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New-York tribune., 1903-01-25

above ali every fear is centred upon it, and to a
greater extent than any other Western capital
IS s. Petersburg the hub Of the nation 1t is
tae headquarters Of the political social military
and administrative life Of all the Russas; and 1t
IS probably the only metropolis in the clVll1zed
world which. owing its creation 10 the Whlm ol
,-,a monarch is dependent for its existence to-
dav upon the caprice OF another. For IN the same
Xa- that Peter the Great made St petersburg
Nicholas II could unTnake il by mere stroke OF
The p-n-by putting his signature TO 4 ukase
transferring back TO Moscow the seat OF the gov
eminent. the residence of the sovereign ana me
dignity Of the metropolis of Russia
a, 5s nv no means an impossible move, and in
many respects it would be popular one In
decd. il has been repeatedly urged upon the late
car and upon the present Emperor by adVls-
e-y who pointed out that the revival of Moscow
nc -.o oa-,i-,I of the empire would bring the au-
-o~ra+ into closer touch with his people, would
7,-r7-ofa both their orthodoxy and their loyalty
,yruid facilitate the administration OF the gov
.s----ar+ since Moscow is much more central anu
loss remote than St Petersburg, and ABOVE an
y,7,5ls strengthen the hold of ne crown -
the goodwill Of the old aristocIacN' Ioi III
.-ea1 nobility may be said u live At 81 fe,els
r--- moro or less under compulson, oeIhs lUl'S
alive 70 its innumerable Disadvantages ii-O'
above all 10 its unhealthfulness-
z..-a the court to transfer its permanent >"oos
q. MOSCOW retaining its palaces on lhe "u1I VI
7---r.-5 as mere yillegiatura, in the same way
&C 4fzfsfa and Yalta, 81. Petersburg, no" esp
r,aIry since it has ceased 10 Toe the one eie@t
.y7a-- mari of Russia, would quickly be oeSei 'sU
f, i-s most notable inhabitants and Wo1I9 d"lh-
de into insianiticance, like some Of those ltald
cities which were formerly the seats OF govern
-9ent Of independent soyereigntlesr but nave lo"
dYiDdled into the obscurity Of mere proNliicldl
town. Of course, ! co not for one moment sus-
gegt that Emperor Nicholas is likely TO comply
with the suggestions which have been made 10
him Oh the subject. Any such step woulo Oe
contrary 10 the traditions and wishes OF Feter
The Great who far more than RurIk is IooAeu
upor. as the founder Of the dynasty ana as Ihe
author Of Russia's greatness But II Is just aS
well to remember that Nicholas possesses the
power 10 make this move, and that it would
meet with the unqualified approval Of a vast ma
jority Of his Iieges. IN fact st. Petersburg Is
dependent for its continuance as the capital OF
all the RussIas solely and entirely on the VIII OF
.ba t,za- EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-25

self along this aerial tramway, pausing Wher-
ever he likes to lower his apparatus into the
water. If a permanent structure like priuse
is available he mark off on it in advance
his stations and record the distances between
them in his notebook. When a cable Is EN-
ployed he finds it convenient to stretch from
shore to shore at a slightly greater ELEVATION
wire with large metal tags attached at inter-
walls Of a few feet From these, If they are
properIv inscribed. he determine his dls-
tanCe with ease. Small boats are often USED IN
stead of a car when a cable is resorted to-
Two general methods of testing, or ratlhs
meters are in vogue In one there is a rallroao
beside long deep pond. From a car running
thereon extends an outrigger over the water
far enough to drag the meter through the hu1d.
The operator sits on the car, whose velocity Is
known and listens to the sounder that regis
fers the revolutions of the screw in the meter
The other plan is to suspend the meter IN a mar
row cement lined canal from a suitable frame
work which hangs by wheels from an overhead
wire The meter is hauled by hand over
course of known length say 100 feet, twenty or
thirty times in succession The number of reVo-
Iutions to a hundred feet and the number OF
seconds recorded.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
4 GROW WITH 4 VOCABULARY.

