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Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
ENSIGN OF PHOENIX
 KNEW STEVE ADAMS
He and Steve Adams Were Friends Back In Old
 Missouri.
(Arizona Gazette)


 While not exactly an old friend. Steve Adams, whom Harry Orchard claims was his assistant in a mum Der of cold-blooded murders, is an old acquaintance of Phil Ensign of this city.
 Ensign and Adams were both born and raised in Nevada. Mo. Adams was always a wild young fellow and even after he was man and old enough to know better he engaged in the pastime of breaking up literary societies and other social gatherings. He with others of his class, would fill up with booze and walk into a com pany gathered to debate weighty ques tions. such as literary societies do, and it would not be long before some started a row. The young fellows. who were just drunk enough to make them good and scrappy would break up the gathering in a very few minutes.
 But Phil Ensign was too much for them. At one time, when he was about eighteen years of age. he was elected president of three literary SO cieties and at once started out to fight the ruffians who made it 8 practice of breaking up such organizations.
 He had number of them arrested They wanted to fight him. but know ing that it would not do him any good to get whipped by the whole bunch sailing into him, he called in the aid of the peace officers.
 Among the first to feel the grip of the hand of the law was Steve Adams He was obliged to pay a small fine. but he didn't like to pay out his good money for the privilege of having little fun. Neither did the others. and no more literary societies were both cred by the gang to which Adams be- Ionged
 On one occasion during the time his crusade was on. MT. Ensign came near suffering severely for his activities against the rowdies Had it not chanced that he became slightly i'll and was unable to attend the meeting of one of the societies of which he was president, he would have been badly wounded. His enemies gained access to the room in which the meetings were held and stuck a big alarming needle right up through the bottom of the chair that he was to occupy But Mir. Ensign was i'll and did not attend. When the gang saw that his substitute was about to take the chair they rushed forward and stopped him. They wanted no one but Mir. Ensign to suffer.
 Adams was one of the widest young fellows in the neighbOrhood. He lived on farm with his parents a short dis tance out of Nevada. He was a man well along in life before he left home. but it was not long before he was in trouble. His reckless turn of mind grew on him as he grew older until at last he assisted in the murder of his fellowman according to his al. legged accomplice, Harry Orchard.
 Even in Missouri when anyone wanted dirty work done, Steve Adams was the man that was hired to do it. There was never any job, no matter how low and mean, that Adams would not do If he was paid well for it
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
NEW BUILDINGS ID
 60 UP IN DOUGLAS
On tue Site of the Frame Build iags Burned Yesterday
 on G Avenue,

DOUGLAS. June Especial. )--
 The buildings burned yesterday on G ayense were owned respectively by Alfred Paul and s. F. Mcguire. MT. Mcguire has owned one of the lots. that adjoining the BropEy- Douglas building. since the first sale of lots by the townsite company Mir. Paul pur- chased the lot adjoining the Kline building during the early spring of this year. paying for 1t, according to report, SS750 These lots were covered by tive one story frame buildings. both of which were completely destroyed.
 Tt had been agreed by myself and Mir. Mcguire. before he left for Cali fornia, that we would on his return from the coast begin the erection of q twostory building on the two lots using a community wall. On his re turn 1 expect that we will at once start the new building
 The buildings destroyed were of but small value. intrinsicalIy. though they were bringing good rents on ac- count Of their location I presume the two were worth $500. I had no insur- ance on the building I owned"
 It was learned today that MT. Me guire carried no insurance on his building either.
 The greatest loss sustained was by F. c. Booth. who had bicycle shop in the Paul building. He lost all of his tools, only saving few wheels. MT Booth carried Insurance, which will afford him some relief He is now building new store on c avenue, near Thirteenth street
 Judge E. 4. Hayes, who had a law office iH the building owned by Mir. Me guire lost all his office furniture and books papers, etc. including $22 in money which he had in his desk draw CT. The judge was sitting at his desk when he was attracted by a roar and looking up saw the flames coming through the wall Of the building. He grabbed some of his diplomas from the wall and just had time to rush out of the burning building.
 eolored man ,.ld a cleaning estab- lishmeRt in an adjoining room to the law office and it was here where the fire originated, can of gasoline in some way becoming ignited A boot black stand was also in this cleaning room and everything was consumed.
 The damage to the Brophy-Douglas building consisted in the burning of several feet of the front eornice. This damage it is estimated will be less than five hundred dollars which win fan on the insurance company
 The Kline building on the south side of the fire has a heavy adobe wall and this fact saved the south half of the block sn which the fire occurred.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
THE BsBEE FRIDAY MORNING.
WEED|N SAYS NEW
 PEN ID BE CONCRETE
The Colonel Is Largely Inter eSted In the Mining
 Industry.

