Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14

ter to the United States, to act in the
 capacity referred to.
 The appropriations mado by the
 first session of the LNlth congress amount to S709:1a9, I76. This sum in- ! cludes Sl31, ,241 l55, estimated to be on account of or incident to the late war
 with Spain, and, deducting it, the re-
 mainmg amount, s57s iS2,32l, repre-
 senls the ordinary appropriations
 made for the support of the govern
 ment during this session.
 The number Of men engaged in the
 war in South Africa is now estimated
 to have reached 266, ,442. Horses are
 put at j4,O0O and guns at 600 How
 the colonies have rallied to the British
 empire may be seen from the follow
 ing figures, comprised in the grand ! total; Australasia, 1000 men; Canada | 5000 men; South Africa, 21 900 men;
 India and Ceylon, 625 men.
 i It is now declared with certainty
 that Mathew $. Quay has decided to Z retire from the contest for the United 1 States senatorship since the senate itself and the high powers in the Re- publican party have turned him down,
 and that he will soon announce that
 purpose in a public letter. To several of hls political friends he is said to |
 have so declared himself
 Strike sympathizers in St Louis
 have begun to beat women who ride
 upon the street cars, seizing them as
 they leave the:vehiC!eS, kicking them
 and tearing the clothing from their
 backs, Setting aside all discussion as
 to the merits oi the strike, there will
 be little denial of the plain statement that neither friendship nor consider ation should be extended to ruflians
 wbo attack helpless women,
 Eovoys of the South African repub-
 lies say that since they started on
 their mission they have been under constant surveillance by detectives and secret-service agents of the British government. They assert that from the time of their departure from Pre- toria, on shipboard. in the cities where they have stopped. on railroad trains and m hotels they have been followed by men whose object it is to keep close watch and to report as to their move ments and conversations.
 The recent trial of the men who at tempted to dynamite the Welland canal in Canada supplies striking contrast between methods of legal pro- cedure in that country and the United States. The trial lasted but two days. and the men were sentenced to life Imprisonment Eminent attorneys were employed on both sides but not an objection or any of the other causes of delay noticeable in American courts developed during the trial. In this country the case would doubtless have consumed weeks, if not months.
 The losses by business failures in the last ten years in the United States amount to Sl 500, coo, 600. which is more than twice the amount of the country's s 1 medium. In the same time there was loss of Sl, 300, GOO, COG by | fires, against which there was an in- |. surance of $500, 900, 900, leaving a net loss of 5000, 900, ,00O, The excess of lia- bilities over assets in the failures of | the ten years represents d dead loss of Sl, 200, 900 to 15,0O0,O0O creditors.
 A Philadelphia dispatch of June 6 says: The first steps looking to the of national negro party have been taken in this city, Prom inent negroes, bishops. ministers, edi- tors and lawyers, at a meeting de- cided to place presidential ticket in the field, with negro candidates. The plan is to organize the party in every state in the union and nominate state and congressional offices.
 The suggestion adopted by the com mitt9e in charge of the republican national convention that the surviv- DTS of the first national gathering of held in Pittsburg on Feb. 22, 1856, and later at the convention held in Philadelphia on June IS of Lhe same year, be specially honored with invitations to this years conven- tion came from William P. Weyand of Pittsburg. It met the approval of Senator Hanna, who has sent letter of invitation to each of the surviving delegates, who, so far as known, now only IA.
 A patented collection basket has been introduced in New York church in lieu of the old-fashioned contribu- tion box. The basket registers the size of each and every contribution. as | it is dropped into the slot, and the | as well as his immediate | has the privilege of seeing the exact amount of his donation re- i corded It is calculated that the use of these baskets will increase the aver age of church collections at least 20 | per cent, and perhaps the calculation is correct There is a good deal of |