Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-23

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OPEN HEADQUARTERS The car
nival association will be at home
commencing with today, as headquar-
ters are to be opened up in the room
of the board of trade. L. E. Hoffman.
a local newspaper man, will be in
charge.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVO-
LUTION.-The society of the Sons of
the American Revolution will hold an
important meeting at O'Clock this
evening in the office of the recorder,
J. Ernest Walker, on South Second
avenue.
"TRIP 70 sACATON-A Cobb.
representing the n. o. Nelson Manu-
featuring company, and Percy Scoville,
returned last night from a trip to the
Sacaton Indian agency, where they
went to make an estimate on the
plumbing of the government buildings
soon to be erected.
RAISED A MEMORIAL.-A monu-
ment was unveiled with appropriate
ceremonies yesterday afternoon over
the grave of Mrs. Geiges in the Phoe-
nix cemetery. The memorial stone is
the result of the work of the ladies OF
the Woodmen's circle, of which the de-
ceased was a member.
A BIG RATTLE BOx-A local
sportsman went down the river yester-
day looking for ducks, quail and other
big game. He found it all right and
added to the collection in his game
bag string of thirteen rattles, which
he clipped from the tail of a festive
rattIesnake that CHANGED to cross his
path.
MUSIC AND FLOWERS.-The ex-
cellent music at the Baptist church
yesterday included an anthem by the
quartet choir and solos by Miss Kay
and Mr.. Beller. The floral decorations
at this church are deserving of spec
iaI mention and yesterday the roses
most of them from Mrs. Thompsons
grounds, were more beautiful than
ever.
BASE BALL YESTERDAY.-The
game Of base ball at the park yester-
day afternoon was hardly more than
a practice game for the Phoenix nine,
the True Blues going down to defeat
under score of something like
twenty to two. The Phoenix boys will
leave on Thursday evening for FL
Paso, where they will play games on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
MONEY FOR MISSIONS Off
GERS of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union in apportioning money to be
raised by the societies in Arizona for
home and foreign missions asked the
Phoenix society to raise $50. Last
evening at a meeting led by the ter
ritoriaI B. Y. P. L. president, Rev.
George H. Brewer. subscriptions were
asked for and in a few minutes the
sum of $45 was pledged.
y QUIET SUNDAY-It was a mat
ter of comment yesterday that the
day was an exceedingly quiet one.
both in a news sense and in a general
way. Persons preferred to lounge I'M
der the shade trees. apparently.
rather than to take violent exercise.
Religious services We're held on the va
rious street corners as usual in the
afternoon and a funeral added to the
character of the day.
ENHANCED BY MUSIC-The
band concert last evening was as
usual attended by a large crowd of
admiring listeners. Some people are
so wrapped up in music that they be-
come obvious to everything else n
week ago a married lady lost her five
year-Old daughter who had strayed
away, and did not know it until the
music had ceased. Then. of course
there was agitation on the part of the
mother, and tears on the part of the
infant, both of which only ended upon
a mutual reunion of the two.
HEADS OF NOTED PEOPLE
George Buxton has a curiosity in the
shape of sculDtured representation
not know that the sculpturing was in
tended for -Aguinaldo We're it not for
a card that George has placed above
it. The representation was brought
from Hawaii to Los Angeles in the
shape of a coacoanut with the husk
intact. An embryonic artist took it
in hand and rudely but truthfully
it into a negro's head. Another
of the same kind of work is said to
an Irishman, but is labeled
Dom Paul Kruger, and has glass eyes
to stare one out of countenance |
George also has a cocoanut on exhibit |
ton, surrounded with its husk, to
show the material from which such |
curiosities are made.
FUNERAL OF FRANK K. WAFER |
The funeral service over the remains |
of Frank K. Warer, whose sudden /
death was recorded in yesterdays is |
sue, was held yesterday afternoon I'M
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