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Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09
THE BOOM IN COPPER.

Mr. Horace J. Stevens, of Tough ton, Michigan, in an interview with 8 representative of the Boston Herald, says;
 "The interest which tho present ad- vance in copper prices has awakened in foreign countries is surprising. l re- ceivo frequent inquiries from England, France, Scotland, Germany, Canada and even Mexico, for information on copper, more, however, from an indus trial than speculative standpoint. It must be remembered that the foreign holdings In Lake Superior copper stocks are increasing. Calumet & Hecla stock is owned in England, Ire land and Scotland, and few shares in Germany, France. India and other for eign countries. English holdings com prise at least one-half of the foreign stock. At least s3, ,0OO, 900 in Calumet S Hecla is owned in Canada.
 'Lake Superior people, I estimate, have made between Sl5,0U0,000 and $20,0O0, 900 on the recent rise ih cop per stocks. The promoting business seems to have been trihe too rapid, still the sssimilative capacity of the lake investors has by no means reached its limit, but in future there will be more discrimination ln investments People will not rush blindly in to se- cure an ownership in anything'new until some demonstration as to merit and earning capacity have been made.
 "All the Lake Superior copper com panies are about to advance wages ap- proximately 10 per cent. They have decided to grant this advance before the miners demand it. This advance in wages must, of course, be reckoned with in figuring future costs of producing the metal The Calumet & Hecla con- pany could make it's copper for f cents pound were it so inclined. Of course, it would have to stop construction and econofnize, which it does not purpose to do. The Quincy company made its copper for 5.9l cents pound in 1894, which is the low record cost"
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till the sunset of life shall break into another light, revealing the shores of another world.
 In him were combined all the attri- butes of true Knight. When he em- braced Pythianism, it was the union of individual goodness with universal goodness, the mingling of personal nobility with all-prevading nobility, the melting of one bar of pure gold into another.
 Go to the tomb of tho mightiest con queror who ever led triumphant mil lions across the bosom of the big round earth, and in that marble sepulcher or golden urn, are the ashes of & warrior'e heart, but not such a heart as his. for in that warriors heart was cruelty.
 Go to the tomb where lies the dust of the grandest statesman whose life ever adorned the pages of history, whose merest whisper smote the ears of nations like thunder's peal, bearing fate and destiny for millions, but in that tomb were no such virtues i'm mured, for in the statesman's heart, there was ambition. But i'll the lowly grave so newly made by us, the res surrection will find jewels of nobility, while in the others there is nothing but the ashes of selfishness.
 He is gone, but so long as this little band continues to meet beneath the stars of Pythian faith, it will seem to us that his noble face is still among us, that his generous eyes are looking down upon our deeds, darkened with sadness at our misfortunes and bright ened with joy at our success.
 He is gone, but may his splendid example bear golden fruit in our hearts. Let us carry the picture of that good old face within our bosoms. Let us strew his humble resting place with flowers. Let the great, tender heart of Pythianism beat in everlasting sympathy with his bereaved ones, and when in the end, the Supreme Cham cellor of heaven calls us to stand up and advance the counter-sign in the halls of eternity, may noble hearted old George Washington Wilson be there to raise his visor with us. FRANK ALLEY,
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09
Tribute to the Memory of
 Geo. w. Wilson.
h. J. WILLIAMS. VIM. LARSEN.

Chancellor CommanderandB Brethren of Pinal Lodge, No. Il, Knights of Pythias:
 Another brother has departed from our midst; another knightly lance lies shattered on the field of duty; another knightly face that shone among us for a few short years, is hidden by the coffin lid; another knightly heart las ceased to beat and sunk down into the darkness of the grave, and the great strong hands that so often grasped our own with the impulse of brotherly affection, arefolded beneath the gravel.
 Those faithful feet that carried him on so many noble missions, are at rest beneath the sunshine and the darkness the calm and tempest, through which they carried him on the journey of life for nearly sixty years. Grand, noble hearted, old George Washington Wilson, shall bs 10 more among us,
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09
RESOLUTIONS
On the Death of Geo. W. Wilson.

