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JUL TOOL AND DliSUrsS RGLTE TO 1 til COAST A roadbed oiled with Crude Petroluem I here is but one in the Soul Invest IT'S SANTA FE ONA REPUBLIC A KS OiD AM All MCHf L4iOU4 Oil tha plains ainoaq huqr mosq ni ton. Direct runctection nmde SANTA F E THIRTEENTH YEAR. PHOENlX. ARIZOKA. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1902. VOL. XIII. NO. :.i. THE AMIZ N IMPORTS NEARLY HALF MADE UP Of Materials for the Various Manu factories of the Country This Class of Importations Has Gready Increased in Com parison With Any Other Year and Has More Than Doubled Within the Last Twenty Years It Includes a Great Variety of Crude Products Showing the Growing Range of the Manufacturing Business of the United States Washington, August 17. The growth in the importation of manufacturers' materials and the increasing share which such materials form in the total imports is the most remarkable feature of tli - foreign commerce of the United Stales in the fiscal year just ended. Manufacturers matt-rials torm, in 1912, iv-i-rly one-half ef the total importa tions and show a remarkable increas1 ever preceding years, while other class es of Imports show but a v;ry slight increase. A table, showing the im portations by great classes in each yea"r from 1XX0 to l'M2, is printed in the an nual report 'of the ehk.f of the treasury bureau of statistics and affords an op portunity to study thp growth In im ports of manufacturers' materials and the growing share which they form in tlie total imports. The bureau of statistics distributes the imports into live great groups, nam- Iv (1) articles of food and animals; m(2) articles in a crude condition which enter into the various processes of domestic industry: (1) articles wholly ir partially manufactured for use as materials in the manufactures and me chanic arts: (4) articles manufactured leady for consumption, and (5) article? of voluntary use, luxuries, etc. Combining the two classes of articles for use in manufacturing, those "in a crude condition" and those "wholly or partially manufactured for use as ma terials in the manufactures and me chanic arts," is is found that the total value of importations for use in manu facturing, which amounted in 18S1 to $217,571,551 were, in 1002. $41S.776.CS1 or practically double those of 1S81. They formed, in 1SS1. 33.44 per cent of th--tctal imports and. in l'J2. 46.3G per cen' of the total imports. This phenomenal growth becomes even more striking when it is compared with the growth in importation of all other articles thin those for use in manufacturing. The table- in the report of the chief n' the bureau of statistics which f?ts fenth the imports by years of the great groups above referred to, shows that 'he total valu? of "imports other than manufacturers' materials" amounted, UPPER BERTH LEGS firliiST NOT DANGLE Opinion on Sleeping Car Ethics by New York Magistrate. Now Voik, August 17 A hot, stuffy morning in a sleeping oar and a row between occupants of an upper and a lower berth brought two very indig nant passengers before Magistrate Pool in Yoikvillo court yesterday. J. G. Ailleck. treasurer of the Kighth and .sinttl avenue railroad, and Robert D. May, banker, 760 Broadway, were the names given. Mr. AffWk had a lower berth, and Mr. May the upper berth, coming down from I'tica last night. The train was late and the night had been close and uncomfortable. According to Mr. Affleck, he awoke early this morning and saw Mr. May's bare leg dangling in front of his face, lie pushed it away, and Mr. May pushed it back. According to Mr. May, his leg was slightly wrenched. When the depot was reached Mr. May caught Mr. Aflleck by the coat collar, and Mr. Affleck, it is alleged, resented this by striking Mr. May on the shoulder. Patrolman Kelly was requested to ar rest Mr. Affleck, and the latter retali ated by asking for Mr. May's arrest. All three got in a carriage and were driven to court. Mr. Affleck told of awakening and finding Mr. May's leg in front of his face. "Nothing could have been more dis agreeable. I am sure." said the magis trate. "I found it so. and therefore I threw ! it aside," replied Mr. Affleck. "It was simply an accident," said Mr. May. "I had no idea I was doing that." "Hut you did It," retorted Magistrate Peel. Magistrate Pool said that he would would Mr. Affleck's. The