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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
FREEDOM OF PRESS SUSTAINED

Judge J. K. P Killaspie of Harri, and Galveston counties, who sent Editor M. E. Foster of the Houston Chronicle and one of his reporters to jail for publishing the proceedings of a murder case after he had been warned not to do so by the court, was reversed all along the line. Tine rights of free speech and an untram- meled press are held inviolable.
 In written opinion Judge Tender son says:
 Foster published the evidence ad- duced on the trial of D. E. Williams. charged with murder in Houston. after the court had instructed the re- porters not to publish the evidence. and on this account the court fined Foster s100 for contempt, and he re sorted to the writ of habeas corpus. The court holds the relator's conten- tion was correct; that it was not com petent for the lower court of its own motion and without affidavit to ad- judge him guilty of contempt and then attach him to show cause why said judgment should not be made final and that such procedure was il legal and void.''
 In summing up, the court holds:
 ''The fact that no decision can be found in support of the power on the part of the courts of this country to prohibit the publishing of evidence developed in the course of such trial is strongly persuasive of the absence of such power; for if it had been as sumed to exist, evidently somewhere. some judge. before this time. would have stopped it; we would have a re- port of tho case. But even if it be conceded that some other court in some other state had decided in favor of the power of the courts to inhibit the publication of testimony and to treat violation of the order as a mat ter of contempt. then such decision. in order to be even persuasive, should afford some good and sufficient reason as its basis, otherwise it would be en- titled to but little consideration, es- pecially when we take into view our constitutional provisions which have a bearing on the subject.
 ''Section of our bill of rights guarantees to an accused person speedy public trial by an impartial jury. If the constitution guarantees a public trial, is it in the power of the court to make it a private trial? If not, then where is the power of the court to prohibit spectators or to re- quire or enforce thereafter silence on those who have witnessed and heard the proceedings? If there is no power on the part of the court to prevent spectators from rehearsIng evidence, by the same logic the court has no authority to prevent publication of the testimony
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

gals and Speaker Powers from the house.
 In the house an attempt was made to indefinitely postpone the bill amending the law, making the office of county assessor an elective office. The motion was defeated and the bill was referred to the committee on judi ciary.
 Bills were introduced by Gonzales for the relief of Mrs. Tofello of Apache county, the widow of the Arizona ranger who was killed last spring by a member of the Bill Smith gang. The bill carries an appropri- ation of $500; by Morrison, requiring all persons, firms and corporatins us- ing scrip store orders or other evidence of indebtedness to redeem them in the lawful money of the United States ; by Parr providing for the taxation of the net proceeds of mines.
 In the council the house bill fixing a maximum railroad fare came up and was referred to the committee on cor porations. The memorial which origi- mated in the house asking congress to appropriate slOO,OOO for a levee on the Colorado below Yuma was adopted.
 Council bill No. 6 by Mir Morehead was unfavorably reported upon by the judiciary committee. This was bill relating to the exemptions of personal property. The report was adopted and the bill passed into the realm of the things that were.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

Maier & Zobelein. one of the prin- cipal firms of beer manufacturers in Los Angeles, and also proprietors of the Chufes, a famous pleasure resort of that city, are negotiating with Car rie Nation to give series of lectures at the latter place. They think Car rie would be a drawing card for the chutes, and that the crowds who will go to hear her will become thirsty and drink more Maier X Zobelein beer. Mrs. Nation has sworn off from the saloon smashing habit, and has announced her intention hereafter of devOting herself exclusively to lectur- ing. She carries with her a supply of miniature hatchets which she sells as souvenirs on her lecture tours.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
TAXPAYERS GET A JOLT.

