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Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
HALIFAX Is IMPROBABLE
The Canadian Government Figuring
 on Navy.

Halifax. March 12.-A series of -laneuvers by the artillery at the forts and a careful inspection of the harbor defenses have convinced the military authorities that Halifax is impregnable. An attack by any number of warships, it is believed would fail to force an entrance. During the last three years nearly every Furness line steamer ar irving here from England has brought nowder and projectiles and an immense quantity of ammunition is now in stor- age.
 There is considerable interest among military and naval men in the proposed visit to England in a week of Raymond Prefontaine. the Canadian minister of marine and fisheries, for the purpose of conferring with the admiralty office regarding the Canadian naval reserves
 The government desires to obtain two warships on which to train the Cana dians and MT. Prefontaine intends to introduce q bill in the Dominion parlia- ment providing for the establishment of a navy in Canada. It is proposed to place one cruiser on the Pacific and one in the Atlantic.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
TWO KINDS OF PERILs.
A Japanese Says the Worst is the
 MuscoVite.

San Francisco. Cal. March 12.- Baron K. Kaneko. a former Japanese minister of agriculture and commerce and member of the Japanese parlia- ment. who has arrived here en route to Washington and the St. Louis ex- position, said today:
 T do not understand what you Amer jeans and Europeans mean when you speak of the yellow peril. If you be- lieve that the Japanese intend to unite with the other members Of the yellow race and overrun Europe and America, you are very much mistaken. Such a thought has never entered our heads. and it is our ultimate intention to enter the rank and fife of christendom.
 This is our main objection to an all liance with the Chinese, for no sooner would the two nations join forces than every alarmist would immediately raise tho cry of the yellow peril.
 T think it would be wiser to beware of the MuscOvite peril. It is much more dangerous
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
In Anticipation of Things
 Going To Be Done
'KUROPATKIN DEPARTS
Admiral Hakaroff'S Performances of the Week Accepted at St. Petersburg as Earnest of Greater Accomplish
 ments - Will Meet Japs on the Sea.

St. Petersburg. March 12-General Kurcpatkin, accompanied by his entire staff. left here at 6 o'clock this evening on a special train for the far east where he vii take command of the Manchurian army.
 Tho departure of the general was marked by demonstrations of patict- ism and personal regard, such as sell dom have been witnessed in the Rus s1an capital. Thousands of persons who lined the Nevsky Prospect and the approaches to the Nicholas railroad station vied with the highest perscn- ages in the empire, including the prin ciDal military authorities. members oi the Imperial council, military attaches. members of the French embassy snd persons prominent in society. who had assembled inside the station. in giving vent to expressions of confidence in the new commander who is to lead the em- reror's army to victory.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13

Thursday last, which have been re- ceived here, arrived today. Eyewit- nesses say that the Japanese fire, which was indifferent in previous at lacks. showed marvellous accuracy. The fire came from the direction of Pigeon bay, where the Russians report having sighted double the previous number of Japanese vessels, and it is supposed that transports of various kinds accompany the fleet.
 It is reported that the RetviZan, which it is understood, was then inside the entrance of the harbor. was struck several times and that there were fa- talities among the crew. It is also said that the Golden H;ll forts were badly damaged and that there were many casualties among the remaining uon- rombatants in the new town, whict suffered most. One building in the rear elsewhere a shell annihilated an entire family.
 The Russians are suppressing the circulation of foreign newspapers and any person suspected of being a cor respondent is ordered out of their lines Residents of Tort Arthur assert that the defenders of that place possess the delusion that British officers command the Japanese ships. A leading police officer. who had been prominent ir expelling suspects killed himself it is believed. on account of his failure tc aDprehefd newspaper correspondents.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
SUBMARINE BOATS.
Heard at Tokio that Russians are
 Bringing Them Overland.

Tokio. March 12.-The condition of the wounded Russians treated at the Japanese Red Cross hospital. prove that there is no truth in the Russian allegation in regard to the peculiarly poisonous nature of the gaseous eX- halations from the Japanese shells and torDedoes.
 The statement in the Russian report that the Japanese used lyddite in the hombardment of Vladivostok is be- lieved 10 have been made with the ob- feet Of conveying the impression that Great Britain supplied this explosive.
 The report that Russia is sending submarine boats over land to the far east is much commented upon, ob- servers facetitiously recalling the Rus sian empccor's proposal at The Hague peace conference that the use of sub marine boats ought to be condemned as being unciViliZed.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
Necessary Qualification for
 Utah Senators
WILL INSURE ELECTION
The Testimony of Another Former
 U. 5. Attorney of Utah Who Made
 the Astounding Declaration That Senator Rawlins Is Also Mormon.

