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4 THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN: FRIDAY MORNING, MAItCII 24, 1899. 1899 Premo Cameras ; jpifp r Are coming in all the time new. The cut shows the 1S99 model LONG FOCUS PREMO. This camera, is patented, but that doesn't keep the cheap makers from imitating it to some exten t. It is the finest thing in .the camera world. Three cameras combined in one. The price, ?35 for 4x5 size, is easily within t'he reach of any one wanting a good instrument. The 1899 PREMOS will be in the lianas of Eastern dealers after May 1, tmt as cur season is always open, we are able to get some of our cameras earlier. You want our elegant art catalog, replete with reproductions of fine photographic work. Free. Seme 'thHMt because PREMOS are the finest cameras made, they are all high priced. We have PREMOS from ?5 up, and a world-beater at $15. established IS83. PINNEY & ROBINSON, Bicycles, Typewriters, Photo Stock and Sporting Goods 40 N. Center Street, Phoenix. THE 51LLS THAT TAILED Pacts About Proposed Measure That the Governor Did Not Sign. jnvitcs expe tion. It -will be In an interview yesterday -with a re porter of The Republican the governor said he desired 'that the fullest pub licity be given to the bills which failed to receive ihis signature during the closing hours of the Twentieth legis lature, for the information of the pub lic, and he freely gave his reasons for not signing them, as follows: Council Bill No. 40, known as -the "Goldwater bill," creating the board of public affairs, and abolishing the board of control, all other existing boards, capitol site commiss&ion, etc., did not became a law for various reasons, the principal of which was the sweeping nature of the bill and the great ex pense which must necessarily attend Its operation. The bill provided for the appointment of five memibers of the board by the governor, one each from fount districts which it prclposed to create and one from the territory at large, and a clerk to be appointed by The board. The chairman was to re ceive $1,800 per year, for the payment of which, however, no provision was made. Meetings were required to be held at the capital each month, and at such other places as the board deemed necessary, and mileage, per diem and expenses were authorized. The audi tor was required to furnish the office room -without compensation. The board was invented with censorship over the affairs of the auditor and treasurer of the territory; and to make the law effective and beneficial the cost 'would; be four or five times the cost of t!he present system. There 'were many other defects in the act. In vie w of the loud ante-election boasts and accusations of the democratic party.- it is not strange that the bill failed, notwithstanding the ipower with which it proposed to invest the gov ernor. The land tax bill, an act which prop erly failed, was one through which the legislature assumed to assess property by fixing a minimum ixrice per acre, at which granit lands must be valued for assessment purposes, viz.: 50 per cent of $1.25, or 6212 cents per acre. Every well informed citizen knows 'that the legislature cannot legally assess nor determine the value at which property must ilM assessed. Aithnnerh iir is np.r. fectly eomipetent for the legislature to require all property to be assessed at its full eaah value, it cannot arbitrar ily fix 'that value. The assesssi-s of the different counties have every requisite authority now to properly assess with out further law upon the subject, and THAT OTHER SHIPMENT VELVET :-: FLOUR White and Yellow Corn Meal, Pearl Hominy, Flaked Hominy, is here. Easter Candles have arrived. The most beautiful ever received in Phoe nix, from 2ic to $3.00 each. Pure such legislation is worse than useless, not only because it is illegal and inope rative, but because while in no wise providing an incease in the revenues it invites expensive and profitless htiga- Beeswax and Parafine. them. Call and see Blown. Molasses, Cherrystones and Raspberries, the latest in Candies. X We're sole agents for Van Kirk's Creamery Butter. e remembered that a lev years ago, when the board of equaliza tion placed the value of grant lands for assessment purposes at 50 cemts per acre, a levy was made on that basis anel the valuation of property in cer tain counties was very largely in creased thereby, and tiie rate corres pondingly reduced; but the taxes could not be collected cn that basis and the amount collected from other property being insufficient for county purposes because of the low rate which the over valuation had