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The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-07-29

1ho O'0 AtiAntic O raciuc en&iues are receiving the attention of the painters, the old initials. "A. a P..s.". being erased and .sS. E. F." put in its place.
 c. o. Anderson, editor and propri- eior of the Holbrook Argus. came in Sunday on busin~ss, returning Mon- day. Mr. Anderson paid us fralsr- nal call.
 The female singers and musicians at the Senate salMn left Sunday for Williams, as a result of the $500. monthly license imposed by the City Council.
 w. P. Sisson and wife, father and mother of F. w. Sisson, after months visit with their son and his family, left this morning for their home in peoria, III.
 J. 0 Dunbar, editor of the Ph0euix Gazette. arrived Sunday and spent sew eral days resting here and recuperating. He returned [" Ph'enix yesterday and will bring his family here for a mouth or sO.
 Mrs. Robert Mnrry and Miss Maggie Murry. mother and sister of Mrs. J. H. Lind. arrived from Ontario. Canada. Saturday. and will spend some weeks visiting with Mir. and Mrs. J. Il. Liud of our city.
 The executive committee of the New Mexico fair will soon issue program of bicycle races. and some of our local cyclists will no doubt conpets for some If the prizes at the coming fair in September.
 The Misses Hollenbeck who have been stop"iug at the New Bank Hotel. left yesterday for \ brief visit to the Laguna villages in New Mexico. After 'heir return here they will visit ths Moqui snake dance.
 DIED Tuesday morning. July 27. 1897. the twin baby of Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Mayh"wrr, aged about oos month. The funeral of the little one occurred yesterday. THE SUN-DEMo- GRAF exteuds Its sympathy,
 c. s. Denton. who has been here for some time, was joined yestsr- day by his wife and children, who arrived on passenger train No. 1 from B-rryville. Ark. They will go to housekeeping in few days.
 c. A. Bush returned Tuesday from the Grand Canyon copper district, where he has been the past week nego- tistiug far the sale of some claims near the rim of the Canyon to the Lombard Goods Investment Company of Chi cago.
 The United Verde Copper Company at Jerome are advertising for bids for 10000 to l6,Oc0 peeled stulls. Bids will close on August IT. Slulls to be delivered at Jerome Junction or at Davis Station on l,ne of U. V. & P. railway.
 We have received catalogue of the University of Arizona for '97-'9S. There are enrolled total of l61 siudents-S seniors, { juniors. 8 sopho- mores and IF freshmen. and 95 in the preparatory and s4 in the special courses.
 1.-The Sabbath was made for Man." will be the text next Sunday morning at the Presby terian church. The even- ing discourse will have for its theme "what Men think they have and have not" Strangers cordially welcomed.
 H. P. CoRsER, Pastor.
 n. D. Van Slyck and family passed Tough here Tuesday on their way to Los Angeles, where they will reside in the future. Mir. Van Slyck will here after have hls headquarters in Los Angeles, and will be the travelling freight and passenger agent of the Santa Fs Pacific.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-07-29
THURSDAY. JULY 2s. 1897.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


