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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-16

ths cotton states. While, seasons in TEXAS were ex-
cellant for growing, cultivating. fruitinR, and ma
turing, and brilliant for gathering, the seasons in
otiet States were most unfavotable for cultivatinR,
fiuitinp. maturing, and the worst season ever er-
perienced for gathering In the. history OF our oldest
farmers" Monticello, Ark, Feb. 1o.-'This portion
OF the Sunny South is now covered with four
inches snow, and stlll Il SHOWS. To-day IL IL 1Se,
against O3s last year" Macon, Ga, Feb. IL" After
two DAYS Of clear weather, to-day we have cold east
rains, which look "a though they would last for SOY.
eral days. There has been no year like this II the
past fifteen years. Farmers have done nothing.
Merchants can do nothing, and stables report
no sales of mules, know fertilizers will be 40 to so
y cent. on and cotton 20 to 20 4 cent. Farmera are
blue over situation Augusta. Ga, Feb. o." Even
II weather should turn favorable we still think re-
ceipts will continue light. ~ the cotton is not in the
country in anything like last years quantity"
Columbia, :. C., Feb, 10" Weather has been very
cold and will prevent all field operations. Receipts
have stopped for the past week or two, but we think
there Is very little. compared with former years, TO
he sold vet. Many planters are abandoning their
farms aud seeking employment in the city
CnFFEt-Rio on the spot was duh at GlVc. for No. Z.
Sales of I 200 BAGS Bucarhmauga and 700 Maracniho.
Futures advanced b points and closed steady. Sales
l2.uOO bags. HaNre was unchanged. Hamburg de-
clincd 4 pig. American war house deliveries :. 20
bags. There was a mol day in Brazil; receipts at Rio
g. 900. Prices here as follows.
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Tho warehouse deliveries OF coffee continue free,
rather larger, in fact, than at this time last month.
but, nevertheless. the United States visible supply
of Brazil coffee IN now Ian, 900 bags. against ,l4I,-
900 n year ago, T2S. 900 in 1897 and AL, 600 i'll 1906.
There is not much disposition to operate freely on
either side of the market. There IL little inclination
70 sell, in spite OF the recent large crop estimates.
Most of the offerings by tho bulls, who have grown
Disguised with the failure OF the market to advance
materially, are taken by tho trade TO cover hedging
sales. Owing to the prevailing premiums. European
houses Of late have bought near months and resold
the distant deliveries. However. there was a slight
rise to- day on local buying.
NAvAta STOREs-Spirits, 469t513c. Common to
good strained rosin, S1.3O.
PRovGsIoSs-Lard was steady; primo Western,
So. 10: city, So. 20: Continental refined. $500. Pork
quiet; picked hams. 7S7lc:; do. shoulders. NO
hogs. G@6}4c. Butter-Creamery, Western, extras. 70
&a6c: do. nrsts. 7sc.; State, finest, 24c.: do, hrsts.
a2s2sc. Cheese..state, full cream. large. col,
ored or white. fancy. 1oSc:; do: choice. oAs
loo; do: small, fancy. i1s1lAc. Eges-state and
gathered, hrsts. 29c. Chicago; Feb. Much
larger hog receipts than expected caused a small de.
cline lin provisions. with the selling by scattered
longs and local bears. The investment demand and
buying by packers closed the market firm, with
prices about the same as yesterday. The cash de.
mand is improving. There was quite a good demand
in lard
s~uGAR-Raw was dull at 4 5-16c. for a6o and 3
1876. for 800 test. Refined was quiet and un-
changed.
T- ri -
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Both smelters Of the Old Dominion. Globe
district. Arizona. are now AT work and are eX-
pectsd 70 run steadily during the year. Two
hundred men are on tho payroll.
eighth level Of the Horn Silver. Frisco. Utah,
o oan a1 F siiv STn and fC "a Cents to fH% SIrdren'' lead 1915
The Butte and Boston tunnel has been driven
200 feet. and is supposed to be within fifty feet
In az our workinCs% writes the manager
done 70 prove that the company has a very
v" ors ass RyRnsF s358s to the ton has been struck
near the mouth OF the tunnel OF the Republic
Big Six. Washington, and in the Dora shaft, in
quartz, which goes over 81 900. Three shifts
are working in the tunnel started on the sum
M TO- rap the hen4bIic ledge. which runs into
Reports. from Gunnison county, Col, state
streak in the H9ldridgc which yields $22S to
ne ton. A {Q-inch vein on the Maid of the
near rid Idaho S SprinGs. COT. % lHnH IN w Ine a AmSm%r.
tered which assaycd $3.50. This find has caused
critics is being vigorously pushed.
cr RI IS re p rHas' Vii Fh9t e tne %%pt Sg6 Ed fh th lack mo I2t'
WoFrkk has been resumed c on the tpIi M Mooso.
