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Volume I.
HOLBROOK, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1896.
Number 18.
i
rHK HAILKOADH.
Atlantic & Pacific O. Co.
TIME TABLE.
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10 8Dp 1
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STATIONS.
No. lNo. S
8 30 10 Dp Lr
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0i 8 IJo, Lv.
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Kan City
. . lenver. . .
Ar 19
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8 top. SU .
12 aup ii tjp .
10 I mi Mo .
0 Jul J Z.u .
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HoUiroo ..
...Wtnslow...
...Flamaff...
...Williams...
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12
6
7
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Train So. 8. westbound, and train No.
ea'tbonnd. are fast limited train, rarryinr
h rwt-olaM naavetujersonly and equipped with
Pullman's latest and not eleaaut sleeping
ears, reclining chair ears, with an attendant
to loo after the paancngcrs eomlort and
new dining ears tarouvh witboot change be
tween I o Angele and Cbirairo.
ia addition totberegaiaruallyequinment.
a luxurione compartment sleeping car. con
taining two drawing rooms ana seven family
rooms will be atta bed to No. 4, leaving Los
Angeles on Tuesdays and Chicagoon Wednes
days of each week
Trains No. 1 and 8 carry Pullman Palace
sleeving cars through without nanee be
tween Chicago and -tan Francisco, with aa
annex car between Barstow and Los Angeles.
Pullman TourUt sleeping ears through v. ith
out change between Chicago and San Prao-cisv-o.
and Chicago and Los Angeles eeiy
day; twice a week between Los Angeles ami
be Paul ; once a week between Los Angelea
an I St. Louis and Boston.
SOiMER OB WINTER.
Tbe -Santa Fé Route is the most comfort
r.! Railway between California and the East.
The lirand Canon of the Colorado can be
re:-.hed in no other way.
The meals at Harvey's Dining Rooms are
aa excellent feature of the line, and are only
emailed by those served on the new Ulniug
Cre which are carried on all limited trains.
1MN A. SWEET.
Geni Pass. Agent. Albuquerque. N. M.
H. C. BL'SH.
Ass't Gea'l Pass. Agent, San Francisco. CaL
C. W. SMITH.
Receiver and Geni Manager.
S. F., P. ftP. Railway.
TIME TABLE No. ID.
In effect December 25. at 12.05 a. m.
SO'TM PA'T
ilxA. I Pass
No. II. No. 1
KOH'H PA'Y
Pass. Mxd
No. Ü. No. 82
STATIONS.
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1 h 7 17a
2 -v 7 fa'
8 0pi 7 4Ha
8 2'p! 8 11a.
4 llpl 8 89!
4 SUp 8 ai
8 Wpí 12a1
8 pl
8 tup! 8 fe!
Lv
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8 -iOp
8 Wp
4 4p
4 tip
4 IOp
8 Up
8 p
8 Sil
12 01 p
11 I.a
11 lha
II 00a
10 ja
Meath
Wick low
....Rock Butte
....Cedar ilade ...
Valley I
-Del Rio
Jerome Junction.
Granit
.Massicke
i Preacott
10 10a
Wa
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8 8
8 1 a
7 4Sa
8 1S
2 ái
2 40
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No. 42
7 00a t a
7 S0 10 23a
7 SSa Ml 2a
8 01a 10 82
8 U II I-,
9 Oua 11 Ka
9 O-M 12 12p;
9 v 12 tip
10 16a 12 kip
10 m 1 OKp!
1. 80a. 1 30p
1 Sa 1 43p
U 3U 8 Co
1 1 2 Sip
1 -ip 2 4p
2 I 'M 8 OS
2 2Sp I
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W jt 8 "p
3 C 8 47 p'
S 4 p 4 OOp
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. . Iron Spring.
-Summit.
Ramsgnte . . . .M
.....Skull Valley ....
Kirkland
.Grand View
Hill-trie
-Date Creek
lar-tines
.Cong reas
...-Harqua Hala ....
. . . ..W Ickenburg . . ..
Vuiture
.Hot. Spr'gs June'n.
B-)ar-Jey
Jlarinctte
Peoria
G lend ale
Alhambra.
