Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-14

in the city yesterday morning from the
south and are quantered at the Hotel
Adams Mr.. Powers is the owner of
the Worlds Fair mine near Critten-
den, Ariz., which long ago proved to
be wealth producer. He is just now
out on pleasure excursion with his
family and after "a short visit in PhOe-
nix they will pay their respects to- the
Grand canyon. From there they will
go to San Francisco and other Califor-
MIA points for a somewhat extended
visit Mr. Powers beside being an
Arizona wealth producer through his
mining ventures, is also an important
consumer and Phoenix merchants have
long ago formed business acquaint-
ance with him through the sale of val
ley products.
THE THIRTY-FOURTH VOLUN-
TIERS. Captain F. W. Hill yester-
day received a letter from Private
John Harris of the Thirty-fourth vol
uniteer infantry The regiment at the
time the letter was written was in
Wyoming on its way to San Francisco
where it would embark on the trans
port Warren for the Philippines. The
company, embracing all the Maricopa
county boys of the first enlistment
was under the command of Captain F.
G. Russell John Swilling is a mem
Der of the regime ntal band, and Dick
Stanton holds the rank of corporal.
The boys were in better spirits with
the prospect of active service before
them than they had been while lying
in uncertain idleness at Fort Logan.
They were also happier in the pos
session of a goat which they had just
stolen at Cheyenne and were intending
to try to smuggle through tC the Phil
ippines as a mascot.
= NO GHOSTLY NOISES. = S. w.
Wigner has no general objection to a
ghost story, but he has a particular
objection to the location of one told in
The Republican yesterday morning
describing curious noises in the Min
ME Powers house Mr. Wigner says
there were many errors in the story
In the first place there are no noises
which cannot be scientifically account
ed for. In the next place the house is
not unoccupied, fer he and his wife
have been living in it for some time
and have two or three roOmerS on
whose account more than his own he
desires a true statement of facts. 1t
gives The Republican greater pleasure
to deny the story than it didsto print
it, for the denial furnishes another ar
gument against the untruthfulness of
all ghost stories. The reporter who
wrote it urges in defense of himself
the peculiar character of the matter
he had to handle. 1t is not given to
many men to see ghosts or to hear the
noises made by them It is not on
record that a reporter who sees nearly
everything else ever saw a ghost. He
has to depend upon heaTsay evidence.
and hearsay evidence is so generally
untrustworthy that it is accepted in the
courts of no civilized country outside
of France.
HYMENEAL VOWS. The Repub-
lican boasts but little of its prophetic
vision in the ordinary affairs of life.
but when 1t does make a prediction it
Is pretty safe to wager money on re
suits. A few days ago it was an
in these columns that Alfred
Becker, manager of the Phoenix
bakery, had gone to Globe and that
before his return he would either buy
the Old Dominion mine or get mar
ried. 1t can new be stated that he did
not buy the mine, choosing the other
He returned home yester-
day morning and his usual smiling
countenance was enveloped in blaze
of light and glory, while his good
smile extended clear around
his face and was tied in a bow-knot
over his rear collar button. The exact
date CT the hour of his supreme
happiness was last Sunday evening.
September 10, and the scene of his tri-
umIh was the residence of DR.. CLAW
pool in Globe, where he led to the altar
Miss Lulu Porter, formerly resident
OF Phoenix, but later of Los Angeles.
She has been spending the summer in
Globe. Owing to the fact that traffic
over the G. ", G. & N has been de-
layed by washouts the newly married
couple decided not to- wait to have a
railroad built for their accommoda-
ton, so took the good old fashioned
stage coach as far as Mesa City and
enjoyed their bridal tour communing
with themselves, the driver and old
Mother Nature. The contracting par
ties are well known in Phoenix, and
every acquaintance is a friend who
will wish them long life and happi-
ness. They are now at home on
north Fifth street.