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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13

The foregoing are samples of dozen or more letters received by the Santa Claus editor of the Silver Belt yester- day. Many of the letters are from children who will be liberally provided for by their parents These have been sent to the parents and will undoubted- ly receive the attention that they should. The others will be handled by the Santa Claus association and there are to be no disappointments.
 There were number of new names added to the list of association members yesterday and the list will grow longer daily. So far the Silver Belt has sue eeeded with the aid of the faithful workers of the Salvation Army, in col lectingvsomething like $l20. We want $500 It is absolutely needed if there are to be no empty stockings in the Globe district this Christmas morning. The Salvation Army has q long list of families where Santa Claus will not ap- pear unless the Santa Claus association gives him the tip. Letters received yesterday from children reveal more or less distress in places not anticipated and many more homes will be found be fore the hour for showering presents. Toys arc badly needed and it takes money to buy them. One hundred dol lars will not go far.
 The army has secured Dreamland for the night of December 23. A big Christmas tree will be arranged and a general distribution will be made to needy children at this place of ariuse- fnent, as well as at some hall on the north side. The program has not been as yet prepared, but it is going to be a big night for the little ones. The Cornish band has volunteered to give it's services free of all charge, and MT. Alexander win accept no pay for All the money contributed will go for the pleasure of the chill dren and adults who are in absolute need. A thorough canvass of the city and suburban districts will be made and all unfortunate children will be provided for. But the association must have the assistance of all.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
Liberty.

The spirit of liberty is indeed q bold and fearless spirit but if is also a sharp sighted spirit It is cautious. sagacious. discriminating, farseeing in telligenee It is jealous of encroach- ment, jealous of power jealous of man. It demands cheeks, it seeks for guards. it insists on securities. 1t in- trenches itself behind strong defenses and fortifies itself with all possible care against the assaults of ambition and passion. It does not trust the amiable weaknesses of human nature. and therefore it will not permit power to overstep it's prescribed limits. though benevolence. good intent and patriotic purpose come along with il. Neither does it satisfy itself with fashy and temporary resistance to it. legal authority. Far otherwise. It seeks for duration and permanencc
 Itfeoks before and after. and. building on the experience of ages which are past, it labors diligently for the bene- fit of ages to come Daniel Webster
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13

1 for Livingston to be gone a few days hunting and fishing.
 Miss Mora Hall of Fort Thomas was in the city yesterday, shopping and wis iting friends.
 Alex Ericsson of Miami was among the visitors in the city yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. J. George Halety of Fl Paso are registered at the Kinney house. MT. Halety will leave Monday for Black Warrior, where he has ac- cepted position.
 W. R. Hughes of Tucson was one of yesterdays guests at the Kinney house.
 R. E. Karle of San Francisco was transacting business in Globe yesterday.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
The Blue Sky,

The blue sky which reveals itself as tie hemispherical vault of the firma- ment in the absence of clouds is the far depths of the air sending back 10 the observer some part of the solar illumination which they receive. The light thus returned to the eye is blue" simply because the particles of the air are of such exceedingly dimInutive size that they can effectively deal with only the smallest of the luminous vi- brations-that is, with the "blue" un- dulations. There are few faint in ter1ninglings of the other colored rays in the blue of the sky, but they are in.such tri6ing quantity that the blue swallows them up. s Ssf
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
NEW TRIAL DENIED ID HARRISBURG
 BO0DLERS
CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD STATE IN CAPITOL
 FURNISHINGS
Former Superintendent of Public Ruild- ings, State Treasurer and Auditor General, with Contractor, Will Be Sentenced Next Friday.

HARRISBURG, Pa, December i2. "A new trial was refused the four de- fendants in the capitol conspiracy ease. today, by Judge George Kunkel, in the
 Dauphin county court, before which the men have been tried.
 The defendants are John II. Sander son, contractor for the furnishings and decorations in the $l3,0O0,00O capitol; James $. Shoemaker of Johnstown. sup, r.htHndent of the board on public grornd- and buildings; Wm. P. Snyder.
 osmcr auditor general of the state, and Nm. L. Mathues, former state treas urer.
 With Joseph NJ. Huston of PhiladeI- phia, the architect of the great build ing, they were charged with eonspir- acy to defraud the state in connection with furnishing and decorating the cap itol, but Huston secured severance and his trial has not yet come up. The four defendants were convicted. They appealed for a new trial, but the argu- ment was not heard until after the court had disposed of the second con spiraey trial, in which the defendants m the first case were also among the accused and were acquitted. Several other defendants, of whom there were fourteen in all, remain 10 be tried. One defendant is in sanitarium, having broken down mentally during the trial. The defendants will appear for sen tence Friday next
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13

