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Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
TIE EASTERN SUGAR co.
Its Plans Explained East Night, by
 Mr. Sampsell.

The meetine at the board of trade room last evening was well attended by merchants and property owners ami q number of well known farmers. The proposition for the erection of a beet sugar factory as explained in The Re publican yesterday morning. was pre- sept=d by 1Ir. Marshall r.. Sarapseu, together with other details. The meet ing was purely an informal one. as it was not intended to take any definite action last night. Mr. SampseH is agent for the Eastern Sugar company. now thoroughly organized, and he is here to submit practical working plans. The Gentlem= n present questioned him freely regarding details. and there was a general discussion of the various feu- lures of the plan. as well as a recapit ulation of the work accomplished last spring.
 C neral sampson. who was one Of the first men to suggest the feasibility of sugar plant in this locality, was present and Amady d short but interest ing speech. giving the result Of his ob servation of the work done in Colorado and the beneficial results both to the company and the people It appears that in the canVassing done last spring the amount subscribed almost equalel the bonus the company now asks for. and il was the general opinion of those present that there would be no diff culty in securing contracts from the farmers 10 pant 1000 acres to beets. ss the contracts mean simply the provid- ing of market for the farmers pro- duct.
 Mir. SampseH read the form of con tract to be used and explained it as he w. ant along. and also explained the ne- cessity for immediate action if the plant is to be secured Tor next season $ work. -Regarding the factory. he said it was the intent of the company tO employ local contrac tors in its con struction so far as possible 4s well $ materials tEat can b. secured loc ally. It will of necessity be a rreproof build ing. and will mean the spending of d large amount of money nere.
 The me ting was in fact a general discussion of the subject rom every point of view. It was decided to hold another meesng next Tuesday nigi.-. that being the regular monthly meet ing of th= board Of trade. A that time it is earnestly desired that not on ly the members of the board. but every business man ana every farmer who is at all Interested in the nov ment. be present, when some plan will be de- rided upon for definite action.
 Tn the meantime, it may be said ..i-. Sampsell has placed th= matter befoI-. the people and they VIII have a few days in which to study over the ques- tion and make up theIr minds whether thcy favor the plan or not. While the meeting last night was much better at tended than was really expected on the short notice given. it is desirable thst as large d number as possible be pre- enU next Tuesday night. If the plans offered by Mir Sampsel for the com pary are favorsbly received it will be necessary for the farmers to take an active inter st. for while the greater number of them. will perhaps be unable to contribute to the bonus they can all raise beets. and there will be but a short time in which to make contracts for the necessary acreage.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
VENTURE HILL, VENTURE HILL,

One thousand to thirty thousand shares at 35c per share. Will pay com mission. This stock is gilt edged. The company price vii likely be 15c per share at the next meeting of the di- -rectors. but I want to make a quick sale, and this can be had at 35c, # taken at once. For the immediate sale of the whole 30.0O0 shares. without commission. l will take 21c per share. Stcck Is already issued regularly and can be delivered.
 Address owner. BoaZ Duncan, 445 Wilcox building, Los Angeles, Cal.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

in Kansas when he heard os the at tempted assassination of the president. The excitement on the train was inde- scribable. The life of d sympathizsr with the deed would not have lasted q minute. II was a trainioad of. raving mad men and women.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Bankrupts are broken, but idiots ar= only cracked.
 Many slow man has been made f3st-to a wi-ow tor the rest of his natural life.
 Every married woman thinks that 2 I her husbands bachelor fri=nds envy him.
 Art is long-judsing by he length of time the average woman lingsrs in front Of her mirro-.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
CHANGE OF LOCATION.

Moved my shop to corner Jeffersor St. and First Ave. I will personal. attend to. all work. ESPECIALLY THE SHOEING. Jack Kersting.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

Hububs-"I suppose you raise al your own vesetables?" Chubbubs- 'Yes: when the dumb waiter isn't ou of order"
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

Mrs. N. simon of Prescott arrived il the city yesterday. She is d guest at the Commercial.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13

All persons indebted to Dr. Wylie are requested to please call at the office of Millay S. Christy, Fleming block, with whom the doctors accounts are left and settle the same.
Arizona republican., 1901-09-13
A FALSE RUNIOR

Yesterday afternoon a rumor reached Bisbee that trouble had occurred at Douglas betwe=n n Mexicans and Amer
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-30
some MORE LOCAL ,rens.

