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Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04
SELLS HELD OH A
 SMUGGLING CHARGE Manager of haco Drug EStab- lishment Must Answer to
 Grand Jury,

Otto A. Sells. arrested at Naco re. gently on charge of smuggling. by Mounted inspector J. B. Gamble of the terday before United States Commis- siooer Stanford at the latter's offices. Sells was held to await the action Of the next grand jury in the sum of s50o bonds, which were furnished
 Sells, who had been suspected by the officers for some time, was placed under arrest with drug goods On his person. he falling to report at the .. s. customs office at Naco when he cross ed the line. Among other things found in his possession was large bottle, containing a half gallon Of al cohol, dutiable article
 For the prosecution yesterday. In spector Gamble and Inspector Mason were called to the stand and the gist of their testimony went to show that Sells deliberately ignored the custom of reporting his possession of the goods which come under the duty laws of this country. Sells is manager of the Naco store of the Braun Ferguson company He did not take the stand in his own behalf.
 Appearing for Sells was Attorney E. !. F1anigan, who questioned the com blaming witnesses. evidently conced- ing the probability of the holding of his client and preferring to await the c.onvening of the grand jury before p esenting his side of the case.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04
HOVAL A. SMITH WILL DONATE
 TRACK
 
BiSbee Driving Club Is on Way to Enjoy Materializatoin of Its Dreams and Summer Will See Turf Sports.

Irrespective of the action which
 may be taken by other cities in the southwest. toward the formation of a horse track circuit, Bisbee is assured Of a racing track in close proximity to the city, and it is not unlikely that the close of the summer VIII ind Bisbee connected by street car with one of the finest half mile tracks to be found anywhere in the south west. This, in substance, is the statement given out by MT. J. E. Mo sher, one of the promoters of the scheme, and one of the committee chosen at Phoenix recently to look into the feasibility of southwest cir cult, having for it's backing the cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Bisbee, Fl Paso and Albuquerque. New Mexico.
 Mosher, who is one of the prime movers in the project to furnish Bis bee horse lovers with a clean sport close to home, is authority for the statement that through the generos- fly of Hoval A. Smith and H. B. How land, the Bisbee Driving Club, at any time that 1t has decided upon the amount of ground that it may need for driving park and baseball grounds, the land is forthcoming. It is understood that Smith has olIeIea to donate the ground for the proposed track in the vicinity of the c. A.
 ranch, at point east of the FL Paso & Southwestern tracks and about two miles north of Osborne Further, .R is said that the Warren street railway may be extended to take in the track and thus connect Bisbee with a pleasure ground in the east end Of the district.
 The driving club now has $500 in the bank. raised in a narrow circle of horsemen, who have the project nearest at heart. In the number are E. A. Toyrea, owner of probably the fastest stopper iu the district, C. E. Rinehart. James E. Brophy. Jack Bos- ton, L. A. Brown, F. A. Sutter, Frank Harrington and a few others.
 If built the track will be circular one in form and half mile in cimcum- ference. Inside the circle will be a baseball diamond and polo field is mentioned as among the possibilities of the prospect. The promotion Of golf may also be among the possibii- ities of the Bisbee Driving club, the country adjoining the proposed parks being ideal for golf links. A nlagnIri- cent club house is included in the plans of the club. stalls for stabling horses and facilities for training speedy animals also being included.
 1t is estimated that 5000 will be needed to properly float the venture and means will at once be taken to raise this amount among the horse lovers of the Warren district.
 The thing has progressed SO far as to name among possible officials at the track. W. P. McNair, local agent | of the Fl Paso and Southwestern. | whose connection with eastern tracks ]
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04
ARIZONA PRfSBYTERY
 MEETS IN CLIFTON
First Meeting of the Southern Arizona Presbytey on
 April 12.

