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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

horses breaking into a wheat field.
The plaintiff caused an attachment to
be issued to satisfy his claim, should
he win the suit.
Summons was served on Sheets
March IS, 1869. He demanded a jury
trial. This was granted, and April 6
was fixed as the time to hear the case.
The parties were not ready and the
case did not come to trial until May
8. It took three days to hear the evil
dence and the arguments. The jury
finally gave judgment for the defend
ant, Sheets, amounting to Sl36.S5.
McKinley's client was not satisfied
with the issue of the case and took an
appeal.
During the trial Of the case McKin-
ley had become engaged to marry Ida
Saxton, the belle Of the town OF Can
ton, and while the case was pending
between Rostetter and Sheets, McKin-
ley was getting ready for the wedding
tour. He was married January. 1871.
His interest in this important event
OF his life is shown in a letter written
a short time before his marriage to
| Judge Amber Of Salem, Ohio, then
congressman from the Canton district,
The young Canton attorney sent a let
ter OF inquiry to Congressman Amber
Of Washington, asking about the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

The Republican national convention
has met and lone its work. President
Mckinley, as was expected, has been
re-nominated. while from among the
numerous candidates for vice-president
Governor Roosevelt Of New York was
selected by reclamation. The platform
is a sort Of an excuse for the miscon-
duct Of the Republican party and a
series Of promises to do better. Senator
Hanna was the guiding spirit in the
whole affair. and his absolute control
OF the party was so evident as to be Of
fensive to even the federal oflce-hold-
ers composing the convention.
The nomination of Roosevelt was in
tended to keep alive the war spirit and
to FIRE the hearts OF the young men Of
the country who are supposed to love
military heroes. The express censOr Of
the rough riders is expected to Offset
the %unpopularity Of Mckinley and sub
stantial statesmen we're set aside in or
der to give him a place IN the ticket.
Under the circumstances Il made lit
tie difference as to who was nominated
for president or vice-president or as to
what the platform contains. The peo-
pie in their hearts look on Hanna as
the real candidate and on the record Of
the party under his direction as the
real Republican platform.
Hanna is the whole thing. There Is
nothing to the Republican party ex-
cept his boss-ship and his wishes. The
Democrats accept the issue.
PAST AND PRESENT.
Cuban horrors at Jul doors and the
murder Of American citizens by the
soldiers OF Spain could not move the
administration, and it wal not until
the destruction Of the Maine aroused
the whole people that Mckinley and
the Republican congress could be
forced to take action in defense OF our
national honor. At that time the
trusts and the Republican bosses were
timid and did not appreciate the full
advantage OF a war in the way Of army
contracts during It's prosecution and OF
carpet-bag government in the con-
guered territory.
Now there is trouble in China. With
out waiting for any authority McKin-
ley has ordered ships Of war to take
Joint action with those Of the Euro
pean nations and American troops are
on their way to help in the scheme of
grabbing slices Of the Chinese empire
In due proportion to the injuries re-
eeived by each nation. The ostensible
motive in these acts is to protect the
lives and property of American citi-
Eens in China, but the imperialist ad-
ministration would hardly take such
prompt measures If 1t were not for the
fact that China is considered the rich
est Of all fields for conquest and that
all the powers of Europe as well as
Japan are after the choicest bits.
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every year, however, he boards a trans
Atlantic steamer, and, coming to
America, visits the grave In the quiet
little Detroit cemetery.
Cohen is an American By birth ana
lived In Detroit when he was married.
He was the founder Of one OF the larg-
est business houses In the town, and
was very successful from the start.
He made a very large fortune and was
preparing to retire when he met Miss
Anna Freud, the daughter Of a wealthy
Hebrew family. He paid her ~assiduous
attention and was married to her a
year later.
Cohen gave up his business after his
marriage and travelled for a year.
While abroad his wife was taken ill
with pneumonia. Her eagerness to re-
turn home led them to attempt the trip
against the advice Of physicians, and
she died In London. unable to proceed
further.
It was here that the promise that
she should be buried ia the cemetery
In her native town was made. Cohen
NM11N NWR hNAJ VI MAH WIG HLINNN
the water and it was Inferred Ia the
family lot in the Woodmere cemetery.
Cohen was broken-hearted at his
loss. He began again to travel, but
on the anniversary OF her death be
came again to Detroit to pay his ro-
speota to her memory. Shortly there
after his health began to fail and he
found 1t impossible to continue his
travels He went to Germany, and By
the fdyice Of his physicians spent six
months each year at Carlsbad. When
the anniversary OF his wife's death
came however, be was insistent upon
visiting her grave.
He made tho trip and went back 10
Germany. Each year since he has reeu-
larry crossed the water and Travelled
the total distance Of 5000 miles FOR the
purpose Of seeing the gcave ana deco.
rating It, Fifteen such trips Be hal
made, making a total distance travelled
Of over 100000 miles.
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New York Cor Pittsburg Dispatch;
General Lew Wallace made an indie
pendent fortune out Of the novel Of
oBen Hur," and It appears likely that
he will acquire another by the stage
version OF his book. Klaw & Eriangor
have just paid him $4,000 in royalties
for the six months the play has been
running at the Broadway theater, the
gross receipts for that period being
S45O.60O. General Wallace was not re.
uuired to write anything for this
money. All that he did for It was to
sign a contract giving William Youne
permission to dramatic 1t for the use
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17
PARKHURsr on EXPANSION.

