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Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

ent state of affairs. It is remembered
 that a dozen years ago the manage
 ment of the Havana custom house be- came so bad that the Spanish governor
 general had to take possession of it
 with a military force and dismiss
 summarily every civil employe. Eight years ago $50 persons were indicted fer frauds, but not one was ever punished. The cortes in 1890 investigated the Cu-
 ban treasury administration and dis covered that $6,50O,00 had been "ab- stracted'' outright from safe, and that by means of false vouchers frauds amounting to nearly $23,000,000 had been perpetrated General Pando at that time further declared that the beard of public debt had committed robberies of more than $12,000,0 ,000.
 To go further into the catalogue of crime, these items sufficiently remind us how heavily the island was taxed by.its Spanish masters and how little good it got therefrom. Today, under an honest administration, it is paying far less than 1t did, but is getting fully as large a revenue, and it is itself en- toying the entire benefit of that rev enue, instead of merely tithe of it, as of old. AS commerce revives and increases, the income from customs will increase, and it will not, as our correspondent says, be surprising to ind this source of revenue sufficient for all the needs of the island treasury At any rate, the Cubans will find, as they are already finding, that Ameri- can administration means at once lighter burdens of taxation, larger revenue, and far greater expenditures fer the benefit of the island and it's people. That is a change which all can appreciate, and which is chiefly to be appreciated by the most substan- tial and industrious of the Cuban peo- pie. It is an advantage which was to be gained only by getting rid of Span ish rule. Whether it could have been gained by establishing an independent Cuban government is extremely prcb- lematic, and those who are enjoying its benefits will do wisely to consider with great care whether any immedi- ate departure from the present sys- tenn would give assurance of it's en- hancement or even of it's maintenance. New York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
THE RALKY WILL"


 The teacher is often confronted in
 the school room with an abnormal
 type of will, which we may call the ''balby will" says Professor William James in the May Atlantic Certain if they don't succeed in doing thing Immediately, become com pletely inhibited in regard to it; it be- comes literally impossible for them to understand it if it is an outward opera tion, as long as this particular inhibi- tive condition lasts Such children are usuaEy treated as sinful, and pun ished; or else the teacher pits his or her wilIEagainst the child's, consider ing that's the latter must be broken" The result is always a scene with a great deal of nervous wear and tear on both sides, a bad state of feeling left behind it, and the victory not always with the teacher. When a situation Of this kind-isg once fairly developed, and
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
ESCAPED UP A CHIMNEY.
How Five Small Men Fled From a
 Jail

Toledo, o. May 14-A daring jail delivery occurred at the county jail about o'clock this morning, and as a result five United States prisoners, William Miller, George Jones and William White, the Leipsic post office robbers, and Thomas Burns and Fred erick Williams are at large. These men climbed up the brick chimney at the rear of the jail.
 A sixth man, William Cox, discov- cred as he reached the top young colored lad, George Hightower, with a revolver. and the lad held Cox on the chimney and shouted for help. As soon as those about the jail saw the colored boy making frantic gestures they telephoned the police depart ment, and several officers soon reached the jail. A message was sent to engine house No. 3 for hook and ladder truck to get the prisoner down, The last man to escape had evidently broken the rope.
 Cox was covered with soot, and was a deplorable looking objsct. He said that during the night one of the men secured a key, went to the various cells and took out only the smallest men The smallest man went into the chimney first. He carried with him rope made of sheets and a, bar
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
MAKING REPAIRS.
White House to Be Overhauled During
 Presidents Absence.

Washington, May 14.-While Presi- dent and Mrs. Mckinley are away from tEe White House much work will be done there under the direction of Col. Bingham, superintendent of public buildings and grounds. For a long timisl arrangements have been made to change the sanitary provisions of the mansion and considerable work has been done. All the water, sewer and gas pipes have been concentrated in a four-foot concrete conduit, so that imperfecticns can be easily located and repaired This work has caused considerable noise and has been done while the president and Mrs. Mckinley were cut of the building. The cOnnec- tions throughout the building have to be made now, and this will all be done while the family is absent.
 The usual spring rsnovations will also be done while the president and his wife are absent. Carpets will be taken up and replaced by cool mating. The heavy winter draperies will be removed and suitably replaced.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
Noted Anti-Ritualist Protests Against
 Ecclesiastical Court.

