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Arizona republican., 1898-12-26

Ting to the customs of the country, caus- l ing the waste Of much valuable time. 1 This means an expenditure Of some $50 900 for this district alone, but the
 cost of the oxen would ultimately be
 repaid, as they would last many years
 and be bought up by the recuperated peasants.
 The country around Guines is the
 most beautiful that can be imagined.
 The town is situated in the middle of a
 plain, which is irrigated by an excel lent system of canals. It is difficult to
 believe that even Spanish cruelty could
 prevent it's inhabitants from obtaining g food from such a soil. Neither men,
 women nor children can live on weeds
 and briars, unfortunately, and the sol
 diers of the former empire left nothing { else. Even the mango and the cocoanut trees were cut down. If there are 200.- 900 more people on this island in the
 same distress as those around Guines,
 am almost afraid that the task of sue coring them will be beyond the capac- ! ity Of even the American people. Much, however, can be done if the work is be- gun at once.
 i There are two buildings in Guines containing 160 men and women and 40 i children, respectively. These have been gathered together by the towns 1 people because they can be given a lit tie food and water more easily than if they were scattered about, and they are all too far gone to stand up. It is shook to the strongest nerves to see women and children in the last stages of emaciz5iOn. They have not even cots enough to keep them off the ground. It must be remembered also that these scenes are enacted within 90
 miles of the shores of the United States of America, and that as yet there is not a single thing being done to put a stop to their continuance. It cannot be long, however, before the benevolent will be- gin to flock in here bearing supplies, and then a blessed change will come. There are six Cuban doctors left to care for all these stricken creatures. They are all broken down with their hopeless struggle, but are dragging themselves about fltom one bedside to another, reservipg their strength for those who are not in extremis. They have little or no medicine nor any money for purchasing supplies.
 All the villages between here and Guines are in about the same condition and need the same assistance. The whole country was once well populated and abounded in great hacIenda5. Weyler boasted that he would change it into wilderness, and that none would dare to check his butchery. No one can call him a mere braggart. The open ditches are full proofs of his thor Oughgoing methods.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
SANTIAGO TO PAY TAXES.
Gen. Woods Plan Approved-Putting
 a Stop to Disorder.

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 25.-A com mittee of the chamber of commerce met Gen. Wood at the palace today and agreed to accept the scheme of munich pal taxation arranged by the committee of American officers and Cubans. The scheme in operation the first year will yield annually S240, ,000, CT 60 psr cent under the Spanish schedule. It is not retroactive. Gen. Wood decided today after consultation that it would be i'm possible to pay the back tax without litigation. The city loses nearly $100,- 900 by the ruling.
 Gen. Wood issued a decree yesterday prohibiting the carrying of weapons Of any kind in the city, under penalty of confscation Of the weapons and five to twenty-five days Imprisonment at the pleasure of the commander of the de- partment. Three Americans resisted the attempt of the police to enfIrce the order this morning. Forty shots were exchanged, but no one was hurt Gen. Wood put the Americans in jail and complmented the police He ordered them to kill any one who resisted in the future, whether Cuban or Amer iean. The order applies to machetes ana knives. It caused mucn discontsnt among Cuban officers, who constantly go about town armed. The police are deprived of machetes and are armed with clubs, the same as in the United States.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
A s15,OOo COAL SHORTAGE.
New York Accountants Investigate
 Croton AQueduct Bureau.

New York, Dec. 25.-The commission CTS Of accounts made another report to Mayor Van Wyck yesterday concerning shortages of coal in one of the city de par tments. The bureau attacked is that in charge of George w. Birdsall, chief engineer of the Croton aqueduct, and the report states that for the three years beginning January l, 1895, a shortage of 3, ,432 tons of coal has been found, which is valued at S15,00G-
 The commissioners admit that they have no true or authentic data on which to base their conclusions. as the records are incomplete, and the only evidence they have of the quantity of coal on hand January l, 1895, is the statement of -Ar. Bardsall himself that the amount Of coal on hand at the be- ginning of each year is always about the same.
 If the shortage is caused by errors in the records of coal consumed,'' says the report, radical changes are evil dently needed in respect to that work If the records are correct, it is evident that either the entire contents of the cargOes have not been delivered. through collusion on the part of the weigher, or else the coal has been sys, tematiCally stolen after delivery"
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
WHEELER SURE OF THE SEAT
Veteran Declares He Is Not Worried at
 the Course Taken by Bailey.

