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' COMMUNICATIONS
From the surrounding country of local in
terest solicited.
Ths war cloud grows darker, blacker
and more threatening. The two houses
of Congress agreed upon and passed a
resolution which, while it was not as
strong as a decided majority in the
senate and a respectable minority in :
th9 house desired, yet, if carried out, 1
will assuredly lead to war, unless Spain
evacuates Cuba. The President signed
the resolutions and sent his ultimatum
to Spain at 11:30 the morning of the j
20th, giving Spain until noon Saturday |
to answer/ In the meantime active pre- j
parations for hostilities continue, the 1
troops are being mobilized at southern j
ports nearest to Cuba, and our war ves-1
sels have been cleared, coaled and pro
visioned for action. The Spanish Min
ister at Washington, on being informed j
that the President had signed the reso
lutions aud forwarded an ultimatum to
his government, demanded his pass-!
port and has gone to Canada, leaving '
the affairs of Spain in the hands of the
French Ambassador and the Austria-
Hungarian minister. Sunday will prob
ably tell the story, whether it is war or
peace.
A recent performance at the Taco
theater, Havana, for the aid of the fund I
for the Spanish navy yielded over
$30,000.
A Chicago widow wore at the opera
in that city, a short time since, a gown
which, with the jewels to match, cost
$150,000.
More men have died and are buried
in the Isthmus of Panama, along the
line of the proposed canal, than on
any equal amouut of territory iu the
world.
The department of agriculture re
ports iast year's crops still iu the farm
ers’ hands as follows: Wheat 121,000,"10
bushels, corn 783,000,000 bushels aud
oats 272,000,05<0 bushels.
The new British battleship Implaca
ble is to cost over $5,000,000, the largest
sum ever spent in building a man of
war. The armor plates alone will cost
$ 1 50,"00, and the guns nearly as much.
Gov. Renfrew, of Oklahoma, got his
! start in life exhibiting a t otrifield chili
m Arkansas twenty years ago. He says
. that he recognized the child th other
day, but that it had grown some and is
; now being exhibited as a petrified
i woman,
j A Mississippi girl described her first !
I visit to a city in the following rhap- I
sody: “Ob,l had such a perfectly beau- j
tiful time. Everything was so con- ,
verted, you know. Yv T e stopped to a J
house where we rode to our rooms in a
refrigerator, and our rooms were illus- !
trated with election lights There was \
no stove in the room, bed me of tA se
legislators in the Boor md the heat
poured right up through. I did not
have any appetite and could not get a
thing I could realize. Hor •stiy, when
I got home I was almost ar. individual.” !
rr »-■ •■■j •■..v»3ry- T-ar-.-vov -r-urarjr»xv
“Somewhere in the South,” runs a i
story told by a certain congressman, !
“a bright colored boy appeared before ;
the civil service commission to be ex
amined for the position of letter car
rier. “How far is it from the earth to
the moon?” was the first question asked !
by those who were to determine the !
young man’s fitness for the place he
sought. “How fah am it from de ears j
to do moon?” echoed the applicant, j
“My Lawd, boss, if you’s gwine to put
me on dat route I don’t want the job.” j
With that the young man grabbed his I
hat and left as though he were chased.
The editor of an exchange has dis-1
covered that there is a wide difference '
i between the school books of the pres
j ent and those of long ago. He says
| that when he first went to school he
! read his lessons in the first reader
j something like this: “3ee the cow. Is
| not the cow nice? Can the cow run?
Can the cow run as fast as the horse?”
But the latest up-to-date style of rend
ing it by the average ki 1 is as follows:
“Git onto the cow. Hain’t she a beaut? :
| Sure, she’s a corker. Can the cow git
a move on herself? You bet she can
; git a move on herself. Can she hump j
it like de boss? Kit she ain’t in it wid
de hoss.”