pH MN III iHisHtn fOOU-
Inquire at this office.
Two children OF Rev. W. II.
Haupt are i'll with typhoid fever.
Fifty cent grab sale. Monday,
December andy to 8 p. IN. Fish
er q Larsen.
Earl Sheets, who has been hav
ing a siege with typhoid fever is
convaiescing aud will probably be
able TO be around again in a few
days.
Bert |. Hotchkiss, OF the Santa
re storehouse force, is rejoicing
over his good luck at the '.rsific"
on Thanksgiving day, IN which he
drew pound boy
Thanksgiving day now means
Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow" IN the morning. football
,elis and bruises in the afternoon,
and indigestion IN the evening.
X. K. Stewart and wife, OF To.
peks, were the guests OF r. f.
Bird yesterday. They are on their
way to Colorado Springs for a
bret visit MIR. Stewart is general
foreman OF the Santa Fe store
house IN Topeka.
Roe E Blake. manager OF the
La unta Theatre since the open
ing last September. resigned his
position this week to accept the
management OF the new theatre
nov being constructed al Rocky
Ford by Frank +. Mcclure.
Editor John Murphy, OF the Las
Animas Leader, was La Iunta
visitor Wednesday for the first
time IN seven years Seven was
the iabled number OF the ancient
Greeks, and this local Will proba-
bly, read like fable TO some OF
our readers.
The scheme TO build new hotel
IN La unta regained conscious
ness for few moments last week,
and seemed to recognize those
who stood at the bedside. Then
II closed its eyes again and with a
smile dropped into The sleep from
which there is no awakening.
The TRIBUNE IRON the present
date unfil January /, 1903, with a
copy OF the Lille OF Mckinley" as
premium, only So 90. The "Llfe
OF Mckinney IS 600 page book,
bound In cloth, and pfoiusely
illustrated. Call a, the TRIBusE
Office and inspect one OF the books.
Thirty four guests were regis
tered at the Harvey House last
Wednesday and probably an equal
number were turned away on ac
count OF lack OF accommoda-
tons. That certainly looks as
though two.dollar- day hotel
would be paying institution in
La Jnnta.
Mr. Charles Fl. Smith and Miss
Emma l.. Cutshalts, both OF La
lupta, were married at the resi-.
dence OF the brides mother, Mrs.
NJ. Nj. Mumby. Thanksgiving even
ing, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. S r. Wood. The TRIB
UNE Joins their many friends in
congratulations and best wishes.
Preaching at the Baptist church
tomorrow, both morning and ev
ening. by the pastor, Rev. S. r.
Wood. Morning subject, "Lis.
tening to God" Evening subject,
Drifting" Bible school at 10 a.
m. Young Peoples Society at
6:4s p. m. Communion after
morning service. All cordially in
vited.
An enterprising dealer has re-
ceived consignment OF small
sleds, which, with the prevailing
summer like weather, seems to be
little previous, the only snow
seen hereabouts SO far being that
in the play Of "a Homespun
Heart" Thursday night. Coast
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-30

are indications OF coal, oil and gas
in many different spots, and the
bright. particular, essential spot
can't be far away.
Our local "haberdasher" has a
pair OF trousers hanging IN front
OF his store, with the legend, ''99
cents a leg; seats free"
c. K. Burg arrived from Albu
querque, n. M. Thursday. to ac-
cep, the position OF manager OF
the La Iuats Theatre. Nj. b.
Curtis has leased the theatre, and
as soon as his Santa Fe circuit.
extending from Kansas City TO Los
Angeles, is established, La unta
will be in line Tor some OF the best
attractions on ,ne road.
Marriage licenses were issued
from the county clerks ottice this
week TO the following; William
Phillips and Hattie Craighead,
both OF Rocky Ford; Lemuel g.
Rittenhouse and Lillian b. Nor
gan, both OF Fowler; Thomas
Boley and sena Holcomb, both
OF Manzanola; Charles n. Smith
and Emma l.. Cutshalts, OF La
Juuta.
The ladies' of the A. NJ T..
church served an old time Mis-
sour opossum dinner in the Nor
man building Wednesday alter
noon and evening, which was at
tended by almost every one within
the corporate limits. Many tasted
opossum for the first time, and
still others did not taste the la
nous Missouri delicacy at all. for
the reason that the opossnms fail
ed to hold out The colored folks
must have realized a very hand
some amount from the opossum
least
John Pearson reports the ack
Canou Coal Camp, south OF town.
IN very tiourishing condition.
Mr.. Pearson expects TO have SIX
men employed next week, and will
have no trouble disposing of his
product. Six tons OF coal were
delivered in La unts from the
mine this week, four OF which
we're used by the local electric
hight company, who repor, the
steaming qualities excellent. The
nine has been developed for
distance OF eighty feet into the
side OF one of the walls OF the
canon, and the vein at present is
twenty inches in thickness.
La Junta tribune., 1901-11-30
less OF the Bar Z.

