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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-16

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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
JEROME'S DISASTER
The Damage Will Run Into the Thousands in Loss of Money and Labor. It is as Serious as First
 Reported and the Big Plant Closes Down.

Telephone advces today from Jerome do not materially differ from the report given yesterday by the ourna1ner However additional information IS received which shows that the disaster IS of importance than generally thought and has resulted in the closing down of the entire plant with the exception of limited number of employees The first indication of the collapse about o'clock on Wednesday morning when gravel and dirt fell the 500 foot level and later mbers began to break was then that general alarm given and the miners lett the drifts and stopes for the surface
 The cave goes further in depth than the 5oo-foot level so 1t is reported but informant very dit cult obtain any n this respect tor that matter any information covering the extent of the damage done be- low to the workings Very few people had Ill fact been per
 tted to descend and all operations today clear out the ruins were confined to the immediate surface.
 The area covered by the 3oox5oo feet and the shops effected the machinery, boiler blacksmith and foundry works Each of these departments below the surface from four to feet the foundry works tipping to about an incline of eighteen degrees.
 Along the railroad depression of ten feet IS shown, with the track of sight and present passengers compelled to walk along side of same to the depot.
 All departments of the gigantic concern are closed and the chaotic condition of its affairs such that work will not be generally resumed again inside of month, If then
 The immense smeter plant narrowly escaped destruc on the cavein coming within fifty feet of the same.
 Arrangements being made today to establish tenl porv quarters for the machine forces and their implements to expedite the work of cleaning out
 So sudden and unexpected the crash that in all departments effected rushed wildly and instances many went crashing through the windows and were cut up severely.
 The company officers are diligently at work today survey of the damage done and using every their power to work by removing the great obstacles that face them.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
SMITH TRIUMPHS
 WILSON QUITSl

 today and Mark Smith succeeded in taking the scalp Colonel Wilson the
  the and after the the protocol and the attaching the seal 10 mOc whip the harness candidate Il which both stood firmly and the threshold of the Simon article
  throughout the territory the retirement of Mr. Wilson particularly buk for Mr. Wilson's withdrawal due the fact that Arizona candidate and although he has been sustained by Il a O c oowng the of and reluctantly stepped down and out and also
 
 The retirement Colonel Wilson local democracy like tidal
  corded the veal than by Smith the breach and down and he doso?
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
TWO MEN.AAA*

The withdrawal of Wilson is simply, and after all, other coldbooded illustration of Yavapai getting in the neck again It short the od old story of having representatives garrotted and cnched fine finish at the
 hands of the interruptions and oeaginous political trick
 each and every occasion to before them and that too their pleasure and will Two years ago the demo cratic territorial convention convened n Prescott Its pro ceedngs attended by loyal support in numbers by de mocracy from all Arizona, and the sentiment of ory of the delegates n attendance unm1sakaby n favor of Mark Smiths candidacy and his entry again into the for the sixth time At that convention will be well remembered too that after 1t had been quietly whispered about that breech had degnedy been made n o the delegations and against his candidacy and too by the very who loyal to him. the Wilson supporters grasPed the opportunity and rushed their with their balance of power into favor and he accordingly nominated
 That convention unmistakably Smith body and the nomination his by the raising of his hand No knows 1t any than does Mark Smith, or tor that matter Colonel Wilson and his supporters
 The proposition that faced Mark Smith two years ago not however the big gap in his own party as many sup posed but he played them the trick he did six years ago under identical circumstances and condons namely he trembed defeat and pushed asde reacherousy the plum because he feared the candidacy of Brode 1898 like he
 did the candidacy of Murphy 1894 He could notface either because his lukewarm and treacherous instincts muzzed weakneed and vasclatng pathway each of the two
 a channels above mentioned In other worlds he played the democratic party and sold out his convention His te appeals years ereny recalled n hs broken hearted harangue he waved aside n subdued orator the plum of a nomination He mpored them to not nom1- him. because he could make the race, but be- he heart believed he would be defeated That IS canddy the interpretation of Smiths absolute refusal to race and that too the general belief of the Arizona de mocracy who welded Smiths unctous political lite of the past and of the present, for that matter.
 Colonel Wilson was in 1898 surrounded with alarm and uncertainty and while he faced Brod1e with hahearted inclination the general result he stood hs ground noby and above all ese loyal enough democ racy to fight finish.
 He won out He should have been renomnated, and alone have been permitted make the Nneenths of Arizona democrats should accord Wilson the laurel wreah a crown of thorns should be Smiths.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
TOO WARM FOR MARK

