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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
Nervous

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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

A MEDAE of honor has just been awarded by the government to Conrad Schmidt, late first sergeant, troop K, Second cavalry, for most distinguished gallantry in action at Va, September 10, 1864, in voluntarily go- ing to the assistance of his rcgimeutal commander, whose horse had been killed under him in a charge near the enemy's line
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
A Noted Publtsher D.oa

NEW YORK, April o7.-George Munro. the noted publisher, dropped dead of heart failure at Pine Hill, in the Cat. skill mountains, whither he had gone to visit his country home Munro was porn 'n 1895. He started the Preside Companion in 1867 and the Seaside Library in 1877. He accumulated a fortune and in recent years contributed literally to educational and benevolent institutions
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

THE "Pingree svstem," planting vacant lots in cities to potatoes and other vegetables, which made a great deal of talk and in some localities worked well and in others did not work at all, ris'to be tried again in De- troit, Mich. this season. There seems to be no difficulty in securing the land
 in any city where there is disposition
 to test the -Pingree system" but con- sidera ule tUauble in finding the work
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

PROF. JOHN FIsKE predicts that a great religious revival will come sur passing even that of the 18th century, the era of great cathedral building. His theory is that a period of skeptic- ism is succeeded by one of faith.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

GEORGE "A. FISHER. of Chicago, claims to be the chicken-piclsing champion of America. and is anxious to meet Frank W. Gurner, of Passport, u, in con. test for any amount'up to 5000 Cur ner some time ago picked chicken clean in five seconds and is prepared to meet any man in the world. Fisher is said to have taken the feathers off 200 chickens in -J7 minutes.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

A REGENT dispatch from London said that the craze for bicycles was spread ing into the strangest corners of the earth, the ameer of Afghanistan hay. ing sent for a lot of English wheels for the use of the ladies of his harem.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
struggle.

IT was asserted that three distinct cases of smallpox had come under the eyes of the Detroit, Mich, health board, where the contagion had been communicated by means of paper money, and one of the members was going to endeavor to have the govern ment recall all paper money now in circulation.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

PRESIDENT GONPExs, of the Ameri. can Feperation of Labor, in m inter- view stated that the cight-hour move. ment was now paramount in the minds of labor leaders and that over half a million toilers would make the demand for shorter day on May I. and that most of them would get it without a Hfrupu1a
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
Unable to Form a Ministrv

PARIS, April 27-M. Sarrien, minis. ter of the interior ip the retiring Bourgeois cabinet, who had been sum. moned by President Faure to form 2 ministry, has finally informed Presi. dent Faure that he finds himself un able to form a conciliation cabinet
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
Agricultural B,ll Uns,p,oa.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-The presi. dent having failed to sign the agri. cultural appropriation bill within tbe ten day limit, it became a law at mid. night Saturday night without his an. provaL He was displeased with the spirit and purpose of some of the see. tions, but not sufficiently so as to veto it,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
A Maniac's Awful Deet,

ROCKVILLE, Ind, April 27. Mrs Easkie, her two children, Sheriff Null and Deputy Sheriff Swim have been killed by Peter Egbert, who is insane. The sheriff and his deputy lost their lives while trying to arrest Epbert. He afterwards sent load of buckshot into his own breast, dying instantly.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
Treasury Deficit for the Year.

WASHINGTON. April 27.-The treas. nry deficit for the present fiscal year will be approximately sa5, GOO, 900. This is the opinion of officials and others best qualified to make an intelligent estimate of the result of the fiscal operations of the year.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

THE Russian transsiberian railway will enable the traveller to go around the world at the little end" and great. ly shorten the distance of circumnavi. eation below any route now pursued. Persons who wish the credit of going round the world at the least possible expenditure of time and distance will only have to wait a short time.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

ACCORDING to the New York Sun 1s,- 900, Oo0 voters participated in the presi- dential election of 1892 and l2,500, GOO voters, it is computed, will take part in the presidential election this year.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
No Preferment for yeteran,

BOSTON, April aI-The supreme court has declared the veterans pre-. ference law unconstitutional Th;s law gave veterans, under certain limit. atlons, the first claim to all vacant offices in the city or state.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
Cured

Hoods Pills with Hoods Sarsaparilla, and they have done me much good. I will m, be without them. I have taken IS bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and through the bless. ing of God, it has cured me. Iworkel ne hard as ever the past summer and an thankful to say I am well. Hoods Pills when taken with Hoods Sarsaparilla hep very much" MRs. NJ. M. MESSENGER, Freehold, Penn
 This ard many other cures prove that
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

LI HUNG CHANG, the eminent Chinese viceroy, who has gone to Russia to at. tend the coronation of the cZar, took with him on his trip a caslset, in which he expects to be buried when he dies.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
EIY'S CREAM BALM

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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14
SAVING WASTED GOLD.