| Colonel Thomas F. Weedin, member iof the upper house of the recent legis- lIature for Pinal county, was in Phoe-
 nix Monday on his way to Florence | from Tucson. where he attended the graduation exercises of St. Joseph's academy, in which two of his daugh- ters are students.
 As an appreciation of his services lin the legislature his constituents in Pinal county presented Weedin on his return home last March with a fine Igold-headed cane and rendered him a banquet. It was largely due to the good work of Weedin that Florence secured the territorial penitentiary. which will be removed from Yuma to
 that town in about v ear.
 Tt Is probable that tie new peniten- tiary will be constructed of concrete, Weedin said Work on the building will not be commenced until after Jan uary. 1908, as the territorial taxes will not be pal dinto the treasury until that time and the appropriation made | for the building and the removal of the prison will come from the general
 fund
 "A concrete building is generally favored. as this material is impervious to heat and cold and the elements and is even more durable than stone" Weedin Is largely interested in the
 mines of Pinal county and he stated that the mining boom there i8 unriy aled.
 New companies are coming into
 the Pinal mining region at the rate of one each week." remarked Mir. Weed
 in, "And the entire country along the
 Gila river and north and east of
 Florence resembles a beehive in its activity. New groups of claims are
 being bonded and new mining ma
 chinery is being constantly installed
 The Ray Copper Consolidated com pany is remodeiing and repairing its 250-ton concentrator and will repair it's narrow guage railroai from Kelvin l to Ray for the transportation of its ores from the mines to the coucentra tor This railroad was washed out during the Gila floods last winter bu1
 this will be guarded against by rais jug the roadbed above the water line The company is doing work in twelve prospect shafts.
 ''On the property of the Hercules 1 company two vertical shafts are being sunk which are in good concentratinc ore which averages I per cent. The ore is chalcocite or glance, as it is commonly known, and is in big depos its. Much work is also being done or the Calumet property, which is owned by Philadelphians
 "W H. Kinnon, who was formerly connected with the Red Carbonate south of Tucson, has secured proper ty twelve miles east of Florence. near Cochran
 The Carroll properties are owned by the London and Arizona people and preparations are being made for the erection of a smelter
 Fred Hear. who was formerly al Globe. has been made superintendent of the Superior property. which is one of the largest in our county. He will proceed at once to unwater .he mine and sink the shafts to lower levels The company expects to erect a large smelter and it is very likely that they will build a railroad line from the mine to Florence"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21

Grand ball at the Rink every Satur- day night. Rink for rent other nights
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Edward o. Rouzer, de- ceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, the Administrator of the estate of Edward O. Rouzer, de- ceased to the creditors of and all per sons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers. within ten months after the first publication of this no tice to the said administrator at the office of Buxton-Smith Co, Bisbee, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. in said County of Cochise.
 GEORGE E. BUXTON Administrator of the Estate of Ed
 ward O. Rouzer. deceased.
 First publication June 6, 1907.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
coroRED PEOPLE IN DOUGLAS.