Ar. ...Phenix ... .Lv
2 tip
2 (Up
2 Oip
1 S3p
1 ISp:
12 8p
12 l'-'l
11 Sea
4 IOp
8 cyp
8 Srtp
8 Oip
2 SHp
2 Hp
1 4.p
1
11 Sla
12 S -V
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10 Ma
10 46a
10 2"a
9 Wa
9 4ja
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9 C0a'
8 Mai
8 41a!
8 SOai
12 -tLi
11 iiOa
11 10a
10 4U
10 Obe
9 4a
9 10a
I 8 4'-a
1 8 "a
8 VDa
8 H
7 40a
Trains Nos. 41 and 12 run on alternate daya.
Information as to what days same will run
mill Le furnished by afteutson application
No. 1 makes connect ions at Aaja Pork with
A. A P. vevtibnleH limited No. 8 from the
t. This ia the finest train wet of Chicago.
No. 2 aao eanuecta with A. A P. No. 2 from
the weat.
reraons desiring to stay over at Ash Fork
will find the best of accommodations at Fred
Harvey's hotel.
No. 2 makes close connection at Ash Fork
with A. A P. trains Nos. I and 4. A. A P. No. 1
reaches San Franciaco 10:4i a-m. second morn
ing. A. A P. No. 4 is a vert i bu led train
throughout, lighted with pintrh gas. dining
car running through. Loa AngeZe toChicagu.
1'tulngears under the management of Fred
Harvey, with hia unexcelled service, care and
attention to his gueata.
Nos. 1 and 2 connect at Jerome Junction
with trains of C. V. A P. Rr. for Jerome.
Connecting at Preacott with wtage lines for
all principal mining eamis; at Cougreaa wit h
stage lines for Harona Hala. Station and Yar
nell: at Phenix with the Maricopa A Phe
nix Ey. for points on the S. P. Ry.
This line ia the beat route to the Great Salt
Rivar Valley. For Information regarding
this valley and the rU b mining section tribu
tary to this road, address any Santa Fé Route
representative, or
GEO. U. SARGENT,
Geni Ft. and Pass. Agt Preacott. Arix.
GEO. T. NICHOLSON.
Geni Pasa. Agt, Chicago, III.
J. J. FEET.
Geni Manager. Topeka, Kan.
R. E. WELLS,
AasC Geni Manager. Preacott. Arlx.
IRA P. SMITH,
Commercial Agent, Phomix, Arix.
E. COPELANU.
Gen'l Agent, El Paso. Texas.
PROFESIONAL CARDS.
G. 0. ANDERS0M,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, '
OUaOOK. - ABIZOSA.
F. W. NELSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WniLOW, - ABIXOSA.
E. H. SANF0RD,
ATTORXEY-AT-LAW,
FBXaCOTT. - ABIZOSA.
W. M. PERRILL,
Xistot Attorney Sfs-vajo County
ROI3BOOK, - ABICOBA.
Will practice in all courts of Arixona.
T. W. JOHNSTON,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
- rSUCOR, - ABXZOgA.
Will DTwetice in the Courts of Navajo.
Apache, Coconino and Mohave Counties.
R. E. MORRISON,
ATTOBNKY.AT.LA'W,
(District Attorney Yavapai County.)
Ofitoa in Court House, Preacott. Arizona.
j. P. WELCH, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN Se 8URGEÜX,
MOUKOt, - - AJtX20A.
BIO JACK SMALL.
The following story was published
several years since, nevertheless we
believe there are many of our readers
who never read it. We submit the
story for your judgment, hoping that
you may laugh and wonder, as many
others have, when reading the quaint
speculations of Big Jack.
CHAPTER IIL
At the foot of the mountain the
team halts where the water sinks
and the dry valley begins. It is but
short work for Big Jack Small to
draw out the bow pins, release his
cattle and drop Lis eight yokes in a
line, with the bright heavy chains
linking them together in the gravel
and dust.
Meantime Mr. Sighal arrives in
camp with each hand full of frag
ments of vari-colored stone, he hav
ing tired his wits at prospecting for
silver.
"Hullo, Parson! Hev you struck
it rich? interrogated Big Jack, as he
let down the grub-box aud cooking
utensils from the wagon-top to Gov
Xye. "That's a bad beginning, Par
son!" "Why so, Mr. Small!"
