Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-07

in Southern Arizona as a national park.
 Tucson has decided to set aside S2,- 900 yearly from it's tax receipts to maintain the S25,000 library Andrew Carnegie will erect there.
 A lodge of cOlored Mas0ns was insti- membership of eighteen. This is the only lodge of colored MasonS in Ari- zona.
 At the late session of the Masonic grand lodge in Tucson, Hon. William Frank Nichols, of Wilcox, was again elected to the important and honora- ble position of grand master of Ari- zona Masonry.
 Private Henry Van Dyke, of troop E, Ninth cavalry, was accidentally killed by bullet from a revolver in the hands of Private Murdock, of the same troop, at Fort Apache Tuesday, November 2lst.
 Three or four wagon loads of sup plies and about twenty men were nO- ticed recently south of Pine Creek sta tion. It is the outfit putting in the telephone line between Prescott and PhoeniX.-Courier.
 $. M. McCowan, superintendent of the Phoenix Indian school and presi- dent of the Phoenix Carnival associa- tion. has been appointed to position as aide on the staff of Governor x. O. Murphy, with the rank of lieutenant colonel
 The Tucson Star sums up the Yaqui war by saying: "There are probably between l5,000 and 30,0O0 Yaquis fit to fight, all well armed and with plenty of ammunition. /" The war correspond ent of the Star must have had focus on the YaQui magazines.
 A Tombstone Chiuaman who, find ing his attentions to Mexican senor- ita were not reciprocated, sought to wreak dire vengeance by attempting bodily harm, was gathered in by the chief of police, and the Celestial today contributed S3O to the city fund - Prospector,
 Mr. Burns, owner of the Cottonwood ranch, came to Tucson today from the Buenos Ayres district, where he had been on cattle buying expedition. Eight hundred cattle that he bought will arrive in Tucson tomorrow and will be immediately loaded ontorears and shipped to California.
 It is with sincere regret that the Tribune announces the departure of Hon. P. R. Brady and family tor Tue son, which place they will make their future home. There is no more hon est or upright man in the territory, and the best wishes of many warm friends in Florence go with him. Florence Tribune.
 The office and plant of the Benson Breeze was destroyed by fire q few days ago, and in addition to the loss of his office the editor mourns the loss of S793 in money. The Prescott Jour- nal-Miner says that the idea of an Ar izona editor having s793 in cash and not retiring from business is enough to invite some sort of disaster.
 rrI,o DbporfV Ca,atta cayc that it is strange that not one single organized body in Arizona has made move to- ward statehood. These organizations have meddled with everything from a sewing circle to mining proclama- tion, but neglected proposition that means more to Arizona and her pros perity than all else combined
 This office is in receipt of copy of the Carbon Hill Star, published in Alabama, says the Bisbee Orb. It is edited by E. J. Sivley, while the posi- tion of associate editor is held by C. E. Allen, who formerly held cases on the Orb and other papers in the territory. He left here with the Bisbee detach- ment of McCOrd,s regiment and was with it until mustered out.
 Peter White, the lion hunter, on a hunting trip in Yayapai county, says he returned with fifteen lion scalpS and the supervisors of that county were afraid he would bankrupt the county and they reduced the bounty. This made him go to Mohave county. The Mineral Wealth says he has been telling the tenderfeet all summer that he had lot of lions staked out in the mountains waiting for the hair on their peltS to get in good shape before he killed them.
 c. <. Ford, cattle inspector for this district, was found dead Sunday night in his room at the Hotel Navajo, says the Winslow Mail. He had been suf- fering greatly for some time from neuralgia pains in the stomach, and it is thought died from an overdose of opium, taken to relieve the pain. His remains were taken to Holbrook on No. Monday, where he leaves a wife in feeble health with three children and in Straitened circumstances The