One hardly knows what to say Of the
-earnestness with which, in certain
Christian journals, expansion is put
forward as a means of extending the
kingdom Of Christ. It Is a novel idea
that the reign of Jesus is to be wild
ened in the world under the protection
Of shells and dynamite. The first mis-
sionaries never went out among the
heather under cover Of guns or swords.
Peter, the queer semi-regenerate ex-
pansionist that he was, supposed that
the way Of the Lord was to be cut for
him by the fundamentally Of sharp
iron, and the Lord then and there set
tied the fact for all time that gospel Is
strong when It stands In its own
might, and Is weak when It works in.
alliance with powder and shot. Chris
tians who dare to be missionaries be-
aus their field Of labor is under the
cover Of a friendly camp OF a friendly
gunboat will do more to convince the
heather Of the weakness Of mission
aries than Of the power of God. To
advocate the presence in the Philip
pines Of a military and naval power
in the interests Of eYangelization is to
be guilty Of having so little confidence
in the sumciency Of the spirit as to
want to have it supplemented by the
support of the carnal. There is moth
ing In the teachings, either Of our Lord
or Of His apostles, that gives any sug-
gestion Of warrant to a mixed policy
Of gun and Holy Ghost, Rev.
Charles IL. Parkhurst.
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ouR PAuPER LABOR.


About 5000 women and girls in New
York are employed in making arti-
hcia flowers. All grades are made,
from exact limitations Of the most ex-
quisite French productions to the very
cheapest violets. The branching and
other dimcult parts OF the work and
some of the finer grades of flowers are
done in the factories, but fully two
thirds Of the hower-makers are out
side workers. Most Of these home
women are Italian women and chill
dren. Wages range from $3.50 a day,
which the most expert brancher in n
factory earns during the busy season,
to the 40 cents a day which the out
side worker considers very good.
The 1ower-makers work by the piece.
They receive from three cents to a
dollar a gross. The cheapest flowers
are the %violets. daisies, and wreaths
OF small flowers for children's hats.
The price for a dozen wreaths is 81
cents. Each wreath consists of thirty
nine flowers, 46S flowers in all. A little
Italian girl who takes this work home,
with the assistance OF her mother, her
sister aged IL, and her ~9-year-old
brother. can make a dozen Of these
wreaths, 5h cents worth, in two hours.
For the cheapest viOlets 3 cents is
paid for IA flowers. A mother and her
little daughter, working together make
two o in an hour. These are facts
and need no comment.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The comment needed is. that we had
better change this sad state Of affairs
before we take such a civilization to
distant islands and shoot it into the
natives.
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ouREoRMER PLAoElN sAlPPiNo

