Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-19

John Lawson, the Terrible Swedes
 the well known bicycle rider, died at
 St. Joseph's hospital in Milwaukee of
 pneumonia, after few days of ill.,
 ness.
 A legal point has been raised in the district court at Butte, Montana, which, if sustained in the upper court, will make it possible for the
 people of Butte to repudiate about
 Sl 100000 of debts. The district
 court held that the dealers in goods
 that have to be weighed, who do not
 conform with the law requiring
 scales to be tested and stamped, can
 not collect through the courts. R.
 Jones was upheld in refusing to pay
 debt of SIS on that ground.
 Dr. NJ. K. Allen, health officer of
 Louisville has opened war on the sale
 and manufacture of limburger cheese.
 He says persons who sell and make
 the cheese will be prosecuted and
 fined to the full extent of the law.
 He says he is satisfied it is unwhols-
 some and that an examination under
 an ordinary magnifying glass will
 prove to blind man that it contains
 many microbes. A committee of Ger
 man citizens called on Dr. Allen to
 protest against the enforcement of
 the order, but the health officer told
 them the order must be obebeyed. 1 William Waldorf Astor has de-
 clared his willingness to become a
 candidate for parliament for the Ep-
 som division of Surrey, now repre-
 sented by William Keswick, who, it
 has been rumored, would not seek re-
 election. MT. Keswick, however, has
 just announced that he will seek rs-
 election for his seat and that he is
 prepared to contest it against any one
 who may oppose him.
 Dispatches from California state
 that E. J. Baldwin, populariy known as Lucky" Baldwin, is seriously ill
 with pneumonia at his ranch at Santa Anita, Cal, and his death may be ex- pected any day. His physician gives no hope of his ultimate recovery. His chances of recovery are greatly lessened by the fact that he ventured into the vigorous climate of the Klon- dike some time ago to look after his mining interests, a journey that proved too severe for one of his ad- vanced years.
 Ever since the failure of the Globe Savings bank, in 1896, in which he was involved, Governor Altgeld has not been we'll, and for some months after the Spalding crash it was fearsd his death was only question of short time. When it was learned hs was victim of locomotor ataxia, his friends gave up; but he rallied, al- though he was never again his old, vigorous self. Lately, however, the disease marked hIm strongly, and quite recently his appearance has caused grave forebodings and anxiety. His mind was just as clear and active as of old, but his flesh was weak.
 Miss Ethel Foraker, daughter of United States Senator Foraker of Ohio, had thrilling experience at French Lick Springs, Indiana, with an unmauageable horse, while she and Katherine Maitland of Michigan were horseback riding. The horse became frightened and ran for over three miles. Gerald Swegmith of Chi cago, who was with the ladies, and Miss Maitland followed as rapidly as possible. At a turn of the road Miss Foraker's horse vaulted the fence and continuing across the open field, leaped small brook. There he became more tired on the soft earth, and Miss Foraker succeeded in hold ing him in check until her friends ar rived. Miss Maitland was thrown in the chase, but not seriously hurt.
 Hattie Bennett has confessed ic Sheriff Lindsay of Beaumont, Texss, that she was at the head of a gang of negro women and white men, who had been for months turing men into her house, dragging them, beating them and robbing them. If the vfc- ms died they were dragged to tho river and thrown in. If they were only stunned they were taken out of the house to a remote part of some street a Id left for pedestrians or policemen to find. A fear is felt that more than twelve men among those who have come to Beaumont and were after ward missing" have been murdered and that their bodies are now at the bottom of the river. In the last three months at least fifty inquiries fer missing men have been received, ard while no one supposes that the gang nas murdered so many as fifty, there $ fear that some of the disappear snces are due to their work. Five bodies have teen found in the river since the first of the year.
 An eastern railroad has posted signs forbidding bridal parties to hrow rice in it's station. Doubtless he order will be avoided by the throwing of an extra large quantity of ,ld shoes.
 James Alexander, 103 years old, lied at Springfield, Mo-, recently as he result of a fall on an icy pave nent. Previous to the accident he lad never been ill. He saddled the horse which his father rode to the var of 1872. At the outbreak of the ,ivil war he was refused enlistment ,n account of age.
 Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco las been denounced by labor agita- ors, and in reply the mayor says: I nave been hampered and annoyed al most beyond endurance by a small ,oterie of place hunting, professional abor politicians. who think that there S nothing in the cause of labor ex- ,ept few petty places for them elves, and who have pestered and mportuned me from day to day, and rom week to week to give them posi- ions and salaries and have insisted lpon the removal of persons without eference to the charter or civil ser ice provisions. Every office and commission they have selected for What few places I have lad to give, have given to tried, rue, deserving and honorable mem ,ers of the Union Labor party. But ome men would sacrifice the Union labor party, the cause of labor and II else to accomplish a selfish end.
 am satisfied to let my record speak or itself, and rely upon the good ense of the people of San Francisco.
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