Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-08-06
NEWS. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

China's new minister to the United States is a graduate of Yale. In spite of his name; Liang Chen Tung i. good deal of Yankee in his in- tellectual makeup.
 Fred Flakinberg, a Kansas City teamster, shot and killed his wife as she was asleep at West Argentine and then shot himself. He can not recover. Jealousy is probably the catise.
 Lee Newton, a negro, has been lynched in the Connie bottoms, near Camden, New Jersey, A month ago he was found in the room of two young daughters of a, prominent family. He was being taken to Mag nolia when the mob seized him.
 Deming is to have Sl,0OO,000 sani- tariutn, Dr. J. c. Hoffnanj of Chi cago, has commissioned a man to purchase 2,000 acres of land near Deming and the deal is about closed. On this land he will build cottages for his patients and the institution will be conducted on the cottage plan,
 Master of Transportation Richards of the Southern Pacific; stated that seismic disturbances in Santa Bar- bara county, had not destroyed any railroad property and the tracks Of his company were intact, all trains running on schedule time.
 When Mir. Fillmore, so long super intendent of the Southern Pacific railway, died last autumn. half of San Francisco sent beautiful flowers in sympathy and respect to the Fill more home. J. W. Mackay sent Mrs. Fillmore a check for S10,00O.
 The coast along Lower California was visited by, a cyclone last Thurs day night. Wires were prostrated and news delayed. At Guaymas,; five vessels. including two large steamers, were dashed ashore. A steamer was sunk and five persons drowned at Mazatlan.
 William J. White, cashier of the the board of public wor ks. of San Frsnciseo, Has disappeafed frotii his post and it is officially announced that he is several thousand dollars short in his accounts, He has wife and two children. He has been miss ing eight days,
 Porto Rico will have delegate in the next session of congress, the same as New Mexico, Arizona and Okla homa. Until the present the island had a commissioner at the national capital. He had behind him a popu lation of 100000 souls, or as many as have Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona together.
 Generals Delarey and Botha were given an ovation al Stellenbosch. General Betha. in feeling address, said the day of surrender vas the most painful of his. life, but he prayed earnestly his hearers should consider it Gods will, although the Afrikander nationality, in manner, has been a most important factor in life in South Africa. "Now let us stop bothering about politics" said General Botha, land try to make our selves happy in South Africa, because we have no home elsewhere"
 Black Jack Mcdonald, a noted border desperado, was shot and killed in his saloon at Juarez, Mexico, late Sunday afternoon by an American whose name is unknown, says the Albuquerque Citizen. The fight re- suited from a game of dice in which Black Jack and three Americans were engaged. Two of the Americans fled and have not been captuIed. The other is held in communicate. Black Jack was no relation of the train rob Der of that name,
 The Mexican Central Railway con- pany, limited, has issued an official circular announcing that the office of president of the company has been transferred to St. Louis, with head quarters in the Bank of Commerce building. 4. A. Robinson, presi- dent, will divide his time between St. Louis and the City of Mexico. His home is in Topeka, Kan. The through traffic arrangement between the Rock Island and the Mexican Central negotiations for which have been under way for some time, as previously announced, will be con- pleted soon, after which time the Rock Island, like the Katy, will run through trains fIom St. Louis to ths City of Mexico.
 A telegram from Santa Fe says that Alejandro Sebra was stoned to death Tuesday night by Luis Ro- nero. Romero had left his house to be gone five days, but returned be- fore the time expired and found Seba with his wife. Romero reported the murder to the authorities and gave himself up. Seba's body was drag ged 300 yards through wire fences and over stones to his own home. Seba was a widower with three chil- dren.
 General Delgado is under arrest at Havana, says World dispatch with l the assassination of Acosta, a nephew | of Colonel Baldomero Acosto. Del gado was acting chief of police of Punta Pravia, where Acosta was ar rested and disappeared. Young Acosta was aide-de-camp to Delgado during the war.
 bLACKMAllING ARIZONA.