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Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
PERSONAL AsENTiON.

James w. Flake os Sa whaAe. Ariz.. iz at the Commercial.
 T. L. SEultz o~ Prescott is mixing with tine convection delegates.
 M. Abrahams. San Francisco. and Joseph Bolton. Mo. are at ,he Com marcial.
 Deputy Sheriff A 4. Joans of Pres co-t is in the city attending the con- yention.
 L. D. Copeland left last night for couple of weeks stay in AI@mmoth ou business.
 W. T.. Rrophy. manager Of the Cop Der Q-ezn compIny's store at Bisbee. is in the city. a guest of the Ho5el Adams
 R. VI. Ling and J. ?. Dillon of Pres colt. c. A. EenedIct of Camp Verde. and Henry Dovin Of Kingman. ar at the Hotel Adams.
 MT Harry R. Tlit.e will leave today fer Prescott for a visit with his wife. Mrs. Tritle and son will return to Pho - nix in about a week.
 H. William Stevens, manager of the Trilby and Belle sold mines. near Wfckeaburg. is in the city doing poli- tics. Ee is at the Hotel Adams.
 p. J Delenanty of Benson. W. Ii. Penson Of Florence. and F. Hadley of Sacdton. and George ". Sanders and T.. L. Gibson oc 2IorriStown are at thr Commercial.
 Sol Levy is recent arrival from ev- cryWhara between Denver and Fl Paso. He is not ere for his health, either, but simply u look after he spiritual welfare bf his friends.
 Mir Harlow Teager, who has been looking after his fathers sheep inter esis in the vicinity of FIagz5aff. fir several months arrived at his home near Tempe several days ago.
 Ralph II. nTelczer. s5n of William MeIczer. is spending a few days here before his return to Vale. He has been at the Copetl mine. in Sontra, Mexico for d few weeks. and accompanied his father on his return to Phoenix.
 Am-ng the guests of the Commercial yesterday were NJ. J. Nugent, Yuma, R. r. Estrada, Tucson; .. B. Claypoo'
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
Phoenix { is { the Best
 E own in i America i

Considering it's age, it's population and what it has accomplished. Our people going away each year to all parts of the country always come back with this verdict. There has been no boom, no buster in it's building up. But it's growth from a few adobe houses in a barren waste to a city of 12,OOO inhab fants, with fine schools and churches, electric lights and street cars, in the midst of a valley made rich and yer dant by irrigation, has been steady and sure. To the newcomer we want to say, you have made no mistake in com ing to Phoenix, whether for health or for business reasons. And to the one returning after the summers outing We would ask, Don't you think Phoenix is a pretty good place, after all? Of course all of you will need many things in the house furnishing and hardware line and We feel sure you will not regret patronizing us with our low price spot cash system. Whether you buy or not, We ask you to call on us often and look our line over. It will surely pay you. Mail orders promptly filled.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
NEWS
 oE TRM
 TOWN
PHOENIX WEATHER.

The following weather conditions pre- 7ailing in Phoenix yesterday were re- ported by the United States weather bureau:
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13

and W. F. Rawlings. Globe; F. E. EI- Hnwood, Flagstaff: G. F. Truman. M Nj. Hickey and 2. B. Dev:ne, Florence: w. r. Jones. NJ. T. Webb and B. k. Clark of Graham coun,y, and A. w Howe Of Bisbae. All are democrats and know what they are Lere for.
 At the Hote! Adams yesterday were J. r. Jones. Williams: T. B. Davis. J. |. Hooker, Joseph Hobbs, J. L. MuAds and II. D. Ross. Prescott: W. S. Ad- ans. Jerome; C. II. Williams. San Francisco; S. E. Hazard. Tucson. and Mrs. V. l.. Warren. Seattlz Wash.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
BIG EXPERIMENT. FARM.

New York, Sept. 12.-The School of Practical Agriculture and Horticulture. which opened today at Briar Cliff Man or. is the largest undertaking in agri- cultural education ever attempted in this country and the outcome of the experiment will be awaited with much interest. The school occupies a 450o~ acre farm. all of which is under the latest scientific methods of culture. The plant includes a large herd of dairy cattle, several hundred pigs large breeding stock 4.O0O chickens. and al large number of sheep. There are also extensive greenhouses, orchards, and vegetable gardens.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13

I is real cruel to publish Boss Cro- ker's remarks made last January in favor of holding hard onto the Philip pines. That is, it would be cruel if little thing like eating his own remarks mace any particular difference 70 him The idea of holding Croker Up to ,he line of consistent statesmanship is ;oo funny for anything.-Boston Herald.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
CELEBRATING FRONTIER DAY.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. Sept. 12-Cheyenne is entertaining one of the largest crowds in the history of the city, the attraction being the annual celebration of Frontier Day. which opened today with the city in holiday attire and everyone prepared to enjoy the fsstivi- ties. The leading features of the two days programme are the carnival pro- cession. band concerts, roping contests and exhibitions of frontier sport. which will be participated in by United States regulars, Indians and cowboys.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
CHAMPION AL NEIL.
Dislocated Jack Monat's Shoulder in
 San Francisco.

