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Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The Arizona Bulletin keeps up an absurd tirade against Governor Murphy in regard tC' the initiative and refer endum" bill. A perusal of the bill it. self ought to satisfy any fair minded and intelligent citizen of it's worthless ness. The effort to make cheap politi- cal capital by charging Governor Mur- phy with being responsible for the plank on this subject in the republican platform is the yeriest clap-trap. Every one knows, who is at all familiar with the facts, that the governor not only had nothing to do with the plank in question but he was outspoken in his opposition to it and was unreserved in his criticisms of it. The attempt to injure him by reiterating malicious falsehoods is ridiculous and can only react upon the falsifiers. The more such methods are pursued the stronger Governor Murphy will be with sensible DeODle
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Children deprived of fats and mineral foods have weak bones, fabby flesh and thin watery blood.
 The milk of nursing mothers, enfeebled by chron- ic diseases, or long contin- ued nursing, produces the same results.
 Scott's Emulsion Is cod liver oil partly digested and with the hypophosphites, forms a fat food which acts on the infant through the milk, giving rich blood, strong nerves and sound flesh and bones to both.
 zoe. and sI Ioo, all druggists
 SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists, New York.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

It is an odd problem that is presented by the Spanish soldiers that have joined the forces Of Aguinaldo By the terms arranged with Spain the United States agreed to transport the Spanish soldiers i'll the Philippines that are fighting under Aguinaldo are making it necessary for General Otis to capture them before this part of the arrangement can be carried out. In other words, military operations are necessary in the Philippines to enable the United States to complete peace with Spain.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
THE MOST FAMOUS BATTLEsHIP.

On March 9,1S98. the United States
 battleship Oregon left San Francesca for her long run eastward around South America. The performance was
 watched by the whole people, the chance of attack by the Spanish feet,
 whose whereabouts at sea were un- known, giving the long voyage a sensa- tionaI aspect. The Oregon reached the Florida coast May 24. Though she had run 14 900 knots she was reported ready for duty and at once steamed to her place in the Cuban fleet. Forty days later she took a leading part in the pat tie with Cervera's ships. It was Ter speed and heavy guns that prevented the escape of the Colon, which had out stripped the other Spanish vessels. If the Colon had run the gauntlet success fully the victory would have been serl- ously incomplete and the war pro Ionged. for it was the utter Obliteration of their squadron that completed the Encouragement and disgust of the Spanish people.
 On March 1S,1S99, just one year, less a day, after her departure from San Francisco, the Oregon steamed into the bay of Manila and Dewey cabled that she was fit fer any duty. Again she had steamed around South America, and, in addition, had crossed the Pa cific The voyage Of 10000 knots from New York to Manila. was not a race against time, but was completed be- tween October 12 and March IS. The speed of the Oregon is no less remark able than her mechanical perfection. A year ago she ran the 4,076 knots be- tween San Francisco and Callao in if teen and 2, half days, an average of Tl,o of 3 ,000 knots from Honolulu to Manila was made in twenty-siX days. No bat t.eship in existence has a record ap- this. The Oregon was built by American mechanics in San Fran cisco, which less than sixty years ago was a foreign village of 500 inhabi- tants. Half q century of American e1- pansiCn there has produced a splendid metropolis, and one capable of con- the greatest battleship in all Louis Giobe-Democrat.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The best solution of the Samoan question would be the partition of the group. There are three large islands and three powers interested. The island that would naturally fall to us is the one on which we have a coalDg station concession. It has a fine har- bor and is not sufficiently populated to give us any trouble.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
ELECTRICITY IN IRON WORKING.

Chicago engineers seem to be en- titled to' the distinction of having op- ened up a new field of usefulness for the electric arc by employing it in the work of cutting steel I-beams and other heavy masses of metal that otherwise could not be conveniently penetrated. The most important undertaking of this kind was in connection with the reconstruction Of a portion of Q large down town office building when 9n ob- strQction was met in the form of six
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The king of Korea has adopted the American style of dress, but we should not toe hastily conclude that this ;s national compliment when we remeu:- Der how dirt-cheap hand downs" are getting these days.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

