Arizona republican., 1899-10-20

| Baron pressure ........30.0 Oh %. IS
TEN. dry bulb .53 10
TEN. wet bulb ....44 IS
| Tenn. maximum ......76 SO
Tenn. minimum 53 so
Rel. humidity ..4S 10
Wind, direction E Sc
Wind. velocity ...... 6
Precipitation 49,. $50.
State of weather 80. Clear. Clear.
BASE BALL NEXT SUNDAY-The
DeMund and True Blue base ball
/ teams will play at the park next Sun
day afternoon The True Blues have
| been greatly strengthened, so that 8
game worth going to see IS predicted
COL. GRAY'S RETURN. - Col
Thomas Gray has returned to the city
after an absence of several months.
When he went away he babe his
| friends a contingent goodbye forever.
| He never intended to return to Phoe-
nix unless he struck a bonanza. He
looks prosperous and happy like a man
with a bonanza.
A BROKEN FLANGE.-The acct
dent at Blaisdell in which nine freight
cars We're ditched was caused by the
; breaking of the fange on one of the
wheels of a freight car and not by
! spreading rails. as at first reported.
| The strange part of it too is that It
| was a new wheel, which had been
= thoroughly tested by the inspector
| CARNIVAL MEETING. Tho Car
nival association VIII hold a meeting
tonight at 1870 o'clock in the par1ors of
| the Hotel Adams, at which every mem
Der is invited and expected, if possible
to be present. This means the general
committee, which is composed of the
entire membership. There is mitch bus
mess of Importance to transact and
some of the subcommittee viii be
prepared to report progress.
A CAKE OF ICE.@There is a cake
Of ice in Phoenix which will be handed
down 10 posterity. 1t occupies posi-
ton every afternoon ON the front
steps Of the city hall. 1t is attracting
a great deal of speculation. Large
crowds gather in front of the city hall
every day and watch it all day. 1t
seems to melt slowly. but that must be
an optical illusion. The crowds leave
at nightfall and when they get back
the next morning there is the cake of
ice as large as ever.
! COMING BASE BALL GAME
Company 3. \. G. A. has organized a
base bali club with H. E. Hart man
ager: W H. Rippey, captain and
George NJ. Cisney. coach. The team
colors are blue suits with white trim
ming. white stockings and blue caps
with white trimming. The club has
accepted a challenge to play the Phoe-
nix Plumbers Sunday, October %. The
boys are out for scalps and in a short
time will be ready to meet ali Corners.
Challenges viii be received by Mana
ger Hart, who is also secretary.
TO THE CONVENTION OF MIN
ERS.-ActtnS Governor Akers yester-
Gay appointed the following delegates
to the California Miners association
convention 10 be held at San Fran
cisco, October 23-26: z B Gage. /
Prescott: J. !. Giroux, Jerome:
James Colquhoun, Clifton: Ben VIII
lian1s. Bisbee: Dr.. J. NJ Ford. Phoe-
nix: D. c. Jones, Stanton7 T. W. Sher- /
idan. Phoenix: W. a. Parish, Phoenix: !
j. 4. Kurtz, Phoenix; !. DAWN. Tue !
son, and two delegates to be named /
by the Miners association of Globe /
FREQUENT INCORPORATOR. -
Articles of Incorporation of the Leath- /
er Filling and Coloring Machine com
pany with a capital of 100000 was
filed in the office of the county re-
eorder yesterday. Among the incorpo- !
rators is Edward L. Tiering of Bisbee, |
appeared in more than q dozen articles
covering mining companies, steam
boat lines, manufacturing and mercan- /
tile enterprises and almost every in
dustry known to q high form of civil I
1zation. There is a suspicion that GIr-
Tiering is a professional incorporation
working on salary He seems to be
doing all his Incorporating in Phoenix.
a COPPER FARM.-A copper farm
has been discovered in the country
south of the Vekol. News of the dis
covery was received by the mining
expert. f. J. Bonsall, a couple of
weeks ago. In a letter to him it was
described as covering several acres
and it was said that the copper could
be stripped off almost anywhere in
sheets. The layer lay a few feet below
the surface. Arrangements We're then
being made with an eastern man to
investigate the find. He came and
looked over the ground. He wrote to
Mr.. BonsaH partly confirming the pre-
vious story and said be believed it
was the biggest thing in copper that
lad ever been discovered. He desired !
Mr.. BOnsaH to visit the find and as
'ertain if the layer of copper was deep
,nough to make a mine. Mr.. BonsaI /
eft for the south last night. Z
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS. Off
ers DOwelI and McClintOck last night /
anded a couple OF suspicious looking /
in the city Jail on the !
barge Of carrying concealed weapons.
lie was standing on Washington street i
.hen they passed and their general Il
ppearance attracted the attention Of a,
Ir. DoweH Calling Mr.. McClintocs :