Tombstone epitaph., 1911-04-23

solidated Smeiting and Mining com pany. The plant will be huilt three miles from Tucson. A. Thompson Arizona manager of the company, is now signing up ore contracts with mining companies within a wide ra- dius of Tucson.
 A fire iu Jerome Thursdsy morning | last destroyed the warehouse and | barn of the T. F. Miller Company and and . residence of the '. V. company with all contents. five horses and eight mules were burned .o death in the barn. The entire loes is estimated at about $45 GOO. The origin of the fire Is not known.
 The official canvass of the vote in the Verde valley on prohibition gave the following figures: Camp Verde 42 dry and 22 wet; Middle Verde l1 dry aud ? vet; Lower Verde l5 dry and 3 wet. TotsI dry" "A; total "wet" 27.
 The story of pistol duel which comes from Morsnci, reads like the chapter in . dime novel. There was Dad blood betweeu.Deputy sherIt Geo Johnson and Len Scott. They met. Scott tried to get Johnson to keep away end stop annoying him. John. son tried twice to pull his gun Scott gratbed his arm each time. Scott said: ''I could kill you before you could pull your gun. bu; to show you that aon't take any advantage, l will roll q cigarette. He started 10 make cigarette Johnson pulled his pistol and shot Scott between the eyes. Iu falling Scott pulled bis pietol and shot Johnson in the head killing him instantly. Scott died in few minutes. He was an Elk and a third degree mason.
 H. P. Schwsnbeck accompanied the remains his mother and his wife 10 the family home at Colorado sprinss, where burial was had. Both died within a few dave of each other at Hu umb boldt Ysvspsi county.
 A sks.ing rink has been opened at Prescott.
 William Mckee, aged l2 years, was sho. in the right thigh by the ecci- dental discharge of his .2e calibIe last week at Prescott, He had his gun in . ~agon when the horses gave n start and, in some manner the gun WAS discharged.
 Judge William Roberts, . highly respected Arizops pioneer, died at the Mercy hospital at Prescott. April g. 1911. He was born ID England 67 yesrs ago and came to the Uni'ed States with his parents when two years old. He died from stroke oi spoplesy. He had resided in Ari- zona for over 3l years.
 At kiogmsn, after being out thirty minutes. the jury in tic case Dempsy B. Powell, charged with the murder of Dewitt Milligsn, at Cherry Greek in Mohsve county, brought in ver- dict oi not guilty.
 In I, n.pe, April 10, Lywood Fegsl, aged l ; years, was accidentally shot and killed by Sonny Kingsbnry, aged l2 years. The boys were returning from hunting trip when the ecci- den. occurred.
 The Retail Clerks Union, recently organized. have 6 msu. bership of 60 clerks, employed in the various stores in Globe.
 William H. Higginbotham wac .-.; ned to death in Tempe Wedncs. Gay night lsst. He was s5 years Of age. He went to sleep and left 6 candle burning which got low enough to set fire to the room. He fell be- tween the door of his sleeping spart- ment and the kitchen. He was a skilled mechanic ard had resided in Tempe for about 20 years.
 Placer gold to the amount of $ls0 was brought into Prescott last week from the claims of George Brook and Harry Schlosse, on Oak creek, psar Walnut Grove.
 Flsgstsd has . lodge of the Knights and ladies of Security, 6 new order.
 Succumbipg to . sudden attack of heart failure. A. R. Curch, pioneer Arizonsn and we'll kpown mining man i died Saturday ct his home 15 miles from Tucson on the silverbeIl road.
 Mics Frances Wallace, daughter of Mir and Mrs Frank Wallace of Adam ana, was married Wednesday to Mir. Georgs Hennessy of Hoibrook.
 In the U. s. District court ia Los Angeles. in the case of the Santa Fe on trial on charge of giving rebates to the Grand Canyon Lime and Cement company. st NeIson, Ari- zons, decision was given acquitting sbe railrrsd.