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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

gagged in silver mining jn the latter country for about two years. He Is still as full of emery and vim as in former days, and has several mining enterprises under way in this terri tory, to which he Is giving his per sonal attention.
 A writer in the Tucson Star, sign ing himself "C. D. P.", gives the fol- lowing in regard to silver mining in Arizona: The first silver found in Arizona was a lump of pure sil- yer weighing 1000 pounds. The SpanIards did not reach so far north; they had plenty of mines in Mexico, where there was population and production of food, and no Apaches. The MeXicans worked the mines very little-they were mostly en- gagged in revolutions. The Ameri- cans acquired the country in 1858, and exploration commenced the next year under company formed in San Francisco. Ia 1856, '57, '5S and '59 the silver mines,were opened under many difficulties. The first ore was shipped by wagons to Kansas City at l21 cents per pound freight, and paid a profit be- sides giving the county reputation for mineral. The Heintzelman mine yielded S4,000 a ton, and the busi- ness paid Sl,OO0 a day-hali profit. One man, Col. Colt, put in S250,0OO capital, and money was to be ob- tained in any quantity for mining enterprises. In 1860, the civil war ended, the troops were recalled, and the Apaches took charge at the sil- yer mines. In 1874 silver was de- monetized and but little has been done since. The Arizona Mining Company, organized by the writer, lost over a million dollars besides their prospects" The Silver King mine, right under our noses, built Florence, started Phenix and sup ported about 1.500 people. The Silver King now has a population of l5-Pinal, where the reduction works were located, was a thriving town of 700. Three only remain; it is 6 desolation."
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

EXPERIENCED AS WE'LL AS OLD.
 "A writer now on the Gazette of this city must be tho oldest man now alive. He says that he resided Tor many years in Venezuela, and from personal experience can say in reference Co tho Schomburg line, that Guayaua was discovered by Columbus in l4gS Three hun dred and ninety eight years old and has the cyc!opedia down pat. Pine nix Republican.
 The writer above referred to is experienced as well as old, as in recent issue uf that paper We find the following, published as an origi- nal item in referring to Li Hung Chang proposed visit to America.
 The writer was honored by three audiences with the Wellington of China when he was yiceroy of Nan king, m company with Mir Seward and Admiral Rowan. The princi- pal mission Of the premier and vir- tual ruler ot China yga, to represent his sovereign at the coronation of the czar ot Russia So. Moscow. Iu- cidentaily he was to call upon Prince Bismark In Germany and pay hIs respects to the queen of England and empress of India
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
Prescott Public sehool.- lCONMUNICArEp.l
FLIPPIN. MONROE co F,

The Prescott School Roar5 S... to state to the people of sc1oss district No. 1 that Prof. JPT BrouSe. the man who acted as n,;, clpal of our city schools tba p-.. year, never mapped out any eeUr.. of study for the schools, as st,sa5 I by the JOURNAL MINER. No, o-i- that, but refused fiatly to rsi1:l the course of study that vas I,;5 out by his predecessor, Prof I.-..-i - McNaughton, and given Mr. Bror.s by the board when he took ch,s-. of the schools, with the request tSss he look over the same, and TI. thought he could make anv ;- provements to do so and havs s printed and distributed totL. teachers.
 County School Supt. Hicks s his eager egotism to attract sops measure of attention ere the so. of times tail forever dumped N in the cosmic dust, buttoned I- Prince Albert and called a ns- meeting, under the disVuisa n being deeply interested in the puH lie schools, but it was for the s,- press purpose of making politir, fodder for himself ia the comi., campaign. He embraced with r.-,s less ecstacy the opportunity wd sank his talons deep into the nseI, of the trustees, while he peered va'I desperate eaTnestness into the fo-DT future. These barnacles stick wax to county pap.
 We hope when the Bryan eluE bangs its gavel down on the sIv,l gong they will choose men uk have qualifications for the Oscu they are seeking, and not nam. minded meddlesome ones whose of ignorance with their -'he taksv and 'have saws" are the only oui tcations that they can boast of.
 There Is food for thought n above remark if you happen t intellectually hungry and desisu of adding a few streaks of obeSis4 your wallet. We never sinetA "Mocking Bird" and expect bs ed quail to fly into our mouth std end of our song. You never cad us pairing the lambriquin oa. q pants behind fence or wearinsl dlckey with a sinker on it. We been on the tax list from the ss paid our part of the cost of bui ing the old school building; ats beans on stool right throush a same year, and have stood bEth county and schools when we ha nothing left but the tick otA county clock and a supreme eUa denee in Providence. We havss the tax collector with a spot r smile, and have never given stz years hand shake with fertiIn influence of two years more. are not inclined to be egutiss but can't help remarking thH needs no mathematical gymnNde a show that our course has beer ngkl even though we could not soar sn.a oratory and rattle Patrick Hsur dry bones. We never hit the ni on the thumb, but admire the tu ss a priceless gem, which we ialE to find in our county superin.szs snt's imaginary crown of glou.
 A. J. HEE1
 Clerk Board of Trustees
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