London, May 14.-There was a scene during yesterdays sitting of the archepiscopal court which con- vened on yesterday for a hearing of the charges of ritualistic practices against the Rev. Henry Westall, vicar of St. Cuthbert's, Phlbeach Gardens. and the Rev. John Ram, vicar of the church of St. John, Timberhill, Nor- wich During the proceedings John Kensit, the noted anti-ritua ist, arose from his seat at the back of the guard room of Lambeth palace, where the court is sitting, and shouted: T wish to protest against the holding of this court
 NIT. Kensit then began to read written protest against the ''so-called spiritual court" and especially against an inquiry 'fby your graces, who for years have deliberately set at naught your solemn ordination VOWS and al lowed and often promoted well known law breakers in the church.
 A storm of misses greeted the pro- test and the archbishop eff Canter- bury, the Most Rev. Frederick Temple,
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
DAN CANNON SHOT
Not Vet Dead but With no Chance
 of L'Ving.

Word was received yesterday. of the late shooting and mortal wounding of Dan Cannon at Dallas, Tex. Cannon IS well known tn Phoenix, for though his occupation of gambler has taken
 him into many places, he has made Phoenix his headquarters. The details of the shooting are not known here yet. All that is known is that he quarreled with a man named Lewis, his gambling partner. Lewis appeart to have been the aggressor, or at any rate, he was wise. enough to begin the shooting, which showed one thing. that Cannon when caught in a corner had more nerve and presence of mind, than his acquaintances here suspected.
 Cannon had his pistol in his night hand and when Lewis shot him through that hand it fell to the floor He immediately picked it up with his left hand and a second shot Of~Lewis' took off a finger of his new pistol hand Still retaining his hold upon the weapon he fired, the bullet passing through Lewis body directly above the heart Lewis fired at the same in- stant. The ball entered Cannon's left eye and passed through the head, coming out near the base of the skull. When last heard from he was still alive, but there was believed to be nc possibility of his recovery. Lewis wound was also believed to be neces- sarily fatal.
 Cannon six years ago was an in' dependent candidate for marshal ID this city. Lewis is unknown here.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
WE WANT TO TRADE

A fine 10-acre farm in San Carlos for a ranch near Phoenix. It is To- cated
 Twenty-Five miles from Los Angeles, Eight miles from sugar factory,
 Five miles from two creameries,
 Ten miles from condensed milk factory,
 One mile from postoffice,
 One mile from two railroads,
 Eight miles from the ocean.
 Good house, large barn, orchard and plenty of shade.
 Three artesian wells, no money to pay for irrigating, in one of the pret- tiest spots in Southern California. The ranch is all right and California is all right with the exception that it is too far away from Phoenix. At the same time we are selling groceri=s cheaper than any store in Phoenix. The only store in Phoenix that has electric fans for the benefit Of every body.
 Come around and cool off; it costs you nothing.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
AURIFERoUs.

Little James found it difficult to commit to memory the golden text of his next Sundays lesson, and so he was sent upstairs to the solitude of his own room, where he could apply his mind to his subject without interrup- tion. After diligent application for about ten minutes, he came down beaming. Mamma, I know the gold en text now,' he exclaimed.
 ''I am very glad" replied mamma. 'Let me hear you repeat it.
 ''The Lord loveth a cheerful sinner" :" -Harpers Bazar
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

wrenched from the bottom or tbe chimney, with which to knock off the bars at the top of the chimney. After he got into the Chimney he was push ed upon the shoulders of the second man, and a human tower thus beiIt up. The first man put an iron bar across the top of the chimney and tied the rope of sheets to it. He then went on the roof, and was quickly followed by the others.
 Cox says this is all he knows about the delivery. He was pulled out of shut
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
THE NEWS OF
 JEROME

