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Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
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The Chattanooga Tradesman has been inquifing into the value of the negra as a labores, as estimated n the South. The inquiries were sent to 800 leading Southern manufacturers, representing blast furnaces, rolling mills, miscellaneous iron werks, mines, lumber mills, sawmills, etc. Replies were received winch represent 5000 negro employees, of whom 2,500 are skilled, The average wages paid ccm-
 aou negro labor $ Sl 10 per day and skilled iaber ruas from Sl.75 10 S % per day, though several eerre- spondcnts pay colosed puidlers, heat CTS and rollers as high as Si and 5 per day. The replies, without sin gle exception, show that thsrs IS no difference at all between the pay Of whites and blacks fer the same class of work. The manufacturers are prac- tieally unanimous in opinion that for common labor in Southern States the negro is mere efficient and useful than the white, and w!taoa. an exception they declare themselves well satisfied with inc negro iu the factory, and an nauDce their determination to con tinpe him in his place. Many state tbat he is making progress. in. skilled work. The TradeSman adds tbat the condition of the negro Is constantly improving. and as an industrial factor his usefulness lsnow recognized by all
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
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 Intelligence has been received at Berlin from Baku to the effect that a permanent decrease IS showing itself in the production of naptha in that region, and that there is q probability ot very serious cusis shortly csming on. The naphtha basins of tEe App sheron Peninsula and Bibicibat are no doubt still very productive, bat the yield is no longer to be relied on. Almost all the factories at Baku, In- clo6iag M. Nobe,'s, are suaerlnY for want of the raw product, the price of which has risen from one or two ko- pecks to five or six pound: Many new borings have been made, but the results by no means realize the hopes or expectations of the specplations. Nessrs, Rothsehild's representative the manager of the Caspian 4 Black Sea Naphtha Company, has received orders to proceed to Palls after thor ouSh investigation has been made oi the stats gf affairs by the company engineer Balachona.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

Canada has an interesting problem in the increase of the French popala- ton thasc. In 175S tho French Cana djaas numbered but 90,0oo; to-day they number 2,25o,00O. mther com petition with the British race they have surpassed ihem ia natural m crease. The average French Canadian household averages nine members, and families of fifteen and eighteen are common. At the present rate cf in- crease the year A. D. 2o00 should see 25 5,o00. 900 French Canadians in what ;s now the British provinces
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

Counting speed and endurance the Charleston IS undoubtedly one of the best vessels of her class aaoat, and pos sibly stands first amoug cruisers, If a fair comparison were to be made Some of the later vessels have ahigher rating for speed, but ther rating is made by run Of three minutes or so over a measured mile in smooth wa ter. while the Charleston was tested in a six hours run ia a heavy sea.-s. f. Examiner.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

An official report on she eil regions of Pennsylvania has just been pub !ished, aud shows such remarkable falling of in both produeiion and stock as to cause the assistant geeloT. eist of the State to express an epinion that the existing ell fields are eiving out. he preportien of dry holes to wells sunk has steadily increased dur, ing tie last five years, while tho yield sf ss8eral d;shicls has been dimln- ished by twa-thlris during the same peried. The new wbite sand pools of the southwest district are nov being turned to, aud unless they yield more than generally expected, Fennsyly2a7 nia will soon lose ils reputation in tlis a;l xerld.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

In running the recent survey for a rallroad through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado the engineers found ims mense beds of gold bearing gravel. some oi them were eighty feet thick and prospected well from top to bot tsin. Mining men estimate that in one seet,on of Dirty Devil Canyen there are 2590oo00 enbie yards of gravel that will S6,250600.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

When completed per present plans the Los Angeles Cable road system will have cost S2,50000o and be the most extensive in tbo world for a city of ita size.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

St. Lotus will make strong bid for the Worlds Fair in 1892. Five mil lioa dollars will be raised as a guar artce fund.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

Dan Lamont is backed by the New York stockholders, for the. presidency of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail road Company, the largest industrial corporation in the South, and he will probably be elected. The office pays
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

The great Brooklyn bridge is unable to meet the demands u9en It, and it is proposed to increase it's carrying ca pacity 50,000 day The cost will be half million.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

A state consultation fer Wyoming prepared by Gen. J. " Fisher, ex- Chief Justice, and submitted to the convention now sitting, is patterned after the Pennsylvania constitution. It eonfers suffrage upon women.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

s. s. Cox is the only living man in public life who voted for the admis- sion of Oregon as State on Feb. 14, 1859.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

