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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
Peeled C~hick.ps.

A party Of visitors to the onntrv
were very much interested last sum
mel by the remarks OF some Cincin-
natl children, sent out By the Fresh
Air Fund for q week 81 two ii. the
country. There was quite q number
Of them playing about q pretty farm
house n day when some passers-bT
stopped and began to talk to them.
Did you ever see any chickens be-
ifore?' asked one lady de 1 lock AZ
fowls came strutting down the lawn.
oh, Yer, said one Of the. eldest. wise
y, With 9 knowing shake Of his head.
we've always seen em--lo.s-only
generally # Was after they M,
peeled
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21

two men. Grandy then reached over
her shoulder and fired a bullet through
Coles heart. Grandy Immediately
fled, but he paused long enough to hiss
in the girls ear that he would return
and kill her as he had her lover.
B~loodhounds were obtained from Bea-
trice and were put on his trail by the
sheriff from Fairbury, and it was
thought from traces of his fight that
he would be captured zeal Hanover,
Kan.
Young Grandy committed suicide
just as the ~bloodhounds came upon him
the mex evening and ended the man
hunt of twcnty-four hours at the mo-
ment wher a battle with the fugitive
seemed certain.
When Clyde Cole fell dead and Miss
Hickey, the object of their love, in
whose presence they fought, had
thrown herself on the corpse, Grandy
seemed to realize his situation, and be-
came frenzied, as already stated. He
ran into the street. jumped into a pass
ing buggy. throwing out the occu-
pants, and whipping the horses into a
gallop, escaped to the woods.
Pursuit was not organized until the
next morning, and then the sheriff's
posse was provided with ~bloodhunds.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
PHONE DETECTIVES.
Kansas City Company Keeps a Resord
of Conversations

... IIr4HI fasE AHs.ss
There is a young woma in the en-
ploy OF the telephone, company at its
central exchange who is said to be an
eavesdropper. She is a stenographer,
and her duty is to sit at Il desk in
the central office and take down in
shorthand all that passes over any tel
ephone line that is to be investigated.
She sits all day with a trumpet at her
ear, and she hears both sides of any
conversation that is held over any
wire with which it is desirable that
she be "cut in" This Is done only at
the request of the subscriber whose
telephone is investigated. While the
stenographer or telephone detective is
making a report of the conversation on
any one telephone line she hears moth
ing that is said on other lines. She sits
at a desk apart and every word she
hears is jotted down in s%tenographic
characters and then copied by her on
the typewriter. This full report of the
conversation is then submitted to the
manager Of the telephone company
and by him to the subscriber who has
asked for it. If the typewriter report
conveys any information to the sub
scriber he acts on it according to his
wi ideas and the matter is a secret
between him and the telephone man
ager. The telephone is in such a case
a private detective. The telephone
company is often called upon to pro-
duce verbatim reports of conversa-
tons ovcr a subscribers telephone, sc
the young woman stenographer, who
is an eavesdropper by employment. is
kept quite busy. There are subscrib-
ers whose telephones are unaccounta-
bly, in almost constant use; there are
others whose wires are used for pur.
poses not exactly legitimate. These
men apply to the telephone manager
for a report of a days or a number Of
successive days conversations. The
telephone company uses its discretion
about giving the information asked
While Smith, however, may get a re-
port Of the conversation on the tele.
phone for which he pays. the com.
pany will not tell him what passes
over Jones' telephone. A young mar
ried man with a telephone in his lit
tie home one day had a solemn ant
earnest conversation with the tele,
phone manager. His telephone a
home, said the married man, had beer
very busy for several days, and b.
couldn't account for it; neither could
his young wife. The recently welded
man entertained, however. a very darl
suspicion. The young woman with tn,
receiver and the pencil and pad wen
to work n morning on his case. TIL,
result was most alarming to the youn.
married man. The typewriter repor
showed that as soon as her husband
left home In the morning the wifi,
called up a downtown Office and be
gan a conversation with one who hat
been very attentive to her before sh,
married. That night the wife was con
fronted by an angry spouse. Their,
followed a domestic Settlement" O
fierce intensity.-Kansas City Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
WOMEN HIS DUPEs.
PUNSHON'S WAY OF GETTING
MONEY.
Advcrtises That He Wants n Travelling
companion for IA Trip to Europe, and
Many Women Respond Life in
Prison.

