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WEEKLY ARIZONA JOURNALMlNER.
Pioneer Paper of Arizona.
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 29, 1903.
Fortieth Year.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS, HINTS
INTERROGATORIES
To the Question of the Compromise of the
United Verde Taxes Subterfuges in Its
Support Exploded.
Both of the Journal-Miner'.-i on
temporaries, each of the edilois of
which hare professed the grtate.-t
friendship and interest in the lax nay-
ers of the couuty. have lined them
selres up with the aa ittbieal corpora-
tion in this county, a ij one ill the
wealthiest iu the territory, and with
uu servants tuo uoai l ut supervisors
01 lavapai county, to MUM this
luuuiy 01 over 5H. oop in taxes .lue
Irom last year, and against the assess-
ineut as returned by the county asses-
Mr for this rear.
One of the aforesaid contemporaries
has posed for years as being opposed
to favoritism to corporations -I
against the interests of the people.
and has advocated the break. of
contracts, which are considered sac-
red. in order to place property on the
ia roil wtucu is exempt Wf law.
The veneer of its "taxless toot"
crusade. which it has kept up for the
past ten years, is now made apparent
by its advocacy of this shameless at
tempt to defraud the couuty out of
orer ill, 000, which the courts have
virtually aid hare been legally assess
ed against a wealthy corporation
which is abundantly able to par. Can
tne public accept its former utter
auces as coming from a sincere motire
to work for the welfare of the public,
iu riew of its ore-cut attitude towards
the collection ol a legal tax':
If it has beeu honest and sincere all
iurea.sm , uix.es loot.ug
howls, what can lie the motive which
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uw nu,T., i. in io... as.tn an us
lormer traditions and come out in
support of a priuciple diametrically
opposed to all of its BtMEHMMM for
the past decade?
ine puulic may auswer these .pies-
tions as best they can.
The other of the aforesaid co litem-
poraries indulges iu a gust of wind,
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Ki.ui.nu. ..s uneraw.,
aud makes no attempt to give any
reason whv the count v should be de
frauded out of this ?14.('Xi. but sim
ply says it stands in with t!.e deal,
and thinks the board of .-up -rvisors
did right. Possessed of more .-. use
than a great many people have given
him. credit with the editor of that pa
per realized tbe ridicnlonaocec of th"
paena. Kn oy u.:n. L,a lot, u,.,,
umeuauieuesr- oi it alio i.u-i. n. ,i vo
tell his readers that he did not wish
it to be understood by his readers that
ue is taaiu up .m u.auter s.mp.j oe-
cause the United Verde people are
wealthy. This interjection of the im
pelling motive of the writer is tbe ;
ablest and most pertinent eutehee of
the entire whirlwind of words on the
subject, although the motive was ap-
parent to any one poring over the lit-
erary garble duur i. Will the bop-
esly. avowed in this case, have i- re- :
war'
The effort on the part of both
!'a-
pers seems to be to attrat attention
to the editor of this papr. and away
from the real question a. issue -
though the board ol supervisors Big
te able to hide behind his all. --,
mistakes, or weakuesre.-.
Neither paer makes, or attempts
to make, mag tangible. peaooOBbfa, or
sensible defeuse of the actiou of the
lioard. It ir alleged thai other lAniue
properties some place else in the ter
ritory are not properly assessed, just
as though two wrongs make u right.
II toe Journal -Miner wished to in
troduce tbi
refer to tin
Oueen miu
sort of argument it could . ulu awa: riromtuerei : uva an estio u is problematical, mere is nothing The (iermau custom .it entering a sa
assessmen: of ihe' t'wpoer of tue ,la-v' au1 iu M V' 1,1 ,iim;,i0ns ! problematical about the value of I loon, taking a driuk aud paying for
in Coca aari r tor ,rom '' It seems to be aware of tbe property capable of producing from j it aud no other.-, if adopted in Ahmt-
over ?:!..K.i.0.0 a cour le of years ago.
... ...
iur coujp:oi em ujio I'umi. io cliu
tes1 this a-sessmeut. won it- cae in
the district court and when a : a I
to the supreme court of the territory,
that tribunal rever.-ed the decision of
the lower court.
Another ecue. it is no argument,
it is alleged, that a fire ill the mine
last year rmtaiioa1 a heavy loss io the
company, and the most remarkable
statement i made that Senator Clark supervisors did rigui III reducing the
lost H,KM,00fl on the year s llinimilil assessment over 82.000,000. This is a
Of course !io one outside of a lunatic sample of logic that is used iu defense
asylum, or one who has all the men- 'h" I'oard.
tal qtialifi S it ions to In- admitted to Another plea is that "Senator
one, will believe this statement. The Clark's mines, and their management,
plant was only close t down lor a Dor- have lieen a thousand fold more po
tion of tbe year, wneu its expenses tent fat-tors than all ot hers combined
were cut down to the minimum. The aa an inducer of investment iu Yava-lmmeu.-e
profits during the period i! pai ooaaty." Admitting this, is uot
did run would have cove;.-: tl;.- e- :, stooo outright bonus, aud a reduc
Iieuses lor -everal peara while not run- tion of assessment of ?2,000,(i00 val
uing. But just admitting tbat atafa uai ion. a pretty big Imjuus to pay for
ment as true, (hat Senator Clark immigration purposes. Every success
really did not come out even on th. ful mine iu operation in the couuty
operations for the year, does- he is a good advertisement for it. If a
come to the board if supe; . i .c- as a royalty is to lie paid to tbe United
mendicant.- Just i mac ine a man v. ho
can buy and ty spot cash lor a .T'.
