Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-29
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Facts, Figures and Fancies Found Floating All Over the Country.
Events Toll B 'ief Pa ragraphS the Information of Our Readers.
Big Bill Brown, the San Fran cisco base ball player, Is dead.

Big Bill Brown, the San Fran cisco base ball player, is dead.
 John Quincy. democrat, has been reelected mayor of Boston.
 There is very favorable outlook for the passage of the bankruptcy bill.
 Chicago wants the government armor plate plant. should it be de- cided to build one.
 Governor Sadler, of Nevada, has at last concluded to offer a reward of $500 for the arrest of the lynchers of Uber.
 General Weyler says there is nc hope for autonomy m Cuba, and il persisted in, Spain will lose that island.
 The recent frosts in California it is sand will do more good than harm as they have destroyed parasites on fruit trees.
 The Bengal Chamber of Con- merce has sent an address to the government in which 1t says the time has arrived to adopt the gold standard.
 Luetgert paid his attorneys ir forged notes. His son who accom- plished the feat laughed and said he thought 1t was good joke.
 4 Washington telegram says that 1t has been decided to appoint J. W. Mills, oi New Haven, Conn, chief justice of New Mexico.
 Minister Hoshi, of Japan, has been in conference with Secretary Sherman and says Japan will not protest against Hawaiian annexa- tion.
 China has dismissed her German military instructors and has em- ployed Russians in their places. The British railroad engineers in North China will soon follow the German military instructors.
 For the eleven months ending with November the total exports were valued at S974,6l2, 2S5, which represents an increase of S5.96l ,5S0 as compared with the correspond ing eleven months of last year.
 L. Schuckman, station agent for the Southern Pacific company, at keswick, California, shot one of two robbers who attempted to rob him. The other fled without secur ing anything.
 The United States warship Ban croft was fired on st Smyrna by the Turks from the fort there, and an apology was demanded, and was im- mediateiy forthcoming. The Turk ish officers responsible for the insult were dismissed.
 Rev. J. NJ. Pullman, brother of the late Geo. NJ. Pullman had narrow escape from death at Lynn, Massa chusetts, oy attempting to board a moving train. He fell under the coach but was dragged from his perilous position before the wheels struck him.
 Alix Mcdonald. the Klondike miner, l. now rated as one of the richest men Tn the world. He will clean up Sl0.0OO,OO0 in gold in the spring. He Is working forty-four claims this winter and 1t Is estimated that he is taking out gold to the amount Of S30,0O0 to S40,00O per day.
 The Chinese government has granted Russia permission to winter T squadron at Port Arthur. Great Britain demands quid pro quo if the concessions have been made to the other powers. It has beenisug- gested that the Japanese and the British occupy Vie Hai Wei jointly.
 Mrs. Pullman will claim her widows dover of one. third of her late husbands estate, in order to be able 10 do something for her sons. who were practically disinherited by their father. Instead of securing the income from Sl,250,0O0, as pro vided for in the will, she will receive about S5,0O0,0O0, of which S3,000,O00 will be in personal property.
 The sleet storm which has prevail ed for the past three days in Texas, has proven to be more disastrous in its effects on the stock than was Reports from 20 miles north and west of Fort Worth, state that the death rate among cattle Is unprecedented. being most pro nounced among recent importations from Mexico and the cattle taken 10 the big plains country from Louis iana. In some localities fully B per cent of the Mexican cattle have died already.
 The Chinese are alarmed over the | coming eclipse of the sun next month, as they look upon 1t as a token of evil. By royal proclama- ton the day is to be observed as one of worship and the emperor and | court will speld the entire twenty four hours in a penitential hall. . The proclamation applies to Chi ! nese ambassadors, cOnsuls and oth- . BIS the world over, and presumably . .o Chinese colonies in other lands.
 Wm. F.. Burr Jr., ex-cashier of the St. Louis National Bank, now serv- nga sentence of five years at the Jefferson City state penitentlary for he embezzlement of S2O,OOO, has been pardoned by President Me The pardon it is said, was ssued on the recommendation ot Attorney General Mckenna, who petitions of clemency from he national republican committee nan Kerns, the two democratic senators from Missouri, and many ,tber influential men of the state.