Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-12-25
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 Head end collisions continue with alarming frequency.
 The condition of Senator Sewall of New Jersey is said to be quite criti- cal.
 A recent telegram says that MT. Kruger's grandson is about to sue for peace for the Boers.
 The Philippine government has a surplus of Sl, 100000, but Secretary Root says it will soon be disposed of. Evidently the Philippines need an Uncle Joe Cannon" of their own.
 Mason Mitchell, rough rider and colaborator of the Samoan exhibit at the Worlds fair, says that the charges against Commander lilly were due to the vindictiveness of an English mis- sionary society which desired protec- tion from the competition of Ameri- can and other missionaries and were licensed because Commander lilly refused to show partiality.
 In his annual report, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says that in Texas the large blackbirds known as jack daws are particularly valuable to az riculture by reason of the insects they destroy and yet they have been slaughtered in great numbers for the millinery trade. Here is a very prac- tical argument for the Audubon so- ciety.
 Those alleged Washington tele- grams published in the Tucson Citi- zen are really amusing and are also equally harmless.
 Zero weather is prevailing through out the east and even in Europe, so that Arizona has no kick coming about the little drop in the mercury here.
 The government has been hustling the coinage of pennies to meet Christ mas demands on the part of mark down merchants. The Philadelphia mint turned out 4,9OO,OOO coppers last week.
 w. C. Greene seems to love law suit. He is now scrapping for the possession of valuable coal fields in Mexico. His opponents in this case are General Charles P. Eagan, AL vinza Hayward and Charles D. Lane, the latter two being prominent min ing men of California.
 Postmaster General Smith has ten dered his resignation to the president to take effect early in January and Henry c. Payne of Wisconsin has been rendered and accepted the posi- tion. His nomination will be sent to the senate after the recess of con- gress.
 Dr. Geo. w. Marshall, leader of the Addicks faction in Delaware, says: We claim to know the game of politics and play it for all it is worth" No one will doubt Dr. Mar shall's statement.
 General Miles, whose glibness of tongue was responsible for stirring up the army scandal about embalmed beef, has just been reprimanded by the secretary of war for talking too much about the Schley matter
 President Roosevelt is demonstrat- ing that his aim is as deadly to the political spoilsman as to mountain lions. The Hon. "Cy" Leland, of Kansas, is reported to be the lowest addition to the presidential game bag.
 The president has taken another important step towards making the ,ivil service law effective. He has made it illegal for disbursing officers % pay salaries to people who are ap- pointed contrary to civil service regu- ations.
 While there seems to be no prac- ical way of helping the Boers in South Africa, the Boer prisoners in Bermuda will be allowed to receive contributions to ther personal com ort. Any one that wishes to can for yard them a Christmas box.