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The Coconino sun., 1901-05-11
Clemency of the Governor.

Governor Murphy has granted a pardon to Matt BurtS, the train rob- Der, for complicity in the Cochise and other train robberies, in which Burts, Alvord, Stiles, Downing, Bravo Juan and others were implicated. The par don was granted at the request of the district attorney of Cochise county, where Burts had been convicted. It was recommended by Frank Cox, at torney of the Southern Pacific, who as- sisted in his prosecution and cOnvic' tion. Burts had turned states evil dence and materially contributed to the conviction of his more guiltier as- sociates. He would have been re- leased earlier, but was held to await the trial of all the members of the gang in custody. The last one tried was Down ing, who was convicted in the United States court at Tucson about two weeks ago. Considering the service Bdrts had rendered, it was decided that he had already been suffi- ciently punished.-Republican.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-11
Rule tho RascAls Out.

The contract for carrying the mail between here and Silver King, was let to an eastern bidder, who undertook the job for $sOO, with the expectation Of subletting the contract at a profit. This he was unable to do, and he has asked for and received permission to withdraw the bid. There are lot of cOrmOranIs who lie around Washing ton and underbid legitimate stage men on mail contracts then sub-let these contracts at starvation prices. The department should rule these rlscals out, and require all bidders to furnish evidence that they are bona fide mail carriers or that they are bidding with the intention of becoming bona fide mail carriers and not for the purpose Of subletling the contract. The pres- ent system of letting contracts to the cornOrants who haug around Wash inglon does not save the government any money, but does destroy the effi- cieucy of the mail service in sections not served by the railroads.-Florence Blade.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-11
Increase in the Army.

A Washington dispatch has this to say in regard to increasing the army: Now that the president, with the ma jority of his cabinet have departed from the city and the only department that has chief in the city is the war office.
 This department is the only one that has any great amount Of work on hand. Secretary Root and Adjutant- General COrbin recently settled down with the chiefs to do vast amount of labor within the next two months.
 The new standing army provided for by the army reorganization law be- comes effective August l. It must be recruited, otficered and equipped hy that date. There will then be 75,000 men in the service. aoa, af
 The only difficulty in effecting re- organization is expected to be experi- enced in securing officers of the lower grades. It is declared that half of the candidates appointed by the president will fall by the wayside because of the severe examinations they must un- dergo. Lists of alternates from each state and territory are being prepared to ii II the places of those who fail to pass. 'f
 It has been decided that the native Porto Rican regiment Otficered by Americans will be continued for a year at least. For the time being no native regiments will be recruited in the Philippines.
 This is hard blow at the officers of volunteers who have remained in the orient, and who hoped they would be appointed to take command of the natives when they were organized. The war department apparently has no confidence yet in the Fiipinos.
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-11
Senator Perkins Favors Statehood.

Senator George C. Perkins, of Cali. fornia, was in Tucson the other day and in an interview had the following good words to say for our territory:
 "YOu want statehood, don't yOu!" asked the senator. "I should have voted to admit Arizona, had the bill come before the senate" he continued, "fOr am a western man and believe in Arizona. You have great mines, immense agricultural interests which are being augmented by the reclama- tiOn of the arid lands, and the cattle industry is the largest in the world The people have come here to remain; they are building homes and giving a substantial aspect to the country, which is most encouraging. The sem ate takes a conservative view of .he question of statehood, and the reverse Of Nevada after being admitted: :was a blow which all the territories seeking admissionintO the union felt. 1 am of the opinion Arizona deserves statehood and it can no longer be delayed"
The Coconino sun., 1901-05-11
Feasible Process.

Pyritic smelling in this country has been found to be entirely feasible and companies operating large mining properties might with profit look into the subject. The small amount Of fuel necessary to the operation of a plant Of this kind should be an incen- tive to the installation of a smelter of sufficient capacity to handle all the available ores of the district. Many of the mines now being operated are producing sulphide ores in quantities to warrant the installation of the plant. In the country surrounding Mineral Park there are many mines the ores from which can be concen- trated into desirable product and this mixed with dry ores can be sue cessfully treated.-Mohave County Miner.
Evening star., 1901-07-27

