Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-03-29

! SotlaUlOnS was construed as meaning
 that their strong influence for peace
 finally lad prevailed with the authori
 ties at St. Petersburg.
 The announcement of the resump
 tion of negotiations took a definite form in communication to the syn.
 dicate of agents of the change who
 form an influential element on the
 bourse, holding the government creden-
 tials.
 ST. PETERSBURG, March 9, BAG
 8. m.-The Russian rear guard is oc-
 cupying the line of fairly strong
 natural position, thirty four miles
 south of Gunshu Pass, the centre be-
 ing at the railroad village of Siping-
 hai and the Hanks covering the roads on either side, which apparently is the
 intention to defend long enough to
 force the Japanese to show their
 hands. The Russians may however
 have been outflanked and have no in tention of making a serious star d, es- pecially as all the correspondents con- tinue to report rumors of wide turn ing operations, on both Hanks indica- ting the probable basis in fact. Cores pondents beIieve that resumption of hostilities on a grand scale is impTo- bable inside of three months at least.
 GUNSHU PASS, March D, evening. On the front all is quiet. Both sides are busily recognizing and effecting new concentrations. A large party of Japanese prisoners has passed through this place on the way to Harbin. One of the Japanese is a spy who was cap tured in the uniform of the eleventh Siberian rifles. He will be tried by court martial.
 LONDON, March q The posslbiI- ity of arranging peace between Russia and Japan and the financial contest between the two countries are attract ing greater attention for the moment than the stategic developments iu Manchuria. Comparisons are drawn betweeon the respective status of the two nations in the money market now aud at the beginning of the war. The spectacle the Russian minister of finance visiting newspaper editors and to verify by personal of the national bullion de- posits, while Japan is negotiating an enormous loan on better terms than her previous small and timid issues, puts the development of the credit of the two nations into vivid contrast and is greatly commented on.
 LOS ANGELES, March 24. Charles Stephen Rogers, a patent attorney, and his wife were found dead in bed at heir Harvard boulevard home in this ,ity late today. Circumstances indi- ,ate that Rogers shot his wife and hen committed suicide.
 Rogers and his wife repaired to their 1 'oom at 9 o'clock last night. Not having appeared at noon today and ! he door being locked the servants | notified the police. Officers went to | he house and broke open the door | md found both dead. The women i lad been shot in the side and Rogers trough the head. 4 revolver lay be- u-aar thor, fho bol
 No motive is known for the deed as Rogers enjoyed lucrative practice nd had no known business or domes- ic troubles He was about forty two nd his wife thirty seven years of age.
 SAN FRANCISCO. March 24.-The board of police commissioners tonight l. dismissed from the department Chief Whitman, Sergeant Ellis, Policemen )'Brien and Hines. Whitman was harged by the commissioners with ncompetehcy and neglect of duty in ailing to suppress gambling in China own. Ellis admitted that he had re- eived money from Chinese gamblers rho paid for protection. The two olicemen were discharged as equally ulpable.
 WASHINGTON, March 9 The resident has completed the organiza- ion of commission which is to in estigate and report to congress on he question of the reform of the nat ralization laws. Special Assistant ttorney General Purdy and Special Inspector $. K. Camp. ] ell, of the department of commerce ni labor, together with Gaillard Iult of the state department will lake up the commission.
 WASHINGTON, March 24 The and Secretary Taft are mak- lg every effort to complete the ar ' for the Istbmian canal previous to the depart re of the president on his western :, lip. It is possible that this cannot 3 accomplished, as it is nec,..rry for
 number of communications to pass