Not a day passes away but t b comes more and more evident tkE every real republican in ArizO1a | a yet more stalwaTt republican ip- day; and there are plenty of iAE They believe in Mckinley as . ssi representative and reliable Gtzs and they believe in protection xih one great source of Tedemp6Oa ( the nation from the distress ul| misery into which 1t has bes| plunged. Money cannot do sAA silver cannot do 1t; gold csnnoi q 1t; urless there be such eoouOls operating upon our lrsl and manufactures as will prosss American citizens in business n- store American enterprise to ix American people, make AmenSE for AmerIcan produce q. bar out foreign foreign cheap laas and its products from encroscAz upon the Americar laborsf- h zona republicans are loyal b Q people and the nation.-PAs1E
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
A Colony of Campers.

There IS quite colony of campers
 m the pines in West Prescott. Otto
 Mergenthaler, the celebrated inven-
 tor of the line casting machine for
 newspaper composition, has built
 quite an imposing pagoda or pavil- non, which he occupies with Tim
 Gleason, his companion. The struct- ure IS raised three or four feet from the ground and is open on all sides. with a projecting roof to protect the interior from rain. The boys who live in tents adjoining this lit tie camping palace of MT. Merren thaler, refer to it facetiously as the band stand. - 'Oo
 Near this place R. A. Campbell or New Hampshire, Dr. Devendorf a celebrated dentist of Madison
 wisconsin, and Wm. P. Rounds a clvll engineer of Chicago. are in camp Tn search of health. l. K Woodburn, the Prescott mining man, IS camping with them, not for health, but for pleasure. While tha visitors are all more or less of tbs invalid order, they are all in good spirits, of a happy disposition and very genial and affable, whom it is a pleasure to visit. They each and every one, individually and collect iVeIY, speak in terms of praise of the climate, and two or three of them express regret that they wasted several months in other parts of tbe | searching for health with i ,ul receiving any benefit, before | reaching Prescott.
 Another party of two or three antilles, apparently, are m camp | 1eaf the Sisters new hospital foun- latlon' and two families are camped Il a plne grove west of the little ] .feek just opposite the new hos
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
SHOULD INFoEM THEMSELVES.

