Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-24

"'uShV libll NdflOQN pdrtleS Tn the 1 vicinity of Benson, for account of Mir, l. Bloom of Colorado, some 2OO0 head of cattle, for delivery about June 1, and the roundup will begin as once. The prices contracted are sl5. SIS and s20.-RenSon Press.
 The board of school trustees of Tempe took step in the right direc- tlon' says the News, in passing reso- luton requiring all teachers to fur nish health certificates, and that no person showing evidence of tIberculo- sis will be employed as teacher, While William Hurd was firing up a limekiln at Dos CabezaS, an explosion occurred in which Mir. Hurd was hor, ribly burned about the head, arms and chest, the skin peeling from both his hands and he suffered horrible agon- ies. says the Range News. But slight hopes are entertained of his recovery
 At the University of Arizona there are l62 registered students this year, | more than one-half of whom are en- i gagged Tn sub-collegiate and special work. The majority of young men l pursue engineering courses, largely mining. The attendance this year is the largest in the history of the uni : verSity.
 Owing to the accident at the bridge on the Arizona X New Mexico road through traffic has been impossible. The passenger train has run every day and the passengers and mails have been transferred. Because of lack of coke both the Detroit and the ri- zona companies have been compelled I to shut down their smeters All tine available men were put to work on the | bridge LordSburg Liberal.
 On Monday the men on top lost con | trol of the bucket and windlaSS at the | Philadelphia in Dos Cabesas, and both ! fell to the bottom of the shaft break | ing the shoulder blade and collar bone of Guadalupe Pachro and injuring Gas | iimero Lamedo about the head. The | bucket and windlaSS fell 300 feet. and 1 it is miracle that the men escaped alive. Dr. Nicholson was called to attend the injured men. Range | News.
 A Springfield, O., dispatch of May r., says: The romantic marriage of James J. Riggs. of Wilcox, Ariz., and Miss Margaret Dunn took place at the home of the brides mother. Mrs. | Mary Dumm. of Upper Sandusky, o. :. today. Miss Dumm during the past year acted as deputy probate judge and iS graduate of the public schools of this place. MT. Riggs is well-to-do and served two years in the legislature of Arizona.
 i The initial steps have been taken to establish a seaport al Yuma. new steamer will be put on the river short ly which will ply between tide water and Yuma. This will be run in con nection with line of ocean steamers. Time was when nearly all the inland freight of Arizona was transported via the gulf and Colorado river. This was previous to the coming of the Southern Pacific railroad. Arizona Star
 The second annual reunion of the
 Rough Riders association, which was
 to have been held in Oklahoma City, June 24. has been postponed until July l-4 inclusive. Elaborate preparations are being made for a grand celebra'
 tion. Capt. J. l.. E. Alexander, oi
 Phoenix. is acting secretary on account of the absence in the Philippines Ol Secretary w. E. Dana, who is cap
 tain in the Thirty-fourth volunteers
 Secretary Alexander is busy sending ont literature announcing the event
 W.J. Parks was up from the Goa
 Fields mineral strip this week. He
 reports considerable activity in thai l NlclnIIA IlDN. .h I iup''uiS
 is now working with a diamond dril
 prospecting the coal deposits in whal
 is known as the San Carlos Goa
 Fields. A good force of men is em
 ployed in this work and several hole' are to be drilled before the work VII
 be concluded. It is understood tha'
 Capt. Nicholson, of San Carlos, ant
 Wm. Garland of the G.V. G. X \. Ky
 are interested in the results or thu
 prospecting work. Frank Richardson
 is now working for this company, Bulletin.
 There is great destitution among th'
 the Pima and Papago Indians owinI to the extraordinary drouth of the past two years. Owing to lack O water for irrigation. only very smal } crop of wheat has been raised. Man, 5 of the Indians have nothing but mes | cal and old mesquite beans to lly upon. Congress has appropriated s33. GOO for their relief, which will b , but temporary. The only hope O ? these Indians is for the governmen