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The sun., 1897-12-25

SAILED FROM FOREIGN PORTS.
SIS Bowie. from Liverpool for New York
Ss Alliance from Colon for New York.
SAILED PROM DOMESTIC PORTS.
SIS FL Norte. from Now Orleans for New York
IS Kansas City. from Savannah for New York
SIS Ell Sud, from New Orleans for New York
The sun., 1897-12-25

Be Auguste Victoria. from New York. at Genoa
Ss State OF Nebraska, from New York. at GlGsRoyy
IS America from New York. at London.
Ss Buffalo. from New York, at Hull.
The sun., 1897-12-25


and the mild Irritation.
thrill went into his heart and vast love repos.
sessed him. 1t was she. . He led the applause
when the solo ended. and the curtain had hardly
fallen on the nrst act before he rushed from the
building and into the street. He bought 4 cump OF
lilies OF the valley at florists, and at neighboring
shop bought pair of slippers. Tossing one of the
pair upon the door the astonishmen of the clerk
he put the flowers into the other and hurried to
the theatre. Again the woman appeared. and the
audience sat spellbound through her song As
1t ceased the artist tossed the slipper. with Its now
to her feet shc picked 1t up. turned PALE and.
for some seconds. forgot to SMILE The OF smt-
ing palms, the shouts OF "Bravol' were unheard.
She back in that other city. She loved, and she
was loved. Then, mpulsvely. she ksaed the slipper
and kissed her hand to the audience The know
for whom that kiss was meant, and for tho rest of
that evening he hardly heard the music; he was su
premely happy
Thus, after many years. was the artist justI.
fed in his choice OF a projectile and the utility
of the carpet slipper as love token demon
strated for all time.
Mr.. Stockton, in an Essay on tho Razor points
out, among other interesting things. tine bene.
fcial effect of shaving upon the brain worker
when his mental machinery calls for rest He
veIy rightly draws attention to tho fact that the
brain worker should remember that he cannot.
Win duy FchooHupio hSBtcc VI bdtlbluCllOu,
shave more than once day.
Mr.. william T. $, Fales writes, not unlearned-
ly. about the chahng dish aud gives some OK cell
lent recipes for the making of Welsh rabbits.
curries, and other aids TO digestion. From his
brief essay We may see the immense stride in
the evolution OF mankind marked by the devel-
opment of the chating dish, from its rude proto-
type. the family pot. in which the Door African
prepares his enemy, or such chance mis-.
sionaries as Providence. from time to time,
may send him. Many local exponents
of the estimable art Of delicate cookery are
mentioned-an art that seems TO reach it's high,
est expression In the efforts Of weil-known
hotel proprietor of this city. who. as Mr.. Fales
puts It, monarch Of all that pertains TO the
inner man. handles a chahng dish with
such consummate skill that Paderewski
in hiS widest improyiSations. Wilhemj, in exc
cutting Hungarian rhapsody. or Ysaye, intor.
preting Viouxtemps, seem but children along
side OF him."
Mr.. John Alden tells the sufficiently startling
story OF strange vision that came 10 him once
The sun., 1897-12-25
8usiness NntIres.
WaIthnm watches.

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Arizona republican., 1897-12-26
ONE STORY OF A GREAT CITY

The New York papers a day Or two ago devoted considerable space to story of the som of wealthy man who died at a club house under De- culiar circumstances. This young mann was 23 years of age, of good physique, a lover of sports and Euuor possessed of no end of money. and without any business or profession to claim his attention. He was one ,of many others in the great city who are the sons of rich men and who never work.
 He and some convivial companions are said to have decided a week or two ago, after a spree at we'll known hotel. to continue drinking until after Christmas. when they would go south and regain their reason. All but two of the party withdrew from the idiotic compact, and those two continued to drink. On Tuesday night last they went over to New Jersey and took quarters at fashionable e club house. The Mgie continued, but on Wednesday the young man who is now dead went to a physician and se- cured mixture to quiet lh.s nerves" He was informed that the mixture. was dangerous and that he must be careful in it's use. His companiun. who was the soberer one of tthe two. attempted to secure the medicine and to direct it's use. The other young man refused to surrender the bottle and proceeded to dose himself. On Thursday morning he was found dead from an overdose of the dangerous potion. That is the story in which all of the, reports agree. Suicide is not suspected, in the sense that the young man deliberately took his life At the same time the deliberate manner in which the victim of his own folly set out to drink and carouse and de- grade himself proves that practically he did commit suicide. Ills dissipa- tion had wrecked his mind ard his body and his condition was one bor- dering on delirium.
 IA remarkable feature of the unhap- py incident is the position taken by the father of the victim. He does not seem to have been impressed with the gravity of his sons moral weak ness or the fact tihat he was a slave to the use of liquor. He declares that the suggestion of suicide lis an in- famous lie" Admitted: but a man who sets out to be drunk for a month sets out along a line that bids fair to mean death in the end, call it sui eide or call it accident The father also declares that the report that his son had committed suicide because he had been rejected by a young woman
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

