Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-17


one Of the mast valuable horses Of lls
/ e-ty. Another valuable horse belong
ing t. the c.ty died about two weeks
ago, ana 4 third horse IS now very
lsiok. DIR. j. c. Norton visited the sick
horse and examined the remains of he
CHER He believes the sickness, which
n each instance came on suddenly.
was the result of poisoning. but he viii
make more thorough eXami nation
today 10 confirm his belief. Later in
the afternoon a Jap named Sabre Ut
sunoniya went to the city hall He
said his horse on South Seventh av-
enue was suffering of some teri. BILE
sickness and was coughing a great
deal By his description 'she sickness
Of his horse c0rresponded to that OF
the city horses. causing a belief that
there may be horse epidemic.
LAW NEEDS FIXING. -Yest erday
afternoon a telephone message was
lgeceived at the she.iff's office from the
/ Cottage saloon saying that a patron
Of the establishment had smashed a
mirror HIS arr=st was desired. Dep
uty Sheriff Moore went down 10 SEE
about il. The man was still there. but
/ the proprietor had changed his mind
and declined to make formal com
plant The laws Of this territory
need 3mendm 5rs IN one particular. 1t
should be provided that n cases Of
this kind or in cases in which com
plant has been made. the complain
ant afterward refusing to prosecute,
he should suffer the same penalty thai
would have been inflicted on the de-
fendsnt if he had been tried and found
guilty A great many irresponsible
people make use Of the law as an n
strumeEG of spite ana revenge, buC
they want it employed only 10 a Ger
tain point, 10 scare, but not punish
somebody.
INQUEST ON A KISSING BUG. -
The Ford hotel has been ove-run with
kissing bugs. Th5y collect almost
every evening on the screen door lead
ing into the bar room. Only one ap-
pears at a t.me but when i IS d.
stroyed another Immediately cakes its
place. The people at the hotel held
an autopsy over the body Of ore OF
them ias'e night. 1t is black and is
about the size of a spider Those
present at she autopsy believe the
kissing bug to be member OF the
spider family. Two a<fngs by kfszin.,
bugs have been recorded here in the
last two days. but the effect WAS
slight il each instance. So far@I1e
victim invariably has been sung. on
the lip, but beside a lingering drowsy f
sensation, coupled With slight (
fever, The patient has not suffered. II +
has been The case in other places n
the country that The sting 5 followed /
by a serious sickness. som etinl6s@ prov /
ing fatal There is no sppareG5@rea- +
son Tor immunity from serious e0nse- /
qEances here. unless i is that t1esell-
mate more neatly reese bles the Eab- +
itat of the lissing bug.
INSANITY AMONG TEAM STERS
A late issue Of the New YorI-ssun .
co1ta rs long article puTp3rting 10 be (
lrUe, on insanity il HIS territory Il
5 dated from Phoenix and the STATE
rent IS made that just before the ar
-icla was written six persons had been
received 81 tns territorial insane asy-
Ur, all Transfers. On Ibis facl
which IS mo- a faC-, the writer pro
ceeds 10 construct 4 JheJrE that tle
3u-fress Of an Arizona L aIster es-
pecially invites insanity. II proof Of
the theory is a statement by John
ICdgdcn. the Rough Rider. ciherwlss
known as Happy Jack and joyful
Johnny, OF his own personal expert
=nce as a teamster between ho-e and
Prescott in 1894. The evidence is
worthless for the reason that NJ.
IIOdgdon fails ID admit that he was
ever adjudged insane. As matter Of
act no six teamstEi-s have lately been
brought TO the asylum wi',hi1 q bT.ef
period. Nor have six persons Of any
Ither one occupation showing that
hose engaged in any occupation are
especially liable TO insanity. Thare
5 theory that there : more insanity
among shesp herdeTs than any Other
lass. That occupation, considering
he number engaged in II. IS ratha-
better represented in the asylum than
my other The loneliness Of the life
# the sheep herder i believed to b.
conducive - insanity. The team
tars' existence is not one of pro-
Onged loneliness.
POSSUMALAS WON. - \ fairly
5ood sized crowd yesterday afternoon
aw Bottoms north side Possumalas
1ipe up the earth and dig holes in it
With. Shirley's south side BulIies, de
eating them by a score of 10 to g.
[ was a well played game by both
ides up to a certain point The bat
ing was tremendous whenever the
litter struck the ball When he missed
he willow went through the unof-
ending air with a savage swish The
peed in base running was frightful
o the third base. Tina 8 where the
eer was. The players left third re- +
1ctantly and while looking back
ongingiy at the keg were generally
xcluded- Nearly all the put-outs 0c-
urred between third and home. Sew 2
raj players were put out for neglect
lg n their anxiety TO reach third. %
ouch first and second. Homer De
Iund was umpire. Caldwell was in