induced, the counties af fected became very much embarrassed and through their representatives pe titioned that the value be reduced suffi ciently to be collectible. Council bill No. 92. This bill re quired "the county superintendent of schools of Yuma county 'to pay from the general fund cf the courutiy to the trustees of school district No. 1 of the town of Yuma $620.50, but did not say for what purpose, nor direct in any way the disposition of the money. In vestigation developed that the purpose of the bill was to settle certain indebt edness created cn the part of schoal district No. 1 by its trustees at the time it was proposed to issue bonds for the erection of a new school house, and it was originally intended that t'he indebtedness thus created wcnild be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds. At an election the issu ance of the bonds was defeated, and while it is wnfuKunate that this unau thorized indebtedness remains unsatis fied, to pay it out of the general school fund of the cour.cy, making every district in the county a contributor to school district No. 1 of Yuma, is so palpably wrong that it requires no comment, even if the debt was legal in every way. This fe especially true in view of the diflicultv in keeping tine schaols open the vnual time because of insuffi cient funds. j In anotlher column is printed the full ! text ot council bi.il No. 39 (the initia tive and referendum) fcr the informa tion of Republican readers The bill is so widely at vaiiance with our or ganic laws and statutory provisions now controlling legislation, and is so thoroughly impracticable, that com ment scams unnecessary. Not only would its operation, be cuni'liersome, because cf petitions and elections, but it would be very expensive and lead to serious legislative complications. Con gressional sanction would never be given to it. It is only another case of printing in the statutes wort'hleso and inoperative enactments. Council bill No. 7 1, an act to regu late territorial printing, provided that all the territorial printing of whatso ever nature, consisting of all advertis ing and job work of the various terri torial officials, institutions and boards, should be controlled -by the secretary of the territory, withaut limitation as to expenditures. While the act re quired that he should advertise for bids and let the work to the lowest respon sible bidder, he was given i;h.e right io reject any and all bids. Under the provisions cf this act r.o. institution nor official could control its own work. Proclamations, advertisements for war rants, nor public printing of any kind sould- be d:ne except under the control and direction cf the secretary. Council bill No. 69 proposed to make the failure to file plats of town sites and subdivisions thereof, as required by law, a misdemeanor. It .is 'be lieved that the present law is suffi cient, ana tnat. nega'aatra-s will see that all prerequisites to title are com plied with; and it would be just as reasonable to make the failure t,o file and record a deed to realty a misdemeanor. petitioner loaned the company $31, 006.86. The company is declared to he insolvent and to have committed an act of bankruptcy within the last four months. The suit of S. R. H. Robin son against the company is cited. In that suit an attachment against per sonal property valued at $S,000 had been levied and a garnishment of about $700 in the Phoenix National bank had been effected. 'Neither the attachment nor the garnishment had been vacated nor had any steps been taken toward vacation. In t'he case of a suit brought by the petitioner against the company a few days ago. it is stated that the officers of the comlpany had admitted its insolvency and their 'willingness that it be adjudged bankrupt. Then fellow various schedules, the first at which sho'vvs the indebtedness of the company to b.3 as follows: A. H. Linton of Minneapolis;, $31,006.36, secured by the Rio Verde Canal com pany's note for $120,273.G4: to the es tate cf R. B. L-angdon. Minneapolis, $2,517.50; Donald Grant, Faribault, Minn., $32,169.10: Cavcur S. Lang-don, $18,279.92; D. W. Grant, Faribault, $16,054.55; James A.Fleming, $495. All of thess are 'unseicured, except the claim of the petitioner. The personal pveperty of the com pany is estimated at $S,877, and con sists of horses, mules, wagons, scrapers, etc. Its credits are $3,032.19. It is stated of the Kio Verde Canal com pany's note for $120,273.04, 'that its value depends upon a contingency, the completion of the canal. The remote ness of that contingency is shown in the fact that for the purposes of these proceedings