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The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

One of the things of which humanity
has long stood in wonder is the ex-
traordinary smelling faculties of the
bloodhound, and the manner In which
he is able to trail criminals over
ground of almost every character long
after the scent has become cold.t\ Few
however, realize that in Arizona and
Northern Mexico there are men who
far surpass the bloodhound when it
comes to trailing.
Men who served during the CAM
paign against Geronimo and the hostile
Apacnes, many OF them expert trail
ors were from day to day overwhelmed
with astonishment at the almost SUI
perhuman instinct of the Mexican and
Indian scouts, who on that memorable
campaign followed the fleeing Apaches
over sand deserts harder than asphalt
and floors of solid rock upon which the
pursuing soldiers were unable to see
so much as trace of passing horse
men.
One Of the military organizations
that performed meritorious service in
that campaign was Troop B of the
Fourth Cavalry. An old sergeant OF
that troop, who modestly forbids the
use of his name, is at present visiting
Tucson. and from him a reporter oi
The Citizen CLEANS the following data
concerning the human s1euth hounds
that were employed in this region In
those days: &H
yes said the old sergeant, -
served all through the latter part Of
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

the Geronimo campaign under Lawton,
who was then a captain. We were
out six months and during that entire
period not one of us had a change of
clothing. The campaigning was
through one of the most mountainous
countries in the world. Sometimes
we would climb up the side OF an al
most perpendicular slope, an at other
times the descent was so steep that we
we're obliged to let our horses down
over lodges of rock by 1ariatts tied to
their tails.
Accompanying our command were
about 100 friendly Indians, enlisted
and used as scouts. Talk of trailing;
why. ! never until then dreamed that
it was possible for human beings to do
what these men did every day of the
campaign Frequently we would
descend mountains. along the slope of
which old scouts of my company were
able to hardly make out the trail Of the
Apaches, until we reached valley
about half or three-Quarters of mile
in width the surface of which, was as
hard as adamant. Here we could see
nothing, but the scouts ahead on COM
| ing to such places, never hesitated one
minute, but struck boldly across, fol-
lowing the trail up tn emountain side
again.
GAS we crossed these valleys and
mounted once again up the side of the
high ridges, we would again catch
t:aces of the Apaches in the softer ant
loos er soil Of the mountain side. ant
mony a time we have wondered at hoN
our Indian trailers were able to follow
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
fl WAITRESS GIRL
Defended fi6rSei Against a Horse
whipping and is Now in Jail and
the Man in the Case is a
WidCWar.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Sept. ia
sensational public horsewhipping cul-
minated in murder last night, when
Miss Daisy Carlton, defending herself
from the jealous attack of Mrs Joseph
Leslie, drew revolver and shot her
assailant in the throat causing a
wound from which she died a few
minutes later, Miss Carlton gave
herself up to the police, informing
them of the murder and stating where
the body was to be found.
The attack made by Mrs. Leslie was
the outcome of jealousy of more than
a year. Joseph Leslie is employed in
a restaurant in this city where Miss
Carlton is also employed as a waitress.
The girl is 20 years old and of at
tractive appearance. Though her par
ents, owing to recent reverses have
been forced to allow their daughter to
earn her own living, they are well
known in the city and are much re-
spected. Miss Carlton denies that she
was ever more than friend to Lislie
About three months ago Mrs. Leslie
followed Miss Carlton and threatened
" AO nCL INJURY IL S1S lOuuQ any LUf-
ther reason to suspect that her hus-
band was becoming negligent OF her
in order to pay attentions to the
pretty waitress. and as consequence
Miss Carlton had always gone armed.
A little over a week ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie had a violent falling out, in
which the Jealous woman reproached
her husband with being fonder of a
stranger than of his wife, and it is said
Mr., Leslie replied with some compar-
isons which were not favorabIy re-
ceived.
AS a consequence of this Mrs. Leslie
waited an opportunity when her hus-
band would not be in the restaurant,
and on Saturday last went there to try
and get the girl dismissed.
Last evening when Miss Carlton and
b girl friend were walking to their
Miss Leslie standing behind a tree
which stood a few feet from the cor
ner. Miss Carlton became afraid
and together the girls took another
route in order not to encounter her
Mrs. Leslie followed them and called
to them to stop.
At first Miss Carlton wished to rur
away but having a friend with her
determined to face it. She turned ant
waited for Mrs. Leslie to come W
with them. No sooner had the wo
man got within arms length of tht
girl than she drew forth a horsewhiu
which she had held behind her, AM
struck Miss Carlton in the face. Tn
girls companion sprang forward t.
try and seize the whip. but she. too
received a stinging cut. Once agas1
the woman advanced upon Miss Carl
ton, who stepped back, and, drawing
small revolver from the bosom of he
dress. fired once at the woman. TIL
bullet entered the throat severing tn
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
INTERESTING TILES OF THE WONDERFUL SCOUTS OF The SOUTHWEST

