Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-29
NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS

million dollars to install searchlight
 on the coast.
 The postmaster general has issued
 a fraud order against the "Centra
 University of Medicine and Science
 of Jersey City because it sells medi
 cal diplomas at cut rates, SIS per.
 The house committee on territories
 has fixed January 31 as the time fol
 hearing on the statehood matter fo
 Arizona, and February ' for New
 Mexico.
 Northern buffalo raisers are gettine along to point where they have ami
 mals to sell for the market. Seattle
 butchers recently received a consign
 ment of buffalos and catalos-halI breeds with cattle.
 The Nicaragua canal is not the only congressional committees that arc considering a request from Seattle to have ship canal built up to Lake Washington, at cost of four or five millions, and another from Chicago to have deep waterway constructed to the Mississippi and Gulf. Then some people want one across Florida to bring New York and Galveston closer together, and some others one across the lower end of Michigan to connect Lake Michigan and Lake Erie.
 Charles Trimble, the former driver of the Alamo milk wagon, who was injured New Years eve while at tempting to stop his team from run ming away during fusilade of gun shots turned loose in honor of the new year, has also tried his hand at running away. He left Jerome be- tween dark and daylight about We'd nesday last, and left a number of trusting friends to mourn his depart ure, from whom he had borrowed more or less money on the strength of being on the sick Ist.-Jerome Reporter.
 Anarchists threatens Gov. Odell of New York.
 Sydney, Australia, has discovered big coal beds underlying its harbor.
 Kansans are rejoicing over the great snowfall throughout the state, which gives cause of encouragement for big wheat crop.
 Dr. Van Reypen, chief surgeon of the navy, will soon retire with the relative rank of rear admiral and be succeeded by Dr. Rixey, the McKin- ley physician.
 The copper war continues on its merry way. The Amalgamated has blown in new S5,000,000 smelling plant on a new system, claimed to produce metal at much less cost.
 The accident in the Harlem tunnel has caused the New York Central to put in S35,O0O,0O0 worth of electricity and other improvements. The insur- ance companies estimate that they will have S120,O00 of accident policies to pay-the largest on record for many years.
 The governors of Texas and Chi huahua have joined in letter to the president, in the interest of the con struction of the international dam on the Rio Grande river. This will be another text to educate the peo- pie of the east as to the significance and importance of the reclamation of the arid west.
 The executive officers of the United Mine Workers of America were re- elected yesterday without a dissent ing vote among all the thousand dele gates attending the annual conven- ton of the organization. They are: President, John Mitchell; vice presi- dent, T. l.. Lewis; secretary and treasury, w. B. Wilson. The con vention adopted a resolution apprO- priating S200 to the national McKin- ley memorial fund.
 A. J. Balfour, the government leader, has made a comprehensive de- dial in the house of commons of a series of negotiations for peace with South Africa. He declared that since the negotiations between Kitchener and Botha no proposals having in view a termination of the war had been received from anyone protesting to have authority from the Boer lead CTS to make proposals and that no discussions looking to peace were now proceeding.
 The brigands who abducted Miss Stone and Mime. Tsilka have agreed to accept the amount of ransom raised by subscription.
 The senate committee on pensions has ordered favoral report on Sena- tor Hanna's bill granting pension of 5000 year to the wife of the late President Mckinley.
 A woman is suing Russel Sage for S75,000. She will be glad to compro- mise for D cents before the case ends.
 King Edward should be appealed to to defer his coronation another year and bring it over to the Worlds Fair.
 The town of Weeping Water, Neb., has chosen Senator Teller to be it's Fourth of July orator this year.
 Now We know why the Sultan of Turkey is behind in his running ex- penses. He has been investing in diamond studded automobile.
 Mayor Low is so busy untangling the Tammany complications in Greater New York that he is unable to keep up his practice with the other Indian clubs.
 The ship canal scheme has been pending since the year 1920. While in nowise responsible for its incep- ton, the present century should make early disposition of the matter.
 At a joint session of the legislature at Des Moines, Iowa, the election of Allison and Deliver as United States for six and five years re spectively, has been ratified.
 When the five presidents of the Central American republics shall as- semble at Corinto the chips will be taken from their shoulders and push ed to the center of the table.
 Fifteen hundred men and hun dred teams have been put to work on the site of the Worlds Fair to con struct the sluice that will run through that part of the grounds to be occu- pied by the main group of buildings. This sluice will be IS feet wide, fif-