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Arizona republican., 1900-08-05

found a permanent water volume for it to pump. The style of pump recom- mended by him is an air compressor, consisting of a siX-inch tube sunk 60 water; within it a two-inch tube. The water is forced to the surface by the air drawn down the six-inch pipe out side the rising tube. This arrangement. Mir. Fowler believed. was the best male-shift at hand, but he feared it might be futile for the underground water supply could not be certainly de- pended upon if the failure on the sur face was long continued While he was absent The Republicans plan for water storage was promulgated. He is in favor of it as the best and really the only one yet suggested for procuring d permanent supply. The contribution expected of the county (and. by the Way.l il is not a bOnus) is trivial in comparison with the losses of the county for want of water MT Fowler mentions the case of his neighbor, MT Bartlett, who told him that he could have made money if he could have had water at $1O an acre this season. As lie did not get the water al any price he may figure his losses at $10 an acre.
 Mir. Fowler says that within his own experience and that of his neighbOrs it may be concluded that the loss 10 the farmers of the valley on account of the shortage of water this year is S4 an acre. There are, or, there have been and would be now. if there were water. 25O,OOO acres under cultivation. This is figured a loss us $1 0nn coo in the val ley in one season, to say nothing of the profits upon new lands which might have been brought under cultivation if there had been water.
 MT. Frank Baum, well known farm- er in a communication. says:
 'In regard to the question of water storage I read in the Irrigati Age a few years ago that an European coun- try in one instance turned the entire irrigation system over to the owners of the land. giving them fifty years in which to pay for it. They have had over 1900 years experience and certain ly know more about irrigation than we do. l also read a description of a
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canal Joseph built at the time he was giving Pharaoh pointers in govern- mental affairs.
 This subject of irrigation was up be- fore congress a few years ago and our congressman from eastern Illinois, J. s. Cannon, contended that the land and water must go together. Why" said his opponents, these men who own land are poor and cannot afford to buy water. You would not recommend to them to mortgage their land to buy water? Yes said MT. Cannon, I would, because without water the land is worth nothing
 Now. we elected MT. Cannon to con- gress for thirty-five years and he was made chairman of the appropriation committee, and handled the strings of the United States purse. Now people in this valley kick about the price of water. They don't know what water is worth. During the Worlds Fair I was stopping on the farm of a friend who had a steam blow. The factory which made the blow sent down an Egyptian prince who owned 3O,0O0 acres in his native land, to see it work. He turned to me and my friend and asked us what government tax we paid.
 We told him none, but we paid state and county taxes to the amount of p cents per acre. He then asked us what taxes we thought he paid, and I told him I understood the government pumped the water from the Nile on to his land. He said it did and it cost him $7 per acre on his good land and $6 on his poor land, and he farmed his land with oxen. That is what water is worth Now about the bonds. Suppose we have ,O0O acres of land proved up and it is worth $50 per acre it would only amount to 25 per cent of the tax able property and men who don't irri- gate would pay 25 per cent of the ex- pense of the storage. Storage we would get the benefit of. A man who would vote against such a proposition is not right in his head. In time we must
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
HONOLULU HORRIFIED.

Honolulu, via San Francisco, Aug. 4. For many years no steamer has brought news here that has produced such a profound sensation as that which came yesterday telling of the slaughter at Pekin. Preparations had been made for a republican ratification in honor of tha rs sturn of the delegates to the national convention, but all plans were given up when the news of the terrible interna tional tragedy was heard. Most of the Chinese here are Bow Wongs and in view Of their large numbers this is a fortunate cir cumstance, as an equal number of Chinese of the Boxer variety might cause serious trouble. Vice Consul Goo Kim, has made purchases of can mons, organized a guard at the Chinese legation and secured the protection by Honolulu police. Two officers are kept constantly at the legation.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
4 BUSINESS FARMER
A Calculation Of Profits Under
 Proper Conditions
Such as Might Reasonably if Not Certainly Be Brought About by System of Water Storage.