cent as you can. Of course all that
we could Go was to throw out our
chests and look brave with what few
worn and d:.apidated clothes we had
on our lacks.
y accomI anied Captain Lawton as
a member of the guard that took Ger
onimo and his band to st. Augustine,
Florida. These Indians had never
been on railroad train in their lives
and it made them seasick. In fact,
their illness became so serious that
we had to stop ten days at San An
tonic to let them recover In this the
Indians showed up at the little end or
the endurance question, but take them
in their native mountains and they
can stand anything. think, though.
that another six months of the kind OF
campaigning that we underwent on
this trip would have made us harder
than they.
The hardships that we stood were
something awful One occasion, when
we had been without food for forty
eight hours, we found a cow that the
Indians had killed, the carcass of
which had laid out in the sun for four
DAYS. we drove Jne DuZzdTuS away,
and although the meat was decidedly
'ripe,' we ate it. Captain Lawton saw
what we were doing, ana sent an or
derly to tell us to leave the meat
alone, that it would make us sic. But
we sent him steak, which he ate that
evening, saying that he never tasted
better meat in his life, On another
occasion we lived on dried apples and
beans, without salt, mind you, for six
teen days."
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
POLITICS IN YUMA
THE MhCHINE WON
The Republican Primaries Resulted
in a Victory for the Regulars
and ROut OF the Ref0rm8rs.

YUMA, Ariz., Sept. 12.-Ihe Repub
lican county primaries we're held here
today. There was contest, as was
a >swalk-oyer, polling almost three
times as many votes as the mass meet
ing" ticket, so called from% the fact
that the names thereon were selected
at a mass meteing in which the Need
en- element refused to participate. c.
V. Meeden who guided the winning
faction, poses as the boss of the Re
publican party of Yuma county, and 1T
seems that SO far as Yuma precinct is
concerned he has substantiated his po-
sition. Two years ago he was the
principal cause of the ignominious de-
feat of the Republican ticket in this
county, but that fact does not appear
to have lessened his hold on the party
reins.
A feature of the primary election
today was the presence on the winning
ticket of the name of P. T. Robertson,
one of the most prominent attorneys
of this place, who has always hereto
fore been a Democrat, and who was
two years ago a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for district at
torney. His father, Hon. P. G. Rob-
ertson, is at present the Democratic
incumbent of the Office of probate
judge of Gila county.
The following delegates were elect
ed: Thomas Bell, L. E. Karr, M. S.
FIibbard, Cash Smith, P. T. Robertson
Juan Zabala, F. s. ingalls,, Frank
Guerra D. c. Rose, Robert TapiaT A.
F. White. J, J. Heyl.
The Democratic primaries, which
will be held tomorrow, give promise
of a good fight. There are contests
for a number of the nominations, and,
the Yuma precinct being most i'm
portant one, the fight is being centered
here.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

lifted up and tilted in such manner as
to leave no hollows in which sand or
soil could gather. Up 10 this time
We had made slow progress tracking
the Indians, but when we reached this
spot we gave up the task in disgust, as
there was no earthly means, so far as
we could see, of tracking them across
such an expanse of naked stone.
1--WE sat down to think matters over.
when Captain Lawton, in stirring
about, ran across an old Mexican
riding along on his burrO. The cap
tain asked him If he would be our
scout and whether he felt himself ca
pable of taking up and following the
trail of the Indians. The Old Fellow
gave grunt of assent, and two min
utes later had found the trail and, to
our unspeakable astonishment, was
leading us almost on run across the
barren spot and up the mountain. 1t
was then 2 o'clock p. m, and he lest us
in a trot from that time until p.
M, when we caught sight of the In
dams encamped in hollow. we
charged down upon them. but failed to
make a capture, as they saw us IN
time to escape.
The old Mexican served as our
trailer for the rest of this brief cam
paign until we finally overlook and
captured our recalcitrant Indians. In
all that period he never once missed
the trail notwithstanding the fact
that. We frequently passed over places
where no signs of tracks were appar-
ent to u.s. This. to my mind, was thu
most wonderful piece of trailing | ever
aau
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

