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Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
PRETTY GIRL SHOOTS MAN.
Refuses to Draw Gun
Against Her.

Tunica, Miss, June 21.-Using the
pistol her father had used in former
tragedies between the families, Mrs.
Una May Weinstein, daughter of T. NJ.
Houston, who was recently killed by
]. T. Lowe in a street duel here. shot
and mOrtally wounded Lowe today,
sending a bullet which penetrated the
lungs, entering from the back
Lowe turned and leveled his revolt
yer, but dropped it by his side wheE
he saw his assailant was a woman. d
second shot was fired by Mrs. Veins
stein. but it went wide of its mark
Mrs. Weinstein is under arrest at
the home of her mother. Lowe waA
taken to Memphis for surgical atten-
ton. The bullet penetrated his body
and crushed a diamond stud worn in
his bosom.
Mrs Weinstein is nineteen years of
age, and has just been married. She
is a member of one of the wealthiest
families in the state. Lowe is Lead
ing attorney.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22

London. June 21.-Favored by beau
tiful weather and again displaying
a totally unexpected genius for or
ganization the suffragettes demon
stration in Hyde Park today was an
unparalleled success. Encouraged
by their previous successes, the suf-
fragettes planned today's demonstra-
ton to be the climax of years of
fighting for women suffrage.
1t is hardly too much to say that
never before has such a demonstra-
ton been seen in-London. Fully a
half million people assembled in and
around Hyde park, active and pas
sive participants in the great meet
ing. while for two or three hours in
the middle of the day the whole
center of the city was in a ferment.
Various professions appeared, each
about a mile long. The suffragettes
from the provinces" were met at the
various railroad stations by delega-
tiOns from the London organizations
and these forming a line, marched
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
The Greatest Demonstration London Had
Ever Seen
The Entire City In Ferment With Marching Throngs,
Which Centered at Hyde Park Where Half Million
People Were Assembled.

from different points of the COM
pass to Hyde park.
About twenty speakers in all har-
angued the masses on the rights of
women to vote and the necessity of
forcing parliament to adopt a resolu-
tion on the question. The speeches
were practically inaudible on account
of other noise.
Ambulances were kept busy dealing
with cases of fainting and minor
injuries, owing to the great pressure
of the crowds, but no serious acci=
dents occurred.
Considerable scuffling and rowdyism
occurred aronud the platform occupied
by Mrs. Parkhurst, the leader suffra
gettes. and it finally became so ser
ious that there was need of reinforce
ments of police. Thirty persons We're
treated for slight injuries as a result
of crowding and fainting in the neigh
borhood.
Similar scenes were enacted around
Mrs. Martels platform.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
ELEVEN INNINGS
MAROONS WIN
A Close and Hard Fought
Battle Yesterday
FraternaPs Banner Trailed
In the Dust In a SeesaW
Tug of War.

Maroons ....... .O9 OIL o 1 o 1t
Fraternals ........OO1O103 O0-5
Yesterdays baseball battle was the
most exciting and fastest of the sea-
son. 1t took the Maroons eleven con-
tinuous rounds to win, continuous ex-
cept for intermissions when the flag of
truce was hoisted over the bloody field
to carry off an occasional injured man.
The crowd sat glued to their seats till
the last ball went to second and retired
the last man in the last of the closing
chapter Eleven inning games don't
happen often enough in Phoenix for
the novelty to wear off. The result
was matter of guesswork at any
stage, there were usually men On bases
when the third out came, and the err
rors which were committed only added
to the interest because they invariably
put one side or the other in a bad
pickle. sizEi
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
DESPONDENT MAN ENDS LIFE.
Maryland Farmer Jumps Into Antie
tam Creek, Near Hsgerstown.

