Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-21

Senator Harris of Kansas has intro. duced in the senate joint resolution
 providing for the limitation of the
 time president shall be elected to
 one term of six years and making the terms of members of the house four years. He has also introduced bill | granting pensions to persons who
 served in the confederate service and
 afterwards in the army and navy of
 the United States.
 George and Fenn Galligan, two
 prominent lumber men of Chippewa
 Falls, Wis, who went to Dawson City,
 two years ago, have become suddenly
 wealthy X dispatch says: After
 van prospecting they took possess
 sion of an abandoned mine on Bo-
 nanza creek and sunk two 50-foot
 shafts. When they were about out Of
 supplies and getting discouraged they
 struck rch lead and have since re-
 fused an offer ot Ss00,000 for their
 mine The strike has created n big
 sensation in Dawson"
 Commander Charles L. Howell,
 chief engineer of the United States
 batteship Maine when that vessel was blown up in Havana harbor; died in New York city last week. He was 30 d. l., .h A,t
 from 1895 until the loss of the battle ship. He was then transferred to the Newark and later was assigned to shore duty at the Brooklyn navy yard
 He was made a commander in Sep tember, 1899.
 Military and naval experts at Wash ington are satisfied that the termina ton of the insurrection in the Philip pines is not yet in sight. They are loud in praise of the troops operating there and are pleased at the exhibi- ton of pluck and endurance shown by them. It is claimed for General Otis that he possesses the ability to crush the rebellion, but at the same time it is admitted that the campaign will be protracted for some time to come.
 The case of the federal government against the Rio Grande Dam and Con- struction company came up for trial at Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the 18th instant before Judge Parker, in the Third district territorial court. The government seeks to prevent the construction of the proposed Elephant Butte dam, which is intended for irri- gation purposes. The United States supreme court has decided the gen crll government has control of all navagable streams to their sources, and the question at issue in this trial is whether the construction of the proposed dam will impair the naviga- bility of the Rio Graude in Mexico. The government of Mexico has al- ready presented to the government of the United States a claim for S20, 0,000,- 900 damages, on the ground that is de- prived of the rise of water which it formerly had, in consequence of the large number of ditches drawing water from the upper portion of the Rio Grande.
 A report gained currency, last week, in Washington, that Senator Stewart of Nevada has abiured free silver and been received into full fellowship in the republican caucus. The senator having heard the report himself, branded it as lie. Il am still a silver man." said he; ''l have not been re ceived back anywhere. am willing to go into anybody's caucus or to re. ceive committee appointments from any party. All ask in return is that the party taking me up shall vote with | me. Hone party calls me in and says | it desires to have me serve on com mittee l will grant the favor provided l can get the assurance that for my l favor am to have help in return. l am ready to vote with the party that l will vote with me. I am so gOod-na- 1 tured about it that I will vote for either party If it votes with me-"
 A party of twenty-five young Irish l Americans has left Cleveland, Ohio, to | join the Boers in their fight against l Great Britain. At New York these i young men, who are mostly veterans of the Spanish war, will | join about 300 other Irishmen, and the i entire party will sail for Paris. In the latter city the men will join the Irish regiment being formed to go to the assistance of the Boers. The recruits | from this country come largely from Chicago, New York, Boston, Phila- delpbia, Cleveland other cities. Five hundred more Irishmen will follow to 1 Paris in a couple of weeks Plans | have been perfected for the entire reg iment of 1000 to reach the scene of | the lighting. All over the country the Irish are now joining with the Dutch, and the sending of volunteers to South Africa will be continued.
 The region back of Cape Nome has