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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
ANOTHER TUNNEL FIRE.
Repairs Completed Only tO be Aeatu Burned out-CondftfOBs Worse
 Than Before

The repairs to the Johnson can yon tunnel were completed ou Thursday, January 27, and mum Der of trains were run through It. Last night the new tImbers were discovered to be on fire, and to-day the fire was reported to be still burning fereely, with DO hopes of being able to put 1t out until it has exhausted itself by con suming everything inflammable The condition is reported today to be worse than it was at the time Oi the first fire on January l6.
 The lumber which has just been used in retimbering the tunnel cost between SI5,0O0 and S20,000 alone besides the expense of putting it in place.
 After the two accidents occurred, while retimbering the tunnel, ex- perienced timber men from the Gallup coal mines were secured. The foreman would carefully inspect the roof, and if he pronounced it safe, the carpenters and timber men would rush the work as rapidly as possible.
 The JOURNAL -MINER'is informed by a gentleman in position to know that-10O car loads of ties were used for tagging in repairing the tunnel. This would be sufficient to lay about ten miles of track.
 The fire, it is said, was discovered about midnight last night.
 It will be two weeks now before the damage is repaired so trains can pass through
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
4 Big storm at St. Louis,

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 25.-A terrific thunder storm ragged for more than an hour in this vicinity shortly after three o'clock this morning. About day light the sky cleared, but the wind continued in its intensity until lO:45, when the weather bureau officials reported that a velocity of s miles an hour had been gained. Thus far there have been but three fatalities. August Weymer was blown of the Shields building, and died in ten minutes from his injuries. A woman, name unknown, is re- ported lylng dead in some debris at 3S40 Laclede Avenue, and 8 boy was killed by having been blown from the roof of a porch. There was every indication that it would be a strong blow, but not tornado.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
THE ELKs' STAG SOCIAL.
A Large Atts ndanee. an Interesting Pro. grzmms and . Palate bie Lunch
 lta Features.

The second anniversary of the organization of the Elks' lodge iu Prescott, was fttingly celebrated last evening by a stag social given by the lodge. The meeting was pre- sided over by Judge R. NJ. Ling, who is inimi;able in this position and kept the audience in the best of humor during the evening with his sallies of wit aud humor, in calling the members before his presence and imposing fms on them.
 In opening the meeting Le referred briefly to the prosperous condition of the lodge. Two years ago iI was organized with a membership of thirty-three, and now 1t has the names of seventy-three active, euer . getic and enthusiastic members on its rolls, beiug the second strongest lodge numerically in Prescott. Judge Ling also called attention to an erroneous impression which obtains in the minds of many In regard to the order, namely, that 1t is thought to be a purely social organization. While thIs is an attractive feature of it, the organization is also benevo- lent one, and last year, he stated, it had given out $325. 900 in aid of its members. The usual policemen, two in number, were appointed to bring the victims of fines before the presiding officer 10 hear their doom. As usual, this procedure afforded great enjoyment to both guests and members.
 Quite an elaborate literary and musical programme was rendered, which added interest to the occasion, Prof. La Guardia's orchestra, from Whipple also, interspersed the exer- cises with a number of well ren dered selections.
 An elaborate lunch, consisting of various kinds sandwiches and other eatables, and beer was also served during the evening.
 At II o'clock, as is customary with the order, all present arose and silently drank toas. to the absent members. While this feature of these socials had previously been of only a formal nature, it was given additional significance last night from the fact that during the past year two member of the lodge had died.
 The social was pronounced by those who have attended all given by the order, as unqualifiedly the best and most interesting yet given.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
A Big Animal.

