Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-01-18
WASHINGTON. d. c. Jan. "a


"Please send me two $40 gold pieces
or their equivalent for the enclosed
pieces of old gold, - was a communi-
cation received at the treasury depart
ment a few days ago. Uncle Sam is
not in the cold gold purchasing bus
mess, but the two pieces of discarded
metal and the letter accompanying
them we're referred to the redemption
division. The Investigations which
followed disclosed a romance.
A young man desiring to give his
fiancee a worthy Christmas present
placed two $50 gold pieces between
two sandwiches and sent them too her.
! Calling soon afterward, he was met
with chilling reception. The young
lady told him that the sandwiches
were not to her liking, and that be
could find the remains of the two he
had sent by looking in the fire place
The young man lost no time in IN
earthing the molten pieces and after
explanations had been made his fan
Gee was pacifed.
The next day be wrote to the treas
ury department for the redemption of
the money. After some correspond
ence he made an affidavit that the two
| gold pieces we're placed between slices
of bread; that a mistake had been
made and the money destroyed. This
was accepted by the officials and two
$50 gold notes we're issued. Incident
ally, the story came out.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 16.-Frauds ag-
gregating to SIT, 900 are alleged to have
been prepetrated agains, the county
government of Salt Lake and the ad-
joining counties in the last three
months through the duplicate pay
ments of bounties on the hides of wild
animal pests.
ST. PETERSBURG, january 16.-
Twelve thousand men at the Poutilotf
iron works struck today. The strike is
the result of the refusal of the mana
ger to reinstate four workmen who
were dismissed for belonging to I'M
charges formulated by the union
which represent twenty industries
The works are IDLE in all departments
Up to the present time all is quiet
There is possibility of great extern
sions Of the movement. A conference
Of employers and men having failed it
was decided tonight by the employees
in three other irons works to strike
tomorrow, making a total of forty
thousand strikers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-China's
attention has again been directed and
invited by the American government
to the necessity of faithful mainte-
nance of her neutrality, not only for
her own interest but for the interest
of the worlds peace. Hay upon re-
ceipt of the full text of Russia's note
expressing Russia's belief that China's
neutrality has been repeatedly violat-
ed, prepared instructions for the
American charge at Picking directing
him to make an inquiry of the Chin
csc government regarding the situa-
ton.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 16.-Ja-
pans consent to exchange prisoners,
according to the class and rank, has
just been received. Consequently in
the near future three Russian officers
captured on the Russian volunteer
fleet cruiser Ekaterinslav by the ia
panese, wi4l be exchanged for three
Japanese officers captrued on the Jap
anese transport Kinshiu, sunk by Rus
slams in the sea of Japan, and the Sa-
do, driven ashore by the Russians in
the sea of Japan. The question of the
exchange of prisoners on this basis was
raised by Russia last summer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.--Russia's
note to the powers charging China
with violation of neutrality, although
it has not yet been received at Wash
ington, confines to arouse widespread
interest in foreign circles, substance
of the note having been known of
several days. 1t now seems likely
that Japan will reply in vigorous
fashion to the charge that she conniv-
ed in these alleged violations. 1t is
understood that Japan believes if
there has been any violation of Chin
csc neutrality, it has been under pres
sure from st. Petersburg and not from
Toxic.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 16.-Gen.
Kuropaktin in dispatch to the emperor
reuorting that Russian cavalry raids of
January 10th and 18th says: 1.-The
Japanese suffered heavily. The Rus
sian losses during those two days were
three officers killed and ten wounded,
fifteen soldiers killed and forty nine