The border vidette., 1903-10-24

lNepuOlfc Ot MeSicO. iiS a9aii returI'fu to Hermosillo and is in full charge of the construction of the new paniten- tiary at that place. The colonel is al- ways pleased to show visitors through this massive and picturesque building. When all the work is completed OFF this state institution Hermosillo will have one of the finest buildings in
 Mexico.
 Mir. Wylie of the Providencia silver
 mines down east of the Poza station,
 was in town Wednesday, He has at present about thirty men at work do ing development work and taking out ore, the richest of which is being sack ed. Later it will be taken to Q near by shelter for treatment. Manager
 Wylie IS very enthusiastic over his properties which are owned by close corporation of eastern capitalists, all of whom are his friends or relatives. The gentleman returned to the mines Thursday, having successfully transact ed the business which brought him up to the border
 At the annual meeting of the mem- bers of the lArizona-Sonora Chamber of Mines held in their chant bers, Tues day evening, the following gentlemen were elected to hold office for the en- suing year: President, Dr. J. Me Callum: vIce-president for Arizona, F. F. CranZ; vice-president for Sonora, Aurelio $ ,ndoval; John Dessart. trea- surer; F. Peltier, secretary. The fol- lowing gentlemen were elected to serve as an executive committee: Colby N. Thomas Bracey Curtis, Y. Boniilas, A. l. Pellegrin, Theo Gebler, F. Pel- tier and NJ. K. Staley After the election or officers the executive com mittee met and, appointed the various sub-committees to conduct the Cham Der
 W. c. Bowman, forwarding agent at Quijano for the Hays Consolidated Mining, Milling and Luxaber company, returned home this morning very happy man. Several nights ago he and his good wife brought their lovely little seven-yea old daughter TTllie, up to Nogales for medical treatment The little one was suffering from terrible fever when she arrived at the home of Mrs. Carpena. and for a time it was thought she would die. Dr. M A. Bartleson, who had been requested by telegraph to meet the party, was on hand, however, and never left the little one until she was out of danger. She is now on the high road to recovery and her fond father anJ mother and their many friends are glad indeed
 Last Sunday at Mexican Consul M Mascarenas' Santa Barbara ranch, two cowboys who reside at Santa Cruz, lassoed and murdered a Chinamen, who with a companion was travelling along the high-road. Mir. Manuel Mascare1ias, Jr, man. ager of the ranch, immediately notified his father by telephone of the crime committed on his ranch and the consul at once instructed his son to take steps to apprehend the guilty parties, which was done and now the murderers are confined in the jail at Santa Cruz. Much credit is due Consul Mascarenas and his son for the prompt manner in which the out laws were brought to justice and it is hoped they will speedily pay the penalty of their terrible crime. The report that the murderers were in the employe of Consul Mascarenas, is mistake, which it affords TIE NIDETrE pleasure to correct.
 Tuesday morning Mir. w. Delaney Grannie. of New York City, who with his brother Horace, has been spending some time in the Magdalena district, with headquarters at the town of Magdalena, in search of mining properties, departed for his eastern home, after having spent a day in No gales He took with him samples from a splendid gold property situated near Magdaiena, which were very ine. He was fortunate enough to