Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-08

stated as 430,000, an increase over last year ot 2i5 2i1.
 George Young Johnson, one of the
 most noted printers in the country, i d,ed at Lexington, Ky, on the 2slh
 ult,, in his s4th year lie was at one tim foreman of the New York Fri
 bune, under Horace Grcely.
 When the taking of testimony in | the Senator Clark election case was concluded last Friday, the investlga-
 ti,n had already cost the government S2I.00O, One hundred witnesses were examined and their testimony will fill between 2,4O0 and 2,5OO pages
 The Ward bill, vhcn appropriates Sl0O,000 to be put in the hands of a con nit, 6. tu be expended by that committee in an effort to detect and Evict the as,a,,ins of Gov. William Goebel, was passed by the Kentucky houce of representatives by strict party vote of 52 to B.
 Lord Llusdowne, in the house of lords. on March ?. announced that es- timates exceeding G6l 900, ,O01, and rather startled the pubic by unfold ing the program of the war office to send out, in addition to the 3U,u00 troops now ah,,at, j6. 6.000. GOO fresh sol- diers. Lord Roberts will ultimately have re Uf a quarter of a million.
 Otto Ner-aIthaler. who invented the wonderful line"typc and made doz; men millionaire>, died in pov- erty in Baltimore recently Just be- fore he died h hld perf,c basket making machne thu will make | OO0 baskets a day with one girl for attend. ing, while before it took skilled man to make 300 day.
 George F. Washburn, chairman of the Massachusetts populist state com mittee, says the populiSts will nomi- nate William J. Bryan and Judge Henry (. Caldwell for president and vice-president at Sioux Falls, S. D., May 9. and that the democratic na- tional convention Hill endorse the ticket.
 All chance of saving any of the Spanish armor, d cruisers sunk off santiago de Cuba has gone. Word has reached the navy department that the Cristobal Colon which was pushed on the beach by the cruiser New York. after the battle with Cervera's com mand, has slid into deep water. The department long ago gave up the idea of saving the Colon.
 Richard Bray, known as Rocky Mountain Dick one of the pioneers of New Mexico, was found dead on the floor of his room at San MarciaI He was so years of age, and very little is known of his early history except that he came from a wealthy family in Now York, and as the result of guar rel abandoned his wife and children, who never heard from him again.
 Secretary of War Root has gone on a flying trip to Cuba. He wishes to make a personal examination of the present conditions, both political and industrial, in the island. The time IS approaching for holding the first elec- ton in Cuba, and as this is critica period in the career of the embry' nation. the secretary desires to give il the closest attention.
 The Utah state democratic cOnven- ton met in Salt Lake on March 1 and chose delegates to the national con vention. Delegates were instructed to vote for Vim. J. Bryan. The choice of a candidate for congress to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the rejection O Roberts, resulted in the nomination of ex-Congressman w. II. King, by an unanimous vote.
 It is rumored at Washington that Justice Gray is likely to retire froW the United States supreme court bench. in which event Attorney.Gen- eral Griggs will probably be appointed to the vacancy. Justices of the SUI preme court of the United States are privileged to resign upon reaching the n o,o of -u uitb fuIl nav for If. ius- tice Gray will be = years of age on March 2l, and has served since his ap- pointment by President Arthur, on December 19. 1881.
 Two mysterious boxes will be opened tai, year at the British museum. One was left in 1854 by Mr Deuce, who had been keeper of manu- scripts, to be opened January the 1st, 1900. and no one knows it's contents. The other contains the pa pers of Lord Broughton, better known as Sir John Cam Ilobhouse, Bvron's friend and three times q cabinet min ister. He died in 1869, leaving his diaries, correspondcnce and memo randa to the museum, with directions not to open them till 1900.
 An autopsy was last week performed on a chicken at the Oregon agricul- tura, station, in which it was found that the animal died of consumption.