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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
SOUTH AFRICAs PLAQUES.
At BuIuwayO Boots DeyOured by Ants-Rava&es of the
 Rinderpest.

South Africa imports hides, wool and mohair, and the ranchmen would revel in riches were it not for the various pests that decimate his flocks and herds. The most deadly one is the rinderpest, a cattle plaugle which in the last ten years has been slowly creeping from Central Africa southward, leaving a wake of whitened bones. In travelling through Natal I saw 50 oxen lying dead about a spring where they had tum- bled one over the other, so suddenly had the disease attacked them. It was almost impossible then to get an un- tinged piece of steak at a restaurant, though the proprietor resented any such charge, and a plethoric German traveller who called in Loud tone for roast rinderpest'' in the railread cafe at De Aar Junction, Cape Caapny, had to be picked up in fragments Dr. Koch and other eminent specialists tried in vain to stop this plague. Theppuntry is now recovering from it slowly
 Another pest is the tsetse fly, an in sect resembling our commonshouse fly, but three times as large. Its bite will kill horse, COW or any other domestic animal in about ten days, but, strange to say, does not affect wild animal or a human being. A less dangerous but more troublesome pest is the white ant, which is about one-quarter of an inch long and ubiquitous in many parts of the country. They live under the ground, and can only be routed by kill ing the queen, which sometimes reaches the size of one inch in length. This in- sect is particularly harassing in Rho desia. At Buluwayo my travelling com panion inadvertently left his boots on the floor after turning in at night, and he arose next morning to find the up pers carefully separated from the soles. Lucky you didn't leave your clothes on the floor" was the hotel keepers only consolation. These ants will eat through anything but metal, and for that reason much of the building is done with corrugated iron. The ant hill is one of the conspicuous landmarks in travelling over South Africa--Ainslee's.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
oblnar.

DIED-Thursdsy. January Is laoo at Chaparral. Ida. ths ktl,e| daughter of MT. and Nr& a. ".
 Murray of Lynx creek.
 The death of this child is pzrk,s- nlarlY sad. coming sflsr nzaTl weeks of great suffering horna ws<k' patience and sweetness few x<u4a persons could have squalle6. Anr@ than two months ago sks rscssxed a seemingly slight injury ca tAs Asa1 while playing in the ooor~ysrd A little later spinal nsnisgisss spe sA and in spite of all thsk cars Nn3 medical treatment could 6o tAs kt- tie one grew steadily w0z<a rAsss weeks ago she was taken to CAxn- arral for more frequent trsalz.sak and there she died SAa wa brought home for burial and hzsa to rest in a beautiful spot nssr tks foot of rugged granite no1nkaia m sight of the hone sAs had 1s1s brighter by her prsssaeS Mar friends assisted h the sSnpla sezs~ ice. singing at the grave Asr f4nos> ite song: Home Swsse Eozs. which she had trisd to slnx oaly . few days before her dsatA-
 Ida was the fourth aad yoa.zss< daughter, having not yss rsach~.3 her fifth birthday, and w.s a vsrF bright and promising eAl6 Ez sweet disposition woa the k.s sf all who knew her. and pars1ks nn1 friends will hold her ia tsz3sr r~- membranes.
 Frail blossom, shaken fro2 L51sa
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 Ere its first petals eoalo u.elosss White rosebud that will never hs
 An open rose.
 The winds of earth wsrs a1 10
 chill
 To speed your early hlosscasaS. So you were by s sxeetsr wi1
 Transplanted to eternal sp-sz< We yield you now to 6ssazasss
 rest
 Perehsnee in some uarsekoa@3 We'll find you, who have loss3 yoa
 best,
 A perfect flower.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
France Outside of Paris.

To get correct idea of the French nation one must abandon Paris and get out among the people of the provinces Paris is a sinkhole of rottenness, but the people who dwell outside that modern Gomorrah are sound and upright and patriotic, living wholesome and useful lives. When you get out in the rural districts, charming sight is presented of beautifully cultivated farms, each farm being as trim and neat as a flower garden. There is not foot of waste land to be seen. The first thing that strikes a stranger is the profusion of fruit. Nowhere can be seen more Jus cious pears, peaches and grapes Washington Post
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HENRY PATTERSON

