Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-04-25
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS.

A SpllI IS FepOTteu diiiohS republicans.
 The base ball season opened in the east April 19.
 Pearl river, Louisiana, has reached it's highest mark since 1874.
 The BOer peace commissioners were biased with Queen Wilhelmina at The Hague.
 President and Mrs. Mckinley and a marty of friends are visiting New
 ersey.
 Winston Churchill estimates that it will take 250.0O0 men to put down the Boers.
 Henry E. Youtsey has pleaded not guilty to the indictment for the murder of Goebel.
 Five and a half million people are receiving aid in India, as a result of the famine.
 Dave Hill says there is harmony with a big "H" among democrats in | New York.
 A number of lives were lost near Meriden, Mississippi, by the bursting of a dam caused by the floods.
 Senator Wellington, of Maryland, is is said, has come out in opposition to Mckinley for a second term. The house committee on commerce has adopted the amendment to the Nicaragua canal bill in harmony with the Hay-POncefOte treaty.
 John Peters. colored, was shot and killed and then hanged near Blue mi rape on a 16-year-old white girl.
 The war department officials have been compelled to resort to the use of the canned roast beef for subsistence of the army in the Philippines.
 Geo. Hill, a passenger conductor on the Santa Fe road, while attempt ing to board q moving train, was thrown under the wheels and killed.
 The war department has taken up the question of reducing the tariff on American canned goods, preserves, etc. going to the Philippines.
 John w. Gates, of New York. shot himself when he discovered that he had been eliminated from the con trol of the American Steel Wire com pany.
 Uncle Sam's new ? per cent bonds are quoted at 104, notwithstanding the fact that the democratic party in sists that the country is going straight to smash.
 Admiral Dewey has written a let ter denying that he ever defined q democrat as being damned traitor in time of war and q damned fool ill time of peace.
 William Waldorf AstOr has wearied of drawing checks to keep the Pail Mall Magazine going, and is willing to sell the periodical 60 whOsoever has the money.
 No fewer than 10000 and perhaps as many as 5000 horses for military service in South Africa are to be purchased in the Chicago market by the British government
 After all the fuss made about it and all the expense and trouble the gold statue of the American girl for which Maud Adams stood will not be given space at the Paris exposition on the ground that it is private exhibition.
 A Chicago woman received twelve proposals of marriage within three days. Publicity was recently given to the fact that she earns a salary which is large enough to keep two people comfortably.
 Major General Schalkerger has been gazetted vice-president in succession to the late General JOubert, and Gen eral Louis Botha has been gaZetted Acting COmmandant General, sue ceeding General JOubert in command of the Transvaal forces.
 Billy Bryan is back in Texas again.
 Mrs Stanford has presented her mansion at Sacramento to Rt. Rev. Bishop Grace, of the Catholic diocese of Sacramento and his successors, to- gether with an endowment fund of S75,000 invested in interest bearing bonds. The mansion is to be known as the LathrOp-StanfOrd Children's home.
 The senate committee on military af fairs has reached an agreement to report the bill for the reorganization of the army with a number of amend ments. The bill cOnfers the rank of lieutenant-general upon the enior major-general, and that of major general upon the adjutant-general of the army. If the bill passes, General Miles realizes his ambition to be- come lieutenant-general of the army.