Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-12-24

tion today praying that he be appoint { ed administrator of the estate of hii minor children.
 J. H. Lee was in iowa today with s lot of lucious apples from the Ameri can ranch. He had crop of about
 four tons this year.
 A lodge of Eagles has been insti- 5 tuted at Valdez Alaska. This order is
 finding its way into every town and
 city in the United States.
 J. s. Smith. superintendent of the
 Jerome Canyon Copper company is
 in town today. He will leave on Sat
 urday with his wife for Los Angeles. Mir. Hannon, Ia California lumber
 man is recent arrival in Prescott
 He has come here for the purpose of
 locating.
 Robert E. Morrison and Alfred Quetue, executors of the estate of
 finally discharged in the probate
 court today.
 NJ Heymann has engaged Mrs. B.
 H. Smiths orchestra for all classes and socials given by him which in sures good music. They make their debut tonight.
 The territorial loan commission re- gently funded SIG. GOO of bonds from this county. They were the P. < c. railroad bonds which have served as a partial issue during two or three cam paigns.
 Forest Supervisor F. R. Stewart went out yesterday to Walker on for est reserve business. He says he never saw the roads in as bad shape as they are at present. as it took him over three hours to make the trip there He returned via Groom creek.
 At a meeting of the stockholders of the Copper Basin Mining company held yesterday afternoon the follow ing officers were elected: President, Alfred B. NOXon; vice president, T. W. Kyle; treasurer, Richard Lamson; secretary. Alfred B. Noxon; engi- neer. J. T. Kinds. The directors re- elected are: W. W. Munds. Richard Lamson and Alfred B. Noxon.
 Charles H. McLane announcement as candidate for city recorder appears n this issue. Mir. McLane is we'll known in Prescott, from residence here of several years during portion of which time he occupied position as salesman with J. W. Wilson. and | later as proprietor of the Wilson block lodging house. He is a very capable young gentleman.
 At D. m. oD the l2th inst, at | Cienega, Apache county. AriZ.. thirty | miles west of Gallup, the partly con sumed headless body of Charles Kyle | was found in the smouldering ruins of George Sampson's Indian trading | store. No signs of the head were found and it is thought that the man was murdered and the store robbed and fired. A half breed Indian interpreter by the name of Frank Walker is known to have been at the store that afternoon.
 The daily "hurled'' SlO, 900 syndi- cate has man out at Mayer securing data for a paper to be printed in the ''hurled'' office but dated as pub lished at Mayer. It is rumored that the syndicate has also in consider ation the publication of a similar
  Glade and Congress Junction. Ten thousand dollars will cover a whole lot of newspaper territory. particu- larly if is it spread over it thin enough.
 The Mohave Miner says that ''there are four pupils in the pest house at the Truxton Indian school with small pox. and the whole school as we'll as fifteen employees have been exposed. The doctor was away at Supai when they broke out with the disease. be- ing snowbound there. The employees did not know what it was and the Indian kids went to school, ate at the table and slept in the dOrmatory with the others. It may be serious. The doctor telegraphed for POO vaccine points.
 Andrew Jackson had lived for years in Niles. Michigan. where he had f raised family and was highly re- spected Death entered the Jackson home short time since though and claimed Andrew as his. Soon there after an Indianapolis woman with two children put in an appearance claim ing part of the estate for tbe'ehildren on the grounds that she and Jackson had been married and divorced fifteen years ago. A Chicago woman also ap- peared and claimed to have been mar ried to Jackson in 1875 and never di- vorced She admitted having since been married without divorce.
 Collections up to date Tn the treas urer's office run somewhat ahead of the amount collected the same date last year. Returns are pouring in daily notwithstanding Monday was the lawful delinquent day. The rush has been so great that over time has become a common offense in the treas ury department.
 The Supreme Court of the United States has begun the hearing of a case of the Northern Pacific railroad against J. 4. Soderberg. of the State { of Washington. The suit involves a about land within the 1; grant of the railroad company. The land in question is covered with gran ite, and Soderberg asserts that it is , and therefore exempt from the terms of the grant. The point at issue is whether granite is mineral.
 The Southern Pacific will soon have a hospital car and it will be the first road in this section to adopt this sys- tenn of taking care of emergency pa tients. Several northren roads have them, and the Plant system of the south has been using them for some time. The Southern Pacific will at first have only one car, and will keep it at Houston, but if the plan meets with approval others will be ordered and placed at different points on the system.
 Editor Bird of the Nogales Oasis says that he does not want and will not have any office in the gift of the people or the administration. It was rumored that MT. Bird was to be col lectOr of customs. to succeed Mir. Doan. but the editor silenced this report by saying that it could not be thrust upon him. When he needed an office he was refused. and new he has gotten above water and will snub anything resembling an official posi- tion.
 Ben V. Weaver, son of Mir. and Mrs B. H Weaver, was married last even- ing to Mrs. R. Wharton, a charming