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contained the greatest copper mine tn the world,

contained the greatest copper mine Tn the world,
You feliers all voted to he incorporated, and
now you've got it. and now you don't like TO
eve saAf ike
ours They dent let no oid frame shaGk ;a6 60 UP
have a fire the other day that wiped US off the
face of the earth Then we got incorporated ed:
to stand by them" This said with an air
of fnay which left little room for argument;
the battle waged for some time.
An old fellow with a thin chin whisker. which
waved continually in the air as though stirred by a
breeze. who had taken no part in the CONVERSE
ton then spoke up and was listened to attentiyey'
except putting in the doors. The constable stopped
my doing that today. and told me I'd have to tear
lose $500 doing this WnS sSs the stand the
We've got the audiancc and we've got to live
up 10 it" he repeated doggedy His eyes twnkled
RocseveitIhe seems to say a good many Thing; as
rake the best ta way b 40 repeal 6d
though there might be limits" The crowd nodded
Just then the door Of the cigar store opened and
a pale emaciatedooking youth came in. bought
machine. lost and went out The man with the
chin whiskers noticed that ! had regarded the
went out the man with the whiskers nodded his
head in his direction and said: l. QUITO, ,u.,,. &,
big State up North. Boy no good hend Pretty
e9d snSy hS S store hO openeS again and in came
"A big woman. well dressed and not bad looking.
Z he third house had in the mean time dissolved,
and the members had struggled out. and of the
group the old-timer who kept the store and re-
manned.
Fl want something to read" she said None OF
your trashy things. | want something good and
solid
The siorekeeper winked at me, and said:
IL know just what you want" He proceeded 10
lay before her a Forum" and North American
re view" She looked at them doubtfully, and then
SHE'D. .
IL guess | want something with pictures" she
said She glanced the pile of magazines
talked camp gossip with the storekeeper and then
left The storekeeper came back 10 the stove.
do you know what she bought? he asked.
NO | di not see her buy anything
''VeU she quietly took a Police Gazette handed
mo 10 cents and slipped the paper under her jacket
She was making a literary bluff for your benefit.
| knew what she wanted ali the time. She's a
corker she is-marTied. got family and living a
decent life. Where'd she come from? The Lord
only knows. She Is all right now, anyhow, but
the bringing up will tell when it comes to buying
lterachuTc
voice commenced to sing alleged coon dialect. The
thin board partitions OF the store oHered no
hindrance To the sound
Want 10 see the town." the storckeeper in
auired "Of course; all right. let's go out awhile.
j have to go anyway man can't be proud here.
us bad for business. 800 .
Jerome AriZ is "A town set upon a hill Not
upOn the top Of a hill but plastered against its
side A thousand feet above towers the ridge OF
the mountain range Two thousand feet below
runs the Rio Verde six miles away in the bottom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

of the valley. Far of on the horizon rise the San
Francisco peaks. twelve thousand feet aboye sea
level. and between the town and the peaks are
countless hills and countless valleys as bare. as
desolate the Imagination can picture a great
waste of arid and mountainous desert. There rs
oasis two. but they so small. 80 lost in
the immensely of the landscape that they escape
the eve even in the clear vision of the West.
The town of jerome lies against the great noun
tain side at an agile of nearly 45 degrees Its long
streets are cut from the hill. The short ones must
be climbed on all tours. The houses are one-story
on the street and three stories high at the back
when they face the mountain and one can step
from the hill to their roofs when they face the
other way They are buried in the earth at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

back that they may be level with the street In
front
The houses are never actually built three stories
at the back but the rear ends that look out over
the valley are supported on poles eighteen or
twenty feet high Care must be taken not to
wander down hill too far In this siding town for
it requires strength and energy to get back; and
the uckless wight who starts too energetically to
visit a neighbor who lives below him is likely to
keep going until he Is lost in the debris Of the
hillside below. which has been sliding. rolling and
slipping for centuries. VI,
In 1873 General Howard came to Camp Verde
below this mountain side and rounded up couple
OF thousand Yarapai and Tonic Indians He kept
them there for two years. then they escaped and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

