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The Coconino sun., 1899-06-03

There was rejoicing in Yuma last Monday when the welcome news came over the wire from Washington that the supreme court had rendered de- cision in favor of the government in the AlgOdones land grant. The dis pute, now forever settled with no possibility of it's reopening has held in abeyance the prosperity of Yuma county for many years. The decision places open for entry a greater portion of the richest valley in the Union, which will now be speedily transformed from desert waste into veritable paradise.
 A strange accident happened Thurs day between Gila Bend and Sentinel. On "Wednesday a train load of cattle, consisting of twenty-five cars, was loaded at PantanO, near Tucson. Be- tween the two places first mentioned it was discovered that a car in the middle of the train had burned and the twenty-five head of cattle therein had perished. It was not discovered that the car was on fire until after it had burned, and all the cattle had been roasted alive. No one knows how the fire originated, but it is supposed that spark from the engine caused the horrible accident. The cattle belonged to R. w. Patterson Sentinel.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-03
What is Shiloh1

A grand old remedy for cough, colds and consumption; used through the world for half century, has cured in- numberable cases of incipient consump- tion and relieved many in advanced stages. If you are not satisfied with the results we will refund your money Price 25 cts, 50 cts. and $1 .OO, for sale by W. R. Edwards. a3.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-03
W. C. T. U.

The regular monthly meeting of the w. c. T. U. will be held in the M. F.. church Tuesday, June 6thIat p. m.
 M. K. KENDRICK, Sec. w. c. T. U.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
RESPONSIBILITY FIXED.

How can you hold President Nc
Kinley responsible for the sins and in
competency of Alger and Eagan?" asks
a correspondent, referring to an article
in yesterdays Herald.
Who is responsible for Alger and who
in turn for Eagan? William Mckinley.
After being elected to the highest Of
fee in this republic, he put a corrupt
politician, with a tainted military rec
ord, in charge of its war department
He appointed Shoals of inexperienced
and utterly incompetent party para
sites in time of war to positions of the
gravest responsibility. They were not
given commissions to fight, as a rule,
but were crowded into every vacant
nook and corner of the commissary,
quartermaster's and medical depart
ments, where the health, comfort and
lives Of thousands of the best and
bravest young men of the land de-
pended upon their care, competency
and ministrations; and the result is
recorded in the proceedings of scandal
investigation boards, in the sick rolls,
and on the tombstones in many a
country graveyard.
More men died because of the lack
Of food medicines and supplies in
camp; the absence of surgeons and
ambulances on battlefelds; the expert
menting of beef contractors; the mass
ing of troops at unhealthy camps; the
crowding of soldiers into foul-smelling
transports; the carrying of sick and
wounded men in pestships without pure
water, sufficient medicines, wholesome
food or proper attendance; for work
ing men in the trenches and sending
them on trying charges under a trop-
ical sun, with no nourishment, no
meat but that which gagged them, or
IL they swallowed, weakened them as
an emetic-more men died of this treat
ment than the Spaniards and the Fill
pinos all have killed to date.
Somebody is to blame. If Eagan.
why was he shielded until the last min
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
FEATURES OF THE. ARMY ACT

To the Editor of The Herald:
What are the main features of the
army bill, as passed by congress last
session? What number of men does it
provide for in the regular army perma-
nently? What number temporarily, and
what number of volunteers? T. W.
Salt Lake City, April l.
The compromise measure agreed to
at the close of the last session of con-
gress, known as the German substi-
tute, is better than the Hull bill, but,
| nevertheless, it contains many defects.
One Objectionable clause seems to au-
thorize a CONSUMPTION, but there is no
occasion for a draft and the president
has stated that he would not exercise
the power to make one.
While it provides for stronger army
numerically than the Alger- Hull bill
proposed, it is only temporary in this
respect, and the main objection to a
large standing army is the belief that
the necessity for one will soon cease
to exist. AS it stands the president is
Filip!nos and to police Cuba and Porto
.;ico until some sort of civil govern
ment can be established.
1t creates a regular army of 5000
men and authorizes the enlistment OF
$4,000 volunteers for period of two
years, or until July l, 1901, when they
are to be mustered out and the regu-
lar army reduced to $1,000 men, the
number authorized prior to April i,
1898; with the exception of additional
artillery provided for in the act.
The regular army, already increased
to the war maximum under the old law,
numbers $1,000 men, so there will be
only 5000 regulars added; and the
three battalion organization for infan-
| try is secured.
! The provisional army of volunteers,
which the president has decided not to
call at present, may be organized into
| twenty-seven regiments of infantry
and three of cavalry, with a major
general for each 1900 volunteers and
brigadier for each 1000. 1t is also
arranged to permit the volunteers now
in the Philippines the privilege of re-
enlisting for six months if they so de-
sire and the instruction is not sooner
quelled.
In all probability congress will pass
a measure for the permanent reorgani-
cation of the army on a modern mill
| tary basis. But the Republican major
ity in the next house is narrower than
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
NO DRAFT UNSUITABLE.

