Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-07-27
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Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chi caeo, will probably be the demo cratic nominee for governor of llli- nois.
 According to the testimony oi distillers, tre present war has very materially decreased the consump- tion of whisky in the United States.
 Garcia has started ostensibly for Holquin, for the purpose, as he says of showing the Americans how Cubans fight. Americans will await the exhibition.
 Officers of some of the outlying posts in Santiago, included in Gen. Toraps surrender, had to be brought to Santiago to see for themselves, before they would believe that Ger vera's fleet had been destroyed or the city surrendered.
 [ Prince Henry, in charge of the German squadron in Asiatic waters who promlsed to pay 8 visit to Dewey at Manila, has changed his mind and has sa.led for Vlad'vos- tock.
 The Las Vegas Optic sizes up the New York York papers in the foi- l lowing correct style: When we saw anything in the New York Jour nal, we knew it wasn't SC; m the | World. we doubted if it was so; but in the Herald, it might bs SO" Spain seems to want peace, but IS still soIicitous over that uncertain quantity of hers called honor. Won der how it would strike her to give a trust deed to all she possesses, her honor included, to some power. to be returned to her after peace IS declaredi
 If the report from Madrid, thit the Spanish government regards lts army as the only obstacle to peace, it will only have to wait a sholt time for our boys to remove tte obstacles. They have made begin- ming at Santiago.
 A telegram from Tunis says that Spain's battle ship, the PelayO. was blown up at sea by the explosion ol her magazines. Whether it was sc- cidental, or whether it was done in- tentionally, through fear of losing it in an encounter with Watson, is not stated.
 i In accordance with request ot President Woodruff, the Mormon church observed Sunday, July "A, as day of thanksgiving for the sue cessful issue of the campaign in Cuba. At the services. both morn ing and evening, collections were taken up for the Maine monument fund.
 Now it is alleged that that letter
 purporting to have been writtea by Garcia to General Shafter, com plaining of the treatment accorded the Cubaus and advising Shafter oi Garcia's resignation, was prepared
 by a newspaper correspondent named
 Arms, who had beed acting on the staff of Gen. Castillo.
 When the German admiral at
 Manila asked the commander of au
 English war ship, in the harbor
 there, what he would do If the aforesaid admiral should ignore
 Dewey's orders. the Englishruar slyly replied, "only Dewey and my
 self know that" The Dutchmar ] understood him, though.
 The appointment of Col. Wood a'
 military governor of Santiago is { , good one. General Wood is phy sicIan, an old time army surgeon
 and is just the proper man to take charge of the captured city, and place it in a good sanitary condi tion.
 |. The transition experienced by } Hawaiians in becoming a part of the United States will not be very no ticeable to them, as tae controlling interest there for some time hal
 been American, and the sympathie: of the people have been with tho , United States just as much si though they were already a part o
 this country.
 Sylvester Scovell, the obnoxious reporter of the New York World slapped General Shafter's face al
 the surrender of Santiago, becaus'
 American soldiers refused 60 permit Scovell to crowd through to the roo
 of the palace when the Spanish AaE
 was being lowered and the Americal , flag raised. Scovell was arrested , He should be confined during th'
 remainder of the war, as he violates all rules of decency and propriety Spanish merchants at Santiago say that they expect business t' , revive at once, and hope for larg' ; investment of American capita ' within the next year. There seem [ to be no race hatred, the bitterues [ being ali directed against the Madrid E government, which is charged witl gross mismansgement of Cuba ant bungling during the conduct of thu present war.
 A small bit of friction arose be
 tween the army and navy at San tiago over the disposition of tn ? Spanish vessels captured there, eacl
 branch of the government claiminI them. Secretary Alger decided th
 question by holding that the ship , became the property of the Unite' , States and not prizes of either th , army or navy. This is in accord , anoa with A foTmeF supreme couI