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Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
MIR. MAXIMS HAND.

''I read with more than ordinary in terest your recent interview with Hud- son Maxim, the inventor of smokeless powder, remarked a New York mer- chant. One reason why it was inter esting to me was because of an un- usual incident which was the means of my becoming acquainted with Mr. Maxim.
 The inventor, you know, has but one hand, the other having been blown on While he was experimenting with some high explosive. The first time I ever saw MT. Maxim Was one night on an elevated railroad train. He was a stranger to me at that time, and my attention was attracted to him by the actions of half drunken burly ruffian who sat in the cross seat opposite and persisted in annoying him in one way ana another. A quietprotest from the stranger brought a torrent of vile ian euage from the ruffian, accompanied by hostile demonstration and and d pro- fane threat to punch his head The stranger paid as little attention to the outrage as possible and kept on read Ing his newspaper. I noticed that the stranger had an artificial left hand, HoS 5iONSQ ana looked very much like the other one When he got up to leave the car at his station the rufilan jeered at him, and getting up from his seat followed him out. It wasn't my station, but feeling almost certain that the stranger would need some protection, I followed them out of the car. The stranger went down the stairs hrst, the ruffian a few stems be- hlnd him, grumbling all the way. and I next. When the stranger. reached the bottom of the stair he stepped out to the middle of the sidewalk. apparentIv making room for the ruffian to pass hlrn- Instead of accepting the opportu- hlty to go his way, he made directly fer the stranger, who sent out a good right hander, which caught the scoundreI on the point of the jaw and knocked him clean across the curb and landed him all in a heap in the gutter, where he law qulvering like beef hit with an ax 4 grewsome part of the midnight incident was that as the stranger landed his Knockout blow his artificial hand be- came detached and fell to the pavement with chatter. l confess that I was q little startled at this, and before I could recover myself he had picked up his artificial hand, put it under his arm and walked off Although he had dem onstrated his ability to take care of himself up to that time, I did not know but he would need me as a witness later, and overtaking him, gave him my card. He gave me his in return. and not till I got home and looked c t | the card did I know that the stranger | who had so handsomely protected him. self against a ruffian was Hudson Maxim. Since then we have become very good friends, and have often won- dered what sort of an account of the affair the police got from the man we | left at the foot of the stairs. New York Commercial.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
BELLIES AS BARMAIDS.

It is quite possible that the twentieth century bridegroom will not boast so much of the biscuits as of the mint juleps that his mother used to make, if we are to judge from the many bar inI- plements that have a place among the silver presented to up-to-date brides. Our grandmothers would be surprised at the array of strainers, shakers, flasks, and corkscrews that are consid- cred correct nowadays as offerings in place of the inevitable butter knives and pickle jars of yore. A few years ago May Irwin introduced as a feature of one Of her plays the mixing of an actual gin-fizz upon the stage. and Clyde Fitch has his heroine in ''The Cowboy and the Lady compound q cocktail in view of the audience. The modern girl learns how to mix drinks with the accuracy and deftness of d professional The Long island summer colonies haveS some rare experts in this new feminine Gt, and some of the side boards are prI 1ed with ornate equip ments made Ccially for womens handling.-Phi kphia Inquirer,
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

The Hon. Hernado de Soto Money of Mississippi gave his idea of
 the consent of the CONSENT governed as it pre- OF THE vails down in Mis- GOVERNED. sissippi in his speech to
 the Kansas City con- vention. 'In the election in 1896, my friends, the state of Mississippi, with 1000 election districts, gave every sin gle one of them to William Jennings Bryan"
 And doubtless the state of Missis- sippi will do it again this year. It is a very simple trick down there for state to give" every single one of the election districts to whomsoever the state decides it wants elected. None are permitted to get away.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
Talk as they may about imperial

