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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-02-09
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oring house, Simmons & Forbes. of
St. louis. and solicited orders for Ia
dies suits at $40 each. As he carried
full line Of samples, printed cards,
etc., he was not suspected. His plan
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The oasis., 1900-03-31
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
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 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last l5 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, ane financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm.
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The oasis., 1900-03-31
I. DIAZ pRIETo.
IGNACIo BONILLAs.
Secretary. Pro Te m.

secretary. Pro Ie Territory of Arizona. s
 Santa Cruz County. DO
 Before me. w N McCurdy, on this day personally appeared J. Dlaz Prieto presi dent of the Yaqui Moctezuma and Arispe Land Development Company. a'd lgnacio Bon Has. whose names are subscribed to the foregoiog instrument, as Pres ident and sec retary, pro tenn, respectively, and they and each of them acknowledged to me that they executed the foregoing instrument for the purpose and consideration therein express ed, and they proved to me by their oatns, that they were such persons as they repre- sented themselves to be, vlz President and Secretary pro tenn respectively of the Ysqui- Moctezuma and AT zpe Land Development Company, they and each of them being per sonally known tO me.
 Given under my hand and seal of office, this twenty fourth day of March, D. nine teen hundred. w. J. \. MCCURDY, lseall Notary Public. Territory of Arizona, lss
 county of Santa ru7. %
 hereby certify that the within instrument was filed and recorded at the request of J. Diaz Prieto, March 24th A D. 1900. at 1:1U D. ID. Book Miscellaneous, Pages-- Witness my hand and official seal the day and year afores sad W. x. CUMMINGS, lseall County Recorder.
 LOUIS HUDGlN,
 Deputy. Date of first publication March 24. 1900.
The oasis., 1900-03-31
NOTICE.

MOBILES. Ariz. March 2I, 1900.
 On this date was held special meeting of the st rkholders of The Yaqui- Moctezuma and ArIzpe Land Development Company at their office in the City of Nogales. Arizona Territory when 1t was found that majority of the stock was represented and in the ab- sence of the regular secretary of theComDany Mir. I. Bonilas was appointed Secretary pro tenn by the President J DiDz Prn to who pre- sided at the meeting after ascert aiming that 9-lOths of he capital stock of the ompany was repre- ented Ut the meeting, ihe Presi- dent. Dr. Preto read the call and stated the purpose of the meeting to be to dispose of the following resolution which had been on He for ten days with the Company.
 ''BE IT RESOLVED by the stockholders of The Yaqui Moctezuma and Arizpe Land Devel- opment Company, in called meeting assem- bled at heir office in the City Of Nogales County of Santa Cruz in Arizona Territory on this tue 2ith day of March. i9oo-vhich meeting was held in response to the call of the Pr. sident and Secretary of said company issued on the 18th day of March l90O.and pub lished in THE OAsIs weekly newspaper pub lished In the City of Nogales, Territory of Arizona, for six days previous to said meet ing. That the business of said ompany be closed up and that said Company from and after this date abandons It's corporate exist ence and ceases to exist
 "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Presi- dent of said Company be and he Is hereby empowered and instructed to audit all ac- counts due to any and every person by said Company. And so soon as the. same are au- dlted and approved to pay the same.
 RE IT FUhTHER RESOLVED that the secre- tary of this meeting be required to record a copy of this resolution on the minutes of this company together with copy of the Notice of Dissolution of said corporation issued by the President of this company and published as above stated In THE OAsIs."
 On motion the above res, lution was unani- mously adopted and the President declared the business for which the meeting was cal ed to have been disposed of. The meet ing was adjourned.
 T. DIAZ PRIETO.
The oasis., 1900-03-31
Take Notice.

Owing to the extra dry season we cannot furnish water for yard spriuk- ling until our dams are finished.
 MORALES WATER Co.
The oasis., 1900-03-31
SANTA CRUZ COD NIT Y