Washington, Dec. 25.-Major-Gen Joe Wheeler left here tonight for New York, where he will spend a few days on private business. Gen. Wheeler does not feel the least discouraged on ac- count of Bailey's fight to oust him from his seat in congress because he enlisted in the late war.
 'I understand, said he tonight, that the strict constructionists of the consti- tuition are trying to relieve me of my seat in congress. You ask me why a few democrats should be interested in this movement. I answer that do not know, unless it's because I refused to follow the leadership of MT. Bailey last summer on the question of expansion.
 My friends in congres5-my demo cratic friends-haVe advised me not to talk for the press on this subject, and I am constrained to follow their advice for the present But this much I will say concerning my status in congress:
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
CITIZENS BY MRRRIRGE
AIien-Born Women Acquire inc RiQhf
 as Wives of Electors.

Springfield, H., Dec 25--In the con- tested election case Of o. H. Rrigkan against P. c. Stanford the court lays down the rule that alien-born women become naturalized when they marry citizens of tke state. The appellant was elected a member of a board of ed ucatiOn in Livingston county, and his election was contested on the ground that a number of alien women, the wives of citizens, had been permitted to vote at the election. The court declares that the marriage of an alien-born woman to a citizen is sufficient to make her citizen, and that she may vote upon the same laws that other women vote.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
RIOS TO FORM A CABINET
Returned Peace Commissions Talked
 of for SagaSfa'S Successor.

Madrid, Dec. 19.-The Queen Regent received Senor Montero Rios, president of the Spanish peace commission, yes terday.
 A newspaper representing the opin- ions of Senor Gamazo, minister Of pub lie works, favors the formation or 3 cabinet headed by Senor Montero Rios.
 It is announced that the state of Senor Sagasta's s health will not permit him to keep his appointment for con ference with Senor MonterO Rios to- lSsssz2-eIasnt isiso made that at the cabinet council on De- ccmber g Sagasta vii, resign, but there is every probability that he will resume the premiership, making some changes in the ministry.
 Political affairs are awaiting the re- covery of Premier Sagasta.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
PAY OF THE CONFESSION
No Basis for Re port that Two of Them
 Will Receive $IOO,OOO Each.

Washington, Dec. 25.-No basis can
 be found at the state department for
 the report that Judge Day and Hon. WhitelaIw Reid, of the American peace
 commission, would receive from this
 government S100,000 apiece in payment
 for thei. services in the negotiations with Spain. and that the other three members Of the commission would re ceive nothing. because they are already
 in tie service of the government as senators. On the contrary, it is learned from q source unofficial but hitherto always reliable that each of the five commissioners would receive cOmpen- sation at the rate of $150 per diem; that the secretary, eX-Assistant Secretary of State John B. Moore, would be paid S75
 per day; MT. Brannigan, the otlcial disbursing agent. S25 per day, and Mir. Ferguson. the official interpreter of the commission, S250 per month. The clerks and attaches to the commission will be paid their usual salary. MT. Ferguson, it is assumed, will also re- ceive something from the Spanish com missiOneIs in consideration of the joint nature Of his services
 JUDGE DAY INTERVIEWER.
 Canton, Ohio, Dec. 25.-Judge Day, of the pe2,ce commission, and Mrs. Day reached their Canton home in time to take Christmas dinner with their fam fly. Judge Day, when asked as to his plans for the future, said he expects to remain in Canton and resume the prac- tise of law in the firm of which he was Q member before entering the cabinet Of President Mckinley. The work of the commission ended when the treaty was delivered to the president, and he n =i hi n again in connection with any duties on that commission.
 While he talked freely on many mat ters connected with his work in Paris, Judge Day did not feel at lIoerty to give an interview in detail on the work of the commission. He said the talk of S100,0 ,000 compensation for the cOmmis- siOners or of any sum approaching that amount was ridiculous and prepOSter- Ous. The president fixes the cOmpensa- tiOn of commissioners, and none Of them, it is safe to say, accepted the duties as a speculation, and none of them hal an idea of such large fees as would have been paid had they per formed the duties in the capacity of reg ularly retained attorneys. There is no actual precedent on which to base an estimate, but the prediction is ventured that the compensation of the commiS sioners viii not exceed $15, ,000 each and reasonable expenses incurred on the trip and in Paris.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
SECRETARY HAY. GIVES up
Htfacked by The Prevailing Epidemic
 of Grip.

Washington, Dec. 25.-Sec-e etary Hay has been attacked by the grip, which he has been fighting off for several days. The disease is undoubtedly cpl demic in the up town departments. Assistants Secretaries Adee and Crid- Ter beth afflicted, and Assistant Secre- tary Allen of the navy department re- mained at his post with some difficulty during Secretary Longs abssnca be- cause of a similar aff1iction. A large number Of subordinate officials and employees ara also on the sick list as a result of the grip.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
MORE FIGHTING AT ILOuO
Spanish Fear They CsRnot Hold inc
 Town Against inc insurgents.

