Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

l ne Journal Miner says tHdI SlHCo
 Yavapai can secure no territorial in
 stitution of any kind it is in order for
 the Prescott commonwealth to re-
 vive the smelter agitation.
 We hope the code commission will
 enact a law to exile tyrannical ieS-
 islators and kill editors on any pre-
 tense, except Hull of The Republican.
 In that case no more editors will get
 into the egislature.-Journal Miner
 The many friends of Miss MOllie
 Long will be pleased to learn that she
 has gained her case before the supreme
 court which involves much real estate
 in Florence. including the Stevens
 corral and new brick hotel. The
 decision Of the court was that Q guard
 ian had no right to mortgage the
 property of a minOr.-FlOrence Trib-
 une.
 A. F. Barker and P R. Brady, Jr.,
 were up on Mineral Creek the first of
 the week They report a veritable
 mining boom raging in that district,
 recent developments fUIly WarfantlnS
 it. In the Ray mine over fifty men are
 employed, while in the Innes property,
 belonging to the Clifton Copper con-
 pany, an immense body of high grade
 copper ore has been opened up.- Florence Tribune
 Charles Hodgdon, Happy Jack" of the Rough Riders. pulled into Pres
 colt last Friday, returning home after an absence of eleven months. Person ally, he looks about the same as Of yore, having, however, contracted the fever while in Cuba. His ills in that line are slightly felt, however, as he has recently been married. his charm ing bride accompanying him to Ari ZOna Jack" has been featuring throughout the east on the Spanish American war, and has met with a hearty greeting from many for the firm and courageous stand he took as one of his country's defenders.
 It is said that the government has instructed Special Agent Holsinger to proceed at once to investigate the dis position of wood by the Papago h. dians The Indians have been hauling wood to Tucson for many years, and the agent at the reservation is said to have made contracts for supplying wood to the electric light company and others in the city The wood is sup posed to be dead timber but it is claimed that the Indians kill the trees and wait until the wood is dry before they bring it to the city This, it is claimed, is an evasion of the law, and the government has instructed MT. Holsinger to make Q thorough investi gation.-Tucson Citizen.
 The Chaparral Gold Mining com pany was incorporated in Prescott yesterday with a capital stock of S5O,0O0 The incorporators are Robert E. Morrison, Joseph Morrison and F. M Sanford. The company will operate the ChapaTTal group of gold mines be- longing to Hon. John s. Jones' who is also interested in the new ircOrpO- ration. The company is composed Of some of our brightest lawyers and 1 will not have to hire any legal talent | With these legal lights after them, | these mines may as well lay down right now and yield up their treas 1 ures, for they cannot escape That the ] mines have treasures of gold in | no one questions Prescott | Courier.
 On Friday evening, the 10th, there | was quite a ripple of eXcitment in 1 Park 6 Todd's place of business, occa- 1 stoned by Senorita tor Sonora, it is ] hard to say which, Marie Robles, try | ing to carve Mir Todd with a Chinese i bread-knife. These knives are about | Is inches long, and our .Mongolian wis i itors, who appear to have determined | to become permanent residents, keep i them almost as sharp as raZOrS. Sen Orita Marie has an exceedingly bad 1 temper, which when aroused renders her very dangerous to any one who has been so unfortunate as to incur her | She will use either knife or pistol, and is about as expert with one as the other. It has not been a great while since she shot man named Little, who it is said. was to her, and crippled him for ] Mail.
 The Guardian and Bulletin accuse ! Governor Murphy Of all kinds of deep designs on account of his refusal to offer a reward for the recapture of the select bunch of criminals who broke jail in SOlOmOnville some two weeks ago. The Guardian is of the opinion that Governor Murphy desires to hit Graham county an upper cut, presum- ably to show the people of the GiIa valley that he don't think much of a county that will pile up a democratic such as comes from Graham every two years. The Bulletin sagely that the governor refused to offer reward simply to get even with Councilman Olney for voting against measures which Governor Murphy We will see just what actuated this unheard of action against Graham county" is the rather am bigUOus sentence with which the Bull letin closes it's comment. The Ari- zonian is of the opinion that the idea of sighting Graham county never en- tered the governors mind It is also of the opinion that Governor Murphy is not the sort of man to try to get even with a political adversary in any such petty larceny way as above stated. If our contemporaries will look into the matter a little they will find that it is not customary for the territory to offer a reward for criminals who escape from county jails until every effort possible has been made by he county officials to Tecapture them. When a crime of narticular atrncitE !