Washington, March 12.-That Reed Smoot could not have been elected to the senate without having first been chosen as an apostle of the Mormon church and that after he was so chosen he could not have been de- feated, was asserted by Judge Ogden lilies, assistant United States attorney from 1888 to 1889 and later a judge of the district court of Utah, who was q witness today in the Smoot case before the committee on privileges ard cleo .ions.
 .Prefacing his testimony, Judge lilies said he had drawn more indictments and prosecuted more cases of unlawful co-habitation under the Edmunds- Tucker act than any other official in Utah. For the first two years, the people, he said, refused to obey the law, despite the fact that opportunity was givel. offenders to escape punish ment if they would promise not to vio- late the laws in regard to co-habita- ton.
 'The people, said the witness, said they must obey the law. of God rather than the law of man. They see.ned to think it an act of apostasy to go ccun- ter to the church rules. even in obey ;ng the laws of the land. The cases were pressed hard, and then the people began to promise to obey the law, for they were poor, and could not pay the fines, and consequently it became gen orally reported that the practice of polygamous rehabilitation was break ing up"
 The witness covered much of the ] grO1In6 or. n tnGf Of MT. Critchlow. but in regard to the cessation of prosecutions until after the manifesto of 1890 he added many ! interesting details.
 He said that there was a disposi- ton not to prosecute cases when the law generally was obeyed. but that after the manifesto of 1899, it was seen that the Mormons had returned to their old practice. He said that it was evident from the new "crops of child rem from poIygamous families. which continued to spring up
 In the cross examination MT. Van Cott brought out a great deal of tes- timony regarding Ike church influence for the election of Reed Smcot fer the senate and Judge lilies stated posi- 1 lively that Reed Shoot could not have been elected to the senate if his can | didacy had not been approved by the | Mormon church.
 l Do you mean that if MT. Smcot had been a lay member of the church he would not have been elected. or that if he had been an apostle and had not the endorsement of his quorum he could not have been elected?" That MT. Shoot could not have | al wifi haf, 1r and without the consent of the church | tWhen it was announced first tha.
 he was a candidate he was not an
 apostle" remarked MT. Van Cott.
 "Oh, well, his candidacy was not
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
Not Warmly Appreciated in Parts of the South
ABOUT INDIANOLA, MISS.
Senator hcLaurin Explains a Report That Peddlers of Photographs of President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington Have Been Arrested.

Washington, March 12.-In the sen ate today MT. McLaurin, of Mississip- pi. took the floor to make a personal explanation regarding a newspaper paragraph, saying that authorities of Indianola, Miss, are engaged in ar resting people'for selling photographs of President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. Ordinarily, said MT. McLaurin, a story of this character may not be worth attention, but under the circumstances he felt that he should refer to it for the purpose of re- futing it, as it, is entirely without foundation.
 MT. McLaurinN said that the para graph had grown out of a statement made in a newspaper letter written by A. J. Paxton, an attorney of Leland, Miss, who told of the arrest at that point, of three men, who he said were engaged in selling pictures of the president and MT. Washington seated at table together and also pictures of an obscene character.
 These pictures, he said, appealed strongly to race prejudice.
 Similar arrests also, MT. McLaurin said, had been made at Indianola, and it was found upon the h1aring of the ! cases that a Cincinnati concern en- gagged in publishing the pictures in question had many agents out in the interest of these works.
 The men were tried and some of them sent out of the country and MT. McLaurin expressed surprise that any community should have permitted them to be tried He said the penalty | imposed by the law was entirely too small and he expressed a belief that the death penalty would not be too severe. He added that the arrests were not because the men were sell ing photographs of the president or of l Washington, but because they were selling the obscene pictures.
 The following bills were passed: A bill providing for the establish ment of a light and fog signal station at the entrance of Bellfngham Bay Wash.
 A bill authorizing the secretary of war to accept from the citizens of Mis- souIa, Mont, lands for the enlarge ment Of the military reservation al that point.
 A bill authorizing the erection of 8 | federal building at Sheridan, Wyo., al a cost of $16O0cO
 A bill to prevent the dissertation ot the American flag.
 The bill making appropriations foI fortifications was then taken up. i All the committee amendments eX- cept one, for the purchase of a sub- marine torpedo boat for experimenta purposes and that relating to the pur- | chase of sites for coast defense in the | Hawaiian Islands, were accepted. Int l further consideration of these amend
 ments was postponed until Monday
 The senate then went into executive session and shortly after adjourned.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
ARE HUNTING FOR MOVER
President Of Western Miners Charged
 With Desecratine the Flag.