John E. Edman, ME-, OF Meadow Val
ley, this State, has issued a highly sug-
gestive little pamphlet entitled Studies
in Placer Mining in California 1t goes
to the subject OF the loss OF gold in hy-
draulic mining, the amount Of gold con-
tanned in hydraulic tailings and methods
for recovering it, and also that contained
in beach sand. He points out that the
great error in hydraulic mining has been
the attention paid to mechanical appliances
for the rapid handling of large quantities
OF material instead of careful inquiry into
the amount of loss or the possibility of
preventing it. Taking into account the
objections to hydraulic mining on the
tremendous scale of few years ago, his
suggestions are specially valuable.
Starting out with the assertion that this
waste gold can be economically recovered
from the tailings. he declares that the gold
remaining in the tailings runs from 10
cents to 81 cubic yard, and averages over
so cents, and that they can be worked for
10 cents cubic yard. More than that
double the usual amount can be taken
from original workings and the waste
product stored in dams more safely than
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14

Miss Lillian Apel, Michigan girl who made
a brilliant debut in Paris as a pianist last
month, announces her intention of celebrating
her triumph by spending the summer concert
izing in the West, though it is doubtful
whether her tour will extend to the Pacific
Coast. The young lady. who is only % years
OF age, is the daughter of Franz A. APPEL, di-
rector OF the Detroit School OF Music, and her
first master was her father. Three years ago
she directed her steps to Leschetizky, of Pad
erewski, Essipof and Fanny Bloomfield Zies-
ler fame. After three years study abroad she
decided to make her debut in Europe, and to
Judge from the comments of the French papers
her success in Paris was very marked. Miss
APPEL is described as handsome brunette OF
winning personality, ana she is said to be pos
sessed OF faculty for winning the friendship
OF every one with whom she comes in contact.
Was Moussorgski one of the greatest geniuses
OF the new Russian school OF music, or was he
simply misguided poet whose musical works
are without form and void? This is a ques ton
that's arousing considera BILE interest in French
musical circles. Moussorgski's works are only
just beginning to be known in Western Eu-
rope, and in this country they are practically
unknown. Pierre dAlheim, after holding
series of lectures on the Russian poet-com-
poser at the Teatre Mondain, in Paris, has
published a book called "Moussorgski" in
which he retraces the life and works of this
curious artist. LIE Menestrel, criticizing the
book, says: "Moussorgski, like BerlioZ, was
poet who made use of musical elements to ex-
press his ideas. His education, however, was
too incomplete for him TO be able to stamp
upon music the ideas he sought; he could not
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14
A DANGEROUS NUISANCE.

The Baden (San Mateo County, Enter
prise calls attention to a condition of
affairs that should give grave concern to
the San Francisco Board of Health.
Through the intelligent and energetic
efforts OF this body, the City for some time
has been undergoing thorough overhaul
ing, and many exceedingly valuable re-
forms have been instituted. But it cannot
operate beyond its jurisdiction. Accord
ing to our Baden contemporary. some OF
the dangerous nuisances which have been
suppressed in San Francisco have been
moved across the line into San Mateo
County, where they are beyond the reach
of the San Francisco authorities.
"These concerns" says the Enterprise,
"pick up wornout worthless animals, at
the trifiing cost of dollar or two per
head, and, in many instances, without
cost, which they slaughter, selling such
portions of the flesh as they fnd a market
for to chicken and hog ranches, the bones
to bone-dealers, the remainder being manu-
factured into fertilizers. which have com.
mercial value and find ready sale"
Our contemporary does not intimate
that any of this flesh is offered for sale in
the markets of San Francisco for human
consumption, as that would be unlikely in
view of the stringent market inspection in
vogue here. Still the mere fact that such
meat is for sale creates danger which
even the most painstaking inspection
might find it impossible to suppress.
Aside from that, however, our exchange
shows that the business is specially con-
ducive to the dissemination of infectious
diseases among animals fed with this
flesh. The assumption is perfectly ra-
tional. OF course, San Francisco is the
market for this entire product. 1t is next
to impossible to establish system of in
spection that shall protect the people from
the danger which this business represents.
The only remedy open is to secure the
cooperation of the San Mateo Board of
Supervisors. The Enterprise asserts that
the proprietor of one of these establish
ments has applied to that body for the
contract to remove all the amin ais found
dead on the highways of that county. AS
the factory is situated in the extreme
northern end of the county it will be i'm
possible to remove dead animals through
out the county before putrefaction has
made them noxious. 1t is difficult to
imagine the Supervisors granting any
such contract; but that should not pre-
vent our health officers from taking
prompt steps in the premises. Such a
contract would legaliZe dangerous indus
try and San Francisco would be the main
sufferer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14