Talk as they may about imperial ism" being the paramount issue" of
 this campaign think
 SILVER ing democrats know
 THE that it is completely
 ISSUE. overshadowed by six
 teen to one The history of the Kansas City convention shows this plainly Bryan demanded of the convention a sixteen to one plank and secured it. He declared to the leaders from the different sections that unless it was inserted in the platform he would not be the candidate. The bare thought of such an alternative was too . much for the convention. The plank Vas accepted, just as Bryan penned it, and the convention went into ecstacies when it was read. MT. Tillman's ex- travagant effort to place imperialism" to the fore did not deceive the dele gates or the spectators. The platform suits Bryan exactly, if he is to be be- He is the great exponent of the sixteen to one fallacy. Therefore the people should not be deceived by the effort of the democratic leaders to sidetrack the silver issue.
 It cannot be sidetracked. Bryan will not permit such action now any more than he did while the convention was in session. He is the supreme boss of the democratic popocratic party. He says silver is the issue. If he should be elected his one thought would be to place the country on a silver basis Only the other day Tom Patterson of Colorado in the Denver News pointed out how silver could be forced to the front if Bryan and a democratic house and a few democratic senators could be elected. The democratic desire to up heave the currency system of this country would then be gratified beyond question. Every democrat who voted for Mckinley in 1896 ought to vote for him this year. The silver craze must be stamped out before the country can reach the degree of prosperity toward which it is aiming and to which it is entitled. We have known hard times but our previous experience would be as nothing in the face of the evils that Bryanism regnant would bring.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

The killing of Colonel Liscum of the American officers and men last Fridayin China illustrates the immensity of the task that this country has addressed It. self to in the attempt to reach Pekin. Liscum was a brave officer and died a soldiers death. His fate will but in tensify the feeling of countless Ameri- heavy penalty for their atrocities.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
AT THE BOARDING HOUSE.

The conversation had assumed a lit erary vein when the dressmalser en- tered. The drug clerk, wishing to draw her into the discussion, asked:
 What do you think of Excelsior. Miss Stitcher?"
 "Oh, my,' she said; Excelsior is out of date long ago. Braided wire is the favorite now"
 As no one knew who wrote Braided Wire. the conversation went back to Quo Vadis. ."-Baltimor American.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
MIR. M'KINLEY's FIRST VOTE.

President Mckinley and Senator Scott of West Virginia, both Ohio boys, were in the same regiment in the army of the civil war. They cast their first votes for Lincoln in 1861. T shall never forget that first vote,'' said Senator Scott to friends around him at the Wal ton. Some of the ballots were cast in to soap boxes, some into candle boxes, or any old receptacle. There was no Australian ballot law there. I remem- Der a conversation I had at that time with Mckinley. He spoke of study of the law. and speculated in regard to his future. It was a special wonder with him whether he could reach posi;io which would bring him influence enough to elect him a probate judge in his native county"
 Senator Scott at that day as little eX- pected to be a senator of the United States as Mckinley expected to he president. It was intended that h'' should be a physician, but the war broke in upon his studies. and after the war he was guided into new avenues. Finally he planted himself at Wheeling. A German citizen of that place urged him to go into politics. The old Teuton had been given a lively shaking up in the days antedating the war. He was publisher of a republican paper and voted for Lincoln. Sympathizers with secession sacked his office. After the war he and Scott were associated in a way. You must go into politics shust now right away" he would say to Scott, "und py und py von day vel lick dose tam democrats und make West Virginia republican state. Scott went into politics. He also went into the senate of the United States Philadelphia Times.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

Jerry Simpson, who has been stump ing little in western Kansas, says that he doubts very much the possibil- ity of carrying the state for Bryan and Stevenson. Bryan and Towne might have done the trick but the Kansas pop has no use for Cleveland's old partner, and Teddy Roosevelt is very popular in Kansas
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
HE NEVER TUMBLED.

I'm awfulIy fond of fresh green veg etables." remarked the slow young man; aren't you?"
 Well" replied the young girl who had been waiting long and patiently for an engagement ring, "I just love d certain sort of carats."
 But, alasl the head upon the young mans shoulders was a cabbage.-Phiia- delphia Press,
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

The following statement of the net deposits in all the national banks of
 the United States is in INTEREST teresting: September
 ING '. 1899. s1,27O, 766,O65; FIGURES. December 19, 1893,
 sS.1OO,325; republican increase. s477, 7,665, TAO.
 These three lines show that the in crease in the deposits of the national banks between 1893, the first year of President Cleveland's second admins tration, and September ', 1899, was s477,665.7 TAO. If we make a comparison between the end of 1896, toward the close of the democratic administration, with last year, we have the following: September ', 1899 ...........s1,2 ,2TO. .766, ,O65 December r, 1896 .......... S52, ,6O4, S58 Republican increase .....s AIS, S,161 ,2O7 This shows that within three years the increase in the national bank de- posits exceeded s41S.OOO.OOO. There was therefore, an increase of only s7O,OOO, 900 in the national bank deposits dur ing President Cleveland's term. but an increase of s41s,OOO,OOO during three years of PrezAen McKinley's term.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

