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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
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The verdict rendered by the jury ln the case of E. W. Dewey vs. Marcus Gold Mining Company was on special issues as follows:
 No. Ibid plaintiff agree with defendants Bates X Bates that he would see to the assessment work on the Marcus mining claim for the year lS95i Answer, Yes.
 No. g. Did Dewey call any meet, ing of the board of directors for the purpose of arranging for the assess ment work Jn the mine in the year lS05f Answer, No.
 No. 3.--Did s. E. Edmunds tell plaintiff that no assessment work was required on the Marcus for lS95l Answer. No.
 No. 4.--Did plaintiff, after be knew of ,he relocation of the Marcus under the name of the Oracle, un- dertake to negotiate with Bates Brothers for the raising of money in order to effect a transfer of said Oracle mining claim to the Marcus Gold Mining Company Answer, Yes.
 Submitted on behalf of plaintiff:
 No. Was $. E. Fuller, in the month of December, 1895, and on the lst and thence to the last day of January, 1896, the agent or Bates Bros.l Answer, No.
 No. 2.-Was s. E, Fuller, in all that he did in relocating the mining claim, acting as the agent of Bates Bros.i Answer, Nc.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
Caught Arizona suckers.

A new bunco game has come to town. It is mystifying at first, but very simple-after it is played.
 It was recently worked by some buncoists of South Spring street on two Arizonans. But the Arizonans knew there was a cause for every effect, and soon unveiled 1t.
 Two of the buncoists walked the Arizonans to a certain district m the northern part of the city near Cape Horn"
 As they neared one of the fly blown saloons, a man came out, staggering, but not dangerously, drunk.
 "In bet the whisky and S20 that he falls before he gets to the sec ond corner" said one of the buco- ists.
 The Arizonans were good judges of men in such condition, and knew about how much a man should be able to navigate with. As the man did not seem to be heavily loaded, they thought it a good bet and put up the so.
 Immediately the man fell. He had not looked back, and the bunco men had not even coughed. The Arizona men knew that there must have been a signal, but they could not see through 1t. Finally, they recollected that as the money was put up, one of the men seemed to wave his hand; then a man across the street took of his hat, and the drunken man immediately fell down.
 This so staggered the Arizonans that they put their wits to work and soon figured it out, but not until after the buncoists with the SD had disappeared.-Los Angeles Ex press
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
RryAn.s mi.reprs.snrAr,on..

Just at present, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat, the labor disturb ances are furnishing the popocrats with topics. Of course, in handling the question they contrive to work of a great deal of misrepresenta- tion. Bryan himself has several times said that injunctions are re- sorted to for the suppression of strikes Every body, except fanat- ical or ignorant persons, knows that there is no truth in such an asser-
 tion. No injunction was ever granted
 for any such purpose. None was. ever applied for with any such de- sign. Injunctions have been ob- tained to prevent strikers from in terIering with other people who wapted to work, to avert destruction of life an property, and to head oh violence and lawlessness of differ ent sorts. Bryan knows all this, but misrepresentation is part of his pro
 gramme to array class against class, to incite discontent and disturbance and to utilize these conditions for partizan purposes. It would seem possible that Bryan will get down to the level of Debs and Sovereign.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
A PLEASANT WEDDING
Ash Greek tha scees os e IsrtinaRs sssth-
 srar Co Witness shs ccssmasy.

The marriage yesterday at Ash ciees, al the residences Of the bride s parents, ol Elonxo Hill. of Stoddard, and Miss Nancy 4. Hudson, daagh
 ter of Mir. aud Mrs. 4. J. Hudson, was quite pleasant asaiE. The young couple themselves arc not only very popular, but their respect i've families are among the oldest and most highly esteemed in the county. In consequence of this tho wedding party was composed ot a large number of citiEens, both of lhe Verde and Agua FTia valleys. The wedding ceremony was per formed beneath a beautifully dee orats.d canopy on the porch Of the residence, by Probate JudgesC. F. Hicks. Not only was this canopy ariisticaily bedecked with flowers, but the Hudson residence through out was regular bower of the floral products of the valleys. The brides sister, Miss Myrtle Hudson and Miss Josephine Hance, of Clenega, daughter of Mfr. aud Mrs. Geo. W. Hance, otiiciated as brides maids. while George Hudson and Recorder ". 1. Johnson. of Prescott, were the groom's best men, the bride being given away by her father.
 Aitsr the guests had extended their cordial good wishes and con- gratalations, they sat down to an elegant wedding dinner, which was amid wit and jest, and it was prctty we'll along toward the shades of evening before the com pany dispersed.
 The JoURSAL-MISER joins the nu- merons other friends of the happy young couple m extending congratu- latioas. and may their path way through life be ssrewn with flowers, des old of thorns. They will reside near Stoddard.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
NEws. sorks ANp conmnNrn.

