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The record-union., 1898-06-26
INVENTION THE FRIEND OF
LABOR.

They are short-sighted indeed who
would arrest the arm of invention be-
cause improved machinery temporarily
displaces hand labor. as it assuredly
does, and eQuips one man to do with
the machine what five before were re-
quired to accomplish. The greater
truth is, as Professor Gunton has so
we'll put it, that invention is labor's
friend" It hghtens labor's task. 1t
gives leisure where leisure was before
impossible, and money can do little
more than that-give leisure with COM
fort.
Temporary displacement by reason
of invention does not mean retro
gression, not even when such dis
placement is somewhat extended.
1t does mean new adjustment and
betterment. But to arrest inven-
ton would mean to limit the op-
portunity for advancement and bet
terment THE increase of employ
ment,'' says Gunton, depends primarily
upon the creation of new industries,
and such improved efficiency Of old in
dustries as will make possible cheaper
production, and hence larger sales"
Let any one for a moment think what
the arrest of invention twenty-five
years ago would mean to-day in depri-
walton of opportunities and advantages
every man now enjoys. 1t is claimed,
for instance, that in electrical science
and art alone at least 800 new employ
ments of labor would have remained
unknown. If that is thought to be a
high figure we can safely fix upon 200,
and still the change is a wonderful one.
and for the better.
In 1880 there were but three electrical
manufacturing establishments in the
land. They employed only 90 workers,
and their output was worth but $45S,-
600. To-day, less than twenty years
after, there are hundreds OF such insti-
tutions. employing tens of thousands
Of men and women. and representing
working capital of $3.50, 100000.
There are over 5000 central stations
supplying light and power. and 7,475
isolated plants, in all $3.50, represent
ing working capital amounting to $780,
100000. All this is exclusive of elec-
trical railway employment, which dis
placed the horse and the driver, and
the hay the one ate and the whip the
other welded. But there are ten times
the employees now, and the wages paid
are more than ten times as great
The telephone knocked out some
The record-union., 1898-06-26
ECzEmAoAE
itching So Severe Could Not Keep
From Scratching. Physicians
Remedies No Benefit. Cured
By Half Box Cuticura.

At the time that sent for your book, I was
suffering from Eczema on the right ear.
could hardly keep my hands of the afflicted
surface, the itching was SO severe. Every time
l would touch my ear small bubbles would
open emitting a watery-like substance, ap-
parently poisonous, as when it was commun-
icated to other parts of the body it would
produce thesame irritation. One of the lead
ing doctors here treated me for while and
applied the usual physician's remedies with
out benefit. My brother was using CUTIcURA
at the time and recommended that try it.
bought box of CUTICURA (ointment) and had
the satisfaction of seeing immediate progress.
The first application scas soothing, and be-
fore the box was half gone the disease had dis
appeared, and am pleased to say that there
has never been any recurrence Of the trouble.
H.C. BARNET, GA Race St., Cinn., Q.
Feb. 2, 1898.
The record-union., 1898-06-26
A NEW HEALTH PROMOTING DE-
VICE.

Opponents of progression and sani-
tary advance have now another op-
portunity to rise against advancement
The cleansing of the upholstery Of rail-
way cars is now most largely accom-
plished by hand labor, and\ not then
with such degree of satisfaction as the
demands of public health require. The
cleaning of the upholstery of a train
occupied by all kinds of people, is at
best hastily performed, and never COM
pletely, except when the car interiors
are dismantled and the upholstery la
boriously cleaned or renewed.
Now comes a Western railroad off,
cial and proposes complete sanitation Of
the upholstery of travellers coaches on
railway lines by employment Of de-
vice that will reduce the sum of hu-
man labor sensibly and enlarge the
sum of sanitation greatly. By intro
ducing a small hose attached to porta-
BILE electrical machinery he proposes to
exhaust all railway upholstery COM
pletely and in the briefest time imagin-
able for such work, of all dust, dirt,
germs of disease and the like. He
claims that he can perfectly cleanse a
car in this way in a very few moments,
with less than one-third the labor now
employed, and to the complete salts
faction of the most exacting sanitarian
This is to be accomplished by the
displacement Of hand labor largely, but
IL viii add TO human security from
disease and discomfort 1t therefore
opens the door for precisely the same
objection that has been used against
the introduction of every beneficial me-
chanical device that has been brought
into the economy of our lives If
there is any reason in the objection
that it dispiaces hand labor. 1t is the
same that applies in the case of all the
most important betterments of the age.
If it is what is claimed for 1t, however,
1t will be adopted just as have other
labor saving comforts and health con-
serving propositions.
But If the new invention is good for
the purposes indicated, why should 1t
stop there; why not apply it in the
household? The pneumatic method of
cleansing carpets has. we believe been
employed to some extent without TAX
ing the tapestry from the floors, though
we confess that it seems more cleanly
and reasonable to remove such house
fittings completely at stated periods
to have them cleaned and sterilized
apart from the house.
But the pneumatic device may be so
cheapened as to take the place of
sweepers, and be rendered easy of ap-
pacation from day to day, and thus
largely conserve the health OF the
household. 1t is possible, too, that lit
may be extended to the cleansing of
walls, and to "a certain extent of hang
ings, bedding and even of wood work,
and the house be thus rendered more
The record-union., 1898-06-26
A DECISION IN POINT.

