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Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
DEATH FIGURES IN
ROBBERY COMPACT
Mexican and Chinaman Make
Mutual Agreement of Most
Binding Nature,

PHOENIX, Dec. 27.-The daily add
ton CT Alberto Arviso, the New York
store thief. to the appendix OF his
earlier confessions is one OF the di-
versions of life at police headquarters.
Yesterdays installment. however, was
probably the last that the police viii
be regaled with as Arviso was trans
ferred to the county Jail last night.
Any subsequent confessions he de-
sires to make viii be for the edifica-
ton of the sheriff OF the court.
Yesterdays recital further simpli-
fled matters, providing he is telling
the truth. and the story seems very
plausible. He said that the Chinaman,
transportation department of the
Quong Sam Lee, had charge OF the
firms business and was the man who
drove the wagon last Saturday night.
1t is hardly reasonable to suppose that
the two partners would care to let any
more people into their secret than was
necessary and especially in view Of
the deadly compact Argiso says he
made with the Chinaman. That was
that neither was to tell anything in
the event of Illustration of their plans
to which the Chinaman added that If
ne tQl0 ne WOulu expect NeuSSdHcS
at the hands of ArYiso and that If
Arviso told the Chinaman or the lat
ter's friends would kill him. Arviso
seems to be more afraid of the posi-
BILE sequel to this pledge than he is
of the law. In any event he is manip-
ulating matters SO that If he has to
travel down Yuma way Quong Sam
Lee will probably be on the same
train.
Yesterday Mr.. Korrick. proprietor of
the New York store, furnished the fol-
lowing list of goods that were recov-
cred from the Chinaman and how
much has been stolen that was not
recovered can only be guessed at:
Forty-seven pairs Of overalls, % shirts,
IL black shawls. 40 handkerchiefs.
So yards of black sateen, $50 yards Of
calico, 200 yards Of gingham, $50
yards OF muslin. There were two
white shirts which were afterwards
found to have been taken from Gold
berg Bros stock.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
BLooDHoUNDs FOR POLICE.

I The Douglas police department is
proud in the possession of couple of
fine looking bloodhounds which have
recently come to this city They are
the property of Deputy Sherihs Frank
Clark and Young Davis, who brought
them from Texas. One of them is
quite a large ferocious looking animal
and the other is a very bright promis-
ing puppy. Their owners say they
have as keen nosses for the boot
tracks Of all varieties Of criminals as
these famous scouts are supposed to
have. They have attracted a great
deal of attention during their short
stay in the city and those who have
seen them are well satisfied that when
called upon they VIII prove an effect
i've addition to the police force
Douglas Dispatch.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
A Boomerang.

A very rich, very economical and
very parsImonious young squire was
making preparations for a tenants
ball some years ago and at his wine
merchants discovered cheap brand Of
champagne. sf'This," he said, sis a
onod brand Of chamnngne II &c nnIta
good enough for those people WHO will
come TO my tenants ball. They
couldn't tell the difference, anyway"
Accordingly he ordered a dozen cases
Of the cheap wine 4 day or two be-
fore the event, picking up his news
paper, he noticed that his wine mer-
chant had a half page advertisement.
He ran his eye over it and saw In big
black letters the paragraph, ''Try our
celebrated champagne at SO shillings o
dozen, as ordered by Gobsa Gold. Esq.,,
for his forthcoming tenants ball..
Illustrated Bits.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

He was selling suspenders on the
street, but he declared that in his
palmy days he had been Professor
Piccolomini, the lion tanner.
What made you give it .up?' he
was asked
well, you see it was this way. Once
was engaged to tame lion called
Frederick Barbarossa, who was GER
tainly wild proposition.
But 1 was equal to the task. By
slow and gradual steps taught Fred
erick good manners. / used to walk
into his cage, snap a whip, make him
do stunts and all that sort Of thing.
Everything went along beautifully.
But got into trouble when ! tried to
teach Frederick to eat out Of my
hand"
''How?'
''why. he ate three fingers out of
my hand, confound him! Have pair
OF suspenders? They work without
hitching. twenty-five cents." - New
York Times.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
eRoNcHo THROWS RIDER

PHOENIX. Dec. 27-The Wild
West exhibition at East Lake Fss=.:
,,1sss-dav drew a very good attend
snTs and Jack Gibson is very well
sstisfied with the days events. Ed
Homes the star OF the Buffalo Bill cir
cns ana an Arizona rider from way
hsek was pitched Oft twice from one
NJ the broncos. and though he has rid
Am the widest of theE all, he had to
mil leather with that particular beast.
Today the Texas boy, Bert Bryan.
vho has bet Jones $40 that he can
ride him. viii take try at the out
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
carsst stay as cOat Of Mail.

