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Arizona silver belt., 1904-11-24
THE RAILROAD CONTROVERSY
Decision In Favor of the Arizona Eastern. Conference In Tucson

The trial of the railroad injunction cases involving the railroad right of- way over eighteen miles of country beginning 5000 feet west of Kelvin and extending to d point nearly opposite the mouth of the San Pedro river, was begun before Judge Doau on Thurs day of last week and terminated Sat urday. A large number of witnesses and attorneys were present. The court first dissolved two temporary iniuuc,ions granted since the issuance of the original injunction in April last aud heard the latter on it's merits. After hearing the evidence and the arguments of counsel, pro and con, the court made the injunction per. oetuai which in effect, Is judgment l'iving the right'of- way in controversy to the Arizona Eastern railroad company. This judgement is in har- mony with the decision of the com missioner of the general land office, we understand. The Phoenix X Eastern gave notice of an appeal to the Su- preme court of the territory.
 The question of the right of the Phoenix & Eastern railroad company to continue running it's trains over the eighteen miles of track covering the disputed ground, pending the hearing of the appeal in the supreme court, was not raised in this case, but will be decided in another action to be heard Monday next.-Floreuce Blade.
 In this connection the TucSou Citi zen of Monday says:
 T, J. Norton, the chief solicitor of the Santa Fe road for the Pacific coast, |, is here from Los Angeles in company with L H. Chalmers, another attorney for the road, whose office is in Phoe. nix, Ben Goodrich, the well known romb'tone lawyer, and Chief EugI. neer W. A. Drake of the Phoenix & Eastern. These men are in town for the purpose of trying to come to some kind ofan agreement with the legal force of the Arizona Eastern over the recent right-of.way dispute, which was decided the other day in favor of the latter road by Judge Doan of Florence. The Judge is also in the city, in the capacity of delegate to convention.
Arizona silver belt., 1904-11-24
miner to show that the work done or

miner to show that the work done or the improvement made does, as mat ter of fact, benefit each of the clim of the group. As large properties are usually developed Systematically for the purpose of more economical work ing, the running of levels from shaft which will eventually extend into ad joining claims may properly be con sidered as assessment work performed on all the elaine, or for the Oene fit of all. The work may even be performed outside of the boundaries of the claims, or the work may be done on n pat ented claim for the benefit of adioin- ing unpatented claims Mining and Scientific Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1904-11-24
Assessment on urOup of Mines

In order to do the assessment work for a group of claims upon one of them patented or unpatentedD the claims must be contiguous, so that each claim concerned may be in some manner benefited, The amount ex- pended on this one claim must be at least equivalent to the amount which would be required if each claim were "represented'' separately. The work performed or improvements made must manifestly be for the benefit of all the claims included In the group, and the burden of proof is upon the
Arizona silver belt., 1904-11-24
Arizona q Colorado Railroad Time Table

Leave Cochise for Pearce. 9:3O a. m. and arrive at Pearce 1925 a. m. Leave Pearce for Cnchise, 7:45 a. m and arrive at Cochise $40 a. m. Connections at Cochise with $. S.P.Ry. Effective October 22, 1903.
 E. A. MCFARLAND,
 Asst. Genl Manager,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

approach that Of the local playhouse. On
Dec 8, 1881. the Ring Theater in vi
emma burned and sT5 lives were lost. In
the destruction of Lehman's Theater in
st. Petersburg between COO and 200 per-
sons were killed.
The most recent theater fire in Chicago
before this was the one that destroyed
the Columbia Theater in Monroe street
four years ago and which did its work
in practically twenty minutes This Ere
occurred during Rogers brothers re
hearsal and the players on the stage
were protected by the fire curtain. While
there was no loss of life, more property
damage was done than will probably re
suit from the Iroquois fire, and the re-
suits if the house had been flied, as was
the Iroquois, can only be imagined.
Occasional panics have occurred from
time to time in Chicago theaters, started
by false alarms in the theater or by
fires near by. but they have cs used Do
loss of life
In the great Chicago fire of 1871. the
largest conhagration of modern times, in
which 2.l24 acres were devastated, but
POO lives were lost. so far as the most re
liable information showed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06
CHICAGO'S APPALLING CATASTROPHE.