The sun comes up early in Jerome, for the mn es
toward the east and sets early. for the mou"'a"
rises up to meet ii. . , dir Tho
The chill is soon gone from the morning air me
stores open their doors the sweepers make theh
apnearance around the gambling houses. whicn
have been closed perhaps only since the hrst sun
light fickered through the windows on tne earu,
strewn floor A prospector two load burroS III
front OF the store doors big wagon rolls IN IRON ON,
somewhere for supplies The passengers from tne
train come later in the afternoon. and the dapper
drummer looks out of place bit in this town Oh
rough lumber canvas and powders. but ne is
necessary. -, 49,. I'll.
At o'clock the army Of men with dinner pals
comes down the hill BY o'clock the town mas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

all OF what might have been, and who
concerned now only with what Is,
a piano banjo attracts customers to each
dive, and between many of these musical in
struments there Is nothing but canvas partition
With each one attempting different tune the eff
feet Is simply noise
Inside. the now nearly extinct game of percent
age stud Is being played by whites. Indians.
groes and Cinnamon at the same able. The faro
dealer has found here place to make last stand
against civilization The crap game is innova-
ton upon the od-tme gamblers layout, but here
ii finds many patrons. The roulette wheel goes
round and round. and the crouper rakes in the
dollars Of the reckless and the dimes Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

come to life such life as is only seen in West
ern mining camp. and even not in them when II
Is too easy for the outside world to penetrate.
I'D on the hillside above the main street there are
some neat little cottages. These are where the
decent folks" live, as a lately arrived business
man confided to the reporter Down here" he
said waving his hand comprehensiyely down Main
St lis where you find the real thing. That's
where the money is and where II goes
A row of big frame buildings. intersPersed with
tents with board floors, Is on the east side of Main
st Stores, saloons dance halls. gambling houses,
Chinese restaurants and everything else needed in
the night life of mining camp are here, and they
are filled from shutdown to sunup with men. with or
without money and women who have long ago lost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

Camp Verde was opened to settlers, who soon began
TO straggle in The mountain sides covered
with prospectors and thus came the discovery OF
the great copper beds which underle and over
hang the town OF Jerome and furnish every month
payday which "whoops things up" as they say
in the hills
The main street in Jerome-there is always a
"Main-st." in every camps the place where
the first houses happened to be built side by
side and the lay OF the land made 1t possible for
a walk without using stilt on one leg.
This particular Man-st. is interesting place.
In the morning just before Z o'clock IL is filled with
an army Of men carrying dinner pals, on their way
up to the mine and Smelter. Then there u q lulL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30
mo SPANIEL"

From The Atlanta Constitution.
negro who recently came over TO Georgia from
Cuba and speaks English but imperfectly became
involved in quarrel with native coored citizen.
whom he referred to African"
frank de Lawd." replied the Georgia negro. "ef
is Afiikn. amt no Spaniel what's mo-. |
amt no dam black Philistne. kin speak Nuntcd
States-I kim
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30
AIRS RESUNPTIVE.
MUSCULAR WOMEN sERIEs)

