The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-06-13

proffered him BY cOuntryman, and a
few hours later was taken with con-
vuls,ons and died in great agony. The
/ Prospector says that the verdict Of the
| Jury was not learned. but it is intimated
that the whiskey he drank then, or
subsequently, had been drugged and ne
was poisoned. Zamora is said to have
expressed his opinion regarding a MUIR
der committed by a countryman now in
Jail and asserted that it was a cold
blooded affair Friends OF the prisoner
resented the same and the mysterious
death adds to the theory of foul play.
All of the side tracks OF the A. & S.
E. company at Lewis Springs, Charles
town and Fairbank, together with the
yards at Benson are filed 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 tim 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.
The S. p engineers have been making
two and three trips Il day since they
arrived.-Bisbee Review.
This is court week in mbstone, and
there is touch of the old life OF the
camp in the presence OF saloon singers.
The PrOspector SAYS: The voice OF
the saloon singer is heard in nearly
every saloon in Tombstone during the
court rush. Two female songsters pre-
side at pianos in two of the saloons,
while banjo and guitar artists are at
fractions at other resorts, and with it
all can be heard the constant rattle OF
ivory chips, the whirl of the roulette
wheel and clink OF money passed over
the green cloth, which adds to the
glamour and glitter of gambling. All
OF which reminds Us of semblance OF
the palmy days of Tombstone.
The strike Of the carpenters will
probably end very soon. Some OF the
contractors have conceded the demands
of the carpenters and their men have
returned to work. The carpenters
struck for 81 Il day and eight hours
work. They had heretofore been
working eight hours for $3.50. Some of
the contractors feel that they cannot
afford to pay more than So. 80 upon their
present contracts as they took the
work in competition with other con-
tractors and figured the labor of their
carpenters at $3.50 per day. There are
perhaps fifty carpenters in Tucson, all
of them joining the strike which was
declared on Monday. The most of
them have since returned to work, but
those who are refused 81 day are
holding out.-Tucson Citizen.
Douglas is growing right along, with
about fifty buildings now on the
ground and others in contemplation.
The large brick warehouse of the S.
w. r. Il. of A. will be ready in few
days. The Z. S. Custom House is
about completed, and they are putting
the finishing touches on the Hotel Ord.
Another large, two story hotel is un-
der construction and we have been re-
liably informed that the railroad peo-
pie will commence work on round
house and machine shop in few DAYS.
All building at this place is delayed
by the scarcity of carpenters and other
workmen. The daily passenger train
from Bisbee brings from ten to twenty
passengers each trip. The tri-weekly
train from Sonora, which connects
with the Nacosari stage of Gina also
has good passenger traffic. .-Nogales
Oasis.
On the brink OF the Grand Canyon
OF the Colorado river, about fifty miles
north OF Williams, Arizona, the Santa
Fe railroad, according to report, will
erect a splendid hotel overlooking the
huge chasm, which is one mile deep at
that point 1t will be made one of
the show places of America, and local
railway men believe it will rival Nj
agara Falls as an attraction for tourists.
y frst-class extension of the Santa
Fe will be built from Williams to the
canyon. and it is probable that the
station on the precipice will be includ-
ed in the main line overland. This
would necessitate some extra time on
the trauscontentinel trip, as trains
would have to run out to the canyon
and back again to reach the main line
for California, but railroad men be-
Iieve that the additional time would be
welcomed by the public il it afforded |
IN opportunity to see Grand Canyon. |
The hotel on the edge of the canyon
will cost 81, ,000,0 900. it is said, and will |
be one of the most unique hostelries |
in America.-Albuquerque Citizon.
The Sam Jorge, the first steamer of /
the Mexican Colorado Navigation Co. |
10 sail for San Jorge Bay, left Yuma |
port Monday morning of this week, |
with Captain Olson in command and |
Frank f. King, purser. The object OF
this trip is to establish water stations |
along the route clear to the Gulf. |
Every fifteen miles a large water tank
will be placed on shore at convenient |
landing place TO be filed with water
and from which the steamers of the |
company will get their supply for the !
engines and for other purposes, the
object being to have water for use that
has had chance to settle, the river
water in its unsettled condition being