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Arizona republican., 1908-06-23

marine mines and diving. During his period of study at Washington or Newport the pupil of the navy is pro- vided with $500 by the government for the payment of his personal expenses.
 At the expiration of his course he goes up for examination. Failing to pass he is retired to his former grade and given a second chance. If he makes good he is rated as gunner's mate, third class, and is drafted to some ship to be under the teaching and supervision of the chief officer of the line of work he has engeged upon. His career thenceforth lies with himself. He is now getting s60 month and is eligible in the course of time to a chief guhnership at $250O year.
 he highest commanding rank open to the apprentice seaman is the second rating of graduates from Annapolis-which confers an equal social rank with that of any of ficer on ship board.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23

An interesting fact in connection with this walk was that but one pair of shoes was worn by each of them on the 2,45O mile journey, and that they never ripped or lost a stitch during the entire trip. The shoes worn in this contest were made by the F. Mayer Boot and Shoe Company, Mil waukee. who have established a great reputation throughout the country as manufacturers of the highest type of quality shoes: in consequence of which, the business of this house has had a phenomenal growth. Nine thousand pairs per day is the pres ent capacity of the Mayer factories.
 As a matter of contrast, and to show that there is a marked differ ence in the quality of shoes, while Hay and Jackson completed their g., 450 mile trip in a single pair of shoes htat were practically intact at the end, J. T. Sutherland, another pedes- trian, who had reached Owosso, Mich, on a coast to coast walk, had worn out thirty pairs of shoes on his journey up to the time of his arrival in OwOsso.
 Leading brands manufactured by the F. Mayer Boot and Shoe Company are the Honorbilt for Men; Leading Lady. for Women; Martha Washing ton Comfort Shoes: Yerma Cushion Shoes; Special Merit School Shoes.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
YOUR VACATION WILL BE COM

PLETE if you will order the daily Re- publican sent to you while away from town. B slail 75 cents, per month. What can you get more pleasure out of than this 1-2 cents per day. Phone Main AT.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
What Ghosts Are Made Of.

Science. exact and practical, has come to the aid of physical research in vestigators with an entirely new theo ry in regard to ghosts. So writes Rene Bache in the Techinal World Maga- zine for July. The discovery. though as yet only hypothetical, is that such phantoms may in fact exist, and that they are sufficiently material in their nature to admit of study. and even of detailed analysis.
 According to this idea, indeed, the ghosts of reality is properly to be re- garded as a chemical phenomenon. It has a recognizable substance. however tenuous and intangible, and may actu- ually be reproduced eXperimentally in the laboratory.
 For authority on this point. the writer is permitted to refer to one of, the foremost of living chemists. Prof. Charles F. Munroe. Dean of the George Washington University, in Washing ton, D. C. He is not only believer in ghosts-at all events, Tn the possibility of such phenOmena-but he says that they can be made artificially. It is. he thinks, not at all unlikely that the lab Oratory process for making counter felt spectres is merely a reproduction of natures own method of ghost ufacture.
 ApparitiOns, of course, are usually associated in one way or another with tragedies. Somebody. for example. is murdered under exceptionally distres- sing and picturesque circumstances, and-the corpse being hidden by the perpetrator of the deed-the ghost thereafter haunts the scene forlornly striving to attract symapthetic atten- tion. for unable to find rest until the body shall be discovered and provided with Christian burial.
 A study of the strange phenomena which has given rise to ghost stories
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
FOUND THE MERt SHELL
 OF THE MAIL TREASURE
Recovery of the Registered Pouch Stolen Two Weeks Ago.

