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The oasis., 1898-11-05

saturated with his own gore or in what cause his blood was shed the gentleman failed to state But his efforts to discount his opponents eminent and patriotic services to his country and in the cause of humanity fell flat.
 Another point made by the speakers was that Brodie is no speech.maker' and that Arizona will go unrepresent- cd at Washington unless she has delegate who can ''enthral listening senators" They well know that in committees, where the real work IS done, there is neither speechmaklng nor oratory just plain, ordinary business-lke talk among business men; and that one of Wilson's long winded oratiOns would drive a con- gressiona committee out of the capi- tai before he had half stated his case.
 Alter the speakers had said their say, the audience was dismissed with a frosty feeling and gathered around the remains of the bonfire in the street to thaw out the frozen marrow in their brains.
The oasis., 1898-11-05
PUTTING IT ON GENTLEMEN.
It Has Been Decided That Brand Certi-
 ficates Must Be Taxed.

The longer people live the more they find out about the revenue tax. It has just been ascertained by ruling oa the subject by the treasury department that certificates of cattle brands must bear a ten-cent stamp. The question was sIbu itted some time ago by Secretary Harrison of the livestock board to Collector Morrison. Mir. Morrison gave his opinion then that certificates did not require the stamp, but he referred the question to the department. A reply was re- ceived on Sunday morning saying that it had been lately ruled that cer- titicates must be stamped
 Since the law became effective about 600 such certificates have been issued by the livestock board of the territory. They will have to be re- called Notwithstanding the ruling there is an opinion that these certi- ficates do not belong to the class of documents contemplated by the bill. It Is likely that the matter will be submitted to the attorney general of the United States.
The oasis., 1898-11-05
Cattle ln Mexico.

The cattle industry of Mexico is continued tO no particular section, says the Herald of Mexico City.
 Where the plains are sufficient to produce crops, a> Is the case in con- siderable portions of Chihuahua, Du- rangO and Cuahuiia, the grass in Or- dinary years is sutii tent for grazing and even for fattening stock. More commonly, however. the thin stock from the northern part Of the repub- lie 1; fattened on The haciendas of the central and southern portions. Of late years an industry has grown up in the eastern portion fthe states lipas and northern Veracruz, which, although yet in it's infancy, is still very important. Taking advantage of the wonderful properties of the "Paran grass, the stockmen of this region purchase lean stock in the grazing countries nf the northern and eastern part Of the republic and fat- ten it for the Pachuca, Puebla, City Of Nexico and Yucatan markets. Lean stock can be bought for from S5 to $I5 per heae and when it is fat tened ii is worth from &20 to s45 per head lbi estimated that one acre ai good ground a Para grass. if cut  and fek, sin feed Two head of stock the year round, in pasture three acres will fatten four head. The grass Is ever green, of luxuriant growth, very nourishing, and will exterminate all weeds This low cv,rtry region, though, admirably adapted to the fat- teniDg of stock, is not as favorable to breeding as the higher plains of Du- rango and Chihuahua, because here flies and ticks boOher the very young stock But while in the higher altl tudes they are able to breed very large number of cattle, the pasturage at times, toward the end of the dry season, is so scarce that there is dan ger of loss from starvation if many are not shipped to other points.
The oasis., 1898-11-05
Election Law.

The following points in the electlon law should be carefully borne in mind by the voters and thereby avoid the many mistakes which have been made in the past by voting the Australian ballot
 To vote the straight ticket of any party, put just one X in the square under the vignette Of the parly for which you wish 10 vote
 Fo y.te "scratchsaa ticket, plaee an X in tbe square before the name of each and every one of the candidates for whom you wish to vote
 Do not make any mark of any de- scription or at,any place on the ticket, other than the X in the squares. If you do, the ticket will be thrown out.
 Do not allow the clerks, election of ficers or any one in the voting booths to see your ticket, or know how you have marked it. If you do, you are guilty of misdemeanor.
 After you have voted, fold your bal lot from the bottom, even with the perforated line close to the top of the ticket; then make another fold to the same place, and then fold in the middle, crosswiSe, which will leave the stub at the top ready to be torn off by the inspector. The names must always be folded in.
 It is misdemeanor to lectioneer any place within the fifty-fOot limit, punis hable with heavy fine.
 On getting your ballot from the clerk, retire at once to one of the vot- ing bpcths, till out your ticket accord- ing to the few simple rules above, hand it to the inspector aud then walk out.
The oasis., 1898-11-05
The pemocratle Meeting.

