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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

WHILE certain OF the Powers, In
cluding the United States. are discuss
ing the open door in China. Vt is not
unreasonable of the Chinese TO mod
estly inquire whose door it is, any
way. they are talking about.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

PROVIDENCE still has two things
Ia look forward to. one is a new post
office and the other is pure Pawtuxet.
Ana both are about as remote as they
We're a decade ago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

HERE'S hoping tnat the Mayor won't
forget to give another boost TO the
improved harbor plans in the message
that he has now on the ways.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28
HOLIDAY BOOKS.


Mr.. James Barnes has become an au-
thority on sea lore and the fruits "l
his researches into the life, character
and exploits OF Sir Francis Drake are
provided in "A spirited historic romance
entitled Drake and His Yeomen.' the
book b,ing further described as "a
true accounting OF The character ana
adventures of Sir Francis Drake as
told by Sir Matthew Maunsell his
friend and follower. Wherein also Is
set forth much of the narrators prI-
vate history" For it appears that SiF
Matthew was one of the Famous ire
hooters most gallant company whose
own adyentures are sufficiently stirring
as well as contributing materially 10
Illuminate. the career OF the mighty
Drake. For which their relation IS
designed as the vehicle. Perhaps never
bafore was biography dressed in SUCH
| attractive fashion as is this of frankie
Drake. The reader is bound 70 have
confidence that he is getting an authoF-
| itatIve life sketch Of the destroyer OF
! tho Armada. side by side and interWo-
/ Ven wNh The capital romance of Sif
! Matthew. the combination being unique
either az biography or as fiction. Mf.
! Rarnos has adopged an ingenious
! scheme for this life of Drake that is
! very engaging and wholly admirable
| Nr. carlton II. Chapman, an expert IN
the making of sea pictures. as MI
! Barnes is OF producing sailor btogra-
phi,s. has supplied a number of very
/ spilited illustrations. the fronuspiece'
! the Armada on the sea, being repro
! duced in exquisits colors. Ii Is not easy
10 give such book as this enough
praise. Published by the Macmillan
! Company For sale by Preston ana
| Rounds. Price 81.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

THEATRE-goer wiz mourn the
death of Charles coghlan Irregular.
not 10 say eccentric. IN rs later nfe.
TOO often disappolntine Ms public by
n-ag,peafance under circumstances
ua, came to nccl no explanation. on
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

THE cotton ticker must look mighty
tempting 10 the Southern planters
these days Prosperity is being passed
around i'm large ladlefuls.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

some centuries from now in the cor
nerstonc of the buried ruins OF a en-
rago Sky scraper IN re may be lounu
a copy of little book called Fables IN
slang" If 80. Nhe philologst of a new
,ra .Ni1l be able 10 derive much en-
Bpht,nment on the practice of the peo-
ple i'm this latter part OF tn nineteenth
century in the matter az slang as Wen
as "A good deal of valuable Information
ne 10 the habits and customs OF our
time. For in Fables in Slang Mr.
George AIDE has not only furnished an
exhaustive vocabulary of current coli
loduialisms and made a capital appu-
cation To the things OF modern lie IN
bulGesQue of the literary mechanism or
the immortal Aesop. but underlying
the choice fun both of the fables ana
their morals is often discovelaDle
good deal of pungent fact and inclslNe
truth that are worth hearkening 70.
There are twenty-siX of Mr. Ade's IA
bles in this little book, the fame OF
which has extended through their
original publication in daily neWspa-
per. They are witty i'm conception ana
treatment and make the best of good
reading. While the novelty OF the style
which the writer has adopted gives TO
IN, book "A relish all it's own, Mr.. clyde
j. Newman has provided number OF
ant Illustrations and ihg publishers,
Herbert s. stone x Company have
published the Fables in highly at
tractive style. the small size sugges-
-rr7Tg C0TTTTaU1UT7E1T17T TT 1ttTU T1UCf1Ct FIR
the traveller 10 whom the crisp sketch
IS would seem to appeal with parucu-
lar force.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

