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Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
DISTRICT COURT.
Several Cases and Notions Heard
 by Judge Doan.

Judge Doan sat in district court yes
 terday in several cases which had been
 transferred from Judge Street. In the
 matter of John M Gardiner vs J. J. Gardiner, c. P. Leitch was appointed receiver of the community property with bond of S5,000 The case of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Tempe vs the normal school board was dismissed on the motion of Judge Kibbey; the plaintiffs attorney, but It will be begun again. About $1 300 is involved in the action and consists of the assigned claims of the bondsmen of l.. Napier, the. contractor on the nor nal school building, whose unfinished work was taken up and completed by them.
 The case of Lewis Wolf1ey vs the Territorial Loan Commission went over to June 1, when a similar case now pending in the supreme court will be decided. A demurrer in the case of S. Oberfelder vs Mary E. Norton ct al, was overruled. In the case of Charles Goldman, administrator of the estate of M. Wormser vs John H. Carruthers and the Canaigre company, a de- murrer was taken under advisement. A demurrer in the damage suit of Myr- tie s. Dean vs the Maricopa & Phoenix railroad, demurrer was argued and take under advisement
 c. r. Ainsworth was admitted to the defense in the case of s. R. H. Robin son vs the Minnesota & Arizona Con struction company and the case was re- set for April 10. A decree of divorce was ordered in the case of Muri Hof vs Michael Hof.
 In Ward vs Balsz motion for a new trial was argued and submitted. Alex ander vs Moore, appeal from jus tice's court, was set for next Wednes- day. A demurrer in the case of the Common Council of Phoenix vs the bondsmen of A. A. Long was submitted without argument. J. M. McCurdy was admitted to practice. The case of Holmes vs Leitch was argued and sub mitted.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
WOMAN MISER FOUND DEAD.
She Lived in Direst Poverty, but Had a $3,000 Bank Account and
 $100 in Gold.

Poughkeepsie, March 18.-Jonanna Conway, an eccentric woman, who has lived in poverty for seventeen years, was found dead in bed at her home on Mansion street on Friday, and today the discovery was made that she had S3000 in the Poughkeepsie Savings bank. In her rooms. hidden away, was $10O more in $2O gold pieces. The woman lived entirely alone, and if she had relatives they neglected her. In attire and habits she always gave the impression of dire poverty. She was very reti@nt about her personal af- fairs, andY never spoke of money. Her neighbo adid not believe that she was blessed to any considerable extent with this worlds goods, and whenever any of them had anything to spare it was customary to take it to Johanna.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
TORNADO IN ALABAMA.
Meagre Reports Indicate That Great Damage Was Done in Gle
 burne County.

Birmingham, Ala, March 18.-Ad- vices reaching here late tonight in dicate that great storm has passed over Cleburne county, devastating a large section. Ten people, it is re- ported, have been killed.
 Atlanta, Ga, March 1S-A special to to the Constitution from Tallapoosa, Ga, says: "A cyclone passed over the country between Heflin and Edwards vile late this evening. It is reported that five were killed in one family The telegraph wires are down.
 Memphis, Tenn.. March 1S.-A spec ial to the Commercial-Appeal from Birmingham, Ala, says: "A tornado passed over Cleburne county tonight killing seven and possibly more people.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
FIRES AWFUL WORK
Loss of Life With Destruction
 of Windsor Hotel.
Latest Estimate Last Night Showed Sixteen Dead, SixfY-S!x Mss ng and FiffV-SeVeR Injured-WOrk on Ruins fO Be Rushed.

