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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-16
MAHANEY BRANDS IT
Alleged Interview Deliberate
 FaIsehood : Favors Thoms.

"I want to have you brand that as a deliberate falsehood." said Daniel U. Mahaney of Brooklyn this morn ing, referring to an article which ap- peared in last evenings American, declaring that the ex-alderman had united with Senator John Hurley in an effort to defeat Mayor w. E. Thoms in the coming election. have not seen John Hurley to talk to in three weeks, never uttered word about cooperating with Hurley to buck Thoras, and furthermore, let me tell you, if I run for aldermah l the coming election it will be on the administration ticket. If l don t get on that ] will not run on any other"
 The article referred to stated that Mahaney and Hurley were ous against the mayor and would use their influence for John F. Gallagher for the mayoralty nomination. IL inferred that Hurley and Mahaney had agreed yesterday while standing in Exchange place to combine forces and endeavor to control the nomlna- tions in the fall campaign.
 '.As for that interview yesterday said alahaney, T was cut of town I the greater part of the day. l did not return until about 2:30 in the afternoon and then I went to the ball game. The story was d concoc- ltion pure and simple and 1 had noth- ling whatever to do with it. And do not think 1t came from Senator
 Hurley, as John has not seen me, as \ said before, in more than three
 weeks time, that is to talk to me. il There has been large amount
 of talk about my bucking Thoms, but I will say now 1t is all rot. Those
 who think that am out against the
 mayor are under delusion and arc talking, through their hats when the'
 make such statements. I want ev
 eryone to understand that my choic'
 is Thoms and that I had nothing tt
 do with the so-called interview" MT Mahaney and his numerous , friends were highly wrought ove the interview credited to tn, mayor of Brooklyn" and last nigh he was busy informing his follow : CTS that there was nothing to tn
 yarn.
 l, The story was evidently written | cause split in the democratic rank 5 and to lessen their excellent chance t of winning the coming election.
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warned him 70 look for trouble. Shorty
smiled and said cheerfully: Never mind Guess
I'll be right there with the goods" There were
fifty tepecs IN the camp, and the white mans
arrival was met with suIIcn scowls by twenty
or more bucks who sat huddled IN their blankets
on the sunny side of the lodges. Inquiry only
elected grunts from the red men. Holmes, long
schooled In danger, turned hastily when bullet
just missed his head and tore an ugly wound In
the arm Of n chief who sat IN the line OF fire.
Quick as a fash Holmes aimed his gun. and
before the scowling buck could pull the trigger
4 second time the palefaces bullet had done its
work. There were thirty men in that camp, and
every one Of them was armed and hostile, but
the wholesome fear Of the little short chief
brought Holmes out in safety.
Bert" AIvord and Billy Styles were two
Arizona citizens who also learned that the
rangers mean business. These men were want
ed for various crimes and when pursued by the
rangers they headed across the line into Mexico
and sought safety in the Sierra Madres. Used
10 the eaSySCing methods of the local peace off,
GERS they supposed that the rangers would fol-
low them for i few days and then give over the
chase But the rangers kept it up for three
long weeks and followed the band through the
toughest Of country. one morning the rangers
ran across a mule train from MaGdaIera and
learned from the men in charge that about sun
rise they had been set upon By q band OF white
men and that the latter had stolen $40 worth
Of gold bars that had been in the load and were
headed for the international line some twenty
five miles away \ consultation was held and
the rangers decided 70 split their forces. One
party continued 70 follow the trail after the
laws. while the second party BY an all night
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'tondorfoot" 4 bit squcamish on meeting him
aonc in the wilderness. Ills head is generally
4olrmounted with broad brimmcd sombr.ro.
Ills neck is swathed IN 4 loosely tied baudanna.
His corduroy suit is yellow with the dust Of
the plain. His bolt IS full Of cartridges. and II
one cares to look close one may see the ominous
handles Of several six-shooters. And strapped
beneath his saddle hangs rife
When the Arizona Ranger first took up the
task Of Cleaning up the country" five years
a@r, ne was ridiculcd Then the border coun-
try to the south was infested with desperadocs
who boosted that they could rob and Kill as
thy liked. that they knew no law save their
own viii. ana that there was none bold or
brave enough 10 interfere with them They
made the southern border of Arizona their chief
haunt. because it offered them the best oppor-
tunitics TO pursue their Iawless calling There
they could round UP a herd Of cattle ana escape
with their booty over the line. There they could
ride into a town, Kill a storekeeper blow Up
his safe. and then Eallop away into Mexico
So bold became these briGands that by the
spring Of 1901 they had almost driven the
smaller cattle owners out of business. At the
same time smugglers had become numerous
to defy the government officials sent out to
capture them; ana in the wilder mountain dis
tricts bands Of "moOnshincrs' manufactured
large quantities of wfiskey. for which never a
enue agents who dared approach these disti-
lcries of the desert never returned. Conditions
like these led the territorial Legislature in 1901
to establish a special organization. which
to combine the duties of police and militia, and
which to take upon itself the particular
task Of putting end to this lawlcssness. It's
fourteen members were called rangers. because
of the wide sweep of country they were expected
TO cover.