Northern increased that Agent George Mauk has found it necessary to in. crease his working force at the freight offices. Harry King has been given a position with Baggagemastcr l.. M. Jacobs to help look after dynamite :" shipments and other freight and bag gage, and J. R. Campbell has been made assistant car clerk to help "Num- Der Grabber' Zaner, whose work was piling up so that he was showing signs of not becoming saner.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
QUEER TITLES.
Bestowed on His Favorites by an Em-
 peror of Haiti.

Bestowed on His Favorites by an Em-
 peror of Haiti.
 Among the whimsical titles which appear on the pages of national history few are more apparently frivolous than the Duke of Marmalade, the Count of Lemonade and the Earl of Brandy. They are or were. however, real titles bestowed by a genuine monarch on three of his favorites, and that, too, during the last century
 In 1911 a revolution occurred in Haiti, and Christophe, a negro, declared himself emperor. Through conspiracy and plot, his life often attempted. he retained power tn 1920. preserving to the last the pageantry of a royal court and creating numerous nobility Among them were the three already mentioned. and the oddity of the titles has suggested to many writers the friyolousness of the African character.
 In fact. however, all three names were those of places, the first two be- ing originally plantations, but latterly towns of some importance. This not being generally known, a misapprehen- sion has arisen with regard to the titles themselves. which, however ab- surd, were scarcely more so. than some which were bestowed in France and Germany during the middle ages Pearson's Weekly.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13

to "post up little" The court was inclined to think that the description of the government as democracy--a government by the people-was alto gether satisfactory, but blaming MT. Cleveland for the personnel of congress was quite "another story" as Mir. Kip ling would say. "I know that Roose- welt is the president, " said the appli- cant as he stepped from the stand, "but got so scared did not know what I was saying"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
SEEING AND LISTENING.
Nearsishted Man Wears Glasses Ir
 Talking, but Not In Reading.

NcdFslHNtcC Ndn WSdrS 1I&SScs w
 Talking, but Not In Reading.
 Heres sort Of queer thing" said a nearsighied man. .'.l ain very near sighted. Strong gIasses are indispen- sable to me for ordinary general sec ing in my goings about but when I sit down to read take on my glasses and bring the print up to within the natural focus of the eye It seems to me that reading with the natural eye l read with a more intimate and a clearer understanding
 50 much for my reading without spectacles. and now here is the thing that Is queer 10 me If when I am reading thus. with my glasses off, somebody comes along to speak to me. why, then, to get clear understanding of that question must have on my spectacles
 So I say. or I would say if this hap pened at home where I know the peo- pie, Wait q minute till get on, my spectaeles. and I would put them on and then, say, Now go ahead and really. with my spectdcIes on. with my power of seeing at it's best, with the sharpest definition of things in general to the eye. get the dearest apprehension of things, said. tome.
 'So in reading do best with my glasses off. but in understanding things said to me, in listening. do best with my glasses on. There is one modified. ton to this-where there is no light, as in n dark room. where can't see, can understand equally we'll with or without glasses. s.'-New York Sun.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13

Professor John TyndaH, who. with many great gifts. possessed a singular skill in devising and conducting beau tiful experimental illustrations, actual ly produced in 1869 bit of blue sky in the lecture room. In a glass tube three feet in length and three inches in diameter he exhausted the air until 1t was less than one-tenth the density of the atmosphere we breathe and repre- sented the rarer air high overhead. Into this exhausted air he introduced nitrite of butyle vapor. which is ex- tremely volatile. Then strong beam of light in a room otherwise dark was passed through the mixture, and in the glass tube there glowed beautiful blue cloud, rivaling in color the finest Italian sky. Here was blue sky brought down to earth.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
SHORT STORIES OF THE CITY
'tl Would Vote for Cleveland

r Grover Cleveland is president of the .olted States, congress is appointed by Ne president, and this is a democratic sO'ernment," were the statements made " Judge Nave yesterday by an old S San who applied for naturalization. .ae applicant is hardworking raneher 'uo never has time to read, and his .ne does not matter, especially as the wuH decided to defer conferring upon
 ~ a~ the full rights and prerogatives of
 % American citizen until next Monday, 'aen he shall have been given chance
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13

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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
Vague.

