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Arizona republican., 1899-02-24
THE MAIER'S FAILURE
Views Taken of if by Cotfie-
 r1en of the Valley.
If Is Attributed 10 inc CrcWding of inc Big Four-ConjectureS as to inc Effect Of inc Movement Upon inc Local Cattle FIarkef.

The failure of Simon Maier, the Los Angeles butcher and packer, was wide ly discussed by local cattlemen yes terday. It was an event of much more importance to the Salt River Valley than would appear to the minimizing. For a long time, Maier has been the heaviest buyer of beef cattle in the local market, and was perhaps more responsible than any one man, for the high prices that have ruled here Gul- ing the last two years. The fact that he failed, may be regarded as the Ie- suit of his having paid too high prices for stock. On the other hand, being the most extensive butcher in South ern California and being able to pro cure cattle as cheap as any of his com petitors, or even cheaper than they could, it would seem that he could reg lllate his selling prices so as to leave him a comfortable margin above his buying price. The cause of his failure must therefore, be looked for else where, and cattlemen who have for some time been studying the situation. believe they do not have to look far TOT CHe cause 1H9 Ldt9 OL -HAdIel' tICy believe, will be the fate of every butch CT, however powerful and wealthy he may be, in any market, which the Big Four enters. Maier was crowded U the wall by Cudahy and Swift, just as the butchers in almost every town Of importance in the east have bse1 driven out of business, within the last fifteen years.
 Persons from Los Angeles have ire quently remarked that dressed meat
Arizona republican., 1899-02-24
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Col. c. c. Bean: I just got in from the Ai0 mine this morning. What have We down there? Why, my boy, in the language of Dumas nero, The world is mine" True we are off fifty mics f on the rallIOad and have been having some difficulty in securing freiSltlng teams. but the good work of showing what [ wonderful nina the old Ajc is, is c5iug or. We have twenty-five men at work now and six months from ? -'H the Aio will be rated as the greatest mine in all Arizona. l am going back tonight, but will be here again i'll ten days and will tell you more about Ii then; am too busy today.
 
 Clarence Grange. Portland, Oregon: All the northwest fs feeling the benefit of the prosperous times ever the country Of course Portland received some share of the Alaskan trade last year, but nothing assuming any boom pr-DCrti0ns. Most of that goes to Seat tie. that being nearer port to the Alaskan country. Portland has never had any speculative boom, tae nearest approaching it Icing fourteen years ago just after the completion Of the Northern Pacific railroad. The growth of tlie city has been 0f gcCd, healthy orda~ For the last two years tho fal-s Of Oregon have had nOsl excellent crops. The result is they arc prosperous and ale paying CT mort 21es and adding t3 thairc0nven .ences. Of course the city is feeling the beneEt Of this and I think 1t safe tc say th2j business in Portland the coming sum mec will be twenty-five Der cent betto- than t hag ever been b2fo-e.
 
 A. A Vandarv0rt of Boston: 1 have heard it sugge5ted that t would be profitable for the local sheepmen to es~ tablish 9 process Of their own for the securing Of wool or course about two thirds of the wool sh0rn is practically 2 waste, and as ii now stands the deal CTS sAt3 the total amount as t is taEep from the sheep, paying the freight bin 0u the waste and receiving consider ably less fer it than they would for clean wool wijh a ready market. Tho local product is net generally defect i've, and would be easily refined. For these reasons it would appear that securing proces5 would pay. But the railroads wcul5 soon force enc to contrary nrinioA The class of freight together with the increased risk by the companies. would more tta1 triple the price per pound Of shipping. Not this alone, but eastern WC0l9l mills pre- fer their own processes of cleaning and consequently there has been of recent years only a small market f-r refined wool So af-er sliEht consideration the impractic2bilit Of the scheme is apparent.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-24
LIVE STOCK OF INDIANS.
Rules Concerning Its Breeding and Transference to and From Mexico.