Mrs. Nellie Mayer Of Akron, o.. was
saved from death by one Of the steel
ribs ia the corset she wore. Her hus-
band. from whom she parted several
months ago, attacked her on one OF the
downtown streets and. drawing huge
butcher knife from his coat, attempted
TO plunge It into her heart. The point
of the knife struck the stay, however.
and the blade snapped at the handle.
policeman Duffy overpowered and ar
rested Mayer.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
Business Hours In Honolulu.

Business manners in Honolulu lack
the strain and furry Of the mainland
city. The hard. white. anxious Chicago
face no man wears here. The lodging
and hurrying to go around the man n
front are never seen. The accent of life
is on men, not money or machines
There is not much doing before 10
O'Clock, and at the safes are locked.
the desks are shut. and the men WHO
do things are OF for a ride or a swim
or a game Of tennis. Here a. man does
his business.-Chicago News.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
DOING EUROPE.
This Tourist Seemed to Have Mania
For Souvenirs.

This Tourist Seemed to Have a Mania
For Souvenirs.
I had met Jones before. In fact,
meeting him had become a sort ct
habit. The first time / saw him be
was hanging by his feet, an apoplectie,
squirming mass, on the facade Of BlaT-
ney castle, kissing the stone of elo-
quence. My camera caught him in the
act. "Gadw he sputtered when | told
him that his feat was immortalized.
as my face in it7 Send me one, Will
you? That'll prove to the folks back In
GAINESVILLE that did it."
/ had run across him again in Lon
don. where all ways meet. | was saun-
tering around the Whitechapel ghetto.
and through the window OF an alley
tavern noticed two men drinking
stout. One was bobby in uniform.
His eyes were bleared and his face
purple. The profile OF the other looked
familiar. / walked in and beheld-
Jones. The policeman. startled by my
Intrusion, brought himself together and
wabbled out. JOKES turned to me with
q look of vast reproach.
"Glad to see you again, old man, but
why In the deuce couldn't you stay
away little longerf I'd have had it 10
half an hour more"
'Had whatT
why, his club. Lord, what a SOU
venlr that would have madew
Our ways parted again for awhile.
was riding a wheel over the crest of
the Black forest near Titisee, pumping
slowly to the top Of the long, white
road. 4 pine cone struck my handle
bar, another knocked my hat of, and
looked up. An aerial voice emitted a
Tyrolean halloo with much JUNCTION,
and saw swaying speck silhouetted
against cloud. My instinct told me IT
was Jones.
s'Hey, old manr' he yelled, trumpet
ing through his hand. take my pic
ture-quick. You're just in time. Can't
hold on much longer. Cameras at foot
Of tree. Lost 1t halfway up
bis camera was smashed, so 1 used
my own. Were you expecting meT' /
asked when he Skinned down, with
barked hands and frayed trousers.
''No, not exactly. Look here-big-
gest pine cone in Germany. from the
tallest tree on top of the highest hill in
the Schwarzwald. There's something
worth whiler
1 admitted it. and we stood survey
ing the panorama of mounded hills
and deep cut gorges full of the sound
of falling water.
lovely" l murmured.
"What? oh, yes. / s'pose it is. But
say--I wonder If couldn't find a big
ger cone somewhere in these parts.
Let's move on."-Wilfred Fl. Album In
Outing Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
AN OLD TIME DRINK.
Refreshing Switched and the Way IL
Used to Be Made.