II was not long before the bandits found that
they were mistaken in regarding this new force
OF law officers a. joke. When Captain Thomas
H. Rynning a former lieutenant of the Rough
Riders in the Spanish-American War, was
placed in command, and the number of rangers
was Increased from fourteen to twentysix, the
bad men not only ceased to deride the police
scouts but TO have n wholesome fear Of them.
They learned in more than one way that a
ranger was not to be trtfed with. Willis Wood,
once a formidable desperate of the Arizona
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border land, learned what sort of man ranger
IS, for example, shortly after he and MS loi-
lowers disappeared with a hundred ponies De-
longing to the Papigo Indians.
Wood was pursued by the commander or the
rangers, accompanied by few Indians. The
chase began the evening after the discovery OF
the theft lasted all that night and all the next
day, until in the following evening the horses
OF the Indians gave out and Rynning was lett
to pursue the thieves alone AS the darkness
gathered about him he found himself climbing
down from the mountains toward a solitary
light which looked as if it shone from the win
dow of some hut where gang OF cowboys had
gathered for the fall round-u up. But as he passed
a temporary corral his ear caught the sound OF
horses neighing. The ranger captain dropped
his reins to the ground. leaped lightly from his
horse and crept UP to the lone window Of the
shack In the dim interior he could see dozen
cowpunchers gathered around table. At the
far end sat Willis Wood. They playing
freezeout and the stakes were the ponies.
Willis with a derisve jeer. was just in the
act of showing four aces when there was
slight noise at the door Turning, he looked
into the centre of six inches OF cold steel while
Rynning drawled. It's no 60 Willis; guess
can go you one better"
with his natural stolidncss the criminal Ind
Ian has been slower than the white outlaw in
learning the true character OF the Arizona
Ranger. But he, too, has become wiser with
experience The fatal sequel Of the encounter
Of shorty Holmes and an Indian cattle thief
not long ago has raised the dignity of a ranger
a long way in the mind Of the Southwest red
man. Holmes went to Indian village near
the Mexican boundary, where he informed
his was hiding on the way a friendly"
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PACIFYING BAD MEN.
Good York of the Ari@ona Rangers
aiih DeSperadCes.

The srnurcIers stage robbers and cattle
thieves who used to prosper by their crimes In
Arizona along the Mexican frontier, have be-
.71n to migrate to more cOnGenial regions. They
found that lately business was becoming
little too dangerous. Too many of their num-
Der raid for their rohbcrias and murders by
going to prison or to the ga!iOws. They finally
discovered that they had met more than their
match in a body of twenty-six men, known as
ihe Arizona Rangers, who have been organized
BY the territorial government ito clean up the
country' who travel over the wide reaches of
tablcland fleet horses, who have mysterious
way of scattering through the mountains and
then meeting suddenly at some distant rendez-
yous who go armed to the teeth, and who,
when they cannot capture their men alive, are
usually able to stretch them out in the alkall
dust at the first shot.
one Of The most recently published dispatches
about these rangers came from Yuma, Arfz.,
and read as fellows:
IN a fierce battle the desert sixty miles
from ella Bend Sunday morning Ranger f. =
Wheeler. single handed, killed James Herrick
and Bentley, two desperadoes. Both were ex-
convicts and Herrick a murderer They
were wanted for horse stealing in Yuma County
Bentley fought until shot the fourth time
Wheeler tied the dead bodies to a horse anu
brought them twenty miles for burial
Although In fact, officer OF the law, the
Arizona Ranger has all the look of the most
kawless desperate. He has sort of careless,
eutthroat manner. which is apt to make the
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ride made a detour and camped at daylight n
the pass where they felt sure the gang would
come. AIvord, expecting friends with a relay
Of horses at this place, was caught In the trap
but tried to escape by shooting down his pur-
suers Lieutenant Brooks OF the rangers. how
ever reached AIvord with shot which badly
crippled the robber chief and enabled the off,
GERS to capture him In the confusion the Others
escaped. Only part Of the loot was recovered.
