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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

unreliable, some districts, particularly in
the country, being wholly unenumerated.
How Americans Took the Census.
But the American census has been con-
Quoted on strictly business principles, under
the supervision OF the War department. BY
direction Of the president General J. p.
Sanger was appointed director OF the census,
with his headquarters In Washington. and
Victor II. olmstead, an experienced census
expert and statistician, was appointed as
sistant director. with headquarters in Santa
Clara Cuba. Upon Mr., olmstead devolved
the task OF local organization, the appoint
ment OF enumerators and the decision OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

with characteristic Cuban suspicion and
tried to see which Of them had been set
by los Americanes" as a trap. Also the
customary census notices, pasted on the wall
OF his house and providing fines or impris-
onment for fraudulent answers to the ques-
lions, worried him and sometimes he came
up through the mud and rain a score of
miles on his burro to explain that he was
innocent.
Population Greater Than Supposed.
The census is going to reveal some in
teresting facts when the blanks are finally
tabulated at Washington. Immediately be-
fore the Spanish-American war the news
papers were filled with narrowing stories
as to the death by starvation, disease and i'll
treatment, Of hundreds of thousands of re-
concentrates, as well as of the poor of the
cities. From what l could gather in an ex-
tended trip through Cuba, during which /
saw and talked with many Of the enumer-
atcrs who were then busy with their work,
the population of Cuba will be found much
larger than estimated at the close of the
war. There can be no doubt that the num-
Der OF deaths among the reconcentradoes
was large-very much larger than among
the Cubans actually in the field, but it is
equally true that the figures must have been
largely exaggerated in the United States, a
result, no doubt, Of the intense anti Spanish
feeling Of the days of the Maine disaster.
The last official Spanish census, in 1887,
gave the population of the island as 1881, 6S7.
Ten years later, in 1897, while there was no
regular census owing to the existence of the
war, the population was stimate at some
thing over 1,7SO,OOO, exclusive of Spanish
soldiers. At the close of the war some
American authorities placed the number Of
deaths at upwards Of 400, 900, which would
mean a present population of approximately
l,3SO,OOO. Other pessimistic prophets believe
the census Will show barely 1,2OO, 900, but
so good a judge as Major General Wilson;
governor OF Matanzas and Santa Clara, who
has been keeping a close watch on the CEN
sus, thinks it will show a total of more than
1900, 900.
Never before was there such a census In
Cuba. The old Spaniards had their regular
census years, but their methods OF making
the enumerations were quite characteristic.
A grand supervisor with an army of Spanish
clerks sat in Havana and drew large salaries.
There were also travelling enumerators who
left blanks at certain stores in each block OF
the towns and cities or with certain magls-
trates or storekeepers In the country. Here
the questions were filled In for the whole
nelghborhood, hit or miss, or not at all. and
the blanks were then forwarded to Havana
and the statistics were completed as soon
as the census appropriation gave out. AS
a result the Spanish census was absolutely
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

Ask any Cuban today what enterprise of
the American government in Cuba has the
most significance and Importance and he
will answer without a moments hesitation:
The census"
In the United States a census is only an
incident of the national life, the results Of
which are to be looked for with mild
curiosity. In Cuba the present census, the
enumerations for which were completed on
November 80, is regarded as the formation
step in the future government of the island.
Upon its population totals must rest the
first popular election, to which the Cubans
are looking forward as the children of Israel
locked to the promised land. 1t is a fore
gone conclusion that there must be certain
franchise qualifications-as to illiteracy,
residence, nationality.
The census will definitely settle the pro-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
How the Cuban
Census was Taken

it will decide the ratio Of representation
from each province and city. Unpleasant as
it may be to the pride Of the American it
must be confessed that the Cubans have
looked upon the improvements in paving,
beverage and police, in the courts and the
customs service with absolute lack Ct in
terest, if not with actual hostility. They
were all right enough in their way, but they
were not what the Cubans had been fighting
for, and who cared for a little dirt or a
little customs tipping, anyway? 1t is the
government that the Cuban is anxious to
manage and the census is the first indica-
ton that there is going to be an opportunity
for him to try it.
AS a consequence, the work of the EMU
merators, of whom there are ! 500 in Cuba,
was looked upon with extraordinary inter-
est and solicitude. In the first place, every
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
WEEDS THAT ARE EDIBLE.

