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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-07
OPINIONS DIFFER.
Senator Faulkner says that the
First Regiment will be
Mustered Out.

uUferuOF AthtnS0u says tHaI III VIII DC
Kept i'm the Service as will the other
The Men are Between the Devil and
the Deep Blue Sea-Atkinson says
They don't want Out-Faulkner says
that They do--A Peculiar Situation =
List Of Recent Promotions.
WASHINGTON. d. G., Jan. 4-Sen-
ator Faulkner has Just returned to
Washington from Vermont, where he
went as one Of the Senatorial party
which accompanied Senator Nor
rilPs remains to their last resting
place. When asked to day in re-
card to the mastering out OF the
First West Virginia volunteer regi-
ment now in the service of the
United States, he said:
ssYou can state positively that the
regiment will he mustered out. This
| know TO be fact. The majority
of the men, believe, wish TO leave
the service and they will get out un-
der the present order. for the honor
able discharge OF fifty thousand vol
unteers.n
At the Adjutant Generals office
it was stated that no order had been
issued in regard to the mastering
out of the West Virginia troops
But" said General Corbin, you
are pretty safe in saying that they
will he included in the final order"
LIST OF PROMOTIONS.
The following promotions in. the
First West Virginia regiment have
been reported from the Adjutant
General office: Second Lieutenant
Geo. E. Bailey promoted to First
Lieutenant, vice Duneombe, resigned
First Sergeant w. \. Lynch, com
missioned Second Lieutenant, vice
Bailey, promoted First Sergeant
Buekner f. Scott, C. b., commits
stoned Second Lieutenant, vice Dale
mire, resigned.
The Charleston Gazette of yester-
day has this to say:
Governor Atkinson thinks that
both of the West Virginia regiments
will be kept in the service, and will
likely be sent to Cuba. The Cover.
nor urged the war department. to
keep both regiments, and stated to
the war department that he had
good reasons to believe that the sol
diers themselves were not tired Of
army life, but that 1t was their par
ents and relatives who were petition
ing the government to muster the
regiments out. He thinks they both
will be retained for sometime and be-
lieves there are not two better regi-
ments in the service.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-07
THEY OUGHT TO BUY IT.
And There Will be Trouble if They
Don't.

Score of Reasons Why the County Court Should Buy the Bridge
and Make Free-The Talk New Bridge Childs Play
The Present Worth Than the Price AskedNo Man
Opposed to Can Hope be Elected to Amy Office in This
COty-Tw0 ofthe Three Elected That Issue
der Their Pedge-The Matter Postponed Until the Feb
of Court
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-07
Lost-A Parrot.

A poll parrot belonging to Mrs.
Charles MADEIRA, on Sunnyside, flew
away last Saturday afternoon. Any
one returning the bird or giving in
formation leading to its recovery
will receive suitable reward.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-07
You are Invited

To call every day and look over
my fresh Fancy Groceries. / keep
nothing but first class goods at bot
tom prices. Al. NYE.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-07
Second Regiment men are not
allowed the right to petition.

Letter from IA private soldier In the or
ganization-Every man In the regi-
ment wants out-The officers haze
good thing and want to stay Leader
Of petitions sentenced to daily dis
graee--Terribie arraignment for
those who are responsible.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
SUPREME COURT
Story of Han Who Had His Eye
 Knocked Out.

In supreme court yesterday the case of George H. N. Luhrs vs. Hancock ct al was ordered submitted on briefs In Ward vs. Balsz a motion to dismiss appeal was ordered submitted The cases of Rountree vs. Marshall, and Spicer vs. The Simms Improvement company were argued and submitted The case of John Betis, appellant, vs. the territory, appellee, from Cochise county, was set for hearing February g. The appellant is serving a three-year term at Yuma fer Mayhem. He is an Italian. He arrived at Bisbee in Oc- tOcer 10 of las year and on that night celebrated his advent into the camp by knocking man named John Peterson down and kicking one Of his eyes out. PeterSOn's 0ffense was a drunken ar raignment Of the Italian people, whom he designated as t'Dagos," and dec- laration that the ladies south of the cis A1pines were unchaste. There were two distinct varieties of testimony at the trial which took place at Tomb stone last December. The defense re- lied upon the theory that Peterson haS had several fights that night and that he might have had his eye kicked out in any one of them and that when he fought Betis, if they fought at all, his eye WAS then hanging down on his cheek.
 The jury very promptly convicted 8etis for the reason that the defense could not prove that Petersen had Lad an encounter with anybody within an hour of his meeting with Betis. An houI was held to be an unreasonabiy long time for a man to go around with 1n eye depending from it's socket, ob- liVious Of his mutilation and slill spelling tor a fight.
 This is the day set for the hearing of -h9 case of Josiah Anderson, convicted 2f an assault upon John M. Mullen with intent to commit murder.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
A PHOENIX LAW SUIT
Decided in inc Unified SfdfeS
 Supreme Court.
Litigation in Which inc Lafe Af- torney-GeneraI Garland Figured in Establishing Peter T. BurflS' Title 10 Property.