Kansas City, June 22.-The register ed mail pouch which contained $50 900 in money and S100,000 worth of dia- mcnds and jewelry, stolen from a mail car at the union station here on the
 night of June 6, was found this even
 ming by a switching crew in the yards
 of the Rock Island railroad, in Kan sas City, Kans.
 The pouch still contained a number of valuable articles Of jewelry. but the empty envelopes which contained the S50,0 900 in currency showed that the thief had made good haul.
 The theft of the mail pouch was highly mysterious The pouch was consigned from Los Angeles to New York City and contained. in addition to valuable diamonds and jewelry, $50,000 being sent to a New York bank. Receipts were shown for it all the way from Los Angeles to Kansas City where the pouch was lost sight of Government agents from Washington hurried here and one of the most ertensive searches ever made by the department has been conducted.
 Y The case was made still more not able by the fact that the thief slip ped through the hands of the Kan sas city police force. Early in the morning of June detectives ar rested a negro lettering on Union avenue near the Union depot. He was taken to the police station and booked for investigation. The desk sergeant when searching the negro
 
 his person and five or six hundred dollars in currency. Shortly after be- ing locked up the negro sent for an influential attorney of Kansas City and told him he would give S200 if he was freed in police court in the morning. The attorney had the charges changed from investigation" to vagrancy and the next day there being no other charge against him he was ordered to leave town.
 Two days later the federal author ities issued photographs of the negro known as Charles Stephenson under various aliases. The picture proved te be the exact likeness of the negro. Federal authorities immediately struck the negro's trail and traced him to Denver where the search was ap- parently dropped. A reward of 3D. 900 has been offered by the govern ment for his arrest. The postoffice authorities refuse to divulge the val ue of the jewelry recovered in the pouch but it is believed that almost all the original shipment was found in the pouch.
 The pouch was in a patch of weeds where from ten to twenty switch en- zines passed each day. Railroad men say tonight that for several days the crews have spoken of a white patch or something, and it became rather a joke. Today while the train was passing William l.. Louth, a switch man, jumped off and investigated. The envelopes were cut, apparently by a paper knife in q very neat way and lay in a stack by themselves. The pouch was some feet distant When Louth began to rummage he extracted a number of packaged un- opened It is apparent that the negro was unaware of the value of the stuff he had overlooked. The unopened packages were immediately handed over to the federal authorities.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
OFFICIAL GUARDIAN
 UNCLE SAM'S JACKES
Unique Position of New York Philan- thropist Who IS Legal Sponsor for Ten Thousand Boys, Most of Them in the Navy.

New York, June 16.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican)-Of- ficial guardian of something like ten thousands boys-that is the probably unique title held by Herbert Van Dyke of this city. well-known. in connection with the Newsboys' Home and various other New York philanthropists. MT. Van Dykes title is not an empty or fictitious one for he Is the legally con stftuted guardian Of all minors in the navy of Uncle sam, who have no par cnts to sign the consent which may be obtained before a boy can take up naval apprenticeship. Likewise he
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23

from time forgotten, follows and the article is interestingly illustrated with photographs.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
Shoes Worn by These Pedestrians Were the Product of the F. Mayer Boot and Shoe Company, Manufac- turers of the Renowned Mayer Mill ]. waukee Custom Made Shoes.
Capture a $1,500 Purse

Over mountains and through snow, through wet, slush and mud, freezing at times and oppressed by heat at others, William Jackson and R T. Hay, two sturdy Scotchmen, walked every mile of the way from Seattle to Chicago, just arriving within a few hours of the time limit, thereby win ming a purse of Fifteen Hundred Dol lars given by the Seattle Athletic Club for accomplishing this feat with in the prescribed time.
 Jackson and Hay left Seattle with but Five Dollars in money and were obliged to earn their way as they went and leave no unpaid bills, and complete the journey in ninety days.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
FOR GREAT OR SMALL.

A guarantee is contained in each box of Sexine Pills, so that any per son needing a remedy for any form of nerve weakness and to produce perfect and restful sleep. can buy these pills without risking a cent. These great nerve and manhood builders are sold by Elvey & Hulett where they sell all the principal remedies and do not substitute.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
THE UNLoADED PISTOL.

Los Angeles. June Civilian Ed ward Hutchinson, ' years old tonight shot and killed Bennett Popeney aged 14. not Knowing that the pistol was loaded. They had quarreled over the possession of a lead pencil. Young Hutchinson was held at the detention home until after the inquest.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
CALIFORNIA; MINERAL PRoDUc
 TON.

