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VOLUME I
GLOBE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1907
Number 85
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RELIEF POURING
INTO IN
American Marines from Fleet
Now Patrolling Streets of
the Stricken City.
SIX HUNDRED BODIES
ALREADY RECOVERED
Ships Aniving from Jamaica
Confiim Previous Reports
Only Four Doctors on the
Island at Time of Disaster,
By Associated Press.
The situation at Kingston seems to
lie improving. Order has been re-established
and the work of burying the
dead and caring for the injured is pro
gressing on an organized basis. The
work of sending relief to the strioken
eity is proceeding with energy. King
ston is receiving supplies as far as
possiblo from the island of Jamaica it
self American warships in the harbor
put on shore all foodstuffs and medical
supplies they could spare- and the .fa-
ginaicau authorities havo taken charge
!,of the distribution of all provisions.
: In addition, relief is being hurried
ffrom outside quartors.
The senate yesterday (Friday) passed
Li bill authorizing- relief for the stricken
island; the people- of Trinidad have
resent the first installment of relief. Hi.
majesty's steamsljip Indefatigable ha
: left Port An Spain, Trinidad, with
provisions, clothing and other supplios.
The French government has started a
(cruiser from the island of Martinique
swith supplies; tho Mansion House fund
in London is growing rapidly and the
authorities are perfecting details of
'.relief on a large scale. In addition.
various other steamers are either on
jthe way or are about to start for Kings
ton with food, clothing and medicine.
The report that a todal wave had
devastated the southern shore of .Ta-
jinaica has not been confirmed up to a
ery late hour Fridav night. Cable
communication with the island has been
jpartly restored, but messages from .Ta-
jmaica arc coming through very slowly.
The total estimate of deaths remains
jat about one thousand. Great reliof is
afforded all those who have friends in
Jamaica by tho statement from the of
fice of the cable company that up to
i o'clock Thursday evening no Amer
icans had been reported killed and
none seriously injured bv the earth-
E quake.
Tho list of known victims is growing
land the names of not less than forty
.people of more or less prominence in
(Jamaica have already been given out as
Euead. About twenty well known people
tare either injured or missing.
Reports make no mention of further
earthquakes and all fires have been
nit out.
MERICAN GUARDS
PATROL THE STREETS
Bulletin
KINGSTON. Jamaica. Thursday. Jan-
luary 17 The streets of the city are
Enow picketed with American guards.
Admiral hvans, at tho request of the
iritisii authorities, landed a force of
narines from the battleshins Missouri
hnd Indiana. Six hundred bodies have
been recovered and more nre constantly
beini? found Dvnnmito is brum used tn
plear away the debris of shattered
buildings.
EFUGEES TELL STORY
Of THE EARTHQUAKE
SANTIAGO. Cuba. Januarv IS. The
steamer Thomas Brooks arrived here
from Kingston with seventeen refugees
who, intflling the story of the cartli
quake, couliriii the reported destruction
nt the principal buildings. Pilots dare
noi enter Kingston harbor owinir to
Hianges in the channel of the bay.
I lie .Mnchailo ciuar faetorv crumbled
Riid 120 workers were killed. Relief
fupplics are greatly needed in Kings
Ion. Refugees confirm all the previous
reKiris 01 tiie Kingston disaster. Ac
fording to them twenty five square
biocks oi uie city have been destroyed
by fire.
Live Wires Kill Many
Every buildiric within a rn.lina nf
en miles is injured. The waterworks
as destroyed and casualties at the
uyrue Hank hotel wero numerous. Tho
Constant Springs hotel and othir lm.
els were damaged. The electric power
iouso was destroyed and mony persons
cre killed by coiii'ini! in contact with
ihargcd electric wires. Along tho water
'ront there aro cracks in tlm onrtii aiv
uches wide. Superintendent of Posts
jammer was among the killed. Cap
ain Young, commander of the Royal
iihii sienmer Arno, was killed at the
Myrtle Bank hotel.