C7F He business Of show and gilt
Ill cruelty burned
has its
The the Theater appalling
stands first
list the More lives
Lady Egn
of
1871 More lives lost half panic than other hotel
i times
holiday city Of the
building halls other
bloody
OF
children
in peril hideou With advancing
to
to
safety device and 10 draw
lessons experience in the construction Of such buildings in all
Presumably equipped sufficient with
intelligence could devise ecte and approved by city
amounted
"hpoof would
directly
In OF
endo
holiday
the rendered
patty The whole country bows with Chicago this her hour OF sorrow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06
oHOULs Roe BODIES.
Human Nu1tures Swoop Down on Vic
Tins of the Gaia strophe.

Human NuItures Swoop Down on Vic
Tins of the Gaia strophe.
Human vultures in the form of pick
pockets and thieves swooped down upon
the morgues and temporary resting places
for the dead and commenced spoiation
of the Iifeless victims of the holocaust.
They did not even hesitate to attack the
living and while in the panic of the awful
hours following the outbreak of the fire
it was impossible for the police even
feebly to protect the bodies of the dead
that lay in piles in drug stores, cigar
shops. hotels, restaurants aud even in
the streets, gangs of thieves and pick
pockets from the slums of all Chicago in
the senblance of distracted mourners
searching for their loved ones trooped
upon the melancholy scene. lmpudently
these blackguards pushed through the
portals of the temporary mOrgues and
despite the utmost efforts of the police
they carried off rings, watches, purses
and jewelry.
Finding themselves unable to cope
with the scoundrels the bluecoats sent
out call for all the police reserves in
the city. and from the outlying police sta
tons detectives and uniformed officers
poured into Randolph street
The plain clothes men on guard at the
temporary mOrgues had no time TO take
the robbers into custody. Ii would have
been impossible to conduct them through
the dense mass of people that thronged
the streets, and the absence of the Off
GERS would have given large opportunity
for other robbers. In most cases. there
fore. the thieves when detected, were
kicked or cudgeled out of the morgues.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

were crushed under foot. Girls threw
themselves from the balconies and lay
crushed and dying till suffocaiion ended
their miseries
Over 1000 people In the orchestra
seats, with easy access to the doors, grad
ually made their way to safety. but most
of them threw aside wraps. pocketbooks,
hats-everything that seemed to burden
them in their rush for life and the open
air. In spite Of the panic. in spite OF the
suffocation. nseJly all of them We're
saved.
Upper Floors Death Traps.
But in the balcony and the gallery the
angel of destruction wrought his fright
full work at will. The fame and smoke
gathering on these upper floors caught
the people before they realized the full
extent of the danger. 1t seemed incredi-
BILE that the litue rush of fire corld lap
the walls so quickly and reach out after
them like q stroke of lightning.
Then when the full meaning Of the
disaster came to them they fought and
battled with one another for safety-bat-
tied ike stampeded animals with the
deadly smoke curling all about them, ev-
erything plunged into absolute darkness,
not even a friendly lantern to show them
the way cut of this dance of death.
The classic outlines OF the theater. the
beautiful plush hangiEgs. the arched win
dows with their stained glass. the state
Ii pillars became a morgue five minutes
after the first little ribbon of fame made
its way along the stage.
Women and girls in the gallery never
had a chance for life. They met the end
still seated in their theateT chairs, their
poor. impotent hands burnt into one COM
mingled cinder with the sides Of the seats
they had grasped wlsen the panic came
Others who had managed By the
strength of terror 70 get into the aisles
found their awful ending in a LingIed
doom Of smoke and Ere and tearing OF
limbs in the passages and the open
space back OF the ssatA Dozens OF 9th
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

There were thousand spectacular fea-
lures about this battle with the destro.o
gallant rescues, joyous reunions, noble
labors in relief of pain, unseLish charity
that was splendid and spontaneous.
But to those who saw that terrible
scene, who went if only for moment
up those stairways and among the twist,
ed bodies of those poor victims. the
whole story Of this swift struggle be-
gins and ends there and there only.
What caused the fire, what property loss
was sustained. where the blame, if any,
can be placed-what matters it, what
can matter, beside that terrible picture
on the stairs. that awful blotting ont OF
hum an lives, that holocaust Of cruel
daatl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

