Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-11-07

Interesting stereopticon exhibitions will be given at the opera house to- morrow evening between acts. This is an opportunity for the ladies to participate in receiving election re turns which is not often furnished them.
 R. R. Coleman came in from Will Hams last night.
 Probably the largest wagers of the campaign were offered and declined last Friday at the Waldorf-Astoria. Jacob Field offered to bet James R. Keene S4OO,OOO against SlOOOOO that Mckinley would be elected. Keene refused. The wager was then raised to S450,OOO against S1OO,OOO, but it was still declined.
 Rev. H. w. Peck preached very practical sermon last night on ''How Should Americans Vote?' While there was nothing partisan in it, there was very valuable lesson in regard to the exercise of the elective fran chise, and he pointed out many of the dangers which threaten the republic. The central idea of the sermon was that Americans should vote as Amer jeans, and every man entitled to vote, whether born in the United States or whether having adopted this country as his should prove true to the Amer ican republic.
 The first biennial bench show of the local democratic candidates oc- cured at the opera house last Satur- day night. The meeting was presided over by H. F. Ashurst. All the can didates spoke their little pieces" Hon. Tom Norris, of Prescott, was the orator of the evening. Tom is a jolly, good fellow, an able lawyer and first class speaker and the handsomest of handsome, and a typical Arkansaw democrat. He spoke to big house. and like all political speakers, his argument was the recipient of com ments both for and against.-Williams News.
 N. c. Webster has returned from a visit to Jerome, where he went to fig ure on a grading contract for the town of Jerome. The city council changed its mind, however, and decided not to have the work done.
 This mornings Courier contains an unjust and uncalled for islander of personal nature on Joseph P. Dillon. As the people are well aware, Mir. Dill lon is the assessor of Yavapai county, and during his incumbency of that office has made, unquestionably, the most capable official the county has ever had. so much so in fact that re- publicans are generous enough to ac- cord him the right to that distinction, while democrats as a rule readily ac- quiesce. Mir. Dillon sought a -renOm- ination for the office. before his party on the above grounds He was beaten. On his defeat he publicly made the statement that machine principles, backed with pefsOnal hatred. corrupt methods and underhanded tactics took away from him the nomination. In additiop,Ft was intended as a re- buke to. Ruffner, his friend and sup porter Ruffner at that time was in private life and without any political aspirations whatever Mir. Dillon is in a defenseless position to answer the attack of the Courier, but the fact re- mains, nevertheless, that if the Cour- fer hasa free. rein to guide its politi- ical course from Wilson to Smith. why has not Mr. Dillon >the same right to switch from Munds to1 Ruifner? Mir. Dillon, at any srate, is standing "pat" from soda to hook. Can the Courier say as much?
 There is one candidate for office to- morrow whose name will not appear on the offieial ballot. That Is J. NJ. w. Moore, candidate for justice of the peace of Prescott precinct. Do not fail to write it 'n your ticket in the appropriate blank left fos-that pur- pose.
 Tonight's democratic rally can be summed up in very few words: Trans parancies good; small boy numerous; | tin whistle in evidence; band played well; seventy-nine in procession by actual count, Fl. $. Andrews pre- sided at the meeting; big crowd there. but no enthusiasm. Dennis Burke i talked against imperialism; T. j.. Nor ! ris gave a decidedly one-sidei talk on bonds; apparent that half the audi ence favored Murphy.
 Ted" Smith received word today of the death of his brother. $. C. Smith, formerly of the firm of Smith X Smith, the predecessors of R. II. Burmister & Sons Co.,, in the grocery business, lis death occurred this morning at his home at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. During his residence here Air. Smith made host of warm friends, who will be paincd to learn of his demise. His brother left on this afternoons train to b. present at the funeral.
 Since the Courier got mixed up with the supreme court of the United ] States and co-nered itself on the bond question, it has been remarkably tame. A past action in connection with thesa honGs has been fully and stt.s- factory explained to all intelligent people, democratic papers are just now telling what Murphy might do if elected to congress.
 The Shanghai correspondent of the London Daily Express says the . Chinese piruIp5tsutiaries have opened negotiations .of peace by proposing that China pay au indemnity oi $40, 0O0000 in sixty installments, to be