The commissioner of Indian affairs has just issued a set of rules and regu- IatiCas concerning cattle and other stock fer the guidance Of the customs officials and Indian agents and sub- agents of Arizona. which will Ee OG much interest to the people at large Of this territory. They have reference to the branding of the cattle of the In dians and to their being taken back and forth across the International boundary. The rules in full a~a as fcl- lows:
 l. All Indian stock shall be given a common or reservation brand in ad- diti0n to the individual. family CT vil- Iaga brand now in use.
 2 Indians must not be allowed to enteE Mexico tor the pcrp0se of rec0v- ering stray stock. except under 1ha di- rection of the agent and when accom- panied by an officer or em ploy5 de- tailed therefor.
 3. When stray stock is recovered it shall be the duty Of the Indians and of the officer in charge of them tc report on their return to the nearest custom house and make entry thereof as re quired by law and the treasury IcSu- lati0ns.
 | It shall be the duty of the GUS toms officers before searching for
Arizona republican., 1899-02-24
STUDYING WARFARE.
Col, 1IcCord's Inu3daction to Military
 Tactics.

Since the arrival Of many Of the boys from Col. MCCord s regiment theae arc plenty Cf "reminiscences and stories current. One overheard in a crowd was q tale on C1i N-C0rd. The s3lditr who told the tale prefacod his remarks with h s statement. They d0 2 whole lot Of talking about Roosevelt, and they can all have their Roosevelt, but Col. MCCOrd is good enOuSh f-- ne and ] knoH that the boys would have fol! lCW9d him anywhere.
 But I cannot help thinking" he continued, 'Of the spectacle he pre- sented the first t.nla he was in com mand Cf the regiment CT a dress pa Eade. lie was uCr very faLilitT Wi1h the tactics then and was constantly in dread lest he should be called U3cD to do just what he was trying to do 2, the time. Before attempting his part he was shTewd enough to, equip himself for emergencies. Sumlnonirg Shorty Cc6bins he inquired of him what lie knew Of regimenta1 formations. 'ShG-ty,' who is 2 veteran b5th on land and water, replied that he knew every thing about it. Having satisfied him self of 'Shorty's' abilities the colonel ordered him to serve as his bugler and 10 AO4lON llm clCGGtJ, requesting 44Hi &L the same time to be ready to instruct aim at any time as to the proper role for him tc perform.
 '''520rty' acquiesacd al25 the two re- paired to the commanding station of the regiment: They tCcl their DO t5 and after the 2djUtant had sized the conpanies he reported to the colonel At thi1 iurcture and in tones perfectly audible to the whole staff Shorty yelled out. Pun her, colonel; pull haT.' The colonel, though slightly emh2r- rassed at having received instructions from an enlisted man and to the knCwl- edge of the entire staff, followed the advice and pulled his aWc-d to salute. After a few more ceren-nies and at the proper time the elated Shorty again bawlcd out in his soncrous voice, sheath it. col0nel This advice Col. IcCord also wisely followed, and al- 1hough his Instructions did net come direct from Q book o9 tactics, his ao- tions were none the less proper and his attitude toward the line of soldiers equally as impressive
 The story was too good to keep,
Arizona republican., 1899-02-24
TENNIS IS ONl

a will close out at make We also w. D. a sports in cIudin baseba
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
MAGNIFICENT NEW
HOTEL TO BE BUILT
Option on Central Property Sc
cured by Promoters.
NO PARTICULARS GIVEN OUT
Structure Will be Equal to Present and
Immediate Future Needs of City,
and Will Cost Nearly Half
Million Dollars

At last there are tangible reasons for
hoping that great hotel of the first class
will be erected in Birmingham.
Option has been secured and the money
paid on property in the heart of the bust
ness district for the purpose of building
such a hotel.
The proposed structure will be equal to
the present and immediate future needs
of Birmingham, and will call for the ex-
penditure of the better part of half mil
lion dollars.
The men behind the movement are not
now personally much interested in Bir-
mingham; but they are convinced that the
contemplated investment would prove to
be most profitable.
Birmingham is not without excellent
hotel aceommoda tions In that particular
1t is perhaps equal to any other southern
city; but the town has far outgrown its
hotels. Greater accommodations have be-
come a necessity. 1t is doubtful IL there
has been decent bedroom for hire in
Birmingham after 1890 a. M on any night
for many weeks. So Birmingham's great
est need now is a great hotel and the
prospect that one will be built in the near
future is in the highest degree satisfactory.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
DULL DAY WITH POLICE
Not Single Arrest Made Up to A
O'clock Yesterday

