Arizona republican., 1905-12-29

had to leave for home last night by
 reason of the death of a y9ung man named C. D. Scott, who was ilt the em-
 ploy of the Bisbee Lumber company, in which Mr. Marks is interested. MT.
 Scott was injured Christmas dSv in
 a runaway and though he was seem
 ingly doing well when MT. Marks left
 home a couple of days before, he eX-
 perienced a sudden change for the
 worse, ending in death.
 LOCATOR OF CONGRESS MINE. There is a controversy going on in
 Phoenix about the locator of the Con
 gress mine. The Republican has re-
 ceived several telegrapnic inquiries
 from people who thought the property
 had been located by Diamond Jo' Reynolds Yesterday the inquiry was repeated through the mails. The earl
 fest known locator of the property was
 Dennis May. Just when the location
 was made is not known but May and
 a man by the name of McGowen were
 in possession of the property when
 there was a fort at Camp Date Creek, and that was nearly thirty years ago. The property passed through various
 hands before it went into the posses sion of MT. Reynolds. It was held at
 one time by a syndicate of theatrical folks who undertook to float bonds in London for the operation of the mine.
 MINING CONGRESS.-There was a meeting at the HardwicI theater last night for the purpose of organizing a territorial mining congress. A tenn porary organization was perfected by the election of l.. A. Haggott tempo rary president and C. H. Allers tempo rary secretary and the appointment of committees on rules and permanent organization. These committees con sist of one member from each of the counties. The meeting was addressed by w. C. RalstOn of California, a mem Der of the congress of that state and head of the Fulton Iron works of San Francisco. There were addresses also by w. E. Cleary and c. P. Bullard. Among those present was United States Marshal H. z. Osborne for the southern district of California. There will be another meeting tomorrow for permanent organization. There was a meeting of the committees after ad- jOurnment at which it was decided among other things to present anti statehood resolutions in the meeting today
 A HOLD D-UP-People who are so unfortunate as to have money or jew els should be very careful of them these days, for there seems to be some bad ones in town. The police report that last night a little after II o'clock two Las Vegas men who were en route to the s. F. P. & P. depot were stopped on First avenue between Jef- ferson and Madison streets by a couple of thugs with drawn daggers. That is only one of them was stopped, for the other dodged and ran to safety. But the man WEO failed to dodge was re- lieved of a forty-dollar diamond stud and Q $500 diamond ring. The thugs first inquired if he had any money and he replied in the negative. They went through one pocket and decided that he was telling the truth, so they did not look in the other where the Troll really was. The worst of it was the victim was carrying a forty five gun, which the robbers also took. One of them held a dagger before him in a menacing way. Notwithstanding that fact he was feeling around for his gun and would-aave used it only that hOld-up No. 2. who was watching his