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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

the route had been so carefully se-
 lected that the trip can be made on
 the trot all the way with the exeep-
 tion of three or four steep but short
 pitches. En route there the party
 was driven to the summit of the bee
 hive shaped mountain south of
 town. While the road is not the
 best to the top of this mountain it
 is an easy grade and with but very
 slight expense an excellent road can
 be made. The place is an ideal one for small picnic parties or pleasure seekers. An excellent view of Pres colt, Miller valley and the surround ing country is obtained from there. From this place to Quartz noun tain the grade is an easy one, the road being made by simply cutting out the brush. The scenery along the road and after Quartz noun tain is reached, is unsurpassed in this section. Even the famous view from the Senator road, looking down the Hassayampa, which every one who makes that trip admires so much. ;s eelipsed by the scenery on this road.
 Within a quarter of 8 mile of Quartz mountain a living spring which flows all the year was visited. The water was delightfully."- pure and cool, and the spring is now flow ing about 6 miners inch of water.
 The party named the place Glen Ellen Park. Parties going out for pleasure, particularly on horse back are recommended to take this trip as they will be amply repaid by what they will see. While the road is safe for buggies, and the grade, as stated is easy, being used as a wood road it is somewhat rough and 1t is narrow.
 Near Quartz mountain on a high peak are some ancient ruins which are in the best state of preservation ot any in this section, being as yet by the vandal hands of relic hunters. In some places the walls are still in position between Eve and six feet high.
 A magnificent view is obtained from the spring mentioned. There are two other springs within a half mile of the one visited, one of which is said to be as large as the one visited, the others being smaller The above spring is several hundred ieet higher than Prescott. The dis .ance from Prescott is less than four miles.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
rarksr and millsr ,a cour,.

At the hour of f o'clock on Tues day, the time set for Parker and Mlll,r to plead to the indictment of murder, the court house was packed full of people, all apparently anxious to get a glimpse at the now notori- ous couple.
 The first move made by the attor- neys fer the accused. J. E. Morrison acting as spokesman, was to move that the shackles be removed from the prisoners. This was overruled, and an exception taken. Next was motion to set aside the arraign- ment of the previous day, on the grounds that no copy of the indict- ment was served on the prisoners as required. One copy was furnished their attorneys, but in this the date was omitted, aud counsel contended that inasmuch as these were two prisoners and two attorneys, there should have been two copies fur nished. Judge Hawkins at first in- timated that he would overrule this motion. but finally, to be on the safe side. he required that copies of the indictment be furnished, and the prisoners were again placed on their arraignment, and took the statutory time 10 plead, being till 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 At three o'clock this afternoon Parker and Miller were again brought into court to plead to the indictment, when a motion to set aside the indictment was filed. It alleged prejudice on the part of twenty members of the grand jury which returned the indictment, and, as the defendants had not been held to answer on this charge, they had no opportunity of challenging the venire. This motion was overruJed, when a general demurrer was filed which was also overruled. The prisoners were then ordered to stand up and plead, when each entered a plea of not guilty, and the case was set for trial at 10 o'clock Monday June 14.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
Ansdo,s for sn.k. ni,...

Since rattlesnakes are reported tc be plentiful this year, it may be of interest to know that Dr. J. B. La
 cerda, sub-dirsctor of the labora- tory of experimental physiology in the National Museum of Rio Janei- TO. has discovered an infallible rem edy against rattle snake bites. This ingenious scientist has proved that solution of permanganate of potassium injected into the blood is an infallible cure for snake bites. The remedy may be used as a sim pie and available sntidote not only for the bites of snakes, but for those of scorpions and tarantulas. The experiments which led to the dis covery were made upon a dog. An injection of solution of one part of peFnanganRte of potash and a hun dred parts of water into the veins of the animal entirely removed the effect of strong doses of poison pre- viously injected.-Exchange. The above may be all that is claimed for it, but the average Arizonan will not fail to use the old fashioned remedy and will continue to carry a supply with him when going into a snake-lnEected section. .:
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