TRUSTEES SALE OF EIGHT HANDSOME AND
ATTRACTIVE TWOST0RY, CELLAR AND
DC. KNOWN AS PREMISES so1 AND s17
SAVANNAH STREET, 44o5: 400. 44l3, ALI
AND 4421 KANSAS AVENUE AND 4420
EIGHTH STREET
By virtue of eight certain deeds of trust, dated
the 10th day of April, A. d.. 1891, and recorded in
Liber 2213, folios respectively, 1I2 ct 1870 ct
seq, 1914 ct seq, 1919 ct seq. 203 ct seq, 2oS ct
seq, 212 ct seq ANA 239 ct seq, OF the land rec
ords of the District of Columbia. and at the re.
quest certain of the holders of the notes secured
thereby, will offer separately. at public sale,
in front of the premises. on TUESDAY, THE
SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, A. d. 1901. COM
the following described real estate. situated in the
county of Washington District OF Columbia, and
known and distinguished and being lots num-
bered eleven I'D fifteen t15,. sixteen 49, seven
and twenty (26) of the Washington Loan and
Trust Company, trustees, subdivision of block
numbered twenty-five t22) of the Petworth addition
to the city of Washington, as said subdivision is
the records of the surveyors office Of the District
of Columbia; together with the improvements
thereon.
to be paid in cash and the balance to be paid In
four equal installments, payable in one. two,
three and four years, secured, respectively, upon
the property sold with interest thereon at the
Of five per cent per annum, payable semi annually
posit of $500 upon each property sold will he
quired at time of SALE Sale to be closed In fifteen
days from day Of sale, otherwise the property will
be resold at the risk and cost of defauting pur-
newspaper published in Washington city D. @.
Conveyancing and revenue at the cost of purchaser
BKAINAKD H. a,s WARNER; 4 y =
LOUIS D. WINE,
1904 B st. NV.
jy25-d&ds Trustees.
Evening star., 1901-07-27
FUTURE DAYS.


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, SITUATE ON MARYLAND
AVENUE BErWEEN NINTH AND TENTH
STREETS SOUTHWEST. RUNNING TTIRoCGH
TO G STREET. IMPROVED BY Two-STORY
FRAME DWELLING KNOWN AS go MARY
LAND AVENUE SOUTHWEST. AND ONE
STORY OFFICE BUILDING KNOWN AS e20
STREET SOUTHWEST; SAID LOT BEING
PARTLY OCCUPIED As A COAL YARD.
by virtue of a certain deed OF trust to us. dated
the 18th day OF December, A ID. 1898 and recorded
In Liber No. 236S, folio 235 et seq of the land
records of the District of Columbia and at request
OF the party secured thereby will sell. on
MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST 1901,
AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM. at public auction In
front of premises. the following described real
tate, situate in the city of Washington, ID. c.. to
wit: Part of original lot three (8l, in square
three hundred and eighty 1855, beginning for
the same at point on Maryland avenue distant
westwardly "A feet from the southeast corner OF
sail lot three 49, and running thence with the line
of Maryland avenue "a feet; thence at right angles
northerly 55 feet; thence north, parallel to 10th
street 4S feet inches to south street; thence
with the line of street easterly "a feet: thence
south parallel to 10th street IA feet: thence in
line parallel to the second line of this lot TO Mary
land avenue and place of beginning. together with
the improvements thereon.
Terms OF sale: One-third OF the purchase money
to be paid in cash. and the balance In one and
two years, with interest from day Of sale at the
rate of FIVE per cent per annum until paid; said
interest payable semi annually and secured by Iced
of trust on the property sold. all cash. at the
option Of the purchaser. Property sold clear or
taxes June 80. 1901. A deposit OF $500 will be
required at the time Of sale. Terms to be COM
and in Of default trustees reserve the right
to resell at risk and cost Of defaultng purchaser.
All conveyancing recording and revenue stamps at
the purchasers cost.
JESSE L. HEISkEII,
jy27-d&ds Trustees.
Evening star., 1901-07-27

