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V KEKLY EPITAPH.
I0M1(sT0NE,.uI20XA,X0VEM11EK 7, lbb"
Iliiiiiilluiiliiii Men Xmlcil.
Ewroii Kpitaimi: The editor of Mr.
Nemo's peisomd organ bus, for some tune
pasijreltcratcd the statement that the friends
of Lnrklu W.Cirr had "sold him out," nud
were now working to help elect the repub
lican nominee for sheriff. Although tho
paper referred to has not seen lit to give tho
names of those it accuses ofhavltik betrayed
their party nominee, it has insinuated that
I am ono of the number. In order to avoid
mistakes in this matter, I will now define
my position. I was not a member of tho
convention which nominated Mr.Cirr, but
as a democrat I consider myself bound by
Its action, and from tho moment ot its ad.
journment I have labored with such maans
as I possess to assist in tho election of Mr.
Carr. Any statement or insinuation to tho
contrary is simply made with tho purposo
of deceiving thine who may be ignorant of
the real facts. Furthermore, I shall work
from now until tho close of the polls on
election d iy, hod use whatever influence I
may possess, for tho success of Mr. Cnrr
and the balance ot tho democratic ticket.
And still further, I do not know a single
democrat of any particularstnndingiu this
community 'who is opposed to Mr. Carr.
Very respectfully, M. E. Joyce.
Tombstone, November 2.
THE ASSASSIN NAMED.
NOTES ON THE MAGAZINES.
The November number of tho Popular
Science Monthly opens with another con
tribution to tho "sanitas sanitatum" litera
ture, now so prevalent, by Dr. Frank II.
Hamilton in which he treats of "Sewer
Gas." While ho admits that sewer gas is
not the only causo of disease in our houses
itlll It is -fully as deleterious as commonly
supposed, and is a main and most effective
cause of tho increased death rate of largo
cities: He argues forcibly and conclii
lively that the best protection against the
pernicious effects of impure air can bo ob.
talncd only by sacrificing some of tho so
called "modern conveniences;" and his
conclusions nro those generally accepted
by sjnltirians nt present that there
should bo no connection tetween sewers
and the inhabited parts of our houses, also
that Ihey should bo heated by the open
tile place or grate, and gas should not be
binned so fieely as to exhaust tho oxygen
of the air. Many of tho sanitary engineers
mid architects arc now recognizing the
importance) of these things, and somo of
the most magnificent houses in New York
and elsewhere arc building in conform
ance with these sanitary nilcs. W. II.
Vanderblll's new residence in New York
has only two stationary Withstands, and
these are in retiring rooms. It is an
nounced by tho proprietors of the Ocean
Grove House, at Long Branch, that "none
of tho sleeping apartments havo water, nor
are 'connected In any way with water or
drainage pipe." The Sturtevant House in
New York, mid tho Fifth Avenue Hotel,
haye been similarly changed.
The same number of the magazine con.
tains a portrait of Charles Adolph Wurtz,
president or tho French Academy ot
Sciences, and a number of valuable scicn
tiflc papers original and selected.
Those of most geneial interest are
the articles entitled " Physiognomic Cu
riosities," "Somo Curious Vegetable
Growths" and "Life Among the Battas
of Sumatra;" The ono by that great
leader of advanced scientific thought,
Emil DnBois Reymond, on " Tho Science
of the Present Period," was an address
dellvcred.on the emperor's birthday at the
Academy of Sciences in Berlin, and is
given in full. In it ho gives due credit to
American science for tho great work done.
Tho Atlantic Monthly for November
has an average amount of interesting read
Ing. A thoughtful contribution by G. S.
Wilson, U. S. Army, "How Shell the
American S.ivago bo Civilized," is most
worthy of careful study by those Inter
ested in the problem indicated by Mr.
Wilson. His ideas are good and no doubt in
a moro or less modified form.will be In time
adopted. Besides the usual continued and
shoit stories, U an article by Charles Dud.
ley Warner, "A Hide In Spain," and on
on " Domestic Lifo In Greece;" theso with
somo verses of fair merit make up the
journal.
Tho North American for November, in
tho quality of Its matter, is hardly up to
Its usual standard. ".Disorder in Couit
Rooms" is treated of by Judgo Joseph
Ncllson, of the Beechcr trial notoriety.
Dr. W. A. Hammond picsents a "Problem
for Sociologists." Judge Dwlght Foster
discourses on the "Advantages of the
Jury System," failing, however, to contro.
vert the now generally accepted fact that
tho jury system Is for the advancement of
justice n failure. He makes a strong plea
for itsieformalion, by procuring a better
class of jurors. "Safety In Theaters,"
" Tho Industrial Value of Woman," "The
Suppression of Vice" ami tho "Preten
sums of Journalism " complete the num.
ber.
