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Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
FLASHING OF KNIVES
The Meeting Today Of SOapy Smiths and inc UnWdShed.
Accusation Of inc Colonization Of inc Mexican Vofe-A Particularly Fierce Struggle in he Second and Third Wards.
To mus come out tonight,

Fer dere's gwine ter be a fight,
 An de raZzers will flash in de air.
 Old Plantation Melody.
 The democratic primaries. for the electicn of delegates to the county con ventior next Thursday will be held today. That there will be a hot time is the only thing upon which both the
 Unwashed" and the "Soapy Smiths have SC far agreed. The only con- . spfracy between the two factions is to make it as hot as possible.
 Yesterday and last night were spent in oaucusing. Wherever two or three democrats were gathered yesterday the spirit Of doing up the other crowd was tEere in their midst. Shortly after rCon caucus Of the ''Unwashed'' held a session in the rear end of the court house corridor, while a delegation of
 Sc apies' stood at the front end. They eyed each other with suspi- cion and evil intent A disinterested ,fNpublican passing from the office of tFsN.ccl.n recorder to the rooms of the pTobateN Nudge felt a sharp pain on either side oNhis neck as he reached the middle of he corridor. He had Leen hit by the haleful glances which the ''soapy smit&s" and the ''Un- washed" were dartiQg at each other
 The Mexican vote is being assidu- ously cultivated by theNSoapies." The ground has been carefully titled, the growing crop has been watered or otherwise moistened in thS hope that 1t will bear four-fold for \ the ''Un washed charge that the "SoaRies" viii endeavor to vote as many as possible Of their allies in the four wardA The opposition Is apprehensive of tfN. re- suit Its leaders believe that they Nan outrumber the "Soapies'' alone. but they are uncertain Of the size of thA Mexican vote ard Of the freuuency with which it will be cast. There wil' be guards and challengers on both sides, men chosen with reference to their aversion to being bull-dozed. so that many personal encounters today gre within the range of probabilities. The fercest struggles will naturally occur in the Second and Third wards. In the latter there are two sets of can didates to be voted for The first set is tsSoapy" and the latter "Un- l washed" A fight as bitter in the oeeend was promised on the night of i the mass meeting. in which the Soap ies'' employed smofeless powder and lar in ambush.
 This fleet developed into beau tiful proportions on Friday night when thirty-two of the 'eUn- washed met for rehearing and de- maDded a reopening Of the controversy by electing the following candidates to contest the election today of the "Soapy'' crowd: Frank Coyle, J. w. Kalfus. A. !. Godfrey V. L. Clark. l- D. Dameron. E. N Wilson, W. L. George and J. R. Norton
 The First ward primaries will bo he'i in the Gardiner block. the Second ward ir the O'Nei1l building; Third ward. Justice Kincaid's office, and -FfIyth ward. city hall
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13

Every berth on the sailing craft for a montE to come is spoken for. Just as hard Gas we say in the classics) I shall sail on Thursday morning on the vessel Allen Of the Williams & DimCnd company.
 T am informed that the time usually consumed for the passage is flcm twelve to sixteen days I have offered the captain S5,037 to get there ahead of the Mariposa. I felt that ii as a safe offer. I also feel that l shall learn great deal about sails. ropes, decks and other things impos- slhlc ot ascertainment on a steamship That is, T shall learn it between spells so to speak, if the spells are not too frequent
 The news about Hawaii will not spoil before I can get there, I am su1a- The commission cannot eat fl al in the few days it will be in ahead D. me, so I venture to assert that shaiI be able to furnish you with fresh matter. as much and as soon as though had landed with the Mariposa and had not saved heap of money. be- sides preserving pride
 wish you would make mention Of he fact that my plans have changed becfus if the Mariposa goes down with all on beard my friends need no, Teer for me. I shall have been savef in advance. This thought almos. reccnciles me to the sailing vessel. : nm saved in ad Tapce. If every trav- eler would take the same kind of pre- oartion there would he no disasters at sea, It is strange that this should no, nave heen thought of before
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
BASE BALL

Where Cames Were Won and Lost
 Yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
MONEY, STOCKS AND EXCHANGE

New York, Aug. 12.-Money on call easier at 11z@2 per cent: last loan, 11z per cent, prime mercantile paper 3AQ44 per cent, sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers bills at 4S5194. SEA for demand and 4S4@4S4A for sixty days; posted rates, 4.S412@4S5 and 4-So@4- -S6l2: commercial bills. 4S3, silver certificates, 5SA @5914; bar silver. 5912; Mexican do4- lars. 46; government bonds heavy: state bonds, dull; railroad bonds. easier
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
OUR HAWAIIAN COMMISSIONER LEFT.
How the Life of J. Fl. Burnett Was
 Probably Saved.