to whom he was paying attention stis scandalous." Far better have com mitted suicide under the impulse of a shock from disappointment in love than to have died while, in a delir r.um the result of a terrible excess in dihe use of liquor.
 The moral of the story is clear to every one. IA young man with plenty of money, but without ambition, or self respect, dies at the age of 23 sim ply because he could find nothing tet- ter to do than to drink
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26
In Chicago they are going thro,,

In Chicago they are going through the form of applying the merit sys- tenn to the police force. Every mem Der of the body who is of good moral character and can pass simple ex- animation is accepted for retention
 It is, understood that applications from such mean success. But about 700 men have not asked for examina- t1ons, and these will be discharged
 The statement is made that this CO., snc.des with the number of pei cemen who are regarded as 'clubbers," and whose records are bad in other ways
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26
NO .HoME RuLEr FOR US.

The citizens of this territory who
 do not believe in the O'NeillLSmi h.
 Prescott Courier idea of nome rule'
 should lose no time in affixing their
 names to petitions in opposition to
 the 'fhome rule" bill introduced by
 Mark Smith in the house of represen-
 tatives. The bill was framed at the in-
 stance of demopops who desire to
 control the territorial offices. It is
 a purely selfish measure. Should it
 become law the chances of Arizona
 becoming a state would go glimmer-
 ing. Home Iu1e'' of the Buckley
 O'Neill variety would be fastened on
 the territory and Arizona would take
 the back trail.
 Until now the friends of the
 movement have had clear sail
 ing. The time has come for Arizonans
 who desire to see the resources of the
 territory developed to take an active part against this demand that means
 nothing more or less than the seg-
 regation of Arizona Advocacy of
 "ihome rule" at this time means the abandonment of our right ful claim to be admitted to the Union. Why should Arizonans take such a foolish step? The mere fac. that there is opposition in congress to the admission of any more western states does not constitute an argu- ment in flavor of the reHnuuishmsut or our God given rights. When the outlook is darkest is the time for the hardest work. Statehood is worth strlving for. Arizona. has greater and better qualifications for statehood than Idaho and several other states had when they were admitted. If the question were to be discussed in con- gress on its merits Arizona wluId be taken into the sisterhood with less delay than marked the entry of many commonwealths. We have an enter prising class of citizens, we, have good railroads, we have boundless re- sources in cattle, in mines. in iragi- tlon enterprises and in we'll stocked farms. With statehood our advance would be phenomenal. With .fhome rule Arizona would become a ua-a- dise for demagogues and anarchists and we would be sidetrached. Imnai- sration will seek an ambitious, up to late community; it will avoid a com nunity that is cursed by cheap poli- icians and hare4brained schemers. I | we cannot have statehood this year ,r next year let us at least keep our ecord clear and work along prcgres- i've lines. Statehood will come if we leep our claims to the front. IL will nOt come until we are in cur graves 'fhome rule,' which means nothing nore or less than offices for Buckley md his ilk, is permitted to gain a oothold. To the republicans in con- 'ress we appeal to scotch this anti epublican movement To the 1epub- jeans of the territory we say that no ime should be lost in convincing con ,ress that the republicans <f Arizona re to a man opposed to the "home ule" scheme.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26
THE PRICE OF COTTON.

