Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-01
Brief Mention of Interesting Facts and Happenings
 of the Universe.
AsTHEY OCCUR WEEKLY.
A Condensation of Telegraph and Cable Messages, Giving Prefer red Space to the News of
 Our Own Land.


 next November.
 The health departmen census shows
 the population of Manila is about l9O,. 0o0, including 3l, 900 Chinese.
 New York reports total population of 3,654,594. London's census nine years ago footed up 4,2ll, ,056.
 There have been iorty-two cases of bnbonic plague ln Manila and thirty. two deaths from the disease. Half of the victims Were Chinamen.
 Claim bills now before congress, ex- elusive of pensions, provide for the expenditure of about S200,0OO,OOO of the governments money.
 c. ". Clark, son of Senator Clark of Montana told the senate committee on elections that he had an independ. ent income of S25O,OOO year.
 General Cronie's sharp-shooters have taken time on the retreat to pick off forty-nine of General Roberts, officers Bobs would better travel in the rear ranks.
 According to the Deming Headlight the verdict of the United States secret service department is that beer, whis- key or cigar cheeks are used in viola ton of the law of 1892.
 During it's recent survey for a trans Pacific cable, the |. S. $. Nero broke the record for deep sea soundings. One sounding near Guam island marked 5,259 fathoms, only trifie less than six statute miles.
 When all the warships under con struction are completed the United States navy will call for 8 .OS4 officers and 32,933 men. Ships now in com. mission are manned by 4,062 officers and 1000 men.
 There is said to be a movement on foot among northern republicans to boom Wm. $. Taylor, the pseudo . governor of Kentucky, for vice-presi- dent. That would be as good a thing as the democrats want.
 Dan Rice, the veteran circus clown, died at Long Branch, N. J., on Feb ruary 22, after lingering illness, aged v years. MT. Rice has been in ill health for several months. He suf- fered from Bright's disease.
 Congress has before it a bill intro- duced by Representative Henry of Connecticut appropriating o10,000,000 to establish a parcels post in connec- ton with its postal system of the United States government.
 T. II. Bard, California's new senator, made most of his money in California oil. Nearly all the rich United States have made their money in mining Clark, Stewart, Hanna, Me- Cornell, Jones, Elkins, etc. The war office, for the first time. has , given out the official compilation of ] he British losses. The total is placed I 1t 1l,2S0 to February r.. This does I not include, therefore, Lord Roberts recent losses nor the Wiltshire pris- oners.
 Quite likely there will not be any popular uprising over the decision : hat the Vanderbilt estate must pay . ,50, 900 more in inheritance than the ', 'um originally assessed. As it is VI tax we shall all come in for o ome of the swag. a Leslie F.. keeley, inventor of the 2 <eeley cure for the liquor habit, died O n Los Angeles on February 2l, of leart disease. He left an estate val , led at sl,000,0 900. The widow and VI lister of the deceased are the only |, neirs. Mir. Keeley was 6s years old. I Amber is a speciality of Prussia A monopoly worked by firm winch a owns the two best mines, Palmnicken d md Kraxtepelle, for which concession a hey pay the German government an n annual royalty of650,0 900 marks-about Il
 
 s162, 1000.
 It is probable that barbed wire will | become chased as war material, as f 1t was largely used by the Spanish | army in Cuba, and it is now doing ex- a nellent service for the Boers, and prob ( ably nothing tends to demoralize an I assault more than strong barbed wire | Easter is a movable festival and ( does not occur this year until April . 15. It is always the first Sunday after the full moon, which happens on or next after the 21st day of March, and if the full moon happens upon Sun day Easter may be as early as March p, and as late as April 25 The formidable battle-ship Iiearsage, i the queen of the American navy and f the first war, ship in the world to carry , the heavy guns of her main battery in {. turrets,, was placed in ( c omission at Newport News, Na., on , the 2Oth ultimo. The big defender S was turned over by General Superin- t