Al the railway stations in 6. ussia
hooss are kept In which passengers
,,av enter any complaint they may
wish TO make.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

In the last three years the United
states has sold abroad N,SOo,OOo more
than IL has bought.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

,rho tax on coffee amounts In France
"a about IA cents pound. Whilc In
s,oland it is only three cents.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

the man Of the family and the hand
some mill girl who also figures IN thc
sketches are out of work. Like tuc
stories of the country folk. these Wllii. +.
per sketches show AN appreciation or
the essential picturesqueness that al
taches 10 the humblest human concerns
ard an admirable capacity for prese -
ing il yividly and suggestiYely
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

\ new volume i'm that excellent series
of books for young readers and courses
OF reading supplementary TO school
work, "Appleton's Home Reading
Books is The Family OF The Sun.'As
fts name, suggests ii tells of the solar
system and is a continuation of the
story published in q previous issue of
this library entitled THE Earth and
the Sky" Edward $. Holden. IL. D., is
the writer and most of the many H.
lustrations of the planets in different
phases are aiken from pictures made
at the great Lick observatory. The
Information is given in the style of
conversations with a child and shc lit
tie book is just chock full of the lit
of information most often waited by
the average person while tenling to
develope desire for further and more
detailed study of astronomy and cs-
pecially of that part which relates 10
our solar family. The relation of the
solar system 10 the distant stellar sys-
TENS Ia also considered. There are
more than eighty pictures In this re-
markably instructive and entertaining
little book. (For sale by Gre CORY Price
80 Cents.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

The Bible i'm Court is the title of n
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plan Of which is 10 apply the method OF
legal inquiry To the study of the script
ures. Joseph Evans Sagebeer. Ph.D., is
the writer and J II. Lippincott Com
pany publish IT, The plan of the book
is to state the leading principles gov
efnmg the conduct of case in court
of law, and then To show how these
principles apply i'm Scripture research.
The method of determining the ques-
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more legal phraseology than is neces-
sary. The book l. not hostile in spirit.
but there is no trace of the traditional
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28
TRE NEWS
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

The publishers tell US that two hum
dred and twenty thousand copies or
Richard Carvel have been sold in hve
months. 1t is now in its twentieth edl-
ton. Apart from the personal fame
which such figures represent, the mate
rial result cannot fail 20 open the eyes
of Americans 10 the fact that the day
of the American novel writer In MS
own country has actually arrived. One
has To think for "A moment OF the re-
cent books of three or four great Am
erican novel writer's, James Lane Al
Ian IN, Weir Mitchell r. Marion
crawford for instance. 10 realize how
true this is.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-28

Any person desiring The News LEFT al
his residence in any part OF the city
can send his order TO this Office.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
THE MUNSON INQUEST
The Dead Had Confessed That He
 Saw Minnie Powers Murdered.

The coroner s jury yesterday con cluded the inquest upon V. H. Munson. whose body was found in the Maricopa canal near Cartwright last Tuesday afternoon. Among the witnesses was the. Rev. MT. Ferguson of the Chris tian church. He was not called upon to violate the secrecy of the confession Munson made to him when he came to see him about being baptized, except so far as it might affect the motive Of suicide, and nothing in the confession regarding Munson's doings before com ing to Arizona could have any bearing upon his death. It transpired, as had been suspected, that one of the things MunSOn told the minister was that he was at Minnie Powers house the night before her murder by William Re!cher He had, in fact, told MT. Ferguson more than4he told his employer. J. C. Ware. He said he saw the woman murdered and that no shCt was fired after he left the house. If that is so he nc doubt saw Be.cher shoot himself. MT. Ferguson believes it to be quite probable that MunsOn killed BelCner. He arrived at that belief, not from Munsons statement but from his evasion of inquiries regarding his movements just before leaving the house.
 But the evidence of Belche:'s suicide was so pain that a confession by Nun son of his murder would not be be- lieved It will be remembered that his mouth was split an inch or two from each corner by the explosion of the revolver. He had held the muzzie of it to his mouth. Then there was no evidence of a struggle. The murderer after shOting himself fell back on the bed his arms Outstretched. Munson told the minister that immediately at- ter leaving the house he went to the Vulture mine, where he remained in seclusion until the end of the year.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS
The New Law Invoked in inc Case of
 inc II. 6 A. Construction Co,

