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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
DEMOCRATIC FAIRNESS.


 Governr Murphy need not care so much for the petty bowwOws of the little parry puppies of the opposition. These little things never bite, and even their bOwwOws are rather amusing than otherwise. A man without ene- mics is rather to be cOmmiserated than applauded. and in the case of our gov ernOn the act which is held up against him was one of the very things which should have brought him the support of the people - that proclamation against fraudulent mining companies If he was not right why didn't the pro- scribed companies sue him for libel, as there are more fraudulent companies organized under the laws of the terri tory of Arizona every year than even the robber state of New Jersey, and yet reputable papers will give them cOuntenance.-MOha Miner.
 The above is refreshing reading com ing as it does from so pronounced democratic source as the editor of the MOhave Miner. As a rule alleged criti ciSms emanatinS from that source are nothing more or less than a mass of personal tirade without any attempt to discuss the merits or demerits of the subject treated In fact the latter are usually overlooked in the personal of the individual
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
LATE MANILA NEWS.
AguinaldO Issues Another Proclama- tion-Americans Intiict Terrible
 Punishment on FilipinOS.

Recent advices from Manila state that q proclamation purporting to have been issued by AguinaldO. dated May |. from POlillO island. one of the Phil ippine group. east of LuZOn, is circulat- ing in Manila. It says the commission appointed by President Mckinley was appointed without the authorization of congress. and that hence it cannot treat officially.
 IL urges the FilipinOs not to surrend- CT their arms at the instigation of the commission and on promises which congress may not ratify. and also urges the FilipinOS to enthusiastically welcome the commission when it arrives in the towns and provinces, asking boldly for the form of government they most desire. as the Americans permit Tree dom of speech.
 In the Catarma fight. island of Sa- mar. May 1. about 700 of the enemy attacked the men of the FOrty-third infantry. The Americans killed 2O9 of the rebels by actual count. Only three Americans were wounded.
 The transport LennOX has returned here after landing four troops of the Eleventh cavalry to reinforce Colonel U. F. Bell. Two troops. Major Hugh T. Slime commanding. were landed at Le- gaspi and proceeded across the cOun- try to strengthen the garrison at I.iagaO. They found numerous in uenchments manned by insurgents be tween the towns and were two days on their way. skirmishing. dismOmted constantly. Their only loss was three horses. The officers report that they killed forty insurgents. but the natives declare eighty were killed.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
HAVANA FRAUDS.

Havana. May 1T.-Thc extent of post 3l frauds i> lar greater than what was sri-.fnalIy expected. Besides taking m tlin postal department. the frauds seem To nat only include the Havana office and various others throughout the island. but also to have extended to outside points which have been used for the sale of some of the old issues stamps that were ordered destroyed Several arrests will be made tolnor TOW.
 Washington. May IA discussion of the administration of affairs III Cuha by agents of the United States occupied the attention of the senate during the greater part of today's ses sion. AIr Bacon of Georgia addressed tbe senate at length on his resolution directing the committee on relations wilb Cuha to make an investigation ol thp conduct of the financial allalrS ol the island.
 He said it was due the people of thi' country Co know just how aHalrS II the island were being conducted ah' since the disclosures of the past lew days had been made with respect l' thc alleged miSappropriation ol Iulld' ] in the postal service. the obllgatlol l uDon congress to make an inVestlga
 ton was douhy heavy. lie urged
 that the honor of the country depend
 ed upon its being able to clear away
 the fraud and corruption which, !
 was charged. had been discovered.
 He insisted that thc government o
 the United States had no authority Il
 Cuba and demanded to know how sooi
 ir proposed to redeem it's pledge an'
 leave the government of the iSlan'
 tD its inhabitants.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
FALL OF KROONSTADT.
Here Details of the Capture of This
 Important Place by the English.

