Arizona silver belt., 1900-04-05
GENERAL NEWS.
Brief Mention of Interesting Facts and Happenings
 of the Universe.
AS THEY OCCUR WEEKLY.
A Condensation of Telegraph and Cable Messages, Giving Prefer red Space to the News of
 Our Own Land.

The French c,binet has officially de cided to inaugurate the Paris Exposi' ton April li,
 Chicagos registration for the April election is 3i7.7s2. The vote of New in the last election for mayor Was 526, 556.
 Within three years William Jen- nings Bryan has travelled nearly loo, GOO miles for iEe purpose of speech making.
 The death of General .loubert is an. nounced at Pretoria on the .7th ult., from stomach trouble. His loss is a serious one to the Burghers
 Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia, has announced tnat the third S95.O0o to be raised hy the city for the repub- lican nationa. convention is in hand
 A Liverpool England, cable an nounces the death of Archibald Forbes, the noted war correspondent He had been in bad health for several wears.
 Travel from the United states to the Paris Exposition has begun, and all berths on steamers to sail from New York for the next three months are engaged.
 Forty-eight young women have been graduated from the woman's law class of the University of New York. Miss Catherine Reed, daughter of eX- Speaker Thomas E. Reed, was one of the number.
 The Danish West Indies have been an expensive possession to Denmark, having incurred an indebtedness of S4,O00, 900. The Washington admins tratiou is reported to have offered S3,- .5OO. 900 for the islands, but Denmark is holding out for si, ,jo0,0 GOO.
 Philadelphia failed ia its municipal gas experiment, but the company to which the business was transferred paid s4, 75O, 900 in dividends last year and will issue s7,5O0,0 GOO of new stock. Municipal ownership, like other busi- ness matters, rests on the manage ment
 The repeal of the Horton law, which takes effect September l, will prob ably result in Connecticut becoming the battle ground for fistic contests. The licenses in New York expire May I. and the police commissioners are op- posed to renewing them for the short period covering the life of the law.
 The Loud bill. relating to second class mail matter, was agreed to Tn amended form by the house commit tee on postoffices and postroads on March 30 The amended bill elimi- mates the points of friction. particu- larly that referring to country news papers.
 The latest statement of the British losses in South Africa show 2,130 men killed, 9,sO7, wounded, 3,5l5 missing ana 200 deaths from disease total of i6.652 men. These figures, how ever. do not make evident the actual weakening of.the British army due to illness, hardships and long marches.
 Chicago is preparing a great May day for Dewey. As parade of war ships is impracticable, the admiral IS to be the central figure in mock representation of the Olympia con structed of painted canvas over superstructure formed by canal boat on a trip down the drainage canal.
 In New Jersey since 1893 the good roads law has resulted in the con struction of 440 piles of road, in thir- teen counties, at cost to the state Of less than s75O,O00. This year 2ll miles of new road will be built at an esti- mated cost of s6s6,626, of which the state contributes Sl50,000.
 The house committee on public lands has directed favorable report on the bill for a "buffalo reserve in New Mexico. The reserve is limited to 12,- 900 acres in the unoccupied and arid district, and its occupancy will be under temporary lease. The pur- pose is to recruit the fast disappearing American bison.
 \. R. Peacock's special, over the Santa Fe system, covered the distance from Los Angeles to Chicago, 2,265 miles. in 5s hours and 90 minutes. The reason for MT. Peacock's record breaking trip was his desire to reach Pittsburg in time to attend the re- organization meeting of the Carnegie company, in which he is largely inter- ested.
 When it comes to big budgets, France easily takes the head of the procession. Her annual appropriation bill now amounts to more than $100,0O0, 900. The contribution of each Frenchman, therefore. amounts to about S20 per annum, and as the debt exceeds $6,- Oo0. .OOO, ,O00, the amount of this debt, ub;cb xyeiuhs mon each trenchman