It Is always a source of Aig
 pleasure to listen to ths wor1s
 warning to the dszaaera<s uA
 flow from the fertile and cz Hs
 WattersOn- That gslzanz ecz
 erner of the old rz< @s 1
 graceful pen has lns1s tks ccn-s
 Journal a tower of skrszx<a
 all that is best in tks esz .a looks out upon ths straaxe n<sz. sion led by Bryan and Alz<e1z |. dire fOrebOdings. This oo1zznn.1 gentleman, whose u,o1ssk & k shown him one to grac~ ze< .rn within the gift of hs uns.1s~ and justly admirsas ecnszi-s.a.s| stands seEenly by to SC zAe <>A tered line of soeialisu. ants-ss-z 1 Tlllmanism rush. Asadleag a 4 destruction Oaly nov sa2 akS he raises his voice against sAs nz. sophistry of cheap measy aaa no| tility to law. exhorts elszsacx au' conservatism, which is onlx so N drowned in the din e poPoeral| turmoil.
 Mir. Watterson boldly p-~aseez| the overhelming dsfsas eE M, Bryan in '96. and wAr.sd his pso.' that Americans are sare so azss. themselves against aaytAias |. plainly disastrous ss priaeiplss d voeated by the CAicsgo Plasle-n.
 MT. WattersOa stands fer Ansri can institutions, for soana mone~ order, and sound lava Hs A.ar. lessly voiced the seatinsass sAz plainly carried rspaelcaa prssi dent into the chair. and .ivoeaks. those principles thsf hzxs hssa a. effectively operated.
 Whatever may be sad of Esnr, Watterson as s frestra6sr s.d a old-school politician. aad wAsasxs, of opposition, he must necsssa.sl., meet as a democrat in rspaAke4z columns. he must always hs zz mItted scholar Prof0aadlx ssa- vinced of the eternal rigAssess.ss, ot the principles hs enhz.ess. .al as one who would rather hs rsSAl than president.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
HE QUIT HIS JOB.
A Minister Declares Himself, and
 Causes a Sensation.

An Associated Press dispatch from Oakland, California, says Rev James c. Machines, pastor of the Oak Leaf Congregational chapel today announced his retiremen; from the ministry. Said he:
 'T believe in dancing ana long list of other things that are tabooed by church-goers when indulged in by ministers. If a man needs a drink he has the right to take it. When 1 meet a man on the street like to slap him on the back and say: Hello there, BiIl,' in a good hearty voice, l believe in God and Christianity, but the church is burdened with false ideas and full of sinful hypocrities, and some of my friends who might be called 'lushers' are infinitely better sthan these frauds of piety.
 "The ministry is no place for a young man who wants his personal liberty. He must use too much hypocrisy and overlook too much hypocrisy in others"
 We trust that Rev. Machines will not fall by the wayside when he throws away his divine robes and gets into an athletic atmosphere like the one he pictures in his valedic- tory.
 Last week Prescott had an all- round divine slugger, but unfortu- nately for all concerned his doctrine was free booze and his chapel the saloon.
 The twin propositions above hurt the good cause of religion, and while Machines sentiments are but in keeping with general belief in the main, his "rubber-neck" pro clivities have evidently got the best of him, and he desires to have free and easy hand in the game of life. We admire him for his frank and candid manner, anyway.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

voiced the opinion of many sena- tors when he said that such dis cussion as was now in progress was of no consequence, as the country was confronted by state of facts that could not be changed by talk.
 Mir. Pettigrew's resolution of in quiry and Mir. Lodges substitute for it were laid on the table today and MT. Hoar's general resolution of inquiry as to the facts of the Philippine war was taken up. An effort of MT. Pettigrew to amend it so as to call for the presidents in- structions to the Paris peace commissioners led 10 a prolonged debate. After the senate had con- sidered the matter behind closed doors, the amendment was .ejected by vote of fl to 20.
 The debate for tke day was con cluded by MT. Vest, who made notable speech in opposition to the assumption in some quarters that every man who does not agree with the policy of the administration is traitor to his country. MT. Vest threw into his utterances. all the nervious force and energy aad all the accomplished oratorical ability for which be is famed, and com handed the attention of the senate through put.
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ROBERTS A PoLYGAMIsT.
Such Is the Unanimous Finding of the Investigation Committee-Commit- tee Divided as to Mode of
 Procedure.

