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Arizona republican., 1898-07-16
HERE AND THERE.

Bootblacks' supply wagons are now
 feature of New York's trade life.
 They furnish to the countless boot black stands brushes of all kinds and colors, cans for oil and water, sponges, shoe strings, in fact every article now to be found at first class stands. It will not take long at the present rate to exceed the mortality of the
 Mexican war. In that war 1O1 ,2S2 United States soldiers were engaged.
 of whom 27.506 were regulars. The losses during the two years of fight ing were 1,o49 killed and 3,420 wounded.
 "Yes," observed a clergyman quoted
 by the Troy Times. i've have just ter
 minated the greatest revival our church has eyperienced for many
 years 'I rejoice to hear it." said his friend; "how many did you add to the
 fold?' "Oh, we didn't add any," replied the good man, "but we got rid of three"
 The accident companies which have
 undertaken to insure against certain risks of war are watching the pogress
 of events in Cuba with unusual interest
 now that the fighting has begun, and the perils of life in that territory are
 to be tested by hundreds who carry
 accident insurance. Some of the com panies charge enormous premiums for assuming the extra hazards A Brooklyn physician is creating mild astonishment in that borough by the introduction of an electric motor
 vehicle in which he makes his daily
 rounds. The batteries are recharged
 at night, and at ordinary speed and on good roads, the capacity of the car
 riage is from twenty to twenty-five
 miles for each recharge. The pres- sure of one finger steers the phaeton
 easily.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16
THE SIGNAL CORPS.

Washington dispatches say that the officials there were surprised upon re- ceipt of the first message sent by Colo nel Allen of the signal corps in Cuba, because the message came from a place twenty miles from where they were supposed he would be. Colonel Allen can build twenty miles of telegraph or telephone line in five hours and be sending messages over it. As mat ter of fact one of the objects of sending Colonel Allen to Cuba with the signal corps was because he thoroughly un- derstands the building and operation of emergency field lines of communi- cation. He has squad drilled for the purpose.
 The drill of the signal service of the regular army is one of the most inter esting and picturesque movements in army life. Suppose that General Shafter wants a field line" run from his headquarters to point ten miles away Colonel Allen is called. He i'm mediately sends man in charge of the instrument, either telephone or tele- graph, as the case may be, to the ob- jective point, with the necessary tools and instruments for making connec- tion. No sooner has this part Of the work been set in motion than a small squad starts with a wagon carrying a load of short, light rods Around the top of each rod has been tied red flag. The other end is sharpene1 The wagon proceeds over the route with the mules at a trot, the men working at double-quick. Fifty paces apart the rods are stuck in the ground. The crowbar squad is close on the heels of the rod stickers. They are at double quick, too. They prod holes in the ground by each rod, the holes being about two feet deep. Gathering along behind them is a wagon that looks for the world just like an overgrown hook and ladder truck. It is loaded with poles, about twelve or fifteen feet long and four inches in diameter at the UdSC. OAC uldu uIltSS tue mulcS Wull6 another chucks off a pole as they pass each red flag. A squad of pole setters come next and with them is a wagon carrying load of glass insulators of a particular make, so arranged that they may be attached to the poles or de- tached in an instant, and having d notch on the side away from the pole through which the wire can be passed. The reel wagon is with this outfit, and as it dashes along the small wire is paid out, so that it can be placed through the notches in the insulators before the poles are raised At a dou- ble-quick two husky men rush from one pole to the next, raising them in position and chucking them down in the holes. They stop just second to tamp the earth down around the base of the pole and away they go, leaving behind them finishel product When the last pole is up the wire is attached to the instrument, and there you are all ready for business. There are lota of new wrinkles in this war
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16
PHOENIX. JULY ie. ieee.
ALL READ THE REPUBLICAN.

