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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

FIRE arms, our explosives. Where will
it all end? In what cataclysm of
years will the primeval again have its
own? When will the wilderness again
sweep over that which is known as
civilization? Where is civilization
and destructiveness to end? We buy
fine repeating rifles, and then we hire
a man who knows how to use them,
and we go out, and he kills something
and we call it sport, for we have
destroyed something, having given it
small chance. Impotent as any effort
must be to check the forward sweep of
fate, sometimes, none the less, we almost
wish we were back to the day of the
muzzle loader; the day when chances
were more even when sport was sport,
W hen, if you please, war was war,
when destruction was less scientific.
We read of the SO called triumphant
progress of the British column of in
vasion under Col. Younghusband in
hO udI4hCo
locks and swords. The machine guns
NOW them down. Is it war? No. 1t
is destruction. England is called
martial nation, yet most of her wars
have not been wars. In her one hun
dred years of conquest and colonial
ton she has not lost so many men in
war as did the American people in
two years of their civil war. Russia
for quarter of century has been
quietly destroying here aud there a
tribe of the inferior Asiatics. 1t was
not war. Now at last Russia and
Japan meet in an actual war; 1t is
science against science, destruction
against destruction. When this war
has ended, there will yet be others,
many of which are not wars, but
butcherles, wherein what is called
progress and civilization meet and de-
stroy the primeval, the savage. But
does this mean that the world will
ever be civilized, that eventually the
world will have abolished all its
wildernesses and all its savages? The
world has never yet been without its
wilderness, and never will be. What
is to be the day of reckoning? When
the sheer lust of destruction shall
either change, or meet in some IN
known higher power a force to which
1t in turn must yield? Brethren, we
think we are abolishing the wilder
ness and wiping out heathendom; but
it is not so. There will always be a
wilderness, somewhere in the world.
Man will ever fight it, and even love
it and long for it. The savagery of
man is old as the gun. and will be
still as old
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

The formal election for president of
the republic of Mexico took place last
week. The electors met, transacted
their business and announced the cleo
ton of Porfrio Diaz as President and
Ramon Corral as vice president. The
election was received with general
satisfaction throughout the country.
The election is taken to mean that
Corral will, in the near future, be the
real president, for President niaz is
aging rapidly and is going to retire in
reality, though he will nominally be
president.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

1t would Tighten many an editorial
burden if the japanese and the Rus
SLAMS would occasionally meet at some
place that's marked on the maps. Al
though some of the maps of Manchuria
are shown with names as thick as
leaves in June, there is hardly a
skirmish but is fought at some poly
syllable hamlet that has evaded the
photographers of the world. The only
good thing about the war, from this
point of view, was the "bottling" of
the Russians in Port Arthur, a place
shown on all maps. On the tip of a
peninsula, hemmed in on the Ian d l.
ward side by a superior force of jap
anese and prevented by japanese
men-of war from swimming away the
Russian garrison is securely held for
our observation. That bunch, at least
must fight at a spot that we can dis
cover on the maps. Elk.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

In spite of the fact that cotton has
been forced up to an unprecedented
price, and that there has been a fall
ing off in the market for cotton goods,
and many mills in New England have
been obliged to shut down. it is en-
couraging to know that during the
present year 30 less than fifty eight
new cotton mills viii be built in
various parts OF the nation. There is
alarm in England over the Wholesale
emigration of cotton spiuuers from
that little island to America.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20
The Los Aneles Times is said to be

The Los Aneles Times is said to be
oranizing a business mems excursion
to be run from that city to Arizona
some time next fall. The purpose of
it is to bring into closer relations the
California jobbers and the Arizona re-
tallers. The excursion will not be
complete unless General Otis of the
Times accompanies it. There are a
whole lot of good points about this
territory which General Otis has not
yet learned. When he sees for him.
self he will probably not be as sarcas-
tic as he is now at times, concerning
Arizona
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20
COMPARE THE PLATFORMS.

