Arizona republican., 1899-05-10
NEWS
 OF T HE
 TOWN

The normal school board held a meet
 ing yesterday $snd made few arrange
 nlerts relative to the building of the
 new normal school at Flagstaff.
 DEATH OF MRS. WALKER.-Mrs.
 Stephen Walker, mother cF Mrs. Rev.
 F. A. Ames, died at her home on the
 Black Canyon road, Tuesday at D.
 m. The funeral will be conducted to- day by Rev. NIT. Wilcox at the home place at 10 a. m.
 THEY WANT MOONLIGHT. The 1 committee consisting of Roy Bowyer, William McClintcck and Fred Weldon 1 has decided to postpone the hay ride
 to be given by B company, until Sat
 u-lday, May 27. The hay riders will
 have the benefit of q full moon, which
 appears on May 24.
 HIGH SCHOOL BANQUET. At a l meeting of the nigh school Alumni so- 1 ciety last night arrangements were
 made to carry out the annual banquet 1 usually tendered to the commence 1 nlent class by that society. The ban quet is to take place cn the Saturday night succeeding commencement eve, ! in the newly built assembly hall of
 the school.
 i A RUNAWAY. There lwas a run 1 away on Washington street in front Epf 1ount's ice factory 1ae5 nigk4o.
 Harry Ahern, who had been driving, | was hitching his horse when the ami nal, frightened by a passing car, broke
 away and overturned the buggy. He was quickly caught, but not before the harness had been stripped from him and he had been severely cut.
 THE WRONG NAME.-A reader informs The Republican Of slight error which appeared in the Wicken- burg letter printed in this paper yes teTday morning. It was stated that MT. c. R. Shisser Of Denver and others visited the Denver group Of mines in the Black Rock district" The mines meant, the reader believes. i were the Claude group in the Blue Tanks district
 COMPANY B. The remainder of i B company's equipment was placed in | the new headquarters of that company | in the council chamber of the city hall | yesterday. The company is taking | steps to restore itself to it's condition previous to the war. Its ranks were decimated at that time, and have never recovered. J. L. B. Alexander is be- ing solicited to accept the cap
 
 that it wiI then be recruited to it's full strength.
 GOOD TEMPLAR LECTURES James H. Campbell of Iowa will ar rive on the train from the north to- morrow night OD a general lecture tour of the territory n the interests of Good Templary. He has met with good success in his work in the north. and no doubt will receive a liberal support in this valley. His first en- ga gagement will be in the Cartwright district, where he will lecture on Fri day night. He will attend Floral 1. lodge No. 8 on Saturday night, and will speak on Sunday at Il a. n. and s D. m. also On Monday night the Good Templars of Phoenix will tender L6m a reception in their hall which they will make one of the events of the season. Mir Campbell will de- : liver a public address on Tuesday : night in one of the churches of the city.
 CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLE- tGENT. IA warrant was issued from Justice Johnssone's court yesterday for the arrest of Pedro G. de la Lama on charge Of embezzlement The complainant is a woman named Joseta : Lopez. The case is rather out of the ordinary and is partly supported by a letter written by de Ia Lama. The H1aman gave him s10 to send to her son, Arvista Lopez, in Sonora. The ' letter was written and sent. De Ia Lama said in it: 'T received S10 from your mother f-r you. Bu5 have bor- -owed it frcm you ard will repay it IS sccn as can" This transaction vas straightforward enough There Tas no effort to conceal anything. But T lopez is one Of these hard hearted and d creditors. He sent the let CT back to his mother to be used | gainst his frank debtor A PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. - 7he Presbyterian building commission consisting of Rev. Lapsley MdAfee. L. a 1 Plank, J. c. Bell and M. w. Mes ? :nger is contemplating the building of | mission on the Maricopa Indian res- u rvation adjoining the Pima reserva- ? ion on the Gila river. Al of the il committeeman excepting MT. Bell g made trip to the reservation yester- II lay to look for a suitable location. -- lev. David NJ. Wyncoop, the mission ry Of the Pima reservation, will as s4 ist in making terms with the Mari ora Indians. It is desired that tho nuldnS neIp III the cOnSI"uouOn or tue nissfcn which will 1e of adobe. There H~ will be S700 appropriated for the build ng if a satisfactory arrangement is nade with the Indians. and work may ommence in the early part of next week. Rev. MT. Wyncoop will act as 1issionary temporarily until the commission makes a selection for the urpOSe. GOING TO SEE HIS FATHER. - Nhs-e is one member of the base ball I~ cam which left for California last s< light who has two reasons fer going. I%