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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
FREE MAIL DELIVERY DEFEATED

Prescott's free mail delivery sys- tenn has gone glimmering. Post master Akers yesterday received no- tice from Washington that the order providing for free delivery on No vember l had been TescInded. It will be years now before the town wlll be able to secure 1t. The gov ernment offered 1t to the city as gift, to which it was entitled, our city council, in its wisdom. or mar TOW mirdedness, or apathetic in difference, call 1t what you please, saw it to decline it, and now even though we imPlore on bonded knee for it We are liable not to se- cure it.
 When Postmaster Akers took charge of the office be immediately started to work to secure two i'm proSements to Prescott's postal facilities. One was to get a new postoffice, the other was to secure free mail delivery. It may be added here that during Postmaster Horne's ncumbeney of the position the re- ceipts of the office had reached the required figures to entitle the city to such service.
 Postmaster Akers has worked in cessantly for the above objects, and so far as the new office is concerned his efforts have been crowned with success, and Prescott can now boast of the finest office of any town of its size in the southwest. In his efforts to secure these improvements Mir. Akers has been ably seconded by Postoffice Inspector Hall, and 1t may be said that our new postofice, and the order establishing free delivery were secured largely, if not solely through their efforts.
 Both gentlemen have gone to the mayor and individual members of the council and informed them what was expected of the city and have importuned them to take the proper steps to secure free delivery. Mayor Dougherty has presented the sub feet two or three times to the coun- cil, and each time, it is alleged, it has met with the active opposition of one member, while the others have remained passive. During lis recent visit here Inspector Hall az itated the question agaIn urging i'm mediate action, and sald that unless it was acted on quickly the order would be rescinded. Tue same apathy and opposition to it have still been maintained and yesterday, the result of such apathy was real ized, by the receipt of the notice re- sclndlng the order.
 It does not take a man of very profound wisdom to estimate the advantage to the town the free de- livery system would give it, in its standing abroad, particularly, while the expense of it would have been nominal, not to exceed Sl00. Other towns which are entitled to it, and which have been imploring the de- partment for 1t, have been put of, while on account of the few towns in this territory which are entitled to it Prescott was given preference in the matter. Having been offered free delivery and having declined it once it is scarcely to be expected that it can now be secured without great effort.
 Whatever merit or demerit exists in its defeat belongs to Prescott's city council.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
WON HoNoRs THOUGH BLIND.
student in the sostA Carolina ooiIsSe
 Who surmOaatsd Many - DifacuItfsa.

The honors of the commencement exercises st the South Carolina college this yea were carried of by John F.
 Swearingen. of Edgehsld, $. C., who has been totally blind since he was seven years old, reports the Buffalo EV- press. Swesringen stood higher than any man since the college was estab- hshed early in the century. In such branches as mathematics and astron- omy, where the sense of sight would naturally be regarded as of the utmost importance. be has achieved remarza- ble success. One professor says. for instance. that SweAringen answered with two minutes thought q complex mathematical proposition that has not been answered by another student in the college. He appears 10 have per feet conception of relative positions and distances, and he experiences no difficulty in drawing geometrical fig ures. IL would be interesting to know how much of his present conception of these things is due 10 knowledge gained consciously or uneonsciouSly be- fore he became blind. A child of seven years generally has pretty good idea of form, though not so good of dis tance. If he were an unusually bright child, as Swearingen probably was. these ideas would be much advanced, while in either case they would be last ing. Swearingen is ambitious, but is undecided whether to become a min ister or lawyer. His teachers believe he would adorn either profession
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
THE sUTHERLANDs' TROUBLES.
A Truce Patched Up Between Them and an Agreement as to the
 Custody of Their Child.