 District Attorney E. s. Clark visited Williams yesterday.
 James R. Willard. the Verde ranch. or, was here Monday.
 The public school will open the first Monday in September.
 Dr. Perrin and daughter of Williams were in the city yesterday.
 Cofiin Brs. rec-ived carload oi Orrgun potatoes Saturday.
 F, J. Hmhdertrrr and family moved out to their ranch yesterday.
 J. J. Donahue returned from an outing Ut Williams Tuesday.
 D,op! Dropl Droppedl l0c per lb or ArLuckles coffee at oftin's.
 The annual Moqui snake dance will begin this year about August l8.
 Attorney T. $. Bunch visited Will Hams yesterday on legal business.
 J. A. Lamport and family returned from Selignian ou No. ? Tuesday.
 E. A. Slik-r is just recovering from . very severe attack of ls g'ippe.
 BuRN--'ro the wife If NJ. j. Kennedy Friday morning. a ten pound girl.
 For first-class watch work gu to ]. '. Arn"ids' at Baynsll's shoe store. Attorney k. M. Sauford of Prescott passed through on No. 2 Tuesday for the East.
 James May, the well known sbeep grower. was transasliug business here yesterday.
 For freshest cuts in beaf. mutton. veal aud pork, go to Mohleupah x Nudersbach.
 Every visitor to our mountain city is delighted with the summer climate ot this section.
 Dou't buy green potato when you can get gUnl ripe ous for tue same money Ut Cotia's.
 There was quite run on the local s'bsuks" Sunday night and two closed up at au early hour.
 w. Moore Clay ton. superintendent of Bradslres.s Ut Albuquerqus. was in the city last Thursday.
 The wholesale aud retail liquor store of J. j, Donahue's ou Phosnix avenue is opsu for business xs sun.
 Am rebuilding my foundry and can ao .,..v kind of casting up to fiflesn Aupdred ..~uuds. j. E. PourHiE. Austin M~rs "f Williams was here Tuesday looking s.tssr some miuiug interest he has near the GrAud Canyon. Mrs. J. w. Wagner and tss baby returusd to WinsIow Tuesday. after fsw weeks visit with her pareiits hsrs' roR SALE-farm of l60 ac,rs, wltb Improvements, nine miles spulh of Hlsgstaff. Inquire of JOHN SAxDERsos. Thos. Keough of the Buckman Com sdy Company. which exhibited in our city few weeks siuce. passed through on bis way east Saturday.
 Don't forget that Garrett { Hennessy arc running the Flagstaff Meat Market. Hoxworth's old stand, where all will get courteous treatment.
 Attorney E. E. EIlinwood Is fitting up . suit cf office rooms in the Babbitt block aud when completed will bs the hands0mest iu N0riLern Arix0na.
 The calendar f,r the coming District court shows sixteen civil cases. There are twelve prisoners in the county jail awaiting the action of tue grand jury.
 Flagsta6 has . finer system of streets and sidswalks than any other town of its size flu the Southwest, and its wsll-krpt highways would put to shame many m Eastern town.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-07-29
THE sUN-DEMOCRAT.
NOTICE To THE pUsLiu.

All oontracts end bills for advertising pay- able monthly.
 Advertising rates given upon application.
 pusiness locale 10 cents per line for 6rst in- sertion. and ceats per line for sach suhse- auent insertion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29
HEALTHY IN IT'S VOLUME
LOADED CAR MOVEMENT STILL Ex-
CEEDING 10000 CARS A WEEK.
Ohio Roads Carrying Coal mt Less
than 10 Cents Per Ton-Big Four
Earnings show Increases.

The train records show that there were
received and forwarded at Indianapolis in
the week ending Nov. q a total of 25,O75
cars, 20 $40 being loaded, exceeding the num-
Der handled in the week ending Nov. 20 by
150 loaded cars, 3, 722 loaded cars in excess
of the same week last year, and 1906 more
than in the same week of 1895. That there
should have been an increase last week
over the preceding one was something of a
surprise, as 1t was thought that Thanks
giving would cut down the movement, there
being no local freights run, but so pressing
was business that more through freights
were run than usual. AS in the week end
ing Nov. TO- the movement of empty cars
was light as compared with previous weeks,
which is all the better, as there is no money
in hauling empty cars, while in hauling
loaded cars both ways the revenue is hand
somely increased. All the Pennsylvania
lines and the Big Four lines (proper) are
doing big business. Usually when traffic
is heavy with the Big Four it is light with
the Pennsylvania lines, but it is now heavy
with both, and the Vandalia is doing the
best business at any time in the history
of the road. While these lines are handling
considerable grain the shipments of cotton,
tobacco, transcontinental-line goods, provi-
sions, produce and dressed meats are large.
In live stock the shipments are not as
heavy as last month, local packing houses
taking so much stock at present to keep in
operation West bound the tonnage of
heavy groceries is large, and a good many
bulky goods which sell during the holidays
are being handled. North-and-south roads
are doing better. With the lifting of the
quarantine shipments southwark have in
creased and shipments of cotton Southern
pine and other articles of Southern produc-
ton are coming north in large quantities.
One of the noticeable features of railroad
traffic at present is the large amount of
machinery of all descriptions and of rail-
way supplies, which are now being carried
by the roads seemingly in all directions.
The large number of furniture cars moving
is striking evidence of better times in fact,
none of the roads is able to supply the de-
mand for furniture cars, and calls for cars
to bring cotton north and to ship hay east
are becoming numerous. Local business is
at it's maximum, and on the bulk tracks
even more activity is noticeable shipments
of fruits, vegetables lumber, stone and ma
chinery creating unusual activity. Below is
given the car movement for the week end
ing Nov. q and for the corresponding Pc
RODS of 1895 and 1896:
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Name of Road.