"'Cause," said Jack, jumping
down from the wagon and coming
up to take a look at the rocks in the
parson's hands "'cause ef you ever
git quartz on the brain, you're a
goner! That ar meetia'-house in
Pennsylvany'll put crape on the
door-knob shore! an' 'dverliz fer a
new parson. But ye'll not git
quartz on the brain not much
s'loDg's yer don't find no better
stones than these yere," said he
aiter examining the collection.
"Ah! I was merely guessing at the
stones to amuse myself. Are they
not quartz fragments?"
"No sir-ee," said Jack, as driving
his axe into a pine log, he made the
wood fly into splits and splinters
"not much. Them's iron-stained
porphyry, greenstone, black trap an'
white carb'nates of lime. Hold on
till we git across the valley an' git
agoin' up the next mountain, 'n I'll
show yer some good quartz. Some
bully float-rock over thar, but no
body haint found no mine yit never
will, I reckon; I've hunted for the
derned thing twenty times. Yero
Gov, git a bucket o' water. Parson,
d'ye feel wolfish? added Mr. Small,
after he had his fire 1'ghted aud was
proceeding culinarily.
"Wolfish!" exclaimed Mr. Sighal,
with some surprise.
"Yes hungry," explained Jack,
as he sawed with a dull knife at tne
tough rind of bacon, cutting down
oue fat slice after the other upon
the lid of the grub-box near the fire.
"Not unusually so."
"Haint et nolhin sence mornin',
hev ye!"
"No! not since early morning."
"Must do belter'n that!" said Jack,
putting the frying-pan upon the fire.
"I usually eat but little for fear of
eating too much."
"Well s'pose yer heave away them
rocks, an run this fryin'-pan jest
fer appertite. Nothin' like facin' an
inemy, ef yer want to git over bein'
afraid of himf
Mr. Sighal immediately complied,
and, squatting by the fire, poised
the frying-pan upon the uneven
heap of burning sticks in his first
lesson at camp-lifel
"I don't allow yer kin eat much
this eveuin', as we've only traveled
half a day, but tomorrer we've got to
cross the valley through the alkali
dust, an' make a long drive. Git a
lot of that alkali into ye, an' you'll
hanker after fat bac'n!"
"Ah!" said Mr. Sighal, carefully
balancing the pan on the fire.
"Yes, sir" with great emphasis on
the sir. "Alkali an' fat bac'n goes
tergether like a match yoke o' lead
ers. Does thar seem to be any coals
a-makin' in that fire. Parson!"
"The wood seems to burn; I infer
there will be coals."
"Inferrin' won't do Parson! We've
got to hev'em, 'cause .1 must bake
this bread after supper, for to-morrer.
Alius keep one takin ahead," ejacu
lated Mr. Small, as he finished knead
ing bread ia the pan, and quickly
grasped the axe, proceeding to break
up some more wood. "Yer see, Par
son, a bull-puncher hes to be up to a
little of every sort o' work, in the
mountains. Gov, you look out fer
that coiTee-pot, while I put this
wood on the fire. Drink coffee Par
son! No! Well, then, make yer
some tea in an empty oyster can
haint got only one pot fer tea an'
coffee,"
"No, Mr. Small do not make any
trouble for me in that way. I drink
water at the evening meal."
"All right, then; this hash is ready
fer bizness!"
The Reverend Mr. Sighal, sitting
cross-legged on the ground, received
the tin plate and rusty steel knife
and fork into his lap from the hand
of Mr. Small, and then Mr. Small
sat down cross-legged opposite him,
with the hard loaf of yeast-powder
bread, and the sizzling frying pan,
between them, snrrounded by small
cotton sacks, containing respectively
salt, pepper, and sugar.
"Now, Parson," "said Mr. Small,
"pitch in!"
"One moment, Mr. Small,"said the
parson, removing the hat from his
own head, "will you not permit me
to ask the blessings of God upou
this frugal repast!"
"Certainly!" assented Mr. Small,
snatching off his hat, and slapping
it on the ground beside him. Then
happening to note quickly the In
dian sitting listlessly on the other
side of the fire, he said: "Yere, you
Injin, take off yer hat; quick."
"Yash heap take 'em off," said the
obeying Indian.
"Now, Parson, roll on!"
