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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-11-13

CUAFJeF are mere lIOtHu TOT the
purpose OF showing what mono
poly the lessee would have.
EXTRACTS FROM CHARTER.
Section 3. Be 1t further enacted
etc., That the Board of Trustees
shall have full power and autbori-
ty
Third: To erect, purchase, main
tain and operate waterworks, cleo
trio lights and telephone plants and
to regulate the same, to prescribe
the rates at which water, electric
light and telephone service shall be
supplied, to acquire by purchase
donation, bequest, lease or dona-.
ton in the name of the municipal
ity suitable grounds within or with
out the corporate limits upon
which to erect waterworks, cleo
trio light and telephone plants, and
also the right of way to and from
such works or plants, and the right
Of way for laying water pipes, and
for the erection OF electric light
and telephone poles and supports
from such works and plants to the
municipality to extend such right
Of way from time to time.
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and the Board of Trustees shall
have the right to give, grant, do
nate, sell or convey franchises and
grants for any and all purposes,
EXCEPT FOR LIGHTS AND WA
TERWORKS. to any person or per-
sons, partnership, association of
persons, or corporation for a term
not to exceed twenty-five years
from the date of the grant, etc.
Are We so innocent and unsofis-
ticated, in this day and genera
ton, as to trust any private cor
poration~ with any such authority?
No one elAc could get franchise
from the city for LIGHTS.
No one else Could get a franchise
from the city for waterworks.
The lessee would have an ex-
elusive franchise, guaranteed by
the citv's own charter.
VALUE OF THE ELECTRIC
LIGHT PLANT & WATERWORKS
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-11-13
$4,000 lbs. of copper wire,
worth IA c., the value of
$4,000

In estimating the value of the
Waterworks part of the Plant it is
quite safe to say it is worth as
much as the new materials would
cost plus the cost of laying. The
addition to the plant Of the sever
al extensions of water mains, 4
hydrants and the new lot next a
bove the original site, consider
ably more than compensate for any
deterioration in that department.
If this may be admitted, than the
Waterworks is worth today its con-
tract cost. S65.000.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-11-13
THE WORDS YOU SPEAK

Are the outward marks Of your
intellectual capacities. When YOU
speak do you show everyone that
you are educated, cultered and re-
fined. or do YOU simply publish 10
the world the fact that you are
person Of only ordinary intelli-
genee and average culture? In
other words
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
TRAGEDY OF TIE StA
 ENDS LIVES OF TWO

Anguished at the thought that his two brothers were probably drowned Thursday in the English Channel when the steamer Elsie Mannin, ply ing between Liverpool and Ramsey. Isle of Man, went down. James Kis sick, a well known Bisbee miner, em- ployed by the C. & A. company, anx- iously awaits news of the fate of the vessel.
 MT. Kissick, who received his first news of the disaster yesterday morn ing, when he read of the great storm of Thursday that had prevailed on the English coast, wa nsodfrrei oiD the English coast, was mortified when he saw the news that the Elsie Van min. the boat on which his brother John, aged 36, was a seaman and Bill, aged 19, steward, was supposed to have sunk in the violent tempest of the banks at Mersey.
 T cannot believe JhlS pOsSlDie, said Mir. Kissick. Tt was only last week that I received a letter from my brother Bill. In it he told me that he and John were working on the Elsie Vannin. This boat is one I am personally well acquainted with, hay taken trips in her often. She is one of the staunchest bad weather boats I have ever seen, although she is an old one. It must have been violent storm indeed, if she foundeyed. Il is barely possible that she went on the rocks"
 William Kissick is well known here, having been employed in Bisbee Gt one time several years ago.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
Politics and Politician


 Butler Ames. the Massachusetts congressman who has announced him self as a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator Lodge. is West Point graduate, an officer of the Spanish American war and also a graduate mechanical and electrical engineer.
 There has long been 8 habit of nick naming men in public life. The lat est additions to the list are those of Collector Loeb and Henry w. Taft. The former is known in New York city circles as His Honor the Barber and the latter is known along the lawyers as the Earl of Pawtucket.' ''
 In the senatorial election in North Dakota next year there will be two places to be filled. Senator AcCum- ber's term expiring and the Johnson vacancy to be filled by election. The state primary law makes no provis- ion for a popular vote to i'll the va cancy, but it is considered likely that the secretary of state will require candidates to specify whether they are candidates for long or a short term.
 Many democrats belonging to the New York state organization are looking forward with curiosity. if not anxiety. to the report of the commit tee on credentials in the state conven- ton next year. when complete tick ct from governor down is to be nomi- mated. The contest for control of that committee. it is figured. will be very close between Charles F. Mur- phy and Chairman wm. J. Connors and his friends.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
PAYING THE PEN ALTY OF POWER.