4 Shelbyyille. Indiana, telegram says: The town of Flat Rock in this county was thrown into furor
 this morning by the report that
 Wesley Nadmg, a wealthy citizen
 had shot and killed hss wife and
 then Bred a bullet into his own
 brain. The tragedy is supposed to
 he due Co jealousy during temper
 ary desangement
 4 wonderful surgical operation
 has been performed by Drs. Parsons and McCaughan of the the Chil- dren's Hospital. St. Louis, upon 9- year-old Lillie Statenius. They con stEucfed for her a palate and hcse and upper lip. She is an orphan and was sent to the hospital from the Episcopal Orphanage. and her face was deformed and was frishtful to look upon.
 = President Ethan Allen, of the Cuban League of the United States, has issued the following address to the members of the league: "A year of patriotic work is about to end in the grandest results. Last spring nearly every governor of this repub- hc, at our request, backed by the legislature of his state, spoke for Cuban independence. Now the hour of emancipation for Cuba is at hand. The commanding voice of the nation has at last reached the executive, though the delay has been too long. Our minister in Spain, with pa- triotic President behind him, will do that which will end the murder. plunder and mediaeval tyranny in Cuba, allowing it's entry into soy erelgn state. This nation is ready with guns, if necessary. Every mem Der of this league should be on the alert to uphold the President in such a policy. Tc all, when the moment comes. say to him: All divisionsend at the waters edge.
 4 California syndicate, of which |. W. Hellman Is the head, has pur- chased S6,0000O0 of the Valley rail- road bonds.
 The Bryan democrats of New York propose 10 nominate Henry George for mayor.
 The U. s. gunboat Wheeling has sailed for Honolulu. Two or three other warships, it is said, will follow soon.
 A telagranf from Bucharest says that while battery ol artillery was passing through the town of PiIisti, koumania, an ammunition wagon exploded. Four men were blown to pieces aud eleven injured so se- riously that they have since died. Eight horses were killed.
 One death from yellow fever is re- ported from Louisville and one case ls reported from Atlanta, Georgia. Both are refugees from Mobile.
 4 San Francisco telegram says. The United States engineers ia charge of the hagbor Notifications of San Francisco have directed that a survey be made of tho shore line on the south side of the bay and Golden Gate from Black Point to Point Lobos. The purpose of the survey, which has just been begun and will be completed a week hence, IS to accurately locate the forts for the information of the war depart meut. Army any navy officers here think that the harbor defenses are now sufficiently we'll advanced to stand oG any fleet that Spain or Japan could put into action here, and that they are strong enough. with the assistance of floating bat teries of the Monterey and MOnad- mock type, and with the aid of tor pedoes, to make a splendid fight against tho best fleet England would be likely to send.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
Long Limbs. Long life.

It has been found that the more height a man has the longer he is likely to live provided Le takes care of himself Investigation by a statistician of mortuary records has resulted in this knowledge. This same inquiry disclosed the fact that women are more likely to live to be 50 years of age than men, but that after that age is reached, the man is likely to live longer than tho woman. The number of marriages in civilized countries where records arc kept shows the proportion to be 75 weddings to every 1000 individ- uals.
 Persons who ara born in thespring are generally of a much morerobust constitution than those who come into the world at other times in the year. Births and deaths are much more frequent by night than by day, The number of men through out the civilized world who are oa- pableof bearing arms, according to the physical rules fxed by the differ ent governments for their soldiers is one-fourth of the total population New York Journal.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
nrpo,he,leal oa.e.