New York, March 18.-No more bod ies were taken from the seething mass or ruins today. The latest estimate l tonight is sixteen dead, sixty-six miss ing and fifty-seven injured. It is be- | lieved men will be able to proceed with the gruesome search tomorrow with more satisfactory results. Three fire engines and a hundred policemen remained all night about the burning building. Those engines poured six large volumes of water cn the flames which would start up at in teIvals i'll spite of the fremen. Little explosions occurred every once in awhile from escaping gas, pipes having been smashed all over the lower part of the building, the only part that was left. Chief Bonner says no firemen are missing
 At o'clock this morning a few men were set to work on the Forty street side to tear down the wall, which was so dangerous it could not be al- lowed to remain standing long The contractor said that as soon as pos sihie he will start men to overhaul the rIins. He would have 1000 men at work, if thar number were needed. The revised list of the dead is as follows:
 Connolly, John, employe of the hotel.
 Gibson, Mrs. Addie, age 35, Cincin-. natl, died from shock
 Goodman, Eleanor Louise, aged IF, daughter Of Samuel Goodman of this city.
 Grandy, Miss Lascelles, Elizabeth City, N. c.
 Henry, Mrs. Maurice, of this city.
 Kirk, Nancy Ann, wife of James s. K:rK, the soap manufacturer of Chi caso.
 Leland, Mrs Warren, wife of the proprietor of the hotel; burns on the bcIy.
 Leland, Miss Helen, daughter of the hotel proprietor; found dead.
 Paddock, Amelia, age 35, Irvington N. Y., died at the fire
 Sullivan, Mary, of this city.
 Unknown man who jumped from the roCf at the lear of the hotel.
 Unknown man who jumped from Fifth ay onue window
 CnkEowr child, thrown out of win dow by it's mother.
 Unknown woman, mother of child above mentioned, jumped from hotel widow.
 Unknown woman, jumped from win dow.
 Or the police engaged at the fire two age reported missing.
 Warren G. Leland, Jr., stated em- phatically today that though his father Is rrostrated with grief he is not at all insane, as has been reported.
 Archibald Clave-ing Gunter, the well known novelist, was patron Of the Windsor hotel, and it is feared by his friends, who have not seen him since the fire, that he lost his life with his 1hiid.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
KILLED HIS FATHERS BUTLER.
A Young Physician of Sewickley Pennsylvania, Commits Murder
 While Intoxicated.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 18.-Dr Charles J. Murray, a young physician, living with his father at Sewickley, twelve miles from here, shot and killed his fathers butler, John Jennings, to- night Murray had been drinking for several days.
 At o'clock tonight he went to the stable and inquired of the ccachman for Jennings. Just then he saw Jen- nings crossing the lawn to the kitchen He followed the negro, cursing him, and when the latter turned Murray shot him through the heart. He then jumped on q pony and rode away. At midnight he had not been caught
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
STRIKERS SURRENDER.

Denver, Colo, March 18.-A special to the Times from Lake City says: Through the efforts of the Italian consul, Dr. Cuneo, all the Italian strikers, for whom warrants were is sued, have given themselves up. The strikers have been served with injunc- tion from the county court restraining them from interfering with the prop erty of the miners or preventing peace able operation of the mine. It is be- lieved the trouble is at an end and the troops will probably remain here only a day or two longer.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19

to pay out anything, but was merely authorized to do it. Neither did the senate amendment to the river and harbor bill commit the President to the Nicaragua route. The Spooner amend ment, which was adopted, specially provides that if the President was un- able to make satisfactory arrange ments over the Nicaragua route he could negotiate for control of or right to construct some other canal con- meeting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
 Asked what action he thought the President would take under the pro- vision finally adopted by congress, Senator Frye said:
 T think he will add two members to the Walker commission, and that he will direct them to proceed at once to Panama and inspect the canal there and report on that route. By the time that is done the Walker commission will have been able to complete it's re- port in regard to the Nicaragua route In my opinion that report will give everything needed in the way of in formation as to the Nicaragua route, and there will be no necessity for ac- quiring any more information concern ing that route''
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
HALF A HUNDRED SHIPS.
War Vessels Under Construction or Contracted for by the United
 States Government

Washington, March 1S.- Rear-Ad- miral Hichborn, chief constructor, in his statement of work accomplished on the vessels now building for the new navy, shows that there are now actually under construction or already contracted fOr fifty-one vessels of vari- ous types, ranging from the battleships to torpedo boats. The degree of com pletion of the battleships is as follows: At Newport News, Kearsarge, S5 pc" cent; Kentucky, 83 per cent; Illinois
 @ per cent. At Cramps, Alabama, 76 per cent. Union Iron works, Wiscon- sin, 63 per cent. The Maine. Missouri and Ohio had not been started at the date of report. The sheathed cruiser Albany, purchased ill England on the stocks, is advanced 80 pe- cent toward completion. Of the torpedo boats the Dahlgrcn, at Bath, Me, stands 94 per cent, and the Fox, at Wolff & Zwick- CTS, at g per cent; the Craven, a5 Bath, at 90 per cent, and the others range all the way down to nothing. The submarine boat Plurger stands at S5 per cent, and two tugs, the Penacook and Pawtucket, at New York and Marc Island, respectively, at 95 per cent.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
WERE READY FOR THEM
FiIIDinOs AffaCk Company of Vol
 unfeerS and are Driven Back.