Jerome, Ariz, May 12.-CSpecial Cor respondence of The Republican.) 1.-The town has been turned over to the Pythians for the past three days. This is the sixteenth annual session of the grand lodge of that order for the do main of Arizona, and at the last ses- sion held in Tucson in May, 1898, Je- rome was fixed on for the next place of conventfon Despite the fire of last September the officers of the grand lodge insisted on coming to the copper city They are here in conse- quence. Yellow, blue and red, the Pythian colors, decorate the town. The special which brought in the delegates and visitors was profusely strung with streamers, banners of welcome stretch across the streets, and Jerome is in gala day attire.
 Following is list of the seated del egates. There have been no contests whatever:
 Prescott-J P. Dillon, Paul H Hastings.
 Phoenix-George w. Kane, Hi Hooker, Ed Butt, Jr.
 Benson-S. Roemer, M Rosenberg.
 Winslow-
 Tucson-L. B. Hayes, Homer Goss>
 Rathbone-Charles Strong
 Pinal Mountain-S. c. Saylor.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
THE TRUST BUSTER.
And His Brother the Strangler of
 r.. Octopuses.


 There are some hot old trust hunt
 CTS and octopus stranglers in this sec ton of the world. chief among whom are the editors of the Fl Paso Times and the Santa Fe New Mexican, either
 of whom would sit up nights in order
 to get a whack at, the money power.
 It is amusing for those people who
 have not got money enough for all the
 trusts in the country to harm, to set
 hack and watch the antics of the noble
 defenders of the rights of the AmerI-
 can people. Every once in a while the
 octopus strangling editor of some ter
 ritorial paper will invent a story about some trust and print 1t, then the story goes the rounds of the papers, regardless of it's being true. Recently a story has been going the rounds of the territorial papers, stating there
 was on file in the office of the attor- ney general of Ohio the sworn state ment of the Standard Oil company that the cost of a barrel of refined kerosene was twenty cents. This was a particularly luscious story, and the various changes the an::-octopus press has rung on the word rObber as applied to the Standard company would be a valuable addition to the list of synonyms possessed by any dictionary maker. Remembering that the last quotation on the price Of crude petroleum at Oil City had been SIP per barrel, the Liberal wrote to General Monnett of Ohio, who has been fighting the Standard Oil company, asking him about the story. He writes: This statement is absurd and must have been started by some one to make it ridiculous, or ignorance. There was testi mony given that the rate for shipping crude oil through the pipe lines is twenty cents per barrel Not inuch of a mistake, but then an octopus strangler never minds about such a thing-Lordsburg Liberal
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
MAJ. DE GRANDPRE IGNORED.


 Washington. May 14.-Maj. de Grandpre, military attache of the French embassy, aas been officially advised of his appointment as com mardment of L'Ecole du Genie School of EngineeTs) at Versailles. This engineering school is one Of the highest branches Of technical edtica= tion in the French army, and Maj. de Granpre's appointment at its head is a distinct honor His selection Is st- tributed to a considerable extent to the reports which this officer made on the Shafter expedition to Cuba, the methods of transportation, landings, road making, bridge building and other engineering features of the ad- vance on Santiago.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

cut MT. Kensit short by adjourning the court for luncheon, amid cheers
 and derisive laughter.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
THE HUB.

The approach of warmer weather
 will bring great demand for
 light weight Linen and Crash
 suits. We are adequately pre-
 pared to supply every want in
 these lines.
 We qaote few opening bargains: Crash Suits S2 50 Crash Pants. .......7 75c. Bamboo Linen Pants. .-.$1 .25 Indian Tiger Crash Pants $1.25 Blue Serge Coats. .S3. 50 Alpaca Coats. .S1. .OO Office Coats ..........3ioc. Sicilian Coats. $2 50
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
AN IMPORTANT SUIT.

To Set Aside the Will of the Late Levi
 BashfQrd.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

Coles A. Bashford. plaintiff, versus Mary E. Bashford, defendant, is the
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
YOU'RE NOT so FAT


  soc Our speciality in Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

MIR. KENs1T MAKES A SCENE.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
CRASH HATS.
 SILK AND LINEN.