Tuesday Mir. Wakefield returned to the Hardshell mine from visit in Tucson.
 Mir. w. T. Powers cOntemplates erecting fine two-story brick hotel at Patagonia.
 MT. Landis, from San Francisco, is at Patagonia, with his family, with a view to going into business.
 Mr. Richard Farrel of Harshaw is developing the Blusnose mine, with good promise of valuable results.
 MT. Kane is moving one of his buildings from Crittenden down to Patagonia. and erecting it at the lat. ter place.
 MT. Wm. T. Powers has established brickyaTd at Patagonia and is mak- ing preparations to burn big kiln of brick.
 Tuesday Mrs. s. c. Smith and the little Smiths came out from Tucson to join MT. Smith at the Hardshell mine, with the intention of remain ing there until fall.
 Chairman George w. Atkinson of the Republican County Central Con- mittee, has appointed Mir. J. B. Lyle Of Orc Blanco, to represent that pre- cinct upon the committee.
 The concentrator at the Hardshell mine is running night aud day, turn ing out high grade concentrates. A carload is shipped from Patagonia every four days.
 The Patagonia Commercial Co. is erecting an addition to their building into which the pOstoffice is to be placed and the office also of the Desert Lixiviation Co.
 At Patagonia the railroad is erect a long passing track about fifteen hundred feet in length, and will soon erect 8 new depot. A freight house track is to be put in behind the depot.
 Roadmaster H. B. Riggs is working force Of half dozen men upon the road between Patagonia and Nogales. He is constructing new cut of via the Flux mine, three miles in length.
 Wednesday the concentrator at Washington Camp was started up again, the pipe line having been com pieted and an ample supply Of water is now flowing into the camp. The machinery is reported working to charm and turning out large quanti- ties of high grade concentrates.
 At Crittenden last week w. K. Frederick was arrested upon charge of obtaining money on false pretenses in borrowing from ToIioio Salcido thirteen dollars, which he failed to repay the following day, as promised. Justice Quinn sentenced the accused to the county jail for one day and to pay fine of ten dollars.
 Mr. J. c. Smith, superintendent of the Hardshell mine, has been quite i'll several weeks past. His father, Doctor J T. Smith of Cleveland, Ohio, came out to attend him. Mir. Smith had improved greatly and last week his father went to Tucson, to return home But Monday the son was again taken ill, aud his father was summoned from Tucson, coming down Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
SUSPECTED OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Hackensack, Jan 2 (speciaD.-ConsyabIe James
Young, OF Woodbridge, saw four young men IN his
nelghbOrhood this morning and after following
them TO Carlstadt he became convinced that they
had been engaged IN a robbery last night Hs
therefore arrested them charge OF larceny.
Two OF the prisoners showed dghr. bUr were
Qu1etec by the constable The real object OF the
arrest IS understood 10 be effort connect
these persons with the hold up or William Chasse.
OF Walrer-aVe-- HaSbruuCk Heights. Saturday
night while he was his way 70 the station.
He lost gold watch. a diamond pin and 81 kim
Alderman who aIghted from the train which NIr.
Chasse boarded vas also held up on rhe hin road
ana when the robbers found him penniless they
dismissed MIN with kick. The village marshal
tried 70 induce citizens aid him in capturi1z-
the hlghwaynen. but nobody would respond. Ths
prisoners give their names Dick Collins
Harry Johnson Daniel O'TOOIs and William Con
nor, OF New-YOrk City.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
THE FIGHT AGAINST GRUBER.

George c. Austin and other oficeholders in the
XXIst Assembly District who preparing TO
make a fight. against Abraham Gruber, the leader
Of the Republican organizad ton in the district at
the primary elections in March. have been con-
tradicting reports that they will abandon the fight
They have declared that they Will continue a
vass of the district until the primaries held.
They have been made unhappy by the repeated
declarations Of Mr.. GrUber and his followers that
the fight against Mr.. Gruber is inspired by Senator
Platt and LenueI E. Quigg and that fear OF losing
their Offices has compelled Mr.. Austin and his
friends to keep up the fight.
Statements have been issued by Mr. Austin de-
nyng that Patt and Quigg have anything 10 do
with the fight. and declaring that Mr Gruber is
against Governor Roosevelt Such statements are
met with derision by Republicans of the district,
who say that the Republican Organization in the
district was the best In the city before Platr and
Quigg started the fight 10 disrupt f. The or
ganization was able to elect Alderman. well
as an Assem- Dlyna n. last fall. while four Repub-
Lcan districts with the affairs OF which Quigg had
meddled. the politicians say, were carried by the
Democrats. Many Republicans of the XXIst Dis
trict are saying with much emphasis that II would
De wiser for Piatt and Cuigg 10 strengthen the
ganizatious IN the With, XIXth XxIxth and
XXEIst districts than 20 weaken the organization
10 the X1LIst which won handsomely at the last
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New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 23. 1900
TO EXTEND CRESCENT SHIPT4RD.
LEWIS NIXON PURCHASES MORE WATER
FRONT PROPERTY-oTHER ExTEN-
sIONs CONTEMPLATED.

