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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
SToEssEL AS A SCAPEGOAT.

Russia is guilty, but Stoessel must be
the scapcgoat, seems to be the only
reasonable conclusion for the student
of affairs to reach, in considering the
remarkable trial of the veteran gener-
nj, who surrendered Port Arthur to the
japanese commander. after making
what military experts have declared
was n stubborn resistance to the en-.
envy. Handicapped 10y the criminal
faults of the despcablc bureaucracy
system. tnat plundercd the government
right and left, and sacrificed the lives
of officers and men. by reason of its
shortcomings. the defender Of Port
Arthur is to be punished for yielding
to the inevitable, in the hope Of saving
what was left of his garrison. 1t is n
cruel fate.
Specifically, the indictments against
General Stocssel charged that he dis.
regarded General Kuropatkin's order
TO turn over the command of the for.
tress to Lieutenant. General Smyrnoil I;
that he suspended the construction of
tne second aud third lines of defense (;
that he countcnanced ironical and abu.
sive reports of General Fock. concern
ing various officers in charge Of the
defense; that he sent false reports to
General Kuropatkin and Admiral Alex.
Jeff, regarding the battle of Tsin Chau,
in May, 1904. On these counts, and
Others, General Stoessol is found guilty.
The offense is II capital one; the YER
diet of the court is not yet rendered
General Stoessels trial began De
cember 10, and, soon after that date,
we reviewed at length, in these col
umns, his conduct at Port Arthur, and
the charges and counter cnarges per.
tanning 10 that memorable defense and
surrender. Theoretically, the Russian
requirement is victory or death. Stoes-
sci is now face To face with the result
of defeat. IL the verdict il for the ex.
IRENE penalty, it will be the most
modern instance of the application of
the Draconian code on record. II will
mean that Stoessel must forfeit his life
to atone for the faults of the bureau.
Gratis. II may be the Gar will inter.
fere, in ease of a drastic sentence. hut
he is AN unknown quantity, and a weak
creature in the hands of his advisors
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
TO MINING MEN.

The journal Miner is pleased to an
aounee to it's readers that the closing
u it's great industrial and mining edi'
ton is near nj hand. For this we are
glad and to those who have assisted
30 are duly thankful. The editor has
endeavored to reach all who would like
10 have their mining properties rep
resented, but no doubt some have been
missed. II any such there be aud they
see this notice and desire yet to be
represented, they should communicate
ut once with this office. The Journal
Miner does not wish TO have any com.
plants laid at its door after the pub
location IL out, 30 therefore, If you
ere not in, and IL you want in, get busy
and we will help you to get in.
Incidentally, we are pleased to be
able to announce definitely that this
mining edition will be the largest pub.
location Of its kind that has ever been
ISSUED in Arizona. The book will be
IN magazine form on fine book pape,
ard profuscly illustrated.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
PINAL AWAKENING.

Advices from Pinal county indicate
that general awakening of the min.
ing industry is taking place, and that
the severe setback suffered through
the financial furry is fast being over.
come. All the way from winkelman
to Globe activities are becoming notice.
able, aud ny that district contains some
OF the greatest low grade propositions
in Arizona, it is expected that, now
that conditions are nearly normal, work
will be pushed with energy.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
NEARING A SOLUTION.

II the japanese ministry is sustained,
as seems highly probable, in parliament.
nj Toxic, ON motion of lack of conf
dcncc, we may regard the emigration
question as in fair way to be settled.
The most significant statement yet
made, in either country, is the one
given out by Viscount lInyashi, the
japanese minister of foreign affairs.
Here, at last, we have Il tangible form
ulation or the Mikado's program.
No more laborcrs are to be permit.
ted 20 cmigratc TO the United States
ia tine guisc II students. The govern.
mcnt of Japan promises tn investigate
the personal standing of all tnosc who
desire to 90 to America. There is no
objection, in this country. to the Japa.
ucsc who come here to seek an cdu-
cation. But il is difficult to determine,
lat the ports, whether the cmigrant has
a bona ddc purpose To study here, and
then return 10 his own country, or
merely makes such declaration to ob.
tain entrance. Manifestly, such inquiry
can be conducted more efrectualIy at
the home of the cmigrant. This is wnat
Japan undertakes To do.
Still more satisfactory is the prom.
Use to prevent emigration to Mexico
entirely. \ similar assurance is given
concerning Hawaii, should it prove
necessary. There remains to be con.
sidored the Canadian border, however.
II is quite as important to guard that
entrance, as well ms those of Mexico
and Hawaii. il the immigration Of Ia.
borcrs is TO be prohibited. This par,
pf the question is complicated by the
existing treaty between Canada and
Japan, under which there can be no re-.
striction of emigration. But Canada
herself is anxious to close the doors
and, with Japan in mood To favor
these desires, a way will be found.
Minister Eiayashi declares cmphati
cally. in his official capacity, that
there is no question pending between
the United States and Japan, threat
ening our peaceful relations. The pro
gram he has outlined is still more sat
isfactory assurance to this effect. This
emigration matter is a delicate sub
iect, it is true, but, with patriotic gov
ernments at both Washington and
Toxic, bent upon preserving peace, and
conserving the material interests of
the two nations, there is no likliness OF
trouble.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12