of the stage near the proscenium, ignired
it, starting the fire
There were $50 drop scenes hanging at
the theater at the time. and to prevent
these from taking fire also the stage man
ager directed that the burning drapery
be lowered. Instead, the men in the fly
gallery. in their excitement, raised ii, and
almost instantaneously the flames leaped
to the other hanging scenery.
Before the sense of danger became
general the flames surrounded several of
the calcium tanks. With binding
scorching puff. which sent sheet of
white fame out into the auditorium,
these exploded. scattering the fire and
starting the wild, terrible scramble for
safety.
An attempt was made to confne the
fire to the stage by lowering the asbestos
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06
Whirlwind of Flame Envelops
Balconies, Filled with Holt
day Crowds.
Scene of Horror Intensified as Scores
Leap to Street or Fall from
the Escapes.
Catastrophe Is Said to Have Been
Caused by Explosion of a
Calcium Light.

Nearly six hundred men, women
and children met a fearful death at the
new Iroquois Theater in Chicago We'd
nesday afternoon-tortured and inciner-
ated by fire, Subjected by smoke and
gases, and crus1 ed into notl. ingness by
one another while struggling e escane
the impending doom.
Hundreds of others are lying between
life and DEATH with limbs broken and
burnt, at their homes and in hospitals,
while every undertaking establishment in
the city was filled with dead bodies.
many of which could not be identified.
The disaster, the most appalling of the
character that ever has befallen Chi
cago, occurred in the middle OF the mat
inee performance of Mr. Blue Beard,
with fully 1900 people in the audience,
a large proportion of them women, girls
and little children.
A calcium light on stand six feet
above the level of the stage exploded.
and in a moment Il little streak of flame
had caught the tinsel of the stage set
tings, flooding everything back of the
footlishts in a wave Of fire.
Panic Seizes the Crowd.
Eddie Foy, the chief comedian Of the
company, stood out from the panic
stricken group on the stage to assure the
audience that there was no danger. Even
as he spoke the great asbestos curtain
was let down. caught on one side and
failed TO work
In another instant smoke burst out
from the top arch Of the stage and from
under the bottom of the curtain, and be-
fore man or woman in the seats could
rise the whole roof of the auditorium
was in blaze. Two gas tanks explod-
ed in the flies on the east side of the
theater, and black, choking fumes beat
down in d cloud of death from every
wall
That was all. Fear. uncomfortable
and terrible, reigned. Men and women
fought like wild beasts filled only with
the desire for self-preservation. Little
babies slipped from their mothers up
lifted arms and in an instant their lives
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06
HORROR TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Men fell on their knees and prayed.
Men and women cursed,
For an hour the rescue work was car
ried on without other light than that Of
candies.
OF the 900 persons seated in the first
and second balconies few if any escaped
without serious injury.
Under pretense Of serving as reseuers
ghouls gained entrance to the theater and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

Dec. ., 1876, in Conway's Brooklyn The
alter, Brccklyn, y. Y. Here 295 of the
audience persisted in fierce flames. The
day after Christmas in 1911, while the
play The Bleeding Nun" was being
performed in a theater at Richmond,
Va, fire started that burned seventy
persons to death, among them the Gov
ernor of the State, George W. Smith.
Only two European theater catastrophes
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

Punishment adequate for the guilt or
negligence that permitted such a calam-
ity cannot be conceived. No penalty can
atone for il. Not in .le spirit of ven
gcance, but in sad determination that
such disaster must for the future be
made impossible. there must be the most
searching investigation Of its causes. Of
the means which may prevent its repe-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06
STARTED BY SPARKS.
EIectric Arc Light Iguites Gauzy
Stage Dire peries

The fire originated from sparks from
one of the eight electric arc lights which
hung in the first entrance back of the
proseenium arch, just behind the drapery
on the south side OF the stage. These
were in use NJ the time to throw spot
lights OH the performers during the moon
light scene. One OF the sparks, striking
upon the drapery hanging from the top
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

rings were even torn from many OF the
women. In the bIackness OF the theater
they could work unobserved, but il was
not long before the police had diseov-
cred their presence and made war on
them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

drop curtain. which IS required by the
city ordinances. but for some reason not
clearly explained it could not he brought
down more than two-thirtls OF the dis
lance
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06
WORST IN couNrRYs HISTORY.