A dramatic treat is promised at
the theatre tonight in the initial
production in this city Of Forbes
Herman American comedy
drama. Jess of the Bar Z Ranch. y
with Alice Archer in the title role.
"Iess OF the Bar T." is powerful
comedy drama, the scenes OF which
are laid among the cattle ranges of
New Mexico. The name of the
heroine beiag Jessie Mayheld, and
the brand on her cattle being
g T. or "Bar L" as it is there
pronounced, the full significance OF
the title is obvious. The play
deals with the crime OF cattle steal
ing aud altering brands, which, by
stockmen, is considered little less
than homicide.
There is also a strong and ro-
mantle love story running through
the play that is as fresh as II IS
charming and gives Miss Archer
abundant opport mites to display
her unusual histrionic talents.
Prices IS, so. IS cents and 81.
Seats at the City Pharmacy.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

In connection with his intimate friend,
Eben Jordan, a merchant, who was a
pillar of the church, cleared over mil
l.on and a half through unscrupulous
methods in handling Government con-
tracts, ETC. BY sharp dealing Fisk pock-
eted 5000 600 at the time of General Lees
surrender.
Fisk then removed from Boston to
New York, where his financial career was
as corrupt as his social one, After some
original financial operations with a line
of Sound steamers. which he started in
opposition to those running and out of
which he made money, he entered Wall
street one Monday morning with s1.o0O.000
with which to buck the street. Tho fol-
lowing Saturday night found him penni-
less. His courage and resource did not
desert him. He pushed forward and be-
came the intimate friend of Jay Gould
and William NJ. Tweed.
Fisk could swindle friend out of hum
dreds OF thousands Of dollars and call II
business. In a railroad and cattle deal
he did Commodore Vanderbilt out of
100000 and said. laughingiy, ''The Com
modore got the cows. but I got the
cream" He became largely interested in
Erie stocks, and in the early seventies
easily took away from many New York
men the prominence of being IN the lead.
The women idolized him and the men
feared him.. for his corruption was
known.
He was made colonel Of the Ninth
New York Regiment and his short stout
figure was always a conspicuous one in
the public resorts of the city. With
favor and fortune the world called him
well On the high road to success. But
wcman was leading him on the path that
leeds to other things. AT the heyday of
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their differences. Mansfield was shot
dead the street corner by Tabor on
June q, 1854. Tabor was sentenced to be
hanged, but In 1855 was pardoncd by Gov
ernor Bigler. He was defended In his
trial by David s. Terry. who afterward
shot Senator Broderick in a duel, and
was afterward shot himself by David
Neagle, at Lathrop.
About two years after her fathers death
Josie and her mother came to San Fran
cisco. The young girl was lovely as
dream then, and she was soon popular
among gallants and certain society set.
Then her mother left her with friends In
San Francisco. went to Stockton and mar
ried a Mr.. Warren.
Josie preferred life in San Francisco,
and soon drlfted into theatrical ambitions
and the gay life that ended in the epi-
sode which resulted in her going East.
After becoming Mrs., Frank Lawler she
returned for brief season to California,
her husband being engaged for Magulre's
Opcra-house company. Here a black
mailing episode brought the names Of
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iorg perore all New FORK was agog over
the Mansfield, and the splendor of sher
establishment Despite her character,
her name was used to christen every
thing, from bonnets to jewels.
A citizen of San Francisco. who as
lad worked as clerk In the auditors
office of the Erie Railway, remembers
well the magnificent palace of brown
stone that Fisk built for her at 329 West
Twenty-third street, about six doors be-
low the Grand Opera-house corner, where
his Office was. This gentleman remembers
the Mansfield at that time as an exceed
ingly handsome woman, above the aver
age In height. and fast verging toward
the stoutness that afterward marred her
figure. He remembers also that Fisk in
some way gained permission from prop
erty-owners of the block to cut a small
door through each back yard fence In
tervening between the office and the
house OF the woman who cost him his
life. He passed much OF his time in
those days in the mansion with her, and
the clerks in the Office often watched him
go through the little green turfed yards
to meet the beautiful woman who some
times came out to greet him
Later. among Fisk's friends who en-
joyed the frequent revels In the Twenty
third street house was Edward s. Stokes,
a young man of good birth. whose father
