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Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
ALL ENDED.

Victor, Colo, Sept. 13.-Henry R. Tillotson shot and killed his sweet heart, Ella Taylor, putting three bull lets into her body, last night, and then killed himself with the same weapon.
 Miss Taylor had just returned from celebration at Grassy, whither she had been with George Brown.
 Tillotson had told the girl that if she went to Grassy with Brown he would shoot her.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
HE PAID THE PENALTY
Charles Meyers Tried to Jump on 8
 Moving Car.

Kansas City, Sept. 13-Charles Meyers "a ,la ilRa switch naa r.- Iw>-s run down aad killed in the Fort ScoSt & Memphis yards early this morning.
 Meyers was trying to board a string of moving cars which had been showed on a side-track when he lost his hold and fell. The wheels of one car passed over him, breaking his legs and crushing his skull. He was 30 years old and lived at Hannibal, Mo. Coroner Bedford will hold an inquest tomorrow
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
BASE BALL
Where League Games Were Won and
 Lost Yesterday

At Washington - Cincinnati. 2; Washington, 1.
 Philadelphia game post poned.
 At Louisville Louisville, '; Pitts burg, 2.
 At Cleveland Cleveland. z; St. Louis, G.
 At Baltimore First game, Balti- more, 4; Chicago 2. Second game, Baltimore, Il; Chicago, 4.
 At Brooklyn-Brooklyn, s; New York, 8. Game called account dark ness. : At Rockford, n.-Rockford, 2: Cedar Rapids, l.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
BOOK COMPANIES MAY FIGHT.
The Kansas Corporation to Force the
 Trust to Come to Terms.


 Topeka, Kan, Sept .1s.-J5hn Es .k3 ford, the agent of the Kansas Book company, Scott, Foresman q Co, | s. Parks and the Foley Printing com pany of Parsons, stated today that thel companies k:aSresanaai would - out not .. tIsar9. being gleaSer demand for them than anticipated; that a large percentages of the cities and school districts in Kan sas had abrogated the contracts with the American Book company and or dered the books adopted by the state school text book commission; that tho books they were receiving were in very fair shape.
 When asked as to the disposition that would be made of the old books Afford replied: We expect to sell all old books published. by the American Book company to sssd firm at exchange price, with freight added. K Is Ss16s' ply a business proposition, Tho American Book company 6has con- tracts in Nebraska, Missouri and oklahousla, as.d if it fails CT refused 10 purchase e9o fgtsa 1sslvs 5! in the aforese aes, has 10 the AmSTl ok corng/3v-
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14

was no gun to be found. Evidently yielding his life, for the walls are spattered with blood. AS the body was without clothing, there is no trace of the identity of the murdered man. Schmidt has not been seen fer four or five days. The theory given out by the coroner is that Schmidt, who is supposed to be demented, killed the man and slept in the shack several nights until driven off by the smell of the decomposed body.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14

Hazelton, Pa, Sept. 13.-Trouble has broken out at Coxe Bros. col fiery at EclNley. The superintendent of the Eckley colliery telegraphed Gen. eral Goblin for troops, but later in the day the request was withdrawn, nc stifying the general that the striking miners had stopped marching. Dnl has ordered a City $; E ]: : ]: 5. $ 5: T: ; ton district Is one of unrest. All the collieries in this district are appre- hensive of danger. Requests have been pouring into General Gobin from the various mines asking that he send troops in order to prevent any poss:- hlp outbreak
 QUIET AT THE FRONT.
 Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 13.-General Goblin notified the governor and the military authorities today that there is nothing alarming in the strike sit uation in the Hazelton region and that he has been assured that instructions regarding the marching of uniformed bodies will be obeyed.
 BURIAL OF THE SLAIN.
 Hazelton, Pa., Sept. 13.-The first official action of the day was the clos ing of all saloons until o'clock this afternoon, after conference between General Gcbin and Mayor Altmiller. It was done because of the funeral of of tn victims, ana the fear of what might follow if the strikers had access to liquor when wrought up by grief and rage None of the militia men were allowed to leave camp and all passes have been discontinued. By order of General Goblin anything in the nature of military procession at the funeral was forbidden and parade like that of yesterday when uniformed men carrying sabers, marched, will not be allowed.
 Notwithstanding General Gobin's order one part of the funeral cortege was headed by brass band which played mournful accompaniment to the train of men. AS they neared brigade headquarters the drums were silenced, however, as the procession reached it and 2,000 men in line si- lently marched to une undertaken, where eight Poles awaited burial. The street was packed with people who left marrow aisle for the march CTS. Not the slightest disorder and not trooper in sight. After view ing the bodies the big parade formed with three other bands.
 The order prohibiting these not hay ing been communicated to the march CTS by the priests to whom he gave it, General Gobin revoked it and gave permission for the musical accompa- niment. The parade did not get un- der way until late in the afternoon. The miners seemed perfectly docile and no trouble was anticipated.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
Used by a B Hsburg Man to Commit
 ,s Suicide.

