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Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12
CASTRO PAYS LITTLE
 ATTENTION ID ROOT

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. H.
 The State Department is face to face | with Castro and is not particularly happy over the situation. It would much prefer to have Castro in the
 United States, where he could be turned over to President Roosevelt but as he is beyond Jurisdiction and the gunboats can't take him without authority from Congress, he can laugh at the demands of Secretary Root for arbitration of five American claims so long as 1t may please him to do so. Secretary Root has made three urgent requests that these claims be sent to an Impartial tribunal for ad- justment and three times Castro has declined. Instead of renewing the
 request, the Secretary probably will send a threatening note, but that can, not alarm Castro. He knows that Pres. ident Roosevelt cannot make war on him without the consent of Congress and he evidently believes that that body will hesitate a long time hafnre authorizing war to collect the claims of trusts against a foreign nation.
 The principal claimant is the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company HhlSh IiGo JAol DCtu liutI 5J.ytU,ubj and costs. which are yet to be ascer- tained by experts, but which will prob ably reach S10.0OG0O0 more. This
 "Landism" judgment was rendered because the company was found guilty of having aided General Manuel An, tonic MatOs in his unsuccessful at tempt to overthrow President Castro s Government in 1902 and 1903.
 7 i to the Government Of subduing that revolution. and the S10,000,00 costs is to cover the loss of revenues
 caused by the war, as well as the
 killing of citizens It is not expected that the fine will ever be paid. The
 cempany's property and interest in
 Venezuela have already been seized
 by Castro's orders and its asphalt de | pOsits have been worked for the last 1 three years by Ambrose H. Garner as | Receiver"
 The New York and Bermudez As phalt Company has over 6,000 Ameri
 can stockholders, who paid as high | as $96 for its bonds in 1899, which
 were later converted into stock of the General Asphalt Company.
 It was also alleged that the com. pany purchased the steamer Ban Right. fitted up as a gunboat and sent it to Venezuela under a Captain Willis, to aid Matos. On the other hand the company produced testimony to show that Amezi L. Barber of this city, en- tered deliberately into a conspiracy with President Castro to despOil the Asphalt Company of it's Venezuela properties. and that he is interested in the production and sale of the asphalt which is now going on under Receiver Garner.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12
SUICIDE FOILED BY ACTION OF
 FRIENDS
NELSON THINKS HE WANTS TO DIE, BUT DOCTOR STOPS FLOW OF BLOOD IN WOUNDED WRIST.

C. NJ. Nelson. said to be a prosper Ous Dane. failed in his attempt at sui eide at the Broadway Booming House early Wednesday morning but sue ceed'ed in in causing much unwOnted stir and excitement in that usually quiet establishment.
 Shortly after ' o'clock the guests were aroused by the cry There's a man bleeding to death!" A frantic dangling of telephone bells and mum erous unsuccessful calls for surgical assistance followed, but no physician could be reached by phone at his of flee owing to the early hour. At length it was found that Dr. Harvey was breakfasting at a nearby restau- rant and was hastily summoned and hurried to the scene, where mean time the nephew of Nelson and his .landladu- -dninR- their utmost to stop the bleeding. Dr. Harvey dis covered Nelson bathed in blood which flowed from an ugly wound in the wrist and that the man was weaken ing fast. Fortunately the self-inflict- ed gash had missed the main arteries and hastily applied ligatures and sur checked the flow.
 NHiSOu anu uLo ACpAAS" ScoNS-'~' shared a room in the Broadway which they had occupied for some time. they were quiet. well thought Of and seemed prosperous and well sup piled with funds. Both men retired together at a late hour Tuesday night. and nothing was heard from them further until morning when the younger man awakened and turned over to call his uncle and was shock ed to see him lying n a pool of blood and slowly bleeding to death. He then hastened to give the alarm which aroused the house and to sum- mons medical and surgical assistance and until such arrived to do the best he could in applying remedies. No cause of business or domestic troubles has been attributed for the rash deed, but except for the fact that Nelson is said to have been drinking exces- sfveIy no exclamation is given
 Late Weduesday afternoon no doubts of Nelson's recovery were en- tertained.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12
SOMETHING DOING AT THE WAVE Ice Cream ParIOrs

Swell Orchestra plays Monday and Friday Evening, using the Baby Up- right Piano.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12
MAKING SOAP.
The Modern Process Much Like ths
 Old Time Method.