Those who are fearful that in hold
selves in the matter of governing the
territory, and be compelled to accord
it political rights in our home govern
ment, should read the decision Of the
Alaska liquor cases.
The question there was whether Con-
gress has the power under the Consti-
tuition to provide and enforce liquor
regulations and laws in Alaska un-
known to other parts of the country.
The Court affirmed such power in Con-
gress, holding that it can make such
laws, regulations and rules for Terri
tories and other possessions of the
United States as it chooses. This is
unquestionably the law and the proper
construction of the Constitution. Com
menting upon that decision, an East
ern contemporary says
If the United States were to acquire
Porto Rico and the Philippines, for ex-
ample, it could govern either absolutely
according to the will of Congress. That
body might establish one form of gov
ernment for Porto Rico and another
totally different for the Philippines; it
could let some people or all people vote
in Porto Rico, and none in the Phil
ippines: it could establish a high
license system in Porto Rico, and pass
prohibitory law for the Philippines;
in short, it would possess all the func-
tions Of government for both, and could
exercise those functions in the case of
either as it chose.
The record-union., 1898-06-26

fit for human occupation, since elec-
trical power is now SO freely intro
duced into the homes Of the land.
Then, too, some consideration must
be given to the labor saving such de-
vices will be for the housewife with
whom the semi i-annual house-cleanang
is a season of upset, discomfort and ir-
ritation. We refrain from thought OF
what a blessing such application may
be for the man Of the house to whom
the periodical cleaning process gives
foretaste of purgatory.
The record-union., 1898-06-26
BLOOD BEGINS TO FLOW.

The first real set engagement be-
tween Spanish troops and our Cuba in
vading army has been fought. 1t in
volved / 1000 Of our men and double that
number of Spanish troops. We lost
over a dozen killed and half hundred
wounded, while the Spanish loss was
heavier. But our men, though out
numbered and at a disadvantage as to
position, drove the enemy back into
the city of Santiago. Victory there
fore perched upon our banners. But
it was with the greatest loss or life
and number of men wounded OF any
event Of the war thus far.
But this loss is a mere trifle to what
we must expect Hundreds of the best
youth of the country are to lay down
their lives upon the soil OF CUBA IN
cause sacred to humanity. From this
time on we must nerve ourselves to
read very often of scores of our men
biting Cuban dust and dying in mill
tary hospitals. War means the killing
of human beings, and this war will be
no exception, for the Spanish in Cuba
will fight US bitterly. Themselves ac-
customed to scenes Of bloodshed, they
will be less moved by them than the
Americans, most Of whom are new to
carnage.
We are now to redouble our efforts
at home for the relief of those Of our
citizens who are fighting our battles in
IN
rection a ceaseless duty, a task that is
inspired by every sentiment of human
ity and every prompting of patriotism.
one that will not end until the last
bugle call of the war has sounded, and
not even then, for there will be many
hundreds, if not thousands, whose con-
dition will be still appealing to our
sympathies because of the battles they
have fought and the suffering they
have endured for US
Armies are at last face to face and
ours must find no Stacking in the work
that makes preparation for their aid
and succor. The hour has come, of
many to follow, which will test the Red
Cross professions to the fullest. We
have perfect repose of confidence that
a nation of 100000 of people will
not fail it's soldiers in the trying
hours now beginning. The war has
ceased to be speculation; in grim and
horrid reality it is upon US, and with it
all the duties imposed by our hearts
desire, and the spirit of true patriotism.
The record-union., 1898-06-26