itv of the task and the complexity OF
the problems that confronted Heney,
Burns and Langdon AZ the outset of
their campaign .t
REGARDLESS of errors that may have
been committed, the Ruct contract,
which has been published, shows upon
It's face that Rucf agreed to testify IN
court TO those things which he had
testified to before the Oliver grand
Jury. And the record is plain that
when the first of the United Railroads
eases came up, Ruef declined to repeat
his story. lie quit.
Those are facts known to everyone,
and there is no ground, in view OF
them, upon which any reasoning person
can base justification for believing him
now.
Rucf, in the Schmitz case, confessed
TO enough infamy to rob him forever
of the right to assume that anyone
would accept his word in preference to
that Of the officers of the law.
The fight to discrcdit the proseeu'
ton in San Francisco is now being
wagcd systematically, and with no lit
tie skill. Calhoun and all the other in
dietecs are giving out statements cal
cuatcd to act upon the tickle public
mind.
skilled writers, who do not sign their
names, are also sending out news
to such papers in the interior ms may
be looked to for support. All in the
hone that the people may be led into a
state of mind uufavorablc to the con
viction of the men who looted, robbed
and disgraced San Francisco.
IL is remarkable situation.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12

ts. Ear who never could get along
with Tho notorious Harry Fnaw has
been taunting hi. wife with cruel ].
t1ld you.so's until 1cr life has be.
come unbcarablc This. with the
Sights of those who formerly received
her into their homes is responsible for
the divorce proceedings. II is also in
tcresting to know what the public long
suspected, viz.i that the Thaw girl, be-
fore her marriage, agreed To part with
a million dollars Of her fortune in the
event Of ncr dying childlcss, aud that
the house Of HEREFORD was to receive
this sum. 1t was simply the sale of
title 10 rich American girl.
English society is sometimes very
particular as To who it associates with.
and often rejects those whose only
crime IL having u rakislI brother or sis
ter, yrand.auDt ar second cousin who
has stepped from the straight and mar
row path into the forbidden world Of
prescribed vice. Not that it is n sin
To- do 50, hut that il ~ disgrace to be-
"fonnd ont" Harry Thaw was
" found nut. 4" and hence the casting oil
OF his titled sister by the social set OF
London. II hurts the feelings Of this
foolish little American girl, and in Il
few months she will return to her Pitts.
burg home with any fragment of her
fortune that may still bc in her posses.
sion. In the meantime tnc Earl will
sue the family for the promised million
dollars, and. TO keep it out of the
courts and settle it as quietly "a pos
siblc, the Thaw family will probably
offer him half the amount, which of
course he will quickly accept.
Perhaps Miss Thaw will be- happier
in Piitsburg than in London, where
the cxactions of social life bear hcav-
ily upon a plain tradcsman's daughter
even though she has millions at her
command. \ rakish nobleman there j.
seldom ostracizod. while if the offender
belong to what in England j. termed
the middle class, he or she j. rarely
forgiven. Miss Thaw did nothing t'
deserve the humiliation to which sn'
was subjected, and that she resented
these Sights because of the indiscrc
tiuns of her brother il 10 her credit ~
n womanly woman whose only erin,
was in standing Loyalty 10y "A mcmbc
of her own family. II is n pathetic
announcement of the New York affair
aud sympathy will be with the youni
woman, despite ncr folly in condesccnd
ing to accept a title in exchange fo
her fortune
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
Water Carries A ThrsJ
Per Cert Solution OF |
The Red Metal
To Try I
Develop Larger
Supply
t6uuu :. SupssnL woIA)

