Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-09

 attorney, vice A. M. Franklin, re- signed.
 The Loud bill is up for considera- tion in the House. A final vote is to be taken today or tomorrow. It is hoped that the measure will be defeated.
 The bill providing for the addi- tion of two artillery regiments to the United States army has passed the House. The only men opposing it were Jones, of Virginia, and Cox, of Tennessee, both democrats.
 The St. James Gazette says that the effort of the United States re preseutatives in England are not directed toward the purchase of war ships building but to prevent ing Spain from purchasing them.
 E. E. Ellinwood, who has just re- tired from the office of United States attorney, after serving for four and half years, leaves the position with an excellent record. His sd- ministration of the office has been impartial and able.
 4 bill has been introduced in the Kentucky legislature to repeal tue charter of the Southern Pacific Com pauy and declaring the emergency because of the refusal of the said company to pay the state franchise tax.
 4 fatal duel has just taken place near Rome. The duelists were Signor Carlos Gavalotti, poet and dramatisL, and radical member of the chamber of deputies and Signor Macola, member of the chamber of deputies and editor of the Gazette di Venizia. The former was killed. The weapons used were swords
 Spain has changed her mind and has withdrawn her note asking for the recall of Consul General Lee. Consul Lee has demonstrated that he is the right man in the right place, and he has practically the unanimous endorsement of the American people, regardless of poll tics.
 On Thursday. MT. White, republI- can, of North Carolina, the only colored member of the lower house of Congress, asked unanimous con sent for the consideration of reSo- lution appropriating Sl,0OO for the relief of the family of the colored postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina, who was killed by a mob. MT. Bartlett, democrat, of Georgla, objected to the consideration of the resolution, though the republican members cried, mo, no."
 Newspaper correspondents have quit theorizing about the Maine disaster and are now mapping out a plan of campaign for the army and navy. 4 New York paper says Ameri- can troops will be landed at some port east of Hevana and in connec- tion with the insurgents the Spanish soldiery will be defeated or captured in detail and that in the meantime fleet of United States vessels will blockade, if not lombard, Havana. This seems to settle the war ques- tion.
 The following is a sample of the news sent out from Washington these days: ''The war department, it is understood, will endeavor tU in- duce the treasury officials to return Tortugas Island to the jurisdiction of the war department. At the treasury department, 1t is said, no request has been made for the trans fer. Should the request be made, it is stated, it would be complied with at once." It will be noticed that the alleged information contained in the above paragraph IS qualified by one, Git is understood" one "it is said" and one 'it is stated
 When the Loud postal bill was up in the lower house on Wednes- day, Bell, of Colorado, and Simpson, of Kansas, spoke against it. Simp- son said. MT. Loud once said that if the postal service were conducted by a private company, it would yield a profit of from thirty million to forty million dollars, while the gov ernment loses from eight millions to ten millions per year. Who is get ting the thirty millions that ought to represent government profit An answer may be found in the fact that railroads charge express companies less than one cent and the govern ment eight cents per pound for carrying matter"