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Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Claims For Relief From Taxes Pre- sented Some of Which Were AL
 lowed-Wants a Ditch.

The city council held their regular monthly meeting last night and audit ca the pay roll and numerous sundry claims Acting-Mayor C. J. Dwyer presided and all the members were present.
 Emo Fender was the first cIaiment lie stated that his property was one of the two highest taxed saloons in the city and asked that it be reduced. The matter was referred to a special com mlttee. M. Rosenburg thought he had paved his taxes for the year of 1897, but he had no receipt nor other evil dence to show that his taxes were not delinquent, and the request that he be credited with the amount was taken under adVisement
 Robert Garnett who lives on u e corner of Van Buren and Fourth streets Detitioned verbally that he city build ditch opposite his resi- dence from the north side of the city proper across the street to the Gnu urch- i'll addition. He claimed that he had
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07

ment of having bought the dog of a | boy for a dime. There was a boy in
 the case and he did receive a dime from the defendant, but it was for
 hush money and not a purchase price. The boy had seen him coax the dog away and knowing the animal to be
 MT. Ambler's he followed Ross and demonstrated with him. Ross gave
 hlm a dime to quit camping on his trail.
 Summing up the evidence Justice Cray said to the defendant: ''You have been singularly fortunate in hay ing given play to your propensity in Phoenix to acquire dogs irregularly and I desire also to congratulate you on having been brought into this court. The dog is a sacred bird in Arizona. In many parts of the territory a dogs life is more than a humans life and your conduct of last Saturday would have been regarded as an invitation to suicide which many an accommodate ing and aroused resident would have felt he owed it to you to confer it upon you. In Phoenix this sentiment with respect to dogs has been somewhat modified of recent, so that capital pun ishment for this offense has not lately been inflicted. Nor will the extreme penalty or the law De visited upon you now. In consideration of the fact that you have lately come from part of the country where the true value of the dog is not properly recognized, nor his person held in high esteem it de- serves, the sentence of this court is that you pay a fine of $10, or in failure of said fine that you be confined in the county jail at the rate of S1 per day until said fine is satisfied and paid and the court recommends that in the event that you choose the alternative sentence that you pass your period of incarceration in meditating upon the enormity of your offense." Ross uncle was present and paid the fine
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07

formance at the Broadway thedter cen
 tIalized naturally in Blanch Walsh s
 performance of the title role. Again
 this young actress demonstrated her power and gave additional proofs of her right to aspire to high stellar po- sition. She looked the part admirably. Sardou's description of his heroine fit ted her perfectly. She dressed the character as she did in La Tosca,
 magnificently, and her great beauty was radiant in the dazzling apparel which she was permitted to wear as the Russian princess. Her conception of the part was clearly defined. The great scene which years ago created so much discussion, that in which Fe- dora takes the risk of ruining her rep utation that she may save the. life Of the man she loves, was handed by Miss Walsh with excellent judgment and wise discretion. The audience was quick to discover the merit of Miss Walsh's work and equally quick in giv- ing expression to its approbation. MT. Mcdowell has been seen here before in the part of Loris, and highly com mended. He played last night in fine spirit and with thrilling effect in the stronger scenes. The company is the best that has ever been seen in these plays and theater goers should see these performances.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
THE STEWART ESTATE.
A Decedent Who is Known to be Dead Only in Law-Story of His
 Disappearance.

The estate of E. w Stewart was
 finally settled in probate court yester-
 day. This is different from any case that had ever been recorded in the court, in as much as it has never been completely shown that the decedent was dead.
 Stewart came here from Peoria, H., several years ago and entered tract of eighty acres northwest of the city. He also entered a similar tract in the name of his father, a wealthy and eminent Illinois physician. About five years ago young Stewart disappeared and since then nobody has been found who ever saw him dead or alive. He had been to Phoenix one day and left for his home. He stopped at the Bart lett ranch near Peoria. He went away and when he had not appeared at his home inquiry was made for him. He was traced westerly from the Bartlett ranch across the Agua Frio. He was riding toward the White Tank noun tains. The trailers came upon a wind swept tract in which the trail was lost and could not be recovered. A diligent but fruitlesS search was made upon the desert and in the mountains for him or, at the worst, for his bones. His father came out and continued the hunting making a personal inquiry of almost every man white and red with in an area of several hundred miles. The only theory regarding his disap- pearance, was insanity, of which he had never been suspected, though sev- eral persons remembered, what they might never have thought of, if he had -Iot disappeared, that he had acted strangely a day or two before his de- parturc. Inquiry was therefore made at asylums in various parts of the country in the hope that he had found refuge in one of them. At last it was assumed that he was dead and at length he was declared dead in law and his estate began to be administered upon
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07

