Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28

| tanned by correspondence with the
United States consul at Tampieo. who
urges that American firms become in
terested in the work
1t is known that the bubonic plague
has broken out in Bushire, Persia, al
! though the authorities have en-
deavored to conceal the fact Ameri
cans are interested in this news in view
of the fact that the dates which grow
near Bushire are now being collected,
and quantities of these find their way
| to the United States and other parts of
| the world.
| A revival of copper mining is just
now taking place in south Australia,
New South Wales, Tasmania and
| Queensland, and the resulting output
! win sooner or later have the effect of
| knocking down the present pre-
posterous price of copper. If, the Aus
tralian mine owners argue, Americans
can secure fabulous dividends out Of
! ground that yields from l to 3 per cent.
| of metal, surely they can make some
thing out of ground that averages from
30 to so per cent
The Royal Portuguese Railway com
pany viii soon make extensive i'm
provements which win necessitate the
purchase of rails, track material and
rolling stock of modern type to replace
antiquated equipment The Portuguese
| government has also. authorized he
construction of s35o,000 bridge near
Figueira Foy, the contracting par
ties for which could be reached through
London branches of many American
houses in London or Hamburg.
| Prussian savings banks show de-
posits of S1,1S2, $4,000 in 1898, against
! S1,107414, 900 in 1897, a gain of nearly
$4,000, 600. This increase OF deposits,
most OF which is made by working peo-
pie, indicates, as nothing else could,
the progress of the empire under the
"paternal" and bureaucratic" govern
ment.
In lengthy report of a tour of in
vestigation in south Africa Consul Gen
eral Stowe mentions visit to the
Kimberly diamond mines, saying that
he was not surprised to find American
machinery here The immense driving
gear of pumping engine made in Eng
land had TO be sent to Chicago to have
the cogs cut" The company operating
the mines has 10000 employees. of
whom $4,000 are blacks 1t uses $4,000
pounds of mutton and 100000 pounds
: of beef every month and 5000 tons Of
coal day. The product of the mines
in rough is 100000 carats of diamonds
q month
Arrangements are being made for d
railway which will connect Matamoras
Mexico, with Monterey and Laredo
The project is important, because IT
will result in opening several new gulf
ports. A break water three miles long
will be one of the engineering features
of the road. Francisco Armendiaz of
Monterey will contract for all the
needed material,
The near approach of the cane-grind-
ing season in Cuba is responsible for
heavier orders from the island for
hardware, machinery and tools Of
! every description. These purchases
will continue active for the next three
weeks after which the purchases of
provisions will again outstrip the ma
chinery demand.
Dutry- Cobson II Rue des Champs.
Client Belgium one Of the largest
= hardware dealers in Flanders, is anx-
ious to receive at once descriptive cir
culars of lawn mowers and incubators
J The firm finds it impossible to FIJI its
orders at home.
The municipal council OF Sidney, n
S. w, has been inviting bids for the
construction OF modern refuse de-
structor, and has now extended the
time within which bids may be made
to Nov 3 in order that foreign firms
may compete The Instructor must
have a capacity OF sixty tons day.
Representatives of La Societa del Bar
buro di CALICO ed Applicazione Elec-
triche Of Milan, Italy, viii come 10 this
country next November 10 make pur-
chases for a plant which the company
is erecting The company has capl,
tai Of $500, 900, and will probably make
extensive purchases.
1t is reported that several English
men and Americans will soon open the
iron mines of the Spanish Mediterran-
can coast, using electrical power to
transport the ore to the nearest rail
way station.