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Volume I.
HOLBROOK, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1896.
Number 16.
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THE RAILROAD8.
Atlantic & Pacifie R. R. Co.
. riME TABLE.
BASTWABD.
WB8TWABD
No. 4
No.
2
STATIONS.
No.
lNo. I
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10 tOp
Lv. ...Ubicara
10 OOp
8 OOp
9 10a
4 OOp
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Lv Kansas City Ar
8 SOa, t 15ul Lv.... Denver. ..Ar
1 aopi
7 OOp!
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8 2Saj 4 Up
4 tea S (ftp
5 40a! J 35p
12 20a 10 40a
11 (ftp, Sra
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.Holbrook.
10a Cia
12 80p 8 lOp
....Winslow..
jpi i e
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1 pl V Up
4 20p 11 2Sp
p 8 05a Williams..
- udí 4 SOa' Ash Fork-
s uup 12 4a
7 40pl 1 45a
1 Ua S 48a
12 BOp'U rip' .Kingman..
10 OOa
B 5Sfl
Need!
4 40a 7 50a
8 80a
I 4Sa
( 20a
8 OOp
7 p
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6 2Sa 9 20a
Z Kp
2 lOpI
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1 40p
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2 lOp
8 OSp
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1 00a
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10 lOp
Train No. I, westbound, and train No. 4,
eastbound, are fast limited trains, carrying
-first-class passengers only and equipped with
Pullman's latest and most elegant steeping
ears, reclining chair ears, with an attendant
to look after the passengers' comfort and
new dining ears through without change be
tween Los Angeles and Chicago.
- In addition to the regular daily equipment,
a luxurious compartment sleeping ear, con
taining two drawing rooms ana seven family
rooms will be attached to No. 4, leaving Los
Angeles on Tuesdays and Chicago on Wednes
days of each week.
Trains Nos. 1 and 2 carry Pullman Palace
sleeping ears through without change be
tween Chicago and San Francisco, with an
annex car between Barstow and Los Angeles.
Pullman Tourist sleeping cars through with
out change between Chicago and San Fran
cisco, and Chicago and Los Angeles every
day j twice a week between Los Angeles and
St. Paul ; ones a week between Los Angeles
and St. Loois and Boston.
SUMMER OB WINTER.
The Santa Fe Route is the most comfort
able Railway between California and the East.
The Grand Canon of the Colorado can be
reached in ao other way.
The meals at Harvey's Dining Rooms are
an excellent feature of the line, and are only
equalled by those scmcd on the new Dining
Cars which are carried on all limited trains.
DON AsvoWEET.
Geni Pass. Agent, Albuquerque, N. Ji.
H. C. BUSH.
Asst Geni Pass, Agent, San Francisco, CaL
C. W. SMITH.
Receiver and Geni Manager.
S. F., P. & P. Railway.
. TIME TAHLE No. 15.
In effect December 25. at 12-05 a. ro
so "tm DA'rj
Mid. ! Pi
ass STATIONS.
No. 81 No. 1
2 00p 7 00a! Lv...Ash Fork-.Ar
2 2spl 7 11a Meath -
2 4pi 7 2a: Wick low
02p 7 4Aa -Rock Hurte
8 Tip 8 lie,.... .Cedar Glade....
8 pl Valley
4 Up; 8 W! -Dei Rio
4 SOp; 8 e ..Jerome Junction.
8 0p 8 lia Oranit-
ft 20p 12 01 p
ft OSp 11 S7a
4 4Vp 11 18a
4 p 11 O -a
4 l'rp 10 SSa
8 p,10 10a
8 4..p 9 Ma
8 ain
9 ba
8 S"a
8 ISa
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2 yv
8 2p4 24. Maasicks
top' B ila ....
1 4bp 7 45a
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No. 42
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..Irua tarings..
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8 10 is,.... Kamgae ..4 1 tip a Olp
8 Ka 11 atw....ullTaJley ....i 1 Upt 2 (Bp
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8 2aa 12 12p ...Graod View... II Up. 1 4ftp
8 4Kb 13 tip' .Hillside '11 Sua. 1 SOp
10 Ma 12 Up!.... .Date Creek 11 Sla 12 S2p
10 Kmt 1 Ofp .Martinez 11 lAa 12 Zip
11 aoa! 1 V Congress 10 Ma 11 SOa
11 Uai 1 4p,...Harqua Hala. ...10 Km 11 10a
12 p 2 OSp Wickenburg ....10 25a 10 40a
1 OSo 11 o! Vulture
8 0a 10 06a
8 45a' 8 45a
8 !a! 8 10a
1 Dp' 1 4Sp'.Hot.Spr'gs Junc'a.
3 OOpi 8 Onpi Beardaley
8 Sip. I .Marinette
2 Wp! 8 tp Peoria
8 Oup' 8 -p .Glendale
8 Bp! 8 4ipI. ...Alhambrm.
8 45pj 4 OOp! Ar....Pbenl ... Lv
8 4na
8 00a 8 Sa
8 SOa 8 25a
8 41a. 8 OOa
8 lOa, 7 40a
Trains Nos, 41 and 42 run on alternate days.