Rev. George Logic, clerk of the southern Arizona presbytery, will go next week to Clifton to attend the session of this presoytery. Heretofore all the Presbyterian churches in Ari- zons were included in the Arizona presbytery, but at the last meeting of this organization held in Douglas a year ago it was decided to divide the presbytery and this was done. The two presbyteries in the territory are now known as the Phoenix presbytery and the Southern Arizona presbytery The new organizations will hold their first meetings this year and the South ern Arizona win convene at Clifton on April I2.
 The meeting at Clifton will incluGe representatives of all the Presbyterian churches in southern Arizona and in- cluding the Sacaton Indian agency.
 At the Clifton meeting reports of progress will be received from all the churches belonging to the presbytery, including Douglas. Bisbee, Benson, Tucson, Yuma, Solomonville. Clifton and Morenci. The Presbyterians have never had church at Globe. but 1t is expected that during She present year steps win be taken to organize a Pres byterian church in that city.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04
PROMPT SETTLEMENT
 OF FIRE DAMAGES
Nearly S20,000 Paid Through One Office in Bisbee for
 Last Month.

Bisbee, about the only mining camp in the Territory of Arizona, which has
 not at one time or other, found itseli in jeopardy of total destruction by fire, has had more than the usual number of fires in recent weeks. Larg ] est among the local blazes is the de struction of the furniture house of the Naquin Furniture & Mercantile Company, which occurred less than two weeks ago in this city. In view of the comparatively heavy losses sustained in the brief space of one month, ending March 3l, it is interesting to note the extent of losses paid by fire insurance coIi- panies operating in this district and the promptness displayed by them in closing up the claims of policyhold- CTS.
 In every case of fire that has oc- cured in Bisbee recently the insur- ance was placed with B. J. OReilly, local fire insurance broker. Through his office yesterday. proofs of loss and vouchers for payment of the claims presented amounting to $19,99S.97 were cleared. Of this amount $2O0U Is represented by one fire in Douglas, thus reducing the loss in Bisbee to $I7.9ss.97.
 Special Fire Insurance adjuster Percy l.. Griffiths, of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, has been in the city for the past week and
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04
MURPHY, B|SBEE MINER, LAID
 AT REST
Man Who Died at Phoenix a Short Time Ago, Was Thrifty and Will Have Good Burial. Left No Relations.

Concerning the death of James Mur- phy. the former Bisbee miner who died at Phoenix recently, account of
 whose demise has appeared in these columns, the Phoenix Republican of
 Tuesday, says:
 James Murphy. miner, had rath, l CT hard time of it all his life but he will have a funeral to make up for many of the hardships and Iabors he endured. He had enough to pay our of the world in handsome style. He | died at the Sisters hospital the other day, member of the Knights of Co | lumbus. He came here several weeks ago from Bisbee where he had been employed in the mines. He was then well along with consumption. A few days ago he sent for Eugene Brady O'Neill to inform him of his financial affairs.
 He said that he had $120O in the
 Hibernia Savings Bank of San Fran cisco and $500 in the hands of a man at Bisbee. He desired to make be- quests amounting to $500 to pay his physician and his hospital fees, and then he intimated that he would like to have fitting funeral and a good tombstone. He did not expressly state that he desired the residue of ihs estate expended on the obsequies, but he said that so far as he knew he had no relative in the world and indicated no other use to which his money should be put. There is therefore no other to which it can be put. It will have to be all spent on the funeral or else steps will have. to be taken to escheat what may be left after ar or dinary funeral. That would hardly be worth while. The tax payers would never realize that it had benefited them at all.
 Before his death Murphy directed MT. O'Neill to send to San Francisco for his money an deposit there, in or der that it would not be necessary to throw the estate into probate court. Nobody, however, was willing to take the responsibility of carrying oat NIur- phys wishes in this respect so that what is done will have the sanction of the court
 The funeral took place yesterday afternoon.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04
BASEBALL GAME BETWEENHOME
 TEAMS
Regulars Will Meet the HHas BeenS" at Don Luis and the Game Ought to Be Best Ball of the Season.

