Arizona silver belt., 1901-06-13

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 Major J. H. McClintock, president of Roosevelts Rough Rider associa- tion, has received a requestfrom the cit izen's committee at Colorado Springs, for the poStponement of the annual reunion of the association to August. The reason given is that on some date in that month quarto-centennial of some local event is to be celebrated, and it is desired that the two demon stations be held jointly. The matter is being considered, but no action has been taken nyet.-Republican
 Capt. Alfonso B. Smith of Los An geles, he who is establishing d Coast steamship line, whereof Yuma shall be one of the termini, has secured from the city council franchise for street railway system, for the electric light system and for water workS-all these presumably, in anticipation of the ad- dition to the size of the village when the steamers shall have begun to bring to Yuma the wealth of the world. Smith promises to have his street railway in operation by October.
 The last legislature passed law em- towering county boards of supervisors to regulate the assessment of all min ing properties. In pursuance of the power thus delegated the board of supervisors of Yayapai county raised the assessment of the United Verde mine at Jerome from s6OO,OO the assessed valuation last year, to s6,00O,- 900. This big boost brings the assessed valuation of Yayapal up to sl0,000, 900. No doubt there will be big legal | battle before the matter is finally settled.
 All of the side tracks of the A. X s. E. company at Lewis Springs, Charles town and Fairbank, together with the yards at Benson are filled with cars loaded for Bisbee and with material for the railroad to Nacosari, besides many loads for the Greene people. There are at the present time over two | hundred loaded cars in these places. From six to eight trains day are now being run over the road, rushing the cars in here as rapidly as possible. 1 The :. P. engines have been making two and three trips day since they | arrived. -Bisbee Review.
 The Arizona Standard Oil company which has been boring test well foI oil in the Tempe fields, has let d con tract for seven-inch hole to J. F. Price. New machinery will be put ir the place of that now iu use. Mir Price has had considerable experience in drilling oil wells in eastern fields The hole is now down about 100 feet and in formation said to be sand rock. The company intends to make d thorough test for oIl. They have not decided what depth to sink tht hole, but will likely not stop short ot 1000 feet, unless oil is found before that depth is reached. d.-GaZette.
 A disastrous cOnfagratIon visited Bisbee last night and after the flames were Subdued the remains of mar were found who had been burned t( death. The lire was in the residence portion of Chihuahua hill and owned | by MeXicans. Some 10 or F house! were burned to ashes, and in the los of each house a family of Mexican were left hOmeless. The lire burned tiercely but the burning building could not be reached by the hose 0 the fire department. A bucket brigad, did effective work but could not stOI the flames in it's destruction until i had about burned itself ouU.-Pros pectOr.
 A serious accident happened to Jacl Sheppard at the conyerterS last even ing. An explosion occurred at conver ter pit and the unfortunate shift bos was terribly burned by the molteI metal. His right eye is believed to b, lost, having been burned by particl, of the metal and the eyesight destroy ed. The right side Of the body wa. also badly burned and Is now swathet in bandages with applications and To tions to relieve the pain. MT. Shep pard Is receiving medical attention from the company physicians at hi: home, and every thing possible is being done to alleviate his suffering. .-Bisbet correSpondec of the Prospector.
 An Italian cage rider was hit ovel the head in the United Verde mine al Jerome Thursday morning and diec about noon. The man alleged to have struck the fatal blow is named Rice D. Foreman, and he is said to have immediately lit out of the place. The story of the crime as telephOned tC Prescott is that the cage rider hat reported on Foreman for infraction. of the rules of the company, and thi! morning when the shifts were chang