The gold output Of Alaska for the eight years ending with 1883, as com puted by the Mint Bureau, was only S3,004,00Q. Silver sI6,000.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

The Shah congratulated 'Gladstone OH the hftieth anniversary of his we'd ding, and remarked that it is better to live fifty years with one woman than enc year wi.h fifty women. - Alta Californian.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

A strong effort will be made at the next session of Congress to change ths rules oF the House, which have be- come 50 complicated as to seriously lmnede leplslation.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

By the recent census China is cred- tied with 8 population ot 359o00,0oQ, or nearly twice as many inhabitants as was generally supposed. The ac- earaey of the estimate IS discredited.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

The amount of silver certificates outstanding on tbe 30th instant was $266, ,99e3, ,5s8 and the amount of stand ard dollars in the Treasury owned by the Government does not exceed ST 7,e0Q.0Q0
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

(. (, Fil2Gcral3, of tne tnternatioa- al gmelter at Fl Paso, has bought the Turquoise mlne, lead property, at Tombstone, paying S30,0o0 therefer. This 5 the seoeud lead property this smelter Las bought since the agitation of tue Mexican lead ore question com menced and it shows that an Ameri- can can get lead n the United States far his shelter f tic wants to although Q German, like Jungk, of Soeorro, claims that the only way that the dry ores Of this co,iatry can be smelted is by the ni of tho Mexican lead ores, mined by peon labor. II the Inter national can pay s45eoo f1' two mines so as to secure lead fiuy, what is the matter with the Fl Paso smelter pur- chasing some United State lead prep ertiesf Again, what is the matter of Jungk, of the Socorro smelter, put ting white men 10 work in his lead properties in the -Alagdalena noun talHs?- Lordsburg Liberal.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
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saasonic!

Reguiai communication of White Noun tasn lodge, No. 3, A. T. & A. M. meet Thursdays on or sueeceain5 each ftil Moon. Soiourrtng Brethren in good stand ing cordially invited,
 By order the " M.
 NHAS T MAPTIN
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

The South American nations are coming up to confer wlth us on com mercial matters. Last year they sold to us Sll9,000,o00 more than they bought oi us, so that it is more our interest than theirs to know why. We paid the Sll9,o00.000 in gold, which nearly all went to England te buy things winch we have for sale.
 The lowering of the requirements as to speed and efficiency, which is being doue by the Navy Department regarding the proposed new cruisers, $ net the wisest course for our au- fhorls;es in this emergency. \ better way would be for Congress to increase the appropriation, if builders can not construct the sert of vessels frst de- manacd for the price provided.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territoriag.

Territoriag. Governor-Lewis WoAey, Phunix. Secresary-N. Q. Murphy, Phoenix, Trensursr-John '. T. Smith, Phoenix. Superintendent of Public Instruc;ion-C, 3 Strauss. Auditor Andrews, Prescott. Supreme CouF;-Jas Ii. Wright, Chief Justice Prescott; Wm. ". Porter. Associate Justice Ph0nix;W. Il. Barnes, Associate Jus. tice, Tucson.
 |. S. District Astorney-o. T. Rouse, Tucson.
 ' s Nlrsha,-w E. AIeale, Tucson, Surveyor General -J5hn Hise. Delegate to Congress Marcus Smith, Tombstone.
 Judga of First Judicial District-W, H. Barnes.
 Judge of Second Judicial Dis.sict William ". Porter, PhognjS.
 Judge of Third Judicial District Jas. II. Wright.
 Judso of District Court William Porter. Clerk of District Court-B. q. Fox. Judge Of Probate-F. ". Wes!meyeF, Sheriff Glenn Reynolds Under Sheriff Jerry Ryan. District Attoruoy--I. D. Mccabe. Deoorder-Gisss Martin, sspsrvison--te1. Daa:of,A, Patrick shan. ley. r. T Powers. Clerk of Board of SuFeryiso,s- ci.@e T Hassin. County Treasurer-W, " Eroukuer. C0runcr---
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

Towne-Tbsts toe bad about Ding. Icy, isat it
 Browne--Howl Whats thata Towne-Joined tue silent majority. Browne-What Dead?
 Towne No, married. = Lincoln Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
The greatest snaG-taking country

