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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-04

Ground has been broken for the new orange packing house in Phoenix. It will have capacity of five ears per lay.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-04

sam Bojorques, an employee of Trib 'let's slaughter house in Phoenix, was badly sealded Tuesday afternoon while at work and may not recover from hi: injuries.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-04

Joe Rapley, recently released from the territorial asylum, was examined in Phoenix again Tuesday and returned to the madhouse.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-04

The Builders Exchange of Phoenix held its annual meeting Monday even ing.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-04

A committee of the Tempe board of trade has raised nearly $500 to send an exhibit to the National Irrigation con. gress.
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ON TO AUSTRALIA.
The Battleship Fleet VIII Leave New
Zealand Tomorrow.

Auckland, N. z. Aug. 14.-The
American battleships under the COM
mand OF Rear Admiral Sperry are to
leave here tomorrow, Saturday morn
ing at o'clock. They will go to Sid
ney, N. s. W., where they are due
August 20. and viii remain for a
week. The distance from here to
Sidney Is a little under 1900 miles.
The Americans sailors have won the
Auckland for their behavior during
unstinted praise of the people of
Auckland for thef rbehavior during
men have been ashore day after day
and there has been no disturbance of
the peace There was however an
incident tonight which % showed the
sympathies of the Auckland people
with the sailor men on shore. The
patrol from the fleet were engaged IL
rounding UP stragglers and getting 6
them back on board and a crowd was
watching the operations. At one stage
of the proceedings the people came to
the conclusion that the patrol was
handling some drunken sailors too
roughly. They threatened the patrol
who were obliged to draw their re-
police arrived, drove the crowd back
and escorted the patrol and their pris-
oners to the wharf.
The cutter race between vessels of
the fleet for the Battenburg was row.
ed in the barber today. The Louis
lana crew led the start and finished
five lengths ahead of the nearest COM
.petitors.
Admiral SperrE this afternoon en-
tertained a distinguished party of
New Zealanders on board the battle
ship Connecticut. Among those pres
ent were Lord Plunkett, governor of
New Zealand and Sir Joseph Ward,
the premier.
The Panther, the Glacier and Relief
will accompany the fleet when 1t
leaves tomorrow.
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ROBBED NIGHT and DAY.
Hawkins Career Has Finally Ended in
His Execution.

Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 14.-Edwin w.
Hawkins. self confessed murderer of
Albert c. Leonhardt, of Columbus, O.,
who was killed on December o. 1907,
while resisting a holdup, was executed
in the state prison here today.
Hawkins at first claimed that the
killing of Leonhardt was the result of
an insult to Hawkins wife while the
couple were walking along the street
Later he admitted that he had tried
to rob Leonhardt and that In the strug-
gle which followed he killed the Ohio
man.
Hawkins took part In a number of
petty robberies at San Francisco and
was finally captured and sentenced to
one year in Folsom prison. 1t was not
long after his release from the prison
until he robbed a number of houses
in Los Angeles and then came to Tue
son where he secured employment as
a street car conductor. According to
his own confession he robbed the COM
pany by day and residences by night.
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CHURCH and SCHOOL.
The Only Army and Navy We Need
Says Senator Nelson.

