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Arizona republican., 1903-02-28

The exclusive news in The Republi- can yesterday morning that the demo- cratic members of the council had got together on an eight-hour bill led a large number of people to crowd the council galleries in the expectation tha, and they were not disappointed. The eight-hour bill, amended as forecast in these columns, was passed after a sharp oratorical conflict between Judge Kib- bey and Mir. Ives, and after another hot debate the joint resolution quoted below was passed. Il was Q day of ora tory, in fact the first Of the session: and although the debates were good humored throughout they were intense ly interesting.
 President Ives gained parliament tary advantage at the opening Of the session by stating for the first time since AIr. Packard's illness that the gentleman from Cochise was ill and was excused. This precluded a call Of
 
 Packards absence. The clerk of the senate did not grasp the situation, and in the first roll calls he called MT. Packard while the presiding officer was nervously telling him that MT. Packard was excused and so to note. The machine was thoroughly greased. Early in the proceedings Mir Rice re- ported from the committee on mines and mining house bill No. 2-the eight hour bill-amended to exclude laborers in the smelters and other surface works. Accompanying the report was d brief minority report against the amended bill by MT. Chiids, the re- publican member. It developed later that all of the republican members were against the amendment. Upon the question of adopting the committee report Judge Kibbey made one of the most brilliant speeches ever heard in a legislative body. He was at his best He scored the ma iority unmercifully for their insincerity ana their pretence Of friendship for the laboring man. Quoting the Tucson platform advocat- ing an aight-hour law for all laborers. he asked with biting sarcasm why it
 
 CTS underground were entitled to coii- sideration. He cited the decision of the supreme court of the United States up- holding the eight-hour law of Utah on the ground that it was a police regu- lation necessary for the public health, and stating that an eight-hour law could be held valid on that ground alone, he asked why the democratic managers had departed from the terms of the house bill. which copied the Utan statutes. He was anxious to know how
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28

Special Examiner Frederic G. Ingersoll. No testimony was offered. but certain documents of a formal nature were stipulated in the record by the consent of both parties. The examiner was re- quested by tho counsel present to file his report with the clerk of the United States circuit court as soon as prac- ticable.
 This will take some time. at least a month, and in the meantime the rec ord of the proceedings before the eX- aminer will be presented and distribut- ed among the attorneys interested who will then prepare briefs and argu- ments.
 Counsel present were: W. N. Mum for the state and George B. Young and M. D. Grover for the defendants.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
ENGLISH CHAMPION
 BEATEN LAST NIGHT
Harry Forbes Is Still the Worlds Best
 Bantamweight.

Detroit, February 27.-England tried for another championship tonight and scored another defeat. Her champion bantamweight .pugilist. Andy Tokell. Was beaten cleanly and decisively by Harry Forbes, the champion bantam weight Of the world.
 To say that Forbes was given the decision at the end of ten rounds comes far from telling the measure of his vic tory. He won the fight from start to finish, had the better of every round with the possible exception of the seventh. when he held his own. and proved himself the superior of the Eng fish champion in everything that goes to make Q champion with the exenttcn of courage, and in this he was equal to Tokell. The latter was something of T disappointment. He showed himself T strong, rugged youngster with a world of power behind his blows, and proved
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
TIE SENATE.

Washington, February 2T.-The sen ate today passed the naval and military academy appropriation bills. Blackburn secured vote on his motion to take up the Littlefeld antitrust bill, but his motion was lost-2S 10 3S
 The senate from 1:45 D. m. to 5:15 D. m. was in executive session. When the doors Were opened a number of bills were passed without objection. The immigration bill was considered and q number of amendments were made to meet various senator's views, but the bill failed of 9 vote on objec- ticn from the New England senators who feared it would exclude French Canadian labor.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFT.
There will Be No Compromise in Santa
 Fe Wage Situation.