The gfeatest snad-taAlng couhtfy in the world is France, taough it shows a decline iu the habit h 1869 she consumption was 100000 lbs, or seven ounces per head. Now it is five ounces.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

VA Washington, D. C., dispatch, of the 2d says; It is not prooahla that the War Department will take any steps in the matter of removing the band of Apacbe8 frn1n Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala. Secretary Proctor said 8bis morning that there is a mandatory statute providing for the confinement oi these Indians at some Government barracks, and there $ no better place than where they now are. The ln- sian Rights Association has made a proposition to purchase q large tract of land in North Carolina to which the Indians could be removed, and where they could live in partial free dom, headed by the old warrior, Geronimo, but Secretary Proctor is not disposed to act until he sees the purchase consnnlmated; III fact, it would seem that lie IS inclined to think the tribe is pretty well cared for now
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
ellA rNr,McNgNT. No. 3.

I. o. 0. r. meets on the second and fourth Fridaya in each mouth Visiting brethren in good standing cordially invited to attend.
 JOE ATKINS, c. ?. " ". BEooINHa, Scribe.
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14

in the ten days which ended August 31st osrr sl5,oo0.ooO in 4-per-cent bonds were bought by the Treasury and more than $2,ooo00o in 4as, or almost S19,OC0,000 in all, the premium for which increased the Governments expsDdltprs on this account to up- ...a.a .r cbo e5i1 f(an
Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
suBscRlPrKox RATES,

Adver, isins Rates made hnewn on application.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
NEWARK.

Na,or-General Plum yesterday issued division
orders naming the dates for the rife practice OF the
two bnrades at sea Grt during July ana August
Each regiment will We four days at the ranges "he
the First Brigade viii spend week in camp duty
The conference OF a committee OF striking spihncrS
and officers OF the Clark Thread Company YESTERDAY
was without result The committee dceihcd 10 ar
cede to the proposition for arbitration ',,
C,srb t,or,ed the committee that the company will
NOT nav the rate which formerly prevailed In the
Kearny mill The conference will be resumed today
The inquest was held yesterday in the case Of
lanes DaIy who was shot last Sunday by Gusta'e
wiIblngham. The jury promptly returned GruIc'
NJ vIlfll murder against wbingham.
Michael Muvey, a trunkmaker, Of No Isl ihoHas
St. had his leg cut of by train at the IhomaS-SH
crossing OF the Pennsylvania Railroad last nlsh''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
JERSEY CITY.

Mrs Ellen Henderson, colored woman reporteu
to the police that she had been entced on ooa'u % !"
cana. boa, and brutalv assaulted on Wednesday night
Tho pouce Yesterday afternoon captured four men,
two Of whom Mrs. Henderson identified as her assai
ants.
Michael Nathan, who was appointed Aching Chiei
Of Police BY the old Board of Police commissioner
ON Wednesday night, presented himself at Cty ClerA
scott's Office yesterday morning and offered his Gro
denflals Mr. Scott, after a moments hesitation an
minstered the oath OF office to Mr. Na'hsh' Nhel VI
Police Murphy said that he had not recei'ol oOp'
80 ,ha charges which were said to have been pre-
terred against him by the old Board He Is sun IN
command Of the department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24

,v,,,,, Racers PEG. 90. decided % take the store.
Thsr oDesng took place saturday and inc oIe was
tnsn a,,ng me evening when large business was
done reporter asked member Of the urn wnas the ne
80 r.s for keeping tho new establishment open on
, Dt,bt when downtown places were closed The
ss,~sr was an interesting piece Of news There are
- r.onIo living downtown near this city In New
Isv ,or czarnple who cannot get away from home In
tns daytime to do their shopping and who ma SATURDAY
Ish, The most convenient evening in the week FOR them
70 make their purchases -.
Those who live OF town do not always care to take
the trouble OF crossing the city and riding uptown and
thew are forced trade at small local places AZ DOWN
town business places close at p. saturday the
openIng OF this establishment by Rogers, Poet Co VIII
be great convenience TO many people Fifteen per cent
Of last Saturdays business done In the evening ana
this shows that such place needed The store VIII
remain open Saurly nights through tho busy seah
az will also the places at Broadway and ffnces'
and at broadway and Thirty-seconds
The new establishment Is as thoroughly equipped a.
either OF the other places boy or man can hhu
there complete outt in goods that will equal the custom
made articles The building las been Thoroughly iehoNs'cu
and pleasant improvements have been maae IN "iIu'"
dressnr rooms etc. Among other Things VIII uo HO''eu
large triple mirrors with mahogany settings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
e.rupprD Anour THE TOWN.

