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Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24
WHAT HARTMAN Is DOING
 IN MEXICAN RAILROAD WORK

cIRf OF MEXICO. April 20.-E H Harriman, who is so much in the pub
 ic eye. will play an important part il the railway development of Mexico that sfngularly comprehensive system which prior to 1883 had a mileage oi 800 and today covers 12,000 miles
 The first hint of railway construc ton in this country was in 1887. al
 most coincidental with the buildinl of the short Manchester line, the first In Great Britain. But real work did not begin for fifteen years, and then in desultory fashion, finally culminat ing in the old time line known as the Vera Cruz railway, connecting this city with the port of Vera Cruz.
 The building of the two trunk lines to the American frontier, the Mexican Central and the Mexican National, af ter 1883, signalized the commencement of the real railway era in Mexico. The infancy of construction in this country has been, however. very robust. Given the fact that railways are really erea. ticn of the past twenty years, rather in great part of the past decade, de Velopment has been much quicker than in the United States. As a matter of fact it took longer to build the first five hundred miles of road. commenc- tug with the Baltimore and Ohio. that pioneer line. recently acquired by the Hartman interests, than to build the first 5000 miles in Mexico.
 By entering the Mexican field Mir. Hartman only widens the radial ac- tiyity of his enormous system. His plan not only comprehends an entry to every large center in the United States. controlling thus from New York and the Atlantic seaboard to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle, but also Vancouver, and to the southward, New Orleans. that great entrepot of the Mexican gulf, the system acquires significance and strength from its Mexican connection HOW under construction. The acuui- sition of the Baltimore and Ohio would swell the Hartman railroad system to 27,000 miles, with a capital stock Of s1, TOO ,o00. .00e, making it the great est railroad group in the United States, larger than all the railroads of Great Britain combined, and with more than twice the mileage of Mexico But the 120S miles comprehended in the Mexi- can connection, the Guaymas-Guadala- jara line, will give Hartman, direct steel connection not merely with the United States and Canada with north ern Mexico, but with the heart of this country. His line is continual tion of the Guaymas railroad, running from the frontier town of Nogales. Ariz., to the port of Guaymas; thence 1t Is to proceed southward to Guada- lajara. capital of the great state of Jaiisco. Enroute it will reach Mazat- lau port and from Guadalatara, via
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24
WILL HAVE
 CELEBRATION OA 4TH

PRESCOTT, Ariz., April 22.-Pres colt is preparing to play host to what | is confidently expected to be one of
 the largest crowds of visitors from throughout the territories of Arizona
 and New Mexico ever assembled ;n the
 'city a mile high" on the occasion of
 the unveiling of the monument to Ari-
 zoaa's hero. Buckley" O'Neill, July 8,
 and the mammoth celebration being
 planned for that and the two succeed Ing days, July 4 and 5.
 At a meeting of the chairmen of the sub-committees of the citizens com mittee plans for Fourth of July cele- bration, to begin July 3, with the un- yelling ceremonies, and to end July 5, with a grand free barbecue and all manner of amusements, were outlined.
 According to the plans of the differ snt committees, the celebration will begin with a meeting of the territorial Rough Riders, July g. In the after noon there will be a monster parade, and the unveiling ceremonies, ad- dresses. etc, ana possibly a ball and reception that night.
 On July 4 there will be the usual patriotic program and a meeting of the territorial firemen's association. Hose races, relay races and other fire mems sports for substantial purses will be feature of the day, and baseball game and other amusements will go Jo make up the second days progran
 On July 5, the last day of the cele- bration, there will be big, free bar. becue, baseball games, cowboy sports. and probably cavalry drills There will be Indian sports and races, Indian dances and games, and in the evening great bOnfires will be built, and a beautiful pyrotechnic display of fire works will illumine the skies around Prescott
 It is rumored that Chief Wallapi Johnnie (Robinson) and Apach Tom (CampbelD will gather together a great band of Indian braves to fur nish part of the entertainment
 The committee expects to get the support of all territorial railroads, and exceptionally low rates will prevail from all Arizona and New Mexico points for the celebration, which will be the biggest thing to take place in l the territory, outside of the annual l fair in Phoenix. .-...
 The various committees are already | hard at work to make the celebration | in connection with the unveiling of | the monument to Buckley O'NeiIl | to be long remembered with | pleasure by all attending. and it is | expected that Rough Riders from all ! over Arizona and New Mexico will be i in attendance.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24

