Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-08
NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS

Miss Eliza CaSSatt, daughter Of A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Co.,, was married at Philadelphia to W. Plunket Stewart of Baltimore, January 2. r
 Admiral Sampson's malady pro- gresses slowly, but very steadily to- ward the end. Medical science can not check it. The symptoms of ar terial degeneration have appeared, injecting great uncertainty into the case. Moreover, the patient is be- coming less tractable and responsive to treatment.
 More than S1OO,OOO yearly will be added to the coffers of the New York Stock Exchange through the new rule which has become effective, in- creasing the price of the initiation fee to S2,0O0 and the annual dues to Sl 900. The increased revenues will be used to meet additional expenses entailed by the building of the mag nificent new home of the exchange in Broad street.
 Lord Kitchener sends his weekly budget, showing that since December 23, thirty-fve Boers were killed, five wounded, 237 taken prisoners and fifty-one surrendered. These, says the commander-in-chief, do not in clude Dewet's losses in attacks on Dargell and Firman, when, it is re- liably estimated, fifty were killed and fifty wounded. Dewet is still in the vicinity of Laug0urg. Colonel Spen- cer and Colonel Plumer came in con tact December 2S with Britz's con- mando and took twenty-seven prison CTS. General Bruce Hamilton came in touch with Grobelaar's commando near Marydale December 23. He killed four Boers and captured 27.
 Four persons were killed and twen- ty-nine injured, several probably fatally, in collision on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad on Sunday at Malta, H., sixty miles west of Chi cago between the Omaha Flyer" east bound, and an east bound freight. Cars caught fire, and two passenger coach es, one sleeping and eight freight cars were burned. The dead are George w. Rudio, western agent of the Kirk Soap company, residence, Omaha; Mrs. George w. Rudio; D. o. Nichols Council Bluffs; and E B. Dutan, sleeping car conductor, Chicago.
 Lord Kinnear, judge of the Court of Sessions of Scotland, has given judgment in favor of Andrew Carne- gie in the matter of the purchase of Skibo castle estates. This was the case in which E. c. Southerland brought suit against Carnegie, The Standard Life Assurance company and the Royal Bank of Scotland to have the sale set aside on technical grounds. In the decision, Lord Kin near upholds the sale of the estate, and decides in favor of Carnegie in the entire action. He also decides that the plaintiffs must pay the ex- penses of the suit.
 Arrangements have been completed for the trial of Chas. F. Neely, ac- CuoCO Ol CluDCLZiluSo ldl SC ouIho HUH the pOstoffice, at Havana, nearly two years ago. The case will be called Saturday before the highest civil tribunal of Cuba The entire court is composed of natives and the prose cution will be conducted by a native attorney, the United States govern ment having decided not to send representative to look after its inter ests. A number of witnesses from the United States have arrived this week
 Frank Ferguson, fifty years old, and a we'll known farmer living east of Bloomington, Ind, enjoyed the unique and remarkable experience of entertaining four mothers-in-law on New Years day. Mir. Ferguson's first and second wives died, his third wife was divorced and he is now liv- ing happily with his fourth wife. He is on friendly terms with the mothers of all his wives and decided to invite all of them to his New Years dinner,