Use Clothing for Bandages
The Arno is boinir used as a ImxnitMi
Sixty-four lees and fifteen nrnm iwm
Amputated on board. Three persons
jiicd on tno Arno. Tuere is a great short
go of bandage material and wouirii'h
tlothing is being used for that purpose,
there wero only four doctors on tlm
Island at the time of the earthquake.
WESTERN UNION INFORMS
THE STATE DEPARTMENT
I- WASHINGTON. Januarv 18. Tho
Istato department was today furnished
wuii copies ot the cablo roports received
; by tho Western Union from its Havana
' manager regarding tho Kingston earth.
quako. One report says the latest in-
formation was that no Ainoricnna were
killed or seriously injured up to 7
o'clock on Thursday, January 17. Tho
report furthor stated that it was esti
mated thnt tho dead would reach n
thousand. These reports were furnished
to tho stnto department by President
Clowry of tho Western Union Telegraph
company on a request for n statement
of tho situation.
Cablo Ship to Reliof
The messages addressed to Presidont
Clowry aro as follows:
"Tho cable ship Henry Holmes left
St. Thomas for Jamaica with oporntors
and instruments, also medical supplies.
Latest information from Kingston re
ports no Americans wero killed or in
jured up to 7 6 'clock p. in. January 17.
"It is impossible to touch the char
red remains, which were found in n
bad state of decomposition, necessitat
ing the cremating of somo of them. It
is estimated that the dead will reach a
thousand, mostly negroes. The residen
tial section is totally destroyed, none
escaping without damngc. Governor
Sweetonhnni is giadually relieving tho
congestion by ordering tho people into
tho country, where the water supply is
siflieient to met all needs and prevent
ing an outhienk of contagious diseases
such as generally follow such disas
ters." Repairing Broken Cable
Another message dated January 18
follows:
"The cable ship Mohican is duo at
Kingston today and will proceed to re
pair tho broken Bermuda-Jamaican ca
blo about two miles from tho hut. Tho
Henry Holmes, with oporntors and in
struments, is expected at Kingston to
morrow night. Business for tho West
Indians and Panama company station
is going forward with Title delay. Busi
ness for Jamaica is being slowly dis
posed of on account of destruction of
ollice and instruments."
FALLS IN FAINT
IS
C. C. Leigh Pays the Penalty
for Murder of Mistress at
Kingman Yesterday.
GOVERNOR KIBBEY
REFUSED TO INTERFERE
Spirit of Bravado Dies Out as
Sheriff Prepares Man for the
Hanging and When Drop Is
Sprung He Is Unconscious.
Special to tho Silver Belt.
KINGMAN, Ariz., January IS. C.
C. Leigh was hange'd in tho nrd of
tho Mohave county jail at 2 o'clock this
afternoon for tho murder of Jennie
Banters, his mistress, at' Gold Road, on
September 8, 1905. Leigh was not in
formed of the refusal of Governor Kib
bey to interfere with the sontence of
the court until this morning and there
after spent his time in writing letters
to his relatives.
Nervo Ebbs Away
When the death warrant was read to
Leigh in the corridor of the jail and
the officers proceeded to bind him, he
fell in a dead faint, striking his head
against the .sharp edge of the steel cell.
When taken to the scaffold he was prac
tically unconscious and had to be held
up while the sheriff was adjusting the
black cap and noose. Ho died without
a struggle.
For months Leigh had assumed an air
of bravado and tho officers believed he
would go to his death without a whim
per, but his nerve failed him at tho
last.
Mother Wires Roosevelt
Last night Mrs. Leigh, the mother
.if the condemned man, wired to Presi
dent Roosevelt, asking n stay of cxecu
tin n, but no word was received from
the president today and Loigh paid the
pennltv for the murder of his mistress.
BftlLfTJHpRY
IS
Texas Legislature Passes Res
olutionElection Will 0c-
cut
Next Tuesday
By Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Texas, January 18. The
lower houso of tho legislature today
adopted a resolution looking to tho in
vestigation of Senator Bailey and his
connection or association with tho Wa
ters Pierce Oil company. Tho rcsolu
tion was adoi.ted bv n vofo of (..I tn
.jo, and is claimed as a victory by tho
friends of Bailey.
