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O 1? 4 tii : Thos G Alvord Jif?35 Sunt Art njTC TIICEXIX, AlilZOXA, TH URSDAY MORNIXG, AUGUST CO, 1900. Library of 5 ELEVENTH YEAE. VOL.. XI. NO. 103; 1 j& U JBJa. FOOD FOR THOUGHT Over Which the Cabinet Lingers All Day THE LONGEST SESSION' Among the Conclusions arrived At I3 This That a Speedy End of the War Would Defeat the Purpose of a Eestoration of Permanent Order. The Other Powers Listen Eut That Is All. Washington, Aug. 29. A siHtial meeting of the cabinet las-. ins all an J br.keii only by a short recess for luncheon, marked the- intense interest the administration fee'.s in the Chinese problem. It was the longed: cabinet sesstjn f the present administration. The diplomatic and n A: the mili'taiy phase of the situation in China, was under consideration, and this account ed for the present? of Acting' Secre tary A(jee. an uiu-ual happening at 'the cabinet meeting. Sir. Adeo is the me drum through which the foreign government. com municate and he has been in receipt u a g.od many statements recently. L ist evening he and the French charge, M. Thkraut, compared the French and American copies of the ore de r. . ia'.s of Li Hung Chang. Today he had a Ions talk with Minister Wu an 1 the Ger man, charge, and the substance of the conversation he laid before the cab inet. Tt is understood that the cablni.it to day completed the preparations of a plan for clearing away mueh of 'the uncertainty that now exists, as t the future in China, and outlined its views in writing. The fat-; that the military si'tuati n is admitted to be of secondary importance confirms the vi w. though no cabinet oflicer woM vouchsafe In formation on this point: what if sought is an agreement among 'the powers far terminating the indefinite status of af fairs in China. It is believed a point ha- been reached while it is proper that there should be a clear expression of pur pose on fbe par; cf the principal pow ers In order 'that 'the United Ptates government may know how far it may pro consistently in the execution of a common progtamme. Most of th ob jects had in view hyah' pr. si.leot win o ho male answer to the Chinese govern ment's appeal and began ' he campaign upon Pekin have been achieved. Two others remain to 'be secured, namely, the safeguarding of American Interests f r the future and sum; prop c'J guarantee of in.I. miiirii ation for expenses of the recent operations and losses of American citizens. Some plan by which the objec.s can b? attained by the Unite1.! Stat, s in common with similar objects by the other power? en gaged in China is though., feasible. Incidental to this main purpose sev eral phases of 'the problem arc at tracting special attention. Tile suf ficiency ef Li's credentials as a pao envoy, or. rather, of the ability of the emperor of China to 'aecreelit any one, Is a matter of International considera tion. The United States must not only satisfy itself of Li's competency, bet it must convey a solid asnirance on that point to convince some of the other powers, the purpose of which, perhaps, would not be best served by a speedy termina'tion of hostilities in China. THE BRITISH POLICY. Obscured by the Un'l r Secre-tary of State- f r For ign Affair?. London, Aug. tin. Dispatches re ceived this morning bring no later Pektn news A Shanghai telegram says Li Hung Chang has sen't a memorial beggVng the empress dowager to ap point Prince Ching. (lonoal Yung Lu nnd Yung T.-e, viceroys, as joint peace makers, wf'.h himself. It is rumored at Shanghai that the Japanese gained a grtat victory over the P.oxers and Chinese .troops from Ho Si Wu last Thursday at Te rtho-J. Thi stoij says l.r.nn Chin se were killed. Including Prince Tuan, and that all the Chin-ess were driven baed to Chi Li. William St. John P.rodi ri. k, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, speaking this evening tt Th .'rncoml.-. e.aid the situati n in China was con siderably involved because there' war no Chinese governmcr- "u-Mi which ft negotiate." "Great Eritain." continued the under secretary. " while prepared to support the local viceroys of south China who have stood alo..f from this insurrec tion, and while pre ar .1 a'so to pre s rve r.ritish trade with "hlna, will claim s me penally or indemnity for foe etamage wrought. Neverthetess, we cannot undertake to govern China our selves or with the- .'isisi.stai'c'.- of the other powjrs." PLOT TO I'.I'UN SHANGHAI. Berlin, Aug. 2t). The Frankfort . I tung has received a disp.i ii from .Shanghai saying a riot I. as Ix.