San Francisco, June 22.-In a state ment today state Mineralogist Au- burn, states that the mineral output of California for 1907 exceeded S50, 0eO,O nearly $7.O0O,0OO more than the preceding year. He states that the oil production for the same period is about 40.000.000 barrels. an increase of over 7,000,000 barrels over 1906.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23

Prof. Fountains music store. all the latest songs. East Washington street.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-23
HIS IDEA OF PRESIDENCY.
Mir. Taft Has Prepared an Article For
 Golfers Weekly.

New York June 22-Secretary Taft has written an article on his conccp- tion of the presidency for the current issue of Golfers Weekly. He takes occasion to praise the administration of Roosevelt.
 He said of the president:-'1 many senses though the most sought after he is the loneliest man in the United States. Elected directly by the people as their representative head, and from them. in the sober thought of the ma jority, he gets the best counsel
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
NEW YORK.

Trade this week has taken on most of
the characteristics of a midsummer pc
riod. Retail business has been helped by
warm weather in most sections and by
widespread reduction sales. Jobbing
houses have received moderate filling in
orders and made the usual clearance sales.
Fall buying has been and is cautious. but
feeling is conservatively optimistic. Such
lines as leather. staple worsted woods. ag-
ricuItural implements and few lines of
steel products are more active. but the
great industries as whole are below nor
NAL activity and summer shut-downs
promise to be more widely indulged in
than for some years past.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending June % number 25s,
which compares with 254 last week. 150
in the first week of 1907. 146 in 1906,
1876 in 1895 and 204 in 1904, Failures in
Canada for the same period number 81.
which compares with % last week and %
in this week of 19O7.-Bradssreet's Com
mercial Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
SHADOW ON THE SUN.
Annular Eclipse Visible All Over
North America.


The recent eclipse of the sun. where
not obscured by clouds. was visible all
over North America. The eclipse was
annular and little iportance was at
tached to the phenomenon by scientists.
Some interest was attached to the suns
submersion, however. from the fact
that the planets Mercury, Venus. Mars,
Neptune and Jupiter are in a cluster
near the sun and could be seen in the
western horizon SHORTLY after sunset.
This popularity is not expected to be
repeated again in several hundred
year, although it is said to mean moth
ing automatically.
With field glasses or opera glasses,
with a colored or smoked glass over
the ends. it was possible TO see the
mountains and valleys of the moon.
The sun served as a strong background
to bring out the irregular outlines of
the moon. The outlines Indicated how
irregular the moons surface is in a
striking silhouette.
Down in Tampa, Fla. in Mexico
City, or in the Bermuda islands observ-
ers of the eclipse had a much better
opportunity to appreciate it. At these
places and in strip about ninety miles
wide the eclipse was seen directly in
the center of the SUM- The outer edge
of the sun encircled the Swallowed part
This popularity of the eclipse gives the
name "annular" to it, When the moon
appears exactly in front of the sun the
annular or ring phase is visible.
Every city in the United States was
able to observe this eclipse, together
with the whole of North America. the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
sojourn in the South improved his
health considerably.

soJourn in the South improved his
health considerably.
Early last year he had a repetition Of
the attack Of indigestion and for some
weeks his condition was such that his
life was despaired of. Mr.. Cleveland
made splendid fight for life and won
In February last diabetes began to
make itself felt again, and Mr.. Cleve-
land became subject to spells of I'M
consciousness, coupled again with in
ability to assimilate food. Death final
" came MT 8 40 a. m. Wednesday.
Life of Cleveland a busy One.
Grover Cleveland. the twenty-second
and twenty-fourth President of the Init
ed States, was born March IS. 1897. in
Caldwell. y. Y. In 1871 the Cleveland
family removed to Fayetteville, n. Y.
where young Grover received his first
schooling, and where later at an early age
he served as n clerk in small country
store. Still later. when his parents set
tied in Clinton, y. Y, hc pursued his
studies further. and when only IL he was
appointed assistant teacher in the New
York institution for the blind. In 1855
Cleveland served a clerkship with the law
firm Of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers at Buff
falo. 1t was in that Office that Cleve-
land began to read law. He was admit
ted TO the New York bar in 1859. Mr..
Cleveland received his first public office
when appointed assistant district attor-
ney Of Erie county. In 1869 he joined
the firm of tanning, Cleveland & Folsom.
In 1881 he was nominated as the Demo
cratic candidate for Mayor of Buffalo and
was elected by the largest majority ever
given in that city, although the Repub-
lican State ticket was carried In 1882
Mr.. Cleveland ran for Governor of New
York against Charles j. Folger. then
United States Secretary of the Treasury.
and won by plurality of nearly 100000.
His administration was notable for the
simple and transformations way in which
he conducted the business of the State.
At the Democratic national convention
held in Chicago in July. 1884, Cleveland
was nominated by his party as its candi-
date for the presidency of the United
States and at the election in the follow
ing November was chosen to that office.
1t was during his first term that Cleve-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

