Arizona republican., 1898-02-05

i A prominent real estate man said i yesterday that he had received more 1 inquiries regarding Phoenix and the valley by prospective settlers and in vestors than he had had in several years.
 Regular devotional meeting of the Epworth League of the M. E. church, Winnie Henshaw, secretary, will be held in the Sunday school room next Sunday evening. February 6, at 6 o'clock. Subject, Living Close to Christ" Teacher, Dr. George B. Pratt Every one invited to attend.
 A brief session of supreme court was held yesterday at which only two cases were heard, A. L. Johns and R. E. Daggs ct al vs. the Phoenix Ma 1 tiona1 bank. In both cares A. J. i Daggs argued for the plaintiffs in er- TOT. In the former, Thomas Arm strong, Jr., appeared for the defend ant, and in the latter the defendant was represented by L. H. Chalmers. Both cases were submitted.
 MT. J. H. Lee, for many years a prominent resident of Yavapai county, is in the city. Mir. Lee is arranging his affairs for Klondyke as soon as I | has sold all his cattle, but will retain 1 his ranch. His family will remain on it. MT. Lee believes there are great possibilities in the nor.h. "I am going to take advantage of them" he said, land I think every other young man should do so'' MT. Lee is not so young as he was twsnty years ago, but he is by no means old hpOp pnt ty f,h d. "Bostonians," who will appear a. the Tucson opera house tonight A party Of thirteen ladies and gentlemen left last night for Tucson. This is per- haps, the frs, time on record that so large party travelled 200 miles to- at 1 tend atheater Those who went were | Stanley R. Mccormick, L. F. Pease. J. W. Garrett, L. H. Goodrich. Frank c. Hatch, J. W. Craton, MT and Mrs. G. F. Lampey, Miss L. Solomon, MT. and Mrs. G. w. Hoadley. Mrs. l Chauncey D. Clark and Nose. D.ach- man.
 Will s. Bailey, the theicsophic 1ec- turer, who has been speaking here, will deliver what will in all probabil- ] ity be his last lecture in Phoenix, on Sunday night. He will talk at Rede- will hall. The subject selected for this lecture is "Reincarnation." In the event that those interested along these lines Of thought upon which Mir. Bailey has talked, desire it, the lecturer will form class for the pur- suit of the studies, having plenty of | literature fer it's advancement. He will leave for the north in the, early i part of nexi week.
 The people of Pinal county are not champion taxpayers. Territorial Treas urer Johnstone yes er6ay ec-ived a statement from the county treasurer of Final in which it was sttwn that l the delinquent tax roll amounts to 2,090.62, a cons: derable per cent of {! the whole tax list From remarks made by Supervisor Miller in the late meeting of supervisors and asse ss2rs. 1 held here, it wa,s inferred that the principle of taxation was not popular in Pinal. In his pscity of assessor MT. Miller said he had made perp tual enemies of men who had been his life long friends.
 Ramon Perez, brute living south of town, was arrested yesterday af. er- noon by Officer Porterie on war ant trcm Justice Johnstone's court charg- ing him with rape The circumstar ces are so extraordinarily revo'ting that they cannot be described. The victim, Petra Valenzuela, a little school girl not yet 12 years old, is about to become a mother. Her condition was discovered yesterday morning by the girls mother, when for the first time ] she told the story of Perez's crime Officer Porterie learned yes' e~day that
 this is only one of Perez's offenses Other complaints will be ma+e aga' 'nst him.
 'fDick," the swift ta'king mandarin
 Of Chinatown, invoked polioe pro-
 ,ectiOn yesterday morning against the
 white opium f1end." Dick said he
 was shooting around in the back yard
 of Chinatown. Collector Long went
 down and found young man defend
 ing himself with club against imagi-
 nary enemies. He brought him tc
 fail. The young man di cove e theI
 that he had lost his "gun" or needle
 and he cried piteously. The co'1ec. ol went back and found it and at the same time discovered that what DicE described as Shooting around" was
 the self administration by the fien1 ot ! morphine
 There is an affair br-ming In Phoe-
 nix which may assume an interna P tIonaI importance since 1t affects tht
 Mexican consulate or residency. Fol
 some time the consul, Senor Navarro
 has occupied a house in the e sterr part Of the city belonging to mar namd Martin House. For the las
 two or three months MT. House ha: been trying to remove the corsul3tt
 without offering any valid excuse, art
 he has been refusing ro accept tht rental which the consul has mon hly
 rendered him. Now he ig threateni # to begin ejectment proceedings. I'm consul has discovered that MT. Hous,
 found another man who offered hin , g a month more
 , "Where is John O. Dunbar?" wa ? the inquiry which filled every moutl