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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29
A Swindler Cinchpd.

NEW YORK, November 29.-William
G. Woodward. alias Big Hswlsy was
convicted of an attempt to black
mail and sen ,enced to FIVE years impri-
sonment today. Hawley had an inter
national reputation of swiudler.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29
Skipped With the Dough.

ALBANY, N. Y. November 29.-It
is believed that collector of Internal
Revenue Pratt has skipped out with
twenty thousand dollars. 1t is not
governmeut money but money left by
brewers to pay for future stamps.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29
A Negro Disemboweled.

DALLAS, November 20 Last night
Brooks Jackson as fopnd on Pacific
avenue in a dying condition. He b ad
been completely disemboweled. Just
before dying hs whispered that Bates
johnson stabbed me-" Johnson is an
employe OF the Dlllas packing COM
pauy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29
The Strikers Won,

SPRING VALLEY, November %
The zig strike ended here t)day when
the mines resumed work after seven
months idleness. The men won prac-
ticaly the victory having forced the
oper ators to raiie them 10 cents over
price against which they struck.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29
Senator Hanna Sick.

CLEVELAND, November Ex-senator
Hams is confined to his home by ill
ness. He is suffering from severe
attack of la grippe.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29
A Bargain III Underwear.

For week we are going TO sell ladies
white wCol union suits, actually worth
500 for 81 80 We have full line of
size. nov, but don't wait too lons-for
they wont last long at this place.
California Store
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29

Frank Wilson, of Galveston, died at
the Sisters hospital this noon, and the
Caldwell company will ship the en-
balmed remains home for iuterment.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29

George S. Good q Co. have let sub
contracts for grading to Marlin &
Dunno aud John Adams, all of this
city.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29
The Ma.rkats

So
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29

Smiths creamery. Open all night.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-29

W. A. Hawkins is in town from Sill
yer City,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
DOWN TO HIS DEATH.
Freighter ]. P. BrHee Attempts to Cross Swollen Stream With&li
 Fatal Results.
Geo. P. Harrington Has Narrow Escape Also From the Preach
 erOus Waters.
From Saturdays Daily.

Another victim has been added to the long list of people who have lost thelr lives in Arizona by at tempting to cross the rapidly run ming waters of a swollen stream. The victim is a man who has been engaged m freightipg for several years, and hence thoroughly famil, jar with the dangerous character of our mountain streams, during their flood periods.
 About 1 o'clock yesterday J. r. Bruce.and Geo. P. Harrington, left the Crowned King mine, in the formers blackboard for Prescott, via Joe Mayors, MT. Harrington be- ing en route east for a visit. Be- tween three and four o'clock they reached Wolf creek crossing about six miles from Mayors station, after having successfully crossed Bear creek and Turkey creek, both Of which streams were considerably swollen from heavy rains in the mountains. The road at the Wolf creek crossing enters the bed of the creek and then follows 1t up stream for distance of POO or 300 feet.
 Wolf creek was a raging torrent, but into 1t they drove, whom horses, blackboard and men were carried down by the angry waters. MT.
 Harrington was swept against tree and by catching it's branches he succeeded in saving his life. His first thought was of his companion and he hastily started down the banks of the creek in hopes of being able to rescue him, but after fruit less search for long time, during which he patroled the bank of the stream for distance of two miles or nore he st rted on foot for Mayors station arriving theTe at 7:30 in the evening. He immediately telephoned the sad news to Prescott and party was sent out to search for the body of the unfortunate man. About 1 o'clock this morn- ing the body was found about one half or three-quarters of a mile be- low where the road crossed the creek. There were several contu- sions about the head, but otherwise the body was not nutilated.
 Word of the discovery of the body was received in Prescott by tele- phone little after two o'clock and Undertaken Logan aud F. G. Brecht immediately left with a team to bring 1t to town.
 X telephone message was received at II o'clock saying that they were just leaving for Prescott.
 One of the horses was found in badly bruised and used up condi- tion while the other was drowned.
 J. r. Bruce was g years old. He had resided in Prescott for about fifteen years and was an energetic man and a good citizen and was universally popular, and his sudden death has caused gloom over the community. He leaves a wife and daughter to mourn his untimely end. He was member of the Masonic lodge of this place and will be buried by his brother masoDs.
 The funeral will take place from the Johnson House, tomorrow, Sun- day afternoon, at 8 o'clock.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
M .iaat Grove News.