heavy I-beams. fifteen inches high.
 with siX-inch flanges. These beams
 were used for girders, and were lo-
 cated in such position that they could
 be reached only with great difficulty. | The contractors found that 1t would
 be necessary to have special saws con-
 structed for this cutting, and the iron :
 workers estimated that at least twelve
 days would be required by two men,
 making the labor item alone nearly $100. besides the cost of the special tools The chief objection, however
 was the loss of time in completing tine | job.
 fh the electrical processes hastily
 designed apparatus was employed, but
 even with this crude equipment the
 work was performed in sixteen working
 hours at a very slight expense and
 without interrupting the workmen e1n-
 ployed on the building as the cutting
 was done at night. The actual time
 consumed in burning through the I-beams was twelve hours. The con-
 tractor estimated that they gained at least four weeks by employing cleo tricity. as the special saws required
 would not have been ready inside of two weeks, and two weeks more would have been occupied in the actual work of cutting.
 The new process involves the princi- pie upon which the arc lamp used for street lighting is based, and was prob ably suggested by the electric welding process, which has clearly shown the intensity of the heat generated by powerful currents. The energy con- stunned in this work was equal to five horse power, and this was always con- centrated at the point where the cut ting was to be made. Current was taken from one of the dynamos used for lighting the building, the positive side of the circuit being grounded Cn the building structure and the negative side being connected with a one and one-half inch round carbon, held in a case having a wooden handle to enable the operator to manipulate it. This carbon was thrust through mufier, made of iron and lined with asbestos, which was fitted over the beam to be cut When the carbon point touched the metal the circuit was completed, | an arc was formed and the intensity | of heat readily melted the steel beam. l At times it was necessary to use large l shield of asbestos board to protect the 1 operator from the heat, and throughout | the operation double black spsctacleS 1 were worn to save the eyes as much as | possible from the effects of the glare 1 produced by this immense arc, which | was equal in brilliancy to eight or ten ordinary arc lights.
 The experience gained in cutting into 3ank vaults aided the engineers, but U was observed that the conditions were entirely different It was found that much mare time was required to burn beams than vault doors of equal thick less. the difference being attribYted to he character of the steel. Tho vault loors. which are made of the highest grade of steel are much more easily ,enetrated than the poorer grade of .teel employed for girders. This is xplained by the fact that more carbon nters into the composition of the igher grade metal, and this makes it 1ore susceptible to the influence of the Ieatric arc.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

General Miles never misses an op- lately been in Massachusetts, where he observed the process of exterminat- ing the English sparrow.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The Hon. John Sherman will be able to pleasantly and quietly divert him self all summer by reading his cbitu- ary notices. Few men have been so uniformly lucky as MT. Sherman
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

German-Americans having denounced the proposition of an alliance between England and America it is now in or der for English-Americans to stir up anti-German sentiment by a series of ringing resolutions. This is splen- didly equipped country for the exhiI- arating pastime of racial tit-for-tat
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Secretary Alger should not be criti- cised, for taking practical business man or two with him to Cuba after the blame directed against him for Lha methods of purchasing army supplies.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The opposition Jetfersonian dinners in New York ought at least offer the guests some assurance that they will get something more substantial than style. for their money. Jefferson was nothing if not unostentatious and solid.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The liquid air researches are attract ing less general attention than the gassifed banquet discoveries now in prospect.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The south has reason to be proud of Jekyl island. It has become almost as lively as Coney island and great deal more dignified
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
PHGNI><. APRIL ?. 1899.
THE FIRST CHANGE.

The morning paper gets the first chance at people It hits them when they have the day be- fore them. and can act promptly upon the suggestion an adver- tisement conveys.-Printers' Ink.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

MT. Henry Watterson's prophecy that there will be bickerings in the demo- cratic party has great deal of prece- dent up which to rely.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

The departure of General Eagan for Hawaii has not given rise to any anti profanity legislation in Honolulu
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

It must pain MT. Bailey to note how much more interested a number of Texans are in the styles in rope and Six-shooters than in constitutional dis functions.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Even in this glorious region it wont t do to go to your Uncle too carly with your overcoat and fannels.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Klondyke again herald the approach ol warm weather
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
OUR SPRING NUMBER.

The Phoenix Republican publishes today a special edition of ten thousand copies, in which the mining industry receives the attention which it's import ance merits. Three columns wilt be devoted to Globe, district. which, on account of it's winderful mineral wealth, is just now attracting more at tention than almost any other mining section of the southwest.-Globe Silver Belt.
 The Republicans special edition was a magnificent paper, and not only cred itable to Editor Randolph, but will be very beneficial to Arizona and her varied interests and industries. The rapid development of southern Califor- nia was due to the incomparable ef- forts of the press of that locality and the Salt River valley will reap the naT- vests Of such publications as The Re publican of yesterday. We congrat tu- late our COT mpOrary.-GaZette.
 n
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

- The Cuban assembly has about de- cided to take trial balance and go home.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Aguinaldo manages to make great deal more than g head by sacrlflcing F'iIipinos.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Later on General Miles may feel the necessity of writing a book on his New England campaign.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Hon. l. Sterling Morton'5 latest sug- gestlon has accumulated a fine collec- tion of stones and clubs.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Publication office: 36-3S East Adams street. Telephone No. AZ.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Entered at the postof1ce at Phoenix, Arizona, as mail matter of the second class.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
A POINTER FOR WIVES.