A Truce Patched Up Between Them
 and an Agreement as to the
 Custody of Their Child.
 w. J. Sutherland, who forcibly took his little thirteen-months' old baby from his wife, the child's mother, at the Johnson House yes terday, had himself and baby driven to Iron Springs where he intended to flag the south bound passenger train and thence proceed to Phenix- The tram was Jagged by him, ac- cording to programme, but when 1t came to a stop, to his surprise, he was confronted by Under Sheriff Johns, who persuaded him to return to Prescott with him. Mrs. Suther- land accompanied the officer and returned with them to Prescott in a buggy sent out by the sherif's of fee. The child was placed in the custody of the sheriff, who permitted the mother to have possession on condition that she remain in the court house all night in room pre- pared for her.
 This morning the couple arrived at an agreement in regard to the child that it should be taken to Phe- nix and given to the woman's mother temporarily and pending probable divorce proceedings which were talked of.
 Sutherland left on this afternoons train with the child, while the young mother has accepted position in a private family here and will remain in Prescott.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
Alleged Case of pesertion.

Last week well-to-do mechanic of this city, who had a beautiful home, handsome wife and bright little child, was somewhat surprised upon reaching home to find the house deserted and the furniture gone. Upon leaving home that morning he had kissed the wife and baby good bye, as usual, and there was apparently nothing to mar their domestic happiness.
 That evening the pretty wife left for Prescott, taking the child. She left not a word of explanation Phenix Enterprise.
 The aforesaid handsome wife and beautiful child are located in one of Prescott's hotels enjoying our superb climate.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
Gorgeous Cheek BoosEs.

One of the New York banks where most of the fashionable ladies keep their accounts issues most gorgeous cheek books to its depOsitors. On the cover is the owners monogram, while the cheeks are printed in gold from ex- quisitely-engraved plates.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
Pnnr IIffIe King

The boy king of Spain is not loved in Madrid. His presence in the streets arouses no popular enthusiasm. At times. when the guard is changed at the royal palace, his troubled face may be seen at a window, gazing out; but no one cheers, and he remains almost unrecognized. No hat is raised, or other obeisance paid him by his sullen subjects. when he rides abroad in mel ancholy state! Among a more gen erous people, his youth. his misfor- tunes. a consideration of the troubled future which confronts him, would at least awaken pity. His manners, which are placid, almost inert, have in them no attraction. His very looks are dis Mixed. He is too blond in hair and com plexion. He is no Spaniard," say his subjects of Madrid, and this-which is tothem cause for reproach-will hard lv be thus viewed by the world at large. London Mail
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
Tbex Were All Borrowed.

Bings-Swipes has quite a library, hasn't he?
 Boggs-Yes; but did you ever notice that every book in il has the fiy-leaf torn out?-San Francisco Examiner.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20

Governor Brady, of Alaska, in his annual report asks for statehood Tor that territory and for telegraph csbIe 10 the mouth of the Yukon.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20

Miss Catherine Endsley, a sister of Mrs. Abner Mckinley, and Henry Matthews of Washington, D. C., were married at Somerset, Pa, Sept. 18th.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
The Latest, The Best. The Most ComPlese.
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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20

Jim Jeffries is en route home from England.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
Hotel BURK E!
 PRESCOTvT ARTZONA

soms of the fsstzrss Of this HOans.
 DW It is the only absolutely hre proof Hotel in Prescott:
 D It employs none but WA7rK CooKs in the Kitchen.
 ~ It is lighted throughout by electricity.
 ~ Its table board is une1 ceiled and its sleeping apartments are .ept neat and clean always.
 ~ It has a watchman on duty all night, thereby guaranteeing sI property secUre from thievaFv.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20

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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20