Advices from Honolulu per steamship Australia to the effect that Japanese Minister Shimamura has changed his attitude to some extent since the last advices from the Hawaiian capital. After the departure of the steamship Peru several conferences were held be- tween Ministers Cooper and Shima- mura with the result that the Jap anese representative made proposals of much more reasonable nature than those which he first offered Originally Japan demanded indem- nity for the total number of immi- grants turned away from the is- lands. Now, however, it is under stood that she is willing to accept damages only in such cases where the immigrant was illegally re- jected. This propositition the Ha, waiian government will accept.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
DISASTROUS FIRE.
rarker's Immense Planning Mnl and Sash and Door Factory Wiped Out
 of Existence.
 Ernrn FridAN,H nailr.
From Fridays Daily.


 X disastrous fire occurred at 9:30 o'clock last night, resulting in the complete destruction of F. G. Par ker's blaming mill, sash, door, and blind factory, together with con- siderable lumber. Although the department responded promptly to the alarm and were on the ground within few minutes after the fire was first discovered they were powerless to stay its progress and the entire building and tho sheds surrounding it were licked up by the flames.
 Alter getting a line of hose laid to the burning building and the signal for water being given, it was discovered that there was no water ia the mains. A delay of several miuutes occurred before a stream wss obtained and when water did fim,ily eome il mad no force to 1t. AS che flame shot up heavenward, licking up the aluable proper y and the fremen ood there nearly roasting f.om the intense heat, Eoldng their nose waiting for the W ter which ,hd not come, 1t seemed liAe an age to them as we'll as the spectators.
 In the meantime the machine shop of Himmelreich & Williams, just across the street commenced to smoke and Its destruction seemed imminent, but it was saved, although badly scoTched.
 TLe .. F. P. x P. warehouse to the north of the burning building aud number of freight cars stand ing on the side track were also threatened. O. H. Jackson, of the machine shops ordered an engine out and the freight cars were pulled out, while a stream, through a small hose from the company's big tank saved the ware house.
 Among the first if not the very first to discover the fire was Mir. Richmond, the wood dealer. He was passing near the building when his attention was attracted to 1t by a light. On looking over he dis cove red a very small blaze Tn the engine room. He said that if he could have reached it then with a bucket of water he could have put it out. Not having the water, and the building being locked besides he did the next best thing he could, which was to rush over to the rail road yard where a locomotive was standing with steam up and he gave the alarm by sounding the whistle. How the fire started is a mystery, as there has been no fire m the en- zine room since last Saturday. Two men were in there at work yesterday but had been gone for over three hours before the fire started. The building was only erected last year and the machinery in it was very expensive, the loss being placed at not less than $l0,OOO. If was insured for Si,000.
 Geo. Parker, had a narrow escape from being bu-nsd up. Or arTiy- ing at the building he rushed into ! the office to save some books and papers. but the heat became SO in- tense that he was compelled to leave without them.
 Mir. Gilmore, of the Prescott Electric company, succeeded in get ting there in time to save the tele- ph0ue and :his was all that was saved from the building.
 Mir. Parker and family have been arranging to leave. to spend the sumner, and negotiations were un der way for the lease of the entire mill with good prospects for it: i consummation tcday or tomorrow
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
THE LATEST NEWS!! General Happenings Throughout AanY
 Points of the Country.

