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way, but Mrs. Britain also put her
veto on that. She said she had
children enough of her own.
About midnight the Brittains
turned Jesse over to an old friend.
Dr. w. ID. Proctor. and went to bed
at the oHtel Alger. The boy call.
ed up e. o. Steelman. at whose
home he has been staying for the
past two years and asked for his
mothers phone number That was
furnished and Mrs. Hart was told
to come and get her son after she
had prepared him for trip to
Walla Walla. Jesse got back to
the Steelman home about 2 a. m
and is still there. MIR. Steelman
says he can stay until his mother
makes some other disposition of
him.
Just why the Brittains kept the
boy until midnight and then turn
ed him over to DR.. Proctor to be in
turn returned to his mother at that
hour is something Mr.. Steelman
and Mrs. Hart are unable to under
stand. Mr.. and Mrs. Britain leave
this evening for Walla Walla. dis.
appointed in their search after the
father was at first absolutely GER
tain that he had found his boy.
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HUGE GRAFT IN
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, March 6.-Sensation.,
al disclosures of alleged graft in
the water bureau led today to al
shakeup and complete reorganiza-'
ton. r
Thefts of tools, meters and MAJ
terials furnished workmen are saide1
to have been disclosed by Supt.-5
McCourt. Another revelation was
the rendering Of bill for $27,592
against the Chicago Union Trac-
ton Co., representing use Of city
water for five years
The city was defrauded out OF
the amount, it is alleged, by conf
nivance of city employees. {
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TROUBLE MAKES
JORDAN SICK

SAN JOSE, Cal, March &C.
President David Starr Jordan is
sick at the home of Judge Leib, a
trustee of Stanford university. A
veil of mystery is cast about the
illness of the educator and not even
the nature of his illness is given
out. 1t is thought that the recent
contest between the students and
faculty at Stanford caused col
lapse.
Jordan. who up to the present
has generally heen highly regard
ed by the students, has been the
subject of bitter criticism because
of his action, which precipitated
the trouble.
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JIMMY O'BRlEN MUST SUFFER
WITH HOLDUP GANG IN SPITE
OF ASSISTANCE RENDERED
THE POLICE.

Owing to the insistance of Clarke
Yarnell and George Dively, the
street car holdups, that the man
who informed on them was equally
guilty with them, officers yesterday
were forced for that reason to take
into custody for the third time,
Jimmy Cassabarion, alias O'Brien,
an Italian waiter, to whom immu-
nifty had been promised on condi-
ton that he would keep the police
informed as to the movements of
his companions so that they might
be arrested.
1t was Jimmy OBrien who led
Officer George Miles to the Howard
block and when "Squint" Dively ap.
peared, shook him by the hand as
signal to the officer. Twice be-
fore his arrest Dively had passed
the officer who was unable to de-
tect him from O'Brien's descrip-
ton.
On two previous occasions the
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"ST00L PIGEON" IN TOLLS

county officials have had O'Brien
behind the bars, but each time re-
leased him for some reason. Since
the holdups were made aware that
the Italian had been assisting the
police. they have implicated him in
several Of their deals and scored
the officers for allowing him to re
main at liberty.
Virgil Fitzgerald. son of Attorney
Fitzgerald, formerly of this city.
since his arrest, has also voiced
his indignation that O'Brien should
be free when he was equally guilty
with the rest. Deputy Prosecutor
kizer, who, with O'Brien's infor-
nation, has been successful in caus.
Ing all five of the captured holdups
to confess, this morning said that
he would protect none of them, not
even O'Brien. He said when the
other holdups told him of O'Brien
he did not believe them, but when
Fitzgerald also told the same story,
he was convinced and then swore
out warrant for O'Brien.
The statement that immunity was
promised O'Brlen was denied this
morning by Mr. kizer.
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ARM0R o. K. SAYS
EVANS

WASHINGTON, d. c., March &C.
concerning the position
of armorplate on battleships are
held groundless in report sub
mitted by Admiral Evans to the
secretary of the navy. The report
says that when the fleet arrived at
Magdalena bay the belts were sew
eral inches higher than they were
when the vessels left Hampton
Roads.
Evans says there is nothing ir-
regular about this, as the vessels
were laden to the limit when they
left for the long trip, but that they
would not have been SO laden had
they been going into action.
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another SHORT
WEIGHT ARREST
Inspector Powell Gets Busy With
Wholesale Firm.

