Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-03

At meeting of Prescott Typograph- ical union on Saturday evening the resignation of T. L. Harris as presi- dent was accepted, and Ward Harring- ton, of the Courier force, was elected to the position and ". s. DarTow, also of the Courier, was elected as the successor of Mir. Harrington on the executive board. The union also adopted resolutions of condolence on the, death of little Joey Gilmore, the son of Mir. and Mrs. A. c. Gilmore.
 One hundred Filipinois, two car loads, passed through Prescott on Tuesday morning en route to the St. Louis exposition. After a visit there they will go east and enter Yale and
 Harvard colleges. A passenger who came from California on the same train with them says that they were very bright and intelligent young men. The local Filipino government contributes several hundred dollars each per year for their expenses while attending college.
 Re-oiling of the Santa Fe's roadbed is ID progress from Albuquerque west to Los Angeles and including the San Joaquin Valley. The work will neces- sitate the use of more than 5,00e barrels of fuel oil, and is being di- rected from the company's Los Angeles headquarters. The oil lays the dust and frees the roadbed from what was considered an almost un- bearabIe nuisance, and one that on northern transcontinental railways has not yet been checked.
 Speaking of the arrival in Phoenix on Sunday of a through passenger train over the Santa Fe road the Republican says it was the first of the kind ever to arrive there. In this it was mistaken as it is only few years ago when the Santa Fe run its through trains over the s. F. P. & P. railroad for few days while repairs were be- ing made to the track covering a dis tance of eight or ten miles and which had been damaged by washouts, the same as the present trouble.
 The motion for new trial fer Flor ence Hicklin was before Judge Sloan Saturday again and was argued and submitted, and Judge Sloan took the question under advisement until Monday when be granted the motion. On the showing made, of new evidence which had been discovered, the prose cution even admitted that she was en- titled to a new trial. The case will go over until the Novem Der term of court and in the meantime the fair defendant will be compelled to remain in jail unless admitted to bail.
 Having received a rather fiatterIng offer from Santa Barbara to engage in business for himself, T. L. Harris, who has been the business manager for the Journal Miner for the past year and half will leave Prescott 1 next Tuesday to investigate. If the proves as promising of success as it appears he expects to re main there. MT. Harris has lived in Prescott nearly six years and during that time he and his wife have made ! very many warm friends who will very much regret their departure.
 The club stables opened on Monday | by Mir. Conard, on the east side of the i plaza, are up-to-date in every respect. There are stalls in the main building | for about forty animals, while addi tional stalls will be fitted up in the rear of the main building in sheds which it is proposed to erect there. One of the new features of this stable will be a handsomely fitted up dress ing room for ladies, where they can change their costumes before or after l ride on horse back. MT. Conard has supplied the place with everything modern in the way of conveniences.