 ''What did the editor say about your storya" asked the young man s fiiend.
 ''I don't believe he liked it very we'll "
 "Well, there arc differences in the appreciatiye faculty as well as in the ability to create. The same mans taste will vary according to circumstances.
 T suggested that, and he agreed with me. He said that if man found himself on a desert island with nothing to read except my story and a back number Aity d. EeCtory he might read my ssmS. "- ChicAGo ReosNd
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE.
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 Furnaes.

An04NrF oa tne Acntt&4s 1a tl4 AteC1Fafzt
 Furnaee.
 Tho electric furnace in recent years has not only proved produo. tive of many substances hitherto only found in nature. bat also oi certain compounds not found in ma tare. One of these. an abrasive and known as carbormdum, ia exceeded
 q hardness only by the diamond. ehis product was the discovery of E. c. Acheson. During tho expert mants in manufacture of this ma tarial the inventor noticed tho for nation of small quantities of puro graphite in his furnace, which ha subsequently, endeavored to produce ln larger quantities. with the result of e commercial process for tho manufacture of this valuable com modity.
 In converting carbon in its ordi- nary condition, as found in com merce and in nature, tuto purs graphite by subjeoting the carbona- ceous material to a high tempera- lure such as is obtained in an olee- tric furnace it would naturally see,n that the pnrcr the carbon used in charging the fuInaee the more abun- dant would be tho yield. and is would perhaps be generally colsid- cred that there was a direct trans formation or conversion of tho car. bon into graphite Mr, Acheson has discovered, however. that such is not the case, and that the percent ago of graphite prodlced by highly heating pure carbon in an electrical furnace Is insignificant and imprac- ticable
 He has also discovered that in or der to produce pure graphite from carbonaceous materials there Is m indirect conversion. and that tha act of formation of the graphite is more in the nature of aD act of for nation of the carbon from it's com bination with other materials than a conversion of the ordinary carbon into graphite. and that as :. prelim- mary step the carbon has tO becom- bined chemically with some other material Thus he has found thai if tho earbonaceous material or car bon used in the process contains . considerable proportion of mineral water or If it Is mixed with esr- tain proportion of some oxide, such as silica, clay, alumina. magnesia, lime or iron oxide. and subjected to the treatment of the intense heat of the electric furnace, the yield of graphite Is enormously increased, and the product is most satisfactory.
 The mixture which Is fed into the furnace Ia composed of powdered coke, sand, salt ard sawdust, tbs coke forming about 90 per cent. by weight, of the mixture. and thesa materials are thoroughly mixed and introduced into the electric furnace surrounding the core of granular coke. which Is of sufficient size to conduct the current through the mixture
 The process embodies complete cycle. by means of which pure car bon in it's anorphous condition is converted into free pure carbon in its graphite form, and in accom- plishing this the amorphous carbon is first caused to form chemical union with one or more elementary bodies. such as silicon. aud this chemical compound is then disco ciated or separated into it's elements, the carbon assuming the graphite form, the elementary body, such as silicon. being volatilized.--Phila.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
The nsr,naing or Woe.

PoRrsTowNskNp, Washington, Sept. 2i iThe tug Pioneer, which left Puget Sound on September i2th with the bark Shirley in tow for Skagnay, returned at 1 o'clock this morning. having made the run down in ninety eight hours. The Pioneer brings ths story of landslide which occurred I,ear Sheep Camp on the Chilcoot Pass last Sunday morning, ln which eighteen men are sail to have lost their lives. One body is said tsD have been recovered, that Of a man nasned Choynski, q cousin to Joe Choynski, tho prize fighter. The m-n supposed Co be lost were pack CTS on the Dyea trail. There arc many hero who do not believe the story, as 1t is very early in the sea- son for snDwslides. The officers of the Pioneer say the story was brought to Skaguay Sunday evening by three nen who told it In such a way as to leave no doubt of its Iruthfulness. They described the avalanche as consisting of rocks, ice aud dirt, the mass having been loos- ened by nseent unprecedented hard rains which have been failing con- tinuonsly for the past month. All tho bridges ou Skaguay river have been washed out and tho river is a raging terror.
 w W. Sprague of Tacoma, who started out eight weeks ago with a three years outfit. returned from Skaguay on the Pioneer.
 The steamer Alki, a week overdue from Alaska, arrived this morning at 1 o'clock. She carried a large list of men returning from Skaguay who were unable to cross the pass.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
THE LATEST NEWS!! General Happenings Throughout Eany
 Points of the Country.
I.us,ser,'. Defense.