Washington, Jan. 17.-The spe- cial committee of the house of rep resentatives to investigate the case of Brigham H. Roberts of Utah to- day reached a final conclusion. On the polygamous status of MT. Rob erts the committee was unanimous and agreed upon a formal state ment of facts. On the question oi procedure to be adopted the com mittee was divided. The majority consisting of all the members ex- cept Littlefeld of Maine and Dear mond of Missouri, favored exclus- ion at the outset. Messrs. Little field and Dearmond will make a minority report favorable to seating Roberts on his prima facie rights and then expelling him.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
War Matters.

Pretoria, Jan. 16.-As a result of the bombardment of MafekIng yes terday :he Britist fort at Eeastwafd was demolished and the British re- tired. One Boer was wounded. Ad- vices from the head larger at Lady smith report that the attack on that place January 6 was disastrous to the British and that Ladysmith ap- pears to be in sore straits.
 London, Jan. 16.-The complete absence of news from Natal proves that the censorship will allow noth- ing to pass until General Buffers plans are executed or have failed.
 Even General Roberts in his re- port of yesterday evening refrained from mentioning Natal.
 Rensberg, Cape Colony, Jan. 16.- The Boers this morning attempted to rush up hill held by a company of the Yorkshires and the New Zelanders, but they were repulsed at the point of the bayonet. The Beers had twenty-one men killed and about fifty wounded.
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Shooting Tourrasens.

The seventh annual to1raA1saa of the ArizOna SpOEtsnaa Sssoeiar tlOn will be held ak Tocsoa aa3sz the auspices of the Blue Roek Gaa club on Jannsry M, 2 8 The ~ vised American association Fu,sa will govern all events Iadixa3aal and team championships Wll1 he confined to actual residsnes of tAs territory All purses, Unlsss oaAsz~ wise specified, will be divSds6 snso four monies, 40, S0 9 and lo pee cent. All monies tied for to es d. vided, except when all iassrsxesa prefer to shoot of Tsrgsss ehs-g~1 for at 3 cents, live birds st s esaes each and deducted iron parss& Al single targets will bs shot os Ssr geant system Pairs and hvs kir3s one man up. All events excsPssas the championships will hs Asaa- capped. The handicap eo@@iksss will have the right to change Aaad- caps as the shoot procss6A
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mistress-'Have you washed the fish?" Bridget-"Shure, mum, an what's tn use? Isn't it right out ay tn water, mum?"-Ohio State Journal
 Teacher-''What happens when q mans temperature goes down as far as it can go?" Smart Scholar-'He has cold feet, ma'am.' Christian Register
 Say, I never heard two men hold such exactly opposite views on the same point. Who are they?" Professional medical experts" - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Singleton-''Do you agree with the doctors who consider kissing danger ous?" Benedict-"Oh, yes" Singleton What dread effect do you think is likely to arise from it?" Benedict Marriage. e."-Pearson's
 Harduppe-"You advertise that you buy books. What'n you give me for this one?" Dealer-"We don't want anything less than a whole library" HarduppeI'Well, this is my whole h- brary. ."-Philadelphia Press.
 Professor-"Mr. Drone, I am aston ished that you cannot remember any of the quotations called for in to-day's lesson. Can you recollect any quotation of any kind?" Student-"Yes. sir. Any fool can ask questions '"-Boston Transcript.
 seeker-"That's quite fine horse you've been buying. What have you named him?" Sageman-''Great Bar gain" Seeker-"Ahl Great Bargain, eh? Then it was another of your shrewd investments?" Sageman-"Oh, that had nothing to do with the name I call him Great Bargain because my wife can drive him" ."-Boston Courier.
 This conversation took place at the public library: Gan you tell me where the genealogical room is?" asked the pleasant-faced old woman of the polite colored attendant. Pathological room, ma'am? Yas, ma'am. The gin'ral room is up one flight, ma'am, and the logical room is up two flights, ma'am. Yas, naturalization Journal
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Looks Right.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The senate committee on inter-oceanic canals today agreed unanimously to report a bill for the construction of the Nicaraguan canal. The bill is the same as that reported favorably in the house by the committee on inter state and foreign commerce with a few verbal amendments.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
A citx Rn,1t Lead.

