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w. 5. May recently fitted the A. X N. NJ. directors car with his sytem or lighting, which is considered the very best for train service. The fittings are in harmony with the elegant furn- ishings Of the car.
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August Richter, Of Gallup, N. M., who arrived in Clifton last week, has purchased Square Game Chevez's saloon on Copper Avenue, where he VI - flee lnsse->--z,s and night. He will be assisted by that prince Of good fellows, Joe Nunnhuber.
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The called statement of the First National Bank or Clifton will be found ,n this issue of the ERA. It shows that the business of the bank is growing rapidly, which is d recommendation to the management of the institution.
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MINOR MENTION


Ellis Williams, one o' Clifton's best base ball players. met with an acci- dent last Sunday and will not be able to play again for d few weeks.
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Herbert Martyr, assistant superin- tendent at the Standard mines. will spend few days in Clifton under the doctors care
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Belle Springs butter is becoming very popular with the Clifton people at Smiths store.
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LOCAL. MINES AND MINING.

F. L. Frye, one of the fortunate prospectors Of Gold Hill camp, spent a couple Of days in town this week lay ing in supplies. Mr. Frye has been busy for some time past arranging his camp, which is the most pleasantly situated in the district. He has spring of fine water which he has piped to his camp. There is sufficient water to irrigate a garden. Nature has supplied the camp with wild cher ry trees and grape vines, making it an ideal retreat.
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Owing to the condition Of the !A. F. & A. NJ. lodge room while undergoing repairs, there will be no meeting Sat nrday night next. Regular meeting June 9.
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The school census Of South Clifton shows 40 children Of school age, a. against lls last year.
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Everybody should have ticket for Fourth of July drawing at Smiths store.
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The ERA Is in receipt Of "An Open Letter" addressed to the managers of the copper companies. signed by An drew kimball. Wm. D. Johnson aud Chas. M. Layton, presidency Of the Mormon colony. The letter. which, while dated on the 9th did not arrive here until the 12th, after its appearance in the newspapers Of the valley. If reproduced in the ERA now it would be stale reading. Several months ago President Kimball had letter on the same subject. This paper was then furnished copy, which also arrived several days after the publication Of the same article in other papers of the county. It is now stale reading, and will therefore not be published in the ERA.
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l. NJ. Christy. territorial auditor, arrived in Clifton last night, and will spend today examining the Gila Val ley Banks of Clifton and Morenci. which are Repositories for territorial funds, ard also doing business unde, the territorial laws. This is Mr. Christy's first trip to this section Of ; he far,.ifnrr
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Fresh cantaloupes at Smiths store.
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Judge Laneerman finished taking the school census in precinct No. 2 Saturday last, and his records show 670 children in the old Clifton pre- cinct. There are 359 boys and 3ll girls; 30l attended public school, 6l private school and 30S did not attend school. There are 50 more school chil- dren in the district than last year, which is a very fair showing. The judge says that it is customary to mul- tiply the school population by seven to arrive at the population of ths pre- cin,t, which would give precinct No. T "a population of more than 450O. Pre- cinct IS has a population of more than 1000, making a total fo: the town Of at least 550O. While the growth of the town Is not remarkable. still it has been steady. It has never shown a decrease-always forging ahead.
 Gila river box have now passed the mouth of Eagle river, and will soon move their camp to the mouth of the Frisco. There are several surveying parties in the Duncan country, all presumably in the interest Of the & II. They have beap engaged in run ming preliminary lines through that section. Two surveying outfits have passed through Clifton going north during the past few weeks. They are supposed to be in the employ Of the & F., but they are not communicative as to their duties. It is now pretty gen. erally settled in the minds of the peo- pie that thc = H-mean- 70 build line of railroad from Solomonvflle up the Gila river and on to a connection with the main line at Deming.
 l. N. Stevens. who was drawn on the U. $. petit jury at Tombstone, re- turned last week, having been ex- cused by the judge on account Of inn portant business Mir Stevens re- ports that all the Clifton people at. tending court were having good time with the exception of Mat. Dan- euhaur, who was having all kinds ot trouble. It seems that Mat was in. troduced into society by Colonel Alphabetical Upton, the Ward Me Alister of Cochise county. Mat did the colonel up with his best girl at the first sitting, and the colonel is now popdering over that old problem whether it were better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. He has intimated that most seri- ous trouble will surely follow. Friends of both parties have been trying to arrange a truce. which the colonel would readily agree to if Mat would cut out the girl and leave Tombstone at once, but Mat says he likes the climate and nay conclude to locate there permanently. Society people will have their troubles.
