Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-08
Brief News Items
Of. the Town.

sale AT the tlefian cigar store.
The weather man makes the follow
ing weather prediction; Rain tonight
and Saturday; colder Saturday,
Kenneth Murphy and Harry Y. Har-
rison have flcd upon 100 acres OF land
in section twenty-nine southeast OF Tue
son.
:. Constable Joe Manciet who received a
serious bullet wound in the arm last
week is improving rapidly and it is be-
lieYed that his arm will be saved.
Yesterday in Phoenix the nuptials OF
Mr.. Thomas Austin Herndon and Miss
Carolyn Amelia Strong were celebrated,
The bride and groom arrived in Tucson
this morning and will be at home after
March Is at 2S7 North Meyer street in
Tucson.
Deputy Howe arrived in the city this
morning with an insane woman named
Kelley who was committed to the asy-
lum by the probate judge of Cochise
county. The woman is the wife of a
miner and leaves three little children.
She believes she was married to man
whom she calls Capt Barnett and says
her name is not Kelly. Religion
caused her insanity
Deputy Howe says that there are
three possess out after Burt Alyord now,
the last one being lead by Sheriff Tom
Turner of Santa Cruz county. Alvord
passed between the graveyard and hos
pltal at Tombstone and his trail leads
off to the south and is plainly marked
because of the five horses which are
being taken by himself and the Yaqui
Indian who accompanies the desperate.
Alvord has good start OF the officers.
Mr.. J. T. Mahl, engineer of cons
truction on the Atlantic system of the
Southern Pacific has arrived in Phoenix
in his private car, San Jacinto, and will
spend several days in that city. He suf-
Tered an attack OF Ia grippe some time
ago and went there for short rest and
relaxation from his arduous duties. Su.
perintendent B. F. Porter took him for
visited the Indian school, the capitol
and other places of interest. MIR. Mahl
visited Phoenix for day some eleven
years ago, but says the improvements
since then are very notable and highly
creditable to the city.
Sheriff Frank Murphy is on the look
| out for Burt Alvord, the train robbar,
despera 10 and fu. tive from justice,
who boldly came into Arizona from
Mexico and stole FIVE horses from the
Warren ranch in the Sulphur Springs
valley. Alvord will no doubt be headed
off by the posse which left Naco yester'
day headed by Burt Grover, or the posse
which left Nogales to guard the border
line. Three men are trailing the des
| perado, but nothing has been heard
from the posses today. Alvord tolc
Swink, the cowboy he held up at War
rem ranch, that he visited Wilcox last
Saturday and met Matt Burt's brother
| who gave him bottle of whiskey.
A correspondent writing from Bisbee
says: The reported visit of Burt Aiyord
to this section was the subject of mucl
comment and several stories have beer
circulated to effect that the outlaw hac
been near one OF the railroad camps no
long since but took great precaution that
he would not be detected. He was evi
IDENTIFY on the lookout for horses. Sew
eral Mexicans claim Alvord has beer
seen near Minas Prietas and is he
lieved his headquarters for the pas
several months was near that city
When news of Alvoru's presence on tni
side of the line was received here extrs
vigilance was exercised by officers wh'
across the line. Thus far no further
news has been receivd here.
The Duke of Manchester seems t.
have left an erroneous impression OF tn
southwest upon the newspaper men c
Cincinnati who interviewed him in regar
to his trip through this country. Eithe
the duke was misquoted or he lied ma
liciously when he referred to his stop i
, Tucson. The Citizen reroFter visite
! the ducal party at the depot, and asid
from a number of small boys VIII
peeped in at the windows OF the privat
r car occupied by the duke and duches
there was no one to greet the party, an
+. no oae in Tucson felt interest enough
: 60 to the depot. The reporter woul
not have gone had it not been for tn
value OF the news item. In Tucson there
an utter lack of snobbishness, than
!. heaven. People here measure a man b
g what he accomplishes, by the characte
i he possesses, his morality and his quail
Q ties as citizen of the commonwealth
The story told by Cincinnati paper is
choice lie, embelished with all the will
west phrases which the eastern report
feels that he has license to use free
in connection with anything about Al
IONA. If some of the eastern reporte
would come out here they would find
higher order of social conditions thi
= exists back east.