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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
HE coweD THE BULLY.
HarsId Freserir-s Eneeuater WIfh q
 LSrGlV PrassIas EIeateaans.

 HarsId Freseri~-s EHeosater win a
 LSr9lV PrassIas iIeateaans.
 Harold Frederic's self confidence and power of dominating strangrrs stood him in good stead in one of his first visits-if not bis very first visit-t0 Berlin. The incident as he related ii seemed natural enough to sn American nos brought up n awe of a military caste, but Co those who knew Germany it wac almost surprising that be came through it with his life. He had been paying some formal diplomatic calls and in tine sTening dropped in at the Cafe Bauer in the uuwonted glory Of a frook coat and a tall silk hat This hat was carefully hung on hat stand. and Frederic sat down to read an English Hewspaper just arrived
 Enter a particularly fine specimen of tae lieutenant. booted and spurred and swordsd and epauletted. He brushed against the hat stand, knocked Frederic's g hat over into the Awdust and swag- Rered to his seat without 90 much as looking around The slight Co the hat was more than Frederic could endura.
 In . towering paEEson be went to the Iieutenant stood over him and pointed to the object on the floor. ''Pick up that bat. sirr' he rosred. Tbe officer stared amazed: the walters were par siSsed with terror at hearing one SO much more than human SO addressed by a civilian. "Pick m that hatf f't re. peated Frederic in . tone more menao- ing than bsfore And the lieutenant did what be was told Re was As irresisti- biy dominated by the courage and force of the man ss c schoolboy before bis master. or perhaps he thought Frederic carried the customary west American revolver -SstuFday Review.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
LOOKS ENCOURAGING! ]!
Statement Made That Whippls wIH ss Rebuilt and Generally
 improved
The Fate Of the Post However Rssss on Coming Congressional Leg isistion oe the Appropri-
 afion 6iu.


 There seems 10 be a renewal of
 the Nhipple rehabiiiSation measure.
 a hieh Secretary of War Aiger en- coufag~d in bis annual cflicial Fe-
 port some weeks ago. and from a PFiFste letter it is said that in tha appropriation biii for the army now
 belore congress. provision a made Tor the exp nditnrs of monsy on
 Mhlpple Barracks. The ouestioa 0i the amount of money to be ex-
 pended, however, rests with the con- gFesslohal eommItlee. and the. .nuua-
 Der of troops 10 be cared for in e. eonmodations aad service there is to b. governed in numbers necs,- sarily to the amount of the appro-
 pnation passed. In his orirszal estimate, Secretary Algsr recou- menus, first the maintena lc of WkiD- pie from sanitary motives; second. me quartering of at least Eve kun- dred men. and third. an ouslaV of between sSk5.Oo0 aud x5O00O 1ilk which % lnaugurate the ssouildiaR oi the post Some hostility is be- ing wsged by eoDgressmen against The var department expendifures however, aBd while Whipuln,. se- building Is not expected fo bs di- rectly molested, the feeling preEails. however, that general rsdaction ol the army sppropuaticn biE uill materially effect the work outlined m MhiPple's case particularly. It is sad that a strong arxument from a stragetie standpoint. ss well as sanitary features were nicely out lined that created a favorable iu- pression for Whipple, and the be- llef prevailed that congressional aetion was decidedly in favor of the post.
 Secretary Alger persosalIy ex- pressed the opinion that had it not been the intention of the var de- partment ts maintain the post, the same would have been thro<n op he market for public sale, while the buildings and grounds were in a better state of preservation than St present.
 The present congress terminates on the 4th of next month, and the annual appropriation bill of the army is now, or viii be soon, in the hands of the committee.
 Arizona has many friends in Wash .ngton labonng in her interests as Tar as Whipple Is eoneer0ed some ot whom express the opinion that the recommendation of ME. Alzsr VII be iavorsbly considered ia army l-atters. The sboiisbinl of spx=Ss..-- lliiitary posts in ArizoDr and New Mexico will, it IS said, be ordered m accordance with recommenda- iio0s, II being the intention to eon- centrate instead of to scatter troops
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
The Legislature.
COUNCIL.


