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Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
WAS SHE DRUGGED .?
Mystery of a Young Woman Found
 Wandering in Rutherford, \. J.

Passaic, N. J., Dec. 4-The police of this city and Rutherford are trying to find out something about a young wo- man who was found wandering in Rutherford yesterday afternoon by Chief of Police George Holland.
 She could tell little about herself and had nothing by which She might be identified. Chief Holland had her placed in St. Mary's hospital in this city. She is well dressed and is about eighteen years old.
 Dr. Armstrong of Rutherford said he believed the young woman had been drugged. She said this morning, in an interval of lucidity, that she was Annie Behrens of Brooklyn; that she had met young man somewhere: that he had given her something to drink. and then she lost memory of everything. She is apparently well educated.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
PARALETIC SLEEPER WALKER
He Goes Downstairs and Returns and
 Doesn't Know It.

New York. Dec. 4.-The peculiar and apparently almost unprecedented action of Bernardus Bennett. a hope less paralytic of Jamaica, in walking downstairs in his sleep has causeI much interest among his friends here. and also brings to light a peculiar his tory of a family which appears to have long suffered from the malady.
 Bennett is seventy-nine years old. He has been confined to his room and bed for upward of three years. his legs being wholly useless. One morning last week MT. Bennett suddenly arose while sound asleep and walked down stairs. He went to the armchair, near the kitchen range. which he used to sit i1. and sat down. A negro woman who had heel a domestic in the Bennett fly 1,r years was so badly frightea- e.s t--at she ran screaming to the store house near by and told Mrs. Bennett and her daughter, Helen, that MT. Bennett was dead sure and his ghost was in the armchair Mrs. and Miss Bennett hurried to the house and found MT. Bennett sitting upright in his chair. They were at first frightened and then Overjoyed. for they thought possibly the malady had left him. They spoke to him, but he did not answer After a time he stood up and without apparent effort walked up the flight of stairs into his room. He had dressed himself when he arose. and he now re- moved his clothing and went to bed. He was later asked by his wife how he performed the feat, but denied having been downstairs. It now appears that he was wholly unconscious of the act, and cannot be made to believe the story. It is believed he was in a trance.
 Miss Helen Bennett, the daughter, also was a paralytic until five years
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05

Colonel Thomas friends among them the Presidents friend, William E. Plunkett. of Adams. made flying visit to Washington and laid the matter be fore the executive. Immediately tele- garm was sent to Colonel Thomas Siv- ing him leave of absence for an indefi- nite period. Now it is announced at the postOffice department in Washing ton that Colonel Thomas is entitled to his pay since he left the office, and that the acting postmaster will be obliged to return the amount he has drawn.
 To this Acting Postmaster Henderson makes reply that according to all rules and regulations of the postoffice de- partment he is entitled to the salary of the postmaster.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
A CAVE ON THE BORDER.
In It Were Found Mummiss of q Lost
 Race of People.


 George Wold of Waco. while hunting lost cattle in the eastern portion of Fl Paso county, near the boundary line of Texas and New Mexico, discovered a cave which appearances indicate was the burial place of ancient people.
 The cave may have been artifcially hollowed out of a big rock at the foot of one of the Guadalupe hills near the state border. The appearance of the entrance and the regularity of the in- terior portion of the hollow in the rock suggests that it was either partially or wholly made by hand. The walls are scratched with something that may be hieroglyphics made by an extinct race, and if some savant acquainted with those obsolete writings should go there he might discover that they are the epitaphs of the dead persons whose re- mains are still to be found scattered on the floor and in niches-
 When MT. Wold and his companions entered the cavern they found that other explorers had preceded them and portions of the mummified bodies had been removed. There were seven thor oughly dried up. and one of them is ob- viously a female. The latter relic MT. WOld appropriated, and he brought a portion of it, including the left hand and a portion of the arm with him. The tapering fingers end symmetry of the hand made the cowboys believe it might have been a person of aristo- cratic lineage. possibly a queen of tribe inferred among the bodies of her attendants.
 Everything indicates that centuries have passed since those people died and were wrapped in grass cloth and laid away in this immense grotto, the eX- istence of which only became known within the last two years by reason of the caving in of the stones which had been piled up at the entrance.-Dallas News
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
SAYS HE IS THE DEAD JONES.
The Return of the Missing Father ot
 a Kansan.