An eastern exchange, which Is 8 strong advocate of the single gold standard, gives the following very sensible advice to voters:
 "This is the manifest duty of every citizen, in order that he may faithfully discharge his obligations. In a government founded on the will of the people, as is ours, intelli- geucs, accompanied with 8 consci- sntious discharge of duty, is indiF- pensible. It is manifest to all intel ligent citizens that party prejudice exercises far too great an influence on the mass of voters for the coun- try's good. Party connection is necessary but should always be held subordinate to the public good and the cOuntry's honor and welfare. And those considerations come with peculiar force at the present time. The great question which now pre- sents itself to American voters for solution, namely, the financial question, is one with which the great mass of voters are anything but familiar with. Itis an intricate question and requires patient re search and thought to properly understand it. If citizens think that simply by reading hastily pre- pared newspaper articles or by listening to poorly informed stump speakers, who for the most part re- peat party assertions, that they can become well informed on this great and pressing question, they are greatly mistaken. Every citizen who can should provide himself with some of the best authorities on both | sides of the question, and by faith ful study of them fit himself for an intelligent discharge of his duties. la grave crisis in the country's history, like that which now con fronts the American people, party | prejudices should have no place. On whichever side of the conten- ton the truth lies there is no possi- ble way to discover it but by mak- ing 8 faithful investigation. If young men and other citizens, in stead of joining marching clubs and mass meetings and yelling themselves hOarse at the stale and vulgar jokes of professional stump srs and at the assertion of princi- pies which neither understand. will provide themselves with competent bearing on the present question and spend their evenings in a determined effort to Ittain to a clear understanding of it hey will put themselves iu condi- ion for the efficient and satisfactory l discharge of their duties as citizens. 1et there be faithful study of the followed by firm and pa- ' riotic resolve to follow wherever ' he truth may lead" o
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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 1.-Two
 men were killed, eighteen more in jured and several buildings demol-
 ished by an explosion of twenty-five
 pounds of dynamic at New Hol- land. Pa, this morning. The Penn sylvania Telephone Company which Is building a new line had stored the explosive in the summer kitchen of the Eagle hotel. Early this morn ing Chas. r. Cannon went to the kitchen to get out enough of the dynamite for the days use. A few minutes later there was terrible explosion and Cannon was blown to atoms. Frank Hammond of Harris burg, was just outside of the build ing and had every bone in his body badly broken and was instantly killed. Geo. Crossman of SteeltCn, a water boy, was so badly injured, that hs soon died.
 CmCAGo, Aug. 1.-The executive committee of the national demo- cratic party IS in session at the Pal mer House to-day to prepare an ad- dress to the democracy of the coun- try, which, It is expected, will be given out tonight. Tomlinson's hall has been selected as the place of meeting for the national com mlttee on September ,. Reports are made showing that the move ment Is successful in every state. except Idaho, Utah and Montana. In these states the sentiment is hopelessly silver" The gold stand ard democrats have decided to affiliate with the republicans rather than to organize separately. The committee on transportation has announced that the railroads would l grant a single fare for the round | trip.
 NEW YORK, Aug. IT, Burke Coch- | ran has been engaged to speak in the democratic gold standard partv's | interest in the states of Maine. Mich | Igau, Ohio, Virginia and Illinois. and he may extend the tour into other western states.
 NEW YORK, Aug. l7.-There were i6O funerals in New York yesterday ind over POO in Brooklyn. Of the ,OSl persons who died in New York nearly half of them dIed Thursday night, Friday and Saturday of heat.
 NIsALIA, Cal, Aug. IA slight shock was felt here early his morning.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

reading said article one would i'm agine that the chief and only duty of a democratic official is to dis pense patronage to democratic pa pers. It is only short time since that a similar article appeared In the same paper and as a result of lt, it is stated that the job department of that paper is just now crowded to overaowing with orders from the governors office.
 Gold is quoted in San Francisco at a premium of one per cent, caused, it is said, by the financial agitation, and banks there have refused to receive silver on deposit except under express stipulation that cheeks must specify payment in silver. A telegram from there says that during the past two mouths the supply of gold coin in the sub-treasury has decreased from about $l5,OOO,OOO to less than S9,- 100000. The decrease includes a shipment of S3,OOO,OOO in gold made last month by Assistant United States Treasurer Berry Co the sub treasury at New York City. This enormous shrinkage led to the is suance by Assistant Treasurer Berry of the now famous order which stopped the redemption of silver certificates in gold coin, a practice which was followed by his pre- decessors for many years.
 Thomas Watson has furnished the New York World with a statement on the political situation, which shows that he knows where the democratic party IS at." if he did lose his bearings once on himself He says that ''the united money power secured Sewall's nomination as a counter move to Bryan's. In no other way can any one explain why the entire south was passed over in the choice of vice presi- dential nominee. German, the gold bug and protectionist, is controlling Bryan's free silver campaign, and Sewall. the typical eastern pluto crat, is Bryan's running mate. What does this srgusf That if Sswsll remains on the ticket, and German continues to pull the cam paign wires, the whole country will see clearly enough that MT. Pendle- ton, of Georgia, is right when he says that he was going to support the Chicago ticket for the reason that no free silver law would be passed. We cannot be guilty of the absurdity of choosing a national banker as our leader in a fight against national banks. We cannot hope to escape ridicule and just reproach if we choose an eastern plutocrat to lead us in a contest against plutocracy. We cannot be- lieve that we could keep our forces straight if we should start a crusade against corporations under the com msnd of a corporation king. Hence We cannot, under any circumstances, vote for Sswall electors. Any policy other than this means death to populism, aud we ought not to be asked to kill our own party"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
They Have Nearly Completed Their
 Labnra

