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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15

The BEAUTIES of the star chamber
grand-jury system which is one of
the constitutionally guaranteed in
situations of these United States,
has again been demonstrated in
Illinois, where grand jury, COM
posed of fifteen farmers, of un-
known sanity or previous condi-
ton of lunacy. have brought an
indictment against the Governor
of the State.
In the state of Illinois, the par
doning power is vested i'll the Gov
ernor. He is thus made the court
of last resort in criminal cases.
It does not take a very strong
logician to see the futility Of any
attempt to try the upper court in
the lower one. But a little cheap
political capital was desired by a
cheap county attorney in Macou-
pin county-presumably of the op-
posite political faith from the
Governor,-and so he presumably
instructed the ver6ant jurors that
their duty to the state required
them to come the jaccuse act on
Gov. Tanner.
OF course, the case will never be
brought to trial because the gov
ernor cannot be compelled to at
tend. And it would be beneath
his dignity as chief executive of a
great state if he were to voluntarily
make himself target for every
cheap, notoriety-loving public
prosecutor who might want to reap
laurels by prosecuting the gov
ernor. But the dignity of the law
and institutions of the country
must be assailed and may be with
IMMUNITY -and the honor of a
great public Office can be dragged
in the mud-all because the cOun-
ty attorney Of Macoupin county
ILL.,, probably wants to disgrace the
bench by running for Judge at the
next election.
| 1t is reptiles like that who some
times make a man sympathize
with those lese majestic laws OF
Germany.
But in this country. of course
every pup may bark at the moon
with impunity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15

The prisoner who is shut out
from the society of his fellows,
and even from communication
with them, naturally turns to HIM
self. and it depends on his mental
condition whether his own COM
pany will be his undoing. L
do not state another possible
outcome, because a man to be ben
Gifted by self-contemplation, must
be very good man. Most OF
those who come to prison are not
good men.
In the early days of the Christian
era men aggregated themselves
voluntarily from society in order
to contemplate God and them
selves in solitude and abnegatin.
Gradually these hermits gathered,
by means of disciples flocking to
those most venerated, and thus the
first monastic bodies were formed.
The congregating of many good
men in one place becomes power
for good. and is desirable thing.
The gathering together in one
place of evil minds makes a pool
of contamination. The physicist
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15

Society demands protection,
but does not thirst for vengeance.
In so far as human punishment is
without necessity, it is without
justification, no matter who may
be it's author or it's minister" Col
bert VS.. State, 91st Ga, I'll.
THE above quotation is from a
decision by Chief Justice Logan
E. Bleckley, Of Georgia, a gentle
man who at the present day has
few if any peers On the bench in
the United States.
Its fine and forcible logic brings
to my mind the case of a young
man whom | knew once who was
sent to the penitentiary for having
passed forged document. From
what little the public learned of
the case this young man had taken
a stock certificate of some kind to
banker and asked him to investi-
gate it's value, as he wished to Dor
row money on it. The banker
took the document and told the
young man to return in few
days. When he did return the
banker Informed him that the doc
ument would be received by his
bank as sufficient collateral secur-
ity for loan of 81, 600, upon which
the young man made small loan
some $500, | believe. Some
months later the young man was
informed that the stock was fraud
ulent and worthless. He had at
all times had more money to his
credit in the bank than he owed,
and Immediately repaid the loan
The officers of the corporation
however decided to have him ar
rested against the protest of the
banker. He was Immediately
thrown into Jail and an officer OF
the corporation informed him that
if he would accept the attorneys
which they would provide, anc
agree not to testify as to where he
got the securities in question they
would see that he received a ligh
sentence. In the meantime al
documents which would in any
wise reveal the true authorship o.
the forged documents had been Sc
cured by the prosecution-and de
stroyed. And the threat was made
that if he attempted to reveal thu
name of the person who sold hin
the stock witnesses would be pro
duced to rebut him. He would b,
found guilty and receive the max
imum sentence GO year,
The young fellow was coward
He kept silent and was convicted
receiving light sentence accord
ing to promise.
Now, to come back to the ex
ract from Justice Bleckley, where
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemption.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds. the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15
n 0TICE.