Thursdays delayed train brought to Nogales the democratic candidate for congress, Colonel J F. Wilson Of Yayapai; the present delegate, Hon. Mark Smith; Colonel Frank Cox and several lesser democratic lights. At harsh's opera house the three gentle men named addressed the public-or that small portion thereof who thought enough of the outfit to att tend In point of numbers in attend aOce the meeting was very small and unsatisfactory.
 Colonel Robert Williams called the meeting to order, announcing Mir. w.. Oyerton as presiding officer, the arduous duties of which exalted posi- ton Mir. Overton discharged with all due grace and dignity.
 The silver question was the burden Of each and every speech, but the can oldate plainly showed his perturba- Von at the war record of the repub- Ican candidate and the votes it is making for Colonel Brodie. "Why," exclaimed MT. Wilson in burst of confidence. "I have bled upon more Oattle6elds than Colonel Brodie ever ~"'" Where were the fields he
The oasis., 1898-11-05
SONORA SETTINGS.
cOiIection of Happenings In the State
 over the Line.

In the Yaqui valley. two merchants, Joaquin $. Fontes and A. D. Paredes, have established a telephone line be- tween Potam and Guamuchil.
 The Francisco S Esperanza Mining Co. have denounced tbirty-two new claims at Guacomea, and now own two miles along Esperanza lode.
 The Reallto extension of the Tor res & Pretas railway was opened for business on November 4th, and re- eular trains are now running over the line. To keep pace with the increased reqnirements of he traffic, new and larger locomotive has been purchased, {, and will soon be in operation upon the road.
 At Las CataIanas, near Suaqui Grande, MT Mauricio j Cons Is about to erect concentrating plant of twenty-five tons capacity to reduce the ores of his mines. Two Frue van Ders and other necessary machinery are now en route from san Francisco. Joseph de Lusisnan has been engaged to set up the plant
 Hrs Hansen came up from HermO- dllO last week, aud will remain at Nogaes spme time. Mir Hansen is in the Altar district experimenting with dry washer Of his own inven. tion, which is very successful saving gold from placer dirt. Mrs Hansen Informs TIE OASIS that her spn-ln- law, Mir. E. A, Brown, long and we'll known at La Colorado and Minas PrIeias as a min man, is at Pachuca. near the City of Mexico, where he is running a fifty-stamp mill
 Adyices from the El Plomo region, in the Altar district, convey the in- telligence that work has been resumed on the San San Manuel mine. This property, which is the property Of Mir. J. B. Haggin O San Francisco, is developed to a depth of 200 feet, showng an excellent body of low grade ore in large quantities. It is the present intention to devote year the present workings of the mine, and then should developments justify fity-stamp mill to reduce the ore will be erected
The oasis., 1898-11-05
From New Zealand.

REEFToN, New Zealand, Nov. 23, 1898. 1 am very pleased to state that since took the agency of Chamber lain's medicines the sale has been very large, more especially of the cough remedy. In two years l have sold more of this particular remedy than of all other makes for the previous five years. As to its efficacy, l have been informed by scores of persons of the good results they have received from 1t, and know it's value from the use of it In my own household. It is SO pleasant to take that we have to place the bottle beyond the reach of the children.
 E. J. SCANTLEBURY.
 For sale by Jas. B. Mix & Go. <
The oasis., 1898-11-05
A CHALLENGE.
Open and Public Discussion of the Local and Territorial Issues Before
 the People.
From the Tucson Citizen.

