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Arizona republican., 1914-06-07

Ormeston, the house in which he lay was surrounded by body of troops. The laird with whom he stayed at first would not open the gates to the in truders. but Wishart asked him to let the soldiers in if they would, saying, The blessed will of God be done."
 He was taken from prison to prison, now to Edinburgh, now to the castle of Hales, and finally to St Andrews where he remained a prisoner to the time of his suffering. On the 27th of February the cardinal and the prelates gathered in the abbey church where the prisoner was desired to answer for his seditions and hereti- cal doctrines. Eighteen charges were read in all by a priest, Master John Lauder, and after they were read he spoke many words reproving Wis hart and requiring an answer for the reasons of his wrong -dOings. Wishart said he had taught nothing that was not contained in the Scrip lures, the Ten Commandments and the Lords Prayer. He then started to speak, showing the doctrines that he followed when preaching to the people, but the cardinal, seeing that if he were heard he migh win many of his judges over to his side, would rot allow him to continue.
 The reading and answering of the charges took up many hours, and finally the sentence was pronounced It was the expected sentence, one of ccath. Astrr the trial he was con-
 veyed to the castle, where he spent the night ir prayer. The next day a sub-prior came to his cell and asked him if he would receive Holy Communion, which he gladly would have done, but this was refused by the cardinal. Soon after, the jailers came and put on a black coat, tC which hung little bags of gunpowder
 He was placed against a great tree the soldiers were put around to pre- vent any attempted rescue. Tho cardinal and the prelates were seated 1 in the foretower, which was hung
 with tapestry, and he was then tied to the stake. Upon the fire being 1 lit the powder blew up, but the cap
 tain of the castle, seeing that ht
 still fN ed, exhorted him to be ot
 rool courage. He then prophecied
 that the cardinal himself should
 meet an awful end within a few days
 (which prophecy came true), ant 1 committing is soul to Cod, tho
 flaints quickly consumed his body. Tomorrow --.Tri5I = C. lender.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07
STRUGGLE TOO SEVERE
 AGED SISTERS GIVE UP

BERLIN. June GA tragic dis cOvery was made in a small fiat in the northwest part Of the city this week when the police forced an en- trance and found the tenants, two aged sisters Antonio and Minna Spagler dead.
 They were the daughters of a high state official who died nearly 50 years ago, and for 25 years they had lived in 9 flat in Potsdamerstrass until the rent became too much for them.
 They moved 20 years ago into the rooms which were the scene of the tragedy. The little household was maintained by the elder sister, an artist, but with advancing years her earning capacity diminished and pa rish relief had to be sought.
 Then illness attacked the elder sis ter, and it is believed she died on Thursday and that the younger sis ter, in her grief committed suicide by hanging.
 The old ladies had for the past forty years lived as hermts, and did not receive a single visitor Even the next door neighbors would not 1 have known them by sight On a table in the bedroom was a faintly written note: Please bury us in the same grave"
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07

The very important issue or state wide prohibition has been raised. A campaign in favor of constitutional amendment will be shortly instituted. This. like al other important ques- tions has two sides, on each of which are found honest and intelligent per sons.
 The Republican has decided to pro- vide for a reasonable discussion of this issue in its pages. allowing to each side at least half column daily for signed articles. for which there will be no charge. No anonymous article will be published.
 It Is only stipulated that the com nuntcations for and against prohibi-
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07
THE TAX PROBLEM

