Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-01-23
Special Service.

The officers of the Salvation Army are making preparations for two in teresting meetings to be held in theil hall.
 On Saturday evening there will be stereopticon exhibition which will include many fine views and several illustrated songs. The tickets fol this meeting will be p cents and in clude also the refreshments that will be served.
 On Sunday evening they will give away a lusty baby boy. They feel sure that this will be an instructive service to those who attend and will be the best way to take care of the baby.
 William J. Bryan issued the first copy of his weekly, The Commoner at Lincoln, Nebraska, January 18th It starts with large subscription list.
 Colonel Tom Fitch, the silver tongued orator, who contributed toward republican success in Utah last fall, is candidate for the United States senate with good chances for election.
 After a protracted series of experi- ments Chicago physician is said to have succeeded in perfectinga method by which human bodies may be ere mated with the use of liquid air at a cost which is nominal in comparison with the present expensive methods. The method involves the treatment of the body to be cremated with a chem ical substance and exposure to a cur rent of liquid air. Combustion is said to be perfect, practically no smoke or oGor resulting.
 Archie Stock is working a claim near the Four Mile house, north east of Prescott with most encouraging re suits. The claim was located a few years ago by J. R. Slack who did some work on it, but the quality and quantity of the ore found was not satisfactory. In looking over the claim Alr. Stock decided to sink a shaft at different point and he is now down twenty five feet and in ore the entire distance. The ore body ex- tends the full width of the shaft and how much wider he does not know as he has not yet done any cross cutting to ascertain its width. The ledge is forty or fifty feet wide and the ore carries good percentage of copper and about Sl2.00 per ton in gold.
 Through the death of a tramp named Munson, at Lexington, Ken lucky, murder mystery has been cleared up. Three years ago the body of Ms. Will Gregg was found at the bottom of a well on the Gregg place, ne and One-half miles from Sturgis in Union county. Gregg, who was a young and prosperous far mer, stated that he had gone to the field to superintend some work, but needing some repairing tools had re- turned to the house. Not finding his wife, he inquired of the eldest child as to her whereabouts and was in formed that she had gone out to draw some water from the we'll Still fail ing to see or hear her he became alarmed and had the well searched. She was found head downward at the bottom, the flesh about the throat being black, with bruises on the body, the latter evidently contracted in the fall. The report was circulated that the young wife had committed suicide because of ill treatment at the hands of her husband. The young husband brooded over these reports until his mind became affected and he com mitted suicide by taking corrosive sub Innate. Munson, when he found he was dying, sent for a notary public, and a minister and confessed his crime. He detailed how he had ap- peared at the Gregg house for break fast and upon being refused killed Mrs. Gregg and threw her body in the well