worried about my arrest? Well, I
guess not, for 1 have already spent
more thar half my life in the peniten-
tlary n a little thing like this doesn't
bother me. The police have no case
against me this time ad it will not be
long before 1 am out again."
F. A. Punshon, alias Frank Robin
son." who admits that since 20 years
old he has made it a business to swim
Ole women, chatted pleasantly to those
who visited him at his cell at the Fiji
tleth street police station, Chicago.
To all he said he was in no way per-
turbed at having again fallen into the
hands of the law. Punshon was ar
rested as he was leaving the house
at 4Ol5 Indiana avenue, where, it is
said, his actions had been suspicious.
At the time Punshon attempted to es-
cape, but several shots from the po-
1iceman's revolver caused him to sur
render. Punshon' is 40 years old, and
according to his own assertion he has
served Twenty-Five years in the pen
ltentiary on the installment plan.
Punshon inserted an cad" in a news
paper offering $50 a month and travel
ing expenses on a trip to Europe for a
suitable governess. He received an
swers from 1899 women who were
willing to go, and until his arrest had
been corresponding with some OF them
n calling on others. and engaging
the comeliest of the applicants. His
method was to have women put up
security that they would go abroad,
and then skip with the said security.
BY getting many applicants to put
up security in this manner it was
sometimes q paying business.
Punshon's appearance indicates that
he had just been released from prison.
His blonde hair is cut short and his
complexion indicates that he has been
in confinement for some time. His
race is marked by a deep scar on the
right side of his nose, and a promi-
nent mole under the lower lip.
"They were all ladies, too" said the
prisoner. putting at a cigar and speak
ing of his last lot of victims. "It's
surprising what a lot of fools there
are in the world. They we're young
girls of 16 years and old ladies of 70.
l never go to see them, for 1 wouldn't
cheat a young girl or an old woman,
not for the world. You see, they al
ways put up stakes to hold the trip
and l borrowed some more of them
now and again to keep me going. Did
l ever get out of the United States?
Well, l guess not, never since l came
IN from England at the age of IA. 1
was a 5eweler then and it took me Just
a year to get to making shoes for the
state Of Wisconsin. 1 served that
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
A GRAND OLD MAN.
SENIOR EX-SENATOR OF THE
UNITED STATES.
James w. bradbury Is Ninety-Seven
Years Old-Contemporsry with Clay.
Webster and Calhoua-Voteh for Jack
son, but Eolted Cleveland.

Maine enjoys the distinction OF hav-
ing among ITS citizens the oldest living
ex-senator CT the United States, James
w. Bradbury. He is the last of the old
school statesmen in the state of Maine,
yet today, at the age of 81, his intel
lectual powers still are unimpaired, and
he is as keenly interested in the
events of the day as any man in the
country. Mr.. Bradbury was IS Years
old when Maine was admitted into the
Union. He remembers when General
Lafayette made his second visit to Am
erica, and tells many anecdotes Of his
triumphal tour through the New Eng
land states, and especially of the en-
thusiastic reception which he received
in Maine.
He cast his first vote for Andrew
Jackson in 1924. He participated as a
young man in the celebration Of the
semi-centeEnial of the Declaration Of
American Independence on July 4th,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
New Comedy bY Wilde.

London Cor. st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch: Oscar Wilde has written a new
modern comedy, which Horace Sedger
intends to produce here in May. The
play will be anonymous, but it is so
characteristic that its authorship can
not be concealed. Wilde is still living
in Paris. but in rather straitened cir
cumstances.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21

though the course OF the Congo was
not even known uuntil 1877, Mr.. Stan
ley pointed out that the internal rev.
enue alone in the Congo region now
is G57S,000, and the commerce is in
creasing at a tremendous rate. AZ
RIGA, it appears, is going to outstrip
North America il rate of growth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
M%AGDALENE DORM.

