought a property near Montana which is turn ing out to be the most wonderful gold mine in America. It cost only $200,- 900 and he has already shipped or blocked out more ore than will refund him the purchase price. Other prom ising gold properties are being worked in the same neighborhood.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
M'KINLEY TIMES ARE HERE.

Yesterday was the busiest Sunday on the Santa Fe for year, says the Kan sas City Journal of Monday. Eight extra crews were sent west last even ing to bring stock to Kansas City. Usually this road has about three days of rushing business during the week, but for the past two weeks it has been every day, Sunday included. They are hauling now on an average 200 cars per day.
 Mckinley times are here and the stock raisers are doing the business, '' said stockman from southern Kan SaS yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20

a microscopical examination of speci- mems of sputum furnished by Miss Bas- sett and find no tubercle bacilli.
 'ANCIL MARTIN, M. D.
 It is but fair to state that Miss Bas- sett is actuated by philanthropical con- alterations alone in carrying on the kindergarten. She gives her time and means to the work in the hope that the day is not far distant when the kindergarten idea will be firmly rooted in this city. Now that the plot against her is revealed, it is very likely that the people of Phoenix will flock to her support, and that her success will be much greater than she originally hoped for.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
DEATH ON THE BRAKEBEAM.
While Asleep a Tramp Meets a Hor-
 rible Fate.

A fatal accident occurred Wednesday night on the s. F., P. & P. road about fourteen miles south of Ash Fork. The accident happened on train No. 5, which arrived here yesterday morning at o'clock, the usual hour. None of the passengers or crew knew that on the downward trip a man had been killed.
 When the train left Ash Fork for Phoenix Wednesday night two tramps, unobserved by the train crew, boarded a freight car. One of the men rode on a brakebeam and the other took his chances in less risky place. About fourteen miles south of Ash Fork the man who was riding the brakebeam was heard by his companion to utter a piercing scream.
 Fearing that some accident had hap pened to his travelling companion the man who was clinging to the ladder of the car leaped from the train at the risk of his life. Although the train was going at good rate of speed he escaped with but few bruises. He recovered from the fall and walked back up the track. He had proceeded but short distance when he saw g prostrate form lying between the rails It was the remains of his companion horribly mangled, the head hanging by shreds to the body. The mutilatet form was picked up and laid outside of the rails and the survivor walked to Rock Butte and notified the op orator, who telegraphed to Prescott.
 The remains were picked up by tht northbound train early yesterda! morning and taken to Ash Fork, where an inquest was held.
 The companion of the dead ma1 when questioned said he could not ac count for the accident except that thu man, whose name he said was John son, had gone to sleep on the brake beam and fallen under the wheels.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20

T. A. Riordan and F. w. Sisson, young Flagstaff business men of enter prise and sterling worth, saw The Re- publican typesetting machine in opera tion last night. Messrs Riordan and Sisson left for home this morning, hav- ing passed a pleasant period of recrea- tion in the capital city,.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
LOST 800 MEN.

MADRID, Nov. 19.-An official dis patch from Manila says the insurgents have been defeated in engagements with the Spanish troops fought at rSanta Cruz and Angrat, the enemy los ing 800 men killed and the government loss being slight.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20

THE WAY TO CURE catarrh is to purify the blood, and the surest, safest, best way to purify the blood is by talk ing Hoods Sarsaparilla, the One True Blood Purifier.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20
S. P. OFFICIAL ILL.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1s.-GeneraI Passenger Agent T. H. Goodman of the Southern Pacific left for Los An geles today. MT. Goodman is seriously ill and his stay is indefinite.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-20

HOODS PILLS are prompt, efficient always reliable, easy to take, easy t, operate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1896.

