Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-04-30

The drill in the oil we'll at Gallup has passed through the second bed of sand and is now in a layer of clay and oil shale. The indications are said to be brighter.
 Bubonic plague has appeared among the Wallaby Smaller kan garoos) in the geological gardens, Sydney, N. s. w., which are conse- quently closed to the public.
 Sam Moy, Chicago Chinaman, died the other day, reputed to be worth S4,000,000.
 Hon. J. Sterling Morton, formerly secretary of agriculture, died on Sun day at the home of his son in Chicago
 Business men of Dawson have de- cided henceforth to conduct their business on a cash basis only. In most instances gold dust will not be accepted in payment, but money in the coin of the realm will be de- handed.
 Secretary Root has returned from Cuba where he went for the purpose of arranging for the tranfer of the islands to the Cuban government Seven artillery companies, consisting of 300 men, will remain in charge of guns, ammunition, etc, that will be retained in Cuba for the United States naval stations. The troops will be stationed at Havana, Santiago and Cienfuegos.
 Morris J. Rosen6eld, a gambler. was shot and killed in Fl Paso last Friday by Clarence w. Wellington, special officer, in the Wignam sa- loon. Wellington claims that years ago, in Colorado, Rosenfeld had threatened to kill him on sight, and that he fired the first shot when Wolf ington drew his gun and killed him. Nine shots were fired, two of which struck Wellington, but he was not dangerously wounded.
 Herman Joyce, a German grocer at Goshen, Ind, has made fad of say ing pennies for the last twenty years The quantity became so great that Boyce had no safe place to keep them, and he deposited them in a bank. There were 19,70O pennies in the accumulation, and the bulk of copper was so heavy that he had to take it to the bank on dray.
 The United States supreme court has granted leave to the state of Washington to file original bill for in- junction against the Great Northern Railroad company, the Northern Pa cific company and the Northern Se- curities company, in accordance with the motion that state recently filed in court. The opinion in the case was delivered by Chief Justice Fuller, who stated the court always exer- cised the utmost care in its proceed ings in original cases, and the pres ent decision to grant leave to file is intended to be entirely without preju- dice to either party at interest.
 A telegram from Victoria, B. C., says that O. w. Little, editor of the North China Daily News, in an inter view given there says war between Japan and Russia is considered inev- itable not only by the Japanese but also by the Russians and all residents along the Siberian coast. Enormous preparations are being made at Port Arthur and elsewhere in Siberia. For tifcations are progressing and troops are massed, and Japan is also ready. In the course of the interview the editor said: Both the Russian and the Japanese regard the war as inev- itable. The Anglo-Japanese alliance will probably have the effect of ds- laying the conflict, but the trend of opinion is that it must come sooner or later. The Japanese are preparing as we'll as Russia, and they are ready to do battle at a moments notice."