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The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23

President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation setting aside five town ships in the Chiricahua mountains in Cochise county as forest reserve. There is just one other mountain in Arizona that is covered with timber that the president has overlooked, and that is the Wallapai mountains in Mo have county, and he had better hurry or the timber may get away before he embraces it in a reserve.
The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23

Admiral Eudicott, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, navy department, is preparing specifications for huge floating dock large enough to float & 16,00O-tOn battleship and to cost in the neighborhood of $l, ,25O, 900, which when completed will be lowed to the Philip pine islands for the uses of our navy there.
The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23

Much talk is indulged in as to the possibilities and probabilities of Sem atOr Mark Hanna being presidential candidate in 1904, but Hon. P. c. Ed wards of Ohio announces, with ap- parent authority, that Senator Hanna will not be candidate, and that Presi- dent Roosevelt will.
The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23

The wool clip of Montana for this year is estimated to be twenty-five mil. lion pounds, a slight increase over last year. Prices have ranged from eleven to seventeen cents per pound, and have been from one to one and one-half cents higher than last year.
The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23

The death of Senator McMillan will prove loss to his state, his party and his country, but fortunately Michigan can be relied upon to send an able Re- publican to the senate to succeed the deceased statesman.
The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23

The wise provisions which President Roosevelt has imposed on the Commer- cial Pacific Cable Company are typical of the protection which the people may expect against the unreasonable de- mands of monopolies, so long as the administration is Republican.
The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23

Mark Smith expects to return from Germany in time to stump the terri tory for the Democratic nominee for delegate to congress. The nominee, whoever he may be, will need all the help he can get.
The Coconino sun., 1902-08-23
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1902.

By a report of the controller of the currency just issued it appears that the national banks increased in number ll2 between May and July 15, and their total resources increased S46,. 619,524.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13

WATERBURY's GREAT FUTURE.
 Read the illustrated story in the New York Sunday Tribune tomorrow.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13

An important meeting of Mulcahy council, K. of C., will be held in K. of O. hall tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The annual election of off, cers will be held
 Notice of suit against thes city for injuries sustained by Mrs Anna Ward en of Hawkins street, has been served upon Assistant City Clerk Nettleton. Mrs Warden fell on the icy sidewalk a week ago and broke her left arm.
 The mock trial which will be given by the Theta Sigma chapter, consist ing of. students of the Waterbury High school, in the Citizens bank building on New Years night. will be in the na- ture of a trial of the conspirators to kidnap or to assassinate President Lincoln, the story of which conspiracy is occupying much space in newspapers throughout the country just now. The young men who will take part in the trial will be. coached by a prominent local lawyer.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13

that to-day and hereafter he shall use milk instead of water in all his bread. Be sure and ask for Kelly's MIX Bread
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13
Notions

Spool Silk, black only,
 Pure Castle Soap, per cake 2 Sheffield's Dentifrice,
 Fine India Rubber Dressing Combs, Fine Tooth Combs, 4 and Shook Corset Clasps,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13
Handkerc1lie

Mems Fine Handkerchiefs, silk
 initials, DC Ladies' All inen Initial Handker-
 chiefs, 6 in box, 50c Mems All Linen Initial Handker-
 chiefs, i'll box, 73c Ladies' Fine Silk Handkerchiefs 25c Extra Quality Silk Initial Hand
 kerchiefs, large initials, at soc,
 75c and S1.O0 1,000 different designs in Lace
 Handkerchiefs, 12hc Finer goods including Hand Made
 Renaissance Handkerchiefs at
 Soc, 75c and $1.0O
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13
A. MailhiOf, I53 South Main Street
.COMFORTAB
 Must Go Also.

As advertised we have to sell out our entire stock and therefore will give you prices in this space for the next 40 days that will make you open your eyes (and also your purse).
 At soc. the. 75c Comortables.
 At 69c, the S9c Comfortables.
 At S9c, the S1.25 Comfortables. < At $1.19, the; $1.50 Comfortables.
 At $1.33, the $1.75 Comfortables.
 At $1.49, the $2.00 and S2.25 Com fortables.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13
Fancy Aprons

LADIES' APRONS. Ladies' Hemmed Lace Aprons, 121ac Ladies' Plain and Corded Aprons, lounce hemstitched, lace or rib bon trimmed, 25c Very Fine Crossbar Corded and Plain Aprons, Hamburg and lace insertion trimmed, from soc, 39c Large assortment of Aprons ill short
 or long.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13
Pocketbooks

Large assortment of styles in wal
 rus seal, alligator, grain calf,
 Mexican carved and burnt leath- CT at 25c. 39c 5Oc, 75c, $1.0o,
 S1.25, $1.5O, $1.75, $2.0O, $2.50
 and $500 Beaded Chatelaines at soc, 75c. $1.0O, $1.50, and S1.98
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13
Do ' Believe Tn Dreams ]?

