Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-30
ARIZONA NEWS
 AND COMMENT

Marquez, the slayer of P. B, Hodges of Yuma, pleads as his defense that he committed the act in self de. fense, as he had overheard plot of Hodges and his companion to murder him to become possessed of valuabl, mineral discovery to which Marquez was guiding the party.
 Two youthful brothers named Ivan. ovich are building an airship in Tue son and hope to rival the Wright broth CTS in the aeronautic field.
 After refraining from the services | of the barber since last November, Mayor Wentworth is reported to have had his hair cut last week. He vowed last election to have his hair cut no more until Bryan was elected, but fin ally gave up realizing that he would have to spcnd many hot summers with superiiuity of hirsutc if he kept his pledge.
 It is rumored in Tucson that Council man Martin will resign at the next meeting of the board of aldermen. Streams on the ranges of the south ern part of the territory are very low and the cattlemen are praying for rain. Stock is suffering severely for lack of water.
 Editor W. E. Kelly of the Tucson Star was formally arrested Saturday in Tucson on the charge of criminal libel recently preferred by Mayor Ben Heney, and was later released on his own recognizance. His preliminary hearing will be held at an early date.
 Robert Webb has been appointed to the position of stenographer in the of fee of Surveyor General Ingalls at Phoenix.
 The Glendale beet sugar factory is averaging a shipment of carload of sugar per day.
 II. P. Crandall is slated for appoint ment as county examiner of Yuma county under the provisions of the re- cent law of the territorial legislature abolishing the office of territorial ex aminer.
 A complete census of the city of Douglas is being taken and it is hoped to show substantial gain over the population shown by the last census.
 The criminal charge preferred by Eugene $. Ives against c. II. Gardner, president of the Four Metals Mining company, of mutilating certain papers of the district court of Cochise county, tce Rchey in Tucson.
 An aftermath of the capture of Fran cisco Marquee, murderer of P. B, Hod- ges, is a squabble over the distribution of the rewards that were offered, amounting to $1,000. Several have laid claim to the reward money, each one claiming to be the only genuine and original captor of Marquee.
 The production of copper in Ari- zona for the month of May was within few hundred pounds of the highest point of production, and amounted to 27,5l9,000 pounds.
 Seven Chinamen caught in South ern Pacific box ear in the Yuma yards, and held in custody in that city, have been ordered deported after examina- tion by Immigration Inspector J. B. Shipman.
 Twenty.seven additional prisoners were last week transferred from the penitentiary at Yuma to the new terri Florence
 The result of the recent school cen. sus in Bisbee shows that 2,l80 children of school age reside in that city, and tho schools report an average atten dance of 1901.
 Phoenix newspapers are making big things of the proposed new railroad from the Capital city to Buckeye and predict that in short time 1t will be a portion of q new continental line.
  Charles Lambertz has been appointed sanitary officer for Phoenix. A card index is being prepared for keeping the records of the First Ari- zona infantry, and the system will be extended to all Arizona camps of the Arizona National guard.
 The Ray Consolidated Copper com pany last week bought a carload of mules in Phoenix for use in their min | ing properties in tho Kelvin district. Frederick M. Camp. formerly n post