They Have Nearly Completed Their
 LabOrs.
 Another day or two at the outside will suffice for the territorial board Of equalization to complete its labors. The assessment from each county Is in except that of Gila, which IS en route. Four counties have added to the wealth the past year, Maricops, Apache, CoconIno and Graham. The others have made TO advancement Tn wealth. Maricopa has nearly one-third of the taxable wealth of the territory, having added nearly half million the past year. The value of prop erty in the territory as a whole has increased a quarter of million. The following table, exclusive of Gils county, in 1896, is self explan- atory:
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

SAN FRANcIsco, Aug. 17.-Oliver Winthrop intends to make a tech nical defense to the charges of rob bery and assault to murder growing out of the Campbell case. To-day his attorney made a motion to set aside the indictments and interposed a challenge to the grand jury indi vidually and collectively alleging that the grand jury had been irreg- ularly drawn.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

The PHeuA Gazstte evidently wants Co give train robbers chance. IL says "ihe legislature ought 10 re- peal or modify the law making rain robbery capital crime. The rail roads are no more worthy of protec- ton than i- ;he stage coach or private enterprise, particularly where no persons are killed" The law was no, enacted for the protec- tio. of railroads, but for the prOtec- tion of their employees and patrons. \ man who plans to rob 8 train plan. to commit murder II uecss- sary Co accomplish his object. He therefore starts out with murder in hls heart and morally is as much a murderer as though he had com mittet the act, but ut course not in legal seuse. The railroad com Pauy can only suffer a pecuuiary AH''7 tAh t+l. AtfNAs AAt kiAO-t WHO 1tt in the employ, and in some cases the passengers who arc on its trains. are the ones Co suffer death from the hands of TO. bers. As a protection Go them the law should be permitted Co remain on the statute books and not only tha. but it should be en- forced rigidiy and to the letter, and if man wants Co embark in that sort of business let It be distinctly understood that 1t means certain death if caught. There Is a case of this kind pending now in this ter ritory, and should he be hanged. as the courts have said he shall. and as be deserves to be, there will be DO more train robbing in this territory for the next ten years at least. The natural perils of travel are great enough already without increasing them by the encouragement of train robb.ng
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

Col. A. T. Winbe5ly, republican national committeeman from Loui- siaua, says: We have a fair chance of carrying Louisiana. There are some domestic troubles among the republicans, but they will be settled. The disturbing element are young republicans who want to run things exclusive of the old republican or ganizatiou. We are going to have a fair election this year and every vote cast for Mckinley shall be counted or there will be some old time shooting. Masses of planters aud white men who were life long democrats are wild for McKinlev."
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

The board added to this total an assessment of S10,920 for cars own ed by the Burton Stock Car Go. for stock cars leased and operated on M. x P. & s. R. Valley railroad. The board added 40 per cent 10 the value of land in Yuma county.
 Horses in Pima and Cochise couu- ties were raised 10 per cent.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

The Jerome News says that the Verde valley and the Black Hills will unite their strength with their silver friends in Jerome and make the Bryan silver club of Jerome the largest in the territory. The boys over there evidently do not take kindly t0 the invitation of their Prescott brethren to contribute fifty cents per month each to maintain the club here.
 Wm. Thomas has engaged Dr Davis as hospital physician.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST l9, 1896