Mr. Edward Egglcston, in tho Century
for November, has the initial one of a ser.
les of papeis intended to comprise a "His.
tory ol Life in tho Thirteen Colonies." It
Is a change from his usual work of fiction
writing and wo find the method of the
novelist prevailing largely through the
paper; enlarging on romantic personal de
tails, and giving to them a prominence uu.
deserved. The age of hero worship in his
tory is passing away, and a study of the
customs, laws, etc., of tho people written of
gives n better basis for generalization than
all tho sentimental stories of personal
bravery and fair maidens. Tho paper, how
ever, is euterainlng and will no doubt
prove n valuable contribution to the early
record of our ration. This number of the
Century also contains a review of tho nov
elist Henry James, Jr., by W. t). llowclls;
a long illustrated article on Venice by
Henry James, Jr.; a short stoiy by Stock,
ton, "The Lady or the Tiger," which sug
gests a puzzle rather difficult of solution.
Beside theso urn) tho serial novels is
a great variety of other prose and verse.
Tho illustrations -ire fully equal to the high
reputation the magazine has now so firmly
established.
So Mark'kissed and hugged tho Mor
mon babies," did he? Well, ir he hadn't
been so "independent" in his hugging it
would bnye been equally as well, perhaps.
TcMllmony at the JmiucNt on tlie Hotly
orj0H()h II. Keiglcr VertUet or.llur
ler hj- tin- IIiuhI of I'dunrd WII
UaniN Coroner Matthew jesterdsty moiniug
summoned a juiy consisting ot Bryan
Obenr.Z. II. Taylor, E. It. Howe. J. Mullet,
J. V. Vickers. F. C. Hawkins and O. W.
Atkins, to Inquire into tho circumstances
attending the murder of Joseph II. Zeigler
on Wednesd iy evening. The police force
of tho city woiked unicniittingly on tho
caso Wednesday night, but owing to the
absence of any definite clew to the assas
sin but little progress towards hisdiseovcry
was made. Early yesterday morning Of
ficer Coyle was on the ground where tho
body was found, and his vigilance was re
warded by tho discovery of a British
"bulldog," caliber 44, with two chambers
discharged. Tho weapou was lying about
twenty feet distant from where tho un
fortunate man fell in his death agony. At
first it was surmised that after all it
mgbt havo been a caso of suicide, the cal-
iber of the weapon corresponding with the
size of the fatal bullet ; but a close examin
ation of the barrel of the weapon and tho
bullet, which the officer had in bis posses
sion, soon dissipated that theory, It was
discovered that while tho barrel of the
"bulldog" was only "rilled" four times, the
surface of tho leaden missile showed con
clusively that tho weapon from whence it
was sped on its deadly mission had at
lcasCsix creases or "rifles." The evidence
developed at the inquest, which is ap.
pended In full, was a surprise to nearly
everybody, and seems to fix tho crime al
most certainly upon the person mentioned
in the verdict. It will bo observed
from tho testimony that Constable
Haggerty was Wednesday night ap
prised of all the important disclosures
elicited nt the inquest yesterday. It would
seem that It would have been wise for him
to impart tho information he possessed to
the other officers, and thus have obtained
their assistanco and co-operatiou in arrest
ing the criminal. This ho failed to do for
somo reason be.it known to himself, and the
result is the muruerer is still at large and
probably safe beyond pursuit. It is open
ly stated that Haggerty's extreme reticence
was due to the factthat bo wished to eflect
the arrest by his own individual efforts, and
thus make a little political capital toward
securing his re-election. As soon as the
verdict of the coroner's jury was made
known Under-Shcriff Woods telegraphed
a description of tho murderer to
Contention, Benson, Tucson, Willcox,
and other points both cast and west, but up
to a lute hour last night no information as
to hiswhercaboutshad.been received. The
general impression seems to be that ho went
south, and is now probably in Sonora. Fol.
lowing is the testimony taken and the ver
diet of the jury:
CORONER'S INO.UEST.
Walter Baxter and Officer James Coyle
testified to substantially the facts related
in yesterday morning's EriTAPH.
Andrew Hawkins was the next witness
called. He testified as follows: I heard
two men talking as they went past my
cabin, which is on Toughnut street. I did
not recognize either of the voices. I did
not understand what was said. As soon
as I heard the shot I went out, but saw no
one. Deceased hallooed three times be
fore I went out. I found the body about
io :cet lrom tho cabin. He was alive
when I found him, and I was there nntil
lie died. A man went out with me, but I
did not know his name. He lived in tho
next cabin.
Cornelius Sullivan testified as follows;
Beside in Tombstone. Ed Williams
camo homo with me last night from the
Empire mine, after C o'clock. He told me
ho had had somo words with deceased,
and had promised to meet him down town.
I asked him no questions. I did not know
that they had had trouble befoiehetoldmc.
1 do not know of Williams coming to his
cabin, and do not know where he is uow.
He stays in the same cabin with me. Ho
did not come homo last night. The con-
yersatlou look place as we passed the gulch
coming home. Do not know the pistol.
Joo Zeigler was a carpenter in the mine.
He lied nothing to do with employing men.
Williams was a miner. I have not seen
him since the shooting. He had an ivory
bandied pistol about three weeksago. I do
not know whether he would use a pistol or
not; could not say. . '
Dr. Blackwood testified to hearing the
shot and going almost immediately to the
sceno of tho tragedy, and when
he arrived there Zeigler was in a
djing condition, from the effects of a
gunshot wound In the left breast.
Charles Peters being duly sworn, says:
reside in Tombstone, occupation, a miner.
