Arizona republican., 1898-03-16
OTHER STONE AXES.
Continuation of an Archaeological Sub
 ject From Yesterday.

of an Archaeological Sub i
 ject From Yesterday.
 To follow the Gazette around in its aimless wanderings seems to be unproftable employment, espe- cially when it gets to roofing about in the fields of antiquity. But study Of the habits of the animal is not entirely and beside since The Republican devoted half column yesterday to stone axes and other rel ics of the stone age, there will be no great inconsistency in pursuing the subject this morning. One day last week the facts of an important rob- bery were disclosed, three men were arrested for participation in it and acquisitions were procured for two clerks of the firm which had been robbed, and who had fled the town. On the following morning The Repub- lican told the story. It related every fact that had been gathered concern ing the robbery, together with the ' who read that story knew as much about the affair as all the people in the whole world knew except possibly the persons who had participated in it On the same morning the Gazette had a story of the robbery. It said one had occurred and alleged that beside two Chinamen and Japanese under arrest, two clerks in the store that had been robbed were guilty. The names of the clerks were not published, prob ably the Gazette did not know them, but that made no difference. There were dozen clerks in the same store and the readers of the Gazette were given permission to select any two of them and adjudge them to be guilty. In the course of time it became ap- parent to the Gazette that its story was inadequate and unsatisfactory. The reporter spit on his hands, as- sailed the subject again and produced the second chapter of the serial yester- day morning. The names of the dishon- est clerks for which exclusive readers of the Gazette had been holding their breath, was disclosed this time and the other dozen clerks were exoner- ated. It is true that the affair had passed into antiquity, but it was better to do justice to innocent persons late than never. What had been a news- story with The Republican was an a-- ticle on archaeological research with the Gazette.
 And the Gazette covered itself with glory in another way. It reproduced The Republican headlines of the story when it was news and before it became first history, and afterward tradition. Exclusive readers of the Gazette no ticed those headlines and observed to each other that they had never before sen anything so artistic in that jour nal. The Republican story was in terpreted by the Gazette to be an in stance of humor, as it was understood in prehistoric journalism when it was only a plain statement of factsC
 There was bitterness about thel Gazette's comments which many pes pie believed was due to the circs.- stance that it was following along a~ path that had been trodden before, for the man in the rear of a race is never of so sunny disposition as the one in front. The lobster and the mud turtle are always cross-gralned and dissatisfied, ready to snap and pinch, but that was not what was the matter at all. The Gazette had two prior grievances against this paper, one for preventing it from declara- tion of hostilities against Spain, and the other for pointing out an anatom- ical error regarding index fingers into which that paper had fallen.
 THE KESSLER- ROBBERY. Two of the Suspects Discharged Yes
 terday.
 The investigation of the Kessler- Boyle robbery was begun in Justice Johnstone's court yesterday. The pre- liminary examination of the merchant, Sang Lungs porter, the Japanese, Utsu, and Lon Hoy, who conducted branch store near Smiths mill for Sang Lung, was begun at 10 o'clock. There was no testimony to show that they had a guilty knowledge of any irregular transactions between Sang