Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-02
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 "Gentlemen, stand up and give the women seats. You can vote for mu- nicipal ownership and stop this thing we cannot"
 The Union Metallic Cartridge com pany, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, has re- ceived an order for 5.0O0000 shot shells and 5,000,000 cartridges from the British government for use in the South African campaign. The order is the largest placed wfh CUnnecti- cut cartridge manufacturers since the spanish war, and the company's works will be run night and day for month to fill it. It is said the shipment will be made from New York in British steamships.
 Commissary-Gener Weston has of- ticially informed Adjutant-Gencral Curbin that the English government has called for bids in this country for supplying the English army in South Africa with 1,50o,00o pounds each of canned roast and canned corned beef in two and siX-pound cans. Whatever may be the public wish as t1 the ultl- mate outcome of the Engllsh-Boer war, many scared veterans who fought before Santiago will wish the English trooper in the Transyaal a better quality of embalmed beet than that which sickened our army and contributed so justly to the infamy of Niger and Egan.
 The annual report of the money order system of the postotflce depart ment shows a total issue during the year amounting to S224, ,95S, ,363, an in crease of S2o, ,364, ,I92 over last year. The total earnings of the system az gregated Sl l,59l,62s, and show an in crease of S395,004. On these orders q revenue of sl79,sS6 was collected. There were k396 new money order offices added, and 29,007,S70 domestic and s,50l international money orders issued The report shows that while for thirty years past the average amount of each order has decreased, the average during the past year was SIPS. an increase of 40 cents over the previous year.
 The Dismal Swamp canal, which was originally surveyed by George Washington. but which has been prac- tically disused for hundred years, was reopened for business on october Il. The canal extends from q point near Norfolk, Va. to the Pasquotank river, in North Carolina, distance of twenty-two miles. II is ten feet deep and eighty feet wide. The occasion of the opening was celebrated ny a procession of vessels with the tOpedo boat Talbot bringing up the rear. By l the use of the canal small vessels that i do not draw over ten feet of water can avoid the perilous outside trip around l Hatteras and its treachcrouS shoals. | Within the next week Admiral Dewey may step in and take charge of his own house, the gift of the | American people, says Washington press dispatch. the delay having been caused ny the examination of the ab. ! stract of title. The house is furnished throughout and ready for occupancy. If the signs of the times are not mis- leading, Admiral Dewey will be in I yited to occupy q much more preten' i tious mansion in Washington than the 1 one he is about to enter. The White House doors will open to receive the 1 hero of Manila bay whenever he sig, , nifes willingness to again serve the public: he is the peoples idol, and the public is desirouS of comforting still ' greater honorS upon one who car '. gracefully bear such a burden and ele- vate the greatest position within the gift of q grateful people. ano which will go 10 him as cheerfully ano with as little reserve as his Washing ton home-a mere token of love anC esteem.
 An enormous meeting was held ir Cincinnati on the 2Gth ult at Music Hall, the officers of which were mem bers of the Central Labor Council oi Cincinnati. and the speakers Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, and Edward
 Boyce of Butte, Mont. president O the Western Federation of miners Fully six thousand men remained dur ing the two long speeches. The an
 nounced purpose of the meeting wa! to protest against the treatment 0
 prisoners held in the bull pen in thu Occur d' .ilene region. A number O
 resolutions were adopted. The frs
 was demand upon the president O
 the United States to enforce the con
 stitution. especially in the sixth sec
 tion, which they claim bad been vio
 lated. The second resolution demands
 of the president the withdrawal 0
 the United States troops from Sho
 shone county. The next resolution