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Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
HARI-KARI IN JAPAN.
Forbidden by Law Since 1868. but Still
 Occasionally Practiced.

The Japanese have honor, love of country and indifference to death three qualities by the possession of which is attested by the whole course of their history, and which will un- doubtedly have great effect in directing the outcome of the issue when Jap meets Russia face to face in the com ing battles on land.
 These qualities of the Japanese give vogue to a species of suicide called harikari. which being interpreted means the happy dispatch" It has been formidden by law since 1868, but in spite of that injunction it is still practiced to a considerable extent. All military men and persons holding high civil office under the government were in former days, when they had com mitted an offense, held bound to con- init harikari. When this custom and obligation were in force over 500 per sons each year, either voluntarily or under compulsion, surrendered their lives in accordance herewith. The many accounts of eye-witnesses to this grevious ceremony state that it was performed in a solemn and most digni- fled manner. An American naval officer who saw enc at Hakodate, of which a Japanese official was the victim on a Q count of his unsuccessful opposition to establishing treaty relations with for eign nations in the early eos. says that this victim knelt down in the presence of an imposing audience of dignitaries and made a deep gasn across his abdomen with a short dag ger; then a kinsman standing by his side gave the coup de grace, by be- heading him with a swinging blow from a long sword. This victim was no criminal. He was an unsuccessful politician at outs with the administra- tion, and so committed harikari to prove the sincreity of his intentions and to show that his love of count' v was superior to his fear of death. It was just as much the duty of a friend or kinsman to off1ciate as exccutioner in this bloody performance when re- quested to do so as it was fo- ihc vic in question. Harikari is now forbidden by the laws of Japan, but the spirit which gave rise to it still exists. The spirit
 melted the Japanese tackles to sail over hidden mines and to attack and defeat the Russian warships under the
 guns of the forts at Port Arthur. ard
 1t will undoubtedly cause many a stubborn and bloody battle somewhere
 along the line between Korea and | Manchuria
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
ICE CREAM. Where? At "The Hello"
NORMAL MAGAZINE WORK.

The students at the Normal are us- ing a great deal of their extra time this week in showing what they can do in getting out copy for the magazine. The class. literary, athletic and many other departments are being written up with true college enthusiasm. One interest ing feature is the story writing. Sew eral of the best efforts will bs pub lished. The latent muses in the school are at work and promise some interest ing productions.
 The board has promised to send A number to the St. Louis fair for the Ar izona educational exhibit.
 The magazine has been increas2d to sixty pages. The size of the pages are nine by twelve inches. It is expected to have all the copy in early next week and then the printers will get out the book by Apri! 10th. When completed the Normal will have the credit oi having gotten out the finest, pub ica- ton ever attempted in the territory.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23

Carl Hayden called the meeting to or der and J. A. Dimes was elected tenn porary chairman and MT. Hayden was made clerk.
 MT. Dimes stated the purpose of the meeting and declared nominations in order for councilmen. Some questions came up as to who were entitled 10 vote and in order that no one shoul cast a ballot who was unqualified, all were required to come to the front one at a time and deposit their ballots in the ballot box.
 Following is the list of the nominee as and the number of votes each received: T. l.. Jones, 8; J. A. Dimes, IS; pr. F. B. Moeur, 49; Frank Fogal, 50; bert Miller, 54; Thomas Goodwin, Y; T.el. Nicholas, r; C. R. Finch, 15; M. F.. Curry, 5G; Dr. w. C.. DeVore, Al; Thom- as Curnow, 3S; J. E. Sturgeon, 10. The following receiving the greatest num- Der of votes were declared nominated: J. A. Dimes. F. B. Moeur. Frank Fogal, Albert Miller and M. E. Curry
 This is the Citizens ticket, but it is altogether probable that there will be several other tickes placed in the fed and the outlook is for an exciting elec- tion.
 s. z. Brown was nominated for city marshal by exclamation.
 For clerk, =. A. Stewart and R. G. Andre were placed in nomination, tn former receiving 54 votes and the lat ter %.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
FILIPINO MipeErs.
Interesting Little People for the St.
 Louis Worlds Fair.

