Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
ARIZONAJOUBNAL-MINER
WEDNESDAY........Oct.6 6, 1897

SatlOn congress.
 Last months exports of bread stuffs were greater than those of August, 1896, and August, 1895, combined.
 What a paradise the dead beat | will experience when the question of the payment of debts is left to the vote of the debtor, as suggested | by our contemporary.
 Our contemporary tells this morn ing of a message received from ''little bird It was probably one of those Andree pigeons, which are so numerous just now.
 It is more than mere coincidence that prosperity and business activity should have begun the moment a republican president and protect i've congress were elected.
 It has been several times remarked that Ben Butler ought to be in com mand at New Orleans for few days in order to knock the yellow fever out. He had that town cleaned as it never was before, and It has never been so clean since.
 The Gazette thinks that the let ter of Buckley O'Neill to Governor McCord Is libelous in the extreme, and suit at law will probably be the outgrowth.'
 Freeze Out" will probably be the most popular game played in the Klondyke country during the long winter months.-Republican. ''Starve out" promises to be an equally prominent game.
 The Peru Chamber of Deputies is debating the question of the adop- tion of the gold standard, as a result Of the demands of the commercial interests, and it Is believed it will be adopted.
 A special telegram to the Los Angeles Times says that c. P. Hunt ington has retired temporarily as a director of the Gen. traI Pacific railroad Co. That the action was taken to placate English stockholders.
 Doctors disagree in regard to the bones found in the vat of Luetgert' $ sausage factory. The prosecution introduced medical testimony posi- lively identifying them as human bones, while the defense have se- cured a doctor who swears posi- lively that they are not human bones.
 The calamity orators are in trou- ble again. The recent statement of the cSndir1on of the national banks of the United States shows the in dividudl deposits to be the largest in their history, amounting to the enormous sum cf sl.77o. too.5 .53e It this is Mckinley calamity, lets have more of it.
 It is not observed that the coun- tries which were making that terrific protest against our new tariff three months ago, are putting any of their implied threats into execution They know now what they knew then that the balance of trade was in their favor, and that they could not very well afford to carry out any oi their threats.
 An exchange says that ''Mexico set us agood example by it's prompt ness in dealing with lynchers and officials who winked at their crime. Mexico also sets us an excellent example by the promptuess and ceI- talnty with which she deals, legally with her criminals If We followed her example in this latter respect there would be far fewer occasions to follow her example m dealing with lynchers.
 MT. Bryan, it is said, is devoting most of his oratorical attention tc Iowa just now. The Nebraska bank: are complaining that they have more money than they can loan, and the farmers of that state are paying of their debts with unexampled rapidity, thus making dr Bryaas home state a rather uncomfortable place for him just now.
 The effect of tho increased em plOyment which has been visible since the protective tariff law went into operation, is being felt in busi ness circles every where. Whole salers and retailers report a greatly improved business, especially in the large cities and throughout the manufacturing districts, while the prices received by farmers is having a similar effect in the agricultural regions.
 After conference on the subject, the Tammany chieftains of New York have decided to fight shy of all reference to the democratic na- tional platform of 1896. National issues will be entirely ignored. It is stated also that the names of sons of Erin will not figure so numer- ously on the ticket as in former years, the decision of the chieftains being to replace them with a few German candidates, in order to at tract the German vote.
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