Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-02-04

Reports from the head OF the Arizona
canal indicate that the river Is falling
again, although 1t is yet hardly advisable
TO attempt 10 ford the river at Tempe.
Articles OF incorporation OF the United
Mines company were hled with the secre.
tary Of the territory. The capitalization
Is 100000. and the incorporators are
Messrs. Samuel V. Hsrron, v. l.. and r.
L. Sawyer, Of New York.
For several days K. A. star, OF Mesa,
has had an incubator on exhibition In
the show window OF Goldberg Brothers,
where II attracted considerable attention.
The incubator is at work Matching chicks.
The machine has Matched over 10000
chickens.
George B. Ryan, who succeeded W. 8.
Cox as representative Of Hubbard,
Spencer h Bartlett, Of Chicago. has
added the bicycle az a side line. He will
leave Tor Tucson and later run on To Sill
YER City, N. NJ, TO see Mr.. Cox, WAC is
now q prosperous merchant.
An agent Of the state Of Iowa returned
home Tuesday night c~resttallen after a
long and fruitless chase across the coun-
try after a man named Fred. Wallace,
who Ia wanted at Bloomfield. Iowa, for
rape. A mar answering the description
OF Wallace IA arrested in this city and
held, awaiting the arrival OF the agent.
The agent put In an appearance and pre-
scented his requisitlon To the governor.
1t was honored and he was preparing to
leave when he received q telegram from
Nogales stating that the young man
was not Wallace, but a young brother OF
Il. l.. Carraway, the cattle man OF Sonora.
lie was at once released.
Governor McCord has made several i'm
portant appointments, among which were
those OF Professor william p. Blake, OF
the university, territorial g~eolOgist and
m~ineralogist, and @. o. Anderson, Of Ma
vajo county, and Walter G. Scott, OF
Apache, to be immigration commission
ers. K. NJ. Doe was appointed fish and
game commissioner to succeed Major Ed.
Schwartz, resigned. DR.. James V. Nc
Nally was made q member OF the terri
torial medical board In place Of DR..
Davis, who. though M Of the first ap.
pointees under the law establishing the
board. has never attended one OF its meet
ings.
A plti!ul thing happened In probate.
court, though 1t was no doubt best for all
persons interested. IL was the formal
adoption by Charles 7. Hunt, Of MOhave
county, OF Mary Alice Thompson, the
5-year-old child Of Lavender and Juliet
Thompson, Of this city. Mr.. Hunt is a
young and wealthy mining man OF
MOhave county. A few weeks ago he
and his wife decided 70 brighten their
childless home by adopting a baby. Mr..
Hunt wrote TO q friend named Steele,
near Phoenix, asking him to find q child
corresponding with an ideal, Of which
Mr.. Hunt sent a rough description. Mr..
Steele began his search and a few days
ago heard of the Thompson family. The
Thompsons are very poor. but very re-
spectacle and had seen better days.
They had Ave children. OF which Mary
Alice was the youngest. The father had
been Ill for a long time and the support
OF the family deyolVed uPOn the mother,
whose exertiOns were not sufficient to
supply necessary food and clothing.
Steele visited them and thought he saw
In the sweet little girl the child so
vaguely described by Hunt.