Lady of Uncertain Age e-Ah, major we're none of us as young as we were Major (absentmindedly, but vaguely aware that gallant answer is indi. cated)-My dear lady. I'm sure you don't look it.-Pnnch.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13

Railroad Forces Increased s So much has the volume of business being done by the Gila Valley, Globe &
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-13
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Herbert Fox, Tom Henderson, Al sterns and Henry Nesbit left Friday
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
CONCORDIA SINGERS
ELECT THEIR OFFICERS.
Diplomas Awarded Members of
Society Whose Services Made
Jubilee a Success.

Officers for the Concordia Singing So
ciety were elected at its semi-annual
session in Harburger's Hall, Hamburg
place, last night. They are: President,
Jacob L. Goepferich; vice-president,
Frank Mueller; corresponding and re-
cording secretary, Louis Werrell; f1nan-
cial secretary, Henry Leppert; treas
urer, Frank A. Frechin; trustee, Adolph
Bensler; alternate, William Haeussler;
musical director, Emil Tesche; vice.
musical director, Henry w. Egner, jr.;
librarian, Charles Dehmer; collector,
Carl Benckert.
The society recently celebrated its
golden jubilee, and eleven members,
whose services were particularly de-
voted to the event and who have
boosted" the organization most ac-
lively for many years. received honor
airy diplomas. President Goepferich
made the speeches of presentation.
Former Vice-President William
Coerper will take a trip to Germany
next month.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
THE PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Aug. 14.-Flour-Re-
ceits, 16, 400; sales. 1000. Steady. but
quiet; winter straights. 4.0004.15.
Wheat-Receipts, liz. 900: sales. $685.
900; opening a trihe lower. wheat i'm
m~ediately rallied and sold up half a
cent owe last night on a jump In
Northwest markets and talk of frost
damage. September, 1o1h@102; Decem-
Der, 103% @1037s.
9Rye-Dull; No. 2 Western, "a: nomi-
nal. f. o. b. New York.
Corn-Receipts, 1,075; sales, 5000;
strong and higher in sympathy with
wheat; September, s6%@s6A.
Beef-Steady.
Pork-Barely steady; mess, 1900
17.25; family. l s.00d1s.5 so; short clear,
17.50@1S.50.
Lard-Easy. 9.35@9.45.
Sugar-Raw quiet; fair refining, 3.5S;
centrifugal, 90 test. 4.0S; molasses
gar, 3.2s@3.33. Refined quiet; crushed
$50; powdered. $50; g~ranulated. $40.
Parliamentary; refined. all ports
S.70as.75.
Coffee-Quiet; No. I Rio. 6h; No. 4
Santos, SIS.
Molasses-Quiet; New Orleans. 2s@42
Butter-Firm, unchanged; receipts,
$3.50.
Cheese-Steady, unchanged: receipts,
2,s52.
Eggs = Quiet, unchanged; receipts,
7,4s1.
Poultry-Alive steady; spring chick
ems, 16; fowls, 1914; turkeys, IL
Dressed firm; Western spring chickens
12h @19; fowls. 1919 @131h.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
MONEY N EXCHANGE.

Call money in New Sork, 1 to ~ per
cent. New York Clearing House state
ment: Exchanges, $256, 4S3, 703; balances,
50, 7S5, 1876; s~ub-treasury debtor for ST.
1888. The New York sub-treasury
lost to the banks since last Friday
$5,204, 900. Known movement of money
in New York for the week shows q
1921, 900. The actual gain may be
larger. as these figures obviously do
not allow for the debit of 50, IT'S, 53S Of
s~ub-treasury at Clearing House this
morning; of the gain referred to banks
derived 81, 0S3, 900 as a net result of the
interior movement and 81, 214, 900 from
s~ub-treasury. The direct express ship
ments this week were 49, 36, 900, against
So, 1856, 900 last week.
Commercial bar silver IN New York,
51A cents; Mexican dollars, 45 cents;
bar silver In London, % 11-16d; bar
gold, us. 10hd.. and American eagles,
76s. sgd.
Paris closing rentes, 96 francs 40
centimes. Paris private rate of dis
count. 1-16 per cent; exchange on
London, rs francs 10 confines. Berlin
private rate Of discount, 2% per cent. /;
exchange on London, 20 marks 40 pfen-
nigs.
Money on call in London II to " per
cent. Rates of discount rs per cent.
for three months bills 1 7-16 to IA pei
cent. Consols for money S61zd., for
account Sc 9-16d.
The foreign exchange market held a
steady tone. Demand sterling was
quoted 4.S61h; cables, 4.S665@4.S67O
sixty-day bills, 4.S5@4.8510; short francs
5.16A less 1872, and reichmarks, sb%.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
TIMES ON
WAY, SAY SCHWAB
AND MITCHELL
Steel Man FOresees Great Pros
perity, and Labor Leader
Gradual Improvement.

