Arizona silver belt., 1900-08-02
GENERAL NEWS.
Brief Mention of Events Of interest Throughout the Known
 World.

A Chicago newspaper says that it's city has one divorce petition to every Ia ye marriage licenses.
 Rathbone. director of the post office department in Cuba, has been arrested on criminal charges arising out of the postal scandals on the island
 The torpedo destroyer Viper Of the British navy has steamed over meas ured mile at the rate of iorty-three miles an hour. This is the ofliciai record.
 There is no truth in the report that Genronimo, the willy old Apache chiei, had gone mad. He is living quietly with his squaw on the Fort Sill reser- vation.
 Wm. .F Bryan has accepted an invl- tation to attend the national encamp- ment of the q. A. R. m Chicago the latter part of August. Mckinley Will also attend
 The Kansas populist convention sat down hard on ''Socklessn Jerry Simp- sons senatorial aspirations. By nearly A two. thirds vote the convention re- IuSeQ to enuOTSt nic
 The census returns for two boroughs of Greater New York Manhattan and the Bronx shows that they have a population of 3, 100000. At this rate the population of Greater New York will be about 3,100,0O0.
 A London cablegram states that sup plementary estimates necessitated py the prolongation of the war in south Africa amount to Ell 100000, making a total of f34, 100000 voted for this purpose and bringing the total army estimates up to 916, ,3O9,l53
 David B. Hill says the democrats will carry New York in November. He says the nomination of Roosevelt has not added any strength to the ticket and that Roosevelt is not popular man in New York.
 Arrangements have been practically completed for the purchase from Spain by the United States of the islands ot Cibifu and Cagayen, which were left in Spanish possession by the treaty of Paris, although part of the Philippine archipelago.
 Moncure Conway, the historian, and Theodore Hilton, who was one of the participants in the Henry Ward Beecher case, intend to return to America permanently together after the exposition. Both have been resi- dents of Paris for many years.
 The withdrawal of United States troops from Cuba will end with the authorization of the remaining bat talions of the First and Fifth regi- ments. That will leave only about 1000 soldiers on. the island. merely enough for garrison duty.
 New York city is putting to shame all the efforts of the civilized world in the matter of helping the famine suf- ferers of India. and is doing great deal more for them in proportion to her population than is Great Britain herself. So far. the American me- tropolis has contributed S152, 900 to the relief fund.
 The military critic of the London Morning Leader sarcastically suggests that the Boer guerilla chief Dewet be given control of the troops now com handed by Lord Roberts. At the rate which Gen. Dewet has been capturing Britishers lately he must be in com mand of fair share of the British army already.
 In desperate battle between Mexi- can troops and Yucatan Indians, the government forces were routed and lost heavily General Bravo com manded the Mexican troops and, it is said. had about 5000 men. The Maya Indians numbered 5000 warriors, and it was discovered that they were armed with the most modern equip. ments of war,
 The area of China is |, 2lS, ,4Gl English square miles. Of this territory. only .335, ,s4l miles belongs to China proper, the remainder being the dependen. cies of Manchuria. Mongolia, Thibet, Jungaria and East Turk estan. Not withstanding the relatively small size of China proper. it contains the bulk of the population, having 3s6,000, ,000 inhabitants out of total population of the kingdom of i02 ,6S0,0O0.
 The New York World says that the Union League Club is having trouble in it's endeavors to select a campaign committee. Although republicanism is one of the qualifications for mem- bership in the club, there is strong anti Mckinley sentiment among the members. and it is this that has de- layed the appointment of the com mittee. Four men it is said, have so far declined to serve.
 A feature of democratic campaign work, especially in this state, says the New York World, will be an effort to influence the German vote. Mayor Diehl, of Buffalo; Jacob Gerling, of Rochester. and Sheriff Grell, of this city are to organize German cam paign bureau as an adjunct to the state committee. They are to have charge of the dissemination of anti imperialistic literature among the German voters of the state
 The raise in the price of sugar by the trust this year netted the masters so, 900 900. This is nearly S2 fam fly! If the law had laid tax of S2 family on sugar it would have hurled from power any party that did it and would have caused tax riots all over the country. But the trusts have edu. cated the people to accept without grumbling any eXtortion they are pleased to put on them. What wise, free, intelligent people the United