Pygmy Filipinos will be the most in- teresting anthropological types among all the strange island tribes in the great Philippine display at the worlds fair. They are perhaps the smallest little people in the world today. Juan and Matrina de la Cruz, a brother and sister. were the second and third chil- dren in family of eight. Their elder brother living in Manila, is thirty-sx years old, five feet seven inches high, and weighs 1Ss pounds.
 Martina, the next eldest is thirty-one years old. twenty seven inches high. Juan the next in age. is twenty-ninc years old and twenty-nine inches high. Their parents and the five other chill dren, all of whom are dead, were Filipi- nos of average height. Brother and sister are respectively nine and seven inches smaller than the renowned Gen Tom Thumb. Juan says that God ma ie his sister smaller, then, realizing how lonesome she would be, decided that he should be just exactly two inches taller.
 Juan has been married and is the father of boy eight years old He Is as large as any child of that age In the island. His wife, who was q Filipino of normal size, died three years ago. Juan and Martina were born ill CapiZ, island of Panay one uf the southern group of the archipelago. Filipino history says the Visayan tribe Of which the little persons come, grow fo, be taller and heavier than any of the thirty-seven tribes
 The midgets read and write ard per | form arithmetical problems in the Wis ayan tongue, speak the Tagalog lingo, l besides Spanish and some English. Ev- en in their own country they were re- ! 9arded as freaks in the showman's parlance, and spent several years giv- | ing exhibitions of native and Spanish | dances and the acrobatic feats of tLe | southern tribes. About a year ago they came to Manila, where they made their appearance before the soldiery of the | United States. Soon after their arrival they were secured from the Philippine | exhibit by Mark 1T. Evans, then col lector of imports and exports for the Philippine exposition board. They were brought to the United States a few weeks ago in advance of the fair. thai they might become acclimated and ac- | customed to the food and water Of this country. They are spending the inter. val before the opening of the expcsi- ton in California, where the weather i: pleasant.
 The Philippine exposition board vii present them in a theater in the Fill.
 nino reservation, like that of the L'b
 ertad theater in Manila. A Filipino man servant and an American maid ar,
 constantly with the midgets to attend
 to their wants, but they require littlt
 attention, being able to attend to the.l
 toilet and dress themselves.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
HELD TO THE GRAND JURY.
Miguel Hernandez Says He Bought the
 Watch and Chain.

The trial of Miguel Hernandez for the theft of a watch and chain and numerous other things from a butcher shop in east Tempe came up In Jus tice Nielson's court yesterday morning and resulted in his being held to the grand jury in the sum of $500.
 Miguel claims that while in Tempe he made the acquaintance of another Mex ican and was with him several days. He next saw him in Phoenix the day after the robbery in a state of hunger and without funds. Hernandez had with him $1,65 and the odd sixty-five cents of this he gave to his friend in exchange for the watch and some oth- CT trinkets.
 Other evidence, however, was brought out to the effect that Hernandez had tried to sell the watch to people in east Tempe before he went to Phoenix and 1t is more than probable that he will be convicted.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
MAIL WEIGHING
(Continued from Page one.)

postmaster general. or otherwise, to use no other telephone service than that of the Bell or any of the telephone companies controlled by said company.
 MT. Overstreet made point of order against the amendment, saying that if deprived the postmaster general of the discretion given him under the law. He insisted. however, that the principle of favoritism did not obtain in the de- partment. MT. Tawney was not willing to accept this view and said that in St. Paul the Twin City telephone system installed in that office had been put out under the mandatory order of the post master general and the Bell instituted, although the Twin City company had given splendid service.
 MT. Williams. of Mississippi, said he had protested to the postmaster general against the departments order for the removal of the independent telephone instruments in his district in Missis- sippi and the installation of the Bell. l,The explanation given by the depart ment he said, amounted to nothing.
 The point of order was overruled and Mir Overstreet continued his op- position to the amendment, saying that with the adoption of the amendment the Twin, City company would abso- lutely control the situation in Minneap- oils and St. Paul.
 MT. Butler, of Pennsylvania, offered an amendment taking the entire free | delivery service and the rural free de- | livery service out of the hands of the fourth assistant postmaster general and transferring them back to the first as- sistant postmaster generals office. lir. OveTstreet made a point of order | that the amendment interferred with proper consideration of the bill aud was not germane.
 Mir. Butler insisted that the amend ment was germane and he said he did not concede that the postmaster gen. eral had any authority to transfer these divisions to the fourth assistant postmaster general. The authority had not been shown, he declared.
 MT. Boutelle, of Illinois in the chair sustained the point of order. In a wig orous speech, MT. Butler then declafed that he did not think it was well, to put the whole postoffice department under the fourth assistant postmaster general
 Tt is not right" he said, ito put | 1920 men under the charge and di- rection of one officer of the governmer
 unless he IS a major general of high rank"
 MT. Moon of Tennessee, ranking democratic member of the committee opposed the Butler amendment. Hs said that if General Bristow was in competent then the motion might be entertained. The house must look at the motive behind it. The suggestion he declared, would not have beer thought of unless there had been { feeling against General Bristow.
 In sarcastic vein, he inquired:
 Have you such feeling toward MT Bristow because he has discharged hi,
 duty, that you propose to violate al
 precedent and take from the postmaste
 general the discretion given" He saiC } certain members were chafing unde
 the recent postoffiee department repor
 and added: T think you are getting a
 far from his as you can. The hous,
 ought to stay by MT. Bristow just a lit
 tie while longer he said. The Taw
 ney amendment was agreed to.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
For sale by BEN L. BEAR, AU'Hssarp ssnsI.

