Arizona weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1885-1903, 1900-05-09

If we pust whip Turkey let's do il
before Thanksgiving-Alb Albuquerqut
Citizen.
Judge Simon E. Baldwin. of the
Connecticut state supreme court. fav-
ors the whipping post for petty of
tenders, especially wife-beaters.
The long strike in the building in
dustry in Chicago. has paralyzed all
branches of industry and involved over
one hundred thousand laborers.
british expenditures are running So
000000 week beyond revenue Uncle
Sam is settling up his war account.
and last month ran S4.0O0.0OO Il week
ahead of expenses.
The expectation of gold to Eurnpe
means that London is unloading Amer
lean securities. This is good thin..
The profits will remain in America
instead of crossing the water.
The word ''incircumscriptiblen
has ceased to be the longest word in
the English language. as new Oxford
dictionary viii contain the word non
intercommunicability."
Francis Murphy, the temperance
worker, celebrated his 65th birthday
April "a, while conducting the last
OF Il series of meetings in Indianapo-
lis.
Loren F. WOlcott, of Sparta. Wiscon-
sin. has just celebrated his 10Oth
birthday. He is in good health anu
has resided in Wisconsin since 1851.
His father and mother both lived To
be centenarians.
Richard Croker. the Tammany boss.
has a vast collection of the caricatures
made of him during his political career
and occasionally spends Il more or less
enjoyable hour looking over the late
additions.
Captain o. NJ. Carter who was con
victed of embezzlement of a large sum
of money while nj the government EN-
ploy. has at last been landed in the
entire precipitation during the year OF
and set to work as a bookkeeper
The speaker declined to recognize
Mr. Sulzer of New York on Monday
when the latter tried to press motion
for suspension of the rules to get his
pro-Boer resolution considered in con
gress.
General Young reports that the Fill
pino insurgents have reaSSembled in
considerable force in the mountains
near Tino, and he desires to strike
Them before the rains commence and
asks for reinforcements.
A detachment of the Forty-seventb
regiment routed a band of FilipinOs be
tween Legaspi and Riago in the prov
ince of Albay on April 13. Two Ameri-
cans were killed and five wounded. in
cluding two officers. The Filipinos lost
heavily.
Senor Alberti, editor of a Cuban pa
per, was shot and instantly killed by
an unknown assassin in a theatre in
Santiago Alberti was an active pOliti-
cian- The paper recently criticised the
actions of American officials.
\ tornado destroyed one-third of the
houses of Cara, Denton county, Texas.
on Saturday. No one was hurt. Sew
eral houses at Little Elm were also
destroyed and several people injured
Judge Cantril has ordered a change
of venue from Frankfort to Scott
county. Kentucky, for trial in cases
of Powers, Davis, Youtsey and others
charged with completely in the Goebel
murder.
United States Ambassador Choate
has asked Lord Salisbury for explana-
tons as to the alleged abuse OF inter
national rights in the case of the Amer
lean ship Sea Witch which was board
ed by the British warship Wasp within
the three-mile limit of Portuguese ter
ritory in East Africa
Florence Loretta Mackay. of San
Francisco, has begun suit against DR..
J. II. Shirley for S2O,15O. alleging that
he agreed for $50 to cure her of what
he told her was cancer. but that
paralyZed. and that she will never
be able to get along without the At
tendance of a nurse.
The Black Bridge trestle. south of
st. Charles. Missouri. was washed out
and caused the wreck of the Katy
Flyer, the fast incoming passenger
train of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas railway John Boyle. fireman.
was killed and E. L. Palmer, engineer.
was fatally injured.
In our military operations in Cuba
the army expenses have been paid by
the United States The only Cuban
money expended for army purposes
has been S1,300,0OO to build and reno
vate barracks. a permanent improve
ment for the island. 1t would be hard
to find Uncle Sans equal for disinter-
ested generosity.
Reports from South Africa state
that there is every prospect of sharp
fighting on the new scene of opera
tons. as the general movements of
the various columns are taken TO in
dicate that Lord Roberts is deplOyins
his arms preparatory to beginning his
northern march. 1t seems likely that
his intention is to advance simultane-
ously from Kimberly, Bloemfontein
and Ladysmith. with a view of pre-
venting the Beers from concentrating
their forces at any given point.
Richland, Missouri, with Il pOpula-
ton of 916 persons. has not a negro
living within its corporate bounds. \
few days since a family of negroes
moved in, securing Il vacant house he
longing to John C. Evans. of South
land. They had scarcely got into the
house before they were subjected To
many petty annOyances, and hints
were given them that they must move.
\ request was also made of Evans
that he eject the negroes from his
premises. He went to town to inveSti-
gate. and found that sentiment was
against the negroes. Evans got into
an alteration with John Marks con
cerning the matter. when the latter
struck him. Evans returned the blow
using Il knife and inflicting Il slight
wound behind Marks ear. The ne
grees have moved and Evans has been
arrested.