Information as to what days same will run
will be furnished by agents on application.
No. 1 makes connections at Ash Fork with
A. A P. veatibuled limited No. 8 from the
east. This is the finest train west of Chicago.
No. 2 also cannects with A. A P. No. from
the west. "
Persona desiring to stay over at Ash Fork
will find the beet of accommodations at Fred
Harvey's hotel.
No. 2 makes close connection at Ash Fork
with A. A P. trains Nos. 1 and 4. A. A P. No. 1
reaches San Francisco 10:45 a.m. second morn
ing. A. A P. No. 4 is a vestibuled train
th ron boat, lighted with pintrb gaa, dining
car running through. Los Angeles to Chicago.
Dining cars under the management of Fred
Harvey, with his unexcelled service, care and
attention to bis guests.
Nos. 1 and 1 connect at Jerome Junction
with trains of IT. V. A P. Rr. for Jerome.
Connecting at Preseott with stage lines for
all principal mining camps; at Congress with
stage lines for Harona Hala. Station and Tar
nell: at Phenlx with the Maricopa A Pbe
ni x Ry. for points on the 8. P. Ry.
This line is the best route to the Great Salt
River Valley. For Information regarding
this valley and the rich mining section tribu
tary to this road, address any Santa F4 Route
representative, or
GEO. M. SARGENT.
Geal Ft. and Pass. Agt Preseott. Arts.
GEO. T. NICHOLSON.
Geal Pass. Agt Chicago, 111.
J. J. FRET.
Geni Manager, Topeka, Kan.
R. B. WELLS.
Asst. Geal Manager, Preerott, A rim.
IRA P. SMITH.
Commercial Agent, Pbosnix, Aria.
K. COP ELAND.
Gea'l Agent, El Paso. Texas.
PROFESIONAL CARDS.
. C. 0. ANDERSON,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
OLBBOOB. - AKIZOSA.
P. W. KELSON,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LA-W,
- ASIZOXA.
E. M. SANF0KD,
ATTO H ?i KY-AT-LAW,
AK1ZOB A.
W. M. PERRILL,
Iiatot Attorney NbvbJo County
IOUKOI, ' - ABISOSA.
Win practice la all coarta of Arlsona.
T. W. JOHNSTON,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
rBxaooTT. - ABIZOXA.
Win practlcs) In the Coarta of Navajo,
Apsrhs. Coeoaino and Mohave Counties,
R. E. MORRISON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
rDistrict Attorner Tavapal County.)
iDftVe la Court House, Préseos. Arisooa.
J. P. WELCH. M. D.,
PHYBlCIAJf Ac BURGEON,
OUIWOI, - ABlSOyA.
REMINISCENCES.
Personal Experiences and Recol
lections of Arizona, During
The
Past Thirty-Three
Years.
BT A. F. BANT A.
THOMAS GATES.
The late superintendent of the
Territorial prison committed suicide,
by shooting himself through the
head, in Yuma, on the 13th instant,
Many people are prone to thought
lessly remark, "no one but a coward
kills himself." Here is a case in
point which proves the contrary to
be true, that cowards do not, and
that it is only brave men that take
their own lives. We first met Tom
Gates thirty years ago, in what
is now called (old) Albuquerque.
And when we say that Tom Gates
was not a coward, we speak from
personal experience, for Gates was
as brave as they make em. lorn
Gates first came to Arizona, from
Los Angeles, Cal., in' the year 1866,
the territorial press to the contrary
notwithstanding. He and Billy
Brannen left Los Angeles together
in '66, for Tucson, via Arizona City
and the other towns en route.
These two men Gates and Brannen
made a pair hard to beat, for
both were desperate to a fault.
