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Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
WAGES OF RAILWAY MEN IN
 AMERICA AND EUROPE.

The granger legislatures that devo :e q considerable portion of their time and energy to the enactment of meas ures for cutting down the revenues ot the railways will find some statistics department of labor that may De stud jed with profit.
 It is a singular fact that the question of wages paid to railway labor in this country seldom receives any consider ation at the hands of those who are most active in devising measures for regulating rates and otherwise crip- bling the earning power of the trans p0rtation companies. It has never oc- cured to Governor Pingree and other politicians who seek to win favor with the minimizing masses by their uncOm- promising hostility to the railway cor rorations that there is any relation be- tween wages and the earning power Of these corporations.
 Whether such a relation exists or rot il is q fact amply supported by sta tistics that the wages of railway cm- ployes in the United States are much higher than are paid in any ether coun- try in the world In the last bulletin ot the United States department of labor Professor Weyl of the University of Pennsylvania shows that il Eng land the average annual compensation Of railway employees is S252 57. against S545 in the United States. As matter of fact, however, more than &5 Ter cent If the 266, GOO railway employees in Great Britain and Ireland receive only between S6.08 and $750 @ week, while
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
THAT s2o, .ooo PAYMENT.

Persons interested in the money market have had some misgivings as to
 the possible effects upon il by the pay Spain, Ii so large an amount must be
 drawn from this country to meet the Cbli gation A few years back this pay mpnt would have been q considerable matter. hut in these extraordinary times 1t is relatively small affair
 The available resources fer making
 the settlement are uperabundantly ample Outside the gold reserve, the national treasury has an available cash balance in it's vaults of SS6, 900 and $SG,U0O .UGG on deposit with the national banks There is thus ample margin for the treasury avoiding any demand upon it's Repositories calculated to what it can do in that matter 1t is quite likely to do. The suggestion is made by the well known banker Henry Clews thar :nasmuch as there is in Europe still large outstanding floating indebt- eduess due on demanI tC the United States, a slight advance in the rate of interest here would make it a paying operation to effect the $20,000, 900 re- nittapce through bills drawn against these funds; in which case there would he no transfers of money in the operation, Spain collecting her award from our European debtors and the operation at this end being confined to transfers of deposits, with little or pos sibly no effect upon the loaning abil- ity Of the New York hanks. This re- mittance to Spain therefore, is not likely to cause any noteworthy dis turhance of the. American money mar ket
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
THE DESTITUTE IN HAVANA.

General Ludlow's appeal shows that there is enough misery and Restitution still prevalent in Havana to enlist to the full extent the humanitarian i'm pulses of the American people. The cases which the general has in mind are those of the silent suffe1 CTS who Gl3 not join the clamorous crowds of beg gars for army rations, and the inmates of the home for Spanish widows and of ether charitable institutions The condition of the home referred to, which has been supported mainly by the contributions of Spanish officers, is typical of a whcle class. Its erscWhile benefactoEs are gone; the municipality of Havana is unable to assist it, and there is no legal warrant for the ap- piication to it's use of the revenues col IecteG by the military government. The inmates are friendless strangers in a land which has become q foreign coun- try to them in consequence of the Spanish exodus. Besides these, there are thousands of formerly weH-to-dO women who, though disposed to do any kind of work, have neither the necessary for coarse labor nor in other bread-winning em- 
 These helpless and hopeless human beings should not be permitted to per ish. The desire to do something for Cuba which launched Us into war with Spain could be directed to no more worthy end than to comfort these un- fCrtunateS and save them from despair, which is all the more eloquent because il IS mute.-PhiladelpEia Record.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
WOMAN'S WORLD.