018,689 railroad ou bis kn.es Ijefore
the Yavapai county board o! ntperris
ors. supplicating tie m to rati let e
some of his losses iu mining! Wonder
what file millionaire senator wool. I
think of a picture ol t hat kind? Hop-
Mse that the loss sustained by the
fi re had been on the part of Yavapai
county. Suppose for innlaiW the
courthouse had beeu destroyed by
fire during the year. Doe.- any one
imagine f ir au instant that Senator
Clark would have come to its macne
with a cash donation of s! . '"H.- by the-e two apologists of f he board j ous point. j siou of the 814,000 donation ol the
Again, tiie losses by tie- tip in the f supervisors for tlwir high banded I Meats of all kinds are to be scrup .supervisors as it was in political cam
Jerome m i lie la year fell much more procoad i aB I tier only weave a closer ulonslv avoided while the temperature ' pa'gus and other uses Io which it has
beavily on the baatneoi nwn
town, iu proportion to tboir
f that
means,
through the loss of buainanj to them,
than it did mi Seuator dark. Has
there been a single instance of one of
them coming to the board of supei vis
ors in the attitude of a mendicant or
supplicant a- Senator C!rk is repre
sented aa doing by one of these pa
pers, ami a king for charity':" Has
any of the small or big ranchers in
the Verde valley, who depend largely
upon the markets afforrle l by the
AND
PERTINENT
town of Jerome, for the sale of their
products, come before the board and
asked for a donation to them, because
perchance on account of this Are in
the Jerome mine, they hare come out
lehind on (heir year's oerntions?
Has anv one hoard of the board of
' superviMirs. cutting down the taxes.
or uiak.ug any cash donations, to any
one of the.-e. to whom the above mine
lire was a real hardship and calamity.
on account of loss of busin.
iea.
If the real reason for the board of
Mlliervisnrs donation to IHa f " n i t
Ver,le , , f that 14-000 which bv
ritfht bsloU)Ie( to th COBUt wafi lw.
- - - r !
$,,ooo.ooo ast rear, what excuse can
,bev onVr for tbe favori,ism sbowI1
bim m tbe mmm of otber
wb, ,Mt busjueti8 and to wbom tbp
!o-s was a real hardship? Why this
audsomeSlonation to him and uoth-
iug to the poor tax payer? Why fav
oritism to the wealthy?
Perhaps they were attempting to
fulfil! the assertion that "ttT him that
hath, shall be given abundantly, and
from him that hath not shall be taken
even the little that he seemeth or
mbiuke!b , have.-
So admitting the truth rf this very
cauzy and flimsy excuse set up by a
paper iu defense of their action, they
cannot escape from the charge of fav
oritism to wealthy corporation.
Another excuse is that Senator
Clark would have carried
the matter
into court and kent it there for
. VMr, kiU , hu
county
would have lieen compiled to do
without the money. In plain English
this mean.- that the board of supervis
ors has made a complete surrender to
M, ,,, . . rirtll,,r , M,
"now that is all right senator, just
- .;i:.r , .
Uy tonamm it support, and
I
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it ia all right You know vou have
the money and we are willing to take
the few crumbs which you are williug
to drop to us."
Iu tbe first place it is mere assump
tion that Mr. Clark would have kept
tins in lititrationfor years. He tried
it r. m i... ij
out in the tirst round, and took uo
rtep to keep thU litigation alire iu i
aluyK, , uu uutu
of that famous compromise. wn?u for-
mal notice ma gireu. Even Ikls M
lone for the benefit of the sunerris- i
org ,, t() afford ,bem the 9emblaD(;e
of a j, gupport for tbeir actiou
wi no, the comty wmm off in
future yeani throUBb ,ack ot fandfs if
,bj!i ,irincip.e is to 1)ecomt perut
ju (h(, . property ,han jt
v,,ld bav(? eren adlujniug tbat
Vl c!ark mitfht havP kppt this in
eoaltformtom Jtaai! ScVpOMSMall
,ax fmma gbou,d M togethep aud
i-sue an ultimatum to the board of
siqierrisors and dictate t them what !
t beir assessment shall be. with the
albmaitve thai it their demands are
,,t complied with thev would refuse
io pay their taxes and
: ion to court.
I :ike ( he ques-
This would be just as feasible and
1 1 t ii-able as for .Mr. Clark to do so,
aud if the latter is t. ape just tax
atiou why should u... all
( )ue of the papers ia ijiiesi ion e; ades
he issue entirely aud thinks this , this purpose. The question of ulti
board of equalization is vested with j mate success, as in the case of any
authority to act. au . 1 ravels several i property, in the development stage.
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iiieiai:iiei- !j.
ta bi payers oi me county ana en-1
ieutly does not OMBC lo Bol its fingers 1
burned. I
!t ! ie- politic- agaiust the Journal- j
Miner and liniilhniilj proceeds to;
eadarae the action of the board aud i
The act of the couutv assessoV as well I
lor placiug the assessed value this
year at t-S.2tJu.UU0. The assessor did
right in living this value, and the
Verde f..i a iv.i : i -ing purposes, every
mine t hat .-hip.- a .b Mar's worth of
bullion OI Boneanteatoi u entitled to
eqeni proportionate lav. :- from tbe
board. Carrying out thia same line of
argument there are scores of enter-
prises which uot only beiji to build
up and develop the untry. but help
m advertise it- raaonroaa. Where i.-
the line To lie drawn; I- the United
Verde ( 'upper, the wealthiest bastita
tion in the county to lie the sole and
only tieneticiary? a fan) it must lie
apparent to tin nio-t obi use mind t hat
in orarr aaeusn attempted to he made
wet. around thcm.hy making it appear
on their showing that tfcay have play
ed favoritism with the wealthy
Montana senator ai.d his wultbv miu-
ing company, while overlooking thejeentof phosphorus tbat it contains,
poor ta. payed of tbe county. ' Kggs should be kept off the table fori
Moth of t he papers in question have the same reason. Chickens prodoml
made mention or at intimation of a dizziness.
fact in counection with this coutro- Exercise should uot be indulged in!
reran which the Journal Miner has re- by anybody who desires to avoid risk,
trained from heretofore mentioning. Walking, though at a moderate pace.
Tbe Courier says:
"Then, let us not jump at
eo.tclus- 1
ions and attribute improer motives
to our board." .