latter thought that the matter had gone far enough, , and both men were discharged. BLACK WALNUT LOG FUND. New Source of Income for the Schools of Oklahoma. Guthrie. Ok., August 17. The terri- j torial school .land department an- i nounces the creation of a new fund oT $5,000, on deposit with the territorial I treasurer, known as the walnut log fund. The money Is derived from the sale of dead and dying walnut timber FOR THE YEAR In 1SS1, to S433.047.44S and in 1!W2 to $4S4.:.r.0.390. and formed, in 1SS1, 66.56 of the total imports and in 1902 but 53.64 per cent of the total imports. Thus, .while importations of manufac turers' materials have practically doubled from 1SS1 to 1902, importation;-, oC articles other than manufacturers' mateiials have increased but about 12 per cent. Comparing conditions in 1902 with these of 1X92, there is an increase o about 50 per cent in manufacturers' materials and an actual decrease of about 10 per cent in other imports. In 1S92 the importations of manufactur ers' materials were $27S, 319,966 against $418,776,681 in 1902 and the imports of at tides other than manufacturers' ma terials were, In 1S92. $535,281,379 and in 12, $184,550,390. These figures seem especially interesting in view of th-? fact that the totals imports of 1902 were larger than in any year in the history of our foreign commerce. " Even those figures, however, do not indicate. In all cases at least, the ac tual growth in manufacturers' mate-rials because of the fact that they ire figures of values only and. In many cases, pi ices have so much fallen thai ;h value figures of 1902, when com pared with those of earlier periods, do not fully Indicate the growth in quan tity imported. The report of the chief of the bureau of statistics gives in con junction with the table above ref.rreel to another table showing the quantity of principal articles impcuted. It shows, for example, that while the value of raw silk imported in 1902 is only three and a half times as much as in 1880. the quantity is more than five times as much. The total importations of un manufactured silk in 18S0 amounted to 2.562.246 pounds valued at $12,024,69', while that of 1902 was 14.234,826 pounds valued at $42,635,351. In India rubber, the quantity imported has increased from, less than 17 million pounds in 1880 to over. 50 millions in 1902: fibers from 11S.C24 "tons in 1SS0 to 305,727 tons in 1902: tin, from 32 million pounds to 79 million pounds: cotton (including waste) from 3.5CO.000 pounds to 111 l million pounds. on school lands and from territorial lands. The log business has recently be come one of the most important in the department on account of the great value of walnut timber found in south western Oklahoma. A posse of special agents and detec tives are kept there by the territory to guard the forest and prevent poaching by outsiders, who make a big profit by shipping the timber to Germany. The federal government also has a force of special agents guarding .walnut timber cn Indian, military and govern ment lands. to sue For. crop, damage. Iowa Farmers Blamo the St. Paul Koad for Submerged Lands. Sioux City, August 17. The St. Paul road is to be made the defendant In a heavy damage suit growing out of the lecent heavy rains in Monona county. The road will be charged with negli gence in failing to provide a culvert through which the water could run off from the fields. About a mile this side of Grant Cen ter the St. Paul runs on a high grade. A few years ago, it is alleged the road had a culvert r.t this point 300 feet long. Since then, however, the culvert- has been partly taken out, so that only 1C0 feet remains, and a solid grade has been put in its place. During the recent rains the water was unable to run off in the direction of the Little Sioux, and the farmers claim their crops have been ruined thereby. Men are engaged at present in measuring the-fields and estimating the amount of damage done. . BURGLARS ItOB A POSTOFFICE Safe Blown Open and $2,000 in Stamps and Money Taken. Highland Falls, N. 1'., August 17. Burglars entered the postotfice here last night, blew open the safe with dy namite and stole $2,000 in stamps and currency. The booty included also three diamond rings, a valuable bracelet and other articles of jewelry. The safe was torn to pieces and the room was badly wrecked. The noise of the explosion ware heard in all