Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-04-24
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS

ln6 OnlU6u StdJeS supreme court has denied the application of Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter to be admitted to bail.
 Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II, which is to again compete for the cup which has been held so long in this country, has been launched. Sir Thomas feels sure of victory, and next year he says he expects to build a de- fender instead of challenger.
 The anti-scalper's bill has passed the New York legislature. It makes the buying and selling of transporta- ton tickets by other than railroad or steam boat companies or their agents unlawful.
 The commissioner of pensions has granted a pension of SS a month to the widow of the late Vice President John c. Breckinridge of Kentucky on account of his service as major of the Third Kentucky volunteer during the Mexican war. Mrs. Breckenridge is now 76 hears of age, and is now living at Lexington, Ky. She is entitled to back pension from 1887 to date, which will give her about S1 ,350 in cash.
 Albert Cartwright, editor of the South African News at Capetown, charged with publishing the state ment that Lord Kitchner had se- cretly instructed his troops to take no prisoners, has been convicted of sedi- tion and libel and sentenced to one years imprisonment.
 Philip Gum, who was stabbed in the heart Saturday night in St. Louis and was made subject to a heroic operation, died on Monday. Dr. Nietert took three stitches in Gunn's heart. Salt water replaced the lost blood and kept the man alive until Monday.
 A big storm has been raging in the east several days. It seems to have been most severe along the Ohio river and its tributaries. At Cincinnati on Monday morning that river reached a depth of forty-nine feet and continued to rise four inches per hour. Rail roads Were preparing to abandon the Grand Central station. Portions of Covington and Newport were under water and in the lower part of the city the sewers were already blocked and cellars full of water. At fifty-six feet the baseball park will be flooded and at fifty-eight feet the races at Newport must stop. All these limits were in sight'as the crest of the Pitts burg rise was not due there until to- day, Tuesday.
 4 telegram from Pittsburg, Pa., dated Monday, April 22, says: While | the western part of Pennsylvania is fairly out of the clutches of the flood this morning, fears of a repetition are entertained. The weather conditions are not reassuring. It is again rain ing in Pittsburg, and advices from the head waters of the Allegheny this morning showed renewed rise with continued downpour. The waters at this point, however, have been stead fly receding since o'clock yesterday afternoon. Estimates of damage done by the food run as high as S3.O00,000. Railroads are rapidly getting into shape again and by evening trains are expected to be run ming on schedule time. Mills along the river front will not be able to re- sume before tomorrow and two days enforced idleness for p 900 employees will alone aggregate loss of S2O0,0OO in wages.
 General Lossel, commanding the German troops in China has started for Pro Ting Flu with 1000 additional men. He was accompanied by the French commander, General Bailloud. The Franco-German forces available for the expedition number 5000 men The greatest secrecy is maintained as to the object of these military prepar- ations, but it is proposed to take pos session of another of the Ansoling passes into Shang Si, where Chinese troops are reported. Members of the legations are mystified and manifest considerable apprehension at the revi- val of military activity. Viceroy Lii Hung Chang sent courier to Gen Lu, commanding the troops in the Shan Si passes and calling upon him to avoid a meeting, if necessary, by retiring from his position, which i, ntestably Chinese. But the vice roy is not confident that the general !, will oDes his orders unless sanction comes from Shan Flu, which he is en' deavoring to secure.