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Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
CHAUNCEY's CHANGES.

Senator Chauncey M. Depew. always a friend in need, has made affidavit that William k. Vanderbilt has been good for the past eight years. No doubt this is true. but MT. Depew takes some risk in swearing to it. He is liv- ing in New York and MT. Vanderbilt in Paris. Things might happen over there without Mir. Depew's knowledge even if Paris were an easier place to be good in than it is. Besides, while MT. Depew Is doubtless a judge of goodne ss he is not a judge of wickedness, and tn be able to give certificates of this sort with confidence one must know a little of both.
 The senator went to Albany the other day to give one of his famous cert'ff- cates of good character to the assembl 7 and never saw a lobbyist while therr. although the corridors of the capital were blockaded with them. He though, they were all farmers come to see MT Raines vote for high license. So even if he were in Paris and saw anything out of the way he would never know it
 Fortunately, there is no reason tc suppose that his affidavit about MT Vanderbilt is incorrect, but when he testifies in this breezy way to thinge beyond his knowledge he is certainly taking chances.-New York World
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
Fair Play.

For reasons not easy to be deter mined, the libel laws of New York work great injustice to the newspapers and add needlessly to the risks. difficulties and uncertainties that everywhere at- tend the business. This is as true Of these laws as they apply to the most scrupulous and conscientious men in the business as to the few who are in it for ignoble and unworthy motives. The statutes relating to actions for libel are so drawn as to make it almost impossible for the courts to discrimin- ate between editors or publishers charged with this offense who are clearly innocent of any wrong motive whatever, and those who have deliber- ately printed vicious and defamatory matter.
 The libel statutes seem, indeed, to have been framed, for the most part, on the assumption that newspapers are owned and edited by a rascally set for rascally purposes. who deserve to be hauled before the courts at frequent in tervals as a matter of principle, wheth- CT they have actually committed any offenses or not, but just to remind them that they are under suspicion and need watching. Contrary to the rule that obtains with men engaged in other Oc- equations. the editor or publisher is held accountable for every word he
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
GROWTH OF RELIGION.

An eminent German authority or re ligious statistics, taking up a recent claim by an English paper setting forth the great increase of Mohammedans. especially in India, says it can be "stat- cd with certainty that Christianity is growing more rapidly than any other religion" Stating the population of the world at 1.544,51O GOO, the German statis- tician figures out the religions of the world as follows: Christians, 534,140,- coo, or something less than one third Jews, 10,S60,000; Mohammedans, 175,200, 900, and heather, among whom he in- cludes 90O,O0000O of Confucians, S23.- 10000 or more than one-half the worlds total population.
 It is in India, under British doYnin- ion, that the increase of Moslems ie greatest. Tn the 10 years from 1891 to 1901 they increased from 57 1-3 millions to 621a millions, while the heathen pop ulation showed slight decrease. It is also to be remembered that Islam in India is not a native, but foreign re- ligion. At the same time. the Christian population in India, the seat of the greatest missionary work, had grown tc 2,923,O00, an increase of 63S, ,000, which is propcrtionattely a good showing l. is to be recalled in this connection that much money and vast energies arc en- listed in the propagation of Christian ity in India, while Mohammedanism lacks these auxiliaries. The Christian population of India is quite fluctuating
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
No Friend but the Public.

One of the most picturesque and en- tertaining figures of public life in this country today is young MT. Jerome of New York People cannot understand him. He talks all the time, and cer- tain class are very sure that he will talk the community tired of him. Just as they reach this conclusion. he makes some new turn that leads everybody to forget that he has hitherto been talk ing at all The new thing fills their entire attention. So he moves along through a succession of brilliant nov cities
 It will be remembered that, when the election seemed to hang in the balance, he opened against Platt and Whitney and other men of recognized 'infiu- ence." It was conceded that this had done for him, and To, he turned up smiling with a handsome majority, elected in spite of the prophets. It looked as if the people rather enjoyed his temerity. Now he has made an- 
 for years been his law partner has been talking with one of the leaders in this move against the Metropolitan Street Railway company, and, while this was going on, there was a stencgrapher in hiding in the room who took down notes of the conversation. MT. Jerome al once uses this against his former partner There are critics who assume that a man has no right to go back OH his associate, especially if this in- wolves putting the former partner in T position discreditable to himself.
 In this case, as in others before it Jerome, so far as appears has taken the attitude that it is his official duty to see that justice is done and that il is the thing itself and not the person dcing it that determines the propriety of an act. He pitches in when it does net even seem necessary sometimes, es- pecially in the way of tossing in an opinion or passing a severe Judgment and has all the manner of the man who puts the public service above personal matters of any sort, and whose first friend is the community that he is serv- ing, to which his allegiance must come first. There is no doubt that in theory the man is right, but also there is nc doubt that many of the people, repre- sented in the community to which he feels so firmly bound, regard him a: little better than crank. It's 9 queer world
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