Mere Details of the Capture of This
 Important Place by the English.
 KroonSradt. May 2O.-The dispatches telling of the operations that resulted in the occupation of this place have been necessarily incomplete, owing to the fact that the censor placed a re Striction on the number of words Of each correspondent. II can now be St9fed. however. that General French's fiaDking movement was very effective, actuaUv causing the evacuation of Kroonstad when the British opened fire at midday A charge would have beep more effective. but tine horses of rhe Fourth brigade were dead" tired after their march of forty miles; and, though the order for q charge was given. very few of the troopers really got home
 When the Fourth brigade reached the Valsch river they seized Bosch noort. They then crossed the river and took q strong position on the north side. The first brigade covered the south side of the river. Three thou sand RocrS were detached from the force at Kro0nstad to prevent the aanking movement. but they would not attack the British.
 DeSult0ry smelling ended in thelr re iiremcnt. and il was necessary to em- pluv only 3eO British tO rcpulSe them. The next morning the road to kroon- Stad was clear and the town was en- tered.
 On Monday 300 Free State Boers apuIied for passes to return tO their 1 farms and laid down their arms. The scene outside the provost marShalS office has not been paralleled since the beginning of the campaign. The burghcrS rode. drove or walked in to surrender. sometimes accompanied by their wives and children. Their only l concern. apparently was that they should not be mOleStcd if they returned to their homes.
 There were 10000 BoerS here on Fri day. Most of the Free State burghers disperSed before the British advance, and did not retreat with the Trans vaalerS The Dutch cOlOniSts from l Colesberg and other places went north with the retiring BOerS. The burghers took with them all f locomotives to the Eaal river. The .aSt train. which 1 carried dynamite. S,lrted north from VenterSburg- which is south of KTOon- stad-three hours before the British arrived.
 The Bocrs carried 200 casas of rum to the river bed. where they destroyed them prior to the entry of the British They also set fire to the railway freight
 shed and station. The railway off
 cials are thought to have sanctioned
 the burning of these buildings, and they have been arrested.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
CAPTURED AT WATERING.

Lorenzo Marquez. May 11.-It is re ported that COmmandant ElOff and q Boer force. who attempted 10 entel Mafeking during the fighting on May i2. were surrounded by the garrison who killed seventeen and captured Eloff and ninety BOers.
 From the most reliable sources il appears that the Boers. using artillery attacked the town Saturday. Very soon the Kafiir location was in flames some say as the result of shell fire others as the result of treachery. Fight ing at close quarters became general and in the midst of the confusion the BoerS gained possession or fine kaifil location. from which point of vantage they brought guns to bear on tht town at close range.
 By an adroit move the garrison. de spite it's attenuated numbers. sue creded in actually surrounding this force. Severe fighting followed and thp BoerS were finally compelled t' surrender
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
RICHARD CRoKER's DILEMMA

Boss Croker is getting to be disliked on account of his- English proclivities. and now is becoming intensely disliked in England because of the prO-BOer sentiment of Tammany. of which he is the chief. as will be seen from the fol lowing from an English paper:
 Tt has escaped notice in this cOun- try that the American welcome to the Boer delegates has been inspired and encouraged by Tammany Hall. which is controlled by the. notorious boss, Richard CrOker.
 'The records of Tammany are all ready black enough without the addi- ton of this new infamy But what makes the action of Tammany pecu- liarly infamous now is the fact that Croker claims the hospitality of an English dOmicile, poses as an English country gentleman and runs race horses on the English turf. yet is aid ing and encouraging the worst of Eng lands enemies.
 "CrOker's position is practically on all fOurs. with that of the Duke of O. leans. except that perhaps he does not carry that taint of personal uncleanli- ness which made his highness of Or leans unfit to associate with his re- Spectable fellow creatures. The Duke has already paid the penalty of hay ing fallen under this ban of social Os- traciSm.
 "CrOker is having excellent reasons for not spending more of his time in America than he can help. He has bought MOat House. Vantage. His claims upon our hospitality have all ready been fully recognized, for he is admitted to various sporting clubs of more or less importance. We now ap- parently desire to qualify as an Eng fish land owner by encouraging the voters whom he controls in New York to express sympathy with men who are engaged in shooting the sons and brothers of other English land owners.
 This may be American politics. but it may be doubted whether it will com mend itself to the members of those clubs which CrOker has hitherto ire quented or Englishmen who live in the district where he bought himself a home.
 If CrOker finds that the bracing air of the United States does not invaria- bly suit his constitution. he should se- cure the calm SecluSiOn of an Italian villa within reach of the Duke of Or leans. whose company he will probably find cOn0pnial"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
THE LATEST FROM ROBERTS,