San Francisco, Sept. 12.-AI Neil was given the decision over Jack Moi fatt of Chicago in the third round. Tommy Ryan refused 10 go on because NToffat was overweight. Neil was sub stituted for Ryan and il the third round he struck Moffat on the shoulder and dislocatod it. Thr fight was stopped and Neil given the decision and announced as the champion Tid- dleweight of the world.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
ALONE HIGHWAYNIAN.
Holds Up Train and. Secures One
 Thousand Dollars.

Denver. Col. Sept. I2.-West bound passenger No. 3. on the Burlington road. was held up by lone robber at HaiglCck. Neb.. last night He con fined his operations to two sleeping cars and secured $1.OGO in money and valuables from the male passengers, leaving the women unmolested.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-13
NOT ENTIRETY AROUND.

Mrs. Gooph-Imogene, cid that young man have his arm around you last night?
 mOgene-ImpOssible mamma. Cro h5rself) Physically impossible.
 The man who takes life easy is a dan gerOus character.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
Masonry in the Philippines.

The members of the Masonic fraternity
residing temporarily in the Philippines
have formed the "SojOurners' Club" a So
cial organization composed Of brethren. Its
object is the entertainment Of members
residing in the islands.
An interesting feature of the pro
grammc of the initial meeting was a
speech made by leading Filipino Mason
on Masonry in the Philippines. He said
in part:
There are not many Of us here to-day
who welcomed the advent of the Masonic
order into these islands. 1t was in 1888
that a charter was secured, and before
many years had elapsed there were 1900
members enrolled and all belonging to the
better class Of the Filipino people
Its strength soon became known and
the jealous friars who feared that it might
some day break their power waged q ter
rible war against it. BY some means they
secured the names of the members of the
order and by one subterfuge and another
they were imprisoned, shot or banisbed
to southern islands, where they were
bound over as slaves TO planters there by
the government. Few escaped, but to-day
the remnant of the little band who sur
viyed privation and suffering rejoice in
the liberty they now enjoy and their
baptism Of suffering has only grounded
them more strongly in Masonic princi-
PIES"
The National tribune., 1900-08-09

distance away. Again his gun came to
his shoulder, but he did not shoot, for he
then remembered that he had seen
them when on post before, and that they
were but harmless water-jars standing
near the ruins of hut. He continued to
hypnotic state. The jars began to move
about, slowly at first and then faster and
faster until they finally began to dance
minuet. He knew this was an optical
illusion, and shut his eyes for few min
utes TO get his mind Strengthened out
When he opened them again the jars were
still, but as he looked they again COM
again as vigorously as before. Then he
tried to divert his mind by thinking of his
mother, thousands of miles across the
ocean in her peaceful home. He Won
dered if she realized that her boy, her
baby, whose going away to the war had
nearly broken her heart, was out in this
lonely rice field, with savages prowling
around in the darkness with long knives
in their hands to take his life. Far from
serving to quiet his nerves these thoughts
served to set them all the more on edge.
He aroused himself with a shrug of his
shoulders and turned to look across the
rice field, and then sprang to his feet in
alarm. There, in the east, just above the
line of trees in the direction of the en-
envy, foated white signal-balloon. There
could be no mistake about it, for he could
see it bob up and down and sway from
side to side. He remembered what the
men had said about the balloon being fol-
lowed Immediately by an attack, and the
parting injunction TO shoot at it as soon
as he saw it, and so without hesitation
he raised his Springfield to his shoulder,
took q hasty aim and fired. The sudden
noise breaking in upon the stiffness of the
night added to his excitement, but he
bravcly held his ground threw another
cartridge into the chamber and shot again,
before he heard the Corporal running to-
ward him and calling out to know what
was the matter on No. /.
''See that signal balloon?' he asked ex-
citedly, as the breathless Corporal reached
his side.
"Whcre?'
Fright over there, just above the tops
of the trees"
The Corporal took good look, and
then said, Was that what you fired at!'
Yes"
"Well, you're n dandy. That's Venus"
and he turned his back on the excited
sentinel and returned to the post in dis
gust.
The outpost returned to camp at day
light and the Corporal told the story TO
the company at breakfast. and the men
roared until they nearly chOked. A few
months later a happy mother, who had
sent Willie Johnson to the war with tears
of anguish, welcomed kid Venus" back
again with tears of JOY.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
NATIONAL WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