ALL PERSONS receiving copies Of
THE MIRROR who are not Oh our
regular lists Will please consider
such as sample copies. If. after
reading, you conclude that THE
MIRROR Is worthy of patronage
send your name to this Office for a
trial subscription ut rates as pub.
lished above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15
HITS AND STRIKES.

HITS AND STRIKES.
He stood Oh the bridge in daylight
Where Swede Hollow looms so sour
When Skally train of boxcars
Bumped along with dreadful power.
Oh. little he rocked that an empty car
Could hit such an awful lick;
But it tOppled over that bridge
And he landed in Phalen Creek.
P.S.: My hair ir getting along.
Xxx
Col. Bob Ingersoll never has any use
for an advance agent. When Bob pro-
poses to lecture in town, the minis
tiers usually let the fact be known from
their pulpits.
~
1t is said that in Russia they have a
breed of dogs who cannot bark This
is probably a consequence of the strin-
gent censorship of the press.
#**
Judge Kelly of st. Paul has decided
that no matter how bad person may
| BE-, he is still entitled to trial before
being committed to state institution.
This will be quite an innovation in
Ramsey county court etiquette.
AZ
al FuOco" is the name of Gabriel
| d Annuncio's latest novel. don't
know what it means, but Gabriel is q
warm number.
| $50
No, kind reader, my name is not
Casey. That Is nom de plume or nom
de pomme de terre, as it were have
to use them, because, being Russian
by birth, my own name is somewhat
involved. worked or paper once
where my name was put at the head of
the editorial column. But it got
tangled up in the press and caused a
breakdown. The Saltwater Gazette
does the presswOrk for the MIRROR,
and as l don't want to break down
their presses it is better to use nom
de pOmme de terre.
Xxx
Rev. Mr.. Sample, of Minneapolis, the
other night delivered sermon ON the
theme: as God Dead?" The papers
did not tell what the conclusion of the
reverend gentleman was. 1t must look
suspicious down in Minneapolis.
Xxx
A Massachusetts woman ate fifteen
novels. She wanted to join Boston
literary club and was merely acquiring
a taste for literature.
Xxx
Mayor Harrison of Chicago says that
to hang few alderman on the lamp
posts would have a salutary effect.
The Inter Ocean, on the other hand,
Gains that this would be an Illegal use
of the lamp-posts.
| *.
While the Spanish Gen. CastellanOs
was in the palace at Havana the other
day the roof fell in. But then the
Spaniards are getting used to having
houses and things fall on them.
Xxx
1t was his prediction tor "some-
thing fine in dressgOOds' that
caused the downfall of Rev. Jas. b.
Kerr, one of New York's most famous
divines.
Xxx
Ira Fitch, of Williams, Iowa, took
morphine the other day because the
ladies all liked him and wouldn't leave
him alone. 1t is a sad case. Had l
known of it before l would gladly have
told him how l got away from them
without committing suicide.
Xxx
The theory evolved at a mass meet
ing in Chicago that the corrupt mag
mates of the transportation companies
are the real anarchists should be
needed as warning note.
**x
And now an American, Henry
Thurston Peck, has translated netron-
Jus Arbiter, to be used in connection
with "Quo Vadis" by the advanced
female literary societies of America.
From the extract have seen l should
say that Petronius has been Yankeeized
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15

