Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-21
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Tenn. wet bulb 47 60
Tenn. maximum ..79 90
Tenn. minimum ..53 So
Rel humidity.... 40 %
Wind, direction ..NE E
Wind, velocity ......... 8
Precipitation 49,. 49,.
State of weather Clear. Clear
CATTLE COMING.-A shipment OF
twelve cars of cattle is expected to
arrive today from Del Rio for Joseph
Monihon and j. r. Norton.
| WATER SUITS.-Two more water
suits were begun yesterday, one
against the Salt River Canal com
pany and the other against the Mari
| copa company. August Berkenkamp
was the plaintiff in both cases.
| A RUNAWAY. A team and wagon
! belonging to the Creighton Hay and
Grain company took a sudden start
yesterday, and running across the
street crashed into a post in front of
the Phoenix Hay and Grain COM
panys place.
HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.-A fair
audience greeted Mrs. Clara Patterson
Gillum at the high school building last
night. The programme was one of ex-
ceptional merit and Mrs. GillGm S rem
dition of the selections was excellent
and entertaining. She possess rare tai
ent as an elocutionist and her work for
the school library fund is greatly APP
preciated.
LOOKED LIKE MISUNDERSTANDING
the ladies' social session held by the
Elks at their hall last evening. a man
who stood near the Exalted Ruler, sud
denly pulled revolver and fired at A
E. Cobb who fell over in a barrel. De-
string to get the victim out of the sight
Of the audience as quickly as possible
they threw the barrel out of a second
story window and went "On with the
Mad Dance There were no arrests.
DISTRICT COURT.-Rafael and
Emilio Baca indicted for horse stealing,
were brought into district court yester-
day to plead. The former entered
plea of not guilty, and the latter plead
ed guilty. He will be sentenced today.
The trial of J. w Walker VS. the Pneu-
mo Chemical company was finished
and the case was taken under advise
ment The case of Michael Baerrow VS.
Warren Ollie was set for trial on Octo-
Der "a In the case of AinSwOrth VS.
Ehlers ct al a demurrer was argued
and submitted.
ROWING WHEELMEN.-A. n. Cog
gan and Ralph Watson have complet-
ed a recent bicycle tour which included
Tucson, Globe, Goldfield, Ray mine and
intervening points. They took their
journey easily and camped where night
overlook them, suffering nothing more
serious than an occasional puncture,
which is a small matter with the mod
ern wheelman- The two young men
are of a rowing disposition, having
spent couple of years on the Klon-
dyke, and are now contemplating 4
trip to cape Nome next spring.
H. w. STEVENS GOOD WORK. -
H. William Stevens, the mining broker
of Wickenburg, has opened a tempo
rary office az No. So Wall street, New
York. Mr.. Stevens is general man.
ager of the Anglo-American Develop
ment company, which owns a large
number of claims near Wickenburg.
His principal business in New York
is the promotion of the interests of
this company and it is understood re-
suits are most fattering. He expects
to return to Arizona again some time
in December
MONDAY NIGHTS MEETING. i
Public interest in the meeting called |
by the board of trade next Monday
night to consider the water question is |
growing. 1t was not believed at first |
that the alarm expressed was we'll |
grounded. 1t was not conceivable that !
the council would tie the city up to the
present water company for another |!
generation. The statements by the |
mayor, though, have convinced the !
people that the deal has been partially |
agreed upon, by at least a minority of |
the council.
A NAVAL VISITOR.-Lieutena H.
A. Bispham, wife, children and maid of
New York, who have been stopping a:
the Ford hotel for the last ten lays,
left last night for Philadelphia, which
will be their home for the prtsent. Mrs.
Bispham is an invalid and the party
came here for the recuperation of her
health. Her preference for the east
however, and new orders received by
1er husband changed their calcula-
ions. Lieutenant Bispham was an
officer on the battleship Texas during
he interesting time at Santiago, which
Admiral Cervera recalls with vain re-
,rets. He is now appointed to posi-
ion in the shore service and will be
tationed at Philadelphia
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE II
York upon the long distance telephone |
etween here and Prescott, which has
previously been described in detail, |
,as activity begun here yesterday and
ill he pushed as fast as possible. 1t
believed the line will be completed
$ far as Prescott in fifty days and n
hereafter extended to California at ~
n early date Mr.. Hinchcliffe 4
avs his company will expend a
,taI of at least $3.50 900 in the territory /