Yesterday was perhaps the dullest day
the police department has experienced for
many months. Up to o'clock yesterday
afternoon not an arrest had been made.
The book on which tine charge slips are
usually hung was clear of crime for the
first time in a number of days. st never
rains but pours' and when business took
an upward turn the prisoners came in JOB
lots. The patrol wagon ait one time I'M
loaded six minors charged with visiting sa-
looms. Morgan Johnston drove up with a
charge of burglary and grand larceny
against him, and numerous disorderly con-
duct cases were registered by nightfan.
Eighteen policemen were detained at the
criminal court as witnesses during the
morning and this probably accounted for
the decline in business at headquarters.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
LODGE OF KNIGHTS
OF THE ROYAL ARCH
The Liquor Dealers Organize a Branch of
the order-Fuil Corps of Off
GERS Elected

An enthusiastic meeting of the liquor
dealers brewers and bartenders of Br-
/ mingham Pratt City and Besse.ner was
held yesterday at Odd Fellows hall, and a
lodge of the knights of the Royal Arch or
ganzed with seventy-five charter members.
The following officers were elected;
Valiant commander, Zeke Solomon.
Lieutenant commander, Al Campbell.
Grand treasurer, III. A. Tomppert.
Grand recorder, Fred Conrade.
Grand master of ceremonies, F. M. Stich
Captain of the guards, P. T. Valley.
Chief orator, George Gorhf.
Grand tyler, f. III. Saupc.
Board of manasers-Louis Schillinger, F.
H. Bower, Louis n. Ball.
The Knights of the Royal Arch is an in
ternational organization, which confines its
membership to only those who are inter-
ested or engaged in the sale or manufac-
ture of liquors.
Its members are joined together under a
binding obligation to assist one another in
all matters of personal or financial interest.
In addition to it's fraternal feature it pays
A weekly sick benefit and also provides a
funeral fund, and looks after employment
for any member who is out of work.
The order is thoroughly established in
many different states with large lodges in
Louisville, CINCINNATI Sprinfigeld, Cairo,
Murfreesboro, Memphis, Nashville, Knox
VILE Chattanooga, Atlanta, Augusta, Ma
con. Savannah, Brunswick, New Orleans,
Shreveport Little Rock, Pine Bluff and
other places.
The local lodge gives promise of becom-
ing one of the leading lodges in the coun-
try as its membership is composed OF the
best element of liquor dealers in the dis
trct.
General Departments Organizers H. A.
Mcdonald, of Pine Bluff, Ark, and M.
Flatan, of Augusta. Ga, have been in the
city about two weeks working up interest
in the organization. They expect to or
ganize lodges in all the principal cities of
the state.
The first meeting of the Birmingham
lodge will be held tomorrow Afternoon at
$3.50 at Odd Fellows hall when the charter
will be closed and the officers installed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
EIGHT CASUALTIES
DURING SEPTEMBER
State Mine Inspectors Report shows Unus-
ually Large Number of Fatal Acct
dents for the Month.