Refreshing Switched and the Way IL
Used to Be Made.
They don't make It nowadays-not
mostly. But they used to make it
years ago, and how good 1t was! The
corn lot had to be cultivated. and it
was long way from the house. and il
was very hot up there on the hillside.
When they loaded the cultivator and
the hoes and spades on the stone boat
and hitched the two horses to that dry
ground vessel, they slowed away as
part Of the cargo a big stone jug. And
when the corn lot was reached the jug
was slowed away in a shady fence
corner under the bs,tternut tree and
covered over with grass to keep it
cool. What was in the jug? Switched.
It was made Of vinegar, mol3sses, gin
ger and water The water was drawn
from the spring beside the kitchen and
was as cold as ice could have made it.
And the stone jug kept it cold. The
vinegar gave it pleasant acidity, the
ginger a little "tang'-that's what they
called it up in ''the country the
nolasses Just sweetened it a bit. And
Sow good It was to go over iatO the
fence corner and take few swallows
out OF that jug Of switched!
Come o1, let's go and get glass Of
lee cream soda. 1t win be somewhere
about the hundredth part as good as a
draft Of switched out of that stone jug
In the fence corner in the corn lot up
In the country.-Utica Observer.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

law without bride. halter or other
headgear. He is to ride the animal
straight up with no pulling OF leather
or grabbing Of the horn. If he fails
in any of these requirements OF is
tossed off and put out of business the
money, goes to Jones as a salve to his
wounded feelings for the way he was
hoisted into the air yesterdaysby the
brute. Jack Gibson Is the holder Of
the purse.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
Anotb.r N;s,s,

Mrs. Tourist-Pm afraid that the
monkey wouldn't please my husband.
vender-But madam viii find it easier
to find another husband than to get
monkey like that for 3 piasters!-
Translated For Transatlantic Tales
From lie Rire.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
II Rearinds.

''The mill viii never grind again
with water that is past" remarked the
mournful citizen.
That's where a joke mill has the
bulge on water mill,'' cackled the
cheerful press humorist. PittsbCrs
Post
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

Engine No. 20 is in the roundhouse
and will soon receive a fresh coat OF
paint Nothing is the matter with her
except her looks, said Foreman Mer,
rift yesterday.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

a good Arabian horse, 1t is said, cae
canter in the desert for twenty-f ous
hours In summer and forty eight houxz
In winter without drinking.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
DOUGLAS RAIL NOTES.
douglas Dlspatch.l

NDVu5Is1o L4ops1INIIs ]
Most of the shops were closed in
the yards yesterday owing to some
necessary repairs in machinery, so that
a large number of men had a two-day
holiday.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

Engineer Charles Racer, who has
been breaking in the newly romodeled
No. s engine, caught cold the other dag
and is now on the sick list.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

The French carpenter going to work
protects his street suit by a work
mans blue blouse, but he does net
wear ovsrslla.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

New York politicians now see that
Hughes Is as expert with the ak as he
is with the saw. y.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

When they begin the trials OF those
who have been boarding money, lot
Of us can plead mot guilty"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28

The big responsibilities OF married
ife are iitte ones.-Bohemian
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-09-06

"The other night said the young
matron, alfred and | went to call
on the Brlghtons. We found them read
ing Greek history. They had their IL
b:ary table heaped up with reference
books. Maps were spread out on the
couch and the big chairs. They looked
SO interested that we almost felt we
were intruding. But we had only
meant to be neighborly, for we had
owed them call for ages.
"Come right in said Mr.. Brighton.
Stella and have just been looking up
few things. You see, Stella Is TAX
ing history course at the university
and | like to read with her occasional
ly. We don't think we ought to neglect
the cultivation of our minds, and soci-
ETY. and theaters are too frivolous to
waste our time upon. What have you
been studying latelyp
81 pretended to be Busy with the
fastening of my coat while / thought
Of all our dinners and evenings and
the jolly times we had had going to
theaters, and so l was perfectly aston
ished to hear Alfred say oh, we've
not been doing much, because we are
pretty busy socially, but my wife has
been looking into domestic science and
dietetics and social economy, while I've
been putting in few spare hours
brushing up on methods of banking. the
origin of currency, and the laws of de-
mand and supply
"Then knew what Alfreds partner
meant when he said that Alfred Is al
ways master of every situation. 1t
was well-earned pralsel
"stella and | began talking about the
girls we used to know and how being
married seems to shut you out of the
giddy crowd of those who have no
cares and responsibilities and gives
you broader outlook and deeper in
sight. At least, Stella talked while l
remembered In a haif-ashamed way
that belong to two bridge clubs and
have never resigned from my sorority.
"Our husbands smoked and talked
politics and at last 1t was time to 20
home.
"Stella didn't give us any lunch.
She says we all pay too much attention
to mere creature comforts. So when
we got home we made a Welsh rare
bit and agreed to spend an evening in
intellectual pursuits, just to see If we
could stand 1t
"The next day 1t rained, 30 1t
seemed a good time to begin.
I'VE wasted about an hour discussing
what we should study. Finally we de-
cided to read German aloud.
II pulled out an Undine' from the
back Of the bookcase and tried to read,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-09-06
WIT OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Fond Mother-Jane, has Johnny
come home from school yet? Jane-I
think so. l haven't seen him, but the
cat is hiding under the stove.
Little Elmer-Are you tired, Mr..
Smiles? Mr.. Smiles-No. Why do you
ask? Little Elmer-Pa said he saw
you last night carrying an awful load
Teacher-Who discovered America? :?
Small Boy-Dunno. Teacher-Why, l
supposed every boy In. school knew
that. Small Boy--I didn't know it was
lost.
Little Margie's father had very fine
head Of hair, but her uncle's head was
entirely bald, One day when they were
all at the dinner table Margie said 4:
Papa, why don't you get hair cut
like Uncle Joe's?"
Little Girl-Mamma sent me over to
borrow your ice cream freezer. Neigh
bor-I'm sorry, but the outside pail
was left in the sun and has fallen in.
Little Glrl-Well, I'll help you pull and
perhaps we can pull 1t out again.
Naomi, aged 3, was greatly interest
ed in canary that had been given to
her mother. The first time she saw
the bird asleep she said: THE birdie
has gone to sleep with his head inside
of him." Her aunt asked: do you
have your head inside of you when
you sleep| "No," said the child, "but
have my eyes inside of me-"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-09-06
fazDE : R4MAN
TIE MYSTERY OF
G THE CENTURY,S,