MT B. A. Fowler of Glendale was in the city yesterday. MT. Fowler is very much interested in the subject of ir- rigation for the Salt River valley for, about two years ago, he made heavy investments in land near Glendale. After a highly successful business career in Chicago, MT Fowler decided to settle down to the enjOyments of bucolic life and whatever emoluments might appertain. It, unfortunately
 happened that after he had gotten down to farming and fruit raising the forerunner of the present dry season arrived and he brought to bear the same systematic forethought that had made him successful in other lines f business. He set about economizing the little water he did get and by d system which will be subsequently eX- plained in these columns, economizsd it so that he could get the greatest good from it. One can not practice economy profitably when there is nothing to practice upon. So MT Fowler, in the absence of any project for procuring more water than was already avail able, turned to the subject of irrigating by means of pumps. He has lately re- turned from the east, after having in vestigated various kinds of pumps and says he has found one, if there can he
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
TOO HOT TO HANDLE.
General Chafree's Dispatch Withheld
 From the Public.

Washington. Aug. 4.-Some of the f atures of the dispatch received from General Chaffee yesterday and which the department refused to make public became known today The first dis patch received by the war departm- nt from General Chaffee contained very little information, but closed with the statement that he was going forward to Tien Tsin and would give his views. That is what he has done. His views. as cabled in the dispatch of yesterday would be far from palatable to several foreign governments and is enc req son why the dispatch was not made pulic. b
 This much is asserted: General Chaf- fee and the United States forces avail able under his command have gone for ward toward Pekin with the British and Japanese forces. The troops of the other nations assembled at Tien Tsin did not join in the movement. but the r6asons given by General Chaffee could not be learned. It is understood that the criticism in the Associated Press dispatch received yesterday of the san itary con1itiOns existing at Tien Tsin Is borne out in General Chaffee's dis patch, bu5 in discussing the matter with the war department he has been more specific and the names of the commanders are given why they failed to take proper precautions for the health of the international forces.
 The war department officials gen erally refuse to discuss the contents If the dispatch. and Secretary Root an- nounced emphatically that It would not be given to the public. and further that no additional dispatches had been re- ceived from General Chaffee. The in- ternational questions involved make it impossible on account of diplomatic relations to give the dispatch to the public
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
THE SANTA FE GETS IT
A Receiver Will Be Appointed Next
 Friday-Mr. E. B. Gage of Pres colt Is Favored by All the Credi- tors, Many of Whom Are Will
 jams Business Men n- Company's
 Plea for Life.

Williams, Ariz., Aug. 4.-(SpeciaD The doom of the Santa Fe & Ora Canyon railroad was sealed today W the last proposition of the company rejected by creditors and it was cided to appoint receiver. The bard Goode company has exerte effort to retain the managemef road and complete it to the car they have failed to meet the dd and the road will pass into theu Fe and Pacific system.
 E. B. Gage of Prescott is favord all the creditors as receiver. Thf sures the payment of the laborers the completion of the road to canyon. The receiver will be appoind August 10. The heaviest creditors ar R. R. Coleman, contractor, s75,0O0; M Salzman & Co.,, $35, ,O0O; the Manistee Saginaw Lumber company, $23, 900. anC others ranging from $1,OOO to $1O,O00-
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saw quite early that he was up against it,' A member of the commission said yesterday that on more than one Oc- casion Mir Lowell could have saved himself by abandoning the contract
 for though the territory was secured as to the original contract, the bonds
 men could not have been held after it had been altered. The commission had in the meantime become so well acquainted with the contractor that no uueasiness was felt that he would avail himself of a technicality. He has justi- fled the faith of the commission, for from the lOwer1nnst grain of cement in the deep foundation to the point of the topmost flame in the hand of the God dcss of Liberty surmounting the dome there is not a dishonest or de-
 fectivc thing in tho whole structure.
 The style is of one of the five classes of the Ionic Grecian architecture. It's length is 1S4 feet and it's depth is cighty-four feet. The height of the top of the dome from the ground isseventy- six feet. The dom and "well hole" the latter surrounded on each floor by a handsome oaken balustrade, is forty four feet in diameter. The building is CONSJIucltu SlS IteiIly dS DDS-iDlE OL Arizona material. The foundation is made of malpai, the walls of the first story of granite, and the rest of the walls of tufa. The structure is as near " fire-proof as it was possible to make It. The floor of the basement is of ce- ment, and though the other floors are of lumber they are laid upon cement and are as uninnammable as the cement. The corridors are paved with ornamental tiling. all together 5000 square feet. The bases or wash boards" as they are some times called, of the walls in the cor riders are marble. No woodwork is vis- ible in the corridors except the doors and balustrades. The ceilings are eX- tremely rich and ornamental, particU- larly those of the upper stories. There are numberless toilet rooms and drink ing fountains of handsome design. The Otis Elevator company is engaged in putting in $6OOO elevator. It is al- ready in working order and not kpg re- mains to complete II except the ting
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
GERMANS WILL SAIL FOR CHINA

