Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-12-10
Associated Press News

T Washington, Dec. 3.-The com | mittee on territories has agreed to re D port bill for the admission of Okla a homa and Indian Territory as on t state under the name of Oklahoma !, New Mexico and Arizona are not in i cluded in the bill.
 | The bill authorizes the inhabitant. i of the two territories to adopt {
 state constitution defining the status | of the Indians as follows:
 'Nothing contained in the said
 constitution shall be construed to limit or impair the rights of person oreproperty pertaining to the Indians of said territories so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished, or to limit or affect the authority of
 the government of the United States to make any law or regulation re-
 specting such Indians, their lands,
 property, or other rights which it
 would have been competent to make
 if this act had never passed. In-
 dians are made eligible to become
 delegates to the constitutional con-
 ventions. The statehood convention
 is to be held at the seat of govern
 ment in Oklahoma territory"
 Among the declarations prescribed
 for the proposed state is one, For
 ever prohibiting polygamous and
 plural marriages"
 The new state is to be allowed four
 representative in congress until the
 next census and also is to have two
 United States senators. The state is
 to be divided into two judicial dis
 tricts. The constitutional conven-
 ton is empowered to divide Indian
 territory and the land comprised in
 Osage and Ksw reservations into
 counties, the number being limited
 to twenty-four.
 Scranton, Dec. 3.-After an ad-
 journment of ten days, during which time representatives of the railroads and miners were busy preparing evi- dsnee for submission, the anthracite coal strike commission, holding the
 miners side of the controversy, re- stunned this morning. The usual large crowd was present and in addi
 ton there were several new faces among the array of attorneys. Chair man Gray made statement regard ing the efforts for outside settlement saying there has been a misunder standing in some quarters. The idea had gone out that the whole thing is to be dismissed as an agreement was reached. This was incorrect. He added that the commission still en- tertained hope that the efforts look ing to an agreement would continue and the commission would gladly lend its good offices to that end.
 San Francisco, Dec. 3.-A disas- trous explosion occurred on the steamer Progresso today. The Pro- gresso was laid up at the Fulton iron works and was being converted into an oil burner, when one of her tanks exploded. The Progresso was burned to the waters edge and will be a toral loss. The first explosion was followed by second. Ten men have been taken to the general military hospital at the Presidio, near the Fulton iron works, and it is thought several were killed.
 Washington, Dec. 2.-Senator Gull | lom has introduced bill to amend | the Sherman antitrust law. It pro- hibits interstate commerce in articles | produced by trusts, the penalty for | violations being fine of from five hundred to five thousand dollars.
 Washington, Dec. 3.-Representa- tive Hull, chairman of tue house military committee has introduced a bill for general staff of the army. The bill follows closely Roots recom- mendations.
 Frankfort, Ky, Dec. 3.-The ap- pelate court today awarded a new new trial to Caleb Powers, convicted in the Goebel murder conspiracy and sentenced to life imprisonment.
 Chicago, Dec. 4.-Twenty-three persons met death in fire in Lin coin hotel at 176 Madison street at 6 i o'clock this morning. Nineteen bodies have been recovered. Little damage was done to the hotel, but the smoke was so dense that the persons who met death were overcome by smoke and died before assistance could reach them. Many jumped from the fourth story windows or tried to save themselves by climbing down fire escapes in the front of the building, only to lose their grasp on the cold iron bars and fall to the street. Per sons sleeping in the rear of the building on the top floors had no chance for their lives.
 The narrow stairway leading to all floors of the structure was afire and the escape of the lodgers in the rear part of the building was cut of. Bremen and policemen had con the building as a fire trap. All but fourteen of the guests were out of town persons. Most of them came to Chicago to attend the live stock exposition. It is believed the fire started from a lighted cigar dropped in some hallway during the night. There were between 125 and l50 guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. Many perilous escapes were made by them. i,
 Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 4.-The change in the management of the Bates depot and terminal. announced in the selection of George H. Ross to succeed Theodore Bates as presi , dent, has revived rumors regarding the building of independent stock [ yards, packing houses and providing |, an entrance to Kansas City for the Rock Island system and probably other roads. The several hundred acres of river land owned by the { are, it is asserted, to be used as sites for packing houses for the Armours, Swift & Co. and Nelson The completion of the Win ner bridge terminals, it is said, is 10 be pushed. Mir. Ross does not deny that some railroads are interested in the deal, but declines to say what l lii es are back of it. Mir Ross would T not deny that the packers named are