Arizona silver belt., 1900-07-26
GENERAL NEWS.
Brief Mention of Events of Interest Throughout the Known
 World.


 several months Mir, Debs has been thu
 candidate of the social democrats fol
 president.
 At the Iron King mine, the property
 of W. A. Clark, the development O.
 ore bodies continues. It is thought
 by those who are acquainted with the
 property, says the Jerome Mining
 News. that Equator Hill will, in few
 months, be turning out untold wealth
 The new Hamburg American steam CT, Deutschland, which has just landed
 in New York, made the passage from
 Plymouth across the Atlantic in five days, fifteen hours and forty-six min. utes. This is the fastest time ever made by any steamer in an initial trip across the Atlantic.
 Two thousand solicitors are canvass ing the city of St. Louis for the strik- ing street railway mems omnibus lines, In addition to collecting funds for this project the solicitors are expected to ascertain what proportion of the population is in favor of trade and labor unions.
 We are becoming plethoric. indeed. in the national treasury. The customs revenue has rlsen from S149, 100000 in 1898 to S234, ,000, 900, and the internal revenue from S170,000, GOO to S296, ,000,- 900. The cash in the treasury now stands at S279, ,5S2, there being an increase of some SlI I,000,000 during the month of June. It does seem that the nation could bear some reduction in taxation.
 Scorpions and tarantulas have made their appearance in such numbers at Iguala and other points on the Mexico, Cuernavaca X Pacific railroad as to in terfere with the operation of that line and the transaction of other business. So many of the trainmen have been bitten by the poisonous insects that the running of trains is delayed. At lguala bounty has been offered by the mu nicipal authorities for the killing of the pests, and hundreds of men and boys are employed in the slaughtering of them.
 The intensity of the feeling of oppo- stions to imperialism and militarism seems to be gaining among the Ger man residents of Cleveland, Ohio. usually regarded as strongly republi- can tendencies. Many of the leading German Americans of that city have already announced that they would support the democratic ticket. Ward campaign clubs will be organized where the German vote is heaviest and an effort made to solidify the German vote against Mckinley. The German vote of this county is esti- mated at about 200 GOO.
 The adiutant generals office, on July Is, issued it's list of the organized militia force of the United States, to- gether with the number of men avail able for military duty, but morgan ganized. The grand total of organ ized militiamen in tEe several states and territories at the last report was l06, ,399. Those unorganized but avail able for military duty aggregated To-, 443. 3.l42. California has 4,202 organ ized and l,,0l1 unorganized, and Ari- zona has 52O organized and l2,000 un- organized
 On June 30, 1899, the total single track railroad mileage in the United States was, lS9, ,294. an increase for the year of 2,S9S. This increase is grSater than for any year since 1893. The aggre gate length of mileage, in- cluding trucks of all kinds, was 252,- .i64. 'Che'e were 36, 103 locomotives in service ut the end of the year, or +69 more chan for the year ended Jnne 30, 1898. The total number of cars of all classes in the service was ,3I5, ,9l6, an increase of i9,712. The number of persons employed on railroads was 92S,924, an increase for the year of 5i,- i66. The amount of railway capital outstanding was Sll, ,033, 954, ,S9S. or a capitalization of S60, 556 mile of line
 Some one who has had time to look through the almanac has discovered that the twentieth century, which will begin on Tuesday, January l, 1901. will have T leap years, the greatest number possible. February will have five Sundays three times 1920 194S . and 1876 The earliest date on which | Easter can occur is March 2l. The | last time it occurred on that date was ISIS. The latest date that Easter can occur but one time in the coming cen tury on that date-19i3. The middle day of the century will be January 1, ! 1851 There will be 3s0 eclipses during . the coming century.
 
 Altogether Japan is spending about 2l3,000, 900 yen (Sl07 300, 900 on her new navy out of the money obtained from China By the end of 1906 she will have six battleships -four are al- ready in commissloni of F, 1000 to 15.- GOO tons displacement, six first class cruisers of 5000 tons. three second class cruisers of 4,j00 tons, two third class cruisers of 5000 tons ana a large covey of torpedo catchers, gunboats. torpedo boats etc., so that when this post-bellum programme, as it is called. is completed she will have fleet of not much less than 300, 900 tons, tre. mendeus bulwark of defense well as a weapon of ofiense
 Fourteen hundred and forty.five Cuban teachers are at present the guests of Harvard college, at Cam bridge, Mass. where they are reciv- ing instruction in the English lan- guage, history of North and South America, and methods of teaching in United States schools. Excursions in and about Boston will be feature. In addition to historical and geopraph- ical points of interest large industrial establishments will be visited to illus. trate American commercial life. The United States government. through Secretary of War Root and Gen