not been getting a supply of water for
 irrigating and suggested his method of relief as the most efficaciOus. The question was referred to the committee on streets and alleys.
 The M E. church, South, demanded that in pursuance ofWection 2630 of the exemption laws of vhe territory, it's parsonage be exempted from tax, claiming it to be pertinent to the church property, and further claiming that no rent is received, nor is the property rented. The statute provides that all property pertinent to the church proper shall be exempted from taxation and it is claimed that all though the parsonage is not contigu ous, it fulflls the requirements. The collector was instructed that the prop erty should be exempt, but the legal ity of the proceeding was referred to the city attorney.
 The $1, 1000 bond of the city assessor and tax collector having been passed upon by the city attorney, was approv- ed by the council. The assessor was instructed to collect without penalty delinquent taxes on the remaining personal property for the year of 1899, and in case of failure, he was instruct ed to collect by the usual method of distress and sale
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
TO BUILD A STORAGE DAM.
Ex-Governor Bulkely of Connecticut Here on an Inspection Tour for
 Eastern Capitalists.

Ex-Governor M. G. Bulkeley of Con necticut, president of the Aetna In surancG company arrived in the city yesterday. Governor Bulkeley in com pany with other monied men of his state is interested in the Arizona canal and is here to look over the ground and study the conditions for storing water in the mountains. Seen at the Hotel Adams last night the governor said:
 'I can not say just what we shall do but I am inclined to think that we will dam your country; not roast it, mark you, but build a storage dam. I have been convinced that you can impound water on a mountain and with water you have the soil and climate here to do almost anything in the agricultural or fruit raising line.'
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
THE SACRED ARIZONA DOG.
An Fastener Taught to Respect the Rights of Property-The Lesson
 Cost Him $10.

An eastern importation with the rather high sounding name of Theo- dore Del Monte Ross, was in Justice Grays court on charge of dog-steal- ing What is worse for Del Monte he was convicted and fined $10 He is the man who obtained illegal posses sion of David Ambler's St. Bernard last Saturday. It was brought out that Theodore Del Monte Ross had been un- der the influence of Arizona booze and imagined that he was an Arizona ban dit or rustler. He wanted that dog, not because he wanted the animal, but that he might live up to the desperate ideal which the strong drink had created. He didn't set up this defense. If he had he might have fared better. He relied upon the ridiculous state
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
Blanch Walsh to Be Seen Here in Play: the Late Fanny Davenport
 Made Famous.

A coming attraction at the Patton Grand will be Miss Blanch Walsh in the late Fanny Qavenport's plays of La Tosca and Fedora, March 27 and 28 Miss Walsh is supported by Mel bourne Mcdowell and other members O. the Davenport company. The Rocky Mountain News of February 15. in speaking of Miss Walsh's appearance in Denver in Fedora, says:
 It is astonishing how well Sardou's Fedora stands the test of time. It reached Denver many years ago and yet last evening it seemed like a new play, and indeed the audience received it with all the interest and enthusiasm which would have been manifested on a first night. The interest in the per-
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
REPERTOIRE COMPANY COMING

The clever comedienne, Rose Still man, and an excellent company of if teen people and an orchestra, under the management of MT. Charles Riggs, will play here the week of March B, commencing Monday, in the comedy, "Jane," preceded by the one act dra- matic gem, "Edithas s Burglar. They will change the bill every night dur ing their engagement The company carries many well known farciuers, singers and dancers, also it's own or chestra. Popular prices will rule dur ing the engagement
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF NERVE