It has just been given out at the war
department that the provision of the
army law allowing the retention in
service for six months of the volun-
teers in the Philippines" has been con-
strued to mean that the government
has the right to retain them as long as
the department sees fit.
1t is therefore authoritatively stated
that the volunteers in the Philippines
will not be mustered out until they can
be spared, and the presence there of
these organizations, the war depart
ment believes, makes it necessary to
organize the provisional army of $4,000
allowed under the army law
That is all rot. Those volunteers en-
listed for a period of two years or until
the end of the war with Spain, pro-
vfded the end. came before the expira-
ton of the extreme period of enlist
ment. The war with Spain is really
! over, but an exchange of notifications
is required before it can be formally
proclaimed closed. Therefore, the vol
unteers in the Philippines are retained
grounds.
The new army law does not Zrovide
for their enforced retention, but that
they. shall have an opportunity to re-
enlist if they choose.
To carry out the obvious intention of
the war department, to refuse to mus
ter them out when the notifications are
exchanged and the presidents procla-
nation is published.
The expressed object of the army re-
| organization act is to enable the gov
eminent to keep faith with the regulars
and volunteers who are entitled to their
discharge at the end of the war with
| Spain.
The proposition of the war depart
ment means a conscript and nothing
else; and there is not the slightest &C.
casion for one.
Even if the provisional army of So ,O0t
men is called out, the attempt to Sc.
cure sufficient volunteers must fail be-
fore a draft is justifiable
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
Progress In Autornobilism
New York Herald.)


The eyer-increasing whirr and hustle of
automobiles in the streets. of Paris an
nounce to the general public in the most
unmistakable way that horseless car
rages are on the move in more senses
than one.
The president of the Automobile club
in the course of a conversation with a
Herald correspondent. points out some of
the features of this triumphant progress
of automobilism, so far as Paris is con-
cerred
Great advance has been made during
the past two years in reducing noise and
vibration, and in facility in handling auto
mobiles. Electricity is coming to the
front more than ever and the introduce
ton in Paris of two American makes. I'M
der the auspices of the Automobile club
should clearly indicate TO foreign manu-
facturers that if they have good thing
in the way of automobiles, Paris IS a
good place to demonstrate whatever SUI
periority Il may possess.
But where would automobilism in
France be now If the Paris Automobile
club did not exist? Comparing the past
with the present, it needs no great stretch
of imagination to see how mechanical
traction .vill eventually entirely surplant
the uses of the horse in the ordinary
wear and tear of, business street t.affic.
AS a means 10 this end. ths Automobile
club, II true to Its traditions. Will prove
one of the most powerful factors In
Franco
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

ute and then retired on larger pay
than generals now fighting at the
front receive? If Alger, why does the
president retain him in the position he
has SO grossly abused?
But is not the president directly re-
sponsible?
When Senator Hanna was told last
August that Alger's administration of
the war department needed investigat-
ing. and that the president ought to
order it done, he said:
why, was there nearly the whole
time, and know that Alger. consulted
the. president two or three times
day"
No one is as much to blame as is
William Mckinley. His responsibility
is not only fixed by the evidence and
the circumstances, but by the federal
constitution 1t says, in section 2 of
article 3:
The president shall be commander in
chief of the army and navy of the United
States. and of the militia of the. several
of the United States.
The COMMUNICATIVE chief acts through
the secretary of war and sundry and
various officers appointed by himself
of his own motion, or on recommends
ton of the secretary of war. But as he
has the power to appoint and remove,
or at least relieve from active duty,
any or all of these subordinates, he is
| and must be held responsible.
All cabinet officers, the militia, regu-
lar army and naval officers are his sub
ordinates. When anything goes wrong
in the executive department of the
government, or in the army or navy,
the president bears the ultimate re-
sponsibility. He can direct, suspend,
remove, investigate.
He could have removed Alger at the
very first indication of incompetency,
upon the first offense of Indifference or
neglect. He could have suspended Ea-
gan, the foul-mouthed, who disgraced
the uniform he wore and tried to con-
vince the world that man needn't be
a gentleman to wear the shoulder
straps in the American army. He still
draws his pay, and the army records
do not show that he was ever even
suspended.
Every day of the beef investigation
makes the case more appalling, the
crime more narrowing. And the peo-
pie are at last looking clear over the
diminutive head of Alger, straight at
William Mckinley.
There rests the blame; there lies the
responsibility.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