We, your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect in memory of our deceased brother, Geo. W. Wilson, do hereby respectfully submit the following.
 Whereas, Believing in and relying on the wisdom of an all wise Provi- dence, we submit with hopeful faith to the decree that has taken from our midst our beloved brother. Trusting in the gracious mercy of our Heavenly Father, and the blood of his Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. we be- heve and hope that the departure of our brother from this life IS only his entrance into an eternal life of peace and happiness.
 Whereas, We desire to extend to the friends and relations of our late brother, our earnest and heartfelt sym pathy in their sad bereavement, and to bear witness that while he has been in our midst, he has won our highest es teem and admiration for the moral worth and noble character; Therefore, be it
 Resolved, The Pinsl Mountain Lodge No. II, Knights of Pythias of the World, decree that, in honor and mem- ory of our brother, these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our order, and that the same be published in The ARIZONA SILVER BELT, and a copy hereof be sent to his relatives under seal of our order
 R. J. WILLIAMS.
 VIM. LARSEN.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09
PEACE TREATY WAS RATIFIED.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Tbe treaty of peace negotiated by the commissioners of the United States and Spain at Paris was today ratified by the senate, the vote being 57 to 27 or one vote more than two-thirds majority necessary to secure senatorial concurrence in the treaty document. The vote was taken in executive session, and until the in- junction of secrecy was removed, the result was supposed to be private, but the vice president had no more than announced the figures before the sena- tors rushed out of every door leading from the senate chamber declaring that the treaty had been ratified.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

Merchants MUST make profits. Credit business DOES make losses. Good pay people MUST help pay for those who don't or can't pay. Leaders are sim pie binds to catch up on other goods. E. F. Kellner & Go. guarantee Cash Buyers" one-half reduction on ALL goods sold, against the profit price paid any credit store in town. See
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

The latest reports of the battle at Manila between the Americans troops and Filipino insurgents show that the reut of the insurgents was complete, their losses in killed and wounded being upwards of 5000. Our losses will not exceed 250.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09
PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of Supervisors of
 Gila County, Arizona.

GLOBE, Gila County, Arizona,
 January 6, 1899. Present: Supervisors c. D. Bar clay and J. B. Freeman and J. G. Oldfield, R. J. Williams, clerk. Board met at 10a m., pursuant to 
 The following claims were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on gen.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

Call at the Goldberg Mercantile Go. and see their big reduction in prices of man's aud boys clothing.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

