Arizona republican., 1899-03-28
Arizona Day by Day
 Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.

i will meet the officials at Bovie.-Glcbe Silver Felt.
 Superintendent Ed Hayes Cf Castle Dome had narrow escape from death l at the hands of q mTderousiy inclined ! Mexican last Tuesday. The Mexican, Trinidad Reyes Ey name, is tiouD- | lous individual and previous to the shooting had, while drunk, broke open a miners trunk and took a suit ot 1 cl9thes and a couple of siX-ShOOters. l He was at work and the sup rintendent | noticing his intoxicated condition. kindly requested him to rest. A quar- rel ensued and the drunken man pulled one Of the stolen pistols and attempted to kill Mir. Mayes. The embryo mur- dere- was disarm6d and Mr. Mayes es- caped with his right hand badly powder burnt in Warding off the shot from his head. It was a marrow escape. Reyes fled and has not been heard from Arizona tSentinel.
 i shooting 2ffray took pinea iD the Owl saloon on Wednesday evening last between William COrbstG, miner, and E. L. Stegall, . faro dealer. it seems that the trouble started Ca Tuesday while Corbett was playing at the faro game run by StcgalI. And, so it is stated, after roundly abusing Stegall, COrbatt left the table threatening to GO StegalI. On yesterday afternoon Cor bett returned to the table and re- nGT5d his threatening and abusive language. Stegall did not watg for the other man to execute his threats. but acted Cn th5 offensive, by striking Cor bett over the head with the but of billiard cue, breaking 1t in two over CC-bett's head without effect The men then clinched, Co45ett grabbing Stegail by the throat As both were powerful men it was some moments before either had the advantage. and before bystanders could intervene StegaH drew his gun and sho-. the bull let penetrating the feshy pat of the shooters left hand first and then striking Corbett in the left cheek, in ficting ar ugly w0und.-GlODo Silver Belt.
 Information from La Barranca con veys the intelligence that Professor DumbIe's investigation on behalf Of the Southern Pacific company of the coaI fields ia that part of Sonora, is daily becoming more satisfactory. The force Of sixty men employed is divided into a number of parties working at various places. At one point a seven foot vein of natural coke has been de- yaloped, upon which 9 drift has HOW penetrated more than sixty fee1, and is still continuing in good coke. The cOal, in places, had been cOkel by nat ural causes long ago, and i5 now right at hand, ready for the uses of man. It was tried in chs f0rges in use at Pro- lessor Dum5le's camp and found a splendid article. Should development prove there is enough of it what a great thing for the s1nelting Industry in Sonora. But doubtless there is coal that can be coled, and coke ovens would be quickly provided. ! rail road from Ortiz viii surely be con structcd to La Barranca. MT George Checkers visit to Sonra this week probably is in connection with the coal development and projected ,ai,way.-- Nogaies Oasis.
 If you have not paid your poll tax you cannot vote. There's more in that than strikes the casual reader It IS bound to cut down the riff-raff, ire SpOnsible bum vote to very consider able extent. Tn Pima county fast year there were 2,326 registered votes and on election day these who exercised the right of franchise numbered 1,591. How many poll taxes were collected? ? Just 1885, and this included many Chinamen and others not qualified to vote. "A fair estimate of the voters who paid poll taxes in 1895 following for those eXsmpt) would be aDout 750. The result is apparent. There will De either 3 big increase in poll tax receipts or big slumping of in vo-es cast. Had the law been ID effect last Decem- Der at the city election the returns would have been different 1 majority of tha city offices were lost 70 the re publicans by an average of out twelve votes because (not. to mention minor causes) mOst uf the floating" vote went against them They had no money to waste and no whisky to throw away. It is fairly safe 10 pre- suna that citizen who voluntarily pays his poll tax Of S2.50 will not Cf- fer his American franchise for sale at q dollar, nor will he change his convic- tons fer belly full Of cheap whisky IL looks as though the vCce purchaser was out of jC1. Two dollars and half to the assessor and one dollar to the voter makes the game a little cx- pensiVe. It is 9 good law How it ran the legislative gauntlet at Phoenix is q steTy.-ArizoEa Frontier.
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