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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26

their long cruise By a good-siEed 1est OF
supplementary vessels,-camp followers Of
the sea they might almost be termed A
number Of government golfers viii 60
along to carry the supplies Of coal. over
and above what can be stored Ia the
bunkers OF the battieships: there VII be
several supply ships. carrying canned
meats and other food and supplies 90
that the officers and men will no, BE- de-
pendent entirely upon the markets at
the ports OF cali; and a valuable ad-
Junct will be provided in the form Of the
good ship Panther which has been trans
formed for the occasion into q repair
ship and floating machine shop.
Rear Admiral Robey u. Evans who
VIII be In command OF the feet during
this extended cruise Is prominently the
man for the place. Next to Admiral
Dewey. the most c,vispicuous oticsr IN
the United States Navy he enjoys the
distinction Of being the only officer in
the service who has had two cruises as
fleet commander and he is particularly
well fitted TO have command Of the bat
tleship squadron In It's new environment
on the Pacific through the knowledge
>tNtEui NttES OF service As
comnlander-in-chief Of the Asiatic feet
Admiral Evans is In his sixtieth year but
he has the decision. energy and virfiity
OF much younger man which makes his
selection for his present responsible post
quite In line with the Presidents new
policy TO designate younger ofhcers for
the fighting commands in the Navy. As
an ensign Evans saw service In the Civil
War; he earned the sobriquet Of ''Fight-
Ing Bob" by his bravery while In com
mand OF the gunboat Yorktown during
the trouble between the United States
and Chile In 1891: he commanded the
battleship Iowa at the battle of san
tiago, the elimination Of the Spanish
American War; and now be Is TO round
out his career by personally directing
the most spectacular cruise In the his
tory OF our modern navy
WALDON FAwCETT.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26

his chances were better on straight
away than in a cross country run or
steeplechase. where headwork was
necessary, so he kept to the track and
made bee line for the wire. putting
a little more ginger in each jump. The
dog was pressing him hard at the flag
station and Mickens with the sorrel
was not far behind the dog. and going
some.
Down the stretch came the process
sion like hurricane operating on ball
bearings. \ big fat man stepped out
into the track in front of the grand
stand and tried to shoe the rabbit over
To the in-field and give the horse a
chance. but there was ''nuthin' to it"
The rabbit was having a hard enough
time as it was and the horse had no
chance any way. The rabbit ran be-
tween the fat mans legs and the dog
sped by him. little doubtful about
the tunnel capacity and preferring to
take a chance on trifle longer course.
They cleared the next curve, the dog
badly winded. and the Judge declared
the rabbit winner.
The rabbit was like the back coun-
try farmer when he saw locomotive
for the first time. He walked up the
track i'm the direction the train was
coming from and met ii. He first
sighted it rounding a curve some dis
lance away and noted the speed with
which ii was bearing down upon him.
Turning suddenly around he made for
the station and got To the platform
just as the breeze from the pilot be-
gan to fan his coattails. \ bystander
said: Uncle. why didn't you get off
the track"
Turning to the youth with a look Of
mingled pity and contempt at his
seeming lack of reason the old man
said: My God. boy! If | had ever
taken to the plowed ground that thing
would have caught me sure
Now that Dan Patch is coming to
the fair an effort will be made to
capture this jackrabbit and put him in
training. The best that has been eX-
pected Of Dan is exhibition work, for
he has run everything else in the horse
line off the track so far as racing is
concerned. IL is believed though that
Arizona has a few jack rabbits that
will be worth his while if Mr.. Savage
is a true sport and cares to match his
horse against anything better and
faster than time.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26

