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Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01
TIRED OF FLIGHT
Murderer df Sisters Lover surrenders
 to the Police.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3l.-Horatio BertIam Moses. aged twenty-three, surrendered to the police here to- night and said be was wanted in New York for the murder Of stephen Brooks, the fiance Of his sister Mil hcent Moses was locked up, and the authorities were notified lie said he felt blue and disheartened and was tired of being fugitive.
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Another Fever Case.

Another typhoid fever ease trace able tO unsanitsry conditions has been located at Chihuahua hill. which seems to be tine favOTite breeding place of typhoid germs. The patient is a Mexican. The case will be sent 10 the hospital for treatment and the others of the family were ordered to move out of the house. yesterday by Sanitary Officer Perry. The uDsanitary condition that the officer found on the premises are not due 10 lack of san itary appliances but 10 a natural pro clivity Co filthiness. Conditions round there beggars description and belong properly to the caye-man age.
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Aqreement Resched

COLORADO SPRINGS. Oct. 3t.- Midland Terminal and Short Line officials reached an agreement with the Brotherhood Of TraInmen and the order of Railway Conductors to- night OF a basis of a three per ceas increase in wages. The new wage scale will be efe5tiye tomorrow morning
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sowIers to Meet.

The bowiers of the |. NJ C. \. will meet in the lobby of the associa- ton at eight o'clock tonight for the purpose Of organizing teams for the annual winter bowling tournament which will begin soon. The bowlers have been practicing for about a month and some high scores have al ready been made.
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Halloween Dance.

The Eastern Star was the host at an enjoyable dance last night at the Odd Fellows Hall The Halloween idea was carried out tastefully in the decoration Of the hall. making a scene spookily appropriate for the occasion. \ large number Of couples. members of the order and it's guests, partici- pated in the festive entertainment and the order added another star 10 it's crown as hosts.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01
STILL THEY BUILD

In spite of the protests of railway people that they are hampered and mistreated there is stiil a goodly amount of plucky enterprise shown in building new roads. Washington Star.
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Halloween Party.

The Swastika club entertained at a halloween party Monday evening at the home of Mir. and Mrs. II. L. Jen- lins, on Quality Hill The home was prettily decorated with jack o-lanteTns and the game for the evening was Hearts. Quite a number enjoyed the hospitality of the club.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01
Grand Jury Meets.

The territorial srand jury began its sessions at Tombstone yesterday and is said to have made good head way with it's inquisitorial work. No immediate report is expected al- though there may be one presented during the week. This is the last ter ritorial grand jury in the history of Arizona
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01
Lesaue Meets.

The Presbyterian league, Of the Presbyterian church of the Covenant will meet at the church this after. noon at 2:30 o'clock in regular ses- sion. The attendance of all members is requested.
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Smoker Much Enjoyed.

Following the performance of Poiiy d the Circus last night there was held a smoker by the Bisbee Lodge of the Theatrical Mechanical associa- ton in the T. NJ. A. lodge rooms. There was music and speaking, re- freshments were served and the af- fair proved highly enjoyable.
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ReceptIon Wednesday.

Mrs. Joseph E. Morrison viii enter tain at reception in honor of Mrs R. E. Daniel Wednesday afternoon at her Higgins hill home. Mrs. Daniel whose home is at Calumet, Mich, is visiting her mother, Mrs. II. Roberts.
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Murphy Leads Ticket.

An cXaminatlOn Of the retnrns as complied by the board of supervisors shows that to Owen E. Murphy, jus tice of the peace al Lowell and candi. date for county recorder was accorded the honor of receiving the highest vote cast for any candidate in Go. cbise county at the primary election
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01
soar OF SECOND NATURE

" asnInEJOu oLaTl Mr. Rockefeller has new way of shaking hands. Instead of giving the ordinary clasp. he keeps his hand closed, as if in the act of holding on to something.
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Brief Local Items
False Alarm.