Albert Benham, of the firm of
Benham & Griffith, was arrested
today on complaint of Weight In
spector Powell who charges him
with selling to T. M. Reed key
of olives marked five pounds but
containing only four and one halt
pounds. The complaint was made
under the pure food act, which
says: "A package marked to. con-
tain a certain amount must con-
tain it."
1t is understood that the whole
salers will contend that they did
not handle the key, but that it
was shipped direct from the manu-
facturers to the retailer.
Inspector Powell this afternoon
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stated that this fact did not excuse
the wholesalers, tor the agent sold
to the retailers through the jobber
and that the money was paid to
Benham. The penalty is a fine of
not less than $25 nor more than
$500 for the first offense, and not
less than 80 days in Jail on the
second.
Inspector Powell believes that
induce local dealers to use their
influence to have the goods brought
up to full weight hereafter. This
case is one of several short weight
CRAFTS that Mr.. Powell has uncov-
cred since he was appointed in
SDectOr
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BUILD BATH HOUSES
AND MORE SEWERS

Sanitary Conditions in the Resi-
dence Districts was the theme of
Prof. Osmar A Waller. of the en-
gineering department of Washing
ton State college, at the Civic I'm.
provement committee smoker last
night in the assembly room of the
chamber Of commerce. Prof. Wal
Ter advocated sewers in every part
of the city and public lighthouses
Local engineers took a hand in the
discussions of paving, its cost and
improvement, also city engineering.
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CLAIM CITY HAS NOT
RAISED RATES

Supt. A. w. Merritt. of the Gre
matory department, today denied a
statement that the city had raised
the price of removing garbage as
instanced by the Minute lunch
counter from $3.50 a month to 81,
He says prices have not been
raised in any instance, but will be
lowered as soon as a sufficient vol
ume of business is secured to ad-
nit 1t.
J. l.. Lockhart, assistant superin-
tendent of the department, who be-
fore selling out to the city handled
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CAN'T VOTE WITH
FLEET There

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.--
Realizing that the Atlantic fleet
would be such an attraction as to
seriously interfere with successful
progress of the primaries, which
are to be held here May 6, a wire
has been sent to Roosevelt asking
him to delay arrival OF the fleet
one day. The acknowledgements
league is backing this proposal.
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LOST BOY NOT IN BUTTE

Charley Jaques, the Is year old
boy who disappeared from his
home a week ago, is not in Butte,
where 1t was reported to the po-
lice yesterday he went with John
Boges. the cripple, who was cap
tured there with Henry Lemieux,
another Spokane boy. The Butte
police were telegraphed regarding
the Jaques boy but did not reply,
and this causes Chief Rice to be-
lieve the Jaques boy is not there.
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MRS. BRITAIN
REJECTS BOY
WON'T TAKE HIM IN PLACE OF
KIDNAPPED SON AND HE Is
RETURNED TO HIS FORMER
HOME AT MIDNIGHT.

Adventures are coming thick
and fast for little Jesse Hart, who
became famous lately as the sus-
pected son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. J,
Britain, OF Walla Walla, and was
found to be the son of Mrs. L. NJ.
Hart, an actress, instead.
MS. Britain arrived last even
ingy&om Walla Walla and no soon
err saw the boy than she declared
him not her own, II had been par
TALLY arranged to turn the boy over
to the Brittains, as Mr.. Britain
said he would take him home any
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BERLIN, March 26.-Ambassar
dor Tower refused to make any
statement in regard to the Hillt
incident today. Berlin papers are J
full of articles discussing the story. I
but the foreign Office will say MOTH /
ing. j.
In Berlin the story is that Hin
offended Prince Henry while the
latter was in America several
years ago. "
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THREATEN COMMISSION
WITH FEDERAL DECISION,