on the gas during his absence and in
this way become asphy1iated. The POI
lice did not take kindly to this theory.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18

no taxes, which have steadily gone
into a lien against the property.
The complaint states that there is
one man whose name is not definitely
known to the plaintiff who probably
has just claim which should take
precedence over the lien established by
the deed of trust. His name is said to
be H. Nather, and it is said that he has
paid about 50, goo for taxes and for
necessary improvements for the preser-
alton of the property. He is also made
a party to the defense that an account
ing may be had and the exact character
and extent of his claim determined
Pending the determination of all mat
tiers connected with this case the court
is asked to name a receiver. Among
the exhibits in this complaint is sup
Elemental agreement entered into in
1890 with respect to the bonds, changing
the expression. lawful money into
gold COIN Thus is chronicled a sus-
picion even at that early date that the
United States would at some time
adopt as a lawful money an unsound
and undesirable money.
The principal promoter of the High
land canal was Ex-Governor c. Meyer
Zulick, who was president of the COM
pany at the time these bonds We're is
L
Atlantic Trust company to u banking
house Of Basic, Switzerland, by which
they We're all retailed to several Swiss
capitalists. When the default in inter-
est occurred the holders came back on
the banking house.
The Highland canal was never re-
garded as a practical irrigation pro-
ject. 1t could get no water when there
was less than $4,000 inches in the river,
and consequently much of the time the
land under the canal has been in its
desert condition. y great part of it has
been abandoned. The work on the
canal system was done excellently and
it is believed that the lands designed to
be irrigated are as fertile as any in the
valley. 1t is claimed by experts that as
a fruit region it would far surpass any
other, but it is generally admitted that
there can be no successful cultivation
of those lands until a reservoir system
has been established.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
WATER CONTRACT
Board of Trade Calls a Fleeing for
Its Discussion.

A very important action was taken
by the directors of the board of trade
last night in issuing a call for a meet
ing of the board and citizens next Mon
day night to discuss the question of
municipal ownership of the water
works system and the more impending
question of the proposed extension of
the cfty's contract with the water
works system. In the discussion pre-
ceding the resolution to issue the call
some of the directors gave expression
to alarm. Two members of the city
council, the mayor being one of them,
are known to be in favor of the extern
sion of the contract. Two are sup
posed to be against it, but no line has
yet been drawn on the fifth member.
The present contract will run for 1ff-
teen years. Under it the company fur
nishes fifty fire hydrants at $40 each a
year It is proposed to put in fifty
more at $45 a year each for fifty years,
the present contract to be extended
twenty-five years. Said one member
of the board: This proposed contract
with reference to the hydrants is
much more serious matter than it APP
pears to be. 1t is Objectionable on ac-
practically granting the water works
company an exclusive franchise for
forty years. It is absolutely mOrtgag-
ing the city to the water company for
more than a generation. for with the
advantage given the company by such
a contract no competing company could
enter the field. The question of mu-
nicipaI water works would be settled in
Phoenix for almost half a century. |
remember last spring while the subject
of municipal water works was being
agitated Mayor Adams in speech at
the court house one night, said that 1t
was important that what was to be
done should be done quickly, for any
year a council might be elected to do
what is now in danger of being done
The meeting will be held at the court
house, beginning promptly at o'clock
The directors urge a full attendance in
order that the expression may be COM
p!ete and that the council may be left in
no doubt regarding the will of the peo-
pie. Beside this matter the directors dis
cussed other routine business. Ihe
question of freight rates was taken up
and a special committee was appointed
to investigate the subject and ascer-
tain if lower rates could not be secured
for the shippers of Phoenix.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
1T WIS SUICIDE
Verdict of Coroner'S Jury in the
Leon Case.

