Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-23

Nov F, says: United States Deputy
 Marshal Hall returned to Santa Fe
 last evening with Tom Ketchum,
 who in the United States district court
 at Los Vegas, pleaded guilty to the
 charge of holding up a mail train, and
 was therefore taken back to the peni-
 tentiary. Sentence upon him has not yet been pronounced. The charge of
 murder will come up hereafter.
 James Finley, an old and esteemed
 citizen of Tucson, died at his home in
 that city on Nov. l6. Deceased was
 native of Pennsylvania and had been
 d resident of Arizona for more than 30 years. He was engaged in mining for
 many years and later in the cattle
 business. Four years ago Ee retired
 from active business and resided with his family in Tucson. MT. Finley
 represented Pima county in the 18th
 legislature. He was member of the
 G. A. R., Pioneer Historical Society
 and the Elks, and the funeral, on the
 18th, was under the auspices of those
 societies.
 The Tucson Star of the 18th inst
 says: A dispatch was received here
 yesterday to the effect that the treas
 ury department at Washington would
 retire Collector Harry K. Chenoweth
 next month. It is understood that
 Perry $. Heath, third assistant post
 master general was behind the move
 ment at Washington, and that an ln-
 diana man has been selected. The
 will regret to hear this news. There
 has been strife in NogaleS over tie
 office and it would appear that the
 opposition to Chenoweth had at last
 gained theirpoint.
 The Bisbee Orb makes this state
 ment: Sheriif Wakefield, when in No
 gales recently, said that the secret ! service department of Wells, Fargo &
 Co. is acquainted with the names and l W
 up the Southern Pacific train and
 robbed the express car at CochiSe in
 September. He also said the same two men were former employees of the , company, and that they were hired to go into the mountains to track the robbers, in other words, to hunt them. | SaIpaS I'm. raaSDn thn ShariH Sail ) the men have not been arrested is be. cause only circumstantial evidence
 against them has so far been secured by the company.
 A decision was recently rendered by 5 the supreme court of the territory Of Arizona, affirming the decision ren dered by Judge Sloan that vendor : lien does not apply in the territory O Arizona. That miner selling mine in order to hold lien for the purchase . price of mine must secure his lieI by mortgage, trust deed, or by reSery l ing his lien for the purchase price il t the deed. In other, words, that il ! order to secure lien for the purchaS, . price of the mining claim sold mus 6 have such lien a matter Of record il e the office of the county recorder in tn, a 1 county in which such mine or minin, t claim is situate. This is valuable in
 formation to miners to the end tha !. to protect their rights they must hav |, lien of record.
 6 With the aid of telegraph editors e type setting machines and proof read J. CTS, the Navajo trouble reached gigan c tic and alarming proportions yester l. day. A correspondent at Canyon Dia [. bio sent word on Monday that he say $ l5 braves crossing the canyon tha
 morning going toward the scene of tn l. late trouble. The Indians appeare l. in print yesterday morning as l5,00( 9 The public may now feel assured tha n the worst has been reached. Ther n can be no other multiple of l5 by E. without borrowing Nayajos to put o .e the reservation. All reports from tn ,e north yesterday indicated that every r. thing was quiet among the Indian ,e and there was no apprehension (
 trouble. Republican.
 3. The annual report of the commi to sioner of the general uland office ( ,e which advance sheets are now out cOl r. tain some interesting and importar E. information in the report of the su 1t yeyOr general of Arizona, who est as mates that the sum of s25, 1000 will l ss needed during the fiscal year endir a June 30, 1901, for the survey of Il k public lands. The sum of S30,000 T estimated to be needed for the surye lg of lands situate within the limits Ii- railroad grants, and 5000 for the Su S. vey of private land claims, making J. total of S60,00O for surveys in the ali or trict of Arizona for the year endir ne June 30 1901. In explanation of sa to estimates the surveyor general mak ds the following statements: "There is as large immigration of people to ArizoI in on account of her valuable and almo k- undeyclOped mineral resources. Tn