DOUGLAS. June 20.-( Especial. )-
 The coiored fraternity of both Bis bee and Douglas are much in evidence today ss they are celebrating Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
 About one hundred or more of the coiored aristocracy of Bisbee arrived in Douglas on the 10 o'clock train this morning. accompanied by their base hall team from Bi3bee. all clad ir their glad rags wearing the uiue's col. DTS. yellow and black. and loaded down with horns and their best smiles.
 Quite | number of their Douglas brethren were on hand to meet them and give them the glad hand.
 This afternoon was spent at the new ball park. where they had a game of baseball between the Douglas and Bis bee teams. followed by a barbecue.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21

A orty-niner.-Colonel H. C. Will son, whose home for a number of years has been at the Welfry ranch in the Mocteznma district in Sonora. arrived in Douglas last night from the soldiers home near Los Angeles, Cal ifornia, where he has been in the hos pital for eight months. He had been in poor health, but returns much i'm proved Colonel Wilson was in Cali fornia in '49, and afterwards was a prominent member of the state sen ate from southern California. He says that the growth of Les Angeles has been remarkable during the last few years.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21

Tsklng School census.-Prof. W. E. Lutz is hard at work these days in taking the school census for the en- suing year. So far he has completed from the international boundary line to Fourteenth street MT. Lutz says that the census will make a fine show ing as compared with last year. The census last year was little over 150O and this year it will run from 1900 to 2000. which shows conclusively that Douglas has been growing at rapid rate.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
s46.02q.0O

Figuring the receipts for licenses the same as last year, less the receipts from gambling. they would amount to s32,023 and an Smiil tax would bring in about 1S,000 or total of s50.000.
 This amount together with the bal anee on hand would place the city's f. nanees in good shape and lessen the rate 4-10 of mill over last year.
 The canvassing of the result of the new charter election was evidently ov-
 rlooled by the council as it was nos ral1en up. It is immaterial whether t Is canvassed or not as it was put to sleep on election day.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
ANGUS HOTEL.

furnished, remodeled with all modern conveniences. R. Rich, prop.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21

lowing estimate of the budget for the coming year was referred to the f. nance committee to report on at the next meeting of the council
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28
AVERAGE STATE LEGISLATURE

The legislature couldn't make
one good law in three months, let
alone three thousand, without
turning in some direction for aid
and counsel. Our we'll meaning
farmers and grocerymen and man
ufacturers are probably endowed
with that profound ignorance of
basic problems which comes out in
the form of loud contempt for
Science" and theory" But now
they are, in the language of the
committee room, up against it.
They have got to make three
thousand laws in three months,
without much of an idea, in some
cases, of what the blessed things
are all about A good many of our
farming and manufacturing friends
would really like to make good
laws; but probably not one of them
is competent to draw a bill that
will hold together. To make it
worse, these laws, good or bad,
will come down forcibly on every
man, woman and child in the state.
In view of this fact-that the
legislature, made up of bungling
good-hearted amateurs, with a
leavening of crooks, is bound to
turn out just about SO many laws
anyway-do we citizens, the real
interest" most vitality affected
by the mass of legislation, take
any adequate measures either to
put in ADLER men, or to supply &C
.curate and thoroughgoing infor.
nation as a basis for the legisla-
ton? Not at all We send our
legislators down to the capital, and
go on serenely vague. about what
we like to cali -four business y
The snail's ON the thorn. Gods
in His heaven, all's right with the
world! And meanwhile the at
torneys for the railroad and the
"pnblic service" company, and the
big brewers and manufacturers are
drawing up bills which our farm
ing friends don't understand, and
are crowding them through with
doubtful statistics and specious
reasoning which our farming
friends may question, but which
they have neither the time nor the
resources to dispute. Success
Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28
BIG BUSINESS OF RAILROADS
The Growth of Traffic Has Beer Enor-
nous, Almost Beyond Computation.

