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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

The Chicago carpenters have won
their strike.
The Rhode Island State election re-
suited in Republican walk-over.
Ten thousand Pennsylvania miners
are to strike.
The Chicago election results in vic
tory for the reformers.
Mount st. Elias (Wash) shows evil
dences of eruption.
The Oliver company negotiates for
some big mines on the Mesaba range.
Western roads positively decline to
allow the Canadian Pacific differen-
tials.
Otto Suanpera, a native of Finland,
was killed in the Lille mines at Ne
gaunee, Mich, by fall of ground.
The new Utica academy at Utica,
~ Y, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The American Fire Chiefs associa-
ton date of next meeting was fixed
for st. Louis Oct Is.
The Chicago Brewers association
has adopted a resolution to contribute
$1,000 for the benefit Of the Chicago
ships crew of naval reserves.
Receivers have been appointed for
Joshua Baker & Co. Of Boston, Mass,
attachments for $4,000 having been
issued against Joshua Baker.
The provision in the civil bill appro-
priating 100000 for the construction
of deep water harbor at San Pedro,
Cal, was agreed to by the senate.
The steamer Miewera has arrived at
Victoria, B. c., from Honolulu and
Australia, bringing 100 passengers for
the Klondike.
Gov Peck of Wisconsin is in
Washington. He is on his way home
from lecturing tour, and will remain
in Washington for two or three days.
The president has nominated Jacob
Schaen of California to be assistant
appraiser Of merchandise in the dis
trict of San Francisco.
j. M. Hartman, broker in New
York city and Savannah, Ga, died sud
denly while dressing at his sisters
home in the former city.
Archibald Webb, second vice presi-
dent of the New York Life Insurance
company, died at his summer resi-
dence at Morristown, n. j., aged sixty
nine.
The United States ship Baltimore
left Honolulu March % for Hong
Kong. Before she left the admirars
flag was transferred to the Benning
ton.
The New England Methodist confer
ence at Worcester, Mass, has voted in
favor of equal representation of lay
and clerical delegates in the general
conference.
The national headquarters of the
United Mine Workers have been
moved from Columbus, Ohio, to In
dianapolis in accordance with a de-
cree of the lalst national convention.
A delegation representing the United
States Brewers association appeared
before the ways and means committee
of the house and protested against the
proposed increase Of the tax on beer to
meet war emergencies.
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., who contemplated
leaving Richmond, Va, to join his ia
Their, Consul General Lee, at Havana,
has received cable message from his
father, advising him to hold the fort"
for further orders. He has given up
the trip.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

Spain cannot scare up an ally in
all of Europe Thanks to the great
American plan. mo entangling alli-
ances with European powers" Had
this policy been forgotten and the I'M
patriotic Bayard had successfully ne
gotiated an alliance with England we
would not now have friend in Eu
rope. AS it happily is, they are all
our friends-all except poor old Spain.
European friendship is more marked in
the case of Russia, France and Ger
many, than in England. We are Eng
lands commercial rivals; we are the
commercial allies of all other nations.
Neither does the Anglo-Saxon blood
preponderate among us; it is only an
element of that which goes to make up
the real American. Germany and Ire
land are perhaps to a larger extent the
mother country than is England. 1t is
therefore not likely that there will ever
be an alliance with any European
country-Englan especially.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12
WOULD SERVE WITH LEE.

Grandson of Gen. Grant Offers His
Services to Gen. Lee.
Key West, April 12.-Gen. Lee has
letter from Algernon Sartoris, grand
son of Gen. Grant, in which he said he
wrote to him as grandson Of the great
commander on the Northern side to
ask one Of the leaders OH the Southern
side to permit him, in case he headed
an invasion of Cuba, to serve on his
staff. Mr.. Sartoris added that he was
twenty-one years old and sound, and
presented the compliments of his
mother and grandmother.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

Senator Hill has won the enmity of
Senator Grady of the New York legis-
lature, who says he is both distin-
guished and extinguished; and he is
further fortunate in the praise he gets
for his opposition to the Ellsworth
press-gag bill.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12
Washington Talk.

Senator Rileys bill, appropriating
100000 to place Ohio on war foot
ing, is now law.
The house has passed a bill granting
a pension of $50 a month TO Mrs. Ad-
0lphine KreZ of Milwaukee. She is the
widow of Conrad Krez, once collector
of customs at Milwaukee.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

The loudest shouters for war are
often the men who forget the fact,
felicitously stated by Captain Mahan
of the navy, Fighting means close re-
lations with those who are trying to
hurt you"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12
smoke shows Atmospheric COndi-
lions.

