Arizona republican., 1899-05-03

Mondn,. lfternoon to meet his wife,
 vwbo r,' coming frcn Phoenix. They
 srrive Tuesday morning.-Jerone
 HusfF:
 AJng the border Arizona cattle
 1,[ are stili troubled with Mexican
 bfsei thieves and stockmen propose to
 fake better arrangements for the pro- ,eetiUn of their herds.
 Saturday night the Prescott city po- lice raided an opium den, captured about twenty-five cans Of opium ana several smoking outfits and arrested the proprietor of the place and two smokers.-Prescott Courier.
 Word was received yesterday that G. R. s. Smith, well known in Tue son, died recently from smallpox in Mexico. Mr. Smith ran a job office in town for some time and was a candi- date for justice of the peace at the election last November.-Tucson Star.
 Regarding the number of cattle that have been shipped the past two months from different parts of Ari- zona it is said that in proportion to the number of range cattle more have been sent from the San Pedro than from any other valley in the territory.
 The suicide theory in connection with the death of Claude Matthews is without foundation. Dr. Purcell held an autopsy to discover the cause of death. and the result showed that death was not the result of suicide. Judge Culver, will hold the inquest today Tucson Citizen.
 Ex-Supervisor Richardson expressed about $100 worth of wild animal bounty scalps to the board of supervis- ors from Crittenden for a friend. and the charges at this end were forty cents, but '-it appeared, to the board thet they had no cash and could not pay it. Richardson had to advance the forty cents before he could get that s100 worth of scalps before our strangely moving county dads.-Ari- ona Frontier
 At the trial of Frank Scott Wednes- day evening after Judge Burkes ad- mitted how. easily he was buncoed out Of E1s money every eye in the house was cast upon him and every man wanted to make a date with him. We thought we would be the first to tap him but w. s. Adams, who had heard the evidence, called Honest John" outside and we knew we stood no show, for all newspaper men look alike to me.-JerOme Hustler.
 An old Indian and his two sons and daughters were in town Thursday ped ding meat. The girl attracted many admirers around her by her handsome lace and shy manners, the young men wing with each other in showing her favors. She took a decided fancy to Charley Sheperd and tried to induce him to return with her to her noun tain home, but Shepherd refused but promised to send ,Dewees as soon as he can spare him for a few days.-Jerome Hustler
 The Southern Pacific company has notified Tucson merchants that on and after May 5 the special freight rate to Nogales will be abolished and the reg ular tariff rate will prevail. This means. that the freight charges be- tween Tucson and Nogales will be about double This is serious and un- Less our merchants can persuade the company to change it's determination the trade to NOgales will be material ly affected. Of course there is always the recourse to the wagon roads. bat this is cumbersome and troublesome Arizona Frontier.
 MT. R. Richardson of Franklin. Pa, arrived in the city yesterday. He was met at Benson by Hon. R. R. Richard son, his son, the owner of the famous Pennsylvania ranch in the Sonoita
 
 leading citizens of western Pennsyl- vania, and although genuine Penn sylvania republican his strong per sonal friendship for honest Joe Sibley has led him to always vote for Sibley when up for congress. MT. Richard son will leave for the Pennsylvania ranch today with his son. His visit to Arizona will probably be exterded two months. The Star wishes h4m a most enjoyable sojourl, for Ee has given to oasouthern Arizona one of the most respected. substantial and wor- . thy ciizeDs.-Tucs9h Star Quite a large crowd assembled at the city park last evening to listen to the music and speeches in honor of Dewey's victory. Mariners band dis pensed patriotic music pending the ar livaI of the speakers. Hon. M. P. Freeman presided and opened the meeting with a few appropriate re- marks. Judge Barnes followed and in ! well chosen words reheaTSed Dewey's victory, and then launched off into an expansion speech. The judge argued the question well from an expansion standpoint Hon. Mark Smith and Judge Wright were billed to speak but cad not show up. MT. Smith on ac- count of illness could not be present, and somebody said that Judge Wright had a frog in his throat. The meeting demonstrated that there was lots of Deweyism in the citizens of the otd pueblo.-Tucson Star.