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Arizona republican., 1898-03-31
POLL TAX PAYING.
A Scheme to Make Everybody Come
 h.

The question Of paying poll tax is again agitating the public mind and
 again is heard the allegation, support ed by some attorneys and denied by
 others. that the present forceful
 method of collecting poll tax. is un- constitutional A Phoenix gentleman
 has suggested a poll tax arrangement which the next legislature may be asked to consider. The principal feat ure of it is the penalty of disfran- chisement for the non-payment of the tax. The plan generally is this: The time for the payment of the tax should be made to cover a sufficient period or various periods so that the widest opportunity would be given those who desired to comply. Re ceipts for the tax should bear the name of the payer, his ward or voting pre- cinct, and should have upon the mar gin the names of the months. The lat ter arrangement is made with refer ence to not only the general election, but also to any special elections that may occur within the year. The first qualification of the voter should be the possession of one of these receipts, which he would be required to present at the voting place of his own ward or precinct. The month on the margin of the receipt denoting the time of the election should be punched by poll ing officer and the receipt would thus be made valueless for that election, but could be uSn again at any subse-
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31
PLANT DYNAMITE GUNS.
Work on the Latter at New York Is
 Being Hurried Forward.

New York, March 3O.-Wcrk on the three dynamite guns at Fort Han cock, Sandy Hook, is being rushed Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow, chief of the engineers corps, who is in charge of the work of fortifying the lower bay and the Hook, expects to have the guns ready for service in a week. In case of emergency the guns could be put in shape for use in twenty-four hours. The guns dre of different sizes and carry shells of from eight to fif- teen inches. From sixty-five to 50C pounds of dynamite can be carried in the shot, according to the size. The shells are projected by air and have an effective range of two miles. The dynamite in even the small shot is sufficient to blow up the most power full battleship. The guns are on sta tionary carriages and are each manned by three men.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31
FORMER PHOENICIAN'S WOES.
w. B. Hellings Who Used to Make
 Flour at Ten Gents a Pound.

W. B. Hellings of San Francisco is having a great deal of trouble with his wife and is charging Police Just e Barry of alternating her affections. and he has succeeded in getting the photo graphs of all three of them printed in the papers. MT. and Mrs. Hellings used to live in Phoenix. Mrs. Hel- lings is a daughter of the late Judge Hastings of California, the author of several law books and the founder Of the Hastings law school. When MT. Hellings lived in Phoenix he was a partner of Major Vail in what is now known as the old Gardiner mill. It was the only mill in the territory of any consequence and furnished flour and feed to all the military posts. The profits Of Hellings & Vail amount ed to from $30,O0O to s40,000 a month. A great deal of this was spent in the entertainment of army officers and others who passed that way, for the partners kept open house. There was continued feasting day and night and
 all their visitors slaked their thirst with champagne. The water in this country was brackish and much more strongly tinctured with alkali than it is now, so that only the Indians and
 other misguided persons used it as a beverage. Beside, there had not been
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31
AN ARIZONA OPINION.
The New York Journal Loaded Win
 Enlightenment.

The New York Journal has a weak ness for feeling of the public pulse. It is always trying to ascertain regard Jess of telegraphic charges how the folks feel, about momentous matters then on the tapis. It received some valuable and interesting information last night in response to an inquiry as to the sentiment in Arizona regardiDg g the instant relation between the United States and Spain. What Arizona may think about it may not affect the situ- ation enc way or another, but the Journal wanted to know anyhow. The inquiry was referred to the only or ganized body representing consider able part, if not a majority, of the pop ulation of Arizona and therefore au- thoriZed to speak for the whole terri tory, the Company Of Colonels, ; hitherto described in these columns. The telegram was handed to Col. w J. Cotton. Col Cotton did not be- leve it was necessary to get the whole company together. since the colonels are generally unanimous on all subjects. He looked across the street and saw two colonels and called them over Just then another colonel came around the corner and still an other came out of the Hotel Adams bar in the act of putting his handker- chief in his pocket and rearranging his mustache. There were at that mo- ment seven more colonels crossing Center on Washington street but out of call. But five were enough for the transaction of the business in hand They went into the Hotel Adams lobby and after a brief conference prepared the following for the waiting tele- graph messenger:
 Phoenix, March 30, 1898. "The New York Journal, New York N. Y: MT. W. R. Hearst, Esq.-The concensus of opinion in Arizona is that we will not have war with Spain unless that obdurate nation should re- fuse to accept President Mckinley s apologies (Signed)
 COLONEL W. J. COTTON.
 COLONEL W. J. SEARLES.
 COLONEL G. E. NOLAN.
 COLONEL G. H. HIRSCHFELD.
 COLONEL J. D. SMILEY.
 Bona fide members of recently formed
 regiment of Arizona Colonels.
 The telegram was sent about o'clock last night and the rapidity ol this means of transmission Of weighty information is shown in the circum- stance that within two hours the Los Angeles Times wired it's correspondent here for additional views by the col onels. The New York Journal had evidently given the above special to the Associated Press. which had flashed it all over the United States, even to Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31
CASH INSTEAD OF CREDIT.

