Arizona republican., 1899-04-01

He was watched for fifteen minutes. during which time he spent most of the l time gazing into windows. In
 his trial before Recorder Jobs yester- day afternoon he was found guilty and fined $5. He set up in his plea before the recorder that he had simply been spending a few moments of harmless recreation, but the excuse did not seem tangible. He claims to be an emplOye
 at the new capitol building.
 CANAL DREDGER. Tired Christy
 returned yesterday from the Arizona
 dam where he has been engaged on the new dredger. The boat portion will be
 launched in two weeks, but the ma
 chinery will require two months to be
 placed in. Two very large timbers
 are being used on the A frame.
 HIGH SCHOOL BANQUET. The
 reception given by the junior class 10 the graduating class at the high school yesterday was a very enjoyable affair After the banquet Professor James MeskimmOns presided as the toast master, and responses were made by uperintendent ". B. Creager, several of the faculty and a number of the pupils.
 REMAINS SENT HOME. The re mains of Walter H. CO.burn, who died Wednesday of appendicitis, were sent to Peoria, H.. last night, the former home of the deceased. The tody was accompanied by MT. and Mrs. Walter P. Colburn, father and mother Cf de- ceased Mr COlburn. ST, is a wealthy drug dealer of Peoria and sent his son to Phoenix to spend the last two win ters. Walter Colburn, Jr.. had made many friends during his visits to Phoenix, who extended cOndOlence to the bereaved parents.
 LAWRENCE LOVELL'S PROMO TION.- Lawrence Lowell has been ap- pointed to the management of the of flee of Wells, Fargo (, Co. at Prescott to succeed Ed Blake. Mir. Lowell will leave for his new post tonight ac- companied by Mrs. Lowell. This is well deserved promotion. Mir. Lowell has been a faithful and efficient en- ploye for four years in Phoenix and three in Tucson, seven in al, which CO., incidentally is the same number of years Jacob served La6an, when he re- ceived Rachel as his reward.
 PAUL DAVIS TRIAL. The trial Of Paul H. Davis. arrested for stealing $2O5 from A r. Clark last Sunday. tcok place in Justice JohnStones court yesterday Davis claims to have been a heavy artilleryman. He is q young fellow. little more than boy. with rather good face, but with the manners of a hobo The evidence against him was not exactly conclusive, though it left little moral doubt of his guilt. There were two other boys in the room at or about the time the money twas supposed to disappear One of them testified that he saw Davis <, vicinity of the clothing from which it was taken. The other boy was not within the jurisdiction of the court so that suspicion was naturally divided between him and the defendant. The strongest circumstance against Davis was that the night before the theft he had no money, but had borrowed Q dime from Mr. Clark. Within half an hour after the money was stolen Davis ipaid 75 cents for horse hire. He ac counted fer his sudden rise in the financial world by saying that he had sold on Sunday morning two pair of trousers and a vest to a man whom he had never seen before and has never seen since. Judgment will be rem dered today.
 A LA ROME. B. M Pratt. super intendent Of the Phoenix city railway, and family returned yesterday from a pleasure trip to San Francisco Mr. Pratt said that from the standpoint Of the sight-seer the noted Cliff House can in no way compare favorably with the Sutro baths. The bath house has the appearance of a crystal palace, the glass covering extending over prob ably six acres Of ground. The in terior," said MT. Pratt, reminds one of the old Roman baths as described.'' It is fitted up elegantly and includes several tanks, the largest Of which is