the track on ahead OF us over the val
leys, where the surface was as hard as
asphalt an crossed by fresh trails of
hundreds of cattle, horses and burros
that had passed up and down the de-
preston after the Indians
'The most remarkable case of trail
ing that ever came under my notice,
however, occurred in 1887, when the
San Carlos Apaches broke out OF their
reservation and went on the parpath
south into Mexico. This occurred
shortly after the Geronimo campaign,
at a time when the War Department
had discharged all the Indian scouts
attached to the southwestern posts
thinking that the trouble was all over
an that there would be no longer any
use for them. Consequently, when we
received a hurry order at Fort Hua-
chuca to go in pursuit of the San Car
los Apaches, we were Obliged to leave
without taking any of these human
bloodhounds with us.
1--WE soon began to feel the need OF
them, for although two-thdrds of the
men in the command were accom-
plished scouts they could not begin to
d. the work with the kill and cer-
ta'nty of the Indian scouts trained to
the work from infancy
Along about the eighth day out
wa crossed a range OF mountains into
on4 Of the most peculiar depressions
evAr saw. 1t was surrounded on all
sides by high mountains, but the sin
gular feature was THAT The bottom
rose up like an inverted bowl This
curious formation was solid ROCK that
/ in some past period of time had beer
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
NAVAL OFFICERS HCGUSED

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 13.-
Ensign, formerly gunner, Charles
Morgan, against whose elevation in the
naval service the late Admiral Samp-
son protested, on the ground that he
lacked the necessary social .qualifica-
tions for a commissioned officer, has
sent q long communication to the
Navy Department demanding naval
court trial of certain officers who, he
says leve made dc}ogatory charges
against Ain.
Morgan alleges that, as result of
these charges. he has been prevented
from attaining the rank in the navy
to which his work at Santiago properly
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
BEAUMONT OIL STILL BLhzING
Destruction Of Property on Famous Spindle
TOP VIII Be Heavy.

BEAUMONT, Tex, Sept. 13.-One
acre of Spindle Top Heights, in the
great oil field, is a seething mass cf
flame and sitting smoke. The fire is
under control so long as the wind cong
tinues from the northeast, tanning the
flames away from the hpl. III
Thirty-five derricks have been razed
to the ground in the Keith-Warh
tract. Across the avenue the mam1
moth 37500 barrel tank of the Higgins
company is on fire, but the oil is being
drawn from the bottom and packed
away which will eventually starve out
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
WOMHN'S STOMROH
SHOWS QUEER NIX UP
Sugar Cane, Thread and Shoe
String Instead OF Cancer
Affected Her.

ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. 13.-Surgeons
took out the stomach of Mrs. SusaR
A. Spaulding yesterday for the purpose
of removing a tumor, and found in
stead, clinging to the walls Of that or
gan, a growth in which were encysted
a bunch of chewed sugar cane as large
as marble, a ball of chewed thread
the size of a birds egg and a piece of
shoestring seven inches long, in which
a knot was tied.
The woman is 81 years old, and is
the mother of four children. For fif-
teen years she has been treated for
cancer of the stomach. When child
she was very fond of the juice of the
sugar cane, and it is believed that she
swallowed portion of the stalks,
which has been in her stomach since.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
THE GOVERNMENT
Jonas Thinks Should Own the
Railroads and telegraph, Also
Goal, Gas, Water and
Other Things.