The United States supreme court yes terGay affirmed the decision Of the territorial supreme court in the case of Norton Marshall vs. P T. Burtis, which had it's origin in this county. It was q suit to quiet title to 8 tract of land known as lot s, block 1, Neahr's addl- tion, embracing several city lots and lying at the corner of Seventh av- enue and Adams streets. MT. Burtls entered into negotiation for the property, then belonging to the Neahr heirs, several years ago After an lh- vestigation of the title, which was found to be good, MT. Burtis learned that he could not immediately obtain a deed to the property on account Of the minority of one of the heirs, Ffeda M. Neahr. An arrangement, however, was entered into by which a deed should be executed to him when she should become of age.
 Several years passed and in the meantime MT. Burtis was engaged in financial transactions with J. w. Walker, the son-in-law of the appel lant, MT. Marshall One day MT. Walker applied to MT. Burtis for lean and mentioned as collateral lot s, block l, Neahr's addition. When he went away MT. Burtis looked the mat ter up and discovered that a deed in escrow signed by the supposed minor, Freda M. Neahr, conveying the prop erty to Norton Marshall was then de posted in Phoenix bank. MT. Burtis reported this fact to his agent, George B. Perkins. who had also just learned the same thing. Supposing then that the young woman must be of age, an agent was sent by MT. Burtis to Yuma, where she was then living, and few days later a deed signed by her to MT. Burtis was received at the express of flee. He obtained it on the payment of $1,500, $100 more than the purchase price already agreed upon MT. Mar shall subsequently, obtained a decd
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31

CT of Mrs. Walker and he took the management of the property which for Ithe first time in dozen years 1s agaln | in undisputed possession of the Walker family. About sixty men are employed in and about the mine. The
 ore is concentrated and the cOncan- trates shipped to the smelter' at Fl Paso at the rate of a carload week. Some of the ore is so rich in silver that it will bear shipment without concen- tration. A ten-stamp mill is employed in the reduction of the ore. Jake Schultz has the contract for hauling the product to the railroad at Casa Grande, twenty-five miles.
 The VekCl was unskillfully worked by Mexicans and Indians in the earlier days. so that it is necessarily worked with great difficulty now. It contains what no one would suspect, twenty eight miles of tunneling and when operations were resumed on it by Me Cabe, the first thirty days were spent in the unremunerative business or taking out the waste. The mine not withstanding the low price of silver, U being worked at great profit.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31

call to you the fight made against him in 1895. DaTe Martin, the Philadel- phia boss; Chris Magee, the Pittsbur5 boss; Governor Hastings, Wanamaker and others held secret conference after secret conference at Martins farm near Philadelphia and were dead sure they had the wires all laid to put the old fox cn the shelf. Quay was at Atlantic City fishing all the whiie they were having their meetings, and several county conventions had been held be- fore ha learned of their work. When he did find il out he came home in a hurry. took charge of matters, and you remember routed his opponents.
 This tlms the governor is friendly to him and Dalzen may roar and the good Wanamaker talk about the evils of bossism, but Senator Quay will be re- elected notwithstanding.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31