Beginning April first the Arizona Republican will exact cash in advance for it's mail subscriptions.
 The price of the Daily Republican by mail is $6 per year.
 The price of the Weekly Republican is $2 per year.
 There vii be no change in the sys, tenn governing the Republicans car rier service.
 In sending mail orders for The Re publican hereafter please bear in minG that the credit system has been abol. iShed.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31
SUES ACTOR HOPPER.
Brass Band Wants Money for Re
 hearsal Services.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 3O.-Today a local band sued the De Wolff Hopper opera company to recover $46 alleged to be due for services. The band had been engaged to play in some of the scenes of ''El Captain" at the Alvin theater.
 The members were ordered to report for rehearsal Monday. They did So and the rehearsal started. The musi- cal director of the Hopper company al most had nervous prostration and re- fused to accept the services of the band. The leader of the band ren- dered a bill of $46 for the rehearsal, but payment was refused Alderman John Groetzinger will hear the case.
 MT. Hopper confirms the report that Alice Judson of Washington will take Mrs. Hopper's place April 2. Miss Jud- son has been on the stage one year.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31

loud. But he and the nurse do not understand the significance; they have not the eyes to see. A starboard or a port horseshoe would be all one to them and crease in the saddle blan- ket the smallest thing in the world, yet it might spoil a horse. From "The Essentials at Fort Adobe" by Freder- ick Remington, in Harper's Magazine for April.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31

Wants erss sS ss three and s of Washington and Center streets, and one and helf block from car line. or will sell you one half of t.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31

, to sell two twenty-acre tracts, To- cated at Glendale, upon terms of
 payment to suit the buyer.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31

fc to trade 0 1,5O0-gallon galvanized 1o iron tank for @ good family milk
 COW
Arizona republican., 1898-03-31

kNo n&c 10 trade twenty acre tract, locat- W o''to ed at Glendale, for rentable house
 and lot in Phoenix.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
SAW THE ELEPHANT.
The Young Man from Lille Didn't sta
I'm Paris Long


The adventure OF a young rihn
Lille whe came to Paris to see tho
,zar must have completely ruined h.
appetite for such sights, says a corrs-
spondent OF the Boston Transcript
After saving up his money for thii
great occasion for spending 1t he start
I'd off with about 800 francs in hi
pocket. Deeply Interested in all the
preparations that were icing made To-
The cars reception. he was walking OF
the Boulevard des Itaiiens, when. t
his great dismay. big red-headed
red-beardeG man walked up tc hin
md said Il arrest you in the name O
he law!' The young mnn from LII
zasped: "Why?" ''You will learn VIII,
at the prefecture OF police" replied tn
red-headed man. and. calling q cab
he bundled his submissive prisoner In
It. The cabman was told to drive tC
he prefecture. When the horse wa
started the young man was ordered to
empty his pockets. He turned out hi
money, his watch and his papers. al
Of which were carefully pocketed by
bis unpleasant companion. The latter
now stopped the cab in front o. 4 post.
oiiice and said to the driver:
Il am a police commissary and
have Just arrested n nihilist OF whom
we have had information from Russia
must send off telegram to aunounc
this important capture. You stand IL
front of the door and If the prisoner
tries to get away knock him on the
head with the butt end of your whip
The wretch intended to assassinate th
earl"
"Ah. the canailler exclaimed tn.
cahman. as he took up his post as sen
tinel, and he continued to apply all thu
abuse he could think of to the pale
faced prisoner. who was too frightene
to say word. Half an hour passed II
this way and then the csbmau begar
to think 1t very strange that the red
haired compissary did not reappear
His suspicion growing, he called tb,
police and 1t was soon discovered tina
the young man from Lille had bee;
robbed by one OF the mPny enterpris
ing scoundrels who are now drawn Il
Paris by the fetes In honor OF the cznr
The unfortunate youth from Lille, hav
ing lost all his money, could not re
main in Paris even long enough 20 see
the czar He was sent home by thu
police His inisadventure viii bs >
joke against him for the rest of biz
iffa
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08