Call halt. Be neat, but not insane ly so. Bear in mind that household goods are made for use. Let your hus- band enjoy home. Life is short, too short to lose one ounce of possible hap piness. Fortunate woman if you have a husband who loves you. Don't scold him when he gets things 6 little out of order. To keep his love is of more importance than to keep the sofa pill lows Unwrinkled. Make a cozy corner and till it with happiness for both of you. After all, men arc queer ami mals, but good to have around.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15

route system. 1t is intended to have
mail boxes put up every half mile, and
in this work the government will be
assisted by the citizens along the vari-
Gus routes. The department will supply
those that are to be located at regular
intervals, and persons who wish to do
so may put up their own Individual
boxes, provided they are near to the
route laid out. Three men complete the
working crew for the postoffice on
wheels. One is a chief mail clerk, an
other is his assistant and the third is
the driver.
The success of this venture is apt to
reVolutionize the mail system in rural
sections, for in addition to doing away
with the star route system it will lead
to the adjustment of the crossroad and
roadside postoffices scattered through
out the country. The introduction of
the postoffice on wheels will greatly re.
duce the labor in the postoffice depart
ment at Washington, in addition to be-
ing great money saver. Under the
present system fourth class postoffices
are very numerous and new ones are
being continually established. Every
postmaster must give a bond. which
must be recorded and filed, and sep
arate account kept with every office.
The postmasters are allowed to retain
the proceeds of all stamps sold up to
500, and as fully one-half Of them do
not sell over that amount the govern
ment receives no return for the stamps
furnished. Beside, the lack of business
knowledge and business system upon
the part of many fourth class postmas-
tiers results in confusion of accounts
and in reports which necessitates much
correspondence on the part of the Off
Gals here. Another important annoy
ance that will be avoided by the abol-
ishment of a large number of fourth
class postoffices is the contention over
the appointments to such positions
Although these prizes are much sought
after every four years they bring on no
end of trouble and local quarreis, and
congressman as whole would be glad
to be rid of the whole matter. The in
PRODUCTION of the postoffice on wheels
will reduce this annoyance at least
three-fourths. Daily mails by this new
device will be carried to the very doors
of the rural population, whereas at
many offices mails are received only
two or three times a week, and some
of the people have to go a mile or two
in order to get their letters. In add-
ton to this. facilities for transmitting
money by mail in the shape of money
orders or postal notes will be supplied
to the people by the postal clerk in the
wagon
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15

which likewise points the moral in the
case. These were Bryan's words: The
trusts are now absorbing an increasing
share of public attention, because of
their rapid growth during the last two
years. We had a sugar trust and an oil
trust some years ago. We now have a
biscuit trust and a match trust, and
meat trust-in fact, a trust in almost
everything that is used. The milk trust
reaches the infant as he enters the
world, the ice trust cools him in the
summer the coal trust keeps him warm
in the winter, while the coffin trust
waits to receive him when life's fitful
dream is over. The people are begin
ming to see what the principle of mo-
nopoly really means, and yet the people
Of the monopoly, so plainly illustrated
by the industrial trusts, do not differ at
all from the people of the monopoly
which underles both the gold standard
and the paper money trust
In truth, Mr.. Bryan is right when he
shows that the gold standard itself is
simply one form of trust and that the
maintenance of that standard has been
the agency whereby the latter-day
trusts have been chiefly fostered.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
SATURDAY, APRIL il. 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
it's a COrker.

-THIS mornings special dispatch to
the Standard under Big Timber
date tells no lie when it says
that the answer filed in the Beasley
libel case is a very hot number'-it is
all of that
Beasley is the man whose neighbors
hung him in effigy. He was elected to
membership in the legislature as a re-
publican, on the proposition that he
would be square with his party. When
w. A. Clark was buying up republic
cans, Big Timber had both eyes on
Beasley, and never was a community
more stirred than Big Timber was
when word was received that Clark
had made an easy mark of Beasley.
He was hung in efigy, and certain
placards conspicuously posted about
the vicinity We're an expression of the
sentiments of Beasley's neighbors re-
specting him. .t.
Beasley brought a suit for libel.
; Those whom he accused meet the stua-
tion like men. They admit the hanging
/ of the effigy and the posting of the
the effigy was intended to personate
Beasley and that the sentiments on the
placards We're aimed at him: they af-
firm that the purpose in their conduct
was to accuse the plaintiff of disloyalty
no public trust repOsed in him and
! thus to carry against him the charge of
bribery; they recte that "the words on
ihe placards Were true and that the
| plaintiff did not at that time have in
! Sweet Grass county or anywhere else"
a reputation that could be damaged by
what was done. In conclusion the
answer of the defendants in this libel
case asserts the motives, not malicious,
that prompted these citizens of Sweet
Grass county to pursue toward Beasley
ahe exemplary course they adopted
This is case in which every citizen
/ of Montana will take an interest. For
| tunately, Beasley started the lawsuit
that, at least, was a good act his
part. Unless all the precedents are
broken, he'll have to draw generously
on his Helena earnings before he has
run his defense of his conduct to it's
finish. He will put up alone, unless
all the precedents are violated: the
Clark watchword is millions for votes,
but not a cent for defenses." But. more
nhan that and of far greater account
this libel suit is liable to serve a con-
spicuously useful purpose in ways that
need not be specified just now. Keep
your eye on Beasley's lawsuit.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
Let the Line Be Drawn
nth all the rest, this country's
w plain people are coming to
tho noe will