The St. James Gazette tells this yarn; Some interesting remarks by the Matabele on the steam eugine are recorded by Francis Fox, one Ui the recent visitors to Bulawayo. The locomotive was thus described; Ut is a huge animal belonging to the white man. It has only one eye (the head lamp). It feeds on fire and hates work, When the white man pumps it to make It work It screams. It comes from somewhere, but no one knows from whence,p
 or steam traction engine, seen when the driver was Oiling it, the Matabele said that ''it was 8 huge animal which had the fever very badly, because the white man poured medicine in at so many parts of its body"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
r51Tiic WIII 6e I;.s4m.d

A telegram from the Johnson can yon tunnel this morning stated that the ebris had all been cleared out, and that the work of retimbering would be completed this evening, ready for the renewal of traffic if nothing unforeseen occurred.
 The direct pecuniary loss to the railroad by this disaster will reach between S50,000 and $l00,O0O, while there are DO means of ascer- taining the indirect loss which the company will sustain.
 It was reported last evening that l72 car loads of freight for the s. F., P. & P. railroad alone were detained at various points on the line.
 Already a dearth of various arti- cles are commencing to be felt, there being notably a shortage in coal. The railroad company's supply of fuei is commencing to run very low and if the interruption of traffic had continued for another week. the shortage would have been materially felt
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
Supervisory Convsn,lon AdJourns.

The meeting of supervisors and assessors with the members of the board of equalization. which has been in session in Phenlx. has ad- journed, The meeting, it is thought, will be productive of much good to various counties of the territory, as the question of the valuation oi properties and of taxation was very thoroughly discussed.
 The following resolutions were adopted prior to adjournment:
 "Whereas, The assessment of prop erty within the various counties should be laid equally upon all, and made without discrimination, and
 "Whereas, The election of asses sors by direct vote of the people often tends to render such assess ment unequal and negotiable. in consequence of the many obiiga- tions such assessors are often plact d under during their candidacy for office, therefore be it
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that all assessors in first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth class counties should be ap- pointed by the respective boards of supervisors of such counties, instead Of elected ex-oihcIo."
 A copy of this resolution was ordered furnished to the governor for transmittal to the next legisla- tuFe.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
Eating Before Going Co Bed.

4 writer in Italia Termale, quoted by the | National Druggist, De- cember, is not much in favor of the theory that late suppers are in furious. He declares. III fact" says the latter paper, that many persons who remain thin and weakly, in spite of all precautions in regard to diet, etc, owe the fact largely 10 habitual abstemiousness at night
 He says, very truly that physiology teaches us that, in sleeping as in waking, there Is a perpetual waste going on in the tissues of the body, and It seems but logical that nour- ishment should be continuous as we'll. The digestion of the food taken on at dinner time, or in the early evening, is finished, as a usual thing. before or by bed time yet the activity of the processes Of assimila- tion, etc, progress for hours alter ward. and, when one retires with an empty stomach. the result of this activity Is sleeplessuess and an un- due wasting of the system. All other creatures, says the writer, outside of man, are governed by a natural instinct, which leads those having a stomach to eat be- fore lying down for the night The infant, guided Ly the same instinct, takes the breast frequent ly, in the night as well as day, and ! if its stomach is allowed to remain empty too long it shows its discom
 fort by noisy crying. The digestive organs have no need for repOse, providing. always. that the quantity of nourishment taken within the twenty-four hours does not go be- yond the normal limit. The fact that the intervals between meals is short works no inconvenience, but, on the contrary, tends to the avoid ance of feebleness, which is the re- suit of an interval extended to too great a length. Feeble persons, lean and emaciated people, and, above all, those suffering from in- somnia owe it to themselves not to retire without taking some nOurish- ment into the stomach-bread and butter, a glass of rich milk, few biscuits ccrackers), ), or even a bit of juicy cold meat, for instance. We quite agree with the writer in all that he says in regard to the folly of the idea of the harmfulness of a light lunch before retiring"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
sInEuIar Enect. of 8 spraIn.