We are showing 1O3 different styles in Crash Hats, representing a stock of over 300 dozen hats. Positively the largest and best selected stock of these goods in; Phoenix.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17

Dress Goods 81 80 Each
We are still hammering away at our
"a 30 Dress Patterns and although we
have sold big qnantity we still have
quite number left. These are Just the
right articles for Christmas presents be-
ing away below their regular selling
prices, Some patterns having sold as high
asa ~ 80 and $ 80. They are still yours at
S4 80 for Dress Pattern consisting or
yards.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17
AT THE BARGAIN COUNTER.
An Incident E.hich illustrates One of
the Things That Marks the
Woman Shopper.

January sales in the State street
stores are sometimes the occasion of
small bargain-counter riots. As soon
as one woman sees another looking at a
fOur-yard remnant she decides imme-
dIately that she wants that particular
piece herself. Two women were pricing
piece of percale in one of the big es-
tablishments, says a Chicago exchange.
Up came two other women, evidently
much perturbed
There, she's got it in her hand;
she's going to take it," walled one. Il
told you it would be gone before we got
back"
But you surely didn't think I'd go
off and leave those nice suede gloves at
40 cents?' retOrted the other. in self
defense, at the same time gazing hun
grily at the little piece of percale. The
shopper who was lingering the goods
turned to the two women and said. po-
itely:
Il hadn't ordered it. You may have
it," and walked away.
Left in possession of the field the
would-be purchaser cast a careless
glance at the remnant and turned
sweetly to the clerk II think. after
all, l don't care for this percale," she
said.
and the clerk was mean enough tc
mutter: Just like woman"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17
SpP' 'IIzllya...l,llee G q.

Is the sweetest season in human life, as
it is in Nature generally. 1t is the time
of promise. AS the young girl draws
near to that mysterious line "Where
womanhood eld girlhood meet" her
whole destiny is in a,1neasure being de-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17

other sufferers know what your Favorite Pre-
scription and Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets have done for me. took
eight bottles of Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery six vials of the
Pellets also one bottle of your Compound
Extract of Snart-Weed.' AS soon as had taken
the first bottle 1 could see that the medicine
helping me. I had disease of internal or
gars with bronchitis and catarrh l also used
the local treatment you suggested"
The sluggish liver can be cured by
the use OF DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17
Notice.

= " Notice is hereby given that on or
after August l, 1899, the Office, or
room, occupied by the County Assessor
situated in the county building, next
door to tie store now occupied by
Joseph Platt. will he for rent For
particulars apply to
GEO. w. COwING,
Clerk of Board Of County Commission
ers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17
B-4-U-Sleep

Investigate the large assortment of
furniture and bedding at the Kitz-
meyer furniture store. We carry the
best and the latest styles in this line,
and anything that is not in stock will
be ordered at catalogue prices. We
also have large stock of blankets and
quilts that we are selling very low. So
investigate B-4-U-sleep and dream
of sending away.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17

49, AO w
often the sweet
young girl, under
the influence of
the change, with
ers and droops
like some blighted
bud. Nature gen
orally needs some
little help at this
critical period, and
this help in its
best form is con-
tanned in Doctor
PlerCe's Favorte
Prescription. 1t
establishes regu-
larity, and gives
the vigor of per-
feet health to the
wonlanly organs.
1t contains no al
cohol, neither OPT
UNI, cocaine, nor
other narcotic.
Miss Emma Lee, of
Williford, Sharp Co.,
Ark, writes ri was
suffering severely and
tried several doctors
remedies, but received
only very little relief :;
therefore, l feel it nv
duty to write and LET
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-12-17
a Great Liniment.

DIR. Benton's liniment, which affects
man and beast alike, is the grandest cura-
tive liniment ever manufactured in the
world. You have but to use it once and
you will never use anyother. If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
"A MAD MOTHER.
Hurls Her Two Children From
a Window
In the Second Story of Her
Home in Chicago.
THEN JUMPS HERSELF.
Girl Baby Two Weeks Old
Wrapped in Blankets
Was Uninjured by the Fall of
90 Feet.

