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The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-19

y. ID. DrlStOl ana d u Ondllldn.
Run in that way with seventeen
voting places the Santa Cruz notice
filled 81! inches Of space. Had the
Review method been adopted the
Santa Cruz notice would have taken
about fifty inches Of space; had the
style OF the Citizen prevailed the
space taken would have been about
thirty inches. As these services
are paid by the inch it will be seen
that the Review has grated 1000
while the Citizen has grated but
about 37@o.
1t becomes lily newspapers that
have SO much to say about graft in
the public service do the kind Of
work set forth above, just because
they have the chance.
But after all this matter of graft
is deeper and more widely spread
than among politicians and news
papers. The whole business system
Of the American people has been
too strongly impregnated with it.
!
Recently the New York Times
published little poetical skit
which describes the situation ex-
actly. It is from the pen Of Mr.. j..
w. Fowley, and is here reproduced
to point this article:
a Rural Motalist.
Hold Graham says we amt got no
OF tn way that the country is run
Than noIhim' At all, and tn whole
Into wreck II there amt somethin'
done;
Ii we just had today men like Webster
and Clay
! But there amt no such statesmen
SO dishonesty's rife In political life
(And he weighed his hand in with
| the cheese).
Hod says nobody knows where tn tax
An tn funds of tn people an SIGH
An what can we expect from tn men
we elect
SO as fur as he knows from tn way
tn world goes
There amt no relief he can see:
Till we ali Learn ag'in to declare
(And he weighed in the scoop with
the teal.
Ho says morals is slack an we ought
to go back
To tn days OF our earliest youth,
When Teller was taught to do just
as he ought
An tn wasn't no discount on truth;
When mans word was good an he
did Ms he should
An tn Teller who served Uncle Sam
Worked as hard as though he worked
for you or for me
(And he weighed in his knife with
the ham)
An Hod says that tn more he runs
grocery store
An tn more that he studies an
reads
down grade,
With cur morals all grown up tc
weeds;
An tn one thing to do is for me an
An for every respectable soul
To stick 70 tn ways OF tn old-fash
toned days
$50 he weighed himself in with the
coaD.
But these evils as described ir
the effusion copied are not of Q
sudden growth. They have ex
listed for years, perhaps generations
The OASIS editor recolects a ski
that went the rounds Of the press
when he first commenced reading
newspapers, half g century ago. A
country grocer, deacon in tn,
church, calling to his clerk. dowr
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-19
CRAFT eRasTll

The great evil OF the day, accord
ing to the democratic newspapers
of the United States. is the fraud
and corruption in oIficiallom; and
as the republican party has been
longest in political power, they
allege that it is all due to the re-
publican party. And these news
paper assertions have been crystal
LIED into platform declarations,
which are echoed from the hustings
by every democratic orator.
But the democratic newspapers
themselves never perpetra.e graft.
.Ol Mol Right now, upon the ex
change table Of The OASIS, there
are the Bisbee Review OF Septem-
Der Is, and the Tucson Citizen OF
the 18th inst, each publishing the
notice of primary elections in the
respective counties Of Cochise and
Pima. The notice for Cochise
county is padded out so it occupies
no less than seventy four inches Of
space in the Review, and this re.
production OF the announcement
for one precinct shows how it is
done:
BENSON PRECINCT.
Polling Place, School House.
Democrats
Judges-John Ham and B. Owens.
Clerks-Joe Larrieu and Sam Fried
man.
INSPECTOR. d. Norwood
Republicans
Judges-C. +. Moss and William
Ohnersorgen.
Clerks-E. j. Castafleda and Doane
Merrill.
spector-M Milton Fairlee.
Socialists
Judges-Lew Roach and Sam Nc
Laughlin.
Clerks-H. Armitage and w. H.
Sprouse.
Inspector-M X. Sipe.
The Citizen is not quite so brazen
in its padding, but it makes the
notice thirty-six inches in this
modest way:
TUCSON PRECINCT NO. /.
Inspectors, R. Rasmussen, J. NJ.
Ronstadt, b. E. Chute.
Judges, Tom K. Richey, H. E
leighton, Wilkins Manning. Geo.
Meyers, A. c. Roswe !, Cyrus Grow
Clerks, Harry Edwards, |. Neu-
statier, J. w. Whendon, Stanley
Watson, A. NJ. Reeder, J.. Angus.
Voting place, City Hall.
There are thirty-two voting
places in Cochise county, anc
twenty-five in Pima. Had The
Citizen followed the same plan as
did the Review the Pima county
notices would have stretched on
to about sixty inches.
But the fair way to have run the
notices would be as is the similar
notice for Santa Cruz county, al
run in THE OASIS, of which the fol
lowing paragraph is an excerpt:
4 NOgales, Precinct No. l.--DemOcrati
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-19

The Citizen is not quite so brazen
in its padding, but it makes the
notice thirty-six inches in this
modest way:
The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-19
BENSON PRECINCT.
Polling Place, School House.