The name "Leadville, Col.," does not imply that the dwellings and paving are made of lead, but there is city in Africa where that mineral is used sue cessfully for building purposes. Byra is the town of this rather extensive town, which has over 300 buildings built of pure lead. Three very fine public buildings, with beautiful ornainenta- tions, have been constructed from pure lead. Besides durability the cheapness of the mineral is a great consideration. Thus the construction of any of these very elaborate buildings never exceeds the cost of SsO,OOO.-N. Y. Herald.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

The republican lssds<s ia sc.- gress have gotten Iired SE tka 3e14E of the democrats in discnssinz tAa financial bill Day after dsx le has been laid aside because 70 ssaAsoE was ready 10 speak Naturally tAs republicans have 10 call to 1sts1a it when it Is not attacked Se1ztc< Aldrich has now given Rotics tAas he will insist on the ds2oer1Es either debating or voting tAss wssk- This Is as il should bs TAs hS4 ought to bs passed and gcsse2 o1a of the way.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

Brig. Gen. A. W. Greedy, chief signal officer, who was attacked by a drunken man at Washington, D. O., is recovering from his injuries.
 Leander J. Mccormick, S1 years old, the last of the three brothers who made the Mccormick reaper and other machinery, is dying at Chicago.
 Japanese at Vancouver, B. o., have organized corps which has offered its services to the British government to fight against the Boers.
 Elizabeth Gladstone, aged 63 years, of San Francisco, has re- covered judgment against Joseph Boardman, aged 72 years, for breach of promise of marriage.
 The stoppage of Lieut.. Gilmore's pay in the belief that he had been killed by his Filipino captors has raised rather interesting question at the war department.
 Col. de Villebois, the French tactician with the Boers, announces that an official Boer announcement recognizes him as the victor of O. lenso, he having prepared the bat tie.
 Congressman Fitzgerald, in g speech at a Jackson day banquet ir Boston, warned the democratic party that it could not win the com. ing presidential election by oppos ing the administration policy il the Philippines.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
A FruitIess Debate.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The senate is still in the throes of the discus sion of the Philippine question and apparently there IS no near ap- proach to deliverance from the sub ject. MT. Vest of Missouri today
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
Two of a Kind.

Columbus. Ga, Jan. 16.-Captain J. w. Murphy, cashier of the Thlrd National bank of this place, shot and killed the teller. P. T. Schultz and then killed himself, on after the bank opened today.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

No party with a str0ag A1ss@z~ pansion plank can eO22a21 tAa united support of the se1kAsza states. except by the sxsreiss of tAs characteristic methods of tAe Ss2 oerats in that part oF sh= coaak-y.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

Jackson Is the inearnaksc0 0f kAs westward expansion Of car rsA What would he say fl As s24 Ass successors opposing sxpaassoa la his namef
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complet.---
 The whole tenor of such news as has dribbled in from South Africa during the last forty-eight hours in- dicates that a combined forward movement of comprehensive character is proceeding.
 An epidemic of la grippe appear ed at Barcelonia and the mortality has increased. Half the population is bedfast.
 At Frankfort, Ky, ex-Congress- man David J. Colson shot and killed Ethelbert Scott and Luther De- mare this afternoon. The killing occurred in the lobby of the Capitol hotel.
 At Indianapolis Mrs. Ellen Crosby had a narrow escape from being buried alive in Crawford county She had been pronounced dead by the physicians and came to life again.
 A dispatch from Washington oi January IA says that Lieutenant Samuel Howard, U. S. N, the pilot and last of the officers and crew o Ericcson's Monitor during her mem orable engagement with the Merri mac, died here from concussion o the brain, the result of a fall. Ht was 90 years of age and for mort than fifty years had traversed th' ] seas,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

New York haroor A2s esco@s ~ clogged with gArbags tAak aAa largest ships cannot gst lnsosG EAas is one of the penalties 0f Ts@@aa4 rule.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
Londoners Still Anxious.

London, Jan. 17.-The public aux iety rIgarding the advance on Lady smith remains unappeased and the vague rumors that a general en- gagement is progressing purporting to emanate from Durban and Pet ermaritzburg are based solely on the belief that General Buffers arrange ments to advance would be con- pleted Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
The Plague.

San Francisco, Jan. 19 - The steamer Doric reports fresh out break of the plague, six deaths hay ing occurred between the departure of the steamer China which arrived here on Monday and the departure of the Doric which left Honolulu January 13. This brings the total number of deaths from the plague for the present outbreak up to twentY-eight, and it is understood that there are twenty-six cases in the hands of the health officials.
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Coming Back.