r5merhaven, Aug. 4.-The German steamers which had been fitted out as, transports to carry German soldiers
 the seat of war in China expect to n for the orient today. The ships will carry what is known as the China ex- peditionary corps. Considerable ap- prehension has been expressed by the German press that the Chinese fleet is preparing to attack the German trans ports upon their arrival, but this anx- iety is not shared by the foreign office. With reference to the proposed prohi- bition of the shipment of arms into China, the foreign office says that the matter has been left 10 the admirals, who are exercising due watchfulness-
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or of the protecting grill work That will be finished in three days. Two handsome circular iron stairwavs on either lear side of the rotunda lead to the upper floors. The building is heat cd by steam. The system has bezn tested and found to be in good working order.
 The disposition of the various de. partments has not yet been completed The governors chambers will occupy three rooms in the second story on the north side of the east front The sec retary's quarters will comprise the rooms on the south side and include a large vault Opposite the executive chambers are the three rooms of the auditor, the board of control and the board of equalization. The office of the territorial treasurer, if one should be desired in the building, will be adioin- ing the executive chambers on the south. and the attorney-gen should he desire a more formal official resi-. dence can have a room imme diately south of the secretary's chambers.
 A large room on this floor occupying the southwest corner and embracing
 
 the corridor the rotunda and the outer walls. has been set aside for the terri torial library. This is much the largest and rather the handsomest in ths building.
 The legislative rooms are in the ends of the third floor. They are both of the same size and are about as largi as that part of either of the old chambers in the city hall inside the railing. These chambers are surrounded on three sides by galleries. Each chamber is well provided with committee rooms The present location of the legislative halls is in a sense temporary, for if tue building should ever be finished ac- cording to the complete plans of tln architect, they will be moved in n large circular annex on the west side. There is q small room occupying thT middle of the east front of the thitd
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
UNCERTAIN ADVANCE
Nobody Knows Whether It Has Be gun and If It Has Advanced. Confirmation of an Understand ing Between the Imperial Troops and the Boxers Russians on the Amur River.

London, Aug. 5.-(3:5O a. m.)-Last nights dispatches add nothing to the general informa ton concerning the progress of events in China. Although the agents of the cable company at Tien Tsin on July 30 asserted that the censorship of press dispatches had been abolished. it is evident that cor respondents are not allowed to cable any account of the advance in the di- rection of Pekin.
 According Ito a dispatch from Shang- hai dated August the principal oppo- sition will be met twenty miles wls of Tien Tsin, where. it is stated, the Chi nese have erected extensive barriers, and obstacles have been placed in the river. Mines are said to have been To- ca'ted under the railway, the line ap- parently being left intact.
 Sheng, administrator of telegraphs and railways objected to the measures taken for the defense of foreign set dement's, the enrolment of volunteers and presence of numerous warships, and asked the foreign consuls to sus- pend these measures. The British con- sul replied by pointing out that the measures were only intended to strengthen the hands of the lawful Chi nese authorities.
 dispatch from St. Petersburg. dated August 4, says that General Mosievsky reports from China that d part of General Orloff's forces attacked and drove back the Chinese regulars on July 30, capturing one gun and a num- Der of flags and killing the Chinese commander and 200 men,. The Russian loss was seven killed and twenty wounded
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
Lrs THREAT CONFIRMED.