Chicago, May SIN moment of frenzy
Mrs. Victoria Beck, of 1440 North Ashland
avenue, seized her children, Joseph, years
old, and a girl baby born but two weeks
ago, and threw them from the second
story window to the ground shortly be-
fore o'clock yesterday afternoon. Then.
looking out upon the little ones who lay
Stepped back ana Herself plunged, head
foremost, through the window.
long fall and when picked up a moment
later by neighbors was not even crying
rigbt arm a s6rsin of The wrist and prob
able internal injuries Mrs Beck's left
bruised. All will probably recover.
Emil Beck, the +wOman's husband. who
works. was absent from home at the time.
Mrs Beck is believed to have been mem
illness. The crying of the baby is said to
have lashed her into madness which was
only intensified by the pleadings of the
infant in her arms. Not until she could see
the children below her, it is believed, did
she realize what she had done. Then,
after a moments pause, she sought to
Are they injured?" she asked, while
she was yet lying upon the ground. When 11rl
hurt she appeared pleased
Miss Schwartz, who lives at 1886 Ash.
land avenue, was the only eye witness of
the deed, although a half dozen of the
neighbOrs, We're, upon the scene moment
standing in the yard when she saw Mrs.
Beck come to rear window on on the sec Sec
throw it open. There was a faint cry and
then a bundle. wrapped in blankets came
flying out and fell upon the ground. A
moment later she saw the boy struggling
in his mothers arms before the opening.
She cried out to Mrs. Beck, but the latter
did not heed her cries. She raised the
child over the window sill, and the lad
seized the shutters with his hands to save
himself. though it took but u moment s
time for the mother to force him down.
He was rendered senseless by his fall.
Then the mother threw her own body
within a few inches of the children.
Miss Schwartz's screams aroused the
neighbors. Mrs. Henry Schmidt, of 81
DiVersey avenue and L. Deutsch of 1863
Racine avenue, were the first to reach the
yard. Mrs. Beck was then conscious and
she inquired for her children. 1t was
found that the baby was unin jured, prob
ably on account of the blankets in which
it was wrapped; though the boy appeared
to be seriously hurt.
Mrs; Beck is SC years old and she is
said to have acted strangely ever since
the child born. Physicians al the
hospital say that she is demented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
A SCHOOL OF TRAINING.
The Rock Island Issues Circulars in
Regard to Hot Box Cooler.

The Rock Island has issued the fol-
lowing circular to trainmen:
t"This company has recently adopted
the Cook hot box cooler, an appliance
for cooling hot boxes while the train is
running (see directions for using cooler).
1t will be made part of the equipment
of all passenger and freight trains.
Each baggage and caboose car will be
furnished with one or more of these ap-
pliances. On the inside OF each Will be
found braces for setting hooks into the
car sills,, a rack for holding the cooler
when not in use, and printed tnstruc-
tions for it's use. The rack is to be
fastened up in some convenient place in
in caboose or baggage car; the cooler
must at all times be kept in this rack,
clean, and in good condition, ready for
instant use. The instructions for the
use of the cooler must be tackled in some
well lighted, secure place in your cars
and studied by all trainmen, and you
must at all times apply the cooler ac-
cordfng to these instructions.
AT each division point will be found
a set of charts in heat cOlOrs, showing
the mechanical and chemical changes
that take place in hot boxes at the
various degrees of heat, and the damage
done to them in sudden cooling by dash
ing them with water while standing un-
der a load. Hanging with these charts
will be found a little box, called the
key describing each figure on the
charts. You are expected to study
these charts and be prepared to answer
questions when called on to do so,
touching the action of car aXles when
heated out on the road, and your abil-
ity to stop the loss of time and waste
of material caused by them. A school
of instruction will be held at each di-
vision point, at which time the question
of hot boxes will be taken up. You
will be shown an improved method of
caring for car journals that will great
~ reduce the number of hot boxes,
by more intelligent and thorough
method of packing and inspecting them,
and of cooling them without loss of time
Every trainman is expected to at
tend these meetings when notified of
the time and place they are to be held.
Every employe will be expected to reg
lister his name in his own handwriting
at the close of each meeting, to show
that he has been present.