Eliza Jan . (SpeciaD.-Lewis Nixon owner
OF the Crescent Shipyard az Elzabethport has pur-
chased the properts of the Connolly Iron SpouEs
and Governor Company. in Fulton-st Elizabsth-
port which has frontage Of 70 feet on Staten
Island sound The purchase includes good wharf.
and the price paid for the property is E1e0G Il
was sold subject 10 mortgage for $50 held BY
the estate of Ell a. Young The land adf0ins thar
OF the Nixon shiyyard which can be greatly
enlarged so 10 accommodate the largely in
creased business OF Sir nixon
Il is rum0-ed thar some OF the material for tna
new rapid transit railroad IN Sew-T0rk win Be
turned out al NiXons plant IL is also reported at
Eliza bethpo-t tAat Mr. Nixon s negota In for the
purchase OF the waterfront east o. the Connolly
property. and which is owned bE Charles
Meyer and the Staten Island Ferry Company. and
extends 70 the Central Railroad wharf AT Living
stOn-st- This deal II cCnsuEnEnared would give the
Nixon suipyard the most VaiUanie waterfront az
Eliza abethp0rC, extending from Liv1ngstou-sr- %
MarShali-st-- nearly one thousand Feet C1arles
Meyer. il Is said - willing 10 part with his hold
lnEst but the Ferry company II 10 disposed or It's
wharf, would have 70 secure another landing place
south OF the Nixon plant and the only aEallabls
place would be the wharf AZ ElZabeth-ave-
There il also report that Samuel +. Moore
with or absorbed by the Nixon plant The iron
works the west side OF Sou-1 Front-sr-.
which separates the Moore works from the Nixon
shlpyar1 great part OF the irCnWOTk for tho
sh1pbuilding business is now turned OUT by The
Crescent works
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
COMPLAINT OF THE sCHLEY THEATRE.

delegation Of property owners appeared before
the Mayor yesterday 10 ask him 20 veto an ordi-
nance allowing Sullivan G. Kraus 10 erect an iron
awning in front of q new music hall at No 10 West
Thirty-fourth-st. Objection made to the avn
ing the ground that IL TO be a permanent
structure and would interfere with adjoining prop
erty owners Mr.. Kraus said the awning was TO De
q temporary affair. The Mayor said he would not
allow such a structure that proposed to be put
up II II had been put UP. he said, II must be
taken down The DIRECTORS said that they had no
objection TO a temporary awning going up, and Mr..
Kraus said that satisfactory. An agreement
was then reached by which the proposed awning
was not TO go up but Sullivan & Kraus We're 10
be permitted to put up a temporary awning nstead:
There has been complaint that the building 9I
this music hall be called. X lS understood,
the Schiey Theatre, is not in accordance with the
building laws and that the building, II put up IN
the manner which seems to be contemplated at
present viii be unsafe. The Sullivan whose name
gures in the title OF the firm is State Senator Tim
oThy D Sullivan, and the fear OF the neighboring
property holders seems to be that. he will have
sufficient political influence TO permit nin to put
up pretty much any sort Of building he likes He
and Mr. Kraus are the owners of the Dewey Thea
ire in Fourteenth-st., and the general conduct Of
that house has not been such 10 encourage those
who live the one TO think that little
matters ike law viii have much to do with It's
building its conduct after il Is built.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
SAYS He DOES NOT CARE a PIcAEUNE FOR WHAT
WAS SAID ABOUT HIM