HagerstOwn, Nd, June 21.-Despon-
dent over continued illhealth. and
dissatisfaction at Bellevue Asylum,
where ne was an inmate, Columbus
Franklin. aged about seventy years,
committed suicide by drowning in the
Antietam Creek, near Punstown, about
two miles from this city.
When the body was discovered to-
day it was wedged between two rocks
in the stream, a short distance below
the stone bridge over the creek. at the
Antietam FIGURING Mills. sWhile no
one witnessed the drowning. the
authorities are satisfied. from all the
circumstances surrounding the case,
that Franklin took his life. States
Attorney Armstrong made an inves-
tigation, and decided an inquest IN
necessary. Franklin came to this sec
tion from Carroll County, Mr..
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
The WatChfu| Eye of a SignaIman Prevent
ed Its Seriousness
Broken Piston Rod, While the Pennsylvania Flyer
Was Rushing Along at the Rate of Fifty Miles an
Hour

the unmanageable rod. The train was
Just approaching the tower just east
of Coshncton.
The operator saw something serious
was wrong and threw down the signal
10 stop the train. The engineer ap-
piled the emergency brakes and the
train of six cars came to a stop at
a sharp curve. The accident occurred
at 6:30 O'clock when many of the
passengers of the train were at dinner
in the dining car. Few realized how
narrow their escape had been from an
awful accident.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
MULAps GOVERNMENT.
The False Sultan Seeks the Powers
Recognition of 1t

Tangier, June 21.-Members of the
diplomatic corps have received a cir
cuar letter from Mulai Hafid, an
nouncing his arrival at Fez, and his
proclamation as Sultan. He requests
recognition, but the ministers have
not replied to the communication, con-
filming themselves to transmitting doc
uments TO their respective govern
ments.
A despatch from Morocco City re-
ports that a column of Mulai Hafids
forces have been attacked and routed
by supporters of Add el Aziz. after the
bloodiest battle since the troubles in
Morocco. The defeated column lost
100, killed and 13O wounded.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
HALF MILLION BUSHELS
OF CORN BURN.

Chicago, June 10.-Sparks forming
a hot box in the machinery in the up
per part of the Tri-State Transfer
company's massive elevator set the
structure on fire this evening. The
loss is 100000. More than 100000
bushels of corn were burned with the
elevator.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
THE PLAGUE IN TRINIDAD.
Four Cases Have Presented Them
selves at Port of Spain.

Port of Spain, June 21.-Since June
Is there have been four new cases of
bubonic plague here, resulting in three
deaths. The fourth case is a an isola-
tion hospital. Active measures are be-
ing taken by the sanitary corps for de-
stryoing rats and cleaning up the
city.
About $50 persons who came in con-
tact with these cases are now in an
observation camp but at present there
is no sign of infection among them.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
THE RACE TO PARIS.

Paris. June 21.-A dispatch to the
Matin from Irkutsk says the Ameri-
can car of the New York to Paris
race has crossed Lake Baikal and is
expected to arrive there soon. The
German car is at Irkutsk and will re-
main there until Monday.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
LOSS OF MILLIONS
BY Storm Which Swept Over Wis
consin.

Milwaukee, June 21.-In the wake of
last nights storm there is left millions
of dollars damage. Crops in the vi
cinity of Prairie Du Chen are totally
destroyed, buildings unroofed and
wrecked, glass fronts smashed, trees
uprooted and broken down. The loss
in Prairie Du Chen will reach 100000.
In McGregor Iowa, the loss will reach
100000.
About four inches of rain fell in forty
minutes during twenty-five minutes of
which hail as large as walnuts fell.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
cATTLEMEN IN FATAL DUEL.

Albuquerque, \. NJ. June 21.-R. NJ.
Sallier and Edward Jones, cattlemen,
were both killed in a duel this even
ing. The fight occurred near st.
Vrain, 200 miles east of here. The
men were neighbors and quarreled
over a cattle trade. Guns were drawn
simultaneously. Both were instantly
killed.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
PRESIDENT OF THE BRONX.
He Has Been Running His Office in
the Interest of Himself.

New York, June 21.-After having
investigated for four months the ac-
counts and methods of the office of
the president of the Borough of the
Bronx, the commissioners of accounts,
Mitchell and Gallagher, submitted a
report to Mayor Mcclellan which
stated: Evidence has convinced us
that the entire Bronx department has
for the past six years been admins
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
MR.. TAFT's START

Cincinnati. June 21.-Secretary Taft
left Cincinnati this afternoon accom-
panied by James T. Williams, Jr., of
his political staff He expects to reach
New York tomorrow at 9:1O a. m. He
viii be in New Haven by noon.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
HE USED A HATcHET.
First Upon His Wife With Fatal Ef-
feet and Then Upon Himself

