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Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
PUTS WORK BEHIND.
Increase of Force in the Patent Of
 flee Needed.

Washington, Jan. 20.-The assist ant commissioner of patents is urg- ing with all his energy an increase in the working force of his office He points out that the business interests of the country are suffering because of the small force which has put the office two and six months behind in it's work.
 Just at this time congressman are making many demands upon the Of flee to have certain applications made special. There is a rule which for bids this, unless the request c0mas from the head of one of the depari- ments, when, upon the suppasition that the invention will be of practic I benefit to the government, the case is advanced and acted upon immedi- ately. This rule was adopted in or der that the government might take advantage in time of warASof pending inventions, and later was used by the government when one of it's employes invented an article which it proposed to use, such as postoffice accouter- ments. Some of the reques $ which coma every day from the heads of departments, based upon the applica- tion of congressman, are Imaginable when considered in connection with the original idea of the rule. For instance, application was recent y made to have baby carriage case ad- vanced under the rule. What use. the government could possibly put a baty carriage to could not be imagined But it was government demand, and was complied with. Assistant Com missioner Greeley hopes for legislation at this session of congress, which will give him more help, and the eby bring the office up to date.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
BIJOU CAFE CLOSES ITS DOORS
Revocation Of Its Club Charter, Which Stopped the Sale. of Liquor.

New York, Jan. 2O.-The Bijou Cafe, at t502 and 504 Sixth avenue, closed last evening after a long battle with the police. Since, month ago, the supreme court revoked the charter of the Shenandoah club, the Bitou has been in a bad way. The ub charter was used as a cloak to evad7 the Raines law. The charter gave the resort the right to sell liquor at all hours of ths night. Busire.s was brisk while liquor was sold, but the revocation of the charter caused the all-night customers to seek o her places where they could get what they wanted. Soft drinks they refused to buy. It was impossible to sell liquor within the restricted hours, as the police were on the alert for a violation of the law. There was only ore thing left for the proprietor to do, and thar was to close the doors.
 In the days when the town was .'wide open" the placa was known as the "Star and Garter" It's frequent- CTS were the habitues of the di strict. After the Star and Garter" had rass- ed away an attempt was made to run the place as a respectable restaurant. It was a failure, and Clark took hold of it. The same old crowd made it their headquarters for several years until tha wave of reform made itse felt. Then Clark quit. George Hincb- man was it's latest owner.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
A MILLION ACRES.
A Chicago Syndicate Buys a Lot O.
 Mexico for Asphalt and Farming

Chicago, Jan. 20-A Chicago syn dicate with s1,000,0O0 capital has j,s negotiated for the purchase of the Lopez ranch, said to be the largs st ranch in north Mexico August Jern- berg, real estate man of this ely left last night for Mexico to clinch the deal by making the first paymen The syndicate has agreed to pay $500, ,0O0 for the ranch. The purchase is probably the largest of it's kind negotiated by Chicago capitalists in 8 number of years. This ranch em- braces 1j200,0 acres of rolling prai- rie land. Besides it's agriculture richness it contains valuable depos ts of asphaltum.
 Thirty thousand head of cat, le are included in the purchase. But the principal scheme of the purcha ger; was revealed by MT. Jernberg before he left for Mexico. He said:
 we intend to colonize the biz ranch as soon as we can get around to it. The syndicate will take colo nies down there as fast as possible and sell them land in different sec tions of the state of Tamlau,pas, where the ranch is located"
 In the syndicate there are a few Wisconsin capitalists, notably bank CT of Stoughton, who is president ol the Grand Falls Irrigation and Im- provement company, which has large holdings in the Pecos valley, Ward county, Texas. In that valley the colonization scheme has been worke5 with marked success. Fifty families from Wisconsin have been located there and quite a fourishing town has grown up. One of the largest crea m cries in the south is about to be built there under the direction of former Governor W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin who is famous as a dairyman.
 The same plan is to be tried in th: Lopez ranch
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
BOSTON PosToFFICE THIEF.
Captured After Four Years of
 Watching.
Lopez ranch.