| the Mexican Central the port of Man.
 zanillo and the capital city of Mexico Thus the markets of the United
 States reached by the Hartman inter.
 ests would be brought within hand
 touch of the Pacific ports of Mexico, | including. by laterals or feeders, the
 ports of Guaymas, Topolobampo. Mag. atlan, San Bias and Manzanillo. while
 the connection will be also clear to ' the City of Mexico. via the Mexican
 Central from Guadalajara. This gives perhaps more significance to the con
 struction of the Guaymas-Guadalaja line than any other railway work afoot
 at present in the republic, the nearest rival in importance being the Kansas City. Mexico and Orient, building straight from Kansas City via Chihua-
 hua, to the Pacific port of Topolobam- DO. The Southern Pacific continuation of the Guaymas railway expects to
 commence construction out of Guada-
 la1ara by next June, or perhaps earlier
 Right of way is now being sought for the extensions in Jalisco and Tepio
 E. A. Mcfarland, chief engineer of the Cananea, Yaqui River and Pacific railroad, who is in charge of this new line dts construction) is in the city, on business. having arrived from Mag atlan, where he recently inaugurated construction works. EnrOute here he inspected several stretches of the sur yeyed line in Topic and in Jalisco. HV' will shortly return to his headquarters in Tucson, Ariz. He told me the com pany had started construction work out of Mazatlan in both directions, and are now making arrangements to work out of Guadalajara. The entire exten- sion he expects will be concluded within three years. but much depends upon the labor supply.
 Labor in the northern and western portions of the country is scarce and foreigners have to be imported. About 200 Russians and 1250 Chinese are now arriving on the ground. If their ser vices are found satisfactory, about 15.- 600 Russians and Chinese laborers will be brought into Mexico. The company IS paying to the Mexican and Italian laborers working on the extension in the state of Sonora from g to S250 per day. The Mexican peons working out of Mazatlan receive from s1.50 to $2 per day. Their contract with the Russian and Chinese laborers calls for the payment of SIPS per day, but they may have to increase those wages in order to hold on to the imported labor. The company also pays the ocean pas sage which amounts to about S90 per man, allowing wages from the time the laborer boards the vessel in the Orient
 It is calculated that this extension will cost s35,000,000 in gold. The part of the line located in the state of Sin aloa will be very costly on account of the rivers that will have to be bridged.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24

torch applied by one of the chief medi- cine men.
 Tiny flames crept through the dry wood, growing until the funeral py-c was mass of redhot flames. fhe odo: from the burning flesh of the squaw and her papooose nauseating the whites who witnessed the strange cer- efnony.
 Elwell states that the cremation was the occasion of an important event among the Indians, it seldom occurring that more than one person is cremated at the same time.
 While the younger members of the tribe looked on indifferently. their ideas radically different to that of their parents as the result of educa- tion in government schools, the old bucks and their squaws execrted a dance.
 While the squavs chanted the fun eral songs of the tribe, the aged bucks and the younger ones who have not been weaned from the beliefs of their forefathers. formed. in a circle and danced around the burning bodies.
 The possessions of the cremated woman were cast into the flames, sey- eral of her relatives and tribal mem bers paying their respects by tearing of their clothing and throwing it into the fire.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24
LOW FARES A FAILURE.

I4EVELAND, ohio, April 2S.-The Cleveland Electric Railway company reported to the City Council last night that the operation of cars at three-cent fares in accord with the city administrations policy is losing venture
 These lines have operated at ths low rate following the expiration of the compsny's franchise according 70 the ruling of the District and Stu preme Court of the United States. The report declares the cost of carry ing passengers on the line indicated, was in excess of 3 cents and that the expense would not warrant con- tinuance of the test.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24
4 MARICOPA MOTHER
 CREhATED WITH BABE
Goes to the Happy Hunting Ground In Custom of Her
 ForbearS.