No Previous Playhouse Fire So De
structive to Human Life.
The IroQuois Theater disaster in Chi
cago was vastly more destructive to hn-
man life than any other playhouse fire
in the history of this country. The fire
next to it in point of lives lost occurred
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

The National City Bank Of New York
has engaged S1,150,O00 gold in London.
Lazard Freres announce an engagement
of 81, 100000 gold.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

One fellow was caught taking a costly
string of pearls from the neck of dead
woman, who, he asserted, was his wife.
Others were detected with watches and
rings.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

tition. When these are found the whole
country must heed the lesson----N New
York World.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-06

Toulon. France, sent to America last
year $4,000 worth Of flower bulbs.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-02-05
A HISTORICAL CHURCH
Interesting Interview With Miss Rose
lyn Madden Sargent.

Miss Roselyn Madden Sargent. who
is TO sing al che concert tonight at the
Dorlis theater, arrived here Yesterday
morning from Redlands, Cal. where
she has been visiting her parents for a
feN weeks. She expects to return
sEortly and make an extended stay
there, as she has secured a leave Of
absence for one year if she chooses to
remain away So long. from the choir
of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Is
lard. with which she is regularly con-
nected as soprano. Miss Sargent is well
known in Phoenix. as she spent folr
winters here and during that time was
q central figure in musical circles, b.
ing Il singer Of rare accomplishments.
Since leaving here four years ago, Bos-
ton has been her home most of the time
and for the last three years she has
been a member of Trinity choir. New
port. 1t was her usual practice to 90
down to Newport every Saturday night
for tho Sunday services in the church.
She would also make mid-week trips
when necessary to attend special ocoa-
si9ns, like the funeral of d prominent
church member or church wedding.
She has been working very hard and
NiNNiNANh ina q SOSA ip-L5 - NOhAA D~
time Wen s-ent.
Miss Sargent talks very interestingly
Of the east and particularly of Trinity
church, which IS one Of the most his
torioal edifices in the country The
parish dates nom some time previous
TO 1909 and the church itself from 1875
Because of its historic interest it has
been kept as nearly as possible in its or
iginal condition and any repairs that
have been Necessary have not been
after the manner Of moderns. The hug,
beams and supports have been
strengthened, but the old walls stand
as firmly PC ever. and the tower is the
same one built in the beginning, the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-02-05

but there is already a great deal of
capital interested in, mines there. For
instance. there is Phelps, Dodge & Ce..
who already have q smelter and a large
number Of men employed in their Pinal
county properties not far from Kelvin.
They obtained the property at q time
when it was on an Indian reservation,
and work was suspended by the gov
eminent. That part of the reservation
has since been thrown open, and ac-
tivity was resumed. though not on so
large a scale as ii will be now that the
country has been made easy of ac-
cess.
On this same subject Col. James A.
Fleming said last night that the people
of this city did not seem to realize the
opportunity that the road has thrown
open to Phoenix to be what it has never
been before, a supply point for d great
mining region.
One thing that viii make the coun-
try along the line of the road great is
that there is plenty of water every
where for the operation eff mines.
1t is perhaps no violation of conf
dence to state that Mr.. Wiley has not
come to Pho>%N on mining business
this time. He is nos even thinking of
mining. He is on his way to Prescott
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-02-05
FEW DAYS TOO LATE
California Cattle Held Up at Yuma fOT
Crossing the Quarantine.

DR. J. c. Norton, territorial veteri-
marian. left last night for Yuma TO see
what can be done with lot Of cattle
which were lately brought across the
line there from southern California
The quarantine went into effect en-
February T. There is nobody in par
ticular to blame for the condition OF
affairs. but the cattle are there. and
something viii have to be done about
it, They cannot proceed without the
sanction Of the general government
until the lifting Of the quarantine next
November.
The owner of the cattle evidently did
not know about the quarantine regul2-
tion and the railroad agent who per-
mitteG him to start with them unGoubt-
eddy forgot that the quarantine season
was so near The case win call for q
good deal of telegraphing between YU-
ma and Washington. DR. Norton Will
return To- the city tomorrow.
The people of southern California are
in a rather desperate situation. There
are 6OU.CC0 head cf cattle there which
viii die unless an outlet can be found
fer them. The state veterinarian has
for some time been in communication
with the authorities of this territory on
the subject. assuming that if the terri
tory would relax its own quarantine the
general government might relax its
20 the extent OF letting healthy cattle
into the territory after inspection.
The action OF the agricultural depart
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-02-05

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