The other paper refers to it as "in-
flueuce. "
The Journal -Miner would lie .sorry
indeed to think, or believe that the
gentlemen composing the board have
been actuated from corrupt motives,
preferring to believe that it was sim-
ply an error of judgment, but they
should not be surprised if suspicion
should fall upon them. It is an open
and notorious fact that Senator Clark
was denied a seat in the United States
senate on account of corruption and
bribery, in connection with his elec
tion, himself admitting on the stand
most damaging, as well as most damn
ing acts in connection with the elec
tion. Tampering with juries and corrup
tion of territorial legislatures in Ari-
I zoua' nave been openly talked of, and
wbether true or false, they hare been
accepted as truth and are beliered by
a great many people, hence the liabil-
ity to arouse supsicious against any
one in a transaction which on the face
of it is not right. If unjust suspicion
! should attach to this transaction it is
but a natural consequence, consider
ing the reputation ot the chief bene
ficiary of it, for using money to carry
out bis ends.
Now a word as to this year's assess
ment. In prerious discussion of the
action of the board iu accepting &1G, -
000 as full payment of orer S50.000
taxes and costs due from the United j
Verde Copper company, but little has j
beeu said of their other and equally :
reprehensible and iudefensible action '
of reducing the assessment for the i
present year of tbe company's prop-
erty.
The raluatiou of the property as re- I
turned by Assessor D. J. Sullivan was1
$.1,200,000. Is there a man in the ter-1
ritory who thinks that such a valua-
tion is excessive on a property which
is rated as being worth 100,000,000 j
and is paying good diridends on a!
raluation of that sum? But suppose
?100, 000,000, which is the accepted
market raluatiou of the property, may
Re considered too high, cui" it down
one half and place it at $50,000,000.
and if placed on the market at this
price it would be taken up as a snap
in the twinkling of an eye but for1
the sake of argument suppose that its
market ralne is only $50, (XX), 000, is i
there any one who will contend that
a valuation of ,200,000 for purposes
of taxatiou would be exorbitant? Is!
t ' . i u msiii in ...imlr !.,. ,.-.,,,1.1
not feel that the tax- h..r,le,i i this 1
coun'y 8 V""V light if he escajied on
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tbe same ratio and could have his
property assessed at about one six
teenth of what he considered its mar
ket value?
Tbe very lame aud unbusinesslike
excuse is offered tbat other mining
properties, in other counties of the
territory, are not assessed lor wnat
they are worth aud a list of alleged
KiT" in r niorning
) coii temporary T wiiu Lite appai eiil uliu
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"J m maK.ng tne
reluctiou if has ou the UDited Ven,p
coiupauy. nn oispuiiug t tie accuracy
of tbe published list if the superris
ors of other counties commit hari kari
on their constituents, is that a ralid
and reasonable excuse why Yapvapai ;
county supervisors should do the I
same thing? :
i rooaoiy on accouut oi the ract that
a number of citizens ot this c.uuty I
are stockholders iu the Tombstone I
mines, aud the further fact that one
OI 'nP mel Promoters ano neaviest j
siocKuoiuer in uieni is a resident oi i
this county, tbe statement is made !
' that "the great mines of the Tomb-j
' stone Consolidated are assessed at five 1
dollars an acre." . The mines j
of the above company have lain idle!
for nearly twenty years, during which j
they have not not produced a dollar, i
They are now simply in a state of re i
habilitation, and money by the bun j
dreds of thousands are being spent for :
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in profit au
nnaiiy. so that when it is smed ;
down every excuse offered is tbe
merest subterfuge, or evasion of the
P"i question.
Ths 82, 000. mm reduction of the
present year's assessineut, isas uuten-
able aud unbusinesslike as their ?14.-
0UO donation and tbe county will be the
future sufferer from it. Unlike the bit-
ter transaction they acted within the
limits of their authority in this matter j
and all that the tax payers can do is
to griu and b"ar it. The law makes
them the final arbiters of values, sil
ting as a board of equalization, In the
absence of absolute fraud, aud tax
pavers apparent Iv have no redress
from this outrage ierietrated upon ;
them.
The Proper Thing to Do.
A careful compilation of tbe stig
gestions made by emiuent medical
men to those who would I cool, com
fortable aud healthy iu hot weather
shows tbat there is practically no lim-
1 jt to tbe precauct ions which may be
taken, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Unboiled water, of course, is not to I
: be drunk, for it coutaiiis,amoug other
Ithiugs. various kinds of prostration
' microbes. Boiled lake water is not ;
recommended, because, iu boiling. eeii used in four political campaigns
water undergoes a chemical change 1 of this county, aud iu one campaign
which renders it unfit for ill inn inn nptTt the Luildiug of a territorial
purposes. jcapitol besides lieing used ou various
Hot coffee, tea and chocolate are i other occa-oins when the Journal
iikely to prove depressing. Iced tea j Miner contained aaraotbing which did
is little better than poison to Hlt net wall on taedigeotire oraana of
system. Malt, spiritous, aud vinous ! 'Is contemporary.
liquors heal the blood to the danger- " is just as applicable to the discus
lj,o,,,rs heat the blood to the danger-
is high. Pastry is very harmful.
W heat, rye, and graham breads cause
hurtful fermentation. Fish should be
di-carded because of Ihe great per
lis liable to be followed by serious
consequence. Don't tt. Don't -land,
Don't lie ur swing in a liamuiock.iaud is therefore based upon theory,
Don't sleep, a it may be followed by
stupor. Don't stay at home. Don't
travel.
Shun lemonade, ice cream, tad all
sweet and sour drinks. Don't read,
don't think, and, to insure yourself
absolutely against the perils incident
to hot and humid weather, don't
' breathe.
M yu uot tam "Ban Ml
are f" never will be.
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MINING INTELLIGENCE
1
E. D. Treadwell had the old Hoggs
, smelter on Hig Hug all in repair ready
I to start up when the cloud burst
washed out the railroad to the Hack
berry mine causing a delay iu operat
ing it.