PHoENNIX, Ariz., April 19.-With the odor of burning human flesh stin in his nostrils, J. J. Elwell, one of the prosperous farmers near the Maricopa reservation, was in the city yesterday morning, telling of the recent cren4a- tion oH the reservation of an Indian mother and her few days old babe.
 Mother and child died about the same time, and the mother being one of the older members of the tribe and not converted to Christianity. request ed before her death that her babe and herself be placed on funeral pyre and burned to ashes.
 In accordance with the custom of the Maricopas, the Indian mother and infant were placed side by side on large pile of mesquite wood, and the
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24
PREMIERS IGNORED.
But at the Guild Hali Luncheon the Boer Flag Was Removed-Not
 to offend.

LONDON, April 23.-The Colonial Premiers were presented with the freedom of the city at the guild hall this afternoon, and subsequently were entertained at a luncheon by the Mayor and the city corporation. Each of the visitors received letter. patent as freeman inclosed in a gold casket The Louis Botha of the Transvaal, Premier, as IThe Benja- min of the Brotherhood, riding with Sir Wilfred LaurieT, the Canadion Premier
 Luncheon at the guild hall was at tended by Premier CampbellBanner- man, the archbishop of Canterbury and other Cabinet ministers. The Boer flag, captured by the City Spe- cial Volunteers at Jacobsdal. which usually ornaments the banqueting hall, was removed on this occasion so as not to often Gen. Botha and his party,
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24
WOMAN HAD TALKED
 ID SON OF NJ MAN
Strange Story of a Wyoming Woman Who Died a Few
 Days Ago,

SHoSHONI, Wyo.. April 19.-Miss Jennie E. Carroll, who, according to advices just received here, died at the home of her sister near South Pass City, little mining settlement up in the mountains. a few dayr ago, had not, so far as was known to those who were familiar with her strange story, spoken to any man for twenty seven years.
 She was forty-odd years of age at the time of her death and eger since she came to Wyoming some eighteen years ago she had made her hoHfe u''+h her sister, Mrs. Ella Cobnler, a widow.
 one went 10 her sisters home to live TWO years before Mrs. Cobblers husband died, but she went there with ne understanding that she was rot to speak to him, and speak 10 him she oid no- Enak8a
 Deserted at the Altar.
 The story runs that twenty-seven years ago Miss Carroll, then a pretty, vivacious and uncommonly attractive young lady, was deeply in love with D m l somewhere in the east
 4he date for their marriage was fixed and invitations to the wedding were sent out to their friends Guests assembled at the home of Miss Car rolls mother in response to these in- vitations to witness the ceremony, but when the hour for it's performance ar rived the young man did not appear.
 A h to inquire into the cause of his ab- sence. He was not there. A search was instituted for him, but it proved futile. He had left town and was nev- CT seen therein again. Nor did the young woman to whom he was to have been married ever learn why he lad deserted her at the last minute or eyer see him or hear from him more.
 That night she took a solemn VOW never again so long as she should live to speak to man, and that VOW she kept religiously to the day of her death.
 Wore Heavy Veil on Street.
 She kept to her own home most of the time and to her own room when men happened to be about. When she left the home she always dropped u ACdNy hCIi ONCl ICl ldCC- hCH "llV knew her strange history came to re spect the VOW she had registered an0 did not undertake to engager her il but suffered her to gC her way in peace.
 To her sister she was tenderly at tached and to her she talked freely She talked quite freely to other womel whom she met also and at times would laugh and appear happy. She never spoke to anybody of her desertion bS the man who was to have taken heI to wife and maintained absolute si fence on the subject of her VOW nos to speak to men.
 She requested on her deathbed that no man be permitted to attend hel funeral or to look upon her face wheL she was dead and her sister carried out her wish in this respect
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24