I seen him fifteen or twenty minutes before
the shooting. I met the deceased by ap
pointment. As I was leaving the Empire
hoisting works he was wiping his face
with a towel. I went down town to tho
Key West cigar store, after supper. He
said: "Charles let us taken walk." We
went up the sued ns far as Ninth street,
and ho told me about some trouble he had
with Ed Williams. Wc turned and re
traced our steps. Ho told me some very
hard names bad passed between him and
Ed Williams, and that he, deceased, had
agreed to meet him down town that night,
seph Ziegler asked me to come along with
him to see that he was not double banked;
to see that no more than one jumped on
him. Wc went down the sticet, and as
wc reached tho Crystal Palace saloon, be
tween that and tho Oriental wemet Alex,
ander Davidson and Thomas Walsh. Wo
four entered into conversation, joshing,
etc. We was joined by another party
whose name I do not know. After con
vcrsinir a little while Mr. Welch passed
the cigars around. Mr. Davidson and de
ceased turned to one side and entered into
conversation. I took no notice of them.
Afterwards I saw Davidson crossing the
street alone. I called Alex and asked
him where Joo had gono; ho told mo that
deceased and Edward Williams had gono
down Fifth street together, toward Tough,
nut. He said (Alex Davidson) that there
was another party trying to get along with
Eil Williams so that they could get at
Joo Ziegler. As wo passed down the
street, wo met another party by tho name
of Thomas Ilcenan. We had got as far
as the Sunny-Side lodging house when we
heard the shot. Directly after the shot I
heard some one halloo, nud said to Alex
Davidson, "That is Joe; let us go and see."
Ho sr.td, " No, if you rush around there
in the dark you are likely to get shot."
As he miule that rcninik he said, " Here's
some one coming." 1 said I was going to
see who it was. I made two or three steps
off the sidewalk and the party passed
about twenty feet fiom me, walking very
fast. I followed him with my eyes until
tho crowd shut him out. I recognized
him as Edward Williams; did not speak
to him. I then went to Davidson and said,
"Let us go for the police.and tell them who
wo think did the shooting." I told Hag
gerty what I knew. I do not know if
Williams has been seen since the shooting.
Never saw the pistol before. 1 went
down to wheic the body lay. I did not
seo Ziegler in company with Williams.
Alexander Davidson, an engineer by oe-
cupation, testified: I saw some parties
with Joseph Ziegler last night. I went
down town after supper, and met a friend
of mine, Thomas Walsh, on Fifth street,
between the Oriental and Palace saloons.
Wc stood there and talked until deceased
and Charley Peters came along. Wc then
nil talked together for some time . Joseph
Ziegler and I stepped to one side. He
told mo him and Ed Williams had a little
UiMculty in the mine. Ho said, "Wil
liams is liable to jump melo-night." By
that time Ed Williams and some one else
enmo along. I do not know tho name of
Williams' companion. Joseph Ziegler
stepped to one side, and he and Williams
spoke to each other; then they walked
down Fifth street toward Toughnut, the
stranger who came up with Williams fol
lowing. Then I started in the direction
of Meyer's coiner, and Charley Peters
called to me and said, 'Alex, where has
Joe gone ?" I answered, "He and Ed
Williams walked down toward Toughnut.
They are by themselves yet, and I don't
wish to interfere with them as long as they
arc by themselves." Charley and I then
walked down toward the Buss house. The
friend of Williams came down after us.
He passed us near the Sunny-Side lodging,
house. Just then vie met Thomas Heenan.
I think we got on the Buss house porch a
short distance when we heard the shot
fired. Charley said, " Let us go around." I
said, " No, we might get shot in the dark."
Very soon after I saw Ed Williams coming
from the direction the shot was fired.
Charley stepped off the sidewalk and said,
'That is Ed." We then noticed him com.
ing up the Jstrcet as far as the Palace sa
loon. Wc could not see him any further
for the crowd. His friend was standing
on the corner where the ore bin is. He
came up the street, and I have not seen
him since. Charley said, "Let us inform
the police." I said, "If I can find Dave
Ncag'.o I will tell him." He said, "Dave
Neagle is not in town." I then said I was
acquainted with Haggerty, and would in
form him of tho shooliiig. Came up the
street, found Haggcity, and stated the
case. I havo seen the frieqd of Williams,
but could not identify him. I supposed
Williams and Ziegler were going oil' to
fight.
Officer Coyle being recalled, testified to
having found a pistol about twenty feet
from where tho body was found.
Thomas Fceney being sworn said: I re
side in Tombstone and am by occupation a
miner. Zeigler was laying track in
the mine, and the end of tho track camo
as far as where Williams was working.
Williams was to help him put in the track.
One of the track rails was not good and
ho had to get another. Ho told Williams
to dig a little out of the side where he wanted
to brace the track. He took some out of
it, but did not take enough, and sat down on
a pile of rock that was broketherc. Zcig
ler took the pick and dug out what he
wanted; then he called on me to help him.