4 very remarkable accident oc- cured last night, at . party, at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Gingrich in south Prescott. The accident itself was not so remarkable as the effects of it were. Among those at tending was Miss Ada Subers who during the evening fell down and in trying to save herself threw out her hand falling on it, and sprained one of her fingers. The sprain caused intense pain and while the injured finger was being dressed by those present the young lady tainted, and all efforts to re vive her proved unavailing. Two physicians were summoned who worked with her all night and she did not again regain consciousness until this forenoon. At noon she had recovered consciousness and was reported resting easy.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
A Asynenroni1ins Clock

A large new synchronizing clock has been received at the Corner drug store and will be placed in position within a day or two. From this clock absolutely correct time can be obtained when 1t IS started up. The clock Is so constructed that by means of switch it's mech - aDism can be connected with the wires of the Western Union tele- graph. This switch Is manipulated by the operator. Every day at noon the correct time Is given out from Washington. Certain signals are previously given, when the operator turns the switch connecting the clock with the wires and just on the second of noon the signal is flashed from Washington and the electric current passes into the clock syn chroniziDg it, or adjusting 1t pre- cisely to the second, with Washing ton time, or the exac. difference between it and standard time.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
STEADY YOUR WHEEL.
Brow and Austin's Bicycle Guide Now Ready for the Market---A Sample
 can be Seen at the Palace.
A Prescott Invention Which Will Prove a Boon to Wheelmen All Over
 The World.

Robert Brow yesterday received a sample copy" of the Brow and Austin bicycle guide, direct from the manufacturers. They have just had one thousand of these guides manu- | factured under contract and they will be placed on the market at once. The guide is a very simple attach ment which is attached to the con- meeting bar or rod which forms part of the frame of the bicycle, and con- meets the wheels. There is a very strong spring eneased in a barrel, or tube, on the end O. which is cross bar which rests against the frame or crotch of the front wheel of the machine holding it in a per pendicular position. If the wheel starts to wabble or fall it is imme- diately caught by the cross bar of this attachment and is held in posi- tion by the spring which prevents it from falling. The great utility of this attachment is the fact that one can sit erect on the wheel for hours at . time, without touching the handle bars and can. ride with per feet safety. Except in making very short turns the wheel can be guided with the feet without the use of the handle bars at all. It is specially valuable to wheelmen in making long journeys on bicycles.
 It IS a singular coincidence in con- nection with this guide. that while the inventors were getting their invention patented a battalion of troops made journey on bicycles from a post in the northwest to St. Louis. In making his report on the trip Lieut.. Moss, who was in charge of the battalion, m speaking of the practicability of bicycles for the movement of troops called attention to the necessity of just what these gentlemen had invented and were then applying for patent for.
 Lieut.. Moss said that one of the difficulties experienced on the trip was the fact thai after a long days ride, with the men leaning over the handle bars thsir arms and shoulders became so tired and sore that the men could not sleep at night.
 With the use of this guide, which Lieut.. Moss said was actually need ed, the men could have ridden all day without touching their handle bars. A man can shoot, smoke. or do almost anything of this sort while riding a wheel with thIs attachment on it.
 The model. which Messrs. Brow and Austin made here, was attached to wheel and some of the cham piOn riders of the country rode it and pronounced it the best attach ment mEde for a bicycle, and ex- pressed surprise that it had not been invented before, ss they claimed that it is a natural belonging to bicycle.
 The manufacture of these attach meuts in quantity will be com menced at once and they will be placed on the market.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
Islrh Price. In Rlchmeua.

General Horace Porter, in his "Cam- oaiening With Grant. |" in The Cen iury, deals with the preparations fer the final campaign. General Porter says:
 It was seen that Grant, by his opera sions. was pialy forcing the fight-to a finish. The last white nan in tbe south had been put into the ranks, the cen municatiens were bTokeB, tic suPpllcs were irregular. Confederate money vss at fabulous discount, and boFe h..E Eiyen place to despair. TEe next eve-- ing one of cur scouts returned ffpus a rip to Richmond and w,.s brought tu headquarters in order t-s--s oesal in chief might question l5f sfrsC1. The man said: ''The 6eT Esgiz. ssI Is il tl,e purchasing power of 'eIsy bacEs, ;.s vo sall the rebel treasury notes, j. SC rapid that every time go into the enemy g lines have to increase my supply cf them On my last tF;p l had tostuf my clothes full of titiI CLEtsscy to keep myself going for even couple Of days. A barrel of four in Richmond BOW costs over $1,O00 and suit of clothes about Sl. 200. A dollar in gold is equal in value to $l00 in graybacks Then, SO much oOunteIfeit Confederate money has been showed in through our lines that in the country places they don't pretend to make any difference between good and bad money. 4 fellow that had come in from the western part of the state told me a pretty tough yarn about matters out there. He said: Everything that has a picture on it goes for money. If you stop at hotel and the bill of fare happens to have an engraving of the house printed at the top, you can just tear of the picture and pay for your dinner with is -"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
rne Nsr.hIp Ma,ne .. H.ran..