Manila, March 18.-The Filipinos in force attacked a company of Washing ton volunteers at Taguig last night Two companies of the Washington and Oregon regiments were sent to the as sistance of their comrades and drove the rebels back in front of the Twenty second regulars who also engaged the enemy. Two American soldiers were killed and an officer and 13 privates were wounded. The enemy's loss was severe
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
SAILORS WAGES ADVANCED.

Cleveland, O., March 1S.-At meeting of the executive committee of the Lake carriers @ association held here today it was decided to advance the wages of sailors five dollars per month for the coming season. The ad- vance applies not only to sailors, but to all kinds of labor on vessels from engineer to deck hands.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
SNOW BOUND TRAIN RELEASED

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 1S.-The passenger train on the Cheyenne & Northern which was showed under a month ago near Iron Mountain, and which came near providing a death trap for number of passengers, has finally been released from its prison in the snow.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
PLOTTING AGAINST SPAIN.

Madrid, March 18.-The 1mparcial asserts that republican plot has been discovered in the province of Seville: that three of the leaders have been ar rested and that Carlist movements have taken place at Porpignan, the capital of the French department of the eastern Pyrenees, where arms are said to be accommodating.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19

naval constructors on this new method of boiler construction.
 Admiral Dewey is generally recog- nized abroad as entitled to rank as one of the great naval commanders, 9 said Lieutenant de Faramond. Such a man does honor to the naval fra ternity the world over"
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
WILL BE UNITED.

Chicago, March 1S-J. w. Riser. president of the Monarch Bicycle Man ufacturing company said today that a syndicate had been formed for the pur- pose to buy out the plants of the lead ing bicycle makers of the country. All will be conducted under one head.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
TEXAS TOWNS HEAVY LOSS.

Houston, Tex, March 1S.-A special from Greenville, Texas, says: Fire started at o'clock last night in the opera house building and destroyed the office building adjoining. The loss was $135, eco, including several fine li- brarics which cannot be replaced. The insurance will not amount to half the loss.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
KILLINGS NOT JUSTIFIABLE.

Hot Springs, Ark, March 18.-The coroner's jury on the riot of Thursday night, in which five men were killed, rendered verdict against Sheriff Rob- ert Williams and Deputy Sheriffs Cof- fey Williams, Ed Spears and Will Watt, holding that the killings were not justified and committing the above men to jail to await the grand jury.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
STEAM PUMPING COMBINE.

New York March 18.-The interna- tional Steam Pumping company was organized in Jersey City today. All the prominent steam pump manufac- turers in the country are said to have gone into the combine. Capital is $27, 300 900.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
EXPLOSIONS OF AMMUNITION.

Paris, March 18.-Two explosions oc- cured today at the government am munition factories. At Bourges, in the shell filling shop three men were killed and five were injured. At Mar seilles, 9 cartridge exploded blowing up quantity of gunpowder. Three men were injured and great damage was done to the buildings
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
TRIBUTE TO CAMBoN.

Washington, March 1S.-M. Cambon, the French ambassador, called at the department of state today and served formal notice of the signature Of the peace treaty at Madrid. MT. Hay has indicated his preference that M. Cam bon shall act as agent for the Spanish government in the final exchange of notifications.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
APPEAL TO MISS BARTON.

Washington, March 18.-Mlss Clara Barton has received the following cable:
 "Clara Barton, Washington: Nego- tiations begun for the pecuniary ran som of prisoners in the Philippines has been interrupted by General Otis, because he feared the sums offered would be employed against his troops. We pray you earnestly to intercede with your government to insure the triumph of humanity. With profound gratitude.
 MARQUIS VILLABOS,
 President Spanish Red Cross. " The cablegram has been communi- cated to the secretary of war.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
TOOK OTHER PROPERTY.

