Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-23

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 Berlin newspapers have revived the prophecy of Napoleon that South Africa would be the grave of the Brit ish Empire.
 The number of national banks or ganized in the United States since January is given as fifty eight, with an aggregate capital of SS, s20,O0
 Tue formation of trusts and con- pines continues, regardless of the money famine in New York. But the trusts are composed mostly of water, anyway.
 The monument over the grave of Miss Winnie Davis, Daughter of the Confectionery, was unveiled m Holly wood cemetery, Richmond, Va, on | November 9.
 It is estimated that within the past sixty years nearly 300, 100000 tons of rock have been broken down by tie Niagara Falls, which is slowly cutting its way up stream.
 The present enormous increase in importation of American flour into Germany is seriously affecting the do- mestic milling concerns and it is ex- pected that great number will be- come bankrupt.
 Captain George N. Webb, of Kansas, has secured the permission of the government to organize a battery of light artillery of ITO men and six rapid-fire Hotchkiss guns with which he will return to Manila.
 Mir. Becker, geologist, in his re- port to the interior department, Wash ington, and who was on the geolog ical survey of the Philippines, states that, although gold exists in small quantities in Luzon and Mindanac, iU is not abundant, and predicts that a rush there would lead to great dis appointment.
 The president of the United States has appointed the governors of all the states of the union as a committee tC prepare, in connection with the local , committee of the District of Columbia , the plans of national celebration in the year 1900 of the establishment oi the seat of government at Washing ton city.
 During the past fiscal year the dead letter office secured from all sources 6,s55. .9S3 pieces of mail matter, nearly 9 per cent increase over last year. Oi these more than l45, 900 consisted oI [ insufiiciently paid mail, quarter million were undelivered letters to , hotel addresses, more than l67,0 uu claimed parcels and more than half a million pieces of foreign mail. Orders have been issued at Wash. for the purchase of S1, 300, 900 worth of clothing, army hats, tents, russet shoes, leggings and the like, which is expected to meet the demand of the army in the Philippines for about six months, when another supply must be sent out. The light linen uniform suit adopted for troops in the tropics will be secured in large quantities.
 Statistics just completed by the in- come tax commission of Great Britain show that out of total adult male population of 12,5O0,0O0 more than 10000 900 earn less than s660 a year. The income tax is collected at the rate of l6 cents on the s above sS60, and the total tax, which last year amounted to nearly sl00,00O, GOO, was contributed by not more than 2,00O, GOO people.
 The official figures in the report of the bureau of statistics, treasury de- partment of the United States, show that there were imported last year into this country 1,539, ,O57, 750 grains of guinine, or about twenty grains to each inhabitant. More than l25, GOO, 900 grains were consumed by the United States soldiers during the last year, and it is stated that the people of this country consume one-third of the quinine of the world.
 It turns out that the wrecks of the warships of Admiral Cervera's squad. , ron which remain at Santiago de Cuba are better than gold mines for the { wreckers A party of the latter has just begun to explore the wreck O f the torpedo-boat destroyer Fulton and , the first diver, it is reported, fount S4,OOO in the purser's cabin. Some , wreckers attempted to board the Cris tobal Colon, but found it already oc , cupied by another party, who consid , cred the wreck their property. 4 i, fierce fight ensued, in which one mal
 was killed and several wounded. e Sheriff Wattron, of Navajo county II has sent out fifty invitations for al r. execution to take place at Holbrook n of owhich the following is copy e "Mr.-: You are hereby cordial e invited to attend the hanging of on IS George Smiley, murderer. His sou