SAYS Re DOES NOT CARE a PICAyUNE FOR WHAT
WAS SAID ABOUT HIM
Charles sprague Smith, managing director Of the
Peoples Ir--i1uIs and president Of the Peoples
Club in d. ussing the clubs affairs told q Tribune
reporter yesterday al his home No. Is West Sixty
frst-st that ne did think the internal affairs
o. the club should be fought in the newspapers
The majority Of tbs club, he thought, could decide
for themselves whether he had played the
asked Il the institute were 70 withdraw its hnan-
csl support 70 the amount Of 800 from the club he
said il might and Il might not.
The idea" continued Mr. Smith was not to
organize one club. but lot Of them The People,
Club Is an experiment and the actions Of those in
rerested in il regarding what II best do in the
Circumstances vii be determined by the way in
which conditions shape themselves We do not
propose 70 be -npeded IN ouI work Of forming
Workingmens clubs. NY experience with the Peo-
PIES Club movement convinces me that clubs for
Eorkingmen can be esta ablshed successfully in
New-York, hut the problem cannot be solved of
hand The club was organized On the plan Of pure
democracy, where workingrnen might find an intel
lectuaI and social life
The existence Of the club has depended on the
Institute If the Institute should withdraw its sup
port from the club il would not be for q personal
reason, but because the club had failed 70 carry
OUT the purposes for which II founded; be-
cause those purposes would not be abandoned bv
the Institute and because the Institute could Al.
ian them In some other way All the differences
tWeen ne institute and the Peoples Club Will
De eeciced n the near future That the experiment
could 0e carried out without friction was not 70 be
sApecLe9' s5' Pll 1 90 not care picayune for what
We ssll aDout he at yesterdays meeting"
Ire Peoples Club occupies the fourth floor oF
tne metropolitan Savings Bank Building IN Third
ave opposite cooper Union, and It's rooms consist
qI a nan. vel lighted and furnished seating two
Alncrso ana hfty. and two smaller rooms They
aIt opsn from a N 70 l a n daily. The library
Lae I'VE nuncred volumes besides periodicals and
an address or sisc11ssfor 1or us eInoers
evening ana once month there is an entertain
n2eLt Membership e open 70 all persons of both
sexes of good character and repute above the age
oI sixteen The fee Of admission is % cents a
month, OF Ss year.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
OF PROOF THE PROSECUTIONS

JUSTICE GAYNoR GRANTS A CERTIFICATE OF
REASONABLE DOUBT IN AN ASSAULT CASE.
Justice William J. Gaynor yesterday granted :
certincate OF reasonable doubt Of guilt In the ca
or Theodore Stanley, convicted Of assault in the
hrst degree in Richmond County last summer and
sentenced TO ten years in Sing Sing In a quarrel
with Nicholas Lutthof who owned ferry across
creek at South Beach, Staten Island shanlev was
6nqcked a d down and subsequently he got a musket
suit that LutthO1 blinded for life
justice Gaynor points that all the defence has
10 20 IS 10 meet the proof Of the prosecution. He
says that there is no such thing as an afrma tive
GeIence IN criminal trials All that the defence
needs 10 90 says the Justice is 10 raisa raa son
az ape doubt in the minds OF the jury The burden
the prosecution. 60 a. : VIZ"
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
BROOKLYN NEWS.
TO ROME AND LOURDES.
FATHER POR Gle ANNOUNCES THE DE-
TAILS FOR THE PILGRIMAGE
NEXT SUMMER

All the details for the pilgrimage TO Rome and
Lourdes in July and August have been completed
by the Very Rev E Il. Porcile, assistant general
OF the Fathers Of Mercy and rector OF the Church
Of our Lady OF Lourdes, Broadway and Aberdeen
st, who IS to have the spiritual direction and man
agement Of the trip The undertaking has the sane
ton CT Bishop c. E. Mcdonnell of Brooklyn and
VIII be under the patronage OF the Most Rev. Sc
bastian MartineIh. Apostolic Delegate Washing
ton In announcing the trip Father Porcfe says:
The great success that attended my efforts and
taose OF my co-laborers in the organization OF the
BROOKLYN pilgrimage IN 1894 inspires with full
confidence. The present time is OppOrtune
The pilgrims OF 1898 vowed that God willing they
peciay and 10 ali the faithful Of these United
States / extend an invttaton-nay, Rome invites
you, the sovereign pontin, Leo XIII. vicar OF
Christ, invites you.
The circular describing the trip is as follows:
The pilgrimage viii leave New-York Saturday
July = by the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm H. the
penses included. will not exceed $3.50
The daily itinerary will be:
Saturday. July Leave New-York by the popular
express steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II, OF the North
800 berths being provided. Mass win be celebrated
a4iy L on board oy the Very Rev Father Porcile or
Sunday, July l5-At Gibraltar
THURSDAY July ls to Monday. July Sat Rome.
twelve days arrangements for an audience with
the Holy Father viii be made etc
Tuesday July 3l-Florence
Tb945jsG TMbSdasjsdsy Bsasg Aqgqs5 aP.Xn I5Xsnice as
Friday. August 3-Innsbruck
Saturday, August Munich.
Sunday, August 5-Oberammergau Passion
Play 04
Monday, August 6-Zurich
Tuesday, August 7-Lucerne
"Wednesday. August S-Lucerne.
Thursday, August 9-InterIaken
Friday, August 1G-Interlaken-
SATURDAY Angus. H--Berne and Lausanne
Sunday, August 12-Geneva
Monday, August 1S--Avgnon
Tuesday August ito Lourdes
Wednesday. August 10. to Monday Aue,s+ so
At Lourdes. six days Here the pilgrimage terTni-
Tuesday. August Il. to Sunday August 2s-At
German Lloyd steamer. va W. III
Tuesday September Arrive New-York
The travelling arrangements will b. sI1na-,,sa5
sld carrled out by MI and Mrs. Francis n ThrooD
NO. III Broadway, Manhattan 0P'
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
ICE BREAKING Up N HUDSON RIVER.
ANYTHING LIKE FAMINE IN THAT
COIMODITY.

