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 the city, and that the company do not intend to change their plans. It is up to Fl Paso now. Bisbee Review.
 The Arizona papers report that Wiley Jones, the well known lawyer and politician. was bit on the hand by a Gila monster last week. His tongue commenced to swell, and but for the prompt attention given by physicians 1t is probable Mir. Jones would have died. When Mir Jones commenced to recover the doctors attention was called to the Gila monster that had bitten the politician. The doctor found the monster in a convulsion, and des- pite all he could do for it it died Lordsburg Liberal.
 A damage suit, praying for judg- ment in the sum of $50, 900 has been filed in the district clerks office here by MoOrman X Stone. Julia McAfee and others are plaintiffs and the Ari- zona X New Mexico Railway company is made defendant. The plaintiffs in clude the wife and daughter, mother and father, now living in Texas, of Richard McAf fee, who on May 10, 1900, was fireman on the railroad in ques- tion: On the above date the train went through bridge, killing the engineer and fireman.
 Perciyal Lowell proprietor of the Lowell Observatory of Flagstaff, is having his property enlarged and inn proved on Observatory Hin, just west of the city. He is adding several large and unique rooms to his summer resi- dence which will add greatly to the comfort, convenience and appearance of his property. We are informed that he contemplateS having nice park of several acres, which will be improved and kept in tirst-class shape. He has helped Flagstaff by establishing an observatory here, which, of itself, is d great advertisement for the Skylight City. Gem.
 Major McClintOck, president of the association of Roosevelt's rough rid CTS, has issued the official call for the annual reunion of the regiment to be held in Colorado Springs, June 2+th and 25th. The 24th is the anniversary of the battle of Las Guisimas, Cuba, where the American troops first en countered the Spanish soldiers and where was fought probably the most Spanish-American war. Major Me Clintock believes it is probable that the provision of the constitution ne cessitating the holding of the reunion in June may be amended at some fu- 1 ture date, when this is done he will bring all possible influence to bear for the holding of reunion in Arizona.
 A most beautiful, interesting and decidedly unique exhibit has just been set up at the Pan-A American Exposi- tiOn. It is that of the agatized wood specimens from Chaledony Park Apache county, Arizona, in charge of MT. E. F. Batten, who represents the Drake company of St. Paul, Minne- sOta. These specimens consist of cross sections of trees polished to high degrees of brilliancy, and showing most beautiful colOrs. In some of the specimens the petritied bark still surrounds the section of the tree. This petritied forest, of which MT. Batten has numberous pictures, looks more like stone quarry than a forest, as the prehistoric trees are mostly strewn around in broken sec tions. One picture, however, shows an almost perfect petritied trees. ! Star.
 The republicans elected the mayor, recorder and marshal in Phoenix. Fol lowing is the result: Talbot, li9 ma jority over Lount for mayor; Jobs, POT majority over Boyd for recorder: Kim ney, B majority over Bush for mar shal: Luke 2iS majority over Kirkland for assessor; Leonard, 146 majority over Creighton for treasurer: J. M. ShOtt, in first ward, : majority over fitield for councilman: J. T. Dunlap B majority in third ward, over Hor- ner for councilman. The last four named winners, Luke, Leonard, Shott and Dunlap are democrats. II Hooker who has held the marshalShip for years succeeding Gus Clark now of Tucson, drops out. Tom Jobs was formerly city editor of the Gazette and has been recorder for several years, sue ceeding Major Schwartz. The vote boiled was light.
 For years the grantees of the Boqui- Has land grant which is located in the San Pedro valley near Fairbanks, have claimed that the boundaries of the grant extended north and embraced their additional sections and portion of two more. The land office has con tested the claim of the grantees, and