TO MES Rs. HOFF. HUGHES, SAMA'
 NIEGO, EFT AL;
 DEAR SlRs:-The democracy of Pi- ma county, in convention assembled, having failed to reply to the repub- llcan platform condemning "in uu- measured termsn the public admins. tratlon of county affairs by democrat ic officials, and you-or other leaders or representatives of your party having at the very end of the cam paign been forced by public opinion to make some sort of reply. and that reply being, in our judgment, misIead. ing, false, incomplete and eyasi,e, there lore the executive committee of the republican central committee make you the following propositions, to-wit:
 We have the opera house engaged for mass meeting next Saturday night; we had intended to arrange for torchlight parade; we will elemin- ate that feature and will allow you to share the opera house with Us in a joint discussion of the local issues, you to name three speakers and we to name three; we will further agree 10 give you the opening and fhe close y0u to take one hour to open, we cue hour and q half to reply, and you half an hnnr to close
 Wo will further agree to meet your party speakers on the issues involved in the election Of Arizonais next dele gate to congress. II the meeting opens promptly at D. m. we may touch upon these issues by 10 D. m.- you to give us fifteen minutes tnopen, then you to take half an hour to re- ply and we to have the close for an other fifteen minutes.
 These propositions are open for ac- ceptance or rejection, until Friday noon.
 Respectfully submitted,
 BEN HENEY, Chairman Republican Central Con-
 mittee.
 E. O. STRATToN,
 Assistant Secretary.
The oasis., 1898-11-05
Whole No. 285.

The subject Of stamping bills Of sale was settled some time ago in favor of the cattlemen, many Of whom had been periodically paying for the war with spain without ques- tion or murmur. It was subsequent- ly learned that it was unnecessary.
The oasis., 1898-11-05
Special Sale.

The Peoples Store, A. Olcovich, proprietor, is having d SPECIAL RE- DUcTIoN SALE" this month. Just step in and see their prices. Every article in he house has been reduced from 20 to 30 per cent Come early and avoid the rush.
The oasis., 1898-11-05

DEN n IENEfs Chairman Republican Central Com nit tee. E. 0 STRATToN, Assistant Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14
NO PITY FOR THE BIRDS.
London Society for Their Protection Says
More Are Killed Than Ever.
(London Mail. J


SIT is with sorrow and shame. F" report:
the committee of the Society for the Pro
lection of Birds, "that W. Rave to con-
fess that the fash ion Of using the plu-
mage of birds for millinery purposes con-
tinues undated, that, in fact, it had in
1897, assumed greater proportions than
ever
ssThis can be fully evidenced by study
ing the catalogues of tie firms who sell
the freshly imported birds skins and
feathers by public auction. For the
kingdom of Great Britain the year Of
1897 has been one of jubilation, but fol
the bird kingdom a record year of pill
lage, devastation and unmerciful de-
struction. The reouperative powers
which birds possess are of no avail
against this excessive drain on their num-
bers.
eff birds and their allies prove incapa.
BILE of resisting such remorseless foes the
present generation of mankind will have
| to hear the everlasting odium OF having
| blotted out of existence some of the love
| lest OF created beings. And not this
only, but of having done SO often by bar
| harously cruel means, such as inf1ictina
on sentient creatures, high in the scale Of
animal life tho horrors of slow and
painful death, for in this pursuit parent
| birds of some species are shot in the &C,
of feeling their young, and the tender
nestlings are consequently left to die OF
starvation.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14