Lovers of the national game will have an opportunity of witnessing what promises to be the most inter- esting diamond contest to be pulled off in Bisbee during the present sea son. The local team, recently organ lZed, has arranged to meet the vet erans Of the diamond, whom they familiarly dub the Has Beens." ow- ing 10 the jocular mood indulged in by the regulars, old players are patron lzingly calling names at the regulars and say that the two games played neither of which were won by the local team. entitle Bisbee to the ap- pelation of Never Wassers.' And there you are. There is the spirit in this game. The old timers realize that failure to win the game means that they will go down in the D. & O. class. This they can i'll afford for the bali park still has visions of pleas ure for them aside from the occu- pancy of the bleachers or a pass to the grand stand. Neither do they look forward with delight to a berth as umpire for the local kids"
 The team which will represen the organized baseball players of Bis bee will be practically the same as that which went against the Douglas team at the Shelter City last Sunday. The Vets. will have in their line such men as Dugan, captain of last years Bisbee team, French, who covered first for both the Lowell and Bisbee teams, and Captain Ryan of last years Lowell sluggers, an aggrega- tion which proved that they were not to be despised at any stage of the game, when it came to swatting the sphere and circling the sawdust sacks. There will also be other well known ball tossers present to show the people, who put up their hard earned to go to Don Luis to see base ball that it can only be had when the "old stiffs" get together.
 Dugan has said that he will not play, as matter of business. but when it was shown him that Sundays game is for pleasure only. he readily reconsidered the invitation and it is well known that there is nothing which so satisfies Dugan as satis- faction of the kind that is measured by balls, strikes, base hits and runs. Therefore it is safe to predict that Dugan will be seen in uniform next Sunday.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04
LADIES THROWN FROM BUGGY.

While attempting to make a sharp turn at point on the Higgkas Hill road yesterday, Mrs W. J. Eddlemail, wife of the president of the First National Bank of this city, and Mrs. T. A. Hughes, wife of local real es- tate dealer, were thrown from the buggy in which they were driving at the time and sustained injuries of a more or less serious nature. Mrs. Hughes nose was broken and she was otherwise shaken up. Mrs. Eddleman was more fortunate, escaping with nothing more serious than scratches and bruises. The horse attached 10 the vehicle became frightened ct the buggy's overturning and ran away, demolishing it.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04

The man who introduced that lick the-editor bill in the PennsyIy ania legislature, may be trying to convince his constituents that he is not in the molly-coddle class of statesmen.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04

as a starter and judge under the Notional Racing Circuit, would make him valuable acquisition to the or ganization. The progress of the pro- motors will be watched with inter- est
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04

den. \varney, Dossis. Woods. Angius and McAllister will play on the local team b the coming contest.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04

passed fayorably on every loss sus- tained, he representing in his official capacity as adjuster the Hartford. Eetna Fire Association of Philadel- phia, Phoenix of London, and Queen companies. In justice to these com paAies. it might be said that all were tn the San Francisco earthquake and conflagration, and were among the companies rated high in their deal ing with the sufferers in the coast city.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-04

MouIton siek.-James B. Moulton, conductor on the Benson passenger run out of Douglas, has been unable to report for duty since last Friday land Conductor Sparks has been handl- ing the punch on the Benson train. Moulton Is suffering from an attack of rheumatism. He was able to be on the streets yesterday, by the use of a cane, but 1t will be several days bo- fore he is able to return to his work.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23

est outlay for artificial Improvement
of the Mississippi would be neces-
sary. The distance between those two
points Is 764 miles. All Of the big en-
cheering feats will have to be ac-
complished within that territory. If
stable channel of IA feet can be
maintained in that stretch engineers
declare that the seaboard will no
longer terminate at the Mississippi
delta. but will actually stretch 1,600
miles inland to the shore of Lake
Michigan.
Unreasonable good, it is confident
ly asserted by champions of the Mis-
sissippl valley ocean highway, will
come from the establishment of q
14-foot channel between Chicago and
the Gulf of Mexico. The annual value
of the internal commerce of the United
States is $22,000,000. This is the
amount fixed by statisticians of the
yearly value Of the international COM
merce of the world It is confidently
asserted that with the 14-foot water
highway through the length of the
Mississippi valley the internal COM
merce of the United States would be
Immensely increased. Hundreds Of
millions of dollars worth of materials,
it is declared, now go to waste in the
great ioiddle west because of the ina
bility of the railway systems of the
country to transport them. The con-
gestion, it Is pointed out, on the au-
thority of such experts as James j..
Hill and e. H. Hartman, is becoming
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23
sgRMoNETre.

