Arizona republican., 1897-12-07

Nutshell-DoinGs of People and Other Matters.
 Pearl St. Claire, morphine fiend, was gathered up in the block in a comatose state on Sunday night and was locked up.
 l At the First Baptist church five | new members received the hand of | fellowship at the communion service on Sunday morning.
 Mrs. Clara Randall filed a petition | in probate court yesterday for letters of administration upon the estate of her husband, the late A. G. Randal.
 The "Alerts" of Phoenix failed to make good showing against the Tempe base ball club at the park on Sunday afternoon, being defeated by score of to 2.
 Dr. c. H. Jones of Tempe was yester- 1 day granted in probate court letters of guardianship in the matter of Will liam Gleason. The contestant to the application, the boys mother, with drew in a note to the court saying she believed her son would be better off under the applicants care.
 Letters of administration on the es- tate of John Pratt, the druggist, mur- dered at Gila Bend last August, were yesterday issued to U. S. Sherman of Gila Bend, Pratt's brother-in-law The estate, valued at from $1, 300 to S2,OOO, will go to his relatives, of whom the nearest are Sherman and his family.
 A meeting of the territorial loan commission was held yesterday, at which it was ordered that the papers be prepared in the matter of closing the sale of $258,OO0 of territorial fund ing bonds to a firm of Chicago brokers. The sale was negotiated by President F. M. Murphy of the s. F. P. & P. The bonds were sold at par and accrued interest.
 The M. & P. & S. R. V. Railroad company has made special excur- sion rate to Mesa and return on next Friday of 60 cents. it being the date ot the Good Templars' district lodge. Ey- cursionists may go up on the 10 a. m. or p. m. train and return on a. spe- cial at Il o'clock. Tickets are now on sale at the Center street office, also at the Phoenix Grocery company and the Irvine company.
 
 engaged yesterday in a discussion Of one of the many abstruse questions which agitate that thoroughfare. One of the disputants stated proposition which the other thought was so totally at variance with common sense that he turned away with an oath, exclaim- ing, Its no use to talk to an internal fool!'' That's so," replied the first tn To this or any other subject"
 The remains of Engineer Frank \ Newton, killed and burned to crisp in the Mcclellan wreck On the Santa Fe Pacific, were found, only 6 palt Of the trunk, articles of clothing and keys leading to identification. The re- mains were accompanied to the old home of the deceased, Bloomington, H., by Mrs. Newton and a friend of the dead engineer, William Norman, of Engine Fireman Bert Sperry's body was found under engine No. 1O5. They were inclosed in casket and funeral obsequies were observed in Winslow on Saturday. It is stated that four tramps were on the trucks of the freight cars, this on the authority of
 
 of their presence in the wreck. An exemplifcation of letters patent of the Garcia Gold Mining company of London, limited, were filed in the office of the territorial secretary yester- day. The corporation was formed at London, Ont. The incorporators are James Fitzgerald, merchant; William Willis, superintendent of the Hobbs glass works; Oliver Ellwood, secretary of the board of water commissioners of the city of London; David New bgiging Brown, miner; Samuel Resor Break, managing director of the cleo trical construction company of the city of London, limited; John Alex ander Roe, chief engineer of the city of London fire brigade; Frederick Wal ter Coles, all of the city of London, county of Middlesex, province of On tario. The capital stock is $50, 1000, divided into 5o0 shares. The company is formed for the operation of mining claims seven miles north of Hot Springs Junction.
 | The annual election of the officers of Ell Zaribah temple, Ancient Arabic order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, | took place last night as follows: H. l lustrious potentate, P. F. Parker; chief | Rabbon, John J. Sweeney; assistant Rabbon, B. J. Bennitt; high priest and prophet, c. D. Belden; oriental guide P. K. Hickey; treasurer, G. H. N Luhrs; recorder, Thomas Armstrong Jr. At the same time the following election of officers of Phoenix com mandery No. g. Knights Templar, oc- cured: Eminent commander, C. F Ainsworth; generalissimo, B. T. Gil lette; captain-general, P. K. Hickey prelate, Lewis Halsey; senior warden D. Nicholson; junior warden, N. A Morford; treasurer, G. H. N. Luhrs recorder, F. A. Shaw The installa- tion of all these officers will take place | in two weeks from Ia st nioht Ths