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Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
THE CHINESE NEW5 YEAR
phoenix CeEesfiaIs Will Begin inc
 Celebration Today.

The red triangular Chinese flag Heated in front of the joss house on South Second street yesterday or hung Iazily from the flagstaff. That flag is a sign that the Chinese New Year will begin today. It will end when the eel ebrants run out of wind and feel ike resuming work. No good Chinaman who takes pride in his queue will work son New Years.
 The New Years does not begin on any fixed day Of the month, but on the day of the new moon in February, which this year falls on Feb- uary 9. The calendar is calculated for three years at q time by a board of learned astronomers at Pekin. Then calen- dars embracing about 200 pages, ccn- taining the calendar proper for three years, a forecast of the weather, much personal mention of the empG- O. and a great deal of good advice are sent to the heads of Chinese organizations all over the world. A one page calen- dar containing all the necessary in formation about dates and the weather, in succinct form, is sent out for gen. eral distribution. The Chinese year, unlike the New Year of ChristendOm winch aWkWafdIy DeglnS III mlC'FlnLGE, commences at a time when nature be- gins to renew ha-self. The Chinese month sensibly begins with the new moon and ends with that moon. It can therefore be no longer than thirty days, nor shorter than twenty-nine days. Every third year is a leap year and contains thirteen months.
 While Christians need not adopt the Chinese calendar, they would do well to initiate one Chinese New Year cls- tom Every Chinaman in Phoenix in good standing will owe no man today. It has been bred in him to pay his debts and the practices of his country men do not permit him to forget the breeding. If he fail to do so he twill be blacklisted and his credit will be gone It cannot be restored by the payment of them tomorrow. Today is the day.
 The Chinese have also a custom of making New Year calls; that is, the men call upon each other, but never upon the women. This is not so widely different froIAa part of the American custom. len call upon other men who own oons or work
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
TEMPLE IS GIVEN UP.
Ex-Sheriff LedfherWOOd or
 His Way With Him.
Serious Trouble Between inc United SfafeS and Mexico AVerfed but inc Principle Which Threat. ened 1t Is UndiSfurbed.

The James Temple incident in which the Arizona and Sonora authorities and Washington and the City of Mex ico have been very much concerned for the last four months is ended.
 Governor Murphy yesterday received a telegram from ex+Sherif Leather wood at Guaymas saying that Temple had been surrendered to him and thai he would leave with him at once fol Tucson.
 The case was much more serious than it seemed to be, for it raised q question between the two nations, a peaceful settlement of which seemed possible only by the backing down oi one or the other. Much more than the mere person of Temple as an American citizen was involved. The settlement is unsatisfactory, for the main ques- tion of the right of the Mexican gov ernment to exercise jurisdiction under certain circumstances in cases arising or American soil is still an opinion. The case was briefly as follows:
 Temple. an employe of the Sonora railroad, shot and killed Mexican at Nogales on this side of the line. Soon after that in the course of his duties he crossed the line when he was ar rested on a trivial charge. The Mex ican authorities announced that they were going to try him for the killing of the Mexican, notwithstanding it oc- cured in Arizona. It was not even shown that Temples victim was citizen of Mexico, but it was cOntended that though he was born in Mexico he had become naturalized under the pro
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
AN INTERIOR STATE
Furnishes Inc Pacific Wifb
 Big Graft.

A recent arrival in the city is James B. Vincent of Saginaw, Mich. He is accompanied by his wife who is seek ing health. They planned to spsnd several months in the valley after which it is their intention to leave for Japan. MT. Vincent is enc Of tEe stockholders in the Arthur Hill & Co.,, limited, which is extensively en- gagged in lumber business about the Great Lakes.
 MT. Vincent gave an Interesting ac- count of several well known trade yes sels, at present plying in Pacific waters. lie says: Tt may surprise some persons to know that such yes sels as the Kenenaw' and Wash tenaw,' were built and launched in the Lake state. They were not in tended for the Pacific ocean, but the date of their completion was delayed several months and circumstances rendered it more profitable to use the n somewhere else.
 "We built the boats in Saginaw from purely American material With heavy steel bottoms. The canals in that locality leading to the sea will not admit 9 vessel of much more than 20J
 