Cleveland, June 21-John Kelley,
aged I5, retired contractor and real
estate dealer. fatally wounded his
wife, Margaret, aged 70, the police as
sert. early today at their home. Kelley
then tried to commit suicide by beat
ing out his brains with a hatchet. the
weapon he used upon his wife. Kelley
will recover.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
HEAT DRIVES TO wATERY DEATH

New York. June 21.-Warm wealth
er today drove thousands to the
beaches with the result that eight
drownings are reported. 1t is believ-
ed that there are several others, but
the police records simply state the
persons missing.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
THE JUNE BUGS FLIGHT

Hammondsport, y. Y, June PIG.
H. Curtis aer0plane June Bug" made
three successful flights here today, the
longest one being 1866 feet. 1t ran
81 1-2 miles en hour.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22

saw on the charge of being implicated
in the recent attempt to will General
Skallen, governor general of Warsaw.
Seventeen death sentences were an
nounced today from other towns and
cities of Russia.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22

tered primarily IN the political inter
ests Of President Louis +. Haffen and
TO this is ascribable most of the de-
ficiencies, Irregularities and depart
ures from the law discovered by u.s."
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
MOROCCAN TROUBLES.

Madrid, June 21.-The powers in
|terested have agreed to send a war
ship to Tangier to safeguard the lives
and property of foreigners,
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
WOMAN TO DIE.

st. Petersburg, June PA woman
was condemned to death today at War
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22
BASEBALL

National League.
At Cincinnati r. II. E.
Cincinnati .......... .-.....1
IlllSbuTS . L
Batteries: Ewing, Campbell and
Schlei; Willis and Gibson.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22

American League.
Arizona republican., 1908-06-22

livan; Cicotte, Burchell and McFar-
land.
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Continued on page 50
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National League.
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Trick cottage, barn, poultry house and
Yards, pasture. Near car line. Price
reasonable and terms to suit purchas-
er. &. e. Pascoe, 11o North Center st.
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should remain with Dr. Cook, SO
cali FOR volunteers was made and Ru-
doph Franco, a young German, was
selected He Is a strong man and an
enthusiastic would be arctic explorer.
Dr. Cook was left with ample pro-
visions for three years and with every
thing else in the way of tools. sleds and
other necessaries for the explorer,
During the winter DR. cook will get
everything In readiness and about Feb.
I he will cross the Ice of Smith sound
and take n northwcsterly course
through Elesmereland and try to strike
the polar sea al 30 degrees north lati-
tude. He will travel as lightly AS pos
sble and then make his dash for the
pole"
Etah. the point at which Dr. Cook
and Mr.. Bradley parted company, is
about $50 miles from the pole. As soon
as Cooks plan for reaching the pole
was made public about every one who
knows anything definite conserving
arctic exploration was Of the opinicn
that his scheme was not promisin.
Those who are acquainted with Dr.
Cook believe that he would not have
attempted anything which he had re
garded as inpracticAble. He lie man
OF 6 sinsularly practical turn of mind
and has never shown himself TO be at
all visionary in his projects.
Besides, DR. Cook is a veteran IN
arctic exploration. He has spent sew
eral summers and al least three win
tiers Il, the far north and was a mem
Der of Pesry's most important expedi-
ton. His experience in the Belgian
antarctic exploration party made him
wise as to polar matters, and his sub
sequent sojourn in the Alaskan noun
tain regions proved him TO be endowed
with an endurance unequaled by any
living explorer. In view Of his splendid
achievements the public has more faith
in him than in the widely exploited and
vociferous gentlemen who would fly TO
the pole and back again IN an in
creaibly short tins. Those who believe
that the boat, the sledse and the legs
/ are the arctic travellers only sure
means of locomotion are ready TO put
/ their faith in the brave man who has
| accomplished much and talked mod
I estly
Those who have been DR.. Cooks COM
! panlons on any of his previous jour-
I nsys into the arctic are not disheart-
ened at his protracted silence They
are reminded by II that It ia his Gus
/ tom to speak only when he has some
! thing TO say that is worth while That
I he did not take the public into his con-
! fldence until his scheme was we'll UNI
/ der way is proof Of his absolute good
J faith in undertaking the decidedly
/ strenuous business of discovering the
| north pole. RUSSELL HASTINGS.
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Dr. Cooks Long Silence In the Arctic;
A Relief Expedition Is Being Agitated

