Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-31

bill, excluding lquor from the capitol and other public buildings was prob ably shrewdly designed by the enemies of the bill to knock out the whole measure, Congress will not likely consent to abolish the saloons in the capitol at Washington
 The will of the late Baron Adolph de Rothschi.d bequeaths S5, COG, 900 to the poor of Paris without distinction of race or creed, and there is a special donation of s400000, the income of
 which is to he devoted to giving an allowance t" rty p'or girls who live by their own work.
 What d dull and dreary world this
 would be if we all lived up to the | Methodist book of discipline, which bar theatres. bllls. card parties, cir cuscs, horse races and dancing schools. | Ard yet the conference refuses to modify the ban in auy particular, In fact, it is renewed with emphasis, Ernest Kruger, compositor em- ployed ln printing office in Leipsig, Germany, has just compl ted his if tieth year of scry ice and has been oc- cupied iu -etting type for one book u-5 riy alt that time. The book is Grimm < C,erman Dictionary and the first tatch of manuscript was turned "yrr t' tEr rump"aitor in 1851 Thus far 52,u0O prges have been printed, aud the work lo not yet uaif done.
 The president sent to the senate a series of letters from the Chinese min ister. Wu Ting rang, setting forth reasons why, iu tue opinion of his gov ernment, the Chinese exclusion laws should not be made applicable to the Philippine islands The Chinese. he says. have been always welcome, and up 10 the present time there has eX. is ed free Intercuu"se and unrestricted trade. He expresses the hope that this WItl continue.
 The failure of Price. Mccormick X Co.,, one ot the largest brokerage firms of New York, Is announced: liabilities estimated at Sl3,OOO, GOO. The failure is ascribed to the fact that the firm was long in cotton m the face of the fast falling market, which has declined 122 points since the bull movement eliminated George rocker was special partner of Price, Mccormick & Co. having invested S5O0, coo in the business.
 Lord Roberts testimony to the as- tonishing sobriety of his army caused considerable comment in London, see ing that every letter Tommy Atkins sends home contains Il complaint that liquor is unobtainable except at price only the wealthy officers can pay. If Tommy gets four biscuits and two cans of cocoa per diem in the Free State campaign he considers himself lucky.
 London municipal expenditure for the current year, Sl0 0S00, 900, is about S20,0O0 in excess of the councils re- ceipts The net debt of the county council now stands at Sl15,000, 000 Municipal taxes amount to IF pence in the pound. an increase of 1 pence OF last year. The municipal working of the tramways is proving most sue ceSsful, the cars having produced a profit the last year equivalent to halfpennY in the pound relief of taxes
 1t is remarked that the present con gress is breaking all previous records in private pension legislation, as well as in the passage of all sorts of private bills for the benefit of persons desir- ous of getting their hands into the treasury. This tendency is largely due to the oveIflowing condition of the treasury, and to the understand ing that President Mckinley IS not disposed to trouble himself by exam ming into the merits of such bills. Considering how absolutely without merit some of these bills are, the prac- tice of the president in sanctioning their enactment is to be regretted.
 The house adopted resolution to allow the committee on ways and means to sit during the recess of con greSs for the purpose of framing bill for the reduction of revennes. The democrats insisted congress should re- duce the war taxes at the present ses- sion, but Payne, the majority leader. said the treasury figures showed the refunding of bonds now going on would practically wipe out the surplus for the fiscal year. He contended it would be unsafe to reduce the taxes at this time.
 In Chicago the department stores are reducing their working force, the popular price theatres are shutting up shop for lack of patronage, the gal leries Of the higher price places of en- tertainment are empty, while the small grocers and provision dealers who eater to the Iaboring classes are doing a poor business, because they fear to give credit to their customers who are out of work. All of which is due to