parts of town. There is no clew t? the bur glars. ; SELECTED FOH IRRIGATION. Vast Tracts in NevaJi Withdrawn by the Government From Sale- Carson City. August 17. The United States land office in this city is in re ceipt cf a communication from Wash ington giving notice of a wholesale withdrawal of land from public sale by the secretary of the interior. By this action not a single foot of the land may be purchased and the suspension of sale may be removed. The land thus reserved to the gov ernment for its own use makes a total of 2,000,000 acres, including that which has already been sold and the title to which will not be affected by the new order. Two cities are included in the district. Real estate transactions in Carson City and Virginia City must remain at a standstill until further no tice. The. object of the government In withdrawing this vast area from pub lic sale is to give an opportunity for the United States geodetic survey to mark off lands suitable for purposes of irrigation and to locate reservoir sites. The government proposes to select 120.000 acres out of the preset ibed ter ritory and to expend $mhi,mmi in build ing dams and reservoirs. At the state land olllce the reclaimed lands have been marked o!T, and it makes western Nevada look as If it had been blotted from the map. The district embraces the Carson river and a portion of the Truc-kee river system. It starts near the California state line, near Verdi, and extends east to Hum boldt, Carson lake and Carson sink. It comprises nearly all of Churchill county, a porticn of Humboldt and considerable cf Washoe, Douglass, Lyon, Ormsby and Storey counties. The land will be held in reserve until the survey is completed and the secretaiy of the interior decides what portion h desires for the national irrigation pro jeer. o RAILROAD COLLISION. Threatening the Safety cZ Six Hun dred Passengers. Chicago, August 17. At Hammond, Ind., today the Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville train, carrying 600 pas sengers from Cincinnati, and running at a speed of forty miles, crashed into a freight train waiting at the siding. The locomotive of the excursion train and the baggage oar were badly wrecked, but the coaches were only slightly damaged. Sc veral excursionists were cut pain fully and bruised, but none was seri ously injured. George V. Karris, aged twenty-one. of Cave city, Ky.. who was riding in a caboose of the ffi;:lit train, was killed, and l.;s brother. Dan iel E. Fnrris, aged twenty-eight, was probably fatally hurt. BOER GENERALS CALL ON THE KING pleasant Sunday Spent on the Boyal Yacht. London. August 17. The P.oer gen erals. Rctha. De Wet and Delarey, who reached here yesterday from South Af rica, left Lcndcn at half past 9 o'clock this morning for Ccwes, Irle of Wight, to see King Edward on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albeit. Upon ar tlving at Southampton the P.oer gen erals were welcomed on board the commander-in-chief's yacht Wildfire, by Earl Roberts and General Lc rd Kitchener. They immediately visited King Ed ward on board the Vic tcria'and Albert, and were then taken for a trip around the fleet in the Wildfire. They returned to London this evening. The liners were highly pleased with their recep tion by the king. ' O BIG MILL TO PEAT GATES. Pueblc Hears Plans in the West of U. S. Steel Corporation. Pueblo, Col., August 17. Information received in this city leads to the con clusion that in ease John W. Gates secures control of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company at the coming elec tion, the United States Steel corpora tion will erect a gigantic western plant to be a formidable rival of the Colorado company. Vast coal and coke fields owned by the United States Steel corporation in Indian territory arc. being developed. More than 300 men have already been sent there and orders issued to push development by the steel corporation. WEATHER TODAY. Washington, August 17 Forecast for Arizona Fairs Monday and Tuesday. MAN HOUSEKEEPER. Tried It Ninety Days. There is one case on record where a man had a good easy time of it while his wife was away and she tells thj tale. "Circumstances made it necessary for me to leave husband for a month to pursue his bachelchrdom as best he could. He resolved to give Grape-Nuts a thorough trial as he had for years been subject to bilious attacks and