Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-07

was himself killed by another police
 man. Scarcely a day nas passed for
 two weeks without a riot attended by | fatalities.
 The town of Miguel de Mayuno, a
 few miles from Manila, was surprised by band of insurgents on the night | of May 20. Five Americans were killed and seven wounded. Capt. Chas. D. Roberts ana two priyateS are
 missing. The town is garrisoned by
 three com panies of the 35th volunteers. The United States publishers buiId- ing, at the Paris exposition, was for
 mally opened on June 1, short ad-
 dresses being made by Ambassador Porter, Commissioner General Peck and NJ. llillerand, French minister of commerce, A reception given by
 Ame rican ladies followed. In the
 afternoon the first number of a twelve
 page paper was issued The building
 is equipped with the finest modern
 American printing machinery.
 Perkins of California, on June 1,
 presented petition from organiza- tions and individuals from his state asking congress to make appropria-
 ton for the re lief of the tamishing people of India, and asked that it be
 referred to the committee on apprO- priations The resolution brought from Hale of Maine, bitter attack on Great Britain. He demanded to know
 what Eng and wa, doing for her starv- ing millions in India while she was pouring out unlimited treasure 10 crush the two republics of Africa
 The question of government aid to sectaiiln institutions has been up agaIn this winter in congress, as usual, during the consideration of the appro- priation bills for the Indians and for the District of Columbia All pro- vision for the payment of money to re- ligiouS schools of whatever faith for the education of Indians has been dropped from the former bill, and if such schools continue to receive In- dians as pupils they must do so at their own expense.
 It is reported that pr. Andrew D.
 White, the American ambassador, has appealed to the bundesrath through the German foreign office, to recon sider the meat-inspection bill recently passed by the reichstag, or at least to be lenient in carrying out its pro- visions From the same source it is learned that the German government has no intention of exercising severity in enforcing the law, and that, in fact, it will endeavor to abrogate it on the expiration of the commercial treaties in 1903
 Julia Ward Howe. at Sl, is not the only survivor of the pioneer woman suffragists. There is Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her S5th year, writing con- ventiOn addresses with all the old-time vigor; and Mary A. Liyermore. at IS, writing, lecturing, preaching and keeping abreast of the current events of the times. Isabella Beecher Hook CT, recently celebrated her 7Sth birth day, one of the most intellectual of the famous Beecher family, and still sery- ing as president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, which | she founded over thirty years ago. And there, too, is Zerelda c. Wallace. | who will be S3 in August, known as the mother of Ben Hur, and who made | the principal address at the recent suf- frage convention in Indiana.
 Decoration Day was observed by the Americans in Paris, distinguished l company gathering at the grave of Lafayette, in the little cemetery of | Picpus. Ambassador Porter, Consul General Gowdy, Vice Consul General Mclean, Gen. Dodge, Commissioner General Peck, Assistan Commissioner C General Woodward and all the other l commissioners to the exposition head | ed the procession which marched from | Convent courtyard through the long avenue lined with tall trees to the | modest graveyard. Never before have so many or so rich flowers been strewn | on the broad slab that covers the | ashes of Lafayette. Half dozen pa- triotic societies of the United States | sent floral offerings, and appropriate speeches were made by Messrs Por- ter, Peck and Carr. Baron de Lafay- | cite, the great t-graldson of the great | Lafayette, made brief speech in French, thanking the American colony in the name of his family for it's tribute to his ancestor.
 The supreme court las decided that | the Spanish naval force at the battle i of Manila was hct s5Derior to Admiral Dewey's squadron, and hence his off cers and sailors only get one half as much prize money as they otherwise would. Under the law, if naval vic. tory is won from an inferior force the prize money is Sl00 per man in the enemy's fleet. If it is superior force S2O0 per man, and in order to double