Arizona silver belt., 1899-09-28
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Mention of Interesting Facts
 and Happenings.


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 The new battlcship Kearsage has arrived in New York and will shortly make her trial trip. The bubonic plague has appeared in ASSuncion. capital of Paraguay. in South America.
 It is estimated that the conSump- ton of beer in the entire world amounts to Sl, 900, 900 per annum. Perry Belmont, who has just re- turned from Europe, announces his intention of continuing to oppose Col. Bryan.
 Yellow fever is so prevalent at Key West that the physicians cannot find time tO make report on the number of cases.
 Twenty deaths from bubonic plague took place at Hong Kong last week. Eighteen new eases have been officially reported.
 Seven colOred miners were shot and killed and thirty were wounded hy white union miners at Cartervillc, Ill.,. on the l7th instant
 Lieutenant Commander Winslow of the navy was married September Is to Miss Dora Havemeyer daughter of the sugar king of that name.
 About the most expensive luXuries in Lima are postage stamps. II costs 9 cents in native silver tl carry al ordinary letter which is equivalent to II cents in gold.
 General D. M. Dodge of New York city announces that subscriptions for the Dewey memorial fund in New York now amount to S75,0O0. The home is to be erected at Northield.
 It is said that one of the probable results of the anti-trust conference will be the converting of several state legislatures in special session for the purpose of dealing with the trust problem.
 Miss Mary CrOcker, daughter of the late Colonel C. r. Crocker, has come into possession of property worth S4,- 000,O00, her share of the estate left by her father. This places her in the list of the wealthy young women of the country.
 The American Jewish Year Book, just issued in Chicago, estimates rhe Jewish population of the United States at 1,0i3,sOO. New York has 100000, Illinois 95,0OO, Pennsylvania 95,O00, Ohio j0,O00, California 35,- 900, Maryland 5000 and Missouri 5000
 Copper coins are now being imported from India to the United States as copper scrap" for smelting and com mercial use, being worth more as bar copper than in the shape of coins. It is asserted that the Chinese copper coin is susceptible of similar profit in the same way.
 The Santa Fe passenger department haS been advised that from October Q tickets will be sold from Kansas City to Chicago for S7.50 one way or S12.50 for the round trip, because of the cer- emonieS incidental to the laying of the cornerstone of Chicago's new postoffice. where President Mckinley is to be the principal attraction.
 Congressman John J. Lentz of Ohio is being urged to go to the Philippines and make a personal investigation of conditions there preparatory to lead ing the democrats in congress in the attack on President McKinley's policy toward the Filipinos. The trip was the subject of conference in New York few days ago. The matter has not heen definitely settled.
 C. B. Cottrell X Sons, manufactur- CTS of printing presses, have declined to ally themselves with the proposed printing press combine. As the firm controls 20 per cent of the fast mag azine presses made in the United States, its refusal is thought to mean the failure of the promoters plans. Those who advocate q combine are New York men.
 Calico once the biggest mining camp in southern California, and large producer of silver, long ago fell into decay and has now passed en- tirely out of existence. It is no longer known even as school district, owing to a lack of school census children. The library and other books and re- cords have been returned to the office of the county superintendent of schools. This state of affairs was brought about by the depreciation Of silver.
 Private Thomas McVeigh, Company q, First Wyoming volunteers, was tried by general court-martial con vened at linus, Philippine Islands, in June last OF the charge of striking his superior officer. He was found ouilty and sentenced to he "sbOt tO