Boston, Jan. 20.-For four years the postoffice inspectors have been trying to catch a sly thief in the Boston of fee, but every device and trap has been skillfully avoided by the pilferer of the mails until tonight, when Charles E. Patterson, young man of most respectable parentage, was arrested and marked money found on his person. He confessed that he had taken money, jewelry and other val uables from the mails, and began his thieving within year after he en- tered the postoffice, in 1893. Just how much he has taken from letters which have been entrusted to his care will probably never be known exactly, but from his talk tonight with the inspecc- ors it seems that it will foot up into the thousands.
 At o'clock tonight one of the nu- merOus decoy letters was placed in the mails and the officials waited three hours for il to turn up. Then Patterson was called up and searched with the result that not only was the marked money found upon him, but S53 additional, which he admitted as having stolen from a sealed package tonight. The officers believe that Patterson is the most Important ar rest made in the postoff1ce since Major McDonnough, one of the super intendents, who was apprehended and sent to prison for eighteen years fo1 similar crime. Patterson is only g years old and was to be married next Wednesday.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
BIG ONES vs. NEWSPAPERS.
There Is a Hot Department Sori
 War in Denver.

Denver, Jan. 20.-It is generally considered by business men and the community generally here that the department stores are decidedly inju
 dicious in combining to fight the newspapers, because there is already an undercurrent of feeling against de- partment stores that can be fanle d into a flame if the newspapers care to do so.
 While there is apparently no doubt that the newspapers will win the fight which the department stores have forced on them over the ques- tion of advertising rates, it is impossi- ble to say when this consummation will be reached The indications today are for prolonged and acrimonious struggle. concisely ed, the sit uation now is:
 The fourtkn depa stores :.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
THE LIE WAS PASSED A Most Sensational Scene in
 the House Yestelday SPEAKER REED AND BAILEY
With White Faces and Shaking
 Voices and GlarInG Eyes
Each Denied the Nature of Privsta . Understanding Regarding na owe to be Made in the Matter Of the Cuban Resolutton:

Washington, Jan. 20.-Spaaker Reed, MT. Bailey, the leader of the demo- crats, from his place on the floor, glared at each other at the, close of the Cuban debate today and joined an issue of veraci;y. This ssn a. tional episode completely over, had owed the interest in the Cuban de bate which has continued uninter- ruptedly in the house for three days. During the consideration of the oip,o- matic and consular appropriation bill yesterday notice was given by MT. Williams, democrat of Mississippi that at the conclusion of the debate today a motion would be made 70 re- commit the bill with instructions To- day when the motion was made by MT Bailey it was ruled out of order by the speaker. MT. Bailey thereupon startled the house by affirmi that he had private understanding With be taken directly on the motion tc recommit
 This the speaker emphatically de- nied and these two leaders of their respective parties in the house, with white faces and voices shaken with emotion, set their statements agains. each other, while the galleries looked on in breathless amazement, and the members were in an uproar. MT Smith of Michigan, who said he was present, corroborated the speaker's side of the controversy. The result of the speakers position was that an appeal was taken from his decision and by strict party vote it was laid on the table, the democrats and popu- lists, as on previous days, voting against the solid republican strength
 The debate was not as interesting as on the two preceding days. The features were a characteristic speech by Champ Clark of Missouri, a strong appeal for conservatism from MT Johnson of Indiana. a presentation o1 his observations in Cuba during his trip to the island from Mr. King of Utah, and an hours speech by MT Dingley of Maine in explanation of the causes of the reduction of wages in the New England cotton industries
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21