Provision is made for a eommitteo to
investigate any charges that may be
made agninst Bailey. Tho committee
may hold sessions at any place and has
the power to summon witnesses. Tho
resolution was offered by Bailey's
frionds as a substitute for tho original
effort to secure tho inquiry.
It was announced tonight that
charges would bo filed boforo this com
mittco and that Bailoy would bo given
a chnnce to answer tho joint resolution
adopted piovlding for the eloction of a
United States sonator Jununry'22.
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ATTELL 15
STILL CHAMPION
Harry Baker's Aspirations to
Lightweight Honors Dissi
pated in the Eighth.
FAST AND FURIOUS
FIGHTING ALL THROUGH
Attell Has Opponent Outpointed
fiom the Start and Floored
Him Repeatedly Saved by
the Bell in the Seventh.
By Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., January 18.
Abe Attell, champion featherweight,
knocked out Harry Baker of San Fran
cisco in, eight rnpid rounds before the
Pacific Athletic club horo tonight "The
champion was in groat form and out
classed his man from start to finish.
The fight was a fast one, but Attell
was too strong from ovory standpoint
for tho Sau Fiuncisco boy.
Attell was ueer cleverer in his life
than tonight. He used ovory blow in
the fistio category and his footwork
was lightning fast, although Baker's
backing and covering up sacd him for
the few rounds tho fight lasted, but he
was unable long to stave off tho chain
pion's well directed blows.
Attell 's Fight from Start
Before the fight fairly started in
tho first round Attjui knocked Baker to
the mat with a straight left to the jaw.
and when he aroso Attell staggered him
again with the samo blow. Again in
tho sixth round Baker wont flat to the
floor from a terriflic right to the jaw,
but arose and was strong enough to last
tho round out.
The soventh round should have really
been the ond of the fight. In this
round nftor Attell had landed both
right and loft to the face, he swung
a vicious left to Baker's jaw, sending
Jiim to the floor groggy and all but put.
Baker arose slowly and Attell rushed at
him with lightning speed. Ho rained
a rapid shower of rights and lefts to
the head and faco of his opponent and
knocked him to his knees again. Baker
attempted to riso and Attell rushed him
to his corner and beat him to the mat.
Gong Saves Baker
Baker, dazed and almost helpless,
covered his face with his hands and
turned away from his on-rushing oppon
ent, who beat him viciously on the back
and compelled him to straighten up.
Attell then sent a hard right cross to
tho jaw that knocked Baker limp and
seemingly lifeless across tho ropes. As
the referee started to count tho gong
sounded and Baker's seconds lifted him
info his chair in the corner.
When the gong sounded for the
eighth and final round Baker came up
weak and staggering and the fight was
evidently all but over. Attell rushed
across from his corner and with a rain
of rights and lefts tried to put bis man
out. Baker held his hands to his face
and vainly tried to clinch Attell. At
tell fought him off and beat him to his
knees repeatedly with blows to the
head. He then swung his right on Ba
ker's jaw and the San Francisco boy
sprawled helpless. At this moment Ba
ker's seconds throw the sponge into the
ring and the fight was over.
Attell Punches Second
During the terriflic fighting in the
seventh round while Baker was clinging
helplessly to tho ropes, the hitter's
second, JDoWitt Van Court, ran along
the outside of tho ring shouting to the
little fighter to get up. Attell in a
frenzy, forgetful for tho moment of his
opponent in the ring, rushed nt Van
Court and slashed liim through the
ropes twice in the faco with right and
left. Van Court lied precipitately.
Baker's Blows Lacked Steam
Both men fought throughout with
much confidence, Baker doing almost as
much leading as his opponent. Baker's
chief blow -was a lightning straight loft
for the body, which ho lauded now and
then, but his blows seemed to havo no
visiblo effect upon tho champion, who
at the end of tho fight showed not a
mark of battle.