Our cr; at - %rdn.In0thcrS used 10 make their own s,ap by the following procc x: \ barrel was raised of the ground sufficiently high to allow q tub 10 bc placed under it, and the bottom of the barrel was perforated with small bolcs It was then filled with wood ashes. and now and then q bucket oc water was thrown on them. which found it's way into the tub beneath .AS the water percOlHted through the ash es it dissolved thc potash and soda which are always found ill the ashes of plants. and thus a solution was at taimcd which WAS pat into an iron boi! CT with quantity of grease fat and the mixture boiled for au hour or longer. Salt wa: then added, and as the mixture cooled q solid layer of curd soap solidifed on the top of the water
 The modern process Of soap making is practically identical. only instead of ashes q weak solution of cau&tic soda or I've is used Fats and oils are boil ed along with this lyc. and inc mix ture is kept constantly agitated As the temperature increases stronger I've is used until the operation is complct- ed Salt is then added. and as soap Is insoluble in salt water it rises to thlA tnIl- tho soda -HnIlnr 'I,hn- lH-n i0 then run off and fresh solution of soda added, after which the soap Is again boiled. The boilers are then left for several hours to allow impuri- ties to settle. and the soap Is finally run off into :nolds and cut into bars.
 Fancy soaps are generally made by remelting ordinary soap and adding coloring matter and perfumes.
 GIycerin is an important byprOduct of soap making Mostly all fats con- sist of glycerin and stearic acid. When they are boiled with soda the soda eX- tracts the stearic acid from the iglycer- in, and the latter is run off with the soda liquor when the first boiling is completed. but 1t is subsequently re -overed by distillation. - MinneapOns Journal
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12
MULLEN |S TAKEN
 FUR HITTING DEVOTE
OFFICER NOW UN DER BOND TO APPEAR FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING ON FELONY CHARGE.

A sensation was sprung last even ing about o'clock when Arthur Mullen, whose resignation from the Bisbee police force was requested by the city council on Tuesday, and wa delivered by him the same day, wa arrested On a charge of aggravated assauk, a felony, Devote. the ae'n6 man whom he is alleged to have assaulted being the complainant
 Ever since the incident of Mullen's hitting Devote. it has been rumored that a criminal prosecution would fol low, but nothing definite was done until yesterday, when it was learned that a complaint had been filed against the discharged officer The warrant was served last evening about o'clock by Constable Will fore Justice Hogan, within a sh0l
 time afterwards.
 The complaint was read to the prisoner after which he was in, structed as to his rights in the prem 1 ises, and his bail was fixed at $500 which was furnished, C E. ,Rinehart and J. L. Boston acting as sureties 1 The preliminary hearing has been set for next Monday. It is thought that the hearing will have to be continued as the complainant is at the present 1 time confined to his bed in the Sha1, tuck-Denn hospital and it is thought that he will be unable to appear Oh the date set
 {. A report was puDlishcd in the cit. last evening to the effect that City Marshal Hascal S1odgr1ss hal sug- gested to Mullen thet he resign. but as a matter nf facc :he marshal sim ply told the officer what he had been instructed to do by the members of the city council, who had agreed in formally that unless u e resignation was forthcoming immediate action would be taken removing the inCum bent of the office
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12

swered as if he had been discussing subjects far more remote. -.-.-
 T know nothing of it." he replied. Don't know any more about Alton than I did before went away, and don't know anything about any 'prorp. ised immunity bath. ~ D..
 You sec" he continued, I've 1een getting rest and been having s0;ns fun, and I have not tried t0 keep abreast of matters that to you appear to be of vast interest and impOrtance to me. I have not had any discussions on eastern matters since I left Sac ramento, but have been in the noun tains of California ana Oregon fish ing"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12
IS NOT COMING BUT
 GOING, HE SAYS
CContinued from First Page.l

with the pessimistic rumors of hard times
 Do you know anything of prom ise by the federal government of an immunity bah for the Chicago & Alton officials and directo-s?" asked the reporter.
 Hartman became 50 per cent more wide awake in an instant, but ht voice was just as calm when he an
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12

groom to his cell with mutual assur- ances that they wonld see one al
 other in the morning. The witnesse from within the bars wanted to kno-
 when the supper was coming off but wine and bride cake were missirs and the bride submitted to no kiss ing from either witnesses or official
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-12

