Tombstone epitaph., 1911-06-04
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lN-
 TEREST CONDENSED.

Tom Cannon, . two year inmate o' the territorial prison, was psrdoned by Governor Sloan recently. but the man was confined to his bed when the pardon came, stssckei by rheumatism ol the heart and died unable to leave the prison walls. His mother living | in New London, Wis.. expecting She l issuance Of the pardon and anxious for bis return, had wired funde to Father Heitz, pastor of the Florence Catholic church for her cons trans- portstion.
 The discovery of several cases O! intantile psralys;s in NoGses has re- suited in 6 conference etSeen mem bers of the school board and leading phy sicians, at which 1t was sdvised hy the doctors and scquiesed in by the school trustees that 1t would be for the best interests of the community to close the schools for the present term.
 , William Crump, fruit and hay commission merchant o! Phoenix, shot and killed Virgil Lane, 6 saloon porter. in a revolver duel ou Center street in front oi the Arizona Eastern offices. Lane fired one shot at Crump but missed him, and Crump shot Lane six times. The latter died at a hos- pitsl early the next morning. Both men are negroes and their gun fight was the outcome o! dispute over ths appointment of one Fred Gardiner Al a janitor of the city hall. Lane hsC assaulted and beaten Crump earlier 1T
 the day.
 A Prescott painter imagined be va
 head of a great painting trust. ]
 was but a creature of his imagination
 However the probate court vent int
 the '.trust busting" business, and th
 new octopus is now out Of commis ee sion, with its imagined head sent t
 the territorial insane asylum at Phoe
 nix
 By way of Prescott comes the re
 port Of tbe finding of @ msmmot
 cave near asn Fork. Although tt entrance was email, but twenty inch
 es, one entrance wac effected. Le
 Hurhans, who made the discover,
 was sstounded at the size of the inter '~ TOT. This new find is close to 6 pro
 posed road wsy. Estimates are tbs a the cave is from 60 to 80 feet wide, S
 feet ID height and at least 800 feet i n. length.
 Duties have been slsshed by th es provisional government ol Mexico
 according to the Douglas Dispatch D. which states that at the Agua Priet
 customs house orders were receive
 for the admission, free. of flour, bean 10 corn and rice, and for the cutting i
 half of the duties on coffee and sugaI
 The report of the Mohsve count le assessor shows production of $l,
 l56. .379. 56 in eolc and silver; 6, l34, e. SIS pounds of zinc; l92 ,9il pounds c
 lead; and 4.9s5 pounds of copper
 Gold Road lesds with $6l0, ,554 9I ,witl
 Tom Reed next, $ss9. .54O.50.
 The Gils Monster. which calls itsel ,l st home in Southern Arizona and i - popularly supposed to be one of tn
 most venomous of the denzieus of tb
 desert, will not henceforth be unknoWl . to the inhabitants of 5t .Petersbu rg [. Russis, for two of them will be steady !. residsnts of the Russisu capital Ii They will be very steady for they ars f dead and stuffed.
 l" Dr, W. M. Burke of the Auti-Ss' , loon League of Arizona. is visitor in the city today. He IS here trying to interest GiIs county Democrats in the new Democratic Daily Sun O. : Phoenix, which is to be launched coon . by Rev. Sam msii.-Daily Globe.
 Sidney Beiber, . Washington rs. publican politician. has purchased the Arizona Silver Belt at Globe oi James ! Williams of Tucson. and matters are now expected to sizzle. !. The Gils county grand jury hes filed it's final report. True bills charging murder were returned in two instances. i Two boys, 6 and g yesrs old, chil- dren of an employe io the old Domin. ion, at Globe, wandered from their homes and caused great excitement by losing themselves in the desert on Saturday isst. They were found ss five o'clock Sunday morning asleep under mesquite bush. an Apsche Indian catching their trail and fol- lowing it through the night until he came upon them.