Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-07
FINE WORKING ORDER.
That is the Condition of the Pacific
 Cable-Free Service.

cable between San Francisco an
 Honolulu is in fine working order Yesterdays achievement in transmit ting the mass of dispatches filed wa considered remarkable for the frs day of the new cables installation Through the courtesy of the Cabl company no charge has been made fo sending messages to and from Homo lulu during the past two days.
 DYER RESIGNS SUPBERINTEN
 DENCY.
 Denver, Jan. 3.-The resignation of Charles Dyer, General Superinten dent of the Colorado & Southern rail road has been rendered to the board of directors.
 GET INCRE lSED WAGES.
 Los Angeles, Jan. 3.-The locomo tive engineers and f1reemen of tho Southern Pacific and Santa Fe systems have been granted an increase oi wages averaging ten per cent.
 ABINGTON BANK ROBBED.
 Galesburg, H., Una. Five meI entered the First National Bank oi Abingdon this morning and bound and gagged the night watchman and secured S4, 800 from the vault. Nc arrests have been made, though it is claimed the officers have a Jew to the robbers.
 COPPER PRODUCTION INCREAS-
 ED.
 New York, Jan. 3. 3.-According to a report compiled by the New York metal exchange there has been an in crease in the production of copper for the year just closed. Figures for 1902 are 293, 83O tons, compared with 266, 716 tons in 1901. The consumption also increased largely. The suppl y at hand at the present time is esti- mated at1 B, SIS tons.
 HARVESTER ROBBED.
 Bussie, la, Jan. 3.-W. B. Sulli- van, paymaster for the Bussie coal mine vas relieved of s1, 800 today by robbers. After the footpads secured the money Sullivan fired a shot gun at the men, seriously wounding one man. The others escaped with the money.
 New York, Jan. 3.-Meixcans 381z silver 481z.
 Indiannola. Miss, Jan. 5.-A large portion of this community is con siderably wrought up over the action of the government in closing the post office at this place because the citizens objected to a negro postmaster. A partial paralysis of business is being felt and the depression of business is continuing. Today private office was established for the of mail collected by pri- vate messenger service from Hathman and Greenville at the expense of citi- zens. Precautions have been taken by the city and county officers to pre- vent any trouble. There is an un- dercurrent of excitement which ex- tends to surrounding towns. There are large number of strangers here and more are arriving on every train.
 Los Angeles, Jan. 5.-J. Marion Brittian was shot and probably fatal ly wounded by l. B. Tusdell this Jealously over Mrs. F. M. Ross, landlord of the house at which both roomed is the alleged cause of the attempted murder. Both men are about twenty-one years old. Mrs. Ross and Brittian came from Houston two months ago where Brittian figured as correspondent in a divorce suit against Mrs. Ross.
 Seattle, Wash, Jan. 5.-The flood situation south of Seattle has not greatly improved this morning. Mar tin Cummings and F. Shaughnessey while rescuing people from second story windows of their homes with boa ts at O'Brien on the Northern Pa cific railroad were drowned by the of their boat. No trains have been running through the flood ed district yet and no prospect of it for some time.
 San Diego, Jan. 5.-Mrs. Tingley was recalled when the trial of her action against Los Angeles Times was this morning. Samuel M. of defendants counsel questioned her concerning Point Coma treatment of inmates and her ,a's st life.
 Sacramento, Jan. 5.-The state sen Ite Sonvened at noon today. James !. Flint was elected president.
 Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 5.-The re- ouElicans of the assembly, in caucus his Imorning, selected Arthur G. Fisk of San Francisco as speaker of the louse.
 Washington, Jan. 5.-The supreme sturt decided today that money paid by the Russian government on sugar exported is a bounty and that the collector of customs at New York was justified in levying a countervailing duty on Russian sugar according to the terms of the Dingley law.
 Washington, Jan. 5.-Dr. David Jayne Hill, first assistant secretary of state, has been appointed United States minister to Switzerland. Francis B. Loomis, at present minis ter to Portugal, will succeed Hill. and Charles Page Byran will succeed Loomis.
 Dresden. Saxony, Jan. 5.-The Ger man consul at Geneva has received the necessary permission to serve a writ on the Crown Princess Louise of SaXony in connection with a suit for divorce filed by her husband.
 Madrid, Jan. 5.-Dispatc hes from Tangier says that the sultan is dis r,ocad fo abIfaa4a ;p faror of I;c