The inquest upon Guadalupe Leon
was concluded before Justice Gray yes
terday and the jury returned a verdict
that Leon had committed suicide. Ro-
nero, who had been held in Jail as
suspect since last Saturday night, was
Immediately discharged. The finding
of the jury was based upon the testi-
mony of Miranda, without whose story
Romero would probably have had to go
to trial for his life, for the finding of
ones knife covered with blood, beside
the body of a man who has been slain,
is calculated to raise a presumption of
guilt which is further strengthened by
the circumstance that the owner of the
knife suddenly leaves without notice
and does not spread the story of the
discovery that a man has been found
dead.
Miranda testified that some time on
Friday night Leon awoke him and
asked him for a knife. Miranda replied
that ne had none, when Leon passed on
to where Romero lay and asked him
for a knife. Romero sleepily handed
him one and asked him what he want
ed with it. Leon made no reply, but
returned to his cot and lay down.
Miranda's testimony was the more
favorably regarded on account of the
certainty that there could have been
no collision between him and Romero
in getting it up, and that is precisely
the story told by Romero when he was
taken into custody.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
READ 1T IF YOU CAN
Lesson for Primary Scholars on the
TranSVaaI war.

The Republicans special cOrrespon-
dent in South Africa submits the fol-
lowing words for readers of the paper
to commit to memory and learn the
pronunciation of, that they may in
diligently read the dispatches during
the progress of the Transvaal war:
Vilijien, Kraaipan, Dannhauser, Ali
walnOrth, Freere, Beeste Kraal, Mod
der. Maribogo, Settlagelil Tintwa,
Van Reenans, Brackwahl, Berg,
divers Hook DoorknOp, Woolsdrift,
1[afeking, Adawa, Avenmouth, Pre-
17:er. Serrefner. General Cronie. Cen
e-al .jouhe1t, Treasurer General De
.iilicrs RI Van.Ierpost. FolEsrf:st.
.,aad. E,;ia Lc=nti. AffikanGorss
6.omfJet-in. I.cu-en-o HIarqu42 De-
5agcr's drift. Laaslfed, l,raai. Eajuia
hill, Ferre:ra, Lain3s Mex. RAodesia,
Spiytsentein. There are many others,
but this viii do for the first lesson
and the ambitious may learn to sing
the following quotation from the
Beers national anthem:
WAL hoog nou in one heldre lug,
Transvaalse vrijheidsvlag!
Ons vijande is weggevlug,
One blink'n blijer dag"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18

instruction whenever the h&Xs appear
and want to work.
y reporter happened in fist even
ing when the awkward squad was en-
gagged in turning alleged handsprings,
headsprings. etc. Some of them SEEM
ed to be making good progress, While
others accumulated awkwardness as
they proceeded, but the instructor as
sured them that a change would come
with constant practice. It was easy
enough to tumble and alight any way
except the right way.
The class divests itself of all sur
plus clothing and gets down to bust
ness accompanying honest effort with
good nature.
On Tuesday and Saturday nights Dr.
Hyde gives instruction on the hOri-
zontal and parallel bars. The doctor
is considerable of an artist and sets
gymnastic example it is hard for his
class to follow. He does some very
fancy turns and it will not be u great
while till his pupils begin TO establish
local regulations.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
SUING THE HIGHLAND
atlantic Trust Co. Begins
Foreclosure.
A History of the Financial Affairs
of That Unfortunate Irrigation
Project Precipifated by Ex-GoV-
erHor c. Meyer ZuIiCk.

A foreclosure proceeding was begun
in district court yesterday by the At
lantic Trust company of New York
against the Highland Land and Water
company ct al. The grounds of the
complaint are that in 1889 the principal
defendant executed 100 bonds of the de-
nomination of 81, 900 each, bearing in
terest at per cent, payable semi-an-
nually. These bonds were turned over
to the plaintiff to be negotiated. They
were ten-year bonds, payable last June
at the Chemical National bank of New
York, where the interest was to be
paid semi in June and De-
cember.
In 1890 the Highland Land and
Water company executed a trust deed
in favor of the plaintiff as trustee. The
deed covered all the property of the
company, together with the interest of
the company in certain lands in this
territory not yet out of the general
land office. There was also turned over
to the trustee 1874 water rights out of a
total of $50 rights. These rights were
to be sold with the consent of the truS-
tee at not less than $500 each, the pro-
ceeds to be applied to the payment of
the interest on the bonds. 1t was also
agreed that the rights might be sold
partly for cash and partly on time at
the discretion of the trustee, and it
was further agreed that the company
might apply to the betterment of its
property the proceeds of the sale of
water rights if it could do so without
impairing the fund set aside for meet
ing the interest on the bonded indebt-
edness.
There We're sold with the approval of
the trustee rights to the amount of
more than $4,000, and this sum was
used in paying interest. There were
also sold by the company without the
knowledge of the trustee other rights
at apparently no fixed rate, the pro-
ceeds amounting to a little more than
$1,000. The purchasers of these latter
water rights are made parties defend
ant to this action.
The company defaulted in the pay
ment. of the semi interest in
June, 1895, and no interest has been
paid since. The bonds themselves ma
tured- in june" of this year and none of
them have been redeemed. In addition
to neglecting this bonded Indebtedness
and interest, the company has allowed
various judgments to be taken against
it and remain uncancelled. 1t has paid
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
FEVER SHIPS AT SANTIAGO.