1t has been officially stated that $5,340
represents the loss to the Great Northern
Express Company in the robbery of the
company's strong box by two bandits in
the Great Northern tunnel between Spo-
kone and Seattle, Wash, recently.
In Stanley county, s. d., this year
there has been shooting of stock which
attempts to trespass on the crops of the
homesteaders Two homesteaders near
Wokarna were arrested a few days ago
and bound over on a charge Of malicious
mischief, charged with shooting into the
herd of cattle owned by f. f. Olney.
The Northeastern Bible conference will
this year be held at Minneapolis, Aug. 2
to %. Some of the most prominent speak
ers who will give lectures are 1: DIR. A. G..
Dixon of Moody church, Chicago; DIR.
Frederick w. Farr of Philadelphia, DR..
William Edward Biederwolf of Kansas,
DIR. George Luccock of Chicago.
The big steel viaduct of the Northern
Pacific over the Cheyenne valley at Val
ley City, N. D., has been opened to traffic.
The bridge is 3,740 feet long and is los
feet above low water mark of the river,
and cost 81 100000. 1t is three-ffths of
a mile in length. 1t shortens kink in
the track and carries it over the valley
with little or no grade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02

In response to inquiries from commits
sion men the State dairy and food COM
mission is serving notice that the veal
of calves less than four weeks old cannot
be sold in Minnesota. A law passed In
1905 prohibits it and imposes penalty
of fine of $50 and 800 or imprison.
ment for not to exceed ninety days for o
violation of its provisions.
Largely increased imports of sugar aad
a continued falling off in the value OF
diamonds brought into the United States
are features of the May report of APP
praiser Wanamaker of the port of New
York.
Archbishop Peter Bourgade of the TO-
man Catholic province of Santa Fe, N.
NJ, and well known lin Chicago and
throughout the country as jealous work.
er in behalf of the church, died of heart
failure at Mercy hospital in Chicago, af.
ter an illness lasting more than a year.
Hereafter only Americans will receive
employment in the various departments OF
the Helena (Mont.) city government, the
city council having, at the request of the
State federation of labor and other bodies
of organized labor, directed the prepare
ton of an ordinance prohibiting the Civ.
ing of work to any person except citi.
zens.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
MIsER'S HOARD Is SOUGHT.
Fortune of About $500, 900 Hidden
in Denosit Vault

la an advertisement in a New York
paper lies the last hope of a Tarrytown,
\. Y. family to recover a fortune esti-
mated as high as 100000 which Angus
Iis Konrad, a miser, concealed while in
health. and the hiding place of which he
was unable TO reveal after disease had
destroyed his reason. Konrad died in the
Poughkeepsie insane hospital in October
Of last year. Before his death he gave
evidence of wishing 10 tell the attendants
something. and he even attempted to place
his thoughts in writing IN a letter to his
daughter. but the result was an incoher-
emit tumble of words At the end he had
to be cared for as a baby. but through it
all he insisted on being allowed to retain
three keys-one to his home at larry
town. a second to a trunk which he al
ways kept locked and a third to safe
deposit vault in which the family believes
the written evidence of his wealth re-
poses. Every effort has been made to
discover this vault. Konrad was 53
years old when he died. He was remark
ably secretive about his affairs, never TAX
ing his wife into his confidence. Ten
years ago he decided that his family would
have 10 support itself. and since that
time Mrs. Konrad had made living for
her children and herself through the sale
OF wonfeh's clothing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
CLEvELAND's CAREER IN SHORT.