the note is given a nomi nal value of $1. i :o: WHO NAVE IS A Gentleman Stronglv Recommended to the Code Commission. "Who is Nave?" is a question fre quently asked by certain persons in a tone of reproach. "Nave" is Mr. Fred erick S. Nave, a gentleman. appointed by the code commission on Wednesday afternoon to act as clerk of that body. Mr. .Nave lacks one qualification for the position possessed by Chief Azul, and other members of the Pima tribe in an eminent degree, in that he has lived in the territory only a little more than a year, whereas Azul, was born hero. Mr. Nave is a son of Rev. Orville J. Nave, senior chaplain of the United States army now stationed at Fort McPherson, Ga. He was born in Ohio, twenty-seven years ago. He was grad uated with nonors from the Ohio Wes leyan University in 1S95. He became instructor in Latin and Greek at the North Western University at Chi cago and took at the same time law in the law department of the university, from which he graduated in 1897. He was afterward connected for a short time with the eminent law firm of Wil liams, Holt & Williams, but was soon forced on account of ill health to bunt a milder climate. He came here early last year and found light employment for a while at the Rancho del Sahuaro ut Glcndale. In July he went to the Garcia mine where he remained until operations were suspended. Mr. Nave was admitted to practice law in the territorial supreme court in 1S98 and has been practicing since last year. He has many friends in Phoenix, by reason of his college connection. Judge Doan and Ex-Governor Hamil ton were classmates of his father at the Ohio Wesleyan. He was strongly rccommenderl for this position by- Senator Fairbank cf Indiana, another member of the sam; class, by Senator Foraker, by Senators Hanna. Hawley and many others. The com mission did not depend entirely on these recommendations, but learned by careful inquiry that he was thoroughly fitted for the exacting anel delicate du ties that would be put upon him. This is who Nave is. TIIE MUNSON INQUEST The Dead Had Confessed That Ifc Saw Minnie Powers Murdered. BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS Remember our Cold Roast Pork and Cold Ham, sliced in quantity, at the HOUSE that's WAYS BUSY. Beef, any AL- McKEE'S CASH STORE The Originators of Low Price In Gro ceries. SOUTH FIRST AVENUE, Pemberton block, opposite court bouse Telephone 263. NUTTER & GILLS House Movers, Raisers and Riggers All kinds of heavy machinery han dled and placed. Structural worn a specialty. We furnish our own outfits 'Address in care Hotel Hardwick, Plioeuix. The New Law Invoked in the Case of the M. & A. Construction Co. A bankruptcy proceeding, the first jogun in the terriory under the new national bankruptcy law and probably the first in Arizona under any law, was begun yesterday. The petition was filed by A H. Linton in the. matter of the Minnesota and Arizona Con struction company ia the district ourt of the Third: judicial district, having and exercising the same juris Jiction under' the constitution and 'aws of the United States as is vested n the district and circuit courts of the United States. The petition lays bare the affairs of he Minnesota and Arizona Construc icn company. - It recites that the ?oni jauy owes debts to the amount of one million dollars; that the petitioner himself is a creditor having provable claims $500 in excess of the securities held by him, and that the creditors are Jess than twelve in number. Between Mac'ch 25, 1895; and March 15, the Tho coroners jury yesterday con cluded the iuquet't upon V. H. Munson. whtoise body was found in the Maricopa canal near Cartwright Vast Tuesday afternoon. Among the witnesses was the. Rev. Mr. Ferguson of the Chris tian church. He was not called upon to violate the secrecy of the confession Munson made 'to him when be came to see him about being bap'ized, except so far as it m'ight affect the motive cf suicide., and nothing in the confession regarding Munson's doings before com ing to Arizona could have any bearing upon his death. It transpired, as hid been suspected, that one of the things Munson tcld the minister was that he was at Minnie Powers' house the night before her murder by WUliam Eelrhcr He had, in fact, toid Mr. Ferguson more t'hanJhe told his employer, J. C. Ware. He said hd saw rhe woman murdeicd and that no shot was fired after he left the bouse. If that is so he na doubt saw Be'.chor shoot himself. Mr. Ferguson 'believes it to be quite proba'ble that Munson killed. Belcher. He arrived at that belief, not from Munson'a statement, but from his evasion of inquiries