Dunlirk, N. Y, Dec. IA man who says he is Alfred F. Jones. father of s. NJ. Jones of Cottonwood Falls. Kas.. has returned to his old home and laid claim to a half interest in an estate valued at S1G0,COO. He first made him self known to old friends at Lilydale, ChautauQua county, N. Y, Wednesday. Since MT. Jones disappeared, more than fifteen years ago. not a word has been heard from him by one of his relations. The return of MT. Jones would come as a rather unpleasant surprise for the living. He is the heir to an estate which other heirs. supposing him dead, have divided among themselves.
 In 1881. becoming weary of his home and surroundings. which he claims were not the pleasantest. he left his home in Lilydale, N. Y. the spiritualist center, and since has been wandering in Alaska, Mexico and the Sandwich islands. Unlike most rolling stones he gathered moss. He says he now has extensive mining interests in Montana and Idaho. Tn 1894 the father of the missing man died. leaving a large es-
 
 York: some is in Ionia, Mich, and some in Chicago. The son of Alfred Jones, S. Nj. Jones of Cottonwood Falls, Kas.. believing that his father was dead, laid claim to his fathers interests in the real estate left by his grandfather in 1894. 4 suit which he brought is still pending in the courts in Michigan.
 The returned Alfred Jones has em- ployed legal counsel and intends to get his share of the fortune. He is now about 50 years of age. Alfred Jones has one younger brother. Sylvester, now livng at Lilydale. who has a large share of the estate which Alfred Jones claims. The son. s. M. Jones of Cot tonwood Falls, has been in ignorance of the fact that his father is alive and has secured a share of the estate. So far as known he has yet had no inti- nation of the return of his father. The family are spiritualists. They claim to have had proof of Alfred's death and deny this man is he, but many old friends say they recognize him.
 Cottonwood Falls, Kas., Dec. 4.-S. NJ. Jones of this place, whose missing father is said to have returned to his home in New York state. is out Of town and no statement could be obtain cd from him tonight.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
DISGUISED AS HER BROTHER.
An Illinois Woman Went to Prison in
 Place of Her Twin.

Chester. H., Dec. 4.-Sheriff Cassidy of Montgomery county arrived here this afternoon with a prisoner under the name of Ellis Glenn, alias H. F. Tery, who was convicted of forgery in Hillsboro this week and sentenced to imprisonment under the provisions of the parole law. When the prisoner was ordered to take a bath he objected. This led to the discovery that the pris- oner was a woman. She was returned to Sheriff Cassidy. who left with her for Montgomery county on the first depart ing train.
 The prisoner says that she is 3S years old and has always been single. Her appearance in neatly fitting dark suit and derby hat would not indicate that she was over 20. When closely ques- toned the prisoner said that she was innocent of the crime of forgery. She said that it had been committed by her twin brother, but in order that he might escape punishment for the offense she had assumed the guilt her self and allowed him to escape the consequences.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
CENSUS IN GERMANY NoTCosTLY

The censuses taken by foreign gov ernments are less elaborate and far less costly than ours. In Germany the col laboration of the people in volunteer ing their services reduced the cost of the last census to less than one million, and yet the statistics of occupation and social classification are more com piete than any ever attempted else where. The whole work of gathering the facts was done on a single day, June II, 1895. The study of these facts has occupied four years.-New York ChurcIlman.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
NEW CLOTHES FOR SOLDIERS.
The Philippines Campaign Is Teaching
 The Department What is Best.