There has been a great deal of public agitation in the last week in Phoenix, on account of the new oc- equation tax, inaugurated by the commissioners. There is only one , excuse in the world for an occupa- tion tax, and that is when they have to have the money. There are thousands of towns in the United States who never heard of an occu- patton tax and are getting along very nicely. The only wonder locally is that the saloons do not keep the town going. The argument is so frequently made that it is the li cense tax that pays the city's bills, and the fact that Phoenix with 25 or 2C saloons, is compelled to resort to an occupation tax is conclusive evi- dence that the argument in behalf of the saloon license is false. No man can eat his cake and have it. No town can continue to put it's money into a sewer and get rich. | No town could keep up it's public
 revenues when a large portion of it's funds is spent for booze.
 | There are hundreds of towns in 1 Kansas that are in highly pros porous condition with neither booze
 nor occupation tax. They do not have the occupation tax for the very | sufficient reason that they do not
 waste their substance in saloons. | Here is letter that is significant in this connection:
 | Glendale. Arizona, June 5, 1914.
 "G. F. Rinehart,
 Superintendent Temperance Fed 1 eration,
 | Phoenix, Arizona.
 | Dear Sir: In reply to your query 1 formerly owned 14S acres of land in
 Kansas which I traded on a valua- 1 tion of $50 per acre for 120 acres
 near Peoria, Maricopa County, Ari- zona, at a valuation of $65 per acre.
 "The last year I owned the Kan sas land the taxes amounted to | $17.42 and the first year I owned the Arizona land of practically the same value, the taxes amounted to S136.55,
 and it has been growing larger ever l since. If the taxes are eight times
 as large in wet Arizona as they are in dry Kansas, how do the saloons help pay the taxes? If there is any
 thing other than the saloons and
 their burden of evil to make this l difference I do not know what it is. l ORA R. WEED" | To make this comparison more il-
 luminative the following statistics
 are of interest The population of
 Kansas is 1,690,949 The population
 of Arizona is 234,OOO Kansas has
 S60 prisoners in the penitentiary; Arizona has 456 or in other words,
 Kansas has one prisoner to every 1866 people, while Arizona has a
 prisoner to every 516 people. Kan
 sas has, according to the brewers
 year book, GOT liquor dealers and
 Arizona has, according to the same
 authority, 1909 liquor dealers, or in
 other words Kansas has one liquor
 dealer for every 2S94 people, while
 Arizona has one dealer for every 231 people. To make the application even more local there have been in
 the past five months 23S1 arrests | by the police force of Phoenix. Of | these eight or nine of every ten have been for drunkenness, and this showing, tremendous as it is. really
 conveys but meager idea of the as man can stay on his feet and
 navigate he does not get on the po-
 lice rolls. It is only when he gets
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07
OPEN FORUM FUR DEBATING
 STATE WIDE PROHIBITION

ton be just and fair and that in no case shall there be any wild and ex- travagant statement that will in any way reflect upon the reputation of Phoenix for good order.
 It is suggested by The Republican that either side. desiring to avail it. self of this offer of space, name a committee through which all matter relating to the issue shall be trans mitted. In such case, all communica- tions received at this office from other sources will be rejected. We believe that this arrangement is ne- cessary to keep the discussion within reasonable lines.
 No paid advertisements from either side will be accepted.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07

down and out With all of this riff raff. ragtag and bobtail drawn to a saloon town like flies to honey, 1t is no wonder that Phoenix has to resort to an occupation tax to pay her running expenses, and it is no wonder, with the inevitable expense upon the taxpayers, that Maricopa County, to take care of the evils incident to the saloons, must pay a tax eight times as great as the Kan san pays.
 The experience of MT Weed is not an isolated one. great many of the other farmers in his neighbor- hood pay a dollar and a half or more per acre taxes for every acre they own.
 G. F. RINEHART.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07
PAID HIS BILL

BORDEAUX, June 6.-When asked to pay his bill in a restaurant yes terday a customer named Emile La fort produced a revolver and shot the landlord dead. He then fired at the landlords wife and her sister. both of whom are fatally wounded. After ward he surrendered to the police.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07
ESCAPED THE TEACHER

VIENNA, June 6.-In the presence of the class and the headmaster at the Czech Commercial School in Prague yesterday a youth of seventeen named Hajek, shot himself.
 His fellow scholars blame his teach CT for undue severity and mobbed him on his way home.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07
VICTOR HUGO TO BLAME