Well, you can bet your last scent piece I do, and why? Because the other night I dreamed that coal could be bought at $5.50 per ton wholesale, and the retailer was charging $lo; and then 1t dropped to s and the re- taller went up to $1O50. Doesn't that seem true? I dreamed the trolley car people thought walking was good up Baldwin street way, so they decided tc jay no tracks up there for another few years Doesn't that seem true! II dreamed Hamilton park was to ger a two years setback. Look at your 1903 tax bill when it arrives and see If that doesn't look like dream on facts. I dreamed we were to get a patrol wagon for the police station eleven years hence; wait and see if my dream isn't pretty near correct dreamt we were giving boys well made sled with one pound of our war ranted good Baking Powder. 4o cents per pound. and sure enough we had them the next day. I dreamt we were selling better tea and coffee than any one else was selling, and the price was reasonable. Just then I awolze or else I would have dreamt of the butter we are selling at PIC per pound. Say. if you really want to enjoy your break fast just buy pound of our 25c coffee and give it a trial ..s. =.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-13
The MiIIer& & Peck Go
Special Prices for Saturday
 Night and Monday.

.# #5 = At 35c, High Colored India Silks. At 69c, Black Velvet, value $1.oo. At $1.25, Fine French Prunella, 54
 inches wide, value S2.Oo. At 45c, 54-inch All Wool Cloth, value
 59c
 At $14.9s, Baltic Seal Coats, value
 $2OOO.
 FUR NECK. sCARFs. 75c to s25.oO. At 49c:s Ladies' Flannelette Wrappers,
 value '75c.
 At s9c, Wool Tam o'shanters, from
 59c.
 At 19c, Ladies Golf Gloves, from 25c. At s2c, Ladies' Lined kid Mittel ',
 from 75c.
 At 1Oc, Initial Note Paper, from 25c. At 19c, Perfumes, from 25c. 3 for 25c, Embroidered Lap Collars
 from 121ac. At 21c, Boys Winter Caps, were 25c. At 25c, Boys Fleece Lined Blue Un-
 derwear, value 39c. At 75c, Boys All Wool Sweaters, val
 ue $1.OO. At 25c, Mems and Boys Astrachan
 Gloves. At $2.98, Mems Extra Heavy Worsted
 Sweaters. value $4.OO. At 25c, Hemstitched Bureau Scarfs,
 with insertion. value 39c. At 15c, Irish Point Doylies, round and
 square, value 25c. At 59c, Children's Daisy Cloth Night
 Gowns, pink and blue, value 75c. At $1.25, Horse Blankets, S4x90, for
 street use were S169. At 121sc. Gold Enamel, "Fayorite'
 brand. from 19c. At $1.98 pair, Nottingham Lace Cur tains. from S250. At .9sc, 6-4 Table Covers, from $1.39.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01

