Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-29
NEWS NOTES AND cOHMESTs

John oAkS. an old eitlsea of AIbu-
 qa~rqae. committed suicide sa thst
 town reoeosly.
 General JoabeSt viii parson.llx command the Bocr troops to oppsss
 shs British Aivaaee for the relief of LacysEnifh.
 Prosperity has caused the ex-
 hanstioa of the reserve stock of coal ia New EOgland and . coal famine is feared.
 The War department has ordered toat the remains of Mai. Logan. k.tled n the Philippines, shall bs dlslnterred at the end or two weeks aud shipped 10 this country.
 Fort Casweli. as the mouth of Cape Fear River. \. c was damared 10 tbe extent of x500Ono bx tha recsnt hurricane.
 The AmeEiean Public Health s. soeiatson has declared smphaficaIly against the ase of food pressrvative preparations.
 Iae postmaster ol Bentley Springs Md, became tired of his position, and threW she eGeets of the post once lato mail ear, which carr.ed them to Baltimore.
 Prominent women of Anericus 0a- who are adhereats of the Christian Science faith refused to be vaceinated, and the mayor of the city has sentenced them to thirty days in iail
 "it is Bet true" said Senator Proctor, of Vermont, very emphat- leailF, that I am trying 10 start a Dewey boom for the presidency"
 The body of West Lawrence. the negro who assaulted a white wouaau near Pensacola, Fla. was found swinging from tree near the sceEs Of bis crime.
 General Funston thinks the Phil ipplne islands worth at least S250,- 0O0lO0, and that the United States would SS foolish to part with them for less.
 The fastest cruiser in the world has recently been completed for China The new cruiser is to be known as the Hai Ten, of 400 tons and under natural draught will have a speedPof 236 knots per hour. At this rate she could cross the Allan tic Tn about foEr and a half days.
 Rev. William Hart Dexter mys- terlously disappeared from bis home at Nyack. N. Y- and when he found himself be was in Asheville, N. He did not know be reached there it was probably hypnotic freak.
 There will be several interesting in the senate when congress meets. There are always contests Tor seats in the house and some times the congress has nearly ex- pired before they are all settled. but it is not usual for a senator's seat to be contested.
 President Kruger has refused the request 70 sliow Consul Maerum to transmit . list of British prisoners. Though Mir. Macrum still remains the nominal agent of Great Britain, he Is practicall deprived of all pow CTS pertaining to that position. President Kruger objected to Mr. Aserum on the ground that the United States claims to neutrality were prejndieed by her evident friendship for Great Britain.
 Five hundred men were discharg- ed from Cramps ship yard, Phila- delphia, on August l5. and last week 3OO were also discharged. It ls not on account Of the lack of work, but lack of steel, aud it is likely that l,50O more will be dropped within a week. There are large quantities of material at the yard, but it does not come in the order which is is required for use. Several ship yards on the lakes have had to close down entirely because they cannot get the steel they want.
 The Baldwin locomotive works of Philadelphia, have recently con stTueted two electric locomotives for the imperial government of Japan, where they will be used st the coal mines They arc the first engines of the kind which have been exported from America. Their height from the rail, exclusive of the trolley. is 2 teet 10 inches; width. feet 2inehes; length over end bumpers. II feet $ inches. The locomotive complete weighs l2.050 pounds and is of 2O- horse power It has a speed of 8 miles per hour.