Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-15

panies will get control of all the avail
 able grazing lands.
 The ninth annual meeting of the
 Texas Live Stock association was held
 in San Antonio January 22-23. The
 organization has over 300 members and
 there was also a large attendance of
 visitors from the north. President
 Lucas in his annual address, urged a
 legisla i've appropriation for cattle
 feeding experiments at the agricul-
 tural college, and one for the mainte-
 nance of better veterinary staff for
 tIe sanitary board The question of
 ra'iroad rates was considered and a
 r,so'utioG was passed asking that in
 the matter of shipping rates, the basis
 fix, q should be on that of maximum
 rate instead of minimum rate as now applied.
 General Theodore Schwam, who is distinguishing himself in the Phlhp- pines, has worked his way up the mil itary ladder from the very bottom. He enlisted as a private in 1857, and quickly arose through the grades of eorp"r'l; sergeant, first sergeant, and quaitormaster sergeant, which latter grade he got in 1863, A year later he won his lieutenancy by meritorious service, and in 1866 was made a cap tain. For his services in the civil war he was brevetted captain and major.
 Brigham II. Roberts, recently eject ed from congress on account of his practices, has been arrested at Salt Lake and released on $500, the charge being unlawful cohabitation with Dr. Maggie C. Shipp. After his release on bail Roberts said that ''the of Utah should arise in its own strength, look the hypocrites and against the welfare of the state squarely in the face and tell them to go straight to h., where ,hey'belong"
 Hay intended for export to the Transvaal and the army in the Philip pines from this country, is being com pressed by a new process. It is put | lp in cylinders about the size of nail . leg and is as hard as board, each |. cylinder weighing about lj0 pounds. The hay pancakes or layers which make up the bale are less than an inch 5hick
 Nearly the whole South African plateau is covered with long, slender | grass, which, under the fierce sun, is often as dry as finder. Nothing can i've in a veldt fire, and in it's passing t leaves a desert. Under the cover of | ,he smoke that arises the Beers can ! utilize that strategy for which they gre fsmous
 The Chicago university is being . by the consumers of coal . Jil in the United States Whenever NIT. Rockefeller takes notion to give . that pet school few millions and get | lp friendly feeling as a philanthropy ! st, he puts up the price of oil and . makes a donation
 The ships built for the Oriental . .rade to run in connection with the Great Northern railroad will be the argest vessels ever constructed Each i. .hip will be 53O feet long by II feet | 90 feet from water to deck inc, and will have q carrying capacity ,rS2, coo tons.
 The British have introduced in South Africa the use of the Aldershot trac- ion engines for hauling purposes. The engines will run on ordinary round and haul. under favorable cir twelve tons eight miles n hour.
 The monthly statement of the di- ector of the hints shows that the Uinage executed at the hints of the Jnited States during January amount d to S14,O53,43l, as follows: Gold, ll,5l5,OOO; silver, S2,364, ,l61; minor oins, sl74,270.
 According to the latest adyices 204 teamers, aggreguting 99j, ,435 tons ross register, have been temporarily from ordinary commercial service by the British for the transportation of roops and munitions of war to South ,frica.
 The cattle-carrying trade between his country and England has been crippled by the withdrawal f steamers for transport service. This as caused fall in the price of export attle on this side and an advance in he price of beef in England.
 The wool-growers of Ohio have sked the president to withdraw from he senate the reciprocity treaty with he Argentine Republic which gives a eduction of 20 per cent, or ? cents nd ? mills per pound, on the duty on wool imported from that country.
 There were only 1,122 failures in the Jnited States during January, de-