Arizona republican., 1899-12-04

bers who could spare the time were re- quested to attend" It is almost need less to say that if the Los Angeles bus
 mess men visit Phoenix during the car
 nival they will be most pleasantly en- tertained.
 TWO ENTRIES MADE. George Baxter and Felix Powell, two expert miners of Bisbee, sent their entrance fee for the double handed miners drill | ing contest to the carnival association | yesterday. The same mail brought to hand the entrance fee of Walter Smith | from the same place for the single handed contest. MT. J. F. Bark has 1 charge of the miners drilling contest, which will occur at Lightburne plaza on Tuesday morning.
 ANOTHER AVALANCHE. - Sat urday nights train from the north was something to be proud of, as four l coaches were packed to their fullest capacity. Last night a still larger train arrived and when it pulled out of
 Prescott there was on board 175 pas sengers for Phoenix and 1O5 pieces of baggage. There were other accessions at the local stations. And this. like Saturday nights train, was not an eX- cursion train, either. The excursions from the north will begin tonight. AMERICAN FLAGS WANTED. - Some one has noticed that the Amer ican flag does not appear on the street arches forming part of the carnival decorations, and yesterday a roar went up to the heavens. one irate
 kicker stating with much emphasis that the arches would come down if the omission is not remedied. This will be done today by the decorating com
 mittee of the carnival, it is said, and it is hoped that everything will again be lovely.
 INDIANS ON HAND. Over 400 wild, wOolly. long haired, short haired, fat, lean, greasy, washed and un- washed Pima and Maricopa Indians, male and female, arrived in the city last evening about o'clock accompa- nied by the usual complement of dogs, ponies, bows, arrows. feathers, etc, usually expected to be in evidence for demonstration. They are encamped east of the city and spent last night in mixing up rainbow war paint and are now engaged in decorating themselves as only Indians can. MAY IRWINS PET. Harry Brock. bright faced little coIored boy, ac- ccmpanied by his mother, arrived on
 last nights excursion train from Tue son. Harry is a cake walker of great
 fame all over the coast, as he appeared
 in all the leading California towns un-
 der the direction of May Irwin in her
 picllaninny shows. He will be a con-
 nt in ;orI,+
 walk. Three other juvenile cake walk
 CTS will arrive this evening 'on the
 train from Prescott and the fancy
 stepping fraternity promises some
 thing unusually fine for those who at
 tend.
 A WELCOME TO ALL. At 9 o'clock
 tonight the doors of The Republican will be thrown open to the general pub
 lie. and every resident and visitor in
 the city is invited to come and view
 an up-to-date newspaper in the pro- cess of getting itself out" The ma chinery in all departments of the es-
 tablishment will be in operation and refreshments will be served to keep
 the visitors in a good humor While they wait and witness the evolution
 from raw material to the finished product The whole show will last
 some time, as big things cannot be done in minute.
 A MINING OPERATOR. MT. c. P. Collins of Bradford, Pa, arrived on Saturday nights train and is a guest
 of the Hotel Adams. MT. Collins is a leading official of the Standard oil company and is largely interested in Arizona copper mines. having some properties now in a gratifying stage of development. He is ever on the alert. however, for good opportunities of in vestment and .t is said he has his eye
 on other mines in this part of the world. Mir. Collins is also a personal friend and business associate of MT. E. T. Howes, who lives in the handsome
 residence of Captain Baldwin in Simms addition.
 BLOCKING IN. The Indians who are to attend the carnival began gath ering in the vicinity of Phoenix last night. 4 band of twenty-five from the White Mountain reservation encamped