An American priest in the Philippines writes to the Catholic Transcript that the friars have been huddled in the Manila convents for four years-'prac tically prisoners are beginning to leave the islands, while all the time many parishes in the interior are pas torless and hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are without the consolation of religion He attributes this state of things to the malign influence of the friar- hating. church-hating federal party over the American authorities. "I do not wish to be Dessimistic," he writes. but unless heroic measures are taken, in less than five years half Of the people of these islands will be lost to the church" Our esteemed neigh bor finds the letter of this correspond ent unsatisfa ctory because vague. If wants to know definitely whether the United States government is detaining the friars by force in Manila. afar from the pastorless parishes. If they are not held in durance vile, why" it asks, 'are they not at the post where martyr dom threatens"
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
A Broken Ring.

There is still some uncertainty among members of the Young Mems Democratic club regarding the catas- trophe of Tuesday. The town of Phoe- nix was enlivened yesterday by the emergence from dust and mortar and other debris of members of the club. covered with scars and other evidences of a struggle. They did not precisely know what had hap pened except that there was a general understanding among the survivors that they had encountered the re- spectable element.
 They did not know it was so strongly intrenched. The moral furnished by the result of the election in Phoenix Tuesday is this: The voters have been taught to break political collars.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

in his own section, or in his own pro-
 fession, his influence was beyond -M
 proportion to any personal recoguit.oI
 he had ever received. For the per-oj
 of generation he has served the pa
 pie of Chattanooga, of Tennessee, oi
 the southwest, of the whole country,
 with an absolute fidelity and a Gevo-
 ton to truth and righteousness that
 took no thought of self. The only re-
 ward he sought was in the approval O.
 his concience and in the prosperity Of
 the newspaper which he directed.
 Ut is as a type of the patriotic Amer
 ican editor that Col. MacGowan deser-
 yes more than the perfunctory record
 of his death He was a lawyer by pro-
 fession, but entered the military service
 of the county at the outbreak of tha
 civil war, attaining the rank of colonel
 of artillery and a brigadier general by brevet After the war he settled at
 Chattanooga and engaged in newspa-
 per work, and for the past twenty-five
 years he had been the editor-in-chicf of the Chattanooga Times, fighting as
 fearEessly and earnestly for the best interests of his community and for every righteous cause as he had fought for the country when it needed his ser vices in the field. Those familiar with American newspapers know how stead fastly he held to his sound convictions in defiance of every passing wave of political commotion, turning aside for no fallacy or fad and sacrificing tine popularity of the moment to enduring principle. He labored necessarily, and
 ,4sarsra ag.f for public honesty, for enlightened pol icies. for the true advancement of the people whom he served, and who owe more to him than they ever can repay At three--score and ten he has passc.i to his rest, as poor in this worlds goods as when he left the army. bat rich ln | the esteem of those whose esteem is 1 best worth having and in the cOrsciCus- ] ness of useful work well done.
 Noble and dignifled as this record is l it is not singular It is repeated over | all this broad land. With the develop ment of the modern newspaper, in the smaller as in the larger cities, the in- | dividual editor has become less con | spicuous than in former years. but hi work has not grown less important be ! cause less likely to win him persona 1 distinction Its impersonality rathe' emphasizes it's self -abnegation. Tner9 ! is no question of his own advantage | of political favor or popular fame. H' owes allegiance only to the genera welfare and to his own moral and in- | tellectual convictions. His one endea- l vor is to learn the truth and to pro- claim it, to oppose the wrong, to uphold
 the right, to devote whatever talents may be his to safeguard and advance
 the enduring interests of the people
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