HOTEL oRENA-Everything new, richly furnished, low rates, corner Seventh and Hope, Los Angeles, Cal. For $14 you can rent rooms furnish cd complete for housekeeping; new elegant; gas range, bath, phone. 334 South Figueroa, 222 North Fremont, 1141 West First, TIP Ceros, 1911 East Ninth, SIP West Fourth, s36 Checker, 9l1 Diamond St. Les Angeles, Cal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10

icent moisture to keep the cigars In ex-
cellent condition. | discovered the
thing quite accidentally. Am fond of
apples, you know, and like to keep
some around my desk for a nibble or
two occasionally. Generally I kept the
fruit on top of my desk, but one day
the dust was SO bad that resolved to
place the apples In a drawer. There
wasn't a drawer sufficiently empty for
the apples except one In which | had
cigars. 1t didn't look like good com
bination, apples and cigars, but into the
drawer went the apples.
IA couple of hours later | felt the
need of smoke. The delicious flavor
the cigar had surprised me. 1t was a
make | had been smoking for years,
but l never had noticed that flavor be-
fore, and l enjoyed the smoke SO much
that | hit it up with another from the
same drawer. The result was the same,
ana then the presence OF the apples
with the cigars suggested a solution of
the mystery.
FROM that time on I have kept my
cigars with apples, and have smokes
that are distinctive and a real delight.
Furthermore, the cigars never get dry
When they are with the apples, and, at
the same time, never get too moist.
Some of my friends to whom | have ey-
planned this thing have tried other
kinds of strong favored fruit instead Of
apples. One man insists that he gets
the most delightful results from or
anges; but apples suit me best. and |
stick to 'em. "-Youth's Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10
PROGRESSION.

story of the Growth of Bishop Ohm
sted in Favor.
Bishop Olmsted of Denver Is the hero
of graceful story that was told In q
Denver church the other day.
Bishop Olmsted, as soon as he stook
up his residence-some three years ago
I'm Denver, began to take great In
terest In the Denver poor, and was
continually to be seen In the squalidest
of the city's slums.
At first as the bishop, In his clerical
attire, passed along the narrow streets,
the loungers and loafers before the ga.
looms would say:
whats that"
And the reply would be:
That's what you cali bishop"
A year passed, and stranger. notina
the respectful way the bishop was
stared at In the slums, would say:
whats that thereY
The loafers' reply would be:
THE bishop"
Another year and then, to the CUES
ton, whats that?" would come the
affectionate and proud answer:
'Why, that's our bishop"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10
THE MULE WAS CURED.
Drop of Forty Feet Ended HIS Stub
bOFness.

bOrness.
1T was twenty years ago when
was In the building and contracting
business said the man with two
watch chains, that | took a mule as
part payment of a debt. 1t was soon
reported to me from the lumber yard
that the animal was the meanest and
most cantankerous specimen of his
tribe Hitched to a wagon no one could
do anything with him. If yelled at to
go he would back up and stand there
with his feet braced. We bothered with
him for a couple of weeks and then he
was labeled For Sale, Cheap
ut happened that at the time l was
building a chimney for factory. When
we had run the brickwork up forty feet
high we got out of material and had to
lay off for few days 1t was during
this interval that little Irishman In
my employ came to me one day and
asked:
Mr.. Blank, do you want that mule
cured of his waysT
"'If 1t can be done
"'Giye me leave and will either
kill or cure him.
Go ahead
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10

The energy of some men seems un.
conquerable. AS the body weakens it
burns all the brighter, fretted only by
its narrow confines and inadequate ser
vice. OF such a nature was John Quln-
cy Adams. Mr. Seward in his Auto
biography quotes a comment made on
him by an old captain which Is most
apt IN its technical expression.
Mr.. Adams is a very great man, but
he Is getting DID," remarked some one
who had just listened to an grafton by
the eX-President.
The response of a steamboat captain
with whom Mr.. Adams had travelled ex.
pressed the popular feeling.
Eyes, perhaps, but oh, If you could
only take the engine out of the old
Adams and put it into new hull pr
Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10