dsmanding a reduction o2 the four daily newspapers advertising "a es of about 20 per cent from those that have obtained during the past eight years. Far from being willing to ae- cede to this remarkable and dicsatory proposition, the newspapers maintain that their rates have been too low. Accordingly they have today informed the managers of the stores that the, rates prevailing for the eight years past have been increased n pr 6snE
 It is undeniable that the dspart-A ment stores are sick of the fight and that they would gladly give up and return at the old rates if they could. but from being on the offensive they have come now to be the defenders
 By 10 o'clock tonight 99 per cens of the labor organizations of the c,ty will have pronounced against the combine of the stores and will have. ordered stringent boycott or them.
 There is no question that thera has been falling off in business in these stores ranging from 9 to 50 per cent since the trouble began. The pro- prietor of the largest of the fourteen stores says the fight will cost him s1G,0O0, even though it should end within the week. Of course, the newspapers are also suffering, but none of them so far has reduca1 sal aries or materially cut down the work in 11r- of the city are rallying to their sup port.
 An afternoon paper attacks one> of the department stores yesterda the ground that it had been impure meat and cheese. The sS replied by placarding it's windows wi bitter denials, thereupon half hund red newspaper advocates literally seized the place, tore down the pla1I cards and badly assaulted several the employees.
 Public sentiment is almost 8 favor of the newspapers, an
 tion to the labor organiza
 influential secret and sod
 have indorsed four of then
 The newspapers have maih@ dignified and conservative stand ing the trouble, not indulging in per sonalities nor recriminafing. There is one unfortunate exception, how ever, to this rule of moderation, and this exception may prove the most serious obstacle to a sattlement. Were it out of the way, it is extreme ly probable that the big stores w-uld gladly yield their contsntion, even to the point of paying the additional n per cent in rates now demandei by the newspapers.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
Baldwin of Coudert Brothers. ap peared for the Produce exchange.

given up for trial. MT. Edwin P Baldwin of Coudert Brothers ap- peared for the Produce exchange.
 Foster WIS attorney for the grat- uity fund of the Produce exchsnge and is accused of absconding with funds to the amount of $192,001. In 1888, Fosters forgeries were discov- not until a year ago that he was f. und in Paris, and proceedings ware under taken to bring about his exlradition. A change in the French ministry, d the fact that an indictment standing for ten years is outlawed under the French laws, served to dsfeat the movement, but afterward he was in- dicted for forgery and grand larceny, and under this fresh Indictment the present effort to eXtradite him is be- ing made.
 Gov. Black said that he had un- derstoOd from his a,torneys that Fcs- ter was very ill, and that he was on. y being brought back to die; that his friends had offered restitution to the Produce exchange, which was likely to be in full of the amount taken.
 MT. Baldwin said that Fosters friends had never offered full rest itu- tion to the exchange. They had of- fered to make a settlement for a oe-- tain amount, but this the exchang had refused to accept, and had de- cided to push the prosecution.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
BUCKET SHOPS RAIDED.
Seventeen Prisoners Hailed Before
 Judge Hammers Court.

New York, Jan. 20.-One of the big gest raids the Wall street section has had in a long time took place this af- ternoon, when four alleged huc1et shops were raided, and a host of pri5- oners taken to the Center street court Captain McClosky and big squad of detectives made the raids on warrants issued by Magistrate Hammer. The firms raided were: Ridley, Poissr c Co.,, No. 42 and A Broadway, where five prisoners were taken; the Stand ard Stock company, 53 New street, where five prisoners were arrested; the Public Stock and Grain company, 51 New street, where four were taken, and Hamilton & Co.,, 53 New street. where three more were arrested.
 The greatest excitement prevailed in all the places when the dstectives entered. The places had been watched for several weeks, and the warrants had been procured when the police thought they had all the evidence they wantd. The detectives marched the prisoners to the Center street court, where the men wsra arraigned, charged with violating the law which prohibits the recording of bets and wagers. Three of the men, who were blackboard clerks, were dis charged. All the other prisoners were held in s1,OGO bail for examins- tion on Friday next.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
CONTRACT FOR MACHINERY.