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The torpedo boat Dupont. which left Key Wes, at 6 o'clock last evening, with the Maine's sailing orders, hailed the Maine at Dry Tortugas and delivered the orders for rthe battleship to pro- ceed to Havana. The Dupont then returned to Key West. She reports that the Maine was about to sail when she left. It is believed by the State Department that the Maine entered the harbor at Havana at the earliest hour this morning Spanish port regulations permit. No direct report, however, has vet been re eeived from Havana.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
ItrIrf.nn CnInr

In the supreme court on Thurs day the following order was made in the case of J. E. Daggs ct al vs J H. Hoskins Jr., ct al.
 1t appearing to the court that the briefs of the appellants filed in this case on the date of Jan. 24 contain scurrilous, offensive and dis respectful references to the trial judge of the court below, and that the use of certain language therein contained is improper and unwar. ranted for the purposes of brief, il is now ordered by the court that the copies of the appellants brief referred to. be and are hereby stricken from the files"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
.A SERIOUS MISHIP ]!
The Burning of the Tunnel the Sec ond Time a Worse Disaster
 Than The First.
Through Traffic on the Santa Fe Pacific Win be Temporarily Abandoned. Pending
 the Repairs.

The second tunnel disaster ha. proven a very serious blow to the Santa Fe Pacific railroad
 The first disaster caused an inter- ruption of traffic for just twelve days, during which time passengers, mail and express were transferred at the tunnel, he limited trains of the Santa Fe system being taken over the Southern Pacific. via Deming. . Dunng this period there was an .iInmeasa accumulation of freight on sihs rola. particularly for local points on the inc of the $. F.. F. < P. rail road, there being DO less than 172 car loads for the latter road alone.
 As the repairs will consume at least from ten days to two weeks again, the railroad company has decided to send all freight around via Deming aud the Southern Pa- ci6c. The delayed freight due in Prescott Is expected to arrive here within the next three or four days.
 All through passenger trains out of Los Angeles will hereafter be run over the Southern Pacific until the tunnel Is completed and traffic resumed on the road again.
 Passengers from Prescott for eith- CT California or eastern points will hereafter be compelled to go via Phenix.
 Several trains east bound passed south on the s. F., P. & F. road yes terday, among them being a @dead head excursion train returning from California. It consists sd of six Pull mans, dining ear, and a mail car, the sole occupants of them being the pOrters and train men.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
ROBBED IN MIDDAY!
Wm. Marks Held Up Today By Two HIghwsymen and Relieved
 of S285.OO.
They Follow Him to the Land office Entrance and Pistol in Hand
 Demanded the Money.

