Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-24


 from these northern points after De- camber 1St.
 It is estimated that the ChiCago strikes have suspended building opera, tions amounting to over S50,0O0,0 and caused loss of 20,000,000 in wages to 40, 900 skilled workmen. Dur ing the struggle five men have been killed and eleven injured. The bur den of the losses falls upon the work men and small contractors.
 Our commlssioner-genera to the Paris exposition appears to have been in doubt as to whether he ought to have served champagne at the lunch which he gave on the occasion of the opening of the American pavilion II might have compromised by serv- ing it up in mineral water bottles. the way some of the Mckinley critics say the trick is performed at the White House.
 There will be little trouble with the Chinese in taking he census this year. Minister Wu has issued proclama- tion to them, explaining the purpose of the census and requesting them to i give all the information asked for by ! the enumerators without hesitation. Ten ysarS ago 1t was found difficult to obtain information from the Chinese, who susL ected that it was to be used against them.
 The work of blind women type writers is one of the interesting fea- lures of the United States treasury department. It is said that their work is equal to that of the best operators, and as much is expected of them in dctation and copying as of those who have their eyesight. So satisfactory are the services of these blind clerks that it is proposed to give oppor- i tunity to many more next year. There | are only three or four now employed.
 The final report of the executors of . kitt NSbNtt VI NiN itiNt ''toi Bt Als l Pullman, is expected to be iilel in the probate court this week. It is believed the report will show that the estate which amounted to something over sS,O00,000 when the will was filed, has grown to S1j, ,000,0 QUO under the administration of Robert T. ! Lincoln and Norman E. Ream. the executors. The compensation of the i executors for handling the estate will be more than $500. GOO.
 The next pianist who will startle, or try to startle American audiences is NJ. Edouard Xeldenrust, IIollander, who has been sweeping up Parisian admirers by the bushel. It IS claimed by musical" people who have heard him in Paris this spring that at last here is a player of the soulless piano | forte who is capable of making them feel cold chIls run down their back! X true test of sympathetic interpreta ton. according to them. N Ielden- rust can play on any old tub, and draw music from it.
 The supreme court of Nebraska, on May l6, ordered that the briefs of at torneys for the Standard Oil company be stricken from the files for the req son, that they contain improper and offensive implications toward the court. The court also sustained the demurrer of the attornev general to the petition of the Standard. This in effect upholds the constitutionality of the Nebraska anti-trusy law. and ad- i vances the suit. which is one to debar ! the company from the state, to the i point where the court will take testi mony to prove that the Standard Oil company is trust.
 1 By decree of the supreme court of i Mexico the claim of Mrs Mary D. ! Grace, principal of the Tompkins ] School. Syracuse, N. Y., to the Vacas and Bismarck mines in Durango, worth 5000, ,000, is affirmed The de- cision puts Mrs Grace in full posses sion of the mines, said to be the richest i in Mexico. The litigation has been in progress since 1895. Mrs Grace bought the property many years ago, and the men she employed to develop 1 it took possession in their own names. Following her victory Mrs Grace will claim damage under Mexican law for the full amount of ore taken out in four years This, it is said, will amount to about sl .000 a day.
 M C. Brown appointed district judge of Alaska, was recently in San Francisco en route to Sitka. His jurisdiction will extend over the entire territory of Alaska one-fifth of the area of the whole United Ssates the largest jurisdiction entrusted to one man in the world. In going to Cape Nome. which is 2,000 miles beyond Sitka, his headquarters. it will be necessary for him to return to Seattle, i l,l00 miles. to get steamer for Beh-