1 Eli Perkins writes from Texas te 1 the New York Sun on the matter o1 t! cheap cotton. He has had a talk with | one of the prominent growers there who very naturally complains thai the crop of ten millions of bales this
 year will not net the growers as much as they netted from the crop of eight
 millions of bales last year. He frank ly cOnfesses that the low price of cot tom cannot be blamed upon the re-
 publican administration, inasmuch as
 the same condition existed in 1894
 during the. Cleveland administration.
 But this cotton grower, who declar s
 that the low price of cotton is mak-
 ing free silver advocates. admits the
 causes of the situation to be as fol-
 lows:
 The present low price Is caused by
 over production, aided by the large
 importations of the cheap 12-cent
 and 25-cent nhibet and Australian
 wool, which has been taking the pace eff cotton. Next year wool will be
 dearer and more cotton will be used Then we will put millions of acres in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and Florida into cane sugar-not beet sugar, but cane sugar-which we raise here in Henderson, Alexandria, and all over the Brazos and Red River bottoms.
 This explanation is reasonable. There is tou much cotton now, just as there has been too much whea. here tofore. Therefore cotton, at four and one-half or five cents, with the supply on hand more than two millions of bales ahead of the demand is an un- profitable product. The use of cheap wools is another factor in reducing the demand for cotton goods. Free silver would not cure those ills of the cotton grower.
 The farmers in the west fmae:med that the only thing that could advance their interests was free silver, but they discovered differently this year, If the price of cotton could be forced ] up by conditions that have forced up4 the price of wheat the southern grow CTS would be prosperous.
 It is difficult to get the understand ing of the law of supply and demand | n'to the head of men who are suppos- ed to be intelligent. The cotton grow | CTS know that they have too much | material on hand, and they knov. that the price of cotton makes it un- profitable. Then they proceed to look around for remedy. They imagine -hat if they could get twice as much | for their cotton, even in,4a depreciat- | ed currency, they would be better off. | sorgetful of the fact that everything | ihey would have to buy would also be doubled in cost
 It is anna zing to find intelligent men carried away with such moonsihine as | Bryan spreads over them. Over pro- 1uction is the principal i'll that has talllen upon the cotton growers. D. Versified crops would be partial re- lief. The first thing for a farmer is | to 6eed himself and his family and his stock from his land.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26
THIS BUSY WORLD,

According to a celebrated French dentist. river, sea, rain and snow wa fer alll contain more or less alcchol Only pure spring water is free from it.
 On the large plains called Landes in the southwest of France, which a,.le usually flooded, the people go about on stilts as a matter of course.
 The pearl fishing season in Ceylon only lasts tWenty-twoi days and during that time Il ,000,0O0 oysters are brought to the surface by divers.
 The Bay of Frundy in Canada, has the highest tide in the world. It rises d foot every five minutes and some times atta.ns height of seventy feat.
 Almost more than horse sense is claimed for an equine owned by Otis West of Milo, Me, which, when his shoe bothered him the other day, in stead of walking into the barn as usu- al when unharnessed, walked deIlber- ately to the blacksmith's shop and held up his foot for a new shoe.
 The hay in a barn of Frank Rivers oif Ludlow, Mass, caught fire a few days ago when the men were milking. Milk being handler than water, about 100 quarts of it was thrown on the fire, which kept it in check until neighbors arrived and formed a buck ct brigade with water pails and put out the fire.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

There is reason to believe that the recent big fire in London was started by incediaries. The object of the wretches appears to have been to give the London fire department chance to demonstrate its broad and compre- hensiVe inefficiency
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Of course, if MT. Mason of Illinois insists upon revolutionlizing the rules of the senate, that settles the matter Really, however, it isn't the rules, but some of the senators themselves aalat most need changing.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Japan frankly w1thdraws her pro- test against Hawaiian annexation, and tells this government to go right ahead and take the islands Now if the New York Evening Post will cease her opposition the thing can be maide unanimous
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Spoilsmen may talk as they please about taking the starch out of the spoilsmen themselves will be taken out of politics. That is the way grim eyed destiny is looking at the present moment
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

And TOW the hysterical MT. Stead of London explains that he didn't mean the savage things which he has recently been saying about New Yer k and American politics. Really, MT. assuming that anybody else takes him in the same way.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