The enormous. growth of railroad
business in this country is more or
less familiar to the public, but only
in a general way. 1t is therefore
particularly interesting and timely
to consider the increase in the case
OF single transportation company,
and this opportunity of study is
afforded by the final report of the
special committee of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co., which was ap-
pointed in May last to examine in
to and report facts concerning the
acquisition by officers or employees
of stock or other interest in other
corporations which could affect
their duty to the railroad company
or its duty to the public. The re.
port deals with many facts relating
to the business of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, but the data particularly
of interest in relation to the growth
of traffic is that showing the ex-
pansion Of the company. which i.
ty pical of other railroad corpora
tons.
The report says that the period
between 1899 and 1907 will be
memorable in the roads history.
In 1899 the Pennsylvania faced
growing traffic, inadequate receipts
and increased cost of operation.
To provide adequate facilities and
lessen the cost while increasing
efficiency expenditures upon an
unexampled scale had to be made,
and the msney had to be provided
for so much Of those expenditures
as was charged to capital. Thus
from 1899 to 1905, inclusive, the
total share capitalization Of the
several companies was increased
from $25I ,662, I76 to $4S5,o17,32I.
The large expenditures to meet in
creased requirements are shown
by statements that $62,yo3, 367
were spent for real estate to be
used as right of way for additional
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

stout trousers were of rough ma
terial and his hands were encased
i'll pair of heavy fur lined gloves.
On his feet he wore rubber shoes
of arctic design, while his head
covering was a thick cap with ear
flaps.
He speaks with a broad accent,
typical to the West, and his refer
ences TO his remarkable trip are
made with the modesty of man
accustomed to the rougher paths
of life.
II dropped twenty pounds on
the trip" he remarked with a
smile, as he trotted down F street
alongside his dogs. Sometimes
when the trail was bad" he add
ed, II got off the sled and took
the part of the eighth dog. Your
streets here are better than I've
been used to-"
The seven faithful dogs attract
ed a large portion of the attention
as they passed along, little discon-
certed by the crowd of yelling
urchins. Three of the dogs,
Smith tells are tame: wolves, while
four are of the pure domesticated
Eskimo breed. All seven, despite
their former wild life and sur
roundings are remarkably docile.
They evince great fondness for
their master, and show an intel
ligent understanding of his CON-
mands.
Although petted by scores of
unfamiliar hands, none of the ami
mails either showed their teeth or
indicated a belligerent desire to
mix it up" with several, Wash
ington dogs that, out of curiousi-
ty, followed in their wake through
the streets.
A wager Of $4,000 is the re-
ward which Smith says was held
out to him to make the journey.
The wager, he tells was made with
E. J Pierce, of Nome. Smith left
Nome November IL, 1905, and &C
cording to the terms of his bet is
two months and eight days ahead
of time.
Altogether, he has been on the
road one year three months, and
six days. From Nome he went to
Seattle, Wash, and from that CITY
he drove and walked across the
country to Milwaukee, Wis. Leav-
ing Milwaukee last September, he
crossed the intervening states pass
ing through Cumberland last
Thursday, and thence to Freder
lex and Gaithersburg, reaching the
latter place Tuesday night.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

portance, efficacy of microscopy
prayer, here has a striking exem-
plifcation. We are here encour-
aged to pray for our fellow-creat-
ures en- masse. Much of Our pray
er is too circumscribed. 1t is self
ishly personal. 1t abounds in per-
sonal pronouns. 1t may we'll be
satirized by the prayer ascribed to
the hide-bound deacon. Lord
bless me and my wife, my son John
and his wife; us four and no more.
Amen"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

WANTED Information as to address
of Thomas II. Frost or widow or heirs
if dead. He was born in Allegany coun-
ty, Md, about 1889, and served in Co.
A, First w. Va. Cav, in the Civil War.
About 1873 he lived in Colorado. Small
recovery can probably be made. Ad-
dress Harvey Spalding & Sons, Wash
ington, d. C.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Tho Kind You Have Always BougF
Signature sss's 'ss Of &z4ZzN.
Notice 70 TaxpayerS.