Billy Brannen was consumptive,
weighing but 110 pounds, but withal
one of the most dangerous men to
be met with on the frontier. When
a boy only 13 years old, at Leaven
worth, Kan., he deliberately and for
pure cussedness, fired into a crowd
of men at night, killing one and
seriously wounding another. Both
Brannen and Gates were poker play
ers, and their trip and partnership
was a sporting one, lasting until
after reaching Santa Fe, N. M., in
the fall of '66. They did a rood
bu&iuees .at Tucson, as also at Las
Cruces, 2nd perhaps eoxco" of he
old-time sports'of -,ye ancient and
honorable Pueblo" may recall their
loosings if not the circumstances.
The summer of 1866, Thos. Gates
and Billy Brannen reached (old)
Albuquerque; and at that time "Old
Hutch" kept the stage-station and
the only restaurant in the town.
However rumors of their "phenomi
nal" success followed them to Albu
querque, and they did not do so
very well at that place. The only
reason Brannen did not "make a
killing" at Albuquerque, was be
cause no one could be found with
sufficient "sand" to serve the war
rant. "Jew" Smith (el Abogado),
counseled Billy to submit, he would
not though, but declared he would
kill "the first black and tan thief
attempting to serve any papers on
him. Suffice to Bay no arrests were
made, and consequently, no killings.
One night a big "officers' baile"
was in full blast at "Our House,"
a dance-house run by Miller. These
bailes were "free and easy" affairs,
but when patronized by officers and
civilians exclusively, they were con
sidered just a little bit "tony."
This particular night Albuquerque
was full of soldiers, and to "gather
sheekels" as opportunity offered,
Old Miller gave an "officers' baile."
The music started up, so did Tom
Gates with a fair(T) partner for a
Sganish cuadrilla. As was the
custom, Tom and his "lady" took
position, but being near the seats
which ran all round the room, she
sat down while Tom stood by talk
ing to her with his back to the room.
The "floor-guy" called time and Tom
stood up to find his place occupied
by a strapping big fellow wearing
shoulder straps, and feeling perhaps
as big as a brigadier-generaL Tom
politely told the officer he was there
first, and the place occupied by him
self and partner. The officer turned
upon his heel and seeing a little fel
low looking up at him, deliberately
turned his back on Tom and con
tinued his conversation with his
señorita. The room was full of
officers and citizens, no private
soldiers being allowed in there while
their superiors were occupying the
place. The snub by the officer riled
Gates, and catching the - epauletted
. .
gentleman by the collar, he jerked
him around, at the same time saying
"You big brass-mounted s of
b h, I am occupying this place, do
your heart" This was something
awful for a common citizen to use
such language to an officer, and this
too in the presence of a dozen brother
officers; why it was simply outrage
ous and not to bo put up with. Had
a bomb exploded in the center of
the room it would not have created
more surprise; in fact they were
simply paralized; but after catching
their breath, every mother's son of
'em left the room. The baile went
on as though nothing had occurred,
and the next day there was some
talk of a duel, but upon "investiga
tion," they found a Tartar had been
stired up, and acting upon the
theory that "discretion was the bet
ter part of valor," quietly "pulled
their freight" for WiDgate and other
military posts.
Leaving Albuquerque our two
friends went up to Santa Fe the
city of the holy faith; the Mecca of
sports; the general rendezvous, atone
time or another, of all the "fighters"
of the southwest. Here was to be
found Greek George, Jack Davis,
Pete McAtee, Joe Stinson, Andy
Beeves and a dozen or more of the
lesser knights of the six-shooter and
knife. Shortly after reaching Santa
Fe, Tom Gates had a misunder
standing with Andy Beeves, in the
saloon of Peter Knap. Now Andy
was a noted character in those days;
a man as ready to fight as to eat, and
as to the manner of settling the dis
pute, why he would allow you to
choose for yourself. Gates was a
stranger to all the Santa Feans, and
being a quiet, harmless looking lit
tle fellow, no one thought him par
ticularly "hard." To settle the dis
pute Andy resorted to a double
barrel shot-gun, while Tom relied
upon his two single-shot pocket
Derringer pistols. In those days
and among that class of men, some
of them would take desperate
chances in order to play off a prac
tical joke upon a supposed tender
foot. : "Now lieos o .wasone of th
ij-okipg" kind, and whether he was
in earnest or unrtertook-ta- play a
"joke" on the wrong chicken, I doñt
know. However Tom's nerve was
too much for Andy, for Gates faced
the shot-gun, walking up to Beeves
and putting the muzzle of his cocked
Derringer to Andy's head, pushing
the gun to one side, ordered Beeves
drop it or he would "blow his d m
brains out." Andy Beeves after
wards said that "Gates was the
gamest man he ever met, and his
little experience with him broke me
of sucking eggs." The winter of
'66-'67 Billy Brannen spent in Las
Vegas, and Tom Gates returned to
California via Salt Lake City.
