Arizona republican., 1899-10-28


and successful pulpit orators on the
coast and no doubt his addresses Will
be. listened to by full houses Mr.
Snowgrass will sing at the morning
service Professor Johnson in the
afternoon and Mrs. Turney in the
levening.
CARNIVAL CAKE WALK. R. S
Stearns is arranging a cake walk as a
feature of the carnival week. He has
secured two of May Twins 'Picka-
kninnies," one of whom. boy of IS. is
IL Phoenix with his mother The other
is at Prescott. These two youths will
show the people of Phoenix precisely
how the cake walks. Beside this
main incident there will be a cake walk
dance. with all the friIls. and that
kind of a dance is susceptible to a
great variety of frills. In addition to
| the Pickaninnies there will be sew
eFal other skillful, though less famous,
cake walkers from different parts of
the territory. The merchants of Phoe-
nix will be asked to contribute trophies
for the cake walk.
FOOT BALL CONTEST. The sec
ond game of foot ball under the au-
spices of the Arizona Foot Ball league
Will be played on Saturday afternoon,
November 4. at Phoenix park, game
being called at 2:30 p. IN. The contest
ants will be the teams representing the
normal and high schools. a good
game is expected and the lovers of
foot ball are enthusiastic. There are
three teams in the league, the two
above named and the Indian school
team. During the season each team
will play three games, with each of
the other teams, making six games for
each team in the league. The first
game was played last Saturday be
tween the normals and the Indians, re-
sulting in score bf to 0 in favor of
the normal team.
BRACE OF HOBOS-Early yester-
day morning officer Hale arrested a
stranger in a saloon on a charge of
vagrancy. The stranger had been
pointed out TO him as a man VINO had
made a demonstration in restaurant
with a gun the afternoon before. After
having tried to stand the waiter off
for a meal he approached guest and
asked him for a quarter. The guest
refused to give it and the hobo draw
ing a revolver asked. How would you
like to look down the barrel of this?'
He then put it away. When he was
he said his name was Samuel
Wilson and admitted the proceedings
in the restaurant and also admitted
having asked various persons for I
He did not have the gun
when arrested and would not tell +
where it was. He was locked up, but /
in police court yesterday refused to /:
admit anything, so the case had TO be !
continued for witnesses. Soon after !
arrest officer DOweI gathered /
in another suspicious character who .
calls himself Paul Brown. He said he .
had just been employed at the 81
James hotel There is no St. James +
hotel in Phoenix and when he was told +
so he described the location OF the /
place he had in mind. which is the
Hotel Adams. His case was also con
inued.
ANOTHER USELESS RUN. Short
Y after midnight four shots in rapid
succession apprised the keepers of late.
hours that something unusual W as oc-
,uring and a few minutes later cloud
IF fire arose over the eastern part of
he city. The fire bell made no dem
5nstration. but those who were on the
street took it for granted that the cur
lew was not feeling well. and, unaided
~ signals "trekked'' for that end of
own Investigation proved thats
chicken house and store
DOM run in connection with the two
;toried palace of sin known in the
,arly days before its degradation and
all as the Railroad hotel, was in
lanes The cause was the explosion
f. a street lamp which hung near by
o lure the evil minded into the rear
loor of the establishment. The loss
vas trivial. 1t is situated about two
blocks east of the corporation line, but
" the time the shack had burned up
;orne well meaning individual had
urned on the alarm and the fire APP
,aratus was burning the roadway. One
~ one these fires in the reservation
re trimming up the objectionable dis
riot and it is hoped it viii be sufficient
: regenerated in time so the city
ouncil will see fit to annex it. The
ire company always has to make the
IN anyway and it is just as well to
1--WE them something to run for as to
ave their efforts unappreciated and in
of municipal regulations.