court with hopes of similar decf.
sion which will shear the state
commission of its most effective
powers.
A decision from the commissions
will be handed down in a few days
in rate case instituted against the
o. r. & N. by the Portland cham.
Der of commerce. 1t is believed
that the commission will order
several sharp rate reductions. If
so, attorneys associated with the
railroad assert that the corpora
ton will at once enter the federal
courts with appeals.
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knight, Rem H. Rice lecturing
knight, ]. w. Mackey tyler. F. w.
Marvin was reelected secretary,
and w. F. Conner reelected treas
urer. w. H. Ludden was selected
for delegate to the convention in
Dallas, Tex, next July, and w. F.
Conner was named alternate.
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JAP CONSUL ALSO DOOMED

the garbage from the Minute,
stated that last September he
raised the price himself before sell
ing out to the city. He said that
at that time he would have raised
the price before but was afraid of
his competitors
But the lunch counter proprietor
has the bills to compare and knowl-.
edge of what he paid then and,
what he pays now.
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KING LEOPOLD
NEAR FINISH

BRUSSELS, March 26.-It is re-
ported here that late last night
King Leopold had suffered a severe
relapse of Illness from which he
has been suffering for some time
and that his condition Is grave.
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DIRTY SLAUGHTER
HOUSE CLOSED

BY authority of the board of
health, Inspector Bittrick today or
dered George Laradie's slaughter
house, two miles southeast of the
city, closed until he cleans up and
complies with sanitary regulations.
The board has power to prevent
meat slaughtered in dirty houses
being sold in the city until the
places pass satisfactory inspection.
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BURGLARS BUSY AGAIN

w. f. Thompson this afternoon
informed the police that a burglar
eutered his house at E3lS Pacific
av. last night and stole s3l out of
mis- vest pocket, He was not
awakened 10y the burglar but found
rear door unlocked when he got
up this morning.
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DELEGATES BURNED OUT

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 26.-
The big Leland hotel here burned
today. II was filed with delegates
to the state republican convention,
which was scheduled to meet this
afternoon.
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CHESTER gillette
DIES TOMORROW

AUBURN. n. Y, March 26.-The
execution of Chester Gillette. CON
victed of the murder of Grace
Brown, will take place tomorrow
morning, The mother of the DOOM
ed boy is with him. Gov. Hughes
will not act to save him.
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DIDN'T DO IT, SAYS SMYTH

Jammes Smyth, president Of the
master plumbers association of the
state, returned from trip to the
associations of the Sound yester-
day. He denies that the object of
his trip had any connection with
the independent plumbing business
started by G. V. Roberts,
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MISSING BOY LOCATED

The police this afternoon re-
ceived wire from Butte that
Charley Jaques, the boy who dis
appeared from his home in this
city week ago, had been located
there He will be returned to his
mother.
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truce between the Independents
and the trust have fallen through.
The fire spread and DESTROYED an
entire block o. buildings. Before
starting at work the night riders
cut telephone wires and prevented
communication with the police.
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PROHIBITION PARTY
ALIVE IN OREGON

PORTLAND, March 26.-Thoi
state prohibition party will hold
state, district md county conven-
tons here tomorrow to select a..
ticket. In Mul.nomah county 1t is
likely a full ticket will be selected.
AT Newberg, the Oregon first con-
gressional district is holding con-
gressional convention today.
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SEND TROOPS TO-
TREADWEll

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 90.
Troops have been asked to be sentS
to Treadwell where strikinat
miners are showing signs of dist
order. The U. s. marshal's officeI
cannot maintain order and troops
from Fort Seward will probably be I.
sent tomorrow.
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HARTMAN ATTORNEYS WILL
ATTACK OREGON RAILWAY
LAW IF ORDERED TO RE-
DUCE RATES IN THAT STATE

SALEM, Ore, March 26.-En-
couraged by the recent sweeping
decisions on the part of the U. S.
supreme court in the North Caro-
lima and Minnesota cases, it is be.
lieved here that the O. r. e n.
railroad is preparing to make an
attack upon the Oregon state rail-
way commission in the federal
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100000 ON
COUNTER
kNickERBoCkER BANK RE-
OPENS WITH LOADS OF
MONEY IN SIGHT AND $780,
OOO,0 IN ASSETS.