The reverend, turning his closed
eyes skyward, where the wide red
glory of the sel ting sun was returning
the eternal thanks, offered the usual
mild and measured form of thanks
giving and prayer for the Most
High's blessing upon the crealure-
comforls, at the end of which he re
placed his hat; but Mr. Small being
too busy with his supper and with
cogitation upon the new style of eti
quette, and beiug careless about his
head-covering in camp, neglected, or
omitted, the replacement of his hat;
which state of the caso bothered the
"untutored savage" as to his own
proper behavior, whereupon, lifting
his cherished "plug" f torn the earth
he held it in his hand brim up, and
rpriin1 asI í nf Armrrft ! í tsl t
8. UUk, VV U I-VgUtl t VJ
"Uh, Jack, put um hat on! No
put um hat on? me no sabe!"
"Yes; put um hat on."
"Uh! yash, me heap put' um hat
on. All rigut ail same mocusum
(medicine) While-a-man. Heap
sabe!"and relapsed iiit'o silent obser
vation.
continued.
HXADQCAHTBB3 ST. JoHXS RXPl'BLIC AW 1
Lxaucx O.IB or Apachz Co., Ariz.
St. Johns. A. T April 2d, 1896.
Hon. A. F. Banta, Argus, Holbbook,
Arizona.
Deab Banta: The St. Johns lie
publican League club sends its
greeting to the A eg us, and through
the Abqus to all Republicans of
Navajo county, "in good standing
and propperly vouched for," and an
nounces that its organization is com
plete, with about 100 members en
rolled, and the club stands in readi
ness to co-operate with all clubs in
the territory, in the advancement
and promotion of the Republican
cause throughout the territory,
during the campaign of 1S96.
If you "Navajos" have organized
a League Club we have never been
advised of it, hence, we send you
greeting through the Argus, with
full faith that when the ides of
November come you will hear a
favorable report from Old "Apache."
Very truly,
John T. Hogue, President.
During the winter of 1893, F. M
Martin, of Long Reach, West Va.
contracted a severe cold which left
him with a cough. In speaking of
how he cured it he says: "I used
several kinds of cough syrup but
found no releif until I bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, which relieved me almost
instantly, and in a short time brought
about a complete cure." When
troubled with a cough or cold
use this remedy and you will not
find it necessary to try several kinds
before you get relief. It has been
in the market for over twenty years
and constantly grown in favor and
popularity. For sale at 25 and 50
cents per bottle by F. J. Wattron.
Ilolbrook to Phenix.
The following letter was received
a little too late for last week's issue.
Phenix, Ariz., March 2G, 1896.
Dear Arqus: After a hasty noon
day meal I boarded the train Mon
day, the 23rd instant, for a short trip
to the southern half of our great
territory. Nothing occurred worthy
of mention until reaching the "sky
light" city; here Sheriff Cameron,
his chief deputy Fletcher Fairchilds
and two guards got aboard with four
convicts, en route for Yuma. At
7:15 p. m. Ash Fork is reached, and
putting up at the Harvey we had
good; meals, good beds aud good
service. Unfortunately for the trav
eler going south, with the present
time schedules in force, he 3 obliged
to lie over here all night.
The following morning, March
24, at 7 o'clock sharp, the Santa
Fe, Prescott & Phenix train pulls
out of the Fork. Being my first
trip over this road, and having pre
viously gone over the old Bullock
line, I was really surprised to find
it to be such an excellent road and
so finely equipped. The S. F., P. &
P. railway compares very favorably
with any of the transcontinental
roads, and deserves the patronage of
the traveling public.
Twenty miles out from Ash Fork
the scenery begins to look interest
ing, and in my opinion the S. F P.
& P. R. R. is the scenic line of
Arizona. Splendid engineering work
is noticeable along this line; and, as
the road winds down the mountain,
across deep gulches, cañons and
gorges, running in and out, making
curves and loops, until the bewilder
ed traveler cannot tell, by looking
at the track, in which direction he
seems to be going. At times you
are sure to immagine that the engine
has made an "about face" and is
comming "head on" towards you.
After passing the twenty-five mile
stake, one looks back and wonders
how in tho name of the ''great horn
spoon," he ever got down off the
the mountain. Along here the face
of the country is covered with
igneous rocks, and thickly inter
spersed with scrub cedars. Thirty
five miles out we strike the defunct
Bullock road, which we parallel the
rest of the way to Prescott. Reach
ing Chino the S. F., P. & P. passes
along the east side, somewhere in
the vicinity of old Fort Whipple,
but whose ruins I failed to see or to
locate. What memories the sight of
old Fort Whipple brings up: The
California Volunteers, the New
Mexico Volunteers,the Eleventh Mis
souri Home Guards, the appointees
of Mr. Lincoln, the first issue of the
old Arizona Miner, Indian deviltries,
etc., etc. On reaching the "rocks,"
four miles below Prescott, the train
winds serpentine like through them,
debouching opposite the old house
of Messrs. R. E. Farington, W. C.
