Arizona republican., 1899-06-22

at Prescott burned that place afford
 poor facilities and discourages
 troupes along the northern route iron
 stopping off. The Prescott stage could
 be rebuilt at comparatively small
 outlay.
 JUMPED INTO THE CANAI-Tht
 hearse Of w. A. Davis & Company was
 suddenly converted into a water ve-
 hicle yesterday. The driver, George
 F. Merr1man, who is connected with the company, had returned from the
 funeral of the late E. G. Frankenberg
 AS the horses were nearing the Grand
 canal on the Tempe road the single
 tree fell and they became frightened.
 They ran with the hearse along the
 canal and as they started into it Mr
 Merrimen jumped. ISss ankle was
 sprained by the fall. The horses
 foundered about in the water a short
 time before they were Iisentangled
 from the harness and got out The
 hearse was not badly damaged
 GOVERNORS GIFT.-The Phoenix
 Library association yesterday received
 100 books from Governor N O. Mur-
 phy which will be added to the H.
 brary. The association expects to re- ceive other contributions of books
 from persons in Phoenix who have signifed an intention to add to the importance of this commendable un-
 dertaking. The number of books in
 the library at the present time is
 about 1900, and the rooms are being patronized by a great many. The at tendance is especially large on Satur- day evenings when the library is open from to g o'clock.
 THE HACKBERRY SHELTER. N. L. Carpenter, superintendent of the Oriental mine in the Big Bug district, is in town and will return tonight with his wife. He speaks well of the Big Bug district. The Blackberry smelter near Meyer, which was abandoned a few years ago, will be started up again soon as a custom smelter. It has a capacity of about 100 tons. The Ster- ling is the only copper mine of the dis trict. MT. Carpenter says the ore has been shipped and an amount realized which more than paved the expenses, and when the ore is smelted by the local concern the profit will assume good proportions.
 VISIT DELAYED.-J. w. Shreve. Grand Master Workman of the juris- diction of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, who was expected to arrive in Phoenix last night, was detained at Prescott and will not arrive until Sat urday night. MT Shreve is visiting orders of the Workman in the south west, and during his visit here he will organize lodges at Mesa, Glendale and Tempe. On Saturday evening a reception will be given MT. Shreve a the A. o. U. w. hall and large num- Der are expected to congregate there to honor him. MT. Shreve is the young est man ever chosen to this impor- tant place in the Workman order. and he is very popular wherever he is known.
 ARIZONA'S RESOURCES.-A B. Rich and J. M. Rueck left last night for Los Angeles after an extended tour Of the territory. As has been pre- viously stated they are compiling a re- port for the National Teachers 1o1l- venticn which will be held In Los Angeles soon. They had greatly ur- the resources of this ter ritory. They say that the people liv- ing elsewhere and the many corpora ti0ns do not know Of the magnitude of resources. As result they find that they have easily gathered enough data for two or three reports of the size originally contemplated. 1 These men say that it is a revelation for one to examine into the opportun- 1ties afforded by this territory.
 AN; INSURANCE SCHEME.-P. K. Hickey is considering a new insurance 1 scheme and he hopes before long to interest few 1ccaI husineSS men in it. | He proposes a plan of insurance i which decreases in premium and in creases in annuity One joining the i pays in a smaller amount | every year and after subscribing to l the company for a certain number of ! years. draws an annuity which in | due. it may Ee sold or maintained | without cost. MT. Hickey says that i Jeffries is a better man than the | world has ever produced before, and 1 in a like manner the longevity of man | is increasing. He takes this into con- | sideration in formulating a method for 1 operating the company.
 OBJECTS TO THE BLOCK.-The | residents of the Murphy addition are growing restless. They now propose To petition the council for admittance into the city. in the acton now pend ing to annex the Murphy addition the city council recently instructed the i city attorney to enter motion that | that portion of the addition embrace ing the block be stricken from the pe- titiOn. The Murphy residents peti- toned the council to revoke the in 5tructions. The council has taken no