Democrats should not take the
word of any individual or that of any
republican paper in regard to the SIM
ilarity of the two national platforms.
The republican platform was of course
adopted first. Let any citizen take
the two platforms, put them side by
side, and study them, and he will dis
cover whether or not the builders of
the democratic platform did not fol-
low closely to the architectural lines
adopted by the republicans.
1t is true that in few respects they
differ. The republicans we're not
afraid to bodily proclaim their views
on the financial question while the
absence from the democratic platform
from any mention whatever of this
question is very conspicuous. Bryan
and his followers wanted the formers
pet theories recognized. Others favor
ed a sound money or gold plank, and
a compromise was affected whereby no
mention of the question was made at
all. Yes, there is difference in this
respect.
1t is also true that the democrats
inserted a pank favoring separate
statehood for the teFfitnrise. Of course
this is an issue to which little inter
est attaches outside of the territories
themselves, and they have no vote in
the selection Of president.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

1t is certainly a colossal joke on
both Russia and the world at large if
Admiral Togo has really been main
tanning the Port Arthur blockade lat
terly with faxed war ships, merchant
vessels painted grim and gray and
iron clad and armed With savage
quaker guns, while his real maritime
behemoths went home to refit as has
been reported. But that really seems
to be what the clever heather has
been doing.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20
District Court Proceedings.

July 1S.-May Zuck Fine VS.. Harry
Fine, placed on calendar, default
entered.
DeMund Lumber Co. VS.. Mile
Wagner ct al. go continued for
term.
DeMund Lumber 20 VS.. Mile
Wagner ct al, 31g5. ,,Ltinued for
the term.
DeMund Lumber c.. vs.. E. G..
Wagner ct al, continued for the term.
Ruth Falkner b. her guardian
Hugh Miller, VS.. f D. Parsons. Jr.,
ct al, reset for trial July %.
Y. f. Frost VS.. A. j. Pickerell.
came on for rial. partly heard, hear
ing continued.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

In its issue of Monday, July II,
the Los Angeles Examiner published
an alleged interiew with Willie Ran
dolph Hearst, in which the latter is
quoted as saying that he dose not now
and never did favor the free silver
doctrine as promulgated and advocat-
ed by Bryan. He thinks he deserves
great credit for supporting Bryan in
view of this fact.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

In old Fanneuil Hall, in Boston, the
"Cradle of Liberty" on the Fourth
of July, the Declaration of Independ-
ence was read by an Italian school
boy, Is years old, in recognition of
mis- proficiency. And the same thing
has been done before by an Italian.
This ought to make the blood run
cold in the veins of all Yankee school
boys, if there are any left.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Two hundred Porto Rican teachers
have reached New York on their way
to Ithaca to attend a sumner school
opened by Cornell University. The
few hours they were in the worlds
metropolis they penetrated the city as
far as Wall street. Four hundred
other teachers from the same island
have reached Boston. Many of them
made great sacrifices to come to the
United States, and they will return
inspired With new ideas and patriot
ism for Amreica which will be most
beneficial for the Porto Ricans at
home. After all we do some things in
this land of hurry and strife which
are we'll worth doing. And this is
one of them.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Senator Stephen b. EIkins, Of West
Virginia, says that his father-in-law.
Henry q. Davis, VITO was recently
nominated for vice president on the
democratic ticket, is real nice old
gentleman, but he cannot do, any
thing for him in the way. of giving him
"a boost into the vice. presidential
chair. ;s.:9:..,:.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20
BRYAN ON PARKERISM.