Raven Hill. and pumps to handle nearly 5000
gallons per minute from the ninth level Of the
dUT,lsnd VII De installed as soon as the now
Since juno ] the Forest. Boulder county. Col.
has shipped 800 tons. averaging from $40 to
$50 per ton. TIL franklin. in the same camp.
has opened up an ore body from two to six
feet wide. which runs 5000 to tho ton.
Great efforts are being made to relieve the
coal famine at l.cadviile. which threatened n
general suspension Of work in the camp. Five
hundred men were. detailed from the mines
and shelters three days ago TO help clear the
railroad tracks Of snow, Adyices. received yes
terday stated that all other freight must give
way Tor coal and coke. and that the pumping
will be kept up at the risk Of closing
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COMPEND.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15.-GRAIS-Wheat-Spot
was firm. Sales OF $4,000 bush. for export
here and Mt the outports. No. ] Northern
Duluth &c. over May I. o. b. afloat; No. l hard
Duluth. l2c. over May No. l northern New
York. 5gc. over May. The Northwestern re-
ceipts were $50 cars. against 255 last week and
80 last year: Chicago 1872. against "a last
week and 40 last year. Futures declined &c.
to sc, but rallied and closed unchanged to &c.
higher. with sales Of 1.5O5. 900 bush. Prices as
follows:
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The ineIorable working OF old influences continued
10 INT the price Of cotton. That is, tho weather was
still small, the southern spot markets still showed an
upward tendency and cotton goods still showed an i'm
clination toward a higher level. True, the weather
AT the south was milder. but II was still cold. More
Tex, l.b4 at Galveston, rs of an inch at New
Orleans anu ~ at NirksBnrg. Miss. while there waA
snow at Columbus. Miss, and 1t was cloudy in parts
of North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia, Ala
this morning a, Abilene was 22A above, against 96s
yesteridE; at Galveston 800. against AZ, and at
New Orleans $50, against Az, Elsewhere il
was generally warm. For instance, at Pales.
Nlckshurg, Miss, 800, against III at Oklahoma OK
lahulnr, 24', AGAINST ~; at Montgomery. Ala, 32p
against 20; At Little Rock. Ark, 90, against 1Go3 AZ
"a. against a at Augusta, Ga., 20 against q; Al
savannah, Ca, ~, against IL, and at Charleston.
Sc, .hr, against -. These, be 1t bcred are
iniilin,nl temrrI-unrCs In the afternoon maxi
many sections. The weather conditions, however
are still distinctly UHfiNuTablc, and the estimated
l!ITt receipts this morning were only abnut half
those of a week ago and less than one-Iuarier
those IN tins day last ear. The interior
receipts, too. are running considerably be,
llld, md II would not be at all surprising
II by Friday night the total in sight this season
should be 10000 bales below the figures of last sea.
son. Ihrsperulattun here continues brisk, the sales
reaching about $50, 1000 bales daily. The port re-
coipts turned out to be much smaller than the est.
mat. and Il Is now coutendcd by some that the tOtIl
estimates early IN tho week Of los 900 10 'l2O.OOO.
Ardmorc. J. T., Feb. a." Weather reports more
nntiNorahle; weather ,,eyere; exceedingly light re
ceipts., Augusta, Ga, Fob. IT, To-day six inches
-" Ne see no reason yet 10 change our original
estimate 81 lo,6oo.Ooo for total Yield. We con.
slider that an .oYerestimate has been made Of
100000 bAles for Texas and 100000 for rest OF
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MINING MACHINERY. FRASER & CHALMERS,
4'l 80 Broadway, New York, manufacturers OF min.
ing and smelling machinery. Estimates on mining,
milling and smelling supplies promptly furnished.
