Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-04-21

States Is found to be 2625.2 geo. graphical miles.
 Mrs Custer, the widow of the ia nous Iudian fighter, is going to Crete as war correspondent.
 The Missouri river threatens to divide the city of Omaha by cut ting East Omaha away from Neb- raska aud annexing it to Iowa.
 The New York Sun says that Pres idsnt McKinley's diplomatic ap, pointments are in accord with his ideas of loyalty to American princi- ples.
 The bill 10 enfore the ten com- mandments failed to pass the Kan sas legislature, The Cleveland Plain Dealer wonders they didn't try to railroad it through with some fiber al amendments attached.
 The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business Wednesday, April B, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to Sl,0OS, ,962, 200. a de- crease for the month of Ss.6Ss, ,254.
 Dan Stuart says his kinetoscope pictures of the Carson fight are all right. He says that the report cir culated about their being failure, was intended only 10 fool Congress. to prevent the passage Of law pro- hibiting their exhibition.
 England, France, Russia, Ger many, Italy, Austria and Tutkey have over l50 war ships in the Med iterraneau, while poor little Greece with a few second class cruisers and lots of nerve, is standing of the entire shooting match
 Peck's Sun, the funny paper of Milwaukee, is dead. It once had . circulation of S0,OO0 and it's founder, Geo, W. Peck, became mayor of Milwaukee and afterwards governor of Wisconsin, through its popu- larity.
 It is said that Spain has ordered 30OOO of her troops withdrawn from Cuba. Whether she thinks she can subdue the Cubans with the remain. ing troops, or whether she intends to give up the war, is not stated If you should protest against some acton your neighbor intended taking for the welfare of his own family, you would not be more i'm pertinent than are those European 1 governments. which have protested against our making the Dingley tariff bill law.
 Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a govern, ment without newspapers or news ! papers without a government. l should not hesitate to prefer tle 1 latter Jefferson. A good iesDy people who call themselves JeHerso- nian democrats take 6 different view of affairs now.
 It is not strange that the foreign ministers at Washington should be agitated over the Dingley bill. We cannot take back the trade the Wilson bill presented 10 foreign countries without injuring those countries more or less, but We must have that trade, in order that ou' idle men may be put to work. In consequence of the crusade made by Senators GaIlinger and Allen against the Civil Service Act, the condition of matters as they exist under it has been looked up ! It has been found that the whole number of places in the civil service ! is 17S,7I7, of which s7,l07 are in the classified and l,6lO ID the unclsssi- fled service. There are now about 10000 persons appointed by the president aud the number is en the increase. During 1896, 3l,270 per sons were examined for the classified service and 20,493 passed e1amina ton, but out of these only 5,GS4 have so far received appointments of any sort.
 The sturdy loyalty Of the Greeks in standing fast to the right chal- 1 lenges the admiration of the civilized world. It is the struggle of a brave and resolute people against oppres- sion and wrong which have con tlnued through a long series of years. Whatever may be the out come of the conflict, the sym pathies of enlightened and patriotic men throughout Christendom will neeeS- sarily be with the Hellenes in their valiant struggle, against great odds, for human liberty and the rights of man.-Los Angeles Times.
 England is mixing her war paint, preparatory to donning it for a round with Paul Kruger's govern ment. Jerome K. Jerome's paper, Today, says: By all means let us fight with the Transvaal. We are going to fight for gold mines and territory. They cannot be got with out fighting. Every nation has to play pirate at times, and let us play boldly when we do, and trust to NIT. Chamberlain to see flag of truce kept out of the soldiers baggage. "