much previous arctic experience. OR.
Cook expressed a desire to go with me
to the arctic SO after getting back
from north Mongolia l took up the
matter last winter of an arctic trip
with DR. Cook, and we began to formu-
late plans. finally decided TO buy n
vessel and outfit II and to start In the
early summer. We decided that an
auxiliary schooner with gasoline eli
CINE would suit our purpose best
therefore bought III ton Gloucester
fishing schooner and had her sheathed
with three inches of white oak above
and below her water line and steel
plates fore and aft. so as to stand the
strain of the ice. New rigging, new
sails and gasoline engine were added
in fact. the ship, which was rechristen-
ed the John r Bradley was refitted IN
every way to make 1t comfortable.
obtained the services of Captain Moses
Bartlett who was first officer of the
Roosevelt. Pcary's ship. and engaged a
Newfoundland crew, Also had
twenty seven foot whaleboat built.
with a ten horsepower engine, which
could hold four men. this TO be used
In the hunt for bic game This boat
weighs less than thousand pounds
and can be dragged over the ice on
runners when necessary to avoid be-
ing nipped BY the ice pans--a constant
danger In case we should become fast
bound in the ice we took sufficient pro-
visions for thirteen men for two years.
r. p
while talking over our plans DR..
Cook said TO me one day, Wouldn't
YOU like TO make try for the pole /
said I didn't know much about that
sort of thing ana didn't know whether
I would care to stay through the long
arctic night. but l said in any event
would outfit the vessel with everything
necessary for polar expedition and
that If we found food conditions salts
factory when we got as far as Smith
sound the doctor anyway could stay
through the winter and make a dash
for the pole.
Therefore the vessel sailed with
everything necessary for polar expe
dition and dash for the pole. We sailed
from Gloucester to Battle Harbor. Lab
rador; then across Davis strait TO the
South Greenland coast We first en-
countered ice south Of Sisco and had
the propeller disabled by striking the
ice, so We put In at Sisco, beached the
ship and soon repaired the damage and
proceeded on our way north. / was
anxious to try for polar bear in Mel
vile bay. 1 gave Captain Bartlett
orders to get into the ice of the bay as
soon as possible, so as to get some
shooting.
when in the ice we saw many bear.
but found 1t almost impossible to get
them without the use of native dogs.
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II " YHEN an adventurous ex-
"a "a plorcr sails bravely away
V~ into the perilous region
dominated by what Is
known as the north pole there follow
a long silence and. as far as the public
is concerned, apparent forgetfulness.
That is because the practice of search
ing for the pole has become so common
that 1t now excites hut 1.-THE of the
interest which was formerly attached
to II. The time has arrived when pole
hunters go and come--some OF them
without especial comment II is only
when the subject OF relief expedition
is bruited that they are remembered
and public interest in them is revived.
II has been thus in the case of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook ono of the most
fearless and intelligent men born with
an ambition TO plant his feet on spots
of Mother Earth never before attained
by his fellow man with the renown
of being the pioneer to ascend to the
summit Of Mount Mckinley still fresh
in the memories of scientific men, DR.
Cook burned with an ambition to join
the ranks OF those who were engaged
In the almost competitive scramble for
the north pole The intrepid surgeon
has been in the north for about year
and not a word has come from him.
Not one of the Scandinavian ssalers
and whalers who have returned has
brought any word from him. and fears
for his safety are now so prevalent as
to warrant the immediate organization
of relief expedition.
y y
To-, 81 ~ los
tunity came TO DR.. Cook to put his ar
IDENTITY cherished desire into execution
John r. Bradley, wealthy New York
Nimrod who has done considerable OK
ploration in the far north on his own
private account. fitted up Gloucester
fishing schooner and with his wife and
DR. Cook boarded the stanch little yes
sci at North sydney. n. S., and sailed
10 Labrador and Greenland
The millionaire skipper returned with
his vessel in October of last year, but
DR.. Cook was not with him 1t was
then and not until then that Mr. Brad
ley made the announcement that af
fairs had been going on in accordance
with regularly outlined plan and that
from the first it had been the intention
of DIR Cook TO leave the party at Etah
ard thence make his way to the pole
whenever the opportunity should seem
TO be most promising. The following Is
Mr. Bradley's very interesting account
of the matter from it's beginning:
Regarding the manner in which the
Bradley arctic expedition took shape.
have for years desired to make a trip
to the north to hunt polar bear and
walrus. | often talked about such a
trip with DR. Cook, who. of course. had