A French writer attributes the grace of Spanish women to the fact that many of them are taught fencing.
 Mrs. Magdalene Thorsesen, the step- mother of Mrs. Ibsen, says that the au- thor's wife is passionate1y fond of lit erature, and has eXerted a great in huence over him.
 The ezar has appointed the dowager empress of Russia honorary colonel of the Pereyaslav regiment of dragoons, of which Emperor Alexander III. was colonel in chief.
 There was lately graduated from Grafton hall, an Episcopalian girls school in Fond du Lac, Wis, Miss Lois Minnie Cornelius, an Oneida Indian, who is a direct descendant of a long line Of chiefs, her grandfather having been the celebrated Skenandore.
 It is estimated that there are nearly 5,0o0,0o0 slf-supporting women in the United States. Almost every branch of work known has been taken up by members of the gentler sex, and the trades and professions show the work CTS to have acquired skill and ability in the practice of their various callings.
 On one occasion when Mrs. Clad stone gave a dance the guests were surprised to notice as the evening went on that the masculine-or, at all events, the bachelor portion of the community was conspicuous by it's ab- sence. ''Oh, dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Gladstone, ''I quite forgot to sendout the mems invitations; they are all in a bag under the sofa.'
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

liament, on the ground that the recent plebiscite showed PTS, ,487 voters for and only 264,571 against federal pro hibition. The premier's reason is that in an electorate of nearly a million and quarter such an affirmative vote fails to justify parliamentary action. A stronger reason, which may be found in the United States, is that the consumption of liquor cannot be leg islated out of existence, and that the nearest approach to prohibition that actually prohibits is to be achieved by means of local option, where the law, if enacted, represents in every case the consensus of neighborhood opinion.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
ENOUGH.

"Yes, sir, I have come to ask you for the hand of your daughter"
 For IsabePs hand?"
 ''Yes, sir. It is a mere formality, know. but we thought it would be pleasing to you to have me go through with it.
 Whats that? A mere formality?"
 That's what I said-a mere for mality''
 And may I inquire who suggested that asking my consent to my daugh- ter's marriage was only a mere for mality?"
 Tt was Isabel's mother, sir"
 'Isabel's mother? Then I have noth- ing further to say.''-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
TEMPERANCE IN ENGLAND.

For about three months after my ar rival in London I could not get warm. knew that the people put on heavy clothes, and took a great deal of exer- else in lieu eff heating their houses as we do; but the thickest clothes cid not suffice, and only few Americans know how to work a athletics and business at the same time, so that I shivered by night and by day, and was mad9 almost ill with the cold. i said So to my banker-the soberest, rnost orderly of men.
 How much whiskey do you drink 2" he asked.
 I had not been drinking any.
 Good heavens, man." ne exclaimed. Come with me" He took me to :he glass of Scotch whisky for me. There" said he, never let the middle of an afternoon pass without your hav- ing had glass of spirits Take an- other before you go tC led Others may prescribe a greater Guan .ity, ard you must be the judge of your own c. quirements, but, mark mo. you take two drinks day as I have advised, or you'll be i'll; indeed, 1 snouldn'- won der if you died. It is impossible to live in this climate without stjurC- l; nts.'
 The drunkenness that results from the strain of the facilitating climate is worse than shocking to a stranger. The crowds in the gin palaces, the pre- pnnderance of poor women m the mass of drinkers, the drunkenness of wor on and the fact that liquor, which zen ders men sodden, seems 70 ,1aka y-o- men crazy-these with the hc1lam in the streets at the closing time of the taverns each night are all as note " orthy, though not as nice, &s the cat ing habits Of the people.
 These same London poor beat their wives. No one will deny it. Al least. they beat them, or fight With them. or get beaten by them-acc 1rdfng to the distribution of strength in each mar r1ed couple. The refrain of ;he police court chorus every Gay demonstrates hcW much rum leads to lighting in the homes. 1 remember now that the poor are reforming rapidly ir this respect.
 They throw things at cacn othtr more and more, instead of fighting" st i'd he; but the point seems | small one to me.-F'rom "EngI:.k Chdra1trr- istics." by Julian Ralph, in Harper's Magazine fer March.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
RUDYARD KIPLING.

