Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
THE LATEST NEWS!! General Happenings Throughout hanY
 Points of the Country.

i olulu today with the following Ha- waiian advices under date of Sep tember 2: Congressman Cannon of Illinois, Laudenslager of New Jersey, Berry of Kentucky and Law ney of Minnesota, and their families who have been making a short stay in Hawaii, returned on the steamer. It has been claimed that Congress- man Cannon was opposed to annex ation, but in an interview insisted that he had not committed himself and denied that he was pledged against it. Congressman Berry freely acknowledged that he was in fayor of annexation and expressed confidence that 1t would occur du- ring the coming term of congress. When the question comes up before the United States Senate, England will enter a protest, as forerunner of a scheme to obtain control of Neckar island, for cable purposes. In May, 1894, President Dole having reason to believe that England con templated seizing Neckar island, $ ent vessel there and Captain King 1 then Minister of the Interior, read proclamation taking formal posses sion. It is believed however, that the government will readily cede the barren rock to placate England, as 1t Is practically worthless.
 UKIAH, Cal, Sept. 29.-Two mask ed highwaymen held up the Boone vile stage this afternoon, and J. R. Barnett, passenger, was shot and instantly killed by one of the rob bers. As the stage was passing through a heavily wooded part of the road, seven miles from here, the bandits suddenly appe ared and or dered the driver to stop. Barnett. who was seated on the rear end of the stage, heard the order, and plunged his hand into his pocket to secure and secrete his purse. The highwayman fancied Barnett was about to draw his pistol, and fired his shot gun, the charge striking Barnett in the neck, killing him in stantIy. The robbers then secured three express boxes and disappeared. Barnett was a prominent citizen. The sheriff is trailing the outlaws with bloodhounds. Suspicion has fallen upon two residents of this vicinity, who bear bad reputation. if the highwaymen are discovered, they will undoubtedly be lynched.
 SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 29.-At two o'clock this morning disastrous ex- plOsion occurred at the works of the California powder company near here, which resulted in the total de struction of eight mills, including cOiniDg. mixing, packing and glaz- ing houses, and much valuable ma chinery, and entailing a loss of i about S250,000. Fortunately none of the employees were on the prem ises and consequently there was no loss of life. No reason Is known for the explosion which Is believed to be due to spontaneous combustion
 CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The most i'm portant matter elicited at the Luet- gert trial today was the statement oi Dr. D. L. Rieze, who experimented with human bodies boiled in a solu- tion Of ten per cent caustic soda that the bones produced by the prosecution had never been sub ! jected to this test. He said that the : surface and general appearance O. the bones indicated that they nevel 5 came in contact with a potash solu ton. Luetgert may be called tC take the stand in his own behalf to morrow.
 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29-Morris Cohal = owes his life to the strong teeth witl
 which nature endowed him. Earl,
 this morning during a quarrel Chas Toye. fellow employe, fired at hin
 with 45-calibre revolver at dis tance of three feet, the bullet strik ing him full in the mouth, knocking
 him down. When he got up Ee spa
 out the bullet aad three teeth, ex
 cept for the loss of which he wa uninjured. His escape IS consid cred marvellous
 ST. LOTS, Sept. 3O.-EarlY tcda
 the miners employed at the Madiso
 coal company's shafts at Edward:
 vile, Illinois, on going to work wer
 attacked by strikers, egged on b
 women sympathizers The striker l. threw stones and cayenne peppe
 and beat their opponents with club n but no shots were fired and nobod
 killed. Scotty McAllister had hi s. skull crushed and numerous othel is were cut and bruised. A clerk (
 the Madison coal company wi : blinded by pepper. The mineI S' ought as best they could with ti
 dinner pails and were finally allowe f. O go to work. The strikers mol al han 300, with women, far outnun
 bered the workers, guarded by vs force of deputy sheriffs, on their ws
 to the mine. Tom Guide, a depul o- sheriff, in tho escorting posse, WI "a disarmed and dragged to one sic = where the crowd of irate strike s beat him with fists and clubs unt ice ice he was almost unconscious. Maj
 more workers and deputy sheri were injured and several striker
 including the woman aecompanyiI I'D them, receiving wounds. ThOus 3ti' sti heavily armed the sberiffs' office ,g on took the drubbIng without attemI . ing to use their guns. They We
 outnumbeIed ten to one, but foug DR. WlIH IHelt HsIs. A1toA IhS o1Vo ty. the strikers formed in line a
 marched through the streets of E . wardsville, shouting and singh
 No arrests were made.
 
 A dispatch from Madrid says ar rumor prevails there to the eff,
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