Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-09-28

ton sending out letters to government officials in this territory asking fol
 information in reference to the amount or floor space required al
 present for offices used by the govern
 ment, such as postof6ces, land offices,
 courts, etc, Letters have been re.
 ceived by federal officials in Prescott,
 Phenix, Tucson and NogaIes and pro-
 bably others. Work has not been
 commenced, however, on any of them
 yet.
 Epes c. Randolph, president of the
 Maricopa and Phoenix, the Arizona
 and Eastern and the Globe and Nor
 thern railroad corporations, accom-
 panied by Messrs. Eugene S. Ives,
 Frank Cox and J. L. Alexander, at
 torneys for the above railroad inter-
 ests, arrived from the south this
 morning in the special car of MT.
 Randolph. The above gentlemen are
 here on legal matters affecting the right of way of the Arizona and East ern through Pinal county.
 A mysterious affair occurred Sunday night in the alley back of the Burke. A man named Allen says that he was 1 accosted by stranger, of whom he could give no personal description and after few words gun was levell- ed at him and discharged. MT. Allen says that he knows of no motive for this act, and that he instantly took to his heels to make his escape. Mr. Allen further said that his personal appearance was in no way an induce he is more than mystified as to what prompted this would be murderer to take his life.
 In October the Bay View Reading club, J. M. Hall, president, and cen- traI office in Detroit, Michigan, will enter upon it's thirteenth year. This is one of the great educational insti- tutions of the day. It is organized in every state and territory and out side of this country, and embraces over 1000 literary clubs and more
 han 15, GOO members, beside hundreds who study alone. It offers this year two popular courses, one on Germany, Belgium and Denmark; the other on the theme of the hour, Russia and Japan.
 The transportation committee of the Fl Paso Chamber of Commerce is now working with the passenger agents of the nine railways centering there in an endeavor to obtain an unusually low rate from all points to Fl Paso for the meeting of the twelfth Nation al Irrigation congress, which convenes in that city November l5. The com mittee hopes to obtain rate at least | as low as S10 for the round trip from | all points in Texas and a correspond ing reduction from all towns in Colo | rado, Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico { and California. Every assurance of ! success has already been received.
 One of the most amusing things of the month is a story in the October is- sue of 10 Story Book, by Hon. Buck called "Why Auntie Remained Single. The humor of the ex- congressman is always bizarre. Bennett Harris has a strong social satire entitled "The Goose and Her Golden Eggs. Another clever con- ,eit is Pooling Red Eye Gulch," by William Hamilton Osborne. The story smacks little of Bret Harte. Hayden Carruth makes fun in his own peculiar way in the "Courtship of 1od and Jason" The cover is decid- , ally odd, inscribed with 10 Story Books watchword, "No essays, no !, erials, nothing heavy, just 10 snappy , tories.'' Ben Hull, a we'll known laboring e lan of this section, committed suicide | esterday morning at the railroad c epot by blowing the top of his head a if with six shooter. A few months t go he attempted to kill himself. but c 'as unsuccessful. the bullet striking O i'm i'll the chest low down, and but b lightly wounding him. For several t lonths he had been an inmate of the p ounty hospital. He left note say @ lg that his health was shattered, and l' a addition he was Respondent for n nancial reasons. He desired also to ti