Arizona silver belt., 1902-04-17

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 The Republican says; President F. M. Murphy of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railroad will arrive in
 Phoenix from the south on April 20th. | He was to leave Chicago on Saturday nightOn the Rock Island for El Paso.
 Before coming to Phoenix he will visit
 Bisbee where he will remain a couple of days.
 The secretary of war has ordered the restoration of the military post at Fort Whipple, Arizona, and has di- rected that the work of rehabilitation be begun at once, The order is the result of recommendation by Gen'l Arthur MacArthur, lately command. ing the department of the Colorado, in which Fort Whipple is situated.
 The territorial treasury has just been enriched to the amount of $l4, 900 col lected from insurance companies for the privilege of doing business in the territory. This amount represents per cent of the gross amount paid for premiums on insurance policies and will go to swell the school fund. From this it will be seen that Arizona pays 500, 900 annually for insurance,
 The board of supervisors of Cochse county have made an order that the district attorney and Messrs. English and Mcfarland, in the case of the Cop per Queen Consolidated Mining Com. pany vs. COchise County, be instructed to prepare and prosecute an appeal on behalf of the county of CUchIse from the decision rendered by Judge George R. DaxiS.
 The result of the election of muuic- ipal officers at Bisbee is as follows J. J. Mulrhedd ,rep.l mayor James R. Henderson (drm marshal Wm. Kin sey (rep.l clerk ;J,C. Kreigbaum tdem ] street supervisor aldermen first ward, Ed Scott, A. w. Kindred (repS. !; alder men second ward, John S. Taylor, John J. Bowen tdems.) aldermen third ward, c. C. Warner, Peter Johnson (reps.l
 A Phoenix dispatch says: Repre- Sentatiyes of the British army are making large purchases of Arizona horses for service in South Africa. A few days ago over two hundred animals were purchased in the range country east of Prescott and as many more in Southern. Arizona. It is stated that about fifteen hundred horses will be bought here 1T suitable animals can be obtained.
 There was hearing April 10 before the United States supreme court of the case Of the United States vs. the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company, OI Arizona, The case in- wolves cutting and removing of timber by one Daniel D. Ross, deceased, and which was sold at Bisbee to the com pany for mining purposes. Wm. Her. ring, Of Tucson, appeared for the company. No decision has been ren. dered The suit involves $lS5, OOO.
 About thirty saddle horses were purchased in Stafford last Saturday and nearly that many at Pima on Monday by a horse buyer who is procuring them to be shipped to South Africa for use by the English army. This will be good news for the Boers, as they are all pretty good animals, and It will not take the BoerS long to take them from the English.
 An outfit is at work between here and Tucson sprinkling the southern Pacific track and right of way with oil. It has been found that liberal appli. cation of oil will kesp down the dust for long time. The sprinkling cart covers two miles day, butas it has to give the road three coats of oil. only covers twO-thlrdS of a mile a day Lordsburg Liberal.
 On Wednesday, one Wm, Garland, young man from Clifton, went to the Indian Hot Springs, accompanied by his mother, taking the train at Solo. monville. While on the cars he showed some signs of mental Arrangement and during the night became violent and threw a lighted lamp at his mother in the Hot Springs hotel. He was put on the train here and taken to the county seat for examination.-Pima Paragon.
 The city election of Stafford was a | very quiet affair, the only contest he. ing for the office of marshal. says the Guardian. The contest was be etween Edward Barry and Frank Paxton. Mr Barry wpn the race by IS votes. Those elected were: Councilmen-E. D. Int. tle, H. M. Jeter, D. W. Wickersham. Geo. A. Olney and Geo. Jacobson. town clerk, John Evans marshal Ed ward Barry sl peryisor of streets s $. Gish.