London. ay 1S.-The following is the text of Lord Roberts dispatch To the war office from krO0GStadt:
 ..Methuen entered HoopStadt yester- day unoppOSed. Generals Buprey and Daniels and fOr;y men surrendered BroadwOOd occupied Lindley yester- day after slight opposition. Only two of our men were wounded. Steyn was not there and his government officials had left Saturday. HUtton'S moun'ed infantry yesterday surprised and cap tured about thirty miles northwest Of this place COmmandant Botha. Field COrnet GaSSen. five Johanncshur@ DC licemen and seventeen BoerS. There were no casualties on our side Butler reports the Natal farmers are handin" in arms"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
RESTLESS INDIANS.

Washington. D. C.. May 1G.-Therc are some indications of trouble with thc Indians. From agencies of the thcyenneS and the Sioux rather alarm ing reports have reached the Indian bureau. They represent that prepara- tiaaS for ghost dances have begun. II will be remembered that the most Seri- rf-S outbreak of recent years started in this way. Ghost dancing K the prelim- iuary step to going on the warpath. It is a ceremony that has been forbidden Sfe1S are being taken to check the presentations. but the rp0ris of agents indicate that some show Of force may 'c necessary To bring the bucks tu their senses. This k the favorite time er year for ghost dancing. but this year the inclination Co begin hosiiliiies seems unusually strong.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
AN ALABAMA PICNIC.

Huntsville. May 13.-During a gen
 eIal fight in the baggage car of an eN- cutrsion train from Birmingham today J. r. Blount. of sheffield. fell from the train and received fatal Injuries. NJ
 F. Elount. of Sheffield. received a Stat i'm the threat and Berney Patterson of Cherokee. received a stunning blow cu 1he head. The fight was the out come of a difficulty between Will Pat terSon. marshal of Cherokee. Alabama and M r. Blount. Three Patterson boys and two BloUnt boys joined in but the third brother. l. T. BlOunt was drunk and avoided the fight. In some manner he fell from the train and there are several who testify that he walked out of his own accord Bl0unt is in a hospital here and will die. Berney. Will and Houston Patter son are under arrest here. The fight occurred west of Madison. Alabama.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
ABOUT PATENTING MINES.
A Recent Decision in Regard to Elm bracing Several Locations in a
 Group Explained


 bracing Several Locations in
 Group Explained.
 The following article from the West ern Miner and Financier fully and completely answers inquiries which have recently been prOpOunded to the officers of the local land office here, as well as to the editor of the Journal Miner, on the subject of applying for patents for groups of mines:
 "A recent decision of the general land office has Occasioned quite a stir in mining circles. the ruling being appar- ently to the effect that in applying for patent to a group of claims the applicant must show that $500 worth of work has been done on each claim in the ground.
 For several years the practice of the land office has been that where a shaft costing $500 was sunk on group of five claims it was regarded as suffi- cient for patent for the entire group The decision referred to seemed to re verse this ruling by requiring each claim to be developed to the extent of $500 Later information shows that the change in practice is not so sweep iAAr- stN iA hASA NhBBONCu- III Ndcc involved, the applicant endeavOred to apply the work done on ground for which a patent was issued in 1875 as the SJ00 assessmeint work on a claim of a more recent date, and the applica ton was denied. Under some rulings the land office accepted work done on patented claim as a sufficient compli ance with the law requiring $500 worth of work to be done when applied to contiguous claims subsequently, lOcat- ed. The land office now holds that this practice is not in accordance with the law. The register of the Salt Lake land office announces officially that where the work is done and the i'm provements made upon a single claim of group. the claims of the group consolidated and the whole group em- braced in one entry and application for patent. there is no change in the prac- tice and this work and improvement will be sufficient for the whole group"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
BRITISH OCCUPY LTNDLEY

London. May 1S.-Lord Roberts re- ports the occupation of Lindley. forty miles north of Eroonstadt. and the capture of one BOtha. though ii iS not believed tO be the famous com- mandant General French has located the BoerS in force at Bhen0ster spruit. thirty-five miles north of kroonStadt. The enemy is strongly entrenched.
 Roberts also reports that the British have wi1hdrayn from ChriStIana in -he TranSvaal This move iS not under stood here. No news from MafcEing has vet been received.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
MIR. BOUGHTON'S OUTING.
He Writes Very Entertainingly of His Enjoyable Experiences in Europe.

