Arizona silver belt., 1903-04-02

tlOule III InOculA uu NdTCu 70, DcsluCe his large interests in Phoenix and Salt river valley, carried upwards of $lO0,O0C insurance on his life.
 The Fl Paso & Southwestern rail road, which has had difficulty in hand ling the business offered it, has re- ceived from the American Locomotive works, Philadelphia, three new engines of modern design, which will relieve the congestion.
 Miss Annie Burbank Kibbey, only daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. H. Kib bey, was married on March 24 to Jo' seph Sherburne Jenckes, Jr.. of Terre Haute, Ind, who is connected with the traffic department of the Vandalia railroad.
 The Tombstone hose company has issued a challenge to all the hose teams in Arizona and Csnanea for race there on April l2, the winner to re- ceive a purse of $50. The conditions are that 100 yards be run, and then 15C yards of hose laid. Teams can run with or without harness.
 A certified c, py of the articles of incorporation of the Eastern Sugar company, the concern which will bnild the Phoenix sugar factory, has been filed with the county recorder. The company is incorporated in New Jer- sey for $l 200, 900. - Phoenix Euter. prise.
 The statute which provides that no magistrate residing at the county seat shall issue a warrant of arrest without the advice of the district attorney has been held invalid by the supreme court of the territory as in cOntraven- tion of the Harrison act Arizona Sentinel.
 An order was made by the supreme court of the territory, at its recent session, fixing Tombstone as the place for holding the United States court in the Second judicial district instead of Florence, where that court has hereto fore been held The time for holding the court will be the first Monday in May and November.
 The Gazette states that $2O0, ,0O0 worth of wool has been clipped in the Salt river valley this season. The amount which passed through Phoenix warehouses is 100000 pounds, with about 100000 pounds more to ship The price of the wool shipped has ranged from l4 to l6 cents pound. The wool was sacked this year previ- ous years it was baled. The average weight of sack of wool is 200 pounds.
 The supreme court has reversed the decision of the lower court in the case of the United States yS. Joseph Dent ct al. This case was tried in Yavapai county, the defendants being convict ed of trespassing on the forest reserves by grazing sheep thereon without complying with the regulations. The court holds that the law giving the secretary of the interior authority to provide penalty in such cases is un- constitutional.
 Governor Brodie signed the bill yes terday which amends the game law, taking the protection off ducks and geese. Under the old law the season closed March and opened October b. As the ducks and geese do not breed in the territory the sportSmen generally over Arizona were not in favor of the protection. Ducks are quite plentiful in the valley now, and local sports are looking forward to good shooting fol several weeks yet. The new law alSC changes the open deer season, making it a month earlier.-Douglas lnterna tional.
 Capt. Hiel Hale died at his ome ir Los Angeles last Sunday eyering, ot heart failure. He was veteran Unior soldier, having served throughout tht civil war in the Twelfth Iowa infantry first as a private and later promoted to the rank of captain for bravery Soon after the close of the WAT ht came to ArizOn, where he engaged successfully in mining. He was a res ident of Yuma for several years an( was at one time assistant Superintend ent of the territorial prison. -Arizon; Sentinel.
 Harrison Smith, who had charge O the pumps in the Commonwealth min, at Pearce, was struck and killed by tn, cage, which got away from the engi neer and ellseveral hundred feet. Tht cage was not to be lowered below tn, S00-foot station, and timbers were lait across the shaft at that level, but tht cage had gained such momentum tha