Chicago. Aug. A.-The churches and
schools of the United States were held up
as the only army and navy that can
protect us in the future by Senator
Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, last night.
He delivered the address at the rally that
marked the close of the eighth conven-
ton of the Luther league of America at
the Auditorium. Fully 5000 persons were
present.
Severed by two vast oceans from the
other great powers of the world" he said
with our hundred millions of people and
our almost liInitless resources we have
no occasion to fear any attack Or in
vasion from abroad.
The enemy that win attack us and
the danger that will threaten us, against
which we must constantly be on our
guard. will come from within: will come
when we are untrue and unfaithiul TO
our great trust and duty; will come when
we cease to pass good laws and when we
cease to enforce the laws without fear or
favor against the rich and the poor, the
high and low; will come when we grant
Immunity to transgressors and law vto-
lators: will come when we allow the
mammon of pelf and unrighteousness to
rule and dominate; will come when we
stifie or permit to be stihed the con-
science of the mass Of the nation.
against this enemy and this danger
the only standing army and the only
navy that can protect us and guide us in
the future as in the past are our schools
and our churches. These, rather than
brute force, will be our solace, our hope.
and our salvation
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Crawford. Moy Dong Mong the fourth
upon the witness stand said that he
had engaged an attorney in Chicago
but had not heard anything from him.
He pleaded not guilty and was given
ten days in which to furnish an ap-
peal bond and secure a council. If
he fails he wiz be deported and in
the meantime remains in the Shawnee
county Jail. HON Lee claimed that he
had certificate showing that he had
been in this country before the act
went into effect but had lost it. He
couldn't remember in what city he had
secured such a certificate or the names
of the witnesses though at a previous
cross-examination he had given both.
HON Wah or HON Gyee, he gave sew
eral different names. pleaded guilty,
but with the belief that he had not un-
derstood what his answer meant his
plea was not accepted. Later in cross
questioning HON Wah indicated that
he did not know what his plea meant
by affirming that his certificate had
been burned in the San Francisco fire.
He said he had come to this country
in 1898 by way of New York and that
most of the witnesses who appeared to
his certification had all returned to
China.
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WHAT TO Do WITH IT.
When the Government Gets an Airship
Is Now the Question.

Washington. Aug. 14-With everything
indicating the acceptance of the Baldwin
military dirigible by the government, in
terest centers in the uses to which the
arship will be put after it becomes the
property of the signal corps: 1t now is
evident that it will be used principally
for training the officers and men of the
aeronauticai division in the handling OF
small to be Of much practical value in
actual warfare. When the big balloon
pans tne 9ss edasSe at n Ss tsen
there. In the meantime after the Wright
brothers and A NJ. Herring have com
fore FORE the army board. Captain Baldwin
will train two officers Of the signal corps
in the handling Of the aerial s11s craft; raft;
known for balloon work. and Lieutenant
Thomas e. selfridge, the aeroplanist.
both Of the. signal corps, probably VIII be
signal officer. to handle the airship;
These officers have already distin-
guished themselves in aer1nautics; Lieu
Bennett international race at Paris In
1906 and has proven an able pupil Of his
fasnsr hsro club 81 kmenca in Frenee
Aerial Aerial Experimental association Of which
He few the white wing" the aeroplane
built by the association, and which took
to the ali on It's s ts Wsh The HE L uss
engine, with which BaIdwtn's machine is
equipped. These army officers are to
some extent handicapped by the great
amount of theory with which they have
been weighted down For this reason the
signal CORPS will reap untold benefits
from experiments which these officers
will be able to carry on with dirigible
lieutenant BENJAMIN D. Foules, who
recently graduated from the signal school
at Ft. Leavenworth, has given his un-
divided attention to the. Baldwin dirigi..
Bile Lieutenant Richard B. Creecy, of
the marine corps. was detailed to the Ft.
Myer tests at his own request and is as
ing the trials. Major Squire and Captain
wallace of the signal force are members
NJ the board
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ON A 3 Wheel CYCLE.
A Leavenworth Family Going to Ten
nessee to Visit the Folks.

Kansas City. Aug. 14.-spealzing Of
motor car tours. and tourists, a party
drove into Kansas City, the like of which
never was seen before.
The man at the helm was z. d. White
of Leavenworth. he was riding a 5M
horsepower Indian motor tricycle-one OF
those three wheeled motor cycles that
have a seat between the wheels. He
wasn't the only passenger. With him
were Mrs. White, Mr.. White, IT., aged 2
years, and Miss White. age 1O-ail Of
them on this one motor cycle, You I'm
derstand.
dismounting. Me and my family here
are on our way to Nashville, Tenn. Go
ing all the way in this? Sure. it's only
700 miles and wen make it in ten days.
Mr.. White is tailor. employed at the
army post in Leavenworth, and this is
how he's spending part of his vacation.
''I won't have any trouble-I know my
machine. Why" he exclaimed with the
enthusiasm of true motorist. 'if We
could stick on her she'd run right up the
side of a building. I'll have to inquire
the way as far as St. Louis. Then I win
cross into Illinois and from there down
know the roads by heart IT'S no cleo
ton bet nor anything of that sort. My
wife's folks live down in Tennessee and
we're going to run down and see them
that's all.
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state Labor Union Adjourns.