What we call pigWeed and sc0rn io look at the Europeans cultivate. Ii makes . fine summer gre~n and DO, herb and when properly boiled s ten Ger Gnd succalsnt. In California The Chinese have begun to cultivate it.
 The dAndeliOR Is now eaten by many Americans in the spring. bus we are still behind Europo0ns in our c0nsamp- ton of it. Around Paris the market gardeners cultivate it oa a large seaie.
 While VIC conSIder wild chicory or SuceOry pestilentisl weed. in Europe it is raised in the gardens and the leaves bl4nched like celery
 The euried-lsAFesl mAilow is an aun ual plant riginAlly brought to this e0uuiFy from Europe, where U is raised more for garBlshinR dishes than for eatlng
 Our commoa pOks~ecd has been taken Co Fraass. where the gardeners grow 1t as a psi Herb, but in thlE eouE- aFYsit would be breity hard work io make anyone es; iI
 faxzsisin is saothsr edible we'd that te 94AAa@4-N AA ANA+ v NfEa kt4 e@EaFA or neglected field. la Europe there arc sevsrAl cultivated kinds of pursisin, but they al originally came from the con men purslaia Of the helds When mixed In salads. eaten boiled as spinach. or picked. the plants make excellent sumner diet.
 Our common Dettls. miIkweed and hound-leaf msllow age good food plants. They are edible weeds that thrive iE abundance in ell parts of the country, and often in places where few other plants will live. In Scotland. Poland and Germany the tender leaves of the common nettls are gathered as a pod herb for soups or for dishes like spinach The peculiar favor of the weed is high ly esteemed by the Germans. and it is miTed with cabbage. spinach and sim liar greens, to give piquAnt taste
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
WHAT THE WOMEN ARE DOING

Russia possesses over 300 female doc tors.
 The first restaurant for women only was recently opened in Copenhagen.
 Dealers in pet animals and birds say that women buy more than half the dogs.
 A Norway (Me.) girl has just finished writing a novel and has put in into type with her own hands.
 At the recent sanitary congress Mrs. Wakeford suggested that girl should not be allowed 10 marry until she pos sessed 6 knowledge of sick nursing, san itation, cooking, knowledge of the hu- man body, personal hygiene and the duties of motherhood.
 Chinese women, at feast about Shang- hsi, are becoming very up to date. IL is becoming by DO means unusual 10 see fair celestial cyclists in the streets, and the new weekly Feminine Magazines staff is entirely composed of Chinese laIfaa
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
AMONG RELIGIOUS BODIES

Of the 2S,OoO German Bapiists fully onefourth are said to be converts from Romanism-
 The Young Mems Hebrew association of Savannah, Ca, recently celebrated it's twezsy-AftA aRHiverzry.
 Cash1kiEixm- is making progress in ChiBas. 2 is computed that the num- Der of cAiBese Catholics is'about 5sl,- ITS.
 MrS y.s mother church" Chris tiAR AiAee}, in Boston. has l2.OO0 general" members. Besides these there are in the United States 5000.
 The Young Woman's Christian 0sso- citation of New York city has 2O5 active members and 3I5 associate members. The Bible class has regular attend ance of 500.
 The smallest church in actual use by an Participating congregation is in Lullin0ton, Sussex. England. It is about l6 by 20 On the interior, with very thick buttressed walls, and so much space is occupied by a disproportionA;e pulpit that only &bou. 30 wnr<hipers can crowd into the roam Itwas built in medieval times
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13