 measured over 300 feet it was neces- sary to separate. them in the center, or rather leave the center plates ais united. The halves we take Il through the different waters. dnder their own steam until they had passed through the Welland canal. At Mon trea1 they were dry-dOcked and fitted for an ocean voyage.
 "As I mentioned before more time was consumed in the construction Cf these vessels than the contract per- mitted, and finding no profitable en- gagement for them on the Atlantic coast, we turned their prows south ward for the purpose of circling the Horn. Rough waters forced us 10 take passage through the Magellan straits, where the water does not at all times sound deep enough for Q heavy -draught, but the bottom is uni form and sandy and is not likely t0 in jure a craft should it run agrCu-d d. The cut saved us several hundred miles and we evaded the usual stormy sea around the Horn.
 "The trip paid it's expenses. as the ships had been laden with merchanoi5 5e and ballasted with blacksmith's c ai So in this manner all almost in -eTi 11' state furnishes large sea craft for the Pacific coast. It is therefore evid ent that the construction of the Istenya canal would bring with it great bene fits to the Atlantic and lake-shora ship building industry.
 we have sent two ether ships on a similar voyage the 'Lelenaw' and the Progress which were of English b2t- tom. By a special act Of congres3 we had them repaired in Michigan dry dock, and another act permitted US to Americanize the bottoms. These vessels are now plying between Seattle and San Francisco as American Ves- sels.''
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

7fsions of the last treaty regarding
 he cession of territory.
 An attempt having been made )y the local authorities to get
 possession of Temple the mat ,er was laid before the state de- 2artment where the principal thing Iesired seemed to be to prevent the Mexican government from trying to exercise the jurisdiction which this country had elways denied. Negotia- lions were begun with the Ci5y of Mexico. They apparently progressed so satisfactorily that the state depart ment believed the affair was ended except for the actual surrender of the prisoner It was especially desirable sC avoid any possible complication that might arise by reason of the ter mination of the Mexican eXtradition treaty. An order was received here from the president for the possession of Temple under regular eXtraditi0n proceedings. The reQuisition was put into the hands of Sheriff LeatherwOOd, whose term had not then expired, and he went to Mexico as the agent of the United States. He encountered a va riety of delays arising from the most trivial causes.
 For instance, some of the papers referred to Temple as ''Jim,'' whereas the state department and the presidents order dignified him by James" Then a correspondence ensued between the sheriff and Am 5assador Clayton. In the meantime the sheriff was no longer sheriff. He re- turned to Tucson, but shortly afteI returned to Mexico as the agent Of this government, believing that all Obsta- cles had been removed. He went to M2gdalena, where Temple had been taken for safe keeping soon after his arrest The prisoner was then taken to HermosilI0 fo- some purpose which has never been explained, and at last to Guaymas where he was to be tried before a federal judge, a fOrmality un- dersteod to immediately precede his surrender About the middle of Janu- ary MT. LeatherwOOd telegraphed that the trial would commence at once and he would be in possession of Temple by January 24. The treaty would ex- pire that night at midnight
 Since then nCShing definite was heard of either the ex-sheriff or Temple until yesterday. The trial which was to begin almost a month ago and was understood to be a mere formality has presumably just been concluded.
 What effect the expiration of the ex- tradition treaty would have Cn the case was not understood here. It was certain, though, that Temple would not avail himself of. it, for perhaps in all criminal history there was never a man so anxious to waive his rights and return to the place of his crime.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

to any of the greater and richer organ izatiOnS. Yet under the literal terms Of the laW.it seems as if there were no distinction to be drawn between a giant
 cooperation like the New York Mutual Life Insurance company, and some small affair like the Knight Of the Or der of Abednego. The treasury de- partment has been in a quandary, from which lit has temporarily freed itself only by turning over the whole matter to the department of justice in the hope that the attorney general may discover some distinction from the great bodies and the small ones which will enable the treasury to exempt the latter and tax the former. The attor- ney general has had the question be- fore him for some time. but does not seem to be in any great hurry to settle it.
 A similar question touches the taxa ticn of mutual fire insurance com panies, since these, like mutual life in surance companies or orders, are or ganized and conducted by the members thereof for their own protection and not for profit
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
PANIC IN A SCHOOL.
Eight Hundred Children Rushed From
 Building-NOne Hurt