dance and the dancer had repeated the
'Kavian" and danced until nearly ex-
hausted, the 'Sanni Yaka." an improved
form of the Dance in which the prayer
is left out, and a change of costume is
made, was the next feature. The dancer
carried two flaming torches in the mouth
and one in each hand. Those were bran
dished freely and the fiendish expression
mixed in tar and paint made the specta-
tors wonder if there were in existence any
counterpart of the dancer in the land of
fiends as horrible.
The ''Suniyan Yaka," the climax in the
devils dance, is perhaps the most terror
striking representation of how ugly satan
can be made to appear. The face was as
ugly as it is possible to imagine a face to
be. a half dozen long teeth stuck out
about two inches through the powder and
paint about the mouth The body was
enveloped in leaves with the exception of
the face.
With many variations and number of
other interesting specialties the dance was
kept up all night. and the visitors enjoyed
a treat that could not have been better
represented had they sought the native
hauntS of the Ceylonese.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
The American Gibraltar

Manila will be the Gibraltar Of the East
when the plans of the United States Gov
ernment for terrifying it are carried out.
The Government has set to work to for
tfy the entrances. This news comes from
Manila by transport. The Notifications of
the Luneta are 10 be destroyed and a
Krupp battery there removed to the har-
Dor entrance.
When the Island of Corregidor, which
guards Manila gate, was captured by the
American fleet, the crew of the McCul-
loeb were told off to destroy fine battery
of six-ineh guns there. A number of these
guns were dismounted, taken to sea and
thrown overheard. Corregidor will be
heavily armed with high-power guns and
furnished with a powerful searchlight.
Other plans for defense and torpedo work
will be carried into effect. Water batter
les will also be established and in all two.
score Of fine guns will be in position.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
DEVILS DANCE.
Novel Entertainment Witnessed by American
officers.


American officers in the Philippines are
enjoying some novel entertainments. The
Manila Freedom gives a description of the
Ceylonese devils dance" given in Manila
one Saturday evening by Il number of ma
tivcs of Ceylon for the benefit of Ameri-
can guests:
The dance is most popular function
in the ceremonies and observances of the
Buddhists of Ccylon. 1t is supposed to
be INDUCED in by relatives of the sick,
when business is dull, and generally when
native is suffering from losses or bad
luck. The dance is supposed to appease
the wrath of the devil, and it must make
4 deep impression on him, for it is very
uncanny.
The Suniyan Yaka-that is the name
OF this dance-has many variations. The
dancer is dressed grotesquely. The form
is usually that Of n female devil. Her
dress Is blaze of glaring colors striped
with that resemblance to snake that
makes the spectators shudder as the form
writhes to wicrd music. The face is paint
ed so as to make the greatest contortions
imaginable appear as the owner twists
from side to side. Torches are carried in
each hand and amid the smoke and flame
the swaying figure repeats in the native
language the "kavian" or the prayer to
the devils.
At 8 o'clock the performance com
menced and until the small hours of Sun
day it continued. After the first she-devils
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
I&x-uIce
s ISz the
FMiZXRpineI
By CAPT. HARRY L. WELLS, Co. L, I'd Ore, U. S. v.
Kid Venus.

"cold feet" to him in earnest. So, with
finger on trigger and eyes staring at the
bamboo clump, he lay behind the rice
ridge awaiting developments, cold and hot
waves chasing each other up and down
his spinal column. The noises continued
at intervals and he finally made up his
mind that they were caused by bamboo
rats. He was thankful that he had con-
troIled his nerves. though it had left him
in a still more excited condition. Scarcely
had he settled this matter in his mind
when voice suddenly called out, Look
you, look you, look you," three times from
another clump of trees. He swung his
gun hastily in that direction. the perspira-
ton starting out all over his body; but
in another instant he realized it was but
the squawk of lizard.
His nerves were now well set on edge,
and so he was startled when he turned
from looking at the bamboos to see three
dark objects on the ground only a short
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
34th Annual Encampment, GAR, Chicago
Aug. 27 to 81. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Raffledeld Route.