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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-20
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23

sterling, and in the universal sensation
ana confusion which overwhelmed the
financial world hundred country
banks suspended payment Then the
government stepped in ana saved the
situation.
But now the government itself was
in peril The treasury had sent bills
to the bank for payment amounting to
over 10000 and there not being suf-
ncient gold in the country the bank
resolved on a coup d'etat To save the
situation
The court Of chartered mOneychang-
ers met in Threadneedle street, and re-
solved that the bills should not be
discharged unless money was sent
down for the purpose. The meaning If
such "A resolution, as those Versed in
the ways of financiers will not need to
! be told was nothing more nor less
than the government could not meet
its liabilities.
Pitt :rembled when the news was
brought to him, ana everybody, from
the king on the throne to the man in
the street, talked Of this and nothing
else. How, people sked Of one another
could the gov" lent get along with
out money?
The bank, Of course, had promised
10 pay gold for its notes when demand
ed, and by refusing to do so it had
broken its promise, But for the gov
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23

next order. l did so and he placed
in it a chunk of dirty wood that filed
up the cavity ana almost dislocated my
jaWbOnes.
Great beads of perspiration broke out
on my brow and collected on my upper
lip, and in my forced rigidty l could
not follow his movements with my
eyes, but l knew that he was un-
dressing. He threw off his outer cloth
ing and then deliberately put on mine.
why should he want my clothes %
| wondered, and my speculations grew
more involved as | noted that he trans
ferred the contents of my pockets into
those of his own clothes. which he
placed beside my bed instead of mine.
At last his toilet was completed aud
he turned to leave. His hand was on
the door knob when voices in the pass
ageway restrained him.
In my condition Of agOnized suspense
my hearing was unusually acute. and
/ could recognize the speakers. | heard
Colonel Holt in a low voice saying:
For heavens sake boys, let the man
be! | swear you're dead wrong. He's
not of the sort you think ana youll
be sorry for this nights work.
shut up, colonel" said the voice OF
the man who had warned me to leave
on the u o'clock train. Don't you
interfere here. We know our busi-
ness" They drew quite near and I
heard my door open softly and my tor
mentor, attired in my best clothes. tip
toed out.
But he was too late. He was stopped
before he had gone a yard.
stop right where ye are. stranger"
I heard one say. I'VE want YOU, young
feller."
did not hear the whispered reply,
but the same voice continued:
II reckon not. Mike Holt tried 10
throw us off by shiftin' your room but
We've been dug up too long for them
tricks. We know ye by your clothes"
And without further ado the wearrr
of my attire was unceremOniously
dumped from a seCOnd-storv window
into the foul, stagnant water of the
pool lying beneath.
Having accomplished what they were
after, the friends Of Bill Simpkins who
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23
JOHN BULL BANKRUPT.
The British Government Was Once
Unable to Pay It's Debts.
From the London Mail

From the London Mail.
John Bull bankrupt" sounds strange
today and the chancellor can afford
to smile at the idea as he reclIons uN
the nations balance sheet for 1899; but
it was not always so. once, indeed
ON this very day lO2 years ago--the
Bank of England virtually declared
the British government bankrupt.
1t came about in this way: Five
years before the eighteenth century
closed France declared war against
Great Britain and Holland, and there
was a great drain on the gold Of the
country. The most anxious man in
Britain was Pitt, the minister Of fin
ance whose resources were strained 20
the utmost
For months Pitt had only obtained
accommodation from the Bank of Eng
land by bringing great and constant
pressure to bear upon that institution,
but nobody was more astounded than
Pitt when the "Old Lady Of Thread
needle street" took 1t into her head
TO threaten England with bankruptcy.
\ year or two before the bank had
refused the paper of a private banking
firm, and compelled il thereby to stop
payment the next day for million
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23

rrnment to have pressed the bank
would have intensified the trouble a
hundredfold, az the government owed
the bank an enormous debt,
The king and the ministers were
summoned 10 town on Sunday morn
ing; privy council was held at White
hall and "A meeting Of ministers in
Downing street, both of which the king
attended. There was only one course
by which the country could be saved,
and, daring as it was, il had 10 ba
taken
The government threw itself between
the bank and its creditors, and COM
manded the bank to withhold all cash
from the public until parliament had
met and come To some decision. The
prohibition was ordered Ia remain in
force for six months after parliament
met, and during that period small bank
notes were isSueu. ana We're generally
accepted as cash everywhere.
Matters in this way Tighted then-
selves and the wheels of the govern
ment went round again.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23

