Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-01-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The congressional investigating committee deserves the thanks of the country for having made the West Point cadets understand that it in- tended to get at the bottom of things, and that hazing must be stopped.
 Clark county is not popular any place outside of Jerome, and there is very respectable opposition to it right in the big copper camp. It is not likely that the citizens of the pro posed new county can be deceived as to the economy of the measure, and that two counties can be run with less expense than one. If the figures pub lished by the advocates of Clark county are correct, by continuing the carving process and by creating and by forming five new counties out of Yavapai with their county seats at Mayer, Crown King, Congress, Jerome, Ash Fork, respectively, tax payers wonld be able to draw dividends, in stead of having to pay taxes. The old story that figures won't lie, but liars can monkey with figures, applies to all statements attempting to prove that new court house and other i'm provements can be made in a new county and two sets of officers paid at less expense than one county can be managed.
 Queen Victoria died on Monday evening, January 2l, at 6 o'clock, after a very brief illness. She was most remarkable woman and experienced a longer, more successful and more prosperous reign than any other of England's rulers. Few, if any, mon archical rulers have ever become so endeared to their subjects as was Queen Victoria. Emperor William, of Germany, who is her grand son, and her son and successor to the throne, Prince of Wales, arrived at her bed side at noon. She was eighty one years and eight months old lack ing three days, being born May 24, 1919. She ascended the throne in 1887 when but eighteen years old, having a little over sixty three and one half years. Her death will be moTned by the entire world.
 A movement is on foot, il connec- ton with the national maritime con gress, which is to meet at Brunswick, Ga, on the 30th inst, to form a per manent national organization of busi- ness men and ship-builders. Such an organization should be able to assist in the work of building up our mer chant marine.
 The fact is being generally recog- nized in the business world that Ger many, and not England, is now our leading commercial rival, and that it Is with Germany that We have to fight for commercial supremacy.
 Gen. Fred D. Grant reports the province of Pamapango, island of Luzon, of which he is in command. to be ready for civil government. Per haps some senators will see imperial ism in the substitution of a civil for a military government in this district.
 Mrs. Kate B. Davis, a we'll known young widow of KenOsha, was the heroine of an exciting fight with a burglar Monday night. Mrs. Davis lives alone at a small store on Wis cOnsin street, and as she was closing up she heard one of the windows rattling. She went to the window and found that man was attempting to break into the house. The woman raised the window and caught the fellow by the hair. The man started to run and Mrs. Davis grabbed pis- tOl which was nearby and fired two shots at him. The fellow fell to the ground, but managed to escape. It is thought that he was wounded. The police are at work on the case and hope to be able to locate the man to- day.
 Deputy Sheriff Spurlock narrowly escaped lynching at Columbus, Ohio, by a crowd of enraged residents of Powell who thought he was kidnap- ing Josephine Bresnahan, a little girl who had been adopted by Andrew Dobbin farmer. and for whose pos session the mother is fighting in court. Spurlock was ordered to bring the little girl into court, and took her from the school she was attending. Bvstanders thought he was kidnapping her and Spurlock had to draw his re- vo.yer and keep the crowd at bay un- til he could produce his credentials as Gep1.y.
 Vnv damaging evidence is being iutrrudcei against McAllister, Camp bell Di Death, .u their trial for the mu lcr Cf JcgGic B1Sschieter in Cam den, New Jersey.