Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-04-01

down of the mines of that gold camp Dnever, March 25.-William N. By
 CTS, Colorado pioneer and founder O
 the Rocky Mountain News, the frs
 daily published in Denver, died toda,
 of paralysis.
 London, March 25.-The chief feat ure of transactions on the stock ex
 change today was the continued sell
 ing of consols, which showed fur
 ther sharp fall.
 During the morning consols fell tC
 90. There was practically no home . support but the continent was buying in small lots.
 Tucumcari, New Mexico, March 9. -Curley Carroll, Kenneth Woodward
 and man named Hoffman, were kill ed in shooting affray in a dance hall
 here. The row started over a woman
 whom two of the men claimed for a
 dance.
 Chicago, Ills, March 25.-Coming
 to the rescue of his mother, who was
 being beaten by her drunken husband,
 Ray Jackson, nineteen years old, shot
 and fatally wounded his father, AL
 onso Jackson at their home here to-
 day. Yielding to the pleadings of his
 mother he tried to escape but was
 later captured.
 Toronto, Ont, March 25.-The Tor
 onto opera house was burned today.
 The estimated loss is s15O, ,O0O The
 fire is supposed to have originated
 from eletric lights in the box office.
 Trenton, N. J., March 26.-Articles of merger were filed in the office of the secretary of state here today, merging the American Steel Switch company and the National Steel com pany and the Carnegie company into the National Steel company, with capitalization of s63, OOO,O 600.
 The combined capital of the old companies amounted to S252, 900, 900. The companies are subsidiary com panies to the United States Steel cor poration. The merger is part of a plan to have the parent concern be- come the operating as we'll as the stock holding concern.
 It will effect great saving in capi- talization and in taxes.
 San Francisco, March 26.-Among the passengers on the steamer Korea, which arrived here today from the Orient, was Sir Chen. Liang Cheng, the new Chinese minister to the Unit ed States. Cheng was accompanied by his entire suite. The party includes about twenty students. Prominent among the latter are three sons of the l nobility who come to America to study at their own expense.
 Charlottesville, Mo-, March 26.-I Walter Chism, Luther Owen and Jen- nie George were drowned eighteen miles south of here last night. While l returning from prayer meeting in canoe the craft was overturned. Miss George and Owen were to have been married within a fortnight.
 Buffalo, N. r., March 26.-The Bur i dick inquest adjourned at noon today | until p. m. with Maggie Murray on the stand. She contradicted most of | the statements of Mrs. Hull. the | mother of Mrs. Burdick, regarding the events in the house on the morning after the murder. The taking of evi- dence is practically ended. It was the understanding today that the in quest into the death of Arthur Pen nell will be held immediately, and that the verdict in the Burdick case will not be rendered until after the close of the Pennell inquest
 Seattle, Wash, March 26.-Only five cars are running on the entire system of the Seattle Electric com pany today. These cars are manned by non-union men. Judge Crawford's order is being respected by the strikers. The only disturbance this morning was caused by union teamsters on Pike street, who refused to get their wagons off the lear tracks until the police were summoned.
 Washington, March 26.-The secre- tary of the treasury today purchased 250, 900 ounces of silver at 49 1-10 cents an ounce, delivered free at the Phila- ielphia mint. This purchase was made on account of the Philippine coinage act.
 Colorado City, Colo, March 26.- Unless all indications fail the strike of the Colorado City mill men will be ended within forty eight hours. It is that both the company and , the federation have agreed to abide by any decision the strike commissioners , may arrive at. Pending the announce nent of a decision the embargo placed on all trust plants and mines in Cripple Creek will be declared off.
 New York, March 6.-Immigration figures for March show that immigra- ion is increasing in spite of the un- , lsual strictness of inspection on both , tides of the ocean. During the first ,wenty five days in March, 49, 162 inn , migrants arrived or 1000 more than { turing the same period of last year. , Ten thousand more are due to arrive [ turing the remainder of the month.
 Paris, March 26.-The body of Ma ' or General Sir Hector Macdonald, z who committed suicide here yesterday f vas removed today to the British f chapel, where it will await f shipment to its final resting place in ( Scotland. ,
 Washington, March 26.-The secre- ary of the treasury has resumed re- ( funding operations. It was announced S hat on and after April l, it will re- ,eive three per cent bonds of 1908 and a per cents of 1907 to the amount V ,f s10O, 900, 900 to be refunded in per T ,ent consols on the basis of 1O2. {
 Port of Spain, March 26.-The chamber of commerce has adopted res buttons requesting Colonial Secre- ary Chamberlain to remove imme- liately the governor of this island, Sir Cornelius Maloney and the prin- ,ipal officers, and asking for royal t of innni,r- ulho .,rr.,I.o. :.