man VINO, like general, was planning for the
utter routing of mis- enemies. He stood like a
powder through it all and never yielded or
reiaxed one jot nor little, and refused to enter
talh anything but square, honest fight for
rignt, and he has won and his victory is the
states victory and the Republican party's vic.
tory. Not a man in the honest wing oi the
party out delights TO do him honor.
Inc people were not sa tisfied with one honor,
Ihough great one indeed, go they made it a
uoupie-header by supplemenling the honor OF
an election (by the biggest vote cast as a
aeIegate at large and naming him as Cali
iornlas representative the Republican
Young.
II was very hard battle to fight, for combi-
hallons as unscrupulous as unholy were ar
rayed against him, one phalanx after another,
ana everything possible resorted to; cal
umnes cunnin gly invented, conceived in
sums and born in dark corners, were shot at
MIN by hidden foes, but all to no purpose.
Inc political bushwhackers and character as
sassinators met their David and like Goliath
they lost their head.
The work has been so neatly, so thoroughly
oone that IL brings out spontaneous burst of
applause for the man who accomplished it. 1t
SHOWS master and the mast terly hand of q
very shrewd man. The people are with him
and will stay with him, for they have weighed
MIN In the balances and he has not been found
wanting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14
LABOR AND PROTECTION.

No one is more interested in the tariff
question than the skilled workman. His
knowledge of his trade is his capital
1t Is to him what invested dollars are
to his employers, and he is prosper
Gus in ratio to the income he has op-
portunity to secure. If the knowledge of
the intricacies of his trade, which he spent
long apprenticeship to acquire, is to have
a value to him he must have demand for
1t that is not only compensatory, but is
continuous. If his capital, which is his
skill, is idle he receives no income from it,
whether it be enforced or voluntary idle
ness.
Idleness that is enforced by economic
and trade conditions that are the fruit of
events for which the country is blameless,
such as crop failure, a disease epidemic,
or war that is forced upon the Nation, is
attended by financial loss, but the basic
principle of labor valuation is not dis
turbed. 1t is merely suspension of de-
mand for the time. The capital of the
workingman is in no wise impaired. That
Is to say, its earning opportunity has been
temporarily lessened, but its value as the
basis for income is not deprecated perma-
nently.
But If the workingman's general govern
ment permits opportunity for the employ
ment of his skill to be not only lessened
by an outside competitor, but the rate of
compensation for its use lowered, the de-
probation in the value OF his knowledge of
his trade is made permanent, which in
turn obliges him to adjust his method OF
living to a very much lower basis OF ex-
&c IL,
who cannot see that such conditions would
force him to conform to a very much
lower standard of living than would war
or pestience or famine. The workingman
finds pleasure in the employment of his
skill when he receives enough for it to
stimulate him to independence of thought,
for it is independence of thought that
makes manly men, and the better opinion
one has of himself the further he is re-
moved from the position and requirements
OF mere cog in the wheel of social and
business life.
1t certainly follows, therefore, that our
skilled workingmen, and unskilled, too,
should take lively personal interest in
the approaching campaign for political
supremacy in the country. Upon the out
come of the November election depends
much. The Democratic party's theory of
government is that the labor markets of
the world should be open and free, and
that in the strife for employment it should
be the survival of those who bid the low
est. The Republican partys theory of
government is that the American labor
market should not only be protected
against foreign invasion, but that the
product of American labor should be pro-
tected against the competition of coun-
tries that debase labor by keeping their
wage schedules at a point where it be-
comes impossible for working people to
foster that independence of spirit which
inspires man to strive to own his
home. In large degree if not altogether
the question of whether this country shall
or shall not protect our working people is
for our working people themselves to de-
| termine
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14
PERSONAL.