-n dp covered there to burn the whole city. It is added 'that Kurop; ins e insider the streets unsafe after nightfall anel the general situa.ion is eles.e-ribe.l as critical. RUSSIANS GOING FORWARD. Tien Tsin. Aug. 2:1. Via Che Foo, Aug. 29.) One i.housnnl Russians left Tien Tsin f r Pekin to lay. The coun try here Is quiet. INVITED TO SLAUGHTER. Cho Foo, Aug. 29. Yu, governor of thc province of Snen Si. Is reported to have invited' tlie foreigners in his province to come t ." his protection. Abo::.: August 21 fifty accepted the in vilaiion and ail were massacred. OUR POLICY MADE UP. Subject to Change Af;er Submission to the Powers. Washington, Aug. 29. A special cab inet meeting today considered the Chi nese situation, the policy of this gov ernment being formulated, and it is believed a memorandum to foreign powers will be shortly forthcoming. It Is said that if our government can find a responsible representative of the Chinese government with whom an agreement can be arranged 'to conserve (he rights nf the United States with out infringing upon those of the other powers a sjxedy withdrawal of United States troops may be expected. New rtheless preparations are being made for wintering ,".0;0 American troops in China as a guar! against the failure of peace negotiations. Chaffee is slateel for a brigadier-generalship on the retirement of Wheel. r on Sep tember 3. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY. Washington. Aug. 29. The authori ties are still in ignorance of 'the; where abouts of Li Hung Chang. The ques tion of his credentials still agitates of ficial circles. Thepnwersoppo.singrecog nition now contend '.'hat. the Chinese emperor being a fugitive anel powerless cannot himself through an agent enter upon an agreem. nl that the Chinsse will accept as binding. LI S DETENTION. Paris. Aug. 29. Officials of the min istry of marine declare 'their belief in the correctness of Admiral Courrejolles' dispatch announcing the intention of the foreign admirals to detain Li Hung Chang pending the opening of negotia tions. A DVA NCI NO .1 A PANES E. Tien Tsin. At' jr. 2!i. The Japanese troops are reported to be moving on .Vao Tin Fu. the capital of Chi Li. HUMBERT'S MURDERER Tried, Convicted, Sentenced to Impris onment For Life. Milan, Aug. 29. The trial of uhe an archist r.resei, the murder, r of Hum bert, began today. The prisoner was calm and said he acted without advice or accomplices, Drcei was f ;und guilty and seme-need to life impi isonmcnt. FIREMAN WENT INSANE. Takes Possession -f a Lijomotive and H"Ids It. Columbia. S. C. Aug. 29. A fireman on a Southern passenger train boun 1 'to Charleston beeame- violently insane today at Reidville, got possession of the engine and for nearly an hour held it against the entire train's crew, and was only subdued with a shotgun as he g-t th? train in motion. The en gineer dismounted ac the station to ex amine the machinery and when he at tempted to get in he found the fireman erazeel. it M suppo-ed from heat, with a hammer in his hand, with which he tried t smash the engineer's skull. The crew was summoned quickly and for "three -quarters of an hour endeav ored to disable the man with bricks and ston. s and at the same time keep him from starting the train. The express messenger finally got his shotgun and crawled upon the rear f the teneT r lust as the fireman got one hanel on the lever and started the en gine. The fireman was shot in the legs while the engineer, who hi'd got on th? tender, help. .-(1 to overpower . him. Some of 'the passengers who heard that a crazy man controlled the engine jumped from the train. THE I'LAOI'E IN GLASGOW. Glasgow. Aug. 2H. Three children, m mbersi of isola'.eel families, have died here of bubonic plague. In the event of a further spr ail Glasgow shipping will be quarantined. BASE BALL Record of Games Won and Lost Yesterday. At Ihernii Milwaukee. D-'roit, 2. At Chicago Chicago, fi: St. Louis, 5. ; At Li-e-lilyii Pi-.il.nleii ::ia, 8; Brook- t f ''' "' I j At Boston It .. ston. It; New York, .". ; At P.uli'alo Kansas Cit, tl; Iluf- I ' " I At Cleveland CIevel.ip.ii. Pi: Chi- I cago, 12. ( At Indianapolis Fir.-t game, Miniie- : apolis. :i; Indianapolis, I. Second game, Indianapo'.is, 2; Minncapdis, 0. P.RYAN IN TIIE WEST. Nebraska -Ian Says He Will Carry Only Two Western States. j I'.oston. Aug. 2!i. Frank Paeon of the United States land cilice, a resident North Platte, Neb., and whose lim" is spent in 'trnV'l, was a caller at th headqnai tel.