regarding his movements just 'before leaving the house. But the evidence cf Belchei's suicide was so p'.ain that a confession by Mun son of his murder would not be be lieved. It will be remembsred that his mouth was split an inch or two from each corner by the explosion of the revcilver. He had held Vhe muzzle of it to his mouth. Then there was no evidence of a struggle. The murderer after s'heting himself fell back on the bed, his a-rms outstretched. Munson told the minister that immediii'ely af ter leaving the house he went to the Vulture mine, where he remained in seclusion until the end of the year. ABOUT CHARLES HODGDON. Captain Frantz of the ..Rough Riders Comes to "Happy Jack's" . Defense. A few days ago The Republican re produced the opinion of Rough Rider A. D. Webb of the Safford Guardian re garding Charles Hodgdon, who had lately informed the populace of Pres cott of his intended return. Editor Webb's opinion was not complimen tary and was not set forth in language soft enough to turn away wrath. Mr. Webb wrote as if his connection re garding Hodgdon's unworthiness was baed on an intimate, personal know ledge of his conduct in the war. Another Rough Rider, Captain Frantz of troop A, thus comes to "Hap py Jack's" defense as follows: "To the Editor of The Republican, Sir: "In your issue of Sunday, March 19, I notice an item referring to Charles Hodgdon, better known as "Happy Jack." which I cannot allow to pass unanswered. It speaks of him as a "liar, bum and coward," which state ment is not only uncalled for but en tirely untrue. "As the ofi'icer in command of his troop, permit me to say: that he at a!l times aid his whole duty, that he was never while connected with the troop under the influence of liquor, that dur ing all fights he was on'thQ firing line, and that he never asked for a leave o'f absence. "He received an honorable discharge from the service and during my stay in New York after the muster out of the regiment, I at all times found him gentlemanly and courteous, and never a bum. "T will further state that I have known him during my five years res idence in this territory and have al ways known him to be a hard working honest miner, honorable in all his bus iness dealings. "1 write this simply in the interest of fairness and justice, and trust you will give it. the space it deserves. , "Yours sincerely. "FRANK FRANTZ, "Late captain, Troop A, First U. fc. V. cavalry." :o: WHAT DCADT V CiV N J. W. Evans: Phoenix is just on the eve of the best business period the town has ever experienced. Not a boom in the ordinary meaning of ths term but a good, healthy, business growth. Money is cheaper here than ever before, loans cn real estate being made at S per cent. With brokers now it is not so much the getting money to loan as it is securing men who want to borrow. Cheap money always biings about real estate in vestments and the result will be felt, in increased purchases hove by eastern capital and in general business growth. An Eastern Visitor: You have no idea what a blow it would be to Phoe nix if the additions are not annexed to your city. I have spent several winters here and have watched with much in terest the growth and development of the city and valley and have become a pretty heavy property holder. In 1S!) the population of Phoenix was in the neighborhood of 3.500 and I do not be lieve the increase has been two per cent a year within the city limits since. All the growth of the town and increase in population lias been in the additions. Take your city elections. Why you cast almost the same vote for mayor ten years ago that you did two years ago or will cast this year. At the territorial election last fall 2,400 votes were cast in the four wards cf Phoenix, or more' properly the four Phoenix precincts which embrace what really belongs to the city. I dare say that in the city election in May there will not be S00 votes cast, yes, doubt less not. 700. Think what it would mean for the census of !Nt0 to show that Phoenix has made practically no increase in population in the laststrn years. People at a distance take facto as the census figures ?ive them and you have no idea the d-.mage such a showing would be to Phoenix. Hero rou are, all your people declaiming about the growth of your town and yet your non-progressivists want to ;ivc tho town a black eye it can never recover from, by keeping all the addi- Cure sick headache, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, gas in the stomach, distress and indigestion. Do not -weaken, but have tonic effect. 