Another additional postofBce substation, known as
g, viii be opened soon at Myrtle and CIasson aFes'
Tho Supervisors yesterday authorized Supervisor
watson 10 engage an expert accountant 10 examine
Ne books OF spec,al Tax Collector BOuTke, In whose
counts deficit Of ga 800 has Just been made good
Tho Church OF the Atonement. At Flfth-ave and
ssventeenh-st hiss secured permits sion from the su-
yreme Court 70 Rrant tho hight Of way past fits prop
erty 70 the Union Elevated Railroad Company for
5000.
in the third trial of the SUE Of Thomas Holmes
against the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company 10
recover $4,000 for The loss Oi his leg disagree
fneut OK the lufy oecuri yesterday secretary Tracy
summed mp for the company
G; Q. Martin, chlei Engineer aud Superintendent,
OF the Bridge, viii sail Cor London on Tuesday n
sftend tho convention OF The Society OF ciy Fnsis.rs
Mrs Hannah X. sonthwurth wa he'd IN sn0o h.,
~ Police Justice walsh Yesterday, for creating az
piFhsnee In the street Mrs soaihworth ia the vo,o
who recently assaulted Major Pettus OF tho unio,
Elevated Railroad Company, with an umbrella. a.,
has suit against him Tor damages arising ira,, ht
sonduct toward her and It win cone 10 trtal m Nss
York IN D short time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
NEW ApPorNrEEs BEaEN THEIR DUTEEs.

The new Commissioner of Charities and Correction
Edward C. shschy, was introduced to his associates
in the Department yesterday. After attending a
meeting with Commissioners Porter and Sllhlons,
ex-Presdent Brennan accompanied his successor in
a tour through tho institutions on blackwell and
w.rt,s Islands They were taken up the river on
Tho 1epartment steamer Thomas s Brennan. Mr..
Brennan, It is said, eonempates entering the real
tate business In the city.
Dock Commissioner J. Sergeant Cram took his scat al
the meeting Of the Dock Board yesterday. One Of
the first items OF business the schedule read by the
secretary was q request from j. Sergeant Cram, the
lessee OF tho bulkhcld oLe-hunded and sixth.
st. and Harlem River, Of the board 10 do some dredging
in front of the bulkhead. 81 expect that shall
have TO do this dredging" remarked President Post
smiling Mr.. Cram blushed, but added: ! did moi
eNpect the honor of being q member OF your board
when sent IN this request last week. Yesterday
transferred the to the present occupants of the
property the Merchants Union les Company"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
NETWORK CITY.