MONTCLAIR, N. J., Sept 13.-Sen-
ator John P. Jones of Nevada, in an
here today said, regarding
the Presidents speeches:
N"Mr. Rooseyelt's references to the
regulation of trusts is only so much
campaign matter, and in the nature of
bids for votes at the coming election.
He must know that an amendment to
the Constitution is next to impossible.
Take the sugar trust, for example.
They own all their property, and how
can you reach them, or do anything
more with them than has already been
done?
Instead of having less trusts we
shall have more of them. The ten
dency of the times is toward greater
consultations of capital and in the
end We shall have government control
Why should not the government own
the railroad and telegraph klines? IN
deed, would go further and include
gas and water in the list
what about the coal trust?" was
asked. u
We'll am coming to think that the
government might take over the coal
mines with advantage, too. The
trusts in general are fostering and
causing the spread of socialism. It
is worse now In England than in this
country. Asql@
"The time is coming when every man
will have an interest in these great
combinations That is why look for
government control of them. We
shall come to an era of high socialism,
and every one will sooner or later be
in the trusts .A
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

entities him. He AYERS that a Navy
Department clique is working against
him. One man in particular, a lieu
tenant who is soon to wed the daughter
of high officer in the navy, reported
that he was drunk while on duty. This
Morgan denies and demands an inves-
tigation.
He alleges that the clique is trying
to have him placed on the retired list
He says that he is willing to retire,
but does not propose to do so before he
gets, what is coming to him. His
statement contains about 1000 words.
Morgan first came into public notice
through his work as diver in the
wreck of the Maine in Havana harbor.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

the fire The great Texas Flora gusher
is ablaze, and the Wood well is also
afire.
The loss is placed at quarter of a
million and over. The actual de-
struction of machinery will be enor-
nous. The Higgins Oil company, the
Keith-Ward. the Becky Sharp concern
and the Texas Flora company are
among the heavy losers.
The burning field is now under COM
mand oil 3. S. Cullinan, a Standard Oil
man, who has mustered 500 men to
his aid. They have hundreds of
steam boilers at their service.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
The Race Question
In Indiana Schools

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 13.-Fifty
chflren attending the Blankenberg
school. three miles from this city, re-
fused to attend school yesterday, and
this morning their parents appeared
before the school board to ask that
Mabel Smith, aged 10 years, be kept
from school.
Upon inquiry the teacher learned
that the parents of the pupils con-
tended that the Smith girl came from
negro parents and should be sent 10 a
negro school.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept, 15.-South-
western roads have undertaken the
colonization of their territory on a
mammoth scale. The movement is
headed by the Rock Island and the
Santa Fe, which, have issued joint
letter to all other southwestern roads,
inviting them to conference on the
subject, to be held next week, and at
which the details of the plan to be
followed will be discussed and deter
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
Fairbanks SON ARR6ST6DlN ILLINOIS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sept 19.-
Robert Fairbanks, a younger son OF
Senator Fairbanks. has been spending
his vacation on his fathers big farm
in Illinois. and he started to ride home
on horseback His animal is a fine
one. Just before reaching Covington,
in Fountain county, the marshal of
that place received a circular describ-
ing a stolen horse answering to the
animal bestrode by young Fairbanks,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
TRIMS COLLIDE In COLORADO
Fr6IOht Hits a PASSENGER Train and Three
Men W6r6 KllI6d

train crew were killed and another fa-
tally injured.
The wreck was caused by the freight,
while ascending a steep grade on a
side track at Struby to let the passen-
ger pass, parting in the middle. Fif-
teen heavily loaded cars ran down the
grade and crashed into the passenger,
with terrible effect.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

HARRISBURG. Pa, Sept 13.--A
conference between Governor Stone
and President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers on matters pertaining
to the strike ended at 4:30 this morn
ing.
Others at the conference were State
Senator William Flynn and M. E. McF
Mullin of Pittsburg, Colonel w. II.
Richardson and District Presidents
Nichols of Scranton, Duffy, McAdoo
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
SECRETARY SHAW IS MUCH SATISFIED

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10
Secretary Shaw today issued a state
ment that he has made arrangements
to release about s4,OOO,OOo of treasury
holding free or pledged bonds, and had
MADE inquiries for others.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
Great Forest Fires
Rage in Colorado

CASSELLS. Colo, Sept 13.-The
lalgest and most destructive forest
fire known to Colorado is raging be-
tween Chase and Shawnee.
The fire is entirely beyond control,
ard the only hope of saving the for
ests and the towns of Platts Canyon
from complete destruction is that the
w'rd will not shift from the east
Inestimable damage is already done
tc the Platte water sheds.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
BIG RflL ROADS TO BOOM SOUTHWEST

mi1ea The territory Which it Is
proposed to benefit by the PROPOSED
colonization embraces Kansas, Texas,
Arizona, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. It is proposed to announce
series of low-rate excursions into this
territory, and to afford home-seelkers
every facility for making themselves
acquainted with the territory, which
will be exploited in every way from
this time forth.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
Perhaps Smallest Bdbg
In this Big Country