Says the Chicago Chronicle: Our
republican statesmen do not venture
to say a word about shipping bounties
or subsidies, but they bravely declare
for Legislation which will enable us
to recover u former place among the
trade carrying fleets OF the world"
They are after our former place"
in this respect. What was former
placer" What party was in power
when we held It? What is our pres
ent place? How did we get there?
During the three fiscal years inn
mediately preceding the first republic
an administration-the years ending
June 80, 1S61-American vessels a r
ried from 70 to 70 per cent of all our
exports and from so to 81. per cent Of
all our imports and exports combined.
In 1852 American vessels carried 90
per cent Of the total and in three years
following their share fell below %
per cent.
That we may lay to the civil war.
But after that there was only a partial
and temporary recovery, reaching a
maximum Of less than SO per cent in
1870.
Since 1870 there has been a pretty
steady decline, running down to bare
ly IL per cent. from which figure there
has been no recovery. In fact, in 1895
the share of the American vessels had
shrunk to 9.S per cent.
Our repuD4lcan statesmen do not
trouble themselves to call attention to
the fact that all this decline has oc-
CURED under republican %administra-
lions and laws. except that there was
a democratic administration Of repub-
lican laws for a short time.
They are too modest to tell us that
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17
So English. You Know.

The dispatches say that several
thousand Of the Indian wards Of our
government are in a destitute condl-
ton. The country is so busy trying to
shoot the blessings Of liberty into the
Filiplnos that It has no time to attend
to them. This is Indeed pitiable, but
there Is the consolation that Il will
probably be interpreted by England as
a sincere compliment to her on the
way she is handling the famine In In
dia and the war in South Africa.
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Young Attorney Lost His Initial Suit,
but Won a Bride.

President Mckinley, as a young at
torney. lost his first case in the COM
mon pleas court Of Stark county. ohio.
as shown by the records. but he won a
bride. He also was elected prosecut-
ing attorney during the trial. This
case was FIRST heard before Justice
Philip Loew OF Navarro, Stark county,
In 1869. Loew is a rock-ribbed demo-
crat. but has much love for Mckinley.
Loew. strange as Il may seem, Is still
a justice Of the peace in the village OF
Navarro, and has held the office in an
unbroken line all these years.
John Rostetier. a farmer Of Bethle-
hem township, Stark county, brought
action against Philip Sheets, his ten
ant, to recover damages OF S213.2O.
The farmers had a quarrel over some
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

Iowa county, Wis, lays claim to hav-
ing the lowest salaried official in the
employ OF the United States govern
ment. The government hires Frank
Lynch for one cent a year to carry the
mail between Dodgeville. the county
seat OF Iowa county, and Mineral
Point, nine miles distant. Every four
yeals the postos1ce department con-
traots to lowest bidders for transfer Of
mail sacks. Last year there was the
liveliest competition ever known for
the Dodgeville-Minera Point contract.
Several different n.en signihed their
intention OF going into the conteG. and
the talk" was kept up until each bid
der knew that he would have to go
pretty low to get the prize. The man
who then held the contract had been
receiving about $40 per year for carry
Ing the mail. Il is said that when the
bids Tor the new contract we're opened
in Washington It was found that the
three lowest offers for carrying the
mail per year we're / cent. 80 cents and
$3.50. Frank Lynch, being the one-
cent bidder. was awarded the contract
for four years.
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REAL EsrArE AND PRosPERIrY


A prominent real estate dealer re-
marked the other day, II voted for Nc
Kinley and l thought for some time
afterwards that we were going to have
real prosperity, but 1 must say that /
have been disappointed. We are hav-
ing a certain trade activity-there is
no question about that-and no doubt
some people are reaping a profit un-
der present trade conditions, but that
our prosperity is genuine Of lasting, /
cannot believe. l have noticed that
the activity and price of real estate
indicates the most plainly the general
condition Of the people. When the
whole country is prosperous-that is,
when tn. great mass of the people are
doing we'll, there is a demand for real
estate due to the home seeking feel
ing and home building feeling which
always comes to the prosperous people.
This demand for real estate naturally
increases the price. or at least main
tains it, and I always feel that a
steady maintenance or a steady rise
In the value OF real estate indicates
not only a profit to employers in busi-
ness but good wages to employees. Now
real estate In both the city and coun-
try is steadily falling in price. While
no general figure can be given, yet my
experience in both city, suburban and
farm properties leads me to believe
that there has been a decrease In the
value of real estate dBing the last
four years Of 20 to 25 per cent, and
in many localities the decrease has
been the greatest during the past two
years. would like for some political
economist to explain this matter"
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Plants Boarded in lhe summer.