HopGpoN's CAaP, Sept. S-I Special correspondence. l-Fred. Nagle has just just returned from a visit to San Francisco. He reports business good there, and increasing con6- dence in commercial circles. He claims the increased business mainly dne to the Klondyke boom. Mir. Nagle Is the owner of the Sunrise mine, two miles west of Piac- erita, and which is one of the con- ing mines of this section. He has considerable work done, one tunnel of 200 feet, ono 45 foot winze, an other tunnel l20 feet in, and the average width of the ledge matter IS twelve inches. The ore lies main ly in chutes. The average mill runs giVe Si5 returns. Tho further he goes, the richer the ore becomes. He has worked out one 8 foot chute of ore, apparently. It is rumored around here that an eastern capital ist has an eye on the property, and will soon purchase it at a good round figure.
 Vet. Waterman is soon to add an addition to his house in Walnnt Grove.
 George Mahard has started to drift as water interferes with sinking on his main shaft, which is down S5 feet.
 A miner on his way to Crowned King from Fortuna, reports times as being good at the former place.
 4 dance was given last Friday night at the school house in Walnut Grove. The object of it was to raise money to defray the expenses incurred in removing the school house from its old foundation on the river bottom to the present site on the mesa. The dance was we'll attended, people coming from all the neighboring valleys. There were lots of pretty girls, gallant boys and good music. Every body that attended, voted it a most enjoy able time. c, EDWARD HoDGDON.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15

plicable ONLY to members of the defunct Association. This answers your inquiry of "What advantage do we get by complying with this requestp and also explains what that red line was placed on the margin in order to identify these policy holders" for.
 It is utterly impossible for me to see how the policy holders of this Association, as stated in your article, had a strong presumption" that there was an agreement existing be- tween the parties, whereby the Com. mlttee was to receive a commission from the New York Life for re- insuring members of their Associa. tion, unless the presumption was inspired by an agent of some othIs company, which was not fortunate enough 10 secure the recommends tion given to this company. Any commissions involved are paid to agents securing the new business.
 l trust the foregoing will be Suiii- cient to convince you and your read CTS that this transaction, so far from being shady" one, simply proves that the management of the New York Life Insurance Company is progressive and wide awake. l au, sir, very respectfully,
 R. ALLYN LEWIS, General Agent New York Life h.
 surance Company for Arizona
 Territory.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
rhn nnmninr rrnller yyhnnI.

Nearly every ono has noticed the disagreoable pumping sound some times made by tho trolley cars and has wondered what caused 1t. Tho trolley company is as much annoy ed by this sound as the public, since it means to them an outlay for Q new pair of wheels When Q wheel once becomes flat at any point, how ever slight generally caused by tho skidding or sliding of tho wheel along tho track, due to q sudden Ap- plication of tho brake, she wheel is worn fat and afterward, wherever there is a tendency to skid, it natu. rally takes plaoe at the point which is already fat, until at last tho wheel is worn so flAt that 1t causes tho pumping sound referred to. The average life of trolley street car wheels shows that they travel a dis tanoe of about g, 900 miles, or somo- what less than once around the earth at tho equator, before they are replaced. The flattening of the wheels Is tho most frequent cause of tho renewal of car wheels, al- though occasionally they arc replao- cd because of broken flanges or bont axles. Record.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
From Walaa, Grere pl.,r,cr

HoDoDox's CAMr. Sept. 7.-- Special correspondence. - Another good claim in this vicinity is the Mulatto, owned by John Cool. 1t has dou- ble compartment shaft, 10 feet in depth. The ledge is $ feet wide at the bottom. The orc, which is ! speckled quartz, has a reddish east, caused from iron rust, probably. 1t l shows gold plentifully in places. and goes about SEQ per ton all through. 1t IS we'll timbered and there is thirty-fiYe tons of ore on the dump ready for milling. Good luck to : John.
 4 miner, on his road to Congress, in search Of work, passed by here on the 29th. He had just come from the White Hills. He reports times as being good there, but that there is surplus of men, making 1t hard to catch on. An English syndicate, he said, has just completed 40- stamp mill upon the Occidental mining claim There are fourteen men working thers. They are handi- capped now, he says, for the want of water, and they are running tunnels in the mallapai east of the town, but cannot find any. There arc now rumors to the effect that they will have Co bring water from the Colo rado river before they can start the mill.
 Mrs. Steve Condron is baling hay at her ranch on Walnut Grove.
 Ed. Wagoner is back from Cali fornia. He had a most enjoyable trip, he says, and is looking fine.
 Steve Jackson left Friday for Phe- nix, via Castle creek, for q load of freight.
 With the new moon of the 27th comes a change in the weather.
 The rain is apparently over for the present. The weather is warm.
 The first mushrooms l ever saw in this section are growing around the house in profusion. Baked shad and mushroom sauce. Oh, how long for the shad.
 A big flood came down the Hassa- yampa on the 27tb, but did but lit tie damage.
 W. II. Durrette, who has been acting as custodian for Col. Robert MeGee's placer claims, on Walnut Grove, during his absence m the southwestern part of the territory, has just received word from the colonel that he arrived safely at Phenix, but that be was still weak from kis awful suffering OK perienced in his search for the Lost DuIehman aine. Col. McGee also writes that ho will hring sixteen hounds with hiin, which, 1 presume. means that he will indulge in his favorite past ime--hear hunting. As bears are plentiful at the head of Milk creek. he probably will make his head quarters there as soon as he recovers his strength. He don't mention whether he found the lost mine or not. C. F. HoDdpON.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
-7s -
 Prescott Vegetables.

