Arizona republican., 1899-05-12

driver vas saving away, adding to lthe horses di5qi4ietude, by frightened | yells People along the line of march quit their usual avocations to help the Chinaman yell. The horse could not run very fast, but he was doing
 hi level best He nearly tore the
 hind quarters off of another horse
 hitched in a gutter by the sidewalk.
 He was brought to a brief standsgill and the Chinaman jumped cut of the
 wagon and seized him by the head TEMPERANCE EVANGELIST - J. H. Campbell. the Good Templar l lecturer of Des Moines, Ia., will arrive tonight He has been featuring exten- sively in the northern part of the tsrri- tory. He instituted lodges at Winslow and Williams, and lectured subse- quently at Jerome In the four days
 he spent in Prescott he succeeded in doubling the membership of tfe lodge.
 and during his visit at Congress the lodge at that place was reorganized-
 Next Monday evening he will be ten
 dered a reception at the Good Temp
 lars hall, and on the following night
 he will address the public at the Pres
 byterfan church. Next Wsdr esday and
 Thursday he will lecture at the Mad isOn school district with a view, partly,
 to recognizing the order. It is thought that R. M. Bond, who resigned recently as lodge deputy for the local crdar, will be succeeded by A. P. Wal
 bridge. Mir. Walbridge has held the highest positions of the Arizona lodges, but has never held the position of lodge deputy.
 THE LOST Charles Rcdig and E. Fender left yesterday morning for the Superstition noun tains to hunt for that mysterious treasure vault, know variously as the Lost Dutchman mine and the Miners mine. Mir. ROdig was one of the dis coverers and remembers it as a plle- nomenal gold deposit Soon after the discovery Mir. Rodig and his partner were run out of the country by the Apaches and were strangely never able to find the mine again MT Ro> digs partner made several attempts to relocate 1t, but was at last picked up on the desert crazy Hundreds of persons have hunted for it since, but it kls curiously happened that they were overtaken by some unusual ac- ddent. Some times they were unac- countabTy lost. Mr Rodig has made several expeditions, but he has always been overtaken by illness or injury. The same thing happened to him yes terday. He fell from a wagon. near Tempe and was brought back with sprained or broken wrist.
 A SPECIAL PENSION AGENT. - B. D. Harrington, special pension agent, with headquarter?. at Washing ton, D. C., arrived a the Commercial yesterday from Los Angeles MT. Har- rington comes on sr9cial pension bus mess. He will take evidence on sev- eral pension cases wherein .5he gov ernment is not entirely satisfied that the claims are proper. The govern ment is painstaking in preventing pen sion frauds, and it frequently eXpends a large amount of monsy to ascertain the stability of a small application. -iiT- Harrington said yesterday that al though the pension approp priatioas are assuming large proportions, the increase is but natural, and he does not believe there are many impositions made upon the government. Con- gressional legislation, of course. is ,.e- sponsible for the increase There are instances wherein the widow cf a fed eral soldier is unable to furnish proof prerequisite to obtain a pension, and II IS such cases as that which partially constitute the duties Of Mr Harring- ton The government itself takes steps to obtai nthe necessary prccf
 A FICTITIOUS GAME.-Tda fol- lowing communication was received it this office yesterday from Manager Jess Franklin of the Ash Fork base bale club: .The base ball game be- tween the Phoenix boys and ths Ash Fork Sheep Herders resulted in vic -ory for the Sheep Herders. The score being nine to r'0thing in favor of the 5heep Herders. The Phoenix boys be- 1 ng sleepy and tired, is their excuse 'or defeat. We are ready to meet all ! corners. Send up another nine The 1 news created consternatiOn here Tn | he first place it was not known that 1 here was a base ball club at Ash l Fork. But if the Phoerixs athletes l were going to make that kind of ] showing on their tour of conquest. ! here was conCansus of ! opinion that for the good | name of the territory they ought ! Q come back. It was learned later ] hat there was no game at Ash Fork. l The bali club there is believed to be | and Mir. Franklin himself, i s suspected of being a fictitious per | son. There may be an umpire at Ash | Fork and he may have given the game | Q the suppositious home team by the | ,suaI score of g to 0, for Phoenix re- i using to appear on the grounds.
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