Miss Abigail Dodge, better known as Gail Hamilton. is dead.
 Forty-nine deaths from heat II one day is the New York record.
 Mir. Bryan was duly and officially notified in New York yesterday oi his nomination.
 Silver has dropped to 67I. Is this sn indication of the success or fail ure of MT. Bryant
 Mark Hanna says that the real is sue of this campaign is to elect Maj Mckinley president of the United States. MT. Hanna IS correct too.
 Ignatius Donnelly expresses the opinion that Bryan's oratorical powers will prevent his election. He says that he talks too much.
 Bank failures are becoming alarm ingly frequent again. Are We on the eve of another panic7 The one of 1893 commenced in a similar manner.
 It had almost slipped our memo ory that Lowering and Johnson and Bentley and Southgate" form the prohibition tickets for president and vice president respectively.
 The Spaniards who erstwhile were clamoring for war with the United States are now shouting as vocifer- ously against Spain and in favor of Free Cuba"
 The hot wave which the east has been experiencing for about two weeks IS death, alike to man and beast. Over 1000 horses have died in Chicago alone from the effect of heat.
 Iowa democrats are offering fusion with every political organization and piece club iR that state. Demo cracy IS every on the alert for some opportunity to fuse and gain votes. With that party success Is always paramount to principle.
 The Arizona Educator has re- sumed publication again, after months vacation. The August num- Der, though, really reads more like populist organ than an educational magazine.
 The New York Times has been sold at receivers sale, the purchasers being company headed by Spencer Trask and the price being Sl3s,OOO Adolph Oches, O, the Chattanooga Times, is to become the general manager.
 Among the names of those who are reported to have died of heat in Chicago is one W, Wojechsowitz- vellenburg. Even death from heat ought to be a relief to a man with such a wobbleyjawbresking name as that.
 An army retiring board IS in ses,. sion in Chicago, before which of officers have been sum for examination, with Q view | of being retired. Many of the off | ,ers are resisting the action of the | board and are making fight to be retained in the service.
 The Tucson Star very submissive y remarks that "JGdge Barnes is .o-day the political boss of the iemocrstic party of Arizona. He las earned the right by sheer force md his get-there disposition. He will hold the reins for some time to .ome, and should Bryan get there" Ia will be the patronage dispenser or Arizona"
 In view of the fact that no mat ar what We say or do in Arizona in agard to national matters, We can ave no voice in the selection of a resident, the following from the nenix Republican seems to be good lvice: Our politicians should lrn their attention to territorial I nd county matters, and let the na- I onal campaign take care of itself. a q gin at once the selection of good C en for business at home I
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
NRkinRAto of.

The delegates arc to bs selected ID the mode customary in the several cOuntie-. under the supervision and aus pices of the local Central Committee
 In the event the selection Is by convention signature of the presiding officer and secretary ot the convention and zttested by the signature Of the Chairman of the County Central Com mittee,
 the several cOunties be sent as soon they are chosen. to the Secretary of the Territorial Cen trAl Committee. By order of the committee.
 JosEPH H. kIBBEI, Chairman R L. LONa. Secretary.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

FRANKFORT, Ky, Aug l7.-The Daily Capital, the official organ of the state and an adjunct of the Courier Journal, will henceforth be a straight republican paper.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19

The democratic club will hold a meeting this evening.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
Republican Territorial Convention,
HEAD9CARTERs REPUBIICAN TERRTroRINL) CENTRAL COMMITTEE. PHESIx, Arir- August 10, issd.

To the Republican Voters of AriESua-
 A convention of representative Republicans of the territory will be held st the City of Phe- nix ArizonA on Tuesday the 22d day of Sep tenn Ter, lSs6 Ht 10 o'clock a. m. for the purpose of nominating . republican candidate for Dele gate Co Congress; the selection Of Territorial Central Csmmiftee; the selection of a Chairman and Secretary Of that committee and for the tra-l SactioR Of such other business as may nroperly come before it.
 The basis Of representation of the several counties will bs: One delegate for each tiity votes cast for the Hon. ". O. MurPhy for dele gate Co congress at the November election 1894, and one additional delegate wherever the exc sss of the number of votes so cast over the greatest multiple of fifty. is % or more.
 On this basis the Apportlonment Is a. fol- Ia