Washington. Aug. 4.- The state de- partment Issued the following: Min ister Wu this morning handed the from Tao Tai of Shanghai, dated Au- gust 2, and received by MT. Wu on the evening If the 3d. It contains Consul General Goodnow's report received yes terday, that Earl Ii Hung Chang had told the French consul at Shanghai on the 3d that no message would be delivered to the ministers because the foreigners were advancing on Pekin.
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story. It was designed for a suprems court room and is conveniently sur. rounded by chambers intended for the. justices and the clerk. These judi ciary quarters will not be immediately occupied, since the lease of quartl rs
 in the court house will not expire untp April l of next year.
 The building is not yet quite conr- plete though all the work under tho original contract has been finished | There is a little painting and great d5al of cleaning up to be done. The { balustrades will have to be put on the iron stairways and lighting appliances will have to be put in. No contract has been made for these yet All of this work will not take up a great dc,,l of
 time. so that the commission expects
 to have the building ready for occu- pancy by September 1.
 No public structure was ever under taken and carried through under more suspicious circumstances. The com
 mission consisting of Messrs. E. E. Gage. Walter Talbot and Frank II. Parker, have been energetic and caro- 1ul of the territory's interests. Mir. Parker, as secretary, has devoted him self almost exclusively 10 this object during the last eighteen months Con tractor Lowell never permitted the work to drag and was greatly aided
 by Joseph Fifield. superintendent of construction, representing the commits sion. It is a somewhat remarka bl2 circumstance that as long as six months ago the contractor predicted the end of his work and missed it by less than two weeks.
 Beautiful as the building is. it will appear much more so when the sur rounding grounds are graded and laid out. Mir. Smith, the gardener. .,ub- mitted two elaborate plans to the com mission yesterday, and one of them was adopted. The work will not be begun until later in the season. The building will. of course. have to b. ded- icated. Secretary Parker said yester- day that no time for that important ceremony had yet been suggested, but that it would probably not take place before the session of the next legisla- ture.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
THE REBELS SCORED
A Small Force of Americans Wiped
 Out.

Washington, Aug 4.-The first seri- ous check which the American troops have met in the Philippines during the past two months is recorded in a dis patch received this morning from Gen. eral Macarthur.
 It says: First Lieutenant Alstaet- ter, of the corps of engineers, T.. S. A., with an escort of fifteen men. were attacked August 1 on the road between San Miguel de Mayug and San Isidro, Luzon, by an armed band of insur- gents, reported to be $50 strong. The entire party was killed, wounded or captured.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
A JAPANESE STORY.
The Imperial Troops and Boxers In
 Concert.

San Francisco. Aug. 4.-The Eohe Herald of July 17 prints the full report of Commander Mori to the Japanese government on the attempt of Admiral Seymour to reach Pekin on June 13. The relief expedition first became con- vinced that the Boxers and Chinese inn perial troops were acting in concert. Reviewing the skirmish on that date, Commander Mori reported "The troops facing the British were General Tung' s main body. They carried flags with the ideograph. Tung blazoned in gold on d red field and in the interfields of those flags were banners with green borders surrounding a red field. These standards showed that We were con fronted by a mixed army of regulars and Boxers. The troops on the en- emy's left were General Tung's rear guard, and the whode numbered about 1000. Our force at the time numbered about HOO. In the skirmish that fol- lowed 150 of the enemy We're killed. The allies lost seven English and Ger mans killed, and two German officers. One Russian officer and over forty Eng fish, German and Russian soldiers were wounded.
 "The Japanese had no casualties The flags captured had the fdeographs,
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
DANES COMMEMORATE BATTLE.

Chicago, III. Aug. 4.-Chicago Danes have arranged to turn out in force to- morrow in celebration of the fftieth anniversary of the battle of Isted The celebration will be under the auspices of the Society of Danish War veterans, assisted by many other Danish and Norwegian organizations. A feature of the demonstration will be the unveiling of a statue representing the common soldier" The statue is of life size and is copied from Bissen's famous work, Den Tapre Landsoldat."
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
GEORGIA WILL TRY IT
Emboldened by the Success of North
 Carolina.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. flowing to the result of the recent election in North Carolina in which white supremacy was engrafted on the state, Represen- tative Hardwick will introduce at the next session of the Georgia legislature a bill providing for a constitutional amendment similar in form and its pro- visions to that adopted in the old north state.
 This enforces a property and educa- tional qualification on suffrage which practically disfranchises the negro.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
Reported Death of General Christian
 Dewet.