NEW YORK, March 26.-With
100000 stacked up on the coun-
ter ready to meet all demands the
Knickerbocker Trust Co. reopened
today for the first time since it
closed last October. The bank has
assets of over $50,000,00O.
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ply are more promising. The
weather forecast indicates cool
weather, which will help materially
in decreasing the flow. Ten days
work is all needed now to put the
new system in operation.
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ENOUGH MEN HERE NOW

State Labor Commissioner Hub
bard has sent out formal protest
against agencies advertising for
men In the East to come to Wash
ington.
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THIEF LIKES THE BRAND

G. Rangers cigarstore in the en-.
trance to the Peyton building was
robbed again last night and six
boxes of Cato cigars were stolen.
This is the second robbery CT the
place this weel.
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SLEEPS so DAYS

LOS ANGELES. March 26.-Mrs.
Buelah Hawkins began her sixtieth
day of continuous sleep today. A
slight tremor in the eyelids was
noticed by the nurse. There is no
other change in her condition.
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NIGHT RIDERS BURN BLOCK

CINCINNATI, March ga
band of night riders broke into the
warehouse Of = s, Hamilton near
Covington last night and burned
100000 pounds of tobacco valued
at $l5O.000 This IL taken as an
Indication that negotiations for a
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HEALTH BOARD CONFERENCE

Members of the board of health
were unable to attend the meeting
called for last evening to consider
the diseased milk question, and an
other meeting has been set for this
afternoon at 5 o'clock in DR..
Bakers office.
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TOXIC, March 26.-Baron va
nosuke lwasaski. excepting his
brother the richest man in Japan,
died today. The interests of the
two brothers are vast, covering the
entire Orient
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ElkS ELECT OFFICERS

Election of officers was held by
the Elks last night Joseph Lind
sey was chosen deputy exalted
ruler, J. A. Hogge esteemed lead
ing knight, A j. White loyal
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McCOURT NAMES EVANS

PORTLAND, March 26.-Walter
II. Evans, of Portland, was today
appointed assistant district attor-
ney for Oregon by District Attor-
ney John McCou<c.
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RIVER STILL FALLING

The river is still falling today
and prospects of resuming work
on the underground city water sup.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-19

pcndencc mine. situated In tho eN.
trcmc western portion of the Globe
quadrangle, that property Is proving =
wonder. Fifty men are at work. and
some fifteen tons 81 high grade ore
are being shipped daily to the Do
minion shelter. The company has
opened up it, 2i0 foot level aud has
ore In distance of 400 feet which
assays ~ or 10 per cent copper, abou.
sl3 gold and approximately - ounces
silver. \ new hoist is to be- installed
and operations increased.
Good ore is being hoisted from the
Iron Cap mine of the National Mining
co. The drift on the vein at the 400.
foot level shows from two TO four feet
~ high grade ore which is being mined
and sorted for future shipments.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-19
WOULD NOT SWEAR OUT
WARRANT FOR NELSON
nFrom Thursday.s naIlyl