Topeka, Kan. February 27--There will be no further negotiations between the Santa Fc and the conductors and traiHmen regarding the raise in the wage scale. According to q member Of the traiumen's committee, the final conference was held today. All that remains now is for the road either to accept or reject the proposition made by the men.
 It is understood that no compromise will be agreed upon. and matters stand practically the same as when the con- ferences started. Twenty per cent. in crease of wages and certain other con- sessions are demanded by the men.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28

Washington, February 2I.-.Che presi- dent late this afternoon sent the foi- lowing message to the senate: T have just received a cable from Governor Taft. which runs as follows: Necessity for the passage of the house tariff bill most urgent. Conditions of industry and business considerably worse than November, the date of the last report and are growing worse each month There is some revival in sugar and to- bacco prices due to an expectation Of the tariff law. The interests of Filipino sugar and tobacco are extensive, and a failure of the bill will be blow in the face of those interested. 4 number Of tobacco factories will have to close and many sugar haciendas will be put up for sale at a sacrifice if the bill does not pass. Customs receipts have falls off this month one-third, showing de crease in the purchasing power of the islands General business is stagnant. All political parties, including labor unions, are most strenuous in . petition for the tariff bill. The effect of it's faii- ure will be very discouraging.
 ''Vice Governor Luke 2. Wright iu dorses in the strongest manner all GoV- ernor Taft has said, and he states that he has the gravest apprehension as to the damage that may come to the isl ands if there is not a substantial re- duction in the tariff levied against Philippine goods coming into the Unit ed States. I very earnestly ask that this matter receive the immediate at tention of congress and the relief prayed for be granted.
 As congress knows, a series of calamities has befaIlen the Philippine people. Just as they were emerging from nearly six years of devastating warfare, with the accompanying de- struction of property and the breakin" up of the bonds, and as social order and habits of peaceful industry were being established, there occurred an epidemic Of rinderpest which destroyed 90 per cent of their caribous, Philippine cat tle leaving the people without draft animals to till the lands or aid in the ordinary work of the farm and village. The extent of the disaster can be seen from the fact that the surviving cari- bous have increased over tenfold in value. At the same time a peculiar oriental horse disease became epidemic. further crippiing transportation. The rice crop, already reduced by various causes to but one-fourth of it's original size has been damaged by locusts so that the price of rice is nearly doubled
 Under these circumstances there is imminent danger of famine in the isl ands. Congress is in course of a gen erous appropriation of s ,0C0,000 to meet the immediate needs. but the indispen- sable and prime need is the resurrection of the productive industry from the prostrat tion into which it has been thrown by the causes above enumerat- ed. l ask action in the tariff matter not merely from the standpoint Of d wise governmental policy. but as ] measure of humanity in response to the appeal of which this great people should not close it's ears. We have assumed responsibilities toward the Philippine iSi- ands which We are in honor bound to fulfill. We have the specific duty If taking every measure in our power @ see to their prosperity. The first and
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
OVERLOOKING OF COLIAIA.

Colima, Mex. February 27.-The vol cano today poured forth a quantity of white. hot matter, but there was no outflow of lava till late at night. when great quantities flowed down the sides of the volcano. Earthquakes are re- ported at Acapulco, Mex. Chilpancingo and Agua Blanco.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
CANADIAN PACIFIC STRIKE.
Cause. q Discharged Member of the
 Brotherhood.

Vancouver B. C., February 27.-The clerks employed in the freight, tele- graph departments of the Canadian Pacific railway went on a strike this afternoon to enforce 6 recognition of the United Brotherhood of Railway employees.
 A freight cler-1. alleged to have been discharged last evening because of his membership in the brotherhood. was made tho subject of an ultimatum. The brotherhood demanded his rein statement this morning and when this was refused arranged to strike this af- t5rnCon.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
KANSAS SNOW BLOCKADE.