 Pibtsburg, Pa, Sept. 13.-L D. Leech, secretary of the Pitts6urg Chemical company and a prom insntl business man of Pittsburg, attempted suicide yesterday at New Alexandria. Five weeks ago Leech was married to Miss Mary Sutton, a Pittsburg iron masters 'heiress, whose fortune is estimated at over $40O,Oo0. They had just returned from the honeymoon and Leech complained Of feeling bad. A porter found him unconscious on a couch with both wrists slashed, throat> cut and a gaping wound iI abdomen.
 A penknife was close by. die. No reason is given f2r
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
EXPULSIONS FROM GERMANY.

Berlin, Sept. 13.-A dispatch from Strasburg says that two of the largest and wealthiest manufacturers of Klingenthal, named Brand and Oesinger, have been expelled from AL sace-Lorraine.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
KANSAS C1Ey sToc

Kansas City, sept.(
 ce pts, 5000; best nlasiy s other cattle, 5@10 cents lowei steers, $2.25@405; Texas cows, 3.75; native steers, $3.75@5.2O; naN COWS and heifers, S1.50@3.75; stockersy and feeders, S3.3O@4.40; bulls, S2@3. 3.25; sheep receipts, 2,000; market steady; lambs, $3.10@5; muttons, s2.50@3.90.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
PENSION FRAUD PENITENT.
Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars
 Wrongly Obtained Given Back.

Washington, Sept. 13.-The pension office has received a conscience con- tribution ofh $50 from pensioner in PennsylY who dtes that he ob- taine1I pey fraudulently.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
A NEW POSTMASTER.

Washington, Sept. 1a. -(Special.) L. T. Walters was appointed pos master at Duncan,' vice J. T. Torr resigned.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
.UNEASINESS AT HAZLETON
Despite the Late BIoody Sub
 Jugation of the Strikers

impressive Funeral Of the Victims
 or the Deputy Sheriffs' Bullets.
 Militia Towering About the Scene ef the Late Disturbance.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
WHEAT WILL BE NO CHEAPER.
Until Another Crop Has Been Har-
 vested.

Washington, Sept 13-The follow ing relating to the wheat situation is an extract from the complete monthly report of Mir. John Hyde, statistician of the agricultural department, which will be issued tomorrow: High prices for wheat have for several weeks past been bringing out supplies quite freely and increased supplies have in turn reacted upon prices, causing reac- tion from the highest figures of Au- gust.
 The general tenor of information gleaned from all available, sources is not, however, of a character to war rant either expectation or fear, ac- cordingly as the matter is regarded, from the consumers or producers point of view, of any material cheap ening of wheat until another crop is in sight with the prospect of ample stocks"
 A TEMPORARY TUMBLE.
 New York, Sept 13-The decline in wheat today left the prices $ of a cent below the highest point of last week and 2 cents lower than it closed on Saturday.
 Chicago, Sept 13.-December wheat. closed at 941s cents.
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
Inspired By the Terrible Situa-
 ton On the Yukon
THE PRESIDENT INVOKED
By the Seattle Chamber Of Commerce For the Starving
The Rush for klOndyk7 Is Rapidly Falling Off-PeCuliar Alaska Laws Regarding Rights Of Way Hin- CT EntSrprISe.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 13-Tne Se- attle chamber or commerce today ap- piled to the president of the United States for governmental aid for peo- pIe who have gone into the Klondyke and will undoubtedly, many of them, have to face starvation during the win ter.
 \ The appeal to the president was as follows. ''To the President of the United States: Alarming reports of a shortage of provisions and impending starvation of American citizens on the Yukon river are fully authenticated. The chamber of commerce of Seattle respectfully urge the general govern ment to take immediate steps to in vestigate the conditions with view to devising means for early relief. The lack of any local government in Alaska imposes this duty upon the federal government.
 fSigned) ''E. c. GRAVES,
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14
COMING TO THEIR SENSES.