 GOldwater called Hunt to the chair and moved that the council take up Fl. C. R. No. 5 which had been laid on the table. When the resolution was laid on the table this morning it was amended so as to send telegrams to Clark of Mon tana and Stewart of Nevada A vote was taken on the amendment and the amendment was lost. Car penteE moved an amendment ex- tending articles of condolence to the California legislature on their dead lock The Carpenter amendment was lost. Murphy again moved to include Stewart of Nevada in the telegram. Wright moved that the council adjourn. His motion was lost by the char ruling as the vote was six ayes and six nays. Murphy again made his amendment which was seconded and carried by a vote of seven to five.
 CoupoIl bill I9, by Goldwater, changing the rate of interest on ter ritorisl warrants from 10 to s per cent was amended in the house to read 10 per eent to : per cent The bill aS amended was on motion of Hunt, concurred in.
 Murphy gave notice that he would introduce a bill concerning district attorneys.
 Council bill 24 was introduced by Bunch, au act to define the judicial districts and fixing the time of hold ing court therein. Referred to the judiciary committee. Council bill 25, introduced b, Finley, an act to provide for tn, acquiring of lands ID land grants was also referred to judiciary com mittee.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08

engaged Co marry a wealthy farmer, but brUke the engagement to marry Tolin, who claimed to live in North Dakota, and to be quite weathy; that she sold her fsrm and stock and was to marry him this week, keeping one horse and buggy for him to drive back and forth to his work, as they were to live in this city, but that ToIin had disappeared She was persuaded not to bring the suit, and left, saying she would get a gun and hunt her faithless suItor and kill him on sight.
 Fort Worth, Tex, Jan. 3l.-The worst blizzard experienced in years IS sweeping over northern and west ern Texas, causing much suffering to man and beast. Walter Mitchell, a wealthy csttleman of Clay county, was frozen to death.
 Photographic reports from various points in Missouri indicate that the weather of last night and today is the coldest in years. At Marys- vile the thermometer registered l7 degres ss below zero. The Missis- sippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers are frozen over. At Springfield, Mrs. Mary Stevens. an aged woman living on farm. was frozen to death.
 Hong Kong, Jan. 3l.-The Fili- pino junta heIe publishes protest against the Refusal of the United States to associate with the Phil iPpine commission, through the representatives of the national gov ernment," adding, "The usefulness of the commission will necessarily be greatly limited by the exclusion of the Filipinos."
 St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 3l.-Hall Adali, the "Sultan's Lion," IS ir St. Paul. ready for his wrestling match with Daniel Mcleod, which is scaed- uled to take place tonight under the auspices of the St. Paul Athletic club. Under the articles of agree ment the Turk in order to win must throw Mcleod twice in an hour.
 San Jose, Jan. 31.-The Union Savings bank stopped payment to- day. Manager Wright is away. A deed went on record today con veying the banking house to Myra E. Wright. The deposits have been large lately. What is said to have caused the trouble is the advances to customers.
 Chicago, Jan, 3l.-The cold waee continues undiminisbsd in intensity. The mercury reached 12 below. The line of zero temperature passes to- day as far south as Oklahoma. Bis 1 mark, North Dakota, reports % be- low, Duluth 24 below and Green | Bay, Wis, 26 below.
 London, Jan. 3l.-The St. James Gazette says tbe French govern ment is negotiating with French | and British fnsnciers for a loan of fS,OOOOOO to f1O.OOO,OOO for army l and navy purposes.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08

That ncrthsrn Arizona needs an educational institution is admitted by all the members of the legisla- tarss That the Reform school kuild- ing eau bs 6ttsd ct small expense for school purposes ls also admitted. lt is probable that the Legislature will pas a law making it : branch pormaL-Coeonino Sun.
 John Berry, the master of the Lodge of Brotherhood of LoeomO- tive Firsmsu at WInslow, has left the country and taken with hIm &29o of the lodges money The lodge gave a dance at WinsloS last Saturday, and the money embedded hy Berry was collected from the sale of tickets to the dance.-Coconino Sun
 Had General EAgan said that about General Niles when the two oficers were out in the wilds of Ar Eona a court-martiAl would prob ably have been a glitterlng super auity. Thus do we see how brave men are affected by the atmosphere of ths eHste eAst-Los Angeles Tfms&
 Jacob OpPenheimerr eonTle' aervinR A term in the Penitsntiary al { Folsom, California, for burglary, ha' baeu seoseneed to lie imprisenmeni at San Quinlin for the murder ol ChaxIss HaaG, fellow convict
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
important Railroad Change

A telegram from Santa Fe, New Mexico, says that the Atchison, To- peka & Santa Fe will soon begin building the cut-of between point on the Pecos Valley railroad ex- tension about twenty miles east of Fort Sumner, in Guadalupe county, west to Ysleta Junction, 1S0 miles, connecting with the Santa Fe Pacific. This will send all of the traus-coutinental traffic over the line southwest from Newton, Kas., to Amarillo. in Texas, and directly west over the new route to Ysleta Junction. It saves 2J0 miles and the heavy Rstoon and Glorietta range climbs.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
PAGAN AND MILES.
The Two Prominent Military Men
 Meet But Do Nor Speak.