Topeka, hans.. February 27 - The railroads have not yet fully overcome the snow block de in western Kansas.
 In Garden City, Kan, twenty-seven inches represents the snow fall since Monday night, with a prospect Of more Al Lakin the snow forms a compact mass fifteen inches deep. Snow blows are being operated, and the railroad lines will soon be clear
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
THE PRESIDENTS PLEA
 FOR THE PHILIPPINES
4 Special Message Urging Passage
 Of the Tariff

He Had Just Received Cabegram From Governor Taft Depicting the Commercial and Industrial Distress Which Has Come Upon the Islands-The Inhabitants Have Been Buoyed Up by Hope of Tariff Legislation But if It Should Fail the Condition of the People Will Be Difficult of Description.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
BANK ROBBERS.
Convicted at Red Lodge, Mont, Yes
 terday.

Helena, Mont, February 27.-A spec ial to the Independent from Red Lodge. states that Will Country Jed & Lindsay and Pat Murray have been found guilty of the robbery Of the Stock Growers bank at Bridger. which was held up by three masked men De- ccmber ?.
 The jury fixed Countryman's punish ment ct one year in the renitentiary and that of Lindsay and Murray at eight years each.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
TESTIMONY ALL IN.
In the Minnesota vs. the Northern Se-
 curities Co.

St Paul. February 27.-The final hearing of the testimony in the suit of the state against the Northern Securi- ties company was held today before
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
C. 6 S. SEOPMEN
Given Until Tomorrow to Return to
 Work

Denver, February 27.-General Man aSer Herbert of the Colorado & South ern today announced that after noon next Sunday none oi the striking shop men would be reinstated. He said the places of the strikers were being rapid ly filed. Workmen today began the construction of a seven-foot solid wall which will completely encircle the Colo rGdo e Southern machine shops.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
THE EIGHT HOUR BILL
 RETURNc> f() THE HOUSE
How the Neas Of lis Managing in the
 Council Was Broken Gently

Judge Kibbeys Sarcastic Taunt of the Majority in the Upper House, Showing the Way It Is Reckoning Plat form Pledges-A Hint That the Rest of the Tucson Menu Will Be Forcbly Presented to the Majority to Be Eaten or Contemptous1y Rejected.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28
WEATHER TO-DAY:

Washington. February 27-Arizona- Fair Saturday and Sunday.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28

FAREWELL & HAMAKER' Photographic Gallery is where the swellest photographic work in the territory is done. .. .. =
 29 s. Sc nd str t.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-28

P H O T O R A P H IC A R T
 The best work in
 the territory at FAREWELL 6 HAMAKER'S 29 South e cond Stre t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
STRIKE DANGER is OVER.
Baltimore G Ohio Trainmen Hold Con-
ference With Company Officials.

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 10-Gen-
eral Manager c. S. Sims, of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, specifically de-
MED today that the railroad had re-
ceived an ultimatum from it's employees.
The employees and officials resume
their sessions this morning" said he,
and will consider the grievances as
presented last week.
The demands of the. employees, as
submitted by the committee on griev-
ances, are 140 in number, 1877 of which
are of minor Importance, and will eth
er be granted by the company or not
insisted on by the men. The three
chief demands are: First, that when
switching during overtime the men
shall be paid both the amount specified
in the agreement for switching and for
overtime as well; second, that an ex-
ira wage scale shall be applied to all
double heading; third, that it be no
longer compulsory on them to join the
relief department, the men Directing
to the insurance terms offered.
The conference between the grieV-
ance committee and the company Off
Gals continued until late this evening"
when it adjourned to meet again to-
morrow. 1t was announced that sat-
isfactory progress had been made in
the consideration of the 40 demands
made by the employees, and that it
would probably require a week to go
over all the complaints. No strike is
DrOb1 bile
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
HANDS PELLETAN ONE.
French Admiral Is Relieved of His
Post and Talks Back.