Denver. March 12.-A news special from Victor says that Maj-r Naylur and a file of soldiers searched ths dis trict tonight for Charles IT. Mover, president of the Western Federation or Miners. He is wanted for alleged IT, legal and treasons ble circulars or -la- cards which have been distributed here bearing the form or the stars and stripes and containing also photo graphs of a number of we'll known non-uniOn men who were formerly members of the miners union. This is alleged tc be desecratiOn of the flag which is contrary to statute of the state. MT. Mover was not found and it is supposed that he has left the dis trict.
 There was rumor tonight that the district would again be put under mar tial law on account of the numerous fights following pay day. but Col Nerdeckberg. who is here. denies there is anything in the report.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
cossAcK OF THE SEAS.

St Petersburg, March 12.-Admiral Nfazaroff's name is on every lip in S Petersburg today He is the hero of tho hour Details of Thursdays fight inG did moot become public until tci5 morning. when eager crowds gather5 q about the bulletins. There is a. deep seated conviction here that henceforth there will be a complete change in sea tactics, Makaroff will make the Po1 Arthur fleet an aggressive force.
 He enjoys the distinction of being q dashinc officer. His predilection for swift ships has earned him the name of The Cossack of the Seas" He is not likely to give the enemy much rest while his cruisers and torpedo boats remain afloat. His ideas run counter to those generally accepted by naval eNSerts. One of his pet aversions is to armor and his outspoken criticism of heavy battleships
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
RUHLIN WORSTED.
Jeffords Made a Good Showing Against
 the Akron Giant.

Philadelphia March 12.-Jim Jef- lords, the California heavyweight, and Gus Ruhlin, the Akron giant, boxed a terrific six round bout, in which the former had the better of the mill at the National Athletic club tonight. Ruhlin was twice knocked down in the first round and the last time he was sent to the mat he was compelled to take the count.
 He got up very groggy, staggering around the ring. Jeffords, in his anxiety to stop Ruhlin. became very wild, and many blows aimed at Ruh- lin went wide of the mark. Ruhlin's movements were very slow as com pared with his former contests in this Nity
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
THE HOUSE.

Washington. March 12.-When' the house met today Speaker Cannon an- nounced the special committee prcvid- ed for the the Mccall resolution agreed to in the house yesterday to investigate the indictment report from the post office department.
 The bill directing the secretary of war to expend $125.000 heretofore ap- propriatsd for deep water channel through Sabine Pass, Texas, was passed.
 The conference report of the cX- ecutive, legislative and judicial ap- propriation bill was agreed to. A resolution calling on the civil service commission as to how many times the civil service service law and regula- tions have been suspended since it's operation agreed to.
 After passing 264 pension bills and a bill making Salt Lake City d port of delivery, the house adjourned.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
VOL. XIV. NO. BOA