1t is not surprising that most of the coal
roads of Ohio are in the hands of receivers.
if the statements of Stevenson Burke, pres
ident of the Toledo & Ohio Central are COR
rect, as doubtless they are. Judge Burke,
in his predatory statement to his annual re-
port, gives reasons for the insolvency of
several Ohio coal-carrying roads and the
reduced earnings of their competitors dur
ing the period preceding the bituminous coal
strike. Judge Burke states unqualifiedly
that coal was moved from the Massillon
coal fields to Toledo, the distance being APP
proximately 1870 miles, for less than 10 cents
a ton. Judge Burke says that this was the
price accepted previous to the appointment
of receivers for the property. The railroad
accused of this remarkable reduction in car
rying charges is not designated in the re-
port. When this remarkably low rate was
accepted the authorized tariff" was So
cents ton, the cut being, therefore, over
rs cents a ton. Moving a car of coal 100
miles for about So is not a record breaker"
There is a tradition that in 1870, there
abouts, cattle were carried from either Erie
or Buffalo to New York at 81 a carload. A
similar rate prevailed between Chicago and
Buffalo and Erie. That was in the days
when the Vanderbilts and the famous Fisk
were waging war. Fisk proved his superior
ity. Going West, he bought up all the cat
tie he possibly could and deluged his COM
pettor with the Improbable business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Nov. 27--Judge E.
NJ Merrlman, of this city, who. in 1893, de-
he was charged with swindlng a Chicago
concern, and who afterwards had an ex-
derer, says that he can positively Identify
Blanthers handwriting. He believes the
alleged confession is genuine and will help
the charge of murder. IF l can help Dur
rant" said Merriman to-day, Il want to do
so. know Forbes, J. e. Blanther, quite
he wrote that letter confessing to the muir
der of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Will
liams at Oakland, of which Durrant is ac-
innocent and If | can be of any service in
establishing that fact by proving the au-
thenticity of the confession l shall do so
gladly,'
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ton notable for its shrewdness, humor and
common sense. First the old man talked of
the economic condition of the country and
of politics. He was even fierce in his de-
nunciation of those conditions and of the
men who were then or who had recently
been most prominent in the affairs of the
Nation. The country was going to the
dogs, and they were responsible for its go
ing In fact he was a Populst, and ire
mendously in earnest in advocacy or the
pet measures Of the subtreasury plan ana
kindred fallacies. But after Il While THIS
subject was dropped and the old man was
led to tell the story of his business career:
He had had nothing to start with. had
bought little farm on a credit; had paid
for it by hard work and economy; had then
acquired ether land around him In the same
way, until he owned about 800 acres, at an
average cost of something like $l5 an acre.
In conclusion he said, triumphantly, tnat
for this whole body of land he had recently
been offered and had refused $35 an acre.
This was an honest and good man-in
every way a worthy citizen. He was con-
scious of having been conspicuously sue
cessful in acquiring wealth-far more sue
cessful than the average man can ever DE
under any economic system-yet was per-
fectly honest in denouncing bitterly the
conditions which made his success possible.
During what he thought hard times he had
acquired large wealth. and the acquisition
did not at all disturb his belief in his poll
tico-economic theories.
we tell this true little story because 1T
seems to us that the experience and atti-
tude of this man are those of the South.
We are constantly growing about hard
times and making ourselves unhappy In
doing so, but we are also constantly grow
ing richer more independent more COM
Portable in our ways of living. Would not
our progress be more rapid if we fitted our
feelings and our conversation to the facts
of the situation?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29
SUGAR FROM BETS.
suggestion as to How Indiana May Sc
cure II Refinery.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
SO much has been written and said about
the beet sugar industry in this State and as
nothing definite has been accomplished will
you spare me small space to make few
suggestions. 1t looks as if the people of this
country are just awakened to the fact that
they are capable of raising their own sugar,
and that, instead of paying $1500O0,00O to
foreign countries, we can keep that amount
at home. 1t has been demonstrated that
beets raised in this country are superior to
those raised in France and Germany 1t
has also been demonstrated that Indiana
has the soil to produce beets containing
more saccharine quality than those pro-,
duced thus far in any other country. Now,
it seems to me that Greeley's plan was good;
when he told the people that the way to re-
sumo specie payment was to resume. Now,
the way to start a sugar refinery in this
State is to proceed at once to organize and
start one. If we want to get one started
before it is too late for next years crop, it
should be done at once 1t is useless to
wait for Eastern capital to come here. Why
not call meeting of all the people of the
State interested in the raising of sugar
beets? Let the farmers of Indiana assem-
BILE and discuss the matter thoroughly. Or
ganizee elect a president, secretary and
treasurer, and proceed to take subscriptions
in stock. Invite all the farmers of the State
to take one or more shares Make the
shares as low as $25 each, and before a
month there would be enough subscribed.
Then the company should seek a location
where 1t can get the most favorable bonus,
taking into consideration, of course, rail-
road facilities, cheapness of fuel and loca-
ton to the greatest amount of acres of
beet culture contracted. All these and
many other things would come up during
the meeting. Who will set the ball rolling?
Indiana must keep pace with other States.
The way to resume is to resume. Let US
have action. G. A. ARNOLD. F
Camden Ind Nov IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29