Pittsburg. Kan. Aug. 1.-THE sec
ond annual state convention of the
state Federation of Labor which has
been in session here fyr the past four
days, closed Thursday afternoon.
Leavenworth was decided upon as the
place for holding the convention in
1909. There were only two contest
ants, Leavenworth and Parsons, and
the former won by slight majority.
A A. Roe of Wichita and G.. E
Blakesley of Emporia were elected as
the additional members to the legisla-
tive board.
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GOOD FOR GARDEN CITY.
A Pumping Plant for Irrigating 10000
Acres Starts Monday.

Garden City. Aug. A.-Work will be
commenced Monday by the United States
Sugar and Land company on a system of
Irrigation south of the river which will
mean an outlay of a quarter OF million
dollars.
company contemplates II pumping sta
tions, each with 9 wells. 1t is calculated
that each station will furnish cubic feet
per second.
Work on the test wells will be COM
menced next Monday. o. X. Parker of
will be here at that time.
The pumping plant will serve 10000
acres of land on the south side, Manager
owns II, 900 acres south of the river. not
all of which il suitable for irrigation.
Mr.. Gillespie states that the company 8
acreage to be served win amount to about
$780, leaving 400 acres OF other land that
may come under the benedt OF the plant
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Chinese Refugees Object to Be-
ing DepOrted.
Six Found in Box Car Have
Hearing Today.
READY FOR DEFENSE.
Interpreters and Lawyers Ap-
pear in Their Behalf.
Three of Them Are Released on
Bail.

six doughty little Cinnamon, four
with queues and two without, Gyee
DUAL. Gyee Book Son, Chin Sing. Moy
Dong Quong, HON Lee and HON wan
or HON Gyee, who were charged with
a violation of the Chinese exclusion
act by stealing across the Mexican
United States line in a sealed freight
car appeared before A. L. Williams
United States commissioner, at 10
o'clock this morning.
C. S. Crawford of Abilene, and
Mrs. Ruth w. King of Salt Lake City,
appeared as attorney and interpreter,
respectively for the first three named
defendants while the last three were
without counsel. The first three as a
consequence took an appeal from the
sentence of the court to deport, 10
Judge John C. Pollock and filed an
appeal bond of $500 each. The others
Mon Dong Son, HON Lee and HON
Gyee were granted ten days In whlcn
10 communicate with their friends and
secure counsel or appeal bonds IL
at the expiration of that time they
fail to secure succor they will be sent
back to China. All six were found in
a Central Mexican freight car at
Herington, Kan, on the morning OF
July IL. The freight car had
originated at point in old Mexico
near Chihuahua and was loaded with
ore destined for the smelters at lola
The car was sealed in Mexico and 1t is
claimed that the Cinnamon were sent
across into the United States in the
sealed car with the hopes that they
would reach some terminal point and
there escape from the car without
detection. Six days on the road in
box car with the midsummer heat
beating down upon ii, with insufficient
food and water proved more than the
vaunted stoicism of the great race of
the east could stand, and at Herington
they knocked on the interior of the
freight car until railroad employees
came to their rescue and cutting the
seals let them out.
Were Nearly Famished.
e. NJ. Ruffner, a watchman in the
Rock Island railroad yards said:
when / opened the door they were
all standing there in the opening and
commenced to jump out. 1 counted
them as they got out and there were
six They had some crackers in their
pockets, but didn't have anything to
drink. 1 led the bunch over to
spring that we have got there and
they washed their hands and races and
drank. They seemed to be pretty
thirsty, II took them whole half hour
before they could quit
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c. S. Frost, a switchman, first heard
the pounding on the inside of the car,
and he heard some one speaking but
he said he couldn't understand what
they were talking about. He reported
the matter to Ruffner. The six were
then taken in charge and lodged in
the city jail and finally taken to the
Dickinson county Jail at Abilene from
which place they were brought to To-
peka for their hearing Thursday even
ing.
Though the railroad men could not
tell whether there were any other
doors opening into the car aside from
the side doors which were sealed A.
B. Putnam, United States customs in
spector at Ell Paso, testified that he
had sealed the car at that point ana
that no end doors existed. The de-
fense hinted that the men might have
secured an entrance in the car after it
had crossed the Mexican line into the
United States. and this was indicated
IN the line of questioning followed by
the attorney.
Friends of Gyee Quai, Gyee Book
Son and Chin Sing have exerted every
effort to establish a defense for them
kilograms from Boston giving the in
structions to the local attorney here
were received both from the attorney
in Boston and Chinese friends of the
accused. In addition Mrs. Ruth King
native Interpreter of Salt Lake CITY,
was brought here to aid them in their
preliminary hearing. Gyee Ouai
claims have been born in the United
States while the others claim to have
lost or had their certificates burned up
IN the San Francisco fire.
Mr.. Moy Dong Quong smiled very
nicely and fingered his hat but he
wouldn't weaken in the cross-exani-
nation.
gloopingystuklmn?" asked 7 G..
Lee. the interpreter
Moy Dong Quong smiled benignly and
looked shy.
cling batsome wheeperup?" and Mr..
Lee glowered and shook his finger al
the difhdent Mr.. Quong.
The latter quacked a sibilant vowel
or two.
And then Mr.. Lee insisted throwins
on few extra pounds of steam. Eat
your mud hat"
Mr.. Quong saw that he must answer
and unlocked his lips and got some
thing out far down in his throat that
meant that he would plead not guilty
And so it went.
They Plead Not Guilty.
No examination of any consequence
was INDUCED in, for the first three al
pleaded not guilty and the arrange.
ment for their bonds, which will re.
lease them from JAIL was made by MT
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BALLOON BLEW up
Two PERSONS Killed at London
Exhibition Grounds.
Alrsh1p Damaged Belonged to
Captain Lovelace.
SIX WE'RE TNJnREn
SIX WERE INJURED.
The Captains Clothes Burned
Off But He Is Unhurt.
Somebody Dropped a Lighted
Match Near Gas Bag.