Destruction is from Within.
Every man builds the scaffold-
ing on which 10 executed the
monster Of hio mIsdeeds.
AbsaIom 10 but one example
Of the myrIads which the
worlds history affords Of the
fact that an evil life contains
the seeds Of its own undoing.
Pride which built up such q
splendid conspiracy, proved the
medium through which came de-
feat and final destruction.
A man, after all, 10 only az
strong az his weakest point, and
notwithstanding Absaiom's rare
genius and clever schemlng, he
fell an easy victim to that de-
sire for magnificence and dis
play which had been a ruling
passion OF his life. A night cam
palsn, swift and full Of hardship
and danger, did not appeal to
him, but the leading Of mag
nificent army In a spectacular
campaign won his approval and
led him to defeat and death.
That is about all there 10 to
be said concerning Absaiom. AZ
we see him In that last lgno-
mlnious hour how the mask Is
torn from his beautiful face and
form, and the hideous character
which he had grown within
stands revealed A dishonorabie,
sobedient, Goddess SON going
down In disgrace to a grave dug
In the woods, while the magnifi-
cent mausoleum which he had
erected with statue Of himself
stands empty, and, In silent
mockery, condemns the folly Of
mans planning apart from the
will and purposes Of God.
In this incident 10 strikinsIy
emphasized the old, familiar
adage: "Man proposes and God
dlsposes."
David realized this, and az he
fled from Jerusalem, broken
hearted father, he lifted his eyes
to heaven and said: ~ ! shall
find favor In the eyes Of the
Lord, he will bring me again,
and shew me both the ark and
lts habltatlon. But II he (God)
thus say, have no delight In
thee; behold, here am !, let him
do to me az seemeth good unto
him."
Here was both the spirit Of
true repentance for the sins
which had come into his own
life, and whose fruitage was to
be found In the present wicked
pIottIngs Of his son; and whole
hearted submission to the SOW
ereign will Of God.
And both the repentance and
the submission find their inspira-
tion and strength In the faith
which laid hold upon God In the
dark hour and ciung to him a.
only the helpless soul can cling
which is reduced to the last ex-
tremity and sees that only God
can deliver.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23
THE STORY.

THE STORY.
JERUSALEM, which had but few
j hours before wept over the aged
king, ss he fed with his few follow.
ers, now rang with the shouts for the
new king. Ever lover OF pomp and
ceremony, that was most spectacular
entrance. which Absalom made as,
with his gathered army and the In
creasing multitudes who were carried
away by the enthusiasm of the mo-
ment, he made the journey from
Hebron and took possession Of the
royal city and the palace Of cedar
which David had built.
Az he rode through the streets sur
rounded not by fifty runners and few
chariots, but by multitude Of chari-
OTIS and great company Of fighting
men. he smiled with grim satisfaction.
Far beyond the greatest expectations
had his plot carried. He had not ex-
pected to enter the gates of Jerusa-
lem without a struggle. He had not
dreamed that so easily and quickly
were his ambitions and hopes to be
realized. But here he was within
Jerusalem's gates, and yonder was the
splendid palace Of cedar. The air
rang with tho shouts of the multi
tudes as they cried: Long live King
Absalom." N
With an expression OF supreme sat.
isfaction and self-assurance upon his
face Absalom turned to Ahithophel
who was riding with him In the char
lot, and said:
Where are those who stand with
David?"
BE not over-confident, oh, king, fol
where David II there will be found
those who will lay down their lives
for him." rejoined Ahithophel, almost
curtly.
T There was no man in all the land
20 keen and wise as Ahithophel. For
long years. he had served at the court
Of, King David, and was acquainted
with every detail Of the business Of
the kingdom. Through some slight.
fancied or real. ct the hands Of the
king, ho had becorAe dissatis1sd. and
when The plottins Of Absalom bad 70
carried the nation BY storm he had
welcoma3 it - his opportunity OF
gaining greetar ascendAncy Over the
nation and ~ quickly Joined hinssll
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23

