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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-29

R. BAEHR for house painting and paper hanging, 2
 J. W. Sullivan is in town.
 Oyster cocktails at the Winsor.
 Frank Giroux is in from the Gladiator.
 District court has taken a recess till Thursday morning.
 F. NJ. Hummer, of the Poland mine, ia ip town,
 Territorial Auditor G. ". Wicker s and wife left for Phenix yesterday.
 County Recorder W. I. Johnson went out to Ash Creek today for a brief visit.
 Mrs. W. c. Budge, of Phenix, is visiting the family of Judge and Mrs. E. W Wells.
 IL. Johnston has resumed busi- ness at the old stand, and will be pleased to meet his old friends and patrons.
 G. ". Hull, of Jerome, has filed a notice in the recorders office con- corning changes in the plat of the Jerome townslte.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
WEYLER LETS THEM LOOSE
Lee Reports the Release of Two More
Cuban Americans.

Washington, April 24.-The' state de-
partment has been informed through
the Spanish representative in Washing
ton that the Audiencia of Santa Clara
mas dismissed the case of Jose Cepero
ard the Audiencia of Habana that of
George Washington Aguirre. Both viii
be set at liberty as soon as the require
n 'nts of law have been complied with.
United States Consul General Lee later
notified the department that Aguirre
had been released upon condition OF
leaving Cuba, not to return. Cepero is a
native of Cuba but was naturalzed in
the United States in 1881 He was ar
rested prior 20 January 20, 1896, on
board the steamer from Cienfuegos for
Batsbano, the charge being sedition and
rebellion, ard since then has been held
under arrest in Santa Clara awaiting
the action OF the civil court there.
Aguirre is % years old and was born in
the. United States He was captured by
Spanish gunboat July 10 last and con-
fined in Cabanas fortress on a charge
of rebellion. Upon the request of Con-
sui General Lee, his case was removed
from the military control and brought
before the court of Jaruco.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
FREE TO EVERY MAN
The Method of Great Treatment for
Weakness of Men, Which Cured Him
After Everything Else Failed.

Painful diseases are bad enough. but
when a man is slowly wasting away with
nervous weakness, the mental forebo5-
.rss are ten times worse than the mos.
severe pain. There is no let up 10 the
mental suffering day or night. Sleep is
almost impossible and under such a strain
men are scarcely responsible for what they
do. For years the writer rolled and tossed
on the troubled sea OF sexual weakness
until il was a question whether he had not
better take a dose OF poison and thus END
all his troubles. But proV,dentisl inspira-
ton came TO his aid il the shape OF com
b:nat.op OF medicines that nos only COM
plerely restored the general health, but
enlarged his weak. enac.aie6 parts 10 nat
ural size and vlgor and he now declares
that any man who will take the trouble
10 send his name and address may have
the method of this wonderful treatment
free. Now when l say free l mean abso-
h.ely without cost because l want every
ueakened man to get the benefit OF my ex-
perience.
am not q philanthropis,, nor do I
nose as an enthusiast. but there Sre
fsousands of men suffering the mental
ventures Of weakened manhood who would
he c,,~ai ar once could they but get such
a remedy as the one tha. cured me Do
not try To st,;Cy cut how i can AFFORD 70
nav me few pustag e stamps necessary 10
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Jsa-r, that there are few thinss or earth
-bat although they cost nothing &c gel,
.rav are worth fortune 10 some men ana
mean lifetime CT happiness 10 Iaost o.
sc W-.ie TO Thomas Slater. BOX on
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Nil be mailed in a p.a,n' ssa'so s'-'e-ope'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
A DEAD DEPOSITOR.
DEATH AT THE BANK DOOR.