but firm when necessary. Major Sylvester
told the children that policemen were
merely the executors of the law under
oath.
He told about the jails and the house of
detention. The system of guarding the
White House, where several officers are
kept on duty all the time, was explained: !:
also the system of reporting to station
houses by telephone, through which every
officer on duty is heard from every hour or
less 1t was necessary, he said, to double
the force at night, because of burglars and
robbers, who prefer the dark for their
workday. The policeman'S work embraced
all manner of queer assignments. They
were sent for to stop chickens from crow
ing and dogs from barking; they were the
chasers of cranks, healers and escaped
lunaticS.
The major told how great deal of his
own time was consumed each day by call
ers who in most cases had grievances,
either imagined or real. Besides these call
ers he has innumerable telephone commu-
nications daily, both at his home and his
Office, along the same lines. His narrative
was most interesting and instructive.
Mr.. Gordon followed with a detailed ac-
count of the workings of the various courts
of the District, from the Police Court.
where justice is administered to petty Grim
inals, and of the higher courts. where
civil cases are tried, divorces granted and
all manner of differences settled.
Newspaper men talked to the scholars
yesterday morning. Mr.. Henry Litchfield
West of the Post described the work of the
editor and also gave a graphic recital of
the way President Mckinley travelled on
his recent trip to California. Dr. Franklin
L. Howe and Mr.. Ciuskey Cromwell of The
Evening Star told about the Associated
Press and the reporter, respectively. There
will be an exhibit of the art work accom-
plished by the pupils under the capable
direction of Miss Gertrude Gottwalls from
1 to pm. Monday, and the commence
ment exercises Of the school will be held
in the large hall of the Jefferson School
building next Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1901-07-27
The Passport I'm Russia.

From Chambers Journal.
The train slows down as it crosses the
frontier. and creeps gently up to the plat
form Of the first station on Russian soil.
Furtively peeping out of the window. you
behold number of stalwart men uniform
ed in the Russian style, and wearing the
peculiarly Russian top boots The polite
conductor comes to the compartment and
bids you get the passport ready. After a
few minutes of waiting, during which anxi-
ETY. is not diminished, an officer in smart
gray blue uniform comes along, attended
by soldier with a wallet. He demands the
precious document, and, noting it's foreign
origin, casts upon its possessor keen,
all-important visa or Endorsement of the
Russian official in the country of issue; and
on finding it he passes coldly on without a
word. All this is very formal and impress
Sive; you feel as prisoner feels when the
chain Of evidence is Tightening round him; /;
your thoughts wander back to the past,
and you wonder whether any indiscretion
Of your Insignificant youth may not now
be brought up in testimony against you.
The utmost care is taken in the study and
registration of these documents; every Rus
sian must have his passport. every foreign
er entering or leaving the country must
have 1t too. Whether native or alien, you
cannot move about the country without
the document; when you arrive in q town
1t must be submitted to the local police;
when you leave that town the police must
indorse the passport with their sanction to
the journey. The system gives the authori-
ties the firmeSt hold over the people; and
wise is the stranger who complies carefully
with every part of the formality.
Evening star., 1901-07-27

TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE SMALL
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, NO. 442 THIRD
STREET, CORNER E STREET NORTHEAST.
By virtue OF the deed of trust to us. recorded in
Liber No. 1850, folio Ill ct seq, one of the land
records of the District of Columbia. and the
order of the present holder of the note secured
thereby, We will sell: at public auction. In front
Of the premises. on TUESDAY, AUGUST SIXTH,
1901 AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the
following described real estate, in the city of
Washington District Of Columbia. to wit: Lot
fourteen Q4} in Paul ii. Taylor's recorded SUBJ
division Of part OF lot IF. in Crutchett's subdi-
proyements thereon and belonging
Terms of sale: One-thrd in cash, and the re-
mainder in two equal installments, payable, re-
spectively, and two years after day of sale,
and bearing interest from that date at GFd per
annum until paid. payable semi annually and to be
secured by usual deed OF trust, with insurance
policy for the term, on the property sold. or all
cash, at option Of purchaser. A deposit of 500
required at time Of sale, and balance of cash pay
ment to be paid and the other terms fully COM
piled with within Is days from date of sale, other
wise the property will be readvertised and sold at
the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. All con-
yeyancing recording, &C., at purchasers cost.
w. CLARENCE DUVALL,
EDWARD GRAVES,
iy25-d&ds Trustees.
Evening star., 1901-07-27
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
JAMES w. RATCLIFFE. AUCTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF ELEVEN VALUABLE
-FOUR STORY BRICK AND STONE DWELLING
HOUSES, LOCATED UPON KALORAMA,
CALIFORNIA AND VERNON AVENUES Be
TWEEN EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH
STREETS, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
duly recorded in Liber 2460, folio 334 ct seq. OF
the land records Of the District of Columbia, and
at the request Of the holder of the notes secured
thereby, will sell, at public auction. in front
OF the premises, on SATURDAY. THE TWENTY
SEVENTH DAY OF JULY, 1901, AT HALF-PAST
FIVE O'CLOCK PM, the following described real
estate. in the county Of Washington. District Of
81, 49, 33 and 80, in Seymour w. Tulloch ct al q
subdivision Of lots In block 3, Of Washington
Heights, as per plat recorded In Book County II,
at page 3D. Of the records of the office of the
numbered %, 20, 81, 33, "a and 35. in Seymour
W. Tulloch ct ais subdivision Of part Of block e.
Of Washington Heights, as per plat recorded in
County Book r. at page So, of the aforesaid
records with the improvements above stated.
This property is sold subject to trust of IS 900
on each Of lots "a and 85. block 8. trust of
81 500 on each of lots %, &c. 81 and 33, block 8.
and trust of $1,000 on each Of lots s0 81. 81.
33 and 35, block 3.
Terms: All cash. deposit Of $500 on each
house required at the time OF sale. II terms of
sale are not complied with within fifteen days from
the day Of sale the trustees reserve the right to
resell the property the risk and Of the de-
of such resale In some newspaper published In
Washington D. C. All conveyancing, recording,
stamps, etc, at cost Of purchaser.
JOHN L. WARREN,
GEO. C. JOHNSON,
Trustees.
HAYDEN JOHNSON,
Attorney for Holder of Notes.
Columbian building. jy12-d&de
Evening star., 1901-07-27
Uncle Sam as a Business Man.