Speaker Cannon is paying the pen alty of power. and seems unable to realize 1t. To his mind the revolt against the House Rules is an attack upon the Republican party, upon the principle of protection, upon orderly processes of legislation, and upon practically everything else that is good and pure and beautiful But in fact 1t is only another manifestation of the irrepressibIe conflict between the Hayes and the Have-nots.
 Mir, Cannon has been speaker for six years. In six years strong man h the sreakership can raise larger crop of political enemies than any other man In the country except the preslcent. ana ke is without the pres dents opportunity tec nss kilg friendf Even sefors the ado2tscp of the ruIes that maG> sss spea,,e- dictator os 'sgislat.on Ec man eyer left the chair without carrying with him poIiticai sears that could not be effaced. Of all the speakers only one ever be- came president. He was not much
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

of a speaker CT much of president, and his nomination was one of those acidents of American politics.
 The situation Is far more precari- ous for the speahsr than 1t ever was before. The present House rules are a political death sentence. The day of execution may be deferred, but 1t cannot be evaded. except through a fan aticism of party feeling which up holds all the acts of the speaker and transfers the blame from the man to the party.
 Uncle Joe has happened upon a time when party feeling Is not so strong as 1t was when Thomas 5. Reed began to count a quorum. In the majority there is vigorous. az gressiye minority that likes power and has strong objections to being sacrificed to make an organization holiday. This minority cannot be read out of the party because 1t will not go, and it will continue to rebel against the authority of tho speaker because 1t has little to lose and much to gain Public opinion is always likely to sustain the insurgents against the speaker, for the excellent reason that popular discontent over legislation that is not enacted usually exceeds popular satisfaction over leg islation that is enacted. The speaker lis blamed for whatever is wrong and the party or the administration ab- sorbs the credit for whatever is right
 It is in vain that Mir. Cannon ap- peals to history to justify himself The records that he recites are not fun damental. What Reed did or Crisp did or what Bryan said or how Champ Clark voted-that counts for nothing against the elemental fact that abso- lute power always invites its own de- struction, no matter who wields it No speaker can maintain his popu- larity and also maintain the present rules of the House. The speaker must personally pay the penalty for the power of the speakership.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
MORGAN PURCHASES
 MORE INSURANCE STOCK

Albany. N. Y, Dec. 4-J. PierpS1r Morgan's purpose of purchasing a majority of the stock of the Equit- able Life Insurance company was made public tonight in e statement of state Superintendent of Insurance Hotchkiss Morgan's idea is to mak ? 1t impossible to this great interest to be used to the detriment of policy holders. It will also place the con troI of the Equitable stock, outside of the present or future financial situ- ation of New York or the ,untry, and so end all the dangers that lu-k in an individual h5lding.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
WIFE HAS RESENTMENT
 OF HUSBANDS DEATH

Bakersfield, Dec. 4.-Whea Will Gross, a Santa Fe brakeman, left home this morning, his wife bade him farewell with parting word of eau. tion. Half an hour later Gross was walking on top of a freight train made slippery with frost. The train parted when leaving Kern Junction and the jerk threw Gross under the wheels, mangling him 50 horribly that he died shortly.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

dwarf all other issues In the coming congress. and 1t is possible may re suit in "balling up" the statehood bill The democrats are all heartily in favor of statehood. and 1t may be that Cannon. for spite. may turn against statehood. Just at present, however, Cannon is out for statehood and states that the bill will surely pass both houses.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
STORM LEAVES WREcKAeE

Cuxhaven, Germany, Dee. A. News of accidents. resulting from the storm, continue 10 reach here. The steamer Berlin picked up a life boat of the Steamer Vegesack. at the mouth of the Elbe. containing the bodies of the four men, a young woman and a child, all frozen to death. It is believed all the others aboard the vessel perished.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
LIVELY BATTLE EXPECTED IN THE COMING CONGRESS.