- eif '.be republican state committee this morning. "Rryan's prestige ar.d personal popularity will give him Nebraska," nays Mr. Bacon. "There is no use in the republicans fig uring that they can carry that state, j The friendly f eling toward Ilryan and the free silver sentiment will give him ' also Colorado, but these are the only j state- in the wesl he will carry. An'ii- , imperialism cuts no figure at all in the west. We dem t hear any talk about it. The Pacific slope is solid for expansion. Western republie-ans can't understand what you here in the east are making j all this row about SPECULATORS WAIT A Rather Good Tiling For tiie Stock Market The Prospect Is Roseate Our Trade Abroad Growing and the Election of McKinley assured to All Except Capitalists. New York. Aug. 29. (Special.) The stock market is waiting: waiting for absentees to return: waiting for de velopments in the presidential cam paign: waiting, in fa"t. for any event 'that is likely to infuse aetinn or in fluence values. A fairly strong under tone prevails, and in the abvenee of un favorable developments a more aetive market may be reas niably expected af ter awhile. The large operators, how ever, seem disposed to hold the market in check until the outcome of '".he c-l.c-tion Is more of a certainty than now. A great many things can happen be tween today and the first week in No vember that would eiuiekly demolish 'the best devis rl bull campaign. Klee. tions are always fruitful in surprises, and there :s no reason t) expect the coming one to be at y exception to the rule: and while one may have un bounded faith in :h.: common sense of the American people in the long run, thait does not alter the fact that stock exchange values ate sus.-.-ptiblo to sharp shneks from sudden outbreaks of public Opinion which a presidential campaign necefs.u iiy v.-Iops. It is the possibility of such events f ir which speculators are holding back. The Ohir.es.' situation i now scarcely a factor in '.he market. h .ugh.it might easily again b; r ire si. Future mili tary operations, will probably ie e liK lly confined to th' restoration nf order in China: for there are no in.'.icati :ns of Uncle Sam It is easier t. el a fight .successful organized resistance on the part of (he Chinese. As rocn as ro spensibie heads cf government e-an be found, diplomacy will suceeed force: and it certainly looks as if the begin ning of :h? end were at hand, although that end may be beyond our pres nt vision. The administration can be safely trusted .to protect American in teresi.s and treaty rights. There is no occasion whatever to call an extra session of e-ongre-s: be'c:iu.-e that step would enly be necessary to make an r ; tual declaration of war: r. formality which in this instance is sup rllu U'.; and undesirable. Thus far the American policy has been beyond criticism, and as a se quence of 'that p li'-y by right of trea ties' and because of our di :i. forested attitude 'towards China, we are best fitted to lead in t're fi-n! Fcttlem nf the grea': -Chinese- quoiion. which vi tally -aff-ct.- the whole world: b nvever unwilling a certain c'.iss of shut-ins are to admit the t'o-t. :;h til. I t!:e United Stat-s. Cr. at i'o itain anl Japan stand firmly for -.he integrity of the Chinese i mpire. it is a s if- e inclusion that the other pow rs wiil submit, and ive i tic- cataclysm any in. emotional Chinese car:-ASr. !!y rooognizi e.g the Sta t es has re oe-In 1 the world will b s; that would follow quarrel over to? Americans are rapi faot that tin- Unit d th"- stage of full nitional loa-ei'ooil, and that we mvst, wldUntr or unwilling, take tic place ' l til, iei.nily of na tions seizing th - toiiiro'li -ei'.t epptr-tunitio-i w hieii su.-b a p-e:ticn off ! s, and accepting wlthov; a -hirk the re sponsibili ; i. s which st: ie a position I in -poses. The la-t i ur years have witnessed a remarkable expan sion in the American one look, politically. industrially an I finan cially. vWe have been forced Into world politics ao rcver be 1" re. ow ing to our widening interests: we ho.ve wdtnesscd a m ; extraordinary de velopment in our foreign trade, c'oie (lv because we are now able to manufac ture, for the world's markets: and. finally, we find . urs. Ives lenders of money to nations in all parts of th-.; world as a natural sequence. Ten years ago the man who hail the cour age to predict such things would have been considered a fit candidate for the lunatic asylum; today they are ac- comollshed realities and Indisputable i testimony "i a vigorous and continu ous national growth. The m. .:;' market will bear watch ing. At present rates are very easy, but the sarpius reserv - is down 'to S20.n0rt.neO compared "with $1 5.0.10.000 this time last year. There Is an abundance of money in the country, and the treas ury is net likely to be the disturbing element the., was feared a few months ago. The interior banks are also well supplied with funds: but as crop and trade requirements assert themselves during1 the next foot- month these will be depleted, and the demand will then fall upon New York banks. Just now bond redemptions and government ills liursrm'nts e .:-itribute to general ease, field experts