vowed to aVenge the insult offered their
"pard" at the recent billiard game, de-
parted as hastily as they came, | heard
them hurrs away, and Colonel Holt
cautiously entered my room. bearing in
his hand Il lighted candle. He ad-
vanced to my bedside, looked into my
face for a moment with wonder and
amazement pictured on every feature.
Good heavens!" he cried they got
the wrong man" The next moment he
was severing the bonds that bound me
and ridding my mouth of the plug that
prevented utteranCe. | tried to de-
ScliGe the occurrence that took place
prior to the arrival of the gang" that
sought to give me a duCliing, and after
comparing notes We decided that some
poor innocent wretch was suffering for
my transgression at the billiard game.
Colonel Holt helped me on with the
clothes lying on my chair and together
We FASTENED out 10 the pond. On its
bank were my clothes. but the poor
fellow that wore them had lost con-
sciousness after his hard tussle to
reach terra frma.
1t was only then that | intimated TO
the colonel that the man who wore my
clothes was none other than Bill Simp-
kinS.
When we revived him with d few
good doses of brandy he explained how
he had got into a row after leaving the
billiard room, i'm which his opponent
was pretty badly cut up and the blood
from his wounds left many blOtches on
Bilrs raiment Simpkins had no OBJ
jeCt in getting arrested or parading the
streets with blood stained garments, SO
he tried the old plan, which had work
I'd very successfully heretofore. Of TAX
ing another mans clothes without the
consent Of the owner.
How he Jared with his new attire you
have seen. | had 10 get a new suit
that morning. ! left town on the early
train, but ] understand Bill Simpkins
friends in Cripple Greek are still kick
ing themselves.-Ch News.
~ hear that your daughter has broker
off her engagement with the count Is il
true"'
Yes she ran across a chance to get a
duke at the same figure. Chicago News
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23

The proposed new dormitory for men
for Bucknell University, a picture OF
which is herewith shown, will be 40 xl4O
feet in dimensions and will he four
stories high, 1t will be built Of brick
and win contain all modern improve
ments; and will have accommodations
for upwards Of one hundred students.
The cost, including furnishing, win be
about $4,000, Ground viii be broken
soon,
For the past few years It has become
manifest that in order to meet the de-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23

Geo. b, Secord, the Well known con-
tractor of TOwanda, n. Y, says: II
have used Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy i'm my family for a long time and
have found it superior to any other,
For sale by all druggists Matthews
Bros, wholesale and retail agents. "a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-23

~ hear that your daughter has broker
off her engagement with the count Is il
true?'
"Nes; she ran across a chance to get a
duke AZ the same figure "--Chicago News
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
BRUTAL CLUBBIyG CHARGED.
Broker Says Publisher was Attacked II.
Policemnn-Investiga On.