John M. Burnett of The Republican, wbo left here week ago intending to |sail on the Mariposa for Honolulu est Wednesday, slightly changed his ans. He writes about it as follows:
 Do newspaper men get left? s not. The steamship company failed us on sberths, but had re- two spaces on the dining room he beds to be put in after every ad retired. We would have to before anybody else stirred
 md trip price was away up. ht say we were vexed, but Eood result We hunted gels. All the accommoda- aken. Johnston concluded steamers terms and sails pmorrow. It was differ ad no orders from you
 ase steamer or to be
 an at Honolulu. l
 the commission pre-
 le way, as it were.
 diminishing all day
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
THE FIGHT TC co ON.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 1z-Charles M. Wilson, manager of the Hawthorne Athletic club, said today he would continue to make preparations for the Corbett-McCoy contest, regardless of letter read at ministers meeting yesterday in which the sheriff de- clared his intention to stop the fight.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
TERRITORIAL CON-
 VENTION

Office of the Secretary Territorial Repub- lican Cetnral Committed
 Holbrook, August 9th, 1SeS To the Republican party of Arizona A convention of Delegates of the Re- publican party of the Territory of Ari- zona is hereby called to meet in the city of Flagstaff at 10 o'clock a. m. on Sep ember 14th, 1898, for the following pur- pose:
 1st. The nomination of a Delegate to Congress.
 2nd. The selection of a Territorial Re publican Central Committee.
 3rd. The transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. The basis of representation will be one delegate for each fifty votes. and for every fraction of votes over twenty-five cast for Hon. A. J. Doran for Delegate to Congress in November, 1896; therefore the representation will be as follows: Voto
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13

Proxies will be recognized only when presented by voter who is resident of the county from which the same is is- sued.
 A full attendance of Delegates is earn estly desired as well as the presence of representative Republicans from every part of the Territory
 WILL c. BARNES,
 Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13

Read the advertisements in The Re publican and learn the name and loca- ion of the houses which are doing the business of the town. You will find the name of every successful business firm in the city in the advertising col Imns of The Republican.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
PRICE OF-COPPFR..

New York, Aug Flake copper un- changed but firm, with Il. 75 hd and 12.01 asked.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-13
S50.0O-CITY OF MEXICO.

And return via the S. F. P. & P. route for a party of ten or more going September 10, II or 12. With the low rate offered and the cool and scenic route, it is confidently expected there will be a nice party organized to go the Northern Route" For full par ticulars call on or address E. w Gill lett, general agent, Al West Washing ton street, Phoenix
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
EIGHTEEN WE'RE LOST.
No Further Doubt of the Fate of tn
Steamer Jessie.


Steamer Jessie.
Seattle, WASH, Sept. 14.-E. B.
Wishaar, who arrived here today from
St. Micbaels. Alaska, brings confir ma
tion Of the previously published report
Of the loss of the steamer Jessie at the
mouth of the Kuskowim river in July,
with 18 lives. The news was brought
to St. Michaels by a trader named Ling,
who said that only one Indian sur
vived. The bodies of Captain Muir
ply and Rev. Mr.. Weber had been
washed ashore. The passengers of the
Jessie were known as the Columbia Ex-
ploration Company. Rev. Mr.. Weber
had been taken aboard to pilot the
party up the Kuskowim. The Jessie
had in tow the barge Minerva, which
was washed ashore. Following is a
list of the Jessie's passengers:
E. S. Lines. Seattle; A. G. Stetson,
Seattle; j. T. Murphy. Bowling Green,
KY; r. P. Frierson, Gallatin, Tenn: :
w. T. Payton, Gallatin, Tenn; G. Il.
Mitchell and FL. G. Hart, Gallatin,
Tenn; Engineer Kensler, Wisconsin;
- Smallhouse, Louisville Eli Knud-
son, Genesee, Idaho; H. G. Hadren,
Seattle; o. E. Aurud, Seattle; Dave
Allen, Kentucky; Rev. 81. Weber, wife
and child, Moravian missionary; two
Indian pilots; Japanese cook.
Mr.. Wishaar also brings report
that the schooner Louise J. Kenney
had been wrecked in Behring sea.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
GaaoIina Exnlosfon.