IT IS with great deal of pride
The MIRROR is able to announce
the acquisition of Washington
correspondent Of the first magni-
tude.
This gentleman has the ear of
several gentlemen who have access
to the executive sessions which are
held at the Shoreham nightly-he
may have both. And if Senator
Wolcot gets four aces defeated or
any other momentOus national
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15


or at least attempt some worthy
object should be the aim of every
educated or cultured man. The
meaning or ultimate reason for
our existence was surely not that
the intellectually best equipped
portion Of society should live out
their lives in slothful Incidence,
with no higher motive than to
escape all effort. all suffering, all
sikness, to the last. But this is
nevertheless the avowed object of
a large portion Of that class of our
people which lives without per-
sonal effort from the interest of
invested capital.
This is also the class which likes
to parade as the brains and culture
of the nation. 1t may be true that
they have the brains and culture,
but if they fail to come forward
to share and lead and set an ex-
ample to those less fortunately
situated, then they become merely
worthless aristocracy which will
some day be crushed, as all former
missionaries founded on no personal
merit, have before been crushed.
The life-object Of this class
should be to surmount and clear
away the difficulties material and
moral which confront those less
fortunately gifted, or to show them
the road.
A real object in life is neces-
sary for every persons happines.
And the many and complicated
nervous diseases which attack this
cultured and moneyed class prefer
ably, are becoming more and more
a warning to them not to attempt
to exempt themselves from their
duties to society, but to place
themselves in the van of human
progress where their leadership
and example would be a blessing
to the nation.
It is the apathy and negligence
of this class-the moneyed and
cultured which throws high pub
lie officers into the hands of low.
scheming, dishonest politicians.
It is this class of men who could
easily find following and inspire
confidence among the people.
That this is true, becomes plain
when we note the almost fanatical
enthusiasm with which the voters
flock to candidate whose honesty
and integrity is proven.
Happily there are a few such
prominently before the public to-
day-a Pingree, or Roosevelt, for
instance.
They are bright spots in the
mass of corruption, which threatens
the very foundations of our re-
| nublic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15

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each week, notice should be sent to this office,
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-15

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subscribers until ordered discontinued
and all arrears are paid.
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Contributions solicited from all sour SOS
Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
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Entered at the Post Office at saltwater, MIMI,
as second. class mail matter.
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05

waterways, both for farming and min ing purposes, and who assisted in building one of the first irrigating ca nals in California, said he could not get water on enough of the land through this ditch and told MT. Shultz he wouldn't buy. He was then shown this Harmon ditch, which was in poor condition and half grown over with brush. On seeing this MT. Cant bought the land on the spot, with all appur- tenances thereto" This was in 1S92 The new owner rented the land to the Daggs brothers and went back to Cal ifornia. Fletcher Schureman and R. G. Goodwin put the Goodwin (Zech) section into grain that year and plowed in the Harmon ditch, none knowing much about waterways, thinking it was a nuisance and therefore thinkin g Mir. Cant would have no objections. they dug a ditch around the corner in order that the Daggs could have water for their sheep. They them selves watered their grain from a ditch which they built straight south from the point where the Harmon ditch in- tersected the east line, what is now the Yaeger land.
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05
MARIcoPA & PHOENIX RAILROAD

TAKE THE SUNSET LIMITED. PRIDE OF THE WEST. A magnifi- cent train of vestibuled Pullmans of most modern and beautiful design Is unusual features are, a compartment car with an elegant ladies' parlor, library, secretary, large observation windows, and other conveniences. A ladies maid in constant attendance.
 A COMPOSITE CAR with lounging and smoking room for gentlemen. a'so a library, bath room, barber shop, etc
 A DRAWING ROOM SLEEPER, el- egantly and luxuriously fitted.
 A DINING CAR perfectly equipped, giving first class hotel dining service surprising in it's excellence, its bounty and its reasonable prices. Meals served a la carte
 THIS SUJERB TRAIN passes Mari copa east bound at 10:50 p. m., and westbound at a. m. every Tuesday and Friday.
 San Francisco to Chicago without change of cars, passing through Fl Paso, Fort Worth, Dallas, Texarkana Little Rock, St. Louis and other cities via the Southern Pacific. Texas Pa- cific, Iron Mountain and Chicago & Alton railways.
 THROUGH TOURIST CARS "east- bound" as follows: Passing Mari copa Tuesday, arrives Chicago Il . m. Saturday via New Orleans. An other car same day arrives Chicago 7:30 a. m. via Fort Worth and St. Louis.
 Passing Maricopa Wednesday ar rives Chicago 10 a. m. Sunday via Fort Worth and Kansas City. Another car same day arrives St. Paul p m. Sunday via Kansas City. Passing Maricopa Thursday, arrives Wash ington, D. C., 9:25 p. m. Monday via New Orleans. Passing Maricopa Fri day, arrives Pi,ttsburg, Pa., 8 a. m. Wednesday via New Orleans and Gin cinnati, o. Passing Maricopa Sunday arrives Washington, D. C., 9:25 a. m. Thursday via New Orleans. No snow blockades or other expensive or annoying delays to contend with via the Sunset Route. Westbound tour ist cars pass Maricopa Friday, Sat urday, Monday and Wednesday of each week. No trouble to answer questions. For further particulars call on or address
 M. O. BICKNEIL. Agent.
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05