Broker Says Publisher was Attacked BY
Observation-Disclosures On.
Horace G. C. Thornton. n broker with an
Office at o Wall street. and Charles A. Murphy,
publisher OF 10 Fifth avenue. were prisoners
yesterday In the Jefferson Market police court,
charged by Policeman Patrick Carmody OF the
Tenderloin station with disordery conduct
Tho original charge against them had beon
assault on an officer, but that had been with
drawn.
that about l o'clock in the morning the
Waterman OF a building under erection at Fifth
avenue and Seventeenth street. had called on
him for protection against the two men who
were drunk and had been pelting him with
stones. They were wrestling with each other
in front OF the building when he found them
the policeman said. and Thornton attacked
him. Murphy helped Thornton and he had to
rap for assistance. Policemen Gllllgan and
Hastings responded and arrested the men,
but in the scuflle Murphy fell cutting
his eve badly. His wound was dressed at the
New York Hospital. where. the policeman said
Murphy abused the doctor.
Thornton and Murphy. whose face was hor.
ribly cut and bruised. protested against the
polceman's story. They said they had taken
supper at the Restaurant Fleuret with friend
and had drank quart bottle OF champagne
VoBetneT. hlteT Seeln2 tIlelr lrlenu nome. they
were INDUCING in a friendly wrestling bout
when Carmody appeared and began to beat
Murphy with his night stick. Thornton told
him that he considered him brute. black
guard and q disgrace to his uniform for so
beating tho man, and was promptly arrested
for saying so. Carmody did not rap for assist
ance and the other policemen did not come
within two blocks Of the place where the
arrests were made.
John McCue a Waterman. corroborated Car
moody story but In terms so much like those
used by the policeman that the Magistrates
suspicion was aroused. Questioning McCue.
he learned that the policeman had called on
him at O'Clock yesterday morning. THE
NJ aglstrate then declared that he would
adjourn the case till this morning. as
he was determined to get ut the truth
and to punish the policeman II he had used his
club unlawiully. The prisoners were paroled
till to-day and subpnnaes were issued for tho
doctor who dressed Murphy's wound. the
friend who had supped with the prisoners, and
for every one else who might be able to throw
any light on the case.
Il will attend to those suppnaes myself" the
NJ aRlstrate said In reply to q question by Car
mody. They will be served by court officers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
LIVE TOPICS AMOUR Town.

The new United States Consul to TenerifTc.
Canary Islands. the Hon. Sol Uerliner. Is a man
otversatile ingenuity in acquiring things he
desires. 1t IL said OF him and his political CON
temporary, the Hon. AmusR Thornton. that
when the object OF their desires is known, the
cheapest course Is to give II 10 them at once.
for II they choose to exert Themselves. they will
certainly get II and more. The Hon. Soils
business ability has not been recognized kcn-
orally. but that 1t docs not compnre mcnniy
with his political sagaclty Is shown by a story
told since his departure for the Canary Islands
by young man toward whom he had felt
peculiarly drawn.
sol. said to mo-" said this friend. "'Bil' he
vice consult There's $1,000 or 40 in fees IN It,
make II ee Gas ars B s %
s Ssng o. sg 1n p9Gss in tn
and have had to 90 around building fences to
put their names upon. .,. IT,,
got for you you go to these big advertisers and
sag. III paint -FOUR name on the rock OF Tennc-
Tor tn 81 s2nare f3Gt Paid in ADVANCE e.
They'll want e see Your crsdeqtials;, AUD yoa
great2, he said And YOU can take your own
snid. TO see how tho contract is getting on
They'll write to the Consul and ask him about
1t for us BOTH he said"
The arrest OF the man Neufeldt for the MUIR
der OF Mrs Kronman took place under circum
stances that illustrate ono phase OF East Side
gambling. A man who was In tho East Side
cafe In which Neufeldt was arrested described
the scene thus to a reporter:
"Neufeldt," he said. was counting his money
out-so He had been playing stuss and he
was seeing how he came the game out. I have
aVine Rm e. tie
The what2" asked his hearer,
he sot Tie 10 fhS cent
back: The boss. the man who runs the cafe he
took 20rcrcenty from the winner because he win
he in that place S 50 always s So GS'a
a nsy Es sS99 ay 70, in G shJp eSSs And Ds
his hand on him and says:
Come along. want you !"'
they had much trouble about who should get
the 81 so that Neufeldt didn't get.
s, stqss SO nearly as the ppintiated can under
One Of the bowls Of the walking delegates
and the leaders" OF work ingmen in strikes
against corporations is over the alleged inability
OF the workman to make anything OF himself.
to rise in life. while his opportunities arc cir
cumscribed by the routine OF corporation re-
9uirements; A glance at the office personnel
OF some OF the older corporations would show
men with open eyes and minds that almost oil
the executive heads Of departments have come
graph Company is conspicuous example of
WIZ sued pssd e wan a the KY re MStropoii
amples OF the working OF this kind