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The Washington times., 1904-11-13
r Difficulties in the Way of the Sin1pL0n Tunnel

work of driving, boring, pumping. and
Eentilarlng i supplied Dy Dame Nature
from the torrents and falls or the
RhOne and Diyeria. whence immense
turbines are steadily giving out 200
horsepower. which Is more than enough
for all emergencies. The uEhung or Ine
works has not been done Dy electricity
owing TO the difficulties and dangers
of bringing the cable into the tunnel
and in its place acetylene lamps have
been successfully used
Great Rejoicings in August.
Great were the rejoicings when at the
beginning Of august last the workmen
in the northern or Swiss portion OF the
tunnel distinctly heard for the first time
the faint sounds of the blasting ard
drilling in the southern or Italian por-
tion II viii be heart-breaking il the
now encountered should prove
10 be insuperable.
IL will take al least three months mOre
to pierce the remaining go yards OF tho
tunnel under the present conditions, but
il is feared that in the middle of the
mountain. which has nearly been
there exists molten mass.
signs OF which are evident The OBJ
stacle may, perhaps, prove lnsurmount-
able. as the temperature viii be dOu-
hled, making II impossible FOR human
beings TO work
However, until the new spring is mas
tered nothing ueuulLe can be rOretOlu- A
Swiss expert who recently stated after
an examination that the completion OF
the work was impossible with the pres
tat plant. ROW predicts that only steel
rafters twenty inches thick for the roof
will be able 10 battle the heat. During
the last few weeks progress has been
made at the rate of only ten inches a
day instead of eight yards, as formerly.
With the exception OF the tunnel the
builders OF the railroad which Is 90 pass
through il Will fud few technical dIfIl-
culties. The landings on either side or
the SimplOn Railroad viii be very easy
Of access, as the present -Simplon
Road coming from Geneva. stops only
two kil0meters Trom the north gate OF
lhe projected tunnel while on the south
side of the projected tunnel the Italian
railroads I'm DomO d Ossola W.u join the
Simplon trains.
The Washington times., 1904-11-13
RaLston--A LatLe-KnoqUn Friend Of Aaron Burr.l

y NE whose good name was not
bughted by a connection with
- Aaron Burr, when that genius
contemplated his great scheme Of en-
pire. though his fortunes We're seriously
marred and his life purposes turned
aWry lies buried i'm Crown Hill Gene
terry. Indianapolis. His grave is unmark-
cd by any stone. There is nothing above
II but the green swaTd. and yet his name
Is one that well deserves 10 be remem-
bered in Indianapolis.
This is the grave Of Alexander Rails
ton after whose plans the original
square mile OF indianapolis was plated,
with It's broad streets and its broader
avenues. the latter diyerging from the
circle To this plan, as the city has
grown, the lengthening streets have
been made TO conform. The result has
been city which well bears the name
Of beautiful.
Alexander Ralston's connection with
Aaron Burr was scarcely as great ss
that OF Philip Nolan in Edward Everett
Hale's story Of a Man Without a
Country Balston was a Scotchnap
and before leaving his own country had
been inrusted by Lord Roslin, a large
landholder, with important engineering
operations on his lOrdship's estate. He
was 90 proficient in his profession that
when he came 10 this country he was
employed under the direction Of the
President Of the United States In laying
out Washington city.
A Business Connection.
His connection with Aaron Burr's
purpose seems TO have been to collect
body Of followers 20 conquer Texas.
perhaps Mexico. and establish a republic
OF which he. Burr. should be the head.
With that hope Burr associated the hope
that the Western States would ultimate
ly fall away from the Union and cast
their lot with him. lie would make New
The Washington times., 1904-11-13

