Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-04-28


In the last seventeen years the Uni
ted states has spent tiei 100 i22 on the
new navy.
About the biggest swlndic In these
United States 10 che weighing Of the
mails ON the railroads.
Having paid HIS good money for a.,
Senator Clark doos not propose To give
up his seat until he h. forced to do s0.
That little scheme TO wipe out Nc
Kinlcy county and make Bornaliilo
county democratic. has gone glimmer-
ms.
rhe director VI the census viii make
an EFFORT 90 obtain exact returns from
every KIN and prcss Ia the south VI the
number Of bales VI cotton they handle
during the present season.
The city OF Durango. Colo, owns a
water plant. ana during the past year
the city paid all the expenses of the
system and cleared 81 13t.O3. II pays
municipalities 60 own water works.
electric light. gas and street car plants.
The British In their preparations for
the advance toward Pretoria Hru nnd-
ing themselves badly hampcrcd by a
hack OF the horses necessary not only
Tor cavalry and officers but for mount
ed Infantry. wagon transports and ar
tiliery.
By the last census there were 20.Gi2,
500 communicates Ia all the churches
OF the United States. OF these $751;.
81 we're Catholics, t.5ss. 2st McthodisLs,
3,fi2.tS6 Baptists, l.25s.332 Prcsbyteri-
ans i,2Si,O72 Lutherans and 5io.EOs
Episcopalians.
Secretary Long informs congress
that the navy Is very short Of officers
and suggests that the law governing
appointments Tor the Annapolis naval
school needs some enlargement. Their,
are not officers enough available nov
TO maE the now warshlps.
Il 10 expected that the Dewey festiv.
tiles will interfere with the moving
business la Chicago on the LIST OF MAJ
10 such an extent that thousands ol
peonle vii have TO pass the night try,
Ing ~ sleep ON haru floors, piles Vi
boxes md rolls VI carpet.
British Columbia is becoming alarm.
ed over the invasion OF the country bJ
japanese lab0rcrs The little BROW
men are pouring into the country b.,
thousands. and scarcely Is steamer az.
rives al Victoria which does not brlnl
anywhere from 100 to 900 Of these PEG
pie.
Bradstrect's review OF the earning
Of railroads for. the month OF Marcl
places the Illinois Central at the hea,
OF the list Of the roads that have show
the great Increases. The companys In
crease In net earnings over the sam,
month OF the previous year was ove
100000.
Staten Island carpenters are on
strike for an oight-hour day for nv
days OF che week. four hours on satur
day. minimum wages 20 cents an houi
and double pay on sundays aud hol
days. They propose so get their shar
of everything that is going In the wa!
OF prosperity.
The Cripple Creek district has ship
ped ~ far this year st. 500. 900. IN gold
and paid dividends amounting 10 81
100000. The production for the frs
three months Of 1899 was about 81. 800.
600 No that the first quarter OF TIN
year has gained 100000 In production
over last year.
The transport Tartar brings report
from Luzon that william Odum.
miner Of large experience. has dlscov
cred some exceedingly rch gold quart
lodges on the Nigan coast. u is alto
sether probable that the mineral de
velopments IN the Philippines viii as
tonish the world some day
Tennessee has IN the course of tIm
become noted Tor her iron and othe
mineral productions but az present
takes the leading place as a produce
81 phosphate. Already a. has 2iS valu
able mines Of this product. which en-
ploy upwards Of 2l.OOO men. and ne,
phosphate mines are being added {
this list from time 70 time Tho ma
tural resources Of all os the souther
states are now being given more at
teniion than ever before
Women who sweep the streets wit
long skirts DO 80 at some peril A ihll
adelphia bacteriologist who made a mi
crosoopic examination Of the train q
the walking skirt Of a woman of tina
city found Il contained 200 900 germ
many being diphthcria, pneumouI
ana tonnsilitis-- also a collcctlon Of ~
phoid and consumption germs" An
this. too. despite the fact that the Skin
was comparatively new and had bee
brushed daily By it's owner.