Socrates thought that if all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap. whence everyone would take an equal portion, most persons would be contented to take their own and de- part-The Sunday Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24

Marcus Aurelius said: rLet not thy mind run on what thou Iackest SO much as on what thou hast already"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24

ue the Canyon, down the Canyon, hep J. E. T. get the franchise. (Adv.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03

hcers, a dishonest government and a
military system that dated back half
q century Whatever might happen at
the beginning Of an attack on the
United States. there would be no end
until the Japanese government had
been convinced that the United States
and Russia differ altogether in re-
sources. financial power and ability to
finish a war once begun.
Meanwhile such reports as have en-
anated from Washington anent the
subject can only infiame both nations
and compIicate situation badly mu J.
died by the presidents precipitate ef-
fort to coerce California into action in
accord with his desires. The Japanese
will get all they are entitled to-and no
more: California will not be frightened
or driven into submission by the ad-
ministration, although it may go far to
conciliate a friendly nation.
There will be no war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
DEATH VALLEY TRAGEDY.
Major Took the Word of Preacher
Gus Mexican Who Needed Money.
MILWAUKEE Sentinel.O


Death Valley, / reckon, is richer in
gold dust and human bones than any
other gold fields in the country" said
the Major. In the early days it was
about an even break about whether an
outfit returned alive or later on was
found bleaching on the hot sand. II
isn't half so dangerous now.
Il reckon you al recall Jim John
son, known in the early days as The
Arizona Swede.' Jim wasn't a Swede,
but he had light hair, and guess the
boys dubbed him that for fun. One
night at The Needles I gets a hunch
from a greaser. about an abandoned
mine he had run across up on the edge
of the valley, and he shows me samples
of ore that sure looked good to the
eyes.
We gets confidential over our LIQUOR.
and the result is that l hands over $50
for plan showing the exact location
Of the hole. He allows the owner went
plumb lOcoed for food and water be-
cause he says he found human bones
close by. Well, hunts up Johnson;
and together we manages 70 get grub
staked on the strength Of the samples.
We gets two horses and burro, some
grub, all the water we can carry AMI
starts out. We walters around that
blistering hellhole for four days and at
with parched tongues. smartIng eyes
and canteens as hollow as a base drum
When we strikes camp that night the
horses stand with heads hanging to the
ground, lolling tongues and bIoodshot
eyes. Jim and me don't say nothing,
but reckon our thoughts We're about
the same. We were all in.
"In the morning 1 goes over the plans
to try and find landmark. Nothing in
cfe~ l,,~ LA
shimmering hellish desert. North.
SOUTH east and west-just desert Kind
O. sudden like it dawns on me that
we've been bunkoed proper. / goes over
| where Johnson is rollin' with the fever
on his blanket and tells him to stick il
out till l gets back Then I mounts a
wobbly horse and hikes for the noun
tains. All that day ! travels through
the sands of inferno, and till II O'Clock
that night. before / reaches water and
some stuff the horse could eat. Early
! the next morning 1 starts back for
Johnson. When / gets there 1 finds
two blankets half buried in the sand,
dead horse and the burro standin' ID
| half asleep. Johnson was gone
II follows his tracks two miles west
and finds him lying beside a spring Of
water. But the water was poison and
Johnson had drank of it. 1 gives him
as decent a burial as l could under the
| circumstances.
When I gets back TO The Needles ]
! amt saying much nohov. / learns
that my greaser friend has gone TO
| Tucson. so down / goes to Tucson ana
hangs around for a few days careless
| like. restin' up
Did you ever find him?''
| Yes. I found him over in Bill Cum
ming's place one night watching a faro
game"
Did you get even, Major?"
only partially. Tt was over too soon
to get even proper"
What course did YOU take?' r~
You all from the east are askins
too many questions. Besides, the Law
says, doesn't IL, that no man shall IN.
crininate himself2"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
RECORD HOAxES.
Swindles and "SeIls" That Have AS
tonished the World.

