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Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
THE FAIR WILL.
Judgment for Charles l.. Fair Against
 the Executors.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S.-Su- perior Judge Slack today gave judg- ment in favor of Charles L. Fair in his suit against the executors of his fathers estate to quiet title to Lick house property. This judgment means that the trust clause in Fairs first will was invalid as to the real property The executors will immediately ap- peal so that the question may be finally determined Evidence was also introduced to show that Senator Fair was of sound mind when he made his will.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29

inson and a party of eastern people have been at Victoria, B. C., to par ticipate in the deliberations of the in- ternational commission to take testi- mong in the Canadian claims against the United States for seizure and con- fiscation. He expresses himself as much pleased with Major McKinley's election, and assrts that the financial plank of the St. Louis convention was an indorsement of Mr. Cleveland's let ter on the silver question, written in 1S91 n
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM
The German Federation Is Expecting
 Its Promotion

BERLIN, Nov 2S.-The federation of German bimetallists has issued statement expressing the belief that McKinley's election means the fur therance of international bimetallism and adding that they are relying on the Republican party to promote these ends according to the pledges in it's platform.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL
The Union Pacific Railroad Because
 Because of Its Debts.

DENVER, Nov. 28.-It is said to be General Dodge and other large hold CTS of Union Pacific stock and bonds have given up all hope of passing the Union Pacific funding bill. The Union Pacific, with it's immense debt, will be thrown on the hands of the gvern- ment and all of the branches are now fighting for separate corporate exist ence.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE
Foreign Shippers Feel the Beneficis
 Result of the Election.

LONDON, Nov. 2S-The beneficial effects of the election noted in Paris are also reported from Bordeaux. An immense quantity of merchandise was shipped from that port to the United States as soon as the result of the election was known. Bordeaux ship pers anticipate a period of prosperity
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
SOME WEATHER.
Nebraska Experiences the Most Sever,
 Storms of Many Years.

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 2S.-Severe weather continues to prevail through out Nebraska The thermometer has been close to zero for thirty-six hours
 Reports from some of the northern counties in the state say the storms of late were the most severe in years and that range cattle would surely die unless furnished feed and shelter.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
A DANCE AT THE ASYLUM.

A dance was given at the asylum last night in which the patients and sev- eral people from Phoenix participated. These social dances given at the insti- tuition are doing much to give diver sity to the every day lives of the un- fortunates and seem to be thoroughly enjoyed by them
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
DEATH OF F. S. BELCHER.
The We'll Known Banker Dies of Apo
 plexy in Texas.

The startling news was received in this city last night that MT. Frank s. Belcher, president of the Phoenix Ma tional bank, had died late in the after noon at Rockport, Texas, of apoplexy. The dispatch announcing MT. Belcher S death was addressed to c. J. Hall,
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
THANKSGIVING SHOOT.

The members of the Phoenix militia company have reason to be proud of their victory on the target range Thanksgiving day in the competitive shoot between the local, the Mesa City and the Tempe companies. The local company has several excellent marks men,
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
THE JURY DISAGREED.

CARSON, Nev., Nov. 28.-The jury in the case of the Vernon Harrison Hartley vs. Foley estate, after being out all night, this morning could come to no agreement and were at once dis charged.
 The jury stood eight to four in favor of the plaintiff, the only question be- fore them being whether or not Mr. Foley ever made statement ac- knowledging the paternity of the child.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
STILL FIGHTING.

DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 28.-Dan Stu art has wired an offer to Corbett and Fitzsimmons of a $15,OOO purse for a finish fight.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
MURDERED BY PEONS.
State of Affairs in an American Colony
 in Mexico.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-Ad- vices received today from the Ameri- can colony at Metlaltoynca, in the state of Puebla, Mexico, give definite information of assassinations by pe- ons, which the Mexican government has until now been able to keep secret.
 The Mexican government has sent troops to the colony in the hopes of capturing the assassins, who during the past four months have murdered three American settlers in cold blood. The victims were Thomas Gomez, G. Denry and Charles Pilesea.
 The colony was formed about four years ago and numbers 200 souls
 A tract of 100000 acres of land was secured at Metlalhaynca, most of the colonists being prosperous farmers of the United States who invested over $500 ,00O in improvements, and the rais- ing of coffee was begun. The Mexi- can government afforded the colonists aid and every encouragement was of fered them. The prosperity of the colonists aroused the hatred of the Mexicans, who perpetrated a series o1
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
TOULOUSE TOO LOOSE.
A Famous Russia Swindler Works
 America.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-"Nich- olas Erasme de Savigne, Count de Tou- louse Lautrec,' now languishing in a New York jail pending his trial for drawing revolver on a cabman, visit ed San Francisco in the beginning of last January He registered at the Palace hotel, and, being a man of con- manding appearance and seemingly unlimited capital, became social lion immediately. A week after his ar rival he began to interest several prominent business men in some Si- berian trading projects which he ex- plotted loudly, and finally succeeded in convincing B. A. Aldrich, a St. Louis manufacturer, that the investments were gilt-edged. On January 15 Ald- rich started with the count for St.. Louis, and on the same day it was dis covered through the agency of the Russian consul in this city that the count was a well-known convict and swindler known as Nicholas Savine
 Savine has been a. pretender to the Bulgarian throne, railroad contract or, confidence man and card sharper, and was finally sentenced to five years for swindling St. Petersburg firms. At the expiration of this term in Si- beria he came to San Francisco.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26

ago Mrs. Hartley shot and killed Sen ator Foley, one of the wealthiest and most prominent men in Nevada. She alleged Foley had drugged and be- trayed her and was the father of her unborn child. She was acquitted of the murder charge and since the birth of her child brought suit against the Foley estate for share in the prop erty on the child's behalf Arguments will commence Friday.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26

robberies. Cases of arson followed and finally the three murders were committed. It is stated that reign of terror prevails at Metlalhaynca and it is understood the state department has been made acquainted with the fact, and that the Mexican govern ment would be called upon to make a thorough investigation and afford American citizens the protection they need. The colony is located midway between Tampico and Vera Cruz.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
NOTES FROM ASH FORK.

ASH FORK, Ariz., Nov. 25.-(Spe- cial.)-R. E. Wells, assistant general manager of the s. F., P. & F., passed through here this evening on his way to Albuquerque, where he will spend Thanksgiving with his brothers.
 Arrivals at the Depot hotel: Will liam H. Harding, Congress; Miss Car mer Martinez, Kingman, Ariz.; D. R. Gillis, Prescott; George M Sargent, Prescott; w. L. Washington and wife, with valet and maid, San Diego; G. L.. Roge, Pasadena, Cal; Horatio N. Rush, Pasadena, Cal.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
READY TO REPORT.
The Venezuelan Commission Awaits
 the Presidents Pleasure.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The Ven ezuelan commission are prepared to report to congress, a full report, in- cluding the subject matter and final ruling as between Great Britain and Venezuela, if the president and MT. Olney desire it, but if the arbitration agreement is accepted as final on all hands then the report of the commits sion may be merely formal so as to come within the requirements of the law.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
FLOODED A CITY.