tenn involves numerous mechanical Gill a
culties and a much lower efficiency ine
electrical equipment of the HoHanu 20
chiefly remarkable for the amount VI
power developed from the apparatus Gun.
| tanned in limited space. Every thins
concerning the operation Of the boat mas ~
| been refined to q minimum, ana Cnie 10
especially true Of the electrical devices. ;,
| Current for the operation OF the boaC ~
supplied from "a storage Battery composeu
of sixty special type chloride accui I'M
lators manufactured by the Electro olor-
age Battery Company of Ph1ladelpnla
These cells are built solidly into one COM
partment Is feet long, feet wide and ao
inches high. The weight IS SO distriouo-
ed that the batteries are held nrmiy ~
any position and cannot be thrown oub
of alignment or crushed by their own
| weight The storage battery comparO-
ment is located about the centre OF Inc
boat and is bounded on each side and be-
low by compartments containing wafer
ballast, and is covered with deck.
The total battery weight is 45,0Oo
pounds, and the cells are capable OF dls-
charging 800 amperes per hour Tor SIX
hours. On spurts of speed lasting for
about half an hour the discharge rate
may be increased to 1000 amperes per
hour I he battery cells are constructed
of steel, lined both inside and outside
with lead. The plates are secured in the
cells against any possible motion, and the
cells are firmly secured in the battery
compartment. The cells are construct ed
in such q manner that the boat can roll
or pitch twenty five degrees Without
splitting the electrolyte.
The batteries are charged by means of
gasoline engine and dynamo SET
Charging is done only when the boat is
on the surface of the water. An arrange
of ri ite the fifty
horse power Otto engine to run the dyna-
mo or to turn the propeller shaft in case
of emergency. If the boat were running
on the surface, the gasoline engine Is
capable of operating it for 1000 miles at
eight knoJs an hour with the amount or
fuel carried. The dynamo is special
machine. constructed by the Electro
Dynamic Company of Philadelphia. and
has two commutators and double
wound armature The normal capacity
of the machine is fifty horse power. Its
weight is $500 pounds and the armature
speed is 800 revolutions per minute. The
dynamo is capable of being overloaded to
SO horsepower for two hours at stretch
without an excessive rise OF temperature.
The other electrical apparatus on the
Holland consists of ten horsepower
motor used for running seven horse
power Ingersoll Il Sargent air compressor
which is capable of supplying to the stor
age reservoirs 80 cubic feet OF air at 1000
pounds pressure. This motor is also used
to operate a bilge pump. one.half
horse power motor is used to ventilate
the boat while submerged by forcing the
foul air out into the water, its place being
taken by fresh air from the reservoirs.
Another e.half horsepower motor is
used to ventilate the storage battery
compartment by means OF suction
Llower for carrying off the battery fumes
during charging.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14
ELECTRICAL SOL NICE.
Electrical Features OF the Holland Sub
marine Boat.
(Boston Transcript. J

The general public is by this time toler-
ably familiar with the submarine boat
recently completed and launched at the
Nixon shipyard ut Elizabethport. n. j..
The boat was built from the designs of
the j. 2. Holland Submarine Torpedo
Boat Company, under contract with
the United States Government, and the
Navy Department has carefully watched
the developing experiments which have
resulted in the construction of what ap-
pears to be successul submarine craft.
The details of her construction have been
skillfully concealed from prying eyes,
and the exact interior arrangement is
known only to those who have been con-
cerned with her building. The Electrical
Review of New York, however, has been
able to secure the following facts regard
ing the electrical equipment of the Hol-
land.
The boat is about fifty-six feet long,
and resembles q cigar in shape. The boat
is propelled by q single screw, and the
means adopted for controlling her sdirec-
ton and speed when under water are at
once simple, ingenious and effective.
The Hollands armament consists of an
eighteen-inch torpedo expulsion tube
opening at the bow of the boat Three
automobile torpedoes are carried aboard.
There is also an eight-inch aerial torpedo
gun which will throw an eighty pound
dynamite shell over mile and one-half.
Pointing aft is a submarine gun capable
of discharging an eighty-pound dynamite
shell SEQ yards under water with q high
velocity. These guns are all operated by
compressed air. There is room on the boat
for twenty dynamite shells. A crew OF
five men is required to operate the Hol-
land, and her chief value, it is expected,
will consist in her ability to discharge
her guns while submerged. The normal
speed of the Holland is nine knots an
hour for six hours, with an expenditure OF
fifty horsepower, although on spurts the
speed can be increased to twelve knots for
short periods of time.
So far no successful plan for running q
submarine boat by any other means than
the electric current has been successfully
employed. The compactness and effective
ness of the storage battery system in
stalled on the Holland may be understood
when it is stated THAT to store enough
air to operate such a boat would require
apparatus weighing at least six times as
much. Besides this the pneumatic sys'
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14
CLOSE TO WAX.

