Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-20
IA Days Doings in Arizona

IA Lays
 Two Mexicans who were under arrest in Benson on a charge of burglary, broke jail Wednesday evening and es- capped. A diligent search by the of fcers has so far failed to locate them and they have probably crossed the line into Mexico.
 Suit for 5000 has been brought in the district court at Tucson by Mary Francis against Albert Steinfeld The suit grows out of the purchase by the defendant of some mining claims in the Silver Bell district.
 George W. Hagen of the government secret service has left Douglas after completely clearing up the Stover coun- terfeiting case. Stover was arrested for passing bogus $20 gold pieces. He confessed to the detective, who found and destroyed the plant in which the queer had been made
 Ed Moore of Douglas, who was re- gently injured by falling from freight train carrying load of cattle which he was accompanying to the eastern markets, died of his injuries last week at Alamogordo, N. NJ.
 Two new insurance companies have entered Arizona for business and have filed statements of their condition with the territorial secretary They arc the Guarantee Life Insurance company of Houston, Texas, and the North River Insurance company of New York.
 The case of Fen s. Hildreth, charged in Phoenix with the embezzlement of $50 while he was register of the terri. torial land office, has been set for trial March l in the federal court at Phoe nix.
 Tucson officers are running crusade against the hoboes which infest that city in the winter and are rounding them up for jobs on the chain gang
 The remains of Riley Bennett, the deputy sheriff who was killed by Mex ican on ranch near Tucson last week, have been shipped to his old home in Imperial, Cal, for burial
 e .., chambers of commerce in Arizona re. garding real estate and attractions of. fered to settlers.
 A special train carrying party of business men from San Francisco passed through on the Southern Pacific last week on their way to the City of Mex. ico.
 A broken wheel on an ore ear caused the derailment of freight train near Benson Thursday evening which held up traffic for several hours.
 William c. Brown, who has been sta. toned in Tucson, has received notif cation of his appointment in the bu- reau of immigration at Washington.
 Brigadier General E. D, Thomas, commander of the department of Colo. rado, in which Arizona is included, is at Fort Huachuca on trip of inspec ton.
 It is expected that early in January the board of supervisors of Pima coun- ty will extend financial aid to the Tucson board of trade. The statutes permit of an expenditure of $2500 in this manner.
 Frank Spence, who is under sentence of death at Prescott, has employed ad- ditional counsel and will try to get new, hearing.
 Ben Heney, the successful candidate for mayor of Tucson received major ity of 90. Other candidates on the non. partisan ticket had majorities running rom 2uO tO OUO Eoles
 Joe Williams, youth who tried to shield another man of selling liquor to Indians, is in trouble before the court at Yuma. He is alleged to have given perjured testimony. He is now held in $200 bail to appear before the next grand jury.
 So many of the players were knocked out in the football game at Yuma Mon. day that only the first half could be played The game was between the Yuma team and the Indians
 Harry Kearney, conductor, who fors merly run between Yuma and Los An