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Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
THE PRATT CASE
Eews-Herald Thinks He Will Be
 Saved by His System

Respecting the recent arrest in Salt Lake City of A. A. Pratt by Sheriff Roberts of Prescott, the News Herald says:
 MT. Pratt is well known in Wicken- burg as the manager of the Angel Min ing company for a. long time. He was regarded as a very eccentric gentleman. He was welded to system He made a note of every intended move and fol- lowed his system religiously. He was not vicious. He was not a gambler nor a booZer and was really a very respect able sort of a person. He carefully paid all his small personal bills, but it was thought by some of the Hassayam- pers that he did not act strictly on the square with the employees of the Angel company. The News-Herald took occa- sion to say that that company had not been treated right by President Colvin, Pratt and others. The secretary of the company denied having any connection with him and wanted us to apologize for having mixed the company up with him, or words to that effect. But it did not seem to us that we had done the mixing up, hence we did not apologize. According to what we know of the af- fairs of the company and MT. Pratt's
 
 ting up the company's accounts, we are inclined to think that the Prescott pa pers have missed the real cause for his apprehension in that they say he swim died some fellow in Prescott under the name of Colvin. We think he got the better of the Angel Mining company and also of George E. Sanders, but we do not believe that he went under the n Q cept Pratt while in the territory, and neither do we believe that the charge of tampering with the mail can be sub Stantiated, unless it was done at Wick enburS. He was assistant postmaster there at one time and after the post maStership changed, he was around the office more or less on the excuse of eX- plaining things to the new postmaster, and it may be that letters Of the Angel Mining company were held up by him in his efforts to get the whip hand of them These opinions are matters of conjecture. And although MT. Pratt acted very suspiciously on several Ccca- sions, we do not think the case one of so very noted a Swindler as has been heralded by our contemporaries Pratt Is not an imbeeile, and if he had been doing anything so very rank he would have gone farther than the Old Arm Chair. which is the name of his sum- mer resort. When he left Wickenburg he requested the News-Herald not to say anything about his departure. He said he wanted the Angel company to think that he was still at his post in Wickenburg. We concluded that his was not very honest motive, and so we did say that he had gone to Salt Lake City to spend the summer at his summer resort. We are inclined to think that unless the case is made out in unmistakable terms against MT. Pratt, he will draw his system records and disprove the whole charge, for he has a record of every move he has made for the last several years.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
SAh SEP INTERVIEWED
Incidents of Summer Travel and
 Phoenix Winter Prospects.

Sam Seip has returned after his sum
 mer vacation in California. Like all Phoenix people, he is glad to get home again, for there is no place like Arizona whether viewed from the standpoint of health or financial prosperity. MT. Seip. like all other Phoenix tourists, testifies that this is the only healthful climate in the world, and California is simply awful. He gained seventeen pounds, and believes that if he had stayed an other week it would have killed him. He thinks, though, that he returned before it was too late to hope for a per manent recovery, and believes that by close attention to business he can get his appetite down to where it ought to be. His financial losses, however, are permanent, and no matter how much money he makes hereafter he has gone to the bad for expenses and side money wasted in the good old summertime.
 Mir Seip said he visited many prom inent cities in fact. all of them on the coast from Salton to San Buena Ven tura- Salton. he thinks, has a promis- ing future. He believes it would be a good place for d packing house because salt is so cheap and there is plenty of room to build corralS and slaughter pens. Burbank is another fine city of southern California notable mainly for the fact that the famous Burbank po- tatoes were net named after it. He thinks the names of d great many of the California towns are misnomers. and that the fact is a handicap to their prosperity, as many tourists go away disappointed. For instance. he spent one afternoon in Chino looking for a hop joint and there wasn't a Chinaman in town. At Redlands the streets were similar in color to those of any other town, and he noted no car mine appearance to the soil of the sur
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
LAID TO REST
Funeral Of Mrs. H. A. Diehl Yesterday
 Morning.