" plain people are coming to
the pass where they will need
| to learn Latin and the lingo of the dip
lomatic world if they propose to under
stand the pomp and vanity of Euro
pean comment on our foreign complca-
tions We Americans managed to win
independence, whip England in 1872,
punish Mexico in 1S4S and bring our
own domestic infelicities of 1861 to a
happy conclusion, and we did it all in
straight, everyday United States YER
nacular. No sooner do we get to the
first serious pass in our little row over
Samoa than the specialized Herr Doc
tors who evolve editorial comment out
of their inner consciousness for the
German press begin to fire Latin at the
unoffending public this side of Sandy
Hook.
For instance, one quotation under
foreign date, printed in the Standard
Thursday morning. remarked that Ger
many's plan to quarrel with England
and spare the United States ''suggests
an ardent desire somewhere to act upon
the principle divide ct impera' How
ever this ponderous classic stuff man
aged to pass on through New York,
Chicago, Dublin Gulch and Silver Bow
canyon without falling off the wire, the
Standard cannot tell. 1t did, in fact,
give the office Of the Butte Miner the
go-by, but the Standard, publishing all
the news about Samoa, printed this
Latin jibberish. of course. With what
result? Simply this, that if these Unit
ed States are going into the foreign
war business as a regular thing, it ap-
pears that we must either learn Latin
or so into Clancv's court, where the
definition will be wrong, sure, and
finally land in the supreme court of
Montana and get the real facts.
1t transpires that when the German
editor tossed off his divide ct impera,"
he meant to say that Germanys plan is
them This Latin was the motto of
Frances famous Louis the Eleventh. 1t
is all very we'll when one takes the
time to look these things up, but if
there is going to be a long war of
words, these foreigners ought to be
given to understand, at the outset, that
when they jaw back they must do it in
plain United States.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
FIRST IN PEACE AS IN WAR.
Admiral George Dewey's Tact, Wit and
Courtesy,


From the Chicago Chronicle.
Every story that travels across the
Pacific about Admiral Dewey presents
the hero of Manila in a more attractive
guise and heightens the interest of
Americans in their beloved idol.
The Oriental hotel in Manila has long
been the favorite abiding place of the
wives of army and navy officers sta
toned there. Naturally they have their
little. all-irhportant set" in their eyes
the cream of aTistocracy. This set has
rigid outside; it does not include any
women of less aristocratic position than
theirs, any woman whose money is the
result of her own honorable labors
There was one of the latter class of
women staying at the Oriental hotel
during the months of the war excite
ment, a Miss Thompson, who was the
correspondent of syndicate of AIneri-
can newspapers. She was a woman of
ability. She did her work well and won
the respect and esteem of every one
who knew her; she was universally
liked, except by the officers wives, who
could not condescend to know her.
They made their attitude pronounced;
they drew the social line, on whose safe
inside they congratulated themselves
upon being.
d
sense of humor as well as many other
things that go to make up a capable
officer and charming man. He evident
ly smiled, perhaps in an amused way
at first, then little grimly and ironi-
cally, when it came to his ears that
the wives Of his subordinates had en-
tered into a crushing social ring to os-
tracise and persecute the newspaper
woman.
Miss Thompson had an unexpected
visitor on day. Admiral Dewey sent
up his card. He paid long call He
and Miss Thompson found much that
was interesting to talk about. In the
enjoyment of their talk they We're ap-
parently oblivious that the rest of the
Oriental hotel had gone mad. The
world had quite come to an end in the
teapot district. with it's self-righteous
ideas of the fitness of things. The ad-
miral had called on a workingwoman!
They We're made to appear in the
wrong. Perhaps it is better to draw a
veil over the subsequent wailing and
gnashing of teeth. the tears and rage of
But Dewey was chara cteristically re-
lentless. He rubbed in the lesson he
had given. He asked Miss Thompson
if he might lunch with her the next
day, and again the whole Oriental ho-
tel knew it and was aflame The
woman who had been Inundated by
the pettiness of petty people was hon
Ored by great man. And no one can
doubt that behind the iron commander,
with the eye of an eagle, the brain of
lightning and the will of steel, there
exists the very tender heart Of a gen
tlen;an of the old school,