Cmcaao. Sept. 22-Ex-J udge Vim cent sprHng surprise on the prose cution in the Luetgert murder trial in his opening statement today, by reference to man named Robert Davey, who, he said, was the original medium through which all Luet- gert's trouble arose and whose ac- tions resulted in Luetgert being charged with murder.
 "A little over a year ago Satan, in the shape of medium sized, we'll dressed and educated English man, named Robert Davey, came to Luet gert and caused all the trouble" said ex-Judge Vincent. "This man came with forged letters of intro ductioD, representing himself as man of means. Luetgert always carried hIs heart on hls sleeve, as will be seen when he goes on the witness stand"
 Davey swindled Luetgert out of S25,0o0. Attorney Vincent startled the prosecution by a magnitude of claims in the last few minutes of the morning session, that Mrs. Luet- gert was alive. He said he would prove this by witnesses who had seen her sincs May lst, and would also prove that the bones found m the vat were not human, but were put there by the police authorities. The attorney said that he would show that the rings were not Mrs. Luetgert's.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
Where ssl. co,dss,.

There Is yet no positive record of the lowest range of the thermome- ter in the Upper Yukon region, but it IS sale to assert, says the Phila- delphia Ledger, that thls range OK tends yearly to the 50 or 60 degree line, with a not improbable oeca- slonal descent to q somewhat lower. This would be approximately low level temperature of the true Arctic regions, and yet by no meaps the lowest that has yet been recorded, Thus, Kane, in his Arctic service, has seen 70 de recs, and tho officers of the British polar expedition in 1876 recorded an alaaost equivalent temperature of 72 degrees. On the other hand, the lowest registry of Peary's theremometer was only 53 degrees. Compared with regioi s lying further south, the winter eli mate of the Kiondike does not differ in severity very materially from that of many parts of the more thickly inhabited portions of British America, as Manitoba or Al berta, or even from Dakota e. northern and central Minnesota, where almost annually the mercury freezes in its tube.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
HnnLnr,. HIrh Corn.

Dr. J. A. Munk came in from the Sierra Bonita ranch with Colonel Hooker Tuesday, and speaks quite enthusiastically of his visit at the ranch. One of his experiences was that of riding on horse back through corn which lowered sVeral feet above his head. Col. Hooker has this season a couple of hundred acres of the finest corn Tn the terri tory. We are told that most oi the stalks bear two or three large ears. The corn is irrigated through the utilization of surface waters that would otherwise be lost. Col. Hooker's success shows that there are locations where agriculture IS possible without river to draw from. |. Tempe News.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
sELrouAmpINe ooN,Icrs.
Pen Birds Work without Guards Day OF
 Night


 At present there are about thirty short term prisoners, all having less than two years to serve flew in the pen have more because cf the par don powderl, who are camped from four to six miles up the riyer from Yuma. These men are alone, there being no one but convicts in the camp, and, strange to say, not an escape has been recorded. These men are engaged in cutting wood. and by so doing, they supply the Sl2.50 worth day necessary to sup ply the prison, and at the same time hundreds of cords are piled up as a reserve. Why do the men stay with out guardi Simply because each guard the other. Some have only a few days to serve. All are allowed a reba.e for the work they do. For each two cords of wood chopped, the individual who performs the work is rebated one day on his term of service. In the event that one escapes, all rebates are declared of, Thus each man becomes his brothers keeper, and is the gainer by keeping him in camp
 Recently two men attempted to steal away from camp. They were captured by fellow prisoners and returned to the prison, to lie in the snake den. This was done without even notifying the prison authorities. Even the cook in the campis a short term man,
 Guards at the prison are armed with field glasses, with which they can view the camp, and the nature of the country makes escape diff cult. A team is used by the con- victs to haul wood to 6 barge, and thus it is foated down to the prison. It is not likely any other prison in the world can let its convicts run at large,-Gazette.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
The Phenix Gazette continues it's

