Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30

army who reached the grade of briga
 dier general during the civil war. He
 has distinguished military record
 during the civil war, entering as a
 volunteer captain. He was made
 lieutenant colonel in theregular army
 at the time of reorganization in 1866
 and has been advanced in regular
 order to be major general. Efforts
 were made by hls friends during the
 late session of congress to have the
 bill passed allowing him to retire
 with the rank of lieutenant general.
 but the bill failed.
 Advices from South Africa have
 ceased to treat of stories of the battle field with lists of casualties but in
 stead there are disquieting tales of
 exhibitions of animosity which always
 follow the conclusion of war. These
 are not confined exclusively to victors
 and vanquished. Among the burghers
 themselves there are heartburnings
 and black looks Those who fought
 to the last ditch express contempt for their fellows who surrendered in
 the earliest stages of the war and bit terness and hatred are not concealed
 when the patriot meets a countryman
 who aided the British. To the latter individual belongs the obloquy of the traitor and it is meted out to him.
 Some men are so rushed in this world, says the Alfalfa Sage, ''that if they were to die tonight they would want to go down town in the morning and work until the hour set for the funeral"
 The longest interurban electric railway line in the world is being de- veloped by combination and con- struction between Cincinnati and Toledo, distance of 204 miles. The route is by way of Hamilton, Dayton, Troy, Piqua, Lima and Findlay, and covers the lines of four companies. the greater part already constructed Next spring, it is declared, passen- gers will be carried from Toledo to Cincinnati in eight hours, with sleep- ing, buffet and parlor cars among the attractions, while through and local freight business willA offer further competition to the steam lines.
 A fierce tornado, characterized by a windstorm of extraordinary velocity, thunder, vivid lightning and heavy rain, burst upon Baltimore Sunday, coming from the southwest, with d net result of eleven persons losing their lives, hundreds of houses un- roofed, trees in the public parks and streets torn up by the roots, many buildings damaged, and several people injured. The storm exhausted its fury in less than fifteen minutes. The damage done in the business part of the city was comparatively slight. It was in the residence portions, along the river front and in the har- Dor where the wind spent its violence. Of those who perished, nine were drowned in the harbor from open boats, one was killed by a falling tree, and one by live wire.
 A Belgian inventor, NJ. Villars, has flying machine and will probably enter it for the contests at the St. Louis worlds fair. The ap- paratus is light and very simple in design. The motor is fitted with vertical shaft, constructed in such a way as to support horizontal shaft provided with gearing of toothed and cogged wheels, and working two large screws. which act vertically and impart the force necessary. The yer tical shaft supports also, little be- low the main shaft, another small horizontal shaft, which 1t puts into in the same manner, and which, by means of two small screws, the horizontal movement of the apparatus.
 Col. Thomas Ward, chief of staff to General Miles, has been appointed brigadier general in the regular army, vice Jacob Smith, retired. General Ward himself will retire in a day or two, when Col. Joseph P. Sanger of the inspector generals department, now in the Philippines, will become a brigadier general. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, at present in the Philip pines, has been rendered command of the department of Texas, to which General Smith originally was as signed.
 Montallon and Flizardo, Ladrone chiefs, have broken through the con- cordon in Cavite province and escaped to the mountains. A of Ladrones were killed in earlier attempts to force the cordon. The cordon> >encompassed the leaders and many of their followers. The latter made a series of breaks to es- cape. The constabulary withstood the first attacks, killing fourteen and capturing fifteen men. The La drones finally massed under cover of darkness and forced their way through a weak spot in the cordon near Dasames, killing one and woun- ding one of the constabulary. The latter captured the papers and effects of the leaders and destroyed quanti- ties of supplies.
 Senator James Tap, elected by the democrats and populists from Witchita, Kansas, and whose term continues two years longer, has an nounced he will go into the republi can caucus, support Governor Stan ley for United States senator and abide by the action of the caucus. lie says he shall vote for Governor Roosevelt if renOminated.
 President Roosevelt has commuted to dishonorable discharge and fifteen years imprisonment the death sen tence of Private Guy Stevenson, troop NJ, Ninth cavalry. convicted by court martial in Samar of rape.
 Norkmen eXcavating in a gravel pit two miles south of Dallas have unearthad the remains of mastadon. The teeth are perfect. The mOlars are fourteen and half inches long and will probably be sent to the state university at Austin.
 The war department has received the following cablegram regarding the school teachers who have been missing from Cebu since June 10. John E. Wells of Providence, R. l.; his cousin, Louisa Thomas, of the same address; Ernst Heger of Gin cinnati, Ohio; and Clyde 4. France of Berea, Ohio. missing in Cebu, were murdered by ladrones. The bodies were recovered and the leader of the murderers. Eight others were caps