Democrats
Judges-.Iohn Ham and B. Owens.
Clerks-Joe Larrieu and Sam Fried.
man.
lnspector-J d. Norwood.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
RULER BOWS TO
WILL OF PEOPLE
Emperor William Of Germany Says
He viii Never More Insist Upon
Personal Policies.
Public uttersnees Of Naughty Ruler
Gets Him in Bad Repute With HE
Subjects, who Show Their Dis
pleasure in Significant Manner.

Berlin Forced by the angry tide OF
popular feeling that swept the empire
IRON end to end, Emperor William
on Tuesday yielded to the nation and
promised henceforth to conform to the
constitutional methods OF conducting
the policies OF Germany.
The climax to the public utteranees
OF the emperor was reached in an
interview which he gave TO an Eng
lishman and which was published in
the London Daily Telegraph on Octo
Ter 2S As the outcome OF this the
whole country was aroused. the
Reichstag indorsed the attitude OF
many of It's prominent members when
they denounced the sovereign. and
Chancellor Won BueIow, while he at
tempted 10 smooth away the affair,
undertook 10 communicate to his ma
ieaty a straightforward and unyar-
rished statement OF how the German
people viewed his intervention In AZ.
ialrs Of state.
The interview between the emperor
and the imperial chancellor took place
at the new palace IN Potadam Tues
day morning and at Ito conclusion the
emperor made formal promise 20 bis
| people that In the future he would not
hct except through the chancellor and
his asTociate ministers.
| So marked has been the change In
the last few days OF the Germans to
ward their sovereign that a crowd OF
some 500 that had gathered at a
| church Tuesday afternoon, TO attend
/ the funeral ~ the late General Count
! Hnelen Haezlor. at which the emperor
and empress were present, being un'
aware OF the result Of the audience,
greeted their maiesties almost In 81.
| lence. Only few hats were removed,
and there were no cheers when the
emperor and empress returned Ia
their automobile and started for Pots
/ dam
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26

by the dowager empress soon after
the marriage of Prince Chun in 1908.
An edict issued on Friday made
Prince Pu vi heir presumptive.
Prince Chun is a brother of the EN-
peror. His name is Tsai-Feng, and
lac succeeded to the title of his father,
Prince Chun, in 1891. He is lieu
tenant general in the Plain White
Banner corps and visited Germany
in 1901 as a special commissioner Of
the throne
The foreign legations were notified
Sunday morning by the foreign board
of the death of the emperor and the
succession of Prince Pu vi Troops
have been in readiness for several
days to quell any disorders that
might arise on the death of Kuang
Kuang Hsu. The possibility OF up
risings was made greater because OF
the fact that the death of the dow
ager empress was known to be close
At hand.
Until word of the death is spread
broadcast no disorders are appre
hended. China Is quieter now than
AZ any time since 1900. Local disor
ders in the south are possible on any
preteXt but the north is more in
lined to peace There are few signs
II antagonism TO foreigners, and there
is no manner of doubt that Prince
'hun will be able to meet the situa
lion
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
CHINESE EMPEROR DEAD
OOWAGER EMPRESS FOLLOWS
Remarkable Woman Who Ruled CHI
ne. for Half Century, Dies TWO
Days After Death Of Emperor

pepin -FolIowing closely upon me
,..,s ri the death on Friday Of the
amperor Of China, comes the anthen
treated report OF the death ol lhe
dowager empress. Tsze Hsi An lne
aptocrarc head Of the Chinese gov
,rpmeut which she has directed WIN
out successful interference since 1871
and without protest since 1881 Inc
,nnress died AT 2 O'Clock SUNDAY
afternoon. a..
rho death of the emperor Of emma
brings To an end the reign OF d SOY
erejgn feeble in mind and body VINO
bas been dominated all his life by the
gllpowerful influence Of the dowaser
empress Kuang Hsu's reign VIII
be completely lost in the rule oil TIRE
empress.
The emperor was born in 1870. HIS
succession to the throne was one OF
the many arbitrary and Illegal acts OF
the dowager empress, VINO adopleu
him into succession from a genera
uon the same as that Of his predeces-
sor. although the convention OF the
Manchu dynasty and precedent pro
vide that the succession shall 90 10
the next following generation.
An edict issued at o'clock Sunday
morning placed upon the throne
Prince Pu VI, the 3year-old son OF
Prince Chun. the regent Of the empire
| in accordance with promise giyer
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
MAN WHO SHOT HENEY
BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS
Had seereted a Small Pistol in His
Shoe, and Although Twice
Searched the Presence Of the
Weapon Was Overlooked.