Thero was much infighting, the men
furiously flaying each other with rights
and lofts, but Attell always winding
them up with a rally which sent Baker
scurrying out of range.
Betting odds wero in favor of Attell
at 2 to 1, but thore was little Baker
money in sight, even at theso figures.
James J. Jeffries roferced the contest
and had little to do. Tho houso was
one of tho largest that has ever seen
a fight in Los Angeles.
MINE WORKERS PLEDGE
SUPPORT TO PRISONERS
By Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 18.
The convention of United Mine Work
ers of America today adopted a rcsolu
tion pledging tho support of tho nation
al oignnization to Moycr and Haywood,
the imprisoned minors in Idaho. The
action of tho last national convention
regarding this is reiterated.
STEAMSHIPS CAUGHT
IN ICE IN COLUMBIA
By Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Januarv 18. Tho
steamship Colombia is fast in the ico
three miles abovo St. Helena in tho
B
Columbia river. Tho steamer Roanoke
is also tied up at St. Helena. Tho torn
pcraturo is rising on tho uppor river
and u chnngo in the situation is looked
for soon. With a rnpid thnw consider
able damage might result. Dams will
give way and tho ice w-ill como down
in u bunch.
NEGRO BARBER SHOOTS
AND KILLS UTAH WOMAN
By Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, January
18. A dispatch to tho Descrot News
from Winter Quartors, Utah, states that
Mrs Zilphiu Karl, a widow of tho lato
Hawloy Earl, formerly town president
of Scofiold, wns shot and instantly
killed at Scofleld last night by William
Biown, a negro barber, who immediate
ly itftciwards killed himsolf by shoot
ing. Mrs. Earl leaves three young chil
dren. MISSOURI PUTS TAX
ON CAPITAL STOCK
By Associated Press.
JKFFERSON CITY, Mo., January 18.
The houso today passed tho first bill
during the present session of tho legis
lature, titxiug tho undivided profits in
excess of GO per cent- of tho capital
stock of corporations other than rail
roads, building and loan associations,
banking, insurance and kindred coipora
tions which have been exempted from
taxation by tho laws of tho state, and
are taxed $5 on ench $100. The vote on
the passage was SI to 49.
INVESTIGATE
LUMBER TRUST
Senate Passes Bill to that Ef
fect House Raises Salaries
of Lawmakers
By Associated Press,
WASHINGTON, January 18. The
senate t,oday deferred further action on
the Brownsville matter until Monday.
It passed the bill for the relief of the
earthquuKC smitten in Jamaica, ndopt
ed a resolution directing an investiga
tion of the "lumber trust," and passed
a bill increasing tho artillery corps of
tho arm-. Senator Kittredgo spoke re
garding tho "lumber trust."
Raised Their Pay
By a rising vote of 133 to 92 the
houso today adopted the amendment to
the legislative, executive aud judicial
appropriation bill which was taken
from the speaker's table with the sen
ate amendments increasing tho salary
of the vice president, speaker and the
members of tho cabinet to $12,000 a
year and those of senators and reprc
sentatives, delegates from the terri
tories and tho resilient commissioner
ftSm Porto Rico to $",."00, the increase
to take ellect March L 1907.
An effort was made to havo the roll
call, but only twenty-four members
arose, which was not a sufficient num
ber, so the house wns not forced to go
on record. Tho urgency deficiency bill
passed, carrying $311,050. 'The house
then went into a committee of the
whole and passed fifty bills on tho pri
vato calendar reported by tho commit
tee on claims.
Another attempt to amend the Hep-burn-Dolliver
bill was defeated today
by a vote of 8 to 7 in the houso com
mittce on judiciary. The bill makes
liquors in interstate commerce a subject
to laws of the states into which the'
are shipped, and has been a basis of
much controversy in the committee for
two years.