in digestion. During my absence he gained in weight and his health seemed perfect, theiefore I give you for the benefit of suffering men in particular, and women in general, his menu for the 90 days: Four teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts sprinkled with a little salt and covered with good cream, one slice cf bread and butter, one large cup of Postum Cereal Coffee (made according to directions) and a" the fruit he wanted. He worked during the time nine hours a day anC never realized he possessed a stomach. This diet my husband earn estly recommends to office men, stu dents and f all people of sedentary habits especially, and let me tell it to all wives, this meal can be prepared by an inexperienced servant, a young son or daughter, thereby saving your self hours of labor. Try it. It will make your work lighter, your purse heavier, your body healthier and all of you happier." Name gievn by the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. MALAY BLOOD SHOWS ITSELF In the Peaceful Islands of f he Philippines The Situation in Mindanao Calls fur the Active Movement of Troop. Mutiny cf a Native Crew of an Interisland Steamer. Manila. August 17. The Moro situa tion in Mindanao is considered critical, and it is believed that the American troops will soon move uguinst Racalad, where the recent murder of two men of the Twenty-seventh infantry was plotted. A small party of Moros sur nised an outpost of the Twenty-seventh, at Camp Vicars. Mindanao, on August 12, killing two and wounding one American. General Chaffee, who left Manila on August 12 on a final tour of the south ern islands, reached Zambangoa, isl and of Mindanao last Friday. In a conference with the local commander General Chaffee argued that unless the American forces moved decisively against the hostiles they would lose the support of the friendly Moros. The native crew of the inter-insular steamer Hermanos mutinied at Fort Ver,ac, island of Catanduanes, last Thursday. They murdered the chief c-ngineer of the vessel and wounded the captain, mate, the second officer and one passenger, all of whom are Span iards. Members of the native constab ulary went to the rescue of the ship's officers. They fired into the crew and killed three of them. Twenty-five of the crew' surrendered and five Jumped overboard and are believed to have drowned. MEN MUST Wli:. ?.iy: Mr. Mitchell Vn ruing Anthra cite Strike. Indianapolis, Ind., August 17. John i Mitch. 11. president of the United Mine Workers of America, arrived here to day on his way to Spring Valley, 111., to visit hi lamily. Mr. Mitchell will also go to Chicager to confer with the orders of Illinois miners. "The situutii n in the strike fit-Id re mains the same." said Mr. Mitchell. "The men are just as determined as ever to win. and will stick it out as long a.-t necessary, so that it all de )nds on the action of the e.-.-:-;il;ir:i when the strike will terminate. Mr. Mitchell insists that the men must and will win the strike. THE DUTY OF THAI NM F.N. Wilkesbarre, Pa., August 17. Grand Master Filzpatrick of the Brotherhood cf Railroad Trainmen has about com pleted a tour of t'eie anthracite strike legion. He addressed the local broth erhoods in many placid, and it is said pointed out to the members their duty in case any of the coal carrying rail roads should attempt to arry coal from the mine! where non-union men are employed. Just what instructions were riven was r.ot made public. REALIZATION OF CHINA'S NEEDS A Clossr Commercial Belati-.n With This Country. Shanghai. , August 17. Liu Ktm Yijyi, Chang Chi Tung and Yuan Shai Kal, viceroys respectively of Nankin, Hankow and governor of Pe Chi Li, in separate conferences . with Tischaretts. the United States tariff commissioner, have concurred in making two signifi cant and unequivocal declarations. The first is that a critical time has arrived when China must make a su preme effort for the promotion of com merce and friendly intercourse with America and Kurcie. the second that as an evidence of good fa'th in this in tention and her appreciation of the generous policy of the United States to ward her, China will make an unprece dented exhibit, at St. Louis exposition. A TREATY MADE. Washington. August 17. The state department has received a dispatch from Tischaretts, the treasury expert who was commissioned by the state de partment to negotiate a tariff treaty between the United States and China, stating that the treaty was to be signed on the 25th Instant and that he would sail for the United States on the first steamer. 