San Francisco. Morris Haas. who
attempted TO assassinate Francis j.
Heney. on Saturday night committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the middle Of his forehead with a pis-
tOl he had concealed about his person.
Haas went TO bed at 3 o'clock at the
county jail and covered up his face
with blanket. At $40 a shot was
heard from his cell. and when the
had rolled out Of bed and was lying
dead on the floor. with bullet hole In
his forehead A .4l.caliber single-shot
Deringer was grasped in his hand.
His left trOuser leg was pulled up.
and examination showed a mark on
his examination showed a mark on
his leg where the weapon had rested
while concealed In his left shoe.
Haas wore CATERS with elastic sides,
which made this possible
After he had shot Heney. Haas was
searched by Police Captain Duke. De
tectiye Burns and a police officer. Az
ter he had been taken 10 the county
jail he was searched again, but at
neither time were his shoes examined
Haas went to bed Friday night with
his shoes on and again Saturday night,
and when asked why he did this. said
that he would rather sleep with them
on. His wife called on him during
the day but two officers were present
during the interview and they say she
could not possibly have slipped the
weapon to him.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
HUNDREDS LOSE
LIVES IN MINE
E,DlosiOn in German Mine Causes
Greatest Loss Of Life in Mining
History of the Country.
Fir. Followed Explosion and men arc
Caught in veritabIe Death Trap
Mine Flooded and All Attempt
at Rescue Abandoned.

Hamm. Westphalia, Germany.--ohe
NJ the most horrible disasters ID Ine
history OF mining in Germany occurred
Thursday morning at the hadpeu
,,ipe about three miles from TINS
rIace There was a heavy explosion
about a. m. and almost Immediately
the mine took fire. OF $50 miners
working underground at the time only
six escaped without injury. Ihlrly-
6vo men were taken out badly hurt
and tbirty.seven we're dead when
brought to the mouth OF the PIT. Inc
remaining 3O2 have been given up Tor
lost.
The explosion was unusually vlo-
lent DESTROYING one of the shafts,
which had to be partly repaired be-
fore the rescue work began. In addl-
ton. the flames and smoke proved al
most insurmountable obstacles in the
eerly efforts of the rescuing parties.
A special corps, composed OF the men
who rendered such valuable aid in the
terrible mine disaster at Courrleres
France. in March, 1906, arrived upon
The scene shortly before noon, but were
unable TO enter the mine, being forced
20 wait the efforts of the firemen to
keep the flames in check.
Meantime heartrending scenes took
Lace al the mine when the dead anc
wounded were brought to the surface
and there were similar scenes in thS
town when the injured were transport
ed through the streets TO the hosplt
! ais. At O'Clock the fire had MADE
! great Roadway. and later in the after
! noon after a consultation of the engl
| neers. it was decided that any fur
| Their attempts to rescue the entombet
men would be in vain, owing TO the
impossibilty of entering the galleries
At the same time an order was ISSUED
TO food the mine.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
China Appreciates Kindness.

Washington.-In view of the actor
OF congress in renting about $l1,
100000 of the original Chinese Boxer
indemnity of $24.OO0,O0O under the
protocol of September I. 1901 a new
feature of the amortization of this
debt Is being worked out at the state
department The plan contemplates
the maturity of the bonds issued to
satisfy the American claims as origi-
nally proposed in 1910, but the yearly
payments will be reduced. That China
deeply appreciates the action of the
American government has been made
evident in many WAYS.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
Auto Went over Bluff.

Spokane, Wash.-Carrying one OF
its occupants to her death, an automo
bile in which were seven persons
plunged over precipitous bluff over
looking the Spokane river shortly af
ter o'clock Sunday night. The par
~ In the machine was composed OF
William A. Nichols, president of the
Nichols Investment company, his
three sisters, Mrs. II, c. Swami, Miss
Mary Nichols and Miss Mona
Nichols; II. c. Swami of the Swan
Mccain Electrical company. a brother.
iu-law; Chauffeur Charles Chambers
and William Falk of the Dulmage
Rose Automobile company, Miss Mary
Nichols died three hours after the &C.
cident
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
STOLE NEARLY A MILLION.
Chicago Real Estate Man confesses
to Long List Of Frauds.