le IHlllDpll6S NeiiileilSi AS The Department What is Best.
 Washington Dec. 1.-The war de- partment is receiving bids for F mil lion yards of khaki cloth. The last or der, which was for 1 million yards and is delivered and placed in the hands of the suit manufacturers as fast as it comes in. The cloth is light in color and texture and is said to better suit the climatic conditions of the Philip pines than that formerly used. It is the intention of the quartermaster' department to discard all wooden suits heretofore worn by the army in the Philippines, as they become moldy when exposed to wet weather.
 Samples of hats, shoes, belts and un- derwear are constantly received at the war department. The shoes now being supplied to the army in the Philip pines are of a specially tanned Russia leather. They are said to be far super for to the black shoe formerly used.
 Two pairs of shoes year is the ordi- nary allowance for the soldier. but owing to the rough campaigning in the Philippines each man has averaged about five pairs.
 It is not uncommon. for the depart ment to ship 100000 pairs of these shoes at one time. The new hats with side ventilators and corrugated sweat bands are shipped as fast as received The hat is darker in color than any previously used and is said to better protect the soldier from the weather than the old style. A hat modelled af- ter the English helmet, which is used in India, will also be used by the army in the Philippines This hat is intended for use in warm weather, and differs somewhat from the English hat. The vizor projects more and the. body of the hat is of cork.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
WAsHINGTON's DEWEY FABLE
The Admiral Was to Give His House
 To the Catholic Church.

Washington. Dec. 4-Now that the Dewey incident is closed there is nat urally much speculation as to the origi- mating phases of the sudden storm of wrath which came up. apparently from "a clear sky. and began to fall on the admiraTs head within an hour after the first report of the transfer was known. It came principally from Washington. and reached it's worst degree of vitu- peration and vfrulence here.
 Some people have tried to find a po!it- ical motive for it and have asserted that the attacl, was concerted by poli- ticians who, not satisfied with Dewey's refusal of the presidency, were anxious to make his nomination an impossibil- ity. But no one can have listened in the most caUsual way to the street talk of Washington without knowing that the sentiment here was too widespread to be the result of political dictation. 1. The fact of the whole thing is that in the tide of abuse that set so
 
 ming of the week there was an under current of which everyone was aware, but the existence of which was so dis creditable to American intelligence that nobody likes to make it public. The edge of the wrath against Dewey was sharpened and poisoned by an in pr Gtn Hz-h nowhere and spread like wfldfire, and was eagerly accepted and implicitly believed. It bore no marks of author ship; it was accompanied by no proofs, yet presumably intelligent America drank it in eagerly and loaded the ad- mirals name with epithets. No one could run it down or trace it to any body and yet it was impossible to talk to half dozen persons without having to combat it. Its anonymity kept it out of the newspapers, but now that it has been gravely repeated as fact in a southern newspaper, facts about it should be known.
 It was religious bigotry which poison-  ed the shafts against the admiral. The story which spread everywhere in Washington Monday and is still alive was that the house which the Ameri- can people had given to Dewey was to become the property of the Roman Catholic church. Why or how no one venteured to say. This story, repeated with the utmost circumstantiality ac- counts for the admiral's haste in mar rying and for all the subsequent events by ascribing them to the greed of the church" and it's desire to obtain the Dewey house for a parsonage and to get hold of the property as soon as pos sible. The influence of this religious bigotry was felt as soon as the ad- mirals engagement became known and especially after the marriage. There was a distinct cooling off in the en- thusiasm for Dewey. People who had been shouting for him became luke warm and suspicious.
 It only needed the transfer Of the house to give edge and point to this latent animosity. The general out burst Of wrath from the rest of the country has silenced this city. so far as public expression is concerned, but in street, shop and private house, islander and rumor are still busy.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
SIX YEARS FOR HORTON.
Assault Fiend at Faribault Sentenced
 by Judge Buckham.