Such human beasts as the fell
lows who have insulted little girls
aud grown women on the streets
of Florence in the last week o.
two should be incarcerated for life.
They are most dangerous enemies
to society. This is a nasty subject
t. touch upon but it is absolutely
necessary that public sentiment
should be aroused to the danger
to community where such out
RACES can occur. No one is safe
The wife or daughter of the rich
man and poor man alike arc
equally in danger. A man named
Sullivan was arrested for the lat
est offence of this kind and held
for the district court yesterday
Fortunately he was identified by
two little girls. But, unless he is
au adept at disguise, and this
,ems scarcely probable, there are
her fiends walking these streets,
Of the same unnatural bent OF
mind. We have always believed
that aggravated cases of rape
should be visited with capital
punishment and the wretches who
insult women and little girls S
these fellows have done recently
would commit rape if they had a
chance. A short shrift and Ions
rope would be adequate punish
m ,nt for them.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
Church Serpiees and Religious meetings
In Florence

st Johns Episcopal Mission.
Sunday School, 10 a. m.; morning prayer and
sermon, II a. M; evening prayer, 80.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
Good Job Printing.

The Tribune office is now pre-
pared to turn out the best job
printing in town at very moderate
rates. AS we have the only power
press in Florence it stands to rca-
son that we can turn out better
work and more economically than
the owners of old country hand
presses. Bring your rush jobs to
our Office. We can handle 10000
run in the same time that anyone
else can print 1000. Opposite ID.
d r. G. depot. Telephone No. 10.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
There is a settIement south oil

There is a settlement south of
the Denver & Rio Grande depot
that should be cleaned off the
earth. There have been more
fights in connection with that col
lection of shanties than any other
block in town. McBay, the es-
capped convict who was shot after
attempting to rob store, was
sheltered across the tracks" So
was his accomplice. There have
been two shooting affrays there
recently and cutting scrape" as
well. The women of the settle
ment have been frequently in
court on complaints of whose
moral truth there could be no
doubt, although obviously perjur-
ell testimony generally secures i'm
munity from punishment. No self
respecting town should tolerate
such moral sore upon the body
politic. 1t must be rooted out.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
NOTICE.

Any subscribers who may fail to
receive their papers regularly will
confer favor upon the manage
ment of The Tribune il they viii
call or write and notify us. tits
impossible for us to know whether
the boys deliver all their papers
unless we are notified of delin-
quencies.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
Only a Cent a Word

If you want help, want to sell a
mine, or some old iron, old presses,
old clothes. old horses, or any old
thing, Just advertise it in the Tri-
bune. Only a cent a word in the
classified column.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08

First Baptist Church.
REV. ROBERT D. GRAHAM.
Sunday School, 10 a. M; preaching II is and
80 in Union Hall.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
Florence s Cripple
Greek and Golden
Circle Railroads
Sssgegs !sS ss|,ge q
ROaCG co
Cripple Creek Gold
-. Mining District

Reclining chair cars and Pullman sleep
ers. A. NJ. Moore, Agt. Florence,
c. E. Elliott, Gen1 Traffic Agent.
Denver, Colo
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08
Santa 5e Route, Best Eine