Mid weather in this part Of the country has at
last had its effect on the icebound Hudson and
from Albany word that the river at that
point is clear Of ice for several miles and that
the bids fair 10 go. An open winter on the
Hudson has always heretofore meant much in a
monetary way 10 many OF the inhabitants of
Maine who live along the banks Of the Kennebec
River With Hudson River ice they have got
in former years their own prices for ice.
Charles W Morse, president of the American Ice
Company. when seen yesterday said:
While we have not yet been able TO cut any Hud-
son River ice, and at present the prospects of an
ice harvest there dubious, X is by no means
certain that shall still be able TO obtain a
crop Of ice from the river. AS late the middle
OF February 1 have known q freeze in and
ice 10 be cut the Hudson
We control many in fact most. OF the tee
houses along the kennebec River and, while the
failure OF the Hudson River crop will entail some
advance IN the price Of ice 20 the consumer, Il viii
not be great similar conditions IN
former years have brought about In order 10 pro-
vide against Z ice famine, keep hand from
year 10 year larger quantity Of Ice than We need
supply our customers. There viii be no famine
prices.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
VERDICT FOR WIFE's AFFECTIONS
JUSTICE GAYNOR DOESN'T RE-
MEMBER HAVING MADE

William S. Lewis. the lawyer, cf No. ls5 Nassau
st, Manhattan, who sued Charles Hoffman, jr.. 10
recover $4,000 for the alleged alienation of the
affections Of his wife Mrs. Lewis. obtained
dict for 8 100 before Justice Gaynor IN the Supreme
Court yesterday.
Hoffman is q business man No 242 Water-st,
Manhattan, and lives at No. South Elliott Place
where May / 1895 the complainant and his
family went to live. Lewis testified that when he
returned from business trip his wife treated him
coolly, and that there several painful scenes
The men formerly fast friends and fellow
members of the Aurora Grata Club. Hoffman is
also member of the Crescent Athletic Club
Yesterday after Mr. Grossman counsel for Hoff-
man, had asked that the verdict be set aside as
contrary to the weight OF evidence and II had been
denied he declared that he would ike take
CeptiOn 10 remark made by Justice Gaynor. AS
alleged by Mr.. Grossman. Justice Gayuor had said:
This jury and myself by this time understand
the relations between this man and woman II Ne
don't. very slow
Justice GaynOr said that he did not remember
making such a remark, but would that
matter was looked UD, after which ne would rule
the findings
Counsel for gshe plaintiff asked for an extra
aii8wanes 5n tne verdict, and Justice Gaynor al
lowed 30 bringing the total amount OF damages
recovered up to 5000
New-York tribune., 1900-01-23
CONTROLLER TO REFUND TAX MONEY.

Judge Carretson has issued writs compelling Con-
troler Coler 10 refund TO thirty-stx taxpayers Of
Queens Borough the amount of paid for electric
street lighting under a levy made by the Jamaica
Town Board in November. 1897. Ten others who
have not yet paid the have received wyits COM
pering the Controller 10 cancel the tax as a lien
against their property. The whole amount involved
Is about s22l0 The Appellate Division in a suit
brought by Peter 5. Hendrickson against the City
of New-York and the Jamaica Electric Lighting
company. declared the contract made between the
Towu Board and the Jamaica Electric Lighting
T'ompauy void. II was held, therefore. that the
Town Board Of Jamaica had authority IN
clude the street lighting charge In the levy Of
Ttghring District No Z. II held that money
had been earned under the contract and that the
civ has paid the Jamaica Electric Lighting
Company money foT its services in lighting
the streets for the year 1s3s.