tary statutes, makes 1t a serious crime
for mother to hide the sex of a male
child. Young De Raglan, according to
the journal, sehemed to blackmail her
own mother by aid of these laws. and
TO this end took into her confidence her
French goyerness, Louise Ratone. Two
years were spent in preparing for the
assumption Of the male disguise. and in
1891 Louise Ratone wrote to the late
NJ. Pobiedonosteff, procurator of the
holy synod, telling in detail the alleged
facts In the case. The churchman in
sisted on starting criminal proceedings
against the mother. At his Instance
Nicolai swore out complaint against
her mother In Odessa. The woman was
arrested and preparations started for
the trial.
This, however, was too swift pro-
ceeding for Nicolal, and, fearing detec-
ton, she procured money from Fancy
Rosdorhney, a woman living in st. Pc
tersburg with whom she had professed
to fall in love, and fed to Helsinfors,
Finland, leaving a letter for NJ. Po-
biedonosteff, telling him that flial de-
votion prevented her appearance against
her mother. The procurator was
chagrdned, but ordered the officials to
proceed with the case. The mother pro-
duced evidence that Nicolai was girl.
The procurator was enraged.
From Helsinfors Nicolai soon fed to
Antwerp, Belgium, changing her name
to Nicolai Konstantinevitch. At At
werp banker, M. Citizens, sent her to
the United States. Arrived In Chicago,
Nicolai was presented to Charles Hen
rotin, Belgian consul, who introduced
her to the Russian consul, and, after
taking out naturalization papers, Nj
colai eventually became secretary to
Baron Schllppenbach. Russian consul.
The life of De Raglan In Chicago
was disclosed after her death In Phoe-
nix. She smoked and drank hard, used
profane language and Travelled with a
rapid set Of young men. She married
her first wife" when 20 years old.
Nine years later the wife" obtained q
divorce, and then married Francis P.
Bradchulis, De Raylan's business part
ner. Nicolai at once went to New York
and married Anna Davidson, an act
ress, who brought suit to get posses.
sion Of the estate after De Raylan's
death and sought to establish that De
Raglan was man. Letters discovered
in the strong wooden chest in which
the dairy was found indicate that Mrs
Anna De Raglan knew Nicolai's life
secret.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-09-06
INHERITANCE OF THE DOG.
Some Breeds Are Born with strong
Friendship for Man.