Samuel Seager, Of Bolivar, N Y, has a
tame crow named Jim, that can talk as
plainly a. some parrots. Jim is only SIX
teen months old but few children OF that
age can excel him in making remarks. Jam was
caught in hollow tree on top Of a hill near
Bolivar. With him was his sister, and bolh
Of them were sold into bondage, Mr. Seager buy
ing jim Now he is so tame that he sits on the
piano and criticises when Mr.. Seagers daughter
plays coon songs Every one who knows MIN
wishes he could meet Ernest Thompson seton
The crow first began TO talk last winter de
started IN by calling Dad" and "Boo-booh-'
Later "paua" and mamma" were distinctly
made out Now he has advanced so far that
when Mr. Seager asks him if he wants his break
fast Jim replies Well ] should smile. He also
Gays quite distinctly Good morning" and Good
night" He viii fly straight TO a person who
tsks him i De wants his head scratched, if the
person has been formally introduced 10 him
Otherwise Jim Will cut him dead He IS an i'm
personator, and can make any schoolboy answer
hs whistle
New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
FIGHTING SNOWDRIFTS.
WORK FOR RAILROAD MEN IN THE
ROCKIES-WITH ROTARY PLOUGH

Denver. Jan. 21.-Western railroads have
entered upon their season of snow bucking, a
season that does not end until the warm suns OF
early summer have melted the last great snow
banks in the Rocky Mountains. Overland trains
during the last few weeks have had some rough
going. and in Wyoming and Colorado, where
serious bizzards have ragged, many passengers
were Stolmbound tor days at time. On the
plains of Western Nebraska and Kansas trains
were showed in for hours at a stretch, and in
the heart of the mountains the big rotary snow
ploughs were set at work and had all they could
do to keep the path clear across the backbone of
the continent The famous Alpine Pass in Colo
rado has had an unusually heavy snowfall TINS
season, and several o.her railroad passes that
have long been terrors to train crews look like
impassable barriers at this time of the year
But no matter how serious the aspect, Western
railroad men do not become dismayed, and they
call upon great fighting force, which seldom
fails to clear the way.
Every Western railroad is equipped with a
large force of snow fighters. Rotary snow
ploughs and men who know how to them,
can cut their way through drifts that in the
early DAYS of Western railroading would have
resulted in complete blockades. The rotary snow
plough is Of the maTvels of the railroad of
to-day and it is liberal education in the art of
snow fighting to see one of them eating its way
through a white drift that threatens to cut off
communication between the East and the West.
There are several passes in the Rocky Mountains
which, for six months in the year or more, form
a constant menace to train crews These passes
are situated at the top of the Great Divide,
where the elements have full sway. Boreas
Pass, in Colorado, is a fair example The
begins falling at Boreas late in August or early
in September, and it does net cease until well
into May, and sometimes June There will be
intermittent snowstorms in the midsummer
months but these are trfing affairs and are not
10 be mentioned in the same breath with the
tremendous snowfalls of January and February.
Few men IT.4e their homes at Boreas It is
noting :cr them to get up in the morning and
find the.9ese+1,. completely buried in snow. The
one store is usually al the end of tunnel cut
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26

New York, Aug. 25.-The cup yachts
started today on their second race of
the international series under fair
weather conditions, the wind blowing
about seven knots an hour, although
a slight haze later blew up. The race
today was thirty miles over trian-
gular course of three legs Of ten miles
each. The Reliance got away first, the
Shamrock losing twenty five seconds
by her slowness in reaching the line.
Ten minutes after the start the Re
lance was in the lead but not gaining
much, the wind having dropped to
five knots, and d thick haze set in
from the sea. A long tack in shore,
and another one off the shore, for the
first mark, proved a very exciting
contest. The Shamrock seemed to
point higher than the Reliance. At
IL 40 the Reliance had pulled out un-
til it was from three eighths to one
half mile ahead. At 1921 90 the Re
lance went about on a port tack and
was followed two minutes later by
the Shamrock. The weather was then
thick and difficult to discern the
yachts in the haze.
In dense haze, that, for the latter
part of the race obscured both yachts,
the Reliance won the second of the in
ternational series of races for the
American cup from the Shamrock Ill
today Captain Barr outgeneraled his
opponent at the start and maintained
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26