Praise the Lord, when the republicans are in power all the people are in shape to make the most of Thanksgiving day and Christmas. In democratic times even the Fourth of July is a solemn and Ominous Occa sion.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

The great common people who were persuaded that they wanted a change" in 1892 cannot be persuaded to repeat their folly in 1900. They know what a change from republican ism to irresponsible democracy may mean for them,
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

Drafts Issued on all of the important cities Of the United States and Europe. Discount Commercial Paper and Do .
 General Banking Business.
 Office Hours, a. m. to D. ru.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

Pierre Lorillard's house boat Caiman, which was burned in Florida waters a short time ago, was the most elaborate boat of the sort in this country, and the loss is estimated at nearly $1O0,O00. Mir. Lorilard's boat was equipped with its own motive power and so arranged that it could tow a floating stable and car riage house, thereby permitting the owner to use his own horses when he wished to land.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
THE VALLEY BANK w. D. FULwILER, Cashier.
 OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

Paid Up Capital e. ............$1os.es ese Surplus ..... -.-....... ......... H,eA VIM. CHRISTY, President.
 J. c. KIRKPATRICK, ,Vice-PrezsIent- LLOYD B. C9RISTY, Asst. Cashier.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN ARIZONA --.a+ THAT IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
THE National Bank of Arizona, PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
CAPITAL PAID UP ....."... .s1oO, ,ool SURPLUS ... ... ..... ......... 25,Os'
EMIL GANZ, President.
 SOL LEWIS, Vice-President.
 s. OBERFELDER. CaRhier JOHN J. SWEENEY, Asst. Cashier.

v Directors; Emil Gaptz Sol Lewis, j. Y. T. Smith, Charles Goldman, S. Oberfeldcr, F.. NJ. Doris, Jos. Thalheimer.
 CORRESPONDENTS The Bank of California. San Francisco Laidlaw & Co.......... ......NeW forz National Bank of Commerce. St. Louis Natl Bank of Commerce. Kansas City First National Chicago Colorado National Bank Denver Farmers & Merchants Nat'l Bank
 .. . ....Los Angeles Consolidated Natl Bank Tucson Bank of Arizona. Prescott Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds & Sons..-
 London
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
The Arizona Republican.

The Arizona Republican. ....;,. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER
 IN ARIZONA THAT IS PUBLISHED rsT EVERY DAY
 IN THE YEAR. CHARLES c. RANDOLPH,
 Editor and Proprietor. ygExelusdve Morning Associated Press Dispatcnes. s The only Perfecting Press in Ari- xona-
 The only battery of IAnotypes in Arizona.
 Publication office: ss-ss East Adams street. Telephone No. 47. Entered at the postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, as mail matter of the second class.
 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, daily, one year ..........$9.00 Weekly, one year .................. 200
 Cash in advance.
 BY CARRIER. Daily, per month .... ..............$ .75 Washington bureau. geo Fourteenth street, N w.
 PHGEIx, JULY IT. 1900.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
CHARLES c. RANDOLPH,
 Editor and Proprietor.

Publication office: 36-ss East Adams street. Telephone No. AZ.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

Washington bureau. geo Fourteenth street, N W.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

Open the year rou n d. Rail- way fare to San Diego is the same as to Los A n geles s, via h e Santa Fe route.
 Rates, S2.5o
 per day.
 Special rates TOT stated time of one week or longer. Music and other high grade e n ter tainm e n
 every evening
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

Entered at the postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, as mail matter of the second class.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

PHGHIx, JULY IT. 1900.
The evening times., 1900-10-04
New York Cotton Market.
TINPLATE STRIKE AvERTED.
employees and Employers Agree Upon
n ~uGs ScuIe

