Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-05

day night, in the second round at the Lennox Athletic club, New York city
 Three hundred men who partici- patcd in the battle at Manila under Dewey, were presented with bronze medals awarded them by congress. | The presentations were made aboard the Olympia on last Thursday morn ing.
 The navy department has rercived q dispatch from Admiral Watson saving that Cadet Welborn Wood, command ing the gunboat lirdancia, destroyed by insurgents recently. was killed dur ing the engagement and the fate of the crew is unknown.
 The assessment uf Sl,t50.00o spread by the board of assessors of Chicago on the personal property ot the Pull man Palace Car company has been raised to SS.900. .0o0 by the board of re- view. This is the largest increase lev jed on any corporation or firm.
 Amos l. Allen. formerly private sec retary to ThoS. B. Reed, has beeu nom mated for congress by the first Maine district republicans. In his speech of acceptance he came out squarely in fla Nor of supporting the president in the prosecution of the war in the Philip pines.
 As d result of the rapid advance in the price Of wool. winter clothing will be more expensive this year than it was last. The increase in the cost of suit or heavy oyercoat will be about S5 on the basis of the advance in the price of clothes already made, and there is general expectation that prices will go higher.
 Reports from the various parts of Michigan are to the effect that the terrible northwest gale which visited that section on September 26 has stripped of fruit hundreds of apple trees. as well as many peach trees. Many apple trees were wrenched from the ground Leading growers esti- mate that fully one-fOurth of the ap- pie crop has been blown from the trees and that loo. .00 bushels of apples will be q total loss.
 In the house of assembly last We'd ncsday al Capetpwn, south Africa. Cecil Rhodes made speech declaring that several members of the assembly had accepted money from the Trans vaal republic and therefore were prac- tically guilty of treason. Others of the assembly, he said, lived on oiTal and were political scayengerS. These sensational utterances caused cOnSid- erable uproar, but the majority of the members listened in sullen silence.
 A peculiarly heartleSs Swindlc was hit on the head last week when the pOstOflice department barred the mail of the ''EX-SlaveMutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association" from the mails. This association sent circulars to the negroes who had once been slaves, telling them q bill to pension them was tO be pushed through con gross, and soliciting subscriptions. Most of the cx-slayeS are old and ig- norant, and are easy prey.
 
 Orders have been received from Lon don by cable to q firm of horse dealers at Chicago. to buy all the l2O0-pOund horses suitable for cavalry and artil- lery and make arrangement for immc- diate shipment. Especial stress is laid upon the fact that the animals are wanted for the impending South African campaign. and the cOmmiS- sion was marked rush" and ''imper- atiye." Telegraph orders have been flashed throughout the country for reservations of stock. with the eXpec- tati0n that the first consignment will leave Chicago for England during the latter part of the week. The price limit is sl2j.
 Adyices from the Cheyenne and Sioux agency says there is great eX- citement over the murderOf Long Ha- ley. a Cheyenne river Sioux. by Buddy, a squaw man. At the funeral of Ha. ley which was conducted at the Cath ollie cemetery. White Swan, one of the principal chiefs, made an inflamma- tory appeal bitterly denouncing the white men for the treatment of the Indians. This stirred the Indians up more than ever. Inspector Tinker of the Indian bureau and Farmers Lyons and ComstOck are on the ground supported by q force of Indian police and are doing everything possible to quiet the Indians and maintain order.
 Rev. II. NJ. Wharton, D. D., of Bal timore. has undertaken the task of erecting the Winnie Davis Cottage, :" at Luray, Va, on the Whatsoever farm. The cost is to be not less than $25, 900, and the building is designed to be an asylum for the orphans and des- titute children of eX-contederate sol diers. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has been consulted as to the project, and has