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Augusta shipped to-day bI2. Memphis Psi, st.
l0nls 2,SO3. Cincinnati go and Houston 3,Og4.
Port Exports were ~ 2U3 bales. The Signal Service
predicted snow or rain within the next twenty four
hours in the Carolinas and Georgia: snow in Ten
nessec; rain. in eastern Florida. western Florida,
Mississippi, Louisiana and eastern Texas; fair in
western Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory; fair
in Arkansas, excent possibly snow or rain in tho
points. Futures here rose . To s points and closed
trm. Estimated sales 800. 900 bales. Prices as
fnlI1Ua.
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FINANCIAL AND ooMMrRorxh.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. /

"WEDNESDAY. Feb. 15.
The lifting OF the embargo placed upon bust
ness fall kinds by the recent storm was re-
nected In n much larger volume OF transactions
upon the Stock Exchange than was recorded
yesterday. in spite Of the Increased activity.
however. the market was generally de ,cribed
as being upon n trading basis. that Is. a large
percentage OF the transactions were credited to
professional operators. Foreign Hrbitrage
houses did next to nothing. and thu commission
business was OF only normal proportions. The
course OF prices was irregular with strength
predominnting. 1t Is possible that a majority Of
all the stocks dealt in closed fractionally lower
than yesterday. but those that received the most
attention. with the single exception Of Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy. closed higher. 1t is to
be noted that the market for the standard divi-
dend paying stocks gives no Indication OF re-
ceding. The strongest features to-day were
New York Central. Pennsylvania. st. Paul and
Rock Island. The decline Of "a y cent. in
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy can hardly
be regarded as significant from the point
OF view Of an investor. since the stock
was advanced sharply yesterday by a purely
speculative interest that promptly took advan.
tage Oft market 1t had created to take profits.
The argument in favor OF an advance was an
alleged probability OF an immediate refunding
OF a large part Of the company's bonded debt.
The explanation of to-day's decline was that
the directors OF the company took no action
regarding a refunding plan atto-day's meeting
The greatest activity was in Northern Pacific
common. 1t supplied more than a sixth Of the
total transactions. and closed at a net advance
OF 3 points and also at the highest price OF the
day. As in the case Of c.. b. and Quincy. the
Street finds a motive for the market In North
ern Pacific common in its own conjectures and
imaginings. rather than in facts that are pat
ant to every one. Atchison preferred also
made n noteworthy contribution to the total
transactions. and at a fractional reaction
closed nearly a point higher than yesterday.
Other exceptionally strong features were
Southern Pacific and Central Pacific. or the
usually less active stocks Canadian Pacific. |
Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville preferred. |
Chicago Great Western preferred A. Interna-
tional Silver. Iowa Central preferred. p. O.. @.
and st. Louis and New York Air Brake made
the most noteworthy progress toward higher
prices. The closing was strong and fairly
active.
New York Stock ExchanCe-Sales Fob. Is.
UNITED STATES AND STATE BONDS I'm 81. ooOs).
= 1 O 8 SIS, r.. ...lO71I 2 U 8 IS, c.....lO7
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ANNlIUUTe CNsh bAIRnCe,
including gold reserve s27A. A5l 500 1921. 900, s72
Money in London. IN = cent. Rate OF dis
count IN open market for short and three
gone into the Bank of England on balance TO-
day. GBS.OOO,- Paris advices. quote 3 y cents
at 10Y francs "a confines. Exchange on Lon
don. % francs 1Sh confines.
The sales Of mining stocks at the Now York
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-16
RAILROAD AND OTHER SHARES.

UT" VOHUS 'PHT 'AINoT' bo't'VIUUV'
RAILROAD AND OTHER SHARES.
OPEN High. Lolo- -CisHin0-
SaI,I. ing. uL EST. Bid. AsI,d.