A bankruptcy proceeding, the first begun in the territory under the new national bankruptcy law and probably the first in Arizona under any law, was begun yesterday. The petition was filed by A H. Linton in the matter of the Minnesota and Arizona Con- 5truction company iE the district court of the Third judicial district, having and exercising the same juris- diction under the constitution and avs of the United States as is vested n the district and circuit courts of the United States
 The petition lays bare the affairs of he Minnesota and Arizona Construc- ion company. It Tecites that the com 3any owes debts to the amount of one million dollars; that the petitioner himself is a creditor having provable claims $500 in excess of the securities held by him, and that the creditors are less than twelve in number. Between March 25, 1895, and March 15, the
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
THE BILLS THAT FAILED
FacfS About Proposed Measure Thai
 inc Governor Did Nof Sign.

In an interview yesterday with re-
 porter of The Republican the governor
 said he desired that the fullest pub
 licity be given to the bills which failed
 to receive his signature during the
 closing hours of the Twentieth legis-
 lature, for the information of the pub
 lie, and he freely gave his reasons for
 not signing them, as follows:
 Council Bill No 40, known as the
 ~'Goldwater bill,' creating the board of public affairs, and abolishing the board capitol site commission, etc., did not become a law for various reasons, the principal of which was the sweeping nature of the bill and the great eX- pense which must necessarily attend it's operation. The bill provided for the appointment of five members of the board by the governor one each from foun districts which it proposed to create and one from the territory at large, and a clerk to be appointed by the board. The chairman was to re- ceive $1,8O0 per year, for the payment of which, however, no provision was made. Meetings were required to be held at the capital each month, and at such other places as the board deemed necessary, and mileage, per diem and expenses were authorized. The audi tor was required to furnish the office room without compensation. The board was invested with censorship ever the affairs of the auditor and treasurer of the territory; and to make the law effective and beneficial the cost would be four or five times the cost of the present system. There were many other defects in the act In view of the loud anae-election boasts and accusations of the democratic party. it is not strange that the bill failed, notwithstanding the power With which it proposed to invest the gov ernor.
 The land tax bill, an act which prop erly failed, was one through which the 1 legislature assumed to assess property | by fixing a minimum price per acre, at | which grant lands must be valued for | assessment purposes, viz: 50 per cent | Of SIPS, or 621a cents per acre. Every | well informed citizen knows that the | legislature cannot legally assess nor determine the value at which property | must be assessed. Although it is per- fectly competent for the legislature to | require all property to be assessed at ! it's full cash value, it cannot arbitrar- fly fix that value. The assessors of the | different counties have every requisite ! authority now to properly assess with out further law upon the subject. and if
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
ABOUT CHARLES HODGDoN.
Captain Frantz of the Rough Riders Comes to Happy Jacks"
 Defense.

A few days ago The Republican re- produced the opinion of Rough Rider A. D. Webb of the Stafford Guardian re- garding Charles Hodgdon, who had lately informed the populace of Pres colt of his intended return. Editor Webb's opinion was not compliment tary and was not set forth in language soft enough to turn away wrath. MT. Webb wrote as if his connection re- garding Hodgdon's unworthiness was baed on an intimate, personal know ledge of his conduct in the war.
 Another Rough Rider, Captain Frantz of troop A, thus comes to Hap py Jacks" defense as follows:
 ''TO the Editor of The Republican, Sir:
 "In your issue of Sunday, March 19, I notice an item referring to Charles Hodgdon, better known as Happy Jack" which I cannot allow to pass unanswered. It speaks of him as @ liar, bum and coward, which state ment is not only uncalled for but en- tirely untrue.
 AS the officer in command of his troop, permit me to say: that he at all times oid his whole duty, that he was never while connected with the troop under the infuence of liquor, that dur ing all fights he was on the firing line, and that he never asked for leave of absence.
 t'He received an honorable discharge from the service and during my stay in New York after the muster out of the regiment, I at all times found him gentlemanly and courteous, and never a bum.
 'T will further state that I have known him during my five years res idence in this territory and have al ways known him to be Q hard working honest miner, honorable in all his bus mess dealings.
 q write this simply in the interest of fairness and justice, and trust you will give it the space it deserves.
 Yours sincerely,
 FRANK FRANTZ,
 Late captain, Troop A, First U. s. V caV3lrV''
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
MUSTERED OUT.
Assistants to the Quartermaster-Gen cral Relieved From Duty by
 the Act of March 2.