Pretoria, Aug. Alt is reported Gen. eral Christian Dewett is dead from a. shell wound. The report is not con firmed.
 Touririsburg, Aug. 4.-There are 2,5O0 Boer prisoners at General Hunters ; camp and 1,500 prisoners and nine guns at General Ian Hamiltons camp. There were about 5000 in Caleden valley orig inally, but some refused to acquiesce in General Prinzsloo's surrender and slipped away in the night.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
NO WOUNDED SHOT.

San Francisco, Aug. 4.-Dr. G. P. Smith who was in the allies hospital at Tien Tsin until July ,, arrived here today on the steamer City of Pekin from China and absolutely denied the story of the shooting of wounded sol diers by Admiral Seymour on the re- treat upon Tien Tsin. The doctor states that he was present when Admiral Seymour's column arrived, and that the wounded were with him.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
Sunday with Genral Mas 1O. GOO Chi nesc at Yung T5ec.
RUSSO-CHINESE.

St. Petersburg. Aug. A. General Grodel1off sent the following dispatch to the var office:
 "Khaba.oisk, Aug. 1. Two columns from Rlagov5 stichenslk crossed over the Amur river at 5a. m. under Cols. Schwan and Scherillinoff, attacked the Chinese troops and took the town of Sakhalin, one gun and a quantity of Mauser cartridges. The steamers Silenga suffered severely from rifle fire
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
TEXAS PIONEERS REUNION.

Alvarado. Tex. Aug. S.-The Johnson County Pioneers association. composed of the oldest settlers in the county. op- ened it's annual reunion at the fair grounds here today and will continue until tomorrow evening. The two full days will be given up to social pleas ures. music. addresses and a general picnic. Among the speakers are Hon. Marion Sansom, of Alvarado; HoE. John H. Boyd of Cuba, ex-Attorney General M. M. Crane of Dallas.
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own the whole water system. 1 am in favor of bonding for 5,OOO,OOO, enough to build and buy out the whole system.
 If we could do this and put the whole valley under cultivation we could pay it off in one year. l read in a paper on the 18th of July where one farmer had cut his fourth crop of alfalfa. In one year, with a good water supply, we could make enough more than we are now making to pay for a reservoir"
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
BASE BALL.
Record of Games Won and Lost
 Yesterday.

At Detroit-Detroit, I; Chicago, ,. At Kansas City-Kansas City, '; Buff falo, 6.
 At Pittsburg-Pittsburg, 4; Philadel- phia, 3.
 At ChicagO-Brooklyn. 6; Chicago. 9. At Milwaukee-Milwau 8; Indian apolis, 1. nati, o.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
AN EXPECTED BATTLE

Tien Tsin, Aug. Tt is reported that the Chinese have broken a canal bank flooding the country between Tfen Tsfn and Pellin. Thi1ity thousand Boxers are eight miles north of Ticn Tsin and battle Is imminent.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
A RUMoRED CoNGER DISPATCH

New York. Aug. A message from Minister Conger in Pekin, dated July p arrived at Che Foo, says a Herald dispatch. MT. Conger says that they have provisions and can hold out for six days.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05

Imperial Command. inscribed on the right corner, whereas all the Boxer flags previously taken ore merely the name, Iho,' and the place name. They
 had also seven ideograpbs. signifying The Tho save the empire and destroy foreigners Such a legend was now seen for the first ime. It showed that
 the Boxers and imperial troops were acting in combination"
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LOOKED FOR SUNDAY.

London, Aug. 4.-Nothing direct from the allies operating beyond Tian Tsin is at hand, but a dispatch from Shang- hai today says a battle is expected on
Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
JOINED THE BOXERS.

St. Petersburg. Aug. A dispatch from Shanghai, dated Thursday, Au- gust, ?, received here today, says that after Li Hung Chang left Canton the imperial troops joinsd the Boxers. I