Chicago Peter Van Vlissingen,
real estate dealer. for years classed
among the first OF Chicago's prosper
GUS and reputable business men, on
Honday confessed to having obtained,
through forged deeds and notes, more
than 100000, and few hours after
his arrest. on his own urgent appeal
10 be punished. was sentenced to the
penitentiary. The arrest. the lndict.
ment, the confession and the sen.
tence were the work of less than four
hours. Taken In the midst of bust
ness from his Office desk, at 172 Wash
inton street. shortly after the noon
hour, Van Vllssingen, venerable
looking man, appeared before the
court, and in tears confessed that for
from eighteen to twenty years he had
been securing money through the sale
OF forged documents, and though he
had bought back many Of these spuri-
GUS instruments without detection, at
least twenty-five people would lose an
aggregate OF more than 100000
through the paper which he has not
yet redeemed.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
AFTER SUGAR EFINERlEs.
The HaVemeyer and Elder Companies
Accused Of Eraud.

New York,-The United States gov
eminent has brought six suits against
the American Sugar Refining com.
pany 10 recover forfeitures and Gus.
toms receipts amounting to $3,62412l
ON sugar delivered at the Havemeyer
and Elder retlneries In Brooklyn dur.
ing the past six years. The govern
ment alleges fraud in weighing ship.
ments.
The first Of the suits was for ST.
100000 and was filed with the courts
on October rs, and the others were
tiled October 2S The filing OF the
action was kept from public knowl.
edge until after the election, but was
made known on Monday The Amer
lean Sugar Refining company has filed
denial of the charges
Two OF the suits were brought for
the forfeiture OF all importations OF
sugar delivered at the Havemeyer and
Elder refinery for period of but two
ears, owing 20 the statute of nmita-
lions, although the first action alleges
fraudulent weighing for six years.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
wss ths emnress peIs0neal

Pekin Nothing has developed In
Pekin 10 substantiate the reports that
the emperor % China @pr the dowageS
empress was poisoned OF otherwise
we're the victims OF lo,d play. An the
foreign iegations here agree that the
emperor died natural death. opin.
ION varies. however regarding the end
Of the doWager empress. but all the
deductions ia het ease are negligible
and tn no sense related 10 the source
whence have come the circumstantlal
details Of the passing away Of their
natesties
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
CANNON On rarln RevIsIon.

Cleveland. o.At a banquet here
Tuesday night, Joseph G, Cannon
speaker of the house OF representa-
ives, said; I'VE have had an elec'
ton. and no one realizes Il more than
do In our anxiety To get votes We
sometimes put in our platforms things
that are not orthodox with ~ govern
ment Of the people The Republicans
are goinR 90 carry out every pledge
they made The tariff will be revised
~ experts One hundred days after
congress cOnyenes We viii have q rev
tnue law Il will not be perfect, be
cause that would be impossible, but
Il viii be the hesA that can be done
and we will march on under u"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26

Chicago Herman Billvk. convicted
oi che murder Of i've members Of the
N4rai family vHs sentenced by Judge
barnes On TuesdAy to hsng On pcCem.
Ter A. The tight of Bi,lek aud his
theuds for liberty which carried the
case before the United states supreme
court. hiss attracted wide attention
biIisk "a fortune teller whose income
vas q lived from tho ignorant and
suggestions rssi ars,aic 80 causing
tha death a. he Nkrals, all Of whose
lives were insured. and which money
Billek Is said 20 have r'aaRed 10 Sc
cure
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
o, in,sres, TO Miners.

Paris A aeries OF successful eX.
pcrimouts 20 prevent explosions In
mines was conducted ON Tuesday Az
their conclusion the belief was ex'
pressed that the danger from coal dust
CONGREGATIONS IN mines following ex
pioslons 81 IRE damp could hence
forth be prevented The experiments
demonstrated that certain low tenn
perature" or safety explosives" sub
stituted for dynamite or other high
tension explosives. do not set the coal
dust on Are and furthermore. that 80
per ecnt schist dust. mixed With coal
dust renders he latter free from the
danger OF explosion
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
Former Governor Of Montana is ssrl
ouGiy M