children were born 10 them-a boy and
a girl Then incompatibility of tenn
peraEents and tastes began TO chill
their affections.
Character Of Woman.
OF a high strung. nervous organization
she was intellectually much her hus-
bands superior. and he cut poor figure
in the society in which she shone.
Urged by her 10 take up some serious
study and make something of himself he
went in for medicine, but the result
simply demonstrated that his abilities
were OF a hopelessly mediocre character
The rift between them widened. II
Is alleged that he consoled himself
with other women and treated her cruel
ly. They separated for time and then
tried the experiment OF living together
again, but now there was not a yestige
OF love left on either side ana mutual
antipathy and contempt had taken its
place. Things were ripenlug for the
tragedy.
About this time DIT. Secchi again came
into the countess life. He would ap-
pear TO be a villain Of the type made
familiar In modern melodrama, 10 whom
a woman in distress appealed merely as
an easy prey. He had little difficulty IA
reldndling the old flame and soon he
held the place that should have been her
husbands. He was a friend OF her
brother. Tullio Murri. who had become
a barrister and filled the position Of a
magistrate and municipal councillor at
Bologna,
Light on Society.
II throws a queer light on Italian So
Ciety that this brother. instead Of round
ing on Secchi, warmly espoused his
cause. Italian ways are not as Ameri-
can ways, and the fact that Secchi
already had a mistress and was a no
toriOusly immoral man made no differ
ence TO TulliO.
According TO the prosecution the three
plotted together 10 get rid Of the Count.
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Tullio induced his mistress, Rosina
Bonetti, 70 take part in the evil game.
and found another ally in his friend. DIT.
Pho Naldi who was hard up and willing
20 risk his neck for money.
TulltO, IT is alleged. conceived the idea
Of numbering the count by pricking him
with a hypOdermic syringe containing a
poison with which certain tribes of In
dians tip their arrows when they go on
the war path, but Secchi argued that IL
could not be depended on TO do its fatal
work quickly enough and proved il by
an experiment Of which a lamb was the
victim.
The Washington times., 1904-11-13
Thirteen Stab Wounds.

When the count was discovered dead
in his palace there were no less than
thirteen stab wounds on his bOdy. Some
feminine tnery was scattered on the
bed, there was the bloody imprint Of "a
woman's hand on the wall and letter
in a wOman's handwriting was found IN
The Washington times., 1904-11-13
In a Cramped, Ill-Lighted Assize Court at
Turin Countess Bonmartini Defends
a Sensational Charge of
Murder.

appeared TO have gotten over that For
some years she and the count seem TO
have lived happily together, and two
children were born 10 them-a boy and
a girl Then incompaubility of tenn
peraLlents and tastes began 10 chill
their affections.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-14
Guaymas and Vice Versa.

Wells Fargo & Co.'S Express and Telegraph in operation between Minas Prietas and all parts of the world.
 Shortest and best route to Yaoui river, Barranca and San Marcial coal fields, Soyopa Sahuaripa, Ures, Ls Buca, La Dura. Yaqui Smelling 6 ne fning and Yaqui Copper companies.
 Freight can be consigned to F. B Seymour to be forwarded by tea1 from Minas Prietas to the above named places.
 Advanced charges paid on all goods consigned to railway, which are re ceived, forwarded and warehouseS free of commission and storags charges.
 At Minas Prie.as depot hacks al ways ready to make trips to any oi the above named points at reasonablt rates.
 F. H. SEYMOUR. Pres-Prop.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-14

of petty offenders. These conditions
 promise to last and grow worse as the construction work at the reser- yoir site increases. And yet the people of the lower valley assume that as they are supposed to pay for the irrigation works, at some time in the distant future, they are entitled to receive all the benefits from the distribution of money by the govern
 ment on account of the project, and the engineers of the geological sur vey in charge of the work encourage them in this stand.
 The position of a government engi- neer, in this cinnection, should be one of strict independence. He should be free from the faintest sus- picion of partialiay between conflict ing or rival interests. He shond De concerned only with the engineering features of the project and questions of how to expedite the work. Yet We find MT. Hill appealing to the sel- fish interests of the people of Phoe- nix, Tempe and Mesa, telling them that road from the valley to the NASieC all tue DuSlueSS from Globe to the valley towns, but that they would be in a position to invade more of Globes territory. At the mass meeting in Phoenix on March 29, MT Hill is quoted by the Republican as having said: The advantage lay not In the mere build ing Of the road to the damsite. It would join other roads for the open ing up of the country beyond the Sierra Ancha, Pleasant Valley, the country along Tonto Creek and the rich region about Payson. MT. Hill funds became available"
 ished within three months after the funds became ayailoble"
 If MT. Hill made the above state ment he has, in our opinion, been guilty of grave indiscretion. We hope that he has been misquoted. as We would hate to believe that he would so far forget his position as an engi- neer and government employe.-Ari- ona Silver Belt.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-14
ON THE ToNTo ROAD