MT. Buckley O'NeiH wants Mark that he will turn democrat in the hope of realizing his ambition Buckley is ''devdlish sly" and Mark would bet ter tennp his guard. The success of
 rule'' scheme would be a
 Puckey's cap. Is Mark
 Puckey's hands? It be-
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Advices from Kentucky indica e that old Gen. Clay is still conducting his domestic affairs on strict war footing. He not only insists that his house is his castle, but has the guns ready to prove it.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

It is not quite clear what essential difference there is between refusing to kill the seals in Behring sea and forbidding pelaIgic scaling by Ameri- cans while permitting the Canad:an to go ahead.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

The Boston Commercial Bulletin says that the Fall River mills must alter their looms SO as to produce wider cloth. As the new machinery would cost heavily it is easy to un- derstand why the employers of that city should be willing to save money on a strike.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Mr Bryan has atta.ned such re- markable popularity in Mexico that he may yet ba1tdlated ed to settle in that country run for president. His chances would undoubtedly be better down there
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Congress seems to have forgotten entirely what the president said to it when it first assembled last spring. N-We should have more revenue he said, "and that without delay, hin- drance Or postponement" We have not got it, and there seems to be no present disposition in congress to pro vide it.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Is the day of lynching over in the south? The last story of an affair of this kind states that the men were taken from jail and privately hanged
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Pnince Henry, the commander of the German expedition to China, de- clares that he will impress himself upon that country That is just what the other German outfit did to Hayti
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

There is nothing dangerous in the spots which recently appeared on the sun. They seem to be merely lot of pimples on the face of that great 1uminary
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Stomach troubles are scientifically and successfully reached by Dr. Swet- nam, opposite Ford hotel.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

No hurried holiday shopper needs to be reminded that we are now hav- ing the shortest days of the year.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Educate Ys'-.s Bowels With Cascarete Cancy CaLhsrtlc. cure constipation forever 0c. 25c. If c. c. c fail. druggists refund money
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Rs1x.pEuRMxsE. es. 1887.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26

Washington Bureau. 5Os Fourteenth Dt. N. w.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-26
The A,izsnd ksPublieNA.

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-14
Gossip or the Ring.

Nose corbln wants to ngh: any ilS.pounder.
There is a letter AT this oricc for Spike Sullivan.
Lon Deck Min. has been matched 10 box John Nc.
Clanc ten rounds in this city next Saturday night.
1t Is said that Frank Eruo aui Joe Hopkins have
bccn matched 10 box twenty rounds In this city ut
l2s pounds. weigh In NJ = O'Clock.
Tom Sharkey. accompanied by Danny Lynch and
Danny NeedhaIn, Is expected TO arrive I'm this city
10 morrow from san Francisco. Sharkey VIII I'M
medialcLy sign articles TO fgrt Peter siaher, and
then go into training,
Mike Leonard, who has been scratched by all the
clubs OH account OF his ncEleness IN Keeping lis
mat hes, has decided 10 rctir" from the ring, Ills
friends believe this IL the best thing he can do, for
as u fighter he never was a howlIng success.
4 match was arranged yesterday by Arthur LuE.
ley between Johuny Glynn ana Austin l,icc. For
whom he was matched On Saturday night last.
on April 10.
Il appears that the Pat Sculiy who was defeated
at Philadelphia last Thursday Elght by Jack McCOr-
mIck, the rN- wrestler, IL not tho IRISH pLgili-t " no
came from Dublin recently. Sculiy declares that
some one used his nam" ami thar nc mas NOT been IN
Phila iClphin since he hOxed JACK Cllanacn, which
was several weeks ago.
4 local club has decided to Increase II. Offer or
So Ou anu VIII IN ali probability give SH. 900 Tor a
mill between KID Mccoy and Dan erection. Mccoy,
VINO Is looking for the most money, Will Ia AL prob.
nuiliy holl out for tue biggest purse. II l. he
llcved that 81. 900 II The highest the local clubs
VIII glyC for the encounter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-14
TAXATION.
Some or the Queer Things Learned Mt tho In
vestigntion by state Tax Commissioners.

