Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-04-02
NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS

General Greedy has invited bid
 for supplying system of wireles
 telegraphy between Nome City anC St. Michael, Alaska, 104 miles dis tant, across Norton sound.
 Dr. Dewitt Talmage is seriouslG il at his home in Washington city. Hi family deny that his condition is crit ical. He was attacded with the griI about two weeks ago in the City o Mexico.
 In all the history of the Klondik' there has never been such crowd O people journeying over the ice iron White horse as now. People who ar rived at Skagway ten days ago me 800 to 600 people going in. Since then steamers have reached Skagway with over 100 more miners and pros pectors bound for Dawson.
 The postponement of the Louisiana Purchase exposition to 1904 will prob. ably be officially announced about April 1st. The announcement will be made at St. Louis. For some reason St. Louis people are loath tc admit that postponement is necessary and they are anxious to be relieved oi the painful necessity of proclaiming the delay to the world, despite the fact that it is physical impossibility for them to get the exposition ready by the spring of next year.
 Postmaster General Payne has re- ceived the following telegram from Postmaster John R. Guyer, of Clay ton, \. M.: "I was attacked in the postofice yesterday and in defense of myself and my office shot and killed man. Particulars by mail"
 Four women prisoners broke jail at Fort Scott, Kansas, but were after ward captured. One Birdie McCarty, a horse thief, was found hidden under blanket in the bottom of a wagon being driven by Peter Shehay, twelve miles from there. The others were captured near Hammond after being chased three miles.
 Mayor Lowe has signed the bill authorizing the Pennsylvania railroad to construct a tunnel under North river and to build two railroad sta tions in the borough of Manhattan. The bill now goes to the governor for final action. If approved this will insure entrance in New York to the Pennsysvania road.
 A helper engine on a west bound freight train blew up while going up Lake Hill, seventy miles west of Ogden. The dead are: William Will ton. engineer, of Ogen; E A Uphoof, brakeman; and an unknown tramp. Fireman Roy Muusey was terribly burned and scalded and will proba- bly, die. The cause of the explosion has not been ascertained.
 Miss Blanche Boise, a protege of Mrs. Nation, horsewhipped Mayor Parker of Topeka in his office. Three times she slashed the mayor and then he sprang at her, gripped her by the throat, choked her, tore the rawhide from her hand and pushed her into the hall, as she exclaimed: "Thank God, I've done it. I've horsewhipped you and now I'm going to horsewhip the governor" She claims he was re- sponsible for running the joints open.
 Pedro Sandoval, guard at the penitentiary at Santa Fe, and Frank Romero, were refused admission to a Santa Fe saloon Saturday night and in attempting to force an entrance one of them cut John Glass, a colored hack driver. who was in the saloon. On leaving the saloon they met W. AW. Bell, of Tres Piedras, N. M., al the entrance of the Claire hotel and without provocation seriously cut him in the neck and in the back. Both men were arrested.
 A number of curious petrifcations have been found in the vicinity of Gallup, where they are boring for oil. Among others have been found a number of tropical nuts, petrified and some of them were broken so as to show the meat. One of the petrified nuts also had wood cling to it which was petrifed. All fossil signs clearly show that it was at one time tropi- cal country with the products of a tropical country. One of the curiosi- ties they have is petrified snake, three feet long found imbedded in sand stone.
 Official contradiction has been re- ceived at the state department at Washington of the report that Powell Clayton, ,jr.,a son of Ambassador Clay ton,and former military attache to the United States embassy at Mexico, was forced to leave his post because of his refusal to fight duel. The repors to the department shows that instead of being involved in a Christmas brawl, which was supposed to be at the bot tom of the challenge, Captain Clay ton really quilted the City of Mexico on August s last.
 A romantic wedding took place place recently at Tacoma. Briefly stated, its history is as follows: On June 29, 1890, G. J. Galbraith was married to a girl in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They lived happily in that city until about eighteen months ago, when they separated. Decem- Der Is last Mrs. Galbraith was grant ed divorce by the Omaha court. In the meantime Galbraith had located in Seattle and engaged in business Mrs. Galbraith went to Salt Lake to live with friends. She fell ill. Her former husband learned of her illness and provided her with funds. She recovered and went to Tacoma to visit friends. Business had called Galbraith to Tacoma, and they met by accident on Pacific Avenue. Neither knew the other was in Ia coma until they were face to face. Twenty minutes after Mrs. Galbraith stepped from the train she was with Mir. Galbraith at the marriage license window of the county auditors office and their marriage occurred shortly afterwards.
 General Wood, military governor of Cuba, is in Washington, the guest of President Roosevelt. The main object of his visit to Washington at this time is to arrange with the presi- dent and secretary of war for trans fer of the active control of the affairs of Cuba to the Cuban republic. Soon after his arrival General Wood went