The woman suffrage committee went through the usual farcical performance in Connecticut recently and this time a majority have reported favorably upon a bill giving women the suffrage in mu- nicipal matters if they pay taxes on as much as $500 This bars out all women who do not pay taxes and is absurd on it's face. The year 1903 has been back ward one for female suffrage all over the country, and it is not likely that this freak proposal will be seriously entertained by a Connecticut legisla- ture
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
ALASKAN PETROLEUM REPORTS.

On several occasions reports have come from the north, registering tine discovery of rich petroleum fields in Alaska, more particularly in the neigh borhood of Cooks inlet and the mouth of the Copper river. Small samples of what purports to be the product of these fields have been brought down to the sound cities by :"serested parties, and glowing reports, of the quality and volume of the oil Issuing from the ground in natural springs have been telegraphed everywhere. Several miles of the belt at the mouth of the Copper river are reported to have been located
 On the strength of these reports sev- eral companies have been organized in the sound cities to exploit the Alaskan oil fields. A later Tacoma dispatch says every steamer leaving port for Copper river carries north a large quantity of boring machinery and other oil-mining supplies. and we are assured from the same source that twenty we'll boring plants will be in operation in the Kay ak and Coal Oil bay districts of South ern Alaska before next August. One company is said to control 12,000 acres of these oil lands.
 Petroleum in paying quantities may be one of the mineral resources of Alaska. It is too soon to deny or to doubt it's existence there. It is also premature to assert that it does exist in either an extensive or a contracted field. The latter must be intelligently prospected before any definite knowl- edge on the subject is obtained. So far the promoters of the Alaskan oil fields have acted more like men who were skillfully working up a tock-jobbing scheme than a genuine enterprise. The shipment of boring machinery to the reputed oil fields is not in itself con elusive evidence that the enterprises launched on the market are strictly meritorious. If the oil flows from the ground in the territory described as petroleum bearing from numerous springs, as has been represented by the promoters of these companies, some thing bulkler and more convincing than few small bottles of the crude prod uct ought to have been submitted in evidence before this. Without even suggesting. therefore, that the oil measures in and around Cooks inlet
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
HaIdeman on Organization.

Hon. Bruce Haldeman of Louisville, Ky, president and general manager of the Louisville Courier-Journal, while in New Orleans a few days ago, discussed the proposed newspaper organization of the South He expressed himself as be- ing in thorough accord with the idea Of the Southern Publishers convention held at Atlanta last week for the pur- pose of organizing the Southern News paper association.
 MT. Haldeman said he thought that such an organization would be benefi- cial to all the Southern publishers and bring about the greater advancement of Southern newspaper interests.
 Anything that is to the interest of the Southern publishers is very near to me-" he remarked. While I have not looked into the details of this conven- tion, am assured that it is in the right direction.
 "The American Newspaper Publish CTS association is an organization ol value to publishers all over the country. A Southern organization could be built up on similar grounds whereby inter- ests that are not of a scope to interest the full membership of the larger as sociation might be taken up and han dled to the mutual advantage of not only the Southern publishers but of the great general South as we'll"
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

and the mouth of the Copper river are nonresident, it is we'll enough for those who are interested in mining proposi- tions like these exploited in the sound cities to be conservative in their stock investments until better proof than any yet submitted of the productiveness of the Alaskan deposits is produced. The sound cities have been somewhat mo- torious of late as the hatcheries Of wild cat enterprises located in the far north fact which was very recently demon strated in our own courts.-San Fran cisco Chronicle
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

Montreal is not enjoying the strike of her wharf laborers. It developed ugli- ness and violence early in the proceed ings. Tuesday of last week the police proved a broken reed, and Wednesday morning found 700 militiamen on duty along the waterfront Mayor Cochrane insists that trey were ordered out un- necessarily; he took a long walk along the wharves Tuesday, he says, and no striker molested him. On the contrary they gave him a friendly welcome. The Montreal Gazette does not find Mayor CCchrane's personal experience con- vincing. If he desired to show that he recognized the duty confded to him as chief magistrate of the city" it says. "a method was open to him quite as easily applied as an ostentatious pa rade O; the wharves. He had only to take his coat off and go to work upon one of the ships. Then he would have realized the value of the protection he was according"
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
MIR. BRYAN SEES A LIGHT.