Port Townsend, Wash, Sept. 13.- As evidence that there is at least a partial cessation in the mad rush for Alaska, the steamer Topeka sailed at nooL, today with only eighty passen- gers, the smallest list of any trip since last February Eew of the Topeka's passengers today will attempt to cross the divide this fall.
 NO PLACE FOR PROMOTERS. Portland, Ore, Sept. 13.-John U. Smith, United States commissioner at Dyea, writes to the Evening Telegram in this city under date of September 5. He says: -eThe air is full of all sorts of business schemes. There are rep resentatives of many moneyed ccrpo- rations here figuring on tramways and railroads. The right of way is what sticks them Alaska is a great coun- try, but it is very hard to get any more of it thsn you can spread your self out over.
 1.-The trails ought to be improved, which could be Ae at small ex- pense, but Alaska laws are so limited that one cannot even get the right to make trail or get right of way for a road. The matter has come before me semi-oficially and I have ruled that dVy bridge can become private property under squatters' rights of possession and that no individual can control trails. If any one builds a bridge he can charge toll thereon or keep people off it. The men at Dyea and Skaguay are the most peaceable and law-abiding that I have ever met. "
Arizona republican., 1897-09-14

ton d1strfct IS one of unrest. All the collieries in this district are appre- hensive of danger Requests have been pouring into General Gobin from the various mines asking that he send troops in order to prevent any poSs:- hlp mt h,-aaly
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

even among the thousands OF strange
and sensational cases that the Califor-
MIA courts have had to deal with. More
than once during its bitter progress
were the hands of the attorneys-the
leading practioneers at the bar-swung
around with pistols. The air was
murky with threat and bribery. Be
fore 1t was done lawyers whose stand
ing at the bar had never been ques-
toned we're driven from the courts.
More than one witness found himself
in the penitentlary for perjury, and
many others who ought to have gone
there escaped. The lawyers ceased to
be mere hired fighters and the enmities
among them engenderd in this case
endure nntil this day. There Is a well
authenticated story Of a blank check
which passed from hand TO hand and
finally came to the judge who tried the
case. He could have filled IL out for q
million and he was a poor man. He
spurIed the bride and decided the case
against the millionaire. This Judge
Y as young able brilliant and ambitious.
The enmity OF Sharon has followed
him ever since. All California applaud
ed him, but his public career stopped
right there. SO the Bell mansion came
into California politics, There Is much
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
90 O oo.b

bulk that they named 1t Aepiornis
Maximus, which means "the bird as
big as a mountain"
As large as these birds undoubtedly
were, they were far from attaining the
gigantic proportions of a bird which
used to inhabit New Zealand not SO
very long ago. and which still exists
there today, II any reliance is to be
placed upon statements made by the
natives. This bird vas known as the
Moa, and had the distinction OF being
the largest bird that ever existed. 1t
vas taller than the tallest elephant.
and proudly carried its head as high as
the towering giraffe. 1t measured Is
feet In height and was possessed of
herculean strength. Its thigh bones
were larger than those Of a horse, and
none OF the beasts of the field could
successfully cops with It. BY the side
OF this giant the ostrich Is a small
bird. Like so many Of the great mon
sters, however, that inhabited the earth
in ages past, the moas were sluggish
and stupid animals, and their great bulk
availed them nothing against the
ceaseless warfare made upon them by
the small, puny, but extremely active
savages. They were eagerly hunted
by the Maori, in spite of the fact that
the latter were exceedingly afraid Of
them. The natives knew only too we'll
from the tragic ending Of many of their
tribe that a kick from one Of these
birds meant instant death to he most
powerful OF the braves. Before the
hunt began and in the light of the sar-
ly dawn, the savages were wont to en-
gage in their weird incarnation. i'm
plorlng the spirits-to whom they at
tributed the power of sending good or
evil--to assist them in their perllous
enterprises. They supplicated the
morning mists rising from between the
hills to bring them success. They in
voked the god of silence to keep free
from fright and apprehension the giant
birds they wished to capture, and on
cluded their barbaric rites. which. for
the greater part. consisted of the most
unearthly s%hrieking. with a wild dance.
indicative Of approaching triumph. The
real work Of the day began by forming
the natives into two bands, one body
OF men to steal cautiously along until
they reached the scrub, which lined the
we'll worn moa path, and there care
fully conceal themselves. the others TO
make their way as best they could to
the edge Of a neighboring lake. from
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