The Two Prominent Military Men
 Meet But Do Noi Speak.
 A dispatch from Washington of February 2 says:
 General Miles and General Pagan met in the lobby ol the Arllngton Hotel last evening for the first time since the controversy between thsn has arisen. Both were in civilian dress. General Miles in the acme os fashion, with tall silk bat ard cane; General Eagan in black with black oveTeoat and soft felt hat. worn rather dashingly over his riRht ere. General Miles was at the newsstand ordering some magazines, General Egan was at the hotel desk, scarcely 30 feet away. The two officers fsesd each other. neither ssluted.
 General Miles advanced and General Pagan looked straight aI him. When the two were about four feet apart Miles suddenly turc- ed bis back towards Eagan. Tho latter stood for two minutes staring al the back of tks major generals silk hat. He was then called away.
 There had been some gossip that General Eagan's hot blood might produce a scene whenever be should meet the general commanding tks army. As 1t happened, however, General Miles made no effort so force his presence on Gensral
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
susle.s Second homielde.

William Gilbert, who arrived ID the city last night from Wickenberg, received telegram from there this morning announcing that JimDasen- port had been killed by Henry Will son. who was pardoued out of the peniteutiaTy by Governor Franklin for the murder of a man at Copper Basin near Prescott few years ago. Wilson is bad character and never should have been let out. Recently he has been serving as constable at Wicksnberg.-Herald.
 From a gentleman who came up this morning from Wickenburg II gas learned that the name of the man who was killed was named Kellogg. and not Davenport. He va: a brother of a Wickenburg mer chant. It was stated that Kellogg and his brother went to Wilson's residence and fired their six shoot CTS off. and when Wilson came tC the door fired at him, a bullet talk ing of bis ear. Wilson returned the fire, with the results as stated
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08

The democrats in the legislatufs have abolished the board of immi- grafton commissioner, the least ob- jectionable of all the board that have cursed the territory. Now let them follow this up by Wiping out the board of control and boArd of equalization. winch the democratic territCriai platform pledges them to do. The Tribune will bet s big resi apple that they don't do it.-Flof- ence Enterprise lDem-)
 Among recent brevet promotions for bravery during the recect Santi- ago campaign, appears the name of Lieuteaant-C Colonel A. O. BrOdis. breveted a col0Dsl, and Captain ) H. McClntock has been made a brevet major
 Orders have been issued by the war department to expedite fb- movement of the TeinfOrcements tu the Philippines.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
r.o paxressive ef Lazary.

Doctor. ' said the member of parlia- meus for a rural dissriet "are you sure it's goat that has attacked msg'
 ''RnsitiY& But you needn't be alarm cd It's nothing very serious" {"
 Doctor. you don't appreciate the situation. You don't know what prej udics against goat there is in my com munity. don't ask you to do anything contrary to yOar ounsoieDce. but # l manage to Ret ths story started that l caught my toe in 2 piece of machinery think of my prospects and the welfare of your country and des't contradict it "-London Tit-BitA
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08

The First celsbrasios of cAr4st2aa.
 Christmas was first caiehrated in the year ss. but is was 70 years later before ii vAs oescialiy adopted a . Christian festival Nor was it nntil about the nfth century that the day of its cslebra- ticn became permanently axed % tbe aBth of December. Up to that time it had been irFsguisriy observed zt various simes of the yeaT-iR Dsoember. in April and in May. bus ulost frequently In Jsnaayy. .-LAdiss' Home Journal
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
The Danger ss Ds.ease.

The danger from case of diphthsriA in New York st any season of the year Is far greater than the danger from a Oass of yellow fever in the same place. Ssill persons who would shun 6 street where a case 6 yellow fever existed would deliberately enter the apartment of a person suffering from diphtheria A serioua outbreak of typhoid fever creates but little cOusternation. and the presence in our midst of iDnumerable cases of tuberculosiE. Q disease which is responsible for an incredible number of deathG is looked upon with indifference by the public The misooooeption in regard to the danger from this eisss of diseases often renders the efforts of health officials intellectual. -AlvAh H Doty. M- b. In North American Re Wfnrw
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
RILEY's JOKES.
The HSosier PSes Talks Tatere.til
 ty 60 Reporter.


