Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-09-28
ital of Spain.


 resignation of the emperor of China.
 Richmond, Va, Sept. 23.-Winnie Davis funeral, which occurred this afternoon, was the most imposing affair the south has seen since the war. One thousand old confederate soldiers were in line.
 Brownsville, Pa, Sept. 23.-An ex- plosion of fire damp occurred in the Snowden Coal Company's mine this morning. Fifty-eight men were at work in the mine at the time of the accident, and it IS believed that all have perished. Great excitement prevails on account of the terrible accident.
 Brownsville, Pa, Sept. 23.-It is thought now that the mine disaster here is worse than the first report indicated. Frantic women and children are crowding around the wrecked entrance to the mine cry ing wildly for missing husbands, fathers and brothers.
 Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 23.- Anon Hsrkoll, of San Louis Potosi, Mexico, passed through here today en route east. He says the report of yellow fever in Tampico has been Fery much exaggerated by the refu- gees from that city. The health authorities have just concluded a searching investigation at Tampico, and found that while there have been a few deaths from yellow fever there are no grounds for alarm The malady is very mild and prin cipally confined to the lower classes Leudon, Sept. 23.-A St. Peters burg dispatch says the imperial au thorities are arranging for great purchaser of American wheat fol .
 distribution among the suffering il the districts affected by the bad har vests Reports from the district O Xszan, where the distress is par ticularly acute, show an alarming state of affairs. The cattle are be ! ing fed on fodder taken from thu thatches of the cottages, and per mission has been given the peasant to gather fagots for food and dr. leaves for fodder in the woods. Paris, Sept, 22--The situation i generally considered here to be yer. grave by both the press and the peo pie. The conflict between civilian and military authorities is becoming acute. The sudden and unexpected action of General Zurlinden, th' military governor of Paris, in prose cutting Col. Piquart on the charge O forgery and using forged document assumes grave aspects on account O the circumstances attending thi intervention of military authority. New York, Sept. 24,-A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says The schemes of tine Spanish cleri cal party have divided the Philip pines almost beyond the hope O reconciliation. On Sunday wheI the archbishop of Manila went tC Gaco to administer the rite of con | frmation a party of rebels attempt ed to kidnap the prelate. The sue cess of the plot was only prevented by the interference of the American soldiers stationed there. The pur pose of the kidnsppers was to talk the prelate to Melosos, where Aguin aldo IS holding four Spanish priest! as prisoners. Several FilIpinos wer' detected yesterday at Santa An; with money received from some O the Spanish priests. They were ar rested on a direct order from Aguin aldo, despite the protests of Pilas the commander of the distrIct They will be shot tomorrow. Pri yates Currie, Dennis and Schultz, O the 18th Minnesota regiment, hay died in the hospital this week. Tn regiment has 65 men on the sic list.
 Washington, Sept. 24. = A yer per-emptory message of instructio has been sent to the Cuban militar commission, and by them made tn basis of a note to the Spanish con missioners. The authorities in Wast ington will not make public th terms of the note, but its geuers tenor is that the United States wi not be satisfied with any furthe
 delay in the evacuation of Cuba. is to the effect that the terms of th . protocol called for immediate eva' . nation of Cuba and that Spanis sovereignty must be relinquishe' The American commissioners hay been informed that the evacuatio of Cuba cannot be delayed. Washington, Sept. 24.-GovernC
 Beaver of Pennsylvania and D. Cal non of Cincinnati were today al - pointed as the eighth and hint 5 members of the war department il b vestIgation committee. All wi
 meet in the White House this afte l noon. They vii 70 immediately work.
 ) London, Sept. 24---According to l special dispatch received from Peki - members of the European comm
 nity there believe the life of Il ' emperor of China to be in dange - It is added that the dowager el e press desires to place Prince Kwang d grandson on the throne. The CT n peror realizes the strength of u '' conspiracy against him, and h a ordered the guards at the pala $ straupt hened