Arizona silver belt., 1900-08-23
GENERAL NEWS.
Brief Mention of Events Of interest Throughout the Known
 World.

SnOeS nlduS III AhiOAiSo oASs ny said, the ones that the English sweiis now affect.
 The cost of the war in the Philip pines, up to Aug. Il, has been slso,- 67S.00O in cash and 2,239 lives of Amer ican soldiers.
 Ex-Senator J. J. Ingalls, died at Las Vegas Hot Springs on Aug 10. The remains were taken to Atchlnson, Kan, for burial.
 Parts of Bryan's Indianapolis speech are to be reproduced by phonographs, and it is expected, will play an lm- portant part in the campaign.
 Queen Helene, wife of Victor Eman- uel, is not popular with the Italian people. She is described as shy, proud. unsympathetic woman.
 By order of Secretary Hay, special policemen guard, day and night, the residence of Minister Wu in Wash ington, to prevent any possible attack on the legation.
 Wm. l. Bryan will receive notitica- tion of his nomination to the presi- dency by the peoples party and the United States monetary league, at Topeka, Kan, on Aug 2S.
 The work of laying the first cable to connect the United States ulrectiy with Germany, is now under way u will be the most direct telegrapmc me to the European continent. The cost will be e935, ,000 The cable IS approM- mately 2,400 miles in length.
 'sGolden Rule" Jones, mayor of To ledo, Ohio, will vote for Bryan, It IS said. Jones has the largest personal following of any man Ill ono, ana should he openly advocate the cleo tion of Bryan it would probably mean the loss of the state for Mckinley.
 John Jacob Astor, whose estate IS now estimated to be worth rom Sloo,- OOO, GOO to $50, 100000 has filed sult against his mother to deprive her or an annuity of S50,000 left to her by her husband, the late William Astor. John Jacob thinks his old mother has had enough money.
 The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse of the North German Lloyd line, beat the record of the steamer Deutschland Tn the late race across the Atlanuc. Ihe Wilhelm's time from Sandy HOOK to Cherbourg was days, l9 hours ana 42 minutes, and the average speed, 9. 79 knots an hour. The Deutchland's average speed was 22.Si knots.
 Erection of the largest pneumatic service in the world was commenced in Boston on the 10th inst. Some 10 miles of pipe will be laid immediately and trunk lines with capacity of D. 900, 900 packages a year will be Tn operation Jan. 1, 1901. Eventually the system will be extended to every part of the city.
 Trouble is brewing in Michigan. Ex-Secretary Alger swears that IT Roosevelt is permitted to enter the state he will take it as a personal af- front. He holds Roosevelt largely re- sponsible for the publication of the scandals which destroyed his reputa- tion in the war department and drove him from the cabinet.
 All over the world the heat wave has extended. Never before at one time have reports come from so many and far distant points Of intoleraole heat. The capitals of Europe have passed through the same experience as the cities in this country east of the Mississippi. New York and Chi cago have suffered most, and report hundreds of deaths from heat
 The postmaster general has issued an order directing an investigation as to the cost of construction, operation and utility of all pneumatic tube sys- tems for transmission of mails. This investigation is in accordance with the requirements of the last postal ap- propriation act, and is designed to enable congress to determine whether the pneumatic tube service should be owned, leased, extended or discon- tinued by ihe government.
 The mechanical pitching gun, which Princeton University professor pat ented recently, was given trial at Memphis in game between the Chick asaws and Nashville. The gun pitched two innings for each club, and no runs resulted, the game ending to 3 for the local team. The gun struck out the first two men up, and but one ball was hit outside the diamond. Over thousand people witnessed the dummy" pitcher throw out curves, spead and drops, with perfect control.
 Some fear is felt in the trade that the worlds production of quicksilver is likely to prove unequal to the grow ing demand. The total supply in 1899 was about 95,000 flasks from Spain, Italy, Austria and California, the prin- cipal sources of supply. This was less than for quite number of years, with the exception of two. The produc- ton of the Cinibar mines of California, the only large producers upon the American continent, has declined from 70, 900 flasks in 1888 to 2S, 100 in 1899.
 A report from the Argentine Repub- lie tells of the enormous and system atic destruction of locusts in that country, where no less than l2,000 tons of the insect were destroyed last year under the auspices of a commis- sion appointed for the purpose. As result of this wholesale slaughter Tn Argentina the wheat and maize crops there were exceptionally large, and the little republic is consequently cor reSpondingly happy and prosperous.
 Plans now being prepared and the work already under way on the Pitts burg division of the Pennsylvania sys- tenn will provide for one ofthe greatest pieces of fourtrack roadbed on the . l.k.