NEW YORK, June 10.-[Special. - Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey fought here last night at the Palace Athletic Club for a Sl5,O00 purse. purse. At the end of the seventh round, the police interfered, and the contest resulted in most unsatis- factory manner, being declared a draw. The attendance was ten thousand.
 SoLoMoNvFLLE, Ariz., June l0.- Augustine Chacon. convicted here last fall for the murder of Fable Salcido at Morenci, this county, iu December, 1895, and who, after ap pealing to the supreme court, was sentenced to hang June 18th, aud whom Governor Franklin refused to respite yesterday, escaped from jail here last night. Some oD" on the outside provided ham wth a saw, with which he cut t6rpugn the Jail wal into the sherffs otfice.
 LEAvENwoRrH. June II An at tempt was made upon the lives ot Governor Smith of lhe Soldiers home aud his wife and daughter between 1 and o'clock this morn hy some dastard, who Is as yet un- known. Dynamite was employed m the outrage. The explosion which demolished the governors beautiful residence aroused the residents oi the city and houses trembled as Il undergoing an earthquake shock Mrs. Smith had a miraculous escape from death, the force of the ex plosion being directly beneath hel bed chamber. Berldes being cut and bruised by broken glass and pieces of flying brick-a-brsck ano furniture she was completely pros trated by the frightful shocl and l: now in a precarious condition. Gov ernor Smith and daughter, Mis-. Daisy, occupied rooms on the second floor, far enough removed from tho explosion to escape the serious con sequences suffered bv Mrs. Smith.
 DENVER. June II. A special iron Wray, Colorado, says the morning light revealed the amount Of damage done by the storm last night. IL it fully up to the estimate of S25,OOO Two and half inches of water fel in less than half an hour. Th' town is completely flooded. Foui railway washouts, a S20,0OO fire anC host of miner losses epitomize th' evil results of the storm which pre- vailed in Denver and the south eastern section of the state general, i from near seven o'clock last evening until little after midnight.
 New York, June 3.-A Tribun' special from Atlanta says: "Th' family of Hoke Smith had marrow escape from death yesterday morn ing. Had it not been for the per sistant beating against tie panel of the door with his paws by faith full Newfoundland dog, the pet O the household, and the continuou howls he uttered, which awoke Mr Smiths young son, a catastroph, might have resulted. The promp awakening of the household save' them, and the quick response. of th
 fire department prevented tn building from being burned to tn ground. Considerable damage wa done to the building, and lAs furni ture was injured by water.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

For those who believe in the ia tality of the number thirteen, the American silver dollar is about the most unlucky article they can carry on their persons. On this coin there are thirteen stars, thirteen letters in the scroll which the eagle holds in it's claws, thirteen feathers compose its wings, thirteen feathers are in its tail, there are thirteen parallel lines on the shield, thirteen horizontal stripes, thirteen arrowheads and thirteen letters in the quarter dollar"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
Glen Ellen Park

The editor of the JeuRNAL- MINER was one of a small party that was recently driven over a new road south of town to within a few hun dred feet of the very summit of Quartz mountain which is so promil nent south of u e city from the fsct that its summit is capped with white quartz, The road travelled over vas built for . wood road but
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
Cara Prom BIT. sanford.

JoURNAL-MINER: The Courier this morning says that on yesterday morning arose in court and said that I was Parker's attorney. l have been long enough in the pro- tession to know whom 1 represent when go into court. Parker and Thompson were jointly indictedi the court asked Thompson If he had an attorney. I replied that l was attorney for Thompson buc not Tor Parker. E. NJ. SANFORD.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

There must be trouble brewing in Phsnix as the Gazette serves the following notice: ''The person who undertakes to clean out newspaper office may have a bigger contract on his hands than he bargains for. Shooting sticks" and other imple- ments of the prInter's craft are too handy. :.'.-.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
Adjourned until Tuesday, June

Tuesday, June 8.-A school dis trict in Gales precict was allowed, as per petition, on recommendation of the county school superintend- ent.
 The delinquent tax against Jack Simms and J. B. Tappan & O., were cancelled, the same being levied under erroneous assessment.
 Tuesday, June 8. The county school superintendent was author ized to draw his warrant on the contingency school fund, in favor of Thomas E. Dalton, for so, for the printing of the school laws for the years 1897 and 1898.
 The resignation of W. F. Wilbur as justice of the peace of Lower Verde precinct, was accepted.
 B. H. Hayden was appointed jus tice of the peace at Seligman.
 The following claims were alloged -on the expense fund:
 Michael Ryan, election mar. s 5 co , w Neat, election man,. 500 Postal Telegraph Co, tele-
 grams sheriff, April and May 92 15 Western Union Telegraph O.,
 telegrams sheriff April and
 Msy.................... 10 95 D A Burke, carpet, treasurer's
 office .................... 60 O4
 The clerk was directed to notify the county physician to report all out door relief cases under his charge.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
Boardor supervisors.