Washington, March 23.-By the de- cision today of Acting Attorney-Gen eral Richards, four principal assistants of the quarterm2ster-sene and the quartermaster on the staff of General Miles are mustered out of service by the legislation of March 2, 1S99 The men affected are Majors William s. Patton and Crosby P. Miller, now serv- ing as colonels, and Captains M. C. Martin and F. D. Hodgson, now serving as ieutenant-coionels in the quarter masters department here. At present there is no quarte~master on the staff of General Miles.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
WHAT PEOPLE SAY. \''
a NNANNNANANNAN@~< ~<

J.-W Evans: Phoenix is just on the eve of the best business period the town has ever experienced. Not a boom in the ordinary meaning of the term but 6 good, healthy, business growth Money is cheaper here than ever before. loans on real estate being made at s per cent. With brokers now it is not so much the gettinS money to loan as it is securing men who want to borrow. Cheap money always brings about real estate in vestmcnts and the result will be felt i'll increased purchases here by eastern capital and in general business growth.
 
 An Eastern Visitor: You have no idea what q blow it would be to Ph0e- nix if the additions are not annexed to your city. I have spent several winters here and have watched with much in teTest the growth and development of the city and valley and have become pretty heavy property holder In 1SS0 the population of Phoenix was in the neighborhood of $500 and I do not be- lieve the increase has been two per cent a year within the city limits since All the growth of the town and increase in population has been in the additions Take your city elections. Why you cast almost the same vote
  for mayor ten years ago that you did two years ago or will cast this year. At the territorial election last fall 2,400 votes were cast in the four wards Of Phoenix, or more properly the four Phoenix precincts which embrace what really belongs to the city. l dare say that in the city election in May there will not be 500 votes cast, yes, doubt less not TOO. Think what it would mean for the census of 1900 to show that Phoenix has made practically no increase in population in the last <ten years. People at a distance take facts as the census figures give them and you have no idea the damage such a showing would be to Phoenix. Here you are. all your people declaiming about the growth of your town and yet your non-progressivists want to give the town a black eye it can never recover from, by keeping all the addi-
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24

tions out of the city. >Let the move for the annexation of the additions be defeated and the news go out to the world next year that the census re- turns show that Phoenix has not grown any in the last ten years and the effect will be irreparable. Property will be effected by it; business men who had thought of investing will not do so and prospective visitors will declare, T don't want to go to dead town like that. There certainly can not be anything to a town that hasn' t grown any in the last ten years" Yes sir, every property holder in the addi- tions is simply striking at his own pocketboolz in opposing annexation.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
WHO NAVE IS
A Gentleman Strongly RecO commended
 to the Code Commission.

"Who is Nave?" is a question ire quently asked by certain persons in a tone of reproach. Nave is MT. Fred erick s. Nave, a gentleman appointed by the code commission on Wednesday afternoon to act as clerk Of that body. MT Nave lacks one qualification for the position possessed by Chief Azul, and other members Of the Pima tribe in an eminent degree, in that he has lived in the territory only a little more than a year, whereas Azul, was born here.
 MT. Nave is a son of Rev Orville J. Nave, senior chaplain of the United States army now stationed at Fort McPhersOn, Ga. He was born in Ohio twenty seven years ago. He was grad uated with hOnOrS from the Ohio Wes- leyan University in 1895. He became instructor in Latin and Greek at the North Western University at Chi cagO and took at the same time law in the law department of the university. from which he graduated in 1S97 He was afterward connected for a short time with the eminent law firm of Will liams Holt & Williams, but was soon forced on account of i'll health to hunt
 
