Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-04-17
EDITORIAL NOTES

only fourteen ounces. It is perfectly formed and it is thought there is no doubt of its living.
 A London telegram says that the Car may abdicate on account of his health. From the reports which come from the Cars country, he has about the most unhealthy job of any man in the world, the Chinese revolution ists not excepted.
 When that "Short Line" official speaking of the ownership of the dis puted grade in Nevada between the Salt Lake road and the Short line, said, ''the decisions of the Nevada land office does not amount to any thing" he knew what he was talking about. The jurisdiction of land office officers does not extend to railroad grades.
 Dr. c. w. Woolridge, of Springfield Ohio, is quoted as having a great scheme in his mind for the benefit of Southern California and Arizona. It is to form a glacier on the San Der nardino mountains in California from which he expects to obtain a supply of rain clouds sufficient to moisten the earth of the above sections and make them highly productive. The doctor will find that it will take a bigger re- frigerator plant than he has ever dreamed of to keep the temperature of the San Bernardino mountains down to glacier producing point.
 If the antis could have their way, Funston would be hanged as a spy.
 It is to Nbe hoped that Aggie will not go so far as to denounce the anti imperialist movement in the United States,
 F The discussions of the allies as to the amount of indemnity they shall ask bears a certain resemblance to the actions of those railroads that charge all the traffic will bear.
 Both McArthur and Funston have had number of conspicuous ex- amples of how not to act under such circumstances
 Possibly it was that earthquake that convinced Abdul Hamid of the error of his ways and induced him to promise to pay up once more. Neither Buffalo nor St. Louis can understand why people should want to go to Europe during the next two summers.
 It is rather rich, after all, to see the man twice defeated on the democratic ticket, reading out of that party man twice elected on it.
 A trolley line has been projected to carry passengers from New York to Philadelphia at fifty cents each. At that price the trip would be worth taking merely for the rest one would get ill the Quaker City.
 Louisiana is the only state that now chooses a governor in the spring while there are few other states that choose any state officers at that time. Before long, the spring will be given up to municipal and local elections, which can be held without interference of ordinary politics.
 Talk about defenseless women! Here's a Missouri girl whose life has been saved by her hustle, while there are numberless cases of bullets turn ed by corsets, and mad dogs fended off by skirts. Defenseless, indeed.
 A libel law pending in the Maine legislature, modelled after one already existing in Minnesota, imposes a fine of $500, or imprisonment for one year, or both, on any person who furnishes newspapers hbelous statements for publication. The conviction of per son of this offense relieves the news paper innocently deceived of the i'm putation of malice, and therefore lia- ble only for actual damages.
 We should think that Erving Wins low would get tired of his Filipino confidence game after while.
 No matter how London may jeer, the United States will punish Vene- zuela if it deserves it. We stand in loco parentis to the little country, and the fact that We won't let anyone else impose on her is no reason why we should spare the rod and spoil the child.
 For years hunters have been acci- dently shot, literally by the dozen, in the Maine forests every year, and nothing has been done about it. Now. however, that sportsmen are begin ming tofght shy of the state on this ac- count, the legislature is about to pass an act punishing such accidents" Sc verely.
 There is no doubt Of the result of the Cuban delay in accepting the 1 terms offered by congress. The case was stated in a nutshell by member | of the cabinet, who said: The Presi- dent cannot withdraw the military | government until these conditions have been accepted by Cuba or until |. congress has modified its directions" The chance of any modification of the conditions by congress is a very slim one, as the conditions were approved by men of all parties in congress and have since been approved by the people.
 The murder of Constable Alexander at Yuma was one of the most COW ardly and dastardly crimes ever com mitted in the territory. Alexander had been convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment and was on his way to the penitentiary in