from her to the same property and suit was brought to quiet the tit:e on the ground that at the time She signed the 8u-tis deed she was still Q minor. She testified, however, at the trial that she had received from him all that the property was worth and would not have tried to realize upon her minority but for the persistent representations made to her by MT. Marshall. Judg- ment was rendered for MT. Burtis and an appeal was taken to the territorial supreme court, by which the judgment of the lower court was affirmed. The case was then taken to the court Of last resort, which has iIst confirmed MT. Burtis' title to the property
 There is an incident connected with the case which is of more than local interest A great many years ago MT. Burtis was travelling up the Ohio river on 9 steamboat, the Fanny Smith. A chance companion and the sharer of his state room was ay yOun man named Garland, who was on his way to Bards- town, Ky, to study law or to attend college. MT. Burtis often wondered If Senator Garland and afterward Attor- ney-General Garl3cd was not his com panion on that stt~mbOat trip.
 When the litigation over the Neahr's addition property went to the United States supreme court MT Burtis put the case into the hands of his sOn-in- law, an attorney at Mount Holly, N J. He subsequently, wrote to Mr Garland. then ex-attorney-gener enlisting his services in the case. He also wrote of the steamboat journey and inquired if the youth who was going to Bards- town was not the future statesman. MT. Garland replied that lle was and said that he remembered the trip and his travelling companion very we'll
 It is not known when the case of Norton Marshall vs> P. T. Burtis was argued in supreme court If it was last Thursday, and in all probability it was, MT. Garland's life closed with the argument It is possible that it was in this case that the great lawyer con- cluding his address tO the court, saiG: This, you Ih,3nors, is cur contention" and fell sanseless to the floor and all most immediately expired
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
VlVlAN'S WANDERfNGS
A phoenix Youths Study of Eai.rCa d
 Eating Stations.

| Vivian Edwards, famous in Phoenix
 as e newsboy and vendor of chewins
 gum and other delicacies, returned 1ast
 night from a box car tour to Los Al gslCs, whither he went a month ago tc i better his fortunes. He gained many impressions while abroad, the mosl vivid of which is that Phoenix is a
 more reliable eating station than Los Angeles. The newspapers of Los An gales sell at 2 cents a copy on week days and cents on Sundays. The puO- fishers unreasonably insist on part of the proceeds of the sales, so that the neWsboys are restrained from rush ing heaGIong to afluenca. The cooking is good at Los Angeles and things to eat are cheap, but these are advantages not open to seizure by one who has no money. So Vivian lived 9 sort of Tan talus existence On the coast. He is a growing youth Of robust appetite and such one invariably measures the de- sirability of a town by the things he finds to eat in it. Hence ViVian's fare well to ambition and his return to the fiesh-pots of Arizona. His trip going and coming was not devoid of incident.
 Some of the stages were net very long. An inquisitive brakeman always found him at every station and per suaded him to disembark. Sometimes the discovery of him was made between stations. When he got to Maricopa on his return he found an empty car with enc end pointed toward Phoenix. An emplOya Of the Maricopa, Phoenix 6 Salt River Valley Railway and Trans pOrtatiOn company kindly consented to lock him in so that he would have the exclusive use of it as against any hO- bCs who mightbe coming this way. A special car was 9 luxury of which Vivian had not dared to dream. This arrangement was entered into without any telegraphic communication with the general offices here, but the en- ploye seemed to be a person Of au- thOrity at Maricopa.
 So When the traiT. was shunted three miles the other side of Tempe and Vivian had to get out to make room for a lot of cattle which were impa- tiently waiting along a side-track for the train, he felt that the company had broken faith with him in disre- garding his contract with its servant at Maricopa. He therefore declined to further patronize the road. though he made use of it's right-of-way in walk ing to Phoenix. He made q careful inspection of it's bridges, cUlverts and grades, accurately enumerated it's ties faultily constructed. He will prepare a report of his findings to the legisla- tive committee on railroads.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
HE KNEW EAGAN.
Colonel Mike Gray Of C5chisa Advised
 Him to Join the Army.

Probably no man in Arizona takes q keener interest in the courtmartial of General Eag2n than Colonel M Ike Gray. q member of the present Arizona legis- lature, who has been visiting Prescott says the Jcurnal-8Iiner. Shortly after the outbreak Of the war Of 1861 Colonel Gray was residing with his family at Guayn2s, Mexico, when Charles F. Eag0n, then an energetic young man came there as an expert accountant and business man to wind up the affairs Of 9 bankrupt merchant. Ha had former ly been employed in San Francisco, in the bank owned by General w T. Sher- man, the latter being very friendly to him. When he had completed his du- ties in GuGymas, young Edgan consult sd Colonel Gray as to what he should do, when the latter advised him to re- turn to San Francisco and enlist in the volunteer army of the United States, Iom2rking to him: You are young man, Charley and with your ac- quaiGtanco with General Sherman, General Estell and other prominent men, you should be able to get a lieu tenants commission. If you can't go at a lieutenant, go as D sergeant If you cant get in as a sergeant. enlist as a private After considering the matter for a day or two, MT. Eagan came to Colonel Gray one day and said: Well, I have decided to take your ad- vice and enter the army" A day or two after that he left for San FIanaiscn, where he entered the army as 3 private in the voIunteeIs, but in less than five years was second lieutenant in the regular army.
 Colonel Gray has resided in Califor- nia, Mexico and Arizona ever since giv- ing Mir. Eagan the above advice, and while he has watched with kaen inter- est and great pride the career of the young man, he says that from the time of his departure from Guaymas to the present, he has never seen him, though General Eagan was stationed in Ari- zona for long time since he resided in the territory
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31