London. Aug. 1.-Two persons
were killed and six injured by the ex-
piosion this morning at the grounds of
the Franco-British exhibition of the
envelop of the balloon owned by Cap
tain Lovelace OF the New York Aero
club.
Preparations for an ascent were be-
ing made when the accident occurred.
The cause is supposed to have been
the throwing down of a lighted match.
Mise H1ll. aged IS, secretary to Cap
tain Lovelace was one of the persons
killed. She was burned to a cfnder.
The other person killed, a man and
the six men who sustained injuries
also were employed by Captain Love
lace. Captain Lovelace's clothes were
burned. but otherwise he sustained no
inturies
Baldwin Goes Up Again.
washington, Aug. 14.-Captain
Baldwin made a very short flight in
his d1rigtble balloon at Fort Myer this
morning, but as a strong wind was
blowing, did not proceed far enough
to make an official fight. He went up
at $3.50 o'clock and sailed over the
parade grounds, but the board notified
him that If he crossed the starting
point the flight would be regarded as
an official one. The wind not pernr
favorable for such a fight, Captain
Baldwin brought the balloon to the
ground. If the weather permits he
will make an official fight late this
afternoon. ------.
First Balloon House.
Omaha, NRb., Aug. 14.-The balloon
house at Fort Omaha, the first steel
structure of the kind ever built in this
country, will be completed the latter
part of September. A hydrogen gas
plant of large capacity is being in
stalled nearby. The latter structure
will be capable of caring for several
aerial craft. Captain Hepburn, COM
manding officer at Fort Omaha, ex-
poets two aeroplanes, two dirigible
balloons and several captive balloons
to arrive at the fort during September.
The first tests at Aerostatic park, the
name designated by the government
for the balloon park, will be held
early in October. -, p,
Wright to Fly at Fort Myer. 'Tt
Dayton, O., Aug. 14.-Orville Wright
today shipped to Washington the
aeroplane with which he will make
flights at Fort Myer. He will go to
the capital himself in few days.
Concerning the mishap to his
brothers aeroplane in Lemans,
France, Mr.. Wright said
81 have a cablegram from my
brother explaining the affair. It re-
suited from a wrong move of a lever,
just as the aeroplane reached tie level
of the ground, causing 1t to list and
bringing one end of the structure in
violent collision with the earth. In
the upper air the mistake would have
resulted in no harm. The aeroplane
can be put in order in a few days"
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TRAVELLING MEN MEET.
Meet in New York to Number of 5000
for Two Days Session.