The United States Is jumping with enor-
nous strides into the worlds affairs and
has become recognized as q factor which
must be reckoned with in all matters con-
cerning the nations. Brother Jonathan has
become the business man of the world
and his European cousins no longer laugh
at his dollars. but realize that his dollars
and what they represent are coming to
rule the world. The rapiddty with which
this country has been taking the markets
of the world is one Of the surprises Of the
day, and J. Pierpont Morgan has greater
power In his hand than any monarch. Not
only in commerce is the United States
coming to be a recognized force but inter-
national problems can no longer be settled
by ignoring the opinion of this country
and the time has now come when the voice
of the United States in influencing a de-
cision which rules the world politics is re-
garded as second to none. No one is more
surprised at this than we< ourselves. The
republic which for years has been COM
placenty ignored as a child on the Eu-
ropean continent has suddenly become a
grown giant, and is respected and feared.
Brother Jonathan, who has been looked
down upon as interested only in the ALL
mighty dollar, has come to be feared as
the force that Is to dominate the history
of the twentieth century.
Evening star., 1901-07-27

in escaping the hooks We had reached
the opposite bank of the lagoon, five miles
from camp And then began the long,
dreary return. Completely drenched
through, and chilled, but enyeloped in dry
cloaks, Andres and l called up close to-
while poor Guillermo was obliged to con-
tinue in silence his task of propelling us
homeward.
The next afternoon found me back at
Don Ohenio's headquarters, a low, tile
covered adobe house off the town plaza.
was inspecting three large heaps of musky
green and yellow hides recently shipped in
from the camps.
How many have you there. Emilior'
asked the don.
80 far. senior, 1 have 800, ST. senor, &c.,
was the slow calculating reply, and, strew-
ing generous pinch of salt on doubtful
spot of the hide in hand, he carelessly
heayed 1t aside, and apparently satisfied
only with a round number, continued, "and
this one. senor, makes 80"
About half counted" added the don,
that big pile; about a fortnight's catch al
together. You see, there's only one steam
er month calls at the port, we've rot
quite a bunch Of 'em by the time she gets
here This fellow don't do anything else
except look after them. We don't have
any ice, you know, In these parts. What
is the biggest we catch?' do you say. Oh,
about thirteen or fourteen feet. Campana,
over here, says that there was one killed
near Sapotal that was over forty feet long,
but man don't want to believe everything
he hears about the size OF alligators, you
know Seven feet Is the market length.
We don't get any more for 'em If they're
thirteen. That's the funny thing about 1t,
you know. The fellows up there in New
York have got it all their own way"
Evening star., 1901-07-27
Taking Sunday Collections.