have ceased for the pres ent, and tht re is no anxiety concern ing their resumption. Eur pe has had distinct rele f 'through American ship mi n s. an 1 now that the Tratr-vaal war Is drawing to a close and the pros pects of war in China are very remote there is decidedly b ss. apprehension in European linan ial (enters. This la fortunate for th- Ne w York market, as any increase in the tension over there would certainly have led to a more rapid return of our securities., which, if coupled with c! se money here later on, would have effectually checked any bull movement. Other conditions con tinue favorable. The corn crop will be large and is almost out of danger. The wheat harvest is progressing: railroad earnings are satisfactory, and general trade shows a reviving tendency now that pric s are coming down to a rre re normal bnsl. There is no rea son for taking any but a hopeful atti tude regarding" the future. The stock market, h-wtver. has the appearance of sagging to lower prices: which is- the be -1 thing that con happen ;to take it out of the pr -sent stagnant rut and thereby -r. ate activity, w! ich is now sa lly lacking. KNIG 11TS OF PYTHIAS. Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 29. This was an other day of ccr.set.-Ei cctivity for the Knights "f Pythias assembled in bien nial conclave. The- morning begin with started than to ?t a grand fie!.! inspei ction and review the uniform lank at the Belle Isle lai-e track and. later in the day the sinie pbu-e was the se-eoie m' e-avalry and ar tillery competitive drills. Routine business occupied th" mem bers of the supreme lodge during the eft eate r part of the day, while the Bath bone Sisters engage'd in competitive drills at th- Masonic temple. The great illuminated parade of the Khorassati Knights, one of the most attractive, fei tures of the oonclaw, took place to night. THE LAST STK0XGE0LD Arizona the Only Kerne of Sixteen to One. Washington. Aug. ;':,. A great iv-pub!ii-an victory t he eughout the west fhio fall was pr -dieted by Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma in an interview to day sift, r he oa!!e 1 on the prc-iident. He has just .vunam! from tin extended trip to toe Pacific c am. II- said: "In my journi y across the continent f'-cm California to this city I found just one man a iveeoting the fr. e coin ago of silver. He was a resident .. I A.lzo.ia. and 1 t -.hi him I wanted a good look at him. as be was the only pe-rson I had seci h be-liev d In Ifi to 1. Le-aeiog liii-iin ss men whom I ; talk'd widi in the : se take no stock, in it. Thv c.-.ll ii 'bosh.' There- is not ' it sineie ste'.i- in the iwst, in my opin- j i -j. thi!'. ii liev s in ant i-imperia lisni, j and they are ail in accord witli the president's peii- y in dealing ui;li .mi ne w possession.--. 'I'll" we.-t is prosper- i ou- ni .i - satisfied with this a lmir.islra qi .i ons than 1 ion. I ikl.iln una is m re it ever w::s be f re. Mr. Hrynn appears I i lie 'too busy to m nti.m the pro-peril;.- of the present lime in his speeches an ! I beli.-ve he will meet a woi-se de feat than he did four years ago." Mr. Flynn stepp'd in Phoenix while on his Pacific tour and in a conversa tion with a Republican reporter 'told hini al) mt that sixteen to wurner whom he had mo: at IS, wie. He was a cattleman m- mining man from south ern Cochise county. Mr. Flynn regard ed him with curiosity, as the only liv ing specimen of an extinct species. -ISiJev AMERICAN LAWYERS The National Bar Association In Convention Chairman Manderson Reviews the Coneressional Legislation Durinel the Past Year and Addresses Him- self to the Goebel Law. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 2.I. Leading jurists and members of the bar from all parts of the country filted convention hall at 10:o0. o'clock this morning, when President Charles F. Manelerson of Omaha called to order the twenty-third annual meeting of the American Bar Association. The roll call by Secretary John Hinkley of Bal timore showed an unusually large at tendance. After the usual formalities incident to the opening of the conven tion President Manderson proceeded with the reading of his annual ad dress. After stating the purposes and re sults accomplished by the American Bar association in the twenty-three years of its history. President Mander- son paid tribute to the memory of Ed- jerceV- by virtue cf statutes of the sta'e ward J. Phelps. William C. Endicott, ' passed in 1896 providing that w hen c o. -Sherman S. Rogers, Lord Russell of j porations neglected to pav taxes for Killowen, and other eminent members tw0 years their cha,.rt.).s nuii b of bench and bar who have passed cia,.ed void and al, rowors Ihel.,.,.nden away since the last convention. The inoperative. The