One of the best evidences that the
st. Louis convention did not per-
manently squelch Bryan and stamp
Organism from the face of the earth,
is from what he had to say in his
Commoner, in the first issue follow
ing the convention. In this he pledges
his support to the democratic ticket
but says the party needs fixing and i'm
mediately after the election in No
vember he will proceed to that task.
After a general discussion of the party
and its utterances, Mr.. Bryan closes
his editorial as follows:
''This is the situation: Judge
Parker stands for enough things that
are good to justify me in giving him
my vote, but as l have tried to point
out for several months, the triumph
of the Wall Street element of the
party denies to the country any hope
of relief on economic questions.
have nothing to take back, l have
nothing to withdraw of the things
that | have said against the methods
pursued to advance his candidacy. Il
was plain and deliberate attempt to
deceive the party. The New York
platform was vague and meaningless
and puIposely so, because the ad-
vocates of Judge Parker were trying
to secure votes from among the
people who would have opposed his
views had they known them. If he
had sent to the ALBANY convention
the telegram that he sent to the st.
Louis convention, he would have had
very few instructed delegates from
the south, and no possible chance for
the nomination. But he and his man
ayers purposely concealed his position
until the delegates bad been corralled
and the nomination assured. Then
his friends attempted to secure a
gold plank, which was overwhelming
ly defeated in the committee. After
the party had rejoiced over the har-
mony secured by the omission of the
question, and after he had secured the
nomination, he injected his views
upon the subject at time when he
could not be taken from the ticket
without great decentralization. The
nomination was secured, therefore, by
crooked and indefensible methods, but
the democrat who loves his country
has to make his decisions upon con-
ditions as he finds them, not upon
conditions as he would like to have
them.
after having stated that l shall
support the ticket, and after having
given my reasons for so doing, think
it due to the democrats of the nation
to say that, while the fight on econo-
mic questions is postPnoed, it is not
abandoned. As soon as the election
is over l shall with the help of those
who believe as ] do, undertake to
organize before the campaign of 1908,
the object being to marshal the
friends of popular government within
the democratic party to the support of
radical and progressive policy to
make the democratic party an effect
i've means in the hands of the people
for securing Frelief from the pluto
cratic element that controls the re-
publican party and which for the
time being is iG control of the demo-
cratic marty. This plan of organiza-
ton will be elaborated soon. 1t is
only mentioned at this time that the
readers OF The Commoner may know
that the contest for economic and
political reform will begin as soon as
the polls close and will be continued
until success is achieved. "
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Senator" Sanders has rung the fire
alarm to call the Hearst clubs to-
gether to save the country. The job
old Atlas had in supporting the world
on his shoulders was a picnic compar-
ed to the responsibilities of Mr..
Sanders in keeping the old thing from
fying to pieces.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Those who are rejoicing at the tenn
porary deficit in the United States
Treasury, and exclaiming: 81 told
you SOL" may gather little satisfac-
tion from the fact that during the
month of June the public debt de-
creased 50, O69, $50. This doesn't look
as if the United States was going into
bankruptcy right away.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Our Mineral Wealth says that 1.-THE
votes the socialists will get in Mohave
county, will principally ocme from
the democratic party Keane st.
Charles then throws this bunch of
posies. at himself. "All the liberal
minded republicans having Joined
first the populist party and then the
Bryan democratic party"
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Failing to get Communication of SEN
tence for Murderer Elias in Tucson,
his frineds are now importuning the
governor for reprieve, in order to
give them time to manufacture a
new case in favor of communication.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Progress, Protection and Prosperity
will be the watchword of the repub-
lican party in the present campaign.
The motto will prove "a magic one
with voters and will result in certain
success.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

General Frederick Funston has been
transferred from the command of the
department of Colombia to the depart
ment of the Atlantic.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

According to recent bulletin of
the Census Bureau, there are three
first class cities in the United States
having a population of over one mil
lion inhabitants; three second class
cities with a population of over half
a million; ten third class cities with
a population of over two hundred
thousand; twenty three fourth class
cities with a population of over one
hundred thousand; and forty three
cities of the Fifth class with a popu-
lation of over fifty thousand. New
York now has 3,718, 139; Chicago,
1,7S3, $50; and Philadelphia, 1867, 716.
The cities of America show a steady
and remarkable growth.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Cruelty in biting her every time he
kissed her is the grounds on which
Mrs. Fannie Finkle of Syracuse, New
York, is seeking a divorce from her
husband. Finkle claims that he al
ways bit his wife's cheek when be
kissed her at her own request, and
says she is disappearing him now.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

L. NJ. Briggs, who was a member
of the Kentucky delegation at the st.
Louis convention is quoted as saying
that "no matter what Parker may
say now, if he is kept on the ticket,
Kentucky will roll up 1000 Republi-
can majority
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20
An ENGINE OF DESTRUCTI0R

