Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-31
Brief Mention of Interesting Facts and Happenings
 of the Universe.
TREY OCCUR wEEKL
A Condensation of Telegraph and Cable Messages. Giving Prefer red Space to the News of
 Our Own Land.
Congress will adjourn June 6.

A train oi twenty, one ears left I" pel<a Kan, last Thursday, carrying 20, 900 bushels of corn to the famine sufferers of India.
 The biggest boa; that ever floated on the waters If the great lakes has just been launched at Michigan port for Carnegie's company.
 President kruger. 1t Is announced. has issued proclamation say ing he will defend Johannesburg, and calling upon all Boers la fight to the bitter end
 Queen Nictoria's birthday, May 24 was celebrated in London with mucn enthusiasm stimulated by the news eff the relief of AlafeSing and Lord Rob erts' progress toward Pretoria.
 The London papers are astonished to hear that the Rev. Mir Sheldon of Topeka, has taken steamer for Flu rope. They rather supposed he would walk across. as Jesus would have done
 The University of California leads off the season of commencement eX- ercises with graduating class of 353 from the regular academic course. This is pretty close up to the Harvard quota.
 
 Republicans are claiming credit for a reduction of the public debt, effected by extorting money from the people through the onerous war revenue law, which a republican congress refused to repeal,
 Gen Lew Wallace must be congratu lating himself upon his dramatic vent ure. He acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a $500 check on ac- count of the royalties on his play dur ing the plst six months.
 Admiral Dewey has in his posses sion the flag captured by Sir William Draper during the battle between the British and the Spanish in Manila bay, in 1762 It was given to the admiral by William Everett of Massachusetts.
 One of the arguments in favor of re- moving the time limit on Methodist pastorates is that it will stop the preaching of old sermons over and over again in one church and then another, says an exchange. Good point
 The famous natural bridge of Nir- ginia is for sale, the owners, who live in Washington, not being able to give it the attention which they feel it de- serves. The bridge brings an income of S10,000 year and is one of the greatest curios'ties in Virginia.
 Immigration at Atlantic points is reported very large. Last week was a regular record breaker at New York, on Tuesday alone, more than three thousand new corners having been landed. All of the inward bound yes Sels are crowded with steerage pas sengers.
 The itinerary Of the Boer envoyS in- cludes nearly al the large cities in the United States, including san Fran cisco. They have come to this coun- try to eNolain their cause and plead with the American people for sym pathy aud support. They will remain in the United States about two months
 Interstate rights to water are to be determined by the federal supreme court The attorney general of Kan sas has applied for leave to file in the court bill of equity on behalf of his state against Colorado to enjoin the latter from diverting the waters of the Arkansas river and its tributaries for irrigation and other purposes.
 South Africa has another afflction. An extra issue of the Gazette at Dur ban announces the death of an East h. dian from bubonic plague. The gov eTHNneHt nds put iutO IOIce the most stringent preventative measures, but fears are expressed the pestilence may get among the troops.
 The house committee on the Lousi- ana purchase exposition at St. Louis in 1903 voted to report the exposition bill without recommendation favorable or unfavorable. The bill as perfected pledges the government to an appro- priation of s5, 900, GOO, allows the gov ernment proportionate shares of the proceeds of the enterprise.
 It is estimated that fifty thousand will attend the second annual reunion of Roosevelts Rough Riders in Okla homa City in July. The Twentieth Kansas, Gen. Funston's old regiment, will be there. Gen. Joe Wheeler has also promised to attend. An elaborate program has been arranged. There will be reproduction of the charge on San Juan hill and other features of as much interest.