 Iy 60 Reporter.
 The Hoosisr Poet was busy when the Tales of the Town man called upon him
 "GlAd you came in. be said. "Not tbAt I've been-hat that's Gensral News story. General New of the Inii snapolis Journal cailea CD General Grant during ths laftef's first term and found the president sarrior laughing heartily. Of coDrss New looked ss though be wsBted Co know the reason. and ihs general told him. He said bs d iusi had a call from an old friend xha lived in GAl0na. His, one of bis early day acqunintsnees. wbo said he'd been la Washington for two or three days but ted been 90 busy that he was up able to call upon his old friend. the president any sooner. and be apologiz- ed for the delay General Grant looked st him in his comioal fashion aud gravsiy said;
 Well. John. i haven't been icue- s1sssr
 "You sea. the visit occurred at e lime Whsn the president was being hsrassed eO death hy callers from all direotioBS vho had driven him nearly to distraction.
 "A man who travels a good deal comes Co kno,E towns because of certain points that Ans usually entirely person al with him. Sometimes a bad hotel. sometimes an extremely early train. will stamp a characteristic on town. l remember Eaat my old friend Bill Rye was onoa chatting with Senator Shirley of Maine and remarked upon the fact thas be lNye) was born at Shirley. in the senator's state. adding that the town had doubtless been uAm- d for one of the senator's ancestors.
 T didn | know, said the senator. 'thst there was such a town la Maine As Shirley.
 [" T didn't know it either. said Syc 'sntil l was bern thsref
 And the poet went on with his writ ing. g.-Clsvelsnd Plain D,alsr
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
DANCER IN CALCIUM CARBIDE.
Rules Governing It's Sale tn Nsw York -LiqUiSed Aeeyiiae Gas
 2rohlbised.

Superintendent Murray of the bg- resu of combustibles has made reg uiaiions governing the transpoFtz- ton. storage and sale of calcium css- bide. which the 6remeo declare = be source of danger in a burning building. because =hen wss-s reaches 1t seetyiene gss is given ok. A number or stores keep it for 'Ese in bicycle lamps. Hereafter, is transit or on storage. it must bs is- closed in dramatically sealed iB. "a recepticles marked Dangerous fl pot kept dry" No package may contain more thaa l05 pounds l. must be stored in isOistea S1lidings that are fire aud water proof. Gg artificial light or heat Sill be ps,s- mitted in the building where it 's stored. Not more than twen 7 pounds. IB bulk or in eaFtridges. may be kept ID any store or factor, and this must be in a Ere proof sale or vault above tke street grade and 1t must be kept SIX inches above the floor.
 The manufacture, transportation, storage. sale or use of liqui6ed acct yleue is absolutely prohibited with iB the limits of this city.-N. Y. Sun.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08

W. c. Greene, the millionaire stocE man and mining man of Co- chise county. attempted to put a bride on vicious mule last week. The mule objected and took a snap shot at Mr. Greens's hand with its tech, taking the end of the middle finger off as slick and cle1n as though tho smputatiOn had been done with a pair of shears. In ex- planning the incident to 8 lady at Phenix be stated that the mule had lived on dry feed so long that it wanted something green to eat and Greene's finger seemed to be the most convenient thing in sight.
 If all other propositions looking to the disposal of the Philippines should fail. the question could be very satisfactorily settled by giving the islands 10 Admiral Dewey. This would really be cheaper than for each township in the United States to present him with a diamond studded sword.
 Lord Salisbury has appointed a | triumvirate court to arbitrate the boundary dispute between the Ar
 genuine republic and Chili. Th' court will be presided over by Brit ish supreme court judge, and w,l
 b. assisted by the services of ex perts, a surveyor and geographeT
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
FROM FEVER.
Woes of Shafter's Stricken Army
 In Cuba and at Montauk.
'OH. THE FAMINE AKDTHEFEVERP
Last of Campaign Evils the Worst. A Sick List simply the Full Roster of the Army-ssGOd BIess the Red CrOss!--AontRuk q Promised Land.
 tCopyrght. 1898. by the Authorl