The board of supervisors hit the tax payers jolt yesterday under the belt in letting the contract for the burial of the dead There were two bids put in for burial in plain boxes one for S3. 90 per body and the other for SS. The present contract is for about so per body, the exact figures not being at hand. Instead of award ing the contract for the next year to the lowest bidder it was awarded to the highest bidder. One of the super visors is quoted as saying, whether correctly or not, in explanation of his vote, that he considered the other bid too low, hence voted tor paying a little over twice the amount for which the work was offered to be done Of course such an argument as this is the merest sort of subterfuge as the con tractor is required to give bonds for the faithful performance of the con tract. The contract in Maricona county calls for 98 cents per body the board of supervisors there not assum- ing that even these figures are too low and there have been no indications of an uprising on the part of tax payers there in revolt against it. It is true that the amount involved in the con tract for burial of the dead in this county does not represent a large sum of money, but the principle is just the same whether s1OO or slO0. GOO is in . vOlved, and the service given at g. 90 would have been just as good as that which will be given at the higher price as the bidders could not afford to slight the work any. The question . arises. .''what is the use of advertising for bids, if the supervisors are 10 say ! what price is to be paid or are to re . ject bids because they are considered {. too lOw?''
 It is also learned that in San Fran cisco, the contract for this class of work now in force is s1 70 per body. while in Fresno, California. it has been contracted for at the wholesale price of sl.00 per 100 bodies, or one cent per body. 1t might be pertinent to askshow many individual members of the board would spend their own money in the same way in which they propose to spend the peoples money by giving sS for an article which : they can buy for s39O. This aues- tiOn is not one of giving if to this or { that man, or firm, but is a simple business proposition and should have been treated as such, the interests of { the public, and not of any bidder be- ing taken into consideration. a
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
\ REASONABLE THEFT

A young fellow whose real name was concealed behind the handy ex- cuse of John Doe. was arrested last night for the theft of an overcoat be- longing to Bob Young. the Always-in a-Good-Humor meat cutter in the O. K. Meat market. Bob was enjoying the Curtiss company's production of A Senator's Daughter, at the opera house Monday night and when the curtain ing down on the last act he reached for his overcoat but some one else had done a little reaching" be- fore he did and consequently Bob walked home triyng to make himself believe it was July instead of Febru- ary with heavy snow falling and the thermometer 1 above Keno. The off cers were put next and last night found the OvercOat walking around town with a Mexican inside of it. When questioned as to where he got the coat he said he had bought it of young fellow for Sl. D. A search soon resulted in landing the aforesaid John Doe behind the bars under the county time piece.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

could not sleep nights only short while at a time Would get up mornings so weak and nervons, l could scarcely stand. In this way suffered, think, about two months, when a friend of mine induced me to write to Dr. Pierce for advice, which did. His answer was hat I had indigestion and liver complaint, and ad- vising me to take his Golden Medical Discovery l followed the Doctors directions closely, and in a few days I could discover that I was getting better slowly. Every day ! felt just a little better, then l could begin to eat little light diet Then I began to sleep a little better at night and in the morning would feel refreshed and rested. Next I began to gather little flesh, and then I began to improve TUbidLV. I took eight bottles of Golden Medical Discov- cry and several vials of Pleasant Pel- lets and I felt that I was well enough to leave of medicine and 70 to work, which I did with pleasure. have not taken any medicine since except Dr. Pierce's Pellets. I can eat anything and as much as l want and it never now hurts me particle"
 There is no alcohol in vGoldeu Med lCdl DlSCONGlFf anu AL Ao 4A ~ At OAAA V A-A-s cocaine, and all other narcotics.
 A HOLE IN THE POCKET
 may mean a serious loss of money. It's the same way with hole in the health it may mean a serious loss of vitality and vigor. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med ical Adviser teaches how to mend the health, as well as how to prevent dis ease. This bulky book, containing IOOS large pages, is sent free on receipt of stamps, to pay expense of mailing OHLv. Send 3I one-cent stamps for the book cloth-bound, or only 2I stamps for the book in paper covers. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. \.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
GREAT STRIKE IN FANNIE.
Big Body of Ore Running Over Three
 Hundred and Fifty Dollars.

