Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-26
u.u.lAl NENS IItMS.
Brief hedion of interesting Facts
 and Happenings.


 uak lg .4.O ,on for J. 200 tons of armor plnte for the new battleships now building at San Francisco and elsewhere.
 Congressman Bailey ot Texas has gone to Kentucky to deliver ten or more speeches In behalfof Gocbcl for governor. and in the iutereS, of the democratic sta,e ticket.
 The cruiser Newark sailed from San Francisco for Manila on the 18th inst. II is understood that on her arrival at Manila she wlil be made one of block lding fleet toguard the coast of L,lzon ,o prevent tillibuStcrs landing sui- plies for the insurgents.
 Colonel Hore oi thc Britlsharmy en- gagged and repulSed the Boers at Mai eing on the l4th instant, iniilcting a loss of BOO men. Tue Boers are charged with many outrages upon the natives, which has served tu inilame the Ba- sutos and Zulus At Glencoe Camp on the 18th the British encountered and repulSed strong patrol oi BoerS without sustaining any loss.
 Fears are entertained in Paris that a complicated diplomatic situation may arise in the course of the Boer- British war. ln Paris it is believed hat Franco-t;erman understanding will be one of tine results of the war in Africa, the reason given being that the Germans would net be strong enough io meet the United States and Eng and, d,who, il is admitted by the leading continental journals outside uf Paris. could easily destroy the German navy.
 The eighteenth annual meeting of he board of managers Of the Woman $ Home Missionary society convened at pitlsbarg. Pa. on lSth. to remain in session eight days. Cuba and the Philippines. which have heretoiQre come under thc head of foreign mis- SiDnary work. have been transferred 10 the nome body; and to meet the demand from these sources it has been found necessary tu increase the appro- priati0nS to nearly S350,0to for the work 0f the coming year
 \ Washington dispatch of the lAth says the civil service commission has received copies of circulars sent gen eraih to po,talemploles. urging money contributions tn the republican cam paign in Ohio. The commission has written q letter lo' the postmaster general. asking that hc notify all pos employeS tlmtpolitieal assessments, no matter by what organization they are made. are in isolation of lhe spirit of the law. The commission asks That pustmastcro be directed tu post notices in their offices that campaign asScs,- ments are forbidden. 1'hepo,tma,ter- general has mol complied with the rc- quest. and il is not believed he will do no.
 The grand camp of confederate vet erans of Virginia. al Pulaski on the 18th instant unanimously denounced John Fiske'S History oi the United States" as book unfit lo be used in southern schools. The chairman Of thc history committee in his report Said: He is an advocate seeking tp secure pardon for the wroRg-d0ings of his own section by pcrSrmding the world of the guilt of ours by conyinc- ing all who read or study his book that in defiance of all reason. because of Inc wrong uf slavery. We argued be fore the war and fought in il not from conviction of duty or loyalty to our constitutional rights and those Of our children. mol from insulted and Gul- ragged manhood. but simply to hold thc negro in possession.
 Martial law has been declared in Barcelona by the spanish government. A tumult has been occasioned by the resignation of Dr. Robert. the reform mayor. who resigned rather than aid in fhc collection by force of opprcs- siyc taxes. The government has found il impossible to find q successor for the popular and pubtic-spirited al- caldc. and il further fears q revolt on the part of the merchants and manu- farturers of Valencia. Gen. Wcyler. who first declared himself q rcyolu- iionisl. ready to head q military coup d'ctat. has publicly allied himself with thc monarchy. The Madrid press, without distinction Of party. brands him wretch. coward and liar.
 II k moi lhc desire of the admins traitor that the next congress inter fere with the ultimate disposition ni Cuba and the Philippines. The pres idcni believes thai Cuba and the Phil ippines should be. for he present. lcfl in control of the executive. and Mr Mckinley K anxious io secure the sup port of the people to his Philippin, policy. The president is aware of tho fact that all of ihe islands will eyrntu ally have their iaic settled bv con