The Silver Belt hat no fault to ma with the government engineers II charge of the construction of Tr1ea tion. works on upper Salt river because tbav favor the building of a road con meeting the damsite with the towns ln the lower valley, We can apprecia1e fha fact that such road would De a convenience 10 the engineers, Wocia fac,Iitate the transportation of busl- nass at the damsite, and, more import Ant than all else, would be cheek uncn the railroad system haVing terminus here at Globe, to dlscourase Unreasonable freight charges on ma terial and supplies to be used m tRe construction of the works. These arc reasons upon which the sngineers could base an argument Tn la'or VI tbe so-called Tonto road without lay ing themselves liable to criticism
 What we do object to is the attitude of seeming hostility to Globe, the fe- fusal to recognize that the people oi this town and county of Gila have any interests or rights in the mater which deserve to be considered The facts seem to be ignored that thts county will lose valuable lands and improvements which contribute ID taxes to the support of the county government, and that the expenses oi the county during the construction oi the irrigation works will be largely ilr creased through the addition of Unde- sirable people to our population, who will contribute little if anything to the support of the county, but, on the contrary, will impose burden by in creasing the court, jail and hospital expenses.
 Already we have one criminal case directly chargeable to this irrigation project flat will in all probability cost cua county s1 900 or more. We re fer to the Prescott embezzlement case. We are also having an influx of the hobo class, largely attracted by the Salt river irrigation project. and as a consequence our jail is kept full
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-14
Fashionable Dressmakinp

a
  dres asp ALEXAHDEP my
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-14

The evils of socialism in Russia were described at the Union Park Con- gregational church last night by Dr. Edward A. Steiner, professor of ap- piled Christianity at Grin1sell college, Iowa, who has spent a year in the ozar's dominions studying the condi- ton of the peasants and who has just issued a biography of Tolstoi.
 If any of you are socialists" he da- clared to the large congregation which to study socialism. The land in the villages is owned by the public. Every peasant is given land to make a living from, but because of the great popu- lation the division of land has been pushed to such an extent that the small farmers cannot make a living in the least degree respectable.
 Moreover, the peasant owner who has received land from the state can not sell it. If he leaves the land he must pay taxes upon his land whether he raises anything on 1t or not. Most of the agricultural lands in Russia are divided by the. government in this way"
 The professor drew dark picture of the lot of the peasant in Russia, country in which official interference with private right is a distinguishing feature of the government
 The peasants he said. Tive in the most malOncholy surroundings. To the traveller their thousands of viii lages presents a pitcure of unbroken monotony. Their wretched houses are crowded against one another and in case of fire the entire village burns up. In thousands of villages print ed book is never seen. True the peo- pie are allowed schools, but they must pay for the schools themselves. The majority of the S0,000,000 peasants are so poor that they cannot pay for them.
 George Herman is a recent magal zine article gives the average income of the Russian peasant as SIPS year. His estimate is $4 too high. Of the SPA which the peasant earns ln year he must pay $4S taxes It has been computed that the Russian peas ant has four cents a year for spending money. The only pleasure he has is to get drunk.
 Tn Russia there is no middle class. While the vast majority of the people are peasants over them are the oppres- sors of the nobility. Russia is dealing with goth century problems in the spirit of the middle ages. She mas kept from her boundaries the reforma- ton and the renaissance.
 Tn Russia the eye of the press cen sor is allseeing. Sometimes person opens up his newspaper to ind a mage black with the marks of the cen sor. There is not even freedom of prl- vate discussion. The people are afraid to criticise the policy of the govern ment in their own homes for fear tnat in some way the officials may hear ol the conversation and suspecting a pfot against the government, exile a mem ber of the family to Siberia
 .sThe Slav is an expandlnS race Everyday the paw of the bear grows larger upon the map of Europe. More over. the Slavic nations of Bohemia Bnigaria and Seryia would be in sym nathy with Russia in crisis. The SIav is only three hours ride from serl;u More than half of Europe Is Slavic territory and is in reality hus- sian so far as political influence 's concerned"
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-14
,rd improvement

You wouldn't know the Hotel Ord now in Douglas. The hotel has been completely renovated and refurnish- ed. and Landlord Elwood Madden ;s adding to the popularity of the house daily. Pete Lepach presides at the bar, and all will remember Pete at the L. & o. in Bisbee. 3-9-Im.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-14
WretChed Conditions Exist In Russia
EVILS OF SOCIALIST SCHEME OF OWNERSHIP IN TACTICAL OPERATION.

pr. Edward Steiner Spent a Year in czars Domains, Studying Condition of the Peasants-The Professor Draws a Dark Picture of the Lot of the Peasant in Russia
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
THE DEMAND FOR POETRY.