This is world full OF peculiar hap
pecings.
The other day IN an eastern city
wealthy man went to his bank to draw
out Sc. The bank. which was the lead
Ing one in the city, was situated on one
OF the busies: streets The wealthy de-
posiior, while in the act Of going up the
steps to the from, door OF the bank. sud
denly dropped dead of hear, disease In
full sight OF lassers by.
There was an immediate rush 10 bis
assistance. Men crowded around him
AMI gave eacn other advice and sugges-
tlons. Other passers by. seeing the crowd
in front OF the bank door. rushed up 70
ascertain the cause and thus added 10
'he crowd. S,ill other passers by follow
ed this example. until the street IN from
% the bank was blockaded with surg
ing mob OF men. Not one man in a hun
dred in me crowd really knew the cause
Of the excitement Every man was
asking his neighbor. Whats up"
Finally some invsntive genius ar-wered
this da.ysrSa! question with a suggestion
that there vas a run on the bank. Ten
minutes later this supposl,ion became q
fact. Every man IN the crowd who had
money deposited in that bank fought
fercely 10 get in and withdraw H. The
news spread over the town like Wild fire.
AMI depOs;;crs from al parts Of the city
hurried TO Jcin the mob. II was hours
before the truth OF the matter really be-
came known and the run ceased
II. as each man had joined this crowd
before tic bank. he had been informed
that man mad dropped dead OF heart
disease. instead ~ being left 10 suppose
there was a r1n on the bank. the crowd
would have rapidly and quietly melted
away. The excitement would not have
lasted five minutes. II was only another
maa dead. and men would have walked
OF tneir way without second thought.
As 1t was. the crowd got il into lis
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
TOO POOR To ATTEND
Jesse Grant, One OF the Generals Sons, is
Very Hard up

Jesse Grant, One OF the Generals Sons, Is
Very Hard up.
Washington, d. c.. April PA story
has been in circulation here for some
days that Jesse R.. the youngest son of
engagements TO send him money because
ne Was too poor 70 pay his expenses from
California 70 New York. and that $3.50
was telegraphed him by Horace Porter.
II is considered very strange that he
should call upon the New York people
for financial assistance when his mother
has an income of 5000 or 81, 900 year,
his sister a. least $4,000 a year. and his
brother Ulysses, who lives near him in
California, is rated as a rich man. hav-
ing married the only child Of ex-senator
Chaffee, the Colorado millionaire. II is
nevertheless true that Gen. Porter did tel
egraph $3.50 10 Jesse Grant 70 pay his
fare from California 10 New York. At
the same time 1t is explained that the
committee of arrangements is paying the
expenses OF all the invited guests who
desire than TO do 50.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani Is going over 20
the Grant memorial celebration, and
there is great curiosity 10 ascertain
whether she mas tickets, and. Il 50. where
she got them. Ex-senator Edmunds.
Gen. Van Vilet, and General Ruckner OF
the army. VINO were Grants classmates
a; West Point: ex-Secretary John w. Eos
ter. ex-Minister John-A- Kason. ex-Sena-
tor Henderson. who was an intimate
friend OF Gen. Grant when ne lived in
81. Louis, ana other men % equal dis
:inction have 40, yer received invita-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
HAWAII SCARED SUGAR MEN
Why the Trust and the Coast Beet Sugar
People Got Together.