LAWFUL S.h'bSvhL 'Ndhf
F.aP. Fowler, president and gen,n
manager of the Black Mountain Co,
per Mining company, with claims ned
Wiukelman, reports that everything
moving along most satisfactorily
that district. The situation has nd
greatly changed in the last month
So. but there are various signs Wild
give reason for believing that N
country will soon he again swarm,
with men and buster than before N
panic.
On his own property the shaft is No,
down to depth of thirty-fve fes
There is a little copper in all rock q
couutercd, but not enough to mia,
However, nothing is expected uua
water level is reached. There nevI
was deposit of copper ore It'd
amounted TO anything found atou
water. lie believes that the wa,s
level is comparatively close now. O
the Alum group, waich is situated
the side of n hill to the north Of biz
short distance, water has been foua
at fortyfvc feet. And this despite y
fact that the Alum claims are fn,
800 to 800 feet higher than Mr. Fos
er's property. But in the hills ii
depends on the rock formations when
water will be found. and Mr.. FOws
is not at all certain how deep ne vi
have to go.
The Alum mine is n remarkable on
a shaft was sunk to depth Of FORT
five feet in formation ms easy 10 q
rs cheese. II is disintegra,cd rod
Through il all there was trace
copper. But at forty-fve feet was
carrying three per cent solution Of ca,
per was discovered. Owing to the IN
that it was necessary to timber d
shaft and that no timbers were ob,aIi
able, work stopped and has no, bts
started up again. But il is the in,,i
tion of the owners to obtain timhs{
and sink to greater depth in an efa1
to find large supply of the copIs{
bearing water. At present only abb
seven or eight barrels a day rise in Y
shaft. 1t is almost certainty, so
Is said, that few feet lower ID
water will he found in abundance. !
predictions do not fail this mine vi
become one of the richest precipitatl
propositions in Arizona. The eos, !
operation will amount to little mss
than pumping the water from v
shaft. The process of precipitation
"a simple one. The water is simbl
run over scrap iron, which is es,1
away, and is replaced by the cOppl
which falls to the bottom of the tad
AS dust, carrying 95 per cent Of n
red metal
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
POPULAR ELECTIONS AND
THEIR EXCITEMENT

The number Of elective offices in the
United States is simply enormous.
When we count them from President
down To constable or school trustee in
some sparsely settled district, through
all grades, national, state, county, city,
township and smaller precincts, the
number runs into the hundred thou.
sand. And every Office, from the small
est up, In likely to be contested by
competitors, and the election is at
tended with some excitement. Who IN
TO be elected justice of the peace, or
constable, or school trustee in some
rural district may be u matter of very
small Importance to the general pub
lie, but il IN felt TO be of very great
Importance To the rival candidates and
their little circle of partizans. The
tsdpole can make as much fuss and
stir up as much mud in his little puddle
of a world, as can the whale in his
great sea. Yes, far more. To the lit.
tie fellow and his special partizans it
is n matter of very great Importance
how the election goes. These elections,
great and small, come on every year,
and the least important Of them is at.
tended with some excitement. Once in
every two years elections nave national
importance, and once in every four
years they stir the whole country. 1t
IN useless to criticize this, or to object
10 It.
Interest in popular elections,
whether of local or Of general import
anee, is necessary and inevitable fea.
ture OF "A real democracy. The theory
Is that the people by majority vote
shall determine policies and elect men
The theory Is good, though its practical
realization il not always so good. II
the people in general took no special
interest in elections, popular govern.
ment would be failure. Ii would
quickly run into "A government by a
few, and at last by monarch. Ma
democracy could long survive general
apathy any more than general corrup-
ton. Death by hamilton il rs sure as
death by active poison. Every citizen
should take n national interest in the
election. of every candidate for office
even the smallest. II the responsible
citizen does not vote, the irresponsible
citizen will elect his man. The truth
is, the strength and soundness Of a
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
ANOTHER THAw TROUBLE.