In the southern border land OF Texas also the
thief and the srnuggIer have found within re-
cent years that the law has become far more
Of a menace than in former times. The Mexican
outlaw who used TO reap rich profits by bring
ing nescal into the United States without let
ting the customs officials know his business
has now fallen upon evil days. He cannot ply
his trade as long he used 70 without getting
into the clutches Of the law. Only the most
desperate now persist in this calling MescaI IS
made from the juice Of the maguey. and the
fiery liquor can be bought cheapIy in Mexico
where it is the chief drink Of the lower classes
The snuggler who can evade the United States
customs officials and avoid paying the high
duty put on rnescal can sell his liquor to the
Mexican saIoonkeepers along the Texas border
at big profit After purchasing the mescaI IN
Mexico he slows it away in skins, and under
cover Of night carries il down 10 the shore Of
the Rio Grande- There he loads it on a boat
crosses the river with all possible speed. and II
he thinks the coast clear he carries it on his
back to the nearest cantina. or saloon, frequent
ed by Mexicans and haIfbreeds-
Occasionally the rnescal srnugCler becomes
more ambitious and engages in the business OF
bringing into this country silks and other ar
ticIes upon which there are still greater profits.
Sixto Longoria. for instance, was known to the
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federal authorities as a uescal sruSS.er IN me
latter SOS. He was captured @ time or two ard
had served q term or more in jail for The offence
of J1rIlvfulIy bringing over the fiery liquor
Then he suddenly disappeared from the vicinity
Of Laredo and was mex, heard Of at Hidaiso,
4 hundred miles away. He was living in
prosperous state ii a new home, and the
customs officers began % suspect that ne "s-s
doing a smuggling business along the lower
border The inspectors and river guards q
that region set about 70 effect his capture
II WAS n year before they succeeded, and it was
then. accomplished only with The assistance OF
Captain ] H NcNe,I and the Texas Ranger
an organization similar 20 thlc Of The ArlzoT
Rangers Longorid had gathered around hiTn
band Of nine desperate N5XicanS and they
only srnuSgIed silk and other merchand
across the river. but they stole cattle in Tex
and ran them INFO Mexico News was prous
TO Captain McNeeI one day that Longorla
his band had made Il raid on a rdncl IN -
County and were headed toward the Rio Gr'li
with big bunch OF horses and cattle .
rangers were in the saddle lUlTTetIftely
soon found the trail Of the thieves IT.
closely pursued the NeNica1s. and Wltilh
short distance of the place where the G1t4i'
had intended to cross the river they came
with them 4 fight took place between the w
forces In this battle LOnsoFid anu Loui Vi q"
men were killed
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NEEDLESS CEREMONY

Peter had been hastily hidden 70 h'o0S
Hunts party. and his mother was 'Ou''''''7
hfn, M. IN front OF the washstand-
90, ,,otper' he said do 1 have to have
whole BATH
Certainly -. .t-
n 80 vera YOU sure it wasn't Just your
,5sa replied Peter. I'm certain heard
Tsobby's mother tell you over the telephone ths-t
the party was very Informal iOd0h Yum
panion
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-09
RECENT CHANGES
IN THE j. 8.
NAVY.
Orders Issued by Depart
ment to Officers in the
Naval Service.
Special to The Journal.

Washington, Jan. S.-The following
orders have been issued to officers of
the United STATES Navy:
Commander1A Sharp ordered to
Washington navy yard, February 1.
Lieutenant COMMANDERS. S. Nc
Kean ordered to duty as ordnance Of
ficer. League Island yard; J. S. Nc
Donald detached the Ohio, ordered
home and placed on waiting orders
w. A. Edgar detached the Dolphin and
ordered to duty as executive officer
of the Ohio; ]. V. Chase detached
duty in command of the Vesuvius and
ordered to duty at Naval Torpedo sta
ton, Newport, r. l.; n. E. Irwin or
dered home and granted two months
sick leave; J. F. Hubbard detached
the Hancock and ordered to the Ohio
as navigator: II. II. Hough ordered to
Naval Intelligence Office, navy depart.
ment for duty
Lieutenants-W. H. STANDBY order
ed to the independence as executive
officer; ]. F. Marshall. Jr., detached
the Paul Jones, ordered home and
resignation accepted; J. P. Jackson de-
tached the Lancaster and ordered 10
Naval Intelligence office for duty: f.
B. Larimer detached the Philadelphia
and ordered TO command the Paul
Jones; j. R. Defrees ordered to com
mand the Vesuvius.
Ensigns-O. c. F. Dodge and c. A
Richter detached the New Jersey and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-09
CREDIT DUE TO
j. ED. O'BRIEN
FOR THE DEFEAT OF THE LIT
TLEFIELD ANTI-PILOTAGE
BILL.