was all bad. On the contrary the impress
sion gained by following the investigation
day by day is that the fundamental trouble
has ariser om inexperience, incompe-
tence, and an attempt to run the institu-
tion on a poor-house basis, rather than
from any animus of cruelty or brutality
So far as the existence or continuance of
abuses is concerned the state board of su-
pervisors must bear share of the respons-
bility, for members of the board practical
ly confessed in their testimony that they
had performed their duties in perfuncto-
ry manner, and not in the Independent
and painstaking way which the Law clear
ly contemplates.
The trouble lies with the fundamental
idea upon which the Waterbury asylum
was established-that of taking care of
the states insane at the smallest possible
cost in dollars and cents for the first con-
sideration. This was a backward step at
least fifty years long in the care of the in
sane, and the state is already paying dear
ly for it in damaged reputation and in mon
ey.
Confidence in the institution can never
be established until there has been a COM
plete change in the management, with a
carefully-educated, well-experienced man
at the head, and with politics and person
al favortism absolutely eliminated as con-
trolling influences. The best modern and
scientific methods, such as are used in our
neighboring states of New Hampshire,
Massachusetts and New York, will have
to be adopted in the care of the inmates,
and the state will have to learn that the
main question is not whether its insane
people can be taken care of at $1.75 or
$3.50 week, but how much can be done
to ameliorate their condition or to make
their recovery possible.
And the state will also have to learn
that all this costs money, and that it can't
be done with any cheap or aspiring man or
men that it happens to pick up here OF
there.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
The Defendant Wins in the Marlboro
south Pond Case.

The Marlboro South pond case has been
''tried out" on questions of fact in the
Windham county court this week, and the
result, on Thursday morning, was a YER
dict by the jury adverse to the claims of
the New England Trout and Salmon club
and in favor of the defendant, George
Mather, whom the club prosecuted for
trespass as test case. When the supreme
court decision was rendered last spring, de-
fining what is meant in law by "boatable"
waters, and remanding the case to the
county court, it was supposed by many
that this was practically the end of the
case and that the decision was, in effect,
adverse to the defendant. But this was
because the scope of the decision was not
understood. The supreme court simply
defined what is meant by boatable waters
and then left 1t for the county court to find
whether, as matter of fact, the waters Of
Marlboro South pond come under that
term.
Stated in the briefest terms, the court
said that boatable waters are waters that
are capable of being used for purposes of
commerce and transportation; and the
court added, significantly, that the ease
ment extends to purposes of pleasure as
well, the same as the easement of high
way. 1t is not necessary that a stream or
body of water should be in actual use for
BILE water. The question is whether the
water possesses the capacity for such use.
When the case came up for new trial
in the county court last week, under this
decision and definition, the plaintiff club
attempted first of all to show private own
ership of the pond, setting up three sepa-
rate claims to this effect, the purpose being
to prove the defendant trespasser under
that part of the supreme courts decision
which holds that the defendant could not
lawfully cross the plaintiffs land to reach
the pond, against the owners will, section
81 of the fish and game law of 1892 to the
contrary notwithstanding. But, as against
either one of these claims of the plaintiff,
the facts as found by the jury that the
South pond is a boatable water, within the
supreme courts definition, and that the
defendant passed over public right of way
when he crossed the plaintiff clubs land to
reach the pond, were sufficient answer.
The defendant had no difficulty, appar-
emily, in convincing the jury that the South
pond is boatable water, for it was shown
that its size, and its depth of Is to 80 feet,
give it the necessary capacity; it has been
used for boating purposes from time imme-
mortal; it has been used for rafting or
floating logs; and the plaintiff club itself
testified to having sailed upon the pond a
boat capable of carrying 20 people.
Exceptions were taken by the plaintiff,
but it is not easy to see how any new issue
or question of fact can be raised upon
which jury could be expected to render a
different verdict.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
The DingIey Revenue Bill.