where they were to start the birds.
All these movements had to be made
without so much as the cracking of q
twig, for the slightest noise before the
proper time arrived would so alarm
the game as to make all hopes of sue
cess futile, for that hunt, at least. The
natives whose duty 1t was to drive the
birds, after having spread themselves
over quite a large extent of territory,
would, at a prearranged signal, set up
a most frightful shouting. So great
was the din they made that the terri
fed moas would run as fast as they
could straight into the ambush special
ly prepared for them. Notice Of their
approach was given to the men in hid
birds made crashing through the
bushes; nearer and nearer they came
with the force Of a whirlwind, until
suddenly, amid a cloud of dust and
accompanied with deafening roar, q
great feathered giant doomed high up
in the air, and was instantly speared by
the agile but half-frlghtened native.
AS the terrorized bird madly dashed
by this ambushed band 1t was attacked
with all the fury the savages could
muster, SO that when the end of the
gauntlet was reached the giant was
bleeding from a score OF wounds. Now
the savages ran in hot pursuit of their
prey, for the battle was not over by
any means. but the tell tale blood
tracks suficed to inform them that
the day would eventually be theirs.
1t became simply a question of keeping
up the chase until they closed with the
exhausted bird, when, amid the tri-
umphant shouts OF a combined attack,
the giant was finally dispatched By his
tiny advcrsaries
Great Yves the Joy on the monsters
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
THE TENDER PASSION.

He-I love you better than my life.
she-Considering the life you lead. l
cannot say that I am surprised
dianapolis Journal.
Mr.. Spratts-If there are microbes in
kisses, what disease do they produce?
Miss Killuff-Palpitat!on Of the hear
philadelphia Press.
Belle-Why did you reject him last
evening when he was willing to wait
till to-day for his answer? Blanche
Because l saw he meant to stay until
he got ~it.-Spare Moments.
She-Did you have any trouble III
getting papa to listen to you? He
Not a bit. ! began by telling him |
knew Of a plan whereby he could save
money.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Cruel and unnatural!' moaued
Tricky. "Her own father has broken
our engagement" forbidden your
marriage?" mo, but didn't you see
by the papers that he had failed?"-
Detroit Free Press.
Madge-I think Jack Is going to pro.
PooS = az pocNb IlGI MtlHs
er-Why do you say that? Madre-
lie took me out to look at some ,an.
dem wheels last evening.-Phlladel
phia North American.
Amelia-Swear not by the moon the
|inconstant moon. Augustus-Then
what shall / swear by? Amelia
Swear by that which you hold invalu-
able; something that you cannot live
without. Augustus-Then Amelia, I
love you! ! swear 1t by my bicycle
It'd Bits.
He-They say that wedding rings are
going out Of fashion. She-Oh, ! don't
care. II you wish to dispense with
the ring. dear, 1t will make no differ
ence to me. But why didn't O give
me s0me warning Of what you were
about to say? This is so sudden. Then
he thought Of home and mother, but 1t
was too ate.-Cleveland LeadAs
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

