Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-04-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore Is dead.

The New York metal market reports bar silver, 9a3Sc; copper, $I6.75 lead. SAYS.
 The people of these United States will have no more democratic dead-locks in congress after next November.
 Noeth Carolina republicans will cast their votes for Sherman in the nomina- ting convention. The democrats will cast their vote for Cleveland.
 ]. A ONeill has made rich strike in the Socoro mountains. New Mexico
 Ore, chlorides and horn silver assaying
 200 ounces to the ton; gold one ounce
 Considerable excitement prevails among
 miners
 The will of the late John Roach, the
 well-known ship-builder, has been filed for
 probate Roach leaves an estate to be divided among the members of his fam
 lily and their children. A clause in the
 will disinherits any beneficiary who may
 contes, it.
 William Morganstein threw away
 $7,ooo Saturday and attempted suicide
 by jumping in the Kansas river at
 Kansas City yesterday. He confessed to the police that he was a defaulter to the extent of $26, 900 to the house of
 Bernard, Rosenthal & Co.,, Vienna.
 The comptroller Of currency has de clared the first and final dividend of 100 per cent. and interest in full, payable on and after April 5th in favor of credi tors of the Metropolitan bank of Cincin- nati, on claims proved amounting to $,27,94o The bank failed February 9th.
 Judge Lacornbe, in the United States court at New York has decided that George Benson, who swIndled the Mex jeans out of $2o, ,ooo on bogus tickets for Patti concerts. must be surrendered to the Mexican authorities. A stay of proceedings was granted, pending an appeal to the United States supreme court.
 The Albuquerque Citizen says: ''Only one of the nine convicts sent to the pen itentiary from this county at the recent term of court was native born. The other e,ght came to this territory with the idea that they could run things to suit themselves, and were quickly al rested and sent to learn a trade at ter ritorial expense"
 Senator B wen went to Colorado from Arkansas ten years ago, broken m health and poor. One night he won $Ioo and gave it to prospector for grub stake. As a result of this venture he gained the Little Annie and Golconda which have paid him as high as $Io 900 a day in hard cash. A conservative es- u...4.- 'e ore m sight at $a. 500, ooo.
 The ole of customs has sus- ne mounted inspectors along the Mexican border for the period | of three months from April Ist. He says the action was necessary as the appro- priation has been exhausted, This | seriously interferes with the efficiency of the custom service in the districts along the north ard west borders of Mexico |
 In denying the application of a New York magazine for certain postal priv'- leges, the Third Assistant Postmaster General, Hon. H. R. Harris, says. There IS too much printed matter, too mary magazines already" The people wrl be surprised to learn, we suspect, that the present administration has assumed, m addition 10 its ether obligations. that oi deciding how much reading matter they need or should be permitted to abro,t. St l ouis Globe Democrat.
 The interstate commerce commission during the month of March entered upon q somewhat extensive investigation of the matter of under billing AS a result of :he examination the commission an nOunces that 1t concurS with the varI Ous boards of trade and commercial bodies which have requested an amend ment of the law by imposing small ; penalty upon shippers who, by fals- billing or other devices, knowing and willfully obtain transportation at less han regular rates.
 The strike against Carneg,e at the Ed ,ar Thompson mills at Pittsburg IS large 'ne, about three thousand men being in MT. Carnegie last year tried the eight 'our plan. with the same wages that h's wese paying for twelve. After r psing about half million in endeavor ng to lead reform he decided to give It p. He says that not another mill has " ollowed bis example. and he will no onger try to compete with eight hours c lay against twelve at the same pay He q lade new sliding scale of wages. that a hould go up and down according to the larket price of railroad iron, and offered U to his men as the alternative to shut o' ng down his works. They refused 10 D. ,cept and his mills are closed. That IS l. le history of the strike of the Edgar o' thompson mills 'o The political pct shows some little gitation at this early day, which appears -: be evidence of a lively camdaisn dur ., s the summer. and fall. The spirited h, indulged in among the mem to ITS of both political parties for repre- ra ntation at Chicago and St. Louis, in- Dc cates that each side expects to be sue ssful in the great national struggle. be oversanguine democrats who have en congratulating themselves that the Lc