Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-02-26
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 bottles of champagne in one night
 while on debauch. He died.
 Yes, the Spanish war was an ex-
 pensive item. But the consumers of
 whiskey and tobacco footed the bulk
 of the bill-some S16S,000,000.
 Since somebody has invented some
 sort of a decoction to take the place
 of the good old fashioned coffee, one
 of natures products, it is simply as
 tonishing to read of the human ills
 which is attributed to coffee. Men
 and women lived to be from 80 to 100
 years old while drinking from three
 to seven cupfulls or even more per
 day of this stimulating beverage, and
 now in order to frighten us from in-
 dulging in our favorite breakfast bev-
 craze, we are told that all manner of
 disease turks within it, and we can
 only indulge in the use of a drink
 which our fathers and mothers drank
 and lived so long past the three score
 and ten years limit at the expense of
 health and probably at the peril of
 death. That there are lots of people
 frightened from the use of coffee and
 into the use of this 'nostrum" sub
 stitute by such advertising there is
 little doubt. The gullibility of peo-
 pie generally is really something re-
 markable. The writer has known really able bodied, healthy and well people to come across some advertise ment of a patent medicine describing the symptoms of various diseases and
 by the time it had been read through the reader had come to the conclusion that all the symptoms of all the dis eases described in the advertisement existed in him and would place an order for the medicine.
 Robberies and burglaries seem cpl demic just now all over the country.
 A Mexican customs officer was knocked down and beaten by an Fl Paso attorney and then taken before the police judge and fined 5000.
 The Rock Island railroad company announces that commencing March l it will run through trains from Chi cago to Fl Paso, where twill connect with the Southern Pacific for Cali fornia points and with the Mexican Central for points in Mexico.
 A telegram published in Fridays Republican from Washington says that the chances of Marshal McCord | for re appointment are excellent. He had an interview with President Roosevelt and it is stated that the president was very favorably i'm pressed. This will be very gratify- ing news to Marshal McCord's friends in Arizona as he has made a good officer since his recess appointment by President Mckinley and his reap pointment would give general satis- faction.
 The house committee on territories on Friday unanimously voted to re- port the bills for the admission of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. The vote taken was term for which he was appointed by President Mckinley, and that he would then be succeeded by Colonel A. O. Brodie." Ives has proven him. self very small calibrc, smooth bore politician in this matter. Even his own party is disgusted with him and do not endorse his actions. It is an open secret that Ives has aspirations to become delegate to congress, but he will never realize his ambitions through the methods he has adopted. upon a motion made by Mir. Moon of ! Tennessee declaring it to be the sense of the committee that the three terri ( 5ories are entitled to statehood and a hat subcommittee be appointed to | prepare the bills. The sub-commit- I ees were appointed. Statehood bills I nave progressed thus far several imes on their way towards being passed, but stopped short at this point. If the house and senate will a ,nly ratify the action of the commit g ee, admission will be assured.
 A Washington telegram to the a ohenix Republican says that Eugene e ,. Ives of Arizona, who month ago W lied charges against Governor Mur- U ,hy, and which were dismissed on he recommendation of the interior department, is here for one day. He n aw the president today and en- a to revive those charges. b The president told him that they n ould not be entertained. It had :. cen determined by him that Gov It rnor Murphy would serve out the st