)r its tenants have been mixed up In
almost every sensation that has stirred
the Pacific coast. 1t has always been
the House Of Mystery.
Just now 1t Is ruled by an old negro
woman, who sometimes exercises ty-
rannical pow n owe the widow OF the
man who owned II n his children.
This woman was once Il slave. the
story goes. She is now on her death
bed, and possibly that fact gives
courage to the eldest son Of the dead
MAJ to bring suit against his mothe"
that the darkness of that household
may be d~issipated and the old hag be
forced to loosen her grip upon the d.
| vided family and its fortune. Every
body In the west knows this negro wo-
man. who has trailed through the
courts like a black shadow in case
after case involving the richest fam
lilies on the Pacific coast. Nanny
Pleasant Is the name they all know
her by. How she came to California
is lost in the mazes of the tangled
stories that are told OF early days on
the coast. II Is enough to date her back
to the time when Senator William
Sharon was In the flush of his fortune.
s%quandering millions in his evil pleas
ures. II was boom time on the coast.
The Comstocks had yielded up their
half a billion dollars worth of bullion.
and II was his share of this that en-
abled old Sharon, the most vicious
probably Of a circle Of rich men, the
like Of which had not existed since the
ancient regime, to defy every law and
conventionality. James G.. Fair was
another of this ilk. Thomas Bell, who
owned the House OF Mystery, was an
other.
Sharon had started Nanny Pleasant
as the housekeeper of a magnificent
bachelors boarding house. The men
who frequented this place could pay
fortunes for discretion, and though
Nanny Pleasant has been twenty
times upon the witness stand only In a
single case haB she BETRAYED what went
On In this house. Had she gone In for
Matchmaking the old woman could
have drained the richest pockets In
California, but there was a strain OF
loyalty In her mixed blood that held
her true. She could AFFORD It. II was In
this house that the saddest and most
dramatic romance CT the west began.
Senator Sharon brought to the house a
beautiful, delicate. refined young south
ern woman. who was then known as
Sarah Althea Hill. Long afterward
this girl claimed Sharon as her hus-
band produced the contract Of mar
riage hat the California courts de-
cided was written by him It was in
this house according to the testimony,
ttat the contract was drawn up, and
Nanny Pleasant was a witness to it.
There was CONSERVATION when Sarah
Althea Hill proclaimed herself William
S.sron's wife and sued him in the
courts for divorce. He was a million
aire twenty times over. She had moth
ing with which to oppose this fortune
until Nanny Pleasant threw all her
wicked savings into the scale against
the millionaire. That trial stands ont
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

more Of this sharon story, and n has
to do with the palsce or Octavia street.
Among the woman's lawyers was ex-
Supreme Judge David 5. Terry, a man
Of strength and heart and brains: q
sCutherner and a fighter. a duellist
who bad killed a United states II
tor on the field Of honor; a violent man
and a brave one. lie married the plain
till. and after that the man who spoke
a word against her fame had to reckon.
not with the discarded companion OF
q tired. rich man. but with David 5.
Terry. Sharon claimed n residence In
Nevada, where he had no: lived for
years. and got the ease into the United
States courts, aud there. before IL was
done, supreme Justice Of the United
States Court stephen J. Field decided
fatty against In, Judgment OF the Cali
iornia court and proclaimed the wo-
man no wife.
All the bitterness that had come out
in the state trial reappeared in the IA
tiCnal court. Terry. fierce and dcs-
perate. charged the highest officer In
the land with being the bribed and per-
jured servant OF a millionaire. Their
were scenes approaching a riot In this
ordinarily the most sedate court In the
land. Once Terry, bowie knife In hand,
was overpowered by officers as he
sought to save his wife from the con
sequences of II OF her %outbursts. For
this. husband and wife. he an ex-Su-
preme Justice of California. were sent
to ;Tison. They served their terms.
Some time after they were released
they met Judge Field at a railroad eat
ing station. Judge Terry slapped the
face OF the supreme Justice Of the
United States. His hand had hardly
touched Fields face when a shot rang
out and Terry fell dying at his wife's
feet. David Nagle. desperate and gun
fighter. imported from the frontier for
the purpose. secretly commissioned
Deputy United States Marshal. was
there as Fields body guard. His was
the bullet that killed Judge Terry and
the United States court took Nagle
ava g. 1m the state court that would