When one sees smoke hanging from cnim-
ney. with tendency to sink to the ground II IN
deates that the atmosphere is Hsnt-in Iaet,
rises from the chimney it indicates heavy at
mosphere column of smoke is not Daa
barometer for a barometer simply receros Tue
pressure CT the atmosphere.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12
THE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS CT THE WORLD.

A Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week CuIIed From the Tel
egraph Reports - The Notable
Have Attracted Attention..
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

When a woman drives nail through
the plaster and hits beam she thinks
she is the smartest person she knows.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

John Lawrence Sullivan decares he
can lick any man who offers him Span
could only give Don Weyler one good
soaker on the point of his awful jaw!
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

A man who never changes his mind
is one who has so little mind that he
can't run any risks with it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

The statue Of George Washington is
one of the objects of interest at the
capital of Venezuela. They like our
George.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

If man were really to discover the
north pole, his wife wouldn't let him
keep it in the house.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12

With some women devotion to a
mean husband is merely an obstinate
determination not to admit having
made mistake.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12
Sporting Itena.

George Stout of Cincinnati was
knocked out al Columbus. Ohio, by
Oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid, in
twelve rounds. 1t was hot fight from
start to finish.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-04-12
Miners, strike Ends.

Charleston, w. Va, April L. = The
strike of the coal miners of the Kan
awha valley is over. The miners have
returned to work at the old price. {
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23

Sprague and Paul Eckart went to Phoenix today.
 Doe Peters will start tomorrow for his range and round up what there is left of his cattle, of which he has al ready delivered 500 head. He will put in about nine days.
 Captain McComas returned from Tempe this morning.
 M. L. Titchner. San Francisco; J r. Wilson. Prescott; Ben Porter, MT Brill and wife, Phoenix, are regis tered at the kimball house.
 Davies & Sons have leased the frame building next to the Mesa City restau- rant for a sample room for travelling salesmen. It is the only one in Mesa They have also leased the south and Code corner for two years. They will put it in repair and release it.
 Professor w. F. Openshaw will give free lectures in Social hail Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights OF the subject of Mental Science"
 A little child of T. P. Banta fell from the second story window this morning. The child was not injured other than some severe bruises.
 The dynamo for the Chandler light company is expected every day If it gets here in time the Tempe canal will be falling to incandescence by the first of the month.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23
and shipping tor the island is carried

and shipping tor the island IS cafi'eu on at St. Pierre.
 One of the most imposing sights or Fort de France is the marble statue o1 the Empress Josephine. mas.efplece of art. the work of the famous rallsian .n sculptor, Dubray. It was presented to the island by Napoleon H. The race is finely modelled, and expresses ten der and pathetic grace. The figure IS ever gazing wistfully over toward the hills of Trois Islots, Joseph1ne's child hood home just across the bay.
 The old homestead in which she lived is still Tn fair preservation, and is one of the historic show places of the island. The fierce hurricane in 1769 destroyed the family mansion, and her father, MT. Pagerie, a planter, took refuge with his family in his sugar refinery, whose thick walls and lower location offered a safe retreat from the fury of the hurricane. Hith- CT he fled with his family, and in this lowly abode, the Empress Josephine passed the days of her childhood ur to the age of 12 years old, when she was placed in the convent at Fort de France, where she remained until heI sixteenth year, when she returned home and presided over her mothers household.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23
PROPOSALS WANTED.

NO1ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: THAT THE IN undersigned, at his office in rhe City of Prescott, Territory of Arizona, will receive propos als for the purchase of not to exceed one hundred and fifty, tor as many thereof as may be directed by the mayor or common council of the City of Prescott), five per cent water and sewerage gold coupon bonds, until F o'clock m, on the 10th day of June, each of said bonds being of the denomination of one thousand dollars, ($10O0) interest pay able semi annually in New York City, place to be desig mated by purchaser; principal and interest payable in gold. Said bonds are to run for period of fifty (50) years
 The said bonds are issued under and by vir- tue of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to amend an Act to prohibit the passage of local special laws in the territories, to limit terri tofial ind ebtedness," etc., approved March 4, 1898.
 A certified check payable to the order of the City of Prescott for five per cent 6 per cent) of the am ,unt of the bid must accomrapy the bid, which is to be forfeited in case the suc- cessfui bidder shall. for any reason, fail to accept or pay for said bonds. No bid will be considered for less than the par value of said bonds
 The right to reject any or all bids is reserved
 T. L. SCHULTZ,
 City Clerk. First published in the Arizona Republican May l2, 1893.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23
THE FLAG TODAY.