these roads; that in all that vast Dor
ton OF our state there are no other
means OF railway Transportation. He
saw that the combination Of these two
reads meant a shutting out of all other
roads and an absolute monopoly of the
transportation business Of two-thirds
OF the state. He saw that it was the
death Of railroad competition. He
knew, TOO, the powes of such combi-
nation to wreck the political future Of
any citizen, but he never faltered or
Wavered. AS on the field of battle he
saw before him only his country's flag
and the states welfare. He was elect
ed to stand between the people and
just such a danger, and he instantly
decided upon action. The letter of the
law Of the state was plain. There
could be no question as to it's intent,
and the legislature had passed it to
meet just such an emergency. The
only question was the ability of the
state to break down the barriers of
technical law points raised by keen
corporation lawyers, and so force the
matter to the plain issue. The ma
ch1nery OF the states law department
was at once set at work on behalf of
the people. The governor grappled
the problem, and not discouraged by
temporary failure, nor deferred by
threats, he pushed the suits until he
has now the satisfaction of knowing
that there are three well under way
against the merger company, the
Northern Securities Company of New
Jersey. That these suits will be
fought to finish is a certainty if Gov.
Van SAINT is reelected. He has braved
the bitter opposition of the railroad
combination, and it is doing all money
can do to defeat him; but he has not,
and he never will, hesitate to do his
duty and enforce the law. The people
knew this. They know that if he is
re- elected the states suit, the one
most feared by the railroads, will not
be dropped. And they are going to
elect him by an overwhelming major
ity as an Endorsement of his action
in their behalf, and rebuke to mo-
nopoly that seeks to control not alone
the transportation Of the state, but it's
politics.
Mr.. Rosing says that the railroad
merger question is no longer politi-
cal issue, that it is in the courts and
the courts may be trusted to take care
of it. Through his committee, how
ever, he says that there is not case
now pending in courts on the merger
question. How easy it would be for
Mr.. Rosing, if elected governor,
through the support of these same
merger railroads, to repay them by
having the suit brought by the state,
which is the suit most feared by the
roads, dropped. The people will take
no chances on that.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01
LOOK OUT FOR
THE ROORBACKS
Democrats Resort to Despicable Tactics Early in the
Congratulations False and Startling
Tales Hay Be Expected.

with Gov. Van SAINT. Gov. Van SAINT
gave E. A. Nelson the Office of state Ii
bcarian, and made Mr.. Schulz assistant
superintendent Of public instruction,
and dozen other offices in the capitol
building are held by Swedish-Ameri-
cans, while hundred or more are en-
ployed in the grain inspection and
weighing departments, with Mr.. Quist
as chief weighmaster, and every insti-
tuition in. the state employs many
more. Mr.. Fullerton, state game ward
en-, alone, has had as many as seven.
teen Swedish-Americans under his EN-.
ploy at one time this season at the
state fish hatchery.
Again, the Democratic railroad or.
gan springs the startling statement
that the proposed gross earnings
amendment will lessen, and not in.
crease the tax on railroads. The i'm.
potence of T. this statement and it's
truth is sufficiently shown by the own.
e1ship of the paper which makes it,
the st. Paul Globe. TX s.,,s= ~, r..
y Such are some of the Democratic
rcorbacks thus far in the campaign.
Look out for more of them, even more
absurd and ridiculous than these. I'D
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01
SENATOR NELSON'S TRIBUTE.
Van SAINT Among Best Governors the
State Has Had, s -

Van SAINT Among Best Governors the
- State Has Had. ~
Samuel r. Van SAINT is among the
best governors this state has had. At
a great and momentous juncture he
stood guard, like the true soldier he
is, for the interests of the people of
this state. When an attempt was
made to consolidate two great trans
continental railroads, he raised his
voice to this menace to the welfare of
the state. He did not remain an idle
spectator to this attempt: At first he
was the object of ridicule by some;
but when our great President Roose-
yelt took up the battle against the
trusts and applied the Sherman anti
trust law, the people began to appre-
ciate the manly stand and the fearless
policy of our own great Van SAINT. If
we lay down our arms now, it will
give these great corporate interests q
taste of blood, and they will feel
strengthened to make an onslaught on
our young and vigorous president
Senator Knute Nelson.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01
KIND OF "BLUSTER"
THE PEOPLE WANT
Democrats Brazeny Declare That Van SAINTS Anti
Merger Action Has Been All ''Bluster''-Clever
- s Scheme That Will Not Work.

The Democrats, by their speeches
and in circulars, have openly declared
that the anti-merger action of Gov. Van
SAINT has been all "bluster." They
have had the effrontery to say:
3 "What have we to show for all the
buster about the merger? After all
the talk and the lapse of a year, there
is not a case even pending against the
merger in the courts. There have
been difficulties, we are told. All the
parties have not been summoned and
the cases fall fiat. If the law had been
violated ANY lawyer with sufficient
knowledge to secure a certificate en-
titling him to practice knows that all
the parties to the suit must be brought
into court. Anything short of this is
subterfuge. RI u. :. :.-..s.r ~
While this is what the Democrats
say, what are the facts, and then what
do the people think, of a party and it's
candidate that will make such state
ments Not many people in this
state can fail to know that suits are
pending in the courts against the
Northern Securities company. The
daily papers this Last week were full
Of the testimony of President Hill and
others, taken before Examiner Mr..
Fred G. Ingersoll, at st. Paul, in the
suit ordered by President Roosevelt,
under the Sherman antitrust law.
This was the continuation OF the testi-
mony taken in New. York the first Of
this month. Solicitor General Rich
ards Of the United States; Assistant
United States Attorney Beck and AS
sociate Counsel Judge Day were in st.
Paul in charge Of the case in behalf Of
the United States. Mr.. Grover, gener-
al counsel Of the Great Northern; Mr..
Bum, general counsel of the Northern
Pacific; ex-United States Attorney
General Griggs, special counsel for the
Northern Securities company, and
Judge Young, the personal counsel Of
President Hill, appeared for the de-
Tense. making the most notable array
Of lawyers that ever we're in court
in any case in this state. If this case
was not in court, and if it was not CON
s1dered a very serious case and a men
ace to the securities company. what
were all these lawyers doing in our
state?
Mr. IngersoH has also been appoint
ed examiner in the case brought by the
State Of Min sOta against the merger
K - !
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01