normal and excessive pressure Fst sFoa them by this new powdeF. and q a nuthoritatively asserted that tho srny guns are not as we'll made aHs strsc'E as the guns of the navy. fbsTs ss H e to be a good deal of tissSa.tF shsS1 firing the coast defense gHHs Nith fsu service charges. This is a sssStsF tsut should be promptly attended t& e tss navy guns and the coast asseG2e Ss1s cannot safely be fired -ath 6-SNtze charges of the only kind ss SsHsesE ts.ss Is supplied to them theiy Uiu not PrSrs very useful weapons of uaFtsFs 2. sa emergencv.-RochesteT psES~Fst zee Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
READ ALI. THIS.
You Never Know the Moment When This Information May Prove of
 Infinite Value.

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 T. w Hanks of sol North First street. for years employed by the Me Cormick Implement Co.,. says: T con- sider Doan's Ointment one of the best preparations on the market. l was annoyed with itching hemorrhoids, commonly called piles for six or seven years, latterly continually. Sometimes the itching was so intense that it fair ly set me wild, despite the fact that used everything I read about recom- mended for such ailments, and every thing which my friends advised. Final ly my brother-in-law advised me to take a certain course of the treatment. and when I went to the Brisley drug store for it Mir. Larson advised me to try Doan's Ointment. 1 did so and have never regretted taking his advice. The first application so SoOthed the ir- i ritated parts that I knew I had at last obtained something with more than or dnary merit. A continuation of the treatment absolutely stopped the at tack. A short time ago l scalded the toes on my right foot. Doan's Oint- ment healed the burned part rapidly When I say it beats anything l ever 1 tried or heard about for giving posi- tive relief I only half state the facts.
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
 Foster-Milburn Co.,. Buffalo, N H.' I sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name Doan's and take ! no substitute.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
THE WELL COMPLETED.

Yesterday the we'll at the creamery and condensed milk plant reached a depth of 100 feet and work on it was stopped. as the flow of water was found sufficient for the needs of the plant. The water near the surface las been cased out and the supply will now be first class in every respect.
 The drilling outfit will now move to B. F. JohnsOn's pumping plant, where it will put down two wells of the same depth. Mr. Johnson has his gasoline engine almost ready to begin operations and the work of putting in the cante- loupes has commenced.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
HIS BOOM.

Democratic Leader NiuesEas Ess now been mentioned in tAs hS4aE ter the presidency. not by say & UretSe full protest against the PssSol SSFSsL but in recognition of his AsSstessSsS- ness. Meanwhile. WillisFns sssS~as So have a due appreciation of tAs fs- tinction. My boy" says ba "nsy boom is making tremen4SaAs saEtdes My private secretary Is Hs4v~rsaliy for me, and I have hopes SS securing the support of the clerk Of tse Ssinor- ity room."-Boston HeTal2.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
THE MERGER UNMERGING
The Declaration of a Dividend of
 Ninety-nine Per Cent.

New York, March 22.-An unofficial recOrt declares that the Northern Se- curities company has declared a divi- dend of 99 per cent payable in Great Northern and Northern Pacific stock pro rata. The Evening Post quotes a friend of MT. Hill as follows: "The Northern Securities will pay a divid md Of 9S per cent, a distribution of its as- sets. The Union Pacific will receive S23, 900, GOO of Great Northern prefe: red and SS6, 900 of Great Northern com mon. Other shareholders will receive payment in proportion.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
ONGRATULATION TO CLEVE
 LAND.

Grover Cleveland, twice president and the only democrat to hold that office since Buchanan, is sixty-seven years old today.
 Senator Cockrell, somewhat mem tioned as a presidential candidate. is seventy. Senator Morgan is eighty. Senator Hoar, the "old man of Mas sachusetts," has seventy-eight we'll spent years to his credit.
 Bismarck was seventy-five when not very willingly he resigned his great office, and eight-three when he died. Gladstone at eighty-f1ve left office, at eighty-seven stirred England to hot wrath by his indignant eloquence upon the Armenian massacres. He died when nearly eighty-nine.-New York World. March IS.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
MILLINERY OPENING.