IAt W IlteS ' cry EuleTJdluluSly Ol HIS Enjoyable Experiences in Europe.
 J. BOUghtOn, who has resided in Ari- ZOna for about twenty years without leaving its confines except very few times, and who left here for the Paris exposition some time since, writes very entertaining letters to his friends of his experiences there and of the en- jOyment which he is receiving. In one of these dated at Zurich, May .. he says:
 Il find this a most delightful city in many ways, though 1 am hampered by not being able to prOnOunce-even tO read-names of streets. etc.
 Fl reached here last night about 5:30 o'clock and tiid the town somewhat un- til midnight. including going to circus held in a real canvas tent Took street ears wherever they would lead; got back as best I could. Took an hours ride on a steam launch on the Zee. I leave for BalSe tonight; thence for Paris again tomorrow.
 While in London I bought a sort of cicular railroad ticket to Paris; thence to Marcielle. Niece. Genoa. Milant. Lucerne. Zurich. Balse aud thence again to Paris; thence from Paris to Brussels. Sstende. Dover and London
 II shall not attempt to write you any of the impressions received thus far. as I want something to talk about when I meet you again; but will say that the scenery form say. Lake Como tO Zurich iS most entrancingly beauti- ful and grand-by far exceeding any thing heretofore seen by the subscriber. We have nothing to compare it with. Our scenery is different; our Grand canyon iS awful in it's sublimity- a freak of creation that is appalling to the spectator: while the Alps seem more in accordance with the general plan of creatiOn-mOre natural. more to he enjoyed as an everyday luxury
 Yesterday. for the first time in my life. l attained to a realizing sense of how it is that the Swiss love their mountain homes so dearly Time for sightseeing is too precious to waste m writing"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23

iS interested in the announcemkf
 Jim Corbett has decided 10
 congress on the democratic ticiSct. the ''tenderloin." or Twelfth. cQnet Sional district as it is officially sfyS is heavily democratic, all he nee the nomination. That. his m9s and friends have decided. ShalI3z cured for him. COrbett's friends r- as precident 10 his ambition. to history of John MorriSsey. Ipf language of an ardent supporter. -aga hett has MorrisSey cheated to deay when il comes to wearing a dress Si Corbett himself iS modest in Spea of his ambition.
 "I am not so sure" said he tOd.. that I shall run, although my friefl. suggested that I stand for the ,ath4 Mir CcClellan is not going to n again, and some one will have to tad his place. If I do say it myself. don't see why I should not run as-wt as the next man. Political life hrr5i attraction for me, although I gu acknowledge I have never sa@n Il great topics of the day more than passing thought, but I am willing train for them just as earnestly as have trained for any other contes and am willing to stand by the rult therefore that the speaker of the hou' may decide upon."
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
A GILDED BRICK IS SHE.
The Peculiar Ways of Lottie Smith, the Cripple.