BOSTON, Aug. 14.-Charles M.
Schwab, former president of the Steel
Trust, n John Mitchell, the labor
leader, both predict that better times
are e Schwab says:
81 firmly believe that a period of
prosperity is on h way which will
surpass anything which we have yet
experienced. The country has already
begun to recover from depression. The
steel business is showing renewed
strength. The foreign demand for our
products Is the best we have ever
known.
THE people need have no e what
ever as to the ultimate outcome, Wall
Street feels and indicates new condi-
tions before they are felt anywhere. 1t
augurs we'll for business industry
in general when the stock market Is
strong"
Mitchell says:
"Nhile there are more men out of
work today than there should be under
normal conditions. I believe the situa-
ton is gradually improving. and that
thousands now out of work will soon
be ~reemployed.
1.-THE labor conditions of the country
at present are fair. but they are not
what they should be after the perioo
unusual prosperity the country had
enjoyed until recently.
Mills, factories. railroads and me-
shops of all kinds felt the blow
Of the unusual depression. but I believe
the change which has taken place dur
Ing The past two months Is a criterion
Of still better conditions to come.
"In the last two months many men
lave zone back to work, and I look to
see many more reemployed before
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
L. BAN s. co.

Of 66S points on better cables than ex-
pected and scattered covering. After
the opening fluctuations we're narrow
and irregular. with local sentiment of
were by no means aggressive. The
market during the middle of the morn
ing was fairly steady In tone, with the
active months about 7 to 9 points net
higher on a moderate demand from
shorts and "re~actionists."
Strength in the near positions was
the sustaining factor late in the fore
noon. August, sold up to 1928 or 40
points net higher on a very few pur-
chases, supposedly by belated shorts.
Later months held about 7 to 9 points
net higher.
Quotations furnished by Van Schaick
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
BIG INTERESTS SECURING
GEORGIA ORE LAND OPTIONS.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. a.
For several days agents said to be rep
resenting the Carnegie Schwab inter-
ests have been in north Georgia secur-
ing options on ore lands. 1t has been
learned from a reliable source that they
the large Colyar interests, including
Dirt Seller mountain, in Chattanooga
county, Ga, n other valuable ore
properties, and are securing options on
Others.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
DECLINE FOLLOWS
RAID On RAILROAD
AND SPEC|ALT|ES
National Lead Early Loses Four
Points, and Missouri Pacific
Nearly as Much.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-1o a. M
Prices of stocks were shaded In the
opening dealings today, but the de-
clines in most cases were small, and
there was only moderate activity.
There were gains in the Rock Island
group, the preferred stock rising IL
and st. Louis and San Francisco sec
ond preferred y. American Locomo-
tive and General Electric declined 1
and Southern Pacific, Delaware and
Hudson. American Smelling. National
Leaf and Utah Copper large fractions.
II a. m.-Extensive sales were made
of a few of the important railroads
and specialties, and when they broke
from 2 to 4 points the rest of the list
also yielded sharply. Support appeared
at the low level and there were recov-
cries of a point In some cases. The
decline cost National Lead 4 points.
Missouri Pacific go, American Smelling
8. Rock Island 20, Great Northern pre-
ferred 2. Northern Pacific 1%, and the
remainder of the list from / to IA.
Noon.-Extreme weakness was shown
by special stocks, and the prices re-
sympathy. Westinghouse Electric broke
5A, Canadian Pacific 8, and the Read
ings, New York Central, st. Paul,
Southern Railway preferred, Colorado
Fuel, Amalgamated Copper. INTERIOR
ough-Metropolitan preferred, American
SIIoar aud Niroinio ~ ro1ipo Cha,,,ioo1I
preferred 2 to 2E. st. Louis n San
Francisco refunding. As declined "a.
Bonds were irregular.
Fractional ~recoveries were followed
by a period of dulness, in which the
fluctuations were unimportant. North
ran off 2 and Railway Steel
2A.
2 p. m.-The market showed slight
of weakness again, but the tone
firmer and sank into extreme
d~ullness. Later Amalgamated Copper
fell back to the lowest, with sympa-
thetic effect on the list. Toledo, st.
Louis and Western advanced IA.
The market closed very weak. The
forced the lowest prices of the
day in a renewed raid on values in the
final hour, which centered on the metal
and mining stocks.
American Smelling dropped Az. Anal
Copper 3%, Reading 3%, Ana
conda and Colorado Fuel "a, Southern
Pacific 21a, Union Pacific and General
Electric 2as, Wisconsin Central pre-
ferred 2A, and Great Northern pre-
North American and American
Locomotive 2. Covering operations by
the shorts to take profits caused some
but there was smother slump.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
DI E ..