taken seriously then. but when his candidacy was announced after it was known that he was to be an apostle it was certain that he would be elect ed"
 Will you tell us why you say he could not have been elected when hts candidacy was first announced. was it because he had no standing in the party?" asked Senator Hopkins
 He had no .itanding that would en- title him to such a promotion. and he was not seriously thought of" answer ed the witness.
 Were there any other republicans mentioned for the senatorship before the election as apostle?"
 ''Yes. Governor Wells was mention ed. and Governor Thomas and some others"
 In answer to other questiO1s tadSe lilies said he believed NIT. asesS d. ways had taken an active part tsr tssiss tics and had been allied with ses ~ publicans, but that he had s<Syg heard of MT. Shoot making an s4aFs1,s in any campaign.
 Mir. Van Cctt asked the x3ts,S< A.szr he accounted, in view Of tae sszaissssiy he had given, for the &orEoAs zesld- ing non-Mormons to the se%ese.
 How about Jos. L. RzW@sss?'' he asked.
 He is not a MorHAsA"
 Jos. L. Rawlins? oh. ys=; he is . Mormon"
 What. Rawlins a nssrHsor?' He was born i1ts tAs church of Mormon percentage"
 But surely yoH dc ss4 sslsan to s1v that because a man is hsFn o< Mormon parentage he is always a Mormone"
 Pretty close to it."
 MT. Van Cott attempted to ta.ss Judge lilies to task for this stat 7neut that Rawlins was a Mormon and aslxu ed if. as q matter of fact. his entire testimony was net just as reliable as his statement ir regard to Rawlins. i The witness stood his ground in regard to Rawlins and said that he knew what he was talking about ana with the qualifications he had made. Raw , lins was a mormon. He added with emphasis that there were no qualifl- cations in regard to the remainder uf his testimony.
 Chairman Burrows adjourned the session today subject to call It is ex- pected that there will be a number of witnesses here within a N.eek or ten days. Among those wanted are Apostles Merrill and Teasdale and John Henry Smith. whose alleged plural marriages already have been recounted by witnesses
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
W ny Pay Rent?

When you can secure a home on such easy terms :?
 This price has never been made before for these lots and when these are sold you will never buy a home so cheap and on such easy terms.
 These lots are just south of the Santa Fe Railroad Yards and when that road is finished to Benson and the new cutoff is built to the Coast (which MT. Murphy assures us will be built at once,) Phoenix will be aTail- road center and these lots will be in demand for homes for railroad employees.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
FAIRS ALLEGED WIFE.
Mrs. Cravens Dangerously Hurt at St.
 Louis.

St. Louis, March 12-Mrs. Nellie Cravens Fair who contested the will of the late Senator J. l.. Fair, the Cali fornia millionaire, on the ground that she was his legal wife, is lying in a reported critical condition at the Southern Hotel as the result of injur- ies she received several days ago in q street car collision.
 Mrs. Fair was unconscious when taken to the hotel and was unknown, her door key alone making known the fact that she was stopping at the Southern. When she regained con- sciousness, she requested that the ! closest secrecy be maintained and that her identity be not revealed. House Physician pr. Behrens states her con dition dangerous.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
BUY A
 HOME
 NOW {! l can sell you a full-sized lot, 50 X I5o, in the Irvine addi- tion, for
S5O.OO Only S5 Down and $3 Monthly
 Payment

and interest, 35c. If i'm provementS are made to the value of $Ioo, 1 will give a years time on the purchase price, you pay only the in- terest and taxes. These lots are less than one mile from the center of the city Center and Washington streets just outside the city limits, on high, dry ground, plenty of irrigation water with each lot and perfect title.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
THE DEWEY TRIAL.
The State Putting in Its Evidence in
 Rebuttal.

Norton, Kas, March 12.-The state today in the trial of Chauncey Dewey and his cowboys, charged with the murde of Burchard Berry. continued to present testimony in rebuttal. Six witnesses were examined in an en- deavor to show that Berry'S reputa- ton was bad and that he and his fol- lowers had gone armed.
 farmer contradicted the testimony of Roy Morgan, who in testifying for the defense had said that Daniel Berry had threatened to kill Dewey.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
UNION VS. NON-UNION.
A Chicago Riot Attends Operation of
 Can Making Plant.

Chicago. March 12.-Non- union can makers were brought into the Diesel plant of the American Can company to- day on a special train. The result was n riot on the railroad tracks near the factory. A number of strike pickets eluded the police and assaulted the non-unionists as the strike breakers were leaving the train.
 Several of the nun-unionists were in- iured by missiles and blows, but ail reached the factory. No arrests were made.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
KANSAS LIBEL LAW.
Passed For Benefit of Newspapers Held
 Unconstitutional.

Topeka, Kas., March 12.-The news paper libel law enacted by the legisla- ture of 1901, T"1s today declared un- constitutional by the supreme ccnrt. The court says that the law is in con 1iict with section IS of the bill of rights, in this, that it denies the right in cer- tain cases to one injured in his reputa- tion to have remedy therefor in due course of law. The decision is made in a case brought by J. F. Hanson, a l-indsborg attorney, against; w. J. KrebbeiL editor of the McPherson Republican
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
-----.------ = WEIGHT THROWING RECORD.

