Arizona silver belt., 1900-12-27
GENERAL NEWS.
Brief Mention of Events of Interest
 ThroughOu the World.

It cost to take the census Slo,u coo. That Is a large sum, but IS only 20 cents apiece for each citizen.
 A comparative statement of war de- psrtment estimates for the fiscal years
 1901 and 1902 Is as follows: SlS5, 9o3, .55l for 1901 and Si7l, 773, S55 for l9o2'
 For the present fiscal year the appr"' priation was S147 .205. .934.
 Canada points with pride to her mat rimorial record. During this last year only seventeen divorces were deereeu in all Canada. and Prince Edward island with a population of loo, 900 has not had n divorce in thirty years.
 The New York Times publishes a table showing the popular vote for presidential electors. Total vote, Is, 967, ,269 Mckinley received 7,2lI,- GIT; Bryan, 6,357, S53; Woolley, 2o7,- 36S; Barker, 30, lSS. Debs, 9i, oo2 {; Maloney, 33 45O Mckinley's plural ity, S59, SPA; majority, 46S, 05J.
 The official report of the finances of the Paris exposition shows loss of 2,OoO, ,OO0f lS40O, GOO. The total expendi- lures is ll6, 900, O00f s23, 300, 0o0l. The receipts amounted to ll4 ,500, 0Q0f ts22, 300, ,OO0). The loss is less than in any of the preceding expositions.
 William Waldorf Asior has received Christmas present m the form oi n decision from Judge ABdrews of the supreme court of New York, relieving him from the assessment of S2, OOO, ,OOu placed upon his personal property by the com mmissioners of taxes and assess ments for 1899, on the ground that he was then a resident of London and had been for several years, and should not have been assessed at all on property here
 The great corporations of New York state are fighting the franchise tax Jaw, and their attorneys among whom are David B. Hill, Frank II. Platt and Wm F. Sheehan, are confident that they will succeed in having the law declared null and void. Franchises have been assessed under the law for $266, l63, ,059 in the entire state. Of this amount the franchises owned by New York city corporations are val ued at S2l9 9679,35l. If successful, the corporations will evade the payment of S4, 250 900 in increased taxes.
 The commercial record of tho Uuited States for 1900 will surpass that of any preceding veal, both m exports and Tn the excess of exports over imports, or favorable balance of trade, Us this excess is usual termed. The imports will be slightly below those of one or two preceding years. Easing the esti mate for the yiar on the figures at hand, the exports will reach about Sl.- 470, GOO, GOO and the imports about SS25, 900, GOO, making the sxcess of ex ports over impC rts S645, 900, 900, which sum is greater by S25. 900, 900 than that of any precedir z year.
 1t IS not gen srslly known, perhaps, that Senator Pettigrew of South Da kota, has son who has been fighting Nitu Abt itpCIt+ iit m 'poNah nah, Georgia, recently, and is going to Washington. Hs is lad of twenty years of age, who joined the 100 volnn- teers for service in the Transvaal. They were driven into the Portugesc territory and there disarmed, and the Dutch government paid their passsge home. Young Petiigrew says that the Beers will make il interesting for the British for some time to come, and he Is anxious to again join their cause.
 The career of the late Oswald Often. dorfer furnishes another notable sx ample of the remarkable success achieved by poor immigrants coming to this country to seek their fortunes. He arrived here penniless, friendless and ignorant fifty years ago. and ten years later he had rriumphed over all his sadvantsges. and found himself at the head of the most influential organ of public opinion among the Germans, not only of New York bnt of the conn | try, and famous for his great public spirit and integrity of character He | died possessed of an estate estimated Tn | the millions and with the good fame of good citizen and generous philan- throplst.
 The Lordsburg Liberal has the fol lowing to say about A. D. Shepard. chief of the freight department of the Southern Pacific road. who paid Globe visit last week: "Mr. Shepard is an example of the possibilities that are be- fore man that enters the railroad ser vice, and has the necessary capabilities. When the Southern Pacific opened its office at Deming Mr. Shepard was its first agent at that point, his office being in box car. He did good work and subsequently was agent at Fl Paso, and then made general freight agent, and is now at the head of the freight department of the road. and the freight department Is the really important de- pertinent of any railroad !"
 Fixes and McFsrlaud, who won the SIX days bicycle race in Madison Square Garden, New York, by the close margin of two feet. covered 2,62S miles, laps and 2 feet Mcfarland, who finished the race, it is alleged. was kept on his wheel for three days by the l. 4 L.. l. l