Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-08-17

as a statesman he is the rankest sor
 of a failure. During all the year
 of his service in congress, not sin
 gle measure. beneficial to the terri
 tory, can now be recalled, that b,
 has secured.
 Stephen 4. Douglas, son of tn,
 great republican of that name, hai
 formally withdrawn from the repub
 lican party, and joined the ranks oI
 the democracy" - Courier. Tn,
 above name seems familiar, but we
 cannot recall just now a great re
 publican Of that name. There wa:
 a Stephen A. Douglas, a very prom.
 inent democrat, was a candidate fol
 president on the democratic ticket
 in IS60 Can it be that this great
 maus son IS following in the foot
 steps of his fatheri
 The passenger department of the
 Santa Fe route has just issued s
 very neat little pamphlet entitled
 the "Moki Snake Dance" It con
 tains ifty-seven pages and is illus
 irated with sixty-four half-tont
 plates from original photographs
 The descriptive matter IS written by Walter Hough in a very interesting
 style. The book also contains an
 explanation of the various routes
 by which the Moki country can be
 reached. The little work is a very
 interesting one from literary point of view.
 None of the foreign complications that were. according to certain gen tlemen, to speedily follow the annex stion of Hawaii, have materialized, although the United States, having the war with Spain on its hands, has occupied a position more inviting to such complications than it is likely 10 be found in again for long time. The fact is that complications with the United States are about the last things that other governments are looking for. Spain has just had a little experience in the way of com plicstions with this country.
 Saturdays excursion to Prescott will prove of great benefit to Pres cott. Among those who came up are large number who have never visited our town before and who had formed unfavorable impressions of the place. They express them selves as being very agreeably dis in the to~n and of hay ing their previously-formed opin- ions corrected. Quite a number haze expressed an intention to pur- chase some land convenient to the town and of erecting neat but cheap and substantial summer residences on them and occupy them during the summer months.
 Getmans are commencing to revise their opinions of the United States. During the past few weeks the tone of the German press has been much more favorable to the United States and hardly anything directly hostile las appeared in any of the more i'm Dortant papers, while the number of 1 journals openly friendly have con- ilderably increased. Newspapers low discuss very elaborately the lew situation and the changed con- iltions growing out of the war. The | conclusion reached is that the Jnited States must hereafter be as a great naval power, md that Germany will be obliged 'nce more to increase her navy in 'rder to hold her own with the 'ther powers.
 R.G- Dunn & Co.'S Monthly Review f Trade Conditions furnishes the ollowing very encouraging report; The prospect of peace and the ooked Tor result of the opening up I new markets stimulates business { throughout the country. In July { -ade is usually light. It awaits the ltcome and movement of crops, ut this year there has been no I alt. The past month records more c lsiness than previous July known. V rop outlook promises prosperity D r the year. The wheat yield is { usually large, the corn about the b -'e as last year. Cotton prospect 'od. The increased foreign de. c and for nearly all forms of iron n d steel has materially assisted in n lproying the situation in these fl 'tals. There is no pressure in the al 1ney market, nor is there likely to " , and the balance in foreign trade fir ntinues to set in favor of this tc untry." ti