The herald., 1897-05-12
HE woRsHIPs CLEVELAND

HE WORSHIPS CLEVELAND
The field say that Mckinley is only
looking for a soft place to light; that he
has seen that it would not be politics TO
press the nomination. McCord expects
his nomination day by day. Let US join
the philosophic Mexican and remark.
"Quien sabe?"
And in the interregnum, portly Gov
ernor Franklin sits calmly at his desk,
before a shrine that is dedicated to St.
Cleveland. Here he imparts unto the
casual visitor the information that the
secretary Of the interior has said, and
but lately, that he is we'll satisfied with
the present incumbent Of the governors
chair in Arizona.
United States Attorney Ellinwood has
received instructions from the depart
ment of justice to retry the case Of the
United States against the Copper Queen
company, for $1S3000 which is claimsd
by the federal government for timber cut
from government lands.
This cause is. the most important in
the history of Arizona Jurisprudence 1t
has dragged along in the federal courts
of the territory for years. Last fall it
was on trial in Tucson before jury for
two weeks, and resulted in disagree
ment. United States Attorney e, e
Ellinwood and Congressional Delegate
Marcus A. Smith represented the gov-
ernment, while John e. Haynes of San
Francisco and William Herring Of
Tombstone represented the mining COM
pany. About seventy-f1ve witnesses
were examined, and several days were
consumed in argument.
A MINERAL LAND QUESTION
The timber for the value of which the
government sues was cut in the Chira-
cahua mountains, about thirty miles
from Bisbee, where 1t was utilized by the
mining company. The fact of the TIM
ber having been cut is not the point In
dispute, the question hinging almost en-
tirely upon whether the land from which
! the timber was taken was mineral land
or otherwise The legal questions in
volved are of such Importance that the
attorney generl of the United States has
applied to the interior department for
the assistance of the director of the geo.
logical survey to determine the nature
of the lands in question. The survey
party, in charge of skilled expert, will
, US lOItuWltH uiSPdlSACo AHOAl w ucHliik5
| ton to the Chiracahuas, to settle the
question scientifically. If the surveyor
| is a tenderfoot his thoughts and antici-
| pations. and possibly his realizations,
are not to be envied during the coming
few weeks, for the scene of his investiga-
tions is in the heart of the maraudine
| Apache country.
The United States attorneys office is
already at work on preliminary papers
| to be filed in the case, and the trial Is
expected to be had early in the Novem-
| ber term 1t is scarcely probable thai
| e. e. Ellinwood will still be represent
| ing the government at that time, though
| there is some expectancy that the re.
opening of this case will result In his re
| tention In the Office till the trial is con-
cluded. For the Copper Queen company
Attorney Herring will be assisted by thu
best mining lawyers to be obtained In
San Francisco and Denver.
| sELIGMANs GOOD LUCK
| In the general ''shake-up" incident tt
| the transfer Of the Santa Fe, Seligman
| seventy-two miles northwest of Pres
| cott is to become one OF the most i'm
portant points on the line. The placs
] was once known as Prescott Junction
! having been the initial station Of ths
1 Prescott and AFisona Central railroad
! It has been abandoned ever since ths