DROPosALs FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES AND I Transportation Department of the Inte- riOr, Ofies of Indian Atfat,s Washin ton, D. c. March 30, 1898. Sealed proposals will be receiv- ed by the commissioner of Indian Affairs at 1902 StatA Street, Chicago, III until o'clock, p. m "Wednesday, April 27, 1898, for furnishing ior the Indien Service, heef, flour, bacon and other articles of subsistence: agricultural im- p'ements. va -ons, ha rnesS, hardware, medical and other supplies, als bids for the transpOr- tation of such the articles, soods, and sup plies as may not be contracted for to be deliver ed at the agencies. Sealed proposals will also he received at >os. 77-79 Wooster street, New York City, until 1 o'clock, ?. m of Tuesday, May F, 1898, for furnishing for the Indian Service. cof
 fee, sugar, tea, ce, baking powder, soap, gro ceres, blankets, woolen and cotton gods, clothing, notions, hats and caps, boots and shoes, croekety, and school books. Bids must be made on gosornm mt blanks. Schedules giving all necessary in omration for b dders will be furnished on ap plica, ion at the Indian flee, Washington, D. C.; Nos. T. Wooster street, New York City, No. 1902 State street, Chicago, H.; the Commissaries of Subsistence,
 U. S. A. at Cheyenne, Lea enworth, Omaha,
 St. Louis, St. Paul and San Francisco; the pot
 masters at opx City, Yar ton, Arkansas
 City, Caldw well Topess, chi.a, and Tucson. B ds wal be o enc at u l o II aud avs above
 stated, and id,ers e invit q to he present at t opeuing. W. A. JONES,
 COmmiS toner.
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05
lCopyrlght. 1896. by F. Tennyson Nicely.

nix were guests of Charles N. Taylor yesterday.
 J. Oscar Mullen, who has been teach ing school at Wickenburg, arrived home yesterday, his school having closed for the season.
 At 2 o'clock tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon there will be a meeting at the reading room for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. All parties interested are invited to at tend.
 MESA. Mesa City, Ariz., April 4.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican, A. J. Chandler, MT. Daney, B. P. Grover, M. D. Johnson and William Newell went to Phoenix today. A. J. Peters and Ole Olsen of Tempe were in town today.
 MT. Turner, for Kessler-Boyle, and MT. Anderson of Kellner's, are on the south side today John WOolf of Tempe passed through here on his way to the upper Salt to- day to assist J. B. Hooker in his cattle business. He started several days sooner than he intended to carry word to MT. Hooker that his youngest son was exceedingly low with typhoid fever. Frank Austin has set up with the little one for seven nights.
 Assemblyman c. D. Reppy came in on the Florence stage last night and took the train to Phoenix this morn ing.
 Frank P. Drew not long ago had a new $45 saddle stolen from him. The thieves also made off with a new tar paulin and all his saddle blankets but one.
 The departure of so many young men from Mesa is causing some very strong tugging of the heart strings Certain young ladies are better in formed on the matter. Harry Lowery and Charles Davison of Base Line are in town today
 The city election came off today quietly There were about seventy five votes cast. Charles M. Mullen was elected in the place Of H. s. Peterson
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05
tOontinued From Yesterday.)

