Arizona republican., 1900-10-07
JEROME AFFAIRS
A Most Successful Concert Given by
 the Band.

Jerome. Ariz., Oc'-. 5.-(SpeciaI cores pondence of The Republican.-The fire laddies were out yesterday afternoon for a short time. experimenting with the chemical engine. A fire was set in some boxes below the steam laundry. and test made Of the extinguishinE power Of the chemical. The test was very satisfactory.
 Mrs. l. Young, wife of one of the cleo tricians, arrived from California this week to join her husband. They have rented d house and will make this their future home.
 Prose and Winchell returned from trip to their mining claims on Oak creek, yesterday afternoon. They re- polt tho aspec . aoc1 enough u slt isfy them that they have some good property. They did several feet of de- Velopment work while there.
 Mrs. A. H. Rogers was summoned from Los Angeles this week to see her husband. who is very s-ck in the hos pital in Jerome. She arrived and has been almost constantly by his side since. He is suffering with per:5onitis. MT. Rogers has worked at the shelter in Jerome for years. Mrs. Rogers is a relative of w. C. Griffen. the candy maker.
 l.. (. Freeman arrived with his wife and three children Monday morning. They chartered a team and went to the Verde river to the ranch of F. L. JOr- dan immediately af,sr the train came in. The Freeman family were living in Texas at the time of the terrible tidal wave. They were living so far from the coast they were nos injured by the Wa ter. but their houses and other ear.h- ly possessions were blown away by the wind. Thinking that they had all they wanted of a state where such things happen, they rolled out for Arizona. where there are no Gisa=.rous waves or winds to contend with
 Mrs. R. N. Copeland came in from California Monday morning to join her husband, who is one of the fixtures of Jerome. Mir Copeland came to this place two years ago to see his son. J. w. Copeland, and never returned again. If Mrs. Copeland likes the town as well as her husband she Will stay also. If she does nCt like he looks of things sle will go back to her California home.
 Victor Wager returned this afternoon from tlip to the sautAern part of the territory. He will remain in Jerome un- til after he election is over.
 Yesterday morning at o'clock oc- cured the death of the year old son of MT and Ms. Louis Iszcglio. from q complication Of bronchial pneumonia and croup. The child had been sir. ly few days. The elder sister of the little boy, it will be remembered. died in Los Angeles the 18th of last month. or dirAtheria. The grief stricken pa rents returned to Jerome with their other children, only to be again pros trated 50 soon with grief oyer. the loss oi thelr little son. Owing to the fact that the little girl died with diphtheria the opinion was prevalent in Jerome. and is yet, tlae the boy died of diph- theria. The people are badly fright ened over the affair. and fear Inc spread of the disease, bui Dr. Hart. who attended the sufferer. states posi- lively that there Were no symptoms of diphtheria
 Mayor Tovroa and Marshall Roberts as representative of the town and II. J. Allen representing the school took measures to prevent the possibility of the disease spreading by ordering the business place Of Mr. Is soglio closed for a time. an1 the family 10 Keep in seclusiOn. Most persons who have looked into the matter imDlrliaIly believe that there was no d!Tltheria in the family after the girl died. but there are others who choose to believe C. h. elWise. Rather than to be censured. and to be too cautious rather than too reckless, the officials thought best to act as they are acting. The funeral of the deceased took place this afternoon at o'clock from the family residence and was largely attended.
 The band concert on the evening of the 3rd al the opera house was howl ing success from every standpoint. That is the verdict rendered by a large audience. We are beginning to think that Jerome well one day elec-