The following from the Journal OF
the Knights of Labor, published IN
Washington, will prove of interest TO
Pensacoiians:
We have read various reasons for
the defeat of the Littlefield Anti-Pilot-
age bill; some credit it to Mr.. Com
pers, some to Mr.. Lamar of Florida;
and other to the unwise attitude as
sumed throughout the entire contest
by Mr.. Littlefield himself. Not one
of these reasons is correct
The entire credit and all the credit
for this grand victory is due to Capt.
]. Ed. O'Brien and the gentlemen
whom he associated with him in
such statesmen as Sherely of Ken
lucky; Sparkman and Clark, of Flori-
da; Boutelle, Madden and Wilson, of
Illinois; Barchfield, of Pennsylvania;
Spight, of Mississippi; Mouser, Tay-
lor and Kennedy, of Ohio; Birdsall,
Of Iowa; Hinshaw, of Nebraska; May
nard. of Virginia; Dunwell, Golden
and Calder of New York; Patterson,
of North Carolina; Legare, of South
Carolina, and Taylor, of Alabama. 1t
will require no stretch of ones imagi-
nation to point to the parties respOn-
sible for the victory.
The gentlemen mentioned are only
few of those on the inside and out
side of the house of representatives,
who did heroic work TO save the pilot
age system of the United States from
total destruction. Although the gen.
eIaiship was conferred in Mr. Spark
man, of Florida, yet it appears that
every member who favored the con-
tinuation of the present system used
all his influence, and made every eff
fort possible to defeat the bill while
holding its father in the highest es-
TEEN
For these reasons it would be IN
just 10 permit the erroneous reports
giving credit to individuals or fac
tons for this great victory. The mas
ter minds of both the republican
and democratic leaders were a unit
in devising ways and meaqns 10 de-
feat it, and TO them and to them only
is the credit due.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-09
WILL lam E. ANDERSON
CHAIRMAN SCHOOL BOARD
Meeting of the New Board
Held Yesterday, When
Members Were
Seated.
A. v. CLUBS AND A. C. BLOUNT,
JR., AFTER SERVICE OF MANY
YEARS RETIRE AND NEW MEN,
BEERS GO INTO OFFICE.

When the new Board of Public In
struction was organized yesterday at
the meeting of the members of that
body, William Z. Anderson was
chosen as chairman, H. g. DeSliva
chairman of the finance committee
and w NJ Agerton chairman of the
building committee The retlrlng
members were Chairman a. V. Clubbs
and A. C. Blount, Jr.
The old board convened yesterday
in regular session, it being the last
to be held by that body as then com
posed All members were present and
after approving the pay roll and
transacting other business the two re-
firing members surrendered their
seats to the incoming members
The New Board.
The members of the new board
were all present and the organiZa
ton of the board was effected by the
election of William E Anderson as
chairman. The chairman of the two
committees. finance and building, were
then named, after which the board
disposed of the business that was
brought before it and adjourned
The Retiring Members
Inc Two TeJlElhS members, A v
and A. G. Blount, Jr., have served for
many years as members of the school
board, and declined to again allow
their names to be offered III the
primaries for reelection
Mr.. Clubbs, who has been chair
man of the board for twelve or four.
teen years, has been member OF
the board for about twenty years,
while Judge Blount has served for
the past eight years IS chairman OF
the finance committee.
The retiring members have served
faithfully for many years. and with
the means at their disposal. have en-
deavored to better the public school
system of the country, which. it is
believed, will be continued by the new
members of the board
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OLD BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS RETIRES
Continued from First Page.)

dollars to the good. The road and
bridge fund was also a little behind,
but this was due to the destruction
and damage done by the recent storm.
The general fund, he stated, was six
teen thousand dollars to the good,
Notwithstanding the fact the commits
sioners had spent considerable money
on the repairs to the court house,
something which had not been done
in about twenty years. He stated
that he was proud of the fact that
the present commissioners would
leave no unpaid bills for the new
board.
VaIedietories.
Concluding his remarks, Mr.. Avery
said he had always tried to do his
duty as he saw it; that at times he
had disagreed with some members of
the board but that he believed all
were conscientious in these differ
ences. He thanked the members of
the board for the courtesies they had
always, and on all occasions, extend
ed him.
Clerk Mcmillan then thanked the
outgoing board for the cOurtsies ex-
tended him and said that while he
had been in land around the court
house for about fifteen years he had
never seen a more efficient board than
the one which has served the county
for the past two years.