hecAme hard Aad durable. Tks stoae has been assd hsre ia obs xal
 aad aDotheT siace the krsf ssftie
 zaeni ot the valley. In kre plkcgs li seems t0 stand the heat ss sell a. Gre brick There are several thous- and acres of this sfoae hers sabjeci to iooRlion.
 Below ,s tke amount of land io. cStsd on CT pateatod ia the United states land ussce d Prescott fnAk ihg a total filed co oF pAtsatsd aosa acres, of Which there are lsA5 Arrss ga actual caltivatioa, and 4li5 acFss susceptible uf cultivation. lnaef the present canals and ditches these hrs 6Sa scFes ia alfalfa which will pEuaace Tour crops annually and average fully Eve tons ol kzy to the acre per anham, and for p3zfnrAge eaa be used kTe oE six months each year | do not Wish to fhroW -ooid water on auy other sectioa of AFl. zouA oE climate oF to speak of tkslF scsnt Natsr supply and the schemes rosoTt-d to io create komethiag that does uot exist in a dfoEthy country, Shea one-tenth of the money that has besn sqaandeuea on some of the wild cat schemes. to put moary into the pockets of a few. would f prop eriy expeadesi in Verde valley, busld several irrsg1ting cAn8ls aBd ditches where thefe iS An abundance of water st all times and would afford homes foF l0.oo0 more people ia Verde valley.
 J. J, FlsheE surveyed for County Recorder JohTson and tShers ditch Iron the mouth oi Oak creek that can be built for Sla00o that viii irri gate fully 5o0o Aeres of good land commencing al and including the ranches of D. J and J l.. Marr and from there Co the Copper canyon at hahn's place. aHd save our stray re- cord breaker Of four feet of saow last winter, something never seen here before, can trathfally say we are free from snow the year round. and in a section where land is just as rich and productive and the heat not near s0 oppressive as in the southern part of Arizona.
 To my next I shall speak of the Eureka ditch, constructed by C. P. Ningheld and the Hutcheson broth CTS and others, which if enlarged and humed over Beaver creek would iIrigate at least SO00 acres of No. l farming land on ths east side of Verde riFeF on the old reservation just below ead esst of the old post.
 Ay statements e land already in cultivation is correct, and the state ment of laad under water or irrigst ing ditehes that IS susceptible of cultivation is a very conservative es- timats.
 We serve notice on the railroad company right here and now that we don't want to get the go-by. We have An over abundance of room for a station house and other railroad necessities, including water, and to show ws are quite settlement please bear ia mind that sll the Clear creek settlers are included in the settlement usually known as Lower Verde. G. W. H.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
FACTS BACKED BY FIGURES.

There are 1000 electric lamps in the white house.
 The average gas jet consumes five feet of gas PsDhour s~- D. -c
 One pound of Indian tea will make ITO strong cups of the beverage.
 The distance from the fartheSt point of polar discovery 10 the pole itself is 460 miles.
 The average height of the human race is, for men, five feet six inches; for women, five feet two inches.
 No fewer than 2,4O1 patents have been taken out on processes for making sugar and salt.
 Under Spanish rule a chief source of income to church and state in the Phil ippines was a lottery. which yielded S2OO 900 per month.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

United wspsaand. bz<flxs8sa se ars misunderstoOd.
 A fox has a eputatioafnrxhrswdEsAs among silly old hens. -.s
 The crusty old bachelor if consistent would make his owR bread s-..
 The telephone enables some men to lie without becoming confused
 The more of nobody a man is the more important he thinks he is.
 Patience is all right in its place, but it is better 10 back tenacity to win.
 Many a man who thought himself wise has been declared otherwise by jury.
 But few people are satisfied with their fortune or dissatisfied with their own wit.
 After politician has been dead 30 or 70 years be is sometimes referred to as a statesman.
 WhenazAn steals he doeSit for him self; but xEhen . woman steals she does it for some worthless man.-Chicago Daily News
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13