I went to help him, and after 1 got through
he said I could go to my work, as hecould
get along without me, and 1 went back to
mj place. Williams was working at the
end of the track, nnd Zeigler, when he got
through, told Williams to fill up between
the rails before he blastod. Williams said,
"You fill it up yourself; you are none too
good to do it." Then they commenced to
call each other names. Zeigler said, "I will
meet you down town this evening." Wil
liams answered, "You will have your
gun, I suppose." Zeigler said, "No,
I will need no gun to meet
you. I will go on top with you
now or here." I did l.ot understand that
they had made an agreement to meet down
town. I did not see cither of them after
wo left tho mine. I have not seen Wil.
lianis since ho left the mine.
THE VEltDICT.
Wc, the undersigned, the jury of inquest
summoned and impaneled by the coro.
ncr of Cochise county to inquire whoso
the body submitted to our inspection, when,
where and under what circumstances he
came to his death, after viewing the body
uuu uLuuiiir sueii testimony as lias neen
RUSSEI.fi REFLECTIONS.
Judge I'ool iCiithiiHl.'.Htlrnlly Kcoelvcil
An "Independent"' FiitHoo Kte.
Spcclnl Correspondence of 1 tic Epltaph.l
Russr.u,, A.T., Nov 1. Our live and
booming camp is steadily moving on, with
the redoubled vigor of demonstrated merit.
Eveiy stroke in the way of development
nut shows Hint Hie camp has reliable
resources in the woy of its mines as an as
sured fact, and not confined to one or two
properties, but every prospect gives en
couragement. The Pcabody mine is yield,
ing largely of the finest ore, and all" pros
pecting, as it is done in this mine, shows
largo reserves of ore, more than sufficient
for the reducing capacityof tbecompany's
smelter. Tho smelter is running continu
ously, with tho regular lesult of bullion.
From last month's run there has been
shipped twelve car-loads of tho smelter's
ptoductof copper bullion to date. And a
favorable outlook for a considerable in.
crease in the shipment lor this month.
On last evening Judge B. L. Peel, our
next probate judge, paid the camp his first
visit. After his coming, of which we had
but short notice, the clans were gathered,
and a respectable audience obtained to
hear the judge make a talk. Judge Peel
made us a good talk. He manifested an
AI1IMTY AND CONSERVATISM
in his treatment of questions, and showed
a breadth of sympathy with the vital in.
terests and needs or the county that fully
justifies the almost unanimous support
which be will surely get from this camp
for the probate judgeship. His speech
was characterized by a candor and dignity
that convinced all who heard him that the
office to which he aspires, administered by
him, would be conducted with the abilitj-,
honesty nnd respectability to be desired by
an good citizens, and in a way to secure a
fair deal for all interested in matters sub
ject to disposition by him. The entire
demoeiatic ticket is on a solid basis here,
and the only question is how great the ma
jority for the ticket will be, and which of
the democratic candidates will lead tho
others. All lecognize the probity and
purity of the entire personnel of the dem
ocratic ticket, and tho further fact that the
democrats, unlike the republicans, iu mak
ing their nominations, threw overboard
every candidate who savored of "the
ring" and the ring interest. Aud this is
one of the most cogent and convincing
causes, enlisting the most earnest and en
thusiastic support for the entire ticket.
Some eight or ten days ago the indepen
dent candidate for sheriff, with his speak
er, Judge Herring, was here. Judge Her
ring was given an audience of respectable
cast, who
LISTENED TO HIS UTTERANCES
with respect. Ho said a great deal about
men abandoning principles, grounded in
the very truths of their life's action, nnd
rallying to the support of Neagle, in
whom, he claimed, every excellence and
requisite was concentered. But failed to
name any qualification except physical
courage, and the will to apply it in the
holding down of outlawry and despcrndo
ism on the pait of his candidate, as para
mount to "mere tax matters." The inde
pendents may safely count that they gath
ercd no breeze for their sails here. Judge
Herring's cubit, though earnest, made no
impression. The people here arc no man
worshipers. They wont a man for sheriff
who has business ability as well .is physi
cal courage to arrest and bring to justice
tico criminals and outlaws. A man capa
ble ot attending to " mere lax matters" as
well as all other business incident to the
office of sheriff, and further, one who is
gauged politically by well-defined and un
derstood principles, ns also by a long, well
known and marked business record. That
man is Larkin W. Carr. Democrat.
would tuin the property over vrithont
double or piotest. The committee after,
wind made out a schedule of the property
and attached thereto the following order:
L. V. Blackiiuiik Sir: Yon will please
turn over tho above property to William
Ives, chief engineer of the fire depart
ment, on livhalf of the city of Tombstone.
J. M. Nash, Mayor pro tern.
The above wus picsented to Mr. Black
burn, who surrendeied the property to
Mr. Ive-,, nnd thus, it is imped, the vexed
affair is settled in a inanner satisfactory to
all.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
TERRITORIAL, TOPICS.
heretofore
reputation among his
brought before us, And that his name was
Joseph Zeigler, and that ho came to his
death in the city of Tombstone, A. T., on
tho night of November 1, 1882, from the
effects of a pistol or gunshot wound in.
dieted, ns the jury believes, by ono Ed.
ward Williams, with the intent to commit
murder. Byrax Oheah,
Z. II. Taylor,
Ewd. II. Howie,
Joseph Muxi.er,
J. V. Vickeus,
Frank C. Hawkins,
G. W. Atkins.
Williams, who it seems pretty certain is
the murderer, is described as a man 24
yeais of age, medium bight and weight,
blue eyes, light mustache and swarthy
complexion. So far as the Epitaph re-
portei could learn, he has
borne a very good
acquaintances.