A false alarm from Naco road brought out the fire department yes. terday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock No trace of fire could be discovered by the firemen.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01
UNPOPULAR DECISION

OAKLAND, Oct 51-Johnny Crayne wen ten round decision over Lew Powell here tonight The decision was unpopular.
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J. F. Ross, chairman Of the old dcmocEatic county central committee was in Bisbee yesterday afternoon.
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shift Bosses Leave.

gently arrived in inc city from Can anea having left work in that camp because Of alleged trouble with Mexi. can laborers. Several of those who came to Bisbee have already left for other points.
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Sunday at the Royal other films had tO be shown in their place The de iayed reels have now arrived and VIII be shown tonight These consist Of One Flag al Last, When the Sun Went Out. The Alligator Farm and a Cure for Crime
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'f am pleased to recommend Cham berlain's Cough Remedy as the best thing [ kuow of and safest remedy for coughs, colds and bronchial troubles, writes Mrs. l.. E. Arnold of Denver Colo, We have used it repeatedly and it has never failed to give relief" For sale by all dealers
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Miner Injured.

Miner Injured.
 Ed MitcherseH, miner at the Hol- brook shaft, was injured Monday night while on shift at the mine, suf- fering a dislocation of the shoulder. He was taken 10 the Copper Queen hospital for treatment
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01

Mrs. William Loudop Fry, mother of Mrs. J. C. Fry, leaves today for Los Angeles, Cal, where she will spend the winter.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01

Edward C. Congdon of Duluth, prominent in the C. and A company is business visitor in tho district.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-01

D. A. Richardson passed through the city last evening returning to Douglas after a visit to Tombstone.
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Wed Sunday Evening.

Last Sunday evening wedding ceremony was performed by J. C. Pritchard at his residence, which united Joseph F. ROulo, Of digger Vile, and Miss Ella Gisela Drechs- Ter in matrimony The groom has been employed h the Copper Queen company for the past three or four years, and his bride arrived from New York Sunday niorning.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. L. worthen of Los Angeles are in the city. They were formerly residents of Tucson. MT Worthen is a representative d the Cocbise Machine company Of Los Angeles.
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Quiet in Lowell.

But one case was called in the Lowell court yesteroay a vag who had been hanging around the camp for some tune past with no visible occu
 patton or meas of support. He re- ceiyed the usual award in such cases.
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Personal Mention

Dr and Mrs. I1ankins have returned from an outing at Slaughters ranch
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l.. A. Von Armin retur"~' to Doug. las last evening after a y.ss.lIess visit in this eisy.
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D. W. Beldon of Fl Paso. distribu- tor Of electrical machinery is in town
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Reds Win Match.

The grsens committee for the Codn- ivy Club last night announced that the Red team was the winner of the golf match on Sunday SO that the Blue Team arc the hosts at the din- her tonight.
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Delayed Films Arrive
 Owing to delay in the receipt of the filEis that were announced lOrl
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

was overthrow and the present sultan and govern
ment put in it's place.
Another strange object in the Great mosque is
the holy tent of the pilgrim This is used
during the pilgrimage to Mecca which generally starts
at Damascus This pilgrimage every Mosem is bound
to take in his life and the followers of the
prophet from all parts at certain time of the
year, and ride march toward their holy city.
AS they approach Mecca they take off their
clothes laying aside everything from the soes of their
feet to the of their heads Then they put on
aprons and carrying onlyya' piece cloth over the
left shoulder walk into the city They march
the Kaaba and kiss the black They pet Satan
with rocks in the Valley of Nina and end their pill
grimage with great sacrficial feast, which time
the end of Lent and the festival of Beiram
begins.
I have not these pgrmages, but they
said to be interesting to extreme Many of the rich
go camel filters something like the mule filters
used in north China. These beds slung between
poles which fastened to camels, going before
and the other behind and trained to keep step. The
camels are adorned with coins shells and other or
naments for the occasion and hundreds of small bells
jingle they march. In advance Of the procession
is large camel litter hung with green cloth and
embroidered with gold This contains the green flag
of the prophet and of the oldest copies of the
Koran in existence. In addition to the wor-
shippers themselves the has an Of SOL
diers and Bedouins There also many half-naked
dervishes, who sing and howl and cut themselves
shouting out texts from the Koran they go their
way
Within the past few months the railroad which
has been building from Damascus to Mecca has been
almost completed and it is question whether this
will not cause this great to become thing
of the past as the between Damascus and
Mecca is concerned. pilgrimage also starts out
from Cairo and of these not long ago was headed
by the present khedive.
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A Pearl, a Spoon or a Camel.

