Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-10-14
Geographic Briefs.

of the new city hall tower at Chariot
tenburg, a suburb of Berlin, has beef
blown down, forests have been uproot
ed and wall at New Baths, Dresden,
was demolished, killing four wOrkme1
and injurlng eight others. Numerou:
other small accidents have been re.
ported.
Darmstatt, Oct. Princes Alice
of Battenburg and Prince Andrew OF
Greece were married evangelically il
the court here today. The bridal pain
and all the royal and princely guest:
then proceeded to the Russian chapel,
where the Greek church service, far
more impressing than the first occur
red.
Paris, Oct. Wayne McVeagh, the
senior counsel for the United States
has arrived here from The Hague hav-
ing completed his argument before
the Venezuelan arbitration tribunal.
lie regards the situation of the case as
being satisfactorily hopeful.
Camp Young, West Point, KY, Oct,
ten thousand troops passed in re-
view, before the division staff, the
governors of Kentucky and Indiana
and visiting army officials, and great
crowd of spectators today.
Burns, Ore, Oct. THE news has
just reached here that John NJ. Sax
ton, lawyer of this place, and Jack
West, a deputy sheriff, were killed
twenty five miles south of here on Oc-
tober 4, in a battle with John Frost, a
fugitive burglar of Douglas county.
Saxton was killed by the outlaw while
he was giving water to his dying com
panion. After the had killed both of
his puTsuers Frost secured a horse
and rode away.
Seattle, Wash, Oct. The high
water in Lake Union, early this morn
ing, burst through the dams and the
retaining walls at the head of the gov
eminent canal. The gates are still
standing but the flood has eaten a big
channel around the lock. The Ere
mont and Ross bridges are badly dam
aged, and are expected to go out.
The banks Of the canal are caving rap
idly, and immense damage will be
done to the government works. In
spite of the damage, it is thought that
the flow of water is doing more to
deepen the canal than the government
could do in five years.
Butte. Mont, Oct. NO clue has
yet been obtained of the parties who
placed dynamite on the tracks of the
Northern Pacific last night resulting
in the blowing up of freight train
eleven miles west of this city. A pOr-
ton of the track was torn up and the
pilot and headlight of the engine were
blown off. No one was hurt, but the
road bed for quite a distance was bad
ly wrecked.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. News reach
ed here today of disastrous tornado,
which damaged farms in the Bear
creek settlement twelve miles south
east of this city. Many houses and
barns were blown down. Crops lying
in the fields were scattered i'll every
direction. None we're injured as far
as heard from.
Washington, Oct. Several mem
bers Of the cabinet, including Secre-
taries Shaw, Moody, and Wilson. will
participate in the campaign now pro-
crossing in several of the states.
Shaw had a talk with the president to-
day, prior to his entering upon long
campaign tour. He will leave tomOr-
row for a speech making trip through
Ohio. Kentucky and Iowa.
Nevada. Mo-, Oct John Mel
son, negro, struck Ed Gray, another
darby. with a burning lamp. The
lamp broke when it came in contact
with Gray's head and the oil poured
down over his head and shoulders, and
was ignited Gray's back was burned
to a crisp and his face and breast were
also badly burned. He will die.
Austin. Tex, Oct. THE Mas
river has overflowed and inundated
great part Of the Laguna cotton dis
trict in Mexico. The lower part of the
city of Lerdo is flooded and many
houses destroyed. The property loss
throughout the valley of the river is
very heavy.
Washington, Oct. John Decker
of Norwich, Conn, who is evidently
a mechanic. entered the white house
soon after the doors were opened this
morning. The officials thought him a
crank and arrested him. He was un-
armed, and made no resistance when
turned over to the police authorities.
Wide Water, Va, Oct. An un-
successful attempt was made today to
launch the Langley flying machine.
The machine went about one thousand
yards, and then dived into the water.
Ii is a complete wreck. At no time
did 1t seem to travel under its own
power, but went with the momentum
received from The launching power.
| Prof Langley who was in the machine
was uuhurt but he received duck
I ing. When the machine struck the
water it disappeared, but in a moment
/ five conical shaped floats did the func-
/ tion of a we'll aerodrome and il tloated
/ in The water.
For bottle or flask Of choice Old
Grow whiskey go to ksarueE's; COur-
! isr building. "