Arizona silver belt., 1901-10-24

ou cAillDltlOn di lit bodTu VI oidu' and elsewhere. Yesterday MT. c. B. | Wood who lives on North Central av- enue, brought in to the board the larg est specimens that have yet been dis played.
 George cannon, ex-town marshal Of Winslow, who was charged with em- bezZling the town funds, was indicted by the grand jury on Monday, ar raigned in the afternoon, plead guilty, and awaits the sentence of the court.
 It is probable that he will get of with two years in the territorial prison WinSlow Mail. Cannon was arrested on Upper Salt river, this county.
 The Phelps Dodge road from the Bisbee connection into Old Mexico is under active construction, its Mexi- can charter calling for road to the Mexican coast line. The route of this road south from the Nacosari copper fields has not been fully decided upon, but its final completion will give the Rock Island it's Mexican saltwater terminal in its great southwestern system. m.-Prospector.
 The impression is current that there will be installed mammoth power plant somewhere in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river for the purpose of generating power for mining and other purposes, The plant will be in- stalled this winter and before the big rise in the river next spring will be ready to supply power to operate every piece of machinery in this country Mohave County Miner.
 The Phoenix newspapers went wild this week because Capt. ], l.. B. | Alexander announced that he was for Roosevelt even if it took him into the republican party. We were of the opinion that Capt Alexander left the democratic party three years ago when he came out in letter support ing Col. Alex O. Brodie for delegate to congress. The captain was always poor sort of a democrat Poor demo crats, however, make good republi- cans. Tucson Post
 H. NJ. Clark, proprietor of the Prescott Steam Laundry. was serious ly if not fatally scalded last Thursday, by the explosion of a boiler tube He was in the act of regulating the flow of oil used for fuel when the end Of the tnbe was blown out, escaping steam and boiling water striking him on the body, face, arms and chest | He is badly scalded His family are prominent residents of San Bernar- dino.
 The incorporatnrs of the Fl Pasu, | Phoenix X Southern California Rail way company met yesterday and elected the following directors: M i II. McCord, John J. HOdnett, J. l., B. | Alexander, M F. Curry and John A. | kurtZ. Subsequently the directors met and elected the following officers: NJ. H. McC0rd, president: John J, Hodnett, first vice president; John A.
 Kurtz, second vice president; J. L. B. | Alexander, secretary; M, F. Curry, | treasurer It is the intention of the company to put corps of engineers in the field west of here soon for the | purpose CT making a careful survey and locating q route definitely Ga zette
 The United Sta teS grand jury whic h | met in Tucson yesterday will have for it's consideration the well known case | of Wm. HOey, thee X-cOllectOr of GUS toms for this district. Hoey is on bond to appear before this jury on two charges, one of aiding aud abetting Chinese to unlawfully enter the United States, aud another of accept ing bribe as United States officer The limit which the trial jury could fix as the penalty in Hoey's case on the first charge is five years impris- Onment, on the second case ten years. Hoey is now twenty-eight years of age. Barnes X Martin will conduct his defense and Special Agent Marcus c. McLemOre, of the treasury depart ment, will handle the prosecution.
 Two of the head chiefs of the Nav djo Indians have gone to Washington With w. R. Johnson, a missionary, to ask the government to partition their reservation and assign every Navajo his allotted portion of land. MT. John son IS quoted by the Chicago Record Herald as saylng The NavajOes nave the matter of their land greatly at heart, and these envoys are com misSioned to make d strong appeal tO the government for help. The Maya jOes realize Lhat they are getting poor CT and poorer every year, and that unless some thing is done for them uy the government very soon they will bt numbered among the annuity Indians. The NaVaJOes are proud people, anu ihny ara l. inc, fnr d laf fha, Ira in-