Arizona republican., 1898-03-25

What Is the Objectionable Sin?' is the question which George Robert Cairns will endeavor to answer at the Baptist church this evening" All are invited to hear him.
 A great many changes in real estate are going on in Capitol addition. The cause of activity is the certain pros pect of the capitol building A. Rede- will has lately bought several lots there.
 Articles of incorporation of the Paul Heermans Stationery company of Tue son were filed in the office of the ter ritorial secretary yesterday. The in corporators are Paul Heermans, his sister-inlaw, Harriet Lapham. and Herbert Brown. The capital stock is s1O,OO0.
 The New York World cn March p sent out telegrams to the governors of all states inquiring for an ex- pression of opinion regarding the ac- tion of the cabinet that day in rec ommending immediate intervention in the affairs of Cuba That is the first that the governors had heard of such a recommendation and, by the way, they have not heard of it since.
 A fruit man who owns a large al- mond orchard on this side of the river tried to insure it in a unique manner the other day when it looked as if there was going to be a slaughtering frost. He went around town offering to bet $500 that his crop would be de- stroyed, but could find no takers. He is glad of it now, but in the course of two or three nights when the frost was in the air his hair began to turn gray.
 The election of trustees of the gram mar and high schools of Phoenix will take place tomorrow. The election Of the former will take place at the Center street building and the latter at the high school building. Two candidates for grammar school trustee are B. A. Fickas, the present trustee, and B. H. Mowre. The only candidate mentioned for high school trustee is the present incumbent, NJ w Mes singer.
 Ramon A. Ybarra, a native of Mex ico, was yesterday admitted to citizen ship. He had been exercising the rights of citizen and thought he had a right to do so. He came to this country when he was years old His father died not long after and his mother married an American whose name the son took. He only learned lately that that marriage and the as sumption of his step-father's name was not equivalent to a naturaliza- tion.
 The annual concert given by the pu- pills of the academy of the Sacred Heart at the opera house last night was a delightful incident, as all those concerts have been in the past. The programme, which was published in The Republican yesterday, was a long one, but so excellent that it seemed to fill a very short space of time. Beside delighting a large audience it served as strong advertisement of the acad- emy which could prepare pupils for such an exhibit of accomplishments. The preliminary examination of Lester Smith, late delivery driver for the Kessler-Boyle company. was yes terday continued again in Justice Johnstone's court until tomorrow Now that Sang Lung, the Chinese mer- chant who was charged with com plicity in the theft of the goods, and who was discharged for want of evi- dence on Wednesday, he is develop ing an astounding nerve. He threat ems to bring suit for the recovery of the goods on exhibition in Justice Johnstone's office.
 c. B. Llewellyn, the promoter of the trans-Mississippi and international ex- position, yesterday sent to his cousin District Judge B. s. Baker of Omaha handsome gavel, the hammer ot which is a solid piece of onyx. The onyx came from the quarry owned by B. Heyman of Phoenix and was cut anC polished at the Yuma penitentiary The gavel has a hardwood handle, pol ished to harmonize with the varied col DTS of the onyx. MT. Llewellyn says Judge Baker will posses the mos handsome gavel of any judge in tht United States when he receives thi: gift.
 The Los Angeles Times says of { recent Arizona event: After this Arizona can cast no pebbles at Lo'
 Angeles on account of colt outlets
 hunter bold returned from the vii
 derness with sundry choice cuts O
 what he called silver tipped bear. OhiuShily, hO OlllIleu lO CID Iu0 ScN eral yards of ears from the hide, ant
 as the neighbors who partook of 'bea
 steak have discovered that al i inoffensive burrO belonging to tn thrifty hunter had died a natural ant peaceful death just before the choic, cuts were dealt around, they are suf fering from a sensation that closet, resembles mal-de-mer"
 The town was flooded yesterday witt l San Francisco Call bulletins" of tn yellowest possible variety, all bu conveying information that war hat been declared. There was a story tha the president wanted 400,0 mel
 quick, and other narrations equall.
 impossible. The Call has seen tn
 Examiner and gone it one better in tn
 manufacture of war news which
 carried on as actively in those office
 as the preparation for war in the nav.
 yards and armories of the country
 If the president wants the honor
 beginning the fracas he had better b : moving otherwise the Call will as