Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

] meet With more success than d1d the
 Indians.
 | FROM THE REINA MERCEDES
 A. F. c. KirchO1 has on exhibition in
 his liquor store 2 sword or cut1ass taken from the Spanish vessel Reina
 Mercedes in Santiago bay after the
 surrender of the city If this weapon
 is a sample of the weapons of Ger vera's feet it is no wonder it became such an easy mark for the blockading squadron. It looks like a relic of an tiquity. The hilt is of brass, of elabo- rate design, but tlIe blade resembles nothing more than the point of an old fashioned scythe. It is blackened and
 rusted by age It may have performed service in the days of Drake. The
 Reina Mercedes was not a vessel of CerVera's squadron. She was little
 more than a derelict which was sta
 tiOned on the southern coast of Cuba
 when the war broke out.
 SCHOOL MATTERS. County Su-
 perintendent Grouse yesterday ap
 pOrtiOned $12,540 among the various school districts. It will become avail
 able today. This sum is twenty per cent of the estimate. The union high school is not included in the division. Another appOrtiOnment amounting to about $20,000 will be made soon after the first of the year. The superintend- ent has also finished compiling the re- turns of the census marshalS, showing that the total number of children of school age in the county is 4.250, gain Of 504 over lasi year. In order that the county should get from the school fund what rightfully belongs to it the number should be about three times as large. All the proceeds from school land leases go into the terri torial treasury and the fund is tta%1sn di- vided pro rata among tie counf1es: This county contributes Tracticatiy all of the fund A
 THE CRITTENToN NI.Gr IS. ! The revival meetings cE Ed by Evangelist Crittenton in O'NSH hall continue to increase in interest, and are worthy of the earnest support of all who would see the cause of Chris ianity advanced in Phoenix MT Crit tenton is an earnest, eloquent and con vincing preacher and great numbers of people have asked the prayers of Christians in these meetings or in some ether way have manifested deep inter est in .hem. Mrs. MOffit is a gifted singer whose songs if given as a musical artist would be greeted with applause. No one who enjoys music should fail to hear Mrs. Moffit. The meetings will be continued every afternoon and evening. On Fri day evening the sermon will be es- pecially 10 young people, though all are invited to hear it. On Saturday af- ternoon at 8 o'clock there will be a 5hildrens meeting. Teachers and scholars are especially invited.
 THE INDIANS RETURN. The h. dian school foot ball eleven returned l morning from southern Cal | fOrnia, where they have played a ser ! es of games with southern California ! cams during the past two weeks. The l games at Los Angeles elicited much . avCrable comment upon he playing of 1 he Indians by the papers of that city, ! tnd the Arizona boys established a . eputatiCn for genlemanly conduct on ! he field and a knowledge of the game . which was a surprise to the CalifOr- lians. The elsvens they played with were invariably made up of pTofes- iOna1 players from eastern college cams, and the Indians could not cX- ,ect to win against them. They did l. hey played. Henry Fowler, who rained Jne Indians, accompanied them 0 California. The team was also ac- by Chick Fowler, Barney Alexander, Bert Murphy, Ned Creigh- ' on and Messrs. Cochran, Custer and ! iatthews.
 INSANITY IN YAVAPAI. T he in anity business of Yavapai county has ssumed such huge proportions that it ( as been found necessary to station l ,eputy Pete Bosha in this county that { e may on telegrams from Sheriff .uffner go out to Glendale, meet him t nd relieve him of patients committed t } the asylum that the sheriff may I urry back after another load. On tuesday night the deputy sheriff met he sheriff at Glendale with enc pa { ent and yesterday afternoon he re- ( sived anothe, telegram directing him i ) come out to Glendale after two ( lore lunatics. This disclosure of the s lental condition of Yavapai county t xplains the unexpected result of the Y lte election there. So far all these c atients have come from Jerome, where I 7ilsOn's majority was the most over ( helmirg. Beside the patients regu- S rly committed from Yavapai, others + ray into Phoenix unOmcially and are q jed in the probate court here. OnIy t .st Tuesday late arrival from Je- s 1me was sent to the asylum. |
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