Well, there's the greatest case I ever saw or heard of in my life,'' said Chi cago bicycle seller, the other day as a tramp turned away and walked out of the store.
 What about him?" was asked i; haven't you ever met a pan-handler before?"
 "Yes, many of them; but this fellow had the nerve to ask me for 10 cents to get his wash out of the laundry. "-Chi- cago News.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07

The concert to be given by Madame Bishop Tuesday evening, March IA, at the First M. E. church, is an event of great interest to the entire city. To have the opportunity of listening to one of the greatest singers of the age will be the most important treat, unsteady, in the history of Phoenix. Sale of tickets announced later. \
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
Rain or

Note-T Indicates trace of ram O snow.
 VIM. G. BURNS,
 Observer.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
SURPRISES ARE CONVINCE!
BICYCLES FOR $3O CASH.

shipment of Featherstone $3O wheels 
  cheep handle
 
  and see em and getac
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
"A Cheerful Look Makes aDtsh a Feast. "

Cheerful looks = depend just as mach upon physical qVeH-being as upon natural disposition and temperament. # fife blood IS dsordered, fhe brain IS starUed, and no "hsh ks a feast, '' for fife reason that fife VftaliSnrg elements do not reach me proper Spot.
 g A step in the right direction is to purify the body by the use of a natural remedy. Hoods Sarsaparilla is Natures remedy. It acts upon the blood, and whether the seat of the dis order is brain, stomach, liver or kid neys, the purifying process of this medicine is equally sure and successful. II neuer diSappOimts.
 Diphtheria = My little nephew was troubled for two years with sore throat
 
 theria but Hoods SarsaparilIa warded it off. He is now entirely we'll" INEZ G. REED, Oak Hill Ave, Waterbury, Conn. Run Down -"I I was weak, had no ap- petite. nervous and completely run down. Tried many remedies but nothing helped me until l used Hoods Sarsaparilla which cured me" MRS. WM. MARKS, 27 Henry St., Binghamton, N. Y.
 SCTOfuIa -' I was almost bedfast with scrofula and catarrh. Had no appetite. Hoods Sarsaparilla soon made me stronger and later all the sores disappeared and catarrh stopped" NELLIE OsMER, 4I4 Lyon Street, Des MOines, Iowa.
 Dyspepsia suffered for 20 years with dyspepsia. Dared not eat meat new bread or vegetables. Went hungry for fear of distress. Felt Respondent and distressed. Took Hoods Sarsaparilla and got relief immediately. Can eat most anything with out discomfort" MRS. EMILY F. BUMP, Middleboro, Mass.
 2 Liver and Kidneys" My mother was very sick with congestion of the liver and kidney trouble. Nothing helped her until we got Hoods Sarsaparilla, which showed ts~effects with first dose. She is well and hearty" MRS. D. A. STONE, Winthrop, Me. R~1g'f q .np
Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
THE WEATHER.

Daily report received at Phoenix. taken at all stations at a. m., 75th meridian time, or 5:3O a. m. Phoenix time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
g CAPE NOME" SALTED
In the Interest Of the transportation
Companies.