A woman advertised for ser want in The Republican and an other daily published in this town. She received eight re- sponses. She asked each appli- cant to name the newspaper in which the advertisement had been seen. Each named The Re- publican. The woman had an eye to business. She desired to know whether it paid her to pat ronize two papers. She is con- vfncec now that The Republican $ tLe only newspaper in Phoenix that is generally read.
 There are thousands of others who have reached the same con- clusion.
 Arizonians of all classes and all politics rsad the Arizona Re- publican, and many of them find comfort, if not profit, in its ad- vertising columns.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

Arizona ought to emerge from this war with an unassailable claim fer ad- mission to the sisterhood of states. If the free silverites could be held in check there would be good chance of securing the desired legislation. But it's dollars to doughnuts that our "16 to 1" Willieboys will shout just loud won't be safe to give us any more privileges. We trust that the fool kill CT can be induced to throw up his en- agreements and come to Arizona. Here is congenial work for him.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

If the democrats were wise they would try to have their folly of 1896 forgotten. Instead, they stick obsti- nately to it, and in defence of it they are committing a much greater folly by opposing the national instinct. They have ceased to be the party of strict construction; they have become the party of strict obstruction.-New York Sun.
 Has beens," in other words. Tom Jefferson undoubtedly has turned over in his grave a dozen times since 1896. Having lost wisdom and patriotism there is nothing left for the democracy but the grave; and it is journeying fast to the cemetery.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

If property holders would spend a little money in making their premises attractive this would be better town to live in. It costs but little to grow grass and flowers and shrubbery, and their presence would go far toward inducing people to settle here With all the advantages possessed by Phoe- nix in this particular it is surprising that there is so little accomplished. Whats the trouble?
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

Two Spanish fleets have now gone out of existence Armies on paper have been heard of, and it would per taps be well if Spain had had no fleets except such as her naval administra- laid down the ships keel of in dock yards
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

The new petroleum wells in Canada no sooner were ready to furnish oil to consumers than the Standard Oil com pany learned that the company exploit ing them could be safely bought out. Thus another American interest calls sor protection in British America.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

The ardent press agent never fails in enterprise. He is engaged now in figuring out the degree of relationship between various actresses and the be- Ioes of the war. The wife of one na- val officer got so much advertisement in consequence that the envy of her rivals has been aroused. It is fairly good scheme if it is not overworked.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

Tba queen regent has been happily relieved of the necessity of acting on General Blanco's rather embarrassing request that the command of the fleet at Santiago be changed.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

If Emperor William II desires to ncter let him get in MT. George Dewey's way. MT. Dewey is considered to be without an equal as an exponent.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

Spanish bonds lost only fraction sition perhaps being that such defeats merely hasten the end of the war and the cessation of expense.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

The democrats who are talking about ''the issue of 1896" being the is- sue of 1898 evidently read newspapers that pay more for 8brain work than fof teIegraphic news. The news col umns of all the leading papers show that as an issue "16 to r is about as dead as old man Cervera's feet
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

These are not pleasant days for some office holders. With the heat, and ru- mors flying about, some of them feel g if Alaska would about fit their con- 1itioD.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

territory continue to complain that The Republican does not reach them reg ularly. Wait until the postoffice de- partment takes the Arizona trail, gen. tlemen. Then some careless employees of Uncle Sam may conclude to mend their ways.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

it is possible to smile with a clean conscience at the proposal that Spain now declare a holy war against the United States. The unholy one which the Spaniards formerly fought against transferred to us, has lasted long enough.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-16

ship, was a different spectacle from those presented by the crew of La Bourgogne There is no higher praise for it than to say: Tt is the American way"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

hours out of the twenty-four. At the time
he was business man Of some note the mid
dleman was a great factor in all transac-
tons. What the consumer desired to secure
from the producer had to be secured through
the medium of a third party Upton worked
to do away with this third party, and when
he had he was able to sell cheaper than his
competitors who made no changer So far as
and was content to enjoy onlyTa penny's profit
in. u - IL
He says: ct try to do away With the mid
dleman as far as posslbletoI brjug the pro-
Queer and the consumer as near together as
can do to the benefit of each. 4 get down
to rock bottom. ! study the wants OF the
people and I supply them.'s,ty ~
The Scottish provisioner foand Occasion to
travel in Ceylon. When hes arrived there he
found the coffee market In a bad state. Many
disasters had befallen the, plantations and
they were for sale at low prices. He pur-
chased all OF them he could and turned them
action grew the fame of 'V Libton's teas,
whether you like to- drink themEor not
At the time of the big packing house dis
trict fire in Chicago some sixteen or seven
teen years ago. man by the name Of Rob-
ert Neil. foreman In one Of the houses,
lost his position. He placed himself In COM
munication with Upton, and suggested to him
that he ought to support his provision houses
In England with packing house in Chicago:
effort made by Upton to open up here in
that line was at Omaha, He started there
the tombstone Packing company OF which
Robert Nell was the manager This house
afterward became the first which p. D. Ar
mour owned In Omaha. and was really the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21
ADDITIONAL SPORTING NEWS ON
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH PAGES.
MR.. MACKAY ACCEPTS.
VIII Hecome "a Member of the La
fayette Monument Assocfsf:on.

