Arizona republican., 1899-07-11

should be made up of public spirited
 men alert to siege upon every oppor- | tulity that presents itself and to hunt
 for opportunities that lie hidden i There is not the slightest doubt that
 such an organization as is desired will
 be effected An earnest of t has been
 given in the sixty-three names Of per
 sOns who have contributed to the fund
 of S2.S00 so far, made up for the pur-
 pose of carrying QStt the objects of the
 association.
 4 NEW COURT. Judge Street Is in NOgales, having gone there to as
 sis- Judge Davis in opening court, the
 first session Of which n and for Santa
 Cruz county will soon be in operation- | RECORDERS COURT. The re-
 corder's court had a run yesterday in drunks. Harry DOrsie made h-s | fourth appearnce before the recorder since the Fourth of July for drunken ness and was given thirty days. The
 Mexican who assaulted Jailor Rock
 was sentenced to twenty days. An other man who kicked Officer Dowell get $1O. Divers other drunks were
 given fines ranging from s2 to s. HE WAS KISSED FIRST. Will liam Debus. a faro dealer in the Cap itol. claims the distinction of being the first victim in Phoerix of the kiss
 ing bug He says he was stung the
 evening before Clarence Fulwiler's
 infliction. He describes the sting as producing a dizziness and sleepy sen sation. His lip was swollen to the size of a hens egg five minutes after the sting. and MT. Debus lay n bed the remainder of the night and part of the next day. He did not see the bug and was only aware of the presence of something on his lips by a tickling sensation He brushed il aside. think ing it was fly.
 THE EFFECT ON BEER. Re ports come in which show Sunday nights rain to have covered consider able area south of Tempe and Mesa. The rain was heavier at Mesa than at Tempe, but Kyrene was the luckiest place. A drenching rain fell there through several hours. The farmers, on account of the scarcity of water, usually come into Tempe and buy g. cent beer. Yesterday they would have nothing which cost less than 25 cents and they are making preparations to go to the coast for the summer A heavy rain fell as far south as Mari cCpa, but 1t did not extend westward. The local observatory received word yesterday that there had not been a semblance of rain at Yuma.
 TO AID COLLECTOR CHENO- WEITH- John O. Dunbar and Sam F. Webb left on Sunday night for No gales at the request of Collector H. K. Chenoweth, to see if they could gid him in standing off the treasury de- partments purpose to remove him from office. Notwithstanding the ex- plic.t special telegram priE&ed by The last ThU-sday announcing his removal and the appointment Of his successor, his friends derfed that any such action had been taken As late as Saturday the collector said h. had lad 10 notification, but he evil dently heard of it the neX- day, for telegrams began to be received here asking Influential members of the party tO>wire Washington to stop pro ceedings until MT. ChenOweth could have an opportunity to put n a de- fsnse. Though all the persons to whom these telegrams were addressed were warm friends of the collector, Fhey realized in view of the fact that his successor had been named that recpening of the case was hopeless. Beside. they questioned the propriety of any such action as they had been asked to take. since the department had made the change only after the third Investigation of the charges. q