TELLER DYER
IS
Crowded Courtroom Cheers the
Verdict of Jury Liberating
Treasury Official
By Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 18. David
P. Dyer Jr., son of the United States
distiict attorney and a teller in tho
local sub-tieasury, was tonight acquit
ted by tho jury in tho United States
district court on the charge of having
embezzled $01,500 of government funds.
The jury was out fivo hours and tho
verdict was icceivcd with chceis, tho
couitroom being ncaily filled with Dy
er's friends.
The defenso was that while Dyer's
books showed the shortage stated in
the indictment and that ho had falsified
his iccords to cover a discicpnncy, ho
had no knowledge of how tho shortage
occuned and he had rofrained from re
poiting it, hoping that ho could find
and conect the mistake.
Honor Arizona Wool Growers
By Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, January
18. The National Wool Growers' con
vention today appointed tho following
members on tho resolution committee:
H. Sullivan and II. E. Campbell of Ari
zonn. Tho eommitteo will report to
morrow. E. S. Goenoy of -Flagstaff, president
of tho Arizona Wool Growers' associ
ation, gavo a paper boforo tho conven
tion on tho "Future of tho Association."
ACUITTED
RIVER
COSTLY RAMPAGE
Thousands of Dollars Damage
Done in Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Kentucky.
THOUSANDS DRIVEN
FROM THEIR HOMES
Cities in Darkness Last Night
and Mines and Factories Are
Closed Down LimitedTuel
Supply 'and Food Shortage.
By Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio,. January ',18.
With tho riso reported at the headwa
ters of the Ohio river the flood outlook
tonight is gloomy. Towns along the
river are suffering from crippled com
munications, limited fuel supply ind a
shortage of food. Thousands of fam
ilies have been rendered homeless and
many thousands of men aro idle owing
to the enforced shutdown of factories.
A number of cities aro in darkness
tonight because of broken gas mains,
flooded light plants, etc., and railroad
traction and city electric lines-are gen
orally crippled along tho river. J At
Ironton more than one hundred families
wero driven fiom their, homes; nt Ports
mouth one thousand refugees nre in
schools and other vacant buildings, and
at Newport, Ky., three hundred families
had to be cared for.
Thousands Out of Work
PITTSBURG, January 18. At a late
hour tonight the wator in the Mbnonga
liela river reached a stage of21 feet
9 inches and is now stationary Re
ports from the up-river points are' that
the water is falling. The damage to
southwestern Pennsylvania amounts to
thousands of dollars. Ovor 10,000" min
ers employed in tho mines along the
Monongahela river are temporarily out
of employment and high water at Mc
Iveesort, Pa., caused a suspension of
several mines, throwing 3,000. men out
of work. Conditions in the Ohio river
will be greatly improved tomorrow.
More Threatening in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 18. The
flood situation at Louisville and through
eastern Kentucky is growing more
threatening with each hour. Tonight
at 9 o'clock the Ohio at Louisville reg
istered 55.3 feet with a steady rise of,
about an inch an hour. Fivo hundred
Louisville families wero driven from
their homes.
FREIGHT LINES
Vanderbilts Plan for Absolute
Mergerof All "Fast Freight
Lines" !
Bv Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, Wis,, January" 18.
Tho Evening Wisconsin says: Tho
most important and by far tho most
sweeping consolidation of freight lines
of great railway systems and combina
tions which have been brought -about in
year sis booked to bo uiado in a "shorL
time by the Vandorbilt system. Tho
plans, it is learned, nre now practic-
allv assured.'
- -
The plan is for an absolute consolida
tion of all tho "fast freight lines"
and "despatch lines," which for, yeard
have been operated under tho general
Vnnderbilt system, and w'ill place all
lines under one corporation the Mer
chants' Despatch company. ,
FRISCO PAPER
AWARDED CLAIM
Proprietor of Bulletin Gets Full
Amount of Insurance in
German Court
By Associated Press.
HAMBURG, January 18. Judgment
has been given by the court of 'tho first
instance of Hamburg against tho North
German Insurance Company ol ' Ham
burg in"favor of R. A. Cr,others, pro
prietor of the San Francisco Bulletin,
for the full amount of his claim for loss
caused by tfio great fire. Tho court
rules that the so-called "earthquake
clause" in the policy docs not exempt
tho company from paying its losses in
San Francisco.