The following named candidutej were
indorsed by the Cochise club last night:
Porter, for congress; Davis, tor superin-
lendent of public instruction ; Larkitf W.
Carr, for sheriff; Wm. Harwood, for re-
corder: John Carr, for treasurer; L. Price,
for district attorney. The club will take
action on the balance of the ticket Sunday
evening.
.
Captain J. H.Tuvis, the democratic nom
inee for councilman, has been unable to
make a canvass of the county on account
of an afl'ection of the eyes. A Ictjer re
ceived yesterday states that he is at homo
almost blind. This will be sad intelligence
for the many friends of the gallant captain
throughout the county; but the result on
election day will show that he has not been
forgotten in his temporary misfortune.
The I'enbody Mine.
Editor Epitaph : I have just gratified
a long standing desire, the examination of
the Peabody mine. I can give a full re.
port of it in one sentence, "It. is huge in all
its proportions." The vein of ore on the
surface has been greatly disturbed and
scattered, but is distinctly traceable on the
cropping for thrcc.fouiths of a mile. In
developing they have followed the mineral,
cross cutting at places to find the walls.
But no wall was discovered until they
struck the original formation at a depth
of 55 or CO feet. As soon as that point was
reached they found he vein well defined
ami tho ore much richer in silver nnd
gold ; the copper about tin same, from 25
to 40 per cent. An excellent hoisting
works is in full operations on the mine.
The company have.erected a 30 ton smel
ter about two miles from the mine, and
one team hauls all the ore required. The
smelter has turne.l out about 110,000
worth of metal up to date, and are now
turning out a bar ol copper weighing 250
pounds every twenty.five minutes. Nearly
all the smelting has been of ore extracted
above the original formation. The silver
and gold which they will obtain from the
ore in future will add greatly to the divi
dends of the company. Nearly all the
owners live in the east and do not seem to
understand mining. This seems to have
been a lucky strike for them, which has
developed itself.
There are several other valuable claims
in the immediate vicinity that will soon
be developed. They have the most beau
tiful location for their carnp I have seen
in the territory, and a cleverer set of miners
does not exist anywhere. They arc only
four miles from the railroad.
Tombstone, Nov. 2. B. L. Peei.
Major James Kiddle, of the Sixth cav
alry, now nt Foit Apache, has been or
dered to the command of Fort McDowell.
A Mexican by name of Ramon Valen
zuela wis shot and killed in a drunken
fracas in the B.urio Libre, Tucson, Wed
nesday evening. His murderer, Francisco,
escaped.
There are plenty of good stock ranges
as yet unoccupied in Cochise, Apache,
Mohave and Yavapai counties.
Machinery, etc., of the value of 00,000
is en route to Prescott for two mining
companies. Some of It will be set np at
Lynx cieek.
The ambition of most Arizonans is to
have ranches well-stocked with cattle,
horses and sheep. It is a dead sure way
ot making money.
A postoflice to be known as Ballen, John
Ballen, postmaster, has been established in
Pima county. At Gila Bend John Boyer
has been appointed postmaster, and at
Yorks, in Graham county, Henry F. But
ler has been designated postmaster.
Franklin, of the St.Johns Pioneer, must
have a surety; of election; he has al
ready procured a man to run his paper
during his absence in Prescott.
'lhe price of horses at Phenlx has ad
vanced fifty per cent in the past two
weeks, presumably owing to the demand
for them iu mining camps and on the
lunches. .
Arizona is the sixth in size of the
geographical subdivisions of the United
States, covering 113,020 square miles and
having a water surface of 100 square miles,
ranking all the states in area except Texas
and California and possessing more coutin
uous mineral lands than is to be found
elsewhere on the face of the habited globe,
and while this is tiue not a tithe of it has
been disturbed by the prospectors' pick,
which accounts for the fact of its popula
tion having doubled in two years.
ThcLongfellow Copper Miningcompany
aiegreatlyextendingtheir facilities. Their
new mines are being opened; the railroad
is being extended ;they contemplate remov
ing the smelters to a more advantageous
position, where the ore will reach it from
above. The narrow gauge railroad coming
into Clifton is giving that place a "boom."
The great register of Graham couuty
contains 818 names. This is one-fouith
the number on the Pima county great reg
ister of 1880, when Graham and Cochise
counties were embiaccd within its limits.
The recent count at San Carlos, by Gen.
Crook, shows 1,300 bucks capable of bear
ing arms.
Arizona possesses larger coal fields than
any other state or territory in the Union.
There should be an abundance of pe
troleum. 41-.
NEW MEXICO ITEMS.
hy
In
Flee Apparatus! Turned Over.
The impression has gained credence
that Independent Engine Co. No. 1 ob
jected to surrendering the hose and other
apparatus which was delivered to Chief
Engineer Ives Thursday evening, and that
the presence of a police officer was neces
sary to enforce the demand for the prop
erty. This impression is enoneous. The
question of who was entitled to possess
ion of the pioperly was referred to the
fire commissioners and the city attorney.