BLAIR-On August Il, 1908, Horatio
Blair, aged so years..
BOHLER-on August 10. 1908, at her
home, No. 300 Eighth avenue, Amelia,
wife of William J. Boiler, aged 5S
years.
cOMER-on August 10. 1908, at his
late residence. No. so Cortlandt street,
Fergus Conner.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
COPE-Suddenly, John. beloved hus-
band of Rosie Cope, In his fifty-ntnth
year.
FORD-Enterad into rest, after a long
and painful illness, at her late resi-
dence, 40 Union street, Margaret,
daughter of the late Benjamin and
Rebecca Ford, of Virginia.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
GILBERT-On Thursday, August IL,
1908. Frederick Gilbert, our beloved
father and husband of the late Mag
1alena Gilbert (nee Landauer), aged
II years Is days.
GROGAN-On August 10, 1908, Mar
garet. widow of Martin Grogan, of
Ala Broad street.
GROvER-At East Orange, N. J., on
Wednesday. August IL. 1908, Henri
eta Van Emburgh, widow OF the late
DR.. william B. Grover.
Funeral services from her late
home, 113 Main street, corner Holly
wood avenue, on Saturday, August
Is. at 1870 p. m. Interment at aid
well. N. J.
JENKINS-On Thursday, August 10,
1908, f. Earl. only son of Henry L.
and Harriet A. jenkins, aged 10 years,
1873 Plane street.
KOENIG-Suddenly, on Thursday, Au-
gust 10. 1908, John NJ. Koenig, beloved
husband of Barbara Koenig (nee
Schmidt), aged &c years. at his late
residence, % Kent street.
LYON-At East Orange, n. J., August
-, 1908, Aaron Lyon. husband of
Abby Lyon, of 165 Dodd street.
FULS-On Wednesday, August IL. 1908,
after a brief but severe illness, Fred
erick ]. Pulls, beloved husband of
Carolina Pulls (nee Trentle), formerly
Bertsch, aged So years 3 months 4
days. SO Baldwin street.
REvILL-On August IA, 1908, at her
residence, 200 Ogden street, Sarah
Jane. beloved wife of Thomas Revill.
SCHULTHEIS-On August IL, 1905.
Philip, beloved son of Clara and
Philip Schultheis, aged 81 years, Sc
Madison venue.
SMITH-On August 10, 1908, Mary, be-
loved wife of James j. Smith, 81 Con-
gress street.
SOOY-On August II, 1908, Captain
Nicholas Edgar, husband of Chris
tiana Sooy, in his 5Sth year.
Funeral services will be held at his
late home, 116 Belleville avenue, on
Saturday, August 10, at 2 o'clock.
Relatives and friends, also the men,
bers of Washington Lodge. K. OF P;
Newark Lodge, United Workmen. and
members of the Newark fire depart
ment. are kindly invited. Interment
at Paramount Cemetery.
sPENCER-At Fort Hamilton, N. Y,
on August IL, 1908, Charles B., jr.,
son of Charles and Mary Spencer, at
as Tichenor street.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

National, of Mexico. for first week
In August. $275,o13, decrease $50, los.
From July 1, $1.46e. 900. decrease $685.
1854.
For June:
Toledo, st. Louis and Western, oper-
ating revenue, 1884, SIG, decrease 1872, 661
operating expenses, $179, 1888, decrease
S%4O,S49; net operating revenue $104, 1888,
decrease $52,312. taxes $14,072, increase
$3.50, surplus $685., $50, increase $2O6, 46s
Wabash, gross $2,147, 467, decrease
$~S46,32S; net $685. ,o46, decrease $236, S16.
For first week in August:
lnteroceanic of Mexico, 1924. 954, de-
crease $20.047. From July 1, 1853, 631,
decrease $97. 134.
Mexican International. s12S, 1913, de.
crease $3S, 943. From July 1, 800, TAI, de.
crease $3.50. 400.