Arizona republican., 1899-02-15

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 the pest hcase, called on the Courier
 yesterday. He says there are only two
 cases left in the house and they are
 cCnvalescent. MT. Hill has never Eld
 the smallpox; vaccination has never
 taken on him. Still he nursed small
 pox patients for weeks and never
 caught the disease.-Pre5cCt Courier.
 Mrs w. A Murdock will leave this
 evening for WinslOw. The lady speaks
 highly of the Ladies Auxiliary Of the
 order of which she is president, est-b-
 lished in Albuquerque, and the mem
 bers of the lodge in their turn were de-
 Hehted with the visit of the grand
 president, and received much benefit
 through her exempIifcation of the s0-
 ciety work of the C-1er.-AI5UQEe1Qu Democrat.
 J. w Waite received a letter from
 A. B. Ll2mbcon of Ramah, N M, Gn
 the 2Gth of last month, in which he
 stated that the smallpox in Zuni is
 most terrible. Utc to the 18th ut. PIP
 Indians had died and COO more were iii
 with the dreaded disease. of which the
 doctors say 300 cannot live. He also states that this disease has made it's appearance among the NavajOes four miles from Ram5h st. JChns Herald.
 The president on Tuesday nominated
 
 mathematics in the navy Prof See is well known to the Flagstaff people, having for two years been connected with the Lowell observatory. During his connection with the Lowell he made Q study of double stars, and he has probably located more binary ctars than any dead CT living astronomer ever dreamed eXisted in the starry fila ment.-Coconino Sun.
 The smallpox has been at work among the McIui Indians. FCIty-eight cases have appeared and eighteen deaths have occurred up to this CaCe. The go 'ernment authorities have con- 1 fined the ,9ses to the middle mesa, and it has not a. He3red in any of the lager | villages. Should it break out in CTaiba it is probable that not enough of the Moquis would be left to give snake ! dance. A great proportion of the In dians have submitted to vaccination l and every means is being taken to pre- | vent 9 general spread of the disease. ] Eleven cases are reported among the | Navajoes near Fort Defiance.
 The cold wave struck FlagataT last ] Friday and held it in it's grasp un'ci1 Tuesday. It was accompanied with a snow storm which left twenty-six 1 inches of the beautiful on the ground | and this brought joy to the stOckmen, ] fer it insures water and grass in plenty. | The local weather bureau reports the ' temperature on Monday morning as 1 being r degrees below zero, and Tues day as 20 below, by faa the coldest | weather of the winter. At the Lowell ! Observatory 9 temperature of F de- i grees higher was recorded. It being . that much warmer C1 the hill than in the valley. The weather grew warmer Wednesday and the snow is fast disaD- bearing. There is, according to the weather bureau report, no cold wave in sight The cold wave extended all over the coast, and did considerable damage in fruit belts.-COconfno Sun.
 An individual representing himself as Captain Bigelclw of the Cuban army, arrived in tClwn this week and was talk en in tow by one of our patriotic resi- dents, who introduced him to our citi- zens and made his stay quite pleasant The captain announced that he would lecture on the exciting events of the Cuban campaign on Tuesday evening st the hall. He got into a game of seven up, and in addition thereto filled up liberally on corn juice. On Tuesday he disappeared, and his audience was greeted by an empty 1OsrUm. The hero of many . saloon fight and box 1 Pullman and was vending his way to ward the setting sun in quest of fresh fields of gl5ry. His failure to meet his appointment here is attributed solely to fOrgetfulnesS. 2s great minds are ire Guently afflicted with f5sapt-minded- ness in painful egree.-Eolbrook Argus.
 The Prescott Courier suggests that the woman suffrage bill be amended to read that whenever any woman 2 years of age, desires to be allowed to ; exercise the rights of full citizenship l ; that upon her going before any notary public CT justice of the peace, and talk ing oath that such is her desire. that such desire be forthwith granted, fur ' ther, that the law against women dress { ing in male attire be repealed, and the law granting female suffrage be further ! amended requiring those women who ' do become full citizens to wear some i sort of badge, whereby they may be f by officers of the law ' from women who do not care tc vote. g work on roads, bear arms pay poll tax, i serve on juries and So on. In this way. ' every WCman whCf desires to vote can C 10 so, and be known to all the world T )y her badge, while those who do not will not be bothered by office seeking S read and poll tax collect t DTS, juror hunting sherims, and So on. I Such law would be fair to all the fair. ( We have never yet seen a woman who { wanted to vote WhO was not fully com s 1etent to attend to any sort of duty or I unctt0n of which man is capable, and I hey should be allowed to vote. s
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