Dr. Arabella Kenealy. in THE Nineteenth {
Iry." calls attention to the demoralizing effect
thletics upon women Her friend Clara uset
e elusive; she is now muscular. The signs OF
ines seem to call for remodelling OF the
oetry on the lines Of later developments.
Lucy GRAY
New style)
Well | remember Lucy Gray
In skirt OF TWO some cut,
For on the links one medal day
| bOshed her winning put.
And often through an oversight.
When she was still alive.
My head delayed her pellets flight
And spoilt a spanking drive.
Hard by a sporting course she kept
All sandy from the sea:
No keener artist ever stepped
Upon human tee
You still may hear strong men at play
disappearing on the green,
But | regret that Lucy Gray
VIII never more be seen.
My child. your tastes are very low!
They hurt your mothers heart.
o take your sampler up and sew.
Or bake little tart"'
That. mother | will never do.
Last night lay and dreamt
I'd do The Pit to-day in two.
Or die In the attempt.
i
Which Lucy could not stand
At she said '"Ta-ta.' and took
Her weapons in her hand.
Blilhe as the young opossum fits.
with many a sturdy hack
She cut the living turf In bits.
And failed TO put II back
A blizzard blew at AIS.
The sky was black as coal.
Her ball was on the eighteenth green.
But never in the hole
Her loving parents. when they found
She came not home to tea,
Sought for her round the solid ground.
And slightly out TO sea.
The wind blew landward. rude and raw:
Twas time to be in bed
When on the eighteenth tee they saw
Poor Lucys bulgers head
"A fooled drive" the father cried.
Pray heaven she did not swear."
But close at hand the mother spied
Great hunks of Lucy's hair.
Then. By the bulrs-eye lanterns glow
Advancing from the tee
They found the shaft that lay as though
Snapped clean across the knee.
They moved toward the bunker's edge
That blocked the eighteenth hole:
And there they marked below the ledge
Signs of hob-naied sole!
Across The Pit" they pounded hard
On these abnormal prints:
While niblick-furrows every yard.
Provided further hints.
And now in drift and driving sleet
They lost. with many groan
The speaking trace of Lucy's feet.
And scarce could lift their own.
At last. when both had long gone lame
And fairly spent their force
Up to the eyes in sand they came
On Lucy's bunkered corse!
They found her BAH at rise of sun,
Dead, toO.-against the hole.
II was the final shot but
Had freed the painting soul!
Yet have | known of some who swore
The child might yet be seen.
They still could hear her laundering Fore!
Shatter the eighteenth green.
Then such have taken wings and fed.
Nor ever looked behind:
Fearing to see her bulger-head
Come whstng down the wind.
-(Punc
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30
LIFE IN THE COPPER HILLS.
AN ARIZONA CAMP WHICH LIVES BY DAY
AND NIGHT
RAILROADS HAVE BROUGHT THE REAL HOBO TO
THE FRONTIER AND PETTY THEFT IS NOT
UNKNOWN. WHERE FORMERLY

IT WAS DESPIsED.
From The Kansas City Star.
whats the good of having audiance unless
we enforce it, -. ,.,o5,,
The Mayor meant ordinance, but everybody
knew what he meant and the occasion was 100
serious TO admit of minor corrections.
II tell YOU what IL is said the old prospector,
this muffin on city airs amt what IT'S cracked up
IN he Now | went TO work an put about TWO
thousand dollars into my outfit down on the corner
and says I've got to tear down my lumber SNACK f.t
and pui up brick There amt one OF them Guy RAIN.
ers eoin' TO lose cent by this Incorporation Dus
Others is / tell you the mining camp was g0oo
enough for me-. without no city hxins. we nam
been incorporated but a week and were III more
trouble than we had since 1873. when tought
Indians right here where this buildin STANDS.
rather fight Indians any day than these newIanged
city ideas. 800, - - In
The evening session Of the third house was III
full blast in the cigar store on the corner OF
Main-st. in the mining camp of Jerome Ariz, ana
as the City Council had night off the mayor
himself presided. The Mayor looked thoughtiui
He had finished his frame building the week be-
fore the town was incorporated. and was not per-
sonaIly interested. He had been In favor OF the
ordinance requiring all buildings inside the fre
limits 10 be Of brick stone or concrete, but ne
was an oId-tinrer himself and deep down in MS
Heart he doubted sometimes the wisdom OF modern
ideas SquarinG his shoulders and speaking WIN
the gravity becoming the Mayor of a city which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-28
MULES 10 BE SHIPPED At ONCE.
England Closes on Her Options in This Coun-
try-Steamsrs Hired for Transportation.