Chicago, Jan. 20.-A $400,00o ooa- tract for mining machinery has ben awarded to the Frazer & Chalmers company of Chicago by Cap.a'n Thom- as Main of the Alaskan Treadwell group of mines at San Francisco The contra ct calls for 360 stamps, with compressors and engines. With the 52O stamps in operation, the Tread we'll company will have SS0 stamps, the largest number on single plant in the world.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
RICH VEIN OF SILVER.
Found on a Farm in Putnam County
 New York

Newburgh, N. Y, Jan. 90.-Las Tuesday there was rich veil of silver struck on the farm of John Organ, in Putnam county, just back of Cold Spring and near the Fishkill mountain range. It was whi e dig ging a trench that the vein was struck. Il is about one and one-half feet wide. The depth and length have not been ascertained. Upon being tested the metal was found to contain leai mixed with silver.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
Launching Of the KaSa5i From
 Cramps Yesterday
FIRST FOREIGN WAR VESSEL
Ever Constructed by Am ar;can
 Ship builders.
The Ceremony of tne Chr. steaing. A Description of the Vessel Fit ted to Hold her Own in any Scrimnage on the Seas.

Philadelphia, Jan. 20.IWith ce- e. monies befitting the importance of the occasion there was launched today at Cramps shipyard the first modarn warship ever constructed in the United States for a foreign power. The vessel is destined to become part of Japan's new naval force, and if that aggressive little power becomes en- tangled in broil in the far east the Kasagi, as the ship was christened when her nose dipped into the waters of the Delaware, may be called upon to meet and combat some of the for midable cruisers and battleships of European countries. The launching was attended with several novel feat ures not heretofore seen in connection decorations consisted of the inter twined red and white flags of the mikado and the stars and stripes, and the chief participants were Minister Hoshi, the attaches Of the Japanese legation, and party of prominent guests from Washington.
 The Kasagi is a 5000 ton protec.ed cruiser and will have a speed of about twenty-three knots. She will have an armament consisting of two S-inch and ten 4.7-inch guns for the main battery, and in the secondary battery she will have six 21apounder Hotchkiss guns, In every respect she is the sister ship of the vessel under construction at the Union iron works, San Francisco, also for the Japanese government, and which will be chris tened the Chitose and launched within the next fortnight.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
CLERKS ARE ON THE ALERT.
Effect of a Rumor of Proposed Dis
 missals.

Washington, Jan. 20.-There is re- newed energy among the clerks in the pension office these days. The rec ords show few late arrivals, and the
 rules of the office are being carefully observed. The reason for all this is the statement which has reached the department that the appropriati n for clerk hire will be materially re- duced this year, and the statement of Commissioner Evans before the sub committee on appropriations that he could operate the bureau with 100 clerks less, if permitted to make the reductions, is taken as an evidence
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
DID CARTER STEAL s3,OOO, ,OOO?
That Is the Charge Now Made Pubic
 at Washington.

at Washington.
 Washington, Jan. 20.-The war de- partment has made public the charges against Captain Oberlin M. Carter, engineer, recently military at tache to London and member of the Nicaragua canal commission, from both of which positions he resigned.
 They are much more serious than at first believed, recounting the most astounding allegations of ras- cality that have been brought against an army officer in the history of the government.
 Charge 1 is that of conspiring to defraud the government in col,usion with the Atlantic Contracting com pany, il being specified that Carter al lowed fraudulent payments to that company in which his father-in-law was interested to the total amount of 1855, ,956.S7.
 Charge 4 accused Garter of the en- bezzlement of over $575,000.
 HIS UI1uSS tue luSlIS ONSn lAO $3,000,000 mark, but that is not all.
 Charge 3-that of conduct unbe- coming an officer and a gentleman specifies thefts of small sums f-om false pay rolls, sending false tele- grams and letters to the secretary of war intended to deceive, dating them at Savannah, to show him on duty there at various times when he was really in Montana, Cincinnati, New York and other places.
 Charge specifics a number of in stances of causing false and fraudu- lent claims to be presented against the government which he approved
 One specification which should prove a bombshell in Savannah accuses him of defrauding the city in a transaction wherein the highest confidence hal been reposed in him.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
INSURANCE IN NEW MEXICO.