Born at Caldwell, Essex County, N J..
Grover Cleveland
In 1871 family removed to Fayetteville,
y. Y.
Served as clerk in country store.
In 1888 was appointed assistant teacher
OF the New York institution for the blind.
For four years. from 1855, assisted his
uncle In preparation of American Herd
Book" and had clerkship In law firm
in Buffalo
Admitted to the bar in 1859
Appointed Assistant District Attorney of
Erie County Jan. /, 1868.
Defeated for the District Attorneyship OF
Erie County in 1865.
Practiced law.
Elected Sheriff of Erie County in 1870
Elected Mayor of Buffalo in 1881.
Elected Governor of New York in 1882
by plurality Of 100000.
Elected President of the United States In
1884. Majority in the electoral college. 81
Broke all records by vetoing 115 out of
9S7 bills.
Married Frances Folsom in the White
House June ., 1856.
Defeated in campaign for reelection in
1883
Engaged in the practice of law in New
York
Elected President Of the United States in
1892
Settled Venezuela boundary dispute in
1895
After leaving White House in 1896 estab-
lished home for his family in Princeton
y. J.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
RELIGION AND REFORM

The corner stone of st. MichaeIs Cath
Ole chur,h, the finest in the Dakotas.
was laid at Grand Forks.
The courts at WATERFOWL. s. D.. have
taken up the crusade against gamblers to
the extent of imposing $500 fines.
As result of the local option elections
held in Oregon. county prohibition will
prevail in twenty-one of the thirty-tbree
counties.
The National Brewers Association.
meeting in Milwaukee passed resolutions
declaring for the abolition of tough sa-
looms. selling to drunkards and other i'm
proper practices.
Learning that slot machine to be
played for money was in operation at a
news stand. Mayor Utman of Hudson.
Wis. entered the place. played the ma
chine. lost his nickel and took the device
with him.
Eight Swedish churches of st. Paul
have drawn up a declaration of their
position on several current questions.
which they call "a voice from the Chris
tan church. The declaration takes the
ground that the church is a more worthy
institution than the fraternal organization.
1t urges the observance of Sunday. Ii
declares opposition to the saloon. and pro-
tests against immoral theaters and Laoce
halls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
THE ECLIPSE OF THE sun.

No well-defined reasons are given for
the trouble in the Southern republic.
This so-called revolution had its coun-
terpart just sixteen years ago. when
CATERING T.. Cara led band of Next
cans and MeXican-Texans against an
army post just over the border and put
most of the garrison to death. Cara
crossed the Rio Grande into the United
States, and for two years his followers,
taking advantage of the cover of the
chaparral, kept Southern Texas in a
turmoil until finally they were round
ed up and captured by American
troO1s.
1t is charged by the -Mexican authori-
ties that the bands which are causing
the present trouble were recruited in
large part in the United States. Texas
has been the haven in the past of Mexi-
cans watching their Revolutionary op-
portunity." and there probably is a
basis for the charge that the United
States in this instance was the scene of
the chief plotting and the base of the
first operations.
This government within the last two
years has made several arrests of Mexi-
cans who were known 10 be melting re-
bellion against the rule of Diaz from
the supposed security Of American soil.
The arrests apparently did not accom-
plish the end sought. The restless part
of the Northern Mexican population has
nad grievances largely local in thecc
nature which they have expanded into
grievances against the DiaZ government
and against the existing order of things
generally.
The insurgents, it is said. have fed
northward after a defeat at the hands
of force of Mexican regulars. If they
have had their strength broken as an
organized force, which is not at all
certain, they may follow the Cara ex-
ample, take to a mountain or a chapar-
raj fastness and become bandits pure
and simple.
The Cara uprising cost the United
States government q lot Of monepy.
Troops were in the field along the Rio
Grande for at least two years before
the outlaws finally were rounded up
and sent to prison. These Northern
Mexican troubles are a concern to two
governments. In one or two uprisings
in the past the United States has been
the chief sufferer. Our State Depart
ment is now carefully watching devel-
opments. The department officials feel
that the trouble will be adjusted salts
factorily and every effort will be made
for the preservation of neutrality.