Texas is not a healthy country for :
editors, particularly if they express
(heir honest convictions of “mon and
things.” Brann, of the Iconoclast, was
killed recently, but took his antagonist
with him to that unknown region. On
the 12th inst. J. Guy Smith, of the La ,
Sails Isoncmy, a pafer published in
: Cotulla was killed by Henry May. Ho, j
also, sent bis man to the other side of 1
the river Styx. Brann was correct in :
j saying: “When they fight in Texas, they :
! don’t scratch.” Smith was ccmmonly .
known, in Western Texas as “Brann No. <
2” on account of the bitterness of his j
articles. A recent article he published
about May was the cause of the duel. !
! It is claimed that May shot Smith twice ' i
f rom behind before Smith got his pis- :
tol out. Texas editors appear to be as 1
good fighters as they are sarcastic in i
their writings.
i Says the Phoenix Gazette: It is in
deed a peculiar business necessity that '
charges $1.93 per hundred for freight
from the Atlantic seaboard to Arizona,
when the charges, from the same local- 1
ity to San Francisco, are only 58 cents.
In other words railroads will ship 1
freight from Boston to San Francisco !
for 5° cents per hundred, to Los An
geles 75 cents, to Denver 93 cents, yet
when we ask these companies to slow
up and drop this freight in Arizona, ’
one thousand miles shorter haul they
at once pile up the freight charges to
$1.93 on car load lots. Can any sane
man conceive why it costs less to haul
| a freight car 3,000 miles than it dots
i two thousand? This is a question that
j will come up for consideration before
’ the next Arizona legislature and we
believe it will be settled then as far as
i Arizona is concerned.
It has been a bad year for English
generals in India. Sir Henry Havelock-
Alien is dead. Gen. Yeatman Biggs
has succumbed to disease, while Gen.
S ; r William Lockhart, the commander
in-chief, will return to England to »x-
I plain why the frontier campaign was
net more successful.
The most awkward man in the world
; without doubt lives in Tonnessee. He
recently shot a dog, and in explaining
the accident to the dog’s owner shot
him. Later in showing how the tragedy
occurred he shot the coroner. He has
been liberated now for fear he will try
to explain it to somebody else.
In the midst of the excitement about
war with Spain the report of the senate
investigating committee in the case of
Hanna’s election has passed almost un
noticed, says the Civic Review. Quite
unexpectedly to most people the com
i mittee did its duty fairly and fearless
! ly, and convicted the head of the re
; publican party of shameless bribery.
His seat will be contested. Hollar
Mark found that he could not buy sen
; utors.
Niel Henderson and James Duke
came up from the coal fields last week
and reported that while Ed Wild and
Frank Van Sicklin were out prospect
ing a few days previous they discovered
the skeletons of five men and a lot of
camp utensils, the stakes which had
been used for pitching two tents still ,
remained but bad been burned off level :
with the top of the ground. To all ap- j
pearances it had been several years;
since tbo unfortuxyate people met their j
death. It appeared that at least one j
person had been |ied to a tree and •
burned to death. Iho tin cups and fry- ;
ing pans were badly rusted. The find
was made near aspring.—SaffordGuar-1
dian.
Carl Kurtz, the original owner and j
locator of the Monte Cristo mine, Pee-'
pies Valley, has purchased-Wm. Ron
ald’s Gold Belt property, adjoining the
Monte Cristc, and made first payment
on same. The property is said to be
just as valuable as the Monte Cristo.
Rise’s camp, three miles from the Monte
Cristo, is showing up well. The mines
are being developed by eastern capital,
and report is that S3OO per ton gold ore !
ha 9 been struck in the workings. Three
other new prospects in the same vicin- s
ity are showing up well. Those who
are posted believe a great mining camp ;
will grow in that neighborhood.—Pres- J
cott Courier. j
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Mr. James Parsley made a curious |
discovery while digging a post hole near
bis house one day last week. At the
depth of about thirty inches he un
covered an oi!a enclosed between two
bowls; it contained ashes sad frag-,
ments of bones. Mr. Parsley says he j
has found a large number of these an
cient vessels in times past, but hereto
fore none so protected. It now graces
Mr. Pursky's cabinet, which, by the
way, contains a collection v.oll worth
looking at.—Salford Arizonian.
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THE IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS.
The Law is Sustained by Judge Sloan in a
Test Case in Maricopa County.