The funeral of Mrs. H. A. Dehl was held yesterday morning at the family residence, 6S2 North Second avenue. at o'clock. There was large assem- blaze of friends present to pay their tribute to the memory of one who was held in the highest esteem and whose death is most sincerely mourncd. The floral offerings were numerous, beauti- ful and especially appropriate.
 The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Lapsley A. McAfee. pastor of the First Presbyterian church and an intimate friend Of the family. Rev. Me Afee was in Los Angeles when informed of Mrs. Diehl's death and returned home at once to conduct the service. He preached . short funeral sermon, and was followed in q few words by both Rev. C. Y. Cowan and Rev. Dun can Brown.
 The music was appropriately selected for the occasion and was rendered by q puartette consisting Of Messrs. An drcws and Ingles, Miss Angie Parker and Mrs A. G. Hulctt.
 Intermcnt was made in Ro5cdalc cemetery.
 . It is a good sign when q community
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
GHsEk WyHHgEgS

Are the dread of those whose lungs are "weak." Some fortunate people can follow the summer IS it goes southward, and escape the cold blasts of winter and the chill airs of spring, But for the majority of people this is impossible.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Family cares and business obliga- tious hold them fast.
 "Weak " lungs are made sfr0Ag by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov- cry, t cures tue obstinate cough,
 heals the in famed tissues. stops the hem orrliage. and re- stores the lost ahesh to the ena- 'ciated body.
 T am a railroad agent" writes I. B.
 Staples. Esq. of Barclay. Osage Co. Kans.. "aud fnur years ago my work keeping me in a warm room and stepping out ire QuentIy into the
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Eeath the present bottom of the drill hole and which it will not take lc.lg to reach with the drill after the roaming and easing of the hole has been conI- pleted
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
br. Hubbard

Has returned home from his summer Vaca lion after an extended trip including Niagara Falls. q sail on the St. Law renee through the ] hou- sand IslaDos aS fsr Hs Moniresl, then on Lake Champlaln and George, down the Hudson 10 New York then through Long Island Sound and Nara ganset Bay 10 Provi- dence thenr" by rail 10 historic OlG BostCn. The doctor has visited some
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Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Use the old reliable Western Delight flour. All grocers keep it.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Walter Lund has established a res taurant at Glendale, where one may get square meal at q reasonable price.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

For the best rolled barley in town go to the Capitol Mills
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
KING EDWARDS CoFFEEMAKER

Wherever King Edward goes nowa- days he is accompanied by his own cof- feemaker, an Egyptian named Emin Abraham, who serves his round maj esty with the fragrant beverage in small cups. The attendant. of course
 appears in all the glory of Oriental costume. Favored friends have been privileged to taste the carefully pre- pared brew, but none of them has gone into rdptures over the looking fluid of which his majesty has become so fond of late.-Kansas City Journal.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

Walter Lund has established a, res taurant at Glendale, where one may get a square meal at a reasonable price.
 Ask your grocer fer Town Talk flour. It is the best.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

It is a good sign when q community
 indorscs husbands and wives being in
 love with each other.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07

The village cut-up-A country sur Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-07
Showing Fine Line of
 GOOds......

We have the finest line of Woolens ever shown i'll the city. Fashions the very latest. We will give you the nob- biest cut on your suit. Call and see our latest fashions.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
YU1A INDIANS
A Tribe Whose Members Frequent y
 Visit Imperial