The Dingley bill, with regard to the pos
sible enactment of which at the coming
session of Congress there is so much con-
lecture, went through the House last win
ter, but was hung up in the Senate through
the union of several of the "Silver Repub-
licans" from the small states of the far
West with the Democrats, these Republican
obstructionists boldly declaring that no
tariff or revenue legislation should be en-
acted which did not carry with it the free
coinage of silver, or some broad concession
to the silver interest The bill was framed
by the House ways and means committee,
of which Mr.. Dingley of Maine is the chair
man. The treasury needed more revenue,
and the President and Secretary Carlisle
appealed to Congress for help to tide the
country over the emergency which existed.
This bill was the response to the appeal.
Although it is Republican measure the
chief purpose OF the Dingley bill is revenue
and not protection. Briefly stated, the
bill puts duty on wool and its manufac t.
ures, and on lumber, of 60 per cent of the
rate imposed by the Mckinley act Of 1890,
and makes horizontal advance of 10 per
cent on all the other duties in the Wilson
law of 1894 The bill stipulates, however,
that the increased duty shall not exceed
the rate under the Mckinley law, and pro-
vides that where the duties under the Will e
son act are higher than under its predeces-
sor, they shall not be increased. 1t is esti-
mated that this measure would yield an in
crease of s4O,OOO,OOO or S5O,OO0,OO0 of
revenue.
1t is urged with much force that the best
possible policy for the Democratic senators
would be to unite with the Republicans in
the passage of this bill. To pass it would
involve the sacrifice of no princil on
their part, since it is a measure for re hue
and not for tariff or protection. Its e. Ct
ment would prevent the calling of special
session of Congress. 1t would set the busi-
ness interests of the country at rest, pre-
vent the overlooking of the American
market with foreign goods, and stave off
for at least year the overhauling of the
whole tariff question which would be
pretty sure 10 come if a special session
were called.
What President Cleveland would do
were the bill to reach him can only be
matter for conjecture. 1t would seem
that he might at least do with it what he
did with the Wilson bill-let it become a
law without his signature. He would not
stultify himself or his principles in doin 6
this, and he would know that it would be
the means of averting, for year at least,
the enactment of more radical legislation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
The Waterbury Asylum Scandal.

The evidence in the Waterbury asylum
investigation was finished last Saturday
with the expert testimony given by DR.. S.
Z. Lawton, the Brattleboro Retreat super
intendent. Argument in defence of DIR.
Giddings was made Monday evening, and
the committee now has the case in its
hands to make up its report. A large
amount of evidence was taken, and care
full summary of all the important facts has
been given in our columns. There is no
occasion for making up a verdict on any
specific point before the hnding of the COM
mittee is announced, but it is entirely with
in bounds to say that state of things has
been disclosed which creates grave public
scandal and, casts reproach on the good
name of the state. All the old horror of
an insane asylum, which so many people
instnctively feel, has been aroused anew,
and at the best it will be a long time before
full confidence can be restored.
There appears to be no doubt, stating
the case in the mildest terms, that both
! the superintendent and the attendants have
shown temper in dealing with refractory
inmates, that the quality of the food has
sometimes been at fault, and that violent
women have been confined, naked, in base
ment rooms with cement floors. There
has been no adequate refutal of the charge
that the carcass of badly diseased ami
NAL was once allowed to be served
for food, and the evidence points strongly
to the fact that man patient died soon
after being pounded" by his attendants.
But we have no idea that the management
or treatment of these unfortunate people
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
The Next House.

The Republican congressional campaign
committee estimate that the complexion of
the next House will stand politically POT
Republicans, 157 Democrats and Is Popu-
lists. 1t is said that 204 votes are against
free silver and 155 are for it. OF the Re
pubicans only six are free coinage men,
and of the Democrats only two are sound
money men. The delegations from South
Dakota and Wyoming are not included in
this estimate. Returns from those states
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
SIberIa's Railway.

There is soon to be a new country to
visit and a new way of going round the
world. 1t seems only the other day hat
Jules Verne's man went round in eighty
days, and thought it considerable feat
The record for circumnavigation is now
sixty-six days, or thereabouts. Baron
Hilkoff, the combination of American me-
chanic and Russian prince, who was in
this country recently, said that when the
railroad across Siberia is finished, which,
he thinks, will be in four or five years, the
time of getting around will be cut in two,
and from thirty to thirty-th three days will
suffice for it. He allows ten days to cross
Siberia from st. Petersburg, ten days from
Vladivostok to San Francisco, and thirteen
days from there to St. Petersburg again.
Early In the next century, then, the tired
American may turn his face eastward when
he starts on his months vacation, and
keep 1t turned that way until he gets home,
just about in time to resume his work.
-Hdrper's Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
The Prospect for An Extra Session OF
Congress.