car Of two rapidly revolving dywheels
which, like the spinning top, resist be
ing moved out Of their plane of mo
ton. Louis Brennan, who Is known a.
the inventor of a torpedo which the
British government bought for $3.50.
coo, has set up an experimental rail
way In miniature, with cars large
enough for children to rid In. Bren-
nan predicts that the future railway
carriage will be much larger-two or
three stories high, and wide In pro
portion; that speeds will be from two
to three times greater, and that acct.
dents will be almost impossible.
The thought occurs that If the
gyroscope should stop gyrating that n
terrible disaster would occur to a
coach laden with passengers. How
ever, the inventor says that the gyro-
scope will be rotating in a vacuum and
therefore will not run down for sew
eral hours after the power Is lost, Sc
there would be plenty of time to seek
safety or make repairs.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10
POWER OF PULLEYS.
Five Blocks VIII Enable "A Man to
Lift Sixteen Hundred Pounds.

Five Blocks VIII Enable Man to
Lift Sixteen Hundred Pounds.
II You were commanded to lift 1,6OO
pounds when your normal lifting
strength was equal to only 100 pounds,
how would you go about 1t? How
would you Increase your strength six
teen times?
1t can be done easily. Have you ever
studied the effectiveness of pulleys; do
you know that the average man may
equal Sampson simply by employing
rope and few pulley blocks?
AS early as the sixteenth century
methods of augmenting power through
pulleys was demonstrated. Since then
this wonderful mechanical aid has
proved of vast benefit to man.
The man, then, who would rival the
feats of Samson must call the humble
but powerful pulley to his aid.
or course he can do a great deal
with the lever, although he may not, as
Archimedes believed could be done,
loosen old Earth from her mornings.
Sbtsi' IPi IA SAtiihGit VI ~ duudlIJ Dul
powerfully augmented strength he
would turn to the pulley.
Suppose that by the use of two pull
leys you were able to lift 100 pounds
from the floor. and you wished 70 lift
twice the weight Were you to take a
double block and use it above one single
block, you could lift 200 pounds.
BY the use Of two single pulleys the
load is supported by only one rope: by
the use of double pulley, thus doub-
ling the rope back on itself, its lifting
power. as well as your own, is In
creased.
If you used two double pulleys, you
could increase the lifting capacity to
300 pounds by doubling the lines
around the pulleys. In proportion to
the number Of ropes supporting the
load You can increase the weight
To lift 400 pounds you would merely
have to double your blocks. In draw
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE POWER OF PULLEYs

Ing the rope man pulls it In an oppo-
site direction from the movement of
the weight. Were you to get above the
pulleys and pull upward, the weight of
the rope-howeyer slight-would, figure
In the calculations
No doubt you have often seen men
lifting great loads and immense boxes
by means OF pulleys and wondered how
ii could be done.
In building, the pulley Is one of the
most valuable pieces of mechanism.
While looking at sllyscrapers have you
not wondered how the great iron beams
were lifted to the dizzy heights?
Here, again, the pulley has done al
most Incredible work.
Still another way Of using pulleys is
to increase the number instead of
doubling the winding capacity Of single
blocks.
BY using two pulleys you will lift
possibly, POO pounds II you add anoth
er single pulley, you will he able to lift
4oO pounds, twice the weight withoul
extra exertion.
hy the use of four single pulleys yor
eouia ilft 500 pounds, and with Ave mi
leys 1000 pounds.
of course. the facility of uftfng
heaFy weight and the ease ~ ,n.roo 6
i depends upon the bearings of tn
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10
YANKEE KING IN AFRICA.
Rules Over n Settlement with a Pop
u1ation of 400.

