Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-04-12
TelegraphiC Briefs

Dodd, chief solicitor Of the Standard Oil company gave out statement to- day with reference to the recent dis cussion as to the acceptance Of the gift of slOO, 900 offered by John D. Rocke- feller for missionary work. Dodd de- clares that the statement that Rocke- feller made his money dishonestly, ''is false, is vile and being made by ministers in the pretended interest of morality, is doubly vile. y
 Dodd then says that the Standard Oil company does not own share of stock in any railroad company and does not control any railroad com papy, and that since the enactment of the interstate commerce law has not received lower rates than other ship pers by rebates, arrangements, devices or plans of any character.
 SALT LAKE, April 6.-Joseph F. Smith was sustained as prophet, seer and revelator by a unanimous vote of the members of the Mormon church at U
 the opening session of the seventy fifth annual conference here today.
 When the vote was taken to sustain the twelve apostles, two hands were raised in dissent. One of the dissent CTS arose to explain his vote, but was not permitted to speak, President Smith merely stating that he could present. his objections to the proper authorities.
 The incident created great sensa- tion. Member who dissented, after wards stated that they desired to pro- test against sustaining such officers oi the church as live in polygamy. Among the apostles sustained were Taylor and Cowley. Senator Shoot was not present today.
 BOMBAY, April 6.-The Times oi India authentically states that tho Russian troops have replaced those ol the AmesI of Bokhsra at all posts or the upper Oxus districts of ShignaI and Boshan; that 1, GOO men have beer detached from the Msrv garrison ss permanent addition to Kushk and tho Murghab river district.
 MOSCOW, Arril 6.-The centrs committee of the social revolutionary party has drawn up document con tainins the main points of it's progrsu and of this hundreds of thousands O copies are being printed for circuls tion in all parts of Europe and Rus sia. The first and main point is th' estA plishment of democratic repub lie on the ruins of autocracy. |
 voices phrases familiar to American cara such as "Initiativs and referen dun, '" "public ownership of public utilities, '' etc The program is divid
 ed under two heads: hrst, politica regsl domain under which it demand the institution of a democratic repub lie with broad autonomy for province municipalities and communef; tn
 widest application of the federal prin , ciple to the relations between variou
 nationslitles; adireet secret unlversa . ballot without discrimination ot sex
 nationality or religion, the sepsratio
 of church and state, the right t
 strike, compulsory popular and gratu
 titous education and the abolition |. the standing army and the substltutlo
 of a national militia. The secon
 head is national economy; 1t taVci
 eight hour day,s minimum wage scale Y the prohibition of child labor ap e many other policies radically oppose q to the present system.
 PARIS, April 6.-The arrival ( e King Edward in Paris today WAS th V occasion for notable manifestation D Anglo-F French cordiality, which is b' v ing generally interpreted tonight as # conspicuous response to Germany s attitude regarding Morocco, althoGs L. the king remained but short time. C ALLISONIA, Va, April S.-Whi D tsmpisg powder this afternoon in j. limestone quarry at Ardwsy, for . miles rsst of here, the blast exploC
 cd. cau.isg the explosion of two oth'
 blasts near by. Eight men were il
 stuntIy killed and two fatally injured NEW YORK, April S.-By the cal , sizing and sinking of the tug Greet
 vile in North river today, Captain
 c. Tall, Nsbon CarapSer, engines
 sud HAns EyssD, deck hand, wei 70 drowned. Three members of the crsV n were rescued from the river.
 D, FIT. WORTH, Tex, April 8. I'll It largest crowd that ever thronged u of streets ot Ft. Worth welcomed Pres l. dent Roosevelt today when ne arrive Id from San Antonio. The presl!enti le special arrived at 9:45 and left at le o'clock. Forty one minutes of tl 10 president visit were occupied t the parade in which he rode. The T t. msinder of the time was taken up