Now. turn your eyes to the city itself. With it's
gardens and orchards surrounded by deserts 1t lies
under these magnificent mountains. There silver
poplars within and without and the green shines
the houses The town has been compared to a pearl
1t is shaped very like My guide, Shammas, who
stands beside me, tells me It looks like camel and
a second glance shows me the head and neck of the
beast reaching out to point where lies a railway
station of the road going to Mecca. The road itself
is the long neck of the camel and farther back
body, the minarets forming the hump. NOW look
again." says Shammis, and II 1t is not like a
FAM" Every much So" reply, "and it is also like
great spoon with long slender handle and large oval
bowl"
To come down to details Damascus is an expanse
Of peary white, tinged with the pink of it's roofs
The buildings rise high the green, and out Of
them like fingers pointing TO heaven the minarets
OF 200 mosques with the mighty dome Of the great
mosque in the center At the right Of the latter
the arched roofs of bazaars which have been famous
for ages and away off from the rest is big yellow
building with roof of red tiles That is the center Of
Mohammedan fanatcism. II is the barracks where
thousands OF Moslem soldiers quartered. More
than 900 troops are kept there, and in time Of
uprsings and massaores. such that of last spring,
they form the greatest danger TO Christians.
Damascus is Mohammedan city. II has about
100000 people and four-ffths of them follow the
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The Rivers of Naaman.

~4mascus lies the eastern side of the Lebanon
lrsEntans about $50 miles northeast of Jerusalem,
and flies about fiftythree miles from the
Mediterranean sea- 1t is oasis city, being
rounded by deserts. It is fed by two rivers which
flow of great springs in the mountains of Lebanon
and make green this sandy plain in which they
lost. These two are the ALBANIA and Pharpar of the
Bible. You remember how Naaman the leper, re-
ferred to them when Elisha told him to go and wash
in the Jordan seven times and his flesh would be
clean. whereupon Naaman replied:
"Are not ALBANIA and Pharpar rivers of Damascus
better than all the waters Of Israel? May I wash
in them and be cleanP" So he turned and went away
IN rage.
You remember also how one of hts servants told
and how he then went and bathed in the Jordan
'and his flesh again. like unto the flesh of a
little child, and he was clean"
AS we stand on the hill of Mohammed at the
northwest end of the city and look at Damascus We
do not wonder at Naaman's contempt of the Jordan.
The latter is winding rocky, sem-alkalne stream,
which flows through desert, the great gorge de-
preston of Choir 1t has scanty vegetation along its
banks and it flows through valley of death to the
great salt sea known as "The Dead Sea-" The ALBANIA
and Pharpar pure mountain streams, and the
ALBANIA is one Of the most beautiful of the whole
world. have travelled along It almost to its
is rushing river OF pure clear green water which
spreads life all that 1t touches Together with the
Pharpar it makes green the great plain which lies
below and builds up the orchards OF Almonds april
COTS apples and the rich crops which cover it, as
well as the white city of Damascus which lies in its
center.
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Railroad Men Want Profits

regular shares. Between dividend dates, however,
the per cent but the employees generally have
been holding to their certificates that per cent
is the general rate Of interest paid.
For a time employees looked askance at the plan.
failing to grasp the benefits But after several hun
dred had invested money in the certificates It not
long before there a rush. Now there is a long
waiting list, satisfied only and then
the other investor "cashes in"
An employee can withdraw and buy certificates
again, provided there is good reason. He is pre-
vented, however, from using the investment company
as a temporary place of safety Many Great Northern
employees keep on accommodating certificates until they
have enough money saved TO buy homes regular
Great Northern stock in which event they allowed
TO reopen account with the investment company.
When leaving the employ OF the company the investor
is called to turn in his certificates.
It is said that there many employees who have
invested in certificates up to the Limits 900. Lo-
connective engineers the chief investors, class,
although hremen switchmen and other employees are
generally interested.
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The Great MOSQUE of Damascus.

