Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-05-07
From Tuesdays Daily.

C. E. Chample Is In town from Ooi- umbia.
 c. H. B. Carter is in town from Mayer.
 Druggist Fen s Hildreth is quite sick at his home on Alarcon street. c. NJ. Colhoun, manager of Castle Creek Hot Springs hotel, is in town. NIT. and Mrs. Ben Belcher have gone to Castle Creek Hot springs. Jesse Robeson will leave tomorrow for a visit to his old home in North Carolina.
 Gus Heyman. whom everybody knows, and who is everybody's friend is in town on his periodical visit.
 Thomas R. King and nephew, the Big Chino valley cattle men, are in town.
 Darius Logan, of Leavenworth, Kansas, a brother of s. A. Logan, of Prescott, arrived in Prescott on Sun day night.
 T. G. Norris entertained a number of boys last night at the merry-go- round.
 Locators of land suspected of con taining oil microbes have extended their operations to Oak creek and surrounding country.
 NIT. Smith, who negotiated the big timber deal in Mexico to the Devel- opment Company of America, has been visiting Prescott for few days. Forest Supervisor F. R. Stewart returned yesterday evening from Turkey creek, where he was called on Sunday afternoon to fight forest fire.
 William Lane, a prominent and popular citizen of the Verde valley, is in town. He will leave in a day or two for a visit with relatives in the east
 A fine picture of the new and mag ni6cent Atlantic liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse-King William the Great -adorns the city ticket office of the s. F., P. & P. railroad. It is veri- table floating palace.
 F. l.. Slack, an energetic and en- terprising young man who came from Alabama recently and located in the Verde valley, is in town on visit.
 The resignation of R. NJ. Ling as district attorney was accepted by the board of supervisors today. Ac- companying it was a petition from Sam L. Pattee, deputy district attor- ney, for the appointment to the posi- ton.
 Fred Philpot returned last night from attending court at Flagstaff as official stenographer. He concluded his official duties last Friday and on Saturday went to the Grand canyon remaining there until Monday.
 The Prescott Stock company will produce the comedy drama My Old New Hampshire Home at Dake': opera house this evening. It will bt a first class entertainment. Do noi miss 1t.
 Dick Butler. a Prescott printer who commenced his apprenticeship as a printer in the Journal-Minel office, has returned from a tour of tht eastern states, during which he re ports having had a good time anC held lucrative positions on a number of papers at different times. He spen most of his time at St. Paul and Min neapolis.
 G. B. Russel, formerly connected with the Yaeger Canyon Copper com pany, has been visiting this section for several days. Mir. Russel nov has an office in Detroit where he il handling the securities of the Poland Mining company and the Tombston, Consolidated Mining company. H, reports business in the east very ac tive. He will return east tomorrow or next day.
 Norman Hoffman, of Sebringville Canada, arrived in Prescott a coupl, of days since for a brief visit witl relatives. He is a nephew of P. L and E. A. Kastner and brother o Mrs. W. s. Goldsworthy. He wen to California with an Odd Fellows excursion and stopped over here fo a visit, but he likes the place and tn people so we'll that he may conclud to remain here.
 An eastbound limited train on tn Santa Fe this afternoon ran into burning bridge two miles east O Flagstaff, which resulted in the de molishing of two Pullmans and tn dining car. Fortunately, no live were lost and but one man wa slightly injured. The escape of tn train crew and passengers is consid cred simply marvellous, considering that the train was making over 4 miles an hour when the bridge wa run into.
 The Santa Fe and S. F. P. X railroads have changed their excur sion system this year to Californi points. The travel last year was S great that on excursion days train were overcrowded. and instead O weekly excursions this year they vii be run tri-weekly on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, the rat being the same, S25.95. Instead O the limit on the ticket being for sixt, days, as formerly, they will be gooC until November l.
 c. H. Akers came up from Pheni, yesterday, accompanied by som, eastern capitalists who recently pur chased the Congress Extension mine at Congress, and who are also inter ested in other properties in this sec ton. The latter gentlemen went tC the Grand Canyon today, and will gC thence to California. NIT. Akers in tended accompanying them to tn, Canyon, but owing to the serious ill ness of his wife was prevented fcon doing so and will return to Pheni, this evening. Since retiring from tn, office of secretary Mir. Akers has beer very successful as mining promoter
 The Monday club held its regula meeting yesterday afternoon. In th' absence of its president, Mrs. F. A Tritle, the meeting was presided Ovei by Vice President Mrs. D. NJ. F Weeks. 'Provision for University Education for Women" was the sub ject of a paper by Mrs. w. D. Berry Universities and Colleges; (al Gen eral Character; Cb) Revenue and Gov emment; (c) Teaching Staff and Stu