There will be a. grand millinery open ing at the New York store Friday and Saturday of this week, at which time one of the finest lines of millinery goods ever seen in Tempe will be displayed. This department of the New York store is now in charge of Miss Farrow, an expert trimmer from Kansas City The south half of the upper floor of the building has been rearranged into a neat and very attractive millinery de- -lartment
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
THEfDANeERs OF BED.

What does the man in the street see in bedroom? Probably a bed; possi- ply a washstand; problematically a bath. But what does the eye of sci ence behold? Unutterable things, per haps. Beds and bacteria, mattresses and microbes, dressing gowns and deadly gases, gas jets and carbonic oxide, tapestries and toxins. It is lit tie wonder that so many people say their prayers before going to bed. or that so many people die there.-Lon- don Chic.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
INDICTED MILLIONAIRE.
Concerned in the Western Land
 Frauds.

Washington, March 22.-The interior department today received the follow ing dispatch from Portland, Ore, dated today, reporting the latest develop ments in the investigation cf the public land frauds in the west: Charles Cunningham, a millionaire stockman of eastern Oregon, and six homesteaders procured by him, were indicted today for conspiracy.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
WEAKNESS OF THE BIG GUNS.

There is too much reason to believe that the big guns both of the army and the navy are not strong enough to hear the strain imposed upon them by
 the new slow-burning smokeless pow der now in use. Navy guns have burst near the muzzle as a result of the ab-
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
PERSONAL MENTION.

F. A. Hough made a business trip to Phoenix yesterday afternoon. F. w. Holsapple returned yesterday morning from a trip to the coast via the northern route.
 Burt Colgrove spent last night in Phoenix.
 Frank Hough is i'll and has been confined to his Led for several days. Just received a big line of spring clothing. The latest styles.
 RYDER BROS.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
SUED BY AN EX-CONVICT.

Racine, Wis, March 22.- The direct ocs of the Gefunct Union National bank are defendants in a suit for accounting brought by Charles T. Wright. The amount involved is S102, GOO, the value of the Otter Creek Lumber company, which was given to the bank in 1889, when Wright was sent to prison foc homicide.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23

the recent order prohibiting the tying of horses on Main street the business done at the store at the creamery has nearly doubled. The farmers say that if they have to do tn cir buying an1 then carry their goods half book they will stay away from town and ger their goods where it will be more con- yenient for them.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
BURTON'S TRIAL.
It Will Take up the Rest of the Week
 at St. Louis.

St. Louis, March 22.-The trial of United States Senator Burton, of Kan sas, charged with having accepted $2500 from the Rialto Grain and Securiti es company to use his Influence with the postoffice department to prevent the issuance of a fraud order against the Rialto company began in the Unite5 States court here today. The trial proba bly, will occupy the remainder of the week.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
SELLING PUMPED WATER.

Another proof of the advantages of pumped water: Filing Olson has irri- gated his own ranch and is now sup plying the neignborhood with water at the rate of S2 per hour. He claims, however, that he cannot pump it at this rate with any profit to himself and he intends to raise the price.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
MOTHERS MEETING.

The mothers meeting Will De red this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Hatfield. The topics for discussion will be, 'ITome Environment and "rhe In fiuence of the School Teacher"
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
Noble Deeds Prompted by
 The Cure of
 Consumption.
Which is the Greater Philanthropist, This Humble Coal Miner, or
 the Multi- Millionaire

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Arizona republican., 1904-03-23

Even the predictions of the weather man who waits come out.-Chicago News.
 Eternal vigilance is the price of re- taining a borrowed umbrella.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23

A woman may be too old at thirty five to sing on the stage, but if she is willing to sins for nothing. she is not too old at secenty to sing in a church choir.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
MESA ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR SALE.
Winery-Vineyard-Residence.
Tempe,

Winery-Vineyard-Residence.
 Forty acres, 25 acres wine grapes, 10 acres alfalfa, small orchard. Brick residence; brick winery; brick distili- ing and fortifying buildings; all ma chinery; adobe store house; all house. hold goods and furniture; buggies: wagons; horses; farm implements and all necessary kettles, tanks and appar- atus for making wine and brandy. with wine on hand. Two shares Mesa wa ter A good proposition and location for a person wishing to enter wine making.
 We Solicit Correspondence. POmerOy Bros. Co.,, (Ine. )
 MESA, ARIZONA.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
TEMPE
THE CITIZENS TICKET.
The Caucus Monday evening Largely
 Attended.

There was probably larger att nd ance at the caucus held at Curry tall Monday evening than there has ever been at a similar meeting in Tempe.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23

You have only three weeks more in which to wipe out all your sins by giving up eating meat.-Atchisoa Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-23
AN AUeEAN POLITICAL STABLE

No crime against the election laws has been punished in St. Louis for five years.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.