Arizona republican., 1898-03-05

The next quarterly eXaminat on o1 1 teachers will begin next Monday in
 the Central school building.
 Application was made by John Lie
 bold in probate court yesterday for letters of administration upon the es- tate of Eugene Campbell.
 The Whatsoever Circle of the Kings daughters will hold their next reg ular meeting in the Baptist church on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 MT. F. c. Reid of Flagstaff, whose lecture before the Good Temp ars was so greatly enjoyed, will speak at the Baptist church in this city on Sunday evening.
 The funeral of the late J. Guthrie Savage took place yesterday afternoon. It was conducted under the auspices of the Masonic order and the G. A. R. post, of both of which orders he was a foremost member.
 A meeting of the normal school board was held at the institution yesterday. The matter of grad ng was investigated and found to be quite satisfactory, as were all features of the work. A considerable pat of the
 
 work.
 Miss Margaret Randall of this city, graduate from the Emerson school of oratory, Boston, Mass, and now a teacher of physical culture and ora tory, gave an entertainment at the Baptist church last night for the pur- pose of illustrating her work Miss Randall had a good audience, very ap- preciatiye and it was very well pleased.
 Captain Mahony and Lieutenant Cor dier of the Cuban army left last night for Tucson. They succeeded in rais- ing several hundred dollars here for Cuban relief. A part of it has not yet been collected and P. Minor, a member of the soliciting committee, is au- thorized to collect unpaid subscrip- tlOns and transact any other business in connection with the matter.
 Smith & Perrigo, Chicago viewists. who have taken views in Phoenix and vicinity ranging in subjects from the fremen's goat to the finest interior work, leave today for an extended trip to old Mexico. They vii make a short stop at Tucson and secure views of the most interesting subjects in and around that city. These two young men have been here for five months and have been very busy dur ing all that time, owing largely to the high class of work they have turned out and the fair treatment they have accorded all patrons. The views se- cured will ultimately be comp led into book form.
 The social given at the Christian church last night for the benefit of the building fund was success. The prime measure of success was the ad- dition of $50 to the fund. The money was raised in a novel manner. Invitations were extended for the con- tribution by the givers, of one dollar earned or acquired in some unusual way, which was to be described in a verse accompanying the gift. These gifts with their poetical accompa- niments were turned in some days ago, the verses were printed and bound and their ready sale last night furnished a new source of revenue. The pleasure of the evening was fur ther increased by refreshments, cake and coffee, served at the residence of Mrs. J. Roe Young, who resides near the church.
 The annual poll tax chase has been again. James Lindsey, the janitor of the jail, was talking about his poll tax experience yesterday. MT. Lindsey is S2 years old and looks as if he might not be more than 55. Until he was injured in mining ac- cident in the Vulture few years ago the blackness of his hair and beard was unrelieved by a single silver strand. He was then con nSidera ply past sixty huks he had been payng poll tax for years, knowing very well that one more than fifty years old is exempt His vanity prevented him from claiming exemption and he p e. ferred to pay rather than disclose what was so well concealed, the ad- vance of years. At last the reg stra- tion system was adopted and that re- leased the cat from the bag. The reg istration book contains the name of the subject, his parents and grand parents place of birth, etc., and IS ln reality almost a table of vital stat1s- tics. One must either give up the se- cret of his age, the right of suffrage or take refuge in perjury, and 1t may be observed in parentheSiS that this is why a large delegation of Iowa wo- men the other day represented to the legislature that they were opposed to equal suffrage. MT. Lindsey wouldn't commit perjury, he wouldn't give up his rights as a citizen, so he submitted to registration. He has, however, paid no poll tax since.
 Under the cover of Wednesday night some one in violation of the statutes deposited the carcass of a dead horse in a thicket on a vacant lot adjoining the residence of w. S. Scott, clerk of the probate court. Nobody knew the horse was there the following morn ing. A great many people in the neighborhood of Five Points began to suspect in the afternoon that there was something foreign in the com munity. Before midnight suspicion gave way to certainty and by yesterday morning the horse was no longer ab e to conceal himself, and clamor was made for his removal All this is