Fort Scott, Kan, Feb. s. Shortly before the scholars of the Central school here were dismissed, last even ing, the plastering fell from tEe cell ing of one of the rooms on the second floor and a minute later the 500 pupils Of the building were in the halls strug- gling to reach the doors and exits. During the scare some one cried fire. ' The teachers were powerless to stop the stampede and in two minutes from the first crash the building had been emptied.
 Not a pupil was hurt. How all e3- capped injury in the frenzied mob that rushed down the stairs from the diff ferent floors is a mystery. It is sup posed that the extreme cold weather Of the past few days is accountable for the falling of the plaster
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
A CHIPPEWA INDIANS PLEA.
Abolish Commission Which Takes S13
 Of Our Money Every Day.

Washington, Feb. 8.-The Rev. George Wright, a full-blooded Chip pewa, convert to Christianity, who is labOring among his fellows in their native language addressed the house committee on Indian affairs today He and his associates came to Washington to plead for relief of their people at Leech Lake, Minn. the scene of ser iOus disturbances last year. They want congress to cut short the ex- istence of the commission now sitting among them for the purpose of allOt- ing lands in severalty and to have the soldiers now stationed at their agency ordered away. MT. Wright's $ speech was interpreted to the committee, sentence after sen tence, by Mir Gillian, a mis- sionary to the Chippewas. who has been among them for many years and who speaks their language perfectly. He said:
 70 men, we come to you because you are the source of all power. You have a commission sitting among Us, who take SIS of our money, and every even ing when night falls SIS are dead. Abolish that commission and every evening SIS will be made alive to us. We do not want to be shorn of all our substance, and left sitting naked or the sands of the lake shore
 Tn view of the fact that the end of congress is so near at hand and the further fact that it is the opiEicn Of Land Commissioner Hermann and In dian Commissioner Jones that the al lotment will be completed within tue present fiscal year, the committee will take no action in the matter.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
BEEF ExONEaATED.
And Miles Roasted by the War Investi-
 gating Committee.

Washington, Feb. 8.-TLe war in vestigating committee comc,et11 it's labors and the report will be in the hands of the president tomorrow The report is voluminous publication of 150 printed pages.
 The report makes an important tea1 q general proposition the charges against the beef furnished the army. The report says there was a mass of evidence to offset General Miles testi- mony Miles is given a seye e crit cism. Alger is commended. The com mlttee is unanimous CD the report.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
THE OLDEST POSTMASTER.
Roswell Beardsley of North Lansing.
 N. Y. Has Been in Service Il Years.

Washington, Feb. S.-New York state has the honor of having the old est postmaster in the employ Of the postal service. He is Roswell Boards ley of North Lansing. Tompkins coun- ty, and has been in the service of the pOstofhce at that place since June IS, 1928. When he was appointed post master the office had been in existence about two years, having been cstab- iished April 6, 1926, with Joseph Bishop as postmaster Mr. Beardsley is regarded as a model postmaster by the department officials, and during his long term of seventy-one years there has never been a complaint against his administration of the af- fairs of the office. The postmaster general received a letter from this aged postmaster a short while ago. in which he said that he still enjoyed good health and was able to person- ally write all his reports and attend tO. the office, which pays a salary Of $175 per alnum.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
WEDDED TO MILLIONS.

Kansas City, Feb 8.-At the home ef the brides parents in this city at noon today, Miss Maude L. Fritz, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. John Fritz. and James L. Flood of San Francisco, son of the late James Flood, the bonanza king, were united in marriage. Among the presents was a $1O0,0O0 diamond neck lace sent by Miss Jennie Flcod, sister of the groom.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
MURDEREss DOOMED TO DIE.
Governor Roosevelt Refuses to Grant
 Clemency to Ms. Place.