Ameshury, Mass, March 1S.-The fire which started in the opera house here just before 2:30 o'clock this morn ing destroyed three of the largest busi- ness blocks in the place and one church and ether pronerty. The loss is estimated at $5O,0O0
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19

General Henry of impending troubles with the natives of Porto Rico, the officials of the war department are sat isfied that the recent reports of a, prospective uprising are without solid basis.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
SHERMAN MUCH BETTER.

Washington, March 18-General Miles received a dispatch dated Ponce, Porto Rico, today, stating that ex- Secretary Sherman is very much bet ter.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
MARQUIS VILLABOS,
President Spanish Red Cross
OREGON AT MANILA.

Washington, March 18.-The navy department has been advised of the ar rival at Manila of the battle ship Ore gon.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-19
NOT LIKELY TO PASS

Berlin, March 1S.-A prominent member of the cente4 party this even ing told the correspondent of the As sociated Press here that the prospects of the meat bill are unfaVorable
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11
GIRL WHO HAS A TAME DUCK.
Young Woman Who Lives

Odd Pet of Young Woman Who Lives
 at Lake Bluff and Goes in Surf.
 when the ne4sAbors first observed Miss Stella Tunnison i'll the rolling waves of Lake Michigan on the sandy beach at Lake Bluff they thought lit tie of the occurrence. Even when close observers noticed duck swimming around in close proximity to the young woman it was looked upon as a coin cidence. But when on other occasions it was observed that the young woman and the duck took the water together, left at the same time and walked across the beach side by side to the bathhouse, then the watchers knew they had something to talk about Miss Tunnison is perhaps the first society girl to make a pet of a duck and go bathing in company with her quacking friend. Other girls have taken in'' their pet dogs on occasion, but a duck for swimming companion is certain 1y an innovation. The fowl makes no attempt to swim far from it's mis- tress when they take their daily trip. It accompanies her solemnly across the sand to the waters edge and when she wades in with little screams over the chilliness of the water the duck boldly breasts the waves and paddles around delightedly. While Miss Tun- nison is splashing in the shallow wa ter the duck remains near until she has finished her dip and then con- tentedly accompanies her to shore.
 GoIr OId tame.
 The new fashionable game of golf was put down by an act of parliament in Scotland as 8 nuisance. Then fines were inflicted on people who were found guilty of playing the game, for it interfered with the practice of arch cry. as men preferred yielding the club to pulling the bow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11
Costly Fare for ostriches.

There was a happening at the Ari- zona ostrich farm recently which dis proves the theory that the ostrich is satisfied with eating nails, barbed wire and the like. A man who had visited the farm the day before discovered that his gold watch was missing Thinking that he might have lost it at the farm, he returned to look for it. When he arrived he enlisted the ser vices of a youth and started in quest, without entertaining much hope of finding the watch. About the first thing noticed by the youth was an os- trich tossing something in the air. It was the watch, and would have been swallowed if it had been a glass-faced watch. It happened that both sides were opened and lodged in the beak. The next day the valuation of one of the birds was enhanced $50. It swal- lowed a diamond from the setting of woman visitor, who inadvertently sought to console the bird by caress- ing its forehead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11
Censorship in Turkey.

Turkish papers were not allowed to print the news of the assassination of the Austrian Empress. They simply announced that she had died
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11
MORE BACHELORS THAN MAIDS
Unmarried Men Are More Numerous
 Than Are Single Women.

Than Are Single Women.
 From the Cincinnati Enquirer; It appears that people generally are greatly mistaken in tAeir notion that there is an enormous surplus of unmar- ried women in this country The truth is that no such excess of spinsters ex- ists; in fact, it is quite the other way, the bachelors outnambering the maid
 ems. At the present moment there are in the United States 2,200,000 more un- attached males than females similarly situated, tie exact figures being 5.427,- 767 bachelors against 3,224494 spin sters of ages from 20 years up. Thus it is obvious that if girls do not find husbands it is not for lack of a plenti- ful supply of the article. What is re- quired, seemingly, is a general migra- tion of spinsters from the north and east to the great and growing west, in parts of which there are ten available mates for every maid. From the last remark, however. it must not be infer red that there is actually an excess of unmarried women in the northern and eastern states Even in those parts of the country there are more bachelors than spinsters 20 years old and upward, notwithstanding the theory to the con- trary so widely accepted. No state in the union has as many maidens as bachelors-not even Massachusetts, where the figures are 219, ,255 spinsters, against 226. .0S5 bachelors Massachu- setts is the banner state for spinsters, the bachelors outnumbering them by only twotenths of 1 per cent. Next comes Rhode Island, where the excess of bachelors is } per cent. The ex- cess of bachelors in the District Of Co., lumbia is s per cent, in North Carolina 9 per cent, in New Hampshire per cent, in Connecticut 20 per cent, in Maine 37 per cent and in Vermont 54 per cent. In Maryland the bachelor surplus is 19 per cent, in New Jersey 1t is 9 per cent, in New York it is 26 per cent and in Virginia it is .z per cent. All of these are low percent ages so far as the superiority of bache- lors in point of numbers is concerned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. s. 1899. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a bowl and pitcher, q doll, book al q a scarf for my dresser. Martha wants doll, 8 book, and q climb. ing monkey. Mary wants a picture book, doll. and a tin horse.
 Your little friend.
 GRACE TANKERsIEY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11
THE HINDOO.
Generally Knows When His Elephant Is
 Planning Murder.