As fine peaches and grapes as ever were picked are now coming into Prescott from Skull and Verde val leys, and from the Clough ranch, the Point of Rocks. The climatic characteristics of the region are such as seems to give the highest flavor and the ruddiest blush to the peach, and the apples are such as memory conjures in the old home stead in boyhood days. The pota- toes raIsed around Prescott have not as high a fame as those raised at a higher altitude, but for other vege- tables, Yavapai county cannot be excelled on earth. Cabbage and cauliflower there grow in perfection, while for asparagus, there cannot be any thing better on earth. The vegetables last named in the val leys of Southern Arizona are small and the stalks are ever green and pithv. Near Prescott they are as thick as broom handle and tender and delightful enough to win the approbation of any modern Lucullus -Phenix Gazette.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE.
Views of R Prominent Resident Sf Chap
 arral on the Recent Failure.

Views Of . Prominent Resident 0f Chap
 arral on the Recent Failure.
 CHArPARsAL, Sept. 7.-[ Editor of JoURNAL-MlNER. If your space per mits please insert in your valuable paper: lt IS rare occurrence that q country newspaper will talk insur- ance, and the JOURNAL MINER de- serves great credit for stating facts so plainly. No doubt the officers of the defunct Massachusetts Benefit Life Association of Boston receive a commission on accepted policies turned over by them to the New York Life lnsuranca Company of New York. This would be a nice clean up for them, but where do the deserted policy holders como inf And what will and can these de- serted policy holders dc who can not pass a new medical examina ton, even If they were willing to fall in the trapf To man conver- sant with insurance, the action of tho New York Life Insurance Com pany of New York, is cons idered rather shady. l doubt if any other old line insurance company would lend itself to be party to such deal. Heretofore. assessment insuT- ance companies when near the brink of collapse, have. or at least at tempted to re insure thair members in similar organizations, thus pulling their members by the nose without expecting any personal gain and simply trying to clear themselves from prosecution, but in this case it looks as fl the accessory is as bad as the culprit. If the rates quoted to the members of tho defuncs associa- ton are the same as given in the agents rate books, that is, ordinary life rates, pay as long as you live, l would advise those who can pass a medical examination, and who feel the need of legitimate life insurance, to apply for 1t tn some other com pany, rather, where they have a fair show, and, furthermore, select Il plan that may be best suited to their condition in life.
 The failure of tho Massachusetts Benefit Life Association of Boston, is but an example of what assess ment insurance is and has proven to be by over l,50O similar organiza- tions within the last few years. Members of an assessment insur- ance association can be sued for assessments after the collapse oT the institution. Respectfully,
 II. K BEHM,
 Chaparral, AriZ.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
A Riea EalRrE

The Fortnightly Review is of the opinion that diet has moro or iess influence upon character, but does not ooncode that vegetable diet renders the eater moro gentle than Q diet of which animal food forms a part Vegetarians, it says, are promo to contrast the gentleness of our do. mestic herbivora with tho ferocity often displayed by carnivorous ani. mals.
 A little reflection, however, shows that tho food cannot be tho main cause of tho disposition in either case. Many of tho herbivora are capable of displaying the utmost fe rocity. Savage attacks upon inoffen. sive persons by bulls. horses and stags aro by no means uncommon in this country. whilo in tho east "rogue" elephants, wild boars and other herbivorous animals often in. flict serious injuries upon human bo. ings who chance to come in their way.
 So, likewise, the ordinarily mild HindoO. feeding on rice or wheat -four, Is liable to become riotous. un- oontrollable and bloodthirsty whom influenced by religious fanaticism. Perhaps .ho mischievous effects up on tho habits and disposition as. cribed to animal food are due to the alcoholic liquors which are oonsum- ed at the same time.
 Tho disposition of an average in. dividual leading a temperate life would probably not bo altered for tho better were he to substitute veg etarian diet for his ordinary fare
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
Long Iimh.. Long Tn.