governor took such ac president then spoke at considerable ,ion by proclamation dated May 2 length in favor of the proposed inter- i899 as to 6-)6 corporations and on the national bureau for the unification of j second day of May, 1900, as to Sti; more the law, and quoted from the corre-, tnus at Uvo .fe, swoops- miffing out the spundence of Secretary Hay in retatkm life of over 1.300 corporate combi ia- to the subject. Concerning the enactments of con gress at its last session President .Man del ton said: "It is dou'otful if any eongrtss has had to deal with problems more diffi cult and legislation more important in its results than the first session of the IUIJ -IJIAIU, II llilwll "VftUU v-' 111 utl ( I IS','9, and adjourned on June 7, 1!;UJ. The law making mania is in evidence from the lact that in the senate thcra were introduced 4.!tl bills, and in the house I 12,220. Of these there were enacted 10 T j public and 729 private laws. Many of' the- bills bearing upon subjects of grave import are in the hands of the com-, miltees. or upon the over-burdened ee.l enelors of the two houses, and will re echo om i leration at the next ses sion. The legislation accomplished has reached into the very hetut of the cif-' fult questions presented, and many of the unusual responsibilities that d?- j volved upon the federal legislature have bee-i n.,r with fearlessly ard with a wisdom that time will prove. Haiva'l had come to us by voluntary action diel the laws essential for her annexation, and government were pressing. Alaska, with a greatly increased population, ! excited anel feverish in their pursuit of the precious metals on the ros line and on the lukon, was, as she has been for many years, practically without law. The transition from disorder under Spain to order under the United Stairs had to be aecomplished in Porto Rico, and her relative status determined.' The condition of affairs in th? distant ! Philippines were disturbing and the ; army and navy needed the legislation ' that would permit efficiency. Our guar- dianshiD over Cuba brought nn much i - - - qiseuib. A fixed standard of va.u? was needed to bring about stability in busi ness. Aetive industry in all the trades was demanding a large votume of the circulating medium. Valuable treaties with othe r powers were pending for the consideration of the senate. "An important extradition act, grow ing out of our peculiar relations with Cuba and the eomntission of grave of-fe-nses there by those entrusted by the United Slates with important duties, is that passed on June 6, which provides that -wheneve r any foreign country or territory is occupied by or is under the control of the United States, any per son who shall violate the criminal laws therein, and shall have lied from justiee to this country, shall be liable to arrest and detention by the authorities of the United States and on request of the military governor, or other executive ollicer in control of such foreign coun try, shall be surrendered for trial under tile laws in force where the offenexi was committed. The proceeding prior to extradition must be had before a Unit ed Stales judge and probable caus? of guilt must be established. No person charged with political offenses shall be returned." President M.uidersein then proceeded to review at length the federal legis lation regarding Hawaii and Porto i Jtico. and followed with a review of I tivj work in the several state legisla tures. Hi viewing the late conllict between the legislature and the governor of Kentucky, the speaker said: Tile last general assembly of the . o.-enioiiwoalih of Kentuc ky was more prolific in that which was sensational ' he n in that which was legislative, and lor a lime the reign of the rille was more- in evi l, nee than the reign of the law. The legislative and executive brandies of the stale government were in a condition of demoralization dilli i ult to depi.-t. and it became the prov ince of the highest federal tribunal to bring sum.- degree or order out of the chaotic state that bid fair to wreck the local government. The prime cause of the diilicully is not far in seek. Two years ago an act known as the Goebel law was passed, which was evidently intended to serve perse.nal and party ends, without reference to the wish of voters as expressed at the poil. ami was certainly a most pernicious and evil measure. It seemed to be framed on the idea, "let who will cast the votes so that I may do the counting.' ' "The law put the entire machinery of. elections in the hands of three commis sioners, chosen by the legislature. Naturally they would be of the same political faith as the majority of the general assembly. These commission-, crs were to appoint all county election boards, who in turn appoint all local and precinct officers. Thus the parly, or man, who could manipulate the choice of the commissioners could ! largely control the result, unless there came a j evolt in the ranks of the dom inant party. "Another law, of most objectionable character, when partisan influence? on trols its enforcement, led to the conflict that culminated in the tragedy, tha-t, the general assembly of the state truth fully declared, brought the 'fair nomo or me commonweaitn or ieniucy iruo disremne througnou- the nation.' it provided that in com octe,; eiee-uons of a governor and lieutenan ".