New York, March 12.-John Elan agan of the Greater New York Irish Athletic association, broke the 56- pound weight throwing record for d distance tonight at the indoor meet of the association in Madison Square garden, the new worlds record being 29 feet 6lR inches Or IA inches better than the former record, also made by Flanagan
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
BOXED TO A DRAW.

Baltimore. Md, March 12.-CIaud Brokes (Black BilD, of MerchantvilIe N. J.. a coIored heavyweight, boxed fifteen rounds to a draw tonight with Young Peter Jackson ofS Baltimore before the Eureka Athletic club.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
AN l. T. FIRE.

Lawton, O. T.,>March 12.-Fire today at Frederick, d small town five miles west of here, destroyed an entire block of business buildings causing a loss estimated at $100,0O0.
 A fierce wind aided the flames. In- surance one-third.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
KANSAS BANK ACCOUNT.
Held to be Subject to Inspection for
 Taxable Purposes.

Topeka, Kas.. March 12.-The su- preme court today decided that the tax dodgers who fail to give in the /entire amount of their bank deposit cannot be shielded by their bankers. The case came from Clay county where the grand jury sought 10 examine the ac- count of John Bellringer in the State Bank of Green and was refused.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
NORTHERN SNOW SLIDES.
Railroads and Mines Seriously Inter fered With.

Everett, Wash, March 12.-A huge landslide covers the coast line track of the Great Northern near Edmonds. The Great Northern trains are travel ing over the Northern Pacific tracks. The blacksmith shop at the Big Index mine was demolished by a snowslide, which also imprisoned several miners by blocking the tunnel The men were two hours digging their way to free dom.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
Entertainment of MT. Cortelyou by
 Chicago Business Men.

Chicago, March 12.-Secretary Geo. B. Cortelyou tonight was the guest of honor at the banquet at the Merchants club. Fully three hundred of the most prominent merchants and manufactur- CTS of the city and adjacent territory were present and the address of the secretary on Some Problems and Poli- cies of the New Department" was re- ceived with decided manifestations of approval.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
DIVIDED K. c. DEMOCRATS.

Kansas City. March 12.-The tw" factions of tke democracy, which split yesterday c'er the result of the pri- maries, held separate conventions to- day. One nominated Wm. T. Kemper. for mayor and the other named George M. Shelley.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
STOCKS.

Atchison, 643s do pfd., SSA; N J. Central, 15$; c. & O., 2SH; St. Paul. 173; Rig Four. 741l: C. & S, lS15; do pfd., 74]9; Erie, 221A; Manhattan, 14Oh Metropolitan, 1O65S; Missouri Pacific. S7A: N. Y. Central, 113A: Penna., 112; St. L. & s. F., 2nd pfd., 41H; So. Pa cific, 42lk; Uuion Pacific, 72H; Amal. Copper, 451s; Sugar, 123; Anaconda. 62; IT. s. Steel, 1Oi4; do pfd., 551h w. U. SS
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
A ROTTLING ATTEMPT.

Paris. March 12.-The Tokio cor respondent of the Gaulois reports that another unsuccessful attempt to ob- struct the entrnace to Port Arthur has been made by the Japanese.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
CHEApER OIL

Pittsburg, March 12.-For the third time in three weeks the Standard Oil company today cut the price of high grade petroleum cents a barrel.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
\ BONDS.

Y. s. Ref. 2-s., reg. 1O41k coupon. 1O5: 3-s.. reg. 1O6; coupon. 106h; new As, reg. 1231z: coupon, 1924; old 4-s., reg, 10SR coupon, 1071a.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
The Stock Market Moved but It Was
 Weak.

New York, March 12.-The stock market developed some activity today and d rather positive tone of weakness.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
BATTLES OF THE WEEK.
A Ticn-Tsin Report that Port Arthur
 Suffered.

Tien Tsin, March 12.-The first cred ible reports of the effect of the bonn bardment of Port Arthur from mid night on Wednesday 10 past noon on
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
WEATHER TODAY.

Washington March 12.-Forecast: Arizona, fair Sunday and Monday.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-13

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