Sometime in the winter of 1869-70,
Tom Gates, accompanied by a part
ner named Parker, returned to Ari
zona, this time stopping at Preseott.
But times appearing to be dull as
compared with Los Angeles, they
remained but two weeks, going back
to Los Angles again. My next meet
ing with Tom was at Florence, Pinal
county, after the adjournment of
the legislature at Tucson in 1877.
At the request of Colonel Buggies,
member of the Council from Pinal,
I went with him to Florence, here I
found Tom Gates and wife. He had
married in Los Angeles and came to
Arizona late in the fall of '76 or
early in the spring of '77. At this
time the writer and Gates were mu
tually interested, but money being
too scarce we "closed up." In August,
1878, the writer left Southern Arizona
for the northeastern part of Yava
pai county, now known as Apache
and Navajo counties, coming up
here in the interests of H. S. Stevens
then a candidate for re-election to
congress. I next met Tom at Pres
eott during the session of '83-4, and
at this time he claimed Tucson as
his place of abode. After locating
in. Tucson, Gates became affiliated
with the local democracy, and being
naturally shrewd soon became prom
inent with the Pinal county democ
racy. At the session of 1883-4 Gate3
was at the head of the legislative
lobby, and through his management
the Bullion tax law was repealed.
After we parted ways in 1877, Tom
seems to have changed his ways a
good deal, for in 1883-4 I found him
to be altogether quite a different
person indeed. C. Meyer Zulick
selected Tom Gates for superin
tendent of the Yuma prison, and of
all the appointments made by Gov
ernor Zulick, so far as my memory
serves, the Gates appointment was
the best. Thomas Gates was a man
of nerve; quick to act; generous to
a fault; quick tempered and ready
to fight at the "drop of the hat,"
and drop it himself, It is hardly
possible for one to be braver than
Gates, although in our day we have
mixed with many of the bravest.
Thomas Gates like all of us, had his
faults, bat surely his better qualities
overbalanced the bad; the bad, if
any, now lie burried forever, and
may the many good ones forever re
main. Peace to his ashes.
Hanging of Cherokee Bill.
A telegram says Cherokee Bill, the
youthful murderer and desperado,
who for six years has been an out
law, murderer, and robber, expiated
all these offences by hanging at Fort
Smith, Ark., on the 16th inst., and
at the age of twenty. - He swung off
without a sigh of regret for the past
or a quiver of fear for the future, re
fusing all religious sympathy offered.
He ascended the scaffold with a firm
step and did all he could to keep
from disappointing the audience or
delaying the execution. His mother
stood by his side and bravely wit
nessed the hanging without a quiver
or a tear. He died as he lived, game
to the core. Promptly at 2 o,clock
the prisoner was brought out of his
cell and at the jail door he was
joined by his mother and aunt. He
walked between them unsupported.
When the scaffold was reached he
kissed his mother goodbye. With a
smile on his face, he walked to his
place on the trap and calmly viewed
the crowd from his position on the
gallows. In reply to the question if
he had any thing to say, he answered
"Nof I came here to die not to talk."
Bill's wonderful nerve was inherited
from his mother, who stood by him
on the gallows without flinching nor
.shedding a tear. Sho took tho body
to Fort GibsonT" Cherokee Bill was
born at Fort Gibson, Indian Terri
tory, Februáry, 8 1876. He was one
of therobbers who infested the In
dian Territory during the reign of
terror in 1894, and belonged'tu the
Cook gang. He worked with Bill
Cook on Ranches creek in the nation
and became an outlaw at the age of
fourteen. Bill's last robbery was the
one that cost him his life. On No
vember 9, he and Verde Gris Kid were
robbing Lenapah when Earnest Mil
ton looked out of his window to see
what was going on. Bill saw him
and sent a bullet through his brain.
For this murder he was convicted
and paid the penalty on the gallows,
dying as game as any man on record
He was a half breed Cherokoe, which
accounts for the apparent stoic in
difference to fate, exhibited both by
himself and his mother. '
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES.
TEBRITOBIAL COH1IITTBB.
Executive committee J. H. Kibbey, chair
man; K. L. Long, secretary; T. W. Hiue. A.