San Francisco, April Accommodating
upon the result of the recent visit Of
John E. Searles to this coast, the Chron-
icie says:
The recent agreement between John Z.
Searles. secretary Of the Sugar Trust,
and Claus Spreckels, whereby the trust
secured large interest in the beet sugar
industry, mas more behind il than mere
desire to strengthen the position of the
Sugar Trust with American refineries.
The beet sugar industry OF California
threatened the Sugar Trus, and both the
trust and the beet sugar industry were
threatened with competition by the rich
planters Of Hawaii whose contract with
the American sugar refneries Will ex-
pire this year. The planters are backed
by an immensely wealthy syndicate and
Il the reciprocity agreement between the
United States and Hawaii can be main
tanned. the product OF the island plant
els will make the Pacific coast a con-
trolling factor in the price OF sugar in
the United States. for the beet sugar,
consumers could fall back On the
Hawaiian planters and their friends in
San Francisco. who are prepared 70
erect a great refinery here independent
Of the trust refneries controlled by
Sprsckels.
Should the planters OF the island be
a Die 20 induce the United States 20 an
mex Haws.i they can. by an outlay Of
about $4,000 for each plantation. add 70
their sugar boiling plants machinery
enough % produce graduated sugar and
pu; il on rhe American market in COM
petition win the produc; OF the trusts
rehnerles
The OBJECT az the sugar trust in the
deal with Spreckels was primarily 20
head of competition from The beet SUI
gar rshneries 81 California. controlled
by Sp-eckels. Tha: was accomplished IN
the -ecen; transaction whereby an IL
teEsst n The watsonviile refinery and
interests in other beet sugar industries
controlled by Sprsckels were purchased |
by the trus., though the seller s;iE holds
the cSaafrc,iioc frt.-e=r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
IOWA SUFFERS FROM FLOODS
At the Other End OF the Line New Orleans
Suffers From Nervousness.

Ottumwa, Ia, April 24-Another heavy
rain last night made the railroad situa-
ton very critical. The Rock Island
abandoned its Ottun1ws and Des Moines
line entirely this forming The morning
Wabash passenger train 10 Des Moines
went ever the Burlington tracks. The
Iowa Central can get no trains past a
big wasnout at Coalfield on the Oska-
lcosa eni Centerville line. The Des
MONIES river rose a foot and half to-
day. u Il only fifteen inches below the
danger line end is still rising rapidly.
Ottulnwa, Ia, April 24.-The Burling-
ton main Inc is tied up by an inundated
track between Russell and Melrose- All
branches are badly washed out. The
river is snli rising six inches per hour.
ST. Louis. April 24.-HAavy rains have
swollen the Des oMines. Skunk and Iowa
rivers, whose waters eventually flow into
the Mississippi. and as a result at War
saw, Ill, the outlook is the worst OF the
season. Major Meigs. OF the government;
engineers. * acting in conjunction with
The commissioners OF that drainage dis
trict and protecting the levees. The
north and south forks OF the Fabious r:v-
er. flowing through Missouri near Ouin-
cy, IL. are out of their banks, and all
other streams are booming. All the low
lands in the vicinity OF Hannibal No,
are now submerged and the outlook is
not encouraging as the big rise from>the
Des MONIES river is expected 10 reach
there today.
OMAHA'S RAIN REPORT.
Omaha. April 2i-Last nights rain
adde's - inch 70 the weeks rainfall, in
oreasins he total al Omaha since Mon
day tc 80 inches.
TIE report received by the ves rher bu-
reau Indicated a rainfall % el2 inches
q, IAn1oIn, % al s.. Joseph. Las az
pla1rsmouth and LA al Des oM;nes. The
heaviest rain in this section was a,
Clar:nda. Ia,A where the extraordinary
re>or,i Of SO inches was reached
The most serious damage is reported
a: C,eston. Ia. where the deluge wash |
ei on. the dam that held back the water |
IN the reservoir from which The town
was supplied. This food washed oaS ev- |
before. badly damaging The I
burlington railroad tracks. destroying /;
county bridges. etc. No Ives were LOST
omshs. April GA special . the Bee
from Beatrice says: Heavy rains caus- /,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
CYCLONE IN MICHIGAN
Omer Suffers Great Loss and Several Per-
sous are Badly Hurt