Several days ago while drifting on the 100 foot level, about 400 feet from the shaft of the Bannie mines a rich body of sulphide ore over three feet wide and averaging $50 per ton was struck. There is very large body of this kind of ore in the Bannie. On Jan. 21 the ore in the drift averaged s25 gold, and has been gaining in richness and quantity ever since the opening of the drift. The company is now selling few thousand shares of this stock at 9 cents per share to en- able them to purchase hoist for this fine property, when they will begin sinking to the POO foot level. Look out for big things on the Bannie.
 The Bannie has always had a good reputation among miners and mining men who have seen it. The Bannie is developing it systemati- cally as we'll as economically and are being we'll rewarded for their work.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
NEW TYPE SETTING DEVICE.

Ever since the new type setting de
 vice was put to practical use there
 have been inventions and additions
 until it appeared that the idea was about perfect. Now comes Oliver M Gilmer, printer and editor, of St. Joseph. Mo. and announces that he
 has invented, and is now perfecting, type setting machine which will completely eliminate the much complicated mechanism now in use at such heavy expense by the great daily newspapers of the country. The ma chine works upon aB entirely d 'fferent plan than any now ill use. It is a sort of combination typesetting device and stereotyping plant. Instead of q embliDg lines of type or matrices. as most machines do, the depression of the keys makes corresponding i'm pression i'll specially prepared stereo- typing paper. When the line is com pleted a cast is made and it is ready for the form, provided there are no to be made. The machine spaces out the lines and furnishes a complete linotype line, except by much simple; and cheaper process. This is not ap entirely new idea, such a theory having been advocated sev- eral years ago, but it may result in good.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
NEW IMPROVEMENTS
Another Fine Brick Building To Be Erected on North COrtez
 Street.
The Old Cliff House to Be Removed and a Modern Hotel to
 Take Its Place.

Stephen J. Gnash was a passenger
 for Los Angeles today, having beer
 summoned to that city to consult witt
 architects who are preparing plan: for a splendid new brick building
 which it is proposed to erect on the lot where the old frame Cliff House now stands, at the corner of Corte7 and Willis streets.
 This property belongs to a MT. Peery, of Greeley, Colorado, and is d very valuable piece of property, SC valuable in fact. that MT. Peery has decided to remove the old frame build ing and make the costly improve ments above mentioned.
 The building will have a 5O-foot front and will extend clear back to the alley and be at least three stories high with possibly four stories, cost ing something like $40. .OOO.
 The first floor will contain the hotel rotunda, fine barber shop and an up to date restaurant, where the patrons of the house, as well as the general public, can secure as fine a meal as the market will afford. This will be made a special feature of the new house. There will be about 90 rooms in the upper stories, provided there are only three stories, but if the plans should be for four stories there will be about l25 rooms, for lodging pur- poses. They will be built and fur nished in a strictly first class manner and will afford a splendid source of revenue to the proprietors, and at the same time supply Prescott with what has been greatly needed. first class lodging house that will have ample to take care ( { the transient lodging business. Prescott has number of large and splendid lodging houses, but there has been day in two years that they have not been compelled to turn people away, and whenever there is any special attraction in the city, it is nearly impossible for visitors to get a place to sleep.
 MT. Gnash is deserving of credit in this good work and Mir Perry is to be congratulated for his good judgment in deciding to make he investment, as it is sure to be a good profit producer and will reflect .redit tO tha citv
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

Naval Constructor Hobson has ten dered his resignation to the navy de- partment, and it has been forwarded to the president with the recommen- dation that it be accepted. Hobson was given an assignment for duty which was not to his liking and he re- signed. Now he claims he was forced out of the navy. Department officials say he forced himself out The fact is that the Merrimac affair was too big for Hobson. It was a daring deed, and was applauded by the world. Hobson was feted by men and kissed by women until his head seemed to have been turned. He is a good naval officer and there were greater possi- bilities yet in store for him if he had chosen to remain in the navy. He as- pires to become politician. Even a first class naval officer may make failure of politics.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
FIGHTING FOR TRAIL.
Ralph Cameron Wins Decision Court for Bright Angel Trail.