-governor, a board of eleven should be selected, by lot, from among the members of the legislature. This board was to teke evidence, hear tno contest anel render judgment. The decision of the board was not final noi conclusive, but was reported to the general assembly, . which then determined the contest.1 I Thus it will be seen vhat o. major pa t! of the same power that took upon itself the management of all the election ma- ' I chinery. became, without limit on its' discretion or final judgment, the tri-i bunal that decided who should hold the! chief executive offic-es of the state." President Manderson touched upon' me riew jersey iav wiping out i orpor- ate combinations by reason of non-pty- 1 ment of taxes in the following para- 1 graph: "A striking instance that the power to tax is the power to destroy js shown by the action of the i-overm,- rr 'u- tions, covering every' conceivable branch of manufacture and commercial inelustry." PRESC0TT WATFR BONDS proposition Carried By An Ove:- whelming Majority. Treseott, Ariz., Aug. 21). (Special). An election was held yesterday on a proposition to vote $100,000 for water works and sewerage bonds. There wire 340 votes cast, of which only nineteen were against the proposition. The lat fire was a great educator in the matter of municipal improvement. The Iron Springs band is playing in the plaza this afterneion. o RUSSIA TO RAISE LOAN IIFRE? No Confirmation of a Report That Cams From London. New York, Aug. 20. There were no confirmation In Wall street yesterday of the rumor from London that the Russian government is going to nego- tia'- a loan cf $150,000,000 in this coun- try. At the offices of the New York Security and Trust company, the fiscal acnts country. It was saiJ that nothing had baen heard there of fh loan. According to the London dispatc-h the Russian minister of finance, M. Df e ie a in' f to mL-A on n, ment with a syndicate or insurance companies here to raise 'the money The New York Life Insurance com pany and the Equitable Life Assur ance society both have money Invest ed in Russian securities already, but there is no indie-ation "that the amounts will be increased. The president of an , important bank with Russian connee- j lions said yesterday: "Russia Is a debtor nation, but she must borrow where fhe can get money cheapest. I think that just now she could get better 'terms in France than in the United Stf ees." THE METAL MARKET. New York. Aug. 29. Bar silver, 61: Mexican dollars, 4S. Copper Brok ers' H: exchange, 16; casting, I'iM. Lead Brokers, $4; exchange, $4.37Vi- PROGRESSIVE PRESC0TT A Meeting Resolves to Have a New High School. Pre-scott, Ariz., Aug. 29. (Special). A mass meeting of citizens and tax payers was held at 'the court house to night to consider means of raising money for building a new school. A motion that the board be instructed to e-all a special election to dee-ide the is suance of $.i9,i!00 bonds for the immedi ate construction was unanimously car ried and also a resolution giving the board authority to dispose of the pres ent school property, if thought advis able. The new building is to be cap able of accommodating all the present and immediate future needs of the dis trict. Professor Uillingshurst, late su perintendent of the Danville-. II!., high school, who recently arrived to have charge of the Prescott sc hools, w as in troduced this evening, making many helpful suggestions and plans for the betterment of the school system. Many prominent residents among the repre sentative professions, also merchants and tax payers, both men and women, attended this meeting. There was an approval of the plans throughout. Pro fessor Mathews of the Tempe normal school was also present. THEY HAVE IT NAMED. Seattle. Waeh., Aug. 29. There is perfect harmony in the fusion camps this morning. The two-thirds rule was agreed to, the populisms have sur- rendered and the state fusion ticket will be known as democratic. SAVED BY HIS WILL Details of the Loss and Findingof N.G.Wilson PREPARED FOR DEATH Without Giving Up the Struggle For Life How the Value of the Lost Hunter Doubled Itself Twice la Two Days Except As a Man Hunt the