NEW YORK, Oct. A satisfactory set
tlement has been reached between the
employers and the representatives of the
tinplate workers and the wages to be paid
for the ensuing year will be higher IL
some branches of the trade than they
were last year.
Conferences were held in this city at
intervals IN the last two months. and on
several occasions there were rumors that
strike would be ordered to bring the
employers to terms. All these rumors
proved to be without foundation, however
and an agreement has been signed which
/ is satisfactory to both sides.
The final conference between the Amerf-
can Tinplate Company and its employees
was held Yesterday in the compauy's Off
ces in the Battery Park Building. Among
those present were First Vice President
W. T. Graham, Vice Presidents w. NJ.
Leeds and Warner Arms and George E.
Greer and Berthold Goldsmith district
managers OF the company The delegation
from the Tinplate Workers International
Protective Association was headed by
President George Powell. There had been
several sessions of the conference held on
previous days, and everybody i'll attend
ance at them was much gratihed when
late yesterday an agreement was finally
reached and the signatures of the inter
ested parties had been affixed to the docu-
ment.
About 10000 men are affected by the
new agreement. and the mills Of the
company, which have been idle for sew
eral weeks. will be started up again
with renewed energy.
At the conclusion of the conference
yesterday Vice President Warner Arms
gave out the following statement:
THE American Tinplate Company AID
the Tinplate Workers International
Protective Association reached an agres-
ment today On wages for the ensuing
year. The rate paid will be practically
the same as-ldst year. with the excep-
tion Of that of the catchers on pots ard
timers on Thomas White pots on ten
roll timing machines, and on eight
roll standard pots. These workers re-
ceived slight advance
George Powell. President Of the Work
ers' Association, after the agreement
had been signed by the representa-
of both sides said that while there had
been much discussion concerning the
paying of an advance to non-union men
employed in some Of the factories,
compromise had becs made which was
satisfactory to both sides.
vance in wages had been made along the
right lines, IS the majority of the men
who Will get an increase of wages over
what they received were these employed
in the poorer paid branches Of the trade
The evening times., 1900-10-04
IMITATION DOLLAR BILLS.
Il Question Raised About Comic
Papers Pictures

When shown copy OF this weeks issue
of a New York comic paper containing on
its first page the picture of two new one
dollar bills and asked if any action had
been taken by the authorities Acting Chief
Tucker, of the Secret Service. said nothing
had been done at this end of the line.
The picture in question is considered TO be
within the meaning of the law which pro-
hibits the printing OF anything in like
ness or similitude of design or color Of
Government notes or securities.
MIR. Tucker declined to pass upon the
petition or to say If ii came within the
law. Such cases, he safi, were always
looked after by the Secret Service officer
in charge of the district where the Of
fence was committed. The usual proceed
ing was for the officer to refer the mat
ter to the District Attorney, who would
decide whether or not the law had been
violated. II the District Attorney should
hold that the law had been violated, then
the plates from which the picture was
printed would be seized. So far IS the
Washington officials of the Secret Service
know no action has been taken by the
New York Secret Service men.
The picture represents two new one-doi-
lar bills At first glance they look like eX-
act reproductions of the genuine article.
In the centre of one bill is a portrait of
Mckinley and in the centre of the other d
portrait of Bryan. That the papers have
not been seized by officers of the Secret
Service has caused much comment, espe-
cially in political circles. The New York
comic paper is partisan Republican sheet
and is doing all in It's power to help elect
Mckinley Whether this fact has any
thing to do with its apparent disregard Of
the law is not known.
The evening times., 1900-10-04
STOCKS MOVING UPWARD
Large Volume of Business. and In
terest Well Distributed.
Advances General and Pronounced.
and Iron the Exceptions AZ the
OpentRg-The bulk of Activity in
the Railway Quarter of the Market