was in the plate glass business.
Stokes was a clerk in Wall street when
Fisk took a fancy to him and made him
his protege and also wen for the young
man the friendship OF Jay Gould The
handsome figure and features Of Stokes
gave him an advantage over Fisk, who
was short and so stout as to make II
detriment TO his appearance. He was
pompous. and also intensely vain. This
may have been factor in the spell
which Josie" Mansfield cast over Stokes.
who came more and more frequently to
the Fisk mansion. He loved the woman
a | met her alone often under the roof
for which his friend and partner had
paid.
Soon Fisk knew that the Mansfield only
cared for his wealth. She boasted of her
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both herself and her husband into the
San Francisco newspapers. AT this time
her preferred admirer above all others
was D. W. Perley. the wealthy English
law partner cf Judge David S. Terry. 4
short time after he became entangled in
the wiles of this wholesale firt, Perley
was calling at the house of Mrs. Warren,
the mother of the fair but false Helen
Josephine. Josie and Perley were spend
in the afternoon in the parlor behind
locked doors. Suddenly q loud knocking
was heard. the door was burst open and
Lawler and Mr.. Warren rushed into the
room, each with a cooked revolver In his
hand. Perey in a moment felt the cold
steel at his head, which was the signal
for Helen Josephine to fall In pretend
ed dead faint.
Lawler charged Perley with tampering
forced the frightened iEnglishman to
sign a check on local bank for 5000.
Lawler then ordered Periey out of the
house at the point of his pistol. telling
him IL he ever spoke of the affair he
would shoot him on the spot. Perley
hurried to the bank after his escape and
stopped payment OF the check. At his
instigation the San Francisco newspapers
published the whole particulars of the
hold up, describing It as a conspiracy be-
tween Lawler and his wife and the others
concerned.
Through friend he warned Lawler TO
get out Of California within thirty days
on penalty of death. Josie and her hus-
band then sailed for New York, where
she found field altogether to her taste
She was divorced in New York and
shortly afterward went upon the stage
in that city. She could not act, but she
had rich, dark. snimal-liSe beauty that
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FOR blackmail, seeking the indictmenr OK
both for that offense. This news came to
Stokes. IoIIing amid the luxury OF the
Mansfield home. 1t was probably then
that the devil entered him to kill Fisk,
and 1t has been alleged that Josie Mans
field melted the deed. All OF New York
was interested and agitated over the diff
ferences between the two men. but none
surmised that it would end in red-handed
murder. The whole world was for time
familiar with the details OF the tragedy
that followed.
Stokes left the Mansfield place on the
afternoon Of January 8, 1872, went In
hack to the Grand Central Hotel and sta
toned himself in the corridor of the par
lor floor. The main staircase was In front
of him. He shot Fisk twice as he was
coming up that staircase from Broadway.
Stokes was arrested before he could leave
the hotel Jay Gould and William M.
Tweed came to the bedside Of Fisk, who
died the next day. His wife and brothers
were with him to the end "Josie" Mans
qheld was not there.
Colonel "Jim'' Fisk was buried with all
the honors that New York could bestow.
Stokes, after three trials. was convicted Of
manslaughter in the third degree. After
serving four years in prison he was par
doned in 1877 by Grover Cleveland, who
was then Governor Of New York.
Since his crime there has been no peace
for him and his face has told the story
of his misery. He has been guarded by
detectives and lived the life Of pariah
ever since on the remains OF his fortune
until death claimed him at the home OF
his sister.
After the murder Of Fisk the relations
between Stokes and the Mansfield woman
ceased. He il not known to have had any
interest again in any living woman, and
the beautiful woman, Rosamond Langdon
Barclay, who made claim while he was
i'll to being his wis. was not recognized
or acknowledged in his will.
While Stokes was lying in prison, a play
was produced at Niblos Gardens called
Black Friday" in memory Of the great
gold panic engineered by Fisk. and having
for it's theme the killing OF Fisk The
scene Of the murder waB laid in Wall
street, with Fisk shot as he passed the
Office of Stokes. Charles Thorne took tho
part OF Stokes. w. Price portrayed Fisk.
and Lizzie Fechter was the notorious
beauty, Mansfield. The play was soon
withdrawn on account Of public indigna-
ton.
On Stokes release from prison he spent
some time at the Hoffman House with his
tried friend, Cassius H. Read. Soon after