about 16 to 9, unless some of the legis- lators take decided tumble from their present avowed position. The bullion tax law is not tho only mining bills introduced in this legislature by any means. There h. b. No. 28, to regulate the hours of underground work, b. b. No. 27, creating the office of mine inspector and defining the du- ties thereof; also the bill to protect the workingmen of the territory which re- lates to the issuance of boletes or mer- chandise orders. Some of the above mining bills will undoubtedly be dis posed of this week.
 A bill hAs been introduced in the house by Benham of Maricopa county, which has the endorsement of the cat tlemen ip this section. The bill is en- titled, "An act to encourage the live stock industry of Arizona" and pro- vides that tax of 50 cents per head on sheep and goats and $1 per head on cattle shall be collected on herds driven from one county to the other for graz ing purposes. The cattlemsn in several of the southern counties have become almost desperate on account of the ravages of the sheepmen of the north.
 From now until the end of the ses- sion the legislators will earn their money in the true sense of the word. Committee meetings are coming thick and fast, ana the way of the legislator is not strewn with roses by any means.
 The banquet and ball given by the citizens of Phoenix last Friday evening in honor of the 2Oth legislature was a brilliant affair and was the 'swellest" thing in the history of Phoenix. Over 200 guests sat down at the Adams at II 80 p. m., and it was in the "wee sms' hours" before the last rsveler had departed. Gila county was represented by Hon. G. W. P. Hunt and Graham by Pace and Williams.
 The friends of Papago county are still here in full force and are exerting their full strength for the passage of their bill. Such men hs Al Bernard and Dr. Harlow are leaving no stone uuturned for the success of their bill, In fact there does not seem to be much opposition to the creation of the new county, even from Tucson, and it is quite probable that the 20th legislature will put new county on the map of Arizona.
 The prison removal bill has been in-
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troduced in tho house by Moore from Yavapai county. It had been expected daily before 1t made its appearance. The only object of the bill is simply to move the prison from one end of tho territory to the other. The representa-. tives of Gila and Graham are strongly opposed to the bill and will fight it from first to last of the ground of economy to the taxpayers at large in this territory.
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Tn payment thereof.
 W s Cook juror or...........S 5.2O P c Robertson " ..,...... 4 30 J E Shankland juror. 8 20 Revillo Fuller ............... 36 70 Christ Bottichsr ...... IT % c P Henninger ger............ 10 % w B Collom. ............... ? 30 Thos Nixon. l3 0U J ketcherside. e.............. 2S % J B Brown. ...........,.... 4 30 George Dodson. n............ Il % Alfred Kinney. ........ 30 F W Westmeyer. yer......n 8 30 Adolph Haag. ............. 30 Robert Sloan. ..............1 IA % H c Hitchcock assigned jury
 certificates. .............. 49 % Charles T Martin assigned jury
 certificates. .............. 23 50 NJ l. Dunphy assigned jury oer-
 tificates s............... 12 10 William Brstton lion scalp. .... 20 co Frank Cole lion scalp. ....... 20 % William Brunson lion scalp. 20 co c c Carieo fare for indigent h.
 dian witness. co Mrs Fiske rooms for grand and
 trial jurors. s........... 12 50 J P Rodgers, repairing and
 cleaning clocks. ... .... co Emory Starr Indian interpreter
 justice court. rt.......... 3 % Mrs Alice Bacon for beds fur
 nished jurors. ............. B co Joseph Morris poll tax receipt
 reIunued ..-.......... 0u Tie Sang restaurant 926 meals
 furnished prisoners during
 months Oct, Nov and Dec 231 50 Tie Sang restaurant meals fur
 nished election board ... 5 co J H Knapp poll tax receipt re-
 funded .... ........... 50 Fees in criminal cases and sta
 tionery ................ 12 90
 On motion board took recess until 2 o'clock p. m. Pursuant to recess ts- ken board reconvened at 2 D. m. all members and clerk present.
 A petition signed by G 0 Scott and others asking that A M Despair be ap. pointed road overseer of road district No. 5 was read and request granted and bonds fixed at $500.
 On motion duly carried that sheriff be authorized to work such prisoners as he may deem proper serving sen tences in the county jail for misde- meanors, upon the public highways in compliance with act 2459, sec 16 of R. s. of Arizona.
 The bond of s B Claypool M D for care of indigent sick was approved, with the following names as sureties: Joseph Hamill, 5000; George W Hunt, 5000; A H Hackney, 5000; N l. Amster, 5000; J c Lundy. 5000. There being no petitions for ap- pointment for road overseers from dis tricts Nos. 6, 2, g, and 10, no appoint ment was made.
 The assessment of 700 tons of orc on duplicate assessment roll for the year 1898, aud it appearing to the board from the statement of the district attorney to be subject to ad- verse litigation to the county and it further appearing that the United Globe Mines offer to pay tho tax for the year 1898 on 365 tons of ore at n of $l095, it is ordered on motion that the said assessment be and an assessment be entered upon said duplicate assessment roll for she year 1898, against the said United Iilsbe mines of 365 tons of ore at s1O95.
 A special meeting called for the 18th of Jan '99 for the purpose of making ist of all persons within the county qualified to serve as jurors for the year 1899. There being no farther business before the board the board adjourned Q meet January 18th.
 G. D. BARCLAY.
 Chairman. R. J. WILLIAMS. Clerk.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