IOttie Smith. who a short time ago worked Arizona to perfection in the roll of poor crippled orphan, but who was made to disgorge $!OO to the city of Prescott by Police Judge John Bau- der. is a persistent yorker. as well as q successful d0dger of the police. gener- ally. Judge Bauder has just received q copy of tine Bedding. California. Free Press which contains the follow inc account Of her dOinGs in northern California and Oregon:
 Many Bedding people. particularly thcsS about town, will. remember a poor crippled girl who hobbled up tO them a week ago and offering the fearful story of her life printed on a red lealiet begged a little assistance to help her get to a bushes college where she could fit herself for her un- even battle with the world. She was fraii. was this young girl; her face twiichpd with pain as she spoke: one foo. swung helpless: sine supported herself with crutch. atd her golden hair was hanging down her back.
 Many person shelled out his small chaHce and went his way swelled up with the pleasant sensation of his own charity. But the pleasant swell ing will suffer q detlatiOn when these charitable ones learn that the dear girl with the game leg is one of the smoathest couGterfeitS that ever traded on the guIlibility of the tender hearted public.
 Compared with this gentle and in ~epianS creature the average cOnfi- dence man iS as tame as Punch and Judy show. In this city she figured as Miss L.ottic smith. and Lottie certain lv i; genuine btick-Of the gilded variH:y.
 I.cttie smith iS thought tO have been chri;,tenpd- about thirty years ago as Hilda HohSon She flashed into prominence two months ago by work ing on the sympathy and Tightening the purses of the people of Oregon towns. She drifted into Portland rep resented herself as q Red Cross nurse and obtained numerous contributions. Sh" escaped the officers between two days. went to Corvallis where she worked Coniideuce game. stole q horse and buggy and landed in jail.
 The livcryman declined tO prosecute and Hilda took the train for san Fran cisco. But she hopped off in Coos county. worked the Red Cross racket. gathered sacllful of dollars, was given the run by the officers and again bearded the train for San Francisco. But she got of at RedlandS.
 High-hying IIilda soon finished this town. Hilda hInkcred for the mistS of Oregon. and northward she went again. She did Eugene tO the queens s taste. Saturday she was working the poor-cripple- whenever had any par entS racket at Albany. when she was recognized by physician who had seen her at Corvallis. The doctor SquCaled her out of town.
 Portland officers declare that the lively young woman iS the smootheSt female crook who ever operated in the north.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
DEaIOCRATIC REJOICING

Lout,vilio. May Democrats re- ceiveG the news of thn supreme court
 decision with wild enthusiasm. court house and other bells of the city rang for an hour. ThrougS marched the streets shouting for Beckham. Taylor This afternoon issued orders 70 General Collier saving that the supreme court had decided against him and that he must dismiss the militia and turn all things over to Beckham. II is said that the next republican convention will nominate Taylor by exclamation.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
THE VERY LATEST NEVIS
\ Budget of Daily DOiHgs Ff0n all
 Sections of the Country.
Interesting Domestic Matters and Foreign
 Affairs From Reliable Sources.
YOUNG WoMAN'S SUICIDE.


 La Sale, His. May 19.-The dead body of Miss Alice Simpson, the IS- year-Old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. George Simpson, residing at Deer Park, was found by d party of picnickers camped on the NeruiiiiIon river today.
 The young woman had been missing from her home since Saturday and ali efforts to find her were fruitless, until the body was accidentally discovered today. The story of her death and the causes which led to it are particularly sad. She was engaged To be married to a young man of the neighb0rhoOd, and the wedding was SCI to occur ill June. Las week the young man eloped with another young lady. This proved a terrible shock to Miss Simpson. and ever since she learneda of it has been very mOrOse and greatly d0wncast. 1t is said that before drowning herself she took a quantity of arsenic. This statement is born out by the autopsy held today. as indications of the poison were plainly diScernable.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23

The BOers on Saturday occupied a Kahir location at Mafekins- They were in turn attacked Saturday night and found themselves surrounded on Sunday The bocrs lost seven Killed and seventeen wounded. The British loss Is reported to be heavy.
 The London Express adVerts To the ostracism of Richard Croker. in England, on account of Tammany's at titude to the BOer war.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
TOBACCO TRUST RIVAL.

New York. May 3o.-Articlcs of m- corporation of the formidable rival to the Continental Tobacco c1hi@uy will be filed at Trcntah witb.a fcw lays. The new concern will he l,jovn as the International Tobacco "o!Ipauy. IL will Hc Incorporated Unh'r the laws of New Jersey with a capital ofS2J.co0.0o0 consisting of 12j.0GD S,ar,'S Of e prr cent on cumulative stock and an equal uumhpr of shares of common stock. all of the par va'Ue If S1no each. There will bo no bonded debt. The papers. which have already been executed and signed. were arawn up hy Tol'leri Pms nf fhis 'ciIE
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-23
RIOTING IN sPAIN.

Madrid. May 15.-A noteworthy dis furbance through the anti-taXation agi- ation took place at Valencia. where riofing occurred and barricadeS were erected in the streets. from behind which the mob stoned the gendarmcs. The gendarmes replied with fuSiiiade before which the mob fled.
 Dispatches received here show that disorders occurred last night at Barcc- Iona and at Seville. At Barcelona a crowd exchanged musketry fire with gendarmes. Shots were fired from ve- randas and balconies of a number of houses. Several gendarmes were hit