But come down with from the hill and take
a stroll through the city. This is Sunday, and we
shall first visit the mosques There seventy large
ones, where sermons preached every Friday, and
1T which might be called chapels connected with
which Mechanically schools. Many of these
mosques have libraries and in all of them the chief
study taught is theology, including the Koran and
the traditions of the prophets After that law
and then philosophy, logic and grammar. Modern
sciences unknown and all other branches of learn
ing entirely neglected.
The chief center of Moslem religious life is the
Great mosque. This is of the finest of Moham-
medan churches. It stands right in the center of
the city and it covers about seven acres, almost
twice much space the capitol at Washington. 1t
has a great court paved with marble, in which is a
fountain, said to mark the halfway station on the
from Constantinople to Mecca 1t is there that
worshipers battle certain parts of their persons be-
fore going into their On the other side of
this court is the mosque proper the oblong
floor of which covers over Many great col
Gmns uphold its roof and other columns stand be-
tween It and the court.
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In a Mohammedan Church.

Entering this room we find 1000 men and per-
haps 100 at prayer Nevertheless the building
seems empty The worshipers scattered over the
floor. The women alone and the men dare not
look at them. They closely yelled and they do
not notice as we go by. Most of the men are on
their knees sitting upon the floor. All have re-
moved their shoes before they came into the church
and they lie beside in front of them The floor
is covered with costly rugs the presents from devout
Mohammedans. Think of roofing large field, up
holding the roof by mighty columns and then carpet
ing that field with oriental rugs, any of which
would be fit to hang upon your wall treasure,
and you have some of the outlines of the picture
which lies before us.
There are strange things in the mosque. In its
center is marble chapel supposed to stand the
ashes of John tho Baptist. Men sitting before
the chapel with their heads facing Mecca and they
rise and fall they pray to John the Baptist, the
forerunner OF Christ, and to Mohammed the
prophet of God It is thus that religion, like politics.
makes strange bedfellows
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me oldest Cltr Of the world.

According to the Mohammedans, Abraham first
received the divine revelation of the unity of God *
Damascus, and Josephus says that the town was
founded by w, the great-great-grandson of Noah.
The Bible tells us that Abraham had a steward who
came from Damascus, and we know that King David
beseged and conquered the place There is no doubt
that it is of the Oldest If not the very Oldest
town upon earth 1t in existence before the days
of Rameses before Alexandria sprang into greatness
at the mouth of the Nile, and while Nebuchadnezzar
was chewing grass in the gardens of Babylon 1t
old before Athens had begun to be, and already
gray-haired when Rome baby. 1t antedates any
of the cities of the present. and 1t is of the
most thriving centers of the Mohammedan world.
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Fatima's tomb is little domed mosque about fifteen
feet with praying alcove facing toward Mecca
Fatima lies in marble sarcophagus which stands
pedestal covered with green velvet and with piece
of green cloth at it's head. AS looked at the tomb
several rags tied to the bars of the window and
told that they put there as the pledges of
sick persons showing that they would give money to
the mosque If they should be cured.
The tomb of Saladin. the great Mohammedan
who fought Europe during the crusades also
in Damascus. When the emperor of Germany came
here he wished to lay of gold on it, but this
contrary to the principle of the Mohammedan
lgion, which will not allow such things in their
mosque. Therefore they built alcove running from
the mosque outside and it is there that this crown
is kept under glass doors.
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on his way here and not far from the city when
the light from heaven shined round him and blinded
him and the Lord said unto him:
81 am Jesus whom thou persecutest; it is hard
for thee to kick against the pricks."
You remember how the blind Paul Saul, as
he then called, led into Damascus and taken
to the house of a named Ananias not the hus-
band of Sapphira however, any associate of the
champion liar of history. You recall how when he
there he again received his sight and being
converted, was baptized. 1t the house of this
Ananas according to my guide and the guide books,
that visited the other day. found the Ananias of
the present by averse to small gift of
silver He took all my spare change, and then asked
for more later discovered that the authenticity OF
the house is questioned and there is another Ananias
house. which is used a chapel. looked for the
house of Naaman the Syrian, and shown old
building which is occupied by lepers.
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Heart Of the Mohammedan worId.

