Arizona republican., 1899-03-23
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

JUDGE STILWELL IMPROVES. - The condition of Judge w. H. Stilwell
 who has been very sick with an attacl
 of pneumonia, was somewhat improved
 yesterday.
 CASES CONTINUED. The case O Special Officers McClarty and Franci!
 and J. F. Briggs, set for trial ill police
 court and Justice Gray's court were
 continued until tomorrow afternoon.
 A KENTUCKY PICNIC. A Ken
 lucky picnic will likely take place al
 the park about April 12. Native and
 adopted ssonss of that state are re-
 quested to see J. Rec Young for par ticulars.
 THE FUTILE CASE. All of yes ,, terday forenoon was spent in distric; court in the argument of a
 law question in the Futile case. The 1 case proceeded in the afternoon and
 will be concluded today.
 THE INDIANA SOCIETY. The h. ' diana society will hold a meeting at l the court house next Saturday at 8 p. m. The object is to make arrange
 ments for a picnic which will prob
 ably be held in the near future. A SANTA CRUZ SUPERVISOR. - | Governor Murphy yesterday appointed
 Arthur L. Peck Of Nogales a member
 of the board of supervisors of Santa
 Cruz county in place of Rollin R. Richardson, who declined the appoint ment.
 A CHANGE OF BASE. Rafael Ser |, nal, we'll known young man, who has
 been employed at J. A. Days furniture store for several years, has secured
 position at the Diamond Bros store. MT. Bernal entered upon his new du- ties yesterday.
 A MINE TO BE REOPENED. A small force of men is engaged at the ''Whip-Saw'' mine on the Buzzard Roost creek near the hot springs. It is reported that the old Swallow mine in that district, which was abandoned about a year ago, will be opened soon.
 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AsSO- CLAYTON. All Arizona teachers and others interested in the great meeting to be held at Los Angeles July 11-14, who would like to receive the bulletins and programmes sent out by the exc cutlve committee, or to obtain any in formation regarding rates of travel, hotels, excursion, etc. will please cor respond with F. s. HaffCrd, state man. ager for the N. B. A., Jerome, Arizona.
 DEATH OF A SINGER. Hattie Carroll died at the Sisters hospital yesterday morning. An operation was performed on her for appendicitis last Sunday She revived from the opera tion nicely and on the day following and Tuesday forenoon showed steady improvement On Tuesday afternoon she was seized with an agonizing pain. The surgeons were called in and in spite of all that could be done che died early yesterday morning. She had cir hO Cn itol saloon. Her home was in San Francisco.
 TO THE FRONT AGAIN. Major James H. McClintock has received an answer to letter sent to Fort Grant about month ago inquiring into the best method by which a man may be enlisted for military service at Manila It was learned that an enlistment may be made at Fort Grant, but it must be for the usual term of three years. A few of the boys who have returned from the Rough Riders and Col Me | Cords regiments have signified their 1 intention of enlisting if they can ef- feet compromise as to the term of en- liStment
 A RAILWAY CORPORATION. = of incorporation of the Cripple 1 Creek Railway company were filed in the recorders office yesterday. The | are Albert T. Scharp, | William L. Kiefer and Samuel Rich ardson of New York The capital stock is $2,000,000, which must be paid up within year. The main object of the incorporation is to build a railway from Canon City, Cola, to Cripple r Creek mining camp. It also stated that another object is to build buy and control telegraph, telephone and railway lines in Arizona, but that is an incorporate fiction or a fact dependent upon contingencies which have not yet arisen.
 THE CODE COMMISSION The ;ode commission created under law )f the late legislature met in this city yesterday for organization. All the members of the commission were pres mt. Messrs. c. w. Wright of Tucson, John c .He1ndon of Prescott, and l.. Chalmers of Phoenix. Judge Wright was elected chairman of the commission, and Frederick Nave clerk The commission will meet again today. when an assignment of work among he members will be made. The clerk )f the commission is quite we'll and avorably known among the members of the bar. He came here from Georgia about two years ago and has spent his winters in Phoenix since.
 CAPITOL BUILDING MATERIAL The capitol site commission held a meeting yesterday at which it was de- ;lded to employ tufa and granite in ne outer walls of the building Granite Will be used in the basement story. mere IS no more handsome stone for purposes than tufa and it is hardly less desltructibIe than granite. Instead of the wooden joists con -emplated in the original plans, the to carry out the purpose )f the additional appropriation bill Il iron girdeis The cement
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