Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-05
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Mention of interesting Facts
 and Happenings.


 toward the Dewey home fund.
 Chicago has been chosen as the next place of meeting for the national irii- -.ation congress.
 Guzman Alvarez, governor uf the province of Bcrmudez, has revolted against the Venezuelan government.
 The steamer St. Paul. which sailed Tor Europe last Wednesday from New Orleans, took out ll5,0oo ounces of silver
 The worlds pacing wagon record vas smashed on the Louisville track ast week, by Bumps. who made the nile in 2.o3i,
 At the Lenox Athletic Club in New York last "Wednesday night. Kid Me- Coy knocked out Jack Mccormick in fhc eighth round
 Arthur Arlington, known as the heart breaker. was sent to prison for life by Judge Han, of Oakland. Cal He was in the business of making love to women and then rob ping them.
 Fearful forest fires have been raging for q week in the Cuyamaca moun- tains, Sandiago county. Cal. An im- mense track iS burned over. IL is ru- mored the Gold King mine buildings gre destroyed.
 The owners of the large cattle ranches on the peninsula of Cosigunia, Nicaragua. report that cattle are dy- ing from the rayageS of ticks. which attack in great numbers and cause a latal sickness known as Texas cattle ever
 It is estimated that the wheat crop pf the United States this year is the ,hird best on record, the oat crop the second best and corn the same. With an aggregate of 3,50O. .000. 0OO bushels of wheat, corn and oats. the prosperity pf the farmer for 1899 is pretty we'll established.
 The navy department has received q dispatch from Admiral Watson saving hat cadet Welborn Wood. command ing the gunbnat Urdaneta, recently destroyed by insurgents, was killed during the engagement and the fate of the crew is not known.
 The TagalS of the island of Nindan- ao have expressed their readiness to accept American sovereignty in ex- change for protection against the har- rassing MorOS. \ native officer has offered General Otis one thousand Naccaubees to fight the Tagals of the Laguna de Bay district.
 There will bc enough blast furnaces built during the next fifteen months To increase the annual production of pig iron by 2.5Oo,Oo tons. The Feder- al Steel company and the National Steel company will each build fourand the American Steel and Wire company and the Carnegie Steel company two each.
 The American authorities at Manila have declined the request of General .laramilla. a Spanish officer. tO send vessel under the spanish flag to collect lhc Spanish prisoners at insurgent ports as stipulated by the filipinOs on the ground that the ports are closed. The offer was made. however. to send an American vessel.
 Rear Admiral Rodgers of the Rear sarge trial board reports that the new battleship's average speed for four hours on her trial trip was l6.S4j knots. The navy department will at once make arrangements to put the kcarsarge into commission. and she will temporarily be attached to the North Atlantic squadron.
 W. ]. Calhoun. of the interstate commerce commission. has resigned his position to engage in the practice of law at Chicago. He is one of the closest friends the president has. Be- fore his appointment to the commis- sion he was intrllsted with special commission to Cuba and performed that tn the satisfaction of the presi- dent.
 The California Raisin Growers asso- riatiOn has raised the price of raisins ny fixing the following prices for the years crop: Two-crown. 5s cents: j. crown. cents: 4-crown. 6! cents: ? crown London layers. sl.50: 3-crown London layers. Sl.60: i-crown fancy clusters, g; 5-crown Dehesa clusters. s2.j0; 6-crown Imperial clusters, B; seedleSs Muscatcls, , cents.
 NOn-union cOmpositOrs who sup planted union compositor on the New York Sun some time since. are now on q strike themselves. They complain that they have been unjustly treated and that the management of the pa per has not kept the agreement made with them at the time they were em- ployed.
 ''Lloyd's Register shows that of the worlds ShiDDing l,l4l vessels of S20.-