During the progress of the late bliz- gard on the Atlantic coast MT. Kipling made anxious inquiries about the over due steamships.) The winds of the north had Joined
 their force And a tempest swept the main, And the ships were fighting their way
 to port Through the wintry hurricane. The air was White with the whirling
 snow, And the sea was white with foam, And the masts and the decks were
 skeeted in ice As the ships were battling home. Are the ships all in?' said the poet
 of the sea, As he lay on his fever bed; Are the ships all in?' twas his deep
 est heart That spoke in the words he said. Are the ships all in?" said the man
 who loved All the seven seas he had sung; The laureate poet of the worlds wide
 race Who speak ms English tongue. You can always measure a race of men, And tell are they truly brave, If they master not only the solid shore, But also the rolling wave. The land is only one-half of the world And the other half is the sea, And nation must care for sailors and
 ships If it would be great and free. Are the ships all in?' let the winds
 blow high; Let the angry pillows roar. Yet the ships are safe when a love like
 this Waits and watches upon the shore. Charles William Pearson in the Chi cago Record.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
PHRNIx, MARCH 20. 1893.
IT BRINGS PAYING RESULTS.

we are well pleased with re- suits obtained through your pa per. In fact, it is about the only newspaper advertisement that we have placed in Arizona that has brought results that have actually paid" This tribute to the merits of The Republican as an advertising medium came by mail yesterday from Howard & Smith, the Los Angeles nursery men, whose announcement has been running in this newspaper for the last fortnight. It is in line with expressions re- ceived from other firms that have invested in The Re publican's advertising space. A paper that is read in every we'll regulated home in the Salt River valley cannot fail to bring profits to the liberal advertiser.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
Dr. Mitchell says in diff

Dr. Mitchell says in diff cult cases of Anemia, he adds cod-liver oil half an hour after each meal and he likes to use 1t in an emulsion ; that he has watched with grow ing surprise some listless, feeble, creature gathering flesh, color and wholesome ness of mind and body from this treatment.
 "Scott's Emulsion" IS cod liver oil combined with hy- PophosPhites. Itregenerates tissue, invigorates the nerves and brain, enriches the blood and adds fat and strength.
 soc and SI.oo, all druggists
 SCOTT BOVINE. Chemists, New York;
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

We sincerely hoFe the rumor that the policy cf replacing the military ad- with men from (AnIerfcan) civil life is under consideration at Washington may prove to 3c a canard. That way danger lies -aLd scandal. The longer and more completely the small Amer lcan politician with 'tpulI'' is ex- cluded from the new dependencies the better for the country's good name and permanent interests.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

There is accommodating evidence that young Aguinaldo. the leader of the Philippine instruction, is in the busi- ness for revenue only. If this govern ment were not morally opposed to brib- cry as a measure of war policy, it could doubtless overcome Aguinaldos resistance to American influence with a comparatively small application Of Yankee gold of the legal standard of weight and fineness.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
WORTH IT ALL.

'Yes; we pay that girl s6 week, bat she's worth every cent of it." said the experienced housekeeper.
 "Six dollarsl" cried the novice. Why. you can get as good as you want for S4 or $4.50."
 "Oh, don't know" returned the ex- perienced housekeeper. "I think this one saves me more than the excess. She's been flirting with the plumber all winter, and now she's just begin ming to smile on the iceman. Chicago Pest
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Mr. w. '. Robinson of this city is a candidate for trustee of the grammar school. MT. Robinson is one of the best known young men in the city. He has up-to-date ideas concerning educational work and would make an ideal trustee At the election next Saturday he should receive the solid endorsement of tine people who desire to see the grammar school system kept iE a high state Of efficiency.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

If the Aguinaldians could put them eeiYes in cou nmnlCaticn with some red cousins of the'Is in Arizona they Vould haar things that would make them very thoughtful. General Law tons Indian natie signifies, being in terpreted, Ma2 wht. gets up in the night to fight.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

If the present arrangement is carried out, the Filipinos are about ID he taught more about the binding force of American influence in a single week than they have ever learned before They will probably discover within the next fortnight that General Otis will stand no mere of their pernicious non sense
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

I, will be much C. eaper in the long run to maintain adequate military gar Tisons in the eXSpanish islands right along than to bring most of the troops 5ome prematGreiy, give professional reyolutionists. a chance to start trou- ble, and thcr have to send the regi- ments back again to stamp it out
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

American builders now have orders for nearly five hundred locomotives for railroads in foreign countries. This Is one form of expansion to which not even the most fluent enemies of fIin-
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

AdYices frorl Manila report that Admiral Dewey has bought three addi- tional tugs. It Is fair to assume that they are of the famous type known as the tug-of-war, which the admiral has used so successfully in his business.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
ANOTHER VICTIM.