R. BOYNTON who has written real literature into newspaper
Nt work the people longer poetry
Indifferent market We beg suggest
Boynton that he get poetry
market with Poets and prophets appear long intervals
their product permanent We think that Shakespeare
increasing that the of
Burns Moore Byron finds buyers Among the modern
Americans Joaquin Miller and Rudyard Kipng have steady
vogue and their best fail of recognition.
But perhaps Mr. Boynton that rhymes do repay the
of printing That probably Rhymesters have al
ways with while poets appear occasionally their
enough be appreciated Rhymes, less always
usually bargain The public
Even of the hymns that popular
the modern books of song
worshpers demand literature we'll pious passion
hymns 1t reaction from the ragme in both and melody
that denotes refinement rather than decline in public
The people poet for their money, will pay
appears We oense the genial rhymesters
mistake buro for Pegasus Their work poetry
foothills Olympus and they always productive
sadness for they contribute the gayees of life by their
efforts Their work upon like cloud which may
background for the lightning fash of poetry
unexpected and unheraded for the thunder follows
nas
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
THE PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

THE vivid vire message constitutes its i'm
scope and Of the remarkable poti
pronouncements history Nothing is
neglected nothing forgotten and there be few who fail
to recognize deepest words,
President of the whole nation and section only and that
for him all party differences submerged Athe common
and united needs OF the people No mind approach such
message this without quickening OF the patriotic sentiment
which yitaly necessary to-day
1t characteristic of the President that he should
the where the much vxed labor problem has held
the stage for so long His words those OF strong and Judicial
mind knowing neither tear favor and unengy recognizing
and indicating the principles OF right and which undee the
transient self interests involved
The paerna audible throughout the whole
especially significant prngng obviously does from
courage perform duty strong encouraged
their well doing where such well doing exists and the weak
child labor OF child cmnaty and of child mortality must be
faced there recognition that the sappng
et he found for the de,ct;ye aieer;es Of overcrodine and
all other questions sink utter nsgncance when compared
ner and natural deveonnen Of doms and family life In his
the child for the family the President shows himself to
be enough and enough to identity the needs
of the future with those Of to-day and his words will certainly call
forth a sympathetic and universal response
Presidents broad public and commercial
questions Of the day necessarily condensed but they
the significant highways be kept
upon equal terms and the rebate must be stopped There must
be some general supervision over railway rates. and there must De
policy OF fair and inquiry into the methods OF many I'M
poant corporations The process of naturalization must be
uted the purity OF elections insured and the OF the law must
strengthened heightened reach those who
the nation well those who against the individual
Inc Fresionts concePuon OF hoery wlde one ou 1t IS o
wide enough include the liberty infringe the natural
Upon national needs the message less explicit
prehse American be sufficient for American
defense and the peace rannous be summed There
be eternal vigilance against external foes well against
of household and the merchant marine be
couraged by appropriate legislation
Especially welcome are Presidential agr
of California and of the country general The
irrigation initiated by the reclamation
carried and the forest must be handled that their
may permanently useful Encouragement
the Department of Agriculture with its almost lles
researches into all the sciences of production.
Not least the Presidents recommendations that which
indicates the department Of national life for
good sense ndhess and obeaanc respect for rights
OF broad community of interest In
national need and honest the Presidential
message will leave upon the political and thought
the day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Parker, with Miss
Beatrice Campbell and Miss Alice
Campbell, are passengers on the ST.
IBERIA, from Honolulu to this port. Miss
Alice Campbell comes for an errand
of interest-to procure a trOusseau-
for she is the affianced bride of Clar-
ence MacFarlane, son of Frederick
MacFarlane Their wedding will take
place in San Francisco in April Miss
Muriel Campbell is attending school at
Notre Dame, Cal, and the Princess
David Kawananakoa, another daugh-
ter of Mrs. Parker, has remained in
Honolulu to take charge of the Par
ker home during the absence Of it's
members.
Commander and Mrs. c. B. T.
Moore will sail on the twenty-second
for Tutuila, Samoa. where the Cover
norship now filled by Commander I'm
derwood will be assumed by Com
mander Moore.
The guests asked to meet Miss Wells
and Mr.. Hanna at Mrs. Gerrit Living
SUN 1duSluS QlnuCI Oh NlOuQdJ eve
ming were Mrs. William Spencer, DR..
and Mrs. Reginald Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Hart, Mr.. McAfee.
Mrs. Charles Deering entertained
twelve guests at luncheon yesterday.
This was the second in a series of
luncheons which Mrs. Deering will give
through the winter.
Mrs. ]. s. Lewis will entertain at
cards this afternoon in her apartments
at the Palace Hotel.
The charity ball on Monday night
was preceded by the usual number Of
dinner parties. among them one given
by Mrs. j. B. Schroeder and her daugh-
ter, Miss Eugene Hawes, in their
apartments at the Pleasanton. Miss
Partridge, daughter Of Bishop Part
ridge, of Japan, and a niece Of Mrs.
William James Cuthbert (Margaret
Simpson,. was the guest Of honor.
Another affair, exclusively for buds,
will be luncheon given by Mrs. Alex
ander D. Keyes with Miss Charlotte
Wilson guest OF honor. This will take
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
THE PILGRIMS.