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Nov. 25.-A cloudburst did great damage in this city last night. A steady rain fell all day Tuesday, increasing at night. At about Il o'clock cloudburst occurred directly over the city, running in every street and flooding the stores and eel lars in the business portion of the city. A conservative estimate of the dam age done is $5O,OOO Telegraph and electric light wires are down and the Southern Pacific road is washed out The streets in some places were cut out thirty feet.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
THEY WANT MEN THERE.
A South Sea Kingdom of Dusky
 Bellies.
They Swim Like Mermaids and Are Just Dying for HuSbands-A San Francisco Scheme of ColonizinR the Hermit Islands.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-L. J. Reinhart, a carpenter of this city, is- tired of carrying on hand-to-mouth existence in America and is trying to raise body of men to undertake a novel colonization scheme. His plan is to buy vessel, equip it and sail to the St. John or Hermit islands in the South Pacific ocean where no inhabl- tants are left but dusky belles whose husbands and brothers have been killed by cannibal wars or taken away by conscienceless black birders. Cap tain Bergman of the American steam CT Bonanza recently sent the news to this city of the peculiar condition of affairs on the Hermit islands. He said that his ship was blown out of it's course and anchored one day close to one of the islands. He was astonished to see none but women on the coral reef, for it was hardly more than that. The women swan like mermaids to the ship. They told of the condition of affairs on the island and wanted the captain to leave some of his sailors They said they would heap on them all the honors of darky royalty if they would take their residence among them.
 Reinhart declares that it is not the report of the husbandless women that has moved him to project this enter prise. He says it is a dissatisfaction with the condition of the labor world and the desire to lead peaceful exist ence without having to struggle day and night for bread and butter. He wants to form a republic on coop erative lines. He says as it is in the south sea, the islands support the na- tives with very little work. By com bining forces and pooling interests he believes this proposed band can have all the comforts of life with little labor. The scheme is for fifty men to put up $25 each. With this money he expects to buy a schooner and pro- visions for the voyage and at least years stay on whatever island it may | be decided to settle upon On first
 landing they will build a fort and then
 take possession of the tillable ground
 With them they will take seeds and
 fruit trees, and Reinhart says that
 in few years they ought to be ex-
 porting grat quantities Of south sea
 island products
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
POOR PEOPLE OF PHOENIX.
They Will Fare Well This
 Thanksgiving Day.
How the Occasion Will Be Observed In This City-The Football Gam e This Afternoon Will Be the Prin- Cipal Attraction.

The poor of Phoenix will upon this Thanksgiving day bless the pupils and teachers of the public schools for their noble efforts in their behalf. The call for contributions was heartily respond ed to, and the little ones seemed to tumble over one another in their de- sire to excel in offerings. Upstairs in the Central school building there was every eatable in evidence from prunes to potatoes, and the cranberry and turkey luxury was not forgotten. There was an abundance of good things dis tributed from the Central, Five Points, West End and East End schools Clothing, too, was freely contributed, and if bright, happy faces tell for anything, the donors were all cheerful givers. The good angel of charity is nigh, and will cause many wan faces that may be pinched from hunger to brighten today.
 There are provisions in plenty still uncalled for and the Central school will be open this morning for the dis tribution of them.
 Today will be observed in this city in keeping with the time-honored GUS tom of the people of the United States Some will make the occasion one to be commemorated as time to offer de- vout thanks to the Giver of all good Others will utilize it as a holiday that only comes once year; but the great majority, as per prearranged pro gramme, will enter into the realm of sport. Among the features that will command the greatest attention today, is the football game, which will begin at ? o'clock this afternoon. This game, without doubt, will be most in teresting. The Phoenix team has it's lander up, it is not accustomed to de- feat and it goes without saying that the recent reverses that it has lately met has stirred the boys to that de- gree that they feel that they cannot suffer defeat the third time success sively.
 'This morning at the park the Phoe- nix and High school baseball hines will play for glory, and the admission is free
 Apart from field sports there are others who will put in their Thanks giving where nothing but good cheer will abound, occasions that mark a period of "a flow of soul and a feast of reason" punctuated with turkey and cranberry sauce.
 Several young people have planned jolly carriage excursions and picnics | Among these will be Miss Jessie Be denger's party of youth, beauty, and wit who will enjoy a. trip to the orange grove. This party will consist or the Misses Bedenger, Mrs. Morehead Miss Angie Parker Miss Tipton, Harry Beattie, Frank H. Lyman and the Norton boys
 Another party-Miss Essie Dawson Miss Flora Greer, Miss Gertrude Chapin, Miss Sadie Wilcox and J. Brooks visit the Union mine.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
ONE IN DEATH.
Desperate Act of Couple in a North
 Dakota Hotel.

