Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-05-05
NEWS. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

f- A SWllCn was tdufpcIcO aNANh ~ Fairbanks, Texas, whereby passen ger train was derailed, killing one man and seriously iniuring several others.
 Adelina Patti, it is said, will short ly announce her retirement from the stage. lllhealth is assigned as the cause, but really Adelina is growing old.
 The regents of tho Michigan uni rersity refuse 10 accept the resigna- ton of President Angell of that in- stitutien. The latter has been ap- pointed minister to Turkey and the regents propose to elect an acting president to. serve during his ab- sence.
 It is stated that before the Greeks fled from Larissa, Prince Constan- tine, the Greek commander ID chief, begged them to remain and fight, but they refused, and a regular sauve qui peut ensued. The Greek soldiers captured say the Ethnik Hetalria. or Greek National League, is to blame for all disaste al the Hellenic army.
 A telegram from Ssu Eu.s 3atrsi, Mexico, says: The IL Ner1 lay has been visited bEs iaj all storm, which ruinc fae ipg crops and caused go2 fos lie. Reports have been re, 1lsot ue cf the killing of forty, Us per 9us by the hail stones. On one lltiea'ts twelve persons were eiile Soms of the hail stones weigte over three pounds.
 \ dispatch from Volo, of TheSsalv. announces that the Turk ish advance forces have attacked the Greeks at Yelestino. about eight miles est of Volo. on the railroad connecting the latter place with Krisss and PharSalos. The Turks were repulsed with heavy lo,ses and driven back. General Smolenski, ou hearing of the attack upon Vel estino. made a sortie from Pharsalos to support the Greek forces at NelestIno.
 The prince of Wales for the twen- ty-thiFd successive year has been in- stalled as grand master of English Freemasons. The event took place at Freemasons' hall, and the sere- monies occupied several hours. An immense crowd gathered outside the building and the prince on arriving aud departing was heartily cheered. In the evening a festival and ban quet in celebration of the event was given at Freemasons' tavern, the prince of Wales himself passing tte loving cup.
 It has developed since the death of Senator Voorhees, that be was a poor man, having only money enough to keep his family for three or four months. This should be lesson to the croaksrs, calamity howlers, and fraud shriekers, thst propose to save the nation by some panacea they claim to be the father of; and also teach the people that dishonesty in high places Is much less than these wolves in sheep's clothing would have us believe.
 A telegram from Little Rock, Ar kansas. dated April 27, says: Ex- Governor V. V. Smith, who was placed in the insane asylum here last January, died today, He was a citizen of New Lewisville, Lafa- yette county, and twenty-two years ago led the republican hosts of Arkansas in the memorable Brooks Baxter war, being Baxter's lieuten- ant in office. The financial ques- ton of the late campaign drove him mad, and his daily appeal 10 the guards at the asylum was to be permitted to tell President | Mckinley how to adjust that much mooted issue to the satisfaction of everybody. His body was sent home for burial.
 John Forepaugh, the circus man, and two prominent Spaniards of Tampa, Florida, named Andresene l Circas and Joaquin Sierrs, were ! killed in a railroad bccider near the above city. 4 fast mail t., on l the Florida Central RG.i .iway ned ! into street car on a surourban ! electric line, smashiuf the cer to ! splinters, killing outright men nam 1 ed and throwing the ether passen- l gers in the car some distance from | the track. The motoTman on the ] electric car was responsible for the | accident There are no conductors l on the electric line and the motor man, with his ear running at full | speed, was engaged in fight on the | the rear platform with four of his | passengers, one of whom had failed | to pay his fare.
 A San Francisco telegram dated | April 2S, says: On the arrival of the l steamer Weber from Stockton this l morning. a mysterious case of dou- ble death on the steamer was Te,- | ported. Geo. Miller, porter on the i steamer, on opening a state room, 1 found in berth the dead body of | pr. Mccall, of Stockton, and on the | floor the dead body of an unknown man, fully dressed. On the floor was a pint bottle partly filled with whisky. In the pocket of the un- known man was a Chinese wash ticket, on the back of which was written the words, Nc one to blame" Officers of the steamer and the local police believe the case one of double suicide.
 A military court is in session in Chicago, but the name of the victim is not announced and great mystery is said to surround the affair. That the officer is captain. however, is evident from the constitution of the members of the general court mar tial, none of whom is below the rank of captain, and the supposition is that the offense is one of contracting debts. Col. Robert E. Hall, Fourth Infantry; Lieut. Col. Henry Carroll, S,xth Tovalrv. hofNp GilAarf Car.