used by the Globe, in which Gov. Van
SAINT was represented as being opposed
to the striking coal miners. The Globe
cid not stop to ask If this interview
was true or false, though Gov. Van
SAINTS we'll known friendly feeling to-
ward labor and his many public and
private acts in behalf of labor, marked
It as false to all who knew him. The
Globe published the fake interview,
andssent out a large extra edition. 1t
was compelled to retract the next day,
and to apologize editorially; but WIS
careful thai no extra edition of the
retraction was sent out.
Next was the assertion that the anti
merger suits were all "bluster,'' and
that not a suit was pending in the
courts against this railroad combina-
ton. At this same time everyone
knew that there were three suits pend
irg, and are well advanced in the
course of trial in the courts.
Next was the tale that Gov. Van
SAINT and the Republican leaders had
taken an ''oath" not to give Office to
any Sweies. This was put in Swed-
fish paper, and 100000 circulars con-
4sining it have been sent out. Yet
Peter e. Hanson, secretary Of state.
7.Eas Swedish-born, and is on the ticket
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01
BID FOR SUPPORT
OF THE RAILROADS
Democratic Party Comes Out Strongly Against
an Increase in Gross Earnings Tax
5ss ss on Railroads. &#@M@ /
The St Paul Globe, the Absolute Property Of J. J..
Hill, Wages Fierce Warfare Against
Proposed Amendment
Utter Fallacy and Inconsistency Of the Arguments
Put Forth by the Democratic Organ Against
s~. &.s the Amendment

The expected has happened. The
Democratic party is opposing the
amendment providing for an increase
Of the railroad gross earnings tax, and
this is part of the bargain of it's lead
ers, to gain railroad support and rail
road money. The campaign against
this amendment was naturally started
in the Democratic railroad organ, the
st. Paul Globe. The Globe is owned
absolutely by James ]. Hill, president
Of the Great Northern Railroad compa-
ny. l. @N-.- --''. =. , = =.
=" Knowing the source Of this attack
on the gross earnings amendment,
there is little more that need be said
to the people as to the merits of this
opposition. The Globe argues that if
this amendment is adopted, the tax
paid to the estate Of the railroads will
be decreased, rather than increased.
It this were true, would the official or
gan of the Great Northern, a newspa-
per owned and wholly controlled by
the president Of that company, oppose
Its adoption by the people? Do the
railroads in general oppose a measure
that will decrease their taxes? Would
Mr.. Hills paper oppose law that
would decrease the tax Of his merger
railroads? Yet this is just what the
opposition to this am endment asserts.
iE Mr.. Hills own paper.
. Moreover, for the past ten years this
same issue has been before the peo-
pie. Every attempt to have this law
for an increase of the gross earnings
tax on railroads adopted by the legis-
lature and submitted to the people, has
been fought by the railroads. Paid at
torneys of the roads have appeared be-
Iore committees to argue against it.:
paid lobbyists Of the roads have used
their: peculiar system Of argument
against 1t, and money has been lavish
~ used to defeat it. If it was to re-
duce the tax of the railroads, why have
they fought it so bitterly for the past
ten years, and spent thousands of dol
lars to defeat it? Why have they
used every argument and every means
to keep the people from getting a
chance to vote on it? Why, then, does
the only newspaper in Minnesota
owned wholly by railroad president,
take the lead against it, and tell the
people they should not vote for it? One
thing is absolutely certain, it is not
because it will reduce the tax of Mr.,
Hills railroad - =: =: - : II. e
What, in brief, is the history Of this
proposed law, making the increase in
the gross earnings tax? It was drawn
Shortly after Gov: Van SAINT came into
office, at the request of Attorney Cen
eral Douglas, by ex-Attorney General
Childs. The first draft of the bill was
then thoroughly reviewed by Mr.. Doug
las, in consultation with Mr.. Childs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01

