Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-08

ment, to eliminate Arizona and New
Mexico from the proposition. The
vote will be taken tomorrow.
CLEVELAND, o.. Feb. 6.-Receiv-
er Loesser filed list today of the
creditors of Mrs. Chadwick, together
with the amounts due each. 1t is I'M
officially estimated that her debts ag-
gregate 3, 600, 600, but claims thus far
presented total only 500, 900. The
value of Mrs. Chadwick's estate is not
given, but it is generally believed not
to be worth more than $50,
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Feb. g.
Soisalon Soininen, procurator general
OF Finland, who, before he was en-
nobled was known by the name of
johnson, was assassinated today by
young man whose identity, up to the
present has not been determined.
Both the assassin and SoinDen's SOD
we're wounded in a pistol duel follow
ing the assassination.
The man called at the Office of the
procurator, sent in his card, was re-
eeived and he opened fire as soon as
he entered the officials office, killing
him instantly
Young Soininen returned the fire
shooting the murderer through the leg
and himself was shot in the leg. The
assassin was captured. The crime is
believed to be purely political.
BERLIN, Feb. 6. The Lokal An
zeiger's special from Kattowitz, tele-
graphs "a state of siege has been de-
clared at Sosnovice ard the superin-
tendent of police has been dismissed
from office.
Gatherings of as many as three
persons on the streets are prohibited.
he militia is using arms at the
slightest disobeyance of this order.
"Serious collisions are expected as
the strikers have an abundant supply
of dynamite and hand bombs. The
exodus of Germans by rail is very
heavy. The Russian industrial district
along the border is suffering great
/ losses through the strikes.
MOSCOW, Feb. 6.-The street car
conductors stril e here was settled
today, the municipality granting the
demands of the men.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 6.-The hear
ing of testimony in the senatorial
scandal was resumed in the senate
chamber this evening before a crowded
chamber and galleries.
Most of the session was taken up
tonight by testimony as to the charac-
ter of witnesses from bakersfield and
San Francisco, in an effort of the d.
Tense to impeach the testimony of
Detective Tinehnor and Harling, who
claim to have seen the money passed
to two of the accused senators. The
trend of testimony in reference to the
character of the witnesses is very
much against the two detectives.
Lieut.. Gov. Anderson testified in
refutation of the statement that be
had been Influenced in appointing
members of the committee on com
missions and retrehchments of which
the four accused senators we're mem
bers, and which committee voted to
investigate certain building and loan
associations.
Late tonight thes investigation ad-
journed until o'clock tomorrow
night.
BOSTON, Feb. 6. -Nearly all the
smaller ports on the New England
coast between Passamaquoddy and
Narragansett bays are closed tonight
tightly with ice, while the larger
ports, including Boston, Portsmouth,
Portland and Providence are filed
with huge cakes of floating ice, that
impede navigation.
1t is expected that tomorrow will
bring about conditions even worse
than those existing for the last three
days owing to the cold wave now pre-
vailing.
LONDON, Feb. Cit is stated in
we'll informed financial circles III
London that negotiations have been
completed for the floating of the new
Russian loan of $500, 600, 600 in Paris.
The date of issue is not fixed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 6.-The
doekyard authorities at Cronstadt are
completing preparations for active
service of the battleship Alexander
Second, the cruisers Azova and Ad
miral Kornilof, and the gunboat
Groxjastchy, which with the battle
ship Stava will form the second divis-
ion.
The third Russian Pacific squadron
will leave Libau the middle of Febru-
airy but it is pointed out that Admiral
Roiestvensky will be unable to await