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we anchOrcd, ana ] flred 2 gun IN at
tract the natives II any We're about,
Soon we saw two natives coming
ont in their little kayaks. and in half
an hour we had thirty five Eskimos--
men, women and children--aboard the
ship. the entire inhabitants OF the set
Element | spent three days shooting
walrus. which found good sport The
natives were all healthy and had
plenty of food.
I'VE sailed from North Star bay to
Mccormick bay, Rowdoin bay and
Robinson bay and had good shooting
all the way also we came across more
natives, all in good condition. Finally
we reached Etah. Pesry's former win
ter quarters Here we enjoyed q view
from the high hills of Smith sound
There was no grea, amount OF ice In
the sound SO DR.. Cook, the first mate
sud myself took the motor boat and
went north through Smith sound 30 IS
degrees north latitude. There are the
farth.rmost settlements Of the Eski-
mos, and we spent several days among
the natives. many of whom remember
ed DR.. Cook and greeted him heartily.
DR. Cook speaks the Eskimo language
and so was able TO converse with his
| old time friends We brought the
greater part Of this settlement back TO
| Etah with us
Conditions looked so favorable for a
dash for the pole later on that we de-
cided az Etah to land the expedition at
70 degrees north latitude We found
we could get all the dogs we wanted
and all the natives that DIR. Cook wish
ed to have with him AS the natives
had already cached their winter sup
| ply of food helped them TO kill walrus,
seals white whales and narwhals to
augment she supply. The Eskimo we-
men kept busy catching arctic hare
and birds to make their winter cloth
/ ing
DIR. Cook concluded to stay and
make a dash for the pole as soon as
feasible after the long dark night be-
! gins to break. We then took most of
the natives from Etah and the others
/ that we had brought to Etah and
transferred them all to 70 degree
north latitude, where Or Cook had de
cided 10 make his winter quarters
When we reached this latitude we
found the conditions changed from
those we had experienced in the motor
boat some days before; there was
much ice, and we had great difficulty In
landing the provisions, which we lowed
in dray loads and strewed the boxes
along the coast. These DR.. Cook will
gather together.
ar Cook has now about fifty Eski :
mos-men, women and children-snd
some $50 dogs in his winter quarters.
l thought it better that white man
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use in case of emergency. With us the
emergencies would arise only when a
parcel had to be done up, but the Jap
uses his piece Of string as a first aid
TO the injured. to repair rent in his
clothing to fix a broken-dow jinriki-
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where his respect for the law comes
in, and the bit of string holds the man
as securely as though he were mana
cledby cur own humane chilled steel.
nickleplated and snap-locked method. -
New York Tribune.
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around the arrested mans wrist and
then leads him by the loose end Of the
thin hempen fetter to the lookup. You
ask; Why doesn't the Jap crook
break the string and find a getaway"
He could, but he would not. That's
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people has not yet driven out. To read
about them gives you only poor idea
For instance, did you ever know what
an important thing a piece of string
is here? The children. workmen, idlers,
servants, all carry pieces of string for
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for the bear were usually on large pans
of ice miles square and would take to
the water and get away. We therefore
decided TO cross Melville bay and make
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Cape York. where we were sure OF
finding natives with dogs. We had
hard time. for we were nipped twice by
the ice and had to cut our way out.
Finally, after seven days of hard work
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STRING IMPORTANT IN JAPAN.

Writing from Japan, an American
says: You must come here to appre
ciate some of the quaint customs and
usages which contact with other
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we reached Cape York, but found It
impossible to land boat OH account Of
storms and ice SO we decided to go
farther north in search OF dogs and
finally reached North Star bay. Here
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sha, to mend tools, to take measure
ments, and, iTi fact, the string is his
universal tool chest. The queerest use
to which it is put, according TO my way
of thinking. is when a police officer
arrests a man, ties a bit of string
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Box Materials of All Kinds.
Bailey & Sons Co, SO East End South
--------- ----------------~--
Bathing as you like it at Saltair
Temperature yesterday, rs degrees,
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II " YHEN an adventurous ex-
"a plorer sails bravcly away
MN into the perlous region
dominated by what is