rosa until the matter could be definite
~ settled. Mr.. Savage wired yester-
day that Dan is all right and will be
on hand when the whistle blows. He
will be shipped soon from New orleans
where he is now with Driver Hersey
and where he recently gave an exhi-
bition.
Dan Patch IS socially about as high
up as a horse ever gets. He rides in
his own private car and travels only
on passenger trains, accompanied by
Couple of running horses which are
driven in harness as pacemakcrs. Dan
Patch is the greatest drawing card in
the world for public exhibitions and
he has appeared at every big race
meeting and fair in the United States.
Dan Patch days At all the fairs have
been the big days for attendance and
in some instances there has been an
attendance of 100000 TO witness his
performances.
The principal arguments of the fair
commission that appealed to Mr.. Saw
age were the superior quality of the
Phoenix track and the climatic con-
ditions. The commission was not
able to offer the large sum Mr.. Saw
age generally gets for the performance
Of his horse, but he is very anxious to
trim down the worlds record an
other notch and he feels confident
there IS = chance to do so on the
Phoenix track after what he has heard
of it and OF the delightful racing
weather Phoenix usually has at fair
time. This effort will be made on the
opening day of the fair and should
insure magnificent attendance.
Dan Patch holds all records ever
made by PAGER, having beaten every
performance of any PAGER He has the
racing record of 1891 without a
pacemakcr. and he also holds the eX-
hibition record Of l:55. He also has
the worlds record for a mile on a half
mile track. % 2:00l. and it is expected
that while here he will endeavor To
lower that record also.
With Dac Patch. the worlds famous
horse. and Bud Doble. the worlds
most famous driver. both i'm evidence
at the :air. 4 should be a week that
all Arizona WI he proud of.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26

selected for this pretentious swing
around the circle comprise the very
cream Of Americas floating fortresses.
All are up-to-dste In that they have
withou. exception been built since the
Spanish-American war and thus embody
the most modern ideas in design and
construction. whereas the fact that they
have been continuously In commission
makes for tried efficiency IN men and
machinery. In the aggregate the sixteen
battleships have a displacement OF more
than 22S,000 tons and they carry all told
more thnn $50 large guns-that Is
weapons Of a caliber Of four inches or
more
For the purposes OF this record break
Ing cruise the battleship squadron has
been subdlvided into four groups OF fouT
ships each The first division Is headed
OF course. by the u. s. S. Connecticut
flagship Of Admiral Evans and numbers
In addition 10 that magnificent govern
ment-built vessel her sister ship the
Louisiana product OF n private sh,pyardl
and the twins Kansas and Vermont. In
the main essentials all four OF these
battleships are very similar Each dis
places when afoat 5000 tons O. water
with n speed Of about twenty one miles
per hour.
The second division Of the snuadron "a
made up OF four bnttleships which nre
duplicates OF one another In practically
every respect. namely the Virginia, Geor-
gia, New Jersey and Rhoie island These
heavy hitters carry, in each instance the
snme number OF guns rs the ships in the
first division. They are not Quite 80 large
having u displacement of about 1900
tons instead of 1900 but what they lack
In weight they make up IN speed being
capable Of gait fully n mile per hour in
excess of that OF the first mentioned craft.
The third division is made up of two
rairs Of twins, the Alabama and Illinois
on the one han: and the Keirsarge and
Kentucky on the other. The members Of
this quartette are of about the same size
having a displacement Of npproxima tely
LOO tons each but the keursarge and
Kentucky mount twenty-five guns apiece
rs against eighteen guns on each Of the
other ships and likewise in speed do the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26
l1ZWRHZZZZzzZp NEWoZ1RXY

m PREPARATIONS nIe going sct;Sely
forward at the government office In
y Washington and at the navy-yards on
Atlantic coast for the most nomentous
project ever undertaken by the United
Stntes Navy In time OF peace. When.
during the Spanish American war, the
battieship Oregon made the run around
the Hora 10 Join the feet In the West
Indies the performance was acclaimed.
and rightfully too. a remarkable feat
and yet II pales IN Significance by COM
parison with the plans for the coming
great cruise OF Uncle Sans battleship
squadron from Hampton Roads. Virginia
to san Francisco Bay.
The impending scheme for sending the
pick Of the republics warships to the
west coast Is part OF farreaching
policy for shifting n preponderance OF
the American sea power TO the Pacific,
where the national responsibilities are
most pressing and Yankee interests are
more or less in jeopardy. Already q van
guard In the form Of groups Of our best
armored and protected cruisers have
sought the new seat OF naval power and
even a torpedo iotlla will be sent from
the Atlantic coast TO complete the cate
CORY, but popular interest centers OF
course, In the cruise OF the sixteen bat
tleships of Admiral Evans feet, the
most spectacular feature OF the whole
movement
The feet Of heavy weight sea warriors
that will steam around the continent
under the direction Of Fighting Bob
In not only the most formidable squadron
ever assembled under the Stars and
Stripes, but compares well with the cor
responding possessions OF any other
world power. Incidentally this homo
,geneous group Of sixteen battleshIps. al
though II does not include all the Ameri
can battieships by any means. makes a
Peassuring showing as contrasted with
Jspan's full strength Of not more than
a dozen battieships- This Is comforting
to say the least for despite the assur-
ances Of government officials that the
bettleship cruise Is without any such
Significance, a large portion OF the public
will persist In constituting this visit as a
yelled hint to the Mikado and his people
The sixteen battleships that have been
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26
DAN PATCH COMING
TO ARIZONA FAIR
Fastest Harness Horse in the World
Will Start Monday, New. II, to Beat
Worlds Rcco-i