They decided that Engine Co. No. 1 was
entitled to possession, anil accordingly
Messrs. Nash and Atchison, member of
the committee, and City Attorney Trent
rum called upon Mr. Blackburn and noti
fied him of their decision, lie was ap
parently satisfied with that settlement of
lhe question and stated that upon prescn.
tation ot an order from the mayor he
The Albuquerque bridge will cost
$22,000.
Georgetown is to have a Methodist
minis'er.
The Magdalena smelter will be started
on Monday.
The Texas, Santa Fe and Northern is
now graded to within seven miles of
Santa Fe.
A stage line from Georgetown to Lake
Valley, via the Percha, is spoken of and
badly needed.
A rich copper discovery is icporlt-d in
the Zuui mountains.
A cooking club has been organized
Las Vegas young Indie.
It is said ihat a rope and post serves
place of a jail at Luke Valley.
Thiee bridgps on the Atlantic and Pa
cific railroad were burned on Sunday last,
the fires being occasioned by sparks from
locomotives.
Young Lucas, who killed Cre3pin at
Golden a month ago, himself committed
suicide. His body was found near his
father's house a few days ago.
The Texas, Santa Fe and Northern road,
after being completed to Santa Fe, will be
continued on to Albuquerque, which will
leave Sant i Fe in the position of a way.
station.
Chief Justice Axtell overruled the do
murrer of the Canyon del Agua company
to the bill to set aside the patent to their
grant and has ordered the bill to be an
swered within thirty days.
The New Mexican is authority for the
statement that the value of hides and
pells exported from the territory is $400,
000 per year, and the value of the ar
ticles into which the pelts and hides are
inanufaetuied and which arc imported in
to the territory, is $2,000,000 per year.
A branch from Nutt Station through
tho Lake Valley and Percha mining dis
tricts will be about tlie next work done by
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
company. Preliminary work will prob
ably be commenced next month. A pre
liminary survey has already beeu made.
The Nchool nt Ileimon.
The public school at Benson, under the
management of Miss Callic M. Buster, is
second to none iu the couuty, and is a
institution of which that place may well
feel proud. For the month of October the
whole number of pupils enrolled was 35,
and the average daily attendance 33. The
teacher reports the following names as
deserving special mention for scholarship
and good deportment: Gertrude Green
wood, Hob Greenwood, llattic Greenwood,
Frank liuidic, George Stewart, Lcupa
Butterfield. Harry Beghlanle, Alice Gor
don, Dave Goldbaum, Soltz Goldbaum,
Fanny Parker, George Parker, Cclin Sim
B?flds, Bobby Douglass.
I'rof. Uoldwin Hmlth on tlie JewH and
Judaism tn I'rnsgin. Austria nnd
ItitfMn.
r By J. I). Power.
CO-- ri"i:.V! AltTICI.K.
If I were rcquii ed to search the whole wide
range of English periodical literature, from
David Hume downward, and find therein
the prototype of Goldwiu Smith, in the
principles and prejudices which sully
manhood, I should unhesitatingly decline,
ana lrom the consciousness ol -v iuabil
ity to execute the task to my saiu'action.
His equal may indeed be found, but .none
who rises superior to him in ncerbiiy of
feeling, mtterness of hate, malicious men
dacity, impious utterances, prejudice and
vindictive intolerance can be found in the
wide range indicated above. Great vices
are sometimes counterbalanced by great
virtues; but in the case of Goldwin Smith
wc fail to find a single mental or literary
virtue that compensates for his vicious
writings. These are of the most fi-nippi
character, and, besides, they contain, as I
have shown in the two preceding articles,
misstatements so palpable, so virulent and
sounpardonable that, while reading them,
one is at a loss to account for the utter dis
rcgatd of truth and decency which chr.r
notorize them. Judging him, then, by
those writings and thetraits of character
they reflect, is it any wonder that he so
bitterly opposes tho Jews, whom he hates
with a fierceness unparalleled. Indeed,
other peoples, too, appear to be no less
fortunate in incurring bis enmitv. Of the
Celtic branch of the great Caucasian race
hs exemplified in the Hibernians, he ap.
pears to be peculiarly uud simrularlr en.
amourcd, inasmuch as he rarely misses an
opportunity to manifest his interest in
them. But his love for the agitating, rol
licking Irishman, Is on a par with his love
for the " mauual-labor-slurking" Hebrew,
ami ui mill sun ui X-UHSU UUeUllOU iriSIl-
men, past and present, have had enough.
In
THE " CONTEMPORARY REVIEW,"
of which, I believe, he is editor, I find him
in an article bearing upon the Irish ques
tion, quoted thus: "The root of the calam
ity lies injthe multiplication of the race,
which the religious system encourages."