" rom nhf HuhN l'tllNl
II developed yesterday that the Mex.
lean brought 10 the Mercy hospital
from Jerome Junction. Tuesday night.
suffering from scalp woulds, is Jose
Candelario. and that he received his
wounds in an alteration with !. 7.
Nelson. Monday evening. Candelario
was on the streets, yesterday, suffer.
ing but slightly from ais wounds. Mr..
Nelson also arrived in the city and en-.
gagged quarters for the wounded man
until he is recovered.
From what ear be learned of the af.
fray Candclario was the instigator Of
the hosiiliies from which he issued
hor- lie combat. While under the in.
ilucncc of liquor he is said to nave
threatened Mr.. Nelson with bodily
harm several times during the past few
months, on account of some real or
fnncicd wrong. Monday evening Can.
dclario went into Nelson's place and
purchased q flask Of whiskcy. In a
wordy alteration over the cost of the
whiskcy the former insulted Nelson
whereupon the latter struck him on
the head with a bottle.
Yesterday Nelson accompanied Can.
delnrio to the sherif's Office and mott.
fled tne officers Of the ARRAY, but Can.
'lelario, feeling he was the aggressor,
refused to swear 10 a warrant for Mel
sons arrest. Candelario is employed
on the transfer st the Junction, and
Nelson is "A saloonkeeper.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-19
RECEIVES WOUNDS AT HANDS OF
CHINKs.
From Fridays Daily,

From Fridays Dallyb
With fourteen wounds distributed
impartially over his Uranium, William
Dickson, who has been employed since
july at Fort whipplc as bricklaycr,
il confined to his room in the Brink
meyer hotel, rejecting on the unwis.
dom Of trying To mix things with n
superior force, especially when that
force happens 10 be two Cinnamon
armed with bottles and clubs.
Dickson. who has been considered Of
y very peaceable disposition, entered
the Annex restaurant few moments
after midnight. yesterday morning. and
ordered lunch, which he disposed Of,
paying one of the employees of the
place 30 cents therefor, he declares
Before he arose from the table he was
aecosted by another oriental VINO also
demanded payment for the lunch, which
demand Dickson refused 10 comply
with. The Chink asked payment a
second time, and. while they were
arguing the matter, Dickson declares.
another son Of the Flowery Kingdom
slipped mp behind him and dealt him
a fierce blow with club, knocking him
to the floor Thereupon the first Chink
attacked him with beer bottle. sirik
ing him several blows on the head,
rendering him unconscious
When he recovered consciousness
Dickson staggered from the place and
made his way Ia Birch Bros cafe.
where physician was summoned. and
his wounds, from which the blood was
flowing freely, dressed, after which he
was removed 10 his apartments in the
Brinkmcyer.
Dickson alleges the attack upon him
was entirely unealled for and unprovok.
ed, and he stated last evening that he
intended 10 swear out warrants for the
arres, Of the belligerant orientals as
soon rs his wounds healed sufficiently
to permit Of his appearing in court
against them.
The Cinnamon insist tlat Dickson
refused to pay for the lunch ne had
eaten, and was leaving the place in an
attempt to defraud them when they
attacked him. Dickson admits that he
was slightly under the influence Of
liquor when the assault took place.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-19
LIVING IN NEW YORK.

The cost OF living is great because
the standard Of living is high. All the
good things that the world produces
are brought to this eity's gates. Out in
Melville. Illinois, back in the dear old
districts where the simple life is lived,
they DO not offer you strawberries, in
February at sl.0O a box, nor American
enuty roses at els dozen. Hut the
best that money can buy is daily set
before the ravishod eyes 81 the New
Yorker. 'Tis tne lure Of the beautiful
ever calling, calling, calling to ship
wreck on the shoals ~ luxury. Which.
ever way you turn you find il insidi-
ously, insistently tempting the money
to trickle through your tingling finger
tips, declares Mabel Potter DagRett IN
an article on New York's Strain on
the Purse String in the February is.
sue Of the New Broadway Magazine
There are arranged the easiest stages
by which you glide 10 the too eSpen
siye. The apartment in the next block
is little more costly than yours, and
you take ii. The gown TIA, You pass in
the shop window is n little higher
priced and a good deal better style
than the one you had planned. and
you get IL, just so, there are miles Of
apartments and continuous procession
~ gowns stretching on beyond these.
aud before you realize II you are in
pursuit, a, the top Of the pace that
your purse strings permits. And lucky
you are II you DO not 20 beyond i'll
by careful planning TO avoid these
two disasters, too much rent and too
much luxury, family Of two can live
comfortably in New Yerk or, more cor
rcetly speaking, around New York, on
$1,000 year. II there are many frills
or many guests, $4,000 year is an
easier limit.