Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-04-09
W. L. Montague has been appoint ed postmaster at San Francisco.

 ed postmaster at San Francisco.
 Republicans of Albuquerque, at the recent election, elected all their can didates except one councilman.
 Senator Jones of Arkansas has lost the fight for reelection. His successor will be James P. Clark.
 Mr. Vessel, the Boer delegate, says that Kruger will accept almost any terms to secure peace in South Africa.
 Rev. Granville Lowther, of the Methodist church at Arkansas City, Kans., has been dismissed from the ministry. He says he will continue to preach and will start church of his own.
 Another sword has been subscribed for Major Jenkins and President Roosevelt will present it at the Char leston Exposition-the Tillmans to the contrary notwithstanding. The The Tillman sword cost S65 but the new one is to cost $500.
 The Japanese Official Gazette gives some interesting school statistics about the pupils of that country, in which the average height of the boys is given at 5.3 feet, and that of the girls, 49. This is a good average, es- pecially in view of the fact that the Japanese are generally considered small.
 4 commission consisting of three officials each from the postoffice de- partment and treasury department, meet within few days to consider the subject of the establishment of postal currency. The present plan is to provide for a small currency to take place of one and two dollar bills. which, it is believed, will provi .e safer method of transmission of small amounts than through the mails, as it is intended these notes shall be payable only at the place designated thereon by the purchaser.
 Speaking of the recently published story to the effect that Captain Powell Clayton, son of Ambassador Clayton, was compelled to leave the City of Mexico for refusing to fight duel, the Anglo-American of that city says: ''The worthless. scrub that started the late duel story in regard to Captain Powell Clayton should be taken out amp well horsewhIpped and put in a pillory where he could be seen as the most glaring example since Annanias, of malicious and contemptible liar. Captain Clayton was one of the best liked and most respected young men who ever came to this country"
 The republicans and democrats made a net gain of one alderman in the city election held in Chicago April l. The new council will con- sist of thirty-nine republicans, thirty democrats and one independent. The The old council consisted of thirty eight republicans, twenty-Iiine demo- crats and three independents. The hottest fight of the campaign was in the first ward, where a determined effort was made by the opponents of John J. Coughlin, known as Bath House." to defeat him. It was the only ward in the city where anything like a full vote was boiled. Coughlin | won easily, however, securing a ma jority of 2,6O5 votes over David L. Frank, republican candidate.
 Philadelphia carries the record for quick work in disposing of a mur- derer. On Tuesday, April l, William H. Lane, a colored servant, murdered . Ella J. Jarden and her daughter, ! Madeline, and so badly wounded an- other daughter. Eloise, that she has since died, was convicted of murder in the first degree on the afternoon April 1, after a trial lasting les than one and a half hours. Lane pleaded . guilty Thursday afternoon and was placed on trial at l o'clock Friday. Because of Lanes plea of guilty no jury was drawn, and only three wit nesses were called, for determining the degree of the murder. At 2.30 o'clock Judge Biddell sentenced the murderer to death. The date of exc cution will be fixed by Governor Stone. Lanes plea of guilty was evidently for the purpose of saving his neck, but such things do not work in Philadelphia.