The company's works being shu down most of the miners were down town and when they heard that Mir. Smith, intended delivering a political speech tonight the trouble began. Men began to gather together and soon remarks derogatory to the char acter of Mir Smith and Mir. Adams were flying around town and it was not long before open threats were made that if the democratic nominee attempted to speak in Jerome he would be handled very roughly. Ex- citement ran high and it looked for d while as if the men would not wait for Mir. Smith to appear on the platform, but would hunt him up before that time.
 |. In fact things finally began to look so OminOus, that word of the condi- tiOn of affairs was carried to Mir Smith, and the same not being to his liking he called a carriage and was driven to the depot, from whence he departed on a freight train.
 Mir. Adams, who had taken upon himself the management of Mr. Smiths Jerome campaign, divided up the hOnors with the Wilson twin, in the way of censure and knocked a hole in his own candidacy, which it will be hafd to repair.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17

Mark Smith, the left bower of the democratic mesalliance, will not go to Jerome again very soon. His recep- ton there today was of such a nature that he fled in dismay and his present whereabouts are not known.
 Arrangements had been made by Mir. w. s. Adams, editor of the Je- rome News, and likewise a candidate for the territorial assembly on the democratic ticket, to give Mir. Smith a reception tonight and in pursuance of this object the former gentleman got out posters announcing the demo- cratic candidates arrival and made a personal canvas of the town to drum up an audience. He annonced Mir. Smith as the regular democratic nOm- inee and made all kinds of prepara tions to give him send off.
 Mir. Adams got along first rate as far as the posters were concerned but in rounding up an audience he made a dismal failure. In the first place he was utterly unable to find any citizen in the town who would take upon him self the Onerous duty of introducing Mir. Smith to a meeting, and then he was told confdentially that if Mir. Smith attempted to make a speech he would be treated in most uncourteus mapner,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
An Independent Candidate.

It is announced this afternoon on good authority, that Geo. C. Ruffner, an ex sheriff of the county has finally been prevailed upon to become an in dependent candidate for the office of sheriff. It has been no secret for some time that there has been con siderable dissatisfaction among the local democracy over certain candi- dates existing in regard to the county ticket, and that a strong pressure has been brought to bear upon Mr. Ruff ner to make this race. Mir. Ruffner made fine record as an efficient of ficer during his incumbency of the office, and has a large following of personal, as well as political friends in the county who will be glad to rally to his support in the event of his candidacy As this is the last day for filing notice of the nomination of can didates or petitions to be placed on the ticket the truth or falsity of this report will be demonstrated within a few hours.
 Later Ruffner at } o'clock form, ally filed his petition and is now an independent candidate for sheriff.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
SAVED OUR HONOR
 AND OUR CREDIT

The bonds of Yavapai county which the editor of the Courier, as the cham pion of the class of citizens who don't believe in paying their honest obliga- tions, is pleased to term illegal, were evidently legal when they were first issued and continued to be so for eight years. If they were legal and valid for that period of time they were always legal and Yavapai county in repudiating them did not in any way effect their validity; the county in fol lowing this course only put itself on record in the financial world as a re- pudiator of its honest debts. When this state of affairs became a fact it became necessary for some one to come forward and redeem the honor and credit of the county, and the mer- chants and business men, looking to its future welfare and credit, petition ed the legislature to take such steps as would place Yavapai once more upon an honest footing. The legisla- ture did so with only one dissenting vote, and Gov. Murphy, as the repre- sentative in congress carried out the wishes of the legislature. It might be well to mention here that the bill for valididatiUg the bonds was intro duced in the United States senate by Stephen NJ. White, the senator from California, who was at that time one of the democratic leaders in the sen ate.
 Senator White is considered one of ablest lawyers and lawmakers in the country and it is without question that he would not have fathered the bill had he not thought it a just one.
 If these bonds had not been placed upon legal footing it would have been impossible in the future for Yavapai to have financed its paper in any money center on earth. It would also have been impossible for Pres colt to have placed its water and sew craze bonds. Financiers and capital ists do not care to invest their capital in field which is controlled by re- pudiators. Gov. Murphy in carrying out the wishes of the people and the legislature, only acted as the agent of the people and the bawling out and vituperation of dyspeptic repudia- tor will not in any way effect the opinions of Yavapai's intelligent pop ulation concerning \. O. Murphy's connection with the Yavapai bonds.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
WILL THERE BE ANOTHER
 POLITICAL
 SURPRISE?

