Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-02-05

legged lynchers which has been in pro- gress at Alturas, California, for about a month is certainly the raciest read ing of the kind ever published. Not a day passes that the judge and the lattorneys for the defense do not have a scIapping match with their tongues while occasionally as sort of varia- ton one of them is fined for contempt of court, the jury is sent out from the court room, or the court takes re- cess, to let all parties cool of.
 | Only two of the great countries of the world have been exempt from the periods of depression that followed the great commercial boom of few years ago. These are the United States and France, the latter because she did not participate in the indus trial struggle that has brought dis aster to England and Germany. The United States has more than held her own on account of the prosperous and peaceful conditions within her bor- ders.
 The south has long claimed to be the seat of American chivalry, but Manchester, Vt., is entitled to be known as the center of politeness. The most disastrous fire of the past generation in that town was discover cd by young lady, who, seeing the board of trade in session in the doom ed block, announced: "Gentlemen, excuse me for interrupting, but the entire north side of this building is on fire"
 A discharged soldier in San Fran cisco secured large box and placing lot of provisions in it ordered an expressman to take it to the depot for shipment to Chicago, having pre- viously marked it properly for itsdes- truction. The night before the ex- pressman was to call he secreted him. self inside of it. While loading the box, the expressman discovered the right of human form and suppos- ing it was a-corpse re ported the fact to the police who broke up the pro- posed journey.
 Edward Everett Hale, in an ad- dress to Yale students, said that the present era of unparalleled prosperity for America is apt to bring the coun- try to period of national vain-glory. He is willing that America shall have proper pride for their achievements, but says they must be careful not to offend other countries by laying too much stress on the superiority of the United States. The American in- vasion" of Europe is most resented when there is bravado in the in vader.
 It is announced from a high official source in Mexico that if the arbitra- tion plan proposed by the Pan American congress be consummated, President Porforio Diaz will resign from office and spend the remainder of his days in retirement. He is heartily in favor of the arbitration movement, as it will assure the peace of Mexico upon his retirement from the presidency. He has for several years desired to be relieved from the responsibilities of his high office, but has sacrificed his personal feelings in the matter in order that the period of peace might continue unbroken.
 According to a telegram from Washington Senator Ives has present ed charges at Washington against Governor Murphy. It was the same old charges which were preferred against him at the last session of the legislature and which have been in troduced in the courts at Phenix. It took the secretary of the interior about fivs minutes to size them up and report on them to the president and less time for the president to in struct his secretary to notify Mir. Ives that there was nothing in them and that the incident was closed. MT. Ives until he came into public posi- ton had the reputation of being a very smart and intelligent man. Had he remained in obscurity or had not come into public notice he might have maintained that reputation. As it is he is now considered generally as a peanut politician of the primary grade.
 The Santa Fe company has ap- pointed Arthur G. Wells as general manager of its lines west of Albu- querque to succeed the late w G. Nevin, who died in Los Angeles last Sunday morning. MT. Wells was formerly general superintendent of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad and when the recent consolidation took effect, his jurisdiction as general superintendent was extended to the California roads also. Mir. Nevin was taken seriously i'll about a year ago and was absent on sick leave for six months, during which time Mir Wells acted in the capacity of gen eral manager. Mir. Wells is one of the best railroad men in the west, having been engaged in the business all his life. In 1883 he was chief clerk in the office of the superintend- ent of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad and has earned his promotion to the position he now occupies. In addi- tion to being a thorough railroad man he is gentleman in the truest sense of the word and makes friends of all with whom he becomes ac- quainted. The Journal Miner con graduates him on his well earned Y,rouootion