Judge Sloan cn Saturday last sus-!
tained tha territorial law creating the
office of county inuaigrution com mis- '
sioners by finding for tho plaintiff in i
the case of Jordan vs. the Board of Su
pervisors of Maricopa county. Every
principle of the plaintiff was upheld,
but one contention was denied redue
j ing the amount sued tor by from S4OO
J to S6OO.
The amount of the plaintiff’s claim
! was SI2OO, involving two years’ services
at SSO a month. Major Jordan was ap
pointed commissioner two months be
fore the beginning of tha salary for
which he brought suit. At tha end of
each of these two months ho presented
! his claim to the Board of Supervko s
and it was disallowed. H 9 brought suit
| before a justice of the peace and ob
tained judgment. The case was ap
. 1 pealed to the district court and Judge
i Baker found for the defendant. The
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. | commissioner s claims were afterward
5 ; presented on two occasions and were
s disallowed. Ho further legal action
was taken until last summer, when
Judge Street and Attorney-General
j Frazier brought suit for the commis
sioner for so much of the salary as had
not been sued for. In the meantime the
commissioner withdrew the various
claims which he had presented and pre
sented them agsin in tha aggregate.
The case was tried before Judge Sloan
several months ago, as Judge Street
was disqualified.
There were three theories of the cle
l fanse. The first was that the lav.- was
5 unconstitutional. The second was the
? matter was res adjudicata, having al
- ready been passed upon in district
’ court, and the third was that the plain
-3 tiff had lost his rights under section 408
’ of the statutes regarding the presenta
tion of claims to tha Board of Super
visors. Tho law required that all claims
1 j other than witnesses’ and jurors’ fees
[ and claims for salaries must be sub
: | mitted within six months. The above
| mentioned claims may bo submitted
, J any time within three years.
Judge Sloan in the first place afDrm
|ed the right of the legislature to create
I the office cf immigration commission
j 6 r, his salary to be paid by the county
.i to which he is appointed. As to the 1
second contention by the defense that I
the matter had already been adjudi- j
eated. Judge Sloan held that Judge j
, Baker’s decision could only affect tho
matter before him and that no part of j
the salary involved in the former suit !
had entered into the latter. Regarding !
j the theory that the plaintiff had lost j
his rights by neglecting to present his
claim within six months, the court de
' cided that the matter did net come un
i der that statute.
j But Judge Sloan decided that the j
i plaintiff had forfeited a part of his j
| claim under section -415, which requires
that when a claim of any character has j
’ been presented and rejected suit must
I be begun within six months or it can- '
1 not be maintained. Suit in this case | 1
i had not been commenced withiu six ; 1
I months after a considerable part of this : 1
I claim had been rejected. The Judge I'
• said he believed, but was not sure, that 1
' about half of it had lapsed. Just how 1
much of it will be lost in this way can *
be determined by reference to the dates ■
of proceedings in the supervisor’s of- j
flee rejecting the claims. Attorney- :
, General Frazier said he did not believe !
more than S4OO would be so lost. The : I
Board of Supervisors was not in ses- j'•
j sion yesterday, so that there was no in- 1
dication as to whether or not an appeal j ’
would be takm from Judge Sloan’s de- j ‘
eision. The decision ,was delivered ;
orally. Judge Sloan wil-1 probably pre- j
; at a written opinion within the next j
sixty days.—rhomix Republican, . j 1
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i The territory has an elegant assort- j
meut of real estate on its hands, which j
it will be unable to hold, as a result of
the economy (?) measure passed by the j
Nineteenth Legislature, making it un- i ‘
necessary to publish the delinquent
tax list. Tne Yuma county tax sale j
! occurred yesterday, but as anticipated j'
Tax Collectorßiise bad no bidders, and |‘
furthermore, said he would advise no :.
one to buy the property. Last years j
tax sale; when the property was proper
ly advertised, netted h mdsoine returns 1 ;
to the county. Yuma .nun.
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and Navajo County. ||
There is a very general dissatisfac
tion expressed touchiug the laws of the
late tin horn legislature which allows
the Boards of Supervisors to use their
discretion in publishing the delinquent
tax list. The result has been that sev
eral of the counties have fallen into
the trap. The object of the law was
two-fold—one being to strike a blow at
tho newspapers and the other was to
aid certain land interests to refuse to
pay their taxes and in the event of a
sale for delinquency that the title given
by tho territory would bo valueless.