Political surprises seem to be the order of the day. In Jerome an in dependent candidate hasarisen to con test the candidacy of w. S. Adams for the assembly and now rImOr has it that an independent candidate will be in the field for sheriff on the dem ocratic ticket. There has been con siderable talk around town for several weeks that J. L. Munds would not have a walk-over for the office and to judge from the following clipping taken from the Jerome Reporter it looks as if there was some foundation for the many rumOrs that are flying from house to house. The item taken from the Jerome paper reads as follows: At noon today wire from Prescott said George Ruffner would make the race for sheriff on an inde- pendent ticket. The people in Pres colt profess to believe that George Ruifner intends to make a strong pull for the position" This is from Thurs days edition of the Reporter and was evidently sent by some one who knew what he was talking about.
 There is no question but what George Ruffner has been most em- phatically importmed by his friends to run as an independent candidate for sheriff of Yavapai county, and they claim that if he will do so he would make a winning fight in the election.
 MT. Ruffner himself admits that he has had strong pressure brought to bear on him to get out and make a run for the office, but says he has not come to any conclusions upon the subject up to the present time.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
BACK FROM CAPE NOME.
A RaIIroader's Return From The Frozen North With the Same old Story
 of Hard Times.

c. R. Perry, division superintendent of the Santa Fe at Winslow, A. T., has just returned from a three months trip to Cape Nome and is registered at the Nadeau. Mir. Perry went to Alaska with his brother, James Perry, of Ohio, to inspect their mining claims there. He reports the condition of most of the residents at Nome to be critical. He says that ninety-nine out of every hundred per sons there are in strengthened condi- tions financially and that before the winter is over there will be great dis tress if something is not done to re lieve the settlement. Those who went there with money have by this time, spent nearly all they took with them. There is very little work to be had and it is hard to obtain pro visions. Those who are desirous of returning cannot secure the neces- sary money. The general poverty of the place indicated by the struggle saloon men are having to make liv- ing. When Mir. Perry first went there, he says, the saloons charged 5C cents a drink. The price was lower ed to ? and later to l2I cents. Now he say, many of the saloons are clos ing on account of the lack of patron age Los Angeles Herald.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
"MARY'S LITTLE LAMB 5

Mary had a little lamb, it's fleece was
 white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went the
 lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day
 went all the country round, And every day it wore fleece worth
 fifty cents pound. Mary went to town one day, to a
 Denny jamboree; They wav'd their red bandanas high
 and had a jolly spree; And as the little lamb passed thro'
 the crowd, from place to plnce, It noticed that the Demmies could
 not look it in the face. Ho. all you honest farmers who want
 a price for wool, By voting for Mckinley your pocket.
 will be full. Then pelts will be a rarity and nut
 ton will advance, If you vote strait for Mckinley and
 make the Demmies dance.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
WILSON'S REPLY.

Your letter displays both selfish ness and egotism, which, under the circumstances are inexcusable.
 You are astonished at my proposi- ton to''fiip the coin" Your reasons for such surprises are certainly eva sive if not selfish. You certainly know that in certain cases where dis putes involving personal demands cannot be settled without unfair sur render on part of one side, the law of the land has long ago pointed out the drawing of lots" tor the Tipping of the coin) as a mode of honorable set clement between the disputants.
 You assume to be the the undis- puted guardian and trustee of the party.
 Rebuke if you will-disregard ii and ignore the democratic voice that made it if you please, I made it il good faith and made it to stay.
 The balance of your letter is made up of self-OpiniOnated grumbling.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
ANOTHER
 AVALANCHE

the advantages of a greater security of property, and a great influx of eastern capital which it will brine He reviewed the development of the territory and the great prosperity which was everywhere apparent.
 Just as sure as territorial vassalape Is torn from Arizona" he said. won will find that there will be people Hooking to this great store house of wealth from all over the United States New mines will be developed and the rich agricultural lands of the valleys reclaimed" The governor spoke of the accusations made by democrats that he had legalized the Yavapai bonds and gave his personal connec- tiOn with the bond matter in a clear and emphatic denial of the charges made.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
SMITHS VERSION.

Your proposition to settle it by the flip of a coin astonishes me.
 If nothing more of principal was involved on the side of our party in this case than the mere flip of a nickel, or if I were or ever had been in such a position that with justice to my party or honor to myself, 1 could either make such a proposition or en- certain such, I would long since and gladly have retired and left the field open without even once suggesting what others should do.
 You never had more than 70 legal votes in the territorial convention of 162 delegates.
 It required S2 to make a quorum for the transaction of any sort of business. No legal action could be taken by less than quorum. Seventy votes could not seat or unseat dele gate for any county. Your claim to the nomination rests on such revolu- tionary action, and I submit to you and to your party that nomination so claimed can never receive the con fidence and eager support that could otherwise be readily had.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17

in plain and simple language and for the good of democratic unity. The candidate showed unmistakable signs of emotion and alarm on hearing the announcement, and with his charac- teristic vigor and courage, addressed Mir. Norris, the chairman of the dele gation in language that appealed Loyalty to democracy, and insofar as he was concerned Mir. Wilson told his listeners that he was by right and req son entitled to the nomination, and was not an usurper of democratic favors in Arizona, as was the case of Mark Smith.
 Colonel Wilson informed the com mittee that he would take the matter under advisement and on Wednesday or Thursday evening of this week would give them a decided answer.
 The question now is: Will he with draw?
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
A GREAT DISASTER AT JEROME