O. Brodie. T. P. Carson, W. M. Griffith, Her
bert Brown.
Apache county J. L. Hubbell, A. Gonzales,
Geo. H. Crosby. Joe. L'dall, C. I. Kempe.
Cochise county Allen T. Bird, AL Noyes,
W. F. Nichols,-A. L. Grow. W. A. Place.
Coconino county E. S. Clark, C. M. Fun
ston, N. G. Layton, F. W. Smith, E. F. Green
law. Gila county G. M. Allison, G. T. Peter, T.
A. Pascoe. W M. Griffith, F. W. Wwtmeyer.
Graham county M. J. Egan, H. L. Smith, H.
Weech, Alexander McLean. E. A. Cutter.
Maricopa county Jas. McMillan, T. W.
Hiue. Lincoln Fowler, W. S. White, L. H.
Goodrich. . . , ,
Mohave county H. H. Watklns. F. L. Smith,
J. K. Halsey. J. L. Kelson. David Southwick.
Navajo county J. H. Bowman, W. C.
Barnes, Jas. Mahoney, Jessie N. Smith, A. F.
Banta.
Pima county Charles R. Drake, Herbert
Brown. J. A. Zabriskie, Geo. Christ, B H.
Paul.
Pinal county W. B. Reed, T. P. Carson, O.
H. Carpenter, W. F. Cooper, E. W. Childs.
Yavapai county A. O. Brodie, Chas. H.
Akers, I. L. Robinson, John S. Jones, Thos.
"b'i county J. W. Dorrlngton, O. F.
Townsend. F. S. Ing-alls, F. E. Ewine. Frank
Wightinan.
ATAJO COUITTT COMMITTEE.
J. H. Bowman. Chairman; W. H. Clark,
Secretary and treasurer; F. W. Nelson, B.
Bauerback, Joseph Frisby, Members.
All last winter Mr. Geo. A. Mills,
of Lebanon, Conn., was badly afflict
ed with rheumatism. At times it
was so severe that he could not stand
up straight, but was drawn over on
one side. "I tried different remedies
without receiving relief." he says un
til about six months ago I bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
After using it for three days my
rheumatism was gone and has not
returned since. For sale by F. J.
Wattron.
GENERAL NEWS.
France and Italy are intriguing to
detach Italy from the triple alliance.
Good enough.
Kid Thompson, one of the rob
bers of the Southern Pacific train at
Koscoe station, two years ago, is
sentenced to be hanged on May 22.
The British steamer Matadi, which
sailed from Sierra Leone on Feb. 5,
has been totally destroyed at Boma
by an explosion of gunpowder.
Some of the passengers and crew
were saved, but many are missing.
The case of the United States
versus the State of Texas, involving
the ownership of Greer county, was
decided in the Supreme Court in
favor of the United States. Justice
Harlan handed down the opinion.
The case involves 1,500,000 acres.
"White Hat" McCarthy is here
from his visit to his starving horses
at Modesto. He talks of prosecut
ing Canty, the farmer who would
not feed his horses, and says he
wanted to fight Canty in any way,
but the farmer would not give him
any show to thrash him.
At a meeting of the house naval
committee, it was decided to recom
mend in the naval appropriation bill
the construction of four battle ships
and fifteen torpedo boats. The bat
tle ships will have a displacement of
about 11,000 tons, and they will cost
not to exceed $300,000 each, exclu
sive of armament.
Governor Hughes has appointed
M. F. Shaw to be superintendent of
the Territorial prison to succeed
Thomas Gates, who committed
suicide on Friday. James Coyle was
appointed warden. Shaw is a
pioneer of Arizona, ad was for two
terms sheriff of Pima county, and
won renown in the early days as city
marshal of Tombstone.
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette
from St. Petersburg says that the
impression strengthens there that
King Menelek will ask Bussia to
mediate between Abyssinia and Italy.
The report, however, is semi-official-ly
denied. It is declared that Russia
iras-already dispatched "Baron'Mein
dorf, counsellor of the Bussian em
bassy at Rome, to King Menelek
with Russia's reply consenting to do
so.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Times says that the Hamburger cor
respondent, which is often used as
an official mouthpiece, believes that
the emperor will refuse to intervene
in support of Spain in the Cuban
affair against the United States. "A
Madrid dispatch to the Standard
says: "The press and publio here
express disappointment and impa
tience at General Weyler's failure to
suppress the Cuban insurgents."