MONEY TO LOAN, on security, by HOWARD & HOWARD, Attorneys.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

Wednesday at 3 80 p. m. both houses met in joint session and listened to the able arguments presented by the fair advocates of woman's suffrage. Never in the history of the territory has such a warm fight been made on the pas sage of this bill.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

The bill introduced by Evans in the house to protect the workingmen of the territory was considered in the committee of the whole on Tuesday and it was reported back to the house with tho recommendation that it do pass. It is common rumor around the lobby that if the bill succeeds in passing both houses the governor will promptly veto the bill as it now stands.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09
SILVER Vs. GOLD.
Lively Tilt In the House over the Res Olution Congratulating Sen.
 ators Clark and Stewart.

Important Biiis-To Regulate Freight and Fares, the Bullion Tax, Prison Removal, Boletos, County Division, Woman's Suffrage and other Meas ures, and their Probable Fate.
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PnoENIx, Ariz., Feb. [, '99.


 Special correspondence SILVER BELT:
 The democrats and republicans have met in pitched battle and the demo- erats have won.
 An innocent resolution authorizing tho speakers of both houses to send congratulatory telegram to Senators Stewart and Clark upon their election to the senate, has been the cause of all the disturbance. The resolution de- clared that as result of the election of the above named gentlemen to the U. s. senate, the white metal was seen to have two warm and and energetic sup porters. At the mention of the white metal in the house, panic ensued on the republican side, and every man of them voted to lay the resolution on the table. Failing in this, they re- sorted to every parliamentary tactic known to history to defeat the resolu- tion, but without avail. The demo- crats stood like stone wall and passed the resolution as introduced The fight became so bitter at times that it took all the executive ability of the young speaker from Coconino county to control the situation. He proved himself equal to the emergency, how ever, and after fight which had lasted for three hours, the resolution was passed, congratulating Hon. W. A. Clark and Senator Stewart as friends of Arizona and free silver, upon their election to the U, Senate.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

The prison removal bill has been in-
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

The teness the odd willing sell without profit make goods
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

From now until the end of the ses- sion the legislators will earn their money in the true sense of the word. Committee meetings are coming thick and fast, ana the way of the legislator is not strewn with roses by any means.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-02-09

Olney of Graham county has intro duced bill repeating an act of the 16th legislature relating to the i'm. pounding of animals under the "nG fence" law. This law has caused some very bitter feeling along the Gila in Graham county, between the cattlemen and farmers, and has really been of no value to anyone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-29
Told of Royal Lad.

A writer in London Telegraph tells the following story about the king of Spain as throwing light on that royal lads life: "One day, during his history lesson, the king asked his professor to tell him how Spain came to lose Chile, Mexico and other Spanish American colonies. The story was narrated so thrillingly and artistically that the royal boy listened spellbound and con- tinued after it had ended to sit ab- sorbed in meditation. At last a thought having struck him, he looked up to his professor and inquired: What must do in order to get back these countries for Spain2' The first and most im- portant thing of all, replied the eau tious and diplomatic pedagogue. is that your majesty should-should- grow up to be man. When you are man ' n! muttered the lad, disen- chanted, when I'm man it Is not a history professors advice that l shall be asking. I shall have a prime min- ister to tell me then"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-29
A cHlNAMAN.s OATH.
rhe Celestial Was Particular and Caused

The Celestial Was Particular and Caused
 the Court Lots of Trouble.
 The. various forms of oath making, even in this country. are of consider able interest. It would not, however, be easy to find an instance in which anything like so queer medium of attestation was employed as gull lotined black eockatoo. But no less an extraordinary medium than that was what the police of a country district in New South Wales had to provide the other day for finical Chinaman, who declined to swear on anything else. Headless fowls were brought. but in vain, and as the matter was impor- tant, even a black swan, a luxury surely for a Chinese witness. was sug gested, only to be immediately refused. After some time had elapsed, and when the representatives of the law seemed quite at their wits end, dead eoekatoo of the required hue was strangely discovered in a hut of one of the other ceIestials, who muleted the anxious officials in $2.50 for the bird. Then the solemn and peculiar oath was duly administered, on which the diffi- cult witness with bland and childlike expression, declared he knew nothing about the case and sat down smiling!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-29
Died at fne Throttle.