The San Francisco Chronicle" says
that Senator White Is out Of touch
with his constituents in his attitude
upon the Hawaiian question. Yes. but
he is In touch with his jaw, and it
wags against time as steadily and
worldly as IL 1t was the hired jaw Of q
sugar trust advocate.
The record-union., 1898-06-26

When the heart has found its true
gravitation, 1t leaves that rest slowly.
and returns to it Quickly.-Dora Green
well.
The record-union., 1898-06-26

The feeble fearful folk who prate so
much Of traditions and the precedents
Of our history, and the teachings of
the efathers-respected by us as much as
they can be by any others-are like the
case lawyers" who can make no move
except upon the wheels Of precedents.
Suppose President Monroe had cast
about for a precedent in the history Of
his country, the traditions Of the new
born republic, the teachings of the
founders and all that, the doctrine that
has made his name immortal would
never have been announced. AS Mr..
Alden Smith well said in the House OF
Representatives the other day, ''Prece-
dent may do for rule Of law upon
which a fixed and definite superstruct-
ure must be built: but it is the duty Of
craftsmanship to cease looking at great
public questions with microscope, and
sweep the worlds horizon with q tele-
scope from a commanding hight"
The record-union., 1898-06-26

vearnv street, between Sacramento
and Commercial Streets,
sAN FRANCISCO. CAL. u. g. A.
The record-union., 1898-06-26
w. p. HERKEY.

San Francisco, Cal, June 6, 1898.
For several years I was troubled with
jaundice. tried many remedies: none
The record-union., 1898-06-26

A yellow journal the other day pub
lished letter alleged to have been
written by Lieutenant Hobson to his
to speak Of himself and his deed in so
vain and boastful a way as to disgust
the reader of sensibility, and make him
regret that the young man was chosen
to take the Merrimac into the bay of
Santiago de Cuba. When the letter
was published we marked it down as a
fraud. The evidence was patent on it's
face that Hobson did not write it, since
a man capable Of such heroism as he
has displayed would be incapable of the
bombastic exhibition the alleged let
ter made him give. 1t Is now estab-
lished that the thing was fake, the
invention Of fellow who poses as q
newspaperman, and who imagines that
the ethics Of the profession justify any
thing that will startle, attract atten-
ton and read sensationa1ly. Unfor-
tunately such liars are too common in
the ranks OF the business. It is the
part and office Of decent journalism
to hold such imposters up to public
loathing. Unhappily however, mer-
cenary publishers reward these de-
scendants Of Annanias so well that they
care very little for public contempt.
The fellows to hit are the newspaper
publishers who hire the scavenger re-
porters to do dirty work for them. The
public is the only influence that can
reach these publishers. AS long, there
fore. as the reading public sustains
that order Of creation, it must expect
to be defrauded, imposed upon and reg
ularly sold out for greasy nickels.
The record-union., 1898-06-26
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair Sunday, ex-
cept foggy in the evening along the coast;
brisk west wind.
The record-union., 1898-06-26

seemed to do me any good I became so
yellow and sallow that / was eIis@nstint,
10 nlyseif and no doubt to my friends
I I, was persuaded to take DIR. Tom She
better and after three months treaf
Inent am as Well as | ever was. / am
very grateful to the doctor
roo w. l.. KENNEDY,
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
Tie Government Will Take Up
 Two Glasses of Liens
UNDER THE ACT OF 1887
Application fJr an Otdsf u b
 Made N =xt Saturday ;
Granting tHe Gov r.1n etn Leave C RedeSm the Claims Of the FITS and Second Mortgage BondhoId- ITS on Two Divisions.

Washington, Feb. 5. - Governor Hoadley was in consultation with the attorney-general today upon the sub ject of the foreclosure against the Kansas Pacific railroad. It has te n decided by the department of justice that the government will exercise the power conferred upon the prsident by the act of 1887 and redeem the cla ms of the first mort gage bondhold5rs upon the eastern and middle divisions re- spectively and become subrosated un- der the law to their rights.
 This will make the government owner of both the first and econd- class liens upon these divisions oi road. An application will be made 10 Judge Sanborn at St. Louis nex Saturday for leave to redeem, fer tht sales of the road, which a-e now ad vertised to take place on February 16 IT and IS, and fer the appointment O a receiver in the government suit t. operate the railroad for the benef, of it's lien holders. The present re ceivers are operating the road unde the suit Cf the third mortgage b3nd holders, commonly called the consoli dated mortgage.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
ALLEGED PENSION FRAUDS.
Advices Received of the Arrest e
 Two Men.

