Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-11-30
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was stlll raging hercely. it IS ar ei at least twenty people have Io.t their lives. The loss so faI will reach a million dollars.
 LATERAL noon the fire was still raging but is under control. The dead so far taken out of the rnIns number three and have been identi- fled. The bodies of five more have been seen, but cannot be reached at present. Ten others are said to be in the ruins, if not many mo-e. The property loss is placed at over a million, win insurance of quarter of that amount. The fire staried in the kitchen.
 New York, Nov. 23.-GIe tt iudic- nation is expr .ssed on both sides of the fight last night between Sharkey and Corbett. A formal challenge 10 FitzsimmoDs will be made by Sharkey packers tomorrow and a forfeit of S5OOO placed ou S2O OCO purse. The Sharkey men say that Corbett would have been knocked out in the second round had Sharkey been permitted to do 90.
 London, Nov. 23.-Blizzsrds are prevailing everywhere in England and France. On the channel the storm is the most terrific ever known. Ships are being driven ashore by the score, and hundreds of crafts have gone down with many hundreds of people. The loss of life is simply frightful. Damage to property on land runs into the mil lions of pounds.
 Ashburn. Mo Nov. 23.-A powder mill here today blew up and SIX men were killed aud many badly wounded. The loss of property the city is placed at SlOO,OOO. The works were running day and nlgLt on orders from the navy department and carelessness was the cause of the disaster.
 Paris, Nov. 23-It is reported to- day that three of the five Spanish commissioners have emphatically refused to sign the treaty that cedes the Philippines to the United Sta merican represent atives say that unless this feature of the controversy is settled today they have instructions to terminate fur ther discussions and will leave for England in the morning.
 Washington, Nov. 23-Nothing official will be given out today re- garding the Spanish-American ques- tion. This is taken as equivalent that the two nations cannot come to definite agreement. Some officials state publicly that a serious rupture is on and.that resumption Of host ilities IS now being considered. Others openly say that Spanish dil- atory tactics, which have prevailed ever since the commission met, is due to the silent support offered by influential backi to 'S.fo rec the Udited States to the Spanish phase of the dispute in settlement of the question.
 LATER-After piolongu, d discus lion and on receipt of a telegram from Madrid, the Spanish commis- sioners asked a postponement until they received further instructions from Madrid as to how to answer the American ultimatum, accord ingly the joint session was again postponed, and it is sVid for the last time.
 Washington, Nov. 25- Instruc- tions were sent to the American commissioners at Paris, that the last joint session of the commission was to take place on Monday next, and to inform the Spanish cabinet tLat it was the determination of the United States 10 end the controversy forever on that day. It is said now that if the United States persists in this demand. Don Carlos will step in aud proclaim himself king. when a revolution will follow. The Span ish are delaying the question Of settling the Philippine affair in or der to get a sufficient indemnity to quiet the honor of their people, who are now on the verge of revolution.
 Paris, Nov. 25.--It was learned today from private Spanish sources that the price set by Spain for the ceding of the Philippines entire was S1OO,OO1,OO0. That the Spanish com mission was instructed to stand firm for this amount, or else further deliberations would be suspended. The opinion is expressed publicly that the United States commission is authorized to offer a sum not to exceed $40,0OO,0O0 and unless it is accepted at the joint meeting to- morrow or Monday, a crisis would follow, and a resumption of hostil- ities ensue. Some excitement pre- vails in official channels that Austria will formally support Spain, and that foreign bondholders in France of Spanish securities, also with the fact that Germany's commercial in terests in the Pacific and especially the Philippines, are very important, gives to the question one of the grayest import in settlement. It is generally said by diplomats that a clear conception of the question is not favorable for settlement unless Spain accsdes 10 the demand of the Americans, who seem to be firm and resolute conquerors. The situation ;s rarv grava all rpund IS the ex-