Coffin, Fletcher7& GO now have an arch
itect working on plans for remodeling their
packing house, and viii commence the work
next week and expect to have it all COM
pleted by March /. They will put in the
very best and latest orefrigerating machin-
cry and when the work is finished they will
have one of the most complete all-the-year-
round packing plants in the country, and
will give steady. employment to about 200
men. They are one Of the oldest pork pack
ing concerns in the country, having been
continuously in the business since 1910.
This packing house will to-day commence
it's winter killing season. slaughtering
about one thousand hogs a day. 1t had on
Saturday about two thousand hogs in pens
ard expects to ppt,-,up during the winter
packing season more hog products than in
any former year.. 9t@l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29
Personal. Local and General Notes.

George Lowell, general superintendent of
the Monon lines was in the city yesterday.
The Wabash earned in the third week of
November $257, 275, an increase over the cor
responding week of 1896 of $21,774.
f. NJ Wilkinson, of GAINESVILLE, o., gem
eral freight and passenger agent agent OF the
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley, spent
Sunday with relatives here.
j. NJ Chesborough formerly general pas
senger agent of the Baltimore Ohio
Southwestern. now representing the Queen
& Crescent at Detroit, Mich. spent sun
day with friends in the city.
The Cleveland & Pittsburg division of the
Pennsylvania lines has become one OF their
loaded cars were handled on its main line
between Conway and Alliance.
On Dec. / Charles o. Stmson, division
freight agent of the Big -Four at I.afay-
cite. will assume the duties of assistant
Ohio, with headquarters at Cincinnati.
There is no truth in the report that w.
Il. Hunter, claim agent of the Richmond
division of the Pennsylvania lines, is TO be,
promoted to be general claim agent of the
lines, with headquarters at Columbus, O.
Freight traffic of the Vandalia continues
heavy beyond precedent Last week the
road brought into indianapolis l,204 ana
forwarded west 1167 loaded cars OF the
inbound business, III cars We're loaded with
live stock.
The Chicago & Northwestern passen-
ger department has issued a neat and at
tractive folder, setting forth the advan-
tages of its daily overland limited. which
makes the trip TO California in three days
from Chicago.
The sale of the Richmond. Nicholasville,
Irvine & Beattyville road in Kentucky TO
Adolph Segar has been confirmed. This is
the road over which the Monon has had so
much litigation, and sought relief through
a receivership.
The son OF Chauncey Kelsey, auditor of
the Chicago & Alton, formerly auditor of
the Indiana Bloomington & Western. has
come TO be an expert electrician and
cupies an important position with the West
inghouse Electric Company
Master Mechanic Hudson. of the Big
Four shops at Cleveland. spent Sunday in
the city with friends This was the first
time he ever gave the city an inspection,
and he was surprised over its extent and
the number of fine residences.
on a test last week one of the Pennsyl-
vania's new heavy freight engines on the
Cleveland & Pittsburg division hauled in
one train 12l empty gondola cars, distribut-
ing the cars along the road between the
Pittsburg yards and Mingo.
Joseph Gray. yardmaster of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad at Eyerson is an active
worker IN the Young Mems Christian Assoc
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The Duke of OrIeans,s Lament.