JAPANESE SQUADRON
CAUGHT IN. STORM
By Associated Press. ,
TOKIO, Japan, January 18. Tho
training squadron which sailed for.
Honolulu Janunry 15 is" now returning
to Yokosuka. Tho squadron 'oncoun
teied a severe storm lasting three days.
CUD
The masts of the vessels wore broken
nnd othor damago sustained. No details
havo boon received here.
BRYANJUDDRESSES
STATE LAWMAKERS
By Associated Press.
OLYMPIA, Wash., January 18.
Wiliam J. Bryan, introduced by Lieu
tenant Governor Coon as the "most
distinguished private citizen in the
world," addressed tho state legislature
for over an hour today. Bryan spoke
briefly on legislative matters and made
an appeal for a big appropriation for
tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
Tair Sunday
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, January 18. Fore
cast for Arirona: Fair in tho southern,
snow in tho northern portion Satur
day; warmer in central portion. Sun
day fair.
Can't Even Raid Trains
By Associated Press.
FINDLEY, N. D., January 18. Not
a pound of coal is for sale hero and
people are united in an appeal to the
Great Northern railroad for relief. No
local freight trains have passed here
since December 22.
DRIVEN TO SHELTER
BY OHIO RIVER FLOOD
By Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, January 18.
TJie river has exceeded fifty-seven feet
hero and is now rising two inches an
hour. Nearly one thousand persons
have been driven to shelter in schools
nnd vacant- buildings.
OF
'Frisco School Board Incensed
at Remarks of David Starr
Jordan of Stanford,
NEW PHASE DISCLOSED
IN THE CONTROVERSY
City Attorney Says Japanese
Can Be Excluded from the
Schools Without Statutory
Legislation of State,
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., January 18.
The members of the board of educa
tion tonight issued a statement in reply
to the address made last night by Da
vid Starr Jordan on the Japanese school
question, before the Unitarian club, in
which tho president of Stanford Uni
versify is denounced by the schodl
board.
Dr. Jordan in his remarks before tlSa
Unitarian club said that th oforeign
policy of tho United States has always
jwct'ft uuvciuu vj kumiiuiijuji uuu uu-
glared that the San Francisco school
question is a thing of minor concern,
and Jho exclusion of Japaneso children
unfair. Professor Jordan saidt "Shall
tho foreign policy of the United States
be directed by gentlemen or shall it be
directed from the shadow of San
Quentinf"
The statement issued by tho board
pf education .calls Dr. Jordan's re
murks "untruthful and malicious," and
de.claxes that if he has been correctly
quoted, "President Jordan subscribes to
a living lie."
. Brings Out Now Phase
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., January 18.
In the Japaneso school controversy,
City Attornoy Burke brought out a
now phase of tlio controversy today, of
which' ho intends to make use.
"I will show boforo tho case is fin
ished," he said, "that no matter what
the treaty obligations of the United
States' aro to Japan, tho Japaneso can
bo excluded from schools which white
children attend by the police power of
the state.
'If it; can bo proved that the pres
ence of the. Japanese children in the
schools is detrimental to general health
and morals, of. white children, it is le
gally possiblo' to-exclude them, without
the tid.of statutory legislation."
n
MURDER OF JAP
Two San Franciscans Who
Killed Japanese Banker
. . ' Sentenced to Die
By Associated Tress.
SAN .FBANCISCO, January 18.
John Siemsen and Lauis Dabney, the
convicted gas pipe murderers, were sen
tenced to be hanged at Ban iuenun
March 22 forvthc murder of M. Muna
katn,, the Japanese banker, In this city
August' 15. Although they confessed
to the murder -ef a. number of other
tYinw-lirinh,. thev were tried only on tho
charge of 'killing' the banker, and for
thnt they must hang.
