Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-31

On Monday of last week two prison CTS escaped from the Yuma prison by saving the bars Of their cell door and scaling the wall of the enclosure. One of them was recaptured. On the following morning four desperate prisoners kept in close confinement, overpowered guard who entered their cell and after locking hlm in, made a run for liberty. The Sun says
 Winchester bullets flew so thick and fast in their direction that they soon gave it up as a bad job and returned to the prison without resistance.
 The Temre News of the 2l says: Judge A. J. Howell got in from his Tonto Basin cattle range today. He brought down S6 head of the finest one and two-year-olds ever brought into the valley. They were bought by Frank Fogal who has turned them into his alfalfa pastures. Referring to the newspaper reports of trouble between the 'lontO cattlemen and sheepmen who were driving their tockS through that country. published some weeks ago, the judge says there was no foundation of truth for the sensational stories printed. The judge i is enjoying good health and is as jolly and good natured as ever.
 A telegram was received at the of 1 flee of the governor, from w. F. Blunt state health officer of Texas inquiring 1 what measures. if any, had been taken i in this territory to prevent the intro duction of the bubonic plague from San Francisco. Mir Sims Ely, the governors private secretary, replied as follows Governor Murphy di-
 rectS me to inform you that this terri
 tory has established no quarantine against San Francisco nor does he
 consider the situation at all alarming,
 but Arizona officers are on the alert to
 meet any contingency which may
 arise. '--Republican.
 Phoenix merchants have refused to pay licenses under the new city Ordi-
 nance, says the Republican. The city collector was directed to notify the merchants that the licenses must be
 paid, otherwise there will be an imme- date and wholesale issue Of warrants of arrest. These licenses were due on May l. the beginning of the quarter.
 The merchants have determined to
 resist the ordinance and the asSocia. tion has retained Baker & Bennett tO defend those of it's members who may may be arrested. The council on the other hand, yesterday authorized the i employmentof of Judge Campbell and J. IL. E. Alexander tD assist City Attor- ncy Bullard, in all cases touching the
 validity of the license ordinance. i These attorneys are to be paid s250 and their service is to extend over a
 period of one year. It is quite likely,
 though that not more than one ease
 will be tried.
 Jerome has dog that is hop tiend.
 He was the property of gambler who
 was addicted to the liberal use of the
 drug. and-so it is said was given q
 shot regularly by his owner, who wan
 ted company in his hilarious feelings All went well with the dog says Re
 publican correspondent, until his ow ner departed, leaving him friendles'
 in the town. The poor canine had nc
 trouble in securing bones enough tC keep him fat. but DC one would satiSf! cravings for hop. He Squats in tht : road daily and hOwls dismally unti some pedestrian fires rock at him O . gives him kick. There is no denying the fact: the dog is hop tend. Mar ? shal Roberts says he will give him dose some day that will put him |, l sleep for good.
 |, The new fifty-Seyen-horse-power en zine used by the city in pumping
 water into the reservoir was complete
 ly wrecked today, says the Journal Miner of May P. The engine ha' ' been working perfectly and Enginee
 Love was standing beside ii when h heard terrific report and saw tha t the croSS-arm had broken. He iumpeu to shut of the steam and large picc of the cylinder hit just where he ha
 been standing. Had he been a feN , seconds longer in getting away h would certainly have been killed
 When the cross-arm broke there wa y nothing left to control the piston an
 that crashed into the cylinder hea
 literally grinding it to splinters an Q otherwise badly demOlishing the CT s zine. Almost the entire machine n ruined. The old engine will be place ,, in position at once and the water SUI '. ply for the city kept up.
 Delegate Wilson of Arizona, has ir :, troduced bill to open the Navajo In
 dian reservation for mining purpose, 7, which it is believed will not invit
 the opposition exhibited toward tn !, former bill, which passed congress fo