The Nation took a long stride toward
war yesterday when the House of Repre-
sentatives passed, by practically unani-
nous vote, q resolution directing the
President to intervene Immediately in
Cuba. It has sesn recognized for some
time that the war element was in control
Of the House, and that whenever it de-
action would follow that would mean
war The great influence of Speaker
Reed restrained them a week ago from
taking the action they have now taken,
ana the Presidents plea for delay post
poned it few days more. But it could
not be restrained indefinitely. 1t knew
it's powers and was determined to have
it's way sooner or later. Yesterday it
swept everything before it. The sugges-
lions of the President as to
the kind of resolution to he passed was
rejected as too mild and indefinite, and
one far stronger substituted. The Presi'
dent practically asked that he be allowed
to use the army and navy in his discre-
tion for putting an end to the war i'll
Cuba. The resolution adopted by the
House apparently depriyes him of all
discretion, and practically orders him to
use the army and navy at once to drive
the Spaniards out of Cuba. No chance is
left for negotiations. The most the Pre-
sident can do is to formally notify Spain
to withdraw her army before certain
time, not far distant, and if she does not
in motion to compel her to do so. Of
course the resolution adopted by the
House must be passed by the Senate also
before it becomes of any effect, and there
is prospect that it will be several days
before action is taken in that body, and
Furthermore the indications now are that
a different resolution will be adopted by
that body, in that it will recognize the
Cuban republic, which the House resolu-
lions does not do. There is likely to be
considerable d. lay, therefore, before the
two bodies agree on precisely the same
resolution. But the war clement is as
strong in the Senate as in the House, and
perhaps stronger, so that there will b. no
room Tor doubling that eventually the
two her 30 will come to some agree
ment. ences on minor points will
not be p, sd to long postpone the goal
which bota are aiming at, namely, war
with Spain.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. APRIL IA.
STATE OF M AINE.
A FAST DAY PROCLAMATION.

In Difference to the practice of the early set
tiers of New England, and following prece
dent that has obtained ever since Maine was
admitted into the Union of States, and also
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, do appoint THURSDAY, the asth
day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. as a
day of
FASTING AND PRAYER.
1t Is fitting that this time-honored custom
should still be respected. and 1 earnestly re-
quest all the people of our State to properly OBJ
serve the day in their homes and churches, and
to refrain from all unnecessary labor. remem-
bering, reverently, the source from which so
many favors have come to us.
GIVEN at the Executive Chamber, in, Au-
gusta. this twenty-fourth day OF March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-elght, and of the indie
pendence of the United States of America
the one hundred and twenty-second.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
By the Governor.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14

If anybody has been cherishing the idea
that when Spain saw that we were deter
mined upon armed Intervention in Cuba
she would withdraw her army, the action
of the Sagasta cabinet yesterday must
have disabused his mind of it. 1t gave
forth no sign of submission but every one
OF its acts meant resistance. It ordered
d renewal of preparations for hostilities.
and practically proclaimed to the Spanish
people thai war was inevitable if we
undertook forcible Intervention. The re-
ooption which the proclamation of an
armistice met with in Madrid indicated
clearly enough that the cabinet had ex-
hausted the concessions it could make
without precipitating revolution at
home.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14

Ws were in error in saying that the
arTnistice which Spain has granted at the
request of the Pope and under pressure
of the Powers was substantially the con-
note of March 81. Coupled with the re-
quest for an armistice till October was
the request that the armistiee be for the
negotiation of peace with the good officers
of the President. In effect the request
of March 81 was request that President
Mckinley be permitted to mediate be-
tween the insurgents and the Spaniards.
This request is not granted in the arms
tioe proclaimed in response to the entreaty
e. the Pope.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-14

Lee? Are they tribute to tho efficiency
with which he performed his duties in
Havana? That can hardly be the expla-
nation, Or at least the whole of it, for
other officials have per 'ormed duties as
arduous eq 1ally we'll, without exciting a
cheer. The truth is, we imagine, that the
populacs shout when Lee appears, and
gather around his hotel in multitudes
because his sympathies like theirs have
been with the Cuban insurgents, because
he has been the object of vigorous attack
by the Spanish newspapers, because in
short, they feel that by honoring him
they can most effectively give expression
to their antagonism toward Spain. The
spirit that prompts the hurrahs for Lee
is the war spirit, and there seems to be
plenty OF it.