MADRID, June 6.-The editor of the Workers Journal of Alicante has been acquitted of the charge of pub fishing verses offensive to religion The verses were by Victor Hugo, and the editor acclaimed them to the court.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-07

The annual convention of the Glass Bottle Blowers association of the United States and Canada will meet in Rochester, beginning August
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
Great Undertaking Completed

Tonopah Bonanza: The State En-
gineer has just completed one of the
most important undertakings in the
history of the State. Mr.. Kearney
has finished a survey of the Hum
boldt and its tributaries, forming a
complete abstract of that drainage
area, and the result will be better
understanding of individual rights
and priorities. The lack of authentic
information on this score has been a
bone of contention ever since the
State began development of farm
lands, and the thorough manner in
which the work has been done should
conduce to more amicable feeling
between all contending parties.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
Nevada State News

Judge C. c. Goodwin of Salt Lake,
one of the famous old newspaper
leaders of Virginia City in bonanza
days, has revived the free silver"
discussion in Reedy's (St. Louis
Mirror; he says the issue is bound to
come up again.
A State consul to be in charge
of the interests of the Lincoln High
way Association in Nevada is to be
appointed soon by H. E. Frederick
son, State consul in Nebraska for the
Lincoln Highway. Mr.. Frederickson
has just been commissioned con-
sul-at-large and has been directed
to come west to California, Nevada
and Utah to stimulate interest and
enthusiasm in good roads and to pro-
mote better roads on certain bad
stretches in Nevada and Utah. He
also will aid in building the 600-mile
road from Los Angeles to Ely as a
branch of the main Lincoln highway.
He will work eastward through Ne
vada and Utah, after completing his
task in California.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
Safe Remains Unopened

At the time of the death of Earl
fremont, Receiver of the United
States Land Office in this city, near
ly three weeks ago, the safe in the
office was found locked and only Mr..
fremont, outside of the Washington
authorities, held the combination.
The Government officials were noti-
fled, of course, and little later sent
what was supposed to be the combin-
alton, but when tried it failed to
work. Then another set of figures
was sent, but they also failed to open
the doors of the safe, so it is pre-
sumed that at some time or other
Mr.. fremont changed the combina-
tion and failed to send copy of the
numbers to Washington.
Just what action the Government
will take is unknown, but sooner or
later the safe will have to be blown
into. In addition to the Government
records, money, ETC., private papers
Of Mr.. fremont are supposed to be
enclosed in the safe. carson Appeal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
NEVADA INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
Approximately Some IL, 500 En-
ployes Are Covered and Looked
After By the Commission

There are approximately 1880
employees covered by the Nevada In
dustrial Insurance law which has
been in operation since July 1, 1913,
the first premiums being collected by
the Nevada Industrial Commission.
Up to the end of the year the total
premiums paid amounted to $98,
with the amount due for the month
of December and including delin-
quents being estimated at $25, 900.
The premiums collected for the
month of July amounted to about
$4,000 while the November pay
ments were $22, 500. The law re-
quires that 10 per cent of the premi-
ums collected shall be placed in a
reserve fund and limits the expenses
of the commission to another 10 per
cent, leaving so per cent of premi-
ums collected for the payment of
benefits.
In the first six months the law has
been in force there were about 700
accidents reported to the commission,
of which 18 were fatal. Benefits
have been paid promptly by the COM
mission as soon as the facts relating
to the accidents could be learned and
the amount of claims determined ac-
cording to the circumstances of the
individual cases.
About so per cent of the premi-
ums collected were paid by the min
ing industry with the Nevada Con-
Steptoe companies being the largest
contributor of any class. The COM
mission has the authority to adjust
premium rates from time to time
and may make some modification in
the scale which has been in force, the
changes to be in effect from January
|, but this has not yet been deter
mined. The present income, it is
stated, just about provides for the
present requirements.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
Human Waste In War

Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 26.---A strik-
ing illustration of the human waste in
war is furnished by the census of the
new Bulgarian territories acquired by
conquest. The male population of the
portion of Macedonia allotted to Bull
garia was reduced during the hostili-
ties from 175, 900 to 40, 500. In the dis
trict of Mustapha Pasha, where the
fighting was long and fierce. 1000
males were left out of $1,000.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
AUSTRALIAN BEEF IN. NEVADA
Animals Slaughtered Months Ago Now
On Sale Here

Reno Gazette: Australian beef
has been shipped into Nevada and is
on sale in some of the Reno, Carson
and other retail markets of the State.
Goals to Newcastle" has nothing on
beef to Nevada" The Australian
product has come right to the cattle
country to claim share of its money.
At one of the local markets beef
from Australia was purchased weigh
ing $50 pounds. 1t seemed to be of
very good quality, well fattened and
well preserved. The beeves have
been chilled, not frozen. They do
not look as fresh and inviting as the
Nevada stock, killed six weeks in
stead of six months ago, and on close
inspection one sees where the carcass
has been specially treated, the hip
joints having been cut open to drain
out the water; the neck glands re-
moved and the kidneys taken out to
prevent the meat from souring dur
ing the cooling and storage processes.
One local dealer expressed the opin-
ion that the invasion of Australian
beef will be good thing if it lowers
the price of beef to the point where
the farmer is not continuously tempt
ed to sell all his heifers for beef IT,
stead of keeping them to increase
his herds.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
SPARKS MAY LOSE REVENUES
Tax Commission Says Railroad Shops
Should Be Assessed By County

Sparks, as city, is in danger of
losing taxable revenue heretofore
derived from the assessments placed
upon the Southern Pacific railroad
shops, for in accordance with find
ings of the State Tax Commission
the shops must be assessed as a col
lective unit and apportioned to
Washoe County as a whole.
The letter of the tax commission
has been filed with the city attorney
at Sparks and the latter official has
announced contrary opinion, in
that only rolling stock and rights of
way were affected by the law, and
that the shops are excluded and will
be continued assessable by the city
of Sparks.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31

Legal blanks and mining locations for
sale ut this Office.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
FOR WATER PIPES THAT FREEZE
Simple Remedy Given Out That Seems
To Be Worth Trying

Every farmer knows what it is to
be troubled with frozen water pipes
in the Winter. There are few but
who have not had the experience of
being compelled to thaw them out
some time or other. In recent is
sue of the Country Gentleman a
writer says he has found successful
methods of treating the pipes so
that they will not freeze. The meth
cd is described as follows:
After much experimenting | fl
nally hit upon the easiest, most mex
pensive and surest way to keep the
frost off the pipe. Ihave recommend
ed it to many persons who have tried
it and found it saves many repair
bills. Melt an equal quantity of pc
troleum--vaseline--and of paraffin
wax together and after wiping the
pipes perfectly dry apply with an old
brush thick coat of this mixture
while it is hot. An old lamp or torch
will easily keep it in liquid state.
You will find that no matter how
cold the weather may get, the frost
cannot penetrate this coat of grease.
| have used this on water pipes that
are along the ground unprotected,
and not once during the coolest
weather did they freeze up or give
me the least trouble"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31

White Pine News: C. H. Ford,
erstwhile owner and proprietor of
the Ford drug store at McGill has
departed for parts unknown. He is
said to have left $1,000 in unpaid bills,
together with having failed to meet
the note for the purchase price of
the store, the stock in which became
depleted while he had charge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31

jim FAIR AND DICK MESICk
Good Story Told in Connection With a
Noted Nevada Divorce Case