Monday, June 7.-Board met par suant to adjournment, all members and clerk being present.
 The report of the treasurer was read and ordered spread on the minutes as follows.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

Bonds were approved ss follows: Notaries public, ". S. Adams, W. G. Reese, Richard DeKuhn; butcher, Johnston & Storm; road ovsrseers, George T. Millner, No. 32; J. H, Cordes, No. 24.
 The following claims were audited and allowed on the expense fund:
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

Wednesday, June 9.-The district attorney was authorized to bring sait against W. 4. Clark, superin- tendent of the Planet-Saturn Mining Company for the amount of road tax due from the employees of said company.
 Wednesday, June 9-The county physician's report was checked, found to be correct and ordered filed.
 On motion the following back sal. ary claims were disallowed- John Hartin. n.............S .Sl351 IS R. E. Morrison. s45 S2 F. A. Tritle. e........... S45 9e
 The following claim was audited and allowed on expense fund: J. I. Pierce, out door relief, $4.10.
 The clerk was instructed to ad. vertise for bids for fixing windows aud door in the N. E. corner of the basement of the court house, the same to be used for jail; and also for bids flor keeping in repair road districts Nos. 2 and l2.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

Stone for the Seligman dam will be taken from the Rock Butte quarry.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16

yUANTFD-SEVERAL FAITHFUL MEN OR w women 10 travel for responsible e tSblished house in Arizona. Salary S7s0, payable SIS weekly and expenses. Position permanent. Reference. Enclose selt-addressed stamped en
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-06-16
JC. MARTIN. Editor aud PrOprieror

-ecreI SOcIetleS. tNANhUE NUGMANDERS No. n KNIGHTS FAMILIAR. Stated cob 0I elEys trst Friday Of each month. Pilgrim Sir Kuixhts courteOnsly invited. F, 6. BRIGHT. f.. (. S. D. BRIGHT. Reoordsi.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-21

where IL belongs, upon CROWN CLKvB-
LAND. He expressed q belief. which IL
shared by every qualified observer. that, IL
the concurrent resolution of Congress in ia.
vor of acknowledging the bslligerency Of
the Cuban revolutionists had not been
pigeonholed by the late President, the con.
test In Cuba during the last year would
necessarily have been conducted according
to the rules of civilized warfare, and man.
kind would not have been shocked with
the dreadful spectacle that has been
presented. Referring to the restriction
Of secrecy, which, a. members of the
COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations had
stated, had been put by Secretary
SHERMAN upon the communications OF
United States Consuls to the State De-
partment. Mr.. LINDSAY said hat IL there
were reason for believing 1t to be true that
the publication of those communications
would put our national representatives in
jeopardy of any sort, "then," he said, eve
ought to go much further than this resolu.
tion provides. Either our navy should be
sent to Cuba to protect our Consuls there
against danger, from which it is admitted
that the Spanish Government either will
not or can not defend them, or our Consuls
sbould be ordered home and all intercourse
between Spain and this country should
cease" 1t was touching the same extraor.
binary assertion on the part Of Mr.. SHEER
MAN that Senator VEST drove a barbed in.
terrogatory into the discussion: SIS 1t
true" he asked q member Of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, who was fresh from
the State Department., "that the names
Of United States Consuls or consular agents
cannot be made public, because to do so
would be to invite their probable assassi-
nationT' Answered in the affirmative,
he asked whether, then, the Government
had taken any steps to send a gunboat to
Cuba to protect it's representatives there3
That seemed to him, he added, it's first duty.
Senate CANNON of Utah made an ad-
mirable speech. He averred that, IL to
seize the mad dog, WEYLER, Captain
Genera Of Cuba, the ravisher Of women,
assassin Of men, and c%rucifier Of children,
be %Jingoism, then II 200, 900 Of American
citizens are Jtngoes. The other 263, 900 of
the population are, he said, some of
them, in trade. Few, he thanked God,
are in the newspaper business. Refer.
ring to Gen. HAwLEY's assertion, which
in his mouth was most unexpect-
ed and most unwelcome to his friends,
that our Government should not venture
In 1897 to do what it dared to do eighty
five years before, namely, recognize Span
ish revolutionists as belligerents, because,
%forsooth, the great American republic
is not ready for war, Mr.. CANNON IN
swered that it was better prepared for
war than for the inevitable d"isintegration
and eclipse that would follow an avowal of
cowardice. II, stricken with the madness
which af1icts those foredoomed to destruc-
tion, Spain should, in truth, declare war
against US for our performance of an act of
Justice, then, said Mr.. CANNON, we should
be thrice armed.
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A Glorious Fourth.