The report of State Mine Inspector j.
talties in the Alabama mines than for any
previous month since his induction into Of
fee
The report was filed with the governor
yesterday as follows
September II Thomas Evans, colored,
was killed by falling slate in the shape of
horse back at Marble mines, Warrior,
Ala. This accident does not appear to have
been the fault of the miner of the COM
pany. but one that will sometimes occur
in spite of every precaution.
September II Robert Perry colored kill
ed by falling slate in the third east entry
of Coal City mine, at Coal City. This ac-
cident appears to be due to carelessness of
the man killed.
September Is Brooks Banks, colored, kill
ed by falling slate a No. mines, Brook
wood. In this case he knew the slate was
loose, but forgot about it.
September % Lieutenant Jones, colored,
killed by falling coal while mining out
shot at c. No. 2, West Pratt, Blossburg.
September 2S, George Mccoy and John
Walker, coored, convict miners, killed by
falling rock at Shaft No. l. Pratt Mines di-
vision of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company. In this case every care
seems to have been taken, but a heavy rock
five inches thick, twenty inches wide and
fifty inches long came down without notice,
breaking timbers MASKING cars to pieces
and killing these two men.
September 20, Antonio CYCLIC, white,
killed by falling slate at East Brazil, Brook
side. In this case the slate fell from be-
tween two propers.
September 81, Henry Reed, coored con-
vict killed by falling off cage down shaft
at 20. / Pratt mines division of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
Frank Culve1house, assistant inspector, ex-
amined and reported on this case al once.
I afterwards visited the shaft myself with
Mr.. Ramsey, chief engineer for the COM
pany. We made careful inspection of both
sides of the shaft. There were two or three
plans where it was possible for man to
fall off of the cages. These I ordered
Gagged up.
Altogether there have been more fata1i-
ties than any month since my appoint
ment."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Big PIPE PLANT AT
NORTH BIRMINGHAM
Dimmick Company Decides Upon
Location of Its Plant.
MANY PLACES COMMENDED
But Birmingham's Beautiful Suburb is
is an Easy Winner Immense Invest
ment of Capital Assured : Hun
dreds of Men to be Employed

The Dimmick Pipe company will build it's
pipe plant at North Birmingham This has
been determined upon.
The Dimmick company was organized in
Birmingham several weeks ago with a capt.
tai of $4,000 Ever since its organization
the company has been looking about for a
location for its plant
1t is understood that North Birmingham
has been finally determined upon, and a
plant costing $15OOO0 and employing about
800 men will be built there as soon as
practicable.
Admission, Bessemer, North Birmingham,
Ensley and Sheffield have been bidding for
the plant, and North Birmingham Sc
cures 1t.
The papers have been all drawn up and
will be formally signed today, securing for
the northern suburb of this city one of the
largest and most profitable industries of the
Birmingham mineral district. This is of
the greatest significance to North Birming
ham and Birmingham proper. 1t means the
establishment of gigantic industry. 1t
means weekly payroll of thousands of
dollars additional to this city, for it Is the
purpose of the Dimmick company to pay its
employees at the end of each week.
1t is understood that Admission. Sheffield,
Bessemer and Ensey each offered the
strongest possible inducements to the DIM
mick company, but Birmingham is an easy
winner of one of the largest pipe plants in
the United States.
This is most splendid evidence of Bir-
mingham's advantages. Coupled with this
exclusive information is the Age Herald S
exclusive statement that a splendid new
hotel is almost certain.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
GENERAL DESIRE
FOR EARLY ACTION
Contest for County Offices May
be Shortened.
MEETING OF COMMITTEE
Will Fix the Date for Nominations and
Decide Between Primaries and
Convention Senatorial Fight
Overshadows All Others

It is not known as to what date the JEFF
ferson county democratic executive commit
tee will fix for the nomination of county
officers, or whether a primary election or
county convention will be decided upon.
The county must take action as to state
officers on the 18th of April, but the COM
mittee may do as it likes in the matter of
county officers. Members of the legislature
are officers of the state, and the state COM
mittee provides that provision shall be made
for their nomination on the date specified.
But sheriffs, tax assessors, tax collectors,
members of commissioners courts and so
on may be nominated when, how and where
the county committee may desire.
There appears to be a general desire that
candidates for county offices be disposed of
as, soon as practicable and that the most
annoying feature of politics may thus be
done away with. If the Jefferson demo-
cratic committee share this view, it is quite
possible that before Christmas the candi-
dates may cease from troubling and the
weary be at rest.
Contest for state Offices
Practically as matter of course, the
hottest politics this year will be regarding
offices of the state. This is eminently true
of Jefferson, which at present has more
than twice the population of the next most
populous county in the state, and which
the census of 1900, to be taken before the
next election, will show to be the most
populous county but one in the south.
United States Senatorship
The democrats of Jefferson are required
to choose six members of the lower house
of the general assembly and one senator,
all of whom will vote for United States
senator in November of next year. The
senatorship overshadows all other issues in
Alabama. The governorship is at stake;
but it is not known that there will be a
fight for Jeffersons big delegation of thir-
ty members of the state convention. Apart
from the senatorship and the governorsmp,
democrats of Jefferson are unlikely to con-
Germ themselves in state politics. The pres
ent governor, who may be a candidate for
the national senate, is Jefferson man, and
a Jefferson man seeks to succeed him as
governor Hence this county will come in
for large politics whether it wishes or not.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
NEGRO KILLED.
Run Over by Train on Mineral Road
Last Might.

