Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-21
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brif Mention of lntresting acts
 and Happenings.

by ~ HeW SNSttIu oi tcitSrupHN III Chicago, 155, ,000 words were sent m n single hour over a distance of l.0S0 miles. This is about as quick as light, ming.
 The AlaskaTreadwell mine of A las kl pays about 5000 daily. The Home sake mine of South Dakota pays S3500 dtily in dividends. Both are low grade.
 Otto P. Gratz has bonded his rich mine at Deadwood, s. D., to Denver capitalists for S1,000,000 The mine produced Sl50. GOO in three carloads of ore
 During the past fiscal year the ter ritories of Arizona and New Mexico paid a fraction over Sl32, 800 internal revenue, as their share toward the war expense of the country.
 The south African telegraph censor must be a busy man, keeping the world in practical ignorance of the move ments of 50.oDO troops, which are cer- taiuly not lying idle in camp.
 By the direction of the president, General Woods, major general of vol. unteers, has bseu assigned to the com mand of the division of Cuba, reliev- ing Maior-Geuer,d John R. Brooke, U. S. A.
 There are more than 2,500, GOO people dwelling in Paris within the old forti- fications on an area of thirty square miles. This gives an average density of $500 to the square mile, as against 34, 400 in London and a, 300 in old New York.
 Mayor Samuel NJ. Jones of Toledo, Ohio, says that his personal outlay in his campaign as an independent as pirant for the governorship of Ohio amounted to $500, and that his non- partisan campain committee paid out S7,SG6.
 The Quincy Cal Independent re- ports the finding of diamond in some gravel near Nelson Point. The gem was discovered near the tail end of sluice box in which quantity of gravel had been washed, It is of an irregular form, its greatest diameter being about one-fourth of an inch,
 The silk worm was originally found in China and fabrics of this material were made in that country as early as 2700 B, C. About 900 yards of silk are produced by a single worm, and there are nearly thirteen pounds of waste silk, designated as thrown silk, for every pound of good silk.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Upham- Chase, who became prominent throughout the country during the anti-slavery agita. tiOn days, on account of her work in behalf of the negro, and who was leading advocate of woman suffrage, died at Pawtucket, R. l., on the 18th instant, aged 93 years.
 Emperor William of Germany will nave a stable for his horses which will cost sl,5O0,000. It will have room for 2IO horses, room for 300 vehicles and two great tandem riding rings. It will take three years to build the stable, and it will be finer than that of any reigning monarch.
 One carload consisting of seventeen head of Aberdeen-Angus 2-year-old cattle was sold in Chicago on the 18th instant to one of the locals packers for S8.2j per hundred, while another lot of the same style of cattle sold for SS 90. These prices have not been equaled since 1892, when beef cattle reached the highest point in twenty years.
 Miss Belle Flemming, of Paups Val ley, Indian Territory, is l7 years old, and yet has been admitted to practice Jaw at the bar of the United States l court of the northern district of the territory. Miss Flemming has been amusing herself with Blackstone and | Kent since she was II years old, and | would rather hunt up case than go to a dance.
 The Danish government has made | another effort to sell the Danish West | Indies to the United States, The pro- position has been laid before the state | department by representative of the | Danish government, and the matter is now under consideration. The Ameri- | can embassy in London is assisting in the negotiations. The price asked is S2,OOo,OOO.
 Leading democrats and populists of Kansas have wired United States Sen ator Harris to oppose report favor ing the seating of Senator Quay by the committee on privileges and cleo. tions. to which committee Harris has been appointed. Harris is known to be opposed to seating a senator ap- pointed by the governor of state after the legislature has failed to elect.
 Colorado Springs, Colo, is in the grasp of the meat trust. The markets have advanced prices from 9 to 66 per