Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-04-05
GUNsHU PASS, April 1.-AII is

l the strength of the Japanese positions. Contradictory reports are being re- ceived fir pm Chinese fugitives the most of which indicate that there is con- stant movement of Japanese northeast, as though with the intention of effect ing turning movement at Kirin to cover the beginning of an attack on Vladivostock.
 Chinese also report that the con- struction of the railroad from Sinmin- tin to Mukden has begun. Snow has fallen and the roads are softeniDg again into mud and are in a wTetched condition.
 Base ball-Los Angeles, 1, Pos a md, ?; Batteries-Gray and Spies; Garvin and Swindells.
 San Francisco, 13, Seattle,6; Batter ies-Miller and Wilson; Williams, Henderson and Curtis.
 Oakland, 3, Tacoma. ?; Batteries lberg and Oswald; Fitzgerald and Hogan.
 WASHINGTON. April 3. 3.-PresIdent Roosevelt has carried out his plans for the reorganization of the Isthmian Canal commission as to its personnel and business methods generally on the lines of the legislation he suggested to congress at ths last session, which failed in the crush of the business at the closing hours. Tonight, within half an hour after the presidents de- parture from Washington Secretary Taft, who is directly in charge of can al matters, made pubic the personnel of the new commission and the divis- Ion of duties among them. Only one member of the old commission was reappointed, Benj. M. Harrod. Other to bottom and there is considerable difference between the functions and pay of the commissioners. Finding he was obliged legally to appoint seven commissioners, the president did SO, but he carried out his own ideas by making three practically the full com mission. The other four, though bear ing the title of commissioners, not only receive much lower compensa- tion, but are assigned much smaller fieid activities. The president also carried ont his scheme of dividing up the work of canal building among the commissioners, so that nominally act ing as a body on stated occasions, each individual member would operate in special field. The head commissioner is trained railroad man, the new governor of the zone is lawyer. The engineer commissioner is already known for his ability ill the execu- tion of the practical work of canal cutting. Other members of the con- mission are placed to comply with the law as to the number of the commis- sion, but are men of high ability as hydraulic engineers.
 After their induction into office and their consultation with Secretary Taft, the commissioners met and or ganized. Under the presidents order, the actual headquarters of the com mission is to be Panama and there will probably be considerable traBs fer of employees from Washington to that place, leaving here only small force. Chairman Shonts, Governor Magoon and Engineer Wallace will spend most of their time in the zone. The first action taken was the ap- pointment of an executive committee composed of Shonts, Magoon, Wallace.
 DALLAS, Tex, April 3.-Frank J. Bell, prominent attorney of this city and grand counsellor of the Knights of Pythias, was shot and kill ed today by R. R. Parker, the chief deputy district clerk The shooting occurred at Parker office in the court house and was the result of previous
 
 CHICAGO, April 3.-The municipal election to be held here tomorrow will in a large measure decide the street railway question which for years has been an issue in all local elections.
 ST. LOUIS, April 3.-The mayoral ty election tomorrow will be the eli max of the most stubbornly tough contest in recent years. The demo- crats have renomiDated Mayor Wells, the republican nominee being John 4. Tally.
 LIVERPOOL, April 3.-According l to report brought by the British and | American line mail steamer Snkoto, | from west Africa, tribal warfare is waging in Liberia. Natives of the PIcananyness tribes on March 18th, at tackled the Cestos, killing sixty men and eighty women.