Today chronicles a robbery ir Prescott that for boldness and dar. ing excels anything in that line that has occurred here for many a day.
 l:05 o'clock p. m. the time oI day when the greatest number oi people are on the streets, Wm Marks was held up at the entrance the land office by two men aud robbed of $2S5. He had just come from the Bank of Arizona where he had drawn that amount, passed the entrance and started mp stairs when someone from behind called out; Say 1 want to see yon just a mo- me t." Mir. Marks thinking it was some one on business turned around and started down stairs when he was donfronted with a revolver and the demand "l want that money" 1 He was too surprised tO speak, but handed over the amount be had just drawn, then turn d about and rushed up stairs. in compliance with the demands of the bandits.
 Mir. Marks met Fred. Tritle, regis ter of the land office, and told him what had happened. They both proceeded at once down the back stairs aud around to Gurley street, to see if the robbers were anywhere in sight, but they had gone, pre- sumably, up street in a southerly direction.
 Within fire minutes after ina roh- bery, the sherifi's office was notified, and Deputy Sheriffs Nelson and Munds started with blood hounds, in an effort to trail the robbers.
 A JoUKNAL-MNER reporter found MT. Marks at the land office shortly after he hold up, aud he described the men as follows:
 They were both unmasked, the fellow who demanded the money being above the average height. and would weigh perhaps l70 pounds and wore no whiskers beyond Q weeks growth of beard. He had on blue oyerslls, faded brown sack coat and a slouch hat. His confed . crate was of slighter build, wore a faded brown suit, black slouch hat and a beard like that of his pal. MT. Marks said they looked like tramps or tough characters.
 As We go to press, Deputies Nelson and Munds have returned to the sherifl's office without a clew to the whereabouts of the robbers.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
Tom Paine In P.r,s.

In 1902, at the Cafe Jacob, in the Rue Jacob, an obscure cabaret in an ob- scure street, was frequently to be seen the once redoubtable Thomas Paine, then about 65. Contemporaries repre- sent him at this date as not only fallen upon evil days, but dirty in his person and unduly addicted to spirits That the general appearance of the author of the Rights of Man" was mean and poverty stricken and that be was "much withered and careworn" Raim bach admits, and he moreover adds that ''he had sunk into complete insignifi- canoe and was quite unnoticed by the government But be also describes him as ''fuent in speech. of mild and gentle demeanOr, clear and distinct in enunciation" and endowed with an exceedingly soft and agreeable voice" words which, in this connection, somehow remind one of Lord Popping toms philosophic eulogy of Miss Hoy den. Certainly they scarcely suggest the red nose and dilapidated parsonage who drank brandy and acclaimed against religion in his cups with whom modern records have acquainted us - Long mans Magazine.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
SCOTT, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1888
AN ARIZONA SHEET HING.
James A. May In Attendance at the Stock Growers ConventIon
 in Denver.


 in Denver.
 James 4. May, a sheep king of Arizona, with headquarters at Flag staf, IS at the Brown hotel, in com pany with his bride. to whom he was united at the old home of MT. May in North Carolina Mir. May is a man of distinguished appearance, and after amassing a fortune is thinking seriously of retiring from active work on the range and con- fining hIs investments to mines. Twenty years ago be was a resident of Denver. He was connected with one of the local railway offices, but was swept to Leadviile by the carbonate excitement, finally wind ing up as a contractor of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, after which be drifted into sheep raising.
 II am of the opinion" said he yes terday, that the sheep industry will never be what 1t has been on the ranges of the west. In Arizona, perhaps the best sheep. country of the continent, although our wool carries more grease and is of not so fine a quality as wool raised farther north, the sheep thieves are a menace to the business. Losses from thiey- ing are enormous. The only remedy will be in hanging. 1 am in favor of summary punishment to offenders and we will never be clear of thieves until some of the leaders have their necks stretched. Sheep raising is hard work, and as a man grows old be begins to look around for some thing that will bring in quicker re- turns. My partner will look after the sheep, and 1 will cast about for something Tn the shape of a gold or copper mine. e."-Denver News.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-02
A sermon Chuara,

Rev. c, K. Jenness preached very interesting and instructive sermon to the children at the Methodist church Sunday morning. The ser vices, aside from the minister, were conducted by the children, the choir being composed of boys and girls, the stewards who passed the plate for the morning offering, being a girl and boy, while Douglas Aitkeu, the little son of MT. and Mrs. H. D. Aitken, and Irene Hesla, the little daughter of MT. and Mrs. O. A. Hesla, occupied a position on the platform, on the right and left, res positively, of the minister. The choir was drilled by Mrs. Thomas Smith and acquitted themselves very credItably. The ministeriDg of Samuel to the Lord was chosen as the theme of the sermon, and MT. Jenness gave a beautiful and im pressive talk to the little ones in a very simple and plain manner, how children can do good and form cor rect habits and grow up to be noble men and women.