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The annual hegira to the Califor- -n'a summer resorts is now-Dn. frese- trips are necessary to the health and comfort of the people, who certainly need d change from the heat and dust of Clifton. The ERA has several times called the attention oi the public to Granville. where an ideal summer re- sort could be established at small cost. The camp can be reached over good wagon road from Metcalf. The altitude i5 b.tween six and seven thousand feel, the climate bcing ideal throughout the summer months.
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I, P. P. Greer, Cashier or the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief F. r. GREER. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of June l9O4 FRANK E. LANE, (SeaD Notary Public My commission expires Nov. 20th, 1905 Correct--Attest:
 E. M. WILLIAMS,
 DirectOrs:I SAM ABRAHAM.
 J. x. ROBINSON.
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camp in Coronado mou4tains last week and spent few days i1 town.
 F. T. Fancher, lawyer of Sparta, Tennessee, is spend bg few dave here on business .or h is clients.
 Mrs. Theodore kli9 and son and Mrs. Kline's sister, Miss Green, left yesterday for Silver City on visit.
 Frank Norte, who owns much Cliff ton property. arrived last week from Chihuahua, where he is now residing.
 s. N. Mores, late Of Los Angeles, arrived last week to take position with the L. w. Blinn lur Der com pany.
 Mrs. Yorke left this week for Colo rado Springs, Colorado, where she will spend the summer visiting rela- tives.
 Mrs. George Webster and children left Tuesday last for Santa Monica, California, where they will spend the summer.
 Mrs. A. G. Smith will leave Satur- day next for Los Angeles and Long Beach, where she will remain until September.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. G. Spann left yes terday for the worlds fai. at St. Louis. They will be absent about two months.
 Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dunn returned Sunday last from St Louis, where they spent few weeks viewing the won- ders Of the fair.
 Miss Cummings, 1hte Of the Monroe street hospital of Chicago, arrived last week to accept pPsition as nurse in the A. C. hospital.
 Col q. Klri--~ prominent tate k, arriyd in Cliff ton TSs rbu=irress.
 Mr. an6 esr Colquhoun and children left< sdefday morning for their old home in Scotland, where they will spend the summer.
 Mir. and Ms. Walter Payne and daughters, Mrs. Neitch and Miss Bessie, left this morning for California, where they will spend the summer.
 Wm. Price and family left last week for the Gila valley, where they will spend d few weeks and then m )ve to Utah, where they will locate per manentlv.
 A large number of stockholders visited the Standard mines Sun lay last. where they spent pleasant day and returned home well satisfied with the outlook Of tbe property.
 George H. Kelly. editor Of the h. ternatiOnal-A American, of Douglas, spent couple of days at Clifton and Morenci last week. Mir. Kelly is en- thusiastic oyer the future Of Douglas, which he thinks will rival Fl Paso in few years.
 MT. and Mrs. ]. F.. Thompson and son Joe and Miss Sarah Woodman re- turned Sunday evening from tue Blue river country, where they spent two very pleasant weeks camping. They were met at the Johnson ranch by Miss Felicia Smith, who accompanied tn em home.
 J. F. Bennett, Jr., representing the Sullivan Machinery company, with headquarters for the southwest in Fl Paso, is spending few T, -s in the camp. Joe is 2etbil LII 1ld timer, having be<1borny in the southwest.
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Duffy Morrow came down from the Mo9ollons last week to attend to some important business matters. He re. ports the mountain camp as pretty quiet, owii-S to the scarcity of water. de predicts that the camp will be the liyeliest and best in New Mexico when the rainy season starts.
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Considerable interest was manifest in the election held Saturday night last for the election of the Union High School. Some ten days previous to the date Of the lection notices signed by Wm. A. Moody had been posted, calling the election for the school house in South Clifton. On Friday dodgers were circulated, stating that the election would be held at Library Hall. This confused matters some what. and as a consequence two elec- tions were held, one at the school house in South Clifton and one at Library Hall. At the election in South Clifton Jesse Yoakum presided and |: X: Townsend acted as secretary. Twenty-six votes were cast, all for South Clifton. At Library hall Jas. 6. Cromb acted as chairman and J. R. Hampton secretary. Ninety-five votes were cast, S2 for North Clifton, F for South Clifton and one for Chase Creek. The question now bothering the people is: Was either meeting legal. and if so, which one? The law requires that ten days notice be given by posting notices, etc. The law was complied with, but on the day before the meet ing second notice was posted chang ing the meeting place. Whether the superintendent had the right to make this change is question upon which lawyers do not agree, some maintain ing that the only legal meeting was the one held in South Clifton, while others maintain that the superintend ent had the right to change the meet ing place. The location Of the high school is Of no particular importance to either precinct, hence it is not likely that the legality of the location will be contested. The next election in order will be for five school trus- tees for the union high school district. The trustees Of the old districts have nothing to do with the high school, as was the case under the old law. Chase creek has given notice that she will soon ask to be cut off from precinct No. 3. in order that she may establish uew precinct. Chase creek furnishes majority of the school children, and is no doubt entitled 10 district if she wants it, but she will find that it is quite an expense to establish and maintain a new school.
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Jeo Terrell. manager Of the Double Circle ranch, was in town last week. Joe says that his section was blessed couple of weeks ago with a good raln' which put water inst where it was needed, and was great help to the cattle, which have been imnrov- Ing eyer since. Had v sen Tor that rain. the losses on the ranch would have been very heavy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
WILKINS GOES TO PRISON