steamship Cachemire, which has just arrived at Barcelona. The troops were so i'll provided with food that most of the time they were on the verge Of starving. Unable to stand the situa- ton any longer, the famished men mutined and killed bullock, the flesh Of which they eat raw. After they had finished their meal they Guiatly re- turned to their quarters.
 The Reforma says that forty-seven men died of starvation on the voyage and 124 others were landed at Barce- Iona in a critical condition from the same cause.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
THE VEKOL MINE.
The Famous Property Again in the
 Hands of the Walkers.

Judge Davenport has lately returned rom the Vekol mine, which is again 2eing worked with more or less vigor. That it is not lying in the same state 0f idleness which clothed it for many years during the latter end of John Walkers life and after his death, is tue entirely to the litigation by which Juana Walker sought to secure her in- terest in her reputed fathers estate. 4 compromise was at last effected un- Ter the terms Cf which she received 9mong other items of the estate, one .hird interest in the almost dismantled YekOl. This passed to one of her at torneys, P. B. McCabe who leased the interest of Lucien Walker and opera tions were resumed at the old mine.
 The first of .his month, Mir. McCabe sold his share I.R. Fisher, the fath-
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
THEY'LL ELECT QUAY.
James B. Holland Says the Boilers
 Cannot Defeat the Old Fox.

What are we going to do about the senatorship in PenEsy 2" said James B. Holland, naval officer of the pert of Philadelphia, at the Adams, last night, why, re-elect the old man, of course" By the "old man" MT. HcI- land meant Senator Quay, or "Boss' Quay as his enemies term him.
 ''T5e deadlock may run on for g time, continued Mir. Holland 'but Quay will be elected. Try as they may the opponents Of the senator can not beat him. The republican organi- zation of Pennsylvania, the machine ii you are pleased to term it such, is the greatest political organization in the country and it stands by the senator. MT. Quay always sticks to his friends and that is why he is so strong with the rank and file Of the party in Penn sylvania.
 "To illustrate to you how hard it will be to defeat him now. let me re-
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31

Also 5ogalon  g m.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31

Grand Ladies and Children's Mati- nee, Thursday, February 2.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
SPANISH TR0OPsHIP HORROR.
Forty-scven Men. Said to Have Diel or
 Starvation Cn One Trip.

Madrid. Ian. 30.-The Fef-rna is making revelations coEcafning the abuses on board the Spanish trans8t- lantic steamships bringing troops back to Spain which are exciting intense in dignation throughout the kingdom.
 Among other occurrepces the paper tells of al incident on board the
Arizona republican., 1899-01-31
LEGISLATIVE BALL.
No Invitations Issued But Public Invited.

Another meeting of the citizens to arrange for the legislative reception, banquet and ball on Friday night, Feb- 3. was held at the Hotel Adams last night. For the information Of all, and especially for those residing in other parts of the territory, the announce uent is made that no invitations Will be issued, but the public is invited. The tickets will be $5, admitting one. A limited number of tickets are now in the hands of a committee consist ing Of B. Heyman, L. H. Chalmers and Geo. w Hoadley, who will shortly be- gin canvassing for their sale.
 The following reception committee was appointed: A. Goldberg, C. J. man E. Heyman, Walter Talbot, G. H. IIirschfeld. Charles c. Randolph, J. l.. B. Alexander, !. c. Adams, Geo. w. Hoadiey. William Melczar, D. Gold berg. J. w. Evans, B. N. GOldwater, H. H. McNeil. F. r. Kellner. F. Gang, William Christy, T. W. Pemberton, H. F. Robinson, T. E. Dalton, L. Il. Chalmers. E. J. Bennitt, w. A. Watts Lloyd Johnston. W. c. Foster, w. C.. Lentz. Ancil Martin. Geo. H. N. Luhrs and A. c. Baker.
 The members of the floor committee are: George E. Buxton, chairman; Paul 4. Brizard, Fred W. Wood Ii. J. Jessop, Louis c. Masten, Sam Dunlap Lee Gray, J. T. Rumsey and T. D. Ben nett.
 At the meeting last night arrange ments were made for the music, which will be furnished by FUerstein's or chestra of eleven pieces
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-10
THE ROOMS ALL OCCUPIED
BUT BOARD CAN BE PROVIDED
FOR 100 MORE.
MATTER OF DoRMlTORIES BEFORE BOARD
Ii viii be Asked 10 Act at its Next Meeting
Only Students Over q Years of
Age are Expected
After This.