n q pom the white sea-sand
There sat a pilgrim-band.
Y j Telling the losses that their lives
had known,
While evening waned away
From breezy cliff and bay,
And the strong tides went out with
weary moan.
One spake, with quivering lip,
Of a fair-freighted ship,
With all his household, to the deep gone
down;
And one had wilder woe,
For a fair face long ago
Lost in the darker depths Of a great
town
There were who ,mourned their youth
With a most loving truth,
For it's brave hopes and memories ever
green;
And one upon the west
Turned an eye that would not rest.
For far-off hills whereon his joy had
been.
Some talked of vanished gold,
Some of proud honors told.
Some spake of friends that were their
trust no more;
And one of a green grave,
Beside a foreign wave,
That made him sit so lonely on the
shore.
But when their tales were done.
There spake among them one
A stranger, seeming from all sorrow
free
Sad losses have you met.
But mine is heavier yet.
For a believing heart hath gone from
me-"
"Alas" these pilgrims said,
For the living and the dead,
For fortunes cruelty and loves sure
cross.
For the wrecks of land and seal
But, howe'er it came to thee,
Thine, stranger, is life's last and heav-
lest lossi"
-Pittsburg Press.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
1.-THE SMART SET.
BY SALLY SHARP.

place on the 14th. and viii be general
merry-making time for all these gay
young things.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Coleman and
Miss Lucy Coleman will entertain at a
large ball in the maple room of the
Palace this evening.
Miss Amy Garoutte win be the guest
of honor at a luncheon given to-day by
Mrs. G. H. Umbsen. 1t is expected
that the engagement of Miss Garoutte
will be announced.
Mr. and Mrs. j. DOwney Harvey and
Miss Anita Harvey will entertain at
large tea to be given on December Is.
The wedding of Miss Margaret Kin
sey and Bertram Chase Towne will be
soIemnized at Grace Church to-day, at
high noon. The bride is daughter Of
Mrs. Phoebe Kinsey, formerly of Eu-
gene, Oregon. whose husband was one
of the founders Of that city The
bridegroom is an attorney Of San
Francisco. Miss Greta Waterman will
Dc Uldlu OL LOlOEs L. hfe~N~A AAA<AiA
serving as best man to the bridegroom,
while DIR. G. NJ. Terrill will act as es-
cort to the brides mother. Mrs. Kin
sey has bought a beautiful home at
San Mateo. where she. with Mr.. and
Mrs. Towne, will reside.
Miss G. Gearin Of Portland, Oregon,
is the guest of Mrs. Alphonse Kelly.
Miss Gearin was a guest at the Con-
federate ball on Monday evening. and
her gown Of rainbow chiffon was ex-
quisite and greatly admired.
Mrs. r. A. Vance was hostess at a
dinner followed by a theater party at
the Columbia, on Saturday evening,
December 8. The affair was IN honor
Of Mrs. John NJ. Vance and Miss Car
lotta Vance Of Eureka.
Mr.. and Mrs. L Auerbach announce
the engagement OF their daughter.
Belle, to Carl GreenhOod Of Montana
Mrs. Benjamin Goldsmith will be at
home on first Tuesdays at her resi-
dence on California street and Third
avenue.