Lebanon, N. H., Nov. 22.-William
Henry wilkins of Wentworth charged
with the murder of his wife, Laura
wilkins, September 30, appeared in
the superior court in Grafton county
Yesterday before Justice Robert J.
Pike. wilkins counsel pleaded not
guilty by reason of insanity. Judge
Pike ordered that wilkins be com.
mitted to the State prison until dis
charged by due course of law. In
doing so Judge Pike stated that he
was not sent there at hard labor, not
for punishment, but for the safety of
the public.
wilkins did not speak word from
the time he left the Jail and was
placed in steel cell during the noon
hour and an officer remained with
him. He sat on the bunk with his
eyes gazing at the floor and did not
look up at any one passing the door.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24

lative body-it is particularly unfor-
tunate that the minority in the next
Congress should be so largely section
al. Northern States which are re-
presented by 90 Democrats in the pres.
ent Congress have elected only 20 to
the next There will be at least 20
solidly Republican State delegations,
as against l6 at present, and several
more with but one Democrat e3ch,
New York loses Democrats, New
Jersey 2, Pennsylvania 3, Illinois 8,
Indiana 2, Ohio 3, aud Missouri
Such strong men as Cowherd of Mis-
souri, and Williams of Illinois are
among the fallen. Whether the mi
nority can recover from this blow
sufficiently to make next year any
thing like the effective opposition it
did in the last, under Mr.. John Sharp
williams, is question in which
men of all pa ties have an interest. I"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
NAN PATTERSON'S TRIAL.

New York, Nov. 22.-On entering
court this morning Nan Patterson
seemed much perturbed at the gaze of
the curious Thong in the room.
When she reached her seat she turned
and kissed her father. Rarely has q
murder case attracted such morbid
crowds as this trial. Police sergeant
Norris was the first witness. He and
Captain Sweeney who followed iden-
titled the revolver with which Young
was killed. Frederick E. Miohaels
who drove the cab ia which the fatal
shot was fred identified the defendant
as Que of his passengers but could not
identify the photograph of Young as
the picture OF the other. He told the
story of the drive from the time
Young engaged the cab until the de j.
PENDANT was taken to the station
house. He said he heard no talking
in the cab and that neither the man
nor the woman was under the inhu-
ence of liquor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
SOCIETY SCRUB GIRL.