20 deep produces q waterway Of I'm
msnse breadth with uncertain depth
1t low water.
The low water season, when the riv-
er depth Is frequently less than IL
feet, averages 100 days yearly in the
district between st. Louis and Cairo.
The alluvial deposits incident to the
flood overdows must, Of course. be
taken into consideration in any scheme
for the curbing of the Mississippi's
width that has the maintenance Of an
oil the year round deep channel az
its objective. Saving banks and exten-
sive levee construction must be under
taken. It Is conceded, in such q way
as not to deprive the bottom of the
enormous wealth Of alluvial deposits
following floods.
To Keep the Course.
II is the working out Of system OF
retaining banks that will not affect the
wealth Of the Mississippi valley coun-
try and at the same time regulate to
q certainty the all the year round
channel depth OF the river that pre-
sents the greatest problem In the
working out Of the 14-foot channel
proposition. or course. maintained
depth Of IA feet will demand less
width In the river in the vicinity OF
the bottom and will probably. produce
changes in slopes requiring great
corrective work.
Mr.. Cooley estimates that a 25 per
cent. increment to the Mississippi
dow is possible by using the entire
volume of water that can come
through the Chicago canal. He esti-
mates like increment by the es-
tablishment Of comprehensive reser-
voirs on the upper Mississippi. This
would make 12-foot minimum chan
mel during the period of low water
and give the waterway depth Of
from 18 to 10 feet under normal con-
ditions. From the Red river to the
mouth of the Mississippi, distance
Of 800 miles, the Gulf level is main
tanned. 1t is between the Red river
and the Ohio. at Cairo, that the great
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23

On the plea
of self-defence
merchants and
of the Middle
West have CIV
en- impetus to
a movement
for a great in
land waterway
system that
promises to re-
main in the
forefront Of
national at
fairs for years
to come. Prac-
ically every
section of the
country not ac-
tually within
the seaboard
zone has TAX
en- up the agi-
tation for a
great inland
waterway and
Is likely to
continue the
campaign until
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23
To Identity the Dead.

An army general order has recent
ly been issued, stating that In the
future all officers and enlisted men
will wear whenever in field uniform
an Identification tag, which will be IS
sued by the quartermastor's depart
ment, at cost price to officers, and
without charge to men.
This tag is aluminium, about the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-23

~e@@R
the national government Is commit.
ted to q policy that will place any
navigable stream of considerable di.
mensions In touch with ocean com
nerce.
President Roosevelt Is expected to
make a strong recommendation in his
coming annual message on the sub
ject of lakes to the Gulf system
of water routes. Such an undertaking
as at present mapped out would equal
in magnitude the construction of the
Panama canal. The cost of the two
projects, It II estimated, would be
about the same. Advocates of the in
land waterways assert that they would
be Of infinitely greater benefit to the
United States than the canal, and that
without comprehensive system OF
internal marine highways this nation
would be reaping only a fragment Of
the great commercial prestige to
which the completion of the Panama
canal entities 1t.
Residents. officials and leaders Of
thought In 1S states of the union are
already nightly interested in the in.
land waterways agitation. A national
commission to measure the benefits
Of the project is likely to be appointed
within short time. The recent trip
Of the president through the Missis-
sippi valley, eliminating in his ad-
dress before the Lakes to the Gull
Deep Waterways convention, Is re-
Garded through the central section OF
the country as committing the present
administration to the 14-foot channel
project The annual national Rivers
and Harbors congress that is held In
Washington just before the regular
fall session of congress begins Is re-
lied upon to keep public interest arous-
ed as to the necessity Of the under
taking.
Chicago Canal a Start.
Fourteen feet through the valley"
will be the slogan with which the ad-
vocates OF the inland waterways i'm,
provement projects will press their
claims before congress. They main,
tain that all of the statistics and argl-
ments are on their side and that the
present condition of affairs in the COM
mercial world Is an unerring indica-
ton that the country's future develop
ment depends not alone upon the ex-
pansion of railroad mileage, but upon
the Improvement Of the great water
highways Of the country.
What is being urged by the business
interests of the great central country
is settled policy of the Improvement
that will begin at Lake Michigan and
terminate at the delta of the Missis-
sippi. It was for the Inauguration Of
this settled national policy that the
recent convention was held In. Mem
phis. This two days convention wound
up the presidents tour Of the Missis-
sippi valley.
Outlay Of $5o, 900, 900.
Already start on this lakes to the
Gulf waterway has begun. The Chi
cago drainage canal, extending from
the shore Of Lake Michigan at the Chi
cago river to q point between Lock
port and Joliet, H., is regarded as the
initial stretch Of the great highway.
The drainage canal Is approximately
So miles In length, and as completed Is
available from end to end as q navi-
gable waterway. capable Of accofnmo-
dating vessels drawing 20 feet Of wa.
Ter. The cost Of the canal has been
-