Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-06-19
PITH OF THE NEWS!

Prince POnIatOWSkl Of San Fran
 cisco has secured from the Sultan o
 Jolo 50-year concession on the is
 land of Paragua. The prince ha
 formed a S10000,0O0 company and i,
 making plans for the exploitation o
 timoer, mining, rubber and pearl in
 dustries of the island and the devel
 opment of its shipping The Manila
 representative of the prince has asked
 the Philippine commission to indorse
 the plan. As the question involves
 the question of the sultan's jurisdic-
 lion it will probably be referred to
 Washington.
 A Fort Morgan, Colorado, telegram
 says:-As a result of a daring jail
 break last night. Sheriff Calvert is
 is at deaths door and his assistant,
 Harry Simington is at large with a posse in hot pursuit. Calvert was
 shot with a revolver secured from his desk by Simington, who was allow ed the freedom of the jail corridor yesterday. Geo. Smith, who attempted to escape with Simington was driven back. If captured, Simington will probably be lynched.
 Secretary Long has refused to ac- cept the design for the medal to com memorate the victory over the Span ish fleet at Santiago. The board which had the matter in charge, de- cided in favor of a medal which bore the head of Admiral Sampson on one side and on the other picture of the naval battle, representing the Oregon in the lead. The secretary was not satisfied with the decision, and today called. on Artist Skerret to submit new designs from which he will select the one to be adopted. It is proba- ble in the new design the Brooklyn will figure most prominently.
 At a meeting of the International Machinists association in Toronto, Canada, President O'Connell was re- J. Colin of Sioux City was elected first vice president, Geo. Pres ton of Detroit, secretary and treas urer. Milwaukee was selected as the place for holding the next convention. President O'Connor admits that it looks as if the manufacturers were going to fight the machinists. Organi- gers will start today for the districts where the contests are most bitter and the executive committee has complet- ed arrangements to extend financial aid to the strikers.
 Prince Edwards has been captured l near Shreveport and it is believed | that all the negroes connected with i the Foster murder will be lynched.
 A break in the walls of the Larimer md Weld reservoir, north of Fort Col ins, Colorado, has placed many lives n danger and may destroy much Water is pouring through he break in a torrent and couriers are speeding through the valley, warning he ranchers.
 The battleship Wisconsin, which ar ived in San Francisco on Sunday. made 16.45 knots an hour under latural draught and under forced lraught ran 37.2 knots in two hours. Experts say she will crowd the Hi lois for the honor of being the swift st vessel of her class in the world.
 The Shanghai correspondent of the london Globe learns in the Chinese uarters that the dowager empress when the court reaches Kai lung Flu to announce that the em- eror has been killed by brigands and hat Prince Tuan's son has succeeded 3 the throne.
 A cablegram has been received by ' he state department at Washington 1 rom Special Commissioner Rockhill, llly confirming the associated press ispatches from Pekin to the effect nat an early decision of the indem- { ity question on the expected basis of ne American proposition. Officials ere are hopeful that the present week ill witness the close of negotiations l n the subject of the indemnity. ( Temperance societies of New Haven, a 'onn., are considerably wrought up yer the decision of Judge Roraback the superior court of Hartford ounty, sustaining the right of county ( to license saloons in ( usiness centers of municipalities. udge Roraback holds that as the of rulings in Connecticut l ourts is against locating saloons in | esidential and factory regions the ex- V fusion of them from business regions ould leave them practically no place , go.