Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-25

fer of the Valley bank. He served two years as county treasurer, six years as member of the board of education, and in 1902 he was elected to the city council from the second ward. He served as councilman for two years and declined a renomination. He is sur vived by his wife and four sons. The remains were returned to Phoenix for burial.
 The Yuma Sentinel says: ''Col. John S. Speer, superin tendent of the Fort Yuma Indian school and agent of the Yuma Iadian reservation, has again been sued for clipping the bru- nette locks of Yuma brave. Ena- Oka. Ha is the agrieved red man who was shorn of his hair, and he wants 5000 in lieu thereof and for alleged false Imprisonment. The case is brought in the superior court at San Diego. The attorneys for the Indian are N. c. Wilson of Los Angeles and | II. Wupperinan or una.
 The grand jury at Tombstone has presented indictments charging Mar shal Snodgrass, Constable Casate and and Deputy sheriff Johnson, of Bisbee, with assault with deadly weapon. h. dictments follow the rough treatment of Dennis Harrington, prisoner, the grand jury finding that the officers were too severe in their treatment of the man. They beat him with their revolvers while arresting him. Ranger Jeff Kidder has also been indicted for assault with deadly weapon, the in- dictment arising out of his treatment of Dean Roundbush.
 Chas. Miller, an old time prospector and many years resident of Pinal and King, ttempted suicide Tuesday night while temporarily out of his mind. He went to Florence about two weeks ago from his mining camp in the Mineral Hill district, and got on spree, which he continued up to Tues day evening, when he left town. He was found next morning sitting on the canal bank, with several ugly gasheS in bis throat. Jim Sam took him in to Florence, where his wounds were attended to by Dr. Broadway. He will probably recover.
 Superintendent $. A. Parnall of the Calumet & Arizona system at Bisbee, was a Tombstone visitor, says the Prospector. Mir. Parnall is about the busiest mining mau in the territory and his duties Include the superin. tending of work in the Calumet & Ari. zona, the Calumet & Pittsburg, the Lake Superior X PittSburg, the June tion, the Oliver, the Pittsburg & Du- luth. Besides the Calumet X ArizOn q smelter at Douglas, the silcate quarry at Glance and half dozen drilling and boring operations on the side. He was here on business before the board of equalization.
 A fire occurred Friday morning last at l2.30 at the Standard Copper mines which destroyed the bunk house and the dining-room and kitchen. The of flee, which was somewhat damaged, was saved only by the heroic work of the men. The property was fairly well covered by insurance in companies rep resented by J. k. Hampton, who ad- lusted the losses on the following day. On Saturday material was on the ground for new buildings, which are now being erected by Contractor Wer- ner, and will soon be ready for occu- pancy. A large box tent was erected by noon Saturday, where the miners could be fed, and work in the mines was resumed. Clifton Era.
 J. J. Fisher, the chief engineer of the Fogg tunnel enterprise. arrived from the Black hills this morning, | stating that he was driven to Prescott " Nhc ocfciib1 ol Uut TdlllS lndb nave been prevailing in that section for the past week, and that he was unable to pursue the work of surveying for the tunnel accordingly. MT. Fisher also says that the storms are accompanied by fierce electrical displays and that on Mingus mountain there have been over 100 pine trees struck and shat tered by lightning during the past week. He recommends that the for est rangers hereafter be provided with a lightning rod equipment as the only method to save the big forests that are in existence at that point, or that the government call down the rain makers. s.-Prescott Herald.
 Last Thursdays Prescott Herald says: "The heaviest rainstorm ever to take place in this section occurred yesterday afternoon, and the course was from north to south, and the path about ten miles to the east of this city. Arrivals over the Bradshaw railroad say that the train ran into tho ott