A most pathetic development of the
Thaw trial and the disgrace attaching
to the family as n result of it was the
suit for divorce begun by the Countess
of Yarmouth formerly Miss Alice
Thaw) against her husband, the Earl
of Yarmouth. The girl, it appears, is
not 80 mucn dissatisfied with her hus.
band as she is humiliated by the ostra.
cism Of herself and family by the social
leaders Of England. Although the com.
plant has not been seen and its con.
tents published, it is understood that
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12

And vet bis achievements, however
great they may be-, will not compare IN
lasting Importance with the moral ef'
feet of his pcrsonality--that huid,
boundless. moral force whica is con
vowed ,o us so ipadequatcly through
the limitations of his speeches and
writings. He is the business coach OF
the country what he has not done
himself he has inspired others to at
tcmpt. lie * continually squirting, con
tinually rXhorting the people along tne
lines Of higher cndcavor. His person
atty has made possible the entrance
into public life or our Jcronrs, our
Folks. nur lIughcsos. ROttrnness in
politics, in business, In private life,
must po-and to the heart of every de-
cent American he has brought the nee
,sssity home.
Theodore Roosevelt may pass out oil
the public eye tomorrow, but his work
-. his great, worldwide work Of rear.
ing a new higher ilcal-is finished. The
American citizen has been taught by
Theodore Roosevelt 20 recognize and
respect and use rightcously his power
lie will not be cheated again, for he
has come into his own for all time
and he will make better business man
rs the result.
w. T.. WALSH, Pittsburg.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
ABE RUEF's RECLAIMED AssUR.
ANCE.

1t is evident that Abe Ruef, the dis.
tinguished crook and political corrup.
zionist, is regaining his assurance.
Ruef has commenced calling honest
men liars.
This was one of the first articles of
his adopted schedule of tactics prior
to the time that William j. Burns and
Frank Hcney forced him to tne wall
and drew from him, in court, a fearful.
dribblng confession of his villainy.
Ruef now asserts that, in connection
with the provisional, or partial, i'm.
munity contract granted him, he "kept
faith with the prosecution. He
charges that the prosecutors are evil
men who know not the truth, and that
they have played MIN false.
Calling honest men liars served
Ruef's purpose for awhile, just az it
has served the purpose Of scoundrels
in other places, but the remedy lost
its efficiency, just AS it always will.
And now, how ridiculous il is for
Ruef, after having played all the roles
from that of the Penitent Son to Judas
Iscariot, to come forth from his prison
reek declaring that he has not been
fairly dealt by.
There are many who think that there
was some bungling in the immunity
contract business. Perhaps there was.
But not one person in ten thousand has
an adequate appreciation Of the enorm.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
is ROOSEVELT A MENACE7
lsntnrdny Evening po.tl

AHHNuINhg EN'hlHE IbNll
The question before the American
people today, which is causing The
present business unrest. is not, How
FAR will Roosevelt 60 in his attack ON
corporations" but rather; GLOW
many others are guilty besides lIarri-
man and Ryan and Standard OLE
Where does the lawbrcnking end! How
many others, besides Hartman, have
sold rs metaphysical railroads: how
many other Ryans have borrowed mil.
lions Of coin of the realm with stage
money! The people still have mn.
bounded confidence in the President.
but they have lost all faith in the
heads of our great corporations. There.
in lies the genesis Of the present un.
rest, and it will not cease until we
have reached the ugly core, and have
effected cure.
To the political economist, Theodore
Roosevelt is the greatest constructive
force, the greatest business man, in
America. He has within him more in.
herent power for good than any man
before the people today, and he is ex.
ercising his power, inherent and ne
quircd, to do lasting service to the
American people.
His achievements have never been
rivalod, in scope and variety, by any
former President Of this country. He
has ended great and destructive war
lie has inaugurated and pushed the
construction of tno Panama Canal. He
has procured the settlement of the an.
thracite coal strike. He leads the van
in the matter of forest preservation
He has withdrawn from occupation by
individuals the public coal lands. lie
has begun the construction Of a com
prehensive system of internal water
ways. He has secured the irrigation of
the waste places % the west. His in
iuenee has been paramount in the rail
road rate law, the pure food legislation
and hundred other reforms Of lasting
benefit to all the people. And ever,
one OF the foregoing achievements wa,
good business stroke Since all tn,
business of the country, in its last an
alysis, depends upon our mines, oul
farms and our forests, who win deny
that the President y recent call TO IN,
governors Of states for convention
the object of which shall be the preser
walton of our national resources, was ,
dishs"t advance for the better owe
our present hapnazard and wastefu
business methodist To attempt to con
ceive of our Presidents distinctly bus
mess successes brings mental dizziness
Such achievements seem impossible in
lifetime. TITO bring them about in tn,
short space Of seven years suggests tn,
dynamic force, the restless, unceasin,
energy Of a Napoleon.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
WILL WORK REWARD MINE.