Notice is hereby given to the 'a-~ay-
ers of Garrett county that th,i state
and county taxes are due a's. ayable
and that the law makes It incumbent
upon me to enforce collection .of the
same by advertisement and sale unless
the same be paid Immediately.
All who are in arrears for taxes will
please bear this in mind and make set
Element.
H. R. DEWITT, County Treasurer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28


en- race signified that he was
worthy to be the Lords confdant.
The greater included the less.
why, indeed, should the thing
be hidden?" By this very act of
confidence the Lord lifted Abra-
ham. as he intended to, from the
plane OF servitude to that offriend-
ship. The servant knoweth not
what his Lord doeth, but the form,
so he also accommodated himselfto
the fashion of human speech, and
described himself as on the way to
make personal investigation of
the wickedness of Sodom-to see
whether the reality of it was as
great as the fame of it-and thus
qualify himself to pass judicial
sentence, all of which was of the
n allure of anthropomorphism.
AS the angel trio started
on their dread mission, Abraham's
generous, compassionate heart
prompted him to throw himself be-
tween the Lord and the doomed
cities. All unconsciou.ly he
makes himself a striking type of
the great Intercessor of the race.
He prays for sinners. Their awful
fate touched his heart to pity. He
had once gone to battle for them:
now he goes to his knees in their
behalf. He is a daysman. a medi-
ator. With comsummate skill he
handles their desperate case.
Shall this be wholesale slauph-
ter? Will there not be discrimi.
nation between the good and the
bad? Might not the sparing of the
bad on account of the presence of
the good among them have strik.
ing, exemplary influence? If so,
what shall be the ratio between the
good and the bad? Might it not
be as many as fifty to the whole
population? Or with extreme de-
probation OF himself as AN inter
cessor) forty tive9 or forty or thir-
tyr or twenty? or ten.
Abraham displayed no bargaining
temper, striving only to get the
best possible terms, but was
climbing the ladder sof hope and
falth' and with each promise TAX
ing courage.to ask for more. When
he telt that he had reached the nj
termost verge of Divine forbear-
ance, then only he rested his case.
and returned unto his place with
mingled emotions-joy at the bless.
ing that should soon be his; grief
at the curse that should next dav
fall upon the cities of the plain.
Analysis and Key.
l. The Patriarch's camp at Mamre.
Pastoral scene pictured.
2. Approach ofvisitors.
Substitutes for newspapers.
Modern analogy-"CircuitR Rid.
er."
8. Fascinating bit of Oriental life.
neutrality-suspicious. of meal.
Serving and eating.
A. Angel character of guests. Dis
covery.
Bearers of blessings and curse.
5. Abraham's intercession.
Consummate skill.
No discrimination between
good and bad2"
Saving the bad on account of
the good
Exemplary advantage.
Ratio proposed in descending
scale.
Abraham Type of Divine In.
tercessor.
The Teachers Lantern.
From various angles Abraham
has been viewed in the preceding
narrative: as ri'grim; as prince
OF a growing BE; in war; in wor.
ship; receiving promises; entering
into tenant; but here he ap-
pears in an entirely new capacity
in the lovely and holy office of
intercessor. Picture the disinter-
ested quality of his intervention
on the part of the Sodomites; COM
passion for the erring was his chief
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

That Banquo's Ghost, the city
problem, will up" in this lesson
Within the lifetime of some read
ers the population of the cities OF
this country will equal its entire
present population; and De Tocqe-
vile affirmed that the cities are q
real danger threatening the Repub-
lie.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

Setting ourselves to study the
condition aad needs of others,
masses, classes, individuals, and
to present them in petition at the
merey-seat, has its reflex advan-
tage in broadened sympathies.
Richest blessings often come to us
not when we are praying for our
selves, but for Others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

The duty, privilege, value, i'm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

The modern fascination for city
life has remarkable analogy in
the case Of Lot. He must live in
city, even if it is only Zoar!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

The value to the world of the
good people who are in it here has
a conspicuous illustration. They
are the.salt that saves it. There
are things that God might do to
the world which He does not do
because of the presence of His
saints. These are ever increasing
in number, so the world grows
proportionately safer. Never
again will the poverty of the world
in righteous men be so as in the
case of Sodom."