Mr. Sennott moved a vote of thanks
I 20 the chairman for his efficient SER
vices to the county as the chairman
of this official board, which was put
by Clerk Mcmillan and passed. after
which chairman Avery declared the
, board adjourned sine die, at nine min
utes after nine o'clock
New Board Meets.
After Messrs- Sennott and Virgins
had welcomed their successors to their
seats. in eloquent little speeches,
. Clerk Mcmillan stated that the first
work for the new board to do would
be the election of a chairman. Messrs.
/ Stuart and Andrews succeeded them
selves as commissioners on the new
I board, and j. B. Roberts, ]. A. Mer-
rift, and H c. Clopton, succeeded
( Commissioner Avery, which was Sec
onded by Mr. Roberts. Mr.. Clopton
nominated Mr. J. A. Merritt, and stat
ed in doing so that he had no reason
TO oppose Mr. Andrews's election ex-
cept that he thought the chairman
should be selected from among the
! city members; that he was willing
10 vote for either Mr.. Roberts or Mr..
Merritt. but that he believed the chair
! man Of the board should be a man
who could be reached on short no
Jlce at all times. Mr.. Merritt arose
and stated that he did not care for
the position, but that he was of the
same opinion as Mr. Clopton, and for
that reason had agreed to support
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eVUVNVVTVV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ordered TO the Bureau of Steam Engi.
neering for instruction; c. A. Smith
detached Norfolk yard and ordered TO
the Bureau of Steam Engineering for
instruction; c. X. Jones ordered to
the Ohio; P. W. Foote detached the
Ohio and ordered 10 the Vesuvius I;
F. v. McNair ordered to the PhiIa.
delphia in connection with the crew
for the Minnesota and assigned to
latter vessel when commissioned; w.
J. Giles ordered TO the Hancock; w.
Ancrum ordered to the Franklin in
connection with the crew for the Min
nesota and assigned to latter vessel
when placed in commission; N 3
Crittenden ordered to the Milwaukee.
Passed Assistant Surgeons-E. NJ.
Blackwell ordered to the Naval Acad-
envy; J. T. Kennedy ordered to the
Hancock
Assistant Surgeon-E. r. Marshall
detached Naval Station, Guantanamo,
Cuba, and resignation accepted.
Pay Director-R Frazer detached
duty as Purchasing Pay Officer, Navy
Pay ONCE, Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. %,
ordered home to settle accounts and
wait orders
Pay Inspectors-R. T. NJ Ball de-
tached duty as Purchasing Pay Officer
Navy Pay Station. San Francisco. Cal,
and ordered to duty as Purchasing
Pay Officer, Navy Pay Office, Phila-
delphia, Pa; u. w. Reynolds detach-
ed duty at Naval Training Station,
San Francisco, Cal, and ordered to
duty as Purchasing Pay Officer, Navy
Pay Officer, San Francisco. Cal
Paymsster-J. D. Robnett detached
Bureau of Supplies and accounts and
ordered to duty as pay officer, pur-
keeper, Naval Station, San Juan, PueT.
to Rico; G. p. Dyer ordered to the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts for
duty: F. G. Pyne ordered to General
Hospital. Fort Bayard, New Mexico
for treatment.
Passed Assistant Paymaster-F B
Colby detached duty as pay officer
purchasing pay officer and general
stOrekeeper, Naval Station, San Juan
Puerto Rico, ordered home to settle
accounts and wait orders.
Paymasters ClerkS-N NJ Grahliue
resignation accepted; J. W. Oddie or
dered to the Ohio: R. E Kempler or
dered to Naval Station. San Juan
Puerto Rio: C. G. Bellinger resigna
( ton accepted
Civil Engineers-M- T Endicott re
tired. detached duty as chief of the
/ Bureau of Yards and Docks and as
signed to special duty navy depart
ment; H. H. Rousseau ordered tc
duty as chief of the Bureau of Yards
and Docks
Chief Boatswains-C. T. Chase or
dered to continue treatment at Naval
Hospital, Norfolk, Va: ]. s. Croghar
ordered to command the Wasp.
Boatswaines-J. Clancy ordered tC
the Wasp.
Warrant Machinist-G. MelIen. plac
ed on the retired list: L. NJ Wood
ward. A Peterson, P Burke, S. s
Neeley. A S. Merket, c. Allen, A. b
Reinhart, c. G. Wheeler, W A. Nor
gan, A. w Bird, w Nixon. w B
Cothran and A Schulze appointed
Chief Gunner-Ordered to the Nil
waukee.
Mate-A. E. Moore ordered TO the
riSh-Hawk.
A. W. VI.