greater wealth exposed on his shirt
front, in the shape of diamonds worth
about $500, than there was in the cash
register and he pulled the newspaper
up to hide them from the view of the
robber. The latter hearing the rustic
of the paper, told Shelton to take
that paper down. but he either over
looked the sparklers or did not care
to take the time to make the transfer
from SHELTON to himself. After
emptying the cash register and gather
ing up the money he had dropped on
the floor he made his escape out of the
back door.
There were two other men in the
saloon besides Shelton and Melon
aid, one of whom was asleep and did
not know of the occurrence until sew
eral hours after it had occurred.
The Exchange saloon is located next
door to the Globe lodging house on
the north and is less than half block
from the depot saloon, which was rob
bed short time since in similar
manner.
Mr.. Mcdonald. who had a good OPP
portunity of sizing the man up says
that he was about five feet ten inches
tall and weighed about 100 pounds,
and was of light complexion.
The saloon was Immediately closed
no and Messrs. Shelton and Melon
aid notified the officers, and Joined in
a search for the robber, but were I'M
able to find any trace of him.
There was from SO to $40 in the
cash register which was the reward
received by the man for his visit.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26

tiers of Dancing, held in Pittsburg,
Pa, had little other important bust
ness to discuss. Hours that the pro-
fessOrs of terpsichore annually spend
in recommending in conclave fresh
whirls, steps, movements, all went
this past month in heated debate as
to how ladies' should be held.
There was not one dissenting voice as
to the bad manners and bad form of
the youth of today. Each master of
dancing was agreed that the evil must
be stopped. The only question was
how best to stop it.
The way of the day is carelessness
on the part of the young men, all the
professors concede. These youths
simply do not think. and their arms
and hands, once conventlonally
placed, slip around to easier and
more natural postures. In conse-
quence, all over the country, in every
town from California to Maine,
"nice" girls are being held in posi-
lions that would do discredit to the
toughest dance The dancing masters
say that unless something is done
quickly, dancing among good people
will get a black eye They have had
10 take the initiative for the reason
that the young folks, men and girls
alike, do not seem to realize this.
So out in Pittsburgh the dancing
men established a new position for
the two step and the waltz.
The official posture of a year ago
was an excellent one, just so long as
it was not abused. But abuse and
exaggeration of it came quickly. The
two guiding arms, that of the man
and that of the girl, instead Of re
naming down, stretched out, fingers
simply lightly touching fingers, grad
ually drew up, crooked in "A manner
never intended by anyone, until at
last they were bent double, up almost
sometimes quite on level with the
faces, and crowded i'll between girl
and man. In proper dancing, fingers
should only lightly touch.-Brookiyn
Eagle
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
PresCOtt's Teachers.

The following is the list of teachers
for the Prescott schools for the eEsu-
ing year:
Prof. 3. ID. Billinghurst, principal.
High school-Miss Millicent Cuplin
and Miss Corbinne Smith.
Eighth grade-Miss Alvilde Lee.
Seventh grade-Miss Agnes Mason.
Sixth grade-Miss Blanche Fulton.
Fifth grade-Miss Anna NJ. Bidle-
man.
Fourth grade-Miss Clara Hoff.
Third grade-Miss Clara q. Swanson.
Second grade-Miss Garlic Edwards.
First grade-MIss Helen Strange.
Kindergarten-Mis Mary McGill
and Miss Anna Bell Bailey.
The new teachers for this term are
Miss Smith, of the high school, Miss
Fulton. of the sixth grade, Miss
Swanson. of the third grade, and
Miss Lee. of the eighth grade. The
board has exercised the greatest dill
gence in securing the best teachers
that could be had, and the above
ladies come to this city with the high
est credentials and recommendations.
and the board feels sure they will sus-
tain the present high standard of eX-
cellence in the schools.
Miss Swanson and Miss Fulton are
both graduates Of the famous state
normal school at Ipsilanti, Michigan,
one of the foremost educational i'll
stitutions in the east. Miss Lee Is
graduate of the state normal of Wis
consin. while Miss Smith Is graduate
of Stanford university, California.
The school board announces that the
new school building will be open to
visitors between and O'Clock each
afternoon Saturday and Sunday foi
inspection by the public.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
Defeated at Last.