PARIS, Sept. 10.-AdmiraI Marechal,
the commander of the French squad
ron of the far East, who was recently
relieved of his post by Marine Minis
ter Pelletan, arrived in Paris tonight.
The cause of his recalEwas a letter the
admiral wrote to the minister. who had
severely censured Lieut.. Hourst for
landing sailors of the gGrboat Olry for
the projections offs nuns 8 who were
threatened by natives. which the min
lister regarded as. political act The
admiral sustained his subordinate, and
correspondence. followed, closing with
letter which led to the adn1iraPs re-
call by cable. In this letter Admiral
Marechal said:
II am not at an age to seek notoriety
or to infringe discipline, but I have a
right to defend my military and pri-
vate honor against all attacks. The
chief of the French navy would dis
grace himself if his object was to
command naval officers cowardly
enough to accept insults without vino
ing"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
PITTSBURG BANKER
CANNOT BE FOUND
His Depositors Don't Feel as Easy About
Their Money ashley Might.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept 10--Arthur
Amiesen, banker, steamship agent, foreign
collector and proprietor Of the Slavia Elk
change bank, has been, missing from his
place of business since Aug. IS. Many of
his clients among the Hungarians. Slavs
Poles and Russians besieged his closed
office doors today, seeking the return of
their deposits or assurances of their
safety. Amiesen is accused by his depos-
itors of fleeing, taking their money with
him. The aggregate Of these sums. it is
believed, will reach 10000
Today John Massick issued a foreign
attachment against Amiesen and the
Equitable Trust company, with which
Amiesen kept an account, is summoned
as garnishee. Massick sues to recover $500
deposited with Amiesen. Amiesen is said
10 be OF Galacia, Austria, and George de
Grlev1ci0. the AuStro- Hungarian consul
Is Inquiring into the mans affairs
The missing man is said to have con-
Quoted branch bank in Butler, Pa. call
ed the Standard Exchange. =. This fnstitu-
ton closed on Tuesday and two ostersibIe
proprietors, Packoveski and Matlashek,
are in jail there. charged with embezzie,
$4,000. sao--sSf IS sTT-sS5
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
SAYS REMOVAL OF BOOKS
WAS ABoVEBoARD
Statement From President of Consoli-
dated Lake Superior Company.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 10.-E-
H. Sanborn, vice president of the Con-
solidated Lake Superior company, to-
day made public a statement answer
ing the criticism of the company's ac-
ton In removing the books of the cor
poration from this city to Sault Ste.
Marie, Canada. The officials of the
concern gave the stockholders permits
sion to examine the books, but when
counsel for the stockholders visited the
companys Office here he was informed
that the accounts had been transferred
to the company's Office at Sault Ste.
Marie Mr.. Sanbornss statement says:
when Mr.. Shields was elected presi-
dent Of the Consolidated Lake Superior
company in April last one of his first
steps was TO close the expensive offices
In this city and transfer all OF these
accounts to the works at Sault Ste.
Marie, Canada. There was no secrecy,
nor mystery about this removal, as 1T
was announced In the papers at least
two weeks before the change was made,
and was commented on several times
as a commendable move in the direc-
ton of a more economical administra-
ton of the conpany's affairs. This ac-
ton Of five months ago has been in
geniously distorted into surreptitious
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
STATE CONTROL OF
RAILROADS GROWS
Commission System for the
Regulation of Rates Is
Popular.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 10.-The
interstate commerce commission today
made public statistics covering parts
of a general report on state regulation
and taxation of railways in the United
States in 1902. 1t shows that thirty
states exercised control over railways
through commissions, and says the leg
islative tendency, during the past
twelve years, has been in the direction
of more efficient control over rates.
OF the thirty state commissions
twenty are declared to be clothed with
power to control passenger and freight
rates. The other ten do not exercise
that control. The report indicates a
tendency toward extension of the regu-
lative power of commissions over
transportation agencies other than
railways and a slight tendency toward
payment of commissions out of public
funds, rather than by special tax on
railways and towards an increase in
the term of office.
The power to make joint rates has
been slightly increased. The report
adds:
A study of the railway statutes dur
ing the past twelve years indicates a
high distrust of the inability of railway
commissions as at present organized
TO control the railway situation and a
tendency toward including other cor
porationS as we'll as railway corpora
tons under the control of state boards
There seems to be no tendency dur
ing the past twelve years toward the
abandonment of the theory of the gem
eral property tax so far as railways are
concerned. There is some slight indi-
cation of tendency toward what is
termed the segregation of railroad tax
alton, by which this specie of property
Is made the basis of contribution for
state expenditures"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
Too MAGNETIC for Naulnation