Philadelphia, Sept. 13.-By the ex.
plosion of so gallons of gasoline in the
cellar of grocery store at 1444 South
street. tonight four and possibly
dozen lives were lost. AS an immed-
late consequence of the explosion, the
building where it occurred and those
adjoining it on either side collapsed,
and up to 10 O'Clock, four hours after
the occurrence, four bodies have been
recovered from the ruins, and three of
these identified as follows:
Samuel schattenstein. keeper of the
grocery store; his 10-year-old son.
Abraham; A 10months-old child,
named Max Goldberg. The fourth
body was that of girl about 10 years
of age.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
KNIFE OF AN ASSASSIN.
Empress of Austria the Victim of 81
Italian Anarchist.

Empress OF Austria the F1cC1m OF an
Italian Anarchist.
Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 13.-The
empress of Austria was assassinated
near the Hotel Beaurivage this after
noon by an anarchist, who was arrested.
1t appears that her majesty was
walking from her hotel to the landing
place of the steamer at about l o'clock,
when an Italian anarchist suddenly ap.
peared and stabbed her to the heart.
The empress fell, and was carried 20
the Hotel Beaurivage, where she ex.
pired.
The stretcher upon which the en-
press was carried to the hotel was hast
lily improvised with oars and sail cloth.
Doctors and priests were. Immediately
summoned, and a telegram was sent to
Emperor Francis Joseph.
All efforts to revive her majesty
were unavailing, and she expired at 8
O'Clock. The medical examination
shows that the assassin must have used
small triangular file. After striking
the blow he ran along the Rue Des
Alpes, with the evident intention of
entering the square Los Alpes, but be-
fore reaching it he was seized by two
cabmen, who had witnessed the crime.
They handed him over to boatman
and a gendarme, who conveyed him to
the police station.
The prisoner made no resistance.
He even sang as he walked along, say
ing II did it." and "She must be
dead"
At the police station he declared that
he was a Starving anarchist, with no
hatred for the poor, but only for the
rich"
Later, when taken to the courthouse
and interrogated by magistrate in the
presence of three members of the local
government and the police officials, he
pretended not to know French and re-
fused to answer questions. The police,
on searching him. found a document
showing his name to be. Luigi Loa-
chini, born in Paris In 1874, and an
Italian soldier.
A great crowd quickly assembled
around the Hotel Beaurivage, where
the officials proceeded after interrogat-
ing the prisoner. The police searched
the scene of the crime for the weapon,
and the accomplices of the assassin.
1t appears that boatman noticed
three persons closely following the en-
press, who was making purchases In
the shops.
The local government. Immediately
on receiving the news of her majesty q
death. half-masted the flag On the hotel
deville (the municipal office, and pro-
ceeded in body to the Hotel Beauriv-
age, as a token of respect.
The excitement increased, and many
of the shops on the Kursaal were closed.
The empress wound was just over
the left breast. There was hardly any
bleeding. A priest was secured in time
to administer the extreme unotion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
METHODS OF ALGER.
Commission Selected to Investigate War
Department..

Department..
Washington, Sept. 13.-The presi-
dent has urged the following-named,
among others, to accept places on the
committee to investigate the conduct
of the war department.:
Lieutenant General John M. Scho-
field. General John B. Gordon, General
Granville M. Dodge, President d. G..
Gilman, General Charles f. Mander-
son, Robert T. Lincoln, Daniel S. La
mont, DR.. w. w. Keene and Colonel
James A. Sexton.
The message which President Nc
Kinley addressed to each follows:
"Will you render to the country a
great service by accepting my appoint
ment as a member of the committee to
examine into the conduct Of the COM
missary, quartermaster and medical
bureaus of the war department during
the war, and to the extent of the causes
and treatment of sickness in field and
camps? 1t is my desire that the full
and exact truth shall be ascertained
and made known. l cannot too strongly
impress upon you my earnest wish that
this commission shall be of such high
character as will command the conf
dence of the country, and l trust you
will consent to serve"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Two schooners missing.

