Arizona republican., 1899-10-06

lem. wet DulO .06 63
Tenn. maximum LIB SO
Tenn. minimum .65 ga
Rel. humidity ......58 81
Wind, direction ..... E E
Wind, velocity 49,.
Precipitation 80.
State of weather clear. Clear.
BEEF Fer PRESCOTT-W H
Smith, the Prescott butcher, will leave
for home this morning escoTting a car
load of fine beef cattle, which will Ill
| timately find their way to the Prescott
market
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. -
In the matter of the petition in bank
Tuptcy in the case of the Henry E.
Kemp Hardware company Judge Street
in chambers yesterday made an order
of adjudication and reference to Com
missioner Kurtz. The firm was order
! ed to submit schedules as early as
possible.
| REBEKAH'S BAIL.-It has been
| decided that the much talked CT and
previously announced Rebekah's ball,
will be given on the night of Friday,
October 18Th The committees are
working hard for the success of the
affair and promise an evening Of pleas
uI6 lndJ VIII 1ully SuSd1n lu6lI ISpu-
1ation Of lst season.
PROBATE COURT-The will of
Frances N. Johnson was admitted to
probate yesterday and letters Of ad-
ministration were issued to her son,
William H Johnson. The estate con-
sists of Phoenix real estate. The
hearing of the petition CT Mrs. NJ. j..
Davis for letters OF guardianship in the
estate of her husband, Simeon Davis,
an inmate of the asylum.
MIR WALKERS RETURN.-Mr.
George NJ. Walker, the veteran hotel
man, who has managed the Hotel
Adams the last two winters, has been
secured again for the coming season.
During the summer for several years
he has had charge of the Manitou
House and the Mansions at Manitou
Springs, Colo The season has been
closed and Mr.. Walker and his wife
will leave shortly fer Phoenix. He
will take the management of the Hotel
Adams on November 1.
ANOTHER WATER CASE.-Suit
was filed in district court yesterday by
William Rice against the MaricOpa
Canal company. This is only another
incident in the plan OF the campaign of
the water users against the water com
pany. The allegations of the COM
plant are similar to those CT the con-
plants in all the suits against the
same defendant, except the Gold case.
Service in the cases heretofore filed
was taken upon the defendant yester-
day.
DATE OF THE CARNIVAL.-Car-
nival Commissioner Clark and his
committee yesterday fixed upon the
week beginning November as the
date of the carnival. The commission
er has ppointed J. W. Banham, COM
handing general of the carnival 1t
is proposed to spend $4,000 IN this
event and there is not the slightest
doubt that much larger sum than
this could be raised if necessary. The
subscriptions are counting up rapidly
with comparatively little effort. More
than dozen subscriptions Of $3.50 each
have been received. The commissioner
announces that the coming carnival
will mark an epcch in the history OF
Phoenix
"A PRISONERS ESCAPE.-A letter
was received at the sheriff's office yes
terday from Deputy Sheriff Porter
MOffat of Yuma county, saying that
Henry Willard, who was lately ar
rested here for a burglary committed
at Palomas, had escaped. How, he did
net say. The letter was accompanied
by a set of Ieg-irons which Willard had
the honor to wear when he was taken
away from Phoenix. The news cf Mil
lard's escape did not overwhelm Dep
uty Sheriff Boyd with surprise. He
was kept busy preventing Millard
from jumping out Of the car window
with the shackles on when he was
taking him to Maricopa to deliver him
to Deputy Moffatt The prisoner was
so desperate that he was willing to
take any kind of a chance to get |
away.
AN EARLY DAY EXPERIENCE
Speaking of hunting" said Joe
Boice, Il had a remarkable experience !
once while in the army that gave me |
great respect fer a gun and put a
damper ON my ambition to make a
record as a sportsman. We had just
from little campaign gainst .
The Indians, having captured eighty |
TWO of them and broughC them back to !
he post. They were not heavily arm
I'd as we only succeeded in finding only
5wo guns in their possession, both old
fashioned, single-barreled, muzzle-
oading weapons. One of them, which |
seemed the best of the two had been
broken at the stock and the parts /
ashed together again with a piece of
'awhide One day / thought l would
AXE a hunt, as quail were plenty, hop
ng to bring in birds enough to supply |
he post l took supply of bird-shot 4
Ind the Indian gun loaded it up with |
| good charge and took to the hills. L Il
,oon encountered a big flock of quail /