In it's fourth foreign war, the re- public unfurls a banner of six and forty stars, with at least 72,00O, 900 of people to defend it, not only against Spain, but against all the world. If need be, these forty-six common wealths, bound in indissoluble union, can put 14,000,000 of fighting men in the field, and at the same tima carry on all the agencies and instrumental ties. The resources of money and credit are practically limitless. Im- poverished, bankrupt, decrepit Spain is a pigmy, as compared with the na- tion against which she has, in true Don Quixotic fashion, chosen to meas ure swords. The total foreign trade alone of the United States. last year, 1 reached the enormous proportions of $1,841, ,000, ,000. Spain's foreign trade is less than one-sixth this amount. Her railroad mileage is only 6,708 miles, as against the 176,000 miles of the United States in 1893. The statistics of the postoffice furnish a good gauge of the enlightenment and prosperity of peo- pie. In 1897 our postoffice expendi- lures were $94,077,24 Spain expended for the same purpose $4,612, ,S2O, or one million dollars less than Japan.
 Mulhall, the eminent British statis- tician, drew up a table three years ago, in which he measured the strength of the nations "by the number of foot tons of effective energy devoted to the creation of wealth." In that table the 1 United States led the world with the enormous figures of 129, ,30O,0 ,0OO, ,0O0 Great Britain followed with 56, 110. .000,- 900, and behind Germany, France, Aus tria and Italy comes Spain, with the i pitiful showing of 10,640, ,000 600. The revenue of the United States is two and one-half times that of Spain Ali
 the present time the United States manufactures one-half the steel of the
 world; it produces more than two thirds of the cotton, nearly nine tenths of the corn, and, leaving out
 wool, almost one-half of the great staples of the earth.
 In a word, the flag today represents the strongest, richest, freest, and most
 resourceful nation of all the .centur.
 ies.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23
Purchase of Territorial Bonds

In accordance with the air ction of '.The Cap itol Grounds and Building Commission" of the Territory of Arizona. notice is hereby given that the undersigned Territorial Treasurer of the Territory of Arizona, at his office in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, will at any time on or before the hour of ten o'clocka. m. of the 12th day of May, 1898, receive bids for the pur- chase of one hundred bonds of the Territory of Arizona, the same being known as "The Capitol Building Bonds of the Territory of Arizona, and at that time and place will open all bids filed by that time for the purposes of purchase of such bonds. Each of said bonds being in the denomination of one thousand (sl ,0Q0) dollars and shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, interest rayable semi-annu- ally. Principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the territorial Treasurer ill law full money of the United States or at such bank as may be designated by said commission at the option of the purchaser or purchasers of said bonds. The place of payment being men, tioned in said bonds. Such bonds shall be pay able absolutely in fifty years from their date and the Territory shall have the right to pay them at any time after twenty years from this date. The said bonds are issued under and by virtue of an Act, Number Nine of the Nine teenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, and entitled "An Act Authorizing the Erection of Capitol Building and to Pro vide the Necessary Means Therefor,'' which said Act was duly approved by Congress on the Sth day of March, 1898. certified check for per cent of amount of bid must accompany each bid.
 The Capitol Grounds and Building commis- sion reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
 c. W TOMBSTONE,
 Territorial Treasurer. First published in the Arizona Republican
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23