It has been found that tho more height man has the longer he is likely to live provided he takes care of himself Investigation by a statistician of mortuary records has resulted in this knowledge. This same inquiry disclosed tho fact that women are more likely to live to be 90 years of age than men, but that after that age Is reached, the man is likely to live longer than the woman. The number of marriages In civilized countries where recortls are kept shows the proportion to be 70 weddings to every 1000 indfvid- uals.
 Persons who are born in thospring are generally of a much moro robust constitution than thoso who come into the world at other times in the year. Births and deaths arc much more frequent by night than by day. The number of men through out the civilized world who are ca- pablo of bearing arms, according te the physical rules fixed by the differ ent governments for their soldiera Is One-fourth of the total population.
 New York Journal.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE.
anOthoT of ,Ao wonders sf che Tlecsrsssa
 1nurnnco-

Another Of tAe w'cndars es che EleCsrsaza
 Inurnaco-
 Tho electric furnace in recent years has not only proved produe- tive of many substances hitherto only found in nature, but also of certain compounds not found in na- ture One of these, an abrasive and known as carborundum. ia exceeded h hardness only by the diamond. this product was the discovery of E. c. Acheson. During the experi- ments in manufacture If this ma teriai the inventor noticed the for nation of small quantities of prre graphite in his furnace, which he subsequently, endeavored to produce in larger quantities, with the result of a commercial process for the manufacture of this valuable com modity.
 In converting carbon in its ortli- nary condition, Rs found in com merce and in nature, into pure graphite by subjecting the carbona- ceous material to high tempera- ture such as is obtained in an olec- trio furnace it would naturally seem that the purer the carbon used in charging the furnace the more abun- dant would he the yield, and if would perhaps be generally consid- cred that there was direct trans formation or conversion of the car- bon into graphite. Mir Acheson has discovered, however, that such ia not the case, and that the percent ago of graphite produced by highly heating pure carbon in an electrical furnace is insignificant and imprao- hcable.
 He has also discovered that in or der to produce pure graphite from carbonAceous materials there is an indirect conversion, and that the act of formation of the graphite is more in the nature of nn 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 tho carbon has to beoom- bined chemically with some other material. Thus he has found that If tho carbonaceous material or car bon used in the process contains a considerable proportion of mineral water or if 1t is mixed with a cer- tain proportion of some oxide. such as silica, clay, elumina, magnesia, lime or iron oxide, and subjected tO the treatment of the intense heat of the electric furnace, tho yield 0f graphite Is enormously increased, and the product is most satisfactory
 The mixture which is fcd into tho furnace Is composed of powdered coke, sand, salt and sawdust, the coke forming about 50 per cent, by weight, of the mixture, and these 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
 Tho process enbodies complete cycle, by means of which pure car bon in its Grnorphous 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, and this chemical compound is then disso- ciated or separated into it's clements, tho carbon assuming tho graphite form, the elementary body, such as silicon, being volatihzed--Phila. delphia Record
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
THE BIG BUG RAILROAD.
NIT. Murphy Somewhat EVasive Ia Re. gard to It's Construction. Hut it WtIl Probably be Built.
 From Mondays Daily.
NAs M NN H n Nf Chaparral, Ariz

President F. NJ. Murphy, of the S. F., r. x F. railroad, left for Phenix by special train this afternoon, ac- companied by F.. B. Gage and Dr. G. W. VickerS. A JoURNAL- MINER reporter tried to get an interview out of him prior to his departure in regard to the building of the Big Bug railroad, but found him engaged at a meeting of the directors of tho Prescott National Bank, but in the very brief conversation had with him, Mir. Murphy stated that there was very noticeable general inn provement in business of all kinds in the east, and capital is once moro emerging from it's seclusion of the past three or four years amt IS again seeking avenues for investment. He stated that Arizona would come in for her full share of capital, as there are many inquiries concerning the territory.
 When asked for some definite in- formation concerning the construc- ton of the Big Bug railroad, MT. Murphy was rather evasive in his replies, but stated that his mission to Phenix today, among other things, was for the purpose of filing articles of incorporation Of that road, and also to file notice of intention to build the line.
 While, as stated, he made no posi- tive assertions in regard to the building of the road, the impression obtained was that if the people most deeply interested in the build ing of such a road, and who would be ben6tted tho most by it are lib- eral m the matter of granting right of way and other privileges that it will be constructed soon. There is no doubt whatever that he Is in earnest working for the building of the road, andit will depend largely upon those interested whether it will be accomplished.
 MT. Murphy expects to return to Prescott again tomorrow evening.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-15
wrecked Passengcr. Arr,re.

H l.. Chandler, of Phenix, and J. NJ. NJ. Harris, of Walnut creek, both of whom were passengers on the ill- fated west bound train which was in the collision near Emporia, Kansas, on Wednesday night, arrived here on today's noon train. Mir. Harris was in the smoking car when the col lision occurred, and witnessed fel- low passenger being fatally injured rear him. Both unite in saying that the horrors of the wreck were in describable. MT. Chandler states that he was in tho chair car and was not oven thrown from his seat. No one in that car was injured. Out of thirteen cars composing the train they were on, seven were burned. Three cars of the east bound train were also burned, making a total of ten cars destroyed by fire. All the mail and express on the west bound train was burned, and but little of the baggage was saved,