Helena. Mon, Former Governor
n. n Smith u Montana Is critically
an with ursemic pOisonings In the
Kalispeli hospital aud little hopes Of
bis recovery are entertained lie was
a member of the constitutional con.
Nention was United states district
attorney under CicyeRuds first ad-
mluistration. aud was governor OF
Montana -four years, taking Once Jan
uary 1901 tie is 4 native Of Ken
mchy but came go Montana In the
carly DAYS at the state
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
SIX MEN FALL TO
BOTTOM OF MINE
Dropped From the Cage Over Two
Hundred Feet, the Bodies Being
Mangled by Falling Timbers.
Almost Miraculous Escape Of Others
Who Seemingly Were Doomed
Tragedy Was Result Of Most
Peculiar Accident.

Piltsburg. Six men were Instantly
killed, another was dangerously In
jured and three others had narrow es-
Capes I'm a mine cage accident late
Monday at Ellsworth mine No. J. 10
Gated In Washington county. The
mine is owned by the Ellsworth Coal
company Of this city. Three Of the
men hailed were mining operators,
the others being foreign miners.
The three engineers, who had been
employed by the company several
years, had Just completed a survey
OF the mine preparatory to starting
new entries. the six foreigners having
assisted them. A heavy wooden beam
was loaded into the cage and its ends
PROJECTED beyond the side, the men
riding on the timber. All went well
until they were within seventy five
feet of the top of the shaft when the
projecting beam struck one OF the
planks OF the shaft cribbing, displaced
by expansion due to the cold. and
most OF the men were dumped out of
the cage. Six fell to the bottom, a
distance of 225 feet, the heavy tim
lers on top of them and were crushed
almost beyond recognition.
Randolph a drilling machine opera
tor, who was badly injured, although
almost unconscious from blow on
his head. caught a chain at the side
OF the cage and chung to 1t until res
Cued at the surface
Three OF the foreigners we're
thrown with the first impact to the
floor OF the cage and reached the sur,
face stunned and slightly bruised. but
little the worse for their experience
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
Air and Water Cures

1t is a remarkable fact ths1 a. y,
various natural so-called mins's
waters" so with various airs sAA.
people find beneficial, no one mas =
clearly and decisively shown "
first place, whether they exert
chemical effect of a special hus !.
the people who seem to oensu' !.
drinking the one or breatnlhs
other; still less has anyone -
what is the particular ehemleA :. 4.
dent of the air or of the water !. ~
given resort which exerts the
cial effect attributed to tha' y
that water.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
suffranettes Invade Church.

London.-The suffragettes Thursday
right for the first time carried their
campaign into place of worship. Au,
gustine Birrell chief secretary for Ire,
land, while addressing meeting in
favor of disestablshment at City
Temple, was subjected to disgracefm
lnsinuations. Nearly a score of the
adherents of the suffragette move
nent, men and women. were elected
from the building amid uproarious
scenes of struggling and violence
This was after an earnest appeal by
Birrell and the pastor for the suffra
eettes to withdraw.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26

San francisco. Superior Judge
LAWYER brushed aside On Tuesday all
dilatory motions tnteTposed by the At.
torneys 81 Abraham Ruef ia the trial
~ the former political boss ON one
OF the many charges ef bribery against
him. which was interrupted By the at.
tempt 10 assassinate Francis J Hency.
the assistant district attorney nur.
Ing two sessions Of court ludse I aw.
Tor denied In Succession the motion
ut Rurf tos slange Of venue a con.
,iuuance of lhiiy days and the dis.
missal ~ he jufY
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
Song May Save Man.

New York.-Mrs Emma CaIve on
Monday sang DIR. William r. Bull.
New Iork's famous physician. whu
apparently was dying of cancer. back
to life from the brink of the grave
after ii was all over Or Bull sat up
In bed for ten minutes and said that
he was going to get better Il am
Ioing to get Wen, he said. as his
face glowed with life. To his wife
ne said We will prepare al once 10
80 10 Europe, | want 70 make trim
to Germany whore | can live quietly
and fully recover
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
DENIES That He Was Bought.

New York Frank ", Scott Of the
Century Publishing company, declared
positively on Tuesday that no money
had been paid or was to be paid by
the German government for the sup
rresRion OF Dr. William Bayard
Hale's interview with the kaiser
which had been announced for publ
,ation In the magazine, A cable from
Berlin Tuesday might stated that a
weekly journal protested TO have re.
table information that, after .negotia
ions between the German foreign OF
Ace and the writer OF the interview
he government had paid Or, Hale
$50 600