at Chicago, Aug. ~ to Aug. 81, the Bal
tiinore and Ohio Railroad will sell tickets
from all points on its lines East of the
Ohio River at the very low rate of ONE
FARE for the ROUND TRIP. Tickets
good going on all trains of Aug. %, 20
and 81, good to return until Aug. 81, in
elusive, except if tickets are deposited
with Joint Agent on or before noon Of
Sept. 2 and payment of fee of 30 cents,
tickets may be extended for return to
Sept. 80, inclusive.
Call ON agent Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road for routes and rates, and folder con-
tanning full and elaborate information
concerning the Importance of the Il. & o.
during the civil war, battlefield map, pro-
gram at Chicago, etc.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
THE SHAH OF PERSIA.
Sketch of an Interesting Parsonage Who
NARROWLY Escapt d Assassira ration in Paris.l

The insane rage which periodically af-
ficts men who become possessed with the
idea that the way to work social reform
is to kill Kings promises to again become
epidemic. The assassination of the King
of Italy was followed last Friday by an
attempt upon the life of the Shah of Per-
sia, who is visiting the Paris Exposition.
The Shah was JUST leaving his residence
to visit the Sevres porcelain works when
the assault occurred. He started to drive
from the palace to the river Seine to
board yacht upon which he was to MAKE
trip, and the landau. which contained
the Persian monarch. his Grand Nizier.
his physician and an Aid was passing
through the gate when n man, apparently
an Italian, rushed up from a position be
tween two automobiles, and mounting the
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
"Gads Hill Place,

dlgnam by Rochester, Kent
"wednesday, Eighth June, 1870.
my DEAR KENT: Tomorrow is very
bad day for me to make a call, as, in ad-
dition to my usual Office business, / have
mass of accounts to settle with Wills
But l hope l may be ready for you at 3
o'clock. If can't b&-wily, then. l shan't
be. You must really get rid of those Opal
enjOyments. They are too overpowering:
" These violent delights have violent
ends
II think it was asfatber Of your Church
who made the wise remark to q young
gentleman who got up early Tor stayed
out late) at Verona?
Ever affectionately, G. D."
None Of his earthly appointments on
that 9th of June was kept, for he was
stricken down with fit rs he seated him
self at table after writing all the morn
ing, and passed away rs the shades of
evening fell. One of the most pathetic
last letters ever written was penncd by
Bishop Samuel Wilberforce to his daugh-
ter-in-law, whom he loved as if she had
been his own child. On the 18th of July
1873, he said to Mrs. Reginald, Il cannot
think why | feel so depressed" and when
she and her husband left him in the even
ing he took leave of them with unusual
tenderness. The next morning, before en-
tering on the days duties, at the close
head, he wrote to her as follows:
Winchester House, July 10, 1873.
1T is very dull indeed without you, and
| had no bulletin from the beloved ones
this morning. l hope to hear tomorrow
at Holmbury. / hope that to-day's colder
air will not make them worse l am try
ing to get down to Lavington Friday
night, and to stay till Saturday at >. then
driving to Chichester, and so get to Ports
mouth on Saturday evening. My dearest
love to Reg. and the darlings.
"Your dear loving S. WINToN."
In the evening of that day, while can
tering over the turf with Lord Granville
from the railway station to Holmbury,
he was thrown from his horse and killed
instantly-unless, indeed, he had died sud
denly in the saddle, and fell from it. Some
Of those who knew him best and loved
him most felt that, like Enoch, he was
"trDDSl1tpd -
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
One on the Clerk.

He thrust the sealed letter through the
window and put down 2 cents.
well, what do you want asked the
stamp clerk, grufiiy.
IAN automobile, please" he replied
sMeetlY.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
Quick Action.

Gillig missed his pocketbook the other
morning and at once advertised for it.
When he returned home in the even
ing he found it in the pocket of his other
trousers.
"Mein craciousm he said. sit bpays to
advertise like de tefflev'
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
B. & O. Week.End Excursions

Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays, for
return until following Monday, at reduced
rates from Washington to Charlestown,
mediate points.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
Faster than Ever to California.