How highly he thinks of tho wise provi
sions of the Almighty for perpetuating the
human race, as provided for by the reli
gious ceremony of marriage 1 Could Mai
thusian doctrines and profanity, I ask, go
further? Had he graduated from Hades,
nnd received from its presiding deity, Luci
fer, his title of professor, he could scarcely
deal in more impious, brazen nnd defiant
utterances than arc set forth in the sen
tence quoted. To the minds of such able
politico-philosophic writers and thinkers
as Henry George, John Bright, John Stuart
Mill and Herbert Spencer "the root of the
calamity" which now agitates and afflicts
Ireland, England uud Scotland, "lies" not
" in the reckless multiplication of their
races," but rather in the iniquitous division
of their broad and fertile lands. From
the ownership of these spring all the mis
cries which afflict Uu toiling masses of
these class-fostering countries. Upon
their ownership and the cunningly devised
law of primogeniture which is so
potent a factor in perpetuating aristocratic
imeage, power anu xyranny.are predicated
the woes and sufferings and slavery of
their laboring millions. Goldwin's Smith's
rancorous feeling for the Hebrews, as well
as his dislike of religious and political
freedom everywhere, may have been, Mid
no doubt were, transmitted from siro to
son the same as are other mental and phy
sical defects. If such should happen to
be so, we cannot sj much blame
him, though wc must blame
him for having drawn his educational in
spirations from the tainted sources which
it is very evident he did. But to our mut
tons. Among the many bitter taunts
hurled by Goldwin Smith at Judaism is
the taunt of practicing the rite of circum
cision, after the manner of Apion in the
days of Jcsephus. This taunt has been
often before flung at the Jews for practic
ing a rite which they believe to have been
distinctly commanded to be observed. He
denounces it as a barbarous custom, but he
does not tell us wherein the barbarity con
sists. If in the pain produced by the op-crat-on,
I would not suppose it any greater
than the pain inflicted in piercing a girl's
ears for the purpose of complying with a
custom more decidedly barbarous in it3
origin. Tho operation of vaccination is
NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS
by physicians, and wc know that it has a
highly salutary influence upon the human
frame. Neither is the operation of cir
cumcision dangerous, and besides, medical
testimony declares it to be positively con
ducive to health ; and moreover, it is in
nowise a mark of tribalism, but rather a
mark of the religious belief of the He
brew people. So much for his opinion of
the rite of circumcision. In a former ar
tide I pointed out, among his other ezre-
grious blunders.the blunder of making the
Jews responsible for "shirking honorable
labor," whereas he is entirely indebted to
the cruel enactments of his early christian
leaders for the "shirking" business. But
if, as Prof. Smith asserts, the Jews are
averse to manual labor, how comes it that
wc find so many thousands of them en
caged in laborious mechanical pursuits in
-Itussia and Asia. Tho English traveler.
Sir A. II. Layard, I remember states that
he met Jewish shepherds and farmers in
many parts of the latter subdivision of
the earth, who pastured their flocks and
tilled the soil as their ancestors had done
before them. In South Arabia also he in
timates, in his most entertaining work, he
lounu tne euler mechanical trades almost
entirely in their hands, since the Mos
lems despise artisans and look upon me
chanical pursuits as unworthy of. their at
tention. Aud ho says the same holds good
of the Jews of Russia, whom he found
adepts in the industrial arts, and moreover
many of them practiced as physicians nnd
were highly respected. And apropos of
the mention of the healing art, I myself
must add my testimony in behalf of Jew
ish physicians, one of whom, a native of
Prussia, I found not only an excellent
physician but a most accomplished sur
geon. One more reason for his dislike of
the Jews, and it is the last I shall produce
lrom his schedule of indictments, and I
shall say Vale to Goldwin Smith, even
though I have not yet reached tne end.
"The Jews of Germany," he says, "are an
offensively ostentatious people, and those
residing in this country (Sngland) are no
better." Well, to Ibis charge I can offer
little in rebuttal from the fact that my own
experience in various quarters of the globe
for the last thinly years is partial to the
conclusion tbat the lower strata of Jewish
society are fond of superfluous finery and
when able indulge in luxurious but not
always over expensiue habiis. But as the
Jew is human, it would be unreasonable to
expect that heshould be, for being so, more
self-denying and less given, than all thesu
lestra of his christian contemporaries, to
the arrogance of behavior which the ac
cumulation ol
the bete noires of his ungenerous aver
sion. It has been, and it is still, urged to
his prejudice, that the Jew wherever he
drives down stakes avoids manual labor,
and turns a cold eye upon farming and
grazing, and prefers to live, ns did his
father before him, off the earnings of the
industrial communities of city and fron
tier life. Now, in this country and
Europe, such, no doubt, is the case, and
there is also little doubt but that it is the
primary objection urged against him
where now he is most nntmonized. But
if such aversion to these pursuits charac
terized them here aud in Europe, I have
shown elsewhere above, that in Itussia and
Asia thousands of them follow mechan
ical pursuits, while many of them may
be found in the labratorics of science,
compounding and analyzing, while iu
Asia thousands more of "them watch their
Hocks the same as did their ancestors or
old on the hills of Judca, and, in the most
primitive fashion, follow other kindred
employment.
According to the best authorities, the
number of Jews in Bi'ssia who remain
faithful to Moses and the Talmud, is esti
mated not to exceed 3,000,000, while
the population of the empire is placed at
00,000,000. Now one would think tbat in
SO VAST AX EMPIRE
and among so great a number of inhab
itants, 3,000,000 human beings when scat.