It. is rumored that a force of pros-
nee tors will be placed in the tield"ln
j the Newberry mountain country, this
fall, in au effort to And something on
j which to locate a mill now on the west
side of the desert near Pyramid. The
country has been but slightly covered
! by prospectors and a thorough pros-
pecting may lereal something good
Across the rivei. opposite Pyramid,
some promising claims hare been
found and if is reasonable to suppose
that there are others. Mohare Miner.
Some faiut idea of what a wonder-
ful mine the Copper Queen at Hisbee
is can be had when it is stated that it
has HO miles of drifts and tunnels
alone. It used undergound 11,000.000
feet of timber in l'JOl. Its production
of copper for that fear was 'J0,000
tons. It employs 1800 men. Its new
smelter now being built at Douglas,
which is SM feet wide.with a capacity
for treating 1S00 tons of ore every 'Jl
hours, is almost complete,
Frank Jager, president of the Model
Mining company, who has been here
for several days looking over the
property of the company, left for Chi
cago this morning. He was accom
panied to this place by Chas. T. Jus
liu, who has recently been selected as
general manager for the company.
Mr. Josliu will remain here and as
sume the management of the projier
ties at McC'abe and Kirk land. Mr.
Josliu s an old time miuiug man.
having spent many year- in the mines
of lake Superior, but for the past lew
years he has been cashier of the Chi-
M'
fitle an.' Trust company, and
co,nes to '''"''
with high cre-
1 1 1
leullals. lie llilormeii
the Journal-
mat todav ttiat the comimnv are
going ahead at once with the work ot
building the mill, and said be re
ceived a telejitam from Chicago today
that the machinery for the mill bad
been shipped today. He expects to
have the machinery all in place inside
of sixty day.-, when work on the old
McC'abe mine will be resumed with a
latge force of men. Mr. Sehrieber,
wdio hns been acting as temporary
manager, will remain at McC'abe for
sometime until Mr. Joslin is thor
oughly acquainted with the lay of
things.
The Habit Expensive.
Is it uot a fact that men really
taaai iu treating, amounts that they
would hesitate to gire away uo matter
bow deserving the charity: It is a
trail of biaau character Jhat comes I
through the all absorbing disposition j
to "hold your eud up" when with aj
friend, says the fc.prmgl.eld l inon.
tiuudre.is ot men lahc t lioiisau.is oi :
drinks tbat they do not want and j
other hundreds pay l'oi thousands that j
are uot desired. Two men meet and
one says, "Mighty glad to see you.
Let's have sometbiu." Neither
generally ueeds or ev. n wants a driuk.
But the man who offer- it wauls to
show that be is generous lie takes
this MIU boil of proving that be is glad
to meet his friend. The friend after
he has takeu the drink be did not i
want, to prove that he, too, is a good
fellow, insists upon a -second round.
l n . " ,iim , I c .a, -
American custom of reating is decid
dir v'hut .... do for friend
ship's sake costs us many a dollar ami
many a pang. New York Press.
Same Old Screech.
Toe-dav th. .!. nrnal. II In
W beu ou Tue.-day the
published the news about the board
of supervisors making that 14. ('CO
present to the wealthy United Verde
i 'ooper company, the editor was warn
ed that be might ex(iect to be assaul
ted again by its morning contempo
rary with one of those ancient and
stale "mileage statesman." "black
list," elc . articles which have been
used as campaign thunder for the past
ten years and wbicfi are kept tied up
and standing in the office, when out
of commission.
The reappearance of one of the ar
ticles was fully expected i u W'edues
day morn inc. but to (he surprise of
the editor of this paper none of them
appeared until this morning, and it
was feared Ihev bad all been pied.
We were just about to offer to set
them up on the Simplex machine, but
after rumagiug for four daxs in tbe
office, our contemporary rWiirreeted
one of them last night, and it appear-
ed this morning in its same old ttarb.
It is a little frizzled and grey, having
It is just as applicable t
been put. and can.-, d a general horse
laugh to all readers of the Courier
this morning.
PERHAPS IF YOU KNKW.
In a little booklet prepared by Mrs.
Carrie Caapaaan Catt, preaideni of the
National Suffrage Association, she
calls attention to some interesting
facts as follow- :
"Perhaps, if vou observed that the
opposition to vvomau suffrage come.-
from stales wb -re women do not rota
while in no state, where the people
have extended tbe suffrage to women
and therefore have had opportunities
to observe tbe effects of its actual '
operation, has there been any effort to
repeal such laws, you might feel more
confidence in tbe righteousness of the
cause, and be willing to speak a word
for it now and then.
"Perhaps, if you knew that the!
overwhelming testimony from the j
most prominent, responsible and re
spected citizens of the suffrage states.
agrees that woman suffrage has result
ed in better candidates for office,
cleaner polling places, quieter elec
tions, aud improved legislation, and
that women have grown more intel
ligent, self reliant, respected and
womanly under its influence you
would feel it your duty to work that
such results might come to all states.
"Perhaps, if you knew, as many
do know, that woman suffrage meas
ures have been defeated in the past
dozen years in many instances by well
proved bribery, you would declare
that a cause so hated by bribers,
must be worthy the support of honest
people, and you might be willing to
contribute something toward legiti
mate educational work for the cause.
"Do you realize that women are not
disfranchised because "women do
not want to vote," "because good
men fear the influence of bad women
on poltics, or bad politics on good
women." as is commonly reported;
but because bad men fear the in
fluence of good women on bad poli
tics and fear tbe influence of good
politics over the affairs of bad men?"
E. M. H.
Voice From a Taxpayer.