Field and zS1reamc for July, con-
tains. some. .eHeerQts. Rbast u-odgEl
wars. and the methods used for des-
truction which furnishes food for
thought. 1t says:
1--WE tireIessly and wonderfully per
feet our engines of destruction, our
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Mr.. Hearst's presidential fad cost
hImS3, 900 day at one hotel. Maybe
he got his moneys worth, for his
prospects are still a good as
PaIker's.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Merely out of curiosity and for in
and not with any intent
at sarcasm, may we ask what has be
come of Prescott's Hearst club?
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Some democrats of this territory
are actually commencing to work
themselves up into belief that Parker
stands some show of election.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

The Phoenix chamber of commerce,
by recent close vote decided not to
enter into the senatorial campaign in
California. This seems a like a very
wise conclusion.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

David B. Hill pulled the wool over
the eyes Of the national democratic
contention in great shape in his
manipulation of the Parker campaign.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Ex-senator Henry G. Davis, of West
Virginia, the democratic nominee for
vice president is 81 years old.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20
Dish Is Not ReIished.

Editor Tom Weedin, of the Florence
Tribune, gags somewhat at eating the
dish of Parker Grow presented to him,
but he managed to swallow it as will
be seen by the following excerpts
as quoted from that paper.
Although Bryan and Hearst were
second in the st. Louis convention
they are still first in the hearts of the
plain people.
The chief purpose of the majority in
the st. Louis convention, if we may
Judge by their work, was to wreck the
democratic party and they havessuc
ceaded, temporarily ct least.
The Arizona delegation did well to
get even an evasive statehood plank
into the st. Louis PLATFORM That
was all the west did get save an ap-
prevail of the national irrigation act
which is now in force.
If you are competent to choose be-
tween two evils always choose the
lesser, hence the Blade will support
Judge Parker, and in the mean time
rest in the hope that before the lapse
of another four years democracy will
have recovered its sanity and returned
to the faith of jefferson and Jackson.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20
WHERE is GEORGE SLOAN?

Peter Thompson whose postottice
address is now Prescott, Arizona, is
anxious to know the whereabouts of
George Sloan, who is an ex-soldier
member of G. A. r.. 60 years of age
and a large man and is commonly
known as big George" He is
miner by occupation his last known
address was Kingman, Arizona.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-20

Buy a pair of Paragon pants in the
suit sale at Block s.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-06

Philadelphia. Dec. 5,-Cleared. steam
er Allegheny, Savannah.
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 5.-Arrived,
steamer Apache, Staples. New York.
Sailed, steamer Iroquois. Chichester,
New York.
Key West, Fla. Dec. 5.-Arrived.
steamer Olivette, Turner, Port Tampa,
and sailed for Havana.
Sailed, steamer Martinique. Dillon.
Miami.
Fernandina, Fla, Dec. 5.-Arrived.
steamer Hermine (Aust), Bussanich,
New York; schooner Richard f. C.
Hartley, Falker, Barbados.
Punta Gorda, Fla, Dec. 5.-Schooner
Prescott Palmer. Carlisle, sails to-mor-
row for Baltimore.
Charleston, S. c., Dec. 5.-Arrived,
steamers Whitefield (Br), Johns, Ham
burg; Arapahoe, Pennington, Jack
sonville, and proceeded for New York;
schooner Samuel B. Hubbard, Mehaf-
fey, TiYerton.
Sailed, steamer New York. Hale.
Jacksonville.
Pensacola. Fla, Dec. 5.-Arrived,
bark Indefatigable (Nor.), -, Para.
Cleared, steamer Anglo Gillian CBr.),
johnson, Havre and Dunkirk; steamer
Nina Qt), Vale, Genoa.
Brunswick, Ga, Dec. 5.-ArrfVed,
steamers Sabine. Young; Colorado,
Risk, New York; Cairndoor, Haswick,
Madeira bark Miguel, Scion (Urug.) /;
schooner Theoline, Moody, Boston.
Sailed steamer Varntoor, Gibson,
Liverpool; schooner Mary E. Palmer,
Sweat, Philadelphia; Marjory Brown,
Thompson, New Haven; Francis M
Penley Jameson, New York; Charles
H. Walston, Plummer, Providence;
Harold j. Mccarthy, reported sailed
on Dec. 2, has returned to load lum-
Der. .1-4,e
New York, Dec. 4.-Sailed, steamer
Westover, Norfolk and Jacksonville.
Blythe, Dec. 4.-Sailed, Dagbjorg,
Pensacola.
Hamburg, Dec. 1.-Sailed, British
Trader, Savannah.
Bremen, Dec. 3.--Arrived, Schwar-
zenfels, Savannah.
Port Royal, S. c., Dec. 5.-Sailed.
Dec. 4. schooner C. M. Manahan, -,
New York.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-06

