Arizona republican., 1899-05-30
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l
 direction of Captain p. P
 Parker A great deal of prop
 erty in that tract is owned 1 by non-residents who have been hold
 ing it for speculative purposes, and SC
 it has nryer been denuded of the na- | tive sagebrdsh, greasewOOd and cats | claw. As consequence picturesque 1 ness without beauty has run riot in | that region. Captain Parker opened
 correspondence with the absentees and | as result has received money from
 them to pay for putting their lots in | order. When he gets through the
 face of the country will have under gone great change
 ODERED DEPORTFD.-Wing Lee,
 a CtLnaman, was ordered depOTted by
 United States Court Commissioner l Johnstone yesterday. He has
 resided in Phoenix for twenty four years, claiming since the passage of the exclusion act to be 2 merchant. But he IS working in a laundry and from the best informa-
 tion C5tainable, was so employed at
 the time the act went into operation.
 He neglected to take out a laborar's s
 certificate, or "chCck geo." as the
 Chinese call it. as the law required,
 ike many others of his countrymen.
 He was dug up' by Deputy United States Marshal Porterie, who is at present engaged in the Business of de- pcpulating this country of unqualified Chinese. He is aided and abetted by the commissioner. who holds that one who is not engaged in merchandising, is not a merchant, whatever he may call himself.
 LIBRARY MEETING. A meeting of the officers and directors of the Phoenix Library association was held at the office of W. c. Foster. clerk Cf the district court, last night. The principal business was to receive the library from the Friday club, but as no meeting Of the club had been held to take action upon the formal turn ing over of it's library, nothing could be done. 4 special committee of three was appointed to look up a loca- tion fer the library and transact other business in connection with its C2en- ing. In the meantime the Friday club will not let the open days lapse until the books are formally transferred. H. H. McNeil submitted a proposition to the association E3r the sale of the Irvine circulating library consisting Of 2 bout SG0 volumes, for which he asks S100. This was taken under cOnsid- aration.
 WHY HE FORFEITED HIS BAIL. ] Lawrence Jerome, the man who was 1 arrested at the city hall plaza cn Sa5- i lrday night at the request Of his wife, l was released the next morning on the | iepcsit Of SIG by the woman for his ap- : 5earaEce in police court yesterday . morning. He said he intended to for | ,eit the bail He also said that he | would serve his time in jail but for me thing. He had an appointment i with eastern capitalists regarding f one mining claims and did not care to transact business with them in jail. Ie did not object on the ground that he situation would be embarrassing 0 him, but the jail is not arranged for a big mining negotiation. There were no facilities fer making as avs, no typewriter, no copying press, 10 anything that is absolutely essen ial for the transaction Of business in olving many thousands of dollars.
 THE CAPITOL BUILDING. - A wonderfully sweet and grand opera is ,eing played daily at the Capitol rounds. Skilled men are playing pon blocks of granite with steel ham, lers which fall with rythmic regular -y The tune is unchanging and  eaSeless from morning to night, bu- | does ot.get tires0me to the listener hough it may pail upon the ear of the erformers. The big granite blocks re being set in the wall by means Of
 great crane. A huge hook is fast ned to a block of granite weighing lany tons. Two men tug at a wind ass and foot after foot of the cable uns creaking through the pulleys -itacut moving the stone. The stock ; being laboriously taken up. Then he stone begins to move slowly until
 is clear of the ground. It is raised igher and higher until it is a little bove the level of its future resting lace Then the crane is tipped Over ne man at the windlass backs" and le job is done.
 A FIGHT TO A FINISH. Char ,an Barnes cf the live stock board aturday swore out warrants. against ,cal butchers for violation of the ! .ocl laws. Early yesterday morning 70 of the butchers appeared before le board with their attorneys and of sTed TO Gbay the law if the hoard 1