Damascus is the heart of the Mohammedan
world. At it's back is Persia, altogether Mohsmmedsn
At it's south Palestine and Arabia, which
Mosem than Christian while at the north are
other realms of the sultan-Turkey in Asia and
Europe. All around it the people are Mohammedsns,
who hate the Christians, and massacre them when
ever they can. This was the last spring, when
thousands killed and the most terrible slaughter
Of Christians by heathens known TO the world took
place in this region. Mutitudes massacred
and 1t only because the great Christian nations of
Europe were afraid of their pocketbooks and OF
the loss Of that balance Of power which might result
from war that the Turkish empire not wiped
out as punishment therefor. The matter hushed
up and but little Of the true story told in the
papers. refer TO the bloodshed which took place
throughout Asia Minor when the Sultan Abdul Hamid
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prophet It has also about 900 Creeks 5000 Jews
and lesser numbers of Syrians Armenians, Persians
and Druses. Z The city has Mohammedan schools and
the students dangerous those who denounced
Colonel Roosevelt in the University at Cairo. These
people are very devout One them reading their
Korans in their shops and at every mosque observe
score or more of the faithful washing themselves
before they go into their prayers. The mosques
full of turbaned old and young men, who all pray
singy and in groups and in many finds COM
panies of worshipers under leader. There also
male classes listening to explanation of the Koran
by the priests and there are men reading sngly.
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In the Street Called Straight.

1t was in the street called Straight that Ananias
met Paul. This is one OF the principal highways OF
the Damascus Of today leads from the chief gate
the south to the bazars, aud is about the only
straight street in the city 1t right through Da
mascus, and is so wide that two or three carriages
pass within it, 1t is the center of traffic, and
while there 1 saw OF camels, donkeys and
horses bringing in and taking out all kinds Of goods
One line of camels loaded with poplar trees
long as telegraph pole, the ends of whcr dragged
the road as they walked. Behind them came donkeys
with panners of green cucumbers and horses loaded
with baskets of Jaffa oranges each big the head
of baby. mean the oranges. A mule followed the
horses It was loaded with butter from the interior,
butter being packed in black leather bottles of the
shape and size of a tin dinner bucket
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At Fatima's Tomb.

During my stay here have gone out to the
cemetery to take a look at the tomb of Mohammeds
favorite daughter. As remember It, Mohammed had
several wives in addition to the four which he al
lows to each of his followers. His first wife was
Khadija, the widow whose fortune first made him
prominent, and whose servant he AS l remem-
Der it she his first convert. Two of his other
wives and Fatima buried here, and Thursdays
many yelled women come to mourn at their graves
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Where St. Paul Was Let Down in Basket.

St. Paul had a lively time in Damascus He
preached in the synagogue and COMPOUNDED the Jews
After while the Jews took counsel TO kill him, and
they watched the gates day and night for that purpose
1t then that his friends took him by night and let
him down over the wall in a basket You may read
about this in Acts k and in Corinthians H. H. Paul
himself states that the governor of the city sent
rison to arrest him, and that it was through win
escaped.
This very place is shown, and have made
photograph of the spot The wall is great structure
of stone. with a mud wall top. There is a house
the top at the place indicated. This has windows
with great them, and It is very easy 70
Imagine how st. Paul might have been let down from
such place when he made his escape
FRANK @. CARPENTER. =
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In the Footsteps of st. Paul.

have spent some time during my stay in Da-
in hunting up the footsteps of st. Paul the
apostle You will remember that he one of the
Jewish officials and was breathing out threatening
and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord when
he got the high priest give him letters the syna-
gogues of Damascus that he might bring such Chris
tians he found there Jerusalem for trial. He