Denver, Col, Nov. 81. AT noon
Friday big auto, filled with roll
licking bevv of well dressed women,
skidded up to the State Capitol. All
eyes centered on the prettiest girls,
Miss Sadie Kennedy, who sat with
serious mi, in the topneau.
She was the last to get out. When
she did hei laughing friends surround
ed her, ar the jolly circle hurried
up the steI and through the hall to
the marble stairway in the center of
the buildii :.
The your, woman carried bucket
in one hand and in the other scrub.
bling brush and huge piece of SOAP
With swish of silk she hurried up
the steps. threw herself down On her
knees and be.,~n to apply soap and
water to the steps.
Every stroke of the brush brought
peals of leugnter from her frierds.
When the young society scrub woman
got half way down tue stairs, Gov.
Peabody emerged from his private
office and stopped to watch her. She
nodded to him aud said spitefully :
"Ihis is all your fault, Governor.
am paying my bet that you would be
elected"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
SUSPECTS IN-VAULT


Chicago, Nov. 22.-Ordeal by MUIR
dered corpse. applied yesterday by
the police to secure confession to
the III rider Of Natoli Selefani, whose
body was found in Lake Michigan q
fortnight ago, failed to secure the
desired result.
The body OF Selefaui, which had
been in Mount Carmel cemetery, was
exhumed, carried to vault and
placed in a sitting posture. The
right arm and hand were propped up
in such manner chat the index finger
pointed directly at the face of an per-
son entering the vault. The attitude
of the body was made as nearly as
possible like that which would be
assumed by person. saying You are
the man who killed me.
The police Inspector then took four
men, one negro, to the vault and
compelled them to go TO- The negro
was greatly frightened but showed no
signs of a clew and the others went
through the ordeal without showing
signs of mental collapse; one. how.
ever. had to be dragged in as he re-
fused to 90 himself
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
S5O,OOO,OOO CAPITAL.

Chicago, Nov. % The Chicago
Subway company, with capital
stock of $50, 600, 600, and composed of
men who represent 80 per cent of the
railroads having Chicago terminals,
was organized yesterday and took over
the $50, 900, 900 company here which
has built fifteen miles of freight tun-
nels under the city streets The
vast tonnage of the railroads repres.
ented by the fnsnoiers in the new
corporation will be diverted into the
compsnys' tunnels, which are already
under every street in the business
district of Chicago. Apparently in
connec ion with the mammoth deal,
Sir Ernest OAssel, the financial ad-
wiser of the King of England, was in
Chicago today with Jacob H. Schiff,
head of Kuhn IL Lobe Co, of New
York, which is heavily interested.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
WILLIAMS DISCHARGED

Burlington, Nov. 22.-Benjsmin
Williams, the man accused of the
murder of Policeman James P. Nc
Grath,, is no longer a member of the
United States army, dishonorable
discharge having been sent him since
his incarceration in the Ohittenden
county Jail. Williams is poor but he
is not peDniless, balance Of $140 be-
ing due him, which he deposited
while in the service. AS the time
for trial draws near Williams does
not grow nervous, but on the contrary
seems to be more calm than formerly.
His hair is growing long and his
beard is growing ragged, so that when
he does appear in court he will have
wild appearance, not unsuggestive
of insanity, unless barber removes
the hair from his head and face.
Williams is growing fleshy during his
confinement.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
TIE NEW CABINET.


Washington, Nov. %. 1.-The decision
of Attorney General Moody renders it
reasonably certain that the heads of
six of the great executive departments
of the government have been deter
mined upon by the President for the
next administration. Mr.. Hay will
continue at the head Of the state de-
partment Mr.. Metcalf at the head
of the department. of commerce and
labor; Mr.. Wilson at the head of the
agricultural department, and National
Chairman George B. Cortelou will be
postmaster general after the fourth
of March next. 1t .is expected also
that Mr.. Shaw will continue as secre-
tary of the treasury and Mr.. Morton
as secretary of the navy. A change
is expected in the department Of the
interior, but Secretary Hitchcock has
not let it be known publicly whether
| he desires to retire.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
Thursday, November "a, oO4.
THANKSG WING DAY