Manila, Dec. 25.-The Spanish cam CT Brutus, which arrived h-rs from Iloilo, repcr.s that fighting between the Spanish trCCps and insurgents takes place there nightly The merchants are Americans. The streets Cf the city are anxiCusly awaiting ta arrival of the almost deserted.
 The rebels are estimated to number 25, GOO. About one-tenth Of them have rifles. The Spanish Cficsrs declare that it will be impossible to hold Iloilo unless they socu receive, reinforce ments
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
GOVERNMENT CHEATED OF DUES.
Cancelled War Tax Stamps Used Agair
 in Wall Street District.

New York, Dec 25.-A very simple scheme worked in the Wall street district has cost the United States gov ernment thousands of dollars in the last four weeks. The method employed has been the use of already cancelled in ternaI revenue war tax stamps.
 By this plan a single stamp has been made to do duty on several occasions or contracts Special Revenue Agent Thompson discovered a culprit today in a young man who, he said, was con- nected with one of the largest and most reputable houses in that section, a member of the New York stock ex- change.
 The name of the young man the reve- hue officer refused to make public be- cause he is being used to obtain evil dence against others who are playing at the same game at the expense of other reputable houses in the street.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
SICK SOLDIERS REMOVED.

Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 25.-Within another week the military hospital here will be a thing of the past. The army hospital train from Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga, arrived this morning and left tonight with F sick soldiers. The train will take these patients to Fort McPherson, where they will be attended until they have recovered. Six patients are left in the hospital here. With a single excep- tion, these are convalescents, who will likely be released this week.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26

I believe I have perfect right to con tinue to hold my seat in congress, ex- ercising all the functions Of a duly ac- credited representative
 But, however the verdict of the present congress may affect my seat therein for the next fOrty-five days, a decision can only affect my seat in the present congress, and l shall return to the fifty-sixth congress, to which have been unanimously chosen by my costituency.''
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
A FATAL QUARREL.

Scooba, Miss, Dee. 25.-Thomas and William Brantley, brothers, were shot and instantly killed last night at Enon- dale by Eugene Dennis, an eighteen year-old boy. The boys, accompanied by their father. attempted to enter the store Of Dennis, it is said, intending vio- lence, whereupOn young Dennis opened fire on the Brantleys, with ti-e above result The trouble was c@used by liuuOr
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY.

Jefferson City, Mo. Dsc. 25.-At a Christmas tree celebration at Aught. a small town in Ozcgo county. John Hol- lcWay shot and killed Judge Boillet. one Of the eldest and most prem n nt citizens of Osago cOun.y. The killing was the result Of trouble of lCng standing
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
CHRISTMAS IN HAVANA.

Havana, Dec. 25.-United States trocps have begun this evening a reg ular patrol Of the city of Havana inN order to guard agains. possible disord- ers. The day, however, passed in conn., parative quiet The bando issued onI Friday by Captain Gen. Jimenez Cas- tellanos prohibiting crowds from as sembling in the streets, has been gen. orally observed.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
DENIES THE REPORT.

London, Dec. 25.-The Venice c3r- respondent of the Times says: Don Carlos, who is in perfect health desires me to deny absolutely the report that he contemplated abdicating, on the contrary he says he IS mere resolved than ever to fulfil his roll to the end. He authorized nla to asse-t that he has asked nc audience with i1l9 pcps and has requested 10 hing else Of his holi- mss
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
THROUGH THE ICE.

Brook1ine, Mass, Dec. 25.-By the sudden breaking of ice on Loverett pond, in the park system, thirty young girls and boys were thrown into eight feet of water. and though numerous spectators and police worked hard to rescue the children, they were drowned before beIp could reach them
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
TO REWARD VALOR.

Rome. Dec. 25.-Agenzca Italiano as- serts that a German syndicate has promised Don Carlos a loan of 30,000,- 900 francs in three instalments. the first when he has 50,000 men under arms, the second when he has captured Bilbao, capital of the province of Bis cay, and the third two months after the operations have commenced.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
REPORTED CHINESE MASSACRE.
Rebels Said to Have Kilisd a French
 Priest and 100 Converts.

London, Dec 25.-A dispatch from Shanghai to a news agency says that the rebels under Yumantoi have seiz d the town Of Ching Kiaug-fu, fifty miles southwest of Ichang-fu, and messaered 9 French priest and 100 converts.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
SALOONS CLOSED YESTERDAY.

Lexington, Ky, De- 25-This was the first day in the history of Lexing- ton that thirsty man could not get a. drink. Every salocn in the city was closed by mutual agreement of the proprietors. This action was brought about by the fact of the recent grand jury indicting all saloon kesnsSs fcA violating the Sunday law.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 25-Rev. Dr. J. I. Vance Of the Fist Presbyterian church in his sermon today urged W D. ing out of the terms, North and South" as applied to the church.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
CAR INSPECTOR KILLED.