FLORENCE, Ariz., Feb. lO-fr4
W. iioar, formerly of FL Paso, has (
terested number of Michigan az
taIists in the Reward mine in the "a
orande district and has been retains
as consulting engineer by the nj
company. The Reward is patented al
mas been worked at intervals sin.
1881. Work will be started immedlsa
~ looking towards placing the mine
paying basis.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12

Editorial Comment

democracy rest on the common citizens
and the lower Offices, just as "A great
fortune rests on dimes and dollars, as
vigorous health rests on the minor
nerves and muscles. If we look out
for the small, the great will look out
for itself. The peril of this country is
in the indifference of the "lcading
citizen 90 toe minor matters Of HE
citizenship. II is ON the lower levels
that the work Of the destructionist aud
the devil gets in.
There is mo- reason why the respon
sible citizen should not east his vote,
and east it as calmly, as nationally aud
rs free from partisan bias as he votes
in directors meeting, or signs his
check for a hundred dollars. II il a
matter Of business and of conscience.
But in fact it is not usually So. The
average voter is governed by variety
Of considerations. Too often he is GOV.
erned not by considerations Of prn.
ciples or policies, nor by the character
of men, but by prejudice, partisanship
or sneer passion. Political campaigns
~ at present conducted are too largely
nm appeal to such feelings. The voter
ought to ask himself whether this can
iidate is honest and capable, whether
he fairly represents my views and does
his best TO carry ont my principlcsl
The answer to that question ought to
/ be decisive. This Is the real demo
cracy. Once in every four years this
whole country is churncd into foam
and frotn by political excitement.
| Which Of two rival candidates shall be
I President, and which of two rival par
| ties shall have control of the govern
meat for the next four years is the
| burning question. II has the monopoly
of interest. All other interests, indus.
trial, commercial educational. even
religious, must give way and leave a
clear track for this absorbing interest.
Everybody from the President down 10
the man who plows in the field or digs
in the street shares in the prevailing
excitement. All public journals, po-
litical, literary and religious, are col.
ored by this prevailing excitement. It
sometimes seems that the whole coun.
try has gone into frenzy and hysteria.
And yet, with all its drawbacks,
such general excitement has it's i'm.
mepse advantages. Christianity now
and then needs a shaking up and re-
vival, lest IL fall into apathy and dead.
ness. 80 Of the country. Free discus.
sion, open, and even wild, debate are
the breath of life to democracy.
Free opinion, whether wise or foolish
-everybody saying what he will aud
voting as he willis the only eondi.
ton Of free state. The majority may
he unwise, but the majority must rule.
Anyhow, these quadrennial upheavals
are wholesome and Statutory. Much is
said and done that is foolish, but the
result is usually wise and safe. The
presidential campaign brings excite.
mont, disturbance of industrial aud
commercial interest, with much debate
and agitation, but, after all, such agita.
tip is healtnful and sanitary. II
helps more than IL binders.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
COMPLETING SURVEY OF
THE KELVIN QUADRANGLE

Government engineers are at present
engaged in completing the geological
survey of what is known as the Kelvin
quadrangle, which includes a large see.
ton Of Pinal county and partially GOV.
ers the properties of the London,A ri.
iona Copper company, under develop.
ment under direction of C. T.. Finney,
formerly of the Arizona Smelling Co.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
WILL INSTALL MILL.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 10. M
YORK parties have bought the Howsa
NINE, eleven miles from Date Cree
siding and within the next six mont
Will install mill of 80 tons capacv
The mill site is being laid out. Co
siderable development work has be-
done and vast amount of ore Is
sight, estimated at 10000 tons. Mus
OF TINS ore 1t is stated will averal
Is per cent copper.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-02-12
WILL RESUME AT coPpERosIy

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 10. - wo1
w''' soon be resumed on the Copper1
ity property, six miles south of On
drande, within the next few weeks, 4
eording to Superintendent Ham
Newett. The group Of claims is ov|
ed by Houston, Texas, men. and shI
down last October.