 last year and found light employment for a while at the Rancho del SahuarO at Glendale. In July he went to the Garcia mine where he remained until operations were suspended. MT. Nave was admitted to practice law in the territorial supreme court in 1898 and has been practicing since last year.
 He has many friends in Phoenix, by reason of his college connection. Judge Doan and Ex-Governor Hamil- ton were classmates of his father at the Ohio Wesleyan. He was strongly recommended for this position by Senator Fairbank of Indiana, another member Of the same class, by Senator Foraker, by Senators Hanna. Hawley and many others. The com mission did not depend entirely on these recommendations, but learned by careful inquiry that he was thoroughly fitted for the eXacting and delicate du ties that would be put upon him.
 This is who Nave is
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
1899
 Prenno Canneras.*

coming all  S  a
 
 
  world $5
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
THAT OTHER SHIPMENT VELVET :-:FLOUR

White and Yellow Corn Meal, Pearl Hominy, Flaked Hominy, is here.
 Easter Candles have arrived The most beautiful ever received in Phoe- nix, from 21Ac to $500 each Pure Beeswax and Parafine. Call and see them
 Blown Molasses, Cherrystones and Raspberries, the latest in Candies.
 We're sole agents for Van Kirk's Creamery Butter.
 Remember our Cold Roast Beef. Pork and Cold Ham, sliced in any quantity, at the HOUSE that's AL WAYS BUSY.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24

petitioner loaned the company $31,- 006.86. The company is declared to be insolvent and to have committed an act of bankruptcy within the last four
 months. The suit of s. R. H. Robin son against the company is cited In that suit an attachment against per sOnal property valued at $8000 had been levied and a garnishment of about S700 in the Phoenix National bank had been effected. Neither the attachment nor the garnishment had been vacated nor had any steps been taken toward vacation. In the case of a suit brought by the petitioner against the company a few days ago it is stated that the officers of the company had admitted it's insolvency and their willingness that it be adjudged bankrupt.
 Then follow various schedules, the first of which shows the indebtedness of the company to be as follows: A. H. Linton Of Minneapolis $31, 1,006.36, secured by the Rio Verde Canal com pany's note for $120, ,273. GA; to the es- tate of R. B. Langdon, Minneapolis. $2.54750; Donald Grant, FaribauIt, Minn, S32, 16910: Cavour s. Langdon, s16,279.92; D. w. Grant, Faribault, 6.O34.55; James A.Fleming, $495. All of these are unsecured, except the claim of the petitioner.
 The personal property of the com pany is estimated at $S,877, and con- sists of horses, mules, wagons, scrapers, etc. It's credits are S3,O3219. It is stated of the Rio Verde Canal com panys note for $120,273.64, that it's value depends upon contingency, the completion of the canal. The remote ness of that contingency is shown in the fact that for the purposes of these proceedings the note is given nomi- nal value of $1.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-24
NUTTER & GILES House Movers, RaiserS and RiggerS

All kinds of heavy machinery han died and placed. Structural worK Q speciality. We furnish our own outfits Address in care Hotel Hardwick, Phoenix.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-03-16
SOME REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.

The owners have placed the following
properties in our hands for sale. Best
bargains ever offered:
Fifty-two acres OF land near Zillah, known
as the VIM. Brown hop ranch. Seven
acres in hops and balance in fruit,
alfalfa and pasture. 1t has produced
$500 lbs. of hops to the acre. If
hops are l2c per 10 it will pay for
itself in one year. Hop house and
dwelling cost more than the price
The Hathaway place, at the edge of town !;
forty acres; fine orchard elegant
two-story modern dwelling Cost
$4,000; large barn; water right and
everything. A beautiful suburban
home. 1t will double in value in
one year. ..............$5, 900 90
Six residence lots in the center of the
best location in North Yakima; lots
25xl40; price per lot $3.50 90
COFFIN BROS.