Collier and Ed. G. Peck. Here it
was that during tho memoriable
winter of 18(53-4, the writer herded
stock afoot for $7.50 per month,
board included consisting of slap
jacks, coffee and deer-meat. All
that winter I slept beneath the run
ning gears of a wagon with a pile of
undressed black-tailed deer skins
for a bed. My opportunities for the
study of astronomy were excellent
that winter, for the starry vault of
heaven formed the canopy of my
humble couch. The bosses how
ever were better fixed, they had a
wagon box in which to sleep and
were in consequence quite tony.
Three miles further brings us to the
Gem city of the Mountains, but as
I did not stop off, will have some
thing to say of Prescott in a sub
sequent letter.
Shortly after leaving the Prescott
depot, the road begins to wind in
and out and around and about the
pine-clad granite mountains until
the sixty-eight mile stake is passed
near the "iron spring." From this
elevation we can look down upon
I Thumb Butte and at once realize
that the "hights" had been success-
fully climbed. A little way beyond
; "iron spring" the brakes are set,
j and notwithstanding this is done,
i the train fairly flies down the steep
; mountain grade. At one time cross
I ing a deep gorge at another skirting
, some precipitous precipice; all the
while downward we pitch until
Skull Valley is Teached, where we
stop to take our breath and to eat
our dinner. Skull Valley, the home
for twenty-seven years of John Dixon.
What! You do not know John
Dixon? Well, that is really bad for
you, for not to know John Dixon is
to argue yourself to be unknown; in
fact, I fear my friend you are one of
the tenderest of "tenderfeet." In one
respect at least, John Dixon merits
the distinction of being one of the
most remarkable men of the fin de
side; in that he was accorded more
territory in which to be married,
than perhaps any other person in
the United States during the past
thirty-five or forty years. In other
words, John Dixon was the first
man married in all Arizona north of
the Gila river.
Leaving the valley of the ominous
name, we still continue to "drop
down" and soon you see people be
gin to discard their wraps and extra
coats. The next point of interest
en route is the now famous Congress
mine. This is undoubtedly the
most notable mining camp in Ari
zona today, and quite a thrifty town
has sprung up in its immediate vi
cinity. Next in order as we rush down
ward, is old Wickenburg, situate on
the southwest bank of the now
clasic Hasayampa. How vividly old
time scenes rush through one's mind
at the sight of Wickenburg. It was
here that Billy McCloud and the
writer, during the winter months of
1869-70, furnished the Vulcher mill
and people of Wickenburg with
their only fresh meat venison.
Twenty-seven years ago the writer
left Wickenburg. Twenty-seven
years seems a long time; long
enough to have grown a city, but no
city grew there where a city should
have grown, on the banks of the
Hasayampa. Suffice to say, enough
gold has passed out into the world
from old Wickenburg and its famous
Vulcher mines, to h3ve built a city;
yet, none, or little if any of the
millions taken from its mines ever
went into building up old Wicken
burg, and it is today no larger nay,
not as largo in fact as it was in 1SC9.
Ah, if those old adobe walls could
speak what harrowing tales of vio
lence and blood they could tell; of
desperate bar-room and street fights;
of men scalped in its streets in day
light, and not by Indians either; of
men having ears cut off by the slash
of the Bowie knife; of -Apache raids
and murders at its very doors, when
no man dare leave the town alone,
but all must travel in parties for
mutual protection. Had one the
time and inclination, what tales of
desperate deeds could be written of
Wickenburg in the sixties. Twenty
minutes after passing Wickenburg
the train rushes out upon the desert,
which is seventy miles across it.