Ralph Cameron and the Santa Ft railroad company had legal contest before Judge Sloan on Tuesday in al action brought by the company tC test the validity of Cameron's eX- elusive right to the Bright Angel trail. A decision was rendered iI favor of Cameron.
 The contest over the use of the trail was commenced over a year ago. The trail is the one over which visitors to the Grand Canyon, over the Grand Canyon railroad, must descend to the Canyons depth or remain on its brink.
 Mir. Cameron made the trail and has spent large sums of money on it. A hearing was had some months az before the department of the interior and about month ago a decision was rendered favorable to Mir. Cameron. This legal contest held yesterday be- fore Judge Sloan will probably end the contest. Mir. Cameron has al ready established a toll house near the rim of the Canyon and visitors who hereafter desire to view it from its depths will have to pay tribute to him as he desires some reimbursement for the thousands of dollars he has expended on the trail.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
RESOLUTIONS OF CoNDoLENCE.

hESOLUIIONS Of CONDOLENCE. At recent meeting of Purity lodge D. of H., committee appointed pre- viOusly submitted resolutions relative to the death of Mrs P. J. Farley which were adopted by the lodge, the report being as follows:
 Hall of Purity Lodge. Degree of Honor, Prescott, A. T., Jan. H, 1903.
 Whereas, Death has come into the family of our brother, P J. Farley. and removed to realms above his be- loved wife, and our sister, Mary Far ley, and realizing his great loss, and desiring to express OUT sympathy for the bereaved brother; therefore be it Resolved, That we extend to our sorrowing brother and his four little mOtherless children our heartfelt con dolence and loving remembrance and commend them to the merciful kind ness of our Heavenly Father; and Resolved, That an engrossed- copy of these resolutions be presented to our brother, and that they be spread upon the minutes of the lodge. and published ill the press of the city ; also in the : Arizona New Mexico Workman, and in the A. 0. U. W. Record. Signed
 FANNIE SPECK,
 AGMA DERR,
 THOS. SHULTZ.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
For Want Of a Nail The
 Shoe Was Lost.
FOR WANT OF A SHOE THE HORSE WAS LAMED.

Every blacksmith knows that story of the neglected nail, the cast shoe and the ruined horse. In old country smithy's you may see the legend rudely painted to customers that it pays to care for horses shoes, and that little neglect may have very serious result. But the blacksmith is, as a rule, like the good deacon, who passes on the pastors de nunciation of his own foibles to some one else. It never occurs to him to take the sermon home to himself The black smith has for example little touch of Ustomach trouble.D His food seems to
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
STATDHOOD DEAD.

A special telegram from Washington
 to the Phenix Republican says: "The
 omnibus bill, I bleieve, is dead. A
 bill admitting Oklahoma and the In dian territory as one state and Ari- zona and New Mexico as another state
 is seriously considered, and is the only measure possible this session.
 It is proposed to give the nome Ari- zona to the new state made up of Ari- zona and New Mexico, the capital to be at Santa Fe. This is regarded as a possible outcome of the present legis- lation, although all legislation may fail and an extra session be forced on account of the pending treaties, ap- propriation bills and trust legisla- tion."
 The Journal Miner in its last issue treated this question at some length, as to the admission of both territories as one state, which naturally brought forth an expression of opinion from its morning contemporary emphati- cally opposing it. This was to be ex- pected. In the course of the remarks made by the aforesaid contemporary it said that if left to a vote of the peo- pie 95 per cent would vote against it. Of course it is simply presUmptive on its part to assume to know how the people of the territory stand on the question. As to a preference to admis- sion, alone or combined with New Mexico there is no doubt that the people of Arizona would prefer the former naturally. As to not being admitted at all or being united with New Mexico and gaining admission the chances are that exclusive of the candidates for office the proposition would carry overwhelmingly. If statehood is a good thing, and no one doubts it, both territories would be benefited as one state, and it would not be long, under statehood rule, until Arizona would have the required 300, 900 population to become separ- ate state.
 Another statement of our contem- porary is that politics do not enter into it. There is not an intelligent man in the territory that does not know better than this. Were it not for the fact that Arizona is over democratic there would not be such solid democratic front in the senate supporting it.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
END OF BITTER FIGHT.