Generally Knows When His Elephant Is
 Planning Murder.
 Few more impressive condolences can be imparted than one in which Hin- doc describes how he knows his ele phant intends to destroy him. It is all so seemingly trivial, and yet fn reality of such deadly significance. His story is so full of details that prove the mans profound understand ing of what he is talking about. that one remains equally amazed at tho brute's power to dissemble and it's in tended victims insight into the would be murderer's character And yet. from a psychological standpoint, an elephant never gives any other such in dication of mental power as is exhib- ited in it's revenge. That patient, watchful implacable hatred, often pro- voked simply because man is in at tendance upon another animal (for It is the rule with tuskers to detest their next neighbors), speaks more conclu- siyely of a high intellectual guide than all stories. true or false, that have been told of their ability Such concentra- tion and fixedness of purpose; such careful, unrelaxed vigilance; such per- feet and consistent pretense and, when the time comes, such desperate, unhesi- tating energy as homicidal animals ex- hibit, are more impossible without an irregular development. No one can deny that if this creature is great at all it's greatness shows itself in it's crimes. These have caused it to be worshiped in the east, where men venerate nothing but merciless, irre- sponsible force, and where an exhibi- tion of those qualities and traits de scribed fully accounts for the formula, My lord, the elephant. t."-Outing.
 Censorship in Turkey.
 Turkish papers were not allowed to print the news of the assassination of the Austrian Empress. They simply announced that she had died.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 9, 1899. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a po- lice patrol, a hook and ladder wag- on, an oyercoat, a drum, a story book, some candy, nuts, apples and oranges. Your little boy,
 JOHNNY DuTT0N.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 9, 1sJ9 Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a farm wagon, a box of tools. q saw and saw buck, picture book, some candy, nuts or oranges, and apples.
 Your little boy,
 ARTHUR DuTToN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11

Pine Bluff, Ark. Dee. 3, 1899. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a rocking chair, q work box, plaid dress, three story books, writing desk, a pearl handle knife, some candies, nuts. oranges and apples.
 Your little girl,
 EDITH BUTTON,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dee. 3, 1899. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a doll, q doll buggy, a pair of shoes. a set of dishes and some of all kinds of candies, nuts, apples and oran- ges. Your little irl,
 LUCILLE DUTTON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11
LETTERS TO
 SANTA CLAUS.

Until Christmas day the Graphic will publish daily letters to santa Claus. The children are invited to contribute to this column, but should limit their letters to fifty words each. The letters will te published as early after the receipt of same as is convenient. santa Claus is careful reader of the Daily Graphic and will nodoubt give what the children have to say his earnest
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11
Your little boy.
 CHARLIE WhYT

Dear santa Claus:-I would like you to bring me for my Christmas present q doll, pair of kid gloves, nuts and candy.
 live at 15l2 Pine Strett.
 MARY LEE SMITH.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11

Pine Bluff, Ark. Dec 8, 1899. Dear Santa Claus: 1 want a set of dish7s, macintosh, pair of rubbers and some oranges, apples. some nuts and candy. Your friend,
 CHARLOTTE WHARTON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-11

Pine Bluff, Ark. Dec. 3, 1s99. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me three story books. q rocking chair. a dre sseI, some candy, nuts, apples aud orar ges.
 Your little girl.
 EDNA DuTroN.