25 cents. The only mils to take -ritlj UiMd's Sarsaparilla. tions out of the city. Let the move for the annexation of the additions be defeated and the news go out to the world next year that the census re turns show that Phoenix has not grown any in the last ten years and the effect will be irreparable. Property will be effected by it; business men v. ho had thought of investing will not do so and prospective visitors will declare, "I don't want to go to a dead town like that. There certainly can not be anything to a town that hasn't grown any in the last ten years." Yes sir, every property holder in the addi tions is simply striking at his own pscketbook in opposing annexation. P MUSTERED OUT. iistants to the Quartermaster-General Relieved From Duty by the Act of March 2. Washing'ton. March 23. By the de cision today of Acting Attorney-General Richards, four principal assistants of the quai termaster-teneral and tlia quartermaster on the staff of General Miles are mustered out of service by the legislation of March 2. 1S99. The men affected are Majors Wiiliam ' S. Pat'tcn and Crosby P. Miller, now serv ins as colonels, and Captains M. C. Martin and F. D. Hodgson, now serving as lieutenant-co.onels in the quarter master's department here. At present there is no quartermaster on the staff of General Miles. ....CLOCKS !... . - ; - , ALWAYS RIGHT for time and price. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED. GEO. II. OOQK, ..JEWELER... Official Watch Inspector S. F. P. & P. Ry. Pirst door west of Postoffice ERCHANT, PROTECT YOUESELF by buying: your Groceries from a house that does a strictly Wholesale Business. Fjo goods at retail. Prices cannot be duplicated by any house in Arizona, taking the line throughout. We have the Largest Stock in Arizona, and buy everything from first hands. The Barkley Brothers' Mercantile Company, 116 US WEST ADAMS STREET. (enfacky Horses in LIVERY at OCUB STABLES Center Si., Block north of Hotel Adams. Telephone 2S3. m fees m m m m m g m m m. .ec:; .,T.-f ip&s ;vo.i :vi.Vitt:-. I3. & B. Rubberoid Roofing j BUILDING PAPER and PAINT. Talbot & Mubbard. m m m St m m m m m m m m ; Jit- '-, fr; I - W if V - ,. i We Have Secured the Agency for the Famous GIANT - ELECTRIC - BELT For this Territory and have them on exhibition now DR. G. H. KEEFER, HIE RELIABLE DRUGGIST OPERA HOUSE PHARMACY I Our Great SPRING Opening ! I We arc always looking forward to Please the Wants of Our Patrons as our trade has increased. Therefore, the demand for HIGH-GRADE GOODS has followed We HAVE tnis SPRING IMPORTED the FINEST and HIGHEST GRADE OF GOODS ever shown in Phoenix. SALE OF THK THE LONDON STORE 1-42 East VC'ashinflfon Slreet, Opposite City Hall. WILL LAST ONLY WW MORE DAYS OUR SPRING LINE consists "of SILK CRAPONS, SPRING SHADES OF . COVERT CLOTH, and manv other different names of Spring Wear. In SILKS we are carrying an EXTRA LARGE STOCK, embracing all the latest designs. These goods we sell at NEW YORK PRICES, and often much lower. We have ma.de it a SPECIAL FEATURE when importing some of our High-Grade Novelties in SILKS and FINE WOOLEN GOODS to have only One Pattern of each, by request of our patrons. So come early to secure first choice. 4 4i 4 IN WASH FABRICS we are satisfied we can please you one and all. To GIVE YOU AN IDEA we quote a few names of the Leading Wash Fabrics you will find in our Great Variety: 4 Jlouseliae, Satin Roye, Prince, Royal Pique, English Percale, ' Empress Cords, Mouseline de Soie, Madras Novelty, Zephyrs, k. Ginghams, Batistes, Dimities, Corded Novelties, Seersucker, Docks Ladies' Silk Shirt Waists Such hand some ones us we are showing this season are uncomparable by any house. As the result, we present, an array of Match less Iesip;ns unequalled in the records of Hi lk Shirt Waists. . (W 0 Wash Waists We carry the largest line ever shown, and we purchased them direct from the manufacturers, and secured the very Latest Styles. They range in price from 40c. upwards. We always carry a full stock of these goods. J. W. EVANS, President. O. A. TL'KXEY, Secretary. THE EVANS LOAN S INVESTMENT COMPANY Paid Up Capital, $50,000.00. Successor t' '. W. EV-1KS, Established 1S8S. Ve lend money for ourselves and otners. Fourteen years of j.re eminently successful experience in money lending enables us to thoroughly protect the interests of our clients. To the borrower, we offer unequalled facilities. We buy nd-sell resl es'ate, for ourselves and others, und have an extensive list of improved and unimproved realty in nil desirable parts of this city and valley. fT-Financial Agents. Nos, 1 and 3 W. Washington St. r ( York Store, HOME STORE FOR THE PEOPLE, 218 to 224 East Washington Street. db & i 4