Santa 5e Route, Best EiAe
GH$C Double daily train ser
vice to Chicago, Kansas
City and all parts of
Kansas.
WG$C Two days to Galveston,
one night out to Phoenix,
quickest time to Port
land.
$OuCb Two days to Galveston,
one night out to ElPaso,
36 hours to Mexico City.
Through Pullman Palace sleep
ers and free chair cars in each di-
rection. Daily tourist cars to Cal
ifornia, all trains are up to date
and fast. Dining cars and eating
houses managed by Mr.. Fred Har-
vey. w. j. BLACK, G. P. A.
Topeka, Kansas.
j. P. HALL, General Agent,
100 Lawrence ST., Denver.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08

Handles nothing but double
stamped whiskies and guaran-
tees satisfaction to all patrons.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-08

REV. ROBERT d. GRAHAM.
Sunday School, 10 a. M; preaching II is and
Z 80 in Union Hall.
st. Benedicts Roman Catholic Church.
Z. GREGORY, O. S. b., Pastor.
Sunday services, first and third Sundays in each
month: high mass and sermon, 10 a. Sun
day School at p. M; vespers and benedic-
tion of the blessed sacrament at 7 80 p. m.
Christian Science Society.
Every Sunday at the McCnndless building, Front
Street: 10;45 a. M, Bible Service; IL :45 a. M.
Sunday School; Inquiry meeting every Friday
7:45, y. m.
First Presbyterian Church,
Rlsv. C. c. WARNER.
Sunday School, 10 a. M; Service anG Sernons,
II am; Junior Endeavor,S p. M; Y. p. S. 4
e. 9 30 p. M; Evening service, 30 p. M;
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at
1880
Methodist Episcopal Church,
REV. S. II. KIRKBRIDE.
Corner Main and Church streets. Parsonage
next door to the church.
Sunday School, 10 a. M: Morning Service, II a.
M; Glass meeting, - M; Juuior League, 2:30
p. M; Senior League, p. M; Evening Service
sp. M; Prayerrieetng every Wednesday even
ing !: 80.
Members of all denominations or of no denom-
nation will be sincerely welcome at all of our
churches
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13
Boundary Surveying.

Consulting Engineer w. w. Follett,
of the boundary commission, has just
been interviewed by an Express re-
porter at San A ntOnio. He said: 1--WE
have just completed the work of re-
surveying the Rio Grande from Rio
Grande City to it's mouth. Our mission
primarily was to study the 'bancos'
formed by the stream These bancos
are made oy the stream cutting new
channel across the neck of some large
bend, in which case the old cham ell
rapidly fills up with sand and debris,
leaving sometimes lagoon of water
somewhere in the channel.
''According to the present treaty be-
tween the United States and Mexico,
the new channel OF the stream does
not constitute the boundary line, but
the old, deserted channel forming the
bend remains the boundary. These
deserted channels now almost Obliter-
ated. had to be relocated and the line
in them established, requiring hard
and trying work. The commission,
however, has recommended that the
governments adopt the flowing channel
of the stream, no m after how or where
it shifts as the boundary line, and that
as soon as banco is formed, it be
CT ded to the country on which side of
the running stream 1t is located. The
United States government had adopt
ed the recommendation, but Mexico
has decided not to act in the matter
until the complete work of the COM
mission is before il.
ITO show the in stability of the course
of the Rio Grande, we have found six
ty such 'baucos' formed between Rio
Grande City and the mouth of the river
since 1852 some are very fertile and
are often inhabitated. Some of them
we found to contain as many as fifteen
inhabitants. A more stable boundary
line would naturally be preferred, but
under the circumstances the channal of
the river is the most feasible one.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13

There is no physician in the United
States better known than DIR. r G..
Flower. His cures are so numerous,
and often of such miraculous nature
that many writer's have claimed that
many of his cures were miracles.
DR.. Flowers ability to tell patient
his disease without asking a question,
is as well established as that DR.. Flow
er lives.
This Ell Paso visit of the doctor will
afford an excellent opportunity to many
to consult this eminent specialist close
to their homes.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13
HOnOring ThOs. jefferson.