To the Editor of the Jourual-Miuer :
I hare read with more than usual
interest your recent editorial and the
arfiele of Hon. E. S. Clark ou the
manner in which the "Honorable"
Couuty Board of Superrisors hare
been handling tbe tax payers money,
the Crurier takes occasion to say it
is politics. Well, it may be demo
cratic politics. The board no doubt
wanted to present the Hon. Demo
cratic 1'nited States Senator from
Montana with $12,000 to reimburse
him for the effort that he made in
trying to .Hride the county. If that
had been some of our owu people
The Courier would still lie howling
about taxless toots, but it
imply
amusing bow conscientious some peo- ;
pie get at times and how quickly they ;
rush to the defense of their gang. 1 ,
-uppo-e the Courier is obliged to do j
this, because they have the county
printing aud as tbey are all democials
it is onlv natural that they
hoii Id
-tand together but they will hare au
opportunity to "explain" this to the
vot.-rs in the next campaign which
they won't do. The democratic party
must certainly be proud of its board
Of supervisors uit.
It is to be boiied that your paper
' . , I
will keep this matter prominently be
fore the people aud see whether the
voters at the next election will en
dorse the present county board of sup
ervisors. A Taypayer.
Tombstone Wind Storm.
A telegram from Tombstone says
that there was a cloudburst on
Wednesday night between the Dra
goon mountains aud Tombstone which I
did a great deal of damage to the !
Tombstone branch of tbe El Paso and
Southwestern. Six bridges were
.-.ashed out aud a great deal of the
track is gone. It is estimated that
the loss to the railroad company will
be not less than. tS5i,000. There was six
feet ot water in Fairliauks aud tbe
damage there was heavy, considering
the opportunities for doing damage.
At the time of the cloudburst Tomb
stone experienced tbe worst wind iu
its history. Trees were uprooted and
buildings were unroofed. There were and the l'rauei.-eau penitentiaries be
00 fatalities either from the flood or ' gan dressing the lody in full pouti-
tical robes. At eight o clock a proces
the wind. lsion wj,i l)e fortmd and the body
Death Ends Suffering.
i leo. W". Ford died at his home on
Porth Montezuma street last even
ing after au illness covering a period
of about ten years. About two weeks
ago he seemed to be improving some
and was able to walk around, but a
iv lapse set iu and he gradually grew
r rse until his sufferings were ended
in death.
Deceased was an old time resident
of this city and for many years prior
to his illness was engaged in mercan
tile business in Prescott. He was
prominent iu Odd Fellow circles aud
was ever an active worker for that
order. He was a good citizen in every
sense of the word, aud his death will
be mourned by a large circle of
frieuds besides a wife and four child
ren. He was a devoted husband aud
affectionate parent aud a true friend.
A Snappy Ball Game.
A fa.-t and snappy game of base ball
was played by the Mayer and Iron King
teams Sunday. The Mayer team was
composed mostly of Indians. Thev field
ed well but batted poorly, errors by
tbe Iron King boys letting them score
three of their five ruus. The chief
features of the game was Park's bat
ting and Adkisson's pitching and I James McNeil W histle, the Americau
timely fielding. He held the Mayer artist, occurred this morning at Chel
t earn down to four base bits. The sea. It was attend... iV a large uum-
, . 1 -M 1L I 1 n " - ... 1 1 . t
game was called ai tne end oi tneioer oi nisi iiikuisui icons in ine
sixlh inning. 'I lie line up was as fol
lows :
Iron King. K. Talior, c. f. ; Shid
ler, 2 b. : Lynch, 3 b. ; O. Talor. r f. ;
A hern, ss. : Henry. I. f. ; Parks, c. ;
Adkissou. p.
Mayer. --Joseph, c. : Thomas, p.:
James, 1 b. : Wilson, r. f. ; Campbell,
c. f. : Crash, ss. : Moore. I f. : Angus
tine, 2 b. ; Wells, :i b.
Score by innings:
:t
t
Mayer
iron King
0 2
4 0
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Take Laxative Bromo Ouiuine Tab
lets. All druggists refund Ihe money
if it fails to cure. W. drove's
signature is on each box. 2oc.
Kwry one says that (ireeuhill's
stawberry ice cream mh1h can't be
beat -."-tf
MOURNING
FOR
THE DEAD POPE
Impressive and Bril
liant Services.
Attended by All the Cardinals,
Diplomatic Corps and by Dis
tinguished Persons.
Uome July 28. The first of tbe three
great requiem masses uuder the aus
pices of the sacred college for tho re
pose of the soul of Leo XIII was cele
brated this morning iu Sistine chapel.
All the cardinals, the diplomatic corps
and many distinguished persons were
present. No such mass has been said
in Rome since the death of Pius IX.
In the chapel stood a huge white cata
falque ten feet high and on it, on two
cushions, rested the triple crown of
gold, shining brightly iu the light of
one hundred candles. The serrice was
one of wonderful impressireness and
brilliancy.
NATIONAL MOURNING TOKEN.
Baltimore Md. July 28. Impres
sive memorial services in memory of
the late Pope Leo were held at the
cathedral here today. This cathedral
being tbe primatial church of the
country the services were iu a seue a
national tokeu of motiruiug.
LONDON ALSO
MOUBNa
Loudon July 28. A requiem mass
was celebrated at the Oratory Bromp-
tou today in the presence of an enor-
moil- congregation including full offi
cial representation.
PARIS SERVICES.
Paris, July 28. Impressive fuueral
services this morning at Notre Dame
cathedral, in memory of Leo XI 1 1 a
distinctly official aspect and owing to
the presence of leading officials of the
government. A threatened disorderly
demonstration did not occur.
A few arrests were made for in-
icipieut efforts to start trouble.
Telegraphic Sparks.
Rome, July 22. The tirst of the
trim t j a rn m ,,ii i ana . . t Cat tin 1 o , . fnn.
, , , , , i
ni .... it.,, I.',..... , t...i . u Km- Tin, in. r ,
, . . A. : ' "
. .it- 11 . tut., iii tho 4 .im iu. i'. of tha
"-" -
rat icau from 0::X) this morning until
I o'clock this afternoon.
All diplomats,accre.lited to the Vat
ican, the Roman papal royalty, and
the church diiriittartes, passed in a
, . . . .
solemn procession before tbe bier.
The body lay ou a red damask cover
ing ou a small bed, robed iu white
vestments, with a red rochet and cam
aure hood.
