Arizona republican., 1899-05-29
Arizona Day by Day



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 get matters settled So as to avoid blOodshed-The Arizonian.
 One of the largest criminal calendars had in Cochise county fer many years will come up for hearing at this term Of ccurt. The civil calendar is also an extraordinarily long one and there is enough work ahead to keep the court in session for over month if the cal endar is to be cleared There are thirty eases to be examined by the grand jury, four Of which are for mur der; three for assault to commit naur- der: twelve for burglary; five fer lar ceny; one for forgery; three for rob- bery; one for embezzlement and one for arson. Besides this there are eley- en important criminal eases continued from last term of court, five of which are murder cases. This will make total of forty-one cases and gives all idea of the amount of work ahead for the district attorney and sheriff. At present there are thirty-fye prisoners in jail; twelve are serving out sen tences for petty cffenses and six of the grand jury prisoners are cut on ball. Tombstone Prospector.
 For the last two days the United States court has been engaged in the trial of Lee Kim Sing, a Chinaman. whom it is claimed is unlawful,y in the United States. The case was before the United States court commissioner. who ordered the defendant deported. An appeal was taken to the district court. The Chinaman claims to have come from San Francisco where he vas Q member of a large tobacco com pany and was in Tucson on business connected with his company when ar rested. Lee liked the old pueblo so well that he bought out a brother Chinaman's store and had cast his lot in Tucscn when he was arrested The case has been attracting a large num- Der of the Chinese four hundred who have been watching with interest the outcome Of the trial Assistant United States Attorney Bennett is prosecuting and Messrs. Hereford and Hazard de- lending. Yesterday in the district commissioner was reversed and the Chinaman allowed tC return to his Rusinsss.-TucsOn Star
 Robert w. Martin. formerly con ductCr on the Kentucky Central, died last night en route to Tucson. De- ceased was about fl years Of age and during the past three years was yard master at Deming. Owing to illness the officials of the Southern Pacific sent Mr. Martin to Yuma. Failing 10 improve he started for Los Angeles but returned to Yuma. Yesterday thu company caused his removal to Tucscn in order to place him in the hospital here. At Gi.a Bend the poor fellow breathed his last The remains were taken to Miller's undertaking ipaTlors and prepared for shipment to Lexing- ton, Ky, where the father and three brothers of the deceased reside. At | o'clock this evening funeral services will be observed at MilIer's parlors and thereafter San Xavier ledge No. .313 O. R. C., who have charge of the fu- neral, will march in body with the to the depot. II. c. Stephen son, a member of thu ledge, will ac- company the remains east Mrs. Mar tin will travel by the same train. De- ceased had host of friends. who speak in the highest terms Of their de- parted brother.-Tucson Citizen.
 The board of supervisors at it's ses- sion last week compromised the taxes or j. Il. HamDsOn, for th5, four years 1oS9-6-l-S. In 1895 the board raised the assessment of Mir. Hampson on his cattle rom 1000 head to 14,0GO head. Ihls MT. hampson thought was unjust and ne refused to pay on the cattle adued 10 hls assessment, but paying on the G00O which he had returned to the assessor. lie brought suit to re- strain the county officers from collect ing the tax on the cattle added to his aSSessment by the board. Fer 1896 the ! board again raised MT. Hampson's as- sessment to 14,0O0 and another suit was the result. For 1897 and 1898 AIr. Hampson gave in for assessment 1O.- O00 head of cattle and the board add- ed 5000 more. This resulted in an other suit to restrain collection Last year the assessmsnt was the same as for 1897 and Mir Hampson refused to pay any part of his taxes. All suits i were compromised and will go out of l court, MT Hampson paying the bal ance Cf the taxes due for the four years on a basis of 11.250 head of cat tie, which amounts to s7,077-Solo- | knoxville Bull5tin.