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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17

Dispatches from Tucson in the press and of a private nature are of a decidedly enthusiastic tenor over the candidacy of Governor Murphy. At Tucson, the ovation given our can didate and his republican associates was enthusiastic and sincere. Espe- cially was this so when the nominee referred to many questions and issues of the Arizona campaign, and parti- cularly So was there a demonstration on statehood and the mining expose.
 He spoke of his attack upon the Spenazuma and other fraudulent min ing operations and showed the bene- fit which the exposure had brought to Arizona. The manner in which his words were applauded showed that the people of Tucson endorse the course taken. He spoke of the oppor- tunity at hand to gain statehood. of
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17

George E. Pritchard, lifelong demo crat. B. T. Farnsworth. formerly democratic city attorney of South Omaha.
 Judge W. D. McHugh. a leading attorro,, of Omaha. '''oi ii's Warren Snitzier. nominee of the goId democrats in 1897 for supreme court iusfice Charles W. Lyman. president of inc Com mercial National Bank of Omaha.
 William F. Wappich. resigned from inc Douglas County Democratic council he cause he could not indCrse the kansas Civ platform. W. L. May. ey-state fish commissioner of Nebraska.
 Lee ". Sparten. of Omaha. prominent worker in the democratic ranks.
 F. L. Stone. of Dewey & Stone. furniture dealers of Omaha.
 William Bushman, a leading warehouse man.
 Dr. Geo. Hilton. of Omaha. democratic worker-of many years.
 Henry W. Yates, president of the Ne braska National bank.
 Dr. H. Chambers. of Fremont. an active supporter of Bryan in 1896. \. J. Pacoe. of Dodge county. for twenty. five years a democrat.
 Julius. Beckman, of Fremont. a leading business man. Tn ba confirmed
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17

The New York Herald estimates, on ininfOrmatiOn from special cor respondents, that President Me KinIey will, without doubt, have 25S electoral votes, and Bryan I68, and that zI votes are in doubt. This conclusion is reached in spite of the iicraId's dislike for the President. Such q showing from such a source, and drawn from such 2 comprehensive data, is certainly significant. No wOn- der the betting in New York is s to in favor of Mckinley.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
WILL WILSON WITHDRAW

Colonel J. F. Wilson, one of the trio of candidates for congressional honors, and whose candidacy is un- questionably linked by more genuine democratic principles of right and justice than Smiths, arrived from the north last night. He was met at the depot by number of his committee men and taken to the rear of the plat form, where a quiet yet earnest con ference was had. It was Mir. Wilson's $ intention to continue his journey to the south, but going to the car he again retracted his steps and with the committee went to his offices up town. It was then that he for the first time was emphatically informed of the hopelessness of furtherparticipating in the fight, and was asked to withdaw,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
IF WILSON QUITSl

Wonder what the Prescott that have been liberal with their abuso Wilson SHOULD withdraw. all they have said but if their respective communities However will
 ference the results, should Cover Murphy is going without be sweled immensely will receive throughout the territory. People of Arizona fair play and they know that Governor Murphy ritOry than other half sent to con- Timers fully aware of this fact
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-17
QUIT THEIR JOBS.

The following is taken from the Omaha Herald, an out and out demo cratic paper, which absolutely refuses to sustain the candidacy of Bryan. and says the following former Nebras- ka democrats refuse to support Bryan Coming as this does from the home of the democratic nominee, comment is unnecessary:
 J. Sterling Morton. President Cleveland secretary of agriculture
 James E. Boyd, the only democratic gov ernOr Nebraska ever had.
 Gen. Paul NandervOOrt. formerly national commander of the G. A. R.
 Dr. George L. Miller. founder of the Omaha Herald.
 Judge Eleazer Wakeley. the editor of the Omaha Bee.
 William A. Paxton. who twice assisted in Bryan's election to congress.
 Thomas B. McPhersOn. president of the Omaha Cattle Loan company. and cashier of the Union Stock Yards National bank
 Euclid Martin. of Omaha. for years a leader of the democratic party. formerly chairman. and postmaster of Omaha under Cleveland.
 Edward Riley, of Omaha, a party Whee horse.
 F. B. Lawrence. president of the Law renee Shot and Lead company: hei hao voted as a democrat since 1Sj8.
 E. Wyman Shelton. populist member oi legislature.
 If Wilson SHOULD Witf1dra xxnOuId raca;.ra af Iaact furo -4f.irIe