Inc recent release of the principals
III the notorious Humbert- Crawford
swindle recalls other instances hu-
norous and tragic. where human gull
putty has reached alnostt Incredible
limits, says London Answers.
Less than twenty years ago n report
got into circulation among the peas
ants OF Bosnia that the great Viennese
banker. Baron Rothschild. had been
sentenced TO death for treason, and
was trying to secure a substitute. will
ing, Tor handsome consideration, to
undergo the extreme penalty in his
stead A large number of peasants
banded together to furnish this substi-
tute by casting lots.
IL was not until the authorities had
posted IN every village throughout the
affected district q srong denial of the
canard that the rioting and ferTnent
caused by the bankers apparent re-
suctance TO part with the blood mon
ey was allayed.
On one occasion the Times itself fell
q victim 10 an extraordinary piece of
Journalistic humor. A correspondent
sent a letter to the Thunderer depIoring
the restitution prevalent in certain
parts of Italy. consequent upon the alb
solute failure of the macaroni crop.
Ignorant of the fact that this popular
article of Italian diet is not a plant
lat all. but manufactured from flour.
the Times published leader on the
subject suggesting the establishm mt
or fund to assist the sufferers
A hoax which nearly caused war be-
tween Austria and ROumania con-
YulScd eastern Europe less than dec
ade ago. he inhabitants of Rust
chuck, in the latter country. were con-
Vinced of the existence i'm their midst
az oil v-rnr.
will to change himself into huge. fe-
rOciOus wolf.
Men OF science doubted the story.
and in wordy argument with a local
resident the famous Austrian profess
sor Taublich, was killed for laughing
at what he termed "a tissue of non
sense. Complications Immediately
arose between Austria and Roumania,
the former country demanding the i'm
slant execution of the murderer.
Just as Austria was about to present
an ultimatum the ''wehrwOlf' was
Shot at and wounded. proving TO be
nothing more thar a stupid practical
joker, whose folly rot only cost a val
liable life, but had almost plunged Eu-
rope into the horrors of war.
journalist once succeeded in hoax
ing many of the leading London news
papers and through them the proVin-
cial press. at the expense of the great
abolitionist Wilberforce. He was a
reporter in the press gallery in the
house of commons, and ne pretended
to read from his notes the following
passage from a speech with which he
credited the famous parliamentarian:
Had II been my lot to be born in Ire
land. where my food would have con-
sisted principally of the potato, that
rcst nutritious and salubrious root
instead of being the poor. infirm
stunted creature you. sir, and honor
able gentlemen. behold i'm me. I would
have been a tall. stout. athletic man
able to bear an enormous weight
No wonder Mr.. WilberfOTcc read the
passage with establishment IN the next
mornings press. for he had not adj
dressed the house at all for some
weeks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03

considerable amount. Assindicating an
easier situation abroad the announce
ment helped to steady the market some
what. but New York reports suggest
that there may be a reimbursement of
prices" which means that the outsiders
will be compelled to take their losses
and get out while the real powers of
Wall street proceed to take in the stock
dropped by the weaklings. After the
reimbursement" the public may expect
to see prices take another upward turn
until they reach a point where IL seems
more and take their money away from
them.
This game is so old THAT one wonders
why IL can be played so often. The
ordinary outsider specializing in Wall
street has about as much show for his
life as a Jackrabbit would have in
bunch of hounds; yet the tenderfoot in
speculation is perennial crop, and the
shorn are constantly giving way to the
new ones who think they can beat the
game. Beside the certainty of loss in
Wall street, the chance of making
money in what New Workers. call flake
mining stocks" is about a thousand 10
one i'm favor of the mining stocks.
Meanwhile. out here in the west,
financial conditions were never as good.
The usual percentage Of speculations
involve losses for investors. but there
were never as many successful new
mining enterprises, the actual produc-
ton OF metals. precious and base, was
never as great, and money for legiti-
mate business purposes was never more
plentiful. With average intelligence
and industry, it is a mighty poor sort
of man who can't make more than
living I'm anything he undertakes here.