NEW YORK, Oct 4.-The Stock Mar
ket moved up rapidly on a large volume
Of business this morning Interest was
generally distributed throughout the
market, and there were few exceptions
to the common tendency.
Sugar Refining opened materially low
pr. heirg affected by yesterdays cuts in
the selling prices for the refined article
and Tennessee Coal and Iron continued
feverish. The last-named stock how
ever. scored a sharp rally after the
opening dealings, and was dealt in well
above last nights final level. Aside
from these two Instances. advances were
general and pronounced.
The bulk of activity was in the rail-
way quarter, but there were also large
dealings in American Tobacco, Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Federal Steel, and
the other steel industriais, all of which
scored noteworthy advances. In the rail-
way list Union Pacific was conspicu-
ously strong, and substantial advances
were scored in St. Paul Burlington and
Quincy and the granger group generally.
The anthracite ccal stocks were not
conspicuous in the dealings.
The London market for American
stocks showed irregular changes.
No chance was made today in the Bank
CT EnglaEd's minimum rate Of discount
which remains at per cent This was
assumed to Indicate that the bank was
assured that there was no Immediate
prospect of gold shipments to this side
New York stoci. Market.
Corrected daily by W D. Hibbs & Co., mem-
bers of the New York Stock Exchange, 1Il9
The evening times., 1900-10-04
UNION VETERANS UNION.
To BE Given "a Banquet and Recep.
tion at the Riggs House

tion at the Riggs House
At this mornings session of the Union
Veterans Union Encampment only mat
ters strictly pertaining TO the interests of
the organization were discussed The vari-
Gus division commanders are in session
this afternoon at the Riggs House.
The election OF officers of the Woman's 5
Relief Corps Will take place this afternoon
and the chances are that the old officers
Will be reelected
The banquet and reception to be given
by o. G. Staples at the Riggs House. this
evening, promises to be very successful
The encampment viii end tomorrow
night with campfire at the National Ri
fies Hall
The resolution introduced by ". P.
Pierce, of Georgia, was adopted. extend
ing to those who fought against the
Union the full measure of national afili-
alton, and declaring that when they
act nthe capacity OF law-abiding citi-
zens OF the Republic they would cheer
fuzzy be given recognition, but when they
act in the capacity OF Confederates and
make an unpatriotic display of Con-
federate coloTs. then they will not be
accorded the slightest recognition Of
affiljatiou
The evening times., 1900-10-04
OPERATORS PRESENCE OF MIND
Prevents Disastrous Collision by
DerniIing q Train.

Fox River Switch. Just below Elgin. gave
the signal yesterday for the Northwestern
passenger train to cross the ST. Paul track,
just before he heard the whistle of
through passenger on the st. Paul road.
The latter was behind time. running rap
idly on wet rails and downgrade.
Suspecting that it would be impossibls
to stop the train, the operator to prevent
the st. Paul train from dashing into the
Northwestern which would have resulted
in great loss Of life. derailed the st. Pam
train. The engine and several of the cars
bumped over ties and the locomotive stop,
ped within a few feet of the other train
but nobody was hurt One track was
blocked for several hours.
The evening times., 1900-10-04
COLLISION ON THE SOUTHERN.
Passenger Train Runs Into the Rear
of Freight Cars

Freight lars
Traffic was suspended on the Washing
ton and Ohio branch of the Southern Rail-
way for TWO hours last night as the result
OF a rear-end collision at Waterloo juno
tion, about midway between Washington
and Alexandria. Local passenger train 529
crashed into the rear of a string of freight
cars drawn by yard engine 10f. The col
lisiol occurred on an up grade while the
passenger train was running at reduced
speed To that is due the fact that the
passenger train suffered little damage and
that none of the passengers were injured.
Several Of the freight cars were badly
damaged.
Immediately after the collision the pas
senger train returned to the yards at Four
teenth Street and Maryland Avenue, where
it was sidetracked until a wrecking crew
cleared the tracks. The collision occur
red at $40 o'clock, and at o'clock traffic
was resumed.
The evening times., 1900-10-04

The early market today was strong as
had been expected. Whether the gains
made yesterday would be held during tbs
enJ1re session WIS a matter of mucn IN
tersstcd comment, ana many were inclined
to the beIieI JnaJ there would be some re-
cessions. The present is hot in any sense
a market to be sold snort, but on the otn6r
nGnd there are indica tions that the boom
of the past few days Is a manipulated on~
that may rot hold. Buying OF securities
but only on the Declines is advised by some
OF the most conservative and successful
Street people. The strike is further from
settlement than 1t was week ago, as lar
as all outward symptoms go. Many believe
that it will be bitter and long-draTn out.
Also the public refuses 10 buy stock TO any
great extent and booms do not last withou:
the public. II is a situation ent rely saus-
factory TO the investor, who il confident
of the excellent value of stocks. but not
nearly SO Teassuring to the speculator Oh
narrow margins whom the ordinary bear
movement of a few points viii ruin.