Via Chicago, Union Pacific and North
western Line "The Overland Limited
leaves Chicago G:30 p. m. daily, arrives
San Francisco afternoon of third day and
Los Angeles next morning. No change of
cars. All meals in dining cars. Another
fast train, The Pacific Express" leaves
1890 p. m. daily. Personally conducted
excursions every Thursday from Chicago.
Inquire of any ticket agent or address
Chicago and Northwestern R'y, 461 Broad
way, New York; Col Chestnut St, Phila-
dephia, or PIP Clark St, Chicago.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
A PARTIAL LIST OF CONTENTS,

lin ofTHE
ian idea OF two.
of
by Mabel lOom Todd Good ShOrStOry
Sketches
Happenings at washington
Notes with portraits American and
nrly
at Washington
The Home and Higher Life by
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
WHAT IS The HOME MAGAZINE,

For over y mE HONE MAGAZINE has published monthly Washington
place of its the hearts of its readers To-day
contents prepared especially much the
social the National
The National tribune., 1900-08-09

1t will be remembered that Nasr-Ed-
Din, the father of the present Shah of
Persia, and who was his predecessor on
the throne, was murdered April 30, 1896,
in Teheran, the capital of Persia. He
was stabbed to death by religious fanatic
while entering the inner shrine OF a
mosque. His son, the present Shah, sue
ceeded him by the will of his father, his
elder brother being put aside as in the
judgment of the old Shah not being the
better man for the place.
MuZaffer-E EdDin is one Of the wealth
lest and most absolute of living mOnarchs,
and withal a remarkable man. He was
trained by his father in military and civil
affairs, and received, for the Orient, and
extremely liberal education. He was born
in Tcheran March %, 1858. He is of me-
dunn hight, heavily built, with strong fea
lures of the Semitic type, and of an olive
complexion. His resemblance to the Khe-
dive Of Egypt Will be noticed, and is ac-
counted for by the fact that the present
royal family of Persia is not Persian by
descent, but is of Oriental-Turkish origin,
and has held the Persian throne since
1894.
He is Mohammedan, but without any
of the intolerance and fanaticism which
usually characteriZes monarch of this
faith. He understands and speaks Arab
ic, Turkish and French with fluency, and
reads and writes several other languages.
He is said to be one of the best horsemen
and best shots in Asia,
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
MUzAFFER-ED-DIN, SHAH OF PERSIA.

MUZAFFER-ED-DIN, SHAH OF PERSIA.
step of the landau, he seized the carriage
door in his left hand and in his right pre-
sented revolver. 1t is said, however,
that at the critical instant he hesitated
moment, when the Shah's physician seized
the assassin's wrist and gave it such
wrench that he dropped the weapon. He
was Immediately seized by the police, and
the Shah, who did not seem in the least
disconnected, said in French, Il would
like to have that mans photograph" Then
speaking to his attendants in Persian he
ordered the carriage to drive on.
Just before the Shah started on his
morning trip his secretary had received
letter written in Naples, but posted in
Paris, signed with an Italian name, warn
ing the Shah that he would be killed tina;
day, but he paid no attention to the mat
ter, handing the note to the officer of the
guard with, casual remark.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
Some Last Letters.

"Some Last Letters" forms the subject
of pathetic article in the Quirer. from
which the following extracts are taken.
The last published letter, says the author,
of William Wilberforce, the great philan-
throplst, was to his son Samuel, after
wards the "silver-tOngued' Bishop of Ok
ford and Winchester 1t was on the sub
Ject so near and dear to his heart, the
emancipation of the slaves in the West
Indies.
December %, 1882.
81 should wish to suggest to you an
idea that it might have a very
good effect for any of my reverend chill
dren to be known to manifest their zeal
in the great cause of West Indian cman-
cipation and slaves improvement. l really
believe we are now going on admirably.
The slaves will, / trust, be Immediately
placed under the government of the same
laws as other members of the community,
instead of being under the arbitrary COM
mands of their masters, and (perhaps after
year, they will be still more completely
emancIpated. 1t is not a little
vexatious to find people so ignorant, as too
slaves, notwithstanding all the pains that
have been taken to enlighten them"
Coming further down the nineteenth
century, we find the genial and versatile
Charles Dickens, who wrote SO much for
the benefit of the poor and oppressed, and
whose influence is seen and felt in many
of the phlanthropic works of the present
day, making an appointment for the very
day on which he departed this life. This
last letter was addressed to Mr.. Charles
Kent, and shows that the writer was not
oyershadowed by illness, but immersed in
his ordinary business.
The National tribune., 1900-08-09
In General DisfaYor.

"DOn't talk to me about third party"
exclaimed the old politician. "A third
party is always a fraud"
Hes awfully in the way sometimes"
assented the politicians pretty daughter