40 Ads FL. llo ITO ITO loekIll
100 Am Gu. SOL 6ex 90 6e1 69l4
226 Am p,lO7 10Y 10Y lO7 100
800 Am s Rl32 l32 1904 1919
i26 Am SRpll3 ll3 ll3
1900 Am Tin. 4OLp 4O4 3gk sex 3o1
400 A Tin y o4A 94A o4A 90 eAA
1900 Am SM. 1871 IA l3L l3A i3A
Goo AmSMp 80 37A 50 3oh s7A
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-16

MORTGAGE. The trust deed provides for a total issue of 100000 bond, as
follows:
S25ooOOo 10 offered for extensions md to Immediately ree S,6s ooo First Morn,r.
bonds
$2ooOOO to be reserved by the Trustee for future extensions and IN rsr. III. =.
naming First Mortgage bonds low outstanding.
fEPOkIS. All legal requirements in the preparation of the bonds and morpapa
have been performed Under the supervision AM with the approval of MeSrs Storey g.
Ihorndkei the physical condition of the property has been determined by Mesrs Sion. 81
Webster, whose valuation thereof is herein stated; and the accounts have bn e,,rmr.1 "a
reported upon by Mr. Henry A. ppr, expert public accountant
Copies of the reports are open to INSPECTION.
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Subscribers go. IL, 1877 13,O0S 1881 1865 19,O52
Iii estimated that the subscribers. December 81. 1899. will approximate 10000
We offer the above issue of Nonds for subscription at 90 Id and accrued
interest to date of delivery, payable IS follows:
3 per cent. o $50 per bond o application.
06 Id per cent. and accrued interest upon delivery March 18th.
Application will be made to havethe bonds listed o. the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges
UNDER the TVS deS of Michigan, md has, since acquired the property AMI rights of the
Telephone and Telegraph Construction Company Of Detroit, and the Michigan Bell Telephone
population by the last Federal censB of 24Iooo
COMPANY DecembT ST. 1896 was s2127ooiSL upon which M@srSS Stone & Webster, Ehc-
hal Engineers reported at thatt me
that it cannot be replaced for a amoun that is materially less h hat given
above"
Subsequently there hash been expended on construction sSo9S7o6a ora total to December
ST. 1895, of approximately, s5ooOoo Including new construction provided for by the pro-.
cedsd this ISSUE, the Company will have a property valuation, exclusive of
franchises, of about SO, 100000, to secure So, 7s5, 600 outstanding
bonds.
In a letter to us dated February 9TH 1892 Mesns Stone g. Webster report the results Of
arecent examination Of tcn major part Of the property as follows:
taincdu up to the condiiont IN it was sin a year and a haIf 10 xtcnson haT.
been made to the underground system in Grand Ran,ds - %% nf thn nn nave
been tut underground in Jackson AM Exchange Buildings lave been built at
n n"in, "I"%% s "n'd ma ma ' mnEoDom . IN "a d line system has s spparentIy been we'll
MANAGEMENT. Control of the Michigan Telephone Company has recently
been secured by the Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co, whose proposed policy is
outlined in the following letter. to US from Mr. Charles j. GHdhn, the President IF each of
thea aforementioned companies
GENTLEMEN: epruar @ 1900.
n ana "% %"" !" ut %or% f s% proceeds eesS"' oft the 0. .%et tee 20, OF, :" of M aso q Ge1 GanoT.
0" f1 %"T % purchase %s%a me" nd S "s s"pp4 aSe $3.50 S" S"c ountauu,n r.t Mortgage. no,,.
for The purchase Of ssGS,ooo, leaving outsanGin "onds to inc {" p as SaI "e"o Of
Second T o purchase m M erect Exchange Buildings for te exclusive u.e
Oh Il" In o %9%%s Sor "a" nr "S 'T E%s""nE S" Building. ne.
or Mm" E 3ann"st. Building" nG s%s, me each a Battle Creek, la city, Kaamn-
n ns co" G p % ALREADY en%u WINS land and buildings to h value of s2e4ss2s4,
buildings at Jackson SAGINAW and Grand RAPIDS.