Some Breeds Are Born with strong
Friendship for Man.
BY the environments of his forbears
for generations back you may know the
dog. An Eskimo or sledge dog or
Chinese chow chow could never create
the deep friendship that deerhound
or an old English sheep dog or collie
>or bulldog or terrier Is capable of
inspiring.
Years before any of US were thought
Of the sledge dog was beast of bur
den, tolerated because human lives de-
pended on his ''motor" power, begrudg-
ed the necessary wherewithal to keep
his machinery" in good order, and
treated not as companion but as a
pariah and as brute without feeling
without thought, without hope.
How expect a descendant of these
half-starved, cuffed and buffeted ami
mails not to shrink from the uplifted
hand and treat with suspicion all
friendly overtures2 All man has done
for him and his forbears has been to
play the brute and make life a weary
bondage.
And in all parts of the globe where
the struggle for life is most desperate
and people, according to our estimate,
are brutes or semi or whole savages,
so are the dogs Of that people.
Persian wolfhounds, chow elbows,
"dingoes" In the wilds Of Australia,
Tibet mastiffs, all more or less dread
man, who many years ago beat them
into subsection, not affection.
With the $780, $1,000 and $1,000
champions and their brothers, sisters
and cousins who claim prizes at bench
shows the story Is different. Neither
they nor their ancestors have known
what 1t was to turn cannibals to avert
starvation. Man did not beat them
into drudgery. Men warmed to them
and they gave their all to man. And
Of the 1000 dogs gathered together
from here, there and everywhere there
were probably not a dozen who would
churlishly snarl at a strangers greet
ing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-09-06
FATE OF A RFALIsT.
Writes About a Haystack and a
Field Not Existing.

Writes About Haystack and a
Field Not Existing.
George Moore, the doyen of the Irish
realistic novelists, has rather curious
manner of speaking, every now and
then his words burst out of him in vio-
lent exclamation, says the Saturday
Evening Post.
He set out with young artists, Will
Rothenstein and Walter Slckert, to see
the pictures in the Dulwieh gallery.
They rode on a street car through dis
NAL mile after mile Of London suburb,
growing very gloomy.
Then Rothenstein said: "We're GO
ing through Peckham now"
"Peckham" cried George Moore.
"We must get down and look at Peck
ham! I've written a story about Peck
ham,
They got down and looked at Peck
ham; they walked along dismal streets
and the air of George Moore grew more
and more harassed. at last he cried,
~ do not see that haystack and that
field! There was haystack and a
field in my story! Where are they?"
They walked along more dismal
streets, and at last they came upon a
policeman.
George Moore stopped and said to
him: "Could you kindly tell me where
/ can find haystack and fieldY
There aren't no 'aystack nor no field
in Peckham," said the policeman.
"But there must be haystack and a
field In Peckham Y cried George Moore.
The policeman shook his head stol-
Idly.
George Moore tottered on a few steps
with broken air; then threw up his
arm to the skies and cried in tone of
anguish; "That is the fate Of the real
isti He writes story about a hay
stack and field in Peckham and there
aren't any therew
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-09-06

''There are so many good opportuni
ties If fellow could only take advan
tage of 'em!" sighed the pickle sales
man, moving up into the seat by the
window just vacated by the man who
had not been smoking.
"You seeu to take advantage of
yours" remarked the insurance COM
pany's representative as he extricated
himself from the ten-inch space into
(which he had been wedged by his seat
mates and kicked the cramps out Of his
legs. "I've had my eye on that seat
for the last three-Quarters of an hour.
Still, this is an improvement" he add
led. settling himself in the room of the
pickle salesman.
Il wasn't thinking of that" said the
pickle salesman. 81 was thinking of a
girl l knew"
81 bet she thinks he's faithless," said
the insurance man.
There's moon tonight" said the
pickle salesman. ''The sky's clear now,
so I'd be willing to betethat there will
be moonlight. It's warmer, too. and
the chances are that 1t will be warm at
Loon Lake and moonlight, too"
"It's the same old moon!" hummed
the mining engineer with the fat, black
cigar.
whats the connectlon?H asked the
horseshoe pin young man, curiously.
"And where is Loon Lake?"
Its in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,
North Dakota, Iowa and Ohio" replied
the pickle salesman. Several other
States, too. It's as common as Crystal
Lake. was just thinking awhile ago
Of little patch of dry, sandy beach
running up to sheltered nook in the
bluff and big log of driftwood to lean
against. It's the dandiest place to sit
with the right kind Of girl you ever
saw in any Of your lives. l know be-
cause sat there with her once"
The pickle salesman sighed again.
The other men sighed even more deep
ly.
Lets try it all together" suggested
the red-faced young man. "Say! We
can have sport with that. Let's devil
the conductor-ask him If we'll get into
Willow Forks on time. When he says
No we give him the simultaneous sigh.
Now! One, two"
"Cut 1t out" said the insurance com