Yesterday, May 20, was the last day,
under section 456, chapter 40, of the
Laws Of 1882, for making applications for
permits "for the sale at retail Of fireworks.
rockets, blue lights, candles, lance wheels,
and other works of brilliant colored fires"
for use on the Fourth Of July, the anniversa-
ryo of the establishment of the United States
as a nation. Selling fireworks at retail in
New York Is under the supervision Of the
Board of Fire Commissioners. A Bureau
of Combustibles examines applications to
sell them, and the trade begins on June 10
and terminates on July 10. The fee for
such licenses is $5.
The applications filed this year are twice
as many as last year. The cause of this in
crease is of course debatable, but we incline
to believe that it is consolidation. In ex-
pectancy Of the Greater New York, the
boys, little and big, intend to give great
splendor to this years festival, a circum.
stance which indicates their mental
%alertncss and interest in public affairs, as
we'll as their abiding patriotism. Ordi-
narily, in a Presidential campaign, when
red fire and skyrockets are peculiarly in de-
mand, the use of fireworks increases, and
IL ucAU year usually SECS ltS ueClluc. lulS
year, though, there is to be an unusually
hilarious and spectacular jubilee on the
Fourth, equal perhaps to that of 1870, the
centennial of American independence.
Dangers connected with fervid observa-
tion of July 4 by the male minors in this
town have been the fires caused by the reck.
less use Of freworks; and the Inspector Of
the Bureau Of Combustibles of the Fire De-
partment, the official who takes cognizance
Of the regularity and propriety of the appli-
cations for permits, makes a striking rec.
concentration. His advice is that the city
ordinance which prohibits the setting Off
of fireworks on public ~thoroughfares on
July 4 be this year suspended. He thinks.
according to the past experience of the de-
partment, that the practical effect Of the
ordinance prohibiting the setting off Of
fireworks in the public streets is to impel
the irrepressible small boys to set off crack
ers n to put in motion pinwheels in back
yards, in cellars, and on house roofs. with
the result that not only are there more fires,
but more serious fires, than there would be
II celebration were free in public.
However that may be, New York is to eel
citrate with grand acclaim it's last Fourth
of July as a city distinct from Brooklyn,
Long Island City, and Tompkinsville. 1t
will be a great, glorious, noisy, and we be-
lieve a happy day.
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Powerful and Columbia.

The report that the British protected
cruiser Powerful will soon be sent ON q
speed run to New York, following the ex-
ample of the Columbia's famous trip from
Southampton to Sandy Hook, has a de-
cided interest for this side of the water as
well as the other.
Practically, beyond the fact that the
Powerful and the Columbia are both of
the class of fast cruisers often called com.
merce destroyers, they have little in COM
mon The British ship is much the
longer, broader, and deeper Of the
two, displacing, in fact, more than $4,000
tons, whereas the Columbia displaces only
1875. Naturally, in other elements the
two vessels differ. The British ship is the
more heavily armed. The bunker capacity
of the Columbia Is 1,G7O ION and that of
the Powerful 5000 ions. The maximum
indicated horse power of the former on her
trial trip was 1s,5O9, and nat of the latter
exceeds 20, 900.
And yet when the question comes as to
speed, 1t will be observed, in b case of the
Columbia, that very powerful engines
rave been put into a vessel of only about
half the British cruisers displacement.
And thus 1t becomes an interesting ques-
tion as to which is really the faster for a
long ocean run. The Columbia's trial