 While there is little possibility of getting Cannon out of the speakers chair. unless be dies, before Decem- Der, 1910, seven votes can encompass his downfall as a leader, destroy the present house machine and change the rules.
 Just at present the greatest opposi- tion to Cannon comes from the insur- gent republicans. They are good mad and are determined to harass Cannon as much as possible, get publicity for the reforms they are demanding and wage a general educational campaign and if they can get the votes, revise the rules.
 When congress meets, the house will be composed of 2I9 republicans. III democrats, and one vacancy. This means that 196 votes will revise the rules and destroy Cannonism. leaving the speaker holding the presiding place, but shorn Of his power. The solid democratic vote is now counted against Cannonism, as it is thought that the tariff question is temporarily settled and that there will be no more trading. This will necessitate only 25 anti-machine republican votes to accomplish the overthrow.
 The rules can be amended at any time. although there is a rub in the procedure. Cannon now has the com mittee on rules. which Is composed of the speaker. Congressman Dalzell and Congressman Smith. Minority Leader Clark and Fitzgerald. But. of course, the last two being democrats. do nc: count, and any action from this com mittee is not to be expected and any resolution referred to this committee would be promptly pigeon-holed. But if this should be done. after . reasonable length of time an insur- gent could move that the comnlitcs on rules be discharged from consider ation of the resolution and that the resolution be considered by ths ho1se. Very likely a Cannonite would move to table this resolution; but if the in surgents and democrats could muster enough votes to defeat Cannon's mo- ton the rules could be iaid hars and changed in open house
 And this is going to be the great fight in the coming congress. Every opportunity is going to rs~ watched 10 drive a stiletto into the speaker and change the rules, and the rules viIl be changed if the democrats stand together. But there Is danger Of a division among the democrats. The gang of bolters who went with Can non in the extra session to get tariff lplunder may stay with him in this fight They are a treacherous gang and cannot be depended on to go right Some of them are Tammany , tools and some of them are the tools of the whisky trust. and the sstua- ton is really not very hopeful. Nevertheless. sAe ffsst on rules VIII
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

It Is evident from tracs journals that business conditions continue to improve. These papers are filled with statements that show that the i'm provement in financial and manufac- turing is especially good That the country is making q sure and gradual gain and that an era Of business ac- tsxity, uneqnaIio1 by those of former years. Is coming
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
GRAND JURY AND COUNTY OFFICES.

The furry caused Tn tombstone curing the past week on account of r1mors to the effect that the grand jury has been engaged in making ex- aminations of several of the county offices has started a breeze which has cached all parts Of the county and like all things mysterious has set the tongues wagging far and near. Of course all transactions in the grand jury room are supposed to be held secret until that body is ready toI make a report to the court, but not withstanding this secret rule and re- auirement, there is always a leakage somewhere and in cases of official in- vestigation 1t is generally known what is going on long before definite re suits are known.
 It is the privilege of the grand jury to make investigations of all public matters and of all public offices. Un- der the law grand juries are expected to investigate public offices once a year and the atter.jon of the jury is generally directed .o this duty by the court
 When a grand ny undertakes the investigation of cornty official the utmost care shoul1 be taken to avoid any publicity os t1is work. Even an investigation is looked upon by some as a stain on official character, though it should not be because of the fat ,hst members Of ihe grand jury a.e h4man and are not without taeir pref udices-
 County offices are elected to trans act the public business of the county and they should be held to a strict accountability for the faithful per formance of public duty. If the grand jury at any time has reason to sus- pect that a public office is not be- ing conducted as it should be then it becomes the duty of the jury to call for the books. records, etc, and make a thorough examination as to that of- flee.
 However, utmost care should be exercised by jury when undertaking such work to guard against doing any injustice to an officer.
 If there has been neg-eet, ineffici- ency or dishonesty in the discharge of public duty the public is entitled to know it, so that the public service may be protected in the future and the official punished if he has com mitted a crime
 It is the privilege of Cne grand jury to express itself about any condition it finds by its investigation. It may criticise. recommend official decapita ton. thouga eenditinns may nc be found to warrant an indictment. In recommending the removal Of the county examiner the grand iu.y now in session at Tombstone was clearly w1taia its rights, but such a recon mendaticn may be received for what it is worth by the public or sy ,se board oS supervisors.
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Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

High school girl and boy quit books for matrimony." says the Atlanta Con stitution. At least they were wise enough to know that not much help toward successful matrimony can be acquired from books.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

Whatever else may be said of our amiable president in Washington, when we know that he lodged dull care for a short walk, during which he loitered along by the gay shop windows. one must admit that he has a very large vein of human nature running through his composition.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

With Cuba getting uneasy and talk ing about deposing the president. one is moved to seriously question wheth- CT any Spanish people are capable of stable and adequate self-government
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.--An un- identified man held up and robbed two drag stores shortly before mid night. 4 few minutes later he walked into the Hamman baths, an establish ment on Eddy Street, near Van Ness Avenue. and shot and Killed the book keeper. W. H. Schneider.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
THE PRICE OF COPPER.

