Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-02-26

AcOAOA W Q hC" yoOhb "oo launched this morning in New York.
 Bryan denies the report that he had pledged himself to Hill for the presidency in 1901.
 French newspapers are piqued at the cordial reception accorded Prince Henry in this country.
 The United States supreme court has refused to take jurisdiction in the Northern securities merger case in which the state of Minnesota recently made application.
 Miss Ellen Stone has been iber- ated. This is straight goods. No mistake this time. She has arrived at Strumitza, which is alleged to be outside of the brigand belt.
 Existing conditions do not seem to be convincing to some people on the silver question, as an occasional paper is found which still advocates free coinage.
 The people realize that the awful predictions concerning the future in the Philippines come from the same gentleman who foresaw dire calamity when we failed to adopt "16 to l."
 Lo, the poor Indian is to have an other name to obviate, the present difficulty in distinguishing between the inhabitants of America and India. Scientists have decided that the Red Man shall be known as an "Amerind."
 The Philippine investigation has just begun but there will be no wit ness on the stand who has had such great opportunities for learning the truth as Governor Taft, or who stands higher in the count:ys estimate foi sense and judgment.
 Chicago health authorities have found that the beautiful snow" has a grauder mission than providing in spiration for poets and recreation for children. Careful experiments show that it is marvellous puiilier of the atmosphere through which it falls.
 A leading American daily has an- nounced that hereafter it will not publish the proceedings Of the juve- nile conrt and explains: Publicity of details in the case of youthful criminals, either in court or in the newspapers, can do no good and will at least handicap them in the efforts they may make to reform"
 Hon. William D. Foulke, United States civil service commissioner, says that American ideals will never suffer as result of responsibilities based on our new part in the worlds work brought on by the legitimate policy of expansion.
 Charles Francis Adams, the histo- rian, says that if General Lee had not agreed that there should be no guerilla warfare after the surrender at Appomatox, America shodld have been confronted with conditions much worse than those now obtaining in the Philippines and in South Africa.
 Owing to the great improvements in sanitation the. average length in human life has been increased in cities from 31 to 3S years in the last decade in the United States. There has not been so much change in the country districts as the conditions of life have not been so greatly improv ed, nor were they in such serious need of improvement.
 Steel Trust Schwab says he did not gamble at Monte Carlo. Schwab is probably a logician and would de fine gambling as indulging in a game of chance As the visitor. to Monte Carlo has no chance of winning he probably argues that he dumped a | few thousand dollars into the gen eral fund there. If this is his method | of reasoning he is no doubt correct.
 The Wheeler speech will be dis tributed broadcast at the next cleo tion wherever there is a German vote. The Kentucky democrat who took shot at Prince Henry and the German nation along with his anti royal screed has sown the wind and will reap the whirlwind in German constituencies presided over by brother democrats.
 Our contemporary announces that "a more harmonious condition never existed among the true democracy of Arizona. A few free lances, which maraud here and there, in the lines of all political camps are doing a little squawking, but the democratic party and the democratic conventions will pay no attention to these chaps" The greatest calm exists just before he breaking of the storm. The happy condition portrayed above as existing at present in the democratic ,anks means that at about convention lime this same harmony will be fired