VIII hecome Member Of the La
fayette Monument Association.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2O.-John W Mack
ay, of California, New York and Paris.
has telegraphed to the commissioner
general Of the Paris exposition, Fred
w. Peck, his acceptance of the ap-
pointment as a member of the Lafay-
cite monument committee. Mr. Mack
ay resides in Paris a considerable por-
ton of each year, and, owing to his
knowledge of French ideas as we'll as
from his wide experience as the mil
ltona1re head of great enterprises, he is
regarded as a valuable acquisition to
the commission.
Five of the nine men who were asked
to lend their names and services to
the labor designed to draw closer the
ties between the United States and
France have now sent affirmative an
swers to the request. They are: John
W. Mackay, Senator w. B. Allison, of
Iowa; Rev. D. Edward Everett Hale,
of Boston, theologan. philanthropist
and man of letters; Frank Thompson,
of Philadelphia, the head of the Penn
sylvania railroad, and Alexander H.
Revell, of Chicago.
Secretary Thompson, of the Paris
commission, says that the sculptor will
be an American. In a few days letters
will be sent to the best known sculp-
tors of the country desiring them to
submit designs of the proposed monu-
ment. The commission will select the
design and later will give an inscrip-
ton to the finished monument.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

so yards: Louis Neiderhofer. Minneapolis. 70
yards A. W. Callander, Minneapolis. 100
yards Ed Sudheimer st. Paul, 120 yards; ].
]. Kelley. Minneapolis. 40 yards: F. A.
Johnson Minneapolis. $50 yards; c: A. Cross,
Minneapolis. 100 yards; NJ. D. Nicholson st:
Paul. 10 yards; Harry Perkins, st. Paul. 40
yards Walter Grandquist. Minneapolis. I'D
yards C. Clarkson, Minneapolis. 1870 yards;
Joe Bowman, ST. Paul. 300 yards.
The first mile showed that George
Sudheimer, after his riding earlier.
was in no condition to overcome the
handicaps, so he dropped out. Grand
quist, Perkins and Clarkson were in
the front in the first mile, but Cross
and F. A. Johnson showed their noses
out of the bunch during the second,
Grandquist remaining close up. KEEL
ly, Perkins and Cross cut out good
deal of the riding in the third mile,
Johnson, Neiderhofer and Calender be-
ing closely punched at the finish for
several laps, but gradually closing on
the first group.
Grandquist. Kelley, Cross and Neid-
erhofer was the order practically
throughout the fourth mile. but on the
final mile F. A. Johnson made a hard
squirt and led them all for two laps.
Kelley kept a good second, but was
never able to improve 1t, and on the
last lap Neiderhofer ran out Of the
group and finished we'll in front. Lof
tus got third place, and F. A. Johnson
was given fourth, although it was at
first announced that Ed Sudheimer had
secured this place. Time, 1910 AS.
The mile race between Becker and
Birney Bird, paced as they were by
Tom Bird and J. ]. Schwartz en- tan
dem, promised some lively speeding;
it developed, too. But on the third lap
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

signed to that message, and he was
the best advertised man in the king
dom. These two incidents in his ca
reer are characteristic OF the mans
purpose through his entire life to al
ways keep himself in evidence.
His motto In dealing with the public is:
Fair wares for a fair profit, and always
remember Upton"
He is not Hooley in any sense of the
word He Is a merchant pure and simple,
and reputed to be the biggest merchant in
the world. He owns more stores and sells
more tea than any living man, and he has
never been an adventurer or gambler. His
money bears upon it no stain of blood.
The man Is a Scotsman by birth although
he thinks that way back in the past some
of his people lived in County Ulster, which
would make him Scotch-Irish. In manners
business methods, shrewdness and quickness
of action he appears to be combination Of
Iy settled by Scotsmen and the Presby-
!. terian faith prevails there as it does in John
Calvin's "ain land" Sir Thomas is Pres
byterian, and a very good one at that, those
say who know him best
His religion and nothing else ever inter-
a recent visit to Chicago he observed that
while all Of the packing houses were flying
the American flag. his was bare Of pole or
banner. He spoke to one OF his subordinates
about this, and received the reply:
Flags are not in our expense account
Huh" said Sir Thomas. get the biggest
flag in Chicago"
The subordinate rather hesitated, at which
Sir Thomas calculated:
''I'll get flag myself"
He would not wait for a street car. Hall
ing q cab he travelled the town over until hs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