sarance and contributed to the later
rally in stocks.
The cotton carriers proved rather
hard to move, owing to the weight of
the realizing which was encountered.
The Reading movement then became
the center of interest. It's rise to near
50 was not accounted for by any news
regarding the property, and there was
disposition to regard the movement
as involving campaign against an
outside line of bucket shops. Some of
the other coalers in both the anthra-
cite and bituminous group. sympathiz-
ed with Reading, and there was gossip
OF coming increase in the Baltimore
and Ohio dividend.
IndustriaIs Advanced.
A number of the industrials made
striking movements, notably the Leath-
er stocks. Railroad earnings for the
fourth week of November showed good
increases. The market closed above
the low point, but the rally was rather
indifferently held.
Bonds were heavy. Total sales par
value, $5.115,00O. U. S. 5s and old As
advanced Il and the new As registered,
u per cent. on call
Total sales 1,67S,100 shares, of stocks,
including Atchison, 12,700; Baltimore
and Ohio. 73, 300; Canadian Pacific,
$500; Chesapeake and Ohio. $500; Chi
cago and Great Western, 16, 100: St.
Paul, 1880; Erie, %, 300: Erie first pre-
ferred, 22,300; Illinois Central, 14,900;
Louisville and Nashville, 90 400: Met
ropolitan Street. 10000: Missouri Pa
cific, S6.SO0 Missouri. Kansas and
Texas, 16,600; do do preferred, 17,700;
Norfolk and Western, ~ 300: Ontario and
Western, 12,400; Pennsylvania. 12O, 700;
Reading. 271,000; Rock Island, IA. 400;
st. Louis Southwestern, $500; do do
preferred. 2S,7O0; Southern Pacific. TO-
500; Southern Railway, $4,000; do do
preferred, 5,400: Texas Pacific. $500;
Union Pacific, 45,1O0; Mexican Central,
H,100; Copper, 1880; Cotton Oil, IL, 900;
Sugar, $500; Brooklyn Transit. $1,000;
Consolidated Gas, II 300; Corn Products,
1900; Distillers' Securities, $500; Inter
national Paper, 1880; Peoples Gas,
6,100; Rubber Goods, $500; U. S. Leath-
er, 147.200; do do preferred, 23,100; U.
s. Steel, 1O2,500; do do preferred, 6S,-
700.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-06

Trains arrive Savannah as follows
No. 20, daily, from New York, WASH
ington, st. Louis and Cincinnati EoV
a. m.
No. 80, daily. from all points West.
via Jesup, 1910 a. m.
No. SO, daily. from New YORK ana
Washington, $3.50 p. m.
No. 81, daily. from all points west
via Jesup, 1885 p. m. -.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains SO and "a, The New YORK
and Florida Express. estlpuleo
limited trains, carrying Pullman
Drawing-room Sleeping Cars between
Savannah and New York. Dining cars
serve meals EN- route.
Trains 20 and 80, The washington
and Florida Limited. Vestibuled mn
tied trains, carrying Pullman Draw-
ing-room Sleeping Cars between ga
vannah and New York. Dining cars
Drawing room Sleeping Cars between
Savannah and st. Louis. through
Ashevllle and THE Land of the SKY;
For information as to rates. scheo
ules, etc, apply to
c. II. ACKERT, g. NJ, washington
D. C.
S. ii. HARDwIcK. p. t. NJ Wash
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r. c. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
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e. @. THOMSON. c. P. g. 7. A., Sa-
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