Arizona republican., 1898-02-09

Postmaster B. J. Horne of Prescott spent yesterday in the city. He is en route east on visit to Champlain, III.
 An important business meeting of the entire membership of the Chris tian church will be held this evening in the church to choose a new board of deacons and one trustee.
 The residence of a family near Glendale was robbed on Monday after noon by a Mexican. He secured be- tween S3 and $4 in cash and some jew elry.
 Joseph A. Trainor of Detroit, Mich, arrived in town last night. He is an uncle of A. H. Trainor, who died here last week. He will take the remains back tonight.
 The Yucatec and Victor hose com panies will cross bats again next Sun day. February 13. The affair will be for blood this time, as the boys of both companies are in training and a hot game is anticipated.
 Since Henry B. Kemp has assumed the entire control and management of the Henry E. Kemp Hardware com pany a general improvement and advancement is noticed in the busi- ness. Henry is a rustler and makes everybody associated with him rustic, also.
 Mr E. J. Brennan, who spent last winter in the valley, returned yeSter- day with his wife and children and is at the Ford Mr. Brennan is con nected with the Great Northern rail ct a hoc been connected with the Great North ern for many years, and is one of the leading railroad builders of the north west.
 The ladies of the Baptist church have decided to resume their delight ful afternoon teas Their friends in all churches, and especially strangers, are always heartily welcome and most cordially invited Tomorrow the en- tertainment will be furnished by Mrs. P. T. Burtis at her residence, 343 North Second street, from 2:30 to 5 D. m.
 J. H. Lyke, who associated with De- Mers a short time ago in the restau- rant business, died yesterday after a brief illness of asthma. The deceased was born in Bath, N. Y. He came here from Fargo, N. D., only few months ago. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the family residence, Nos. 11S and 12O East Adams street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 Sheriff Leatherwood of Pima county came to town with Josefa de Russell, committed to the insane asylum. The woman, a member of a respectable family. was committed nearly two years ago, but was not long after dis charged as cured. Her ailment re- cured lately and is believed to be in curable. The sheriff says he thinks his next trip to Phoenix will be made when he comes to attend the Mystic Shrine ceremonies.
 A telegram received at the s. F. P. & F. office yesterday stated that the tunnel at Johnson's canyon will be thrown open for traffic on Saturday. There will be no accompanying open ing like that of a big house or quet The railroad people have already undergone so much expense in the original construction of this tunnel and needed improvements on it that they will begin to make use of it with as little other expense and dis play as possible.
 Members of the police force called at The Republican office last night to say that notwithstanding the threat o1 the Gazette to make an expose unless they "unhooked'' Ga Gazetteicism) they invited the expose and hoped il would be billed for an early date. Of ficer Molloy said he was the only mem. | l. ~R 4I~ prostitute and that he was indubita bly, 1 the person threatened with the expose He further said he was not afraid o i it. He was not now and had nevel 1 compromised himself with the clas. over which the protecting wing of tn, Gazette is outspread. He further ayers that he will neither "unhook, cast off his line or otherwise disengag
 himself until he drags something ou of block fl, lands it high and dry st that under the glare of the sun tn, purifying smell will attract publi
 attention to other things that lie hid
 den in that and other localities.
 There was an interesting poke
 game in town last night. It was no
 interesting on account of fortunes in
 volved for there was only $16 in tn | pOI NUT WdS IL interesting OH dC
 count of great skill involved, nor ol
 account of extraordinary hands held
 which is after all the most wonderful
 thing about a poker game. But ther
 was an unusual and exciting incident
 A young man came to town yesterda
 morning. He proclaimed that he ha
 been born and raised, so far as he ha , been raised, in Texas. He sat in
 poker game at a well known Washing
 ton street place and kept losing. H
 imagined, though it was probabl
 wholly imagination, that unfai
 methods were being employed by tn
 two other players, well known an reputable gentlemen. There was great deal of raising going on. A
 last the gentleman from Texas calle and threw down a hand containin three queens. At the same time h displayed a handsome and expensiv revolver. While the other two player
 were admiring it's extraordinary cal | Der he took in the pot. saving that S