PARIS, Nov. 27.-The Duke of Orleans
has written a letter to friend, Colonel
Perseval, in reference to the Dreyfus affair,
in which he says: Il cannot restrain a cry
of Indignation when l catch the echo of
fresh scandals from the shame of which it
has not been possible to spare my coun-
try Until now the honor of the army has
been inviolable Can / forget the height to
which it was brought by its kings and by
it's glorious soldiers who fought to complete
the grand work of French unity? Never
have the hardships of exile seemed so cruel
as when l see myself forced to remain a
poWerless spectator of insults cast upon our
glorious army. Those who have not made
an energetic use of their power will bear a
heavy responsibility in the eyes of the coun-
try and in history. For my part, venture
to say / shall always find in the conscious
ness of my duty and the power of monarch-
ical institutions the necessary strength to
httingly protect the honor of the soldiers of
France"
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THE TALK OF. HARD TIMES.
1t Becomes "a Habit Even with Those
Who Are Prosperous.
Florida Times.

FLORIDA I1meS IS
The Charleston News and Courier refers
to familiar phenomenon as follows:
Some people IN Marion county, says our
local correspondent. are predicting hard
times next year. This is usually the safest
prediction that can be made. Times are al
ways hard. Some years they are harder
than others, but they are always hard. We
are not as old as some people we kr :.
of-the editors of the Savannah News and
Augusta Chronicle, and the Charlotte OBJ
server. for example-but we have seen at
least thirty cotton crops hauled to market,
and there has not been soft year, by COM
mon consent, since the first one, to go back
no farther, and this brings US back TO the
times in part of Marion county and there
aboutS next year.
There are hard times, of course, but why
are all times hard in the speech of our
people. and especially in that of our farm
ers? Is no man ever conscious that he is
prosperous? All of US who have left youth
behind have had the same experiences as
the editor of the Charleston News and Cour-
ier Men speak readily enough, now, of
years in the past that were prosperous, Tut
memory tells us that when these years were
actually passing there was the usual talk
about hard times. In the years immediately
after the war the price of cotton was very
high and it is easy, looking back, to think
they were prosperous years, and men ha-
bitually say they We're But memory tells
US that farmers, almost without exception,
lost money and that most of them became
bankrupt. The writer of this, then young
man on large plantation in one OF the
remembers we'll the miserable, underfed
mules that dragged the plows on that and
all other plantations (underfed because
Western corn cost $3.50 a busheD, the rick
ETY. wagons and wretched farming imple-
ments, and is not deceived. He knows that
was time of hope, but time OF mistaken
methods and increasing poverty. lie knows
that the farming community is in far better
condition now than then, in spite or the
fact that cotton is only worth about one
fourth as much. But though the wealth OF
the States has enormously increased as
shown by the returns for taxation, by the
improvement in the condition of farms i'm
proyement of stocks, increase in the COM
forts of life within the reach of anyone,
increase of educational facilities, and OF all
the things that indicate greater wealth., we
remember no time when men thought the
times were anything but hard. Perhaps
they could be convinced that times are good
only by everybody suddenly becoming rich.
and that Of course. is impossible. The poor
we must always have with us.
A few months ago the representative OF
city business had occasion TO visit the home
of an old. very intelligent and successful
farmer in an exceptionally prosperous
Georgia community. He was Hospitality re-
ceived, and after supper his host enter
tanned him for soue hours with CONVERSE
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From Sundays First Edition.)


WASHINGTON, Nov 27.-By a general
order the War Department has honorably
mentioned the following officers and
enlisted men as having distinguished them
selves by specially meritorious acts or con-
duct in service: Maj. Louis M. Maus, for
services at Bellefourche river, North Da-
kota; Private Reese A. McCown, formerly
of Battery l., Third Artillery, for services
near Jackson Barracks, Louisiana; Capt
Selden r. Day and Privates j. c. Saxton
and Louis Klapprott, of the Fifth Artillery,
and Private Charles Swope, Company d.
of the Columbia river, Oregon, last year.
First Sergeant G. e. Hughes, Troop H.
Eighth Cavalry, for services at Sturgis, S.
First Cavalry, for services in Chicago last
May; Corporal S. E. Grim, Company H,
Twenty-first Infantry, for services near
Plattsburg Barracks, New York. and Pri-
vate Lyman Fifeld, Company d, Twenty
first Infantry, for services at the same
place.