Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-27

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 The new battle ship Kesrsarge has arrived m New York and will shortly make her trial trip.
 Ire bubonic plague has appeared in Assuncion, capital of Paraguay, iD South America.
 The cruiser Brooklyn has been as- signed to Admiral Schley for his flag ship.
 Over forty eight inches of rain fell inManila recently within forty-eight hours.
 Col. Hughes. Of Toronto, has undertaken to raise a regiment of Canadians for service in tbe Trans vaal.
 Twenty deaths from bubOnic plague took place at Hong Kong last week. Eighteen new cases have been officially reported.
 Seven colored miners were shot and killed and thirty wounded by white union miners at Carteryille, Illinois, on Sunday.
 Lieut.. Commander Winslow of the navy, was married Sept. IS 10 Mrs. Dora Hsvemeyer, a daughter of the sugar king of that name.
 Perry Belmont. who has just re- turned from Europe, announces his intention of continuing to oppose Bryan.
 Yellow lever is SO pad at Key West that the physicians cannot find time to make report on the number of cases.
 Prince David Wawanakos, nephew of e1-Queen Liliuokalani, said in an interview at Seattle that Hawaii was never SO prosperous as now.
 A. B. Bostany. representing an eastern syndicate. has secured an op- tion on 5000 acres ot land in Clay county. Ill, for the purpose of To- eating French colonists.
 One railroad in Massachusetts claims to have six locomotives cap able of running ninety miles an hour.
 or twenty-five railroads reporting operations for the first week of Sep tember not one shows a decrease, and only two of them have to report reduced earnings for the periods since January l and July ].
 Secretary Root has received in formation which has given assurance that enough ships will be secured to land all the troops in Manila by Christmas.
 William Rockefeller has been elected a member of the board of directors of the New York Central to succeed the late Cornelius Van debit.
 The servant gicl problem, in Chicago, Is becoming serious one. Owing 10 a scarcity of girls men are being employed to fill positions formerly occupied by girls, and they are now sending to California for Chinese.
 H. R Farley, sheriff of Monterey county, California, was shot and killed at Salinas last Sunday night while attempting to arrest man charged with arson. Farley was an eX-newspaper man and was the youngest sheriff ID the state, being only g years old.
 The Stockholm Afterbladt has re ceived a telegram from the master of the Norwegin cutter Martbs Laaszak, saying be had found. on 9, on the north coast of King Charles island, an anchor and buoy marked "Andree polar expedi- tion."
 Ii is said tat one of the probable results of the antitrust conference will be the conyening of several state legislatures in special session for the purpose of dealing with the trust problem.
 Miss Mary Crocker,s daughter of the late Col c. F. Crocker. has come into possession of property worth S4,000,00O her share of the estate left by her father. This places her in the Inst of the wealthy young women of the country.
 c. B. Cottrell X Sons, manufact- urers of printing presses, have de clined to ally themselves with the proposed printing press combine. As the firm controls 90 per cent of all the fast magazine presses made n the United States, its refusal is thought to mean the failure of the promoters plans. Those who ad- vocate a combine are New York men.
 A large serol'te fell near Sycamore, O., recently. It weighed over 800 pounds and burst into many pieces. The lip Ut of the meteor was blind ing and its roar in passing through the air was des' nilg. 1t made the earth tremble when .t struck.
 1t is estimated that the raise in the price of steel and steel wire will increase the cost of New Works new East river bridge S2,000,000. The contract for the main span has not yet been let, and the specifications for the cable wire have yet to be is- sued.
 Dewey has signiEed that he will accept the donation of a home as presented by the American people in the spirit in which it is given. The home will be purchased at the end of next week. As the admiral has preference to reside in Il f--