try-steamsrs Hired for Transportati
New ORLEANS. Sept. 27.-The English Of
fcera here to purchase mules for the
British army In South Africa received cable
gram to-day TO close out their options
on mules at once and begin ship
ping the animals to Cape Town. Capts.
MaRham and Smith were sent to 81. Louis and
Texas respectively to arrange at once for the
purchase OF the mules and to ship
them to New Orleans. while Major
scobell. head oflcer OF the commission.
will remain here and see to the shipment to
Africa. No mules were purchased in the New
Orleans market. but options were obtained on
several thousand In st. Louis. Kansas City and
Fort Worth.
A oableRram announced that the British
Admiralty had already chartered two steamers.
on their way to New Orleans. to take on their
cargoes and that half dozen more would be
chartered In a few days.
The steamers cha rtered are both ofthe Elder
Dempster Line. and are both new boats One
OF them. the Prah. 10 now en- route to New Or
leans from Mediterranean ports. She will reach
here In q few days and will leave for CapeTown
on Oct. 8. with 700 to 800 mules
and the necessary plumber Of teaH.ssF: The
inF her msiden TIP from g, Galveston 'I to Nsy,
and and ~ sS% Is 's dsS9 %asss
arranged rates with the illinois Central and
the Texas and Pacific railroads for the trans.
hired the stockyards Of the Illinois Central
where the animals will be stored awaiting
shipment. All ofthe animals are to be OF stand.
ard size.
The large purchase OF mules for shipment to
South Africa has had tendency to
send up prices. and there has been
an advance here and in other mule
markets Of IS TO- 50 a head in the last
OF hiring team sters but this will be attended 70
to- morrow. The British war department did
not reaah a conclusion in this matter
employ only white. American tsamsters
They will be hired In New Orleans and some
thought that there would be no dim
Guilty in getting all the men he wants
as the Government would offer them great
Inducements, and they would have q chance Ql
settling in Africa, whether there was war with
the Transvaal or not
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cor. HENRY CRAUNCEY. JR., DEAD.
Former Head of tho Eighth Regiment OF
This City Dies In Lsnox, NJ ass.

This CITY Dies In LonOX, VI ass.
P1rrsF1ELD. Mass. Sept. 27.-Col. Henry
Chauncey. Jr.. OF New York. died at the Curtis
Hotel at Lenox this evening at TAO O'Clock. OF
BriRht's disease. Col. Chaunoey was 43
years old. He was formerly Colonel Of
the Eighth Regiment. New York National
Guard. and President OF the National
Guards Association OF New York. He
was attacked with camp fever at Chckamauea
Park with his regiment in 1903 and never
fully recovered. He Is survived by father.
and q sister. Miss Lucy Chauncsy.
Col. Chauncey was born in New York in
1885, and was the son OF Henry Chauncey OF
800 West Seventy-seventh street, where he
also lived. He was In no business and was
never married. He entered the National
Guard OF the State in 1883 as u Lieutenant.
Company G. Eighth Regiment. He was made
Captain OF Company II. and was promoted to
be major about 1887. serving in that rank until
the regiment was reduced to a battalion In
1893. when he was placed in command OF the
battalion. When the regiment was re- organized.
largely through Major Chaunceys efforts In
1893. he was commissioned its Colonel and
went out at its head In response to the Presi-
dent's first call for volunteers q year ago last
spring. When the regiment returned and was
mustered out OF the volunteer service,
| Col. Chaunoey remained In command until
January Of this year. when he was placed on
| the retired list OF the National Guard on &C.
| count OF physical disability. He was men,
Der OF the Union. Fenoers. City. st. Nicholas
| and Military Clubs. the Society OF the War oil
| 1872 the Society OF the Colonial Wars and the
| Sons OF the Revolution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-28
ArrACEs ON TEE FRENCH CABINET.
Letter Sent to Gen. de GalIinet Suggesting
Coup d'Etat.