Saginaw, Mich, April PA special TO
the Courier-Herald from Omer, Aronac
county, says that a cyclone struck that
town at $50 this evening, completely de-
molishing the general store of w. r.
Clouston, whose residence was also torn
down and his shingle mill wrecked Mr..
Clouston received a serious scalp wound
and is thought TO be fatally injured
Mrs. John ]. Balkie and her brother,
john Cannally, OF Port Huron. were in
the upper portion of the store building
when it collapsed. They were buried
under thed chris but escaped serious in
jury.
j. A. Campoelrs building, under
course of construction, was blown down
and completely wrecked.
The Hagley residence was blown to
pieces and not a board can be found
within 200 feet of its former location.
Mr. and Mrs. Hagley were blown sixty
feet into the air andl both were fatally
hurt.
Mr.. Clouston's loss is 1900 on build
ings. and $4,000 on stock.
The Presbyterian church was damaged
to the extent OF $500.
The cyclone lasted but a moment and
was followed by a terrific rain. The
cloud was funnel-shaped and took a
northeasterly direction. When il reacn-
ed the woods trees were uprooted and
carried into tn air.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
CATTLE HIasH AND TINES DULL
Aba;soir Depar, ment of the 81. Louis Union
Stock Yards Closes

81. Louis. April 24-The Post-Dis-
patch this afternoon announced that the
main portion of the ahat,oir department
OF the s.. Louis Stock Yards aoatioi-
and cold storage plant viii be tempo
rariIy closed on May ] and that several
hundred workmen viii De aid OF as a
result
The Pos;-Dispatca adds: From Ire
attaches a. the place il was learned thai
ths price % cattle and Ihe general dull
times are the most prominent reasons
given for closing the a5aiioir. wh.ch II
one % The largest in IRE west The cios-
Ing a: the sbai.oi-. Whistler Il Be- per
maasnt or temporary. has nothing 70 60
with IRE Union Stock Yards adjacent
The stock yards Will continue BUSINESS
as before
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25

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than life Ard still all the money in TIRE
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
HE HAS WORKED TO HARD
General Sberman's PriestIy Son In q Grill
cal State of Health.

Chicago, April 24-After several weeks
spent in the Mercy hospital, this city.
the Rev. Thomas Sherman. ST.. son Of
General William t. Sherman, has been
given leave Of absence by the head Of
the Jesuit order until September in the
hope that bis shattered health may be
restored. II now develops that Father
Sherman was forced 10 give up active
missionary work over a month ago and
i: was stated at the hospital last night
That the priest was still in a condition
bordering. on the critical. Overwork is
assigned as the main cause of the young
p-iest'S illness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25

Secretary Hutton Of Pichmond, Va.
and D.. Scofeid continued his Bible
study course
he was followed by Mr.. Messer of Chi
cag,. who called on the rssul,icns CON-
mittee 20 read that portion Of their re-
port which deals with the work OF the
irte-n stional committee The resoiusio 4
offered called for the raising and ex-
psnditure OF ss2. 800 for The remainder Of
me current year. making total OF $780,
9eo, the same amour, as was authorized
Tor 1898 An effort will be made 10 raise
this money.
The afternoon session OF the conven-
ton was largely devoted 10 the consider
alton OF business matters. Invitations
for The next biennial meeting were re-
ce!ved from London, Ont, and Denver
the committee viii decide which will be
accepted.
International Secretary Wishard de-
scribed his visit 10 South Africa and the
association paper, "Men" was comment
ed or ~ several speakers
The evening session OF the convention
was the most interesting yet held. A
larger sum was raised for the supper, OF
the international committee in its next
years Wcrk than has ever bean raised by
any previous convention-sl1,0 90 in all be-
ing subscribed. From all parts Of the
hall came offers 10 give or raise sums
from 800 10 $3.50.
The work OF the railroad branch re-
ceived a great deal Of attention tonight.
International Secretary Hicks said that
there had been steady increase in
membership. in the money given by the
railroad corporations, in the mileage OF
roads covered by the work, and in splr-
itual activity Much was said OF the in
terest taken by the high officials OF the
corporations in this work, and special
MERTON was made OF a recent request
from the general manager Of the Santa
Fe system for the committee 10 inspec.
his line and decide on points 10 be OPEN
ed by tie association. Similar requests
have come from all parts OF the United
States and Canada