Some or the Queer Things Learned Mt tho In
vestiEation by state Tax Commissioners.
ALBANY, April 13.-The State Board Of Tax
Commissioners met to-day to continue the in
vestigation of taxation in certain counties Of
the State. A committee of the Board OF Super
visors from Fulton county conferred with the
State Board as to assessing property at its full
value and complying with the new law.
An examination OF assessors of Fulton county
ELECTED the fact that the real estate Of the cities
of Johnstown and Gloversville is assessed at
about 80 per cent. OF its full value, while that Of
the towns in the county is assessed at T5 to 80
per cent, and that the bank stock OF these cities
Is assessed al 20 per cent. of its value; also that
private individuals, whose fortunes are csti-
mated at 81, 0O0, 900 each. escape taxation by
maintaining that their money is invested in
railroad stocks.
The most interesting examination was that Of
the assessors OF Cohoes, which brought out the
fact that a supposed assessment OF $4,000
upon the personal property of tho Harmon
Mills in that city WIS not carried out in such n
way as to constitute a valid assessment, although
way for a number of years. Ii was asccrtaincd
also that during the last three years assess
ments OF the real estate OF this company have
been decreased 81 900. 600. 1t further appeared
that the assessors did not take into considera-
ton the actual value of bank stock of the banks
in the city. but considered only its par value.
and then assessed it at 20 per cent. of that value,
making the assessment upon the banks less than
one.half that required by law.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-14

some Clever Fighting and II Good-sized Crowd
Mt the broadway =. q.

Tommy White OF Chicago was declared tho
winner Of his twcnty.round fight with Eddie
Curry OF New York at the Broadway \. c. last
night. The card included two other bouts, and
| n good sized crowd was present to see the show.
The star pair weighed in at 1916 pounds, Curry
being robust and muscular, in decided contrast
TO his fragile-looking opponent.
Although the Chicago man won clearly on
science. his showing was omcwha of n disup-
pOiutmCnt. Curry, on tho contrary, surprised
even his most arden: admirers, and kept on i'm
proving right through the fight. In fact, his
last three rounds were his best, and had
he sailed in from the start he might ut
least have secured n draw. While White
was fresh, Curry found much difficulty in
reaching him, but the Chicago man wiltod no
ticcably toward the end, and although he kept
on landing and scoring he failed To leave "A mark.
lie also got of scot free in that respect himself.
Indeed. the contest was sinEulnrly free from
blood and bruises. so much so in fact tina, n little
more ginger would have been appreciated by the
old timers ut the ringsidc.
The sport began at s:iOo'clock with a bout be.
tween Jack Hamilton of Elizabeth and Jerry
Barnett, who were matched to box ten rounds ut
l22 pounds. Jerry stripped in unusually good
shape and entered the rins in "A giddy pair of
pink trunks. He ut once set 10 work with his
left and sent it in flush on the face and body re.
%pcatcdly. The Elizabeth man was u bit wild,
hut !, few OF his swings landed heavily. Hamilton
kept himself better in hand during the second
round and held his own in every rally. Barnett
one ned lhu third with n hot LETT and then upper
cut his man heavily. hamilton rushed in asuin.
hut Barnett danced away out Oi danger. The
| EliInDclh man WAS more fortunate in his nest
attempt and he landed with both hands on
Barnett in the lHttrrs corner. Barnett out
pointed and outgcneralCd his man IN the fourth
round, but did not hurt him, and Hamilton got in
an occasional singer which encouraged his adj
mirurs.
The NTH round was decidedly lively. with
honOrS easy at the end. Hamilton started the
sixth round aggrossivcly. but most Of his leads
were well stopped. The pace, however. was
beginning to wurry Barnett ANA Hamilton kept
after him pcrsistcntly. This also applies TO the
seventh round. but Jerry went right up Ia his
man in the eighth ana whipped IN his left AT
viii. Hamilton rushed and swung viriDusly in
the ninth, but Barnett was seldom there.
in The last round and did nearly al!
the SCORING. Hamilton had him badly ,orncTcd
at one stage, but Barnett duCkCd out ana in do
| ing 50 caught his man ncatl! On the jaw with "A
right hook. hamilton dropped Ia his knee,
staggered up and ClinChed TO save himself. lie
revived rapidly and WAS mixing il up at the
finish. Dick Roche declared the bout a draw,
and the east siders on the bleachcrs hOwlcd with
Indignation. while hackers OF Hamilton shook
hands with themselves quietly.
The second preliminary was a ten-round affair,
at 1888 pounds, between John j. White OF Now