Milwaukee Correspondence Chicago TimesHerald; Engineer John T.. Gregg of the Milwaukee and St. Paul road died suddenly in his cab tlfis morning about two miles east of Fox lake. His death was not discovered until the fireman had spoken to him once or twice and received no response
 The engineer was at the time sitting on his seat, with his hand on the throt- tie. When the fireman discovered the condition of the engineer he stopped the train and called the conductor, and the remains were taken to the caboose and brought to Beaver Dam. Death is supposed to have come from heart disease. Mr. Gregg had been in the employe of the road for twenty years, and lived with his family in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-29
A RARE DOLLAR.
A Big Lawsuit Over Its Ownership
 S1,5oo Offered For It.

The New York Evening Post re- ports curiously complex situation at Racine, Wis, over the ownership of silver dollar of the coinage date of 1894. It is said that only one of four of these dollars ever left the mint, and they are consequently very valuable, The dollar in question was given sev- eral months ago by woman whose name, if known, is kept secret, to Lad islar Altmann. clerk in the dry goods store of l.. T. Hartnett in payment for goods bought. The woman did not know that the dollar was worth more than it's face value; in fact, she hesi- tated about using it at all for fear that it was not genuine. The clerk, with out knowing how rare the coin was recognized it as an odd piece and ptl it into his pocket, handing over to the cashier a dollar of his own. For sev- eral months thereafter he carried the 1894 dollar about as a pocket piece. One day he showed 1t to friend at bank and was informed that it was worth not less than $500. In order to verify this estimate he sent it to q coin buyer in Chicago, who promptly offered $15o0 for it. The clerk still did not sell. having heard that a sim liar coin had sold for still larger sum in New York. But, though he did not sell, he talked, and the story reached the ears of MT. Hartnett, his employer MT. Harnett promptly claimed that the dollar either belonged to the funds of the store or to the woman who had tendered it without knowing it's value He demanded that it be returned and held for the wom- an. If she could not be found ho cl4 ned that the coin belonged to him. The clerk claims that he was justified in substituting his dollar for the one paid in, and pertinently calls attention to the fact that had the coin proved a bad one he would have been held re- sponsiole Both sides have employed attorneys and lawsuit seems in- eyitable
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-29
Into the Cistern.

Last Monday little Jeanette Bates, of Richmond, Ky, was playing around the eistern, when one of the boards broke and let her fall in. The three year-old tot, though, held onto the chain and kept her head above the water until her papa and some neigh bors got her out.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-29
Wop1snIess Town.

New York Tribune: Utah claims a town of $50 inhabitants, not one of whom is a woman Not only are wom- en not allowed as residents, but they are forbidden to enter the town limits This unique village is named Sunny side, and is situated in Whitmore Can yon, near Price. It is a coal mining camp and is not, as might be supposed, the property of professed woman ha ters, but of sofdid business men. The company which owns the coal mines has no. yet secured a perfect title to the lands which form it's property Until the title is secure any one es- tablishing a home on the land might claim property right and force the company to buy him out, and it was to prevent any such contingency aris- ing that the company issued the edict against the miners wives living in or even visiting the place.
 Sage Advice.
 It is not often that lawyer gives better advice, and asks no fee for it, than was once given by certain Irish judge. who must have had both sense of justice and a sense of humor. A turbulent peasant was witness in a trial before Chief Baron O'Grady The counsel after pesterlng him for some time. put q question to him which re- hected on the witness character. eff ye ax me that again, I'll give ye kick!a was the answer. The counsel appealed to the court, stating that an answer was necessary to his clients ease, and ending Up with the query: What would your lordship advise me to do2n s'If you are resolved to repeat the question replied the court, "fd advise you to move little from the ;