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal. Sept.
10-Samuel Jackson Barnett. assistant
professor of physics, has returned to the
university after survey work along the
Alaskan coast. Prof. Barnett left here
out by the United States coast and
geodetic survey to make accurate sur
veys of the northern country along the
coast line. The party made a special in
vestigation in the peculiar magnetic dis
turbances which have made navigation
difficult in certain places. In Skagway
the disturbances are very severe, the
detection of the needle being so great
that the compass is rendered almost use
less in that vicinity. This strange state
of affairs was due to the abundance of
magnetic rock in the locality Prof Bar
nett says that there was almost perfect
magnetic pole at that point.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
WATCHES UNDESIRABLE
IMPORTED GOODS
Government Keeping Out sStuff. Pro-
f"<s'1s hibited by Pure Food Law.


WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept 10.-The
agricultural department is making a
strong effort to. keep out of the ceun-
try all imported goods, the entry of
which is prohibited under the pure
food act. Since Aug. 1, when the act
went into effect. approximately 800
shipments of meats, wine, olive oil, ETC.,
have been held up pending an exam
ination as to their purity or to the de-
termination of the question whether
their use is prohibited in the country
whence they are imported into the
United States. Upct to this time only
one shipment, consisting of white wine,
has been refused entry. Our special
agents and consuls abroad keep the de-
partment advised by cable of all ship
ments of goods which may come with
in the prohibitions efethe law and in
structionsa are sent atsonce to the col
lectorS at the ports, where they are to
arrive to hold them iaGwarehouses and
send samples to Washington for ex-
animation. * :,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
Want All Kinds of Money.

j. P. Elmer, general passenger agent
for the Chicago Great Western, yes
terday received a letter from man
at Fargo, asking if it be true that the
Maple Leaf route is granting a free
trip to st. Louis and return for an
1894 silver dollar. The letter said
that someone has circulated the report
through the Northwest, and the banks
are flooded with requests for the dol
lars made in 1894. In answering the
letter Mr.. Elmer said: I'VE are look
ing for 1894 dollars, but not any more
so than for dollars issued in other
years. ALI dollars look good to u.s."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
MONEY FOR THE
RECLAMATION FUND
Summary of Finansisl Operations I'm
der the Irrieskicn Law.

WASHINGTON nj C., Sept. 10. =
Commissioner Richafbs. of the general
land Office, today tssued a statement
showing that approximately $S,461 ,494
was covered into the treasury to the
credit of the reclamation fund from
the sales of public 18pds and fees and
commissions in the Various irrigation
states in 1903. This amount will be
distributed among <the same states.
The irrigation projects of the govern
ment will be carried on by means of
this fund. The statement shows that
an aggregate of $16,191,S36.- has been
received from the sales of lands in the
various states during 1901, 1902 and
1903 for use in furthering irrigation
plans.
The amount received in 1901 was 3d.
1882, and in 1902, $4,5S2,521. The
receipts by states in 1908 approxinate- y
ly follow: 3
Arizona, s4s,Ss2; California. $3.50 $40:
Colorado, $51O,O72; Idaho, S642,2f9;
Kansas. $18,417e Montana $552. 1885,;
Nebraska, $11S.S39; i Neyada, S12,465;s
New Mexico, $15o, %; :. North Dakota
$1,22S,S44; Oklahoma. $S16:0S z; oregon,
$1,SS4,730; South Dakota, $239 AL.
Utah, $S7,52O; Washington, 81 .099 $50;
Wyoming, 1924. ssss--,.eess7s .s-ss.