state not ,"re% covered, n"C l%d the ron N copper district of he upper
state m ne entire onE.dItanee servleeo OF the United Estates M ca"aaa. " INC
pol route already eHaDI"hed ro"sho the state, providing %r a isrsse a 1%
ren "%f s 40 Hs +" Il" nc ss sos ss ss%.s sss%. NE n :"n.erDe"a Al !" Exchanges m
Or past eHperience has proven that extensions n Improvements of TN
s%S ,s, msSs providing FOR a T IKE sss'xs. N sT"Sa ' %i' "s"S""""s TIM
lsEnedl cHAS. } GLIDDEN. President
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. shares Merchant Exchange Natal Bank. i2aif
40 shares National Citizens Bank. ,....,......, 1Bk
121 shares Holland Trust Company, .......... no
10 shares title Guarantee a Trust company. $40
1SS shares Phenix National Bank. ,,....,..... 90
q shares United States Trust Company. .. I Dol
ESQ shares Farmers Loan a Trust Co. 1, 5000 ,4O1
80 shares Title Guarantee 4 Trust Company. 32l
. shares German American II. r. 4. q. CO.. 2Bl6
20 shares Hanover Fire Insurance company. $50
100 shares Peter Cooper Fire Insurance Co... 1913
100 shares New jersey Steamboat Company. sou
10 shares Brooklyn Warehouse y Storage Co. 11O
The receipts ofthe Government to-day were:
Customs. Sl3,3lI; internal revenue. Sl3l14O,
and miscellaneous S3,43S. a total OF Sl55.Sg5.
The disbursement were S2.l2O.0QO, an excess
The receipts of the fiscal year to date have been
S|3OJ.32U.2Uh; the expenditures S4O2. fSS.SO2.
an excess OF expenditures over receipts o;
SD1,457,5n3.
The official count Of cash in the Treasury TO-
day compared with that OF yesterday shows:
FEB. ". Erb. IL.
Gold coin and bullion. S227, ,48I 1927, 500 O45
Silver dollars and bull.
lion. ............ q, 9pn, sH5 pTp2OI7
United States notes. ..... l5,o7IO52 lLs3LuI2
Other assets, less de.
maGd liabilities. ....... 20, ECO, Col 1896 1858
---= -A
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New York Stock Exchange-salcs Feb. Is.
UNITED STATES AND STATE BONDS TN 81 .ooOs).
: ! 1885,. r.....1o7HI 2 8 ss. c.....lo7
CLOSING PRICES OF UNITED STATES BONDS.
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Directors of the Michigan Telephone companx.

hNbEh o. lo"fi Nlce-Pres Western Union Telegraph Coz CHICAGO III.
FREDERICK A. FORBES Gen Man Michigan Telephone Coz DETROIT MICH.
CHARLES D GLlDDEN Pres. Erie Telegraph & Telephone Coz LOWELL. MASS
WILLIAM A JACKSON PresC Central Union Telephone Coz CHICAGO Ill.,
ROBERT LINCOLN OharmanP uImans Palace Car Co., CHICAGO ILL
JANES + MthlNSlRl CVcePres Cleveland Telephone Col CLEVELAND OuIo
HUGH MCMILLAN pres Commercial National Bank DETROIT Mich
subscriptions for the bonds will be received at II offices until
Monday February Goth, at 3 o'clock p. NJ, unless earlier terminated
at Il discretion.
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Bid. AIked. Bid. Asied.
On st On st +s,r
atplofd 90 1p25.....l 2Sh l2S4
Us IS. 1908 Un st Is. c,
1918. Flor lo7k 1925 .....l2eH 1884
rsas.1eos. I'm st o., r.
1918. c.,.lo7 lo7h| 1ao4"..lllH l2H
In sta s,r. I'm st 5s. Q.
1907 "...ll2H ll3 l9o4.".lllH liz
Tn St 49, C, IN st 3.e5s. T.
leo7..,.1 ! 2t ll3H 1924. d Dolls -
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Bid, Asrd. Bid. Ashss.
Lshigh Val 25k 26SlEls .. ...l2eh 1870
Phils Trae.' e6h 96AI Penn Mnf.. 26sS 2ox
I'm Trac.... 81 34ltlPA Mf 5s ..l04 lO4l4
h Prctfs eSA 90 Wells Ccom 10 IL
AstTrac,.. 235 236 Welsh pr 80 81
CTOfNJs o 90 Cam Iron. ASK 46
oTSf NJ 5sl lOil lloHI NY&Pa "A AZ
Glmpco l42A las Electric ". 90
81 37llBalt Irac.. 3ok 40
Els D cOm.l27 l27h AarsdsA, IAN IAN
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L'ns, dis. Jan. so. Feb Champs.