u. vincent. business man of Papeete, is al
| the Occidental.
Calvert Wilson, an attorney of Los Angeles,
! is on visit here,
| DR.. H. NJ. Bishop of Los Angeles was among
| yesterdays arrivals
| deputy District Attorney Mark Walser has
| returned home to Fresno.
Dr. Henry Meyer has returned from trip in
the southern part of the State.
SenatorJ. NJ. Gleaves of Redding arrived here
yesterday. He is at the Grand.
X. A. Thompson, editor and one of the owners
OF the Santa Rosa Democrat, is in town.
g. P. Dodge of New York, a nephew OF
William Walter Phelps, is on visit here.
John D. spreckels and Samuel NJ. shortridge
nave gone to San Diego on business trip.
T. J. Henderson, ex-Judge of Court OF ses-
sions OF New York, is at the Cosmopolitan.
Edward E. Leake, the newspaper man of
woodland, is among recent arrivals at the
Grand.
Thomas Ason Burke, an extensive mine
owner OF Tuolumne County, is staying at the
Cosmopolitan.
3. Mono and R. Nakayama of Japan, exten-
sive business men, who are here on important
missions, are among those registered at the
Occidental.
""SAsOuy tue Neil-huOWA dtloIucSb VI
FRESNO, who has been in the City for several
Gays on legal and mining business, left for
home last evening.
ID. e. Carney, P. E. Corbett and ]. w. Fair
neid OF Butte, Mont, who have been visiting
Ianln for some time past, arrived here yester-
day and are at the Palace.
w. ID. Purcell, the most extensive publisher
IN the East who has houses at Hongkong,
iokohama, Calcutta and elsewhere, is here on
MS way to New York and other cities.
Colonel ]. Bridges of the English army, an
OLD friend OF General Phil Sheridan and who
visited California in 1869, is at the Occidental
he has been in the Orient for some time past.
}. l.. Robinette of Sacramento, editor OF the
Call1ornla Odd Fellow, is in the City attending
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Robin
cite is candidate for the position OF grand
warden of the Grand Lodge.
Among the passengers on the Australia to
Honolulu was Yuen Chong of Canton, son of
the Chinaman who furnished all the Chinese
LABOR Tor the Central Pacific and Canadian Pa
cine railroads. He has a large sugar planta-
ton near Honolulu.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14

at present. Mr.. Edman gives an outline
of his system, from which it appears that
the idea OF reducing the gravel by screen
ings and siftings to definite specific grav-
ity and the extraction of the metal in part
by mechanical and in part by chemical
agencies is the leading principle.
Whatever may be the merits of Mr.. Ed
mans system, he is Individually right in
his original declaration that half the gold
is lost by present methods, and that the
next direction which intelligent investiga-
ton should take is TO recover larger per-
centage of gold from new workings, and TO
work over the tailings of old mines. AS
the author says, an immense field is
opened by this new Branch of the mining
industry, and large profits await those who
first enter the field with experience, skill,
energy and capital.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14
MONOPOLY BAFFLED.

Ii the conclusion of the Senate in regard
to the Santa Monica job does not give a
decisive victory to the people of Los An:
geles and indirectly to all California, it
does at any rate battle for time the
schemes of the monopoly and give promise
OF their ultimate defeat. In this result
the people will find no little satisfaction
and will return with renewed courage to
the greater battle OF defeating the funding
scheme.
The contest over the Santa Monica lob
may be fairly considered a skimish which
enables US to estimate the strength OF the
Congressional lobby of the Southern Pa
cific Company. The fight was not made
of course with all the force that will be
employed to pass the funding bill when
the time comes for that venture to be
made. Nevertheless the votes favorable
to the monopoly were oubtedly made
use of to their full extent to defeat the de-
sire of Los Angeles to have free harbor
at San Pedro, and as the scheme to do this
was batfied both in the House and in the
Senate there seems good reason to believe
that the funding bill would be defeated il
it were brought forward at this session.
The argument in the Senate on the
Santa Monica job was curious After il
had been pointed out by Senator White
that two Government commissions had
reported in favor of San Pedro against
Santa Monica, that the people of Los An
geles favored San Pedro, and all the Rep
resentatives in Congress from California
took the same side, Senator Frye. for sole
answer to all this. pronounced a strong
eulogium upon Huntington and argued
that because he is so great and good the
Government should ignore the people,
the nature of the coast and the welfare of
trade and make harbor at he point where
Huntington had erected wharf.
Against Frye's impassioned argument
and appeal Senator Perkins opposed the
coolly convincing staten ent that no less
than sixteen wharves have been con-
structed at exposed points along the Cali
fornia coast and that one is as much en-
titled as another to have the Government
construct harbor around it. This posi-
ton was unassailable, and the advocates
of the Huntington scheme were forced to
compromise. The settlement of the
matter is to be left to a Government COM
mission, and to that extent Los Angeles
has gained victory for herself and the
State. The prestige of the monopoly has
thus been broken, and even the most
timid will no longer regard it as some
thing too powerful to fight in a good
cause