Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-08

is said to have cut his acquaintance with the democratic party.
 Thomas Parish has taken another "pleasant mental purgative. Re suit, another column in the Courier.
 The usvy depaarment IS generally last on the list ia the matter of re- ceiving news from the hee.-
 Admiral Dewey has manned the captured Spanish gun boat Callao, and added 1t 10 his fleet at Manila.
 It is too bad that all the fake newspaper correspondents are not in that Santiago bottle with Ger vera.
 Wm. J. Bryan was offered the command of a Missouri regiment, but said he cannot accept the offer at present.
 Those eight men who sank the Merrimac in the entrance to Santiago bay on Friday last, corked the bot tie that holds Cervera aud his Span ish ships.
 If the Spaniards could only secure the New York Journals staff of war correspondents and hold it until the end of the war nobody would mourn There would be very much less faSe news abroad.
 Newspaper correspondents e. Washington are jus. now engaged iu fixing up programmes for the conduct of the war and for cs-oiIa tions for peace and then send tlem out as official.
 That was handsome compliment paid to General Grants grandson, AIgeruon Sartoris, son of Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris, by General Fitz- hugh Lee. ID the latler's appointing him to a position on his staf.
 Chewing gum and cigarettes are two articles which should be made to pay a heavy war tax. The users of thesg luxuries would no doubt be willing to have the opportunity to thus render material ald to the gov ernneat.
 Captain Sigsbee. of the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul. must be lively commander. Yesterdays telegrams told of his taking part in au engage ment at Santiago the day previous and of his ship being crippled, and of yesterday assisting in the capture a big Spauisb transport.
 Another vessel in the KIondIke trade has been wrecked. Up to date the casualties attending the Klon- dike excitement are greatly in excess of those of the war. Snow slides, treacherous ice, whirl pools and 1 sinking steamers are more deadly i than the aim of Spanish gunners.
 The Spanish are gleefully pre- dieting that the Cuban insurgents will not be of much service to the l |. s. army of invasion. If the Span ish were well informed they would know that our plans f1I the invasion of Cuba are not in any particular dependent upon the insurgents.
 There are not more than I2,OOO Spanish soldiers o1 the Phillipine islands. By the time General Mer- ritt arrives at Manila, to assume command of the troops and the mil itary goyernorship. We shall have about 1000 men there. They will make quick disposition of Spanish soldiers.
 Russia, which has always been very friendly to the United States, is just now getting jealous of the success which has thus far attended this country in the present war. She seems very soiicitous in regard to its final outcome, and Is just now busying herself with other European powers to secure :at -vention to bring it to a close.
 The treatment accorded bv Ad- { miral Cervera to the brave meI who risked their lives 2 day to close the entTanceinto Santiago harbor, sht ws that he Is not devoid of feelings or of appreciation of heroic deeds He was So fascinated with the courage of these men that, under a flag of truce, on Saturday, he sent his chief of staff. Captain Ovideo, 10 notify Admiral Sampson of their safety, and that they would be well treated until exchanged. The daring of the brave men who | ran the Merrimsc into the rnanr-l at the entrance To SaBtiagp nay, eX- cited the admiraJisa of Admiral Cervera. Under a fig of truce. be sent word 10 d nirai Sampson on Saturday that he would treat them q with the grea, est kindness and would exchange them for Spanish prisoners. It Is barely possible that t the Spanish admiral feels more V secure in h;s positin iH Santiago bay T now that he kROws that American : war ships cannot get to him. F One of the greatest sources of | strength possessed by our govern s meut Is to be found in the general o intelligence of her people. It is | this fact more than anything else ] that makes the American people so t ardent and steadfast in their I patriotism. The vast sums spent by I the different states annually in sup e port of our public school system, Is c well speut. New York City alone [ spends S9,000,OO0 this year for the c purpose Of public education. Other s parts of tl- country are showing O the same wise spirit of liberalitv in |, fFss siraafi,rr Sna5, ,-,.h k.- 10