K. to the Cocopahs, but are not so well known here. Their reservation is on this side of the Colorado river, north of the railroad. Regarding them the San Diego Union says:
 "John S. Spear, superintendent of the U. $. Indian school, Fort Yuma, this county, stopped in this city yesterday enroute to Ensenada, where he has of fcal business. His school will open on September 1 for ten months term. He expects to have 140 pupils. The young,Indians are taught farming (which is Mir. Spears own special hobby); the mechanical arts, inclusive of carpentry and blacksmithing also tailoring and the rudiments of the English language and mathematics-in short, those branches which will equip the Indian for a civilized white mans life. Incl dentally, habits of cleanliness, self-reli- ance and of preparation for the future are inculcated. The girls are taught housework and sewing.
 "The land upon which the Yuma res ervation is situated is amazingly fertile, said to be the finest in all California. Like the Nile country, it is overflowed annually and all the Indian has to do is to drop his seed corn into the soil and wait for his harvest. Properly educa ted, the Indian may learn how to become wealthy. Corn is the staple food of the Yuma tribe. The overflow takes place in June and usually lasts month or two. The land is wooded with mesquite trees, fifteen to twenty feet high, yield ing beans six to eight inches long, admir- ably adapted for stock fodder.
 "Mr. Spear declares that the real pur- pose of the segregation of land by the government in the southeastern part of this county is not to water the Imperial country, as some assert, but to irrigate the Yuma reservation during the dry season, which is in the spring. The government thinks very highly of the Yuma Indians and will endeavor to ben eft them.
 Superintendent Spear is looked upon as an oracle by his copper hued neigh bors. He is a mild hammered man, but what he says "goes." They do not rel ish, however, the obligation which he imposes of having his students cut their hair a la lawn-mower. It seems to be a tribal fetisch or religious superstition that the Yuma hair shall reach below the waist. Mir. Spear, for reasons that can be guessed at, will not allow single head to rest upon any pillow in his dor mitories until the same has been satis- l factorily shOrn. The government not | only provides tuition for the youngsters, butfeeds, clothes and lodges them gratis The idea, generally, is to arouse a desire for higher living, for better homes, for better food, to provide for the future and to prepare for old age.
 "Mr. Spears mission in Ensenada is to request Senor Vega, governor of that province, to return truants who some times scale the school fence when under discipline and escape across the Mexican border, five miles away. The little fel- lows who indulge in these escapades are as shrewd as the average white boy who plays "hookey." The Mexican rurales are willing to aid the Indian police from
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

II N. DYKE, ,ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, A' Imperial, Cal.
 Contracts and legal papers of all kinds carefully executed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
THE PICKET WINS
kentucky Colt Captures American
Derby From Bio Field.

Chicago, June 22.--The Picket,
horse that never before flashed first
past the post, won the American der
by. He set the pace every step of
the distance, was never challenged
and won in a gallop by six lengths.
He ran the derby distance a mile and
half, faster than it vas ever run
before in that race. His time was
1888. Claude. the winner of three
derbies, was second. Bernays, the
Cincinnati candidate, was third.
IL was a race without the thrill of
an exciting finish. The crowd of TO-
900 people which Witnessed the six
teenth running of the event. saw
contest that was decided when the
field turned into the stretch. In front
of struggling field The Picket ran
so easily and truly as to leave no
doubt where he would finish.
The derby was record breaking
turf event in more than the fast time
that was made. Nineteen horses
went to the post, the largest prev
ious field being fifteen. The largest
crowd that ever gathered on west
ern race track covered the Washing
ton park grounds. The race worth
s32,275 gross value, the richest in the
history of the race, with one excep-
ton. Betting on the result began in
March and continued until the horses
went to the post. More money, II Is
asserted was wagered on the derby
than on any other race ever run IN
America
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
ATTEMPT ON
| LIFE OF GAR
Matter Has Been Kept a Pro-
found Secret and Would
be AsSasSins Not Named.
The REPORT IS STARTLING
Claimed Members of the Imperial
Family Would Look Calmly On
Such Proceeding Report In
wolves the Czarina.

Berlin, June 22-The attempt to
assassinate the car of Russia, Just
made known, has revealed to all Eu.
rope that the ruler of Russia stands
in danger of sharing the fate of King
Alexander OF Servia, and Of his own
ancestor, Car Paul, who was muir.
iered more than q century ago.
An even more startling report than
that of the attempted assassination
is contained In the leading review,
Die Lanationa, and is to the effect
that members of the Russian imperial
family look with equanimity on the
rulers danger. Some say the car
ina shares in this view The malcon.
tents may deem 1t patriotic to muir.
der the car in his own palace. The
made at Tsarakee Selo, on the eve OF
the departure of the count for the inn
perial villa at New Peterhoff.
The would-be assassin attempted to
gain admittance to the presence Of
the car in the uniform of a superior
officer of the gendarmeri.
An effort was made to hush up the
affair, because of the nervous condi-
ton of the car since the Belgrade
royal massacre. Nothing has yet been
made public, however, as to the iden-
tity of the would-be assassin. Tho
most amazing report yet received.
however, is that the czarina shares in
tho general condemnation of her hus-
bands weakness and would view with
out great regret his assassination.
The amiability Of the czarina's char
acter has long been known in Europe
and the report is not generally credi-
ted. Apparently the attempt on the
cars life has been kept profound
secret from the public by himself
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
PHINNEYs BAND WILL PLAY.
Aggregation Of Musicians Which Has
Earned Fame in the East.