Gen. W. W Grout, who was in Wash
ington Monday, on his way to Leave en-
worth, Kan, where he is to act as chair
man of the special congressional commit
tee to investigate the alleged abuses at the
Soldiers Home, stated to the Boston Jour
nal correspondent that he believed that a
special session of Congress would be called
Immediately after the Inauguration of a
Republican president. Its work ought all
to be done by June. There is no use in
wasting much time over the Dingley b i'll
this winter because, even if it could be
passed by the Senate President Cleveland
would probably veto it, The wool schedul e
alone would be enough to assure its fate.
He thinks there is no question but that the
silver Republicans in the Senate will as =
gress. The silver Republicans are pro-
tectionists and by holding aloof they would
alienate themselves from the men who will
be in power for the next four years, and
sacrifice their chances for controlling the
patronage, which in the far western states
is a matter of great Importance. Senator
Aldrich of Rhode Island agrees with Gen.
CIRCUITS opinion that it will be useless to
try to enact tariff legislation at the coming
session. On the other hand several Re-
publican congressman express the belief
that the silver Republicans will realize that
nothing can be gained by further tactics of
obstruction, and that it will therefore be
possible to take up the Dingley bill and
pass il,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20

The revival OF business continues and
has reached proportions which are almost
phenomenal. Instead of the gradual i'm
provement and slowly returning confidence,
which it was believed would follow Nc
Kinley's election, there has come a sud-
den transformation, taking the country
over, which is marvellous. This is good
news for everybody, and it is time to feel
cheerful and courageous. But it is also
we'll to let grain Of prudence run through
future calculations. 1t will be something
more than marvel If the whole business
machine of the country gets into perma-
nent gear without now and then hitch,
and stop for adjustment of some of the
parts. With so many industries starting
up, and each concern anxious to do its
full share of business, there is pretty sure
to be er-production-or, rather, produc-
tion which may have TO wait for the pur-
chasing power of the people to catch up.
Increased importation of foreign goods will
also have an important influence. We are
going to have prosperity for the next four
years, but it may not all come in one big,
unadulterated portion. The essential thing
is the confidence which everybody feels
that, instead of growing worse, busin, IS
will grow better, and in due time we shall
all get the benefit Of the improvement.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20

A Washington correspondent claims to
have ferreted out facts in Nebraska the
week before the election which show that
Bryan's nomination at Chicago was no ac-
cident, but that it was the result of work
and wire pulling which had been going on
for many months. When the convention
met the word was passed around, the "old
stagers" were given the go by, and when
Bryan took the platform to deliver his ia
nous speech che knew that he was not
expected to make a logical argument for
silver but brilliant explosion of oratori-
cal fireworks for the express purpose of
capturing the crowd, and when he sat
down he knew that the die had been
thrown, that the nomination was within
his grasp and with it the possibility of the
presidency itself"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
Gbe Uermumt 9bemis.
BRATTLEBoRO:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1896.

The writer of the "Seen and Heard'
column in the Boston Record represents
George Fred Williams as realizing that he
has arrived at the supreme crisis of his
life and hesitating between two alterna-
tives. 81 don't know" he is represented as
saying, "whether ought to settle down
to the practice of the law and take the
leadership of the Boston bar, to which my
attainments and conceded eloquence nat
urally entitle me, or whether 1 ought to
continue in the work Of reform and be-
come the leader of the great party of the
future!" We fear the Record man is hav-
ing fun with Mr.. Williams.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20
moody,s New RIbIe class.

Dwight L. Ody, the famous evangel-
ist, has made contract with The Ladies'
Home Journal, by which he will conduct
in that magazine a series of popular Bible
studies in the form of great national BIZ
BILE lass. 1t will be made into a regular
and permanent department of the Journal,
and is TO be known as "Mr. Moody's Bible
class " The evangelist will personally
lead his unique Bible class each month in
the exposition of some of the vital Bible
truths.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-11-20

have not been received, but it is supposed
that South Dakota will send the Republi-
can candidates and Wyoming the Demo-
cratic. Not one of the eleven members of
the majority of the ways and means com
mittee failed of reelection, while of the
six members of the minority, two were
not returned, Turner of Georgia, and Cobb
of Missouri. The minority also lost its
leader, ex-Speaker Crisp, by death, but he
was not candidate for reelection.