Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-01-11
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS.
E-chief of Police Lawrence H.r- ri2An. of St. Isonis s. da.S

On the ninety-6rst ballot tha deadlock in the Delaware house Of representatives vas broken. T. F. Clark. the regular republican, vas elected speaker.
 The south wall of a new hr;eh building being erected by LArkias S SeligmAn ia Visalia, California. collapsed and Eve men were buried 70 the ruins, ose Of thegn, Harry Hughes being fatally injured. l Several important rstirements in the army will occur durlng the cur EoEt year. brigsdieF-Genera Sfan- toBs aymaster-generAl, will retire % the 3Oth inst; Bugadier- General fiAgleF. chief of ordnance. luna Z4ih; Brigadier-GeneEal Sumner ia August next and and Brigadier-Gen- eral Shsfser, October 18th.
 General John Eaton has sailed Tor Porto Rico 10 undertake tha supervision of education ID the is- land. He was for sixteen years the United States commissioners of edu- cation. He was consulted in shap- lng the educational systems of Japan. Egypt, BuigarIs, BFazil. Chili and other South American countries. Two bills have been introduced in the house of the North Carolina legislature requiring sll railroads in the state to operate separate coaches Tor white and colored passengers. One of the bills is SD exact copy of the law now in force in Tennes.es winch has been declared eonstitu- tional.
 The side rod ofthe engine attach- ed to the fast mail train on tks Union Pacific road broke near Lar amsy, Wyoming. last Saturday, tssg- lng away the cab, stripping one sios of the engine and tearing up the track for considerable distance b. fore the train could be stopped Engineer Mark Wright, of Lasamse. was struck by the rod aud instantly killed.
 The Cleveland Paper comparv which was placed in the hands Of s receiver year and half age, wifh liabilities of over SSO0.000, has heen absorbed by the Standard Paper Erd Bag company.
 Although the army is still to some extent on war footing, the tFeas- ury income is keeping almost evea with the expenditures. The admit lstration deserves high credit fsr financial management during sast yesr of great and unexpected events.
 A Adispatch from Nusvisas, Cuhan town just occupied by our force4. states that the only style of carr | age ID the town is the or cart. and bicycle could not be ridden It fee F Road and street making in Cut4 will be lively industry during tks next few years.
 At the close of business last Thur day the receipts of the Denver min showed total of x20. 0.I95, ,9o6.6l frr the past year, compared with x11- 3730O045. for 1897. The gain equaia S7 ,S22, ,54464, or s triie over 63 per cent
 The handsome bequest of a ms who has just died in Chicago xss S5O,000 left to the neEsboys of that city. The donor himself began Efs as g newsboy and died . rich man. He didn't forget his start in life Here Is the best philanthropy.
 
 Financial authorities report thsi among the cities ID the United States San Frsecisco has the least an Philadelphia has the grestest debt The debt of San Francisco is 9lSS. 9l7 Ol. and of Philadelphia, S56,OO0,- s72Z2 IR the bOnded debt per capita Boston is the highest with s97, ,33, while San Francisco in the lowest, being 3S cents
 Col. Theodore RooseveIt was in sugurated governor of New York c Monday. In outlining the pclieyo his administration he touched upcn a variety of state issues, recommend ing a thorough reorganization oi the national guard. declaring agAins the proposition for biennial sessior of the state legislature, adEisine against too much labor legislatioE and suggests the adoption, in co fs as they are applicable for state r=s poses, of the rules that govern the federal civil service.
 Two thousand Russian immigrants are CD route to the Canadian north west to settle. The party is under the charge of Count Zerge TolatoE, son of the famous author.
 Henry Hsrrisoa Scott of San Francisco, and Miss Olive Farnng ton Sampson. daughter of Admiral Sampson, were maTried in Washing ton January f.
 General Ludlow has been placed in charge of the policing of the su- burbs of Havana
 Frank J. French, a San Francisco attorney. was found dead in his room al the Lick house. The room was slled with gas.
 An Anglo-American treaty Is CT Peeted to be ready to present to the senate in few days.
 Engineer Charles Clawson and Fireman ZOil of Sedalia. Missouri, were killed by the derailing of their engine, attacked to a Missouri Pacific passenger train
 United States Circuit Judge Nor row of San Francisco, has decided that the stamp tax on telegraph messages must be paid by the sender and not by the company.
 The board of trade at Vallejo, Cal, ssut letter to the secretary of the navy and shother to the house committee on naval affairs urging that some of the new ships of the navy be built al the government navy yards.
 Among the first matters to receive attention in the lower house of con- gress will be the bill providing . code of criminal ard penal laws Tor Alaska
 Preliminary steps have been taken in Denver for the organization os The United States Is to League l The object of the organization is to assist in the fusion of political par ties on basis of bimetallism- ft Is ' expected the league will take a | prominent part in politics. The MSfrorsolitan ale~atsd ro.d