a cross-cut tunnel run from the sar- tace to strike the ledge, on which there is a drift run about l75 feet to connect with the shaft. There is quite a good amount of orc on the dumps of good milling value aud
 plenty more is exposed in tbe shaft and drift, the ledge being quite a strong one. The Uncle Joe Is ceT. tAinly a very promising prosp ct, and one winch shows up sufhcienily ly in its present workings to justify further development. At M. If. Dodge's camp the steam Eas up ready to start up the mill which had been closed down for e few days and there was enough ore on hand to keep 1t in operation for a couple of weeks. Mir. DOdge's shaft is ouly down l5O feet but st this depth he
 has a good wide vein, large ore body and high grade milling ore. He has also tWo tunnels on tbo claim in whi h good milling ore Is exposed. He is continuing the dsyelopiag work on the mine. Tbs RitEs aka preEent time has oaiy 6Es stampS. being built for working tue ore Ehi., development work is in pro gress. It Is very cOmplsts little plaLt and be has power sufficient Tor ten or hiteen stampS and the mill Is sl q arranged for putting in Eve sdcl,ionAl stamps whenever they are Frquired. A small batch of ore wa worked in this mill recently froi.l the Monte Christo mins. In add. ion to working ore from his OW property Mr. Dodge aecomno- dat E. nsigbbOnBg miners by work IDP cir ore and fl sufficient de- msn IS created for custom work he vii put in additional stamps. Wac for the mill Is obtained from th -aatt in his mine and from . we unk "a the gulch. J. K. Slack an '0a are working the Monte Ch Q mine under lease, and it ma ans its reputation as . pro du I rich ore. h addition to tho worked in Mir. Dodge's mil th P ade a shipment recently of a loi O. nigh grade ore to a shelter. (. Gage also owDes a number of veiy promising claims in this dis tii shich be is st work developing DO This preliminary visit tO thls dis |, will be followed up soon hy ano; IT one of greater length. when nl extended notice will be given of 9; ad mention made ofnumeTous ota promising properties. The ed.l and his wife are under obli- gat to Mr. and Mrs. Vincent E. Fru> Aud Messrs. N. H. Dodge and Cnh 's Behm for cOurteSies shown them n this initial visit.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
District Court Proceedings.

Monday, Sept. 1l.-Lewis WolAey vs John A Black ct al. Motion to retaX plaintiffs costs sustained.
 R NJ Ling vs Gopher Mining Co, garnishee of JohR R Wells. Judg- ment for plaintiff; execution stayed for ten days.
 Territory vs Edward Lewls. Time for fling bill of exceptions an state m ant of facts extended until Octo- Der 25.
 Sherwood & Sherwood vs W O Harrell. Case placed on. calendar, default entered, case trisSk and iudG- ment rendered for plaintiff for S525.
 RS Stockton, applicant for ad- mission to practice lAR, wes ex- amined in open conxt and admitted to practice.
 In the United StxEea eourt a peti- tion for the removal of J. W. Beam as trustee in the bankruptcy case of Landon & Berman was denied.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
RAILROAD TRAIN ROBBERY.
Two baen Hold up q Southern Pacific
 Train in Coehise County.

Train in Coehiss County.
 Henry D. ROss, who returned this morning from attending the A. O. U. W. grand lodge, at Silver City, was on 6 Southern Pacific train which was held up at Cachise sta- ton just east of Wllcox on Saturday night about midnight.
 When the train pulled into the station two men appeared on the scene, one of which covered the enginear and fireman and the other compelled train man to uncoupls the express and mail cars fro= the train and the engineer was then ordered to run up the trsck Q mile and a half. Some minutes after leaving the statioR MT. Ross says an explosion was heard and shortly afterwards 1t was followed by another and much louder one. In about an hour the detached part of the train returned to the station. the express car having a portion of its roof and one side blown out while Q safe in the car had the top blown in and the doors blown out by the dynamite.
 The amount of money secured was of course not known although all sorts of wild stoFios were in eircula- tion as tO it. one story being that the safe contained . half million dollars sR route b the Philippines. As that amount of gold would weigh nearly a ton two men would knd di6culty in getting away with lt.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
Our Public Schools.

