Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-01-27

he senate has confirmed tn nomination of David K. Francis {, be secretary of the interior
 Twenty seven governors of s maay different states were inaugu ratei between January lst and lOth
 The Illinois democrats have Sc lec,ed Altgeld as their candidat, . for senator from that state to sue ceei Palmer.
 General Weyler is again reported to be concentrating his forces fo battle. There seems to be as muel jaw work in Weyler's campaign a. in a modern prize fight.
 Mrs. Mary A. Hobart is a middle of-the-road populist candidate fol the senate from the state of Wash ington. She would be a better sen ator than some of the men wbc have been elected by populis,S.
 IL turns out that Representative Moneys trip to Cuba was mere V made for money. He went fo. a newspaper. That makes him a title better than the plain fool Le was supposed to be.
 Harry Carpenter. the hot coune l. man from a hot county, presented eSch of his colleagues in that dry body with a bottle of red eye. he jsnitor overlooking the usual supply Of red ink Of course, Harry kept a bottle himself
 It is reported that Representative Newlands, of Nevada, has success fully negotiated 8 treaty with a number of free silver senators from the west to insure the passage of the tariff bill at . special session, which will be called by Major Me Kinley next March.
 The supreme court of Missouri has handed down a decision in the somewhat famous case of the mil honaire murderer, Arthur Deustrow, who killed his vile and child in St. Louis. It afirms the decree of the lower court, which sentenced Deus trow 10 be hanged.
 Senator Brice admits that he is member or the newest American syndicate which has been iollied into putting up good money to se- cure railroad and telegraph conces- sions in China, which is another name for the green goods game on big scale.
 Great Scott When is this thing to endi The death of another one of the original characters in Uncle Toms Cabin has just been an nouuced. We haven't kept tab on them. but this must be about the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
 John L. Sullivan is said to have shaved of his side whisk CTS he- cause they made him look too old and respectable. About the same reason that made the democratic party get rid of its old principles and adopt those of the Populist'.
 United States senators were cleo ted last Tuesday as follows Iudi- ana, Charles W. Fairbanks New Hampshire, J. " Gsllinger; Penn sylvania, Boise Pearose; Missouri, MT. Vest; New York, T. c. Platt; Colorado; H. M. Teller; Arkansas, James k. Jones.
 Even Secretary Olney has admin i,;eied a rebuke to Ambassador B.yard. although it has been done indirectly. by q revision of the C'p- lomalic regulations, which now 5ly that no diplomatic representa- ;ve oi the United States shall make political speeches.
 The chaplain of the territorial legislature Is a Mormon elder, being the Grs, member of that church to hold 3 similar position, n the terri tory. Two years ago. before the aP- poiutment of 8 chaplain in the lower house, and afterwards during the absence of a chaplain, MT. Cros- by. the gentleman from Apache" often occupied the floor, as sub stitute chaplain, and opened the sessions with prayer.
 Judge Slack, of San Francisco, has decided that Lillian Ashley dId not possess reputation enough to sustain any injury to it when she met Lucky" Baldwin. Hence he decided ID favor of Baldwin. "Lucky's" reputation does not seem to have suffered greatly from this last shock which it has sustained.
 The lower house of the legislature adopted a resolution the other day prohibiting smokingwhile the house is in session. When a member wants to smoke now, be either makes a a motion for a fifteen-minute recess or that the house resolves itself into committee of the whole.
 The Gazette says that Ed. s. Gill, once editor of the Republican, later adjutant general of Arizona, but now Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, is candidate for secretary of this territory. MT Gill has his gall to seek the position, as Arizona has several scores of her own citizens who are not only competent, but willing 10