Des Moires, June 22-Phinney's
United States band will fill an en-
gagement at the Midland Chautauqua
July 8. This simple announcement
will recall a food of memories to the
music lovers of Des Moines, for it was
here that Professor Phinney organized
and brought to a large measure of
perfection the Iowa State Band, the
only musical organization engaged
throughout the continuance of the
worlds fair at Chicago.
Phinney's United States band is the
direct successor Of the old Iowa State
band, and it is a worthy successor.
On the occasion of the appearance of
the United States band at the
Mechanics exposition in Boston last
year the Boston Journal said:
"Phinney and his band, direct from
Chicago, drew an audience that repre-
scented the musical culture of New
England. Mr.. Phinney received a
generous reception as he appeared at
the conductors desk. The band, in
handsome uniform, made good all the
words of praise that have been pub
lished by the press of the great west,
and with the stamp of approval which
the audience of yesterday endorsed,
places the organization at the head of
the military bands of the country"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
ELEVEN KILLED IN A WRECK.
Passenger and Freight Trains Come
Together Near Raymond.

Waterloo, June 20.--Eleven killed
and two injured is the result Of wrong
reading of orders by a freight crew.
At 2:45 o'clock yesterday passenger
train No. 2 on the Illinois Central col.
lided head on into a freight one mile
west of Raymond, the first station east
of here. Had it not been for the make
up of the passenger train the death
list would have been appalling, as the
passenger was crowded with travel
ers. The Pullmans had been placed
in the center of the train, with the
coaches on behind. The weight of
the Pullmans counteracted the force of
the collision and steadied the train.
The list of dead: John r. Griffin, en-
gineer of passenger; K. ]. Bantz of
Waterloo, fireman on passenger; Fred
Scooman of Waterloo, engineer of the
freight; ]. c. Mills of Waterloo, fire.
man of the freight; E. r. Stickney,
brakeman of the freight, Of Waterloo:
three tramps, unidentified; one immi.
grant, unidentified; Postal Clerk
Groom of Dubuque.
The accident took place upon a
curve. Neither engineer knew of the
approach of the other until the head
light of the opposing engine popped
up in front with only ten feet apart.
The passenger was going at the rate
of fifty miles an hour, and inside of
second both engines were fit only for
junk, and the lives of the engine
crews had been wiped out of exist
ence. 1t was all due to the misread-
ing of orders by the freight crew.
They had no right to the track and
had Just left Raymond, although they
should have remained until the pas
senger had passed.
The worst damage was done to the
freight train, there being seventeen
cars piled on top Of the other, with
the baggage car upon top OF the
bunch. Pieces of steel from the en-
CINE were hurled distance of two
hundred feet, and the fact that none
of the passengers in the three sleep
ers were injured seems almost mirac-
Mons
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
CLEVELAND DOESN'T WANT IT.
Wants to Spend Remaining Days
With Family at Princeton.