A Philadelphia woman makes a COM
Portable living each summer by taking
plants to board" When the wealthy
residents Of the city close their homes,
preparatory to spending the season at
the seaside, the woman calls and gets
their plants and takes them to her
wi conservatory. She makes a nom
inal charge for caring for She plants,
and those who have rare flowers find
that il Is much mor satisfactory to
send the valuable specimens out to
board than to leave them to the care OF
servants.
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No "oold TioEatT oansd For.

The New York World. which aid
much in 1896 TO defeat Bryan. like
many other newspapers has announced
Us intention to support him In the
coming election. The following edi-
torial speaks for Itself:
The talk OF nominating q gold
Democrat" presidential ticket this year
should and most probably will end in
talk. The World ia Tor Bryan and the
platform.
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hotels OF Washington. and informing
Mr.. Amber Of his approaching mar
riage. This letter IS now IN the pos
session Of Attorney Ralph Amber Of
this city, son Of the former congress-
man. Ralph Amber. %curiously
enough, Is now a republican candidate
for common pleas judge In that
county.
The visit OF William Mckinley and
his bride to the national capital was
an eventful occurrence IN the young
bridegroom's life. It is said that the
bride was 30 pleased with the trip
that she then declared her husband
would some day be president Of the
United States. It Is certain that such
a statement was made by Mrs. Nc
Klnley early In her married life, and
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

The pretentious or unmusical names
which many American towns bear in
vite amusement, sometimes derision. II
It were not for the flavor Of antiquity
which clings to them some English
place-names might be criticised. Thus
in a recent brief list Of ecclesiastical
preferments and appointments appear
ed such INT as Tolpuddle. Shineliffe,
and Fugglestone. Better, perhaps.
Babylon Lower Mills. or Northeast
Jefferson Hollow.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

Most OF the people in this country
are opposed TO free speech. They are
like the king-they are in favor Of Tree
speech so long as the speech favors
their ideas. but when II opposes their
opinions they are quite sure that the
doctrine Is dangerous, and ought TO
be suppressed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

II Richard Yates, the Republican
candidate for governor Of Illinois, is
elected, he will be governor Of his state
before he is 40 years old. But he will
not be as young as some others OF IL
linois' governors. for Ninian Edwards,
the first governor, when Illinois was a
territory was only "a when appointed;
Gov. Coles was only 80 at his inau-
guration. Gov. French was 38 and
Gov. Hamilton was SO.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

The mud volcanoes situated in the
vicinity Of Laytonville, Cal, have
burst into alarming activity. The
first intimation the inhabitants had
of the phenomenon was when an i'm
mense cloud of vapor issued from the
mouth Of the craters, accompanied by
a sound like faraway thunder. The dis
turbance Is SO violent that great red
wood trees are swayed when the mud
and vapor shoots high over the rims
OF the crater and flows down the hill
side like a lava stream into n of the
tributaries Of the Eel River. The
murky craters are filled with a blush
mud OF about the consistency Of boil
ing tar, but the mud is icy cold. The
roar Of the volcanoes can be heard
for miles around.
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Of McKiniey's strongest friends. He
h a gold democrat and In 1895 worked
for Mckinley.
The presiding judge IN the case. the
parties TO the suit. and most Of the
Jurors are dead. The little house used
AZ a court by Justice Loew still stands
near his grocery store and serves as a
small storeroom.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

In %excavating the old Roman camp
of Carnuntum. near Hamburg. on the
Danube. between Vienna and Press
burg, the explorers have come upon an
armory and provision house contain
ing 1,OS7 weapons and pieces Of ar
mour. and stores Of barley, peas, etc.
A great many Inscriptions were found
as well.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