The base ball team composed of EN-
ploves of the Iron King mine, have at
last met their Waterloo. They met
the enemy once too often and now
they are theirs. The score at yester-
DAYS game was 10 to III favor of the
Whipple nine, which leaves honors
between the teams at present even,
AMI it is announced they will play
another game in the near future to
decide the championship of Northern
Arizona.
About 2OO people went on the eNcur-
sion Yesterday to witness the game,
and such crowd of roOters as they
we're. They shouted for Whipple and
they bet on Whipple, and as a result
brought back several hundred dollars
from the ball game. The soldier boys
had been doing the practicing OF their
lives during the week and were III the
pink OF condition for the game,
whereas the Iron King boys had all
been hard at work in the mine all
week and had no practice, but both
teams put up game of ball that was
highly interesting and some wonder
full plays were made on both sides.
The best of feeling prevails between
the teams. and it is good naturec
rivalry for the championship.
Following are the Dames of the
players and their positions:
Whipple. -Feldcamp, catcher; Kin
sey. pitcher; Mansfield, short stop
Baker, first base; Hunter, SECOND
base: Joplin, third base; Bauer, lief
field; johnson, center field; Shearer
right field.
Iron King. Cole, catcher; Demary
/ pitcher: Ahern. short stop: Addison
T first base: Shidler, second base: An
/ derson. third base; Lynch, left field
| Rice. center field: Henry. right field
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26

the vein at the 300 foot station of the
Merchants Mining cOmpany's mine
and will probably have to run ten or
twelve feet farther before striking il.
They are still shipping ore however
to the Val Verde smelter. He reports
that work is progressing nicely on the
Old Mesa Gold company's property
the tunnel being now in the mountain
about 30 feet. They have just let an
other contract on this property of 100
feet of tunneling to Engen * Moore
of Poland. They have, so far, in
cross cutting caught three feeders or
small veins, all of which carry some
free gold. This Old Mesa mountain
seems to be a perfect net work of gold
bearing veins, the mother vein of that
section being the one for which the
tunnel is being driven and known as
the Old Mesa vein. All parties inter
ested in this property feel very much
elated over the prospect, feeling that
they are sure to have a big paying
mine, when they intersect the Old
Mesa mother lead of this mountain.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
A Daring Robbery.

At ll:30 o'clock last night a man
with a gunny sack drawn down over
his head entered the Exchange saloon
on Curtez street and with drawn
revolver ordered "hands up The
proprietor, Charles SHELTON. was be
hind the bar reading Il newspaper, while
his porter, Frank Mcdonald, was seat
ed in the rear of the room reading a
novel. The visitor Immediately pro-
ceeded around behind the bar to the
cash register, and remarked, 'now
boys just keep still and it will be all
right. but if you move | will com
meuce shooting
SHELTON replied. call right old
sport go to it, " The man opened the
cash register and commenced trans
ferring its contents to his pockets,
and in doing so dropped some silver
dollars on the floor. While he was en-
gagged in this operation it suddenly
occurred ta Mr. SHELTON that he had
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
NEW PRESIDENT
OF UNIVERSITY
Official Announcement
Of Election.
Prof. BabCOck, Who Has Been Called
to Position, An Eminent
Educator.

The Journal-Niner is in receipt,
from the regents of the University of
Arizona, at Tucson, the official an
nouncement of the election to the
presidency of that institution of DIR.
Kendric Charles Babcock of the Uni
versity Of California. accompanied by
a brief biographical sketch of the
gentleman which follows:
DR.. Babcock received his early
training in the common and high
schools of Central New York and was
graduated from the University of
Minnesota il 1889 with the degree of
b. L.; was successfully Fellow in His
tory, instructor in history and Eng
lish. and instructor in history in the
University of Minnesota lSS9-lS94 !;
studied at Harvard University 1884
1896, receiving the degrees of \. NJ.
and Phi. d. from that institution, and
doing special research work upon the
Scandinavians of the northwest.
in 1896 nr. Babcock was called to
the University of California where be
has since that time held the positions
of instructor in history and political
science and associate professor of Am
erican history.
DIR. Babcock is a member of the
American Historical Association, the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science. the Minnesota His
torical Society, the Society of Amer
lean Wars. and the Phi Beta Kappa
Society. He is also a contributor to
the Atlantic Monthly, the Forum,
and the American Historical Review,
and contributed the chapter on Cali
fornia to the special edition of Nc
Masters School History.
During his connection with the
University of California DR.. Babcocb
has been actively in touch with the
high schools of the state as examiner
. in history and English, and also with
the student body as president Of tbs
board of trustees of Stiles hall, and
president of the Students Co-upera
tive Society.
Mr.. Babcock will assume the dutie:
of his office at the University, Tue
son, during the latter part of August
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
Fish Story Spoiled.

