Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-02-03

day morning are being brought to tn
surface.
Every body is bruised and cut an
crushed into a shapeless mass of pulp
The fact that legs and arms wer
broken and disjointed indicate tina
the force of the explosion was mos
terrific.
All the bodies are more or les
burned. Some are burned to a crisp
making it extremely difficult to iden
tify them on this account.
No relatives have been permitted t,
visit the morgue as the sights are to,
gruesome.
At 1890 o'clock today twenty DO
dies had been brought to the surface
and sixty two others were at the foo
of the shaft.
David Lisle, a volunteer rescuer
was overcome by gas today and dieC
before assistance could be rendered
him.
: London, Jan 27.-The post morten
examination shows that Whitaker
Wright committed suicide by taking
cyanide of potassium.
The traSic event has been the topic
of conversation in London.
Detective Willis, who brought
Wright from the United States, had
warned the court officials to watch fo1
an attempt at suicide, from remarks
which Wright dropped during the voy-
age.
The financial News says that Wright
might have made disclosures, serious
ly involving people of prominence,
but loyal and contagious he carried
the secrets to his grave.
The Investigation indicates that
Wright must have swallowed the poi
son while he was standing before Just
ice Bigham after receiving his SEN
tence.
1t is recalled that Wright pulled his
handkerchief from his pocket, and ap-
peared TO wipe his face. Under cover
of this he no doubt took the fatal
dose.
Washington, Jan. 27.-The senate
committee on foreign relations, today
took action on the Panama canal
treaty, which, in effect, rescinds the
former adoption of the amendments.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the
committee was authorized to report a
disagreement on the amendments al
ready reported which is equivalent to
reporting the treaty in its original
form.
1t is believed that the canal treaty
will be ratified by the senate without
amendments of any character.
Mr.. Simons, of North Carolina,
spoke in support of the canal treaty,
heing the first democrat to take an
open position on that question in such
a controversy.
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 27.-The Their
mometer this morning. the fourth day
of the extreme cold weather, registered
> degrees below zero. John Brunt.
an employee of lumber camp. was
frozen to death.
Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 2s.-A
snow fall here last night amounted to
eight inches, which IS the heaviest of
any official record for this section.
Street car traffic is delayed on ac-
count of this unexpected fall.
Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. ga fire
started in the timbers at the bottom
of the air shaft at the North Leaven-
worth coal mine at four O'Clock, and
it took hard work to keep the flames
fro n the main entries \ big force
of men volunteered and went down
the main hoisting shaft to fight the
fire. 1t caused considerable trouble to
keep the mules from smothering and
the flames from reaching the under
ground stable. The mine will be
closed for several days to make re-
pairs.
Atlanta, Jan. 2S.-The heaviest
snow fall since the local weather bu-
reau was established here, fell last
night and today. 1t is a depth of
eight inches and the temperature is
down to freezing.
st. Louis, Jan. 28.-Paul Deichman
fought a pistol duel with two bur
glars at his store here today, killing
one and wounding the other. Deich-
man, who is a druggist, was unhurt
st. Petersburg. Jan. Is -Russia's
reply to the last japanese note will
be dispatched to Toxic on Saturday,
January 30. 1t is intimated, semi
that the reply is couched in
very pacific terms.
Kansas City, Jan. l2S.-The republic
can convention of the fifth Missouri
district, today, elected
two delegates and two alteTnates to
the national republican convention in
Chicago, instructed to vote for and
use all honorable means to secure the
of Theodore Roosevelt,
also to support Cyrus P. Walbrldge of
st. Louis, for vice president. -
Chicago, Jan. 2S.-The following
were reported at seven
a. m. this morning: New York and
IA above; Boston and
Chicago, s; Philadelphia and Wash
ington, Is; Minneapolis, y below; st.
Louis, 10 above.
Pittsburg, Pa. Jan. 2S.-Ninety
five bodies had been taken out of tine
Harwick mine at noon today.
Thirty more are at the foot of the
shaft ready to be brought up.
There are probably fifty more still
in the mine which have not yet been
reached.
Before evening the first funeral will
be over. The identified of the 125
which have been found numbers only
twenty one leaving over 100 so badly
mangIed and disfgured as not to be
susceptible of Identification even by
their clothing The little village is
a veritable camp of mourning.
: Fresno, Cal, Jan. 2s.-It appears
that five threatening letters have gone
through the mails from hlackmailers