Brainerd. Minn., Dec. 25--Nels Will son, night car inspector in the North ern Pacific yards, was struck by a switch engine and died from his inju ries One foot was severed, and he was bruised about the head. Wilson leaves a large family
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
DIED OF HEART DISEASE.

St. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 25.-Col. Lewis Ha1, a millionaire bank7r and furni- tura manufacturer, was found dead in his bead today. He doubtless died Of heart disease during the night
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
RUINED BY FIRE.

Harrisburg. Pa, Dec. 25.-St. Pat riek's pro-Catholic catherdal the church of the bishop of the Harrisburg Roman Catholic diocese, was ruined by fire this afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
THE EMPERoR's CHRISTMAS.

Belin, Dec. 25.-Emp-r-r William and members of the imperial family followed their Chris mas obs -Tvations today.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
ORDERED TO CUBA.

Huntsville, Ala, Dsc. 25.-The First United States infantry has been order ed to move to Havana
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08

you've got here before me. Mae
cried Freddie Beazley, bursting into
Oyley's private room, land I simply
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08

$50 you were thinking about me in all
your roubles!!'-hi wife put her arm
round Hatchard's neck-"and you were
afraid | should be deserted because you
We're victimized by those spectators!
Now confess"
We'll, you know, Amy, society is not
very merciful. and l think women are
the c%ruelest of all. What hits a man,
If he is unfortunate, or worse, is
that his poor wife is made to suffer. If
her husband has lone [ mean
has acted foolishly, we'll. say, has lost
money, his wife is neglected and cut
and made to feel miserable. It's a
beastly shame, and / was afraid that
4 would be sitting all alone to-day
because we are poor. De you know
Tom. [ was just a tiny bit nervous,
too, although / would not have told you
this morning for worlds. And now |
have splendid news to give you: our
friends are as true as steel. Now an
swer a question, Tom, to see whether
YOU and agree about the difference be-
tween acquaintance and friends. Men
ton the names of the three families
you would expect to stand by us in our
trial.
Inc oNleys, Of course, wife, and-I
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08

"Beazley said kinder things i'll my Of
flee to me, in difficult circumstances, toe
than | ever got from any man; some
day, Amy, Eli tell you what he said.
but not now cannot-and he spent
TWO hours canvassing for business to
start me as a corn broker. and he got it,
1t could not be Mr.. Oxley.'
"ONley has given me Il cargo to dis
pose OF, and never had any OF his brok-
ing before. and he told me that some
of my old friends were going to-to-in
fact. see me through this strait. speaking
a good word for me and putting things
IN my way.
Yes. Of course Marfarlane came to
the office, and said nothing for Is min
utes; just sripped my hama and smoked,
and then he rose. and as he was leaving,
ne merely mentioned that Beazley and
OAley had become securities for $500
at the bank: he is in it, too, you NAV he
sure
How grateful we ought to be. Tom
dear, and how proud / am of YOU, for
It's your character has affected every per
son, because you are so honorable and
hlgh-mlnded. Tom. something is wrong.
On, can't bear it; don't cry Won
are oVerstrung lie down on the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08

and that on the first anniversary of the
great day the Hatchards gave a dinner
party in their new house on Mosslev
hill. whore SIX guests were present.
whose names can be easily supplied, and
the bowl, filled with roses. stood in the
center Of the table SO that all could
read the writing thereon; that without
any direct ailusion to the circumstances,
OF any violation of good taste. the bowl
came INTO conversation II times. once in
praise OF the roses. once in discussion Of
the pattern Queen AnneD. once with
reference to the pedestal of Irish bog
OAK. once IN vertication of the fact that
honour" was spclt with a 'u'' tit was
Freddie who with much ingenuity turned
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08

! couch. and I'll battle your forehead with
eau du cologne.
No. | am not i'll. and don't deserve
onv netting: if you know how mean
have been you would never speak to me
again. II they had scolded me would
not have cared, but l can't bear their
kindness.
Amy. you must not send for the doc
for. else you will put me to shame; my
mind is quite right, and it isn't over
work: its conscionce; l am
not worthy TO be your husband, or the
friend Of these men,
You will break my heart If you talk
in this way. You unworthy. when You
are the kindeSt. truest. MODEST man III
all the world-don't say a woodland
everybody thinks so, and YOU must let
Us Judge. Now rest here. and III get a
nice little supper for YOU, and his wife
kissed him again and again.
It's no use trying to undeceive her.
Hatchard said to himself when she was
gone: she believes in me. and those
fellows believe in me-Freddie more
than anybody. after all he said; and
please God they will not be disappointed
in the end
you've got here before me. Mae
cried Freddie Beazley, bursting into
OXIey's private room, land simply