The sunken features made the
corpse look like that of a man who
might have beeu dead for fifty years.
The whole scene was one of solemn
dignity. The Vatican is guarded by a
noble guard from tbe Swiss guards
and the Pabitine curd iu full uni
form. Simultaneously tbat the con
gregatiou of cat diuuls met in the ball,
the consistory determined to arrange
for the accommodation of cardinals
during the conclave in the same man
ner, as when Pope Leo was elected.
Mgr Merry Del Val has assumed the
duties of secretary of the cousistorial
congregation.
Cardiual Gibbous was expected to
arrire today from Paris, but he has
telegraphed that he has decided to de
fer his coming until Saturlay.
At tjTe o'clock this afternoon the
doors of the throne room were closed,
takeu to St. Peters.
Washiugtou. July 22. With all the
solmeuitv which makes it mo-t im
pressive, the service of the Komau
liturgy, a solemn requiem for his
holiness, Leo X 111. was celebrated at
St. Mary's church here today by the
apostolic delegate. Most Kev. Faico
nio. It was an official commemorat
ive service of the church iu Ameri
ca. Representatives of tbe diplo
matic corps of the government were
present.
San Diego, Cal., July 22.- The Sir
Thomas Linton challenger cup, pre
sented by Sir Thomas to the Coriuth
iau yacht club of this city, arrived
here this morning. It stauds thirty
two inches in height and is solid sil
ver. The design and workmanship is
exc uisite.
Lexington, Ky., July 22. ( leu. Cas
sitis M. Clay, ambassador to Russia,
under President Lincoln and au abo
litionist author, is dying at his home
at Whitehall. lie is ninety (hree
years old.
Washington. July 22. President
Barrett of fhe association of book
hinders announced today tbat every
member of bookbinders iu the goveru
nient printing office ..ill strike if W.
A. Miller, recently n instated by
order of President Roosevelt, is per
miffed to resume work.
London. July
The funeral of
deceased.
Sat. Domingo. Republic of Santo
Domingo. July 22. Congress has pro
claimed the election of General Wos
Y. Gil as president of S nto Do
mingo. Loudon, July 22. The whaler Vega,
iu which Nordenskjold accomplished
his north east passage trip, is report
ed by Lloyd- as crushed in the ice.
She foundered iu Melville bay on
May 31. The crew reached the nearest
settlement after a difficult journey of
three huudred miles in open bootl
and across the ice.
Oyster Bay. U L, July 22. Mor
ris Belknap, the nominee of the re
publicans for governor of Kentucky,
was among the I tail m a to President
Roosevelt today. He came to discuss
the political situation in Kentucky.
Among the party wore Senator Piatt,
I of New York, Congressman Cannon, of
; Illinois, with wbom the president dis
; cussed tbe work of tbe approaching
extraordinary session of congress, aud
1 particularly in reference to the nec-
essity of some remedial financial leg
islation. Dublin, July 22. King Edward and
; Queen Alexandria, accompanied by the
. lord lieutenant of Ireland and Pri'i-
cess Victoria, drove from the vice re-
gal lodge to tbe castle this morning.
1 tireat crowds greeted their majesties
with continuous cheering. Tbe king
! received a large number of deputa
tions prior to a levee which began at
; noon.
Baltimore, July ?2. The Elks,
now in convention here, marched in
parade today, seven thousand strong.
One hundred thousand people witness
ed the parade. At the city hall the
procession was reviewed by Mayor
McLane.
Des Moines, la., July 22. Because
his son Charles, aged sixteen, refused
to get up when called William Laird
shot and killed the boy as he lay in
bis bed early this morning at Knox
ville. After chasing his younger son
out of the bouse in an attempt to kill
him also. Laird committed suicide.
Lexington, Ky., July 22. Imp
Mirthful, John E. Madden's hundred
thousand dollar thoroughbred stal
lion, was burned to death in a stall at
Hamburg place today. Tbe barn was
destroyed. The loss is two hundred
thousand dollars.
San Francisco, July 22. Francis
Marion Wells, tbe well known Cali
fornia sculptor, died in the city hos
pital here today of general nervous
collapse.
Rome, July 23. Today the form of
tbe pope lay iu state in the basilica
of St. Peters, while thousands of per
sons filed past to pay their last trib
utes of love and veneration.
Today the doors were opened to the
i public, and by six this morning thou
sands of persons were waiting to gain
admisssion. Two regiments of Italian
grenadiers guarded the entrance to
prevent any serious results from tbe
crush which followed the opening of
tbe gate. Within tbe church tbe
people passed through a temporary
railing before tbe body, which lay
on a catafalque ten feet high.
Around the bier burned thirteen
candles, while on each side stood
noble guards perectly motionless.
Farther back kneeling priests softly
intoned invocations. At nine thirty
this morning a solemn pontifical re
quiem mass was celebrated for the re
pose of the soul of Leo XIII. Tbe
entrance of Italian soldiers to St. Pe
ters, which was unprecedented, was
interpreted to indicate tbe re-ap-
proachment between the Vatican and
.
the gorernment.
pnnst,,ntiMr.nl .Inlv WM Th in.
creasing activity of the revolutionists
in Macedonia and the difficulties en
countered by the Turkish troops are
producing an unpleasant effect iu offi
cial quarters. It is believed in diplo
matic circles tbat the existing condi
tion will lead to the establishment of
efficacious European control.
St. Petersburg, July 23. Mr. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, during
their stay here, received much atten
tion. Tbey dined with Grand Duke
Boris, at the imperial palace and en
tertained members of the imperial
family aboard their yacht, the rsortb
Star.
Rome, July 23. Cardinal Oreglia,
although feeble and exhausted from
the unaccustomed exertions, as dean
cf the sacred college, opened the
meeting of cardinals this morning.
Two additional cardinals arrived to
day. A committee was appointed to
make arrangements for the conclave
and a board of physicians selected to
attend tbe cardinals during their vol
untary confinement pending the elec
tion of a successor to Pope Leo.