Trip Was a Failure In That It Was Not a Startling Success. Dr. Win Wylie returned yesterday morning from a hurrting trip upon Which he set out about two months ago. He furnishes the earliest details of the losing and finding of Mr. N. C. Wil son, who disappeared from a hunting camp on Clear creek two weeks ago. Mr. Witson owed his escape from death :to a remarkably clear head, strong will, a full knowledge of his danger and a careful husbanding of his strength and resources. The party, consisting of Dr. Wylie, Mr. Wilson. Allen James and George Lyke, had established a camp between the headwaters of east and west Clear Creeks, two streams flowing In oppo site directions, uhe latter into th Verde and the former northward into a tributary of the Colorado. The Flap staff road, a broan and well defined road, runs between them and parallel wi'th them. Thj hunters had made ex cursions, in the neighborhood, locating fishing places and likely hunting re gions, but the hunting had not really begun. About 3 o'clock on Wednesday. August 15, George Lyke, the cook of the camp, came in and said he had seen a deer about a mile east or a little south of cast of the camp. Mr. Wil son picked up his gun and taking a half dozen shells seit out. He did not return at nightfall and even when he had not came at 11 o'clock there was no uneasiness for 'he is not as was sup posed a tenderfoot. Dr. Wylie. who bas had a great deal of experience in hunting, said he is as wood wi;.? a man as he ever met. barring professional guides. His companions supposed he had missed ais way and that if he had not wandered Into one of 'the numer ous (horse, cow or hunting camps in the vicinity, he would return ia the morning. However, 'they fired guns at Intervals until midnight anel wera answered by firing from a camp a mile cr two away. On Thursday morning Mr. Wilson's friends resolved to wait until 10 o'clock before beginning a search for him. They grew Impatient before that time and set ou't. The first information was brought them by a Mexican who said he had seen the tracks of a man on foot following a wounded bear about six miles southeast of camp.. It was subsequently discovered that the Mex ican was lying. The party set out with six bloodhounds, but the dogs were unable to find a trail. On 'the follow ing day the searchers discovered a trail In the canyon of East Clear creek. They judged from the fact tibat the trail led through a thick, clump of bushes when there was a path around, them, and brought up against the pre cipitous wall of thf canyon, though there was a "draw" near by, that the tracks had been made in the night. They could be followed no further than the wall. On the first day Dr. Wylie had offered $25 for the recovery of Mr. Wilson: the third day he offered $100. Wilson stock was ris'ng rapidly, but hope was sinking rapidly. The doctor look six teen men on horseback and stationing them 100 feet apart, directed them to search the coun'try thoroughly. They were looking for a dead or an injured man and it was necessary that every foot of the region Should be inspected. He also gave two men $25 to make a wiele circuit in search of a trail and to visit all the camps within a radius of five miles. Notwithstanding the four days of constant search and Inquiry, broken by sleepless nights. Mr. Wil-p-on's companions never found him, for he found himself. MR. WILSON'S STORY. Mr. Wilson said that when he left camp be expected to return at night fall. He went to the locality where Mr. Lyke faid he had seen a deer and found one after traveling about two un.1 a balf mihs south. He shot it, wounding it ami .then for the first time noticed that night was1 rapidly coming on. It came wit'h a rush and all landmarks were quickly obscured, llr. Wilson remembered that he had goaccast from !the camp, but forgetting that the deer had drawn him south he started straight wept and assetl the camp two anel a half miles south. He-ame to a place where he maele a descent of eight or ten feet at every step and wisely concluded to camp for the night lest his steps should grow fatally long. He was. then near the bottirm of the canyon of West Clear creek. At day light he perceived his whereabouts, but was ignorant of th? precise direc tion of the camp. He had been fishing a day or two before in the creek," far ther down, he thought, because there was neo water where he was then. He started down the stream and traveled a half day, when he found himself be tween perpendicular walls a hundred feet high. He retraced his steps to bis camping place, reaching it. at night. This was Thursday night. He hud killed a d.er in the canyon, but not being very hungry he decided not to waste one of this seven matches cooking (Continued on Fourth Page.) 1