3 PRESIDENT'S SUNDAY. Oyster Ray, August 17. President Roosevelt and family attended Christ Episcopal church today. Dr. P. M. Rixey. surgeon general of the United States navy, and Mrs. Rixey spent the day at Sagamore Hill. They will re turn to Washington tomorrow. Dr. Rixey today stated that he had heard from MYs. MoKinloy within the last few days, and that her health was very satisfactory. BASE BALL Results of Contests in Four Leagues Yesterday. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnati. 2: Pittsburg, 1. Chicago, 2; New York, 3. Second game Chicago, 1; New York, 3. St. Louis. 7; Brooklyn, 7. Eighteen innings. WESTERN LEAGUE. Ko: City, 7; Omaha, 5. Second game Kansas City, 6: Omaha, 5. St. Joseph, 4; Des Moines, 7. Milwaukee, 10: Denver, 1. Second game Milwaukee, 7: Denver, 2. Peoria, 2; Colorado Springs, 1. Sec ond game Peoria, 3; Colorado Springs, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus, 1; Milwaukee, 4. Toledo, 8; Kansas City, 2. Second grime Toledo, S: Kansas City, 6. Louisvillc, 6: Minneapolis, 5. Second game Louisville, 11; Minneapolis, 7. o ELECTRICAL STORM Flashes Over the Soul hern Part of Cecrgia. Su'jTinah, Ga., August 17. A sever electrical storm with a high wind passed over the southern section of Georgia last night. A small roundhouse was wrecked at Waynesboro, a dwell ing was blown down and one mau was killed. At Barlow the Baptist church and academy were struck by lightning and badly damaged, and at Swannsboro a building was struck by iighining and burnt d. Opening cotton was whipped from the bolls and ruined, causing heavy losses. STRIKERS. The Advisability of Calling Out Troop? for Them. North Platte. Neb., August 17. Gov ernor Savage and a number of Union Pacific officials were in consultation here all day with Mayor Walker and the county officials regarding the ad visability of sending troops to control the strikers, who, it is charged, have been trespassing on Union Pacific prop erty and threatening the new employes. There has been no marked violence thus far and the sheriff says he telieves he can maintain order. CORPSE IN HOTEL ROOM. New York. August 17. William D. Castleberry. a lumber merchant of Cin cinnuti. Ohio, was found dead this af ternoon in his rooms at the Hotel Au dubon. Castle-berry was last seen about the hotel late on Sunday night. He regis tered from Cincinnati on July 22. hav ing come to New York on business. Death is supposed to have, been due to natural causi s. LIVE SEA SERPENT CAUGHT IN HARLEM Eighteen Feet Long a -id Two Feet in Circumference. New York. August 17. The sea ser pent has been caught alive in Harlem river. Its captor was Donald Burns, who has the monster on exhibition at his home. No. 8 Dover street. Crowds went to his home today to see the ser-pc-nt, which is alive. It is eighteen feet long and two feet around in its thickest part. For a month past bathers ;ai Coney Island and Gravesend have been telling how scared they were at some great serpent in the water. Their stories were received with the usunl smiles that such yarns usually are. But for a week bathers in Harlem river have been scared by the sight of some strange monster. Burns heard about the sea serpent, and with two friends went to the Harlem river to look for it. They got a large catboat and sailed cautiously about. Said Burns yester day: "When we first saw the monster he was humping himself up about a eiuar ter of a mile away. We sailed right at him. First he opened .his mouth and and darted out a forked tongue and then turned to run. Just as he did I threw a large trout net around him, and with the help of my friends landed him on the bank." Burnstiod the serpent up in the folds of the net and took it home on a truck. It resembles a .monster python, has large eyes and no ears. Now that Burns has got it safely In a large tank at his home he doesn't know what to do with it. GIANT LUMBER COMBINE. One Is Said to Be Projected With a Capital of $1,500,000,000. Philadelphia, August 17. It va:i ru mored in Camden yestprday that lum bermen of immense capital of the north west and south are considering a pro position "of amalgamation that will rival the giant steel combine. It is said that the new combination may have $1,500,000,000 of capital and take in almost every timber and lumber interest of any considerable dimensions in the great belts. i Negotiations for the perfection of the combine are said to have been under way for some months, and that tley will be perfected within a week or so. RIVAL FOR SNUFF TRUST. Wilmington, Del., August 17.