invests. s64, 452. 600 S64. s42. 400 Inc. $500. 400
Circulation 1867. 100 1857, 200 Inc. 500
Net d pts. T3.5+2,2oO T4.813.3oO Inc. 67I,Ioo
Dep. with
CHI. ags a.a5e,aoo a.55o.7oo Inc. $500
Leg. ten. &
bk n'tss 4,5T2.s0O 4,344, 800 Dec. 22s. 200
Dep. hk K
tr. cos. 4~.76p,Son 1900, 100 Inc. I33. 900
Specie .... 3.4so. 400 $3.50. 900 Inc. 100000
Tot. res so2. $50. 300 S22. e7p. 400 Inc. $4,000
Res. read. 1s.4i0.55O ls,57s,825 Inc. 1878
Arizona silver belt., 1899-01-19
SEc-iTZ Bale,

By virtnes of an order of sale issued out of the district court of the second judicial dis trict. of the thrritory of Arizona in and for the county of Gns on the 18th day of December, 1898, and to me directed ard delivered on 2 judgment rendered in the district court on the I9th day of December, IssS, in favor of the Sultan Mercantile Co, Q corporation. and against James L. Gibson. defendant wherein sm commanded to make the sum of sT32 x damages with interest from date of judgment at .he rste of percent per annrm until satis fled, together with all costs and sccruing costs
 And whereas I did Oh the 10th day of Janu ary, isss in pursuance of said order of sale levy upon and seize the following described real propeity to-wit:
 Beginning at 6 poin sai feet from the corner of 4 sh and East streets and and the corner oi lot owned by James P. Faul in block l;thence south 62h feet along East street; thence east so feet parallel with with Ash street; thence north e2ls feet parallel with East street; thence west 50 feet to place of beginning. Said par eel of land lying and being in block l, Globe townsite and containing 3ie6 square feet or one lot.
 Public notice is hereby given that on the ilth day Of Feb. 1889, at the hour or II o'clock a. m In front of the County Court House, ih the town of Glotc, Gila county. Arizona territory will sell all the right title and interest of the said James L. Gibson in and to the above de scrit cd property at public auction, to she high. est and best bidder for cash lawful money of the United States, to satisfy said judgment and all costs WIT ARMSTRONG. l-i9-4t Sheriff Gila County, A. T.
 By D. s. HERON. Deputy.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-01-19
MAIL coMpLlcATloNs.

A misunderstanding between J. N. Porter, mail contractor on the Geroni- mo and Globe route, and tho c. V., G. < N. Ny. Co.,, is tho canse of tho tenn porary reversion to the slow stage coach for carrying the mails. The change makes no difference in the hour of distribution of the incoming mail but the outgaing mail is one day longer in reaching Bowie. Postmaster ". o. Kellner received notice from the Second Assistant Postmaster General that rail way mail service is authorized batweer Geronimo and Globe, beginning Feb. 6. It appears, however, that Mr. Gar land president of the railroad company is not satisfied with the proposed ar engagement, passing his objection on the inadequate pay allowed the railroad foi the service, and he wired the Second Asst. P. M. General declining to carry the mails unless paid according tc actual weights
Arizona silver belt., 1899-01-19
COPPER IN 1898.

The copper industry enjoyed phen omenal prosperity during the year 1898, the production of copper in the United States having reached the great total of 546, 367.793 pounds, m in- crease of 5,l77,074 pounds over the figures for 1897. The United States last year produced over 50 per cent of the copper supply of the world, and shows a remarkable increase in con- sumption as we'll as production. Ex- ports were also very large, amounting to 55 per cent of our production. The greatest demand for the metal was for electrical purposes, and in view of the rapid development of electric traction, the consumption of copper ill this line will without doubt continue to grow.
 The most notable feature connected with the copper industry in the United States was the increase of 30, l64, 177 pounds, or 37.2 per cent in the output of Arizona mines. The rapid develop ment of copper mining in this terri tory will be better understood when it is known that the Lake Superior dis trict produced only 13,307, 743 pounds of copper more than in 1897, and Montana shoys decrease of l7.9o9,- 43S pounds.
 At last years rate of increase Arizona will overtake Michigan in very few years in the production of copper, and Prof. James Douglass predicts tbat the output of the copper mines in this ter ritory will show as great gain for 1899 as was recorded last year. The United Verde and the Clifton com panies will further increase their out put this year, while the Globe mines the Old Dominion and United Globe will add very materially to Arizons's production of copper.