Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-08

boweled and left in the street. He was discovered some time afterwaId and carried into a nearby house where surgeon did all that was possible for the man. Late this afternoon tele- phone message stated that Ryan had no chance whatever for recovery. No arrests have been made. Kingman Miner.
 Prof. Washburn, geologist and met allurgist, from Washington, was in the strip last week, says the Guardian. for the purpose of looking oyer the ground and making report as to how the coal lands shall be subdivided. As soon as his report is accepted, Mir Stafford will be ordered to run the lines and the lands will be placed on the market.
 The Rough Riders reunion, of 1900, will be held at Oklahoma City, Okla, June 2l to 2l inclusive. The date of assembling has been fixed by Lieten- ant-Colonel Brodie, president of the association of Rough Riders. He had also appointed Capt. J. l.. B. Alex ander, acting secretary of the associa- tion, in place of Lieutenant w. F.. Dame, now in the Philippines. A general committee of direction is to be named in few days.
 
 Col. H. c. Hooker, of Santa Bonita ranch, is nearing his S0th birthday, and he is as active in attention to his great business as he was twenty years ago. Col. Hooker is a remarkable man in many ways. He is as generous as he is active. Few men in Arizona would be missed as would Col. H. c. Hooker, and We hope he will long be spared to his family and friends Phoenix Gazettee.
 At a meeting of the finance com mittee, of the Arizona-New Mexico | jurisdiction of the A. o. U. w. lodge, Friday, sS,O00 in claims was paid, one- | half of which was death claims. One | of the claims was that of the widow of P. H. Coyle, for many years mem Der of Phoenix lodge No. ,. The finance committee consists of C. M. Frazier and Dr. Vim. Dutiield, Of Phoenix, and G. II. Hoff, of Tucson. The jurisdiction is growing rapidly in membership. Daily Enterprise. The water problem is again becom- | ing serious one to the Santa Fe Pacific railroad, and to all interests along the line of the road Three trains were held at Ash Fork for Sev- | eral hours one day last week on ac- count of lack of water for the engines, and this is said to happen quite ire quently. The Grand Canyon railroad is paying out sl00 per day for water ! for that road, while water for dOmes- tic purposes is being sold at Williams for 50 cents per barrel. Miner.
 At meeting of the Arizona Sports mems association, in Tucson, the fol lowing officers were elected for the en- suing term: Paul Hastings, of Je- rome, president; Ray Hill, of Prescott, J. NJ. Aitken, of Phoenix, w. E. Lind ley. of Stafford, J. N, Lean, of Wilcox, pr. w. B. Purcell, of Tucson, and J. H. Holmes, of Kingman, vice presi- dents: L. A. Hawkins, of Jerome, sec retary: Walter Miller, of Jerome, treasurer. Jerome was named as the next place for holding tournament and the prevailing opinion seemed tc be in favor of the fall as the time.
 One of the Japanese section men 1T II. Hunters force was killed by pas senger train No. last Sunday morn
 ing. He was going over the sectior on track velocipede, when No. l coming down grade on curve, sud
 denly caught him. The Jap got of
 all right, but in trying to save the car
 lost his life. His body was inferred
 Tuesday at the company's expense
 Upon a telegram from the company
 at the request of some of his people,
 lock of his hair and one finger nail wa
 preserved and sent to them as grue
 some remembrance. Williams News
 The sheep shearing corrals, Whlcl have heretofore been located on tn Arizona canal, are this season place.
 at Cave creek, nearly ten miles nor6
 of the postoffce. Shearing began O Monday. January 22, and from 30 to 6 shearers will be at work daily for month to come. There are now O
 hand lO0, ,000 sheep to be Sheared. Tn ; relocation has been made necessary b , the drought of the past few months i and the absence of feed on the plain from the Arizona canal north to th
 base of the Cave Creek mountains
 Even if rain should come this mont
 the shearing viii not be moved to tn . old location. The wool will be shlI ; ped from Phoenix.
 , There was terrible tragedy at tf r Saylor Bros. ranch. about eightee 1. miles southwest of Deming, Wedne i. day. The Taylor brothers arc Josepl