absurd stories about mistakes OF d
similar character. 1t is not SO long ago
that an editor of big. southern daily
collapsed when he read in his paper in
the morning, under the picture of a
beautiful society woman that she had
''all the grace and beauty of a rich red
nose" 1t had been written rose" but it
was hard work to convince her of that
fact and. there were hot times in the office
for several days.
1t is now but q week since the Wash
ington Star got caught by the transposi-
ton of two words by referring in black
head-letter type to the second sober
thought" of a Washington official. The
official is bibulously inclined and for that
reason would doubtless have preferred it
to appear sober second thought" The
types will make mistakes that are cruel
as well as ludicrous too Not long ago
one of this sort appeared in a paper that
circulateS largely in Utah when a poor
little innocent who died of diphtheria was
made the victim of ''kleptOmania." After
ALL when human fallibility is taken into
consideration and the breathless pace at
which daily newspaper is gotten out is
remembered the wonder is that more mis-
takes do not occur. Certainly they are
more frequent in newspapers than other
publications, but even the Bible is not
exempt. Several editions of that book
contain misprints. the most notable being
probably the wicked" Bible, so called
because the negative is omitted from one
of the commandments forbidding crime.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

Chicago and st. Louis girls would
doubtless call Miss Marguerite Lindley
of New York unpatriotic. She could
turn away from Hobson's tempting
lips without a qualm, to hear her tell
it, for in a. lecture she delivered to a
Gotham club of women recently she
startled her fair auditors by saying:
Il hope to see the day when kissing is
entirely unknown. l wish it could be
made Illegal. 1t is not a clean thing to
do. 1t should be discontinued by every
thinking woman. Nothing I said was
too strong" she repeated. alphabetically.
kissing spreads disease. 1t is especial
ly mean to kiss babies and children
who are too small to object and who
cannot escape. I never let any one
kiss me. 1t is a very undesirable ex-
preston of regard. / hope no one will
ever try to kiss me, as L shall not let
them. / take care that no one ever
gets a chance" That woman will
strike the average man as being en-
tirely too new.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
Horseless Carriage Runs Away.


Residents along Grand boulevard were
witnesses to a horseless carriage runaway
this morning. A young man was operating
the levers and a pretty girl. well known
in that exclusive part of the city. sat
beside him. The couple were very happy
as the automobile sped along the smooth
pavement, and many admiripg ones
stopped to see the motor carriage pass.
Suddenly, without apparent cause. the
machine increased it's speed, and in trying
to slow down the young man discovered,
to his horror, that he could not control it
the thing was running away.
Around wagons and pedestrians the
frightened couple skinned. now running
close to the curb, now daShing toward the
opposite side.
The pretty girl screamed continually,
and the face of the young man bore an
expression of total despair.
At Thirty-ninth street the runaway car
riage turned quickly and came to a dead
stop against fence, throwing. its oc-
cupants to the ground. No injuries were
received by either and ten minutes later
a horse was hitched to the horseless car
riage and the young man drove to the
southwark.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
BILLY GOES A BEGGING.

What does this mean? Ii is reported
that the kaiser is levying tribute on
American citizens and these of other
countries who enigrated from Ger
many: that he is appealing to their 10y
atty TO a power and a. government they
voluntarily renowned; that he has es-
tablished a bureau of subscription and
solicitation for the purpose of raising
funds to build a German navy; that he
expects naturalizel Americans. in the
face of a threatened conflict between
the United States and Germany, to
contribute means to the defense of a
foreign power.
1t is absurd 10 think that German
Americans would respond to a call for
such purpose. They might subscribe
to a fund, the object of which is to
raise a mighty shaft or a statue in
honor of Bismarck or the emperor S
father, or his grandfather, or even of
the emperor himself; but 10 donate foi
the purpose of building up a possible
enemy 10 the land Of their adoption, to
make any power superior, in armed
strength to the nation TO which they
have sworn allegiance, is something
that German-Am will never do.
And in the event Of war with the
fatherland they win be found first and
foremost among the defenders of the
stars and stripes
And yet this solicitation is being
made It is none Of the canards
started by an English press to create
distrust." as was said Of the dispatches
relating to the conduct Of Won Diedrichs
at Manila, or DR. Raffel at Apia, both
of whom were Withdrawn, however,
when the facts came out. The circulars
sent out are here; they are in other
countries. and they bear the stamp of
royal sanction and authority.
The circular comes with all the force
it would be possible to give it, bearing
the names of Senator Oswald Of Ham
burg, Mr.. Balm, first director of the
HambuEg-American line. and DR.. Vie
sand of the North German Lloyd: DR..
G.. Siemens Of the Deutsche bank, DR..
Hammacher of the reichstag, Rear Ad-
nairal Buschel, DR.. yon Buchka, the di-
rector of the colonial department in
the foreign office; Dr. Won Lucanus. the
enperor's private messenger; Won Cert
zen, minister resident for Mecklenburg;
Baron Won Richthofen, under secretary
of state at the foreign office; Rear Ad-
niral Baron Won Senden-B ibran. chief
of. his imperial majestys privy cabi-
net for naval affairs; Krupp, the can
non king; DR.. Ernst Won Wildenbruch,
the author, and Dr.. H. Won Wissrnann,
the governor Of German East Africa.
Germans away from the land of their
birth are stunned and nattered by the
magnificent lisa of great names. and
aroused by appeals which no man could
resist and then he is instructed in the
Formation of sub-leagueB TO raise the
required contributions to the warlike
preparations of the young war lord" OF
Prussia. The purpose is plainly stated
in the following section from the acircu-
lar:
Moneys that are forwarded to the
league will be placed to the order of his
majesty, the emperor, for the purposes
of the navy"
This certainly looks like small bust
ness ON the part of a foreign ruler, AND
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