Dr. Jose Manuel Delgado, the
American citizen who is reported to
have been shot and nearly killed by
Spanish troops under the command
of General Melqui, is not dead Th
captain-general has promised th
promptest inquiry into the circum
stances of the case and has givei
assurances that the guilty person;
will be most severely dealt with
Dr. Delgado is said to have beex
bound and shot without trial anc
without any justification. Th
doctor was left for dead and eight o
his father's employes were killec
The United States Consul-Genera
K. O. Williams, has taken the matt
in hand.
At the examination of Oscar E(
denfield, otherwise Einhart,who su,
rendered himself to the sheriff ft
the killing of S. G. Harper c
Thursday last in the Huachm
mountains, ho was held to the nc
grand jury for willful murder. Wfi
in custody Eddenfield stated that
Harper was about to shoot him when
he grappled with him, taking the
gun away, and held him with one
hand while he shot him in the breast.
Medical testimony proved that the
ball entered the back, passing
through the left lung, severing the
main artery to the heart and coming
out in front of the neck. The men
were in partnership in a mine and
had made a shipment of ore, and it
is believed that Eddenfield wanted
to come into posession of the mine,
as it was proven both men held
grievances against each other.
Harper was 50 years old and leaves
a family in Woodland, Cal,
A Social Outrange.
ine snobocracy of West l'Oiat ñas
recently broken loose in .a new spot,
and I am considerably surprised
that the newspapers haven't said
anything about it.
Why, what do you think! A cub
of a second lieutenant had the
shameless audacity to wed a ser
ge nt's daughter, and qrithat reason
he has been socially ostracized, and,
from all appearances, is to be hound
ed out of the army.
Did anybody ever hear of any
thing so outrageous, as .that a prince
of the royal blood of "West Point,
on the Hudson, should actually have
the audacity to take to wife the
plebeian daughter of a man who
wears only chevrons on his sleeves,
instead of straps on his shoulders!
Isn't it perfectly awful?
Indeed, isn't it just simply horri
ble when you come to think about itt
Of course, the present general of
the Army, Nelson A. Miles, was once
a private soldier. William McKin-?
ley, who stands a good chance to be
president of the United States and
commander-in-chief of the army,
was a private, and I might go along
here to the extent of columns giv
ing the names of great men of the
republic who were once private sol
diers, but what of that only stop
and think a moment what a calamity
it would be to the army of the
United States and the world in gen
eral should some second lieutenant,
whose father was as likely as not a
shoemaker or a meat-peddler, marry
the daughter of Oreneral Ames j i
Governor McKinleyl
I shudder at the thought indeed,
I do, and I know the nations of the
world will join me in the shudder.
No, no; let us not have the high
and mighty class which, graduates
from West Point get its dark-blue
blood mixed up with that of the
plebeian class which serves in the
ranks and wins its country's battles.
Let not the stew-kettle of the com
mon soldier's "grub-pile" be per
mitted to thump its dusky sides
against the "Dutch oven" of the
officers' mess! Let iiótour glorious
military aristocracy, which is edu
cated at public expense from a tax
levied upon cooks and scullions and
shopkeepers, have its glories dim
med by these mixed marriages with
the "common people." No, indeed,
and indeed let not the only real
true-blue aristocracy we have be so
outraged, and, hereafter, when any
commissioned cuss, so far forgets
himself as to spark and wed the
daughter of a private soldier, let
him cot only have his head shaved
A subscriber asks for the number of oelar
Bates the several states and territories will
be entitled to in the St. Louis convention.
The following-Is the apportionment:
Alabama .22 Missouri ...U
Alaska 2 Montana 6
Arizona. 8 Nebraska IS
Arkansas 16 Nevada 6
California IS New Hampshire 8
Colorado 8 New Jersey 20
Conneticut. 12 New Mexico 6
Deleware 4 Newtork
Dirt, of Columbia. .. 2 North Carolina 2J
Florida 8 North Dakota.
Georgia J2Ü Ohio 46
Idaho. 6 Oklahoma 6
Illinois 48 Oregon 8
Indiana ao Pennsylvania ,M
Iowa .25 Rhode Island...., ... 8
Kansas 20 South Carolina.... 13
Kentucky 2d South Dakota 8
Louisaiana 16 Tennessee 24
Maine 12 Texas SO
Maryland 16 Vermont... 9
Massachusetts. ..SO Virginia. 24
Michigan. 28 Washington 8
Minnesota 18 West VirjrlnJa U
Mississippi .18 Wisconsin 24
Wyoming... 6
Total, 910; necessary for choice, 450.
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