Washington, Feb. 5.-A special dis patch to the commissioner cf pensions conveys the information of the conwic- tion at Denver, Colo, of Louis C. Wjthsup, 9 sub-agent of a 1ccal p:n- sion attorney, on charge of adcept- ing an illegal pension fee.
 This case is interesting from the many successful fights the agen5 made against the government officials.
 The pension office has received in formation of the arrest of A. c. Wood ruff, a pension attorney at Evansville Ind, on charge of forgery The ar rest was made by a special az Tt Ct the pension office sent out from Wash ington to work up the case, and, i possible, secure the conviction Of thu man.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
IS ACCUSED OF THEFT.
Detective Alleges Mrs. George M. Sex
 ton Stole Cloak

Chicago, Feb. 5.-Mrs. Georga M Sexton, a sister-in-law of Colonel James Sexton, ex-postmaster, was for a short time yesterday an inmate of a cell at the Harrison street police station. Mrs. Sexton was accused of stealing in the store of Sdege1, Coop CT & Co.,. cloak valued at $23.75. When arrested she refused to give any information regarding herself, but at the station gave her name will ingly.
 Mrs. Sexton sent a note to her hus- band, who was sick at his home, S21 West Fifty-fifth street, and in a short time he arrived in great agitation and furnished a bond for the release. of his wife until her hearing at o'clock tomorrow morning MT. Sexton scheduled two residences valued at S10,O0O each.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
DETECTIVES ARRESTED
A Man Whom They Were Shadow.ng
 Complains to the Police.

New York, Feb. 5.-Walter E.. Mcr- rell of No PAS Eighth avenue, and Joseph Flynn Of No. 276 West One Hundred and Nineteenth street, two detectives employed by Charles Heid- elberg, an ex-detective sergeant who runs a private investigation agency, were arrested yesterday in the Eas; Drive of Central park, on the com- plaint to park policeman that the men had been following him. God stein, t appeared from a sta ement made at the detective agsacy, later, was formerly a jeweler, d 1 g busi- ness at Fory-fourth stree. an1 Ninth avenue. His store YVES burned out about four years ago and the com panies in which it was insured refuse to pay the insurance, and have em- ployed the detective agemcy to watch G0ldstein, whom they suspect of knowing more about the fire than he has yet told. Heidelberg secured bail for his men last evening.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06

on September 10, 1896, leaving her without other means of support than her daily labor, which was rejected on March 31, 1897, upon the ground that she was not without other means of support as alleged. From said ac- Eion appeal was taken on July g, 1897.
 Tt appears from the statements, under oath, of this appellant he self, that she is possessed of, and owns in her own right, real and personal prop erty worth, at cash valuation over and above all debts and incumbraEces, $9,900, from which she derives an an nual income. of $622. {:
 ''Tt is manifest from the foregoing that this appellant is not without other means of support than her daily labor, within the meaning and intent of the provisions of section 3, act of June 27 1890, as construed by the de-. cisions of this department, and is not entitled to pension hereunder as the widow of said deceased soldier
 Therefore, the rejection Of this claim upon the ground stated was not error, and is affirmed accordingly"
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
THE QUALIFICATIONS BILL.
Estimates By the War D. DIT ment
 Greatly Scaled.

Washington, Feb. 1.-The fcrtifca- tions appropriation bill providing for lhe extensive system of sea coast de- lenses, has been reported to the house. It carries $4,144,912, as against estimates made by the war depart menl of $13,37s, 571. The amoun-s all lowed by the bill for the main items are as follows:
 Gun and mortar batteries $1,000, ,0O0; sites for Notifications, s30O,OOO; pres ervation and repair of Qualifications, S5 ,000; sea walls and entertainments, $30 ,000; torpedoes for harbor d fense, $50 ,00O; armament of Notifications, 1 $2 ,033,7 TIT; field guns and other mis- cellaneous items, s296,235; proving ground, Sandy Hook, N. J., s46,00O; Watertown arsenal, Mass, $S0,900; Wateryliet arsenal, New York, s2S,- 900; ordnance and fortifcation b. ard, $100.000. Total, $4,144,91
 In rhe detailed items for armament are s2S9,OOO for large coast defense guns; s424,000 for gun carriages; $1S2,- l 12U tor breech loading mortars, $391, ; 600 for reserve suppy of powder and projectiles, S2OS,O6O for rapid fire guns. Provision is made tha. the
 armament shall be of American make
 except when it is to the manifest in terest of the government to purchase
 limi;ed quantities abroad.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
AN INTERNAL. MACHINE.
A Discovery Made il a Confectionery
 Store Yesterday. iaf