Santiago de cuba. oct. 1.-THE
steamer Flandria, from Mobile by
way of Havana, arrived here yester-
day. Her mate and engineer were
suffering with yellow fever. They
were promptly isolated. and the ship
was disinfected. Several cases of the
disease have been discovered on
steamers which recently arrived from
Havana and Key West. and this Will
probably cause Il general quarantine
here against both places. There have
been no cases of yellow fever in this
province since September.
The troops viii shortly resume their
former quarters in Santiago owing to
the increase of malarial fevers at the
rural stations.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
sTOCKHOLDER's MEETING.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Maricopa Canal
Company will be held Wednesday, the
18th of October, 1899, at the hour of >
o'clock p. m, at the Office of the Com
pany, in Phoenix, Arizona. to elect
three trustees for the ensuing year
and such other business as may law
fully come before said meeting.
THOS. w. PENIBERTON, Pres.
VIM. 3. CLEARY. Sec'y.
Phoenix. Ariz., Sept. %. 1899.
First published in the Arizona Re
publican, Sept. 81, 1899.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby gwen that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Prescott & Eastern Railroad company
viii be held at the office of the COM
pany, in the city OF Prescott, Territory
OF Arizona, on Wednesday, the 18th
day of November, 1899, at twelve
o'clock, noon, of said day, for the pur-
pose of electing a board of directors
for the ensuing year, and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly be brought before the
meeting. Books for the transfer of
stock will be closed November I. re
naming closed until November Is. 1899.
Dated at Prescott, Arfz, this nth
day of October, 1899
(Sigped) F. NJ MURPHY.
G c. BOWEN, President.
Secretary.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders Of the Salt River Valley
Canal Company win be held Wednes-
day, the 18th of October, 1899, at the
hour of , o'clock D. n, at the Office of
the Company, in Phoenix, Arizona, to
elect three trustees for the ensuing
year and such other business as may
lawfully come before said meeting.
THOS. W. PEMBERTON, Pres.
VIM. B. CLEARY. Sec'y.
Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 81, 1899
First published in the Arizona Re
publican, Sept. p, 1899
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting OF the stockholders of the
santa F'e, Prescott &. Phoenix Railway
company will be held at the Office of
the company in the city of Prescott,
Territory of Arizona, on Wednesday.
the 18th day of November, 1899, at
twelve O'Clock, noon, of said day. for
the purpose of electing a board of di-
rectors for the ensuing year. and for
the transaction OF such other business
as may properly be brought before the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Grand Canal Com
pany Will be held Wednesday, the 18TH
Of October, 1899, at he hour of O'Clock
p. m, at the office of the Company, in
Phoenix, Arizona, to elect three di-
rectors for the ensuing year and such
other business as may lawfully come
before said meeting.
THOS. w. PEMBERTON, Pres.
VIM. B. CLEARY. Sec'y.
Phoenix, Ariz.. Sept. -, 1899
First published in the Arizona Re
publican, Sept. q, 1899.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-18

meeting. Books for transfer of stock
will be closed November f. remaining
closed until November Is, 1899
Dated at Prescott, Arizona, this 18th
day of October, 1899.
(Signed) F. NJ MURPHY
c. c. BOWEN, President.
Secretary.