Letter Sent to Gen. dc Gallihet Suggesting
Coup dEtat.
SpeeiaI Cable DeIpaieh to THE Sun
PARIS. Sept 27.-vicomte de Montiorte has
written an open letter to Gen de Galiffet. Min
lister Of War. practically urging the latter to
mako a coup d'etat. The letter is meant to
place Gen de Galliffet in an awkward diem
ma and to aceentuate the difficulties already
existing In N. Waldeck- Rousseau's heterogen-
eous Cabinet Vicomte de Montforte belongs
to n. M6line's parliamentary group. and 1t
does not require abnormal perspiouity to see
that the letter was suggested by that old and
tricky parliamentary hand. who Is anxious
to obtain revenge for his signal defeat
arising from the refusal OF his group to sign
the request for the convocaton OF parliament
NJ Meline's manpuvre is assisted by the
Creusot strike. which brings prominently for
ward the personalities OF the Socialist members
Of the Cabinet. MN. Millerand and Baudin
Everybody Is asking what course they intend
10 pursue. Undoubtedly the double test will
severely try the staying power OF the Cabinet.
both extremes being simultaneously attack cd.
Gossip In the Hobbies o: the Chamber Of
Deputies has 1t that possibly Parliament will
be shortly summoned owing to the disagree
ments in tho Cabinet. NM. Mllerand. Baudin.
I,Anessan and Monis desire that the gov
eminent meet Parliament with bills. which
have already been drafted. on the subjects
Of religious congregations and free education.
The other Ministers strongly oppose these
measures. Lobby rumor adds that eX-Prime
Minister Ribot will. at the opening OF Parlia-
ment, make q speech against state monopoly
of education thereby contradictinR his previous
utterances, but assuring NJ. Wadeck- Rousseau
an overwhelming majority on this question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-28
HATAEA'S STRIKE BROKEN.
Gen. Ludlow's Prompt Action Brings the
Mon 20 Their Senses.
Special cubs DsspatcA 10 Tns sux.

Special Cabs DsspatcA 10 Tns SUE.
HAVANA. Sept. 27-Gen. Ludlow. the Military
Commander OF Havana. has effsetually
squelched the strike. which threatened to
paralyze all branches Of trade. All the me-
chanics and others will return &c work to-
morrow. with the exception OF the masona,
who are to hold q meeting to decide whether
they will accept the employers propositions.
The twenty one labor leaders who were ar.
rested and lodged in Jail yesterday will be lib
Grated. they having promised that they will
abandon agitation. They have signed a paper
binding themselves to speak at meeting to-
morrow night when they will urge all the m on
to forget the strike. and present q petition to
the Ayuntamiento requesting that eight hours
constitute a days work.
Tho newspapers and tho better CLASSES
approve the methods adopted by Gen. Ludlow
to put an end to the labor trou bleB. The work.
men naturally denounce them.
decree fixing the amount OF securities TO
be deposited by insurance companies doing
business here was signed to-day. Fire
insurance companies will have to deposit
securities to the amount OF $4,000 and
all other companies to the amount
OF $25. 900. The decree. as originally drafted.
provided that the securities must be Cuban.
but representatives OF American ompanies
secured a change allowing Thorn to deposit
United States bonds.
Dispatches received here from New York
represent Admiral Dewey as saying that
the Filipinos are unfit for self-govern-
ment but that they are better qualified
for autonomy than the Cubans. The Cubans
are deeply Rrieved that the Admiral should
entertain such an opinion OF them. They hold
that before making such a statement he should
have visited Cuba and become familiar with
thu people
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-28
ROOSEVELT LAUDS DEWEY.
GREAT CROWD At THE MINEOLA FAIR
10 HEAR THE GOVERNOR SPEAK.

Says tho Admiral Represents tho Best
Traditions of Our Navy-Telis why He
Was sent to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Enthu-
sia,m at the Mention of Dowey's Name.
M1NEoLA. L. l.. Sept. 25.-A great crowd
gathered at the Mineola Fair to-day to hear
Gov. Roosevelt speak. 1t was expected that
the Governor would arrive at about O'Clock
In the afternoon. and long before that hour tho
ground In front OF the main exhibition hall was
jammed with people. II was an hour later.
however. whom the Governor arrived. He was
accom- panied from the station to the grounds
by the Reception Committee. trip was made
around the grounds. passing In front OF
the big grand stand which was crowded
with people watching the trottinR. The
Governors appearance was signal for
stampede from all parts OF the grounds to the
place where he was going to speak. road
way was opened and the Governor found his
way to the platform. He was introduced by
| George p. Titus President OF the Agricul-
! tural Society. When the Governor stood up
| to speak it was found that the platform was
too low to see over the heads OF the crowd. 30
he mounted q couple OF chairs. Then there
| was great cheer and q fiutter OF camera shut
| tiers. From every side. over tho heads OF the
crowd amateur photographers could be seen
| pointing cameras in the direction Of the
| Governor.
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