the tinl>le of a bicycle bell warned the
pacemakers that they were not put
ting the bride path behind them fast
enough, and the racers went well into
the lead. It was pretty race to the
last turn, when Becker strayed too far
into the heights and lost any show to
get down again.
John F. Davidson, paced by Palm,
Bergeson and Stevens on a triplet,
made an exhibition mile in 2:02 2-5
The officials in charge of the races
yesterday were:
Referee-Ed H. Payte.
Starter-James Wirtensohn.
Clerk of Course-F. q. Low.
Assistant Clerk of Course-Dr. Lou Nelson.
Judges-Dr. j. c. Nelson A. B. Ovitt, F. e.
Rice. w. H. S. Wright, E. B. Smith, j. E.
Meyers.
T.mers-A D. Smith, DR.. NJ o. Nelson, H.
S. Haynes, w. ]. Noble, R. J. c. Bott, Archie
Matheis.
Managing Committee-A. D. Smith, chair
man; Laurel club, F. E. Low DR.. NJ. o.
Nelson; Capital City club, Ed H. Payte, R. J..
c. Bot.
Tellers-W. ]. Prendergast, E. D. Smith.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21
From the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald
Sir Thomas tombstone Upton, chal-
lenger for the Americas cup in a yacht
race to be held in 1899, was a dock
laborer in New York city thirty years
ago. His wealth is now conservatives
ly placed at $4,000, coo. Reports as
sert that he has made $50, 900 in
thirty years, but he himself lays no
claim to such a fortune
He is not a yachtsman, although
member of the Royal Ulster Yacht
club. His challenge, which has awak-
ened marine sporting men In all parts
of the world, is said to be due wholly
to his Interchangeable policy of keeping
the name of Upton before the world
Sir Thomas was a passenger three
or four years ago on an East Indian
steamer bound for Ceylon. While in
the Red sea the boat was disabled, and
it became necessary to throw over
board part of her cargo. Upton
was an interested spectator Of the
preparations for Tightening the ship.
He suddenly bolted the scene and by a
Is dicher with the chief engineer Sc
cured a stencil, a paint brush and
pot of black paint.
Then, to the establishment Of the
captain and passengers, he cheerfully
labeled each box and bale thrown over
board:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21
CYCLE NOTES OF A WEEK.
Gossip of Interest to the Riders of
Wheels.

At the conclusion of the national circuit
races, Eddie Bald was credited with 129
Kimble, SO; Mcfarland, "a; Freeman, 46, and
Stevens, q. Bald will do we'll If he main
tains his high average against the strong
fore the season closes.
Perhaps one of the best ridden races on the
National circuit this year was the contest on
the 18th between Bald and Cooper for a cash
purse of $1,000, at indianapolis, in the pres
ence of over 10000 people. Each rider backed
himself for $3.50 and the management added
to take all. The contest was the best two
out of three heats The first heat was un-
paced. Bald won it by one Of his old-time
was pa paced by E. 5. AcIer and both riders
'jockeyed' until a furlong from home, when
Bald again won by a desperate effort.
A fifteen-mi:e race was run the same day
at Indianapolis before the same audience be-
tween John S. Johnson and William Martin
and was won by Johnson. The race was
both riders collided and came down with a
crash. Making another start the Mime
apolis man easily won.
peculiar feature Of the worlds champion
ship races which will be held in Vienna this
year is that none Of the present champions
will take part in them. All the fastest men
ment, however. some enterprising individual
might take a notion to gather up team of
American flyers and send them abroad.
The St. Paul Cycle cub celebrated Its
eighteenth birthday this week. It enjoys the
distinction of. being the Oldest club in the
state.
The cycle path at Como. where 1t crosses
the new interurban tracks, is in very bad re-
pair When the new line was put in the
moth ha6 ont nd hos
Since been repaired. The city railway " com.
pany should be notified
A new cycle path is being built on Summit
avenue from Dale to Victoria streets.
A Minneapolis man who compares the qua:-
tiles of horse and bicycle, says it costs
him more to go out on his wheel than 1t does
to ride behind horse. He means in the
expensiveness of the trip, aside from any
comparison between the cost of keeping horses
about wheeling being an inexpensive luxury
spending money while awheel and one finds
more opportunities for SO doing.
]. F.. Fraser, F. H. Lowe and S. e.
Lunn, three young Englishmen, who have
practically wheeled around the world sailed
member of the Authors club, of London, and
he left that city in July, 1896. in company
with his two friends, and they have since
party wheeled through Belgium. Holland
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Pennsylvania
Roumania, across the steppes of Southern
Russia. through Armenia and Persia to In
paths of Burmah and crossed the Chinese
frontier Just below Thibet. They also spent
several months touring through the United
States.
New York f1remen are arranging for a cycle
meet, t. be held Sept. II. at Berkely Oval.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