DENOUNCE
iA
n
M T RANG FOR
TWELVE BENTS
Phoenix Cut Off from the South
by Washing Out of the Gila
Bridge at Maricopa,
OVER A WEEK BEFORE
TRAFFIC IS RESUMED
River Is Cutting a New Channel
on South Bank Legislators
. from South Must Stage It or
Go by Way of California,
Special to the Silver Belt.
PHOENIX, January 18. Twelve
bents, or nearly two hundred feet, of
the Maricopa &, Phoenix railroad bridge
at Maricopa were washed away last
night by the high waters of the Gila
river, putting the bridge out of commis
sion for at least a week. Heavy rains,
prevailing in the Gila watershed for
the past few days made that river once
more a turbulent stream, doing destruc
tion to everything in its path.
The river is now cutting a new chan
nel in the south bank, which hereto
fore has not been touched by tho flood
waters. Should the, river continue cut
ting through this land more damage will
bo done to the bridge, as tho piling in
this ground is in sandy soil and ald
bo easily washed away.
Southern Lawmakers Stalled
Members of the legislature, which
convenes Monday, who aro on the south"
side of the bridge, can either take the,
stage at Casa Grande for Florence,
cross the Gila river on the ferry thore,
and come to Phoenix on the Phoenix &
Eastern, or make the trip all the way
by rail by going on tho Southern Pa
cific to Coltoti, Cal., and thero trans
ferring to the Santa Fc and como to
this city over the northern route.
MAY TAKE WEEKS
TO BEPAIB DAMAGE
By Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., January 18. The
Gila river began rising rapidly yester
day and last night twelve bents of tho
Maricopa & Phoenix railroad bridge
were swept away. The flood maintained
all day and it is expected that further
damage will be done tonight, though
reports from San Carlos, a hundred
miles cast, say that the water has fallen
over a foot.
It will doubtless take weeks to repair
the injury to the bridge, and in the
meantime mails from California will
all come via the Santa Fe and mail
communication with southern Arizona
will be via California or New Mexico.
The flood trouble works a special in
convenience just now in view of the,
fact that the legislature meets here
next Monday and not over half the
members, attaches and others called to
the capital by that event aro here now
and many will be forced to take a long,
circuitous trip to get here, and oven
then arriving late.
There is a considerable increase,
though not an alarming body of water
in the Salt and Verde rivers. It has
been threatening here all month, al
though tho first heavy rain occurred to
day, nearly a half inch precipitation.
Carlos Bridge O. K.
Unless there will bo more rain, thero
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is very nine nanger oi me u. . vt.j
Xr "K. tiridom nt S.qn Carlos bointr washed MR
nway by the flood in the Gila river. cAt
midnight the general offices of the rail-
road reported that the water in the
river wns six feet deep and that it was
starting to recede. The railroad com
pany does not expect any trouble on
account of the rain and show of yester
dav and last night.
THIEVES STEAL
TWO 60L0 BRICKS
Mystery in Disappearance of
Two Bricks on Way to
from "California Mine
By Associated Press.
BAESTOW, Cal., January 18. At
12:30 last night on tho arrival of the
train from Bandsburg, Wells Fargo
Agent Brown took charge of the strong
box containing two gold bricks valued
at $8,000 from the Yellow Aster mine,
on its way to the mint. Ho carried it
inside his ollice and returned to finish
his transferring. He was gone three
minutes and on his return found that
someone had broken the glass out of tho
sido door and opened it, taking the
box and contents. An alarm was given
but there is no clue as to the party
committing tho theft. The supposition
is that somcono knew of the shipment
and followed it from Randsburg.
BIG INCREASE FOR mmt
' WATER ROUTE TRAFFIC
PORTLAND, Ore., January 18. Be
ginning January 25 the tariff for trans
portation of all classes of freight be
tween Portland, Astoria and San. Fran
cisco by water route will be increased
from 20 to 50 per cent. From that
date it will cost about as much to ship
flour and wheat from Portland bay to
tho city as it does to the orient.
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