Brunswick. Ga, Sept. 1S.-Post-
master Symons, who chartered tug
and went in search OF the schooner John
H. Platt, which was in the terrible
storm of August 80, has returned to
Brunswick with unmistakable evidences
of the ships's loss with all on board.
Postmaster Symons' son was pas
senger on the Platt. A brother Of
Captain Townsend, Of the schooner
Jessie @. Woodruff. who accompanied
Symons, says he is satisfied that his
brothers. ship has met the same fate.
A total Of 80 persons were aboard the
two vessels.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
TWO CHASTITY FINDS.
From Atlantic and Pacific Come Storfe
of Probable Murder.

From Atlantic and Pacific Come Stories
of Probable Murder.
Bridgeport, Mass, Sept. 1.-Two
packages containing portions OF a
woman's body were found today in Mud
flats, an arm of Yellow mill pond. In
the packages were the head of woman
cut from the body near the ear, and
the lower limbs, which had been sep
arated from the body, unjointed and
cut In two at the knees, then tied to-
gether and wrapped In strong glazed
paper. The head of the woman was
battered and jammed on one side and
had cloth tied over the mouth.
Oakland, Cal. Sept. 14.-The arm
and hand of woman who was proba-
bly, not over % years old were found in
Lake Merritt last evening by two girls.
Irene Monroe and Bertha Waller, who
were strolling along the shore at Eighth
street. Taken in connection with the
recent discovery by some boys of a
woman's head floating in the bay near
Berkley, this ghastly find strongly
points to the commission of murder
as vet undetected,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
The Gambia Massacre.

London. Sept. 14.-The correspond
ent of the Times at Gambia, who has
just landed after five days in the road
stead, says: About 600 men, women
and children were either burned alive
or massacred in the outbreak last week.
The Turkish troops are now patrolling
and blocking up the streets. Mussul-
mans are attacking the ruins of the
burned quarters of the town. where
the devastation is complete. Blood is
visibleseyerywhere. Such bodies of the
slain as were not burned were removed
yesterday in carts and buried outside
the town limits.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16

New York, Sept. 12.-R. q. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The
volume of business is larger than 1t
ever has been. Investors across the
water have caught the cue, and their
purchases of American bonds and
stocks have been heavy for several
weeks. Wheat has been about cent
higher for spot, with Western receipts
only about as large as those of last
year for the week.
Failures for the first week in Sep
tember have been, in amount of liza
bilities, $1,111,593; manufacturing
failures aggregated 1924, 500, and trad
ing $7O3,991. Failures for the week
have been 1874 in the United States,
against 2l5 last year and l6 in Canada,
against 80 last year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
No Friction, Says shafter.

Middletown, Pa, Sept. l2.-Secre-
tary Alger and General Shafter we're at
Camp Meade today, and witnessed a
review of troops and inspected the
camp. Alger left at noon for Detroit.
and Shafter departed for Washington.
Speaking of his controversy with Miles,
Shafter said:
''It is all poppycoek. There is no
friction between Miles and myself. at
least there was not when he left San
tiago. I don't understand the mean
ing Of all this talk. The general may
have been talking, but believe much
of it is due to antagonistic newspapers.
whose motives are certainly not patri-
otic ~
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
FIRE At new WESTMINSTER
Business Portion of the Town
Destroyed.
BAD FIRES IN SEVERAL CITIES
Arizona Mining Town Burned, With
Loss of Life-Fire at Red BluH-LOss
ut New Westminster Two Million.

