Arizona republican., 1898-04-12

day morning
 A meeting of the United Moderns will be held tonight at Elks' hall. There will be several limitations.
 MT. c. P. Ruffner of Santa Rosa Cal, arrived yesterday and expects to locate in Phoenix. He was badly shaken up in the morning wreck.
 S. G. Patrick, who has been in the employ of the M. & P railroad since last November, has accepted a posi- tion with the K. c. P. & G., and left last night to assume his duties
 Charles Smith, one Of the three convicts who escaped from Yuma, was captured on Sunday. So far as known here nothing has been heard from the two more important fugitives, Armer and Arnett.
 Apolomo Cullen and Y. M. Rodri- gues had a conference over the Span ish-American question in the block last night. Guillon took a shot at Rodriguez. Guillon was arrested by Officers Porterie and Hill.
 A meeting of the Kentucky society will be held at o'clock this afternoon in the I. o. G. T. hall in the Lewis block. All members of the society and all persons, ladies or gentlemen. en- titled to membership are requested to be present.
 There were ten cases on the cal endar of the United States supreme court yesterday for hearing. and the case of the Gila Bend Reservoir and Irrigation company was sixth on the list. The probability is that the case was heard yesterday
 At meeting of the Phoenix Athletic club last night the following officers were elected: President Walter Tal- bot; vice-president, B. N Pratt; sec retary, w. A. Parish; treasurer, T. J. Barkley; managing committee, T. J. Barkley, L. B. Hewins and ". F. Mich ols.
 Jane Doe, woman arrested on Sun day for vagrancy and hanging about saloons. was found guilty in Justice Johnstone's court yesterday She was sentenced to fifteen days in the county jail. The sentence was suspended on the condition that she cease to fre- quent the saloons.
 The board of supervisors was in reg ular weekly session yesterday. Be side the transaction of routine busi- ness the following bonds were ap- proved: R. B. Daggs, notarial bond J. F. Dufton, contractor for painting the court house, and E. Sunderland. contractor for the poor farm buildings
 The Prescott dog which followed stolen horse from Prescott last week and biting the thief is still here. He started back again, following the horse after the capture of the thief. but returned to Burgers corral yester- day morning. His feet had evidently grown so sore from his long journey that he was unable to continue his northward journey.
 Judges Woy and Woodward, attor- neys for the Utah Enlargement and Extension company of Mesa, applied for and obtained yesterday from Court Commissioner T. B. Flannigan an in- junction inhibiting the London com pany and w. A. Daggs from interfering with the headgate of the Utah canal and interfering with the Zanjero in the distribution of the waters.
 Charles Stewart, crippled painter living in the block, yesterday morning was arrested on charge of insanity. Suspicion was first directed to his mental unsoundness by his standing before a tree delivering an address to it. Then he began to talk of snakes and bugs. It was decided in probate court in the afternoon that his insanity was of the tremens kind and he was discharged
 Thomas Biggs, John F. Sanders, w. W. Dobson and B. B. Jones yesterday brought suit against the Phoenix Ma tional bank to compel the payment of assessments amounting to $331.50 upon four shares in the Utah canal owned by the defendant. The plain tiffs are the directors of the canal The four shares of stock have been owned by the defendant since May 13, 1894. Since June 30 of the same year the assessments have been made every three months to meet the expenses of keeping the canal in order.
 Those who have gone into the melon raising business in this valley ex- tensiyely this season will be able to make money. The s. F. P. & P. agreed yesterday upon an exceedingly low rate, which will give growers of early melons command of the northern part of the territory and perhaps points in California, New Mexico and Colorado. They will be driven back Of course when the tide of the famous Rocky Ford melons begins to roll down, but even then the Salt River valley will still be able to control the northern part of the territory.
 MT. Marshall Emmett Sampsel G Chicago, private secretary of Judge Peter Stenger Grosscup of the Illinois supreme court, arrived in the city yes 1 terday in a special car of the Pennsyl- vania line. He came to take MT. and Mrs. Charles R. Mayors of Columbus O., home. Mr. Mayors is cashier oi | the New First National bank of Colunl- bus, o. His wife, who is seriously ill and has spent the winter in Phoenix