Albany, Feb. 8.-Governor Roosevelt has decided that he will not interpose official clemency between Mrs. Martha Place and the electric chair, in which she has been sentenced to die for the murder of her step-daughter in Brook lyn.
 He announced that any attempt to enlist his sympathies in behalf of the mUrderess would be utterly useless, since he sympatnized with those upon whom the wrong fell, not upon the one who wrecked the wrong. Mrs. Place will be eIectrocuted during the week beginning February l9
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

years. He was born a slave in Vir- ginia and claimed to have been well acquainted with George Washington.
 After the death of his master he. be- came the property of General Stone wall Jackson. After the war Edwards came to this county and until he was 100 years old earned his living as a\la- borer.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

in them and exchange the compliments of the season. and silver for Tom and Jerry and other cheering compounds. The Chinese drink tea with each other out of the finest porcelain cups, used only on this day
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
INSURANCE TAXATION.
Interesting Question ezardiag Mutual
 Companies.

Washington. Feb. 2.-An interesting question arising under the war revenue act is noNNtefore the attorney general with reference to the taxation of nu- tual insurance companies. It is well known that congress: had in mind the exemption of benevolent orders of the Masonic type, in which insurance is given on the mutual plan, but that it did not intend to extend the exemption
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
THE IROQUOIs Al HONOLULU.

Honolulu, Feb. 1-(Via San Fran cisco, Feb. 8.)-Tha steamship Iro- quois, formerly the tug Fearless, ar rived On January 28, about eight days from San Francisco.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

italists: c. T. Pepper, s. A. Merritt, [. S. G. Todd, F. W. Doane and J. II. Phillips. Phoenix is named as Ire principal place of business and it is also stated that the principal business will be transacted at Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
DIES AT AGE OF 112 YEARS.

Former Slave of Stonewar Jackson
 Expires in a Poorhcuse
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09

Mascoutah, H.. Feb. 8.-James Ed wards, colored, died at the St. Clair
Arizona republican., 1899-02-09
When Out of Sorts

He Takes Hoods SarsapariiIa and
 1t Sets Him Right Whole System
 Strengthened by This Medicine.
 "I was in such a condition that when ever took a little cold it would settle on my chest and lungs. I was troubled in this way for several years. tried many kinds of medicines but did not get any relief, and seeing Hoods Sarsaparilla ad- vertised I thought would try it. l took about four bottles of this medicine, and began to improve after the first bottle. When 1 had finished the fourth, was entirely relieved. l have kept Hoods Sar- saparilla on hand since that time as family medicine, and whenever feel out of sorts resort to it and in a short time it sets me right" w. B. WOODS, 538 s. West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 N. B. If you decide to take Hoods Sar- saparilia, do not be induced to buy any substitute. Be sure to get only
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-17
STATE NEARLY FINISHED.
Surprising Developments Expected in the
George Trial.

Canton. O., April 16.-It is now the
expectation of the state that the direct
testimony against Mrs. George will be
concluded by the time court adjourns
tomorrow evening. A number of wit
nesses who have been subpoenaed only
for confederation will not be put on the
stand. There is a rumOr atioat that
Mrs Althouse, the missing witness
that she will be the central figure in a
surprise party tomorrow, but no sub
sanitation of this is obtainable. The
defense will probably occupy more than
a week in submitting its testimony.
Attorneys for the defense say they
will not, until the state has closed. out
line the full scope of the testimony they
will introduce. and they will give no
intimation of what particular line of
defense they will emphasize. The
cross examination so far has suggested
little more than a chain of grievances
on the part of the accused against Sax
ton. and the state claims this is not
without advantage to them, because it
furnishes motive
Mayor Rice, it is definitely announc-
ed. will go on the stand as a privileged
witness on behalf of Mrs. George, to
answer certain questions with which
his name has been associated The
principal one of these matters is the
revolver story of former Police Ser
geant Hasler. The attorneys for the
defense say Mrs. George may go on
the stand herself but they will make
no definite statement on this subject.
Mrs George saw only her sister to-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-17
THE TRACT SOCIETY.
An Immense Amount of Religious Litera-
ture Distributed.