The National association of dem
Ocratic clubs will tonight observe the
birthday of Thomas jefferson with a
subscription dinner, in Washington,
D. c., which, in nearly every respect
will be a REPETITION of the famous din
ner bad there year ago. The yearly
dinners of this organization are among
the most important events of tina kind
held in the capital, and Judging from
arrangements that of tonight will be
no exception. From national point
of view the affair tonight will be of
more than usual interest as it will
likely be reflection of the sentiment is
of the party leaders who will gather
around the board. AS was the case
last year, MIR. Bryan will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
Former Governor John P. Alteeld
will be the central figure of the JEFF
tonight under the auspices of the Bry-
an and Altgeld democratic league of
Chicago Ills. While the ex-governor
disclaims any intention to resume the
leadership of the Cook county demo-
cratic machine, of which honors he is
supposed to have formally Invested
himself some time since, it is tacitly
understood that his friends consider
the rising prominence of Mayor Carter
b. Harrison inimlcal to the ex-gover-
nor's future political interests, and
have arranged tonight's affair as the
medium of the latter's return to pol
itical activity. The plan of the Alt
geld men is to force the silver plat
form under Chicago democrats, and
the chief addresses at the Central
Music Hall demonstration and the ban
quet to follow are expected to be ar
rsipgments of the gold demo Gratis and
those members of the regular organ
ization who decline to ostracpize politi-
cslly the men who voted against Bryan
and Itreld
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13

COWARD gold" is not proving SO
much q coward as has been claimed by
the silver men. Nearly nine million
dollars in gold was forwarded from
Europe to New York last week in the
midst of 1 the exciting war rumors,
and the total amount of gold coming
to the United States during the pact
six months amounts to over S43, 900, 900
q sum which it is claimed breaks the
record for any period Of that length,
rumOrs.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13
Tbe Mexiceu Centrsl railway ha.

The Mexican Central railway has
established % Mexico City Bureau
of Information which is prepared to
furnish reliable data as to lands, their
prices, titles and resources, whether
grazing, mineral or agricultural; about
the mining industry; about the desir-
able locations for manufacturing en-
terprises. or any general information
relative to the resources of Mexico,
latent or developed. Address either:
A. V. TEMPLE,
Mgr Bureau of Information,
Mexico City.
G. A. MULLER,
Com'l Agent, Ell Paso
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13

ACCORDING to the April treasury
statement, there was an increase dur
ing March of s35, 900, 600 in the amount
of gold money in the United States.
The total April 1, was s793, 1000, 900.
The gold now on the way to the United
States. and the increase this month
from mines probably will swell the
total to about 1925. 600. 900 by May 1.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13

Editor ]. G.. Smith of the La Sale,
Texas, Isonomy, is dead from wounds
received at the hands of Henry May, a
cowman with whom he had an enmity.
Smith wrote May, up and when May
attempted to shoot him, in return
Smith shot him down. But in the duel
the editor was mortally wounded. He
was known as Brann No. 2 because OF
the activity OF his writings, and he is
now gone to join No. !, across the
divide
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13

CHARLIE FASSETT should now make
ND the shortage caused by the failure
of the Ell Paso National bank without
suit having to be instituted against bis
bOndsmen.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13
Geu'l Ira ffic Agent.

Southern Pacific Company Morgan
Line.
Office of Commercial Agt.
Ell Paso, Texas,
April 3, 1898
This company has decided, in case
war with Spain is declared, to effect
insurance to cover war risk on Morgan
line cargoes. This without any expense
whatever TO our patrons.
Z. e. HUNT.
Commercial Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13

CONSUL GENERAL LEE ia the hero
of the hour. 1t is probable that Billy
Bryan will be forgotten and Lee made
the standard bearer OF the democratic
party two years hence.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-13

The ladies of Fort Bliss gave the en-
listed men farewell dance last night.
Dancing began at 8 p. m, and at mid
night there was a surprise consisting
of q supper which it is said far ex-
celled any ever given at the post.
Dancing was then resumed and con-
tinued until 8. m. The boys enjoyed
themselves hugely and highly appre-
ciate the courtesy extended to them.