The postal money order service with
the principality Of Montenegro has
been discontinued by a number OF Eu-
repean countries because OF the Mon
t~enegrin exchtquer's fat refusal to set
tie their ccoun with the foreign pos
tai creditors. The Prince of Montene-
gro took all the money for his family
expenses, and now calmly refuses to
disgorge.
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The next generation will see the
Gould fortune pretty well cut mp, there
being so many heirs. The richest Of
these viii be Kingdom, George Gould's
eldest child. His father is rated at
as7O.O 700. 900.
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pass on every railroad ln the country
for ita bearer. a 4 Der cent bond could
be put 20 a premium of 300 per cent
10 a. the privilege and not the security
which has put the 2 per cent bond at
par. The platform "weasels" a plank
on the trusts. but two republican con-
crosses have failed to pass antitrust
legislation, and the republican senate
deliberately side-tracked an amend
ment to the Sherman act
The platform PIRATES about the well
fare Of the annexed territory, but Il Is
silent on the subject Of "our plain
duty" which the president set forth
in his message about Porto Rico. The
president Is praised for securing to
our undivided control the most Inn
portant island OF the Samoan group
and the best harbor IN the southern
Pacific This Is deliberate falsihca-
ton Of the record. The harbor Of Page
Page has belonged to the United States
for more than twenty years In ex-
elusive possession. and the island Of
Tuituila is the least important of the
three principal Samoan islands in
population, in material resources, in
size, I'm commerce. in location. The
platform declares for the construction.
control, ownership and protection Of an
Isthmian canal. Yet the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty, which takes away from
the United States the power to pro-
tect the Nicaragua canal, Is still before
the senate as an administration meas
ure and the Nicaragua canal bill itself,
which passed the house ty an over
whelming non-partisan vote was
blocked in the senate by Mark Hanna
at the instigation Of the Pacific rail-
roads.
The platform favors the policy Of
reciprocity, but the administration can
not point to a single one Of its reci-
procity treaties which has not been
held up by republican opposition in
the senate. The platform is for the
protection Of free labor against con-
tract convict labor, yet a bill to that
end is hung up in the senate by re-
publican opposition. At every point
the republican declaration Of purpose
can be confronted with the republican
record Of failure.
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What from the falling on in customs
receipts and the increase In military
and other expenditures. It is figured
out that the May riots It Milan in 1898
have cost the Italian government 49,
100000 80 far.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

Thore Is no canning industry among
the Chinese. All Of their sauces and
oompotes are preserved in %earthenware
jars, or In old wine and beer bot
ties.
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of Klaw & Erlanger. It looks as II
the play would last for several sea-
sens, and it is possible that General
Wallace will receive at least ten times
$4,000 before ben Hur" is laid on
the shelf.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-17

Orphanages and destitute orphans
are alike nonresident in Australia.
There every waif is taken to a receiv-
ing house and kept until a country
home is found for It.
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The climax Of imperial patriotism
has surely been reached by a Victorian
named Melville. He was an applicant
for admission 70 the Bushmen's Corps
from that colony for South Africa.
but failing 10 pass the prescribed
tests was rejected. He then proceeded
"a a lofty bridge and jumped into the
river. He was rescued with consider
able dimculty, owing TO his violent
resistance. when brought 70 lahd be
said be did not want to live any long
81. az be- was not allowed 10 light for
enc empire.
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We may be sure that when NJ. Bry-
an Is elected president that he win be-
a real president and that the severn
ment win not have to maintain some
one % change his mind Tor him in Or
dor b meet poIltlcal amsrE.noIaa
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Bishop Nelson Of Georgia has drawn
up a bill which is now before con-
gress and which provides for the es-
adjustment Of an industrial school for
negroes wherever ten thousand dol
lars can be raised for a nucleus. In
this event. seven trustees, residents Of
the south. may obtain from congress
$3.50. 900. one-third for building, equip
ment and preliminary expenses, and
the remainder for a permanent en-
d0wment The number Of these
schools Is to be lifted to n for each
hundred thousand Of the negro popu-
iation Of the state.