Prof. b. ID. Billinghurst returned
Saturday night from his vacation to
California, and is getting things in
readiness for the opening of the
schools which will take place one week
from tomorrow. During his stay in
California he visited Berkeley and
Stanford universities and other edu-
cational institutions. thus combining
his pleasure "trip with business iG his
line of work He reports the trip as
not only very pleasant but beneficial
in many ways His close attention to
school matters for two years com
bined with the work of clerk of the
board during the time the new school
building was being erected made the
rest almost a necessity, and he begins
tie years work feeling much re
freshed.
In speaking Of his trip he told of
several little incidents that may be
all right. but the Journal Miner
would little rather not repeat them
without they were properly signed and
sealed. There was one ''fish story
which the world will probably never
know, now, Just because the Journal
Miner man was not smart enough to
keep still at the proper time. The
professor had related one or two
pretty fishy yarns and leaned back in
his chair and assumed a very truth
fuIl?) look about the eyes and said
Nov. there was one little incident
that took place that Day meaning a
certain day when he. eX Supervisor
Beatson and several other gentlemen.
were out fishing in gasoline
| launch which may sound little
strange to You if you are not ac-
quainted with the method of catching
and landing those big yellow tails,
/ because the most common incident
sometimes sounds like great eXag-
geration." The reporter here thought
/ lessly remarked that that was the way
/ those stories usually began. and the
/ look that came over the professor
face showed conclusively that ne felt
sonnet thing like a fever patient thai
had been suddenly struck by an ice
berg. and no amount Of persuasion o.
apology could induce him to go OI
with the story. His only remark was
"you had better get Mr.. Beatson tt
relate the incident, he Is DOW out O
the public service and has no reputa
ton at stake -
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
Kerosene Accident.

Another one of these horrible acct
dent caused by the use of kerosene IN
lighting fires, occurred nine miles
from PheniX Saturday afternoon, the
victim being Mrs. Wilson, wife of Jo-
seph Wilson. jr. She had attempted
to start the fire to get the noon meal
and the wood being rather green 1t
did not burn to her satisfaction and
she picked up the coal oil can and be
gan pouring oil ON the smOuldering
fire. IN moment there was terri
BILE explosion and the oil was thrown
all over her and Instantly ignlted.
! five gallon can of oil was sitting
near and this also caught fire and eX-
ploded throwing more burning oil
on her. She was alone in the house
with the exception of a five year old
child, and she started at once for the
irrIgating canal which was about 100
feet away. Reaching this she jumped
in but in running every stitch OF her
clothing had been burned from her
body and her hair had all been burn
ed off. aud when the neighbOrs, who
had heard her screams found her every
particle of her body except the soles
of her feet and small portion of her
body was burned and in many places
the burned flesh was falling from the
bones. DIR. Stroud was sent for but
it was over an hour before he could
reach the house and realizing that all
he could do was to make her last mo-
ments as cay as possible, he worked
with her TO that end until she died,
which was about three hours after the
accident.
Strange to say the oil burned out
without setting the building on fire
and ho damage was done to the house
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
DeWITT Is THE NAME.

When you go to buy Witch Hazel
Salve look for the name Dewitt on
every box. The pure, unadulterated
Witch Hazel Is used in making De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. which is the
best salve in the world for cuts, burns,
bruises. boils, eczema and piles. The
popularity of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. due to its many cures, has
caused numerous worthless counter
feits to be placed on the market. The
genuine bears the name of Il. c. DE
Witt N Co, Chicago. Sold by Cor
bin Il Bork. Brisley Drug Co.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26
A KnOCker Knocking.

Some "knocker'' mas been circulat-
ing stories that there is something
wrong with the title to the "Otis adj
dition.'' These stories are entirely
unfounded and untrue as Mr.. Otis,
the owner, went to considerable eX-
pense to secure perfec. title, finally
clinchiug the matter 10y "A suit and
Judgment in the district court. 1t
has also been stated that the Building
and Loan companies would not loan
on the ground Oh account of the sun
posed flaw in the title This is also
untrue rs "a visit to the records will
show.
The title is perfectly good and so is
the ground. The lots are very de
sirable either for Investment or build
ing and are much cheaper than any
other desirable property in Prescott.
). u. ". Moore X Son, Agents.