Arizona republican., 1898-09-15
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

yesterday broke an arm in falling from a fence.
 1 WAITING TELEGRAMS = The Western Union has undelivered tele- grams for Frank E. Hastings, Mrs. El- mer Hawley and J. I. Casey
 i SKIN GRAFTING.- The skin graft ing performed on Julius Hauser last Sunday by Dr. Stroud has proved very successful, but it will be a month be- fore the patient is able to leave the hospital
 l INDIAN. PUPILS Twenty-three h. dianS from Tucson and six from 1 Wadsworth, Nevada, arrived in Phoe- niI yesterday morning over the south ern route and were taken to the In- dian school north of the city.
 HOTELS FILLING UP.-The hotel registers yesterday were we'll filled with the signatures Of tourists, travel i ing mon and Arizonians, reminding l the various mine hosts" that summer dGllness is again thing of the past. ! MISD Jose Gonzalez was fined. So in Justice Kincsids court yesterday for assault, and Victoria Mo- rena, pOssessOr of a long and Timber tongue, a vocabulary and an evil dis position, was fined similar sum for calling a neighbor bad names.
 ? REPUBLICAN CLUE The ad- jcurned meeting Of the First ward re- publican club will be held at the Hotel Adams this evening at o'clock. All republicans residing in the First ward are invited to attend, as matters of importance will come before the club. | JEROME SUFFERERS.- The local Red Cross society is engaged in an ef- fort to aid the sufferers from Jerome. The citizens of Phoenix are requested to cooperate in the movement Money and supplies contributed should be forwarded to Mrs. Helen Bury, the treasurer of the society
 i THE CLINE ESTATE.-Leo Gold man yesterday filed a petition in pro
 bate court for letters Of administra- 1 tion on the estate of Christian Cline. Letters had been issued the day before to Thomas J. Cline with bond of S14,000, twice the amount of the per sonal property. He did not qualify. Heirs and others interested in the es- tate sought to have Mir Goldman ap- pointed administrator
 1 REMNANT OF THE FIRE.-Among tho arrivals from the north last night was woman who was evidently 2 part Of the debris Of the Jerome fire. She was scantily dressed in a shock iEgly low necked and sleeveless waist of carmine hue. A skirt of the same warlike hue had become partially un- mocred from it's anchorage at the waist She hurried into cab and was driven rapidly away from the excited throng which gathers nightly at the depot to ses. she cars come In.
 JEROME FIRE VICTIM.- In the list of Jerome fire fatalities published in The Republican yesterday was the name of w. J. Ashmore of San Jose, Cal. The deceased, it was learned, WAS bookkeeper for upwards of two years past for Frank B. Moss, who op- crates large blacksmith and wagon shop on South Fourth avenue. MT. Ashmore left here about a month ago for Jerome and was working in a cler- ical capacity in the furniture store where he was killed by falling walls. MT Ashmore was over 50 years of age and has wife and two daughters liv
 ing at San Jose. During the major part Of his career he was clerk of the various courts in southern California and was competent, painstaking offi- cial He went to California many years ago from Jerome. Although i man of some peculiarities of habit, which were in no way offensive or de- rogatory, lie was well liked by all his acouaintances here. who were sad dened 60 hear of ais untimely end. ! MASKING AGE.-The vanity O. mankind is surprising. It manifests itself sometimes in an attempt to con- ceal the record of advancing years and sometimes imi,els it's victims to false hood. II is as old as creation that women after a certain age are reticent on the subject of their summers and winters. but this is a weakness not commonly supposed to attach ! men. i An examination Of the great registers of this county will disclose several | funny things. One Of them is that there are men in Phoenix who are no cider than they were four or five years ago. There are others who are pal
 pably ten years older than they appear on the register. Then there are oth- CTS too honest to lie, but who evade
 disclosure of their years. Among the
 blanks now in course of preparation
 for the printer there is one in which
 the registered person instead of direct ly answering the question, How old arc your" caused to be entered, Past twenty-cne." That is really all the law cared to find out, but rot as much as some curious persons would wish to
 know. Great registers, though, are not compiled for the satisfaction of the curious.
 THE DEMOCRATIC FIGHT.-A
 dozen delegates from the south to the democratic territorial convention at Prescott tomorrow arrived in the city
 yesterday morning. They went on north last night accompanied by a dozen members of the Maricopa delega- tiou. Among the visitors were mem
 bsrs of each of the coute3ting delesa- lions from Pima Other delegates will arrive this morning, among theri the Graham county contingent. From =, information received yesterday the sit