Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-04-16

 of Mrs, Altgeld in Chicago are raising a fund of S2O,OOO for her.
 The republican party has redeemed its grandest pledge in the final ar engagements for Cuban nation, freed from despotic tyranny.
 New York has just appropriated half a million dollars for public baths. Their principal value is to the poor during the extreme heat of summer.
 A class of 265 candidates was initi- ated into the Elk's lodge at South Bend, Indiana, a few days ago. The class is the largest which has been initiated into any lodge in the United States.
 We wonder if those who have been trying to decide whether a college education pays took into considera- ton the varsity base ball players, who graduate into S3,000 positions in the pitchers box of the National league.
 The estate of the late Cecil Rhodes is estimated at about S30,O00,O00. Of this vast sum Mi. Rhodes bequeathed Sl0,0O0,G00 to the cause of education, providing for two scholarships from each state and territory in the United States in an English college.
 When we think of the flag furling advocated by the democrats, and the arguments against the retention of territory acquired in the interests of humanity and consecreated with American blood, we are consoled with the assurance that the republican party holds the winning side on all the great questions that will be before the country this year.
 Watterson and Bryan, who are against imperialism" and advocate the policy of "scuttle," do not have the support of such able democratic papers as the Atlanta Constitution, the Nashville American and the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The democratic party, on this, as on nearly every other question of impor- tance before the people, is divided.
 The Pittsburg Post says that "a remarkable development in the coal miners, strike in the central district fields have been taking place during the past few days. It was learned from official sources tonight that the strike of miners there and particu larly those employed by the Roches- ter and Pittsburg Coal company has determined the coal company on drastic measures for stamping out all unionism in their section. The Koch ester and Pittsburg company, which employs fully 10000 men, despairing of settlement of the trouble with the miners, has given orders to close the mines. This order means the ab- solute idleness of the properties of the company at least all the present summer. It will leave miners with out work whether they would work or not, and will seriously affect business in Punxsutawney."
 Three countries only surpass the United States in population and area the British, Russian and Chinese empires. The twelfth census give us nearly eighty-five million inhabitants, including those in our new posses sion, while our territory is over three and one-half million square miles. These are figures calculated to make 'anti-imperialist" hearts bleed with anguish.
 The last legislature provided for issuing bonds to the amount of S30,- 900 to defray the expense of placing an exhibit from this territory at the St. Louis exposition in 1903. What ever may be thought of the wisdom of the appropriation, now that it has been made our citizens should aim to make as large and complete an eI- hibit as possible with the funds. The commission appointed to man. age the business are competent in every particular for the trust con- mitted to their charge and will han dle the funds economically. World expositions are being worked over time during the past few years and the question of their beneficial effects is doubtful problem. So long as they are patronized by the various states and territories, Arizono can not well afford to become conspicuous by the absence of an exhibit. The thing to do now is for all citizens to take hold and push the work in se- curing a good exhibit.
 The senate committee on the Phil ippines had General Macarthur be- fore it the other day to testify as to conditions existing there prior to his leaving the islands. He described conditions in the archipelago at the time of the American occupation, say ing at that time the Filipinos were in a vindictive and resentful mood to- ward Spain with a yearning for lib- erty. Taking these conditions into account and also giving due heed to the character of the people, he had felt when he assumed command in the islands, there was to be found the most fertile soil for planting the best type of republican institutions. Gen eral MacArthur then took up and dis cussed economic conditions in the archipelago, saying they are the finest group of islands in the world, occu- pying strategic position absolutely unexcelled.
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