But Randy was having T ride the like sf which was not recorded i2 t.2e annals of Fort Scdgwick since the days when i;sng before the war. the First Dragoons aud the Navajos battled for the master ship of the Santa Clara. Ignorant as yet of the report of Apaches in the foothills of the Mescalero, his one the sry was that she had gone to Jose's intending from there to push on to tn. eantonment. The thought of her dal Ine so long and so hard a ride at a tim, when she should be guarded with th utmost care was in itself d source c dire distress to him, and he could hard Iy have speeded faster and with grim mer determination to defy all pain Heariness had he dreamed of the dead fy perils that lurked about her path 0f the fact that Valdez and his few foi Ic,Eers had eventually fled northwart and across the road to the Catamoun he had heard nothing. Through Eol Eing's chatter he had gathered tEa- Grafton and his men were gone II search of Florence and that Mrs. Hayn;
 
 not stop to make inquiries at the gar rison. He was under medical care therefore under doctors orders, ane oH complaint of the acting sur geon it would be perfectly com petent for Buxton to place hin n close arrest. His one idea, there fore, was to put as much ground as possible between the post and him self. He know he could get another horse at Jose's, so Brown Dick wa: never spared an instant. At three o'clock, galioPing free, the gallant horse was stretching away northwest ward over the low. rolling earth-wave. that seemed to spread to the very laI ss the Mescalero, spanning the horizon soward the setting sun. Far behind Rim, the scattered ranches and tht sparse green foliage of the Santa Clara
 Continued Tomorrow7
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Anna E. P. Eastman Marsh deceased Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administrator of the estate of Anna P. East man Marsh deceas ed, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said de- ceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said admins trator at No. 2eO West Washington street, city of Phoenix, Arizona. the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said es- tate, in said county of Maricopa.
 LEWIS W. COGGINS, Administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Anna E. P. Eastman Marsh deceased. Dated March 18th, 1898.
 First published in the Arizona Republican March 20, 1898,
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05

DROPOSALS FOR FUEL. Office of Chief
 Quartermas ter, Denver. Colo, March 4, 1898. Seaied proposals in triplitate, will be re- ceived here and at office of Quartermaster at l2Oth merid an time. April 4. 1898. and then opened for furnishing fuel at Forts Apache; Grant, Huachuca, sub post of San Carlos and Whipple Barracks, A. T., Forts Bayard and wingate, N. M., Forts Douglas and DuCheese, Utah. and Fort logan, and Denver, Colo, dur ing fiscal year, ending June 30. 1899. Proposals for delivery at points otEer than those named. will be ent rtained. Right is reserved to ac- cept or reject any or all proposals or any part thereof. Information furnished on spplica- ton here or at offices of respective post quar
 term sters Envelopes to be marked '.Pro- posals for Fuel" E B. ATWOOD, Chief e. M
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05
Notice to Creditors.
Estate of William Lacy, deceased.

Estate of William Lacy, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administrator of the estate of William Lacy deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers. within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator at his office in the Club Livery Stable on North Gen. ter street, Phoenix, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business ot said estate, in said county of Naricopa.
 H. L. GEORGE, Administrator of the Estate of Williom Lacy, Deceased.
 Dated this 4th day of March, 1898.
 First published in the Arizona Republican, March 5, 1898.
Arizona republican., 1898-04-05
Notice to Creditors.
tate of R ,nsom NJ Vial dec, a,, q.

Estate of tnsom NJ Vial dec' a,td. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned executrix of the estate of Ransom NJ. Viail de- ceased, to the credi ors of and all persons having claims az ainst the said deceased, to eX- hibt them, with the necessary vouchers, with in four months after the frsr publication of this notice to the said ex' cutrix ct the law of fire of Frank Cox in the city of Proenix, Ari- zona, u e same being the place for the transact ion of the business of sa d estate, in said cour ty of Maricopa.
 ADA E. .McCAY, Executrix of the es ate of Ransom NJ. Viall de ceased.
 Dated this 18th day of March 1898, First published in the Arizona Republican March 22d, 1898.