Both these gentlemen spent a great
deal OF time and much labor in inves.
tigating the law bearing upon the sub.
ject; and after the bill was drafted.
Mr.. Douglas requested ex-Gov. John
Lind, who had then gone out of office,
to give his opinion upon the law as
drawn. Mr.. Lind spent an entire day
in the state library looking over the
cases suggested by Mr.. Douglas, and
made several minor changes In the bill
as submitted to him; but the language
OF the. bill, covering interstate COM
merce was not changed, and was fully
agreed upon by these three gentlemen.
Mr.. Douglas has in his possession not
only the bill drawn by Mr.. Chlds, but
the bill as changed by himself, and as
separately drafted by Mr.. Lind; and
as to this clause covering interstate
commerce, the three absolutely agree.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01
FARMERS SOLID FOR VAN SAINT

Under the second Van SAINT year the
profit was $25.45S. 81 No other argu-
5nnent is needed. ss38' sEs IS
The prison Irvine plant, since 1894,
has made a net profit each year rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000, with the
single exception Of the year 1900, I'M
der the Lind admins alton, when the
plant made less than SIG 1000, after
forcing the farmers to pay 2 cents per
pound higher than trust figures, where
sin all other years it has ranged from 2
ito cents lower than the trust price.
81 These two facts alone defeat every
claim that the Democrats might put
forward in behalf Of their candidates.
= St. Paul Dispatch. d ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01

This next week will doubtless be full
of Democratic roorbacks. They have
been using this sort of argument free
ay even early In the campaign, and will
probably fill the last week with them.
A roorback is simply a falsehood used
for two purposes: First, to keep the
other side denying, and, second, with
the hope that some people will believe
It. 1t is safe to take it for granted
that any startling tales, sprung late in
the campaign, are absolutely false, or
they would have been used earlier.
AS samples of a Democratic roor-
back up to this time is the interview
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01
q President Roosevelt and Gov.
. Van SAINT stand for the same po-
. Utica! principle-that the rights
. of the people must come first.

OF taxing personal property they ran
afoul Of the constitutional provisions
that made any radical change in the
existing system impossible. They rec
ognized this fact in their report, which
was a. very luminous and intelligent
treatise on the whole question of tax
alton. They framed law excellent in
most of its provisions. The legislature
enacted some Of the provisions of their
bill, which were great improvement
on the old law. After long discus
sion, the chapters relating to personal
property were defeated; but the dis
cussion resulted in the framing and
passage of the constitutional amend
ment now before the people, which,
although far from. perfect, embodies
the most advanced principles of taxa
ton, and will, if adopted, place Mime
sofa, in the vanguard of the states in
the liberal power it confers on the leg
lslature to place our tax laws on
sound and just economical basis. So
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-11-01
VAN SAINT WINS
WORLDWIDE FAME
Valiant Fight for the Rights Of the People Makes
Ills Name Household Word Through
! III =.4,z i out the Whole Nation. M
Fearlessly Braves Bitter Opposition of Great Rail-
road Combine That Is Now Doing All Money
49, Can Do to Defeat Him.
Will BE Reelected by an Overwhelming Majority
as an Endorsement of His Action and
Rebuke to Monopoly.

Few men are as well known today
IN the United States as is Samuel R.
Van SAINT. governor Of Minnesota,
There are not many people In this
great land who cannot give the name
eH the governor of this state; and yet
there are but few other governors of
all the states in the union whose
names even the best informed citizens
know. To be one of the distinguished
men Of nation of S0,00O,OOO Of people
Is an honor not to be lightly treated;
1t is a matter Of great pride to every
loyal Minnesotan that our governor is
known and honored throughout our
country. No citizen can but feel a.
thrill Of satisfaction to have those of
distant states speak in high words of
praise of the official head of our state.
Gov. Van SAINT deserves this honor
and this distinction, for he has won
1t by being true to the people. That
he Is man of courage every incident
IN his life shows. Never has he WINGED
In the face Of danger, never has he
turned his back on public or private
duty. He is every inch a man and