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.
The President has proclaimed it. The
Governor has followed the President
in his choice, and has In turn issued
his proclamation. Both executives
clothed their calls in few simple but
we'll chosen words calling attention
to the duties of the day.
The spirit of Thanksgiving Day
should be fostered-the real spirit for
which it stands. Good feeling, full
heartedness, rejoicing at what is, in
stead of bemoaning what might have
been should go with the day. More
over, it is the day of all the year
when family ties can and should be
frightened. The grandfather and
grandm other, the father and mother,
the children, the uncles and aunts
and cousins. can be brought together,
and made to appreciate the fact that
they are bound to one another as only
blood can bind. The older people can
note and rejoice at the growth and de-
velopment of the younger, while the
younger drink in the tales of by. gone
days told by the grey haired men
and women who have been battling
with the adversities of life for many
years.
Not everyone can have a grand din
ner for the occasion, but everybody
should make an effort to meet the de-
msnds of the day by dropping bust =
ness and care long enough to taste of
it's joys aud make somebody else do
the same. The SOUS and daughters
who exert an effort to return to
the old home will never regret it,
The day is not merely one of feasting
1t may seem so to some, but the feast
ing is an incident, one which of
course adds to the pleasure and gold
feeling, but which is not so imp1t-
ant as the real spirit of fellowship
Thanksgiving Day has long been
observed in New England. It's OBJ
servance is not general beyond the
eastern States although in the West,
those citizens who went there from
the East see fit as rule to remem Der
it, There was time when formal
Thanksgiving and prayer were ap-
parently the chief characteristics of
the day. 1t is SO no longer But its
results are no less beneficial. Times
have changed. The observance of all
holidays has changed. People DO not
make as much show of religion and
prayer and thanksgiving now as they
did Of old, but that is no sign that the
people Of today are not just as relig-
ious, and just as thankful. They are
probably more so, but ms cad of being
measured by words, the standard
measure of the times must be adopted,
and deeds be considered instead. May
Thanksgiving Day never pass away.
It is a good holiday to keep to
strengthen citizenship, and one which
old and young can both enjoy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24

Governor. The presentation was made
by Col. Linn d. Taylor of Brattle-
boro. The cup is of unique design.
The handles are Of old ivory. On the
front panel Of the mahogany case ap-
pears the following: John Griffith
Mccullough, Governor of Vermont,
1902. 1904" The second panel con-
tsins the names of the staff, with
their rank. On the third panel is
this sentiment: Time hath taken
in trust our love for thee, To safely
hold through all eternity" The
presentation was surprise to the
Governor, who was considerably
affected by the gift, and for moment
could not express himself. In his
presentation COL Taylor referred to
the pleasure the staff took in present.
ing the cup, and also especially to the
many courtesies received from the
Governor during his administration.
One woman who thinks Gov. o. j.
Bell has tickets for the execution of
Mrs. Mary Rogers, who is sentenced
to be hanged February 5, 1906, for the
murder of her husband, Marcus Rog-
ers, in Bennington in August, 1909,
has written to him for permission to
see Mrs. Rogers hanged,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
FOUR DkOWNED.

London, Noy 22.-The gale which
began yesterday has increased in Sc
verify today and the entire coast OF
England is being swept. Several
inches of snow has fallen in many
parts, especially on the east coast.
Many minor wrecks have been report
ed. but so far as known there had been
no less of life.
The first news of death as a result
of the storm was received from
North Berwick this afternoon. The
Norwegian schooner went ashore
there and four of the crew were
drowned. The peaks of Derbyshire
Are covered with two feet of snow.
King Carlos of Portugal, who is visit
ing ith the Duke of Devonshire at
Ohatsworth, was compelled to remain
indoors today on account of the
snow aud driving wind.
In some parts of the country the
snow fall has been in the nature of n
blizzard. At Penrith the train was
stalled in a nine foot snow drift
which completely blocked the Cock
mouth railway, Passengers were held
captive for five hours before way
could be dug through the drift