Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-10-07
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met in state convention here today The assembly is very large, and tn unanimous nomination of Governo John l.. Bates, Lieut. Governor Curti Guild, jr., and the remainder of tn present list of state officials is practi cally assured.
 San Francisco, Oct. 2-W. $. Leake manager of the Call. has severed hi connection with the paper and ha been succeeded by John McNaught who for several years has been au edi torial writer on the Call The busi ness department will remain in charge of W. J. Martin.
 St. Charles, Mo. Oct. Civilian Wolf, a well known farmer residing half mile south of Cottleville, who has wife and eight children, slashed his throat with knife with suicidal intent He is not expected 10 live.
 Clinton, la, Oct "A thousand acres of corn land in this section arc inundated as a result of the high wa CT in the Mississippi, which is higher now than before for many years.
 Kansas City, Mo, Oct 2-Sam Parks. the New York walking dele- gate, won personal victory over Pres ident Buchanan in the forenoon ses- sion here today of the Iron Workers convention Amid great excitement. and an intense demonstration, Parks delivered a ringing speech, which re- suited in the defeat of the amendment | to the constitution. disqualifyinG any man holding a political cffice from representation in the convention. The measure was aimed at Assemblyman Butler. member of local No. ? of New York.
 Boston, Mass. Oc,. 2.-For the first time in many years the British flag guarded by British muskets, was borne through streets of Boston today when the Honorable artillery com pany of London, appeared as the spc- cial guests of the Ancient and Hon. orable artillery company of this city.
 Washington, Oct. Maj. Gen. Corbin, adjutant general of the army, is to be assigned to the command of the department of the east with head quarters at Governors Island, New York.
 Camp Young, West Point. Ky, Oct. 2.-About five thousand enlisted men took the field today for the first series of combined manouvers for the regulars and militia. The latter made an excellent showing, winning com pliments from the officers of the regu- lars.
 Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 2.-Tbe Mace donian revolutionary headquarters as sert that they have positive informa- ton that the whole Christian popula- tion of Mehomia, province of Seres. was massacred OF Sept. 2S, with the exception of ten men, who escaped with the news. The population is equally divided between Turks and Bulgarians, the latter numbering about 300.
 Pratt. Kan, Oct. "A cloud burst early Thursday evening did inestim- able damage to property. and sent the Niuescan an ordinary stream, over a mile in width in a brief time. Three inches of water fell. The Santa Fe track was one foot under water, and the city water pumps were submerged six feet. Eight weeks of drought was broken by this storm,
 Toronto, Ont, Oct 2.-Leopold J. Stern, of Baltimore. who is wanted | in Washington in connection with the postal frauds, was today ordered held | to the United States authorities for trial, on charges made. in the infor nation asking for his extradition.
 St. Louis, Oct 2-Joekey Wm. Shea who was injured in an accident on the Delmar track. died this morn | ing without recovering consciousness.
 Lexington, $. C., Oct. 2.-The read iug of editorials from the State was concluded shortly after the Tillman trial was resumed today. Several em- ployes of the State-testified that Edit or Gonzales had no weapons when be was taken into the office of sthe paper after the shooting c. J. Terrell. ed itor of newspaper in Florence county related conversation he had with Tillman in which the latter ha6 threatened to kill Gonzales.
 Cripple Creek. Colo. Oct. 2-Chas Kennison, president of district miners union No. l, who has been a prisoUer in the military guard house for fifteen days was escorted by troops to the county jail today and delivered into the custody of the sheriff who served a warrant on him charging him with carrying concealed weapons.
 Chicago, Ill.,. Oct. 3.-Chicago's $ city council is.preparing to attack the validity of the act, creating Chi cago's forty million dollar drainage canal. The fnance committee of the council has formally advised Corpora tion Counsel Holman, to bring action in the supreme court of the state, next week. \ threatened depletion of the city's water fund, with pos sible deficit is the moving force be- hind the aldermen. and the act of the last legislature by which the suburb. Cicero, was added to sanitary dis trict has caused the trouble. Should the city comply with the act it is said that other country towns could de mand the same concessions as are awarded Cicero, which it is claimed would be ruinnus.
 Kansas City, Mo, Oct 3.-Frauh Buchanan of Chicago was today re- elected president of the Internati1n Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. The victory over Walk. , ing Delegate Parks was complete. New York, Oct 3.-Mrs. Mary Lay ton Jonhnson. wife of a Fifth avenue dentist, who is alleged to have de faulted in the sum of 534, GOO from 8 card firm, was today held under 5l0, 0O0 bail to appear before the grand jury.