While in Missouri a few days ago Mir. Bryan called on Joseph Folk at St. Louis and had a long talk. presumably in regard to the scandals of the Mis- souri legislature. In this weeks Com moncr nothing is said about the fitness Of William Stone for presidential nom- ination, or for anything else. Appar- ently MT. Bryans call upon MT. Folk was not without result.-Kansas City Journal.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
CURRENT COMMENT
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Rewarded Only With Knowledge of
 Work Well Done.

Taking the death of J. E. MacGowan editor of the Chattanooga Times, as its text, the Philadelphia Ledger delivers the following eulogy on the editor wh1 stands on his convictions:
 Few persons in this part of the country familiar with the name of J. F. MacGCwan,' says the Ledger. Even
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

and. including Europeans. dGe5 not number three millions, while the Mos lem contingent has increased in 20 years by 12,Gcj,oc9 souls.-Pittsburg Post.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

Many a man has acquired reputa- tion for generosity by spending bor- rowed money.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
sANAToRIUMS
OPTICAL GOODS
ADOLPH FRESE

Eyeglasses, Optical Goods and Draughtsmen and Surveyors Supplies Manufacturer and importer Los An geles, Cal. 126 s. Spring St. Sunset Tel Main 1042. Home Tel. 1042.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
James Jones Go. Brass Works

TelephOne Main 93S, Los Angeles. Cal ELECTRIC RAILROAD BRASS SUP PLIES Brass steam fittings brass valves irrigation valves. office and bank railings, plumbers specialties. Prompt attention given to ali special brass work. Brass and bronze castings. BUYERS OF SCRAP BRASS and COPPER.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

from Los The Geat old  natural 
  O floors this cost Q irn shadet nacada anizels mod garh ISLAND VILLA without board
  irons
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07

VULCAN IRON WORKS, 9l7-9I9 \. Main st.. manfrs. stamp mills, ore crush CTS, well tools. General machine work.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
MACHINERY, ENGIN Es, ETC.

WESTERN IRON WORKS, 9OS-92S \. Main st. manufact'rs crude oil engines and pumps Complete irrigating plants.
Arizona republican., 1903-05-07
Southern California Advertisements
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

ARNOTT & COMPANY, Los Angeles. Cal. Vehicles, Farm Machinery. Mail orders solicited. Write for catalogue.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
Miners Elect Delegates.

At meeting held in Williams
burg last night by the Coal Miners
union delegates we're selected to the
Pueblo convention which meets next
week
1t was the sense of the meeting that
strike at this time was not the
proper thing from the fact that the
southern field was not organized and
that the delegates use their influence
to that end.
II is reported that John Gehr was
given the cold shoulder at the meeting
and he did not stay long, at least that
is what is told by one who was there.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
Receives Many Offers.

The summer has brought Rev
Ralph II. Houseman pastor of the
Presbyterian church several invita-
tIons to labor in other fields. the last
solicitation is one particularly fatter.
ing. The Tribune is informed that
he is satisfied to stand by his present
congregation in these stringent times.
Mr.. Houseman has labored hard in
this charge and has built it up to its
present fine standard His congrega-
tion has learned to love him and
would be loath to give him up. He
is man Of God. working for the sal :
vation of souls and not for position
that commands the highest salary.
The church and congregation at tins
place is in better condition today than
ever.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
WILLIAM BYRD ARRAlGNED
Plead Not Guilty and Hearing Sci
For Next Friday.