The result of this whole business is
j that little delinquent taxes will be sold
this year, and the people will be the
| sufferers.—Tucson Star.
Morris Gold water was overheard to
tell the following story yesterday: “As
the northbound train stopped near Iron
Springs a day or two since, an old pros
pector approached the express car and
asked for reading matter. After get
ting what he wanted, he started away,
but turned and asked one of the train
men: ‘Say, ain’t McKinley a bard drink
| er?’ ‘I don't know; why do you ask?’
| was the reply. ‘Well,’ said the pros
pector, ‘tLie way tie Lias been talcing wa
ter lately leads a man to believe so,’
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tixul, with a sad smile, the prospector
disappeared, up a side gulch.”—Pres
cott Courier,
Judge Howell of Tonto Bisin, pre
dicts trouble if the sheepmen of north
ern Arizona persist in driving their
flocks through the Basin. He states
that 50,000 sheep were driven by his
home ranch during the winter, that
they ate off the grass for miles, and
that cattle suffered for food in conse
quence. Judge Howell adds: The
shtepherders all say they are simply
crossing our country and don’t intend
any trespass, but somehow they linger
for weeks right on the grass we depend
on to winter our stock. We stockmen
have our rights, and we are going to
get together and preserve those rights
at whatever co3t. —Y’avapai County Re
porter.
Five desperadoes, believed to be a
part of Black Jack’3 gang, made a raid
on J. H. Hampson’s ranch, in Graham
county, lining up fifteen men whom
they found at v .rk on the ranch, and
helping themselves to tho best horse 3
in the corral and provisioning them
selves with enough stores to last for
several weeks. In consequence of this
raid, the Southern Pacific Company is
anticipating a hold up in the vicinity
of Bowie station, and has a posse of its
bravest and best men stationed there,
with everything in readiness for imme
diate action.—Bisbeo Orb.
It seems to be the object of some peo
ple’s lives to slander their fellowme. •
No matter how many good qualities a
person may possess, his shortcomings
ire always commented on, and the more
it is commented on the more it is mag
nified and an atom is molded in the de
based brain of the gossiper until it as
sumes the proportions of a planet. In
nocent lives are wrecked and stainless
reputations are ruined by the wicked
tongues of scandalmongers to be found
in all communities. There is no reme
ly for the affliction their presence im
j pose -, but ali people should do right as
j they understand it, and let the viiliflers
I wag their wicked tongues.—Cordelia X
j Ray.
The Secretary of the Treasury sii
| tha other day that the United States
: would soon become a creditor nation.
The hope is universal that the proph
ecy will be veiified; but he did not go
into details, showing how such a con
! dition is to be reached at an early day.
We are sending abroad annually to
pay interest a sum which indicates
shat foreigners hold tho securities of
our national, state and municipal gov
ernments, and [of railroad and other
corporations to the extent of three or
four jjbiliion dollars, which are to be
paid in gold. Besides, it is stated that
we ; re paying foreigners for transpor
tation on the high seas $100,000,000 en
nually, and it is estimated that our
people expend iri travel abroad a like
sum. To meet these constantly accru
ing obligations and expenditures will
surely exhaust all balances of trade in
our favor and the production of cor
gold mines. We may get out of debt
after a time, but that wifi Dot assure
loaning to foreign governments nor in
vestment to any great extent in for
eign enterprises.
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It was asserted, when Supervisor
Matt hews held out against lowering
the taxes of the copper companies of
Clifton and Morenci, that he did not
undci -t nd the ground he was taking
in .the matter, having never visited
either camp. Mr. [Matthews made up
hi:- i find to visit the camps at the ear
liest opportunity and satisfy himself
wketh r or not he was right. Last
Monday he started for Clifton and will
spend several days in the copper
camps and thoroughly satisfy himself
in regard to the duty of the Board of
! A . iization towards those companies.
At the next meeting of the Equalizing
Boa: 1 t e result of his visit will prob
ably be made public. — Guardian
NO. 17.