Icred among the residents of the village
communes of that country, could, no
matter what calling or branch of business
they followed, find room to live at peace
with their fellow-citizens of Bussian or
igir. and otherwise work out for them
6clves the problems of life and salvation. '
To the revival of religion among the
Christians of Germany and by Germany
I mean the German empire and Austria
has been, iu some quarters, attributed the
anti-Semitic movement that seems to
agitato them even still. To no such cause,
however, can be charged the same move
ment in Russia, as there is no reason to
suppose that religious enthusiasm has
much effect upon tlie newly emancipated
schismatic masses of the Muscovite em
pire. Still, in view of'the political up.
hcayals now going on In its revolutionary
ranks, it seems, to say the least, strange
that there should be so h.rge a measure of
prejudice and persecution meted out to
Us Jewish inhabitants. But It must be
remembered iu this connection, that Rus
sia is just now experiencing a temperance
crusade of unusual vigor and popularity,
and, as heretofore, thousands of Jews have
been engaged In the highly respectable and
lucrative business of brandy selling here
yclept saloon business there is little doubt
but that the apostles of the new movement
have had much to do with fomenting the
hatred to them which culminated in one
or the most odious persecutions tolerated
by modern civilization, if wc except that of
the lit. Hon. Gladstone in Ireland. How
strange that, despite the rigor of its cli
mate ana the well known bibulous tenden
cies of the people of Russia, taken as a
whole, brandy, whisky and even beer sel
lcrs should be tabooed, while iu America
they stand pre-eminent for their virtuen.
HONEST LA1JOR.
Tim ROOT OP AM. EVIL
not unfrequently countenances. Such
bagatelle foibles, however, arc generally
characteristic of tne parvenu of every
creed or race, no matter whether he be a
San Francisco Sir Gcorguis Midas, a
Comstock millionaire or a showy scion of
Semitic extraction. Here 1. take
my leave of Mr. Goldwin Smith
to bestow n few concluding
remarks upon tho condition iu Russia of
thore whom I cannot avoid denominating
A Kittniriraiit Interview McMveen
! IV. Carr nnd ItcprcKpntallveN or
the 2Iiuci-H.
Yesterday a number of miners called
upon L. W. Carr, democratic candidate
for sheriff, and stated that they had been
deputized by their fellow-workmen to call
upon him and ascertain how he stood up
on a matter of great importance to them,
namely, his position on the labor question.
The spokesman said in eflect,"We have can
vasscd the merits of tlie different candi
dates and have arrived at the conclusion
that you will be the best man for the gen--eral
Interests of the county. Wc under
stand that you arc a property holder and
taxpayer, and that a majority of the busi
ness men in the county, regardless of pol
itics, arc going to support you, and that is
sufficient evidence that you aro a pretty
fair man and intend to do about what you
think is right. But wo have been told, and,
In fact, it is generally circulated among
the miners, that you arc in favor of cutting
down wages. Now, wc aie perfectly satis
fied with the wages nnd the waythework
ingmen arc trc.iled and do not know that
there is any idea or intention of attempt
ing to reduce the wages, but wc don't
care about voting for a man
who is not in sympathy with us.
That's how wc stand on the sheriff ques
tion. Politics is all very well, but it don't
feed our families, and bread and butler is
what we want, and we want good, fair
wages for a good, fair day's work, and
notiiing more." Iu rcp3 Mr. Carrsaid he
was excedingly happy to meet them and
discuss this important question in a square,
businesslike manner. He knew that his
opponents had been ciiculating a number
of scandalous falsehoods about him, but
didn't know that they had accused him of
being an enemy of the laboring class. It
was about the meanest he had yet heard ol
them spring on him. He further said, "I
cannot but be iu most hearty sympathy
with you, for I have been a workingnian
all my life. Whatever I have in the way
of wot Idly goods I have made by hard
licks. I worked in the mines on the Com
stock, from Virginia City to Silver City,
and think I can drive a whcelbanow,
handle a pick, put in a blast, turn a wind
lass or polish a head of a drill about as
well us any of you; of course I'm a little
out of practice, aim would probably have
to "taper off a bit" oftener than you, but
all the same I've been there and
know wluit it is. I know that
any man who works in a mine earns his
four dollars. It is a la'ior that requires
energy, Intelligence aud pluck. A
fool never makes a good miner, no matter
if he be as strong ns a bull, and that's why
the miners, as a class, are intelligent, in
dustrious men. No, I most solemnly and
emphatically declare that I never 111 my
life favored a reduction of wages. Ask
any man who ever worked for me, and he
sill tell you I always gave the bett wages
goine, and never ajked a man to work
overtime, but what I was willing to pay
him for his extra time. If I am elected I
will be true t the laboring interest of this
comity, for our great wealth cannot be de.
veloped except by intelligent labor, and
that you cannot have without you pay
good wages, in hard U. S. Coin. Tell vour
friends that being a workingman myself, I
cannot but be a true nnd faithtul friend to
you all, and you may depend upon me first,
last and all the time,"
The miners were highly pleised with
Mr.Carr's rcmarks.and one aud all took him
by the hand, shook it heartily and prom,
iscd that they would do all in their power
to eiert him sheriff of Cochise countv.
The Republican says Price will "em.
brace any Mormon baby tbat makes an
application at the comer of Sixth tnd
Fremont streets." None barred on ao
count ot age or size.