VALLEY CITY, N. D., Nov. 25.-A man and woman registered at the Kin dred hotel here on Wednesday night as Thomas Swens and wife of New Rock ford. They engaged a room and re- tired. AS they were not seen yester- day their room door was opened this morning and on the bed in their tray cling dress, locked in each others arms, both lay dead
 A bottle of prussic acid stood by the bed with a letter saying there was money in their pockets to pay burial expenses and that, though separated in life, they were one III death aaad to make no inquiries as to who they were.
 They appear to be about 40 years of age.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
HUNTER DEAD BESIDE A DEER
A Chicago Merchant Found Buried
 Under the Snow

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Yesterday af- ternoon searching parties near Michi- gamme, Michigan, found the body of w. w. Ingram, formerly in the whole sale cheese business here, in the woods completely buried in the snow.
 MT. Ingram set out for a deer hunt on November 1. In the evening he did not return. After a few days a general search was undertaken. The unfortunate sportsman was found ly- ing beside deer he had shot. Both were covered with snow to depth of two feet. No indications were dis covered as to the cause of death.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
GOLD CERTIFICATES.
The Matter of Their Resumption Is
 Now Being Considered.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The sec retary of the treasury is considering the question of resuming the issuance of gold certificates, which was sus- pended in 1893, when the gold reserve fell below the $1OO0OO,OOO mark. Since the election and gradual increase of the gold reserve it is believed there is no reason why gold certificates should not be resumed. The matter is now before Secretary Carlisls.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
CABINET GOSSIP.
Henry c. Payne of Milwaukee May Be
 Postmaster-Genera

CLEVELAND, Nov. 25.-There is considerable gossip among those who claim to be close to the incoming ad- ministration, concerning the repre- sentation of the northwest in the cab inet It is believed that Governor Merriam and Cushman Davis of Min nesota do not stand any chance and that Henry c. Payne of Milwaukee will be made postmaster-gene
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
SNOW AND COLD.

HELENA, Mont, Nov. 25-The worst snowstorm that has visited Mon tana for years has been raging here for the past thirty hours and shows no sign of abatement. Over a foot of snow has fallen, tying tip all street car lines in Helena. The storm is general throughout the northwest. The snow is so deep that railroad traffic is seriously interfered with. The cold is extreme, the mercury rang ing from five to thirty-five below zero.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
BRYAN ON TOUR.
He Speaks to 5000 People at Colorado
 Springs, Colo.

COLORADO SPRINS, Colo, Nov. 25. William Jennings Bryan addressed 5000 people here tonight and said in part:
 You act as though you were in the midst of the campaign or were cele- brating victory just won. You are right; we are in the midst of the cam paign. We are going to accomplish in 1900 what we failed to accomplish in 1896''
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
THE EVIL OF BRIBERY.
The Subject Suggested to Preachers
 for Thanksgiving.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 25.-The re- ligious congress today adopted the fol- lowing resolution:
 Resolved, That the secretary re- quest the clergymen throughout the United States to speak, On the coming Thanksgiving day, upon the evil of bribery and corruption in public of flee, and thus hein cresta a National sentiment in favor of the elevation of our public service to the highest plane of honesty and righteousness"
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
LOST THEIR ALL.
And the Man That Made Them Suffer
 Goes to the Pen

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Anthony Kozel, ex-president of the West Side bank, which collapsed last May, pleaded guilty to larceny today and was given an indeterminate sentence in the peni- tentiary. Small tradesmen and work ingmen, the chief patrons of the bank, lost everything,
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
FOR CHARITY'S SAKE.
Astor Endows a School for Tenement
 Children