San Francisco, July 19.-The steamer
Portland has arrived IA days from St
Michael with $50 passengers and 81
600, 900 in gold on board. The most Of
the returned people are without means
and about $685. 900 of the gold is owned
by few lucky people, the balance be
ing the property of the Alaska Com
mercial company. The miners speak
Indignantly Of the treatment accorded
prospectors who went to the Cape
Nome district at the solicitation of the
transportation companies
The reports arriving by the Portland
fully confirm the Associated Press ad-
vices received from DR.. Stone formerly
OF this city, who went north during the
first rush to the Cape Nome district
The Portland passengers say unuuaIi-
hedly that the district has been Salt
ed in the interests of the transpOrta-
ton companies and that great suffer
ing prevails in the district, food, fuel
and clothing scarce. Reports of a sim
liar nature come from passengers who
went as far north Rampant City A
few rich pockets have been struck here
and there but no very important finds
have been reported. AS soon as some
prospectOr makes a strike his joy gets
the better of him and he tells others.
This causes a. rush and among the
great numbers who join these rushes
possibly dozen or even less may take
out a few hundred or possibly a few
thousand dollars. They generally make
their way to the settlements followed
by a large number of the luckless ones
and the arrivals of so many miners at
one time at a settlement, accompanied
by a few who spend their money lavish
Iy gives rise to the rumors of the great
richness of a strike. The transporta-
ton companies are not slow to take
advantage of the opportunities to de-
lude prospectors into going into the
districts. Many of the miners who re-
turned on the Portland spent their last
dollar to obtain transportation to this
city and some had to sell all their pos
sessions to get enough money to pay
the transportation charges.
r. F. Edgar, one of the passengers on
the Portland, takes a very gloomy view
of the state of affairs in Dawson.
There is nothing doing there he
said. 1T is frightfully dun. The place
is so overrun with unemployed men
that there are at least ten men for ev-
cry job. No, there is no suffering.
There seems to be food for all but
there are a great many men who are
without money and who will I'M
dOubtedly suffer. l have no doubt that
the government will have to step in
and take care of these men. There are
hundreds anxious to leave Dawson and
would leave if they had the means, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
Fog is Heavy and Chill in Cali
fOrnia These Days.
THEIR BLOOD is THIN
Hen Just From the Tropics
Require OVercoats.
Oregon Commander Demands
Them For His Soldiers.

San Francisco. July 19.-The tropical
uniform of the returning Oregon regi-
ment is not enough protection against
the fog at the Preside and the men
who have just come from the tropics
are suffering from the cold Gen Owen
Summers says:
else the guard must be called in. III
have no guards if 1 can't have over
coats on them" The fog was rolling
in about that time and the trees were
heavy with moisture, soaking through
the light kharkee suits.
Gen Summers, in an interview, says:
1.-THE government should at least pro-
vide g. 600 blankets and 5000 overcoats
for the homecoming volunteers We
are the pioneers of an army to come
from Manila, and if something is not
done it will be worse here than in Cuba.
If the Overcoats are not forthcoming
San Francisco is going to be great
graveyard for the volunteers It must
be remembered that their blood has
been thinned in the tropical climate of
the Philippines and that they are IN
Door condition at best.
This is a matter that needs attention
and immediate attention. I consider
that the life of one man is worth more
than all the oVercOats and blankets that
could be bought. I will make immed1-
ate arrangements for blankets and
overcoats until we return to Oregon"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
Liberia is Declared a Failure
as a Home
By COlOPed Men Who Have Re-
turned to America.
ALL OF THE WEALTH
Of the Country Is in the Hands
of q Few.
SOrrOWful Experience of Two
Negro Families.

Boston, July 19-Negro colonization
in Africa is a failure. Almost a year
ago, partly as a result Of fear on ac-
count of the alleged prosecutions by the
white people of the south. and partly
from the spirit of adventure, Gate Shack
and Harley Kirtley got their families
together and set sail for Liberia. They
gathered together all the money they
could and went to England, and from
there they took a boat to Liberia. But
the supposed paradise of the coIored
man in Africa, according to their story
of their experience, was worst than the
Desert of Sahara.
The reception they got surprised
them. Instead of being welcomed with
open arms and offered plenty of work,
they were looked down upon, and
though willing to earn their bread were
refused a chance. They have returned
to Boston. They say the negro has alb
Solutely no chance to earn a living in
Liberia. All the wealth of the country
is now in the hands of a few individu-
ais.
Though they were expert farmers,
they were not given any kind of farm
work.
Broken-hearted and respondent, the
men of the families gathered their
charges about them and appealed to
the captain of an Elder-Dempster Line
steamer to give them passage to Eng
land. They told him of the suffering
and hardships they had endured. They
said they had spent what earnings they
had, the savings of almost a lifetime,
and were willing to do anything on the
ship if they could get passage to Eng
land. The kind-hearted captain beIieV-
ed their story, and they We're taken to
England. At Bristol, England, they
were met by Captain f. A. Evans, of
the Etolia, of the same line. and he
brought the party to Boston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
WATCHMAN's HEROIsM.
He swims Swift Current and Averts
a Disaster.