Dan Patch. the fastest traveller and
most famous horse in the world. will
be the star attraction at the third ter
ritorial fair and will start on Monday
Nov. 18th. to beat the worlds pacing
record. This news came Yesterday in
a telegram to the fair commissioners
from H W. Savage, the owner of Dan
Patch. For some time past the COM
mission has been negotiating with Mr.
Savage, but for a few days the horse
was not in good condition and it was
feared he might not be able to come,
hence everything has been kept sub
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26
SHIELDING A MURDERER.
A Suspicion as to Whitlow Who !.
Himself Charged.

lola, Kan. oct. 25.-The preliminary
hearing of $. F. Whitlow, the mer-
chant charged with the murder of
Miss May Sapp. on September -. by
cutting her throat with a razor. was
held here today.
Whitlow has declared that Miss
Sapp committed suicide because he
refused to elope with her. There is
Il belief that Whitlow is shielding the
real murderer.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26

Beware Of the man whose debts don't
worry him. He would steal your UNI
brella if he saw it in the vestibule OF
Il church.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26

To lover there are but two places
in the world-one where his sweetheart
is and the other where she isn't.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-26

Many a man who covers his wife's
coffin with flowers never gave her s.
for pin money.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
Cu1pab1e
Negligence
QUEBEC BRIDGE CONnANY'S EN-
GINEER, ADMITS KNOWING or
DEFECT TWO DAYS BEFORE
COLLAPSE

Quebec. Sept. 4.-Somewhat of a
sensation was caused at the annual
meeting OF the Quebec Bridge Com
pany held here yesterday by the re-
port OF Mr. Hoare. the bridge com
pany's engineer. to the effect that
two days before the great disaster
by which eighty-four men lost their
lives he was notified OF a defect in
the structure by Mr. Mcclure. the
resident inspecting engineer. who
brought him a sketch indicating that
the lower chords Of the west truss %
the anchor arm showed an inwa~'
side detection. Hoarse reported the
matter to Theodore Cooper, of New
York, consulting engineer, and also
TO the Phoenix Bridge Company. an
Immediately sent Mcclure to New
York and Phoenixville. pa. to DIS
cuss the matter and ascertain what
was TO be done
Soon after the brije went down.
although Mr.. Hoarse cannot say that
the cause OF the collapse was the
defect in que tion.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
NEEL-HICKS
NUPTIAIAS LAST NIGHT

Bland Street Methodist churcl
was crowded last night 20 wines
the marriage Of two Of Bluen jas
popular young IeOple Mr. James
Luther Nc.l and Mis- Margaret hs-
ton Hicks Tho ceremony way por-
formed by the brides father. Pev
w w Hicks
Promptly az Z O'Clock the bridal
party entered tho church 90 he
strains Of Lohcugrir Masters Gr,q-
DRY Barrett and ward Dick. the rib
bon bearers. led the procession. fol
lowed by the bri lcsmaids, Miss Me-
Kee and Miss Mite Hicks an
Messrs Lacy Shirey. Spiller Hicks
John Roberts and Rucker Jenkins
ushers. Following her mala of
honor Miss Sexton. Miss Hicks
entered on The arm Of her
brother w B Hicks The groom
and best man Mr Thos r. for
met the bride af the altar. entering
from the vestry.
The happy couple lcu Last niqhf
on 40. iG for tour Of the west
followed by showers ~ rice and fhe
best wishes of friends
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
Tribute Paid
to Martyred
President
GOVERNOR HUGHES UNVEILS
HALE MILLION DOLLAR MON
UNIENT.

Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. 5.-The state
paid fitting tribute today 10 tn,
memory OF the martyred president
Mckinley. I'm dedicating. by Govern
or Hughes. white marble obelIsk
erected By 80 state at n cost of near
ly half 90 million dollars.
The monument perpetuates the
memory of Ohio's great son, who ne
death here while attending the pan
American Exposition Flags OF ~ %
countries England and America
entwined am rg decorations ahor-
the city. an TWO Canadian regi
menls marching IN parade, lent in
ternational flavor TO todays observ
ance. One of the prettlest spectacle
Of the day was the release from thr
basement Of the monument, one hon.
before the exercises began Of $500
pure white pigeons. emblamatic of
the doctrine OF peace which McKinioy
always publicly advocated.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
TRACTION CO.
Gets ORDERS
Must Put Tenders
on Cars Imme-
diately.
NOTICE SERVED by CHIEF OF
POLICE NEwKIRK TINS MORN
ING.

DIR. Hare. president of the Board
of Health ot the city OF Blacheld
and Chief OF Police Newkirk have to-
day served notice upon The Blue
stone Traction company requiring
said company TO mme lately plac.
tenders upon all cars OF said cumpa
ny running within the corporate lin
its OF the city.
The action OF the president OF the
Board of Health and chief OF police
8 TO be commended. II is hoped
'e Traction company viii obey the
orders OF the officials So far they
nave not needed the voice of the
people, nor the appeals OF this pa
per, for tenders on the street cars.
not even the killing OF an innocent
child seems to have been able 10
awaken this company 10 realizati on
OF It's duty TO the public in this re-
spect. May the notice above refer
red to have a salutary effect.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
~ W. STANLEY TO BOTTOM

Charleston. vs. va. Sept 4.-The
Cincinnati and Charleston packet.
Henry NJ stanley stern wheeler.
the largest steamer plying the Ka-
nawha was sunk tonight at a point
below Charleston near Lock 40
Meagre details come from the
scene of the disaster. but o. is
learned that two members Of the
crew were injured The passengers
are said TO be an safe
The Stanley was ON her up trip
to Charleston from Cincinnati zoo .he
time OF fho sinking The sto0lsy
was am old boat having been bull.
by the Bay Bros. about % years
ago and being acquired with The
other Bay boats by the lower Ohio
river packet combine
The Stanley and Greenland were
operated in q tri-weckly service hc-
tween Cincinnati and Charleston by
the Greene line OF which Captain
Gordon Greene is the head. and
James a Wirthlin general passenger
agent
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
sufa.ient

aid. in order to secure suff, lent
Competent instructors.
The trouble Is that the salaries
paid teachers in the cities are not
2roportionately as good as those Of
fered in the rural Schools" said
superintendent S. II. McChesney.
Expenses are much less. in many
cases from 40 to so per cent less.
than in the cities. and there Is in
fact little difference in the salar'es.
The result Is that the rural schools
are getting the best teachers. and Il
Is difficult 10 secure them for the
city schools at the salaries paid.
Public school teachers are ride
ulously underpaid. considering the
experience. education. training AMI
general efficiency required. and IL
We keep mp the high standard of
the public schools in my opinion
better salaries viii have TO be Of
rered
In the future no male teachers
VIII Dt empiOyed IN The Bristol
schools. This is in accordance with
a resolution adopted by the Board
OF Education some months ago, and
though strong efforts have been
made to have men elected. they have
all been persistently rejected by the
authorities.
We have learned from experience
that we can secure much better fe-
male teacher for $50 to $40 per
month than we can man" said a
member OF the Board OF Education.
and for this reason We have adopt
ed policy which we propo-e tn un-
iformly enforce. Men who have the
same ability OF women teachers we
can employ at the salaries paid can
earn much more I'm business. and
the wisdom OF our course is obvi-
ous"
The total enrolment of all the
schools will be about 1000 or over.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
THE JAPANESE
RAID ALASKA
TWAS THE PHILIPPINES A FEW
DAYS AGO, NOW NEARER
HOME.

Seattle, Wash. Sept. 4.-Dis-
patches from Alaska state that Jap
anese seal poachers are terrorizing
the residents OF the coast. and have
become so bold as to defy the eff
forts OF the government TO prevent
their thievery. They are also strik-
ing terror 10 the hearts OF the peo-
pie I'm the sparsely settled region by
pillaging whole towns. The United
States revenue cutter service is en-
tirely inadequate TO cope with the
Japanese. and they are taking ad-
vantage OF a knowledge of this CON
dition. Seals are being killed with
impunity. Piracy against the inhab-
itants is an ordinary occurrence. and
many other depredations have be-
come common
The United states government has
been informed OF these conditions.
but IL did not become known until
recently that the sealers were so
numerous and bold as to defy the
anthoritiee. They are further en-
boldended by the attitude OF their
government TO this country The
Mccullough. Manning and Perry are
doing duty on the Behring Sea. con-
sequently the Pacific Coast and Alas
ka is unprotected.
In 1906 five poachers were killed
in Alaska, and 1t is said Japan will
soon make demand for indemnity.
The poachers were shot while resist
ing arrest. but the Japanese inves-
ugators made contrary report. This
demand is to be made in face of the
knowledge the Japanese government
has Of robberies. Only recently a
band OF japanese thieves were
caught robbing the town of Uguiak.
They had even stripped the churches
Of gold ornaments when the white
inhabitants returned The Japan
ese fed as soon as the white man
got within shooting distance Of
them.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
The Union Steel
Compay's s Failure
WALL STREET. WAS MUCH AGI.
rATED.

