Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Mention of Interesting acts
 and Happenings.

The Argentine htpuDiic tiS duupttV the gold standard.
 The crown prince of Japan is to build palace, the cost of which will he S2,0oo.0Co
 The United States has an army ot 100000 men in active service and q navy second best to any in the world
 President Mckinley in his annual message to congress in December will urge the establishment of cable line to the Philippines.
 Only S4, 4,000.00 out of S7S0, ,000, ,000 ot registered United States bonds now outstanding are owned ny non-resi- dents of this country.
 Three eX-Spanish ships the lsla de Cuba, Isla de lllZun and Don Juan de Austria have been tloated and added to Admiral Watsous squadron at Ma nila.
 The government of Costa Rica has definitely refused to surrender Ruth erford, accused of the murder of an American citizen named Archer.
 Throughout Manchuria, Russians are ejecting Chinese owners of coal and gold mines, and taking possession. Serious disturbances are occurring in consequence,
 
 At last Robson has been heard from. Under his able supervision three Sunken ships of Admiral Montojos $ fleet have been raised, reconstructed and put in commission.
 The Isthmian canal commission, at Washington, received cable adyices confirming the reported drowning of two members of one of the survey parties nov in Nicaragua.
 General Joe Wheeler, with bri. gade of fighting men, is in the field against the Filipinos. Aguinalde will have to do some tall running to keep out of the way of the old man.
 By an oversight Of the Spanish American peace treaty commissioners, it appears Spain will retain three oi [ Ie Philippine islands which were not included in the scope of the treaty
 According to the latest report of II, Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions there is only one survivor of the wal of 1872 Hiram Cronk, of nOrthweS tern New York. He is 99 years oi age.
 A mutual exchange of money-ordel business between the United States and Mexico will take effect January l, when money orders may be drawn on all important points in either country.
 Tn the war with Spain, between May I and September 30, 1898, the Americans lost twenty-seven officers m killed and wounded, a smaller num- Der than the British lost in one week of the war in South Africa.
 During the past year there were 62, 175 enlistmentS and re-enlistments in the United States army, of which 53,- O24 were native born and 9, l5l foreign born. In point of color, 56, l54 were white, 6,OO0 colored and 20 Indians.
 The richest private soldier in the service of the United States is said to be Roscoe W. Davis of the Thirty third United States volunteers, who owns a big ranch with hundreds of thousands of cattle near Maria, Texas. The grave of President John Tyler in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va, is at last to be marked by mon- ument, which will be of granite and fittingly inscribed. Only handsome magnolia tree now marks the grave.
 In the last fiscal year 3l1, ,7l5 emi- grants arrived in this country and eX- hibited to the immigration S5,4l4, ,462 in cash. About 20 per cent were illit- crate, an improvement over some former years.
 The monthly statement of the di- rector of the mint shows that during the month of October last the total coinage at the hints of the United States was Sll, ,S3S, ,l09, as follows Gold, SS,22O,000; silver, S3,3l3,569 minor coins, S3O4, ,540.
 The average death rate for the en tire United is 1928 per GOO popula tion per year. The New England and northern Atlantic states exceed this percentage while, except Virginia and Louisiana, every southern state is below the average.
 The Dumdum bullet used in tht Transvaal war, is one from which par of the nickel or copper covering is re moved, so that the force of the i'm pact spreads the soft lead, making { missile that inflictS a severe, shatter ing wound.
 It is expected that in the next ses sion of congress Senator Clark, of Mon tana. will be among those to urge that territorial government be granted tO Hawaii. The multi-millionairt