Vancouver, B. c., Sept. 13.-The
business portion of New Westminster
vas totally destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The property loss will exceed
g.. 900. 900.
Despair and suffering are the lot OF
hundreds of homeless people. Food,
clothing, and aid of all kinds is being
hurriedly dispatched from Vancouver to
the illfated Royal" city.
1t is not known how many people
lost their lives, but it is feared several
have been burned to death. Campbell,
a fireman, fell off the roof Of a burning
building and was killed. A woman
dropped dead from fright. One woman,
who had been confined two weeks ago,
died while they were moving her from
burning house, while another. suffer-
ing from typhoid fever, who had been
twice removed from residences which
were in the burning zone, did not sur
vive the shock.
So extremely fierce were the flames
that apples on the trees On sides of the
street opposite the burning houses were
roasted.
Three river steamers we're destroyed,
the Edgar, Gladys and Bonaccord.
Every industry save the big Royal
City planning mills and the Cleve Can
ming Company has been wiped out.
The Canadian Pacific railway station
and bridge across Fraser river were
also burned.
The fire started about midnight on
the river front, and was caused by a
spark from a steamer. Famed by a
fierce gale, the flames leaped with such
rapidity that within three hours 10
streets were abalaze. The fire was
first noticed at BRAKEMAN & Kerr's
wharf, on Front street. From there it
spread down to the Canadian Pacific
railway depot and crossed the street
at that point. From there it went up
the street, taking in the other side OF
Front street, and COLUMBIA street, the
chief business thoroughfare of the city.
Block after block caught fire, and in a
few hours there was nothing left of
what had been the business portion of
New Westminster.
The wind was blowing iuriously down
Fraser river towards the mouth. If it
had been blowing the other way the
whole of the Catholic church buildings,
convent and hospital and other struc-
lures, would have been burned.
This morning there was no water sup
.,ly for the use of the burned out citi-
zens. There was not a single butcher,
baker or provision shop that was not
destroyed, and there was only one small
hotel saved.
Some of the burned-out people re-
tired in the early hours this morning
in the open air in front of the school
house. They covered themselves with
blankets and lay down to sleep under
the sky.
The loss is roughly estimated at
So, 500, 900, and the insurance at ST.
500, 900.
Bank vaults withstood the fire. One
insurance company's vault was blown
up by gunpowder.
A citizens committee has been
formed in Vancouver to give relief to
the sufferers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Mining Camp Wiped Out.

Prescott, Ariz., Sept. 13.-The town
of Jerome, near here, was completely
wiped out this morning by fire. entail
ing loss Of over 81 900, 900 in prop
erty. Eleven bodies have so far been
recovered, while a score or more are
said to be in the ruins or missing.
The fire originated from gasoline
stove in cabin, andspread so rapidly
and fiercely that it was impossible to
save even clothing.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
IN SPITE OF PEACE.
The FilippinOs Still Waging War
Against the Spaniards.

Against the Spaniards.
London, Sept. 13.-The Manila cor
respondent of the Times, telegraphing
September 8, says: The insurgent con-
quest of the island of Luzon is rapidly
approaching completion. Recent au-
thentic reports announce the capture of
successive Spanish positions, and at
present the rebels control every foot of
the island except Manila, Cavite and
small portion of the province of Albain.
They hold over 5000 Spanish prisoners,
and have recently captured several
thousand rifles. some cannon, large
quantity of ammunition, and several
armed stands. The Spaniards held out
valorously, but were fighting against
the inevitable.
1t is undeniable that the action of
the insurgents in pursuing the cam
paign after an armistice was declared
has caused much useless suffering and
destruction Of property, and has ami
hilated their every claim to be consid-
cred in any respect as the allies of the
Americans.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Enlisting Men for Dewey.

San Francisco, Sept. 14.-This week
is expected to be a busy one at the
naval recruiting rendezvous in this
city. A large number of the men at
present with Admiral Dewey in Manila
have completed their terms of service,
and the local recruiting officer has re-
ceived instructions from Washington to
enlist 800 men. Machinists, firemen,
yoemen, musicians, seamen and ordin-
ary seamen are all wanted.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Fire at Red Bluff.

Red Bluff, CAL, Sept. 13.-Fire
broke out early this morning on Main
street. and before it was extinguished
destroyed an entire block of the finest
buildings In the town. The loss to
pIoperty-owners will be more than
800, 900, on which the insurance is
probably half that sum. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The principal
sufferers from the conflagration are
Darrough & Fickert, Bank of Tehama.
A. L. Hoffman. p. R. Kestner, and ..
&. Prince,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
British ytce-Consul KILLED.

Gambia, Sept. THE British battle
ship Camperdown, having on board Sir
BilIotti, British consul at Canea, has
arrived here. Several other warships
have also reached the port, and REIN
forcements of blue jackets have been
landed.
The British vice-consul, Mr.. Carlo
chino. was killed during yesterdays
fighting.
The fires are being extinguished.
During the rioting the British and Ger
man consulates were burned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-16
Spanish Victories Again.

Madrid, Sept. 14.-Captain Aunon,
minister of marine, received today an
important dispatch from the Philip
pines. describing conflict between the
Spanish gunboats and an insurgent
f1otilla, in which the former success
fully prevented an insurgent landing in
the Visayas. According to the dis
patch, the insurgents had five vessels,
all Of which were sunk. The Spanish
had no loss, but the telegram asserts
that hundreds OF the insurgents are be-
lieYed to have perished.