Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-02

All good bye. You will all despis' me when all is known. I am a de faulter and thief, and where all m. | money is gone I cannot tell. M! wife and children are left penniless. Pearson had six children.
 Late reports from Rome says tha there is no doubt that the negoti ations of Judge Taft, governor O. Philippine islands, with the vatican regarding the disposition of friars lands in those islands, ending in the success of the American proposals II all essential points. Reports of seri ous hitches are denied by those best entitled to know. Some diversity .oI opinion regarding details have de veloped. Judge Taft will present another note to Cardinal Rampolls today, precisely indicating the Ameri can wishes and asking categorical reply thereto.
 A double tragedy occurred al Pearl, twenty miles from Boise Idaho. William P. Kissinger oi Eugene, Oregon, shot and killed Mrs William Garner and then killed him self. Pictures of the woman and a lock of hair, supposed to be hers were found on the man. The theory is that they were former lovers. A young woman named alice overheard what passed between the two, and saw the shooting. She was in an other room when Messenger entered and she heard some expression of surprise from Mrs. Garner. She then started to pass through the room when she saw Kissinger grasp Mrs. Garner in his arms, and as he held her, draw a pistol and shoot her be- hind the ear. Then he shot himself through the head.
 Thomas Holland, state game and fish commissioner of Colorado, on Monday night, at the state capitol, ill Denver, lay for five hours on the floor of vault in the basement of the building with his right leg clenched in bear trap. At daylight he was res cued by a watchman making the rounds, who finally heard the shrieks of the prisoner. The trap formerly belonged to Seton Thompson and Roosevelt's guide, Golf. It was part of the trophies held in the war den's office for exhibition. He set it in the early evening to demonstrate its uses to a visitor, and then forgot all about it, After he turned off the lights he proceeded to throw some articles into the vault and got caught in the steel fangs. He may lose his leg as a result of his experience.
 The latest news from King Edward is to the effect that he continues to improve, and for the first time the doctors have expressed hope for his recovery.
 King Edward carries the enormous sum of S3,600,000 life insurance, placed with English companies. This is on personal policies, upon which he pays premiums out of his private purse. The total risks on his life on policies by business men is placed at S2l 100000.
 A special from Greenfield, Indiana, says: A terrific storm swept over Hancock county, taking in Maxwell, Wilkinson and Pendleton, and blew down houses in all of these towns, and from ten to eighteen people are reported killed. In funeral process sion at Cleveland, Indiana, eighteen horses are reported killed. At Max well a grain elevator was blown down as well as a chain factory. Nearly every house in Cleveland was blown down. The roof was blown off the Hellweg Reese bottle factory at Greenfield. All the physicians of Greenfield went to the stricken towns.
 Jacob Dodgson shot and instantly killed George Elwin and perhaps fatally wounded Policeman Joseph H. Shephard in front of restaurant kept by his mother at Pueblo, Colo. The Cooks and Walters union had boycott on the place and Elwin was one of the pickets stationed at the entrance. There had been trouble during which one of the pickets had been beaten by Dodgson's brother. Without warming Dodgson came out of the door and fired point blank at Elwin, killing him. Policeman Shep- hard came up to Arrest Dodgson and was shot in the abdomen. Dodgson was placed under arrest and lynch ing is threatened.
 The jury in the case of William NJ. Jones, charged with the murder of Geore H. Haywood, at Detroit, on April 9th, has returned a verdict of murder after being out but short time. He was sentenced to life i'm prisonment. The murder was well planned, and it is believed but for the evidence of the child of the vic tim Jones would have escaped con- viction. Jones lay in wait for Hey wood, who had attended a dance that evening, unaccompanied by his wife. He first shot him and then crushed Heywood's skull with hammer. The evidence was purely circumstantial.
 The anthracite mine workers strike rounded out the sixth week on Sat urday without any serious incident. President Mitchell had a conference with District President Nichols, Duffey and Casey, when district mat ters were discussed. Among the business considered was a public statement winch President Mitchell will issue soon. He declines to say anything Rsarding the statement, but it is uRderstood to be reply to the operators' letters published ten days ago, and will be a complete re- Iyiew of the miners side of the con troyersy.
 General Greeley has entered into a contract with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company for the erection of two wireless telegraph stations connecting Fort Gibbon, Alaska, with Bates Rapids, on the Panama, a distance of I65 miles in an air line. The company undertakes to have the stations in working order by October 1 next.
 A telegram from Topeka, Kansas, says: Matrou Lowe of the reform school. lies at Stormont hospital with two bullet holes through her abdo- men, unconscious and with no hope of recovery. Her husband, J. c. Lowe, is in prison charged with the