Noted Nevada Divorce Case
when Mrs. Fair sued old Col.
Fair for divorce the only attorney
who had the nerve to take the case
was Richard Mesick, a lawyer who
had no superior on the coast, said a
septuageharian veteran of Virginia
City.
when Fair learned that an action
was pending he called on Mesick and
the passage at arms began.
'Mesick, | understand that you
are preparing case against me-"
/ am your wife's attorney, Colo
mel. Take a chair
1T wont amount to much of a
suit, Mesick, for / will put no less
than IL witnesses on the stand, who
will make my wife's character look
like an old coat hanging on a brush
fence
You know your wife to be a
perfectly good woman, don't you
Colonel?'
"'Oh, yes I'll admit that, but the
court won't think SO after my wit
nesses get through with her.
Colonel let me tell you right
here that the first witness who goes
on the stand and swears to anything
that is detrimental to your wife,
there will be a corpse in the court
room.'
oh, there will, will there? Well
Dick, let me say simply that we will
drag out the corpse and put the next
witness on the stand. Do | make
myself understood?'
" Perfectly, Colonel. but possibly
| did not. You will be the corpse
Fair eyed his man keenly and the
two looked at each other while Mes
ick continued.
You see, Colonel, | am contem-
plating running for United States
Senator and | am anxious to make a
cheap campaign. | figure that if
shoot you in the courtroom for hiring
perjured scoundrels to assail your
wife, that the decent people of Ne
vada will rise up and send me to the
Senate. Do | make myself under
stood? 2?
Fair rose and walked out think
ing of the chances he was taking in
PRODUCING that sort of evidence. He
knew that Dick Mesick never bluffed
and when the case was called his wit
nesses were missing.
ITO every ones astonishment Mes
lex called him to the stand.
"'Colonel Fair, you know your
wife to be a thoroughly good woman
do you not?'
"As the Attorney put the question
he slipped his hand back to his hip
pocket and leaned forward little.
"'Yes, gasped Fair.
A little louder please. No purer
woman on the Pacific Coast. Is that
your idea?'
"'Yes it is replied Fair, and Mes
ick added. Your excellent opinion
of your wife, Colonel, is shared by
every man, woman and child in the
country. Take the witness gentle
men,
''The other side did dot cross ex-
anime and the case was given the
plaintiff in short order. Mesick' fee
was two hundred thousand dollars. !"
Exchange.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
An Apology Due

A country weekly says: I'VE wish
to apologize to Mrs. Orlando Over
look. In our paper last week we had
as heading. Mrs. Overlook's Big
Feet The word we ought to have
used is a French word pronounced
the same way, but spelled fete. 1t
means a celebration and is considered
a very tony word. "---Ex.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-01-31
DESTROYED By Gale

A two-story frame warehouse at
Elko, in course of construction, was
blown down by a furious gale several
days ago. The building was almost
a total loss.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-02

nght was burned from his eyes by the kindling
hame OF action. While no visible symbol betrayed
exultatlon, there was stealthy sureness to his
stride that showed he was about to work that the
time for reflection was past.
The native swiftly rose at a few sharp stac-
cato syllables of command from his master, pros
trating himself humbly on the dirt floor and wait
ing his commands. Fear still lay heavily upon him
because of his two failures and he was willing to
care anything now, risk even the proclamation of
the sacred amulet rather than face again the
Hell-loosed flame of this mans wrath, this man
he had stumbled across upon the beach and who,
though helpless, had spat at him farther than his
blow pipe could carry and shivered the uplifted
spear as he held it uplifted in his hand, advanc-
ing with murderous design upon the man. A small,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-02
CHAPTER XIV.
The Burned Hut Fails Loubeoue.

CHAPTER XIV.
The Burned Hut Fails Loubeque
ONE arm thrown carelessly over her head, with
slightly parted lips, Lucille slept upon her
bed of rushes. First, it had seemed impossible
even again to sleep in this village of terror with
this man of unswervingly vengeful purpose dog
ging her footsteps, hesitatng at nothing to gain
the papers she had taken from him when the Em-
press caught fire.
And then her thoughts had wandered from
the documents to the reason for her seeking them
and defending them against Hugo Loubeque and
even the elements themselves; her thoughts had
gone irresstibly a-futtering to her sweetheart
who was accused of having stolen them.
Times there were when it seemed the hideous