Now, I speak of it as a "desert" be
cause it was so called away back in
the sixties. However this whole
"desert" as it was wont to be called,
is susceptible of the highest cultiva
tion, and wherever or whenever
water earth's life fluid is put upon
its soil the "desert" produces crops
in abundance; also all the semi
tropical fruits in perfection. After
leaving "the sink of the Hasayampa,"
overcoats and shawls are not in de
mand any more; and for that mat
ter, hardly anything else is needed
in the shape of clothing. Twenty
miles north of Phenix cultivated
fields are met with, and thence to
the city is oue vast garden, dotted
here aud there with orchards of
fruit trees. Here we have occular
proof of the geni's magic, but his
magic-wand, in this instance, has
been water, and iustead of the trans
formations being of instant opera
tion, it has necessitated several
years to consúmate it. Nevertheless,
how wonderful, how powerful has
been that magic; now we see a gar
den where but a few years since was
seen only the greese-wood, the sage
bush, the jack-rabbit and the snaky
looking lizard. To the writer who
has seen both sides of this wonder
ful picture, the change appears to
be really magical and absolutely as
tonishing to him. One hour's ride
through green fields and orange
groves, brings us to the depot of
the S. F P. & P. R. R. company, and
lo! we are in Phenix; beautiful,
lovely Phenix, the Queen city of
Arizona, Yours, A- F- B.
.GENERAL. NEWS.
John Hays Hammond's bail has
been raised to $100,C00. He has
been allowed to leave Pretroria for
Cape Town for the benefit of his
health.
The president has signed the act
repealing the statute prohibiting
the appointment to army and navy
positions of persons who held .con
federate commissions.
Senator White says there is
ground for the belief that the fund
ing bill will not be pushed until
next session, or after election. The
object is that the congressmen may
not fear defeat if they vote for it.
The immigration officials are
somewhat disturbed at the present
enormous increase in immigration
during February, the number of ar
rivals at New York aggregating llr
882, an increase of about (55 per cent
over the arrivals during February
1S95.
Dr. George W. Webb, father of
Collector of Customs Sam Webb,
committed suicide at Nogales, by
shooting himself through .the head.
No cause is assigned, but the sup
position is that he became despond
ent, havinng been in ill health for
some time.
T. Simon Sam, formerly Minister
of War for Hayti, has been elected
president to succeed Gen. Hippolyte,
deceased, by the Senate and House
or Representatives. Perfect tran
quality prevails, and are there no
indications of any dissatisfaction
with the choice for executive.
Three French warships have been
made ready to sail at a moment's
notice. Advices received state that
the dervishes have established a vast
camoaisrn at Tucruf. where they are
digging wells. King Menelek is re
turning sonthward. It is supposed
that this movement is owing to lacfc
of provisions.
The Nicaragua Canal project was
discussed before the House Com
mittee ou Commerce by Capt, H, D.
Taylor of the navy; the president
of the War College at Newport, R. I,
who was formerly vice-president and
general mamager of the canal com
pany. The practicability of the canal,
he said, was no longer a doubt, the
only question being that of cost,
estimates of which ranged from
565,000.000 to $87,000,000.
A Washington telegram says that
ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio,
speaking of Governor Hughes' re
moval said: "But one more year i&
mains of this administration,"
"and the action of the president
cannot but help widen the breach
which already exists among tho
democrats of Arizona. Coming as
it does on the eve of the Presidential
compaign it is liable to queer what
ever chances they have had of carry
ing the territory."
If the Citizen's League don't ex
pel P. J. Clark, the public will ex
pel the league. In order to be use
ful the organization must be respects
able. It has come to a pretty pass
when men are assaulted on the puhr
lie street by vagrants. The assault
was unprovoked and uncalled for
and all lovers of fair play say so un
hesitatingly. Clark was once con
victed of vagrancy, has been dropr
ped by the Associated Press and the
press association. Arizona Gazette,
"Died In Prescott, March 23,
1896, John L. Taylor, an old and re
spected resident of this section.
His death was sudden, as he was
taken sick with pneumonia only a
few days before, his death. He was
a pioneer of this section and served
as sheriff of this county during 1869
and 1870. He was a native of Ken
tucky, aged 62 years. He was a
kind hearted man of genial disposi
tion. There was nothing small or
mean in the make-up of John Tay
lor, and the entire section regrets the
passing away of this worthy pioneer,
Prescott Courier.
A prominent Republican remark
ed on the street yesterday, "The
Central Committee has made the
platform and named the delegates
now let them do the voting." The
Tribune desires to discourage such
talk. We must be none the less
Republicans because our so-called
representatives have misrepreaentoi
its, Florence Tribune,