| valleys are covered with sugar cane, lime and cocoa plantations.
 The density of the vegetation is as-
 tonlshing to the eyes. Every square inch of ground is teeming, while the trees are heavily laden with light trop- | ical fruits, such as cocoanut, tama- rinds, oranges, bread fruits, almonds amngols, Hines, and other fruits.
 St. Pierre is the commercial capital of the island, and one of the largest and best built Of all the West Indian cities. Fort de France is the political capital and naval station and is thirty
 miles distant from St. Pierre.
 St. Pierre has a population of about 25,000 and in architecture it resem-
 bles the old French quarter of New
 Orleans The houses are of yellow stucco, two stories in height with lat ticed windows and green tiled roof. The city extends back toward the
 mountain, climbing up toward the same by a series of streets, forming the appearance of an ampitheater The
 Rue Victor Hugo is the main thor oughfare, and traverses the whole length of the town parallel with the
 shore. It is very narrow, though well I inexhaustible supply of cold, fresh
 mountain water, which besides furnish ing a supply for drinking and for a
 number of public fountains, flows down and purifies the streets and gut ters. This is the only system of drain
 age in St. Pierre, and is an inestimable boom in furnishing cold water in abundance to the inhabitants.
 l. 1c L -s tor in Martinique is the gay colors
 worn by the native women. The many colored Madras handkerchiefs are universally worn, twisted into fan tastic turbans and ingeniously ar ranged on the heads. The oddity and
 brilliancy of the dresses of the Marti-
 nique creoles are artistically pleasing
 and refreshing to the eyes used to the
 somber monotony of modern attire. It
 is long trailing robe or gown of
 variegated colors, gathered up at the front, leaving the limbs free and un-
 fettered and clearly outlining the
 bronzed and finely developed figures. The women are the great burden
 bearers of the island. They coal the
 merchant steamers and men-of-war,
 carrying the coal upon their heads in
 large baskets, weighing fifty pounds
 or more, stepping on scale which
 registers the number of baskets de- livered. These bare-footed women can work for five or six hours necessarily
 without any apparent sign of exhaus- tion.
 Fort de France, the official center of 1 the island, lies in a level plain and 1 covers an area of some two square
 miles, having a population of ]5,000.
 consisting mostly of whites, French planters, creoles and coolies from h.
 dia, the latter employed cn the sngar
 estates. The French government
 maintains here a garrison of troops
 and a naval station. The floating
 dock here is the largest in the West
 Indies. The city receives it's name from the picturesque and impressive
 old fortress, built over century ago
 which projects out into the bay and
 commands a sweep of lhe harbor and
 surrounding sea. Outside of the gov 1 ernment and naval work there is little
 business done. The bulk of tradins
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23
DEWEY AS A DIsCIPL1NARIAN.
His Method of Subduing Some Refrac
 tory Sailors.

T was with Commodore Dewey when he was the executive officer of the Colorado" said a financier, "and I remember one incident which shows the manner of man he is. We had a fine crew, some of them as powerful men as I ever saw. Four or five of them went ashore one day and came back fighting drunk.
 Three of them were men who would singly have been more than a match in strength for John L. Sullivan The order was given to put them in irons, and it was found impossible to carry out the order, for the men were dan gerous. Dewey was notified of the situation. He was writing a. letter in his room at the time.
 He went to the place where these giants were and he told them to come out and submit to the irons. They did not stir. Then Dewey said quietly to an orderly: Bring me my revolv- ers.' And when he had his pistols he again called upon the men to come out and they did not move. Then he said: l am going to count three, if you are not out here with your hands held up on the third count you won't come out Of that place alive
 He counted one, then he cooked the revolvers, and he counted two. We all expected to hear the report for we knew that Dewey meant what he said. The men knew it, too They stepped out just in time to save their lives and held up their hands, and they had been partially sobered by their fright and the moral effect of Dewey's glance.
 One of them said afterward that when he saw Dewey's eyes he knew that he would either be dead jackey in moment or he would have to yield, and when the irons were put up- on him he was as sober as he ever was Ill HIS Ire. Dewey went back to his room and finished the letter he was writing.'
Arizona republican., 1898-05-23
BEAUTIES OF MARTINIQUE.
Largest and Most Picturesque Tropical Possessions of France Described.

The past few days all American eyes
 have been focused upon the French West Indian island of Martinique, in the Caribbean sea. It has been the coaling place and rendezvous of the Spanish armada. At the present time additional interest is centered upon that island from the fact that the cruiser Harvard is reported to be tied up in the harbor of St. Pierre, closely watched by the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror.
 The island is situated some 1,700 miles from New York, being fifty miles in length and fifteen to twenty in width, having an area of 380 square miles. One-third of the island is un- der cultivation Its population is 175,- 900, and consists mostly of half breeds, born of whites, blacks and mu-
 lattos, with a touch of Carib blood in their veins. There are only 5000 pure whites on the island.
 Martinique was discovered by Col
 umbus June 15, 1902, and was inhabi- ted at that time by Carlos, who have
 been gradually exterminated. The fs- land has been taken by the English on three different occasions, 1762, 1794
 and 1909, and was finally ceded to
 France in 1915. Slavery formerly ex- isted on the island, but has long since been abolished. Slaves were brought by the first colonists, when they landed | in 1885.
 The shape and surface of the island
 is irregular, and the coast is rocky and
 indented with numerous bays and in-
 lets. The interior is diversified with l fertile valleys, flooded by small rivers,
 one the Roxelane, flows down through
 the city of St. Pierre, emptying into
 the sea. The higher parts of the hills ] and mountains are thickly timbered
 with primitive growths, the plains and