Oyster Bay, L. L, July 23. Short
ly after two o'clock this morning
President Koosevelt, accompanied by
bis eldest son, Theodore, jr., and two
nephews, started from Sagamore Hill,
on horse back, for Sayville. L. I.,
where the president will visit his un
cle. Robert Roosevelt.
The president was on bis favorite
riding horse and set the pace, follow
ed by Theodore, jr., on the Wyoming
horse, presented to the president by
tbe citieens of Douglas, Wyoming.
The party covered the thirty miles
very rapidly, arriving at Sayville at
0 o'clock.
Soledad, Venezuela, July 23. Cui
dad Bolivar was captured at eleven
o'clock last night after fifty two hours
of desperate fighting, and a horrible
carnage, during which the greatest
courage was shown on both sides.
Gen. Nichols Rolando. the last repre
sentative of the revoution, and General
Piabo, Guzman and Vaquez were
taken prisoners.
The city was completely wrecked
during tbe attack.
I'attersou. N. J., July 23. A mass
meeting was called today for tbe pur
pose of providing relief to tbe people
stricken by yesterday's tornado.
Two tbousaud men began clearing
tbe wreckage from tbe streets this
morning. Tbe result of the tornado
is three dead and one hundred in
jured and fifty families homeless.
Tbe property loss is estimated at
T-200.000.
London. July 23. The battleship
King Hdward seveutb, the largest in
the world was launched by the Prin
cess of Wales, at Daveuport this even
ing. The vessel has sixteen thousand
three hundred fifty tons displacement.
She cost seven and a half million dol
lars. Kingston Island, St. Vincent, July
23. Soufriere volcano has been slight
ly agitated since Jnly 10. Severe
earthquakes on Tuesday, accompanied
by subterranean rumbliugs, caused
great apprehension of another erup
tion. Detroit. Mich., July 23. John Tay
lor won tbe deciding heat of the Mer
chants and Manufacturers $10,000
stake of 2:24 trotters at Groose point
this afternoon. Time, twoteu and a
half.
Baltimore. Md.. July wX Today, j heen set for hearing on the third 'Monday in August, as the slightest
twelve thousand Elks, attending the observance of the rules of luntew and 1 ncy (to say nothing of rom
uational reunion here weut to Tol- , . , .. u u... mnMaaon ot the he aring until
..liu.lui ltui ... luirt ifi nutM in u , ,
teat, prepared for them by tbe local
lodge of the order. I
Lexington, Ky., July 23.--Curtis Washington, July 24. The treaty
Jett, and Thomas White, indicted for, providiug for the acpiisition. by the
the murder of J. B. Marcum. at Jack- J L" ;it ! States, of the Danish West In
son, Kentucky, were quietly spirited dies, officially died today,
away from the Fayette couuty jail this Cbitv.co. July 24. Two buildings of
morning and were taken to Cyntb- j the Omaha Packing company, on
iania where tbelr trial will commeuce ; L,,lm(,er and Halstead streets, were
before Judge Osborne next Monday. destroyed by tire today. The loss is
July 27. half a million dollar-.
St. Louis, Mo.. July M Ball Rome. July 25. Ou the stroke of
Hartman, J. J. Hauigan. Louis Deck I mU !.iy as the noon gnu at the castle
er, Ted Albright, John Sheridan, all . mm tired, the iying iu state of Pope
former members of the house of dele- j x 1 i 1 came quietly to an end.
gates will be seuteuced ou Monday to The last of tie spectators pasoed out
terms of four to six years imprison-j 0f . St. Peter's, and the gates were
ment, for bribery and purjury in con- ! closed. Preparation for this even
nection with municipal bills. j iug's interment was immediately com-
Dubiln, July 2a King Edward to , uieuced. It is e-tiniated tbat eighty
day reviewed fifteeu thousand tr5ois 1 thousand people have pa.-se.l the cata
at Pheenix Park. This is tbe largest j falqne since Tuesday, each of whom
muster of troops ever seen in IreUnd. ' have taken a look at the features of
The duke of Counaught was in com- i tbe dead pope.
maud.
New York, July 2d. Frederick W.
Hulls, secretary of the American del
egation of the Hague peace confer
ence, more recently a member of the
inter-national court, died suddenly at
his home here today.
Richmoud, Va., July 23. The
Cruiser Galveston was successfully j by cv,iinal Oreglia in Italian,
launched today. Ella Sely. of Gal- ( when he time came to take the flsb
veston, Texas, christened the ve.-sel. erulaD-s riDg (roin Pope Leo's finger
Rome, July 24. -The nearer the it (leveioped that another had been
conclave approaches two distiuct fac- put ia place At tbe flrst meetiDg
tions, among tbe cardinals are becom- 1 of tbe cardillais after the pope's
ing more apparent, and tbe tendency death when the ring shouid bare
seems to be centering about Cardiual j beeu brokeBi the ceremony was omit
Rampolla. It is thought that if Ram-1 ted aud u waa announced that the
polla finds his election improbable
he will throw his strength in favor of
Gotti. The anti-Rampolla taction
numbers among its candidates Oreg
lia, Vannutelli. Satolli aud Agiardi.
New York, July 24. The long cou
tinued decline in tbe prices of securi
ties on tbe stock exchange, resulted
this afteruoon in the announcement
of the failure of W. L. Stow and com
pany, iollowed a lew minutes later oy
the sensational failure of Talbot.
I Taylor 4 Co., the senior member
which is a son-iu law of James R. reieatfKl the two Wilkiusous and Cap
Keene. The latter firm was heavily ,aiu Murpby, taking the clothes of
interested in Mexican Central. Tay- (he war(Jen aIKl Captain and forcing
lor and Company is supposed to be Youug Wilkinson to put on a con
long of Southern Pacific which today vjct's sujt
sold forty points below the high Tbe couvicts are weu armed. A
record figure, to which it was put ,arge pot;ae u in parsU;t. and most of
recently by the manipulations of the tbe oscapes if uot aU of them are sure
Keene pool. The announcements were to ,,e recaptUred very soon,
followed by a sharp rally iu stocks - -
up to the close of tbe market.