"Now," said the beef examiner, "how did the beef strike you?"
 Flat in the stummick, replied the high private, sententiCusly.-Ph hiladel- phia North American.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Hon. DaviI B. Hill's announcement that he will have nothing more to do with mossback politics is highly sig nificant. If it is sincere, it means that MT. Hill is about to break into the re- publican party.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Now the featherhead politicians of tie so-callcd Cuban assembly have un- Gertaken Io depose Gomez from the command Of the Cuban army. Isn't it nearly time for General Brooke to clap the ex-ingu .shrr Cn those fellows?
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Perhaps the impeachment f General Maxine Gomez by the so-called Cuban assembly is bad enough, but think of the humiliation that the old hero would have suffered if that preposter- ous body had tndorsed him! The gen of the two evils.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
hDDENDA.

Poke" said the missionary, mas broken many a happy nome.
 And many a husbands head. incl dentally,' remarked the irreverent man in the rear of the hall.-~Philadel- phia North American.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

There has been nearly 400 deaths from typhoid fever in Philadelphia since the first of the year. The folks back there evidently prefer poisoned water to good health
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Premier Laurier was influenced by common sense in his refusal, just re- corded, to accede to the demands of the Canadian prc1iEitionists for pro- hibition bill at the next session of par
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Italy wants a small piece of broken China, but what fer, nobody knows. Probably just to keep herself in the rUSb
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Ice sells in some of the Cuban cities at cents pound. yet the Cuban poli- tieians don't cut any.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

of her benevolent social PAanc of fully left in such Carolina the
 of remedies condition but finally Q spoken ot by friends were tired Ri3ansT had them not Tabues North tber fany Fed them and finally did I found a1I served alarm Thoaas made that nvigoratd and made feel so fine all day hat I Q simply delighted with them"
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Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
The Arizona Republican.

Publication office: 36-38 East Adams street. Telephone No. 47.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

Entered at the postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, as mail matter of the second
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-30
TREACHERY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
MAYORS ARRESTED.
Officers Installed BY The Americans Caught
Recruiting Men for the Rebel Army.
Natives Favor RevoIuiionlsis.

Recent events In the Philippines
have proved somewhat dlscouraging to
| officials who are trying to accompany
war with policy of conciliation. Two
new municipal governments have col
lapsed through the treachery Of the
mayors.
Monday the mayor OF San Pedro
Macati, who was elected by the people,
under the direction OF Prof. Dean WOr-
cester of the United States advisory
commission for the Philippines, was
brought to Manila and lodged I'm Jail.
The United States officers at San Pedro
Macati found that he was using his Of
fee as n recruiting station for the
Philippine army. Four disguised in
surgent officers were helping him.
The mayor of Balluag was also ar
rested and confined in the same prison.
The Americans caught him Iassing be-
tween the lines of the two armies with
incrmnatlng documents. which the
authorities secured. Another prominent
native mayor is under surveillance.
When the result Of the election at
linus which Gen. Lawton and Prof.
Worcester engineered, was announced.
the Americans inquired as to the where
abouts of the peoples choice and were
Informed that he was in prison at Bill
bid. where the authorities had placed
him on suspicion of being revolu-
Zionist. He was released and installed
as mayor.
Such events and conditions tend to
give color to the assertions OF foreign
residents acquainted with the native
character who insist that q great ma
jority Of the natives sympathize with
the insurrecton and elect ofllc'a whom
they know to be revolutionists.
For two weeks Manila has been
policed at night with unusual vigil
lance. Apparently the authorities are
expecting trouble
The trend Of affairs tends to make
the policy of lenlency unpopular
among the Americans. When they
abandoned Morong they burned the
whole town
Col Smith of the Twelfth infantry,
who Is In command at Angeles, Is skep-
tcal regarding Filipino friendllness.
Instead of allowing the natives to re-
turn to the town as heretofore he has
ordered his troops to shoot al men try
ing To pass the lines and to turn back
the women and children.
He recently gave the amigos In the
town an opportunity to prove their pro-
fessed friendship. putting them to work
at digging trenches and cleaning
streets. but this only dlspleased them.
The foremost citizen of Angelo, a
lawyer, who had welcomed the Ameri-
cans was found communicating with
the insurgents. The Americans
promptly marched him off to San Fer
nando to stand trial.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-30
BIG CUT IN SUGAR.