Fairbault, Minn., Dee. 4.-Judge Buckham sentenced Frank Horton Of Kenneyville, found guilty of criminal assault upon his three young daugh- ters, to six years with hard labor at Saltwater. John WadswoTth, found guilty of robbing Joseph Thompson. got nine months at Saltwater. John Burroughs, found guilty of stealing from a restaurant, was given an inde- terminate sentence at the reform school and John Monette. who shot Cluka was awarded a like sentence. Monette is young fellow who can neither read nor write.
 The retrial of John Mccormick for criminal assault on his crippled daugh- ter is set for December 15.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
REGULAR CoLoREDsUPPLEMENr

ed remarked the editor, returning the bulky manuscript.
 Tn what way" inquired the dis appointed author.
 Why" replied the editor, ''in the very first chapter you make the old man turn purple with rage, the villain turn green with envy, the hero turn white with anger, coachman turn blue with cold!"-Puck.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
TOOK LIVE GOALS IN HIS HANDS
A Crazy Mans Assault on Another
 Prisoner in Jail at Albany.

Albany. N. Y, Dec. Alive coals by the handful were grasped from the stove in the recreation corridor of the Albany county jail today by Edward Roland and dashed into the face of John Mccormick. Roland was in jail for assaulting his wife and he accused Mccormick. also a prisoner, of taking his baby. Mccormick said he knew nothing of Boland's baby. For some minutes Roland stood in front of the stove looking at the bright fire. Then, quick as a flash. he stuck both hands into the stove and catching tdO hand fuls of the burning coals rushed over to where Mccormick was sitting and dashed them into his face. Mccormick shrieked with pain, and Roland with laugh went back and got another hand ful of coaIs and started after McCor- mick again. The uproar brought the jail attendants to the scene and Roland was showercd with water and finally subdued.
 McCormicl's face and BolaHd's hands and arms were badly burned. Later Roland was declared to be insane.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
A SCULPTURING MACHINE.

An Italian sculptor has designed sculptUTing machine for duplicating statuary carvings, in which several pieces of rough marble are set in piv- ots in frame, and the carving tools are all operated by the artist as he works on one of the pieces.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
RANK OF THE MEDICAL CORPS.

Washington, Dee. 1.-The war de- partment has issued a general order announcing that acting assistant sur geons are entitled to the same protec- tion in their positions and the same re- spect and obedience from enlisted men as commissioned officers.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05

der of the principality-that is to say, a Prussian general-on taking up his residence at Detmold has sent out in- vitations to the officers under his conn., mand to have the honor of meeting his highness the Erbgraf'-that is to say, the heir apparent. and has given orders that military honOrs are to be accorded to both the young count. to his mother, and to his brothers and sis ters. This is interpreted as indicating that the kaiser will recognize the young counts rights to the succession of the throne.
 It does not seem to be generally known that young MT. Bromley. who IS about to marry the Hon. Lillian Pauncefote. and who is attached to the British embassy at Washington. is cousin of his fiance, being descended from the same ancestor. Lord Paunce- fote. the earl of Darlington, and MT. Bromley's father, Sir Henry Bromley. are all descended from the same fam ous Nottingham banker. Abel Smith. Abel Smith had three sons, George. who changed his name to Bromley. and who is the great-grandfather of Sir Henry Bromley. Abel Smiths second son. Robert, changed his name to Caring ton on being made a peer for the ser vices which he rendered as a banker to Pitt, the British premier at the close of the last century. Abel's third son, John Smith, was the reat-grandfather of Lord Pauncefote. On the maternal side Mir. Bromley has in his veins the blood of that Prince Rupert, who played so great a role in the wars between King and parliament in the reign of Charles I.
 At the farewell reception given to General Julliard, of Rennes, who has just been retired by the minister of war, Colonel Jouast approached with extended hand to bid adieu to his for mer commander. The general deliber- ately turned his back on the colonel and refused to shake his hand. As the general is a pronounced adversary of Dreyfus, this may be taken to confirm the report according to which the White-haired president of the court martial was one of the two officers who voted for the acquittal of the prisoner -Marquise De Fontenoy.
Arizona republican., 1899-12-05
BONDS ARE VALID.
City Auditor Of, Mitchell. g. D.. Can
 Now Sign Them.