Washington. April 16.-Thc Washing
ton annual meeting of the American
Tract society was held this evening in
the First Congrpga ational church, the
Rev. S. NJ NeWm m. d. D., pastor. pre-
siding. Rev. Judson Swift, field sec
retary at New York. presented report
to the society's work. General Morgan.
ex-commissioner of Indian affairs and
corresponding secretary of the Baptist
Home Missionary society at New York
delivered a fOrcible address, setting
forth the objects for which the society
labOrs.
The field secretary's report showed
the total number Of periodicals printed
during the year announced to about L.
SO6 900 and the total number OF month
lies since the beginning of issue about
213 900. 900. The society published the
Gospel Truth in 1913 Languages and dia-
lectS.
A considerable number Of new pub
lcations have been added during the
past year. The total number of grants
in publication have reached a value of
upwards of two and a quarter NIL
lions.
The society. during the late war. dis
tributed over seven and a half million
pages of Christian literature in the ar
my and navy. 1t is furthermore dis
tributng Christian literature in the
Mormon homes of Utah, through sys-
TEN OF colporteur wagons and m.ssion-
| lliG
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-17

Washington. April 16.-Official German
circles here are not httle amused at the
latest Chinese news, which ascribes to
Emperor William the intention to make
his brother Henry German king on Chi
nese soil. The statement is characterized
as wild and baseess invention, and the
same, it is announced on the highest au-
thority, can be said of the alleged inter-
view published by the Paris Soir and ca
bled to some American papers, quoting
the first secretary of tne German embassy
in Paris as saying that the Americans
must take the responsibility for all that
has happened in Samoa, and that they,
intoxicated by their victories over the
Spaniards, consider themselves a military
nation of the first rank.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-17

the Hong Kong mainland, who broke
out in rebellion on Friday, burned some
of the British mat sheds and then re-
tired to the hills and fired upon the
British troops. who We're sent to quell
the disturbances. The British returned
the fire, scattering the Chinese and
killing some. The British suffered no
casualties. AS the result Of the conflict
the governor of Hong Kong went i'm
mediately in the cruiser Drisk with an
other regiment. landed and hoisted the
British flag in the Kow Loon extension.
The Chinese head men sent a deputa-
tion to apologize for the disorders.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-17
A FLAT DENIAL.
Standard Oil Says That Monnett Is Run
ming a Bluff.


Cleveland, Ohio, April 16.-Virgil f.
Kline one of the counsel for the Standard
Oil company. said to-day, defining the
statements of Attorney General Monnett
filed with the supreme court
'Mr Monnett is simply trying to kick
up a dust to cover his retreat. Four
weeks ago Mr.. Elliott and l, in a letter
which was handed to the attorney gener-
al. demanded that he give the name of
the man who, he f1ippantly said. had re-
peatedly made him an offer of S400,OOO.
After this lapse of time he files rambling
statement. calling it an information in
contempt and in which he pretendS that
he requires some order of the court to as
sist him in complying with our request.
This is puerie. He does not need the aid
of the court to enable him to give the
name of his friend, and he knows per-
fectly well that the supreme court will
not enter upon a wild goose chase. In his
statement filed yesterday he does not
say his friend offered hlm bribe, though
he had distinctly charged that heretofore.
He knew perfectly well, whoever his
friend was, and whatever may have trans
pired between them, that he was not
being offered bribe and that his friend
had no authority to speak for the Stand
ard Oil company.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-17
be 20 cents and on manufactured salt
IN L.

be 20 cents and on manufactured salt
50 cents per 100 kilos.
SiXth-Inventors and owners of pat
ents shall have the same protection in
the several islands under the military
government of the United States sS
they received under the laws of the
United States. The order specially re-
fers to owners of patents, including de-
sign. which have been issued or shall
hereafter be issued, as well as the own
ers of trade marks. etc, which are duly
registered in the United States patent
office. The order further provides that
an infringement of the rights secured
by the lawful issue of a patent or by
registration of a trademark, print or
label shall subject the guilty person
or persons to all of the liabilities Gre
ated and imposed by the laws of the
United States which relate to such mat
ters. To this is added that the rights
of property in patents and trademarks
secured in the several islands and other
ceded territory to persons under the
Spanish laws shall be respected the
same as if such laws We're in fnii force