CLEVELAND, o., Sept 13.-Clinton
Edwin Quelos is the name of probably
the littlest baby in the United States.
Lucky Seven" Mamma Quelos calls
him. because he is the seventh child
an was born in the seventh month, and
his first name has seven letters. Clin-
ton was born July 20, and weighed
twelve ounces then. He weighs
eighteen ounces now, and is perfectly
healthy.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

and scarcely had he stopped in the
town before he found himself under
arrest by the energetic marshal The
young man exhibited a tag on his
clothes as proof of his genuineness,
but the marshal was slow in according
recognition until an old friend detect
ed the marked resemblance between
Senator Fairbanks and his son, and
gave the youngster a clear bill of
health.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
Riots in Poland
jewish Stores Rdld6d

VIENNA. Sept. ia serious anti
Semitic outbreak occurred at Czentso-
chowa, the Pilgrim resort in Poland.
A mob stormed the Jewish shops,
and it is reported that fourteen Jews
and one gendarme were killed and
numbers injured.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
A CONFERENCE Regarding THE STRIKE WAS HELD

and Fahey of Shamolin.
At the conclusion of the meeting
Governor Stone gave to the waiting
newspaper correspondents a written
statement that there had been a con-
ference and that the differences had
been discussed with the best of feel
ing.
Every effort to get the participants
in the conference to divulge what took
place proved unavaliing.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

jugular vein, and Mrs. Leslie bled to
death in a few minutes.
Miss Carlton walked to the police
station and gave herself up. She re-
lated the details of the shooting, and
her story was corroborated by her
companion, but she refused to discuss
anyfof the circumstances which had
preceded it.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

He has also decided to anticipate the
October interest, amounting to about
$4,200,00O. The Secretary sees in the
present conditions no occasion fol
alarm He calls attention to the fact
that there is no evidence of a currency
famine, either present or prospective.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
VERY hARD BLOW TT GRIM GAMBLlNC

CHICAGO, H., Sept. 13-Corners in
grains are forever rendered impossible
by Judge Chytrous in the circuit court
today. if sustained by the higher
courts. The case was for an injunc-
ton asked by Waite, Thornburn & Co.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

DENVER, Colo, Sept. 13.-The
Santa Fe passenger train known as
the newspaper train" which left
Denver this morning bound for Col
orado Springs, Pueblo, Chicago and
st. Louis. collided with freight train
at a small station south of Littleton,
called Struby.
Three members of the passenger
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13

against prominent commission houses
in the recent July oats corner. The
most important ruling is that the Chi
cago Board of Trade loses the power
to pass on property rights where mar
gins are involved, denying it's author
ity to discipline members for refusing
to put up called margins.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-01-31
The Scales on the Hair.

If you look at a human hair under
the microscope, you VIII find that its
surface is formed OF successive over
tapping scales. The brlstles Of the hog
bear much resemblance to the human
hair, though their diameter Is greater
and the tilelike scales are much finer.
Sleeps hair has much coarser scales.
1t is owing to the existence Of these
scales that schoolboy is able by Pc
cullar process to tell which is the tip
and which the other end Of hair roll
ing 1t between his finger and thumb.
Thus manipulated. the hair always
travels in the direction Of the base be-
cause the edges Of the scales prevent
1t from going the other way.
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A Unique Request.

Among the experiences that helped
now prominent attorney TO emerge
from the condition OF a briehess bar
rister he tells the following: One day a
misery old fellow came to him and
asked that the young attorney draw up
q will
"How much cash have you" was
the first interrogation,
"Waal, l dunno" responded the ell
ent; "somewheres nigh on to $4,000, l
reckon"
How do you wish 1t divided?
81 want my old woman to have S15,-
600. and you can say that give and
bequeath 5000 to each of my three
children" said the old man, unloading
himself of the legal phrase with much
gravity and elaboration.
what else do you wish to sayT
"Say that to each Of my several
nleces and nephews l also give the
sum Of $1,000"
Hold on, sir; this is a work Of su-
pererogation. You have already dis
posed of all your money. How are
they to be given the sums you speci-
fy%
"Gol darn 'em, let 'em work for it.,
as didp came the answer.-San Fran
cisco Wave.