NEW YORK, Nov 25.-The an- nouncement has been made by the Children's Aid society that William Waldorf Astor has made a gift of s5O,- 900 for the construction of school building in the crowded tenement dis trict, where thousands of children are without schooling.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
HAVANA HAUNTED BY FEAR.
An Attack by the Insurgents
 Momentarily Expected.
Business Suspended and People in Sympathy With the Spanish Cause Are Preparing to Flee = short Shrift for Cuban Prisoners.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The officers of the steamer City of Washington, which arrived today from Havana, say Havana is in the worst possible state of fear. The residents are momentar- fly expecting an attack by the insur- gents. The prisons are full, business is at a standstill and the merchants of Spanish leanings are preparing to leave the country.
 A passenger named J. w. Brown, an Englishman recently released from the Cuban prison, where he spent a month for shouting in the streets of Havana, Cuba Libre," said his treatment by the Spanish authorities was brutal in the extreme. Papers in his possession proving him to be British subject was the reason for his release. Brown declared that no political prisoners in Cuba knew what they were arrested for until they had been in prison some time.
 "Weyler,' he said, has had many foreigners arrested. He detests them. Most of these prisoners have never seen daylight. Finally they drop out of sight. It saves the cost of trial The poor Cuban gets short shrift It is sufficient to know he is a sympa- thizer in the cause, and that is his death warrant"
 Dr. Taylor, another passenger, says Spain's cause is lost and that General Weyler has 30,O0O sick soldiers on his hands.
 HAVANA, Nov 25.-Antonio Lopez Colma, who was the first insurgent leader to rise in Matanzas, will be shot tomorrow. ".fs's
 MADRID, Nov 25.-The premier, Senor Canovas del Castillo, said today that there was no truth ill the report that General Weyler had been recalled from Cuba and that it was equally un- true that his recall was contemplated. On the contrary, he added the govern ment had given General Weyler a free hand in the task of suppressing the insurrection and the ministers had confidence he would be successful.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
REBELLION IN BRAZIL.

MONTEVlDEO, Nov. 25.-It is re- ported that an uprising headed by Aparaico Saraiva has occurred on the Brazilian frontier.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
BY HIS OWN HAND.
The Decatur, H., Minister Believed to
 Have Shielded.

DECATUR, H., Nov. 25.-Sponsler at Springfield sold the revolver which killed Rev. MT. Miller at Decatur, III. The sale was made on Monday to a man 55 years old. With ef4y 7.,-:1,,zzcrs, who was well dressed. This is Mill ler's description. The suicide theory is now accepted, though friends will not admit it.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
BLIZZARD AT BUTTE.

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 25.-A blizzard has been raging all day. The ther- mometer is ten degrees below zero.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
SENATOR FOLEY'S ESTATE.
The Mother of His Child Sues for a
 Slice of It.

CARSON, New, Nov. 25.-The suit of Mrs. Vernon Hartley against the estate of the late State Senator Foley, with the exception of the arguments, was concluded today. About a year
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
THE SILVER MARKET.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-Silver bars, 653s; Mexican dollars, 52@52k.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
RYAN WON THE FIGHT.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The referee stopped the Ryan-Smith fight in the ner
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-03-21

IA CURRENCY of gold, silver. and
paper, with which to measure our
exchange, that shall be as sound
as the government and as unfair
nished as its honor, and to that end
We favor bimetallism and demand
the use Of both gold and silver as
a standard money, either in accord
"a ratio to be fixed by international
agreement, if that can be obtained,
or under such restrictions and such
provisions, to be determined by
legislation, as will secure the main
tenance of the parity of values of
the two metals, SO the purchasing
debt-paying power of dollar,
whether silver, gold or paper, shall
be at all times equal"
The above is the financial plank
in the proposed Mckinley platform.
There is not word said in it about
restoring silver to its rightful use
as money of redemption, free coin
age, or anything else that means
anything that shows real sincerity,
but Republican papers are pointing
to it with pride as model financial
plank for the G. o. p. Simon
says, thumbs up ".oa~.f