Pierre, s. D., Dec. 4.-In the supreme court today an opinion was handed down by Judge Haney in the case of the city of Mitchell vs. J. K. Smith, city auditor. This decision sustains the validity of an issue of refunding bonds of the city of Mitchell to take up water works bonds issued in 1886. The auditor had refused to sign the re- funding issue, claiming illegality of the first issue on account of limitation of Indebtedness.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-24

adopt some such organized method
as this and should see that all the
roads leading into Bryan from the
surrounding country are kept IN
good repair for the fall trade.
A Citizens Club should in fact
be organized TO consider aud act
upon all questions affecting the
general welfare Of the town as they
arise from time to time. Such a
club should include among its
members all the business and pro-
fessional men Of the town and all
other citizens interested in its
growth and prosperity.
Hasty organizations would not
then be necessary every time pub
lie matters demand attention aud
the work could be done with great
er facility and satisfaction.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-24

Havana, June % The biggest social
event since the American occupation
was given Thursday night Mrs Rath-
bone. wife Of the director Of posts, Major
r C. Rathbone. gave ball az which
over 500 persons were present including
All the best Of Havana society-Ameri-
cans. Spanish aud Cubans
AT Sagua the mayor disarmed a pri.
vato Waterman Of the Central railway
yards warehouse. Mr. Pearson. the di-
vision superintendent protested and
threatens suit He holds the city re-
sponsible for any losses resulting.
A terrific rainstorm called temporal
de aqua has destroyed much vegetables
and tobacco In Guanajibas A house
was overturned killing young Cuban
woman.
At Santa Clara i78payments TO Cuban
soldiers have been made II Is almost
impossible 10 continue paying there
owing 10 discrepancies In the lists For
one man paid. 80 are refused
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-24

There have been some indica-
tions Of oil in Leon county, and
recently a prospector from Corsi-
cana visited the Hardin's Store
community and remained some
time. He finally entered into a
contract with Jones Reinhardt by
which the company he represents
is to soon begin sinking well on
Mr.. Reinhardrs property,and will,
they are confident, develop an
oil field in that section. We GER
tainly hope that their expectations
may be realized.-Oakwood Sun.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-24
ARRESTED FOR MURDERNI
A Woman Jailed Tor the killing Of iisr
Husband In Georgia.

Nslosta. Ga. June "a - Mrs Jane
CIR 81 Alexanderville. is in jail here
on charge Of numbering her hus-
band The tragedy occurred Tuesday.
The coroners jury investigated tho case
for two days Enough circumstantial
evidence was COTTON to Justify the arrest
Of the woman II was feared for awhile
that the hearing would end in lynch
ing bee, 80 strong VS. the feeling
The most startling testimony was that
of George Register who worked for MIR.
Graves and who stated that he saw
Mrs. Graves shoot her husband. and
hastily place the pistol in his hand as
he lay upon the floor IL was also stat
ed that Graves and his wife had quar-
relied because she had been ont riding
with young man She intended going
out again. but he forbade her. and the
quarrel was renewed. resulting In his
death
Mrs Graves Is intelligent neat and
attractive and about 40 years old. She
says that she does not know who did
the killing. The Graves stand high In
the community. The murdered man
was a prosperous farmer
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-24
Exchange Hotel Arrivals.

A. p. Wilson, Houston; A. w.
Rose, Dallas; J. IL. Hosack, Loui =
vile; Jno. p. Reeve, Galveston;
C. Van Eaton, Dallas; G. o. Mid
dleton, Dallas; Abe Edel, Cincin-
natl; b. J. Wilkinson, San Antonio;
John Robb, Hearne; J. l.. Foster,
T. l.. Clements, College; VIM.
Jaeger, Prattville, Ala; V. C. Oar
gan, |. Jalonick, b. $. Triplett,
Dallas; d. p. McAlpine, Harry
Lestarjette, Bob Bush, Ben Gam
mill, Webb Hearn, Bob Smith. G,
Wilder, Louis Cashier, Frank
ellison, --McCrary, Angus Me.
Alpine, Calvert Baseball Team; j.
ID. Rudd, Spencer Meredith, Jr.,
DR.. W. A. MoAlpine, Calvert.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-24

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