Tombstone epitaph., 1908-12-27
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF iN-
 TEREST CONDENSED.

in the distrlct court at Tucson b Mary Francis against Albert Stein field. The suit grows out Of the pur chase by the defendant of some min ing claims in the Silver Bell district G. Meredith of Chicago is writing {, chambers of commerce in Arizona re. garding real estate and other induce inents offered to settlers.
 A special train carrying a party O business men from San Francisco passed through on the southern Pa citic last week on their way to the City of Mexico.
 Ed Moore Of Douglas, who was re. gently injured by falling from freight train carrying s load of cattle which he was accompanying to the eastern markets. died of his injuries last week at Alamogordo, \. NJ
 Two new insurance companies have entered Arizona for business and have filed statements of their condition with the territorial secretary. They are the Guarantee Life Insurance company of Houston, Texas, and the North River Insurance company of New York.
 So many of the players were knocked out in the football game at Yuma Monday that only the first half could be played. The game was between the Yuma team and the Indians.
 Harry Kearney, 8 conductor who formerly ran between Yuma and Los Angeles, has been committed to the insane asylum in California.
 When the Octave Mining company decided to install their power plant at Wickenburg it was the intention of the company to erect a plant to sup ply sufficient power for themselves about 300 horse power. However, the encouragement was so great that the company decided to double the amount of power and to install a 1000 horse power plant.
 The campaign for sugar beet grow. ing is progressing, and it was learned at the office of the Southwestern Sugar and Land company of Phoenix that 4000 acres are now under contract or already planted to that sachsrine veg. etabie. At least another thousand acres are desired and still more if pos sible. The factory will .require the prod uct of 5000 acres.
 August Msgerie, well known rancher. was committed to the insane asylum at Phoenix by Probate Judge Kirkpatrick. Msgerle was sent to the asylum about six years ago and st the expiration of three months was dis charged as permanently cured. Re- gently he again became violent and threatened to do bodily harm to those who were near him, which resulted in his second commitment
 Two tramps, suspected of being the men who robbed the Goldman store of $?00 worth of hardware last Sunday night, were taken into custody ar Red Rock on the Southern Pacific yester- day and are now being held there un. til the sheriff's office can investigate further
 John H. Schneider has returned from Washington He went to the national capital to stand trial fol alleged land frauds. 4 jury which heard the evidence in the case re turned 8 verdict of guilty against Schneider and Frederick Hyde of Sar Francisco.
 Notwithstanding the large dose 0 ingrstitude handed him by the mem. bers of his own party in Arizons Senator Foraker again leads the fgh In the United States senate for state hood for Arizona,
 The late rain and snow storm il northern Arizona was quite sever and considerable damage was done il the vicinity of the Little Colorado The Santa Fe reilroad track suffere sufficient damage to delay trains yes terday between eight and nine hour;
 Arizona wool is expected to fetch
 better price than it did last year, whe
 the clip from Beardsley, Cave Cree
 and Queen creek was sold at from l 1 tn IT cents per mound and netted