- At a meeting in this city yesterday plans were consummated for the erection o? a large snuff mill at Yorklyn. The fac tory will be under the direction of the Delaware Scotch Snuff company, char tered recently, and will be a rival to the American Snuff company. The com pany has $500,000 capital. DENY ELACKM AILING PLOT. Men Arrested in Ithaca for Trying to Extort Money From Benn Conger. Ithaca, N. Y.. August 17. District Attorney C. H. Blood this morning had a talk with Harlow Casar and John Collins, the two men arrested Saturday night for implication in the Grotcn ex tortion plot. The plot was to blackmail ex-Assemblyman Benn Conger by compelling him to place $12,000 under an old shed on the Brooks farm at Groton at 11 p. m. Saturday under penalty that he would be murdered. The letter was PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HOLDS RENOilNATION To Be of Less Importance Than Full Justice to Cuba He Would Risk His Success for Reciprocity With the Island The President Will Not Give the Matter of Calling an Extra Ses sion of the Senate Consideration Until After His Return From His Western Tour Next Month He m Has Had No Recent Conference on the Subject. Oyster Bay, N. Y August 17. I would risk my lenomination to give justice to Cuba through reciprocity," said President Roosevelt recently, in conversation with a government official who visited him here. The president has not authorized any statement that he will call an extra ordinary session of the senate in the fall. There Is the highest authority for saying that he has not considered that question since he left Washington, on July 3, and will not consider it until after he returns from his tour in New England on September 3. When he re turns he will confer with his advisers in the cabinet and the senate, and his action w ffl be guided by the conditions presented when the, time comes to d. clde upon the best course to secure his turned over to Sheriff Seaton on Fri day, and he made every preparation to capture the blac kmailers, long before the appointed hour the old sht d was surrounded by armed deputies, with Deputy Tow nk-y inside to signal the outside squad with a gunshot. Roth men professed innocens today, and they told practically the same story. Collins was more straightfor ward than Casar, and there is a belic-i growing that lie knew nolhlTiy jC the plan to blackmail Conger until atur day. Casar receives credit from the authorities for creating the scheme. At the last moment, they believe, be decided te let Collins Into It. WANT RETALIATORY DUTIES. Vancouver, Si. C, August 17. Special dispatcb.es from I'lifctt sound s:y that the politicians are bringing pressure through members of congress to retali ate, against British Columbia for pro hibiting the export of cedar logs io the states. They allirm that since this act was entoiced British Columbia is nu.ni-.fac-tuiing .S00, 000,000 shingles a year and only consuming 200.o0O.0O0, the remain der, in spite of a 30 ttnt duty, finding their way to American markets. Con gress will be asked to prohibit entirely the importation of British Columbia shingles into the United States as a protectie n to the l'uget sound shingle men. o PREACHER CALLED TO LONDON. London, August 17. The Rev. Dr. F. W. Guns.auli's of the Central church cf Chicago, whj has been occupying the pulpit of the City Temple during the absence of Dr. Parker, has been approached with a view of taU'ng a London pastorate, which i.? believed to be. that cf the City Temple, as there is talk of Dr. Parker resigning that charge. ' TO SUCCEED MAJOR BLACKFORD. Wilmington, Del. .August 12. Captain E. S. Avis, formerly military instructor at Delaware college, will be comman dant of cadets at the Wilmington Mili tary academy, , succeeding Major Thomas A. Blackford. n GATES ON THE GROUND. Denver. Col., August 17. John W. Gates arrived tonight to attend the meeting of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company on Wednesday. He positively refuses to talk about the fight for con