An old and not yet obsolete mode of TAX
ing collection in a Scotch church is by
means Of a ladle-a small wooden box at
the end of straight wooden shaft about
four and half feet long, the top of the
box being sufficiently open to receive con-
tributions Of money. For all special col
lections this was the usual mode in the
chief churches Of Edinburgh, when l was
a boy at school there fifty years ago, but
1t has gradually gone out Of fashion, and
Is not often to be seen nowadays.
For ordinary Sunday collections the gen.
eral custom has been to have a metal
plate or basin on a small table at the
church entrance, superintended by an elder
"a mode which was often called the brod
When ladies are used they are handed
round the congregation by elders, after the
sermon or after the last psalm, and the
common Scotch phrase to lift" the collec-
tion may have come from this custom.
The recently published section, Lap Of
the Oxford English Dictionary does not
mention this sense Of the word "ladie.''
Evening star., 1901-07-27

me, paying no attention to the man over
board, who, like the terraqueous object of
our quest, was at home in both elements,
and well back at his post by the time l
had recovered my balance and sprung to
his assistance. Meanwhile Andres attend
ed strictly to business. With fresh pur-
chase in the reptiles back he requested
me to hold on while he directed merciful
shot When we had succeeded in landing
No. 3 l found, to my great satisfaction,
that it was more than "ordinario," meas
urng twelve feet four inches in length.
Andres said it must have been between
three and four hundred years old.
Thus the hunt continued until we had an
even dozen gators in the boat Two hav-
ing been cnly slightly wounded, succeeded
Evening star., 1901-07-27
DUNCANsoN BROS, AUCTIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK DWELLING, COR
NER OF OLIVE AND TWENTY-NINTH
STREETS NORTHWEST
By virtue of certain deed Of trust, dated the
23d dav of April, A D. 1892 and recorded among
the land records of the District of Columbia in
Liber No. 1888, folio All ct seq, and at the re-
quest of the holder of the note secured thereby
we will offer at public auction. In front of the
premises on WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY
OF AUGUST, A. ID. 1901. AT O'CLOCK PM,
the following described property, situate I'm the
city of Georgetown, District of Columbia to wit:
Ali that certain piece parcel of land and prem
nu nbered one hundred and eighty-four dSD of Barr
and Sanner's subdivision of lots numbered one hun
dred and seventy-one Q7D and one hundred and
seventy-two Q72l and part of lot numbered
hundred and seventy Q10), in Bealls Addition to
Georgetown, being in square numbered forty tf0),
as said Barr and Sanner's subdivision Is recorded
in Book A. R. s., folio 255. of the records OF the
surveyors office Of the District of Columbia, to-
gether with the improvements thereon.
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money
to be paid In cash and the balance to be paid In
three equal nstallments, respectively, in two
and three years, secured by deed Of trust upon
the property sold, with interest, payable seman-
nually, at the rate of per cent per annum all
cash, at the option Of the purchaser; deposit OF
500 will be required at time of sale. Sale to be
closed in fifteen days from day of sale; otherwise
the property will be resold at the risk ard cost
of the defauting purchaser, after five DAYS adyer
tisement In some newspaper published in WASH
ington city, d. c. COnveyaneing and revenue at
cost Of purchaser.
LOUIS D. WINE.
CLARENCE b. RHEEM. Trustees,
jy25-d&ds 916 st. NV.
Evening star., 1901-07-27
Roses I'm London.

From Chambers Journal.
There are roses which Londoners how
ever poor, may buy in November. They
are technically described as very single
tea roses" and as matter of fact, they
are made up Of only about twenty petals
Sf You happen to buy them wired and
keep them in a moderately warm room
they do not wither, but simply dry, and SO
you get a bunch Of everlasting roses. They
ccme from the south of France, where
they grow on hedges and get practically
no attention until the time comes for Gull
ing them. They more or less resemble the
Gloire de Dijon In color, but usually the
outer petals have a deep stain OF red
They always come with stems foot long
and a plentitude OF glossy dark-green TO-
liage. The baskets generally travel to this
country by way Of Paris. where they are
opened and the choicest of the blooms ex-
tracted and put into special packages
These selected roses fetch comparatively
high prices; but the others, in baskets con-
tanning from eight dozen to a gross of the
blooms, go SO wondrous cheap that you
may buy them in the streets in November
at the price Of just halfpenny.