NAT" Herreshoff has been recently quoted as
saying that improved lines would enable an
increased speed of from ten to fifteen seconds
per mile.
Lord Dunraven. who made spectacle of
himself when the Defender defeated his
yacht, was quite hostile toward Upton when
he first heard of the challenge, but he has
grown coldly polite since owing to the par
TALLY which the Prince of Wales shows for
the projects Of the tea merchant Fife, in
Fairlie, who is building the Shamrock, says:
'She will win. When the cup is once re-
gained it will never again be lost"
Englishmen for years have been trying to
outbuild Americas yachts and thereby re-
gain the cur. which this country has he'd
after repeated races. The Dunraven chal-
lenge the last given by England before Lip
toms came, had sensational outcome in the
charges made by that gentleman that foul
play had been attempted A subsequent in
vestigation proved that his charges were
groundless and provoked by pique.
Sir Thomas Upton challenges in the broad
est spirit possible, and Americans who know
or don't know him could not have asked that
more game representative of the United
Kingdom should come forward to throw down
the gage. AS the challenge has been &C
cepted there is no doubt the race will take
place. ~
What Upton is. Upton has been" is a
saying of Sir Thomas himself, and there is
no one to dispute his royalty good word.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21
SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY.
SUCH WAS YESTERDAYS CYCLE
MEET AT LEXINGTON PARK
Several Hundred People Saw n Fine
Programme of Racing Events
Completed Without the Slightest
Accident of Any Kind-NOrth-
western Record Was Broken
Some Fast Miles Made.

Without a single spill or a single
tumble, an unprecedented occurrence
on Northeastern cycling, the Laurel and
Capital City Cycle clubs yesterday held
at Lexington park one of the most
successful cycle racing meetings ever
held here or anywhere else.
1t was an inter city meet under the
sanction of the l.. A w. racing board,
and consequently the records broken
yesterday stand
Birney Bird broke the Northwestern
, record, making the fastest mile ever
made in the Northwest in competition
The one mile amateur race was run
in heats, the first and second men in
each heat, and the third in the fastest
heat to qualify for the finals. The en-
tries were:
George Sudheimer. l.. S. Johnson. St. Paul:
Louis Neiderhofer, A. W. Calender Mime
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

the football field he had the ability of Hersch-
berger, and as hard-hitting consistent base
ball player Bald was the idsal of the Buffalo
fans. Whatever he has undertaken h. has
done thoroughly. No wonder, then, that since
his debut to the ranks Of the wheeimen he
has been declared the American champion for
three successive years. He has defended the
title speedily and ever honorably. His de-
meanor on the track has endeared him to his
rivals. That he is the pub.ics favor:te needs
no further attestaton In three years Bald
has won fortune. His investments in Buff
falo property have proved proit abe and
when he retires from the Path it will be with
a large annuity. When he dons ether than
a racing suit he looks like a prosperous young
merchant, and his decorum IS that OF one who
has ease with wealth. This fall Bald will
start in bicycle drama. The play will be
called "A Twig of Laurel" -