Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-07
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Mention of Interesting acts
 and Happenings.

Congressman-elect Roberts of Utah is making q vigorous fight for his seat.
 The total gold production of rip pie Creek district in November was s2,5l5,5Oo.
 The Nebraska superintendent of pvblic schuulS has decided that the bible may he read in them.
 The big publishing firm of Harper Bros. has ta,ied. and the business is in the hands of a mortgagee.
 The Southern and Central Pacific comuanies a!e credited with the in- tentiun to spend s6,O00, ,0Ou in imp,o,e- ments in 1900.
 The Missouri supreme court holds that a husband is responsible for slan- ders uttered by his wife, even when he is not present.
 The British are adoping Dom PauPs tactics and are holding special prayer service in London for the success ot their arms in Africa.
 It is remarkable that, of the five vice-presidenls who have died while in office, four of them have died in the month of November, and almost on the same day of the month.
 The naval inspection board has com pleted the calculations in the case of the recent speed trial of the battle ship Kentucky and has reported tho actual speed made by the ship as l6S77 knots per hour
 Mir. Carnegie can well afford to found libraries. He received Sl,OOO,- GOO for an option on his steel plant. He still has both the million and the plant. He has advanced the price of options to s5,oO0,00o.
 Ex. Champion Fitzsimmons and Mar tin Julian had an altercation at Chi cago the other day, when Martin slapped Fitzsimmons' face; revolver was drawn, and now the two old cro- nies have separated for life.
 Both houses of the Cherokee legis- lature have finally passed the bill eS- tending to the first of July next the time for congress to ratify the Chero- kee treaty. The treaty is practically the same as that made with the Dawes commission.
 It is said factory for the manufac- ture of bogus credentials for Chinese desiring to enter the United States, is in operation in St. Paul, Minn., and that a number of Chinese have entered with these bogus certificates at Portal, North Dakota
 The directors of the American Bell Telephone company have voted to turn over the assets of the company to the American Telephone and Tele- graph company This is the first step in the removal of the company from Massachusetts to New York.
 The Russian government is about to establish a steamship line from Port Arthur to the United States, to be operated in connection with the trans Siberian railroad Either San Fran cisco or Seattle will be the eastern terminal.
 Commissioner George W. Wilson the internal revenue bureau, in his report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, shows that the receipts from all sources aggregate S273, 4si,573, an increase over the preceding year of lO2, 2,6l7 ,0O0.
 The longest term congressman has been discovered. Thomas Newton of Virginia was a representative from that state continuously from 1901 to 1850, period 20 years. He lost his seat in lS30, but he was again elected l to the 22d congress, serving two years, making his total service 3l years.
 The high duty on wooden manufac- lures has had the result of determin- ing several German mill-owners who | have customers in the United States | to establish branches in this country. | At least three of the plants will be To- cated in Philadelphia. They expect | to turn out cloth for the spring trade. The Burlington railroad has let a contract for the building of what is said will be one of the largest reser- voirs in the world. The reservoir will be located five miles southeast of Gales burg, H., and will he two and a half miles long, 1900 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It will have a capacity of 445. COG. .0OO gallons of water. The water will be supplied from flaw creek.
 The Standard Oil company has ad- vanced the price of crude petroleum ? cents in the Pennsylvania fields and l cent in the Lima. Ohio, fields, making the quotation for the Pennsylvania product $l.5S per barrel and for Ohio sl.O7. This advance is the latest of a series. during which the Standard has increased the price nearly 40 cents barrel. The present prices are the highest in four years.
 During October orders were given