London. July 24. The committee
on privileges in the house of lords.to
day, decided the claim of William
Tournour Thomas Poulett. a former
organ grinder in the streets of Lon
don, adversely to claimant, who claim
ed tbe earldom of Poulett. This de
cision vests tbe title in tbe earl's son
by a later marriage.
Vienna, July 24. Tbe report that
a revolution has broken out in Bul
garia and that Prince Ferdinand has
fled is semi officially characterized
here as being unfounded. Ferdinand
IS .....'ilieu as oiui.'i, ""-J 'S . '
visit the grave of Ua father at Co -
burn.
SOME INSIDE HISTORY OF
THE FAMOUS COMPROMISE
District Attornky Clark was iaterrtenjaa todav bv the Journal
Miner and he gave out the following version of the manner in which
the so-called compromise was nvule by the Hoard of Supervisors with
H. J. Allen, representing the United Vardc Copper Conpany. and bv
which, if the said compromise is not reversed, the County will lose
something over $12,000 in taxes:
"During the progress of the equalization, 1 had been informal sev
eral times, in a general sort of a way, that the United Verde tax matter
was to go over until the August meeting of ti e Board. On Saturday,
Julv 18th, however, I wasinformctl by a Erionj that ".Mr. Allen of Je:
ome was before the Board, and that 1 wool, brtter be there." I wenl
at once to the office of the Supervisors. Mr. Allen was there wit :. the
Board, no one else being present except a and ami her little child, who
only remained a few minutes.
"As I entered the room, the conversation hilled. h was very clear
that I was not welcome that I was in a sense persona aaa pate. 1
remained, however, until Mr. Allen closul his remark-, which were in
relation to the United Verde tax matter, although verv general, and
seemed to be in the nature of a complaint that the United V. rle was
assessed higher in proportion to its value than other mines in the ter
ritory. There was no intimation cither by h ni or any member of the
Board, that any settlement or compromise had beta idfctted, although
subsequent events show tli.it a wttifinnal must at that time
have been made.
"After Vr. Allen finished Irs "statement'" :.tlie Board, he addressed
several questions Io me. hearing on Ihe ! ity . t the sal. of the Unit- j
ed Verde property for th. taxes oi IMS, and louiplaining of my action
in having visited Jerome with Ass. -s..r Sullivan .luring the assessing
period of this year: These inquiries ami the on versation following
them, gave me the opportunity of exprcs-ir. my views on the whole
matter to Mr. Allen and the Board, which 1 Jul with considerable vigo
and directness, taking the ground, oi co une, that if any error had been
committed in assessing the property of the company either for 1968 or
1903,it was the fact that both aanaaaawnta were bwr than in my judg
ment the value of the property warranted. At the conclusion of tbj
conversation the Chairman of the Board told Mr. Allen thai the whoie
matter would be postponed till the third Monday in Angaatt, at which,
time, he would be given a hearing OB I BJ showitiu' be cot'.id or cared
to make, and that in the meantime if he wished U prepare and tile anjajr
statements or statistics as to the value ol the United Venae, aa any com-,
parisons as to its value with oth. r warn M ol the territory, they would M
given consideration at the meeting
Mr. Allen then went out. I wianaiwd a few minntee, requesting
Board to jummon witnesses whose
property might be heard at the August ettag, and urui.ig that
decrease in the valuation as tixed bv
informed the Board that if thev were
year's taxes (it never having uccurre.i to ate that the; could possibly be
contemplating any abatement of last year's tax) it would mean a sur
render to Mr. Allen's dictation. That the Board must either stand on
its lawful right to fix the value at such figaxe - if deesned fair and
equitable, or permit the company to say on what rajna it would pav.
That if the United Verde c.mld do this, any t ix payer could. The only
reply I received was that the whole matter would be considered on the
third Monday in August.
"The next dav (Sunday) I was. -a lie. i to Flagstaff. On my return
Tuesday main. I was informed by the As earn ol the settlement tin
Board had attempted to make of th. tax-1 ol 1902, and oi the valuation
fixed by it on the United Verde company for lW-. I verified this by in
quiry of the Clerk of the Board. It w is hard for me to believe that any
such action had been taken Ha view ..f Ihe l o t that the whole matter had
tilt it IIUIKlBaj ) ntniiu u.nt wiu'- m
Board
'v,'n
the action it did "
The last funeral masses were cele
brated in the churches of Rome this
morning. The most imposing cere
mony today was tbe reception by the
sacred college, in tbe ball of the con
sistory, of the whole diplomatic body
accredited to tbe Vatican. Tbe Por
tuguese ambassador delivered an ad
dress in Frtncb. which was replied to
ring, for the moment, could not be
p T The rinK bag Dow been lost
twice lief ore.
Sacramento, Cal., July 27. Early
today, fourteen prisoners at the Fol
som state prison escaped, taking with
them Warden Wilkinson, his son.
Harry Wilkinson, Captain Murphy,
aud six other prison officials. They
surprised the officers in tbe warden's
oH(.e made them pri;joners. and then
fr.,j ,h,r llt of the t.wkarl
' ' Shortly after the break the convicts
to lay iu the solemn funeral mass at
tbe church of St. John in connection
with the dead pope, where the Pecci
family, the diplomatic body, the
knights of Malta and tbe Roman aris
tocracy were present. Cardinal Gib
1 ..ns celebrated the early mass in the
private chapel of Suphicians, and
then drove to the Vatican, where he
participated iu the meeting of cardi
nals. He was most cordially received by
his colleagues. He then took the oath
to maintain strict secrecy in all
, , . v ,
church matters and took his place in
the meeting.
on the third Monday in August.
tt stini 'tiy is U the value of
th- :Ssor be ..i lowed. 1 ala
consi lerina coiupromis. of tf
j
had already determined la take