Rules Over n Settlement with Pop
u1atiOn of 400.
A New York capitalist who has re
Gently returned from q trip to the Kon-
60 Free State, where he is interested
in the rubber business, told an inter-
esting story of his meeting with an
American exile in that far-away coun-
try, who is the boss" of a small Kon-
go settlement, says the New York
Times. After describing visit to
Buma the capital Of the Konko Free
State, he continued:
With my party we took the steam
boat and started up the Kongo River
toward the center of Africa. The
scenery was never monotonous. Now
we come to high, white cliffs, now to
low, sandy shore. Here were found
heavy forests, whose edges ended APP
parently in the midstream, and there
the low bush, which only half hid
| treacherous swamp land.
soon we reached a station on the
French shore Of the Kongo and landed
by way Of giant tree trunk in the
midst of a fairy settlement The first
thing to welcome us was a gorilla, who
turned three somersaults and then ex-
tended hairy, long-nalled paw. At 4
swinging gait the well-trained ape led
us over a barren hillock to little set
tlement called Maar.
THE sight of the place I shall never
20 n
of carefully planted trees, and arolnd
us we saw signs of civilization not TO
be witnessed in any other corner Of
the world. Neither America nor Eu-
rope can ever hope to produce such
settlement. Orange trees, heavy with
fruit, scented the cool air; great
white fountain, half hidden by clouds
of fluttering doves, splashed lazily in
an open square, All around were avia-
ries walled with wide-meshed wire
and filled with tluttering, chipping
| birds. Occasionally, instead of birds
we found monkeys, apes, a leopard or
snake.
THE settlement had a population of
|
of my surprise when | found that n
Yankee was the king of the settle
ment. He said his name was Alexan-
der Fisher. He had made a collection
of the country's birds and animal life.
SO that we could see them without trou-
bling to hunt.
"fhe bungalow In which he lived was
clean, roomy and we'll furnished The
ell-upholstered furniture was comfort
able and dull moments were enlivened
by tirst-rate graphophone and music
boxes.
Mr.. Fisher beamed with hospitable
Joy. He dined us and showed us all
over his settlement The place is a
trading store Fisher said that bust
ness was dull, but he did not sigh from
his luxurious exile. He loved his birds
and apes and live stock more than he
loved Yankeeland and his wish was to
be buried beneath the shadow of an
orange tree, facing the river, In tho
center of the open square of his little
kingdom.
He told me he was born In Texas
forty-eight years ago. BY a few re
: marks which he dropped I imagined ht
had got into some serious trouble II
Texas and fed the country. It's moi
likely that Fisher Is his real name
He was man OF fine physique AM
! appeared to be well educated He haC
complete control over his black sub
jects and could speak their languag,
perfectly"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10

pulleys. 1t is important that these be
delcately adjusted and well oiled.
From q purely mathematical stand
point the fine elements which enter into
the facility Of increasing weight with
out the necessity of additional lifting
force are numerous
great deal depends upon the elias
ITCHY of the rope. With a stiff rope you
would find much more difficulty in lift
ing weight than with flexible one.
Even the friction of the rope as it
glides over the pulleys must be taken
into account.
The use Of pulieys was demonstrated
by Seyins, a Dutch engineer and physi-
cist, who was born In Bruges In 154S.-
Philadelphia North American.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10
Too Much Faith in Doc+or.


Here Is an odd little drama, the sor-
did end of which came to light the
other day In a London police court
Some years ago a respectable and
thrifty accountant who had lived
bare, lonely sort of a life was told by
his doctor that he had but a short
time to live. Seeing no sense In stick
Ing to his treadmill, he threw up his
situation and devoted himself to get
ting the most pleasure possible out of
the little capital he had saved by years
of hard work. But doctors lin rare
but authenticated instances) make mis-
takes. Perhaps a gay life was the best
prescription he could have had-he
Btultifled medical science. At all
events his lease of life outran his cap.
ital and he was the other day sent to
jail for six months for getting money
on false pretenses. 1t is never safe to
say. Let us eat drink and be merry
for tomorrow we dIa."
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10

What he did was to get help and
hoist that mule to a platform on top of
the chimney. The animal made no OBJ
Jecuons. When up there he gazed
around as If he really enjoyed the land
scape. After about five minutes the
freshman calls to him.
Gee-up with We, We lazy, good-for-
nothing son of a gum.
The mule laid his ears back and
commenced to retire his body to the
rear. When he had backed three feet
over he went Those on the ground
said he turned about six somersaults
before he landed on his back on a soft
spot He lay there Il minute and Their
he got up and began to cantar about
When hitched up to the wagon he want
ed to pull the whole load, and from
that date on he was the most indus
trious and ambitious mule In the Stat,
OF Ohio. We had to fairly beg of hin
not TO XIII himself with hard work.
don't know how it would work in othe1
cases, but If | was poor man I'd Q,
into the business of backing peryers
mules or the top Of forty foot chin
neys. Ten dollars n mule. and no cur
no pay."-CIncinnatl Enquirer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-10

you needn't be afraid, my friend,
the hotel will not burn"
why, it isn't fireproof. Is itY
mo, 1t isn't fireproof."
Then why do you say 1t will not
burn?"
Because there is no insurance Oh
t."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.