The Phenix Gazette continues it's personal warfare against N. O, Murphy, in it's usual style of inu- endo and billingsgate. NIT. Mur- phy has just negoiiated. the sale of theCastle Creek hes springs and is now engaged in improving them, which means an expenditure of S250,000 or more, of winch the city of Phenix will realize the greatest benefit. Whether it is on account of the indirect benefit the Gazette receives from the investment of capital in the territory that it wages such a gorilla warfare against parties securing 1t is not known.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
Protection for ths Foolhardy.

Niagara Falls. N. Y., Sept. 2l.- The number of fatalities that occur here has aroused public interest to such an extent that means are being devised to lessen the danger of drowning accidents. John S. Mack lin has addressed q letter to Cover nor Black in which he advocates stretching light wire cable across the river just above the danger line, which is below the line of naviga' ton. He would run a light metal or rubber tube with bulbs at inter vals along the cable. He also advo- cates the use of incandescent lights along the cable so thatit could be seen at night. A letter from Wm. N. Griffith, the governors private secretary, approves the plan and expresses the opinion that steps should be taken in the matter joint ly by the state of New York and the Dominion ot Canada. The cost would be less than Sl0,Cco.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
Uonlasa w,,h su..

A man mounted on a black cayuse and evidently in big hurry to get out of town, came galloping down Montezuma street last evening just as rapidly as his horse could lay it's feet to the ground. He apparently wanted to leave the city by its south gate, although he was travelling in a noTtherlY direction. hence this may account for his unseemly haste. The galt of his steed was SO rapid that in turning into Gurley street he did not get his steering appsra us in proper shape, aud the horse collided with Guilford Hathaway's bus, which was standing in front of the Winsor hotel. While the horse came to an inert state when the collision occurred the man kept on going till he also came in collision with a wheel of the wagon. To order to stop himself in Ihis way it was ot course necessary for him to dismount which he did ey the toboggan act, over the horses head. A crowd collected quickly, among the mum
 Der a physician ready to sew up the mans scalp and cement the pieces of broken skull together, but to their ST at surprise he recovered his feet quickly aud again remounted his steed aud rode of as hurriedly as before. As he was. leaving, blood
 could be seen triekling down from hls forehead. At Cortez street he turned southward and soon dis appeared from view, over the knoll leading to Goose Flat still going at "get there Eli gait"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29


 Yesterday morning a large force of men were put to work in and around the boiler and engine room at the shelter taking out old ma chinery, putting in now and making . general clean up of those depart ments. This will neeessitate the closing down of certain branches for two or three days, but in the mean time will give employment to a large force of men. Upon the completion of this work two new blast furnaceS will be started up and other yalna ble improvements made. Jerome Reporter.
 Passengers who arrived on the the train from the north last n'ght report very narrow escape from a serious wreck. When the train left Prescott it was very heavy and was pulled by two engines. When near tho top of the summit tho train broke in two and the rear portion began Go back down the hill. The train men at once ran to the breaks which they applied with all their force and succeeded in stopping the train before it got under headway, thus averting what would otherwise have been q serious wreck, all the passenger cars being among those which had broken loose.-Phenlx Herald.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-29
Plma County Ronds.

Speaking of bonds few days ago Governor McCord said there is 8 vast q fIerenes between the status of the Yavapai bonds and those of Pima county. In Yavapai the rail road was built and operated a num- Der of years, while the Tucson and Globe road is only on paper. Both before his appointment and since Governor McCord has defined his position as unqaalifedly opposed to funding the Pims county bonds and during his administration such wifi never be done except at the point of the bayonet, after final decision of the supreme conrt. The people of Afizoua need not fear the Pima county bonds as the matter of value received IS lacking. Gazette.