New York. Sept i.-rhe Union
Iron and steel Company. competitor
OF the billion dollar steel trust. failed
today. and n receiver was appointed.
Announcement OF the failure had
a bad effect I'm Wall Street. sending
prices lower, and causing an omnious
fear to pervade the stock market. II
was believed that other failures
might be announced at any time.
While the Union Company was
capitalized at only 1000. 900. its as
sets were far in excess OF this
amount, and IL was predicted that
the failure would be accordingly
great.
In anticipation of the announce
ment none OF the officers OF the com.
pany were today at the company's
Offices in the Empire building. the
same building which houses the ger-
eral offices OF the steel trust. Clerks
were told to tell inquirers that none
OF the officers were expected today.
The Union Iron and Steel Compa-
NY had been persistent antagonist
of the steel trust, and the latter
fought the small company Just as
mercllessly
The Union Company was incorpo-
rate under the laws OF Delaware,
and had pig iron and steel manu-
featuring plants nc Ironton, O.; Big
stone Gap. Va; Chittaning, N. Y;
Ded'er and Birmingham. Ala. It's
largest plants are at Ironton and
Birmingham.
one authority I'm Wall Street 10
timated that the failure OF the con-
cern was due to the fact that the
steel trust had shut down on buving
pig iron and steel from outside tts
own furnaces. This is said TO have
practically cut off the market o! the
Union Company. and az lt coulG no
longer sell It's goods, 81 had to close.
This was cited as a parallel to- the
standard OIL cases In the o!ghfiea
and nineties. when producers were
frozen out when the Standard re-
fused 10 buy their oil
When the corporation paper oi
the Union Company were fled l..
Wilmington I'm 1899 the preferred
stock was placed al $I.OOO.Oo 7
1er cent non-culmulative and $1,000.
600. common stock
The failure caused deep fea, on
the Stock Exchange. and declines
were noted all along the line. 7',ere
was n feeling Of uncertainty arl n
ear that the bottom might dror out
at any minute.
The receive. was a.pontc! ~
judge Skcen. iu the United S,atts
District court. lie appointed l.. @.
Petit OF Big stone Gan. who was
favorable TO the petitioners. the N3r-
ton Coal ana CpHe Company. Of Br.s-
tol. va.
The Norton coal Cpmuarv lu,.,d
that 10 could not obtain settlement Of
its bills AGAINST the steel ON any
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
To Be Tried For
Ambush Murder
LASHINGS OF CONSCIENCF
CAUSE MAN SUSPECTED OF
CRIME TO SURRENDER.

Radford. Va. Sept 4.-Because
he could not endure the lashings OF
guilty conscience longer. young
man of the name OF Greenwood. of
Carroll county. Is shortly TO be tried
for murder. He was safely out OF
harms way. but he coudl not get
away from the "still small voice. ."
which. as LongSellow says OF pain.
is 'swifter than keel is or canvas. e"
The young fellow is only twenty
years old, and two months ago en-
listed in the United States Marine
Corps in San Francisco.
Suffering from the guilty con
science. he one day told his captain
that he was suspected of murder In
Carroll county. As result OF his
the authorities were COM
municated with. and Sheriff Blank
enship went for him and returned
last week with his prisoner He was
still in the uniform OF Uncle Sam
when he passed through Radford.
The crime for which young Green
wood stands suspected was the muir
der OF man OF the name of Punk
EFT, who was shot from ambush two
years ago. About this time Green
wood disappeared and suspicion
pointed TO him. hat no trace OF him
wes found until. by his self-confes.
sion, h was located r0l brought
back last week. n rial will take
place at the September term of court
at Hlllsville.