Spectators in copper shares have figured that so much depended upon an advance in the price of copper that they have readily grasped at the sensational merger schemes as bas- is upon which to build their hopes in this direction. The Record has before now expressed the opinion that the proposed merger would not, in itself, prove of great importance in produc- Ing more satisfactory conditions in the copper trade at this time. although 1t is pretty certain that the rumors concerning such a merger have been useful in waking up the consumers, who have doubtless had a motive in pursuing the waiting policy. The ad- vance of the last week or so may fairly be ascribed to the merger talk, for it has doubtless brought In many of the big orders for the metal that have been reported. The merger talk, therefore, considered only as talk, has certainly proved purpose which the spectators in shares have enjoyed. Some of the advances in the prices of shares have probably been due to the belief that their holders would profit by the nature of the represen- tation to be secured in a big company, others have perhaps been the result of heavy buying to secure control of desirable companies, while the rest of the advances have been either in sympathy with the prevailing move ment or upon the straight merits, of the investments in the presence of better figures for the product copper.
 An advance in the price of cop per toward the end of the year has been expected for some time, merely because Of the technical position of the market, and these expectations were not formed in the light of a promised consolidation or gentlemen's agreement. The supply of the metal Is not much greater than it should be ta the normal course of commercial affairs. Unsold stocks of commodities n advance of demand are a necessity h any trade. Production has doubt less proceeded at an aggressive pace
 nanticipatIon of the big demand that the nature of copper manufactures roreteIIs. but there is nothing funda-
 mentally wrong with the prophecy of large copper consumption in this and other civilized nations. The expert euce of the world three years ago, Yhen the metal was sold for delivery
 nany months in advance of produc- lion, is not forgotten by producers, Ror do they fail to perceive the grow ing use to which the product is ap- piled A temporary agreement among producers, preliminary to the conEusa
 nation of a merger of ownership. might indeed help to improve and to steady the prices at which copper is now sold, but the actual consolidation cannot be effected so rapidly as to outrun the return trip of business prosperity now before the country. It required 10 less than three months to put the Steel trust in shape, and that was effected in double-quick time Daily Mining Record.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
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Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

You will recollect that Castro's methods were a little different from those employed by Zelaya. He knew when his health demanded a trip 10 Europe.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

It's about time for the republicans to bestow a rev4ed of merit oak Can non sy giving h;m the title Q, de- fender ef the fsith
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

5raziI's Cotton industry. Substantially onethird of the am, ssrs Industrial capital of Brazil As i., vested in cotton mills.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

Wear and Tear en Currency.
 The annual wST and tear on tAs worlds currency Is estimated at i've tons of gold and 100 tons of silver.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
Daily rhouoht.

Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear thrss xinds-ali they ever had. all they have aow. and all thav expect to haya
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
Beware of so.stins.

Lavater: He who can conceal hss joys is greater than he who can hide his griefs.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

self-Deeeption Common. Grevills: No man was ever so much deceived hy another as by himsslE
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05

A reward of $500 wlli De paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties stealing The Review from Subscribers.
 THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
s.snnor rpx, vonsc,enea.

Y. man sin allus fx up arguments to quiet his conscience" said Uncle Eben. but tain no use. No matter how much you turns de clock back, sundown gwinter come jes' de same. v
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
WORTH ADVERTISING FOR.

There 5,4G9 Negroes employed here Washington by the
Government alone these o Negroes draw salaries aggegang
$3o444o4 These than three millions spent right
here Washington but scattered among the hundreds of tradmen
this of money worth bidding for? 1t certainly and
the largest this city would refuse the big
end of did they but realize how much money the Negroes
ly spending. I.ti4~u4 1884, Iziaz b. tk8l4S
Now The Bee is the only Negro publication this city. It stands
without rival competitor andcovers field like blanket If
of the merchants in this city will ponize the advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they may have
these Negroes these 99 Negroes who draw annually from the
Government over three millions collars will that b.
rnzing publication edited and operated by of their that
such firms their patronage And such firms will
receive the bulk of millions of dollars received
spent by the Negroes of Washington
What clothing stores furniture what dry goods stores
and what other lines of business will make effort divert to
themselves these three millions dollars spent by Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee!
Place YOUR advertising The Bee and watch these 599 apec
five Negroes spend three millions Of dollars with you
Now the time advertise in The Bee the newspaper that goes
o everv Negro home in Washington Remember merchants of
Uab;roton its what advertising not what costs
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
Fires Started by Moths.

Moths and flames are universally
connected, yet few people suspect
that danger could arise therefrom.
The insects are of such frail struc-
ture that generally they get Destroy
ed before it is possible for them
to infict injury, and it is hardly
creditable that the wings would ig-
mite and retain the flames long
enough to enable the moth to fy to
its surroundings.
That, however, has occurred. The
moth was a very large one and its
wings must have been very dry, so
that when it floundered through the
fame it set fire to one wing and
darted out to a curtain nearby which
at once fared up. It is possible that
many summer evening fires in the
country could be attributed to a
source of this kind. It is notorious
that mysterious fires often arise at
sunset in the hot months.-Stra1A
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-15
Dogs AROUND blacksmith Shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways to be found loafing about every
blacksmith shop. This fact is so
we'll recognized that detectives whoa
sent out after valuable degs that
have been lost Invariably visit hrst
all the blacksmith shops IN the neigh
borhood. The reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordizately the odOE and the
taste OF burning heofs. They sziK
the odor ~ q woman snins = rseA.
and they eat the hoOf paTiHgs - =
gourmet eats truffies.-EiAAsapSlis
Journal.