Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-22
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Phenix papers announce that the governor has issued a pardon to Lawrence Lemon to take effect in November, when Lemon will have served two years of his sentence.
 President Mckinley is no longer the advance agent of prosperity" because, having arrived and taken possession of the country, pros perity no longer needs an advance agent
 A Russian military officer who be- longed to the Lutheran church, was given the alternative of resigning or of joining the orthodox Russian church. He did the latter but soon afterwards committed suicide through remorse.
 While chiding the Gazette for ex. pressing an opinion on the Yavapai county R. R. and R. bonds our worthy contemporary keeps hand ing down opinion after opinion in regard to their beng fraudulent illegal" "damnable," etc. Neither the Gazette or the Courier are courts of last resort in this case.
 The JouRNAL-MINER is pleased to note that General A. J. Sampson has . been rewarded for his valiant ser vices to the republican party by be- | ing appointed minister plenipoten- tiary to Ecuador, the capital of which is Quito, located about 200 miles from the coast at an altitude of about 5000 feet. This appoint ment is the highest position ever given to resident of the territory, the salary being Ss,OOO. General Sampson has held various official positions, among them being attor- ney general of Colorado and United States Consul at Juarez, Mexico. The General is thoroughly famil- far with the Spanish language, an accomplishment which will be of great benefit to him iu this position
 Our contemporary has considera- ble to say about the fraudulent bonds of the r. X A. c. railroad, but it fails to state where the element of fraud exists in them. The bonds were authorized by an act of the legislature. They were issued on 8 specific contract, all the conditions of which were complied with so faI as the records show. These condi- tions were the building of a railroad from Seligman to Prescott. The road was completed January l, 1887 and operated till October, 1893. The county, during all this time, paid interest regularly on the bonds and redeemed some twenty-seven thou. sand dollars worth of them, and funded over fifty thousand more thus recognizing their validity fully Nothing in regard to their frsudu lency was ever hinted at until long after the road ceased operation, and the cessation of operation of the road seems to be the only element of fraud now charged. It may bt popular to advocate the repudistior of this debt of the county, but there is not single individual engaged m that business who would not de nounce similar methods on the part Of an individual to repudiate hi, just debts.
 J. J. Valentine, president enC general manager of Wells, Fargo & Go, IS one of the most versatil, men of the present age. The onerou' duties connected with the manage ment of such an immense corpora tion as he is at the head of, one would naturally think would give him no time for thought or investi gation in other directions. MT. Va! entine, however, superintends ever to detail the business of the greSt express company, spending much of his time in travelling over the United States, and yet finds time for literary pursuits and study Oi political affairs. He recently deliv. cred the baccalaureate address foI a Nevada college and has written numerous articles on various topics and is a fine lecturer. No subject can be approached either of polit- ical or scientific nature that he is not posted on, and not only on the politics of his own country, but he is thoroughly familiar with the de- tails of political questions affecting every country. He is one of the most remarkable of men the present age has produced.
 Judge A. D. Lemon. 1t is said, will visit Phenix for the purpose of se- curing pardon for his son Lawrence Lemon. who murdered man named Shean, after debauching his wife. Young Lemon was sentenced to only eight years in the penitentiary for his crime and if there is any justice in Auzona he will be permitted 10 remain there to the end of his sen tence. But as human life IS con- sidered a very cheap commodity in this territory, and a man only needs to kill some one to become promi- nent and enlist public sympathy, the probabilities are that Lemon will be turned loose, as scores of murderers have been before. The