Mrs. M. G. Wood while. oyerhauling her confectionery store yesterday morning made a startling discove y. A box covered with. dust occupied high shelf. Mrs. Wood w3s about to push IL off when an assistant sug- gested that it would raises so much dust. He therefore lifted it down carefully and it is probable that by doing so he prevented tle sudden re- moVal from society Of twy eminently respectable persons.
 The box con aimed. two sticks of 1yynamite with caps and fuse. This was matter, Mrs. Wood bought, which called for police intervention. She visited Collector Long and he wen. back with her to make an off, cial inspection of the explosive. He knows very little about dynamite but he discovered thal the fuse and caps were attached to the sticks r1a1y for the transaction of business. On; piete of fuse had been, ia fact, t1GchC eff, hut it was defective and after having burned about ten inches blew out: that is, burned a hole in the si-ie and went cut.
 It was evident that som: baiy ss some time had tried to wreck the building, and the time was probably the early morning last summer when a mysterious fire was 6i.covared in the same Stor2.
 Mrs. Wood was aivisel 10 sell the dynamite at a hardware stcre, seeing it was not properly S part of a sto k of confectionery and fTu:J She took it to Kemp's, but thsy wouldn't have the explosive around. It had gl So dry that The slightest jar would be apt to set it in motion. Officers Long and Galpin took it outside the city 1 limits, Tit the fuse and s5col back. i The result was i'm gined by p5ople in that vicinity 10 be an ear ,hquake
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
A DARING HOLD-UP.
Many People Look on WhiIa Fo-tp ds
 Rob a Pedestrian

New York, Feb. 5.-A daring hold up by two foo pads took placa last evening in Bayard street. The vic i'm was William Armitage of No. S5 Greene avenue, Brooklyn He was robbed of his gold watch chain, after being roughly handled by his assail- ans. One of the highwaymen was captured.
 Armitage was on his way home just before o'clock, past Nos. 62 and 64 Bayard street, which are separated by narrow alley, dimly lighted, when two rough looking men jumped out and dragged him into the alley. One of the men took a firm gr.p on the victims throat, preventing him from making an outcry, while the other grabbed Armitage's watch chain. Fortunately the chain broke and, as Armitage made {. desperate resistance, the thief ran off SJith it.
 Many persons were passing along Bayard street at the time, and a crowi
Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
THE GUARDED COAST Tie HOuSs PasS.d the FoIt f.
 Clticns Measure
CUT IT DOWN ONE HALF
Economy Msda a WatchWOrd
 With q Meaning
Mr. Saysrs Of Texas Could See Not Evsn the SliRht Prospect of War With any Forei.n 20 Wer-Mr. Lewis Talks Finance.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The houee to- day, during it's entire session, had un- der considerations the bill making ap- propriations fer for'tiicati3ns and coast defenses. Little interest seemed 10 be manifested in the proceedings, less than one-half of the members be- ing present during the session. The bill was passed by the house carrying $4144,712 against $9,517141 .ast year.
 MT. Lewis, democrat of Wasiin ter, took occasion to discuss the financ.a al question, and it was, he said, the pur- pose of the administrat On 70 retire the greenbacks. He also criticised the leaders of the house for not al lowing them to discuss the Teller resolution. MT. Mcclellan, democrat of New York, in speech declaring that the bill carried no adequate ap- prCpIiation for he defense of New York harbor, said that the trouble was that too much money was expended 1 for the improvement of our harbors and would make them accessible to a hostile fleet. Tt would be much be . ter," said he, first to protect our har- | bors and then after they are prote ted ! to improve them.'
 In response Mr. Savers democrat oi Texas, a member of the appropriations committee, expressed the opinion iha1 there was no; the slightest prospect of war with any foreign power
 Economy" said he, ought to be tht 1 watchword on both sides of this cham
 Der and no appropriation for an1 project ought to be made unless abso
 lutely necessary. After discussing tn
 work of the appropriations commi.te'
 in consideration of various appropria
 tion bills, Savers said: Our revenue
 are large enough. II ought to ba ou effort to reduce the expenses of tn ! government. in cCder that they ma.
 conform to the receipts" Ia con
 clusion, MT. Savers said: "We ough
 to unite to make this congress enc C
 the utmost economical since the civi
 war;