The war in sugar, the great fight
which Is being waged between the
mighty Sugar Trust on the one hand.
and the Arbuckles and the Independent
refners on the other. has assumed an
Unprecedented virulence In Chicago,
where prices have been cut to the very
bone. causing the loss of thousands OF
dollars per minute. IL Is a battle Of
the giants, for the Sugar Trust has
lost, since Wednesday, 1t is said.
81 100000 on contracts that were made
at the prices prevailing few days
ago.
IL was wired In from New York that
the trusts contracts amounted to $780,
600 barrels. but IL was learned that the
trust had made the statement that its
business already contracted for was g.
100000 barrels. II this is true the trust
may lose as much as Sl,700,000 on the
cut In prices OF Wednesday. The os-
tensible loss would be several hundred
thousand dollars under these figures,
but IL Is said that the entire loss, all
expenses considerd, will be as first
stated.
The slash in prices made Tuesday
by the trust in New York and met a
little later by the independent refining
companies, chiefly the Arbuckles, had
the Influence of cutting sugar In Chi
cago to such low figure that for every
barrel sold to the local trade the whole
saitiS SohiesSeu 10 ~ loss Oh iioHi oV 10
S5 cents
Until Tuesday sugar sold in Chicago
at So 20 per 100 pounds. or % cents be-
low the New York price. When tho
trust slashed the product hree-six
teenth of a cent a pound. or Is cent
per hundred pounds. the wholesaler
promptly made n cut of "a cents an
are now selling the commodity
cash at s5.01 per 100 pounds. This
means a big loss to the wholesale
but they are in for II now and propd
to see II through.
Samuel Sullivan, representing thdl
Arbuckles said: "The trust is trying to
hog everything in the country. but we
are going to beat them out. We have
done that already. They made the
first reduction and then we went them
one better. We can do 1t and not get
so badly hurt as they will They have
big contracts ahead which will be af-
fected by this cut. and how much
money will they lose on them, do you
think?"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-30
SHOT THROUGH THE DOOR.
Girl Is Mistaken for a Burglar and Is Killed
by Neiqhbor.

Tyne Grove. of oil City. Pa. was dis
turbed last Saturday morning while
guarding $500 which he had received in
an oil deal.
Edith Dunn, aged II years, daughter
of f. V. Dunn, of Bully Hin, near
Franklin, had been attending q social
near her home and it was nearly
o'clock when she reached the house.
Greatly to her dismay she found that
she was locked out, and went to the
home Of Grove, intending to ask Mrs.
Grove to shelter her for the remand n
Of the night.
Grove heard her knock at the door
and called to know who was there.
Hearing no reply he went upstairs, got
his gun and again called and received
no reply. He then shot through the
door.
The weapon was a 3i-caliber rifle and
the bullet entered the abdomen of the
young woman near the groin. She
shrieked, and then Grove opened the
door and found her lying on the porch.
Surgeons from Franklin were sum-
moned and found an operation neces-
sPry This was performed. but the
patient died from the nervous shock
She was conscious to the last and ex-
onerated Grove from all blame.
Grove claims that he called at least
four times and when he was coming
down stairs with the weapon he pur-
posely dropped several gun cartridges
on the uncarpeted stairs to give warn
ing to the supposed thieves.
Grove is almost frantic with riiet {" er
the sad occurrence, while the father of
the dead girl is inconso'ab'e.