Arizona republican., 1898-11-26
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

l ILL WITH PNEUMCNIA-J Jin
 Griffin has been i'll for several days ] threatened with pneumonia. He is still confined to his home. R. H. Greene
 was taken ii yesterday. ana he is also threatened with pneumonia.
 RETURN OF THE DEAD The re mains of two persons who have died in Phoenix within the last two days were taken north last night One was l the body of Miss Kate McNamara, ac- companiod by r. McNamara and Miss Flo McNamara, 10 Toronto Canada. E. D. McColvin took the remains O. K.
 H. -1cColvin to MInns Choice, Pa.
 LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATIONS. A petition was filed in district court yesterday for special letters Of admin House, who died at the Sisters hospi-
 tai on Thursday morning. The appli-
 cant is R. D. WOOdell, who at the same
 time made application for regular let
 ters. The estate is worth aboEt $4,000
 and consists mostly of notes.
 INDIAN SCHOOL ENTERTAIN
 MENT.- There will be an entertain
 ment at the Indian school on Tuesday
 evening" November %, at o'clock, in
 vitations 10 which have been issued by
 superintendent McCowan. This will
 be the occasion of the opening of the
 new school building. After the enter
 tainment the hall will be cleared for
 dancing.
 OMJTTING INCIDENTS In The Republicans report yesterday morning of the ceremony Of restoring the Rough
 Riders flag to the ladies O. the Wo-
 mems Relief Corps ;; became neces-
 sary to emit many of the most inter
 <. 1or rrrYa ay1117 n
 Among them was the excellent and carefully prepared address Of Miss Flora Mills, who had the hcEor of or iginally presenting the flag. The pro gramme was also. greatly added to by solos rendered by Mrs. DePue.
 A GAS EXPLOSION William Ev- ans of the Phoenix Light and Fuel company was badly injured yesterday morning a. the works. H9 tried 10 light the gas generator. The water had been sirhoned oul in the night and the gas had come in and was lying in wait for him. When he touched match to it it went off Mir. Evans also went away, brl- he was suddenly stopped by a brick wall, at the foot of which he lay for some time uncon- scious When he recoverd he found himself slightly burned. quite sore, 
 THE RAIN The rain. for which everybody in the valley has been clam oring for weeks. set in about noon yes terday As dila,ory as it had been it found at least O1a man not qui5e ready for it. He is a farmer. He was at the court house yesterday talking abou. the rain. He said it was great thing He was glad to see it, but ne wished it had held off for week or so longer. There Was one other man who was nCl ashamed to admit that he red garded the rain as a personal calamity He had been saving up a large crop of alfalfa which had been gaining in value under the stress of the long dry spell. Now he feared that with the of the pastures alfalfa would fall off a dollar or more on the ton.
 DESTRUCTION OF ORANGES. - If it isn't one thing, it is another to keep the orangc growers of California jumping sideways. In the winter and early spring the f:os. kills a consider able part Of the crop. What escapes the cold is subject to almost certain assaults by scale and rust. Notwlth- standing these enemies of the citrus crop the growers were congratulai-ing themselves on a fair crop which they had begun to estimate by trainloads. a new and unexpected en- emy appeared A strong wind blew over the orange belt and the almost ripened crop was shaken off in carload lots. The damage was so widespread that estim2-es of the extent have not been collected The wind wrought other devastation by uprooting tele- graph and telephone poles and blowing down buildings.
 TO DECIDE THE CAME Repre- sentatives of the normal and high scool elevens will meet today 10 try md decide the game of foot ball played at the Phoenix park on Thanksgiving day The gate receipts are sill un- divided, and there is a sum Of money in wagers which is held awaiting the action today. The high school boys claim that they did not refuse to play. ! and thal their men were on che field 1 wiling lo continue, but Referee WooF called the normaIs off lhe field. The general public who paid their money to see a game were much displeased 1 with the teapot tempest which robbed the game of it's full interest, and the | decision. whichever way Il goes, IS ot interest only to the TWO teams and the | men who have money up on the game. l 1 He Iu6IleI MIll p1 ODdDly AetNC OO DN arbitrated. as it is improbable that | decision will be reached.
 THE CRADLE SONGS.- In spite of | the inclemenI weather last nigh there | was a large number at the Patton | Grand opera house last night to hear he Cradle Songs of the Nations, an inspired b Miss Roselyn i Madden Sargent, and under her direc~ i ion j. was rendered. A number Of i Lne leading singers of the city tooH | part, including Miss Welch, Mrs. Pliny | rharaldson, Miss Jones, Miss Purdy, 1 Miss Reba Heyman. Miss Mary l.. | Plank. Miss Marguerite King Will ! jams, Mr. Irving Andrews, Mrs. Ed | ward NJ Depew and Mss Eliza beth Halsey, as accomp3nist. MT. ,