Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-08-31

QaObCfAN bCAAtht lN-
 By order of the executive com mittee. WILL C. BARNE, Secy.
 Japan IS satisfied with the an nexatioa of Hawaii 10 the United States.
 The principal things needed to make Spain a prosperous country are a new government and a Few population.
 The wisest thing our democratic friends could do would be to turn in and make the election of the repub Gcan candidates for COngress-unani- nous.
 Perhaps NJ. Cambon might be in- duced to try his hand at negotiating peace between Dickie Croker and Dsvie Hill.
 The removal of the soldiers from Santiago seems to have aggravated their sickness. The death rate seems higher now than it was in Cuba.
 Henry F. Ashurst, who served Coconino county in the last legisla- ture, wants another term. As rule, sixty days experience in an Arizona legislature satisfies a man.
 The Phenix Herald reports that Herbert Brown, of the TucsonGiti- zen, has been offered the appoint ment Of prison superintendent at Yuma.
 There is very little doubt that CAba will sooner oS later be anrexed to the United States, but # will be done by the will of tie people Of Cuba, and not by force.
 Europeans have greater faith in the stability of our government than they have ever had before, and William Mckinley IS the inspirer of that faith.
 Somebody made canvass of the republicans in Camp Thomas the other day, and found that ninety fHe per cent of them favored the candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt for governor ot New York.
 The czar of Russia has formu- lated a plan to secure universal peace. and has issued a request for all nations to reduce their standing armies to a minimum. Who says that the czar of all the Russians IS not an up to date ruler?
 Lieutenant Colonel Dick. of Ohio, recently said: The principal differ ence between an American Indian and a Cuban insurgent is that the Indian knows what honor is." Col. Dick was at Santiago with the Eighth Ohio volunteers.
 Miss Arnold, who came into prom thence through her kissing Hobson, has had some gr-at offers to visit country fairs as an attraction to draw visitors. II she desires to go into the kissing business as per manent thing, she will find DO lack of HoSsons.
 It is announced that Spain will de- mand payment of all her public property in Cuba and Porto Rico. IL looks very much as il one of the most difficult problems the Ameri can peace commissioners will have will b. to convince those Spanish commissioners that Spain and not the UGIted States was licked in the recent scrap.
 The democratic candidate for gov ernor of California is trying to spread himself over three platforms in his ambition to become the chief executive of that state. Realizing that there are not enough demo- cratic voters in that state to elect him, he seeks the nomination of the populists and free silver republi- cans.
 It Is quite plain tfat no more of Mark Smiths speeches are to be published in Prescott, or at least not until after the meeting of the democratic convention. 1T Marcus knocks of the nOmisaiiou persim- mon in that coRventiol-t the pUb.ica- ton of his species may be resumed where they were lsi, of.
 A calculator has ma ie acomputa- ton which demons rated that the issue of revenue stamps for a sinE.e day would. If on one sheet, cover an area o! S2S, ,560 square yards, or near ly six acres. If placed end to end iu a straight line they would form a stEip 6l7 miles in length. |, is esti- mated that if one person should be employed in attaching the stamps it would require ffty-two years Co dis pose Of the issues of a single day, the emploce working len hours each day and attaching an average of one stamp every half minute.
 For one hundred and thirteen days after the declaration of war, it looked as though hcstilities would be brought to a close without a single capture of any kind being placed to the credit oi Spain. It turns ouJ now that two of Cervera's officer- have succeeded in efecting a cap ture. They laid siege to the hearts of two American girls at Annapolis. resulting m an unconditional sur render. One of the young ladies Is a wealthy girl of Baltimore, the other tae daughter of a music dealer at Annapolis. IL IS stated that tb" E7rT.s-e- will take place, and tle ia'.e- will accompany the sPanish a.H --r, op their departure for Span.