Washington, Jan. 2C.-The senate lcommittee on territories today de- cided to indefinitely postpone a bill to annul an act of the legislature of the territory of New Mexico rela-i g to insurance companies. The get is to go into effect on February 1 and pro- vides that all insurance companies doing business in the territory shall deposit s10,000 in cash, munic pal or territorial bonds at par as a guaran- tee for the payment of lossss. It was stated in the committee that forty one insurance companies would be af- fected by the act.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
WANT FOSTER EXTRADITED.
New York Produce Exchanga Pushing
 the Prosecution,

Albany, N. Y., Jan. 2O.-AssistanI District Attorney James D. McClel- land of New York appeared b-fore Governor Black yesterday to request him to ask the United States govern ment to demand from the French gov ernment that William A. Foster be
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKET.

Kansas City, Jan. 2O-Cattle re- ceipts, 6.300; market steady to 10 cents lower, except on cows and heifars which are about steady; western steers $325@4.40; western COWS, $2.50@3.65; native steers, $3.5O@4.S5; choice, $4.75 @5: native COWS and heifers, $2.25@ 425; stocgers and feeders, $3.25@5; bulls, $25O@3.6O; sheep receipts, off cial, 1,50O; market active to strong; lambs. $3.7505.60; muttons, $2.75@ 4.3O.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
THE CHILDREN $ POET.

Kansas City, Jan. 20.-At meet ing at the Coa;es house today of the Field Monument association, Sscre- tary J. West Goodwin of SeGalia sub mitted a highly encouraging report of the progress of the fund for the ersc- ton of a monument to the memory of the late Eugene Field. During 1896 the sum of S3O2 was collected and last year the sum contributed reached S42S, making a total of over $7O0, the greater part of which represents the penny contributions of Missouri school children. The monument will be erected on the campus of the Mis- souri state university at Columbia.
 AN ARIZONA Pr ,ssrMAS HER.
 Washington, J sa. 2Q-GSpecial)-s Charles M. H Allan was appointed postmaster Harqua Hala today. vice R. M. Strauss. resigned - fsgo, Jan. 20.-May wneae oioss' a' As; July ct sSA.
 PRICE OF COPPER. \ New york, Jan. 20.-Lake copper ,,ncbaanseA at $1O.S5 bid. and $l asked
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
TELLER'S MEASURE l
For Paying of United States
 Bonds in Silver
TO BE SUBMITTED D ACTION
A Resolution to Get it Out of
 the Way E!an diately.

An Amendment to the Hawaiian Annexation .rSary Submitting it to the Popular Vote Of the People of the Sa dwic1 islano.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
PRICE OF COPPER.

New york, Jan. 2o.-Lake copper. ,.unchangea at $1O.s5 bid. and $ll asked.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-21
AN ARIZONA Pr .s,rMAs TER.
WHEAT.

Ch' 6sgo. Jan, 2O.-May. wheat olose' '' As; July ct SSA.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-12
EDGAR s. GOODWILL.

Edgar 5. Goodwill, an able and in
defatigable worker for the party. has
been connected with the section in
Worcester fol- over a year, although
as he says, he has always held to the
socialist belief, and has never found
a home in either of the other parties
Mr.. Goodwill was born in Beichertown,
in 1852, learned the machini6t trade
in Barre, to which place his parents
moved when he was a year old, and
has resided in Worcester since 1859. He
is married, has children, and enjoys
pleasant home on Heardsleigh street.
Mr.. Goodwill was four years the head
engineer for the boats of Allie Coburn
al Lake Quinsigamond, and this, with
his experience as locomotive engi-
neer, has given him a wide and influ-
entail acquaintance. He is Red Man.
belonging to Iroquois tribe, and is alSo
affiliated with the Locomotive Engi-
neers, Division 81. He now holds a RS
sponsible position with Washburn q
Moen as engineer.
MIR. Goodwill is a liberal member %
the party in that he does not believe
in condemning the wealthy men indivSe
dually. but in condemning the system
by which the few gather riches at the
expense of the many. He believes in
a campaign Of education, in teaching
the workingmen their opportunity, and