Manila, Jan. 16.-General Wheeler will return to the United: States this week. Three additional cases of bubonic plague have been reported.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
An Artillery DuelEEEa

Presberg, Cape Colony, Jan IT, The Boers opened an artillery duel Tuesday morning, using a captured British fifteen pounder which the British gunner, ultimately sIIeHced. The British &ept up searching fire all day long or the Boer kopjes aud also dragged up another gun to the summit of Koleskop.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

Civil government for Puerto Rico will probably be the first meas ure reported by the house commit tee on insular affairs.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
!.ate News From the Front.

Spearman's Camp, Jan. 2l, 9 p. m General Warren was engaged all day yesterday. chiefly on his left which he swung forward about a couple of miles. The ground is very difficult aud as the fgh ting is al the time uphill it is difficult to say ex- actly how much we have gained, but l think we ars making substantial progress.
 Later.-General Warrens en- gageme:It continues. He has forced the enemy from their position. The Lancashite and Irish brigades are advancing steadily.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
THE LATEST NEWS.
War.

London, Jan. 19.-Q2:3O a. m D. At midnight the war office announc- ed that it had no further news for publication. When questioned with regard to the rumored British vic tory and the relief of Ladysmith the officials replied that they had received no information to bear out either feature of the runor and were inclined to think that serious fighting must precede the relief of the town.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
Latest.

The war office has received the following from General Butler: "In order to relieve the pressure on Gen. eral Warren and to ascertain the strength of the enemy in position in front of Potgriter's, drift, Gen. eral Lyttleton made a reconnois- sance in force yesterday. This kept the enemy in their trenches.
 A cruical battle was proceeding which brought a continuous stream of inquiries of all classes. Some gloomy fore5odings were caused by bulletin announcing that nearly 300 had been wounded. but in gen. eral cheery confidence was expressed Tn the success of General Buffers moving.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24

In true western fashion a lone robber, masked and armed, cleaned out two restaurants in the center of Kansas City at 6 o'clock Monday morning, under .he glare of the electric lights. He got S200 and escaped.
 General Felipe Berriozabal, Mex ico's minister of war, is dead.
 The application for public de. posits in national banks have nearly reached $30,0O0,O00, the limit fixed by Secretary Gage.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
Butler Crosses the River.

London, Jan. 18.-The war of fec has received the following dis patch from General Roberts from Cape Town, dated today: "I have received a telegram from General Butler stating that one brigade and howitzer battery have crossed the Tugela river at Potgrieters drift Five miles farther west at Tricnards drift, General Warren has thrown a pontoon bridge over the river. By this, part of his force crossed yes terday. The remainder is expected by this morning to be on the nort'l bank. Warren hopes he will be able to turn the enemy's position, whio h is five miles off to his right front, and is being strongly entrench1 ed"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
Ambushed.

ReDsberg, Cape Colony, Jan. 1S- A patrol composed of sixteen men of the New South Wales lancers and South Australians was am pushed yesterday by the Boers and overwhelmed after a severe fight Eight of the detachment escaped and have arrived in camp. The re- mainder were killed or captured.
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London, Jan. 19.-It was rumored on the stock exchange this morning that after eighteen hours fighting Ladysmith had been relieved that General Warren had been killed.
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Bad Business.

Manila, Jan. 22.-The escort of fifty men of Company c, Thirtieth infantry, Lieutenant Ralston com manding, which was ambushed near Lipa, consisted of fifty convales- cents from the hospital. who were going to rejoin the regiment. The insurgents hid in the bushes along the road and opened fire upon the pack train from three sides.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-24
Political.

Frankfort, Jan. l9.-The h, airing of the testimony on behalf of Coy ernor Taylor and Lieutenant Gov ernor Marshall began this after noon. There are grave fears of trouble when it is found that many of the witnesses cannot possibly be heard. Colonel Colson is still in jail carefully guarded.
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Entered in the Postoffice at Prescott as sec
 ond class matter
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pIentv of Idon, at Cb,copo.

There is a man fin Connecticut whe is building an ark and preaching that the world is soon to be visited by another flood. When he gets ready to purchase his supply of lions, says the Chicago TimesHerald, he will find the stock at the Lineo,I perl ..o .hoth elegant and
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Spearman's Camp, Natal, Jan. 19. The Boer trenches have been per sistently shelled by the naval guns all day long. Small parties of Boers were seen at intervals and a large force from the direction of Ladyslnith was seen.