The public schools got down to business today, opening with total enrolment of 3O9 pupils, distributed as follows:
 High school, Miss Hall, 36; Junior, Miss Opdyka. 26; Sixth grade, Miss Gage, fl; Fifth grade, Miss Camp bell, fl; Third and Fourth grades, Miss Heizer, 47; Second primary, Miss Windes, 32; First primary, Miss Strange, 54; Kindergarten, Miss Me Gill with Miss Bethune, assistant, 33.
 Many of the departments have only a partial attendance st present and some changes will probably be made in the present arrangement oi schools.
 The high school enrcllment is the largest yet in the history of the school and there will be a number of pupils to enter later.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13

locate AOuatain View nine, Bis Bug district.
 John MeKianon locates two mines. HsssSyampa distFics. N CoaBor locates Kinx Faro nine. CherFy creek district.
 SN4 H Purcell locates Roa,d.r mli ste and wAtsf rixht. Ca.tls ereak district
 k n Meek to John E-Mnlisn. de~d. sli three lots, addition Co Jerome.
 r Y MeFAElasd io Joha F MuIlin. ae~a, FLO tract la Hog Bsck, Jerome.
 Sarah \ Fisher to I'd Gillaspia. releases nortgage ca two mines, Martinez districi.
 | Gadetle kles amended location os i6 to ! mine, Verde district.
 W ) keArnsy locates kss minss. hassAyampa district.
 Uaited States to Thomas Ander- son- psieSt; land "a see &. iTn, &.
 K A Sweet, A Piekreli ct d. in. corporate Chicago Nexican Tvust Co. capital stock, SI .0o0O00
 c C Ruaner aad wife to K W AeAsiof, mortgage. eI,000; lot q block 2a Prescott, horses, wseonA etc.
 N Smith to Maud NJ Clifford. deed, 2 0t three mines. Black Hills district.
 B-B Co Co , VI Brown, agreement. plumbing business in Prescott
 Thos D Robinson files bond of SsSlO as live stock inspector and de- tectiFe At Kirkland with John Law ter and A W Robinson as suru1ies.
 T D Bredwell locates Little Mag gie niae, Pipe Grove district.
 ] $ Dawson ard P KeArneT 6le Athdavit of Assessment work on Clevelsnd mine, Tiger districs.
 Sept. 9.-JAs c Clark to Camp bell X Myers bill oftals news agency in Jerome.
 F 4 Haggott locates Blue Thur der mine Big Bug dist
 Jas L 6irOuK locstes Dwarf mine Verde dist
 SB Griffin to David H Fulton deed to [ of Leno1 mine. Walker dist il50
 John Davenport to Thos Hamilton deed Omaha mine Weaver district, S50o.
 Wm Jackson to John Fl Hise. deed, $500; President mine, Walnut Grove district.
 Sept. lL-Alex HAtton locates Dusky Maiden mine, Cherry district.
 Benjamin P copple to John H Lee, deed, S225; share in O K ditch, Middle Verde.
 Charles Rose to Jesse " Davis, deed, q ,0o0; 2 interest in four mines, Turkey creek district.
 J c Bristow and wife to Beniamia Copple, deed, S7S; share in O K ditch.
 John Edwards and Eugene Town send give notice of their holding e. crow option from F a Lehman on seven Enines, one mill site and oae placer claim ia Castle creek dis trict, for SS5000.
 D \ isArtholdi to John c Me Bride, power of attorney to sell mines. Verde district.
 D \ BaEtholdi to John c Nc Bride, agreement. 5000; on three mines, Verde district.
 Der $ Noy to Frank E Blodgett, mortgage, SLIGO; lot in Jerome.
 W T Allanson to Maud M Cliff ford, deed, Sl0; ! of Good Times, [ of Lucky Boy and Lucky Girl mines. Maade N Clifford and Frank A Days locate Warship mine, Agua FFia district, and the American Beauty. Big Bug district.
 Geo Zika AppropEiatss 200 inches Of water of Agua Fris river, Black Canyon district.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13
Our puhlie Rseeros.