EwHERE the
 victors of Santia .go have been de- .scri5ed as just emerging from a horrible night mare when the
 writer began his
 work interview
 ing the survivors at Camp Wikoh.
 Inere were three .s stages in the nightmare the trip from Tampa Ito Cuba and the
 landing, the war fare of the jun gle, blOckhouse
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
Epigram-

The creature that is sometimes divinelT fair. but most times not, who governs men by a smile or . froTn. who can soar to the highest pinnacle of purity Snd eternal light, or sink to the lowest depths of deg radiation and everlasting darkness. is woman. A WoMAN.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08

Governor Roosevelt led fbe chari- ty ball at New York on the night of January 3l.
 Spain has accepted the invitation to take part in the czar's universal peace conference.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
REsCoTT ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY S. 1889

to bring fannels. even for the sick. un- til public generosity came to the rescue. and even then summer weights were supplied. Grimes srtillerymen made themselves shirts out of coarse grain sRcking.
 Candidly. words fail to describe the situation as found it from s.pg. 2s to 2e. and this not at the hospitals, but fin the quarters of supposed well men On every side heard the one cry, some times equaling in terrible suggestiveness those narrowing lines of Longfellows
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
1.u, wAat Be u.nns.

"It WAs Q pitch battle. be said.
 '' Pitched. yoa mean. sss correct ed.
 ''I doB't 'tDea1 anything Of the kind, !" be replied ''I Baan 'pitskL' IL vas . aght bstwsnn tArx. "-ChiAgo Poss
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
St. Joseph's Academy.

Following are the names of the pupils who are entitled to a place on the roll of hoIor for the month of January:
 Senior Department-Adele Hub bell. Edna Mar, Rhods Mar, Anna Burke.
 Intermediate Depsrtment.-Addie Waterman, Elsie MosieT, Louise Duff
 Primary Department - Helen Bruce.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08

Entered iu the Postotics al Prescott As sec
 ond class matter
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-08
ARil 1gAIlrRNAL-MlNER

q DYERTISING Rates made known on \ application to this office CT 10 the allowing seencles.
 E E..- .Er.-t,s.r,r, acnnrN- 20 Iemple
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-10
Newsy Gieanings.

Experiments made in Paris show that
an electric wagon costs Al per cent. less
to run than a horse wagon and 81 per
cent less than a petroleum motor.
Dry weather in California this season
has caused the shutting down Of a.
number of stamp mills and pfacers.
This Will reduce California's gold out
put for the year compared with 1897.
Cargoes of New Zealand and Aus
tralian butter recently shipped to Lon-
don have been reshipped to their START
ing points, as the home price for butte,.
is now much higher than the English
prices Obtai1lable.
A Parliamentary paper just issued
states that the number Of cases IN
which coroners' juries in London found
that death was caused by starvation or
accelerated by privation during. the
year 1897 was Al.
The Wahehe rising, int German Ea st
Africa, has come to an end, I'M conse-
quence of the death of the Sultan Of
Quawa, VINO, being int danger of cap
ture by the German troops, shot his
last adherents and himself.
Two Paris policemen the other day
arrested a ragged vagaibond who was
too imbecile to answer any questions.
When his clothing was searched his
pockets We're found to contain $4,000 in
banknotes and $4,000 in bonds.
In order to prevent the spread of dis
ease by means of library books. 4
sterilizng apparatus has been brought
out in New York. 1t consists OF q
double walled box of iron, in which are
shelves for the reception of the books.
Mrs. Vanderbilt DIS an enthusiastic
collector OF thimbles THAT have be-
longed to famous persons.ges. Among
others. she has a thimble that ONCE be-
longed to Queen Elizabeth, who. as
history records, was very clever with
her needle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-10

Influenza Patient-What, doctor. do you
mean to say you charge me IS. a visit?
DOctOr-Certainly. just the same as
charge any one else.
Influenza Patient-O1. but You ought to
make a reduction for me. Why. intro
duced the influenza into the neighbour
hoOd.-Tit-Bits.
Mike-Was amy in your family in the
war?
Dennis-Yis. Torrance Mulligan what
proposed to me sister Maggie wint ard
fell in battle. oh, it's a patriotic fam.
lily We are. Mike. and all I'm sorry fer Is
Mabel-How is it that Edith, who used
to he SO PALE now has such rosy cheeks?
Dolly-fIer new beau haRka very rough
MOI american.