ward he came to San Francisco, and be-
came known as driver of a number OF
fine thoroughbreds. John W. Mackay de-
sired TO possess a sleek little mare which
he noticed Stokes driving, and sent a
friend to purchase 1t. but Stokes refused
10 sell. Mackay again sent to Stokes. Of Z
fezing GO COO for the mare. which was ALI
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@HE recent death Of ED" Stokes ~
moves from fesr-hsunted nIse--
able existence one OF the principal
actors in q tragedy which. thirty
years ago. gave New York sen
sstion the like Of which II had not seen
But the notorious woman in the case Is
stiil living. 81 years old. and the last ef
an infamous group Of three Somewhere
IN TIE gay city of Paris Is she whose
treacherous beauty was the power that
caused two men TO sacrifice honor and
business. eliminating in the cold-bIooGed
murder Of James Fisk Jr. 81 the hands Of
Edward s. Stokes.
But few people probably know that come
years of the gi-ihood Of the beautiful bat
Ubiquitous Josie" Mansfield were spent in
San Francisco. Once the commanding
star Of an fnfs NOUS trio. she is now
broken-dovn woman. yet 70 Journey alone
through the great unknown into which
the others have preceded her.
t'-ho can tell thc awful memories that
sass before her while she waits. visions
made mere vivid by the psssing away OF
her one-tin1e lover. Stokes: a long vista
of passion treschery. wsntonness, lost
honor. brczen repUts lions. the eternal
happiness Of three people forfeited.
Thirty years ago she was known az tho
beautiful siren from California. who
plunged the affairs OF the Erie Railroad
and Jay Could into maze OF litigation.
scandal and shame that ended In murder.
Jay Could, too, is now al rest, but 10 her,
perhaps the most unworthy Of all, life
and a luxurious home is still left.
Old-unlers among the theatrical people
OF San Francisco's earlier days remember
the extraordinarily beautiful girl Of about
Yixteen years who mixed among them and
haunted the stage doors in the days of the
early sixties. Coming from no one seems
20 remember exactly where, she called
herself Helen Josephine Mansfield, though
her real name was said 10 he Warren,
sad she was sometimes referred to as the
rrcn girl" on the site where the
pfesenf California Theater now stands.
there was in those days an L-shaped alley.
II was filed with shabby houses. and in
one Of these Josie" Mansfield lived. She
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was around among the theatrical folk .
good deal. ard her ambition was to 90
upon tho stage. and she d:d appear once
Or twice in Insignificant parts, for she
could not act and was also very ignorant
Her beauty brought her lovers. but her
after life was foreahadowed in the scnza-
tioEsl episode caused by ono Of them. II
is told ny oId-tiners that one night the
inmates Of the house where Helen jose
Dhinc Mansfield lived were awaked by the
sound of screams ard falling glass A
man mad jumped from her window and
escaped over the sheds OF the alley that
led TO a little street beyond. while in her
room a newly arrived lover was wildly up-
braiding her. The papers o. the DAY made
The most of it, and thus was the wonderful
beauty OF the woman made the subject OF
public comment.
Not long after this the girl went East,
and with the Rockies as q barrfe. be-
tween her and her past life, appeared i'm
Boston, whore she lived for some years
In reputable society she always claimed.
In the East she met Frank LawIer, the
forDIa and then playing leads with Emily
Jordan. Her tigress beauty infatuated
him. and in 1866 the two eloped after a
ten days acquaintance, and were mar
ried. One year afterward they were di-
vorced. the cause, II is said, being her
fondness for other men. Lawler is long
since dead. and did not see all OF the de-
s.ruction which his one-timc wife after
ward caused.
Josie Mansfield was born in Boston in
1910, and her parents removed to Stock
ton. Cal. IN 1852. There in 1854 her father.
Joseph Mansfield. was the editor of the
Republican. He got into personal jour-
nalism TO such an extent with John Ia
Dor. who ran the opposition paper, the
Journal, that murder was the result of
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Fisi's vogue. tnmgs were at the lowest
eb, with "Josie" Mansfield. The stage
would not yield her fame or living. and
pennIless, she sought an interview with
"Jim' Fisk.
The luminous light Of her magnificent
gray eyes conquered him. Her skin was
OF deadly fairness, that made moro Jet
black the masses of silky hair that clus-
tered closely around her broad white
brows. From her tiny pink ears hung
pair of large gold hoops. gypsy fashion.
Small beautifully formed hands, and a
tall figure, whose curves were perfection
then, formed a picture that caused Fisk
to fall down and worship. 1t was not