Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-04-23
NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The new Harvey House at Albu- auerque will be opened for business May 10.
 A violent thunderstorm, accompa- nied by torrential rain, in Berlin and vicinity caused great damage on Tues day. Many buildings were struck by lightning. The fire brigade was sum- moned to upwards of 300 places to extinguish fires and cope with floods.
 Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is seriously ill with peritonitis.
 President Loubet of France has signed the decree providing for the participation by France in the St. Louis exposition.
 More than 1000 miles of new rail roads are now being built in Okla homa and the Indian Territory, and as a result thousands of homeseekers are congregating there.
 A promoter who claims to have dis covered Noah's ark imbedded in per petual snow on Mount Ararat wants Mark Hanna to furnish the funds for bringing it to the St. Louis exposi- ton.
 Late reports from the section of Texas visited by the hail storm Sun day night, show great damage done to berries, cotton and corn. Fayette county suffered greatly from hail. Stock was killed by lightning at diff ferent points, while barns and one residence were burned. So far as known one life was lost, John F Pike being drowned at Big Springs. General Malvar has internationally surrendered to Brigadier-General Bell at Lipa, Batangas province, with the entire insurgent force of the provinces of Laguna and Batangas. General Bell says his (Bell's) influence is suf- ficient to quell the insurrectionary movements in Tayabas and Cavite provinces and to capture all those in the field who have not yet surrender ed, but Malvar has ordereda complete surrender of every insurgent to the nearest American force.
 The exclusion bill, originally framed by the senators and representatives | from the Pacific coast states, met de- feat in the senate, and in its place was substituted measure offered by Mir. Platt of Connecticut extending the provisions of the present exclusion law and also applying exclusion to all insular territories under the jurisdic- tion of the United States. The vote 1 by which the substitute took the place of the original was, yeas 4S to nays 33. Once the substitution had been made, all the senators joined in its support with the single exception of MT. Hoar, the substitute being passed. 76 to l. The friends of the substitute showed their strength throughout the voting on amend ments that preceded final action and succeeded in preventing any material change in its features.
 A part of the details of the peace negotiations between the English and Boers is that the Boers are to accept a British lord commissioner with a Boer executive, both to be resident at Pretoria; the country to be divided into districts. with British district of fcers, and Boer committee chosen by polling by burghers; the veto right to be reserved to the British govern ment; the majority of the British of | ficers must be conversant with the Dutch language; Johannesburg to be retroced to the British, with complete British civil organization; a war ln- demnity of at least f10,0OO,000 to be distributed by mixed committees disarmament to occur when the trst batch of Boer prisoners is sent back to South Africa; no war tax to be levied; both languages to be recog- nized in the courts and in official du- ties; the expense of the garrisons in South Africa to be borne by Great Britain; the present Boer leaders to be retained in office so far as possible
 The president desiring to make a personal appointment of postmaster at Clayton, has named Otta F. Men ger.
 An official dispatch from Port Ar thur, under date of April 12, an nounces serious fighting in the vicin- ity of the boundary of the provinces of Mukden and Kiram, Manchuria between Russia frontier guards and Chinese robbers, who have been raid ing railroad stations. The Russian loss was very small.
 Hermann Ganswindt, noted Der lin inventor, is coming all the wa, loom Germany to race with his all ship in the aerial contests at th'
 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Fo
 ten years Ganswindt has been ex
 perimenting and has finally produced an airship which flies successfully b. means of motor and without the us' of balloon. Ganswindt has repeat edly demonstrated the practicabilit. of his invention before the chief O the general staff of the German army |, Several officers of the airship division of the German war department hav
 expressed themselves most enthus
 iastically about Ganswindts inven
 tion. and consider the same botl
 practical and feasible.
 Secretary Root has made arrange I ments to maintain a light in tn . Statue of Liberty, Bedloe's island il !. New York harbor. The electrical ap . paratus belonging to the light hous 2 establishment will be used in lighting the statue. This action IS the resul of a personal conference with the sec l. retary of the treasury and was take
 with the approval of the president.
 Don Francisco DAssiae, forme o king of Spain, is dead, aged 80 year: 2 He was expelled from Spain in 1S6S ' ! @N I n