Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Mention of Interesting Facts
 and Happenings.

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 The Matin. Paris, is authority for .hc statement that the DreyfuS fami- | " will shortly go to Egypt for the win | fer.
 The navy department has decided | to send four more war ships Co Manila, | The Brooklyn will he one of the num- per.
 The British Foreign Oficc has rati- jed the temporary Canadian boundary | line agreement. Americans are not ! >a tiSfed with it.
 The savings Ot the enlisted men in he British army amount to S2,0O0,- 1 u00 annually, all of which is on deposit with the government,
 The commissioner of internal rev. ,nuc has decided that qualified dealers are restrained from selling leaf tohac rc to pcntcntiay wardens. The Illinois federation of labor at Danville adopted resolutions fayoring free coinage of silver at ld to 1, and condemning the prosecution of ,trik- CTS.
 Admiral. Dewey has elected to ac- cept house in Washington already constructed. instead of having one built for his occupation. The fund amounts ru SjON0O,
 Dr. Gattling, the inventor of the ',attling gun. recently celebrated his righty-Rrst birthday Quite a mum Der have missed birthdays as result nf his invention.
 In Japan vaccination iS compulsory, and the government makes it's own lymph and issues il free of charge. Rcyaccination at stated periods Is also enforced rigidly. Only calf lymph is ISed.
 The city prison uf the City of Mex leo contains 3.27s prisoners. of which 20 are women. The monthly expenses uf the institution amount to s15, ,O0O. \ school iS conducted in the prison and is attended by nearly 300 inmates.
 The first railroad grant in the United States was made to the Illinois Cen. tral Railroad company in 1850; the last was made to the Southern Pacific company in 1871 During the twenty one years was thus given tn thc rail- roads 244.27l square miles,
 The Spanish government has sold Inc Havana floating dock for $500. O.00O toa syndicate of Vera Cruz merchants. several New York firms have been asked for terms for conveying the durk tu Vera Cruz. The purchasers wish to remove it about the begin ming nf next month.
 \ well preserved Roman camp Ina, been discovered on the right bank of he Narenta. in lIarzcgovina. A sec tion 33o feet long by 20 feet wide has hecn traced. Part of the walls. gates and towers are still standing. and many utensils and weapons have been dug up. Ii is believed that the camp was erected in the time of Nero.
 Marcus Daly. of Montana has taken a tcn-ycarS' lease of fine .housc re- gently built by William Waldorf As tor on Fifth avenue. between Fifty sixth and Fifty-Scycuth streets, New York city. Ii k the most ariStocratic site on the avenue. the Cornelius Van dcrbilt residence and the mansions of William C. Whitney and C. II. Hunt ingtun being on the Fitty-Scventl- street corners. Daly in his new home will he inst q mile from senator w. \. Clark s S2.uOO.OOO marble palace.
 JIanS Lawther. q wealthy citizen of Fulton. Mo-. iS defendant ina remark. able law suit, Several years age NIT. Lawther look Miss Ethel Lynch from an orphan asylum under the condi- lion that she should be educated and brought up as one of the family The young woman alleges that instead of complying with the agreement he gave her such limited education she can only work aS servant. Because of this she asks S2, loo wages and sj.- 00O damages.
 The old Baltimore Sun. which was the first paper in the world to use the Morse magnetic telegraph for ihc transmission of news. was one of the papers that received reports from the yacht race by the first practical lest of the MarcGni wireless system. The steamships Ponce and Grand Duchess. which followed the yachts. were equipped with the Marconi system, and the reports of progress were sent from ShipbOard to Sandy Hook. and forwarded thence by ordinary tele- graph.
 The St. Louis Fair Association in- truduccd Stccr-tyin.' contest this year. which proved q popular attrac- ton. There were twenty-five contest ants. The prizes were S7OO S2O0 and Sl0O Gus Pickett Decatur Texas. won first. time 1.W,: John HcWctt. san Angelo. Texas. second. time l.l5f: r. 1T Rarkpr T1Nlpr TpynS third