1.-Two physicians had a long and stubborn fight with the abscess on my right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of Du Pont. Ga, land gave me up. Everybody thought my time had come. As last resort 1 tried Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consump- tion. The benefit l received was striking and I was on my feet in few days. Now I've entirely regained my health" It conquers all Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by all druggists. Price 5Oc, and S1 Trial bottles free.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

Legislators are preparing to get their gatfs into the tax payers good and plenty. Bills providing for an expenditure of about S25, 900 on the university have been introduced and the normal schools want large appro- priations for improvements. There are number of very hungry officials scattered over the territory too who are clamoring for more compensation from the tax payers.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

The Arizona Democrat changed hands Wednesday. The new editor, proprietor and manager is Frank NJ. King who is by no means new to Ari- zona journalism. John O. Dunbar will be associated with him in the editorial work. Nr Sam F. Webb whom NIT. King succeeds, has made an enviable reputation for himself in the newspaper field of the territory and he enjoyed the advantage of being the chairman of the democratic terri torial cOmmittee.-G Gazette.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

Teller is getting funny. A Chicago telegram says: ''Don't become ex- cited at the threats of antitrust legis- lation which our republican friends are making,' said Henry M. Teller, the Colorado senator today. '"They don't mean anything by it. It is just bluff to fool the people. Nothing that will injure their very good friends will come of it." Then the senator laughed as if he had told a very funny joke.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

The New York Journal insists that the German emperor "would enjoy the sensation of fighting this big re- public. " While inclined for peace, there are lots of people in the United States who would not be averse to help knocking the chip off "BilI's'' shoulder.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
CHANGES HER RINGS.

''The woman who loves her jewels wears them. Sometimes she wears toe many. We sympathize with the temp tation. So, too, it seems, does the Queen of Spain. She owns hundreds of rings of every sort and variety. She decided sensibly that it would not do to wear them all at the same time. Given ten fingers, one cannot crowd with the best will in the world more than two dozen rings upon them. Her Majesty finally hit upon plan unique enough to be recom- mended. She changed her rings seven or eight times during the course of an evening Admire a pearl. and five minutes later, if you are an observant guest, you will see substituted for it a ruby or a diamond The process takes but a minute, and it satisfies a queen who reasons that if she doesn't wear her rings they must be locked in safe. ''-From the February Cos
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11
THE DEATH PENALTY.

\ little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignifi- cant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy It's the best Salve on earth and will prevent fatality, when Burns. Sores, Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c, at all druggists.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

The Salt Lake Tribune contend: that the conviction of Col. Lynch for treason because he fought for the Boer cause is certainly wrong, because it is the inherent right of an Irish man to fight for any cause. Never thought of it in that light before. Guess the Tribune is right.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

And now the telegraph says that King Edward did not have cold at all on the occasion of the proposed visit of the king and queen to the Devonshire castle. It was all Queen Alexandra's fault that the trip was not taken. She Is jealous of the Duchess of Devonshire and wouldlnot accom- pany her spouse.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

The fact that Senator Quay had ad- vised acceptance of the compromise statehood proposition shows that he is not so sure of the passage of the state hood bill as we out in Arizona have been led to believe.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

The Las Vegas Optic says that there are only two members of the New Mexican council who can think on their feet. The paper fails to state on what part of their anatomy the others do their thinking.