Early last night, while Birmingham Min
erai train No. 1903 dropping string OF
cars off Hill track at Sloss, Montgomery
Butler, a negro belonging to another crew.
was run over and Killed.
Information as to the manner in which
Butler was caught and killed is very mea-
gre, and so far as is Known at present no
one saw the accident. Buffers remains
were brought into the city about 10 O'Clock
last night and turned over to the Warner
& Smiley undertaking esta blishment, pend
ing instructions of his rela tives.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
special Meeting of Trades Council

The president of the Trades Council has
issued call for "a special meeting of that
organization at Brickayers' hall Sunday
afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock 1t Is said some
important questions are to be discussed and
a large attendance is expected.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
THAT JOYFUa FEELING

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli-,
ness which follows the use of Syrup OF
Figs, Is unknown to the few who have not
progressed beyond the old-time medicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes
offered but never accepted by the we'll
informed. Buy the genuine. Manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

The house of M. Herman, Fourth avenue.
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth
streets, was slightly damaged by fire yes
terday morning. The Northside depart
ment answered the call and quickly ex-
tinguished the flames. A defective fiue was
evidently the origin OF the fire.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Articles of incorporation of the Birming-
ham Times were filed in the probate judges
office yesterday. The capitalization is $4,000
and the incorporators are Julian H. Bling
ham, Benjamin M. Long and Daniel N.
Cooper.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Again Continued

Owing to the absence of Attorney p. G.
Bowman the gaming eases resulting from
the raid on the gambling room over the
Exchange saloon were continued yesterday.
The trial is set for 8 O'Clock this after
noon. Ak4 - 50.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
w. I. GRUBBS

Appointed Assistant to General Counsel
of L. & N. R. R. ~
w. T. Grubbs, for long time in the office
of Walker Percy, the distinguished attor-
ney, has been appointed assistant to the
general counsel of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad company.
Thus is changed the title of the position
formerly held by the late Dave Brown. A
lawyer has been chosen, as has been an
ticipated, and the Louisville and Nashville
company Is to be heartily congratulated,
as Mr.. Grubbs Is a most excellent man.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

]. N. Cornatzer, southern passenger
agent of the Mobile and Ohio with head
quarters In Montgomery, was in the city
yesterday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Hon. Thomas III. Watts, of Montgomery,
Is In town on legal business. Mr.. Watts
bears worthily an fllustrious name. He is
one of the strong men of Alabama. The
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
PERSONAL.

Walter LOTUS, advance agent for Charles
Coghlan, was in the city yesterday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Washington, October 13.-For Alabama
Fair Saturday and Sunday; cooler in CEN
trail and northern portion Sunday; fresh
east to southeast winds.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

NOTICE OF BOND SALE.
The city of Birmingham, Ala, will re-
ceive bids up to noon Wednesday, October
49, 1885, for $500 public Improvement bonds,
to run ten years at per cent. interest,
payable annually, principal and interest
payable in gold. Certified check for $3.50
payable to the mayor and aldermen of
Birmingham must accompany bid.
For further particulars address
r. H. KERR,
Chairan Finance Committee.
10-12-2t-thurs&sat
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Congressman John III. Bankhead arrived
In the city last night from Washington.