Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-10-18


 Admiral Dewey has gone up to his old home in Vermont. Those Yer montsrs gave him great reception ou his arrival.
 Ex-Governor Pattison is Another distinguished democrat who de- clines 10 Join in bucking the cow catcher of national expansion
 Rear Admiral Henry L. HowisOn has been retired on account of hay ing reached the age limit His sue cess,r in command of the South At lant.c squadron IS Rear Admiral Schley.
 Senator Foraker will enter the Ohio republican campaign this week, and says he confidently expects the voters to endorse the presidents policy, by the election of Judge Nash.
 President Kruger, 1t is said, has sent an ultimatum to England de- manding the withdrawal of troops from the frontier within forty-eight hours. In case of refusal President Kruger will assume the offensive
 The great obstacle that Mr. Bryan has to overcome in his campaign IS that in 1892 he predicted that we would become paupers If we did not have free trade, aud in lsS6 be pre- dicted that the country would be ruinsd if We did not have free silver. Though he has famed the ar twice, h wants another strike at the ball
 The people of PheriK have hg- ured out that a 5000 carnival will bring 5000 people to that city, and tEat each one will spend SIG or soO.- QUO during the week. As financial transactions, fl these figures are re- alized, the carnival will be a good paying proposition.
 Secretary Cages prediction at the beginning of the present fiscal year that there would be no deficit ID the government revenues, ani that the government might even expect surplus at tue end of the year, now seems certa nome true, notwlth- standing the increased expenditures due to the war in the Philippines.
 That American rule Is rapidly bringing Cuba around commercially is shown by the fact that the ex- ports of Havana for the first eight months of American occupation have been at the rate of S29,OOQOOO year. When it comes to business Uncle Sam beats them all, just as he can lick them all in the fighting line.
 The attention of those who have been predicting an issue Of bonds IS respectfully called to the feet that the receipts of the government are now exec edIng its expenditures. The republican administration has made the government, as we'll as the peo- pie, prosperous; that IS when the people are going to keep it in power.
 The administration of General Brooke as military governor of Cuba has not been wholly satisfactory to President Mckinley who believes that the easiest way to remedy thls is bv establishing ss full form or civil government as possible, and General Brooke IS likely to be dis placed by a civil governor very soon
 Mayor Jones, Of Toledo, who Is running as an indepedeDt candidate for governor of Ohio, is having large audiences turn out 10 hear him. Mr. Jones has no idea of being elected. but Is having lots of fun in his campaign, and he seriously hopes to cut into the votes of both the regular candidates.
 4 telegram from Austin, Texas, says that some of the democrats who attended the democratic carnI- val at Dallas took advantage of the gathering to start movement to nominate an anti-state sdministra- ton democratic ticket in the next campaign. They decided 10 make fight aEa,nst the reelection of Gov ernor Ssyers and nearly all the other state officers. The average democrat Is never so happy. when be IS not enjoying the emoluments Of office. as he Is in being an anti. Tn fact, the principles of the party are largely on tbe anti order.
 A young boy in Pbenix has been arrested for burglary. He admits his guilt and lays the blame of his downfall to his iufatustion for play ing the uic zel-in-the-slot machines. The ease has attracted the atteption or the citizens of that town to this form of gambling, md a crusade has been inaugurated against them there. The city of Phenix already charges a license of SI0 per month. each on these machines. and the dis tr ct attorney of the county has bsen asked for sn opinion with a view of a.-~-s~IuE a license of S30 Der month against them by the county. 4 war has been waged against these machines in Califor- nia until their use has been Prohib- ited ID San Francisco. Los Angeles and many other places.
 Freeman Strait. well known real estate dealer of the New York. is probably one of the most pro nUuuced antitrust men in the coun- try, judging by his actions Mir. Strait saw that Uncle sam held an absolute monopoly on the question of pioviding war revenue stamps,