Wants to Spend Remaining Days
With Family at Princeton.
New York, June 20.-The World
publishes dispatch from Princeton,
~ j., quoting Ex-President Cleveland
as saying.
1T is perfectly absurd to suppose
for an instant that have any desire
TO re-enter public life. Nor have i
remotely entertained the thought
since l left Washington, more than
six years ago. The matter is as far
from my thoughts as it was in 1896,
when, all must admit, it was not with
in my hearing or sight. have no
higher aspiration than to pass my
days in peace with my family around
me, and take no part in politics which
any private citizen cannot take with
the utmost propriety.
II have never spoken to anybody on
the subject of fourth candidacy. /
have never written to single politi-
cal friend one way or the other, nor
have | been written to or spoken to
by them. There is not political
leader of any prominence endeavor-
ing to advance any movement to NOM
mate me in any state, so far as have
been advised, nor do anticipate that
any such effort will be made by any
leader prominent or obscure, in any
locality.
Il have on several occasions within
a year undertaken to perform the
labor which usually falls to the pri.
vate life in the ranks. but there has
not lurked within me the hope of any
reward save the consciousness OF
having made an effort to assist in
bringing about salutary conditions in
the party"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
BIG DAY FOR cLSaMoNr.
Lincoln Monument Presented and
Henderson Statue Dedicated.

Clermont, June 20.--In the little
towE of Clermont, marked o=ly as the
home of Former Governor Larrabee,
yesterday over 5000 people assembled
in recognition of the reunion of the
Twelfth Iowa regiment, the presenta-
ton of the Lincoln monument and the
unwilling and dedication of the mag
nificent bronze statue of Hon. ID. B.
Henderson, both works of art being
the gift of Hon. William Larrabee.
While the presentation of the Lin
coin monument and the address by
Mr. Larrabee was attended by an
unusual amount of interest, it was the
magnificent bronze statue of Col. Hen
derson toward which the eyes of the
comrades of the Twelfth Iowa turned.
The ceremony was most impressive.
AS the folds were released by Miss
Helen Larrabee, the youngest child
the magnificent work of art, there
were none present who failed to catch
the solemnity of the occasion, while
Col. Henderson, at the base, allowed
his tears to fall unrestrained.
Upon the statue were draped two
flags, one the flag which led his COM
pany into the engagement in which
Col Henderson lost his leg, and which
Is still dyed in the blood of Lieut..
Cole, who lost his life there. The
other, flag made and presented by
Miss Sorens, then preceptress Of Up
per Iowa university, and whose pres
entation speech was most effectively
read by Miss Beulah Wright, Of u.
/. U.
Another pleasing feature was the
sasln song by Mrs. Chas. d. Neff, Of
Upper Iowa University, sung from the
same score used ut the presentation Of
the flag. when the hoary heads now
bowed with age, were the brave and
gallant boys who enlisted in their
country's cause from old Upper Iowa
university. Some of these boys came
from far-off states, but they were
nearly all there, $50 of them, who
looked at and listened to Col. Hender.
son with rnconcealed admiration, and
1t was they who occupied seats of
honor and cheered, laughed and cried
with every word of their beloved
Dave.
Senator Dolliver made the leading
address of the day and this was re-
sponded to by Col. Henderson. Among
those of note who were upon the
platform were Hon. and Mrs. LARA
bee, Hon. and Mrs. Henderson, Col.
Sweeney, former member of congress
from the Fourth district of Iowa; Col.
Simpson of Kansas, Col. Rood of Mt.
Vernon, Congressman Haugen OF
Northwood. Major Reed Of Chicago,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
ONE JUROR FOR AcoulTTAL.
Eleven Men at Jackson Would Have
Convicted Jett of Murder.

Jackson, KY. June 20.--But for one
Juror, Curtis Jett would have been
convicted here yesterday for the muir
der of Marcum. and majority of the
Jury favored the conviction of Thomas
White, also. Both are now one hun
ired miles from home, in Jail at Lex
ington, and their next trial will be al
Cynthiana, over one hundred miles
from Jackson, away from the noun
tains and In the blue grass region,
under very different conditions from
those existing in Breathitt county
The interest in the change of venue
Yesterday was second only TO the YER
1ict. With general confidence In the
surroundings of the next trial. there
Is a belief here that everything Is
for the best after ALL" II the verdict
had been one of conviction, the resi-
tents here feel that violence would
nave followed, and that 1t would have
extended to others than witnesses
Jurors and those who had taken part
n the prosecution. 1t is thought now
hat after the trials of Jet and White
Harrison county the cases of other
assassin.s who are known here, and
who have never been arrested, will
,e taken up with some assurances Of
Justice on a change of venue.