Our morning contemporary is specu-
lating on the politics of the New York
Sun. All reviews and eastern news
papers call it Republican newspaper.
A glance at the Review of Reviews,
Public Opinion, the Newspaper Maya
zine, or any first-class authority will
convince our neighbor that is so. Then
it saws the Sun is Tammany organ.
1t evidently hasn't seen a copy OF the
Sun for several years.
OF all the newspapers published in
New York, the Sun is one of the bit-
terest opponents of Tammany. If our
neighbor doubts this. we can refer it to
one editorial after another which will
certainly convince any reasonable per-
son. The Sun holds that there is but
one Democratic party and that is rep
resented by Bryan, and that the
Croker Belmont crowd are not entitled
to recognition as such.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
EASTER SUNDAY.

While a definite date has been set
apart for the celebration Of the birth
of Christ, the anniversaries of his death
and resurrection are not fixed days.
but vary, owing to astronomical cal
eulations which it is scarcely necessary
70 explain every year
Today Christianity considers and
celebrates the resurrection and the be-
ginning of life eternal for the Son of
Man. It is a day of rejoicing, even as
the third day back was one of mourn
ing. 1t comes with the opening of
spring. as if Nature herself received
and observed the festival with appro-
pirate ceremonies. The green upon the
hillside is full of life and promise. Sap
is coursing through the trees, new
blood in Natures courtiers. The buds
are putting forth, and every twig is
throbbing with renewed strength. Re
turning life. vigor, strength, and ac-
tivity is seen on every hand.
1t is symbolic of the resurrection
There is a sympathy between Nature
and Christianity this day, more than
in other days, for they teach the same
lesson, express the same feeling, take
on new life together.
Easter morn brings to every believer
in Christ renewed hope. and inspires
him with freshened faith in another
life in another world.
1t is a day for flowers and franklin
cense and .nyrrh and music. 1t is a
time for faltering hopes to revive, for
the angel of promise to roll away the
stone Of encouragement, that high re-
solve may walk forth from the dun
geon of despair. It marks the first ap-
pearance of the silver lining to the
threatening cloud that fell upon the
world three days before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

a good deal. for he woke up one morning
to find the pineapples frosted; by midday
their crowns of green spikes had wllted:
and the fruit was useless except to sell
to canning factories, at a price that would
hardly pay the freight. The other grow
ers were caught, too, and raved ana
cursed the climate. which is the finest on
earth. and let it go at that. But the CON-
necticut man did some hard thinking, ana
that night a bundle of letters went on
30 the principal commission firms in the
east. In a week the answers were coming
in. and he sold every pineapple he had
and got So a crate more than ne couId
have If they had never been touched by
the frost How? Well, the principal pine
raised down there is the Egyptian Queen
While the slow-g ing southerners We're pc
moaning their fate, this old codger had
advertised q new and peculiarly dellcate
and luscious variety, the "CrownIess
Queen" and sold out in hurry. They
had no crowns, certainly, because the
frost had nipped them off, but the buyers
didn't know that, and took his Word LOT
the rest. 1t was a neat stroke. ana ms
neighbors sit up nights now praying ior
frost. but there hasn't been one SINCE
g q g
IF there is one thing in the world more
exasDeraAng than another under soIne
circumstances it is a typographlcal error,
1t can do more damage and cause more
heartburnings than anything else, ana,
incidentally, make the writer OF tne
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

London aristocrats are playing poker
and some of the leading women of the
kingdom indulge in the pastime. They
have been doing so for a long time.
Gambling among the society women of
England has existed for centuries. At
one time it was made an offense, and
the fair gamblers were fined and ex-
hibited in the stocks, but the passion
has never been eradicated. 1t is new
topic for cable comment, however.