The follOWlng Is the daily repoa of instruments filed in the eounty recordsr's ofRss as reported by the Prescott Title Co.: Friday, Sept. 5.--The following bonds were reported approved:
 ] D Wskely, notary public, sure ties, J F Wilson and E J P Horne.
 c W Carter, butcher, sureties c Carter and Vim Rudy.
 Chas Nj Clark, notary public, sure ties Dora E Clark and J c Lanham.
 Landy E Ehle, butcher, sureties T W Otis, J I Gardner, H D Ross.
 Hattie HsrtiE, notary public, sure ties John J Hawkins and John " Dougherty.
 Thos D Robinson, live stock in- speetor, sureties John LswleF and A W Robinson.
 J D Morgan was appointed justice of the peace at Ash Fork.
 Settlement with the county treas urer was made as per statement ren dered.
 The following claims were audited and allowed on expense fund.
 Mrs T C Robinson, out door relief SIS.
 Jno Snyder, out door relief for September, $l0.
 PJ Farley, deputy recorder. Aug ust, S75. E C Averyt, same, S75; F IF Walker. same. S7h.
 Mrs A Tamborino, out door relief SIP
 The county recorder was directed to record without extra charge U : patent from United States to Levi Bashford, dated July 27th, lsS6. the same having been previously re- corded on August 26, 1885, in error
 Sept. 6.-Wesley Archer locates mill site and water right, Black Rock district.
 Benj SWiDeger locates Independ- ence mill site and water right, White Picacho district.
 Alfred Carrigan and Napoleon Wildenmeyer locate four mines Verde district
 James A Ketcherside to James E Mahurin, deed, Sl35; l3l acres in soc 32, l4n, 5e. Linden I Gregory 10 W s Key holds, agreement, $50; 2 of Jewell mine, Hsssayampa district.
 JP Score locates Mammoth mine, Walker district.
 Jas Samuels, Sam Hill, Julius Moro and Jos Yalenza locate a mine. Thumb Butte district.
 Arthur s Cook S Bro give bond of Sl,000 as butchers at ChapaTral with J W Stewart and \ Levy as sureties.
 Irwin Sanders and wife to T M Earnhart, mortgage, S575; land in sec 2S, 14n, 2w.
 W C Kent locates Last Dollar mine, Hassayampa district.
 Mary 1 Miliiken to James Milli- ken, grants general power of at torney.
 Geo Barrett and wife to D Levy & Go, mortgage, $500; cattle on Wal nut creek.
 Sept. s.-A H Carnage locates two mines, Blue Tank district.
 Art Moorman, Sam Foran and L c White locate one mine in Big Bug district and two mines Agua Fus district.
 WM Gilchrist locates four mines, Verde district.
 Thos J Laird locates Dakota mine, Hassayampa district.
 John Sorg to Frank E Jordan and wife; releases mortgage. 1 Wright to W B Howard, deed, ! S25O; 1 interest in Gold Bag mine, | Black Hills district. Christ Yaeger, John Burkes and ' Louis Issoglio locate five mines, Verde district.
 JIG Lanham to Brunswick Bake Calender Co, mortgage, $50; bar and fixtures in Jerome. l Sept. 5.-W H McMichsel locates John Henry placer mine, Big Bug district.
 , Chris Schrsder and Chas G Cool
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-13

The ProprietOrs of the Castle creek hot springs are making eIten- sive preparations for the accom- mo datiou of winter visitors. Aooi- tional cottages are being built and the bathing facilities of the place are being increased. This place IS grow ing in popularity, each season wit messing an increased number of guests.
 T. R. Darnell is up from Hillside today