Arizona republican., 1900-08-03

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 A MATTER OF RECORD.-Thes sale
 of the Garden City restaurant prop
 erty by Samuel Sneed to T. F. Hud- son has been finally consummated and
 the deed recorded.
 J. L.. CANT IMPROVING. J. L. Cant is said to be quite noticeably inn proving during the last few days. He
 has fully regained consciousness ani can recall the events immediately pre-
 cading his unfortunate accident, re- membering those who were in the vii | cnity at the stime.
 OTHER OIL COMPANIES.-Art of incorporation of the Phoenix Oil and Fuel company, California corporation. were filed In the office of the county re- corder yesterday. The capital stock is s600,000. Articles were also filed of the Section 6 Oil company. formed at Fresno. The capital stock Is $30O000
 IRON SPRINGS. Mir J. Ernest Walker returned yesterday morning from Iron Springs, called back by the pressure of business. MT. Walker found 1t hard to get away from that magnificent pleasure resort where one forgets that the thermometer rises above 70 in August and where the air Is always laden with the breath of the pine.
 WRECK ON THE N. M. & A. A wreck occurred on the N. M. & A. near Fairbank on Saturday night. Tho sputhbound passenger had left Fair bank and when three miles out an ac- af1 T ing in the ditching of the train, all of the cars falling on their sides against the embankment. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt, but many of the passengers were badly shaken up. Two of the cars wer considerably damaged and it took the wrecking crew nearly all night to get matters in shape again.
 LIME CREEK COPPER MINE. J. D. Marian of the Lime Creek Copper company was in the city yesterday. having recently come down from the mine. The new smelter, though only Of small capacity, has. been given a trial run which proved satisfactory, the ore going 25 per cent coppsr. There is about 500 feet of development work done and the ore bodies are getting larger with depth. Everything is turning out as hoped for so Tar and by Iall they ex- pect to have the smelter running con- tinuously.
 A COUNCIL MEETING. A special meeting of the city council was held yesterday morning, mainly for the purpose of ordering the s. F. P. & P. road to remove those of it's buildings which lie in the way of the opening of iNyth m rn tition for the opening of the avenue. While the council was at it. it also de- cided to order the removal of the sup port of the water tank along the rail road trackj near Seventh avenue. A vault. shelves. and pigeon holes for the new couI.cil chamber at a cost not to exceed s57S were ordered The nen council chamber and recorders office. by the way, will be In the rooms now occupied by the governor.
 APPLICATION FOR A PARDON A petition for the pardon of Charles governor yesterday. Graf was indict- ed and convicted in Gila county in 1899 for the. killing of Preston Klie, and was sentenced to ten years at Yuma. In the application Graf says what he stated at the trial, that he be- lieved he was acting in self defense. Graf and Klie were partners in sa- loon and quarreled. the quarrel hav- ing been apparently forced by Klie. The latter, Graf says. was opening drawer in search of gun when the fatal shot was fired. The application Is signed by the trial judge, Hon. Fletcher M. Doan. who further sup ports it in a private letter It is signed by the then district attorney, George J. Stoneman, Special Prosecuting At