New York. Aug. 14.-Five thousand
commercial travellers are in conven-
ton here today. For two days they
will be in session, but they are not
going to be talking and planning all
the time The convention is under
the direction of the Commercial
Travellers Interstate congress, an
organization of commercial men
formed at the instance of the United
Travellers of America and the Travel
lers Protective association. The con-
gress began this morning with a
reception in the auditorium of the
Merchants building at which Control
ler Herman A. Metz presided.
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Mauser's New Rine.

Oberndorf,. Wurtemburg, Aug. Il.
Paul Mauser, the aged inventor Of
the rife bearing his name. has invent
ed a new military rife, the principal
feature of which is a 25 automatic
cartridge feeder. The rifle may also
bearer loading after each shot while
the magazine of 25 cartridges remains
ready for an emergency. The new
arm weighs but few ounces more
than the rife now in the German SER
vice
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Policeman Cut Open by a Negro.

New Orleans, Aug. H,-Policeman
John ]. Carroll was cut to death today
by a negro cook. who was afterwards
killed by the police on Louisville &
Nashville railway train in the station
here. The negro was quarreling with
another negro and when the officer en-
tered the dining car the cook disem-
bowelled him. TIL murderer fed into
the drawing room of the car. where he
was surrounded and killed. Carroll
fired at the negro as he ran and badly
wounded him.
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CREEK ON FIRE.
No Water With Which to Fight Blaze
on Shore.

Pittsburg. Aug. 14.-Six men were
painfully burned while fighting a pc
culiar fire at Glenfield. small station
Just west of this city, last night. While
workmen were connecting pipes of the
standard Oil one of the pipes sprung
a leak and a large quantity of oil
flowed into a stream running through
the town. The oil on the water was
ignited and almost instantly a stream
of flames was flowing through the
town. Six buildings were destroyed.
For a time it was feared that most
of the town would be burned as the
only water with which to fight the hre
was In the creek under the flames.
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japanese Replace Strikers.

Winnipeg, Aug. 1.-THE first con-
signment of 25 japanese mechanics to
reach here for work in the Canadian
Pacific railway shops, arrived from
Vancouver last night and started to
work this morning. Out of $500 va
cancies the company has filled 800
hero.
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THE WEATHER is HUMID.
Mercury Rises to So Degrees But Soon
Begins Descent.

The excessive amount Of humidity in
the atmosphere today has made the
temperatures whicht have been slightly
below normal seemsto be a number OF
degrees higher than they really have
been. An electric storm prevailed dur
ing the later hours of rne night which
was followed by series of showers
which lasted during intervals until
after the noon hour. The precip1ra-
ton during the past "a hours has
amounted to but .0S of an inch
though the heavily clouded sky sug-
gests additional showers at any mo-
ment.
The wind has blown from almost all
directions during the day and the
velocity has varied from one to seven
miles an hour. the prevailing direction
being from the northeast. The fore
cast indicates showers in the eastern
portion of the state tonight with
cloudy weather aSutrday The fol-
lowing were the temperatures for the
day commencing at o'clock this
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There goes a man who is afraid Of
his shadow" You don't mean 1t 2"
Yep The shadow is employed by h1s
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
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Weather Indicatfons.

Chicago. Aug. 14-Forecast for Kansas:
Probably showers in east portion tonight
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The question of whether or not j. N.
Dolley can or will be chairman of the
state central committee is still agitat-
ing the politicians. It Is admitted tha1
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They Plead Not Guilty.

No examination of any consequence
was INDUCED in, for the first three all
pieaded not guilty and the arrange
ment for their bonds. which will re-
lease them from Jail. was made by Mr..