1t is exceedingly gratifying to the man
agement of the A. and NJ. College that
so large number of students have
come i'm at the opening of the present
session. But President Winston deems
it his duty to state to the public that ali
rooms in the dormitories are new occu-
pied.
He deeply regrets the inability Of the
college to furnish rooms to such students
as may hereafter come in. But the fact
remains that there are absolutely no
rooms now left. The matter viii he
called to the attention of thu board OF
trustees immediately, and it is hoped
provision will be made at once to ac-
-commodate all who may care to attend
the college by the erection of one or two
new dolmitoTes.
Persons of mature age-21 years or
overwhelming to enter the college are adj
vised by DIR. Winston to come ON il
they are willing to room in the city at
prices slightly above the prices for
rooms at the college. The college au-
thorities will aid them as far as possible
in procuring such rooms. Persons of inn
mature age-under 21-aIe advised not
to come to the college at all, at present
unless they can procure rooms in fami-
lies of friends or relatives in the city,
but are advised to wait till vacancies oc
cur in the college dormitcries or until
additional dotmitories are provided by
the trustees.
The college will furnish board at IS
a month to all who come, having accom-
modations for fully 100 more for board,
but not another room for anyone.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-10

any contract with the city, and another
statute requiring the mayor and comp
troller to designate newspapers in which
to publish the proceedings of the COM
mon council Accordingly, where the
newspaper owned by the plaintiff was
designated for such purpose, be being
at that time one of the health commits
sioners of the city, held, that he was in
capable of taking such contract.
Mullaly VS.. Mayor, Hun 66.
To the same effect is:
Doll VS.. The State, 10 Ohio State 445.
Finch VS.. The r. & A. Railroad Com
pany, 81, Cal. 597
Capron VS.. Hitchcock, 90, Gal. AT.
Borough of Milford VS. Milford Wa
ter Company, 124 Pa. st. go.
Touching the right of member of the
Board of Aldermen to make VI contract
with the city, most of the States have
statute forbidding it, the courts, how
ever hold that such contracts are for
hidden by the Common Law and that
the said statutes are declarauory OF the
Common Law. The statute relating
to this subject in our State is Section
1011 of The Code, which enacts:
mo person, appointed or elected a
commissioner or director to discharge
any trust wherein the State or any coun-
ty, city or town may be in amy manner
interested, shall become an undertaken,
or make any contract for his own benefit,
under such authority, or be in amy man
ner concerned or interested in making
such contract, or i'll the profits thereof
either privately or openly, singly or
Jointly with another"
This statute is comprehensive and
sweeping in its terms. 1t prohibits any
officer of the City, having in trust the
interest of said city, from making a
contract, under such authority, with the
city whereby he viii derive amy bene-
fit.
As all contracts for the payment of
must be passed upon by the FL
nance committee of the city and reported
to the Board of Aldermen who must
authorize the payment thereof, it fol-
lows that such contract is authorized by
the Board of Aldermen hence each
alderman and the mayor who is the chief
officer, are charged with the
trusts of protecting the interest of the
city under the contract, SO that neither
an alderman nor the mayor can enter
into a contract, either written or verbal,
with the city from which they will re-
ceive any personal benefit.
The spirit of the statue extends 10
any officer of the city who is charged
with the duty of executing the trusts
imposed upon him by law; viz: of caring
for the interest and welfare of the city,
and protecting the rights of the cit-
zers that fall under his jurisdiction.
1t is the conclusion, therefore, that no
officer of the city of Raleigh can make
any contract with the city whereby he
will receive any personal benefit.
w. l.. WATSON,
City Attorney