The cornerstone of the Rutgers Riverside
church. at Seventy thrd-st. and the Boulevard VII
be laid at p. m. Tomorrow
The thirteenth anniversary of the Industrial schoo
connected with Pilgrim Church was held In the churcf
last night.
Acknowledgement Tabor viii hear D. Lowber emith
applIc alton to begin quo wsrrantO proceedings assns
Commissioner GilrOy OF the department. Vi r"OiiN
Works on Friday next in Albany.
yincenzo spnclIl an old italian, was sent to the
Erie PenItenary for nine years yesterday by 'uuse
Benedict, Of the United States Circuit court ioi
passipg counterfeit money. He has sold couh'erio'
money The detectives say. throughout tho country
Four or Ave mon who are now serving ern's VI i'D
prfsonnent have said that they received their coun
terfcit coin from Spnelli His arrest ana ooh'"oon
were brought about through his giving Sl2a IN couN
,erto coin In the wife OF man arrested for passing
spurious silver dollars.
Louis r. streep. printer was arrested oy AhthonS
Comstock yesterday and charged at the IomOs rohoe
Court with sending green goods circulars oniouel
the mails He pleaded not guilty. ard was heiu vi
examination.
captaIn Bum. OF the bark Mkado, which arrived
herr Yesterday brought for the first time IN iou
years OF Pitcairn Island. There are no" III pcrs0"'
on the island
The Martin Luther Society will hold Its regular
monthly meeting this evening at O'Clock, IN th'
THIRTY frstst.
Thomas Murphy who stabbed John CusacR OF
"Wednesday night during row at SKiy-thiidst' ai'
Nlntbaye was held IN 81 500 bail by Justice Power
In the Yorkvine Court yesterday. pending CusacA
recovery.
Charles Miller, WHO drove n business wagon Over
Iopis Enschwtnger age. five years of No l22 Fourth
.. ., livingston Place and Ffteenthst, on "eohcS
day was held I'm 800 ball In the YorRviile Cour
yesterday for examination The child died In Bellevue
Hospital
The SsU.York German Gun Club held Its snnua
.hoot ard reception al the Dexter Park shooting
grounds near East New-York, yesterday.
The Metropolitan stenographers' Association haa
warming" last night at their new CLUBHOUSE
No o5 Icxington-ave W. J. kenns eAhloited
MONOGRAPH, and the general opinion was expressed
fhat the invention would assist rather tnsh narn
really good stcnographers.
Tho Washington Memorial Arch Fund received yes
t,rday 81 os3 IS; previously Acknowledged SoS'
$50 90; total. $34, 5l3 II.
At a meeting of the Shakespeare Society last even
eng AT Hamilton Hall, Columbia College, tho presi
dent Appleton Morgan, made report on the foul
years, work of the society, and Professor Thomas K
Price, of Columbia College. read a paper on Inc
dramatic Construction Of "A Winters Tale
W. NJ Thoms presented last night bronze bus
NJ General Grant 20 the Caedonian Club at their haii
No. 10 HOrstio-st
large meeting of the XVIII District Republican
Club was held last night at their rooms No "il "es
Forty-seventh-st. Arrangements are being maze lof
picnic ON June 3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.

SPLIT IN TIE JERSEY CITY DEMOCRAT
The new Jersey City charter. which has cre0u so 30
much trouble already, now threatens :" .h,-ter
Democratic party into two factions when inc ,o
was shmi,ted to vote of the people at the election
last spring, 1t was bitterly opposed by nuT nOsG0a
prominent Democrats, many OF whom "oiy ,ar. ,ras
Office under the old charter. Chief among 'noso We
President William F. Kern. Of tho boaru VI ~
Works, who represents the WITH District us "p,
position was so strong that the dst'C' 1ha
majority Of nearly 900 against the charter Inc
nemocrat,c Executive Committee approved OF ue
now charter, and it was expected that every Demo
orat would be bound by the action OF ihat Dody 70
sunnort #: but Commissioner Kern and other omciaS'
,rhn hod notbing to expect under the pew regime
doNsd the action Of the committee. AT recent
meeting Of the committee was decided 10 discipline
III Iremncratc officials who were opposing inc
cbarier! and notice ordered served upon com
ieecncr Kern Police Commissioners Davis, Nugent
Roberts, O'Donnell and smith, to show cause why ny
,Sey should not be read out of the party Instead OF
ohsyIng the notice these officials decided to make their
SSbt more aggressive and with that object IN view
tSev have called a meeting at Meyers HOtcl ior 10
night TO organize a new Democratic committee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
Tnsrrr1yG ABOUT THE SUGAR swINDLE.

TESTTFYIYG ABOUT THE SUGAR SHINDLh
william II. CoterIil, thc president OF the Elctnc
Sugar Refining Company, was placed on the witness.
stand Yesterday on the trial before Recorder hmyth u
william Z. Howard the fathcrin-law OF freunh' to
originator OF the electric sugar scheme. Inc ~a".
mony OF Mr. Coticrlll covered only small part OF The
time during whcL negotiations were In progress be-
tween the Ficunds and the persons who advanced The
money for machinery and similar objects ana M
CotteriI Will probably be the witneSssand for two
or three days. The witness gave his testimony with
considerable precision. He said that he hrst met
Freund IN December. 1853. and had several ialH WIN
him about his process lie desc hbcd two dcmonsiTa-
uons ryen by Freund. when those present we're not
ailowed 10 touch the machine and had a. leave the
room before the Jaw sugar vas rehned MHst OF ms
,estilnOnY whnt over ground already covered In tho
news napcYs when the swinde first came 10 light.
The morning session Of the court was occupied wiz
the close OF Mr. DaViS's opening address. lie made
clear presentation Of the facts which nc expects 10
prove