William Byrd, the negro who at
tempetd to take the life Of a colored
woman at Chandler Tuesday evening.
and who was arrested yesterday morn
ing and taken to Canon City, was ar
raigned before Judge Minor yesterday
afternoon and made plea Of not
guilty. His preliminary was set for
next Friday after which he WAS placed
in the county Jail.
Byrd has the reputation of being
bad man and all the mn,ers at
Chandler were afraid Of him. Not.
withstanding all that, quite few Of
the colored miners were his friends.
Byrd has been into number Of bad
scrapes
The woman he shot was taken to
the company hospital at Pueblo last
evening. 1t is thought she will re
cover unless blood poisoning should
set in. 1t is now thought the bullet
instead of passing through the body
struck the breast bone and followed it
around to the opposite side from which
it went in.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
Coal Creek Items.

George Menor had his arm broken
lats Wednesday by tina board breaking
ON which he IVES playing see-saw.
Mr.. Cosby of Cripple Greek is
visiting Isaac Jones.
The Odd Fellows conferred the
third degree on Thos. Jones last
Saturday evening, after which lunch
was served.
Mr.. Cosby and the Misses Irene
and Elva Jones visited Mr.. Cosby 4
sister at Canon 7City last Wednesday
The Evening Star Rebekah lodge
No. will attend services in the
M. E. church in n body Sunday morn
ing at IL a. M, Rev William John
officiating.
j. j. Mellor and VIM. Morgan
have bought an interest in A p, Eas-
ton 3 store at this place.
The Colorado Supply 90 team ran
away Thursday smashing the wagon
and the driver had one of his legs
tsprained, and they had to finish the
day with one of Alf. Salmon's wagons.
George Buchanan is in Denver this
week attending the Masonic grand
lodge.
Thos. Cowperthwaite left Tuesday
for Roll4. Missouri, to begin his
third year in the SCHOOL of mines
Charles Whitaker. the electriciaG
at Garfield left Thursday for AguilaI
to fill similar position.
Mrs. T. Evans Is down from
Colorado Springs on a visit,
The young people of the M. e.
church organized an Epworth League
last Thursday evening.
H. II. Rosser and Robert Jack OF
Victor. were in Coal Greek Tuesday
en- route TO the state fair at Pueblo.
The republicans held primary last
evening.
Mr.. aln Mrs. Joseph Gilbert are at.
tending the fair at Pueblo this week
} The truant officer is very busy
rounding up the youngsters this week
FMS.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
Old Resident Dead i,

Died. at the family residence on
Hardscrabble a, / O'Clock this morn
ing. B. h. Henderson, in the S4th
year Of his age.
The cause of Mr.. Henderson s death
WAS an attack of pneumonia.
He left large family of children,
the most Of whom are married. but all
are grown. The wife died number
of years ago.
Mr.. Henderson was an old resident
of this county and much respected.
He came to Colorado in 1874
The funeral will be held Tuesday.
The Deibert Undertaking company
will have charge.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
Searchlight on Pixies Peak.

There is now located ON the summit
of Pixies Peak in the government OBJ
servatory large marine searchlight.
The light was put up Thursday and
that night it could be plainly seen
from the streets. as it was flashed over
the surrounding country. When it
was turned on Colorado Springs the
light had the appearance Of very
large and bright star. and the shadows
could be seen AS the light WAS flashed
in different directions. The lens is
capable of throwing light Ave miles
and on clear night better test Of
its power can be made.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
One Fare For Trip

Lost Angeles or San Francisco. via
Union Pacific.
The Union Pacific will sell round
trip tickets to San Francisco or Los
Angeles at rate of one fare for tie
round trip from Oct. 8 to 1s. 1908.
Liberal stop over arrangements both
going and returning. Final retl m
limit November 80.
Tickets also sold returning through
Portland a Sihasta K K route or O r
a. N steamers. San Francisco to Port
land for tl8. 30 additional. Be cure
your tickets read over Union Pacific.
See your local agent or address z.
r. Griffin, General Agent, Denver,
for fuil information.
The daily tribune., 1903-09-19
Takes Back Recruits.

Lieutenant Roy MnCandless W who hAs
been down from the district for sew.
eral days for recruits for Company A
returned to Camp Goldfield today. II
was hard matter to secure recruits
and very few cared to tie themselves
to the militia for any considerable
time. Four or five was secured from
this place and two from Canon City.
A large box containing packages for
the boys in the service sent by lov.
ing friends and home folks, will be
highly appreciated.