Arizona republican., 1899-03-22
NEWS
 OF HE
 TOWN

] A WAITING TELEGRAM. -Tht
 Western Union has a message for G A. Kingdom.
 LICENSED TO MARRY "A mar
 riage license was issued yesterday tc Peter Rice and Annie Tucker.
 A SPELLING MATCH.--The United
 Moderns held a spelling match at thei1
 hall last night. Most of the members
 were present and some of them found
 more difficulty with three-syllable
 words than they had anticipated.
 A TENNIS CHALLENGE.-Leo
 Rosenburg, the president of the Phoe-
 nix tennis club, has sent a challenge to
 the tennis club of the Tempe normal
 The high school club also expects to
 send challenge in the near future
 MEMS GOSPEL UNION-J. Roe l Young spoke at the meeting of the Mems gospel union on the subject, | ''The Chief of Sinners Converted" The i meeting was held at the M. D. church, south, anu only men were present.
 THE BASE BALL SEASON OVER.
 The DeMund base ball team has not been successful in arranging game and it is thought that the ball season | is over. In probably a score of con- tests that were played by the nine, it has lost but two games.
 A FATAL APOPLECTIC STROKE Mrs. Allen McMillan was stricken with apoplexy yesterday morning and
 her death occurred shortly after. She
 was 52 years of age. The remains were sent to Taylor, Tex, last night, and
 were accompanied by her son, J. D.
 McMillan.
 DEATH OF FRANK ALLAWAY.- Frank Allawav. aged 20. died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning of a hem orrhage at his residence two miles north of the city. The remains were embalmed and sent to Chicago last night They were accompanied by his mother and sister.
 ; NEW COPPER MINING COMPANY. Articles of incorporation of the Bay State Copper Mining company were filed in the office of the secretary of the territory yesterday. The incorpo- rators are Charles H. Gasse and James P. Reyes, both of Boston, Mass. The capital stock is $500,000; the shares $1 each.
 MISSINu WAR DOCUMENTS.- Michael Ash, an old soldier of con- pany I, First Michigan infantry, of the civil war, arrived in Phoenix about a week ago minus ms valise, which was checked over the Santa Fe from Lake Balle Junction, New Mexico, to Phoe- nix. The valise contained only cheap suit of clothes, but what was of more value, the war papers of MT. Ash.
 has been received from Globe that a marriage took place there March 15, in which Emmet Reed and Miss Fannie Duey were the contracting parties MT. Reed was a young man well known at Phoenix two years ago and since then he has been in the butcher busi- ness at Globe. Both bride and groom have been warmly congratulated upon their marriage.
 DIED AMONG STRANGERS. Emil Larson, young man of twenty-two, died on Monday night on Jackson street, between Second and Third av- enUes. He had been here about two weeks His home was at Eau Claire Wis, and telegram was received from a sister there yesterday directing that his remains be embalmed and sent home. w. A. Davis & Co., will for ward them tonight.
 A SUIT BETWEEN PARTNERS. - George R. Williscraft began suit in district court yesterday against John w. Crowley. The parties were engaged in the foundry business until recently, The petition alleges that the defendant has been disposing of the material of the business on his own account and collecting accounts due the firm and failing to make reports. The petition prays for a dissolution of the partner ship, the appointment of a receiver and that the defendant be compelled to make an accounting.
 HIS FAMILY FOUND HIM.-The residents about the Wilson school say that there has been a man there lately acting very strangely. He came to the neighbOrhood about ten days l ago and built a rude habitationl. in some underbrush. The people at first | thought he was a recluse or a crank | but they subsequently, formed the | opinion that he was insane. Yesterday | } stranger drove up to his hut and took | the man with him. Nothing more has 1 been seen of him and the conclusion | las been drawn that some one of his | family had discovered his whereabouts 1 and came to take him home.
 TROUBLE AMONG THE SPECIAL DOLICE.-There was disorder among | he special police yesterday morning. | It grew out of an active competition | between two systems of Merchants | Police Patrol, one of which is con 5rolled by Officers Al Galpin and L. M. Francis, and the other by George | McCarty. It occurred about four o'clock in front of the Dennis block. There are two stories about it's pre- ;1pitatiOn. Officer Francis says he | crossed over from the opposite side of he street and was met by Officer Me Clarty, who advanced upon him and ried to strike him. They clinched and ,ell, Officer McClarty on top. His gun fell to the sidewalk Just then J. Briggs came along and picking up | he weapon fired it in the air to at ract the attention of the regular po- Ice. Officer McClarty's story is quite different. He says he was standing on he corner and Officer Francis came