Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-06-24
Telegraphic Sparks.

st. Petersburg, June 1.-THE czar's
congratulatory telegram to King I'eter
is regarded as a public expression of
the qualified favor with which the
proclamation of King Peter has been
received in Russian official circles.
Christiana, Norway, June 1.-THE
whaling ship Gjoa. with Captain Am
mundsens' Magnetic north pole exped-
ition sailed today equipped for -four
years voyage
jackson, KY, June l7.-Arguments
in the Jett trial are proceeding today.
There is intense excitement and anx
iety as to what will happen if the
men are acquitted as anticipated. 1t
| is believed that mnay witnesses
against the prisoners may suffer. At
torney French for the defense, tbis
morning. denounced Judge Blanton OF
the county court as a liar. Blantou
was with difficulty restrained from at
lacking French. b. J. Even was es
corted to the train by guard of SOL
diers as he was leaving the place to
remain away. His family will also
leave. as it is not considered safe for
any of them to remain.
London, June 17.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton left for Liverpool today where he
will take the steamer Oceanic for New
York.
KING Edward sent him a telegram
wishing him success in the coming
yacht races. Large crowds were at
the station TO bid him good bye.
j. P. Morgan also took the same
train.
Richmond, Va, June 1.-THE troll
ley men struck here today, tying up
the entire street car system. There
has been no disorder.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June IA
collision between a Rock Island pas
senger train and a gravel train result
ed in the death of three men and the
injury of four others today. A num-
Der of others sustained minor injuries.
Chicago, June 17.-Savable won the
Derby trial, Lniguist second, Judge
Hines third.
Nearly all the horses entered for
the American Derby Saturday were
started in this race.
Spokane, Wash. June 17.-Just how
many persisted in Sundays flood at
Heppner, Oregon, may never be
: known.
1t is believed that many bodies are
buried beneath the deposit of mud
and debris in the valley and can never
be found Crops in the valley. below
Heppner, are completely ruined. 1t
is believed that the total property
damage will amount to a million dol
lars. The railroad is badly wrecked.
Money is wanted to provide temporary
shelter for the homeless.
Washington, June lit is believed
that the grand jury will be shortly
asked by the post office authorities to
find another indictment against. A. ".
Machen, the former superintendent
of the free delivery system.
The charge is said to be forgery,
based on cashing a check drawn by the
cashier of the New York post office il
favor of Harry Lorenz, of Toledo,
Ohio. Lorenz declares that the sigma
lures to both the check and the
voucher are forgeries and that be
never received the money, and has mt
knowledge of the transaction.
New York, June 1.-THE topmast
of the Reliance broke ten feet from
the masthead just after the yacht
together with the Constitution anC
Columbia crossed the starting line il
the race for the cup.
New York, June l7.-Ten Thousand
employees of the George Fuller Con
struction company were thrown out o
WITH ttNAtiy ny OIuCA VI INC NOuipdu.
thus making the lockout of the build
ing trades complete. One hundred
and fifty thousand men, who are id,
because they are members of tn
building trades unions have beei
served with an ultimatum that the,
will remain IDLE as long as individual
/, they refuse to sign the agreement.
Chicago, June 1.-THE settlement
of the hotel and restaurant strike i
still unsettled but it now appears t
hinge upon the technical construction
of the words "union recognition.
The resumption of business by tn
down town restaurants precipitate,
several fights, pickets generally select
ing women for their victims Tn
( striking board is in conference wit
D the employers.
. Heppner, Oregon, June 17.-Seve
+. bodies were exhumed from a pile Q
debris ono hundred feet high thi
f morning. The work Of cleaning tn