Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-11-17

Late returns from Ohio indicate the election of Mark Hanna as United States Senator.
 The government has between s. 100000 and S400O,0O0 invested in Indian school property, and last year there were thirty-seven contract schools in operation.
 Great Britain would like little commercial reciprocity between the United States and Canada; also her possessions in the West Indies.
 There were fewer business failures during the month of October than in any month during the past four years. That shows what republican rule is doing for the country.
 We violate no confidence in saying that Comptroller Eckels accepted the presidency of that Chicago na- tional bank because it carried a large salary attachment and he needed the money.
 Boss Croker has secluded himself in Virginia, in order to select the men who will be appointed to office by his mayor of New York. How kind of him to relieve Van Wyck of all that worry.
 With all the democratic vitupera- tions against the expressions and wickedness of the Dingley law, We haven't yet heard any wish expressed to return to the benefcent provis- ions of the Wilson law.
 The lower house of the Georgia legislature has passed bill pro- hibiting foot ball playing. An or dinanee to the same effect has beer introduced in the Chicago city council.
 With hundred thousand tons oI Alabama coal going to Mexico fol the use of her railroad locomotives in competition with English coal, i looks as though new field is oper to the South for her rich products
 Today, November 10, was fixed a the date for fixing the date for th' execution of Durrant, and it wa thought that Friday, November F would be the day set for his execu tion.
 The total value of the agricul tural products of Kansas for lS97 according to the report of the boar of agriculture of that state, i Sl76,OO0,O00, the largest in the pres ent decade.
 Secretary Longs reason for op posing the establishment of gov ernment plant for makin armo plate is sound-it can be bought cheaper than the government cal make it.
 Senator Hansprough, of Norti Dakota,ssays that state is in the re publican column to stay, and tha the election of a republican to sue ceed Senator Roach, whose tern expires March 8, 1899, is certainty
 W. W. Miller. editor of the Cali fornis Illustrated World, has beer convicted, in San Jose, of libelint ex-Superior Judge John k. Key holds and Attorney c. D. Wright and has been sentenced to serve on' year in the county jail.
 There are indications in the col umns of the leaders of the fre' trade press of another free shil eruption. The doctrins of free ship is a part of free trade, and wha even partial free trade did for thi country under the last ClevslanC regime ought to bar it even as subject of discussion until a ne1 generation shall have assumed citi zenship.
 Joseph D. Young, a Boston en graver, has succeeded in engraving the Lords prayer on the head of pin. He commenced the work tw weeks ago and found it an easy tasl The lettering starts on the edg rim of the pin head, and circle around in a spiral until it finishe in the center. Every word is dis tinct. With the naked eye, the char acters are merely scratches.
 San Francisco has very kindl suggested to the government tn proper way to dispose of the million received for the Union Pacific bond; Its chamber of commerce ha adopted a resolution asking tn government to set aside the none. obtained in this way for fund t, be applied to the construction O the Nicaragua canal. The govern ment IS also asked to establish patrol of the Yukon river and t, station two additional artillery regi ments at San Francisco.
 Professor Willard F. Parker, vic president of the Throop Polytechni Institute, at Pasadena, California has been elected president of tn Territorial University, at Tucson Professor Parker was recommendeC for the position by Bishop Newman to President Mckinley, and Gov McCord's visit to California wa made at the request of the Presi