Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-07-06

\ clean up O SIX vessel ls pretty
 good days work for our nav.
 Hurrah for Sam pson a.d his fleet
 and all the brave men under o.
 Admiral Devey took in a cher
 stray Spanish gun boat the other
 day
 That Suwanee's lieutenant is a
 true. Blue, and his front name is
 Victor.
 The Maine is being petty well
 remembered by the navy. For the
 dNtardly sinking of the Maine in
 Havana harbor, our navy has now
 sent about twenty Spanish vessels to
 the bottom oI the sea.
 Admiral Cervera, at Santiago, has
 adopted the tactics of Montijo at
 Manila. He has taken shelter be-
 hind the hills under cover of the
 land batteries.
 Madrid adYices state that another
 Spanish fleet is being formed
 Those Spanish fleets will be falling
 over each other one of these days.
 Germany certainly acts very sus-
 picioUsly at present for a supposedly
 neutral power. Her acts are not ID
 keeping with her protests
 Admiral Dewey's wonderful vic
 tory at Manila surprised Kaiser
 William, of Germany, and some
 what excited his admiration. Won
 der what he thinks of the Atlantic squsEdron of our navy under Samp- son2
 A man possessed of greater by atty than MT. Parish would not thus expose his feelings, even towards a personal enemy, much less to an official belonging to an opposite political party.
 The war revenue bill goes iuto effect tomorrow. when internal reve- ! nue stamps are required to be affixed to various kinds of instruments. Sc ! far as known, however, there Is uo supply of stamps in Prescott to meet the demand.
 The senate has passed the resolu- tion extending the thanks of con gress 10 naval constructor Hobs0n . with an amendment including the the names of his crew. This is the first time congress has recognized men below the grade of command ing officers. |
 Those critics of Colonel Wood and Lieutenant Co.1-al itooseve't for their action at A. Qaesiaa. aau who intended 10 have -.sn court msrtialed. will bs sus -;ssd to learn that they are ta'E-d of TT pf Jmo- tion to be brigadis Eenerals
 Some people are still dis,l g the mistakes O. Moses. O srs amuse themselves by discussing that I they imagine to be the mistakes of { the present administration. Moses : aud the administration seem to be ], affected about equally by their !. critics. t
 The wisdom of Admiial Sampson's T tactics before Santiago is apparent | now probably to even those who have known better than ke hat he should have done. The destruction of six of tue elemy's vessels, with the loss of only one man, almost T equals Dewey's record. e Those Who are now considered to e be ayowed candidates for the demo o cratic nomination for Congress are sl Marx Smith, of Phenix. E. E. FL sl I linVood, of Flagstaff, J B. Breathitt, a, O Tue-oD. and Wiley E. Jones, of dt Solomouvi;!e.-Ex. We would re- Il spectful' Y take the floor 10 ask where ' Col. Wilson figures in the prospect n, i've campaign.
 The name of Hamilton Fish has q, been associated with two great ", chapters of Santiago. IL was the \. elder Fish, who. as Secretary of ~. State called Spain Co account for the sa VirgiuiGs tragedy there. sud 1t was " lis grandson who was si.led the lnt other day in the fight near the city rsi D which American troops were en- ma -aged. vi Not the least Of Farish's dis s,I ,rac~iui attacks upon Governor Me .. -. ,osd, is his sickly attempt at rfdi- c5 ule oi the governors aspirations to s-- ommaud a regiment of volunteers. l udsiGg others by himself. he ac- -" uses them of corruption aud dis m on-stF. and by the same p-reess of SD. ,asoain-, apparently, he cs- sIurs the pou Governor McCord's iB.erritv purpo-- .n hiS desire to engage | |.--- tEe war. ~s The American Da-g has made an @ .''o lpreccdeatei record 5urinr -e pr-=-at r-r 2. aas suna up- Ia lrIs oi twenty of ta. eueny'- yes '. is. ths .os= a kil.-I. wounded and 1r. -isuEors te.ur about 501O. win ,t single vessel l5-, to us and l. fly one man siu.# F history ruisaes a parallel t3 -..-. re hsve her oEeriooked d.. .- ea..5; just -Ii .w recall It. the Tu view of the u.a- feat e yr ne a'' quest -f Govern Lr1o-F 70 som ise aud comma1r a r-45 ,. ui ai volunteers from IS t---. ..e.l. T ,uld seem that b. would b. juzt.f- cate le in declining the offer of ago. itaiison. from the territory to be San led up from otl,r territories. a''' .tt paltry three company. bat app ion of H'- .Vu selection and the IT