Vancouver, B. G., July ia peculiar
accident occurred on the line of the Ca
madam Pacific railway. The scene was
in the Rocky Mountains. where the
mountains are thousands of feet high
and the ravines and gulches hundreds
of feet deep.
William Honey, Waterman for the
railway, discovered late in the evening
that the bridge across Cherry creek,
near KamloOps, had been burned, and
that there was a gap of $50 feet I'M
bridged It was nearly time for the
Imperial Limited to arrive from Van
cOuver, and the Waterman was at a
loss to know how to stop the train and
avert a possible disaster.
Immediately behind the limited ex-
press there was the excursion train Of
the National Educational association,
which was finally delayed 80 hours by
the accident.
Honey realized that prompt action
was necessary and, alone, he waded in
to the swift running current and swan
across. He was nearly benumbed by
the cold water of the lake, which runs
from the glaciers in the mountains
above. But, badly exhausted, he at
last landed safely, and climbed up to
the railway track again. He tagged
the train in ample time, and the editors
were back several miles safe in their
cars when the alarm was given to them.
They were kept there until this after
noon.
Honey was warmly received by the
passengers of the train, who will pre-
sent him with a purse. He will be re-
warded by the company for his faith
fuluesS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
CLAIM TO CHICAGO LAND.
Heirs of jeremiah Smith Prepare to
Sue For Property Said to Be
Worth S256,OOO,OOO.

lincoln, Neb., July 19.-W. B. Price.
a lawyer in the state auditors Office,
representing certain heirs, has under
taken the task of securing title to 100
acres of land in the heart of Chicago.
The property is now valued at S256,-
600. 600 and fifteen or twenty heirs nave
laid claim to the land. They Will base
their claim upon presumption made by
jeremiah Smith in the year 1884, under
the pre-emption law of 1892. Mr.. Price
represents X NJ. Smith, superintendent
of the Alden Anthracite Coal company
of Alden Station, Pa. The heirs are
scattered throughout the country. The
proceedings will be instituted first at the
land department at Washington Tor the
purpose of securing a correction OF the
patent covering the land.
The property in question is bounded
on the north by Thirty ninth street, on
the east by the lake and on the west by
Grand boulevard.
jeremiah Smith came from Chautau-
qua county New York, accompanied by
his brother, Jeduthen Smith and filed
Dre-emptfOn in the land Office at Dan
VILE, III. Proof of the death of jeremiah
Smith is the year 1886 is in the posses
was never heard from. A certified copy
of the patent shows that the govern
ment issued the patent in 1889 in the
name of jeremiah Smith and Jeduthen
Smith.
The theory that after Jeremiah Smith
died some one fraudulently secured
the patent in his name and 1t was trans
ferred to one Ebenezer Hill. One of the
heirs, living at Aurora, Ill, is said to
have received an offer of several thOus-
and dollars as a compromise settlement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-19
FORAKER GROWS RESTLESS
Saws Democrats Will Surely Garry
Ohio Next Fall.

New York, July 19.-The Man About
Town, in today's Telegraph, says:
Senator Foraker of Ohio has been an
attractive figure in the corridor Of the
WaIdorf-Astoria for two days past.
Senator Foraker's relations with Nc
Kinley are a good deal as Dave Hill s
used to be with Cleveland, when the
statesman of Wolfert's Roost was a
member of the senate. Foraker has
mingled feeling of hate and contempt
for Mckinley; he has not taken sides
against the administration to any ser
iOus extent up to this time. L learn,
however that he announced to some
friends yesterday that he had grown
tired of wearing a mask and that he
was going to give Mckinley a fight for
his money the next time.
/ heard that Foraker told ElkinS that
the Democrats were dead sure of carry
ing Ohio next fall and that Mckinley
could not get a delegation from his own
state to the national convention next
year. Cleveland was nominated at the
Democratic national convention of 1892
over the protest of the delegation from
New York state; it remains to be seen
if Mckinley can be nominated next
year without support, perhaps over the
protest, of the delegation from Ohio.