trol. SHAH OF PERSIA. G row- Nervous at Thought of Going to Sea. London, August 17. Mizaffar Ed Din. shah cf Persia, arrived at Dover at THE PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK PHOENIX, ARIZONA. Paid-up Capital, $100,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits. t50.tW). E. B. GAGE, President. T. W. PEMBERTON, Vice Pres. 11. J.M CLI NG, Csshlc L. B. LARIMER. Assistant Cashier. Steel-lined Vaults and Ste?el Safety Deposit Boxes. General Banking Business. Drafts issued on all principal cities of the world. Directors O. B. Richmond. B. Heyman, F. M. Murphy. D. M. Ferry, E. B. Gage. T. W. Pemberton. R. N. Fred ericks, L. II. Chalmers, Frank Alkire, THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL BANK PRESCOTT. ARIZONA. Paid-up Capital. $100,0u0.00. Surplus and Undlivded Profits, $50.0no.0ft. r. M. MURPHY. President. MORRIS GOLDWATKR. Vice President. R. N. FREDERICKS. Cashier. W. C. BRANDON. Assistant Cashier. Brooklyn Chrome Steel-lined Vatilts and Safe Deposit Boxes. A renrl hunk lng business transacted. Directors F. M. Murphy, E. B. Gage, Morrla Goldwat John C. Herndon. F. G. Brecht, D. M. Ferry, R. N. Frederifk 53s- If You Want to Invest In Arizona Real Estate, Mines or Stocks, or if you arc looking ft business opening, communieate with u. If yon have property for sale. Real Estate, Mines, Prospects, Bonds or Stocks, or busings to sell or trade, call on or write us about the matter. S. ACKER (SL CO.. and Bonds, Mines, lxans, Insurance and Business Cbane-er Real Estate, Stoc Bufte 1 UuloD Block, in the National Convention . well-known object of reciprocity for the : Cuban Republic-. The.president'n views with respect U ! an extra session remain exactly what i they were when he left Washington. President Roosevelt has 5:ad no con : ference with Secretary Hay or any i other official relative to a recipnx-ity treaty with Cuba sir.-e congress ad i jcurned. The work at the Mate depurt- mtnt on this treaty has been held in abeyance since the session closed. Mln i ister Quesada reported to Sec ret a ry : Hay before the adjournment that hn i had no authority to proceed with the i preliminary negotiations, and the mat ! ter was referred to President Palma. j Since congress adjourned without au ! tlic.rizing Cuban reciproc ity, there has j been no official correspondence in r ' gard to the details of the agr.-ement. noon today on board the steamer Em press from Calais. The shah is said to have exhibite 1 great nervousness upon embarking n the Empress at Calais for a sea trip. But he bore the journey w-11. :m-1 v. h- M Prime Arthur o' ("mnauKM b. ar.it d the Empress and greeted h;m the rliali rir.iled and c onversc-d with :-niiiiati.i through an interpreter. o FOREST FIRE. - ' Florence. Wis., August 17. Forest fires that have bt en raging in this vi e inity now threaten the town, and this afternoon the fire department was called out. At Commonwealth, a min ing Village 'cuitli of here, the citiztiis have been unable to protee t their homos. a dead journalist. Atlanta, Ga., August 17. CoLn.-l William Arnold Ile-rnphill. the f un !. r and for many years business in.inng.-r of the Atlanta Constitution, eliid at hi residence in this c ity of apoplex. was born in Athens. Ga., i:j 1S:2. A STOWAWAY LEO SAILORS TO DESERT Picked Up at Foreign Port He fetirs Up Dissatisfaction. Chester, Pa.. August 17. Shortly after the tank steamer Pure Oil tied up at the Pure Oil company's dock today six of the crew deserted, anil as two of the seamen who were ill were tak"t lo the Chester hospital the tanker was crippled. But before sailing away lh.? full complement of new men were se cured. When the Puie Oil left her foreign port a Ftovvaway made his appearance on deck. The fellow, a well-built young man. had secreted himself among the coal apartments, and hun ger and thirst forced him to come from his hiding-place. The fellow s willing ness to work won for him the respect of the tanker's men. and when it was found that the ateamer was short of men the stowaway was added to tt boat's crew. It is now learned that it was he who caused the dissatisfaction and led the sailors to desert. -o- FREIGHT SLIP SLIPPED. San Francisco, August 17. The Santa Fe freight slip in this city collapsed to day. The damage is estimated at $50. OCO. The collapse was caused by tht settling .of i;ie rock sea wall. i'KtSCOTT, ARIZONA